TO: UMBC Campus Community

FROM: Charles J. Fey, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs
Patricia A. Perillo, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Manuel A. Lewis, Acting Chief of Police

RE: Quadmania 2007

DATE: April 17, 2007

As you know, our annual spring festival, Quadmania, will take place on-campus this Friday, April 20th, Saturday, April 21st and Sunday, April 22nd. Friday’s events will include national entertainment (The All American Rejects) in the RAC from 7:30 – 11:00pm and a carnival in Lot 17 from 5:00 – 10:00pm. The carnival will continue on Saturday, with outside live music, from 12:00 – 10:00pm and Sunday from 12:00 – 6pm.

We want to take this opportunity to invite you, your family and friends to attend. We want to especially highlight Sunday as we are working with staff in OIA to target community members for this day. Carnival tickets are available for $10 at the Commons Information Center and concert tickets are available for $30 via Ticketmaster.

In order to facilitate a successful and enjoyable event, we need to prepare space for carnival rides, games and musicians. Starting tomorrow, April 18th, through April 22nd, half of Lot 17 (lot closest to Geffen Hill) will be closed to all non-essential vehicles. Staff in Student Life, Parking Services and Athletics has worked closely together to facilitate this process; there will be minimal impact on parking and scheduled athletic events.

Due to the increase in the number of people on campus throughout the weekend, we are advising campus members of the following:
• Given the significant increase in pedestrian traffic, please stay alert, be mindful of your speed, and remember that pedestrians always have the right of way;

• Please do not leave your car on-campus over this weekend;

• All buildings, except The Commons, A.O.K. Library and Sondheim Building , will be closed and secured over the weekend (as is standard campus protocol) - buildings will be locked, checked and patrolled by campus police;

• Campus police want you to know that if you already have key access to a building on-campus, you will certainly be able to enter. Please note, however, for additional safety purposes, security personnel will ask for appropriate UMBC campus identification before entering. If you do not have key access and will need access to your building over the weekend, for any reason, please contact campus police prior to April 20th. In order to keep buildings secured, access will only be granted in cases where it is absolutely necessary, and when proper UMBC campus identification is shown;

• If you are hosting an event on-campus and you have not registered with or reserved your event through the Campus Scheduling Office already, please contact Manuel Lewis, Acting Chief of Police, at mlewis@umbc.edu or 410-455-3733; and,

• If you would like more information regarding Quadmania 2007 please call the Office of Student Life at 410-455-3462, email Lee Calizo at calizo@umbc.edu, and/or check out the Quadmania website at www.umbc.edu/seb.

Thank you for your cooperation and support of this 25-year UMBC campus tradition.