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Chemistry 

professor 

Hosmane 

denies 

charges 

against 

him Rima Kikani 

Staff Writer 

Chemistry professor Dr. Ramachandra 

Hosmane, a prominent UMBC faculty 

member, has been charged with 

second degree assault and a fourth 

degree sexual offense in connection 

with a September 9 incident in the 

Meyerhoff Chemistry building. 

The alleged victim, a female UMBC 

graduate student and PhD candidate, 

made a complaint to UMBC police on 

September 13, accusing 64-year-old 

Hosmane, of sexual harassment. Police 

refused to comment. 

The victim filed a peace order petition 

on September 14. A temporary 

peace order was issued; however, the 

case was dismissed on September 21 

after the victim requested dismissal. 

However, criminal charges have also 

been filed against Hosmane. The 

complainant is UMBC Police Officer 

Torain. 

Hosmane, who has been with UMBC 

for the past twenty-seven years, teaches 

a number of upper level chemistry 

courses, and also serves as the head of 

the Hosmane Research Group. 

“I vehemently and emphatically 

deny all charges of sexual assault 

lodged against me,” Hosmane said in 

a statement to The Retriever Weekly last 

week. Hosmane claimed his accuser 

“has falsely and maliciously accused 

me of the crimes I did not commit… 

One cannot build a brick tower on a 

sand foundation; sooner or later it is 

going to collapse. Similarly, one cannot 

produce a documentary based 

InsIde 

> see HosMane [5] 

11.03.09 

Health care forum poses question: 

What could we be doing better? 

Priyanka Oza 

COntributing Writer 

A mother takes her son to Italy 

where he comes down with a fever. 

Not knowing what else to do, she 

rushes him to a city hospital in Rome 

at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday. Finding no 

one in the emergency room, she feels 

anxious. After the sick baby is called 

to the hospital staff’s attention, they 

take him to the emergency room, diagnose 

him with a fever and tell his 

mother not to worry. There are no 

formalities and no payments necessary 

– the mother need not do anything 

but wait for her son’s health to 

be restored. This story was told to 

initiate the health care debate forum 

organized by the Political Science of 

Majors this past Thursday. 

The evening started out on a light 

note, discussing the topic of Medicaid. 

Although Medicaid is a topic most of 

us are familiar with, the Medicaid 

facts and statistics, given by Assistant 

Professor Dr. Laura Hussey, were quite 

astonishing. According to Hussey, 

“There are rising concerns about the 

administrative aspect of Medicaid.” 

States take a long time with eligibility 

determination, which affects the aged, 

disabled, poor and blind very badly. If 

someone is dealing with any of these 

issues, life will be a challenge—imagine 

all three combined. 

Medicaid costs are going through 

the roof because it is such a fast and 

dynamic program. “States would 

like to see Health care Reform do 

something to bring down the cost of 

Medicaid,” said Hussey. Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (CHIP), is 

a program that covers children whose 

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family makes above the amount to 

be eligible for Medicaid, but are still 

considered poor. However, there is 

no coverage for parents. How do we 

bring these adults coverage? This led 

the discussion further into the topic 

of how health care can be more accessible 

to citizens of the United States. 

While Hussey addressed problems 

among the states, Assistant Professor 

Carolyn Forestiere addressed the U.S. 

health care system in an international 

context. A re-occuring point that Forestiere 

introduced was the fact that 

the U.S. spends twice as much on 

their health care system than Western 

European and other countries, but we 

are still not any better or worse off 

then them. The U.S. pays an overall 

16.6% of the Gross Domestic Product 

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News 01 opiNioN 06 arts 12 sports 18 

is the economy 

affecting 

students’ choice 

of major? 

Going Green 

is good for 

the globe 

latin love at 

el encuentro 

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english major, junior Brittany gwynn, anthropology major, junior Mark Parkhurst, and math and psychology major, 

sophomore Patricia Makawashi debate the morality of abortion at the genocide awareness Project (gaP) display 

behind the Commons which compares abortion to historically recognized genocides. 

men’s soccer 

back-to-back 

shut out losses 

UMBC 

punishes 

Illegal 

file sharing 

under 

fed. law 

Michael Reyes 


The emergence of file-sharing software 

in recent years has introduced 

simple and effortless methods for 

Internet users to acquire various entertainment 

media. With a single click 

of the mouse, one can download programs 

such as Bittorent, BearShare, 

and Limewire to gain access to endless 

amounts of files. Using these programs 

is quick, easy, and, best of all, 

free. But, as Residential Life warns on 

its website, “If it can be bought in a 

store or on-line, then downloading it 

‘for free’ is probably ‘too good to be 

true’ and downloading or sharing it is 

probably illegal.” 

Sharing media files is a form of 

copyright infringement and, therefore, 

a violation of federal law. When President 

Bill Clinton signed the Digital 

Millennium Copyright Act in 1999, 

companies obtained the right to protect 

their products against unlicensed 

distribution. Through the act, organizations 

can lawfully monitor internet 

service providers (ISPs) to apprehend 

copyright offenders. 

The Radio Industry Association of 

America (RIAA) strongly enforces this 

law. In 2007, a federal jury fined Jammie 

Thomas-Rasset, a woman from 

Minnesota, $220,000 for illegally 

downloading 24 songs. During a retrial 

early this year, Rasset’s fine rose 

to $1.92 million. In July, Joel Tenenbaum, 

a physics major from Boston 

University, faced a charge of $675,000 

for the infringement of 30 songs. In 

both cases, record companies received 

> see FIle sHarIng [3] 

oNliNe 

Police Chief 

in the running 

for positions 

elsewhere

2 News 

11.03.09 

foreign desk 

Postcards from friends and the past 

Stephanie Jung 

fOreign COrreSpOndent 

Since I’ve been here in Schwäbisch 

Hall, I have been keeping in touch with 

friends and family through e-mails and 

Skype. I’ve also written lots of postcards 

and have received quite a bit of 

snail mail from Maryland. It is always 

exciting when I get a letter or a package. 

One thing that my family sent me 

that I really appreciated was microwavable 

packages of rice and packages of 

seaweed; I miss Korean food so much 

and for now that is how I get my Korean 

food “fix,” since in Schwäbisch 

Hall there are only Chinese and Vietnamese 

restaurants. I think it would be 

great if they replaced one of their many 

hairdressers or chemists (which seem 

to be on every corner) with a Korean 

restaurant instead! 

So far, school has been going well 

for me. I really enjoy having my classes 

taught in German because it is helping 

me improve at speaking the language. 

Most of the classes that I am taking 

have a major project on which my 

grade is based. What I have noticed is 

that the structure of the classes is really 

different compared to the classes I 

took at UMBC. It is kind of deceiving 

because it seems like there is not much 

work to be done because there are no 

due dates along the way for parts of 

the projects--- everything is just due at 

the end of the semester. So that means 

more responsibility on the students’ 

part to organize their time wisely and 

get everything done! 

On Thursday, after “being responsible” 

and working on homework, I 

decided that I needed a break, so I 

took a walk into town. First, I stopped 

by the post office and sent postcards 

to some friends and then I went to a 

store to buy more postcards to send. 

So far I have spent more money here 

on postcards and postage than I have 

spent on clothes! Since it was so nice 

out, I decided to keep walking instead 

of going back home. I walked around 

aimlessly, and in doing so sort of rediscovered 

how beautiful the town is. 

After a while of walking, I remembered 

an old antique store that I had seen before 

but hadn’t yet been to because it 

was closed. So I went there and fell in 

love with a silver and turquoise bracelet 

that the owner of the store told me was 

over 100 years old and that cost 200 

Euros. Since that suddenly was out of 

the question, I looked around some 

more and found a box filled with old 

postcards, letters, and envelopes. It was 

so amazing looking at the old postcards 

and seeing the beautiful handwriting, 

the old stamps, and the places 

that these mystery people visited. As 

I thumbed through the box of postcards, 

I sort of felt like I was thumbing 

though people’s lives and traveling with 

them as I saw postcards from Greece, 

Italy, France, several cities in Germany 

and more. I even found a postcard 

from 1912 of the town called Lindau, 

which I visited this past September. I 

got so excited when I saw it, because 

it showed an exact spot in the town 

where I was and had taken a picture, 

so I had to buy it, along with six other 

postcards. Grand total? Twenty Euros. 

Not bad, considering the fact that one 

of the postcards I wanted to buy (before 

I knew the price) with Chinese calligraphy 

cost 500 Euros! After making that 

shakespearean plays and standing stones 

miChelle birKY — trw 

Birky stands beside the statue of British Comedian eric Morecambe of 

the comedian duo Morecambe and Wise. 

Michelle Birky 

fOreign COrreSpOndent 

Hello all. The past two weeks have 

been busy, of course. 

Last week I walked to nearby 

Morecambe with some friends. I really 

like the way that there are bike 

paths between major points of interest 

here. In Morecambe, we posed 

with the statue of British comedian 

Eric Morecambe and visited the most 

packed bookshop I have ever seen. I 

also learned that the British author 

Terry Pratchett used to live in Lancaster, 

and his character, The Librarian, 

is based off of Pete, the owner of 

a local shop. 

Last week, I also went to see Shakespeare’s 

As You Like It at the Theatre 

Royale in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. The 

show was quite good, the set and 

costumes were great, and, of course, 

it was excellent to see the bard done 

with a British accent. 

Over the weekend I went to Edinburgh, 

capital of Scotland, and had a 

great time. I toured the castle, following 

the kilted tour guide. The tour included 

the royal apartments with the 

Scottish Honours (the crown, scepter, 

and knighting sword), the great hall, 

the chapel, the war memorial, the 

cannons, and, of course, the dungeon. 

I tried a free sample of haggis 

and really liked it! It was quite spicy, 

reminded me of a Middle Eastern kebab, 

and I definitely recommend trying 

it if you ever get the chance. For 

lunch, my friends and I had pulled 

pork sandwiches with haggis and applesauce 

on them. We also had great 

fun browsing the many shops on the 

Royal Mile, the cobbled street that 

leads away from the castle. Each shop 

was blasting rocking bagpipe music. 

The next day, I went with some 

friends to three nearby stone circles 

that are even older than Stonehenge. 

Castlerigg stone circle was atop a very 

windy hill. The stone circle of Long 

Meg and her daughters (who, as the 

story goes, were turned to stone for 

dancing on the Sabbath), were in the 

middle of a calmer farm field. It’s one 

of those circles where it is said you 

can never count the same number 

of stones twice, but my friends and I 

split into two groups and both counted 

69 stones. And Mayburgh Henge 

(henge meaning standing stone rather 

than stone circle) was in the center of 

a valley. On the way back to campus, 

we stopped at a farm shop and I had 

my first British hot pot pie of beef and 

onions. It was very good, especially 

after such a cold day! 

This past week I went to see a performance 

of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer 

Night’s Dream in Keswick. It was 

very interesting, definitely highlighting 

the darker and stranger aspects 

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stePhanie junG — trw 

schwäbisch Hall is located in Baden-Württenburg germany. the housing style is Fachwerk. 

second postcard purchase of the day, I 

walked home with a big smile on my 

face, new blank postcards ready to be 

written on, and antique postcards that 

I will treasure, in my bag as I made my 

way through the cobblestone streets 

back to my Fachwerk-style home in 

Schwäbisch Hall. 

Comments can be sent to 

stephanie.m.jung@gmail.com. 

of the play with the dim lighting 

and alien-looking fairy costumes in 

contrast to the Elizabethan costumes 

of the court. During intermission, I 

had a tiny cup of ice cream (as I have 

noted is “the thing to do” at British 

plays during intermission). 

Other interesting food observations: 

Although there are plenty of burger, 

pizza, Chinese, and kebab food 

places (and fish’n chip shops that sell 

all 5!) Mexican food is much rarer, 

and more expensive. 

British M&M’s are more cocoa-y 

and have wrappers with Greek on 

them, “Milky Ways” are like pale 

cream 3 Musketeers while Mars Bars 

are our Milky Ways (and both wrappers 

have many languages, including 

Russian, on them), and Snickers are 

very peanut-y. 

There are things here called flap 

jacks that look like thick granola 

bars, and they are, but made with lots 

of syrup, so they are incredibly dense 

and sweet. 

This weekend I go to Whitby, the 

setting of Dracula, for Halloween, 

and after next week, I have a week 

off for fall break. So, until next time, 

cheers! 


birky1@umbc.edu.

The RetrIever Weekly 11.03.09 News 3 

Weak economy and current job market have little 

impact on students’ choice of major or profession 

Christopher McKinney 


Despite a harsh economy, growing 

numbers of students are choosing 

their majors with regard to personal 

interests rather than the current job 

market. 

According to Anne Scholl-Fielder, 

Director of the Career Services Center, 

despite the fact that many students 

are choosing majors based on 

the current job market, some are still 

choosing majors based on interests 

and strengths. Fielder explained her 

recommendation to students concerning 

the decision they face when choosing 

a major: “At Career Services, we 

like to encourage students to choose 

their major based upon their interests 

the compensation they demanded. 

At UMBC, illegal file-sharing of 

copyrighted material is a breach of 

Rule 19 of the Student Code of Conduct. 

The Office of Information Technology 

(OIT) and Student Judicial 

Programs (SJP) coordinate to respond 

to violation complaints by identifying 

student offenders and intervening 

before they become subject to civil 

lawsuits. 

The process begins when the Office 

of the General Counsel receives 

a complaint. Chris Tkacik, the University 

Counsel, handles these complaints 

and forwards them to OIT for 

confirmation. 

OIT supervises the Residential Network 

(ResNet) of the UMBC campus. 

With over 10,000 connected devices, 

it is difficult to monitor every single 

one. Instead, OIT utilizes Snort, a 

program that reads file signatures. OIT 

Vice-President Jack Suess ensures that 

this method of monitoring efficiently 

detects anomalies in the system while 

Police log 

and strengths, and not the current job 

market, because the job market can 

change drastically during a student’s 

time in college.” Overall, it seems as 

though students have been considering 

both their strengths and the job 

market when deciding their major. 

Junior Matthew Uecker, a computer 

science major, chose this as his major 

because, “I’m really interested in it, 

and I feel like it could get me a higher 

paying and more respectable job than 

some others.” 

David Brinsfield, a junior graphic 

design major, gave similar reasons for 

choosing his major, stating, “I wanted 

to be involved with a creative industry 

that still allowed me to make a decent 

living.” 

Katie Kreider, a junior emergency 

remaining minimally intrusive. Once 

confirmed, OIT sends the complaint 

to SJP for investigation. 

With regard to copyright infringement, 

SJP aims to enforce the law and 

protect the property of its own students, 

faculty, and staff. As more students 

take advantage of ResNet, the 

concern for illegal file-sharing grows. 

Last year, over 300 complaints were 

filed against UMBC students. 

In response, SJP has developed a 

new judicial process for student offenders. 

Sanction for a first-time violator 

includes a two-week suspension 

of his or her ResNet account, a $175 

fine, and an educational project that 

may involve writing a paper or speaking 

to fellow students about the consequences 

of distributing copyrighted 

content. The violation will not appear 

on the student’s permanent record 

until a second offense. Multiple offenders 

face harsher sanctions and a 

possible lawsuit from the media company 

involved. 

“We’re trying to give students a 

chance to learn from their mistakes,” 

health services major, chose her specialization 

by considering her interests, 

the job market, and financial aid 

she could receive if committing to a 

certain career pathway. 

She said, “I knew that I was going to 

choose something that would prepare 

me for the medical field. I chose EHS 

over biology or chemistry because the 

state helps pay for the tuition of the 

EHS major. Additionally, there are tons 

of job openings for paramedics. So, if 

I graduate and something keeps me 

from going to graduate school, then I 

pretty much have a guaranteed job.” 

Here is what the statistics say. The 

Undergraduate Enrollment Report, 

prepared annually by the Office of 

Institutional Research, reported that 

the College of Engineering and In- 

said Davonya Hall, Assistant Director 

of the SJP, about the new process. 

Students can learn more about the 

procedure from flyers posted in every 

residential community. SJP has already 

begun talking to different groups on 

formation Technology is the only 

UMBC College that has seen a sizeable 

decline in the number of students enrolled 

from 2003 to 2008. The college 

has seen a decrease in enrollment of 

just over 500 students. Contrary to 

this, the College of Arts, Humanities 

and Social Sciences has seen a steady 

increase in their numbers, growing 

from 3257 students in 2003 to 3761 

in 2008. The College of Natural and 

Mathematical Sciences has also seen 

a constant increase over this six-year 

window of time. This means that 

students are choosing to major in the 

liberal arts and sciences more and 

more, rather than the once-popular 

engineering. 

In an attempt to explain this difference, 

Scholl-Fielder explained that 

campus about the ramifications of illegal 

online activity. 

UMBC OIT suggests free and legal 

alternatives such as Pandora and advises 

that if students do have a filesharing 

program installed on their 

she has seen liberal arts majors taking 

students anywhere career-wise. Many 

students, such as freshman visual 

arts major Christina Animashaun, are 

drawn into the liberal arts and sciences 

because of the wide array of job 

possibilities such majors present. Animashaun 

stated that she could find a 

job doing many different things. She 

said, “I mean, I could be a teacher, 

a playwright, a fashion or forensic 

photographer, a cartoonist—even a 

museum curator! I can really apply 

my major to many different fields and 

so many different jobs; I just can’t see 

the same thing from majoring in engineering.” 


cmck1@umbc.edu. 

students ignore student Code of Conduct and 

federal law prohibiting illegal downloading 

> from FIle sHarIng [1] 

OctOber 28, 2009 

The Commons 

Assault w/ Knife/Cutting Instrument, 

Assault w/ Hands, Fists, etc.‑Aggravated 

A Chartwell’s staff member reported that 

during an employee meeting an employee 

became upset and threatened to cut a 

staff member and tried to hit another staff 

member. The employee was arrested and 

charged with two counts of assault. 


Chemistry & Biochemistry 

Theft from Buildings 

A UMBC student reported that she left 

her laptop in a classroom and upon returning 

the next morning found the laptop 

missing. 

Off Campus 

Threats 

Websites like limeWire foster illegal file sharing of copywritten material and data. 

An off-campus crisis center called to 

report that a former student had called 

threatening to do harm to a UMBC employee. 

Later that evening, Montgomery 

County Police made contact with the suspect, 

executed an Emergency Petition, and 

transported the suspect to the hospital for 

an emergency evaluation. 


The Commons 

julian brezon — trw 

computers, they must make sure that 

it is turned off while they are on campus. 


reyemic1@umbc.edu. 

Theft from Buildings 

A Chartwell’s employee reported that 

two unknown male suspects removed 

sandwiches from the establishment without 

paying. 

Potomac Hall 

Act of Intolerance/RRE 

An ORL staff member reported that unknown 

person(s) had defaced a door sign 

of a dorm room door with a hate word relating 

to sexual orientation.

4 News 

11.03.09 


Food for thought: Candy that can be good for you 

Grace Cho 

Staff Writer 

Sweet-toothed people rejoice! 

Though of course there doesn’t need 

to be another good reason to eat candy, 

many scientists have set out to prove the 

health benefits that come with certain 

sweets. However, this does not mean 

you should use health as an excuse to 

stuff yourself with them. Before gorging 

on your post-Halloween booty of bonbons, 

first learn about which types are 

the healthiest in what amount. 

Most people know that dark chocolate 

is healthier than other chocolates 

but aren’t clear on the details. For example, 

according to several different 

studies, dark chocolate can significantly 

reduce high blood pressure, while white 

chocolate and milk chocolate cannot. 

UMBC professors discuss rising health care costs, 

broken health care system and possible solutions 

> from HealtH Care [1] 

(GDP) for health care, while in other 

countries, health care is accessible to 

everyone. According to Forestiere, the 

differences in health care systems can 

be attributed to the “notion of political 

culture,” or what citizens think the 

government should do. On average 

most citizens would agree that health 

care should be accessible to all. However, 

insurance companies are fighting 

universal health care the most and are 

taking actions to prevent it. 

Forestiere is in favor of universal 

health care and she would personally 

like to see universal health care take 

place: “It is not going to be easy to do 

until the people who are sitting in positions 

of power want to do it.” 

In agreement with Forestiere was 

Ms. Renee Cohen, who serves as 

What ingredient in dark chocolate 

makes it so good for your circulation? 

Plant phenols. The darker the chocolate, 

the richer the cocoa phenols are 

and the healthier the chocolate is. 

An example of a phenol found in 

dark chocolate has been found to reduce 

the buildup of cholesterol in your 

blood vessels: epicatechin, a member 

of the group of compounds called “flavenoids.” 

Test subjects in long-term 

clinical studies were given Dove dark 

chocolate bars every day for certain 

periods of time to see if they were any 

healthier than those who did not eat 

dark chocolate. In the various tests that 

tested for the stiffness of blood vessels, 

their abilities to dilate, and their overall 

health, these test subjects did significantly 

better. This was because of the 

high levels of epicatechin in the blood. 

Senator Ben Cardin’s constituent and 

liaison for health and senior issues. 

She said, “A lot of countries are doing 

better than us. We have top coverage 

for those with good insurance, but not 

everyone is eligible.” 

Representing Senator Cardin’s position 

on universal health care, she 

added, “My boss is in favor of the 

national health plan.” Cardin’s reasons 

include his belief that it will provide a 

healthier populace, better workforce, 

and will prevent emergency rooms 

from being primary care outlet that 

raises the cost of hospital and insurance 

premiums. 

Topics also discussed in the forum 

included the rising cost of employerbased 

health care and public options. 

Cardin is in favor of the public option, 

an additional plan added to the menu 

of insurance plans such as Blue Cross- 

Dark chocolate also contains many 

strong antioxidants, if eaten without 

milk. Antioxidants destroy free radicals 

that play a role in many problems such 

as heart disease and can even help to 

make your skin look younger by helping 

to repair damage done by pollutants 

and UV rays. These benefits, however, 

are somehow made ineffective by the 

presence of milk, which interferes with 

the absorption of antioxidants and is 

why milk chocolate does not provide 

these advantages. 

Healthy ingredients in candy are not 

only natural. There are certain synthesized 

compounds that might also result 

in the production of different types of 

treatments. 

For example, it turns out that the 

compound Brilliant Blue G (BBG), 

which is the dye found in blue M&Ms 

Blue Shield. As explained by Cohen, 

“Senator Cardin believes this will keep 

private insurance companies in competitions 

and keep them honest.” The 

profit margin in U.S. health care is 

beyond belief, health care reform will 

work to reduce the overall costs so 

that every American citizen will buy 

into the new health care plan. 

Clearing some common myths 

about the new health care plan, Ms. 

Cohen stated that consumers will 

still have the option of keeping their 

health care plan and subsidies will be 

provided in order to make the plan affordable. 

The final highlight of the evening’s 

discussion concentrated on how, according 

to these speakers, the U.S. 

does not invest enough in primary 

care physicians. Quoting former Senator 

Tom Daschle, Cohen addressed 

and Gatorade, can reduce the damage 

done on the spinal cord. Researchers 

from the University of Rochester Medical 

Center have found that, when this 

dye is injected into laboratory mice 

with spinal cord injuries, they are able 

to walk again, with the minor side effect 

of turning blue for a while. 

The problem with untreated spinal 

cords was discovered back in 2004. 

ATP, which is the energy currency of 

all organisms, suddenly rushes to the 

injury and actually causes damage to 

healthy cells, making the injury worse. 

What the blue dye compound does is 

inhibit a compound called P2X7 that 

allows ATP to attach to motor neurons 

in the spinal cord. This subsequently 

halts the signals sent by P2X7 that kills 

the cells. Amazingly, the same stuff that 

colors our tongues cerulean can make 

laura Hussey, Carolyn Foresiere, renee Cohen and Joe gribbin spoke about health care policy alternatives, including the idea of universal health care. 

how the pyramid of the U.S. health 

care system is all wrong. The base of 

the health care pyramid should be focused 

on health professionals trained 

in primary care, such as primary care 

physicians and nurses. There is little 

to no primary care in places where it 

is most needed, such as in communities 

where the poor are affected with 

chronic health conditions. In European 

countries investments in preventative 

care and wellness programs 

are emphasized, not costly specialists 

like in the U.S. Their populations are 

healthier and their health care is more 

affordable. 

In conclusion, Professor Joe Gribbin 

from the Erickson School emphasized 

the massive cost of health care. “Looking 

at the percentage of a family’s income 

that goes into health care—they 

won’t be able to afford anything else,” 

the lame walk, at least for rodents anyways. 

More studies must be done before 

the same compound can be used 

on humans. 

This article is not in any way endorsing 

glucose gluttony. Overdosing on 

sweets is a huge factor that contributes 

to the growing number of overweight 

and obese Americans, especially children, 

and the health problems that 

come in tow. Despite the fact that 

certain candies can be good for you, 

remember that for almost all sweets 

(including dark chocolate and M&Ms), 

the bad outweighs the good if they are 

not eaten in moderation. Let’s face it: 

the term “sinfully delicious” applies to 

most sugar-laden candies for a reason. 


gcho1@umbc.edu. 

abnet shiferaw— trw 

he says. In 2017, the cost of health care 

for a family of four is expected to be 

between $24-25,000. Forestiere added 

that she would like to see America 

invest in universal health care the way 

they do in public education (K-12). 

“The rest of the industrialized world 

spends a lot less on then their health 

and almost counter intuitively we’re 

spending twice as much due to complexity 

and all,” she said. In regards to 

the national health plan, there are 5 

bills, three in the House, which were 

melted together on October 29th, 

and two in the Senate that has yet to 

come together. Although President 

Obama hoped the project would end 

by Thanksgiving, it is not expected to 

end before January 2010. 


oza1@umbc.edu.

The RetrIever Weekly 11.03.09 News 5 

ancient farmers may have 

contributed to climate change 

Angela Trenkle 


Many people, when they think 

of global climate change, think that 

it has been caused by modern-day 

problems. However, a recent hypothesis 

from Dr. William Ruddiman, a 

professor at the University of Virginia, 

proposes humans began changing 

the climate thousands of years ago 

when ancient farmers began burning 

forests to clear land, releasing 

carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 

Dr. Erle Ellis, an Associate Professor 

in UMBC’s Department of Geography 

and Environmental Systems, worked 

with Ruddiman on this topic and sat 

down with The Retriever Weekly to go 

into more detail about the hypothesis 

and how he worked with Ruddiman 

on the research. 

The Retriever Weekly: How did 

you first get started on this research 

topic? 

Erle Ellis: I had been following Dr. 

Ruddiman’s work over the past several 

years, ever since he proposed that 

early human use of landscapes had 

caused changes in Earth’s climate - a 

topic of great interest to me. Then last 

year, we met at the annual meetings 

of the American Geophysical Union, 

and the two of us and another researcher 

of land use change discussed 

the most recent status of work on his 

hypothesis. This led to our collaborating 

together on a research paper 

refuting the claim made by some scientists 

that early human populations 

were too low to be capable of altering 

the global climate. 

TRW: What aspect of ancient farming 

had the most impact on the environment? 

EE: The first explosion of human 

agriculture was the starting point. 

As humans began moving from the 

hunting-and-gathering phase to the 

agricultural phase, they began clearing 

very large areas of forests, mostly 

by setting fires, using the land for a 

year or two, and then burning more- 

a practice probably initiated by hunter-gatherers 

to improve their foraging 

but wildly accelerated by the first 

farmers. Burning the trees released 

their carbon to the atmosphere, and 

exposing and tilling the soil released 

even more, with the carbon dioxide 

and other greenhouse gases released 

by this process trapping heat and producing 

a global warming effect. 

TRW: Would you say ancient farming 

affected global climate more than 

we do today? 

EE: Not even close. The rates at 

which we are changing the environment 

today are orders of magnitude 

higher than they were in the time of 

ancient farming. Back then, the only 

changes were caused by use of land 

since it was the first time being cleared 

and cultivated. Nowadays, most of 

earth’s productive lands are already 

under cultivation, so land use change 

is now only a secondary contributing 

factor to global climate change. But 

most importantly, the rates at which 

we now change the atmosphere are 

hundreds of times faster than ancient 

farmers; what we do in decades took 

them thousands of years. 

TRW: Tell me about your research 

process on this topic. 

EE: A lot of what I did in terms of 

helping with this project was compiling 

data from the scientific literature. 

We spent a good portion of the time 

searching for estimates of land use by 

early farmers in a wide array of scientific 

journals and books, on topics 

such as anthropology, agriculture, and 

economics. In this work, my undergraduate 

research assistant, Stephanie 

Pully, was a huge help. 

TRW: Working on the research and 

seeing both sides of the argument, 

do you still support Ruddiman’s hypothesis? 

What led you to this conclusion? 

EE: I still support it, yet I still 

remain skeptical. At the time when 

I first learned of the hypothesis, it 

made perfect sense to me and seemed 

the best explanation for the observations 

Ruddiman had made on prehistoric 

climate. But more recently, after 

our research paper was published, I 

received an e-mail from a colleague 

with an article in Nature claiming to 

have proved Ruddiman wrong. The 

CourtesY teaCher’s CurriCulum institute 

ancient farmers burned down forests to produce nutrient-rich soil for better 

crops, releasing more carbon dioxide into the air, which may have contributed 

to the greenhouse effect. 

abnet shiferaw — trw 

according to ecotype.org, erle ellis 

focuses on “understanding the 

ecology of densely populated landscapes 

as they are transformed by 

population growth and industrialbased 

technologies.” 

article presented new data about the 

carbon composition of the ancient 

atmosphere that seemed to demonstrate 

that the carbon accumulated 

there in ancient times could not have 

come from the burning of trees by 

ancient farmers. My first thought was 

that these new data really had the upper 

hand, and that it would now be 

very hard to continue to accept Ruddiman’s 

hypothesis. Yet, on further 

inspection, interpretation of these 

data required use of a global model of 

the carbon cycle, which includes the 

oceans and many other major stores 

of carbon that can exchange with the 

atmosphere. Many of the assumptions 

in that model remain weak and 

unproven. So this claim to have disproved 

Ruddiman’s hypothesis, while 

a serious challenge that must be addressed, 

is just not a strong enough to 

lead me to withdraw my support for 

the hypothesis. 

TRW: Is there any way today that 

we can reverse the effects from so 

long ago? 

EE: At this point in time, the 

changes in climate caused by prehistoric 

land use are irrelevant - the 

changes caused by early farmers are 

tiny compared to what we do now. 

We live in a post-Industrial, consumer-based 

era and the main concern is 

cutting back our emissions of carbon 

to the atmosphere caused by burning 

fossil fuels. There is no single solution 

to this massive problem—we can only 

solve this by acting both individually 

and as a society to back up our politicians 

as they search for international 

solutions to this global problem. 


angelat1@umbc.edu. 

students 

express disbelief 

concerning charges 

against professor 

> from HosMane [1] 

on lies, deceptions and distortions; 

it will simply look like fiction.” Hosmane 

also said, “I am confident that all 

pending criminal charges against me 

at the court as well as the university 

will be… dismissed.” 

Students who have worked under 

the Hosmane Research Group for 

several years expressed shock to The 

Retriever Weekly. One particular student 

said, “I really appreciate him in 

all respects; he is a great mentor, and a 

great person at heart… He is someone 

we all looked up to as a role model for 

a father, personal friend, as well as a 

professional advisor.” 

Alexandra Evans, a biology major, 

and former student of Hosmane’s, also 

expressed disbelief. “I can’t believe it. 

He was one of my favorite professors.” 

The Maryland Association for 

Higher Education named Hosmane 

Outstanding Educator of the Year 

(2000-2001). The American Chemical 

Society also named him Maryland 

Chemist of the Year in 2002. Hosmane 

has achieved a series of other awards 

and honors throughout his academic 

career, including Outstanding Mentor 

of the Year, UMBC Presidential Re- 

Poll: 

Has the recent economic 

downturn affected your 

choice of major? 

Yes 

no 

search Professor, and UMBC Presidential 

Teaching Professor. 

John Singleton, an attorney representing 

the alleged victim, told The 

Retriever Weekly he was “confident that 

UMBC is acting swiftly but prudently 

to contain the damage that has been 

inflicted and to ensure that the UMBC 

community is protected.” He emphasized 

that a zero tolerance policy must 

be followed. “It would be shameful 

indeed to allow students to be pressured 

into supporting and covering up 

the acts of a wrongdoer, as they also 

become victims,” he noted. 

UMBC’s Senior Director of Communications 

Eleanor Lewis issued the 

following statement on behalf of the 

UMBC administration with regards 

to Hosmane’s charges, “We want to 

assure the campus community that 

appropriate campus offices are responding 

with actions consistent with 

UMBC’s applicable policies. Members 

of the university faculty and staff are 

providing support to the student as 

she continues with her studies.” 

The trial is scheduled for January 6 

2010 at the Catonsville District Court. 

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additional courses a waste of time or a benefit? 

Many Americans pride themselves on being well-rounded individuals, and such a 

quality is even expressed in the U.S. educational system. Universities such as UMBC 

have requirements that force students to take courses outside of their major in the 

hope of providing them with basic skills in other fields as well as providing a forum 

to test out other possible majors or minors. However, some majors themselves have 

requirements within them that force students to take courses that do not relate entirely 

to that major. 

Currently students majoring in biology are required to take two physics courses, 

one of them being Physics 112: Basic Physics II, Electricity, Magnetic and Optics. 

Nathaniel Buechler 

contributing Writer 

I am sure that it is now common 

knowledge that the computers in the 

Fine Arts building have been stolen not 

just once, but twice! After reading the 

article from the last issue, and after reading 

the interview with the Police Chief, 

I have some understanding about what 

exactly happened (assuming one can 

understand how over 15 computers are 

stolen by one person). 

How exactly can something like this 

happen? I would assume a room that has 

high-valued items in it would be guarded 

better than it was. Maybe it wasn’t 

thought of as high value (of course, an 

amount over $20,000 is not that much). 

I can understand that compared to other 

more expensive instruments (not musical) 

on campus, $20,000 really doesn’t 

seem to be worth much. To my understanding, 

scientific spectrometers and 

These students, who are most likely going into biology-related fields, are not likely 

to need skills taught in this course when they are likely to work in health or environmental 

related fields. Instead this course for biology majors may bring down their 

average because they might not be interested nor proficient in physics. In contrast, 

not all majors require courses outside of the department. Though it can be beneficial 

when students are asked to be well-rounded and step outside their comfort zones, it is 

unfair that students in some majors are more subject to this than others. Courses that 

are barely related to the major and prospective professions should not be required for 

that major because they negatively impact the academics of students in that field. 

the case of stolen lab computer intensifies 

courtesy funfacts.com.au 

lackluster security results in the theft of the fine arts’ computers...again. 

other measurement devices can range 

into hundreds of thousands in dollars (I 

am not a science major). Those rooms 

need to be guarded more. 

Now that I am done trying to find 

justification for computers being stolen, 

I can know that I was honest in telling 

both sides of the story. There really isn’t 

any reason why a computer lab should be 

burgled once, nevertheless twice. Security 

should naturally have been improved 

not just in that computer lab but in all 

computer labs. Instead, the computers 

were only tied to safety wires (with combination 

locks). That won’t stop someone 

who is trying to take computers. 

That person would have premeditated 

the crime, and would therefore have had 

something to cut the wires. Let me paint 

a more optimistic picture than someone 

just trying to make a quick buck. 

Is someone out there trying to tell 

the police they aren’t doing their job 

correctly? I think a simple deterrent to 

solve a problem like this is simply put a 

camera monitoring the doorway (there 

are cameras in The Commons all over 

to monitor all the important things). Or 

how about just locking the doors when 

someone isn’t in the room? To me (correct 

me if I’m wrong), that sounds like a 

fantastic idea. 

According to the article in last week’s 

issue, “academic buildings are typically 

locked on the weekends, but because of 

all the activities going on, the building 

could have been legitimately unlocked 

and the thieves could have taken advantage 

of this opportunity.” So then, it was 

either an inside job or what was in the 

room really wasn’t considered to be that 

important (remember, this was a second 

time). Also in the article, it is now an 

“embarrassment” because it happened 

again. I would have been “embarrassed” 

the first time it happened. Interesting. 

It doesn’t make much sense to me. I 

hope it does to someone (because I want 

them to explain it to me). There isn’t any 

reason why an entire lab of new computers 

should be stolen. Actually, I can think 

of one reason: stupidity. Let’s just put this 

into perspective. Fool me once, shame 

on you, fool me twice, shame on me. 


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We are very lucky here at UMBC to have two police stations on 

campus; I feel that very few people would deny that we have one of 

the safest campuses around. Recently, the UMBC police have started 

a campaign to bring awareness to the danger of leaving valuables out 

in cars. They are leaving notes on cars with visible valuables reminding 

the owners to put them away to reduce the risk of their car being 

broken into. I am glad that the UMBC police are taking a proactive 

stance on this issue; however, as I was walking through Walker's parking 

lot the other night, I realized something. As I looked around, I 

could instantly identify cars with valuables in them by the notes the 

UMBC police had left on their windows. If I was able to figure this 

out, I'm sure any potential thief could do the same. I think raising 

awareness about the risk of leaving valuables in cars is important, I just 

think that the UMBC police should find an alternate way to do so. By 

leaving notes on cars, the police are inadvertently putting vehicles at 

higher risk for theft. We, as students should push to have the UMBC 

police change their program. You can contact UMBC police to suggest 

a change in policy at: police@umbc.edu. 

Joseph Zelenak 

Junior 

English Major 

Certification for Secondary Education in English 

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The RetrIever Weekly 11.03.09 oPINION 7 

Your bonus is my bonus, from California to New York island 

Collin Wojciechowski 

Staff Writer 

I know that it’s hard to focus on 

the complex issues of the American 

economic system unless you’re an 

economics major or Alan Greenspan’s 

nephew. There are numbers and letters, 

equations and formulas, and ten 

million different acronyms for institutions 

overseeing the national deficit 

looming just shy of 12 trillion dollars. 

(Trillion with a T, like the T in the 

statement “Too bad all of our children 

will have to drive bicycles because the 

debt will prevent them from even being 

able to afford mopeds.) And just 

when you thought you could turn to 

the trusty and reliable network news 

for information, they are too preoccupied 

covering who had the best 

Halloween costume and some boy 

in Colorado flying around in a giant 

Jiffy-Pop bag. So instead you call up 

your Congressmen to ask what the 

deal is with this economics stuff. But 

they are too busy trying to figure out 

the deal with some war we're apparently 

fighting in some country most of 

us can’t find on a map or how to block 

poor people from getting health care. 

So what are you to do? 

Well first of all, don’t look to me. 

I can barely say the phrase “complex 

photographer: wyatt jaster 

“Better comics and 

more of them.” 

Casey Medary 

chemical engineering 

junior, 20 

economic theory” three times fast, 

much less explain it. All I can do is 

pass along the occasional information 

that floats across my desk and may 

be valuable to the populous (which 

is in this case is you who have the 

good fortune to be reading my work). 

So let’s start off our economic lesson 

with a little story. It’s called the 

global market meltdown of 2008. I’m 

still not sure about all the details but 

from what I can deduce, banks made 

people think they could afford to buy 

houses when they really couldn’t, 

people couldn’t pay the banks back, 

houses got foreclosed, and banks were 

running out of money. What happens 

next, for those of you who are getting 

bored, is crucial to the current 

event that is the point of this article. 

When the banks were getting ready 

to fail, the United States government 

stepped in and bailed them out with 

an unprecedented $700 billion dollar, 

taxpayer funded, rescue bill. Now 

only history and economists who will 

drive around on hovercrafts 100 years 

from now will be able to tell us if this 

was the correct step, but one core 

concept of the bail out bill is unilaterally 

agreed upon by everyone from 

George Bush to George Washington 

to George Foreman is the bonuses. 

The gross misuse of these tax dollars 

by big bank CEOs for bonuses, vacations, 

and their monthly membership 

dues to Satan were unacceptable. 

If you already knew about that you 

should be angry; if you’re just learning 

about this you should be angrier; 

and if you thought that this article was 

in defense of CEOs and are still reading 

you should be angriest. Regardless 

I set you up with that story to tell you 

that justice is coming in the form of 

a joint effort between the House Financial 

Services Committee, its Chair 

Barney Frank, and the United States 

Treasury Department. Together they 

produced a bill to safeguard the taxpayers 

from ever falling risk to CEO 

fraud again. The bill would take 

away responsibility for bailing out 

any companies whose collapse had 

been deemed unsafe for the American 

economy from the tax payers and give 

it to large financial institutions whose 

assets are more than ten billion dollars, 

with most of those institutions 

being ones we bailed out. This essentially 

makes banks protect themselves 

and each other. 

So I told you these vast, confusing, 

repetitive, and run-on stories to make 

the point that Congress is actually 

making progressive steps to protect 

you and me from being responsible 

for saving Bank of America the next 

Quotes from the Quad 

this economic talk makes my head hurt... 

time they decide to go under because 

everyone was bored with not panicking. 

Of course the bill wouldn’t be 

necessary if Congress had stopped 

this problem from occurring in the 

What would you change about The Retriever Weekly? 

“Put out more 

copies and add 

more comics.” 

“Easier crosswords.“ 

Brendan Nguyen 

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senior, 21 

Omar Bukharri 

biochemistry 

freshman, 17 

“I wouldn’t change 

anything, it’s pretty 

complete. Maybe 

add a few more 

photos.” 

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undeclared 

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first place, but that my friends, is a 

rambling story for another day. 


cwoj1@umbc.edu. 

“More technology 

and science news.” 

Ozino Odharo 

biology 

freshman, 18

8 oPINION 

Ryanne Milani 

contributing Writer 

Ever since Scientology was formed in 

1954 based on the teachings of fiction 

writer L. Ron Hubbard, it has struggled 

to gain status as an actual religion. Despite 

support from well-known celebrities 

such as John Travolta and Tom 

Cruise, non-scientologists generally view 

scientology as more of a cult or business 

than an actual practicing religion. Despite 

this, Scientology is practiced all around 

the world and has many active members 

(critics and church leaders disagree on 

the actual number of members, but that’s 

a different story). 

In the past week, the French chapter 

11.03.09 

of the Church of Scientology has been 

convicted of fraud, further damaging 

its credibility in the minds of critics. A 

Paris court convicted the church, its library, 

and six of its leaders of fraud and 

swindling former members. Although 

the branch was not actually shut down, 

it was fined $888,000 and told to change 

its methods in order to avoid being shut 

down in the future. Alain Rosenberg, a 

prominent leader in the church, was also 

found guilty of fraud and sentenced to a 

two-year prison sentence and a hefty fine 

of $44,000. 

Georges Fenech, head of a government 

cult-fighting unit called Miviludes, 

applauds the court’s decision, suggesting 

that “if the church begins swindling 

again, they can be subject to dissolution 

in the future.” Although he insists that 

he has no problem with the actual belief 

system of Scientologists, he is very 

concerned that the church is exploiting 

families and former members. 

The case stemmed from the accusations 

of people who have tried to leave 

the church. According to former Scientologists, 

they were pressured into paying 

up to $73,000 in ritual products. Apparently, 

recruits were harassed into buying 

these products in order to become practicing 

Scientologists. None of this money 

was returned after they decided to stop 

practicing Scientology. 

Officials in the church are outraged 

and fully intend to appeal the court’s de- 

cision. Eric Roux, a Scientology minister, 

feels that his church is being persecuted. 

He is concerned about the negative attitude 

that is held against Scientology in 

general and fears that minority religious 

groups are not being accepted as they 

should be. American Scientologists have 

suggested that the proceedings in France 

were nothing more than a “heresy trial” 

against their church. Although they are 

pleased that the court ruled that Scientology 

should continue in France, they fear 

that the trial is stepping on the rights of 

the group as a religious institution. 

However, many non-Scientologists 

in France feel that the church should 

consider itself lucky that the French 

branch of Scientology was not dissolved, 


Scientology believers suffer under the wrath of the Church 

is it a real religion? is it a cult? does anyone really care? 

Courtney Ring 

Senior Staff Writer 

After months of living in the 

shadow of the specter of the Great 

Depression, everyone can breathe a 

sigh of relief that the economy grew 

at a rate of 3.5% over the last four 

months. Many view this surge in 

growth as the herald of the recession's 

end, but does the growth really 

presage a return to normal? 

If the economy has truly turned 

the corner, it certainly doesn't mean 

that the United States will return 

overnight to the ebullient economic 

atmosphere of pre-2007. Even as the 

economy recovers, joblessness may 

continue to linger around the 10% 

mark for a while because, although 

market conditions may change, it 

usually takes a while for people to 

react to those changes. For now, 

however, this sudden leap in growth 

strikes the flame of optimism in the 

breast of many a dusty analyst, as 

they credit the recovery to the size 

of the stimulus package. And herein 

perhaps lies both the strength and 

the weakness of the current economic 

recovery. 

The first thing to understand is 

that the American economy is largely 

driven by consumer spending. At 

its most simplistic, if people don't 

go out and spend money, then the 

economy doesn't grow. That's why 

many of the programs in the stimulus 

package aimed to get people 

spending again. Thus, for example, 

the “Cash for Clunkers” program 

gave people a $3,500 tax credit towards 

a new car if they traded in an 

old vehicle. This allowed car companies 

to quickly get rid of new vehicles 

and encouraged people to go 

out and spend the money on a new 

car. However, now that the program 

has ended, will people continue to 

buy new cars in the long run, or in 

a few months will the situation end 

up back where it started? Indeed, 

after the program ended in August, 

according to the BBC News, car sales 

dropped sharply again in September. 

This example applies to the rest 

of the economy as well. In the short 

term, as this upward swing proves, 

the government stimulus package 

has served its purpose and boosted 

consumer spending. But is this a 

permanent increase? What happens 

when the government props are 

pulled away? Will people continue 

to spend, or were they temporarily 

lulled into security by the promise of 

a government handout? In the words 

of economist Brian Bethune, “It's 

good to have the economy growing 

again. But we don't think that rate 

of growth is sustainable because it 

is distorted by all the government 

stimulus.” Perhaps tellingly, the rate 

of recovery is forecast to be much 

slower than previously expected. 

Finally, since this upsurge in 

growth is predicated on the very same 

consumerism that helped bring on 

this recession, have we really solved 

the problem, or just postponed the 

final reckoning? In the days before 

the recession, the housing market 

boomed and people decided to buy 

more than they could afford because 

of easy access to credit. The downfall 

of that market exposed in all its 

hideousness the tangle of bad debt 

taken on by banks and homeowners 

alike. If the economy has truly 

started recovery, and consumers decide 

to spend more, should even a 

as was demanded by state prosecutor 

Maud Morel-Coujard in June this year. 

The original suggested sentence was to 

be a fine of $3,000,000 and the discontinuation 

of Scientology in France. The 

church, and its branches all around the 

world, may be facing many similar trials 

as more former members come out 

about their experiences as practicing Scientologists 

and their struggles in leaving 

the church. 

Critics of Scientology are pleased by 

this prospect and hope to see the church 

held accountable for more of its cult-like 

tendencies in the future. 


milani1@umbc.edu. 

Economic forecast has a high chance of recovery 

is the recession really over, or should i continue to hide my money under my mattress? 

courtesy pitchengine.com 

courtesy deepikabajaj.com 

mild return to that “have it all now” 

mentality that makes up such a large 

part of the American economy really 

delight us, or simply make us brace 

for impact? How long can people 

spend before the money runs out? 


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The RetrIever Weekly 11.03.09 oPINION 9 

third world food crises are caused by climate change 

Yasmin Radbod 

Staff Writer 

Globalization has proven that 

what happens in one area of the 

world invariably affects the whole 

planet. Right now in Kenya, Djibouti, 

Somalia, and numerous other 

countries, people are experiencing 

severe droughts and flooding 

to an extent beyond anything they 

have ever witnessed before. Rising 

temperatures all over the world are 

causing malnourishment, starvation, 

and economic stagnation, especiall 

in already arid and dry landscapes. 

courtesy student.plattsburgh.edu 

What you do has an effect on the entire planet. it’s a small world after all… 

However, food crises are certainly 

not new; people have been battling 

against haphazard weather conditions 

for thousands of years. The rise 

in dramatic food crises is not any 

easier to accept, though. As a species, 

humans have an obligation and 

responsibility to help one another. 

Thus, it is imperative to prevent 

further global climate change and to 

remediate what damage has already 

been done in order to secure a life 

worth living for every individual on 

the planet. 

Our first case study is focused in 

East Africa. Somalia is in an especial- 

ly devastating predicament because 

of the growing number of Internally 

Displaced Persons (IDPs) due to recent 

conflicts. In addition, residing 

in Kenya are 320,625 refugees in 

addition to the 404,000 IDPs within 

Kenya, according to the U.N. Refugee 

Agency (UNHCR). As of January 

2009, there were 242,000 Somali 

refugees in Kenya. Right now the 

UNCHR is trying to figure out how 

they can effectively feed the refugee 

population in Kenya because of the 

current drought. The World Food 

Program (WFP) estimates that 3.8 

million people in Kenya need food. 

Environmental degradation has significantly 

contributed to the intensity 

of the drought. Instead of rural 

villages providing for themselves, 

they are forced to accept food from 

organizations such as the WFP because 

they have no alternative. 

The question I am struggling with 

is how can the U.N. provide enough 

food in Kenya for both the rural 

communities and the refugee camps? 

Furthermore, increased fighting in 

Mogadishu, the capital of Somali, 

and a lack of rainfall have created 

an even greater influx of Somali 

refugees—50,000 to be exact—into 

Kenya. The UNHCR states, “The refugees 

are arriving at an overwhelming 

average rate of 6,400 a month, 

adding more pressure on the already 

overstretched facilities and resources 

in Dadaab camps in northern Kenya, 

which currently host three times the 

population they were designed to 

hold.” 

There is obviously something terribly 

frightening about these statistics. 

Moreover, it is evident that the 

rise in greenhouse gas emissions has 

not only had dire consequences in 

self-established communities, such 

as rural populations in Kenya, but 

also refugee populations. 

Let us briefly turn our attention 

to Guatemala. The Vice President of 

Guatemala, Rafael Espada, recently 

expressed that “practically forty percent 

of children in Guatemala are 

suffering from malnutrition.” The 

global economic downturn, another 

instance of globalization, has contributed 

to the food crisis in Guatemala. 

In addition, a severe drought, 

and hence global warming, has been 

blamed as a significant cause of this 

“public calamity” by Alvaro Colom, 

the President of Guatemala. As of 

now Guatemala does have a food 

supply, but if it were to lose its supply 

in the future due to continued global 

climate change, who knows what the 

repercussions would be? In many areas 

of the world the fear of future (or 

encroaching) food crises is very real. 

I am not implying that specifically in 

Guatemala an extreme food crisis is 

likely to occur. The fact that many 

outcomes of global climate change 

are unknown, or perhaps even unpredictable, 

is a serious problem. 

Will people fight for food, resulting 

in intensified refugee situations, 

such as in the case of Somalia and 

Kenya? How will the global economy 

transform due to increased environmental 

worries? What will happen to 

the already poor economic positions 

of underdeveloped countries such as 

Guatemala? 

If you are motivated to do something, 

here are a couple suggestions. 

First, I could take the easy route and 

ask you to donate to the UNHCR, 

WFP, UNICEF, et cetera. It is important 

to understand that, although 

funding is immensely important, 

there are alternatives for those of you 

who are not “Mr. Money Bags.” The 

idea is that you can protect the environment, 

prevent severe food crises, 

and conserve resources by adhering 

to an environmentally sustainable 

lifestyle. Simple things do make a 

difference. Eating more fruits and 

vegetables that are in season and eating 

local foods contribute to determining 

which resources are used in 

the production and manufacturing 

of food, which either protect or damage 

the environment. Essentially, follow 

“The Three R’s”: reduce, reuse, 

and recycle. For more information 

regarding refugee conditions around 

the world please visit www.unhcr.org. 

Remember, everything you decide to 

do has an impact on yourself, your 

community, and the world! 


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50th annual concert commemorates infamous 

composer, musician and “Bad Boy” George Antheil 

Seharish Rehman 

Contributing Writer 

This past Thursday evening, 

an annual concert was held in 

remembrance of George Antheil, 

one of the most unique yet talented 

composers and musicians of the 

modern period (1910-1949). Held 

right here at UMBC, in the recital 

hall of the Fine Arts building, 

the show was just about to start 

as UMBC students, faculty, and 

intrigued guests arrived, waiting 

to see how the two musicians who 

had teamed up to reflect Antheil’s 

musical stylings would interpret his 

works. 

Marking this the 50th annual 

concert in Antheil’s memory, the 

talented duo of Mark Fewer, a 

gifted Canadian violinist, and John 

Novacek, a skilled American pianist, 

presented Antheil’s compositions of 

Sonatas 1, 2, and 4 in a spectacular 

manner. How was it though, that 

Antheil became internationally 

recognized, which led us to honor 

his unique talents till this day? 

Antheil, known for compositions, 

as well as written works and 

harmonious melodies, was born 

July 8, 1900 in Trenton, New 

Jersey. His self-proclaimed “bad 

boy” image was acquired from 

his musical representation of his 

compositions. He used an array 

of musical instruments, along with 

clocks, sirens, bells, xylophones 

and airplane propellers. In “Ballet 

Méchanique” (1925), which set him 

apart from other composers of the 

modern period; the way he presented 

his musical pieces made him quite 

distinctive. After moving to London, 

the “Ballet Méchanique” made him 

internationally well known. Soon 

after his second attempt of this 

composition, at the Carnegie Hall in 

Paris, he passed away in New York 

City in 1959. 

Even in the 21st century, his 

intricate musical compositions are 

remembered and celebrated for his 

distinguishing styles. Fewer and 

Novacek were not afraid to portray 

the edginess of his work within this 

concert. The violin strings were 

used harshly but still a melodiously; 

one could see it as a form of abstract 

expression. Similarly the piano 

keys were played with a lot of 

energy, bringing dramatic, playful, 

humorous, joyful, serene and 

A Dream in Doubt 

screening presents 

the reality of post- 

9/11 hate crimes 

Derek Roper 

Staff Writer 

The events on September 11, 2001 

no doubt changed the world; the attacks 

took away America’s sense of safety and 

made everyone wary of one another. 

Could the neighbor next door be a 

terrorist? 

But while the events of that horrific day 

played out, the (Indian) Sikh-American 

community faced not just a day of 

terror but continual terror, that plagues 

them to this day. A Dream in Doubt is a 

documentary that uncovers some of the 

post-September 11 hate crimes and how 

they affected not only the Sikh-American 

community in Phoenix, Arizona, but also 

the rest of the world, raising the question, 

“What does it mean to be an American?” 

> see BAD BoY [14] 

Preetmohan Singh (co-producer) came 

to the Albin O. Kuhn Gallery at UMBC to 

present a screening of the documentary 

and to talk about the ups and downs of 

the documentary experience. 

Balbir Singh Sodhi (a Sikh) was one of 

five brothers that emigrated from India 

in 1985. All five had big hopes for their 

new lives in America, and described it as 

a second heaven. But that heaven quickly 

turned to hell when Balbir, who at the 

time was working as a gas station owner, 

was approached by 42-year-old Frank 

Roque and gunned down. He was the 

first victim in the rampage that Roque 

went on in the name of revenge for the 

9/11 attacks. In Roque’s perception, 

everyone wearing a turban and a beard 

was the enemy. 

After Balbir’s death, his youngest 

Canadian violinist Mark Fewer and American pianist John Novacek performed sonatas by the “Bad Boy” of American 

music, George Antheil, this past Thursday in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. 

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The documentary A Dream in Doubt follows Rana Singh Sodhi, an Indian immigrant who seeks to vindicate the 

murder of his brother Balbir - the first victim of a post-9/11 hate crime. 

brother, Rana (the narrator of the 

documentary), seeks to educate not 

only Sikhs but other groups about the 

difference between his community and 

the terrorists. He is confused and fearful 

of the U.S. and doesn’t want to be. 

Rana experiences more events that hit 

home. After his brother’s death, another 

brother was killed under conflicting 

circumstances while driving a cab in 

New York. Two other friends of his were 

wounded and beaten, and his colleagues 

were plagued with murder threats. His 

children even had to be relocated to 

another school. There, some touching 

moments ensued during a question 

and answer session. The elementary 

school children asked “do you celebrate 

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JuliAN bRezoN— tRW 

Halloween?” and “do you wear a different 

[turban] on every holiday?” The children 

were eager to learn and Singh said it 

shouldn’t be up to the parents to turn the 

tide on intercultural interaction. 

“The vibrancy of the family is what 

really struck us,” Singh said of Rana and 

> see DouBT [15]


Latin love sweeps 

the Skylight Room 

at El Encuentro 

Ingrid Garcia 

Staff Writer 

On the evening of Friday, October 

30, the Skylight Room hosted the 

Hispanic and Latino Student Union’s 

event of the year: El Encuentro. The 

Latin music resounded and spread its 

beat all the way to the second floor. 

An arch of rainbow colored balloons 

marked the gateway towards a night 

full of fabulous food and a crowded 

dance floor. 

A slideshow projecting pictures 

from all the different countries in 

Latin America reflected on the multicultured 

crowd. The round tables 

were covered with jalapeno and 

cactus shaped confetti with various 

flowers centered on the tables. More 

and more people walked under the 

balloon arch, as the trumpets and 

beat of the music drew the crowd to 

the dance floor. Not until 8:00 p.m. 

did people finally stop swaying their 

hips as attention was brought to the 

food. 

THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS! It 

was catered by Chartwells and all the 

tables were full, people kept going for 

seconds and the flavor was simply a 

small fiesta inside your mouth. There 

were pupusas (flour tortillas with 

hot, melted white cheese inside), 

fresh, soft beef surrounded by melted 

cheese with vegetables and corn and 

of course rice. The dessert served as 

a very acceptable way of introducing 

people to flan. Flan is delicious, 

scrumptious, and probably the only 

dessert that once ended, brings an 

extra surprise at the bottom: caramel! 

Salvadoran and Honduran dresses 

began to flow around the crowd once 

more, as people, once finishing their 

meals, continued to dance. 

The constant “son” of the salsa 

beat pervaded through the Skylight 

Room as trumpets resounded over 

the chatter and laughter of the room. 

People were teaching dance moves, 

and with a gentle push and the beat 

overtaking the crowd, soon everyone 

was dancing. 

As some people sat down, reenergizing 

with more food (did I say 

it tasted amazing?), students were 

interviewed about their thoughts on 

the night so far. 

“Lots of fun, lots of people who 

are not a part of HLSU, and the 

decorations are really cool,” said 

Zena Renteria, junior. 

When asked if students were 

mingling well, an enthusiastic 

onlooker replied over the loud 

music: “I’m sitting next to a new 

person right now! But overall it’s 

really well attended,” said Caitlin 

Liga. “You know an event is going 

well when people stay after the free 

food,” explained Eric Gutierrez. 

Last year’s El Encuentro took 

place in Flat Tuesdays, and although 

the people danced and ate studentmade 

Latin food, most people there 

belonged to HLSU. “Being an alumni, 

this is the biggest turnout for an event 

sponsored by HLSU!” said Thomas 

Harris. 

More positive remarks were thrown 

out during the rest of the night. “Food 

is fantastic! The balloon arch really 

captured my attention, and everyone 

is having such a good time,” said Ray 

Remesch, alumnus. “It’s awesome, 

the decorations too, I’m feeling the 

Latin love and its culture,” said Ivan 

Sepulveda, senior. 

Secretary of HLSU Brittany 

Cholakian described her feelings 

about the success of the event. 

“[I am] definitely happy with the 

turnout. Lots of planning went 

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Paola Castillo Pella and Catherine Roa Velkoff attended the festivities in examples of traditional Hispanic dresses. 

into this event, and catering from 

Chartwells was a bit nerve-wracking 

because we wanted everything to be 

on point and perfect, and we’d never 

catered from there before. We wanted 

specific and various foods that would 

represent the variety of culture in 

Latin America. We didn’t want just 

the ordinary tacos and burritos. 

I’m just really happy that I get the 

opportunity to celebrate Hispanic 

heritage month and bring some of my 

friends who have never experienced 

this culture before.” 

HLSU President Will Renderos 

gave the final remark for the night. 

miCHAel lANKFoRd — tRW 

“There is no negative here, it went 

beyond my expectations. This is 

one way of showing that Latinos go 

to UMBC. It’s hard for us, because 

having such a small percentage on 

campus means that we have to be 

louder than others on this campus. 

Everything was supposed to be to 

the point, precise and perfect, and it 

turned out just like that.” 

There was something for everyone 

during the night: if you were feeling 

the salsa, reggaetón, or meringue 

beat, you would quickly hit the 

dance floor, or if you wanted to talk, 

you would grab a plate and chat with 

friends and new acquaintances. 

Clapping with hips swaying on 

the dance floor, people partied with 

the rhythm and laughter filled the 

Skylight Room. A murmur of an 

after party drifted through the party, 

though people did not leave the 

Skylight Room until they were told to. 

UMBC Latinos spread their love that 

night and the community received it 

with enthusiasm, and many a person 

left singing Spanish lyrics and patting 

their bellies with a satisfied grin. 

Comments may be sent to 

ing1@umbc.edu. 

Johns Hopkins university Professor Waleed Hazbun speaks about the political, economic and 

cultural forces behind the development of international tourism in Tunisia during his lecture 

entitled “Images of openness, Spaces and Control,” this past Thursday in The Commons.

14 

ARTS 

11.03.09 

Coming 

to theaters 

This week 

by Daniel 

Supanick 

the box [pg-13] 

From the director of Donnie Darko, a married couple, played by 

Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, receives a box from a stranger that 

promises wealth at a lethal cost. Expect a dark, cerebral tale of morals 

that should be intriguing at the very least. 

a christmas carol [pg] 

Robert Zemeckis is most well-known for directing Forrest Gump and the 

Back to the Future series, but recently he has been playing around with 

motion capture animation films such as The Polar Express and Beowulf. 

A Christmas Carol is just another mo-cap film from Zemeckis, and it 

looks bad. Please return to live action, Robert. 

the Fourth kind [pg -13] 

Milla Jovovich stars as a psychologist investigating disturbing instances 

of alien abductions in Alaska. This looks like it’ll achieve the creepiness 

it looks to be aiming for, but it also looks sort of gimmicky. 

precious [r] 

The big winner at this past year’s Sundance Film Festival, this tells the 

story of a pregnant, illiterate teen who is accepted into an alternative 

living program where her teachers motivate her to take a new path in 

her life. If the hype surrounding this film is any indication, it should be 

one of the year’s best. Nevermind the appearances by Lenny Kravitz, 

Mo’nique, and Mariah Carey, though. 

the men who stare at goats [r] 

Based on a true story, George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, 

and Jeff Bridges tell the tale of a secret U.S. military program specializing 

in psychic warfare. It looks funny, but don’t expect a lasting 

impression. 

Tribute concert at 

uMBC pays homage 

to the “Bad Boy” 

> from BAD BoY [12] 

energizing moods to the musical 

performance. The first part included 

mainly the piano and violin, and the 

second part had a minute transition 

of Novacek implementing the drums, 

to soften and change the mood. 

Anethia Benson, a student at UMBC 

explains how it was “jumpy, but 

sounds like it still had a purpose,” 

and that she “really liked it.” 

There were even times when 

the audience found some pieces 

comical and entertaining at the same 

time, since there were unexpected 

transitions from high to low, or 

low to high keys. By incorporating 

the drums, and creating a mellow 

mood in the second part of the 

musical performance, the musicians 

brought the level of energy much 

higher in the third part of piece in 

which the harmonious short strokes 

of the violin were transitioned back 

and forth from dramatic to softer 

tunes – it was impressively used 

in a melodious sense, that needs to 

be heard in person to get the actual 

experience. The strokes of the bow 

were shortened to create that effect, 

and not as continuous, which is one 

of the parts that portray Antheil’s 

avant-garde quality through his 

musical workings. 

The entire performance was 

stimulating, in the sense that it is 

something that was quite uniquely 

expressed, making clear the way 

Antheil was able to distinguish 

his work from other compositions 

done by musicians of his time. After 

the show had ended the audience 

applauded and cheered Fewer and 

Novacek for quite some time, and 

stood up in recognition for their 

excellent performance in portraying 

Antheil’s work. Indeed, his work was 

greatly appreciated for his eccentric 

and fresh musical styles, which were 

presented on Thursday. 


srehman1@umbc.edu. 


Father and son struggle to 

survive in Hillcoat's postapocalyptic 

film, The Road 

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Father (Viggo Mortensen) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) travel post-apocalyptical America in search of protection 

against desperate cannibalistic murderers. 

Daniel Supanick 

Staff Writer 

The apocalypse has always been 

envisioned as a dark time for humanity. 

In a setting where survival instincts take 

over, everything is scarce and no one is 

safe. It brings out the darkest traits in 

man, and forces the living to adapt to a 

primal situation. 

In the film adaptation of author Cormac 

McCarthy's novel The Road, directed by 

John Hillcoat and coming to theaters on 

November 25, this is the world we are 

presented with. However, unlike many 

other films set in post-apocalyptic times, 

the setting is not the primary focus. The 

Road is a more human story about the 

relationship between a father and son. 

The apocalypse is simply used to present 

the father and son with a challenge. 

The cause of the post-apocalyptic 

wasteland in The Road is not explained. 

The cause does not matter. The father 

and the son are never given names. Their 

names do not matter. What does matter 

is that they are faced with this barren 

world, and must support one another 

to survive. The Road isn't about the 

apocalypse. It's about the relationship 

between a father and his son. 

In the film, the father and the son 

travel on the remains of highways and 

interstate roads in order to reach the 

southern coast. It is there that they hope 

to find safe haven and more inhabitable 

living conditions. The world we are 

presented is a brutal one. Trees are bare 

and rotting. The air is cold and constantly 

riddled with ashes. The sky is gray, and 

the sun no longer comes out. Survivors 

have turned to scavenging to survive. 

Some have even turned to cannibalism 

in light of the scarcity of other forms of 

food. It is a dark and dangerous world, 

and the father and the son are doing 

what they can to make their way in it. 

The two main characters are from 

different worlds. The father is from a 

world in which civilization existed. He 

remembers what it was like to have food, 

luxuries, and human connections. The 

son is from the world after civilization. 

He knows the desolation of the postapocalyptic 

winter, and has never seen a 

child his age or had any companion but 

his father. Despite this generational gap, 

each one thrives and depends upon the 

other, and would not be whole without 

them. 

The Road is indeed meant to be a 

universal story about the relationship 

between every father and son rather than 

just this pair. The father understands 

how the world works, but at the same 

draws this understanding from his peak 

generation, a world that no longer exists. 

He spends the film preparing his son for 

the time when he won't be there to take 

care of him. As the father states in the 

film, he is carrying the fire. Soon enough, 

the son will have to do the same. It is the 

father's job to make sure the son survives 

and carries on the fire once he is gone. 

The father also takes it upon himself 

to protect his son from the dangers of 

the world. He teaches his son morals in 

a world where morals are presumably 

no longer relevant. He has taught his 

son how to commit suicide so that he 

may not become victim of torturous, 

animalistic cannibals. The son is the 

gentler one of the pair, and reminds his 

father of his humanity when he falls into 

cold, barbaric habits. He understands 

that other people are in the same situation 

that they are, and makes sure his father 

remembers that. 

The Road is a profoundly powerful 

film. It is everything it should be. It is 

not an easy film to watch. It is brutal and 

uncompromising. We are subjected not 

only to death, but to abject suffering and 

inhuman misery. Amidst all this, though, 

we are presented with two characters, 

father and son, who never turn against 

the will of the other and always see 

each other through. It never turns to 

sensational, flamboyant set pieces to 

distract the audience. It keeps its focus 

on these two characters, and is all the 

better for it. 

The film, while unsparing, is not 

overt in its dark side. It is tonally very 

understated and quiet, and keeps a 

silence about it that not only serves to 

be frightening, but also serves to make 

the film more personal to the two 

protagonists. Characters do not talk for 

the sake of talking, and noises are not 

made for the sake of sensation. The 

visual effects are used simply to create 

an atmosphere, and do not protract 

from it where it isn't necessary. While 

the film's musical score swells at points 

where it should not, things are kept to an 

appropriate minimum throughout. 

As the father, Viggo Mortensen is near 

perfect. He keeps the strong composure 

needed to become a believable father 

figure but also retains the sadness of 

someone who does not understand how 

the world came to such ends. As the 

son, Kodi Smit-McPhee excels. He has 

accepted the world he was born into, 

yet still cannot fathom death or any 

end for that matter. He is still awestruck 

and preoccupied, as every young boy 

should be, even in the world he has been 

subjected to. 

With his film adaptation of The Road, 

director John Hillcoat has crafted a perfect 

companion to Cormac McCarthy's prose. 

It is a film set in dark, dreary places that 

still find the light of humanity in the 

simplest of ways. It retains timelessness 

with its universal story of love and 

support in times of hardship. The Road is 

an excellent film that never compromises 

and never disappoints, and deserves 

every good thing it has coming for it. 


daniels7@umbc.edu.


Halloween hijinks at Looney’s 

Nayana Davis 

Staff Writer 

On the night of Halloween, many 

people flooded to Fell’s Point, Federal 

Hill, Canton, and other Baltimore 

hotspots to commence in festivities 

and merriment. However, as in years 

past, traffic, limited parking, long 

lines, and overcrowding continued 

to be an issue. Not so at Looney’s Pub 

in Maple Lawn, a small developing 

community located near Fulton. 

Maple Lawn Boulevard, the local 

shopping complex, which is built 

sort of like a high-end outdoor mall, 

features many eateries, coffee shops, 

clothing boutiques, and professional 

services. However, during the late 

night hours, when the adult crowd is 

ready to celebrate Halloween night, 

all the other shops closed down 

leaving a vast amount of parking for 

Looney’s, the only bar in the area. 

Upon entering the establishment, 

people had their IDs checked by 

the Joker from Batman, a WWE 

wrestler, or a particularly large and 

hairy Hannah Montana, who would 

each place a jack-o-lantern shaped 

stamp on the hands of the lucky folks 

over the age of 21, granting them 

admission. 

From there, those who were 

hungry for a big dinner or just 

wanted to munch on some bar 

snacks were promptly directed to 

one of the dining tables. The menu 

proved extensive with popular 

Maryland favorites, like a spicy crab 

dip served with baguette slices and 

around 

campus 

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stick around 

this weekend 

fresh vegetables, a crab pretzel with 

a bubbling cheese crust, crab cake 

sliders, and pretty much anything 

else crab can be incorporated into. 

Looney’s also provides some fairly 

standard pub fare as well including 

nachos, mozzarella sticks, and 

potato skins. Though a bit lacking in 

creativity, the grub certainly delivers 

in taste. 

In fact, one of Looney’s most 

revered dishes are the buffalo wings. 

At most places, wings are either hitor-miss. 

Because they are generally 

served as an appetizer, many eateries 

neglect them and do not take great 

time or care in their preparation. This 

is certainly not the case at Looney’s. 

The wings are large, crisp, moist, and 

served coated in a variety of sauces 

and spices including honey, old bay, 

cajun, and Carolina barbecue sauce. 

After a hearty meal, many were 

then ready to head over to the 

bar to down a few beverages and 

mingle with new and old friends. 

The bartenders were decked in full 

Halloween gear with pirate hats and 

patches, Betty Boop dresses, and, of 

course, witches and wizards. There 

was even a gentleman sporting a 

very convincing Jack Skellington, 

of The Nightmare Before Christmas 

fame, costume. The gathered crowd 

proved no less impressive. There was 

a Jason, Freddy Krueger, Rorschach 

from Watchmen, a few ninjas, and 

countless Harry Potter characters. 

With their painted faces, wigs, 

brooms, and other accessories, they 

looked ready to get down and have 

The Center for Art, Design and Visual 

Culture presents: Mixed Signals: 

Artists Consider Masculinity in 

Sports, an exhibition which focuses 

on artists from the mid-1990s to the 

present who question the notion of 

the male athlete as the last bastion 

of uncomplicated, authentic identity 

in American culture. The exhibit will 

run from October 8 to December 12. 

The Center, located in the Fine Arts 

building, is open Tuesday through 

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Admission is free. 

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery 

presents The Art of Persuasion: Poster 

Design from 1896 through 2008, 

an exhibition which highlights the 

transformation in the art, culture, 

and technology of posters. With 

posters representative of distinct 

eras throughout history, the exhibit 

is presented in three thematic 

groups- Pleasure & Leisure, Politics 

& Propaganda, and Commercial 

Advertising. The exhibit will be on 

display from now until December 

13th. The Library Gallery is open 

Monday through Friday, 12 p.m. to 4 

p.m., Thursday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., and 

Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Admission is free. 

tuesdaY, november 3 

H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinic 

UC Ballroom, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Avoid getting Swine Flu this 

season! Come to the H1N1 Flu 

Vaccination Clinic, sponsored by 

University Health Services (UHS), 

and receive a free vaccination. 

Recipients must be healthy 

individuals, age 24 and younger, 

and must present their UMBC ID 

and proof of age. For questions call 

UHS at 410-455-2542. 

a good time. 

Looney’s offers a vast array of 

beer selections. Yuengling, Guiness, 

Corona, and Natty Boh are a few 

favorites. For those who prefer 

mixed drinks and cocktails, there are 

plentiful options as well. One such 

delicious beverage is the raspberry 

cosmopolitan, a flavorful concoction 

mixing raspberry vodka, triple sec, 

cranberry and lime juices in a sugar 

rimmed martini glass. Another tasty 

treat is the mango mojito, which 

features mango nectar, coconut 

flavored rum, crushed mint leaves, 

and club soda. 

With drinks in hand, many of 

the creatures of the night ventured 

toward the stage to dance along 

to a repertoire of Halloween tunes 

played by the house band. “This 

is Halloween” from The Nightmare 

Before Christmas was performed to 

many cheers and accolades, perhaps 

in honor of bartender Jack. Also 

presented were Halloween favorites 

“Thriller” by Michael Jackson and 

“Nightmare on My Street” by DJ 

Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The 

ghoulish crowd danced and sang 

along with in high spirits. 

Alas, around 2:00 am, the 

celebration came to a close. The 

sober witches, monsters, and pirates 

boarded their brooms, ahem, cars, 

gathered their tipsy comrades and 

went off on their way. 


ndavis3@umbc.edu. 

wednesdaY, november 4 

NSA Corporate Visibility Day 

Commons 331, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

The Career Services Center presents 

an opportunity for Computer 

Science, Computer Engineering, 

Electrical Engineering, Information 

Systems and Math majors to find 

full-time work and internships. 

Bring your resume, and take 

advantage of the networking 

opportunities, target career 

skill information, free food, and 

give-aways that NSAs Corporate 

Visibility Day has to offer. RSVP via 

the Events tab in UMBCworks. 

UMBC Talks: Immigrants, Commons 

2B23, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. 

UMBC Talks: Immigrants in the 

U.S.: Adjusting to a different world. 

Come participate in the facilitated 

discussion to learn more about 

the topic from fellow community 

members and to voice your own 

opinions. Bring your lunch! 

thursdaY, november 5 

Women’s Migration and Social 

Transformations 

Library Gallery, 4:30 p.m. The 

Gender and Women’s Studies 

Program presents a lecture 

by Rhacel Parreñas entitled: 

The Gender Revolution in the 

Philippines: Women’s Migration 

and Social Transformations. 

Parreñas, a professor of American 

Civilization and Sociology at 

Brown Univeristy, will examine 

the feminization of labor and 

migration in globalization. Visual 

Arts: Trisha Ziff, Lecture Hall II, 

4:30 p.m. Ziff will be screening her 

documentary Chevolution, a film 

that looks at the famous image of 

Singh presents film 

CouRtesy JAmiACplAiNFoRum.oRG 

Rana Singh Sodi holds a picture of 

his late brother, Balbir. 

> from DouBT [12] 

his family. He said that while the family 

was upset and wanted justice (which is 

an important concept of the Sikh faith), it 

was a time where they all came together 

instead of falling apart. “What we found 

was that it wasn’t about the criminal 

justice system but the strength of the 

family,” Singh added. 

In the months after the attacks, while 

images of the planes going into the World 

Trade Center and headshots of Osama 

Bin Laden flooded the airwaves and 

the Internet, the media didn’t focus too 

much on the hate crimes. Preetmohan 

said that he has talked to students at 

other universities and one of the things 

he has found was that they had no 

idea of the abundance of hate crimes 

(the US Department of Justice reported 

800 incidents nationwide, but the US 

Che Guevara, and will follow the 

film with a discussion. Admission 

is free. 

SEB Movie Screening: V for Vendetta 

LH1, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Enjoy a free 

screening of V for Vendetta and 

receive a complimentary Guy Faux 

Mask! SEB Weekly Movie: Bruno, 

LH1, 10 p.m. Admission: $2 movie 

ticket. 

FridaY, november 6 

SEB Weekly Movie: Bruno 


ticket. 

Musical Theatre Club Fall Showcase 

2009 

Commons Sports Zone, 8 p.m. to 

10 p.m.Admission: $5 for nonstudents, 

free for UMBC students 

with red ID. 

Live Music: Metal Night 

Lower Flat Tuesdays, 9 p.m. to 11 

p.m. This week, SEB’s Live Music 

Series presents three local Metal 

bands. Come enjoy a free show by 

I Saw A Ghost, Beneath the Ruins, 

and Distorted Self Image. 

saturdaY, november 7 

SEB Weekly Movie: Bruno 


ticket. 

Musical Theatre Club Fall Showcase 

2009 


10 p.m. Admission: $5 for nonstudents, 

free for UMBC students 

with red ID. Live Music: Metal 

Night, Lower Flat Tuesdays, 9 p.m. 

to 11 p.m. This week, SEB’s Live 

Music Series presents three local 

Department of Statistics reported they 

were actually 15 percent higher). Singh 

said that the media goes with what the 

dominant idea is, and unfortunately the 

hate crimes were the subordinate focus. 

“When you are fed the media’s dominant 

idea, you’re not able to peel the layer 

back and see where the real stories of 

these communities are,” Preetmohan 

informed. 

One interesting aspect that seemed 

to intrigue the audience was that Roque 

was portrayed fairly and was humanized. 

“We wanted to make the documentary 

a story of two families [Roque and 

Sodhi’s] but [Roque’s] family wouldn’t 

participate,” Preetmohan revealed. In 

fact, Roque declined to be interviewed 

during production of the film, and it 

wasn’t until the last days of production 

that he agreed to an interview. He said 

that he was not portrayed accurately and 

that the events of 9/11 deeply affected 

him. People close to him said that he was 

always mad and wanted to keep on the 

subject of the terror events, and it was 

later revealed that his mother suffered 

from Schizophrenia. 

While Roque was sentenced to time 

behind bars (he was sentenced to death 

but it was overturned), that doesn’t mean 

the hate crimes are banished. “You have 

to stand up and build coalitions to end 

hate,” Preetmohan advised. “You can’t 

just do it with people that look like 

you.” 


roderek1@umbc.edu. 

Metal bands. Come enjoy a free 

show by I Saw A Ghost, Beneath 

the Ruins, and Distorted Self Image. 

Comedy Night 

Lower Flat Tuesdays, 9 p.m. to 11 

p.m. Compete with local comedy 

acts from other college campuses in 

the area! Sign up for the show by 

e-mailing Rich Bussey at rbussey1@ 

umbc.edu. The winner receives 

a $250 cash prize and moves on 

to the final round at the Austin 

Grill! The competition will be 

judged by Tim Young & Ayanna 

Dookie of Coming Distractions, 

along with two of your SEB peers. 

If performing stand-up isn’t your 

thing, just come out and watch! 

sundaY, november 8 

Football and Wings 


3 p.m. Join SEB in the Sports Zone 

and watch the Ravens game. Free 

wings will be available, but come 

early because they will go fast! 

mondaY, november 9 

Two Cultures Panel 

Library: 7th Floor, 4 p.m. to 6 

p.m. In this panel discussion, 

Philosophy professor, Susan 

Dwyer (College Park), English 

professor, Christoph Irmscher 

(Indiana University), Mathematics 

Professor, Manil Suri (UMBC) and 

Mechanical Engineering professor, 

Tim Topoleski (UMBC) share their 

insights about how their teaching 

and scholarship bridges the gap 

between the methodologies, values 

and goals of the sciences and 

humanities. Admission is free.

16 

ARTS 

11.03.09 

Comics 

tower of babel 

blundergrads 

borrowing not stealing 


timb mantegna 

comments: man3@umbc.com 

phil Flickinger 

comments: blundergrads@gmail.com 

chris ng 

comments: borrowingnotstealing@flipsmack.com


Questions for Quinn 

Q: My friend from high school attends UMBC with me, but I don’t see her often anymore. She has been distant from me since 

school started and now she barely answers my texts. I still want to be friends with her. What should I do? 

a: there isn’t really a way to force her to spark interest in you. since it seems she has distanced herself from 

you, perhaps it’s time you simply find new people to become acquainted with and not dwell on your situation 

with her. while there may be a long-standing relationship between you and her, college is also about 

expanding your horizons and meeting new people. use this to your advantage - it won’t do you any good to 

focus on someone that won’t spend effort to communicate with you. 

Q: My boyfriend recently broke up with me. I was fine with it since I was already planning to leave him anyway, but since 

then he has been almost constantly accusing me of things and won’t stop bothering me. How can I just get him to stop? 

a: since this situation appears to be beyond repair, there is no sense in trying to fix it to prevent his bothering 

you. instead, since he is being so aggressive towards you, maybe it is time to tell him these exact words: 

“stop talking to me.” although, after that, you’ll probably still be forced to ignore or block out his complaints 

or further accusations since this will more than likely irritate him further. since he’s reacting so vehemently 

to a consequence he started himself, it would be wise to avoid becoming involved with people like him in 

the future. You probably have enough stress as it is. 

advice 

advice@retrieverweeklY.com

18 

sports 

Men’s soccer’s regular season 

ends, prepares for tournament 

File Photo — trW 

The UMBC men’s soccer team stands at 12-5-0 and will face Binghamton to open up the conference tournament. 

Corey Johns 

Editorial Staff 

The men’s soccer team could not have 

taken a bigger step back after playing 

two great games, where they beat Boston 

University on the road and Albany in a 

5-1 rout. This week they were shutout in 

two road games and were outscored 7-0 

against Hartford and Binghamton. 

To kick off the final week of the season, 

UMBC traveled to Hartford to fight for a 

first round bye in the conference tournament. 

The Retrievers were dominated in 

every facet of the game as they fell 3-0 to 

the Hawks. UMBC only managed to get 

off three shots the entire game, of which 

not one of them was on goal. 

In the 15th minute Hartford got on 

the scoreboard when Patrick Boucher 

took a shot that appeared to be a cross 

but hit the post and bounced in with 

some assistance from the wind. Then, 

in the 40th minute, Vernon Perinchief 

turned around to kick a ball in off a cor- 

Featured 

courtesy athletic communications 

ner to put the Hawks up 2-0, which really 

deflated the Retrievers, and they just 

did not get anything going after that. 

Hartford added an extra insurance 

goal in the 72nd minute, when Ivan 

Guarin scored in his final regular season 

game off a quick free kick straight into 

the goal. 

Despite the loss, UMBC still had a 

chance to get a home game in the first 

round, but they would have to come up 

with a win at Binghamton, which has 

been a tough place to play for any opponents, 

as the Bearcats were 32-2-12 at 

home over the past six seasons heading 

into the game. 

The Bearcats added another win to 

that home record as they downed UMBC 

4-0 in the regular season finale. The loss 

dropped UMBC to the fifth seed in the 

America East Conference tournament, 

where they will travel back to Binghamton 

and play the Bearcats in the first 

round. 

Binghamton got on the board very 

Donald Daniels 


Senior Sara Parkinson, once again, was the 

first Retriever to cross the line in another meet 

for UMBC. Out of 80 runners, Parkinson finished 

in sixth place with a time of 18:47.50 

in the America East Conference Championship 

meet. Her performance earned her allconference 

honors for the second straight 

quickly as Greg Mathers dribbled 

through the box past two defenders and 

shot it to the far right for a goal in the 7th 

minute. While UMBC played better than 

in their performance against Hartford, 

they were still shut out and lost by a big 

margin. 

The Bearcats’ leading scorer Jake Keegan 

scored his sixth goal of the season 

in the 64rd minute when he received a 

cross from Tyler Bailey, then Matt Kristek 

and Baily both added two more goals 

with less than 10 minutes to play in the 

game to beat UMBC 4-0. 

With the season at a close, UMBC is 

12-5-0 and the fifth seed in the America 

East Conference tournament, which begins 

on Wednesday, November 5. The 

Retrievers begin their postseason run on 

November 7 as they travel back to Binghamton 

for the opening round. 


cjohns2@umbc.edu. 

athlete: sara parkinson 

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year. Also her efforts contributed greatly to 

the 178 points that the Retrievers amassed 

in the meet last Saturday at Burlington, Vermont. 

This season, Parkinson had been the 

first Retriever runner to cross the line in five 

of the six meets in which she has run. The 

highest Parkinson has placed this season was 

the first meet of the year at the Mount St. 

Mary’s Duals, in which she finished in second 

place with a time of 18.26.72 in the 5k 

sports@retrieverweekly.com 

This week in sporTs 

Volleyball vs. Albany at 7:00 p.m. 

Volleyball vs. Binghamton at 6:00 p.m. 

Men’s Soccer at Binghamton at 7:00 p.m. 

Men’s cross 

country places 

eighth in America 

east Conference 

championship 

Dan Levin 

Contributing WritEr 

In Burlington, Vermont, the men’s 

cross country team ran in the America 

East Conference Championship 

meet and came in eighth place 

with 178 points and total times of 

1:41:50.72. 

After graduating all-conference 

runner Anthony Kelhower last year, 

the Retrievers needed their returning 

line-up to step up in the championship 

meet. Leading the Retrievers 

was senior Andrew Madison, who 

finished 25th overall with his 8k 

time of 26:43.80. Madison finished 

only 1:25 behind the winner from 

Binghamton, Erik Van Ingen. 

Next to cross the line for UMBC 

was sophomore Chris Bowie, who 

finished 33rd overall with his time 

27:00.80. In last year’s championship, 

Bowie finished 32nd, with 

a time only four seconds different 

from his 2009 time. 

Finishing soon after Bowie was 

senior Michael Christmas, who 

finished 42nd overall in a time of 

27:13.20. Rounding out the scoring 

for the Retrievers was sophomore 

Roy Jones and freshman Josh Day. 

Jones placed 59th overall with a 

time of 27:55.80 while Day finished 

62nd in a time of 28:11.90. 

All attempts to contact coach Matt 

Gitterman were unsuccessful. 


daniel23@umbc.edu. 

course. Parkinson and the rest of the team 

are hoping to do well at the NCAA Regional 

Championships in Princess Anne Md. 

Honorable Mention: Volleyball’s Alexandria 

Spaay, who had 21 assists and six digs in 

the sweep of the Hartford Hawks. 


ddaniels@retrieverweekly.com. 

Friday 

saturday

The RetrIever Weekly 11.03.09 SPORTS 19 

america east statistics 

America East Men’s Soccer Conference Tournament 

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League Leaders statistics updated as of 11/02/09.

20 SPORTS 

Phil stern- Head Coach 

11.03.09 

Billi godsey- Assistant Head Coach lindsey roche- Assistant Head Coach Jaclyn goldbarg- Assistant Head Coach #00 Chrissy Robinson- 6’2” 

Started the last three games last year 

and though she only averaged 0.9 

p.p.g. and 1.6 r.p.g. she provided good 

interior defense for the retrievers. 

#5 Carlee Cassidy- 6’2” 

She is already uMBC’s all-time leader 

in three-point field goals with 178 and 

has led the America east Conference in 

scoring each of the last two years with a 

career high 20.4 p.p.g. last year, making 

her the first player in conference history 

to reach the 20.0 mark. She also ranked 

third on the team with 55 assists and 

fourth on the team with 26 steals. 

#21 Michele Brokans- 5’9” 

In her two seasons here she has started 

all but one game at point guard, and 

was the only player to start all 30 games 

last season. while she does not make a 

name for herself scoring the ball (1.6 

p.p.g.) she has been fantastic at running 

the team with 110 assists (3.7 per game) 

and ranked second in the conference in 

assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7). She also 

led the Retrievers with 52 steals, and 

was fourth on the team averaging 4.0 

rebounds per game. 

Women’s 

Basketball 

#10 Meghan Colabella- 6’0” 

As a sophomore she made 25 starts 

and led the team with 6.2 r.p.g. and 23 

blocks. Her 41.0% mark from the field 

was second on the team and her 39 

steals was third. She improved her scoring 

total nearly two points from her 

freshman year to 6.4 p.p.g. She was also 

an All-America east Academic team 

selection after achieving a 3.87 GPA in 

history. 

#24 Katie Brooks- 5’9” 

in her freshman season she made a significant 

impact off the bench averaging 

9.3 p.p.g. and 3.3 r.p.g. She also had 63 

assists and 21 steals which was second 

and fifth on the team, respectively. 

The guard showed a good tough from 

the field, shooting 38.4% and 35.3% 

from three point range. She recorded 

20-points four times last season with 

two 28-point performances. 

Preview 

#13- Kim Browning- 6’2” 

the lone freshman this season is the alltime 

assists leaders and second-leading 

rebounder at hanover high School. She 

averaged 11.0 p.p.g, 8.0 r.p.g., and 4.0 

a.p.g. during her high school career 

while being named Second-Team Alldistrict 

and All-Academic team honors 

all four years are the varsity level. She 

was named one of the top 50 seniors in 

Virginia by Virginia preps. 

#30 Erin Brown- 5’10” 

As a freshman last year she started 27 

games and earned an all-rookie team 

selection after averaging 9.2 p.p.g., 5.5 

r.p.g., and shooting 45.1% from the 

field. posted four double-doubles last 

season including the first by a retriever 

since February 2007 with a 22 point and 

11 rebound performance against UMES. 

She led uMBC in scoring three times 

and in rebounding 11 times. 

#15 Jasmine Elum- 5’7” 

played in 20 games during her freshman 

season and made on start. She averaged 

1.2 p.p.g. and shot 58.3% from 

the foul line. She scored a career-high 

six points of a pair of three-pointers 

against George Mason in 14 minutes of 

action. 

#44 Topé Obajolu- 6’3” 

the tallest player on the team is expected 

to make a much bigger impact 

in her sophomore season. last year she 

saw action in 27 games and made four 

starts while averaging 3.5 p.p.g. and 

3.1 r.p.g. with 24 blocks, 12 steals and a 

35.4% mark from the field. 


#3 Chelsea Barker- 5’8” 

Played in 17 games last season and 42 

over her career. last season made her 

first career start in a game against 

Maine. She averaged 1.8 p.p.g. and 

shots 88.9% from the free throw line. 

#20 Michele Kurowski- 5’9” 

led all freshman in scoring last season 

averaging 13.7 p.p.g., which was second 

on the team. the all-rookie team 

pick was also second on the team with 

48 steals, 38 three-pointers, third in rebounds 

(4.6 per game) and field goal 

percentage (40.8%), and fifth with 49 

assists. She led the retrievers in scoring 

with 23 points in the America East Conference 

quarterfinal loss. 

#22 Kristin Coles- 5’7” 

As a transfer from American she will 

not be eligible to play for uMBC until 

the 2010-2011 season. 

Photos courtesy athletics communications


women’s Basketball Conference preview 

Coaches poll 

1. Vermont (5) 61 

2. Hartford (4) 60 

3. Binghamton 45 

T4. New Hampshire 38 

T4. Boston U 38 

6. UMBC 35 

7. Stony Brook 23 

8. Maine 13 

9. Albany 11 

(# of First Place Votes) 

First Team All-Conference 

*Erica Beverly, Sr., F, Hartford 

*Courtnay Pilypaitis, Sr., G, Vermont 

Carlee Cassidy, Sr., G, UMBC 

Diana Delve, Sr., C, Hartford 

May Kotsopoulos, Sr., G, Vermont 

*Unanimous Selection 

1. Vermont- 2008-09 Record (21-12, 12-4 AEC) 

The defending America East champions return over 60% of 

their offense from last season and will be led by pre-season All- 

Conference picks May Kotsopoulos and Courtnay Pilypaitis, 

who averaged a combined 29.2 p.p.g. last season. Pilypaitis, the 

Most Outstanding Player in the tournament last season, 2007 

Rookie of the Year, and 2008 Player of the Year, figures to be 

more of a threat this season, according to coach Sharon Dawley. 

“What you’re going to see in Courtnay is she’s much thinner, so 

she’s actually quicker than she was last year and with that little 

improvement, she has really improved her game all around.” 

Overall, Dawley feels this will be another successful season because 

of the type of players returning. “We’re just very excited 

about this year because we have some great players and great 

leadership coming back.” 

4. New Hampshire- 2008-09 Record (8-23, 6-10 AEC) 

Last season, they were hindered by a rash of injuries, but if 

they stay healthy this season, they could be one of the more 

dangerous teams in the conference. Not having lost a single 

letter winner, the team will be very deep and very talented. 

Denise Beliveau, the 2008 Rookie of the Year, returns as well as 

sophomores Kelsey Hogan and Kelly Flynn, the latter a transfer 

from the University of Richmond. Candace Williams will 

lead a strong four-member senior class. She was the Wildcats’ 

leading scorer (16.1 p.p.g.) and rebounder (8.1 r.p.g.). Coach 

Kristin Cole feels that, though the team is mostly young, her 

seniors will need to carry the team. “This year we will rely heavily 

on our senior leadership. Candace Williams, Amy Simpson, 

Chrissy Hall, and Rachel Fowler all want to go out on top. They 

have to put in their time and are due to win some more ball 

games. I can feel it; they are hungry and ready to make some 

noise this season.” 

7. Stony Brook- 2008-09 Record (6-23, 4-12 AEC) 

Led by Kristen Jeter, the Seawolves return four starters from last 

season. Jeter averaged 12.5 points last year, but in conference 

play that number jumped to 15.0. Junior Misha Horsey averaged 

3.5 assists and into double-digits in scoring, but her numbers 

also improved in conference play, jumping to 11.1 p.p.g.. 

Coach Michele Cherry feels that the amount of experience the 

team returns will help them move up this season. “Any time 

you have experience, it definitely helps you because it helps 

stabilize your team because they’ve been in the trenches. They 

are not as nervous in big games. They know what needs to be 

done. They can coach the younger kids on the floor.” 

Photo courtesy america east communications 

2. Hartford- 2008-09 Record (20-12, 14-2 AEC) 

The Hawks have led the league in scoring defense five consecutive 

seasons, and they return high-scoring senior forwards and preseason 

All-Conference selections Erica Beverly and Diana Delva. 

Both averaged 11.7 p.p.g. last season. The Hawks have won four 

America East titles and are looking to get back to the title game 

after failing to get past the conference semi-finals for the first time 

in five years. This year, coach Jennifer Rizzotti feels that her team 

won’t settle for anything but a title. “We always have pretty high 

expectations. When you’ve won championships you don’t want 

to settle for anything less than that and you don’t want to go into 

a season thinking you’re going to be second or third.” 

5. Boston U- 2008-09 Record (25-8, 16-0 AEC) 

The Terriers were the team to beat last season, going undefeated 

in the regular season and making the school’s first postseason 

WNIT appearance, but this year could be a different story. Most of 

that team has graduated, including three first-team all-conference 

selections. Senior Aly Hinton will be the top returning player, as 

she led the returnees in most statistical categories (8.0 p.p.g., 4.9 

r.p.g., 1.0 a.p.g., 18 steals). Coach Kelly Greenberg knows that, 

despite losing so much talent, the remaining players will keep 

the Terriers competitive. “We learned a lot from our graduating 

seniors. Our juniors and seniors this year know that’s what they 

need to do to carry the tradition they started.” 

8. Maine- 2008-09 Record (5-25, 3-13 AEC) 

The Black Bears are a rebuilding team filled with youth, playing 

with four sophomores and five freshmen. Seniors Amanda 

Tewksbury, Kristen Baker, and Katia Bratichko, and the lone junior, 

Tanna Ross, should pace the offense. Ross is the team’s top 

returning scorer, averaging 7.2 p.p.g. “We’re still in the process of 

rebuilding the program and you do that in two ways, your young 

players have to get better and then you have to have proven players 

that can come in and help your young players,” said coach 

Cindy Blodgett. 

Trw staff poll 

1. Vermont (5) 53 

2. Hartford (1) 48 

3. UMBC 39 


5. New Hampshire 30 

6. Boston U 28 


8. Maine 11 

9. Albany 10 

(# of first place votes) 

First-Team All-Conference 

*Carlee Cassidy, Sr., G, UMBC (5) 

Courtnay Pilypaitis, Sr., G, Vermont (3) 

Erica Beverly, Sr., F, Hartford 

May Kostopoulos, Sr., G, Vermont 

Diana Delva, Sr., C, Hartford 

*Unanimous selection 

(# of player of the year votes) 

Go online to www.retrieverweekly.com/blog to see the 

writers’ picks. 

3. Binghamton- 2008-09 Record (14-17, 8-8 AEC) 

As a young team last year, Binghamton came within four points 

of knocking off top-seeded Boston in last season’s tournament 

semi-final, which would have given them their first title-game 

birth. Reigning Rookie of the Year Andrea Holmes averaged 

4.07 assists to go along with 10.0 points at the point guard spot 

and should be up for another great season. “Starting a freshman 

point guard, sometimes that can be really good and sometimes 

that can be really bad,” said coach Nicole Scholl. “Teammate 

wise, I think she had a good supporting cast to go along with 

her and just that year of experience. She’s a lot more confident 

this year, a lot more mature, and I think she’ll be ready to step 

up and handle whatever comes her way.” 

6. UMBC- 2008-09 Record (16-18, 6-10 AEC) 

The Retrievers could be one of the most dangerous teams in the 

conference, returning 96% of its scoring from the second-highest 

scoring America East scoring team last season (69.4%). Carlee 

Cassidy led the conference in scoring each of the past two 

seasons and is the lone senior returning. Sophomores Michelle 

Kurowski, Erin Brown, Katie Brooks, and Topé Obajolu all had 

very strong freshman campaigns, and the Retrievers need them 

to keep improving. “Kurowski came in and it was like she was 

never a freshman. It was never an adjustment period for her,” 

Stern said. “[Brown, Brooks, and Obajolu] all had huge nights 

sporadically throughout the year, and I think they’ll all put it 

together this year and they’ll be a class to be reckoned with the 

next three years.” Overall, though, Stern thinks that with all the 

talent combined, the Retrievers could be a very tough team this 

year. “We’re excited this season. Obviously Cassidy is a senior 

now, and we’re looking to send her out with a second championship. 

We have good young players around her and we have 

good post players and that’s going to be a big focus this year, to 

get the ball inside.” 

9. Albany- 2008-09 Record (6-25, 4-13 AEC) 

The Great Danes came on strong at the end of last season, winning 

three of their final five games, and nearly knocked off topseeded 

Boston in the tournament quarterfinals. Senior Charity 

Iromuanya and sophomore Tabitha Makopondo each averaged 

5.5 points last season, the most among returning players. The 

team will also welcome seven new players, and, while they are 

not expected to do well this season, Coach Trina Patterson believes 

that the end of last season could benefit them this season 

and make them a surprise. “The last two games last year were 

positive. We had a 20-point win and then we almost had the 

biggest upset in the conference, and we know that if you leave 

it all on the floor anything is possible,” she said.

22 SPORTS 

randy Monroe- Head Coach 

11.03.09 

nate stewart- Assistant Head Coach Aki thomas- Assistant Head Coach John Zito- Assistant Head Coach #1 Bakari Smith- 6’3”, 190lbs 

though he only averaged less than one 

point per game last year Smith took 

part in 13 contests with one start. 

#5 Nick Groce- 5’11”, 175lbs 

the upper Marlboro native is expected 

to see some time at point guard this 

year after leading the Saint Mary’s gales 

to the MIAA “B” Conference title with 

a 26 point performance and game-winning 

layup in the rAC arena. he averaged 

13.6 p.p.g. and 3.6 a.p.g last year 

and earned Second-team All-Metro and 

All-County honors as a senior. 

#23 Chauncey Gilliam- 6’5”, 235lbs 

though he’ll miss the first half of the 

season with off the court issues, Gilliam 

should have a big impact once he hits 

the court. last season as a freshman 

he averaged 10.0 p.p.g. and 4.4 r.p.g. 

while shooting 51.4% from the field as 

the team’s third option. he led the retrievers 

with 21 points in a ig upset over 

Big 12 foe Nebraska and in the final 

10 games last season he developed his 

three point shot going 17-33 (51.5%) 

from beyond the arc. 

Men’s 

Basketball 

#10 Chris De La Rosa- 5’10”, 170lbs 

A sophomore transfer from Siena who 

will be eligible to play after sitting 

the 2008-2009 season out. Though he 

only averaged 2.5 p.p.g. and 1.5 a.p.g. 

while at Siena, he possesses quickness 

and good ball handling ability and is 

expected to make a big impact at the 

point guard position. 

#24 Shawn Grant- 6’4”, 180lbs 

A late signee but one that the basketball 

team will be happy to have. During 

his senior campaign he averaged 

15.5 point, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.0 assists 

and was named the West Coast Athletic 

league player of the year by the San 

Jose Mercury News and Palo Alto Daily 

News while leading his high school 

team to it’s 10th Central Coast Section 

title and division ii northern California 

Championship. 

Preview 

#15 Robbie Jackson- 7’0”, 280lbs 

One of two transfers expected to make 

a big impact for the retrievers this 

year, the junior who played at Marshall 

from 2006-2008 is a big body that the 

America east has never seen the likes 

of before. he provides a much-needed 

interior presence that will sure up the 

team’s defense and rebounding. 

#30 Justin Fry- 6’9”, 220lbs 

A knee injury will keep him sidelined for 

the first half of the season but will be 

expected to return to his starting role, 

which he has had for each of his three 

seasons at uMBC, once he comes back. 

last season he recorded career highs 

in both points (8.1) and rebounds (4.7) 

with three double-doubles including a 

19 point and 10 rebound performance 

in a first round upset of Boston university 

in the Conference tournament. 

#20 Adrian Satchell- 6’5”, 195lbs 

After averaging 13.0 points, 8.9 rebounds, 

and 1.8 shots during his senior 

year while shooting 55% from the field 

he led Windsor High School to a 26-1 

record and State Championship. he 

was named a McDonald’s All-American 

nominee, a two time All-State selection, 

and was ranked sixth in the class 

of 2009 in the state of Connecticut by 

New England Recruiting Report. 

#31 Brian Neller- 6’4”, 185lbs 

Another freshman who is expected to 

see a big role this year, neller earned 

Shore Conference player of the year 

honors by both the coaches and the 

Asbury Park Press in 2008-2009 after 

averaging 14.2 p.p.g. and leading his 

team to a Conference Championship. 

He scored 1,119 points in his career and 

178 three-point field goals in a threeyear 

varsity with a career high of 69 

coming in his senior campaign. 


#3 Jamar Wertz- 6’4”, 185lbs 

last season as a senior in high school 

wertz led king’s fork high School to a 

31-1 record and a State Championship 

while averaging 14.2 p.p.g., 6.0 r.p.g., 

and 2.3 s.p.g. 

#21 Matt Spadafora- 6’5”, 200lbs 

A two-year starter is back for his senior 

campaign after averaging a career high 

8.2 p.p.g., 3.8 r.p.g., and 2.4 a.p.g. He 

was third in the conference in assistto-turnover 

ratio in league games at 

2.2 and proved to be a big time clutch 

free-throw shooting as he hit 28 of 32 

(87.5%) in the final five minutes of 

games. 

#34 Jake Wasco- 6’8”, 235lbs 

In his freshman season he played in 19 

games and started one. though he only 

averaged 1.0 p.p.g. and 1.5 r.p.g. he 

showed good footwork on the defensive 

end. Last year his time was limited 

due to early fatigue which led to quick 

foul trouble, but in the off-season he 

added 25 pounds of muscle and should 

see a significant boost in playing time 

and be much better both offensively 

and defensively because of it. 

Photos courtesy athletics communications


Men’s Basketball Conference preview 

Coaches poll 

1. Boston U (8) 64 

2. Vermont (1) 56 

3. Albany 43 


5. New Hampshire 39 

T6. UMBC 28 

T6. Hartford 28 

8. Maine 14 


(# of First Place Votes) 

First Team All-Conference 

Tim Ambrose, Jr., G, Albany 

*John Holland, Jr., G/F, Boston U 

*Corey Lowe, Sr., G, Boston U 

Joe Zeglinski, Jr., G, Hartford 

Muhammed El-Amin, Sr., G, Stony Brook 

*Marqus Blakely, Sr., F, Vermont 

*Unanimous Selection 

Note: Tim Ambrose and Joe Zeglinski tied for the final roster spot. 

1. Boston University- 2008-09 Record (17-13, 11-5 AEC) 

They Boston University Athletic Department made a tough decision 

to fire 15-year coach Dennis Wolff, who has led the Terriers 

to three America East Conference championships in the 

past. They are hoping his replacement Pat Chambers, who was 

the top assistant on Villanova’s final four team, can bring it all 

together and get another Championship with 92% of the team’s 

offense returning. With two first team all-conference players, 

John Holland (18.1 p.p.g., 5.5 r.p.g.), and Corey Lowe (17.2 

p.p.g., 4.1 a.p.g., 4.0 r.p.g.), and reigning rookie of the year 

Jake O’Brien (12.5 p.p.g., 4.6 r.p.g.), and defensive ace Scott 

Brittain (7.4 p.p.g., 4.9 r.p.g., 25 blocks), they certainly have 

the talent to win, but it is a matter of putting it all together 

under the new coach. “Everybody wants to talk about going to 

the tournament and winning the championship. Lets not focus 

on that—lets focus on getting better,” Chambers said. 

4. Stony Brook- 2008-09 Record (16-14, 8-8 AEC) 

Last season, the Seawolves shocked everybody as their rotation 

of four freshmen, a sophomore, a junior college transfer, and 

just two seniors finished with eight conference wins, the most 

in school history. This year, with that important year of experience, 

they could again be a sleeper team as they return the glueman 

Muhammad El-Amin (15.7 p.p.g., 3.4 r.p.g.), explosive 

Bryan Dougher (11.2 p.p.g.), defensive ace Tommy Brenton 

(6.7 p.p.g., 8.9 r.p.g.) and big guys in 6’7” 250lbs Dallis Joyner 

and 6’9” 210lbs Danny Carter. “For the first time we go into a 

season with some key players and I know a little bit of what 

we have in store for and know a little bit of what I have in the 

program but it’s the first time I’ve gone into a season feeling like 

we’ve got some pieces in place,” said coach Steve Pikell. 

T6. Hartford- 2008-09 Record (7-26, 2-14 AEC) 

After making it to the conference championship game two seasons 

ago, the Hawks took a big step back last season when 

first team all-conference guard Joe Zeglinski suffered a seasonending 

injury just 10 games into the season. While they lost 

two very good players in Jaret Von Rosenberg (12.8 p.p.g., 4.5 

r.p.g., 3.5 a.p.g., 48 steals) and Michael Turner (11.2 p.p.g., 

6.2 r.p.g., 2.5 a.p.g., 52 steals), the return of Zeglinski gives the 

Hawks fans a ray of hope because his presence makes everybody 

better. “When Joe went down, Morgan Sabia [10.6 p.p.g., 

4.3 r.p.g.] suffered the most. His best year was his freshman 

year when there were other options and now with Joe and [junior 

college transfer] Milton Burton in there, as a third option 

Morgan can be dangerous,” explained coach Dan Leibovitz. 

Photo courtesy america east communications 

2. Vermont- 2008-09 Record (24-9, 13-3 AEC) 

When you return the reigning two-time America East Player of the 

Year and Defensive Player of the Year you have a lot to be excited 

about, and Marqus Blakely (16.1 p.p.g., 9.0 r.p.g., 88 blocks, 67 

steals) is just that, though coach Mike Lonergan still sees room 

for improvement. “We’re hoping he will mature and stay out of 

foul trouble. He’s definitely had some silly fouls over his career, 

which has limited his minutes, but we think some of our supporting 

cast members can step up and help him out.” Though they 

lose two all-conference players in Mike Trimboli (16.0 p.p.g., 4.8 

a.p.g., 3.6 r.p.g.) and Colin McIntosh (12.6 p.p.g., 5.0 r.p.g.), 

they still may have one of the deepest and most talented teams 

in the conference with five returnees who experienced significant 

time last season, and a talented four man freshman class. With 

Trimboli and McIntosh gone, former Michigan State transfer 

Maurice Joseph (8.1 p.p.g.) and Evan Fjeld (4.6 p.p.g.) should 

see significantly more scoring opportunities, while Nick Vier (6.6 

p.p.g., 2.9 a.p.g.) will be moved to his natural point guard role 

and another year of experience should pay dividends to Joey Accaoui 

(4.9 p.p.g.) and defensive stud Garvey Young, who was on 

last year’s all-rookie team. 

5. New Hampshire- 2008-09 Record (14-16, 8-8 AEC) 

Despite the loss of Tyrece Gibbs (14.6 p.p.g., 4.5 r.p.g.), Eric Gilchrese 

(8.1 p.p.g.) and Rony Tchatchoua (4.0 p.p.g., 3.2 r.p.g.) 

the Wildcats are in their best position to win in a long time as 

four juniors: Alvin Abreu (12.8 p.p.g., 3.0 r.p.g.), Tyrone Conley 

(8.9 p.p.g., 3.4 r.p.g.), Dane Diliegro (5.7 p.p.g., 6.9 r.p.g), and 

Radar Onguetou (5.1 p.p.g., 5.5 r.p.g.) all come in with a lot of 

experience after being put into action from day one of their freshman 

season. “If you’re going to compete for a championship in 

any conference you have to do it with older experienced guys and 

I think Abreu, Diliegro, and Conley are older now and I think 

are ready to take us now where we want to go,” said coach Bill 

Herrion. With two highly touted freshman, 6’2” guard Chandler 

Rhodes and 6’6” forwards Ferg Myrick they could be a sleeper 

this year. 

8. Maine- 2008-09 Record (9-21, 4-12 AEC) 

Few teams in the conference have as much raw athleticism as the 

Black Bears, but they have just never seemed to get things together 

and win. While they return a front court trio of Sean McNally (9.6 

p.p.g, 7.4 r.p.g.), Troy Barnies (7.7 p.p.g., 5.0 r.p.g.), and Junior 

Bernal (7.5 p.p.g., 4.0 r.p.g.), they will need all-rookie team guard 

Gerald McLemore (12.1 p.p.g.) to step up and be that big outside 

scorer to take pressure off of them. “We feel like we have a solid 

strength in the post, and having a player like McLemore on the 

outside, a guy that can rise up and really shoot the basketball and 

really make his own plays, you really always need that type of 

threat,” said coach Ted Woodward. 

Trw staff poll 

1. Boston U (4) 59 

2. Vermont (2) 56 

3. Albany (1) 47 

T4. UMBC 37 

T4. New Hampshire 37 


7. Hartford 24 

8. Maine 15 


(# of first place votes) 

First-Team All-Conference 

*Marqus Blakely, Sr., F, Vermont (6) 

*Corey Lowe, Sr., G, Boston U (1) 

John Holland, Jr., F, Boston U 

Tim Ambrose, Jr., G, Albany (1) 

Joe Zeglinski, Jr., G, Hartford 

*unanimous votes 

(# of player of the year votes) 

Go online to www.retrieverweekly.com/blog to see the 

writers’ picks. 

3. Albany- 2008-09 Record (15-16. 6-10 AEC) 

Last season, the Great Danes were off to a great start to the 

season and were the number one team in the conference after 

the first few weeks, but were severely hit by the injury bug, 

which limited the team to eight available players for practice 

and forced two assistant coaches to suit up. This season, with a 

healthy Will Harris (12.9 p.p.g., 6.5 r.p.g.) and a more experienced 

Tim Ambrose (14.3 p.p.g., 5.1 r.p.g.), they certainly have 

a good one-two punch. Though they lost two starters in Brian 

Connelly (8.0 p.p.g., 4.5 r.p.g) and Anthony Raffa (9.7 p.p.g), 

they may be even better because they have a natural point guard 

in Michael Johnson starting instead of the shoot-first Raffa. “It’s 

an absolute plus [to have that natural point guard] because 

Mike Johnson gets guys the ball, he gets it in the right spot, he’s 

more of a true point guard,” said coach Will Brown. 

T6. UMBC- 2008-09 Record (15-17, 7-9 AEC) 

They may be without two of the greatest Retrievers of all time, 

Darryl Proctor (20.0 p.p.g., 8.8 r.p.g.) and Jay Greene (12.7 

p.p.g., 6.0 a.p.g.), but now they will rely on two transfers to get 

them back: 7’0” 265-pound Robbie Jackson, whose size is unmatched 

by anybody in the conference, and quick point guard 

Chris De La Rosa. Coupled with arguably the greatest freshman 

class in UMBC history and three returning starters, Chauncey 

Gilliam (10.9 p.p.g., 4.4 r.p.g.), Matt Spadafora (8.2 p.p.g., 3.8 

r.p.g.) and Justin Fry (8.1 p.p.g., 4.7 r.p.g.). While Gilliam and 

Fry will be out of action for the first half of the season, both are 

expected to be back by conference play and it very well may 

make the team better as it provides more playing time for the 

newcomers. “I look at this as an opportunity for two guys to 

step up on the team, and as long as they are out on the floor 

contributing something, that’s how you’re going to win games,” 

said coach Randy Monroe. 

9. Binghamton- 2008-09 Record (23-9, 13-3 AEC) 

How the mighty have fallen. A few weeks ago Binghamton was 

the clear favorite to repeat as Champions as they returned all 

but two players, but then the bottom fell out and off-the-court 

issues caught up to them, resulting in six players being kicked 

off the team, the athletic director resigning, and the coach being 

put on paid leave. Now with just three returning players, led 

by Chretien Lukusa (4.4 p.p.g.), the Bearcats look to be in a 

big rebuilding process. “We’re trying to put the pieces together 

and put guys in positions to be successful. Our guys are playing 

well together, but we are young and are still learning. We 

only have three guys who played significant minutes last year. 

Those guys are pulling everybody together,” said interim coach 

Mark Macon.

24 SPORTS 

11.03.09 

volleyball sweeps hartford to 

remain in second place 

Michael Donnelly 

Contributing WritEr 

After a sweep by Stony Brook to 

snap their five game winning streak, 

the UMBC Volleyball team hosted 

Hartford on Friday with a better 

outlook. Determined not to take it 

easy, the Retrievers put pressure on 

a short- staffed Hawks team and won 

the match in 3 sets (25-20, 25-11, 

25-16). 

The win keeps UMBC in the second 

place the America’s East Conference as 

they trail first Albany who is a perfect 

7-0 in conference play. Hartford was 

0-5 in conference play and 7-16 overall 

but Coach Blanchard and the team 

were not about assume an easy win. 

“The big thing we talked about was 

respect. I think we got away from that 

a little bit with Stony Brook,” said 

Blanchard. “We showed our respect 

by keeping the pressure on.” 

“We had a totally different mindset,” 

said freshman Ali Loynachan 

(four kills, two assisted blocks). “We 

were a lot more focused and intense.” 

Hartford only had 7 players dressed 

for the match and didn’t have the 

depth to replace exhausted players. 

That fatigue showed as the Hawks 

had 25 errors for the match and only 

hit .012. 

The Retrievers struck first in the 

first set, taking a quick 2-0 lead before 

the Hawks tied it up at 2-2. UMBC 

and Hartford remained tied until a 

service ace by sophomore Allie Spaay 

gave the Retrievers a 11-9 lead. UMBC 

then jumped out to a five point lead at 

17-12. 

They Hawks rallied back but never 

tied it up again and UMBC kept that 

five-point lead to win the first set 25- 

20. The set was ended with a kill by 

freshman Naomi Bush, who had four 

for the set for 1.000 hitting. 

Both teams put up their best hitting 

of the match in the first set. The 

Retrievers hit .500 and the Hawks hit 

.280. It would be the only time Hartford 

had a positive hitting percentage. 

Sophomore Alyssa Lang led the team 

in kills with five and Spaay had 11 assists. 

Sophomore Sarah Joy started for 

an injured Sabrina Hoeks and earned 

two assisted blocks in the first set. 

She ended the match with two service 

aces and five assisted blocks. 

“Sarah Joy did a great job coming 

in,” said senior Kira Giles (nine assists, 

five digs). 

“I think Joy did an outstanding 

job,” Blanchard said. 

In the first set, the Retrievers only 

had two errors while the Hawks had 

four. However UMBC had five service 

errors to Hartford’s three. Both teams 

had two service aces. The first set 

would be the closest Hartford would 

get all match. 

In the second set the Retrievers 

again struck first, but the Hawks tied 

it at 3-3. UMBC then went on an eight 

point streak that ended with a service 

ace by senior Pam Jarrett to make 

the score 12-3. Hartford eventually 

scored to break the streak and make 

the score 12-4. On the next serve they 

corey Johns — trW 

Freshman Ali loynachan recorded four kills and two assisted blocks in a 3-0 

sweep of hartford. The volleyball team is now 5-2 in conference play. 

committed a service error, one of their 

three for the match. 

The Retrievers then took a 14 point 

lead that ended with an ace by Joy to 

make the score 22-8. Hartford was 

able to come within 13 points with a 

score of 24-11 but sophomore Iman 

Kennedy ended the set with a kill, 

making the final score 25-11. Kennedy 

led the team with four kills for 

the set, hitting .667. 

UMBC earned three service aces in 

the second set with only one error, 

reversing their fortune from the previous 

set. Hartford had three service 

errors and no aces. Besides the errors, 

Hartford also had 10 errors for the set. 

This helps explain UMBC’s poor hitting 

(.174) as they only needed eight 

kills to win the set. Hartford hit -.14. 

In the third and final set, Hartford 

scored first for the first time in the 

match. UMBC quickly took a 5-1 lead 

that Hartford closed to 6-5. However, 

the Retrievers eventually gained a 

seven point lead. 

With the Retrievers up big late in 

the third set, Blanchard decided to 

change up the players on the court. 

Sophomore Bianca Sandi came in 

to score a kill to give the Retrievers 

a seven point lead at 19-12. Senior 

Helen Smith and freshman Brighid 

Casey also saw time at the end of the 

third set. 

“We mix our teams up in practice 

every day. Everyone plays with everyone 

else,” Blanchard said. 

The Hawks earned a few points 

and brought the score to 22-16 but 

couldn’t get any more. UMBC won the 

match with a score of 25-16 for the 

third set. Bush led the team for the set 

again in hitting (.667) and kills (four), 

ending the match with nine kills and 

.643 hitting. UMBC hit .261 for the 

set to give them an overall hitting percentage 

of .324 for the match. 

No player earned a double-double, 

a first since their win at Howard on 

September 18, but many players put 

up good numbers. Spaay had 21 assists 

for the match and Lang had 

seven kills to go with one service ace 

and two assisted blocks. 

“We played pretty consistently 

throughout the match,” Jarrett said. 

“It’s something we’ve been battling 

throughout the season.” 

With the win, the Retrievers are 5-2 

in their conference and 13-9 overall. 

The team has won 11 of their past 14 

matches and overcomes a tough road 

loss to Stony Brook. 

“We got our confidence back to 

where it should be,” Giles said. 

The Retrievers face Albany on 

Friday, November 6 at 7 p.m. in the 

RAC Arena. Albany (17-8, 7-0) is on a 

thirteen-game winning streak and undefeated 

in conference play. The team 

then plays Binghamton (12-12, 4-3) 

on Saturday, November 7 at 6 p.m. for 

Senior Day. 


mdon1@umbc.edu. 


parkinson named 

first team allconference 

as 

team places eighth 

at America east 

championship 

Donald Daniels 


As the cross country season comes 

to an end, the Retrievers competed in 

the AEC championship, where they 

finished in eighth place. Leading the 

charge was senior Sara Parkinson, 

who earned sixth place overall. Parkinson’s 

time of 18:47.50 was good 

enough to earn her All-Conference 

for the second straight year. 

Not far behind Parkinson was 

teammate Suzanne Gabriel, who 

completed the 5k course in time 

of 19:37.60, in which she finished 

24th overall. 

Sophomore Keri Wilson also 

placed in the top forty, as she finished 

with a time of 20:03.50, which 

placed her at 34th overall. 

Freshman Megan Arnold came in 

with a time of 21:46.20, while senior 

Marin Leahy ended with a time 

of 21:35.90, rounding out the scoring 

for the Retrievers. 

The team will have one week off 

from competition before they travel 

to Princess Anne, Md. for the NCAA 

Regional Championships on November 

14. 


ddaniels@retrieverweekly.com. 

courtesy athletics communications 

sara parkinson was named to her second straight America east all-conference 

team after finishing sixth overall in the conference championship meet 

with a time of 18:47.50. 

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