Saturday, Nove mber SGA I 'l m Series; THE TAKE, LH II Cro-ss Country, Home. UMBC vs. Galudett and-'- University of ' Bait., 2 pm. Soccer, UMBC vs. George Mason, 2 pm. Support the Maryland Asso- ~45 ; couple The longer the dancers Volleyball, UMBC vs. ,eiation for Retarded Citizens iast ond the more money thev East MennonIte, 1 pm. W and have a great time dOing'~ raise the better the couple's it, We need you now to com- "MALT llQUOR chance to win tne Grand Prize pete in an all-out old-time o'ld help the mentally reTarded dance marathon or support your favorite citizens of Maryland, PRELIMINARIES: UMBC Oct. 31, 5:00 p_m tilt NOV. 1,5:00 pm Commuter Cafe Phone 455-2220 FINALS: Johns Hopkins University Nov, 14-1'6, 197;;' ' (301') 356-3410 Glass Pavilion All proceeds to go to MARC to assist the mentally retarded citizeQs of Maryland. Page 2, Retriever, 20 October 1975 Nearly Green, Not Quite Clean CODlDlent A .Board of Regents member once remarked to a UMBC student, "Well, you should be gettmg something out of your stay there, you've got $57 million worth of buildings". For Robert Burchard of the Biology department, that would be enough if certain ad­ justments were made. Last January, former RETRIEVER Editor-in Chief Charles Lean was sent a memo from Associate Professor Burchard decrying the unsightly condition of the windowsills and grounds at UMBC. The pigeon droppings were dripping from the sills, the memo said, and Drop-outs, the grass was trampled and cluttered with litter. The same memo was delivered to the administration. Ten days ago, another communique from the same professor explained that still nothing had been done about the condition of the place. The note suggests the possibility of a "Save­ Stop-outs our Grass" type campaign and proposes a solution to the pigeon problem. As long as we're taling about reversing the attrition rate, we may as well get UMBC cleaned up too. While the RETRIEVER can do little about the pigeon droppings, we can and Cop-outs urge students to have some respect for that fragile grass. This though, only if something is done about those door handles on the Chern-Physics building which are caked with the unsanitary droppings after a long weekend of pi~eon fun. A few years back, when litterbugs were still trashing the nations highways, people were Several weeks ago, Reginald Lawrence, the Director of Minority Recruiting at UMBC urged to honk their car horns at bugs spotted doing their thing. Some people just stopped attended a meeting of the Association of Maryland Admissions Officers, the members of trashing for fear of being embarrassed by wary antilitterers. The same thing might be trlea which represent most of the larger colleges in Maryland. Each of the attendants proceeded here. When negligent grass tramplers are spotted, some fitting type of negative sanction to give an oral report of the size and composition of this years freshman class. According to could be employed, such as reminding them that sod is worth more than a degree in Lawrence, the room rang with proud announcements of record breaking increases at each sociology. But this could cause needless resentment too. We must exersie some tact. of the colleges. It seemed that increases in this years freshmen class for the entire state A better proposal would be the following; next time you see some uncouth slob walking on would include the addition of several thousand more students than the year before. Such a the grass, kindly congratulate him or her for having contributed to the sleaziness of UMBC. prospect is a source of dismay to the representative from UMBC, reports Lawrence, for After a few such confrontations, he will probably think twice before straying off the enrollment at UMBC is on the decrease! sidewalk. But please don't come to us if he breaks your nose. Why the problem at excellent but inexpensive UMBC? Mr. Lawrence has made several suggestions about what might be done about UMBC's enrollment difficulty, about why such a high proportion of students leave UMBC for other .Shouting From the Dark schools before they finish here. He suggests a realistic and early assessment of student needs as well as a thorough One comment before we close this week. It concerns shouting from the dark. program of students development. Very Simply, Lawrence says that while the institution THE RETRIEVER has been getting a number of unsigned letters for publication in it's maybe, academically excellent, it is bringing in thousands of students who "drop-out, stop­ letters to the editor column. out or simply cop-out after one, two or three semesters" . Now, we like to experiment once in a while, but it is the policy of most newspapers which Undoubtedly, this is the most immediate.problem facing UMBC. While enough students call themselves ethical to refrain from printing letters which are not signed, particularly are being accepted, and pay their bills, and attend classes,. an alarming percentage simply when they make allegations about this or that person's behavior or policy. fail to stick it out here. ' , . If you're gOing to say sQltiething about someone el~e; ~nd ;you can't stand up there and Lawrence calls for UMBC to "answer those needs which undergird it's existence and admit it, or take responsibility for it, then the' RETRIEVER is legally responsible for growth or adjust to the role of a medium-small communter campus that helps feed students what you've written. We must affirm the truth of what you've said when the libel lawyer to every other campus in the area". knocks on our door., The RETRIEVER concurs wlth Lawrences' views. The responsibility of UMBC does not Of course, there are such things as lamppost interviews. But what happens then is that the end with it's providing academic challenges alone. It must begin to smooth the rough spots paper must step in to defend what has been written. We will not defend letters as our own in relations with students. If not, enrollment may well continue in it's present trend. opinions when accusing writer feels uncomfortable about identifying himself. When letters It will be interesting to see how the administration proposes tQ remedy it's enrollment are signed, it is our legal responsibility only to be sure they fall into the category of "fair problem. Chancellor Lee will address the UMBC community with his state of the University comment" , message on Tuesday, Octo~r 28, in dining hall III. The letters we've been getting are not the type we'd like to claim as our own. Nor are they ~ . 'fair comment". Next time, sign it. And we'll feel much better about printing your views. men . as Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, Robert m.aking new. fr,iends. Situate~ on the second floor of the rt ,"', l ,.Letters--,:, Ker;tnedy, ~ugene Mcya!thy, ¥-a(tin,;.L\l!h~.f: ,!\!ngJj .J{.,; \;j tO HJHcf.~~t. BUlldmg, the center IS removed ,fr?,r,n J~~ hu~sel- . Frankli~ Roosevelt and George, M<;:y~v~rn, pa~e , SqII1-~ . '::I"'G~~~~el ~i ~e cla~~r;~m h Ite~dy t?! a rou~~i\ifg~e ?!~bg .______ ... __ ........ ____ ...... 7 ' ••• I '" fr.oID our ranks. Republicans and Indepen,aents1}ave only , -.,. ildf1~ or JUst relax~ngl'il a ~'6mt~rt'abI@'1odfig'el wltfl-a :lc.()ld offered us Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover and the Great beer anfl a hot slIce of pIzza from the rathskeller then Depression, Gen. Eisenhower and the Communist witch Hillcrest is the place for you'. .. hunt of the 1950s, Richard Nixon and the Watergate This ~ear the s~udent center WIll e~pand:ts actIvItIes Sci-Fi Replies Scandal and finally Gerard Ford, an indecisive and from bemg. that frIendly place on. the h~ll, to mclude some reactionary President. excellent fIlms ~n Wednesday mghts In Lecture Hall ~I, Dear Retriever,. The Democratic Party is the Party of the most liberty dances, bus trIPS to concerts and plays, and specIal The Baltimore Science Fiction Society would like to and opportunity for the most people. Whereas "Pa.rty Nig~ts" at Hillcrest. The ce!1ter will also be thank Mr. Standish for his concern about the wine served Republicans are satisfied with the status quo, Democrats avaIlable. thIS y~ar to be re.nted. out by mterested groups. at the Kelly Freas opening on September 19, 1975. BSFS are constantly striving for a better society for all the Want to gIve a frlen~ a specl~l.blrthday party or does your recognizes that political considerations are important to people. The Young Democrats of UMBC believe that by club need a place for an activIty, then rent out the center Mr. Standish and his leader, Mr. Chavez. Mr. Standish, working through the system we can all make a great deal for a Saturday afternoon or a Sunday and get to play all who once received stipends from the UFW for his work on of difference. the games for free while the Hillcrest sound system their behalf, must surely understand , that a small We are idealists in that we dream dreams that never provides the greatest music around. For more in- organization such as ours, lacking national funding and were and ask why not. We are also practical in realizing cformation about ' obtaining the center or any. of our ac- massive emotional appeal, does not have the wherewithal that if enough young people get together we can not only tivities contact the student center'at 455-2498 from 11 a.m.