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Students may not see end to U.S. wars Iran, Syria pose threats, experts say

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer Khaldun Taib has helplessly watched the civil war in Syria for nearly two years, hoping his family members stayed safe day to day. But when he found out his uncle’s home in a Damascus refugee camp was caught in a line of mortar fire, the war became more than a struggle between the government and its people.

Electricity was down in the region, so Taib and his family in the U.S. anxiously waited for any information. Even though they later learned he survived, the incident highlighted just how severe the bloodshed in Syria has become and the fear it creates in the minds of first-generation Syrians like Taib living in America.

“You’re always anxious, waiting by the phone,” said Taib, a senior accounting major. “You’re reading through news articles and you see there’s a bombing in this district of Damascus or this district of another city, and you know that your family lives near there or that they go to school in that district or town, and so it’s definitely another level of stress and fear in everyday life.”

Although President Obama has overseen the end of conventional warfare in Iraq and recently announced an accelerated withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan, this country’s fighting abroad may be far from over. Developments in Syria and mounting pressure in Iran over supposed nuclear interest may signal the next frontier in American foreign policy, meaning students who have only known a U.S. engaged in war may not see change any time soon.

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By Sarah Sexton Staff writer

Police responded to two separate incidents of alleged indecent exposure yesterday, one on the 4500 block of College Avenue and another on the trail near Lot 11b, according to an alert.

Prince George’s County Police responded to the first incident at about 8:45 a.m. A female student reportedly witnessed a male possibly masturbating near his silver Ford Explorer.

The man, described as a 40-year-old white male, allegedly fled the area in his vehicle. After arriving on the scene, county police were unable to locate

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ovo simply veggie, which opened this month, is College Park’s first vegetarian/vegan restaurant. Owner Derrick Chang said he hopes the restaurant, which is located down the street from Cornerstone Grill and Loft, will help students develop an appetite for Asian-based vegan food. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

something for everyone Ovo Simply Veggie offers students College Park’s first vegetarian/vegan restaurant

By Annika McGinnis Staff writer Vegan and vegetarian students eating on Route 1 no longer have to worry about finding something meatless on the menu since the city’s first vegetarian/vegan restaurant, Ovo Simply Veggie, opened in mid-January.

Although a surge of new restaurants catering to different tastes, including Mediterranean, Mexican and hot dog enthusiasts, have sprouted up in recent months, Ovo Simply Veggie owner Derrick Chang hopes his restaurant, located down the street from Cornerstone Grill and Loft, will expand students’ palates to Asian-based vegan food.

Several students said the eatery is a much-needed addition because of the rising popularity of vegetarian diets. Many restaurants that advertise as vegetarian or vegan friendly only offer a few meatless options,

County police respond to indecent exposure incidents Tuesday

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Simply Veggie] is good.”

Despite a slow start after the restaurant’s opening Jan. 12, business has been steadily increasing to about 30 transactions a day, Chang said. The busiest times are evenings and weekends, especially Friday nights, he added.

“The space itself looks very nice and compliments [sic] the other newer businesses in Terrapin Station (Ivy Noodles, Big Play Sports Grill, and Pho Thom),” wrote Michael Stiefvater, the city’s economic development coordinator, in an email. “I’d expect them to do well given the unique concept and high-quality build-out.”

With nine years of restaurant experience, most recently managing a Panda Express, Chang hopes to attract people to a healthy, vegetable-based diet.

“My motto is not really to convince

Cal Ripken Jr., an Orioles l e ge n d a n d one of the m os t ce l e brated baseball players of all time, will deliver CAL RIPKEN Jr. the spring Baseball Hall-of-Famer and graduation’s graduation commencement keynote speaker address.

During his 21 seasons playing shortstop and third base for the Baltimore Orioles, “The Iron Man” was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player twice, entered into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 and set a record for the most consecutive major league games played — 2,632 games total. Since retiring from the game in 2001, Ripken has become chairman and founder of Ripken Baseball, whose mission is to grow baseball worldwide, as well as a best-selling author and a cofounder of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, an organization that runs baseball and softball programs for underprivileged children.

The campuswide commencement ceremony is scheduled to be held May 19 at 1 p.m.

“He was our first choice,” said Stephanie Barcomb, Commencement Speaker Selection Committee cochair. “We picked him because he is a Maryland local and a super athlete

the suspect, according to an alert sent last night.

University Police responded to the second indecent exposure incident at the trail near Lot 11b at about 1:45 p.m. A female student reported seeing a male in a blue plaid shirt, who she described as 6 feet tall and about 23 years old, and who appeared to be

“It could have had something to do with the weather; I don’t know. It’s rare; it happens infrequently.”

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which makes an eatery with a completely vegan menu unique, said junior art major Cindy Tran, who works at the restaurant.

“I know there’s lots of people [who eat] at Sprouts and the Co-op,” said Gnanitha Manne, a sophomore economics major. “That’s why people prefer North Campus Diner, even though South Campus Diner is better. So I think [Ovo

masturbating in the woods. The two incidents were unrelated, said University Police spokesman Capt.

Marc Limansky.

“I think the descriptions are too far separated to be the same guy,” Limansky said. “To me, they are separate and distinct incidents.”

University Police were unable to locate the second male after searching the area. Both departments will work together and use camera footage to assist in the investigation, Limansky said.

Indecent exposure isn’t a common crime in the area, he added.

“It could have had something to do with the weather; I don’t know,” Limansky said. “It’s rare; it happens infrequently.”

Police plan to continue their investigation, and more information will be provided when it is obtained.

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More seeking ‘sugar daddies’ to pay tuition University’s sign-ups double in last year

By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer Not everyone has a sweet tooth, but a growing number of college students are finding themselves craving sugar — sugar daddies, that is.

According to new data released by sugar daddy dating site SeekingArrangement.com, the number of women from this university signing up jumped from 35 to 72 in the last year.

Although the site was founded in 2005, it only began detailing the colleges of its users in early 2012, when it showed the 20 universities that contained the most sign-ups for the website in 2011. The trend

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has been taking off across the country, as nationally, college student sign-ups rose 58 percent in 2012. Out of the 3,000 schools SeekingArrangement.com followed, the site saw the most growth from southern schools, which accounted for more than half of the top 20 fastestgrowing sugar baby schools.

This university didn’t make the cut, but it soon could if the number of signups continues to grow at its current rate.

The numbers could be even higher, said SeekingArrangement.com representative Jennifer Gwynn. The site counted only people who registered with an email address ending in .edu or listed that they

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ovo From PAGE 1 anyone to give up eating meat,” said Chang, who has been a vegetarian for more than 23 years. “But I want to at least make people consider eating more veggies. It’s a different way of thinking. You don’t get into anybody’s way, but at the same time, you help advance your philosophy.”

Ovo Simply Veggie sells vegan dishes infused with Asian flavors, such as Thai, Chinese and Indonesian. Appetizers, for $4 or $5, include Vietnamese wraps of jicama and shallots, wok-charred edamame and enoki fries — crispy, fried mushrooms served with curry mayo sauce.

For about $9, customers choose a protein: seaweed yuba, tofu, mushroom, soy or vegetables, and then a sauce: black bean, ginger soy, fiery kungpao, peppercorn tofu or eggplant basil, among others. Dishes come with rice and a soup, salad or beverage. The restaurant specializes in organic teas.

Chang said his menu’s flexibility is unique in the tristate area.

“When I tell people I’m a vegetarian in a restaurant, their first response is, ‘Oh, here’s your salad menu,’” Chang said. “And I’m not a salad person — so I want to offer something that’s hot.”

Ben Chang, a freshman physics major, said the restaurant could add more variety in its proteins, but he enjoyed his first sampling of vegan cuisine.

“I got the tofu with black bean sauce and the lychee green tea,” he said. “Despite the small selection of proteins, they made up for it with really good sauces. … It was really, really good, like, I’m definitely going to go back there again.”

The restaurant’s atmosphere was unique, he added. The eatery features a sparse, futuristic style with cubist, brightly colored art.

“The way it’s designed, it’s sort of modern and Asian combined.

They’re clean and uplifting,” Ben Chang said.

Ovo Simply Veggie is open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and until 8 p.m. Sunday.

Derrick Chang said he’s hiring

and in critical need of workers.

In the future, Chang plans to bring in new flavors, such as barbecue, and expand his restaurant into a chain.

Several non-vegan students said they’d be willing to try the meatless food. Joe Simcox, a senior German and linguistics major, said it was a good change of pace from many traditional Asian restaurants on Route 1.

“I’m not vegan — I need meat in my food,” Simcox said. “But I’d check it out. I do eat healthy sometimes.”

Another new restaurant on Route 1, Ivy Noodles, opened in early December and serves a variety of Asian noodle dishes for less than $9, including lo mein, noodles in soup, fried crispy noodles, sauteed rice noodles and wide noodles. The owner could not be reached for comment, and Stiefvater said he was unsure how business has been so far.

“They did a nice job on the build-out and made it a place where you sit down and have a meal, not just take your food for carryout,” Stiefvater wrote. newsumdbk@gmail.com

Ovo simply veggie, which opened Jan. 12, got off to a sluggish start but has seen a steady rise in business, said owner Derrick Chang. The restaurant carries out about 30 transactions a day and is busiest on evenings and weekends, he said. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

College park will replace its slogan, “A livable community,” with a new phrase, “A smart place to live,” following a design process aimed at attracting new permanent residents. Officials can spend an additional $30,000 this year on marketing. image courtesy of michael stiefvater

City settles on new slogan, logo design Hiring Idfive firm cost officials $30k

By Teddy Amenabar Staff writer As part of a marketing plan to encourage more professors and working families to live in College Park, city officials are unveiling a new logo that will brand the city “A smart place to live.”

The city spent $30,000 to hire Idfive, an independent design firm located in Baltimore, which came up with four potential designs. Although all four were geared toward emphasizing the city’s assets, including its proximity to the campus and Metro accessibility, the final choice best summed up the city’s appeal, said Chantal Cotton, assistant to the city manager.

“We want to encourage people to think about how College Park is a smart investment because of its close proximity to both D.C. and Baltimore, because of the University community living here, as well as the beautiful neighborhoods and close-knit community of neighbors,” Cotton wrote in an email. “College Park is a smart place to live and we want to get the word out

McDermott said.

“We presented a number of logos and taglines,” he said.

“Everybody got some input into it on the council. This was very much a collaborative effort — we certainly can’t take all the credit for it.”

The city will launch a full publicity campaign, using the logo for advertising across the city and around the state.

The current fiscal year budget includes an additional $30,000 for marketing, which the city council can decide to use to promote the logo, Stiefvater said.

The new logo could help bring “a new feel” to how people view College Park by highlighting the city’s benefits, including its ties to higher education, said Robert Day, District 3 councilman.

“I believe every person will have a different view on how [“A smart place to live”] applies to them,” Day said. “Could be meaning you’re living close to D.C., or close enough to Baltimore. … We have a very good location here.”

Although a sign located near the exit from Interstate 495 onto Route 1 declares College Park “A livable community,” the county is responsible for that logo, Stiefvater said.

“We’re looking forward to putting [the new logo] out there and having an effective campaign around it,” he said.

about it through our new logo and marketing plan.”

Some students said they were unimpressed with the logo, especially considering the expense to the city.

“It took no effort to come up with that kind of thing,” said Dan Baran, a senior fire protection engineering major. “A smart place to live — anyone can think of that in 10 seconds.”

However, Derrick Williams, a sophomore government and politics and Spanish major, said it will be a huge improvement from the city’s previous designation as “A livable community.” “ I t m a ke s se n se , a n d i t sounds a lot better,” Williams said. “It wouldn’t be as awkward to explain to guests that come to my house whether it’s a livable community or not.”

I n o rd e r to p rov i d e t h e College Park City Council with multiple options for a new logo, Matt McDermott, Idfive creative director, collaborated with Cotton and Michael Stiefvater, the city’s economic development coordinator. Because roughly 80 percent of city residents have attended college, most of the ideas centered on education, newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Orioles and never switched; he is a model for graduates — a model of hard work, dedication and determination.”

As a seventh grader, senior Andrew Connelly was assigned to write a paper about someone he considered his “hero” — the criminology and criminal justice major chose Ripken.

“He is an inspiration,” Connelly said. “He’s exactly what anyone would want for a commencement speaker to inspire a graduating class.”

Like many area natives, Anna Yuwen grew up in a family of Orioles fans.

“My parents are huge Cal Ripken fans,” said Yuwen, a senior American studies and Germanic studies major. “My mom wanted to name my little brother Calvin after Cal. She’s going to be so excited to hear he’s the speaker. Now she’ll be really excited to come to commencement.”

Joseph Portnoe, a senior economics major, is looking forward to hearing what message Ripken will deliver as much as appreciating his celebrity status.

“He’s someone who has shown amazing commitment and perseverance,” Portnoe said. “He’s called ‘The Iron Man’ for a reason. He’s the staple of the most committed worker, and there’s no message that could be more important to send.”

who everyone knows. Not only that, but he’s also a successful businessman and devotes a lot of effort to philanthropy.”

Named a special public diplomacy envoy to the U.S. State Department in 2007, Ripken also used baseball as a means to spread goodwill. He has traveled to China and Nicaragua, as well as Japan, where he spent time with children in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the country.

“He was my childhood hero,” said Sam Heck, a senior physical sciences major. “I grew up watching him play for the Orioles. He’s someone who’s shown so much dedication and given so much back to his community and his sport. To hear from someone like that is just incredible.”

Ripken attended Aberdeen High School in Harford County, where he made the baseball team as a freshman. The baseball prodigy graduated high school and opted to pursue professional baseball instead of attending college. He joined the Orioles in 1981 and was named American League Rookie of the Year the following season.

“I think the fact that he never went to college will really add to his speech,” said selection committee co-chair Alysia Cutchis.

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IRAN From PAGE 1 that we will be enmeshed in yet another long-term, no-end-insight, no-real-prospect-for-success engagement in Western Asia — likely Iran and Syria — in the next three years and probably not come out until 2030,” said retired army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, who was also chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Syrian rebel groups are united in their intent to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but the unity among a fractured opposition movement ends there. The diverse mix of ideologies and splintering visions for Syria’s political future have made it more complicated for rebel forces to follow in the footsteps of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in overthrowing their leaders.

But Taib, who last visited the country briefly when he was 11, said they aren’t a violent people swept up in revolt.

“They are the most hospitable people I’ve ever known and ever met in my life,” Taib said. “Just that experience alone, where it was just three months in the summer, has given me a lifelong connection with everyone that I met there.”

A humanitarian effort by the United States is a foreseeable outcome, but U.S. involvement could go beyond just limiting the death toll in a war-torn Syria. On Capitol Hill, Wilkerson said the more hawkish lawmakers are harping on the fact that Iran has provided Assad with fighters and arms on the ground and remains his closest ally in the struggle, hinting toward an effort to move the mission into Iran.

“They were trying to use Syria then, and intervention in Syria as a back door into Iran, first getting the Iranians in Syria and then inventing some reason for having to do crossborder operations,” Wilkerson said.

“Not to say that they weren’t concerned about the humanitarian disaster that Syria has become.”

This possible response would come to the disappointment of Americans who have become disengaged with war after the decade-long efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taib said he would rather see diplomatic efforts than U.S. military might in Syria.

“I just don’t see how sending American troops and their lives going in there would change anything,” Taib said.

U.S. foreign policy toward Iran is tied heavily to the country’s potential to pursue nuclear weapons capabilities. Until now, the U.S. and its allies have relied on economic sanctions to force Iran to the table and curb its nuclear ambitions.

However,these diplomatic efforts have had little success,said Matthew Kroenig, a government professor at Georgetown University and fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

This leaves limited strategic options for the U.S. and is making Iran’s potential for becoming a nuclear power more likely, he said.

“At some point, probably in the next 12 months or so, the president’s going to have to make this gut-wrenching decision between simply letting Iran have nuclear weapons or taking military actions,” Kroenig said. “I think either way we’re probably talking about an increased U.S. defense commitment to the Middle East.”

The U.S. could sidestep another exhaustive “Iraq and Afghanistan operation” with surgical military strikes to key facilities and air defenses, Kroenig said. This could all be done without boots on the ground, but it wouldn’t come without repercussions, which he added would be “fairly short and limited,” and preferable to a nuclear-armed Iran.

“If we did the targeted military strikes, Iran would almost certainly retaliate militarily,” Kroenig said. “So that would likely mean Iranian ballistic missile attacks against population centers in the region. Against U.S. bases and forces in the region, it could mean Iran stepping up its support to ter-

rorist and proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.”

It may also lead to Iran harassing commercial and naval ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian strait through which 35 percent of oil exports pass.

Weapons in Iran could put pressure on other countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt to acquire similar arms.

“We might not be just talking about just nuclear weapons in Iran, but in 20 years or so, a Middle East with four or five nuclear powers,” Kroenig said. “What that means is that any future crisis involving a nuclear-armed Iran or these other nuclear-armed states has some risk of escalating to nuclear war.”

This is probably a low-risk possibility, Kroenig said, but one that could nonetheless ultimately result in attacks on Israeli or U.S. soil.

It may not be as simple as a bombing campaign followed by limited Iranian retaliation. Wilkerson said he expects Obama to, at some point, indicate a nuclear Iran is a threat and that all options are on the table. If the diplomatic route of “crippling sanctions” doesn’t work, Obama would have talked himself into a corner, he said.

“That leads to a place where you either climb down from your rhetoric and suffer the consequences or you go ahead and wind up at the inevitable spot where you have to use military power,” Wilkerson said.

Bound by the military option, the U.S. would most likely conduct around-the-clock air strikes, possibly emboldening Tehran to kick out nuclear regulators and begin weaponization, Wilkerson said, and another war on the ground, one that could be more complicated than in Iraq, would follow.

“The only way you stop that is you invade,” Wilkerson said. “You put troops on the ground, you do what we did in Iraq.”

The alternative of allowing Iran to acquire such weapons may not necessarily precede proliferation in the region or mean an impending nuclear threat in Iran. Wilkerson

said Iran is more rational than many foreign policy experts give its leadership credit for, and the situation in Tehran could be defused easily.

“I could resolve it tomorrow morning, in a win-win way, by simply recognizing what Iran wants, which is recognition of its hegemony in the Gulf, and noninterference from the United States in its regional application of that hegemony,” Wilkerson said, adding Iran could reasonably back “off anything that we want them to back off in exchange for that, they’d do that in a heartbeat, but we can’t bring ourselves to do that.”

Congress is in broad support of Israel and protecting it from the “existential threat” of Iran, which has left the U.S. little room to maneuver in its foreign policy.

Wilkerson said stopping a nuclear Iran is a part of a “power game” in the region that both the U.S. and Israel don’t want to see Iran win.

U.S. relations have been rocky with Iran since a 1979 revolution ousted the Shah Reza Pahlavi, a U.S.-backed monarch,and installed the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a clerical Shiite leader who represented anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiment.

Khomeini died in 1989, but his successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, keeps his anti-Western spirit alive in Tehran’s political sphere.

With last week’s Israeli elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party lost a significant share of power in parliament. With the hawkish leader weakened politically, Israel studies professor Paul Scham said it is less likely that Israel will go over the heads of Washington to engage Iran militarily.

“I think it’s more likely that the U.S. and Israel will be on the same page and Israel won’t just sit there waiting, but it’s more likely to consult with the U.S. and probably have the U.S. take action,” Scham said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

Club designs mobile apps; hopes to develop for iPhones

By Madeleine List Staff writer Want to see how much you know about the university?

There’s an app for that. Have your own idea for an app?

There’s a club for that.

To h e l p s t u d e n t s l e a r n about various events and opportunities and communicate with each other, the Mobile App Developer’s Club creates campus-related mobile apps that aid students in a variety of ways. Because the club has no official funding, it’s limited in platforms it can offer its apps on. For now, group members have figured out cost-effective ways to offer apps, and the club spends about $100 out of pocket per semester.

The club unveiled its first app in October, a trivia app, currently with 70 downloads, featuring campus-related 10-question quizzes. So far, it’s only available on Android devices.

“All our apps we want to d e s i g n , we wa n t t h e m to benefit students,” said Vinnie Vendemia, the club president.

“We were initially thinking of a way to help freshmen learn more about the university.”

The idea for the club s te m m e d f ro m s t u d e n ts talking to Ashok Agrawala, a computer science professor who developed his own app, M-Urgency. Right now, club meetings usually see about 15 attendees, but the Facebook page has about 140 members, v i ce p re s i d e n t O l uwa b o r i Oludemi said.

Club officers hope to get f u n d i n g so o n so t h ey ca n expand their reach by developing apps for iPhones, which can cost thousands for developers. But that’s hardly holding club members back.

They’re already brainstorming ideas for apps they hope to

finish by the end of semester, “all our apps we want including a Greek life app that will help students hoping to to design, we want them rush fraternities or sororities to benefit students. we find information. Additionwere initially thinking ally, they’d like to develop an alerts app that will coordinate of a way to help with University Police’s alerts freshmen learn more by showing the alert on a map about the university.” in real time so users know VINNIE VENDEMIA whether a criminal is nearby.

Mobile App Developer’s Club president And they hope to offer a tutoring app that will connect students with tutors and teach- developing apps,” club treasurer ing assistants for their classes, Ely Shamoullian said. “It was a Vendemia said. learning experience for us also.”

Even though funds are limited, As the developers improve some companies have taken an and expand to iOS, they remain interest in the group and have focused on what lies ahead. offered varying donations. Mobile apps are becoming proAmerica Online paid for group gressively more in demand, members to take a trip to their Oludemi said. headquarters in Dulles, Va., and “ We ’ r e l o o k i n g a t t h e Social Growth Technologies future,” he said, “and what’s donated pizza for several of the going to be popular.” club’s meetings, Oludemi said.

For their next app — whichev- newsumdbk@gmail.com er one it may b e — Ve n demia hopes to see more than 1,000 downloads.

Promotion ideas include distributing fliers with the QR codes printed on them and publicizing new offerings on social media.

In addition to c re a t i n g new apps for the university community, participating in the club provides a way to i m p rove app-developing skills. the mobile app developer’s club launched its first app, which “All of us are contains quizzes about campus trivia, in October. The app, available pretty new to for Android, has been downloaded 70 times. photo courtesy of madc

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My last relationship ended with my significant other cheating on me. It’s been years since then, and I think I’m finally ready to get out there again. I’ve become very good at being alone and learned a lot about myself in the process. My question is, how the hell do I get back out there now?

I’m accustomed to a life of solitude.

I’m genuinely happy, but I’m ready to finally bring someone else into the mix. How do you get back out there after all that?

When a partner cheats on you, it can create a barrier that prevents you from forming a secure attachment with future partners. Trust is an essential component of any intimate relationship, and it is going to be very hard for your next partner to earn it.

Although you say you’re happy, you’re clearly yearning for an intimate relationship. Your current state of “happiness” has developed as a coping mechanism to deal with your period of recovery. While you may be happy to a certain extent now, part of you knows you’ll be much happier with a partner in your life.

The only way to get back out there is to take the plunge and try to develop trust for your next partner. Go flirt with people and see what happens.

Realize you may feel doubts, and if things get serious, you can explain to your partner you’re going to take longer than usual to develop the trust that comes with intimacy.

If yo u g ive yo u r pa r t n er fa i r warning before things get serious, you won’t feel as pressured to give your trust before you’re ready. Take things slowly and you should be OK.

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I’m in a long distance relationship, and he goes to a school in the South where there are a lot of formals and date events. Obviously I can’t make all of the events, so my boyfriend brings other girls as dates to these functions.

I understand they’re just friends, but I still feel weird about it and left out. Am I just overreacting?

You’re not overreacting. It’s normal to feel some jealousy toward his dates. As we saw in the previous question, infidelity can cause years of insecurity.

You don’t want to end up like the previous reader. You need to talk to your boyfriend and express your concern.

Find out how he knows the women he brings to his events. Are they friends with other fraternity members’ dates or are they women who have been flirting with your boyfriend? A little bit of clarity can go a long way in helping you feel more secure about these dates.

If he isn’t willing to communicate, then you may need to bring up the idea of limiting the number of events to which he brings a date. There are probably other fraternity members in long-distance relationships, and you can ask him what they do in these kinds of situations.

If he still refuses, you’ll have to decide how much you trust him. You’re in a long-distance relationship, increasing the chance he could be unfaithful. This doesn’t mean, however, every partner in a long-distance relationship cheats.

You’re always going to have feelings of doubt and jealousy, but those are normal, to a certain extent. Talk with him. The more openly he communicates, the less likely it is he’s doing anything you need to be worried about.

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Canvassing the new ELMS

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f you’ve already started staying on top of your schoolwork, you probably know our enterprise learning management system, better known as ELMS, has officially switched from Blackboard to Canvas. And professors and students alike are struggling to integrate this new technology into their already established learning regimens.

When the university announced the switch during the summer, technology officials said the program would enhance the classroom experience by allowing students and professors to communicate through social media. Instead, however, professors are grappling with how to use the software at the most basic level — to make assignments and files available and message their students.

Even though Canvas was advertised as something integral to providing a new-age classroom education, most of us haven’t yet seen its benefits. This editorial board had high hopes for the site when it was first announced, believing it would be user-friendly and the integration of social media would help rather than hinder professorstudent communication.

There are the bones of extremely useful resources in Canvas. Since we’re just a week into the semester, we’ve hardly given up hope — change is never easy and we’re cautiously optimistic Canvas can prove to be just the system this university community needs to thrive. But there are a number of steps that need to be taken to get

us over a few start-up hurdles.

Robert Schwab, an economics professor who was part of the 2011 Canvas pilot group, said Canvas is strong in areas that are unimportant and “clunky” in the factors that are imperative to ELMS. But teaching assistant Denae Johnson noted the system won’t be useful if professors don’t know how to use it — they need to be trained, and many simply don’t have the time for that.

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Canvas has a lot of potential, but students and professors have to commit to understanding it.

Fortunately, the Division of Information Technology has ramped up support for Canvas by providing professors with 10 trained undergraduate students stationed around the campus to help professors with the new software.

DIT also hired eight students from the Undergraduate Technology Apprenticeship Program and three graduate students specifically to provide Canvas support. University officials are certainly trying to make their best effort to ease the transition to Canvas — but there seems to be a disconnect between Canvas’ potential and how much effort professors are willing to make to maximize that potential.

Many professors didn’t grow up in the technology age, so it’s understandable that adjusting to a system that integrates so many different platforms — and is more student-friendly than professor-

friendly — can be overwhelming. For example, John Pease, sociology department associate chair, said he doesn’t have a cell phone; it’s a bit of a leap from what constitutes as zero technology today to suddenly using a system that requires understanding multiple social media platforms. Some professors want Canvas to do everything they need exactly how they need it, said undergraduate technology apprentice Marianne Varkiani, who has been working with DIT since last summer.

But another problem lies in the fact that there are no tactics to teach students how to use the new system. While the site is geared toward younger people, there is still a fair amount of training students could benefit from, especially when their professors are having such a hard time grasping just how to use this software.

What it comes down to is, if professors are unhappy and unwilling to use Canvas, we will simply be left with the same problem we had with Blackboard — a complete disconnect between students and professors. Students will then be left to navigate random Google websites or blogs their professors create that attempt to make up for their lack of understanding of the system.

We all need to make a conscious effort to learn the ins and outs of Canvas.

Hopefully, in time, professors and students alike will learn how to use and love the system that promises instant gratification, user-friendly navigation and an increased level of interaction between teacher and student. We believe the future of Canvas is bright — we just have to get over the stubborn obstacles holding us back from reaching it.

EDITORIAL CARTOON Noah Robinson is a junior psychology major. He can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com. To submit an anonymous question, go to tinyurl.com /HumpDayDBK.

The intricacies of the conscious mind OSAMA ESHERA What is consciousness? How does it influence our actions? And, most importantly, how do we control it? These questions, and others, have been the focus of theoretical discourse for ages.

Philosophers have written volumes upon volumes on this topic. In recent years, scientists have turned their focus to these ideas as well, especially in the context of anesthesia.

The concept of anesthesia was first publicly demonstrated using ether gas in 1846 and instantly became a medical sensation — surgeries that were previously impossible all of a sudden became routine. In a piece in The Atlantic, Joshua Lang explains that before anesthesia, doctors used various painkillers to ease the difficulty of medical procedures, such as concoctions of opiates or alcohol. But these approaches did not effectively subdue the difficulty of surgery. Anesthesia transcends pain; it removes both the experience and the memory. Patients awoke from anesthesia and it was as though the past several hours did not even exist.

After years of researching and optimizing their potions, it seemed doctors had accomplished something impossible: taming consciousness.

They can’t quite control it — anesthesia makes for binary mastery, a person is either conscious or not — or even understand why those chemicals work or exactly what sort of impact they have on the brain. Still, this science opened a new window into the mysterious world of consciousness.

But as research developed, that window turned out to be a lot smaller than initially thought. Lang chronicles the phenomena known as “anesthesia awareness” in which patients wake up during surgery and, because their eyes are taped shut and bodies paralyzed, cannot notify the practitioners of this.

Anesthesia awareness occurs in 1 or 2 out of every 1,000 anesthetized patients annually in the United States and leads to various long-lasting psychological disorders. Scientists have

been working to solve this problem by developing techniques to better monitor and control consciousness.

Medical benefits and relief for anesthesia awareness victims aside, I hope these scientists fail in their endeavor.

As my dear friend said, I hope we never fully understand Immanuel Kant’s “transcendental” consciousness because the mystery of the conscious experience makes life worth living; it is what defines the malleable reality of our perceptions.

We can change the way we look at things, and things we look at change.

When people leverage theories and insights on consciousness, we lose the mysterious, free-willed nature of life.

This has been happening gradually for much of human history, but has been especially practiced in recent times. Take, for instance, how Sigmund Freud and Edward Bernays’ theories on the subconscious informed the development of advertising and public relations. In the context of an increasingly democratic world, corporations, governments and social institutions developed tools and techniques of propaganda that emerged from Freud’s theories.

Corporations use these ideas to control the economic decisions you make. Paul Mazur, a Lehman Brothers banker, wrote in 1927, “We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. … Man’s desires must overshadow his needs.”

Consumerism is fueled by manipulation of the subconscious. These techniques were used to craft a subconscious (and artificial) relationship between consumer products or government propaganda and feelings of success and happiness.

A more sophisticated understanding of consciousness will not necessarily lead to such negative consequences (and might in fact lead to some positive implications in terms of psychological disorders). But I really hope well-intentioned scientists don’t empower the creeping reach of corporate interest in my daily life. What an improbable hope.

Osama Eshera is a senior bioengineering major. He can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

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The hypocrisy of the phrase ‘pro-gun control’

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he tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., shocked the nation as we saw yet another public massacre.

What came next was no surprise: a national debate on gun restrictions. Justly, the dialogue has consisted of highly emotional arguments, with the mostly political left calling for government action to prevent this sort of event in the future and the mostly political right echoing the words of the Second Amendment.

First, not one of President Obama’s 23 executive orders signed on Jan. 16 would actually work to directly prevent a massacre like at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

In fact, many of these actions are not “executive orders,” which have the effect of a law, but are merely administrative orders, including issuing memorandums and launching national dialogue campaigns.

That being said, the president’s highly political actions hardly dismantle the Second Amendment.

While some Americans are looking to restrict high-capacity magazines and some semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and handguns would not be affected. Currently, the general public is not being fully disarmed.

So for now, Constitution-toting citizens can stand down.

Some legislation has been and will be introduced in state and local governments. New York has already

taken action. This is probably for the best, as it is my personal philosophy that an agency closer to its citizens can be best responsive to specific needs without having adverse effects on those outside that realm. In other words, a local state is only working with its citizens, while the federal government is overseeing almost 314 million people.

You tell me who will be more effective.

The tragedy at Sandy Hook should not be understated. The sorrow and pain we 314 million Americans feel is strong, and we stand in support of the victims and families in Newtown and those involved in all other shootings.

However, legislation is not the answer to this problem.

Gunshots do kill people, but guns do not kill people — people kill people.

Every time there is a shooting, there is a human pulling the trigger.

Murder is wrong. It is against the law in the U.S. But legislation does not prevent people from doing criminal things.

A great example of this is Prohibition. Alcohol production and consumption was made illegal, violent crime increased and alcohol consumption continued; the law was struck and crime levels dropped. We are currently seeing the same failure with the war on drugs. We can also see this happening in some other countries with strict gun control.

And no, we shouldn’t arm every school with a SWAT team or issue

semiautomatic rifles to teachers. In turn, we must ponder the effectiveness of “gun-free zones” that virtually create sitting ducks out of occupants.

Clearly, laws do not work to prevent crime. There must be something else, then, that is behind these actions. Many point to a culture of violence, war and pharmaceuticals as the cause of these public shootings. No one has the exact equation — but it is evident American culture is a contributing factor and needs a serious re-evaluation.

This also cannot be mandated by government executive order, as it must occur within each one of us and become reflected in our communities.

Individuals who pull the trigger are products of their environment.

Ultimately, we must be wary of entrusting the state to solve the problem at hand. Those who preach gun control are really for government gun monopolization. Enforcing gun control on the citizens likely requires the use of guns on the part of the controllers.

In the gun control supporters’ ideal, the government uses guns to force others to give up their guns. Sacrificing a monopoly of force to a corrupt, failing government is questionable at the very least.

To m m y C r e e g a n i s a s e n i o r government and politics major, and is the press secretary of United Youth Movement. He can be reached at creegant@terpmail.umd.edu.

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orn today, you tend to be something of a hothead at times, and you may often rely upon the good counsel and hands-on guidance of a close friend who is a calming influence in order to avoid the kinds of costly run-ins that would otherwise very likely be a daily occurance for you. You are an emotional individual, but you emotions are often held tightly wound just beneath the surface -- so when you blow up, you do so with a remarkable energy and a kind of dangerous abandon that can actually sweep anyone around you into the fires of your wrath. You are not always as selective as you might be when it comes to expressing anger.

The positive aspect of all this, of course, is your native creativity -- which burns so brightly that you can be counted on to deliver the goods when you are faced with almost insurmountable challenges. You can “invent” your way out of any kind of box, to enjoy the freedom you so cherish once more.

Also born on this date are: Christian Bale, actor; Brett Butler, comedienne; Phil Collins, singer and musician; Dick Cheney, U.S. vice president; Vanessa Redgrave, actress; Boris Spassky, chess champion; Gene Hackman, actor; Dick Martin, comedian; Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. president.

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Like a frantic Mayor of Townsville phoning for aid, Cartoon Network is considering bringing The Powerpuff Girls back for the first time since 2005.

Fans are encouraged to temper their optimism, however — the series will be a CGI reimagining, lacking the original writers and character designs, and will consequently serve as a constant reminder of life’s fleeting nature and the impossibility of recovering your childhood innocence.

FACEOFF | THE FUTURE OF NETWORK TELEVISION

INTERNET KILLED THE VIDEO STAR Can CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox continue to dominate television in the era of Tivo, Netflix and HBO?

By Dean Essner Senior staff writer There’s this delicious bit from The Larry Sanders Show, the painfully awkward and frequently hilarious 1990s comedy about a floundering late-night talk show, where Sanders’ bumbling sidekick Hank Kingsley (played by the immortal Jeffrey Tambor), who’s in the middle of a grueling contract negotiation, threatens to leave the show for a gig co-hosting a CNBC show. Unfazed, his producer, Artie, slyly takes a swipe at basic cable, saying, “My TV stops at channel 13, the way it’s supposed to.”

It’s an insult that doubles as a metajoke — The Larry Sanders Show aired on HBO, which, in the ’90s, was way, way past channel 13 — but nowadays, it feels meaningful for a different reason: It’s indicative of an outdated mindset.

The oligarchy of television, a realm once exclusively ruled by big-boppers ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, has become (slightly) more egalitarian thanks to cable. Network television — or at least the omnipresence of network television — will die with our generation.

All one needs to do is take a look at the most recent Golden Globes Awards. In the Best Television Series Drama category, only one out of the five nominees — PBS’ Downton Abbey — was from a network television channel. (And even that was a rebroadcast of a BBC original.) The rest — Breaking Bad from AMC, Homeland from Showtime, along with The Newsroom and Boardwalk Empire from HBO — came from cable programs.

Netflix is also contributing to the transition away from network television by presenting the new David

Fincher-directed House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, as an exclusively online program. Furthermore, it’s hosting the revival season of Arrested Development, a show once deemed too eccentric for prime time by former home Fox, that has since amassed a large cult following thanks in no small part to Netflix’s streaming services.

Accolades and savvy business decisions aside, network TV is flailing because, with a few notable exceptions, its pick of the litter is, well, litter. CBS is to blame for this in particular, as it plays host to three of the most repugnant and tasteless shows on all of television: The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother. While many cable channels pursue creatively fruitful programs, the major networks continue to green-light aimless carbon copies of Seinfeld and Friends populated by narcissistic puppets who seem horribly out of place without a laugh track.

The real future for television lies beyond this realm, beyond channel 13.

The biggest ratings may still go to the main networks, but the real art keeps popping up on lesser known channels. And if critics and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association continue to say shows like Breaking Bad and Homeland are of more merit than the same crap that has been spun off and syndicated into the ground, then, eventually, the people will gravitate to them. The ever-fleeting populist choice is only one of the many standards for the natural selection of showbiz. Every other creative category clearly tilts in the favor of cable. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

By Zachary Berman Senior staff writer Television consumption is a push and pull between what TV executives think will sell and what a diverse set of viewers know they want. Currently, things look bad for the big networks — CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox — all of which are suffering from plunging ratings, poor critical reviews and the ever-encroaching allure of Internet and on-demand viewing.

Ten years ago, big networks ruled the airwaves with original programming that attracted both critical acclaim and big Nielsen ratings, such as groundbreaking scripted TV including ABC’s Lost, NBC’s The West Wing and Fox’s 24.

Despite the success of these shows, the market share of big network TV has been eroded by DVR technology and the more risque (though not always as quality) programming offered by cable channels.

Granted, DVRs have cut into the live audiences of both network and cable channels; it’s simply more convenient to watch a show when you have some free time, regardless of what channel the program airs on. The big networks’ response to this trend has been to create tons of shows that require no weekly commitment so audiences can tune in whenever they want (scripted Law & Order and NCIS copycat mysteries) — and, further, ones that don’t mandate maximum contemporaneous commitment, namely, unscripted “reality” programs in the style of Fox’s American Idol or CBS’s Big Brother.

For now, the more adventurous viewer might prefer to watch critical darlings on cable, such as AMC’s The Walking Dead, or even Internet exclusives, such as Netflix’s Lilyhammer.

None of this, however, means that

are shows SUCH AS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER indicative of the creative bankruptcy of modern network television or are they testaments to the continued popularity of the content networks produce? photo courtesy of stuffpoint.com the big networks are dead. As always, obscene number of faux-unscripted channel priorities are changing. Net- reality shows that are cheap to make works still provide local news and and appeal to the lowest common decarry the best sporting events (NFL, nominator (Bravo’s Real Housewives, the Olympics), both of which drive most things currently on TLC). viewership. Beyond that, the networks The amount of bad TV with low viewstill carry a few great dramas (such as ership in a day’s worth of cable programNBC’s Parenthood) and own the major- ming is astonishing — many lesser chanity of the best sitcoms available on TV. nels collapse under their own weight.

Between ABC’s Modern Family and Meanwhile, the big networks produce Happy Endings, CBS’s The Big Bang very popular reality game shows (CBS’s Theory and How I Met Your Mother, The Amazing Race) right alongside some Fox’s animation block and NBC’s of the better dramas on television (CBS’s Parks and Recreation and oddball cult- The Good Wife, ABC’s Nashville). hit Community, very few channels can In the end, it all comes back to how compete with the amount of quality viewers are consuming their shows. comedies on the big networks.

Right now, the freedom of the Internet Furthermore, the amount of quality is harming networks big and small alike. television on cable is often seen from What people seem to forget is the a skewed perspective. Very few cable big networks are “big” because they channels outside of HBO, Showtime, are leaders in a large industry. It AMC and FX actually boast the critically won’t be long before these massive acclaimed programming that has made companies figure out a new economic the medium so popular in the last decade. plan and refocus their attention on There are hundreds of other cable new, riskier programming. channels barely able to break even No station has a perfect track every year, often because the pro- record, but the big networks are prone gramming is terrible. Most channels to adaptation, and soon enough they’ll are overcrowded with dreadful script- be back on top. ed shows (USA’s Necessary Roughness, most things currently on SyFy) and an diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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Coach Mark Turgeon struggled through similar issues with youth and maturity in his other head coaching stops. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

SEMINOLES From PAGE 8 shots early in possession at times, hoping to will their team to victory single-handedly.

In other moments, Turgeon jumped on the sideline in frustration as the Terps failed to run a set play call. And players failed to fight through ball screens with regularity.

These are trademark signs of a young squad still figuring out how to win at college basketball’s highest level, of a group still learning how to buckle down and run Turgeon’s system.

The Terps’ blowout loss against the Blue Devils on Saturday provided the perfect case study of how much this group has yet to grow before it can become elite. Playing against the nation’s top-ranked team in raucous Cameron Indoor

ASPER From PAGE 8 at his best and what he does is an inspiration in itself.”

While Asper claims he is still shaking off the rust he

Stadium, the Terps hung close for about 25 minutes. But when the game reached a critical impasse early in the second half, the Terps forced off-kilter shots and tallied costly turnovers.

“There’s no ‘I’ in team,” center Shaquille Cleare said of the Terps’ second-half display at Duke. “We’ve just got to listen to the coaches. They’re not going to lead us in the wrong direction. They want the best for us and the whole team.”

Turgeon understands his team isn’t going to mature overnight. After all, he had to struggle through similar issues for years at Jacksonville State and Wichita State before his teams started playing with composure.

So Turgeon’s willing to wait.

The Terps, he said, are right where they need to be. They added six new contributors in the offseason, and coasted through an easy nonconfer-

ence schedule with few headaches. The struggles were bound to arrive.

And now that they have, he can’t help but feel thankful for his three young kids. They taught him patience. If they hadn’t been born, Turgeon said, he’d probably scream at every errant pass or knuckleheaded shot.

But who knows? Maybe Turgeon won’t have to wait a year for his squad to start playing like veterans. Maybe the Terps will make the necessary plays down the stretch at Florida State tonight and notch a statement win in their toughest remaining road test until early March.

“We just need to be focused,” Cleare said. “There can’t be any moping or heads down. We’ve got to go in fearless. We’ve got to get ready to do damage.”

acquired sitting on the bench, the team’s results hint otherwise. The Terps are 4-2 since Asper’s return to the starting lineup on Jan. 12, a stretch that includes a convincing win over ACC rival North Carolina last weekend.

“I’m believing in myself and I’m believing in what I can do,” Asper said. “I still need to work, but my head’s in the right spot and that is the most important thing.”

Hawkins or Thomas has led the team in scoring.

She’s recorded eight games of at least five assists, including Sunday at Clemson when she had seven. She’s shooting 41.7 percent from the floor and 35.4 percent from three-point range, giving the Terps a threat from distance.

In the North Carolina game, after which coach Brenda Frese called her a “gamer,” Pavlech sparked a 9-0 Terps run with five straight points as the Terps retook the lead for good.

Pavlech has received notoriety from outside the program, too. She was named the ACC Rookie of the Week on Monday after the Terps’ wins over the Tar Heels and Clemson, during which she averaged 11.5 points and five assists.

The next step for Pavlech is to put in those performances on a nightly basis. After each of her double-digit outings, she’s posted point totals of zero, zero and five, respectively. She’s still getting used to the rigors of the college game, but she knows the potential is there.

“Coach Frese and I, we’ve talked about this,” Pavlech said

Thursday. “The next step is to get more consistent because you come off of this big game but you don’t play so well the next game. It’s just finding that balance. ACC is a tough conference so I’m just learning.”

STEADY IN POLLS When the weekly AP poll was unveiled Monday afternoon, the Terps were in a more-than-familiar spot: No. 10. The Terps have occupied that spot every week since Jan. 7, and a seven-game win streak that includes three wins over ranked teams hasn’t changed that.

In fact, the top 10 in the polls have stood relatively unchanged during January. Four polls were released between Jan. 7 and Jan. 28, and five teams occupied the same positions every week. Baylor, Notre Dame and Connecticut were Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, while Tennessee and the Terps checked in at Nos. 9 and 10, respectively.

The furthest a team fell in January was when Kentucky dropped to No. 8 this week from No. 5 after losing at South Carolina.

The Terps have played five games this season against teams in this week’s top 25

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and boast a 3-2 record. There are three games remaining with top-25 teams — two against No. 5 Duke and one at No. 20 Florida State — left on the schedule.

JUST HANGING OUT Sa t u rd ay a f te r n o o n , a member of the Thomas family will be on the court at Comcast Center, but it won’t be Alyssa. Instead, it will be her younger brother, Devin, a freshman forward at Wake Forest, taking on the Terps men’s basketball team.

T h e ta l e n te d s i b l i n gs participated in a Google+ Hangout hosted by the ACC Digital Network on YouTube yesterday. They talked about a variety of topics including growing up playing against each other, each other’s games, the state of their current teams and even their choice for the Super Bowl (both picked the Baltimore Ravens).

Devin Thomas is a 6-foot9 forward who’s started all 19 games this year and is averaging 7.5 points and 7.6 rebounds, and those numbers jump to 9.1 points and 10.3 rebounds in conference play. He was named the ACC Rookie of the Week on Monday after scoring 25 points, grabbing 14 rebounds and blocking four shots in the Demon Deacons’ 86-84 win over N.C. State.

Alyssa Thomas is the reigning ACC Player of the Year and has won a weekly ACC honor 14 times in her career. She’s currently ranked first in the ACC in rebounds per game (10.3) and second in points per game (16.5) and assists per game (5.6).

“I’ve got a lot of catching up to do,” Devin said in reference to the siblings’ weekly awards. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Students volunteer at city’s location of National Archives

By Dustin Levy Staff writer Before he began volunteering at the National Archives II at College Park, Nate Reul pictured former President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a withered old man suffering from polio.

But the history graduate student has since learned that stashed away in rows upon rows of boxes are materials that can change his perspective on history.

“We came across some never-seen-before photos of FDR when he was assistant secretary of the Navy,” Reul said. “And he’s like, walking around. He looks very youthful.”

Discoveries like this keep volunteers at the National Archives II on their toes as they carry out their methodical, occasionally mundane duties, which range from annotating historical photos to scanning fragile historical documents with the utmost care. The Adelphi Road facility has about 100 volunteers, with between two to six students participating at any given time, said Judy Luis-Watson, the program coordinator.

“Most of the people involved here are, I would say, retired people,” Reul added.

While seasoned volunteers may have more experience, students are still entrusted with some of the most important projects, such as updating World War II finding aids — documents

researchers use to look up the details of a specific collection of papers or records.

Volunteer Molly Marcusse, who is assigned to that project, recently made her own discovery. One day as the history and library science graduate student was sorting through a major project involving more than 19,000 boxes of materials, she learned Walt Disney animators who served in World War II documented their experiences with illustrations.

“I know a lot of people hear archives and historical material and just think that’s really boring,” Marcusse said. “But I really like work like this because you never know what you’re going to find.”

Much of the nation’s research materials, as well as a museum, are housed in National Archives i n Wa s h i n g to n . Howeve r, the facility near the campus contains a few exclusive collections, including Richard Nixon’s presidential materials and former President John F. Kennedy assassination records.

Having conducted research at both facilities, Reul found National Archives II to be newer and more modern. Some of the documents are, too — since many of the records are post-World War I, they require less preservation.

“I found that the staff at Archives II is more friendly and more open to you if you have questions,” Reul said. “Archives I, if you don’t do things the exact

“I know a lot of people hear archives and historical material and just think that’s really boring. But ... you never know what you’re going to find.”

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National Archives II volunteer way that they want you to, they kind of flip out a little bit.”

Despite having their volunteer work in common, Reul and Marcusse are headed down two completely different routes. Reul set out for an archival experience, but said he’s learned that’s no longer the path he craves — though his volunteer work does provide a window into federal agencies and helps him build future contacts. Marcusse’s work at the archives directly relates to her future goals of working in archives or a museum after she graduates.

Although she didn’t enjoy history until graduate school, Marcusse said she’s since embraced learning about this country.

“It’s interesting for me to see the comparisons between what people were interested in in the past and what we’re still interested in now,” she said. “It seems like things have changed a lot, but when you look at the record, really, things aren’t all that different.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Starting with data from 600 public four-year schools nationwide, Kiplinger’s rates colleges based on a formula that weighs academic quality as 53 percent of each college’s assessment, and cost accounts for the remaining 47 percent.

The rankings consider each university’s cost and financial aid, student indebtedness at graduation, competitiveness, SAT scores of incoming freshmen, graduation rates and academic support, according to the magazine’s website.

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The relationship between a sugar daddy and his sugar baby is a unique one. Older men shell out cash and expensive gifts in exchange for the company of a young, attractive coed. And now, the site includes sugar mommies, accommodating both male and female sugar babies and those of alternative sexualities.

For a handful of students, it’s an ideal means of paying the bills. Though the economy is improving, students are still finding they could use a little sugar — jobs are hard to come by and repaying student loans is as expensive as ever.

Student loan delinquency rates are at an all-time high, and interest rates are unstable. But with a sugar daddy, students can theoretically make rent, pay tuition and have extra cash lining their pockets without having to sacrifice their education.

“Taking out a student loan isn’t attractive and the job market is no longer what it used to be — there’s no guarantee that you’re going to get a job that’s going to be paying very well,” Gwynn said. “There’s these kinds of relationships that can help alleviate the pressures.”

College sugar babies get an average of about $3,000 a month in money and gifts, Gwynn said.

Though SeekingArrangement.com’s concept is simple — set up hot girls and rich guys, and everybody wins — it’s not quite that easy.

The matchmaking service works like any other online dating site. Just because you sign up and put yourself out there doesn’t mean you’re going to get lucky. There are 12 babies for every daddy on the site, according to Gwynn.

“The demand is much greater than the supply, so

“There’s no guarantee that you’re going to get a job that’s going to be paying very well. There’s these kinds of relationships that can help alleviate the pressures.”

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SeekingArrangement.com representative not everyone is going to find what they’re looking for,” Gwynn said. “Just like there’s not a guarantee that you’re going to find your soul mate if you join another dating website.”

There’s also a high level of risk involved — more so than other dating sites, said Ryan Curtis, a university psychology professor.

It’s not surprising that men and women have chosen to seek this type of relationship, Curtis said. Psychologically, power and status are highly attractive to women and men place a high priority on a pretty face and youthful appearance.

Where the situation gets sticky, Curtis said, is the purpose of the relationship. Instead of looking to create long-term romantic connections, like more traditional dating websites, sugar daddy dating involves bankrolling a college student’s tuition, giving the man almost complete control over the relationship.

You can’t pay for school with good looks, and when a sugar baby is dependent on checks from an older man, Curtis said, a mutually beneficial relationship can turn predatory.

“You have to be really careful with what you’re doing with online relationships, any online dating relationship, but specifically something like that,” Curtis said. “If I can pose as a very wealthy man because I know that women want a wealthy man, it allows for being a predator in a way that I can’t do in person.”

SeekingArrangement.com does take some steps to protect its members. Users can’t list their last names on their profiles and, as stated in the terms and conditions, must contact potential babies or daddies through the site’s messaging system. Swapping contact information such as personal email addresses and phone numbers is forbidden.

Still, setting up an account is

easy. Both babies and daddies are asked to list basic details like height, level of education and how often they drink or smoke, as well as what kind of arrangement they had in mind. Babies can ask for more than $20,000 a month.

According to the site, “all profiles and photographs submitted to our website are screened for relevancy.” Many of the site’s features, like messaging, are locked until a user’s profile is approved; although the screening only checks to see that the profile includes a legitimate picture and appropriate answers to profile questions.

The site will do background checks and place seals of approval on sugar daddies’ profiles, which costs them $50 per month.

To be a Diamond Club Member, which includes verified income, a daddy must pay $200 per month.

Even with the privacy features, however, it’s not enough to motivate some students to join the site. Regardless of the high costs of a college education, students like Rachel Kuff said there’s no appeal to sugar daddy dating.

“It’s someone who is too lazy to do things themselves,” the freshman accounting major said.

“I would never do it.”

“That’s like prostituting,” added Katelin McMaster, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences.

Though having a sugar daddy carries a stigma, the reality is much different, said Gwynn.

Many are just students looking for a little extra cash.

“There are girls from all walks of life on our site,” said Gwynn. “Most of these girls are very intelligent, very driven and empowered women who are confident. … There are people of all different backgrounds — there’s really no one-size-fitsall sugar baby.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Pavlech solid vs. top foes Terps steady in polls; Thomas ‘hangs’ out

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer Playing alongside the ACC’s top two scorers in forwards Tianna Hawkins and Alyssa Thomas, Chloe Pavlech has been cast into the role of passfirst facilitator.

But in three of the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s games against ranked opponents this season, the point guard has notched her topthree scoring efforts.

After never scoring in double-figures through the first five-and-a-half games of her career, Pavlech dropped 10 points in the second half at then-No. 2 Connecticut as the Terps played an even 20 minutes with the Huskies. She scored a career-high 20 against thenNo. 24 Miami on Jan. 10, and followed it up Thursday with 18 against No. 11 North Carolina.

“I think they call that a show pony,” Pavlech said after the 85-59 victory over the Tar Heels.

Thrust into the starting lineup against American on Nov. 21 after a barrage of injuries and ineffective point guard play, Pavlech has started all 16 games since, averaging 5.8 points and 3.9 assists per game, the latter ranking ninth in the ACC. Her 20-point outburst against Miami remains the only time this season a Terp other than See NOTEBOOK, Page 7

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Turgeon still trying to get young Terps on track as they prepare for trip to Florida State

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer The Terrapins men’s basketball team was in the middle of practice Monday when Mark Turgeon glanced around the Comcast Center hardwood.

The second-year coach saw players hustling, practicing with a sense of urgency after suffering their fourth loss in six games two days earlier at Duke.

In that moment, Turgeon thought about his squad’s youth. Four of his rotation players are freshmen, and three of them are sophomores.

Soon, he realized, the Terps will become a veteran-laden group. His rookies will boast a year of ACC experience, and transfer Evan Smotrycz — a former starter at Michigan — will be eligible.

That time can’t come fast enough. With 11 regular-season games remaining, the Terps are struggling through a trying January slate. They are winless in three conference road games this month, and another daunting task arrives tonight at Florida State.

The Terps’ problems sprouted when they fell at home, 65-62, to an experienced Seminoles squad Jan. 9. The Terps, facing their first true

test in four weeks, let a nine-point halftime lead devolve into the team’s first loss in 14 contests.

They shot just 10-of-32 from the field during the second half, wilting as Florida State forward Okaro White rattled off 15 consecutive points over the final 13 minutes.

“We just panicked,” Turgeon said yesterday.

“The building caves in on you a little bit when you don’t have the experience, and it caved in on us.”

Immaturity has continued to plague the Terps in subsequent weeks. Players attempted contested See SEMINOLES, Page 7

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Striving for the ultimate goal After earning numerous honors, Asper is looking for the one thing that’s eluded him with the Terps: a national championship

By Daniel Popper Staff writer Josh Asper has earned just about every milestone a Division I wrestler can imagine in his five years on the Terrapins wrestling team.

He’s a two-time All-American and team captain. He won the Maryland Watch Award last year as the best male athlete from the state. And he’s ranked No. 5 in the nation at 174 pounds.

Yet one accomplishment has eluded him: a national championship.

“Obviously I want it,” Asper said yesterday. “Everyone who competes wants to win at the highest level.”

Asper has spent the past three seasons wrestling at 165 pounds, finishing sixth in the past two NCAA championships. And despite

his disappointment after coming so close to a national title in consecutive postseasons, Asper’s coaches and peers don’t question his dominance on the mat.

“He has a level of training that is unmatched,” coach Kerry McCoy said.

“There are guys in the room looking at him amazed by what he can do. There aren’t too many people that can train as hard as he does, and he outworks all his competition.”

Asper’s superior physique and relentless training make him an absolute terror to any opponent — even his fellow teammates.

“It’s sort of funny when no one in the practice room wants to wrestle with you or drill with you,” Asper said. “I’ve never thought about how I was drilling because it’s the way I’ve

Josh Asper is a two-time All-American and is ranked No. 5 in the nation at 174 pounds, but he’s still searching for a national title in his senior season. charlie deboyace/the diamondback always done it. I don’t know how to do it any other way.”

Asper attributes his strength and work ethic to doing landscaping work with his father, Jeffery. While growing up in Parkton, Asper tagged along with his father to neighbors’ houses to help with anything from mowing lawns to mulching.

“I learned how to work,” Asper said.

The Terps started the season 4-1,

and climbed to No. 17 in the national rankings. However, Asper missed six weeks with a neck injury he suffered at the Nittany Lion Open on Dec. 2.

During that recovery period, the Terps went 2-3 and dropped a close match to unheralded Bloomsburg on Jan. 5.

“When you have a two-time AllAmerican, senior captain, top-10ranked guy out of your lineup,” McCoy said, “you’re going to feel it.”

However, Asper’s absence didn’t just leave a void during meets.

“We missed that other piece of leadership,” said fellow captain Christian Boley, who is ranked No. 15 at 197 pounds. “You need that person to lean on and pick you up, and not having him out there with us during practice was tough. Watching him See ASPER, Page 7