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Hrabowski Hosts a Dinner for Grad Students and Staff to Share the retrIever weekly UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALtimore county’s student NEWSPAPER 12.08.09 VOLUME 44 ISSUE 14 retrieverweekly.com ACHSAH JOSEPH — TRW Members of the Mama’s Boys practice for the International Championship of Acapella. From Left to Right: Charles Kuo, Matt Polonchak, Justin Lane, Raif Karerat, Paul Wetzstein, Jason Palum- bo, Kevin Lim, Christopher Hoopes, Benjamin Hong, James Krasnansky, and Nimit Bhatt. > see MAMA’s BOYS [14] Hrabowski hosts a Sexual assault on campuses, dinner for grad how is UMBC measuring up? students and staff to Anne Verghese lege campuses across the country with According to the police website, EDITORIAL STAFF regards to sexual crimes but only 58 in 2007 there were eight cases of sex percent of the campuses responded to offenses and six in 2008, but these Today’s college women are at a much the survey. The Center also interviewed numbers were based upon anonymous share experiences higher risk of being sexually assaulted close to 50 current as well as former statistics, which “includes reports made than their non-college-bound peers. In college students who had been raped to campus counselors. These statistics Christopher McKinney Many shared positive experiences order to combat the rise in sexual as- or sexually assaulted by either a peer represent anonymous reports believed STAFF WRITER in the classroom and within their re- saults, campuses across the nation have or in some cases a professor. Students by the reporter to have been made in spective departments. Some revealed enacted laws such as Title IX, the Clery who were accused of committing sexual good faith, but for which, no verifica- Freeman Hrabowski wants to an uncertainty about preparedness; Act, and the Family Educational Rights assault, as well as several student affairs tion has been established.” know what UMBC is thinking. On Jessica Bard of the Public Policy pro- and Privacy Act that currently require administrators, judicial hearing officers, “It’s hard to say because so many the night of Tuesday, November 17, gram explained that she was not en- schools to disclose their security proce- victim advocates, sexual assault schol- people don’t come forward,” Director Hrabowski held a dinner for UMBC tirely sure about how prepared she dures, report crime data, and ensure the ars, and lawyers were interviewed by the of University Health Services Jennifer staff, faculty and graduate students was, but explained that she had re- rights of the victims. Center. The question that was asked of Lepus commented when questioned in which guests shared their positive ceived a lot of diversity, experience, By definition, a person is a victim of the 152 campuses that responded was about the number of cases that have and negative experiences at UMBC and support from her department. sexual assault when, against the person’s how many student sexual assault cases come forward for help. “Last year we with the University’s president. Sug- Greg Parkington from the Public will, the person is forced to have sexual have they serviced in the past year. had 11 victims that we assisted through gestions with which to strengthen Policy program said that, coming contact. If without consent or by force Although the UMBC police failed to our program.” UMBC’s campus community were from the west coast (from the Uni- the assault involves sexual intercourse comment on the matter the statistics of In a national study that was conduct- also offered. versity of Arizona), adapting to life then it is labeled as rape. Often the crimes that have occurred on our cam- ed by the Justice Department, it was de- The dinner opened with an intro- at UMBC was going very well. “Ev- victim is raped by someone the person pus are readily available on the UMBC termined that one in five women who duction of the staff and the gradu- eryone’s been very friendly and posi- knows, which is known as acquaintance police website. The online statistics attend college will become the victim of ate students, and then the floor was tive; coming to UMBC, it certainly rape, but if the rapist is unknown to show that in 2008 there were four cases an act of rape or an attempted rape by opened for the students to share feels like a village that is very con- the victim then it is known as stranger of sex offenses, which incorporates the time she graduates. For many col- their experiences within their de- nected to the community around it rape. forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual lege students around the nation who partments and in class, and whether in comparison to my undergraduate The Center for Public Integrity, a assault with an object, and forcible have actually sought help after being they felt they were being prepared experiences.” group of investigation journalists who fondling. In 2008 there were two cases raped, they have been displeased with for their individual professional report on issues of public concern, con- of sex offenses in dormitories or other > see ASSAULT [5] fields. > see HrabOWSKI [6] ducted a nationwide survey of 260 col- residential facilities. NEWS 01 OPINION 08 ARTS 14 SPORTS 24 ONLINE UMBC student As we go into Take advantage Amanda Deller Review: unearths the New Year... of Baltimore’s wins gold in Twilight sequel ancient seasonal track debut a disastrous necropolis offerings InsIde cinematic effort 2 News 12.08.09 The RetrIever Weekly foreign desk A hint of the Dutch holidays Michelle Birky neighbors. We visited the little Vermeer museum STAFF WRITER At Thanksgiving dinner we had ten (painter of “The Girl with the Pearl Ear- guests - Dutch neighbors, Hispanic ring”) and the two churches in town For Thanksgiving weekend I went and American friends from church and (the “new” one being 700 years old) that to visit my boyfriend’s parents in the school, and three American interns from had fantastic stained glass windows and Netherlands. I took the train from Lan- the embassy where Mr. Huete works. is where the royal family is buried when caster to Manchester Airport and then Dinner was great, with all the traditional they die. We walked around - there are flew into Amsterdam, where my hosts American Thanksgiving foods like tur- canals everywhere and a lot of people picked me up and drove me, on the key and stuffing, and so was talking ride bikes. We did some souvenir shop- right side of the road, to their home in with all the international guests. The ping and had lunch in a nice cafe. I had The Hague. Dutch neighbors were delighted to be an open-faced egg, ham, and cheese The Netherlands is very flat. Large celebrating the holiday and asked us a sandwich, which is apparently very portions of it are also below sea level; lot of questions about the food and how popular. they were reclaimed from the sea. It is many days people take off back in the While walking around town, I no- said that “God made the earth, but the States. I especially enjoyed talking with ticed that in a lot of the Christmas Dutch made Holland.” The soil is very Jennifer, an American who had studied decorations, there was not only a St. MICHELLE BIRKY — TRW sandy, so much so that many of the trees international relations in universities Nicholas figure, but a black boy as well. Birky holds some postcards from Holland, Dutch chocolate, and a stroop- in the backyard lean. all over the world and now lives in the Mr. Huete explained that in the Neth- wafel cookie. Their house was very interesting. It Netherlands with her Dutch husband. erlands, Sinterklaas (St. Nick) comes was built for a mariner and his opera Talking with Americans, I realized that dressed as a bishop because St. Nicholas it was much better than the medieval The Dutch sometimes put them on top singer wife, so the kitchen was built like I have become so accustomed to hear- was a bishop, and Zwarte Piet (Black series, much funnier. of their cups of tea, and then the heat a ship’s galley (small and with interest- ing British accents, that when I hear Pete) is a Moorish slave that he freed Sunday we went to church at their melts the caramel and they are even ing stairs) and the dining room was built American accents they catch my ear and who then decided to accompany him English-speaking church in town. We more amazing. raised like a stage for the singer. The sound fascinating in the way that British and be his assistant. Sinterklaas carries then went out and had Dutch pancakes So all in all, I greatly enjoyed vaca- otherwise square, white house has huge, accents once did! a bag of toys for the good children, and for lunch - a very large, thin, delicious tioning in the Netherlands and did not thin windows which aren’t very heat- The highlight of Friday was sleeping Zwarte Piet sometimes carries a sack pancake (think tortilla) on a plate with want to return to England, if only be- efficient. But the house is something of in incredibly late and then watching for taking naughty children to be slaves apples and whipped cream. Then I cause there were six final papers waiting a historical building, so no changes can some Black Adder, which is a BBC com- back in Spain! caught the plane and then the train to be written. Oy! be made. In the Netherlands there are edy re-telling of English history staring Saturday evening we watched some back to campus, my suitcase full of also the tree police; if you want to cut Rowan Atkinson.
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