INSIDE Now That You’Re Cheers & Jeers – Freshmen Live Here – Leave! a News 02 It Large During Welcome Week Useful Guide for DOUGLAS MILLER Tional and Social Events

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Volume 40, Issue 1 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 August 30, 2005 INSIDE Now That You’re Cheers & jeers – Freshmen live Here – Leave! A News 02 it large during Welcome Week Useful Guide for DOUGLAS MILLER tional and social events. These Joseph High School graduate said, the Carless Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff include the “Extreme Socializing “Everything has been pretty fun; Playfair,” a presentation entitled “R- everyone has been really nice.” Pekich AMY SEGRETI Warm bodies returned to the E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out what it also expressed optimism about his Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff UMBC campus as the freshmen class Means at UMBC,” and Tuesday’s new home: “There’s a very good rep- of 2005 filed into long-vacant dormi- Convocation ceremony. utation about this school,” the future It’s the first week of school tories last week in preparation for a While UMBC’s “Woolies” seem computer science major said. “It and most new students are fresh Learn the State of life potentially full of new opportuni- genuinely enthusiastic and the seems like a good honors university.” out of their parents’ minivans, still ty and responsibility. Welcoming Week festivities appear to “Everybody told me it was a nice wondering where they can get toi- the University August 27-September 5 marks offer variety, some freshmen are school, and I’m happy with what I see let paper (the front desk). In a few “Welcome Week,” UMBC’s annual enjoying the attention more than so far,” said freshman financial eco- weeks the local Giant will be dis- new student orientation period, others. nomics major Sam Eyassu. covered, and then a week later developed by the Welcome Week “Awesome reception, awesome However, a few interviewed upper-class friends with cars Planning Committee, which aims to food, good support, and a lot of fun freshmen seem a little more jaded. might venture to turn right Opinion make adjustment for freshmen as activities,” reported future computer “[I] haven’t been to too many instead of left, whereupon the 06 simple as possible. science major Lauren Anthony. “I’ve activites,” one freshman reported, intrepid new student will find the Guided by Welcome Week met a lot of people – I don’t remem- who was hanging out in The local Blockbuster, and all might be Leaders, or “Woolies,” the student ber all the names – but I remember Commons while most of her peers well from there on out. But what body’s newest members are encour- the faces.” about students who want to aged to attend a variety of informa- Joe Pekich, a Mount Saint see FRESHMEN, page 4 explore outside of UMBC and the surrounding Arbutus area? As it turns out, they can get anywhere in the world from UMBC, without a car. Thoughts on the Almost anywhere in the Gaza pullout and the world. Without a car. war in Iraq Which really means that you can get to BWI from here without a car, and so therefore, yes, anywhere in the world that the planes at BWI can take you to. But there Features 14 are other methods of transportation besides airplanes, and various shuttles, buses, trains and metro rails, some free and some cheap, can get you to the closest areas of non-campus fun, particularly Baltimore and D.C. But before thinking about what to do in the two major cities that UMBC students are so lucky Summer vacations, to be close to, the new student expert career advice, might want to look at UMBC’s and a new foreign cor- own transit system. From their respondent fully updated and redesigned website you can check out any of their File Photo [Retriever Staff] nine lines, all designated by color. Freshmen Having Fun: Enduring Welcome Week dining lines. Sports 23 see TRANSPORTATION, page 2 Spinning The Globe: Sweden

ROSSI IROBALIEVA way.” enough to study in English and students here this semester. Most of Retriever Weekly Staff Writer I am currently living in the city there was no way I was going to sur- them are from all around Europe. of Västerås, located about 100 km vive in a German classroom. I want- There are big Spanish, German, Hello UMBC! Greetings from west of Stockholm (the Swedish ed to go somewhere different, some- French and Austrian groups, as well Sweden. Yup, you read that right - capital) and I am attending where I could still take my science as Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, UK, New Lax coach and SWEDEN. I know, it probably Mälerdalen University. I am resid- courses in English, while immersing Finland, Holland and Switzerland low volleyball scores sounds completely random. After ing in a student dormitory in a spa- myself in an entirely new culture. (perhaps a few more that I am for- all, why would anyone want to go to cious 19 sq. m. room (with my own I had a choice of Sweden, getting). And then, there is me - Sweden? It’s supposed to be cold bathroom!) and sharing a kitchen Denmark, Finland or Norway. I from USA. As one out of three and dark there, isn‘t it? Well, not with 12 other international stu- chose Sweden and Mälerdalen exchange students from the US, I quite (at least not just yet) and dents. University because there are courses have a lot of responsibility on my besides there are positive things So, why did I choose to come here that I want to take and also shoulders - I am an ambassador for about it too. I will be here for a here? Well, even though I have because UMBC and Mälerdalen all 50 states and the District of semester and through this column I spent a few years studying German just started a collateral program this Columbia. And believe me, it is ALSO: hope to give you all a glimpse of the back home, as a science major I fall (yes, I am the guinea pig). tougher than it might seem. Swedish culture and the “Swedish knew that my courses were tough There are about 170 exchange classifieds 26 see FEATURES, SWEDEN page 20

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from TRANSPORTATION, page 1 and Lombard or Greene and Pratt, and bam. You’re in the city. The shuttles, as they are called, although There are two Maryland Transit buses some of them are full-on buses at peak that also run to UMBC, although you will hours, are free if you have a UMBC ID. The pay a bit to ride them. They are the 31 and site shows the Fall schedule from Aug. 27 – 77; 31 goes to Giant and then on down- Dec. 1, the locations of each stop and PDF town to Charles and Fayette and Penn maps (some more helpful than others). Station, 77’s use is limited, except if you’d Using these lines, you can get to vari- like to visit some friends at CCBC or at the ous areas of Arbutus, Rt. 40, Catonsville, other designated intersections. the Inner Harbor, the University of There are a couple options for getting Maryland at Baltimore, and Arundel Mills to Washington, D.C. First you want to take Mall and Muvico. Most importantly, the the UMBC shuttle to BWI. From there, you Express Line goes to BWI, but it has very can either take the Marc train (at $6, the limited times on the weekends (only three most expensive ride you’ll pay for in your departures from campus); however, it venture) to Union Station, or else you can departs seven times between 8 a.m. and take the BWI Express Metro bus to the 9:15 p.m. on the weekdays. Note that the Greenbelt metro station. On the D.C. Arundel Mills Line and the Harbor Line Metro System, if you can get to one station, only run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, any one, you’re set. From there you can ride but if you want to go to the city during the the Metro to an abundance of places in dad’s minivan in May (which you will) after sink, at least you’ll be able to tell them all of week after classes, there is a way to get D.C., on very little cost. cleaning out those his-and-her sample boxes the academic research you did in the around this: take the Gold Line to Greene Now when you go back into mom and (still neatly packaged) from under your archives of D.C. Renowned 30-year UMBC Public Policy How to get places: www.umbc.edu/transit - here’s where you can find all the schedules that will take professor Dr. Lou Cantori retires you from umbc to surrounding areas including Baltimore city and BWI JOE HOWLEY for a club sports team amongst the faculty. “He vision of affairs in the Middle East,” Hrabowski www.mtamaryland.com – bus sched- Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff tries to promote our team,” Wisniewski said, “as said. ules (check out 31 and 77 for from-campus well as impress upon everyone that crew is “It has everything to do with his belief in access) and all other Maryland transporta- important.” excellence and the life of the mind.,” tion can be found here, including the light Young and old, friends and colleagues of Cantori also served in the U.S. Marine Hrabowski added. rail and the marc train Dr. Lou Cantori gathered to remember and Corps and has taught at the Marine Corps Hrawboski also noted Cantori’s shrewd www.bwiairport.com – click on praise him at his retirement party party last University. Former crew coach Dave Rosen grasp of politics in recalling one of the crew “ground transportation” to find all ways to week in the Albin O. Kuhn Library last week. cited Cantori’s Marine background. “He is a team’s first regattas, where Hrabowski’s own get from bwi to, well, anywhere else. Note Cantori, now an emeritus professor, has marine, he has the leadership skills of a marine, name appeared on a racing shell. “Who wants that a BWI Express Metro bus services is taught in Public Policy at UMBC for more than the ability to get things done,” Rosen said. to see his name last in a race?” Hrabowski said- now being offered to shuttle you between 30 years and has served as Chair of thehis Several professors in attendance remem- joked. “It was a brilliant way to get me to give BWI and the Greenbelt metro station department. He was also partially responsible bered their long friendships with Cantori. “I’ve them more money.” www.wmata.com – D.C. travel web- for helping tothe createion UMBC’s crew team known Lou for 25 years,” said Dr. Robert Levy, who was on the committee that hired site, somewhat better than Maryland’s, and has beenserved as its advisor since. Deluty of the Psychology department. “He is Cantori, remembered Cantori’s remarkable besides for the obvious reason that D.C. has Assembly an excellent scholar and a real gentleman. Even approaches to theory in political science. “He a working metro rail – it has a metro trip Sspeakers praised Cantori’s knowledge of though we have very different political views, was a staunch defender of the idea that culture planner that lets you punch in destinations the Middle East and the importance of under- it’s always a pleasure to talk to him.” and religion are important in the lives of poli- standing the region’s culture and religion. The party, held on the Library’s seventh ties(?)” at a time when religion was marginal- HeCantori has written, edited and co-edited floor, included food, drinks and a jazz duet. It ized in theory, Levy said. What to do there: four books and more than forty articles on these also reunited alumni who once rowed together Cantori himself recalled the excitement of subjects and others. as well as colleagues from various backgrounds. first coming to the then-young university. “We, cityguide.aol.com/Baltimore – good Formal speakers included University Thea Parent, who now clerks for a judge in the faculty, founded this place,” he said. times in Baltimore President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Art Philadelphia and rowed with the team from But he cautioned against neglecting the cityguide.aol.com/washington – good Johnson, as well as another emeritus professor, 1995 to 1998, praised Cantori’s enthusiasm for intellectual significance of academics. “If I see times in D.C. Dr. Hal Levy, crew coach Bill Wells, Dr. Charles the sport. “He used to come to races and bark a difficulty at UMBC, it’s evidence of the pro- www.citypaper.com – Baltimore’s free Butterworth from the University of Maryland, like a dog,” Parent recalled. fessionalization of scholarship among under- weekly (every Wednesday). Check out the College Park and Cantori’s daughter, Nadia President graduates,” Cantori said, pointing to students site for lists of Baltimore’s best, including Cantori. In attendance at the party were fellow Hrabowksi, arriving from a staff retreat overemphasizing their numerical grades. nightlife, restaurants, bookstores, etc. professors, members of the administration and dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, emphasized Cantori’s emeritus status means that he www.washingtoncitypaper.com – alumnus students and rowers. Cantori’s stature in his field. “I don’t think will still be available to the campus community D.C.’s free weekly (every Thursday). Check Junior Lee Wisniewski, a coxswain on the most of us realize how highly regarded he is and the crew team. He is currently working on out the restaurant finder and the weekly cal- crew team, called Cantori a valuable advocate around the world for his passion and his clear several books. endar. With Campus thefts on the rise police want public assistance

BRANDY KELLER ings during the semester, the buildings are whwhileen students, staff, and faculty pus at night, they run into police officers,” Retriever Editorial Staff left unattended during the summer months. wereere present in the UC. Cook saysid, “during the day we may not It is up to the staffs of each department to The circumstances of these thefts lead pick up on them, there are so many people UMBC students, employees, and ensure that their equipment is secured and UC director Joe Regier to believe that the around.” Aacademic departments have suffered the that rooms are locked. building was targeted. “Individuals are look- Statistically, there are around rate of loss of thousands of dollars worth of equip- However, tThe University Center (UC) ing hard at us,” he claims.,said. “thisThis is theft at UMBC is equivalentsimilar to that ment as a result of an alarming increased , which houses none of the academic depart- not some random act.” of other nearby public universities, includ- number of thefts conducted in broad day- ment offices and is a hub of equipment These LCD projectors retail from ing University of Maryland, College Park light during the past few months. rentals on campus, has been the largest tar- $2,639 to $5,000, and will cost the UC (UMCP) and Towson University. the same These thefts, which have occurred in get of reported thieverytheft in recent $1,800 each to replace. To counter avoid number of thefts at UMBC as there are at various buildings across campus, werehave weeks. stands out as the building witnessing furtherthese losses, Regier has stepped up other nearby universities, including the been due in large part to items left unattend- the greatest loss of property. While other security procedures, but prefers to keep College Park campus and Towson ed and unsecured in areas of the academic campus buildings ( including the Retriever these improvements confidential. Regier still University. However, some other campuses, buildings, according to campus police.. Activity Center and the Albin O. Kuhn urgesurged those using UC equipment to UMCP included, have a police division UMBC Police Chief John Cooks Police LibraryAC and the library) primarily seem secure the items after use. “When our equip- ofdedicated solely to theft prevention. their saysid that the public is partially responsible, to be targeted for the theft of personal ment is in the room, they are responsible,” police department devoted solely to prevent- and , encouragingeds staff and students to belongings, several thousand dollars worth he explained. The majority of these thefts ing thefts from buildings. UMBC’s police take initiative and report suspicious persons. of school property, including several digital occurred when borrowed items were not force lacks such a unit. Insisting Noting that the pattern of projectors, have been reported stolen from returned, and UC management was not As such, University the police urge the theft this summer has been mostly normal, the UC.primarily see the theft of personal notified after customers were finished using public to be aware of their surroundings and Police Chief John Officer Cook statedsaid,s belongings, the UC building has also dealt the projectors, according to Regier. notify police if they witness a person behav- that, “tThe summer itself has been relatively with the loss of digital projectors, valued at Though police patrol the buildings ran- ing suspiciously. “We’re still on the outside calm, it’s really only been in the past few several thousand dollars. The thefts, which domly throughout the day, it is easy for unless we get a complaint or we notice weeks that theft has increased.” occurred in late July, were conducted some- criminals to blend in with public traffic at someone while we are on patrol,” said Though police lock and unlock build- time dduring the afternoon hours UMBC. “When people roam around cam- Officer Cook says. THE RETRIEVER August 30, 2005 News 3 State of the University Address Freeman A. Hrabowski, III President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

President Hrabowski delivered his annual State of the University speech early As we approach our 50th anniversary, we come more than 1,400 new freshmen, includ- last week. The Retriever welcomes your responses; email [email protected]. must continue to be guided by our Strategic ing many with extraordinary academic Framework, which helps us make the case for records. Much of the credit for recruiting this needed funding, both public and private. In outstanding class goes to our Enrollment this light, let me now report to you on the Management staff, led by Yvette Mozie-Ross, current state of the University, highlighting our new Assistant Provost – and a UMBC changes that have occurred this past year. graduate. Our freshmen, transfers, and grad- The area of greatest change, perhaps, uate students will benefit from our intense involves our academic organization and the commitment to increasing retention and President’s Council. We especially want to graduation rates. The campuswide under- welcome Lynne Schaefer, who joined us July graduate Retention Committee, co-chaired by 1st as Vice President for Administration and Diane Lee and Charlie Fey, is implementing Finance after a national search. She has sub- aggressive strategies targeting new students. stantial experience, having served as adminis- Students at greatest risk are those without trative vice president at two other universities, declared majors and those struggling academ- President of the Michigan Education Trust, ically in the first semester. Our students and earlier as a budget analyst in that state. deserve every opportunity to succeed, espe- We are fortunate to have recruited her here, cially given the cost of their education. To and I know you will enjoy getting to know help them meet higher tuition costs, we will her. Other changes involve leaders not new to be focusing even greater effort on identifying the campus, but who have taken on new internship and employment opportunities responsibilities – Scott Bass, Vice President related to their majors and career interests. A for Research, and Jack Suess, Vice President task force headed by Charlie Fey has been for Information Technology. We also have exploring ways to expand campus work several new Deans, including Kevin Eckert, opportunities. Higher retention rates also Dean of the Erickson School of Aging mean greater revenue for the campus – rev- Studies, John Jeffries, Dean of Arts, enue to provide even stronger support to stu- Humanities, & Social Sciences, Diane Lee, dents, faculty, and staff. Dean of Undergraduate Education, and Geoff We also expect to enroll about 2,200 Summers, Dean of Natural & Mathematical graduate students this fall, including growing Sciences. All have distinguished themselves numbers of domestic students, women, and on this campus, and we have great respect for minorities. Let me congratulate both Scott them. Let me also thank Rick Welch, former Bass and Janet Rutledge, recently promoted to Dean of Arts & Sciences, and Shlomo Carmi, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate who has announced that this will be his final School, for their work in this area. We also year as Dean of Engineering & Information are producing large numbers of doctorates Technology. Both have contributed substan- each year, including 77 this past year, and our tially to UMBC’s progress. new Ph.D.s go on to impressive post-doctoral When we look around campus, we see an positions or employment. One persistent ongoing physical transformation. Most challenge is retaining more doctoral students important this year, we completed multimil- (which we did this past year); we are one of 20 lion-dollar renovations to the Chemistry research universities to receive funding from Building and in October will dedicate the the Council of Graduate Schools to develop building in honor of Robert and Jane effective retention initiatives. Another chal- Meyerhoff, whose philanthropy has helped lenge is to enroll more master’s students in position UMBC among the leading producers applied programs in response to the needs of UNIVERSITY CENTER evaluation report written by the 1996 Middle of American chemists and biochemists of all businesses, school systems, and other employ- Tuesday, August 23, 2005 States team. Among its findings, the team racial and ethnic backgrounds. This year, we ers. We also are developing more revenue- cited “a breathtaking and exciting” vision, “an also completed an addition to the Retriever generating training and research initiatives unusually dedicated faculty,” “an outstanding Athletics Center. Most important, we and enrolling more students in post-baccalau- Each year, I welcome the chance to undergraduate student body that is among the received preliminary planning money from reate certificate programs. Both the UMBC report to you on the University’s achievements very best in American public universities,” an the State for our new Performing Arts & Training Centers and DPET, under John and talk about our challenges and hopes for “exceptional degree of shared governance,” Humanities Building. This facility is our Martello’s leadership, are making impressive the coming year. In short, we continue to “the University’s proactive outreach strategy number-one capital priority for the remainder strides in this area, providing important train- make impressive progress, reflecting the com- to forge effective partnerships,” and “integra- of this decade, and the Vice Presidents and I ing and resource-generating activities. mitment, talents, and success of our students, tion of its…mission and student service and (along with others) are intensely focused on it, Despite the challenges we face, our suc- faculty, and staff. outreach.” The team cautioned, however, that working with the Chancellor, Regents, cess this year has been university-wide. Our This year’s Fall Opening Meeting and because of insufficient funding, “The next ten Governor’s staff, legislators, and others who students continued to excel in intellectual this address on the state of the University years…will be characterized by a strong ele- can be supportive. This facility promises to competitions – from winning their third con- immediately follow our annual retreat, where ment of risk, which will necessitate the careful create a regional and national appreciation of secutive national “Final Four” championship campus leaders have been discussing our balancing of the needs of students and faculty UMBC as a cultural destination. in chess, placing high in the Mini-Baja engi- future. At the retreat, we reaffirmed our dual against significant uncertainty.” Visitors invariably comment on our neering competition, and taking first place in goals of providing a distinctive undergraduate Recently, these and other strengths were impressive facilities. To put this year’s devel- the National Society of Black Engineers’ experience and building research and graduate reaffirmed by the external review team com- opments in perspective, let me remind you Academic Tech Bowl (beating MIT and education. We also discussed implementation missioned by the Regents and Chancellor that since 1999, we have made about $300 Stanford), to receiving three Goldwater schol- of our Strategic Framework for 2016, the Kirwan to evaluate my presidential perform- million in capital investments from the State arships, a Fulbright fellowship, and being rec- campuswide plan developed by the Planning ance over the past five years. Some of you and other sources – not including our grow- ognized as finalists for the Marshall and Leadership Team under the Provost’s guid- talked with the team, which included ing Research Park and Technology Center. Truman awards. Under Vice Provost Lynn ance, as we anticipate our 50th anniversary Presidents of the City University of New York, New buildings in engineering and informa- Zimmerman’s leadership, we’ve launched a that year. (Next year will be UMBC’s 40th the University of Delaware, and the former tion technology, physics, and public policy, new campus program to identify and mentor anniversary.) We focused special attention on head of the State University of New York at and major renovations of our biology facilities highly promising students to achieve even two major topics: (1) academic program plan- Albany. I pointed out to them that the cam- have substantially advanced our core mission more success in winning prestigious scholar- ning, conducted this past year by the campus pus’s progress has resulted largely because of in instruction and research. Adding more ships. Also, our graduates were highly suc- to give specificity to the Strategic Framework the efforts of many talented, hardworking than three-quarters of a million square feet of cessful in their placements, ranging from across disciplines; and (2) creating a culture of people. The team concluded that, “One can- new space for student apartments, the graduate programs at Brown, Cornell, execution to implement our plans. In “the not leave UMBC with anything other than a Commons, and new athletic field and stadi- Harvard, and Cambridge to positions with spirit of execution” – a phrase I use often – sense of awe at the extraordinary accomplish- um facilities also has helped to transform the Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, school systems, and our conversations targeted two of UMBC’s ments it has achieved…[but] that much work campus, not just physically, but also in terms the Peace Corps. highest priorities: student retention and still needs to be accomplished [to] continue to of campus environment, which is now far Many of our faculty also have distin- PeopleSoft. We also heard about preparations build [the] full-time faculty,” strengthen “the more residential with substantially more stu- guished themselves this year. For example, for our ten-year Middle States accreditation funding base,” “shore up some of the academ- dent activities and campus life than what we Lisa Moren, in visual arts, was named a visit next spring and our upcoming ABET ic and administrative infrastructure,” and saw just a few years ago. Fulbright scholar and will lecture at the engineering review. make “choices…with respect to investments.” It also is significant that our 12,000 stu- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague; Kevin The retreat set the tone for today’s event. In short, they found UMBC to be vital and dents have never been more academically tal- To gauge the campus’s progress, I re-read the strong in spite of serious financial challenges. ented or more diverse. Next week, we’ll wel- see STATE, page 4 4 News August 30, 2005 THE RETRIEVER State of the University, cont. You never know what they’ll do tomorrow… from STATE, page 3 investment in the campus and heightened vis- ibility. State and national press coverage of Eckert became a fellow of the Gerontological the University is now commonplace – we’re DOUGLAS MILLER desegregation. A cross was burned into Society of America; Andrew Sears, in infor- either making news or providing expert com- Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff Sondheim’s rowhouse lawn, in the style of Ku mation systems, was selected as an IBM facul- mentary regularly. We’re also attracting many Klux Klan intimidation. ty award winner for the second year in a row; more people to campus who want to learn Public servant and businessman Walter Sondheim is widely praised for his efforts to Shawn Bediako, in psychology, and Matthias about us. Over the past year, the campus has Sondheim has accomplished more for the com- ensure racial equality in America, but he is the first Cinyabugama, in economics, both promising hosted visits from representatives of national mon good of Baltimore than perhaps any other to point out that we still have a long way to go. new minority faculty members, received agencies, corporations, other universities, Baltimorean in recent history, but after 50 years in “To say that we do a better job [regarding race Henry C. Welcome fellowships from the school systems, and other organizations. the public eye, he is a little sick of hearing about it. issues] today is, I think, not wholly true,” Maryland Higher Education Commission; Faculty, staff, and students have traveled At the recent dedication of UMBC’s newly Sondheim told a UMBC audience during the GEST researchers Robert Schiffer and Joan extensively, talking not only about their own christened Janet and Walter Sondheim Hall, Q&A session organized in conjunction with the Rosenfield were elected fellows of the interests and experiences, but also about the Sondheim informed the audience of admirers, Janet and Walter Sondheim Hall dedication. American Meteorological Society; and Chris UMBC experience. which included Baltimore Mayor Martin Sondheim entered the second phase of his Irmscher, in English, Tom Field, in modern Heightened attention and increased O’Malley, that he only reluctantly accepted the public service career immediately upon retirement languages & linguistics, and Marjoleine Kars, investment also require greater accountability honor because UMBC President Freeman from Hochschild, Kohn & Co. at age 62. As in history, were all named National to ensure that our image reflects substance. Hrabowski promised him the building would also chairman of Charles Center-Inner Harbor Endowment for the Humanities fellows. As most of you know, State auditors have just bear his late wife’s name. Management, Inc., Sondheim oversaw the devel- Professor Kars’s award comes on the heels of arrived on campus to begin a six-month “You could take the Walter off [the sign] and opment of urban renewal projects that some now her Mellon research fellowship a year ago. review of our operations over the past three I’d still be very happy,” said Sondheim at the May call “The Baltimore Renaissance,” which includes Scores of other faculty across our full spec- years. Their examination, along with Federal 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony. the redeveloped Charles Center and Baltimore’s trum of disciplines have attracted awards and audits of our growing activities, the upcoming “You shouldn’t name a building for people famous Inner Harbor. major grants, published books, received Middle States and ABET accreditation visits, who are still alive,” he later joked. “You never Such revitalization has helped reverse patents, and had other creative achievements. and our annual budget hearings in Annapolis know what they’ll do tomorrow.” Baltimore’s fortunes following the widespread Faculty and staff also have been instrumental in all require us to stay focused on quality, Sondheim, famous for his humility and self- abandonment of the city by industry, particularly our efforts to build strong partnerships with State responsiveness, and accountability. deprecating humor, has lived in Baltimore his the shipping sector, after the Second World War. and Federal agencies, companies, and foundations, Our top administrative priority continues to be entire 96-year life and served the city in numerous The Inner Harbor redevelopment is cited nation- producing substantial research-and-training fund- PeopleSoft implementation. While the process has capacities. He is perhaps most famous for his ally as a model for successful urban renewal. ing. Over the past two years, we have shifted our been extremely challenging for all of us, we have instrumental role in desegregating Baltimore City Sondheim stepped down to advisor status in external funding mix to include substantially more made meaningful progress this past year: imple- public schools, and also for his guiding hand in the 1987, instead focusing his efforts on improving Federal awards, resulting in our rising national repu- menting a new program that improved payroll dis- renovation and redevelopment of Baltimore’s the education system on both city and state levels. tation among research universities and in growing tribution from the State; refining and enhancing the Inner Harbor. He just recently finished a second term on revenue through Federal indirect cost recovery. We retroactive payroll adjustment process; implement- Walter Sondheim, Jr. was born July 25, Maryland State Board of Education. Sondheim continue to expand our research portfolio, with ing a leave-management system; beginning testing 1908, in his family’s home on Bolton Street. served as president of the board from 1998-2000. NASA as our largest funding source, and NSF and of the electronic payroll interface with the State; cor- Sondheim is of German-Jewish ancestry, a long- Even at 96, Walter Sondheim shows no signs NIH as our next two heaviest Federal supporters. recting errors that occurred during the first year of established lineage in old Baltimore. In his youth, of slowing down. Although he joked, “I now have Our success is due heavily to the work of our centers, running PeopleSoft; and strengthening PeopleSoft Sondheim witnessed America’s rapid transforma- my annual physical every three months,” during including the Center for Advanced Studies in training. The new systems are giving us greater tion firsthand. His family would even be among the May 11 ceremony, Sondheim appears to be in Photonics Research, our Goddard Earth Systems internal control in fiscal and personnel manage- the first to get electric power in their neighbor- excellent health, and in fact looks remarkably Technology Center, the Center for Urban ment; because of the challenges we have encoun- hood. identical to the idealized bronze statue commis- Environmental Research & Education, our Howard tered and fiscal constraints, we recently decided to Sondheim was the first in his family to attend sioned in his honor as part of the building dedica- Hughes Medical Institute lab, the Joint Center for delay implementing the student administration sys- college. He graduated from Haverford College tion. Astrophysics, and our Joint Center for Earth tem until fiscal year 2008 in order to continue outside Philadelphia in 1929, just in time to enter While Sondheim is the first to play down his Systems Technology, among others. Significant improving the experience of the end users in prepa- the labor market at the very beginning of the role in civic leadership, he has many admirers in funding also has come from a variety of sources for ration for SA. Though we have made a significant Great Depression. high places, past and present. activities ranging from K-16 math-science initiatives investment in additional staff to meet the increased The Hochschild, Kohn & Co. department The University of Maryland, Baltimore and the Center for History Education to the Center workload demands of PeopleSoft, we still face prob- store company hired Sondheim later that year, County created the Sondheim Public Affairs for Health Program Development & Management, lems related to training, staffing, financial support, where he would eventually become a high-ranking Scholars Program in 1999, and with the dedica- the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & business processes, and communications, all of executive before his retirement in 1970. His career tion of the Janet and Walter Sondheim Hall, the Research, and the Choice Program and other activi- which need to be addressed through our planning was temporarily interrupted by service in the U.S. very deserving recipient has a UMBC academic ties in the Shriver Center. process. Most important, I want to thank all of you Navy during the Second World War. building named in family’s honor. We are especially encouraged by the con- who have been working hard to make these new sys- Walter Sondheim married his wife Janet in “This is the first [UMBC] building that actu- tinuing support by NSF and others involving tems work in your units. Your commitment, perse- 1934, with whom he had two children. Sondheim ally has a name based on philosophy and vision,” our special initiatives focusing on women and verance, and positive approach are deeply appreciat- now also has two grandchildren and one great- said President Hrabowski during his dedication minorities in science and engineering – from ed. grandchild. Janet Sondheim passed away in 1992. speech. our ADVANCE program for women faculty’s The passion and spirit that motivated our Sondheim entered a second career in public “Walter Sondheim’s life reflects the power of recruitment and advancement, and CWIT founders continue to serve us well today. service in 1948 when he was asked to join the city the individual to make a substantial difference in (our Center for Women and Information Regardless of the challenges we face, we will school board to fill a recently vacated seat. the world,” Hrabowski later told The Retriever. Technology), to our Promise and Alliance for succeed by putting people first – supporting Sondheim was president of the Baltimore “My hope is that all of us will be inspired by his Graduate Education & the Professoriate pro- students and doing everything possible to City school board by the time the U.S. Supreme commitment to children and to the less privileged grams to increase the numbers of underrepre- increase retention and graduation rates; sup- court mandated an end to segregation in public in our society.” sented minority graduate students in these porting faculty in their research and teaching; schools through their Brown vs. Board of Perhaps no individual understands the fields. UMBC received one of only four pres- supporting staff as they work with students Education decision. Districts were required to impact of Walter Sondheim better than Baltimore tigious Clare Booth Luce professorships and colleagues; and responding to the needs desegregate “with all deliberate speed,” a phrase Mayor Martin O’Malley. awarded nationally this year, enabling us to of our external constituents, from corpora- Sondheim and others on the board interpreted to “Walter Sondheim is truly a humble public hire a new woman assistant professor in tions to our scholarly communities. We often mean “immediately.” servant. He had the courage, the conviction, and chemical & biochemical engineering. In fact, say here that, “Success is never final.” Our In the fall of 1954, Baltimore City public the faith to make the difficult decisions that would women now make up the majority of tenure- continued success will depend on our deter- schools were the first to desegregate south of the ultimately improve the lives of so many people. track positions in that department, which mination to build a culture of execution. Mason Dixon as a result of the court order. Long before most people ‘believed’ in Baltimore, may be unique in the country. Most impor- I often ask people how long they have While the school board was unanimous in its Walter knew that Baltimore had a wealth of tant, over the past five years, we have doubled been here, and I’m always struck by their decision to desegregate at such an accelerated pace, untapped potential. Walter Sondheim has left, the number of women faculty in science and responses, particularly because so many of you the decision was greeted less enthusiastically by and continues to leave, his handprints throughout engineering tenure-track and tenured posi- have given your careers to this campus. certain segments of the city population. our City,” said O’Malley, in a written statement to tions. Whether you’ve been here more than 30 years There were relatively few disturbances in the The Retriever. “He is always asking more, and In this positive light, we have continued or just arrived, your contribution makes us schools themselves, though there were some continues helping us to achieve more than any planning UMBC’s next major capital cam- who we are. UMBC is a professional and per- threats and protests as a result of Baltimore school thought possible.” paign, with its ambitious $100-million goal sonal experience for each of us. by 2010. We are now in the campaign’s quiet We can all mark our time here in relation phase, having raised more than $40 million, to the University’s development – we are including this year’s $4-million gift from the growing together. I’m celebrating my 19th Freshmen having fun Erickson Foundation to create the Erickson year on campus this fall and my 14th as School. We will focus on building endow- President, and I want you to know how much from FRESHMEN, page 1 all.” ment support for student scholarships, faculty I appreciate the support you have given me Some freshmen are finding the older dor- research, and endowed chairs and professor- throughout the years. By working together, attended the “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” session. “We’ve mitories merely quaint, but praise for the newer ships. Also this year, as a result of $6 million we will continue making progress. We have kind of, like, been avoiding them.” Erickson and Harbor Halls is not universal. in donations to support the Sondheim Public become a distinctive model in American high- Living in dormitories is proving to be an “People in Erickson are anti-social,” reported Affairs Scholars, we named the Social Sciences er education – combining the traditions of the adjustment for some, but most freshmen freshman Sierra Brennan, who is also an inhab- Building and dedicated the campus’s first stat- liberal arts academy, the creative intensity of seemed to find the accommodations welcoming itant of one of the older halls. ue in honor of Walter Sondheim. We also are the research university, and the social respon- enough. “I have enough space,” reported new While freshmen reported missing a variety deeply grateful to faculty and staff who con- sibility of the public university. Chesapeake resident Pekich. “We have no hot of things at home, including beds, pets, family tributed to UMBC’s Annual Fund. Thank As I say every year at this time, it is an water at all,” fellow Chesapeaker Werner and friends, the newfound feeling of freedom you for your generous spirit. honor each day to serve as your President. Pineda, lamented, however. “We heard that was contagious. Our success has produced increased Thank you. Potomac was bad, but it’s actually not bad at Lauren Anthony expressed the sentiments THE RETRIEVER August 30, 2005 News 5

6 August 30, 2005 THE RETRIEVER I N S The Gaza Pullout07 I

What did you do?07 D The War in Iraq Opinion 08 E

Letters to the Editor Staff Editorial Letters to the editor can be sent to [email protected] or delivered to UC 214, c/o Letters to It’s too damn hot. Moving in this weekend, the finely powdered and the Editor. Letters must be received by 12 p.m. on Thursday and must be typed or written legibly and primped visages of Retriever staff members were coated in a nigh-moderate include the author’s name and telephone number. Letters to the Editor cannot exceed 400 words. degree of perspiration. The additional exertion of walking in the heat has shaved perhaps minutes off their cardiac lifetimes, and yours. From the An Open Letter to USM Students depths of its heaving, pallid chest, The Retriever registers its extreme displeasure regarding the temperature and calls on the administration to take With the beginning of a new school year comes the excitement of sporting events, parties, and challenging classes. Soon immediate action. enough we will be burning the midnight oil to study for midterms or hitting the snooze button one too many times America is a nation founded on hard, agricultural work. But in the days before that 8 AM lecture. But for right now, we should take a moment to count our blessings for the opportunity we before global warming, our ancestors enjoyed a continual 72-degree bliss. It’s have to get a college education. We also are fortunate to have the chance to change and improve these higher educa- a known fact that humans cannot survive below or above 60 and 80 degrees, tion opportunities for generations of students to come. A new semester reminds us that this year’s triumphs are only a respectively: people living outside this safety zone risk melanoma, hypother- part of what will be a lifelong connection to our alma mater. mia, constipation, restless leg syndrome and lupus. UMBC administrators have an obligation to protect students from all I was appointed to serve this coming year as the student member of the University System of Maryland Board of possible dangers: real, impending, imagined. UMBC provides life-saving air Regents. I hope to be an active participant in positive growth at all of the system’s institutions. Among the important conditioning inside its buildings, but what about outside? Many UMBC issues that the Board will face this year are tuition rates, student discipline policies, and academic quality. The action buildings are separated by distances of twenty feet or more. When heatstroke we take on these and other issues must be informed by student perspectives in order to make our decisions most effec- gives way to melting, who will mourn the dead? tive. Although abandoned to certain death, UMBC students have discovered a potent antidote to non-optimal temperature: copious and shameless whin- To ensure that your input is incorporated into policies that will shape students’ lives long after we graduate, I encour- ing. Constant complaints about the heat, and the displeasure of sweating, age you to communicate with me and other student leaders. Feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] seem to have preserved most UMBC students. Since the administration has failed to act, keep whining like children. And watch out for the Yellow Face: I also encourage you to get in touch with your System Student Council representatives Brian Bailey and Hima it burns us, yes, gollum…. Raviprakash. These dedicated leaders meet regularly throughout the year with their counterparts from across the University System and frequently report to the Board regarding issues of great concern to students.

In addition, your student government presidents Jordan Hadfield (undergraduate) and Thomas J. Vicino (graduate) can be both helpful resources and influential advocates for your views.

I hope this new year finds you thirsty for knowledge, hungry for success, and full of anticipation.

Sincerely, Joel Willcher, Regent University System of Maryland

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YAAKOV WEISSMAN was that many of the removed settlers were orig- side the settlers, should make one realize not the reign of Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Al-Qaeda Retriever Weekly Staff Writer inally sent to the settlements by Sharon in the only what Israel is sacrificing, but also how divi- and Yassar Arafat, and must start listening to the early 1980s. sive the disengagement has been among Israelis. people who want the violence to be over. The Recently, the Israeli withdrawal from 21 The Israeli government has faced many Throughout the disengagement there have been Palestinians must listen to themselves. settlements in the Gaza strip and four settle- obstacles to the disengagement, including the soldiers refusing to disengage, massive Credit must be given once more to Mr. ments in the West Bank has generated intense obvious fact that while they are doing this in protests—including one of over 100,000 people Sharon for his attitude during the disengage- interest. The focus of Israeli politics for the past hopes that the Palestinian terrorist groups will praying at the Western Wall, the holiest place for ment. In response to fierce hatred toward sol- year, this event shows a drastic change in Israeli cease their terror acts, there has been no agree- Jews—and families arguing over the issue. diers and police officers who were removing set- policy: they are willing to try anything for peace. ment to this effect. Furthermore, there has been The next step, which will determine not tlers, Sharon said, “Harm me; don’t harm the This withdrawal is not just Ehud Barak offering very little effort by Mahmoud Abbas, head of only the future of Israel but also the stability and soldiers and police officers. I am responsible for Yassar Arafat 99% of the West Bank and the the Palestinian Authority, to disarm and disband prosperity of the Palestinian people, is entirely in this decision, which was my own. Don’t blame Gaza strip in exchange for peace; rather, this is terrorist groups. Sharon’s government has the hands of the Palestinians. As of right now them; blame me.” While other world leaders Ariel Sharon actively “disengaging” from many decided to ignore these factors and continue the the Israelis have made all the moves toward would rather shirk responsibility and blame, settlements. disengagement, in the hope that the violence peace; now the Palestinians must show they are Sharon welcomes it. While debate over the withdrawal and its will end. equally willing and able. The people must con- Kudos to Ariel Sharon for making a bold consequences is important to note, we must first To watch the disengagement occur and not demn the violence and terrorism that they have step and taking the heat. And to the Palestinian give the Sharon government a pat on the back at least once feel tears in your eyes or a lump in thus far cheered and take up the effort of people: the ball is in your court. You have been for the tremendous effort, hardship and pains your throat should make you wonder if you rebuilding. They must rebuild their economy, given an amazing opportunity to build new lives that it went through to keep the disengagement truly care. Whether they are for or against the rebuild their towns and most importantly and lasting peace. Don’t screw it up. active. Despite political pressure within his own disengagement, Sharon, or even Israel, the rebuild relations with their neighbor Israel. The party, threats of civil war, and terrorist bomb- images of the last week will be etched into many Palestinians must stop preaching hate and start Yaakov Weissmann is an opinion staff writer ings, Ariel Sharon went ahead with the hardest people’s minds forever. Thousands of solders preaching love or at least tolerance towards their for The Retriever Weekly. When not slaving away decision of his life and had the settlers removed. lined up, four for every one settler so as not to neighbors. If were are to truly see a Middle East for the evil empire, he can be reached for comment What made this decision particularly difficult harm them, and the Israeli soldiers crying along- of peace and joy the Palestinians must throw off at [email protected]

Quotes from the Quad photos by Anna Schmidt How did you spend your summer vacation?

Ben Emory, 23 Vit Demin, 17 Grad student, Mechanical Freshman, Undecided Engineering “I skateboarded and I worked for “I spent it as a slave in the an air conditioning company.” lab.” Michelle Fu, 17 Freshman, Undecided “I didn’t do much; I just stayed home.”

Ian Oland, 20 Senior, Graphic Design “I woke up at 4 AM every weekday and painted an acre-long roof in 100 weather... and I continued the arduous task of maintaining my sexiness.” Caitlyn Campbell, 19 Sophomore, Psychology, Pre- physical Therapy “I sunbathed at the beach and worked at Legal Seafoods.” 8 Opinion August 30, 2005 THE RETRIEVER Point Counterpoint Iraq is worth it; stay the course

JEFF HARTLINE Retriever Weekly Staff Writer

The War in Iraq is the most divisive foreign policy issue Americans have confronted in the 21st Century. Since major combat operations were declared over in May 2003, support for the war has declined as American casualties have increased. Even some of the war’s most vocal supporters have voiced concerns about the U.S.’s postwar conduct within Iraq. John Derbyshire, a conservative columnist for The National Review wrote, “I am—just bite down hard and say it, man—with Senator Edward Kennedy on this. I want U.S. forces to leave Iraq ASAP.” Recent opinion polls have concluded that the American people are weary of the war in Iraq. However, the U.S. mission in Iraq is growing more vital to national security in general and the U.S. War on Terrorism in particular. Since the 2003 invasion, Iraq has become the front line in the War on Terrorism and a magnet for Islamic terrorists from the Middle East and beyond. While many view this as a bad sign for the situation in Iraq, I celebrate the fact that terrorist organizations and their members are relo- cating themselves to Iraq. The United States has a large military presence in Iraq and therefore can Courtesy of [173rdairborne.com] destroy these groups and their members in a sin- 173rd Airborne Brigade: Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade protect employees of the Iraqi North Oil Company. gle location rather than across the globe. We have a situation where the enemy is coming to us. Ralph Peters, a prominent military writer, recent- direct effect upon the War on Terrorism. A stable, ly wrote: “It’s far better to draw the terrorists out free Iraq provides an alternative to secular despot- Iraq invasion so, like, 2 years ago of their holes in the Middle East, where we don’t ism and Islamic governance. People often under- have to read them their rights, than to wait for estimate the impact which symbolism and icons them to show up in Manhattan again.” It is pre- have over people. President Bush said it best: IAN BUKOWSKI ence in the area. Guest Commentator cisely because we are killing terrorists by the thou- “The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of Not only are soldiers not being pulled out of sands in Iraq that attacks within our homeland the Middle East will be a watershed event in the Iraq, but the Pentagon has recently announced have not occurred. global democratic revolution.” If Iraq becomes a Bush’s most recent speech on Iraq might intentions to send more troops to beef up securi- In the Islamic world today, there seem to be liberty-oriented democracy, then it would encour- sound familiar: “stay the course.” It bears more ty before an October referendum. two reigning political ideologies. The first and age movements for democratic change in Middle than a slight resemblance to about a dozen more Hagel’s right; “stay the course” is hardly a perhaps dominant is secular despotism. Eastern countries which have only known oppres- “stays the course” speeches that have been deliv- policy. To be fair, the liberal “immediate with- Countries such as Egypt and Syria (and formerly, sion. This would also have the effect of lessening ered in Presidential addresses over the past few drawal” line falls a bit short in that category as Iraq) are ruled by dictators who suppress most extremist Islam, in that in places where democra- years. Public figures from both parties are begin- well. The important distinction, however, is the forms of democratic dissent. The idea of human cy has taken hold, there has been less desire by the ning to question this message. former policy failure is being pushed by the indi- rights in these countries is nonexistent. Many participants to fight militarily on behalf of their Last week, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel vidual calling the shots. people turn to extremist Islam as a means of regis- religion. criticized the President’s message, arguing that Rather than focusing on maintaining its tering their disagreement with this form of gov- Is this a challenge for the United States? Yes. “‘stay the course’ is not a policy.” He further noted vigor, America would do well to develop a strate- ernment. And since much of extremist Islam has Will there be more Americans killed and more that a longer presence in Iraq means more prob- gic withdrawal. Without even a vague plan to end declared the United States and Israel to be its ene- money spent trying to enact this change in Iraq? lems for the stability of the region. Senator Trent the war, there won’t be an end. mies, some of these extremists have gone on to Unfortunately, yes. But the most important ques- Lot (R-Miss) also dug into President Bush’s ‘poli- The reason that former supporters are start- perpetrate terrorist attacks against the United tion is: can we stay the course? I would hope that cy,’ arguing that the United States needs a clearer ing to question our role in the war has nothing to States. Mohammed Atta, the ringleader of the we could say yes. Despite negative press coverage strategy to progress. do with patriotism and nothing to do with com- 9/11 attacks, was an Egyptian citizen who, by the mainstream media, the United States is Keep in mind that some of the most vocal mitment; it has to do with strategy and vision. according to the 9/11 Commission Report, doing good work in Iraq. We are building hospi- critics of the war are not the ‘I-voted-for-the-war- Most will agree that democracy in Iraq is prefer- became radicalized in part because of his opposi- tals, repairing roads and helping the economy to before-voting-against-its-funding’ liberals; they able, but there is a lack of an overall plan to get tion to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and get back on track—doing all of the things that were previously strong advocates who wanted a there. Certainly, finishing the job is essential, but his secular despotism. conquering powers have traditionally not done. substantial military presence from the start. staying the course doesn’t seem to be working very The second form of government in the However, the war effort is undermined by Despite some optimism surrounding the well toward that end, especially when many Middle East is Islam through the implementation members of the mainstream media who, instead approval of Iraq’s draft Constitution (over Sunni Americans see little to gain. of Shariah Law. This is most notably seen in Iran of covering the good things that the United States protests and caution from the Arab League), it It wasn’t our homeland that was at stake in and formerly in Taliban-dominated Afghanistan. is doing in Iraq, have seen fit to only report on the remains that ‘the course’ of the war is increasingly invading Iraq; it was our national masculinity. Many also claim that Saudi Arabia is partially if negative. Bernard Lewis, one of the foremost problematic. Osama Bin Laden said that the United States not fully dominated by Islamic law. A country experts on Islam, said it best: “I understand that Since the declaration in 2003 that most of throws like a girl, and Iraq laughed at it. If we ruled by Islam usually submits fully to all of the one bridge destroyed makes a better story than ten the major combat operations had ended, death don’t do something to rectify that, no one will Islamic laws found within the Qu’ran and the bridges built. But nevertheless, the situation in tolls on either side have not dropped and training want us on their team and we’ll get picked last. Hadith. Iraq, the standard of living, the improvement in of Iraqi troops and police has been sluggish at best. Anyone who’s taken gym class in middle school In this form of government, human rights general conditions to the Iraqi people and the The official numbers of Iraqis trained to provide knows that there’s only one way to prove that you are also routinely violated. This is especially true measure of support that we enjoy among the for their own defense has diminished from don’t throw like a girl: kick somebody’s ass. for women, religious minorities and even other Iraqis—all these are far better than one would 206,000 to 132,000 to 90,000. A recent report Bush’s rhetoric provides no hint at any end in Muslims who do not adhere to extremist Islam. gather from simply following the media.” suggests that approximately 171,000 Iraqis are sight: the commitment is indefinite, and appeals These groups are relegated to second-class citizen- The war that we fight in Iraq is worth our trained and equipped, but the Pentagon doesn’t to our desire to be tough rather than our desire for ship. Islamic governments have the tendency to money, support and, yes, even our blood. I do not like to release information about training in fear a productive outcome. This rhetoric overlooks support, fund and train Islamic terrorist groups suppose that this will be an easy task which will be that “it would give insurgents an advantage.” the fact that we’re creating more enemies than we around the world. These governments help to accomplished without loss. But at this point, the Any sort of actual policy hidden within the are eliminating to rule a country that didn’t pose a subsidize and in some cases actively participate in U.S. cannot cut and run from something that it Bush doctrine resembles the general Bush vision substantial security threat in the first place. a world-wide jihad against the United States. has started. This is a noble fight and our only on international relations: kill the terrorists. The Winning the war isn’t about looking tough to ter- There is a third way: a secular democracy option is to stay the course and continue to fight. problem therein is that it doesn’t matter if we kill rorists: it’s about planning to finish the war and that respects individual rights, promotes liberty If we leave now, then we damn Iraq to a bleak 100 terrorists a day if our presence in the Middle get out, a plan that has yet to be developed. for the oppressed, is tolerant of dissent and pro- future and create a situation which would only East creates 101. In case you forgot, terrorism was vides the stability needed to govern effectively. embolden terrorism. an issue before there was an unfinished war in the The place where this third way has a chance of Middle East and the terrorists’ biggest rallying Ian Bukowski may have graduated, but it seems taking place is Iraq. Iraqi democracy and U.S. Jeff Hartline’s veins run red, white and blue. He point was an American presence in the region. that he’s still around. Send him an email at national security are interdependent in that the can be reached for comment at [email protected]. And our strategy to defeat an enemy motivated by [email protected]. He’d like that. success or failure of Iraq to democratize has a our presence in the area? Maintain a strong pres- THE RETRIEVER August 30, 2005 Opinion 9 10 Opinion August 30, 2005 THE RETRIEVER THE RETRIEVER August 30, 2005 Opinion 11 12 Opinion August 30, 2005 THE RETRIEVER THE RETRIEVER August 30, 2005 Opinion 13 . The 19 es and INSIDE . en days and money eet, and walk- e first real market first real y taly for sev 15 16 17 18 Joe Howley [Retriever Staff] [Retriever Joe Howley lwind eally like, buy it…or you’ll My favorite painting had a favorite My see EUROPE TRIP, page ut of my budget. I was still is fun! THE RETRIEVER ou r would buy it. Quickly hiding would buy it. 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College students hav true: the opportunities It’s vacations. and responsibility, endless. Little are college stu- enough money to get by, weird dents can do anything. From every summer travels, jobs to weird sto- has a thousand relatable vacation the summer sto- are What follows ries. ries of two of our esteemed R How I spent my summer vacation: A ghostly adventure A ghostly summer vacation: spent my How I A THE RETRIEVER Month Day, Year 15 Features Aquabats, Phenomenauts save the day in Baltimore

JULIE SAGER the Aquabats in amusement. Presenting audience members Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff themselves as interstellar travellers, space to steal the posses- suits and all, the band managed to win the sions of annoying In a stunning display of cartoonish hearts and ears of practically everyone in crowd-surfers to antics and musical prowess, California the audience not just with their catchy, sell on eBay. It was superhero rockers the Aquabats took the shout-along rock and roll, but with an irre- brutally hot in the stage at the Ottobar last week for a sold-out sistible stage show including fog machines, venue and extraor- show. The show was rescheduled from a guns that launched toilet paper into the air, dinarily crowded, previous attempt in July, which had been and a giant inflatable globe that was passed and it would have unsuccessful due to a lack of electricity in around the audience until it exploded in a been quite miser- the venue. Known for their catchy blend of burst of glitter. The only trouble with this able if not for the ska and a fun sort of new-wave punk rock, set lay in certain members of the audience, band itself. Their an amusing stage show, and egotism-tinged a few of whom got it in their heads that stage presence was senses of humour, (fans can often be seen mosh pits are apparently appropriate for all magnetic- there are sporting t-shirts with slogans such as “The music, regardless of genre. few bands in this Aquabats are the greatest band in the Girl-punk band the Eyeliners played world who can world”), the band is, in the words of one of third, which placement was quite possibly exhort their fans to my cohorts, “most intent on having fun.” the first major mistake of the evening. After flap their arms and First onstage that night were straight- the extraordinary, high-energy fun of the caw like birds, forward punk rockers Time Again. While Phenomenauts, many audience members among other Julie Sager [Retriever Staff] talented, the band seemed practically nor- seemed uncomfortable with sitting through things, with any Wannabes: A group of Aquabats fans wishing to be known identifying themselves as the “Ska Robot Army.” Note the suits, and signature Aquabats cap mal and boring compared to what the audi- another plain old punk rock band, no mat- degree of success. and mask. ence knew was to come, and also lacked a ter how good they were. It didn’t help that During the encore, certain originality: the guitarist was wearing the band’s presence only encouraged the the band brought a Rancid t-shirt and had a matching sticker “moshing is always appropriate” attitude. some of their younger, (and I mean, ages in obnoxious kid elbowed me in the face, it on his guitar, and that image approximately After a wait that seemed far longer than the single digits), fans onstage, eventually was overall some of the most fun I’ve had at describes the band’s sound. If you’re going it should have, during which the audience tossing one of them off in what was likely a show in a long time. The Aquabats and to wholeheartedly imitate a punk band, entertained themselves with chants, sing- to be a memorable crowd-surfing experi- the Phenomenauts in particular are both a Rancid is probably one of your better picks. alongs, bursts of profanity, and band-relat- ence. very worthwhile live music experience, if But while their members are all still alive ed hand signals, the Aquabats took the you don’t mind a little silliness. and touring, it seems somewhat redundant. stage. Clad in spandex and fake facial hair, The verdict? While some of the bands Following Time Again was my second our heroes accomplished the rare challenge were out of place, the wait for the headlin- Julie Sager is the assistant editor for The experience with the Phenomenauts, a very of battling evil while simultaneously players was a tiny bit ridiculous, and I was ready Retriever Weekly. You may reach her at strong rockabilly band whose shtick rivals ing very catchy music and encouraging to commit an act of violence if one more [email protected] Four Brothers transcends revenge film genre

SARAH PEVNER Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff

A good revenge movie is hard to come by. Either they’re too bloody, too convoluted, or some weird combination of both. Plot development is minimal, gun play and bloody guts are overwhelming, and at the end, it usually isn’t worth all the work it took to get there. While Four Brothers is not a perfect movie, it definitely transcends its genre to become something more interesting, a little more thoughtful, and a lot funnier than expected. If you’ve seen the trailers for Four Brothers thean you probably understand the plot: four adopted sons come back to their hometown of Detroit to bury their mother, Evelyn Mercer, and avenge her killingmurder. Initially, her death looks like just an unfortu- nate run in with the kind of thugs that seem to own the motor city, but a little digging reveals that this was clearly an intended hit. But who would want to kill a kind old woman who saw that hundreds of foster children, save the four worst offenders, were placed in good homes? The ones she couldn’t place, she adopted her- self and straightened out. It’s these four Mercer boys, Bobby, Angel, Jeremiah and Jack, who make it their in-town duty to see that vengeance is extracted against the ever- growing list of suspected murderers. While each of the boys once engaged in less-than-legal behavior, from drug dealing to male prostitution, they have since reformed, and the men that come back to avenge their mother are, it seems,appear to be law abiding citizens. Led by Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), the Four Brothers quickly realize that the murder was actually a hired hit, and they follow the trail of money through the Detroit police and into the world of organized crime. It isn’t long before Bobby is leading Angel (model-turned-actor Tyrese Gibson), Jeremiah (Outcast’s Andre Benjamin), and Jack (Garrett Hedlund) to increasingly violent and desperate places. What director Jon Singleton (Hustle and George Kraychyk [Paramount Pictures] Family business: When their adoptive mother is murdered, the notorious Mercer brothers – (left to right) family man and businessman Jeremiah (André Benjamin), hard rocking Jack (Garrett Hedlund), hotheaded Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), and ladies’ man Angel (Tyrese Gibson) – reunite to track down her killer see Four Brothers, page 16. in Four Brothers. 16 Features Month Day, Year THE RETRIEVER Four Brothers fast moving, violent film

The Retriever Weekly presents a new weekly column by the Career Development Center and the Shriver Center.

Dear Career Expert: A company just called me for an internship interview this week and I have no idea how I should dress for it. Help! Sincerely, Not Dressed for Success (NDFS)

Dear NDFS, Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of time to prepare. First, find something to wear. What you look like and how you say something are just as important as what you say. Studies have shown that 65 percent of the conveyed message is non- verbal; gestures, physical appearance, and attire are highly influential during job interviews. George Kraychyk [Paramount Pictures] MEN Before the stom: In Four Brothers, Evelyn Mercer (Fionnula Flanagan, right) advises neighborhood kids like Darnell (Tahliel Hawthorne, center) against shoplift- - A two-piece suit will suffice in most instances, ing as clerk Samir (Pablo Silveira, left) looks on. but you can also wear a dress jacket with slacks, or at least slacks, a tie, and pressed shirt. from FOUR BROTHERS, page 15 - Solid colors are also safer than bold prints or then, in During the third act, they also see all each of these hard-edged, barely recovered patterns. Flow, Boyz in the Hood) does with this film is the guns that Bobby’s been storing in the men connects. - Bright ties bring focus to the face, but a simple allow each of the brothers to develop a unique trunk of his car. It gets really violent really The performances in Four Brothers are pattern is best for an interview. personality that in turn helps determine their quickly, with the gun play and the bullet holes excellent, actually, with Mark Wahlberg lead- - Wear polished shoes with socks high enough course of action through the film’s increasing- springing almost out of nowhere. There are ing the ensemble with some truly hysterical so no skin is visible when you sit down and cross your legs. ly violent stand-offs. Bobby is a barely some really good car chases, and a conspiracy one-liners. Tyrese Gibson plays Angel as a sol- WOMEN reformed ex-con with the tattoos and abrasive that leads all the way up the Detroit Police dier trained to kill but not sure that he wants - A suit with a knee-length skirt or pants and a nature to match it. Angel is some kind of sol- Department and past itonwards. There are to on during his vacation, and Andre tailored blouse is most appropriate. dier, home on a break to bury mom, steal times during the film, though, that one won- Benejamin is fantastic as a tormented busi- - Although even the most conservative organiza- back his, Latin-American girlfriend (Bobby ders why the Detroit Police aren’t bothered by nessman and a haunted dad. Garrett Hedlund tions allow more feminine looks these days, calls her “La vida loca”), play some ice hockey, all of the shooting and the bullet holes every- is a relative new comer (Friday Night Lights, accessories should be kept simple. Basic pumps and beat up on all of his brothers as much as where. It’s like there are no irritable or terrified Troy) and he plays Jack with an appealing vul- and modest jewelry and makeup help to present possible. Jeremiah is a family man, caught neighbors anywhere in this film to call and nerability and a nice sense of humor. a professional look. between his adult family and the one he grew complain about the growing arsenal of semi- All in all, the movie is good. It’s probably Also, don’t forget to leave yourself time to show- up with, and a business man whose financial automatics in the Mercers’ home. not as good as it could be, with the strength of er, shave, and brush your teeth the morning of records may not be as spotless as they look. Unfortunately, the revenge plot is pretty the actors and the director, but it’s good for the interview! Good luck. And Jack, who may have at one point been a thin. There are some good battles, a lot of what it is. There are some pretty fantastic Sincerely, male prostitute, is a skinny rock star who gets blood, but any astute viewer can easily figure shoot-outs, if that’s your thing, and there are Career Expert , beat up picked on by his older brothers for out who the bad guy is and what he’s up to. In also some really touching moments between being too sensitive and too “gay.””. (A lot of many ways, revenge takes a backseat to a brothers. If you don’t expect too much from Dear Career Expert: the family scenes center around non-PC jokes screenplay about a bunch of brothers, brought the film, Four Brothers probably won’t disap- I’ve gone on three internship interviews about Jack’s orientation). together by tragedy, who are then able to point you at all. and obtained offers from all three compa- In some ways, the revenge plot is second- reconnect to the family they each need. So nies. After careful consideration, I’ve made a final decision. How do I turn down the ary to the story that shows the mechanics of a what if Bobby makes fun of Angel’s girlfriend Sarah Pevner is the Features editor for The other two offers professionally? Can I just family in mourning. Audiences see the mur- and spends the whole film calling Jack a Retriever Weekly. She can be reached for com- e-mail them? der, see the funeral, and see the grieving. And “fairy”? It seems to be the dynamic in which ment at [email protected]. Sincerely, One Great Interviewer

Dear One Great Interviewer: The Brothers Grimm: Not as grim as expected Congratulations on obtaining three offers. It’s important not burn any future career bridges. You SARAH PEVNER Ledger) Grimm, travel through 1800s worst, however, when the brothers are need to turn down the other two offers in a profes- Retriever Editorial Staff sional manner via personal contact. The telephone Europe, selling their services to terrified “hired” (or forced, depending on your view- is the most effective vehicle. When you talk to your peasants at huge premiums. It would seem point) by a French military leader (Jonathon interview contact, 1) thank him/her for the offer, 2) Directed by Terry Gilliam (Brazil, that the entire continent is plagued with all Pryce), to visit a local French-occupied town let your contact know the factors that led to your Monty Python & the Holy Grail), The kinds of supernatural pests, an early exam- in which a spate of kidnappings has led vil- decision, and 3) let him/her know that you carefully Brothers Grimm is, unsurprisingly, weird. ple of which are angry barn-dwelling witch- considered the company (flattery is important here). Since this film pairs fairytales, some of the es. The Grimm brothers, having survived see THE BROTHER’S GRIMM page 18. This simple process will keep the door open for strangest and most unpleasant stories ever numerous paranormal attacks, future career opportunities you may want to pursue. written, with one of the strangest modern come armed with all kinds of Sincerely, Career Expert American directors, it would be disappoint- ghost-hunting gear, and, with ing if The Brothers Grimm was not, as its a little ingenuity and some act- Submit your career questions to title suggests, grim, unpredictable, and ing lessons, chase off the mon- [email protected] more than a little bizarre. That isn’t to say sters. 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Math/Psych 204, pelling: snake-oil salesmen brothers, day. Francois Duhamel [Miramax] 410.455.2216,www.careers.umbc.edu Willhem (Matt Damon) and Jacob (Heath Things take a turn for the Barn witches: The old crone from the village of Marbaden. THE RETRIEVER Month Day, Year Features 17 AROUND Beginning [August 30] Events Happening Throughout Incidentally... the Greater Baltimore-Washington Area TOWN Events Happening On and Around the UMBC Campus Beginning [August 30] Legendary Sports Action Baltimore Public Works Museum is Recently opened, Sports Legends at running a new exhibit entitled “Street Camden Yards offers an unique take on Coins,”, displaying photographs by a museums. See sports greats from as far local artist that highlight the beauty of back as Babe Ruth, learn about their mechanical objects like valves and man- Welcome Back! 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The Gaskets Are “Big Fun”

JULIE SAGER even jaded scenesters to tap their feet. Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff Perhaps the most succinct description comes from the bandís website, where they cate- By an impressive margin, the best new gorise themselves as ìelectronic rock from music discovery of this writer’s summer came another planet,î but even this does not quite in the form of the Gaskets, a genre-defying, encompass all that the Gaskets have to offer, dance-inducing duo from Richmond, especially live. Virginia. I saw them open for Adult Swim On Big Fun, the Gaskets have certainly regular and “nerdcore rapper” MC Chris and covered all their bases. There are songs of the show was almost effectively stolen from youthful innocence (Open Mic Night), rau- the first song. With dance moves to rival pop cous sexuality (Flight Attendant), and stars and astoundingly addictive melodies, tongue-in-cheek gangsta (B-A-D), among the high-energy group displays their unique others, but the overall effect is mixed- while sound on their debut release, Big Fun. the songs are undeniably catchy, a great deal To describe the Gaskets’ sound is a chal- of the bandís energy is lost in recording. Itís lenge in itself; try thinking along the lines of the kind of album that makes you think, not-so-pretentious indie singer-songwriters This is not as good as it could be, but then find whose first priority is having a good time. yourself singing the songs in your head over Rather sounding like Conor Oberst (of and over for hours afterwards. The songwrit- Bright Eyes fame), but without all the angst ing is simple, with basic chord structures and and metaphors, vocalist Teddy Blanks hyp- catchy pop melodies, and it is this utter lack notises audience members with his stage of pretension that sets the Gaskets apart The Gaskets [Retriever Staff] presence. Ted is what I like to call “just from all the other musicians with tight pants Indie fun: Carefree indie rockers The Gaskets pose for their debut release Big Fun, out now on Aquarium annoying enough”— like their influences and questionable haircuts out there today. Records. They Might Be Giants and Talking Heads, While Big Fun is a perfectly respectable he takes a very unconventional voice and, debut album, the Gaskets are better known audience to play air cowbell along with their in the fall, this group must be experienced instead of irritating the audience with it, for their frenetic onstage energy and unfor- songs, the Gaskets are interested in unapolo- live for best results. Check them out at draws a line that keeps it distinctive and gettable live show. The duo makes the most getically having have a good time, and drag- www.thegaskets.com. memorable. Meanwhile, mostly-musician of their small lineup; when I saw them, they ging listeners along for the ride. Ross Harman lays down a combination of built what was essentially a living room on Julie Sager is the assistant editor for The funky beats and instrumentals (live, they are the stage, complete with couch, end table, The verdict? While Big Fun is a fairly Retriever Weekly. You may reach her at contained within a sequencer),— that cause lamp, and sewing machine. Exhorting the strong, catchy debut, and a new album is due [email protected]. 18 Features Month Day, Year THE RETRIEVER The little fort that wasn’t Broken Flowers subtle success from FORT KNOX, page 14. Also, everyone there younger than thirty had Castine, Bucksport sits at the mouth of the apparently been attired by Hot Topic. Think Penobscot River, which was almost the bor- the intersection of Renaissance Festival and der with Canada. It is this position that gave science fiction convention, with a dash of Fort Knox its great potential military signifi- UFO/black helicopter theorists. cance. This was mostly fine with me. I like Emphasis on “potential.” The only infor- things that are kind of out there, and groups mation on the fort that our guidebook con- of people interested in the same thing in the tained was ominous: “Bring waterproof shoes same place. It is generally invigorating. But, and a flashlight.” frankly, I’ll pass on the “ghost-hunting semi- Fort Knox, Kentucky this is not. Its his- nar.” tory, as I learned in a hurried survey of the Later, in a deeper part of the fort, I one-room visitors’ center, is basically a centu- passed a set of cellars in which someone had ry-long tale of almost-relevance. The fort was set up a tape recorder playing ghost noises. initially constructed to defend against the So we wandered the fort, avoiding the British, and then never received troops. ghost hunters. In the center of the fort, off When troops were eventually sent there (the the parade grounds, was a vendors’ area. This British again), they had to build their own put my hackles up – the vendors’ room is my barracks. The troop strength was dropped least and most favorite part of a science fic- and restored periodically as the British, the tion convention, least because of the crass Confederates and even the Spanish became commercialism, but most because they do sell potential adversaries. The Penobscot is criti- books. But there were no books to be had cal to this part of Maine, and would have here. Here were… herbs. Crystals. Twelve- been a tempting military target, even for the year-old-girls apparently fresh from the set of Courtesy of Empiremovies.com Confederate Navy (which one would think Harry Potter. Generalized magical parapher- Stll life: Don Johnson (Bill Murray) contemplates his life in Broken Flowers. would have been busy elsewhere). At one nalia dreadfully overpriced. Paranormal mas- point, the river in front of the fort was vigor- sage, whatever that was. ously mined – and then, as not a single And on the way out, the worst part: the SARAH PEVNER all his past relationships, Winston creates the enemy ship was sighted, the mines were (with Tunnel of Terror. Despite our please for a Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff itineraries necessary to go on a detective- some embarrassment) removed. In fact, not a quick escape, my father insisted on getting road trip. As a budding mystery writer him- single military engagement occurred at the his full two-extra-mandatory-dollars-per-per- Broken Flowers is decidedly a type of self, Winston encourages Don to look for fort. son’s worth and plunged in. film. It’s different from normal Cineplex clues, like pink things (the note was written The fort has four cannon banks, and There were fake cobwebs on the door- releases: a little more artistic, and slower on pink paper), or a typewriter. Reluctantly, only two of them ever had cannons actually way. paced, with more focus on dialogue and and because he doesn’t have much else to do, installed, so low was the fort on the Army’s And little plastic spiders. delivery than on plot. This isn’t nearly as pre- Don embarks on the trip. priorities. When the Maine State Parks I felt like I had stumbled into the twi- tentious and irritating as it sounds, because What follows is not, in any way, a tradi- bought the fort, they had to buy cannons light zone. There I was, sitting on the ram- Broken Flowers is a Jim Jarmusch film, and tional American road -trip film. There aren’t from an Army auction to demonstrate what parts of the most impressive U.S. fort that that pace is his pace, and the focus on human unnecessary scenes that focus on local color, the batteries would have looked like, had they wasn’t, surrounded by the most abstract and interaction is a subject on which all of his Don doesn’t meet all that many people on ever been armed. The fort also quickly crassly commercialized approach to the films meditate. This is a particularly wide- the road, and he doesn’t really learn anything became obsolete. Its beautiful, massive stone unseen world I had ever seen. It was like the release for Jarmusch, directing an all-star cast new or revolutionary about himself or the facade is of the sort rendered obsolete by the anti-adventure. in a film that won’t just play the art house world around him. He visits each of the advent of artillery. We talked to one of the rangers. They theaters. women (except one, who has died), and most But the plot thickens. My survey of the seemed delighted to see so many people at the Broken Flowers is the story of a man who are glad to see him, uncertain as to his point visitors’ center was rushed because I was try- park (maybe so many people paying the is alive but not quite living. At 50, Don but happy that he has come back into their ing to get out before the ghost-hunting semi- entrance fee – note to Maine state legislature, Johnston (no, not that one), is a lonely bach- lives regardless. His former love interests are nar began. your parks are under-funded!), and didn’t elor, living out an early retirement after mak- played by a top-notch collection of actresses: Our first warning sign should have been seem to mind the slight surreality of hordes of ing millions in computers. It has often been Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, the one at the gas station just outside of amateur ghost-hunters combing a historical said that Bill Murray’s Don is a reprisal of his and Tilda Swanson. Each performance is Bucksport, advertising something at the fort site that never saw any large-scale organized role in Lost in Translation, but it appears to nuanced and interesting, from Sharon Stone’s called the “Psychic Paranormal Faire.” violence. I mean, if anywhere is going to me that this role requires a kind of subtle decidedly un-Sharon Stone portrayal of a Yes, “Faire” with an “e”. have ghosts, it’s not this place. depth that wasn’t shown there. Bill Murray grieving NASCAR-widow to Jessica Lange’s It was not until we were charged two What’s more, they said they were really has become the go-to actor for films requir- turn as a pet psychic. Each woman is treated dollars extra (per person! Mandatory!) for looking forward to Halloween, which is when ing yearning, sadness and intellect as with respect by the script, and each character park admission that we realized that the Faire the organizers of the Psychic Paranormal expressed in the barest way possible. The is as interesting, unique and complicated as was that day. By the time I found myself star- Faire kick it into overdrive with “Fright at the majority of Murray’s acting in this film is all Don imagined. Some of the encounters are ing at the moons-and-stars-bedecked stand in Fort.” We didn’t press for details. deep, sad breaths, long, off-camera stares and lovely, some awkward, and some downright the parking lot selling “Wiz-Dogs” (I didn’t I wandered the ramparts, looking at the a quiet and defeated sense of humor. unpleasant, but each is absolutely realistic. inquire), it was far too late. placid river, the empty gun batteries, the The movie opens with the latest of Don’s Broken Flowers is probably not Jim Now, I am a full supporter of the para- unblemished fortifications. Eventually my girlfriends (Julie Delpy) moving out of his Jarmusch’s greatest film. It’s carried along by normal. I read and watch plenty of science father found his way out of the Tunnel of house because he puts no effort into any of an incredible cast of actors and their rela- fiction – hell, my senior thesis is on instances Terror, which wound through the under- his relationships. Delpy is looking for com- tionships with one another. Don and of the paranormal in ancient Roman. But ground magazines and barracks. We asked mitment and security, and she announces at Winston have a fantastic friendship that throw in the word psychic and a gratuitous him how it was. his front door that she no longer wants an lends itself to some of the funniest and sweet- vowel, and I start to get nervous. He shrugged. “They had a guy with a “over-the-hill Don Juan”. To illustrate Don’s est scenes in the film. The alleged son is not Half the people in the visitors’ center chainsaw wandering around,” he said. bachelorhood fully, he is seen in the next shot a major focus in the film. The film is about wore matching t-shirts: “Maine paranormal listening to opera music and watching 1934’s living, and learning to live, whatever motiva- research association.” Joe Howley is the Editor in Chief of The The Private Life of Don Juan. tion is required to start that journey. It’s a I do not like to lump people together or Retriever Weekly. He can be reached for com- A few days after, Don opens a note to good, interesting film, and definitely a nice judge them by their looks, but I have been to ment at [email protected]. find that he may have a son. The letter is break from traditional movie fare. my share of science fiction conventions, and I unsigned, and doesn’t particularly spark his do not think it would be inappropriate to Think your summer deserves space in the news- interest, but does catch the attention of Sarah Pevner is the Features Editor at The allude to a general sense of pastiness, glasses- paper next issue? Email your story to the features Don’s next door neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Retriever Weekly. She can be reached for com- ness, concentration and social awkwardness. editor at [email protected]. Wright). After extracting from Don a list of ment at [email protected]. Inventive CGI effects dominate movie from THE BROTHER’S GRIMM, page 16. ted. To this point, the film is decidedly not interesting to see a deeper explo- kid friendly, as some of the horror scenes, ration into the true nature of the lagers to believe that supernatural causes are however silly and outrageous, are still fairly fairytales we all know so well, but at play. It is here that the two brothers gross. It’s also not a film for swarming bug neither of these complaints keeps encounter what might be real folklore. haters, either, because they play a huge role. it from being entertaining. It’s What is most fun about The Brothers The Brothers Grimm, in the long run, is fun, funny, and well-acted, and Grimm is identifying scenes that belong to better than expected but not nearly as weird just weird enough for non-horror time-honored fairytales, and then watching, as one would hope. As a film, it still man- fans to enjoy comfortably. with some kind of morbid glee, as Gilliam ages to be fairly traditional, with a buddy and a huge team of CGI artists destroy any- subplot, a love triangle, and a happy ending. Sarah Pevner is the Features thing wholesome about them. It’s true, too, All of the actors do credible jobs, and Heath editor for The Retriever Weekly. that the original fairytales are this gruesome: Ledger especially seems to enjoy the romp. She can be reached for comment at children are routinely eaten and buried, The film probably could have been weirder [email protected] Francois Duhamel [grimmfilm.com] limbs surgically removed, and bodies gut- and still successful, and it would have been Grimm sights: Delatombe’s valet, played by Martin Kavan. THE RETRIEVER Month Day, Year Features 19 A quick jaunt through Europe

from EUROPE TRIP, page 14 agreed without even consulting among our- selves. on the back of the canvas, rolled it up nicely What an opportunity to privately see for me, and we traded. It was the highlight of works of Leonardo and Michelangelo, to hear the trip. 70 Euros and a cigarette. stories you didn’t hear in art history class, to When we arrived in Rome late at night, I look at the original and not a photo in a text- instantly felt welcomed by the warm air that book or on a t-shirt. The curator was full of Paris did not provide. A handsome driver knowledge and little stories. She led us into greeted us, helped with luggage, and spoke rooms that were roped off, and after she left us, nicely in English with his heavy Italian accent. we wandered about the Vatican Museum. The rest of my group had been to Rome the After leaving the museum, we walked the previous summer and stayed with the same streets of Rome one last time, soaking in as family friend we were going to stay this time. much of Italy as we could. After we finished Someone asked, “Which is better, Paris or packing in the evening, the courtyard table was Rome?” and this response stuck with me: set with fine dining dishes, candles, wine, and “Paris is for the heart, but Rome is for the delicious homemade Italian food. It was the soul.” only fitting send off for such an amazing visit. Indeed, there was much to love about Coming back to the States, I am once Paris, but something about Rome seemed so again refreshed by Europe. Though I can no welcoming, so enriching. I felt completely dif- longer easily walk to a bakery shop or get gela- ferent when I was there. Perhaps it was the to on almost every corner of the street, I can sit antiquated buildings such as the Pantheon and enjoy America’s beauty, such as Lake among modern restaurants and shops. It could Placid. I can go swing and blues dancing again have been the delicious helpings of food, fol- (which I missed most of the summer). I can lowed by irresistible gelato. Maybe it was the bond with my iBook again. I can remember plant-covered balcony outside of our bedroom, that life is meant to enjoy—it’s not all just where the sun warmed the lemon trees and work. sweetened the smell of herbs and flowers. The Romans were very friendly, the Coliseum and Julija Slavikas is the Features Production ancient ruins were spectacular, the centuries- Assistant for The Retriever Weekly. She is now old churches with amazing artwork and archi- addicted to gelatos and encourages everyone to go tecture. Rome seemed to welcome us with to Columbia Mall to Aromi D’italia and try open-arms. them. You may reach her for comment at juli- A few days after our arrival in Rome, our [email protected]. host, the wife of a Lithuanian diplomat, asked if we wouldn’t mind getting up early the next Think your summer deserves space in the newspa- morning so that our her friend could give us a per next issue? Email your story to the features private tour of the Vatican Museum. We editor at [email protected].

Valentina Nourse [Retriever Staff] Creative begging: Dressed as a walking businessman, Italian beggar poses all day for snapshots.

Julija Slavikas [Retriever Staff] Valentina Nourse [Retriever Staff] Keeping the city clean: A nun washes the steps to her church. A piece of history: The Coliseum is a major tourist attraction, with many guides offering their knowledge. 20 Features Month Day, Year THE RETRIEVER Sweden exposed from NEWS, SWEDEN page 1

Bottom line, I am excited to be in such a diverse environment. Meeting new people is becoming easier as everyone is getting used to the new environment. The international committee here has been extremely supportive and great at planning different events for us. We have not only done a tour of the University and the city, but we also toured some of the most popular pubs in the city and we were introduced to the Student Union House - a club/pub run completely by student volunteers. I will tell you this - it seems like the Swedish know how to party. What makes things even better is the fact that smoking is banned from not only in all public buildings but also in all restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs. I think this is great since people with asthma issues (such as me) can actually go out and have fun in Sweden and not choke to Rossi Irobalieva [Retriever Staff] death. City dwelling: This old-fashioned apartment complex houses Of course, there is more to thousands of students at Mälerdalen University. being a student in Sweden than just constant partying. From what I have seen so far, it seems like students course that runs at full speed for 10 weeks and here are expected to devote a lot of time out- meets three times a week for two hours each side of the classroom for studying and they time. What is even weirder is that the sched- are also often expected to work in uled time and the duration of the courses can groups, since group work here is highly vary from week to week. Also, students take stressed. The Swedes believe that group col- different courses during the laboration is the basis of success in the work two periods of the semester and often, it world. is not possible to take more than two courses The semester here is divided into two at a time. periods and each period has two parts (each As for the grading system, there are three lasting about five weeks). There are courses grades: pass with distinction, pass and fail. If that run for an entire period (10 weeks) and a student fails an exam though, there are sev- then there are courses that run for just five eral opportunities to repeat that exam (with- weeks. How often a course meets depends to out retaking the entire course). some extend on how long it runs for and at Well, this is a brief introduction into my what speed (courses can run at full speed or Swedish world. More to come soon! half speed). I, for example, am taking a math course, Rossi Irobalieva is a production assistant which runs for 10 weeks at half speed and when she is in the States! Contact her at fea- meets once or sometimes twice a week for [email protected]. about three hours each time. But I also have a

Rossi Irobalieva [Retriever Staff] Rossi Irobalieva [Retriever Staff] A city in blossom: These pretty Swedish fruit treesgrow near the apartment building Rossi is staying in. New currency: Krona is the currency in Sweden, and each bill or coin is as individual as the next. THE RETRIEVER Month Day, Year Features 21 Kalie was my baby sister.

She loved pink.

We were playing with her dolls.

I found a gun in the drawer.

It went off.

I made Kalie go away.

I hate me.

An unlocked gun could be the death of your family. Please lock up your gun.

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These shoes were found 46 yards from the crash caused by a drunk driver. Carissa Deason was thrown 30 yards and not even her father, a doctor, could save her.

Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk.

THE RETRIEVER August 30, 2005 23 Sports Women’s volleyball puts up a This Week in Sports fight, loses in 11th hour Cross Country The Retrievers will participate in an Invitational held at Mount St. Mary’s on Friday, August 2nd. They will travel again for an Invitational at Binghamton on the 10th. Field Hockey The Lady Dawgs has three away games in the next two weeks, first traveling to face Towson this Wednesday the 31st, followed by a match at the Virginia Commonwealth University against Longwood on September 4th. After an away game against California-Berkeley held at College Park on the 8th, they will return to host West Chester on the 10th. Men’s Soccer UMBC has away games against Georgia Southern on August 2nd at 5:00 p.m. and Niagara on the 4th at 1:30 p.m. They will return

File Photo [Retriever Staff] to host the Coco-Cola Adidas Kickoff Classic with bouts against Putting up a fight: A Retriever player tries to spike the ball past her opponents. Rider on the 9th and Davidson on the 11th. KIM DEBARGE team-high 15 kills into the Huskies’ win against the Huskies, and beat Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff court. Retriever numbers, unfortu- the Retrievers 3-1. The Retrievers nately, didn’t add up to beat the weren’t able to put the same kind of Women’s Soccer Huskies’ scoring average of .357 in pressure on the Wildcats that they Women’s Soccer will host American this Friday, September the 2nd Women’s volleyball began their the final match. The Retrievers aver- had put on the Huskies, and the season with a three-team tourna- aged .191, allowing the Huskies to scores were mostly decisive wins for at 4:00 p.m. They will travel to face Radford the following Sunday ment on Saturday, hosted at the come away with the win. the Wildcats. However, Sarah Ball at 1:00 p.m. before returning home to host the UMBC Holiday Inn RAC. Though they played an Following this match, the was able to record 14 kills in the admirable five sets against Huskies squared off against the Wildcats game, accompanied by her Kickoff Classic, featuring matches against St. Peter’s on the 9th and Northeastern, the Retriever ladies Villanova Wildcats. Villanova was second double-double of the day. Mount St. Mary’s on the 11th. ran out of steam in their last match. able to defeat the Wildcats by a com- Additionally, Katrina Carrick and The final match score of 15-6 result- manding final score of 3-1. The Britney Hodson each tallied 10 kills. ed in UMBC’s 3-2 upset by the matches were fairly close but, once Stacey Carroll was able to add a Volleyball Huskies, who scored the game’s final again, the final match was a decisive career-high 35 assists during her first 11 points unanswered. Though the one. Northeastern’s Huskies were day of the season. Unfortunately, The Lady Dawgs have two games scheduled at the George Mason ladies lost their final match, the first beaten 30-15 in the final match Villanova’s A dran Semrau posted a Invitationial on September 2nd, with matches against Loyola at four were close games. None had against the Villanova Wildcats, whopping 20 kills, and two more more than a four-point difference. ensuring the Wildcat’s win. The players scored 15 each. That kind of 10:00 a.m. and Cal Poly at 5:30 p.m. They will finish up the series Also of note was the stellar per- Wildcats’ Alona Cherkez led the way offensive domination allowed the the following day with a match against Texas Christian University formance by freshman Sarah Ball, at 16 kills. Wildcats to come away with a clean who scored 11 kills and recorded 16 The story was much the same win. at 12:30 p.m. Following the Invitational,UMBC will travel to face digs. Veteran Megan Gross finished for the Retriever’s second game, the Kim is the sports editor for the Delaware on the 6th. the matches with 44 assists and 15 final match of the day. They played Retriever. She can be reached for com- digs, while Jessie Folk slammed a Villanova’s Wildcats, fresh off their ment at [email protected]. Women’s lacrosse welcomes new coach with high expectations

KIM DEBARGE her successor. ple, as she is married to former didate for the World Cup Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff Martinez Connor has also Maryland lacrosse player Casey lacrosse team. Her extensive led two teams to NCAA finals, Connor. Connor is a player for hands-on experience as a deco- and has some personal experience the Baltimore Bayhawks. rated lacrosse player will compli- Nine-year UMBC veteran to boot. She garnered five Martinez Connor will not be ment the change in coaching Monica Yeakel resigned from her National Championships as a going it alone, as UMBC also nicely. With both of these addi- post as Head Coach of the player for Maryland. Her coach- announced the hiring of Tara tions to the coaching staff women’s lacrosse team in July. ing experience began at Mount Singleton as Assistant Coach in marked for such standout per- Under her leadership, the St. Mary’s college, where she August. Singleton played formances, UMBC should look Retrievers made two trips to the coached until her recruitment by lacrosse for four years at Loyola, forward to the formation of a NCAA tournament—including UMBC. The academic success immediately joining the team’s powerhouse Retriever squad. the lacrosse team’s first NCAA enjoyed by her players is a value other side as assistant undergrad- appearance in 2002. Following that will translate well to uate coach following graduation. Kim is the sports editor for the Yeakel’s resignation, Courtney UMBC. Martinez Connor is also Singleton is a member of the Retriever. She can be reached for File Photo [Retriever Staff] Martinez Connor was chosen as one-half of a lacrosse power cou- U.S. National Team and is a can- comment at [email protected]. New Coach: Courtney Martinez Connor 24 Sports August 30, 2005 THE RETRIEVER This is how we do it: Not just Weekly Sports Wrap chess, but not quite football

KIM DEBARGE sports are welcome on the Chesapeake. Just This Summer in Sports Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff like UMBC’s student body, our sports are a little funky, intellectual, and more cutting- UMBC – Truly a “HOT” school To all incoming freshman, transfer stu- edge than the rest of the college set. There’s dents, and clueless upperclassmen, wel- not football at UMBC, and there probably Talmesha, a 2004 graduate of UMBC, was chosen for the Baltimore Ravens’ come. In case you hadn’t noticed, all won’t be before I graduate. You’ll still see Cheerleading Team while Elizabeth, a member of the class of 2005, was selected as a University System of Maryland schools are kids throwing around the pigskin in Redskins Cheerleader. While these NFL teams have a first-name-only policy about not created equal. If college sports reputa- Erickson Field, but we’re more into their cheerleaders, we want to recognize these former UMBC dance team captains! tions— and student experiences— were Ultimate Frisbee than anything. musical genres, Towson University would So go ahead and try out for those Even Keel probably be nu metal, College Park would sports that weren’t so big at your average be Top 40, and UMBC would be, well, high school. Our fencing team is becoming The Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens are both 1-2 in preseason play, alternative. Indie alt-rock underground to competitive, and our sailing team is getting with Patrick Ramsey warming up against the Steelers and Jamal Lewis out of cuffs and be exact. At UMBC, we’re proud of our busier and busier. If you see some funky back in pads for the Ravens. They all have to start somewhere… crew team. We like lacrosse and rugby, and new sport at UMBC that you don’t think is we’re pretty proud of our awesome swim- getting the recognition it deserves, come Orioles fall apart, Baltimore not surprised ming and diving team (which went unde- tell us here at Sports! You know, I like feated last season!). In fact, we once had a Keane better than Linkin Park or Kelly Amid controversy about Palmiero’s involvement with steroid use and a ten-game losing homecoming for chess. Does that make us Clarkson, anyway. And I’ll bet once you streak, the Orioles have slipped from the top of their league to the bottom of the bar- lame? Maybe. Maybe it does. check out a few volleyball games you’ll rel. Baltimore still loves them, but we’re not surprised. Time to pick out a team to root But maybe, it makes us a school that think it’s at least as exciting as football. for against the Yankees - —iIf you can’t beat ‘em, pick someone else to! likes to be a little different, and a school that’s not afraid to play the sports that have Kim is the sports editor for the Retriever. made Maryland famous. Lacrosse has a She can be reached for comment at huge following in Maryland, and all water [email protected].

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File Photo [Retriever Staff] Pushing through: A UMBC player fights through a defender to gain possession of the ball. Holy fire lit under Women’s Soccer team, record now stands at .500

KIM DEBARGE early goal to tie with Liberty’s one, Rodriguez proved a little craftier Retrievers came away with a 1-0 mates blocked all 14 attempts. Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff from teammate Amy Morrison’s at blocking UMBC shots, helping win. In a sharp contrast to the Bacinski also earned her first col- cross. About eight minutes later, Liberty to secure the win despite Liberty game, this match was all legiate shutout in Sunday’s game. Sometimes, outshooting the the Retrievers turned up the heat their lower shot tally. She blocked about defense. Neither team The Retrievers have a chance other team is not enough. In their on Liberty, with Jessica Young four shots and had a lot of help scored a single point for over 70 to make their win a streak, start- season opener, the women’s soccer scoring off of Carla Palmer’s pass. from her friends—defense is the minutes, but DiCarlo was able to ing on Friday with a match against team fell to Liberty University, 3- But for the rest of the match, the name of their game. score on a pass from midfielder American University. The game 2, despite nearly doubling Flames dominated the score. Was the loss against Liberty Morrison. This play was a repeat will be played at Ellicott City’s Liberty’s shots on goal. The Despite the Retrievers’ many scor- divine intervention, or do the of a play the two made against Covenant Park, at 4:00 pm. The Retrievers shot 18 times while the ing attempts, the Flames were able ladies just need to warm up? The Liberty, but that is where the sim- ladies will try to tip the scales of Flames shot only 10, but those 10 to score just before the half and Retriever women had another ilarities end—DiCarlo’s goal their 1-1 record. shots proved to be enough to again at the end of the second. chance to prove their salt against marked the only goal of the game, secure the win. To her credit, freshman George Washington University on securing the win for the The Retrievers took the early goalie Christine Bacinski tallied Sunday. Against a different school, Retrievers. lead, with two goals to Liberty’s six saves in her first college game, the score told a better story. While the Colonials vastly Kim is the sports editor for the one by the 17-minute mark. and played all 90 minutes. Against George Washington outshot the Retrievers, goalie Retriever. She can be reached for Amanda DiCarlo brought in an However, Liberty’s Sonia University’s Colonials, the Bacinski and her defensive team- comment at [email protected].