VOLUME 45 ISSUE 20 TUESDAY MARCH 29, 2011 retrieverweekly.com Spring ’11 Chipotle graduation coming may be to UMBC Molly Bradtke delayed MEXICAN CORRESPONDENT Chris McKinney & Food options are finally expanding a Angela Martin bit on campus this fall. Chipotle is com- BALTIMORE (AP) ing to UMBC! The new Mexican grill, along with a full dining area, will be lo- According to the UMBC Registrar’s cating to the second floor of University Office, there is a possibility that the Center, replacing the Chemistry Discov- Spring 2011 Commencement may be ery and ESL Centers. pushed back one day, from Monday, Chipotle’s philosophy is “Food with May 23 to Tuesday, May 24. integrity.” The eatery uses naturally raised This potential move is a result of pork and chicken, and organically grown a conflict at the 1st Mariner Arena produce in all its dishes, ensuring that where spring graduations are usually students will have a sustainable food op- held. Due to a system glitch, UMBC’s tion on campus. Even better, the restau- graduation overlaps by one hour with rant will accept meal plans, so students a concert scheduled at the Arena that strapped for cash will not have to worry evening. about spending real money. The univer- “It is not the actual ceremony that sity is not paying for Chipotle’s services overlaps, but the time counted after- either. The grill will be paying UMBC a ward for mingling, photos, and good- percentage of its profits in order to retain byes,” explains Eleanor Lewis, Senior the rights to sell food to students. In re- Director of Communications. “No turn, UMBC will provide Chipotle with doubt it will take a while for students security guards to keep order during and their families to clear the arena.” free hour, when students will no doubt To avoid the chaos that could result swarm the place every weekday. with UMBC guests leaving and the con- This new dining option has been a cert attendees coming in, Jacques La long time coming to UMBC. The deci- Font, the Arena’s Director of Program- sion is the product of a year long debate ming, has suggested moving the com- among administrators about whether the mencement ceremony to the following next dining option on campus should be day. Chipotle or Panera. Though the Arena’s directors will However, now that the decision has not comment, it is rumored that Justin been made, the process should go much Bieber and mentor Usher will be per- faster. Construction on the restaurant forming a joint concert at the arena that will begin this summer, and administra- evening. tors say it should be ready for its grand “We apologize for this terrible in- opening by the beginning of the fall se- COURTESY GEORGETOWN.EDU > see COMMENCEMENT[5] UMRP’s Professional Studies building will be modeled after Georgetown University’s Healy Hall. > see CHIPOTLE [1] University System of Maryland plans new campus Olivia Ignacio timore: Roland Park. 23 undergraduate programs altogether, the formation of UMRP. of UMRP. COLONIZATION CORRESPONDENT The University of Maryland, Roland including Business Administration, Ac- The University will also offer 16 mi- Plans for UMRP have been in the works Park (UMRP) will be a four-year under- counting, Social Work, Information Sys- nors and 9 certificates in its undergradu- since late 2009 following USM’s decision A new addition to the University Sys- graduate university offering programs in tems, Political Science, Religious Studies, ate program. There are currently no plans to create an ideal learning community for tem of Maryland (USM) is scheduled to the sciences and liberal arts, specializing and Club Management. to include a graduate program as of yet. students who want fast tracks to careers open its doors in approximately two- in business and professional studies. “[My wife and I] are tremendously ex- “UMRP’s academic distinction will in the business and professional sectors and-a-half years. The University System The university will comprise three col- cited for the opening and honored to be derive from its high level of hands-on while experiencing a quality education. of Maryland opened successful, new leges: the Sherman College of Business an integral slice of this new institution,” education and a great teacher-to-student Located in the community of Ro- campuses in Hagerstown (UMUC) and and Economics, College of Liberal Arts, said James Sherman, Baltimore County ratio which will directly prepare students land Park, Baltimore, the university is Adelphi a few years ago. The directors and College of Science and Engineering. resident and founder of Ideal Initiatives for jobs in the real, professional world,” have decided to expand to northern Bal- These colleges will initially offer a total of Group Inc., who donated $5 million to said Dr. Andy Stanton, future President > see ROLAND PARK [3] NEWS 01 OPINION 06 ARTS 12 SPORTS 16 Cloning llamas: “I love Powerpuff Radiohead disbands Curling: is it a sport or See the rest of the what next?? Girls!” raves Collin W. as Bieber fills the void a fashion statement? picture online :D 2 NEWS MARCH 29, 2011 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY We lost the Opportunity in the Gustev’s Crater Courtney Ring Jim Smith main engineer, handyman; up so quickly that they almost didn’t wrapping all exposed parts of the tanks disappointed, however, to discover on ALIEN CORRESPONDENT Geraldine (Jerry) Smith, Jim’s wife, make it back inside before everything mechanisms with duct tape, but even further inspection that what seemed to chief scientist. As the youngest, I round went black. The dust is also one of the with that, we can only stay outside for have been carved or hewn out of rock Note: This article is based off of out the group, cataloging samples and most annoying things about the place, 45 minutes at the maximum, exploring was probably simply due to the erosion the transcriptions of reports between doing all the odd jobs necessary. as it gets into everything. I swear it and collecting samples. of the wind and dust storms. The rock NASA and the mission to Mars via the Since we can’t fly around on the even finds its way into our vacuum- Despite all the problems and an- was incredibly soft and yielded easily SER telecommunications system. Due planet (the Shuttle just dropped us and packed, dehydrated provisions. The noyances, however, this place really is to the touch, so it was easy to see how to the fact that a UMBC alumnus was our equipment on the planet it will be SER has had particular difficulty, as amazing. I have stood looking down the caves could have been hollowed among the crew, The Retriever Weekly back in about another year to pick us dust continues to cause mechanical into Mariner Valley, the solar systems out over time even a relatively short was granted exclusive access to these up), we have our lab equipment and problems with the treads. As a result, largest canyon, and I have climbed time. reports. living quarters in what’s called a Sur- about every fifty miles we all get out Mons Olympus, also the largest known That also happened to be the day As the first UMBC alum to set foot face Exploration Rover (SER). It looks and work on removing the dust from mountain in the solar system. One of we picked up a faint signal near the on the Red Planet, greetings from kind of like an RV, but with treads between the bearings in the treads. the most amazing sights we have seen Gustev Crater that we think might be a the manned mission to Mars! We instead of tires. This is to spread out We’ve discovered that compressed air so far, however, was at the tail-end of transmission from the Opportunity. So, have been on the planet for about six the weight of the vehicle as evenly as and some grease work the best. one of the dust storms. The storm was after our explorations, we moved up months after an almost nine-month nearer to the Crater to have a look in long journey from Earth. Our job on this area. Right now, I’m alone on the the planet is to perform maintenance SER, holding down the fort and catch- checks on the robot probes currently ing up on cataloging that was neglected collecting data from the surface of the other day. Since the rest of the team Mars. What this means in practice is is, out searching for the Opportunity, that we have to track down each probe Im also in charge of making dinner to- based on the transmission data that night. I have to say, I cannot wait to eat streams to our shuttle. Once located, real food again. For reasons of packing our team takes the probe on board and space and long-term preservation, all carefully cleans and tests it before re- our food was dehydrated and vacuum- leasing it into the wild once more, as packed before the launch, meaning Nate, our mission chief, likes to say that making dinner really means add- (the guy swears by Jack London and ing a little bit of water to the food. The National Geographic). We also collect fruit and veggies arent too bad a little the samples from each probe and store slimy, but still fairly recognizable some them before replacing the collection of the other protein and meat stuff we equipment on the robot. Organizing have to eat is barely palatable, though. and cataloging the samples is my job News flash to NASA: A desiccated, on the crew.