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THE ETRIEVER EEKLY RUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALtimore W county’s student newspAPER 10.02.12 VOLUME 47 ISSUE 06 RETRIEVERWEEKLY.COM BY MICHAEL LOFTHUS York Times bestseller. “It is our hope that for every book we choose, Contributing Writer the opportunity to hear from someone closely con- UMBC to host The same cancer cells that killed Henrietta Lacks nected with the text will remind us that a story, over 60 years ago are still alive today. Taken with- out her permission by the John Hopkins doctors if we are open to experiencing the words [and] not treating her, the cells took on a life of their own as whetherjust reading fact them,” or fiction, said has Jill theRandles, ability Assistant to change Vice us guest lecture the HeLa immortal cell line and had an unprece- Provost for Undergraduate Education. dented impact on medical research. It took more than 20 years for Mr. Lacks and the On October 9, Henrietta’s son David Lacks will rest of his family to learn about his mother’s “im- address the UMBC community with Dr. Ruth Faden, mortality” and the multimillion dollar biological about campus Executive Director of the John Hopkins Berman material industry it created. To date, HeLa cells Institute of Bioethics about Henrietta’s story. Em- have been used to conduct over 60,000 studies broiled in racial controversy, bioethics and scientif- that helped develop the polio vaccine, gene map- ic discovery, it was the subject of this year’s campus ping and more, but the family has never seen the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a New book situation. > see SPEAKER [3] profits. Dr. Faden will discuss the ethics of the A day of service and unity NICHOLAS BARTON - TRW Church volunteersBY ASHLE helpY toEDOKPA distributeY foodI at the Interfaithmunities Day ofof Service. faith to UMBC take students part in and volun volunteers- tember from across for interdenominational Maryland participated in collabthis official- is day a Communityto serve. Events Coordinator and teer and service projects around the oration throughout the region. Ministry Leader for the produce give- Senior Staff Writer state” said Michael Fell, sophomore The two main projects that were away at Stillmeadow Evangelical Free When individuals and groups from psychology major and UMBC Service put into action in Maryland included Church. different communities are able to come Peer Educator. Fell, along with his su- cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and People traveled from faraway places together as one for a greater purpose, it pervisor Kayla Keelan, helped to pro- providing food to help ease hunger. Vol- such as Essex and Pasadena, Maryland is always a wonderful sight to see. The mote the event and connect student unteers from all across the state were to volunteer at Stillmeadow for the In- Interfaith Day of Service in Maryland on organizations who might be interested. encouraged to take part in this event as terfaith Day of Service. Food items in- Saturday, Sept. 29 was a prime example The initiative was enacted by Mary- hundreds of organizations, groups and cluding bread and watermelon were of how rewarding outcomes can be ac- land’s Governor Martin O’Malley in col- churches participated. given to those in need along with cloth- complished when people take initiative laboration with Virginia, West Virginia “This really gives people a chance to ing that was donated from members of to give back. and Washington D.C. Although Septem- come volunteer and also have access to the community. fresh produce if they need it,” said Bal- “The goal was to unite different com- > see INTERFAITH [4] was a month long push throughout Sep- timore resident Kimberly Cruise. Cruise ber 29 was the official day to serve, it THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY INDEX: News....1 Opinions....5 Technology....8 Features...10 Sports...16 Men’s Soccer Grace Hopper Men’s soccer hosts UMBC Students and facul- local rival Howard ty intend to take advan- Tuesday night be- tage of the proximity of fore facing UNH the Grace Hopper Women in Computing Celebration 2 Tuesday, Oct. 02, 2012 NEWS TIMELINE THE WEEK Student action leads to IN REVIEW 09.23.12-09.29.12 extended RAC hours SEPT. 23 - The new panda cub dies at Smithso- nian’s National Zoo, just six days after its birth. The National Zoo’s chief vet- erinarian said that the necropsy, the animal version of an autopsy, revealed the cub had unusual fluid in its abdo- men and its liver was discolored. SEPT. 24 - Iran accuses Israel of “threatening” the United States with allegations re- garding Iranian nuclear missile. SEPT. 25 - President Obama speaks to the Unit- ed Nations General Assembly. He con- fronts Iran and Syria saying that “The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a KAITLYN HAKENSON - TRW nuclear weapon” Due to student complaints, the RAC has extended its hours on an experimental basis. The hours were cut due to lack of student use and to save money, however, students seem to be excited about the restored hours. Ahmed Gahelrazoul, senior chemistry major, noted, “If stu- SEPT. 26 - BY KAYVAN VAKILI Presidential plane Air Force One dents do not demonstrate the utilization of certain opportu- aborts landing when taking President Staff Writer nities then funding for such privileges may reflect student Obama to a campaign event due to a disinterest.” weather emergency but was able to fly At the request of students, RAC management has decided Despite an array of established and emerging recreational the next day. to extend gym hours effective the week of September 18 af- facilities, the RAC remains the central hub for many students’ ter burdensome expenses led the facility to impose shortened fitness desires. Frequent RAC users seem to be enthusiastic hours for several years. about the recent announcement. Students associated with Teklu Dawit, senior biology major, is an avid gym goer with SGA and other groups on a busy schedule who appreci- campus met with RAC offi- ates having late hours at the cials last spring and pushed “No one wanted to deprive students gym. Dawit said, “I remember for this move. The demand as a freshmen the RAC used to for action translated into from longer access to the gym, but be open until 10 p.m!” Dawit SEPT. 27 - a change administered by went on to say, “I understand Athletic Director Dr. Charles sometimes these measures have to that cuts have to be made Actress Reese sometimes, but I would ap- Witherspoon gives Brown. Students have been limited preciate more openness from birth to baby boy, be taken.” my school and hope this does names him Ten- to utilizing the RAC from 7:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. on weekdays not mean that future changes nessee James, this - Dr. Charles Brown, Athletic Director will take me by surprise.” is Witherspoon’s and from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends. By returning to This conundrum is fueled third child, and her first with second by a lack of visibility of UM- husband Jim Toth. the previous hours of opera- tion, students’ inconveniences can be redressed. BC’s expenditures and the al- The tentatively revised schedule is currently on an exper- location of these funds. imental basis. Students are provided extended access to the Discretionary funds can be altered at any time as deemed SEPT. 28 - necessary by UMBC heads. This means that the budget may Connecticut man kills masked teen in facility semi-weekly, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the fall semester. During those days, the RAC will be open until even be compromised at the expense of student programs. self-defense outside his neighbor’s SGA President and senior Political Science major Kaylesh house during what he thought was an 10 p.m. Dr. Brown said, “The goal is to restore the hours fully with- Ramu ensures this will not happen. attempted burglary and then discov- “Our mission is to create a more transparent relationship ered it was his son. in several years.” In response to why this service was cut in the first place he replied, “No one wanted to deprive students between students and administration.” She continued, “It was from longer access to the gym, but sometimes these measures unfortunate that adjustments to the budget had to impact stu- have to be taken.” dent lives, but our goal is enable students to take charge of SEPT. 28 - The unpopular mandate to shorten gym hours came in re- their experience here at UMBC so that changes like these can Apple CEO apologizes for the new Maps come from the bottom up.” application on the iphone 5. He suggest sponse to cuts all across the board for UMBC’s athletic and iphone users to download other appli- recreational programs some time ago. cants such as google maps. Additionally, Dr. Brown mentioned the rise of other loca- tions on campus that offer recreational amenities. [email protected] Tuesday, NEWS Oct. 02, 2012 3 Green up your life Speaker for BY JASMINE WANDS • Practice reusing. For example, UMBC Green Columnist has multiple stations in which one can refill UMBC is working very hard this year on various a water bottle. the 2012 new initiatives that are aimed at making UMBC the #1 green campus in the nation. However, students • Try eating vegetarian for at least one shouldn’t leave such a task up to administrators day out of the week and advocate Meat- and special interest groups alone. Everyone should less Mondays on campus. student book each do his or her part to protect the planet and to increase the reputation of UMBC.

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