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 “The theoryR of a free press is that the truth will emerge from reporting and free discussion.” —Walter Lippman Volume ?,38, Number Number ? 11 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 NovemberMonth Day, 4, 2003Year Inside Advocates Against Violence Loses Funding SHIRA HELETZ AAV is an organization that pus and have been given state cation for continued funding was Retriever Weekly Staff Writer gives counseling to young recognition as a model organiza- denied. Recently, the two full- women and men who are victims tion. The reporting of crimes has time staff leaders, Heather “Stop the violence, stop the of sexual crimes and stalking. It gone up since the program start- Brantner and Casey Miller, were hate. Fund the advocates, before provides a 24-hour phone ed, not because there is more vio- forced to leave. The organization it’s too late,” the Advocates helpline, counseling, and educa- lence, but because students know had to look elsewhere for money. News..........page 1 Against Violence (AAV) chanted tional programs for the campus that there is a place for them to One place they looked to was the The ANGELS are as they walked down the aca- community. The Advocates have go. university itself. However, with back on campus demic corridor to protest their achieved great success in AAV ran on a fund from the the troubled fiscal situation fac- and the police are lack of funding from the univer- increasing the awareness of Department of Justice. This year see ADVOCATES, page 3 giving out free sity administration. crimes against women on cam- the fund ran out and their appli- pizza to students. Opinion.....page 10 Take a closer look at decorated malls, university halls, abortion clinics and Iraq Features.....page 18 Confessing sins takes a leap into pop culture; UMBC students mix it up on tape. Sports........page 31 Men’s soccer takes top spot in the Am-East Lakin Jones / Retriever Weekly Staff tourny and swim- Is This Really Fall?: This past week, unexpected high temperatures swept through Maryland. Here, students enjoy the weath- mers face Navy. er by playing sports on the Commons field. Also check out: college news........page 2 UMBC Student Killed Students’ Frustrations world news..........page 3 classifieds.............page 37 in Car Accident With Midterms Flare four day forecast CHARLES J. ELLIS to mourn her death. The wake keep- CHARLES J. ELLIS a thoroughly beleaguered student community. Tuesday: partly cloudy, low 60, Retriever Weekly Staff Writer ing is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7, Retriever Weekly Staff Writer high 77 followed by a funeral procession on “It’s been a bad last two Mariama Frances Sow, a junior Saturday, Nov. 8. Both services are Excessive exams and piles weeks,” said Sylvia Boules, a Wednesday: chance of rain, pre-med student. “I can hardly low 53, high 72 majoring in social work at UMBC, scheduled to be held at the Church of of papers have UMBC’s students was killed as a result of a single car the Ascension-Episcopal in Silver in a state of frustration. As mid- find time to do anything but Thursday: rain showers, low study.” Boules’ view is common- 49, high 65 accident in Montgomery County on Spring. term examinations are slowly Wednesday, Oct. 22. Frances was a In Memory of Mariama dissipating, students continue to ly shared by countless UMBC Friday: chance of rain during students of varying academic day, low 40, high 62 motivated young woman who had Frances Sow, the Maryland State engage in what seems to be an aspirations of giving back to the Flag will be flown at half-mast on additional wave of post mid-term disciplines who are just begin- community that she dearly loved. the day of her funeral until sundown. projects. The overwhelming anx- ning to shed the prolonged stress Sow leaves behind a mother, iety has brought adamant con- of mid-terms. Typically, students two uncles, two aunts, a host of A more in-depth article will fol- cerns regarding time and stress felt frustrated regarding the cousins, relatives and many friends low in next week's Retriever Weekly. management across the minds of see EXAMS, page 3 Page 2 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY NEWS November 4, 2003 BehindtheScenes Joel DeWyer: Bringing Midwest Values to College News an East Coast School and Lifestyle Foreign Enrollment Levels Off at U.S. Schools RYAN DORRILL started interviewing for jobs, but, like Retriever Weekly Staff Writer many college graduates, he found that (Washington Post) Enrollments by he didn’t like many of the choices in his foreign students at American universities In a spacious office on field and decided to try something else. have leveled off after a period of heady Susquehanna’s Honors floor, you can As a result, he started looking into grad- expansion and may be headed downward find its new community director Joel uate school to explore his as-yet-undis- because of visa restrictions introduced DeWyer. Joel is a young guy, which covered calling in life. after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, makes him an easier person for stu- After some discussions with his Ryan Dorrill /Retriever Weekly Staff Mid-west Charm: DeWyer brings a according to a report released today. dents to talk to (an important aspect of advisor, he decided he might like work- unique background to Susquehanna An annual survey by the Institute of his job). He’s easy going, friendly, and, ing as a guidance counselor, so his advi- Hall and UMBC. International Education (IIE), which most importantly, he uses phrases like sor suggested he get involved in the administers academic exchange pro- “far out” and “totally rad” in everyday “College Student Personnel Services” Another reason he loves UMBC is grams, reported significant drops in new speech, unlike most of the other program. that he’s the “world’s largest chess student admissions from predominantly UMBC faculty. As a Community “I had never heard of it either,” he fan.” At the risk of sounding like a Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Director (CD), he mediates roommate admits, though he now enjoys his job. nerd, he admits that he sometimes goes Pakistan and Egypt. But the decline was problems and helps oversee student He ended up receiving a graduate assist- to the club meetings and enjoys play- offset by increases in the number of stu- life in the Susquehanna dormitory, so antship working at the University of ing chess himself. He also likes to run dents coming from countries such as he does a lot of talking and interacting Dayton before he was even accepted in and is an avid reader. South Korea and India. with people. the personnel services master’s pro- Any student who wants to meet Education represents a huge source As far as student life goes, Joel, gram. If he hadn’t been accepted, he this enthusiastic community director of invisible exports for the United States, who recently moved here from the would have lost the job. Fortunately, he can find him in his office on the first with economists estimating that the midwest, is still trying to get used to was accepted and received his MA in floor of Susquehanna North. country earned nearly $13 billion last the fast pace of the east coast. 2003. After graduation he decided he year from tuition fees, room and board, “It’s happenin’” he says, consider- wanted to get out of the midwest and try Quick Questions: and other goods and services purchased ing how different Baltimore is from the something different. So he came to by foreign students. According to the IIE, small town of Delphos, Ohio, where he UMBC. some large states such as California typ- 1. What is your favorite holi- grew up. Unlike most students, Joel UMBC is different in a lot of ways day? ically earn more from foreign students thinks there are plenty of things to do from Joel’s old workplace: it’s larger, than they do from football and baseball around UMBC, especially considering it’s a public university, and it’s much “Christmas. I love everything combined. Baltimore and Washington are so more diverse. about it: movies on TV, carols, etc.” The survey shows that 586,000 for- close. According to him, the midwest is “I wanted to learn about social jus- eign students are enrolled in U.S. col- about five to seven years behind the tice issues and multicultural experi- leges. Over the past two years, the east coast as far as trends go - it’s just ences,” he said. “UMBC is really the 2. What’s your favorite food? growth rate has dropped from 6.4 percent a slower place to live. exact opposite of what I’m used to.” “I love Italian food,” he said, to 0.6 percent. The largest number of for- Joel DeWyer actually lived in Ohio Outside of work, Joel still finds time specifically mentioning pasta. eign students come from India and all his life until he moved to Maryland to be an active guy. In addition to his China. last summer to work at UMBC. He community director duties of mediating 3. What’s your favorite book? IIE President Allan E. Goodman said attended college at the University of resident problems and supervising RAs, the data show that the United States Dayton, a small private catholic col- Joel gets involved in spiritual discus- “I Lucifer,” a book about what remains "the number one destination for lege where he received his BA in sions on campus, specifically about how would happen if God gave the devil a foreign students" despite individual "hor- Communications Management in 2001.