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Marijuana legalization still unlikely

O’Malley to look at stricter petition regulations

Bill to legalize some medicinal purposes reintroduced this session

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By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

State officials may consider tightening requirements for citizens to challenge legislation in referendums after residents upheld several such laws on state ballots during the fall elections.

While Gov. Martin O’Malley threw his support behind several referendums that ultimately passed, most notably legalizing same-sex marriage, the DREAM Act and table games, he recently suggested more stringent requirements would increase government efficiency. However, some Republicans see that as a means of stifling opposition.

“It is another step in strengthening the political machine that dominates the state of Maryland, a supermajority of liberal Democrats who consistently pass big government, big taxes and legislation that many people don’t agree with,” said Del. Patrick McDonough (R-Baltimore and Harford).

The state’s constitution dictates any signed bill can be put to a statewide referendum if 3 percent of the state’s voting electorate signs a petition for the cause. O’Malley has not offered any specific reforms to the process, though he hinted after the election that he’d like to see stricter requirements.

“It’s probably been made a little too easy,” O’Malley told local radio station WBAL in November.“I think we have been best served in our state in the over 200 years or more of our history by a representative democracy rather than plebiscites.”

More than two months have passed since the governor’s remarks, but according to his office, there is “nothing concrete” in the works to change the

casting in Washington.

“I was a party boy,” Brotman said of his time as a student. “I went to all the frat parties and sorority parties and just wanted to have fun. I failed out after the first six months. ... My academic experience was not positive, but that’s all on me. I still loved being there and had fun.”

Though Brotman’s time at the university was short-lived, his Terrapin roots are kept

November’s election proved a victory for state progressives when both samesex marriage and the DREAM Act passed MARIJUANA at the ballot box. But the same can’t be FAST FACTS said when it comes to years of drug policy initiative efforts.

Colorado and Washington This issue is one in which this state, became the first two called one of the nation’s most liberal states to legalize by several experts, trails behind the likes recreational marijuana of Colorado and Washington, which legalized recreational marijuana this Efforts to legalize medicinal past Election Day. Although legislamarijuana have stalled tors have debated lifting the ban on the in the Maryland General drug for medical purposes, the effort Assembly for years hasn’t moved forward for several years — and hasn’t been helped by Gov. Martin Gov. Martin O’Malley has O’Malley’s threat to veto such a bill if it threatened to veto any came to his desk. marijuana legalization if it “Despite being a blue state, I guess came to his desk we’re just little bit conservative on the issue,” said Alan Lehman, a criminology professor.

And while residents strongly advocated for same-sex marriage and the DREAM Act, the same kind of constituency isn’t there for recreational marijuana legalization, experts said — at least not to the same degree as on the West Coast.

“I don’t see marijuana legalization forthcoming in Maryland.

I just don’t see any signs of it,” said Chris Foreman, a public policy professor. “One of the drivers of that would have to be a substantial number of people who aim to supply that market, and I gather out west you have more of those people.”

Last legislative session, Del. Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore City) introduced a bill aimed only at medical marijuana legalization, but as she expected, it didn’t hold up to the scrutiny of legislators who amended the bill and watered it down. Instead, the final version of the bill provided a defense in court and lessened charges for caregivers administering the drug to patients.

That bill won by a sizable 86-41 margin in the House of Delegates, but the Senate failed to bring it to a vote in the waning minutes of the General Assembly’s last day. Del. Dan Morhaim (D-Baltimore County) said he plans to reintroduce the bill, as

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LOUD AND PROUD Alumnus has emceed inaugural celebrations for 11 presidents

By Sarah Sexton Staff writer Charlie Brotman took up his usual post at a viewing stand facing the White House on Monday and readied himself to announce yet another inaugural parade.

It’s a job the alumnus has perfected over his 63-year reign of emceeing 15 consecutive inaugural celebrations for 11 presidents, seven of whom he has met personally. At President Obama’s second inauguration on Monday afternoon, Brotman used all his charms to distract a crowd of more than 800,000 from blustering winds and lulls in the action, as bands and floats marched down their Pennsylvania Avenue route.

“The presidential inauguration is a worldwide event, and it’s an amazing honor to be part of it and get to use all my creative ability to keep the audience interested and entertained,” said Brotman, 85. “I think of it as having all these people at my house and wanting them to have the best time ever.”

Brotman’s passion began with his interest in sports announcing as a student at this university. He was enrolled for just one semester in 1948 before he decided to transfer to the National Academy of Broad-

alumnus charlie brotman has been a part of inaugural celebrations for 11 presidents. He emceed President Obama’s second inauguration Monday. photo courtesy of debbie doxzon

Plans to join CIC this More than July well underway a class Officials seeking to assignment maximize opportunity

By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer With the university set to join the Big Ten’s academic consortium this summer, officials have begun mapping out what exactly students, faculty and staff will gain as members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

The broad scope of the CIC’s benefits require that Provost Mary Ann Rankin and her staff carry out a wealth of preparation before the affiliation becomes official July 1. Though planning will be time consuming for the staff and students involved, the monetary costs are modest compared to the amount the university should save through its CIC affiliation, said Steve Fetter, academic affairs associate provost.

For example, CIC institutions save up to $2 million annually through joint licensing and purchasing agreements of necessary equipment, software and services, Fetter said, and the academic and programming collaborations will bring increased opportunities to the student body.

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“Students will benefit from expanded library access, study abroad opportunities, language courses and free application for graduate study at other CIC institutions,” he said.

The CIC’s governing body, provosts from each of the Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago, create collaborative programs to serve the common good of the members, Fetter said. That type of involvement will require staff members within the provost’s office to lead the organization on specialized subjects in which the CIC may have interests.

In coming weeks, the university will appoint liaisons to manage its participation in various CIC programs and activities, including library and IT initiatives, course sharing, study abroad and leadership development.

The CIC also boasts peer groups for undergraduate and graduate education, research, student affairs, purchasing and communications, Fetter said.

Work groups composed of faculty, staff and students met for the first time last week to begin examining how the university can best benefit from each See CIC, Page 7

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Student learns life lessons from meal with homeless man

By Fatimah Waseem Staff writer EDITOR’S NOTE: The name of an individual and his business were withheld in this article to protect his privacy.

Eden Ejigineh never expected the impact she would make when she invited a homeless man to lunch at a local restaurant.

As the junior psychology major left work, she noticed a man in withered clothes sitting outside of a familyowned restaurant. She decided to invite him to lunch, pouncing on the opportunity to complete a psychology assignment to “add some good back into the world” and grab food with company.

The assignment was only worth about 2 percent of Ejigineh’s grade inthe I-series course PSYC289E: Psychol-

junior eden ejigineh said she learned more in the two hours she spent eating lunch with a homeless man as part of a requirement for a psychology class than “in all [her] life.” charlie deboyace/the diamondback ogy of Evil, a class offered for the first time last semester in which students scientifically study evil and reflect on an individual’s vulnerability to become a victim or a perpetrator. But Ejigineh’s interaction with the man outside the restaurant would do much more than earn her a passing grade.

At a window seat, the unlikely pair chatted for two hours over penne rosa with salmon. For Eden, the interaction would change the way she saw Edmond Jackson, a middle class man who lost his job, home and family. Jackson was laid off seven years ago after losing his wife and two sons in a car accident.

“At first he didn’t say much and kept

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giving me short answers, so I began telling him about myself to make him more comfortable,” Ejigineh said.“But soon I learned he was hopeful and kind. He kept smiling and talking about how he was going to get back to the way he was.”

Two hours of conversation, one additional order and two goodbyes later, Ejigineh returned to her car and Jackson returned to his spot on the bench.

“I learned more about people in those two hours than in all my life,” she said.

Two months later, Ejigineh returned to the same restaurant with a friend and gave the waiter her order — penne rosa

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on the prospects of marijuana in the state and whether it could be available legally to recreational users at some point in the near future.

Recreational drug use may be a “bridge too far,” Lehman said.

While he said he would support the state’s creating such a program for medical purposes, full-on legalization could pave the way to abuses that wouldn’t come as easily to someone who is strictly on a medical regimen.

“To the extent that it’s something that people want to do, to the extent that it’s an abusable drug, I really don’t agree with legalization” for recreational purposes, Lehman said.

And while Lehman said he feels the state may soon act on medical marijuana legislation, it’s more difficult to build a case for recreational use.

“If people are concerned about high school kids or … impressionable young minds or what have you, that’s the kind of thing that’s going to come up and make a lot more sense if we’re talking about recreational use” as opposed to medical use, he said.

well as legislation that would create a task force to determine permissible medical uses of the drug.

With federal law prohibiting the sale and use of marijuana, this state — along with many others — has been hesitant to move forward for fear that federal regulators would step in, Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery) said in an interview with The Diamondback in April. Those fears, he said, are largely unfounded.

For Morhaim, there’s no shortage of rationale from opponents of a state-level initiative.

“There’s plenty of states moving ahead despite the federal law,” Morhaim said. “If people want to be opposed to medical marijuana, they’ll find their reasons.”

Medical marijuana is not benign, nor are any medicines, Morhaim said, but he does not see why the state can’t move to make it available for patients who may be afflicted with certain ailments.

“I think this should be in the hands of a doctor-patient relationship, not a dealer-patient relationship,” he said.

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Gov. martin o’Malley openly supported several referendums on the November ballot, including legalizing same-sex marriage, the DREAM Act and table games, but recently suggested reforming the process to put a bill to public vote. Currently, any bill can be put to a statewide referendum if 3 percent of the state’s voting electorate signs a petition for the cause. file photo/the diamondback

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“The governor has just said, generally, that he’d be open to having a conversation,” said Takirra Winfield, a spokeswoman for O’Malley.

Sen. Edward Reilly (R-Anne Arundel), the minority whip, said O’Malley should not seek to raise requirements.

“It’s very inappropriate to try to squash the activism of concerned citizens,” Reilly said. “The referendum process is available to every citizen who wants to organize over any issue, progressives or conservatives, whatever the issue is. … This is not a partisan issue.”

The process shouldn’t be made any more difficult than it already is, Reilly said.

In fact, he supports two adjustments that would make

it easier to force a referendum — lowering the minimum number of signatures needed and allowing “citizen-initiated” issues to be considered.

“The current level allows the weeding out of frivolous issues.

It’s a high enough bar that it works,” he said.

While Del. Anne Kaiser (DMontgomery) supports a more stringent process, she cautioned against taking reform too far.

“People elect their representatives to government to make votes and make tough votes, and make them not only with their personal opinions in mind,” she said.

It’s become too easy to force challenges to a vote, Kaiser added.

“It’s expensive,” she said.

“With new technology, it’s relatively easy to get something on the ballot, and the voters supported the legislature in each case.”

November’s referendums were a clean sweep for the governor

— for every issue he supported, the corresponding referendum passed. O’Malley should be content with the current process, McDonough said.

“I think it is hypocrisy for the governor and other liberal De m o c ra ts to b e p ro m o t ing online voting and other tactics designed to promote the idea that more people will vote, while at the same time hijacking the opportunity to vote with a petition,” McDonough said.

“All a petition does is bring an issue to the ballot where the voters decide, and quite frankly, the governor has won in his position on the referendum issues, which to me makes the governor a hypocrite,” he added.

Winfield rejected the idea that O’Malley’s support for reform is self-serving.

“This is not something that is self-motivated at all,” she said.

“We’re always looking for ways to make government more ef-

fective and efficient.”

Although Democrats hold strong majorities in Annapolis, Winfield said the governor, if he ever pushed reform, would aim to do so in a bipartisan way.

“As he sees these barriers come up, he’s willing to have a conversation with those on both sides of the aisle about ways to reform this process,” she said.

If the assembly were to pass legislation making referendums tougher to bring about, it might come at Republicans’ expense — referendums are used only to challenge laws already passed by the General Assembly, which Democrats control.

The Democrats’ tight grip on the government, McDonough said, makes the current process especially important.

“If there’s any state in the country that has a need for a petition system,” he said, “it’s this state.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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From Wallace Loh: It’s all happening

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ven in January,“buds” are opening on this university’s campus — symbols of growth and vigor.

This month, faculty and staff are seeing their first cost-of-living pay increase in several years. This is a modest harbinger that our state is turning the economic corner. Gov. Martin O’Malley has included additional pay raises — both cost-of-living and merit — in his budget proposal for next year.

O’Malley has called for a modest 3 percent tuition increase at a time of double-digit increases elsewhere in the country. He also proposed increased support for science and engineering programs; innovation and tech commercialization; MPower (our collaborative ventures with University of Maryland, Baltimore); and improved college completion. If approved by the state’s General Assembly, this will be the first new funding for our operating budget in several years.

The university was recently ranked

by Kiplinger’s as the fifth-best-value — defined by quality and affordabil-

ity — among all public universities in the nation. This state’s public school system was again ranked first. These milestones are reached when the state has an “Education Governor” and a supportive legislature.

On the private side, next month we will celebrate the successful conclusion of our Great Expectations campaign.

This $1 billion accomplishment provides the margin of excellence in academics, arts and athletics.

To secure our future as a front-rank research university, we continue to make strategic investments.

Our “cluster hires” are starting to bear fruit. We are hiring four interdisciplinary groups of top professors to collaborate and advance scholarship in areas of critical importance: sustainability in the built environment, quantitative biology, planetary origins and the “new America” emerging by reason of demographic changes.

Our massive open online courses are now debuting through Coursera. Our faculty are teaching quantum physics, entrepreneurship, computer engineer-

ing and women’s studies. Currently underway is the design of our new Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center. It will support educational technology in ways that will transform the classroom experience for the 9,000 students expected to use this building every day.

In the coming weeks, you will hear about university-wide initiatives in innovation and entrepreneurship education, as well as an update on MPower as it reaches its first birthday.

The Big Ten and its academic consortium, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, have welcomed us warmly.

Our student government leaders have already met with their counterparts for discussions on student issues. Our police chief is working with his counterparts.

Our federal relations director was invited by her counterparts to lobby together in Congress. The chair of our Board of Regents and I will meet next month with Big Ten presidents, their respective board chairs and the conference leadership regarding the integration of academics and athletics. Student, faculty and staff

College rankings fail MARC PRIESTER It’s that time of year again, when starry-eyed high school seniors have submitted their final applications to their dream universities. They now pray for acceptance letters, imagining the thrill of opening that precious piece of mail.

Within the confines of those packages, beyond the propaganda-laced school portfolios promising the best four years money can buy (and the assurance that $50,000 tuition is totally manageable) lies a different message: the promise of the upper middle class, the pipe-dream future we’ve been fed since before we could even spell “Harvard.”

It’s time to wake up from this fanciful dream before the draconian nightmare materializes, for our current obsessions with prestige and rankings border on fetishism.

There is a sad waltz between college rankings and how we value education.

It compels individuals to irrationally worship universities, leading to the foolish economic decision to attend exorbitantly priced colleges because of the “promise.”

It’s no secret the most prestigious and highly ranked universities are the ones with hideously inflated tuition rates. That in itself is problematic.

Total held college debt now exceeds aggregate credit card debt levels and has crossed the $1 trillion mark.

Tuition has escalated astronomically over the last few decades, including a 27 percent increase in tuition over the past five years for public institutions, according to College Board.

This economic bubble is petrifying and our unflinching worship of college induces its continual expansion. Three principal agents must share the blame: the media, parents and students.

First, the media has vaunted collegiate culture, enticing students to attend the most prestigious, albeit expensive, schools on the planet.

There is a strange irony in all this. For example, The Huffington Post has an entire section dedicated to the college debt crisis, yet constantly barrages readers with collegiate lists and rank-

ings, sending students into a frenzy over these schools while ignoring the prevailing cost. “Look how great this school is! Oh, and in four years, send us your circumstantial horror story of being overwhelmed by $100,000 of debt.”

Next are parents. Here’s an anecdote: When a friend of mine was a freshman her parents already told her to begin thinking of graduate school. She hadn’t even picked a major yet.

College “promises” the middle class.

It “promises” a two-story suburban house with the white picket fence and a hot spouse. But nothing is promised in this life, nor in this economy. Students need a ferocious desire to learn in order to maximize the educational benefits of college. “Getting by” is unacceptable, especially coupled with compounding debt or if your career aspirations do not require a degree. Do not waste time lethargically floundering in school.

Learn a vocation and network to attain success. Simply attending a fouryear institution does not guarantee a middle-class lifestyle — you can thank the Great Recession’s eradication of many white-collar jobs for that. An employer won’t hire you solely because of the prestigious university on the degree, but because of the individual merits you forged yourself.

Even with all of these outside pressures, students must be held partially responsible for the status quo. I understand the pressure. I understand the two decades worth of conditioning telling you to go to the best school possible. However, you must prioritize intelligent economic decision-making.

The degree you hold from “prestigious university X” is never worth $80,000 to $100,000 of debt. Debt can be ruinous, stunting your ability to buy a home, car or start a business. In other words, it’s very challenging to become an independent adult while swimming in loans.

No 18-year-old can conceptualize that titanic amount of liability. But prudence must upend the absurd college culture that was forced down your throat.

M a rc P r i e s t e r i s a s o p h o m o re economics and government and politics major. He can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

participation in CIC programs will begin this summer.

Working collaboratively with local, regional and state officials, we are making progress in enhancing College Park as a home that reflects our university’s national standing.

Nothing is more important than the real — and perceived — safety of our students, faculty and staff who live in neighborhoods adjacent to the campus.

Our goal is to secure approval this semester for our police department, together with county police, to bolster security in these areas. Concurrently, our campus governance groups are considering extending the reach of the code of student conduct beyond the campus. These allied initiatives are essential for the safety of students and residents.

Families choose a community because of the quality of its schools. Through a formal partnership with the city, and via the efforts of education Dean Donna Wiseman, we are working to support the new College Park Academy Public Charter School. This college prep school will open next fall and there is a lot of

public interest, as evidenced by the admissions applications.

In the coming months, we will take the initial steps to develop a hotel and conference center in College Park. It has been a long time coming. But once underway, we expect that such “anchor” projects will catalyze the vibrant retail development that, in turn, will help transform our community.

Congratulations to physics professor Jim Gates, who will be awarded the 2012 National Medal of Science at the White House next month, and to the Mighty Sound of Maryland marching band and its director, professor Richmond Sparks, for being selected to participate in the 57th presidential inaugural parade.

Fearless ideas, innovation and creativity! These are Terp traits that make us proud.

Wallace Loh is the president of this university. He can be reached at president@umd.edu and on Twitter at @presidentloh.

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GUEST COLUMN

Reaffirming faith in democracy

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hile one election cycle came to an end in the United States with the recent inauguration of President Obama, a different election came and went in the Middle East. You may be taken aback by that statement. Yes, the Middle East! Not only that, but it was in a country that has been democratic since its inception and has had consistently peaceful transfers of power.

Of course, the country I am referring to is Israel.

On Jan. 22, Israelis took to the polls to elect representatives to their parliament, the Knesset. Unlike in the U.S., where the legislative and executive branches are separate, in Israel, the government is made up of a parliament and prime minister. Israelis elected members for the 120-person Knesset, choosing from more than 30 parties. (Israelis vote for parties instead of people and the seats are distributed based on the percentage of votes received.)

These parties represent an incredible diversity of political views. While initial projections showed the majority shifting more to the right, in a surprise turn of events, the vote shifted more toward the center, with

the seats nearly evenly split 60-60 between the left and right camps, according to the newspaper Haaretz. It appears likely Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in office, but as part of a more centrist coalition.

How was this news received in Israel?

Some were thrilled, some disappointed, but all reacted peacefully. Once again, democracy was the big winner. Readers are all familiar with the hype surrounding elections in the U.S. and how surprising the results can sometimes be. Yet no matter how close results are in the U.S., people do not riot and there are not violent attempts to intervene in the natural course of the democratic process.

What is amazing about Israel is that despite it being surrounded by neighbors who are highly undemocratic, Israel directly embodies the American spirit of democracy. Israel has shown its commitment to these values time and time again over the course of 19 election cycles since the country’s founding in 1948. In Israel, every adult is given equal voting rights and the summer 2011 tent protests over the country’s high cost of living were prime examples of Israelis’ right to free speech.

When one looks at the democratic transfer of power in comparison to

the U.S., it comes as no surprise — it happens here all the time. But look at Israel in its regional context. In Iran, gays and lesbians are punished and persecuted. In Saudi Arabia, not only are religious minorities not recognized, but women are not even allowed to drive cars. In Syria, it is punishable to speak out against the president, Bashar alAssad. It may come as a surprise to readers, but not only are there full voting rights for all of-age citizens in Israel, but minorities, such as the large Arab population, have parties that represent them in the Knesset.

There is a great deal of turmoil in the Middle East. Many groups in the region want to see Israel wiped off the face of the map. From terrorist cells in Gaza to the current leaders of Iran, Israel’s safety and security is threatened time and time again. As a fellow democracy, it is our responsibility to stand by Israel, and help ensure that its citizens can continue to live with the freedoms and liberties we value as the hallmarks of democratic societies.

A k i va Fu t t e r i s a f re s h m a n computer science major and the legislative coordinator for Terps for Israel. He can be reached at akiva.futter@gmail.com.

Going broke in our heads, not in our pockets ERIK SHELL It’s always interesting to examine the chants and phrases a group of people will repeat. Images of Catholic Mass or, really, any Christian worship service should immediately come to mind, followed by similar religious meetings.

Even secular organizations have their own chants — the Pledge of Allegiance is still recited in most schools and military institutions at the start of the day. While not everyone who says these refrains espouses the same ideals, the act of saying them tells a little bit about the group’s makeup and how its members function.

The mantras of one particular group — “I didn’t sleep at all last night,” “What’s the page limit?” and, key to this column, “Nah bro, I’m broke” — deserve discussion. If you couldn’t guess, these are the calls of the college student.

The last phrase is curious since, although almost every person has uttered it at some point or another, college students’ actions do not conform to fit their statements.

I will list some examples. First, there’s the group that is, as always, “broke,” yet has the cash on hand to procure a cardboard box full of bottles for weekly “Thirsty Thursday” celebrations. Then, the occasional “broke” student who has a student ID loaded

with a meal plan to go along with his or her well-furnished apartment in The View, which is filled with stacks of non-rented books. Commuters aren’t safe either, it seems, because they, despite free room and board (should they be commuting from home) are still as broke as the rest of us.

Now, this isn’t to say there aren’t some legitimately “broke” people at this university. I’m looking at you, champion student, who received enough scholarship and government money to attend college. You have paid your dues in application paper cuts and sheer force of will, and I salute you.

So what excuse do the rest of us have?

The fact is most of us aren’t broke.

Sure, we all have more loans out than we can possibly afford. When it comes time to pay them, most of us still won’t be able to, creating a fiscal bubble not dissimilar to the housing bubble of 2008, but I digress. As of right now, most of us could indeed go out for the requisite cup of coffee and a sandwich with friends without much worry.

My point here is — and I’m shooting myself in the foot for saying this — I think we should lie about being broke, if we do it for the right reasons.

When we graduate and go into the real world to become real adults, we’re going to have an income — economy withstanding. That income will need to go toward a lot of important stuff,

but the leftovers will be ours to spend however we choose. By lying about being “broke” and forcing ourselves to deny those impulse purchases and activities, we begin living a lifestyle below our means. That means living on even less than we have budgeted.

By lying about being “broke” — and actually acting like we are — we create a habit that will pay us back financially month after month. Then, when a very unfortunate and very costly surprise comes along, we’ll be safe and secure rather than actually becoming “broke.”

E r i k S h e l l i s a so p h o m o re classical languages and literatures and history major. He can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

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HOROSCOPE STELLA WILDER

orn today, you are not always as patient as you might be, and when you are compelled to pick up the pace in order to reach a goal sooner, you are likely to face all kinds of dangers -- but you know it and are most often prepared for it. You don’t simply charge ahead with no thought for yourself or those around you. Even though you know that you cannot always protect yourself or another against all the dangers you may incur as a result of your hasty or overzealous behavior, you do always try to take the necessary precautions. You are not the kind to seek out assistance, but you will accept it when it is offered.

You have a great deal of emotional investment in things, even those that are routine and, to some, trivial and forgettable.

For this reason, you are known for engaging others in heated discussions, even arguments, over the most surprising issues.

Still, you cannot douse the fires of your emotional furnace.

Also born on this date are: Nastassja Kinski, actress and model; Edith Wharton, novelist; Mary Lou Retton, Olympic gymnast; Neil Diamond, singer and songwriter; John Belushi, actor and comedian; Aaron Neville, singer.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You will be able to reach further today than you had planned -- but

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take care that you don’t get carried away. Endurance is a key factor.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -Don’t let the little things get to you today. Focus on the big picture and accept the fact that not everything will go your way.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You’re in the mood for something different today, and a loved one thinks he or she knows just what to do for you. You may have to compromise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You can step forward and recommend yourself and your ideas with confidence today. All that preparation you’ve done is about to pay off.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -You’ll want to stay connected to those who have been a part of your life in the recent past, even though major change is on the horizon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You may not know quite how to react today when someone steps out of character and says or does what you least expect.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You may want to break with tradition today and do something that others may not at first accept. Give it time;

they’re bound to come around.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Take care that you don’t overreact to your own mistakes today; focus on doing what you can to move on in a positive, productive manner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- The connections you’ve made lately are likely to be more important to you after today than at any time in the past -- but this is no surprise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You must be sure to pick up after yourself today, and leave no messes for those who come after you.

Courtesy counts for much at this time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- You and a friend disagree about what you think will happen today -- and in the end it is likely that neither is entirely correct.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Any confusion that arises today is likely to be dangerous because others may not know how to keep their emotions in check.

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for a minute there, i lost myself Radiohead’s magnum opus illustrates the pitfalls of depression — but doesn’t offer any hope for those who have fallen victim to the illness

By Robert Gifford Senior staff writer The works of art that mean the most are the ones we find at just the right moment. The song you associate with a particular summer, the movie you watched a dozen times after a bad breakup — how you appreciate and remember any work is determined largely by how and when you discovered it and how it reflected your state of mind.

Kid A, Radiohead’s masterful yet punishingly bleak 2000 magnum opus, is one of my favorite albums — a record I connected with deeply at a specific time and then returned to frequently.

It’s among the best and most innovative works of its time. But it’s also something that I’ve found increasingly hard to relate to, something that may have done just as much harm as good — and something I associate closely with depression.

I have lived with depression for most of my life.

Recently, I’ve learned how to manage it, but it’s been an anchor around my neck for longer than I care to admit. And during those times, Kid A — a perfect sonic expression of melancholy, from the apocalyptic lyrics to the pained, distress-signal howls of vocalist Thom Yorke — was there not to lift me up, but to drag me further down.

There’s something very comforting about the notion that you’re not alone in your struggles, which

explains much of Kid A’s appeal. I don’t know if Yorke or his bandmates struggle with mental health issues themselves, but they have an unrivaled ability to capture what it feels like to be deeply depressed: the apathy, the inertia, the loneliness, the sadness, the self-loathing. “How to Disappear Completely,” with its weary chorus of “I’m not here/ This isn’t happening,” perfectly captures the desire for selfnegation, the wish to retreat so far inside yourself that you simply cease to be — the feeling that is such an essential part of the illness.

The album seemed to articulate essential truths I had always found inexpressible; I didn’t have to try to explain what I was feeling because it already knew. That’s a powerful feeling for a sad, lonely kid.

It’s reassuring to know that others have experienced what you’re experiencing, but, at least for me, Kid A did nothing to assuage my pain and everything to confirm and even amplify it. It embraces misery without offering the faintest glimmer of hope — there’s even a track mockingly titled “Optimistic” that opens with the lines, “Flies buzzing around my head/ Vultures circling the dead.”

Kid A isn’t just an album about ennui, however.

What makes it so great — and so dangerous — is that it’s about the decay of society as much as that of individuals. There’s no line drawn between the personal and the societal; the same rot infects them both. The album’s catastrophic

climax comes on “Idioteque,” a terrifying sonic Armageddon in which, over ominously throbbing synths, the world finally tears itself apart. It’s melancholy projected outward, so that the world has the problem as much as the self.

It closes with the achingly gorgeous “Motion Picture Soundtrack,” which, with its minor-key Disney majesty, sounds like a funeral dirge for happiness itself. The album firmly subscribes to an “anyone happy is a moron” mindset. With ecological catastrophe, jingoism and greed pushing humanity toward its doom, how could any intelligent person be hopeful?

It’s a seductive idea, especially for someone with depression. It means you’re not sick — you’re just smarter than everyone else. Those normal, welladjusted people? They’re blind. They’re sheep.

You may be depressed, but that’s because you’re the only one who knows “The Truth.” It’s selfaggrandizement that twists reality so that sickness is enlightenment and hope is madness, a Trojan horse that disguises depression as salvation.

It’s a self-defeating worldview, but one that’s particularly hard to root out when it provides such a comforting, if misleading, logic to a person whose mood is often dictated by a fluke of brain chemistry.

Simply accepting that happiness is not an impossible fool’s hope is something I struggled mightily with for years and continue to battle with from time to time.

And Kid A was always on the wrong side of those struggles. I don’t want to sound as if I’m blaming Radiohead for my difficulties — it remains one of my all-time favorite bands, and I was drawn to it because I was depressed, not depressed because I was drawn to it — but I do think Kid A’s purpose and message deserve questioning.

The album does a near-perfect job of capturing what it sounds like to be depressed; for that, Radiohead deserves nothing but praise. It’s an artist’s job to say something real about life, and Radiohead accomplished that. But in doing so, it reproduced depression’s myopia as well, reflecting its pernicious reasoning without ever noting its failings.

Radiohead does a better job of capturing the push and pull between misery and joy on In Rainbows — probably its best album — which moves between tracks of anguish and moments of staggering beauty.

It’s a more honest account of life, with its ups and downs, than Kid A, which is all valley and no peak.

It’s ultimately a great but restricted album.

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CIC From PAGE 1 facet of the CIC, according to Linda Clement, student affairs vice president. In April, officials plan to hold a public forum to elicit feedback from staff and students on the changes they may see.

“We are very excited about joining the CIC,” said Clement, “and we’re now taking a look at how we can seize these opportunities and grab hold of all that this can offer us.”

Four members of the university’s Student Government Association were able to see those opportunities for collaboration up close at a three-day conference they attended earlier this month with members of student governments from Big Ten schools.

“It was good to see what other schools are doing,” said Matt Arnstine, SGA communications director. “We’re similar to the other schools within the Big Ten, and it was interesting to see what initiatives they were involved in and how we could bring those initiatives here.”

The SGA currently works with other student governments within the University System of Maryland; however, most other schools within USM don’t share the same issues that this university needs to focus on, from working with administrators to improving campus safety, sustainability, student advocacy and governmental affairs.

“Our issues are very different from other schools in the state; it’s hard to really exchange ideas and really get a good conversation going,” said SGA President Samantha Zwerling. “But these schools are so similar to us, it really allows us to get their ideas and spread them.”

The organization inherited ideas pertaining to campus support, cleanup, mental health campaigns and safety, among other areas, according to Landon Greer, SGA chief of staff. In particular, the other student government groups were interested in adopting a program similar to the “blue light” system that would be available to students as a smartphone app. The conference also allowed the SGA to get feedback on developing ideas, such as a new transportation option that would be more readily available than Nite Ride. Planning for that proposal has been in the works for several months, Zwerling said.

“We’ve been very welcomed [into the Big Ten] — there’s not much structure like this with the

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“[CIC] schools are so similar to us, it really allows us to get their ideas and spread them.”

SAMANTHA ZWERLING SGA president

ACC schools,” Zwerling said.

“I’m really, really excited for things to come.”

The various student groups at Big Ten schools hold hundreds of similar conferences and meetings each year, allowing students to swap and share concepts for programs that could help all the involved universities.

“The CIC is just fantastic,” Arnstine said. “Their success is attributed to the fact that the universities don’t look at each other as competitors, but as peers.”

The news of a conference change hit many students hard, but some are coming around to the idea of new resources on the campus.

“I think in the end that the move to the Big Ten is worth it, since it will give students who are interested in study abroad programs the opportunity to participate in something they would not have the chance to otherwise,” said Derick Ansah, a freshman chemical engineering major.

Through these collaborations within the CIC, the university’s rank should rise substantially to match member schools’ status within the national higher education community, officials said.

Already, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked the university the fifth-best value among public universities, a jump from eighth place last year.

“Kiplinger’s specifically referenced our move to the Big Ten [and] CIC in assessing the quality of our institution,” Fetter said.

While officials do not expect any large deviations from the university’s educational programs or services before the move, there may be long-term changes as opportunities for educational and research collaboration become apparent, Fetter said.

“This move is going to be very good for us,” Clement said. “It’s going to be very beneficial for the students attending the university.”

Staff writer Sarah Tincher contributed to this report. newsumdbk@gmail.com

1948 Alumnus Charlie Brotman announces the 57th Inaugural Parade on Monday. At right, Brotman stands with his grandson, senior Sam Doxzon. photos courtesy of debbie doxzon

Brotman

Ronald Reagan’s parade in 1981.

“It was a wonderful parade.

Reagan was all about show biz, From PAGE 1 so he brought in half of Holalive through his daughter, lywood for Inauguration Day,” alumna Debbie Doxzon, and Brotman said.

Obama had a very different his grandson, senior government and politics major Sam approach, he said. The counDoxzon. Brotman has invited try’s 44th president focuses on his grandson to sit with him in ordinary people, particularly the viewing stand during every the young, rather than trying inaugural parade since former to attract celebrities, Brotman President Bill Clinton’s second said. In keeping with Obama’s inauguration in 1997, when Sam theme for Monday’s inauguration, “Our People, Our Future,” Doxzon was six years old.

“Going to the parades inspired many high school and college me to pursue politics,” Doxzon marching bands had the opporsaid. “It was this incredible op- tunity to take part in the moportunity to get a feel of what mentous occasion, including politics are all about and see an this university’s Mighty Sound amazing display of pomp and of Maryland.

B ro t m a n h i m s e l f wa s a circumstance.”

O n e pa ra d e s ta n d s o u t , 22-year-old student when a Brotman and Doxzon both parade organizer selected him recall, because of a brief run-in and five other National Broadwith the Secret Service. At casting Academy students to former President George W. announce the first televised inBush’s inaugural celebration in augural parade, to mark former 2005, Bush had stopped along President Dwight D. Eisenhowthe parade route and Brotman er’s second term.

“I loved the experience took the opportunity to ask if he would be at the upcoming but thought it was a oneWashington Nationals game to time deal, one school assigntoss the ceremonial first pitch of ment,” Brotman said, “so I the season, as per tradition for graduated and pursued sports broadcasting.” the president.

When former Washington Sen“About a minute later, a man from the Secret Service came up ators owner Calvin Griffith invited and told my grandpa not to ask Brotman to be the announcer at any direct questions or make any the ballpark, he eagerly competed kind of joke directed toward the against five other candidates and won the position. president,” Doxzon said.

A s a s p o r ts s u p e r- fa n , “I was terrified. I thought they’d Brotman takes pride in the vast throw me in jail,” Brotman said.

Despite the gaffe, Bush collection of sports memorainvited Brotman to emcee a bilia he houses in his basement, handicapped children’s base- which he affectionately calls ball game at the White House. “the Brotman Museum.” He has That afternoon, he lightheart- boxing gloves, signed baseballs edly mentioned the incident and bats, old ballpark seats and from Inauguration Day, threw walls completely covered in his arm around Brotman and photos, article clips and Washington Nationals programs. posed for a picture.

“I’ve been a part of the But Brotman’s favorite inauguration was about two decades sports scene all my life, and earlier, at former President I just collect everything,”

class From PAGE 1 with salmon. But when she looked up at the familiar face, she was speechless — the same man she had dined with was standing before her.

Shortly after Ejigineh had left the spot two months before, the restaurant manager — who requested to remain anonymous to protect his privacy — offered Jackson the opportunity to trade his tattered trench coat and hat for a worker’s uniform, and his bench for a room in the manager’s home.

Intrigued by the appearance of a college student and a homeless man eating together, the manager watched from behind his counter and sent a waiter to check on the pair as they talked.

As Ejigineh left the restaurant,

the manager pulled Jackson into his office and learned his story.

Brought to tears, the manager and his wife offered Jackson not only a full-time position as a busboy, but also a place to stay in their basement.

“We told him he would be treated like every other employee and that he would have to pay them $50 for groceries, utilities and any other expenses,” the manager said. “Jackson asked for only one request — he not be made a charity case and that people not inquire as to what happened.”

Jackson doesn’t want any media attention, the manager said, adding he is doing well and close to living on his own.

For Ejigineh, the long-term implications of her simple assignment were unexpected.

“I wasn’t expecting anything going into the restaurant. Never

Brotman said. “I never throw anything away.”

One of his favorite items in his collection is a baseball that former President Richard Nixon signed.

“He signed ‘Dick Nixon,’ which I was told is very unusual for him,” Brotman said. He appreciated the uncharacteristic moment of informality as an expression of familiarity.

While working as a ballpark announcer for the Senators, Brotman looked forward to Opening Day of every season, when the president of the United States tosses the first pitch. In 1956, Brotman announced Eisenhower’s ceremonial toss.

I n Nove m b e r o f 1 9 5 6, Brotman received a call asking if he was the Charlie Brotman who introduced the president at the Senators game.

“I said, ‘Yes, I am,’ and the woman said, ‘You must’ve done something right. The president asked me to try and locate you to ask you to introduce him again,’” Brotman said. “I told her, ‘Just tell me where and when.’”

A few months later on Jan. 20, 1957, Brotman was overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue announcing Eisenhower’s second inaugural parade. He has been invited back to every inauguration parade since.

“They keep inviting him back, he loves it and he’s good at it,” Debbie Doxzon said of her father.

underestimate the kindness of people’s hearts and do good for others,” she said.

Scott Roberts, who taught the I-series course last fall, agreed.

“I had no idea that this small assignment would, for many students, be the most significant aspect of their experience in the course,” Roberts said.

Many of the other 119 students in the class completed similarly inspiring acts — one girl paid for the individual behind her at a restaurant, setting off a chain reaction of customers paying for each other.

The beauty of the assignment, Roberts said, lies in the fact that students don’t know exactly how they have added good back into the world; he hopes the assignment inspires students to imagine and assume what could have happened.

“If you wouldn’t bother because you won’t get the credit or the feedback, then you’re doing it for the wrong reason anyway,” he said.

Though there may always be good and evil in the world, Roberts hopes courses like PSYC289E will

“Listening to his voice announcing the parades has always made me feel warm and beam with pride, but it’s not until I tell someone else that I hear everyone saying what a big deal it is.

But to me, it’s just my dad. It’s just what he does.”

Brotman is also a public relations expert and a senior advisor for consumer and sports marketing for Sage Communications, a marketing, public relations and event planning firm in the Washington area.

His public relations expertise has helped him develop professional and personal relationships with chief executives at many of Washington’s top corporations and local, regional and national political leaders. “ O n ce yo u ’ve m e t h i m , you never forget him,” Debbie Doxzon said. “There are no strangers around him. Everyone is a friend to him. And what you see is what you get. He’s the same whether he’s with his family, his friends or big wigs.

He’s consistent. He always has his same optimistic, outgoing personality.”

“Don’t take him too seriously,” Sam Doxzon said. “He’s a really intelligent man who has done amazing things but is still very laid back, friendly and just wants to have a good time.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

“I wasn’t expecting anything going into the restaurant. Never underestimate the kindness of people’s hearts and do good for others.”

Eden Ejigineh

Junior psychology major

force students to see beyond those limiting labels. “‘Normal’ and ‘good’ people can be led to do quite ‘evil’ things,” he said. “The scary part is that we are not very good at predicting what we’ll do in any given situation, but we are all very good at justifying what we did.”

Roberts and the restaurant manager hope people will be inspired by acts like Ejigineh’s touching interaction.

“Even a small act can have profound effects, so when the world feels full of evil, I want students to ask themselves what they are going to do right now to put a little bit of good back into it,” he said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

MORE ONLINE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE: During a random stop on my way back to College Park Tuesday, I came upon a group of people huddled around TVs at the Chesapeake House rest stop, eagerly watching some story unfold.

There had been another shooting.

While the headline of the Lone Star College shooting was still in a fetal state, I could tell that people were already fearing the worst. In the end, it was a mere blip in comparison to other recent massacres — there were no fatalities and only three people were wounded.

But at that point, no one knew for sure what was happening in Texas. I had to get back on the road, so for the rest of my trip to College Park, I was left wondering: Was the world spiraling out of control? Was this going to be the new norm?

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Terps confident despite injuries Team hosts North Carolina tonight

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Guard logan Aronhalt scored eight points on 3-of-7 shooting in the Terps’ win Tuesday. He shot just 2-of-12 on 3-pointers in the previous four games. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Aronhalt ends shooting slump in win over Eagles Terps make strides on offense; Turgeon employs eighth lineup

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer Logan Aronhalt knows why coach Mark Turgeon plucked him from Albany for his final year of eligibility. Turgeon wanted a deep threat, someone to space the floor and provide room for big man Alex Len to work down low.

And for much of the season, the guard lived up to his preseason billing as a deadly three-point specialist.

He regularly subbed in, drained two or three treys, then subbed out. The fact he netted one two-point shot over the Terps’ first 18 games only added credence to his reputation as a one-dimensional player.

But entering Tuesday’s 64-59 win over Boston College, Aronhalt’s one skill was nonexistent. The redshirt senior made only two of 12 threepoint attempts the past four games, often whiffi ng on wide-open looks beyond the arc.

T hat slump ended against the Eagles. Aronhalt scored eight points on 3-of-7 shooti ng, h itti ng two 3-pointers, including a game-tying shot with about 11 minutes remaining that sparked a decisive 12-1 Terps run. The Zanesville, Ohio, native also drew praise from Turgeon during the postgame press conference for his defensive intensity — something that’s been lacking much of the season.

But perhaps most impressive?

Aronhalt, who has been limited with a number of nagging injuries since arriving in College Park, sliced through the lane for a layup early in the first half.

“I can do more than shoot threes,” Aronhalt said with a chuckle after the game. “I’m feeling a lot better.”

OFFENSIVE BREAKTHROUGH The Terps earned a less-than-admirable distinction when they fell at North Carolina on Saturday. The 62-52 defeat signaled the third consecutive game Turgeon’s squad failed to top the 55-point mark, making it the fi rst Terps team to notch that feat since the shot clock was introduced in 1985.

The Terps made notable strides Tuesday against a Boston College defense that ranks just eighth in the conference. They demonstrated more patience in Turgeon’s inside-out system, ultimately eclipsing the 60point plateau for the fi rst time since a Jan. 9 loss to Florida State.

And for at least one game, the Terps’ cold shooting took a night off. They shot 42.4 percent from the field and 41.2 percent from beyond the arc against the Eagles, which marked their fi rst time hitting more than 40 percent in either category since a Jan. 5 rout of Virginia Tech.

“Pretty soon we’re going to start believing in our offense and getting better,” Turgeon said. “Sixty-four [points] tonight, 43 percent [shooting], feels like 80 percent compared to the way we’ve been shooting.”

LINEUP TINKERING Turgeon often calls his coaching process a “search.” He’s on a constant

quest to figure out ideal lineups and matchups, anything to give his squad a possible edge come tip-off.

With more than a third of the regular-season slate remaining, that search has already yielded eight different starting lineups. The latest edition, which featured forwards Jake Layman and Charles Mitchell in place of recent mainstays Seth Allen and Shaquille Cleare, presented a host of matchup problems for Boston College’s diminutive fi rst unit.

The Terps’ starting five jumped to an early 7-2 lead before the Eagles subbed in 7-foot center Dennis Clifford to add some much-needed size down low. The Terps’ offense went silent for the next three minutes, and Turgeon opted to play a smaller lineup for much of the game’s remainder. Mitchell logged only 14 minutes, while Aronhalt, Allen and Pe’Shon Howard — all of whom are under 6-foot-4 — came off the bench to play at least 17.

Though it’s difficult to predict Turgeon’s thought process going forward, expect Layman to start Saturday at No. 1 Duke. The freshman, who proved key during the Terps’ late-game surge Tuesday, is averaging 15 points over three starts this season. In contrast, he is averaging 2.5 off the bench.

“I think he is more comfortable [starting], and I know that I am more comfortable with him,” Turgeon said.

“It gives us a shooter and an athlete.”

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Guard Nick Faust, who has started each of the past three games at point guard, has totaled just nine assists through six conference games. He’s committed eight turnovers in that span. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Even through a flurry of serious injuries, the Terrapins women’s basketball team has remained steady in the face of hardships.

Already dealing with the loss of three players to ACL tears in just more than a month to open the season, the Terps now have to contend with the absence of forward Tierney Pfirman, who dislocated her kneecap in practice the day before the Terps’ victory at Georgia Tech on Sunday.

Pfirman is slated to miss the next four weeks recovering from the injury, a timetable that would have her return for the Terps’ fi nal four regular-season games and the postseason. In the meantime, though, the No. 10 Terps’ season rolls on without her tonight when they host No. 11 North Carolina at Comcast Center.

“It’s our fourth one, so we’re pretty much professionals,” forward Alyssa Thomas said. “[We’ve] got to keep it moving.”

Tonight’s game is a rematch of a contest from exactly three weeks ago in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Terps held down the Tar Heels early to take a six-point lead into halftime, but the team went cold in the second half.

North Carolina opened the second half on a 14-1 run and held on for a 60-57 victory.

There are plenty of differences in the Terps’ performances since then, though. While they might be more shorthanded, they haven’t stumbled since. Center Alicia DeVaughn had 11 points and 12 rebounds against Georgia Tech in her best offensive performance since Dec. 29, guard Chloe Pavlech exploded for 20 points against Miami on Jan. 10 and Thomas has continued to play at an All-American level.

“That was one of our first road games in the ACC,” Thomas said of the first North Carolina game. “A lot of nerves, not playing the way we wanted to play. But we’re a different team now. We’re more than prepared for this game.”

In the Jan. 3 matchup, the Terps (15-3, 6-1 ACC) posted a season-low

31.9 shooting percentage on their second-most shots of the season (72) and shot 2-of-14 from 3-point range against the Tar Heels (18-1, 6-0).

Forward Tianna Hawkins, the ACC’s leader in points and rebounds, took a career-high 21 shots but made just nine of them.

“I thought it was really uncharacteristic of how we’ve played,” coach Brenda Frese said. “I don’t think our freshmen were prepared to go into that environment. Sometimes you have to live it and go through it.

The physicality of conference play I know we weren’t prepared for, so just getting used to that level I think was really important for us.”

Since then, the Terps have won all five of their games — three in blowout fashion and the other two after holding off late pushes from their opponents. There haven’t been any lapses similar to those that plagued them at Chapel Hill, and the younger players are tailoring their games to the rigors of the conference competition.

“As I’ve played more and more ACC games, I’ve slowly gotten better,” Pavlech said. “Even the ACC games compared to our [nonconference] games, the pace is just so much faster because you get a lot of small and quick guards.”

Backcourt play was crucial in the win three weeks ago, as both Tar Heels starting guards, Brittany Rountree and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, scored a team-high 13 points, and Rountree was 3-of-6 from 3-point range.

Tonight, though, the Terps are regrouped. They once again are riding a long winning streak into a matchup with the Tar Heels, even if they’ll have to take the floor without Pfi rman.

Either way, they know this time is much different than their first game of 2013.

“It humbled us and it allowed us to get better,” Frese said. “Anytime you can take that out of a game, great things are going to happen for you, and we’ve been able to do that.

Since then, we haven’t lost a game.

Obviously, we took a lot of lessons to be able to let us improve.”

now has a four-deep rotation he can employ game after game.

Faust is a returning starter who played major minutes as a freshman last year. Howard provides a veteran presence. Allen has shown the ability to score from anywhere on the floor. And transfer Logan Aronhalt has proven his worth as a three-point specialist.

But while the Terps have scorers, they lack a distributor. If the point guard is the “one” and the shooting guard is the “two,” then the Terps have three twos, zero ones and one zero.

Faust and Aronhalt are built to play the two. They both possess the size, athleticism and scoring touch necessary to thrive on the wing, but neither is an adept enough passer to run the offense.

Allen could play point guard. But Turgeon likes the freshman’s scoring ability enough that he’s already said he’s committed to playing him at shooting guard the rest of the season.

T hat just leaves Howa rd. But after his showing in a 62-52 loss at Nor th Ca rol i na on Satu rday, how could Turgeon feel comfortable letting him run the offense?

He scored zero points, dished out zero assists and committed seven turnovers. That’s too many zeros to be a one. That’s a 007 line even James Bond wouldn’t be proud of.

And it’s not like these past two games have marred what has been a n o t h e r w i s e s t ron g s h ow i n g, either. Guard play has been a liability throughout the early part of the ACC schedule. The Terps’ 10.8 assists per league game rank No. 8 in the ACC, and their 15.3 turnover average is the worst mark in the conference.

That’s why Turgeon doesn’t feel comfortable letting any of his supposed point guards run the offense.

That’s why Wells has been forced to be the distributor — a role he’s never played in his collegiate career. Right now, the Terps simply don’t have any other options.

Wells has been successful so far. His 21 assists account for nearly a third of the team’s total through six league games. But the forward’s true talent lies in slashing through the lane, not standing atop it.

So until Suitland High School’s Roddy Peters dons the red and gold next season, the Terps look like they’ll have to play on without a true point guard.

The Terps have plenty of players who can play Turgeon’s offense. They just don’t have any that can run it. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Guard Pe’Shon Howard (left) has struggled in ACC play, forcing forward Dez Wells to take on point guard responsibilities. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

No one would mistake Dez Wells for a point guard. The 6-foot-5 forward has averaged fewer than two assists in 51 career games and, until Tuesday, had never topped five

dimes in a single contest.

But by the time the Terrapins men’s basketball team notched a 64-59 win over Boston College late Tuesday night, the sophomore had dished out eight assists. The team’s two “point guards” — Nick Faust and Pe’Shon Howard — combined for just three.

Coach Mark Turgeon addressed the issue after the game. He said Faust was having trouble handling the ball, Howard wasn’t a big enough threat off ball screens and freshman guard Seth Allen wasn’t having one of his “particularly good” games. With all three struggling, Wells was forced into a role he was never expected to play in College Park.

It’s perhaps the most troubling problem for a team riddled with them. Faust, Howard and Allen are all guards, but Turgeon can’t seem to trust any of them to play the point.

How is it possible three guards are unfit to run the offense?

How can the Terps succeed if a natural forward is their best option as a distributor?

If their performance in ACC play is any indication, they can’t. None of the three guards are averaging more than two assists per game through six conference contests, and Howard and Allen both have more turnovers than dimes.

Faust is the only member of the trio with a positive assistto-turnover ratio, but just barely — he has nine assists and eight giveaways.

That’s not to say the Terps’ guards aren’t talented, though.

After having only Terrell Stoglin, a freshman Faust, an oft-injured Howard and walk-on Jonathan Thomas at his disposal last year, Turgeon See VITALE, Page 8

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