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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Voliime tf • Number

April

2 ooj

NeAv Parking
Fee Structure
Announced

In an effort to distribute park-
ing fees in a more equitable
fashion, the Department of
Transportation Services will use a
median salary figure to determine
the cost of fijture parking permits.

Significant increases in the cost
of building and maintaining park-
ing structures forced an examina-
tion of fee distribution. A blue rib-
bon panel, assembled by Vice Pres-
ident for Student Affairs Linda Cle-
ment, found itself as split on the
issue as is the campus community.
After much consideration, the cam-
pus administration decided to base
faculty/staff parking fees on salary.

"Those who make above the me-
dian salary would pay one rate and
those whose income was below
would pay less," explains Pat Mielke,
assistant vice president of student
affairs. The median is estimated to
be $46,022. Those above it wUl
pay $428 starting next November
and those below will pay $286,
Parking fees paid by individuals in
the bargaining units will remain at
current levels until the bargaining
process is completed.

"We've been on a flat model and
watched rates go from $220 in
2002 to... what would have been
$356 in 2004. That would have
been a 65 percent raise over two
years," says Clement, The dramatic
rise and its impact on those in the
lower income brackets spurred the
committee to find a better way to
distribute the increase, especially
since administrators say the $356
should be higher.

"In order to lessen the shock,
we're going to borrow money from
the department's plant [mainte-
nance] fund to spread the increase
over a few years," says David Allen,
director of transportation services.
"It's risky because it is difficult to
predict future maintenance needs,
especially considering the com-
bined age of two of otir garages is
over 40 years. Regents Drive garage,
which is about 1 2 years old, will
be paid off soon. We will use that
money to pay the plant fund back."

Another significant change rec-
ommended by the panel, and adop-
ted by transportation services, is a
new fee for the all-campus and ad-
ministrative parking permits. Upon
renewal, departments that want
administrative permits must pay
$428 for each one. Individuals with
all-campus permits must also pay
the standard faculty/staff parking
fee depending on their income.

On April 1 5, transporation servic-
es will be announcing new alterna-
tives to parking on campus. These
options will allow many employ-
ees to forego paying any parking
fee. For more information about
the new parking fee structure, go
to virww.inform.umd.edu/Campus-
Info/Departments/DCP/.

Beauty is Sometimes SIcin Deep

Spring breakers who
picked up a tattoo or
piercing during last
week's revelry might
have benefited from the col-
lective wisdom of a panel
discussion held on campus
before they left.Tattooed and
pierced folks helped explain
the culture of "body modifi-
cation" during an informal
lunchtime discussion on Feb.
19 in Marie Mount Hall
called "Tattoo and Body
Piercing — Who's to Say What
to Do!"

"The choices I've made
regarding my appearance are
part of what my being is,"
said audience member Josh
Burdette, a Maryland alum-
nus with piercings and tat-

PHOTOS BV CYNTHIA MITCHEl

Maryland alum Josh Burdette, in photo at left,
and Sean Philips, above, had much to share about
their desire to modrfy their bodies with tattoos,
piercings and more (Philips has a metal implant
under the skin of his right hand). One participant,
who had covered most of her skin with tattoo art,
said for her each tattoo holds a special signifi-
cance, be rt spirKual belief or personal experience.

toos that would have put June Cleaver into
therapy. "I do these things to be true to
myself."

Burdette stretched his earlobes with steel
rings about the diameter of a coffee mug,
elaborately pierced his nose and ears, and tat-
tooed his arms and back. He said the univer-
sity helped his "evolution" by providing free
Internet access. "I got online and fbimd peo-
ple who were doing and talking about the
things tliat I was talking and thinking about."

See TATTOOS, page 4

Prolific Inventor to Speak on Campus

Take a complicated
medical problem, try sev-
eral ways to solve it, get
frustrated. Then give the
whole thing to Robert Fis-
chell and watch the pieces
fall into place.

As the holder of more
than 200 patents and the
father of modern medical
stents, Fischell gives the
term "medical device
inventor" special meaning.
His latest inventions have
the ambitious goals of end-
ing epLeptic seizures and
detecting and stopping
migraine headaches. He is
also working on technolo-
gy that will tell a person
they're having a heart
attack, will send an elec-
trocardiogram to a computer
for a cardiologist's analysis
and send an ambulance to
the individual.

"Within 30 seconds, all of
your medical history appears
and is then reviewed by a

PHOTO ay JOHN T. CON

Robert Fischell

cardiologist," says Fischell,
adding that 400,000 Ameri-
cans die every year from
heart attacks that could have
been prevented or better
detected. "Most people deny
the symptoms."

It is his work with the
treatment of epilepsy,
heart attacks and mig-
raines that Fischell will
discuss diuing the eighth
Fischell Lecture on April
9. Named in his honor, the
series aims to create con-
nections between the im^
versity and industry. Fis-
chell is an alumnus of the
physics department (mas-
ter's) and a member of the
university' board of
trustees. He is also a newly
named professor of prac-
tice of mechanical engi-
neering. His talk next
Wednesday will look at
^°'-' how three companies he
started, NcuroPacc Inc.,
Angel Medical Systems
Inc. and Neuralieve Inc., are
creating devices that will
step in where dmgs have
failed.

"Medications for epilepsy

See FISCHELL, page 3

Humorist^
Activist Receives
Gliner Award

Bureaucracy, Jim Boren
knows, is all about dyna-
mic inaction, fuzzUica-
tion and mumbling.

"Remember, bureaucracy is
the epoxy that greases the
wheels of progress," Boren told
the audience Wednesday at his
humor talk titled "Bureaucratic
Strategies for Backside Survival."

Boren 's talk was sponsored
by the Art Gliner Center for
Humor Studies, which present-
ed him with their annual award
for contributions to society
through humor. Boren has a
background in government, pol-
itics, business and education,
and uses that experience to
cause social change through
humor. He is the author of sev-
eral books, including "How to
be a Sincere Phony," and is the
president of INATAPROBU, the
International Association of Pro-
fessional Bureaucrats.

When he was worldng for
the government, Boren said he
"became frustrated with the
bureaucracy and the waste of
human talent," so he founded
INATAPROBU, and in 1968
announced the association's
motto:"When in charge, ponder.
When in trouble, delegate. When
in doubt, mumble."

"With those three rules you
can siurivc any bureaucratic
crisis," Boren said. He then
explained dynamic inaction, a
concept he says is central for
bureaucracy.

"You project an image of per-
formance rather than having
done anything," he said. "Then
you don't nm the risk of mak-
ing a mistake."

Throughout his talk, Ektren
demonstrated the art of mum-
bling, often mumbling through
the ends and middles of his sen-
tences, though still sounding
coherent. "Linear mumbling in-
volvcs the transposition of tonal
patterns," he said, explaining
that he once mumbled through
an entire reception without
ever saying a word and no one
noticed.

He said language used by the
Pentagon is an example of verti-
cal mumbling. "They called bul-
lets 'kinetic energy penetrators'
and peace permanent prehostil-
ity," " he .said. "They use such beau-
tiful language {at the Pentagon]."

Fuzzification is another im-
portant aspect of bureaucracy,
according to Boren. "If you
fuzzify what you're saying, it
guarantees flexibility of inter-
pretation," he said.

Boren has caused social
change in a number of ways.

See BOREN, page 4

APRIL 1, 2003

dateline
maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS

APRIL 1

april 1

8:46 a.m.-4 p.m., GIT Short-
course Training: Introduc-
tion to Flash 4404 Computer
& Space Science, Introduces
basic and intennetliate features
of Macromedia Flash MX. Parti-
cipants will learn to import
bitmaps and files, m:mage sym-
bols "tween" effects preload
loops, create movie clips and
buttons, add sotmds, and more.
Prerequisite: fomiliarity with
Windows, a Web browser and
basic HTML. The class fee is
$80. For more information or
to register, contact Jane S,
Wieboldt at 5-0443 or oit-train-
ing®umai!. umd.edu, or visit
www.oit.umd. edu/sc.

12:30 p.m.. Voices and
Strings Gildenhom Recital
Hall, Faculty artists of the
School of Music will perform.
For more information, contact
Amy Harbison at 5-8169 or
harb ison® warn . timd . edu .

4 p.m.. Scientific Computa-
tion Physics Lecture Hall. With
EitonTadmor of the Center for
Scientific Computation and
Mathematical Modeling and
Charles Levemore of the
Applied Mathematics and Sci-
entific Computation ^aduate
program. Refreshments will be
served prior to the colloquium
at 3:30 p.m. for a small fee. For
more information, call 5-340 1
or visit www.physics.umd.edu.

WCDMiKDAV

april 2

8:45 a.m.-4 p.m,, OIT Short-
course Training: Microsoft
Word Level 3 4404 Computer

6 Space Science, ^rticipants
will work with styles, form
templates, graphics, features
that simplify woridng with
large documents, and more.
Prerequisite: MS Word Level 2
or equivalent knowledge. The
fee is $90. For more informa-
tion and to register, visit
www.oit.umd.edu/sc, or con-
tact Jane S. Wieboldt at 5-0443
or oit-tramtng@umail.umd.edu.

7 p.m.. Writers Here and

Now 61 37 McKcldin Library.
With Jonathan Rosen. For more
information, contact Don Berg-
er at db 1 88@umatl.umd.edu.

7:30 p.m.. University of
IMaryland Jazz Ensemble

and Alumni Reunion Big
Band Dekelboum Concert
Hall. The Alumni Reunion Big
Band's debut. For more infor-
mation, contact Amy Harbison
at 5-8169 or
harbison® warn. umd .edu.

8 p.m.. Eternal Wisdom in
an Age of Illusion: Reflec-
tions Upon A Pathway

Auditorium, Inn and Confer-
ence Center. David Cadman,
former chairman of the Prince
of Wales' Foundation, will deliv-
er the Bahai' Chair for World
Peace Lecture. Free. For more
information, contact Beth
Geubtner at 5-5722 or visit
www.bsos.urad.edu.

THURSDAY

april 3

8:45 a.m.^ p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Introduc-
tion to MS Excel 4404 Com-
puter & Space Science, Partici-
pants will learn the advantages
of electronic spreadsheets over
paper spreadsheets by explor-
ing both types; as well as to
create basic worksheets and
formulas, to change the appear-
ance of worksheet data by
using a variety of formatting
techniques, and more. For
more information, visit www.
oit.umd.edu/sc.The class fee is
$90. For more information, con-
tact Jane S. Wieboldt at 5-0443
or oit-training@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc.

8 p.m., Ei Invitado Kogod
Theatre, Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center. With Teatro de
la Luna, a Washington, D.C.-
area hispanic theater group.
Tickets are $25 and $5 for full-
time studenLs with ID. For more
information and tickets, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
daricesmithcenter. umd .edu.

SATttltSAV

8 p.m.. Study for a Resur-
rection Ina and Jack Kay The-
atre, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center Performed by
Creach and Company's all-male apFll 9
company of six dancers. Tick-
ets are $25 and $5 for full-time
students with ID. For more
information and tickets, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
daricesmithcenter. umd .edu.

nology Conference 6137
McKeldin Library. This confer-
ence celebrates the acompHsh-
ments of College Rirk faculty
who are using technology to
transform the educational
experience. An additional high-
light will be a keynote presen-
tation by Christopher Dede, a
national!)' renowned expert on
learning technologies. Free for
fticulty and teaching assistants.
For USM students, the fee is
$50; for K-1 2 Teachers, $25.
Seating is limited and registra-
tion is required at www.oit.
imid.edu/twt/register.html.

Noon, Exploitation of Honey
Bee Colonies by the Small
Hive Beetle Aethina Turn Ida

1130 Plant Sdences. With Jeff
Pettis of the USDA Bee Re-
search Laboratory in Beltsville.
For more iniformation, visit
www.entomology.umd.edu.

Noon, School-to-Work Tran-
sition for High School Stu-
dents and Its Relationship
to Crime 11 01 Art/Sociology
Building. With associate profes-
sor of criminology Shawn Bush-
way. For more information, go
to www.popcenten umd.edu.

2:30-6 p.m., Gemstane Pro-
gram Senior Team Thesis
Conference 1 1 30 and 1 140
Plant Sciences. Multidiscipli-
nary research teams of under-
graduate students will present
and defend three years of
research on a topic related to
science, technology and socie-
ty. For a detailed schedule of
presentation topics, visit
www.gemstone.umd.edu.

8 p.m.. El Invitado Kogod
Theatre, Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center See April 3-

8 p.m.. Study for a Resur-
rection Kay Theatre, Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
See April 3-

april 4

8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 1 0th
Annual Teaching With Tech-

8 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday of
Service Off -campus service
locations. Weekends at Mary-
land and Community Service
are sponsoring a Saturday of
Service. Students, feculty and
staff will join together to serve
the community and local
youth. Volunteers will partici-
pate at various off-campus
service locations, from Camp
Friendship, which benefits

New Distance

Courses Offer

Topical Information |

^^^ he College of Informa-

ROM. The deadline for regis*

1 tion Studies (CLIS) has

(ration is April 7.

1 arinounced a series of

A Reference Workshop 1,0

distance education offerings

course will answer questions

for spring and summer. These

about software and online

are the college's first Web-

patrons. It will be offered April

besed courses.

28-IVIay 23 by Eileen Abies,

Two are offered as non-cred-

Margaret Turqman and Melissa

it professional development

Buffer of CLIS and Steve Coff-

courses. The classes are

man, Lina Arret and Ken Hen-

expected to be followed by

shall of Library Systems and

others. One focuses on legal

Services Inc. The interactive

information issues and home-

workshop offers a high degree

land security and two others

of individual attention and

focus on reference skills.

hands-on practice using LSSI

"We've been asked to do

Virtural Reference Toolkit soft-

this over and over again," says

ware.

Marietta Plank, assistant to the

The third course, E-Refer-

dean for special projects.

ence {LBSC 708S), is a for-cred-

"We're trying to build an array

it course running June 2-Julv

of courses."

11 and taught by Abies. It is

The first, Today's Legal and

part of CLIS' master's in library

Policy Issues for Information

science program. Students will

Professionals, runs April 2]

get an overview of innovations

through Aug. 15 and is divided

in digital reference service with

into five modules. Professor

a focus on virtual reference.

Lee Strickland is the instructor.

For more information,

Part of the course is taught

including how to register, visit

online and the rest via CD-

www.cli5.umd.edu.

cliildren with cancer, to the
local MS Walk, Breakfast and
limch are provided. Registra-
tion forms can be picked up at
the Office of Campus Pro-
grams, 2194 Stamp Student
Union. To have a registration
form sent to you, e-mail
kfox@imion.umd. edu. For
more information, contact
Kirsten Fox, 4-71 68, or Megan
Cooperman, 5-074 1 , or visit
www, union . umd , edu/week-
ends/satservice . htm ,

9 a.m.-f :45 p.m., Gemstone
Program Senior Team The-
sis Conference 1 100 and
1 205 Cambridge Community
Center. Multidisciplinary
research teams of imdergradu-
ate students will present and
defend three years of research
on a topic related to science,
technology and society. For a
detailed schedule of presenta-
tion topics, visit www.gem-
stone.umd.ediL

Equality Lessons from Hall-
gion. Disability, Sexual Ori-
entation and "Transgender"

21 54 Tawes.With Chai R. Feld-
blum of the Georgetown Uni-
versity Law Center. For more
information, call 5-LGBT or
visit www.lgbts.umd.edu.

or additional event list-
ings, visit www. college
pufalisher.com/outlook.

april 6

3 p.m.. Voice of a People:
The Jewish Soul Kay The-
atre, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center A program of
music by Daniel Heifetz, the
Classical Band and Carmen
Balthrop celebrating Jewish
culture in America. Tickets are
$20 and $5 for students. For
tickets and information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenterumd.edu.

MONDAY

april 7

4 p.m.. Rectifying the Tilt:

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Commission Recognizes a Decade of Leadership

Being the first at something means
people expect standards to be set
and positive examples to be creat-
ed. Being the first also means an
opportunity to define something, to carve
out its place. For Claire Moses, it means all
of this and much more.

As first chair of the Department of
Women's Studies, Moses helped bring femi-
nist studies to the forefront of the campus'
academic offerings, and raised the national
profile of women's studies in the process.
She took what began as a program in the
College of Arts and Humanities and sought
out like-minded faculty to help shape what
is now one of the largest women's studies
departments in the country.

To recognize her leadership and scholar-
ship, the President's Commission for
Women's Issues (F^CWI) recognized Moses
with its Outstanding Woman of the Year
Award at a reception yesterday afternoon.
The award has been given since 1977, the
same year Moses came to campus. The
honor comes as she ends her 10-year term
as chair.

"Two years ago I first placed in nomina-
tion the name of Claire G. Moses for woman
of the year As strongly as I felt in 200 1
about Claire's qualifications for this singular
honor, I feel much more strongly now,"
wrote James Harris, dean of the college, in
his nomination letter "For a generation and
more Claire Moses has been a leader in and
for her own Department, for Women's Stud-
ies on campus, and more broadly for
women and all minorities,"

Harris' words are echoed in letter after
letter The climate in which she created the
10 year-old department is also noted, and it
speaks to Moses' skills in developing rela-
tionships and respect, Moses wants it
understood, though, that her leadership is,
and was, a group effort. She also considers
herself lucky to have a supportive adminis-
tration behind her.

"If there's something I'm most proud of,
it's being able to get a lot of people to work
together well," says Moses. "The faculty and
staff in this department are so wonderful.
When I first became chair, a number of

PHOTO ay CVNTHIA MITCHEL

Claire Moses

friends sent me notes of condolence about
what it is like to be chair of a department. I
am happy to say that none of that applied
to this department."

Because women's studies grew along
with Moses' career, she has always felt espe-
cially tied to the department's progress. Her
research focuses on the history of feminist
theory and activism, particularly the history
of French women. "I always felt my career
and passion for women's studies on campus
have been linked. The respect for my schol-
arship has reflected onto the program and
the respect for women's studies has gained
me some respect."

Moses edits and manages Feminist Stud-
ies, a leading jounal in the field, and has
served on the Organizing Committee of the
Worldwide Organization of Women's Stud-
ies. She also spent two years as U.S repre-
sentative to the Internationa! Federation for
Research in Women's History; as well as
held other notable posts.

Her work furthering the importance of
women and their place in history seemed

to lend itself to her appointment as co-chair
of the President's Diversity Panel, which
plays a laige part of the university's nation-
wide recognition for its diversity efforts.
She shares the chairmanship with Mathe-
matics Professor Ray Johnson.

When asked what she would do if her
PCWl honor came with magical powers,
Moses answers that she would make sure
that there would be more faculty members
from underrcp resented groups. "So that
they could serve a role on this campus that
is so important in terms of the kind of scho-
larly research that they bring. I don't think
the university has met the goal of my magi-
cal powers, but we do have quite a good
record compared with other imiversities."

For her last display of magic, Moses
thinks big."l wish there was a way to
ensure that every student on campus could
be aware of the history and current day
experiences of women and racialized
minorites. I'm not at all certain how that
would happen, though. It makes me very
unhappy that young people know so little
about history or contemporary matters."

She believes that in order to live in an
increasingly multicultural world, knowledge
must be involved that connects the numeri-
cal presence of a group to its place in socie-
ty and history.

As she comes to the end of her term,
Moses would like to see the university
remain a leader in women's studies, but
cautions against being too comfortable
within the department's walls. "We have to
think about how to reach beyond our com-
fort zone."

She speaks of herself, as well. "I believe in
1 0-year term limits. 1 believe in new ideas.
Power corrupts and absolute power cor-
rupts absolutely. I look forward to the next
chair and her agenda."

Moses will shift her focus back to her
own research while trying to disentangle
herself from the chair's position. "1 want to
be .somewhat involved in the flourishing of
women's studies and what it represents in
terms of knowledge making. How 1 do that
will be what I start thinking about. And I'm
looking forward to joining a health club."

Fischells Always Thinking, Working, Inventing a Better Way

Continued from page i

decrease IQ, especially in young
people. They make you a veg-
etable,"

So his solution? A small
implant into one's cranial bone
connected by eight electrodes
to the brain. The device, which
could cost approximately
$20,0(K), knows the wearer's
seizure pattern and sends an
electric current to stop it before
it starts. Fischell, who worked
on the computerized apparatus
with his son David, caUs it "cos-
metically perfect" because no
one knows it's there. "It's all in
your head," quips Fischell.

The approach sounds simple
and when asked why hadn't it
been done before, he says that
there are two stages of inven-
tion: "The first is 'It'll never
work,' and the second is 'It was
obvious all along.' "

Another seemingly simple Fis-
chell innovation with powerful
potential is the coated stent.
Stents are small plastic or metal
tubes placed in arteries or ves-
sels to keep them open. A com-
mon use is in arteries to pre-
vent coronary heart disease, Fis-

chell expects Federal Drug
Administration approval within
the week on stents coated with
Sirolimus, a compound that pre-
vents the formation of scar tis-
sue, which can hinder stent
effectiveness.

"And you could apply it to
other things where scar tissue is
a problem, such as widi breast
implants. In heart bypass sur-
gery, coated sutures will not
cause scaring,"

Because he is busy thinking
up and working out the details
of these and many other ideas,
Fischell leaves the running of
his companies up to others. Still
pulling 10-hour days at age 74,
he said he finally had to prom-
ise "long-suffering wife" Marian
that he wouldn't start any more
new companies. He retains
chairmanship, though, and says
being a successful inventor
means wearing other hats.

"You're first an inventor, and 1
think that's the easy part, then
you're a salesman and you're
also a businessman. Some of our
best inventions, I've had to pres-
ent them to 10 different cus-

tomers, even with my truck
record," he says. The U.S. Patent
Office named FischeD Inventor
of the Year in 1 983 and .several
devices being used in the med-
ical community bear his name.
An entire wall in his comfort-
able home-office showcases
honorary degrees, patents and
awards recognizing his creativi-
ty. Even a firamcd dedication page
to him from one of his son's
thesis papers gets some space.

"To look at when I get dis-
couraged," says Fischell, later
adding that "sheer force and
omeriness" get him a long way.

To foster this kind of creativi-
ty on campus, he recently
endowed the Fischell Fellow-
ship in Biomedical Engineering
to support graduate students
with irmovative ideas and "out
of the box" thinking. Their mis-
sion: to create a medical device
or system that will improve
human health.

This drive to improve the
human condition is part of
what keeps Fischell tinkering,
though he's been reworking
things since he was 1 5, when

he installed a then-novel three-
gear shift on his bicycle In his
early 20s, he earned brownie
points from his new bride for
inventing a hearing device that
allowed his live-in fether-in-law
to better hear the television
without blasting it through the
house. To keep sharp, every year
he gets together with other in-
ventors for an innovation retreat.

"We meet at some nice place
and think about what the world
could use."

The secret to success, says
Fischell, is to do what you know
and enjoy. "We're pretty good at
inventing, so we do that."

The Eighth Fischell
Lecture, delivered
this year by its
namesake Robert Fischell,
will take place at 4 p.m. on
April 9 in room 1115, Com-
puter Science Instructional
Center. For more informa-
tion, contact Brian Dicker-
son at (301) 405-4906 or
bdickers@deans.umd.edu.

Greening
Campuses
Conference to
Be Held at
Maryland

Environmental experts
itom aioimd the coun-
try will converge on
campus for the "Beyond
Compliance: Campus Green-
ing Through Stewardship"
conference April 1 1-1 3- Spon-
sored by the university and
the National Wildlife Federa-
tion, the conference will fea-
,ture presentations and wotk-
shops at the School of Archi-
tecture. The keynote speaker
will be David Orr, director of
the environmental studies
program at Oberlin College.
Other speakers include pro-
fessional practitioners direct-
ly involved in campus master
planning, green building des-
ign, environmentally prefera-
ble building materials, energy
use and conservation, campus
mass transit and other areas,

"Designing an environmen-
tally friend I)' campus is really
a new area for many schools,
and we hope this conference
will help colleges in their
move to environmental stew-
ardship," says Scott Lupin,
a.ssociate director of environ-
mental safety at the tmiversi-
ty and conference organizer.

The conference is open to
faculty, staff, administrators
and other members of the
campus commtmity. Through
presentatioins and work-
shops, the conference will
provide a forum for partici-
pants to share tools for and
experience in the design of
campus spaces that minimize
environmental impact while
enhancing natural habitat.

"College campuses, espe-
cially those the size of the
University of Maryland, have
all the environmental con-
cerns of any community
where people live, work,
drive and park their cars,"
says Lupin,

The conference will begin
with the rain garden dedica-
tion ceremony. The rain gar-
den, located in a comer of
lot lib, represents the latest
technology iised to filter out
oil, metal and other contami-
nants from parking lot rim-
off. Also during the ceremo-
ny the university will be pre-
sented awards ftt)m the
National Wildlift: Federation
for its commitment to sus-
tainability in the new Master
Plan, and the U.S, Environ-
mental Protection Agency for
the new Combined Heat and
Power project.

For more information abotit
the conference, visit www.
inform. umd.cdu/DES/general/
greening/agenda.html.

Otganizations interested in
exhibiting at the cotiference
or in sponsorship should
contact Scott Lupin at (301)
405-3698 or e-mail slupin@
accmail.umd.edu.

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Recognizing Student
Employees

National Student Employment
Week is April 6-12. Faculty, staff and
students are encouraged to partici-
pate in the following:

■ April 7: Student Employment
Supervisor Training, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m..
Career Center

• April 8: Student Employee
Appreciation Day

• April 9: Student Employee
Workshop, 1-3 p.m., Career Center

• April 10: Recognition Ceremo-
ny and Reception, 2-3:30 p.m.,
Stamp Union Grand Ballroom

For more information, visit
www.carecrcenterumd.edu/
student/events/nsew.htm.

EWS Tssts Schediried

Beginning at 11:55 a.m. on April 2,
the siren/Early Warning System
(EWS) will be tested on the first
Wednesday of every month at
1 1:55 a.m. The test wUl be a full 30
second audible test. In addition,
each Wednesday at 5 p.m. there
will be a short test (5-10 seconds)
that will be audible only to those
very close to one of the sirens.

The university has implemented
EWS, a series of sirens, to alert the
community to life-threatetung
emergencies. When the sirens
sound, people should seek shelter
in the nearest building and seek
out information at one of the fol-
lowing information resources:

• WTVw.uind.edu

• WMUC 88.1 FM
> 1640 AM

- (501) 405-SNOW (405-7669)

• Resltletitial Campus Cable
Channel 76

■ Academic Campus Cable
Chanoel 40

The resources will inform you of

the nature of the emergency and of
what actions should be taken in
response to the emergency.

For more information, visit
www.umpd.umd.edu/sirens, where
one can view a short video about
EWS. Brochures and magnets can
be obtained at the Department of
Public Safety or by calling 5-7033.

Women and Minoritv
Lecture Series

The Art Department's Women and
Minority Lecture Scries presents a
slide presentation by international-
ly recognized African- American
painter and University of Texas pro-
fessor Michael Ray Charles on
Thursday,April 3 at 1 2:30 p,m, in
the West Gallery of the Art and
Sociolgy Building.

Serwice Award Nominations

The following are opportunities to
honor students and student organi-
^tions involved in service;

• Outstanding Community
Service Project or Program
Two awards will be presented: one
to a group whose main mission is
community service, another to a
gniup who does community serv-
ice as one of many functions.
Awards go to the group whose
project or program best exempli-
fies the principles of quality serv-
ice initiatives. Programs should
demonstrate thoughtful prepara-
tion, meaningful action, critical
reflection and post-project evalua-
tion; they should be designed to
meet a need articulated by the
commimit)' and demonstrate prin-
ciples of reciprocity and commit-
ment to sustainable change.

• Student Community Service
Organization of the Year

For the student group whose
efforts demonstrate ongoing com-

Creativity in Evidence at Review Day

Electrial and
Computer
Engineering
(ECE) undei^jaduate
student Divya Jhalani,
right, answers Institute
for Systems Research
student Patrick Sudai's
questions about
Michelangelo, a
computer-controlled
sculpting tool. Jhalani
began working on the
project earlier this
semester with five
other students and
professor R.D. Gomez
of the ECE depart-
ment, Michelangelo
scans image files and
produces relief maps
of them in hard foam using a machine with a trio of tiny drill
bits. Possible applications include precision machining and
cosmetic dentistry. The project was part of Research Review
Day, which showcased the Department of Computer Science,
the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, the Institute for
Systems Research and the Departaient of Electrical and
Computer Engineering. The event was held March 21 firom 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. in Stamp Student Union,

PHOTO BV eVBITHIA MITCHSl

mitment to quality community
service projects and programs,
issue advocacy and activism and
meaningful student involvement in
service. Criteria include both quan-
tity and qua! it)' of community .serv-
ice efforts, collaborative organiza-
tional leadership, and partnerships
with on- and off-campus entities.

• Outstanding Campus/Com-
munity Partnership
Presented to a campus and com-
munity partnership that embodies
the spirit of reciprocity, collabora-
tion and common purpose. Nomi-
nated projects should demonstrate
a sustained partnership to meet an
indentified community need.

• Service-Learning Advocate

This award goes to a faculty or staff
member who has shown excep-
tional commitment to advocating
for service-learning on campus. It
may take the form of exceptional
teaching in a service-learning class,
development of commimity-based
partnerships, or advising student
commimity service organizations.

Award applications can be
picked up in 1 1 50 Stamp Union.
For more information or to request
an electronic application, e-mail
jowen@accmail.umd.edu. Applica-
tions for the student organization
awards are due April 1 1 .

Tattoos: Above All, Do It Safely

Continued jrom page 1

The panel was organized as part of
Women's History Month and included
the Rev. Diana White, an administrative
assistant in the journalism department;
Oemetria "Sugar" Stallings, a senior pre-
law major Health Center coordinator
TaraTorchia; and Nyumburu Center
Assistant Director Clayton Walton. Bart
Hippie, convenience shops manager
with Dining Services, moderated the
discussion and Dottie Bass, assistant
director of the Office of Multiethnic
Student Education, was the chair

"If you have a tattoo or pierced ears
it's not going to stop you from going to
heaven,"' White said. Worries about pain
kept her from having her ears pierced
for many years, but when she decided
to pierce her daughter's ears, she had
her own pierced as well.

Not all piercings or tattoos are pure-
ly decorative. Sugar Stallings, a Muslim
Ethiopian-Trinidadian, has tribal pierc-
ings that she received as part of a com-
ing of age ceremony."! think they
make a person very unique," said Stall-
ings, whose nose, fact and more inti-
mate areas are piereced. "Who's to say
how much is too much? At the end of
the day, you only have to answer to
yourself."

All the panel members stressed safe-
ty. Torchia said the Health Center sees
many students who have encoimtered
problems with new tattoos or piercings.
Anyone seeking such work should go
to a reputable shop that uses proper
sterilization procedures and doesn't
reuse ink or needles, she said.

"Belly piercing is one of the ones
that takes the longest to heal, and
often is one of the more commonly
infected piercings, because it's an area
that brushes up against clothing and is
often not kept very clean," Torchia
said.

She added that exposure to sunlight
can cause new piercings to become
irritated. "We encourage people to
keep a piercing covered for six
months to a year."

Sean Philips, a member of the body
modification community who works at
Beyond Body Piercing in Arlington, Va.,
spoke about a number of issues includ-
ing pain. "Pain is just a sensation simi-
lar to pleasure. Some people enjoy the
pain," he said. "We tend to tell people,
what's a moment of pain for a lifetime
of beauty?"

— Stephen E. Mather,
joumalisni graduate student

Program to Honor Graative
Uses of Multimadia

A unique journalism awards program
at the university will honor those
who use technology in innovative
ways to engage people in important issues.

The Batten Awards for Innovations in
Journalism will honor novel approaches to
journalism that can make a difference end
have an impact on a community. Entries
might consist of such things as online news
experiences, news games, fresh ways to
use video conferencing, Web cams, comput-
er kiosks and other advances in interactivity.

The awards and a planned educational
symposium are funded with a $230,300
grant from the John S. and James L Knight
Foundation in honor of the late James K.
Batten, the former CEO of Kntght Bidder
who was a leader in looking at ways jour-
nalism could better connect with communis
ties. There will be a S1 0,000 grand-prize
winner and two $2,500 runners-up. They
will be honored at a fall symposium in
Washington. D.C.

"Jim Batten was a thoroughly modern
journalist, and I think he would have been
thrilled by the opportun'rties made possible
by today's technology," said Tom Kunkel,
dean of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of
Journalism. "These awards will highlight
some of the most creative thinking out
there,"

Boren: Humor

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one being INATAPROBU's Order of
the Bird Award, presented to "recog-
nize sustained bureaucratic excel-
lence." He once presented the award
to a U.S. Postmaster General after
Boren, riding on horseback, beat mail
from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
Ronald Reagan w^as awarded the Bird
for studying acid tain for nine years
and not reaching any conclusions.

'I do use the Birds as a tool to get
things done," said Boren. "WTien no
one accepts the Bird we keep publicly
showing it until someone accepts it."

After speaking, Boren revealed a
sculpture he created that represents
the bureaucracy in Washington, D.C,
The wire sculpture included bells,
"the dingalings," said Boren; a pirate
flag representing "the corporate
pirates who own Congress; " and lead
weights, "the official metal of bureau-
cracy and politics."

When turned on, pans of the sculp-
ture moved, bells rang and Lights
blinked.

"It's food for thought," Boren said.
"It does show movement, but it has
no output, really."

— Angle Mason,
journalism graduate student