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After Duke defeat, students remain subdued, off streets Officials call university-sponsored bonfire, celebration a success

BY ERIN EGAN, SARAH MEEHAN AND RACHEL ROUBEIN Staff writers

About 200 students gathered around a bonfire lit on Chapel Field last night following the Terrapin men’s basketball game. TONIA WANG/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

Police crack down hard on Greek rush

It was a night to rise above.

And many would say they did: The streets of downtown College Park remained quiet last night as police and students danced together in the glow of firelight, and police horses rested in trailers just blocks away. Those who did not attend the university-sponsored bonfire wandered defeated back to apartments, houses and dorms, dis-

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appearing without a trace.

But in spite of the moral victory several said was won on Chapel Field last night, there was no win on the basketball court after Duke shutdown the Terrapin men’s basketball team. And students said that may have changed everything.

“Since we lost, the air is a little deflated around here. Everyone’s drinking their sorrows away,” said sophomore public health major Colin Humphreys. “Since they have cops from 15 counties here, I guess I’m

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going to go buy myself a sandwich, have a quiet night at home and go to class tomorrow.”

“If we had won, it would have been a lot crazier,” added senior physical sciences major Lee Ralston.

After a frenzy on Route 1 following last year’s March 3 Duke game that left students in handcuffs and the Prince George’s County Police Department under federal investigation, student and police relations

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NO ROOM TO HIDE Terps’ shortcomings doom them in defeat

Fraternities report fines, arrests for party hosts

BY SARAH MEEHAN

BY CHRIS ECKARD

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As Greek organizations begin to dole out bids, many fraternities are feeling the sting of strict policies imposed on rush by police this semester.

Although some organizations were forced to change their recruitment strategies, some fraternity members reported seeing surprising benefits from being forced to recruit sans raging parties.

To deter fraternities from hosting parties before spring recruitment began this semester, University Police officer Lt. Philip Tou met with chapter presidents in the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life’s Interfraternity Council to spell out the strict consequences that would be imposed on members if caught breaking the rules, several fraternity members said.

Some of this semester’s new punishments for partying include fines in the thousands of

Everything in the hours leading up to last night’s Terrapin men’s basketball game seemed to line up with last year’s Senior Night send-off. The long lines in front of the student entrance, the ocean of gold T-shirts, the palpable pre-game buzz and, yes, even the profane additions to several pre-game songs — it all mirrored the victorious final stand of the team’s senior class inside Comcast Center last March.

Last night, though, the comparisons stopped short of the court. In another show of their youthful shortcomings, the Terps fell to Duke for the second time this season, 80-62, ending for at least a couple weeks any chance of at last snagging an elusive top-25 victory.

Addressing the media in the darkened auxiliary gym in Comcast Center following the game, coach Gary Williams expressed clear disappointment in his team’s effort during its

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Failure to launch

Private monies save university Yiddish classes

JAKOB ENGELKE

Funds will expire in 2013

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ith the Terrapin men’s basket-

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ball team trailing Duke by only seven points with eight minutes remaining in last night’s game, guard Cliff Tucker took two steps back on the baseline as he lined up a wideopen 3-pointer.

A basket would have put the Terps within two possessions of the Blue Devils. But the shot clanged off the rim, just short.

The next time down the floor, Duke guard Andre Dawkins did what Tucker could not.

His 3-pointer ended with a swish of the net.

The crucial six-point swing highlighted the main difference between the

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Yiddish is far from dead at this university.

At this time last year, it seemed as though regular Yiddish instruction would be terminated after this semester due to a lack of funding, but the traditional Ashkenazi Jewish language that many consider archaic has made a comeback.

Thanks to the intervention of private donors, the university’s Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies managed to raise $120,000 over the course of a year — enough to keep Yiddish classes going at least through spring 2013.

Hayim Lapin, the center’s director, said the program’s longevity depends largely on funds acquired through private donations, as do many of the other programs offered by the center. Last year, given the unstable state of the economy,

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DUKE from page 1 biggest home game of the season.

“There comes a point in the season whether you do it or you don’t do it,” Williams said.

“There’s no magic answers to those situations. You have to get it done.”

For the second time in three games, the Terps (14-8, 4-4 ACC) suffered their worst-ever loss in Comcast Center. Even after weathering a strong first-half Duke run, the Terps couldn’t quite match the sweet-shooting Blue Devils (20-2, 7-1).

No pre-game festivities could help the Terps stop AllAmerica forward Kyle Singler.

Last year’s Final Four Most Outstanding Player scored 11 straight points for the Blue Devils in the second half. The Terps tried six different defenders on the senior, but none proved effective.

“We did a very poor job defensively,” Williams said.

“You have to get ready to play.

You have to believe you can win that game.”

For Singler (22 points) and the Blue Devils, scoring often seemed as simple as driving and kicking out to wide-open

sharpshooters. Guards Nolan Smith, Andre Dawkins and Seth Curry all punished the Terps from behind the arc.

There would not be a repeat performance of the Blue Devils’ showing against St. John’s on Sunday, when the Blue Devils hit just one of their first 21 3-pointers.

While a run for the defending national champions was all but inevitable, its timing last night made the upset all the more difficult for the Terps.

As the Blue Devils nailed shot after shot from behind the arc, the Terps watched their backand-forth battle slip away to a 15-point deficit in the first half.

“You put yourself in that situation,” Williams said. “That’s the problem. We shouldn’t be in that situation where we have to come back like that. ...

That’s what’s most disappointing to me.”

The Terps had their chances. With the game quickly slipping away before intermission, the team finished the half with a 10-2 run to close the deficit to within seven points.

That momentum ended at the beginning of the second half, when the Terps made four turnovers before sinking a field goal. With Singler lighting up every defender he

faced, the Terps fell behind by double digits once again.

With 13 minutes remaining, they had one final opportunity.

Down 14, Terp forward Haukur Palsson hit a 3-pointer out of a media timeout, sparking an 11-2 run to close the deficit to five.

With the crowd volume at its peak, the Terps missed shots on back-to-back possessions. On the ensuing Duke drives, Dawkins hit successive 3-pointers that effectively drained the remaining energy from the building.

“That’s what great teams do,” said for ward Jordan Williams, who finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

“They kept their composure.

They just calmed down and hit huge shots.”

Even foul trouble for Singler, Smith and starting forwards Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly wasn’t enough to help the Terps keep pace with the ACC-leading Blue Devils.

“We can’t keep playing like this or it’s going to be too late,” guard Adrian Bowie said. “We didn’t come out and match their intensity.”

The night couldn’t have ended any more differently than it began. Fans trudged silently toward the exits as the Blue Devils put the finishing

Duke’s sturdy defensive effort limited the Terps to 40 percent shooting in their loss last night.

Guard Pe’Shon Howard, left, finished 0-for-3 from the field. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Forward Jordan Williams finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the Terps’ 80-62 loss last night, their largest-ever defeat inside Comcast Center. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

touches on their record-breaking rout. Terp players lumbered to their locker room with solemn looks to the gentle cheering from the scant remaining fans.

They wouldn’t be engulfed

by a wave of fellow classmates this year, instead passed over once again by a more talented team.

“It’s extremely disappointing,” forward Dino Gregory said. “It’s all you see, the video

from last year of the fans rushing the court. You just hope the same thing would happen this year, and it didn’t. It hurts really bad.” ceckard@umdbk.com

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Shoemaker renovations completed after more than a year Counseling Center departments once again housed under one roof

BY SPENCER ISRAEL Staff writer

The renovation of the Shoemaker Building is finally complete, reuniting the university’s Counseling Center that had been split up for more than a year during the building’s extensive facelift.

The $9.8 million renovation started in summer 2009, forcing the learning assistance center and testing office to move to the top floor of the South Campus Dining Hall, while the center’s administrative, counseling and disability support services were relocated to Susquehanna Hall.

“The transitions went as smoothly as possible,” said David Petersen, a staff psychologist who ser ved as the center’s refurbishment coordinator with Facilities Management.

“The temporary space worked well, but we are very happy to be back.”

Although center Assistant Director Marcy Marinelli said splitting up the five departments was less than ideal, she noted the Counseling Center

YIDDISH from page 1 things were especially uncertain.

“We’re not out of the woods yet, but this gives us some breathing space,” Lapin said.

After it was first announced that Yiddish may be cut from the university’s course offerings, the center was flooded with about 80 letters from concerned alumni and Jewish community members in the Washington and Baltimore area, Lapin said.

Understanding the demand for Yiddish instruction, Lapin said he was determined to continue to offer Yiddish at the university in some other form, even after regular classes would have been cut.

Support from outside community organizers was instrumental in helping the center appeal to private donors, Lapin said, and after also gaining additional funds from the dean’s office at the end of the fall semester, the center had enough money to keep Yiddish running for another two years.

“Yiddish is a longstanding part of the Jewish Studies program, one that [the center], and we, would like to continue granted that it is financially possible. Now it is,” arts and

did not see any significant decline in student visits.

“We’re pretty much on track,” she said.

For other members of the counseling staff, returning to a modernized version of the home they had once inhabited was a welcome event.

“We feel very positive about the return to Shoemaker Hall,” counselor Shirley Browner said. “We’re looking forward to a great semester where all five units can be under one roof again.”

Browner said having the entire center together makes seeking help much more convenient for students — if they are referred to a division of the counseling center, they now only have to climb a flight of stairs instead of finding another building.

Capital Projects Director Carlo Colella, the pointman on overseeing the renovation for Facilities Management, said Shoemaker was more than in need of a facelift — it hadn’t had a major update in many years.

“It’s a completely transformed building,” he said. “It’s

humanities Dean James Harris wrote in an e-mail yesterday.

Lapin said the center’s next hurdle is to hire a new instructor for the course to replace this university’s sole Yiddish professor, Miriam Isaacs, who will retire at the end of the semester.

Isaacs, who has worked at this university for 16 years, said while she was glad Yiddish classes would not depart along with her, the center still has much work to do to secure the language’s future at the university.

“On the one hand, I’m happy that it’s not going to be cut. But on the other hand, I’d like to see it really integrated into the [Jewish studies] major,” Isaacs said.

“It’s only an elective right now, but despite that, it’s been getting a lot of enrollment.”

Lapin said work is already underway to secure long-term funding and expand Yiddish offerings in future years — the center is working to have Yiddish included in the university’s new general education courses.

The center has not yet formally announced that the classes will be sticking around, but senior history major Jordan Firestein, who took the course last semester, was thrilled to hear Yiddish would not be cut after all.

“That’s really awesome,”

The Shoemaker Building reopened this semester after a $9.8 million renovation left it closed for more than a year. The refurbished building features a brand new interior and updated electrical, lighting and fire alarm systems. TONIA WANG/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

satisfying to do that to a building with as much character as Shoemaker.”

According to Colella, the university-funded renovation consisted of a complete gutting of the interior; updating the electrical, lighting, fire alarm and piping systems; and restoring the main lecture hall that

Firestein said. “Everyone was really depressed when it looked like it would be cut because Professor Isaacs has been very passionate about the class and she really made it a wonderful experience, and it’s not advertised as well as it should be at the university.”

Firestein said Yiddish held special meaning for him as the native language of his grandparents, who are now deceased.

“When I first started taking the class and as I learned more of the vocabulary, I began to hear more of my grandparents talking, and I was reminded of them,” he said.

“A lot of students have had that experience. We’ve all spoken about how this was our grandparents’ language, whether they were still with us or not.”

And this, Isaacs said, may be just what the university needs to tap into if they want to keep the program afloat.

“There’s a lot of Yiddish in the civic world, and there’s a lot of Yiddish in students’ families and backgrounds,” Isaacs said.

“So if they approach this in the right way with not just concern for the students’ instruction but concern for the students’ heritage, that could generate a lot of interest.” villanueva@umdbk.com

sits on the building’s top floor.

Officials were unable to comment on what will happen to the office spaces in Susquehanna and the South Campus Dining Hall inhabited by the counseling center during the year-and-a-half renovation.

And although new buildings such as Knight Hall and the

GREEK from page 1 dollars for each tenant living at the house hosting the party and fines for each underage person found at the event. Additionally, Alpha Sigma Phi chapter President Blake Levy said Tou threatened that as long as officers had a green light from landlords, they could arrest and even evict tenants caught hosting parties. Underage drinking usually incurs a $500 fine.

Tou could not be reached for comment last night.

College Park Public Services Director Bob Ryan said he hasn’t noticed any particular increase in noise violations from parties this semester, but students said they have been more careful due to the threat of fines and arrests.

Although alcohol has always been banned by the IFC at rush parties, the city does have extensive measures in place to shut down the party and keep the noise down.

Lee, a junior biology and finance major who asked to be identified by his first name because he is under 21, is a member of a fraternity that managed to have parties despite the strict enforcement.

“We’ve been super, super paranoid,” he said, adding that on a recent night, every party on his

Kim Engineering Building often get the most attention, students who take classes in Shoemaker said they are proud to learn in one of the university’s oldest — and now nicest— buildings.

“It’s probably the nicest building I’ve been in,” said Leah Castrovince, a freshman hear-

street was broken up. In one case, Lee said a young woman under 18 was found at a nearby party and police arrested every resident of the house.

Not wanting to face a similar fate, Lee said he and his brothers were forced to keep their parties under control.

“For us specifically, it hasn’t been a big problem; we just have to shut down our parties when the cops are at the end of the road,” he said. “We still had successful parties.”

Other fraternities had to change the way they recruited new members because they could no longer rely on big parties to draw in students interested in pledging.

“There as some panic about what we were going to do for rush,” Levy said.

Alpha Sigma Phi did not throw big rush parties as it had in the past, Levy said, which helped the recruitment process because brothers were better able to get to know pledges in a smaller crowd.

Lee said that his fraternity’s recruitment was also successful and that the stricter policies helped the group instead focus on university-sanctioned recruitment events.

When a party is reported to the city, a Prince George’s County Police officer accompanies a city code enforcement official to investigate the scene. Upon the first

ing and speech sciences major.

Sophomore Lianne Douglas was most impressed with the updated lecture hall’s brand new amenities.

“The seats are too comfortable,” she said. “I’m afraid I’m gonna fall asleep in class.” news@umdbk.com

“The city code enforcement people blow my phone up with noise complaints.”

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visit, enforcement officials will usually issue a warning. But with each subsequent violation, higher fines are doled out, according to county Officer Ryan Whitlow, who works exclusively with code enforcement representatives in the city.

Whitlow said the city has a list of problem houses that police monitor especially closely, and he’s noticed an increase in house parties since the end of last semester.

“Since the [Thirsty] Turtle has closed, it’s really pushed a lot of the kids into the neighborhoods, specifically Old Town,” Whitlow said, adding he’s seen more groups of people wandering the streets looking for parties.

“The city code enforcement people blow my phone up with noise complaints,” he added. “It’s the same thing every weekend.” meehan@umdbk.com

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deteriorated. Both suffered public backlash from around the country.

But this year, student leaders, university, city and police officials set out to ensure the game’s aftermath went off without a hitch.

A bonfire was lit, music turned up and — despite an increased police presence and cold weather — about 200 Terp fans gathered on Chapel Field to celebrate, regardless of of a 80-62 loss to Blue Devils.

However, if the night hadn’t gone so smoothly, police were already prepared.

Out of sight, in a parking lot on Calvert Road and Princeton Avenue, about 20 horses stood in trailers as the MarylandNational Capital Park Police waited in position — just in case.

Park Police Sgt. Rick Pelicano said the horses — used for “crowd management” purposes — make an appearance in the city when there is potential for problems, such as whenever the Terps face off with Duke. At about 12:40 a.m., the Park Police were sent home, told they wouldn’t need to control any crowds last night.

Some students and officials attribute this quiet leave to the bonfire, which was organized by the Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and The Love Movement as a constructive outlet for the game’s emotions, whatever they may have been last night.

University Police Chief David Mitchell said besides the Terp loss, he was pleased with the night’s smooth sailing.

“The scene seems very calm, very cordial,” he said, standing outside a crowded R.J. Bentley’s at about midnight.

And to repair the relationship between student and police rela-

Students gather around a bonfire after the Terrapin men’s basketball team lost to Duke last night. TONIA WANG/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

tions, a tranquil night — without last year’s mounted officers, pepper spray and brandished batons — was needed.

Members of the two groups even mingled around the bonfire, as some students attempted to teach the police how to “do the Dougie” and others asked them if they wanted to crowd surf. That offer was respectfully declined.

But other students, such as senior psychology major Brad Schachat, were disappointed by the lack of excitement.

“I’m just trying to riot,” he said after the game. “I just want people to get rowdy.”

Bonfire creators anticipated this sentiment, however, and organized the event to prevent any follow-through.

“We want people to be dancing and goofing off; we’re happy with this,” University Police spokesman Sgt. Ken Leonard said, standing among students milling around the bonfire. “I haven’t heard anything over my radio all night — no problems, property destruction, arrests or violence. We’re

very happy with that.”

With student marshals patrolling the crowd and gates keeping students 30 feet away from the fire in every direction, the event was kept under control.

“All of the student marshals were on time and eager to help.

It was just a great event overall,” said Love Movement President Ben Simon, who supervised the peer patrollers. “Anytime you put a conga line, crowd surfing and banana and gorilla suits together, you’re gonna have a party.”

For SGA President Steve Glickman, who helped organize the event, progress was measured simply.

“Nobody’s in the fire,” Glickman said. “Big success.”

The fired was doused out with buckets of ice just before 1 a.m.

And as the coals burnt low, it seemed the tensions left by last year’s chaos may have also gone up in smoke.

Senior staff writer Alissa Gulin contributed to this report. news@umdbk.com

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A worldly education

Two days in Cairo

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n the midst of widespread, anti-government protests that have swept stolid (and some would say, sterile) environment of the United States. Yet if across Egypt in the last week, destabilizing the national government students at this university let the fear of the unknown influence whether and prompting the United States to issue a travel warning urging they study abroad or where they study, then they risk losing out on experiAmericans to avoid visiting the nation, up to 10 students from this uni- ences that teach them lessons impossible to learn in the United States.

While this university may mandate students take a cultural diversity class versity were quickly and quietly evacuated from the Egyptian city of Alexanas part of the general education program, simply taking a class on a people, dria, cutting short their study abroad program.

However, despite the ver y real danger present in Egypt — more than 100 culture, religion or practice that is not common within the canon of Europeople have been killed since the protests began more than a week ago — American thought cannot possibly teach one cross-cultural understanding. several of the students reported the decision to leave the country was a diffi- It merely teaches one about something specific. Indeed, language has just cult one. Senior Arabic studies and government and politics major Katelyn been added to the new general education implementation plan that states Gallagher, for instance, told The Diamondback shortly after she arrived even after completing a course that fulfills the soon-to-be cultural competency requirement, students are not actually deemed back in the United States that part of her “[wanted] to culturally competent. stay and witness the people of Egypt having a revoluTrue cultural competency and cross-cultural tion,” which made it “really hard to leave.” Yet leave The unrest that has rocked understanding can only be gained by traveling and they did.

Indeed, Michael Ulrich, the director of the univerEgypt and other areas of the experiencing places that are unfamiliar — and even then, only if one tries to do so. For by studying sity’s Education Abroad office, reported this was the world should not deter abroad in a place unfamiliar to the majority of stufirst instance in the university’s histor y that a group of students had to be removed from a countr y mid-prostudents from exploring the dents at this university — as the students who from Egypt did — one learns not only in the gram for fear their safety may be in jeopardy. Furtheropportunities studying abroad returned classroom but also from simply living, by experiencmore, Ulrich stated that “students will not be allowed to has to offer. ing a culture and a people with different customs, trareturn to Egypt for academic study until the situation ditions, ideas and lifestyles. changes and the Risk Management Committee at UM Last year, approximately 1,800 students at this university traveled all over determines that it is safe to resume programs.”

And while we commend all those who helped ensure the smooth and the world to live and learn — from London to Shanghai and from the safe return of the students from Egypt, we encourage the student body not Netherlands to Belize. And while each and ever y one of those students had to let the events occurring in Egypt affect their decision to study abroad, a unique experience, none had to be removed from their host countr y. So as par ticularly in non-traditional regions such as those outside of “stable” students at this university consider studying abroad, they should consider the unrest unfolding in Egypt for what it is: the transpiring of human events Western Europe.

To be sure, the evacuation of students from a nation in political turmoil and histor y. Such events are unpredictable, but their slim possibility ought highlights the real dangers present whenever one ventures outside the not deter students from educating themselves about the world.

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My secret: Letting it out

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couple months ago I opened up the newspaper and was surprised to learn that it was National Coming Out Day. Letters and columns in The Diamondback and other publications featured the personal “coming out” stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people from across the country. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. As a Catholic-educated, Midwestern boy fresh off a stint in the Army, I hadn’t spent much time thinking about the plight of LGBTQI people. I didn’t even know what the hell all those letters stood for, and the whole thing seemed a bit unnecessary, sort of like Donnie Darko II or Delaware.

The stories got me thinking, though, and that’s sort of the point. I looked up the acronyms to see what they meant. I thought about the concept of National Coming Out Day, and I tried to imagine a similar experience that could help me see things from the

CHRISTOPHER HAXEL LGBTQI perspective. I thought about … my secret. Yes, I have a secret. It’s not that big of a deal, but the more I think about my secret, the more I understand National Coming Out Day. You see, there’s something about me that’s different from most people.

My secret doesn’t necessarily define me as a person, but it’s certainly a part of who I am. Based on a few clandestine encounters, I know there are others out there, but I feel alone.

They too must be ashamed of the secret. Society has made us outsiders; we’re often forced to walk alone and obliged to take out-of-theway routes to class. I’ve even thought

about trolling Craigslist’s “missed connections” board, hoping a likeminded soul followed me down an empty store aisle or into the restroom of a local Mexican restaurant.

Ever since the day I realized I’m different, I have been living a lie. I’ve been keeping it in for so long that it’s become uncomfortable, and I think the people around me can sense that restlessness, that yearning to let my secret out. And so today, after all these years, I’m ready to reveal my secret.

But first, I need you to pull my finger.

My secret is that I like to fart. Truth be told, I’m proud of my farts: Sometimes they sound like I let the air out of a balloon, and sometimes they sound like I stepped on a duck. My farts almost always smell, and the more rancid the better: If I’m in a public place and someone sits too close to me, farting is the kindest way to get them to leave. Everyone farts, but no one wants to talk about farting. GFFOBFTLI (gas, fart, flatu-

lence, odiferous blast from the lower intestine) enthusiasts such as myself have probably been shunned by society since the first Neanderthal expelled her gaseous son from the cave.

If proper society judges me so harshly for something so trite, I guess I can sympathize with National Coming Out Day. By letting my secret out, the worst thing that can happen is I’ll be left alone. Many LGBTQI people can only dream of such freedom of expression, and I hope our society continues to advance toward accepting people for who they are. It takes some courage to write about farts, but it takes infinitely more courage to talk or write about one’s sexuality. So consider me an ally. And if anyone out there likes to fart, let me know; we can crop dust McKeldin Mall.

Christopher Haxel is a junior English major. He can be reached at haxel@umdbk.com.

Blackout: Infrastructure 2.0 n eerie wave of electromagnetic radiation swept across College Park on the evening of Jan. 26 when a power transformer exploded under the weight of several inches of falling snow. Following a raucous boom there was a brilliant flash of blue light. The electricity momentarily flickered on and off, only to come buzzing back to life. All was well — or so it appeared.

Yet less than a half-hour later the downtown area went completely dark.

To anyone living within a two-block radius, it was a remarkable sight. Outside, the amber yellow of street lamps gave way to a moonlit luster of increasingly snow-covered roads. Hordes of curious students and city residents alike flocked the sidewalks to investigate the damage.

Almost invariably, people seem to revel in the idea of losing electricity.

I have sometimes noticed a surge of excitement in the moments immediately following a power outage. Yet we live in a highly connected era.

Whatever fun and games come from

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a return to the dark ages are usually short-lived. And it is no small secret our generation has befriended electricity unlike any other. As my friends and I grew tired of sitting around a candlelit table, we decided to investigate the scene ourselves.

While our eyes may have been treated to a fier y ball of flames, I could not help but consider the absurdity of our circumstances. How could a single stick in the ground be the cause of all our woes?

Utility poles are incredibly passé. In 1958, economist John Kenneth Galbraith wrote: “The family which takes its … automobile out for a tour passes through cities that are … made hideous by … posts for wires that should long since have been put underground.” Galbraith must be rolling over in his grave at the sight of today’s electrical grids. More than a half-century after he wrote those words, our cities remain indebted to “posts for wires.”

Like a crutch we refuse to do away with, we continue to entrust our effi-

STEVEN SPINELLO ciency gains to a hopelessly outdated model. What good will increasing Internet access bring if we are to accept rolling blackouts as a thing of normality? How do we allow an army of sticks in the ground with wires attached to them to wield so much influence in our lives? It is beyond my reckoning. Enough productivity has been lost, enough avoidable accidents have occurred and enough nights have been spent in sweltering heat or blistering cold, all as a result of downed power lines, to warrant scrutiny. However great an effort or expense the task may require, it is time we address this fundamental flaw in our nation’s infrastructure.

Transmission lines constitute the basis of a vast and seemingly infinite

network of energy. These wires act as the lifeblood of our economy. While increasing access to broadband Internet may be worthy of recognition, it is equally commendable and perhaps more urgent that we address our aging electrical grid.

In this new decade, a sustainable network of underground power lines is an admirable goal. We might refer to this as “Infrastructure 2.0.” More than eight million jobs were lost as a result of the economic recession — some one million of which were construction workers while more than 300,000 were in the manufacturing sector.

These are exactly the type of people who stand to gain from an infrastructure project.

Although some may balk at the thought of a government-financed project, ensuring the long-term sustainability of our energy grid is a viable cause. Our digital love depends on it.

Steven Spinello is a junior economics major. He can be reached at spinello@umdbk.com.

Day One: Jan. 28 The day began with an upsetting omen. Internet and cell-phone service had been terminated throughout Cairo. There was no way for me contact anyone from the outside world.

My only source of information — satellite television — soon made it apparent that the demonstrations were quickly spiraling out of control. At the moment, they were mainly concentrated around areas with a heavy police presence. Luckily, I did not have a problem heading out of my apartment in Mohandessin to get lunch a few blocks away.

After about four hours of watching the news, I decided to take a nap. I was awakened soon after when my roommate Ahmed asked me to come with him to grab some water from across the street. Encouraged by the normalcy of Mohandessin earlier in the day, I decided to go with him.

On our normally quiet side street, there were droves of young Egyptian men coming home from the protests; some of them were noticeably gagging from the tear gas, and almost all of them looked very agitated. We made it to the tiny convenience shop, grabbed our waters and went straight back to our apartment. Upon our return, our roommates notified us that a curfew was in place, the police force had disbanded, and there were reports that looters were beginning to take over the streets.

Day Two: Jan. 29 The next morning it was made immediately clear that there was no other option than to leave Egypt. Walking around in the daylight, I could see firsthand that Mohandessin was in shambles. Almost every store with valuable items was ransacked.

At this time, the situation was stillincredibly hectic. Use of the Internet and cell phones was still disabled. We did not have access to a car, and the taxis and buses were not running. We were stressed, afraid and running on little sleep. In short, we had no clue what to do.

Fortunately, at about noon, cellphone service was restored. I was able to contact family friends in Cairo who were able to pick me up and take me to the airport.

On the drive, we passed the still burning headquarters of embattled President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party. Moreover, I was able to view how the Egyptian populace welcomed the presence of the military, conversing — not clashing — with the soldiers stationed on the major roads.

The airport was predictably a zoo, but I was able to secure a flight to Tel Aviv, Israel (where I have family), via Athens, Greece.

As excited as I was, I would soon receive a phone call from my roommates who opted to stay in Mohandessin. They were terrified. The looting was even worse Saturday night.

Outside their door, they could hear people trying to break into their apartment building. I offered them as much encouragement as I could and continued to call them for updates. I was finally put at ease when they informed me that things had died down a little and that locals were grouping with whatever they could, including sticks, knives, etc., to protect the streets. (The next day I was notified that they eventually made it to the airport safely.)

Thankfully, the rest of my journey was relatively straightforward. The flight out of Cairo left on time and landed in Athens to huge applause from the relieved passengers.

I arrived in Israel at 3 a.m. Sunday. I was unshaven, exhausted and stressed. The events during the previous two days flew by in such a whirlwind that I had no time to reflect on what actually occurred. I did not care. I was safe.

Benjamin Rosenbaum graduated in 2009 and is on leave from his position as a research assistant at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. He can be reached at bcrosenbaum@gmail.com.

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BY VAMAN MUPPALA Senior staff writer

Only Jack White knows exactly why he added Tennessee rocker Daniel Lucca Pujol’s eponymous band Pujol to the stable of his Third Man Records. One suspects, however, that White recognized in Pujol a fervid desire to make things and see his ideas realized.

Pujol will be bringing those ideas to Comet Ping Pong in Washington tomorrow.

Both in conversation and in the studio, Pujol bursts with the need to see to fruition the musical aspirations he nurtured as a kid in the Tennessee woods. Pujol comes armed with a nearly endless list of amusing anecdotes about his childhood lack of access to music and records.

“I didn’t have freakin’ Internet — like high-speed cable Internet — until I moved [to Nashville],” Pujol said. “I missed Napster and all this kind of stuff. I didn’t even know what a magnet school was when I came to the city.

And the first time I saw an avocado was when Jake from Jeff the Brotherhood bought me one.”

Third Man Records is known for latching on to the vinyl revival movement of the last half decade. Pujol, for one, values the experience of having

his music pressed onto wax.

“All over Nashville, you’re able to go in and really get intimate with a vinyl release — really be able to have enough control over it as medium to be able to manifest it as an actual, material piece of art,” Pujol said. “It felt good.”

Of course, any account of the Tennessee music scene would not be complete without mentioning Jay Reatard, the recently deceased, prolific face of Memphis punk. Pujol is not intimately familiar with Reatard’s music but respects his legacy nonetheless.

“I really haven’t had the money or access to technology to really be able to keep up,” Pujol explains. “He made so many records. He made literally more records than I even know about or have been able to hear. His death’s unfortunate. I think it was a pretty big destabilizing factor in Memphis, but I think it’s also shifted the artistic narrative there.”

Pujol frequently analyzes his own work and has little trouble describing the impact of Nashville on his own music. Granted, one is unlikely to find traces of Chet Atkins’ slick guitar playing on Pujol’s single “Black Rabbit,” but the influence of the city still persists.

“I would say [Nashville]’s pretty much had a huge impact,” Pujol said.

“Like I said, I’m not that iTunes savvy, and I’m not a record collector or anything like that. I’m really drawing from the stuff that’s going on around me. Because I live in Nashville ... I’d say that [Nashville] is probably about 80 percent of where I’m coming from aesthetically in terms of style and narrative.”

After releasing a medley of singles and submitting a 10-song LP, X File on Main St., to Infinity Cat Records, Pujol is working on a 12-song project that he insists is a departure from his usual thematic material.

“The record that I’m working on now — the narrative and aesthetic is kind of outside of Tennessee,” Pujol said. “I’ve done some touring since I’ve recorded [X File on Main St.].

I’ve been around, and I’ve gotten to meet a lot of interesting people and a lot of interesting things have happened in media, culture and politics.

The 12-track LP right now is most likely going to be titled United States of Being.”

Pujol’s discography thus far consists of a collection of punk-y jams infused with energy and always including attention grabbing and fast chord progressions. Yet, that he hails from the South forces the label of country-punk upon him despite the first part of that descriptor being

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“I didn’t grow up [in Nashville]. I grew up in the middle of nowhere,” Pujol said. “It depends on what country means. If it means he’s like Keith Urban but punk, I might have a prob-

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Without a dependable perimeter game last night, life was difficult for forwards Dino Gregory, center, and Jordan Williams against Duke.

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A second-half 3-pointer from guard Cliff Tucker was the Terps’ first in more than 73 minutes of action. The team finished 2-for-9 from deep.

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Terps and Blue Devils this season: The Terps don’t have a bona fide, lights-out shooter. Duke, meanwhile, has at least four of them.

It’s a difference that puts No. 5 Duke at the top of the conference and among the nation’s upper echelon, while the Terps sit in the middle of a weaker-than-normal ACC. The lack of a legitimate 3-point threat isn’t something that’s gone unnoticed by coach Gary Williams, especially after last night’s 80-62 defeat at the hands of the Blue Devils.

“You have to shoot the ball better, no doubt about it,” Williams said. “The fact that they made 10, and we did what we did, that’s a big difference in the game.”

The Terps shot a dismal 2-for-9 from beyond the arc, missing all three of their 3-point attempts in the first half. Duke, on the other hand, shot 43.5 percent from long range, hitting 10 of 23 shots.

“They just have a great team that knocks down shots,” guard Adrian Bowie said. “It’s hard to come back on a team like that.”

The lack of a 3-point shooter is something the Terps haven’t had to deal with in a while. From 2006 to 2010, the Terps had Eric Hayes and, to a lesser extent, Greivis Vasquez knocking down shots from deep. Now the team’s best options are Bowie and Tucker, who were a combined 1for-6 from beyond the arc last night.

It’s a problem that seemingly won’t go away this year. Against Georgia Tech on Sunday, the Terps didn’t hit a 3-pointer for the first time in 407 games. Tucker’s one successful 3-pointer last night, which came in the second half, was the first for the Terps in more than 73 minutes of action.

It’s safe to say the Terps’ issues are becoming part of a worrisome trend. If they can’t hit 3pointers consistently, opponents will fall back to defend forward Jordan Williams — as many already have — without fear of repercussions from double and triple teams.

“It’s very important because if teams start sagging on us, and we can’t knock down shots, they’re just going to keep sagging on us and double Jordan,” Bowie said. “If we don’t knock down shots, it’s just going to hurt us more.”

That capability is exactly what makes Duke so good. Whenever the Terps slid to a driving opponent last night, they left a wide-open Blue Devil on the perimeter, who for the most part drained the shot with ease. Five Duke players — forward Kyle Singler and guards Nolan Smith, Tyler Thornton, Seth Curry and Dawkins — hit at least one 3-pointer last night, a stark contrast to the Terps’ own weak perimeter game.

“We have guys that can shoot 3s and make them,” forward Dino Gregory said. “We just need to get to a point where we can make shots and make them on a consistent basis. When we get there, we can be a really good team.”

Gregory is right. Until the Terps can show they have a legitimate and consistent threat from long range, they’ll remain a middle-of-the-pack team in the ACC. jengelke@umdbk.com

The Terrapin pep band played “Rock and Roll, Part 2” several times before last night’s men’s basketball game against Duke. The song’s performance was banned in 2004. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

For one night, Terps ‘Rock and Roll’ again With univ. approval, band plays controversial song at rally

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

For more than six years, Terrapin fans have sung an a cappella version of Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll, Part 2” at Terp sporting events.

But before the men’s basketball team’s loss to Duke last night, the fans were joined by the brass of the Terrapin pep band — if only for a few stanzas.

The band was authorized to play the long-banned song during a university-organized pre-game pep rally, a decision made by the university-wide committee on sportsmanship, according to Bands Director Richmond Sparks.

Sparks was notified yesterday afternoon that the band would be allowed to play it.

While fans have traditionally chanted “Hey, you suck!” during the song’s chorus, they were instructed to instead chant “Hey, go Terps!” Most students chose not to heed the instruction, instead shouting the words that led to the song’s banning in 2004.

The song was not played once during the game, and Sparks said its use would be limited to the pep rally.

“We played it like three or four

times [before the game],” sophomore band member Stephanie Groff said. “That’s what they wanted to say, and I really hope the students make it more positive.

That way we can use it as a tradition, instead of us playing another song while the students do it.”

The University Student Sportsmanship Committee officially banned the song in September 2004. The ruling was reversed shortly after, but coach Gary Williams asked that the song no longer be played at sporting events.

“Hopefully,” Williams said in a written statement around the time of the ban, “they will understand the situation with ‘Rock and Roll, Part II,’ but it’s as simple as this — we don’t want to win and have some of our fans walk away upset with their experience at the game.”

“Even Gary Williams came out and said, ‘You know it’s really hard for us; it’s really, really bad for us,’” Sparks said. “So I think the students and Gary even said it doesn’t make his players play better. It’s something [the fans] do for themselves, and I think we need to start thinking about the whole team.”

Student conduct at Terp sporting events has long been an issue

at this university, with fan behavior ranging from singing the lewd version of “Rock and Roll, Part 2” to chanting “F--- Duke” at games not involving the Blue Devils.

Appearing before students at yesterday’s pep rally, Williams was adamant about stopping the use of profanity at sporting events, urging, “We’ve got to get rid of that ‘F--- Duke’ chant. ... You’ve got to help us.”

A video message from university alumnus and ESPN SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt asking for improved behavior was also played.

Obscene cheers, however, were still prevalent throughout the game, and the a cappella version of “Rock and Roll, Part 2” rang through Comcast Center shortly after pregame introductions.

Groff said that the song might still be played at Saturday’s game against Wake Forest. But until fans stop the rude chants, Sparks said, he has no problem not playing it.

“We’re not censoring the students here,” Sparks said. “The students are doing it on their own.” schneider@umdbk.com

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FOOTBALL | NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

Terps unveil 2011 recruiting class

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

Rivals.com rated coach Randy Edsall’s first recruiting class No. 46 nationally. A number of talented wide receivers highlight the 20-member group. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

CONFERENCE COMPETITION The Terps’ recruiting class finished ninth in the ACC, according to Rivals.com.

Florida State finished with the league’s and nation’s top overall class.

1. Florida State 2. Clemson 3. North Carolina 4. Virginia 5. Miami 6. Virginia Tech

7. Boston College 8. Georgia Tech 9. Terps 10. Wake Forest 11. Duke 12. NC State

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When Randy Edsall became the new Terrapin football coach a month ago, he faced an unusual pair of recruiting goals: target new players who would make up the future of his program, and keep those who had already pledged to play for former coach Ralph Friedgen.

With the surprising ouster of the longtime coach, what had been a solid if unremarkable class was suddenly jeopardized by the uncertainty of a new coaching staff. But despite the exit of Friedgen and loss of heralded recruiter James Franklin to Vanderbilt, a 20-member recruiting class that many experts ranked toward the bottom of the ACC remained largely intact.

Rivals.com ranked the haul No. 46 nationally and ninth in the ACC, a departure from Friedgen’s historically solid classes during his 10-year tenure. But given the circumstances surrounding his first recruiting class, the former Connecticut coach was satisfied with his crop of newcomers.

“I’m as excited as can be about what took place earlier this morning, and the job that the assistant coaches did in assembling this class,” Edsall said. “I think we got a lot accomplished in a short period of time.”

The Terps again struggled locally, netting just one top-10

recruit from this state, according to Rivals. Cornerback A.J. Hendy, a three-star recruit from Bowie who officially recommitted to Edsall on Tuesday night, is one of only five from the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area.

Though Edsall stressed that not every area star is a fit for the Terps’ program, he made it clear that local recruiting will be priority.

“We’ve been ver y well received,” Edsall said. “We understand the talent level that is here in this area, and we’re going to recruit it ver y, very hard.”

Edsall said the program would target areas similar to those Friedgen had recruited during his time as coach.

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida will remain areas of emphasis, according to Edsall, who added the team’s recruiting would not be limited to the East Coast.

“If there’s other people throughout the United States who have an interest in the University of Maryland, then we’re going to target those guys,” Edsall said. “We’ll go anywhere.”

Not every commitment Edsall inherited lasted, however. Ryan Malleck, a threestar tight end according to Rivals, decommitted in late December, just days after Athletics Director Kevin Anderson announced Friedgen’s

contract would be bought out.

Malleck later committed to Virginia Tech.

Defensive end Jimmy Stewart, of Cape Coral, Fla., who committed to the Terps in October, opted to reopen his recruitment and instead follow Franklin to Vanderbilt.

“The coaching change hurt, but the old staff had done a decent job with the players,” MaxPreps.com football recruiting expert Tom Lemming told The Baltimore Sun. “This staff is just trying to kind of rally, circle the wagons and make sure they have quality athletes coming in.”

While the group is heavy on offensive linemen — tackle Nathaniel Clarke, the lone fourstar Rivals recruit in the Terps’ class, is one of five — arguably the haul’s biggest strength is at the wide-receiver position.

Highly touted wideouts Tyrek Cheeseboro, Nigel King and Marcus Leak make up the 20th-best wideout class in the nation, according to Rivals.

Cheesboro and King will be eligible to participate in spring practice after enrolling early.

As he turns his attention to the class of 2012, Edsall said he’s anticipating the opportunity to recruit a class for a full year — not just one month.

“People get caught up too much in these rankings,” he said. “The only ranking that really matters is what me and my staff think.” schneider@umdbk.com