N c ::: Togetherness .~ With the student body feeling the pressure of the Board of INPUT: I ~Regents on the issues of publications, the Activities Fee, and, m most important, discipline, it is difficult to muster optimism. letters to the editor ;:: Yet the greatest optimism is necessary for anyone to take ad­ ;lvantage of the opportunity to testify at the Regents' hearing Perfectly clear concernong abortoon For a In reference to your request to man the proposed disciplinary code. Catholoc to be in opposotoon to the meet woth me concernong the ~ Arthur Libby, Director of Student Life, claims that he be­ moral teachong of the Church To the editor: charge made agaonst me ~ ?l iieves the Board to be very open to suggestions. The Student would be a seroous departure from " Behavoor whoch )eopardozea the In the October 2 7 ossue of the ~Government is more cautious, but still hopeful. Many other the Catholoc Community It would safety or wellbeong of fellow RETRIEVER an article appeared be sinful members of the Untversoty i students and faculty are very skeptical. Based on all recent on page three introducing the In the same paragraph I am communoty". let me say that 1 w• i actions, skepticism is well founded. Campus Ministry in Catonsville. quote as sayong that borth control meet woth you under certatn :: The Board has been totally unresponsive in the past months The article was distilled from two is a moot question. " I don't believe apecrfoc corcumstances· .o to any student reactions. They have been almost exclusively hours of rambling conversation there's any question about that ... " 1) That the monutes of aut ;;single-minded in eliminating the areas of student life which with your Features Editor. Cathy are the exact words. let me make meeting be tJoken in lhort hand Carroll. She did an excellent job of Clhave been causing them difficulty. They have gone so far as it perfectly clear that the Roman Esperanto b'( the Imam ~ reducing our conversation but 1 to infringe on the basic rights of the students as human beings Church is totally against any form Praetoroa. must take exception to two and citizens. of artifocial birth control. Artificial 2) That every twenty mrnutee 1 important matters. If Student Life and Student Government can manage opti­ birth control is sinful. As a Catholic be allowed a rest periOd durong In the third paragraph from the mism at this time they are most likely playing their roles as I certainly follow this teachong and which Betty Ammerman songs the end Miss Carroll has me quoted as as an official "teacher" for the death song from " Aida" whrle links between the student body and the Regents. It is their saying that abortion " ... depends on Church I am not able or willing to juggling four sea-urchons, two ~ duty to make an effort to persuade the Board to change its the individual involved ..... Frankly. 1 teach anything contrary to thos. which must bear a passrng mind about these harsh new policies. But despite a supposed follow my Church's view and there If there is to be true Ecumenism resemblance to David Eosenhower, common goal, the same difficulty as always exists. Student can be no question that for me in the Campus Ministry here. my 3) That. on case of a stalemate. abortion is immoral. The quote Life is administration oriented, and the SG is student position as a Roman Catholic your mother and my mother oriented. While both are calling for a unified position it is comes from the fact that I priest cannot be amboguous. decode th& outcome by foghtong very questionable whether one can be reached. It is more im· dintinguished between the moral I deeply regret that I gave any with sox-foot balsa wood cudgels portant that the Student Government present a legitimate view of abortion as opposed to the wrong impressions. I am while balancing on a toghtrope opposition to the code, than to make major concessions in the legal situation in the state. I think unapologetically a Roman priest suspended QVer the Jones Falla hope of gaining a few minor changes in the proposal. one can be a faithful Catholic and and quite open to discussion of Expressway at 5 00 P M next hold various views on the laws these or other issues. Monday Thank you for the introduction Concernong the troal itself. I wiN to the campus your artocle assent to ot only if ot os held on the afforded. old gymnasium wherein the Rev. Frank Sullivan students, staff, and faculty may freely attend the open hearong_ Critique by Barry Hoffman Abortion 'myth' Byrdsfly in T•ampolines should be provided Dear Editors. for the Judges and I expect you to I'm getting sick and tired of wear your tapdancing shoes. The Byrds land on campus scene and developing many a unfamiliar tune. the opener " Lover hearing about quick and easy Evelyn Barker should conduct the November 13 in the wake of a talented musician. of the Bayou." a number fraught abortions. To terminate a opening ceremonoes and the salute popular new album following the However. the new quartet has with voodoo and White's lead. pregnancy is rarely easy for the to the Yippee Flag plus the two-year-old tradition set by the become rather permanent-looking. Next comes the abbreviated but woman. Few women can treat national anthem. Brown Shoes Cream for major rock groups-a save for a shift in bass players six beautiful performance of Dylan's their abortions with the Don't Make It (b'( Frank Zappa). double album. one of which is live. months ago. Me Guim is still the " Positively Fourth Street." offhandedness of the writer. The The defense table should be The bonus-pr~ced package. twelve-string genius. He alternates followed by Byrd-songs : operation is followed not only by provided with an adequate supply Untotled. contains some of the leads with rockabilly Clarence " Nashville West:· "So You Want physical pain. but often by guilt of high-heeled shoes and group's most introguon3. intense. White. a kind of Country Clapton. to be a Rock and Roll Star:· and remorse. peppermint Pez (I'm kind of fun­ and enjoyable music to this date. who developed a way to make any 'Daylan's " Mr. Tambourine Man." Also. in Baltimore abortions are ny about them). Of course. the four Byrds of guitar sound like a pedal steel and a superb " Mr. Spaceman." not readily available. Only a person If I am acquitted. I reserve the Untotled are not Jom Me Guiff!, Nashville model. Skip Battin is the The latter three are dominated by who has had little contact with the right to make a plaster cast of Bill Dave Crosby. M ike Clarke. and new bassman. whose addition McGuim's twelve string lead gynecological departments of Rothstein's pems and have it Chros Hollman. Nor are they Roger gave the Byrds new vitality in and strong vocal . which Baltimore hospitals can maintain placed on permanent display at Me Guom, Gram Parsons. Chros return for breaking almost two unfortJnately lacks a high the myth of the easy abortion. Baltimore Museum of Art Hollman. and Kevon Kelly. As most years w ithout a personality harmony from the group's other Most hospitals do not want to be (Abstract Sculpture Department) Byrd-watchers know. Me Gu im is change. a Byrds record. Gene members. primarily because their bothered with the flood of abortion along with a bronze plaque giving the sole survovor of the origonal Parsons is a hard. Baker-style microphones are at lower requests. proper onstructions for use and quontet (losted as the former minus drummer who adds a touch of jazz volumes. The live album finishes However. the main danger in cleaning. If I am found guilty. I will Gene Clarke) whoch has given birth to the overall style. The result is a with sixteen minutes of " Eight the .. easy. cheap abortion" myth is appeal to the mercy of the Court on otself to Dollard and Clarke. the glorious mix. particularly in the live Miles High," a fantastic lour-way its effect on contraception. With tearfully reminding them that they Flyong Burroto Brothers (also album. whereon Me Guim's folk­ join with all kinds of overtones. abortions supposedly always were young once and that boys featurong Gram Parsons) and of rock, White's country twang. undertones. and brilliant variations available. many couples postpone will be boys. course. Crosby. Stolls. Nash. & Batton's heavy rock. and Parson's of a theme by Me Guim. Crosby. the contraception question until Until then. I remaon. Young Roger (Jom) Me Guom has jazz. blend in an aurally colorful and Clarke. the woman is pregnant. Many Arthur Levi the Younger. earned a reputatoon as the John sound. The live album's vocals are young men do not share the Third Inheritor of the Mayall of rock. brongong onto the The live album features only one better organized. and the music is responsibility in this matter. They richer due to the overdubbing. The smugly assume that there is no songs are great. if not too relevant. reason for .. a college-educated In other words " Chestnut Mare" is a lovely yarn woman to get pregnant Dear Sir: nowadays." It's not " their" fault if THE RETRIEVER bout a wild horse: " Truck Stop As co-chairman of the SGA Girl" is White's touching hillbilly women are sacred of birth control Volume V, Number 9 Lecture Committee, I would 111m> poem. and " All Thongs" is pills and intro-uterone devices. Th< RETRIE ER November 10, 1g70 to forward another point of vi 15 Thus. the young woman os d h FVI published e..-ery Tutsday except dur1ng uam1ntion periods and holidays McGuinn introspectoon. Gene on the way in which the Fullbr' u~~nfJ t e a I and Spr1"9 semesters by and for the students of the University of Maryland forced to assume all the 8 Parsons throws in some pleasant lecture was conducted. In 1 m:n::~~=~:C:"e:t ~401 Wilkens Avenue Balt•more Maryland 21228 The Student Govern- responsibilities and physical 9 l e n~spons•bll•ty of the student body as publisher of The RETRIEVER country in " Yesterday's Train". and week's Retriever Arnold Merilt McGuinn contributes a solid dangers of preventing pregnancy. 1 gave an understandable aitique :!:"'07i Upr'I!'Ued htr~ _" ar~ thou of th~ authors and not nl!!c~ssarity those of thl!! student ecological blues in "Hungry Abortions and some methods of 'I acuity Clp adm•n•nrat•on of UMBC The RETRIEVER assumes responsibdit of all the way questions were hand rrwttr•~l for .... t,.ch the •uthor s rwme IS not pr~sl!!nted y Planet." birth control are frightening. by the moderators of the The rest of this album are Side Dealing with them in an easy­ going. never-you-fear way does (in all fairness I must point Ad~rt uom~nt •'IPd e n ttle Rtrr er~r of •ce Student Acttv•t•es Su 11d 1ng by 3 PM the Four's " Just a Season" by 0 that his criticism was provoked f'd ws~~ Oth0:r!, ~tJ::~~:~ an Oth~r cop, s due by 11 AM the Thursday pnor to publica - McGuinn. Leadbelly's folk classic not make them less so. it merely my action - not those of the o " Take a Whiff on Me:· a McGuinn skirts the issue. Would you be so moderators). hillbolly ballad called " You All Look calm about abortions if ot were Mr. Merin gave two examples editor In chief •.•••••••• .•• barry pierce Alike," and a kind of Byrd's " She's your bellies that were becoming how I distorted questions in managing editor •••..• •.•.• ray franklin So Heavy.'' Skip Battin's " Well swollen? course of relaying them to business manager .. •••• •.•• bob sellers Come On Home." Vickie Leonard sports editor •.•.•..•.•. •• • dennis gring Fullbright. In his first example, The music here is rich in UMBCW.L. features editor .•....•.•.•• cathy carroll points out that I asked a questi texture, spiced with twelve-string staff · • • - • • • . • . kay schneck, mike mews, entirely different from the electric and acoustic McGuinn and About that meeting rosemary straub, darryl zoller submitted. To this chare I p worm country Whote. plus the solid gary honlk, sue woods, leslie gadow' AN OPEN LEITER TO ARTHUR A guilty. However, Mr. Merin Batton and Parsons. It os definitely ed cole, hayden lee, bill morgenstern' LIBBY Ill· eluded in his letter a much simpli­ one of the year's finest outongs. far arnold simon, john Wallman, gail sokoloV: Most revered minister of fied (and well-written) version better than, for onstance. the barry boflman, sharon baumgardner propaganda. keeper of the sacred the question. In actuality, Beatles' " Let It Be " or the Stones' guava melon. ex offoco Pachuco. " Get Your Yayas Out" and more question that was submitted to Arthur A . Libby Ill. he who walks was something that I will digni cerebral than eother onjello. by calling it sixth-grade Engf