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Newsroom.........(410) 455 1260 E Advertising........(410) 455 1261 Editor in Chief....(410) 455 1262 ETRIEVER Business fax.......(410) 455 1265 Web site..............trw.umbc.edu H [email protected] T WEEKLY “If the true freedom of the press is to decideR for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of the press [is to] assert and defend that freedom.” – Tom Wicker Volume ?,37, Number Number ? 25 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 MonthApril Day, 15, 2003Year Inside Former SGA Presidential Candidate Files Election Appeal News..........page 1 Swayne Accuses President Shockley Retriever staff asked to testify, of Sabotage, Defamation Habitat for verting a specific campaign activity, Humanity sleeps BRETT MCKENZIE were an attempt subvert the overall outside. Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff ability of my and my running-mate’s ability to campaign. Otherwise he Former SGA presidential can- should have made attempts to bring didate Brian Swayne has filed an this information out when it first election appeal alleging President D. came to light therefore leaving time Philip Shockley sabotaged and for the Retriever to properly research defamed Swayne and his campaign it and time for my running-mate and in last week’s executive election. I to respond.” According to Swayne’s allega- Opinion.....page 9 The article “House Finance tions, Shockley, who was re-elected Co-ed living Committee Chair, Presidential for a second presidential term on debated, whilst Candidate Asked to Resign” ran in Thursday, allegedly sabotaged the weather and war last week’s edition of The Retriever election and committed defamation pique everyone’s Weekly. by leaking false information about interest. Swayne did not comment on Swayne to The Retriever Weekly the issue, other than referring The and pressuring the publication to run Retriever Weekly to the appeal. an article the day before the elec- Regarding the allegations that tions. Shockley pressured The Retriever In the appeal, Swayne wrote, “[Shockley’s] actions while not sub- see SGA, page 4 Courtesy of Doug Kapustin Features.....page 18 Chess Team Nationally Recognized: President TeeVee returns, Pi Kappa Phi Pitches Hrabowski and Dr. Alan T. Sherman watch Edward and see what sets “A Misha Tsibulevskiy compete. On April 6, the UMBC Chess Man Apart,” and Team defeated the University of Texas Dallas at the “Final travel around with in for PUSH America Four” intercollegiate chess competition. MTV. Bands, Beer and Rock- Climbing Planned for Sports........page 28 Men’s Lacrosse upsets North Quadmania 2003 Carolina and Mike Orlando is recog- ALLISON HOUSEWORTH attractions. There will be inflatables, nized. Retriever Weekly Staff Writer contests, fire-eaters, a rock climbing wall, gifts and vendors. Quadmania, UMBC’s largest SEB, along with help from the Also check out: campus-wide party, will rock SGA Senate, has set aside free college news........page 2 UMBC on Erickson Field outside tokens for students to use at carnival the Commons starting at 1 p.m. on world news..........page 3 games where they can win prizes. Saturday, April 26. Mark Stewart, classifieds.............page 35 Once students use the free tokens, Student Events Board president, there will be several more available Courtesy of Pi Kappa Phi said, “Quadmania 2003 will be big- for a small cost. four day forecast Freezing for a Cause: The brothers of Pi Kappa Phi support ger and better than all others.” Quadmania 2003 will also their national philanthropy by sitting on a scaffold for 24 hours. Headlining this year’s have a Beer Garden sponsored by Tuesday: sunny with a high of 81 and a low of 52. Quadmania will be Third Eye Blind. Bohagers. Students will be ALLISON HOUSEWORTH of the UMBC chapter will be Several other bands will be playing allowed to drink beer in the gar- Wednesday: partly cloudy with attending the Give-a-Push a high of 81 and a low of 47. Retriever Weekly Staff Writer throughout the day including Green den, and they must present ID weekend in Richmond, VA. Machine, Break:Urban Funk, Seven and Quadmania ticket. Thursday: scattered thunder- In efforts to support their Give-a-Push is held several Days Torn, John Stone Reggae Tickets for Quadmania are storms with a high of 59 and a weekends throughout the year low of 41. national philanthropy, PUSH Band, Superior Groove, Can’t Hang, $5 and are on sale at the America, UMBC’s Eta Phi and is geared towards the reno- The Players and Cupajo. To kick off Commons Information Desk and Friday: shower with a high of vation of camps to make them 50 and a low of 45. Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi the day, the Catonsville High School the event will be held rain or Fraternity has arranged several more accessible for handi- Steel Drum Band will perform. shine. Also, there will be a fundraising events for this capped children. Those who In addition to a wide-variety of Quadmania After-Party from spring. attend will participate in sever- music, Quadmania, sponsored by 10:00 p.m. -1:30 a.m. on Main This month five members see PI KAPPA PHI, page 6 SEB, will feature several other Street in the Commons. Page 2 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS April 15, 2003 BehindtheScenes Dr. Piotr Gwiazda: Poetry and Polish Roots College News BRANDON DUDLEY were quiet at first when in a large group, April Fools’ Spoof Spurs Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff when they broke themselves into smaller School to Close Paper groups the discussion went on virtually non- Dr. Piotr Gwiazda sits behind his dark stop. While they did Gwiazda wandered brown and gray desk, a striking contrast to around the class listening to discussions and DELAND, Fla., April 11 (AP) — the white walls of the office. He constantly noting questions students were asking among Stetson University suspended publica- fidgets, playing with his sleeves or the col- themselves for a later exam. tion of its student newspaper and fired lar of his red-checked shirt or rolling back The thickness of his accent varies with the editorial staff because an April and forth in his chair, which occasionally the words he uses, a symptom of the twelve Fools’ Day issue included profanity, emits a harsh screech of metal against years he has spent in the U.S. after leaving his racist jokes and a sex column advocat- Joseph May / Retriever Weekly Staff metal. The 29 year old professor, who home country of Poland. He came with his ing rape and domestic violence. The Muse’s Gift: Dr. Piotr Gwiazda is received his Masters and Ph.D. at NYU, parents at the age of 17 because of the eco- The Reporter, founded in 1887 a teacher and a poet influenced by his has only been teaching at UMBC for a nomic downturn of the country. He lived in and billed as the state’s first college Polish heritage. semester and a half and seems to be quite the city of Olsztyn in a region famous for its newspaper, was closed on Wednesday reviewing books, and writing essays for satisfied with his time here so far. One of lakes and what Gwiazda described as being for the remainder of the school year. scholarly journals about poetry and other lit- the things that made Gwiazda choose to very beautiful, much of which attributed to Staff members said they were given 15 erary topics. He has had some of his work teach here after his year at the University of his love for the outdoors. minutes to clear their belongings out published and soon a poem of his will be Miami were the students. “I really got a Gwiazda left Poland while it was still of the office as the locks were being published in the Southern Review. The good vibe,” he says in an eastern European under Communist control; it has since changed. poem has the “illusion of autobiography” accent, his hands slicing and waving become a democracy, but Gwiazda has not The Reporter traditionally pokes because it about going back to the city through the air as he talks. Among the stu- returned since he left. “The Poland I lived in fun at the faculty, student groups and where he was born and seeing all the dents he met, he said, English majors espe- does not exist anymore. That Poland is gone,” itself with an April Fools’ edition changes that have occurred. Of his other cially, he was happy to see the amount of he says. As time passes he says “Poland renamed the Distorter. But school offi- works he says “I have a few that are better excitement and enthusiasm they had for becomes more and more a mystery to me.” cials say the students went too far this than others, some bad ones. Some of those what they were studying and was “For me and for a lot of people who are year. got published too,” he says with a laugh. A impressed with their seriousness. bilingual and bicultural….many of us have a “There’s not much in this year’s lot of his poems deal with politics, some This level of maturity and enthusiasm separation between childhood and adult Distorter that you can laugh about,” deal with his Polishness and still others are that Gwiazda deals with contributes to his life…for a lot of immigrants that rift is made said Michelle Espinosa, the dean of love poems or other topics. “Poetry is less a love for teaching, he says, and he looks for- even wider. In a way I feel like a double man; students. “We believe very strongly in profession,” he says,” it’s more of a way of ward to creating new classes to teach.