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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Univ. plans to keep Campus Drive open Plan will be made flexible enough to accommodate any Purple Line alignment, official says

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

A summer trial deemed successful by some and disastrous by others was not enough to close down Campus Drive, university officials told the College Park City Council last night.

This certainty — one of few concrete plans laid out at last night’s

council meeting during a review of the university’s newest Facilities Master Plan — was presented in an effort to keep the local community briefed on major campus initiatives.

Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management Frank Brewer outlined general goals of the plan — a document that guides campus construction and development for decades

and is updated every five years — for the first time.

The commitment to keeping Campus Drive open to through traffic could have significant implications for the Purple Line and how the campus is oriented in years to come. Some council members said university President Wallace Loh’s silence on the issue may further complicate matters.

Even though Campus Drive will not be turned into a pedestrian-only zone, Brewer said the plan will seek to make the campus more friendly for pedestrians, bicyclists and scooter drivers, conserve on-campus forestry and increase the campus tree canopy. Furthermore, the plan

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John McManus told city officials that safety and abiding by the law would be top priorities at The Barking Dog.

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Latest loss all but ruins Terps’ hopes of NCAA Tournament bid

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

A new restaurant and bar planning to open where Thirsty Turtle was once located won the support of College Park City Council last night, just about three months after Turtle was forced to shut down, following a knifing and allegations that the bar routinely served underage patrons.

John McManus, owner of The Barking Dog, an establishment in Bethesda, will go before the Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners next week in hopes of obtaining a liquor license for the eatery he plans to open downtown, which will likely take the same name as his other location. Last night’s 6-1 vote in his favor from the city council will be presented to county officials along with a written agreement McManus presented last night.

Because serving alcohol to underage patrons was an issue with the

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

BLACKSBURG, Va. – As Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg raised his arms late last night, bringing the crowd in Cassell Coliseum to its feet, the prospects of the Terrapin men’s basketball team’s season plunged even further.

After falling in yet another gut-wrenching loss that they were good enough to stay in but not pull out, the Terps’ postseason prospects have descended to undesired realms.

Their 91-83 loss to the Hokies effectively put the Terps’ NCAA Tournament hopes on life support, proving once again just how

close — and also how far — they are from the kind of opponent they have succumbed to all season.

“That’s been the story of the year, trying to get over that hump,” forward Jordan Williams said. “We’re trying to play 40 minutes, that’s the most important part, and we didn’t do that tonight.”

Despite a career-high 25 points from freshman guard Terrell Stoglin, the Terps (1610, 5-6 ACC) didn’t quite have enough to grab a muchneeded victory on the road.

With the loss, their second straight, they fell to 2-8 in single-digit games this season.

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Researchers present study on U.S. deficit to Congress Findings show average Americans would cut federal spending by $145.7 billion

BY LEAH VILLANUEVA Staff writer

The complex will push this university to the next level of innovative research, officials said. IMAGE COURTESY OF CARLO COLELLA

Officials tout innovation of new science complex Set to open in 2013, the $128M building will host labs and offices

BY SPENCER ISRAEL Staff writer

The new Physical Sciences Complex under construction at the corner of Regents and Stadium drives will be one of the most technologically and structurally sophisticated buildings on any college campus, officials said, and is expected to elevate the university to the top tier of

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scientific research.

The complex — which refers to the entire multiple-building site — will feature innovative architectural designs and cutting edge laboratory spaces. Professors and administrators said they hope it will draw in top faculty looking to do research in what will be one of the premier facilities in the country.

“Part of research involves who is

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doing it,” said Tom McMullen, the assistant dean for the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college. “And with this, we will be able to recruit some of the top faculty in the country.”

The $128 million complex — $10.3 million of which is subsidized by federal stimulus money — will primarily house

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A new university study finds that when it comes to reducing the nation’s massive budget deficit, lawmakers may have a thing or two to learn from the average Joe. A poll conducted by the Program of Public Consultation, which is based out of the university’s public policy school, found that when presented with the federal budget, most Americans are able to substantially shrink the deficit — which is projected to reach a record $1.6 trillion this year — and successfully resolve the Social Security shortfall.

And while the study was only released earlier this month, it has already caught the attention of some in Washington. On Capitol Hill on Thursday, the researchers who spearheaded the study briefed an audience of congressional

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staffers on the findings, igniting discussion about how best to put the results to good use.

The program’s director, Steven Kull, who led the study, said he hoped it would lead to greater communication and consensus between lawmakers and the public on important legislative matters.

“I think a sign that things are moving when I deal with policymakers is that they’re regularly surprised when they hear about these kinds of things, and that’s a sign that their images of the public are changing,” Kull said.

On average, the study’s participants cut federal spending by $145.7 billion, with major reductions to defense, intelligence, the federal highway system and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also increased tax revenues by $291.6 billion,

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would reduce the demand for on-campus parking and build additional recreational facilities, such as a South Campus gym and 14 additional tennis courts.

Regardless of what alignment is ultimately chosen for the Purple Line — a heavily debated light-rail system that would link Bethesda and New Carrollton, connecting Montgomery and Prince George’s counties — Brewer said his department is flexible and will make it work without having to close Campus Drive.

Closing the main road to all traffic has been a long-standing goal for the university, first outlined more than 20 years ago and upheld every three years since.

But this time, after officials launched a summer pilot closure of Campus Drive that was deemed largely unpopular by the university community, Brewer said the Facilities Master Plan steering committee has taken a second look at the concept.

“We are recommending that Campus Drive remains open,” he said during the meeting. “It will remain the status quo. Everyone who goes through it now will go through it in the future.”

Eliminating through traffic on Campus Drive has long been considered a stepping stone to constructing the Purple Line down the center of the campus, the preferred route of students and state officials. And now that the university is in another round of debates over where exactly the light rail should be built, recommendations made in the new Facilities Master Plan will likely

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Frank Brewer, assistant vice president of Facilities Management speaks to the College Park City Council about the university’s Facilities Master Plan. JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

play into that discussion.

District 4 Councilman Marcus Afzali questioned whether the decision to rule out closing the road is premature, since Loh has not yet committed to any alignment and Campus Drive is still a possibility.

Although the Campus Drive closure and construction of the Purple Line on it have long gone hand-in-hand, Brewer said officials from the Maryland Transit Administration have assured university officials that the area can sustain both local traffic and a mass-transit system.

Because of this assurance, Brewer said Facilities Management has taken a simple stance on the light-rail system: “We will make any alignment work. Even Campus Drive.”

In addition to the Purple Line, Brewer also briefly touched on construction of East Campus, a $500 million development that will transform 38 universityowned acres along Paint Branch Parkway and across Route 1 into

a cosmopolitan center featuring a luxury hotel, restaurants, grocery store and new housing.

After the project’s original developer pulled out and plans were set back for years, the university has partnered with The Cordish Company and unveiled a rough schematic of the new blueprints.

Brewer said the Facilities Master Plan will embrace all of The Cordish Company’s recommendations. No changes were made to the outlined East Campus proposal, which for now just includes garnering community input.

And that’s exactly why Brewer said he wanted to meet with the council: to ensure there are “no surprises” when they see a finished version of the master plan.

“The university believes in involving the city in all matters they have a stake in,” Brewer said after the meeting, noting he will present to the council two more times before the plan is finalized. redding@umdbk.com

Graduate students back county plan to add Route 1 cycling lanes Idea not included in State Highway Administration plans

BY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

A county plan calling for Route 1 to include a bicycle lane when it is rebuilt netted support from the Graduate Student Government earlier this month, but any major improvements to the highway remain well in the future.

The State Highway Administration has promised to improve Route 1’s safety and aesthetics for years, but most of the state’s funding for major road improvements was instead dedicated to the Intercounty Connector toll road farther north.

Even so, while the plan put forth by the state improves turn lanes for cars and sidewalks for pedestrians, it makes no specific accommodation for College Park’s bicyclists.

“It is important to grad students to have good cycling facilities because it is a mode of transportation that is used by so many of us,” said Barrett Dillow, who authored the GSG’s resolution backing bike lanes.

“There is no option of on-campus housing for grad students, so we’re all commuters.”

The recommendation from the Prince George’s County Planning Board, which the GSG voted to support, is specifically for “cycle tracks” — bicycle lanes separated from vehicular and pedestrian traffic by a buffer, such as a curb or a strip of trees, said Chad Williams, the department’s designated community planner for College Park.

“Cycle tracks keep bikers separate, so it’s safer and so

people who are novice riders will be more comfortable to bike around the community,” Williams said, adding that he appreciated the support from the GSG. SHA spokeswoman Kellie Boulware said the feasibility of cycle tracks will be very closely considered when the department sets its sights on Route 1.

“Safety for cyclists is a strong concern for us,” Boulware said.

“We’d certainly have to take a strong look at it to see if that would work.”

Boulware noted that several limitations — including heavy traffic that already floods Route 1 lanes and the numerous driveways that would be blocked off during construction — could make constructing cycle tracks difficult.

She said the SHA plans to engage in long-term conversations with city and county officials to determine the program’s potential.

But GSG officials maintain that supporting bike lanes is a natural move.

“As a grad student who has cycled to school and work on a daily basis along Route 1, I can tell you it is a difficult road for cyclists,” said GSG President Anna Bedford. While bicycling in College Park, she’s been run off the road, had cars merge into her lane and had trucks open doors right in front of her, she added.

Bedford also noted that the cycle tracks would help the university and city become more sustainable, in line with the university’s efforts to reduce the number of stu-

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dents, faculty and staff who drive to the campus.

“Committing to cycle lanes on Route 1 might encourage more students and faculty and staff to cycle,” Bedford said.

“And it would certainly make it safer for the ones who currently do.”

Williams said he is working toward establishing a pilot program that would put cycle tracks along Route 1 from Greenbelt Road to the university’s main entrance at Campus Drive, but said he could offer no further details except that financial constraints will prevent any work for the near future. farrell@umdbk.com

offices and labs for the physics department, as well as the astronomy department and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, a research facility with its offices currently located in the building adjacent to the construction site.

The main building — known as the tower — will have labs for students and offices for faculty and staff. A four-story structure will connect the tower to the neighboring Computer and Space Sciences Building. This connecting section, which is elevated one story off the ground, will serve as both a pedestrian bridge between the two buildings and office space for administrators and professors.

Because the bridge will begin at the second floor, pedestrians — particularly students from the Cambridge community — can walk underneath it through the outdoor space under the middle part of the complex.

In the center of that connecting structure will be a conical shaped “curtain wall of glass,” said Carlo Colella, Facilities Management’s Capital Projects director. The cutout cone will be decorated with red glass panes that allow natural light to flood each level, and it creates an outdoor courtyard underneath the middle of the building.

“We are using improved technologies in the designing and building of buildings,” Colella said. “And this project is at the forefront of that.”

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The new physical sciences complex under construction will feature an outdoor courtyard and aesthetically pleasing design elements. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARLO COLELLA

thetically pleasing architecture, the core of the building will be underground, McMullen said.

To allow for more sophisticated research, the complex will feature labs as far down as 50 feet into the Earth — technology that officials described as top-of-the-line.

These labs will allow for advanced research in the fields of laser physics, quantum physics, biophysics and condensed physics. Because of the complexity of these fields, the labs require very low electromagnetic interference and little to no vibrations.

In order to minimize interference, the facility’s heating, water and elevator control centers will be housed around the corner in a new building behind Computer and Space Sciences. Colella noted that clustering all the utilities together “makes it more efficient.”

Developers divided construction into phases to make the enormity of the complex’s design

more manageable. Phase one consists of the construction of the main part of the complex — the tower, connecting structure and underground labs — which Colella said should be completed by summer 2013. In phases two and three, workers will tear down and rebuild the current IPST building with more classrooms, McMullen said.

Despite the steep price tag and lengthy construction time, many professors in the departments said they are thrilled a state-of-the-art workspace is on the horizon.

Physics professor Steve Rolston said he’s looking forward to not having to work at night in order to avoid vibrations and other detractors that disrupt his work during the day.

“It allows us to do our science better,” he said. “And it will certainly be a big sale for this university.” israel@umdbk.com

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RHA considers bill to allow on-campus family housing Proposal would apply to students with kids, spouses

BY MARIA ROMAS Staff writer

Members of the Residence Hall Association are pushing for a bill that would some day allow students who have already started families to live in university housing with their spouse or children.

The proposed pilot program — which senators ultimately hope would be implemented by 2020 — was a hot topic for debate at last night’s meeting, where it was brought up for the first time.

Because no consensus was reached, the RHA tabled the issue until its next meeting in two weeks.

RHA Vice President Taylor Cole, who authored the bill, said university housing is a fundamental right for every student — even those who have already started families.

“The reason I wanted to introduce this idea is that there is this sense of disconnect for [students who are married or have kids],” Cole said. “I see this as almost a living-learning program for a neglected group on campus.”

According to the bill, the university’s policy states that female students can live in dorms through the duration of their pregnancy and may return to their dorms after giving birth. However, their child cannot live in the dorm with them.

And although it lacked concrete details, the bill proposed several locations for students with families to live — ranging from Old Leonardtown to the yet-to-be-built East Campus development.

But many representatives said they aren’t worried where students under the program live but that the program could exist at all.

“We don’t have enough space already for our current

Residence Hall Association senators discuss a housing bill for students with families last night. TONIA WANG/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

students, but there are a number of houses off campus for lease annually,” said senator Sarah Margerison, a junior animal sciences major.

“While it’s great to tr y and put [these students] together to live, it’s maybe not so realistic.”

Those in favor of the bill said it is the university’s responsibility to provide housing to all its students without any kind of discrimination.

“Personally, I really like the bill,” said senator Sivan Shachar, a junior physics major. “I think there are a lot of students on campus that could need this opportunity.

They might not be currently married or have children but might decide on it in the future. If they knew they had this option on campus, they would be more comfortable making this decision.”

“In the end, these are also students of the university,” said Josh Griner, RHA Finance Officer. “If we don’t

“In the end, these are also students of the university. If we don’t look after our students, the university is not living up to its full potential.”

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look after our students, the university is not living up to its full potential. I would personally want to go to a university that cares.”

If the RHA does pass a resolution supporting the bill, it would ultimately be sent to the Resident Life Department as a recommendation to support such a pilot program. romas@umdbk.com

DEFICIT from page 1 largely from raising income taxes.

As members of both major political parties spar over how to solve the gaping deficit, these findings highlight how partisan bickering in the U.S. Congress can cloud the issue; Democrats and Republicans will go head-to-head this week over spending and budget cuts.

“Democrats agree that spending cuts are necessar y to tackle our deep budget deficit, but the Republican budget would slash investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure — the ver y investments that will help our economy continue to recover,” Maureen Beach, Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) press secretar y, wrote in an e-mail.

“Democrats acknowledge that all options for addressing our Nation’s deficit should be on the table — including tax reform, entitlement reform, and eliminating wasteful spending — and we are ready to work with Republicans to address those challenges.”

Kull said the disagreement in Congress about a budget situation seemingly solvable by most average Americans has much to do with the fact

that lawmakers operate under a number of outside pressures, with organized interests connected to ever y aspect of the budget.

“When people get organized, they tend to act in a focused, narrow way, and they don’t act holistically,” Kull said. “But if you take an individual, then they will act holistically; they will think about multiple interests and multiple values at the same time.

And thus they are able to resolve these issues rather than just being a whole set of forces coming together at once and competing.”

Although the results of the study sparked lawmakers’ interests, Clay Ramsay, another researcher on the team, said there was some disagreement over the practicality of actually using the findings.

“Some people felt that it would really just be extremely difficult for members of Congress to decline down from their high positions,” he said.

“But some felt perhaps this kind of thing could help them cover each other in making difficult decisions and see the point of having some area of agreement and not just fighting.”

In spite of the difference of opinion, Ramsay said the study was ver y well received

“People do tend to have confidence that the average American will get to a reasonable conclusion.

That’s the basis of democracy.”

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by those in attendance at the briefing.

“They were ver y stimulated and, I think, heartened by the findings, and I think many of them definitely felt that there should be more of this kind of thing,” Ramsay said.

Kull said it would be impossible to determine if anything comes from this study in the form of a solution for the deficit, but it hearkened back to the original popular rule approach to government.

“People do tend to have confidence that the average American will get to a reasonable conclusion,” he said.

“That’s the basis of democracy.” villanueva@umdbk.com

VOTE from page 1 property’s previous tenant — Turtle’s license was revoked after two underage police aides were allowed entry and served drinks without having to present false IDs — the council stressed preventing underage drinking in The Barking Dog as an important part of their support.

McManus said he has never received an alcohol or noise violation and plans to uphold that reputation in College Park.

This and his desire to create a new staple for the community, he said, should speak to his intention to abide by the law.

“I think it has to do with the way you operate your business,” McManus said. “I’m in it for the long haul. I suspect there’s a lot of people who have blazed through here, saying, ‘I’m going to make a quick buck.’”

The Barking Dog will adhere to a stringent security system, according to the agreement presented at last night’s city council meeting, including the use of ID scanners, 24-hour surveillance cameras and security guards during peak hours. This plan will be reviewed by Prince George’s County Police and University Police, according to the agreement.

The document also stipulates a sales ratio of 50 percent food to 50 percent alcohol, and although the restaurant will be permitted to serve pitchers, they will not be sold for less than $9 each.

McManus said although he believes residents will enjoy the atmosphere of the bar as much as students, his desire to expand the Bethesdabased Barking Dog to College Park stemmed from the

Members of the College Park City Council meet with Bethesda bar owner John McManus, who will petition the county for a liquor license next week. JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

sizable student base.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out there’s 40,000 students within a stone’s throw,” he said. “It’s a tremendous business opportunity. The same reason Chipotle wanted to come here, that’s why I wanted to come here.”

He added that the property’s structural integrity made it particularly appealing as a venue for his business.

“It’s in very good shape inside,” McManus said. “Structurally, it’s in excellent condition. ... There’s virtually nothing to do other than primarily cosmetic work.”

One of his main goals for The Barking Dog is to bring in a variety of live music, McManus said, adding that Turtle did not take advantage of the venue’s space, which would have

allowed it to feature live entertainment. The Turtle property remains one of the largest commercial locations, per square foot, in the city.

District 4 Councilman Marcus Afzali said during the meeting that he hopes the new restaurant will be able to succeed in spite of previous tenants’ failure.

“I’m really excited. I hope [The Barking Dog] does well,” he said. “It’s such a difficult property, unfortunately, in terms of how big it is.”

If he receives the liquor license next week, McManus said he plans to have the downstairs portion of the restaurant operating by May, with the upstairs space following a few months later. kirkwood@umdbk.com

STUDENT MEMBER WANTED FOR STUDENT PUBLICATIONS' BOARD Maryland Media, Inc., publishing board for the Diamondback, Eclipse, Terrapin, and Mitzpeh, has openings on its board of directors for two full-time students.

The Board of Directors sets general policy, approves budgets and selects the Editors-in-Chief for the student publications. The term of office is one year and begins in May, 2011. The Board meets about once a month during the school year.

For an application, stop by room 3136 South Campus Dining Hall and ask for Maggie Levy.

Applications are due by Friday, February 25th at noon.

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Broken promises

Students as lobbyists

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n spring 2007, many students at this university felt betrayed. The Resi- final say in. That said, the quest to house more students should not come at dent Life Department announced that for the first time all seniors the cost of others.

Resident Life seems to suffer from a continuous lack of planning and browould be denied on-campus housing. More than 600 students who had anticipated completing their final year at the university while living on ken promises. In 2007, when the housing bubble burst, students were outits campus were left scrambling to find housing elsewhere. As developers raged at the short warning before the department decided to boot existing capitalized on this shortage, high-rise apartment buildings such as the Uni- seniors and 556 rising seniors off the campus. In response, students filed petitions and even set up a tent city on McKeldin Mall — organized by the versity View emerged to fill the void.

SGA — to protest the decision. A year later, Resident Four years later, however, feelings of resentment perLife instituted the housing lottery system, which led to sist toward a department that has continued to go back more anger after just 300 sophomores received onon its word. Despite the fact that Oakland Hall, the new North Campus dorm, will open in the fall, bringing with Since 2007, the Department of campus housing during that first year.

Although only 550 sophomores were guaranteed it 720 additional beds to the campus at a price of nearly Resident Life has consistenly beds last spring, the housing crisis has waned in $90 million, students are still paying the price of poor displayed poor planning recent years. A new South Campus Commons building planning.

As The Diamondback reported last week, Resident practices, leading to confusion and the upcoming opening of Oakland Hall have the number of beds available to students Life hopes to transform 10 to 16 double rooms into and broken promises when it increased who wish to remain on the campus. But other students forced triples on each floor of multiple North Campus dorms this fall. Citing the loss of several “flexible” comes to on-campus housing. continue to be slighted as Resident Life squeezes more beds into unconventional spaces. Converting rooms triples in buildings that have recently received air-conditioning, the department intends to change the capacity of these slightly that, by their ver y name, are meant for two people is an unacceptable solution. Depriving entire floors of the common area that officials in Resident larger rooms to accommodate more students.

This comes on top of students’ frustration over the persistence of nine Life agree is key to floor bonding is also unacceptable.

A reevaluation of the number of students this university promises to house lounges on North Campus that have been converted into quad dorms, which the department had promised would revert back to lounges come this is in order. The construction of modern dorms such as Oakland Hall and the semester. Some students in Hagerstown Hall have even lobbied the Student renovation of older dorms with 21st century amenities such as air-conditionGovernment Association and Residence Hall Association to take action on ing do wonders to increase the quality of life for on-campus residents. But such strides in on-campus housing are moot if Resident Life continues to their behalf.

Certainly, Resident Life should do whatever is reasonable to accommodate compromise on other aspects key to a fulfilling living experience. Until these as many students as possible. Indeed, it is required by the university to guar- problems are addressed, Resident Life will continue to bear the burden of antee housing to ever y freshman — a total number that they do not have a promises unkept.

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Social media: More useful than we think

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he information age has radically altered the world. The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt over the past month have changed the political landscape in the Middle East. While many in these nations revile the United States, the protests had a distinctly American flavor. Indeed, YouTube, Facebook, Google and Twitter — all American-created websites — had their own distinct roles in the Middle Eastern awakening that has captivated the world.

Egypt’s and Tunisia’s citizens didn’t just wake up one morning and decide to revolt against their dictators. Widespread corruption and police brutality aren’t new concepts to those living under a dictatorship. The days of fax machines, fliers and landlines are in the past. Smartphones and Internet access are widespread in developed countries. In today’s world, anyone with a phone or computer can be a journalist, investigator and organizer.

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ARNSTINE Analysts have described both Egypt and Tunisia as dry tinderboxes that have been waiting for a spark to explode. In Tunisia, that spark was literal — an educated 26-year-old man named Mohamed Bouazizi was selling produce without a license because he couldn’t find adequate work. When authorities tried to shut down his street business, he lit himself on fire.

After the incident, Bouazizi was filmed while in the hospital, and the resulting video went viral on YouTube and helped spark the protests that brought down the Tunisian government.

Google, whose co-founder, Sergey Brin, is an alumnus of this university, was involved in the Egyptian protests.

Wael Ghonim, Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, may have been behind the Facebook page that became a rallying point for anti-government protestors.

Moreover, the Egyptian government grew so fearful of Twitter that it blocked the website. To solve the problem, Google and Twitter collaborated to have Egyptians call in their tweets in order to circumvent the government’s censorship.

While our own uses for the websites mentioned above might be for more trivial matters such as 21st birthday party invitations and stalking our former flames, the demonstrators in Egypt and Tunisia have fully realized the potential of these information-age creations. Furthermore, these companies have forever altered the ways in which people interact with one another. By sending out news links, either through a tweet or Facebook wall post, people are becoming more educated about

the world around them.

While it is unlikely that a mass revolt will ever happen again in our countr y, these websites have changed the way we interact with our elected representatives. You can make an impact without even leaving the comfort of your luxurious dorm room. Numerous political groups are solely dedicated to assisting grassroots organizers seeking to influence the political debate.

It is true that a lot of actions taken on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are trivial. Yet we should never forget the impact one person can now have on the political and cultural discourse.

While we take sending out drunk status updates to our Facebook friends for granted, it’s prudent to never forget how useful these tools can be if applied in the right manner.

Matt Arnstine is a sophomore journalism major. He can be reached at arnstine@umdbk.com.

Winning the future: The importance of now

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he social sciences and the humanities are useless. Why would you ever want to study literature, theater, psychology, sociology, ethics, history, government or any other discipline that isn’t grounded in hard science? What can you do with training in any of these fields? You can’t create the world’s fastest computer. You can’t create the world’s largest private solar research facility, and you certainly cannot help “win the future.” (Unless you’re the Chinese, who accomplished two of the aforementioned feats).

President Barack Obama’s new “win the future” catchphrase boasts the same exceptionalist rhetoric he has been using in recent public appearances. In his Jan. 25 State of the Union address, Obama referred to the United States as “the greatest nation on Earth” and claimed “there isn’t a person here who would trade places with any other nation on Earth” (besides ambitious engineers trying to get in on that whole “world’s fastest computer” racket).

And what makes our nation so great? Is it our “cutting-edge research and technology,” as Obama noted in a Feb. 3 speech at Penn State? Is it the drive of “individual scientists and entrepreneurs?” Is it subsidies and grants geared toward math and science at the expense of funding for the arts and humanities?

That’s a bingo!

In 2010, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ budget dropped 4 percent to $161.3 million. On the other side of the disciplinary spectrum, the National Science Foundation reported a 6.7 percent growth to $6.9 billion in the same year.

Obama’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics rhetoric incentivizes work in those fields through grants at undergraduate and professional levels. The National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant is awarded to students in their third and fourth undergraduate years provided they qualify for the Pell Grant and are “pursuing a major in physical, life, or computer

MICHAEL CASIANO sciences, mathematics, technology, engineering or a critical foreign language.” These incentives leave little security for college-bound students interested in the social sciences and humanities.

But why do the social sciences and humanities matter? For one, the sciences do not exist in a vacuum.

They’re constantly tangled in questions of ethics, psychology and sociology. Political debates concerning the proliferation of nuclear weapons are not scientific — they’re ethical.

Biomedicalization brings up important questions about the construction of gender. Genetics prove that, fundamentally, people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are similarly constituted. Critical race

theorists complicate these biological findings by pointing to race’s social construction.

When these issues are examined, debated and publicized, policymakers can and should listen and act.

They can do so by enforcing fair housing and education practices, promoting tolerance and dealing with the injustices uncovered by humanitarians. Affirmative action was instituted to address historical oppressions that institutionally and covertly kept minorities out of higher education. To influence policy and make the countr y a better place to live, we don’t need iPads or really fast computers. We need to educate people in diverse areas and accept that other disciplines are beneficial, too. Can we “win the future” this way? I’m not sure, but a much better question is, “How do we address the importance of now?”

Michael Casiano is a junior American studies and English major. He can be reached at casiano@umdbk.com.

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he issue of same-sex marriage has been contentious over the last several years. It has proven to be a wedge issue, assisting thenPresident George W. Bush to win a second term in the 2004 presidential election. While those in support of same-sex marriage have faced a primarily uphill battle, they have made significant progress.

Same-sex marriage is legal in five states and Washington. And as you read this, legislation legalizing same-sex marriage is making its way through this state’s General Assembly.

As students at this university, we have a tremendous opportunity to engage our lawmakers to support Senate Bill 116, The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act. Indeed, the circumstances are truly remarkable, with Gov. Martin O’Malley announcing he would sign same-sex marriage into law and over 20 members of the state Senate pledging their support for the legislation.

Right now, however, it is important that people engage their elected officials on this issue to ensure they respond to the desires of their constituents. Petitioning undecided lawmakers might be one of the factors that could influence state Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D Prince George’s) — whose district includes this campus — to declare his support. The College Democrats have exercised great leadership to guarantee Rosapepe hears from students on this issue. Monday, they delivered more than 400 letters from constituents who attend this university to Rosapepe, all of which urged him to support the legislation. This kind of activism will undoubtedly prove pivotal when the votes are eventually tallied.

Tonight, the Student Government Association will be considering legislation, authored by myself, that supports Senate Bill 116. As far as I am concerned, this is the most important thing I have been a part of in my two years as an SGA legislator. Lawmakers from around the state will have to pay attention if the representatives of this state’s future leaders come out and overwhelmingly support Senate Bill 116. It is also significant for me because it is an issue that is close to my heart. As a history major, I know all too well of the egregious miscarriages of justice of the past, and I cannot abide seeing another continue when I have the opportunity to do something about it.

The truths extolled by the Declaration of Independence — that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights — have yet to be fully realized. We are at the precipice of a major change that will allow all of our brothers and sisters to be protected more equitably under the law. We are on the brink of seeing a day where, in this state at least, people can marry whomever they please. Most importantly, however, homosexual relationships will no longer be abnormal under the law, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will not be treated like secondclass citizens. I urge you to make your voices heard and come show your support for this bill at tonight’s legislative meeting.

Andre Beasley is the SGA legislator for the Leonardtown community. He can be reached at abeasley@umd.edu.

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Also born on this date are John McEnroe, tennis player and commentator; Ice-T, actor and rapper; LeVar Burton, actor; Sonny Bono, singer and politician; Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist; Margaux Hemingway, actress and model.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may have to complete things a little later than scheduled, so be aware how others

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — What seems like a good idea when it strikes you may prove to be rather difficult when you try to get all the pieces into place.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Remember that you’re not working in a vacuum and that others will be reacting to what you do, when you do it, throughout the day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’ve been trying to keep some things under wraps lately, but a busybody is likely to let the cat out of the bag prematurely.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’ll be working with someone who doesn’t believe in doing anything halfway, and indeed you’re not about to say something is good enough.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Turnabout is fair play, so there is little you will have to complain about when your mischievous efforts revisit you in return.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Someone else’s disarming behavior may have you behaving, in turn, in a manner that is not at all in character according to friends.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — The unexpected must be dealt with; there will be few opportunities, if any, to solve the problems that arise at any other time.

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HIGGINS The 1990s! That miraculous decade of America Online, the Clinton administration and grunge seems to have been reborn for some time now. Its reincarnation has been in the form of VH1 retrospectives and the rebirth of a variety of bands that made their mark in the last decade of the previous millennium.

One of the more recent, surprising and welcome reunions came from Stockton, Calif.’s Pavement. Existing almost entirely in the ’90s, Pavement released five albums of refined alternative rock before breaking up in 1999. Most all indie rock since then has been indebted to the band’s LPs for American independent label Matador.

News of the group’s reunion in fall 2009, almost exactly 10 years after the breakup, was warmly received by Pavement’s old fans from the ’90s and its new fans gained in the 2000s.

Before and since Pavement’s announcement, there has been an onslaught of reunions and rebirths. Washington-area music lovers got a personal taste of this when locals The Dismemberment Plan reunited in January.

These reunions got me thinking about what musical artist will be our generation’s nostalgia act in 10 or 15 years. Apparently, the generational umbrella assumed by many of the late teen and 20-somethings that currently attend this university is popularly called Generation Z. These are generally people who were born in the late ’80s and early-to-mid ’90s.

In 10 years, will our generation be able to have the same kind of experience a 30-year-old music fan does today when he or she hears their beloved teenage-era group is reforming?

On a surface level, the answer to this question could be yes. New genres of music are being created constantly — or at least that’s what we’re told by the myriad of music blogs out there. But is the explosion of chillwave in the past few years just as important as grunge taking the nation by

storm in the early ’90s?

Honestly, no. And this is why our generation won’t be able to have the same kind of reaction old school Dinosaur Jr. fans had when that band got back together in 2005.

The Internet is the obvious reason why. There were a ton of bands formed in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s that you’ve never heard of. There might be even more bands nowadays, but you’ve listened to a third of them thanks to The Hype Machine and Pitchfork Media.

Grunge spread like wildfire the old-fashioned way: through word of mouth. Reblogging a chillwave MP3 from your friend’s Tumblr doesn’t have quite the same effect as a nationwide cultural movement. Local TV news stations reported on the grunge phenomenon. The only people at local news affiliates now who know much about the latest buzz bands are the interns.

Radio is a forgotten format now, as well. It is our changing media landscape that has most heavily affected our consumption of music.

Obscure zines still exist but seem to pale in comparison to the influence of pre-Internet scenes like that of late ’80s and early ’90s Olympia, Wash., for example.

I’m taking a very small bite out of a big issue here. I could go on for weeks about how much our lives have changed and how much music culture has been radicalized by the Internet. I am not pooh-poohing the Internet completely. While it has been a huge help to fans of music, I do wonder what it was like to be a music lover in those pre-Internet days.

Fans of Pavement — back when the band was a recording unit more than a decade ago — are mostly folks older than the average undergraduate at this university. Those fans grew up as music lovers without the Internet for a good chunk of their fandom.

When Superchunk or Fugazi or Sonic Youth or whoever it might be released an album, those fans went out and bought a copy. And if it was good, it might be all they listened to for months.

When those bands played live in those fans’ towns, there was nothing sweeter.

I might be exaggerating the “I walked 10 miles in the snow to get to school” aspect of being an indie rock fan 15 years ago, but that assessment seems honest.

Pavement is just one of many recently reunited bands that formed an emotional relationship with its fans during an original run in the 1990s. PHOTO COURTESY OF GAIL BUTENSKY/MATADOR RECORDS

Guided By Voices is another recently reunited, classic indie rock band with records released on Matador. When old school fans heard the news about these reunions and went to the shows, they experienced a sugar rush of sweet, sweet nostalgia. Nostalgia is one part of what makes music such an intense, emotional experience.

I was excited when Pavement reunited, and I went to see the band perform at the Virgin Mobile FreeFest at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia. But I didn’t flip out and reminiscence about all the good times I had rocking out to the songs on Slanted and Enchanted when I heard the reunion news. That’s because Slanted and Enchanted came out before my second birthday and Pavement disbanded before I reached middle school.

So who is likely to appease us with a reformation and take our money when their tour comes to Jiffy Lube Live in 2025?

It seems to me like the best contender for future reunited Coachella headliner is Vampire Weekend. The New York City band had some underground credibility when they first started touring, and now they have enough fans to fill up multiple nights at Radio City Music Hall.

Imagine the scenario: The four members break it off on friendly terms, realizing they shouldn’t be making sunny afro-pop into their late 30s. Multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij and singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig go on to

have mildly successful solo careers for a few years until one or both of them ends up teaching at alma mater Columbia University.

But lo and behold, the producers behind Lollapalooza Chile 2027 are shelling out the big bucks and manage to get all four gentlemen back on one stage. A profitable reunion tour follows, and the guys head back into the studio for a few more inoffensive but interesting albums.

The tweens of 2010 would swoon and the hipsters of yesteryear might manage a grin.

With the recent news of The White Stripes’ formal dissolution, the Detroit blues-rock duo makes a strong case as a band that might still have fans in 20 years. The group’s comeback at Bonnaroo or in some obscure French bookstorecafé has the potential to make recent university graduates cry with glee.

It’s pretty difficult to say who will make a great break-up, make-up band because most of our generation’s music has yet to prove itself as an established force. Maybe it’s Beach House or Animal Collective who will be headlining Wolf Trap when we turn 50.

Whoever might be breaking up tomorrow and reuniting 10 years from now, we at least know artists will have to work extremely hard to maintain our attention in this post-dial-up era. rhiggins@umdbk.com

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HOKIES from page 1 that has to do a lot of things right to win these games,” coach Gary Williams said. “But I’d take that effort every night from our team. I think we’d win a lot of games playing like that.”

After a 7-0 run midway through the second half by Virginia Tech (17-7, 7-4 ACC), the Terps found themselves in another back-and-forth battle right up to the final buzzer. With more than five minutes remaining, they regained what proved to be a tenuous lead.

A stretch of five missed shots, including two looks by Williams and forward Dino Gregory from in close, allowed the Hokies to take a lead they kept for the remainder of the night. The Terps had their moments late, forcing two turnovers off their full-court press and benefiting from a rare Gregory 3-pointer, but not enough.

Guard Adrian Bowie missed a layup off an inbounds pass with 30 seconds remaining that would have pulled the lead within two.

Soon after, Hokie guard Malcolm Delaney quashed any hopes of a comeback with four straight points from the charity stripe.

“We were in pretty good shape for a good part of that game,” Gary Williams said. “We just couldn’t make the easy shots.”

With no significant contributions off the bench, Virginia Tech relied heavily on its starters to carry the load. Delaney played all 40 minutes, while each of the four other starters logged at least 31 minutes on the floor.

Perhaps most importantly, Hokie forwards Jeff Allen and Victor Davila both found a way to stay out of foul trouble and in starring roles despite holding three fouls early in the second half.

Allen finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Davila hit his first seven shots to finish with 14 points. Their inside play made life difficult for forward Jordan Williams, who finished with 16 points and nine rebounds — his third straight game without a double-double.

“We had size just as much as their size,” Williams said. “They got some rebounds that we should have got. Besides that, I thought we did pretty well.”

Despite playing an effective 3-2 zone for a large portion of the game, the Terps allowed a seasonhigh 91 points to the Hokies. Delaney finished with 22 points despite 3-for-14 shooting from the field, and guard Erick Green added 20 points.

Still, Stoglin’s career night (7-for-12 from the field, 10-for-10 at the free-throw line) kept the team within grasp until the final seconds.

“I just wish we could have won,” Stoglin said. “A couple of the guys were down, but we just have to keep our confidence.”

With a chance at another quality win down the drain and a conference record treading dangerously below .500, the Terps are nearly out of the NCAA Tournament picture altogether.

“The main thing we have to do now is play 40 minutes,” Jordan Williams said. “We just have to figure out why we’re not playing those 40 minutes.” ceckard@umdbk.com

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After heeding Reese’s message, Terps ready for another test today Offense found late groove Sunday; road swing continues at Delaware

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Guard Terrell Stoglin finished with a career-high 25 points on 7-for-12 shooting, but his performance wasn’t enough to keep the Terps from falling in another close loss last night. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Her words pierced a boisterous wind Sunday afternoon, leaving an imprint in the minds of players who responded immediately to the challenge.

With little more than eight minutes remaining in the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team’s season opener, coach Cathy Reese was frustrated, and rightfully so. The Terps held a 12-7 advantage against Richmond but were not competing with the same intensity they had at the game’s start.

Moments after Reese reminded her squad of its talent during a timeout, the No. 1 Terps began their blitz. On her way to a career-high five goals, midfielder Katie Schwarzmann scored three times in 4:12 as the team netted six goals to close the contest, throttling the Spiders, 18-7.

It may not have been the most consistent 60 minutes for the Terps (1-0), who face Delaware today, but the game’s outcome was never in doubt.

The obvious offensive prowess the team demonstrated served as evidence that this season might at times be less about the opponent for the Terps than the actual team itself. With a handful of U.S. national team members and All-Americans, the team knows that no more than a handful of others in the nation can compete with the Terps when they’re playing to their full potential.

“The bottom line is I really

feel that if we can focus on ourselves in doing what we do best, in trying to work to get better as us, as this 2011 Maryland team, we’re going to set the limits for ourselves,” Reese said. “We have a lot of talent on this team, but we’ve got to find a way to get better every day and focus on Maryland.”

Last season, the Terps surpassed the 18-goal mark four times.

The connection between attackers Karri Ellen Johnson and Sarah Mollison, both of whom had career days Sunday, should help ensure the offense remains as dynamic as ever.

“I like playing with Karri Ellen,” Mollison said. “We do have good chemistry with each other. This is our third season I’ve played with her, and she’s an awesome player, and [I] love playing with her.

She’s my roommate, and we know each other very well, so it’s good fun.”

Mollison tied a school record against the Spiders with six assists, while Johnson, who finished with a career-high seven goals, had five goals off looks from her roommate.

“Like [Mollison] said, it’s good fun,” Johnson said, laughing. “She’s a great player I love. She knows where to feed it. Like she said before, we’ve played together for three years, so we just know each other’s strengths and utilize them. She sees the field really well, and I just cut, and it gets it done.” castello@umdbk.com

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ast night’s game against Virginia Tech provided a now-ornever test for the Terrapin men’s basketball team.

But even after a solid effort, a competitive game and a nearly realized late comeback, their test came back the same way so many have this year — with a failing grade.

The Terps started slow and couldn’t connect late in their crucial 91-83 loss, but the ramifications stretched beyond the score line. Barring an unexpected ACC Tournament run, the door has slammed shut on the Terps’ NCAA Tournament hopes.

A win would have moved the Terps into a four-way tie for fourth place in the ACC and kept alive their hopes, however slim, of earning a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Instead, their loss to Virginia Tech dropped them to seventh place and all but guaranteed an invitation to the NIT. A conference record of 5-6 puts the Terps just one game above a struggling Miami squad.

“It doesn’t help us, that’s for sure, but we’re not giving up,” forward Dino Gregory said. “We’ve got a couple games left. We’ll play those games and go from there.”

While Gregory’s assessment is true — five regular-season games do remain, after all — the NIT seems to be an appropriate destination for this year’s Terp team.

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They’ve been good but never great against strong opponents. And as they proved last night, they seem to always find a way to lose late.

“We’ve come close to some very good teams,” forward Jordan Williams said. “We’ve come close, but we haven’t beaten them. That’s killing us right now. We can’t quite figure it out.”

The Terps’ unsuccessful outings against Pittsburgh, Villanova, Duke, Boston College and Virginia Tech are perfect examples of a never-ending struggle to get over the hump late in games and earn a signature victory.

Those losses scream “NIT.” Coach Gary Williams has made it known that he believes five ACC teams will earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The problem is the Terps aren’t a top-five ACC team.

Their best wins have come against average Penn State and Clemson teams, and they carry the burden of an 0-8 record against teams with an RPI of 50 or better.

They’ve also won just twice in games decided by single digits.

Perhaps even more important than that, though, is the fact that the Terps are 1-4 against the ACC’s other “bubble teams” — Boston College, Clemson and Virginia Tech. That’s what made last night’s game so important.

Not only did it provide an opportunity for the Terps to earn a quality win against a team that also is fighting for respect from the NCAA Tournament selection committee, but it gave them a chance for redemption after losing to the Hokies in embarrassing fashion by 17 points earlier this season.

There was plenty of motivation for the Terps. They just didn’t capitalize on it.

“We played hard tonight,” Gregory

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And while the clock hasn’t struck midnight just yet — there remains an ever-so-slim possibility of winning the ACC Tournament — for the most part, time has run out for the Terps.

“You’re close, but that doesn’t mean anything,” Gary Williams said.

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“You may as well be far away.

“It’s a little tough. … But we’ll get there.”

That time may come sometime in the future. But after last night’s loss, it won’t be this year.

For the second time in less than two months, a big-name candidate rumored to be joining the Terrapin football coaching staff will not be coming to College Park.

Former Miami coach Randy Shannon has turned down an offer to become the Terps’ defensive coordinator, according to a report yesterday from The Baltimore Sun. Shannon, who was fired as Hurricane coach in November after a disappointing 7-5 season, reportedly would have had to forfeit about $1.5 million in buyout money from Miami had he accepted the Terps’ offer.

The development follows several reports late last week that Shannon and the university were close to reaching an agreement that would have made him the final member of new coach Randy Edsall’s staff.

Shannon’s reported decision means the Terps still are without a replacement for former coordinator Don Brown, who left the Terps on Feb. 4 to take the same job at Connecticut.

Brown, a holdover from former coach Ralph Friedgen’s staff, said he wanted to be closer to his family.

An earlier courting of a similarly high-profile coach also ended in disappointment for many Terp fans. Shortly after Friedgen’s contract was bought out in December, former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach emerged as the front-runner to be the Terps’ new coach. But Athletics Director Kevin Anderson ultimately decided on Edsall, who had just led Connecticut to its first-ever Bowl Championship Series appearance.

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