Follow-Up on Fine Arts Building Computer Thefts
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VOLUME 45 ISSUE 6 TUESDAY OCTOBER 5, 2010 retrieverweekly.com University Health Services promotes ways to be healthy Emma Marston expo as well. therapy sessions and acupuncture ing out samples provided by Mom's are free," Dr. George Nicholas, the CONTRIBUTING WRITER UHS highlighted a number of its sessions are both available from li- Organic Market. outreach coordinator for University health resources at the event, such censed therapists at UHS, but not "I think that [students] don't know Counseling Services, noted. as programs for quitting smoking, widely known around campus. that we have [organic food stores] Other booths included the Wom- In an effort to promote healthier flu shots, and student health insur- Junior Daanish Memon was par- close by. We're putting the word out en's Center, which joined with Voic- living and habits in the UMBC com- ance. Representatives from UHS ran ticularly impressed by the massage there that these markets are around," es Against Violence to help highlight munity, University Health Services health assessment tests and blood he received. "It was amazing. I'd Carlyn Rubin, a representative for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (UHS) sponsored the third annual pressure testing. UHS emphasized definitely go back. If they weren't the Department remarked. this October. The RAC held a booth Retriever Wellness Expo on Octo- their Wellness in the Workplace giving out free trials, I wouldn't University Counseling Services to test body mass indexes (BMI), ber 1. The event featured services Initiative, which is designed to help have known what to expect at all," encouraged students struggling with while Peer Health Advocates adver- and resources for better health and people adopt small but significant he said. issues ranging from anxiety to rela- tised basic health awareness through wellness on campus for the UMBC wellness practices in their everyday The expo also focused on tionship problems to seek counsel- a number of programs and events community. The goal was to encour- lives. For example, take the stairs in- healthy food options. For example, ing. Any student registered at UMBC specifically aimed at students. age people to take advantage of the stead of the elevator or a short break Chartwells discussed the vari- is eligible to receive up to twelve lesser known health resources avail- to stretch during the workday. ous vegetarian options available at free sessions a year, all of which are able on campus. Other departments In one of the most popular events UMBC. The Student Government confidential. Comments can be sent to such as Chartwells, the RAC, the of the expo, UHS also invited at- Associations Department of Health "One of the common things that [email protected] Women's Center, and University tendees to receive a quick massage and Wellness took a different tack students are really surprised about Counseling Services presented at the or acupuncture session. Massage and promoted organic food by giv- is that [the counseling services] ABNET SHIFERAW-TRW Dan Jox,19, psychology major, tries acupuncture as a cold remedy at the Retriever Wellness Expo. Follow-up on Fine Arts Building computer thefts Emily Jackson ings room 001 and 002 which resulted in poral John Taylor, the first theft involved five "These thefts created a lot of disruption ning things as usual," she said. This may be STAFF WRITER a $30,000 cost to replace them, according computers which were shortly thereafter re- as far as classes go," Jessica Berman, Chair- due in part to the broad safety precautions to Mike Carlin, the assistant vice president covered resulting in ‘the suspects' prosecu- woman of the English Department, said. "For the department is now taking, including of UMBC's Information Technology (IT) tion. After these computers were returned, a while, we didn't even have a place to hold scheduling and staffing changes. "We keep This month marks the first anniversary department. however, they were stolen again in addition our [lab] classes. It took a lot of recovering the labs locked when no one is in them and of two iMac thefts from the Fine Arts Build- According to UMBC Police Detective Cor- to other pieces. time, but as of this fall, we're back to run- > see THEFT [4] NEWS 01 OPINION 06 ARTS 10 SPORTS 16 It’s time to Cell phones Things to do get serious while driving? in Baltimore about naps City Louisignau’s turn Volleyball shocks AEC favorite BU, 3-1 2 NEWS OCTOBER 5, 2010 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY Bidding a final farewell to the bride Tania Chatterjee style around her body. Titli wore all bride to her new house, but we made FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT her wedding jewelry as well, per tradi- an exception this time and I went with tion, with the sindoor, or vermillion, Titli. As the car pulled away from my Once the wedding ceremony fin- in her hair. aunt's house, Titli gripped my hand. ished, the bride and groom, both of Following a delicious Bengali lunch, In less than 20 minutes, we reached whom fasted for most of the day, were Shiladitya, Titli, my brother and I re- Shiladitya's ancestral house, a sprawl- finally allowed to eat dinner. The rest turned to my aunt’s house. We rested, ing city mansion that had been in the of the family members took this op- talked, and took short naps as the family for generations. We waited for portunity to sample the delicious rest of the family began to trickle in the matron of the house, Shiladitya's wedding feast: crispy, spiced chicken by twos and threes. Around 5:00PM mom, to come out and receive her new cutlets, sweet fish kurma, chhole len- it was time to get ready, this time for daughter-in-law in traditional Bengali tils with coconut, fragrant pulao (fried the bidaai, or the bride's farewell cer- style. rice) with whole pieces of cinnamon emony from her parents' home. Shiladitya's mom, dressed in a red and strands of saffron, fish au gratin, Titli donned the gorgeous red- and white sari, came out with a tray breaded eggplant, rice pudding stud- orange Banarasi silk sari that she had similar to the one that my aunt had ded with raisins, goat curry, butter- worn for her wedding along with all used to greet the groom on the day of scotch ice cream, and more. Fatigue, the jewelry and head ornaments. This the wedding. She blessed the bride, combined with the heat and humidity, time, I did Titli's makeup. Friends and and then led her through the walkway allowed me to only sample a chicken even more relatives gathered in the to the front doors of the house. Be- cutlet and a bowl of butterscotch ice house, ready to say goodbye to the fore actually entering the house, Titli cream. bride as she made her way to her in- dipped both of her feet in a red liquid As the newlyweds ate, I checked laws' house for the first time as a mar- called altaa, and then walked her first up on the state of the groom's shoes. ried woman. steps into her new home leaving be- According to tradition, the bride's The bidaai ceremony is much like hind dark red footprints on the tiled side (namely the brothers and sisters) the aiburo bhaat ceremony--the elders floor. The welcoming of the bride is steal and hide the groom's shoes dur- bless the newlyweds and wish them a called bou bauron, where bou means ing the wedding ceremony. When the strong union and a life full of prosper- daughter-in-law and bauron is a bless- groom asks for his shoes, they demand ity. The couple then touch the feet of ing. money for the return or dare him to the elders to show their respect. Shiladitya's mom blessed Titli again walk around barefoot. Earlier, one of The first one to bless Titli and Shila- and offered her food and drinks, per the younger cousins Diya, my brother, ditya was Titli's mom, followed by her Bengali custom. The couple then knelt and I had quietly snuck away with the father. Tears streamed down Titli's down by the altar and sought the groom's wedding shoes. First, we hid face as each relative and friend came blessings of the family gods before go- them behind a couch in one corner of up and blessed the couple. I was the ing upstairs. Once upstairs, the couple the wedding hall. Later, we separated very last one. I fed them sweets, since I fed each other desserts and drinks the pair and hid each shoe in two dif- am younger than them and can't really before being introduced to the rest of ferent places. bless them. the family. Each elder blessed the new The next morning, as soon as we Then it was time for the bride to couple. woke up, we demanded a hefty sum leave and go over to Shiladitya's an- The wedding ceremonies were of- from the groom so that he could get cestral home, which is about twenty ficially over, but the parties were not! his shoes back. Shiladitya was ada- minutes from my aunt's house. The On Sunday, we attended bou bhaat, mant and refused to pay us even one videographer followed us down the which is the wedding reception hosted rupee! Even after we took his laptop stairs as my cousin-in-law Dipanjana by the groom's family. The day before and suitcase hostage, he refused to pay and I led Titli out of the house and that, the younger members of the up.