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Maryland Book Exchange opens anew In significantly smaller location on Knox Road, retailer starts selling, hopes new patrons arrive

Its reopening took some students, such as freshman business major Jay Molnar, by surprise.

“I had no idea the Book Exchange was reopening,” Molnar said. “I used

By Eleanor Mueller in a new location. @thedbk The retailer operated solely online to get a lot of Maryland shirts there — Staff writer th roug h Neebo.com /umd u nti l books too.”

McCabe Milton, the store’s general Jan. 24, when the store opened in the manager, said he was unsure whether space formerly occupied by College The Maryland Book Exchange, a the Book Exchange’s marketing efforts Park Bicycles, near 7-Eleven and textbook and apparel store that closed over the summer, recently reopened across Knox Road from Jason’s Deli. were enough to publicize the move.

“We tried to do a little promotion, but I don’t know if we ever really got the news out there,” he said. “We put up posters in local shops and student housing, places like The View and The Varsity, and we got some handouts and had ads in the newspaper.”

Because it now occupies a smaller retail space, Milton said the retailer See EXCHANGE, Page 2

Veterans’ families aim for in-state tuition rates

the maryland book exchange reopened Jan. 24 near the Knox Road 7-Eleven. sung-min kim/the diamondback

RAMPANT RUSH FOR RECRUITS

Measures would grant children cheaper costs

Highest sorority recruitment numbers show growing Greek life popularity

By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer The rising cost of higher education has hit military families especially hard, said university alumnus and retired Sgt. Maj. Ricardo Soto, and his family was no exception.

Soto testified before the state Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee in January on measures that would extend in-state tuition rates to students from military families who were enrolled in a state private or public school while a parent was stationed in the state at some point during their high school education.

Soto recounted to a group of senators his young adulthood, when his father, a military man, struggled to cover the out-of-state costs for Soto and his brother to attend this university.

By Darcy Costello @dctello Staff writer Whether it’s marching houseto-hou se dow n t he G ra h a m Cracker in matching rush T-shirts or gathering around a big-screen TV to watch sports and chomp on wings, the end goal is the same: to find a home in Greek life.

Spring recruitment, the season with the largest rush numbers for sororities and fraternities, kicked off this week, ushering in a new class of potential Greek members and the largest recruitment the university’s sororities have ever seen.

This semester, 884 potential new members, or PNMs, registered for SORORITY MEMBERS AND HOPEFULS gather in Ritchie Coliseum as part of this spring’s recruitment season, which began this week and included the largest recruitment ever recorded for this university’s sororities. This semester, 884 potential new members registered with the Panhellenic Association. rachel george/the diamondback

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Joining the conversation Alumnus, Squarespace creator looks forward after Super Bowl ad

By Eleanor Mueller @thedbk Staff writer Of the many Super Bowl commercials that ran Sunday, few were for small businesses — and only one was advertising a company created by a university alumnus.

While living in a dorm 10 years ago, Anthony Casalena received a $30,000 loan from his father to help realize his dream: changing the way websites are built.

He used the money to create what is now an industry-leading website publishing platform provider: Squarespace. As testament to its success, the company reached one of its biggest

milestones yet this weekend, with its first-ever Super Bowl advertisement.

“The ad’s primary goal was to raise awareness about the company,” said Casalena, Squarespace’s CEO and founder. “People are going out to create a website and aren’t necessarily thinking, ‘Squarespace.’ Our competitors put a lot more money into advertising. The first and most important thing was to be in the conversation.”

The commercial painted a picture of an Internet apocalypse, featuring a man being bombarded with Internet memes come to life, dramatic pleas for Facebook likes and virus warnings. The 30-second spot ended with the words, “We can’t change what the Web has become, but we can change what it will be.”

“This was a chance to put a message out there that helps people understand what we’re about as a company,” Casalena said. “All this crap is floating around, and it draws a line in the sand and says, ‘We can’t change this stuff that’s out there right now. What is See CASALENA, Page 3

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Distracted walking widespread at colleges Study: cellphone use leads to many run-ins

By Talia Richman @talirichman Staff writer When Nicholas Caviglia drives a Shuttle-UM 104 bus, he said, he sometimes slams on the brakes to avoid hitting students walking across the street as they ignore the crosswalks with eyes glued to their glowing cellphone screens.

“Everyone is kind of distracted these days,” said Caviglia, a senior geology major. “You have to be extra alert.”

A study released by the Pew Research Center in January reported that 53 percent of adult cellphone owners have been involved in a “distracted walking” encounter.

For the college-aged demographic, another number arises —

Michael Samuels looks at his cellphone near Preinkert Drive. A Pew Research Center study found most college-aged people have bumped into pedestrians who are using cellphones. lena salzbank/the diamondback 70 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have been bumped into by someone who was using his or her cellphone while walking.

Last week, fresh ma n K i rstie

Coombs said she narrowly avoided a run-in with a woman who was walking toward her while texting.

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OZZI box use continues to grow among students Dining hall patrons still favor disposable takeout containers despite green options

By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff Writer More than two years after Dining Services introduced a reusable takeout container, more students than ever are choosing the more sustainable option instead of the standard white disposable containers.

In fall 2013, students used between 3,000 and 3,600 OZZI reusable containers a week — a number that’s grown every semester since the box’s debut in fall 2011, when Dining Services officials ordered 1,000 containers. But that barely puts a dent in the roughly 1 million disposable white containers students use every year, said Allison Lilly, Dining Services sustainability and wellness coordinator.

It’s difficult to tell what kind of effect the OZZI boxes have on reducing waste, Lilly said, but she’s optimistic about the progress.

The reusable polypropylene containers are part of a larger push by Dining Services to reduce waste and increase sus-

tainability. Rather than pay 0.25 dining points to use a disposable takeout box, for 5 points, students can purchase an OZZI box, which they can then exchange and reuse as often as they like, free of charge.

“The thing about the program that makes me smile is getting to see the change,” Lilly said.

“Now the program is getting to a place where even though there’s a lot of room to grow, you can see that students are using [the containers].”

Lilly said some institutions with similar sustainability programs tend to see a plateau of student interest after a while, “but we haven’t seen that yet.”

She expects the numbers to spike this semester with the addition of 251 Express, a carryout station at 251 North set to open next week that will exclusively use OZZI boxes.

Students such as Zhane Rice, a freshman bioengineering major, said she hasn’t tried using the boxes yet, though she might when 251 Express opens.

“It’s not really a priority of mine,” she said. “I don’t mind

ovede lobel, a junior Russian major, uses an Ozzi machine. Officials said students used more than 3,000 of the reusable containers in fall 2013. sung-min kim/the diamondback spending the extra points because I have a lot of points.

It’s not really a big deal to me.

I think it just really depends on the person.”

As the program continues, Lilly said she plans to address a few concerns. Students at the North Campus Dining Hall, she said, use the OZZI boxes far more often than students at the South Campus Dining Hall do.

During a peak week last semester, 3,100 North Campus Dining Hall patrons used the containers, compared to 500 students in the South Campus Dining Hall.

The North Campus Dining Hall is bigger, Lilly said, but not so much bigger as to account for the entire disparity.

Freshman Zoe Spiliadis said the machines that accept the used containers can be difficult to use, especially when they get full. “[But] they reduce waste, and that’s a good thing to do,” the public health major said.

Lilly said some students have requested an entirely virtual exchange process, so they don’t have to risk losing the small coin necessary to turn in a used container. Aside from the complaints she’s heard, Lilly said, the OZZI program continues to steadily increase.

“I’ve been really thrilled to see it grow,” Lilly said. “That’s really exciting.” jloguedbk@gmail.com

Hearing-impaired man found after police manhunt Andrew Tyson confirmed OK after making contact with Gallaudet police dept.

By Jenny Hottle @JennyHottle Senior Staff Writer

northeast Washington, reported that Andrew Tyson, a hearing-impaired man in his mid-20s, was OK, according Ga l l audet Un iversity’s to a University Police news public safety department of- release. Police said Tyson ficials told University Police “has been provided with inyesterday afternoon that they formation and resources,” but made contact with a missing they did not say why he was person who was last known in College Park.

Tyson does not have any to be in College Park. known connections to this T he pol ice depa r tment university, University Police at Ga l laudet, a col lege i n

spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

Frederick City Police informed University Police at about 6 p.m. Saturday that Tyson was missing, believed to be in the College Park area and “might be a danger to himself,” according to the news release. Hoaas told The Diamondback on Sunday that police tracked information from a cellphone tower to es-

SGA weekend grocery shuttle set to return to campus this spring Previous shuttle program not well advertised, officials said

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff Writer The SGA is reinstating a weekend grocery shuttle for residents of Leonardtown, South Ca mpus Com mons and the Courtyards apartments after several students expressed a desire for the service, which was discontinued after a short stint in spring 2013.

“It wasn’t very successful the first time around,” said Alyssa Foust, a sophomore and the Student Government Association representative in charge of the initiative.

Conceived as an easier way for apartment residents to get to a grocery store to buy food, the route’s first run was inadequately advertised and began after the semester was already underway, Foust said, leading to very low ridership.

In November, the SGA voted to bring the route back.

Some apartment residents said they were disappointed the shuttle was discontinued in the first place.

Sa m M au c er i , a ju n ior Arabic studies and theatre major and Commons resident, said that last semester an SGA representative met with her improv group, E ra sable I nc., a s wel l a s other student groups on the campus, to discuss how they thought the SGA could better serve them.

“At the end of the meeting, he asked us about specific areas and how they could improve, and the grocery bus i m med iately ca me to mind,” Mauceri said. “It was such a perfect thing that only lasted for a few weeks, which seemed so silly.”

Sophomore cell biology

An sga-sponsored program will resume transporting students by chartered bus between the Beltway Plaza Giant and university housing and apartments. file photo/the diamondback a nd genet ics m ajor Jesse T u rner ag reed that the grocery bus seemed like a “great idea” because apartment residents are not required to purchase an oncampus dining plan and often end up cooking a lot of their own food.

“It will give a lot of students the oppor tu n ity to do their shopping without h a v i n g to re l y o n a t a x i service or a friend to give them a ride,” said Turner, a Leonardtown community resident. “If students have a bus to ta ke them to the grocery store, they may feel more inclined to go shopping and cook for themselves and ultimately save money.”

A f ter severa l si m i la r appeals from students, Foust said the SGA decided to give it another try. T his time, Foust said she plans to make sure word gets out about the service in hopes ridership will increase and the service can be continued. “ R i g h t n o w, w e h a v e posters up and we’re trying to maybe get an email sent out to all the people living in the

apartment communities,” she said. “I talked with my resident director, and she is going to have resident assistants put the fliers up on all the doors in Leonardtown. I am trying to contact Courtyards and Commons resident directors for the same thing.”

I f t he second t r i a l r u n results in consistently high use, Foust said that the SGA might seek corporate sponsorship from grocery stores to help fund the program.

The Department of Transportation Services will fund the shuttle service, giving the SGA a discount on the bus and additional funding from the association’s legislative reserves.

“But if there is not a lot of ridership, the shuttle will be discontinued again,” she said.

T he weekend g rocer y shuttle w i l l r u n Su nd ays from noon until 4 p.m. and w ill stop at the Leonardtown Community Center, Commons 1 and 2, Courtyards building 500 and the Beltway Plaza Giant. newsumdbk@gmail.com

andrew tyson tablish Tyson’s last known location. jhottledbk@gmail.com

The maryland book exchange opened on Knox Road on Jan. 24. The store’s previous location on Route 1 was razed to build a housing complex. sung-min kim/the diamondback

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and the [university] bookstore to attract customers.”

Milton said he hoped to accrue more business with the help of giveaways such as one this weekend that offered a free T-shirt to students who predicted the winner of the Super Bowl.

“In the future, we’d like to do more stuff like that,” Milton said. “We want to do things like that to get interest from students and create a fun atmosphere.”

Some students said they had found lower textbook prices at the new location.

“I wasn’t aware it was reopening until last week, when I actually walked past it on Tuesday and went in to look for my English book,” said Danielle Rossi, a freshman bioengineering major. “I’ve never shopped there in the past, but now that I’ve been there, I definitely will. I compared my calc book from last semester to the one they have there, and it was significantly cheaper.

I think it’s definitely a good option for UMD students.”

Other students share Rossi’s enthusiasm.

“I’m jacked for the opening of the Book Exchange,” said Hunter Kalish, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences.

“I’ve been waiting all semester for it.”

is not carrying as much merchandise as they hope to in the future. Most of the apparel and books are currently in storage in North Carolina and will be shipped to the store as space increases. Although Milton’s not sure when it’s coming, he knows the merchandise won’t all fit.

“We have no chance in fitting anything in here,” he said. “This store is a tenth of the size of the old one.

We’re just going to sell the hot-selling items — Under Armour and stuff like that.”

Despite the sma l ler catalog, Milton said sales have impressed him so far.

“Business is picking up,” he said. “We’re getting busier. We haven’t gotten the permit for a big sign we applied for yet, but I guess people know we’re here.”

Tom McConnell, who learned about the reopening by noticing construction on the new location, is one of those people.

“I have never shopped there before,” the freshman government and politics major said. “But personally, I think the prices are going to be competitive enough with BookHolders newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Student conduct office walking sees more than 70 cases

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Expanded code brings few complaints

By Darcy Costello @dctello Staff writer

said IFC chapter presidents had “lingering questions about how it [would] directly affect students and police relationships.”

As a whole, though, Christopher Frye, IFC vice president of external affairs, said the policy implementation assuaged student fears and he had heard of few cases in which police targeted off-campus students.

Even in those cases, Frye said, “intentions behind the policy are definitely good.”

“As long as the university’s focus is on protecting students, not just busting parties or getting involved in off-campus day-today life, that’s a good thing,” Frye said. “The expanded jurisdiction is a chance for the Office of Student Conduct to really protect students, not abuse the power.”

Though the measure was signed by university President Wallace Loh about four months before the start of the fall semester, the university declined to prosecute cases until students returned to the campus and focused its initial efforts on educating the community, rather than on strict enforcement.

University officials and police officers reached out to the community to spread the word, and students responded well to the information provided, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

“In terms of a pushback from students, we really haven’t seen much,” Hoaas said. “Talking at the beginning of the year, having it passed along through word of mouth and just getting the word out so students knew it was happening really helped.”

To help ensure everyone understood the code changes, the Office of Student Conduct and Goodwin reached out to students through “knock and talks,” advertisements and lectures.

“Overall, everyone has been very cooperative. Lots of incoming or transfer students seemed to assume the jurisdiction of the university would extend to off-campus housing and weren’t all that surprised,” Goodwin said. “We’re coming in line with peer institutions, and it’s definitely a good place for the university to be.”

T h e O f f i ce o f S t u d e n t C o n d u c t s a w a to t a l o f 70 to 75 disciplinary cases last semester, its first since the expansion of the Code of Student Conduct to off-campus locations.

After initial pushback from off-campus residents, particularly those in the Greek life community, Office of Student Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin said the transition went smoothly, with few complaints to her office about its implementation.

Since the start of the fall semester, the university has handled cases involving drug arrests, assaults, disorderly disruption and vandalism, Goodwin said. There were also a number of issues related to alcohol and large parties.

“A few groups probably wish the university wasn’t so strict in regards to parties taking place off-campus, but for the most part, we’ve had very few complaints on the policy’s implementation,” Goodwin said. “Conversations with students, and including them in general, has been very helpful along the way.”

Many of the students apprehended and sent to the Office of Student Conduct were aware of the policy ahead of time, Goodwin said, and none were “terribly disgruntled” with the sanctions. The students seemed willing to work with the office to address and resolve the problems.

Sanctions doled out for the off-campus violations included probation, disciplinary reprimands, educational sanctions and restitution for the vandalism and theft cases.

Initially, students expressed concerns about whether the university would target off-campus parties and alcohol violations, with some arguing that officials were overstepping bounds in handling off-campus cases.

In a Diamondback article published in September, Michael Sikorski, then-vice president of external affairs for the Interfraternity Council, dcostellodbk@gmail.com

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remain independent. And I was a designer and engineer from when I was young, so we saved money since I was able to write the entire thing. I think Squarespace always tried to be a leader and not fit what our competitors were doing.

We had values we lived by and build into our product.”

While at this university, Casalena was a part of the Hinman CEOs program. The first of its kind in the nation, the livinglearning entrepreneurship program’s mission is to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in its participants, create a sense of community and develop ethical leaders, according to the program’s website.

“I think Hinman is a great way people can be exposed to various things that will help them as an entrepreneur,” Casalena said. “They do have to carve their own path out.”

Casalena’s story was especially inspiring to Josh Curreri, a freshman aerospace engineering major.

“The ad was great,” said Curreri, who is in the Honors Entrepreneurship and Innovation program. “I love that entrepreneurs come out of this school.”

Casalena’s advice for future entrepreneurs was simple.

“One of the primary things to keep in mind is to solve problems [you] personally care about,” he said. “To do something long-term, it should be something you care about independently of making money.”

your website going to do? Is it going to be contributing, or be clean, simple and represent your ideas?’ That’s the kind of thing we want to have with Squarespace. Spam-free and straight-forward.”

It was an idea that resonated with students.

“I think this ad was effective,” said Gillian Crawford, a freshman journalism major.

“It really got its point across.

The fact that it’s for a company founded by a UMD student made me feel like anyone can make something happen and become a really big success, be really important and have a big impact. I wouldn’t say [the ad] was one of my favorites, but it was one of the better ones.”

With 259 employees and offices in multiple cities, Squarespace is one of the largest publishing platforms on the Internet. The company has received a variety of accolades, including the “People’s Voice” winner for Best Home Page in the Webby Awards and one of the Best Places to Work in New York City by Crain’s New York Business.

“There are a couple things about the company that stand out,” said Casalena, whom Forbes named one of America’s Most Promising CEOs Under 35. “We’ve had a business model from the beginning, so we’ve always made money, which meant we could newsumdbk@gmail.com

“She swerved out of the way at the last minute,” said Coombs, a bioengineering major. “Everybody does it, but I feel like people should definitely look up from their phones more. In today’s culture, people are really into being social on their phones. I know I have friends who can’t put their phones down — even when walking.”

W h i le the da ngers of texting and driving have inspired media attention, prevention campaigns and laws forbidding the habit, the less widely discussed custom of using cellphones wh i le wa l k i ng has a lso proven hazardous.

A 15-year-old San Diego girl was killed last Wednesday a f ter steppi ng i nto the path of an oncoming semi-truck while texting; a woman walked off a pier in Australia in December while checking Facebook on her phone, and a video went viral in 2011 showing a woman falling into a mall fountain while texting.

Cellphone distractions go beyond just texting and checking social media A 2012 study at this university found 116 cases between 2004 and 2011 in which pedestrians were killed or seriously injured while

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53 percent

of adult cellphone owners have been involved in a “distracted walking” encounter.

70 percent

of 18- to 24-year-olds have been bumped into by someone who was using his or her cellphone while walking.

116 pedestrians between 2004 and 2011 were killed or seriously injured while wearing headphones.

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wearing headphones.

Jenni Young, a couple and fa m i ly t herapy g radu ate student, said she is guilty of distracted walking and notices many around her do it, too.

“When I’m walking around, it’s a little bit of free time between all of the things I do,” she said. “I’m using that time to catch up with friends or read my emails. We live in a world that’s more and more connected through the Internet.”

Bret Snodderly was texting

while walking along McKeldin Mall, and when he looked up from his phone, he said his face was inches away from a pole.

Despite the close call, Snodderly said he would continue using his phone while traveling between classes.

“I just have to watch out better from now on,” the freshman materials science and engineering major said.

“I try to look up between typing words.”

Rober t Sm ith, a sen ior

criminology and criminal justice major, said students should be more aware of their surroundings while navigating a busy college campus.

“They’re really taking their life into their hands when they walk across the street without even looking up,” Smith said. “It’s an accident waiting to happen if you’re not paying attention. I see it every single day.”

to the brink of bankruptcy.”

State law grants in-state tuition to military spouses From PAGE 1 and dependents of active duty “Over time, it began to members of the U.S. armed get too costly for our parents forces who live in this state at to sustain two children in the time of enrollment. But a college,” Soto said to the com- proposal sponsored by Sen. mittee. “It reached the point Nancy Jacobs (R-Harford and where my brother arbitrarily Cecil) and Sen. John Astle stepped forward and said, ‘I’ll (D-A n ne A r u ndel) wou ld grant these discounted rates drop out so you can go.’”

His brother had needed to military dependents if they just 12 credits to earn his attended a state school in any of the four years preceding degree.

And Soto said he is seeing university enrollment.

Jacobs said in her testimony that pattern repeat itself.

The costs of multiple de- that the struggle for children of ployments have strained military members — often referred to as “military brats” — is his fi nances.

“It gets excessive when difficult enough, and the high you’re supporting two house- price of a college degree is an holds — one mortgage, one unfair additional burden.

“These military brats go rent, two sets of electric bills, two sets of phone bills, two through a lot of different trials sets of grocery bills,” Soto during their frequent moves,” said. “Now combine that with Jacobs said. “They’re forced paying tuition for a young son to constantly have to adapt or daughter — you’re almost to new situations in schools;

they’re constantly losing their friends and their ties and it makes it difficult to fit in to these new schools. … Military brats deserve a break.”

This bill is one of two Jacobs is sponsoring to aid military families looking to put their children through college.

A not her prop osa l wou ld exempt military families from paying out-of-state rates.

But the cost to finance these college entrants is hampering the progress of the bill. In-state students receive the discounted rate with the assumption that they will graduate, get instate jobs and contribute back to the state economy. With this structure, state taxpayers and out-of-state students are essentially subsidizing the lower rates for in-state students.

The out-of-state rate is considered a truer cost of educating a student, and because it is assumed that those students are less likely to stay in this state

after graduation, they aren’t offered the lower tuition rates.

With each eligible student who could take advantage of this bill if passed, the university system could lose up to $10,700 in revenue, according to the bill’s fiscal policy note. However, it is unclear how many students would take advantage of this program.

“The potential liability, I can’t even fathom,” said Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George’s).

P.J. Hoga n, Un iversity System Government Relations vice chancellor, said in committee testimony that the state already does a lot to support military families and urged lawmakers to consider how big an impact passing the bill would have.

“You just need to understand this is a big public policy decision,” Hogan said.

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rush From PAGE 1 Panhellenic Association’s recr u it ment process, a nu mber PH A president Molly Alsobrook said shows that Greek life at the university is growing and becoming more popular.

“We’re really proud, it’s the biggest recruitment we’ve ever had – the most PNMs starting off,” Alsobrook said. “The university’s Greek life is really strong, people are continuing to want to join and fi nd their place.”

T he sorority recru itment process will take the PNMs through four rounds over two weekends: house and values, philanthropy, skits and preference round, before bid day on Monday when students will receive b i d s f ro m t h e c h a p te r houses themselves.

T he process is a little more compl icated tha n fraternity rush, Alsobrook said, but it allows women to give each house a chance and find their best fit in a mutual selection process.

“To be quite honest, the houses pick the PNMs as much as the PNMs pick the houses,” Alsobrook said.

“The way it’s structured is the way it’s done nation-

POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS head out to meet with the university’s sororities to learn about their philanthropies. rachel george/the diamondback ally through PHA, and it really works well with matching sisters to their chapters.”

The strict schedule and long hours of small talk can be draining for PNMs, said Corinne Langer, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences who went through recruitment last year, but it can be very rewarding in the end.

“Honestly, it teaches you that you’re capable of endless small talk,” Langer said. “It’s long days, it’s a tough process, but you get friends out of it, and if it all works out, you find your sorority in the end.”

Fraternity recruitment, on the other hand, is far less structured and not nation-

ally controlled. Activities vary by chapter but typically will feature a sporting event like dodgeball or football on Fraternity Row, an invitation to the chapter house or social opportunities designed to invite conversation.

This year, the IFC extended recruitment from one week to two in the hopes of allowing for potential new members to visit more fraternities, said Christopher Frye, IFC vice president for external affairs.

“In years past, there would be overlapping events and it was hard for people with no understanding of the Greek system to visit a lot of houses,” Frye said. “Now, there will be

less overlap and maybe people will fi nd their best fit.”

Both recruitments slowly narrow down PNMs as the rush process goes on, which Alsobrook said can be stressful for some students. However, she said, it’s “a lot more fun than it sounds,” and recruits get “a home” at the university out of the process.

“Ultimately, it comes down to where you feel closest to the people,” Frye said. “It’s where you feel like you could spend the next four years of your life and be proud to carry the moniker for the rest of your life.” dcostellodbk@gmail.com

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rospective students from this state and every other have heard the adage time and again: College is expensive.

Whether it’s on the editorial or news pages of this newspaper, in conversation or from our president and lawmakers, the sentiment is the same, but the substance is thin. And many aspiring students around the country could be heading straight for crippling debt because “expensive” is the insufficient, vague warning they get.

But a mandate that could come from this state’s legislature — as well as an initiative that is gaining momentum on the national level — could make the college shopping experience more concrete and understandable.

A bill heading for this state’s House of Delegates and Senate would require all public universities to list information included on the federal “Financial Aid Shopping Sheet,” a tremendously simple but abhorrently under-circulated single sheet of paper with all the pertinent information about the costs of a specific college and the financial aid opportunities it offers.

Among the most important of these metrics is the estimated debt figures of students who graduate from the college in question.

Unexpected debt is a problem our generation will continue to struggle with long after we get

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our diplomas. Working to get rid of that surprise can only help us as we become full-time workers and independent consumers.

On the whole, any effort to make the college application process more uniform is a positive. In almost no other occasion does a consumer have to search so hard to get a straightforward answer on costs than when he or she is looking at colleges.

Having standardized, side-by-side comparisons would help change that.

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The state should pass the proposed mandate to inform prospective students of the cost of each college before they’re blindsided by debt.

Thankfully, the University System of Maryland and its 12 institutions have been voluntarily abiding by such a smart regulation already. It is yet another example of this state’s higher education being ahead of the curve in terms of accessibility and quality.

And we’re grateful for those efforts.

The bill in the state legislature primarily would affect community colleges.

But while many at this university have the fortune to take commu-

nity college courses or entire terms without worrying about their relatively smaller costs, it’s important that students are treated with the same transparency in those institutions in the university system.

In 2007, community colleges enrolled 40 percent of the students in higher education, according to College Board. As a gateway to higher professional prospects for low-income citizens, in financial situations equally or more precarious than those at this university, the state’s mandate is far from a formality for that 40 percent.

Since taking office, President Obama has harped on the importance of community colleges in training an employable and wellrounded nation, calling community colleges the “unsung heroes” of higher education. And it’s true.

Passing a mandate on such information in this state is a step in the right direction. We can only hope that this initiative gains momentum.

In a political climate in which “regulation” has gained a nasty connotation, this is an excellent example of regulation done right.

All prospective students — especially those in fragile financial situations — have the right to freedom from the uncertainty that abounds in an opaque and confusing college application process. The solution is simple: Make that process clearer.

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CAROLINE CARLSON Some people think college is one of the toughest times in their lives — figuring out what you want to do with your life isn’t necessarily an easy task. Although I don’t doubt how difficult it is to be a millennial in college today, one of the toughest struggles for me was getting through elementary school in one piece.

At 9 years old, I had just moved into a new neighborhood and feared what it would be like to start attending a new school.

Being short, nerdy and overweight, I assumed most of my worries would stem from being made fun of for not having any friends. What surprised me most was how big a factor race was in determining my bullying.

Two boys who sat behind me on the school bus for the entirety of fourth grade consistently mocked my “small eyes.” Almost every day, I was asked why I don’t “look completely Chinese,” and those who thought I was entirely Asian asked why I had a “white” last name. I felt like I was being forced to pick a side, that finding a substantial balance between both of my racial backgrounds wasn’t a possibility.

Some days, I’d ch ildish ly attempt to conceal a particular side. To this day, I’m utterly embarrassed that some of my friends told me to try to avoid my grandmother — an 80-year-old Chinese immigrant who knew no English — when she picked me up at the bus stop every day after school. Apparently, associating myself with an immigrant was not an option.

Montgomery County is one of the most diverse areas in the country — residents of my neighborhood represent practically all cultures across the globe. What

wasn’t as common, though, was being multiracial. It was almost like straying from a racial group somehow made me disloyal. Being raised by a Scandinavian father and a Chinese mother, I was glad I learned to value both cultures, but even today, I’m disappointed by how easily people critique a biracial lifestyle.

Every so often, when I’m in line at the grocery store or a cafe, a stranger will ask me, “What are you?” I keep thinking to myself, “I’m sorry, what does that even mean?” But because I happen to be an odd mixture of races, I’m automatically supposed to assume they’re referring to my racial background, right?

Bigoted comments on YouTube have exhaustingly mocked Cheerios’ recent Super Bowl ad, which features a biracial family, and even MSNBC went as far as tweeting that the right wing would probably hate the ad, something that ultimately will perpetuate racism because the channel assumes a certain group must be racist toward biracial people. Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley, who married a Caucasian man, has faced criticism recently for being a “white man’s whore.”

We shouldn’t have to expect this — or any sort of racism — in 2014.

Although portrayed as a joke or a sort of racism that can easily be excused, racism toward biracial or multiracial people is just as evil and hateful as any racism. There’s no loyalty when it comes to race. You can love all sides of yourself without submitting to a particular racial narrative.

So, who am I? Well, I might be a Chinese-Scandinavian American, but I am so much more. I am a passionate student. I am a writer. I am a lover. I appreciate beauty. I like to travel. I highly value my nonfiction book collection. My story is different from that of any other person you see before you, and it’s about time you realize it.

Caroline Carlson is a junior government and politics and information systems major. She can be reached at ccarlsondbk@gmail.com.

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Focus on careers, not just college LAUREN NURSE Step into a cab anywhere in the United States in 1970, and the odds of having a college-educated driver were only slightly better than stepping into the Cash Cab — about 1 in 100, according to a study from Ohio University.

The past 40 years have seen a dramatic shift in the number of Americans attending college, and as President Obama mentioned in the State of the Union, graduation rates in the United States have never been higher. The National Center for Education Statistics reports an 11.6 percent rise in the number of college degrees since 1975.

Improved college accessibility and increased graduation rates have led to a robust economy, a booming middle class and a highly trained workforce.

A different set of numbers reveals disappointing results.

Forty years later, the number of U.S. cab drivers with college degrees has risen to an astounding 15 percent, according to a recently released study by the Center for College Affordability & Productivity. The simple push to send more people to college hasn’t necessarily led to more jobs requiring college degrees. This is largely because though

more people than ever are attending college, the structure of higher education has remained the same.

College campuses have for a long time been a symbol of the upper class — a sacred gated patch of green reserved for those privileged enough to attend. Students could spend four years reading great works of literature, studying human anatomy and generating the critical reasoning and analytical skills necessary for a handful of upper-class jobs. In the past, debate about tuition costs was minimal because the majority of attendees came from wealthy backgrounds. Paying for dorm rooms, fancy workout spaces and homecoming parades was an integral part of the college experience. It was reasonable for students and their families to fork over the cash.

Alas, the demographics of incoming college freshmen have diversified vastly.

No longer simply the cozy quads where the rich frolic, college became the ticket to the American dream. Unfortunately, American universities have not changed.

They have remained, and in many cases become, even more exorbitantly expensive and continue to pile on the “extras” associated with a traditional college experience. And for all of this, American universities are churning out a generation of college graduates accepting jobs they are overqualified for in futile efforts

to pay back $1.2 trillion in debt. Glossy brochures and political speeches have given thousands of young Americans a tragically misleading optimism about the realities of a college education. Instead of expanding the American dream, we have narrowed it into two options: an expensive four-year university or nothing.

The greatest tragedy in all of this is that there is an entire generation of young Americans itching for a better life who would be better served learning a skilled trade or attending a twoyear college for vocational training.

These programs provide opportunities for future careers that can provide comfortable living without incurring massive debts. For example, jobs in the medical field are booming but not for need of more surgeons. Physician’s assistants, X-ray technicians and dental assistants are some of the fastest-growing positions in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

High schools and society at large need to refocus some of the zeal for higher education reform away from pushing four-year university education and instead focus on providing viable career alternatives that match the economies of the future.

Lauren Nurse is a sophomore government and politics major. She can be reached at lnursedbk@gmail.com.

he smoking area adjacent to McKeldin Library penalizes students who use it. I love McKeldin for all it has to offer; its plethora of services makes it a great place to study, socialize and be productive.

Aside from the books, (and I do love them — being an English major, it would be peculiar if I didn’t) there’s coffee, printing, Internet access, IT help and study spaces.

But to get to a quiet study zone or anywhere else in “Club McKeldin,” I have to pass through the smoke cloud that has made itself at home beside Testudo. It is taxing enough to justify my choice of major constantly. Sure, believe me when I tell you my plan after I graduate is actually Oompa Loompa training camp or living in the Australian Outback or hiking Mount Everest. Does it really matter? I just love studying English. So now it’s a chore to go to the library? I get a penalty of secondhand smoke for trying to get to a

place where I write really good papers?

The library used to be a place of respect and a space for a collectively studious student body, liberal arts and STEM students alike. Now, walking within a 100-foot radius of the threshold is damning.

C’mon, WTF UMD, the students appealed to you months ago to help fix this!

To top it off, I have adjusted my route for crossing McKeldin Mall. To get to Stamp Student Union, instead of walking by the prettier, luckier — everyone knows that rubbing Testudo’s nose is the key to getting an “A” — side of the library, I now walk behind McKeldin Library and enjoy the view of its lovely backside.

Despite its efforts to address students’ issues, WTF UMD has not fully resolved many items of discontent. So in spring 2014, something is still smokysmelling in the state of Denmark (and it’s making my lungs black).

Amanda Schwartz Sophomore, English

MIKE KING, Editor in Chief DAN APPENFELLER, Managing Editor MATT SCHNABEL, Deputy Managing Editor OLIVIA NEWPORT, Assistant Managing Editor BRIAN COMPERE, Assistant Managing Editor Chris Allen, Design Editor QUINN KELLEY, General Assignment Editor JENNY HOTTLE, News Editor LAURA BLASEY, News Editor Maria Romas, Opinion Editor ADAM OFFITZER, Opinion Editor RobERT Gifford, Diversions Editor Mary Clare Fischer, Diversions Editor DANIEL GALLEN, Sports Editor AARON KASINITZ, Assistant Sports Editor CHRISTIAN JENKINS, Photo Editor JAMES LEVIN, Photo Editor FOLA AKINNIBI, Online Editor SARAH SIGUENZA, Multimedia Editor

EDITORIAL BOARD MIKE KING, editor in chief, is a senior journalism major. He has worked as a copy editor, assistant managing editor, deputy managing editor and managing editor.

Dan Appenfeller, managing editor, is a senior journalism major.

He has worked as a copy editor and assistant managing editor.

MATT SCHNABEL, deputy managing editor, is a sophomore journalism major.

He has worked as a copy editor, assistant managing editor and diversions writer.

Maria Romas, opinion editor, is a senior English major.

She has worked as a reporter, assistant opinion editor and columnist.

ADAM OFFITZER, opinion editor, is a senior journalism major.

He has worked as a diversions staff writer and columnist.

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You are always eager to maintain the closest possible ties to friends and family. Even when you are far from home, your central relationships provide you with inspiration, comfort and contentment. Time and distance mean little to you where love and friendship are concerned.

Also born on this date are: Rosa Parks, civil rights activist; Alice Cooper, singer; Kimberly Watt, singer; Oscar de la Hoya, boxer; Natalie Imbruglia, singer; Charles Lindbergh, pioneer aviator; Lawrence Taylor, football player; Gabrielle Anwar, actress; Clint Black, singer; David Brenner, comedian; Dan Quayle, U.S. senator and vice president; Ida Lupino, actress; Arthur A. Ross, screenwriter.

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JESSE EISENBERG is your next Lex Luthor. Eisenberg, an actor known for his intimidating physical presence and frequent roles in action films, will play wealthy madman Luthor in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie. Audiences will undoubtedly be left on the edge of their seats wondering if Mark Zuckerberg can beat up two superheroes.

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ESSAY | JENNIFER LAWRENCE

jenny from the block Why the starlet isn’t all she’s cracked up to be

By Dean Essner @daesayingstuff Senior staff writer If celebrity culture were an automobile, Jennifer Lawrence would be driving it. Better yet, she’d be rolling roof down, smiling and waving at a swarm of teary-eyed adolescents decked out in their most authentic Katniss Everdeen garb. The car would move slowly. The adjacent streets would be blocked off. The parade would end only when the next one started.

Lawrence’s rise to public deification is something to wonder at and be wary of. On one hand, she’s a talented actress with the special ability to woo critics and average moviegoers alike. She’s made some shrewd career choices so far — namely becoming the face of one of the few blockbuster franchises with artistic merit and becoming the muse of director David O. Russell,

whose movies suit her loud, brash, off-the-cuff personality quite well.

On the other hand, her age is an issue. Lawrence is no child star at age 23, but she’s no elder stateswoman either. And in the spirit of being candid and outspoken, she’s said some things that, while well intentioned, are begging to be misconstrued by impressionable young fans. That’s part of the ugly pressure that goes hand in hand with early fame: It’s hard to be an inspiration to your fans when you’re just as young and immature as they are.

The issue of body image is of particular concern. Lawrence has been very vocal about her concerns about today’s conception of beauty, fueled by tabloid magazines, models and clothing store corporations. It’s a worthy cause, but it’s also fallacious once Lawrence starts using her own habits and sense of self as a positive example.

“During Hunger Games, when I was eating ungodly amounts, I used to tell myself, ‘Stop eating, people are

going to see this. This movie is going to be around forever.’ But nope! I was like, I still want candy and I still want a hot dog,” she said in a 2013 interview with InStyle magazine.

Why is her logic faulty? Nearly everyone believes Lawrence is beautiful and thin. Here, she claims to have eaten tons of hot dogs and candy and therefore paid the price in the form of an unfit onscreen appearance.

But in reality, this is far from true.

No one who has seen the Hunger Games films is dwelling on any signs of added weight. In fact, many would argue she’s in model form. By using herself as a case study for a very important message, she inadvertently makes herself just one more impossible standard for women to measure themselves against.

This argument — that Lawrence has been obliviously body-shaming young girls everywhere — has appeared in a slew of publications from many critics, specifically in one searing Huffing-

REVIEW | URBAN BUTCHER

MEAT THE URBAN BUTCHER

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer Can a slice of pastrami change a life?

Urban Butcher, a new and charmingly rustic Silver Spring establishment, answers that question with a resounding “yes.” First impressions are good: Urban Butcher effortlessly presents itself as an unpretentiously cozy, informal experience. Diners can sit at the couches by the door, a kitchen bar, a cafeteria-style table or a normal table (if you’re a square).

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all about meat in a big way. Hams and other cured meats are made in-house; suckling pig is roasted every night at 7 to be served at 8.

When talking about meat, some cliches are unavoidable. Yes, the pastrami does actually melt in the mouth, but not before delivering brief, gloriously smoky, salty notes. The 48-hour ox brisket layers unctuousness upon savoriness upon unctuousness — the carnivore’s equivalent of candy — before dissolving, again, on the tongue.

Many other dishes, including — gasp! — a startlingly elegant tuna ceviche, also bear the marks of considerable craft and refinement.

An excellently spiced lamb tartare is presented

jennifer LAWRENCE, while talented, may not be the role model many see her as. photo courtesy of ign.com ton Post piece in January. However, I chalk up these mistakes to her stilldeveloping media acumen.

Like her recent film, American Hustle, reminds us, the pressures of scrutiny can contrive people into saying what they assume everyone wants to hear. “The art of survival is a story that never ends,” says Christian Bale’s character, Irving Rosenfeld. Lawrence, an accomplished actress, knows how to put on the right face for the camera — that’s why screenwriters and directors fling scripts at her left and right.

But her off-screen performances are dicier. The ability to tell people what they want to hear, to put on the

in a tiny cylinder on a giant hunk of charred pita bread with hummus placed for convenient dipping. Haggis sausage gets served alongside pickled cabbage with just the right dashes of heat and mustard, allowing for delightful sandwiches.

Some dishes do require some more finesse.

The suckling pig, for instance, was difficult to divide among the table, while the ragu was merely good and out of place compared to the rest of the restaurant’s miraculous works of meat.

Service, too, is a little rough around the edges.

We waited a good while between being seated and receiving menus, likely the result of a hectic launch. The charcuterie and cheese portion of the menu definitely needs some tweaking, and figuring out the prices and which specific meats are offered are tasks far too confusing.

Dishes often came in brief, frenzied bursts, which posed a significant challenge to the recommended food-sharing approach to eating.

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She’s in the gold-plated automobile on that tantalizing slow ride down Main Street, U.S.A., but at any moment, the brakes could stall, the people could stop waving and the next shiny car could shoot out from the undergrowth.

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My meal ended on a perfect note with a collection of equally brilliant and crazy desserts.

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The real star, however, is the chocolate souffle, which is remarkable in its own right but attains a rare type of genius when paired with a scoop of velvety, luxurious goat cheese gelato.

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ALLEN From PAGE 8 broken bone he suffered Oct. 29.

“I’m getting better each day,” Allen said. “I’m trying to get better moving laterally, and every day I’ve been doing rehab to get back, so I’ll be back soon.”

Though Allen’s play was steady against the Hokies, the sophomore’s transition back into the lineup hasn’t been entirely smooth.

It took some time for Allen to regain his typical explosiveness, and he had to work his way back into game shape after gaining weight while sidelined for about eight weeks. As a result, his on-ball defense struggled and Turgeon couldn’t give him major minutes.

Offensively, Allen initially struggled to find the balance between facilitator and scorer. In each of his first eight games, Allen shot worse than 50 percent from the field.

“Seth needs me on him every day, and there was 10 weeks I wasn’t on him,” Turgeon said. “And then he

GUARD SETH ALLEN has been an offensive spark for the Terps this season, but he said he is continuing to work on his defense, a focus of coach Mark Turgeon. chester lam/the diamondback came back, his foot was hurt, he was a little bit overweight from his playing weight, so it just takes time.”

But after 10 games, Allen finally seems to be hitting his stride. He’s shot better than 50 percent in the past two games and has directed a Terps offense that has shot better than 48 percent in three consecutive contests.

When the Terps fell behind early in the victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday, it was Allen

who hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put them back on top.

“It was still within our offense,” Layman said of Allen’s first 3-pointer, which came off the dribble from the right side of the floor. “It was still a great shot, which is great to see. We’re playing in our offense, which is great for us.”

Allen’s two long balls got the Terps offense rolling. The Woodbridge, Va., native controlled the tempo of the game to help his team shoot 51.8

percent from the floor and post 15 assists to nine turnovers.

Plus, Allen helped hold Hokies point guard Devin Wilson to six points on 2-of-6 shooting.

“I’ve been watching film with all the coaches, and one thing they’ve all been telling me is I got to be a leader on the floor defensively,” Allen said. “That’s just what I’ve been trying to do and just helping and playing great team defense.”

Allen displayed improved defense Saturday, had his most efficient offensive performance of the season and led the team to a 20-point win on the road.

Still, the shifty guard believes he has more work to do to get back to full form. Even after a 16-point, seven-assist outing, Allen said there’s some potential that everyone outside of the team has yet to see.

“I definitely want to get back because before I got hurt, I think I was playing really well. I was helping everybody, really leading the team,” Allen said. “That’s what I’m working on, just to get back.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

SENIOR KATHY TANG has helped the Terps in the absence of senior All-American Katy Dodds, who is out for the season with a torn Achilles she suffered Jan. 26. file photo/the diamondback

tang From PAGE 8

and watch as her teammates repeatedly stumbled on beam, surrendering the meet to New Hampshire for the Terps’ third loss in four meets this season.

Though Tang competed in the event last season, a leg injury has prevented her from competing on beam this season.

“Just because we have this minor setback on beam, it doesn’t mean our goal has changed in any way,” Tang said. “EAGL [Championships] is our most important goal right now.”

Despite the meet’s disappointing end and the Terps’ early struggles, her father’s presence Saturday provided the emotional Tang with a lift she hadn’t experienced this season.

“When he came and saw me,” Tang said, “it was a really big surprise because I didn’t expect it.”

who posted a season-high total of 48.900 in the event.

“Karen was incredible,” coach Brett Nelligan said after Saturday’s meet. “She was on fire; she was motivating her teammates.”

With senior captain Katy Dodds out for the year with a torn Achilles, Tang knew her team needed her to step up.

In addition to Tang leading the Terps in all three of her events, Nelligan said she also provided critical leadership to a team with nine freshmen and sophomores on the roster.

“It’s a huge compliment when our coach or teammates see me as a leader because that is something I strive to be,” Tang said.

When it came to the final rotation, she could only sit rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com COACH MARK TURGEON (right) worked at Kansas under North Carolina coach Roy Williams (left) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The two remain close friends. file photos/the diamondback

HEELS From PAGE 8 finally strung together a pair of ACC wins behind a significantly improved offense. They shot better than 51 percent in wins over Miami and Virginia Tech last week, and guard Dez Wells scored 40 points in those two games on just 16 shots from the field.

That production is a far cry from the Terps’ offensive struggles when they lost four of five games in mid-January.

The difference, guard Seth Allen said, is that the team has become committed to sharing the ball and working the shot clock when necessary.

“We are definitely changing sides with the ball more,” Allen said. “We’re making the defense break down and then that’s when we try to get our best shot.”

Still, the Terps face a new challenge against the Tar Heels tonight in an attempt to win back-to-back conference road games for the first time in Turgeon’s tenure.

The third-year coach has lost to Williams all six times the two friends have

met over the past two seasons, and North Carolina is 10-3 at the Dean E. Smith Center this season. The Tar Heels also have made major improvements in recent weeks to resurrect their season and, as always, their up-tempo offense is tough to slow down.

Turgeon worked as an assistant on Williams’ staff at Kansas from 1988 to 1992, so he knows just how efficient Williams’ teams can be in transition.

“They run their secondary break, they play fast, they play man-to-man, they play by the same principles,” Turgeon said. “It comes down to running back on defense. Their break is so special.”

As is typical of Williams’ teams, the Tar Heels have a potent point guard directing their offense. Marcus Paige, a 2012 McDonald’s High School All-American, averages 16.7 points and 4.4 assists per game, and his offensive versatility helps North Carolina thrive on the fast break.

The Terps spent much of their past two practices preparing to defend Paige and the rest of the Tar Heels.

“It’s hard to simulate what they do,” Allen said. “We’re just going to try to take away their transition offense and

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just try to do the best we can defensively in the half court.”

The consensus among the Terps is if they make North Carolina run half-court offense rather than score in transition, they’ll have an opportunity to deliver Turgeon his first victory against his close friend.

But ask Turgeon or his players and they’ll say tonight’s game isn’t about the relationship between the two men who will be roaming the Smith Center sidelines in suits and ties. It’s not about the end of a long-standing rivalry either, though the Terps and Tar Heels will compete in separate conferences next year after 61 years together in the ACC. Rather, tonight’s game is significant because both teams are hoping to make a late postseason push. And as much as Turgeon likes to talk with Williams, he knows his Terps can’t afford to lose to another team vying for a spot in the NCAA tournament.

“Both teams are playing better now,” Turgeon said. “But we just hate we have to play each other.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

BREAK From PAGE 8 speed of their offense one of their biggest strengths entering the season, and it was a significant factor in their 16-1 start to the season. But during the team’s string of losses, its transition offense was nonexistent for long periods.

With opponents getting more time to establish their defense, the Terps couldn’t move the ball with as much freedom, and their offense became less effective. But against the Orange, they had 21 fast-break points in a contest in which they shot better than 61 percent from the field.

“We’re a running team,” Frese said. “That’s who we are, and I thought we did a really good job of that in the first half.”

Syracuse’s half-court trap defense backfired during the first half, and the Terps eventually wore down the Orange by scoring more open baskets against the pressure early in the second period. As the game continued, a tired Syracuse team often allowed the Terps to beat them down the floor after defensive rebounds.

Brown took advantage of the game’s pace, waiting by the pe-

“WE’RE A RUNNING TEAM. THAT’S WHO WE ARE, AND I THOUGHT WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT IN THE FIRST HALF.” BRENDA FRESE

Terrapins women’s basketball coach rimeter to receive the ball after her teammates grabbed boards.

Though she usually doesn’t stand that far from the paint after defensive possessions, she saw Syracuse’s slow transition defense as a chance to quickly start the Terps offense.

“They just weren’t really getting back in transition defense,” Brown said. “Usually I like to stay up and get the ball, but we were getting rebounds and just kind of throwing it ahead.”

When Brown wasn’t initiating the offense, she was spotting up for jump shots, with Thomas usually finding her in open spots beyond the arc or from mid-range. Thomas and Brown were in sync throughout the contest; six of Thomas’ 10 assists went to Brown.

“For Lexie, it was fun to be able to watch the assists that A.T. was feeding her,” Frese said.

Brown and Thomas were a l so t h e to p p e r fo r m e rs during the Terps’ loss to N.C. State on Thursday, but unlike that defeat, their impressive numbers Sunday were a result of the team’s ball movement and swift tempo on offense.

Those two aspects were critical to the Terps’ wins earlier in the season, and they know it is important to continue that play as they reach the final stretch of ACC play.

“Great road win,” Frese said.

“But now for us, every game you got to be ready to play.” ppierrelouisdbk@gmail.com

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AT A TURNING POINT

After missing beginning of season with foot injury, Allen nears return to full strength

Tonight’s matchup at North Carolina starts grueling, potentially season-defining stretch

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

BLACKSBURG, Va. — It has become almost habitual for Terrapins men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon to refer to the “Seth Allen you haven’t seen.”

Allen, the Terps’ starting point guard, broke a bone in his left foot 10 days before the season opener, causing him to miss the team’s first 12 games. But before his injury, Allen’s efficient performances in closed-door practices and scrimmages impressed Turgeon immensely, and since Allen returned to the floor Dec. 29, his play hasn’t always matched the potential he flashed in the preseason.

In Saturday’s 80-60 victory at Virginia Tech, though, Turgeon finally caught a glimpse of the production he saw from his point guard before the season began, and that play is what the Terps could need tonight to swing a road upset at North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Allen scored 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting and hit 3-of-4 three-point attempts against the Hokies. He earned praise from Turgeon for his defensive improvements, and he guided the offense efficiently, dishing out a season-high seven assists to two turnovers.

“By him sharing the ball and running our stuff, it makes everybody feel like they’re a part of it,” Turgeon said.

The third-year coach said that Saturday was Allen’s most complete game of the season. Allen also seemed pleased with his performance, though he still believes he has progress to make in his recovery from the

When Mark Turgeon took the job as Terrapins men’s basketball coach in 2011, he wanted to make sure he could still talk regularly with North Carolina coach Roy Williams, his good friend and new conference foe.

But this season, as the Terps got off to their worst 20-game start in more than 20 years, and the Tar Heels dropped their first three ACC contests, the two coaches — who bonded while on the Kansas staff in the late 1980s and early ’90s — haven’t had much time to chat.

“We haven’t talked as much this year,” Turgeon said. “But neither one of us has had the kind of season we were anticipating.”

Despite their poor starts to the season, the Terps (13-9, 5-4 ACC) and Tar Heels (14-7, 4-4) both seem to be hitting their stride entering tonight’s matchup that will pit the two coaches against each other in Chapel Hill, N.C. Turgeon has his team on a two-game winning streak and North Carolina has won three consecutive games by more than 10 points. So in the Terps’ final regular-season ACC game against the Tar Heels, Turgeon and Williams will each be searching for a much-needed win to continue repairing their teams’ sketchy postseason resumes.

“I know [Turgeon] wants to win, but we all want to win this game to help us in the ACC race,” forward Charles Mitchell said.

“We want to take advantage of every opportunity we have.”

Mitchell and his teammates have gained confidence over the past week as the Terps

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GUARD SETH ALLEn scored 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting and hit 3-of-4 three-point attempts in Saturday’s win.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Terps run away from Orange on break in Sunday’s blowout win Thomas, Brown lead team to 21 fast break points, 61 percent shooting flung it to guard Lexie Brown on the right wing.

Brown’s open jumper fell through the net to bring her point total to 26 After a steal with 8:28 left in the before finishing the game with a caTerrapins women’s basketball team’s reer-high 31 points, while Thomas’ 89-64 win at Syracuse on Sunday af- assist on the play sealed her third ternoon, guard Katie Rutan dribbled triple-double of the season and fifth to the left side of the key and tossed of her career.

Though coach Brenda Frese lauded the ball to Alyssa Thomas. The forward received the pass a step inside the pair’s stellar performances, that the free-throw line, then instantly fast break was an example of the

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer

GUARD LEXIE BROWN (right) had the best game of her Terps career at Syracuse on Sunday when she scored 31 points and dished seven assists in the Terps’ 89-64 blowout victory over the Orange. file photo/the diamondback

No. 10 Terps’ sharp transition offense and team play, her biggest takeaways from a victory that stopped a threegame losing skid.

“The stat I loved was the 25 assists on the 35 makes that we had,” Frese said. “Everybody contributed. They did a tremendous job sharing the basketball.”

The Terps have considered the See break, Page 7

GYMNASTICS

Family-work balance Competing in front of her father for first time in nearly 15 years, Karen Tang posts career-best performance in loss

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Unlike some of her Terrapins gymnastics teammates with local roots, Karen Tang has grown accustomed to competing without her mom or dad in the crowd. In Tang’s first three years in College Park, the senior’s mother saw her compete only once at the college level, and her father never saw her in the Terps red and black.

That all changed Saturday afternoon at New Hampshire. For the first time in nearly 15 years, her father, Jackie Tang, sat in the stands and supported her.

“It was unreal because I walked out and I saw him, and I started crying,” Karen Tang said. “For him to do that for me was really special.”

Her father owns Hong Kong Express, a Chinese restaurant in the family’s hometown of Agawam, Mass., and always worked during her

competitions. Tang’s parents decided to make the two-and-a-half hour drive northeast to Durham, N.H., to surprise her, along with her sister and teammate, sophomore Kathy Tang.

Her mother, Xueling Tang, spoiled the surprise, though, during a phone conversation Friday night when she told Karen Tang she was excited to see her.

Tang, however, didn’t let that ruin a moment she wasn’t sure she was ever going to get. She capitalized on the emotional boost and posted career-high 9.900s on vault and floor, along with a 9.800 on bars, winning all three events.

“It was surreal to have my best performances when he was there,” Tang said.

Kathy Tang also competed in front of her father for the first time since entering college. She posted a 9.875 on vault and a 9.775 on bars — both good for second place behind her older sister — before injuring her ankle, preventing her from finishing

“IT WAS UNREAL BECAUSE I WALKED OUT AND I SAW HIM, AND I STARTED CRYING. ... FOR HIM TO DO THAT FOR ME WAS REALLY SPECIAL.” KAREN TANG

Terrapins gymnast her final two routines.

Despite the emotional start to the meet, Karen Tang knew she had to keep her composure while competing against a conference opponent.

She told her coaches before every meet that her goal was to score a 9.850 on vault this year. She exceeded her goal with her parents in the crowd.

“When I hit that 9.900, it was so unreal,” Tang said. “I was jumping up and down. I was screaming.”

Her vault led the way for the Terps, SENIOR KAREN TANG won three events and set career-highs in two during the Terps’ loss at New Hampshire See tang, Page 7 on Saturday. It was the first meet her father attended since she’s been with the Terps. file photo/the diamondback