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Cafritz development planning on hold Developer did not meet county requirements

By Teddy Amenabar Staff writer Some local residents and city officials are breathing a sigh of relief after preliminary plans for the Cafritz development were pulled from the Prince George’s County Planning Board earlier this month.

The developer, Calvert Tract, LLC, failed to meet conditions for county approval of some preliminary plans and may not reapply for months, according to Patrick Wojahn, District 1 city councilman. Despite the allure of a new Whole Foods store and additional housing, some local residents

have found it difficult to support development of the 37-acre property, a project estimated at $226 million. Local governments have also criticized it harshly as a rushed development that would do more harm than good for the municipalities involved: College Park, Riverdale Park and University Park.

“The developer just seems to want to cut corners at every turn,” Wojahn said.

However, Chip Reed, the Cafritz development attorney, believes the plans have had a more extensive review process than any other project he’s been a part of in 30 years.

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PG Police receive calls of two robberies Sun.

By Fola Akinnibi Staff writer

a whole foods market and other amenities that were part of the Cafritz development plans will not be coming to College Park anytime soon, after the developer pulled its plans. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

no chance to come back

the men’s basketball team fell to the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils Saturday, 84-64, at their last-ever trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium as an ACC foe. Once Duke pulled away in the game’s waning minutes, the Terps were met with chants of “Don’t come back,” referring to the university’s 2014 move to the Big Ten. For more game coverage, check out the sports section on page 10. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Univ. not meeting all sustainability goals Air travel related to university business holding back progress

By Madeleine List Staff writer Despite measurable strides in improving environmental sustainability on the campus, a rise in universityrelated air travel may prove to be the wrench in the mix keeping the university from making progress.

Net greenhouse gas emissions increased more than 17 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the Office of Sustainability’s most recent annual report, released at the end of the fall semester. Emissions from commercial air travel for university businesses

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alone grew 20 percent from 2010 to 2011, totaling about 44,070 metric tons of carbon dioxide — a unit that aggregates different types of greenhouse gases into one measure. While 2010 brought a 15- percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the university’s 2005 baseline, officials will have to grapple with air travel — which continues to rise as the economy recovers — in order to meet their next benchmark, a massive 25-percent emissions reduction by 2015.

The Office of Sustainability’s Progress Report 2012, which includes data through 2011, shows positive trends in areas such as recycling, composting and public transportation, but it is still unclear whether those gains will do enough to offset the environmental damages that accompany the univer-

Prince George’s County Police responded to an armed robbery, in which a student fell victim, and an attempted armed robbery yesterday.

County police arrested three males, who were armed with brass knuckles and a knife, in connection with the armed robbery, according to an email alert. The suspects included 20-year-old Edgar Hernandez of Riverdale, a 15-year-old male and a 17-year-old male.

The three males allegedly punched a student in front of Shanghai Cafe at about 3 a.m. Sunday. They then proceeded to go through the student’s pockets before taking his wallet and iPhone, which was eventually recovered, according to the alert. An officer pursued and arrested the suspects.

The student suffered minor injuries but did not go to a hospital, the alert stated.

At about 1:15 p.m. yesterday, a male allegedly displayed a handgun inside The Varsity and demanded a person’s laptop, University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said. The victim refused to hand over the laptop and after a brief scuffle, the suspect fled the scene, Limansky said. County and University Police are continuing to search for the suspect.

Police described the suspect as a 5-foot-8, 165-pound black male wearing a black ski mask, black peacoat and dark blue jeans.

The victim told police a second suspect may have been involved, police said.

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Percentage university officials need to decrease greenhouse emissions by 2015 to meet benchmark

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Percentage greenhouse gas emissions were reduced in 2011 from 2005 baseline sity’s growing campus and increasing globalization.

“When you look at the data, you have to keep in mind that the campus is growing, meaning there will be more energy consumption,” said Sally DeLeon, the progress report author and sustainability office project manager.

University Sustainability Council members said reducing travel emissions

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By Sarah Sexton Staff writer North Hill should be a little quieter this semester now that excavation is completed on the Prince Frederick Hall site, and workers are moving onto the next phase of the dorm’s construction.

Students can expect far fewer disruptions as workers begin laying the structure’s foundation and installing support columns, officials said. As classes resumed last week, workers were deep in the ground waterproofing the foundation’s walls and preparing to put in the ground-floor slab, said Cindy Felice,

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Residential Facilities associate director.

“We’re going to see the building starting to come up out of the ground this semester,” Felice said. “During this stage, the real noisy and disruptive pile-driving part is over. This semester, students near the site will just hear general construction noise — trucks backing up and coming and going. Just general noise.”

Officials recognize construction noise can be disruptive for students, so Facilities Management limits work hours between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Felice also emails residents who live in the area surrounding the site —

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“You couldn’t have more hearings, almost, than this has had,” Reed said. “There would be, and is, no attempt to shortchange or shortcut any process whatsoever.”

The Cafritz development has been in deliberation for so long in part because many separate local governments have been involved, Reed said.

In addition, there was a major point of contention surrounding the potential construction of a bridge and roadway on land owned by the American Center for Physics, which neighbors the property, Wojahn said.

“The developer had represented that he had a letter from the American Center for Physics,” Wojahn said. “It turns out that that letter was a letter that the attorney for the developer himself had drafted that had not been approved by the [ACP].”

But Reed said when he first presented the letter to the University Park town council, he specifically noted it was labeled “draft” in order to avoid misrepresenting the ACP’s views.

“I got up and stated emphatically that I drafted this letter,” Reed said. “I do not represent the American Center for Physics; I don’t speak for the American Center for Physics.”

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located next to the Mowatt Lane Garage along Preinkert Drive — to give them advanced notice of any increased noise or outages.

“Any time we expect the construction to have a big impact on students, we understand the importance of giving the students advanced notice,” Felice said.

“We also realize many residents are sleeping early in the morning when construction starts, but we need to take advantage of daylight.”

Felice said she does not expect any outages or road closures in the foreseeable future. Construction continued despite the light snow last week, but heavier snowfall or ice storms could be a setback for the project, which is expected to be completed in August 2014.

Once the structure is constructed and the workers are inside, wintry weather will be less of a concern, Felice said.

“If we have a bad winter storm, it would really slow us down,” she said.

A student living in Commons 6 said he has noticed a decrease in the amount of noise from the construction site since the excavation last semester.

“This semester I’ve heard almost nothing. During the day, they are working and sometimes there is some loud banging, but by and large I am in class for that,” said Benjamin Anderson, a sophomore computer science and mathematics major. “The only real disruptions are when equipment is crossing the street. Traffic can get backed up some, and you can’t get by on the sidewalk.”

Zach Caplan, who lives in Commons 5 directly across the street from the construction site, also said the noise has been less of an issue this semester.

“Last semester, construction frequently woke me and my roommates up early in the morning and was disruptive throughout the entire day,”

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Whole Foods Market remains out of reach within the county as plans for the $226 million Cafritz development were pulled earlier this month. The developer, Calvert Tract, LLC, may not reapply for months, according to a city council member. charlie deboyace/the diamondback ACP liaison to the community, said the letter gave residents another reason to oppose the development, he added it should not be seen as “foul play” in any way. “[Reed] made a judgment, and it came out in retrospect to hurt him,” Khoury said.

“He has apologized for that action, so I see that action behind us now.”

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proposal for construction on its land to be an “active proposal” regardless of what happened two weeks ago, Khoury said.

Students also should not be upset with the project’s delay, said Josh Ratner, Student Government Association liaison to the city council.

“It would have been nice to have the Whole Foods, but now there’s a potential to have something closer to campus if that works out,” Ratner said.

However, several area locals said they harbor some concerns about any development on the site — Riverdale Park resident Bruce Wernek said construction would essentially mean “genocide for the wildlife.”

“It’s a terrible situation for the wildlife,” he said. “Sure, we have to have economic development and all, but we have to think about, well, what are the impacts to the other living

“It would have been nice to have the Whole Foods, but now there’s a potential to have something closer to campus if that works out.”

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The Cafritz family will reapply as soon as possible, Reed said. In the coming months, the ACP will need to decide whether allowing the bridge and roadway on its property would be beneficial, Khoury said.

“We’re continuing to evaluate whether we want that done,” he said. “There are clearly some benefits, so the issue we’re looking at is how we balance the downside to the upside.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

“many residents are sleeping early in the morning when construction starts, but we need to take advantage of daylight. “ CINDY FELICE

Residential Facilities associate director said Caplan, a junior economics major. “Construction hasn’t been so bad this semester considering classes haven’t truly started yet.”

However, Caplan is concerned the construction will be disruptive later in the semester.

“I worry I will be distracted by noise when midterm week approaches, considering it proved to be an issue last semester,” he said.

Officials plan to adjust the construction hours during finals to begin at 8 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. to allow students more undisrupted sleep in the morning and quiet study time in the evening, Felice said.

But noise from the site can be disruptive even before the official start time, Caplan said.

“They often state that construction will begin at 7 a.m., but they fail to mention that construction workers will be screaming at each other starting at 6 a.m., and trucks will also be arriving before then. That makes it difficult to get a full night’s sleep.”

Felice hopes that keeping students informed about the project and providing email updates, especially when officials expect the work to be disruptive, will help students understand the project and feel better about the process.

“We acknowledge construction is noisy, but there’s no way around that,” Felice said. “We just try to give advance notice so students can prepare for extra noise or outages, and we offer students all of the details about the construction process on the Resident Life website.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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A prime opportunity A

Why should students care about all of this? Every year, student activists mobilize during the spring semester to advocate for various initiatives in the hopes of moving them forward — and ideally seeing them passed — in the 90-day legislative session. Without budget woes or education funding to worry about, this year is the ideal time

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The state’s refreshingly optimistic budget allows students a critical chance to help dictate relevant policy and future funding. for students to push for bills that have been voted down consistently or put on the back burner.

But with such a unique opportunity ahead — this state is one of the very few experiencing economic success — students need to start now and get organized. It’s one thing to rally around ideas, whether they be tighter gun control laws, repealing the death penalty, gender identity anti-discrimination laws or whatever you’re impassioned about, but it requires much more to do the research to clearly

articulate why a certain bill may be necessary for the state.

It’s only about three weeks into the legislative session, leaving students plenty of time to draft plans to either travel to Annapolis or continually write lawmakers. When it looked like students would have to pay a more than 10-percent-higher tuition rate, students gave personal testimonies to show O’Malley and lawmakers in the General Assembly why the hike had to be averted — and tuition eventually saw a modest 3-percent increase instead. If students hope to experience success traveling to Annapolis and rallying this year, that same effort and unity needs to be present. It is better to focus on proactively engaging in the issues than reacting late to potentially devastating measures.

Lawmakers have a responsibility to serve their constituents, but the only way they can do so is if citizens clearly make their voices heard. The state has come a long way in just the last year by passing two bills that protect people who have been discriminated against, and students on this campus played no small part in that. That success came from months and years of hard work, dedication and organization — and now is the perfect opportunity to continue building on that momentum.

Cinema’s timeless charm Watching movies from home may seem like an indisputable plus, but it’s impossible to replicate the theatric experience NEAL FREYMAN I am sitting on my couch at home, feet up, a bag of popcorn in one hand, with the other routinely distributing kernels into my mouth. I couldn’t be more comfortable. A sizable screen, relative darkness, surround sound and a kitchen to my right for whenever this popcorn wears off. As I hit “play,” the movie starts, and while I slowly melt into the loveliness of my living room, I think, “Who in his or her right mind still goes to movie theaters?”

That question would have seemed absurd just a decade ago. In fact, going to the theater to catch a film was a worldwide phenomenon in the 20th century. The “movie palace” was a place for people to be immersed in the lawless frontier of the Wild West or to convulse in a fit of laughter over Charlie Chaplin’s antics. An afternoon at the cinema was a transformative experience for people, who left their dull, routine lives at the door in exchange for a wondrous assortment of breathtaking visuals and gripping stories navigated by larger-than-life heroes.

Much of the romanticism associated with the movie theater in the early 20th

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persistently grim outlook has turned into the status quo for our nation’s economy, and yet this state seems to have bucked the trend.

Drastic spending cuts and tax increases don’t need to be on this year’s legislative agenda because, for the first time in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s six years in office, the state won’t have to resort to these measures to avoid finishing the year in debt.

So while last year saw a flurry of activism when students rallied to fight a potential double-digit tuition increase, it looks like education funding is safe — and even more generous than in the past several years. O’Malley’s proposed budget sets aside about $6 billion for public education, which amounts to a 3.5 percent increase from last year.

And with voters upholding huge state initiatives this past election, including same-sex marriage and the DREAM Act, it looks like lawmakers are poised for what could be one of the most productive legislative sessions in years. While we’re still far from having lucrative revenue streams, the state doesn’t need to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find funding for various bills. Finally, it can focus less on desperate measures and concentrate fully on sound, long-term decision making.

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century has been lost today. Instead of existing as solitary, ornately designed buildings, many modern cinemas have moved inside shopping malls, hoping it wouldn’t be too burdensome to see a matinee on the way from Target to Macy’s. A gluttony of other amusement options — YouTube, TV shows, Angry Birds — have displaced the feature film as the cornerstone of entertainment for the modern consumer. And while the novelty of the theater is surely gone, should we now begin to worry about its extinction?

Watching a movie, whether at home, on a plane or on the toilet, has never been easier than in the 21st century, where the entire world’s filmography can be found on the Internet via Netflix and a host of other legal and illegal streaming websites.

The comforts of our own home seem too good to pass up. We can pause the movie to go to the bathroom or text our friends during the boring parts — not to mention, it’s all free. It seems ridiculous to get in a car, drive to a mall and pay an exorbitant fee to watch a film a couple of months before it can be found online. People seem to be catching on. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, ticket sales in the United States have been steadily declining

over the past decade, from 1.57 billion sold in 2002 to 1.28 billion in 2011.

Do not count me as one of the defectors. I was never a consistent theatergoer in my childhood, and much less so in college. But during winter break, maybe because it was so cold and bleak near the Arctic Circle up in Massachusetts, I went to the cinema a lot. I saw The Hobbit, Les Misérables and Django Unchained.

I enjoyed all three immensely, significantly more so, I’m convinced, than if I had watched them at my house. Movies, after all, are meant to be shown on the big screen, with tremendous sound coming from all directions in a pitch-black room. I could not get a pizza out of the oven or use my phone, but I was happy to leave those distractions at home. The two-plus hours I spent in the movie theater were undistracted and delightful each time. There is something oddly exhilarating about experiencing a fine piece of entertainment with dozens of strangers in a dark chamber and half of an overpriced Crunch bar melting in your pocket. And that’s what going to the movies is all about.

Neal Freyman is a senior history m a j o r. H e c a n b e re a c h e d a t opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

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Debt (ceiling) on fire EZRA FISHMAN Once again, the U.S. is in danger of defaulting on some of its debt obligations. This has only happened a few times in American history, and only during or following a war or combating the Great Depression.

Simply put, the U.S. Treasury won’t legally be permitted to borrow any money to pay its creditors, and thus can’t pay its bills. For the moment, the problem has been alleviated; but unless someone acts soon, it will happen again in May. Why? Take a step back to 1917. During the peak of World War I, our government needed to borrow a large amount to finance its military spending. Until then, the Treasury needed congressional approval every time it tried to borrow money.

With the sudden increase in borrowing, this became hugely impractical. To save time, Congress created a “debt ceiling”: a statutory limit to which the Treasury could borrow without congressional approval.

Since the Treasury could only spend money on what Congress passed in a spending bill, nobody saw this as a particularly significant problem.

In 2010, though, things started to change. With the birth of the tea party movement, public interest scrutinized Congress for huge increases in public debt. People were led to believe the government needed to stop borrowing, and thus many senators and representatives started bucking the tradition of tying the debt ceiling to the budget. After the 2010 elections, the new, tea partyladen Congress was able to fully separate the two ideas. Suddenly, federal debt became its own issue.

This is when things got bad.

About halfway through 2011, we came close to defaulting on our federal debt for the first time since the ’70s.

Both then and now, the Treasury

found loopholes around fully defaulting.

Certain government employee pension funds were temporarily underfunded, and the Treasury made some amount of “IOUs” that didn’t actually count as borrowing. Before too long, Congress extended the debt ceiling for another $2 trillion. This extension held until Dec. 31.

As of Wednesday, the House of Representatives temporarily suspended the ceiling until May. In February, Congress will resume debates over next year’s budget and the future of government spending and taxation. It will try to find ways to limit the rate at which our government borrows money, under the (generally misguided) assumption that the dollar will be devalued if we spend too much money (it won’t). As Congress debates these important issues, it will also have to decide what to do with the debt ceiling. It may even try to use the ceiling as a tool to force the White House to buckle to its demands. This would be catastrophic.

If we default on our debts, our economy will cease to function smoothly. The entire financial world relies on U.S. government debt being risk free. If this fails, the dollar, U.S. businesses and U.S. exports will suffer. Companies and countries won’t want to invest in the U.S. and will move their money to other, more stable currencies. Interest rates will soar, inflation will be rampant, and companies will outsource like crazy. This may sound extreme, but from a business perspective, it’s the only rational response.

Not raising the debt ceiling (or removing it entirely) would be the opposite of fiscal responsibility. It wouldn’t save us any money, or help our futures. It would just serve as another example of hopelessly out-of-touch and silly congressmen and senators doing terrible things in an attempt to take a stand for principles that aren’t principled at all.

And unless we find a way to stop them, it’s probably going to happen.

Ezra Fishman is a junior accounting and finance major. He can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

GUEST COLUMN

Talking point(less)

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here was a recent election in Israel, which apparently means it is time to reach into the grab bag of pro-Israel talking points.

“Israel good. Iran bad. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.”

Those involved in the Israel community can recite these one-liners until the camels come home, but they are dishonest and dangerous.

In a Jan. 24 Diamondback guest column, “Reaffirming faith in democracy,” Akiva Futter stated, “Israel directly embodies the American spirit of democracy.” Perhaps Futter was referring to the push by the American right wing to disenfranchise minorities from voting, for it is clear Israeli democracy does not represent all of the country’s inhabitants. Given it has now been more than 45 years since Israel gained control over the Palestinians in the West Bank — instigating an occupation becoming ever more deeply ingrained — it is becoming harder and harder to refer to Israel as a “pure” democracy in an intellectually honest manner.

It is an outrage for pro-Israel advocates to tout the successes of a Potemkin democracy while failing to mention the continued struggle of the Palestinian people. Yes, I recognize Israel is more than the continued occupation, which was deemed illegal by a European Union report.

The recent election was predicated on things such as the economy, security and other domestic issues. Still, we must consider the whole country, not just the parts as palatable as fresh falafel and hummus.

A true democracy allows all people,

even the most marginalized, to have a voice in their government. This is not true of the territories ruled by the Israeli government. While it is true the few Arab-Israelis who are eligible for citizenship are represented in the parliament, their parties have rarely been included in a governing coalition. I echo Peter Beinart’s suggestion that there are, in fact, two Israels: “a flawed but genuine democracy within the green line and an ethnically-based nondemocracy beyond it.”

This sentiment is hardly reflected in most pro-Israel literature. Instead, there’s a tendency to simply reach back into the pro-Israel 101 toolbox. Never ever end an argument without demonizing other cultures. Conveniently forget to mention that, after the Arab Spring, Libya, Egypt and Tunisia are also (struggling) democracies in this region. Where was the outpouring of support when England held a democratic election?

Germany? Mexico? Why does a peaceful democratic transition necessitate, in and of itself, unwavering support of another country and stalwart declarations of its virtues?

As someone who dreams of taking my children to an Israel that is both Jewish and democratic, I firmly believe we must address truths, not talking points. A true friend addresses flaws out of love and concern and, if need be, shouts them from the rooftops to ensure success. I have always been someone who holds my close friends to the highest possible standards. Why should I not do the same for Israel?

Jesse Rabinowitz is a senior environmental science and policy major. He can be reached at jesselrabinowitz@gmail.com.

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orn today, you know how to inspire others. This is largely because you are, yourself, inspired by so much around you -- indeed, by the world itself and the people in it. You are one of the most joyous, positive and forward-thinking individuals born under your sign. You rarely if ever fall victim to the kind of frustration or disappointment that plagues others, and you almost always seem to have something up your sleeve that keeps you engaged, active and moving ahead. You have what it takes to carry great burdens, also, and for this reason you are a favorite among those who have burdens to bear.

You have the makings of a fine teacher; you seem to know just what to do in any situation to engage those around you and have them working to fulfill their potential. Your own potential is quite high, of course, but you measure your success, often, by the success of others.

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Moviegoers have started flocking to theaters that offer a more “refined” cinematic experience, but the area’s latest — Fairfax, Va.’s Angelika Film Center — is more garish than classy

By Warren Zhang Senior staff writer The Angelika Film Center & Cafe in the Fairfax, Va., Mosaic District is the latest in the ever-growing legion of boutique movie theater chains. What was once limited to small, independent cinemas scattered around big cities has since gone national.

While I don’t have a problem with this trend in theory, I actively dislike how the rise of the fashionable theater resulted in a need for all of these fancy theater chains to try really, really hard to maintain their cinephile cred.

E Street Cinema and Bethesda Row Cinema do so by trotting out the same hackneyed French movie posters in the lobby and mostly limiting their selection to art-house indie flicks, while the Mosaic goes for modern art museum-chic but ends up being the bigger joke for it.

First, the good: The managers at the Mosaic absolutely nail many tiny details. The automatic water faucet in the bathroom is tuned to the perfect temperature. I appreciate how the fountain drink dispensers are customer-operated and how the Angelika is pretty much the only theater I know of that actually accepts those newfangled iOS Passbook tickets.

The Angelika also, rather surprisingly, enforces reserved seating during such screenings. Strongly consider purchasing tickets beforehand if you want good seats.

Despite the Mosaic’s sharp refinement in certain areas,

the chandelier at the Angelika is an example of how the theater puts too much effort into its look and not enough into important elements, such as popcorn or speakers. photo courtesy of yelp.com

the theater misfires spectacularly on a much more obvious level — the architecture of the theater tries so hard to impress that it actually hurts the establishment’s usability.

Leaving aside the extraneous chandelier that greets you on the top floor like a middle finger from a homeless man decked out in Armani, the list of terrible designs runs long.

Let’s start with how the screens are on the top f loor.

There’s space enough between the top level and the lobby for a whole additional floor. Then, there are the escalators placed in a remote corner of the lobby, invisible from both the entrance and the ticket booth.

Next are the two concession stands, one of which sells popcorn while the other does not. In essence, there’s just a massive practicality problem because the designers decided their cold, steel and glass, modern art gallery-inspired veneer trumped all else in importance. Who, outside of a few hillbillies, actually finds that classy?

All of this would be more palatable if the tickets didn’t cost $13 for a non-I M A X screen ing. T hat’s something I’d expect of a theater smack dab in the middle of Times Square, not something in the middle of a Virginian suburban development.

I suppose that premium can be considered a dapperness tax, a method through which the theater pretentiously tries to weed out riffraff. In that capacity, the Angelika has attracted a clientele that leans older and possesses enough manners to not use cellphones during a movie.

But despite the theater’s attempts to discourage loud patrons, the aural presentation is still somewhat compromised by underwhelming speaker setups. It’s perhaps a nice contrast to the sonic damage incurred by IMAX adverts, but the speakers’ lack of bass still makes the shipwreck sequence from Life of Pi less impactful.

On the other ha nd, projection qua l ity is fi ne, i f not amazing. The theater is equipped with suitably sharp 4K projectors that did a good job rendering the color palette but a little bit too dimly for my taste.

Similarly, popcorn is a step up from the crap at AMC, but still slightly dry and flavorless. The pastry selection is quite extensive, but definitely not worth the inf lated movie theater prices.

At the end of the day, how much you’ll like the Angelika boils down to how much you value seeing films with a more appreciative crowd. If texting during a movie is an aneurysm-inducing pet peeve for you, maybe you’ll be able to overlook the garish design, unreasonable prices, mindboggling layout, mediocre sound systems, poor location and motherf—ing chandelier.

the angelika film center has reserved seating and accepts the iPhone’s Passbook tickets but also inflates its prices slightly to make up for the added luxury. photo courtesy of yelp.com

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Student creates social music outlet Parallel Tracks influenced by Spotify and Twitter; allows users to share music

By Marissa Laliberte For The Diamondback Seven tech-savvy students gathered in a university lab yesterday, logged onto their computers and got to work “hacking” one of their peers’ projects, a music-centered social media website set to launch in the coming weeks.

But the hackathon was not an attack on ParallelTracks.com — it was coordinated by site creator Daniel Noskin in the startup shell of the university’s Technology Advancement Program Building as a way to rapidly take his project from an idea to a prototype. For the junior business major, the 12-hour event was a major step toward revolutionizing the way people share music online.

Parallel Tracks will offer users a combination of Spotify and Twitter, Noskin said. Unlike other digital music services, his site will allow people to share the

GREEN From PAGE 1 is particularly challenging because they are at the mercy of the technology available.

“Air travel is the biggest challenge we have just in terms of carbon emissions. Study abroad, international research … these are things that, as a university, we support and endorse,” said Mark Stewart, the office’s senior project manager. “As aircrafts themselves become more fuel efficient, hopefully there will be more low-carbon options for travel.”

Construction of new facilities also contributes to a greater carbon footprint. The addition of the Institute for Bioscience

music currently playing in their “song feed” with other users and view others’ past playlists.

“In my opinion, Spotify got it wrong,” Noskin said. “A social music outlet should allow users to gather around and listen together, similar to when people used to gather around a record player or radio. Parallel Tracks lets you do that.”

If users respond well and the website gains popularity, Noskin said he envisions celebrities, bands and local businesses using the site to promote themselves.

Some local artists, including Supermoon, Harmonic Blue and Sarah Castille, already signed on with the site.

“You can see what Shaun White is listening to as he goes down a half-pipe during the X Games,” Noskin said, “Or you could follow Bentley’s and hear what’s in the bar before going out.”

When Noskin proposed his idea for Parallel Tracks during a

Mobile App Developers student club meeting in October, senior economics major Vinnie Vendemia was immediately drawn to the idea.

“Social media is so popular nowadays,” Vendemia said. “It’s not just Facebook and Twitter; it’s all the other little things too, like Snapchat. People are so drawn to sites that let them share with their friends.”

Vendemia agreed to work as a mobile programmer during yesterday’s hackathon. The event allowed student programmers, marketers and entrepreneurs from different academic backgrounds to work from scratch and collaborate to produce a simple layout for the prototype’s launch.

Another “ hacker,” Scott Block, a junior information systems major, is overseeing the website’s launch and the technological aspects. Block is a website creator himself;

in the fall, he and three other students launched Ventureboard, a social networking site for student entrepreneurs.

Music is “inherently social,” Block said, adding he hopes users will access the site to connect with one another in new ways.

“You’ll be able to listen to what people you look up to are listening to,” Block said. “It’s a good way to learn about people.

It would help personalize celebrities and athletes.”

Vendemia also sees great potential in allowing users to follow their favorite athletes’ playlists on Parallel Tracks.

“When you watch sports, the players are always listening to music,” Vendemia said.

“It would be cool to see them using the website or app to stream that music live over the Internet. Ray Lewis will be in the Super Bowl, so it would be cool to go listen live to what he

is listening to.”

Though the site will become available to students relatively soon, Noskin said it will still have plenty of room for growth.

“I hope that the people who use it love it and understand that it’s a prototype,” Noskin said.

“For now, we just want to put it out there and see the response.”

He also encourages other

students to take advantage of resources on the campus and launch their own ideas.

“It is in human nature to want to explore,” Noskin said. “Find your line and go beyond it. I believe that everyone should run with their passions into the unknown.”

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To address issues regarding new buildings, the Sustainability Council has partnered with Facilities Management to create a work group called the Sustainable Buildings and Energy Sources work group. Members have been meeting once a month since September to discuss implementing policies regarding building efficiency, energy consumption and use of renewable energy. The work group is expected to present a set of recommendations by April, said Carlo Colella, Facilities Management

associate vice president and the work group’s chairman.

The Sustainability Council is looking to address two parts to energy conservation: the physical structures on the campus and the behaviors of those who use them, DeLeon said.

“The energy conservation part is two-pronged. We can go in and change the lighting and [heatingcooling] systems to be more efficient,” she said. “And then there’s the participatory side. People in the buildings need to be aware and turn off lights and machines and unplug what they’re not using.”

A water use work group has also been meeting since September and will present its own set of recommendations to the council in April, DeLeon said.

The council is in the process of forming a sustainability education work group, but meetings have not yet been scheduled, DeLeon said.

The council faced criticism last semester for failing to come up with effective plans to reach its goal for carbon neutrality by 2050.

However, officials still point to a slew of improvements as a sign the university is taking the lofty goals in stride: According to the progress report, recycling rates increased from 63 to 64 percent from 2010 to 2011; composted food waste leapt to 431 tons from 138 the year before; Facilities Management conservation projects saved 4,565 megawatt hours of energy, up from 3,277 in 2010, and bike registration

on the campus jumped to 2,234 from 1,630.

The Sustainability Council’s efforts are part of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a 2007 pledge to reduce the university’s carbon footprint and become carbon neutral by 2050. The council is still collecting data from 2012, and a full report of last year’s data will not be published until the fall, but Stewart said he remains optimistic the university is once again working toward zero net carbon emissions.

“We really don’t know how we’re doing until we do that final data crunch,” Stewart said.

“I think we can confidently say that we’ve achieved the 15

percent cut by 2012.”

The Sustainability Council will meet three times over the course of the semester to discuss the Sustainability Progress Report and strategies for the future. The next goal following the 2015 milestone is to cut 2005-level emissions in half by 2020.

Several students said they would like to see a clearer picture of the university’s plans as they develop.

“It’s realistic if we have a good plan for it — right now there’s not a solid plan,” said Alex Krefetz, a junior environmental science and policy major. “It’d be cool if [the Sustainability Council] could get into classrooms and communicate to students.”

parallel tracks founder Daniel Noskin said he envisions celebrities using the site to share their playlists, adding he hopes it will foster connections through music. image courtesy of daniel noskin

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DEVILS From PAGE 10 National Player of the Year candidate Mason Plumlee to pull away in the game’s crucial moments.

After Terps center Shaquille Cleare held him to three shots in the first half, Plumlee exploded for 15 points over the final 20 minutes. The Terps struggled to fight through screens on defense, and the Blue Devils’ eight-point halftime edge ballooned to 20 with 4:39 remaining.

By the time Plumlee slammed down a two-handed reverse

dunk 77 seconds later, the Cameron Crazies were serenading the Terps with a chorus of “Don’t come back!” — an ode to this university’s November decision to join the Big Ten. “I feel like they got momentum and we couldn’t get it back,” forward Charles Mitchell said. “So the last 15 minutes is what I’m going to focus on when I get home — what mistakes I made, what mistakes our team made — to help us get better for the last 15 minutes. But we played hard for the first 25.”

Slow starts have plagued the Terps on the road this season, a trend that seemed destined

to continue at unforgiving Cameron Indoor.

And yet, there were the Terps responding to an early 10-4 deficit with a 9-2 run of their own. There were the Terps more than doubling the Blue Devils’ firsthalf offensive rebound total.

And there was Mitchell, who scored eight points in three minutes over the first half, hitting a putback to give the Terps a 13-12 advantage about six minutes into regulation.

The lead was short-lived.

Sulaimon hit four straight 3-pointers over a 2:44 span to give the Blue Devils a 27-18

edge midway through the first half. The freshman had 18 points — one shy of his thencareer high — on a perfect 5-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc by halftime.

“With the way they shot the ball from three,” Wells said, “there’s no team in the country that would be able to stay with them.”

Of course, the Terps still had their chances. But they seemed to lose focus offensively down the stretch, often settling for contested attempts early in the shot clock. They hurried possessions and tallied costly giveaways.

Duke outscored the Terps, 18-5,

in points off turnovers on the day.

But Turgeon wasn’t too concerned with dwelling on his team’s shortcomings following the Terps’ first blowout loss of the season.

He noted his squad showed considerable improvement in a raucous environment, referencing its first-half shellacking at North Carolina a week earlier.

He explained that the Terps, who started five underclassmen Saturday for the fourth-straight game, don’t have veterans like Plumlee or senior Seth Curry to help younger players acclimate to the college game.

And, above all else, he lauded

TIGERS From PAGE 10 the Terps bettered themselves by making 58.9 percent of their shots from the field, including 41.7 percent from beyond the arc.

“That’s the thing, when you have a big game, you can’t let up for the next game,” Hawkins said. “We didn’t want [this game] to be a layan-egg game where we come down and play down to our competition or ‘not play our game.’ The biggest thing was coming out and playing every game as a big game, and today was a big game.”

Center Alicia DeVaughn was the other Terp in double figures, as she notched 14 points to go along with six rebounds and four steals. The

Duke’s effort three days after suffering the worst defeat by a top-ranked team in 45 years.

“There’s a lot of positives,” Turgeon said. “I know it’s hard to say that when you look at the final score, but Duke never quit. They played 40 minutes of really good basketball.”

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Terps — with frontcourt players Thomas, Hawkins, DeVaughn and Howard combining for 57 points — outscored the Tigers in the paint, 40-14.

The Terps now have won seven straight games, and they’ve held a lead of at least 10 points in each of their nine ACC contests this year. While stepping over each new challenge they’ve faced, Frese sees everything the Terps have experienced this year as small parts of a large whole that lies deep in the postseason.

“I think we have a big picture, bigger goals,” Frese said. “We’re not satisfied. This wasn’t our goal to be where we’re at. It’s a bigger picture goal and if we stay humble and hungry, great things are going to continue to happen for us.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

Coach Mark Turgeon and the normally stout Terps defense had no answer for Duke guard Seth Curry and the No. 1 Blue Devils’ high-powered offense. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

VITALE From PAGE 10 “inspired arena.” But you could hardly say any of them stepped up when the Terps needed a spark Saturday.

Faust jacked up 12 shots, but made just three of them in a nine-point, four-turnover performance. Howard played better than recent showings, but his five points and three assists weren’t enough to make a dent in the Blue Devils’ lead. Padgett was nearly invisible with two points in six minutes. Len managed to post a solid eightpoint, 10-rebound line, but took just six shots and looked physically overmatched against the smaller Mason Plumlee.

In fact, forwards Charles Mitchell and Wells — both of whom had never been to Cameron Indoor before — were the only Terps to make any sort of substantial

impact on Duke’s defense. But as much as their contributions showed up in the box score, their efforts weren’t very noticeable on the court.

Mitchell scored 13 points and grabbed seven boards, but he did it in 13 foulplagued minutes. Wells looked like he could’ve been the leader the Terps needed when he scored all seven of the team’s points in the game’s first four minutes, but he scored just six over the final 36 minutes and finished the afternoon with 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting.

“The thing that’s been holding our team back — and I’ve been saying it for about a month — is immaturity. We don’t have a Mason Plumlee our kids can rely on,” Turgeon said after the game. “We don’t have that. So we’re not going to grow up as quickly as a Duke team.”

He’s right. Seven of the Terps’ 10 rotation players are underclassmen, so the

Jimmy SheptOck won both his matches for the Terps this weekend. christian jenkins/the diamondback

HEELS From PAGE 10 victory over Cody Klempay 17 seconds into the second period of the very next match, combining with Boley to turn a three-point deficit into a nine-point lead. The Terps would coast to a 21-16 win over North Carolina, rebounding from a 20-19 loss to the No. 9 Hokies the night before.

“It was a big win because we never want to come in front of our home fans and lose,” No. 7 Jimmy Sheptock said. “The Navy match was hard and we lost to Virginia Tech by one point, so coming in here and getting the win definitely boosts morale.”

The 184-pound Jimmy Sheptock earned victories over the Tar Heels’ Alex Utley and Virginia Tech’s Nick Vetterlein, extending his record to 15-0 in dual meets and his teamhigh dual point total to 56.

“The big thing is that we can count on a win from [Sheptock],” coach Kerry McCoy said. “Our goal is for him to continue to get better, to not just win dual meets, but to win the ACCs and be a national champion. He’s the stan-

dard of excellence and we want everyone to compete like him.”

It was their dominance in the heavyweight classes that keyed the Terps all weekend. The 174-pound Josh Asper, 184-pound Sheptock and 197-pound Boley each won both of their matches this weekend, accounting for more than half of the team’s combined 40 points.

That success helped the Terps (10-6, 1-1 ACC) overcome their struggles at the middleweight classes. They’re just 5-27 at 157 and 165 pounds this season — they were 0-4 at those weights against the Tar Heels (4-6, 0-3) and Hokies (13-2, 5-0) this weekend — but the wins in the heavier weight classes, along with bonus points from pins, nearly helped the team secure two victories this weekend.

But despite continued reason for concern in those areas, Boley knows a victory is always a step in the right direction.

“Coming off two losses, it was tough for us to really refocus,” he said. “It was important that we came out here and refocused, and it was just a confidence booster.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

team is still far from mature. Wells has the ability to be a go-to scorer, but he hasn’t quite figured out how to bring it on a nightly basis. Though the 7-foot-1 Len is a projected NBA lottery pick, he still struggles to dominate smaller players at times. Guard Seth Allen has also shown the ability to light up the scoreboard, but Turgeon benched the freshman in the first half after he was tardy for a team meeting earlier in the week.

There’s no question the Terps have talent.

The problem is none of those talented players are veteran enough yet to control a game when their team needs them.

The Terps have grown a lot during Turgeon’s second season in College Park. Saturday’s loss to top-ranked Duke at hostile Cameron Indoor, though, showed they still have plenty more growing up to do. sportsdbk@gmail.com

Guard Katie Rutan scored 16 points and made four 3-pointers. file photo/the diamondback

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STATLINE Terps women’s basketball center Alicia DeVaughn’s line in an 80-40 win vs. Clemson

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Without go-to scorer to rely on, Terps struggle in hostile Cameron Indoor

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer

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DURHAM, N.C. — Dez Wells idolized

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Duke while growing up in nearby Raleigh, N.C. The future Terrapins men’s basketball forward watched greats Shane Battier and Jay Williams, and reveled in the Blue Devils’ 2001 national championship run.

So Wells was hardly surprised Saturday afternoon when No. 1 Duke delighted a raucous crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium with a near-flawless performance. The Blue Devils were coming off a 27-point embarrassment at Miami — their worst regular-season defeat since January 1984 — and were ready to send a message, to prove why they’re one of college basketball’s winningest programs.

“We were expecting them to come out really fired up and ready to play,” Wells said moments after the Terps fell, 84-64, for their fourth loss in six games. “And the way they played, they probably could beat any team in the nation.”

Yet the young Terps didn’t break easily. They hung close with Duke throughout the first half and entered the break trailing by single digits. The Blue Devils dictated the tempo of the game for much of the second half, running away with the rout before a national television audience.

The box score tells much of the story.

The Blue Devils shot 52.4 percent from the field, and connected on 11-of-22 three-point attempts. They tallied just four turnovers, while forcing 14 Terps giveaways. And guard Rasheed Sulaimon’s career-high 25 points led five Duke starters in double figures.

The display proved too much for a Terps (15-5, 3-4 ACC) team still adjusting to the rigors of ACC play.

Though coach Mark Turgeon’s squad used a sizable rebounding advantage to stay close in the first half, Duke (17-2, 4-2) relied on a dominant stretch from See DEVILS, Page 8

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basketball team isn’t equipped to deal with the pressures of Cameron Indoor Stadium.

There’s nothing quite like playing there. The cathedral-style arena holds just 9,314 people, but it’s the loudest group of 9,314 people you’ll ever hear.

They aren’t sitting around the court; they’re standing right on top of it.

They’re in your ear, too. Dez Wells was treated to repeated chants of “No means no.” Self-described former fat kid Charles Mitchell heard choruses of “Please don’t eat me.” The Cameron Crazies even thought up something for Alex Len, serenading the Ukrainian big man with chants of “U.S.A.” It’s the type of atmosphere that could make any team crumble. Especially a team like the Terps.

As No. 1 Duke pulled away for an 84-64 rout Saturday, it was clear the Terps didn’t have anyone they could count on to lead them. As the Blue Devils got better and Cameron Indoor got louder, the visitors got quieter.

Coach Mark Turgeon’s team couldn’t defer to a Greivis Vasquez in crunch time. It couldn’t feed a Jordan Williams in the post. It couldn’t even count on a Terrell Stoglin trying to singlehandedly shoot the Terps back into the game.

The team simply doesn’t have a go-to player, a guy who wants the ball in his hands when the game is on the line. When Duke turned its eight-point edge into a 20-point romp during a nine-minute stretch in the second half, the Terps had no one they could rely on to right the ship.

They couldn’t even turn to the guys who had been there before. Guards Nick Faust and Pe’Shon Howard, forward James Padgett and center Alex Len have all experienced the intensity of playing in what Turgeon called an Forward Dez Wells (top left) has his shot blocked by a Duke defender, forward Jake Layman (top right) watches as Rasheed Sulaimon celebrates one of his six made 3-pointers and guard Nick Faust (bottom) loses the ball out of bounds during an 84-64 loss to the No. 1 Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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Boley’s pin keys Terps past UNC

Balanced effort leads to blowout of Clemson Five in double figures as Terps win, 80-40

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Team splits weekend vs. Hokies, Tar Heels

By Daniel Popper Staff writer After suffering a narrow one-point defeat at the hands of Virginia Tech on Friday night, the Terrapins wrestling team welcomed North Carolina to Comcast Pavilion on Saturday in danger of suffering its third consecutive home loss.

Trailing the Tar Heels, 9-6, near the halfway point of Saturday’s match, No. 18 Christian Boley stepped onto the mat for a face-off with Frank Abbondanza at 197 pounds. After dominating for nearly seven minutes, Boley pinned Abbondanza with three seconds remaining in the third period, unleashing a thunderous scream after the final whistle.

“I worked the full seven minutes,” Boley said.“I was constantly moving, I was constantly trying to take a shot, constantly trying to score, and to see that I was rewarded with the six points instead of four or five brought joy not to just myself, but to my team and my coaches, and we just kept rolling from there.”

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Coach BrendA Frese’s squad had five players score 10 points or more in a 40-point victory at Clemson yesterday. Forward Tianna Hawkins led the team with 17 points and 10 rebounds. file photo/the diamondback

In a season rife with adversity, Alyssa Thomas and Tianna Hawkins have emerged as the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s only consistent contributors.

But in a road game at Clemson days after the two forwards recorded dominant stat lines in a win over North Carolina, the Terps turned in one of their most balanced performances.

With five players finishing in double figures, the No. 10 Terps steamrolled Clemson, 80-40, at Littlejohn Coliseum yesterday. Hawkins led the way yet again with her 11th double-double of the season by scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, but center Malina Howard and guard Katie Rutan were close behind with 16 points each.

“We’ve watched teams come in here and kind of play down,” coach Brenda Frese said. “We could have been full of ourselves after the [North Carolina] game, but I credit this team. Any time you challenge them to lock in, they do, and I thought we were ready to play from the start. We never looked at the score.”

The Terps (17-3, 8-1 ACC) notched their largest conference win of the season despite a slow start from Thomas. The junior picked up two early personal fouls and saw limited action. Her first basket

of the game gave the Terps a 28-point lead over the Tigers (5-14, 1-7) with less than two minutes left in the first half.

Thomas, though, still recorded her 12th double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

While Thomas took an unaccustomed seat on the bench, Rutan led the offense.

The redshirt junior scored 14 first-half points en route to tying her highest output as a Terp at 16. In her third game since returning to the starting lineup after forward Tierney Pfirman suffered a dislocated kneecap, the Xavier transfer shot 6-of-9 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range.

“It’s just a process and it takes a little bit of time to get used to stuff,” Rutan said. “But I feel like I’m in my rhythm now, so it feels really good.”

The Terps jumped out to a hot start and scored the game’s first 10 points.

Clemson cut the lead to five with a 10-5 run, but the Terps’ firepower proved too much for a struggling Tigers squad.

Rutan hit three consecutive 3-pointers in less than two minutes to key a 15-4 run, and the Terps took a 44-18 advantage into halftime.

It was all part of the team’s best shooting night to date. Four days after setting a season high in shooting percentage against North Carolina, See TIGERS, Page 8