The RetrIever Weekly 04.01.08 News 3 President Hrabowski wins Nobel for phil- anthropic foundation

Paul-William deSilva better legacy then merely creating CONTRIBUTING WRITER dynamite. By awarding people for making positive strides and benefits UMBC President Freeman A. for the world, Nobel sought to make Hrabowski III is the winner of the amends for the countless deaths 2008 . The Prize, his successful armament company Dr. Hrabowski’s first, is in recogni- caused. As the latest winner of the tion of his work with inner-city chil- Peace Prize, Hrabowski joins a long, dren in Baltimore. star-studded line of lau- For the past three years, Hrabows- reates including Martin Luther King, ki has lead a coalition of psycholo- Jr., , and gists, teachers, social workers and . Each laureate is volunteers in efforts to mentor presented with a medal, a diploma children and young adults in one and a monetary grant of about $1.5 of the state's poorest major cites. million. Hrabowski has yet to an- Hrabowski’s organization, called the nounce what he will do with his Freeman Foundation, has, in effect, prize money, but sources close to turned the declining progress of the the University’s President say it will city around, giving new hope to likely be used to forward the Free- thousands of people. Establishing man Foundation’s goals, rather then the Freeman A. Hrabowski Youth for personal or university use. Center has brought new light to a de- The award ceremony to honor BRIAN WHIPPO — TRW generate part of the city. The center Hrabowski and the Freeman Foun- > UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski uses his face to express his feelings about the fact that the SGA will be spending $50,000 to plant trees on Goose Shit Hill. sponsors a tutoring program as well dation will be held in the impressive as special classes on topics such as Stockholm Concert Hall on the June etiquette and public speaking. Some 28. To celebrate this momentous oc- of the Foundation's most positive casion, the SGA has announced that community restoration contribu- they will partially fund the airfare UMBC to rock the chess Final tions include their counseling ser- and hotel cost for university staff vices and conflict resolution forums. and students who would like to go Because of the exceptional work of support president Hrabowski at Four in the game room the Freeman Foundation, the Nobel the award ceremony in Stockholm, > from CHESS [1] Committee has announced the win- Sweden. Lauded as “Fan Bus to can’t hit the chess clock. If UMBC stu- ner of the peace prize months before Stockholm,” tickets will cost stu- dents make enough noise, we’ll have the typical October announcement, dents only $10 and staff only $15. easy wins on our hands.” and will hold its award ceremony in Tickets will go on sale in the RAC “Losing is not an option this week- June, rather the usual date in De- on Friday at 9:30 a.m. The sched- end,” board 1 player Sergey “The Stealth” cember. uled flight to Sweden will leave Erenburg noted. “We [the chess team] The Nobel Peace Prize was first on Friday the 27th and will return can take care of some of the spirit. For awarded in 1901, in honor of Dr. Sunday the 29th. All travelers will example, I have good feeling that a life- Alfred Nobel. Nobel, the so-called stay in the in the beautiful Stock- sized rook will be taking over President “Merchant of Death” for being the holm Grand Hotel for two nights. Hrabowski’s parking spot this week. inventor of dynamite, established However, we also need complete cam- the Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chem- Paul-William deSilva can pus support: signs, glittery gold mullets, istry, Medicine, Literature, and be reached for comment at spirit monkeys, painted chests… the Peace as an effort to leave behind a [email protected]. whole nine yards.” To learn more about the chess team or COURTESY ALAN SHERMAN to take part in Chess Week antics, visit > There is a good chance that a giant, life-size rook will fi nd it’s way into www.umbc.edu/chess/FinalFour. President Hrabowski’s parking space this week. PoLOL log

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