020711

EASY DOES IT

I AM NUMBER FOUR

Terps bounce back from Duke loss with 91-70 win vs. Wake

Deerhoof guitarist talks joining an established band

SPORTS | PAGE 8

DIVERSIONS | PAGE 6

Monday, February 7, 2011

Loh to fill unusual amount of vacancies Recent departures let Loh select top admins.

BY ALISSA GULIN Senior staff writer

University President Wallace Loh has been dealt a rare hand in just the first three months of his tenure.

With an unusually high administrative turnover over the last year, Loh has had the opportunity of overseeing and ultimately selecting replacements for several vacant positions, including a new athletics director, provost, vice president for research and several deans. Although university presidents rarely have the chance to personally select so many key players, it’s an opportunity Loh said he is lucky to have and eager to capitalize on.

Loh said one of the pivotal searches will be replacing Provost Nariman Farvardin, who announced last month he’ll be stepping down to assume the presidency of Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

Loh said while search committees are in place to fill those various positions, the process of finding a new provost — the university’s second-in-command — will be

see SEARCHES, page 3

THE DIAMONDBACK THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Our 101TH Year, No. 85

Officials discuss univ. system break State senate president advocates split, saying univ. doesn’t get ‘attention it deserves’

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB Staff writer

State senate President Mike Miller launched this university’s future into question in recent weeks as higher education officials began to debate his idea of this university splitting from the University System of Maryland.

Although Miller advocated such a change, saying the uni-

MIKE MILLER STATE SENATE PRESIDENT

versity would be able to stand on its own and receive independent funding and support, system officials, who hold the

final say, have been hesitant to embrace the concept.

This university has been the system’s flagship school since the it was formed in 1988, but Miller said having to share its budgeting authority and spending with 11 other schools has impeded the College Park campus from reaching its full potential.

“By being in the system,

the flagship university is leveled down,” Miller said. “It doesn’t receive the funding it deserves, it doesn’t receive the attention it deserves, and as a consequence, it’s not able to flourish.”

The university was originally incorporated into the university system “for the wrong political reasons,” Miller said, and its unique needs were lost among

those of the state’s smaller public universities.

“Anything College Park receives, everyone else in the system has to receive,” he said. “It never attains what it needs to attain as a national flagship university because of the system.”

University system lobbyist P.J. Hogan countered that the

see SPLIT, page 3

Marshaling the future Senior engineering student wins competitive, prestigious award

BY ANNA ISAACS Staff writer

Dylan Rebois didn’t always want to save the world.

But as a recipient of the latest round of the Marshall Scholarship, he’ll travel to the United Kingdom to do just that through researching the latest in energy technology and studying the policy that makes it happen.

“I didn’t come in to college thinking at all that I would be involved in this kind of stuff,” said Rebois, a senior mechanical engi-

neering major. “It’s totally beyond what I had anticipated doing.”

Rebois is one of 32 recipients out of 999 applicants to receive the prestigious scholarship, which requires a rigorous application process that includes writing three essays — a personal statement, a proposed study plan and why the applicant wants to study in the U.K. — a detailed resumé, four letters of recommendation and an interview.

Rebois will be putting his

see REBOIS, page 2

City in line with ‘smart’ development, study says

BY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

Although too much of the state’s development has been in sprawling suburbs rather than urban “smart growth” centers, according to the university’s National Center for Smart Growth, College Park appears to be moving in the right direction.

Smart growth, concentrations of dense development in urban areas with access to mass transit, helps reduce traffic and preserve forests and farmland. But in the statewide analysis of indicators — including population growth and housing affordability — that the center released last month, Maryland’s growth was deemed decidedly un-smart in every metric.

“I think that Maryland is unwilling to take the hard political steps it would take to control sprawl,” said Gerrit Knaap, the center’s executive director. “They keep trying incentive approaches to encourage people to grow in the right way, and

see GROWTH, page 2

TOMORROW’S WEATHER:

CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Single-stream system may pay off in contest

Officials hope high rates will carry over to Recyclemania

BY CLAIRE SARAVIA Staff writer

The university’s new single-stream recycling bins that make it more convenient to recycle may do more than help the environment.

Officials are hopeful the increased recycling rates the school has seen since it began allowing all recyclables to be deposited in the same containers will also pay off in the eight-week Recyclemania competition that kicks off today at 630 universities

see RECYCLING, page 2 TONIA WANG/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

Windy/30s

INDEX

NEWS . . . . . . . . . .2 OPINION . . . . . . . .4

FEATURES . . . . . .5 CLASSIFIED . . . . .6

DIVERSIONS . . . . .6 SPORTS . . . . . . . . .8

www.diamondbackonline.com

2

THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

GROWTH from page 1 those financial incentives are not strong enough.”

But in College Park, city officials have been moving to push smart growth as a key development priority.

“I think that, historically, the city has not been a good example of positive smart growth. The city and [Prince George’s] County

have often pursued policies and projects that have left the areas around our Metro stations undeveloped, while forcing students to live in other areas of the D.C. metropolitan area and commute to the university,” District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said. “I believe that this has begun to change in the past 10 years, and smart growth is now a high priority in the city.”

Knaap said College Park’s efforts have begun to pay off.

Signs advertising Recyclemania are displayed in the dining halls to remind students to recycle. TONIA WANG/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

RECYCLING from page 1 across the country.

Facilities Management recycling coordinator Bill Guididas, who helped prepare the university’s Recyclemania efforts, said he hopes single-stream and other recycling initiatives will help the university win top honors in at least three of the competition’s categories this year.

The performance would be a substantial jump from the university’s previous showing; the only category it scored above fourth place last year — campus composting — has been discontinued. But Cindy Felice, a Resident Life associate director and a member of the campus committee that oversees Recyclemania, said early recycling rates this semester have increased to 41 percent, a personal best for the campus.

“I think we have great potential to do better this year than we’ve done in the past,” Felice said of the university, which has competed in the event since 2007. “The campus, by going single-stream, has worked very hard to make it easier for everyone on campus to recycle.”

In another effort to boost recycling during the competition, the university will host paper recycling drives at several yet undetermined locations around the campus in which members of the university community will empty their dorm rooms or offices of unneeded papers that have accumulated over the years, Guididas said.

Officials will also promote Recyclemania through student volunteers, posters and chalking, he added.

REBOIS from page 1 scholarship toward completing a one-year renewable energy program at Imperial College in London, as well as another year-long program in engineering for sustainable development at the University of Cambridge.

It’s the conclusion of an undergraduate career laden with engineering accomplishments and scholarly achievements: Rebois has been an active member of Engineers Without Borders since his freshman year, worked with the Student Government Association’s Student Sustainability Committee and the university’s Sustainability Council, interns at the Department of Energy and also received a Truman Scholarship for postgraduate studies in his junior year.

But Rebois said that although he was always interested in math and science, he was only sure he’d stay in those fields — not what sort of planet-saving endeavors they’d ultimately facilitate.

“I knew that math, technology, science were a good fit,” he said. “And I liked working with my hands, so engineering was a good fit.”

But as Rebois began his freshman year at the university in aerospace engineering, he realized that with the work he was starting to do in Engineers Without Borders — the first extracurricular activity he became involved with here — his interests were starting to shift.

“As I did some research with the aerospace department, I realized I was getting the most personal reward in the things I was doing that were working directly with people,” he said.

Rebois cites his work with Engineering Without Borders as his primary inspiration. The group brought him to Burkina Faso to retrofit hand-cranked water pumps with solar power and to Ethiopia to build a youth center.

Now, Rebois’ plans are all about

But Office of Sustainability manager Mark Stewart cautioned that as the university works hard to bring the best competition possible, other competing schools are likely doing the same.

“Whether or not we will outcompete other schools in the competition only time will tell,” Stewart said. “I’m sure all of the other schools are working on improving recycling.”

Of course, he added, “there are a lot of other reasons for recycling.”

Some students said the university needs to work on better labeling for its recycling bins to make recycling rules clearer. Junior dance and psychology major Georgia Yang said she wasn’t even aware there was a single-stream program on the campus.

“I want to [recycle], but it’s just so hard,” she said.

Others said the university’s efforts have made recycling trouble-free.

“I don’t really have to go out of my way if I want to recycle something,” junior history major Scott Haines said. “For the most part around campus, it’s easy enough.”

Events like Recyclemania call attention to the university’s recycling efforts and encourage more people to get into the habit, said Maria Lonsbury of Campus Recreation Services and a member of the competition committee.

“As the university continues to identify itself as a sustainable campus, we see more people put their recyclables into recycling containers,” Lonsbury said. saravia@umdbk.com

renewable energy and bringing it to Third World countries that lack, as Rebois put it, “electricity, lights at night — the kinds of things we take for granted here.

“Ultimately, I want to be in a position where I can kind of manage negotiations at a high level between nations and communities to develop programs for bringing alternative and low-carbon technology to communities and deal with issues of energy access,” he said.

While Rebois’ aspirations may sound lofty and his resumé intimidating, his roommate, senior information systems and marketing major Chris DeCaro, said Rebois is nothing but down to earth.

“If you don’t ask him directly what’s going on, he’ll never tell you,” DeCaro said. “It’s kind of a secret — he doesn’t really brag about what he does.”

And DeCaro said although Rebois is hardworking, he’s no geek.

“They’re usually tough socially or in a different realm, but he’s good at interacting with different kinds of people,” DeCaro said.

Public policy professor Nathan Hultman, who worked with Rebois on a research project about solar power technology in the Persian Gulf countries, said that humanistic side of Rebois is what gives him his edge.

“He does understand, in a way that many people sometimes have a hard time sensing, how different proposals might fit well into the societal context,” said Hultman, who also wrote Rebois a letter of recommendation for the scholarship.

“He’s got a sensitivity to the local conditions and what people want that will put him in a good place.”

And while Hultman said Rebois’ accomplishments have been built largely around the university’s prestigious engineering program, the benefit is mutual.

“For the university, it reflects well on the intellectual community that we’re producing people like this,” he said. aisaacs@umdbk.com

“There is high development around Route 1, which is a good thing, and a lot of work being done around the university and the Metro station,” Knaap said.

“If and when the Purple Line [light rail] comes, I’m sure there will be a lot of efforts to capitalize on that as well. I wouldn’t say it’s an exemplary example [of smart growth], but I would say College Park is headed in the right direction.”

Debbie Friedman, a planner in

the College Park Planning and Development Department, said the city is in a particularly good position to promote smart growth.

“Because we’re inside the Beltway, there’s existing infrastructure, and smart growth believes in the utilization of that,” she said. “We advocate alternative means of transportation like bicycling, walking and the use of transit, and we also believe in recognizing and helping to preserve natural resources like Paint

Branch Trail.”

Wojahn and Friedman both spoke about plans to encourage development in the industrial areas surrounding the College Park Metro station, but growth there has been stalled by the poor economy and complications over land controlled by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Elsewhere in the state, officials haven’t taken tough enough stances against sprawl, according

to Cheryl Cort, policy director at the Coalition for Smarter Growth advocacy group.

“We’re still seeing too much scattered development in areas that just generate a lot of new traffic and scatter jobs,” Cort said.

“Maryland invests too much in big highway projects instead of investing in existing areas and creating better transportation options there.” farrell@umdbk.com

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 | NEWS | THE DIAMONDBACK

SPLIT from page 1 system has overseen the university’s rise from an ordinary public school to a nationally recognized research institution.

“If you look at where College Park was in 1988, prior to the system being formed, this is a drastically different institution than it was then,” Hogan said. “It has thrived within the system. I compare University of Maryland, College Park, in 1988 and what it is now, and it has become a tremendous university. The quality, the funding, the resources have drastically improved since then.”

Hogan said the system has helped its 12 institutions attain their shared goals, a strength that has let this university thrive.

“I think [a split] would hurt all the collaborative efforts of the

system,” he said. “I think [the universities] work well together because they are in the system.”

System Chancellor Brit Kirwan said Miller’s suggestion would halt the progress this state has made in higher education on Maryland Public Television’s Direct Connectionlast month.

“What we need to be doing at this moment is leveraging the higher education assets we have to advance the needs of the state of Maryland,” he said. “His proposal would create a wedge between our institutions and make collaboration and cooperation much more difficult.”

Even though this university is largely responsible for the system’s budget — nearly 40 percent — Miller said this shouldn’t be a consideration for whether it can break off and stand as an independent institution.

“The budgets should be set ac-

3

cording to the function [each university] is asked to perform,” Miller said. “College Park is a large research facility. It has the strongest academic credentials in the entire system, it has the best faculty in the system, but it has a lot of needs.”

These needs include infrastructure problems — many of which cannot be addressed because the funding simply isn’t available — that the university faces as a result of its age, he said.

University lobbyist Ross Stern could not be reached for comment.

Miller added that he believes the Board of Regents knows the university is below its full potential.

“No one will spend the political capital to make it happen,” he said.

“It’s a problem crying out to be addressed, but it takes hard work.” abutaleb@umdbk.com

SEARCHES from page 1 more extensive. By consulting with administrators, deans and student government representatives, Loh will form committees to evaluate both internal and external provost candidates in an international search that will take seven to nine months, he said.

In the meantime, Loh will appoint an interim provost who will take over at the end of this month when Farvardin officially steps down. “[Far vardin’s] fabulous new appointment was a huge gain for Stevens and a major loss for us,” Loh said. “He was a major architect of advancement in the university, and we cer tainly want somebody with his kind of energy and vision.”

Regardless of what position is being filled, Loh said each contender must share the same drive to achieve excellence that characterized the entrepreneurial spirit of Farvardin and Loh’s predecessor, former university President Dan Mote.

This quality, he said, will be especially valuable if state lawmakers approve Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed freeze on

discretionary spending because much of higher education’s funding falls under that umbrella, Loh said.

“As a nation, there’s going to be less money available, so we have to be even more creative, more entrepreneurial, more innovative in terms of moving forward and attracting top faculty, getting grants,” he said. “You’ve got to see [the positions] in the social-economic context.”

Farvardin was not available for comment last night.

One of Loh’s top goals as president is to further expand the university’s global presence, by both sending more students abroad and enrolling more international students, while continuing to secure its spot as a “research powerhouse,” he said. Loh added that whoever he chooses to bring into his cabinet will also be on board with these priorities.

But Loh said the biggest challenge moving forward will be finding new administrators with innovative outlooks on problem-solving and an indepth understanding of the university’s long-term goals.

“I think the overriding consideration is that this university has been on a fast upward

SEARCH SPECIFICS University President Wallace Loh has set out an extensive search process to find a replacement for Provost Nariman Farvardin, who will step down at the end of the month, including: Consulting with administrators, deans and student government representatives Forming an internal and external committee to look within and outside of the university for a replacement Searching internationally in a process that will take seven to nine months Appointing an interim provost in the next month

trajector y for the past 15 years or so,” he said. “That momentum cannot slow down. We want to keep moving onwards and upwards in educational excellence, academics, the arts.” agulin@umdbk.com

V

alentine’s Day Gift Pages

Valentine Special Send someone you love a personalized message in The Diamondback.

We are devoting a special section for Valentine ads on February 14th.

Special rates, too! Just 20 cents a word ($2.00 minimum).

Come to the Diamondback Business Office, 3136 South Campus Dining Hall, 9:30PM–4:30PM, Monday–Friday.

Don't miss out — the deadline is February 10th at 2PM.

Win a Prize for Best Ad!

1st Place Wins a $50 Gift Certificate courtesy of:

4

THE DIAMONDBACK | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Opinion

THE DIAMONDBACK

MARISSA LANG EDITOR IN CHIEF

YOUR INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK PHONE: (301) 314-8200 | FAX: (301) 314-8358 3150 SOUTH CAMPUS DINING HALL | COLLEGE PARK, MD 20742 NEWS@UMDBK .COM | OPINION@UMDBK .COM

KATE RAFTERY

ANN SUN

MANAGING EDITOR

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

JUSTIN SNOW

KEVIN TERVALA

OPINION EDITOR

OPINION EDITOR

Staff editorial

Guest column

Facile fundraising

A new resource?

S

peaking before the state legislature last week, Gov. Martin O’Malley department at this university. Just over a year ago, the Meyerhoff Center for delivered his fifth annual State of the State speech, declaring the con- Jewish Studies was looking at the Yiddish classes offered here with heavy dition of Maryland to be strong. Citing a long list of accomplishments hearts. Due to a lack of funding, it appeared that classes dedicated to the lanand projecting a bright future, O’Malley touched on a wide range of guage founded in the Jewish faith would soon be canceled at this university.

But since then, the center was able to do something extraordinar y. After topics from jobs to pollution.

On the issue of education, O’Malley lauded this university’s rising rankings being flooded with letters following the announcement that the courses and increased accessibility due to relatively low in-state tuition rates. And on would cease to exist in one year, the department was able to secure enough the topic of funding for higher education, O’Malley was largely vague but private donations to keep the language classes up and running for another two years. With the help of concerned community called for lawmakers to rethink their strategies and look organizers, the center — which boasts none of the for new ways to finance higher education. popular attention of the business school or other Indeed, the issue of funding for higher education has As the state and university highly funded departments at the university — raised become more and more pertinent in recent years. Following massive budget cuts after the Great Recession looks to further invest in higher more than $120,000 in private donations.

Other departments, especially those that often bear that led to three consecutive years of furloughs and the thawing of a four year tuition freeze, how we maintain education, they should look to the brunt of cuts and budget reductions, could capitalize on this strategy. As it stands now, the university quality public higher education has become an issue of the successful strategy often solicits donations for the institution as a whole much debate with few solutions. employed by the Meyerhoff from alumni and others. But by encouraging donors to For O’Malley, such steps do not lie solely in increasing Center for Jewish Studies give to a specific department, program or school, such students’ tuition or butchering the budgets of the state’s as one they may have attended or have a vested interinstitutions of learning. Instead, they lie in innovative and focus on individual est in, money could be raised to assist even the smallideas that spur competition. O’Malley has proposed proprograms. est of classes. grams such as Complete College Maryland, a grant proCertainly, for the survival of higher education in gram that would reward schools for initiatives that help students attain their degrees. Such a program would not only reward schools tumultuous economic times, alternative funding must be sought. O’Malley with grant money, it would also add another incentive to push students to suc- and others in Annapolis seem to realize this. But more importantly, some at this university are actively seeking ways to preserve their departments, if cessfully complete their degrees.

That said, one simple grant program will not solve this or any other univer- only for a time. The ability of the Jewish studies department to save Yiddish sity’s financial problems. More ways must be sought to fund higher educa- courses for another two years is a success story other departments could tion, and O’Malley seems to realize this, stating in his speech that the Com- learn from. But it is also a story that speaks volumes to the wherewithal of many at this university as well as the interest many donors have in the continplete College Maryland program was only a step.

However, while looking for other alternatives, we can turn our attention to a ued quality of education in the state.

Our View

Editorial cartoon: Shai Goller

The real world: Ready or not, here I come

T

his is going to sound weird, but I’m actually looking forward to graduation.

Don’t get me wrong. College has been the best nine years of my life, and I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything — except for maybe a delicious and refreshing light beer. But after hundreds of credits, dozens of classes, numerous hangovers and a few too many questionable decisions, I’m finally ready to leave it all behind. I’m ready to embrace adulthood. I’m ready to take what I’ve learned and put it into practice.

My name is Mike Sanders, and I’m ready to enter the real world.

It’s weird, too, because I think I’m the only one. I’ve never understood why college students are so afraid of life on the other side. Really, guys, what’s so scar y about the destruction of your hopes and dreams?

MIKE

SANDERS I know I’m ready for anything the real world might throw at me, and you should be, too. Think about it: As college students, we are among the small fraction of Americans who chose to pursue the path of higher education. That decision is going to reap dividends in the real world.

Because after four (or nine) years of hard work, we’re about to enter the job market with something that most people in America will never acquire: an alcohol problem.

You know what else I’m looking for ward to? Getting a grown-up job.

That’s why I’m glad I majored in

something both lucrative and practical. Think about all the paths a degree in U.S. histor y will open up for me. Seriously, think about it.

When you come up with one, contact me. I’m desperate.

Plus, having a grown-up job will help me pay back the $700,000 in student loans I owe the federal government. But I’m not worried because everybody in the real world owes money to the government. It’s like we’re part of the family now.

Congratulations, guys. We did it.

You’ve heard that college students have an unlimited amount of freedom, right? This is true. But that freedom doesn’t end once you graduate. I mean, the real world is all about freedom. We’ll have the freedom to choose where we live, for instance. Many of us will choose to stay in College Park, which in the real world is called a “bad choice.”

Others will take their first steps into the adult world when they scrape together what little money they have and — after a lengthy housing search — move back in with mom and dad. It’s like being a teenager again, except this time you pay rent.

Write about how unfair it is on your Xanga page.

I could go on and on, but I’m approaching my word limit and need to take a nap. Let me close by saying this: The real world is a lot like my columns. It’s directionless, annoying and challenging to get through. But you’ll be a better person for it — and the experience is something you won’t trade for anything.

Except for maybe a delicious and refreshing light beer.

Mike Sanders is a senior history major. He can be reached at sanders@umdbk.com.

Health care: Let’s ensure that we’re insured

O

ver winter break, I came to a ver y scar y realization: I’m graduating in May. I’ve registered for my last semester of college. I’ve applied for graduation. I’ve come down with senioritis. The only thing left is the diploma. And even though it feels like I just started college last semester, I actually just started my last college semester.

That frightening reality is the cause of a lot of stress these days. At almost ever y family gathering during the past six months (or really, any time I meet someone new), I get the same panic-inducing question: “So, what are you planning on doing after you graduate?”

Usually, I just shoot the person my withering death stare while stammering about some political journalism job I just made up or about the internship I thought I might have seen on that website with an address I can’t seem to remember. But in all honesty, I don’t know what I’m doing, and while that’s often a terrifying thought, it’s also ver y exciting.

Part of why I’m not lying in the fetal position wailing about my joblessness (yet) is that I feel a sense of security in knowing I’ll at least be able to have health insurance for the next four years, thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed last year. Under the new health care system, all children can stay on their parents’ health care plans until they are 26 or find a job that provides benefits, whichever comes first. Hopefully I won’t be unemployed until I’m 26, but nonetheless, it’s vital that this bill does not get repealed.

Of course, there are many controversial aspects of this reform. For one thing, it has a pretty high price tag: $1 trillion just in the first 10 years. But that number is also deceiving, because in the long run, the reform will actually end up reducing our federal budget deficit by about $140 billion in the first decade, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, and will continue to lessen our collective debt in its second decade.

Some people are concerned — or

EMILIE

OPENCHOWSKI outraged — with the individual mandate, namely the bill requires everyone to purchase health insurance by 2014. Understandably, these critics don’t think it’s fair for the government to tell them what to do, especially when they’re young and healthy and don’t foresee a need for insurance.

Accidents happen, though, and when you show up at a public hospital without insurance and get care without paying out of pocket, your bill is footed by the general public via taxes.

The methods created to pay for health care reform are contentious because, while most of it will be paid for by large, wealthy corporations and established medical providers, some of it will also be paid for by slightly increased Medicare taxes for the richest 3 percent of the popu-

lation. But the majority of Americans will not be affected, and those who can really afford to chip in will have the satisfaction of providing affordable health care to an additional 32 million Americans each year.

Why should they have to pay?

Why should they care about the poor, uninsured people? To say that we don’t all rely on one another or that we are all separate individuals is ridiculous. We may not interact daily or directly, but we’re a united population, and we owe it to each other to protect ourselves. The Affordable Care Act works toward creating a health care system of prevention and wellness so that we can avoid costly payments for preventable diseases and work toward a healthier, happier society.

A nation that takes care of its own has a much better chance of advancing together. When push comes to shove, isn’t that what we all want?

Emilie Openchowski is a senior government and politics and journalism major. She can be reached at openchowski@umdbk.com.

G

iven the ongoing concerns about climate change and energy independence, many people are by now familiar with the most common alternatives to fossil fuels for generating electricity. There’s solar power, landbased wind power, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric power, nuclear and even wave and tidal power. All of these have their benefits and costs, but there is one alternative energy industry that has received far less attention in this country than it deserves: offshore wind.

Like land-based wind power, offshore wind uses windmill-like turbines to convert energy in air currents to electricity. Anchored to the seafloor, the turbines rise above the waves at distances varying from a few hundred meters to roughly thirty miles off the coast.

Offshore wind has many benefits that it shares with land-based wind power, chief among them being pollution prevention. Generating electricity from wind energy does not produce atmospheric emissions, so it doesn’t contribute to air pollution or climate change the way fossil fuels do. Also, wind is a domestic energy source that bolsters our energy independence, and since wind is free and inexhaustible, it avoids the current threat of rising energy prices associated with depleting fossil fuel reserves. Additionally, wind power does not produce any toxic waste products or require environmentally destructive fuel mining.

Offshore wind also has several benefits that are uniquely its own.

Most importantly, winds tend to be stronger and steadier over the ocean than over land, and the size of this energy source is staggering. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that if domestic offshore wind resources were harnessed to their fullest potential, the electricity generated by offshore wind farms could exceed the current electricity demand of our entire country several times over. While this extreme maximum would be neither feasible nor even desirable, it does give an idea of the industry’s potential. Steadier maritime winds also mean that offshore wind farms can be located closer to coastal population centers, reducing transmission congestion and the need for long-distance transmission lines.

Offshore wind is not some controversial new technology. The first offshore wind farm was completed in Denmark in 1991, and today, there are over forty offshore wind farms in operation.

Most are in Europe, but in July 2010, China unveiled its first offshore wind park for the World Expo in Shanghai, and the country has plans to expand the industry exponentially.

Right now, the United States is behind the eight ball; there is not a single offshore wind farm currently operating in this country.

Fortunately, that is about to change. In 2009, the Department of the Interior finalized procedures for leasing areas of the seabed to offshore wind developers, and this past summer, the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts received the first permit to begin construction after nine years of regulatory battles.

Mar yland too is moving forward with offshore wind, and now is the perfect time to learn more about this rapidly evolving industry. Tonight at 7 p.m. in Banneker Room A in Stamp Student Union, UMD for Clean Energy will be kicking off the semester with a panel event devoted to the state’s developing offshore wind industr y. The event will have three guest speakers from the Mar yland Energy Administration, the wind company NRG Bluewater Wind and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Together, they will provide an up-to-theminute account of the recent events that will soon culminate in the state’s first offshore wind farm, as well as how we can all help support offshore wind in Mar yland. This is about building a cleaner, more reliable energy future for our state and our country, so bring your friends and help move our state forward!

Hilary Staver is a junior environmental science and policy major and is also the campaign director for UMD for Clean Energy.

She can be reached at hstaver@umd.edu.

POLICY: Signed letters, columns and cartoons represent the opinions of the authors. The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Diamondback’s editorial board and is the responsibility of the editor in chief.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 | THE DIAMONDBACK

5

Features HOROSCOPESTELLA WILDER

CROSSWORD 34 Blue spot on a map 37 Cheating a bit 40 Lead-tin alloy 42 Fleming and Woosnam

43 45 46 48

Sweeper’s need New Deal org.

Bank jobs Kublai and Genghis

49 “The WellTempered Clavier” composer 50 Pang 51 Ariz. neighbor

ACROSS 58 Exploding stars 1 Grumble 60 Major-leaguers 5 Floppy 61 “I Got You Babe” 9 Litter member duo member 12 Rent, as a limo 62 Flash 13 — — in the 63 Poker stake bucket 64 Evil eye 15 Roll tightly 65 Bonny miss 16 Finished a cake 66 Close 17 Swamp critter 18 “Bus Stop” DOWN author 1 Dip companion 19 Pyramid builder 2 Like Bill Gates 21 Chamomile 3 General vicinity infusion (2 wds.)

4 Sleeping bag 23 Melville opus 5 Pool 24 Be even 6 Sun Valley site 25 Upholstery fabric 7 A-Team member 28 Become sunny (2 wds.)

(2 wds.)

8 Piglet’s friend 33 Jellybean shapes 9 Football kick 34 Pork cut 10 Impulse 35 Tart plum 11 Court event 36 “Wild Thing” 14 Make believe rapper, Tone — 15 Muscle cells 37 Got along 20 “Jake’s Thing” 38 — vous plait writer 39 Wapitis 22 Narrow inlet 41 Luau plinkers 25 Guided a raft 42 I.e. words 26 Convex 44 Chaos moldings 46 Visits often 27 Bundles 47 Trip part 28 Kitchen tool 48 Russell and Olin 29 Tells an untruth 49 Stopgap (hyph.)

30 NFLer Merlin 53 Chronicle 31 Palm off 57 High point 32 Soft matted wools

© 2011 UNITED FEATURES SYNDICATE

Previous Day’s Puzzle Solved:

TODAY’S CROSSWORD SPONSORED BY:

S T A B

P I N A

I N K S

T PRONG A MED I A H SME L L I E ROO T ABS TO PER I C L ES T AVA H I L L Y L I MB P L EAS E L B OW S E C T SOURS THE NE T S T P P I CN I CS RUNE COACH EM I R KN I F E F A T S YE L L S

S I R S

S A L T L A K E

O G E E

1

2

3

4

5

12

13

16

17

19

6

7

8

21

28

33 36

22

29

30

37 40

32

38

41

42

45

50

31

35

43

46

47 49

15

34

44

11

24

27

39

10

18

20

26

Kewpie Sarah — Jewett Duty roster River in Belgium Travel word

9 14

23 25

52 54 55 56 59

48

51

52

57

58

61

62

64

RT EE DA D

PP OA L L SE S YEA ROPOD AU S TRAP LOBE AMBO WA RN

NEW CARTOONIST WANTED

V

alentine’s Day Gift Pages

FREE CLASSIFIEDS Run your classified for 4 consecutive days and receive the 5th day FREE! Call 314-8000 for more information.

Luv’n Time Adult Toys • Lingerie Halloween Costumes 6126 Greenbelt Road • Greenbelt, MD 20770 301-474-4304

53 59

54 60 63

65

66

55

56

orn today, you have a funny way of looking at things, but though this unusual streak often leads you in new and different directions, you are also able to mix and mingle with those you consider quite normal — so, in this way, you are able to have the best of both worlds.

Your creative streak enables you to come up with all manner of good — and sometimes wild — ideas, and your ability to work and play well with others enables you to turn those ideas into hard-and-fast realities. Still, you are never one to abandon that quirky side of yourself that others know and love.

B

You have many interests, but for some reason you are often driven to pursue that which presents the greatest number of complications and difficulties — and offers the least chance of success. And yet you have a knack for wringing every possible benefit out of such an endeavor.

Also born on this date are Laura Ingalls Wilder, author; Chris Rock, actor and comedian; Garth Brooks, country singer and songwriter; Sinclair Lewis, author; Charles Dickens, author; John Deere, tractor maker.

life takes, but a belief founded in fact can make all the difference.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’re likely to spill the beans before the day is out, but you can anticipate the consequences and avoid any real negative fallout.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Don’t let yourself be fooled by someone who has been preparing for this moment for quite some time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You can outwit your nearest opponent, but someone else is likely to pick up the pace and present a real threat to your dominance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The pieces of a tricky puzzle are likely to fall into place — except for one that will require you to mount a careful search.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — The simpler a plan, the more likely it is to bring success; now is certainly no time to let things become overcomplicated.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — The demands made on you are familiar but no less rigid than they have been. You’ll still have to dig deep to deliver the goods.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Your pursuit of perfection is likely to lead you down a few unfamiliar roads; use caution when others start paying too much attention.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You should be able to make progress simply by doing what comes naturally.

Toward evening hours, you may be more fatigued than usual.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — That which is new and different may not be as interesting as that which is old and familiar to you. Comfort counts for much.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — The facts you uncover may not make much sense — until you realize that you’ve been examining them in the wrong order.

Copyright 2011 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE SPONSORED BY:

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You may have to work harder than expected before others believe what you claim to have up your sleeve and ready to go.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Now is no time to let superstitions dictate the direction your

YOUR NAME HERE BEAR ON CAMPUS

TUNG PHAM

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9.

Previous Day’s Puzzle Solved:

Win Something G i f t C e r t i f i c ate G i v e a w ay

Degree of Difficulty: EASY

TODAY’S SUDOKU PUZZLE SPONSORED BY:

WWW.SOTITE.COM

Wood’s Flowers and Gifts ◆ Fresh Flowers ◆ Beautiful Roses ◆ Fruit & Snack Baskets ◆ Plants ◆ Dish Gardens ◆ Orchid Plants ◆ Gifts ◆ Cards ◆ Silk Flowers ◆ Stuffed Animals ◆ Balloons

Flowers for

* Valentine’s Day * Open Feb. 13th Place Your Orders Early Deliveries Going Out Feb. 12th, 13th, and 14th Local and Nationwide Delivery

Call, stop in, or visit our website.

Family-owned and operated since 1938

9223 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 One mile north of the University of Maryland (Next to Proteus Bicycles)

301-474-7000 | 1-800-671-6934

www.woodsflowersandgifts.com

6

THE DIAMONDBACK | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

PREVIEW | DEERHOOF

Diversions

In the moment

BY REESE HIGGINS Senior staff writer

Deerhoof songs always seem a bit weird and childish. Yet, the art-rock quartet’s music isn’t immature in any way — the group just exudes a certain youthful wonder and innocence.

It might be because of vocalistbassist Satomi Matsuzaki’s sweet, Japanese-accented singing voice. But it also might be because of the incredible energy and enthusiasm the entire band, which plays at the 9:30 Club tonight, puts into every performance.

The group’s new album, Deerhoof vs. Evil, and all those preceding it, to be fair, have the sound of an ambitious young band introducing serious musicianship to kindergarten playtime. But Deerhoof is no new kid on the block.

Co-founded by virtuoso drummer Greg Saunier in the early 1990s, the group has seen its share of lineup changes, but the core players through the years have been Matsuzaki, Saunier and guitarist John Dieterich.

Now in its 16th year, the group is still moving forward.

The band, which had been

based in San Francisco since its inception, moved away from the city in August. But despite being geographically separated, the group has recorded one of its strongest albums.

After recording the bulk of the record in San Francisco before the big move, the finishing touches on Deerhoof vs. Evil were done in Portland, Ore., at the home of guitarist Ed Rodriguez, who joined the band in 2008.

“Over the past six months or so, we’ve been trying to figure out this new way of working,” Rodriguez said regarding the complications that arose when his bandmates all moved in different directions. “It’s actually been working really well because now, when we do get to see each other, everything else gets pushed aside. So it’s this short but completely focused period of time together. We usually stay together in the same place. Wake up, hang out, eat, play music, whatever, and then after that’s done, we just hang out.”

The title of Deerhoof’s new record, the group’s 10th fulllength album, is the realization of the band’s togetherness and

the unity it felt while making the album.

“I think [the concept of Deerhoof vs. Evil] brought out that feeling of us as a unit, [more so] than we had been feeling because we got to ... spend all this time together, and it just made us really feel like we were something,” Rodriguez said. “It is that kind of feeling that we could take on the world. And I think [our time together] led to us having that feeling, kind of building into a force of some kind.”

On tour, album songs change dramatically and are re-worked Deerhoof will bring its slightly odd rock to the 9:30 club tonight. PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH CASS in the live setting nearly every And even though Rodriguez me sort of feel bad you want to night, Rodriguez said. The con- ing a song they might have writis the newest addition to this change my song,’” he said. stant changes aren’t the result of ten eight years ago.

“And I’m excited to be a part of process, he has always felt “There’s none of that. Everyan unstable band but of a conthat too because, to me, it makes right at home in the demo- body’s like, ‘Hey, great! Yeah, I stant creative force. like that. Let’s try your idea.’”

“No one is ever completely me feel that it’s a new song,” he cratic foursome.

“For the songs that were “I’ve played music with a ton satisfied with the way some- said. “It’s like that it’s of this band thing is,” Rodriguez said. and not of The Runner’s Four of people, and this band — I was written before me, I don’t even “Either that or they’re just get- band or the Reveille Deerhoof. so impressed with how much know who wrote what because ting a new idea of how to bring It’s of the Deerhoof vs. Evil Deer- they’re open to each other’s there’s never this feeling of something in a song out to the hoof because it’s a version that ideas and excited by it,” ownership,” he added. “Everything is us, and everybody can front more. So we might play an could only exist right now with Rodriguez said.

When discussing changes to a do anything they want.” older song that they’ve played these people that are in this Deerhoof will play at the 9:30 many, many times and now that room. And that really makes me song, “It never turns into this there’s a fourth member, they feel more connected to the old thing of like, ‘Oh, this is my song Club tonight. Doors open at 7 p.m. can try and play some new ways material because it never feels that I wrote, and you’re wanting Tickets cost $15. with these old songs. ... It’s like old material — it just feels to change this and this about it, and I’m feeling anxious. It makes rhiggins@umdbk.com really great to see them rework- like current material.”

----------------

Classified CALL

CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS

RATES

• Larger Type • Sold In 1” Increments • One Column Wide • $33.00 Per Column Inch

35¢ per word $3.50 minimum ALL CAPITAL LETTERS........35¢ extra per word Bold letters..............................70¢ extra per word vmA All ads must be prepaid

OFFICE HOURS

DEADLINES

9:30AM – 4:30PM Monday – Friday 3136 South Campus Dining Hall

The deadline for all ads is 2PM, two business days in advance of publication.

SPECIAL Run the same classified or classified display ad 4 consecutive days and get 5th day FREE!

DIAMONDBACKONLINE.COM All Classifieds & Classified Display ads will run online at no additional charge.

301-314-8000 TO PLACE YOUR AD, OR BY EMAIL: ADVERTISING@DBK.UMD.EDU

BY FAX: 301-314-8358

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

FOR RENT

SERVICES

SERVICES

CAMP COUNSELORS, male/female, needed for great overnight camps in the mountains of PA. Have fun while working with children outdoors. Teach/assist with A&C, Aquatics, Media, Music, Outdoor Rec, Tennis, & more. Office, Nanny, & Kitchen positions available. Apply on-line at www.pineforestcamp.com.

MODELS WANTED for testing digital photography and video. All body types, nationalities, ages over 18 considered. Pay $10/hour, call 571-319-9999.

Spacious Basement Room with Private Bath

GUITAR LESSONS – Blues, Jazz, Rock, Classical. Former university instructor. Beginning/advanced. All ages welcome.

Freddy, 301-445-7726.

Part time store clerk/stockperson needed at beer and wine store near campus. Call Jim or Ted at 301-277-9271.

$499/mo. + utilities. Available now.

Located in 5 BR/3 BA house steps from the Greenbelt Metro & short walk to UMD shuttle. Call 240-391-8552 or email KmgMikeS@gmail.com today!

PREGNANT? Free Confidential Pregnancy Testing & CARING COUNSELING HELP: 800-521-5530, 800-533-0093. Continue Education & Career. THE GABRIEL NETWORK 800-ANGEL-OK.

New York Deli is hiring for delivery drivers.

Please call 301-345-0366 or email newyorkdeli1@gmail.com.

Office Assistant Position to help run a business in Greenbelt. Must have excellent multi-tasking, customer service, computer, phone, organization skills. Monday-Thursday 1 pm-6pm, 20 hours/week. $11/hour. Call 301-441-8100.

Experienced & Beginning Autism Therapist Maryland State Autism Waiver funded program for behavior therapists under direction of the Center for Autism & Related Disorders. Seeking experienced therapists & individuals to be trained in behavior modification techniques. Successful candidates work 6-10 hrs./wk. as part of a 12 yr. old program located approx. 5 miles from campus. Session available late afternoons M-F, Sat. & Sun. AM/PM, Wed. 1-4 pm.

Bluebird Driving School

Physical Therapy Aide Physical therapy aide needed for outpatient physical therapy practice in Rockville, MD. Must be available Tues. and Thurs. 12 pm-7 pm. Please fax resume to 301-770-3015 or email tsichelman@clarkept.com.

Call 301-588-6271.

Bartending! $250/day potential. No experience necessary.

Training provided.

1-800-965-6520 x116.

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM. Paid survey takers needed in College Park. 100% free to join! Click on surveys.

See Hundreds Of Different Job Listings On THE DIAMONDBACK

INTERNSHIP/PAID Wanted: Aggressive, outgoing go-getter to work with Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Advisors. Call Bill Flanigan, Senior Vice President: 301-961-0131.

THE DIAMONDBACK Is Seeking an

Online Sales Intern for Spring 2011 If interested, contact Chelsea at

advertising@dbk.umd.edu.

JOB BOARD

Position to be filled by 2/11/11.

Training provided.

By Visiting www.diamondbackonline.com

FOR RENT

Click on “Job Listings” in our navigation bar.

HOUSES FOR RENT. Go to cphouse4rent.com.

❖ APARTMENTS

❖ AUTOMOTIVE

❖ FAX

SERVICE

FAX

SERVICE

Send/Receive

Local/Long-Distance

(international not available)

Diamondback Business Office • 3136 South Campus Dining Hall PHONE: 301-314-8000 • Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

❖ RECREATION

SKYDIVE!

Easy one-day first jumps year round from 22-Jumper twin-engine airplane at over 13,500 feet! (540) 943-6587. We offer GIFT CERTIFICATES & complete courses of skydiving instruction for Skydiving certification & instructors ratings too!

And don’t worry if you wet your pants.They’ll dry on the way down.

WWW.SKYDIVEORANGE.COM

COLLEGE PARK/OLD TOWN One bedroom & two bedroom garden style apartments.

Close to Metro & UMD. J.E. Smith Corp.

Call 202-582-2473.

HOUSES FOR RENT – Rhode Island, Dartmouth, Calvert, 37th, Guilford. 4-6 bedrooms. Available August. Bill: 443-745-7090.

Hartwick Tower unit for four people. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, $3000/month. Includes utilities. Walk to campus. Also houses for rent – College Park – 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, $2375/month. Off-street parking. Approx. 1 mile from campus. Washer/dryer. Email: britmusser@netscape.net or call 301-806-0790.

ROOM FOR RENT. Located at 8307 Potomac Ave., College Park. Available now.

Close walk to campus. $475/month. CALL 301-509-7874.

Rooms front of campus. Has everything.

Walk to classes. $450 per month. Email: umd@usa.com.

NEED MONEY FOR RENT? You can find a job in the Diamondback Classifieds!

MISCELLANEOUS

FAX SERVICE

Congratulations to The Diamondback’s

Senior Rep of the Week

Shaun Vasavada &

Rookie Rep of the Week

Send / Receive George Sault Local / GOT EXTRA STUFF? Long-Distance THE DIAMONDBACK CLASSIFIEDS (international not available)

Diamondback Business Office

ARE THE PERFECT PLACE TO SELL YOUR EXTRA STUFF.

3136 South Campus Dining Hall PHONE: 301-314-8000 Mon.-Fri. 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

CALL 301-314-8000 MON.-FRI. 9:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. TO PLACE YOUR AD WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD.

PERSONALS

SPECIAL VALENTINE’S SECTION In the Diamondback, Monday, February 14.

Special Rates, too – 20¢/word, $2.00 minimum.

Special Display Rates, also!

(Inquire at The Diamondback Advertising Office)

DEADLINE: FEB. 10, 2 p.m.

3136 S. Campus Dining Hall

FREE CLASSIFIEDS Run your classified for 4 consecutive days and receive the 5th day FREE! Call 314-8000 for more information.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 | SPORTS | THE DIAMONDBACK

ENGELKE from page 8 “You go through getting probably as low as you can get during a season, and then you got to get it back to where you can play, and play with a lot of energy.

“Coaching-wise, I take a lot of pride in being able to do that. But you want to make sure that the players do the same thing because they’re the ones that have to play, not me.”

Williams’ message was well received by players, who realize their chances of making the NCAA Tourna-

ment are now hanging by a thread.

Just days after Wednesday’s 18-point loss to Duke, a sense of urgency was evident in the Terps’ 91-70 win over Wake Forest.

“We have to win all our [remaining] games,” guard Adrian Bowie said before Saturday’s blowout. “We’ve lost too many games as it is.”

“We don’t have a lot of margin for error,” forward Dino Gregory added.

But don’t put too much stock into the sizable victory.

A loss to the Demon Deacons would have been crippling to the Terps’ postseason hopes. A win? Well, it just keeps them alive as they wait to play

WOLFPACK from page 8 through the adversity they faced from the Wolfpack’s (10-13, 1-7) feisty first-half effort.

“We came out very anxious today,” Barrett said. “I told everybody we got to calm down, relax, and we’re OK. Just keep being aggressive, and things will fall. Then Kim started going off, and we got energy. That’s when we started playing with swag and playing Maryland basketball.”

Coach Brenda Frese also credited her team’s veterans for the turnaround.

“With our three juniors coming out with their voice, their confidence — their swag, they like to call it ... you could see our team start to relax,” Frese said.

GEORGETOWN from page 8 races, an atypical setup for a dual meet.

“It really comes with swimming for seniors because I think everybody just drew from the excitement of this being our last meet,” said Blair Cross, one of nine seniors. “It is the last time we will swim at [the] University of Maryland, so it was very nice to have my family and friends come down and support us and have all our families there.”

Impressive performances in the women’s and men’s 200 medley relay — a strength for the team all season — helped set the tone of the meet. The Terps fol-

7

better competition — Boston College, Virginia Tech, Florida State and North Carolina — in the next few weeks.

The win shouldn’t be glorified. It was simply something the Terps needed to do, no ifs, ands or buts about it.

“This was a must-win game,” Bowie said. “We had to win by all means necessary. If we had to dive on the floor, jump in the crowd — you got to do anything possible.”

The Terps used a complete team effort to top the Demon Deacons.

Paced by forward Jordan Williams, who tied a career high with 27 points, three Terps scored in double figures,

The Terps’ biggest setback in the first half, though, wasn’t anywhere on the score sheet. Forward Alyssa Thomas, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, landed awkwardly after missing a layup, aggravating a back injury she sustained against the Yellow Jackets.

After a short time on the Comcast Center floor, Thomas walked off the court gingerly.

A brisk ride on a stationary bicycle led to a similarly quick on-court appearance, but she was unable to contribute and missed the entire second half.

In her absence, though, other Terps stepped up to help extend the team’s win streak to seven games. They changed their approach on each end of the floor, forcing 17 Wolfpack turnovers in the second half and translating them into points of their

lowed the race by taking the top three spots in the women’s 200 free (Jenni Roberts, Erin Stout and Addison Koelle) and top two spots in the men’s 200 free (Andrew Relihan and Brad Dillon).

“There were a lot of good swims today, actually,” Schimmel said. “Some really nice ones were the first girls’ 200 medley relay and the guys’ 200 medley relay. Both of those were pretty sharp.”

The third-year coach also highlighted Megan Lafferty’s 50 fly, as well as multiple swims by Roberts and Koelle, as particularly impressive.

Co-captain Mitch Challacombe, Roger Dent, Matt Gruszecki and Myles Poster were the four seniors on the men’s side (28). Crawford was one of five for the

and nine total players recorded at least three points. The Terps also tied a season high in assists with 27.

“We’ve got to start doing this against Duke and teams like Virginia Tech, Boston College and teams we lost to,” Jordan Williams said. “We’ve got to figure it out, and once we figure that out — and I think we’re starting to — I think we’ll be all right.”

Entering the latter half of their ACC schedule, there’s very little room for error for this Terp team. And although Saturday’s opponent was a weak Wake Forest team, they did what was necessary before moving on to their next game Wednesday night, when

own. In the final 20 minutes, the Terps outscored their visitors, 52-20.

“It all started with our defense. We started getting steals and pushing in transition,” Barrett said. “When we lock up on defense, then that gets our offense going.

That’s how we went on our run.”

The worrisome first half didn’t pass by unnoticed. NC State entered the game at the bottom of the ACC standings, and Frese said the Terps still need to iron out the mistakes that afforded the Wolfpack its firsthalf lead.

“You’ve got to play 40 minutes,” Frese said. “In ACC play, every time you step on the court, you’re going to face great competition.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

women (9-2), along with Cross, Annie Fiitin, Stephanie Parker and diver Montana Puente, to be honored.

“Being around my teammates and getting up on the blocks and having them say, ‘We love our seniors,’ just reminded me of all four years that I’ve been here,” Cross said. “I can’t believe that it’s been four years.

It’s gone by so fast. We had a meeting before, and we were talking about swim for your seniors, and it just meant a lot because everybody got up on the blocks and was like, ‘I’m doing this for you.’”

The Terp women travel to Atlanta for the ACC Championship beginning Feb. 16, while the men begin the following week. castello@umdbk.com

they’ll face a similarly inferior opponent in Longwood.

“Every game now is just crucial,” Jordan Williams said. “We’ve got to play hard every game.”

If the Terps come out with that same must-win mentality Wednesday, expect a similar result to the one against Wake Forest — a necessary victory that doesn’t necessarily boost the Terps’ NCAA Tournament resumé but at least keeps their postseason hopes alive.

With what’s at stake, the Terps can’t afford to lose. jengelke@umdbk.com

DEACONS from page 8 as he tied his career high with eight assists. Even on an off day for his shooting, Howard’s passing and court vision kept the announced sellout crowd in attendance interested long after the game was in hand.

“It gets me excited, too,” Gary Williams said. “Pe’Shon is a little bit of a throwback. He really just likes to play basketball. You can tell he’s playing hard and having fun.”

Replacing guard Terrell Stoglin in the starting lineup, Howard nailed the game’s first shot with a 3-pointer from the left side. He hit another one later in the half, and his immediate energy quickly spread out to his teammates.

“He’s a big-time player,” Jordan Williams said. “He’s matured so much from the beginning of the year. He’s getting better every day. I saw signs of it over the summer.”

“I love getting my teammates involved,” Howard said.

“I want the team to do well. I don’t want it to seem like the seniors do their part and Jordan does his part, but the freshmen or point guards are letting us down.”

The Terps (14-8, 5-4 ACC) played one of their most efficient offensive games of the season. Their 27 assists matched a season best, and their nine turnovers were at least two fewer than in any game this season.

Both in transition and their half-court offense, the Terps found a way to get back to the basics: attacking the basket in the paint with their most potent scorer, Williams.

After the sophomore tied a career high with 27 points and added 15 rebounds, Williams joined just seven other freshmen and sophomores in ACC history to amass 20 doubledoubles in a single season.

With his team’s NCAA Tournament prospects far from bright, the performance was certainly well timed.

After Howard hit his second 3-pointer of the game with 7:08 remaining in the second half, Wake Forest (8-15, 1-6) never came within eight points of the lead. The Terps

Forward Jordan Williams had a game-high 27 points and 15 rebounds Saturday. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

had seven players with at least seven points and scored 27 off the bench.

Winners of four of their past five games, the Terps showed no signs of their 18-point loss to No. 5 Duke on Wednesday.

By winning the rebound battle, hitting free throws and making several key runs, they had little trouble against a hapless Demon Deacon squad.

“If you listen to a lot of people after the Duke game, it’s the end of the season if you lose,” Gary Williams said.

“There’s always more games to play. I’ve always been like that. You get knocked down, you get up. It’s no more complicated than that.”

No player embodied that philosophy more than Howard. The freshman has struggled since the start of conference play, including a poor performance against Virginia Tech during which he missed all five of his shots and committed three turnovers.

But Saturday, in his first start since that loss, Howard looked like an experienced veteran slicing up an ACC defense with ease rather than a hesitant freshman still finding his place.

“It starts with practice,” Howard said. “I was pretty comfortable, and I’ve become more assertive. ... I just try to make the right plays, and sometimes there’s a little extra flair.” ceckard@umdbk.com

The 2011 Erik B. Young, M.D.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL-STUDY AWARDS Alumnus Dr. Erik B. Young wishes to support international travel-study for a group of undergraduates each year. The purpose of the program is to give deserving undergraduate students the opportunity to broaden their international horizons while they hone their academic skills. We invite all interested students to apply.

There will be five (5) International TravelStudy Abroad Awards with stipends of $2,500 each awarded for the 2011-12 year. Travel can be scheduled in summer 2011, fall 2011, winter term 2012 or spring 2012. Eligible undergraduate students must be of Junior or Senior class standing by Fall 2011 who have declared a major.

Applications must be completed online at

www.studentaffairs.umd.edu/ youngaward Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on February 25, 2011.

Contact Kathy Broady at

kbroady@umd.edu with questions.

8

THE DIAMONDBACK | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Sports

Gymnastics bests UNC The Terrapin gymnastics team came from behind to beat North Carolina on Saturday.

For the recap, go to diamondbackonline.com.

FOOTBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Brown leaves staff for job with UConn Terps’ defensive coordinator becomes second assistant to leave in past week for the unit, and his system propelled the Terps to a 9-4 record and a bowl victor y. The defense, Even as opinions differed on the which will return seven starters hiring of Terrapin football coach this season, finished 39th nationRandy Edsall early last month, few ally in yards allowed per game debated that his decision to retain and held an explosive East Cardefensive coordinator Don Brown olina offense to 21 points in a had been arguably his most impor- blowout Military Bowl victory in late December. tant in his early days as coach.

Brown was one of three assisBut shortly after welcoming a recruiting class he was instrumen- tants to remain on Edsall’s coaching staff, and his retental in bringing to College tion was considered Park, Brown announced critical as the Terps Friday he was leaving to looked to solidify their take the same position at recruiting class before Connecticut.

National Signing Day “Don came to me this last week. He was the morning and said he lead recruiter on seven wanted to get back of the 20 signees in the home,” Edsall said in a Terps’ 2011 recruiting release. “He’s been down class, according to here two years without DON BROWN Rivals.com, and an his family. He felt he FORMER TERRAPIN needed to go back and be FOOTBALL ASSISTANT important figure in the Terps’ locker room. closer to them.”

“I’m building relationships, Brown, who said in a Connecticut release that he was “happy to obviously just trying to educate have the opportunity to be coach- the guys on the virtues of a Marying back in New England at the land education and playing in our highest level at the University of football program and playing in Connecticut,” became the second our system, and that doesn’t assistant to leave the Terps’ staff change,” Brown said at the last week. Edsall announced last team’s National Signing Day week that running backs coach press conference Wednesday.

David Walker had accepted a job “Continuity can certainly be a factor, that’s for sure.” with the Indianapolis Colts.

Edsall said the team would During his first season under former coach Ralph Friedgen in begin a national search for his 2009, Brown’s blitz-heavy replacement. defense struggled at times. But 2010 yielded vast improvement schneider@umdbk.com

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Sluggish start, injury don’t stop Terp romp

Guard Pe’Shon Howard finished with nine points and eight assists in the Terps’ win Saturday against Wake Forest. He was one of seven players with an assist, and the team’s 27 matched a season high. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

Terps take it easy Howard in control throughout 91-70 win over Deacons

Thomas hurt in 88-59 win vs. NC State

BY CONOR WALSH

A step forward

BY CHRIS ECKARD

Staff writer

Senior staff writer

After playing one of his most complete games of the season Saturday afternoon, Pe’Shon Howard went straight back to the hardwood at Comcast Center, taking on two young kids in a game of pickup.

The Terrapin men’s basketball guard drained shot after shot against his outmatched foes, finding time for a bit of levity after an impressive performance against Wake Forest that was all business.

While forward Jordan Williams’ 20th double-double of the season and coach Gary Williams’ 664th career win — one that equaled legendary coach John Wooden — were obvious highlights of the Terps’ dominant 91-70 win against Wake Forest, Howard might have been the most surprising.

He set up an alley-oop to forward Dino Gregory and several easy dunks for forward Jordan Williams

see DEACONS, page 7

JAKOB ENGELKE

T

With a victory Saturday, forward Dino Gregory and the Terps have won four of their past five games. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

he Terrapin men’s basketball team needed to win Saturday’s game against Wake Forest, and there was no way it was going to lose.

Not after suffering the program’s largest margin of defeat in Comcast Center histor y against Duke on Wednesday.

Not with Wake Forest, the worst team in the ACC and possibly all the sport’s major power conferences, as its opponent.

And certainly not with coach Gary Williams at the helm compelling his players to forget about the Duke loss and move forward.

“This is a game we had to work hard to get ready for after the last game,” the 22nd-year coach said.

see ENGELKE, page 7

The Terrapin women’s basketball team entered the locker room at halftime of yesterday’s game against NC State searching for answers.

Despite a 12-0 run late in the first half, the No. 12 Terps still trailed the Wolfpack by three points at the break. They were disjointed on each end of the floor, dealing with foul trouble, poor communication and questionable shot selection.

But during halftime, the Terps realized just what was missing: “Swag,” center Lynetta Kizer said. “That’s what it is. We felt we didn’t play Maryland basketball the first half, and we came out in the second half and really just stuck together.”

With a rediscovered sense of confidence, the Terps took over. They held the Wolfpack scoreless for more than five minutes in a dominant 21-0 second-half run that all but sealed an 88-59 win for the Terps.

The Terps (20-3, 6-2 ACC) rode the play of their three most experienced players, Kizer and guards Anjale Barrett and Kim Rodgers.

Kizer dominated the second half after being limited to just seven minutes in the first half because of foul trouble and finished with a gamehigh 22 points and 13 rebounds.

Rodgers continued to come up

Center Lynetta Kizer finished with a game-high 22 points against NC State in a win yesterday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

big from beyond the arc for the Terps. After hitting a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift the Terps over No. 24 Georgia Tech on Thursday, the junior nailed two key 3-pointers in the second half en route to 14 points off the bench.

And, as usual, Barrett was steady and in control at point guard, pitching in six points with six assists and helping to guide her teammates

see WOLFPACK, page 7

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Senior Day brings festivities, victories

BY MATT CASTELLO Staff writer

Three balloons, four roses and a long embrace from her mother greeted senior co-captain Jessalyn Crawford as she walked into the entrance of the Eppley Recreation Center on Saturday.

For the Terrapin’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, “swim for the seniors” served as a fitting and inspiring mantra on its Senior

Day, with both squads celebrating their final dual meet of the season with memorable performances.

The men’s team easily handled Georgetown, 136-70, while the women overpowered the Hoyas, 172-83, as family members and friends peered down from the overlooking stands with pride, cameras clicking away.

“Today was a lot of fun,” coach Sean Schimmel said. “We had a focus of honoring our seniors and respecting them and swimming and diving for each

other, and that was a good focus.

“You usually get a lot more out of yourself when you’re trying to do something for somebody else, so we talked about swimming for the seniors, we talked about swimming and diving for the person next to you.”

The Terps were nothing short of dominant against Georgetown, posting faster times in nearly every event during a meet that featured a slew of shorter

see GEORGETOWN, page 7

Freshman Victoria Cassidy, far left, and the Terp women’s team improved to 8-2 this season with a win Saturday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK