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Volume XXXIV, Number 20 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 June 20, 2000 Construction Begins on. New Dorm as UMBC Awaits Approval Erickson Ready to Team Up With UMBC for Another Residel)ce Hall to Provide Housing for 500 More Students

DAHLIA NAQIB and 14, administrators hope that site work, which did not need Pretriever Editorial Staff the garage will attract commuters approval from the board because who will then leave more spaces it required only a limitedcontract The hundreds of students near the dorms to the residents. of under $0.5 million, which the rejected each year for housing The newest dormitory project university is paying. will undoubtedly be pleased to will, if approved, be constructed This preliminary work will, hear of the new dorm that, if as before with help from Dr. John according to Williams, help the approved, could provide the C. Erickson of the Erickson university save time and stay on campus with another 500 beds foundation, which will foot the schedule until they receive within two years. $21 million in costs and be paid approval from the Board of The thousands of students back over approximately ten Public Works. who already live on campus are years with the money that stu­ UMBC administrators were annoyed with the project, which dents are charged to live there. willing to take the risk of starting Nate We~t I Pretriever Staff Earth Moving: Resident students are concerned with the loss of has already taken the 255 parking The $18 million it took to construction because they are parking due to the construction of the new dorm. Students will spaces of lots 11 and 14-two of construct Erickson Hall is also confiedent that the contract for a have a forum to discuss their concerns. the major lots for residents. being paid back in a similar fash­ new dorm will be approved by The administration is trying ion. A contract has yet to be · mid-July. The Board of Reagents to address the parking situation signed between UMBC and the has already approved the plan. with a $4.5 million garage near Erickson Foundation because "We don't see any reason why Napster Use· Causes the physics building to be open UMBC still needs approval from the Board [of Public Works] to students in the fall with 412 the Board of Public Works. would not approve," said spaces, 100 of which may be According to Vice President Williams. Problems at Colleges metered. Although the garage for Administrative Affairs Clolita Even with the 250 beds pro- will be located further away from Williams the construction cur­ JENNIFER SCHILDROTH Napster. the residential areas than lots 11 rentlY, underway is preliminary see DORM, page 2 Pretriever Editorial Staff While UMBC is looking in to methods of limiting the effect of Napster, an Internet-based Napster and related programs on Scary Movie, computer program that allows transfer speed from the UMBC users to swap music files at no system, the university intends not Sexy Ladies charge, is bringing much concern to get involved with the legal bat­ Jamie Peck catches up with to college campuses across the tle. Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen nation. Questions of Napster's . "We don't want to be in the Electra, two members of the cast legality as well as massive con­ middle of trying to block of Scary Movie, summer's hottest gestion on college servers are Napster," assured Director of spoof. The gals dish about causing many schools to consider comedy, their careers, possibly limiting usage of see NAPSTER, page 3 working with Keenen Ivory Wayans and What's Inside: whether they'd ever Features pose for Playboy p.9 again. See page 9. Opinion Adam Craigmiles makes a tri­ p.S umphant return to Insert Name Here, Live Wire looks at a Writers take sides over US rockin' performance from local Shriver Center Office to Move to military forces in Asia, gender faves Brickfoot, and reviews of equality in sports and viola­ Titan A.E., Shaft and Chicken tions of the Clean Air Act, and Run. Former Health Services Trailer duke it out over mandatory drug testing in this issue's Sports PoinVCounterpoint. SCOTT DAUGHERTY residential halls. Center, though it will not return to p. 19 Pretriever Staff Writer This move is an indirect result the same location. In December UMBC takes a tum for the worse of renovations to the Che~try of 2002 the center will move into Focus during the playoffs, two coaches UMBC's famed internship building. During this summer, the new accommodations in a soon­ p. 12 receive help in the form of new and community service student building will be completely reno­ to-be-built Public Affairs building Your colorful, pull-out guide to recruits, Pratik Shah praises link will be serving the campus vated from the fifth floor down. across from the Physics building. the UMBC campus, every­ Tiger Woods over winning the community from a different The Shriver Center will leave the "A move is always disrup­ thing you ever wanted to US Open and Dr. Charles Brown office beginning next year. building to make room for some tive," said Dr. John Martello, vice know about college but were signs a contract extension. The Shriver Center office will of the displaced chemistry faculty ~rovost for community partner­ afraid to ask and a wealth of be moving this summer from the who are loosing their spaces due Ships and executive director of advice from the Pretriever College News ... p.2 Chemistry building to the former to the renovation. the Shriver Center. "We are not staff. Listen, won't you? World News ... p.3 Health Services trailer between The trailers are only tempo­ thrilled, but we realize that it's in the Chesapeake and Susquehanna rary housin~ for the Shriver the best interests of the campus." PAGE2 THE PRETRIEVER ·.NEWS June 20, 2000 ehind the Scenes

E-mailed Allegations Force UMCP Athletic Department Investigation True Grit Speaks! (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The athletic department is investigating ADAM CRAIGMILES My pen cocked; notepad drawn at allegations from an anonymous e-mail Pretriever Editorial Staff the ready, I approached exuding deter­ accusing at least nine teams· of violating the university's code of conduct for stu­ mination. I let a long silence elapse to dent athletes. True Grit stands happily, head evoke drama. Then I began, sipping The allegations were sent to cocked, jaw locked in an eternal half­ some joe I'd brought back with me to President Clayton D. Mote Jr. and pant. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever, in prove tbat I had, in fact, gone for cof­ Athletic Director Debbie Yow, as well as his tarnishing bronze coat, has faced fee. media outlets on May 31. The most pointed charge claimed the countless visitors and guests that Q. True Grit . •. Is it true that members of the-women's lacrosse team pour into this institution of bricks and you're fiXed? drank alcohol on the team bus in the books for years, and I was going to find A." ... No." presence of Associate Atq]etic Director out just what he had to say about it. Q. Really? Dave Haglund on its trip home from Trenton, N.J., after winning their sixth­ I arrived to our interview at the A. "Yes, well, everyone thought that straight national championship May 20. appointed time to fmd the little mascot a mascot with a little .swing in his step The e-mail, which is unsigned but already waiting for me. He refused my would prove a more formidable oppo­ describes its writer as a friend of a hand and introduction, so I immediate­ nent when it came down to athletic Terrapin baseball player and was sent ly moved on, dispensing straight off competitions and such. It's really done from the username "sportsfan777," also with my first question. marvels for the chess team the last few alleges that several teams engaged in Dale Beran I Retriever Weekly Staff hazing and underage drinking activities. Q. Why the name True Grit? Any years." Members of the women's lacrosse and relation to the 1969 film starring interview was proving more difficult than I was on a role; I had broken True field hockey teams also were accused of John Wayne? ever. I then did what I often do to my own Grit. I was so excited that my hands taking potential underage recruits to a A. [Silence] local bar during recruiting visits "for dog when he barks too fiercely at door-to­ began to shake. I noticed too that my drinking of alcoholic beverages." Perhaps the question was too easy. door Mormons or pees on the carpet - I . entire frame was almost quaking with Members of the athletic media rela­ Too common, even. Regardless, True stared him down. Still, True Grit was. a the same tension. tions department are away this week at Grit was not impressed by my research. fierce competitor and held his own until . Q. What advice would you have the annual meeting of the National I fired off another question. my eyes teared. I needed a coffee break. for incoming freshman? Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and were unavailable to com­ Q. Have you ever been stolen and A few more questions with the _same A. "Well, don't rub my freakin' ment Wednesday. replaced with a ter:rapin in a sopho­ response. I soon became flustered and nose. I hate that. And bark for me. Haglund, who oversees the athletic moric act of collegiate rivalry? decided to recollect myself over another That's· right, fqr anyone who barks media relations department, said last A. [Silencel· cup of joe before resuming. three times for me in broad daylight, Friday that the investigation is ongoing. Q. Your head sawed otT and kept Q. Is it true that your backside once I'll put in a good word with you kilow In a statement last week, Yow said the allegations "are being considered seri­ by a fraternity for any length of faced the administration and was rotat­ who. And bones, leave no less than two ously and reviewed appropriately," but time? ed in order not to offend the powers that per week at the foot of my plaque. You that "a number of the statements in the A. [Silence] be? want that A in Chern 100, then bring e-mail regarding the actions of various Perhaps he was too emotionally A. [Silence] some freakin' bones." administrators and teams are inaccurate scarred from such travesties in the past. I masked my growing frustration by Unfortunately, my handwriting or misleading ... I fmnly believe that our sport administrators act with the utmost I threw him an easier question just to politely excusing myself for yet another became so frantic I failed to record the integrity related to student-athlete mollify the situation. cup of coffee. remainder of our interview in legible issues." Q. So, what's the inside scoop on The mascot was beginning to wear me format. It hardly matters, though, on The investigation comes three the Towson Tiger? You guys talk down. How could this be? I am a reporter account of my loss of consciousness months after 15 Terrapin baseball play­ much? for The Pretriever! I will get this story. shortly afterwards. I do, however, ers were suspended three games each for drinking alcohol. A. [Silence] Barbara Walters would have had True Grit recall a request from my interviewee to Not one to talk about his friends. weeping his little heart· out by now. Three see what -I could do about erecting Poor Funding Haunts Black Schools You must admire that. But I still got the empty Styrofoam cups later I had my another retriever statue next to his. The - in Texas sense that I was barking up the wrong resolve. I would stop throwing softballs new one, of course, being of the female (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, tree . .I needed some strategy fast as this and go straight to the real nitty gritty. persuasion. Texas -Texas' Historically Black Colleges and Universities face difficul­ ties with improvement because competi­ tion for top students against schools like ------·I I A&M and the University of Texas is Parking Concerns Created I tough. Not only are schools like Texas Hey, you! I Southern University and Prairie View I historically black, but they are histori­ Got any I ' by Construction Addressed I cally under-funded. I Such incidents as the fatal accident from DORM, page 1 many discussed during meetings . of the news tips I involving the worn and cramped van of I Prairie View men's track team last Facilities · Committee where students are . or any February are. proof to many that the vided by phase two of Erickson Hall, represented by members of the Student· schools need increased funds. which will be ready in the fall, over 500 Government Association. suggestions for HBCU s must overcome years of students were denied housing for the None of this is done without student Behind the poor funding to be recognized as legiti­ input, said Beitel. mate institutions of higher learning. upcoming school year. Recently, Texas Gov. George W. Bush The newest dorm is temporarily being The committee has also considered Scenes? promised to improve funding for TSU referred to as phases ill and IV. Pllase ill creating angled parking on Center Drive and Prairie View. Bush said his pro­ is scheduled to open with 250 beds in fall and replacing the Hillcrest building, which Call x1260 posed funding increase would improve 2001 and phase IV is to be ready by fall is contaminated with asbestos ang lead Prairie View's juvenile justice, engi.-.. or e-mail us at neering and nursing schools as well as 2002. paint, with more parking spots that will be the scholastic programs and campus. Future parking projects may include a convenient for apartment residents. news@ For TSU and Prairie View to com­ garage near the library that, according to There will be a forum for students to trw.umbc.edu pete at the same level as schools like Vice President for Administrative Affairs ask questions and voice their concerns A&M and UT, more financial resources ·need to be earmarked for Texas' Leland Beitel, could provide at least 300 about the construction on Tuesday at 8:00 and give us HBCUs. Some believe that the Texas spaces by fall 2001. This plan is one of p.m. in the Elk Community Room. the inside state legislature and, in Prairie View's case, the Texas A&M University information! - System, should recognize HBCU s' psst ... wanna buy an ad? well, call us. the number is under-funded history and take steps to correct it. (41 0) 455-1260. we'd love to hear from you. really. THE PRETRIEVER NEWS June 20, 2000 PAGE3

UN Council May Back Israeli Pullout UNITED NATIONS (AP)- Lebanon's insistence that Israel still occupies part of its territory was delaying a UN Security Council endorsement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's announcement that Israel has complete­ ly withdrawn, officials said Saturday. The 15-member council met Saturday morning, took a short break, then resumed talking about whether to endorse Annan's Friday statement that Israel has finished withdrawing from south Lebanon. No decision had been made by mid-afternoon. "Lebanon has asked questions about the withdrawal .... They want to redo the verification," said Canada's deputy UN ambassador, Michel Duval. Diplomats said Russia- which has close ties to Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon - was under instructions to · reject any endorsement text that did not satisfy the Lebanese government. _ Israel invaded Lebanon in 1978 and occupied part of southern Lebanon as a buffer against guerrilla attacks on north­ em Israel from 1985 until its withdraw­ al on May 24. The United Nations had long planned to move in after an Israeli pull­ Napster Causes Legal, Technical Glitches out and verify that Israel had complete­ from NAPSTER, page 1 use N apster are clogging college computer everyone. The students are satisfied that ly left Lebanese soil. On Friday Annan announced that the world ·body had systems and slowing down Internet access. they can still use Napster, even at the slow­ completed the verification process. University Computing Jack Suess. This is UMBC' s primary concern in er rate, and it isn't weighing down the sys­ But Lebanese Prime Minister Salim The legal battle that UMBC is hoping to dealing with Napster. A recent analysis of tem, Muggli said. Hoss quickly rejected Annan's state­ sidestep is not a pretty one. Napster Inc. is the UMBC system showed that at peak Not all campuses are willing to drop the ment, saying Lebanese officers working with the UN team inspecting the Israel­ facing lawsuits from the Recording times during the school year, 25 percent of Napster ban so easily, however. "Napster is Lebanon border had found several Industry Association of America, metal UMBC's computer system was dedicated currently blocked, and it will stay that way," Israeli military outposts inside Lebanon. band Metallica and hip-hop artist and to N apster and similar programs. Suess senior network engineer at Texas Christian owner of Aftermath Records Dr. Dre. indicated that while nothing will be University Jim Mayne announced. "We Report alleges racial profiling by NYPD While RIAA's suit is aimed primarily at changed before the school year, University blocked it originally because of the need to WASHINGTON (AP) - The US Napster, Metallica's legal action involved Computing will probably submit several gain our bandwidth back, but we'll continue Commission on Civil Rights found yes­ three universities as well as the California­ proposals to the Policy for Responsible . to block it until there's some clear position terday that the New York Police based software company. Indiana Computing in the near future to address about its legality." Department widely uses improper racial profiling to stop and question blacks and University, the University of Southern this problem. The issue of Napster's legality has Hispanics contributing to turbulent California and Yale have all since been UMBC's current policy already incited much debate· since the site was racial tensions that can escalate ·into dropped from the suit after restricting use requires students to have respect for intel­ launched last fall by 19-year-old "tragic and unnecessary" incidents like of Napster on their university servers. Dr. lectual property. Suess indicated that the Northeastern University student Shawn the police shooting of unarmed Amadou Diallo. Dreis the frrst to file a suit actUally involv­ administration expects appropriate behav­ Fanning. The $15 million company has . New York Mayor Rudolph W. ing N apster users, a group comprised ior from UMBC students. He stated, how­ been accused of breaking copyright laws Giuliani called the conclusion a "politi­ largely of college students. All three of the ever, that the school's policy is "reactive." and has created a need for serious investi­ cized report that bears no relation to legal battles are still pending. "We don't do anything where we're going gation into the legal parameters of intellec­ reality." While the lawyers, the record compa­ out and looking for violations," he report­ tual property. . The commission also questioned department training and recruitment of nies, the musicians and Napster battle out ed, but the school will investigate reports While record companies and many black and Hispanic officers and recom­ the question of intellectual property and of improper use. artist maintain that Napster is violating mended creation of an independent copyright responsibility, many colleges are A recent technological breakthrough is copyright laws, the company maintains office to investigate allegations of police opting to avoid possible involvement alto­ allowing schools to monitor the amount of that it can not be held responsible for the wrongly using deadly force. The commission review of the gether by banning the use of the program their servers dedicated to Nap~ter and sim­ actions of its clientele. Napster compares NYPD's "stop and frisk" tactics found on any computers that operate on campus ilar programs. New traffic-shaping devices the widespread trading of mp3s using its that two years ago, 51 percent of the servers. Leading these schools are the three allow administrators to monitor and limit software as similar to the legal use of video people stopped and searched in Staten schools originally named in the Metallica Napster use from college servers. With the and audio recording equipment. Island were black, while ·the borough's population is only 9 percent black. lawsuit. release of these programs in early June, The case, which is slated to begin in late Racial profiling - the singling out of While the legal battles have created ten­ many schools, such as Plattsburgh State July, will address these issues and attempt suspects based solely on ethnicity or sions between fans and the industry and University, have lifted total bans on to come to some conclusion on how to deal skin color - has gained increased students and college administrations, a less Napster and are instead using this software with copyright laws as they pertain to this national attention in recent months as investigations uncovered its frequent controversial issue has even more schools to limit use. new medium. use at the Customs Department and restricting Napster use. Many schools are John Muggli, the network supervis~r at Many colleges, in the meantime, hope other law enforcement agencies around concerned with the effect Napster is having the College of St. Benedict and St. John's to maintain a low profile and keep their the country. on transfer speed for university and student University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, insist­ systems relatively unhindered by Napster Experts say such practices under­ mine police authority and reduce deter- needs. The large number of students who ed that this new system works well for and similar programs. rence to crime. · "For the police to be effective, they must have the trust and cooperation of the people they serve," said Hubert Williams, a former police official in Newark, New Jersey, and president of the nonprofit Police Foundation research group. "Often, the communities most in need of effective policing because of high crime rates are the very communi­ ties most distrustful of the police." 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Motor Vehicle Accident ly entered his mother's vehicle and address is being obtained. May 25, 7:33 a.m. - Donald Lee removed the CD player. Police are investi­ Withrow knocked over a light post near gating the report. Injured Person the fine arts building With a car. There June 7, 1 p.m. -An officer was calle to were no injuries. Malicious Destruction of Property the administration building in response May 30, 3:04 p.m. -An employee of to the report of an injured person. Dr. Unregistered Motor Vehicle Abacus Cleaning Service reported that the Paul Lovett had fallen and sustained May 25, 4 p.m.- Police observed a coffee vending machine on the first floor of minor mJunes. He declined medical man under the front end of a vehicle the Math/Psych building appeared to have assistance. near Park Drive and Library Drive. been broken into. Upon inspection, the When questioned, the man was identi­ cash box was found to be empty. Estimated Malicious Destruction of Property fied as Edward Robinson and he states property damage was $150. June 9, 12:45 p.m.- Library employee that the vehicle belonged to his brother. William Owens reported that an exterior Further inquiry revealed that the regis­ Tag Seizure door of th library was defaced with black tration plates on the vehicle were listed June 1, 8:42a.m.- The reporting officer marker. to another vehicle. Police seized the conducted a traffic stop for expired tags. registration plates and had the vehicle The driver was issued citations and the Assault towed. The plates were processed and vehicle was impounded by the officer. June 12, 12:43 a.m. -A female Abacus sent back to the Motor Vehicle employee reported that while walking to Administration. Theft work, she was assaulted by a black male June 6, 12:25 p.m.- A UMBC graduate who tried to drag her into the wooded Injured Person student reported the theft of money from area that surrounds the access road lead­ May 27,6:01 p.m.- Seventy-two year her wallet. Investigative interviews identi­ ing from Poplar avenue to the TRC com­ old visitor Jack Griffin was transported fied a possible suspect. plex. Police are investigating the inci­ to St. Agnes Hospital when he slipped dent. on a guard rail in the UMBC stadium Credit Card Theft and momentarily lost consciousness. June 7, 12:16 p.m. -A UMBC student Theft, Less than $300 Griffin was attending an athletic event. reported that her credit card number was June 13, 10:52 a.m. - UMBC used to obtain goods fraudulently through Faculty/Staff Member Kung Hao Liang Theft from Automobile the mail. The property obtained was reported that his belongings were May 29, 10:42 p.m.- Scott Lawrence shipped to UMBC. Information regarding removed from a locked locker in the Brillman reported that someone illegal- the recipient of the property and specific Retriever Athletic Club.

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desired veins of coal. The blasting of the _been buried by valley fills. On top of stream workers, which created a tremendous mountaintop can be very damaging to the burying, mountaintop removal mining has outcry from West Virginia citizens and Ian Kennedy · residents of communities close to the mines lead to the contamination of streams by run­ politicians. Senator Robert Byrd of West and to the natural environment of the area. off from the valley fills. The environmental Virginia, one of the strongest opponents Our world needs energy. Since the Obvious damage to the natural environment organization American Rivers lists the Coal of the ruling, attached a "rider'' to an dawn of the industrial revolution, the is the destruction of forests, habitats and River in West Virginia as one of the most appropriations bill that would limit the need for energy to fuel society has watersheds by stripping the area of all of its heavily polluted rivers in the United States. power of the Clean Water Act and other increased dramatically. While there is a vegetation and altering its geologic struc­ Mining companies have been cited and mining regulations. current trend to develop alternate sources ture. fined numerous times for pumping slurry When Haden noticed the stir of con­ of power, the majority of our planet's After the detonation and debris storm, from their collection ponds into neighboring troversy surrounding his decision, he energy is derived from a non-renewable large shovels and "drag lines" remove the streams. With water quality already an issue decided to stay his ruling and allow an resource, fossil fuels. Fossil fuels like oil shattered remains of the mountaintop, pro­ for residents near mines, the valley fills and appeals court to hear the case. This deci­ and coal are in short supply in much of viding access to the once-buried coal flattened mountaintops have impeded the sion was made on Oct. 29, 1999, a little our world, and the need for them only deposits. The undesirable material that is ability of water to replertish groundwater over a week after his initial ruling. grows. removed from atop the coal deposits is then which has lead to vast amounts of private Currently, the outcome of the appeal is On top of the limited supply of these piled into a neighboring valley; this process wells drying up or becoming contaminated. forthcoming, but the controversy contin­ fuels, the pollution caused by their use is is know as "valley fill," and is, perhaps, the In July of 1998, 10 West Virginia coal­ ues and Haden's initial order is not in of serious concern. Thus, short supplies most environmentally destructive aspect of field residents and the West Virginia effect. and a desire to find the cleanest possible mountaintop removal. Highlands Conservancy filed suit against For now, the status of mountaintop forms of these fuels has lead to different Valley fills of rock and dirt are often up the West Virginia Department of removal is in a holding pattern. While methods of mineral extraction. One such to 700 feet deep and· a mile long. While Environmental Protection and the US Army both sides await the ruling of the appeals method that has caused particular debate many coal industry experts claim that these Corps of Engineers for issuing mountaintop court, the miners continue to blast, fill is mountaintop removal. fills act like sponges, opponents take a dif­ removal permits in violation of the Surface and mine, while the opponents continue Mountaintop removal mining was ferent view. They feel that valley fills, after Mining Control and Reclamation Act and to protest and rally. Opponents of moun­ first practiced in West Virginia in the late replacing a rain-absorbing forest, result in the Clean Water Act. taintop removal have recently begun to 1960s. At that time, it was only done on a increased runoff and flooding. While studies On Oct. 20, 1999, Federal Judge Charles receive support from large environmen­ small scale by a limited number of com­ regarding the flooding dangers of these val­ H. Haden II ruled that fills in perennial or tal organizations, such as the Sierra Club panies. Now, though, with surface coal ley fills are still unclear, there are other more intermittent streams do indeed violate feder­ and Friends of the Earth, who have supplies becoming scarce, technology immediate problems surrounding the valley al laws; Haden stated that dumping in helped increase national awareness of increasing rapidly and a lack of regula­ fill process. streams that only flow during rain or snow the issue, but this has only polarized the tions restricting mountaintop removal, it Because many natural springs and melts is permitted. Haden's ruling called a issue on a national level. The problem of has become the dominant form of coal aquifers are present in the buried valleys, halt for all new valley fill permits, which, mountaintop removal, though, is all too extraction in West Virginia. streams and rivers are often sacrificed dur­ according to the coal industry, would cripple familiar in our modem world. How can Mountaintop removal mining is, basi­ ing the fill process. Estimates of the total mining operations. civilization utilize vital natural resources cally, a self-explanatory process of min­ amount of West Virginia's streams that have Haden's ruling led to the DEP's chiefter­ without destroying the earth by trying to eral extraction. The frrst step in the been buried by valley fills ranges from 100 mination of valley fills in all ongoing moun­ get them? process involves large quantities of miles to 750 miles of streams. According to taintop removal operations. The coal indus­ explosives. Charges are planted into the a study by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, try's immediate response to the ruling and Ian Kennedy is a UMBC alumnus with a top of a mountain that contains the 460 miles of West Virginia's streams have the DEP's actions was to begin to lay off degree in interdisciplinary studies. l • I ' \ \ 1 ' ~ ' . - ;. \ THE PRETRIEVER OPINION June 20, 2000 PAGE7 That's Right, Fill the Cup and Give It Back to the Nurse with all the rules and regulations of said However, what really bothers me is the bid). Do you think anyone is going to make Stephanie Rawlings work places. I have no problem with most whole issue of privacy. As long as one is a the president pee in a cup to ensure that he of them, like dress codes. I understand why good, hard-working employee, I don't see won't push any little red buttons after one This summer break, I have the privilege my boss would have a coronary episode if I why it matters what be or she does when not too many magic mushrooms? Of course not. of living out the true definition of "endless showed up to work in a halter-top and cut­ on the clock. Granted, no one wants to hire Yet the highly sensitive job of department sumn;ter." That's right, folks, I'm spending offs. Not only would I piss off a couple of someone who shows up for 70 hours a week behind a register in two dif­ customers, the air conditioning in these work high or shoots up in ferent retail establishments. Obviously, this places would undoubtedly give me a nasty the break room. Because of isn't how I envisioned my vacation. In my case of pneumonia. this, I understand the temp­ head, these months included a lot more sun, However, there are rules that I have seri­ tation to check for this sand and well-tanned cabana boys bringing ous issues with and adhere to only when beforehand. No one wants me pink umbrella drinks. Instead, I am mak­ absolutely necessary. The most notable of a chronically late employee ing the acquaintance of every grumpy, these is the pre-employment drug screen­ or someone too stupid to crotchety old man in the state of ing, which I consider to be a personal viola­ run the register, but, last Pennsylvania. Some girls have all the luck. tion of the grossest sort. time I checked, there Why am I putting myself through the I had the extreme displeasure of taking weren't any pre-employ­ mental and emotional torture of two 35- one of these tests a few weeks ago in order ment tests to discourage hours-a-week jobs? Despite popular theo­ to secure employment at one of my jobs. that. ries involving masochistic tendencies, it all For any of you who haven't had to endure Pre-employment drug boils down to a bad case of collegiate pover­ this embarrassment, it's your standard "pee screening is also one of the Corbis.com ty. Basically, if I don't work, I don't get to in a cup" test, and the experience itself isn't few situations in which no Caption Head: "When we said we needed a sample, eat or live in a really all that one needs any suspicion at we didn't mean of your work." somewhat eli- terrible. all of any wrongdoing mate-con­ "1 seem to recall a certain presidential What really before forcing you to prove yourself. store cashier requires screening. trolled apart- candidate with a history of drug use. got me all Considering that the prospective employee You might all be wondering if one of the ment with worked up hasn't even had a chance to train yet, it is reasons I got so upset about the whole thing two dirty Suppose he takes office (God forbid). Do were the ugly unlikely that he has given the employer any was a fear of failure. Well, I'm not going to boys and a you think anyone is going to make the implications cause to think that he might have a drug give you the burly cat. president pee in a cup to ensure that he of the pre­ problem. We don't allow police officers to satisfaction This is also employment barge into just any home in order to "make of knowing the reason won't push any little red buttons after screening. sure" that nothing illegal is going on, and I one way or I'm working one too many magic mushrooms? Of T o don't see why corporations· should be treat­ the other. It's POINT retail rather begin with, I ed any differently. none of your than sitting in course not." have serious So why did I take the test with all my business. It's some comfy doubts about reservations and moral outrage? For the no one's business. All you need to be con­ dining room the ethical same reason hundreds of thousands of oth­ cerned with is that I found time to write this getting paid to taste test cheesecake. At the nature of these tests. The results are often ers take these tests: I couldn't afford not to article between my shifts behind the regis­ risk of sounqing cliche, beggars can't be released to the employer without the take it. These tests target the young and the ter, for which, by the way, I am never late. choosers, and I have to work where they're employee's ever being able to look at them. poor, those individuals considered to be going to pay me. I can't think of any other test where the test­ "high risk" for drugs. I seem to recall a cer­ Stephanie Rawlings is the Opinion editor of Needing to retain my employment as ed individual is forced to sign away the tain presidential candidate with a history of The Pretriever. She can be reached by e­ badly as I do, I obviously have to comply right to his own results. drug use. Suppose he takes office (God for- mail at [email protected]. Military Deployment in Asia Is a Gargantuan Mistake about as compatible as oil and water. The This has been a very logical course; both of One can only hope. Adam Hopkins United States has never received any kind the two world wars originated in this part In addition, one must think about the of military threats from this part of the of the world. Even now, there are plenty of United States' relations with other nations During the last couple of months, the globe in the past, so why would China want rival factions throughout United States has been slowly pulling its to ~tart a conflict now? It isn't as if the and govern- "Probably the biggest concern is in Asia. For military forces out of Europe and redirect­ Chinese government is relocating nuclear ments in example, ing them to the Pacific and the nations of missiles into Central America or any other Eastern Europe· China because our respective govern­ India and eastern Asia. The reasoning is that, in the location in the Western Hemisphere, like - the former ments are about as compatible as oil Pakistan are future, eastern Asia will be the focal point the former Soviet Union did in 1962. Yugoslavia and at each of a military conflict, a role Europe has The military is being directed to various Chechnya and water." other's played in the last several centuries. nations and bodies of water surrounding that threaten throats, However, there is nothing to worry about; China. The Army and Marines are practic­ the safety of those who live there. The var­ threatening to annihilate each other with there is plenty of reason to believe that this ing numerous drills using bases in South ious groups of people who live in this part nuclear warheads. India looks to our nation Korea and of the world have been at each other's for guidance; China has promised aid to Southeast throats for over 2000 years. One has to · Pakistan. If we went to war against the Asia. In many wonder if there is any chance, ever, for Chinese, then what would these nations do cases, they are peace there. to each other (and us)? It seems all too real sharing bases On the other side of the planet, the peo­ that the rest of the world would be drawn with the mili­ ple of the Orient have never waged any into such a conflict - the United States tias of these kind of full-scale combat against each and China are the two most powerful nations. The other (barring Japan's pre-World War II nations on Earth, the ones that everyone Navy is sta­ conquest). The government has yet to offer else seeks to have as allies. tioning many any concrete evidence of the Chinese The world is on the brink of the 21st of its most preparing to initiate any military conflicts; century. We should take this opportunity to powerful cruis­ although China does have nuclear keep our doors open and allow for a peace­ ers and aircraft weapons, it has not actually said anything ful existence. Is all the rivalry and fear carriers in the about using them. This is where our because the Chinese have simply adopted Pacific Ocean, nation's military predicts the future battles the ways of communism, which are some­ some of them. of the "Yorld will originate. Go figure. what contradictory to the principles of within 700 One may wonder what would happen to democracy? We should be working with miles of the the numerous descendants of Chinese other nations to collectively disarm all of Chinese coast. immigrants living in this country should our weapons of mass destruction, as www.navy.mil/homepages/ddg75 In addition, the the government decide that a war with opposed to hiding in the shadows of fear Air Force is China is unavoidable. Will they be placed and hate which a military build-up pro- build-up of US military forces in the now conducting more operations in Japan in internment camps, as the Japanese vi des. Pacific and eastern Asia is unfounded. than ever before. Americans were during World War II? One Probably the biggest concern is in China Until now, the US military concentrated may ask if our nation has learned from its Adam Hopkins is a sophomore majoring in because our respective governments are its overseas operations in Eastern Europe. mistakes .and has become less paranoid. English. ~ \ r I If f > PAGES THE PRETRIEVER OPINION June 20, 2000 Drug Testing: You Just Gotta Follow the Golden Rule applicants, drug testing is still widely killed him. Epps admitted to being on pre­ but how is an employer to distinguish Adam Craigmiles accepted and legally permissible. Well, it scription drugs but later tested positive for junkie from mild experimenter? Drug test­ should be. cocaine. All of this could have conceivably ing is simply one more way to thin the To pee or not to pee, that is the question. Let's say you're cruising at an altitude been avoided had Epps been asked to part application pile. Just when you think applying for a job of 30,000 feet, sporking some Drug testing isn't perfect. couldn't be more humiliating, with the questionable airline food into "Until we develop a test to detect traces of responsi­ It may very well disquali­ promise of path~tic paychecks, FICA, uni­ your mouth when you hear fy many competent con­ forms, maybe even a hairnet . . . it gets over the intercom: "This is bility and hard work in one's system, I say hand that tenders. But until we worse. The Man asks you to urinate in a your captain speaking. Our doctor a cup, send that teacher's tepid specimen to develop a test to detect cup. You are politely requested to sign current ETA is, oh, in a few traces of responsibility away your prized bodily fluid, granting hours, huh. Oh, and if you the lab and put a tap on that nuclear power plant and hard work in one's permission to such and such a company to look, huh, to your left, there's operator's bladder!" system, I say hand that scrutinize the former contents of your blad­ some totally cool shit. Flight doctor a cup, send that der for telltale signs of a midnight toker. attendants, huh, bring some more peanuts with his urine for drug screening. teacher's tepid specimen to the lab and put All this to flip a burger or fold clothes all up here." Well, you see what I'm getting at. Safety isn't the only issue. Employers a tap on that nuclear power plant opera­ day. Everyone on that aircraft would be hugging have a right to see if an applicant commit­ tor's bladder! You further rationalize your frustration knees and trying in vain to remember how ted a crime in the past, via criminal record over such absurdities by examining all the . that whole Lord's prayer thing goes. search, so why can't they, with a simple· Adam Craigmiles is the managing editor far more important jobs h~ld down suc­ There are just some jobs in which we test, see if the applicant is currently com­ ofTbe Pretriever. He can be reached bye­ cessfully by drug users and abusers, like need reassurance. Daily we put our lives mitting a crime? Drug testing then mail at [email protected]. edu. acting, for instance, playing for the into the hands of strangers. If drug testing becomes an effective method, as is evi­ Yankees or becoming mayor of DC. Hell, keeps these citizens chemically free, we dence of a criminal next November we'll be facing a ballot can all jump into that taxi with a little more record, to weed out less including an alleged ex -cocaine user for ease. desirable candidates. presidency. Even the current commander in Unfortunately, the passengers on the An employer may southbound also use drug testing as BWI light rail an assurance in probabil­ didn't have the ity. An applicant testing same assurance negative would be of COUNTERPOINT last Feb. 7 as higher risk to break more Sam Epps, a laws, be a drug abuser chief would've failed a drug test at one driver with 25 years experience, failed to and perhaps stagger into point in his life. If these boys can rule the yield to an oncoming airport, hurling the work each morning with free world, why can't someone dig a ditch vehicle against a concrete platform. Most a little less spring in his for minimum wage with a little TCHP in of the train's human cargo suffered only a step than the law-abiding the bladder? rough jostle, but one man required an worker. Granted; not Despite the nearly universal protests emergency tracheotomy after an impromp­ every drug user is the swimming in the heads of degraded job tu introduction with a handrail that nearly poster child for DARE, www.mayfields.com Learning to Play Fair in Georgia: Title IX Revisited spirit of America is threatened when we all women's sport don't. If a system is to be female athletes. Jennifer Schildroth mess with the love of our lives: football. instituted where the budget of athletic pro­ For example, an opponent of the pro­ Now don't get me wrong, I love sports, grams is reflective of the money made, it posed bill in Georgia wrote to The Atlanta Title IX, the federal regulation that out­ football included, and I don't want to see has to be consistently applied. This means Journal and Constitution that football laws gender discrimination in schools male sports plummet for most of the same that once the state and federal money is dis­ requires incredible funding for equipment, which receive federal funds in any form, has arguments as everybody else: It's tradition, tributed evenly, if any sport can't support and he insisted that no women's sport been on the books for 28 years now; how­ sports itself, it matches that financial need. (And it is a ever, women are still battling to see the full establish should be need because we can't risk the safety of effects of the law, especially on the playing life skills "Cuts have to be made somewhere, and it eliminat­ football players - or any other athletes - fields. in youth isn't right or legal to expect that women's ed. This due to a lack of equipment.) What is impor­ A recent advancement for gender equity and damn sports continue to make all the sacrifices." w 0 u 1 d tant to remember when considering this in sports came with the passing of a new bill it, we real­ demolish argument is that while equipment that by the Georgia Legislature. The Sport~ ly like to more than ensures safety is necessary, high-priced Equity Act, a bill that applies Title IX regu­ win. just programs of women's sports. This sys­ training equipment (such as the private lations to any athletic program receiving I understand that, I really do, and I'd like tem of financing isn't practical for many weight room that the football team at my state funding (which is pretty much all of to see more women offered the opportunity sports other than football, including many high school had), however important it may them), was met with little opposition in the to understand it as well. Sports are excellent men's sports such as wrestling and baseball. seem, is not. Also, if the cost of one sport is in almost every way imagi­ Although professional sports may largely be messing up the financial balance, perhaps nable, but discrimination is motivated by money, athletic programs less members can be added to the roster. not. And that's what we affiliated with schools receiving state and Cuts have to be made somewhere, and it have here folks - out and federal funds should not be. The focus isn't right or legal to expect that women's out discrimination. I doubt should be placed on equal opportunity, not sports continue to make all the sacrifices. there is anyone who could moneymaking ventures. Our society has long upheld the im'por­ successfully argue that Another frequent sentiment is that it tance of men's athletic competition over widespread disadvantage isn't fair to expect men's sports to function women's. It's quite ironic that men's sports for women in athletic pro­ under drastically cut budgets. There's only are held in such esteem when it is common grams doesn't exist. so much money to go around; that's · the knowledge that men receive more funding It's fairly evident that reality. If programs are added or budgets for and encouragement in the athletic arena inequality reigns; rather women's sports are increased, the money than women. It would seem that the obtru­ File Photo than refuting that, people will have to come from somewhere; most sive financial advantage male athletes fre­ Fitting the bill: UMBC recently added women's field often attempt to justify it. likely, that somewhere will be out of the quently have over women athletes would hockey to it's roster of athletic teams in order to comply A quite common argument budgets of men's sports. This can and has comparatively cheapen such high regard for with Title IX regulations. is that men's sports - par­ led to inadequate funding and. even cutting men's sports rather than drive them deeper ticularly football- bring in of certain athletic programs. And all this in into the heart of society. When women suc­ Senate and House, and received the gover­ more revenue than any women's 'sports and the name of "equity"? ceed athletically, they have overcome the nor's signature in late April. While this is a should therefore have more money put back It sucks. Everybody in every program financial burdens as well as triumphed great breakthrough for high school sports, into their programs. Admittedly, this seems could always use more money. It isn't fair. physically; men receive a head start, yet we passing the bill in Georgia is only one of 50 quite valid on the surface; it only makes The problem that people fail to realize is value their victories so much more. steps that need to be taken. sense that a program that earns more money that the system already isn't fair, we just One of the biggest concerns for many should get to spend more, right? need to make it equally unfair for both gen­ Jennifer Schildroth is the editor in chief of critics is the effect a gender-equity bill will However, not all men's sports do bring ders rather than letting the financial inade­ The Pretriever. She can be reached by e­ have on existing sports. That's right, the in exceptional amounts of money, and not quacies consistently fall on the shoulders of mail at [email protected]. June 20, 2000 PAGE9

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Just enjoy the view Jamie Peck peruses 15 from Titan A. E. Baltimore's nightlife 18 [insert name here] The Sexy Sirens of Scary M~vie Carmen Electra Moves From Page b y a d a m craigmiles and Song to Screens Big and Small nsert Name Here has had a ately for signs of life in their fitful childhood, suitable academic Sahara and the JAMIE PECK fun at Electra herself - some­ I only for daytime televi­ sweaty-palmed freshmen won­ ?retriever Staff Writer thing the heretofore Singled Out sion. In it's mere two-plus dering just what kind of cam­ babe (she replaced Jenny years of existence, the little pus awaits them this fall, I say Ask Carmen Electra what her McCarthy as the show's co-host) column has been booted from INH is the demon spawn. favorite scary movie is, and she'll loved. For this, she happily cred­ writer to writer. First craftily Perhaps it's the rocky child­ provide you with two answers: its the devilishly satirical sensi­ conceived by Jen "The Pen" hood, the weekly neglect, per­ The Exorcist, the Oscar-winning bilities of director and co-writer Siciliano, and passed, after a haps just the terrible two's, but adaptation of William Peter Keenen Ivory Wayans (televi­ healthy year, to suckle at my truly, truly it is a wretched Blatty's classic chillfest, and the sion's In Living Color). "Keenen oftentimes parched pap. But as thing. awful Shaq-as-genie romp went ahead and rewrote a little bit fate would have it, the bastard Weekly, the column Kazaam. The reason for the dis­ of the scene and added some child was revived once again, demands not only the creation crepancy: The former is Electra's more of my personal life into [it] after my most heinous aban- · of a new contest of its real pick, while the latter is a to make it funnier," Electra, 28, donment, in the shoulder nook guardian, comfortably jacket­ funny punchline she delivers in remembers, speaking over the of one Tracy Williams. Freshly ed in a great coat of wit, but the soon-to-be-released slasher phone from a stop in her promo­ returned from exploits along also demands a regular supply parody Scary Movie. tional tour of Scary Movie in the Mediterranean, I find INH of playmates in the form of In the opening scene of the April. alone on my doorstep with a contest entrants. Such film, due out July 7, Electra plays Scary Movie isn't Electra's little note pleading "Write me, demands are quite taxing. Drew Becker, a cartoonishly first foray into the world of act­ publish me, give me a humble Consequently, INH is often comical twist on Drew ing; she's been in the big-screen home in the Features section." lonely and suffering from what Barrymore's brief but important Nickelodeon spin-off Good So what is this poor, little we call traumatic columnar role in the original Scream. Just Burger, the short-lived WB beast? To those administrators journalistic depression. like Barrymore in that 1996 hor­ drama Hyperion Bay . and, of looking for scrap paper, sum­ ror landmark, Electra finds. her­ course, that pop-cultural touch­ mer students searching desper- see INSERT, page 17 self home alone making Jiffy Pop stone known as Baywatch. But and being taunted by a dangerous it's still more or less a new expe­ psycho on a cell phone, only rience for the rural Ohio native, Scary Movie's intentions have and a bit of a departure from her nothing ·to do with terror and early days as a Playboy pin-up Dimension Films everything to do with comedy. girl, dancer in Prince's music Frenzy: Carmen Electra fears But in addition to sending up for her life in the slasher spoof Scream, Scary Movie also pokes see ELECTRA, page 15 Scary Movie. Shannon Elizabeth Bites Off a Piece of the Success Pie

JAMIE PECK ?retriever Staff Writer

Shannon Elizabeth may not be a household name yet, but her face- and, more to the point, her body - is very likely forever etched in the minds of most red­ blooded teen males who saw last summer's gross-out comedy blockbuster American Pie. In Pie, Elizabeth, as a sexually adventur­ Chris Rothe ous exchange student named Superstar: Brickfoot guitarist Frank D'Angelo stole the show at Nadia, had relatively few lines, the band's recent concert at the Recher Theatre in Towson. but walked away with a big slice of the film's success thanks to a Rocking the Recher racy sequence in which she game­ ly pranced around in only her Brickfoot Plays Towson With Faye underwear. Now, Elizabeth, 23, is retu~­ JAMIE PECK accompanied by special guests ing to the lowbrow-humor scene ?retriever Staff Writer Greenmachine, also from Charm that made her a hot commodity­ City, and the John Faye Power her Pie act recently nabbed her an Ever since The Retriever Trip. The Recher, in case you've MTV Movie Award nomination Weekly discovered Brickfoot never been, is a youth-frequented for Best Female Breakthrough when they signed on to play at last . concert venue on York Road Performance- in Scary Movie, a April's Quadmania, we've been known for its cozy digs. There are madcap slasher spoof directed Dimension Films filling you in on why you should two well-stocked bars to keep and co-written by Keenen Ivory Body Beautiful: Shannon Elizabeth, here with Anna Faris, plays pay attention to this electric you with a fresh supply of Mike's Wayans and due in theaters July a dim teen dodging a dim killer in Scary Movie. Baltimore-based rock band. So it Hard Lemonade (only $4!), a lit­ 7. She's similarly sexbomb-ish as only makes sense that 'Brickfoot tle food stand that dispenses fast Scary Movie's Buffy Gilmore, a ence, Elizabeth was quite the ten­ view in April to promote Scary help kick off The Live Wire, the edibles, and even an in-house Miss Popularity-type in short ·nis star, but any sports dreams are Movie. When Elizabeth handles a Retriever's new feature that ATM so you don't have to ven­ skirts and bust-enhancing tops going to have to be put on hold racket currently, "I just want to do reviews area music performances ture out on the street after dark to who's among a group of dim - perhaps permanently - while it for fun. We don't keep score, by artists local and national. satiate your craving for one more high-schoolers targeted by an she works on fum projects. "I and it's just a fun hitting session. Brickfoot played Towson's equally dim killer. think I've given that part up," she Recher Theatre on June 10, see LIVE WIRE, page 16 In her own high school experi- chuckles during a phone inter- see EliZABETH, page 11 PAGE 10 THE PRETRIEVER FEATURES June 20, 2000 Diving Headfirst Into Australia's Great Barrier Reef

ABBY FOSTER better facilitate scuba diving in the reef. ble stuck in a loose filling! power plant adjacent to a lake. The lake is Pretriever Editorial Staff My brother and I got the crash course, · In the pool, we learned to put on our warmed by the power plant, so there is administered in our instructor's garage and equipment, which weighs no less than 50 nothing alive in it, although it is warm A week from today, I will be on a plane theY pool in four days with four test dives pounds, making for a truly enjoyable expe­ enough for idiots like us to practice diving to Sydney, Australia. When I get there, I'll last weekend. rience. We put it on and jumped in the pool. without danger of hypothermia. We dove be shuffled onto another plane to Cairnes, The classroom stuff was r~markably We then dove to the bottom, took it all off and dove and dove and dove; we essential­ also in Australia, for a two-week wilder­ similar to driver's ed, complete and came up to the surface. ly set a new record for amounts of mud a ness adventure. Hmrn. This is going to with the purpose of turning the Next we had to go back person can wallow in. We saw catfish and involve a little packing. Fortunately, we student off by explaining down and put it all back fed them hot dogs, and because we could­ won't actually be camping in the rainforest every single little thing that on underwater. After n't see three feet in front of us, we ran into for two weeks like we did in Peru two years can go wrong and all mastering this, we got old Christmas trees. (After Christmas, a ago. That was interesting. From what I the delightful pres­ out of the pool, took lake is of course the best place for a tree. gather, this is going to involve a little less sure-related all our equipment Maybe it will sprout, to be used again next roughing it since Australians speak injuries that can be off, picked it up, year.) English, we supposedly can drink the water caused by care­ jumped in the pool I think there are worse things to spend a and the great Down Under isn't a Third lessness. I have and put it all on Saturday morning doing than diving into World country. We don't even need any forgotten what they while we were 20 feet of mud, but it is a rather random surplus shots for this trip. (I am still all are, but I remem­ floating to the sur­ thing to learn to do. However, it will serve - immune to yellow fever, typhoid, hepatitis ber the point - pay face; our tanks, vests, well in the Great Barrier Reef, which is A-Land several other delightful pathogens attention and do not ever descend or masks and flippers some of the best diving on Earth, from from my last international excursion.) ascend quickly at the risk of grievous were sinking to the bot­ what I understand. I won't go into great I think Cairnes and the other places injury. You can, while scuba diving, col­ tom. I can now assemble detail about what I'm packing for this trip . we're going are in the upper right-hand lapse your sinuses, implode your eardrums scuba equipment underwater, as though because packing it is going to bore me to comer of Australia on the pointy peninsula and get nitrogen bubbles in your joints, this will ever be remotely necessary to my tears, so I can imagine how much fun read­ thingy. We'll be traipsing through the rain­ brain, heart, body cavity, under your skin existence. ing about it would be. I hope all you forest, the Outback (apparently they're and various other places; the bubbles then Of course, it doesn't end there. We have UMBC people are having a wonderful close together) and the Great Barrier Reef. expand as you ascend to the surface! You to do test dives to make sure we can actu­ summer at work, in class and mowing the Last week was entirely consumed with the can also rupture the capillaries in your eyes ally do all -the stuff we were taught. This lawn. I'll be half a world away, miserably adventure that is YMCA scuba lessons to and break your teeth if you get an _air bub- involved an hour drive to Mt. Storm, a rationed to one roll of film per day.

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I information. ______.,;,.;;;;-.;,...;_.,. ___ ...... , _..'I THE PRETRIEVER FEATURES June 20, 2000 PAGE 15 Electra Hopes to Make Waves With New Career from ELECTRA, page 9 - seven scenes a day to try to get a whole episode done in one week. With a film, we videos and burgeoning musician. Her self­ had two or three days just to do one scene, titled debut album was released under so it was great." Prince's Paisley Park record label in 1992. On revisiting the classics: "I love old "From the beginning, I never really movie stars, so I watch a lot of old movies. thought, 'God, I want to be an actress,'" she I love the fact that they sing and dance and says, admitting to initial trepidation over act; I think that's cool. I love Ann­ the craft. "It's just something that hap­ Margaret, so I would love to do a movie pened, and I just started to love it. With like Bye-Bye Birdie, something fun where there's singing and dancing. Or Viva Las each job, the more I get comfortable." 2()11' Century Fox , Among the other topics she enthusiastical­ Vegas- I'm a huge Elvis fan .... I want to Space Cases: Cale and Akima take a break from fighting the Drej in Titan A. E. ly expounded upon ... do musicals definitely. That's what I grew On her acting origins: "Everything up doing in school. I was in Annie, The that I always imagined - my dream, my Sound of Music, The King & /." goal in life - had to do with dance. And On Playboy and whether she'd pose Titan A.E.: Enjoy the View it's just really bizarre because I remember again: "I was approached by Playboy - In Titan A.E. (** 1h out of four), a obligatory wacky alien sidekicks. Bill when I came to LA, everyone would say, this was about seven years ago - and it vicious species from beyond the solar sys­ Pullman, usually c_ast as wimpy pushovers, 'You should get into acting. You have a just felt like something I wanted to do; it te~ conquers Earth in a matter of moments, makes up -for lost time by masculinely great look. I really think you could do it.' felt right. I didn't hesitate. It was done in a Movie Review leaving a band of hero- growling his way through an ill-defined But I was so nervous and afraid because I really classy way, and I didn't have to do ic humans to retaliate supporting role as a gruff captain who had no experience, I had never taken a anything else. I don't regret anything, and by Jamie Peck in the name of all that is becomes Cale's surrogate father. His pres­ class. And I remember when I went in to I'm glad I did it. As far as now, I don't good. Sound• familiar? It might. Battlefield ence muddles the story's second half with a audition for Singled Out with MTV, I just know if I would do it again. I'm so busy Earth mined similar territory just last surprise revelation that's unexpected but said a prayer and let go of all my fears ... working on new projects that I haven't month, but those still searching for a decent hard to swallow. and when I got that job, everything else really thought about it." summer sci-fi fix after that John Travolta Actually, the entire plot is overcompli­ started to fall into place." On keeping family ties: "My mom turkey left them with only bursts of unin­ cated and underexplained with strange On her favorite medium: "I think my [died from] cancer. She passed away a year tentional laughter should have better luck twists and story holes you could fly rockets passion is dancing. I really miss it a lot. ago, and ever since then, I've been really with this futuristic tale from 20th Century through, but Titan A.E. has got it where it I've been doing it since I was five years distant. I think it's just been really hard for Fox's animation wing. counts: in the technical department. The old, and for me it's kind of like a release of me to face the loss of her. But I'm planning Titan feels sort of like an outer-space movie's spiffy amalgamation of tradition­ everything. I guess I miss music a lot, so to go back home- I'm from Cincinnati, spin on Waterworld. Our plucky teen pro­ ally-drawn characters and computer-gener­ right now I'm negotiating a record deal. ·Ohio. · I think now I'm getting strong tagonist Cale (voiced enthusiastically by ated imagery provides more than a few But acting's fun. I've had a chance to do enough to actually go home and face the Matt Damon), who was only a small fry shudder-inducing sights, particularly the television, and now I'm doing film, and so loss of her. But I try not to stay too far when evil extra-terrestrials known as the explosive prologue and a climactic chase I'm excited about that. I just got a new TV away from my family; I think it's impor­ Drej attacked and destroyed earth in 3028, through a dangerous cluster of ice. These series with Sony. The name of the show is tant [not to]." discovers he literally holds the key to new will wow grown-ups while the youngsters Electra's Guy. It's going to go on after On being a fan of the Wayans brand civilization in his hand - his appendage are entertained by the bountiful action V.l.P., so it's got a lot of action, a lot of of humor: "I remember seeing I'm Gonna glows with a hidden compass that points sequences and silly comic relief. bombs going off, a lot of fighting, a little bit Git You Sucka when I lived in Ohio; I think the way to a secret base that has the power Meanwhile, teens- Titan A. E.'s intend­ of comedy." I was 13 when that movie came out, and - to form a new planet for mankind's strag­ ed audience - may grow restless with the On preferring film to TV: "When I've been a fan ever since. I watChed In gling survivors to call home. cheesy (though not overbearingly so) narra­ you're s_hooting a film, you have more Living Color [and was a] huge fan of Drew Barrymore sweetly plays Cale's tive and choose to distract themselves with time - more time to rehearse the scene, Keenen [Wayans' talk show], and having a obligatory love interest Akima, an exotic the smooth rock soundtrack, which includes more time to get into the scene. chance to actually work with Kennen was ship technician with bland facial features bouncy tracks by popular acts Lit, Everything's not so rushed. And with tele­ just a great experience. He's such a great but a colorful rave-grrl hairstyle, while Jamiroquai and Luscious Jackson. It's reas­ vision, it's hard because everyday, every­ director and really cares about the actors, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo and John suring to know that 1,028 years down the thing's changing, you're doing at least and that's rare to find." Leguizamo ham it up as a trio of parallel- road, people'll still listen to the oldies.

Also in Theaters ... You Can Dig Samuel L. Jackson's Shaft Shaft potent hero in a genre that usually reserves he does in his music videos and Sprite ***liz the scene-stealing for bad guys. commericals. -Jamie Peck To those who feared John Singleton's Speaking of villains, Shaft has a pair of contemporary take on the 1971 pseudo­ memorably nasty ones. The ftrst is a rich­ Chicken Run classic would be a wash without its blax­ boy yuppie nightmare brought to creepy *** ploitation-era context, breathe easy. - life by Christian Bale of American.Pyscho. This claymation comedy about a Singleton's Shaft immediately justifies its (No surprise there.) The second is a malev­ group of hens rebelling against the presence with a taut pace, a generous help­ olent Puerto Rican drug kingpin electrical'­ farmers who want to turn them into pies ing of humor and a rollicking performance ly essayed by Basquiat's Jeffrey Wright is from Wallace & Gromit creator Nick by Samuel L. Jackson in the title role. He with a raging temper and a menacing stare. Park, so you know right away that it's walks the walk, talks the talk and wears the Somebody at Paramount needs to start sav­ going to be clever, cute and insanely clothes - suave knit-and-leather ensem­ ing money for a Wright Oscar campaign inventive. But what you probably won't bles that make you wish Eddie Bauer now, because Academy voters need to expect is how humanely the movie would launch an Urban Autumn collection remember him during next spring's nomi­ paints its clucking cast of characters. In - with grin-inducing panache. nation process. other words, stopping off at KFC on the Jackson's John Shaft isn't quite the The increasingly complicated plot, drive home from the theater is hardly an same complicated man Richard Roundtree faintly standard-issue crime-drama stuff, option. played in the original - he's a brilliant pits Shaft against these scoundrels in his A little morbidity goes a long way, New York City detective instead of a pri­ quest to locate a waitress (The Sixth Sense's and a few of the creepier scenes in vate dick, and he hardly gets Roundtree's Toni Collette) who's running scared after Chicken Run may cause even the sack time or sexual partners. At least they witnessing a racially-motivated nightclub youngest kids to contemplate vegetarian­ share a passion for carrying out justice. But murder. Helping him out, among others, are ism. But Mel Gibson shows up just in Paramunt Pictufes so what? Add to the mix the palpable emo­ pop singer Vanessa Williams, comfortably time to lighten the movie's tone, provid­ Shut Yo Mouth: Samuel L. Jackson tional intensity and irresistible levelheaded · glammed-down (but still beautiful) as a fel­ ing the voice of a cocky flying rooster is Shaft in the remake of the 1971 cool the actor invests in even his lightest low cop, and hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes, who just might be the ladies' airborne blaxploitation landmark. roles, and you've got a monumentally mugging merrily as an old Shaft buddy like savior. He's The Patriot unplucked. -JP PAGE 16 THE PRETRIEVER FEATURES June 20, 2000

THE LIVE WIRE Boys in the Bands: Brickfoot continued with a mixture of Left, Chipper plays popular cuts from Poly Carbon Lens bass guitar for the ("Bubble Boy," "Eleven," "Used-Up Has­ Baltimore-based Been," "Two-Week Notice" and "Fast Brickfoot rock band Brickfoot; Forward," their current single ·which has below, John Faye, gotten favorable airplay on WHFS), previ­ lead singer of the ously unreleased material ("Electric Conquers John Faye Power Superman" and "Chameleon," which, like Trip, calls Penn. "Knockout," need to be put on an album the Recher home. Faye opened soon) and some awe-inspiring covers. for Brickfoot at a Chief among these is a pumped-up take on from_ LNE WIRE page 9 recent performance Michael Jackson's "Thriller," with lead at the Recher guitarist and back-up vocalist Frank drink. There are also a plethora of video Theatre in Towson. D'Angelo awesomely providing the trade­ games and a couple pool tables in case mark Jackson squeals (but not the crotch­ whoever's performing doesn't hold your "A Good Year for the grabs, thankfully). It sounds like a guaran­ attention, but _with the night's cohesive Grrls," which is on the teed disaster but is honestly anything but, a line-up, losing interest was never a prob­ album and thankfully bold inclusion to the band's already taut lem. so; "Year" might be its repertoire. Promptly at 10 p.m., the three guys from best track. D'Angelo stole the show during several Greenmachine ambled onto the stage and And then there other covers, too, howling during began their 40-minute set of pleasant, if not was Brickfoot, com­ Brickfoot's version of Duran Duran's immediately arresting, rock songs; the mandeering the spot­ "Hungry Like the Wolf' and giving his Recher was not yet crowded enough for light a little after mid­ vocal cords a workout by gamely gliding Greenmachine to attract too huge of a night (and holding it through Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's crowd, though patrons did seem to be pay­ until roughly 1:30 Delight." Brickfoot's take on "Delight" ing attention and bobbing their heads along a.m.) and immediately isn't a stands-alone cover; it's actually one with the fast beats of the trio's agreeable drawing a sizeable throng front in a number of oldies from various decades tunes. But give the group bonus points for and center; in fact, a glance back that are combined into a sort of hits-med­ pulling off a fun cover of Elvis Presley's to the pool and drinking tables ley called "Heaven Hold the Sky." Also "Suspicious Minds." When Greenmachine revealed that most of the Recher's included in "Heaven" were crowd-rousing reached the first chorus, one boozehound attendance had rushed to the main sing-along versions of the Commodores' firmly planted at the back bar slurred, floor, crowding around the stage "Brick House" and the Bee Gees' "Stayin' "They're doing Elvis?" Yes, and quite well. and the speakers and fully pre­ Alive." You expect this sort of intriguing Following Greenmachine at 11 was the pared to work up a sweat dancing musical diversity from Silver, who thanks John Faye Power Trip, a Pennsylvania rock or blow out an eardrum listening in Poly's liner notes Howard Stem, John quartet with a pretty dynamic stage pres­ whichever came first. Frucsiante and Jason Voorhes. ence thanks to its lead singer. He'd be John Brickfoot frontman Steve Silver Maybe the key to the band's success is Faye, a 20-something with an interesting began by welcoming everybody in that Brickfoot is truly a group effort. Not voice and a high charisma level he exudes "the congregation" -the band's only did Silver and D'Angelo get to shine both in and in-between songs. Whether or affectionate moniker for their fan during the Recher show, so did bassist not he's actually on a power trip would base. And if you ever catch Chipper and percussionist Jay T. Chipper, probably be an issue best addressed by his Brickfoot live, you'll understand in particular, exuded a life-of-the-party bandmates, but no traces of ego or snob­ why - their passion for the band presence, mischievously strutting around bery came across in Faye's performance. truly transcends mere groupi~­ the stage while playing, impishly suggest­ It's probably just a clever name. dom and segues into a kind of reli­ ing he's equal parts master guitarist and The John Faye Power Trip also put on a gious ecstasy. merry prankster. Meanwhile, Jay T., 40-minute show consisting mostly of cuts Brickfoot got off to a terrific despite being hidden behind a huge set of from their recent self-titled debut album, start with a rousing performance drums, came across cool, calm and collect­ with catchy songs like "Cry Like a Man," of "Knockout," an irresistible tune ed· - the group's conscience, perhaps. "Miss Catch-22," "Dramamine" and the with old-fashioned guitar strums Plus, he banged out a superlative drum current single "Dancing in Your Shadow" : and a musical arrangement that intro on "Bubble Boy" that could very well working up the stage audience - now expertly showcases Silver's' amaz­ be the key to the song's bouncy appeal. growing- good and proper. (One zealous ing voice. "Knockout," unfortu~ Check Brickfoot out at a local show Chipper: Chris Rothe I John Faye: courtesy John Faye listener began screaming, "Say the F-word! nately, isn't available on Poly while you can. It'll only set you back the Say it!" But that might've had to do more which is regrettably not on the album but Carbon Lens, Brickfoot's debut release, but cost of an Extra Value Meal at McDonald's. with alcohol.) The Power Trip threw in a sticks in the memory with its bouncy "do- that didn't seem to stop the congregation It won't be long before we'll be paying few new originals like ''Trojan Horse," do-do" introduction, and closed its set with from singing along. high-quality steak prices to see them. The Retriever Weekly & 20th ·century Fox invite ,you and a guest to experience

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Do you Picard.lt has plagued us for centuries ... building before Christmas. ion altruism or even the ego bloater of always ask questions like this? Let's say decades •.. okay,. several years now~ And What might help would be the getting your entry published, would you asked me how to make a chocolate ..vhy shouldn't -it? Both men ..... we~ acquiring of a muse. My old system of you? Of course not. We here at The cake. Would you .. then add uWithout <;valiant; .brave and wore pajal}las in praying for words to appear on the Retriever Weekly are extremely gener­ chocolate, that is?" Maybe l just won't space ..I'mhere to settlf? tliis once and for screen in some form of divine, electron­ ous. That's why the person who provides answer your question if you're going to all~ and rm not going to keep you in ic conception has done very little for me. the most insightful recipe for my success be so picky. However, I don't want to suspense;.Pj.card is b~ , (ar the ~tter cap­ In the recent movie The Muse, Sharon will receive a used copy of Kafka's deprive my readers (who may very well tain. Here are some reasons why: Stone became AI Brooks' muse. I gave Metamorphisis, along with a can of Del have been wondering the same thing) of 0 Unif<,>rms - Picard,s uniform was her a ring, but she's busy ·with "acting." Monte "Quality" pear halves. Runner up the enlightenment they seek by reading red. Kirk's was yellow. Red is afar more So instead of trying to do the dirty work can claim his or her very own "Tool my column. So here we are. I refer you ~;tuthoritative color~ ~d besides, Picard myself, I think I'll let you figure it out. Shed" plastic tool set, for ages five and to a piece of cinema so groundbreaking, Q.ad the patented · "Picard Maneuver~" Give me a muse! I don't care what it is up. (I don't think this exempts freshman, so scientifically accurate and beautifully which consisted of the little tug at the - an elixir from Macbeth's witches, but I'll have to check.) done that it would have been a shoo-in at bottom of the shirt when he stood up. This is fine print, a veritable diarrhea of italics in which I have the exclusive power to rant in whatever the Oscars if only it.had been nominated · }'icard's ~so fit him Q~tter, while Kirk's fashion I deem suitable at the moment. (It's really like a little opinion section.) Oftentimes, this journalis­ for any. I refer, of course~ to the 1987 sci­ looked definitely more ·pajama-like. tic chunklet is used to scold the apathetic masses of UMBC, who, for some two years now, have read fi/comedy classic Innerspace, in which 0 Hair - Picard had the good grace (hypothetically) but not actually entered the contest. Two years of begging and berating. Sometimes this Dennis Quaid is shrupk to the size of a to pe bald, whereas Kirk looked like he offers inspiration to the INH guardian, in combination with night sweats and knotted intestines. However, piece of .lint. and. injected into Martirl. •· wore a ~beaver on his head. I think by now that particular muse has been used up. How many different ways can you joke about lack of entrants? We had our news editor, also a math major in disguise. calculate all the different combinations Short's bloodstream. At one point~ Quaid 0 Name - ,. Come on. Jean-Luc. to come up with a grand total of 62. This is the 63«~ edition of TNH. See, I have no choice but to get entries ends up in Short's stomach, which is Picard James T. Kirk. No contest. or to get inspired by this contest's entries. See, you're trapped. Enter and inspire. I'm such a genius. pretty dangerous, as the acidity of stom­ 0 Fo~s - , Pi~ard succ~ssfully ach acid, can reach abQut,. two <)n the defended ·liis ship agiijnst. Q and the scale, I believe. Anyway, from. there, · Borg. Who.did Kirk haye the most prob­ Quaid, with some fancy mant}uvering, lems with? Tribbles. ends up in Short's lung~ which is in the 0 Wortten - .Picard stuck with two: F~atu~es wants you . ... general ballpark of.the heart area. Thus, Yl:!sh and GJ.USh.er (weU~ the latter was all you have to do is get shrunk and never explicitly stated. · but you know injected into the man whose heart you there was something happening . there), are trying to reach through his s~macb, two intelligent, quite attractive ...yomen . and h9pe you have a good sense of direc­ .... Kirk basically went. : after anything tion. female with a pulse an

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Payne is missed, but the International basketball try­ 20 US Open continues on. POR outs held at the RAC Arena 22 Despite Spectacular Spring, UMBC Falters in Postseason

PRATIK S. SHAH a lo~ing note after being disman­ Pretriever Editorial Staff tled 6-0, 6-0 to USC's Tiffany Brymer at the sixth spot. Coach Four spring teams enjoyed Puryear still leads a bright future successful regular seasons and for women's tennis at UMBC. NCAA Tournament bouts. After earning their second Men's and women's tennis, golf straight NCAA appearance, and softball each won their Molsing is the only player not to respective tournaments to earn return next season. the right to play in postseason The men's squad had the competition. same fate, dropping its match 4- Both the men's and women's 0 to the University of Illinois. tennis teams had it relatively Senior Oscar Lopez's match easy in the Northeast never got underway after four Conference, storming through quick Retriever losses ended the the tournament without drop­ best-of-seven match. Junior ping a set. Unfortunately for Nikhil Misra and senior Matt both, they were pinned versus Lennox each dropped their deci­ the country's best in the first sions 6-1, 6-1 at number two and round of the NCAAs. The four singles, while sophomore women's squad, which amassed Eric Nudo dropped his match 6- an overall record of 20-7, faced 1, 6-3 to Matt Snyder. The the University of Southern Retrievers ended their season California, one of the highest­ after Misra and N udo dropped ranked teams all season. The their match at number two dou­ File Photo Retrievers played hard but won bles, 8-1. The Retrievers fin­ High Five: UMBC made its first ever NCAA appearance, but was knocked out after losing two ished with a very respectable only eight games in five match­ games to Fresno State and Texas. es to drop the decision versus 18-6 record and earned their ~ the Trojans, 5-0. Number two first NEC Tournament crown. ~ ' - singles Kathryn Wheatley, three UMBC's young talent must singles Kairi Bielewicz and compensate for the departures of Anita Pushpanathan at the num­ seniors Oscar Lopez and Matt · ·~- ~R !IIEIT L.ATR!R ••• ber four spot each dropped their Lennox. Lopez, UMBC's num­ Dr. Charles Brown Signs leaving UMBC for a possible High SchooL Attackmen Justin decisions by a 6-1, 6-1 count ber-one player, amassed an indi­ Contract Extension position at North Carolina, Smith and Jerry Solazzo will look while Karen Prangley dropped vidual record of 23-7, while UMBC's Director of Athletics Zimmerman recently released his to be a key duo on offense, as will her decision 6-2, 6-0 at the num­ Lennox finished with a 16-7 Charles Brown recently signed a list of recruits for the upcoming fellow newcomers attackmen ber five singles slot. Despite a contract extension to keep him at season. The men's lacrosse team, Chris Petrichenko and Jesse great four-year career for senior UMBC through the 2004-2005 after earning NCAA slots each of Huppert. UMBC added nine new Karina Molsing, she departed on see NCAA, page 20 season. Brown, who took over. the the last two seasons, finished the midfielders to the squad, includ­ UMBC sports program in 1989, 2000 season with a disappointing ing a duo from Mt. Hebron High has achieved the most success in 7-7 mark in its inaugural season School, Franklin Berry and the last two years when UMBC in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Tommy Tittsworth. Other new New Recruits has won the coveted Commiss­ Conference. The Retrievers high­ middies included Maryland ioner's Cup in both of its years in point of the season was a victory natives Brian Johnson, Matt the Northeast Conference. over Penn State, their first time in Gallagher, Rob Witt and Danny Should Make Big · UMBC's success can be 13 tries, and a victory over Stansbury. attributed in part to better coach­ Towson, their first since 1978. Zimmerman recruited up Impact for Sullivan es and greater facilities. Since The Retrievers will have huge north to Michigan to land Pat 1996 UMBC has added four holes to fill on their team after the Muston while also adding major sports facilities including a departures of seniors Dan Marohl, Virginia native Matt Gray to the and Caringi Squads new outdoor pool, outdoor track Jeff Ratcliffe and Eric Barger, team. Many UMBC defenders and stadium renovation, soccer who each played a prominent role remain from last year's team, but PRATIK S. SHAH Not only does he have his star stadium and the newly opened on the team. Marohl's 20 goals Jeff Clark and Chris Markel will Pretriever Editorial Staff senior Gillian Celenza returning RAC Arena. In that time, UMBC and 32 assists on the season will sure up an already experienced to the team, Caringi also added has also earned national accredi­ leave a big burden fot the incom­ defense. Goalie_ Tim Flannigan After two straight years of five newcomers to the squad, tation in its sports programs with ing freshman to overcome. will also aid goalies Steve Cusa winning the Northeast each of who should make an men's soccer, softball and men's Among the new recruits are a and Ethan Harris between the Conference Commissioner's immediate impact on the team. and women's tennis playing the trio of freshman from DeMatha pipes next season. Cup, given to the school with the Junior college all-American top teams in the country. most success in athletics, Ricky Brown headlines this Brown, who also serves Retriever sports have a lot to year's class, after the forward as the current president look forward to heading into the earned all-state and all-metro of the Maryland 2000-2001 season. Both the honors this past season. Brown Association of men's basketball and men's soc­ should add to an already potent Collegiate Directors of cer programs earned great praise attack and will look to help fill Athletics, also holds the with their recruitments. Look to the void left by senior Ty longest tenure of any these newcomers to make an Engram, Midfielder Joe Capone, athletic director in the immediate impact on their named honorable mention all­ state of Maryland. respective seasons. American, earned all-region and After finishing an improbable all-conference honors the past Zimmerman Releases season, capped off with a 3-2 two seasons. Midfielder Mike 2001 Recruits for loss to top-ranked Duke in the Joseph, younger brother of jun­ Men's LAX NCAA Tournament last season, ior Matt Joseph, will help Despite rumors sur­ the men's soccer Head Coach UMBC's defensive play. Joseph facing that men's File Photo Pete Caringi has a lot to be excit­ lacrosse Head Coach The LAX Pack: Coach Zimmerman will return six starters from last year's ed about for the 2000 season. see RECRUITS, page 21 Don Zimmerman may be squad while adding 16 newcomers to the roster. PAGE 20 THE PRETRIEVER SPORTS June 20, 2000 Dawgs Tiger Woods Tames Field Disappointed in the 100th US Open from NCAA, page 19 PRATIK S. SHAH and "The Bear" Jack Nicklaus. record. ?retriever Editorial Staff To put- Woods' career in perspective, The UMBC softball team welcomed at just 24 years of age, he has already the NCAAs with great surprise. Heading There's no question who the best won 20 tournament titles including five into the NEC Tournament as the number golfer in the game is today. this season. Current golfers such as Phil four seed and dropping their first deci­ After this past weekend's performance Mickelson, David Duval and Tom sion, the Retrievers were able to rattle off at the 2000 US Open played at Pebble Lehman, some of the best in the game, four straight victories and earn their first Beach Golf Course in Pebble Beach, have never won a major tournament in ever slot in the NCAA Tournament. California, there may be not question who their entire careers, let alone at just 24 Unfortunately for the Retrievers, they the best golfer of all time is. Tiger Woods years old. suffered a quick exit from the tourney put together four solid rounds to dominate Despite shattering numerous records, after dropping decisions to Fresno State the field by 15 strokes and set numerous this year's tooth US Open's field was and Texas. Fresno State, the 1998 records on his way to his third major in as missing one key component. Last year's National Champions and the number one many years. champion Payne Stewart, who tragically team in the West Region this season, Woods used his Ion~, powerful drives died last October in a plane accident, was defeated UMBC 10-1 in just five innings and his soft touch around the green to sorely missed. Stewart's flamboyant style of play. The Retrievers scored their lone leave no doubt after the first round who and tempered emotions were remem- run after Lisa Boone doubled in sopho­ File Photo the eventual champi­ bered with emotion­ more shortstop Deanna Vecchio, who had A Real Swinger: Despite cru1s1ng on would be. Pebble al tee shots into the earlier reached on an seed and dropping through the NEC Tournament without Beach was plagued "Tiger Woods put together Pacific Ocean on the their first decision, the Retrievers were dropping a match, the NCAA with strong winds four solid rounds to domi­ opening day of play. able to rattle off four straight victories Tournament wrote a different story for and fogs thatdelayed Despite the sad­ and earn their first ever slot in the NCAA UMBC's tennis teams. play on the first two nate the field by 15 strokes dened hearts, the Tournament. Unfortunately for the days of competition. and set numerous records tournament had to Retrievers, they suffered a quick exit I told the team after the game, we only Tiger's first round continue without its from the tourney after dropping decisions lose two seniors, and it is to our advan­ set the tone for the on his way to his third defending champi- to Fresno State and Texas. Fresno State, tage that the underclassmen can build on rest of the tourna­ major in as many years." on. the 1998 National Champions and the this experience for the next three years," ment shooting six Many have number one team in the West Region this said Head Coach Michelle Neveling. strokes under par on compared Tiger season, defeated UMBC 10-1 in just five The UMBC softball team finished its the par-71 course with a 65. Friday's play Woods to the great Jack Nicklaus. innings of play. The Retrievers scored season with a 30-28 overall record. was delayed due to fog pushing back Nicklaus' reign in the 60s has many sim­ their lone run after Lisa Boone doubled in Men's golf defended a late charge Tiger's second round to be finished on ilarities to Tiger's run in the late 90s. sophomore shortstop Deanna Vecchio, from Central Conecticut to win its NEC Saturday. Nicklaus won his third major when he who had earlier reached on an seed and crown. The Retrievers then traveled to After the second round, Woods set the was also 24, but Nicklaus was able to win dropping their first decision, the the NCAA Tournament for the second record for the biggest lead after 36 holes, the "grandslam" of majors, the Masters, Retrievers were able to rattle off four straight year in Fresno to compete at the leading Thomas Bjorn and Miguel Angel PGA Championship, US Open and straight victories and earn their first ever Riverbend Golf Course in the west Jimenez by six strok~s at 8 under par after British Open by the time he was 26. The slot in the NCAA Tournament. regional. UMBC was led all season by shooting a 69. The third round was the only major left for Tiger is the British Unfortunately for the Retrievers, they freshman Mike Ball's . stellar play. Ball toughest for Woods, but like him, many Open. This year's Millenium Open will suffered a quick exit from the tourney shot a tournament and school record of could not handle the strong winds that be held at St. Andrews Golf Course in after dropping decisions to Fresno State four under par, 70-70-140, to lead the rose scores above 80. Tiger's 10-stroke Scotland, England and many say, suits and Texas. Fresno State, the 1998 Retrievers to a six-stroke victory over lead over Ernie Els also set a record for Woods' style. National Champions and the number one CCSU. However, Ball did not play as the largest margin after 54 holes. Tiger will undoubtedly be the favorite team in the West Region this season, well in the NCAAs as UMBC finished in Heading into the fourth round, the heading into the British Open just as he defeated UMBC 10-1 in just five innings 27th place, shooting a total of 954, plac­ only question left was by how many was for the US Open, and amazingly, of play. The Retrievers scored their lone ing the- team in last place. Junior Dan strokes Woods would win. Woods contin­ pressure does not affect his play. Many run after Lisa Boone doubled in sopho­ Davey led all UMBC scorers shooting a ued his steady play, and at one point had can remember Greg Norman choking on more shortstop Deanna Vecchio, who had 230 over the three-round event. His best pared 13 holes in a row before making the his six-shot lead in the final round of the earlier reached on an error. The Retrievers round came in the second one after turn and birdying the 1oth hole. Tiger Masters just a few years ago, but Tiger next faced Texas in an elimination game shooting a team-low 75. Ball finished would then birdie four of the next five has won 18 out of the 20 times he has led and dropped a 6-0 contest to the his three days with a disappointing 247 holes and cruise to a 4-under 67 to finish going into the final round of a tourna­ Longhorns. Texas pitcher Carmen and could never recover after shooting at 12 under par, setting yet another record ment. Strong winds and cold tempera­ Martinez was the player of the game after an 86 in his first round. Despite the poor . for the lo~est score ever in a US Open. tures will definitely play a role in next pitching a complete game, two-hitter NCAA showing, the Retrievers will The closest competitors were Jimenez month's British Open. Luckily for while striking out eight Retrievers. "I return all members of last season's team and Els at 3 over par. Tiger's total of 272 Woods, some of those same conditions thought our kids hung in extremely well as they look to return to the NCAAs for shots in the four-day tournament was also were faced this past weekend at Pebble and I'm proud of them for their efforts. As the third straight season. a record low, tying him with Lee Janzen Beach.

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