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e h t the rretrIeveretrIever UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER wweeklyeekly . 110.30.070.30.07 VOLUME 42 ISSUE 10 retrieverweekly com Poet Jennifer Raising Rose gets domestic realistic violence Ariane Szu-Tu EDITORIAL STAFF awareness Poet Jennifer Rose came to UMBC to discuss, and to read excerpts from, Anne Verghese her latest compilation Hometown for an STAFF WRITER Hour. The selections she chose included “Province Town Postcard,” “Cape Cod Baltimore City resident Katiria Postcard,” and the much-reworked Delacruz’s life was cut short at the “Prospect Street.” Besides being an young age of 24 on Friday, June 9, award-winning poet, Jennifer Rose is 2006, when she was shot. She is one also an urban planner working on revi- among the 63 deaths reported in talizing downtown Baltimore. Maryland since 2005 due to domestic Students and faculty present in the KAT WATERS — TRW violence. This October, in recogni- University Center room on the rainy > Antonio Williams took command of UMBC’s police force in June and stresses the importance of student aware- tion of Domestic Violence Awareness afternoon fell silent as Rose began to ness in reducing the frquency of thefts and burglaries on campus. month, Voices Against Violence (VAV) read aloud. Her poetry, stemming from sponsored several events on campus, a naturalistic point of view, sketched How you can make a safer UMBC such as the Purple Ribbon Campaign, images of a wide range of experiences Awareness Day, the White Sash Proj- from all over the globe. Andrea Thomson and retired as a colonel. budget, Williams replied, “I have ect, and an Evening Vigil, in order to In today’s fast-paced world of super- STAFF WRITER “I trust that UMBC is a safe enough to do what I have to do to- bring awareness to the UMBC com- malls, complete with a Starbucks and campus not because of any of the day, but I don’t have enough to do munity about the seriousness and Gap on every street, it’s hard to assuage Newly-instated UMBC police things I’ve done…but because what I want to do tomorrow.” There prevalence of domestic violence. the sense of nostalgia that creeps up chief Antonio Williams chatted you all make it safe,” Williams are 25 police officers currently em- VAV started in 2000 when the when visiting a town that still maintains with The Retriever Weekly last week. said. “If there were 100 police of- ployed on campus, and those offi- Department of Justice offered the vestiges of those old “mom and pop Williams assumed his police chief ficers walking on campus, we still cers are available 24 hours a day, 7 organization a grant in an attempt to businesses.” Jennifer Rose has traveled position in June. This is his second couldn’t stop every crime. It’s all days a week, and 365 days a year. bring more publicity and attention to within the U.S. and beyond to capture job as a chief; as a member of the up to you.” “After hours, the police sta- the seriousness of domestic violence. those experiences which so many of us Baltimore Police Department, Wil- When asked about the adequacy tion is the conduit for referrals [if According to sophomore Morgan > see POLICE [2] > see POET [2] liams served as Chief of Detectives of UMBC’s $2.5 million police Hammett, “The main goal of Voices Against Violence is education, advo- cacy, and support of issues relating to domestic and relationship violence.” On October 17, the VAV Project, in union with the University Health Services, sponsored The White Sash Project, where several students vol- unteered to wear a white sash with purple letters spelling ‘VICTIM.’ VAV spent over $1,000 on these sashes. The volunteers were each represent- ing the 63 people who lost their lives last year to domestic violence. The students were instructed to wear their sashes throughout the day and were given yellow cards with statistics to handout to anyone who appeared cu- rious or desired to know more about how to prevent domestic violence. Sadly, although highlighting a vital issue, the project did not yield its de- sired results. “The sash project is a way to get the issue of domestic violence, which often happens behind closed doors, BRIAN WHIPPO — TRW out into the open. This is my second > The Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department responded en masse to an alarm in the Brenton apartment building. A heat pump in the fi rst fl oor apartment may year wearing the sash and I really have caused smoke when it was turned on for the fi rst time since last winter. enjoy doing it. My only complaint is that I wish more people were bold NEWS 01 OPINION 06 ARTS 18 SPORTS 31 enough to ask what wearing the sash represented,” Hammett said. e Learn how to Have you fi nally HHalloween events Volleyball drops VAV sponsored a domestic violence vigil that took place on the Commons d avoid getting a outgrown trick-or-orr- aabound on- and fourth straight and I staph infection. treating? ooff-campus. sees tournament Main Street that same evening. “There was art displayed, poetry s hopes diminish. read, and singing performances by n Rachel Gaskill and the Mama’s Boys I InsIde > see VIOLENCE [4] 2 News 10.30.07 The RetrIever Weekly foreign desk Halloween’s no big deal in England dium to let out in the gospel hymn autumn. Being from Connecticut, I pumpkins are sold in small bins at lem is that it takes so much effort Megan Hodson “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Yes, am used to the amazing fall foliage the grocery store. Mums? Nonex- not to be stressed throughout the FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT the song also has American back- (all the reds, yellows, purples, and istent. Thanksgiving? Clearly not day that at the end of the day, I’m ground. Nevertheless, my coach, oranges), crisp mornings, seasonal celebrated here. All I have in sight stressed. But then again, the end of I’ve come to a few conclusions Carol, and I were the last two per- excitement, and farm stands, com- are the holidays, but they seem so the day is largely the best part of this week. Firstly, rugby rocks. Eng- sons to, literally, squeeze through plete with mums and pumpkins, far away! I need my seasonal refer- London. So for now, I love London land lost in the Rugby World Cup the doors. Big screens were hoisted serving hot apple cider. When I ences; I’m lost without autumn. for itself and the fact that it is a city, Final on Saturday night, but I had an on every wall and there was no fur- went to Richmond, a very “Con- TIP #10: Keep in touch with but when I come home, I think I’ll awesome time watching the game. niture anywhere; there wasn’t room. necticut” type place – if something friends and family at home. They stick to the suburbs. As I arrived at the bar, The Tup, People stood shoulder-to-shoulder, can indeed be “Connecticut-like” – can help with matters such as TIP #11: It is best not to have to which was in Twickenham, home of squashed in front of and behind the I was exposed to a few trees with these. fi gure these things out while study- Rugby, everyone inside was singing next person, who was likely to be changing leaves and the air was at Third and fi nally, if given the ing abroad, but do study abroad, aloud, “Swing low, sweet chariot, holding a pint, attention engaged least fresh, if not crisp. I realized choice, I will forever opt out of since it is these life infl uencing comin’ for to carry me home!” The straight ahead at the screen. The at- that without the normal fall sea- living in a city. I fi nd living in the kinds of things that you learn in song refers to an incredible come- mosphere was great because, more son to which I’m accustomed, I’ve suburbs just outside of cities fi ts me the process. back game for England in 1988, than anything else, everyone was become lost in the semester. There much better. Because I’ve chosen to when they hadn’t scored a try for there because they absolutely love aren’t trees…without traveling. The study in London for the semester, nearly two years, but returned from Rugby. The bonus, at least for me, ones on the streets aren’t chang- I’m constantly juggling the posi- For further information, halftime down 0-3 against Ireland, was that most of them also play ing. The air is smelly, not crisp. tives and negatives of London itself explanation, inquiry, or if you and won 35-3, having scored six Rugby. There are street side fruit stands, and the fact that London is a city. simply “fancy a chat,” you can tries in the second half alone, caus- The second conclusion I’ve come not homey and festive farm stands. I love London and I absolutely do contact Megan from across the ing the crowd at Twickenham Sta- to this week is that I really miss Halloween is not a big deal. Small not love London. My biggest prob- pond at [email protected]. Chief Williams: Minimizing opportunity for crime > from POLICE [1] According to Williams, the most no cost by the UMBC police. “If you ties, Williams suggests that students to the police station on campus. All common things stolen are comput- bring it to us, we’ll engrave it for you visit the UMBC police’s website, lost property should be in one place.