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THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY UMBC’s Student Newspaper Volume 41, Issue 05 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 September 26, 2006 Dogs Through the Decades UMBC celebrates 40 years BRIAN WHIPPO Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff The UMBC Commons was fi lled with the din of anticipation as thousands of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and other special guests fi lled the building in honor of our school’s 40th birthday celebration. Black, yellow, and silver balloons lined the area outside the bookstore where a crowd formed around a table of dogs. The dogs were cakes, artfully crafted by UMBC Class of ‘97 alum Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes and star of his own television show, Ace of Cakes, on the Food Network. Each of the fi ve cakes was an edible recreation of Tru Grit, UMBC’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever mascot, decorated with symbols of the fi ve decades during which UMBC has existed. Patricia Davila [Retriever Staff] And, not to be outdone, three live Duff’z Dawgz: Chef Duff Goldman puts the fi nishing touches on fresh cakes baked the night before as a crowd forms Chesapeake Bay Retrievers toured to admire canine creations. the crowd with their owners. was razed to build the Commons. on four decades of UMBC’s history, candles were lit, the Camerata sang Glass cases lined one wall, fi lled At noon UMBC President he said, “Be inspired by the mission a beautifully harmonized “Happy with various memorabilia collected Freeman Hrabowski wove through of the university. Our whole mission Birthday,” and the cakes were served over the past 40 years, including the crowd and grabbed a microphone of being here is to touch lives. Each to everyone in attendance. course catalogs, Residential Life to welcome everyone to the of you has the potential to touch Later that afternoon, Dr. Lee Five cakes were rules booklets, and even a brick celebration and deliver the keynote thousands of lives...we will have an Shulman, President of the Carnegie from the old Gym 1 building that speech of the afternoon. Refl ecting impact on millions of people.” Foundation for the Advancement of crafted in the shape Jordan Hadfi eld, President Teaching spoke in Lecture Hall 7 of UMBC’s mascot, of the Student Government about his research into the quality True Grit, who is a Association, and Naresh Sunkara, of teaching and teacher education, Chesapeake Bay Vice President of the Graduate knowledge grown among those Retriever. Each of the Student Association, also spoke learning to teach, and the quality of fi ve dogs was dressed glowingly of UMBC and its teaching in higher education. achievements in only forty years of To wrap up the day, President up and accessorized establishment. and Mrs. Freeman Hrabowski to represent one of In true school spirit, the recognized achievements of both the last fi ve decades. Maryland Camerata, directed by faculty and staff at a reception in David Smith, sang a brand new alma the University Center Ballroom. mater written by Jari Villanueva, For more information about Director of Bands, for the fi rst time UMBC’s 40th Birthday and the ever. After hearing “Our UMBC” upcoming Anniversary Celebration once, the crowd was invited to in October, visit http://www.umbc. sing along using lyrics handed out edu/40th/events.html. before the event began. Finally, Newsroom ........... 410.455.1260 Mondatory fees questioned at annual forum Advertising .......... 410.455.1261 Editor in Chief ...... 410.455.1262 The fiscal year (FY) 2008 they were proposing a fee increase Schaefer noted that the fee supports Business Fax ....... 410.455.1265 On the Web ........... trw.umbc.edu ELIZABETH SILBERHOLZ mandatory student fees proposal for FY 2008, and if so, what purpose three categories: transportation Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff is projected to increase by $82, the extra money would serve. shuttle services, construction an almost 4% fee change from For the remainder of the forum, services, and maintenance of It was standing room only at FY 2007. Overall, full-time the floor was opened for students the university’s parking system. the Student Fee Forum, held in undergraduate students pay more to ask the fee holders questions. In the summer of 2009, when the Student Organizations area than $2200 in mandatory student Lynne Schaefer, vice president construction of the new Fine Arts trw.umbc.edu of the Commons last Wednesday fees per year. of administration and finance, building begins, UMBC will lose 410.455.1260 during free hour. The annual event The hour-long event permitted explained the university parking and parking lots 9, 9A, and 16. Thus, aims to make mandatory fees more every fee holder to make an transportation mandatory student the transportation fee will increase ETRIEVER transparent and to provide students approximately five minute-long fee. A $30 increase, the largest over the next few years to finance RTHE WEEKLY with an opportunity to speak presentation. Each group explained fee increase this year, will bring directly with fee holders. what their area’s current fee was, if the total fee to $308 in FY 2008. see FEES, page 5. 2 News September 26, 2006 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY BehindtheScenes College News Stu Eisenman: Collector and professor institutions,” he added. long as the good Lord lets me.” BRIAN WHIPPO But accounting sometimes takes a “As we came up on our 40th year [at Regents approve Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff back seat to teaching students how to UMBC], I realized my age and how, even University Studies pursue their careers. He explained, “I like as an adult, I have grown with the campus,” AMMAD KHAN to teach a career strategy course to show he reflected. He enjoys the campus and feels degree Retriever Weekly Contributing Writer students the proper way to create a really the new buildings made students feel like good resume and interview tactics, as well they’re really in college, not an extended theeagle.com — Texas A&M University Professor Stu Eisenman, M.Ed., as where to find great job leads.” version of high school. system regents signed off Friday on a new collects die-cast cars and cowboy artifacts, Part of being a teacher, however, is And Professor Eisenman’s family has interdisciplinary degree plan that could but in his spare time he is an accountant furthering the field in which one teaches. grown significantly since he first came to allow Aggies to begin majoring in University and a college professor. A graduate of both Eisenman has taught education courses at UMBC. Now he is happily married and Studies as early as next fall. University of Maryland, Baltimore County other campuses to help train new teachers. has two children and two grandchildren A&M President Robert Gates said and College Park, he spent two decades He described how he likes “to show new whom he adores. the plan is designed for students in good working as a federal accountant until he teachers how to manage a classroom, Determined to help students much like standing with diverse, interdisciplinary retired early and transitioned into teaching build a good lesson plan, and take part in his grandchildren, Eisenman participates interests but no specifi c major. That includes his profession here at UMBC. curriculum development.” in various youth group activities designed students who, for whatever reason, cannot Eisenman has been teaching accounting “Curriculum development is an to help guide and direct young people get into their chosen degree program, as well for 30 years, and for the past three important part of one’s educational field,” into college or training schools. His as those who cannot decide upon a fi eld of semesters has been at the head of a class Eisenman said, speaking as a veteran advice to students is “Keep your nose to study, he said. that bridges the gap between accounting accounting teacher. He described his peers the grindstone. It is to your benefit to It calls for students to declare an area and information systems. “I have taught in the Information Systems department pay attention to instructors and respect of concentration - or “super minor” as he business management and other computer as well as the administration here as “top them.” described it - and two minors, he said. science related courses at other educational notch.” And, he says, he’ll stay here “as “Many students fi nd they are forced into a degree program distant from their interest and passion,” Gates said as he explained to regents the need for the degree plan. Janitorial staff at UMBC claims unethical If approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the new degree could be offered by next fall. treatment; UMBC staff responds University offi cials said they expect about 200 University Studies students during the letters written by the employees indicate according to Gustafson, “[OneSource] fi rst year and as many as 800 students within STEPHEN THOMPSON that there is much to be unhappy about. provide[s] a toll-free phone number for fi ve years. Retriever Weekly Contributing Writer However, this might only be a fraction of employees to anonymously report violations Gates described University Studies as a the new problems brought to UMBC by of OneSource’s Code of Business Conduct “21st-century degree” and said the new plan GRACE M. LO PORTO OneSource. One employee who was laid-off & Ethics; alternatively employees can report would help ensure graduating students are Retriever Weekly Contributing Writer said she was told she would only receive a violations anonymously through www. ready for a range of employment options or paycheck if she signed papers saying that she ethicspoint.com. Information regarding this further education.