THE ETRIEVER EEKLY RUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALtimore W county’s student newspAPER 10.08.13 VOLUME 48 ISSUE 4 RETRIEVERWEEKLY.COM Homecoming Chasing a Week’s price tag championship Coach Pete Caringi Jr.’s Retrievers face The process behind determining funding for its events the Great Danes in a showdown of AEC COURESY HOMECOMING AT UMBC powerhouses BY DAN LEVIN Senior Staff Writer Retriever Soccer Park Homecoming game. The seventh ranked UMBC attendance when the men are men’s soccer team suffered their ranksin action top and 25 therein the should country be ina the University of Delaware last first defeat of the season against veryevent. large crowd on Saturday at 2:30 for the annual Homecoming week,without ending a loss. their run of 18 straight regular season games “With Lot 17 and all the schedule for the Retrievers amazing fans we have, I expect it reallyBut thestarted biggest last partFriday of thein tosaid. be “Toa great celebrate game withour school’san even Hartford, Connecticut where better atmosphere,” Caringi III and alumni that come back is homecoming with all the fans While Homecoming happens once every academic year, preparations for it start the previous year, particularly when it UMBCover the openedHawks. America East comes to prices. Conference play with a 2-1 win amazing, not to mention it being our conference home opener.” Week events. Of this, wwabout BY ASHBY HENNINGSEN “We are confident, but no Lot 17 has become a fixture Contributing Writer where near complacent,” senior atof studentsthe men’s who soccer come games,out in (seb)that staffdetermines advisor, theexplained fund forward Pete Caringi III said. “We composed of a large group (seb) members have $5,000 was spent on the theallocation decision-making for each event. process understand how big winning Last season the Retrievers Community Picnic, $2,500 on “We’ve stuck to the same conference games on the road is, support of the team. the Erickson Field Bonfire and butUMBC we need will to travel take itto one William game finalized the event budget $2,500 on the Homecoming at& aMary time on and Wednesday look forward.” for their defeated Boston University 5-1 asWeek. they (seb) complete was allocated their t-shirts for students. formula for determining the in a very exciting Homecoming preparations for Homecoming Costs for the picnic and budgetsaid. for each event for the game where Caringi III had three bonfirefood and include refreshments games andfor past few years,” Mitchell final non-conference game goals and two assists for an eight approximately $10,000 for prizeboth events.giveaways Lindsey as Mitchell,well as >> SEE COST [3] of the year but return to AEC point game.>> SEE SOCCER [15] last year’s major Homecoming action on Saturday against the President Hrabowski opensUniversity at Albany for the the2013 floor Homecoming Community Picnic to feature Q&A with President Hrabowski and Athletic Director Tim Hall BY MARK Satter Contributing Writer bonfire on Erickson Field, the activities “There will be something for everyone Director ofof Athletics, Student Tim Life Hall. for Major will give students a break from their to enjoy at this picnic lunch, including According to Jen Dress, Assistant studies. A much anticipated event is inflatable games, carnival booths with community was asked to submit the community picnic lunch with UMBC prizes, face painters, raffles, giveaways Eventsquestions & onlinePrograms, via myUMBC “The campusas well Homecoming week at UMBC is soon President Freeman Hrabowski III, Ph.D. andthe wholemuch more.”UMBC community a chance to begin and promises to provide The picnic, scheduled for to have The their picnic questions will give answered students and by plenty of fun activities and a boost to October 12, will be held on The Quad as on the Homecoming>> website.” SEE Q&A [3] school spirit. Kicking off with a pep from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to rally on The Quad and augmented by a the event listing on the UMBC website, Hrabowski and the newly appointed THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY INDEX: News....1THE RETR IEVEOpinion....5R WEEKLY Features...8 INDEX: News....1 Technology...12 Opinions....4 Sports...14 Technology....6 Features...8 Sports...14 AmazingSmoking alumnus Ban Men’sHomecoming Soccer JeehyeThe Yunnew won semester the 2013 Many students remain Outstandingalso brings Alumnus with of it skeptical of UMBC’s Home- thethe Year USM the accomplish smoking- coming events, while many mentsban withof her companymixed re- fully embrace the spirit of Securedactions Sciences from Group. stu- Retriever Fever. dents and faculty. 2 Tuesday, Oct. 08, 2013 NEWS TIMELINE THE WEEK Binge Drinking 101 IN REVIEW The Statistics on college drinking 09.29.13-10.06.13 BY LAUREN O’CONNELL 3. How big of a problem is it on college Staff Writer campuses? SEPT. 29 - After delays, Orbital Sciences Corporation’s unmanned cargo ship, Cygnus, reached the International Space station. Cygnus 44 percent of students at four year colleges meet the criteria was launched on September 18. Homecoming Weekend is fast approaching, and with it comes of binge drinkers, while about 40 percent admit to binge more parties and more drinking. Most people know the basics drinking in the last two weeks. Studies show that 18-22 year SEPT. 30 - A wave of bombings about alcohol from high school health class or UMBC’s required olds that are enrolled as full-time students at four-year colleges in Baghdad leaves approximately 55 AlcoholEdu program, however, here’s a more in-depth look at are more likely to be binge drinkers than others in that age people dead. The bombings came binge drinking, a problem that is a lot more far-reaching on group. Surprisingly, 48 percent of college students say that they mostly in the form of car bombs, college1. What campuses is binge than many drinking? people suspect. “drink to get drunk” and 25 percent admit that their drinking which were detonated in Shiite has4. led What to academic is the problems. relationship between binge neighborhoods, however, no group has claimed responsibility. drinking and sexual assault? The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism OCT. 01 - The U.S. government defines binge drinking as a “pattern of alcohol consumption officially shut down for the first that brings the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) level to 0.08 Five percent of college females have been victims of sexual time in 17 years after members of percent or more.” For females, that is typically at least four assault and in 75 percent of those cases, the victims say that Congress drinks consumed in two hours, and for men, at least five. they were under the influence of alcohol. In 30 percent of were Expertsalcoholics. say that binge drinking is the most common pattern of those cases, the assailant was intoxicated. Each year, 100,000 unable to alcohol abuse in the country, but most binge drinkers are not studentsconsented. report that at least once throughout the year, they had reach a 2. What are the health hazards associated sex but were too intoxicated to remember whether or not they consensus 5. How does binge drinking affect others? about with binge drinking? President Obama’s health care initiative and the funding of federal agencies. Like any form of excessive alcohol intake, binge drinking can Effects of binge drinking on other people can range from lead to serious and incurable problems like cirrhosis of the liver mild annoyances (disruption of studying or sleeping) to deadly OCT. 02 - Author Tom Clancy dies and various cancers. It can also cause (or worsen) psychological consequences. In fact, 13 percent of students who drive at least at age 66 at Johns Hopkins Hospital problems, including depression and anxiety. A person under the once a week say that they have driven after consuming five or more after brief illness. The precise cause of influence of alcohol is more likely to be involved in an accident, drinks. Someone under the influence of alcohol is also more likely his death is unknown. whether it be a serious car crash or a fall down a flight of stairs. to be physically violent,[email protected] which puts anyone around them at risk. Hospitals across the United States report that 30,000 college students seek medical care every year after binge drinking. OCT. 03 - The body of Reed Cockey Haynie was found near Robert E. Lee Park in Towson. Officers were dispatched at 1:21 a.m. to respond to a call and found the man with multiple Shutdown hits Maryland hard injuries, declaring him dead on scene. OCT. 04 - A school bus driving With so many federal workers in the state, Maryland suffers major students to Pikesville Middle School turned end-over-end, leaving ten losses from recent government shutdown students and the bus driver injured. These students sustained minor BY MARK SZCZepaNIAK injuries. The driver will undergo Contributing Writer COURTESY CREATIVE COMMONS drug and alcohol testing after her recovery. OCT. 05 - The Pentagon is recalling almost 90 percent of is After weeks of wrangling over President Barack Obama’s essential civilian workers as soon signature health care law, colloquially known as Obamacare, as Monday. Under the Pay Our the United States government shutdown because Republicans Military refused to vote for a budget that did not delay Obamacare. Act, Democrats refused to negotiate over the already-passed law. civilians Maryland, with its close proximity to the nation’s capital, who stands to suffer a uniquely painful result from the government provide shutdown. With many federal workers living in Maryland, the direct furloughing process will hurt the Maryland economy. support T. Eloise Foster, the Maryland Department of Budget and After almost seven days, the federal government remains closed with no word Management Secretary, estimated that every day the federal about reopening.