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THE ETR.IEVER E E KLY "Objectivity means trying to gice all sides a hearing. it does not, in my view, mean treating all sides as equal. " - Chritine Amanpour Volume XXXV, Number 8 .1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 October 17, 2000 Skipjack Yearbook Back for Good? Students Attempt to Make Old Yearbook a New UMBC Tradition ADAM CRAIGMILES posal falls wisely on the tatters of Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff a similar attempt last year. This most recent revival began in the The bowels of the Albin 0. summer of '99. A contract with a Kuhn Library, Special printing company was signed, Collections, house four dusty vol­ sections produced, books U1,11es: Skipjack '68, '69, '70 and ordered, all with the intention of New Beginnings '86. UMBC has producing a final product by this a tradition of failed yearbooks. fall. · However, a small band of stu­ "This September [the adminis­ dents are currently trying to tration] looked at the debt and Dave Chen I Retriever Weekly Staff rever&e that tradition, attempting told us they couldn't take on that UMBC to MLB: Major-League pitchers Jay Witasick and Wayne Franklin returned to UMBC to give to once again reinstate the. much," recalls the former this year's ba$eball players tips on life in professional baseball. Skipjack for good. Managing Editor, . senior Deb Their logo, "Bring Back the VanDereedt. VanDereedt cites Skipjack," is as optimistic as their miscommunication and red tape Former UMBC Pitchers Fulfill leader, Senior Mariam Evers, with the administration as a major who rallies a handful of hopefuls hindrance in getting a contract in a first of a series oLrneetings to with a printing company; some­ Aspirations In Major Leagues gauge student interest. The graph­ thing which wasn't finalized until ic design major recently trans- March. The delay was the group's while playing for UMBC. Both Witasick and Franklin PRATIK S. SHAH -ferred from the Naval Academy primary setback as they found Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff Following the 2000 season, both returned to UMBC last week to where she served as sports editor themselves well into the spring players fulfilled their dreams by speak to the Retrievers baseball for the Lucky Bag yearbook. "I semester with their first guide­ Pitchers Jay Witasick and being drafted for the San Diego team about the hard work and found that I was really disap­ lines and deadlines. On top of all Wayne Franklin always dreamed Padres and Houston Astros, dedication needed to play in the pointed when I transferred here this, the yearbook staff was of playing in the Major Leagues respectively. pros. "UMBC was the foundation and there was no yearbook ... It's denied payment until print costs to my baseball career," said 28- been 30 years since UMBC has were covered by the sales, year old Witasick. "I was fortu­ had a real one." approximately 1,200 books, and nate to play with some great play­ As she tells the modest group, the~e was a final product. The lat-· ers at this school." though, hope of seeing a Skipjack ter was projected for this October. Witasick, a Bel Air native and resurrection by the end of this "It disillusioned a lot of peo­ C. Milton Wright graduate came academic year is all but resigned. ple, many quit," says VanDereedt to UMBC because it was close to Instead, this is a "foundation who, herself, resigned this home and because of the great year," emphasizes Evers. September, though for other rea­ players that had played for the "We have no funding," states sons. team. "Bob Mumma, Craig Sasser Dan Balon, the assistant director The payment issue was a - they were the reasons why I of Student Life and advisor to the major concern for senior Ian came to play for UMBC." group. Balon envisions a grass­ Harding who spent four months In Witasick's two years with roots effort in the upcoming year, working as Coordinator of Clubs the Retrievers, the 6'4", 235-lb. questing for financial backing and Organizations without seeing right-hander dominated oppo­ among alumni, ads, parents and a paycheck. Staff were promised nents with a consistent fastball in the university itself. According to in the beginning a salary, but the mid-'90s. "The biggest thrill A candle light vigil in memory of Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming Balon, other options are being were then told they were switch­ was coming to the stadium know:­ College student and gay activist who was killed two years ago, kicked around such as using stu­ ing to stipend. Later, they were ing 15-20 scouts were coming to was held near the library pond Thursday night. The Freedom dent fees to furnish every student told the staff would be changed Alliance's vigil was part of the week's festivities honoring with a yearbook after four years. National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11. see BASEBALL, page 4 The cautious foundation pro- see YEARBOOK, page 3 UJ ·--------------~·--------------~---------------~----------~~Violent video games In this week's Focus Women's soccer turn Steph Rawlings you'll find info about wins two more in c and Adam Hopkins Tim Meadows is a the history of video NEC play, field into gun-toting mani- real La die's Man games & electronic hockey remains -lA acs while your friend- and National · entertamment, includ- winless, volleyball VI ly neighborhood deal- Coming Out Day ing updates on Final goes to 3-0 in con- er is held responsible Dance is fun for Fantasy & Playstation terence and cross- 2 ~!:::::::~:__ro_r_h_l_s_c_l_m_n_~_,_o_. d__ .s_ . ~~==:=::::::~a-l_l --------------~~==========~2-·--~~----------~==========~-c_o_u_n_u~y--co_m~p-e_m_s_. __J - .e: Classifieds ... p.31 PAGE2 ·THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS ·October 17, 2000 I ehind I the Scenes High Court Refuses to Hear KKK Case Michael Romary: Making the UMBC Against U. Missouri-St. Louis Radio Station (U-WIRE) ST. LOUIS - The U.S. ·Library A-OK Supreme Court refused to grant the homepage. They are a ·valuable Missouri Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan a JOYCELYN GEORGE review of its case against the KWMU radio Retriever Weekly Staff Writer resource for students doing research. station at the University of Missouri-St. Romary advises students who want Louis. Did you know that the library has to know more about how to use the ref­ On Sept. 16, 1997, the KKK attempted an "academic outreach" program that erence facilities to ask their instructors to pay for a 15-second advertisement during helps students use the Albin 0. Kuhn to arrange for a session in the library Of the national radio program "All Things Library's resources more effectively? a lecture in the classroom by the refer­ Considered." In exchange, they wanted an Michael Romary, of the Bibliographic ence staff. Alternatively, students can announcement describing their association and Electronic Inforination division of go for a one-on-one brief instruction as "a white Christian organization standing -the library's Reference Section, coordi­ session at the reference desk on the up for the rights and values of white nates this and other such outreach pro­ first floor of the library. Christian America since 1865." Patricia As for his future plans, Romary Wente-Bennett, director and general manag­ grams. er of KWMU, refused their request. Her "The field of library science is an says he is happy at·'UMBC. He does decision was· supported by Chancellor exciting and evolving one," says however, have "roads to instruction Blanche Touhill and the University of Romary, whose career as a librarian that [he] wants to make." In his profes­ Missouri Board of Curators. spans 18 years at various places of sion, there is no telling where one In response, the KKK and its attorney, employment. His interest in the field­ might end up, but for the time being Robert Herman, brought a lawsuit against began from his love for reading, and Romary likes his work at UMBC and the radio station in 1998. The central issue his career choice was the natural out­ enjoys working with his staff mem­ in question was whether or not KWMU's come of combining interaction with bers. decision to refuse the KKK's contribution people and ideas. Apart from his hectic schedule as a constituted a breach of its first amendment Romary obtained his Master's librarian and an instructor, Romary right to free speech. U.S. Magistrate Tom degree in library science from Indiana enjoys swimming four to five times per Mummert, who presided over the case, Scott Daugherty I Retriever Weekly Staff ruled in favor of KWMU. University, and he has been a librarian week. He also spends his spare time The KKK and its attorney refused to ever since. His career began at his alma come into the library for a hands-on ses­ reading a wide variety of literature, accept this and filed an appeal with the mater, where he worked for·two years. sion where they are required to search for ranging from library science journals eighth Circuit Court of St. Louis. On Feb. 8, Romary then worked in the libraries of journal articles related to their majors. to history, poetry and especially ana­ 1999, their appeal was denied. other academic institutions before Sl!:ldents are also introduced to the av~il­ lytical psychology. coming to UMBC in 1990. able databases, search engines and Jhe lit­ Candidates Tackle Foreign Policy, His professional experience is com­ erature resources available for their specit­ Health Care, Education During Wake bined with his reading of various jour­ ic majors. In addition, students learn to dif­ Forest U. Debate nal articles, which helps him keep up­ _ferentiate between sources of scholarly lit­ (D-WIRE) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C - to-date with the goings-on of his pro­ erature and popular literature for their Presidential candidates George W.

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