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Volume XXXIV, Number 24 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 Aprilll, 2000 UMBC to Help Research Develop NASA Earth Park Science Center Reaches $70 Million Research Contract Settlement Largest in UMBC History SCOTT DAUGHERTY science as well as providing SARAH ANDREWS Retriever Weekly Staff Writer material for teachers in schools, Retriever Weekly Staff Writer from kindergarten to college," A UMBC-led consortium of said Dr. Henry Plotkin, the future The Research Park universities and private compa­ assistant director of the center. Corporation is now free to begin nies has recently won a $70 mil­ The $70 million will primarily construction after reaching a lion, five-year cooperative agree~ go toward the hiring of the cen­ written agreement last week with ment with NASA Goddard Space ter's faculty. The center will have the community group that has Flight Center. The consortium several full-time researchers but opposed the project for 10 years. will work to develop the Goddard also wishes to attract Nobel-lau­ Under the agreement, the Earth Science and Technology reate scientists to Goddard and to Research Park will be limited to Center in Glen Burnie. UMBC as visiting faculty. five buildings on 41 acres, while This is the largest research "With that kind of scientific Jason Putsche I Retriever Weekly Staff an additional 63 acres will be contract in UMBC history. strength on campus, we will be preserved as a conservation area. "The basic idea is to better enhancing the programs available Destination Imagination Construction will begin this understand the way the climate to students. Graduate students Over 700 elementary, middle and high school students, teach­ year. system works .... That will trans­ will be working with these ers and parents came to UMBC Saturday where the state compe­ The original plan, conceived late into being able to predict the researchers doing thesis tition for Destination Imagination, previously Odyssey of the a decade ago, was for 12 build­ consequences of human activi­ research," said Plotkin. Mind, was held. The creative problem solving competitions ings on 93 acres. Vocal opposi­ ties," said Robert Curran, the Goddard -will house most of involved original plays, musical performances and creation·s from tion came from neighbors who center's future director. "There the researchers for the GESTC in random objects. Jenni Henszey of Maces Lane Middle School, feared the proposed Research are things that humans are doing pre-existing facilities. Some will along with many of the other students, was dressed up for one of to the climate, and we would like perform their research in UMBC the performance art challenges. see PARK, page 6 to understand how these process­ . laboratories though, and the visit­ es work and what their conse­ ing researchers should be able to quences are." teach some classes while per­ Pirate Radio·Experts The GESTC will employ forming their research. satellite and computer-modeling The center wil1 work to technology in its research. The include other UMBC faculty and Encourage Alternative Media center will do much more than students in the research. "There research though. "NASA wants will be undergraduates and grad­ this center to become a mecha­ uate students [who] will be part Prometheus Radio Project to Help WMBC Gain FM License nism for public outreach, about terns major Rob Carlson, the The FCC is looking for sta­ educating the public about earth see NASA, page 8 ANNA KAPLAN Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff PRP representatives are helping tions that have a "viewpoint that the station acquire contacts with couldn't be found on mainstream What's-Inside: Features In light of the . Federal engineers who could in tum help media," said Carlson. Communication Commission's them obtain a license by offering D'Arc and triDish are treating p. 15 recent decision to grant broad­ their experience and knowledge Opinion Jamie Peck talks to casting licenses to low-power in the area. see RADIO, page 7 p. 10 Edward Norton, Alison FM radio stations, representa­ Andrews investigates tives from the Prometheus Radio Stephanie Rawlings and the appeal of Web radio Project visited UMBC during Abby Foster argue over and Autumn Patterson their tour of the Northeast to get A 0 K Gallery Exhibit Elian Gonzalez, while kicks it freestyle with a the word out about this medium, Jennifer Schildroth discuss­ Flaming Lip. es immigrants learning as well as encourage participants English and David Geier of local radio movements to get Challenges Viewers takes on the American health­ Sports involved. care system. p.36 Pete triDish and Joan d'Arc DAVID P. GREISMAN Studies Professor Dr. Leslie briefly went through the history Retriever Weekly Staff Writer Prosterman and Cynthia Wayne, Focus Baseball defeats Towson and of pirate radio and related their the AOK Library's curator of CCSU, tennis looks ahead to own experiences with LPFM, all An experimental exhibit and exhibitions, who worked closely p. 18 the NECs, Ashley Staines con­ the while encouraging involve­ symposium at the Albin 0. Kuhn with Library Chief Curator Tom tinues her tear and Chris ment in alternative media. Gallery includes the gallery itself Beck and a team of American This week Focus brings you all Kerner looks into the Masters as a part of the exhibit in an effort studies, history and visual arts the insights tournament. These activists are not just out and informa­ to promote their own cause, but to reveal bias used in the way students. tion you need College News ... p.2 to help others, like UMBC's own museums display artwork. "We did this in order to raise to vote in the World News ... p.3 WMBC, to obtain an FCC Framing The Exhibition: awareness of [our] assumptions SGA elections. Classifleds ... p.35 license. According to WMBC 's Multiple Constructions is the chief engineer, information sys- brainchild of UMBC American see EXHIBIT, page 7 PAGE2 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS Aprilll, 2000 I ehind • the Scenes Police scan tapes for law breakers during William LaCourse Michigan State U. celebration Chapter 1: "And God said let there be electrons and there was electrochemistry." (U-WIRE) EAST LANSING, Mich. - East Lansing police officials started reviewing footage Thursday of celebrations after the KIM OWENS chemistry-related research: MSU men's basketball team beat Wisconsin Retriever Weekly Staff Writer "Everyone has to make measure­ and Florida during the NCAA tournament last ments .... You can't do organic chem­ week. Imagine a family-oriented, ground­ istry without separating and finding out The MSU Department of Police and ed scientist with a keen sense of humor what you've made. . . . You can't do Public Safety and the East Lansing Police Department used video recording equipment who, in his quiet time, enjoys working bio-chemistry without studying the to tape the nearly 15,000 people who filled in his garden. rates of reaction-identifying molecules the streets near Cedar Village Apartments and Dr. William R. LaCourse, an asso­ to see where they fit, etc. Measurement the thousands more who poured into the ciate professor of_ chemistry who has is essential to science." downtown area. The tapes could be used as been intriguing students about the As an only child growing up in evidence to identify people breaking the law. wonders of chemistry since 1992, is Norwich, Connecticut, LaCourse origi­ "There were some individual cases of that scientist. nally planned on becoming an engi­ destruction of property, and there were a few He has taught classes ranging from neer. people that were assaulted," East Lansing Chemistry 100 to a full array of gradu­ He attended Thames Valley State police officer Lt. Thomas Johnstone said. "As far as launching a major investigation, no, ate courses including analytical sepa­ Technical College in Connecticut we're only looking for a few disturbances that ration, electronics for chemists and where he received his associate's happened." advanced bio-analytical techniques. degree in chemical engineering. Mter Johnstone said the department will also To simplify things, he tells students attending Thames, LaCourse decided to use the tapes to review how it responded to that chemistry is a part of daily life. change his major to chemistry and then the masses of people. "Students may not know it, but we use went to the University of Connecticut. chemistry all the time. We can't live His family was poor, and he had to U. Georgia suspends ATO for hazing without chemistry as .it exists practical­ Krista Brocenos I Retriever Weekly Staff walk to school with holes in his shoes (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - ly in everything except for time, which His main goal will consist of eliminating because his dad tried to build up his University of Georgia officials said the death of Georgia sophomore Benjamin Folsom runs on its own. Chemistry is every­ the negative side effects associated with character by not filling out scholarship Grantham ill in a traffic accident last week where else." anti-cancer agents. paperwork. was related to a fraternity hazing incident. When he's not lecturing, LaCourse LaCourse's success stories are endless. LaCourse soon quit UConn and Grantham, an Alpha Tau Omega pledge, is. simultaneously involved in many He assisted with the development of a went to work at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals was riding in the cargo area of a sports utility areas of research. One of his main product that allows a sensor in the form of for five years on the development of vehicle driven by a fellow fraternity member areas of expertise involves a technique a watch to measure glucose through the analytical assays. While working at when the vehicle flipped over and hit a tree. called pulsed electrochemical detec­ skin of diabetics. The manufacturers knew Pfizer, he received his bachelors in Four other ATO pledges who also were in tion, which is a new method of electric the product was working, and they used it chemistry from Connecticut College in the car survived the crash. chemistry that allows for the detection on test subjects, but were unable to vali­ An autopsy has shown Grantham was New London, Connecticut. handcuffed at the time of the crash and may of compounds that couldn't previously date it because they had no way of detect­ He received his graduate and doc­ have been blindfolded as well. be detected. ing the glucose directly. LaCourse and his torate degrees from Northeastern Two other passengers were hospitalized. This research prompted him to students developed a technique that University. He also did some post doc­ No charges have been made yet regarding the write Pulsed Electrochemical enabled them to analyze the glucose via a torate work at Iowa State University incident. Detections in High-Performance sensitive fluid. This effort spearheaded the where he worked several years as a sci­ Pending further investigation of the acci-. Liquid Chromato-logy, published in creation of a commercial product from entist· perfecting electro-analytical dent, the Georgia chapter of ATO was sub­ 1997. He laughingly says that no one Cygnus Therapeutics called the Glucose chemistry before coming to UMBC in jected to an interim suspension following ever comments on the book, but they Watch. The process is now one step away 1992. Grantham's death. love his chapter titles and witticisms. from feeding back to a sensor that has an University of Georgia Spokesman "All things that you do in life build Matthew Winston said hazing is against The book contains clever, chemistry­ artificial insulin pump, which acts as a up to what you are. Nothing in our Georgia policy. related proverbs at the beginning of pancreas to supply insulin as needed. This life's path, good or bad, can be ignored. "We do not tolerate it," Winston said. each chapter like "One small pulse for research will enhance the quality of life for We are the sum of everything we've "Our reaction to this particular incident was in electrochemistry and a giant leap for diabetics. been. And if you're lucky, you're more line with our current student conduct code." analysis" and "To pulse or not to pulse, LaCourse and his students are also than that." that is the question." working with the Library of Congress to Yale Scammer Must Repay Scholarship In addition to writing a book, he determine the method of making a more NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)-A woman who worked with some of his students to resilient, permanent type of paper. got into Yale University by forging transcripts design the methodology for a drug cur­ The United States is currently compet­ and letters of recommendation was put on three years probation Friday and ordered to rently used in clinical trials in Canada ing with Canada to produce the most per­ repay $16,000 in scholarships. to cure women of breast cancer. The manent type of paper. Before that can hap­ Tonica Jenkins, 24, of East Cleveland, drug is more effective than some types pen, an analytical method is required for Ohio, was also ordered to undergo psycho­ of chemotherapy, but with less toxicity. testing purposes, and LaCourse is develop­ logical treatment. One of the most cutting-edge ing a method of looking at the sugars that Jenkins got into a graduate program in research projects underway is compose paper. neurobiology by creating transcripts with LaCourse's newly coined enzynomics. He is a firm believer in analytical test­ good grades and glowing letters of recom­ According to LaCourse, this research ing as it is essential for research. It is a mendation from Cuyahoga Community will allow a snapshot to be taken of the required tool necessary for good work, he College and Central State University, both in Ohio. She had attended the community col­ interior of a mechanism, which will says. "The better your tool, the better the lege but did not earn a bachelor's degree. She allow him to investigate the anti-can­ finished product." He and his students never attended the other school. cer compounds and understand how make tools for other people to use, as they Her forgeries earned her a full scholarship they work and make them work better. are a central part of what is going on in and living expenses. The forgeries were discovered in 1997 after Jenkins failed to take exams for her courses, claiming illness. Yale began looking r------~ into her academic history to see whether she I I had a pattern of missing exams. She pleaded guilty to larceny and forgery, http://trw.umbc.edu as well as biting prison guards who tried to I I fmgerprint her. I Cut and paste into your Web browser's address window! I ~------~ THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS Aprilll, 2000 PAGE3

China Again Warns Taiwan Against Independence BEIJING (AP)- Calling Taiwan's vice pres­ ident-elect the "scum of the country" and an incurable separatist, China stepped up pres­ sure on its island neighbor by renewing its warnings against moving toward independ­ ence. The harsh rhetoric China unleashed Saturday contrasted with the wait-and-see stance it has adopted since a March 18 vote forced out the Nationalists who had ruled Taiwan since they fled the mainland amid civil war 51 years ago. Annette Lu, the vice president-elect, and President-elect Chen Shui-bian have said they support a formal declaration of independence for the island only if Beijing attacks. But Lu has harshly criticized China for threatening to use force to assert its claim to Taiwan, and she supports assertive diplomacy by Taiwan to counter Beijing's attempts to isolate the island. The warnings coincided with a report by a Chinese-backed newspaper in Hong Kong, the Wen Wei Po, that China's People's Liberation Army has sent more troops, includ­ ing a missile unit, for duty rotation in Fujian province, which faces Taiwan.

Australia Uses DNA To Find Rapist New Parking Garages Mean Less SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - More than 200 men gave saliva samples and fingerprints in Australia's first-ever mass DNA screening, an Hassle, Increased Tuition for Students effort to find the man who brutally beat and raped a 91-year-old woman two years ago. Police say the mass testing in the town of Administrative Affairs Mark Behm after ing will be needed, especially w~th the HAROLD A. MCDOUGALL IV Wee Waa, 310 miles north of Sydney, is Retriever Weekly Staff Writer consulting with the Facilities Committee additional 250 residents who will live in aimed at cutting down the list of potential sus­ of the Joint Senate Steering Committee, the new wing of Erickson hall. pects. In an effort to alleviate potential park- which includes faculty, staff and students, The parking garage is located near "It's no big deal," said farmer Frank ing problems on campus, 440 new spaces and the President's Council, which what will be the Student Union to handle Williams. "Most of the community here are will be available in August with a $5 mil- includes the provost, vice-president and the predicted largest demand for parking very happy to assist police." lion, four-level parking garage current- he on campus. Villagers were free to refuse the test, and Assistant Police Commissioner Clive Small ly under construction near the The new parking garage is being n S.c has said those choosing not to come forward Academic Services building. added to stay ahead of complaints, will not automatically be considered a sus­ Because the state of Maryland will Behm said. pect. not subsidize university parking, the several other high- "I don't think there is a [parking] But not all residents shared that view. cost of this new garage will be financed level administrators. on problem ... there's not always a con­ ''There really is a presumption that anyone by a tuition increase. The required trans- Although many venient parking space, but we is a suspect and is presumed guilty until portation fee, a part of tuition, is current- students would probably agree Parking know that. There are vacant park­ proven innocent," said David Sweeney, who ly $120 and will be increased to $200. that shortage of parking on ing places; they're just inconven­ chose not to be tested. The first two levels of the garage will campus is already serious problem, Behm ient. I've never heard someone say that Civil liberty groups also criticized the be metered, and the status of the upper says that the decision to take action and they couldn't find a parking place ... tests. Michael Antrum, chairman of the levels is still under discussion. add parking spaces was not a result of [but] you might have a 15 minute walk," human rights committee of the New South Wales state law society, said the screening The transportation fee, which is paid student complaints but of a specification Behm added. offered "a frightening glimpse of a future by faculty and students at UMBC, funds in the UMBC facilities 10-year-old mas- Some students agree that parking is police state." parking services and the UMBC shuttle ter plan. not a serious problem at UMBC, espe­ Such screenings are common in Britain, busses. The increase will also be used to The master plan called for, among cially compared to College Park. with niore than 100 carried out in the last five pay for a second proposed garage, which other t~ings, the construction of the Other students, however, are quite dis­ years. One-third of the British mass screen­ will be located either behind the library Student Union. The decision to add new gruntled about the situation. Peter Kim, a ings have resulted in arrests, but the British or near Lot 8-. parking was reportedly a result of pro- commuting freshman insisted, "There program ran into controversy last year when The construction of this facility was jected student- and faculty-to-parking aren't enough parking spots for the dorms the government proposed setting up a nation­ authorized by Vice · President for spot ratios which indicate that more park- or for the UC." wide DNA databank using samples taken in mass tests. Previously, samples of those proven innocent were destroyed.

Is there someone on campus you think should be recognized in Reno Readies Elian Transfer Plan WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Behind the Scenes? A question you want answered in The Department, concerned about Elian Gonzalez's safety, has formally appealed to Scoop? Know someone who might have a problem to the boy's relatives to cooperate in the search for a peaceful transfer of custody to his father. The possibility of unrest leading to violence at report to Campus Casualties? Do you have a tip about the time of the exchange has haunted officials for months. an event that should be covered? Keep On Friday, Cuban-American leaders opposed to the transfer called off demonstra­ in touch! tions aimed at clogging traffic near the Miami CALL THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY AND LET US KNOW. x1260 airport but indicated the respite may only be temporary. [email protected] PAGE4 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS Aprilll, 2000

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Library Book Sale Student Union Colors Chosen The AOK Library spring book sale The color scheme of the new University will be held in the rotunda of the Center, named the Student Union, will be library on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 light gray, pale yellow (cream), deep blue Log from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Prices of books and white, with accents in red, yellow, blue range from $.25 to $2. All proceeds go and green. The scheme was chosen by the to the purchase of new materials for the majority of the over 800 people who voted library. Contact. x2341 for further on the scheme. The Student Union is sched­ Racial, Religious, Ethnic him a Student Conduct Notification. information. uled to be complete by fall 2001. Harassment March 27, 9:57 p.m. - A resident of Theft from Building Chesapeake hall reported that a photo­ March 30, 1:11 p.m. - A UMBC copied picture of Adolph Hitler was employee reported that he placed a placed on his dormitory door in the hose in the ladies restroom of the shut­ evening. He stated that he also received tle office and upon returning later he the same picture in an e-mail last week. discovered that someone had removed the hose. Police will investigate the Theft from Vehicle report. March 29, 10:07 p.m. -AUMBC stu­ dent reported that upon returning to his Theft from Vehicle parked vehicle on Back Road, he dis­ March 31, 8:25a.m.- A UMBC covered that someone had removed the employee reported that someone pager, which is the property of the removed the license plate from her Baltimore County Fire Department, vehicle that she parked on inner Hilltop from his vehicle. He had left his vehi­ Circle. Police are investigating the cle unlocked. incident.

Trespassing Theft from Building March 29, 2:15 p.m. - Police were March 31, 12:47 p.m. -A UMBC stu­ alerted when staff persons observed a dent reported that she left property val­ male subject outside of Patapsco hall ued at $48 in the Pub located in the who is on the ban list and is conse­ University Center. Upon returning to quently not allowed in the residence the Pub two hours later, she discovered halls. Police informed the subject that that someone had removed her proper­ he could not stay in the area and issued ty. Police are investigating the incident. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS April II, 2000 PAGES Students Hope to Start Food Co-op in Student Union

JASON ROBINSON would be non-profit and democratically Retriever Weekly Staff Writer organized. University Center Director Joe Regier told students to emphasize the role An SGA-sponsored, campus-wide of the co-op in strengthening the UMBC forum was held to drum up interest and community, as it is an opportunity for stu­ develop a sound plan for a student-run, stu­ dents to take part in a business on campus dent-owned food cooperative in the new which is run by and for the students. Student Union. "The co-op would be a place where stu­ A cooperative is a non-profit, democrat­ dents could hang out and feel comfortable," ically organized business, which operates said Sipi Gupta, vice president of the for the benefit of its customers, rather than Progressive Action Committee. "It might to earn profits for investors. even get people to come back to campus on "One of the biggest things about the co­ the weekends." op is that it is a different way of doing [insert briana's quote about pottery bam something we already do ... it's a more and yoga classes and stuff] democratic way, a more humane way," said Regier allayed the students' fears that Nate West I Retriever Weekly Staff Mike Mussman, vice-president of Students the co-op would be an impossibility, as it Hoping for Change: Students who feel their needs and tastes are inadequatelly for Environmental Awareness. could never compete with corporate fast­ represented by food services hope to start a studnet run co-op like the one cur­ The supporters of the co-op include food establishments which could pay much rently at College Park. members of the Progressive Action more for a space in the new Student Union. plan by September and to take liability who are trained to do basic work in the co­ Committee, Students for Environmental ''The community value [of the co-op] out­ issues into account. ''There's no way we can op, are also a pool of potential employees Awareness, the Student Socialist Forum, weighs the hard profits," he said. open [the new Student Union] without that the co-op looks to when it comes time the Hispanic Latino Student Union and The co-op would also be dedicated to knowing who does what," Regier said. to hire. Goldman described how volunteers other student organizations. Since the idea strengthening UMBC's ties with the sur­ The latter half of the meeting turned to don't only include students, but also people of a co-op in the new Student Union was rounding communities by supporting local Ayah Wilson and Anna Goldman, active from the surrounding communities. proposed at the beginning of this semester, businesses and organic farmers and by employees of the 25-year old College Park The Maryland Food Co-op even has a its supporters have been doing preliminary drawing off-campus customers and volun­ cooperative, the Maryland Food Co-op. program whereby -people who have been research about cooperatives and what it will teers. Located in the College Park Stamp Student convicted of misdemeanors can serve their take to establish a food co-op at UMBC. "Right now, UMBC just kind of sits in Union, the Maryland Food Co-op is a deli community service hours at the co-op. The food co-op would fulfill a unique the middle of Catonsville and Arbutus," which serves custom-made sandwiches, The supporters of a UMBC co-op have niche at UMBC. It would serve vegetarian, said Ben Crispin, a member of the Student vegetarian cuisine, snacks and drinks as been in contact with the Maryland Food Co­ organic and fair-trade certified food Socialist Forum. well as soaps_, lotions and consignment op, as well as the Greenbelt co-op, which options, which many of the co-op support­ Regier had a lot of positive support for clothes. they feel would serve as a model for a pro­ ers feel is not adequately provided by the idea of a co-op. ''The university would The Maryland Food Co-op has a number gram at UMBC. Regier suggested that they UMBC's current food contractor, Wood like to see students get what they want," he of paid employees, but also encourages peo­ continue to look at the best practices of co­ Company. Also, the co-op would provide an said. He stressed the need for co-op sup­ ple to volunteer 50-minute blocks of time to ops and come up with a formal business alternative to corporate structure, as it porters to come forward with a business receive $5.15 in store credit. The volunteers, proposal by September. THE UMBC OFFICE OF THE PROVOST CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE FOURTH ANNUAL

Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day Wednesday, April 12, 2000 Seventh Floor, Albin 0. Kuhn Library

9:00A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Continuous Presentations

1:00 Program with Reception to Follow Featuring Faculty Speakers Dr. Lynnda M. Dahlquist, Department of Psychology Dr. Jay Freyman, The Honors College and l)epartment of Ancient Studies

A celebration featuring undergraduate research presented in poster sessions, oral presentations, fine arts performances and artistic exhibits. Full schedule now posted on the Provost's Office website http://www. umbc.edu/provost PAGE6 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS April II, 2000

In Memoriam: MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST SERVICES TUITION FINANCING Memorial Service Held Deferring taxes with for French Professor Callus lor a tree TIAA-C.REF [an be so tax~sit~ Claud DuVerlie talrulatot rewarding, you'll wonder KATE LEVENDOSKY "Claud is another of those UMBC pio­ Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff neers who contributed to the liberal arts core and the UMBC community," said why you didn't do it sooner. A memorial service for Claud Du Verlie, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski at professor of French at UMBC for over 30 the memorial service. years, drew students, faculty and family to DuVerlie was involved with numerous share remembrances. innovative projects during his time at "We miss his intelligence, his vibrancy, UMBC. He was the project director of

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(SRAs) from nAA-CREF. UMBC," said Jack Sinnigen, chair of the and French television, which broadcasts With funds automatically deducted from your paycheck, you 5102,068 modem languages and .linguistics depart­ French news and television to students can easily build income to supplement your pension and 567,514 ment. across America. Tu . .W.mtl..,;,gs-bHS Social Security. • Alllr·lil ...... DuVerlie died Feb. 21 at St. Agnes According to French Professors Alan And your contributions to SRAs grow undiminished by taxes Hospital in Baltimore after suffering a Rosenthal, "[France-TV Magazine] helped 541,232 until you withdraw the funds. 1 Add to that nAA-CREF's solid heart attack on his way to class that day. to bring widespread recognition to the 531,933 investment performance, bolstered by our commitment to Since 1969, when DuVerlie came to department and to UMBC." keeping expenses low, and you have more money working 513,052 UMBC as a 27-year-old assistant professor Many of DuVerlie's fellow professors for you. 511,609 of French, Du Verlie has made many contri­ and his students who spoke at the service Sowhywait?Let us help you build a comfortable retirement 10YfARS 20 YEARS lOYEARS butions to the modem languages and lin­ remembered Du Verlie by his energetic INVEST AS Lrrn..E AS today with tax-deferred SRAs. We In this hyputhdital example, setting aside 5100 a month guistics department and to UMBC. He walk. As Ronald Schwartz, a lecturer in the $2Samonth through an automatic think you will find it rewarding in a tax·dafernd inv"tment with ;m 8% return in a served as the department chair twice, education department, said, "You can run 18% tax bmket shows better growth than the same 2 L..__pa_yrol_lpla_n _~ in the years to come. net amount put into a savings auount.l helped to begin the masters degree in inter­ beside Claud DuVerlie, but you can never cultural communication and was promoted walk beside Claud Du Verlie." to full professor in 1989.

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The company, whose work arguing that the county had failed to includes Internet systems design, human­ ensure that the development would be computer interface design and distance compatible with the larger community. learning, expects to occupy its new lab by That argument was answered late last fall of 2001. year, when the Baltimore County Council The second structure will be a slightly passed legislation stating that Research larger, multi-tenant building. Parks associated with a university are not According to Wiggins, the time needed subject to the community compatibility to complete the entire park will depend on test. how quickly additional tenants can be Both the Research Park and the brought on board. For example, finding a ~<-- 43" ______, CPSBC are pleased with the compromise. second company that wants to have its "All the parties feel good about it," own building could accelerate work on the said Ellen Wiggins, executive director of remaining construction. Wiggins estimates the Research Park Corporation. "We're that the entire Research Park may be com­ We help set up your new utilities so you really pleased that we're moving for­ pleted within five years. can concentrate on other moving issues. ward." Wiggins said that up to now the According to the agreement, the Research Park has not been focused on Conservation and Environmental actively marketing the site to tenants. The Setting up your utilities used to be the biggest moving hassel. But with Make TheMove.com, Research Area Committee will oversee focus instead has been on hiring a devel­ what used to take hours now takes minutes. Just log on to Make The Move. com, enter your the area that has been set aside for preser­ oper for the site and getting the infrastruc­ vation. The 63 wooded acres on the south­ ture - roads, grading and utilities - in em portion of the tract will not be subject place. to set up for your new home -phone, gas, electric, to development for at least the next 25 With Grosvenor International hired to years. develop the park, the infrastructure com­ cable, newspaper, and more. It's free and it's fast. In addition, the agreement requires that pleted and the legal obstacles addressed, the Research Park can now begin the work so you can focus on other aspects of moving. We'll hook you up. the community coalition be kept up to date on the status of the park's develop­ of building and marketing itself to poten­ ment. tial tenants. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS Aprilll, 2000 PAGE? Exhibit Questions the Style of Museum Exhibitions from EXHIBIT, page 1 ing by Leonardo da Vinci, which was "on a wall by itself, cordoned off, and set as an about specific gallery or museum exhibi­ altarpiece." tion styles and how those assumptions may The origin of museums in Western soci­ affect our response to the photographs or ety, according to the Director for the other cultural objects," said Prosterman. Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Upon entering the gallery, the viewer is Museum and Center for Mrican Art Steven treated to colorful constructs and wall dis­ C. Newsome, is based on conquest. plays of photography and text. The exhibit "By having the right to rule, we have the is comprised of a single group of 20th cen­ right to define what is important and what tury photographs displayed in three differ­ is sacred," said Newsome. "Exhibitions ent styles - Art History, History and have a way of saying to visitors 'this is Media, in an attempt to show how muse­ important, you should know about this."' ums may influence the viewers' interpreta­ Newsome expanded on Prosterman's desire tion of the artwork. to demystify curatorial work and spoke of Differences in styles included spacing, how museums redefine and reshape how Marianne Hayden I Retriever Weekly Staff Why?: Professors and students arrange an exhibit in the library that presents the artis~s' biographical information and fram­ they want a viewer to interpret artwork. "If ing as well as quotes from critics about the the exhibition says that our works are same group of photos in three different ways to illustrate the effects on viewers. pieces. important, then the absence of the works "One can, in effect, function as a mini­ give those who don't visit the museum as The gallery held a symposium in which says it is not," he said. curator," said Jacob, "choosing [one's] own much of a view of the significance of the speakers discussed how museums use bias Former UMBC graduate student and tour by previewing works online" before pieces as they can. and prejudice in exhibit setups. Allan now Assistant Professor of Art History and visiting the museum. "People still want to "The exhibition is not just about looking Wallach, an American studies professor at Theory Preminda Jacob challenged the go see the object which has a certain quali­ at photography. [It] causes people to think the College of William and Mary, spoke, speakers into a discussion of digital media. ty to it, an aura about it," Wallach respond­ about the practice. It's a strong statement using a slideshow tour of The National The speakers discussed how more muse­ ed. about practice and theory," said Newsome. Gallery of Art in Washington DC to show ums are going onto the Internet, doing dig­ "The sacredness can never be recreated "We looked at the show as a pioneer how "ideology gets into the museum's ital shows and giving virtual tours of exhi­ online, [but museums can] use the technol­ yenture because very few exams have ven­ gallery space." Examples included a paint- bitions. ogy to create better-informed visitors" and tured to realize these theories," said Wayne. Grant of Low-Power FM Licences May be Overturned

·from RADIO, page 1 Springfield, Illinois, gained the govern­ geographical area, they are taking defiant become. "What's important is the opportu­ ment's attention due to its heavily political steps to return media to a tool of commu­ nity for various folks to say their peace," this seemingly alternative media-friendly content. Run by M'banna Kantako, "the nication between individual members of said triDish, and this is truly the goal of opportunity very cautiously due to the cur­ father of the political pirate radio move­ society, rather than the corporately cqn­ LPFM: to give back to ordinary citizens rent backlash against it. On Monday, April ment" according to triDish, it leaned heav­ trolled giant that mainstream media has their First Amendment rights. 10, the House of Representatives voted on ily on Black Nationalist views and targeted the Radio Broadcast Preservation Act, neighborhood police as the enemy. which would essentially overturn the Defying federal fmes and constant threats, FCC's January decision to grant licenses to this station is still broadcasting. LPFM stations. Many others have also gained the Federal officials are concerned that the FCC's attention, provoking an increase of NOW ENROLLING smaller stations could cause interference enforcement of LPFM stations by continu­ with the larger stations, but proponents of ing their broadcasts and refusing to pay LPFM say this is untrue. They believe that fmes. the politicians are against LPFM because D'Arc and triDish are themselves vet­ Qualified participants to they receive funding from those corpora­ erans of this movement. D.' Arc helped run evaluate the effectiveness tions that own larger stations. Free Radio Memphis from her house until Even if the broadcast lobby does not the station was shut down and all the of pain medications get its way and this bill is defeated, FCC's equipment confiscated. She then ran Black following the removal of plan remains incomplete. Cat Radio from her van. . "The service is very limited," said TriDish worked for an independent at least one impacted d'Arc, explaining that~ even if all goes Philadelphia station, broadcasting what he wisdom tooth. Earn up according to the FCC's proposed plan, describes as "a stranger inviting you to to $250 for your only two or three stations per city will dinner and playing his favorite songs for receive licenses, which only helps out a you." participation. small fraction of the hundreds of small This feeling of community is extremely radio stations around the country. PRP's important to the world of LPFM, since newsletter, Prometheus De-livered, mainstream radio is highly impersonal and explains another concern, that all the avail­ more concerned with ratings than the Surgery performed by able licenses will be gobbled up by needs and interests of its listeners. The lat­ board certified oral "money-grubbing corporations" rather ter is also highly homogenous, which is than distributed to the grassroots and com­ why smaller radio stations often broadcast surgeons, munity stations for which they are intend­ very diverse programs and points of view. Dr. Michael K. Schwartz ed. TriDish' s station, for example, took on a Along with the FCC, another enemy of DJ who played contemporary African or Dr. Julius Hyatt at the the LPFM movement is National Public music because the local mainstream station Marlyand Center for Oral Radio. The FCC used to give licenses to only wanted to play tribal drum music if it and Maxillofacial Surgery. low-power stations until the late 1970s, was to play anything African. when NPR decided to expand and the min­ "Almost everyone is not being served imum wattage required for a broadcasting by mainstream media," said Jason license was raised to 100. Loviglio, assistant professor of American Even after this ruling, low-power, studies, explaining why alternative radio short-range radio, existing since the first and other media are so important. Small CALL TODAY appearance of radio itself, was not so community stations target the problems actively persecuted until the mid-1980s. In and concerns of the particular communi­ 1986, Zoom Black Magic Liberation ties, unifying them. 410-683-1552 Radio, a one-watt station operating from Although these small stations are only Good Science. Good Chemistry. and servicing a housing project in able to spread their messages to a limited- PAGES THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS Aprilll, 2000 UMBC Attains Research Contrac-t With NASA from NASA, page 1 in atmospheric radiation, and Plotkin spe­ cializes in the development of the optical of the research projects, as well as the edu­ instruments that are necessary to investi­ cational projects," said Curran. gate the earth's atmosphere and oceans. The UMBC-led consortium includes Curran and Plotkin both have long-stand­ Howard University in Washington, DC; ing relationships with NASA and Hampton University in Hampton, Goddard. Most of their professional Virginia; the Baltimore-based aerospace careers have been spent working for company Northrop-Grumman; and NASA, and both men have at one time Caelum Research Corporation of worked at the Goddard Space Flight Rockville, Maryland. Center. UMBC and Goddard currently collabo­ The consortium applied for the cooper­ rate with each other in the Joint Center for ative agreement in September of 1999 and Nate West I Retriever Weekly Staff Earth Systems Technology. The JCEST was informed they had been selected on The British Are Coming: University of Cambridge debater Alex Deane rises uses satellite and computer-modeling tech­ March 31, 2000. to ask a question of UMBC senior Troy Berman during a debate hosted by nologies to research the changes in the "It is not a contract. It's interesting the the University Center and the UMBC Debate Team. In the four-year history of earth's geography, climate and atmos­ distinction between this cooperative the annual UK versus US debate, UMBC has defeated Oxford twice and phere, but on a lesser scale and with dif­ agreement and a contract. The objectives Cambridge once. This year, however, Cambridge won after UMBC proposed ferent focuses then the new center. JCEST of the work, of the research, are developed that "Americans love their cars, guns and televisions too much." researchers have ·joint appointments at in concert with the civil servants. It's a UMBC and Goddard, and they teach collaborative peer relationship which is UMBC classes and labs in physics, geog­ really ideal for a university, and for doing raphy, mathematics/statistics, computer research," said Plotkin. science and other related classes in con­ The consortium has not been awarded junction with their research. the agreement, but has won it. The entire The JCEST and the GEST will operate process of developing a detailed agree­ Come separate from one another. The new center ment and determining a start date must will be headed by two of the JCEST's sen­ occur before the consortium is awarded to ior research scientists, Dr. Robert Curran the $70 million and begins hiring new per­ TIAA-CREF's and Dr. Henry Plotkin. Curran specializes sonnel. 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Fight communism- keep The issue surrounding immi­ 11 Elian home grants and English 12

Elian is an illegal alien and Respect for nature and stew­ 11 should go home ON ardship of the earth 14 THE ETRIEVER WEEKLY Editor in Chief Opinion Editor General Manager Emily Bernstein Stephanie Rawlings Gabriel Marcus

$70 Million Grant Awarded to UMBC Earth Science Research

Recently, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt awarded a lead UMBC research team $70 million in a five-year agreement to develop the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Tronic Sensors and Systems Sector. UMBC will work with various private sector companies and other universities to perform Earth science research and serve as a site for international workshops, seminars and classes. This is a huge grant and promises to be a good opportunity for UMBC. Goddard currently works with UMBC on a program developed five years ago called the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, also doing research on Earth science. One of the projects for the newly-established program is to examine data about the Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans from satellites. Another is to study the effect of human actions upon the climate. These programs can help to advance weather forecasting, predict and explain climate changes, show ocean tidal trends and improve many other fields pertinent to the environment and the Earth as a whole. Research like this has helped to advance fields like meteorology, atmospheric science and a number of other geog­ raphy-related sciences. Not only will this program contribute to Earth science, it also provides oppor­ tunities for professors, corporate researchers and research students to mingle and work side by side. This is a great chance for research students to gain experience under the watchful eyes of private and public sector scientists. It bonds universi­ ties, NASA and companies together in a team environment, allowing each sector to better understand each other.

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The new Student Union would certainly benefit from the addition of a student­ owned and operated food co-op. As the plans for the new Student Union are being developed, a group of students from various campus organizations have come together to ensure that this new structure, which promises to be the center of cam­ pus life, is not dominated solely by corporate interests. A co-op would be a safe haven for those students concerned about healthy eating or those lacking the funds to eat elsewhere. The food co-op would serve vegetarian, organic and fair trade food alternatives Retriever Weekly staff editorials reflect the to the greasy grub offered elsewhere on campus. As a non-profit, democratically Jennifer Schildroth ...... Managing Editor views of the editorial board; signed columns organized business, the co-op would introduce students to an alternative to the Dahlia Naqib ...... News Editor and advertisements represent the opinions of - profit-driven corporate structure, which is so predoniinate in America. Kate Levendosky ...... Asst. News Editor the individual writers and advertisers, respec­ The university, a~ an institution of learning, should encourage this kind of cre­ Abby Foster...... Asst. Opinion Editor tively, and do not necessarily reflect those of ativity and initiative in its students, by helping to make the food co-op in the Tracy Williams ...... Features Editor The Retriever Weekly or the University of Student Union a reality. What could be greater insurance that students get what Anna Kaplan ...... Asst. Features Editor Maryland Baltimore County. they want than having a business that is run completely by students and for stu­ John C. Roemer ...... Focus Editor Letters to the Editor are printed verbatim, dents? Leanne Curtin ...... Asst. Focus Editor although the editors reserve the right to edit So support the food co-op in the new Student Union. Check out the Maryland Chris Kerner ...... Sports Editor any letter deemed lengthy, repetitive, libelous Food Co-op at College Park. By volunteering for an hour there you can earn $5.15 Pratik Shah ...... Asst. Sports Editor or otherwise in need of revision. The editors in store credit as well as getting a good feel for what a co-op at UMBC could be Nathan West ...... Photography Editor further reserve the right not to print any letter like. Get involved with the movement for a co-op at UMBC by going to the co-op Andrew Dunmire . Asst. Photography Editor for any reason. Letters to the Editor must be organizational meetings, telling Dr. Hrabowski how much you'd like to see a co­ David Punzalan ...... Production Manager typed or written legibly and include the op in the new Student Union and spreading the word. Bernardo de los Reyes ..... Production Asst. author's name and telephone number. Letters We are all aware of how few dining options we have on campus now and how Autumn Patterson ...... Production Asst. must be received by 12 p.m. on Thursday and expensive food is here. The new co-op would offer more variety of food, for which Jamie Peck ...... Production Asst. may not exceed 400 words. there is a student demand, at a more affordable price than an of the dining· options Diana Zeiger ...... Production Asst. The Retriever Weekly publishes weekly on presently available. Ray Shaw ...... Technology Manager Tuesdays during the regular school year. Tracy Soltesz ...... Advertising Manager Editors can be reached at (410) 455-1260 John C. Smith ...... Circulation Manager during normal business hours or at University Christopher Corbett ...... Faculty Adviser Center 214; 1000 Hilltop Circle; UMBC; Baltimore, MD 21250. The Retriever Weekly is an equal opportunity employer. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION Aprilll, 2000 PAGE 11 Communism Not a Deciding Factor in Parenthood

Stephanie Rawlings relatives, they are alniost completely, total­ I can hear some of you screaming about abusive, American courts have no right to ly and 100 percent in the wrong. I believe political asylum now. However, why does keep the child here. As I have stated before, There is nothing at all like an ugly inter­ that they do love Elian and that their inten­ Elian need protection from the Elian is not an national battle over the future of a small tions are nothing but Cuban gov- American citizen, boy to whip up a truly satisfying media noble. However, this e·rnment, therefore, he is not frenzy. Even better if the dispute involves doesn't change the exactly? I our responsibility. rumors of spousal abuse, the "Red fact that they appear doubt Castro POINT Nor is he ours to Scourge" and Mickey Mouse. This stuff is to be a little con­ has a person- protect. even better than a Springer marathon! fused as to what al vendetta That may sound Unless of course, you are 6 year-old Elian exactly their rights against the kid. heartless. In fact, it may be heartless. Gonzalez, who happens to be at the center are here. More likely, he'll be However, these laws are put in place for a of the aforementioned media circus. The fact of the treated like a hero reason. If little Susie Smith were caught Provided you haven't spent the last few matter is that Elian after his safe return between an extended family in Cuba and a months playing PlayStation and eating has no rights in this from the clutches of potentially abusive mother in Ohio, you can Doritos as part of a Johns Hopkins marijua­ country. No matter the capitalist pig­ bet that we would be screaming our collec­ na study, you know what's going on with how cute he is or dogs. tive democratic head off and demanding little Elian. After all, he is the stuff from how badly we hap­ And as for the she be returned to American soil. which television movies are made: inno­ pen to feel for him, rumors of Elian's What impresses me most isn't the cent, achingly cute and being screwed over he is still an illegaL http://newsweek.com father having abused American public's inability' to put the shoe by big-bad political types. alien. The United his mother, they are on the other foot. In fact, what really sets The fact that his family is currently States, believe it or not, has tbJ.s policy just that: unsubstantiated rumors. While I me off is the truly interesting i~ea that Elian embroiled in an ugly custody dispute is about not granting the privileges of citizen- am not condoning abuse of any kind, there belongs to any country at all. He doesn't tragic. The fact that is no proof that Sr. belong to us, nor does he belong to Cuba. the governments of Gonzalez did any­ He isn't an emblem, like Uncle Sam or the two nations have "If little Susie Smith were caught between an extended family thing that would bald eagle. He isn't a proletariat hero. He is seen fit to get warrant his being just a little boy who's currently being involved is disgust­ in Cuba and a potentially abusive mother in Ohio, you can bet · permanently separat­ pulled on in an international game of tug of ing. The fact that that we would be screaming our collective democratic head off ed from his child. war. And America needs to let go of the Americans seem so Even in domestic rope. confused as to what and demanding she be returned to American soil." custody cases, a par- should be done to ent must be proven Stephanie Rawlings is the Opinion editor of remedy this situation is unforgivable. ship to individuals who are not actually cit­ to be unfit, not simply rumored. The Retriever Weekly. She can be reached While I empathize with Elian's American izens of the country. Imagine that. Even assuming that Elian's father was by e-mail at [email protected]. Save Elian Gonzalez from the Communist Scourge

Abby Foster concern that he is known to be abusive. In Manifesto, and the USSR goes against this situation, does not want to return to the United States, we do not hand children sending Elian back. If we surrender a boy Cuba. The boy wants to stay. Of course, Since you are alive to read this, one over to abusive adults. That is the purpose to the Communists when we could keep this may have more to do with Disney would assume you have heard about Elian of family courts. We punish abusive fathers him here and raise him in our haven of World, Nickelodeon and The Cartoon Gonzalez, the little Cuban boy marooned and try to keep them as far from women Network in America with his relatives. However, and children as we can. If we don't let than with just in case you have recently awoken from American abl,lsers keep their children, we Cuba, immi­ a coma, I'll give you a quick overview of absolutely cannot condone anyone granti­ -gration and a the situation. ng custody to an abusive father, whether custody bat­ Elian and his mother fled Cuba and the the family concerned is American or not. tle. All the boy's father by way of a ·rickety boat. The We should not even consider allQwing same, his reason for her flight apparently had a lot to Elian's father to raise him. Elian's relatives opinion do with the abusive nature of her marriage. are absolutely right about that. should mat­ Elian's mother never saw Florida's gilded The other reasons to keep Elian here are ter. It's his shores, as she died on more politi­ life, after all, the boat. Subsequently cal, though and if he Elian was taken in by "There is just a better life to be just as valid. realizes that relatives who, despite had in the good. ole US ofA than There is just · life in legal sanctions, do not a better life to America has want to relinquish him in poor Communist Cuba." be had in the advantages to Cuba. good ole US over life in The boy's father, of A than in C u b a Juan Miguel Gonzalez, is planning to trav­ Communist Cuba. Elian's mother brought through el to the United States to take custody of him here so that he would have more Mickey his son, which US immigration officials opportunities, which his relatives here can Mouse and will allow Barney the him to do, democracy, we ourselves are being hypo­ Disgusting Purple Dinosaur, then he is should he critical about our patriotism and our val­ coming to the right conclusion by different come. ues. means than the adults have utilized. A Elian's Peculiarly, the candidate who seems to child's decisions are still valid, and in this American CIUHTERPIIHT agree with this is Al Gore, of all people. case, Sesame Street is an applicable refer­ relatives are Finally, the man who has had no intelli­ ence. arguing that gible opinion on anything at all for eight We cannot, as red-blooded Americans, they ought to be allowed to keep him due give to him. long years has finally piped up in favor of relinquish a poor, innocent child to his to Juan Miguel's nasty tendency to abuse One of the reasons there are more consistent democracy in the Land of the potentially abusive father and a poor, com­ the boy's mother. And isn't that why she opportunities for individmils in the United Free and the Home of the Brave. It's time munist nation. Elian's mother wanted the left Cuba in the first place, to leave her States than in Cuba is because of Cuba's for a big figurative pat on the back for Al. best for her son; sending the boy back husband and start a better life for herself politics. Its economy is nothing to write He has finally come out and voiced his would invalidate all she did for her child. If and her son? The boy's relatives fear that home about, and moreover, there is a part thoughts on how communism is bad and Elian returns to Cuba, ~s mother will have Elian's father might abuse him as he did of the American spirit that would be total­ we should not send an innocent child back died in vain. his wife. ly defeated if we gave an innocent boy to to Cuba and Fidel Castro, who has been in Perhaps Juan Miguel Gonzalez would­ the Communists. Everything we ever power almost as long as God. Abby Foster is the assistant Opinion editor n't abuse his own son. However, that pos­ learned in high school history about It should also be noted that Elian, the at The Retriever Weekly. She can be sibility doesn't detract from the serious "Animal Farm", The Communist person whose future is actually at stake in reached by e-mail at [email protected]. PAGE 12 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION Aprilll, 2000 Making English Official: Inclusion versus Exclusion

sides of the argument, agree that there legislation, as it opens a window of oppor~ speak to each other in their own languages Jennifer Schildroth needs to be some type of consistency tunity for discrimination. for social purposes while at school, but within certain aspects of communication. Both arguments are valid, but they're instruction needs to be consistent. The The sanctity of Amedcan culture took The extent of that same thing on the US immigrant population in consistency is debated, applies to courts, Califronia's Proposition 63 in 1986. This however, and there are "The real problems arise when creating a system to deter­ legal documents battle to mandate English as the official extremists on both sides or anyhing else _language, which succeeded with .73 per­ who cling to certain mine who has to bend in order to improve-communication." that falls within cent of the voters' support, was seen by aspects of their own the realm of offi- many as a two-sided issue: If they want to arguments. The real problems arise when both flawed as well. Immigrants who cial, public business. come to our country, they've got to play creating a system to determine who has to come to Amedca, be it their choice or not, However, the opposition to language by our rules. And what's wrong with that? bend in order to improve communication. assume a certain responsibility to assimi­ legislation is justified in its concern over Surely we can't have teachers in public Supporters of language legislation insist late into American culture. This doesn't discrimination. The point of this type of schools giving instruction in several dif­ mean letting legislation is to make things easier for ferent languages, and we can't have a dif­ go of their everyone· by improving what is often lim­ ferent court for every language. If immi­ own cultures, ited communication; the object is not to grants choose to come to America, they but certain tear from immigrants one of the dearest must adapt to the American way of life. aspects of the aspects of their own cultures. It is not the But there is a large group that would American government's place to step into people'-s disagree. Opposition to Proposition 63 way of life private lives- be it their homes, commu­ and similar legislation say the bill encour­ need to be nities or even their breaks at work - and ages discdmination, especially against ~dopted .by tell them how to communicate. It also new immigrants. Edward Chen, an attor­ anyone who isn't, or at least shouldn't be the goal of ney for the Asian Pacific American Legal lives here. language regulations to inhibit the success Center of Southern California, agrees Just as some of immigrants. Though groups such as US with this s·entiment. "All [the laws] do is cultures per­ English claim this is not their intent, the contribute to an environment of intoler­ mit domestic lack of such organizations in helping ance." Culture is something very impor­ violence, immigrants adapt to an English language tant to many of those who immigrate to American requirement indicates otherwise. Amedca, and language is a large part of laws do not. The requirement of English as the offi­ that culture. According to those opposed People living ciallanguage, which should apply only in to language regulations, laws such as in the United official, public situations, is meant to Proposition 63 allow people to mandate States must bring people together, not push certain the speech of others, even when it isn't abide by groups further away. Legislation that related to official business. No, www.zdnet.com/yillcontentlmag/9711/dilpcpc.html these stan­ encompasses all of these concerns and Proposition 63 hasn't invaded _our houses dards. So which is motivated by inclusion rather yet, but some organizations have already should Ian- than exclusion will trumpet the day that attempted to restrict employees from that inimigrants learn English, but most of guage be included in this. language laws should be considered. speaking languages other th~n English, these groups do very little to help immi­ Within official, public institutions, even during their breaks at work. grants learn what, to them, is often a for­ such as education and the court system, Jennifer Schildroth is the managing editor The issue here isn't really clarity in eign language. The opposition asserts that one language needs to be enforced. This of The Retdever Weekly. She can be communication. Most people, on both any legislation regulating language is bad doesn't mean don't allow children to reached by e-mail at [email protected]. Sex and Other Ways to Enjoy Time with Your Partner

Robin Elgamil and * Play the lottery together. When you final­ I don't think ly win, spend the money on each other. that any of the Martin Shuster * Make a tape of your favorite songs and activities Robin keep a copy in both of your cars. mentioned actually THEY SAID: * Go on a trip together. Camping can be can be substitutes It's an issue we face everyday, whether very inexpensive if you already have the for sex. I don't we're "doing it" or not. As shown in the equipment. think there can be a movie American Pie, sex is everywhere - * Cuddle up on the couch and watch a substitute. She has on television, in magazines and most of all, movie or television. great ideas, which I on our minds. Ironically, it is often an awk­ * Get your picture taken together. For even think would proba­ ward subject to discuss with your less money, you can buy two dispos­ bly be a lot of fun. parents and sometimes even your ••• _•. able cameras and take pictures of But sex is sex. boyfriend or girlfriend. Think back ... ···• each other. Now the ques­ - to the sex-ed unit that * Go to a concert together. This is a tion as to whether you had in fifth great thing to do if your musical or not you should grade. How tastes are different and you're open do it, not to men­ www.corbis.com can you possi­ to new things. tion how you bly forget the i * Take swing­ should do it if you are going to is slightly (which is much easier said than done), then giggles that · dancing lessons more difficult. I'm not here to help you you shouldn't take sex so seriously. It's not circulated together. with your technique - there are plenty of the end of the world. It's not that impor­ around the '• * Do your resources for that. I'm not really here to tant. I won't tell you that it's not fun or room when your homework exci t­ teacher mentioned together and in g, that taboo three-letter­ discover how "Keep a scrapbook or journal ofyour time spent togeth­ but it word? distracting er. Pass it back and forth, filling it with things like is cer­ your significant tainly SHE SAID: other can be. movie stubs and notes to each other." not the Since our society is so concerned with * Play a competi­ be-ali­ sex, I decided to remind everyone not to sport together. end-all neglect all of those other things one can do make the decision for you, either. Just keep of spending time with someone. in addition to or instead of sex. in mind that sex shouldn't_be a decision in Just be smart, be safe and have fun. * Keep a scrapbook or journal of your time I'm going to have to be a that sense. The only decision involved in spent together. Pass it back and forth, fill­ typical male here, and disagree with my sex is pregnancy and protection. Martin and Robin can be reached by e­ ing it with things like movie stubs and associate, Robin. I do not think people If you have adequate means of mail at [email protected] and notes to each other. should neglect sex! birth control and protection from disease [email protected] . THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY OPINION Aprilll, 2000 PAGE 13 American Healthcare Raises Several Questions

David Geier niques, there are great storm clouds gath­ programs. · money, but ... the richest would gladly part ering on the medical horizon. The potential Along similar lines, the American pop­ with all [his] money for health." As Arthur Shopenhauer stated, "With conundrum relates to acceptable cost when ulace will have to decide how many The result of these new advances in health, everything is a source of pleasure; dealing with American healthcare. Americans medical tech­ without it, nothing else, whatever it may Virtually every economist would agree are going to niques to pro­ be, is enjoyable .... Health is by far the that there is not enough available capital to be able to long life spans most important element to human happi­ afford infinite expansion of the American receive these raise some ness." economy. The result of the economy's new wonder very difficult Americans today possess the good for­ finite nature is that Americans must choose treatments. questions for tune of living in an era of advanced med­ where they wish to spend their dollars. At For example, Americans to ical technology. A great many more dis­ the present time, healthcare utilizes a are Americans answer. The eases are treatable or curable today than markedly small portion of the nation's going to American pub­ were even 10 years ago, due to innovative available economic capital. The average maintain lic has only techniques health plan deeply recently been developed costs each ingrained cap­ faced with this over the "The average health plan ... is vastly out­ American italistic tradi­ complex issue, last several weighed by the amount of money spent on a b o u t tions and www.corbis.com and already it years. The $1,000 allow only the demands a practical the military and on social programs." every year, very richest citizens to be able to afford decision. I believe that a nation has no applica­ a figure these lifesaving techniques? Or are higher obligation than to look out for the tions of that is Americans going to take a more socialist health of its people. After all, what could these new techniques could increase the vastly outweighed by the amount of money route and decide to establish a means by be of greater importance than the well­ average life span of Americans by 20 or 30 spent on the military and on social pro­ which the federal government will pay for being of the nation's population? As Lord years. These techniques might also result grams. specialized medical care for every Chesterfield once stated, "Health ... is the in a shift in the primary causes of death Regretfully, bringing about changes in American citizen, regardless of his or her frrst and greatest of all blessings." among American citizens. healthcare will require Americans to spend economic station? As C.C. Colton stated Despite the promise of these new tech- a larger amount on healthcare, which will about the well-known facts of health, "The David Geier is a sophomore majoring in decrease funding to the military and social poorest man would not part with health for biology.

.. Bad Idea Schmoozing with the public by kissing hands and shaking babies.

Posing for photo-ops with Joel Schumaker.

Advocating the legalization of certain substances.

Insisting a human-sized block of tofu named Frank should be your running mate.

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Emily Heun time. By listening to his journeys and by affects our behavior with the land, the have eaten from its soil, triumphed in its indulging my senses in his literary philoso­ implications can be far-reaching. Too often bounty, observed the changing seasons, We as humans must learn to become phies, I was able to feel a sense of commu­ we forget the evolving structure of corrimu­ felt the air on a crisp a~tumn morning, comfortable with vulnerability, com­ nity within the lands surrounding me. nities; we have become removed from the witnessed the flocks migrating south. fortable with intimacy. When I say this, As Lopez describes, developing this very places that sustain us. In doing so, we These elders have a history of place; I'm not referring to interpersonal sense of place requires recognition of the ignore the cries of the surrounding envi- through the telling of their stories we human relationships. Rather, what I am land's voice; it is as if you are con- ronments and, consequently, they can learn the goings-on of our sur­ advocating is the cultivation of a mean­ versing with a friend. One are deteriorating. roundings. The fact that nature is a con­ ingful relationship between human must look upon it as a The tropical rainforests tinuation of community must reflect our beings and the land. Creating a close­ companion, not as a pos­ of Colombia grasp our reverence for those who have come ness with the land will lead to under­ session. Silently, we attention; we fight for a before- we must apply their knowl­ standing. Through this new under­ can feel the place; we landscape thousands of edge, correct their mistakes and evolve standing, we will learn respect for the can discover its inner miles from our homes, this land relationship. All is interrelated, earth and begin to take responsibility workings by listening and rightly so. Lopez under sky and over earth. When we for its wellbeing. to it breathe. Once we calls this environmental realize this, becomitig a true communi­ During Spring Break I found myself have learned to listen, destruction "... a crisis ty, we will want to be its stewards. circulating the interstates of this coun­ when we have memo­ of culture, a crisis of Perhaps in rediscovering our com­ try, passing sterile landscapes of rized the landscape, we character." But let us not munity, or, for some, fmding it for the asphalt, a monotonous terrain of Waffle can seek its knowledge. forget our local communi­ first time, we can understand the rela­ Houses, strip malls and gas stations. Lopez writes, "To be intimate ty- the organisms inhabiting tionships circling therein, and, as Lopez My sense of place had escaped me. with the land like this is to enclose it our common environment. describes, "find a place where we take Nestled within the northwest corner of in the same moral universe we occupy, to Perhaps we can look to the seniors of on the responsibilities of adults to the South Carolina is the town of include it in the meaning of the word com­ our community, as well as the elders of human community." Greenville, and there, within the coun­ munity." other cultures, to guide us to a knowledge­ ty library, I met Barry Lopez, one of the When we begin to realize this knowl­ able future -let's abandon this ignorance Emily Heun is a senior majoring in most eloquent nature writers of our edge and intimacy we attain from the land of place. Those who have gone before us interdisciplinary studies. April 11, 2000 PAGE 15

Flaming Lip Michael "Unfilmable" American 16 Ivins chats with Autumn Psycho gets filmed 21

Is Soundbreak retread Adam Craigmiles is 17 or revolution? having more fun 26 Edward Norton's Divine Comedy [insert name here] Acclaimed Actor b y t r a c y williams Comes Home to ood news: [Insert not kill itself because I entered Talk About Faith Name Here] actually the contest! What better reason Ggot a few submissions is there? (Submitted by Cathy JAMIE PECK for Week Eight's contest, Sandy) Retriever Weekly Staff Writer which was to come up with a The better reason, and reason for [Insert Name Here] the winner of Derek Edward Norton is a classic not to kill itself. Unfortunately, Humprhy's beloved chil­ case of Hometown Boy Makes [Insert N arne Here] found dren's classic Final Exit: The Good. Since his movie debut in almost none of the reasons Practicalities of Sel - 1996's Primal Fear, the actor and given to be convincing, and Deliverance and Assisted former Columbia resident has was especially peeved that a Suicide fQr the Dying: racked up two Academy Award couple of entrants people sank [Insert N arne Here] should nominations - the first for Fear, to the "We'll miss [Insert not kill itself because Colt 45 the other for 1998's American Name Here] if [Insert Name comes in 64 oz. bottles. History X - made a distinct Here] kills itself' level. Yeah, (Submitted by Sal Paradise) impression as a guy who isn't [Insert Name Here] bets you You're probably thinking afraid to take risks in edgy films, say that to all the potential sui­ the same thing that [Insert and captured the attention of both cides. In any case, here's Name Here] was thinking audiences and critics to the extent what's cooking: upon receiving this entry: Is it that some are labelling him the Runners-up: possible that there's actually a Jimmy Stewart of his generation. [Insert N arne Here1 should person named "Sal Paradise?" And to think, a mere four not kill itself because Soul If so, that's pretty damn cool. years ago, these same people Coughing called it quits. It's almost impossible to not would have responded to hearing (Submitted by Sal Paradise) picture this guy screeching his name, "Edward who?" Second place: Norton's new movie is called [Insert N arne Here] should see INSERT, page 23 Keeping the Faith. In it, he's Father Brian Finn, a young Roman-Catholic priest whose life is turned upside-down when a In Yoga We Trust female friend from his past sud­ denly reenters his life and Touchstone Pictures MICHELLE JABES Here at UMBC, you too can inspires him to question the sacri­ On the Set: Edward Norton calls Keeping the Faith, the film he Retriever Weekly Staff Writer learn to treat yQur body and your fices he's made for religion - directed, produced and stars in, a "celebration" of multiculturalism. mind with Yoga training. Found especially the part that frowns on They go through a lot, these in the Women's Center's new romantic relationships. Yep, But wait. Keeping the Faith is No, Norton hasn't gone soft or bodies of ours. We put them location in the Retriever Athletic sounds like the kind of gritty con­ a comedy. It stars comedians Ben sold out or whatever other blind through overstuffed chilidogs, Center every Tuesday, Lyn temporary role Norton is known Stiller and Jenna Elfman. And through hours of slumping over Stewart's class is an eclectic and celebrated for playing. Norton directed it. Whoa. see NORTON, page 20 computer desks and through emo­ blend of students, staff and facul­ tional turmoil that does more ty. Women (men are welcome harm to our physical selves than too!) from all walks of life come Habitat Fun in the Springtime we realize. If they stop serving us to learn Yoga for different rea­ to our liking, we either give up on sons. Essentially, the three main Do-Gooders Do them and allow them to fall into goals of Stewart's class are to complete disrepair, or we shove increase flexibility, encourage Good for a Very them into spandex shorts and deep relaxation and form a con­ Good Cause force them to push, pull and strain nection between the body and the until they regain our approval. mind. JASON PUTSCHE Like anything else, in order to Stewart has a long history of Retriever Weekly Staff Writer be happy the body needs a treat working as a teacher, and in the once in a while, to be soothed, field of health care management. " ... By the way, are you good noticed, appreciated. We can, of In the last two years, she has with a hammer?" course, do things that will aid the become a certified Kripalu Hatha "Hells, yeah - I'll nail any­ body alone - get a massage, a Yoga instructor as well as a Yoga thing," I replied. facial, take a dip in the Jacuzzi. of the Heart specialist. Attracted And so it was. A moment These are all good ways to treat to the idea of being in a campus before, I had sealed the fate of my your body. But what is the body setting again, Stewart gladly Spring Break 2000. Charleston, without the mind? The best kind came to UMBC to teach this South Carolina was my destina­ of exercise joins the body with class. "The opportunity felt like it tion. This, however, was to be no the mind because in essence, they was made for me," Stewart ordinary Spring Break. With the are one and the same. remarked. days of drunken silliness on the In literal terms, Yoga means After retiring from 17 years of beaches of Daytona behind me, I Jason Putsche I Retriever Weekly Staff union. One of the oldest forms of work in the Sheppard Pratt Health now found myself on a new mis­ Building the Future: Habitat for Humanity volunteers have some spiritual inquiry, Yoga techniques System, she felt that she "needed sion: drunken silliness with fun in South Carolina. date back to over 3,000 years ago, to be doing something good for power tools. fust hinted to in sacred Hindu [herself] with Yoga, and to be giv­ The conversation I had just drive towards pursuing some­ Refrigerator" Perry and swarms documents called the Vedas. ing that to others." finished was with Janine Derry, a thing new (and just maybe - of biting, blood-sucking gnats. These tenants discussed the The Kripalu Hatha method is a member of the UMBC chapter of gasp!- educational), so I made Each spring Habitat for exploration of the human body gentle one. Release of tension and Habitat for Humanity. A "typical" the decision to join the Habitat Humanity International, the phil­ and spirit and the quest for mean­ stress is achieved through a series Spring Break outing this year was crew on their annual spring trip to anthropic organization known for ing in life. These universal of postures and stretches that out of the question for me, due to the beautiful southern state of building houses for low-income queries ultimately became the a lack of funds. My poverty, how­ South Carolina, known for its cornerstone of Yoga traditions. see YOGA, page 26 ever, provided a catalyst in the Civil war history, William "The see HABITAT, page 25 PAGE 16 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES Aprilll, 2000 Flame On: Flaming Lip Michael Ivins Breaks It Down

AUTUMN PATTERSON would have ended up in the same spot Retriever Weekly Staff Writer eventually. TRW: Why do you think the new album In order to support their latest studio is so much more emotional and a lot less album, the Flaming Lips have put together "fun" than some of your stuff in the past? a radically different live show that com­ MI: Well, I think we're concentrating bines video images, pre-recorded sound more on that this time. I mean, we listen to and hundreds of pairs of headphones in a lot of pop music and there's not a lot of order to accurately reproduce the unique ambigu-, ambi-, ambiguity ... I will have to sound of The Soft Bulletin. say that I've learned how to spell After losing guitarist Ronald Jones, the "Albuquerque" pretty well. Lips turned away from traditional rock fare TRW: I don't suppose you could give it to experiment with mixing different types a go? of sound. The Soft Bulletin is a collection of MI: I'd have to see a paper ... It's A-L­ songs which developed over the course of B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E. And what's - the the group's many multiple sound source other one? "Cincinnati" is a good one, too. experiments, most notably their 1997 It's Cin-Cin, and then you've got the dou­ release Zaireeka, a four-CD set meant to be ble "n" in the middle of the word, not the played simultaneously in order to achieve beginning of it. ... I think a lot of stuff was the desired effect. The newest album going on at the time, too, between spider sounds best when listened to with head­ bites and near death experiences. phones, so that the listener can hear all the TRW: Was it you with the spider bite or odd nuances - the buzzing of bugs and the freak car accident? percussive vocals, for instance. MI: I had the freak car accident. I was , Recently, The Retriever Weekly had the sitting at this intersection, and a car drove · chance to chat with Flaming Lips' bassist by and the whole tire and wheel came off Michael Ivins about The Soft Bulletin and the car and came bouncing down the road resulting headphone shows. What ensued at me. I'd never seen anything like that was a lot of music philosophy, some near­ happen before. It bounced onto the hood death experiences and a short spelling bee. twice, and I still say if it had come through TRW: What factors do you think con­ the windshield it would probably have tributed most to the difference in sound and killed me. It put a big dent in the hood and feeling on your 1994 studio release Clouds actually shifted the front fender so that my Taste Metallic and Zaireeka I Soft Bulletin? door couldn't open. Yeah, there was that MI: I think a lot of ideas that are on and spider bites all over the place. Zaireeka and Soft Bulletin were swarming Flaming Lips TRW: This tour, your shows have been around. Technology had caught up with us Flaming: Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd are the Lips. a bit unusual. Can you tell me how the idea so that we were able to do a lot of that stuff for the headphones concert came about and with samples, hard drives and computers. MI: Even while we were making with guitars and turning them up real loud what people should expect when they go to TRW: Do you think it had anything to Clouds Taste Metallic, we thought that we and using as many effects as we could find. do with losing the guitar? had come to the end of what we could do Even if we hadn't lost Ronald, we probably see UPS, page 17 music notes I new Hlbum Reuiews

Air The Virgin Suicides (Astralwerks) minimalist guitar riff-laden work of their Air: French Band, best known for their well-received debut album "Moon Safari." mellow brand of synthetic groove-rock off However the catchy pop has been retro­ of the Astralwerks label, has been entrusted graded even further than before to fit the by Sofia Coppola and company to create movie's 70s theme, leaving a prefabricat­ the haunting soundtrack for her first film ed-suburb-polyester aftertaste. effort, The Virgin Suicides. The story, as far Technically, nothing is new is accom­ as I can discern from the album informa­ plished in this album. Guitars sent through 'There are movies that define every decade'. 'Body Shots' is one of these movies. It explores a few days in tion and film propaganda is the telling of vintage filters, old Hammond organs, syn­ the lives of 8 young men and women living in Los Angeles. After a night of alcohol, sex and moral choices, the tale of five sisters, ages 13-17, who all thesizer portamento, subdued drum breaks, things begin to go awry, and their lives will never be the same. The aftermath of one night begins to take a commit or attempt suicide through several and reverberated xylophones compliment a toll on each and everyone in the group. Values and self worth are challenged, friendships are threatened and tasteful vignettes. Each segment focuses on melodic backbone set by the first few these four young men and four young women look back on what happened and struggle for the answers to a different emotion, creating a collage tracks. Also, the tempo of the entire album very difficult questions. effect ranging from the humorous and shal­ is slow and unchanging, which creates a The characters are based on stereotypical young adults who talk openly about how they feel regarding vari­ low love relationships of high school to the soporific effect at times. And since not one ous issues which affect their lives. However, when one of them accuses another of rape, it forces many more macabre stages of teenage angst turned to track deviates from this standard the whole difficult discussions about what exactly happened that night. These four women and four men are forced to depression. Apparently Air has followed album either puts you to sleep or in a trance remember what they did or what they ignored and face the consequences of their actions. suit, creating variations upon a theme, each by track five. Of course, if the sound of the While 'Body Shots" deals with many of the important issues faced by today's young adults, alcohol abuse and corresponding to a different vignette. '70s bell-bottom rock-ballad movement is its consequences seem to be the most significant. It is apparent that some of the characters have no recol­ The aural movement approached by the what you are looking for, then by all lection of their choices or actions and some are dared to take sides and finally group on this album is really a carryover means, this album is the one for you. - come clean with honest impressions of their friends. They are quick to judge from the brand of synthesizer-heavy and Alex Scott others while trying to avoid being judged themselves. They all search for the willingness to find the truth, face their deepest fears and forgive one another. As Spring Break approaches, plans are being made to party non-stop for days. Many students will cut loose, and many more will witness first-hand the wild behavior of their peers. The yearly college ritual of drinking too much, partying too much and wearing too little can produce a similar scenario as seen in 'Body Shots". While it is a rite of passage for many students to experience Spring Break, think before you act and eat before you drink. ..Everything in moderation! .. THE CHALLENGE: 11 Rent DOI)V SIICJTS' today and write back to your college paper or log on to www.powerstudents.com/bodyshots to express your reactions, concerns and solutions for the future of your generation and the generations to come. • Only you can make the difference. NEW LINE © 1999 New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. © 2000 New Line Home Video. Inc. All Rights Reserved. HOME VIDEO I THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES April II, 2000 PAGE 17 Meet the Hip New Boss, Same as the Hip Old Boss Soundbreak Takes a Lateral Pass From MTV

ALISON ANDREWS "digital jocks" to you; "disc jockey" is so Retriever Weekly Staff Writer 20th century). All six of them, from the fashion-conscious Tobi to the British trans­ Quick quiz: Name a company based plant Christian Hand, seem to come around bringing music to the masses. It straight out of Irreverent Jock 101. (Collect employs a revolving cast of 20-and-30- all six! Each Digital Jock has an Endearing something ebullient Caucasians with pur­ Quirk™ of its own!) ple hair and nose rings. It features advertis­ To be fair, Soundbreak's DJs do feature ing aimed directly at the ·advertising-wary some fairly eclectic playlists, although the 18-35 demographic. It attempts to stay one emphasis is definitely on modem rock. You step ahead of the ever-shortening attention know, the kind of music that a significant span of the American viewer. Finally, it portion of station programmers still define insists that it's bringing you the best new as "alternative" without a hint of irony. I music frrst. did smile a bit when Christian switched If you answered MTV, you'd be right, from OJ Rap to mid-'80s classic "Don't of course, but such a description would also Go" by Yaz; it wasn't exactly a complete apply to the new Web radio site www. 180, but still, that's not a switch you'd be soundbreak.com. It's actually not such a likely to hear anywhere else. And a hour or coincidence that Soundbreak bears such a so spent on the site will probably tum you strong resemblance to Empty Vee. The vice on to a new band that tickles your fancy. Of president of the company is Mark course, to get to that one song, you'll have Goodman- yes, that Mark Goodman, one to sit through seven others that you'd hear of the original V J s on MTV back in the day. ori most average-sized, traditional alt-rock Soundbreak presents itself as an excit­ station. ing music revolution, but that's not really As for sound quality, your mileage will accurate. It definitely is music, and if definitely vary. I didn't have an opportuni­ Soundbreak you've never encountered online music ty to try out the site on a dial-up line, but Digital Jockeys: Christian, Marnie, Web, Tobi and Drue express their excitement before, it might be somewhat exciting. It you probably wouldn't want to anyway. at working for new Web radio site Soundbreak. absolutely is not revolutionary, though. The Over a T1 line on a 300MHZ computer, I primary hook to Soundbreak is supposed to found that multitasking just murdered the nature, a background type of thing that you booth just doesn't have the appeal of say, be that the site plays established acts along­ data stream. Even opening a word process­ do while driving, or cleaning, or knocking Puff Daddy's gold chains or Jennifer side unsigned bands. While this may be ing program causes the sound to drop out boots or whatever. At the same time, Web Lopez's rear end. true overall, a week of listening to the sta­ randomly and repeatedly in an extremely surfing is an extremely low-attention span Perhaps Soundbreak is a bit ahead of tion revealed that it plays approximately 60 annoying manner. Soundbreak offers dif­ activity; the instant something boring hap­ its time; it seems that the people who'd percent well-known bands ·like Oasis and ferent data streams depending on how pens, you can just click away and do some­ really be able to fully enjoy the site the Offspring, 30 percent unsigned or inde­ muscular your computer is, but this usual­ thing entirely different. would be those with high-end computers pendent-label bands trying to sound like ly breaks down to sacrificing sound quali­ Something just seems a little odd about and fast connections hooked up to stereo well-known bands like Oasis and the ty for a solid stream. At the lowest sound the way that Soundbreak tries to fight both systems. Unfortunately for Soundbreak, Offspring and only 10 percent genuinely quality, it's a bit like listening to a low­ these trends at the same time. Like MTV, that probably doesn't describe their target original bands that don't sound much like power AM station through a sock, which is they try to make the music listening a fore­ audience very well. Their target audience anything else. very little fun. ground activity, but unlike MTV, they don't is likely sitting on the couch with a bag of Soundbreak's most obvious debt to Probably the main problem with have the visuals to make it work. A relent­ chips, watching the new episode of MTV comes in their selection ofDJs (that's Soundbreak is that radio listening is, by lessly frame-skipping Webcam on the OJ Undressed. Flaming Lip Suffers From Car Trouble, Spider Bites from LIPS, page 16 reverb and the clarity of the vocals and we were to sit down and say, "Let's write like, "Okay we're playing, you come see piano that that might get lost in the mix something that would get played on the us and then see you later." Sort of like a the show? when you're just in a big room, but you'd radio" - we don't know how to do that. We movie, you know, people don't hang MI: What we've arrived at, we like to still be able to feel what was going on. really just do what we like. Hopefully, the around and go talk to the projectionist say, you wouldn't have been able to just , We started off thinking that this is going times will intersect with what we're doing afterwards. wake up one morning and go, "Ok, fellas. to revolutionize the way people go see con­ and then everyone will be happy. We've We were talking about how this rock 'n' Here's what we're gonna do." I think some certs. The first time we did it, we took out seen it happen with all sorts of bands - one roll, playing in a band sort of thing is a job of the ideas that we're doing, a lot of rock 500 headsets thinking that eventually we minute they are a radio band and then all of that you can't call in sick for unless you're shows do. You know, video projection, and would be carrying thousands of them the sudden you can't give the records away. dying. You don't go to a movie and the pro­ plenty of people play with samplers or pack­ around. We came to find out that a lot of In the same way, I think that we're hov­ jectionist is like, "Ah, I don't feel like run­ ing tapes or things like that. We thought at people really didn't care; it got in the way ering around. We're in the right area, and I ning the thing tonight." There was a band the start that maybe we could bring out of talking to their friends or messed up think that at some point there will be an that came through Oklahoma City and I some other musicians. But why make it their hair. Which is fine because people go intersection- we did have a radio hit a lit­ was all excited. My wife and I actually got more unwieldy than it needs to be? So we to concerts for all sorts of reasons and tle while ago. Even then, back in '94, we out of the house to go and see a show and were able to just have us up there on stage sometimes it doesn't even have anything to could have fallen into the trap of thinking when we got there, they had canceled. but play a lot of the parts that we wanted to do with the music at all. that everyone is listening to cool music Someone had a tummy ache and they did­ - and every night the drums sound good. I think the people who want to wear the now and that the world is going to change. n't feel like playing. We've all had the flu, As far as the headphones go I think it headphones, they want to hear it pristine. And, well, it really doesn't. coughing up phlegm and throwing up after started germinating with going to live And the other people just want to experi­ We were talking to some friends of ours the show cause we're so sick, but we still shows and usually they just don't sound ence the sound in the air; I think that's two who had moved out from Oklahoma City. went on. very good. And then instead of just com­ different camps. Probably after a while They' rc older, so their perception of punk TRW: Even evil spider bites couldn't plaining about it, we sort of stumbled upon, we'll probably just accommodate-the peo­ rock is bands like the Circle Jerks and keep you away. why don't we broadcast it within the club ple who want to hear the absolute clarity of Black Flag. They would talk to each other MI: I know. Exactly. and the audience can wear headsets. tt- to almost watch a record as it's being back in the '80s and say, "Wow, wouldn't it The Flaming Lips play this Friday, Basically, what happens is that the played by real people. be great if one day we could live in a punk March 14 with Belle and Sebastian side whole show goes to the radio station and TRW: People kind of want to stick you rock world?" And now they're saying, project Looper at Fletcher's in Baltimore. the kind of headphones that we had settled in the indie-rock genre, mostly because the "Here we are in the year 2000, we are liv­ Tickets are $20 and are available only on are those ones that sort of poke into your Flaming Lips aren't really a radio band. ing in a punk rock world and it sucks." through Ticketmaster. This will be a head­ ear, so they're not the ones that cover How do you feel about that? TRW: What kind of relationship do you phones show, but only 150 sets will be pro­ everything up so that you can't hear what's MI: I wouldn't mind being played on have with your fans? vided, so either go early or bring your own. going on outside. That's kind of cool the radio. It's not that we go out of our way MI: We've met a lot of nice people, but Audience members are encouraged to because you can get a direct injection of not to be played on the radio. But I think if then there are some nights where it's just bring puppets. PAGE 18 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS Aprilll, 2000

SGA Election Information This is a grave time in the primaries. In many ways, this academic year of 1999-2000. It is week's Focus is very similar. We, at this point during each spring the editors of Focus, and more­ and the Voting Process semester that the student body over the entire staff of The chooses it's leadership for the Retriever Weekly, urge you to LEANNE CURTIN following two semesters. We cast a vote on Election Day 2000 Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff Absentee ballots are available in the attend a democratic institution in at UMBC. This is an opportunity Student Life office, UC 206. which we are granted the right to for you, dear readers, to have a The student government elections are This year Jessica Garrett chairs the cast a vote and have a voice in louder voice than you did a nearing quickly, and you need to choose Election Committee chosen by the Judicial who makes the important deci­ month ago. This is true because someone to represent the student body to Board. The other two student members are sions that the Student your vote counts so much more; the administration and help decide budget, Elizabeth Koda and Ifedapo Rosemary Government Association is there are less students at UMBC student life and legislative issues. The elec­ Olajide. The designated administrators charged to make. than in the state. Go out and let tion debate is April 17 between all formal working with the Election Committee are On March 7, 2000 this very your voices be heard, cast your candidates. It will take place in UC 310 Dr. Jamie Washington, the associate vice section focused on the Maryland votes and vote wisely. from 5 to 7 p.m. This is a beneficial event president of Student Affairs, and Barbara

SGA Challenges Students to Vote in Upcoming Election Student Perceptions of the SGA's Power are Widely Underestimated and Misguided

JOHN C. ROEMER cation, SGA officials have the opportunity to Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff represent UMBC. This can only help UMBC in the state and national political arena. A year ago the Student Government The SGA determines the allocation of Association's annual elections sparked lit­ money collected through the mandatory tle interest among the student body. student activity fees. Student organizations Approximately 350 students voted, that are recognized by the SGA can petition accounting for about four percent of the to be funded with this money. In other student body. The apathy the SGA experi­ words, the SGA determines how big each enced is viewed by university officials as a piece of the pie is, and every organization UMBC Student Directory result of society's disinterest in politics. wants the biggest slice. The SGA also is AOK Voting: The AOK Library will serve host to one of three polling locations. Barbara Little, the SGA program coor­ responsible for the day-to-day maintenance dinator, said, "The student body doesn't of those allocations. recognize the power it has through SGA; Student government plays a part in the therefore, it doesn't policies and proce- providing the student body with candi­ Little, the SGA program coordinator. see a necessity to dures of the universi­ dates' views on issues pertinent to UMBC. The results of the election are binding vote." She issued a "The election allows students ty that affect stu- All prospective candidates for the exec­ 24 hours after the official results are deter­ utive branch of the student government are mined, unless a petition has been submitted challenge to the to decide who will be their dents. For example, required to have at least a 2.5 GPA. In addi­ against them. If any ties occur, the run-offs candidates to ener­ voice on campus, state and concerns about grad- gize the student ing policies are dealt tion, they all are required to attend four will be held a week later, on May 1. This is body and get stu­ national levels." with by the SGA. candidate meetings and submit an applica­ also the date of the inauguration, which dents out to the Another issue the tion and a candidate packet to become for­ will be held on the seventh floor of the polls. The goal is to SGA takes on is the mal candidates. Write-in candidates are AOK Library in the early evening. have a voter turnout of 1,000 ballots cast tobacco policies at UMBC. While the stu­ also held to the same procedures as the for­ At the close of ballots on the second on Election Day. That amounts to 10 per­ dent body may feel the SGA has little mal candidates. election day, the Election Committee will cent of the student body. This challenge is power in the overall operation and policy There are three convenient ways to cast meet with the designated administrative backed by top officials, namely UMBC making of the university, there are five bod­ your ballot for the elections. You can vote advisors and begin the tallying process. President Freeman Hrabowski and Vice ies that govern the university and the SGA on the two days of the elections, April 19 They are not allowed to leave the tallying President of Student Affairs Charles Fey. is dealt an even hand at the governing table. and 20. Polling locations will be set up in area until all votes have been counted and The election allows students to decide Representatives of the SGA also sit on sev­ the Resident Dining Hall, the first floor of the results have been determined. This who will be their voice on campus, state eral campus-wide committees like the the University Center and outside of the process usually ends around one or two in and national levels. UMBC has a unique Athletic Committee. AOK Library on the cement patio. On the the morning, and the results are posted out­ advantage due to its location, within an According to Barbara Little, 'The mission two election days, you can cast your vote side of the SGA and Student Life offices. A hour of both Annapolis and Washington of UMBC is to educate its students, and for online at my.umbc.edu!sga/votes. In addi­ copy is also given to The Retriever Weekly DC. When national and state legislative students to have a voice in that mission, they tion, you can submit an absentee ballot at to be published. Look for the results of the bodies debate bills concerning higher edu- need to elect dedicated, informed students." least five days before the first election day. election to be printed in the April 25 issue. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS Aprilll, 2000 PAGE 19

Student Government Association Elections 2000-2001 Registered Candidates Executive Branch President: Kafui Dzirasa & Vice-President: Joshua Templeton President: Bianca Oden & Vice-President: James Collins Legislative Branch University Academic Conduct Committee-3 seats = 3 different votes University Student Life Committee-4 seats = 4 different votes Write-in candidates only Neel Gulhar Debbie Y. Owolabi University Athletic Policy Committee-] seat= 1 vote Jennifer Servary Raj Stewart Write-in candidates only University Undergraduate Council-2 seats= 2 different votes SGA Constitutional Review Committee-3 seats = 3 different votes SashaMcGee Write-in candidates only SGA Procedural Rules Committee-3 seats = 3 different votes University Facilities Planning Committee-] seat= 1 vote Write-in candidates only Write-in candidates only Human Relations Committee-] seat= 1 vote SGA Senate Finance c;ommittee-7 seats = 7 different votes Write-in candidates only Delali Dzirasa Deen King-Smith Special Sessions Policy-] seat = 1 vote Kevin Sherwood Reggie Stalling IT Write-in candidates only Onyi Irrechukwu University Landscaping & Stewardship Delegate-] seat = 1 vote University Library Committee-] seat = 1 vote Write-in candidates only Sabrina Johnson-Turner PAGE 20 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES April 11, 2000 Faith's Norton on Cynicism, Community and Comedy from NORTON, page 15 comfortable way. Sometimes, when things are like that, someone's gotta take a little criticism one could reap on Faith because bit of a chance to get everybody over the of its genre. Just like N~rton's performanc­ hump." es contain subtle layers and nuances Other moments of improvisation revealed as his characters progress, the_ weren't included in the frnished product, movie he chose for his behind-the-camera but that, Norton claims, is just how come­ debut may not be exactly what it first dy works: "When you make a comedy, you · appears. shoot buckets to cover yourself, and you "I feel like our generation's comedies end up going, 'OK, that didn't work, that have come to be defined by irony a lot and didn't work, that didn't work.' And you cynicism, characters whose dilemma is end up with the stuff that did work." their own lack of sense of self," Norton, 30, Norton isn't necessarily hoping to says between sips-of tea in the dining room direct again in the near future, and specu­ of Baltimore's Pier V Hotel last Thursday. lates that his helming of Keeping the Faith He was in town to attend the benefit pre­ more or less came as a result of being with miere of Keeping the Faith at the Senator Blumberg through the early parts of the Theatre the next night. "They became, to creative process. "The reason it was worth me, largely interchangable, and I didn't doing here was because we kind of did it relate to them particularly because I didn't from scratch." look around and see a lot of people I knew He continues, "It wasn't like a plan: that were [such] slackers. I've always 'OK, I'm gonna direct a movie now, and Touchstone Pictures thought it was kind of a baby-boomer, con­ Gotta Have Faith: Ben Stiller and Edward Norton go beyond the typical priest-rabbi I'~ gonna direct a comedy.' Stu and I have venient, reductive vision of our generation jokes in Keeping the Faith, a comedy that turns stereotypes on their ear. worked together for a long time, it was the to say, 'Why are these kids so aimless?' thing he had written most recently. I liked Hey, you come out of college in a recession dad [while we filmed it], thinking I better helped to bring out Norton's funny side, not it a lot, we were working on it together. It and see how you deal." try to compose this well within the frame often seen in his films but definitely pres­ got to this point where he said to me, 'You So, in Keeping the Faith, he chose to and get a picture of one of his develop­ ent; before his movie career took off, know, maybe you should [direct] this one.' move in a different direction with the help ments." Norton and Blumberg used to write sketch I said, 'Well, you think?' He said, 'We're of screenwriter Stuart Blumberg; the two As the movie's director, he has words of comedy together, then rent out small the­ just gonna hunt around, we're gonna fmd have known each other since their days at praise for his cast and crew, particularly aters in New York and perform them for the someone else and then we're gonna sit Yale, from where Norton received a history Stiller. "The reason we wanted Ben to do it masses. there holding our heads while they muck it degree in 1991. Together, they cooked up was we had him in mind when we were Norton, then, enjoyed the opportunity to up.'" the ultimate priest-rabbi joke, with Norton writing the. script," Norton recalls. "In fact, ad lib alongside Stiller. In one improvised Now, Norton is "going back to my day competing with his Jewish pal (Stiller) for the character's name was Ben in our origi­ bit that made it into the final cut of the fllm, job for a while. I'm going to act in a movie the affections of their now grown-up child­ nal script because we were thinking of him. he impersonates Dustin Hoffman's Rain this summer, and then I'm going to take a hood buddy (Elfman). We were trying to think, 'OK, who's Man character for a comedic effect. "That break." In The Score, the heist thriller to "That has become its own cliche - Jewish and who can play a rabbi, and who was the first day of shooting," he remem­ which he's referring, he will star opposite characters who are deflecting their insecu­ can handle the broadest of broad comedy bers with a smile. "Everybody was a little Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando for rity or vulnerability with cynicism and but is also enough of an actor to do ... nervous, and it's a scene in the middle of director Frank Oz (Bowfinger)". irony," Norton recalls ruminating with these more serious moments?'" the movie, right when they're all supposed We'd wish him luck, but we really don't Blumberg. "Let's do something that's Working with pro comic like Stiller to be grooving with each other in the most think he needs it. almost punk-rock in how square it is, how uncynical it is. Make it two characters who are totally uncynical- and what could be more uncynical than a rabbi and a priest?" Funny Faith Reaffirms Norton's Talent Of course, if your movie'.s lead charac­ Anybody familiar with the Norton share makes their odd-couple ters are a rabbi and a priest, you inevitably sociopaths, schizophrenics and other friendship completely believable. But have to confront the stereotypes that go assorted miscreants Edward Norton the Get-Along Gang they're not when with the turf. In Keeping the Faith, Norton Movie Review has fashioned a a mutual best friend from the past wanted to tum those cultural assumptions wonderful career reenters their lives. They remember on their ears while maintaining good by Jamie Peck out of playing is Anna Reilly as a tenacious tomboy humor. "I think complexity is always bet­ going to sustain at least a little shock who moved away during the preteen ter," he says. "With this particular fllm, I while they watch Keeping the Faith years. Now, she's all grown up (and think the job was to try to have fun with C*** out of four). He finds his most played personably by Elfman), possi­ some things without having fun at the "normal" role yet in this sunny, pleas­ bly the solution to Jake's romantic expense of anything. This isn't Fight Club. ant comedy, though to what extent woes and defmitely the inspiration of This is not like a needle in the eye to certain depends on how normal you think a previously untapped feelings in the people. This was more a celebration of the young Roman-Catholic priest who celibate Brian. fact that ... we - especially our generation loves his job, his life and his parish is. A cutesy framing device, in which - are the real first manifestations of the Regardless, this is quite a contrast to a drunk and addled Norton recounts multicultural reality of this country." his stunning debut as a murderous this plight to a bartender, actually Norton adores the film's New York City altar boy in 1996's Primal Fear. serves the film more than it first setting for that reason: "One of the things I _ Keeping the Faith reaffirms appears to, but at two hours and nine love about New York is that it is a place Norton's chameleonic range in front minutes, Keeping the Faith could where the stereotypes keep shifting and of the camera and allows him to per­ stand to trim a little fat somewhere. changing as successive waves of immi­ form a few small miracles behind it, Though Anne Bancroft is funny in a grants go through it, and everybody is a too. As Faith's director, he coaxes supporting turn as Jake's doting mutt, everyone's the product of some for­ appealing work from co-star Jenna Jewish mother (is there another kind bidden marriage or cross-cultural lines Elfman, whose kooky free-spirit in cinema?), dropping a subplot about blurring." antics on TV's Dharma and Greg can her bitter feelings toward her ex-hus­ Shooting on location also allowed him sometimes grate. And by savvily band and subsequent health scare Touchstone Pictures to incorporate a sense of community into using the movie's New York City set­ wouldn't hurt the movie much. Threesome: Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman and Edward Keeping the Faith, literally and figurative­ ting, he develops a sense of commu­ But despite its padded length - Norton get together in Keeping the Faith. ly. Before his death in 1996, Norton's nity character better than most the­ and even as it runs that predictable grandfather, James W. Rouse, was chair­ atrical releases develop mere characters. older female congregants are always trying love-triangle narrative gamut of competi­ man-CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a For the record, that task is accom­ to set him up with their daughters. This tion-misunderstanding-crisis-resolution­ non-profit organization devoted to provid­ plished cheerfully as well, though this leads to a blind-date nightmare tenuously happy ending- Keeping the Faith should ing affordable h

CAPSUlE RMEWS OF MOVIES IN CURRENT ALSO IN THEATERS RElEASE BY JAMIE PECK

American Beauty The Lion King's Elton John and Tim Rice) and ***1/z out of four villain (a sinister high priest voiced by Armand Deliriously funny, darkly haunting and often Assante) may border on unmemorable, but its both in the same scene, this terrific tragicomedy story about two Spanish Inquisition-era con about a nuclear family exploding in many dif­ artists (Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh) who ferent ways now has a shelf full of Oscars - stumble onto a treasure map that leads them to including Best Picture-to further prove its sta­ the titular lost city of gold should entertain kids tus as one of last year's most important works. and adults more or less equally. A mute but Kevin Spacey's knockout performance as a sar­ expressive horse named Altivo steals the show. casm-seething everyman caught in a devastating midlife crisis won him the Best Actor trophy. Romeo Must Die Annette Bening (nominated) is highly memo­ *lh rable as his frustrated wife, and Thora Birch and This load of kung-phooey, based loosely Wes Bentley (unjustly overlooked) resonate as (very loosely) on William Shakespeare's Romeo teens caught in the suburban crossfire. and Juliet, is no romantic tragedy. It is, howev­ er, a martial-arts tragedy - a US vehicle for Erin Brockovich Dream Works SKG Hong Kong martial-arts superstar Jet Li in ***lh Grifters: Two Spanish lnqusition-era cons scheme in The Road to ElDorado. which all the fight scenes fall flat because Li is Julia Roberts' star power goes supernova in so obviously aided by ropes, wires and comput­ this fact-based account of a no-experience legal realistic with a fine attention to eerie detail, the Mission to Mars er effects. Jackie Chan, where are you when we secretary who comes to the aid of a small movie grows increasingly cartoonish and tacks **lh need you? The ho-hum story updates the rivalry California town unknowingly poisoned by a on an unsatisfying ending. But lead Devon Houston, we have a few problems - name­ between the Montagues and Capulets to a war gas-and-electric giant, and Albert Finney, as her Sawa, who was slumming in the flaccid horror ly, how this Brian De Palma sci-fi thriller irre­ between contemporary Asian and African­ occasionally bullied boss, marvelously reacts to show Idle Hands a year ago, is a well-spooked deemably crashes in its final half-hour. Before American gangs. At least R&B singer Aaliyah her intimidating demeanor. Non-mainstream gore guide even when the going gets rough. then, Mission offers some taut suspense makes an impressive sceen debut in the film as director Steven Soderbergh (The Limey) seems sequences, as a NASA rescue team (including Romeo's pseudo-Juliet. like an odd choice to helm this crowd-pleasing Here on Earth Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise and comic-relief material, but he's actually perfect for it. His * Jerry O'Connell) voyages to the Red Planet in Whatever It Takes refusal to oversentimentalize the sad story or Give the movie some credit for putting at hopes of determining what happened to a crew ** lighten Roberts' hard-edged character make least a temporary kibosh on the wall-to-wall that landed a year prior. Their journey is worth­ In this teenage twist on Cyrano de Bergerac, Erin Brockovich more powerful and pleasing crudity that most teen flicks embrace as their while, but things get unfortunately laughable platonic pals Shane West and Marla Sokoloff than it has any right to be. sole reason for being. But revoke that credit when they reach their destination, complete spend most of the film's blessedly brief 92 min­ immediately, because Earth, a solemn romance with a close encounter of the third kind that utes unaware that they're absolutely perfect for Final Destination about a female high-school graduate (Leelee feels like that crying-Indian commercial of the each other, a conclusion audiences will reach as *** Sobieski) falling for a guy (Chris Klein) from early '80s. soon as their characters are introduced. Fall's Death takes a holiday to stalk a group of - say it with me - the wrong side of the tracks Melissa Joan Hart vehicle Drive Me Crazy cov­ teenagers who were supposed to die on a field­ is two miserable films for the price of one: a The Road to ElDorado ered the same turf, and who wants to see a trip flight but evacuated the plane at the last painfully melodramatic story of puppy lust and *** remake of that stinkeroo? Far better to enjoy minute. Great concept, and Final Destination a painfully melodramatic disease-movie-of-the­ Though it's not as subversive as Antz or as director David Raynr's assured staging of some more or less runs with it, providing some solid week. The warm talents of Sobieski and Klein, visually powerful as The Prince of Egypt, this of Whatever's genre-parodying moments and jolts and genuinely disturbing murder so wonderful in Election, are insultingly wast­ third animated effort from Dream Works SKG is the fun performance of Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as the sequences along the way. At first nightmarishly ed. fun, lively and colorful. El Dorado's songs (by dim Miss-Popularity object of West's affection. ········••• ' }·•••••·••••••••••••-.:;;•-~- ..: ...... triever , ..... ~f

Weekly's Plaza this · WE~aneS(Iav e~ur1n~a rr~ee hour 5 fQr ~o)~~ I~~~f a~~e scree·ning at General Cinema Towson Commons on the , evening of Tuesday, April18. Opens ,Friday, Apri I 2.1 ! Passes/prizes good while supplies last. Employees of fhe Retriever Weeklyt -UMBC and Universal Pictures not · eligible. 'Limit one per peJ:Son. No purchase necessary. THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES Aprilll, 2000 PAGE 23 { The fashion Plate } Backpacks: fashion us. function ERICA JANIA WASHINGTON ensemble as a pair of shoes. Many students a major "don't," since you'll probably just brighter color, like yellow. That way Retriever Weekly Staff Writer value shoes that are comfortable and flat­ end up looKing like a tourist. the bags designed for fashion can carry tering. The same amount of seriousness By picking a high-quality messenger or all of the weight of fashion, without Walking around campus, I've that goes into shoes should be applied to sling bag, a student can automatically have burdening the functional bags even noticed that many students have unique finding a suitable bag - assuming, of a combination of lots of function with a lit­ more. methods of carrying around their books C

------·I I I [insert name here] I o, you've explored the wondrous uses them to relentlessly mock the con­ I Space . Invaders-type game like I from INSERT, page 15 world of Internet cartoons and are ventions of all genres from high-concept I Congressional Attack!, in which you Snow crawling back for more pro­ dramas to low-budget action flicks. I into the Dairy Queen parking lot on his control a single lobbyist who has to fire crastination guidance from your friends Trailervision boasts over a hundred fake I motorcycle, gracefully dismounting in wads of money at an unending barrage at Information Overload. Fear not, your trailers for movies that don't exist, from I front of a group of giggling teenage girls, of Strom Thurmonds, Edward Kennedys papers wUl get written eventually. the comically tasteless adventures of I - taking a pack of Kamel Reds out of his and Trent Lotts before they reach the Playtime, on the other hand, should never Chuck Norris-like hero Lance Banyan leather jacket and coolly lighting up with bottom of the screen. Or perhaps be put off. And what better way to relax in Lance Banyon vs. the Ku Klux Klan to a golden Zippo just before saying: Battleground Columbine, a real-time than to watch a movie? That's right, this the ultra-hyped Second Coming flick "Evenin', ladies. The name's Sal strategy game where you can either con­ week we are departing from our beloved Jesus 2000: J2K. The appeal of Paradise. What's there to do in this lil' trol a SWAT team or two heavily armed Shockwave to enter the realm of online Trailervision's clever mini-films lies in town of yours?" In any case, Mr. deranged students as they vie for control film. Most of these are not the best qual­ the way they perfectly capture the for­ Paradise, you are now the proud owner of a large high school. Go to it. ity and take entirely too long to load, but mula of the trailer - the gratuitous sex of your very own suicide manual. Use it Incidentally, anybody who has the initia­ hey, it's not like you have anything bet­ scene shot that assures the audience it responsibily. tive to actually create an original remix ter to do with your time. gets to see naked celebrities, the quick Week Nine's contest springs from the of a Super Mario Bros. theme wins auto­ cuts from dramatic.events to cheap one­ fact that [Insert N arne Here], during an matically. My Boot (www.myboot.com/movies) liners and, of course, the turgid tagline extended session of downloading mp3s, The prize for Week Nine is one of the Partially a collection of America's (The Coast Is Toast, sometimes, or Size discovered that there are actual remixes stupidest video games of all time: Funniest Home Videos rejects, partially Does Matter) that substitutes for an of Nintendo music. And not of this new­ 1986's Kool-Aid Man for the clips from Cartoon Network, partially actual explanation of what the fllm is all fangled N64 business, either. [Insert Intellvision, in which you get to control just entertainment for crackheads. In the about. The scary thing is that it's pretty Name Here] is talking orchestral ver­ a little girl and a little boy as they run Funniest Home Videos-type section, you easy to imagine that some of sions, techno mixes and experimental around a haunted mansion, trying to can fmd a great surveilance tape of a tur­ Trailervision's humorously horrible deconstructions of the old-school 8-bit avoid the Thirsties while simultaneously bulent school bus ride where some kid is ideas are being made into real produc­ game themes: Super Mario Bros., attempting to find a packet of Kool-Aid, __, thrown up into the air, against the ceil­ tions as you read this. -Tracy Williams Castlevania and The Legend of Zelda, a pitcher and a bowl of sugar so that they ing, and into the aisle. The Cartoon among others. Obviously, this is the can take them to the kitchen sink and Network clips, wonderful as they are, are Ingredient X Entertainment coolest thing of all time, and [Insert summon the all-powerful Kool-Aid animated and therefore irrelevant to this (www.ingredientx.com) This is the home Name Here] has been playing them non­ Man, who proceeds to kick Thirstie butt week's topic. My Boot's highlight is def­ of My Boot's "School" clip. The stop, to the unending delight of all for 60 seconds. Then it starts all over initely the bizarro miscellaneous clips, whacked-out puppets are the same, and Retriever Weekly staff members. again. Since the Thiristies are incredibly for example one entitled "School." This they have the potential to screw with Your challenge for this week is to stupid and Kool-Aid Man is incredibly one is certainly a gem, with wacked-out your head like you wouldn't believe. come up with an idea for a video or com­ powerful, this game loses its appeal in puppets wailing some - er - lessons Don't forget to check out "Playground;" puter game. The only rule you have to about seven minutes. As lame as this about the real world. And for those of if that DARE program in middle school follow is that your game concept cannot game was, and as unlikely as you are to you seeking spiritual guidance, My Boot did not turn you off drugs, this clip will. possibly stand a chance of being have an Intellvision to play it on, it took humbly offers slightly modified footage There is something very, very wrong released. This is harder than it may a hell of a lot of Kool-Aid points to send of televangelist Robert Tilton. This one with little blue muppets experimenting sound, what with games like Postal and away for, so appreciate it, damnit. will make you wonder what it is exactly with narcotics on playgrounds. And you Parappa the Rapper, but try. Maybe a that he worships - Jesus or bean burri­ should always remember to never leave Ingredients: Beer. Entries must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 14. Please submit entries to tra­ tos? -Anna Kaplan home without your friend Mr. Mace. [email protected] or to the Retriever Weekly front desk at UC 214. After writing itself this week, Most of the material on this site is dis­ [Insert Name Here] was informed that Sal Paradise was a character from On the Road, which 1) explains Trailervision ( www. trailervision. turbing and wonderful beyond words. why [Insert Name Here] got that mental image of the character and 2) utterly destroyed the small comedic com): This brilliantly satirical site takes And it is not only populated by muppets, value of that image for anybody who'd read the book. Damn beats. Winners will be notified by Little the the only things more cliched than the either. There are also home video-type Alison the Miniature Cow. Do not get [Insert Name Herej wet. Keep Insert Name Here] out of bright lights. And never, ever feed [Insert Name Herel after midnight. average mainstream movie - the aver­ things; these are not as disturbing but age mainstream movie's trailers- and cool anyway. -AK

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Student Government Association Elections 2000-2001 Three Ways to Vote Registered Candidates 1. Between April 12 and April 19, Executive Branch President: Kafui Dzirasa & VP: Joshua Templeton .you can vote by Absentee ballot President: Bianca Oden & VP: James Collins in the Office of Student Life. Legislative Branch 2. On April 19 & 20, you can vote University Academic Conduct Committee-3 seats Write~in candidates only on the World wide web at: University Athletic Policy Committee-1 seat http://m.y.umhc.edu/sgalvotes Write-in candidates only 3. On Aprill9(9ain-7pin) & 20 SGA Constitutional Review Committee-3 seats Write-in candidates only (9a~n-5prn), you can vote by pa­ University Facilities Planning Committee-1 seat per ballot at on~ of the following Write-in candidates only SGA Senate Finance Comm.ittee-7 seats locations: Delali Dzirasa • UC first floor Kevin Sherwood • Student Dining Hall Onyi Irrechukwu Deen King-Smith ( 1~-lunch & dinner, 20-lunch) Reggie Stalling II • Patio of the Library University Library Cotnmittee-1 seat Sabrina Johnson-Turner Only currently enrolled UMBC undergradu"" University Student Life Committee-4 seats ate students can vote. Each student can sub­ Neel Gulhar mit one ballot of votes. Jennifer Servary Debbbie Y. Owolabi ·

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Humanity Lends a Hand Ben Stiller Jenna Elfman Edward Norton from HABITAT, page I 5 We stood now in an evidently low­ income neighborhood, not far from the families, holds what is known as Collegiate YMCA. There were a total of three houses Challenge, an alternative program for stu­ within a two-block area on which we were dents on break where they may substitute a to work. Two were being built: one nearly beer bottle for a hammer and fill their guts complete, another with only the basic up with the pride in a good day's work frame and the last was being gutted/demol­ rather than the suds from a warm ished for later refurbishing. Budweiser. The houses they build are not That day, it was demolition. Hammer in handouts; the owners-to-be must put in hand, hard hat on head, we starting ripping several hundred hours of "sweat equity" out dry wall and anything else that wanted working on their homes, and the finished to be ripped. The house was already falling house is sold to them for no profit and with apart, literally. There were sections of the no-interest loans. second floor which were ready to cave in, The UMBC chapter of Habitat, char­ and rain water dripped through the deterio­ tered in 1995, has been participating in the rated ceiling. A few of us guessed that it Collegiate Challenge since 1993 and has might have been a trace of Hurricane hit such varied locations as Miami, Hugo, which devastated the city nearly 11 Pittsburgh and Portland, Maine. This year years ago. was not the first that I had considered vol­ Two large dumpsters were filled by one unteering my help during Spring Break; o'clock. With no place else to throw the since living with a former Habitat guru a junk, the day was over. As an afterthought, few years back, I've heard many stories I asked one of the AmeriCorps people if, about these excursions. However, motiva­ considering the age of the house, there tions towards other forms of stimuli in the might have been asbestos within the walls past, such as the perceived need to gaze we were _tearing apart. He thought for a upon the appealing visages of nicely­ moment and replied, "Maybe." . So that's tanned co-eds down in the lovely state of what the tingly feeling in my lungs was. Florida, distracted me from community With two inches of soot and sweat over service. each of our bodies, a shower never felt so Following, then, in the words of one of good as that afternoon. the two South Carolina state mottoes, With fresh wood, fresh n~ls and the Animis Opibusque Parati ("Ready in soul same filthy clothes as the day before, we and resource"), we sallied forth. Twelve of constructed. Under a gorgeous Tuesday us traveled for nearly nine hours, following sky and easy breeze, the penetrating sound the beaten path of I-95 into Confederate of a hundred hammers filled the air, as lit­ country. Charleston itself, famous for being tle by little, the skeleton of a house began the location of the first shots of the Civil to transform into something resembling an War as well as the home of The Citadel, is actual habitat. Some of us worked on nail­ COMING SOON TO THEATRES EVERYWHERE located on a peninsula where the Cooper ing metal braces to the roof joists, to pro­ and Ashley rivers converge and meet the vide security against future hurricanes, Atlantic. With a population of 80,000, it is some nailed an insulating wrap around the about one-ninth the size of Baltimore, with outside of the house and others were upon beautiful waterfront properties, as well as the highest points, laying down the basis of COME AUDITION FOR residents friendlier than Mr. Rogers on an a roof. overdose of St. John's Wort. In the midst of it all, as the sun bore THE THEATRE DEPATMENT Our place of residence for the week was down with increasing heaviness, and the a slightly dilapidated, 140-year-old dryness of my throat squelched my energy, YMCA, in what was described to us as a the reasons for my being there seemed elu­ "somewhat sketchy" neighborhood. sive. Yet, as I laid my head down that night, Compared to west Baltimore, however, we something felt very good. I had actually The UMBC Department of Theatre will hold auditions were in Pleasantville. Our five-star accom­ worked hard that day. How the hell did that modations featured two small bathrooms, happen? for those students considering a major in acting or and the softest of gym floors on which to We had off Wednesday. The weather sleep. In addition, Habitat folks from two was warm, the beer was cold and the wanting to explore a more in-depth acting class beyond other schools, University of Ohio and MIT, women wore too much makeup. Thursday were booked to share these facilities. This and Friday did not involve working on the introductory course. Auditions will be held on brought the numerical totals to 60 people, habitats. Due to a simple problem of hav­ four showers and three toilets. Excited ing too m~y volunteers in one town, there Wednesday, April 19 at 1:00 p.m. in Fine Arts 318. about the prospect of "roughing it," how­ were unfortunately not enough of those ever, I greeted these meager accommoda­ jobs to occupy our whole week. We put in tions with a smile. I unfurled my extra-soft, hours at a food bank warehouse, sorting queen-sized air mattress onto the cold gym canned goods and cleaning. Sadly, my Students shoulkd come prepared to participate in floor beneath a cloud of dirty looks and efforts to stock up for the rest of the semes­ snide comments from the other 59 tempo­ ter were thwarted by our snoopy supervi­ improvisations. A prepared monologue is not neces­ rary residents as they scurried to snatch one sor. of the few tattered gym mats for their The beginning of the week felt like ages sary, however, if one is already memorized, theatre fac­ "beds." In the spirit of service, I kept my ago, and yet it was now over in a flash. The gloating to a minimum. members of my group, mostly strangers ulty would like to see it. Participants should wear Then came labor. before the voyage, now felt like family, and "Hard hats and work gloves over here!" it was almost tear-jerking to leave the clothes in which they can move freely. Based on these shouted an AmeriCorps team member YMCA ... but not quite. Contrary to what under a blanket of cold rain in the too-early you may have heard, it ain't fun to stay at auditions, a determination will be made if students may Monday morning. While not typically a the YMCA. part of Collegiate Challenge, AmeriCorps As we headed back to Union territory, I reGeive permission to register for THTR 220 Craft of assigned a team of 10 to work with us and smiled a stupid little smile. I learned a lit­ all other colleges who would be volunteer­ tle something down south. I learned that Acting I. For further information, contact Wendy ing in Charleston this year. Because they work still sucks, but when done for a good had already been there for a few weeks, cause, there is something beautiful about it Salkind, Chair at [email protected]. they had a decent idea of what was going -something pure and true. It's this kind on, and therefore were (unofficially) in of thing on which America was built, and it charge. felt damn good to be a part of it.

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ADAM CRAIGMILES palm trees and a beach. Retriever Weekly Foreign Correspondant Twenty-six hours of train riding to get here, chanti­ On the fourth page of Paul and Mary ng the entire way "72 Shiller's honeymoon photograph book degrees and sunny" - the is a picture of Paul showing his teeth, weather report we'd spot­ the crescent coast of Nice, France in the ted in a cyber cafe in Nice. background. .In the corner hides a We had nine days with disheveled ball of blond hair scratched the entirety of Europe by sun-pink arm. Little Joe Hunter at our disposal. Our goal: snapped a shot of the world's longest to escape the mild Italian weather for bench in the Gaudi Park of Barcelona. some crisp rays and sand. Greece or The swirling, mosaiced perch is peopled Morocco would've done but two of us with three unshaven young men, coma­ spoke Spanish and one of us French. tose in bright sun atop bursting back­ That is, we could speak enough to ask packs. All mouths agape. Decapitated by for the bathroom and buy train tickets. the border of Pedro Ferrini's snapshot of Nice was Nice. At the train station the brilliant wooden effigies of Las we received laughs as replies for ask­ Pallas, the yearly weeklong festival in ing, Do you speak English? No prob­ Velencia, Spain, slouches a young man lem. We sought our revenge in the many in wrinkled T-shirt. Two of three pic­ coffee shops bordering busy streets. tures from Mr. Hagiwara's Magical Stripes with plaids, are you kidding? ... European Group Tour, capturing 45 of So that's what a mini-skirt looks like on his fellow trayelers boarding the grafi­ a 60 year-old. Even wearing clothes tied, northbound Roman train, feature that had been stuffed into backpacks for five yawning American college students days, we felt like fashion kings. And flirting with the upper left hand border. their French Riviera beaches? All Spring Break. stones. The plane ticket home speaks in Our quick escape to Barcelona crackles from my pocket as I shift. One proved a welcome change of scenery. way from Barcelona to Rome. The lights We practiced slurring our words, as was are bright. Too bright. The three of us the local custom in "Bar-th-elona," and are sweating rum. But I forget my gyrat­ even ate in a restaurant where Picasso ing skull and snare drum ears, the paella designed the menu. When we tried to anchoring in my gut. Shhh. The show is order catelloni, the waiter told us it was starting. best eaten in Rome. "We'll drop in Two guitars. Their sounds fanning some time," we told him. But the high, low, fluttering. Slap. Two women beaches, though sandy, necessitated a in loud polka-dotted dresses clap to jacket. We needed to push further south. high-pitched humming. And a woman A four-hour hop sout~ward, training explodes from center curtain, on fire along Spain's paintbrush sweeps of with the single, scarlet spotlight. Her coast, we found ourselves in Valencia­ feet clicking, stamping. Quick quick. host to several days of celebration in Face contorted just like on the flyer that which elaborate effigies are constructed read "La Passion, La Musica, La Arte." all over town, only to be burned in a Her two fleshy flanks warred beneath tremendous bonfire. Also home to hun­ the stretched dress. The waiters began dreds of varieties of the Spanish rice passing out complimentary drinks. Two dish, paella, Ricardo who slapped me more women join her side. Stomp on the back and called me amigo when 'stomp. The clicking picks up pace. I asked for directions, our 12 US dollar Rhythms weave with counter rhythms. per night hotel, conveniently sand­ Waiters approach with something red. wiched between Mundo Erotica and Two men join the stage, singing . Pretty Woman Peep Show, where they .Guitars escalate. The drink has fruit. don't even bother connecting the hot Two more women emerge. No, it can't water pipes, and thousands of people Yoga Jump Goes Here be. Two more women. The waiter waves who smile a universal "No" to our sangria before our noses in the dark. "Hablas ingles ?" from YOGA, page 15 stretches are done slowly and deliberately, Mike covers his mouth, we wave them We spent two days acquiring beach allowing a certain peacefulness to blow off. The stage is filled, feet all in unison, tar on our feet. Cheese, bread, wine and incorporate the whole body. Members of away the anxieties of daily life. twirling twirling. Glasses of sangria beach. Velencia was 72 and sunny. Then the class are encouraged to only go as far Pat Scully of the Early Childhood chink. Salud. The heels are all stamping. 78 and sunny. Then 82. Paradise and as they are comfortable - the goal is Program attended the class and remarked, Mike's face drops two shades. The beach beach beach. relaxation, not competition. "It's convenient because it's right on cam­ wooden platform is popping with fire­ On our last night before heading The environment is tranquil in itself. pus, and it's very relaxing. It also helps to work feet. back to Barcelona where our plane left The new Women's Center- which is hav­ make me more flexible." On the stroke of midnight, night the day after, we sought some cheap ing its grand opening on April 24 - is a The class costs $80 for eight weeks of became day. Now it was the sky popping eats to celebrate Mike's rite of passage. homey comer of the RAC, complete with session, and new members are welcome to with actual frreworks. From our vantage What began with a toast with the local comfortable couches, foliage and dim join at any time. It's a wonderful chance point, we could see some ofit. But the elixir, wound up savagely on a side­ lighting. A new wool mat - highly for us to step away from the rat race and sidewalk was cool, solid against my walk before a crazed light show. And acclaimed by Women's Center advocate slow down, take a deep breath and take head. The frreworks commemorated our later, dragging the limp body between and former director Maiy Rivkin- gives care of our bodies for a while. After all, traveling companion's manhood. ~n us, we sighed a universal plea for a the students a comfy floor on which to per­ they do serve us well. For more informa­ actuality, it was a Valencian festival, but quick return to Rome. Spring break was form the postures. Soft piano music com­ tion, you can contact Mikhel Kushner in we marveled at the coincidence. killing us. Besides, we where dying to 1 plete with light piano arias and singing the Women's Center at x2714 or e-mail her Happy 21' , Mikey. I gave him a know if Shaun and Anni actually got birds plays throughout the class. The at kushner@ umbc.edu. thumbs-up. Meditating in the niche of a their shots and went to Egypt, if shop window, Mike replied with a cele­ Chrissy and Summer liked Sicily, if the bratory spraying of the sidewalk with neighbors got sick of each other in his intestines. Damn sangria. Berlin, and if Bubba made it to But still, this was paradise. It had Amsterdam.

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Thesday, Aprilll (410) 516-7517. Take Back the Night Think of three of the women you're Saturday, April lS closest to. The odds are that one of Les Miserables them will be raped at some point in ''The legendary musical Les her life. Make clear that this is an Miserables is currently playing the unacceptable statistic by taking part in Mechanic Theater through April 23. the Take Back the Night rally. This Now in its 14• year in London and Sexual Assault Awareness Month 13th year on Broadway, Les activity kicks off at the Washington Mise rabies has won 50 major awards, Monument at Mt. Vernon Square in including the 1987 Tony Award for Baltimore tonight at 5:30. Activities Best Musical. Based on Victor and workshops include self-defense, Hugo's classic novel, the musical tells massage, aromatherapy, information the story of fugitive Jean Valjean, tables from local and national organi­ who is pitted against the cruel and zations. Speakers include Katie self-righteous Inspector Javert in a O'Malley, the Assistant State Attorney lifelong struggle to evade capture." in charge of Baltimore County, and -The Baltimore Sun. (410) 752- Janet Caputo, the Secretary of the 1200. Baltimore chapter of the National Organization for Women. The rally Sunday, April16 will be followed by a march down Pursuing Beauty Charles Street. In case of rain, meet at Photo Works, Baltimore's newest the First Unitarian Church at Franklin community p~otography center, & Charles Streets. (410) 837-7000. exhibits MonikaAndersson's pictures· of high-school prom dancers, beauty Thursday, April 13 contestants, drag queens and others JHU Film Festival engaged in the eternal human quest to Well, it's April 13 once again and you win friends and influence people by know what that means, it's time once looking one's best. Andersson's sub­ again for the JHU Film Festival. jects are optimistic rather than vain, Didn't know that? Actually, neither and their craving for acceptance gives did I -just goes to show how useful them a wistful vulnerability that make it can be to read other newspapers the photos both touching and true." every now and then. Anyway, the fes­ -The Baltimore Sun. The exhibit tival kicks off tonight at the Charles closes today, so get down to and continues Friday evening and Hampden early for a green chili bur­ Saturday afternoon and evening. rito at the Golden West and go check We're particularly looking forward to out the pictures later. You won't The Mullet Uncut on Saturday at 2:50 regret this, we swear. ( 41 0) 889-4600. p.m. For prices and showtimes, call -Sutton Stokes

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CHRIS KERNER Michael Cheng with a beautiful pass that Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff left the junior open for a quality scoring opportunity, and he capitalized, blazing Following a week that saw the men's the back of the UMBC net with 4.5 sec­ lacrosse team lose a game with less than onds remaining. On the ensuing faceoff, five seconds to play and win another the Bison were able to tie up the ball long game over an average team in overtime, enough to let the clock wind down, seal­ the Retrievers' chance for making a third ing the Retrievers' fate and. securing the trip to the NCAA tournament is in serious 8-7 win. danger. On Wednesday; the Retrievers Overall for UMBC, Jeff Ratcliffe never led against the 21" 1-ranked scored two goals and dished out one Bucknell Bison and were beaten 8-7 on a assist, Dan Marohl notched a· goal and an goal with 4.5 seconds remaining, while assist and Josh Hahn added two assists. Saturday's contest against the UMass In net, Steve Cusa made nine saves. Minutemen lasted an extra session, but In Saturday's contest at UMass, the had different results for UMBC as the Retrievers found themselves in another Retrievers pulled out the victory, 9-8. tight one. UMBC was down early in the In their first game of the week against game, once again, as the Minutemen Bucknell, the Retrievers never led. Th~ opened up a 3-0 lead in the first quarter. Bison jumped out to an early 4-1 lead on Eventually, the Retrievers would claw goals by Ed Costello and Brad their way back to a 5-5 tie at halftime VanNostrand in the first half. UMBC with help from two goals by Josh Hahn. Amy Banowetz I Retriever Weekly Staff responded with three consecutive goals In the second half, UMBC's John Dire Straits: UMBC men's lacrosse needs several more wins to avoid missing the to knot the score at 4-4 early in the fourth Harasym gave his team its first lead of NCAA tournament for the first time in three years. period, until Bucknell's Keith· Poisella the game at 7-6 by scoring two goals Gibson until the 1:33 mark to break strong in net as he made 11 saves. scored on a man-up situation. early in the third quarter. That lead would through the UMass defense and scorch UMBC moved to 4-5 on the season Another Bison tally raised the score to be shortlived, however, as the the game-winning shot past the overall and 3-2 in the Eastern College 6-4 in favor of the home team before the Minutemen notched two straight goals of Minutemen netminder. Athletic Conference. Retrievers will Retrievers would respond once again by their own, including one with 23 seconds Th~ Gibson's goal was his third on the day. next travel to Chapel Hill to take on the scoring twice, tying the contest at 6-6. left, to regain a one-goal advantage at the Harasym contributed two goals and two North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday at An Alex Gi.bson goal gave Bucknell a end of the third period. assists, while Josh Hahn also added three 2p.m. slim one-goal advantage late in the fourth The fourth stanza saw only one goal goals to the offensive effort. Cusa was until UMBC sophomore Collin Meerholz as UMBC sophomore midfielder Adam notched a man-up score around Bison Shiley scored his first goal of the season, goalie Justin Sussman, evening the con­ tying the score at 8-8. That is how it test at 7-7. would stay as regulation ended. Men Continue to Roll With time winding down in the fourth In a closely-contested first overtime period, Bucknell's Gibson fed teammate session, it would take UMBC's Charlie with 5-2 Victory Over Hapless Hoyas

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DAVE CHEN big." said Staines. Now entering her second year on Retriever Weekly Staff Writer The NEC competition hasn't put up too the team, the psychology major, who much of a fight ever since UMBC's inau­ has her sights set on med school, has gural campaign in 1997, and it seems to set goals for herself athletically as well Still undefeated in the Northeast remain so this season. "It's not that great." as academically. "I just want to win as Conference, the UMBC women's Staines said of the opposition. With many games as we can, to do my best lacrosse team is gunning for a three­ accomplishments like hers still fresh on on the field each time and to pass my peat championship performance this paper, it's hard to disagree with that opin­ classes so I can keep playing." she said. season with an outstanding effort ion. When asked what were the reasons for Coach Yeakel has more specific from rising star Ashley Staines. her and the team's recent success, she expectations for the sophomore mid­ In three games, the sophomore replied, "I just practice a lot and focus on fielder. "We need [Ashley] to be work­ midfielder from Overlea High School getting better, and we go out there and ing hard on offense and defense to put (Baltimore, Maryland) has scored 11 play with a lot of heart." together two good halves, and now goals and totaled 19 in the last six As a freshman in high school, Staines she's starting to do so." contests. In the narrow 13-12 loss to started on defense but later switched to her Going into a two-game NEC road l91h-ranked Old Dominion last current role as a midflelder. She would trip against Sacred Heart University month, the Baltimore native scored eventually be named to the All-County and Quinnipiac College, Staines is tied all four of her goals in the second First Team and then face the decision of for the UMBC lead in goals ( 19 goals/ half, but the Lady Retrievers fell just where to play college lacrosse. "It was 2.38 gpg) and ranks second on the short of a major upset. So far this either here or Western Maryland (Division squad in scoring (23 points/ 2.63 ppg). month, she has recorded three goals III), and my mother wanted [stronger] "Ashley is a leader, not by voice, in a win over NEC opponent competition for me, so I chose UMBC." Marianne Hayden I Retriever Weekly Staff but by example. She has talent and Monmouth (17-11) and also four she explained. "I started in sixth grade, Power Player: Ashley Staines will be she's improved a great deal, and now goals and one assist in a crushing, and I don't remember why, but I liked it." essential for the Lady Retrievers' suc­ she's always a threat because she wants one-sided victory (20-5) against Preparation for a big game is essential cess in 2000 and beyond. the ball and she'll put it in the net." said Wagner. for any player, and for Staines, this is no Yeakel. "I used to have to tell her to use The season's first major conquest exception. "Coach [Monica Yeakel] says "In high school I took photography, but her speed, and now she does it auto­ was a 13-10 win over the 11th-ranked that we need to figure out what [we need] I'd rather be a doctor than an artist. _I also matically." George Mason Patriots last month to do, and I run mental pictures of myself like painting and movies. Some of my As long as Staines continues to per­ that really boosted the team's confi­ doing good," she commented. favorites are Ansel Adams, Monet and da form at her current level, the Lady dence as well as her own. "It was the Aside from the sport of lacrosse, Vinci. I love Arnold Schwarzenegger, Meg Retirievers have a lot to look forward first of the season, and it was pretty Staines has many other interests as well. Ryan and all sorts- of movies," she said. to in 2000 and beyond.

SOFTBALL SPLITS TWINBILL blow in the inning after her two-run home­ Ricky Brown, who hails from Charles South Jersey Player of the Year last season WITH ST. JOSEPH'S run sealed the Hawks' fate. County Community College, was selected and was a Second-Team All-State Player. Senior Jackie Ruffin picked up the win to the 1999 Junior College All-America This group of newcomers will look to for UMBC, allowing just four hits and no Team after earning Honorable Mention in keep UMBC soccer on top for many years The UMBC softball team earned a split earned runs to lift UMBC's overall record 1998. The swift forward earned All-State to come. in its double header versus St. Joseph's to 17-18. honors while at Thomas Stone High School (PA) on April 6. The Retrievers struggled in in Waldorf, Maryland and was a First Team VERONICA CASTRO EARNS NEC the opener, earning just three hits while CARINGI INKS FOUR NEW All Metro selection by The Washington WINTER SCHOLAR ATHLETE striking out six times versus the Hawks RECRUITS FOR 2000 SEASON Post. hurler. Senior Christina Kowalski went the Joe Capone arrives at UMBC from the Senior co-captain Veronica Castro distance in the 5-1 win and earned her 12th It appears as though UMBC soccer is on same place last year's hero on the squad, earned the Northeast Conference's Winter win. The lone run scored by the Retrievers top for good. After 1999's tremendous 19- Guiliano Celenza, did: Essex Community Scholar Athlete for women's swimming for was unearned. 1-2 record that was accompanied by an College. Capone was an Honorable her performances in the pool and in the . Kowalski drove in the game's first run appearance in the NCAA tournament, the Mention Junior College All-American in classroom. Castro's 3.43 grade point aver­ in the frrst inning after rifling an RBI sin­ Retriever men's soccer team lost only three 1999 while also earning All-Region and age in information systems and her per­ gle. SJU extended its lead in the second players. It was recently announced that All-Conference honors in both 1998 and formance this season earned her the award. · inning after a double from sophomore Head Coach Pete Caringi has already found 1999. He graduated high school from Perry Castro, a dual event winner at the 2000 Missy Rhoades and cruised to a 5-1 victo­ more-than-suitable replacements with his Hall where he was selected to the All State NEC Swimming Championships, captured ry. four new recruits. Team in both his junior and senior years. the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter Junior Crystal Ray was roughed up for It will be hard to replace outstanding Mike Joseph, who is the younger broth­ backstroke, leading the Retrievers to their seven hits over six innings including four players like Ty Engram and Kurt Meyers, er of current Retriever Matt Joseph, hails second straight conference title. In 1999 earned runs in the loss. Ray's record on the but Caringi's crop of new talent might have from Calvert Hall High School in Castro had also taken home the gold in the season is now 10-7. a chance. Baltimore. The younger Joseph earned 100-meter backstroke at the NEC tourna­ The nightcap was a different story as The new class includes one Junior First-Team All-Metro honors in his senior ment. After the NEC tournament this year, UMBC dispatched Hawks pitcher Brandie College All-American, one Honorable season while also earning All-State acco­ Castro continued to excel by winning the Adams and rolled to earn a split, 5-2. The Mention Junior College All-American, a lades as well. 100-meter backstroke at the Eastern fifth inning proved to be the turning point First Team All-Metro selection as well as The last addition to the 2000 team will College Athletic Conference after the Retrievers scored all of their runs All-State honors and the South New Jersey be goalkeeper Ryan Williams from Championships and placed third in the 100- on Adams. Crystal Ray delivered the big Player of the Year. Westmont, New Jersey. He was named the meter butterfly. Club Sports

UMBC Jujitsu Club Hosts Local Jujitsu, known for its tendon-ripping, Tournament joint-dislocating arm, wrist and leg locks, as well as its dramatic throws, has it origins in ancient Japan. Meaning "Man, I've never seen such a little "technique of yielding," Jujitsu was woman kick so much ass!" remarked a developed and practiced by samurai spectator at this past Saturday's Jujitsu looking for an empty-handed (weapon­ tournament, held in the Retriever less) style of fighting. "What we stand Athletic Center Arena. For the second for is 'gentle strength,"' said Sfekas. year in a row, UMBC found itself the "[Jujitsu] involves throws, kicking, host of this local contest, bringing the punching, as well as grappling. It's very UMBC, Loyola and Goucher Jujitsu well-rounded and practical, as opposed clubs together for a few hours of hard­ to other techniques which just focus on throwing action. kicking and punching," commented "These things are just really fun," Wellman. said Stephan Sfekas, sensei for the Saturday's event was a "self­ UMBC club. "Amateur tournaments like defense/kata" competition, with each this one are not overly competitive; the participant being judged on how well he winner today isn't going to the NBA. or she defend him or herself against an ·They simply help promote fellowship attacker in a particular situation. Focus and sportsmanship between the competi- is on the correctness and cleanliness of tors." technique, the variety of moves attempt­ Jason Putsche I Retriever Weekly Staff Self-Defense: Raelene Meneses, sensei for Loyola club, demonstrates a move "I always look forward to it. I was up ed and "mat presence," which points to a during her seminar session. most the night last night thinking about fighter's general appearance and today. It's very exciting," said Leah assertiveness on the mat. invited to the mat and given an attacker Third. Among the green belts, the Wellman, UMBC club president. One by one, each participant was from whom the participant was to defend Retrievers swept again with Adam him or herself. The attacker charged, or Mueller clinching the first place trophy, grabbed the defender in some manner, Leah Wellman tying for second, and and then allowed him or herself to be Shane Rolfe backing the crew up in the subdued or thrown in any manner that third spot. the defender saw fit. The cycle then With the competition part over, the repeated several times, with only a brief day was completed by a seminar session, pause between attacks. whereby each sensei from each of the White belts were judged initially, fol­ participating schools gave a brief lowed by yellow, green, purple and instruction on technique that they wished brown (in incremental succession). to share and allowed the students time Black belts were welcome to participate for practice. as well, but none had signed up on this "I always find this part enjoyable. It's day. All belts were given one attacker for great when dojos from different schools sixty seconds, but brown belts were also can come together and share their knowl­ given a second for an additional thirty edge," said Meghan Fannin, vice presi­ seconds. This was designed to increase dent for the Loyola club. the pace of the attacks for this high-level The UMBC Jujitsu club welcomes belt. UMBC offered competitors for the anyone interested in learning the skill of yellow and green belts only. limb-dislocation. No experience neces­ Winners were selected on an individ­ sary. Practices are Monday 8-10 p.m. ual rather than team basis, but in the and Saturday 11-1:30 p.m. For more end, UMBC clearly finished near the top. information, email Courtesy of Michael Jordan Josh Barzack captured first place jujitsu@ sta. umbc. edu, or visit their Strike Force: A jujitsu member displays his skill as he flips his opponent to the for the yellow belts, followed by Adam homepage at http://sta.umbc.edu/-jujit­ ground. The club meets Monday 8-10 p.m. and Saturday 11-1:30 p.m. Oliver in second, and Dave Slack in su.

Down Four to Towson, Retrievers Rally to a 7-5 Win from BASEBALL, page 36 along with Jubak, each collected two hits the right field fence. Bloom would finally flied out to center, leaving the Retrievers apiece. get out of the inning by retiring the next with two outs. Porter, the UMBC right would follow Deboy, working the CCSU UMBC traveled to Towson on two batters, but Towson now had the early fielder, would then single, advancing starter for a walk, putting runners on 'first Wednesday and got on the board in the top lead, 4-1. Tschiffley to second. Boyd then came to and second with designated hitter Jason of the first as Scott Crandell drove in The Tigers would plate another run in the plate and delivered a single, scoring Jubak on deck. Jubak would produce as he Gerben with a single through the infield. the bottom of the second, and the five runs Tschiffley. Gerben followed that up with a singled to center, scoring Deboy. A timely The early lead was short lived, however, as surrendered was enough to cause coach single of his own that drove in Porter. miscue by the Blue Devils' second base­ the Towson batters hit senior starter Tom Jancuska to go to the bullpen. Jancuska UMBC now trailed 5-4 with two men man allowed Kosmicky to score in the very Bloom hard in the bottom of the first. would use a total of five relievers to stymie out and Deboy up to face Towson's John next at-bat, giving Hall all the room he Bloom opened the bottom of the inning the Towson batters. Caslin. With runners on first and second, needed. well striking out the leadoff hitter, Nick Saturday's hero, Ray Hall, entered in Deboy would make up for his two fielding The senior starter allowed only five hits Agoglia. Directly after the strike out, the third and retired Towson in order. The errors by homering into the stiff breeze that all afternoon and remained in cruise con­ Towson followed with back-to-back sin­ very next inning, Tony Watkins came in to was blowing in from left field. His homer trol for most of the game as CCSU was gles by Jason Sandner and Tim Pritchard, relieve Hall and shut down the Tiger attack gave UMBC the 7-5 lead that they never only allowed to get the leadoff man on base putting runners on first and third with one as well. The pitching carousel continued relinquished. twice in the game. Hall struck out six, but out. Towson would then get on the board through the next five innings as Bill Kasten Bill Kasten continued to shine as his seemed to get stronger once he had the behind a Kosmicky passed ball, which pitched an inning without allowing a hit, one inning of no-hit ball gave him the vic­ four-run cushion, allowing him to take allowed Sandner to score and Pritchard to Eric Weltmer pitched two without allowing tory and upped his record to 5-l. Ira more chances. He struck out three of the advance to second. a hit and Ira Carlson pitched the final two Carlson collected the save as with the lead last six hitters and did not allow a hit over The miscues would continue as directly innings also without allowing a hit. Over in the ninth, he motored through the bottom the final two frames. after the passed ball, UMBC first baseman the five-inning span, Towson was only able half of the Towson batting order. Gerben Both Jubak and Hawkey paced the Deboy made a critical error which put run­ to muster a measly single off of would lead the Retrievers with three hits, Retrievers with two RBis each, and Scott ners on first and third with Towson's num­ Watkins.The offense came alive in the top and Deboy's home run was his sixth of the Kosmicky led the team, scoring two of the ber-five hitter, Gregg Davies , at the plate. half of the fifth. Trailing 5-2, UMBC start­ year. UMBC hopes to improve on its 14- five runs. Chad Gerben and Deboy contin­ The ducks would not remain on the pond ed the rally as Tschiffley walked with one 12-1 record with weekend games on the ued their offensive production as they, for long as Davies drilled a home run over out. The very next hitter was Jubak, who road against Wagner and Monrnuth Aprilll, 2000 PAGE 35

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BRIAN BURTON er's error, allowed Kosmicky to Retriever Weekly Staff Writer advance to third. Next up was Adam Hawkey, who brought With the help of senior start­ Kosmicky home with another sin­ ing pitcher Ray Hall's sterling gle giving the Retrievers an early effort on Saturday April 1, the 1-0 lead. UMBC baseball team remained John Mayette, the CCSU above the .500 mark for the sea­ starter, would get out of the sec­ son. Hall went the distance, shut­ ond allowing only one run. The ting out Central Connecticut 5-0 third inning, however, would be a and improving his own overall different story as an early lead off record to 3-1 with two complete double by Pete Tschiffley put the game shutouts. Following the pressure on Mayette. Tschiffley's dominant performance of Hall speed then played an important was a come-from-behind win role as he was able to score on a against Towson on Wednesday. Jared Boyd single to right. UMBC used six pitchers in the 7- UMBC was not able to plate any 5 victory. more in the inning as they strand­ All Hall needed was the one ed two base runners. run that UMBC plated in the first The UMBC bats did not give inning as all afternoon long he their starter much more breathing kept Central Connecticut guess­ room until the fifth. With one out ing. Freshman catcher Scott in the inning, Greg Deboy deliv­ Kosmicky led off the top of the ered his first hit of the afternoon I Amy Banowetz Retriever Weekly Staff second with a single to right cen­ Sweet Stroke: Sophomore Jared Boyd stands ready in the batter's box against Towson. Boyd with a single to right. Kosmicky ter. Jason Jubak would follow up totalled two RBis over the weekend. with a single of his own, which, see BASEBALL page 34 combined with the CCSU pitch- Women's Tennis Slams Bucknell and Mount St. Mary's Hoyas record now stands at an Bucknell University on April 1 PRATIK S. SHAH senior Oscar Lopez leading the Karri Bielewicz also dominated Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff charge, dismantling his opponent abysmal 3-17 on the year. The and breezed to an 8-1 victory, her opponent 6-3, 6-0. Other at number one singles 6-1, 6-3. At Retrievers are home for their next overpowering the Bison in every Retriever victories included fresh­ Both the men's and women's match except the third doubles the number two spot, Junior two contests versus University of man Anita Pushpanathan 6-1,6-1, tennis squads added big wins to spot. UMBC didn't drop a set in Nikhil Misra defeated Marc Delaware and SUNY-Stony Karina Molsing winning at the their seasons and look to continue Losher in straight sets, winning a Brook on April12 and 15. its singles matches. number five spot 6-1, 6-3 and jun­ their success leading into the Junior Nicole Russo ripped her close second set in a tiebreak. The women's tennis team con­ ior Carrie Koncilja winning 6-3, Northeast Conference opponent 6-3, 6-1 as did sopho­ Other singles victories included cluded its week with a 2-1 record, 6-3. Tournament at the end of April. senior Matt Lennex' s 6-1, 6-3 vic­ ending with a hard-fought loss to more Kathryn Wheatley at the The men's team disposed of tory over Beau Brewer and soph­ Georgetown University. number two singles spot, 6-1,6-3. local rival Georgetown University omore Dimitri Bondar's triumph The Retrievers hosted The trend continued as junior see TENNIS, page 31 on April5, 5-2, to up its record to over Ken Dordan, 6-1, 6-0. 8-6 on the year. Both Retriever The doubles matches told the losses were close contests and same story with the Retrievers could have gone either way. easily capturing the number two Junior Vincent Granito, at the and three doubles spots. The lone number three singles spot, loss was at the top spot with sen­ dropped his match to Hoya oppo­ iors Oscar Lopez and Matt nent Troy Crichlow in straight Lennex dropping their decision to UMBC sets 6-4, 6-3. Marc Lohser and Beau Brewer in OJ UMBC ~ . UMBC The rest of the Retriever sin­ a hard-fought match, 8-6. Tennis ~~ Baseball ··~~ Softball gles players had a relatively easy With the loss, the Georgetown time handling Georgetown with Tuesday 4/11 UMBC @ Bucknell (M) Wednesday 4/12 3:30p.m. Delaware vs. UMBC Saturday 4/15 Wednesday 4/12 3 p.m. Wagner vs UMBC Delaware vs UMBC (M/W) Saturday 4/15 1.p.m. 3 p.m. UMBC @ Wagner (DH) Sunday 4/16 Friday 4/14 12 p.m. St. Francis (NY) vs UMBC Pittsburgh vs UMBC (W) Sunday 4/16 12 p.m. 3 p.m. UMBC @ Monmouth (DH) Saturday 4/15 12 p.m. Stony Brook vs UMBC (M) 10 a.m. ~ UMBC Men's Women's ~Track X Lacrosse X Lacrosse Saturday 4/15 Towson Invitational Saturday 4/15 Saturday 4/15 UMBC @ Mt. St. Mary's Nate West I Retriever Weeky Staff UMBC @ North Carolina 2 p.m. Tag-Team Back Again: Both Matt Lennex and Oscar Lopez 2p.m. have high hopes for the upcoming NEC championships.