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Diversity officer Police charge man with Dec. robbery takes the helm

Graduate student robbed outside Graduate Gardens apartments

BY ERIN EGAN Senior staff writer

Shorter-Gooden emphasizes collaboration with many student groups, diversity offices

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

As the university’s first-ever chief diversity officer, Kumea ShorterGooden knew exactly where she wanted to start when taking the helm Jan. 1 — by reaching out to the dozens of minority groups and diversity offices on the campus.

In her role, Shorter-Gooden now oversees a multitude of diversity organizations on the campus as well as the implementation of a 10-year Diversity Strategic Plan — responsibilities reflective of her aim to bring together groups working toward the same end. But starting these implementations meant first and foremost familiarizing herself with the campus issues.

“There’s really no sector of the university that’s really untouched or that is immune to this need to be diverse and inclusive,” she said. “My job is to

really be a partner, to collaborate, to provide resources to help the university and think of new policies that would foster a diverse, KUMEA inclusive SHORTERcommunity.” GOODEN Now that CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER she’s begun to acclimate, Shorter-Gooden said her primary goals are recruiting faculty, staff and students from underrepresented groups, fostering a climate to retain them and incorporating more diverse issues into university curriculum.

University Police charged 19-yearold Omiesam Nathaniel Ockiya yesterday with his alleged involvement in the Dec. 11 armed robbery of a 25year-old graduate student on Rowalt Drive, police said yesterday.

Ockiya, a Silver Spring resident, is charged with armed robbery, robbery,

first degree assault, second degree assault, theft under $1,000, credit card theft and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is not listed as a student in this university’s directory, University Police spokesman Capt.

Marc Limansky said.

On Dec. 11, a graduate student was reportedly robbed by two males between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m. as he was walking through the entrance-

way to the Graduate Gardens apartment complex on Rowalt Drive, Limansky said. Police are still seeking the other suspect, he added.

The student was not harmed, but his wallet and money were reportedly stolen. Limansky said police were able to use security camera footage from local convenience

see CHARGES, page 2

see DIVERSITY, page 3

FROM ART ATTACK TO AUSTIN University alumni opened for Nelly on the campus, now moving on to South by Southwest music festival in Texas

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

Terps and Georgetown swimmers dive into the water during their meet Saturday afternoon at Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium. Both the men’s and women’s Terps teams won comfortably. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

In Eppley, one final swim?

Facing elimination, Terps dominate Hoyas

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

As Megan Lafferty swam toward the center of the pool at Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium after her Terrapins swimming and diving teams dispatched Georgetown on Saturday, her mind was only in one place.

She wasn’t thinking about the day in November when she and her teammates learned the program they had grown to call their own was on the verge of being cut. And she wasn’t thinking about the $11.6 million that still needs to be raised to save her sport.

She thought only of the seniors as she and her teammates sang the university’s fight song in front of their par-

ents, coaches, friends and others who had come out to support them.

“I feel confident that we’re going to have our team next year, and that’s a great way to think about it, and it should be the only way we really think about it,” Lafferty said. “So the last fight song, that was for the seniors. Obviously, we always do it for the team, but that one was for the seniors.”

In the end, the fact that the Terps men and women beat the Hoyas by scores of 228-47 and 227-54, respectively, won’t matter much if the program and its supporters can’t raise the money required to save it from being cut. Still, coach Sean Schimmel plans to reside in

see SWIMMING, page 7

Urban Cartel had just finished its set at the university’s annual Art Attack concert last May when thunder cracked and, as members say, it nearly became headliners.

“As soon as we picked up our last instrument, the sky turned purple, the heavens opened up and poured, and it was like mayhem,” said Bryan Sackey, a university alumnus and band member.

“It was like we planned it,” he added, laughing.

“That would have made it seem like Art Attack was just us.”

After a brief hiatus, the show went on, and Nelly

performed as expected. But members of Urban Cartel said that doesn’t tarnish their memory of the evening, and after forming at this university two years ago, they said they are happy their band is on the rise. Urban Cartel will be releasing a music video for its track “Just Fine” this week, and it has begun a five-stop tour ending in a performance at the 25-yearold South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Tex., in March.

All five members of Urban Cartel attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, and although they vaguely knew each other from classes and parties, they didn’t realize they shared a common love of

see BAND, page 2

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BSOS reunited in Chincoteague Hall After $7.1 million renovation to former journalism building, hall brings together officials once separated across the campus

BY TEDDY AMENABAR Staff writer

After nearly a year of construction, BSOS officials have begun moving into the newly renovated Chincoteague Hall — a move they said could help bring together a department that was once scattered across the campus.

Although many students in the behavioral and social sciences college hoped Chincoteague Hall — the build-

ing formerly used for the journalism college on McKeldin Mall that underwent a $7.1 million facelift last year — would provide a set of new classrooms, BSOS officials said they thought the building would be best served hosting a set of administrative offices. Since faculty members from the college have offices in buildings all over the campus, officials said they have not been able to efficiently collaborate over the last several years.

“The move brings together a group

of faculty and staff engaged in international affairs programs — a group that used to be scattered in different places,” said Virginia Haufler, a professor in the government and politics department. “It makes it so much easier for us to discuss issues, plan projects and build a community.”

While the Facilities Master Plan — a 123-page guideline outlining the landscaping and development goals

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music until meeting again on the campus.

Each had recently picked up new instruments for the first time, and jam sessions inspired original music that their friends enjoyed as much as they did, according to group members. That, alumnus and keyboardist A.J. Ajiboye said, is when they knew they had “something special.”

Presently, senior psychology major Funsho “Seph Ade” Adenugba provides lyrics and vocals — he also played bass in a show for the first time Thursday at Temple University; alumnus Teddy Atkins raps; Sackey plays drums; Ajiboye also experiments with synths; and Andy Bixby, who attended Montgomery Community College but is considered “College Park family,” plays guitar.

Although Bixby had experience in another band, and said he learned to hate classical clarinet after years of study, joining Urban Cartel changed how he felt about music.

“When I started playing with these guys, that’s when it gave me a reason to get better and gave me a reason to strive for this,” he said.

When Ajiboye recommends the band to new friends, he has to name two or three songs because no single track represents Urban Cartel’s style.

Together, their diverse tastes and influences — ranging from the Fugees to Jimi Hendrix to the Red Hot Chili Peppers — make up a sound that varies from song to song and doesn’t fit in any traditional genre, members said.

But while its sound doesn’t fit inside a box, fans sometimes make judgments, often guessing that they see “hordes and hordes of groupies” after shows, Ade said.

“I’m not going to say we do, but I’m not going to say we don’t, either,” he added. “People always make assumptions about the lifestyle that people in the music industry live. And a lot of it’s true, a lot of it’s true.”

Since releasing its first album, Sounds from the Red Line, in December 2010, the group has performed dozens of shows and already show the chemistry of a veteran band, according to Atkins’ roommate, Alan Morrison. He remembered one show

stores to identify Ockiya, who used the victim’s credit card at such stores.

He will not be served with the charges from the Dec. 11 incident in this city until he is released from his current imprisonment in Montgomery County for a separate robbery he allegedly committed in Rockville, Limansky said. Court documents show this is not Ockiya’s first criminal offense.

He has previously been charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, three counts of possession of paraphernalia, two counts of giving a false statement to police, theft less than $100, five counts of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, two counts of theft between $10,000 and $100,000, theft less than $1,000, four counts of unlaw-

The band Urban Cartel, composed of university alumni and students, will be releasing a music video for its song “Just Fine” this week. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

where members smoothed over a potential disaster — one of Bixby’s guitar strings snapped in the middle of a song.

“They just sort of kept it moving, and nobody had a clue,” Morrison said. “Seph started singing a cappella, and people were so mesmerized by his vocals that next thing you knew, Andy was back on stage.”

On another occasion last year, the group entered a competition at LIV Nightclub in Washington feeling like the underdogs for their lack of experience. Instead, Sackey said, he was shocked when fans that came out to support other groups starting cheering for Urban Cartel and

asking for an encore after it won the competition. “[That night] is starting to become nostalgic when I think about it,” Ajiboye said. “It was such a pivotal point for us that propelled us to where we are now and gave us a lot of the opportunities that we’ve gotten.”

But as the group continues their tour, members said time management will be a challenge; for example, Bixby bartends but wants to return to school, and Ajiboye holds down two part-time jobs.

Currently, the group is too stretched for time to practice more than once a week.

But Ade’s mother, Sade Ade-

nugba, said she has no doubts members will find a balance.

“I love their music, but at the same time the reason I’m so proud is they can juggle two or three things together. The music doesn’t affect their education,” she said. “I know it’s very hard, but nothing comes easy.” lurye@umdbk.com

ful removal of property, three counts of possession of marijuana, three counts of resisting arrest, three counts of theft over $1,000, violation of probation, first degree assault, attempted robbery, conspiracy of a first degree assault, robbery, and first degree burglary, according to court documents.

The Dec. 11 incident was the second of two on-campus armed robberies last semester. University Police are pleased with the “swift” arrest, Limansky said.

“I think this was a pretty good time frame,” Limansky said. “We’re keeping up with our track record of closing these violent offenses. Our detectives were able to take their time to solve this, instead of it becoming a cold case. It was pretty swift.”

Limansky added that anyone who knows Ockiya or has information on the second suspect should contact the department. egan@umdbk.com

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DIVERSITY from page 1 Hiring a chief diversity officer was a key part of the university’s Diversity Strategic Plan, Shorter-Gooden said.

“The excellence we have is very closely linked to diversity,” university President Wallace Loh said. “You cannot be excellent without being diverse, in every single respect — diversity of viewpoints, diversity of backgrounds, diversity in intellectual areas.”

And while Shorter-Gooden said she’s been welcomed on the campus, diversity in the administration has been a contentious issue in recent years.

Former Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity Cordell Black, who held the highest diversity position at the university before Shorter-Gooden’s position was created, was fired suddenly in fall 2009. Hardly any explanation was given to infuriated students, faculty and staff members, who protested the decision by holding a 600person march from the Nyumburu Cultural Center to the Main Administration Building.

But in the wake of Black’s dismissal, Shorter-Gooden said the community has had the chance to contribute to the university’s diversity future by vetting the Strategic Plan for Diversity in fall 2010. With this sense of collaboration engrained in the university’s guiding diversity document, Shoorter-Gooden said she hopes the community is ready to move forward.

“My sense is [this collaboration] probably has helped to heal some of the hurt from the time when [Black] was let go,” she said. “And I think people have felt included in this next phase and feel like their input has been taken into consideration.”

One of the plan’s chief goals is to recruit students, faculty and staff from underrepresented groups, which means working with faculty search committees in different schools and colleges, as well as with Academic Affairs to minimize minority graduation gaps, Shorter-Gooden said.

Junior community health and neurobiology and physiology major Damien Pinkett, president of the Black Student Union, said improving recruitment of minorities is an important step toward greater diversity. Pinkett added that he has been working with the Student Government Association to visit local high schools and talk to students about applying to the university, hoping to set aside the image that attending is an unachievable goal.

“Sometimes because of the caliber of the school that Maryland is, some people have the assumption that they won’t get in, so we want to dispel that factor,” said Jamil Scott, the SGA’s Vice President of Academic Affairs. “You can go to Maryland if you put your mind to it.”

Curricular transformation — making all students prepared to live and work in a diverse world — is another crucial area on which Shorter-Gooden said she will focus.

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“All students need to be able to work in a diverse dynamic and the curricula needs to reflect that,” she said. “Even in disciplines like science and math … there are clearly opportunities to focus what students learn in a way that engages them around realworld examples and issues that pertain to diversity.”

Senior journalism major Lizzie Horne, co-president of the group Community Roots, said although she feels diversity has been on the back burner for the administration, she hopes this will change with ShorterGooden’s appointment.

“Some of things I do want to see are increased funding for programs like African-American studies, Latino studies, Asian studies — all those academic programs that are extremely underfunded — and help for different student groups working to relieve tensions on campus, to improve relations between different types of people, because I think right now a lot of group work is swept under the rug and a lot of students feel they aren’t getting the response they want from the administration,” she said.

But Shorter-Gooden said continued collaborations with students are vital to working toward a more diverse and inclusive campus, and her role is to help facilitate those collaborations.

“It really is a job of partnering and connecting and trying to build bridges and sort of move the agenda ahead hand in hand with others,” she said. kirkwood@umdbk.com

The newly renovated Chincoteague Hall hosts a set of administrative offices for behavioral and social sciences college officials. CHELSEA DIRECTOR/THE DIAMONDBACK

RENOVATION from page 1 for the campus through 2030 — calls for the construction of 24 new buildings in the midst of a 1.7 million square foot land shortage, Facilities Management officials recently found a 234,000 square foot deficit for office spaces on the campus — more than twice the 70,000 square foot class-

room shortfall.

“We were overextended because we have faculty that were currently working off campus, and so now we’ve been able to provide them with a facility,” BSOS Director of Facilities Dona Morgan said. “There’s a deficit of space and so this was very helpful, moving many of our faculty into Chincoteague.”

Many BSOS students said they understood the college’s decision to use the building for offices but still hope to

move into nicer classroom facilities soon.

“Personally, I would have loved to see it as a classroom building given that Tydings is really ugly and run down and it’s not a fun place to be a student,” said Benjy Cannon, a freshman government and politics major. “But at the same time, I understand the university’s decision given the larger deficit.”

Others said they thought the space would be better served by providing students with a better classroom setting.

“I feel like there should definitely be more classrooms,” said freshman French and government and politics major Marlon Copeland. “If there’s a deficit with the administrative aspect, I guess that’s important, too. … I assumed [if it was] remodeled they were going to use it for classrooms.”

In the coming years, officials said they hope to close the gap on space shortages and have enough classrooms and offices for everyone on the campus.

“With any unit on the campus, any department, any academic unit, you’re going to have a mixture of types of spaces,” said Director of Facilities Planning Brenda Testa. “Any time we build facilities, hopefully it’s putting a little bit of a dent into that deficit so that deficit gets to be a smaller number.” amenabar@umdbk.com

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This is only the first phase of the project. Specter has several other phases or the last dozen years, one ambitious project in particular keeps coming up for university administrators, city council members and in the works and, considering he’s only been in his position since Sept. 1, it state officials alike — construction of East Campus, a proposed 38- seems Specter has done a considerable amount of work to get the ball acre development that would both revitalize a strip of College Park rolling. After pledging to prioritize the project from day one, he’s clearly along Route 1 and make this university more attractive to potential students kept his word five months later.

But Specter isn’t the only official who deser ves praise for the recent East and faculty.

Campus push; it’s been a collective effort on the part Officials initially anticipated the project to be comof university and city representatives. The College pleted in 2010, but two years later, construction hasn’t Park City Council’s support of the project, which it even begun. Budget woes due to the economic downhas demonstrated repeatedly, will continue to be turn have been the biggest culprit delaying East CamUniversity President instrumental in actually seeing this endeavor through. pus, but other setbacks — including former developer Wallace Loh and his The university and city should be commended for Foulger-Pratt pulling out in the midst of contract negoworking together so closely on this project, and we tiations — caused the project to be largely abandoned administration have hope they maintain that collaboration until the project last year. prioritized developing is complete.

Enter university President Wallace Loh. Less than Perhaps most promising is Specter’s pledge to make two weeks after taking the helm, he delivered his first East Campus, just as East Campus something that community members actuState of the Campus address, in which he laid out his ally enjoy. He said he will be hosting community forums preliminar y vision for the university. Chief among they should. in the next few months to adequately gauge what kinds of those goals? Getting the ball rolling on East Campus retail and food options students and College Park residents would most enjoy. once again and finally seeing its completion through.

So far, the project’s future looks promising. The university has con- Students especially should attend these forums and voice their preferences; if tracted development group Cordish Companies to oversee the construc- they don’t, there’s a good chance yet another Chipotle will end up near the camtion. The state legislature approved a five-year plan to fund the project with pus. Regardless of the input, Specter and other officials should take these rec$25 million; officials hope to receive another $10 million in fiscal year 2014. ommendations seriously — what would have been the point of 12 years of planAnd last week, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Robert Specter ning and millions of dollars if no one ever visits the final product?

Loh began the academic year with almost an entirely new administrative unveiled specifics on “Phase 1A” of the plan, which is set to break ground team; thus far, its emphasis on East Campus has been promising. While Loh’s in spring 2013.

Construction of the first phase will take place on the corner of Paint predecessor, former university President Dan Mote, seemed to largely focus on Branch Parkway and Route 1. It will include a hotel with 265 beds and 20,000 fundraising efforts, Loh has charted his presidential path to prioritize making to 25,000 square feet of conference space. The development will also feature College Park a top-20 college town. East Campus is key to that vision; with the a 30,000 square-foot bookstore, three graduate student high-rise complexes community support the project has received so far, Loh has a fighting chance of creating a lasting legacy for himself as a president. and 58,000 square feet of room for ground-floor retailers.

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The DREAM Act: The decision is yours

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lthough there are still some court challenges that need to be resolved, it seems likely you will be asked to weigh in on the DREAM Act as a ballot question in the next election.

What is the DREAM Act and what are its impacts?

Last April, this state passed its version of the federal DREAM Act. Under this law, undocumented students (children of illegal immigrants) are eligible for the in-state tuition rate if they attend a state high school for three years and graduate or receive their GED, provide documentation that their parents filed a Maryland income tax return annually for three years prior to their high school graduation, continue to file taxes until their college graduation and provide an affidavit stating they will file to become a permanent resident within 30 days of being able to do so.

The law was passed on a partisan basis by Democrats, but it was immediately challenged by Republicans

RICHARD ZIPPER who gathered enough voter signatures to place this issue on the ballot in this November’s election.

It’s a very complicated issue with compelling arguments on both sides. Is denying children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates punishing them for the acts of their parents? Is providing them in-state rates rewarding illegal acts and acting as a magnet for more illegal immigration? Is this act — which facilitates maximizing the potential of the children of illegals — in our own best interest as we compete on the world stage? Or does this create a situation where the children of legal citizens will suffer because of limited space at state universities?

I believe it is instructive to understand how we ended up in this situation.

In a race to keep prices low, both small and large companies in some industries found that hiring illegals (with false documentation) was the only way to stay competitive and/or increase their bottom line. With both consumers and companies motivated by money far outnumbering the workers being displaced, there was little political will to enforce the laws against such practices. As a result it is estimated there are now more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

So now, after decades of an environment in which this situation evolved, we are faced with choosing between the ideals of our rules of law and the practical consequences affecting ourselves and a large illegal population, which has become interwoven into the social and economic fabric of our country.

While harsh penalties for employers who hire illegals would seem to be part of the solution, are we willing

to ask small and medium companies to bear the cost of trying to determine the authenticity of easily obtained false documentation? Are we willing to disrupt families and require children who have lived here most of their lives to return to their country of birth? Are we willing to pay a thousand dollars more to have our houses painted and roofs replaced and not have enough labor available to pick our crops?

Frankly, I understand both sides of this issue and I have not made up my mind yet as to how I will vote. I think it is a valid issue to put to the voters as a referendum. But the collective wisdom of the voters will be manifest only if you resist knee-jerk reactions, do some research and debate this among your friends and family. It’s an important issue that deserves careful consideration.

Richard Zipper is a Golden ID student taking courses in biology. He can be reached at zipper@umdbk.com.

Terrapin therapy: Talking works

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ollege years can be rough.

From brutal exams to endless papers and social drama to heartbreak, we’ve all been through a lot. Fortunately, thanks to sites such as TerpSecret — a blog created by a university undergraduate where students can open up about their issues — we don’t have to go through it alone. I hadn’t heard about TerpSecret before it was featured last week in this newspaper, but soon after learning about the site, I checked it out for myself and was moved by what I read.

The blog is full of “secrets,” from regrets to wishes to quirks, likely covering ever y Terrapin demographic from engineering majors to theater kids to Greek Life members and beyond. Some secrets are sad and others are silly, but all are real and meaningful to the writer. I could relate to many of the issues and almost cried as I read some of the posts. But I felt good knowing these students have taken a big step

by facing the truth and seeking out this resource.

As a psychology major, I know the damaging effect an unpleasant mental state can have on one’s health. And as someone who suffers from mild anxiety, I know how important it is to talk things out.

Although prescription medications are becoming more and more common in treating mental health problems, talk therapy can be just as effective as drug therapy for certain conditions such as depression and anxiety. TerpSecret is essentially a talk therapy group: It provides an outlet for students to anonymously discuss their deepest concerns and fears, bringing issues out from that hidden little box in the back of the mind where so many of us try to bur y our problems. By frankly addressing what it is that bothers us, we can learn more about ourselves and potentially come up with new solutions. But it’s not just the “getting it off your chest” part that helps — by reading what other stu-

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dents are going through, we realize we are not alone in our struggles and, in fact, are often better off than we believe.

This realization that other normal people have similar problems and worries has helped me get through some of my own tough times. I usually work well under pressure, but sometimes stress gets the best of me, and I’ve had my share of freakouts and risky decisions as a result.

Then the panic attacks came when I got to college; though relatively infrequent, the fact that they can come out of nowhere and transform this confident, optimistic young woman into a scared, trembling girl is scary. Thankfully, I was strong enough to face, rather than ignore,

my troubles, and talking with my friends helped me realize my situation isn’t that uncommon. Once I understood ever yone has something that makes him or her stressed or sad or embarrassed, I began to feel better about my situation in general.

My anxiety, or your depression, or your roommate’s OCD, or your best friend’s deepest secret, doesn’t make us any less “normal.” We shouldn’t be ashamed either; otherwise we may never get to the root of the problem. I’m glad that, as the stigma associated with mental health issues has faded, more young people are opening up about their concerns through mediums like TerpSecret. They’ll have a much better chance to overcome whatever obstacles they may face with the silent-yet-strong support of others than they would alone.

Lauren Mendelsohn is a junior psychology major. She can be reached at mendelsohn@umdbk.com.

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e have a real problem with drug-induced death in this country.

For example, on average each year, tobacco products alone kill 340,000 to 395,000 Americans. More than 125,000 people in this country die from alcohol poisoning, and 14,000 to 27,000 die annually from legal prescription drug overdose. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Association, marijuana alone has killed a grand total of zero people in its entire existence. Each year, a few Americans are killed by vending machines — yet they are still legal and even allowed in our public elementary schools. How can something that kills more people than marijuana still be allowed in an area filled with children? Maybe the question should be: Why is marijuana illegal?

Medical marijuana use is becoming more common in the U.S., and this state’s legislature will vote on the issue shortly. Yet for some strange reason, widespread anxiety still remains over its legalization. Some believe that marijuana is a gateway drug — even though a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study released in December 2006 stated that “marijuana is not a gateway drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse.” Some complain about marijuana’s addictive quality even though nicotine, one of the most addictive substances on the planet, is legal.

Greater still, a study from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services stated in regards to marijuana addiction that “marijuana does not cause physical dependence.”

We have a substance that is not lethal, not addictive and not a gateway drug but remains illegal to use or cultivate recreationally.

It is time to change this. Twelveterm Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has called for an end to the federal drug war — the same drug war that cost the United States government more than $15 billion in 2010. Even after this expense and the fact that one American is arrested ever y 19 seconds for a drugrelated crime, 9 percent of Americans over the age of 12 have reported using illegal drugs, according to a national sur vey.

We have a justice system in this country that is forced to prosecute people for a crime that affects nobody but the user. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, four out of 10 murders and six out of 10 rapes go unsolved, and yet the judiciary is still focused on breaking down the doors of people who possess marijuana. The current senseless policy that has gone unchanged for 40 years needs a new direction. We can no longer afford this burden on society. Paul is the only presidential candidate proposing a new policy to change the shameful practice in this country.

Paul’s sensible drug policy allows states to legislate marijuana as they deem fit. If a state feels marijuana should be used medicinally for its ability to cut tumor growth in half, as stated in a Harvard study, or its ability to reduce head and neck cancers, as stated in a University of Minnesota study, it would be able to legislate as such without federal interference.

Paul is the only sensible candidate either party has to offer on this issue.

The founding fathers were quick to note the utility of the plant: It was George Washington who once stated, “make the most of the Indian hemp seed and sow it everywhere.”

Brian Rothman is a sophomore marketing major. He can be reached at brothman@umd.edu.

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orn today, you are a likeable individual, able to mix easily with almost everyone — though when you do ruffle another’s feathers, it is likely to be for good. One who comes up against you is never likely to be transformed into a friend, no matter what you may do.You can be quite persuasive, not so much because your ideas are so acceptable, but because your personality is so strong; you are able to sell yourself and your agenda because you are so charismatic — and you are quite an effective communicator. You don’t always rely on logic or common sense.

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First, there was Pandora, a way to find new music through a computer algorithm. Then, there was Spotify, a way to find new music through real people sharing what they’re listening to. And now, there’s a new stage of musical social media: Handsdownmusic.net (HDM), a way to share not just songs, but playlists, pictures and videos of last night’s show or tomorrow’s biggest hit.

“Everybody goes to shows and they post all these videos and say they have such a good time, and I want people to share it — I want to see it, too,” said HDM founder Matt Brown. “Everybody looks on YouTube and searches for it, but let’s say, they just go to our site, and it’s right there on the homepage, like this happened the night before, and these are the videos from it.”

Brown, a junior marketing major at this university, started HDM with two friends from the University of Delaware.

Within a week of its Oct. 20 launch, the website had 1,000 hits. It reached 10,000 hits last week.

So far, the most popular genres on the site are house, rap and hip-hop, Brown said, so he updates those pages with new content more often. He finds most of the new music by following

Matt Brown (left) and Evan Thornton helped create handsdownmusic.net, a music website.

blogs and, of course, incorporating submissions from users.

“I’d really like to see more people involved,” Brown said. “I try to do surveys and see what people want because it’s not about what I want; it’s never about what I want. It’s about your product and the way people view it.”

The website was designed by William Thresher, 21, who founded a media and

design firm called SharkShark in August. He offers services to clients for a cheaper price if they let him “take liberties with the design.” Brown agreed to this deal, and both he and Thresher are happy with the results.

“The idea’s been done before, but they’re taking a different path,” Thresher said. “They update it multiple times a day so there’s a lot of content, it’s up to date,

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and they have a lot of exciting stuff planned. They’re thinking of the next step all the time.”

Brown said HDM is starting to reach out to artists and venues to set up their own events, including a show with Philadelphia hip-hop group Ground Up planned for March. The team is also in the process of making an HDM app for iPhone and Android,

which members think is key to both the interactive experience and the evolution of the site.

“We’re so new that instead of necessarily improving what we already have, it’s just going to keep expanding, keep finding new outlets to get kids looking at the site, whether it’s updating the categories or looking for local musicians to get them a spotlight, to get any kind of student to look at it, maybe not just house or hip-hop fans,” said HDM videographer Evan Thornton.

Junior government and politics major Evalyse Limon, a user of the site, thinks HDM is already better at branching out than some other music websites, such as fratmusic.com, but does hope to see more interviews with artists.

“Personally, I like listening to the playlists section of the site while getting ready to go out for the night,” Limon said in an email. “You don’t get that overplayed-at-parties vibe when listening, and the variety of the songs is nice, too.

They’ve gone past the recent dubstep craze and incorporated genres like classic rock, oldies and reggae.”

And that’s what Brown and the rest of HDM are all about: finding the right melody for every situation.

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In the midst of an offseason that’s already seen the replacement of two coordinators and the departure of a slew of players, the Terps are no strangers to roster turnover.

Which made Friday’s announcement of further change no surprise.

Edsall announced two more players — linebacker Desmond Kearse and offensive lineman Pete DeSouza — will no longer play for the Terps.

Kearse’s departure is the result of academic issues, while DeSouza will be considered a medical hardship, as he has not played since breaking both of his legs in an on-campus scooter accident in 2010.

DeSouza will remain with the Terps as a student-assistant coach, “learning the tricks of the trade so he can be involved with us and we can keep him involved in football,” Edsall said.

Edsall also revealed the team’s injury report heading into spring practice. Five players, including kicker Nick Ferrara (hip surgery) and Tate (knee), will not participate in spring practice. Several others, including O’Brien, defensive tackle Joe Vellano, wide receiver Kevin Dorsey and safety Matt Robinson, will be limited in spring practice as they recover from injury.

move to defensive end. Andre Monroe will line up at the opposite defensive end, while tackles A.J. Francis and Darius Kilgo will move to nose tackle.

Where other players, such as linebacker Kenny Tate, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, will fit into Stewart’s scheme remains to be seen.

STILL A CONTROVERSY Considering the end to last year’s quarterback controversy between Danny O’Brien and C.J. Brown came only after O’Brien suffered a season-ending collarbone injury late last year, it should come as no surprise that the Terps will enter spring practice with the same uncertainty under center.

O’Brien established himself as the better passer of the two last season, but Brown’s dual-threat capability makes him difficult to ignore.

Despite their respective talents, Edsall said he’d like to avoid a repeat of last season’s controversy.

“We’d like to have a starter [by the season],” Edsall said. “Those are the things that are going to play out during spring. What we want to be able to do is take our personnel and use the best people and put them in a position to do the things

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“The passion that they have, their organization — they’re just such a sharp group of people, and when you put that passion together, results are going to happen,” Schimmel said.

“We’re in a good spot for the time we’ve had over 12 weeks and what we’ve accomplished, and that’s what makes me optimistic of moving forward into 2012-2013 with this team.”

Much has changed since the teams found out about the university’s plans to eliminate eight varsity athletic teams, and Schimmel highlighted the teams’ ability to compartmentalize and focus on the task at hand.

“We have our routine down at this point of the season so that we can keep our emotions in check no matter what comes at us,” Schimmel said. “Our team has done a really good job with that all year. Just look at how they’ve dealt with this adversity, and we work really hard at keeping those things in check and they did that today as well.”

Schimmel isn’t the only one to take note. John Tynan, a former swimmer who graduated in 1991 and whose son Matthew is a freshman on the team, has been impressed with the teams’ ability to handle the recent challenges.

“I think it’s just a credit to what great student-athletes they are,” Tynan said. “Just the fact they can hold down GPAs above 3.0, above 3.5,

A member of the Terps’ women’s swim team helps secure a 227-54 win over Georgetown on Senior Night. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

and be the best athletes in their sport and handle this pressure has been amazing because they have not fallen off in terms of grades or swimming in the pool … I don’t know if I could have handled it as professionally and as maturely as they have.”

Tynan also heads “Save University of Maryland Swimming and Diving,” an initiative aimed at helping the teams survive the budget cuts. When he learned the news in November, he said he happened to be at a swim meet with a number of other parents and started the organization right then.

Ninety-six hours in, the parents and alumni already had a strategy.

Saving the program is still a tough

task, with the deadline less than five months away. Yet the teams remain confident they will be competing in varsity meets here next winter.

During the teams’ rendition of the fight song, Lafferty focused on the seniors. But Tynan, as an alumnus and a parent, had his thoughts elsewhere.

Two other parents, Tynan recalled, had told him, “‘Hey, four years from now, you’re going to be standing here as a senior parent and this is going to be for you. It’s going to be your kid.

That’s what we’re focused on. Four years from now, they will still be in the pool doing that cheer.” dgallen@umdbk.com

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Staring down one of the country’s best players, his knees bent in a defensive stance, Nick Faust showed no signs of weakness, no hesitation.

The Terrapins men’s basketball guard did everything he could guarding North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes with just more than a minute left in Saturday’s game. His hand remained squarely in front of the star’s face as Barnes rose and smoothly released a jumper.

But for everything Faust exhausted on that play, he came up short: Barnes hit the dagger at the top of the key.

And for everything the Terps did and tried Saturday, they ultimately came up short as No. 5 North Carolina snatched an 83-74 victory in a packed Comcast Center. Barnes and the Tar Heels (203, 7-1 ACC) just had too much talent, too much length and too much experience.

“I’m proud of our guys. They worked so hard,” coach Mark Turgeon said. “But there is a fine line between winning and losing and right now, we’re on the wrong side of that line.”

Days after an emotional doubleovertime loss at Miami, the Terps (13-9, 3-5) returned home to face the most talented team in the conference. For the first 30 minutes Saturday, they held tough, making shots, playing with defensive intensity and limiting the Tar Heels on the boards. With 10 minutes left in the half, they led by as many as nine.

But they could never run away from North Carolina, which slowly seized the lead and then the game in the second half.

Barnes’ jumper proved too much, putting the Tar Heels up 76-70 with 1:02 remaining. It came just after Terps guard Terrell Stoglin missed a 3-pointer early in the shot clock, a play that left Turgeon displeased.

“I was disappointed with some of the things that we did down the stretch,” Turgeon said.

Stoglin scored a team-high 20 points on 21 shots, but missed eight of his nine 3-point attempts as he matched up against 6-foot-7 Reggie Bullock much of the game. Redshirt freshman center Alex Len built off his strong performance at Miami with a 12point, nine-rebound game against the Tar Heels.

Turgeon said he thought the

game was lost on the boards, though, despite Len’s efforts.

With two and a half minutes left, the Tar Heels had four different shot attempts on one possession before forward John Henson sank a jumper to give North Carolina a 74-69 lead.

“It’s really simple,” Turgeon said. “I’ve never had more trouble getting a team to be more physical on box outs. We’ve worked on it.

We talk about it. We were on it every day. Some of it is going to be their length, but a lot of it is going to be us not competing on the glass when we need to compete.”

North Carolina had a 46-39 advantage in rebounds, spearheaded by Henson (12 rebounds), Barnes (eight) and forward Tyler Zeller (seven). The three also scored a combined 57 points.

“They had a lot of second shots,” guard Sean Mosley said, “and that’s probably what cost us the game.”

Said Turgeon: “There’s a reason they’re the preseason No. 1 team in the country.”

The Terps held a 40-37 halftime lead behind a balanced scoring attack. They forced seven turnovers in the first 12 minutes but struggled against Zeller, who scored 14 points in the half.

Yet for all the Terps did well Saturday, they left with another disappointment. They’ve now lost five of their past seven games and have yet to beat a ranked opponent this year. They are 0-10 against ranked teams in the past two years combined.

“It hurts right now,” Mosley said. “I can say we’re getting better and better and better, but we’re not winning. That’s the most important thing right now. We’re not coming out of the locker room with a win. We’re coming out with a loss.”

A Henson dunk put the exclamation point on the victory with a second left on the clock and the Tar Heels’ win already sealed. He motioned toward the crowd as he ran off the floor.

It was a moment that stuck with the Terps after the game, and a moment they may carry with them for the foreseeable future. Saturday proved the Terps have the drive to win, just not the talent to compete yet with the nation’s best.

“I didn’t like the dunk,” Turgeon said. “Coach [Roy Williams] knows that. But we’re going to be good soon. The world goes around.” ceckard@umdbk.com

Guard Terrell Stoglin tries to avoid a block from North Carolina forward John Henson in the Terps’ 83-74 loss on Saturday. Stoglin, the ACC’s leading scorer, finished with a team-high 20 points. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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No. 9 Terps hope to swat red-hot Yellow Jackets on the road tonight

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

Coach Randy Edsall, pictured above during the Terps’ Oct. 15 loss to Clemson, said Friday that his team will sport a new defensive scheme next season. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Edsall discusses offseason moves Vellano switching to end; DeSouza, Kearse done playing

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

After a season in which his Terrapins football team allowed more than 34 points per game and ranked 108th out of 120 FBS teams in total defense, coach Randy Edsall knew something had to change.

So last month, the athletics department negotiated a buyout with oft-criticized defensive

coordinator Todd Bradford and brought in Brian Stewart, formerly of Houston, as his replacement. Stewart vowed to shake up the defense, bringing an aggressive 3-4 scheme to revamp the Terps’ defense.

A month before the Terps open their spring practice March 10, that defense is starting to take shape.

“We’re going to be an attacking defense that’s going to

bring pressure,” Edsall said during a press conference Friday. “We haven’t decided on where some of those guys are going to be placed. We’re evaluating to make sure. … We’re going to be a pressure team.”

Edsall did elaborate on the team’s defensive line, which he said will likely see all-ACC defensive tackle Joe Vellano

see NOTEBOOK, page 7

Exactly a month ago, Georgia Tech pushed the Terrapins women’s basketball team to the brink of defeat for the first time all season.

The Yellow Jackets built a lead as large as 20 points against the then-undefeated Terps only to squander it as forward Alyssa Thomas capped off an impressive comeback with a game-winning jumper with 17 seconds remaining.

After the game, there was one thing Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph could take solace in.

“Life is tough on the road,” she said after her team’s Jan. 6 loss to the Terps. “But they still have to come to Atlanta.”

Tonight, they will — sort of. The No. 9 Terps will take on the No. 24 Yellow Jackets (17-6, 7-3 ACC) not in Atlanta, but in Gwinnett, Ga., where their hosts enter the conference showdown as one of the hottest teams in the ACC. After losing two of its first three conference games — including its three-point loss to the Terps (19-3, 6-3) — Georgia Tech has won six

of its past seven and four straight, the only blemish coming in a 17-point loss to first-place Duke on Jan. 18.

The Terps don’t enter tonight’s game quite as hot, but an impressive victory over Boston College on Thursday night might be what the team needed to break out of its midseason lull. After their Jan. 6 win over the Yellow Jackets, the Terps dropped three of their next six games before snapping out of their funk in dominating fashion last week.

But even after a 42-point victory over the Eagles, coach Brenda Frese was adamant that the Terps still had many improvements to make before they headed south.

“We’ve got to get better in terms putting 40 minutes together,” Frese said after the game. “I thought we had too many lapses in the second half that we need to improve on. It’s something to build on.”

Though they’re just four days removed from their last game, the Terps will enter tonight’s contest rather well rested. The team’s secondhalf lead against the Eagles never got below 25 points, giving Frese ample opportu-

nity to limit her starters’ minutes.

Only three starters — guard Laurin Mincy, forward Tianna Hawkins and center Alicia DeVaughn — were on the court for 20 minutes or more, while guard Anjale Barrett and for ward Alyssa Thomas each played 19 minutes or fewer, allowing the team’s reser ves to get most of the playing time in the second half.

“The minutes [Mincy and Thomas] are playing for our team, [resting them] is valuable in terms of the stress we have in February,” Frese said. “We have to keep building on that depth.”

The Yellow Jackets gave the Terps the toughest test they had seen to date when they visited Comcast Center last month, something that will surely be fresh on the minds of both teams when they step onto the floor tonight.

“We’ve worked extremely hard since the [loss to Virginia Tech],” Frese said.

“Understanding the importance of how you start and coming out with great energy and intensity.” vitale@umdbk.com