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

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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. Bush, a research papers. Ultimately, students Republican, and Democrat Al Gore met in a fession and prepares him to teach in the. debate in Wait Chapel at Wake Forest academic outreach programs. develop their library skills and critical University that was dominated by discus­ These courses, which include the thinking ability through these courses. sion of foreign policy and characterized by Instructor's Program and Honors 201, Fortunately, these programs are not lim­ a congenial tone. essentially help familiarize students ited to incoming freshman who need to be Moderator Jim Lehrer, of PBS's "The with the library's resources. As part of introduced to "university-level research NewsHour," pushed the candidates into dif­ the outreach program, instructors work". These programs often help graduate ferentiating · between their stances on the invite reference section staff members students with their research work, in line role of the U.S. military. into their classes to tell students about with UMBC's growth as a research univer­ Both candidates called America the the research material that is available sity. dominant military and economic power in in the library. The reference staffers A recent development in the library the world and said this status brings with it certain responsibilities However, they dif­ also provide information on how to scene has been the introduction of elec­ fered in their definitions of those responsi­ access this material. tronic books, or e-books. Students can bilities. Instructors often have students access these books through the library's Bush said that one appropriate action would be to forgive third-world debt and added, "We do have an obligation but we can't be all things to all people. We can help build coalitions but we can't put your troops all around the world.'' Bookstore Bush also said that he o]Jjected to "nation-building" missions by the U.S. mil­ itary and dted the U.S. intervention in Haiti Booty as an example of a nation building exercise he did not support. Junior Derek Anderson left Gore said, "Like it or not ... the United the Yum Shoppe last Friday States is now the natural leader of the carrying more than a , world." He added, "One of the criteria that I think is important in deciding when and if Snickers. As part of the we should ever get involved around the recent soft drink contract world is whether or not ... our national secu­ renewal, Coca-Cola offered a rity interest is involved." TVNCR unit as the loot of a The tone of the debate was less hostile free raffle. The lucky winner, than the candidates' first meeting and mir­ Anderson, intends on using rored the performance by vice presidential his prize to watch college ·how can you candidates Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney football as soon as possible. in their only debate. Seated at a table with The truth

Seventeen Sailors Presumed Dead in Yemen ADEN, Yemen (AP) - With the crippled USS Cole listing slightly in the harbor, American investigators, Marines and sol­ diers swarmed into this deep-water port Friday, bringing sniffer dogs and equipment to search for clues in the blast that killed 17 American sailors - an explosion Western diplomats say was apparently the work of a well-organized group. Wounded U.S. sailors and the bodies of some of the dead were flown to Germany en route home; the Navy said the ship would be repaired and stay in service. Bomb experts quickly determined Thursday's explosion "was a blast from the outside," Admiral Vernon Clark, the chief naval officer, said. His comments countered any suggestion that weaponry aboard the ship might have been responsible. U.S. officials sa~ suicide bombers blew up a small boat next to the 8,600-ton destroyer, ripping a 30-by-40-foot hole at the water line. Western diplomats in Yemen said th·e explosion seemed to be the work of a well­ organized group with good connections in the port of Aden who might have provided the bombers with logistical support. If terrorism is proven, the toll would make it the worst such attack on the U.S. military since the bombing of an Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1996 that killed 19 troops.

More Gun Battles Erupt in Mideast JERUSALEM (AP) - U.N. mediators Stockbrokers/Trainees · Friday prodded a reluctant Yasser Arafat to .Skipjack Resurrection to attend a U.S.-led Mideast summit, but vio­ lence persisted despite worldwide pleas for a truce. A Palestinian man was killed by Skip Yet Another Year Israeli fire, and riot police blocked Muslims Full service brokerage from a contested Jerusalem shrine. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan seeks hardworking said after a meeting with the Palestinian entrepreneurs for leader that he expected a summit to be con­ vened within 48 hours, but that Arafat Baltimore Office. would only give his fmal answer after a meeting of the Palestinian Cabinet ·later Training, Safes Leads, Friday. Earlier in New York, U.N. spokesman Generous Payout, Manoel de Almeida e Silva said everyone but the Palestinian leader appeared on board and Benefits. - for a weekend summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik. Will sponsor f~r Across the West Bank, Palestinians marched to protest Israel's rocket attacks licensing. License·d Thursday against Palestinian government Scott Daugherty I Retriever Weekly Staff buildings, including police stations and brokers invited Flashback: Special Collections assistant John Beck with one of the four Skipjacks broadcast centers. that were published. · · Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak . Fax resume to Moe ordered the missiles fired as retribution for from YEARBOOK, page 1 Company was signed by students alone, the slayings of two Israeli reserve soldiers Azizi at (41 0) 365- though Ian Caplan, the buyer for the by a Palestinian mob at a police station in again back, recalls Harding. Procurement office, attests that no penalty the West Bank town of Ramallah. 0681 "They were blowing me off all the time. will be taken for pulling out of the deal. Standing on the ruins of the police sta­ tion hit by Israeli rockets, Marwan I finally had to get my dad to call [the Evers, who worked as sports and senior or call for an inter­ . Barghouti, the West Bank leader of Arafat's section editor last year can only use the Office of Student Life] and say 'either you Fatah movement, exhorted a cheering VIew give me the money or I'll get my lawyer unpublished labors for her potfolio. She crowd to stand tough. and go straight to the Baltimore Sun.'" will also graduate at least a year before "This is our fight and we defy Barak and (800} 765-6237. Dr. Jamie Washington, director of UMBC will see another edition of the his tanks and planes," said Barghouti. Student Activities, sees the recent disap­ Skipjack. However, she is dead set on Later, a frrefight erupted between some EOE. pointment in terms of a poor relationship adding the Skipjack to a list of budding and of the demonstrators and Israeli troops man­ between students and the administration. ongoing traditions, like Midnite Madnesss, ning a checkpoint north of Ramallah. Global Capital "Students headed down a road without the freshman pen ceremony and homecom­ In the West Bank town of Hebron, a 22- Securities Corporation much staff interaction. While [the adminis­ ing. year-old Palestinian was killed in what the tration] supported it conceptually ... it was "It's really great to look back in 10 Israeli army said was a gun battle between Israeli · troops and gunmen mingling with not something with a lot of student, staff years and have a scrapbook of your college Member NASD, SIPC Palestinian rock-throwers in the center of it experiences. I hope we can provide that connection to make happen." town. The contract with Josten's Printing same thing for UMBC." PAGE4 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS October 17, 2000

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Alumni, Major League Pitchers Speak With Students from BASEBALL, page 1 Community College before his stint with watch you pitch," said Witasick, who was the Retrievers and being drafted by the Los drafted in the second round of the 1993 Angeles Dodgers in the 35 round of the draft by the Oakland Athletics. 1996 draft.' Witasick was also a part of the 1992 After three successful years playing in squad, a team which reached the regional the Minor Leagues, Houston signed him playoffs, but fell to national powerhouse with a contract through the 2000 season Miami Hurricanes. "To go into Miami in and made his Major League debut on July front of a hostile environment and almost 24 versus the Cincinnati Reds. "That was beat them showed what our team was all definitely a memorable experience for me," about that year. That was one of my great­ said Franklin._ "I got Ken Griffey Jr. to est moments at UMBC." ground out. Not too many people can say In Jay's 1993 season with the they got out one of the greatest hitters of all Retrievers, he led the country with the best time." strikeout to innings pitched ratio after aver­ Eventually, Franklin sees his role as aging a staggering 1.5 strikeouts per being a setup man for Astros fireballer inning. Witasick's 1999 season with the Billy Wagner. Aside from returning to Kansas City -Royals proved to be the best of UMBC and talking to the baseball team his career with nine wins and 158 innings about tips and practice drills, both players pitched. The season also included a com­ also gave advice about life in college. plete-game shutout victory over the "I know I still plan to return to UMBC Baltimore Orioles. and finish and get my degree," said "Defeating the Orioles was a special Witasick. "We can only be baseball players moment for me. I grew up watching Ripken for so long. What makes a good player is and Baines play and to shut them out was not always how he plays on the diamond, unbelievable. Shutting out a team is con­ but how he is able to manage himself off sidered the holy grail for any pitcher." the field as well as on." Southpaw Wayne Franklin also made a But as both players, still young in their name for himself in the Major Leagues in careers, continue to gain experience and the 2000 season after debuting with the play better in the pros, both Witasick and Houston Astros last July. "Coming to Franklin hope to eventualiy win a World UMBC was a fantastic experience for me," Championship. "That's the ultimate goal if said Franklin. "It was a sort of stepping you are a player. To win that ring. Getting stone for my career into the pros." to the Major Leagues is your first goal but Despite playing just one season for the it is not always enough. You have to reach Retrievers, Franklin's strong left arm further," said Witasick. "UMBC was defi­ Dave Chen I Retriever Weekly Staff proved to be a high. commodity in the nitely a place to reach my frrs~ goal. Now True Gems: Astros' Wayne Franklin and Padres' Jay Witasick will Major Leagues. The Maryland native you have to continue to work hard so you be valuable team pitchers for years to come. played two years at Cecil County can get higher." THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY .NEWS October 17, 2000 PAGES

Attempted Theft from Building book bag and removed a Nokia cell phone, Telephone Misuse with. There are no known suspects. Oct. 3, 9:23 a.m. - An employee valued at $50. Investigation to continue. Oct. 5, 6:48 p.m. - A UMBC student observed an individual with two books residing in Potomac Hall reported a threat­ Destruction of Property owned by someone else in the Theft from Building ening message left on her voicemail by a Oct. 9, 8:00 a.m. -Project Manager Biological Science Buildi.ng. He Oct. 4, 11:00 a.m. - A UMBC student male she met on the Internet. Officers dis­ for Erickson Construction reported stopped the man due to his failure to reported that she left her purse unattended cussed obtaining a caller ID or a new that unknQwn persons damaged a recognize him. While being ques­ in the Social Science Building. She extension. Investigation will continue. power meter to the construction trail­ tioned, the man presented an identifi­ returned to discover that unknown persons er near the TRC Parking Lot. The cation card from Howard University had removed her purse and its contents. Destruction of Property officer estimates the damage at $100. imprinted with the name Vivian R. The purse and its contents were valued at Oct. 5, 6:04 p.m. - A police officer Investigation to continue. Thompson. He requested the books $100. Investigation to continue. observed juveniles destroying construction from the suspect. The suspect handed property at the TRC building. The juve­ Tamper with Motor Vehicle him the books and left the area. Police Sex Oft'ense niles were released to their parents who (Motorcycle) canvassed the area however they failed Oct. 5, 11:13 a.m. - A P.G. Comm. agreed to make restitution to the construc­ Oct. 9, 4:33 p.m. - A UMBC stu­ to locate the suspect. The investigation College Student reported that an unidenti­ tion company. Case is closed by arrest. dent reported that he parked his will continue. fied male subject physically accosted her motorcycle on Center Road and while she was walking through Student Theft from Building when he returned to the motorcycle · Theft from Building Parking Lot #13. The suspect ran away Oct. 8, 8:50 a.m. - A UMBC student he qiscovered that the motorcycle Oct. 3, 10:21 a.m. - A UMBC when witnesses, hearing the victim scream reported someone entered his locker at the was not left in the same condition as employee summoned police when a for help, came to her aid. Responding offi­ Fieldhouse dumping the contents of his it was when he left it. Investigation to UMBC student informed him that cers canvassed the area and located a sub­ gym bag on the floor. The lock was faulty continue. someone removed property from his ject fitting the suspect's description just off and had been reported as such several secured locker in the Fieldhouse. Upon of campus. The subject was identified as months ago when a large number of similar Peeping Tom arrival, police learned that the stu­ Warren Fitzhugh, 44, 500 Block E. reports were investigated. There are no Oct. 9, 8:50 p.m. - A Libr~ry dent's property was removed and Coldspring Lane, Baltimore. The suspect known suspects. Security Officer reported that two replaced by someone else's. The inves­ was arrested, processed and taken before a female students advised him that tigation will continue. 'court commissioner. The subject was Peeping Tom there was a male in one of the released to Spring Grove Hospital Center Oct. 8, 7:05 p.m. -A student reported library's female restrooms looking Theft from Building for treatment. entering a toilet stall in the women's under the stalls viewing women as Oct. 3, 11: 15 a.m. -A student report­ ground floor restroom of the library. She they use the bathroom. Responding ed that someone removed her back­ Destruction of Property noticed the next stall was occupied but did­ officers located a subject fitting the pack and the contents within when she Oct. 5, 5:43 p.m. -A young man, univer­ n't take specific notice of the occupant. A description attempting to leave the left the RAC for a short period. There sity affiliation unknown, reported that he moment later, the suspect peered under the library. The subject was identified as are no 'known suspects or witnesses. parked his vehicle on UMBC Boulevard. partition between the stalls then left the 30-year-old Ashraf Semida· Abdel­ The investigation will continue. When he returned to the vehicle to discov­ area. A search of the area was conducted Hamid, of the 7800 Block Tall Pines er that unknown person(s) had broken out with negative results. Court, Glen Burnie, a UMBC stu­ Theft from Building the front passenger window. It does not dent, here as an English teacher from Oct. 3, 11:15 a.m. -A student report­ appear that the vehicle was entered, as Theft from Building Egypt. The subject was arrested, ed that she left her unattended proper­ nothing inside the vehicle is missing or Oct. 8, · 9:03 p.m. - A UMBC student transported to UMBC Police ty near a treadmill inside of the RAC damaged. The window is valued at $100. reported his bike was stolen from the bike Headquarters, where he was for a short period of time. Upon retu.nl­ This case is suspended. rack in front of the RAC. He discovered the processed, issued a Student Conduct ing, she discovered that someone had bike back in the same area later and called Notification and taken before a court taken her property. There are no Theft from Vehicle the police. Pfc. Perry located the suspect commissioner. The court commis­ known witnesses or suspects. The Oct. 5, 5:43 p.m.·- A young woman, uni­ who stated he had mistaken the bike for his sioner released the subject on his investigation will continue versity affiliation unknown, reported that friend's and taken it back to his dorm. He own recognizance. Case is closed. she .parked her vehicle on UMBC was charged on criminal citation for theft Theft from Building Boulevard. She retUrned to discover that and was released. Theft from Building (Supplement) Oct. 4, 8:15 p.m. -A young woman, unknown person( s) had entered her vehicle July 12,3:05 p.m.- Police obtained whose university affiliation is by reaching through an open window and Destruction of Property an arrest warrant for 32-year-old unknown, reported that she placed her ·unlocking the door. The suspect broke sev­ Oct. 08, 10:54 p.m. -An Abacus employ­ Sunseray Johnson of the 4200 Block book bag down in the University eral pieces of the dashboard and removed ee reported finding the second floor food Towanda Drive, Baltimore, for a Center and walked around. She her CD player and several tools from the vending machine of the Chem./Physics theft · that occurred in the returned to her book bag to discover vehicle. Investigation to continue. building broken into. The money contain­ Administration Building on July 12, that unknown persons had entered her ers did not seem to have been tampered 2000. Case is closed by arrest.

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Editor in Chief _Opinion Editor General Manager Jennifer Schildroth Stephanie Rawlings Matt VanDyke

Hey, Come Out And Play

About this time last year, during LGBTA week, the chalkings the Freedom Alliance put up w.ere vandalized. This year, the campus commu­ nity is holding its breath, hoping for more tolerance. This is just one more group on campus that cannot flourish without the· support of its peers. And it looks like it is gaining this support, slowly but surely. Tolerance has to start somewhere, and if it is not present on a college campus, we are really in trouble. There is enough hatred in the world out­ side, and this hatred should be something that, while recognizing and remembering the tragedies of the past, we count as part of the past rather than the present. Because after all, we are all human, no matter our sexual orientation, race, heritage, religious views, gender, class, etc. And as humans, we all deserve love, respect and support. The candlelight vigil for victims of hate crimes that was held last Thursday honored those who fell prey to someone else's ignorant hatred. By replicating this ignorant hatred, we are setting the evolutionary ladder back a few steps. We have already entered into a new millennium, and in theory, any mistakes we may have made in the past should stay behind, and we should enter the 21st century bare of evolutionary setbacks. After the millions of years humankind has been on this planet, we should not be act­ ing like we still live in caves and hate all t~ose who are not necessarily the same as we are. At the time of this writing, the LGTBA chalkings have yet to be vandalized, giving us hope that, at leat at UMBC, we are starting to come out of the dark ages.

The Retum of the Midterm Monster

It's just about the middle of the semester, UMBC, and the Retriever staff would like to take this chance to congratulate everyone on a job well done, encourage some more good work for the rest of the semester and give some semi-knowledgeable advice. Many of us have been going to class and doing our assignments, which Adam Craigmiles ...... Managing Editor Retriever Weekly staff editorials reflect is absolutely excellent. We are starting to get sick and tired of getting up in Dahlia Naqib ...... News Editor the views of the editorial board; signed the morning five times a week, but we're halfway done, and there's no point Sarah Andrews ...... Asst. News Editor columns and advertisements represent the in stopping now. That which does not kill us only makes us tired. Others Scott Daugherty ...... Asst. News Editor opinions of the individual writers and adver­ have not been going to class quite so much, and it's about time to start, Abby Foster ...... Asst. 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Everyone else, best wishes.on your midterm exams; it will an· The Retriever Weekly publishes weekly Del-Kun Dave Chen ... ;...... Circ. Manager on Tuesdays during the regular school year. be over soon, and congratulations on all your hard work. Christopher Corbett ~~ Faculty Adviser Editors- can be reached at (410)- 455-1260 during normal business hours or at University Center 214; 1000 Hilltop Circle; UMBC; Baltimore, MD 21250-. The- Retrieve-r Weekly is an equal opportunity employer. ~ "' -··' II f } .. f PAGES THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION October 17, 2000 Get Away From That Playstation: You'll Put Someone Else's Eye Out If You're Not Careful has been touted as the anti-Christ, comic some kind of proper supervision. If parents Stephanie Rawlings books accused of warping the young choose to allow young children to play vio­ American ~nd and video games blamed lent games, they must be actively involved ChkaChkaChka! Crunch! Thud! for a decaying moral fiber. This is all, in a in making sure the child in question under­ John's leather-clad spy slinks to the ground word, ridiculous. ' stands that these video games are in no way and he swears violently as his portion of Entertainment is just that: entertain­ . representative of reality. the television screen goes red. Ben laughs ment. It is foolish to expect books, games, While it does seem that video games as he racks up yet another win, and I try music and movies to do any more than are becoming progressively more violent, desperately to get my character out of the serve as distractions from reality. Problems this can't be blamed on the video game upstairs bathroom. arise when people expect industry. In a capitalistic society, people are This scene is fairly the media to act as a only able to sell what the public wants. If common in my apartment, "Problems arise ·when guideline for acceptable the public weren't interested in video game the boys and I bonding behavior, or worse yet, to violence, the only games on the market over beers and endless people expect the media parerit society's children. would be Tetris and Bible Quest 5000. rounds of Perfect Dark. to act as a guideline for There is no arguing Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume These evenings revolve acceptable behavior, or that some video games that video game violence is a reflection of around our gleefully out­ are tremendously violent; society's changing values, not the other shooting, out-running and worse yet, to parent however, that alone is no way around. out-thinking each other sqciety 's children." problem. Individuals circuitcity.com In the end, the violence in video games within the confines of a with a reasonable amount Escapist Haven: video games are no is not in and of itself the problem. Issues more than an effective distraction. two-dimensional, fiction- of intellect and maturity arise when people place emphasis on media al world. Our video game are perfectly able to partake When video games such as Quake, policing people's actions because they are sessions, loud and juvenile in violent activities without Tekken, Bushido Blade and Perfect Dark unwilling to do it themselves. Playing though they may be, are become crazed psycho are played by the intended audience, Perfect Dark won't reduce ·you to a raving, Godsends, giving us a safe POINT killers. In fact, many mature individuals, undesirable outcomes blood-lusting lunatic; however, assuming place to act out the aggres­ extremely popular team are few and far between. In fact, I would that these little bits of computer generated sions brought o y full- ~ sports, such as football, soc­ contend that video games are the contact information have that power may tum you time jobs and pages of pointless reading. cer and ice hockey, all contain a certain sports of the physically disinclined, allow­ into a simpering, mindless nit-wit. In recent years, there has been a public level of socially acceptable physical vio­ ing a safe outlet for aggressive feelings. outcry against violence in the media, as lence, violence that is actually performed in This, however, is not to say that it's a Stephanie Rawlings is the Opinion edi­ people seek out a scapegoat for the vio­ real life, as opposed to the fictitious vio­ good idea t~ tum a 7-year-old loose on a tor of The Retriever Weekly. She can be lence in American society. Marilyn Manson lence in video games. bloody game of Duke Nukem without reached by e-mail at [email protected].

Drug Pse and Abuse is an Issue of Free Will, Not Force

issue with the government for years. How and overdosed. The rest of the group Cindy Waugh can we get to that drug money? Like crimes allowed this young man to lay comatose in such as gun smuggling, prostitution and the bathtub while the party continued. The Drug Dealer Liability Act went numbers running, the crime isn't viewed Someone outside of the party called the into effect Oct. 2, 2000 after being passed completely in the sense of its legality but in police and informed them of the situation. and signed into law earlier this year by the the sense that revenues generated don't get The. police walked away after one of the Maryland General Assembly. Under this a chance to be tapped by Uncle Sam. So other youths pretended to be the gentleman law, drug dealers arc held civilly liable for you have to ask yourself, do they want the in the tub. This young man was later tossed deaths connected to the narcotics they sell. drugs or do they really want the tax dollars in a dumpster and left to die. This is a true Baltimore generates billions of dollars in they feel they are owed and never receive? story, and two out of the three young men drug sales annually and was. once consid­ If drug dealers actually filed and paid taxes who have stood trial have been acquitted. ered the heroin capital of the United States, on that earned income, they might find www.hightimes .com The law didn't make these individuals but I don't recall any reports of any loaded themselves left alone. Step Away from the Bud: Though liable for this drug-related death that could guns being held to anyone's head and a line OK, I've told you how much money drug dealers are not responsible for have and should have been avoided. or two disappearing. We have the drug trade generates. their client's use, the y may be held Countless Americans are using a wide all been blessed with the priv­ Now, what quantity of drugs accountable for their deaths. variety of drugs. From Ecstasy to Kat, they ilege of free will! To take "Maryland legisla­ do you think it takes to gen­ are doing it all. They get them just like you drugs or to not take drugs is tion wants to make erate that many zeroes? Try the small-time drug dealer, which this law get a quart of milk. They go where it is an individual's choice, not an tons upon tons upon tons. clearly targets, the scapegoat. Where do being offered, state the amount, purchase it issue of force. This law is a the small-time drug Now, how do you think you think the finger will point? Definitely and consume. Do we hold food companies pacifier to make the public dealer, which this these tons get tral)sported to not the real shot callers who are behind the liable for obesity? Do we hold stereo man­ feel as if the administration is law clearly targets, the United States? My guess scenes, but the low man on the totem pole, ufacturers liable for busteq eardrums? Do doing something to combat would be planes and boats, the person they see, the guy on the comer. we hold Ford and Toyota responsible for drugs while they conveniently the scapegoat." seeing as the majority of Why not take the energy and tax dollars deaths caused by automobile accidents? forget that without demand, America's drug supply and focus on the traffic of the Inner Harbor No, we don?t! We don't make the failure of there ·would be no supply. comes from countries such as Cuba, or maybe Annapolis, or how about some of the War on Drugs liable, or politicians who The drug trade runs as most Fortune Mexico and Colombia. those privately-owned airplanes flying into are suppose to represent the people liable, 500 companies do, inasmuch as it operates How many of you have seen the movie BWI? These are the playgrounds of the big or dirty cops or "I choose to be blind" par­ just like a business, a very lucrative busi­ Enemy of the State? It amazes me that the · boys. Think of how much death that might ents liable, now, do we? Blaming the deal­ ness generating billions upon billions of world's superpower, with all its technolog­ prevent. ers themselves is just another case of peo­ dollars annually. A cocaine operation could ically advanced equipment, can't manage My final argument rests on the con­ ple not wanting to take responsibility for lose 75 percent of its product and still make to actually win a battle in this supposed sumers of these drugs, but I want to first their own foolish and dangerous actions. a profit. War on Drugs we have been fighting since tell you a story. A group of young people This money doesn't face the Tax Man 1982 thanks to Ronnie and the boys. And decided to let their hair down, party and do Cindy Waugh is a junior majoring in as many of us do. This has been an ongoing now Maryland legislation wants to make some heroin. One of them got carried away computer science and education. THE RETRIEVER WEEK.i;Y OPINION Ocor'IIP 17, 2000 PAGE ViOlence Begets Violence; Video Gaines No i!Xception-:.-

opponent in these games, including those who engage in at least one physical Adam Hopkins bazookas, machine guns and chainsaws. activity are much less likely to be the per­ You name it, these video games have it. petrator of violent acts, compared to those Violence. We see it all of the time How does this reflect on American culture? who do nothing but play video games. nowadays. In American society, we are To a foreigner, we probably look like a Some would blame the carnage in our now having it ingrained into our minds so nation composed entirely of cannibals. society on the easy accessibility of guns. much that it is seen, by many, Our country never had However, guns are no more readily avail­ as the norm. This includes problems with violence in able now than they were 10 to 20 years ago. violence in the media, and "To a foreigner, schools until it had to deal Firearms have been around a lot longer video games are no excep­ we probably look with violence in video than video games, and before this form of tion. This is one place where like a nation com­ games. All over, we see and entertainment existed, America had never our society has to take a hear of children going into experienced such a high murder rate in his­ geocities.com - stand; there is "Simply too posed entirely of their classrooms and spray­ tory or the need for people to go into pub­ Digital Rampage: video games have much violence in video cannibals.'' ing their teachers and other lic facilities and go on a rampage. become more focused on carnage than games. students with gunfire. The Going back to what was stated earlier skill Let's look back over most gruesome aspect of it about Super Mario and Sonic, one should games that got people to use their brains, as recent years. No one will ever forget the all is that these crimes often are mirror ask something: Why are these games not opposed to feeding them images of gore, massacre that occurred at Columbine High images of the type of havoc that is featured cool anymore? When did it stop being fun which are now viewed as eye candy. School inAprill999. Although there is still in video games with excessive violence. stomping on "Koopa Troopas"? Albeit it's All in all, video games are way too much debate over what motivated them to Before there were video games, people cartoon violence, that's not what attracted violent. As a society, we need to examine kill 13 people (not·including themselves), had hula-hoops, our values. Do we really want to turn peo­ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were avid jump ropes, ple into bazooka-wielding maniacs? players of video games. No, they didn't baseball fields Because that's what the video game indus­ play Super Mario Bros. or Sonic the and basketball try is doing right now. The next time you Hedgehog; they enjoyed Quake and Duke courts. Kids COUNTERPOINT want to buy a video game, at least get Nukem, among others. (and some something that will stimulate your mind, These types of video games display a adults, too) even if it's nothing more than Pac-Man; at horrible view of killed opponents, com­ would entertain themselves for hours by people into playing these games. Players least it's not "Let's See How Much Blood~ plete with blood and bits of human iines­ engaging in these and other forms of recre­ wanted the challenge of guiding Mario, can Spill Today!" tines and other organs all over the screen. ation. Our society never had to deal with Sonic and a host of other heroes through That's not all. There is also an almost infi­ people imitating violent acts when all of unbelievably complex levels of mayhem Adam Hopkins is a sophomore major­ nite number of ways for one to destroy an this was still popular. Statistics show that and excitement. It was these types of video ing in English.

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The reason for this was twofold. There was class. Students deserve nothing short of this to subsidize a significant portion of these Dr. Arthur Johnson a groing concern about the length of our level of attention, but it comes at a cost. ceremonies. May ceremony, at which all graduates were It has been our policy in the past to If the sentiment of the stuaent bDdy is In a recent issue of The Retriever honored, and secondly, require a $40 diploma that this fee is not justified, we encourage Weekly, an editorial and a letter to the edi­ we wanted to .ensure "We anticipate collecting fee of students, but this you to speak with your student representa­ tor addressed the recent increase in the that students who com- • • simply does not cover tives in the Student Government diploma fee from $40 to $100. I would like plete their studies in nearly $150,00 zn dzploma the expenses incurred Association. I, along with President to take this opportunity to share the reasons August or December fees from undergraduates by these additional Hrabowski, Vice President of Student behind the increase and invite further con­ a~e properly recog- this year. Our expenses ar~ events. In order for us Affairs Charles Fey and other administra­ versation. ~~ . to continue holding tors will be pleased to discuss this issue UMBC has a tradition of setting high Since December of estimated at $200,000 for these three important further with the SGA representatives and goals, for our students and the campus as a 1997, UMBC has held the_ May undergradu-ate and dignified cer­ The Retriever Weekly if so desired. . whole, and working to attain them. We are three graduation cere- monies, it is necessary These commencement ceremonies not satisfied with "good enough,' particu:­ monies: an on-campus and December commence- to raise the graduation provide us the opportunity to honor each larly when it comes to clebrating the ceremony in December ments. The University will fee to $100. We antici­ student for years of hard work and study. It achievements of our growing student popu­ for all graduates, an on- clearly continue to subsi­ pate- collecting nearly is our intention to provide the best possible lation. campus ceremony in $150,00 in diploma fees ceremony, and hope you will agree that this For this reason, after a 1996 student May and an undergrad- dize a significant portion from undergraduates tradtion requested by students should be petition, the campus administration agreed uate ceremony in May of these ceremonies." this year. Our expenses upheld and that this increase in fees is, in that it was time, to expand our graduation at theBaltimore Arena. are estimated at fact, justified. , ceremonies to include not only a December Steps are taken for each $200,000 for the May commencement, but also separate under­ event to. make sure all students feel hon­ undergraduate and December commence­ Dr. Arthur Johnson is the provost at . gratUate and graduate ceremonies in May. ored as individuals and as a graduating ments. The University will cleai:'ly continue UMBC. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION October 17, 2000 PAGE 11 Washington Watch Second Presidential Debate a "Big Love Fest"

the death penalty in the case, with the third Under the concealed weapons law signed credibility and tendency to embellish, Matt VanDyke being sentenced to life in prison. by Governor Bush in 1997, in Texas it is was raised by Lehrer when he asked Bush appeared much more legal to carry guns onto school Bush if he believed that it was a serious Going into the second debate, vice­ confident and relaxed than he grounds and into school athletic issue for voters to consider. Bush president AI Gore and Texas Governor had in the first debate. He was · events. replied by saying, "I think credibility is George W. Bush had one main goal - not able to convey his message of Gore was so busy walking important . . . I think it's something to become their charicatures. Bush had to limited government and once on eggshells that he failed to use people need to consider." Gore apolo­ again show some grasp on issues, that he again keep from making any his debating skills to his best gized by saying that he had gotten has the ability to speak clearly and that major gaffes. He also defended advantage. What was needed some of the details wrong and that he he can get through 90 minutes without his tax cut plan more effectively was the AI Gore that destroyed was sorry, and said he would try to do butchering the English language. Gore than in the first debate. Ross Perot in 1993, yet this better. He vowed that if elected he had to try his best to not come across as Unfortunately for Gore, he debate had Bush and Gore prac­ would work hard "to get the big things pompous and condescending. As NBC's was out of his element in this tically holding hands under the right for the American people." Brian Williams put it, Gore had to be debate. His handlers had table. An overnight NBC News survey careful not to talk like he was reading the coached him into playing nice, The vice-president may conducted after the debate was fairly nation a children's book. in response to criticisms from have dealt a decisive blow, how­ evenly split between the two candi­ The debate was a roundtable format; focus groups and the pundits viewimages.com ever, with his criticism of dates, finding that 40 percent believed the same used for the vice-presidential after the first debate when Gore Bush's record in Texas. He that Bush did the better job, while 37 debate also conducted by Jim Lehrer the carne across as arrogant and unappealing. pointed out that Texas ranks 49th of the 50 percent said that Gore had performed week before. It began dully and gentle­ He sat idly by as several opportunities states in children with health care, and that best. The poll had a margin of sampling manly, focusing on foreign policy issues. passed when he could Texas has a terrible error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage While the candidates disagreed on the have revealed Bush as " record on air and indus­ points. This was a substantial improve­ role of the United States military in inter­ uninformed on certain Gore was so busy walk- trial pollution. If the ment for Bush, as a poll released after national affairs, on many international issues, such as the pro- ing on eggshells that he press runs with these sto­ the first debate showed that 46 percent policy issues such as the Middle East the posed Employment non- fi .l d t h . d b t ries, Bush's record could said Gore did the best job, and 36 per­ two were in agreement. Bush perhaps put Discrimination Act, Ql e 0 use lS e a • find its way into the cent Bush. it best when he declared during the which would make it a ing skills to his best headlines for the last · With neither candidate emerging debate that "It seems like we're having a federal offense to deny a advantage. What was month of the campaign. with a decisive victory in the second big love fest." person a job because of This sort of attack is debate, many undecided voters will The first sparks, albeit minor ones, their sexual orientation. needed was the AI Gore always used against gov­ wait until the third debate to make their flew as the debate turned to domestic While he did sue- that destroyed Ross ernors running for presi­ decision on whom to vote for on issues. Gore used the case of James cessfully criticize Bush's Perot in , yet this dent, and worked well November 7. In an election year where Byrd, an Mrican-Arnerican who was record as governor of 1993 against Michael Dukakis the polls have the race a dead heat, the dragged to death behind a pickup truck in Texas, he did not do so debate had Bush and in 1988. If the charges upcoming third debate could prove as Texas, to suggest that the state needs with the persistence nee- Gore practically holding stick, Bush's recent rise important, if not more so, than the first. stronger hate crime legislation. Bush essary to emerge as the in the polls may be replied that the three men convicted of clear victor in the debate. hands under the table." stalled and perhaps Matt VanDyke is the business man- the crime were going to be put to death Gore missed a golden reversed. ager for The Retriever Weekly. He can for their crimes. This is not true, howev­ opportunity to respond to Bush's statement A topic that was in. the headlines fol- • be reached by e-mail at er, as only two of the three men received that nobody wants guns around schools. lowing the first debate, that of AI Gore's [email protected]. ' greens pace

humpback whales and leatherback sea tur­ having no other purpose. Sea turtles and sweet-home ripped up without warn­ Adam Hopkins tle ... and that's only the tip of the iceberg. crocodilians are killed for leather. All of ing, not being able to survive any­ Now, there are 24,000-plus species of liv­ these animals are endangered because they where else on Earth? To end up as the For years we have listed e~ ing things that are endangered or threat­ cannot reproduce quickly enough to com- main course on someone's dinner gered and threatened species in order to ened by human activity. This figure pensate for the demands of our plate? Unless this writer is extremely alert people of the potential for disaster includes not just animals, but species' marketplaces. naive, the answer to all three of these for many of the world's living things. also plants, fungi, etc. Another "luxury" of questions should be "no." For some, such as the bald eagle, there The important thing to ours that is costing our Fortunately, if you wish to save has been an improvement in numbers remember is that most, if animal friends dearly any of these endangered species, and chances fur survival. Unfortunately, not all, of these species is eating. Sure, that's there are measures you can take. this bird of prey, which is a symbol of are in their present con­ a necessity, but is it Requiring only a few minutes of your our nation, is a rare exception. dition because of human necessary to eat cer­ time, you can write a letter to your According to Endangered Species of the activity. They are disap­ tain animals? One Congressman or Congresswoman. A Next Millennium, a project to educate pearing because we are might be appalled to letter could even be directed to the people about the threat of extinction, the causing their natural habi­ find primates, such as United Nations, since they have number of endangered and threatened tats to disappear. Everyday, chimps and gorillas, on sought ways and worked with other species is on the rise. This is all account­ thousands of acres of Amazon the menu of many British groups to save many of our planet's ed on a recently disclosed list, ES2000. and Southeast Asian rainforests and French restaurants! inhabitants from extinction. Also, be Recent studies now show that most are being leveled. The living things in Whatever happened to eating sure to look up sites on the Internet of the great apes, such as chimpanzees, this ecosystem suffer because they cannot domesticated animals, such as cattle and for other things that can be done and gorillas and orangutans, could all disap­ adapt to life without a tropical jungle; they chickens? These great apes are now endan­ examine sites of environmental pear within the next decade. simply won't survive in any other habitat gered, mostly, due to our appetites. When organizations who are committed to Biologically, these are our closest rela­ (for example,. a desert.) the aforementioned primates become saving endangered and threatened tives! Often, through studying other pri­ The rainforest issue is just for starters. extinct, what will be on the menu next? wildlife. If we all pitch in a little mates, we are able to learn more about We deliberately kill elephants for their Unless immediate action is taken, it could effort, these 24,000-plus species can ourselves. If we let the great apes ivory tusks, in addition to rhinos for their make many of our planet's most beautiful be saved. The world would be a lot become extinct, then what does that say horns. What are these parts used for? animals as much a part of history as last lonelier if there weren't any tigers, about how we feel about other species? Luxurious jewelry. But it all looks better week's leftovers. gorillas, elephants and all of the other Other animal species that are at risk on living elephants and rhinos, not wealthy The next time you say that you critters of nature. include the elephant, Siberian tiger, lion, humans. One might ask what is done with don't care,, think about it very carefully. giant panda, cheetah, snow leopard, the animal carcasses after the tusks and Would you like it if someone killed you for Adam Hopkins is a sophomore polar bear, American crocodile, gray and horns are removed: They're thrown away, your teeth or skin? To have your horne- majoring in English. PAGE 12 Oct 17,2000

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b y a n n a kaplan ow, you guys are What kind of prize would long-winded. make for someone like you? W Whoo. Heck, you didn't even bother First of all, let's clear up the to corrie pick me up until small green plastic hippo mys­ [INH] begged you to. I know tery once and for all. The rea­ you don't want me; if you took son Sal Paradise could not me home I would just end up a claim his prize was because it figure of mockery for your was missing. It was missing friends (tear). Anyway, who because The Overworked ever heard of a green hippo? Freshman, the winner of the So, I decided to run away - contest about bunnies, thought I'm hiding out in the bottom of it was her prize and came into Anna's purse. She has yet to the Retriever office asking for discover me, but when she it. Unknowingly, and being the does find me I know she'll try only person in the office, the to return me to you. In that desk staff on call handed Ms. case, please refuse me and tell Freshman the said hippo. Her her I'll bring more joy to her Marianne Hayden I Retriever Weekly Staff real prize was a purple thing than anyone- I know she will Everything Will Be Fine: Students read subtitles in El-Tayeb's "lesbian screwball comedy." with feet and hologram eyes. appreciate me. So Sal - live Please return the hippo, Ms. long, peace, prosper, blah blah, Freshman, and claim your pur­ enjoy your movie passes. Your What Makes an Afro-German? ple thingie. Abandoned Friend, Fred." All right, now that this case Submitted by len. Filmmaker El-Tayeb Discusses Personal Experiences is solved, let's go on to the Well, urn, [INH] supposes entries. Normally, [INH] fea­ that we should leave this one KATHRYN ROUSE and she won a screenwriting con­ El-Tayeb spoke to a full crowd tures the worst entry as the up to Sal. It is his prize, and if Retriever Weekly Staff Writer test. She got to make the movie. composed of UMBC undergradu­ first one, progressing from Ms. Overworked Freshman We didn't have any experience, ate and graduate students, faculty first to last, but this week there ever does return the poor Fatima El-Tayeb did not come except for watching lots of screw­ and staff. After being introduced really weren't any "bad" ones. hippo, he can decide if he real­ here to talk about a "lesbian ball comedies," said El-Tayeb. by Barbara Mennel, a professor This one was chosen as the ly, really wants it or is just con­ screwball comedy." In fact, Her film, described as a of German in the Modern first because ... Eh, no reason. tent with the movie passes. Everything Will Be Fine, the "mainstream comedy with Afro­ Language and Linguistics Here it is. Now, on to the next entry! Afro-German film she co-wrote German lesbians as the main Department, El-Tayeb launched "Dear Sal, "Dear Anna the Features wasn't even mentioned i; her lec­ characters," was shown on Oct. into her lecture on the history of This is Fred, you know, editor, ture on the Afro-German experi­ 11 after a lecture entitled "What Africans living in Germany and your "prize" for being such a Why do you not love me? I ence in Germany. Makes a German? Race, Blood the unique experience they have great Kerouac fan. I'm sorry wandered into your cubbyhole "I didn't study film or any­ and National Identity in 20th­ had. for causing so much trouble, looking for love and you gave thing, I did [the ftlm] with a Century Germany" given by El­ African people first came to but there is something I need friend. We were writing short sto­ Tayeb as a part of the HUJilanities to tell you: I'm not worthy. see INSERT, page 22 ries, sending them into contests, Forum fall lecture series. see EL-TAYEB, page 13 Meadows a Genuine Ladies Man

DIANA ZIEGER Leon Phelps is kind of like a Retriever Weekly Staff Writer Barry White song come to life, polyester shirts and all, "Hey, baby. Can I buy you a Meadows endows him with fish sandwich?" a basic gentleness of charac­ Ask almost any woman, and ter that keeps him from she'll tell you that pickup lines, as being just anof.4er sleaze­ ball. a rule, are a total turnoff. Yet Jeremy Wustner-Brown I Retriever Weekly Staff somehow, this offer works like a Leon Phelps is based on Party Up: Revelers of all sexual orientations celebrate at Satur­ charm for Leon Phelps; maybe people Meadows recalls day's Coming-Out Day dance. it's because he's the Ladies Man. from his youth in Detroit - Tim Meadows created the "players" he would see in character of Leon Phelps on the liquor store where he Clearing the Closet Saturday Night Live; the smooth worked as a teenager. In the operator made his debut on the movie, Leon is a talk-show Group Celebrates Coming-Out Day show on Oct. 17, 1997. Now host who provides callers Meadows has brought Leon to the with advice about love and ERIN LEATHERWOOD Out Day. big screen in a movie aptly titled sex, two topics with which Retriever Weekly Staff Writer This is a celebration of the The Ladies Man, directed by he is most familiar. When he anniversary of the first march on Reginald Hudlin. offers advice that's a little The annual National Coming Washington DC for Lesbian and Paramount Pictures too, well, frank for the radio Out Day Dance was held last Gay Rights. National Coming It wasn't,difficult to adapt the Talk Radio: Tim Meadows chats up character to a movie-length script a caller as The Ladies Man. station's tastes, Leon and Saturday in the UC Ballroom. Out Day also commemorates the because he "didn't feel like [we] his producer, Julie (played This event, sponsored by the inaugural visit of the Names had fully explored Leon" as a per­ details of Leon's character and by Karyn Parsons) get ftred. Freedom Alliance (UMBC's Project (also known as the AIDS son, Meadows asserted by phone. his life: "We felt like we were The movie centers around Leon Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans­ quilt) to the nation's capital. It is He and his fellow writers enjoyed doing a thesis on who this guy gendered and Allies group) is the process of fleshing out the was," Meadows said. Although see MEADOWS, page 13 held in honor of National Coming see COMING OUT, page 13

+ THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES Oct. 17, 2000 PAGE 13 ·Teaching the AfrO­ German Experience from EL-TAYEB, page 12 own country for support and identifica­ tion," said El-Tayeb. Germany in the 15tl' century, usually as The audience asked questions concern­ house servants for the wealthy. They have ing the comparison of the situation of been an ignored minority for the last four­ racism in Germany with the problems in and-a-half centuries. The idea of a "black the United States. El-Tayeb responded, German," however, is usually not consid­ "the conflicts that arise are similar, but the ered a possibility in popular thought. "You situations differ." have a certain image of Germans, but by Still, El-Tayeb reports, there are many diversifying your experiences, you can' see incidents of racial violence in Germany that Germany is actually not as white as we that are being ignored by the government think," said Roxane Riegler, a graduate stu­ and even the Afro-German community dent at UMCP studying German literature. itself. Afro-Germans are scattered around In fact, of the 80 million people living the country, and while there is a national Jeremy Wustner-Brown I Retriever Weekly Staff Out and About: The Freedom Alliance sponsored a dance Saturday night which in Germany, only an estimated half million organization much like the NAACP in the served as the pinnacle of UMBC's celebration of Coming Out Week. are of African decent. Germany does not United States, a civil rights movement and divide its citizens by race, so these num­ an awareness campaign in the 1980s- bers are estimates, but the Afro-German 1990s, there is still much progress to be minority is still treated as nearly invisible. made, as many people still aren't aware Week Culminates in Dance Until recently, Afro-Germans were that a problem exists. from COMING OUT, page 12 co-sponsored by the Women's Center and denied civil rights, interracial marriages "I thought it was very enlightening," the freedom Alliance and was held on the were forbidden and they were treated as said freshman Malcolm Furgol. Senior 0. traditionally a time when people celebrate Fine Arts hill by the library pond. foreigners in their own country. "It was Abiola Akintola agreed. "The experience who they are and their lives out of the clos­ A movie night was held in the Patapsco very typical for black Germans to have one of the black German was unknown to me. et and in the public eye. National Coming Lobby Friday where the film Get Real was black parent and one white parent, and to ... I found interesting the experienc~ of the Out Day is celebrated on Oct. 11. shown. This movie is a story of a high be raised by the white parent," explains El­ identity [crisis] and assimilation, as [I The Freedom Alliance sponsored a host school boy's coming-out experience. Tayeb. Even after being raised in the same could] compare it to the experience of of activities, all week long, in honor of The National Coming Out Day dance community as white Germans, Afro­ African immigrants within the last 25-30 National Coming Out Day. On Monday, was the week's closing event. People came Germans were seen as a "threat to the years." Oct. 9, five speakers from Parents and from all over campus to break it down in home geniality and sovereignty of "I'm glad that we're paying more atten­ Friends of Lesbians and Gays held a dis­ the ballroom. The admission was $5 at the Germany." tion to the Germans of African decent. As cussion on coming out to your parents in door. Once you entered you were immedi­ Much of the xenophobia and racism of we discuss this topic more I think that the the ballroom. Tuesday night, Freedom ately handed a number that was to be the time was in part a result of the findings German departments across the United Alliance chalked messages of support applied to your clothes so that people could of the German race scientists, then consid­ States will recognize this [missing] along the sidewalk of the UC Plaza in send you secret messages through out the ered experts in their field, as they provided aspect," commented Cerue Diggs, a gradu­ honor of National Coming Out Day. dance. The dancing was high energy from scientific evidence supporting the social ate student in the German department at Also, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, the .the beginning of the dance until its end. It Darwinism that dictated popular thought UMCP. Freedom Alliance and Multi-Cultural lasted until midnight and was deemed an during the early 2oth century. So how does the University of Affairs hosted a welcoming reception for invariable success. "It is very difficult for black Germans to Hamburg student with a doctoral degree in students, staff and faculty in the UC Overall, this past week was a chance for identify both with [being] German and history relate her scholarly lecture with a Ballroom. During the reception, the history people to be themselves and be proud of [being] black. Either you identify with the silly independent film? "Basically, I'm try­ of National Coming Out Day was explained who they are. The Freedom Alliance put African-Americans or the Africans, or you ing to bring the same thing across, the and people had a chance to tell their per­ together a wonderful plethora of events deny your blackness and you want to be experience of Afro-Germans ... I think you sonal coming-out stories or.just speak open­ where everyone was welcome no matter Germ~. You have to look beyond your can reach more people with a mov!e." ly on what it is like to be lesbian, gay, bisex­ what they believe, what they look like or ual, transgendered or an ally. where they are from. The week was suc­ On Thursday, the Matthew Sheppard cessful. For more information about the Plowing Meadows' Talent Vigil was held to commemorate his murder Freedom Alliance call x6370 or stop by SS two years ago. The candle light vigil was 002. from MEADOWS, page 12 his tenure at SNL, really "too many to say," but he mentions his first show as a particular and Julie's attempts to fmd a new forum for thrill, as well as watching Tina Turner per­ Leon's discourse. Plus, there's a subplot form. He also has a vivid memory of the CALLING ALL POETS! involving a group of cuckolded husbands night Sinead O'Connor tore up a picture of (led by Will Ferrell and Lee Evans) who the Pope at the end of her musical perform­ are trying to kill Leon, and another involv­ ance, after which he said "the silence was Let your muse run wild in ing a mystery woman from his past. Can deafening." Meadows confesses to being Leon escape the would-be killers and find relieved that he was not in the sketch that honzonMag.com's true love with his "Sweet Thing"? Can immediately followed the incident. Leon even remember who his "Sweet Making movies is very different from Second Online Po~try Competition! Thing" is? performing on live television, but Meadows got his comedic start at Meadows claims to enjoy both, for differ­ Second City, and says that he had "no ent reasons. When doing movies, he says, OCTOBER 24-26 on ho.rizon.Mag.com idea" that he'd end up on Saturday Night "people kiss your butt more." It can be dif­ Live, where he has been for the last nine ficult because "you have to be funny over years (he left at the end of la~t season). He and over again" when doing repeated Meet other poets, win prizes and get your work said that it wasn't a particularly difficult takes, but at least that gives the actors the pubUshed .in horizon, the premiere online decision to leave the show- "My time opportunity to get it right. When perform­ was done" - nor does he consider his ing live, "[you just] throw it out there," but magazine about community and culture. decision to be an inordinately risky one, the "immediate response" of the audience claiming that "the biggest risk I've ever can be very gratifying. Judged· by poet/playwright Nancy Mercado, author of taken was when I left Detroit to become an So what's up next for Tim Meadows? actor." He acknowledges that he feels Well, in addition to The Ladies Man, he'll It Concerns the Madness, published by "lucky" to have worked at the same job for be appearing in NBC's The Michael Long Shot Productions. nine seasons, which is a pretty long time is Richards Show this fall. He's also working showbiz years. Meadows does admit that on another script with his partners, plus he won't miss the competitive aspect of possibly a Ladies Man sequel - The See www.horizonmag.comjpoetryjcompetition-2.asp working on SNL, but adds that it's just Ladies Man Goes to Africa, he says, but for house rules and other im~ortant information. "part of the job." it's hard to tell if he's totally serious. Meadows has plenty of fond memories of Oh, yeah, and maybe a fish sandwich.

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any of us r~member playing arcade games or having an Atari (that dependiflg on just how old you are), or maybe a The Evolution of the Nintendo or Sega Genesis when we were little. This Focus is dedicated to those of us who _never accepted. the concept that Gaming Console video games are for children. Whether it serves as a vent for anger, a hobby, an obsession or some other sick, isolation-encouraging More Exciting Than Homo Erectus relationship, gaming bonds many of us together unknowingly. Some people live and breath gaming, others woufdn't admit how muCh time they spend in ~ront of the Playstation. No matter which extreme you are, or if you are more in the moderate range, this Fqcus is for you.. We describe some of our personal favorite games, and why they rock so hard. We give you a brief evolution of console gaming and a~ examination ~f the final fantasy series. Insights on online gam­ ing are shared, and American/Japanese consoles are compared. . ········;-.. ;·~ . :~·-. ~'"'::»···- We even address the government rating system for games, if for nothing other than laughs. This Focus is packed with everything nerdy and fun and is meant to be· enjoyed as a quick diversion from our, and your, real passion, elect~onic entertainment. Japan Leads in Production

of Video Games Jeremy Wustner-Brown I Retriever Weekly Staff Past to Present: The Atari 2600, the nintendo Entertainment System and RAY SHAW sport-like degree, these garners would Pfatstation are respresentative of their respective generations. Retriever Weekly Technology Manager gladly spend hours piecing together the perfect combination of magic artifacts to LEANNE CURTIN overlays for the background and the "car­ Bang! Crash! With the machines that find the Holy Sword Of.Disintegration. Hi, Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff tridges" were circuit cards slipped into the drive them getting more and more power­ my name is Ray, and I'm a role-playing­ card slot. While technically the Odyssey ful, today's adrenaline-soaked, action- · garne-aholic. The electronic face of the gaming con­ was the first video game developed for the packed games are more realistic and fast­ The concept of an RPG is not unique to sole has changed dramatically over tl)e past home, selling 100,000 systems in 1972, paced than ever before. Entire online cul­ the video gaming world. Dungeons and 25 years (wow, it's been 25 years, makes Atari Pong opened the door for later indus­ tures have evolved around twitchy first­ Dragons had been around for years before you feel old huh?), and they've come a try growth, popularized by the arcade ver- . person shooters, to the point where one console gaming (such as the Nintendo) long way from the pixilated square you sion, also released in 1972. individual known as Thresh makes his liv­ really started to take off. One important dif­ controlled as the main character in In 1976 the Fairchild Channel F system ing simply from being the best there is at - ference is that electronic gaming allows Adventure for Atari. Gaming consoles are was released and won the spot as the first . the game Quake. Yet amidst all the noise you to play a game alone,- on your own performing amazing visual and audio feats, replaceable-cartridge programmable video and rocket smoke, there exists another cul­ and I am happy to have been born when I game system, the Odyssey not truly having ture, similar yet vastly different. Rather was, so I could watch the on-going pro­ progr~able cards. In the long, varied than honing their reflexes to an almost see GAMES, page 19 gression. series of Atari gaming ·consoles, the 2600, Let's start way, way back in 1974 with released in 1977, was the first to offer Atari Pong. Most of us know what Pong is, home gaming and a massive selection of and many of us have bounced the perky lit­ cartridge games. Atari tried to catch the tle circle off the rectangles lots of times. · Japanese market with the 2800, but it was Well, that perky little circle is what popu­ released in Japan just months before the larized the onslaught of electronic enter­ Famicom, so it was doomed to market fail­ tainment through consoles. Back then, this ure. The Astrocade system by one-game "system" that carne with two Midway/Bally was introduced in 1978. controllers and hooked up to your televi­ Channel-F System II, Odyssey 7, and the sion was amazing and fascinated garners of Atari 400 and 800 computer systems were that era. This is one system I don't remem­ released the same year. ber; I haven't been in college that long. Intellivision, by Mattei, hit the market The Odyssey was technically the first gam­ in 1980. Th~s system featured better graph­ ing system, released in 1972. Odyssey's ics than the Atari, and there are still people selling price was set by Maganvox to $100, today that swear by the Intellivision. In a large sum of money in 1972, the air rifle 1981, the Arcadia 200 I made its U.S. debut; that went with it was sold separately for Atari then released the 5200 Super System $25 and the best games were held for. after­ Jeremy Wustner-Brown I Retriever Weekly Staff sale, and virtually none of them sold. The Hours of fun: Game stores carry many dtferent games for consoles and the PC. Odyssey used plastic graphic television see CONSOLES, page 19 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS October 17, 2000 PAGE 17

Playstation 2 Comes to America

ALYSON SPURGAS Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff console in April, and the National Security Agency questioned its import -here for the Playstation 2, the newest piece of game same reason. console technology right now, is scheduled A plethora of new games will be to hit electronic stores all over the country released once PS2 is available in America. on Oct. 26. The mouths of video game One of the first games to be available is junkies everywhere are sure to water over Star Wars.: Starfighter, which will be this delectable home system. Everyone's released the same day as PS2 . Starfighter, been wondering where the North American produced by George Lucas, is a space corn­ shipment of the system has been since it bat game that follows the basic storyline of was released in Japan last spring. We're Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace. The still ahead of Europe, which originally World Is Not Enough, produced by EA wasn't expecting the system until late Publishing, is based on the James Bond November. The European release date movie. This stealth-oriented game, which recently moved up to Oct. 28. promises to include plenty of carnage, Sony's Playstation 2 is certainly a new should be released around Christmas. Jeremy Wustner-Brown I Retriever Weekly Staff and much-improved version of its last, Onirnusha Warlords, a Resident Evil-esque Quake 3 Arena: A recent first-person shooter game that takes advantage of recent extremely lucrative endeavor, the original game, should be released this winter as graphic technology. Playstation, . and is sure to draw in even more profit (at least until Sony comes up Online Gaming: Playing with something to make it obsolete). The accessories that Games ....Online will come with the system include Dual RAY O'NEIL Shock 2 analog con­ Retriever Weekly Staff Writer connection, your low ping gives you a troller, a high capac­ slight advantage in laying it down in online ity eight megabyte You have yourself a decent personal melees. Ping is the response time from memory card, a computer or maybe you just got a nice mid­ what you do to what is actually in the Playstation 2 demo dle- or high.-end system for school, in addi­ game, determined by your online speed. disc, AV multi-use tion to having a highspeed dorm Ethernet Where to start if one has the desire to cable and an AC connection. Maybe you just have one or the get into online gaming? The obvious first power cord. Also other. Sure, having the computer is nice to decision would be to find a game that you included will be an type last minute reports in Word and down­ enjoy, supports Internet play and runs w.ell original Playstation loading the latest Dude Mowrey MP3 off of on your computer (sometimes easier said CD-ROM, a DVD­ Napster is highly entertaining, but an area then done). Then get online and go at it. If ROM, a Playstation of computing_ that most people consider you have the technical know-how, you can 2 CD-ROM and an when faced with a high-speed Internet con­ even set up an internal networking game audio CD player. nection is online gaming. with two or more people where pings are This means that the In an industry where revenues are rival­ almost non-exist~nt and games are much PS2 will not only be ing the American film industry, there are smoother. Internet game utilities such as able to play all the massive amounts of PC games being GameSpy allow users to find servers run­ new PS2 games, but played and developed that have strong rnul­ ning their games of choice with the lowest all the old tiplayer content and options. Main genres pings easily. · Playstation games, bf games played online include the real­ If you grow tired of the seemingly any regular audio time strategy games such as Command & repetitive gameplay and the shoot-first­ CD and all DVDs Conquer and Ground Control, where play­ shoot-later-don't-ask-questions action, from the same ers control an army of mechanized fighters don't ditch the game, but look to Web sites region. and battle until there is nothing left but bar­ and resources that allow downloads of The console also ren wargrounds and the cold stench of user-created add-on content to the game. features a 128-bit defeat. There are also the highly accepted Custom built 3-D levels allow new battle­ Emotion Engine, Jeremy Wustner-Brown I Retrtiever Weekly Staff first person shooter games, made popular grounds for you to roam and modifications the first chip of its Super Fun: Sony's newest home video gaming offer, the by Id Software's Doorn and Quake series, like TeamFortress for Quake and Half-Life kind and the most Playstation 2. which put the player in the eyes of a soldier adapt garneplay into something entifely powerful form of with a bad attitude. The third popular genre different from the norm, give loads of mass-marketed of games played online would be the role­ replay value to FPS games, and to a lesser computer technology on the market. The well. This game is set in feudal Japan and playing game, including games such as extent RTS games. If you've got the cre­ PS2 processes all physics and mathematics features full 3-D settings and characters EverQuest and Baldur's Gate, which are ative desire, you can download free pro­ calculations, and at one point the same with fluid-like movement. It was supposed based on character building and expansive grams like Quake3Radiant or WorldCraft technology was even classified as a super to be released first for Nintendo 64 and exploration. in order to build 3-D levels for popular computer. For the main memory, PS2 uses then for the original Playstation, but both It's relatively debatable which genre is games. Source development kits are avail­ Dynamic RAM, which is preferred over fell through. Capcom fans expect the com­ played more online, as each type of game able for many games; they let users code Static RAM because it is capable of storing pany's first game released for PS2 to be attracts different kinds of players and their own net gameplay into something data while transferring other data, making truly exceptional. requires different amounts of time to be they and others can enjoy. Some modifica­ it twice as fast as SRAM. It also has 32 Sony has high hopes for the new sys­ played ~ell , but the popular mainstay of tion makers have even been hired by pro­ megabytes of main memory (more than any tem. The vice president announced last online gaming is the first person shooter. fessional game development companies to other console), and MPEG 2 support mean­ spring that PS2 will eventually become an The reason is simple: People like to blow do this for a living. ing that DVDs will look extra clear. The all-purpose horne entertainment system and stuff up. Playing a shooter-based game Provided you have the resources, and suggested retail is $299. computer. The Japanese company and such as Quake 3: Arena online consists of more importantly the free time, online The Playstation 2 almost didn't make it Microsoft seem to be competing for a much each player having a small arsenal ·of gaming can be a nice and relatively easy to American markets because of its extraor­ larger market, the eventual goal being a weapons, running around vivid 3-D worlds way to relieve some after-class stress or kill dinary technology. Basically PS2's graphic home multi-use machine that has Internet in search of each other in order to· shoot, some· time between reruns of BattleBots. processing technology is fast enough to access, plays games and movies, and maim and kill. With that nice 3-D graphics Either way, there's something for everyone control missiles that need to "see" to hit downloads and uploads movies, music and capable computer and that nice Internet in play.ing games online. their targets. Japan halted the export of the games. PAGE 18 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS October 17, 2000 A Generation of Games, A Huge Following and Maybe a Movie to Show it All Off Exactly When Will There Be A Final Final Fantasy· in the World of Electronic Gaming?

LEANNE CURTIN Final Fantasy lacked character develop­ as to the reasons why there was not a US that RPGs could be entertaining if they Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff ment and personality back then but has the version, but in 1995 Squaresoft America were given a try. Sony gave it the largest beginnings of an intriguing, twisting, time­ was going to release it as Final Fantasy marketing budget of any video game ever, The Final Fantasy series of games is consuming RPG blockbuster even then .. Extreme. In early 1996 Squaresoft under­ and now up to four RPGs may be released famous internationally for its stories, The release of Final Fantasy in the states went massive restructuring and moved in the United States monthly. Final Fantasy drama, graphics and basically being an sold more copies than the original release development from Nintendo to Sony, and VII changed the face of video games in excellent roleplaying game. The series in Japan, then enjoying Final Fantasy ill. the project was axed. Finally in late 1997 every aspect. began in 1987 when the Japanese company But this success failed to bring the sequels Edios announced in . addition to ·Final Final. Fantasy VIII, released in the Square Co. LTD . placed all its resources to the United States. Square and Nintendo Fantasy VII, it would publish Final Fantasy United States last year, was a departure and finances into making an improved rival were having business problems, and the V and VI for Windows 95. There were from the previous games with its realistic for Enix' s DragonQuest. Since the success English version Final ·Fantasy II was never even published screen shots for the English characters, junction playing system, and of the game would ~ither make or break completed, FFill US version was not creat­ version, but Edios then called the project improved and breathtaking cinema graph­ Square, it was named Final Fantasy. It did ed either. off fo:r ·unknown reasons, and another ics. It has sold over 1.5 million copies and indeed make Square, and seven games Final Fantasy II was released in 1988 as revival is not in sight. The Super Nintendo proves the series is still going strong. later, Final Fantasy VII is one of the top­ Square's last contribution for the Famicom and Playstation Final Fantasy V versions Final Fantasy IX will be released late selling RPGs in the world. system in Japan. This sequel featured are still decent games, but if you want to _ this month and will depart from the futur­ What is the draw that continues the suc­ excellent graphics (for the time), a beauti­ get. the complete original version, buy an istic theme of the last two, taking place in cess of these games that had their humble ful musical score and intricate plot, plus the import. You should have no problem _find­ a medieval setting. This will be the last beginnings on the Nintendo Entertaimnent "bad guy" and the "real bad guy," all soon ing complete Japanese/English translation game of the series for the Playstation. System? Released in 1990 in th~ United to be trademarks of the Final Fantasy for dialogue and .plot line~ Final Fantasy X will be the first in the States, Final Fantasy provided a much series. Final Fantasy VI brought about a dra­ series for the Playstation 2 and will allow more complex plot than Dragon Quest, with In 1991 Final Fantasy IV was released matic change for the series, aligning it players to download special strategy an intricate storyline that fed quest after in Japan for the Super Famicom and in the closer with its cinematic aspirations. The guides to the PS2. It will be released in quest. The player is the hero, in numerous United States as Final Fantasy II for the Japanese version, released · in 1994, delt Japan in Spring 2001 and some time in forms, each with different strengths. The Super NES. This game hosted some of the with issues like teen pregnancy, losing 2001 in the states. Final Fantasy XI will be earth is dying from within, and four war­ most memorable RPG characters to this loved ones, suicide and more that the the first FF series game to only be playable riors with orbs are prophesized to renew day, with abundant character development Nintendo-of-America version censored. online and the second for the PS2; it is pro­ the world. The four warriors are the Light and slapstick comic relief. In the Japanese The characters grow and develop, and jected to see release in the United States in Warriors, the heroes you control. A number version, the big secret was a room with the overcome personal demons unlike any fall2001. of min,-quests are presented, but then you programmers and musicians and even an other RPG character of the time, and there In addition to the upcoming games for realize there is a greater threat to defeat. exciting item to find: the Porno Book! The is no main character. Released as Final the Playstation and Playstation 2, a movie Four Fiends, made f!om the Earth's ele­ US version removed many areas, character Fantasy ill in 1994 in the United States, the is in the making that will blow away any ments, are behind the decay. And behind skills and items to "dumb down" the game game was the most successful RPG to date, computer-generated sequence you have the Fiends is Chaos, an evil being who has for US players. But with the Game Genie but it still could not overcome the fact that seen and would "make George Lucas crap manipulated time to destroy the earth. and correct codes, the rest of the hiding RPGs were niche games played by a devot­ himself," as the folks at squaresource.com Here's where it gets confusing. The four game can be found and played iQ its entire­ ed, small following. said. You can see movie trailers at Fiends originated 2,000 years ago, and they ty. Final Fantasy IV also introduced a series The 1997 Playstation release of Final www.finalfantasy.com. The film is project­ send a knight back in time so they can mainstay, the "Active Time Battle System," Fantasy VII was the game that realized ed to open in the United States some time regain their former strength. In the past, the where you and your opponents can be Squaresoft's cinematic RPG goals. No in 2001, but don't hold me to that since knight melds with the four Fiends and attacked ·simultaneously. This game, while longer confined to a cartridge and backed lots can happen to change film release becomes Chaos. Chaos wants to send the not as huge a seller as in Japan, foresaw the by a $30 million budget, the game went to dates. They are currently filming, and the four Fiends into the present with his new­ future cinematic direction the series would new heights with dazzling graphics, a producer of the Fjnal Fantasy game series, found power. The Light Warriors travel take. musical score of over 100 songs and the Hironobu Sakaguchi, is the director. Alec back in time to defeat Chaos, and their vic­ For the United States, Final Fantasy V most complex, mature plot to date. It was Baldwin, Steve Buscemi and Donald tory erases all traces of their journey, leav­ was never released. In Japan, it reached the first "interactive movie" that was fun to Sutherland, among others, will provide ing only their legend. garners in 1992. There were lots of rumors play. Final Fantasy VII also showed garners voices for the characters.

Free Ice Cream uPint-athlon.. Ice Cream Eating Contest UMBC . n'=t;r University Center www;babttat.cq OCtober 19th • lpm-4pm THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS October 17, 2000 PAGE 19 Gaming Console.s.of the Past, Present and Future from CONSOLES, page 16 opposed to Atari' s 16 colors. Better yet, the in 1982, which p4cked the power of the game quality was controlled. Nintendo pro­ . Atari 400/800 computer systems, but grammed the NES only to play authorized offered the same, tired game titles. This cartridges and sold liscenses to software system didn't catch on because one of its developers. Nintendo then produced the rival company, Coleco, was releasing the games themselves, allowing for a little most popular game in the arcades, Donkey quality control. Many people bought the Kong. Coleco also had an Atari 2600 com­ NES just to play the pack-in game Super patible interface before Atari itself did for Mario Brothers. Other excellent games for the 5200.The year also saw Milton . the NES are Castlevania and The Legend of Bradley's Microvision, and Intellivision II Zelda series. and Intellivoice. This was indeed a boom­ Sega, after three years of struggling to ing year for the home video game market compete with the NES, decid~d to go with with Mattei's Aquarius and Coleco's the 16-bit technology and released the Sega Gemenii also released for sales. Genesis in 1989. Sega also knew the Atari planned to strike back with the importance of game quality and third party Atari 7800 ProSystem, which featured an control from the industry crash in '84 and all-new graphics chip, a better color pallat­ recruited 30 outside developers within one te and a computer keyboard add-on that year of the system's release to write games. turned the 7800 into a full-blown eight-bit The Sega Genesis quickly became the computet system. This system was also dominant system. Nintendo released the Americans Garners Cheated reverse compatible, meaning it could play 16-bit Turbografx-16 four months before all the 2600 without any external peripher­ the Sega hit the market, but it only had four als. Atari underwent new ownership in third party supporters. Sega, not wanting to on Role-Playing Games 1984 and the new owners shelved the 7800 loose its gam~ library already created, for two years after completion to focus on came out with the Power Base Converter computers. In 1986 the system was that allowed the Genesis to play Sega from GAMES, page 16 released, but to run third in the race of gam­ Master System games. The SMS was nal company as in the case of Squaresoft, ing consoles which the Nintendo released in 1986 and was drowned on the schedule. Over the years, this has led to but sometimes not. Entertainment System was winning. market by the NES. increasingly complex puzzles and lengthy Working Designs is a company whose Now we need to pause for 1984. Lots of Then in 1991 Sega really hit upon storylines, with some games taking months sole business consists of bringing games to systems were on the market for home video something. It sold 7.5 .million systems with of sleepless nights for even an experienced this country from Japan which have been gaming, and third party companies were the game Sonic the Hedgehog. This game gamer to complete. And as in the animation produced by other companies; it doesn't producing tons of games, many that just just hit the market right; everyone wanted world, nobody does deep and complicated create any games of its own. Originally on didn't have .quality play. The home gaming to play it because it was just so damn fun. like Japan. Almost every single noteworthy the aging Sega Saturn, and now on the industry collapsed, and fmgers pointed at In 1991 it was the pack-in game for the RPG game has had its origin in Japan, and Sony Playstation, games put out by the home computer making its way to thou­ Sega Genesis. -In comparison, Sega had then been brought over to the United States Working Designs are some of the best qual­ sands of homes in America. Computers sold 1.6 million Genesis systems in 1990. afterwards.· ity RPGs available today, and some of t4e cost about $300, and new games were The game was just that popular. In 1992 The largest and most popular company only games that can really compete with around $100, so lots of parents saw how Sega sold 16 million software titles. The for this type of game is Squaresoft. offerings from Squaresoft. While many they could save money and have something Super NES, which made its debut in 1991, Squaresoft is best known for its Final · fans have criticized Working Designs for their kids could learn with, but ·the comput­ was not what did in this long-standing sys­ Fantasy series, which is now at game num­ its tendency to not be completely faithful to er was not the only factor. Every company tem. The advent·of the 32-bit Playstation in ber eight. The careful observer will note the original in its translations (in the game seemed to want to join the video game 1995 and the 64-bit Nintendo in 1996 were that after the release of numbers two and Albert Odyssey, Pike's faithful knights dis­ bandwagon, even Quaker Oats had a video the next evolutionary steps in home gam­ three for the Super Nintendo, the version tract the castle guards by telling them "Yo game division. All of these games were ing, and the Sega Genesis became a relic skipped up to seven on the Sony Mama" jokes), Working Designs almost mainly promotional advertisements for like the Atari and NES. Playstation. This is the most well-known always adds quality to any game it releases kids to get their parents to buy the products, Before the Playstation and Nintendo 64, example of what is regarded as a large and also reserves two or three pages in the none contained quality or content. the 3DO Interactive Mulitplayer system problem among RPG fans. What the United back of its manuals to document the . Then; in 1985, Nintendo released the was introduced in 1993. It is a 32-bit CD­ States knows as numbers two and three changes. The games usually improve Nintendo Entertainment System. I can hear ROM based system that possessed 16-bit, were actually four and six in Japan, respec­ playability (allowing garners to accomplish · the Mario Brothers theme song right now 44 kilohertz CD-quality sound. The origi­ tively. Squaresoft chose not to bring over certain things with fewer or more intuitive . . . Nintendo saved the industry, putting nal retail price was $700. By 1995 systems some of the in-between titles for reasons button presses), or add special effects such faith back into home video companies and could be purchased for under $300, but the that have never been clear, nor good as cut-scene movies. providing a product that was leaps and Sony Playstation did it in. enough for fans of the series. A game While the translations of Working bounds ahead of what was on the market. Now U.S. garners are anxiously await­ known as Seiken Dentetsu in Japan has Designs can be hilariously irreverent, they The INTV System III by Intellivision also ing the release of the Play station 2 and the even more strange twists; in the United make all attempts to not censor or edit the debuted, but didn't stand a chance against X-box, Microsoft's first venture into home States, the first game was known as Final original game, which has been a problem the NES. Nintendo ruled the home gaming . gaming systems. I skipped the discussion Fantasy 1, the second game as Secret of with many game companies (including industry, with the death of many smaller on Playstation and Nintendo 64 because Mana, the third game never released, and Squaresoft). Japan has a far greater toler­ companies and their systems because of the many of us have these systems right now the fourth known as Legend of Mana. ance for violence and more mature themes crash., more importantly, because Nintendo and know what they can do and will see Neither being able to read JaQanese nor in its entertainment industry, and the US was just so much better than anything their departure as relics of history eventual­ wishing to sperid lots of money on the versions of games are often "cut down" for released so far. Nintendo was invented by ly. Indepth history of home video gaming Japanese versions of the fear of offending the so-called sensibiiities Masayuki Uemura and is the renamed twin· can easily be found all over the Internet; Nintendo/Playstation, the series' biggest of parents and activist groups. Arguments system of the Famicom "Family there is so much information about the sys­ fans felt deprived and hopeless. about the effect of such content aside, Computer" which was already a hit in tems and the industry from the early '80s As is often the case, the fans came up many garners are yet again feeling deprived Japan. Uemura wanted to keep the system on up that I could have written a book with their own solution. Programs were in comparison to their Japanese counter­ at an affordable price, so he chose to uti:. about the subject. If you get the urge to written that emulated gaming systems like parts. This issue is not specific to the gam­ lized the eight-bit 6502 microprocessor, reminisce or want to see all the no-go proj­ the Super Nintendo on home PCs. Similar ing world, and it will likely remain unre­ instead of the 16-bit chips available. The ects Atari had planned,Jook to the Web for to what happens in the Anime world, dedi­ solved for quite some time. system featured a 52-color display, as tons more on home console gaming. cated fans with some knowledge of As technology grows, the RPG will Japanese spent many unpaid hours translat­ continue to really push its limits. Several ing these "lost" games for the benefit of all. RPGs have now moved onto the Internet, While not - strictly speaking - legal, this with dozens of players from different coun­ allowed garners to finally get what they tries interacting in ways that no computer­ wanted and also let the game companies generated characters can. With a genre this know how they felt. Now, many games complicated and advanced, few people both new and old are being brought over to know what to expect next, and I'm not one the United States, sometimes by the origi- of them. But I can't wait to find out. . . . . PAGE 20 " THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES October 17, 2000

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Aries (March 21-April 20): You feel when squeaky dorm beds become the as if situations in your life are out of bane of your existence. your control. Well, take them into your n honor of my adorable 9-month-old the east. My own mother happens to be own hands - using pointy objects as Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22): Yet niece, this week's column is about an identical twin, and believe you me, necessary. another week of mad wild crazy-pas­ I babies. Also because I've been con­ having two moms is a real trip. The the­ sionate circus sideshow freak monkey sistently grossing you out for the last ories about twins having innate psycho­ Taurus (April 21-May 21): Mter a lovin' for you. Some signs have all the few weeks and I'm making up for it. And logical connections is completely true, weekend filled with sun, surf, sand and luck. what better endearing topic than sweet I've seen it with my own eyes. Living in large quantities of controlled sub­ little cherub-faced infants? They're the two different countries, my mother and stances, you will feel much more Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21): As you only people in the world who can live a aunt both bought id~ntical malachite relaxed. In time the memories will read these horos~opes, you wonder to life consisting of eating, screaming, alid gold necklaces without any knowl­ fade, but you'll always remember the yourself, "Hey, where are the goats? pooping and sleeping and be considered edge of the other doing so. penguins. And the lampshade - oh, This column needs more goats!" Sorry the cream of society. When they throw Coincidence? I think not. the lampshade. to disappoint you, but there are no up all over your shoulder, it's a blessing. So! Mter hours of the psychotically goats this-week. I'm sure you can sur­ Talk about the easy life. intense pain of passing a Volkswagen Gemini (May 22-June 21): vive it. Just for now, let's assume you're a through a pi~e ring, you finally have Sometimes people accuse you of being happily married woman in her 20s. your little gurgling bundle of joy. A insensitive. You should understand that Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20): This (Sorry guys, I know that's a bit of a baby's head accounts for a fourth of its this misguided opinion is a product of week, look forward to lots of _ stretch for you.) You're barfmg in the entire weight, and getting that cranium their jealousy of your obvious superi­ escapades involving scantily-clad mornings, didn't get your monthly visi­ through is the toughest part by far. ority, and then kill them first when you attractive people, hot tubs, satin sheets tor ... uh-oh. Guess what, you're gonna Babies are actually born without take control of the universe. and whipped cream. Oh! Dammit, that be a momma! Pregnancy is an amazing kneecaps, and they only appear when was Scorpio! Never mind. thing. A 4-month-old fetus will startle ·the child is 2 to 6 years old. They also Cancer (June 22-July 23): I told you and turn away from bright light s~ned have special abilities that adults don-'t. to stop that. You'll go blind. Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb.19): You have on the mother's tummy. It will also react Infants up to 7 months of age can a sinking feeling that the opposite sex to sudden, loud noises. Just because it's breathe and swallow at the same time, Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): The stars real­ hates you, ~ut keep in mind that there in your body doesn't mean it doesn't which is impossible for us old folk. ly don't like your haircut. are-other options. Homosexuality: All know what's going on! Try to trick it and Well, you ~an't just keep calling it the cool kids are doing it. you'll get a swift kick in the pancreas. "Baby." It's time to give him or her that Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): A bunch of What will it be? Girl or-boy? There special name that he or she will live other signs are already getting laid this Pisces (Feb. 20-Ma!". 20): If you're are about a thousand old wives tales that with for the rest of his or her life. Some week, so I'm afraid you won't be. running out of time to finish that huge may or may not have any credence to of you will go the way of Frank Zappa paper, · try posing vegetables in them. In a slightly suspicious 1969 .sur­ and give your children names like Libra (Sept. 24-0ct. 23): It's time for provocative positions and splattering , vey, researchers stated a link between Moon Unit and Dweezil. The rest of romance, Libra, whether you like it or them with acrylic paint. Your profes­ . the stress levels of the parents during the you will have some sense of humanity not. Somebody really wants to get it on _ ?ors will love its avant-garde brilliance time of conception. Apparently the child and be kind to your children. But just with you. So life is pretty good - .. . Unless, of course, you're a math would inherit the sex of the less stressed­ while we're at it. here are some other except toward the end of the week, major. out parent. I suspect this is a hoax, but names to avoid: Mothra. Yohohoanda. it's still amusing. Too much free love in Sunflower. Ethelbert. Zoltan. Do not the '60s must have caused them uml.ec­ curse your children, th.ey're too young by robin ntcadatns essary angst. to defend themselves. The most com­ In actuality, the statistics are about 94 mon boy's name ·in the world is females .to 100 males born. Strangely Mohammed. The least used boy'~ name, enough, in the event of quadruplets, for a whopping third year in a row, is there are 156 females born to 100 males. Lumpy. I wasn't even aware that this Speaking of twins, more of them are born in the Western Hemisphere than in see CURIO SHOPPE, page 24

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from INSERT, page 12 dedicate the time and care that you once here are questions everrwhere~ Try saying it a lot of times. ''Wasabi did to yourself and to me will I write and luckily for you hut therel •I wasabi wasabi wasabi ... " And when me away as a contest prize. Is it because again. With love, Fred" Submitted by Tscoop them up in my butterfly net you get bored of that, ~ it backwards! I'm green? Do you not like hippos? I [email protected]. and get to answering those little bUg­ ''lbasaw ibasaw ibasaw ... '' You can would be alright if the contest winner Let us go on, as [INH] wipes a tear gers. Curious about something? Write to rearrange the letters in ''wasabin to came and got me ... But Sal doesn't like from its eye. me [email protected]. $pell ''Was I ab.. or HAw a sib," just as me either. : ( So I'm going to florida "Dear Anna, you can rearrange the letters in where all the nice old people are who There comes a time in every green ''Why is everyone talking about ''Andrew" to spell "Rad wen" or ''Dear will appreciate me for being green and plastic hippo's life when he must say ... Alice in Wonderland an of a sudden?'' NW.'' .. . won't give me away to people who don't Do svidaniya. Don't forget to eat your -PJ Fun ,factoid: You can rearrange the want me and will take me to see Mickey. Wheaties. Love, Fred" Submitte_d by I have two thwries~ so you can pick letters in my full .name to spell Sincerely, Fred" Submitted by Laurie. Joanna and Rohini. the school of thought you subscribe to. <'Unrealistic harem," ~'Secular hermit­ Well, good way to make [INH] feel "Do svidania," for those of you not One is optimistic. the other . . • not so ian" or "Mustache airliner.'' (Can any bad. There are bugs in florida. Ick. cool enough to speak Russian, means much.. of you Good Readers out there figure Next! "goodbye." [INH] would like to once Let's begin with the optimistic theo­ out my .middle name from· this? Hee. "It grieves me so much that Sal has more express its love to Joanna and ry, shall we? Theory number one is that hee.) not yet come to take me home to his Rohini for being so damn cool. And on ~~ the Alicex in Wonderland. references Paradise. In fact it grieves me so much I that note, here is this week's winner. are indeed a good omen. There is indeed "Why does the new student union have gone on a mission to find Sal and "Dearest family and friends at The a theory which states that any repeated builclmg seem so '~mmunist~?"­ be united with him. He can take me to Retriever Weekly, sighting or refe~nces to a single object »arid his paradise and show me all the won­ I decided to leave you to join is a harbinger ofgood things. 4 for one~ If you were asking me this in per­ drous joys of living there. I remember Greenpeace, my hopes of a better world kept seeing Kevin Bacon everywhere - son. r d be giving you a blank stare the cruelty of my former owner who extended beyond the editor's cubbyhole. last year and soon after had a rash of about now. I wasn't aware that the new used to keep me on a hamster wheel con­ One day while wishing I could listen to g(JQdJitck. Perhaps Alice is trying tO tell . student union building seemed colll.Dlq­ stantly running to drive power to his WMBC I was reminded of the Beatles ·you sometlling. Keep your chin up. nist. Ot even - ~'communist" (why the bedside lamp. Oh how I despised those classic "Back in the USSR." This good things are on the way for you! , quotation marks. young David?). days of running and running tirelessly, prompted me to think of those less for­ Curiouser and curiouset . . . ~, Perhaps the•stark.lines•and grayness of without end. Then he finally got a ham­ tunate than yours truly. I enlisted for a Alid now it would seem we have the as-yet incomplete buildings remind ster and left me in the TRW mailbox. mission to Moscow. So I packed my reached Theory Two~ othenvise known you of_the communist regime. Maybe There I found you and you took great belongings and a block of Monterey as the Somewhat Sinister Theory. This the.bl'$Ce8 that look like pencils bring care of me, even offering me a new Jack (lets back Monterey Jack) and states that Alice and her minions are you a stme of the collective. Is there a home with Sal Paradise, but alas Sal has headed for the motherland. There while planning to .take over the world. .l bet hamme:r-and~sic.kle flag somewhere not gotten the message, or perhaps he nursing a young child's wounds (hippos you just thought that · Alice in that rm missing? Is Karl Marx head of finds a green plastic hippo such as are natural healers) I looked up to see Wonderland was a harmless book. Not - the _construction committee? I admit myself is not worthy of him. Therefore I the most beautiful set of brown eyes and so. She and her Wonderlandy friends are r~m. a bit confuSed on. this one. So I'll am on a new quest to find Sal, and his the longest, lushest beard any woman planning a .rebellion; they're going to leave it at, this; Paradise and live like all green plastic ever grew. Her name was rise up and ~nquer,the earth! And.what . Speaking ofKad Marx, readers. last hippos should live. In the comfort and Dresalindacomamichanski Popamanico­ easier way to' begin said rebellion than week's .issue of {Insert ·Name Here] safety of a new home. So I leave now on sikarov (I just call her Tootsie ), the by pervading the SOul of il ~~~ in ~~ - an .entry made by Joanna my quest to find Sal and his Paradise and bearded lady from the Brother Stalin cir­ Maryland? They're g<>ing. to $tarl out' Smiili An4 Robini Thomas. However~ make my life the better. If I should find cus. Hey, communism had to go some­ stnall, b~t little by little all those fright­ there was a small portion missing from Sal and his Paradise I will send you a where. She is so perfect, but I digress. ful and even comi~ characters .wiU ·ill $Q_AM is ,_ entry in its entfrety~ postcard. Lovingly, Fred the Green Immediately following our wedding I start .· insinuating•thean$elves-ilkl.tJte •· ®l.. '';:A /~ v.pQ1l a tinle, there was a wee Plastic Hippo" Submitted by Jeckelboy. joined the party too and became the lective CAns9-oy.sJless.Jf ~v~ yoat,~ •. in Ji#le .ma,u wbo lived in a wee little You are making progress, Jeckelboy. world's most tattooed green plastic the Ubrary, ·the Pub or somewhere else hotl~~frf)ma ~rn. He had There is hope for you yet. Unfortunately, hippo (you can find me in the 2001 issue on campus and see the Mock TUrtle, •y c}:tildten. and they all loved him you have obviously not read On the of the Guinness Book of World Records, Fat:ber \Y~ .• a }arge eafe!pil~~r 9r verymlle~~ylived in a lovely little Road by Jack Kerouac. But keep enter­ page 46), my favorite is the retriever tat­ even . ~ herself~ nm •· and hi-~ And village where everyone lived in mush­ ing the contests. tooed on my stomach as a reminder of remember .. ~ . ''Twas brillig~ .an ~ • . So~ - ~ mean man an.4 his evil wabe ••• " ""' · ...... Actually, there are two runners-up this act I do a cleverly thought out poetry ~wno ' livedto~in the woods fer­ week. The first one did not have an actu­ reading of "Play that Funky Music ro~ them. But this is not their story. al name on it, but it came from green­ White Boy" by Wild Cherry. I hope you ~'Wasabi?" · ~ ~ -- •. ~IY is about ... another land. .far [email protected]. Wow, Green all are doing well, my family and I (I Maybe,~, yqu.c;m,)lelp.JJ;Je ()1ll · ·4-waj fi;~m. ~little people. Once upon Hippo, you really get props for starting a have 14 of the cutest baby green plastic with this ql.lestiQJJ.~. i fl"Ve ~lutely ,ao .... • -~ -- ~ was a little man~ a.wri~r, new e-mail account just for [INH] pur­ bearded hippos, I will have to send pies) . idea'what t~tn su~ lobe answering named Kart He lived in a land far poses. send our love. Think of me often. Fred." here, Letme try a tew options~ ~$(!! flway, aCross ·the ocean. Karl had an "Dearest [Insert Name Here], Submitted by Jackie and Leigh. reallY'"Tm at a losJ,. idea; .\Vhete Karl Jived, people didn't It is with a heavy heart that I write. I [INH] is stunned by the sheer cool­ No thanks, I'm trying .to quit. · (No~ like to share. Karl thought that every- am sorry to have left without saying ness of that entry, Jackie and Leigh. Just that l.lt I try to. esche~ > ~Pif~ .. ; J?!~~ - ~ut~~i~ Karl had a friend of this that I can't fully break away, and and pick it up, we don't want another gree.:. •• ~~ eondirnents altO&~~~"'> ;.{ ·· ·· · : ;fr• .Tt>&etb.et. they told lots of· must write you this letter. You may not missing [INH] prize tragedy going on as anything much spicier than - ~~- ; ff'.:~ ;~t their great idea. Soon, realize it, but you have been neglecting here. really mild salstJ.. make~ lllY .I. I\eal'J · ~ · ~pte in another land h~ me. You have also been neglecting your­ Now, then, another contest. The idea explode; Also. I don•t like sushi.Afleast ·abOut sharing, and they really, really, self, and therefore your readership. for this one goes to a Miss Rohini I don't think I do. (That could work.) really liked the idea. !3ecause they Never has there been a newspaper col­ Thomas, part of the Joanna and Rohini Why don't I write a haiku about wanted people to share so badly. they umn where a plastic green hippopota­ [INH] contest-entering team. She is col­ wasabi? Here it is! had to kill . some people who didn't mus could feel so at home, but recently lecting stuff for a package to be sent to a ·wasabi is hot. want ro share, Then. the people in this that home has been crumbling. Where certain Phil Duker, an immensely cool We're talking five--alarm blaze. far .away land started sharing. And they are your priorities, [INH]? How impor­ Get me some water. . lived happily ever after. I SWEAR. The tant am I to you? Only when you can see INSERT, page 24 t Wasabi in and ofitselfis a fun wont Bt'ld ...

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Saturday, Oct. 21 _ tour is one of them. The Eastern Men in Tights State Penitentiary is giving guided This weekend is your last chance to tours of this former prison, so go, go to the Renaissance Festival, for bring a date, I doubt he/she will ever after this weekend it will simply be a forget the experience. Plus they have memory, at least until next year. So a cool laser light show. Who ever head on over, eat a turkey leg or two, thought prison could be so much fun. get plastered on Mead™, and make For more information, call (215) fun of all the people wearing funny 336-2000. clothing. Come on, you know you want to. For more information call A Little Slice of Americana (800) 266-7304. The Sheppard Art.Gallery is hosting the works of Ted Jeremenko, whose Monday, Oct~ 23 oil paintings and serigraphs are a Sounds Just Like College slice of American life. Head on over The Towson University Fall Film and find out if the American Dream Series presents sex, lies and video­ really is just lots and lots of picket . tape, a nice little drama about that fences. For more information, call thing on everybody's mind: sex. It fol­ (410) 461-1616. lows the antics of a love quadrangle, a lot like many of those cheesy '80s . How Much Acid Did You Give Me? movies except this is actually a good The Steven Scott Gallery is exhibit­ movie. So take a break from those all­ ing the works Tracie Taylor, whose night orgies and go see this film. For forte is manipulated hand-painted more information call (410) 830- photographs. Essentially she paints • 2787. photographs to make them look -really freaky and tripped out. So go Ongoing and enjoy those trippy Don't Drop the Soap paintings/photographs. For more Many things come to mind when one information call (410) 752-6218.­ thinks of prison, but I doubt guided Eli Zukowski

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-+ ,. .. . October 17, 2000 PAGE 25 POR Men's Cross Country Achieves Goals Against Tough Field Women Forced to Run Without Top Runn_er Jen Ecker After Ankle Injury

BRANDON DUDLEY exactly what we·'re going to see at with 159 points, and true to Haber in 27:39, and behind him in more Jen Ecker, Sophomore Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff the ECAC championships in two Pfrogner's word, UMBC claimed 67th was freshman Greg Saylor in Hannah Benjamin helped pick weeks," said Pfrogner. the sixth spot with 159 points. 27:40. Freshman Adam Driscoll up the slack though, placing The Retriever men's and The Retrievers faced plenty of Lafayette University came in sev­ claimed the 75th spot with a time third in 21:48. Junior Mary women's cross country teams tough competition, competing enth place with 166 points, La of 28:07, and senior Mark Beth Rollins ran a 22: 11, good competed this weekend at the against second-ranked Princeton Salle University finished eighth McLamon was the final enough for ninth place. Leopard Invitational at University, third-ranked Penn with 211 points and Richmond Retriever to cross the line, placing Candace Weinreich finished in Lafayette University in Easton State University and ninth-ranked University ended the meet in 84th in 28:33. 54th place with a time of 24:06. Pennsylvania. The meet was St. Joseph's Unviersity. "I think it ninth place with 250 points. St. Joseph's won the meet on The Retrievers had a pack of one of the toughest of the ye¥, will be tough to be in the top five. Senior Eric Benjamin contin- , the women's side, with a score of . runners at the end of the race, and both teams performed welL We look like we're going to place ued his success this season, fin­ 44. Richmond, came in second claiming four of the last five Going into the meet, men's sixth or seventh, and if we get any ishing first for the Retrievers, with 77 points, followed by Penn spots. Junior Rebecca Sauder head coach Jim Pfrogner knew higher, we would have accom­ placing 21st in 26:22. "Eric's Sate with 93 points. Princeton placed 61st in 24:49, freshman • _that competition was going to plished a great deal," Progner pre­ done everything we've asked him placed fourth with 96 points, and Sarah Bowling finished in 62nd be tough and was looking for­ dicted before the meet. to and he's had a great year," said Columbia followed in fifth with in 24:53, and sophomore Sarah ward to it. "There's going to be Princeton won the meet with a Pfrogner. 121 points. Rutgers came in sixth Smigel finished in 64th in a really strong field with a lot of perfect score of 15, followed by Junior Jake Klim and fresh­ with 122 points, and UMBC 25:37. Freshman Ohita Asein ranked teams. It's going to be a Penn State with 65 points. St. man Doug Allen followed placed seventh with 153 points. claimed the 65th and final spot very tough race. It'll be a great Joseph's came in third with 86 Benjamin, tying for 26th place Lafayette finished it up for the in 27:57. competition, and that's what poiuts, and Rutgers State with times of 26:37. Sophomore women, placing eighth with 198 The Retriever cross country we're looking for; it'll make us University took the fourth slot Phil Knowlton finished in 62nd points. teams ~ompete next at the NEC stronger. We need that tough with 125 points. Columbia place with a time of27:33. In 65th The women were forced to run championships in New Britain, competition · because that's University came in fifth place place was sophomore Conrad without their top runner, sopho- Connecticut on Oct. 28. Field Hockey Remains Winless After Quinnipiac Loss

LOREE MILLER and create scoring advantages in Retriever Weekly Staff Writer the critical scoring area, espe­ cially off of important penalty After unexpectedly losing two corners, receiving only four consecutive conference games to compared'to Quinnipiac's 20. Rider and Monmouth last week, The UMBC defense faced the Quinnipiac field hockey team relentless pressure with the con­ · picked themselves up and let out tinuous presence of the some of their.frustration in order Quinnipiac offense on the to defeat UMBC 5-0 on Saturday. Retriever end of the field UMBC currently stands at 0-9 on throughout the game. the season and 0-8 in the confer­ Despite the outcome of the ence. Quinnipiac is now 7-7 game, UMBC's goalkeeper overall, 6-3 in the league, second Karalyn Krieger, ranked third in in the conference under the 1999 the NEC in save percentages, Northeast Conference regular sea­ once again was · a very strong son champions Monmouth, who presence in the cage. Krieger will be hosting the NEC confer­ made an outstanding 19 saves in ence tournament Oct. 28-29. the game. Quinnipiac dominated the The Dawgs will try to break majority of the game, highly out­ their losing streak and prove shooting UMBC, 34-1. The themselves to their fans, to Braves, second in goal scoring in themselves and to the rest of the the NEC, scored five goals from NEC in their final three contests five different players in the game. of their returning season as a The tallied three unanswered Division I varsity sport. The goals in the first half _of the game next games will be . tough and then added two more from though. The Retrievers face two freshmen scoring their first fifth-place Sacred Heart on collegiate goals in the second half Sunday, and Sacred Heart again of play to grasp the victory over the following Sunday. They will the Retrievers. then end their season with a sec­ The Retrievers were unsuc­ ·ond game against Quinnipiac on cessful in taking advantage of the Oct. 26. few scoring opportunities they These next two weeks pres­ had and allowed the Braves ent the team with opportunities goalie, Sarah Mathers, to earn her to increase itsstatistics, to score third shutout of the season. Once some badly needed goals and to again, the Dawgs lacked that cru­ boost confidence for the conclu­ File Photo cial scoring threat or offensive sion of this season in order to Still Struggling: The Retrievers field hockey woes continued after losing 5-0 to the Braves. With finisher on their behalf. The come back even stronger for the an 0-9 record, UMBC has totaled just two goals on the season. Dawgs also failed to monopolize next season. PAGE 26 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY· SPORTS October 17, 2000

Young Men's Golf Squad Falters at ECAC Championships

Women Place 11th at Rutgers Invitational, Break Two Team Low-Score Records.

BRANDON DUDLEY 295=603. Following Binghamton in third season," said Kotten. He also believes his University Women's Invitational in 11th . Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff place with a 302-306=608 score was young players will be good for years to place with a score of 345-354=699. This ·Skidmore College, the first time it has lost come. "Although Seth has been the only is the first time that the women's team The Retriever men's and women's the championships since 1997. Boston Retriever to take home the honor so far, I'm has broken the 700-stroke mark and its golf teams were in action last week, the College shot a 305-304=609 to tie for sure that it is the first of many for these two first round score of 345 beat the UMBC men at th~ ECAC Championships in fourth place with Colgate University, who talented freshmen. Both players have a 18-hole record by two ~trokes. Saratoga Springs, New. York and the shot a 303-306=609. Babson College ended . very full college career ahead of them and Juniors Erika Reinthaler and team women at the Rutgers Uni"ersity in eighth place with a 304-308=612. Rider we have only seen the tip of their talents. captain Jenelle D' Alessandro led the Women's Golf Invitational in New University finished ninth with a score of Danny [Repath, sophomore] is a very tal­ team, tying for 17th. place. Reinthaler Jersey. 302-312, and Monmouth University round­ ented player . . . and is developing a solid . shot an 83-90=173 and D' Alessandro The Retriever men came off an ed out the top 10 with a 303~318-621. game as a sophomore," said Kotten. Folco shot an 89-84=173. Following them in impressive first place finish at ·the Kotten felt that his team did not play up was the top finisher for the Retrievers at the 20th place was freshman Kyla Jones, ECAC Southern District qualifier in to its abilities, citing the team's inexperi­ ECAC Championships, tying for ninth who leads the team in lowest scoring York, Pennsylvania the week before, ence as a major factor. "I think the team fal­ place with a score of 79-70= 149. average and also set the team record for shooting a 299, breaking 300 for the first tered a bit ... this past-weekend. The team Unterschute followed right behind, tied for 36 holes two weeks ago at the Princeton time this season. "In breaking 300 at the did not play as well as [it] could have. We 11th place with a score of 73-77=150. University Women's Invitational, shoot­ qualifier we did exactly what we are are a young team, with two freshman and a Repath placed 69th with a 77-84=161. ing 81-80=161. Sophomore Nicole ·going to need to do the rest of the sea­ sophomore in the lineup, and we still have Kotten also relies heavily on his seniors Farina followed Jones with a 21st place son. We played as a team and had 5 a way to go before we are playing as well on the team, Tom Klimek and Will Repath. finish with a score of 90-90= 180. Amy scores at 77 or better. If we can accom­ as we can." "Tom's leadership as captain is invaluable Murphy finished it up for the Retrievers plish that we will be contending in near­ Kotten is very. proud of the way his to this team, and his 76.86 scoring average with a 26th place finish, shooting a 95- ly every event we play in," said head young players have been performing this is third on the team. Will Repath is a valued 90=185. coach Pat Kotten. season, though. "Both Seth [Unterschute, part of the squad and his return from the The men compete next on Oct. 21 The men finished the championships fr~shman] and Adam [Folco, freshman] muscle spasms he felt the first week at and 22 at the University of with a score of 308-303=611 tied with should be singled out for their performanc­ Navy is a thing of the past. He is healthy Delaware!Bu.Ile Rock Collegiate Towson University for sixth place out of es this fall. Adam leads the team with a and is expected to contribute to a run at a Invitational at the Bulle Rock Golf Club 17 teams. Hartford University shot a stroke average of 75.86 and Seth follows third NBC championship," said Kotten. in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and the 300-301-=601, winning the champi­ right behind with an even 76.00. To lead the Klimek finished 22nd with a 79-74=153. women compete next on Oct. 23 and 2"! onships for the third time, the last time team in this vital statistic as a freshman is Repath tied little brother Danny for the at the ECAC Women's Golf · coming in 1996. Binghamton University an amazing feat. And both have deserved 69th spot. Championships at the Clustered Spires came in second place with a 308- the honor of NEC player of the week this The women finished the Rutgers Golf Club in Frederick, Maryland. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY SPORTS October 17, 2000 PAGE 27

File Photo Power Player: Joanne Marshall led the Retrievers versus CCSU with a team-high 12 digs. The senior also leads the squad with 3.65 kills per game. UMBC Vies for Second NEC Title in Three Years from VOLLEYBALL, page 32 what we planned to do ... to come out UMBC's hitting percentage stood at .290 strong." said Welniak. "Our goal is to win while CCSU had an abysmal -.053 per­ the conference title [and] we're well on our Myths. Rumors. Misinformation. The fact is, if you are sick or injured and admitted to the formance. The Retriever run goes to four way." Now; the NEC should brace itself for hospital, the absolute number one priority is to save your life. Organ and tissue donation can be considered only if you die and after your family has been consulted. Don't let straight since opening the NEC and their the force that is UMBC volleyball as the bad information keep you from making a great decision. Call 1-800-355-SHARE or visit season record is now 12-12 (.500) as Retrievers hope to continue their streak by www.shareyourlife.org for honest information on organ donation. CCSU still struggles with standings of 6- "dominating the conference" and "getting 14 overall and 2-1 in conference play. the job done." Welniak added. If any doubts TALl TO 1UUR FAMI.Y ABOUT DOIIA11111 UFI. Imaginably, spirits are up in the volley­ remain from the pre-season, all should be ball program since things are looking pret­ resolved by the time UMBC takes on NEC Coalition on Organ & nssue Donation ty good for the crown reclamation cam­ rival Wagner College on Wednesday, Oct. paign. "[We're] glad that we're doing 18, at the RAC Arena.

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The women's rugby team surprised landed the ball deep in Navy's territory­ game. tie was fought during the second half. everyone, including itself, by its strong and within field goal range for UMBC. UMBC played a man down for several UMBC showed improvement in its performance versus a tough Navy B side. Anne Canoune's kick bounced off the minutes of the second half, as wing Susan line-outs (the inbounds pass), suc­ As UMBC is a Division IT club, it was crossbar and through the uprights for the Legg temporarily left the game after a col­ cessfully running the ball from the ~atched with Navy's second string under Retrievers' first score of the season. lision during a Navy scoring attempt. Navy throw-in numerous times. The local competition in the Potomac Rugby . The teams would trade goals again went on to score five times in the second Retrievers' dedication in the rucks Union. before the first forty minutes were through, half, two of which were back-to-back and mauls paid off, winning enough Emotions were high running into the leaving the score at the half to be 22-6. plays. In rugby, the team who has just possessions to keep the ball hovering match, as Navy is a national powerhouse in UMBC had exactly enough players to field scored receives the subsequent kickoff; in around midfield for the final 40 min­ rugby, with its B-side not far behind in a side (15), so when prop Robyn Tolley left this case, a wayy.rard kick by UMBC was utes. skill level The match started in favor of the the game due to an injury, one of Navy's quickly picked up by Navy and rushed into With two games remaining for the host Midshipmen, who scored three unan­ subs suited up for the Retrievers. the try zone. Confusion over the play fall season, UMBC's record stands at swered trys with two successful goals This is a common and legal practice ensued as to whether picking up the 1-3. This Saturday the team hosts (kicks after touch) to lead 19-0. among college rugby clubs, but it is not so grounded ball was legal, but since no whis­ USHUS at the pitch off Shelbourne The momentum of the game shifted common for the borrowed player to be an tle was blown by the referee the try count­ Avenue at 11 a.m. Anyone interested shortly thereafter on a fumbled pass by instrumental factor against her own team, ed. in more information about women's Navy. As UMBC's back line rushed the as Navy sophomore Christina Evans's Navy scored once again on what would rugby can contact Anne Canoune at Navy offense, outside center Deb breakaway run put UMBC in scoring posi­ be the last play of the match to make the [email protected], or VanDereedt sprinted up and booted the ball tion again. Canoune's successful kick final score 60-9. However, the lopsided visit the team's Web site at downfield. A second kick by V~ereedt would be the Retrievers' final score of the score does not reflect how evenly the bat- http://sta. umbc. eduJ,...,wrugby PAGE 28 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY SPORTS October 17, 2000

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Field Hockey drops to 0-8 in Pratik Shah takes a look into 2-5 NEC pl,ay. steroid use in the Major 26 POR Leagues . . Women's Soccer Boosts Conference Record with Two Wins Retrievers Fight for Appearance in Northeast Conference Tournament Oct. 27, 29

JENNIFER SCHILDROTH Sept. 26. The Retrievers pulled tying the match. Wagner College (1-14). The once again seized a scoring Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff ahead in the competition just 10 The Dawgs crushed any hope Retrievers again dominated the opportunity. Lesh collected a minutes into the game off a corner of victory the Mountaineers may fteld, outshooting the Seahawks rebound off of the goalpost, The women's soccer team kick from senior Erin Lesh, who have had 14 minutes into the sec­ 17-2 and coming away with knocking it past Wagner netmin­ had a promising week in leads the team in scoring. The ball ond half. Sophomore Milana another 3-1 victory. Lesh had a der Jennifer Pilkington. Northeast Conference competi­ curved toward the net and was Ward assured the UMBC win hand in each of UMBC 's points, Though UMBC had the lead, tion, bringing home two NEC knocked into the net by St. Mary's with a goal off a cross from contributing two goals and an the Retrievers weren't finished. wins and raising its record to 5- goaltender Naomi Campana. In a Viviana Saraceno. The ftnal score assist. Lori Quintavalle also got a point 8-2, 4-2-2 in an effort to qualify fast-paced scoring streak that left of the game sealed St. Mary's fate Wagner had the ftrst goal of on the board with a header off for the NBC tournament at the the Mountaineers down 2-0 in the and knocked the Retrievers one the match when freshman Jamie an assist from Lesh. end of the month. The ftrst 15 minutes of play, senior win closer to an appearance in the Carr sailed a ball over Hickock's The Retrievers dominated Retrievers have gone unbeaten Beverly Campbell knocked in a NEC tournament. head. The 18-yard shot gave the Wagner, who didn't even get off in the past four contests after goal off a pass from teammate The Retrievers dominilted the Seahawks the only lead they a shot in the second half. UMBC defeating Fairleigh Dickenson Jennifer Wilhelm. fteld in Emmitsburg, outshooting would hold in the game; UMBC will finish off the regular season 2-0 and playing to a draw The lagging Mountaineers the home team 25-6. UMBC quickly answered with the ftrst against Robert Morris on Oct. against Monmouth two weeks attempted a comeback just min­ keeper Becky Hickock only had Lesh goal of the match. The sen­ 20 at the UMBC Soccer Pitch ago. utes before the close of the ftrst to make two saves, while ior forward tied the game off of an and then travel to Leigh The women's soccer team half. Richelle Baker knocked in a Campana tallied nine stops for St. assist from Ward. University for the ftnal game on dominated St. Mary's 3-1 on goal off a St. Mary's corner kick, Mary's. Coming back from half time Oct. 25. The Retrievers will host Mountaineer turf last Tuesday bringing the hopeful UMBC next hea<,led to Staten tied at· one, the Retrievers pulled the NEC tournament on Oct. 27 in a rescheduled game from Mountaineers within one point of Island to face off NBC foe ahead 13 minutes later when Lesh and 29. Volleyball Ups NEC Record to 4-0 With Weekend Wins Blazing Retrievers Have Eyes Set on NCAA Tournament Appearance

DAVE CHEN Also, sophomore setter Heather Devils' two-match win streak was Retriever Weekly Staff Writer Kerley tallied 31 assists, three snapped by the.. Retrievers on serving aces and one block for the Sunday afternoon. In game three Whatever doubts that may team. UMBC hit .261 and record­ UMBC went on a 11-0 rampage have existed before this fall's ed 54 digs in the match while until CCSU put their one and only Northeast Conference season Quinnipiac just managed a .115 point onto the scoreboard, then began should be erased with the hitting percentage and 38 digs. the Blue Devils dropped the rest UMBC volleyball team continu­ The Retrievers move up to 11-12 of the match like a ton of bricks. ing their winning streak over the overall and 3-0 in the NEC, Seniors Bola Afolabi (outside hit­ Quinnipiac University Braves on Quinnipiac sinks _to 4-13 on the ter) and Welniak (.563) notched Saturday, Oct. 14, in three games: season and 0-2 against conference double-figure kill scores of 13 15-6, 15-8 and 15-11. Senior out­ opponents. (match-high) and 10, respective­ side hitter Joanne Marshall led the Sunday, Oct. 15, was -day two ly; the Retriever ground was well­ Retriever assault with 13 kills fol­ ofUMBC's weekend conquest up covered by Marshall and Thomas, lowed by sophomore outside hit­ north in Connecticut and Central who recorded 12 digs and 10 digs, ter Dana Cookson with 12. On the Connecticut State University had respectively. Kerley added 32 defense, sophomore middle hitter the honor of being the next NEC assists, seven digs and four kills Jennifer Thomas had 15 digs and foe to fall to the Retrievers in for UMBC; Thomas chipped in two solo blocks, senior team cap­ three games: 15-8, 15-5 and 15-1. two serving aces and also com­ tain/middle hitter Kara Welniak Before the battle, both teams had bined with Welniak for eight of recorded 10 digs and four solo undefeated records in the confer­ the 17 Retriever team blocks. blocks of her own and Marshall ence (CCSU 2-0, UMBC 3-0) but File Photo contributed nine digs as well. that all changed after the Blue Bomb Squad: Volleyball ran its unbeaten streak to four in NEC see VOLLEYBALL, page 27 play after defeating CCSU in three straight games. This Week In Sports

Women's Men's Golf l l..·4w~ Volleyball Soccer

Wed. Oct.18 Wed. Oct.18 Wagner@ UMBC 7:00p.m. Robert Morris @ UMB -3:00 p.m. Sun. Oct. 22 St. Francis (PA) @ UMBC 1:00 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Oct. 20-21 ECAC Championshtps (W)

Field Women's Sat.-Sun. Oct. 21-22 Hockey Soccer Delaware Invitational

Sun. Oct. 22 Fri. Oct. 20 Robert Morris @ UMBC 1 :00 p.m. Robert Morris@ UMBC 3:30p.m.