the retrIever weekly university of maryland, baltimore county’s student newspaper 11.17.09 volume 44 issue 12 retrieverweekly.com SGA Over passes $10,000 resolu- worth of tion on equip- earlier ment drop date stolen Gavin Way Editorial Staff Rima Kikani Staff Writer This past Tuesday, November 10 was the last day students could drop a class 12 Apple laptops and four Canon and receive a “W” for withdrawal. The cameras have been stolen from the day before, the Student Government Engineering/Computer Science build- Association (SGA) Senate passed a res- ing. olution regarding the ongoing debate UMBC Police received a call on No- over changing the drop date, the one vember 3 at 9:11 a.m. reporting the students can use to drop a class with missing equipment. Police responded no notation on their academic record. immediately, and confirmed the theft After over five months of deliberations, of the 12 Macbooks, three digital vid- the resolution supporting the earlier eo cameras, and one still camera from drop date passed with six votes for, one room 324. vote against, and four members not According to Chief Antonio Wil- voting. PAtricia Davila — TRW liams, the thief or thieves forcibly UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski addressed the campus community on Commons Mainstreet during the The debate started amongst the stu- pried open the door with a strong International Bazaar on Monday. dents back in April, when an error in metal, such as a crow bar. The room the enrollment software revealed a drop was last locked on the afternoon of date only 10 days after the start of the October 29, so the theft could have academic semester when they had been UMBC President Hrabowski occurred any time between Thursday expecting the traditional 20. Though and Tuesday morning. Williams called it turned out to be an error in the cal- the theft “sly.” The thieves stole the endar, the student body soon learned honored as one of the nation’s cameras, but left their cases behind, so this mistake stemmed from a proposal it would have been impossible to see within the Office of Enrollment Man- that they were missing at first glance. agement. top 10 best college presidents Police estimated the value of the In order to bring the drop date in- laptops to be $8,600, the video cam- line with other dates on the academic Anne Verghese na State University, Tulane University, which he earned when he was only eras $1,500, and the still camera calendar, the office proposes moving Editorial Staff Middlebury College, Miami-Dade Col- 24, and his passion for education has $150, all totaling up to $10,250. Wil- the drop down from the current 20 lege, University of Texas at Brownsville, led him to take bold measures to trans- liams said the motive behind the theft days into the semester to 10 days. They Born and raised in Birmingham, and University of California-Oakland. form UMBC from a no-name commut- was money; the intent is to sell this started tossing the idea around back in Alabama, President Hrabowski has “It speaks volumes of what we are er campus to the nation’s number-one equipment. the fall of 2008, and later approached been changing the lives of those in the doing here at UMBC,” Associate Di- “Up and Coming” university as stated Police do not have any strong leads. the Council of Deans with the proposal. UMBC community since May 1992. rector of Foundation Relations, OIA, by U.S. News & World Report. UMBC, The theft could have been planned, or The change in dates would also match Along with his reputation as a speaker Brendan L. Tilghman commented as a result of Hrabowski’s efforts, was it could have been impulsive. Room UMBC’s dates to various state filling and omnipresent force across campus, about President Hrabowski’s feature in also recognized as the number four 324 has a glass window revealing the dates for financial aid and residency. President Hrabowski was named one Time Magazine. “It lets the surrounding university in the nation for its commit- equipment inside. Williams said the The Council of Deans recommended of the top ten best college presidents in community and world know about Dr. ment to teaching undergraduates. To laptops and cameras were situated in that the office then take the resolution the November 13 issue of Time Maga- Hrabowski and what he is doing here top it off, U.S. News along with univer- plain sight; anyone passing by could before the SGA and hear from the stu- zine. His name was listed alongside to make this a special place.” sities such as Cal Tech, MIT, Princeton, have seen them. Also, the building is dents. The SGA’s vote served as just one those of presidents from Ohio State President Hrabowski’s early involve- and University of California, Berkeley, always open – even on weekends – so step in the students’ debate. University, New York University, Uni- ment in the civil rights movement, anyone could have gotten inside. > see HRABOWSKI [4] In explaining the vote, the SGA versity of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Arizo- his Ph.D. in education and statistics, The engineering/computer science

> see DROP DATE [5] > see stolen [5]

News 01 opinion 06 arts 12 sports 19 Online bwtech Facebook: Bierut lecture Men’s Video: “I’m on facilities act The future of discusses basketball the phone” as incubator communication graphic design loses opener for new ideas and law InsIde enforcement 2 News 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly foreign desk Where the sidewalks "fold up" (a forest) that rose and fell like waves its center and check it out. Once we Stephanie Jung over crisp green fields, speckled were there, I sort of felt like I was in Foreign Correspondent with the bright reds, oranges, and Georgetown because of the style of yellows of the many trees’ chang- the buildings and the bustling atmo- An hour-and-a-half-long train ride ing leaves. Also quite a sight was the sphere, which was quite different from from Schwäbisch Hall brought my thick white fog that hovered above the the atmosphere that I experienced ear- friend and me to Meckesheim, Ger- small towns that literally looked like lier in Lobenfeld. many. Two small villages over from a sheet of cotton candy. Once we ar- Once we were back in Lobenfeld, we Meckesheim is Lobenfeld, a small rived at the marketplace we bought started preparing our dinner: Schmor- village where my friend’s dad told me fresh mushrooms, carrots, olives, and braten, which is beef that is marinated that “the pedestrian sidewalks fold bread. Afterwards, we continued our in red wine, and cooked for three up at 6 p.m.” because no one is out tour of the neighboring towns and hours with carrots, tomatoes, garlic, and nothing is going on. That is how drove up a winding road to a village onions, olives, and bacon. As we small this village is—it only has about called Dilsberg. There we walked up waited for the meat to finish cooking, 2,400 inhabitants. Augustine monks to the top of the mountain to a castle my friend and I played Mastermind, a founded Lobenfeld, which was at first where we got an amazing view of all game I used to play when I was little a convent for the daughters of knights, the colors of autumn below. On a wall with my brother. As we played, al- in 1150. The house where I am staying on the side of the castle I read that though it was pretty frustrating, I felt for the weekend (built in 1803) origi- the town of Dilsberg was founded in very much at home because of the nally was a post station to which horse 1208. I kind of laughed to myself as I smell that permeated the air, which drawn mail carriages frequently came. read that because it reminded me how reminded me of my mom’s cooking on Then it was used as a school, later a young the United States is compared Christmas. Before we knew it, the food guesthouse, and during several wars, to so many other places. was ready. As an appetizer we had a it was used as a hospital. The nuns of Making our way back down the green salad with vinaigrette and wal- the convent used the garden to plant winding road and driving though more nuts, and with the Schmorbraten we herbs and vegetables, and my friend’s towns, we decided to go to the city of ate Rotkohl (red cabbage sauerkraut), mom still plants herbs and vegetables Heidelberg to see the castle garden. potatoes (definitely a German staple in the garden today. The Heidelberg Castle is one of the food), and roasted mushrooms. To After my friend had showed me most famous castles in Germany and complete the meal and to end the day around Lobenfeld, we drove through its construction began in 1196. From on the perfect note, for desert we had neighboring towns to buy ingredients the castle we saw the “Alte Brücke” German cheesecake with ice cream for the traditional German dinner that (Old Bridge) that crosses the Neckar topped with Haribo gummy bears. we had decided to cook that evening. River that runs through Heidelberg Driving through the small “Dörfer” and Stuttgart. Looking down on the Comments can be sent to stephanie jung — TRW (German for villages), I admired the city of Heidelberg from the castle, [email protected]. A view of the old bridge over the Neukar River in Heidelberg, Germany. mountains that make up “Odenwald” we decided that we would go into

A bit of literary history: Visiting the setting of Dracula

Michelle Birky in 1539 during his Dissolution of tendance, along with a werewolf, a Foreign Correspondent Monasteries. Jedi, and a Star Trekker. One person After a quick climb up the light- had brought his role playing sword Since I last wrote, I was fortunate house, my friends and I took a boat which was five feet, five inches long, enough to go to the seaside town of tour. Thus we passed the rocky shore and thus taller than me. My friend Whitby, the setting of Dracula, on that Dracula became shipwrecked on Mew was wearing a cardboard box Halloween. Since it was Halloween, and saw a marvelous sunset while at covered in pictures of lolcats, Poke- almost everyone there was dressed sea. mon, and other memes. She was, in in fantastic gothic costumes of black, Then we continued our tour of all fact, the Internet (with safe search leather, and lace. the town’s fantastic shops, one of my on) and asked each of us to write My friends and I started our day favorites being named “The Owl and something on one of her sides. I add- in Whitby at noon with fish and the Pussycat” after an English rhyme. ed “super special awesome!” a catch chips from a place in town. The fare We passed street musicians in gothic phrase from “YuGiOh Abridged,” a was far superior to what I had tasted and piratical dress. One gothic shop YouTube series created by a British on campus. We were served on the had a large, ornate, carved stone guy and well beloved on both sides plaza outside of the bistro and our throne that one could take their of the pond. lunch included tea. On the plaza picture on after making a donation Finally, I need to make a cor- there were several vendors, includ- to the bat fund, which protects that rection to my last article. As Terry ing a man who sold flowers made of particular species of wildlife in the Pratchett’s editor informed me in an delicately carved wood shavings. area. As we continued walking, we e-mail, Pratchett never lived in Lan- We started our tour of Whitby watched the moon rise over the caster and none of his characters are proper with the 199 steps that Mina ruined abbey as the sky darkened. based on any locals. My apologies Harker rushed up in an attempt to Between that scene and the many for the misinformation. save her friend Lucy from Dracula in gravestones, I began to understand This weekend and next I’m off the book. At the top of the stairs was where Bram Stoker got the idea for to London and Crewe, and over St. Mary’s Church, which has been his vampire book. Thanksgiving I’m going to the Neth- around since 1110. The stone church We finished our excellent day erlands, all to visit family friends. is surrounded by many, many grave- with a pint of cider in a local pub. Until then, cheers! stones. Behind the church stands Another event worth mentioning- Michelle birky — TRW the magnificent ruin of Whitby Ab- the night before, I had attended the Birky stands at the ruins of Whitby Abbey, a ruined Benedictine abbey bey. The abbey was founded in 657 role playing club’s party. There were Comments can be sent to in North Yorkshire, England. and destroyed by King Henry VIII several zombies and vampires in at- [email protected]. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 News 3 Facilities Management landscaping efforts attempt to improve campus aesthetics inside and out

Emma Marston clude 15 new bike racks, 20 new trash Contributing Writer bins, and 20 new recycling bins, as well as a new bike parking area between Landscaping workers at UMBC have Sondheim and the Math/Psych build- been working to beautify campus lately ing, and 14 designated smoking areas, by planting an abundance of new trees which are designed for the convenience and flowers, as well as working to place of smokers and keep walkways cleaner more practical items like sidewalks and as well, Cook explained. trash cans around campus. Facilities The various plants in The Commons Management works every year to prop- and out on the patio are also looked erly maintain and care for the campus after, providing some health benefits grounds as much as possible, within as well as adding to the overall aesthet- budgetary constraints, focusing on pri- ics of the area, according to Donald mary thoroughfares, explained Terry Cheek, who runs A Dose of Bloom, the Cook, Associate Vice-President for Ad- “plantscaping” company responsible for ministrative Services. their care and upkeep. Plantscaping dif- Over the past two years, UMBC has fers from landscaping in that the focus in really focused on keeping the grounds plantscaping is on interior plant services looking clean and well-kept, planting for various commercial and residential 119 street trees in the median of Hill- buildings, rather than on outdoor trees top Circle, and planting a total of 1,740 and shrubs as in traditional landscap- shrub and perennials in new planters ing. at Hillside and Terrace Apartments. In The plants are there to make the addition, Facilities Management has building and patio look more pleasing Wyatt jaster — TRW expanded their scheduled tree main- to students, faculty, and visitors, but they Donald Cheek runs A Dose of Bloom, the plantscaping company in charge of tending to plants within The Commons. tenance to twice a year to maximize serve other purposes, too. The plants their efforts to keep the 2,500 trees on help to create a calmer, more tranquil as eight plants for every 100 feet can be overall, especially the big trees along communications systems major said. campus healthy, for both aesthetic and environment in the midst of where stu- enough to keep the air clean. Academic Row,” said Dahlia Joyner, a There are still more improvements practical purposes. Facilities Manage- dents can sit and relax for a moment in The plants in The Commons espe- junior biochemistry major. “We do have planned for the university’s grounds to ment has also made a point of planting between classes. The plants also play a cially have stayed in generally good some really nice patches of green around further maintain and improve the area. new sod particularly in areas that receive significant role in cleaning and filtering shape despite the amount of traffic the campus.” Facilities Management will continue to a high amount of foot traffic and in the the air around them, explained Cheek. area receives daily. “Many students don’t Not everyone is as pleased with the focus on priority areas as budget and area between Sondheim Hall and the A study done by NASA researching even believe the plants are real at first.” campus’s look, though. Other students staff resources permit, and some areas RAC pool. ways to clean air in space stations has Cheek said. “[The students] here have feel like there is still more that could be already targeted for enhancements in- Areas such as the sidewalks, plazas, found that many houseplants and tropi- really helped keep these plants intact, done with campus scenery. “I think the clude the pond, the area between Mey- and streets around campus have also cal plants can help remove chemicals and I’d really like to thank them for school could use some more landscap- erhoff and Lecture Hall Two, and the received attention recently. A section of like benzene, trichloroethylene, and that.” ing, like more bushes and trees, but with Quad. Administration Drive has been repaved, formaldehyde from the surrounding The response to the various landscap- the economy the way it is, the money and Walker Avenue has been cleaned air. In a place like The Commons that ing projects has been fairly positive. “I might be used better elsewhere,” Sa- Comments can be sent to and re-lined. Other improvements in- receives such heavy foot traffic, as few really like the look of UMBC’s scenery mantha Larsen, a sophomore media and [email protected]. Drop date without a “W” moved up 10 days

> from DROP DATE [1] dropped on [the students],” said Rich- work load before the semester gets fully administration reviews the effects of the immediate consequences.” ard Blissett, Director of SGA’s Depart- underway. Students would then need policy post-implementation. To voice your opinion on the matter, wanted the students to understand that ment of Academic Affairs. This helps much less in-class time to weigh their The SGA wants to hear from the the SGA is encouraging students to e- they have the students‘ best interest in explain why the Senate waited three schedule and make changes according- students as always. In September, they mail the SGA’s Office of Academic Af- mind. Sunaina Khandelwal, speaker of weeks to vote on the resolution, as they ly. The resolution offered a few concepts held a drop date forum to allow the fairs at [email protected] or the SGA the Senate, assured that “We want to worked to make sure that the admin- of how to help achieve this, including students and SGA a chance to ques- Senate at [email protected]. More make sure that if the changes do hap- istration would take the SGA’s recom- simply allowing students to examine tion representatives from the school on information on this and other topics pen, we don’t want the students to be mendations seriously. their syllabi before the semester starts. the policies and the reasons for why it before the SGA can be found at www. shortchanged.” The resolution, in endorsing the Other considerations the resolution will be valuable to the students. Khan- umbcsga.tumblr.com. The SGA was adamant that they change in date, did so with four caveats. weighs is the need for allowing suffi- delwal stressed that ”students need to didn’t want a repeat of April, hoping First among these is that the adminis- cient class time for students in classes understand the far reaching benefits [of Comments can be sent to to avoid having “[the date change] just tration helps students better gauge their that meet only once a week and that the the policy] and not think about just the [email protected] Police log

November 9, 2009 November 10, 2009 November 13, 2009 Off Campus Commons Dr. Attempted Suicide Hillside Apartments Susquehanna Hall Theft‑Miscellaneous A UMBC student reported that he and his Emergency Civil Petition A UMBC staff member reported someone girlfriend, also a UMBC student, had just The UMBC Police responded to a report CDS, Possession (Marijuana) CDS Para‑ removed a “Pedestrian Cross Walk” sign from ended their relationship when she threat- of a suspicious person on campus who was phernalia Possession its location on campus. ened to commit suicide. A search conducted behaving oddly. Investigation revealed that The UMBC Police received a call from ORL by both the Baltimore County & UMBC Po- prior to receiving the call, a UMBC student staff member reporting an odor of marijuana. Erickson Hall lice located the student. A Baltimore County discovered the subject inside her apartment The investigation revealed that four UMBC CDS Paraphernalia Possession Mobile Crisis Team performed an on-site in the Hillside Complex. The subject was un- students were in possession of marijuana The UMBC Police received an anonymous behavioral assessment on the student and able to answer basic questions properly and and drug paraphernalia. All students were complaint of a smell of marijuana com- determined that she was not suicidal and was was taken to an area hospital for an Emer- charged with Possession of Marijuana and ing from an area in Erickson Hall. Further not a threat to herself or anyone else. gency Evaluation. Follow-up investigation Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. investigation led to the confiscation of drug revealed the subject had no UMBC affilia- paraphernalia and questioning of a UMBC tion. student connected to the items. 4 News 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly UMBC leads in the field of UMBC’s technology environmental sciences incubator helps Gavin Way young businesses Editorial Staff

In UMBC’s annual report submitted to the state legislature, our environmen- develop and thrive tal sciences program was specifically cited for its strength and growing repu- tation. At a time when President Free- Christopher McKinney also gaining experience in the field. man Hrabowski admits via the legisla- Staff Writer Euler also explained that most of the tive report that the school is financially companies at bwtech collaborate with strained, UMBC still maintains a focus on Since 1989, bwtech@UMBC has UMBC in some way, either by hiring a excellence in research. Dr. Sandy Parker, gone out of its way to encourage and graduate or by working with faculty the Chair of the geography and envi- foster development in the economy of and students. Executive Director Ellen ronmental sciences (GES) department, the surrounding Baltimore/Washington Hemmerly explained the importance of believes the geosciences program has area. With its different programs and this collaboration with respect to eco- benefited in particular over the past few research projects, bwtech@UMBC has nomic development, saying, “Students years, thanks to a confluence of events, managed to grow and expand, now with are much better prepared for high tech hard work, and the hiring of many new, two campuses (the Incubator and Accel- jobs if they have experience working Achsah Joseph — TRW young faculty members. A scene from UMBC’s Center for Urban Environmental Reaserch and Educa- erator, and the Research Park) that host and interning at technology businesses. Relating to the environment sciences, tion (CUERE) which is located at UMBC’s technology research center which about 55 companies. Students and faculty can also help a UMBC cited existing strength in faculty is on Poplar Avenue. In order to explain what happens on business be successful—access to talent research within the geosciences: “faculty pendent environmental science research. researching the cutting-edge problems the two campuses, Marketing Manager is critical to a company’s success.” By research in the geosciences was ranked As Dr. Miller put it, the department of environmental sciences while using a Deborah Shapiro detailed the different giving students experience and prepar- third nationally by Science Watch for ci- has benefited from being at the nexus curriculum that prepares their students programs established at bwtech for the ing them for jobs in the future, bwtech is tation impact…, [out-ranked only by] of a collection of events. First was the with both the theoretical and practical companies to do work and research. providing for a more capable and quali- Harvard and Georgia Tech.” This fac- strong, consistent push by the faculty for grounding the environmental sciences Summing up her explanation, she stat- fied work force. ulty research culminated in more than research partnerships and grants. These requires. “We are constantly reviewing ed, “The Incubator and Accelerator is UMBC also does its own part in 50 books published in the past decade events brought groups like the US Geo- our curriculum to ensure we’re provid- for early-stage (start-up) companies, and bringing the businesses to bwtech. by the geography and environmental logical Survey (USGS) and the Baltimore ing our students with the state of the art the Research Park is for more established Hemmerly explained why businesses sciences department while it maintained Ecosystem Study (BES) to UMBC’s new education, including [geospatial informa- companies.” are attracted to bwtech@UMBC, stating, an average of only 16 full-time faculty research park and secured multiple Na- tion] science (GIS),” said Dr. Parker. This When asked how companies and “Companies come to bwtech@UMBC members. This command of the research tional Science Foundation (NSF) grants. mandate of GIS classes has been vital to businesses coming to bwtech affect mainly because of the resources of the literature stems from the many new fac- One of the newest NSF grants has helped many students of the environmental sci- the economy, Shapiro explained that, University—students, faculty and facili- ulty members the department has hired the department fund a new graduate ences securing jobs upon graduation: “for each company moving in or being ties. Tenants at bwtech@UMBC are con- over the past six years. Many of these studies program, with the grant provid- GIS has been one of the most in-demand founded, new jobs are created. There is a sidered “business affiliates” of the cam- “fresh PhD’s,” as Dr. Parker called them, ing IGERT Fellows scholarships. degrees nationally. UMBC’s GES stu- spin-off effect—when a company estab- pus and the majority [of businesses] hire bring with them robust ongoing research The second factor was the growth in dents have been hired or have interned lishes operations, it needs to purchase students (part-time and full-time upon in their fields. With faculty experts on student awareness and interests. “Stu- at Baltimore’s Citistat, the CIA, US Army, supplies, services, etc. from other com- graduation), work with faculty and use issues like watershed science, environ- dents are increasingly aware of the en- and USGS. panies—this creates revenue for those facilities such as the library and RAC on mental health, and environmental policy, vironmental challenges facing us locally It is promising that in these dire times, companies, tax dollars on the sales, etc. campus. Companies are also attracted to and four different undergraduate degree and globally, and our program provides UMBC remains committed to building Whenever a company is successful and the Class A buildings and superb loca- tracks, the department has been attract- a way to gain the skills necessary to go upon its strengths while minimizing the profitable, income and revenue are cre- tion - minutes from BWI Airport and ing more and more students, says Dr. out and make a difference either in the damage to its academic programs. For a ated.” in close proximity to Washington, Ft. Parker. private or public sector,” believes Dr. copy of the legislative report, please go When questioned how bwtech benefit Meade, Baltimore City and Aberdeen Brennan Smith, a senior in GES, is Parker. to www.umbc.edu/AboutUMBC/welcome/ the students, faculty and staff at UMBC, Proving Ground.” happy with a lot of these new hires: “All Smith echoed this, “We go outside, we testimony2009. Adam Euler, the Associate Business In a study recently conducted by the the professors I’ve had have been fun even do insect collecting… There is a lot Development Director, said that, “[bw- Sage Policy Group on the direct econom- with great classes.” One of his profes- of hands on experience.” tech@UMBC] employs between 1000 ic impact bwtech@UMBC has had upon sors, Dr. Miller, actually helped him get One thing the department has benefit- Comments can be sent to to 1200 employees; about 100 alumni the state of Maryland, it was shown that his internship, where he got to do inde- ed from was their own internal focus on [email protected]. from UMBC, and about 30 interns per nearly 850 jobs are located within the semester. Many of those interns come facilities on the two campuses, and that from disciplines like math, computer the employees at bwtech have produced Time Magazine honors science, and the life sciences, although more than 2,000 jobs within the state of we do try to get students from each dis- Maryland alone. cipline involved.” This provides ways Hrabowski alongside presidents for students to get a part-time job doing Comments can be sent to research and work with businesses while [email protected]. from Ohio State and NYU

> from HRABOWSKI [1] values, will determine who you will be the inspiration to do well in everything in the future.” I set my mind to. It’s a great feeling to included UMBC in a list of institutions There are very few students on cam- meet Hrabowski, with him being such a that offer extraordinary opportunities pus who can say they have never seen great authority figure at UMBC and have for undergraduates in research and cre- or heard President Hrabowski. Unlike someone like him to believe in you.” ative work prospects. many presidents, Hrabowski can often In what has become a motto for the President Hrabowski’s devotion to be seen walking through The Commons UMBC community, President Freeman excellence and his great desire for his or Academic Row waving or saying hel- Hrabowski every year challenges in- students to excel can be perceived in the lo to students, many of whom he knows coming freshmen to be their best selves, speeches he gives to his students. by name. “Watch your thoughts; they become “Just as we’re excited about our na- Sophomore Michelle Wong echoes your words. Watch your words; they tional rankings, we also are excited that described her first encounter with Presi- become your actions. Watch your ac- you are here, and we will do all we can dent Hrabowski in the Administration tions; they become your habits. Watch to support you,” President Hrabowski building: “My first impression of him your habits; they become your charac- said during the 2009 convocation ad- was that he’s very interested in how his ter. Watch your character; it becomes dress. “In fact, this is the time for you to students are doing and he made me feel your destiny.” think about who you are and who you proud to be at UMBC when he spoke to abnet shiferaw — TRW want to become…the way you think me, asking me all these questions about A photo of UMBC’s bwtech research park which is located just off the Admin- about yourself, the language you use, myself in a very straightforward man- Comments can be sent to stration Drive campus entrance. and what you consider important, your ner. He is very charismatic and gives me [email protected]. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 News 5 Stolen electronics are evidence of increasing thefts on campus Poll: Do you feel as if UMBC is doing enough to make itself more environmentally friendly?

noah bennett — TRW UMBC police continue to urge students to protect their belongings because prevention is “everyone’s job.”

> from STOLEN [1] are “actively investigating.” William The car has been entered into national remarked that we are “very fortunate databases, and police will be on the department could not be reached for this does not happen on a regular lookout, but Williams said there isn’t comment. basis,” even though UMBC has seen a much UMBC police can do. Two other major computer thefts recent surge in thefts. He acknowledges that people plagued UMBC earlier this semester. On November 6, a student’s car was blame the police, and argue that the Thieves seized five Apple desktops stolen from Hilltop Circle and Back cops are not doing their job. However, from FA 002 around the end of Sep- Road. Police said the student parked Williams said he found “no need to tember. Police recovered these com- and locked his 1996 tan Honda Ac- defend the police.” Officers diligently puters, and also charged suspects. cord the night before, and there was do their jobs, and they check every No 45% Two weeks later, thieves stole 24 iMacs nothing valuable inside the car that building everyday. “Prevention is not from FA 001 and 002. Police have not could have tempted thieves. The just the police’s job; it’s everyone’s Yes 35% recovered these desktops, but Wil- car itself is valued at approximately job,” he says. liams noted they have strong leads. $4,000. I don’t know 20% Williams also told The Retriever “It doesn’t make sense why the car Weekly that police have nothing to was stolen,” Williams admitted. Police Comments can be sent to Vote in next week’s poll at retrieverweekly.com. link these thefts together, but they did not find any evidence at scene. [email protected].

Don’t believe everything you hear about health

Grace Cho “take a break,” meaning that sound has more concerned about are the bacteria of water a day? Those who have tried to damage your eyesight? For most people, Staff Writer to be louder in order for you to hear it. from your hands and mouth that may do this have probably found themselves the answer is a resounding no. At most, Doing this too often may end up killing grow in an older bottle. To prevent this, visiting a restroom far more frequently looking at a screen can cause eyestrain, I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, the cell, however, causing permanent make sure to clean a plastic bottle with than usual. It turns out that this incon- which can sometimes weaken eyesight “Don’t sit too close to the screen; your hearing damage. soap and water and allow it dry before venience does not have to be necessary; permanently but is more likely to just eyes will go bad.” However, have you Of course, the environment in which reusing it. most experts agree that 8 glasses of wa- be uncomfortable. Looking at screens ever wondered whether it’s really true you are using your MP3 player is also Will you catch a cold if you’re in the cold ter a day is a gross overestimate of the for a long time over very long periods of or just a wives’ tale? It turns out that important. Studies show that it is the for too long? amount of water one really needs. time can sometimes cause eye exhaus- there are many common misconcep- noise you hear in your earphones plus When referring to the sickness, the Consider this: the average amount of tion, which is the burning and dryness tions about the way certain objects or the background noise that affects hear- word “cold” is a huge misnomer. While water that a person loses a day is about of your eyes and which is also uncom- actions can affect your health. Read on ing. So, the solution to this problem is it’s true that people are more likely to 10 cups through sweating, excretion, fortable but temporary. to see whether you should ignore all the very simple. Get earphones that block catch the flu during the winter, it has and other bodily functions. About 4 For a few people, eye professionals advice you hear, or whether there is re- out background noise. Don’t listen to nothing to do with the weather itself. Of cups of water is extracted from food, have found a possible link between ally a good reason to worry. music that’s too loud. If you must listen course, there are a couple of studies that leaving you needing about 6 cups of flu- close-range visual activities such as Do earphones make you go deaf? to loud music, don’t listen to it too long. have shown that some viruses are more ids. But even 6 cups of water a day is far looking at a screen or reading books For some, the dreariness of walking to And if you must listen to loud music for likely to survive in cold weather or that more than the minimum you need. The and myopia, also known as nearsight- class or running on a treadmill can only a long time, don’t do it often. cold weather could have negative effects myth that caffeinated and sugary drinks edness. However, most people do not be remedied if there is music blasting in Can reusing plastic water bottles make on your lungs’ natural ability to fight off makes you dehydrated is completely have to worry about losing their eye- their ears. Fortunately, earphones can you sick? infection. false, especially for regular drinkers who sight from these activities. Considering only make you go deaf in very extreme Recently, there have been rumors Nevertheless, there is a commonly- become accustomed to the caffeine and how computer-based society is these cases. According to Times, you would that the plastic in water bottles releases held theory that the reason that people are able to retain the water easily. This days, this is very fortunate. have to use an iPod at a volume that’s chemicals into the water if it is used too are more likely to become sick in the means that these 6 cups do not strictly In a world where health news is of- at least 90% of the maximum and use often. However, the study that suggest- winter is because everyone clusters to- have to come from water. ten bad news, it’s good to hear that there it for two hours a day, five days a week, ed this has been contradicted by other gether indoors. The higher density of In general, the best advice is to fol- are fewer things to worry about. So go for you to have a significant loss of hear- experts multiple times. The American people in a smaller space results in more low the signals your body sends you. If ahead and dance in the rain, watch TV, ing, and only if you have more sensi- Chemistry Counsel has stated that the chances of infection, leading people to you’re thirsty, drink something. If not, and listen to music. But don’t overdo tive ears. What happens at the cellular PET in plastic water bottles has been ap- associate the temperature with the flu. don’t. it. As with most things, too much of a level is that the special hair cells deep in proved by the FDA as a non-migratory Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of Does staring at the screen make your good thing can turn ugly. your ear canal that have the nerves that chemical and should not be a concern water a day? eyes go bad? connects it to the brain become over- whether you are using the water bottle Drinking enough water is certainly Finally, coming back to one of the stimulated and exhausted. Exposure to once or multiple times. critical for good health. But do you real- most common health misconceptions, Comments can be sent to sound that’s too loud causes the cells to What water bottle users should be ly need to drink an intimidating 8 cups will looking at a computer or TV screen [email protected]. 6

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Staff Editorial staff Where in the world is the black and gold? Editors for basketball, and even all sports at ors. When a person walked into the Editor-in-Chief Gaby Arévalo UMBC, two things have been missing RAC or UMBC Stadium they should 410.455.1262 at games: noise and Black and Gold. not see a crowd of people wearing red, Managing Editor It is great any time a person goes to a blue, green, or white. They should see Ariane Szu-Tu game to support their team, but when a sea of black and gold. If you walk 410.455.1263 they just sit there quietly and then into the Comcast Center at College News Editor cheer only when something big hap- Park you will see nothing but black Andrea Thomson pens is not enough. Part of the game and red. If you walk into Cameron Assistant Editor Alethea Paul is being loud and cheering. Any coach Indoor Stadium at Duke you will see will tell you that one of the biggest nothing but blue. And if you walk opinion Editor parts of the game is when the crowd into Bryce Jordon Center at Penn State Anne Verghese gets into it and is excited, because the you will see 13,000 fans in blue and Assistant Editor Bobby Lubaszewski team feeds off that energy and any white. So Retriever fans, it is time to courtesy voices.washingtonpost.com athlete will tell you that they will do step up. If you want to make UMBC arts Coming to the game is good, but it really only helps if you follow their lead. Editor anything it takes to not disappoint a a big time athletics program you have Paul-William deSilva crowd of people cheering for them. to do your part. Go to the games and Assistant Editor Anissa Elmerraji With basketball season underway it the RAC has been packed with some But again, cheering is not enough. You be vocal because just being there is is officially the most exciting time for of the highest attendances in school have to look the part and in order to not enough, you have to be loud, and sports Editor Retriever sport fans. The last two years history. But despite the excitement do that you have to wear school col- wear your black and gold. Donald Daniels Assistant Editor Corey Johns photography 410.455.1018 Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall Editor Patricia Davila Assistant Editor roses as citizens, long divided by a bar- would address the challenges to come. Achsah Joseph ren wasteland of barbed wire and land As he spoke of the Berlin Air Lift and the Copy Editors mines, came together and taught us all struggle to end communist repression, it John Breen a lesson about the power of the human made me realize that those who fought Amy King Gavin Way spirit. the wall and all it stood for represent the Danielle Kennedy Twenty years later I sit at my com- battle for the basic ideal of freedom. And puter, trying to digest what it must have as we reflect upon their deeds it is im- Production been like that November night. What portant to remember what they did, look 410.455.1266 those people must have felt. We recog- forward, and take these lessons into our Manager nize today that the Cold War did in fact own lives. Tazuko Sugajima end with an explosion. Not one from a As I look back upon the night of the Assistant bomb, but from the voice of the people. speech, I wonder where our generation Neeta Balram Assistant It is held as quite possibly one of the will find its Berlin wall. It’s not because of Rahul Gautam greatest democratic achievements that the lack of problems; there’s pretty much Assistant Ka Lai Lou this, or any, generation has witnessed. one for every letter of every alphabet. Assistant When I made my own pilgrimage to There are genocides in Africa, violence Sohee Oh the wall, nineteen years after its destruc- in the Middle East, global poverty, over tion, I was awestruck by the small remains regulations in the NFL, and political Technology courtesy cbc.ca of embankment, dotted with crosses that bickering at home. Just to name a few. 410.455.3901 Twenty years from now, what will our generation be remembered for? marked the spots where those who fled So my question to you is, what will we Manager Hopefully more than Facebook and YouTube. Greg Fiumara to freedom had been gunned down. The be remembered for? When will we stop courage to stand up to oppression and watching reality TV and start looking at Online Editor Vania Dienzo Collin Wojciechowski state of the wall, and the state of the pier- speak out for what is right, no matter actual reality? Those who came before us Assistant staff writer ogis my father had eaten while visiting what the cost, is an ability that all of us had the courage to stand up to one of the Darwin Mach System Administrator Poland. My father asked, “Do you think aspire to have, but only a few possess and most powerful and frightening armies in Paul Swenson On a cool summer afternoon in July we’ll ever see the wall come down?” My it is where no more evident than with history; when will we have the courage Webmaster Now Hiring of 1989, my father and my Uncle Bernd uncle answered how anyone, resident of these solemn memorials. to stand up to ourselves and start fixing walked through the streets of West Ber- the city or not, would have: “Not in our A few days later, while still in that fair our own problems? If it helps us start, I’ll business lin. A concrete wall, ornamented with lifetime.” city, I was fortunate enough to be pres- get some concrete. 410.455.1261 graffiti and soldiers carrying automatic Four months later the wall fell. Not by ent as then-presidential candidate Barack Business Manager weapons, loomed in the background as forces of bullets or bombs, but through Obama addressed the crowd of 200,000 Comments can be sent to Nimit Bhatt they discussed the state of the world, the a shower of cheers, champagne, and and spoke about how our generation [email protected]. distribution Manager Kisou Kusuzaki The Retriever Weekly welcomes your comments. Letters to the editor must be submitted before 5 p.m. Friday via e-mail to eic@ Assistant Manager retrieverweekly.com or delivered to The Retriever Weekly office, UC 214. Please limit letters to 300 words and include your full Paul-William deSilva name, year and major. The Retriever Weeky retains the right to edit submissions for content and length. advisor Editorial Policy Faculty Adviser Christopher Corbett The Retriever Weekly staff editorials reflect the views of the editorial board; signed columns and advertisements represent the opinions of the individual writers and advertisers, respectively, and do not necessarily reflect those of The Retriever Weekly or the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The Retriever Weekly publishes DESIGN weekly on Tuesdays during the regular school year. Editors can be reached at (410) 455-1260 during normal business hours or at University Center 214; 1000 Carly Wilkins Hilltop Circle; UMBC; Baltimore, MD 21250. The Retriever Weekly is an equal opportunity employer. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 oPINION 7 Afghanistan's elections cause quite an uproar

the winner. This decision, made in on that promise. simply canceling the election doesn't the name of self-preservation, seems Second, the very fragility of the situ- necessarily make civilians safer, as the dangerous. ation demands that the clear legitimacy last few weeks have shown. Second, In the first place, the run-off would of Karzai's government be established. although the wisdom of taking precau- have given President Hamid Karzai a If the United States and its allies want tions can't be denied, this smacks of clear mandate to govern, putting to to finally win in this country, they must giving in to intimidation. As tragic as rest any doubts about stolen elections build a strong, stable government. That the bomb blasts were, wouldn't it be or legitimacy. As the terrorist elements goal will remain unrealized if that gov- even more tragic if terrorists see that within Afghan society have stepped up ernment does not have the backing of they can influence the election process attacks on other Afghanis, this legiti- the Afghan people (unless, of course, in Afghanistan through violence? This macy seems more important than ever. Afghanistan reverted to totalitarian- decision ultimately seems to call into Instead, this cancellation seems to hold ism—which would then make the last question the stability and functionality the potential of sending at least one almost 10 years absolutely pointless). of the very systems that have been so of two demoralizing messages to the And it is very hard to win the whole- painfully and painstakingly put into people of Afghanistan. hearted support of the people with place. First, in the wake of the blasts, the whispers about fraud and corruption Finally, the stability of Afghanistan United Nations has urged its workers to hanging over that government. The affects not only its people but the re- take leave time outside of Afghanistan run-off should have been allowed to gion around it—most notably its neigh- and moved remaining workers into proceed according to the Constitution bor Pakistan, which at this moment is more protected compounds. Although which, ironically, the United States struggling to weed out the terrorism keeping civilian workers as safe as pos- helped to establish. This would have embedded in North Waziristan. A sible remains a worthy goal, it could ensured to the Afghan people a fair strong and stable Afghanistan becomes send the signal that the United States election, and to Mr. Karzai the ability to a valuable ally and a balancing force to and the United Nations care more take office without a shadow of doubt its more volatile neighbors. If bring- courtesy topnews.in about saving the lives of their own dogging him, instead of setting a prec- ing peace and stability to this country This past week Hamid Karzai was declared the President of Afghanistan (his workers than ensuring a decisive and edent for cutting corners and bending and this region remain as important as second term) in light of the run-off election being canceled. clean election. If hiding in the bunker the rules for convenience's sake. our leaders claim, we should be doing takes precedence over getting the job This leads to the other reason that everything in our power to build Af- Courtney Ring matically deadly bomb blasts which done, then those civilians would be makes this decision so disturbing. The ghanistan into a strong and indepen- Senior Staff Writer killed international civilians as well as more useful if they simply went home. primary logic behind it seems to have dent entity, not dodging for cover every Afghanis. In the face of this, the Inde- Since the United States and the United been, “Well, Mr. Karzai's practically a time a missile whistles overhead. The fragility of the Afghan state dur- pendent Election Committee decided Nations have both publicly taken a shoe-in, so let's skip the second round, ing the last few weeks has been on full this week to cancel the scheduled run- stand to help Afghanistan regain equi- and everyone can stay home rather than display amid an election marred by off and simply declare Hamid Karzai— librium they need to be able to show risking more attacks as people wait Comments can be sent to allegations of fraud and several dra- already almost guaranteed victory— Afghanis that they will follow through at polls.” The first flaw in this is that [email protected].

Quotes from the Quad

Why did you decide to go to UMBC instead of other colleges and universities?

Amana Khondaker April Ray Biology Psychology Junior, 25 Junior, 20 “Because it’s close “Because it is to home and it is an close to home.” honors college.”

“Because it is a science Anu Olofinlua and technology school, Biology and I felt that would Senior, 22 be best, as a Biology major.” Sam Wagan Jason Malabanan Pre-med/bio Mechanical Engineering Freshman, 18 Freshman, 19

“They have my major.” “Because I got accepted.”

“Because it’s close to Matthew Bell home, the in-state Chemistry price, and the small Junior, 20 campus.” photographer: Wyatt Jaster Wyatt photographer: 8 oPINION 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly point MLB needs to level the monetary playing field

season appearances increase revenue as no loyalty to any team. They just follow well. Not only do playoff tickets add to the money. The days when a player, like a team’s income, but winning organiza- Cal Ripken, would stay with one organi- tions tend to see regular-season sales sky- zation his entire career are over. rocket as well. So the better teams make Baseball has lost sight of what is re- more money, allowing the rich to get ally important—the game. Unless some- richer while the other teams are forced to thing is changed soon, young children sit back and hope for change. will not be rooting for their hometown "Perhaps 12 of 30 Major League teams teams, but for the new hot thing. If you have any possibility of reaching post- need any proof of this, just look around season play, and fewer still have a real- and see how many people in Maryland istic hope of winning a pennant," Padres alone are wearing Yankees and Redsox owner John Moores wrote in The Wall hats. Does this not annoy anyone else? Street Journal. "Unless baseball changes At this rate, in ten years, smaller market the way it does business, it risks seeing teams will not have any fans at all. Even its fans drift away, tired of their teams' diehard baseball enthusiasts like me futility." The worst part is that fans are al- are getting tired of all the losing. When ready starting to lose hope. Major league your favorite team (mine would be the attendance has slowly been decreasing Orioles) has had only two postseason the last several years as it is. Some at- appearances since you have been alive, tempt to blame this downward spiral on that tends to become annoying. When the economy. "The way the economy's do you just give up and stop rooting for courtesy sodahead.com Going rate for a World Series Championship = $200,000,000. going, a family of four comes to the ball- a lost cause? park and how much is a hot dog, a Coke, So baseball, do the right thing and put Bobby Lubaszewski as New York, have a huge monetary between the largest payroll in the league a drink for the parents?" Dodgers pitcher a cap on team spending. It is getting ri- Editorial Staff lead over teams like the San Diego Pa- —the New York Yankees at $201.4 mil- Brad Penny said. "That adds up." Yet, diculous that the same teams make the dres. The extra income in larger cities lion—and the lowest payroll—the Flori- the fact is that fans do not want to sup- playoffs year after year. Yes, every once When talking about baseball, no two lets teams spend more money, because da Marlins at $21.8 million—is amazing port teams that have no chance of win- in a while we have a team like the Tampa words incite as much controversy as “sal- they naturally make more money just by in itself. Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid ning because they have been financially Bay Rays that give us hope, but these ary cap.” Depending on whom you talk being in the larger media market. This player in the league and a member of the handicapped by their circumstances. "I streaks tend to be short lived as the larger to, a salary cap could ruin the integrity increased revenue allows these teams to Yankees, makes $33 million a year alone. think [attendance] is more dependent on market teams will scoop up the talent of the game, provide a more competitive spend those extra dollars on players in How can an organization that spends as won-loss record, but clearly the econom- from these organizations the first chance league, infuriate current players, hand- such a way that other smaller teams can- much on a whole team of players as one ics have a role to play," said Nationals they get. If baseball is wondering why cuff organizations, or simply give hope to not compete with. Many people argue team spends on a single player have any president Stan Kasten. "I'm a believer we it continually loses fans to football and fans of small market teams who currently that organizations like the New York Yan- chance of winning? get the attendance we deserve." basketball and, God forbid, soccer, all it can not compete with the spending hab- kees attempt to “buy championships.” The fact is, numbers like these do not But baseball deserves more. The needs to do is look at its infrastructure. its of teams like the New York Yankees By this, we mean that they use their in- make for a very competitive league. The fans deserve more. It is time that Major To fix the problem, baseball needs to fix or Boston Redsox. Teams such as these creased revenue to entice the best players worst part is that this cycle is repetitive League Baseball recognized this and at- itself—not the economy. two have a big an advantage over other, to join their team by offering them more and self-sustaining. Teams with high rev- tempted to fix the problem. For a league naturally smaller organizations. money than anyone else can. enues have an advantage when attracting that claims to be rich in tradition, it is re- The way the system is currently con- The numbers themselves are stagger- players and thus, this allows them to ally letting itself lose a lot of its prestige. Comments can be sent to figured, teams in larger markets, such ing. Last season alone the discrepancy more easily make the playoffs, but post- The worst part is that players now have [email protected].

counterpoint You don’t need a salary cap, teams need to make good decisions

Corey Johns out in hopes of winning a champion- were teams with high payrolls. Editorial Staff ship. But spending money to buy big While there are some teams that are players is not enough in baseball. regularly at the bottom of the stand- With the Yankees recently winning Prior to the Yankees winning the ings that blame their woes on being the World Series, the age-old debate of World Series this year, they still spent unable to compete financially, every whether or not there should be a salary enormous amounts of money to buy team has the ability to spend as much cap continues. On the face of it, there players to create a championship money as they want. If the owner does seems to be a need. After all, the Yan- team, but for eight years they came not have the funds to spend that much kees spent $429 million to sign four up empty. Meanwhile Boston has maybe they should get out of the busi- players: CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, won two championships since 1916, ness instead of blaming the other orga- Andy Pettite, and A.J. Burnett, who despite offering big contracts to the nizations for spending too much. were all instrumental components to best players. As for the Chicago and In recent years there have been their World Series victory. Los Angeles teams, they have won the three teams that have been fighting for But the complaint is not that they World Series a combined 12 times in a salary cap because they “cannot com- are spending a lot of money, it is that the 104 World Series since 1903 (in pete” with the other teams financially. they are spending so much more than 1904 there was no World Series for a Those teams are the Pittsburgh Pirates, any other teams—the 2009 salary of lack of popularity and in 1994 there Cincinnati Reds, and Kansas City Roy- those four players ($67.5 million) was no World Series because of the als. But there is more to their lack of is more than the entire 2009 payroll baseball strike). success than not having the money to for eight other teams in major league It does not matter that the teams pay big time players. The Pirates have baseball. have a lot of money to spend on good traded three all-stars and four start- courtesy isportsweb.com When thinking of baseball, people players; it helps, but they need chem- ers in two years. The Royals have not In baseball it’s not all about the money. Occasionally actual talent is necessary. think of four cities whose teams have istry and often times, with multiple changed their manager who has failed the capability to buy players with large big money superstars on a team, that to develop blue-chip prospects. The had a winning season since 1997. In spent $102 million on two players contracts because of the media market is hard to come by. Reds have let their best players leave 2004 the team attempted to spend over five years ($20.4 million a year) they are in. Those cities are New York, Aside from that, every year there are despite them receiving little raises in large amounts of money on a winning but did not make the playoffs. Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. one or two teams that are serious con- pay by their new teams. team signing four players to contracts So it goes to show that spending Within those cities lie seven teams: the tenders from small market cities. This It takes a good front office to win a totaling $121.5 million ($31.5 mil- money does not always mean a cham- Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, White Sox, year it was Colorado, last year it was championship, not a big check book. lion dollars of that money was paid in pionship. Cubs, Dodgers, and Angels. These Tampa Bay, the year before that it was A perfect example is the Baltimore 2004). But we all know how that story teams have all the money they need to Colorado again. In 2006 it was Oak- Orioles. The Orioles are in one of the has ended: five more losing seasons. Comments can be sent to sign big time players year in and year land and San Diego, neither of which largest media markets but have not The next year the Toronto Blue Jays [email protected]. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 oPINION 9 Facebook is more than just your average networking site the unshakeable alibi that saved him niable proof that he was innocent of the More recently, almost 300 small Fa- lic website, it is difficult for members Ryanne Milani from serving time for a crime he did crime, and his case was dismissed. Face- cebook groups were hijacked and re- to keep their information private and Contributing Writer not commit. On Saturday, October 17, book officials expressed pleasure in their named “Control Your Info.” According safe. Social networking sites such as at exactly 11:49 a.m, Bradford got on ability “to serve as a constructive part of to those responsible, their “project was Facebook can aid criminals in stalking Today, a vast majority of college and the computer and updated his Face- the judicial process.” strictly not for profit and done for a good victims that don’t use proper discretion high school students stay connected book status to an inside joke between Although Facebook was able to cause.” The changed groups included before posting pictures and sending with their friends, family, and favorite himself and his girlfriend while at his help in Bradford’s case, it is extremely tips on protecting users’ private informa- messages that can be viewed by law of- celebrities, share pictures, and even father’s home in Harlem. Meanwhile, in unlikely that law officials will turn to tion while using Facebook groups. The ficials and employers. Although Face- plan events using Facebook. Young Brooklyn, two men were being mugged Facebook to solve crimes often. As a changes were made in order to point book was able to keep Rodney Bradford adults have grown to rely on Facebook at gunpoint. Bradford turned himself in group of stem-cell scientists discovered out problems with how Facebook runs out of jail, others may find themselves almost as much as their cell phones in when he found out the police were look- last year, it is nearly impossible to verify its smaller groups. According to Control in serious legal trouble if police find any everyday life. The website is a fun (or at ing for him, expecting to be immediately the validity of almost anything posted Your Info, if a group’s administrators evidence pointing to criminal activity on the very least, time-consuming) way to cleared of the crime. When one of the online. The unfortunate scientists were step down anyone can take over their a person’s Facebook page. Facebook us- relax and relieve stress during the busy victims of the robbery identified him in a the victims of a ring of fake profiles that duties, which include making changes ers have much more important things to life of a student. Facebook is becoming lineup, however, he was sent to the New stated mostly harmless mistruths and to the group and sending messages to worry about than the somewhat annoy- much more than a procrastination tool, York City jail to await trial. Bradford’s assumptions regarding their personal its members. Despite their good inten- ing changes that keep appearing on the though, and the consequences of its use father and defense attorney were un- lives and research. If their circumstance tions, many Facebook users are annoyed site, especially their safety and privacy. are beginning to appear more and more willing to allow the young man to face proves anything, it is that everything with the antics of Control Your Info. often in the news. charges, so they presented his Facebook posted online, especially on sites such as Facebook can be a useful tool, but Last month, nineteen-year old Rod- update to the district attorney’s office. Facebook, must be viewed with a degree many nonmembers—and parents—are Comments can be sent to ney Bradford’s Facebook status became Bradford’s status update provided unde- of suspicion. wary of the site. Just as on any pub- [email protected]. “Black jails” in China are a violation of human rights

that “black jails” exist in China, and it has plausible or idealistic this scenario is, the the detainers choose, which also can taken no action to confront this issue. The state government actively wishes to be range from a month to an extended pe- denouncement of the existence of “black completely disengaged from participat- riod of time. The civilians are completely jails” is outrageous considering that the ing in the resolution of petitions. Local cut off from the outside world and are Human Rights Watch report interviewed and provincial governments are not sup- left to sleep, eat, and experience grue- 38 former detainees, in addition to the posed to allow petitions to be brought to some conditions, threats, and torture. range of other organizations working in the state level because the state does not The mental abuse inflicted is tremen- China that have documented the stories want “undesirables” (i.e., mostly rural dous for obvious reasons. The physical of those arrested and tortured. peasants traveling to the capital without abuse involves rape and beatings; what is Interestingly, the origins of the current any money) The state associates beggars devastating is that many of the detainees human rights crisis can be traced to the with petitioners, and thus the state does fall ill due to this maltreatment but are Qing Dynasty. The petitioning system not want these people roaming around denied any medical care. was established in the Qing Dynasty in Beijing while waiting for a petition to be This is only a snapshot of the horrors order to allow civilians to petition to their processed. Another perspective is that these petitioners experience. The most courtesy about.com local governments regarding any injus- the local government should be able disturbing aspect of the entire process The central Chinese government continues to allow “black jails” in China. They tice they believed had occurred. Today to solve the issue immediately without is alluded to in the title of the report by can be found somewhere behind this large palace and frightening guard. if an individual is not satisfied with the prolonging the conflict or placing it into Human Rights Watch, “An Alleyway to local government’s verdict, the petition state affairs. In addition, the state pays Hell.” The title implies that the petition- Yasmin Radbod is facing fervent discontent by many hu- can be brought to the next rung in the governmental officials stipends to pre- ing system is the “alleyway” that leads to Staff Writer man rights organizations such as Chinese judicial hierarchy. Eventually, some cases vent petitioners from coming to Beijing. “black jails” which are the equivalent of Human Rights Defenders and Human are taken to Beijing, in which the State This pressure by the state government Hell. Another interesting analogy men- China certainly does not have a spot- Rights Watch. In fact, Human Rights Bureau for Letters and Visits provides translates into a perhaps unintentional tioned in the report is drinking poison less human rights record. Yet, in recent Watch published a report detailing the the ultimate ruling. It is important to impetus for the rise of “black jails.” to quench thirst. These people are being years, the international community has current predicament of “black jails” in note that this system is utilized primar- What exactly is a “black jail,” though? persecuted because they are doing exact- witnessed China claim its unyielding China that are clandestinely operated ily by rural citizens in China. Oftentimes Local and provincial government offi- ly what their government has told them effort to nationally promoting human on a local and provincial level, but are people are compelled to leave their home cials abduct civilian petitioners, usually to do! It is an absolutely ludicrous con- rights. Just earlier this year the govern- at least inadvertently supported by the and travel to Beijing for a state verdict off the street, that have come to Beijing. tradiction that, in my eyes, delegitimizes ment announced its National Human central government. because of the corruption, injustice, and According to Human Rights Watch the the Chinese government. “Black jails” are Rights Action Plan. In 2004, the state- The report, entitled “An Alleyway indifference by the local and provincial security forces then place the citizens in a grave injustice. For more information, ment, “the state respects and preserves in Hell,” is a profound and provocative governments. In an ideal situation, local makeshift, haphazard detention facilities and to read “An Alleyway to Hell,” please human rights,” was added to their unveiling of the human rights abuses oc- and provincial officials would not be pre- inside of state-funded hotels, nursing visit http://www.hrw.org. constitution. Although the government curring in these illegal detainments. Un- sented with any petitions, and therefore homes, etc. The detainees vary in age actively presents to the world and its fortunately, though not surprisingly, the peasants would not be flocking to Bei- from children to the elderly. The petition- Comments can be sent to people a pro-human rights policy, China Chinese government absolutely denies jing to report their cases. However im- ers are held for whatever length of time [email protected]. Jobless claims are at an all time low since January

Nathaniel Buechler mean that 10.2% of the population does ally unemployed, and are now living off number of people who are really unem- work. They give up. More people lose Contributing Writer not (actually) have a job. In fact, it only of welfare because they were unable to ployed. That is a huge problem. People their jobs. The first set of people is now means that 10.2% of the population is find a job. The way that unemployment aren’t able to have jobs when they want getting hand-outs because they are on Hearing about job claims decreasing looking for work (in the past 4 weeks) or is counted isn’t the most accurate num- them, so they end up giving up. After welfare. The second group of people is always makes me feel happy. My first as- is waiting to be recalled to their job. The ber, even though it gives a general idea of being unemployed for too long, they are now receiving less of a hand up because sumption is that the people who used to actual unemployment could be much the jobless population. forced into poverty because they cannot there is less help for them, and some of be asking for jobs now have them. Then higher. For example, more than 10.2% Now that we’re all educated about get a hand up. By this, I mean they can- that money is going towards hand-outs; I realize that this is not necessarily the of the population could actually be un- this, I can really make my main point not get any help when they legitimately the problems in the economy continue case. It could just be that those people employed. about the economy. Currently, the un- need it. to spiral. have given up (oh well, there goes the A group of people not counted in the employment rate is 10.2% and it hasn’t The hand up ideal is now more of a How to fix this problem: I’m actually happy feeling). I guess this is the better 10.2% is unemployed, but they have topped 10% since the 1980s. Knowing hand-out in reality. Many people, who not quite sure. Maybe if the statistics were question to ask: are job claims important stopped their job search; as a result they what we already explored though, is the have not been able to use their small truly correct, then an accurate judgment enough for me (or anyone else) to care don’t show up in the statistic. Those peo- real unemployment rate higher? window of being helped, are then forced of unemployment could be made. This about? ple, who fall below the poverty line, do The unemployment rate has exceeded into a welfare program. Then, the people might help leaders prioritize better and If you haven’t heard the misleading not qualify for unemployment insurance 10% of the population (and hasn’t since in the welfare program are not counted decide what to do. idea about unemployment figures, then because they have been unemployed April 1983) wanting to work, but are in unemployment (even though they are I’ll fill you in. Just because the unem- for more than a specified period of time having trouble finding work. Add in the not working). So to sum up what’s going C o m m e n t s c a n b e s e n t t o ployment rate is currently 10.2%, doesn’t (usually different per state). They are re- uncounted people, and more than that on: people lose their jobs. They look for [email protected]. 10 advertIsEment 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 advertIsEment 11 12 Arts

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Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan performed to an enthusiastic crowd last Thursday in the UC Ballroom. Although many students mocked SEB’s choice for a fall concert, those who didn’t attend missed an incredible display of Hip Hop Artistry. The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) hosted an after party for the energized masses in conjunction with SEB later.

Bierut presents design lecture, “My Life as a Font”

Derek Roper to graphic designers about inspiration. was the infamous “Butterfly Ballot” Staff Writer His lecture was a project that he put that was contested in Florida during together during his career at the design the 2000 presidential election between Stores, posters, sculptures—they firm Pentagram in New York City. He Al Gore and George W. Bush. Bierut all have one thing in common: showed that buildings and signs we’ve said the way it was designed showed typography. Sounds exciting doesn't become accustomed to have meanings the problem that the designer (Theresa it? Every day the public is bombarded behind them, and some are even LePore) faced. “She faced the problem with images that contain text. Usually, personal to him. He sorted the projects that all designers face: sticking too one just looks at the picture and out A through Z, each project having a much information into too little a disregards the wording. But a closer corresponding letter, and font. space,” Bierut said. To clarify, she had look at the words reveals that they While the pictures from the designed the ballot to go back and are just as important as the picture presentation looked artsy and pretty, forth from page to page, but voters themselves. Read between the lines, or a common theme running throughout were not privy to what she was trying in this case, read the lines. each letter representation was politics. to do, which led to the drama (who Graphic designer Michael Bierut One of the projects he did featured a did people vote for?) and contestation came to UMBC on Thursday and background that looked like a jukebox of the election. He said graphic design presented the final installment of the menu. But a closer examination never hurts anybody, but in this case it derek roper —TRW fall lecture series, a presentation he showed that it actually had political > see BieRUT [17] Graphic designer Michael Bierut is responsible for creating the logos for the called “My Life as a Font.” He spoke significance. The menu in question popular video games, Guitar Hero and Band Hero. Sophisticated dress makes for academic success Natalie Ingleby The difference in attitude towards sweat and collapsing in my seat. Contributing Writer academics at the school was totally Every university has those, ahem, transformed. I really don't think questionable professors, as if you The last two years of students’ an advanced French lesson at need any more motivation to fall scholastic careers at Evesham High three o'clock on a rainy Thursday asleep. (Come to think of it, people School, Worcestershire, England got afternoon would have been even in their casuals often still did fall a huge overhaul in 2005 when the half as productive if I turned up in asleep. And it wasn't even a morning new (female), headmaster decided my sweat pants, Ugg boots, and an class). I found I had to tone down those in the upper level of the school oversized hoodie. But in a pencil skirt the dress just a little bit though, system had to abide by a new dress and a pussy-bow blouse, I found I sat more nice shift dresses with boots code: come to school as if you were up straighter (I had to. If I slouch, instead of high-waisted skirts, but I coming to the office. You know, my boobs look like an extension of still definitely made an effort, more shirts, ties, court shoes, blouses, my stomach and that is not a good so than everyone I've met at college, and the like. Now at first there look for anybody), felt more mature bar one lovely guy who insists on was a huge uproar about it, people and really just felt like I should take dressing like some sort of Byron- protesting about how “unfair” it was the whole school thing a bit more esque figure. Whatever works for that students were being told how to seriously. him, I guess. My point is, when I first dress. But when they realized that no The habit stuck. After starting came to UMBC, I was kind of shocked matter how much they complained university, I refused to slip into at how lax everybody dressed. And courtsey rikidesign.com they were coming to school suited the habit of going to class having when I discovered the sort of times This fall, instead of stumbling into class in sweatpants and a t-shirt, try dress- and booted regardless, they shut up. rolled out of bed, thrown on some > see FASHION [14] ing for success in a pencil skirt and ruched blouse. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 ARTS 13

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UMBC’s own Camerata per- formed locally this past Sun- day at Our Lady of the An- gels Chapel. This elite choral group helped celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Cha- pel Concert Series, hosted annually at Charlestown’s gorgeous chapel. The event was truly noteworthy and a fitting way for the group to celebrate the Chapel Concert Series’ anniversary.

Authentic Indian cuisine found at Catonsville’s Delight

greeted us with warm smiles and jokes way to begin the meal is to get an order portions, though served with minimal about finding a place to sit. One of the of the popular mulligatawny soup. This aesthetics, will more than fill you up. first things I noticed about the restaurant traditional soup is made out of chicken For the brave (or just really hungry) was the aromatic smell. The mix of broth, lentils, and yogurt. there are platters called “combo delights”. ginger, cinnamon, and curry powder To drink I recommend the mango These run around twenty dollars and made the wait to get food intolerable. lassi, this creamy yogurt drink comes in include rice, samosas, naan, kheer, Indian Delight has a modest decor with mango, sweet, or salty flavors. Not being and spice tea. There are four varieties crisp white tablecloths and bright red brave enough to try the salty option I of “delights” to order: tandoori, meat, napkins adorning each seating place. went for the mango. Tasting like a thick seafood, and vegetable. Paintings of a variety of scenes adorn smoothie with a distinct tanginess, I After being stuffed on one of these the walls, making it a far cry from other would recommend the drink as a way or another entrées, make sure to have establishments on the same street. to sooth your taste buds when eating the room for dessert. I recommend kheer, Indian Delight, which has been family spicy food. a traditional rice pudding, and kulfi, owned since 1992, boasts a menu that For our main course my friend pistachio ice cream. Both of these are has many chicken, vegetarian, beef, lamb, ordered chicken tikka masala and I cool and refreshing after a spicy meal. liz omberg — TRW and seafood options. To start, we had the ordered the saag wala. The tikka masala Indian Delight is located at 622 Indian Delight is located on Fredrick Road in Catonsville and boasts an vegetable samosas (2 of $3.25), which is Britain’s most popular Indian dish for Frederick Road in Catonsville. In case extensive menu of authentic Indian dishes like Saag Wala and Tikka Masala. tasted fairly regular. However, we chose a good reason. The creamy tomato sauce having a sit down meal doesn’t strike a hidden gem, Indian Delight. If you are to have the coriander chutney ($1.95) is sweet but not overly so, making it a your fancy, you can order take-out by Liz Omberg not looking for it the restaurant can be as an accompaniment. To go along with good dish for those getting Indian food calling them at (410) 744-4422. The Senior Staff Writer easy to pass by. Painted navy blue with any appetizer or meal there is a choice for the first time. The saag wala is made restaurant is open from 11:30-2:30 small, closed-off windows, the facade of of cheap and flavorful accompaniments. with spinach and is a favorite of mine. I for lunch and 5:00-9:30 for dinner on Catonsville's Frederick Road is often the restaurant does not give what you You can choose from mango chutney, would recommend ordering it “medium” Monday to Thursday as well as Sunday, visited to get a McFlurry late at night, to can find inside enough credit. spicy chutney, spicy pickles (choice of on the range of mild to spicy to get a lot and a little later in the evening on Friday stop at one of its many music shops, or As my friend and I walked in around mango, chili, lemon, or mixed), or raita of flavor but not overwhelmingly so. and Saturday. as a last resort to get gas when you can't eight o'clock on a Tuesday, it was easy to which is a creamy yogurt blended with Another popular choice is the fish tikka, make it all the way to Route-40. Tucked see that we were the only people in the cucumber and tomatoes, which is like which is made with marinated salmon. Comments may be sent to away next to a hair salon and a bank is candle-lit dining room. The two waiters the Indian version of tzatziki. Another Entrees run around $12.00 each but the [email protected]. Strokes' frontman Casablancas releases solo effort, Phrazes for the Young Ingrid Garcia twist of lyrics. Through the light, quick bring the song out of the albums usual Staff Writer voice of Casablancas you can hear the up-key drone of the minor tragedies in lyrics “I know I’m going to hell, in a everyday life. Julian Casablancas’ album “Phrazes leather jacket/ At least I’ll be in another “4 Chords of the Apocalypse” starts for the Young” might wave out a surge world, while you’re pissin’ on my off with an old-school, mellow melody of ‘80s pop, but its prudent lyrics and casket.” which serves to set the sitting-solo- continuous guitar riffs brings the listener Super Mario Brothers music might in-a-bar–drinking-off-loneliness scene to a modern mesh of 2009 and good old have been one of the influences for this as an intro to the next track, “Ludlow keyboard nuisances that remind us all album; the first few seconds of almost St.,” which is a full-on portrayal of cpurtsey rca/jive label group how cool it is to be young. every song brings a flashback to Mario drunkenness. The beginning of the Lead vocalist of The Strokes, Julian Casablancas, recently released his solo The Strokes have been on hiatus since going through Bowser’s dungeon, before song definitely brings out the image of effort, “Phrazes for the Young”, an album whose goal is to inspire the young to remain individuals. their last album release in 2006. In the suddenly becoming a real song again. a struggling drunk just trying to get that meantime, however, their lead vocalist “When I found you, I was running wild,” key into the dratted keyhole so that they drunk singing along, but no, not enough rift of the guitar create an almost sensual, has come out with a new, personalized sings out Casablancas in the second track, can finally go to bed. The song starts off alcohol left. soft carefree album to sit through, or anthem with a general push for the there being a lot of mentions of parking “Everything seems to go wrong when I “River of Brakelights” comes right after maybe be inspired enough to meditate youth to hang on to their troubled lots and rendezvous with substances. stop drinking/ Everything seemed to go the alcohol, and for anyone familiar with on top of a skyscraper gazing downward lives and live on, to keep being a semi- According to iTunes customers, my way last night/ Everything seems a hangover, headaches and quick-paced upon the city below. Hey, it’s not an hoodlum generation with a sprinkle of the first and third track in the album so wrong to me this morning/ I know thumps of loud music don’t exactly entire impossibility; UMBC is close to responsibility. appear as the most popular, which in things'll be brighter later tonight.” It’s go together. But nevertheless, this is a Baltimore anyway. Buying “Phrazes for The first couple of seconds of the a way hold some substance of truth as a complete devotional to alcoholism, satisfying track that stands out since it the Young” is not an entirely bad idea, opening song “Out of the Blue” are a bit the third song titled “11th Dimension” which Casablanca should know well, walks a thin line between trance music but a satisfying end to your ears. freaky—reminders of The Twilight Zone declares, “forgive them even if they are since he has been struggling with alcohol and alternative. definitely invades the mind—however not sorry.” Along with a nice combo of his entire life. In all honesty, all that was Omitting the annoying keyboard/ it levels out with a quick-paced, typical ‘80s keyboard tunes, Casablancas mixes needed to make this song perfect was for game-like sound that ruins some sections C o m m e n t s m a y b e s e n t t o alternative beat with a very interesting the right amount of psychedelic funk to the last few seconds to have an off-tune of the songs, the constant background [email protected]. 14 ARTS 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly Scantily clad super-heroines reinforce gender stereotypes and male preoccupation with sex

Derek Roper fatale sauntered her way onto the screen. Staff Writer Ultimately, the woman in the Noir films make the men nervous; Black Canary (or Wonder Woman is an iconic another heroine) does so to her male co- superhero; she is strong, able to fly, star, and one of the ways in which men and can take a mythological creature's deal with such a situation is to try and head off blindfolded. She is on women’s figure her out or sexualize her. Eventually, clothing, symbolizing female strength, the Canary was unmasked (both ways). but at the same time she is also a symbol While Mulvey used this analysis to of sexuality. examine film, the comic book has the same The world of superheroes may be equal set up. Another aspect Mulvey examined as far as the female-to-male-superhero was the way the camera captured the ratios are concerned, but in essence it is woman. The writer (screenplay writer) still a male world. Over time the female and the artist (cinematographer and super hero has gone through a number of director) can both position a sort of transformations. From the comedic role, camera angle within a panel. “Cinema to the vixen, the warrior and then back builds the way she is to be looked at to the sexual symbol, the super-heroines into the spectacle itself,” Mulvey wrote. always seem to take one step forward and Indeed, even if it is not the ‘40s, advances two steps back. in art and the new regulations of the But before one can look at today’s Comics Code Authority have provided comics, the history must be understood leeway to some of the wonder women’s at as it creates the structure for the present panel angles. There have been gratuitous day. butt-shots and even a crotch shot scene in Wonder Woman wasn’t always the first the all female Birds of Prey #56 (the scene woman in the heroic Justice League; there was meant to be intimidating and ended was the Black Canary who co-starred in up exposing more). Flash Comics #86. At the time of issue, While the history of the Black Canary it co-featured a lot of crime busters, but is important, the question remains as there weren’t any women— granted this to why men (the comic book’s majority was a comic from the ‘40s, a time when audience—like it or not) are fine with WWII was taking place and Rosie the this kind of stuff. One of the pleasures the Riveter was encouraging women to do cinema offers is scopophilia (the joy one their part in the war while still looking gets of looking in on a woman). As Mulvey their pretty part back home. Black Canary puts it “the male figure cannot bear the didn’t actually co-star per say, she simply burden of sexual objectification…man is shared a comic with a male star. The reluctant to gaze [at himself].” Black Canary was a petty criminal who However, more and more women stole from other criminals. The lead male are coming into the comic industry, and became head-over-heels for her. While with the homosexual lifestyle becoming he claimed that she was mysterious and more socially acceptable than in previous wanted to get to know her (her costume decades, sites like Shirtlesssuperheroes. consisted of a mask, bustier body suit, com have made it a point to objectify the and a pair of fishnet stockings, complete male superhero. The blog is updated with with high heeled pirate boots) she was a images of half naked (and sometimes in woman of leather and labeled “the blonde the full Monty) super men. Comic writer bombshell.” But she was a master of Gail Simone seeks to create equality, while multiple martial arts and served alongside her run on Birds of Prey had numerous some heavy-hitting heroes (although that voyeuristic panels (some border-lined wasn’t what she was known for at the on bondage), she said that they are sexy time). Did it help that she was modeled women so the audience should expect it, courtesy icbook resources.com after the famous ‘40s sex symbol Jean and she does her best to provide as much Current portrayals of comic book heroines, such as that above of Wonder Woman, stress sexuality rather than strength. Harlow? beef cake in her male characters as she Laura Mulvey, a media studies professor can. with issue #99, to take a lead co-starring a thong and stiletto heels (heels are highly bed as many super heroines as they can. at Birbeck, University of London, used Simone in particular, had taken the role in Green Arrow (her on-again off- practical when you’re chasing criminals). It was Green Lantern who implied he had psychoanalysis on film to discover character of the Black Canary to new again paramour) / Black Canary. Needless to say, the fans on the Green slept with two female superheroes (out of patterns of fascination with women in the heights. She built the Canary back up While it seemed like the Canary would Arrow/ Black Canary message board are character for the women) while sharing a movies. She said the patterns of portrayal from being a hostage (one issue had get the exposure of being a tough female begging for the series to end. bottle of Grapple. What’s next? of women in the movies are because of her chained to a bed, an image that was she had once had, the first issue had her While the wonder women of the comic a “lack of the phallus.” Black Canary becoming all too common in comics) costume unzipped with ample cleavage world gain new lead roles, their costumes was created at a time when film-noir to being a one-woman military. Black and she was featured in Justice League have gotten shorter and more revealing Comments may be sent to was popular and the ubiquitous femme Canary left Simone’s run on the comic with the back of her costume becoming and the male superheroes continue to [email protected]. Fashion alternatives for this fall: abandon the sweats

> from FASHION [12] fall, why not just try something new? baking in lecture rooms and libraries. we’re getting at the moment. exude a totally different type of energy I'm not saying go to your lab in a ball Instead of sticking with a hoodie, A sense of tailoring for men’s and can really alter the way you apply classes can be held, well how can I gown. And turning up to geography try a shirt and jumper combination. winter jackets always looks great. yourself. So as we draw ever closer to blame you? Anything before 11 a.m. in a tuxedo is going to get you some Even if you pair them with a pair Guys can really take advantage of a that awful F word (finals), why not is frankly inhumane, and there's weird looks. But instead of playing of jeans you'll get an instant lift of winter wardrobe because there are ditch the sweats for a day? They only something really depressing about it safe with the sweats and sneakers, sophistication. Leather boots are a so many more layers to play with drag on the floor and get soaked now going to classes when it's pitch black why not try some layering. real hit at this time of year, runways compared to earlier in the year. A that we're being hit by a lot of rain. outside. And if you're in classes for Autumn fashion gives you such have been awash with knee high good pair of jeans with some Chelsea And at the very least, you'll be awash hours at a time or are really athletic, a great excuse to play with color. pieces (perhaps thigh high may seem boots can keep you warm but not with comments about that gorgeous more the reason to stay comfy. Don't Mustards and purples add an instant a bit too much for class!) which look look like you’re trying too hard. Fall/ new sweater you're wearing, where get me wrong, I love my sweats too; richness to any outfit, plus layering great over jeans. A slight heel can winter fashion this year welcomes did you get it? my guilty pleasure is a tub of ice cream is great for those who want to be alter your posture and make you walk every budget, there are some real and an elastic waistband. But looking practical with fashion, while having taller, not to mention giving you an bargains available at the moment. Comments may be sent to at what is available to shoppers this to abide by it being cold outside and advantage over this disgusting rain The way you dress makes you [email protected]. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 ARTS 15 Apocalyptic epic 2012 sacrifices g storyline for special effects omin C to theaters This week by Daniel Supanick

The Twilight Saga: New Moon [PG13] Edward and Bella are back for another round of emotionless stare-offs in the new Twilight movie. New Moon, based on the second book in the series by Stephenie Meyer, involves the vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) hitting the high road on the human Bella (Kristen Stewart), who is as devastated as someone as devoid of emotion as she is can be. She soon finds solace in the arms of the perpetually shirtless werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Things only get sexy from there. I personally can’t wait for this movie. The first one was insanely bad, but also one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. A positive is that New Moon introduces a villain played by actor Michael Sheen, who is always a welcome addition, but I don’t think he will make up for the wooden-as-all-hell performances that can be guaranteed from Pattinson and Stewart. See this for the unintentional humor. The Blind Side [PG13] Sandra Bullock stars in this film about an upper class housewife who takes in a poor, struggling boy and tries to help him build himself up from his broken roots. The trailer for this film made it look terrible, but word of mouth has been surprisingly good, and it is about Ravens’ right tackle Michael Oher. Bullock has also been mentioned as an Oscar contender for courtesy columbia pictures this film, if you can believe it. If this is any indication, The Blind Side may be Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) protects his daughter Lily (Morgan Lily) from the catastrophic events of the apoca- worth seeing. lypse in Emmerich’s new film, 2012. Planet 51 [PG] Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson voices a human astronaut who finds himself Daniel Supanick portrayed to death and put them in fault lines, as the earth caves way just on a distant planet where he is the alien. The comedy also stars the voice Staff Writer an apocalyptic situation. It is not an inches behind the vehicle. We even talents of Gary Oldman, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, and Sean William Scott. original film. However, in the end, it is get a scene where a character drives a Looks like a run-of-the-mill silly animated film that caters mostly to kids. This may be worth skipping if you’re not into that kind of thing. 2012 is an odd movie to contemplate. so fantastically stupid that it becomes car from out of the back of a crashing Its advertisements basically made it out fun to watch. plane. It's all so ridiculous that it Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [R] Nicholas Cage, Val Kilmer, and Eva Mendes star in this film by renowned to be a giant disaster movie that would What's the plot of the film? becomes funny. director Werner Herzog about a drug-addled cop who tries to balance play out like the film Independence Essentially, we follow around Jackson Emmerich doesn't even realize how his dark personality with his devotion to his job. This should yield a solid Day, which was directed by the same Curtis, played by John Cusack, trying stupid the movie is. At one point, one performance from Cage, although the critical response to it has been mixed man, Roland Emmerich. Upon seeing to save his kids, ex-wife, and her new character preaches to another that his at best. the film, though, it becomes clear that, boyfriend from Earthly destruction. actions could cause the extinction Broken Embraces [R] while the similarities are apparent, Then we follow the President, played of the human race, and then asks The new film from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar stars Penelope Cruz in a four-way story of dangerous love, and is shot in 1950’s film noir style. there is one comparison to this film by Danny Glover. Then we follow a him if he would want that on his Almodóvar has a good track record, so this film should be at least interest- that stands out above the rest. scientist, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, conscience. Did no one stop to tell ing to take in. Remember how on South Park, who has been studying the impending Emmerich the empty logic behind this Trey Parker and Matt Stone make fun apocalypse and is also pining over statement? How he can't have that on of melodrama in movies by playing the President's daughter, played by his conscience because he, too, would out really ridiculous situations? Thandie Newton. Then we follow be dead? That's one example of the After the situations meet their people on a cruise ship. Then we film's drastic stupidity that carries on climax, the characters look forward, follow a Russian guy and his kids. throughout the film in many forms, dumbfounded, and utter "...My God!" Then we follow a Chinese family. and never relents or catches itself in Now hiring a Web Master! under their breaths. Later in the same There is so much going on in the mid-sentence. episode, when things reach a fever film, it's hard to disseminate what's Finally, though, the action movie pitch, characters shout at each other important. Emmerich throws so many clichés. This film has them all. So knowledge of php, sql, java script in an exaggerated tone that would characters in the film that each of many, in fact, that it stuffs the film exemplify their angst and uncertainty them lose importance as they come full of scenes that play off like the & web application security in a clichéd situation that has been and go. The only character we come to aforementioned South Park episodes, played out in hundreds of other care anything about is John Cusack's only without the sardonic undertones. movies and shows before it. Imagine Jackson, and that's only because In the end, these clichés make the film Contact [email protected] if those elements from South Park Cusack does a good job of making his cold. There are ultimately too many were put into a two-and-a-half hour character more dimensional than he elements to care about, which are so film, and weren't played for laughs may seem on the page. lazily presented that we eventually but rather for dramatic effect. That's Again, 2012 is a visual feast. The don't care about most of them. It just 2012. disaster sequences in the film are comes off as a lethargic imitation. 2012 is indeed a spectacle of a brimming with fire and destruction 2012 is not a horrible film, and disaster film. It is also a dumb film at that become the most engaging part this is mostly because in the end, it Now hiring a Tech Assistant its core. It relies on clichés to make up of the film. Earthquakes are massive has unintended camp value. The what little story it has. The scenes that and catastrophic. Volcanic eruptions action is huge and outrageous, and - knowledge of windows & Linux play out during the course of the movie are fiery and beautiful. 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A rookie pilot dips over and over again in films like it, desktop publishing products It is a large, loud, stupid film that is and dodges around volcanic fireballs and not doing anything original with fun merely for its value as a form of falling all around the sky in a small, them. 2012 may blow stuff up well, -loves to work with people "dumb entertainment." five-passenger plane, like in some but that alone does not make the film There really isn't anything to analyze sort of video game. Another character significant. Contact [email protected] about this movie. It doesn't have any drives a limo through a massive underlying themes or overarching earthquake in Los Angeles, diving message. It just takes characters and straight through collapsing glass Comments may be sent to situations that have been already been skyscrapers and skimming around [email protected]. 16 ARTS 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly advice [email protected]

Questions for Quinn

Q: My family is very religious and I generally attend church every Sunday with my parents. I recently decided to leave my religion, but my parents still insist that I go to church with them every Sunday despite knowing I no longer have that same faith. They’re helping me pay for college and I don’t know how to handle this situation. How can I tell them I don’t want to go to church anymore without being rude, or potentially losing their support?

A: Although you may not feel their particular brand of spirituality anymore, try to consider your parents’ feelings first. They may feel as though the time is a chance when they are able to bond with you, even if you don’t believe in the same things. Just because you go to church with them doesn’t necessarily mean you’re there for the spiri- tuality aspect of it—use it as time to bond with your parents instead of focusing on your own troubles with the religion. It can’t hurt to simply continue going with your parents, can it? You should already be used to spending that time with them, anyway. However, if you are adamant about not going to church, try to explain why you feel so strongly about not attending and hopefully they will be able to understand. Though, continuing to go, even if it is just for them, is more recommended. It doesn’t sound as though it is a particular conflict with you, so just go to support them.

Q: My girlfriend’s parents got divorced months ago but now they are both pressuring her to leave Maryland to live with them. She really likes it here and doesn’t want to leave, but I don’t know how to convince her to simply stay here, since she feels obligated to support at least one of her parents. What should I tell her?

A: This situation may be beyond my scope of advice—it is an overly complex situation that doesn’t even directly involve you. There isn’t too much to say about the situa- tion itself, her parents will most likely continue to pressure her and she’ll eventually need to make a choice by herself on how to handle the situation. All you can really do is try to be supportive of her regardless of how it turns out, even if it is not the outcome you particularly desire. The ending will probably be messy no matter what happens, so don’t expect any resolution to simply fall into place. It will certainly require work, support of each other to get through it intact, if you’re serious together. Comics

Slightly a masochist Helen Zhang

Originally printed on 9/02/08

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tuesday, november 17 Master Plan - Campus Forum Admission: $12 general, $7 students p.m. The Department of Music E-Cycling Day LH 7, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Come and and seniors. presents the UMBC Symphony Commons Main Street, 11 a.m. learn the details of the UMBC SEB Weekly Movie: Inglourious Basterds Orchestra under the direction of around Facilities Master Plan—a framework LH1, 8 p.m. Admission: $2 movie E. Michael Richards. The program to 3 p.m. In celebration of National Recycling Day, Facilities for the growth of the campus over ticket. will feature performances of Aaron Management and The Commons the next ten years. SEB Live Music Copland’s Dance Episodes from Recycling Committee invite the Lower Flat Tuesdays, 9 p.m. to 11 Rodeo, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for campus Thursday, november 19 p.m. This week, SEB’s Live Music Strings and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony entire UMBC community to E-Cycling Day! Bring computers, Benefit Concert Series presents two local bands. No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64. Admission reasons to laptops, printers, TV’s and any Fine Arts Recital Hall, 7 p.m. to Come enjoy a free show featuring is free. other electronic devices that are 10:30 p.m. Enjoy performances 401 Sunset, Diesel Pigeons and Clint stick around no longer working so they can by some of UMBC’s most talented Felts. MONDAY, november 23 this weekend be recycled. A representative musicians during the benefit Family Feud: UMBC Style! from Inventory Control will be on concert for Global Women’s Health Saturday, november 21 Event Information... Commons hand to answer questions. Project initiative and the INDS foundation. Shabbat Lunch Sports Zone, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Watch The Center for Art, Design and Visual Management Panel Discussion, A free dinner, including pizza and Interfaith Center, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. the game show? Now watch it Culture presents: Mixed Signals: Artists Incubator and Accelerator: Meeting birthday cake, will be provided Join UMBC Hillel students at their live at UMBC! Two teams will Consider Masculinity in Sports, an Room, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Hear before the concert at 7 p.m. The weekly Shabbat Lunch. Enjoy free battle it out to see who knows exhibition which focuses on artists stories about Project Management show begins at 7:30 p.m. bagels, cream cheese, and lox. UMBC best in this live Family from the mid-1990s to the present who successes and headaches during Chiapas Media Project Film Screening Take this opportunity to make new Feud Competition. Winners will question the notion of the male athlete a Panel discussion where experts and Discussion friends! receive some awesome UMBC as the last bastion of uncomplicated, divulge what does and does not LH1, 7 p.m. Alexandra Halkin, Senior Dance Concert memorabilia! authentic identity in American culture. work in the application of accepted Founding Director and Fine Arts Studio, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Umbrella Film Screening The exhibit will run from October 8 to project management techniques. International Coordinator of the Support Senior dance majors as LH3, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. December 12. The Center, located in Chiapas Media Project, will screen they perform the most important UMBC presents Du Haibin’s the Fine Arts building, is open Tuesday some of the organization’s most dance pieces of their UMBC careers. Umbrella, the last in the series through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Wednesday, november 18 recent productions and discuss Admission: $12 general, $7 students of three film screenings taken Admission is free. Study Abroad Fair Commons Main Street, 11 a.m. to the role of Indigenous media and and seniors. from the American Museum of self-representation, and the effects SEB Weekly Movie: Inglourious Basterds Natural History’s Margaret Mead The Albin O. 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Admission is free. posters representative of distinct lifetime experience! students and learn what ASC has in foods and mocktails. Dress to eras throughout history, the exhibit UMBC Talks: Facebook mind for the Spring 2010 semester. impress and dance your pants off! is presented in three thematic Commons 2B23, 12 p.m. to 1 SEB Weekly Movie: Inglourious Basterds groups—Pleasure & Leisure, Politics p.m. UMBC Talks continues their LH1, 10 p.m. Admission: $2 movie SUNDAY, november 22 & Propaganda, and Commercial Diversity Dialogue Series with the ticket. Football and Wings Advertising. The exhibit will be on topic: Facebook: Making it Easier Commons Sports Zone, 1 p.m. to display from now until December 13th. or Harder to Connect with Others? friday, november 20 3 p.m. Join SEB in the Sports Zone The Library Gallery is open Monday Come participate in the facilitated Senior Dance Concert and watch the Ravens game. Free through Friday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., discussion to learn more about Fine Arts Studio, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. wings will be available, but come Thursday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday the topic from fellow community Support Senior dance majors as early because they will go fast! and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission members and to voice your own they perform the most important UMBC Symphony Concert is free. opinions. Bring your lunch! dance pieces of their UMBC careers. Fine Arts Recital Hall, 8 p.m. to 10 19

sports [email protected] Men’s basketball stalls in home This week in sports 11.18 wednesday opener against Morgan State Men’s Basketball vs. Loyola (Md.) at 7:30 p.m. 11.20 friday

Women’s Swimming and Diving at George Mason Invitational at 10:00 a.m. Men’s Swimming and Diving at George Mason Invitational at 10:00 a.m. Volleyball at Albany at America East Semi-finals (TBD) 11.21 saturday

Women’s Swimming and Diving at George Mason Invitational at 10:00 a.m. Men’s Swimming and Diving at George Mason Invitational at 10:00 a.m. Men’s Basketball at George Washington at 2:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Saint Joseph’s at 2:00 p.m. 11.22 sunday

Women’s Swimming and Diving at George Mason Invitational at 10:00 a.m. Men’s Swimming and Diving at George Mason Invitational at 10:00 a.m.

Donald Daniels the home team fed off the crowd in the Editorial Staff first half. “Our home crowd plays such a vi- The 2009-10 men’s basketball regu- tal role for what we do as a team at lar season is off to a slow start as the home,” said Monroe. Retrievers lost to defending MEAC Morgan State applied a full court champion Morgan State 72-57 at the press which slowed the offensive pro- RAC Arena on Sunday. In this game it duction of UMBC. The defense of the was the tale of two halves. A crowd of Bears often times made UMBC use up 2,440 watched as UMBC controlled the entire shot clock on multiple pos- the first half while the Bears steam- sessions forcing the Retrievers to take rolled the Retrievers in the second half difficult shots. as they improved to 2-0 on the year. Youth and inexperience showed in “You have to maintain a level of in- the first half as the Retrievers turned tensity,” said UMBC head coach Randy the ball five times. In addition to the Monroe. “College basketball is about turnovers, UMBC missed fast break forty minutes of intensity and I think opportunities. Despite those miscues, my guys got a lesson in that tonight.” UMBC led 34-22 at the half. UMBC Both wins for Morgan State not only shot 41.4 percent from the field, while came on the road, but also against Morgan State was just 22.2 percent America East opponents as the Bears from the perimeter, as they missed defeated the Great Danes 69-65. In the on all six of their three-point shots. opening minutes of the game UMBC Sophomore Chauncey Gilliam, who defense pressure forced Morgan State been cleared to play the opener, led into tough shots or turnovers as the the team in scoring the first half with Abnet Shiferaw —TRW Retrievers took an early 7-2 lead three seven points. Sophomore guard Chris De La Rosa (10) led the team in assists with five in the Retriever’s loss to Morgan State. minutes into the game. It seemed that > see Stalls [22] ed atur Fe athlete: michelle kurowski Donald Daniels also got her first double-double of the sea- scored 108 points in a win against Ship- Editorial Staff son, as she had 14 rebounds, 22 points and pensburg. seven assists in the team’s 37-point victory Honorable Mention: The women’s basketball team is off to against UMES. In that game Kurowski went Men’s swimming and diving senior Matt a good start. This weekend the Retrievers 4-7 from beyond the arc and was a perfect Mattingly, who won three events against pushed No. 14 Virginia to limit a 68-57 4-4 from the free throw line. She helped both Towson and host University of loss at home. Forty-eight hours later they the team break several school records for a Maryland-College Park. Mattingly set the went on to obliterate UMES in a 102-65 game as the team knocked down 14 three- UMBC season record for the 100 breast- win. Leading the charge in both games pointers, tying a school record, and dished stroke (57.73), 200 breaststroke (2:07.95) was sophomore Michelle Kurowski. In out 28 assists, which is now a school re- and the 200 individual medley (1:52.71). both games Kurowski scored more than 20 cord. It was also the first time the UMBC points: she had 21 points against the Cava- women’s basketball team scored over 100 Comments can be sent to liers and 22 against the Hawks. Kurowski since Nov. 29, 1985, when the Retrievers [email protected].

courtesy athletic communications 20 SPORTS 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly america east statistics Men’s Basketball standings league leaders School AE Overall Points Per Game W L W L Name Team Avg/G Binghamton 00 • 00 01 • 00 Gerald McLemore Maine 26.0 Maine 00 • 00 01 • 00 Muhammad El-Amin SBU 25.0 New Hampshire 00 • 00 01 • 00 Marqus Blakely UVM 21.5 Stony brook 00 • 00 01 • 00 Terrance mitchell Maine 21.0 Vermont 00 • 00 01 • 01 Tyler Morris BU 21.0 Boston U 00 • 00 00 • 01 Joel Barkers UHart. 18.5 UMBC 00 • 00 00 • 01 Joe Zeglinski UHart. 17.5 Albany 00 • 00 00 • 02 John Holland BU 17.0 Hartford 00 • 00 00 • 02 tim Ambrose UA 16.5 Will Harris UA 16.0

Assists Rebounds Name Team Avg/G Name Team Avg/G Andres Torres UHart. 8.0 Dane Diliegro UNH 15.0 Avin Abreu UNH 7.0 Carlos Strong BU 11.0 Corey Lowe BU 7.0 Greer Wright Bing. 10.0 Russell Graham UNH 6.0 Adrian Satchell UMBC 10.0 Chandler Rhoades UNH 5.0 Marqus Blakely UVM 9.5 Chris De La Rosa UMBC 5.0 Tommy Brenton SBU 9.0 Marqus Blakely UVM 4.5 Radar Onguetou UNH 8.0 Tim Ambrose UA 4.0 Gerald McLemore Maine. 8.0 Terrance Mitchell Maine 4.0 Chretien Lukusa Bing. 8.0 Troy Barnies Maine 4.0 2 Player Tie 7.0

League Leaders statistics updated as of 11/16/09.

WoMen’s Basketball standings league leaders School AE Overall Points Per Game W L W L Name Team Avg/G Vermont 00 • 00 02 • 00 May Kotsopoulos UVM 23.5 Hartford 00 • 00 01 • 00 Michelle Kurowski UMBCLeague Leaders21.0 statistics updated as of 10/12/08. Maine 00 • 00 01 • 00 Denise Beliveau UNH 21.0 New hampshire 00 • 00 01 • 00 Amanda Tewksbury Maine. 20.0 UMBC 00 • 00 01 • 01 Courtnay Pilypaitis UVM 18.0 Albany 00 • 00 00 • 01 Kristen Sims BU 17.0 Binghamton 00 • 00 00 • 01 Erica Beverly UHart. 16.0 Boston U 00 • 00 00 • 02 Candace Williams UNH 15.0 Stony Brook 00 • 00 00 • 02 Erica Carter Bing. 14.0 Caroline Stewart BU 14.0

Assists Rebounds Name Team Avg/G Name Team Avg/G Courtnay Pilypaitis UVM 5.5 Erica Beverly UHart. 16.0 Jackie Smith UHart. 5.0 Meghan Colabella UMBC 12.0 Andrea Holmes Bing. 5.0 Destiny Jacobs SBU 10.0 Bristen Baker Maine 5.0 Sofia Iwobi UVM 9.5 Am Simpson UNH 5.0 Samantha Baranowski Maine 9.0 Katelyn VanderHoff Maine 5.0 Diana Delva UHart. 9.0 6 Player Tie 3.0 Amanda Tewsbury Maine 9.0 Denisa Beliveau UNH 9.0 3 player tie 8.0

League Leaders statistics updated as of 10/20/08. League Leaders statistics updated as of 11/16/09. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 SPORTS 21 Men’s swimming and diving steps up to beat Maryland Gilliam’s return and Towson in dual meet Dan Levin UMBC started it off on the right foot were junior Brad Reitz and sophomore brings light to the Contributing Writer with a victory in the opening event, Nour Saad. Other than competing in the 200 medley relay. Senior Zach the 400 free relay, Reitz took second In a battle for bragging rights in Vonder Haar, senior Matt Mattingly, in the 200 fly and the 100 fly with his basketball team Maryland, the men’s swimming and junior Brad Reitz, and sophomore Ja- times of 1:53.20 and 50.68 respec- son is very hard to do. By being diving team traveled down I-95 to son Mattingly teamed up to claim first tively. Saad claimed second in the 200 Corey Johns cleared, he avoids that transition College Park on Saturday for a meet with their time of 1:34.18. A few hours back with a time of 1:51.83. Editorial Staff period back to the game in the very with the University of Maryland and later, the Retrievers capped it off with a In the diving competition, Andrew important half of the season filled Towson University. In their best per- victory in the final event, the 400 free Eckhoff finished fifth in both the one- Last Friday night, when it was with conference games. formance of the young season, UMBC relay. In a time of 3:05.26, the team meter and the three-meter dive. Eck- announced that Chauncey Gilliam While the basketball team did came out victorious with scores of of freshman Herol Marjak, sophomore hoff posted scores of 203.7 in the one- had his eligibility restored and was lose the opener to Morgan State, 152-148 over the Terps, and 223-73 Mark Garbowski, freshman Sandy meter and 209.4 in the three-meter. not going to have to sit out for the 71-57, Gilliam’s importance to the over the Tigers. Haibel, and junior Keilan Freeman, “We couldn’t have done it without first half of the season, it was imme- team was very obvious, as he was Stepping up big for the Retriev- took first place in the event. a team effort. The team performed diately a huge boost for the UMBC second on the team in scoring with ers was senior Matt Mattingly, who “That was huge for us, it came down beyond expectations. It’s one of the basketball team. 11 points, shooting 40.0% from the placed first in three individual events to the 200 IM and the men did what biggest wins of the year and a turning Gilliam has star potential and floor, and grabbing four rebounds. and one relay. Mattingly finished first they needed to do,” Cradock said. point in the season. We’re looking for- can compete for a Player of the His presence also opened up in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and the Another big solo performance for ward to a successful rest of the season Year Award by the time he finishes Matt Spadafora, who led the Re- 200 IM, setting UMBC season bests UMBC came from junior Eric Jones. leading up to conference,” Cradock his collegiate career. While he is trievers with 12 points. Now with with his times of 57.73, 2:07.95, and Jones took first in the 200 free and said about his team’s big victory. still young and fairly raw, having him back in the game, UMBC goes 1:52.71 respectively. His IM time was 100 free with his times of 1:42.18 and Up next for the team is the George a player with that potential and from a team with serious question over four and a half seconds better 46.41 respectively. He also placed sec- Mason Invitational from November championship game experience is marks, like where the scoring will then his previous season best. ond in the 50 free with a time 21.17. 20th to the 22nd. Preliminaries start at very important for this rebuilding come from, and just one returning “We moved him around; it’s not his All three of his times were UMBC sea- 10 while the finals will be at six. After team, consisting of just two seniors starter, to a team with two return- typical events but he was on a mission. son bests. that, the Retrievers will return home to and five freshmen. ing starters and a solid four man He had a challenge ahead of him and “Eric came out very aggressive and take on Drexel and Howard. The end of last season was when nucleus with Gilliam, Spadafora, he accepted it. We’re proud of him as did what he needed to do,” Cradock he really started to develop his and transfers Chris De La Rosa and a team,” said head coach Chad Cra- said. Comments can be sent to game. While he showed promise by Robbie Jackson. dock. Other contributors for the men [email protected]. leading the Retrievers to an upset Fans should not take much from of Nebraska by scoring 21 points their season opening loss to Mor- early in the season, it was the last gan State, as the Bears are expected 10 games that really put him on the to make it back to the NCAA tour- radar when he went 17-33 from nament with ease, but you should three point range while averaging expect some decent things from 13.1 p.p.g. and 5.0 r.p.g. UMBC this year, and especially Gil- But the reason his being able to liam, who should see the ball on play is important is not because of every possession this season. the ability he brings to the court, but because returning to the game Comments can be sent to after sitting out for half of a sea- [email protected].

file photo — TRW The men’s swimming and diving team ran their record to 3-1 on the year as they defeated both the Terrapins and the Tigers this past Saturday. The Retrievers defeated Towson 223-73 and UMD-College Park 152-148. Women’s swimming and diving struggles in Maryland Lia Roper Freshmen Amy Fay (Mid-Dist/ placed third in both events. Another Contributing Writer Distance Free) and Jennifer Kotonias team season-best was set by Junior Re- (IM/Fly/Free) are part of the strong becca Godwin, who placed second in The UMBC women’s swimming and freshman class. When asked about the the 1000 free with a time of 10:19.46. diving team dove back into the wa- upcoming meet, Fay answered, “It’s After the meet, Cradock stated, “To- ter to compete against Maryland and going to be a tough meet because both day’s meet was extremely tough for us. Towson on Saturday. Before the meet, teams are fast. But, if we all support We swam a great meet. Our swimmers Coach Cradock gave his outlook, stat- each other, we have a chance to pull and divers had several great times and ing, “This is going to be an extremely a win.” Kotonias adds, “Maryland and records. The ladies didn’t give up, and tough meet. Both teams are fully Towson are both really good teams, I’m very proud of them.” Next Friday funded, and very fast. The Retrievers so first I will concentrate on doing through Sunday, the Retrievers splash will have to work harder than before my best, and worry about placement back into competition at the George in order to pull a win.” second. I’m more focused on claiming Mason Patriot Invitational. What is The Retrievers have been working best times on my events.” Cradock’s outlook for next week? “This vigorously and diligently this season, Even though the Lady Retrievers lost meet set us up well for next week. Our showing huge improvements. “Our 217-83 against Maryland and 214-85 goal is to stay on top of our events and, events have really improved. For in- against Towson, there were many posi- of course, to win the next meet.” stance, our fly is really strong, which tive outcomes from the meet. Senior is excellent. Our backstroke and div- Teresa Kaplanova set UMBC season- Comments can be sent to ing has been significantly improved as best marks in the 200m breaststroke, [email protected]. abnet shiferaw —TRW well. The freshman class is also show- with a time of 2:23.11, and the 200 Chauncey Gilliam scored 11 points in the home opener against the Bears. ing progression,” said Cradock. IM, with a time of 2:09.14. Kaplanova 22 SPORTS 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly Volleyball gets swept by UNH but still clinches playoff berth

Micheal Donnelly the final set to the Wildcats’ one. UMBC Staff Writer ended up with 14 errors for the match to UNH’s eight. With the playoffs on the line, the Lang led the Retrievers in kills again UMBC volleyball team headed to New with five, but also had four errors for Hampshire for their final match of the the set. Lang also had her eighth dou- regular season. With the Retrievers at ble-double of the season by earning 14 5-4, a win would clinch second place, kills and 11 digs. She also hit .345 and while a loss would put the Retrievers had a service ace. in a four way tie at 5-5. With a tie, it “I thought Alyssa Lang played very would come down to tiebreakers to de- effectively,” Blanchard said. termine which three teams of the four Senior Kira Giles added 22 assists would head on to the playoffs. to her record but also had two errors. The Retrievers were swept by UNH Sophomore Iman Kennedy hit .400 15-25, 21-25, 17-25 on Sunday. The and had assisted blocks on the night. loss removed any hope of getting a sec- Coach Blanchard stated that passing ond seed in the playoff tournament. was the weakness of the team for the “UNH was just better than we were match. tonight,” said head coach Ian Blanchard. “When we passed well, we were very “They outplayed us in almost every po- effective with our offense,” Blanchard sition.” said. “When we didn’t pass well, which After taking a quick 2-1 lead in the was most of the time unfortunately, we first set on kills by freshman Naomi weren’t very effective with our offense.” Bush, the Retrievers fell behind six Even though UMBC was swept by points with a score of 3-9. The Wild- UNH, their matches over Stony Brook cats only extended that lead as the set were what clinched the playoffs for the progressed. UNH eventually earned Retrievers. With a split series, whichev- a 10-point lead with the score 11-21. er team had scored more points would The Wildcats held on to win by that win the tiebreaker. UMBC had a three same margin 15-25. point advantage, enough to move on to Bush and sophomore Alyssa Lang the playoffs. Stony Brook’s loss to UNH led the team with three kills. Lang also on Saturday kept UMBC’s hopes alive, added in a service ace, the Retrievers’ dropping the Seawolves to 5-5. only ace of the set. UMBC had only Blanchard stated that he was sur- three service aces for the match while prised and amazed that the team had UNH had 12. made the playoffs. UMBC hit fairly well for the set with Even though the team enters the .320. However, UNH hit better with playoffs on a three-match losing streak, .577. It was the best hitting by both Blanchard was pleased with the team’s teams for the match. performance over the season. Already behind 1-0 for the match, file photo —TRW “We played well early on in the sea- Senior Kira Giles led the team in assists with 22 as the team was swept by the Wildcats at New Hampshire. the Retrievers needed a win in the sec- son and it was enough to get us into ond set to even up the score. They fell the playoffs. I hope we can return to the behind, however, trailing by four points straight points before winning 21-25. its worst hitting of the day (.214) and score 5-11, with UMBC only able to form we had at the start of the season.” with the score 4-8. With kills from Bush “We got aced a few times at the end had 6 errors. UMBC simply couldn’t pull within two points before the Wild- The Retrievers head to Albany next and Lang though, UMBC was able to tie of the set and we have to do better than capitalize on the mistakes and blew the cats pulled away again and won by a weekend. They play Albany in the first the score at 9-9. that,” Blanchard said. best lead they would have all day. set-high eight points with a score of 17- match on Friday at a time to be deter- The Retrievers held a slim lead and Lang led the Retrievers in the sec- Needing to win the last three sets of 25 to end the match. mined. had numerous ties, but never lost the ond set with six kills and eight digs. the match to pull out a win, the Retriev- UMBC posted its worst hitting of the lead again until UNH tied the score at The Retrievers still hit well (.278), and ers again fell into a big hole early on. night, with .185, while UNH had .400. Comments can be sent 20-20. The Wildcats then scored three again had only three errors. UNH had UNH took a six-point lead, with the The Retrievers also had eight errors for [email protected]. Men’s basketball loses opener to Morgan State Holmes was responsible for 14 of those eight team fouls six minutes into the > from STALLS [19] 19 points, which gave them a 43-42 second period, which helped fuel the The saving grace for the Bears in lead. The Morgan fans, who had been Morgan State comeback. The Bears first half was free throw shooting. Ten quiet during most of the game, got attacked the paint getting to the free of Morgan State’s 22 points came from behind their team as the momentum throw 37 times and made 28 on those the charity stripe as they shot 76.9 shifted to the blue and orange squad. shot attempts. Morgan State also out- percent from the free throw line. Free Holmes, who had only four points in scored UMBC 50-23 and they blocked throw shooting became a vital part in the first half, ended the contest with 11 shot attempts by the Retrievers. their win over UMBC. a game-high 23 points. Holmes talked Senior Matt Spadafora lead the team In the second half, the Retrievers about what he said to his teammates in scoring with 12 points as Gilliam came out strong, padding their lead to during the 19-0 run. finished with 11. Sophomore Chris De eighteen points with 17:15 left to go in “I told the guys during the breaks La Rosa was solid at the point guard the game leading 42-24. Morgan State that we weren’t going to lose the position as he had five assists and con- switched to a 2-3 zone, which seemed game,” said Holmes. “I don’t like to trolled the tempo for the home team. to confuse the Retrievers. lose and I don’t mind taking the big Freshman Adrian Satchell did well in “In the second half Morgan State shots in games.” his first game as he had 9 points and went to a 2-3 zone and our players be- Junior transfer Robbie Jackson end- 10 boards. gan to look like a scene of Friday the ed the run with a lay-up as both teams UMBC will remain home for a 13th; they were just scared to death,” wrestled for the lead at the mid-way Wednesday night battle with another said Monroe. “We stopped moving on point of the second half. in-state school as the Retrievers host offense and when you don’t move on With 8:11 left in the game, Morgan Loyola. Monroe commented on what offense then no matter what you run, State began to pull away for good, his team needed to do for their next it just won’t work.” finishing off the Retrievers with a 8-0 game. In addition to the defense adjust- run, increasing the lead to double “In order to play at this level you ment by the Bears, the Reggie Holmes digits at 61-51. This lead would grow need to maintain a level of focus and show started as the Morgan State se- to thirteen as the stunned UMBC fans intensity.” nior helped turn things for the Bears in headed for exits minutes before the File photo — TRW Matt Spadafora led the team in scoring with 11 points. a hurry. The Bears went on a 19-0 run final buzzer. Comments can be sent to that took 3:36 off the clock in which In the second half UMBC amassed [email protected]. The RetrIever Weekly 11.17.09 SPORTS 23 UMBC cross country concludes 2009 season

Zach Seidel counterparts as they ended the 2009 Senior Staff Writer season with a 19th place finish at the 6K NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Champi- The UMBC men’s cross country team onships. finished the 2009 season with a 20th Senior Sara Parkinson was the first Re- place finish at the 10K NCAA Mid-Atlan- triever to cross the finish line, finishing tic Regional Championships in Princess 41st in a time of 22:46. Teammate and Anne, Maryland. fellow senior Suzanne Gabriel finished Senior Andrew Madison’s 71st place 65th in 23:21, while sophomore Keri finish in a time of 34:08.5 was the top Wilson took 102nd with a time of 24:00. runner for the Retrievers, in the 28 team Freshman Megan Arnold and senior race hosted by Maryland Eastern Shore. Marin Leahy also placed for UMBC. Fellow senior Michael Christmas finished The Retrievers earned 514 points, 16.1 seconds later, good enough for 87th 38 points behind 18th-place finisher place. Junior Chris Bowie, sophomore George Washington. Rider finished be- Roy Jones, and freshman TJ Cowing hind UMBC, with 552 points. rounded out the scoring five for UMBC. Villanova literally ran away with the Junior Chris Snyder and freshman Josh meet, finishing with 23 points; the next Day also raced for the Retrievers. closest competitor, Princeton, finished UMBC finished with 517 points, just with 77. The Wildcats had the top two three points behind the New Jersey In- finishers in sophomore Shelia Reid and stitute of Technology, and was anchored junior Amanda Marino, as well as having by a top-35 finish from Christian Baum- the fifth, sixth and a ninth place finish- bach. Georgetown won the meet with 38 ers. In fact, the lowest finisher of their points, ten ahead of Villanova. seven runners for Villanova was 15th. The Hoyas had the first, third, fifth, West Virginia took third, five points be- ninth and 20th-place finishers, while the hind Princeton. Wildcats had the second, fourth, tenth, It was a memorable season for the 11th, and 21st place finishers for a sec- Retrievers; they were ranked for the first ond place total of 48. time since 2001, and Gabriel won the This season, UMBC finished eighth at Princeton invitational. They also finished the America East Championships, 12th fifth at Princeton, third at the Cappy An- at the Princeton Invitational, fifth at the derson Invitational, also held in Princess Cappy Anderson Invitational, also held Anne, fourth in the Salty Dog Invitational in Princess Anne, sixth at the Navy In- in Annapolis, second at the Mount St. vitational, fourth at the Mount St. Mary’s Mary’s Dual 5K’s, and 38th at Lehigh’s Dual 5K’s, and 41st at the Lehigh hosted Paul Short Invitational. Paul Short Invitational.

The UMBC women’s cross country Comments can be sent to courtesy athletic communication team did slightly better than their male [email protected]. The women’s cross country team finished 19th out of 27 teams in the NCAA Regional Meet at Princess Anne, Md. Women’s basketball routs the UMES Hawks, 102-65

> from RECORD SETTING [24] the second half. hand right now.” Sunday was a different story for the Five Retrievers were in double figures came with their struggles from the foul Retrievers, as they were simply rolling on as the team shot 5 percent from the field line. UMBC missed 11 shots from the all cylinders against UMES. Once Erin for the game. Kurowski fell three assists charity stripe and coincidentally, lost by Brown knocked down a jumper to put shy of a triple-double. Kurowski had 22 that total. the score at 13-11 in UMBC’s favor, the points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists, and Kurowski took over in the first half Retrievers never lost the lead for the rest was perfect from the line once more. for the Retrievers, as she simply couldn’t of the afternoon. Meghan Colabella picked up another miss in the opening minutes of the sea- “I thought we played really hard like double-double with 15 points and 10 son. Kurowski scored 11 of UMBC’s Friday night, and that’s what I was con- rebounds, as well as 3 blocks. Cassidy first 17 points to give the Retrievers a cerned about tonight, not letting down scored 18 points and had five assists, three-point lead with 13 minutes to play from the high of Friday night,” said Phil Erin Brown had 13, and Tope Obajolu in the first half. The Cavaliers would go Stern after the game. We came out and contributed 11. Katie Brooks had seven on to take a five- point lead that would we were right at them early. They made points, five rebounds and six assists, quickly evaporate as the teams went into a couple of threes, but we just ran our Chrissy Robinson scored nine, and Chel- the locker rooms tied at 34 with a half stuff. We faced a really good defense and sea Barker had seven. to play. we rebounded and then we got hot and “We only have ten players dressed for The second half saw the teams not when Kurowski, Erin Brown, Carlee, and today’s game so we really talk about stay- skip a beat, as they went back to trading Meg take a lot of shots, it’s great.” ing in great shape and being aggressive,” the lead back and forth. The Retrievers UMBC had set plenty of records, as said Coach Stern about his depth and took the lead on a free throw by Carlee they set a school record in Division I play strength in the second half. “I was proud Cassidy, who finished with nine points, with 102 points, most assists in a game, that we played hard at the end too. Even to make the score 48-47 with 7:52 left with 28, and the most points in a half, though the score was out of hand, Chris- in the half. with 59. sy Robinson, Chelsea Barker and Kim The Cavaliers then made their move Michelle Kurowski, who was named Browning gave us good minutes.” on a 13-0 run sparked by Wright, who the America East Player of the Game in UMBC’s defense held the Hawks to 26 scored 10 points over that stretch, to put both contests, was able to score in multi- percent shooting from the field. the game out of reach of UMBC. The lead ple ways, including going to the left hand The Retrievers are back in action next reached a game high of 14 for the Cava- whenever the chance came. “I’ve worked Sunday in Philadelphia against St. Joseph liers with 32 seconds to play. The Cavs on my left hand a lot and now it’s really at 2 p.m. abnet shiferaw —TRW totaled 27 points off of 21 turnovers by effective in the games,” said Kurowski. Erin Brown put up 17 points in the Retrievers 37 point victory over UMES. UMBC, and took advantage of the Re- “Everyone has forced me left and right Comments can be sent to trievers 4-24 shooting from the field in now it’s working and I can use whichever [email protected]. 24 SPORTS 11.17.09 The RetrIever Weekly Men’s soccer far exceeds expectations, but comes up one game short of America East Conference championship Corey Johns Just like in their quarterfinal game Editorial Staff against Binghamton, it was Lubetkin who scored the game’s first goal, giv- It was a game that nobody expected ing him two this season, both being the to happen. UMBC was picked to finish opening goal of a tournament game. last in the America East Conference and In the ninth minute he received a pass Stony Brook was picked seventh in the from Levi Houapeu and blasted it into eight team league. But after unexpected the lower right corner of the goal from seasons the teams were matched up in 30 yards out. the conference finals to compete for the “I’m finally getting the confidence America East Conference champion- from outside the 18 yard box to shoot ship, UMBC’s first appearance. and take on players,” Lubetkin said. While UMBC beat Stony Brook dur- “I’m starting to get in the right positions ing the regular season 2-0, Stony Brook to make plays and I’m getting the ball came away from this game crowned the to my feet, where I feel most dangerous, champions while UMBC walked off the instead of my feet.” field empty in a 2-0 loss. In the 41st minute UMBC got on “We knew Stony Brook had a good the board again, this time with another team,” said midfielder of the year Levi freshman, Milo Kapor, who scored the Houapeu who finished the season first goal, eventual game-winning. The goal in the nation in points (43), assists (13) , came off a corner kick by Andrew Bulls, and lead in goals (15). “We did our best. which Kapor put into the top left corner I give them a lot of credit.” of the goal to go up 2-0, which lasted The game was tied at halftime, but until midway through the second half. both teams had good chances to score. The Wildcats did not stay quiet In the 24th minute a Stony Brook for- all game though. In the 56th minute ward blasted a shot from 10 yards out, first-team all-conference forward Chris but freshman goalkeeper Phil Saunders Banks put the ball in the back of the net corey johns —TRW came up with a diving stop. Twelve John Paul Waraka (5), Andrew Bulls, and Levi Houapeu were all named to the AEC All-Championships. to up the UMBC lead in half, but the minutes later UMBC had a great chance defense did not allow for a comeback as when Levi Houapeu was awarded a Just two minutes later Abreu got a exceeded expectations to finish 14-5-0 went unbeaten, going 6-0-1, and beat the game ended 2-1. penalty kick, but the Most Outstand- ball past Saunders, who misplayed it, to with a trip to the conference finals. UMBC handedly the last time the two Even with the loss UMBC can still ing Player of the America East Cham- put Stony Brook up 1-0, and eight min- “I can’t be too disappointed,” Caringi teams played, 2-0. This time however, look back on this season and be proud. pionship-freshman Seawolf goalkeeper utes later they put the exclamation point said. “We had a great season, it’s a young UMBC got their revenge and scored two A team picked last in the conference and Antony Rogic came up with a big save on the game when Rookie of the Year team, and we played well. But we had first-half goals to win 2-1. The win also full of underclassmen grew faster than that was one of two big turning points Leonardo Fernandez scored his seventh four games in two weeks and had no marked Caringi’s 200th career win. anybody thought, and got to the finals. in the game. goal of the year. time to enjoy these victories; it all hap- “We believed in each other and were Next year do not be surprised if the The other came in the second half “You live by the freshmen and die by pened so fast.” very confident we could do it, even team does bring a championship home when Dave Vaeth recorded his second the freshmen when you have a lot on But it was no easy trick to get to the when people were writing us off,” said as nobody is expected to leave, while yellow card of the game, which put the team,” Caringi said. “[Misplaying the finals. Just five days prior to their game freshman midfielder Mark Lubetkin, adding at least four players who sat out UMBC down a man for the final 25 ball was] another freshman mistake.” against Stony Brook the Retrievers had who scored the opening goal of the this season, with the potential for more. minutes. Despite the loss, this season was to make a trip to a place they have never game. “The game they beat us in earlier “It really changed the game,” said a success. UMBC finished last in the won before, Durham, New Hampshire, this season, in my opinion, benefited us Comments can be sent to coach Pete Caringi. “He played well. conference a season ago and was not to play the top seeded Wildcats. During greatly because we knew what to expect [email protected]. Who feels worse than him?” expected to do much this year, but far conference play this season the Wildcats from them.” Women’s basketball clobbers UMES and pushes No.14 Virginia to the limit in opening weekend

Brandon Wright “Our effort tonight was above and double double with 10 points and 12 Senior Staff Writer beyond,” remarked Coach Stern. “As a rebounds. team, this is going to help us out down With 1,604 basketball fans in atten- In their opening weekend of the sea- the road. We don’t ever like to lose, but dance, they certainly got their money’s son, the Retrievers certainly made some it was a pleasure to be a part of Coach worth in a game that included 15 ties and impressive statements with their play. De- Ryan’s historical night.” eight lead changes. The Retrievers hung spite basketball just starting here for the Against UVA, the Retrievers got a very tough with UVA just about the entire 2009-2010 season, plenty of milestones strong effort from Michelle Kurowski, way. UMBC also held the ACC preseason were also achieved both on and off the who scored 21 points, grabbed 7 re- selection for player of the year, Cavaliers court. UMBC may have concluded their bounds and made all seven shots she senior Monica Wright, to zero points at positive weekend with a 1-1 record; how- attempted from the free throw line in halftime on 0-9 shooting from the field. ever, with the way that the team played, 38 minutes of play. She had help from The turning point for the Retrievers very little stood between the women and Meghan Colabella, who recorded a > see RECORD SETTING [23] a 2-0 record. This past Sunday, UMES visited the RAC in the second game of the young season for the Retrievers. Prior to that InsIde game, UMBC welcomed in the 14th sports ranked team in the nation, the Cavaliers of University of Virginia, to kick off bas- ketball season here at UMBC. The Re- trievers were able to take care of business 19 Athlete of the week in a 102-65 victory on Sunday against the Hawks. As for Friday, the Retrievers held up their end of a back and forth fight, but 21 gilliam’s return ultimately fell against the 14th ranked Cavaliers by a score of 68-57, which was abent shiferaw —TRW 22 v-ball playoff bound Sophomore Michelle Kurowski (20) leads the team in scoring with 43 points. the 700th win of UVA head coach Debbie Ryan’s career.