"As much as llzote to admit it. tlte American media [are] really indi.'ipensable to our country.''- Orrin Ha/(:11, U.S. se11ator Volume XXXIII, Number 10 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 November 3, 1998 TI-lE BIG PICTURE Task Force Hears From Campus Community

JAY FRIESS E. A. Betty Edmonds, president Retriewr Weekly Staff Writer and CEO of School Improvement A-Z Jnc. and a member of the Both moderate praise and fiery chancellor's Advisory Council. criticism filled the large room on the stated that she believed the system seventh floor of the library during a could be doing better, but was not hearing held to discuss the public's in favor of abolishing it. opinion of the University System of "Can it be made better by each Maryland. school going out on its own? l doubt Members of the business commu­ it,'' she said. "Power, strength and Eli Zukow,ki I Reuievcr Weekly Staff nity and representatives from area economic advantages accrue from Unfair : Part-time writing instructors Jane Porter (above right) colleges signed up to speak before togetherness." and Diane Putzel (above left) think they deserve more from a governor-appointed task force Sally Hearn, a UMBC staff mem­ the university. studying the governance, coordina­ ber and a member of the Council of More faculty, please: Jen Searfoss (left) thinks her health science tion and funding of the USM. They University System Staff, said that and policy major would benefit from more full-time teachers. were encouraged to each give a five her group supports the USM. Mem­ minute speech about how the USM bers have been happy with what has structure benefits or hampers been done for them. such as the A Full-Time Dilemma Maryland's higher education insti­ implementation of a better sick tutions. leave policy, she said. Is UMBC's High Percentage of Part-Time Teachers Bad Most speakers at the hearing held There were a few dissenting last Wednesday favored the current voices in the hearing's lineup of over for Students? Educators and Undergraduates Disagree. USM structure. John Dillon, vice 25 speakers. president of external affairs for Bell One such dissenter was Mike Gill. JAMIE S~11TH HOPKINS UMBC's instructional faculty was or more than -full-time profes­ Atlantic, said he believed that the chairman of Towson University's Retrii!Ver IVeekly Staff Writer part-time last year, according to sors. And they may be paid as little state benefits from the way that state Board of Visitors. In his speech. Gill data from Institutional Research. as $2.000 per three-credit course, colleges are organized. He said his blamed the USM, saying it was re­ After a year as a health science Since 1987, the number of part­ making them a bargain compared company has been impressed with sponsible for the "ongoing medioc­ and policy major, senior Jen time instructors has grown 49 per­ to fu ll-time faculty. the "high quality and preparedness" rity" io Maryland higher education. Searfoss has learned some hard les­ cent. Although officials have no Many educators familiar with the of USM graduates. sons: Don't expect the instructors record of how many courses they situation think the part-time instruc­ see TASK FORCE, page 4 will be readily available outside instruct. part-timers handle every­ tors are asked to do too much for class. Don't expect stellar teaching. thing from I 00-level to senior-year And don't expect much in the way classes. Some teach as much as - seeBlG PICTURE, page 3 of advising. This, she said. is what happens when a program's faculty is almost completely part-time. 'Exploitative Situation?' "Anytime r ve wanted to make JAMIE SMITH HOPKINS less. my education something more, I've Retrie1•er Weekly StaffWriter "For teachers who are teaching had to do it without the help of my semester after semester. and arc try­ professors,'' said Searfoss, 21 . Margie Burns is teaching three ing to cobble together an income, "They're just not accessible, they're classes this semester. but she's earn­ that is unfair." Bums said. not available because they have ing only $6,000. No benefits come But administrators maintain that other jobs .... That just makes the with the writing instructor's pay­ the situation is unavoidable. The learning process much more diffi­ check. and she shares an office with problem. they say, is lack of money. cult." three other people. "We realize that most part-time And while Health Science and This is the world of the part-time faculty are not being paid at levels Policy has one of the highest per­ instructor - a reality for 42 per­ that arc appropriate in many cases." centages of part-time instructors on cent of UMBC's faculty. Although said Rick Welch, dean of Arts and campus, it is not alone: More and some may teach as many courses a Sciences. "Ideally, of course. we'd more departments and programs are semester as a full-time teacher. they relying heavily on temporary help. are paid thousands and thousands Approximately 42 percent of

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PAT FURGURSON usually sell for 75 percent of the new price. to Thurston. Retriever Weekly Swff Writer However, if the bookstore is able to repeatedly "When I started they used to publish new edi­ sell and buy back the same copy of "INTRO TO tions every four or five years. now it seems they The collective .. ouch" heard from students COLLEGE MACRAME: Knitting With Karma" tum them over every two years ... ," she said. buying textbooks at the UMBC Bookstore will there can be quite a revenue stream generated from This renders books, costing over $100 in some translate into nearly $3.75 million in sales this year one volume. Thurston explained: "We are one of instances, obsolete and forces students to purchase Gubernatorial Races Over- according to figures from budget officer Mike the few profit centers on campus." the newest edition and also consider cheaper al­ Morgan and the calculations of bookstore assis­ Thurston noted that the bookstore is self sup­ ternatives. look Higher Education tant director Gina Thurston, but there may be some porting. Bookstore revenues pay for salaries, ship­ The alternatives are picking up steam accord­ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- Al­ serious changes coming to the textbook gan1e as ping costs and an overhead fee paid to the Uni­ ing to reports in various industry related publica­ though almost every candidate in online companies become more prevalent. versity based on four percent of sales. This fee tions. Varsitybooks.com, which started up this year Tuesday's 36 gubernatorial elec­ There are serious changes coming in the text­ covers heating, lights and other expenses. Com- with direct connections to five Washington, D.C. tions cites education as being a top book game. New players on the internet, like bined with direct payments for sup­ area schools including University of Maryland priority, not all platforms specifi­ Amazon.com and local newcomer port work - such as secretarial, College Park, will reportedly have course book Varsitybooks.com, are scratching custodial and physical plant- the Jlstings for some fifty campuses in Spring 1999. cally include higher education as a at the door of the lucra­ total percentage paid to the univer­ According to the company·s 27-year-old top priority. tive college text mar­ sity is closer to eight percent, ac­ founder and CEO. Eric Kuhn, the average order While candidates are always talk­ ket. Online vendors are cording to Morgan. Any remain­ has been for 2.5 books, with an average order to­ ing about education reforms, set to take a bite out of ing profit goes to the University. tal of $96. in it's first semester out. The company oftentimes they are referring to pub­ U.S. textbook sales which Shipping costs consist of established a relationship with one of the country's lic school systems or charter nationwide generated freight in and freight out. For leading wholesalers and offers books at between schools, said Dennis Johnson, asso­ nearly $2.7 billion during instance, 20 percent of the a 15 to 40 percent discount with a $4.95 shipping 1997. acco~ding to prelimi­ books bought for this semes­ charge added, no matter how many books are or­ ciate dean of the George Washing­ nary sales figures from the ter arc being shipped back dered. This means that if a UMBC student was to ton University Graduate School of Association of American Pub­ to publishers this week, find a couple books in the 25 to 40 percent dis­ Political Management. lishers. according to Thurston. count range, some money could be saved over the "Higher education does not seem But Thurston is not con­ The UMBC book­ used book price schedule of the UMBC Bookstore. to be out on the radar screen," cerned yet. She figures there are store uses the There are online alternatives emerging in used Johnson said. many reasons for textbook cus­ industry-wide textbooks as well. To fact, on the UMBC tomers to stay right where they are. While this might be true in most average mark­ Student Government Associations Despite the typical struggle with up for new texts. website there is link to races, a few candidates have long 1\nes, which has prompted ·'We operate at a 25 percent mar­ Bookswap.com, a na­ adopted not only major p lans for Varsitybooks.com to choose "Get online, gin," Thurston said. "And we have tionwide program set elementary and secondary schools, Not in line" as their sales slogan, Thurston thinks been there for years." she said of up as a book exchange but also higher education reforms. the primary factor for the location books are the margin. which is approved by for UMBC students For example, Alabama gubernatorial bought is still convenience. the administration. alone. When recently candidate Lt. Gov. Don Siegelman The bookstore's full refund policy-full price In other words, if a text checked, there were only (D) wants to create a state lottery of books are refunded up to two weeks into the comes in from the publisher at 34 books posted for sale on semester as opposed to ten day limit from receipt $30. the bookstore charges the site and many of those that will raise money to waive tu­ offered by the online services- is one such con­ $40. Those who then sell were posted in the spring. ition for students with a B average venience. The higher percentage of used books back to the bookstore get Further investigations into the planning to attend two-year state available is another, she said. back half of the original varying cost of texts found that universities. ''Ninety-nine percent of the books from outfits new price according to a book for MATH 430 entitled online are new, so you pay a discount price based Thurston - unless the Numerical Linear Algebra Appli­ Anti-Gay Preacher Arrested on a new book- plus freight." she said. book is an ·'aunounced old edi- ca/ions was being offered for swap "And you can have your books [from the Book­ tion" (going into new edition or will not online at $65. At U1e Bookstore the ATHENS, Ohio- Yesterday after­ store] the same day." she added. be used the following semester) for which the same book was offered new for $93.70 noon Ohio University Police ar­ UMBC's textbook operation bas a very high bookstore wiJI pay only one-third of the cover and, if there had been some more cop­ rested a preacher on College Green percentage of used books compared to the indus­ price. And publishers have dramatically increased ies available at this late date in the semester. $70.30 for refusing to move his sermon to try standard, according to Thurston. Those books the rate at which editions are updated according used. the sidewalk. Charles S. Spingola, a member of the College Commu­ nity Church in Newark, was charged with trespassing and resisting arrest while preaching in front of the statue CAMPus PoLITics on College Green after being asked by police to move. Jessica Eve Humphrey, 25, a graduate English student, said while Clubs' Funds Endangered Pending SGA Bill she was eating her lunch, she heard Spingola preaching and asked him GABEMARCUS Club and the Women's Volleyball Club. dent of the club. ''UMBC lee Hockey would also to move to the sidewalk because be Retriever Weekly Staff Writer Members of these clubs should contact like to extend its thanks to Greg Suyker. head of did not have a permit to hold a pub­ Fleischer at x2220. the Sports Club Council, and Gary Wohlsteter, lic meeting. Humphrey said Eighteen student clubs are in danger of los­ bead of the Recreation Deprutment. for their con­ Spingola was preaching against ho­ ing money-and their Student Govenm1entAs­ Multi-Year Ice Time for Hockey Team stant support and helping us tbrough each step mosexuals, masturbation and vari­ sociation (SGA) status- because they have not The UMBC lee Hockey Team wi II be able to of the process.'' ous other things "God doesn't want turned in their constitutions. according to SGA sign a contract for several years of ice time un­ officials. der legislation that makes them the tirst club to New Senators Elected ustodo." As part of a bill that will be up for vote at the receive a multi-year allocation from the SGA. Two students joined the senate last week. beat­ After she approached him, next senate meeting, the clubs would be put on Evety year the team needs "ice" - or prac­ ing out three other c.:mdidates during an in-house Spingola asked her what her hus­ probation - and until the student govenu.nent tice time- at the Laurel Gardens lee House. election. band would say about her attitude. receives their constitutions. the organizations And every year. members request almost $11.000 Elected were Manhew Levy, a junior major­ Humphrey then identified herself as would not be able to spend their SGA-allocated to pay for it. Stephen Letschin, an SGA senator, ing in emergency health services. and Jason Penn, a lesbian and Spingola began funds or use campus facilities or equipment. proposed a time-saver in the annual process: Al­ who did not respond to requests for information. screaming anti-homosexual insults The clubs named in the bill, wtitten by Sena­ locate the money through the 2001-2002 aca­ Other candidates who ran for the positions at her, she said. tor Jason Fleischer, are as follows: demic year. were Nicholas Bouquet. Matt Bnmdage and Raj "He was not just saying bate Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. American Soci­ This allows the team to get a three-year con­ Stewart. speech, he was spewing obscenities ety of Mechanical Engineers. Chinese Students tTact for ice team, which will save them money. During an in-house election. senators. not the (at me),'' she said. "It is not just me, and Scholars Association. Emergency Health Ser­ The bilL which passed at last week's senate general student population, vote for candidates nor only queer-folk (he offends), it vices Association, Filipino American Student As­ meeting-and will go into effect pending a con­ to fill empty positions. is offensive to all people who want sociation. Gamma Theta Upsilon, Interfraternity tract with the _rink- is the first-ever multi-year to sit here." CounciL Pagan Student Association, Phi Sigma budget allocation for a campus club. according Next Senate Meeting Sigma. Poli-Econ Club, Psi Chi, Sigma Gamma to Den·ick Longo. speaker of the senate. The next senate meeting will be 7:30p.m. No­ Rho Sorority. Inc., Sigma Tau Delta, Social Work Team members are pleased with the outcome. vember 9 in Lecture Hall m (on the ground floor -from UWire Sn1dentAssociation. UMBC Crew Club, UMBC "It feels great to have the support of the SGA of the Administration Building). rnformation: Men's Club Rugby, UMBC Women's Rugby and the university," said Dan Goodwin, co-presi- x2220 or wnbc.org.sga, the SGA's newsgroup. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS November 3, 1998 PAGE 3 PoLICE LoG

Safety Tip Of The Week: the alarm. The machine was made inoperable. her office in the Fine Arts building dur­ If You Discover A Fire ing the daylight hours. The phone was Impounded Vehicle left unattended in her purse in the of­ ... Sound the alarm or call campus po­ October 20, 10:08 p.m.- While on patrol, fice. lice (x3133) immediately. an officer observed a vehicle driving on the rr If there's no alarm, pound on doors Fine Arts access road where there is a sign Trespass on Posted Property and shout on your way out. posted that access is limited to authorized October 24, 2:20 a.m. -Cpl. Lee en­ Missing a Sock? ... Leave the building immediately, and vehicles only. Upon stopping the vehicle, it countered two juvenile non-students In a Liverpool, England, court in June, direct emergency personnel to the fire. was learned that the vehicle registration plates exiting from the woods near the Re­ lovers Steven Bain. 27, and Steven _.. Never enter a burning building. were suspended. The driver was given a ci­ search Park construction trailer. They Gawthrop, 31 , were sentenced to 18 months tation and the registration plates were re­ stated they had been hiding in a storm in prison for gross indecency for various 2nd Degree Burglary moved from the vehicle. drain area after hearing possible gun­ "perverted acLc;." Among the men's exploits October 20, 6:22a.m.-An employee shots in their immediate vicinity. They revealed at trial: They are foot fetishists and reported that someone entered the Destruction of Property stated they entered the woods after had tricked thousands of people into giv­ men's locker room in Fieldhouse two October 22, 12:39 a.m.- An Abacus man­ spray painting a "tag" on the Rt. 166/ ing up socks, claiming they were collect­ and removed property valued at $345. ager reported his employees arrived at the I-195 overpass. Both juveniles were ing for a charity. The preliminary investigation revealed Fieldhouse and discovered vandalism in the detained and released to their respec­ Police found the men's apartment to have no signs of forced entry. The investi­ bathrooms inside the men's locker room. tive parents. an 18-inch-high "carpet" of socks and about gation will continue. 4,000 more wrapped in sandwich bags, each Theft from Building Theft from Vehicle tagged with the donor's name. Fire Alarm October 22, 2: 19 p.m. - A non-student re­ October 25, 10: 12 p.m. - A student October 20, 12:35 p.m.- Police of­ ported theft of a purse from the Retriever reported that t.Jil]mown suspcct(s) pried PDA - Plant Display ofAffection ficers responded to a fire alarm in the Grill. the door open on the student's vehicle Auckland (New Zealand) biologist Larry West Hill laundry room The investiga­ and removed property. The vehicle was Jensen and computer animationistAndrew tion revealed that a student overloaded Theft from Building parked near the intersection of Hilltop Chung announced in March that they had a washing machine, the machine belt October 22, 6:45 p.m. - An employee re­ Circle and Administration Drive. To­ produced a video depicting the sex lives of slipped and started to burn, activati ng ported the theft of her cellular phone from tal estimated Loss value: $675. moss plants. Said Jensen, "Plants may .not walk around and hold hands the way humans do, but they have ways of bringing eggs and spe1m together that are very clever." For Campus Uses Many Part-Timers his next video, Jensen is talking to "two Where They Are experts on fern sperm." from BIG PICTURE, page I eral departments but will only be listed in his Departments or programs with the Think Hard or her primary one -Institutional Research high est p ercentages of part-time Researcher Dave Smith of Manchester too little pay [see related story, page I]. records show that II of the departments and teachers inl997 (with the total num­ (England) Metropolitan University re­ But how does the campus' reliance on part­ programs had at least as many part-time as ber off aculty in parenthesis): vealed in March that thinking about exer­ timers affect students? With hard data lack­ full-time teachers last year. Topping the list Administrative cise is almost as productive as doing it. His ing, most of what remains are opinions - were Administrative Sciences, Health Sci­ IIIII ·~ Sciences (ll) group of exercisers improved 33 percent in and they are many and varied. ence and Policy and Women's Studies, all Health Science 1110 " a month, and his non-exercisers did not Administrators and some students argue listed as 100 percent part-time. and Policy (5) impro"e at all. that these teachers, who may bring years of • Only one department, Mechanical Engi­ Women's 1\10 <; However, the non-exercisers who prac­ field experience to the classroom, have skills neering, had no part-time instructors. Studic:. (2) ticed the exercise mentally improved 16 that full-time faculty cannot offer. • In a typical semester, an average of 85 Social Work (19) 68% percent when it came time to do the exer­ But others believe that students ultimately percent of first-year composition courses­ Interdisciplinary - cise again. suffer when a university relics on part-time which all students are required to take-are Studies (3) 67 % Reasoned Smith, "If you can improve instructors. They say that part-timers often being taught by part-timers, according to Information - 65% neural input to the muscle, you can recmit don't get the sort of professional support and James McKusick, chairman of the English Systems (31) more muscle fiber and exert more force." guidance that improves full-time faculty and, Department. Runners·up: Emergency Health Services( 16). 63%: on average, don't have as much out-of-class • And when students are taught by a part­ Education (48), 60%: Modem LAnguages and Lin· Speed Racer interaction with their students. time instructor. they arc likely getting a guistics (40). 58%. In May 1998, wheelchair-confined "If the proportion of part-time faculty to teacher with less education than a full-timer. ... and those with the lowest percentages: Pasquale Cuntrera, 63. believed to be Italy's full-time faculty gets too high. you can imag­ As few as 25 percent of these instructors have most powerful drug kingpin, escaped from ine you begin to have a problem with qual­ doctorates, compared to 82 percent of Physics (17} -24% his seaside home near Rome while it was ity." said Larry Lasher. chairman of the Cotm­ UMBC's full-time faculty, according to In­ Political • 18% under police survei Ilance. Cuntrera had fi vc cil of University System Faculty and an as­ stitutional Research. Science ( 17) days earlier been released from prison tem­ sociate professor of English at UMBC. When it comes to the use of part-time in­ Chemistry/ porarily on a technicality. and authorities "When you get up above 50 percent of your structors, "where do you draw the line?" . 12% Biochemistry (26) had planned to re-arrest him when the facully being part-time people ... that's when asked David Mitch, an AAUP representative Geography (10) proper charges were ftled. you're walking on thin ice. It's a growing and an associate professor of economics at .10% He was picked up four days later in Spain. problem. It's one I think we have to deal UMBC. ''If it's 40 percent why not 60 per­ Biological 6% with." cent? If 60 percent, why not 80 percent? It's Sciences (33) Daring Escapes Administrators note that increased use of the slippery slope kind of thing." Mcchamcal • I o% In May, the parents of Mr. Warren A. part-timers is a nationwide trend. But com­ Engineering ( 13) Wise filed a $100 million lawsuit against pared to the national average, UMBC is al­ 'Very Respectable' Model Note: A full-time faculty member may reach 111 sev· the Long Bmnch, N.J., police for the wrong­ ready using a high percentage of part-time While acknowledging that more ful l-time era/ depanments bill is listed only with his or her ful death last November of their son. Ac­ instructors. According to 1995 statistics pro­ instructors would be ideal, administrators and primary one. All percemages ore rounded. Source: ln;totutioonl Research cording to police, Mr. Wise ran a red light, vided by the American Association of Uni­ some educators say the situation isn't as bad Jamie Smith Hopldol\ I Retriever W

MITCHELL KERN According to Harries, capital punishment Retriever Weekly Sraf!Wrirer is a phenomenon that has been increasing steadily over the last few decades, becoming Although capital punishment judgements especially prominent in the southern hemi­ have increased six-fold in the U.S. in the last sphere of the U.S. 20 years, the slow rate at which prisoners are While there were about 500 death row in­ executed has led to a booming death row mates in the U.S. during 1975, today there population unable to keep pace with sentenc­ are over 3000, with the majority of them ing. awaiting execution in Alabama, Mississippi, The delay is attributable to the lengthy ap­ Georgia and South Carolina. January 4-22 peal process, according to Keith Harries, pro­ "Ironically, as death row population ages fessor of geography at into their geriatric Innovative, creative and convenient courses (credit UMBC. years, they require and non-credit) offered in a three week format "There would have "There would have to be an more in the form of to I~eep you /rosty during winter break. to be an execution ev­ execution every day for many health care," said ery day for many years Harries. to begin to make a dent years to begin to make a dent Harries ex- Registration begins October 26. in the death row popu­ in the death row population." plained that the Latest course registration lation," said Harries. idea for the execu­ Harries spoke to a - Keith Harries tion book was born information on the WEB: mix of students and over lunch in 1995 http://www.testudo.umd.edu faculty in an hour long lccmre Monday at the when he and Cheatwood realized they had Albin 0. Kuhn Library. similar professional interests- geography and He has co-authored The Geography of Ex­ capital punishment. In the book. they address Or call (301} 405-9363 ecution with Derral Cheatwood, a criminolo­ the distribution of state laws governing death for a course list. gist at the University of Texas, San Antonio. sentencing and various factors innuencing Harries has authored a dozen books in addi­ them. tion to The Geography of Execution and is [none study the men paired 293 adjacent currently working on a project involving counties separated by state boundaries with Winterterm is COOL crime mapping. capital punishment laws on one side. Their at College Pari~! HmTies is the first guest speaker in a series aim was to capture cultural similarity. while of lectures being offered by UMBC's at the same time dissimilar state statutes. ~UNIVERSITY OF Book notes Program. The goal of the series is "What \.\e found v.as that the level of vio­ -~MARYLAND to attract faculty v. ho have published books lence in either count) \\

Some Appreciate Part-Timers' Field Experience ABOUT THIS SERIES: from BIG PICTURE. page 3 really good." part-time departments - have found it all The poi11t: In several articles this se­ Required courses in the program include too accurate. One of the most common com­ mester. Tlze Retriever Weekly investi­ year, a fraction of the 2.892 offered. accord­ classes in other academic disciplines. such plaints: Experience in the field docs not a gates some of the persistent problems at ing to Institutional Research. as economics. which increases a studem·s good teacher make. UMBC mtd the factors that contribute And Jonathan C. Finkelstein. an associate chance of getting a full-time faculty mem­ "I have pulled my hair out in frustration in to them. dean of Arts and Sciences. said he doesn't ber. added Joyce Riley. the program ·s asso­ classes where [the] teacher knew less about Previously: Campus housing is in believe there's "some dramatic difference'' ciate director. the class material than the students ... said Kim such demand that several hundred stu­ in part-time and full-time teacher perfor­ But she thinks .highly of her part-timers and Ennis, whose major is information systems, dent:. including some from other mance. noted that all arc required to give out their a department that is 65 percent part-time. states and countries -haven't been able Officials in the Emergency Health Services telephone numbers so students can reach Ennis, 20, said she has had two very good to get rooms. I low did it get to this point? Department actually prefer part-timers in them. part-time instructors, but her overall experi­ For rcpri nts of the September 22 article, some areas. They have specific. up-to-date "1 think that we' vc been very fortunate," ence has been negative. call x 1260 or stop by the paper's office. expertise that full-time teachers lack, said she said. "I don't think that we've compro­ "The majority of the IFSM profs I've had University Center 214. Bruce Walz. chairman of the department, mised the quality of the program at all using that arc part-time are not very good teach­ Sound ().ff: Have thoughts on this ar­ which was 63 percent this format. .. ers," she said. "They tend to be better [at] ticle or the issue of part-time teachers? part-time last year. Pan-linK' tc:acha': their 'day jobs' than at tcachmg. Many of Send a message to the paper's news­ Among those teachers ·L! Jl<.:ITCill 'Significant them make themselves unavailable to their group. umhc.org. retrie1·er. is the executive direc­ Challenge' student'>. and some have been so long out of tor of the Maryland Others school that they have forgotten some of the Shock Trauma Center, are not so posi­ basics.'' But the biggest problem, she said, is that he said. tive about the Accessibility has also been a problem in many just ''don't know how to teach." Some of those who situation. In some cases, she said. One instructor cancelled And with only one full-time faculty mem­ arc equally as happy 1996. after the class for a month. Another had "office hours'' ber in the department this semester. the ad­ with part-time instruc­ most recent that were five minutes long- the live min­ visement process is not much more than tors arc students, in dis­ Middle States utes before class. clearing students to register. she said. ciplines ranging from Association of Searfoss has had similar problems in The whole situation is "not exactly condu­ information systems Colleges and courses required for her health science and cive to a quality education,'' said Searfoss. and music to health Schools evalua­ policy major. One of her part-time teachers who transferred here from Kansas State Uni­ science and policy. tion of UMBC. reviewers said in a report that had no posted office hours; another saw stu­ versity in 1997 and thinks the program could "I appreciate the outside experience they the increasing usc of part-time instructors "is dents only by appointment. Still others told be much improved if it only had the re­ bring, rather than just being academic," said a major concern on campus and poses a sig­ students to contact them at their homes or sources. "lt just doesn't seem to be that it Julie Mills, president of the Health Science nificant challenge to the institution's goals full-time workplaces. should be a major if they don't staff it." and Policy Council of Majors. "In our major, to become a total honors university." Then there was the instructor, busy with History major Mark Tyler, who is study­ everything changes because of new laws. Some of the people in the best position to his full-time job, who regularly came in late ing secondary teaching in the part-time heavy Having people who work in the field has been test this a<;scssment - students in heavily to class and left early. Education Department. doesn't think the in­ structors do a bad job. For him. the issue is whether a university with many temporary teachers can truly otTer an "honors·· educa­ Who Are the Part-Timers? tion. "It certainly doesn't feel like the univer­ JAMIE SMfrn HOPKINS she needed. Rc.scarch-her pastime sity environment." he said of classes taught Retriever Weekly St1!f1' Writer before coming to UMBC-didn't. by part-timers. ''There's a different atmo­ So she started insti'Ucting one lecture sphere about it. ... The whole rigor of it is different." lloward Smead spends half his W{.'Ck teach­ course a scmc.~tcr. plus labs. and dis­ ing at UMBC and the other half at the Univer­ covered something along the wa). ~ity ofMaryland. College P..uk. John Pannigiani "It turru. out I love to teach." she Concerns From Part-Timers ~plib his time between a day JOb in informa­ said \\ith a laugh. Part-time instructors argue that they're just tion systems and an evening cia-.~ on campus. In the future. she'd even like to do as good as their full-time counterparts-and £o;thcr Fleischmann ·s job is here and here alone. it full-time. sometimes better, because they concentrate But all have one thing in common: They are • Parmigiani. an information sys­ on teaching rather than research. Plus. they part-time instructors. And they arc part of a tem'~ .instructor. has a full-time job to point out, some spend a significant amount group so diverse that it's impossible to find one keep him busy. hut he teaches here of time on campus. others act as faculty ad­ person who typifies the profession. anyway. In fact, he\ done so for I $ visors to student groups. while still others Pa~t-timcrs are spread out into almost every years. It all started by accident: In­ rearrange their full-time work schedule to ac­ discipline on campus. They teach e\·erything vited to be a guest lecturer for an commodate their classes. from biology to American studies. Some have IFSM dass. he fow1d he really en­ But even they think a faculty body that's been here a few semesters; others have taught joyed it. When the tcachcrwaom'table 42 percent part-time may not be good for a on campu~ for more than a decade. to finish out th'< sem~ter. Parmigiani university. Some say that students can be Because of the part-time instructors· some­ took over. shortchanged by the situation part-time teach­ times-transitory nature. however, UMBC has He's found that working for two Dual roles: Information systems expert by day, teacher ers are put in. lillie infomlation about them. Institutional Re­ employers at once n.-quires good time by night, John Pannigiani has worked at UMBC for ·'It's hard for there to be consistency," said search records show that they arc dispropor­ management-especially because of 15 years for the fun of it Mary Hickcmell, a part-time writing instruc­ tionately female-women account for45 per­ the nature of his day job. Parmigiani's tor. "It's hard for a department to work cent of patt-timc teachers but only 28 percent position at Health Care Financing Administration ing ru1d kind of learn the craft as you go. That through policy when large numbers of the de­ of full-timers- but other key fact.; arc uncol­ in Baltimore. where he deals with information sys­ can be a great advantage." partment arc coming and going frequently. tems policy and security. requires him to speak at lected. • For Smead wbo's heen in~tmcting for about What is unfair to the students is primarily not No one J.:nows how long the average teacher conferences across the country. a decade, the term "part-time teacher" is a mis­ the competency of the teachers but that some­ stays. No one knows the avemgc number of Sometime.<; he has to miss a class during the nomer. He's handling as many clw;scs this se­ times they arc harder to meet with .... A lot of courses they instruct Indeed. thcrc is no record semester. but ac; much as po.<>Sible. he plans his mester as the average full-time faculty mem­ what [we] can offer is watered down by the of the total number of classes they handle as a trips around his coun.e schedule. ber doe-: in a year. need to have multiple jobs." group. ''I try to balance both of those so nothing lose.' Like a gTO\\o1ng number of teachcn; in the All that-and, more importantly, the part­ out." he said. Baltimore-Washington area, he works for sev­ And the resources full-time teachers have timers' rcason,c; for teaching-is available fmm • Greg Wahl, an American studies instructor. eral colleges at once. This semester. he's teach­ aren't always available for the other instruc­ only one source: the instntctor!i. juggles the ela<;scs he teache.<> with his own edu­ ing three sections of History I 02 at UMBC and tors, she said. While professors get offices to Here. then, is information from the horse's cation. He's instructing one course here while two history courses at College Park. where he themselves, Hickcrnell shares one with three mouth, a look at just a lew ofthe 280 parr-time working on his dis.-;ertation in American studic.... earned his PhD. other part-timers. teachers on carnpu.o;: at College Pa~·k. "Normally, I teach at both places each day. "That just makes it more difficultto do your • 1--leischmann, a part-time visiting a'iSistant Part-time teaching is usually the only option t<.)r as I \\ill be doing this spring." said Smead. who job well." she said. professor in the Biological Sciences Dcpart­ those ~till in !SChool who want to instnact others, h:t" \\ orkcd at U:'\1BC for three years. Across campus in the Emergency Health ment.ne\erthought:-hc'd he a teacher. Trained he said. He hopes to teach full-time ill the fu­ Would he prefer to be full-time'? Sure. ('"b Sen ices Department, space is so tight that a' a marine biologist \\ ith a Ph.D. in zoology. ture, but hl' enjoys the temporary work nO\\. thi" a serious question'?" he a'k~.) But he·., not one room is designated "the part-time fac­ <>he got into the profession six years ago be­ "It's really like an apprenticeship ... said Wahl. looking for pity. ulty office." The instructors have one com- cause she had young children. who is in his second semester at UMBC. "You "!love it, or l wouldn't subject myself to it." Teaching part-time gave her the 11exibility get a chance to cut your teeth., get practice teach- hcsaid. seeBIG PICTURE, page 7 PAGE6 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS November 3, 1998

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outside of class than a full-lime fac­ The division also has a core group of ad­ highest salary rate - gets an average of ulty member, said Ernst Benjamin. juncts who come back year after year. $77.657. director of research for the AAUP. "This gives us a pretty stable base." said Full-time teachers also get benefits. which And when someone is brought in Carol Fitzpatrick, director of the Writing and all but a handful of part-time instructors can­ to teach for a few semesters and Rhetoric Division. not receive. then goes elsewhere. it's difficult According to administrators. the bargain for students to tind him or her for An Issue of Money prices for part-timers is the only way that recommendations, he said. Why does UMBC rely on part-time fac­ UMBC can offer as many courses as it does. Angela Moorjani, chair­ ulty? To administrators, faced with tight state "The situation is one where we would pre­ woman of the Modem Languages funding, it makes financial sense. fer to have regular full-time faculty," said and Linguistics Department. is con­ Stipends for part-time instructors range Finkelstein. "But there's also a pretty severe cerned about a completely differ­ from about $2,000 to $4,500 per three-credit limitation in terms of the financial situation ent problem: Part-time instructors course. according to Finkelstein, the associ­ ofUMBC.'' don't have to advise students, sit on ate dean of Arts and Sciences. The average Added Rick Welch, dean of Arts and Sci­ committees or do the administra­ is between $2,500 to $3,000, he estimated. ences: "State budgets don't allow us to cre­ tive duties of their departments­ That makes it much less expensive to hire ate enough permanent faculty positions." so in disciplines with many part­ several part-timers than one full-timer. Unless that changes, Searfoss. the health timers. full-timers must take up the The average teaching load for full-time fac­ science and po11cy major. thinks it could se­ slack. ulty is five courses a year. according to Insti­ verely impact the campus. Having a faculty "For every part-time per­ tutional Research. To cover that with several that is 42 percent part-time is "ridiculous.'' son here. a full-time person has to part-time instmctors at the highest rate costs she said. do extra work.'' said MoorjanL UMBC $22.500. With the lowest pay rate, it "Put that on your advertisements and see whose department was 58 percent costs just $10,000. how many students are going to come.'' she part-time last year. "That's why In comparison, the average salary for the said. "If there is a downfall for UMBC. it is most universities do not want to lowest-paid full-time faculty member, an in­ the part-time [situation]. You can do so much I RctrieverWeekly overdo the number of part-time structor. is $32.678. according to Institutional more by having one full-time professor than 'Not very good': Kim Ennis, an information faculty. It's cheaper- but it has Research. A full professor- who earns the two part-timers.'' systems major, says she has had part-timers who drawbacks. The students will feel knew less about the class material than she did. il because the regular faculty will WE PAY FOR YOUR not have as much time for them." COLLEGE EDUCATION from BIG PICTURE, page 5 By being a member of the Maryland Educating the· Educators Army National Guard you can receive a puler and one phone. They cannot leave pa­ While this may not change. some campus FREE college education. When you pers, tests or any other belongings there dur­ departments have tried to remedy concerns serve part-time in the Guard. you can ing the semester. about teaching methods and professional de­ attend school full-time while earning edu­ cational benefits. Like the State Tuition velopment. Waiver (25% to 50% reduction), the 'The Students Will Fee/It' The Modern Languages and Linguistics Montgomery GI Bill and an extra pay­ Offi.cials see other problems with the in­ Department, for instance. carefully monitors check each month. Some schools even creasing use of part-time teachers. Accord­ the teacher evaluations students fill out each give academic credit for Guard training· and service. Find out how the Maryland ing to Lasher. the Council of University Sys­ semester. 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Anne Anmdcl County high school. Such changes arc advocated b) the Ameri­ to )4.500 per three-credit course. according '·I think the pay is fine. is adequate:· "aid There':. .\lla11 Hickcmcll. who'... been here t•an Association ofUni' crsity Professors. \\hich to Jonathan C. Finkelsll:in. an associate dean Ken Kaplan, "'ho has taught social v.ork at II ) ca1 s. She earned ha mastei 's degree at wants higher pay for part-time teachers- pro­ of Arts and Sciences The average falls be­ UMBC for nine years and works in the Anne Johns Hopkins and instructed high school portionate to full-time faculty salaries - and tween $2.500 and $3,000. he estimated. Arundel County Department of Social Ser­ students for almost a decade and a hall She pro-rated hcnctits. Burns. a writing instructor. gets $2.000 per vices. "The pay has never been a problem. I also works in the Writing Center. and two With these altcrattons, along with profes­ class - which means that with the three get so much out of[tcaching]. it's worth more nights a week. she teaches a class at sional support services. "they can do a hetter courses she's teaching this semester and the than a salary. Even if it were less, I'd still do Catonsville Community College. job of helping students:' said Ernst Benjanlin. two she is scheduled to handle in the spring, it." And there's Bums, who spent years teach the group's director of research. she will earn $10.000. John Parmigiani, a part-timer information ing in the South as an associate professor. The part time writing instructors say the!ie In comparison. a full-time instructor, the systems teacher who works in the field by Unable to find full-time university work arc needed alterations. Some suggest that the lowest paid of the non-part-time positions. day, also instructs for the intrinsic · rather when she moved to the area- even though campus v.illlose them if things don't improve. makes an average of $32.678. according to than economic - rewards. she has a Ph.D.-she taught part-time at the "I like the atmosphere, I like the student body Institutional Research. Although instructors "T certainly don't do University of Mary­ and I like the size of the school." Bums said. typically teach six classes a year, more than it for the money," said land. College Park "The only thing I don't like - and won't be the average full-timer. their salary v.orks out the 15-year UMBC Pay for seven years. able to handle forever- is the money." to $5.446 a course-significantly more than veteran. 'Tm teaching Halfway through the even the highest paid part-timer earns. in my field, and this is • Pay range for part-time instructors, per 1996- I 997 aca­ 'Nobody's Making Them Work' The vast majority of part-time teachers an incentive to keep three-credit cour"c: $2,000 to $4,500 demic year. she P. D. Lesko. executive director of the Ann don't receive benefits, either. Those consid­ up." • Average salary for the lowest-paid full­ came to UMBC. Arbor-based National Adjunct Faculty Guild, ered 50 percent part-time- which has to do And. he added, "I time teacher. the instructor: $32,678 Screenwriting, says the best thing for part-timers to do is get with one's contract, not the number of classes like to think I'm doing which she's teaching out. • Average salary for the highest-paid full­ something worth­ '1'hey' re people who have graduate degrees taught- arc eligible for pro-rated benefits, time teacher, the professor: $77,657 this semester. is a but the campus has only a handful of such while." course she devel­ and who could find jobs in other sectors. instructors, Finkelstein estimated. But for some with- Soot..- ln>liiUitunJI R""';~~~e Smnh Hopkins/ ReltievuW..,kly Staff oped herself. Nobody's making them work part-time," sbe Meanwhile, UMBC doesn't give part­ out full-time jobs, the These part-time said. timers a break in parking fees, which arc $100 part-timers trying to scrape together a living instructors usually teach two courses a se­ "Adjuncts need to really focus and say, a year for all faculty $160 for gated lots. as part-timers, the stipends are important. And mester, and sometimes three. 'Whcrc's my job going?' The fewer adjuncts they wish the amount were higher. As long as she's worked here, Bums has there arc, the better working conditions there 'There's Some Disgruntlement' In the English Department's Writing and handled five classes a year, as many as the will be." All in all, this leaves some with the opin­ Rhetoric Division, which is two-thirds part­ average fuJi-time faculty member. Hickcmell, the veteran part-time teacher, ion that the part-time teachers arc being taken time this semester, a group of teachers main­ "We're really just underemployed full-tim­ wonders if she's done the right thing to stay advantage of. tain that they bring much more to the job than ers," Bums said. "Teaching three classes a here so long. "It strikes me as an exploitative situation," they get in return. Many have advanced de­ semester is not really part time." She loves teaching, loves her students. She said James McKusick, chainnan of the En­ grees. Some have worked on campus for quite enjoys the freedom she has to instruct in a way glish Department, who blamed insufficient a while. And they teach in a discipline that For Some, Pay to Improve that will best suit them and she likes her de­ state funding rather than administrators. " ... means grading as many as 175 papers per Better pay may be on the horizon for some. partment. Our part-timers are heroes. They're doing l\11 course. The Dean·s Office is developing a policy that But, after 11 years at ~ \IIBC. she wants a amazingly good job, far better than might be There's Jane Porter, who earned her un­ wiJJ allow departments to give raises to part­ full-time job - and she s tired and frustrated expected considering what we pay them." dergraduate degree at UMBC and started time instructors based on experience and by what she believes is ··a lack of respect and Added Angela Moorjani. chairwoman of teaching here nine years ago. She has a teaching excellence, according to Welch. acceptance from the university'' directed at the Modem Languages and Linguistics De­ master's degree and professional experience. In some departments, merit raises are al­ part-time instructors. partment, which was 58 percent part-time last She's presented papers at conferences. And ready in place - including English, where "Somcti mes," Hickernell said. 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November 3, 1998 PAGE9 OPINION· ~:I-I E Letters to the Editor ETRIEVER Editor: I'm writing to express that more people, especially first year students, should utilize the WEEKLY campus' resourceg. Go to the library's basement to get your paper checked at the Writing Center. or solve those uneasy problems at the Math Center. The tutor service is free and alt Editor-in-Chief Opinion Editor General Manager you have to do is sign in. Got a research paper to do? Go check \ml the VICTOR comput­ John Mischke Emily Bernstein Raymond Dubicki ers to get more information on your topic. If you have time. glance at the academic jour­ nals or the books sitting on the shelves on all floors. See what you can explore at the career development and placement, counseling and self development centers. You can use the study s!..ills CD-rom or listen to the audio on How to Ace Tests in the SDC. test your self­ Planning for the Future Now esteem in counseling. or find a job on campus at the career development and placement center. In between claSlies. you can go to the SDC and watch the video Overcoming Pro­ Will Pay Off Later crastination. parts l-3. Go to the Academic Services building if you need help itl selecting a major (the services provided in this building are very helpful to first year student~). Need Planning for one ·s future can be a complex process. Many students have little to get in shape? Go to the field house or the fitness center in Potomac. l kno\\ this is kind of repetitive. but not many students knov. how to use the library or or no idea of what to be or do after college. While on the other hand. many have knoy, where to go when they are really stressed. Students shouldn't always be stuck on the their future all mapped out. Either way. college students should take advantage of net in their rooms. Students should explore their options and interact v..ith others. I think the enormous opportunites that are available to them. Whether they find an intern­ thi:s is important in order to he a more well-rounded person. When you're caught up with ship, a co-op porgram or even a paying job, they should go for it-the experience classes (yeah right!). have some fun in the game room. 2nd floor of the UC or the ground floor of Chesapeake. Chesapeake has a game room with pool tables. ping pong. cabk TV. can be very beneficial later on in life. and a kitchen. If you're not busy on Tucsda)'S and Wednesdays. see y,hat's showing in Student,s, after receiving their degrees, are pushed out into the real world. Young LH2 with $1 admission and show times of 7:30 and lO P.M. or join a club that interests idealism and persistence will only get you so far. Most areas of the private sector you. 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the Palestinian National Charter was to be nothing to combat terrorism seriously. to the entire Andy Smullian amended. According to the Palestinian Na­ While the leaders of lsrael and Palestine state of Is­ tional Committee, it will not be amended and were sitting around a table discussing details rael as well. At the Wye River Complex on October 23, will stand as it is. The 33 article manifesto of of peace at the Wye River Summit, half way Israel has al­ 1998, an historic peace accord was signed the Palestinian National Charter declares the around the globe a West Bank Palestinian ready stated between the State oflsrael and the Palestin­ liberation of Palestine to be a national duty threw a grenade into an open area, injuring that it wi!J ian Authority. The purpose of this accord is for all Arabs and sets a goal of the elimina­ sixty and killing a little Jewish girl. A Pales­ never allow the exchange of Israeli occupied land to the tion of Zionism in Palestine. This is clearly tinian family went to pay its respect to the a Palestin­ Palestinians in return for major initiatives in not a sign of a people willing to live side by parents of the deceased and were arrested by ian flag to the fighting of terrorism. In other words, land side with Israeli citizens. the Palestinian security force for being Israeli fly over for peace. Jerusalem. Ladies and gentlemen, do not be fooled by "The 33 article manifesto of the Palestinian National Charter The issue is this treaty. It's not worth the paper it is writ­ supposed to ten on, nor the ink used to sign it. A piece of declares the liberation of Palestine to be a national duty for all be the center paper and a handshake cannot change the past Arabs and sets a goal ofthe elimination ofZionism in Palestine. of discus­ and it is foolish to believe it will change the sion in the future of the relations between these two fun­ This is clearly not a sign of a people willing to live side by side upcoming damentally opposed groups. with Israeli citizens." peace nego­ The Israeli government is conceding too tiations. much to the-Palestinian Authority. Israel has The Palestinian ·s second vague and empty sympathizers. Brig. General Ghazi Jabali, When the agreed to troop deployment, giving 13 per­ promise was a security plan to fight terrorist the chief of Arafat's police force in Gaza, is Israelis cent of the West Bank to Palestinian rule, acts upon the State oflsrael. The security plan a known terrorist and is on Israel's most refuse to money for a Palestinian airport in Gaza, the . has not been drawn up yet and will not be wanted Jist. These are the people Israel is sup­ concede this land, and they certainly should release of750 known terrorist prisoners serv­ finished even by the time this article is pub­ posed to trust with its security? refuse, then again there will be acts of terror­ ing time in Israeli jails, and a promise to talk lished. The current Palestinian anti-terrorist Peace is a great thing, however I am sad to ism by the Palestinians and possibly another about giving up more land in the upcomming police was created as a part of the the Oslo say it will never be achieved. There will never Arab-Israeli war. set of peace talks. peace accords. Since the creation of this sup­ be an end to the violence just for the simple What have the Palestinans conceded? Two posed anti-terrorist force, it has been proven fact that the Palestinians feel they have a right Andy Smullian is the assistant sports editor vague and empty promises. It was agreed that to be ineffective- clearly these police do not only to Jerusalem, the Israeli capital, but of The Retriever Weekly. OU OTESfto;n de QUAD What current trend do you think should die7 photos by Amy Banowetz

Kristy Ballor, 18 Math "Homework."

Sara Landbeck, 2 J Theatre Sandra Utter, 20 "J have two words, Ross and Math Rachel." "Guys with their ass hanging out...pull up your pants!"

"Puffy needs to stop doing duets." Brian Carnahan, 20 IFSM "Guys who wear big baggy pants and wallet chains." THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION November 3, 1998 PAGE 11 Just Hours Before the Polls ·close, All the Facts Still Prove Glendening Is The Right Choice for Governor

Carolyn Danckert Police to track violent crime~ that arc com­ •Voted against Clean Water Programs in 1980. Sauerbrey: mitted against someone because of his or her 1985. 1986, 1992.and 1994 •Opposed Children\ Health Program cov­ sexual orientation • Voted to weaken the Forest Conservation Act Tir~d of all the rhetoric'? Examine the cnng 60.000 children and pregnant women facts in the race for Governor. ofl991 •Voted against health insurance reform bill ENVIRONMENT •Was voted one of the country's wor:.t legis which established unifonn benefits and con­ Glendening: EDUCATION lators on environmental issues in 1998 tinued coverage for women and newborns •Introduced and passed Smart Growth Initia­ Glendening: •Dccl ined to sign the Children's Tnitiative tive to focus growth in areas where there arc CRIME •Increased scholar..hips and financial aid for existing services to curtail urban sprawl and Glendening: post-secondary education by 51 percent ECONOMY revitalize older communities - hailed as a •Violent crime down 9 percent over the past •Directed 10 million dollars toward science. Glendening: national model . four years of his term engineering. and technology scholarships •During the past several years. Maryland has •17 tons of ozone-forming pollutants wi II not •Added 225 new troopers to state police force •Started School Accountabilit} fund with moved from 43rd to 26th in nation in job be added to the air eYery day due to his \Cto -Instituted "Hot Spot"locations targeting high $186 million in mone)' for at-risk students­ creation - unemployment is at a nine year of effects to weaken the state's vehicle emis­ crime areas for extra rapid police response • Increased direct state financial aid to lo\'. sions program •Enacted one of the toughest anti-gun vio­ schools b} 33 percent •Mal) land has had two consecutive budget •Preserved more than 21.000 acres of state­ lence laws. cutting hand gun sales by 25 per­ surpluses which have been used to fund tax •Increased school construction and renova­ owned land which has been reclassified as tion by $603.5 million cent in first year cuts. public school construction and capital wildlands •Introduced and implemented bill to in­ improvements at our colleges and universi­ •Acted to protect public health when Mary­ Sauerbrey: ties creased ability of teachers to discipline dis­ land suffered outbreak of pfiesteria in 1997: ruptive children •Voted against ban of Saturday night specials •His administration created Maryland's first passed groundbreaking legislation to invest •Increased funding for public libraries by •Proposed $88.2 million cut in law enforce­ statewide strategic economic development more than $45 million to reduce nutrient run­ almost 60 percent ment and $64 million cut to Department of plan and a Department of Business and Eco­ offs and protect health of bay Public Safety nomic Development •Redirected funds into the Rural Legacy Pro­ •Has aggressively pursued high-tech and Sauerbrey: gram to protect fannland from development ··Proposed $169 million cut in education LABOR ISSUES biotech business. Maryland is now thlrd the •Intends to make mass transit systems con­ Glendening: in nation in its number of biotefhnology funding nect to each other in a more user-friendly way •Signed an Executive Order to allow state flrms •Proposed elimination of the Board of Edu­ •Passed the brown fields legislation to provide employees the right to elect bargaining rep­ •The Regional Economic Studies Institute cation Office of Communications and Spe­ financial incentives to clean up contaminated resentatives and negotiate contracts with their reported that Maryland's economy is the cial Projects industrial sites for redevelopment employer fifth most prosperous in the nation-aver­ •Passed law requiring schools to notify par­ CIVIL RIGHTS age family income is up to the 3rd highest ents when applying pesticides to school build­ level in the nation Glendening: Sauerbrey: ings •New businesses created up 24.3 percent •Appointed African-Americans to 23 per­ •Repeatedly voted against public employee •Recently elected to chair the National from may 1996 to may 1997 - 103,000 new cent of judicial vacancies collective bargaining bills Governor's Association Committee on Natu­ jobs created since 1995 27 percent of the appointments to boards ral Resources issues •Enacted ftrst cut in personal taxes in 30 and commissions have been minorities - HEALTH CARE years - this cut will return more than $2 bil­ a number proportionate to the state's mi­ Glendening: Sauerbrey: lion to taxpayers nority population •Expanded health coverage for 60,000 poor •Voted against Clean Air programs on seven •Sound fiscal policies and an AAA bond rat­ •Named 26 women to judicial positions, in­ children and pregnant women different occasions ing have saved taxpayers more than $100 cluding the first Hispanic-American to hold •Forced insurance companies to allow woman •Voted to permit the construction of sewage million since 1995 a judicial seat in Maryland pipe line on dunes of Assateague Island to remain in the hospital up to 48 hours after •40 percent of his 3,700 appointments to childbirth •Voted to exempt Maryland from the federal Sauerbrey: boards and commissions have been women Mining Control and Reclamation Act •Launched a pre-natal health initiative pro­ gram in 1995 that bas resulted in a 14 percent •Intends to invest vehicle and fuel taxes into •Voted against a ban on phosphates in deter­ highway projects, like the bloated inter­ Sauerbrey: drop in infant mortality rate gents, a leading cause of pollution in the county-connector, rather than subsidize the •Voted against the 1991 revision of the fair •Tripled the amount of general money used Chesapeake Bay state's public transportation system housing law •Opposed the Chesapeake Bay and Endan­ to pay for breast cancer screenings •Voted in 1992 against a bill to allow sexual gered Species Check-off that would allow •Made Maryland one of only five states where consumers have the right to appeal a HMO's Carolyn Danckaert, a senior majoring in harassment suits to be brought in Maryland taxpayers to designate $1 to go to environ­ English, assembled these facts. Due to an courts rather than in the federal courts where decision to the state insurance commissioner mental programs errm; her article did not run in last weeks plaintiffs face long delay so that they are held more accountable to the •Voted for pesticide companies over local citi­ Focus section. •Voted in 1991 against requiring the State zens in 1986. 1989. 1992, 1993. and 1994 patients PAGE 12 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION November 3, 1998 Staying Afloat in College Is Difficult for Some Students

to ask, maybe, for a phone call, or a sweet Mary Schoolcraft letter, or dinner some random evening when there's nothing better to do? There's something so disturbing about col­ Everything about you gets complicated. lege life, like maybe it was easier when there Relationships. The ones you had before col­ was this dream, and only the dream. and the lege are weakened somehow, and the ones reality of the whole thing could be pushed formed in college are probably some of the aside for a little whi le. Being here kind of fiercest intimacies you'll ever know. Like the ruins the dream. way the person you sit next to in a 50 minute That time leading up to the college experi­ lecture becomes a close confidant or the way ence is kind of like swimming. You start out your roommate becomes your most trusted in the baby pool, which is just amazing be­ friend. cause you don't have to do any work at all. It even complicates your moods. It seems Then you work your way up to the shallow like there's no happy medium. You're either end and you're in there for a while. And that's happy to the point where you feel like you're a good place to be. You're in the water and it nying and nothing can bring you down, or feels like you're swimming but your head you're so bitter and angry and frustrated you stays over the water so you don't have to stop feel like giving up. Then there are times when breathing. The water gets a little deeper and you feel like it could go either way, and I maybe you have to start treading for a little suppose that's the craziest of all. Still, you bit. but for the most part there is not a whole arc probably a better person for it in the long lot to worry about. Then college comes and run. it's like being thrown into ridiculously deep Sometimes. when I'm sv.imming, l go too water. ing and just cannot find a way back to the horrible feeling that maybe college was the deep. I get scared and I feel like I'm going to Now some people arc amazing swimmers. surface. The ones who drown quietly and wrong decision, if you even think it possible drown and I know there is no one there to They stay anoat with case and make it back unnoticed as everyone else swims around that college could be the wrong decision. save me because I have to do it on my own. to the shallow end without so much as a loss them. Everything's more complicated, beyond So I tum around and noat on my back for of breath. They arc the ones everyone knew I guess being here sometimes makes me the scope of classes and schoolwork. This awhile. It takes a long time. but eventually I was going to make it. Next you have the feel like I am drowning. includes dating- not meeting someone and make it back to the shallow end. I get there, strugglers. They make it in the end, but they Isn't it funny how stupid college can make commiUing your entire heart and soul to him and I'm out of breath, and I'm still a little splash .around for a little while first. Maybe you feel? Maybe you were in high school or her-just sweet, innocent dating. Why is frightened. Maybe I don't get there as quickly at times they start sinking but they get their breezing through with straight A's and an that so hard to find? Or, maybe it is just me as everyone else. Maybe it isn't as easy for act together and find their way and start amazing social life, and maybe you made it having so much trouble with it, in which case me. But I always make it back to the shallow swimming and don't ever stop until they through the flfst year or so of college with you can disregard this whole thing. Why is it end. And I guess that's all that matters. reach the shallow end. similar ease. But eventually it's going to hit so hard to spark a little interest? Why docs it Then there is everyone else. The ones who you all at once and all that is left is your ig­ seem like everyone is taken or could not care Mary Schoolcraft is a sophomore and is ma­ get scared and lose their heads and start sink- norance and your wounded pride and the less if he never saw you again? Is it too much joring in English and education. A UMBC Student's Guide to Effective Procrastination Emily Bernstein the Internet is the most effective tool for pro­ beautiful world is at lmp:!lwww.bored.com. nighter. In any case. teams that travel gener­ crastination since television, but it is far su­ Aptly named, this site has links to the best ally pay team members· travel expenses. pro­ perior in that it is interactive -thus making boredom-alleviating, procrastination-aiding vide an excused absence from class. and an It's 2:00 on a weekday afternoon and I'm me feel like I'm doing something worthwhile, sites on the Web. There's even a link to a site excuse not to do anything substantial on Fri­ wondering what to do with myself. Sure, I a key component in any method of procrasti­ where you can count down the seconds until day and Saturday and to sleep all Sunday. could do work for the class I have in an hour nation. your death, which might actually serve to en­ Another extremely effective way to waste and a half, or I could even work on the news­ Working on my webpage is my current fa­ courage you to shut off your computer and time is to attempt to deal with any of anum­ paper or do any of a number of other things vorite time-killer. Every UMBC student can go Jive your life while you still can. ber of UMBC bureaucracies. Walk into Stu­ that it is necessary for me to do in order not have one, and really should make use of this For those who do that, and those who just dent Activities and ask a question about fund­ to fail out of school or lose my job. So natu­ resource if for no other reason than to usc it aren't into the whole computer thing, there ing or go to the Financial Aid Office and try rally. I must find a way to put off completing as an aid in procrastination. Just go to the are still a multitude of ways to procrastinate. to find out the status of your loan. Either of all of these tasks. Engineering I Computer Science building and Drive around until you find a playground and these small efforts will yield hours of being For a skilled procrastinator such as myself, ask one of the lab consultants for informa­ swing for a while- and bring a friend who sent from person to person and office to of­ it is usually relatively easy to find an activity tion on how to start your webpage. From also wishes to pass time, because seesawing fice, days of paper shuffiing and filling out that on its face appears constructive, but is there, everything you need to know can be isn't very fun by yourself. Go out for a bike form after ridiculous form. weeks of calls actually a useless endeavour with no real con­ obtained with a bit of Web searching. ride or a walk or just sit around watching the from 8:30 to 4:30 staffers asking questions sequence other than wasting valuable time. If you don't feel like putting forth the ef­ leaves change color and fall off the trees. that they should already know the answers Reading the newspaper. thinking of unusual fort to create your own page, look at the pages Better yet. join a group on campus that goes to and are irrelevant to the subject at hand nev. debate cases. talking on the phone and of some of your friends. In Nctscapc (which on a lot of trips that will cause you to miss anyway. sleeping are the time-wasters 1 will usually is far superior to Internet Explorer), type in valuable working time. The debate team. for There is a veritable cornucopia of ways to choose, and I' II throw in a bit of work on the http://www.gl.umbc.edu/-ebems I. substitut­ example, leaves town every Friday and Sat­ procrastinate, both on campus and off-use least pressing commitments to make myself ing any GL e-mail address for ·'eberns I" - urday to participate in a tournament some­ them to your .advantage. Once you graduate feel like I'm not completely worthless. the address of my GL page. If the person has where on the East Coast. The ice hockey and - five to nine years down the road - you Recently, however. with midterms. Re­ a homepage. it will appear under that URL. quizbowl teams both do a fair bit of travel­ may never have such golden opportunities triel'er Weekly deadlines and debate tourna­ Of course. Internet procrastination goes far ing, and crew goes on trips, too, though usu­ again. ments, it has become necessary for me to in­ beyond UMBC- there is an entire world of ally disgustingly early in the morning - vent new ways to occupy myself other than pointless entertainment waiting for you. A a time generally not seen by most hard-core Emily Bernstein is the opinion editor ofThe with all this work. I stand by my belief that great place to start your journey through this procrastinators. except when pulling an all- Retriever Weekly.

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__._ irs! and foremost. I would like to extend an apol ogy to last week's winner. as I mis-quoted her as saying that she was all the present any bod)' needed. She didn't say that at all; in fact, the ··me" on her entry was actually "one," as in, ··we've already re ccived one." Beverly, thank you again for enter­ ing. and I apolog11e for the misunderstanding. You should really enter again. Nobody entered the contest last week, and r m going to blame it on a mix-up with circulation, and the "misplacement" of approxi­ mately 4,990 copies of the paper. So. in light of the fact that only 10 people had access to the paper on Tuesday. rm guessing that nobody entered because they dido 't realize there was a paper until Thursday. and by then it was too late because Thursday is the deadline. Yes. Docsn'tthat sound rational? So keeping that in mind, we're giving you another chance. We're nice like that. This week's contest is almost directly ripped off of a contest conducted by an infinitely more reputable publication. which also has fabulous contests. Except of course that its contests are infi­ nitely more fabulous, and people actually enter them. Dave Chen I Retriever Weekly Staff This publication called its contest "Unseens We'd Like to See," All Dressed Up: Students swing out at the Chinese Students' Association's Halloween Bash at the and asked for entries in the categories of books that won't ever be Towers Clubhouse last week. written ("Mommy and Daddy are Getting a Divorce and it's All Your Fault"), television shows, Olympic ~ports and political slo­ gans. We won't ask you to do exactly that That would be plagia­ rism. And that's wrong. In fact, four score and seven years ago, I BASHING PUMPKINS - oh, right. So your categories are Fast Food Ideas that Will Never Make It, Ice Cream Flavors that Will Never Happen, Campus Events that would Just be Bad Ideas from the Start and-oh, they CSA Halloween Party Evokes Memories had four; we'll have three. Because we're not plagiarizing. That's DAVE CHEN were parked there. "Ah, th is must ally heat up. The music I heard was wrong. Retriever Weekly Staff Writer be it then," I thought, and opened mostly conventional dance stuff, The winner of this week's contest will receive a rhinestone set­ the door to the clubhouse. but midway through my second ter from the year I. apparently. It's supposed to be guaranteed for As I pulled into the parking lot Immediately, I was bombarded Killian's Irish Red (courtesy of life, but r'd venture to guess that the company went out of busi­ of the seemingly deserted Towers with waves of throbbing techno Chul Kim, a bouncer of the Club­ ness long before UMBC was founded. Good luck contacting the Clubhouse, I wondered if I had music. and warmly greeted by sev­ house). my ears perked up as a company in case of emergency. missed the party or if the party had eral Asian hosts. Christine C!lun. dance version of "You're Still the been moved to another place or vice president of the UMBC Chi­ One" by Shania Twain poured from The runners-up will receive gift certificates to that popular area restaurant, date. looked at my watch: p.m. nese Student Association (CSA), the speakers. Well, I guess that if which is a preuy good runner-up prize if you ask me. And just for the nay­ I 10 sayers ("NAY! Nay!") .I am upping the prizes a bit. No more Happy Meal If the doors opened at 9 p.m., then recognized me and verified that I the "Star Wars" theme can be re­ Toys, and no more crap lying about the office. See? I'm a good editor after where was everyone? While stand­ was a student from UMBC. I then mixed, then anything goes. all. And I take care of my entrants. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO ENTER. ing around and pondering whether showed my ID, paid six dollars and By II p . m., the number of YOU SLACK-ASS LOSERS! Oh. sorry. Have you noticed that I have a prob­ to go home or return to campus, I h~ded towards the bar in the back. partygoers had nearly doubled, and lem with referring to myself in the third person plural? Like we're the Queen caught a faint thumping beat and It was only an hour after the doors many were seated at tables or the Mother or something. A friend said that I could just be construed as referring wandered to the opposite side of the opened. so I wasn't surprised by the bar. or gathered on the dance floor to myself and the rest of the Retriever Weekly staff, bull feel safe in a~sum­ building. A lit, closed doorway was sparse crowd inside. I took a seat at grooving to the beats. Others were ing that they want no pan of this liule page of mayhem and disorgani7ation. It's all me. Us. We-uns. the only sign of occupancy, and I the bar, ordered a beer. lit up a ciga­ noticed that nearly a dozen cars rette and waited for the party to re- see HALLOWEEN. page 14 Counseling Center Helps Students' Organizational Skills

NAOMI CHANG dent, provided information on the To help combat procrastination, what you can do in the course of merely setting out to "get started" Retritver Weekly Staff Writer forces that can influence how you Ms. Foster recommended establish­ each day. on your paper. set some minigoals spend your time (such as procrasti­ ing a baseline schedule of bow you For the third week. make any that can give you motivation to get Your daily scenario consists of nation), and ways to schedule your spend your time. This takes about modifications on your baseline started, since it is easier to follow trying to get too much done in too time more effectively. three weeks to establish. which is schedule that you see fit. Of course. the specific steps, such as going to little time. with too many interrup­ Dr. Miyaguch.i defined procras­ also the amount of time it takes to you can'tjust have all work and no the library for sources and taking tions and distractions going on for tination as "a~abit that is rein­ re-route bad habits. Try this: For play. So make sure that you sched­ notes. you to concentrate. You're feeling forced," a habit being a repeated one week, note in a small notebook ule in some breaks. For example, if Dr. Miyaguchi and Ms. Foster overwhelmed, and frankly. you behavior that is done automatically. or notepad how you spend your you study for one hour straight - also -gave some tips on making could usc the help of your own per­ You don't really think about par­ time. Make these notes about three or two hours if you so desire take more time. They are as follows: sonal staff to case the workload. ticular behaviors beforehand: there­ times a day. every day. Also, ob­ a short break. You deserve it! .- Learn to say "no." Be assertive. But such a luxury would be unreal­ fore. a habit can be quite powerful. serve yourself. When is the best "But still," you say, "ho\\ can I and remember your priorities. CUL tSttc consider the cost of a per­ This habit is reinforced with a re­ time for you to study'? In the morn­ finish my paper tn time it's due down on lower priority commit­ sonal staff for one thing. Your best ward: the relief of not having to do ing" After you exercise? Make note soon! And I haven't even started!" ments (favors. activities. etc.). or if solution'? Better time management.. any grudge work right now, for ex of this. One \\ ay to handle this seemmgly you can. plan to do these commit­ As pan of their Skills for Success ample. or the relief you feel when For the second \.,eek. use your enormous task is by breaking up ments later on. Workshop Series. the Counseling you decide to wait until tomorrow notes from the first \\Cek to fom1 your one large task into little tasks .- Do high-priority tasks first. no Center sponsored ,J Time :\tanage­ to stan on your paper that is due an ideal schedule that you feel com­ (minigoals) that ) ou can accmn­ matter hO\\ tempting it tmg.ht be to mcnt Workshop. This \\Orkshop. next ''eck. IL is imponant to If) to fortahlc foliO\\ ing. This tdcal. or plish each da) --assuming that )OU address a more enjoyable or easter conducted by Dr. Ron :\h) ague hi get habits to \\Ork for you instead hasclinc. schedule should not be a haven't waited until the last minute and Tracey Foster, a doctoral stu- of against you. fantas) schedule. Be realistic \\ tth to \\rite your paper. So instead of ~ee ORGANIZATION. page 21 +

PAGE 14 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998 Team Uses 'Debate Force'

ADAM CRAIGMILES With all this arguing going on, it makes Re/rl('\'t'r \\h•kl\' Staff Wr.ter one curious as to whether any feelings of animosity are ever generated during the de­ In a limitl!d amount of time. make a rea­ bates. I kept envisioning the Leader of Op­ sonable argument for the pro' ided subject position cracking a chair over the Prime and include as much information as you can. Minister's head. But. as it turns out. the role Arc you gelling flashbacks from your last in­ of the debater is far more civilized. As class essay'? Most of us. after a fe\\ years of Victoria Crane. a debate team member and a college. arc all too familiar with this nerve­ victim of my interview, put it. "It's a pretty racking cxpcrience. In fact, I think writing in sportsmanlike thing." Apparently. tension those horrid blue books should be considered sometimes docs arise between teams, but a an art form. Well. the debate team has done condescending tone is as fierce as they get. I just that. Not writing in blue books. of course, did get to witness the debate team members but making on-the-spot. timed arguments. squabbling over which role each would take. TI1e major difference is that the debaters make however. But perhaps that was just some ritu­ their arguments orally. It's an admirable skill alistic warm-up-as when a jogger slrl!tches Gabe Marcus I Retriever Weekly Stafr that requires both craft and speed. before a mce. Free to Be: The Freedom Alliance offers support and a safe space for But don't get the wrong impression: de­ lf you attend debates every week. you will students to express themselves. Above, members convene at their weekly bate is certainly more fun than taking an obviously acquire certain techniques in ar­ meeting, held every Thursday at 7 p.m. in Social Sciences 002. exam. ror one thing. you get to have cool gument. These skills are intended to be used titles such as "Prime Minister" and "Leader in matches. no doubt. but can such a force be of Opposition." Yes. with these titles it may harnessed for other uses'? When I hinted at sound a" though you· re setting up a govern­ the subject with my inten iewec, she agreed Freedom Alliance Offers ment in South America. but that's what the saying. "Yeah; oh, yes, yeah:· Apparently titles arc. The debate members also have their Victoria has visited the dark side and is guilty own personalized nicknames. One ofthe par­ of using her "debate force" to belittle friends Support and Safe Space ticipants in the practice debate was called and trick professors. Victoria cla i m~ that her "Assmaa ' HandshakeofDoom' El-Haggan." skills especially come into play with multiple I don't know what that means, but I'm sure choice tests, where she can convince a pro­ GABEMARCUS official UMBC procedures. The club's room as hell not going to shake her hand the next fessor to change the answer. Perhaps if one Retrie1•er Weekly Staff Writer is designated a safe space. time 1 bump into her. gets extremely good, one can argue over the Wen added, "On an annual basis, we have The debate team also gets exposure to defmition of the word "is." Adorning the walls of SS002, the room that National Coming Out Day, which we had ear­ many diverse and interesting topics. In the The UMBC Parliamentary Debate Society the UMBC Freedom Alliance calls home, arc lier this month, a day for people to come out practice debate held last Thursday, the team meets twice a week for an impressive two issues of Out and the Advocate, two publica­ and celebrate their sexuality and to break the debated "the bell case." The case basically hours of practice. Thc team also atlends tour­ tions oriented to the gay, lesbian and bisexual silence they have within themselve'. For dealt with practicality versus sentiment us­ naments at a different university each week­ lifestyle. A large multi-colored flag hangs in some. I think it's to stop lying to themselves. ing an old church bell as an example. was end of the academic year. I r you're interested the comer. which hung on the University which is hard. We have Lesbian. Gay. Bi­ hoping for issues such as who would \\in in in brushing up on your own debating knowl­ Center on October II. imploring students to sexual and Transgender Awareness Week in a fight bct\\ecn Mighty ,\-1ouse and Super­ edge or techniques. go check out the team's "Come Out and Celebrate :--:ational Coming April evel) year. That's wheo we have an man, but the debate team contends with far informative and well-organized website at Out Day." actual week full of events. reaching out and more perplexing topics. ln a typical match. lmp:l/sta.umbc.edul-debatd. The site hao; a "Freedom Alliance is a place where we educating people about being gay. lesbian, the team can face issues ranging from phi­ section describing all the facts and rules of bring the gay. lesbian. bi-sexual, queer and bi-sexual and tr.tnsgendered. We have speak­ losophy to politics to history. parliamentary debate. You can find out when straight communi!) together:· Emerson Wen, ers, a dance. and a lot of lectures. We also The issues aren't always so scholastic. the debate team practices, their impressive co-president of the club. said. " I think it's have fun." however. As I was told. in one particular de­ list of a\\ ards and their schedule. So go check the allies who make us feel we"re more ap­ ··Gays and lesbians are such a minority. that bate. the participants were asked to place out their site if you're intcrcsted. It seems that preciated. so we don"t feel so isolated." they feel isolated. A major reason we're here themsclvc.;s in the shoes of a character from new members arc \\armly welcomed. In fact, "Stmight. But Not Narro\\" is a slogan fea­ is to provide support. particularly for students the sitcom "Boy Meets World" and deal with using their remarkable debating skills, they tured prominently on a button in the Free­ on campus who feel they're isolated from the an issue presented in a particular episode. even tried to persuade me to join. dom Alliance office. It refers to a heterosexual general campus. and to provide a peer net­ who is accepting of the homosexual lifestyle. work." Roberts added. This sentiment was also expressed in the Issues relevant to the entiJe campus arc Halloween With CSA group's chalkings that celebrated National often dtscussed in or before FA meetings. Coming Out Day. such as the stress of registering for next from HALLOWEEN, page 13 sides, who'd want to look like a freak walk­ "The reason we·re here is to provide sup­ semester's classes, or mid-term exams. Af­

---~----- ing around as an oversized hoagie two days port and a peer network for people. Here, ter the meeting, which this reporter attended, playing pool in the front room of the club or before Halloween anyway? every Thursday, between 7 and 8 p.m., is the the group went out to dinner. The restaurant standing near the entrance chatting with After returning to the spot that I had occu­ business meeting when we discuss proactive attended was participating in ·'Dining Out For friends. Fifleen minutes later, it seemed as if pjed over the last two-and-a-half hours, I political issues. Eight to 9 p.m. is the support Life." a program in which local restaurants people had finally decided that the one lighted checked my watch and decided it \\as about group, offering a safe space to discuss prob­ contribute a portion of their profit to AIDS doorway outside meant that this was the place time to head for the hills. But I almost didn't lems." said the club's treasurer, Ro>.anna research, according to Sydney Lewis. the for the party. and the entire back room filled want to leave, because for a brief moment. I Roberts. A safe space is defined as an area rreedom Alliance's other co-president "It's nearly to the point of being a safety viola­ felt as if I was back home in Taiwan. where I where people can be helped without having really important to be educated with an open tion. Throngs of Asians and some assorted had lived for nine years engaged in many of to sign up on an official list, or go through mmd." Wen stated. people of other ethnic backgrounds occupied the activities I sa\\ other fellow Asians also almost all the tables and slowly drifted onto doing at the party -playing pool. dancing, the dance floor to boogie down. smoking and drinking. Tom between bask­ Scanning the crowd for anyone else in cos­ ing in the atmosphere of celebrating life the tume. I felt out of place among the sea of Asian way and catching a few hours of sleep black-clad people in my blue death-row-in­ before a 10 a.m. group discussion the next mate shirt. I suppo.<>e this is because, among day, the beers I had downed earlier finally most Asians, the Halloween tradition of kicked in and my eyelids began to grO\\ dressing up is not as celebratl!d as other holi­ heavy. day traditions, such as wearing new clothes Having gathered my camera gear together, for the New Year. playing pranks on April I left the bartender a tip and wormed my way Fool's Day. or fasting for a week. to the exit. I exchanged a few words with No seasonal decorations were visible to me Christine Chun, the girl who recognized me from the bar. so I roamed the place taking at the door. before lea\ ing and took one last pictures and searching for anything bc~ides look at the scene in the club so reminiscent my costume to represent the "Hallo\\cen" at of days I remember back home in Tah\:m. !hi'> CSA llallo\\ cen Party. However. my hunt Memories filled m) tired mind. and I ~miled revealed no rc. ults. and I told myself that a because I kne'' that home would never be holiday party didn't necessanly mean that too faraway with the Chmese Student As~o­ people had Lo drcs~ up just to celebrate. Be- ciatiOn at UMBC. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998 PAGElS Sweat and Burn WITH MARTIN SHusTER

ast week, we talked about the gains go. In fact. most studies seem to con­ been studies that show negative only train­ muscle grm•p per week. You should basic three lifts. Today we will clude that you should exaggerate the nega­ ing to be very effective. never do negatives for more than one discuss negative and positive tive portion of the lift. Basically, here is the run-down. You can muscle after working the muscles regu­ L movements. This would mean lowering the weight lower 120-140 percent more weight than you larly. as it is just too demanding. First or all. in every movement. there slowly, pausmg at the bottom. and then rais­ can raise. This means if you can bench press Or. if you arc ultra-advanced (and this are two <.:on traction~: the negative and the ing. Initially. this will mean that you will have 100 pounds in good form, then you can just is very. very hard), you can do all your positive. The negative contraction i~ to usc less weight, but the rc'A·ards will soon lower 120-140 pounds (i.e. only lo'Acr it. not training as negative only. Basically you called the "eccentric.. contraction. and the be visible. What l personally suggest is the raise it). would do one. I repeat. one set of six to positive one is called the ·•concentric'' following time scheme: a 4-l-2-x tempo (ec­ So how do you do it? Well, you need at lO negatives for each muscle (for a total contraction. Take the bench press for ex­ centric-pause-concentric-pause). This basi­ least two other training partners - one on of eight to 12 sets per workout), and then ample: when you lower the weight to your cally means to lower the weight in four sec­ each side of the bar - then you load the bar rest until you feel recovered, and repeat chest. you are performing the negative (or onds. pause at the bottom for one second. and up with a weight that is f20-140 percent more the process. eccentric) portion of the lift: when you raise the weight in two seconds: do not pause than you can handle, then proceed to lower it You shouldn't do this for more than push the bar up from your chest. you are at the top, and start all over again. in six to I 0 seconds. This slow tempo is very three weeks: as you will, simply put, be performing the positive (or concentric) It is difficult to time this exactly. but you important, as it stretches and accentuates lhe way too dead from it. I would recom­ portion of the lift. can approxima£e or get your training partner lift. mend starting Monday-Wednesday-Fri­ Who cares. you ask'? to count out loud. This is the safest and prob­ Then your lifting partners Uft lhe weight day: then, if your strength levels drop, Well, many studies have shown that the ably most productive way of training. up for you, and you repeat for the desired switch to two times a week. When they eccenl[ic portion of the lift is actually the Which moves us to the next pmtion of our amount of reps. Again. never. ever, ever, ever drop again, switch to once a week, and most important. It is directly correlated article: negative-only training. Let me first do this by yourself (unless you hate life)­ then if they drop again, go back to nor­ to strength and si:.>:e gains. Yet people just provide a little warning -- this type of train­ you should have two strong, trusty spotters. maJ training. throw the weights down as fast as pos­ ing is not, I repeat, not, for the beginner. Jt This is also extremely taxing on both your You will see amazing increases in sible. almost crushing their chests, then should only be used by the intermediate or muscular and nervous systems (you are after Strength using this method of training. bouncing it off their chest<; and pushing experienced Ufter. It is very taxing on the all moving more weight than you can really but it is very. very. very. very taxing and it up. Again. this will soothe your ego and system, and a beginner simply does not have handle). So never overdo it. difficult, so know yourself and what you let you lift more weight, but it really the weight-lifting basis ro adapt to it. So, How do you use it? Well. you can add on can handle. docsn't do much as far as strength or si1.e again. be wary when using this. There have one or two negatives after a workout for one Until then. take care.

Ir------~ I I THE SURVIVAL SKILLET I I BY ADAM CRAIGMILES I I ZIPPY LITTLE CASSEROLE 0 112 teaspoon salt Anyone want to learn how to make a 0 few dashes of pepper casserole? Before images of meatloaf and 0 I can chopped Ortega chilies (these June Cleaver start popping into your head, aren't hot) calm down. Jus£ because you bake a cas­ 0 I cup cheddar cheese serole doesn't necessarily mean that 0 I can whole Ortega chilies you 'II start getting dressed up to vacuum Chopping onions is a real pain. Unless or saying things like "Golly gee." The cas­ you want to clear your sinuses. try some serole can be an excellent addition to the less agonizing methods. Cutting onions I college diet. But if you're really self-con­ in a food processor works wonders. A por­ scious about jeopardizing your youthful table fan placed close by works too. I've identity, just don't tell anyone what you're heard that if you cut an onion over run­ making. or pretend you're experimenting ning water, the effects aren't nearly as with a new kind of pizza. strong. But with a slippery knife, you'll Eli Zukowsk• I Retriever Weekly Staff The basic definition of a casserole is probably cut your finger and end up cry­ Good Little Ghouls and Boys: The sisters of Delta Sigma Theta hosted a edible slop that takes the form of the pan ing anyway. As a last resort, you can use night of Trick Or Treating for the children of Douglass Homes last Thursday. The you cook it with. The casserole is an old something like swimming goggles. I was kids went door to door in the resident halls and apartments, soliciting students dish, dating way back to the beginning of making French Onion soup one time and for candy - are you feeling old yet? civilization. In fact, the history books give I used a snorkel mask. It worked great, homage to one Betty Rubble as its cre­ but make sure you are completely alone. ator. To the college student. the advan­ The first step to making the Green Chili tage of a casserole is that if you throw it Casserole is to saute the onions and mar­ into some Tupperware it remains edible garine in a small pan. Cook for five min­ for over a week (until it changes color). utes or until the onions are translucent. Plus. casseroles can be cut into nice little Next, in a large bowl, mix the rice, sour freezable bricks and can double as cream, cottage cheese, bay leaf. salt, pep­ Help us Spackle. per and chopped chilies witl1 your onion The recipe I've provided is a zippy little mixture. Spread the mixture evenly into number caiJed Green Chili Casserole. a medium sized casserole dish. For the Here's what you'll need: finishing touches, lay the whole Ortega 0 I cup chopped onions chilies flat across the top of the casserole 1 0 /4 cup margarine and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake 0 3 cups cooked rice under 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. help you. 0 2 cups sour cream For next week: crap in a wrap. 0 I cup cottage cheese Anyone who once had a crush on Betty 0 I bay leaf (finely crumbled). or a few Rubble can e-mail me at acraig2@gl. dashes of basil umbc.edu. Write ·for us and,. earn ~------~~~~~~~WD------~ cash. Call. x126o for. . nters ac~~~ 1OJ 455-1260 further information. ancrearn cash PAGE 16 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998

M U S I C R.E.M. Is on the Up and Up

R.E.M. Up J.a.,t.Tucsda), R.E.M. relcru;ed ~ound as monstrou:-;, Bill'~ drum~ sound bet­ Up. an alhum that almost leaves me specch­ ter than I have ever heard them. the bas~ is lc-;o;, After losing thear drummer. R.E M. de­ thumping and even Ony sounds good. Cided. against previous promises. to continue There arc also t\H> new studio tracks on on U'> a band. Up is the result of a reformed the 2-disc set: however. these arc a lctdow n. R E.l'vl. As an album. it is meant to be taken They aren't bad don't get me wrong­ as a ~:omplcte album. not as a collection of they're just not up to par with the other Sab­ singles. It progresse:-; through 14 tracks. leav­ bath stuff. But I think there may be several ing even the biggest fans ofR.E.M. wonder­ explanations: I) they let Ot zy write the lyr­ ing where this turn has taken them. You ics. In the old days. Geezer wrote all the lyr­ wouldn't recog111ze this as R.E.M. if it ics. 2) It is an Iommi/Osbourne product, weren't for Michal.!! Stipe's vocals. which would imply that Gectcr and Bill were Up is a gathering of rock ballads: the al­ not involved in the song-writing process. I bum bcgms \\ith "Airportman." The mood would not judge the re-united Sabbath on of the first track is down and out. Buck and these two new tracks - wait until they re­ Mills· music dwells upon itself. and beckons lease a full-length album to do that - but in listeners to pa) closer attention with pulsing the meantime, rock out to this amazing live guitar and bass lines. The second track. ''Lo­ show. -Martin ShuMer tus," 1s the rocker of the album. Though it docsn 't reach very high decibels, its tempo The Smizokes The SmizokesThe is much quicker and the notes much happier Smizokes, a local ska-punk band, released and higher than many of the other tracks. their first album October 23. on No Dice I would be irresponsible as a journalist not Records, with a huge release party. The party to mention that this is Michael Stipe at his featured performances from Bowie hardcore most beautiful as far as lyrics go. The band punk band Code Blue. Virginia ska outfit the agrees, publishing his musings for the first Shenanigans. and the Smizokes themselves. time in the band's 18-year history. The fifth The album, which makes the scene glad track, "At My Most Beautiful." contains the that these punks picked up horns, features kinds of words you wish you could come up favorites like "Shotgun" and "Sporting My with to tell a loved one, "at my most beauti­ Wifebeater," as well as interesting titles like ful// count your eyelashes, secretly/with ev­ 'The Song Formerly Known as Raw Ground ery one, whisper /love you./! let you sleep.// Vegans." File Photo know your closed eye watching me/listen­ The vocals from Toe and Nick Hell are Random Band Movement: R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe vogues in concert. ing." 'The Apologisl'' is also noteworthy,"/ pretty much punk but a bit clearer. What live a simple life/unfeltered by complex shines on this album is the way the horns play reggae beat and then back to the grind. A good pare them to Less Than Jake is totally off the sweets.lyou think this isn't me ?/don't be along with the guitar and rhythm section and comparison may be Against All Authority mark. weak./there I go./l'm so sorry./Thank you for even manage to outdo them. During some with horns. Though the vocals arc slower than The album is great and the Smizokes put being there for meJThank you for listening, songs. it almost sounds like Code Blue picked AAA's, the musical delivery is similar. As far on a great show at their release party. As far goodbye." On "Hope," Stipe uses a rhythmic up a hom section. The guitars grind while as other comparisons. some Suicide Ma­ as local punk and ska goes, it's hard to beat a delivery that recalls Leonard Cohen's the horns sing out before breaking into a fast chines' songs would be similar, but to com- Smizokes show. -JCR "Suzanne." The album is not only a masterpiece for Stipe. but also for bassist Mike Mills and guitarist Peter Buck. Without a drummer, Travels With Anna ... they've compensated well. Although they will occasionally hire a drummer for a song Kerouackin' Around the United States or usc a drum machine, this album is musi­ cally creative, extremely creative. While most ANNA KAPLAN Kerouac library before attempting any long­ comes with riding these buses; this mostly songs border on ''ballads," the music de­ Retrie1•er Wetkly Staff Writer distance journey, we shall simply discuss the means you cannot show disturbance at mands hcfldphones, and that's not in a bad various available transportation options for anything that goes on around you. If the way. The vocals and the music meet and set This week, let us depart from the con­ going cross-country. guy across from you is carrying a bag full a mood that matches the lyrics. ventional Western European travel itin­ The first, most popular and obvious one of dirt and is taking constant sips from This is an amazing album; R.E.M. have erary, and explore the riches of our own is, of course, the car. It is a beautiful image: something that looks like a bottle of once again redefined themselves (don't they North America. Surely, the culture shock racing down a curvy deserted highway some­ dishwashing liquid. pretend like nothing with every LP?) and after the failure of New and mystery levels decrease somewhat, where in the Midwest, the wind against your out on the ordinary is happening and con­ Adventures In Hi-Fi, Up looks to be a mas­ but so do the costs, and this is an undeni­ face and the stereo blaring some '60s protest centrate on passing cars. It is generally terpiece. but I don't think it needed a failure able advantage to the average Ramen­ song. If you've been watching too many cult not a good idea for women to wear mini­ preceding it to look so good. It's a classic in noodle-consuming college student who movies, your image also has the trunk full of skirts on the bus, or clutch their pocket­ the post-alternative music world. This is a scavenges sofas for laundry change while narcotics and stolen money, and you are be­ books nervously. If you own a pair of new direction for R.E.M. and I don't think it harboring elaborate plans for world domi­ ing chased by a gang of police cars. Yet I sin­ combat boots. or other ''I'm bad, don't can really be defined; it's too complex and nation. Not all the Earth's riches. after all. cerely hope you will not try to fulfill the mess with me" gear. wear it with pride fascinating for that. John C. Roemer tie in the narrow cobbled alleys of old legacy of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and proper demeanor. European cities; much. in fact, can be and that you will remain (or become) good Another method of getting from place Black Sabbath Reunion Yes. you found on the winding interstates that semi-law-abiding citizens when beyond the to place - a not very reliable or gener­ heard right. The original Black Sabbath spread like cobwebs from coast to coasL state lines. A road trip is certainly an amaz­ ally smart one-is hitchhiking. This one (01Zy Osbourne, Geezer Butler. Tony Iommi. No matter what the road looks like. the ing experience, especially the freedom of brings up more images involving 60's and Bill Ward) has reunited. The result? actual feeling of being "on the road" re­ jumping into a car on Friday afternoon after . protest songs. but it is extremely unsafe. Amazing. A spiritual experience. When I first mains wonderfully addictive. Whether it's classes are over and hitting the road with no not to mention illegal on about 90% of got this disc, I was driving home from Record watching strange. expansive countryside definite direction. But always keep in mind U.S. roads. In other words. use it as a last & Tape Traders and I was blown away!_l had pass by from the windows of a rickety that according to the universally beloved resort if your car has spontaneous! y com­ to pull over the side of the beltway, so I could overnight train. or the chaotic blur of city Murphy's law, the car will always break down busted and you are two states away from fully enjoy the experience of hearing the lights from dusty car windows, nothing at the worst possible moment the nearest phone booth. original four do "Lord of This World." The can beat the feeling or discovering civili­ Another very effective, although much Travel m Amenca is generally much Reunion disc is a 2-disc set which is a re­ ;.ation (or uncharted nature. depending on under-rated, method of cross-country travel more dangerous than in Europe. so take cording of the second night Birmingham. preference). But I will not digress into is the Greyhound bus. Granted. the buses arc extra precautions. Other than that. ha,·e England show. The sound quality is amazing Kerouacian prose, as he is the undisputed a bit more grimy. time-consuming. and gen­ your usual madcap travel fun. \\ ith the - I own man) Sabbath hoot legs but this god of travel \\ riting and all attempts to erally serve more outward!) suspicious per­ added bonus of knowing the Jaws and lan­ is the best sound quality I have ever heard. outdo him in the chronicling of road ad­ sons than the Amtrak trains. but the) cover guage of the country you arc in. Please The song~ arc great, including stuff from their venture~ are futile. Ha\ mg accepted this. much more ground and the fares arc excel­ send Ira\ cl stones. comments or protests first album (Black Sabbath) to their fifth al­ ~nd of course having read the entire lent. There is a certain attitude. though. that to alwpla I @~l.umbc.edu. bum (Sabhmh Bloody Sabbath). The guitar THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998 PAGEl?

ENTURY

------ON NOVEMBER 6T" FREED,O,M IS HISTO~ RY THE SIEGE PENS EVERYWHERE ON NOVEMBER 6TH! PASSES AND PRIZES ARE AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAS No PURCHASE SSARY. LIM 0 E E R PERSON. EMPLOYEES OF 20TH CENTURY FOX, THE RETRI VER WEEKLY AND UMBC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. PAGE 18 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998 John Carpenter Helms an Anemic Bunch of Vampires

VICTORY MAR o\SIGAN Rt•tnc,·u 1\a kl\ \tatJ 1\·ritt'r

hen a movie is called Jolm Carpe111er~· Vampires (*112 out of four) ...not scary'' W arcn 't words that should be assoc1ated with it But that's not the only gripe - Carpenter is a name associated with cut­ ting-edge cinema. as in the intense scares of Halloween. The Thing and The Prince of Darknc>.\s or the offbeat action of They Live and l:.~w·ape From New York. Unfortunately, the only thing that is culling edge about Vam­ pire.\ is the level of boredom the movie is able to reach. With an anemic plot and not­ quite-kosher special effects. Vampires has barely enough substance to slake the thirst of even the least discerning genre fan. The film is at first concerned with a group of roaming vampire slayers. led by James Woods of all people. Like some sort of holy A-Team (they even have their own souped­ up van). the bunch invade and wipe out a nest of vampires in a New Mexico shack. Their method is amusingly innovative: The blood­ suckers arc reeled out with harpoons so they can narc up in the sun like match sticks. To commemorate their victory, the loutish band decorates a motel room with hookers and parties the night away. Their celebration is short-lived, however, as a master vampire TriStar Pictures named Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) ambushes A Crossbow to Bear: In John Carpenter's Vampires, James Woods, center, plays a Vatican-employed bloodsucker slayer. and single-handedly destroys most of the team. Woods' Jack Crow and buddy Montoya middle of the movie, but I can't remember actioner Blade was derived from a comic such as its generally condescending attitude (Daniel Baldwin) escape with their lives, most of it, because I often found a twitching book, and Vampires from a novel, yet the lat­ towards women (Crow slaps them around for along with a woman named Katrina (Sheryl hair in tbe comer of the frame mort interest­ ter seems more steeped in campy cheesiness the fun of it) and an overplayed contempt for Lee). Although she has been bitten, Montoya ing than what was happening on screen. than the former, a more deliberate superhero religion (Crow teases Guiteau incessantly and Crow decide to keep Katrina for her psy­ Vampires finally starts to pick up about 90 flick. Woods' Jack Crow spouts glib off-the­ about whether his vow of celibacy has made chic link to the master vampire. minutes into the mix, as Crow, Guiteau, and cuff one-liners and strolls away from explod­ him prone to "getting woodies''). The rest of the movie centers around the Montoya assault an abandoned prison turned ing buildings with that oh-so-cool stride. And It can be argued that maybe I wanted too boys' hunt for Valek, a freaky Marilyn vampire nest. Only then docs the film begin his motive for killing vampires? Take a wild much from this movie. If not scary and gory, Manson-type who's on a mission that dates to even resemble a Carpenter flick. But it's guess. (Hint: A killed his I wanted tense, relentless and exhausting. back 600 years. Along the way they pick up too little, too late. We get the inevitable final when be was just a ___.) John Carpenters Vampires is none of these. a priest named Guiteau (Tim Guinee), a char­ confrontation, but it seems tacked on and At least Blade had decent action and slick I can only recommended it for the bardcore acter who serves pretty much the same pur­ rather anticlimactic. (Come on, we're deal­ stylishness. Vampires lacks even cheap thrills Carpenter fan. For the rest of you looking pose as the jittery Corporal Upham in Sav­ ing with the master vampire here!) to mask its gossamer-thin plot. To make up for a good scare, beware: Vampires is a film ing Private Ryan. Some stuff happens in the Interestingly, last summer's vampire for this, the movie resorts to other "shocks," with no teeth. Chucky's a Rocky Horror Puppet Show

JAMIE PECK weds: bicker, argue, kiss and make up. But Retriel't!r Weeki\' SwO· Writer when they squabble over who's going to do the dishes. watch out. Hey, even faux people Everybody's favorite homicidal plaything have to work through their problems. takes a wicked wife in the horror sequel Bride Director Ronny Yu keeps the mayhem ojChucky (*1/z), and their unholy matrimony nashy and stages an inventive scene or two, is something old. nothing nev... The burning but not even visual flair can make up for the question on the minds of most moviegoers. fact that these creepy Kewpies are neither however. has nothing to do with nuptial spe· scary nor menacing. When one of them cities or even hO\\ the rno' ie stacks up. but charges. it's nothing a good for\\ ard punt rather v.. hethcr or not the duo gets dO\\ n and couldn't take care of. And when a climactic dirty on their blood-soaked honeymoon. The chase scene ts needed. one of the dim-bulb ans\\er is a sick-and-t\1. isted yes, and vie\\-· protagonists must pick Chucky up so the de­ ers arc treated to a shadov.. y glimpse of some monic toy can force his hostage to run at gun­ hot-enough-to-melt-rubber (or at least singe point. ThrO\\ in some silly casualties and a it) intercourse. Guess they're anatomically ridiculous ending (\\ill Son of Chucky be correct. next'?) and this is a bizarrely bad 89-minutcs Chucky (again vo1ced by Brad Dourif), of at the movies. course, is the star of the Child:~ Play series. As is the thing to do in post-Scream slasher a ''My Buddy"-lypc doll possessed by the cinema. Don Mancini's screenplay slathers spirit of a slain serial killer. In Bride. the plot Universal Pictures on the in-jokes and genre-parody. But little f'li Zubow~ki (heh) picks up with his girlfriend Tiffany Hello, Dolly: Jennifer Tilly provides the of the humor succeeds. proving self-reference ,... A look at the (Jennifer Tilly) resurrecting Chucky's re­ voice for Tiffany, the titular terror in the can be completely worthless when it lacks mains (he was blown up at the end of Child:v horror sequel Bride of Chucky. bite. To be fair. though, most of Bride of jujitsu club, above, Play 3) with the help of a black arts manual plays out as Tiff and the Chuckster stalk a Chucky is on auto-pilot. so it's not quite right called Voodoo for Dummies. Silly mortal. young couple (Nick Stabile and Kathenne to single out one misfired aspect of the film. and other student Before long. she·s also been reduced to shm­ Heigl) with conjugal plans of their own.lead­ Similarly shaky. the acting is ranges from high figurine status, and the plastic mcarna­ ing them towards a New Jersey grave where screeching camp to boring bland. the effects organizations at tions of these one-time lunatic lovebirds hit a magical. soul-transferring amulet allegedly aren't that special and the story is one btg the road to scope out some potential nev.. lies in waiL Along the way. our murderous groaner. Here's to hoping Chucky and his UMBC. human bodies. Barbie and Ken go through post-marriage entire clan - past, present and future - rest The rest of this rocky horror puppet show motions similar to any given pair of newly- in peace. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998 PAGE 19 :Practical Magic: Half-Baked Hocus-Pocus

JAMIE PECK Retriever \~h·kly Staff Writer

Double, double, toil and trouble. Cast two luminous leading ladies as sibling witches and watch the cinematic cauldron bubble­ or so one would think. But even with the full­ fledged channs of Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (especially Nicole Kidman) firmly in place and working to maximum potency, their vehicle Practicltf Magic (** out of four) still comes off as half-baked hocus­ pocus. Is il a black comedy, a family drama. a supernatural thriller or all of the above and more? Thanks to its wildly inconsistent tone, .,.. e may never know. For a while, the movie is adept enough to juggle genre~. but something wicked appears to have taken over ~cripting duties around its midsection. Not a \\hole lot of Practical Wagic's supernatural scenario is adequately explained. and it's a gargantuan goof-up when a film is given the opportunity to cre­ ate its own rules and then refuses to pia)' by them. Underwritten and overplotted, Practi­ b.~:h cal Magic ultimately vexes more often than it hexes, culminating in supremely foolish business like straight-faced demonic posses­ sion and an exorcism that includes the neigh­ BUY ReCYCLED. borhood PTA. The varied light-and-dark WamcrBro~. agenda really clashes in moments like these. Kitchen Witches: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman play long-suffering sorceresses When all else fails, at least Bullock and unable to find love in Practical Magic. Kidman make an enchanting pair of contem­ porary sorceresses. They· rc respectively cast and drinks like a fish. A volatile encounter So Practical Magic's strange brew never as Sally and Gillian Owens, sisters in a blood­ that involves him, them and some belladonna quite comes to a boil. despite consistently line of white magic-dabblers long plagued by sets off an ugly chain of incidents that even­ spellbinding performances and the promise a centuries-old curse that any man who falls tually gains the attention of an affable cop of its first half. If the filmmakers had cleaned in love with a gal from their clan is guaran­ (Aidan Quinn); he may or may not be Sally's up the scatterbrained story threads and pro­ teed an untimcl) demise. Widowed Sally has soul mate. but they fall for each other either vided stronger explanations for some of their learned this the hard way and moves in with way. It's here where Practical begins to lose weirder tangents. this movie could have been her dotty aunts (Stockard Channing and the magic - not only docs this budding ro­ an enjoyable little date flick. But the spells Dianne Wiest); free-spirited Gillian spares mance lack both chemistry and credibility. it cast by the nifty premise and the adorable herself the potential heartache by engaging seems like a complete afterthought And the cast end up enchanting all by themselves, only in quickie relationships all over the map. Quinn character has other problems to boot: leaving Practical Magic to finish in a ha1y Gillian's latest squeeze is a studly cowbO)' Could his ensuing detective work possibly place somewhere between the bewildered and (Goran Visnjic) who hails from Transylvania be any shoddier? the bewitched. Heaven Help Holy Man Buyer Beware Murphy's Home-Shopping Spoof

JAMIE PECK uar belonging to harried television executive Retriet•er Weekly Staff Writer Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum). Ricky, who works for the struggling, QVC-esque Good With the talents of Eddie Murphy and a Buy Shopping Network, reluctantly allows premise that satirizes the home-shopping G to convalesce at his beach-side home. and ~enom, Disney's Holy Man<**) could have it's only a matter of time before the recov­ really been a divine comedy. Instead, it's an ered prophet winds up on the small screen. :mholy mess. and a large part of the finger­ hawking junky goods like seasonal doormats wagging should be directed at those behind and a bidet that sprays its user with "a kiss of the scenes who decided to bury the promis­ refreshing mist" ing star-and-story combo underneath sloppy Here's the twist: G preaches as he pitches, streaks of sentimentality and seriousness. assuring viewers that they would probably be Talk about a film not knowing.,.. hat it has­ better off Ml giving into materialistic whims. all of this sinful squandering is enough to but people buy big time anyhow. Too bad send Holy Man straight to the nearest con­ Murphy's Zen-istic life lessons are com­ fessional. pletely transparent and .9ften play like long­ Forgive Murphy but not the movie. The winded set-ups for punchJines that never ar­ comedian's turn as a bald, homeless, robe­ rive. The pokes at consumer culture arc dead­ Touchstone Pictures clad purveyor of peace, love and happiness on, but too often the film brushes aside the G Is for Grin: Eddie Murphy's Holy roller is a beatific breath of fresh air, especially on funny stuff for surprisingly straight-faced sits pretty. the heels of some delightfully unhinged work subplots, the eye-rolling pinnacle of which they have together, and lhe film trots out a in summer's stirring Mulan and scatological is a romantic sidetrack between Ricky and a galaxy of self-depreciating stars to poke some Dr. Dolittle. His character is simply called cute media analyst (Kelly Preston). sly fun at celebrity image as they push their G. and the letter might as well be his rating, Holy Man gets so loaded down with all this products on Good Buy. too-waiting for Murphy to cut loose in the unnecessary bunk that it completely loses There's Morgan Fairchild's fabulous wild ways that post-Nutty Professor crowds track of what it set out to spoof - even facelift machine and James Brown's ambu­ crave is ultimately fruitless. In Holy Man, he Murphy disappears for large chunks of the lance-alerting medical belt that screams. doesn't get to fart or cuss or crack wise about movie's second hour, so the focus can be "Help me, help me! Good God!" But the best sexual functions. It must be that higher plain. turned to heavy-handed drama. complete with bit finds ex-Golden Girl Betty White ped­ A near-auto mishap puts G's spiritual pil­ a schmaltzy soundtrack and l>low fade-outs. dling an aphrodisiac scent that makes her cli­ grimage on hold when, while wandering the But all is not lost; Murphy and Goldblum max right there on the air. As for most every­ highways of Miami, he's almost hit by a Jag- make fantastic foils during the limited time thing else. buyer- and viewer- beware. PAGE20 THE RETRIEVER ~VEEKLY FEATURES November 3, 1998 THE ETR EVER EEKLY & IRAMAX FILMS INVITE You TO ENTER THE VEL VET GOLDMINE!

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Events Happening Around the ater Baltimore-Washington Area Cap.~ule re•·iew.~ of curr1·m mm•ies by Viclof)' Mart1s1gtm and .lmnie Peck. Beloved C***1h out of four) A study in skillful Tuesday the 3rd avai Iable through TicketMastcr at 410-481 - literary adaptauon. Director Jonathan Derome's Rock tbe Vote! SEAT take on Toni Morrison's acclaimed novel spoon­ Get off your collective duffs and fuel t..he feeds nothing to the viewer. telling the super­ idea that one vote really can make a differ­ Friday the 6th natural. 19th century-set story of Scthc (Oprah ence. You wanna change the world? Stop Spiritual Latte Winfre) ). an escaped slave long haunted by an watchmg Springer and take an interest in Go explore the Cluistian Coffee House at unforgivable sin. Winfrey herself is arguably the politics that affect you. Christ Church on Charles Street. Tonight Beloved's greatest asset. so convincing you for­ they welcome the Unit Circle Jazz Band get ~he shines brightly on a TV talk show. Wednesday the 4th with Carl Cornwell. Christ Church is lo­ Though the film is a challenge to watch. it's a Two Thumbs Way, Way Up cated at 70 I South Charles Street. For more disquieting. one-of-a-kind experience. (See the Trap yourself in dark rooms with strangers info on the time. call ·em at 41 0-752-7179 I0113/98 issue of The Relriever Weekly for a full at MicroCineFest '98, an underground film review.) -VM fest in Baltimore. Tt runs from the 4th (to­ Saturday the 7th Clay Pigeons (**) The always-welcome pres­ day) through the 8th (Sunday) at the Nothing Happens on Saturday This Week ence of Janeane Garofalo almost saves this ba­ Orpheum Cinema and several other joints Spend the morning watching cartoons and nal black comedy about a Montana nogoodnik in and around Fells. and you can catch more eating Lucky Charms. Did you know that Warner Bros. (Joaquim Phoenix) who finds himself implicated than 120 underground flicks. including eight Lucky Charms, in addition to having 430 Stoic Soldier: Kurt Russell broods as a in a series of bizarre murders and coincidences. feature films. Tix are pretty reasonable at new marshmallows, is even ll!()re frosted Clay Pigeons startS off well enough, but a se­ futuristic fighting machine. $3 per screening, but you can only get them now? That much sugar should be illegal. ries of distracting plot holes and contrivances able as a rogue L.A.P.D. detective, but things the day ofthat screening, 30 minutes before And do you really want a four-year-old that eventually tum what once was a wildly unpre­ become a liule easier to swallow once he teams that particular screening, at the Orpheum wired? My God. you may as well just get dictable movie into a wildly convoluted mess. up with Jackie Chan's Hong Kong inspector to box office. Too much info to cram here. so 'em a smack habit early. It wants to be Fargo, but ends up more like crack a kidnaping case. This smooth odd couple­ call 410-243-5307 or visit http://bcpl.net/ Nogo. (10/6/98) -JP pairing makes for some good culture clash com­ -bfink/microcinefestlfor the details. Sunday the 8th The Impostors (**1h ) Obviously an homage edy: it's too bad, then, that Rush Hour slows You May Have to Think to the screwball "program picture" come&es of down far too early thanks to a heaping helping Thursday the 5th Join the Baltimore Ethics Society for alec­ the '30s and '40s. The Impostors exudes ajoie of racist Asian jokes and a virtual gridlock of Let's Swing Like We Did Last Summer ture on "Encouraging Democracy and Hu­ de vivre which is bard to dislike. It's too bad action movie cliches. (10/20/98) -JP The Grand Ballroom at the Belvedere is man Rights in the Kingdom of Swaziland," that writer/director/star Stanley Tucci's screen­ Soldier (no stars) If there is a movie theater in swingin' with a 14-piece band and instruc­ by Stephen Rogers, the former Ambassa­ play degenerates into the formulaic drivel and hell, this film plays there 24 hours a day. Kurt tion from Swingmaster Helmut Licht. The dor to Swaziland. He will discuss the role standardness wb.ich derailed many films of that Russell stars as Todd, an automaton of a man lesson is from 7to 8 p.m. with dancing from of the U.S. in a third world country. For very same era. Thcci and Oliver PiaU play starv­ who bas been raised from birth to be a merci­ 8 'til 10. There will be a cash bar and re­ more info, call BES at410-581-2322. ing actors in 1930s New York who become stow­ less soldier in a not-too-distant ultra-conserva­ freshments and it's $12 per person. For more aways on a cruise ship. This plot is a yawner, tive future (is there any other kind?). He's info, cali410-332-IOOO. Monday the 9th but some appropriately hammy performances do dumped and left for dead on a remote garbage Go Ahead: Be an Inhaler get to light up the screen. (l0/l3/98) -VM planet, and the renegade society on this trash I'll Tell You How I Feel Cbeck out Hooverphonic and Esthero (?) at A Night at the Roxbury (**) This is Saturday heap is so cliche you half-expect Tina Turner Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell hit the stage Fletcher's in Fells Point. Ifyou don't know Night Live's latest skit-to-screen offering, and and Master Blaster to come strolling into frame at the Cole Field House in COLLEGE what a Hooverphonic is, you just may be it falls somewhere between the Wayne:~ World any minute. (J0/27/98) -VM PARK. This must be specified, because lacking. They're really Portishead-y, and highs and the It:~ Pat lows. Will Ferrell and Chris Urban Legend (**112) Another season, another UMCP's full-page ad in the City Paper lists very good. Yummy, even. Go out and get Kattan play the Butabi brothers, two wild-and­ teen-oriented horror flick that gleefully deci­ them as THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY­ their album "A New Stereophonic Sound crazy-wannabes who peruse L.A.'s nightclub mates a ready-for-Tiger Beal cast. This iffy LAND, which they are NOT. The show at Spectacular." and call Fletcher's ifyou need scene, all the while bobbing their heads to Scream-wannabe disappointingly doesn't use its UMCP starts at 8 p.m. sharp, and tix are directions or info: 410-880-8124. Haddaway's dance hit "What Is Love?" Not oh-so-promising gimmick -a serial killer slay­ much meat to build a story on. and it shows. ing to the tune of grisly urban legends- to the But the lowbrow silliness will impress those fullest, but it's sorta fun in only a way that silly, looking for a cinematic good time a Ia Dumb slight horror flicks can be. All the genre staples and Dumber. (10/20/98) -JP are in place, from the impossibly attractive cast Rush Hour(**) Chris Tucker's squealy self and to the delirious number of fake scares. ( L0/6/ frantic antics render him completely unbeliev- 98)-JP INCIPENTALLV••• Learning Time Management Around Cat~tpus fhis Waek from ORGANIZATION, page 13 the moment. Nov1111ber J - Nov1111bcr 9 ,. Set limits on TV, socializing, etc. Don't task. This is not to say that you can't take a deprive yourself of life's pleasures; just set Tue sday the 3rd for more info on the scary clowns. call x2 10'). break from studying, but set limits. time limits. Shouldn't you b~ "tudying for midtam~ or ,.. 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JOHN MICHAEl MCCRORY CHRIS KERNFR Rt·1rte1w ll't··•k/1 Staff

The UM BC women·s tcnni~ team won the t\orthcast Conference Championsoip last week in a thrill­ ing tiebreaker against defending champion Central Connecticut State in Kiamesha Lake. 'Jew York. This v. in marked tht: tcant s liN ever NEC lltle and ensured a trip to Da\e Chen I Ret •\eekly St-. the NCAA tournament. Head coach Looking Strong: UMBC soccer finished with a 5-2-2 NEC record Keith Puryear was named confer­ and will enter the upcoming tournament as the fourth seed. ence coach of the year and junior Carrie Kom:ilja was selected to the All Conference team. Retrievers Finish With The championship match went down to the w1re, requiring a tiebreaker by the doubles team of Most Wins Since '93 juniors Karina Molsing and It was fitting that the game wa:. Daniellc Martinez to clinch the vic­ CHRIS KERNr.R played on Halloween night because tory for the Retrievers. At one point Relri<'l'l!r Wakl\ f.tliwrial Staff it was a wild one. UMBC managed in the tiebreaker. UMBC was on the 20 shots in the first half alone. but short end of a match point. but they The UMBC men's soccer team could onI) forge a 2-2 tic at the half. fought back to tic the contest at 8- finished the regular sea-.on on a high Goal scorers for the Retrievers were 8. Central Connecticut then made note \\ith a 3-2 v.m over Saint sophomore Mall Gorrnle) at 27:48 two crucial errors that the Retriev­ Francis (PA) at UMBC Stadium on and freshman P.J. Wakefield at ers took advantage of to \\in the Halloween night. The win moved 30:09. Sophomore Ryan Lampton game (I 0-8 in the tiebreaker), and the Retrievers record in the confer­ assbtcd on both scores v. ith crosses. the match. ence to 5-2-2 while their overall to­ The second half turned out to be In earlier competition, UMBC tal of Jl wins is their highest in live Championship Stretch: Junior Karma Molsing (above) and partner years. Danielle Martinez clinched the win for UMBC with tie-breaking victory. see SOCCER. page 27 see TRNNIS. page 25 Men Begin Exhibition Season With Victory Ward, Giddens, Hyland Lead 2nd-Half Charge It is still a young JOI IN MISCHKE UMBC team. with no Rt•tncl'l'l \Vet'kl\ l:'ditorial Sta)J fourrh-year seniors and nine players v. ho arc The men's basketball team used freshmen or sophomores. a powerful second-half push to be­ But Head Coach Tom gin Yc!ar Four of the Tom Sullivan Sullivan see~ more matu­ era with a resounding 82-70 exhi­ rity in this year's team. "I bition \ ictory over Team Cham­ think they're getting Dav.: Chen I Retriever Weekly Staff older and playing better," Liberty Domination: The Flames scored eight goals in the final pion on Sunday afternoon at the said Sullivan. "We've al­ two periods to blow away the Retrievers, 9-1. Fieldhouse. The Retrievers used a 9-2 run midwa} through the sec­ ways had youth. Now we ond half to take the lead for good have the ability to play Flames Melt Retrievers and rally from a 45-38 halftime with each other. ·• scored the Retriever's only goal of deficit. The Retrievers took ANDY SMULLIAN the game, early in the fu·sr period their ftrst lead since the !lo Sophomore point guard Terence Rt•tru•w•r Wet•kh l!ditori(l/--- Swff (II :05), with an ass it coming off of Ward led all scorers with 20 game's opening moments defensemen Ron Bates and forward points, sophomore guard Rich when Giddens buried a After coming off a triumphant Karl Newman. Giddens added 14 point<> and 1998 three-pointer from the left 13-1 win on the road against UMBC played tough, but was Big South Rookie-of-the-Year side ro make the score 52- Shippensburg. the UMBC icc dominated most of the game by Kennedy Okafor had I I points, 49 with 12:56 remaining hockey team returned to their home Liberty's strong offense. The first eight rebounds and four assists to in the second half. ice against Liberty University last period ended with Liberty ahead 2- lead the I 0 returning players from Champion's Steve Foley Friday and were pulverized, 9-1. 1. However, Liberty blew the game last season's 14-14 squad. UMBC responded with a baseline With UMBC's 25 shots on goal. wide open by scoring four goals in also dressed three newcomers to jumper, but UMBC DavcChcn/RctrieverWecklyStaff only one found its way passed the the program for the game, but none High Scorer: Sophomore Terence Ward goalie. Forward Bill Kinloch led all scorers with 20 points. see HOCKEY. page 25 played more than eight minutes. see PUSH, page 27 - PAGE24 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY SPORTS November 3, 1998 TAKE R OR LEAVE IT BY CHRIS KERNER LT's Legacy Precedes Crack Addiction

There was no offensive lineman that of that was forgotten. Now possibly the great­ game forever. He deserves every bit of praise saint, I am not even saying that he is a good could stop Lawrence Ta}' lor from making est linebacker of alJ-timc sits on the doorstep for his play and he definitely deserves a place guy. Anyone that doesn ·t pay child sup­ mincemeat out of opposing quarterbacks. of the HalJ of rame and there are questions in Canton. port and isn't able to stay off of drugs af­ There was never a more dominating line­ as to whether or not he will be inducted. Besides all of these factors: the most im­ ter several rehabilitations is not a saint by backer in the history of the NFL. He would For Taylor to make the Hall he must get at portant of all is that. included in the Hall of any means. If there was a Hall of Fame for fight through both patn and double teams least 29 of 36 total votes. As of Friday only Fame's bylaws. a player's only criteria for athletes who screwed up the most then to make a tackle. 20 of the voters were election is thcircontnbu­ Lawrence Taylor would definitely he a top Last Monday. however, LT couldn't over­ committed to him while tion on the field. There is candidate (Dexter Manle} would be high come the force that has been lighting him. five were adamant in "It would be the greatest no little asterisk that says on the list also). But when it comes to the and \Vinning. for over 15 years: cocaine. their opposition to LT "unless he has been con­ Pro rootball Hall of Fame. it isn't a choice He was caught purchasing three rocks for because of his off the injustice in the history of victed of buying co­ of character. $50 at a Florida hotel. That was the one field problems. There th e NFL if Lawrence caine". How can anyone This situation is not that dissim1lar from thing that he couldn't seem to conquer. were II who were unde­ Taylor were not voted into argue with the rules? that of Pete Rose. v. ho has yet to be in­ Taylor had been caught three times before; cided after hearing of the Well there are ducted into Cooperstown because of his two years ago in Myrtle Beach. South Caro­ linebacker's recent the Hall of Fame on the those out there who will gambling problem. It is not a requirement lma. earlier in 1986 when he was named troubles. The actual vote first ballot." say that LT's llrug prob­ of a professional athlete that he be the MVP of the league, he went through drug will held in January. one lem would retlect poorly greatest human being off the field. These rehabilitation. and in 1988 he was sus­ day before Super Bowl on the Hall if he was guys get pa1d to do a job and when it is pended for four games for violating the XXXHI elected. The logic being that a man with such over they go on with their lives like ev­ league's substance abuse policy. By now It would be the greatest injustice in the his­ a problem should not be rewarded for his ac­ eryone else. Of course. they have to fol­ the headline is commonplace. tory of the NFL if Lawrence Taylor were not tions. Besides just cocaine. Taylor has been low laws like everyone else too. It really His addiction to the drug lasted through­ voted into the Hall of Fame on the first hal brought up on charges on tax evasion and he is not fa1r for anyone to judge Lawrence out his career. Many time~ he would show lot. Over his thtrteen year career, LT amao;sed has been tardy on many child support pay­ Taylor a5 a person when the sole require­ up late for team meetings or he would just 132.5 sacks whi le changing the way defenses ments. After re-entering a drug rehabilitation ment is physical ability. Yeah he made sleep through them. Taylor also crashed attack quarterbacks and reeking havoc o n program late last week, he also filed for bank­ some mistakes so don't send him a Christ­ three cars in a two week span, narrowly offensive blocking schemes. He created a ruptcy. following a one year's shortage of mas card, but don't deny him something escaping injury or even death. He made a multi-dimensional position that so many have mortgage payments. The problem with all of that he worked the first35 years of his life lot of terrible dcc1sions m picking his followed like Derrick Thomas and Ken this logic is that it has no bearing on the Hall to achieve. The Hall of Fame is a special friends and investments. Harvey. of Fame. place for special athletes and that is ex­ As long as he played well. however, all The man changed the face of the modem I am not saying that Lawrence }aylor is a actly what Lawrence Taylor is.

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Club Sports Crew Club Gears Up for Frostbite Regatta in Philly

visits its waters annually. new beginning in this regatta. which he was vice president for one and a BARBARA MACKINTOSH The earlier performances of UMBC boats More success was to follow in 1997 when half, he has dedicated himself to improving Retriever Weekly Comributor in the 1993, 1994 and 1995 Frostbite races the women's novice eight entered the finals, the club's standing. Schob, along with the have been disappointing. However, the crew becoming the first team ever from a non­ Executive Board, have made many great Every year since the crew program was changed this trend in 1996 and 1997 when NCAA crew to make it. The women's team strides for the team. One major improvement founded, UMBC has been sending boats to the women's varsity "A" four placed flrst continued their success from the year before was the purchasing of a new boat last semes­ the Philadelphia Frostbite Regatta. The Frost­ overall with the fastest women's four time of by placing second in their race behind Ithaca, ter that will be racing in the Frostbite. This bite earns its name mainly because it is held the day. The women's varsity "B" four placed but ahead of Temple, the Division I crew fa­ boat is one of nine that will be representing at the end of the fall season in chilly Novem­ second in their race. Even in the poor weather vorite. In a very close race, the men's varsity UMBC at the race. ber. After a season of 5000 meter races (3.1 conditions, the crews continued to make their four finished fourth out of four teams. Many members of the team including Lora miles), this 2000-meter sprint is usually the way. This year's team has grown considerably, Hortmi and Jason Gembicki predict the team most difficult for the UMBC crew. The com­ The men's novice eight fmished third out now having over 65 members. This is largely will do well in Philadelphia. Renee Hoard, a petition in Philadelphia is extremely tough of seventeen-even after a bale of hay due to the diligent work of club president fourth year rower who won first place in the with crews from Temple, Ithaca and Cornell. knocked the skeg (steering device) off with Chris Schob. "Chris is very organized and 1996 Frostbite Regatta is also confident that Only the ftrst place crews receive medals and 500 meters to go. Before one of the races, a focused, he sets his goals and then does what­ her boat will do well along with the rest of the infamously impatient officials make that double was hit by debris, flipped, and tom ever it takes to achieve them," commented the team. difficult for any crew to achieve. The No­ apart by the rapid current. This condition did former coach Dave Rosen. Schob works No matter the physical conditions of the vember weather for this regatta is usually not intimidate UMBC's double as Chris closely with the crew's faculty advisor, Dr. race, the confidence and optimism that this uninviting; rain, flood, and snow have greeted Schob and Bruce Lee completed the course Louis Cantori, coaches, and other members team has gained will give them a huge boost crews in the past. Although the Frostbite safely, finishing third out of three. Even in of the team on the Executive Board. Having in the Frostbite. The race will take place on sounds like the lion's den, the UMBC crew the risky waters, the Retrievers established a been on the team for the past three years, of November 7 in Philadelphia. Women Claim Another NEC Crown for UMBC were a perfect 10-0 overall and 6-0 in the NEC. Puryear's team defeated strong non-conference opponents like Loyoia, Villanova, Morgan State and St. Joseph's. Individually, #1 singles sophomore Nicole Russo eamed a 5- 2 record at that spot. including a per­ fect 3-0 in conference play. Russo teamed with doubles partner, fresh­ man Kathryn Wheatley, to pulverize opponents en route to a 7-0 record. Wheatley played at #2 singles and sported a record of 10-2 for the sea­ son. At #3 singles was Prangley. who went 9-1. at #4 was Bielwicz, who was 8-1, at #5 was Molsing, who was 9-3 Dave Chen I Retriever Weekly Staff individually and 8-l when she teamed Back to Earth: After demolishing Shippensburg, 13-1, earlier in the week, UMBC with Daniellc Martinez. The sixth scored the first goal against Liberty before giving up nine scores in a row. singles spot went to Koncilja, who racked up eight wins against one loss at that position. All of the team· s Ice Dogs Win on Road, singles and doubles players were un- Jason Putsche 1 Retriever Weekly Staff defeated for the entire season in NEC Winning is Contagious: Sophomore Karen play. Asked ab~ut the talent from top Get Badly Burnt at Home Prangfey was undefeated in NEC play as were to bottom 00 his team, coach Puryear from HOCKEY, page 23 Despite the loss to Liberty, this has been a the rest of her teammates. . ' said, "We do not have one person who good week for UMBC ice hockey. The SGA stands out more than anyone else. in its most recent meeting, had just approved from TENNIS, page 23 Probably our biggest strength of our team is the second period and three goals in the a grant in the amount of $14.000 per year our depth. We are really solid one down third, ending the game with a final score of over the next five years for team expenses. was led by their lone all conference team se­ through six." 9-1. Liberty only had five more shots on With the loss, the team ·s regular season lection Koncilja, who earned her third straight Coach Puryear reflected after the match on goal than UMBC but managed to 'put the record stands at l-2. UMBC has a tough road victory in the tournament with a win over what the key to the season was for the Retriev­ biscuit in the basket' when it counted. game ahead of them when they play Emily Athas, 6-1, 6-1. Teammate Karen ers, "This year the ladies worked extremely "When you lose 9-1 not much goes right, Georgetown on November 3 and returns Prangley, playing at #3 singles, gained her hard, from the time we knew the conference but hopefully it will stir the guys up for the home to the Gardens Ice House on the 6th third win of the tournament earlier in the day championships were going to be in the fall. next game," said head coach Sean Marsan. against division rival, Loyola. as well, defeating CCSU's Sunna Zinnert 7- There is a new setup for the NCAA Champi­ Coach Marsan further commented that "We 5, 6-0. Also victorious in her singles match onship with a 64-team draw whereas in the past ne~ to dig down deep and find the charac­ For more information about the UMBC was Nicole Russo, who edged CCSU's Keri it was basically 16 teams, and each conference ter, heart and fue needed to win, Liberty is hockey team visit is official webiste http:// Robert, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the #J singles gets an automatic bid, and this team has been a good team but not 8 goals better than we sta.umbc.edul~ihockey or call dan Goodwin flight. working extremely hard . . . and that is prob­ are." at(410) 247-1531 The Blue Devils had three undefeated play­ ably the biggest factor behind the win." ers themselves and all three would gain close Asked about his expectations after the con­ SGA In-House Elections victories over the remaining Retrievers; #2 ference championship, Coach Pw·year said, Three SGA Senate seats are currently available to any Elise Peterson defeated Kathryn Wheatley, "We are training hard and trying to prepare 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; #4Anna Maria Juhasz defeated ourselves for the season in the spring, and the undergraduate student with at least a 2.25 GPA. First semester Karri Bielwicz, 6-3, 6-0: and #5 Cristina. NCAA's." Besides the women's team, Puryear students are exempt from this requirement. The election will be Argueso triumphed over Karina Molsing, 6- also coaches men's tennis at UMBC. That team held at the SGA meeting on Monday, November 9 at 7:30pm in 4 and 6-2. is the number two seed in the NEC, possibly Lecture Hall 3. Please apply at the Student Activities Office located The Retrievers have a 14 match win streak earning the school two NEC championships on the 2nd floor of the UC. Applications are due no later than that spans the last two seasons. This year they in tennis. Thursday, November 5. Your Ad Here. Call x1260. For more information, stop by the SGA Senate office or call at X2224. PAGE26 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY SPORTS November 3, 1998

· M- - : - _;;_--~~-" a~· - .:.---.-,:: __ -T-- -_ ----- __.- ·-- ~L·· ~:· ___ : -::- -.. -~:-.. _:_~ ,;_:___ -=-· --. ~- _':- - · --.:.=- . - ·. -: -- -.-- 9 ;RE --~ --~- _- N -.:.~---· HAT - .. ATER .. I! ·--· - --- • ...... >~--~ -~.-- .· -~ - . - . ..: - - ___:..-s:. ·- . - -- - - ... ~ - - - . ~- - .... -- . meter backstroke. Senior son on Halloween night, UMBC demol­ Kevin Firman won the one­ ished Saint Francis (NY) in three quick meter diving event and fresh­ games, 15-0, 15-5 and 15-2. Once again. man Medhi Addadi was vic­ Cline led the Retrievers with eight kills torious in the 100-meter along with sophomore Kara Welniak, who ~~~~~~freesty l e. Both teams have also recorded eight kills. Baker finished with 23 assists to lead UMBC to their se\­ !J:t:===== their next meet at home against both N.C. State and enth straight victory overall and eighth American University on No­ consecutive win in the conference. Their vember 6. overall record now stands at 19-6 heading into their final regular season match on VOLLEYBALL FINISHES Tuesday at the Fieldhouse against George NEC WITH NO LOSSES Mason.

Neither Saint Francis (NY) CROSS COUNTRY RUNS IN NEC nor Rider posed any threat to CHAMPIONSHIPS the UMBC volleyball team's winning streak last week as The men's cross country team took fifth the team cruised to easy three place at the NEC championships on Sat­ game wins in both matches. urday while the women, without Mary In the game against Rider on Beth Rollins, placed seventh. Leading run­ Friday, the Retrievers ners for the men were sophomore James struggled somewhat in the Osborn, who fini shed in 15th place with a Amy Banowetz I Retriever Weekly Staff first game before winning 15- time of 26:54.87, sophomore Eric Ben­ Dive Right In: The men's swimming team earned a split against Old Dominion and James Madison. 1 I . In the second game, jamin, who finished in 19th place with a UMBC played flawlessly as time of27: l 4.29. Freshman Jake Klim, se­ WOMEN SWIM PAST ODU AND JMU meter butterfly and 200-meter

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14-14 last season. Thank goodness, college basketball sea­ Sundays are the highlight of the week with often disappoint at season's end. Witness the There's uncertainty about how well they son is finally here. I was getting bored to NFL action in full swing. But unfortunately, anticlimactic Yankees sweep inthe World can compete as a new member of the the point of :.uicidal tendencies by the re­ things just don't seem right. What kind of Series (if there was ever a reason for depres­ Northeast Conference. but the truth is that cent dearth of sports on TV. lt seem:; that world do we live in that the Atlanta Falcons sion, another world championship for the there is only two or three teams in the late October to early November (especially and Ne" Orleans Saints are playoff contend­ forces of Evil must be it). league that arc either definitely or possi­ when the World Series is over in four ers, while the Denver Broncos are the unstop­ So. ,.,hiJe there is still plenty of cause for bly better than U MBC. Everyone else, we games) is the reverse of April and May­ pable Super Bowl cham- excitement in UMBC sports, with the promising should have no problem competing with; the most fabulous months on the sports pions, who are seriously witness the Dogs' road wins last season calendar. But this time of year. there's just flirting with a perfect sea­ postseason potential of all "College basketbaU is the over Mount St. Mary's and Robert Mor­ nothing going on. son. three major Retriever fall ris. More so this year. with the NBA lock­ Besides, locally, the one non-professional sports (volleyball and While there's no argument\.\ ith the lo­ out. This is a sport that's about to go down­ season ended on Sunday sport that can stare down men's and women's soc­ gistical benefits of the move to the NEC, hill: the season is about 20-30 games too when the Bahimore cer). it's basketball that re­ the major pro leagues at the question begs: Is the NEC a step do\\ n long, the games arc about 30 minutes too Ravens were absolutely ally is the cause for excite­ from the Big South? long- and pointless to watch but for the humiliated by Jackson­ the box office and in the ment. There's no doubt that the NEC is prob~ last few minutes. the tickets are overpriced ville. Looks like another College basketball is the consciousness of one non-professional sport ably "the worst conference in the country and too many young star~ are petulant Charm City team failing for volleyball." as UMBC coach Catherine crybabies. to live up to expectations. sportsfans." that can stare down the Lavery warned last year. In soccer. both Regardless, both sides have reasonably On the professional major pro leagues at the box office and in the con- UMBC teams arc doing well - mostly good points. Despite Patrick Ewing's ri­ level, that leaves the NHL on center-stage. because they're both improved, but the diculous assertion that the players need Unfortunately. theNHLis also a league with sciousncss of sportsfans. I won't even men­ nagging fear that they are simply playing more than $2.5 million in average salary a season that is way too long, and the quality tion the major college sport that starts well inferior teams is there. "to survive," it's hard to argue that the play­ of play generally stinks until about late De­ before basketball, because it bas severe prob­ And quite obviously, the Big South was ers are the ones who make the league go cember. lems and we're not a part of it. a better league for some sports simply for and deserve a major share of the pic. On While both the NHL and NBA tend to wrap But we are a part of the great pathos of geographic and climactic reasons. Witness the other hand, it's tough for many of the up their playoffs in spectacular fashion in college basketball. albeit a very small one on UMBC's 26-stroke victory in the NEC small-market franchises in the league to June. the start of both seasons feels like the the national scale. But this is the year that men's golf championship, after years of compete when the contract for a big-time beginning of a long, uphill run - you ask our men's team have a better chance than any being an also-ran in the Big South. player costs as much as the franchise it­ yourself, "Do I really want to do this?" in school history to make our name known on a broader scene: The Retrievers arc re­ But basketball is the marquee sport in self. Despite recent reports that "progress" Conversely. the poetic starts of the base­ turning four of five starters and 10 players is being made, this is a situation that has ball and NFL seasons brings great anticipa­ total from a team that was a much-improved no right answer and is going to persist. tion and excitement-but both those leagues see MISCHKE. page 27 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY SPORTS November 3, 1998 PAGE27

Basketball Season Begins With Strong Announcing the Chris Kerner Memorial Exhibition Win for Retrievers Canned Food Drive from PUSH, page 23 from MISCHKE, page 26 scored the game's next three baskets to take a 58-51 lead and begin to pull away. which UMBC competes in the NEC. Later Champion would cut the lead to 58-54 this month. we'll start to find out if the with 9:21 to play, but junior college trans­ new league, and our Retrievers, are for fer Varian Harvey scored inside for UMBC real. on a fast break to make it 60-54, and then forced a steal at the other end that led to a On another note, the madness of an­ lay-up by sophomore guard Tim Hyland and ocher certain Retriever Weekly sports col­ an eight-point lead as the Retrievers coasted umnist must stop, which is why I hereby the rest of the way. "Defensively, we picked announce the ChrisKerner Memorial it up [in the second half]," said Sullivan. Canned Food Drive. Here's how it goes: Hyland, who had an inconsistent fresh­ Eve1yone who believes that Chris Kerner man campaign last year. manned the point slwuld never, ever write anything else guard position during the stretch that the about the Washington Redskins, except for Retrievers took the lead, and finished with the occasional derogatory remark in pass­ eight points, two assists and two steals in ing. should bring canned food to theRe­ 12 minutes of action. ''Timmy did a good triever Weekly office in UC 214. At the job," said Sullivan. "He was much more end ofthe semeste1; we 'If donate the cans comfortable." to a local charity, and hope that the crates The Retrievers play their second exhibi­ ofstring beans. com and Campbell's Soup tion game on Saturday, before beginning the bring Kerner around. season at Pittsburgh on Friday, November 13. Sullivan isn't quite sure how important it is that his team gets into the habit of win­ I· ning during the exhibition games. ln each of the first three years under Sullivan, the Yr'S EASV. Retrievers lost at least one exhibition game and stumbled to a poor start; UMBC started the season 1- I 2 in 1995-'96, 0-7 in '96-'97 and 2-51ast year. The Retrievers were 5-22 in each of Sullivan's first two seasons be­ AiJ..- 'J()t! HAVE fore improving to .500 last year. "I will say it is more important that we get a chance to look at all our players, ana­ T() 0() YS tYKE lyze combinations and get the players work­ ing together," added the coach. SF()RTS) Champion had two UMBC alumni suit up for the game, center Kevin Bellinger Dave Chen I Rclriever Weekly Staff (Class of '96) and UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame member Rick Moreland (Class of Taking It to the Hole: Sophomore Tim Hyland scored eight points and helped to '83). orchestrate a second-half comeback by UMBC for an 82-70 victory. rHE RE1RYEVER YS L()()KYNO f()R Joseph Scores SF()RTSWRYTERS. Game-Winner for Dogs WATCH S()ME from SOCCER, page 23 GREAr GAMES. less strange than the first as both teams mustered a total of 13 shots. UMBC finally got on the board in the 67th minute when HAVE L()TS ()f freshman Matt Joseph rocketed a shot from six yards out that reached the back of the Saint Francis net for the game winner. fUN, AND 'J()U Freshman goalie Tom Wunk made one save for the game. The win moved the Retrievers to 5-2-2 in the Northeast Conference and solidified their spot in the NEC championships next week. EVEN GET FAYD. UMBC, the fourth seed, wiU face top seeded Saint Francis (NY) in New York on the campus of Brooklyn College. Earlier in the week the Retrievers traveled to Philadelphia to take on the Quakers of UPenn. Although the Quakers had a 3-9- CAtJ., CHRJS 1 record coming into the contest, they played much better than their record would indicate. UMBC got on the board first, how­ ever, as Lampton took a pass fromjuniorTy Engram and booted AT ~12~() f()R it past Quaker netminder Michael 0' Connor. The Retriever lead did not last for long though as UPenn responded at the 18:15 M()RE YNf() mark of the first half with a goal of their own, tying the score al 1-1. Twelve minutes into the second half the Quakers scored what Dave Chen I Relriever Weekly Staff turned out to be the game winning goal. The game marked 1 UMBC's sixth loss of the season. Wunk stopped three shots for Blast-Off: The Retriever offense outshot St. Francis 27-6, including the Retrievers. who went on to defeat St. Francis (PA) and fin­ Ul\ lG : ULUlt~Jtltltlllillt 20 shots in the first half alone. ish rhe regular season ll-6-2. Your direct line t0111e lltiriever Wee/H\i. Post inquirirs Gr comments c.~out i11r paper. PAGE28 CLASSIFIEDS

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This is a great opportu­ 1/3 UTIL, 410.750-6798 from 1:00-2:00 on Wednesday, No­ nity to learn valuable crisis counsel­ vember 11, 1998. X3365 Health Science & Policy Council of PREGNANT? FREE CONFIDEN­ ing skills as well as to build your re­ Part Time Assistants needed to Majors-Next Meetings on Tuesday TIAL PREGNANCY TESTING AND sume. The training is 24 hours and work with special education students NEW ART ORG is still accepting sub­ November 17 2:15pm ACIV AM 350 CARING COUNSELING HELP. 1- will be held in January. The Center in Ellicott City during the school day. missions for their Nov 14 UMBC Arts -OR- Wednesday November 18 8~521-5530 or 1-800-866-4066. is a non-profit agency dedicated to $7.00/hour. Call Paul Norfolk at 410- Festival. All forms of expression wel­ assisting victims of rape and sexual 1:OOpm ACIV AM 354 NEED AFTER UMBC Ballroom Dance 313-2819. come and due by Nov 6. Email abuse and theirfamily members. 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::I !RiTf~~Vf~ S!~~~~!.5G~t~oo2E~~.~o!:~~~urclass1f1ed ad m the space provided and choose the appropriate category. I: I I ~ Help Wanted ($6 per 30 words) : 1 Z ~ Personals ($1 per four-line ad) I 1I Q J Club Notices (five lines free for studenc clubs, $1.50 I I ~ for each additional line) I I U Lost & Found (free, five line limit) I I ~ Thrift Shop (free three line ad for stuff under $50) I 1 :C I For Sale ($6 per 30 words) I 1 U Miscellaneous ($6 per 30 words) I I I I Ads may be placed i.n. person, phoned in or faxed in. Visit University Center 214, 1000 Htlltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, or phone 410.455_126 0 or fax I I 410-455-1265. Class1f1eds are due at s p.m. on the Friday preceeding the issue. 1 ~------J