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Homeless could gain free tuition

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State would provide free college education for some homeless youth under proposal

By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer Homeless youth could soon have a better chance at earning a degree if a bill aimed at waiving tuition for them passes the state legislature.

The proposal is the latest in a growing list of state bills seeking to ease the financial burden of going to college. The bill, sponsored by Del. Mary Washington (D-Baltimore City) and Sen. Ed Reilly (R-Anne Arundel), would provide a free college education

for unaccompanied homeless youth, those not under the custody of a parent or guardian, in the state.

“They typically live on the streets, in abandoned buildings, or in other places not meant for human habitation, or are ‘doubled up’ or ‘couch surfi ng,’” Washington wrote on her website in January. These youth “are disproportionately at risk of school dropout, mental and physical health problems, suicide, crime victimization, sexual exploitation, unplanned pregnancy, unemployment and delinquency.”

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Grain alcohol faces ban State legislature may pass prohibition of highly potent alcohol

VIRGINIA GUARD JUSTIN ANDERSON blocks guard Roddy Peters’ layup that would have tied the game at 37 midway through the second half. christian jenkins/the diamondback

ROAD REJECTION Terps can’t make game-changing play, fall short of marquee victory once again

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

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maining in the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s bout No. 17 Cavaliers’ 61-53 win. at Virginia last night, guard Roddy Peters sliced into the Virginia guard Justin Anderson — who once verbally lane in transition and rose up for a layup that could have committed to play for the Terps — pinned Peters’ shot tied the game at 37.

Instead, it turned into a play that keyed the See cavaliers, Page 7

By Darcy Costello @dctello Senior staff writer EDITOR’S NOTE: Some students’ last names have been withheld because they discuss underage drinking.

It was his third night in college.

Someone handed him a cup of jungle juice at a birthday party. He said he could barely taste the alcohol. A few cups later, he was throwing up in an orange Gatorade bin.

“I honestly don’t remember the entire night,” said Kevin, a sophomore civil engineering major. “I passed out on a table for two hours, woke up, went upstairs, threw up some more and then randomly woke up in a friend’s apartment the next morning, like, ‘Whose bed

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Proposed fine for sale of grain alcohol in the state

190-proof Typical ethyl alcohol content of grain alcohol (95 percent)

100 transports Campus residents have needed for alcohol this school year

am I even in?’”

The alcohol hit him harder than usual for a reason. It wasn’t a regular beer, wine or spirit. It was Everclear, a brand of grain alcohol the state legislature could soon prohibit with a state bill sponsored by Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. (D-Montgomery).

Grain alcohol, which also includes popular commercial brands such as See alcohol, Page 2

Science ‘superheroes’ seek to spark youth interest Univ’s Sci-Dentity works with local students

By Jon Banister @thedbk Staff writer Batman books top Amazon’s bestselling superhero comics and graphic novels list and The Avengers is the third-highest-grossing movie in U.S. history — but even the Hulk has nothing on Gravitron.

Armed with the power to shift gravity or halt it entirely, Gravitron is fighting for justice and helping its student creator learn about science.

It’s not Batman or Superman that is capturing the attention of middle school students in the information studies college’s Sci-Dentity program — it’s superheroes of their own designs, with a science twist.

Sci-Dentity is an after-school program that helps Washingtonarea middle school students find a passion for science by creating their own superheroes and developing science-fiction stories based on these characters. Information studies professors June Ahn and Mega Subramaniam brought the program to students at Sousa and Stuart-Hobson middle schools in spring 2012.

While creating their superheroes, students research scientific facts to make sure their characters are somewhat realistic. To create Gravitron’s backstory, for example, the Sousa student who invented him researched the properties of gravity and the effects of a gain or loss of gravity.

A not her student resea rched NASA databases to find real habitable planets that his superhero could potentially hail from, similar to Krypton, Superman’s home planet.

Sci-Dentity.org functions as a social media site for the project, allowing students to post their stories and comment on one another’s work.

The main focus of the program is helping kids who come from poor socioeconomic backgrounds — and many of whom are reading and writing well below their grade levels — to fi nd new ways to express their interests and connect them to science, said Amanda Waugh, information studies doctoral student and Sci-Dentity graduate assistant.

“We’re in downtown D.C., so we’re seeing kids coming in at different See heroes, Page 3

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Katy Hancock (center) and Lauren Kirby (right) prepare food at 251 Express. This week, 251 North began offering its first carry-out option. jeremy snow/for the diamondback

251 North offers diners carry-out option

By Jeremy Snow @thedbk Staff writer All-you-care-to-eat dining hall 251 North began offering a carry-out option Monday, allowing students to take servings of the gourmet pizza, pasta and other offerings on the go.

Open from 5:30 to 8:30 on weeknights, 251 Express features rotating meal options from existing stations inside the dining hall.

For a cash value of $12 (compared to the $18 it costs to eat in) or one 251 North meal, customers can choose from two or three entrees, a side

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Student sexual assault Sunday reported to University Police University Police are investigating a sexual assault reported yesterday.

A female student told police she was sexually assaulted early Sunday morning after meeting a man at a bar,

dish and a dessert, said 251 North Chef and General Manager Rob Fahey.

For vegetarians or those with restrictive diets, Fahey said he would help students get food that meets their requirements, even if it is not available at the take-out station.

Dining Services officials created the carry-out option to help those who do not normally eat at 251 North to get the full value of their dining plan, which includes 14 prepaid 251 North meals for North Campus residents and four for South Campus residents.

“A lot of students don’t have time to stop by and sit down to eat a full meal here with their friends,” said Dining Services spokesman Bart

according to a university safety notice sent Monday night.

The pair returned to the student’s Leonardtown apartment, where the woman said she was sexually assaulted between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m., according to the notice.

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Hipple. “But we would still rather feed them than have their dining points go to waste.”

The take-out station operates in 251 North’s lobby, replacing Cool Beans cafe, which offered ice cream and panini Friday and Saturday nights.

Cool Beans closed at the end of the 2013 spring semester because of poor business, Hipple said.

Continuing with 251 North’s commitment to sustainability, the carryout options will only be served in OZZI containers, the green, reusable plastic containers offered in other campus dining halls.

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SPORTS

AFTER HOT START, A COLD FINISH Forward Evan Smotrycz led the Terps to a 26-25 halftime lead with eight points last night, but he wouldn’t score again in a loss at Virginia P. 8

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alcohol From PAGE 1

Turf Grass Competitors (left to right) Brent Waite, Brian Hogan, Matthew Park and Ryan Higgins, pose with their medals following a first-place finish at the 20th annual Collegiate Turf Bowl competition in Orlando, Fla., last week. photo courtesy of justin k. mathias

University team finishes first overall in nationwide turf knowledge contest

By Kofie Yeboah @KofieKofie Staff writer A team of four university st udents won f i rst pl ace last week in a contest that demonstrated competitors’ knowledge of turf grass.

T he tea m traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s 20th annual Collegiate Turf Bowl on Feb. 6.

The competition, featuring 71 teams from universities across the nation, used an examination format that included short answer questions, multiple choice questions and an essay.

W h i le th is u n iversity’s tea ms have placed i n the top 10 i n the past, it was Brent Waite, Brian Hogan, M a t t h e w Pa rk a n d Ry a n Higgins who made up the first team to w in overall.

Other squads from this university finished 20th and 25th at the event.

Kevin Mathias, a university lecturer and turf and golf course management major coord i n ator, sa id he was proud of the team and how

its members represented the department.

“It is a way to make sure the academic program is preparing the students as they move into the industry,” he said.

“We did a really good job. I am not really aware if other schools do what we do as far as budget preparation that they need to do in one of the classes that I teach.”

T he u n iversity’s f i rstplace team earned $4,000 for its win, but the students also learned plenty of valuable information at the competition, said Waite, a senior turf and golf course management major.

“It’s a lea rn ing ex perience,” he said. “They have educat ion a l sem i n a rs a l l week, and it’s all put together by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. There is also a big trade show with all the new equipment and stuff that’s going on.”

Park, a junior turf and golf course management major, said he felt Mathias trained the team members well and they were prepared to handle the competition. Mathias used his class to help them get

ready for the bowl, Park said.

“His exams that he gives us in his classes are probably a lot harder than the one at the Turf Bowl,” he said.

“What Mathias does really prepares you well for this competition.”

While turf and golf course management is not a common major, it has allowed students such as Park to stay close to a sport they know and love.

“I probably got connected more or less because I am an avid golfer,” he said. “Something about the aesthetics of how the golf course looks with the striped lines caught my eye, and it was intriguing to me, and I kind of got hooked on that way.”

Regardless of what happens next year, team members said they would remember this year’s competition for more than just the win.

“It’s a great experience for anybody going to these trade shows,” Park said. “You get to connect with alumni and many people in the industry.

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Spirytus and Golden Grain, is typically 190-proof, or about 95 percent et hyl alcohol. Standard vodka is 80-proof, or 40 percent alcohol.

The proposed bill, which passed in the state Senate by a 37-10 margin, would ban the sale of alcoholic products beyond 190-proof; doing so would be classified as a misdemeanor, with a fine of up to $1,000.

Legislators said they hope the bill will decrease college binge drinking and reduce alcohol-related deaths of college students, which number 1,800, across the country each year. But some students at this university said they are doubtful of the impact it would have on the drinking environment.

“I’m almost to the end of sophomore year, and I’ve been to maybe two parties with Everclear,” Kevin said.

“My fraternity never uses it at parties because we know it’s dangerous, and it’s very rare that you’ll see it at a brotherhood event.”

Despite the potency of grain alcohol, which can have more than twice the alcohol concentration of an average liquor, its infrequent use at the university means the ban will do little to combat binge drinking in college, he said.

Route 1 bars R.J. Bentley’s and Cornerstone Grill & Loft do not sell grain alcohol. A Cornerstone employee said the strongest alcohol sold at the bar is Bacardi 151, which is 151-proof. Terrapin’s Turf managers could not be reached for comment.

Joanna Lee, a College Park Liquors employee, said the store sells little grain alcohol — about a case a

Grain Alcohol faces a ban after legislation that would prohibit high-proof alcoholic products passed, 37-10, in the state Senate on Wednesday. sung-min kim/the diamondback month. Town Hall Liquors did not comment, per store policy.

A similar bill has passed in the state Senate before, but legislators have higher hopes for it reaching the House floor this term, with new backing from Del. Charles Barkley (D-Montgomery), chairman of the House Economic Matters subcommittee on alcoholic beverages.

For a legislature that is considering marijuana legalization, Kevin said he sees a discrepancy in the regulation of certain types of alcohol.

“It creates a mixed message for the consumer from the government — you can’t say you trust the citizen with marijuana and at the same time restrict which alcohol types we can or can’t drink,” h e s a i d . “ I t’s re l a t i v e l y hypocritical.”

Travis, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences who said he’s had Everclear at several fraternity parties because “it’s a good, cheap way to make good jungle juice,” said a ban wouldn’t have a major effect on binge drinking culture at universities.

“It’s an inevitable part of college. If they’re not drinking grain alcohol, they’ll just take more shots of regular liquor,” he said. “Maybe there will be a few fewer trips to the hospital because people will be drinking things less strong, but it’s

still going to happen.”

Though it is difficult to determine the type of alcohol students drink before requiring alcohol transports, Andrea Goodwin, Office of Student Conduct director, said banning the substance would benefit the university.

“It doesn’t have a specific smell or taste, so sometimes they can drink a large amount without realizing they’re consuming it,” Goodwin said. “It’s very dangerous.”

There have been about 100 alcohol transports for residents so far this academic year, Goodwin said. In the 2012-13 academic year, the Responsible Action Policy, commonly known as the Good Samaritan policy, was applied about 111 times, meaning bystanders called 911 without fear of disciplinary action. Both numbers are signs that binge drinking and heavy drinking in general are problems on the campus, Goodwin said.

“I don’t have a lot of confidence that students won’t just turn to another type of alcohol if they ban it,” Goodwin said.

“It’s easily accessible to underage people, unfortunately. I do hope that it deters some students, though, and hopefully, it will decrease the number of binge drinkers.” dcostellodbk@gmail.com

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Resident Life eliminates ‘unit moves’ option Officials combine processes to combat confusing housing selection names

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer

Cambridge Hall.

“I m ade f riends on the floor, and they were all in the Science, Discovery and the Universe [College Park] Scholars Program. Eleven of us decided to come back and live on the floor together again,” Sallinger said. “A lthough Cambridge isn’t one of the best dorms, it’s really close to all of my science classes, so it was convenient for me.”

Of the 5,298 agreement forms turned in to Resident Life officials last year, 28 percent of students selected the unit move option. Of those students, 23 percent were living in suites and apartments, so they wouldn’t be affected at all by the change, Iverson said.

“Students that will be affected are those who chose to move to a different bedroom in their unit, which was just about 289 students last year,” Iverson said. “We are pretty comfortable saying that this change will be a benefit to most people.”

A l low i n g st ud ents t he option to stay on their floors can help them feel more comfortable with their living situations, Sallinger said. It’s a common trend in her Scholars program, she said.

“Sophomores often stay b e c a u s e o f t h e S c h ol a rs program then befriend the f resh men ,” she sa id . “It becomes a family-type relationship among some of the residents. The freshmen then want to stay the next year.”

T he updated Returning Student Agreement options are important for Resident Life in allowing for greater expansion of and flexibility within housing options for future semesters, Iverson said.

“A straightforward room selection makes things easier.

I’ve noticed that people have two primary goals when it comes to housing: They want to be able to pick where they live and be able to live with their friends,” Iverson said.

“This will help us maintain those goals but through a much simpler process.”

In an effort to clarify the room selection process for returning students seeking on-campus housing in the fall, the Department of Resident Life is getting rid of its “unit moves” option.

On this fall’s Returning Student Agreements, students will have the option to indicate whether they prefer to remain in their current bedrooms or participate in preference-based shopping and move elsewhere on the campus. As in the unit moves process, students will still be able to apply to live in a different room in the same dorm or on their living-learning program-designated floor for the next year.

Erin Iverson, assignments and public inquiry manager for Resident Life, said unit moves could be a tricky part of the room selection process because the name could be misleading to some. Students who wished to participate in the process were agreeing to continue living within their current “unit,” and many didn’t understand this referred to their current floor or floors within a living-learning program, Iverson said.

“We hope that this is much more stra ightforwa rd for students,” Iverson said. “We are trying to make it a much more clear choice. Students can either choose to stay where they are or ‘go shopping.’”

In previous years, after students filled out their Returning Student Agreements, they had the option to participate in unit moves. Students such as sophomore Jordan Sallinger were able to select a living space on their floors before the normal “preference-based shopping” housing selection process began.

Sallinger, a physiology and neurobiology and psychology major said she found the “unit moves” name to be confusing when she filled out a returning student agreement at the end of her freshman year hoping to return to the same floor in meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

CORRECTIONS Due to an editing error, Monday’s article, “State analysts recommend $7 million cut to USM” referred to the strategic alliance MPowering the State as being between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The alliance is with the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Due to an editing error, Monday’s article, “Dancing the way they were born,” incorrectly identified health and wellness coordinator Meghan Cohen in one instance as an intern.

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carry-out From PAGE 1 The take-out system also uses compostable utensils and offers a free drink to customers who have a reusable water bottle, said Allison Lily, Dining Services sustainability and wellness coordinator. To encourage student participation, Dining Services approved a reusable cup that can be bought at on-

campus convenience stores.

“We brought the cup to the Dining Services Advisory Board, who checked it over to make sure it looked and functioned as well as possible,” Lily said. “We also made sure it was durable, strong and that it wouldn’t leak when in your book bag.”

Junior journalism and psychology major Agnes Varghese was the first and only customer who bought take-out Monday.

While Varghese did not know about the program when she

decided to go to 251 North, she said she was excited about its convenience.

“It’s really cool. I live in Denton, and sometimes I don’t feel like walking all the way to North Campus Diner to get food, so having something close by is really nice,” she said.

Despite the low turnout, Lily is not worried. She considered Monday more of a soft opening meant to promote the service while they begin advertising and spreading the word.

Nima Farshchi, a senior accounting and operations management major, ate inside 251 North on Monday. Although he did not know about the 251 Express opening, he said he was looking forward to trying the new option another time.

“There are weeks I know I can’t attend 251 or am busy from 5:30 to 8:30, so it’s great to know I can save it,” he said.

“It has a lot of potential.” jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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The university’s Panhellenic Association chapter concluded sorority recruitment Monday with Bid Day, the final hours of the recruitment process in which new members find out their respective placements. The day ended with a trip to the Memorial Chapel to pick up new member T-shirts and a celebratory trek to the sorority houses.

heroes From PAGE 1 levels with different concerns and different issues,” Waugh said. “If we can help open some avenues for them, I think that would be really powerful.”

In addition to fostering interest in science, the program also increased students’ confidence in their own literacy, said Anne Ledford, a former StuartHobson librarian who has worked with Sci-Dentity for two years.

“It increased their confidence in their writing, for sure; that’s what we did the most of,” Ledford said. “A lot of times, they would start out and they didn’t want to write anything because they just didn’t think they could and then eventually, we were

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just so encouraging that they felt like, ‘Oh, I do have something that’s worth reading.’”

The program began in spring 2012 with a group of 10 sixth graders at each school and it has largely kept the same cohort of students together until their eighth grade year. The groupings were designed to allow the professors to observe the students over a period of time and study how they react to different activities.

While creating superheroes has been the highlight of the project, the students have done other activities meant to expose them to science. During the program’s first year, students learned how to create infographics, researched storm chasers, and wrote stories that imagined utopian and dystopian societies.

The second year was centered on the superhero project.

And in this final year of the

program, students are looking at video games and learning about what goes into creating a video game universe. Using Minecraft, a video game that allows users to create their own worlds out of blocks, the students brought their superheroes to life and shared their virtual worlds with others.

Another component of this year’s course includes exposing the students to the wide variety of STEM occupations available. One visitor from NASA spoke with students about catching asteroids and the science fiction he writes on the side. Another visitor from FutureMakers had students working hands-on with electrical projects.

“We’re doing creative work, trying to link it to STEM and bringing in outside people so people can see how other people have merged science and everyday life in their own

life,” Ahn said. “Scientists aren’t just guys in lab coats doing chemistry experiments and everything.”

This spring, students are going to work with a video game designer from Tinder Productions. They are going to help write, create and provide input on a video game designed for teens by the company.

“What better way to create a story than to ask the kids who are going to play it,” said Beth Bonsignore, an information studies doctoral candidate and Sci-Dentity volunteer.

“They’re not just play testers, they’re play creators.”

Funding for the Sci-Dentity program runs out at the end of the spring semester, but Ahn and Subramaniam have already begun presenting their research to local librarians to develop similar programs of their own.

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Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth.

In a report issued in November, the task force released recommendations to help lawmakers address problems that unaccompanied homeless youth face. Washington authored this year’s bill based on the report’s recommendation that “Unaccompanied homeless youth will have the opportunity to access and succeed in higher education without financial barriers.”

The report also revealed that the numbers of homeless youth are growing. State school systems identified about 14,700 homeless students in the 2011-12 academic year, an increase from about 13,000 in the 2009-10 year, according to the report.

At the federal level, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 require states to provide homeless youth access to public education from preschool through the end of high school. The state

bill would fill in the next piece of the puzzle with higher education assistance.

T he cost to the state to finance the homeless students has not been determined, as officials do not know how many homeless youth will take advantage of it. But the fiscal policy note for the bill warns that “due to the potential number of unaccompanied homeless youth in the State, the overall impact may be significant.”

However, Reilly expects this bill, and other bills aimed at helping unaccompanied homeless youth, to move smoothly through the legislature.

“I’m very comfortable that it will be successful in getting through the process,” Reilly said. “I see no great obstacle except … we have to identify who these kids are and then we have to make sure they have the fundamentals of a high school education in place so that they can prepare to go to a two- or four-year school.”

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DOTS improves campus bike access with marked transit lanes Over the summer, DOTS took steps to make the campus more bicycle-friendly as part of its initiative to decrease university greenhouse gas emissions.

In collaboration with Facilities Management and bikeUMD, the Department of Transportation Services laid down white chevron-shaped signs with the image of a bicycle on roads on and near the campus to signal bicycle-friendly streets.

To read the rest of Joelle Lang’s blog post and more, head to diamondbackonline.com.

As the law stands, foster children who have completed high school or its equivalent are allowed waivers for tuition and mandatory fees from public schools. This bill would expand upon the law to include youth who are homeless and not in the custody of a parent or guardian, or are selfsupporting and at risk for homelessness. However, Reilly said the bill is “not a free college education without strings.”

“They have to be prepared,” Reilly said. “It’s not an automatic admittance.

You still have to academically qualify, but it’s the financial obstacle that we’re trying to push aside.”

The legislation was inspi red by a not her bi l l, which Washington backed i n 2013 , t h at l au nched the Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive

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Grain alcohol: The cause or simply a tool of date rape?

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ear Sen. Karen Montgomery (D-Montgomery), I am extremely disappointed that you and the rest of the state Senate wasted valuable time proposing, debating and passing legislation aimed at banning “grain alcohol.”

I am a senior at this university and in a fraternity that sometimes uses it to make cocktails. I have also been trained by the university in preventing sexual assault and date rape. I understand your objective, and as admirable and ideal as it is, the Senate’s action does very little to meet it.

To pretend this legislation is meaningful is to accept the premise that banning grain alcohol will stop college students from getting drunk, which then will cut down on date rape incidents. This is an egregious fallacy. As long as alcohol can be obtained, college students will have fun and hold parties. As long as parties occur, unfortunately, rape likely will occur as well. I fail to see the logic in how taking away just one of the many tools of date rape, at the cost of infuriating consumers and infringing upon the basic freedom of choice of thousands, will have any effect.

As for why grain alcohol should be legal, that is simple. I’m an American. I value freedom of choice and like to drink. I rarely buy Everclear or drink moonshine, but that’s beside the point. If I can go to the liquor store and buy beer or vodka, there is no coherent reason why I shouldn’t be able to buy grain alcohol. Being able to choose freely among similar products is a fundamental liberty of both the consumer and the American. It shouldn’t be the role of the state government to dictate which of similar products I can consume, based on the underlying agenda of addressing a very different issue such as date rape.

The problem of rape culture is not alcohol; even if it were, we know that prohibition is not a solution. The problem of rape culture is rape culture. As a Violence Intervention Assistant at this university, I can say confidently that fixing the culture behind college date rapes is the only solution. How we do

this, however, is a very complicated question without a singular or obvious answer.

I don’t know what the right answer is, but I do know that banning grain alcohol is the wrong answer.

As you might know, humans respond to incentives, and humans cannot act upon knowledge they don’t have. These facts about human behavior lead me to believe there are three much more effective possible solutions: 1. Increase the punishment for college date rapes. Make examples out of culprits.

2. Improve the system for reporting and prosecuting accused rapists. Make it easier for victims to report their rapes and improve the means of detecting potential rapes before they occur.

3. Increase education. I don’t mean useless “Don’t date rape!” seminars that fall upon deaf ears. State universities have mandatory online alcohol education, but it is extremely impractical and doesn’t relate to reality much at all. Teach students and citizens how to intervene during a sexual assault. Train women in how to prevent rape and what to say or do if they or a friend is a victim. Train gentlemen, bar staff, dorm staff, etc. on how to intervene on rapes.

I have intervened in several situations in which an incoherently drunk woman was likely going to have sex with a guy who she normally would not have. Banning grain alcohol has no effect on this kind of situation as the parties still would have been drunk. If I were not VIA trained, however, I would not have been able to identify the situation and not known how to respond to it appropriately.

I commend you for trying to solve the complicated and serious problem of college date rape, but if you think banning grain alcohol is the solution, my response is: lots of luck on that one.

Grady Anderson is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at gradyhowardanderson@gmail.com.

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need help with.

As a CARE to Stop Violence peer educator, I have offered VIA training to a number of students, helping them learn how to handle instances of sexual and relationship violence, as well as stalking. And the goal has always been to aid the students who attend the training in helping victims or survivors of violence, as well as intervening in situations in which one could lend a hand. And I would like to offer some countersuggestions and solutions to add to and edit Anderson’s three recommendations: 1. Educate people not to rape. And then ensure victims feel there is enough incentive to report rapes — do not diminish reports, and have everyone, from police officers to lawyers, trained with how to handle recording rapes appropriately.

2. Educate people not to rape. And then make sure officials and other people with power know to put the power into the victims’ hands.

Rape is all about power — and taking more power away from victims will be exponentially more detrimental to their healing processes. Don’t force them to do or say anything. Let them take the lead.

3. Educate people not to rape. These presentations and seminars don’t fall on deaf ears.

People who use grain alcohol or drugs to gain power over a man or woman they want to rape should hear the “don’t rape” mantra over and over again so they think about the moral and legal ramifications of the crime they are about to commit. Telling people to train “women in how to prevent rape and what to say or do if they or a friend is a victim” is shortsighted and essentially wrong. There is an abundance of measures women can take to try to prevent rape. But they are all preventative measures — such as carrying pepper spray and not walking alone. A woman can take every precaution out there and still be sexually assaulted.

The only way to stop rape is to stop the rapists. Putting the responsibility on the victims is putting blame on the victims.

Men are told about their friends’ and girlfriends’ sexual assaults as well. Men, too, need to know how to respond to a disclosure.

Don’t just assume the responsibility lies on women because, again, that allows a culture of victim-blaming to survive.

I don’t mean to sound preachy, but I want to make sure everyone understands the two main tenets of VIA training and all other CARE to Stop Violence presentations — end rape culture and foster safe environments in which sexual assault victims won’t be blamed for their experiences.

Grain alcohol is undoubtedly used to facilitate rape. But assuming banning it would stop rapists is naive, as is assuming alcohol causes sexual assault. Please consider these factors before making determinations about rape.

MARIA ROMAS

Dear Sen. Karen Montgomery (D-Montgomery), I don’t have any strong feelings about the proposed ban on grain alcohol. I have been to parties in which it was used to make large quantities of spiked juice cheaply and have seen it used for nefarious purposes. I had an experience in which a vat of “jungle juice” was spiked with grain alcohol, then the drink handed to me had rohypnol added to it as well. Fortunately, after a guy tried to lead me upstairs, my best friend grabbed me and basically carried me home, for which I am forever grateful. So I understand the motivation to ban anything that could be used to facilitate date rapists.

However, The Washington Post reported some statements you made that I take issue with. You said: “[Grain alcohol] is a date rape drug. This is a take-somebody’s-clothes-offand-take-pictures-of-them [drug]. This is a dangerous alcohol. … This is the kind of alcohol that leads to that sort of thing.”

Now, I agree with the premise that grain alcohol might be of use to those intent on committing rape. But as guest columnist Grady Anderson said, assuming that stopping students from getting drunk will stop rape is a mistake. Those who drug and rape people will not stop simply because you make their tools illegal. If that were the case, there would not be rape, as rape is illegal.

I take issue with Anderson’s idea, though, that as “long as alcohol can be obtained, college students will have fun and hold parties. As long as parties occur, unfortunately, rape likely will occur as well.”

This is also a fallacy. Though it refutes your line that only grain alcohol leads to “that sort of thing,” it, perhaps unintentionally, cultivates a culture of victim-blaming.

It emphasizes the idea that if a victim had not taken a drink — or in this case, drunk something with grain alcohol — then the rape would not have happened. This is simply untrue. Rape happens because the perpetrator wants it to, not because the victim allowed it to.

Now, it’s clear Anderson’s column has good intentions. He emphasizes the importance of eliminating rape culture and that this culture is what allows date rapes to persist. But just because alcohol might help facilitate some rapists’ crimes does not mean that alcohol is the cause of those crimes. The blame lies solely on the rapist. And as a trained Violence Intervention Assistant, Anderson has the overarching idea correct. It’s just some of Maria Romas is a senior English major. She can the implementations he, and many others, be reached at mromasdbk@gmail.com.

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State, not univ system, should bear new costs BEN STRYKER/the diamondback

Fighting the February Funk EZRA FISHMAN

at room exchange — see if there’s somewhere else you want to live. Completely change your four-year plan, and then throw it out a day later and make another one. Do whatever you think will make you happy — and if it doesn’t, try something else.

And if you don’t want to make a big change or you’re mostly happy with the way things are, consider making a small change. It could be as simple as moving the furniture around in your room or cutting your hair. Give your outfit a new style piece; try dressing up (or dressing down); consider becoming a morning person; admit to yourself that you will never be a morning person. Life is full of tiny decisions you don’t realize you’re making, from which way you walk to class to which fillings you order in your quesadillas. No matter how small and insignificant the change you make, it will still make your life just a tiny bit less monotonous.

While you wait for the weather to clear up outside, spend some time making your mood clear up inside. Instead of riding the February Funk, make yourself some February Fun. Don’t be afraid to make some changes and try something different even if it makes life difficult, it’ll keep things interesting. This is the time in your life when you get to do the crazy things you’ll be telling stories about in 20 years; don’t waste it. To misquote Gandhi: Be the change you want to see in yourself. It’s what you deserve.

By the third week of spring semester, a lot of students start to get into a funk. Classes get boring, work starts piling, friends start to get irritating and roommates get downright obnoxious.

The things that made college fun in fall semester can seem old and tedious, and just walking away and starting over with something new starts to seem more attractive.

A lot of people will tell you this is just the February Funk and that everything will get better once the weather picks up. And from three years of experience, I can tell you they’re absolutely right.

Once spring rolls around, all of the restlessness that marks February starts to fade into the slow, pleasant crawl to summer. These same people will tell you just to ignore the impulse to jump ship and start a new path — listening to the Funk will only get you into trouble.

And they’re right again. Falling for the February Funk will cause only trouble. But do it anyway.

College is the only time when you can completely change your life without causing yourself permanent harm. You can be whomever you want; you can do whatever you want. As long as you’re safe and reasonably responsible, the sky is the limit. Just because making a significant change isn’t easy doesn’t mean it’s the wrong thing to do.

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he fight for college affordability is an uphill battle. With many states running deficits in recent years and tuition revenues generally rising — as a result of more students and consistent tuition hikes — we can see why some legislators would expect schools to foot more of the bill.

And this state, despite its forward-thinking higher education policies, is no exception.

The Department of LegOUR islative Services recently recommended to cut the University System of Maryland’s budget by $7 million in order for the system to begin allotting revenue dollars toward annual costof-living increases.

T h a t ’s m o re m o n e y coming out of students’ pockets — not for investment in innovations or new initiatives such as increasing STEM enrollment, but simply to keep employee wages consistent with the current cost of living.

While a necessary and important cause, this is not one that should be the university system’s responsibility. It should be the state’s.

System Chancellor Brit Kirwan was right when he said such a move would set a bad precedent, but the precedent has now been set for a while.

Since 2008, the disparity in the university system’s budget revenues between tuition and state funds has only grown.

State funding in the university system has increased 24.8 percent in that time, while tuition and fees have jumped 44.1 percent.

Students at the state’s universities will combine to pay about $250 million more than this state if the department’s recommendations pass.

In the latter half and aftermath of the recession, between fiscal years 2010 and 2013, the state’s investments in the univer-

sity system practically froze, while students looking for affordable education found steeper debts and higher fees.

So the state owes us one.

Gov. Martin O’Malley — who touts his socalled tuition cap as a major feather in his to-be presidential nominee cap — has done a great deal to keep college education in this state a financially feasible option for many.

But that doesn’t make it VIEW a financially easy option for most. The cap that O’Malley has championed, while admirable to an extent, has still kept tuition climbing by about 3 percent for the fifth straight year, and that’s just for instate undergraduates.

Graduate and out-of-state students have had no such luxury.

The DLS justifies slapping a greater burden on students by saying overall student population has increased, and therefore it should be expected to contribute more.

While this is true in the long term, with a 17.5 percent increase in enrollment in the system since 2008, it’s not clear how long that trajectory will hold true.

Enrollment actually saw a dip in the system at the start of the academic year, falling 0.5 percent to just more than 111,000 students.

The decrease was in no small part due to a 3.9 percent decline in graduate students — no surprise, as the tuition cap doesn’t apply to them.

The bottom line is this: When it comes to investing in higher education, the state has not been keeping pace with students paying tuition.

And while $7 million might seem like a drop in the bucket, its implications are more important.

Forcing tuition to cover more costs as the state drags its feet to offer financial relief is an ongoing trend that needs to stop somewhere.

And these cost-of-living adjustments would be a good place to start.

Forcing tuition to cover more state costs is a mistake, and the state needs to keep pace with students’ payments.

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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS Given the accusations of molestation leveled against filmmaker Woody Allen, is it still possible to enjoy the man’s movies?

NO: ALLEN’S PERSONA AND ART ARE INSEPARABLE

YES: THE MOVIE AND THE MAN ARE NOT THE SAME

WOODY ALLEN’s on-screen persona and possible offscreen sins are impossible to reconcile, ruining the director’s films. photo courtesy of 3news.co.nz

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As a self-deprecating Jewish man with a tendency to overshare and use his friends as therapists, I’ve never found it hard to identify with many of Woody Allen’s films.

More specifically, I’ve found similarities with Allen himself — or at least the persona he returns to again and again in his films. We’re both obsessed with death. We both turn pale when thrust into a room with too many people. We both love New York even though its residents frustrate us.

With that in mind, the molestation allegations made against Allen by Dylan Farrow — Allen’s adopted daughter from his relationship with actress Mia Farrow — are disconcerting on multiple levels.

In one regard, I feel even more uncomfortable with the realworld Allen. That’s a given.

Even if he didn’t commit this heinous sex crime, he’s still had a questionable romantic life: various broken, short-lived re-

lationships and, of course, his current marriage to Soon-Yi Previn — another one of Mia Farrow’s adopted daughters.

At the same time, though, I don’t think I can identify with Allen’s on-screen persona any longer. There comes a point at which the sordid circumstances of an artist’s life completely sully the art they’ve made. And I think — though it pains me to admit this — I’ve reached that point with Allen. I’ll never be able to watch his films the same way because the allegations loom large in every frame.

Even worse: It’s difficult not to think back to his movies and piece together the seedy fragments of his ulterior temperament. For instance, misogyny is a prevalent theme in many of his most iconic films, even if we try to pass it off as a byproduct of endearing romance.

Annie Hall is essentially about a man and his attempt to help his naive girlfriend become as worldly and thoughtful as him.

Manhattan features an ill-advised relationship between Allen and a teenage girl, whom he also wants to educate and shape into

an adult. One of Crimes and Misdemeanors’ central plots involves a clingy mistress who is murdered because she won’t reveal the affair she is having with a married man.

Women exist in Allen’s movie universe as little more than blank canvases, objects for sculpting that arrive callow and leave full of wisdom and intellect. Even if they get away because they eventually outgrow the male protagonists, we do not forget who taught whom.

After her relationship with Alvy Singer (played by Allen), Annie Hall learns to love poetry and finds enough confidence to pursue a music career in Los Angeles. She even chooses to go see The Sorrow and the Pity — Singer’s favorite film and a key example of his obsessive intellectual suffering — at her own will. He takes her to see it early on in their relationship, and by the end of the film, his suffering becomes hers.

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If Woody Allen is a child rapist, is Crimes and Misdemeanors still thought-provoking? Is Midnight in Paris still imaginative? Is Match Point still thrilling? Is Annie Hall still legendary?

Allen has been in the spotlight since allegations that he molested the underage daughter of then-partner Mia Farrow in 1992 have thrust their way back into the public consciousness.

First, there were tweets from Farrow and her son Ronan that — directly and indirectly — criticized the Golden Globes for awarding Allen a lifetime achievement award.

Next came the open letter sent from the accuser, Dylan Farrow, to Allen via The New York Times. Allen responded in turn by continuing to deny any wrongdoing.

All of these events have made the past the present once again as the media obsess over every detail, ac-

cusation and counteraccusation. Those seeking wood to fuel the fire have turned to his most recent film, Blue Jasmine, claiming the unstable protagonist, played

by Cate Blanchett, is a veiled shot at Mia Farrow.

Whether any of these allegations are true remains to be seen. However, they s h o u l d n o t i n a ny way impact the legacy of his movies. A good film is a good film, regardless of the names attached to it — and there is no shortage of good Woody Allen films. It’s unnecessary to psychoanalyze each character, searching for evidence of reality bleeding into fiction. It’s possible to view them as nothing more than good films with entertaining storylines and welldrawn characters.

To decry Allen and his movies would be inconsistent with the public’s tendency to forgive and forget the sins of stars. Once the media firestorm subsides, people tend to move on.

Perhaps this points to a

problem with the low expectations we have for our celebrities, but given that Allen has never been convicted of anything, it would be overzealous to condemn the man’s filmography. The artist can be separated from the craft.

Even if you link the movie with the man, consider this: Reports of the alleged misconduct surfaced in 1992.

Since then, Allen has made 21 movies that have earned more than $250 million combined. He has worked with a laundry list of Hollywood elite, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Robin Williams and Sean Penn. In 2007, the American Film Institute named Annie Hall the 35thgreatest movie ever made.

His films have been nominated for 19 Oscars and have won three, and many predict Blue Jasmine will earn Cate Blanchett a golden statue come March. He is beloved.

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to the backboard on that drive to the hoop. The swat kickstarted a Cavaliers’ fast break that ended with Joe Harris burying a 3-pointer, producing a roar from the fans in John Paul Jones Arena.

That play was the highlight of a 9-0 Virginia run the Terps never recovered from. Though they seemed close to taking control of the game at times, the Terps couldn’t capitalize on another opportunity to earn a marquee win as the postseason approaches. “[Anderson’s block] probably helped them more than it hurt us,” Turgeon said.

“More energy in the building. It helped their defense.

We couldn’t score for a long time during that stretch.”

The Terps (14-11, 6-6 ACC), despite leading at halftime and clawing back from a late 11-point second-half deficit, exit Virginia (20-5, 11-1) still without a victory over a ranked team this season.

Guard Seth Allen led the Terps with 15 points and guard Dez Wells added 12, but the team shot 40.4 percent from the field on the night. The Terps were more deliberate offensively for much of the night, allowing the shot clock to run down on several possessions before attacking the rim, but they couldn’t recapture the offensive success they enjoyed two nights earlier in a convincing win over Florida State.

“We were trying to get the best shots for the team,” guard Nick Faust said. “We did pretty solid. The shots just didn’t fall for us at times.”

The Terps, behind eight points each from Allen and forward Evan Smotrycz, took a narrow 26-25 lead into halftime, but they struggled to find a rhythm offensively in the second half.

Allen, who was 7-of-10 on

proved to be the difference.

“He didn’t shoot it well, but he’s really a threat to stretch it,” Bennett said. “It puts a lot of pressure [on us].”

Smotrycz’s inability to regain the momentum from his explosive opening minutes prevented him from returning to the flow of the game.

After a Charles Mitchell offensive rebound and put-back gave the Terps a three-point lead with 15 seconds left in the first half, Smotrycz made a slick defensive play to steal the ball from guard London Perrantes, appearing to prevent a Cavaliers basket before halftime.

The forward then collected the rebound standing on one foot and attempted to throw an outlet pass to guard Nick Faust, but the ball sailed out of bounds with 1.8 seconds left. On the ensuing Cavaliers possession, guard Malcolm Brogdon lofted an inbound pass over Smotrycz’s head to Akil Mitchell, who finished with an emphatic dunk before the buzzer sounded.

Smotrycz started the second half and committed two quick fouls — his second and third of the game — in the opening three minutes, forcing him to sit out the next six minutes, 53 seconds.

Struggles aside, the Terps maintained a slow pace and consistent defense, ultimately drawing within four points of

VIRGINIA FORWARD DARION ATKINS blocks guard Dez Wells’ shot in last night’s Cavaliers win. Wells scored 12 points and the Terps shot 40.4 percent. christian jenkins/the diamondback 3-pointers Saturday, went 1-of-6 from deep against Virginia. Smotrycz didn’t score in the second half and went 2-of-9 from three-point range on the night.

“We missed some shots we were hoping we’d make,” Turgeon said. “Couldn’t get them to go.”

Still, the Terps hung around until Anderson’s emphatic block on Peters. After that play, the Cavaliers built an 11-point lead with five minutes left.

Harris’ shooting also made a difference. The Cavaliers senior scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half, and the Terps didn’t have anyone who could match that production. “ He ’s a g rea t p l aye r,” Faust said. “You just try to contain him.”

But even with Harris finding a groove, the Terps didn’t completely falter. Down 52-41, they mounted a 9-2 run, and when Faust slammed home a dunk off a feed from Wells, the lead was down to 54-50 with two

minutes, 11 seconds to play.

On the Terps’ next possession, Smotrycz had an open three-point attempt to cut the lead to one. The shot appeared to be true, and Turgeon thought it was going in.

But it rimmed out.

“It would have been big,” Turgeon said. “Our guys really executed. We just didn’t finish some plays.”

Smotrycz took another three with 50 seconds remaining, and just like the first, it narrowly missed.

That’s the kind of night it was for the Terps. From Peters’ drive that ended in Anderson’s block to Smotrycz’s errant long balls, the Terps so often seemed on the cusp of having a game-changing moment.

But that key play to boost a defining run never came. And neither did the Terps’ signature victory.

“Two or three possessions, man,” Wells said. “That really cost us the game.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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After one rotation, the Terps headed to the uneven bars in search of another big score after setting a season high a week ago. Senior Jessie Black, freshman Sarah Faller, Chung and Giameo combined to stick four dismounts in a row as the team tied its season high with a 48.750. Black’s 9.700 on bars was her first action this season.

Trailing Pitt by 0.350, the

FLAWS From PAGE 8 poor placement. Rambo’s shot sailed over the cage, while Mountaineers goalkeeper Frankie McCarthy made a relatively routine save on LoCascio’s high shot.

“We went a little bit easy,” Tillman said. “We threw the ball in the goalie’s stick a couple times.”

Saturday’s offensive mistakes, though, were easier for Tillman to accept because of the young players earning playing time at attack and midfield.

Defensively, it was a different situation. The Terps returned plenty of experience in defenders Goran Murray and Michael Ehrhardt, who both earned preseason AllAmerica honors, but Tillman said he was concerned with the number of breakdowns he saw, especially consider-

CLEMSON From PAGE 8 defensive adjustments.

The Terps’ man-to-man defense proved too much for Clemson to handle; this was apparent even in the opening minutes of the game. As Tigers forward Paige Mosley searched for a pass, guard Lexie Brown swiped the ball away, earning credit for the steal, and Thomas recovered the ball for the Terps.

The play led to a fast break layup and two of their 33 points off Clemson turnovers.

“I think we’ve really gotten a lot better in terms of having better vision to the ball,” coach Brenda Frese said. “I thought we did a really nice job just at-

COACH MARK TURGEON reacts during the Terps’ loss to Virginia. The Terps shot 28.6 percent from three-point range and made three of their final 15 attempts. christian jenkins/the diamondback the Cavaliers with just more than two minutes remaining.

And after Charles Mitchell secured a defensive rebound off a missed three-point attempt from Brogdon, Turgeon called a play to get Smotrycz an open shot from beyond the arc — a shot that would have cut the deficit to one point.

Smotrycz came off the screen and released. The ball went halfway into the basket, rolled around the rim and bounced out before Brogdon pulled down the rebound, and the Cavaliers took a 30-second timeout.

“We all loved that he was shooting it,” Turgeon said. “We all loved it.”

Out of the timeout, Faust fouled guard Joe Harris, who extended the Cavaliers lead to five points with a free throw.

On the ensuing possession,

guard Seth Allen made a sharp pass to a wide-open Smotrycz, who lofted his ninth threepoint attempt of the night.

This time, the shot clanged off the rim. The Cavaliers grabbed the rebound and Mitchell immediately fouled with 49 seconds remaining.

With the clock stopped, Smotrycz turned and started walking slowly down the court, the disappointment clear in his body language.

Guard Dez Wells rushed to his teammate without hesitation, pleading for Smotrycz to pick his head up and remain focused, even with the game essentially out of reach.

“If you miss 99 shots out of 100, that one shot could win the game,” Wells said.

Terps headed to the beam hoping to do something they haven’t been able to do all season: stay on the beam. And the Terps did that, plus more.

“These first four meets s t r u g g l i n g o n b ea m a n d watching teammates get hurt is not fun,” Nelligan said. “So tonight, we said no matter what happens, we are going to have fun. And they finally relaxed and were able to go out and do what they do every day in the gym.”

Giameo capped off the beam rotation with a 9.850 as the Terps

posted a season-high 48.625.

Their score was exactly one point higher than their previous season high set in their opening meet at Central Michigan.

Entering the meet, Nelligan said the Terps needed to carry their momentum through the final rotation. They did that in a big way, as their 49.150 on floor was their highest score on any event this season.

“I think this meet was definitely our turning point,” Giameo said.

ing how few possessions the Mountaineers had. “[They] got the ball inside on us,” Tillman said. “We need to play better on-theball defense. We need to help a little better.”

Tillman did see positives, though. Along with Rambo’s six points — the most in a Terps debut since 2004 — fellow freshmen Connor Cannizzaro and Ben Chisolm also scored their first goals as Terps, and midfielder Mike Chanenchuk notched a hat trick.

Tillman said his players shared the ball effectively even though they missed some open shots and threw some errant passes. The willingness to get others involved is something the coach said he expected from this group considering how close they became during the past several months of preseason practices.

“I just have to work harder next week, next practice,”

Rambo said. “Keep going hard, just try and get my stick better.”

The Terps begin a difficult stretch of their season with a home contest against UMBC on Saturday. The teams were scheduled to play last year, but inclement weather forced the game to be canceled. Two years ago, though, the Retrievers upset the Terps, 8-7 — a loss that still lingers in Tillman’s mind.

Then, the Terps play at No. 2 Syracuse before hosting No. 1 Duke, and with such a tough pair of games so early in the season, Tillman said the team needs swift improvement if it hopes to make it through unscathed.

One way to promote such development is to scrutinize a 13-goal victory under a microscope.

“I still think there’s a lot for us to prove,” Tillman said.

“There’s so many good challenges ahead of us.”

tacking the ball and protecting and helping each other out.”

In addition to the Terps’ tight defense from the outset, Thomas got into a rhythm early.

She scored six points in a 10-0 run that gave the Terps a 33-12 lead with 5:37 remaining in the half. By that time, she had outscored the entire Clemson team, tallying 15 points.

Thomas’ scoring pace slowed down later in the game, but the Terps offense improved.

The bench provided 34 of the team’s 56 second-half points, shooting a combined 14-of-18 from the field. Guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored nine points in the second half, and center Malina Howard recorded seven points and four rebounds.

“I think that’s the biggest

thing,” Frese said. “Just the talent that we have across the board and just being ready when your number is called.”

The Terps substitutes outscored Clemson, 34-20, in the second half, capping another solid performance before away games at Miami and No. 3 Duke.

Despite her assessment of their performance, Smith is confident the Terps will finish the season strong. After all, the Tigers saw just what the Terps are capable of doing.

“Their 70 percent is most teams’ 100 percent,” Smith said. “I have to say, I’m not sad to see Maryland leave the ACC. But they’re a phenomenal team, and they’re going to do well.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

CATCHING COLD

After scoring eight points in first half, Smotrycz can’t find stroke down stretch in defeat

MEN’S LACROSSE

Tillman sees room to improve Flaws apparent to coach in 16-3 win

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — After a disappointing four-point performance Saturday against Florida State in which he didn’t make a field goal, Terrapins men’s basketball forward Evan Smotrycz found his rhythm early last night at No. 17 Virginia.

The redshirt junior knocked down three of his first four shots — two 3-pointers and a right-handed layup — as part of a quick 15-point scoring burst from the Terps in the opening seven minutes. But after taking a seat on the bench with 12:49 remaining in the first half, Smotrycz lost his hot hand.

The bench stint lasted just more than a minute, but when he returned, Smotrycz failed to replicate the offensive aggression he displayed earlier in the contest.

He shot twice in the final 11 minutes, 36 seconds of the first half and missed his final nine attempts of the game.

Smotrycz’s sudden drought contributed to yet another tough shooting night for the Terps, who shot just 28.6 percent from three-point range and made three of their final 15 three-point attempts in an eventual 61-53 loss to the Cavaliers at John Paul Jones Arena.

“We missed some shots that we were hoping to make,” coach Mark Turgeon said. “We had some good looks [but] couldn’t get them to go.”

Despite Smotrycz shooting just 3-of-13 from the field and 2-of-9 from three, Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett said the forward’s presence on the floor still posed serious issues for his team. But strong defense from forward Akil Mitchell after Smotrycz’s hot start, Bennett said, ultimately

The Terrapins men’s lacrosse team entered halftime with a commanding 11-2 lead over Mount St. Mary’s in its season opener at Byrd Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and all signs pointed to such a dominant first half being worthy of praise.

The No. 6 Terps ended the second quarter with six unanswered goals, outshooting their in-state rivals, 29-10. They scooped up 19 more ground balls, won three more faceoffs and committed seven fewer turnovers than the Mountaineers by halftime.

But coach John Tillman was far from satisfied. And when the Terps finally found refuge from the freezing temperatures in the locker room, Tillman spent no time praising their impressive nine-goal advantage.

Instead, he demanded improvement.

“We talked about that candidly at halftime,” Tillman said. “We need to play better.”

The Terps surrendered just one goal in the final two quarters, cruising to a 16-3 victory over the Mountaineers behind four goals and two assists from attackman Matt Rambo in his college debut. Still, Tillman saw a variety of fundamental areas his team needs to work on in practice this week.

The fourth-year coach mentioned his team’s shot selection. Both Rambo and midfielder Joe LoCascio had scoring chances in the first quarter, but they spoiled them with

See SMOTRYCZ, Page 7 FORWARD EVAN SMOTRYCZ scored eight points in the first half of last night’s loss, but Virginia shut him out in the second half. christian jenkins/the diamondback

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

See flaws, Page 7

GYMNASTICS

Terps post season’s best score in sweep Team beats Pittsburgh, George Washington, Towson behind Walters’ 9.900 on floor

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

CENTER malinA howard (left) and guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (center) helped force Clemson into 27 turnovers in Sunday’s win. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

Terps defense, Thomas’ scoring overwhelm Clemson in blowout Tigers’ Smith: ‘Their 70 percent is most teams’ 100 percent’

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer Audra Smith knew containing Terrapins women’s basketball forward Alyssa Thomas would be a daunting task for her Clemson team. Though Thomas led the Terps with 22 points and seven rebounds in the Terps’ 95-43 win Sunday afternoon, the Tigers coach still didn’t think her team witnessed the full extent of the national player of the year candidate’s talent.

“I’ve watched her for a long time,” Smith said. “She wasn’t quite in her beast mode tonight. She was in minibeast mode, which I appreciate.”

Despite the dominant performance, Smith said the No. 9 Terps played at “about 70 percent,” but she added that it was enough to overwhelm the Tigers.

The Terps had seven players with eight or more points in the matchup, and Thomas was the only scorer with more than 14 points. Many of her baskets came from mid-range, where she often chose to launch jumpers instead of using her strength and speed to get to the rim.

Thomas’ increased shooting range has helped her become a more efficient offensive threat, scoring 18.6 points per game while averaging about five minutes fewer than

last season, when she averaged 18.8 points per game. Against Clemson, she relied on her jump shot more than in past games, but she said it had little to do with her effort level or the competition.

“I think earlier in the season we’d see that if we didn’t come to play, we would lose, so you can’t take anybody lightly,” Thomas said. “I don’t think the name on the chest makes me play any differently.”

The Terps forced 27 turnovers without running its press during the contest, stifling the ACC’s lowest scoring offense without making See clemson, Page 7

Three weeks ago, the Terrapins gymnastics team headed to the floor trailing West Virginia at home and searching for its first win of the season. Minutes later, senior captain Katy Dodds’ 9.850 score gave the Terps the comeback victory.

Last night, the Terps were in the same situation, this time without Dodds, an All-American, and without any victories since that night against the Mountaineers.

But that didn’t matter, as the Terps capped off another comeback victory in their final rotation on floor.

Capturing their first conference wins of the season, the Terps posted a season-best score of 195.225 to sweep the quad meet on student night at Comcast Center. The Terps defeated conference opponents Pittsburgh (194.900), George Washington (193.825) and Towson (188.700).

After cutting Pitt’s lead to a slim 0.150, the Terps had their last chance at victory on floor. Freshman Emily Brauckmuller started for the Terps with a 9.775. But it was the end of the routine when the they hit their stride.

Senior Karen Tang posted a 9.875, followed by senior captain Ebony Walters’ 9.900 to put an exclamation point on the come-from-behind win. “[Walters] is a winner,” coach Brett Nelligan said. “And that is what winners do.”

With solid routines from throughout the roster, the Terps (4-3, 3-2 East Athletic Gymnastics League) posted

COACH BRETT NELLIGAN celebrates after a routine by junior Stephanie Giameo during the Terps’ quad meet victory at home last night. marquise mckine/the diamondback a season-high 49.150 in the event.

“All of a sudden, everything became 20 times louder,” freshman Nikki Chung said.

The Terps started the night on vault looking to build off the crowd energy Nelligan had talked about in practice.

Junior Shannon Skochko got her first opportunity of the season on vault with sophomore Kathy Tang — averaging 9.838 on the season — out with an injury. Skochko posted a 9.500, a score the Terps eventually dropped.

The Terps, however, turned it around with their final two routines on vault. Chung posted a 9.800, followed by junior captain Stephanie Giameo’s 9.825.

Giameo went on to post her best performance of the season with an all-around score of 39.225 to win See recap, Page 7