Progrant Provides Push for at Risk Kids

"When [a good newspaperman] dies, a lot ofpeople are sorry, and some ofthem remember him .for several days."- Stanley n~lker, editor Volume XXXIII, Number 9 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 October 27, 1998 New Computer Lab B~ Controversy Pornography Viewing Halts Other Students' Studies RYAN SURBER puters with access to the Internet to does not agree with total restriction. Retrie1•er Week/1 Staff Writer further students' educations. stating that, "One person's art Employees and volunteers at the project is another person's pornog The freedom for a student to ac L~C say that the pornography is raphy." cess whatever he pleases on the web offensive and a considerable dis The LRC's tutorial labs are lo has recently become the subject of traction to the learning environ cated in the rather secluded base orne debate, as students and fac ment, and therefore should be re ment of the Albin 0. Kuhn Library ulty have expressed concern over stricted. But Marie Toomes, UMBC the large number of students using Manager of University Computing see PORN, page 5 the computers next to the Learning Resource Center's (LRC) Math and Writing Labs to access internet por nography. The Internet has brought a wealth Dave Chen I Retriever Weekly StatT of information to modern day American society, and UMBC has Retrievers Gain Three Easy Victories kept pace with this rapidly expand On a roll: Kara Welniak (hitting) and the volleyball team won ing technology by offering students three matches last week, all in three straight games (page 24 ). free accounts and providing com- Gubernatorial Election Draws Near TRACY SOLTESZ will not be able to participate in the general election. You may not Retriever ~\i'ek/_1· Editorial Staff upcoming election. Registration of register if you have been con fices closed at 9 p.m. on October 5 victed more than once of a dis Tuesday, November 3 marks and will not reopen until Novem qualifying crime or if you are Jason Putsche I Retriever Weekly Staff the date for registered voters to ber 19. currently under guardianship for Go Home: Students and faculty are offended by the use of UMBC's cast their ballots in Maryland's However registration applica a mental disability. computers for viewing pornography on the Internet. General Election. This year is tions are available year-round at all Take note that a registered considered a Gubernatorial Maryland offices of the Motor Ve voter must be at least 18 on or Election year. meaning that Bal hicle Administration. the State De before the general election. This Progrant Provides timore County voters will be partment of Health, Social Services means that 17 -year-olds may responsible for electing the: Adminjstration, Offices of Aging, register prior to their 18th birth Governor and Lt. Governor; some libraries and local post offices day. In fact, they may also vote Push for At Risk Kids Comptroller; Attorney General; or by calling 1-800-222-VOTE. in the primary election provid U.S. Senators; Members of the The completed application can ei ing they will tum 18 by Novem PAT FURGURSON thousands of at-risk kids that attend House of Delegates; County ther be mailed to the election board ber. Retrie1•er Weekly Staff Writer these troubled schools. government officials; Judges; or delivered in person. You will be considered a reg Some of the results of the pro and Court House officials. To apply in Baltimore County. istered voter when you receive The statistics related to urban gram are promising: an eighth grade Many first-time student vot you must be a county resident, a your voter notification card from public education are shocking - student, whom in sixth grade had a ers may deem a trip to the polls United States citizen and 18 years your election board. Most times, the teachers are fleeing from third grade reading level. has risen to be both confusing and time of age or older on or before the next this will arrive in the mail. It is schools, the students are suffering, to the appropriate grade level: a stu consuming. But it doesn't have important to hold onto the card and educators and the nation are dent who previously had D's and to be this way! The following because it will list on it the af fumbling for a response. If early E's can now boast being on the information is offered to make filiation of your choice, the results are any indication, a re honor roll, as can many others in voting, the lifeblood of name and address of your poll sponse model being tested in nearby the program. America, an easy and exciting ing place, your Election District Maryland public schools under the The School-University Program adventure. and Precinct, Legislative, Con direction of Dr. John Y. Lee, assis to Prepare Outstanding Respansive gressional and Councilmanic tant professor in the Urban Teacher Teachers (SUPPORT) , which is Registering to Vote Education track at UMBC, might aimed at low-income and other dis- Unfortunately, if you have not provide an answer and hope for the already registered to vote. you Carl Gehnnan I Retriever Weekly Staff see ELECTION, page 14 see PROGRAM, page 6 Emily Bernstein A tribute to the A look at elections Men's soccer gains has Election Day slain Wyoming col· in '98, including a draw with 24th blues, Jessica lege student, student opinions, a ranked St. Francis, Rothfus is talking TheatreCOM rocks look at the differ women's soccer witchcraft, Tracy the RATT, Tori ences between finishes on a roll, Soltesz and Laura Amos visits Balti Ellen Sauerbrey Andrew Smullian Hanyok have differ more, Anna Kaplan and Parris thinks footballfans ing views of UMBC uses the restroom, Glendening, and are loonies and and the arts, and Soldier fires blanks some lighthearted Chris Kerner wants Gabe Marcus is fat? and lots of music. humor. '--------~ to support our Dogs. PAGE2 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS October 27, 1998 National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Speakers Emphasize Alcohol's Negative Effect on Trauma Gabe Marcus/Retriever Weekly Staff GABEMARCUS thousand dollars. And Retriever Weekly Staff Writer that's not the only thing patients have to worry Dr. Carl Soderstrom encouraged students about. Fraternity Students Vote To "They won't promise Ban Alcohol to think of injury as a presentable disease at a presentation on the effects alcohol has on what you'll be when you The national fraternity Theta Chi survive." he said. He cau Fraternity Inc. has voted to maice all trauma that was hosted jointly by Student Health Services (SHS), [campu<;] police. the tioned not to label trauma its facilities on some ISO univer~ity Women's Center and several other campus as something lhat happens campuses across the United States al organizations. This event, held Tuesday in the to other people. cohol-free within lhe next five years. basement of Susquehanna hall attracted 'Trauma happens to all Nearly two-thirds of the delegates at mostly Emergency Health Services majors of us," he added, stating the 142-ycar-old fraternit} 's national that the average citizen convention lhis summer voted to in and members of the Delta Phi Epsilon soror ity. has a one in 10 chance of struct Theta Chi's board to institute an being admitted to the hos alcohol-free housing policy. Soderstrom, Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland Shock-Trauma Cen pital in their lifetime. "It is time to refocus our efforts on The lecture was pre scholarship, philanthropy, leadership ter in Baltimore, was the ftrst speaker and presented his lecture as ·'more clinical than sented as one of many and individual development. This is all events held in honor of about getting back to basics," said na preachy." He began by showing historical documents written by the Sumerians which National Collegiate Alco tional president James S. McEachern hol Awareness Week. Ill. linked alcohol and trauma. Also presented were slides from the "Journal of Inebriety" Marie Yeh of Student which documented severe injuries from al Health Services said the Affirmative Action Walkout week's activities went Ineffective cohol related traffic accidents in 1904. "B) living in Mal) land. you live in the best fairly well. BERKELEY. Calif. - University of "1 thought a lot of the California (UC) officials reacted yes trauma system in the world," he said, refer ring to the quality pre-hospital care and the students had fun," she terday to lhe two-day faculty-student added, explaining that the walkout and teach-ins in support of Mary land State Police medivac system. Jud} Kressig, lhe second guest speaker, two goals of the affirmative action with varying views, week were met. saying diversity is important, but stu was involved in an automobile accident sev eral years ago and suffered severe injury. "First, to raise aware dents and faculty should express them ness of actions and conse in a more productive manner. Today she walks with a limp and has a se vere speech impediment. quences of alcohol," she Other officials said the walkout, "My brain cells will not grow back," she explained. ·'Second, to Trauma Happens: Dr. Carl Soderstrom warns students which has been taking place at colleges told the group. offer alcohol free activi- to avoid the devastation of physical trauma by taking nationwide, including UC Davis, the ties." responsibility and considering injury a preventable "I spent three years cleaning up for three University of Michigan and UCLA, hours of fun:· she added, referring to the SHS and other sponsors disease. was a form of free expression. length of time spent in Shock-Trauma and of the event wanted to en- "Free exchange of ideas about im rehabilitation.

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