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e h t the rretrIeveretrIever wweeklyeekly UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER 003.04.083.04.08 VOLUME 42 ISSUE 20 retrieverweekly.com UMBC Graduate recycling students program fi ght for competes right to with 400 unionize schools Andrea Thomson SENIOR STAFF WRITER Anne Verghese SENIOR STAFF WRITER A bill giving graduate students and adjunct faculty the right to unionize is From January 27 to April 5, 2008, currently being debated by the Maryland UMBC will be one of the schools com- General Assembly. Although students peting in a contest to see who can re- at the University of Maryland, College cycle and decrease the largest amount Park have lobbied for this bill’s passage, of campus waste. The competition, UMBC graduate students, faculty, and known as RecycleMania, spans over 10 administration display little support for weeks and the schools compete in var- COURTESY KELLY FAHEY the bill. ious contests to see which school can > UMBC was to host a basketball game for the Special Olympics, which gives millions of disabled athletes an According to the Maryland General collect the most recyclables per capita, opportunity to interact with each other as well as non-disabled participants. The game was relocated to CCBC. Assembly, the bill “could increase admin- the largest amount of total recyclables, istrative expenditures [throughout the the least amount of trash per capita, or University of Maryland System] by $1.3 who has the highest recycling rate. UMBC volunteers cheer on million” as of 2010. In addition to ad- According to the offi cial RecycleMa- ministrative expenses, benefi ts provided nia website, the main goal of this com- to graduate students and adjunct faculty petition is “to increase student aware- Special Olympics athletes by the bill would costs $400 million to ness of campus recycling and waste $650 million statewide. So far no action minimization. RecycleMania helps all Andrea Thomson Athletes range from ages eight to to the “fi rst ever unifi ed basketball has been taken beyond fi rst reading ap- participating colleges and universities SENIOR STAFF WRITER ninety-two. The Special Olympics competition.” This would be the fi rst propriations and a hearing on February make achievements in recycling and was founded in Rockville, MD. It time in Special Olympics history 19. The bill is expected to fail. waste reduction.” Last week, UMBC planned to host began as Camp Shriver, a backyard that the teams would be composed "UMBC has approximately 600 [gradu- RecycleMania was started in 2001 a qualifying Special Olympics bas- summer camp. Eunice Shriver had of both non disabled and intellec- ate assistants], and about half are funded by Ed Newman (Ohio University) and ketball game in the RAC. However, noticed that her intellectually dis- tually disabled athletes. One out of from grants. A GA involves approxi- Stacy Edmonds Wheeler (Miami Uni- due to scheduling errors the event abled sister participated most in every fi ve athletes participating in mately 20 hours per week of classroom versity). Since then the competition was nearly canceled; a previously family activities including physical the event did not possess a disability. or laboratory/fi eld work responsibilities has nearly doubled in participation unscheduled wrestling match forced activity or athletics. These athletes would play alongside and in exchange a student will receive a as more and more institutions realize Special Olympics staff to hold the Intending to give the intellectually those with intellectual disabilities, stipend, tuition remission for up to 10 that efforts must be taken to increase event at CCBC. Five of the ten teams disabled increased opportunities for creating interesting and diverse team credit hours per term, and GA student recycling and reduce waste. that had signed up to compete were interaction, Shriver founded Camp compositions. Most of the event’s health insurance coverage,” explained This year there will be 400 schools asked to participate later this year. Shriver in the 60s. Camp Shriver volunteers were UMBC students, Scott A. Bass, Vice President for Research competing, which is the most the com- The fi ve teams that did participate would later expand, becoming the with the majority belonging to the and Dean of the Graduate School. He petition has ever seen. The schools were visiting from Baltimore City, Special Olympics, a nonprofi t orga- Kappa Phi Lambda sorority. UMBC continued, “The minimum nine month will be representing 46 states includ- Washington, Calvert, Charles, and nization dedicated to encouraging volunteers made posters, cheered stipend for a Ph.D. student in FY '08 at ing the District of Columbia and the Harford Counties. physical fi tness and fostering a sense on athletes, passed out snacks, and UMBC is $14,566. Depending on the institutions vary between Ivy League Joby Taylor, Director of Peace- of belonging amongst the intellectu- helped clean up after the event. The source of funds, some NSF [National universities to two-year community workers at the Shriver Center, began ally disabled. Tim Shriver is current- event was largely run by volunteers. Science Foundation] grants, for example, colleges. the event by sharing with volunteers ly the Chairman of Special Olympics As Special Olympics athletes are pay as much as $30,000 for 12 months. I The current recycling program at a brief history of the Special Olym- International. UMBC is linked to never charged a participation fee— wish that all GAs were able to receive the UMBC maintains the use of specialized pics. the Special Olympics through our equipment, uniforms, and traveling kind of support as offered by NSF. How- recycling containers placed through- Each year two to three million Shriver Center, which, like the Spe- costs are all free to athletes—it is ever, our state funding is limited.” out campus. At present, the campus athletes from 159 countries compete cial Olympics, owes its existence to crucial for the program to keep costs As an administrator, Dr. Bass con- recycles glass containers, plastics jugs in the Special Olympics. The event the Shriver family. low. James explained that the Spe- tinued by expressing the opinion of and bottles, metal cans, mixed paper, serves individuals with intellectual, Bill James, Special Olympics coun- cial Olympics is unique from other UMBC’s administration concerning the > see RECYCLING [2] physical, and emotional disabilities. ty coordinator, welcomed volunteers > see ATHLETES [4] bill: “The UMBC Graduate Student As- sociation and the Graduate School agree that the graduate students are students fi rst. Their assistantships—whether in NEWS 01 OPINION 06 ARTS 16 SPORTS 25 instruction, research, or administra- e Saving lives on Does Sodexho Spring Break Lacrosse wins tion—are learning experiences. The formation of a union is appropriate to d Commons Main have what it takes ideas and fi rst game while I formal positions of employment; we do Street to win contract It’s Showtime! basketball’s win not see the role in the academy of GAs s bidding? streak ends as equivalent to someone holding a job.” n The administration opposes the formation I InsIde > see UNION [3] 2 News 03.04.08 The RetrIever Weekly foreign desk Meeting our hot host mom Maggie Lebherz Bratwurst, pretzels FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Hi, my name is Maggie and I live a and gypsies crazy life. Most recently, I spent the past four months studying in Salamanca, I live in old barracks that were Spain and traveling throughout Eu- Randi Leyshon made for the French army while rope. Sure, it sounds like something FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT they occupied this part of Germany just anyone can do; but let’s just say after World War II. I was told that I literally had enough experiences to Germany gives the term soft pret- these dorms used to house the low- last me a lifetime. So I’m sharing them zels a whole new meaning. Here, they est of the French soldiers. My room with you, and hopefully inspiring you are cooked every day in almost every probably once held four bunk beds to take some chances and get your feet shop. There is the original pretzel and eight French soldiers who most wet in your own life. If you’ve ever knot; there is a pretzel ball; there is likely wanted to be back in France heard the phrase: get messy, get dirty, a pretzel stick; you can order it with sipping wine and eating cheese in- and make mistakes; you’ll be happy to butter; you can order it with Nutella; stead of getting their uniforms dirty know that I am an expert at all of them. or my favorite, you can take it home, with mustard covered sausage. But From horseback riding for fi ve hours in stick it in the microwave and slather it now the room is just mine and it is the Arriondas Mountains, to cave div- with cream cheese in lieu of a bagel. I huge, the ceilings are tall and the ing, to being almost kidnapped in the eat this option, every day, twice a day. windows are wide. I share the rest Sahara desert, I’ve gotten more bumps, But if I were in a meatier mood, of the apartment with four other bruises, and embarrassing moments I could head down to the center of people: one American and two to fi ll up all of these pages. So here it town and settle for one of twenty German guys and also a chica from MAGGIE LEBHERZ — TRW goes; come travel with me. > Maggie was surprised by the sveltness of her host mom. sausage kiosks. I could have the Spain. So far they all seem like nice Five long days passed after taking bratwurst of my choice, about a foot people, but I haven't had much the scenic route to Salamanca from Ma- that all of the host moms are short and moms do over here, so we stop and long, broken in half, shoved in a bun time to get to know them yet.