January 27, 2013

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Columbia mall shooter, victim lived in College Park

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Senior staff writer

store, killing Brianna Benlolo, 21, and Tyler Johnson, 25, before apparently taking his own life. Another victim also suffered a foot injury from a shot Howard County Police Depart- fired to the level below the store, acment investigators have identified the cording to the release.

Both Aguilar and Benlolo lived suspect in Saturday’s Columbia mall shooting as Darion Marcus Aguilar, in College Park. Police said there 19, who lived in College Park on Hol- are no known connections between lywood Road, according to a police Aguilar and either of the victims, and they have not established a news release.

Saturday morning, Aguilar shot six motive in the case.

Johnson, who is from Mt. Airy, to nine rounds in the mall’s Zumiez

worked with Benlolo at Zumiez.

Aguilar, Benlolo and Johnson are not listed in the university directory.

Aguilar entered the mall at about 10:15 a.m. and began shooting in the store at 11:15 a.m. He fired a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun that he purchased legally in December. After searching Aguilar’s possessions, officers found “two homemade devices that appeared to be an attempt at making explosives,” according to a news release.

At about 1:40 p.m. Saturday, Prince

George’s County police officers responded to a call of a missing person named Darion Aguilar, according to a news release. Investigators at the Hollywood Road house found Aguilar’s journal and became concerned for his safety.

At a news conference last night, Howard County Police Chief William McMahon said investigators are looking over the journal.

Officers tracked Aguilar’s cellphone to the Mall in Columbia and

turned the information over to the Howard County Police Department.

Shortly after, officials confirmed that Aguilar was the shooter.

The house Aguilar lived in sits a block from Route 1, across the street from the Mazza Grandmarc.

Aguilar went to James H. Blake H ig h School i n Si lver Spr i ng, McMahon said. Baltimore Sun reports also indicated that he worked at the See shooting, Page 9

Vanderbilt partnership creates new MOOCs

O’Malley’s final budget ups higher ed support

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Staff writer

Proposal includes sum of $1.2 billion to USM

This semester, the university is increasing online learning opportunities with the introduction of multicourse sequences in highly specialized fields.

Through Coursera, a technology company that hosts online courses from 85 universities worldwide, the university partnered with Vanderbilt University to offer the first transinstitutional specialization in Android

By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer

U expanding online class sequences

See moocs, Page 8

prince frederick hall, slated for completion this summer, should add more than 460 beds to the campus. kelsey hughes/the diamondback

Campus beds set to increase

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer

The Department of Resident Life might be able to house its highest number of on-campus residents in at least four years beginning in fall 2014, largely a result of Prince Frederick Hall’s construction, scheduled to be completed this summer.

Prince Frederick Hall will add between 462 and 465 beds to the on-campus housing market, Resident Life Assistant Director Scott Young said. Located in the North Hill Community, the hall has been under construction since July 2012.

“We believe that any student going into their third year will be guaranteed housing,”

photo courtesy of stefanie williams

Going along for the ride Alumna’s sex blog inspires TV series

By Joelle Lang @thedbk Staff writer

Resident Life plans to house more students this fall

Young said. “And we expect that any returning students for fall 2014 who had lived on-campus in the spring will get housing.”

In fall 2013, Resident Life housed 11,955 students on the campus, including 9,037 in resident housing and another 2,918 in university-affiliated Courtyards and South Campus Commons apartments. This surpassed the previous fall’s total of 11,913 students housed, Young said.

Jenny Liptrap, a sophomore economics major who lives in Denton Hall, said she enjoys living on the campus and will likely opt to do so again next year.

“I love having everything in walking distance,”

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s final budget for his two-term, eight-year tenure as governor is emblematic of his commitment to higher education funding, though experts said a difficult budgetary climate could threaten O’Malley’s continuing legacy.

The $39.2 billion budget gives $5.53 billion to higher education, a 2.7 percent increase from the previous year. The budget allocates about $1.2 billion to the University System of Maryland and $464.6 million to this university. It expends $9.6 million to keep tuition increases capped at 3 percent for the fifth year in a row.

Last year, university system officials said they were pleased to see an additional $24 million in enhancement funding to help grow STEM programs, the strategic alliance with the University of Maryland, Baltimore known as MPowering the State and technology-driven course redesign. The university system didn’t receive any funds in this year’s budget proposal to build off last year’s momentum.

“This budget’s tight — we’re not getting any enhancement dollars,”

See housing, Page 8 See budget, Page 3

Junior files to run for District 13 delegate seat

When Stefanie Williams became the men’s lacrosse team manager during her freshman year, the 2008 university alumna said she got her first taste of athletes and their drama.

Since then, she’s kept a blog, “Chasing the Jersey,” detailing her sexual encounters with male athletes ranging from a “pitcher who was in the Yankees minor league system” to a “decently well-known soccer player.”

“It’s been a really fun ride,” Williams said. “I never thought I would be doing this after college.”

See jersey, Page 3

Jimmy Williams, 20, seeks fewer tax hikes

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer Jimmy Williams always thought he had a calling to serve others, but instead of embarking on another community service project, he’s running to serve a district of constituents.

The junior finance and journal-

ism major officially filed to run for the state’s House of Delegates seat in District 13 representing Howard County on Jan. 10. Williams, a 20-year-old Jessup resident, said he’s ready to jump into a seat and start advocating his goals if elected in November.

“You have to take steps to make sure the people who can vote can voice their opinions,” Williams said. “I’m glad that I can vote, and I’m glad that I can run and represent the people.”

Williams said that his dad — who died of brain cancer in September — encouraged him to understand politi-

cal issues from a young age and ultimately gave him the strength to run.

“He would always make sure that we were understanding things about our government. He would stress things about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution,” he said. “As I got older, I was able to start formulating my own opinions.”

At Hammond High School in Columbia, Williams wrote political commentary for his school’s newspaper. He decided to run for delegate See williams, Page 9

jimmy williams, left, junior finance and journalism major, filed with Del. Gail Bates (R-Howard), right, to run for the District 13 seat. photo courtesy of jimmy williams

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STAFF EDITORIAL: ACC should grow up Punishing tactics alleged in university’s counterclaim show how the greedy, desperate conference is throwing a tantrum P. 4

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WINTER BREAK IN REVIEW University files $157 million counterclaim against ACC; student dies in Route 1 hit-and-run

By Laura Blasey and Jenny Hottle @lblasey, @JennyHottle Senior staff writers

TESTUDO IN FLAMES Finals offerings placed around the Testudo in front of McKeldin Library caught fire at about 1 a.m. on Dec. 18, engulfing the bronze statue in flames.

The fi re started when a lit candle ignited a lampshade, University Police and the Office of the University Fire Marshal determined after reviewing security camera footage.

University Libraries employees Marvin Jones and Adnan Qureshi extinguished the fire by the time University Police arrived to the scene.

Police determined the fire was accidental after ruling out malicious intent.

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Wallace Loh tweeted that Testudo was not damaged in the fi re.

T he 1,000-pou nd d iamondback terrapin statue was brought to the university in 1933 and has overlooked McKeldin Mall since the library was built in the 1960s. University archivist Anne Turkos told The Diamondback in December that this incident was the first time she had heard of the statue catching on fire.

CAR CHASE ENDS IN CRASH A car chase ended in front of Eppley Recreation Center on Jan. 4 after a male suspect drove his black Jeep onto the campus and crashed.

The car matched the description of one connected to several area robberies and burglaries, so an Edmonston police officer tried to stop the Jeep earlier that day. The driver took off, but Prince

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George’s County police officers arrested him after he crashed.

A second suspect who fled from the site of the crash was arrested in less than a minute after monitors from the university’s Security Operations Center tracked the suspect with surveillance cameras.

Police also recovered two handguns from the Jeep.

OAKLAND HALL FIRE A malfunctioning air conditioning unit on the roof of Oakland Hall caught fire on Jan. 13, injuring two university workers.

University officials evacuated the nine-story dorm and surrounding area at about 9 a .m . a f ter receiv i n g a report of a possible explosion on the roof. By 9:05 a.m., P r i nce G eorge’s Cou nt y Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady tweeted that the

fi re was extinguished.

The two employees working on the air conditioning unit suffered minor injuries and were treated at a local hospital. The building reopened at about 10 a.m. and was not damaged in the incident.

ACC LAWSUIT This university fi led a $157 million counterclaim against the ACC in January, citing evidence that the conference had broken its own standards.

The state fi led the 53-page suit on behalf of the university, which has been locked in legal battles with the conference since November 2012.

Conference and school officials are at odds over how much the university should pay when it leaves the conference for the Big Ten in July.

This latest claim argues t he ACC’s prop osed $5 2 m i l l ion e x it fe e d o e sn’t

apply to the university. The documents also allege ACC offi cials have intentionally excluded university President Wallace Loh and other officials from conference proceedings, withheld $16 million in revenue from the u n iversity a nd that ACC schools attempted to lure Big Ten schools to leave that conference for the ACC.

STUDENT KILLED ON ROUTE 1 University student Cory Hubba rd was struck a nd killed Jan. 17 in a hit-and-run accident.

Hubbard, 22, was crossing Route 1 near the intersection with Knox Road at about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 17 when a car hit him. Hubbard was taken to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The driver of the vehicle fled the scene, though he later turned himself in to Prince

cory hubbard, 22, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident at Route 1 and Knox Road on Jan. 17. photo courtesy of nick nuzzi George’s County Police. No formal charges have been filed, and the driver has not been publicly identified.

Hubbard was a senior kinesiology major and avid club lacrosse player, surfer and snowboarder from Westhampton Beach, N.Y. He had recently returned from a semester abroad in Australia and was planning to graduate at the end of this semester. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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jersey From PAGE 1 Williams recently signed with Generate, a talent agency and production company, to produce a TV series based on the blog, which chronicles Williams’ life from age 18 to 24.

“I looked back over the life I had led the past six or so years and picked out the stories that mattered most, threaded together by the common theme that I had tended to date athletes,” Williams wrote on her blog on April 3. “I hashed out the story line, the characters, my life in a treatment. The best trips, the biggest fights, the hardest parts, the greatest loves.”

To get her TV series into the

BUDGET From PAGE 1 sa id System G overn ment Relations Vice Chancellor P.J. Hogan. “We’re getting an increase over the last year but only enough to cover our mandatory cost increases.”

The state is home to a large federal workforce, making its economy and incoming revenues sensitive to uncertainty on Capitol Hill. And with a federal government marked by partisan infighting, higher education officials said they aren’t taking this budget — which covers

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production phase, Williams said she “Facebook [stalked] 50 agents from five agencies” and sent them her script along with reasons why they should read it.

She originally met with agent Peter Benedek, but he was already representing Lena Dunham, creator of Girls, and he felt the two female writers targeted too similar an audience.

About four months later, Williams signed with Generate, and after a year, they partnered with Kenny Neibart, who was an executive story editor and writer for Entourage for several seasons.

Williams’ friend, actor Ryan Preimesberger, said he is a big fan of the story line.

“The first time I read this

script, I immediately wanted to be a part of it,” Preimesberger said. “It was brilliant and witty.

I actually laughed out loud.”

Williams originally posted on “Chasing The Jersey” anonymously, fearing that the content of the blog would affect her future in the job market, as well as potentially offend her family and violate the privacy of the men she mentioned.

She contacted BroBible editors in 2010 with the hope that their site would help promote her blog.

Williams wrote her first piece for BroBible under the pseudonym, Sporty McBangin’.

She included a list of 10 things that sleeping with athletes had taught her, ranging from ensuring they wash their hands before any touching and ac-

cepting that teammates share everything with each other, including sexual encounters.

“Stefanie is always ready to grab the bull by the horns when it comes to writing,” said Brandon Wenerd, BroBible senior editor. “She’s just this strong female voice that we’re very proud of here.”

When Williams eventually revealed her identity as a writer for BroBible and as the author of her blog, her writing skill and ability only increased, Wenerd said.

“I knew if I wanted to move forward with it, I had to own up to it and believe in it and not be afraid of backlash or gossip,” Williams said. “I wasn’t ashamed of it. I know who I am and what I write about doesn’t change who I am.”

cost-of-living and phased-in merit pay increases for employees — for granted.

“It’s a fair budget,” said university lobbyist Ross Stern.

“A fair amount of caution is warranted by the state.”

T h e c h a l l e n ge fo r t h e s t ate’s h i g her educ at ion lobb y i s to p ers u a d e t he General Assembly to keep O’Malley’s higher education suggestions intact. The state legislature can cut from the governor’s original proposal but can’t add funding or transfer money from one purpose to another.

O’Malley’s budget puts the state on pace to reach a

$31 million surplus by fiscal year 2017 after several years of deficits. Last year, officials expected to see a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars, but a report by the state’s Department of Legislative Services revealed an $87.6 million deficit.

The department has recommended increasing the expected surplus to at least $100 million, which could put higher education funds on the cutting board.

“We’re going to object to and fight very hard against any potential cuts because if we are cut, that progress that we’ve been making since we

received the enhancement dollars last year will start to fade,” Hogan said.

Historically, O’Malley has drawn praise for his higher education funding record.

“Ma rti n O’Ma l ley took up the cause of college affordability, won the governor’s race [in 2006], froze tuition for four years and has capped tuition hikes at 3 percent for the past three years,” Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-Prince George’s and Anne Arundel) wrote in a Baltimore Sun op-ed last week.

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Brinkley said he expects that in this budget, the General Assembly w i l l meet the $100 million recommended reduction.

“By promising 0 percent tuition hikes, all he did was shift the costs to the taxpayer,” Brinkley said. “I get that those that were attending might have liked it, but what we also saw as ratepayers was an increase in fees,” adding that O’Malley “has done nothing to encourage or really compel increases in efficiencies.” jbachdbk@gmail.com

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University alumna Stefanie williams recently signed with a talent agency to adapt her blog about her sexual experiences with athletes into a TV show. photo courtesy of stefanie williams Williams continues to write tional writing to her favorite for BroBible today.

English professor, Michael In April 2011, Williams Olmert. She said Olmert published a 204-page e-book taught her that good writing based on her blog that was sold could include foul language

by Amazon Digital Services, and cover cruder topics, Inc. CNN and Fox News Talk advice that inspired Williams Radio have interviewed Wil- to develop the writing style liams about her story. used in her blog.

Williams attributes the development of her unconven- newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Nursing the ACC’s grudge H

ell hath no fury like an athletic conference scorned.

So it seems after winter break revelations about apparent ACC misconduct as described in a state-filed $157 million counterclaim on behalf of this university. In a copy of the counterclaim obtained by The Diamondback, the lawsuit alleges the conference tried to recruit two Big Ten schools to the ACC and that the ACC has withheld more than $16 million from this university.

Sure, this university helped found the ACC six decades ago. And not only did the deliberations before the move come as a surprise to most everyone, but a state board also found that the Board of Regents violated open meetings laws when it met twice in November 2012 to discuss the move.

Of course, the ACC wants to get its money, too, in the form of a newly hiked $52 million exit fee, the highest ever for an athletic conference.

But does all of that justify such practices as withholding conference revenue, excluding Terrapins coaches from sports strategy sessions, barring university President Wallace Loh from attending conference presidents council meetings and denying his requested agenda items? It does not.

This university will remain a member of the ACC until July 1. If the conference stays its course of questionable punitive action, it likely will spell six more months of knockdown, drag-out conflict in both the

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courts and athletic offices that this university’s already beleaguered administration could ill afford.

This university has outlined its legal grievances; conference litigators have laid out theirs. And after a North Carolina appeals court in November threw out the university’s bid to dismiss the ACC’s lawsuit forcing payment of the exit fee, the initial flurry of legal action largely OUR VIEW

The ACC needs to let go of its childish grudge against this university’s decision to move to the Big Ten. has subsided to a waiting game.

Though the university’s countersuit offers a train of logical thought repudiating the conference’s exit fee demands — the fee increase should not have been applied until the beginning of fiscal year 2013, which came five days after the university officially filed for withdrawal from the ACC — time will tell whether the university must pay even more dearly than it already has.

Yes, the exit fee hike is glaringly vindictive. It exceeds the combined yearly operating budgets for each ACC member’s athletic department and stands at more than three times each school’s 2013 conference earnings. Yes, this university has provided grounds to refute the

legitimacy of the fee increase. But the most pressing issue at hand lies not with the $52 million — though the outcome of that particular battle surely will rank among the move’s most crucial consequences. The exit fee will be paid, whether it’s the prehike $21 million or the new cost of $52 million.

The most pressing issue is the ACC’s extralegal and, quite frankly, childish behavior. The conference revenues rightly belong to this university, and administrators, coaches and athletes should not have to grapple with unreasonable, exclusionary punishments in this university’s final days in the conference.

With five months remaining until this university joins the Big Ten, its athletic programs can look forward to a fresh start in a conference steeped in equally proud tradition and a sorely needed increase in television revenue. However, before they get there, coaches, players and fans can also look forward to five months of ostracism, retaliatory conference schedules and withheld revenues.

Solace from a vengeful ACC is on the horizon, however, and one can only hope the Big Ten will welcome this university as an equal. Deliberations over the exit fee and withheld revenues mean more than $45 million is still up in the air. With a slog through spring conference slates remaining, this university’s wearied athletic department certainly could use a friendly hand.

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Tip the scales toward identifying yourself EZRA FISHMAN

save you from explaining yourself to yourself. People are more than just words, and very few people fit into all of the characteristics of any classification exactly. Instead of trying to fit yourself into a prelabeled box that other people will understand, build your box around the person you actually are. You’ll find it’s a lot more comfortable.

Don’t be afraid to use the identities that make sense for you.

Just because an identity or word isn’t perfect doesn’t mean it can’t work for you. People often are afraid to accept a label because of a single poor connotation it can have. But instead of spurning the label, spurn the connotation. Be the positive aspects that you see in the label, and show people why it’s good for you.

Be the English major with a career, the social activist business major, the effeminate lesbian or the reasonable feminist. Show the world that its silly preconceived notions of who a person should be are just that: silly.

It won’t be easy, but it’ll help you to be happier with who you are.

Accept that people change. No matter how well you know yourself now, you’ll eventually end up soulsearching again. People change and adapt as they face new circumstances; given enough time, just about everyone will evolve into someone different from who they are now.

Instead of forcing yourself to stick to the identity you choose for yourself today, be ready to accept yourself for the identities you might choose tomorrow. No matter who you become, you will always be you.

Figuring out the answer to life’s most difficult question is never easy, but I’ve found that these tips can help a lot. Just remember the most important one of all: No matter what you find, never forget that you’re awesome and worthy of love and respect.

Here’s one of the most significant and complicated questions that students face throughout college: What’s your identity?

It’s the most fundamental question of our being — our identity defines what we do, how we think and what we should do in life. But by the question’s very nature, it’s almost impossible to answer. With just a semester left in college, I’m still not quite sure what my answer is, or if I can even find out. However, from years of experience in soul-searching and talking through these questions with many friends, I have a few tips and tricks that I hope can help you in your spiritual journey as much as they’ve helped me.

D o n ’ t b e a f ra i d o f n o t knowing the answer. This is how most people, especially those early in their college journeys, get stuck. Life is full of pressure to know exactly who you are, what you want and what you’re doing; when you don’t know, you face a lot of judgment from people who expect you to have things figured out. But realistically, almost no one has any of it figured out — especially not while still in college. Forcing yourself to have an answer will prevent you from actually taking the time to figure things out and can instead lead you toward making choices you’ll regret.

There’s more to life than simple classifications. I’ve seen many people fall into the trap of assuming they have to pick a specific, well-defined identity. This could be a major, a career path, a club, or even a gender identity or sexuality. These simple, easyto-understand categories will Ezra Fishman is a senior accounting save you from having to explain and finance major. He can be reached yourself to others, but they’ll also at efishmandbk@gmail.com.

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@UMDConfessions sums up Terps TIFFANY BURBA 1) “If you aren’t obsessed with our school, you’re doing it wrong.”

This university is very much a center of school spirit. We have drawers full of free Terps swag, countless bookstore T-shirts and dozens of turtle-shaped trinkets. Even when our teams are on a downswing, we still show up in the thousands to Byrd Stadium, Ludwig Field and Comcast Center to support our fellow Terps. When we can’t find something to wear, our go-to colors are red, black and gold, and even outof-state students sometimes parade around in our state flag patterns.

2) “Accidentally ordered a buffalo chicken wrap at Subway #oops #ineedit.”

If you ever have lived on the campus, you know the buffalo chicken wrap is Dining Services’ gift to the universe. While many other dishes are controversial at best, this delicious dining hall meal will make up about half of your lunches, dinners and late-night snacks. Even if you are a transfer, Freshman Connection student or die-hard apart-

ment dweller, there is a significant chance you have enjoyed a buffalo chicken wrap at least once in your undergraduate career — and an even greater chance it was love at first bite.

3) “I can’t decide if burning my boyfriend’s Duke acceptance letter for Testudo was overkill.”

Most years, Testudo doesn’t end up engulfed in flames. However, it is one of our most coveted traditions to sacrifice all sorts of objects to the McKeldin Library Testudo statue for good luck in our academic endeavors.

Another of our most coveted traditions is maintaining a devout hatred for all things Duke, regardless of the situation — even when we are years into the Big Ten, the sight of a Blue Devil should still make any Terp cringe.

4) “Better start focusing on school unless I want a degree in wine and spirits.”

With social gatherings happening every night of the week, the campus can quickly feel like summer camp gone wild. Many events are alcoholcentric, and some students struggle to prioritize academics when so many fun activities are waiting around the corner. Let’s face it: It’s easy to skip classes at this university because many lectures are enor-

mous and attendance is taken rarely.

However, we all came here to receive a college degree, and to earn one, we have to put in time to be successful.

Midterms can be a rude awakening, but the right attitude can help most students pull it together by finals.

The only challenge then is finding a quiet place to study.

5) “Living in College Park makes everything else too boring.”

With nearly unlimited opportunities for social gatherings at our local bars, fraternities or even libraries, returning to your humdrum hometown can get boring fast. Our proximity to the arts and culture of Washington gives students access to many attractions that can’t be found anywhere else in the world, and College Park itself presents a host of unique activities. Even if you never set foot off the campus, there is always an exciting student program to enjoy or enriching workshop to attend.

When you get out of the bustle and back to reality, it’s hard to adjust to a world in which stores close at reasonable hours and restaurants don’t deliver at 3 in the morning.

Tiffany Burba is a senior government and politics major. She can be reached at tburbadbk@gmail.com.

decent pace is a high priority for the governments maintaining the roads.

That’s why there are seemingly constant updates to the highway system.

The Intercounty Connector between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and Virginia’s express lanes on the Beltway are both recent attempts to reduce congestion. Unfortunately, even with these expansions, snow and sleet become a huge safety issue on these highways. Slick roads jam-packed with commuters are pretty simple recipes for disaster.

The federal government and other organizations in the city know this.

They understand that many of their employees have to commute a considerable distance to come to work.

Though the amount of snow accumulation might not be as great or greater than the totals many cities in the Midwest see, those cities likely do not have the same density of commuters flowing in and out every weekday.

A similar reasoning explains why this university tends to close often during snow days. We have a large number of students, staff and faculty members who commute to the campus. And their safety, based on the timing of the snowfall and the quality of the roads, influences the school’s closures.

No, we don’t get the frequent and dense snowfall that some places in the country do. And maybe we could better prepare the roads for oncoming weather, though the effort that cities and counties devote is already monstrous. But those other places don’t have the massive intake of commuters that the D.C. area does. So next time you want to talk smack about how we handle our snow days, ask yourself if you would want to be stuck on the Beltway in that weather.

This state, along with the suburbs of Washington, often gets a bad rap when it comes to snow days. Every time there is a snow-related school or government closure, my Facebook feed fills up with friends from the Midwest and New England talking about how they “still would’ve had school back home,” that they “never had snow days” and so on.

Even President Obama took a jab at D.C. snow days in 2009. But what people don’t seem to realize is that we don’t close stuff down just because of snow. We close stuff down because of the commute.

Imagine, if you will, the Capital Beltway: a hellish nightmare of a freeway that can range from total gridlock to a highly competitive NASCAR-race-meets-demolition-derby mad dash that continues around and around into infinity. Now imagine that in the snow. Awful, right?

Washington is a city filled with nearly countless nonprofit organizations, domestic and international interest groups, and, you know, the governing body of our country.

Commuters to our nation’s capital, many of whom commute from this state and Virginia — and even from as far away as Pennsylvania and New Jersey — deal with the nation’s third most extreme, longest commute, according to Forbes.

Commuters drive themselves into the city or take Metrorail, Metrobus, or MARC, along with plenty of other services. Sometimes they drive long distances just to use public transporta- Sean Forsythe is a junior theatre major. He tion. Keeping traffic flowing at a canbereachedatsforsythedbk@gmail.com.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Looking back at the blockbusters and awards contenders that premiered over winter break — from the prestigious to the pretentious August: Osage County

By Robert Gifford and Warren Zhang @rcgiff, @auberginecow Senior staff writers

American Hustle

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Writer-director David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) has always teetered on the brink of chaos, giving his earlier films a certain caffeinated buzz. Unfortunately, American Hustle feels like the first Russell movie to have actually slipped beyond his control.

The trouble is that it thinks it’s funnier and more clever than it actually is, resulting in a bloated twohour film that doesn’t even manage to properly explain Abscam — the real-world inspiration for its semifictionalized yarn — let alone tell a rewarding story. Too much of the film feels like a less serious, more morally dubious Goodfellas — minus Martin Scorsese’s zip to cut through the levels of byzantine plotting.

Immense credit is due, then, to the extremely talented cast for salvaging the movie. Easily the best comedic ensemble of 2013, American Hustle’s central quintet of flamboyant performances and even wilder hairdos is never less than engaging. Standouts Amy Adams (Her) and Bradley Cooper (The Hangover Part III) frequently steal the show with their gleefully absurd, bug-eyed zeal, even if Russell can’t quite shape their energy into anything coherent.

—Warren Zhang

O n p a p e r, A u g u s t : O s a g e Co u n t y se e m s l i ke a s u re f i re accolade machine. Based on a beloved, award-winning play and starring both Meryl Streep (Hope Springs) and Julia Roberts (Mirror Mirror), August: Osage County might as well have been called Oscar: Oscar Oscar.

Unfortunately, its Academy Award-bait status might have gone to the creators’ heads, resulting in a movie that’s unruly in all the wrong places and fatally inert in the rest. As talented an actress as Streep undoubtedly is, her performance almost always feels like someone trying to Act with a capital “A,” such that it would come as no surprise if Streep began actually chewing on pieces of scenery.

Alas, Streep’s cranked-to-11 hysterics are the only moments wh e n A u g u s t : O s a ge Co u n t y comes alive. The rest of the film trades in muddled, incestuous family politicking. The thin plot involving a family coming together after the death of the patriarch only loosely strings together the supporting cast’s attempts to also get in on the Oscar gravy train.

August: Osage County is so concerned with presenting its cast in the best possible light that it ends up forgetting to be an engaging movie.

—W.Z.

Her Your opinion of Spike Jonze’s (Where the Wild Things Are) Her will depend largely on what you make of the film’s premise. If you can accept its story of love between man and machine, you likely will see it for the smart, quietly lovely movie that it is, a film that works both as a sad and tender love story and a commentary on the increasingly confused emotions and social isolation of the Internet age. If not, you’ll probably remember it as the dumb movie about the dude who falls in love with his iPhone.

Starring a mustachioed Joaquin Phoenix (The Immigrant) — unrecognizable after his feral turn as alcoholic Freddie Quell in The Master — as lonely, sensitive professional letter-writer Theodore Twombly and the voice of Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin) as the artificially intelligent operating system he comes to love, it’s a weird little movie saved by the chemistry of its leads, who manage to make their unconventional relationship believable. A romance with a touch of sci-fi, it’s worth silencing whatever doubts you might have about the premise.

—Robert Gifford

Lone Survivor

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There’s a 30-minute masterpiece to be carved out of Peter Berg’s (Battleship) overly reverent Lone Survivor. Berg, a competent action director, stages some of the most

intense war action sequences in recent memory — unrelenting barrages of bullets, blood and cursing that border on the transcendent — that are, unfortunately, forced to share screen time with a hagiography of the U.S. military.

All the excessive backstory and flag-waving ends up detrimental to the movie, as if the filmmakers didn’t trust the story itself to be adequately moving or the Navy SEALs to be sufficiently brave without weaving character histories and patriotic posturing throughout.

Fortunately, Lone Survivor still manages to come alive frequently through all the slop: A soldier watches helplessly as his Afghan rescuers argue over how to deal with him; the SEALs watch a PowerPoint (of all things!) briefing their mission; the main characters argue over how to deal with unexpected interlopers. Had Lone Survivor focused on these moments, it could have been great.

—W.Z.

Personal Tailor Succinctly describing Personal Tailor poses a serious challenge.

The convoluted premise: A troupe of actors sets up a business in which they enable their clients’ wildest dreams through a combination of costume changes, stereotypes and a seemingly infinite supply of money.

The film is broken up into three vignettes and an epilogue ranging from dull (i.e., a rags-to-riches tale) to offensively didactic (everything else). Director Feng Xiaogang (Back to 1942), a cut-rate portmanteau of Michael Bay and Tyler Perry, has defended his latest work as satire, yet the level of humor on display in Personal Tailor would embarrass even Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer of Scary Movie fame. Even worse, so much exists to serve the low-rent “satire” that Personal Tailor runs out of steam damningly close to the starting line.

A drama without any interesting characters, a satire without a point and a comedy without any punch lines, Personal Tailor is the worst kind of self-satisfied vanity project: the boring kind.

—W.Z.

The Wolf of Wall Street

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A three-hour orgy of quaaludes, hookers and white-collar crime, Martin Scorsese’s (Hugo) blistering satire The Wolf of Wall Street puts to rest any worries that the director might have gone soft in his old age.

A debaucherous epic driven by the capitalist machismo of Leonardo DiCaprio (The Great Gatsby) and Jonah Hill (This Is The End) — the Henry Hill and Tommy DeVito of Wall Street — and drawn from the real story of the rise and fall of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort, it’s as wild and uncompromising as Scorsese’s best (if not quite as subtle).

Filled with everything from midget-tossing to a rescue at sea, the movie flies by with reckless abandon, moving at the pace of Belfort’s cokedout lifestyle. An excessive movie about excess, it’s still as quick and fleet as a 180-minute movie can be.

As with Goodfellas’ Henry Hill, Belfort addresses the audience directly, telling us his story as the camera, like its subject, flies around with unfettered energy, unable to sit still. The film hews a bit too closely to his perspective — leading some to claim it glorifies, rather than indicts, Belfort’s extravagant frauds — never letting any voice but Belfort’s shape the narrative, but it’s a thrilling, addictive perspective, making for a movie that’s as engrossing as it is sickening.

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By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer For gaming, 2013 was a formative year.

Expensive blockbuster games were bigger than ever, while Steam Greenlight and a burgeoning micro-indie market enabled a flowering of new creative voices in the gaming world.

The future of the industry is as unclear as ever, but 2013’s unique lineup of games offers reason to be reassured. No matter if, years from now, games are made on a microscopic budget or an unbelievably large one, excellence will persist and find room to flourish.

but it’s nonetheless affecting throughout, thanks to a well-written cast of supporting historical figures.

Of all the games that came out in 2013, Black Flag is perhaps the most fun and most cinematic experience of them all — Pirates of the Caribbean finally realized as a great video game.

2. Papers, Please

Stamping immigration papers at an airport doesn’t sound like a particularly exhilarating experience, yet Papers, Please is an intense, relentless game despite its rather pedestrian exterior.

Papers, Please isn’t an experience I would call fun. Engrossing, sure, but fun? Fun isn’t deciding whether you have the money to 3. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Who would’ve thought that a series take in your orphaned niece who would otherwise starve on the streets of some known for historical parkour would third-rate pseudo-Soviet slum. create the best pirate game since Fun isn’t deciding whether Sid Meier’s Pirates! arrived to earn a few more dollars back in 2004? Assassin’s by sending hapless tourists Creed IV Black Flag manages into a sweatbox with some to be the open-world pirate belligerent soldiers. Fun isn’t simulator the 6-year-old in figuring out whether you need you always wanted. heating, medicine or food for From a robust ship upgrading the week. system to the collectible photo courtesy of geforce.com I take it back. This isn’t sea shanties scattered through the Caribbean, Black Flag offers a an engrossing game so much as it is a game comprehensive look at a pirate’s life. Ship- that makes obsessive-compulsive wrecks to-ship combat is intuitive and agreeably out of its players. As the game progresses and challenging, while the dynamic weather as more acts of terrorism hit this imaginary Soviet nation, the list of required papers system adds life to the virtual seas.

All of this is wrapped around a surpris- grows exponentially while the salary earned ingly low-key and straightforward story, per correctly admitted immigrant doesn’t.

Each day becomes a tense, soul-crushingat least by the standards of the series. The story of Edward Kenway is a fairly standard ly bleak reflex game: Open passport, check one of a young man maturing past greed, work permit, make sure spelling and gender

matches, fire up ye olde X-ray, stamp and NEXT! The game’s minimalistic approach to storytelling lends it an incredibly evocative atmosphere, in which your mind naturally fills in the blanks while interviewing hopeful immigrant after hopeful immigrant.

Papers, Please is a short experience, but it’s one I won’t soon forget.

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf Pinning down precisely why Animal Crossing: New Leaf is such an involving experience is difficult. Maybe it’s the slightly alien Japanese take on the banality of American suburbia. Maybe it’s the weirdly sinister things lingering below the surface (looking at you, Tom Nook).

Make no mistake, nothing is quite what it seems in New Leaf, even if the sense of lurking malcontent is never explicitly addressed. That might be the secret to New Leaf; behind every simple, unremarkable conversation with the denizens of your town, there’s a hint of something darker, something messed up that makes the characters and their fake world compelling.

Relative to the other Animal Crossing installments, New Leaf offers a host of improvements ranging from obvious to genius.

The whole mayor gimmick is the latter, adding to the appealingly childlike logic the series operates on while also creating more things to save up for, extending the game’s shelf life to near-nightmarish lengths.

I don’t know how much time I’ve blown this year on New Leaf, but I’d be absolutely terrified to find out. That’s probably the highest compliment I can offer a game. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

STARDUST tells the story, through dance and social media posts, of a black gay teen facing exclusion from his community. photo courtesy of valerie oliveiro PREVIEW | CSPAC

onward and upward Looking at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s upcoming semester

By Beena Raghavendran @thebeenster Senior staff writer

T h i s s e m e s te r, t h e Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will be filled with the beats of a rock musical, hybrid works and performances centered on the season’s continuing civil rights theme. Below are some of this semester’s highlights.

Stardust Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 Visiting artist David Roussève, a Los Angeles-based dancer and choreographer, brings the world premiere of his piece, which features a black gay teen facing exclusion from his community. The teen is never onstage, but his story is told through tweets and postings projected on a screen.

Spring Awakening Feb. 28 to March 8 The center performs musicals biennially, so the time See CSPAC, Page 6

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CSPAC From PAGE 5 was ripe for this semester’s production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening. Co-director Brian MacDevitt said the show presents themes relevant to young people’s lives, including sexuality, teenage suicide, depression and identity.

MacDevitt described the show as a hybrid piece that emphasizes dance; co-Directors Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig have owned dance company PearsonWidrig DanceTheater since 1987.

MacDevitt said that considering the show’s themes and pop score, it’s not a typical Broadway musical. In fact, he encourages

people who hate musicals to see Spring Awakening.

“You can’t think of any other musical that’s as immediately about young people,” MacDevitt said. “I think that everybody will recognize something in themselves and in their lives in this.”

while illuminating themes of war and heroism.

“Society needs heroes and warriors without necessarily equating that with war,” Brohan said of the show’s overarching theme.

Combat Paper Project

April 29 to May 1 The Combat P a p e r P ro j e c t , An Iliad a creative diaMay 2 and 3 logue, is led by The first Drew Cameron, weekend of May a U. S. A r m y features actor ve te ra n wh o D e n i s O ’ H a re take s ve te rans’ in this one-man military fatigues show. Paul Brohan, and uniforms and the center’s director of artistic initiatives, photo courtesy of joan marcus turns them to paper, said O’Hare is a storyteller who allowing veterans to then use that references culture and society paper for art. Combat Paper Proj-

ect’s website calls the papermaking process one that helps veterans “reclaim their uniforms as art and express their experiences with the military.” The three-day workshop in changing the uniforms to paper will be at Stamp Student Union’s Art and Learning Center.

Appalachian Spring May 4 The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring with choreography by Liz Lerman, a univeristy alumna and acclaimed choreographer. Orchestra members will move with Lerman’s choreography while playing. The music school is working to further the intersection between movement and music, said Bob Gibson, the school’s director. The orchestra

also performed using Lerman’s choreography in May 2012.

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 May 3 to 10 D e s c r i b e d o n t h e c e n te r ’s website as an “explosive piece of documentary theatre,” the play involves 40 people’s accounts in the aftermath of the acquittal of white police officers who beat Rodney King, who is black.

Playwright Anna Deavere Smith interviewed about 300 people to capture multiple perspectives of the Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal. The last play of the season concludes the year with thoughts about continuing civil rights issues in the United States. braghavendrandbk@gmail.com

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“You are closer to your classes; it’s a lot easier to stay involved in campus activities,” she From PAGE 1 said. “And when things happen Liptrap said. “I will still be on late at night, you don’t have to campus next year, hopefully worry about security as much as living in Oakland Hall or on if you had to walk to a bus stop or South Campus with my room- back to an apartment.”

Callaway said the housing mate from this year.” assignment process was more Senior elementary education stressful for her as a rising major Jennifer Callaway lives in Oakland Hall and agreed that senior because she was put into living on the campus, even as an the lottery and received a low upperclassman, has its benefits. housing priority number. Still,

she said, she is glad she ended up in Oakland Hall.

Young said that while Resident Life may end up having to use a lottery system for rising seniors who desire fall housing, he expects that the beds added

by Prince Frederick Hall will provide a new opportunity for upperclassmen who want to continue to live on the campus and could improve the housing return rate.

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Campus, city crime rates continue to trend down in December, January University police respond to thefts, trespassing

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Senior staff writer Un iversity Pol ice responded to 138 incidents in December and 109 incidents so far in the month of January, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas.

December 2013’s numbers are signifi cantly lower than those from December 2012, when police responded to 206 incidents. T he downward trend continues into January, with police responding to 126 incidents in the same time frame in 2013 as the 109 incidents reported this year, Hoaas said.

Incidents over the winter term include students taking letters off a university sign, a pipe bursting in La Plata Hall and a juvenile crashing his father’s car in the College Park Shopping Center, according to incident reports.

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O n Dec. 3 , pol ice were c a l l e d to t h e Un ive rs it y Hea lth Center, where officia ls reported a ma le suspect ma ki ng i nappropriate gestures around his g ro i n d u r i n g a w e l l n e s s class, Hoaas said.

The events transpired on Nov. 26, but police were called in December to officially report the incident. The male suspect has no affiliation with the university, Hoaas said.

University officials asked the

male to leave the class after the incident.

THEFT

At about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 20, t he c a mpu s Secu r ity Operations Center notified University Police that two students were taking letters off the “Denton Community” sign in the Denton quad, Hoaas said.

T hese type of incidents don’t occur often, Hoaas said, but it’s not unusual to see students attempt to vandalize university signs.

“I don’t know if it’s pranks or off the bucket list for people to do,” she said.

Officers located the individuals by using surveillance cameras. One of the students was charged with theft for ta ki ng about five letters, Hoaas said. Both students were referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

Each letter on the sign costs approximately $380 to replace, she said.

The “Denton Community” sign was defaced about six months ago after the completion of a $3.65 million face-lift to the surrounding area. After the previous incident, university officials said they were looking into stronger adhesives for the letters.

TRESPASSING

On Dec. 21, at about 2:45 p.m., a student was caught on the roof of Pocomoke, a university building being renovated into the future police station, Hoaas said.

A University Police officer in the area heard noises from the construction site and found the student trespassing, despite signs posted in the area.

The student was intoxicated at the time and was issued a criminal citation for trespassing, Hoaas said.

DAMAGE TO STATE PROPERTY

On Jan. 4, at about 3:30 p.m., University Police were notified that a pipe burst on the fourth floor of La Plata Hall, Hoaas said.

The main heating valve in a stairwell burst at about 11:30 p.m., causing “at least a couple thousand” dollars in damages, according to Hoaas.

The water went all the way to the basement of the building, causing damage to carpets and ceiling tiles.

Some of the water also ran u nder doors i nto student dorms, damaging some student property, Hoaas said.

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At about 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 9, University Police responded to the College Park Shopping Center, where a juvenile was driving his father’s car without permission, Hoaas said.

T he m a le juven i le wa s driving his father’s Ford truck when he hit a parked car, Hoaas said, which did not seriously damage the parked car. The juvenile was charged with unauthorized use of a stolen vehicle.

T he juvenile was not charged with stealing the car because his father did not report the incident before the accident, Hoaas added.

There is no mention in the report as to why the juvenile took his father’s car to the shopping center, Hoaas said. tamenabardbk@gmail.com

cell biology and genetics major, lives in a four-person semi suite in Oakland Hall. She said she has always liked living on the campus but did not enjoy living in a “forced triple” last year.

Flex triples and quads allow Resident Life to house more students on the campus, Young said. They most often appear in living-learning programs’ communities to ensure all the students from one program can live in the same building

moocs From PAGE 1 development. Launched on Jan. 21, the program includes a series of courses that will teach students the key elements of the Android platform and how to design applications and services for Android devices.

“When you look at what we’re offering, that set of courses doesn’t exist at the University of Maryland. It doesn’t exist at Vanderbilt, but because of the Internet, essentially, we can create this virtual classroom that spans traditional boundaries, that crosses over the boundaries of a traditional u n iversity,” sa id Ada m Porter, a university computer science professor who is teaching the first course in the three-part sequence of the Android development specialization.

Specializations such as the Android program will culminate in a capstone project that builds upon information learned throughout the series. Upon completion of the project, students will receive a certificate in the given specialization.

Col laboration w ith another university such as Vanderbilt, Porter said, e n able s a n i nc re a se i n new ideas for enhancing education.

“We haven’t innovated around education in the sa me way we i n novate around research,” Porter said. “This new technology really allows people who have a common vision, complimentary expertise and things like that to partner up and create something better than what we could do individually.”

Coursera lists 10 specializations, including a cyberse-

together, he added.

“I didn’t understand how they decided who to put in that situation,” Cheng, a member of the Global Public Health College Park Scholars Program, said. “The situation wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be because the people I was living with were nice.”

Young said it is difficult to know what to expect for the coming fall. Resident Life will have better housing estimates

when it receives the number of incoming freshmen expected and when the South Campus Commons and Courtyards leasing period closes.

“Last year, almost 200 students were still on a waitlist at opening,” he said. “This year, we are adding over 400 new beds.

Some of our returning students may have access to better spaces and even a new building.”

curity track created by this university that will begin in the fall.

The company also hosts 590 individual courses, which anyone with Internet access can take.

An individual massive open online course on Coursera is free, but users must pay a fee to enroll in a specialization. About 170,000 students signed up for Porter’s course, which costs $49 for an eightweek session. Students may also take the course for free if they do not wish to receive a certificate upon completion of the specialization. “[These students] are from all over the world. They are male, female, people with lots of experience, people with very little experience. We have high school kids; we have older people who want to learn something new; we have a lot of working professionals who want to beef up their knowledge in an area,” Porter said.

“It really runs the gamut.”

In 2004, 31 percent of students who dropped out of college did so because of financial reasons. But with the increase of online education services, proponents of online education argue MOOCs could democratize higher education and combat this issue.

“Anybody who wants to learn about the material is free to learn. The course is free; you can go to Coursera to learn this material whoever you are, wherever you are,” Porter said.

At the same time, Porter said some people are often concerned these technological advancements could replace institutionalized learning.

“A lot of the things that I read about it are by faculty who worry that this is going to put us out of a job, right? Because if everyone can take a class online for $50, why do they need to enroll in the university for $15,000? People are worried about that,” Porter said. “I don’t think that’s going to

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Maryland Cybersecurity Center director happen, but people are worried that’s going to happen.”

The MOOC specializations launched by professors at this university are beneficial to enhancing the education of students across this state, said Ben Bederson, technology and education adviser to the provost.

“About 4 percent of the students that are taking these MOOCs come from the state of Maryland,” Bederson said.

“We are educating people and students in Maryland while directly addressing our mission of educating students in the state of Maryland.”

In addition to opening up learning opportunities for students through his cybersecurity specialization course, M a r yl a nd Cybersecu r ity Center Director Jonathan Katz said he hopes pioneering the course will improve his oncampus teaching skills and improve this university’s reputation among higher education institutions.

“It will hopefully attract students, whether undergraduate or graduate students, to think about coming to UMD for our expertise in cybersecurity and coming to campus and to take other classes and to work with the faculty here,” Katz said. “The idea that I can reach more students through this course than I’ve ever taught in my career here is something really exciting to me also.” esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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Univ. research continues during winter MTV shows led to decline in U.S. teen birth rates

By Joe Antoshak @Mantoshak Senior staff writer While most of the campus community was on vacation for the winter term, plenty of researchers at this university were busy publishing the results of their scientific studies. These are the ones you should know about:

MTV shows such as Teen Mom help decrease rate of teenage birth rates In a study that examined the social effects of shows such as 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom on U.S. teen birth rates, a university economist found that the MTV shows led to a 5.7 percent drop in teen births in the year and a half after they premiered in 2009.

University economist Melissa Kearney, along with Wellesley College co-author and economics professor Phillip Levine, found that, beginning in 2009, the rate at which teenage births were dropping made a significant jump.

“Teen births had been falling steadily — about 2.5 percent per year,” Kearney said. “But we noticed a 7.5 percent drop starting in 2009.”

The study was not the fi rst to examine the effect of such media on society, but it was one of the first to separate causation from correlation, Kearney said. The research showed that locations with higher viewership of the two

shooting From PAGE 1 College Park Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 1.

College Park City Councilman Patrick Wojahn — who represents District 1, where Aguilar lived — said the shooting is “obviously very tragic.” “[It is] especially scary given the broader circumstances of the incident and what might have happened had this guy carried on everything he intended to,” he said.

The shooting brings some

noster and his colleagues then categorized the statistics by race and sex.

The researchers analyzed the same data for females and found less variance, with 20 percent of white females, 18 percent of Hispanic females and 16 percent of black females arrested by age 23.

Paternoster said the results were almost on par with the researchers’ expectations.

“I knew the arrest rates for males would be pretty high,” he said. “The results are probably a little higher, but no, I’m not surprised.”

T he last ti me a si m i la r study was conducted was in 1967, when 34 percent of all American men had been arrested by 23, Paternoster said.

This study found the number had increased to 40 percent — a fairly small increase, given the jump in arrests made for crimes such as marijuana possession, he said.

But considering that arrest records are so accessible by way of the Internet, these arrest statistics could pose Forty percent of U.S. a problem in job searches for males arrested by age 23 new adults with criminal histories, Paternoster said.

“Arrests are fairly common, Criminology professor Ray Paternoster and other re- and yet they’re still an obstacle searchers discovered a trend to overcome,” he said. “Emafter combing through survey ployers have such easy access data from 1997 to 2008: Forty- to arrest records.” nine percent of black males, 44 percent of Hispanic males Racism matures black and 38 percent of white males in men at an accelerated this country had been arrested rate by the time they turned 23.

Published in the academic A research study led by a scijournal Crime & Delinquency, entist at this university found the study examined self-re- that effects of racism include ported arrest histories from a more rapid aging process at the National Longitudinal the cellular level.

Survey of Youth 1997. PaterThe study, led by epidemishows experienced a more drastic drop in teenage childbearing, Kearney said, while areas with lower viewership experienced little change outside the norm.

“Studies have shown that teens who view programs w i t h s e x u a l c o n te n t a re more likely to be sexually active,” she said. “But that doesn’t rule out the possibility that teens who are more interested in sex just watch programs with sex because they’re interested. This is the first study that we know about that can demonstrate a causal relationship.”

T he resea rchers looked at Twitter data and Google search data as well and found that searches such as “how to get birth control” and “how to get an abortion” increased in numbers in the 24 hours after the show aired.

While there are no plans fo r c o n t i n u e d re s e a rc h , Kearney said she is interested in whether there are similar effects on European teens.

important issues to the forefront, Wojahn said, such as community efforts to increase access to mental health services and prevent domestic violence.

It is important for everyone at the university to report behavior that is harmful, not just for the entire community but also for the individual, University Police Chief David Mitchell said.

Sophomore biology major Anthony Bui went to Blake before coming to this university.

Bui did not know Aguilar well but said that the news h a s b e e n “sho c k i n g” a l l around. Unlike previous mass

ology professor David Chae, discovered a pattern of shortened telomeres — the protective end-caps on chromosomes that keep genetic information intact — in individuals who perceived a more negative impact from racism.

Because telomeres gradually wear away over time, they have been linked to age determination in humans.

“This is the first study to explicitly look at racism and how it affects [us] at the cellular level,” Chae said.

The research included a sample size of 92 black men aged 30 to 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The subjects were asked to answer questions about their experiences with racism and how they viewed their race.

Those who reported more negative experiences or demonstrated damaged self-concept were found to have shorter telomeres. From a biological standpoint, they were found to be older than their less-affected counterparts, Chae said.

“When we feel people are treating us poorly, we feel a physiological change,” he said.

“Our blood pressure goes up; our faces get flushed. Racial discrimination is qualitatively different because it attacks our identity. Imagine that happening on a day-to-day basis.”

While the findings in the study were conclusive of the trend, Chae said there is room for improvement.

In future research, he said he plans to increase the sample size, take subjects from a larger geographic area and follow them for a longer period. jantoshakdbk@gmail.com

the hollywood road house where police report that suspected Mall in Columbia shooter Darion Marcus Aguilar lived with his mother in College Park. dan appenfeller/for the diamondback shootings, such as those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., Saturday’s incident is more of a “mental shock.”

“I’ve probably walked by

him in the hallways more than multiple times,” he added. “It’s just kind of mind-blowing.” tamenabardbk@gmail.com

JIMMY WILLIAMS, left, with Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), wants to advocate for a greater focus on education if elected to the House of Delegates. photo courtesy of jimmy williams

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volved with the Knights of Columbus — a Catholic fraternal organization — upon turning 18 and continues to serve in both organizations “to stay involved and to help mentor the next … generation,” he said.

Recognizing that running in his district might be challenging and time-consuming for a young Republican, Bates said it is commendable that a man of Williams’ age is willing to put his ideas forward.

Williams said it will be an “uphill battle” to run in a district that tends to lean Democratic — current delegates Guy Guzzone, Shane Pendergrass and Frank Turner are all Democrats — but he aims to run a strong campaign and try to hear everyone’s voice.

Williams told The Baltimore Sun that he plans to campaign with Danny Eaton, a 29-yearold North Laurel resident.

Guzzone, who will run for senator in District 13, and the two other incumbent delegates announced their endorsement of Janet Siddiqui, a physician from Clarksville. Columbia Democrat Fred Eiland also fi led in for the race in July.

While Bates said there have been successful young candidates in the past, Patishnock said she wonders how people will react to Williams’ age and hopes that people will take him seriously as a candidate.

If elected, Williams said he would take a semester off from school to work in Annapolis before graduating in December 2015. And if he loses, he said he’ll pursue politics in the future — but he’s confident in his ability to serve now.

“I’ve been doing service for others my entire life,” Williams said. “And now, I’m ready to serve the District 13 — I am so ready to do that.”

after talking to some Republican representatives at t he Howa rd Cou nt y Fair in August. Earlier this month, he went to Annapolis to file with Del. Gail Bates (R-Howard).

“He does his homework; he’ll learn a lot on the campaign trail. When he needs help, he goes to people who know a little more,” Bates said. “None of us know everything.”

During his campaign, he plans to attend as many community events as possible and to reach out to residents.

If elected, Williams plans to advocate for fewer tax increases, less spending and a greater focus on education.

“I graduated from the Howa rd Cou nty P ubl ic Schools in 2011, and now that I’m working my way through the higher education system, I feel like I can give a perspective to see what policies are working in our schools and what policies aren’t,” he said.

In high school, most students knew Williams for his extensive knowledge of and interest in politics, said Sarah Patishnock, a junior criminology and criminal justice major and Williams’ treasurer. Running for delegate was a natural next step for him, she said.

“I definitely expected him to do this,” she said.

“Instead of complaining about all of his problems, he wants to do something about it and fi x them.”

Williams has had a heavy involvement with the Boy Scouts of America since age 6, eventually earning the Eagle Scout rank. He became in- eserpicodbk@gmail.com

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U Senate proposal would create new early childhood ed degree Program would combine existing education offerings

By Jon Banister @thedbk Staff writer The University Senate Executive Committee voted Friday to send a proposal from the Programs, Curricula and Courses Committee that would create a new early childhood education degree program to the full senate body for a final vote.

The proposal would create a new Bachelor of Science degree combining early childhood education and early childhood special education offerings. According to the bill, the

degree program would be researchbased and would grant state accreditation, which meets several national teaching standards in both fields.

Students in the new program also would be able to specialize in a specific age group, either from birth through age 5 or from kindergarten through third grade.

The education college offers a four-year early childhood education bachelor’s degree program and a five-year early childhood special education combined bachelor’s and master’s program. Each program gives students certification in only one area.

PCC committee Chairwoman Marilee Lindemann presented the proposal at Friday’s executive committee meeting, saying an increased demand for teachers with special

education certification prompted the program change.

“The increase in classroom settings inclusive of students with and without disabilities and the increase in the number of young children with disabilities both nationally and in the state of Maryland create a need for additional teachers certified in early childhood special education,” she said in her address to the committee.

Since 2008, an average of 11 early childhood special education teachers have graduated from this university each year, and officials expect about 35 dual-certified students to graduate each year if the new program comes to fruition.

Certification in both areas will give those graduates an advantage in the job market and grant this state

teachers who are more prepared to teach classrooms with both disabled and nondisabled students, senate Chairman Vincent Novara said.

“It has a lot of support throughout this area of the state,” Novara said of the proposal. “It’s certainly a field that has a lot of burnout and a lot of turnover, so the fact that we’re going to be sending people out with even more credentials into the field who could take those spaces as they’re opening up and that they’re coming from an institution like this is only a benefit to the state.”

Before the proposal was sent to the executive committee, the education college met with administrators in Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to discuss the need for teachers with

dual certification. The proposal was well received and given support by every county, Lindemann said.

Undergraduate executive committee representative Josh Ratner said the proposal is a logical step given the need for teachers with additional certifications.

“It makes sense,” Ratner said. “It seems like there’s a lot of support from the counties, and it looks like it’s the best way to get students jobs once they graduate.”

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IRISH From PAGE 14 No. 6 Terps enter the marquee matchup more experienced.

“It basically comes down to us executing,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “We had two phenomenal practices, and I think we’re ready.”

Before the season, the Terps knew they were going to boast a fully healthy roster with a number of new weapons to bolster its rotation. They entered the UConn matchup confident and at full strength, while the Huskies were missing star forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis due to injury.

But the Terps weren’t quite ready to take full advantage of their newest strengths. It was the third game of the season, and freshmen Walker-Kimbrough, center Brionna Jones and guard Lexie Brown combined for only seven points and three rebounds.

“In the beginning of the year, I didn’t really know what my role

is,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “As the season is progressing, I know what I need to bring.”

During their matchup at then-No. 10 North Carolina earlier this month, the Terps made full use of their deep roster. They had four doubledigit scorers, and WalkerKimbrough scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Walker-Kimbrough’s development is part of the team’s improvement this season. After their loss against UConn, the Terps went on a 14-game winning streak and scored more than 70 points in 12 of those matchups. Brown established herself as the starting point guard, and players returning from injury like guards Laurin Mincy and Brene Moseley started making more contributions.

Entering tonight’s game against Notre Dame, the Terps have a better idea of what they are capable of, but against one of the nation’s top scoring offenses, they know that they still have a small margin of error.

“Great teams will take advan-

tage of you if you’re not valuing the basketball and playing smart defensive possessions,” coach Brenda Frese said. “That’s where we obviously want to improve on to show in January that we’re a better team than where we were in November.”

The Terps’ successful stretch ended Thursday, however, when they allowed the most points they have this season in a defeat at Virginia. The Cava-

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“They had one of those nights,” Frese said. “When you’re shooting the ball that well, you got to be able to make it even harder for them.”

Still, with the new and returning pieces of the rotation, the Terps have more reason

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PANTHERS From PAGE 16 Patterson, who tallied a gamehigh 28 points. Plus, the Terps repeatedly sent the Panthers to the free-throw line, where they shot 32-of-47.

“We made some mistakes in our ball-screen defense,” Turgeon said. “We didn’t adapt and we forgot that Patterson was a pretty good player.”

Patterson scored 13 first-half points to bring his team back from an early 11-4 deficit and build a five-point halftime edge.

The Terps, though, countered with their own balanced and cohesive offense that had been nonexistent in recent weeks.

“We just executed better, and we didn’t shoot so darn fast,” Turgeon said.

The offense kept the Terps within striking distance.

Wells, Layman (18 points), guard Nick Faust (13 points) and forward Evan Smotrycz (10 points) all shot at least 50 percent from the field as the team became just the third Pitt opponent to post more than 70 points this season.

“We shared the ball great today,” Layman said. “We got a lot of great shots, great opportunities for our bigs and our guards to take some good drives.”

The Terps did go through a rough stretch, however. They coughed the ball up three times

in the first five minutes of the second half, and Pitt took advantage by building a 13-point lead with 11:46 to play.

Unlike the last time they met the Panthers, when the Terps crumbled down the stretch of a 20-point loss on Jan. 6, the team absorbed the blow. Its newly potent offense kept the score close and the Terps found themselves down just five late in the game, inching closer to their first victory against a ranked team.

“In some games when we face adversity, we let it slip away,” Layman said. “But tonight we faced a lot of adversity with them hitting some tough shots and we just kept fighting.”

The Terps never could put the finishing touches on their comeback. Whether it was allowing the Panthers to narrowly escape a defensive trap just when it appeared a turnover was imminent or Allen sailing his 3-pointer a bit long, the Terps failed to make a defining play in their late run.

And as a result, an improved offensive effort went for naught in an unsuccessful upset attempt that capped the Terps’ worst 20-game start to a season since the 1992-93 campaign.

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gallen From PAGE 16 State earlier this month. It wouldn’t have been shocking.

And while they were aided

by Pitt’s shoddy free throw shooting, the Terps narrowed the gap and had a chance to cut it to two late on a threepoint attempt by guard Seth Allen. The Terps didn’t go on an overwhelming run. Instead, it was methodical, taking advantage of Pitt miscues here and there to make up points wherever they could.

The comeback still fell short, as it did against Connecticut in the season opener

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air of desperation surrounding the Terps now.

“We played like our backs were against the wall, and that’s the way that we should play every night,” guard Dez Wells said. “That’s what I expect my teammates to do, and that’s how I expect myself to play.”

Of course, it could be too little, too late. The Terps are off to their worst start since 1992-93, and they have a tough schedule left. The odds are stacked firmly against the Terps.

But there is now at least a semblance of direction that seemed absent after a secondhalf collapse at N.C. State a week ago. When presented with the opportunity to roll over

against Pitt, the Terps refused.

“For us, that’s just maturity and just fighting through adversity when things go wrong,” Layman said. “When one thing goes wrong, we got to come back and hit them in the mouth again.”

The Terps probably aren’t going to make the NCAA tournament. This season could wind up being a colossal disappointment given the expectations in October. But the Terps showed that with a few breaks, they could hang with one of the nation’s top teams.

Now, they just have to win some games.

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for the Terps women’s track and field team in the triple jump and earned All-American honors after finishing eighth in the high jump at the NCAA championships. A year later, LaFond can solidify her place as one of the ACC’s best with a return trip.

under coach Kerry McCoy.

In coach John Tillman’s first two years, the Terps men’s lacrosse team lost in the national title game. But after a hot start last year, the Terps stumbled to the finish before bowing out early in the tournament. With an influx of young talent, the championship-starved Terps have the opportunity for another deep postseason run.

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10) Terps-Indiana Men’s Soccer At some point this fall, two of the most storied programs in all of college soccer will tangle as conference rivals for the first time. Coach Sasho Cirovski said he wanted to model his program in College Park after Indiana when he took over more than 20 years ago, and now the Hoosiers and Terps will square off yearly.

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and as it did against George Washington in December, fitting into this season’s pattern of disappointment.

“In some games when we face adversity, we let it slip away, but tonight we faced a lot of adversity with them hitting some tough shots, and we just kept fighting,” Layman said. “And the end result wasn’t what we wanted, but we did play hard tonight.”

It’s hard to take moral victories from a season filled with defeats, but after the Pitt loss, there seemed to be a change in the Terps’ tone. Layman said the team was “tired” of letting games get away in the second half, and there seems to be an

13) Jimmy Sheptock Sheptock became the first Terps wrestler to earn a No. 1 ranking, and it comes on the heels of a string of dominant performances. Sheptock was an All-American in 2013, and he’s building on that showing

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14) Gymnastics The Terps gymnastics team was supposed to join the ACC this season, but after the latest raft of conference realignment, it decided to stay in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League before moving to the Big Ten. The Terps have never won the EAGL, but led by a cast of returners, it appears the Terps could have their best shot at a championship. dgallendbk@gmail.com

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ROUNDUP From PAGE 14 coach Dave DeGuglielmo.

But Wednesday, DeGuglielmo left the Terps to take the same position with the New England Patriots, leaving the Terps with a vacancy to fill. On Saturday, coach Randy Edsall hired Greg Studrawa as the offensive line coach. Studrawa served in the same capacity for seven seasons at LSU and ran the offense for two years.

McCardell, a former NFL wide receiver, replaced Lee Hull, who took the top coaching job at Morgan State, and Wilt, who came from Ball State, replaces Greg Gattuso, who took over Albany’s football program. DeGuglielmo wa s s e t to re p l a c e To m Brattan.

“I thought they fit very, very well with our chemistry that we already have with our staff,” Edsall said.

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Entering the fall, questions swirled around the Terps defense and whether it could replace the wealth of talent that departed after the 2012 season, including defensive ends Joe Vellano and A.J. Francis.

But the Terps still enjoyed a solid defensive campaign, and defensive coordinator Brian Stewart was rewarded with a contract extension on Jan. 7, according to a Washington Post report. The extension was officially announced Jan. 16.

Stewart’s original contract was set to expire Friday.

The Terps ranked 44th nationally in total defense, and the team’s 37-0 win over West Virginia on Sept. 21 was the program’s first shutout victory since 2008.

According to the report, extending Stewart’s contract was a priority after the Terps’ season ended with a loss to Marshall in the Military Bowl.

Five-star cornerback Jalen Tabor, a longtime recruiting target, committed to Arizona over the Terps on Jan. 2 at the Under Armour All-America Game. A week later, Tabor flipped his commitment from Arizona to Florida.

Tabor, listed at 6-foot-1 and 186 pounds, was considered by many to be the Terps’ top target in the class of 2014. Rivals.com ranks Tabor as the No. 3 cornerback and the No. 10 player nationally.

Tabor attends Friendship Collegiate Academy in Washington, which also produced Terps freshman linebackers Yannick Ngakoue and Jermaine Carter.

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SUPERDRAFT From PAGE 15 and plays, and I can control all of that,” Mullins said.

“People are going to think what they want, and that’s just how this works. … I’m just focused on getting b e t te r eve ry d ay, a n d I believe my skill and what I do well will translate to the next level, and I’m excited to prove that.”

Tshuma — a 21-year-old sophomore who signed a Generation Adidas contract on Jan. 3, forgoing his final two years of NCAA eligibility in favor of a professional career — was as optimistic as Mullins about his selection in the SuperDraft, despite falling late into the first round. The forward from Zimbabwe said he’s looking forward to playing for Portland in front of its renowned cheering section.

“At Maryland, we had The Crew, and they were with us along the way everywhere,” said Tshuma, who tied for second on the Terps in scoring last season with six goals. “And now I’m going to the Timbers, and they’ve got the Timbers Army, which is another crazy fan base.”

Tshuma said his decision to leave early was difficult, and initially coach Sasho Cirovski tried to persuade him to return to Ludwig Field for at least another season. But after discussing the options with his parents, Tshuma decided to chase his lifelong dream, and Cirovski ultimately supported his forward’s professional aspirations. “ S a s h p l a ye d a h u ge role in my career,” Tshuma said. “If it wasn’t for him getting me to Maryland, one of the best — if not the best — soccer program in

the country, I wouldn’t be here without that. He’s one of those guys where, wherever I am in my professional career, I’m always going to go back [to him] for some advice. … We’re going to stay close forever because of that relationship we formed at Maryland.”

For Mullins, the SuperDraft capped off a week in which the forward received the highest honor in Division I soccer and saw his goal of joining the professional ranks come to fruition.

And though he fell outside of the top 10 picks, after a week like that, Mullins said he couldn’t complain.

“It was the cherry on top of the cake knowing I’m going to a great place in New England,” Mullins said. “It’s been a perfect week. I couldn’t ask for it to be much better.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

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By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer

Matchup is second of season for No. 6 Terps against top-two team

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer Shatori Walker-K imbrough watched as Connecticut pulled away from the Terrapins women’s basketball team in the second half to seal a familiar result.

During the Terps’ Nov. 15 loss against No. 1 UConn, the freshman guard was a part of a restocked roster featuring newcomers such as herself and players returning from

After a semester-long university suspension, Terrapins football running back Wes Brown was set to return to school today, his attorney, Jason Shapiro, said earlier this month.

Brown received a yearlong suspension in August after his July arrest in College Park on charges of second-degree assault, theft and unlawful interception of oral communications. Those charges were later dropped and Brown was given the opportunity to shorten his suspension.

“Bottom line, university administration told us what Wes needed to do, and Wes did

injury and poised to validate the team’s status as a national title contender early in the season. But before an announced 15,327 at Comcast Center, those expectations were never fulfilled.

Since then, Walker-Kimbrough has become the Terps’ second-leading scorer and a critical part of a deep roster that has won 14 of its past 15 games. When they host No. 2 Notre Dame tonight, the See irish, Page 10

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Brown has three years of eligibility remaining. During his freshman season, he rushed for 382 yards and two touchdowns. In the Terps’ 20-18 loss to N.C. State on Oct. 20, 2012, Brown rushed 25 times for a career-high 121 yards and a touchdown. He didn’t participate in spring practice in 2013 because he was recovering from shoulder surgery.

“I think he just wants to get back to being a normal kid, college kid, going to school to get good grades, trying to better himself and at the same time be a student-athlete and giving it

RUNNING BACK WES BROWN rushed for 382 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman in 2012. He was suspended for the fall semester after a summer arrest. file photo/the diamondback his all on the football field,” Shapiro said.

COACHING CAROUSEL On Jan. 16, it appeared the Terps had locked down their coaching staff for the

upcoming season when they announced the hirings of wide receivers coach Keenan McCardell, defensive line coach Chad Wilt and offensive line See roundup, Page 13

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Forwards Mullins, Tshuma selected in first round of MLS SuperDraft Revolution select Mullins with 11th pick; Timbers tab Tshuma at No. 17

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer After closing a storied career with a heartbreaking loss in the national title game, Patrick Mullins received one last major honor earlier this month before beginning his professional career.

On Jan. 10, the former Terrapins men’s soccer forward earned his second straight MAC Hermann Trophy — given to the top male and female college soccer players in the country — becoming the seventh player in the Division I

history soccer to win the award in consecutive seasons.

He finished his four-year college career second in program history for both scoring (47 goals) and points (119). He was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American; won back-to-back ACC tournament titles and t MVP honors; and helped lead the Terps to College Cup appearances in 2012 and 2013.

But at Major League Soccer’s SuperDraft on Jan. 16 in Philadelphia, Mullins wa i te d l o n ge r t h a n e x pected to hear his name an-

nounced. He fell to the New England Revolution at the 11th pick after many outlets, including both ESPN and TopDrawerSoccer.com, rated him as a top-five talent.

Fo r m e r Te r ps fo rwa rd Schillo Tshuma, who TopDrawerSoccer.com ranked No. 4 on its final “big board” the day before the draft, also went later than anticipated when the Portland Timbers selected him with the 17th pick.

“Crazy things happen on draft days,” Mullins said after his selection. “You can’t control what happens with that. You just want to land in

the best place for you possible.

And I think I really did that by coming to New England.”

So m e a n a lys ts a rg u e d Mullins’ goal-scoring ability will not translate to the professional level because of a lack of versatility in his game. Mullins relied on a strong left-footed shot and strength to be a dominant offensive force in college, but those physical advantages could be reduced substantially when he faces the superior talent of MLS. “I’m the one that goes out See SUPERDRAFT, Page 13

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Senior staff writer Daniel Gallen selects 14 Terps athletes, teams and games to watch this year

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5) Women’s Basketball

he new year is shaping up to be a landmark one for Terrapins athletics. In addition to the obvious — the university’s move to the Big Ten — many Terps athletes rank among the best at their craft, and teams are poised for postseason runs.

In no particular order, here are 14 athletes, teams, dates and events to look out for in 2014:

Last season, injuries decimated the Terps and helped thwart a potentially deep postseason run. This season, coach Brenda Frese has a solid supporting cast surrounding star forward Alyssa Thomas, and the Terps could have a legitimate shot at a national title run.

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8) Healthy Wide Receiver Corps

3) Mark Turgeon

1) The Big Ten Move On July 1 — a mere five months from now — the course of Terps athletics will be forever altered as this university joins the Big Ten almost 20 months after announcing the move.

Sure, plenty of rivalries will fall by the wayside as the Terps leave the North Carolina-centric ACC, but plenty of new ones will emerge in the coming years.

The Terps men’s basketball coach has put together a talented cadre of players in his first three years in College Park. But the Terps don’t have any postseason hardware to show for it. So how does Turgeon get his team to take the next step? That’s one major storyline for 2014.

2) men’s Basketball Recruiting Class Though the Terps men’s basketball team has yet to live up to expectations on the court this season, coach Mark Turgeon has had great success on the recruiting trail. His 2014 class of Melo Trimble, Dion Wiley, Jared Nickens and Trayvon Reed is receiving national praise.

While no recruiting class is a sure thing, infusing the mix of experience already in College Park with young talent could help aid the Terps’ transition into the Big Ten.

4) Final Duke Game Though unprecedented ACC scheduling keeps Duke away from College Park for the first time in a long time, the Terps men’s basketball team still has one last shot at the Blue Devils on Feb. 15. The Terps have struggled at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the past, but they’ve won two of the past four meetings in College Park.

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6) Alyssa Thomas The Terps women’s basketball forward is a national player of the year candidate and in the running for her third ACC Player of the Year award, averaging a double-double entering tonight’s matchup with Notre Dame.

She already has one of the most decorated careers in program history, and she can still add to her legacy with a deep postseason run.

7) First Big Ten Football Game vs. Ohio State While the Terps ease into Big Ten football with their opener at a middling Indiana program, that honeymoon period ends the next week when Ohio State visits Byrd Stadium on Oct. 4. The Buckeyes finished 2013 ranked No. 12 in the final Associated Press poll after starting the season 12-0.

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The injury bug hit the Terps this past fall, with wide receivers Stefon Diggs (1) and Deon Long (6) suffering season-ending injuries at Wake Forest. While the offense showed flashes of explosiveness, it wasn’t the same in their absence. This year, though, Diggs and Long are set to return to a deeper and more talented receiving corps. Nigel King, Amba Etta-Tawo and Levern Jacobs all gained valuable experience down the stretch, Marcus Leak returns after a semester away from the university and speedster Taivon Jacobs will play after redshirting in 2013.

9) ACC Men’s Lacrosse With the addition of traditional powers Notre Dame and Syracuse, the ACC becomes an even more stacked men’s lacrosse conference. At any point during the year, the ACC could boast the nation’s top six teams, and when the NCAA tournament rolls around, the national title could return to the ACC for the fourth time in five years.

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No. 20 PANTHERS

NOT quite good ENOUGH

In season’s latest disappointing result, Terps fall behind in second half, can’t make up deficit in loss to Pitt

Disjointed Terps still searching for consistency as NCAA tournament hopes continue to dwindle

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

DANIEL GALLEN

The Terrapins men’s basketball team trailed No. 20 Pittsburgh by five points with 23 seconds remaining in Saturday night’s matchup when Dez Wells flipped the ball back to fellow guard Seth Allen, who rifled a deep three-point attempt from the right wing.

The Terps were trying to complete a comeback, and Allen was squared to the hoop for a shot that could have trimmed the Panthers’ lead to two points for the first time in the second half and sent the announced 17,202 at Comcast Center into a frenzy.

But the ball instead clanked off the back rim and Pitt guard Cameron Wright grabbed the ensuing rebound to essentially seal the Panthers’ 83-79 victory, marking the Terps’ latest disappointment in a season defined by setbacks.

The Terps (11-9, 3-4 ACC) improved on offense against Pitt (18-2, 6-1), shooting 48.1 percent from the field and cutting a 13-point deficit to four. In the end, though, they suffered their fourth loss in five games to drop below .500 in ACC play for the first time this season.

“You think every shot is going in when a good shooter is shooting,” Wells said of Allen’s late attempt.

“But it happens, man. It’s a part of basketball.”

There were still plenty of positives for coach Mark Turgeon to draw from. Wells had 19 points to lead four different Terps in double figures; the team scored 38 points in the paint against a stout Pitt defense, and the Terps shot better than 40 percent from the field for the first time since Jan. 4.

Still, the team turned the ball over 17 times and Turgeon criticized his team’s ball-screen defense for the second straight game.

Pitt often used picks to free up forward Lamar See Panthers, Page 11

Jake Layman’s mouth was moving ahead of his mind Saturday night.

The forward was trying to hash out the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s latest defeat, an 83-79 loss at the hands of No. 20 Pittsburgh on Saturday, and explain how the team can rally as disappointing result after disappointing result mounts.

“Just keep playing hard,” Layman said. “Obviously, never give up on this season. No one’s thinking that. I don’t even know why I just said that. Just keep playing hard.”

It was a brief slip of the tongue, but it provided a window into the Terps’ underachievement.

The Terps are confident and talented. They’re deep, and they have the potential to play with nearly any team on any given night. They showed that in the first half, when they traded blows with the Panthers, and in the second half, when they cut a 13-point deficit all the way down to four in the final 12 minutes.

“That first half was great,” Layman said. “We were in it. We were tuned in the whole time and nothing really fazed us.”

The Terps are also uneven. They’ve been notorious for starting slow at times this year, and when opponents have been able to create even a little distance from the Terps, it’s often spelled the end. The Terps just haven’t had answers, and the team’s lack of maturity has been a topic of discussion in the past week.

So it was largely a surprise to see the Terps close the gap Saturday. When the Panthers took a 13-point lead before the halfway point of the second half, the Terps seemed to be headed toward another disappointing blowout defeat like the back-to-back 20-point losses at Pitt and Florida FORWARD JAKE LAYMAN drives to the basket against Pitt guard Cameron Wright during the Terps’ 83-79 loss Saturday. Layman scored 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting after scoring in double figures only once in the previous six games. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

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