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Grad students appeal for travel funds Resolution requests conference funding information be more accessible

BY JULIA RUSSELL Staff writer

Graduate students say the university does not provide enough funds for travel to conferences or enough information about how to get the funds, forcing graduate students to stretch their already thin budgets to afford a

key networking and academic opportunity.

Administrators and graduate students agreed the benefits of going to conferences were numerous, including helping a student’s career and increasing university programs’ rankings in surveys. But students said too little money is available for grants, and information on how to get them can be

hard to find.

The Graduate Student Government recently unanimously passed a resolution asking each university department to include information about how to get department funds to help with travel on their websites

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Graduation rates climb for blacks Univ. posts 20 percent increase over 10 years

A timely talk

BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer

The university raised its black student graduation rate by 20 percent during the last decade, ranking fourth in improvement among 14 state flagship universities included in a report released last week by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

The percentage of black students graduating rose from 46 percent to 66 percent between 1998 and 2008, but some say the ranking does little to close the graduation gap between black and white students.

“We’ve changed the climate of this university,” said Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity Cordell Black. “We’ve made it so black students don’t feel isolated. We’ve also managed to recruit better-prepared students, but we haven’t gone far enough.”

In 2004, only 43 percent of black students graduated in four years, compared to 67 percent of white students, according to university statistics.

Activist says young people will play key role in achieving LGBT equality

BY DERBY COX Staff writer

If the dreams of gay equality are to be realized, young people will be the key, a gay rights activist said at a College Democrats meeting last night.

“As more and more young people get involved, that’s the way this legislation’s going to get passed,” said Kevin Walling, the director of development for Equality Maryland, a gay, lesbian and transgender activism organization. “More and more people are coming to the realization that they are standing in the way of progress — they’re standing in the way of equality, and it really comes down to a civil rights issue.”

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City councilman Jack Perry will miss several meetings due to a serious illness. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK Kevin Walling, director of development for Equality Maryland, speaks about LGBT rights at a College Democrats meeting last night. JAMES B. HALE/THE

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Long-time city councilman pledges to pursue re-election

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BY BRADY HOLT

Student fees may increase if textbook bill passes information on campus websites. Their real sticking point, however, was the hidden costs to students in the form of higher student fees that would result from loss of revenue at campus bookstores once students can shop around for the best prices.

A longtime College Park city councilman, who last night missed his third consecutive council meeting, has pledged he will run for re-election this fall despite a serious illness.

District 2 Councilman Jack Perry, who has spent more than 20 years on the city council, said it’s important to him to stay on the council even if his illness forces him to miss more meetings.

“It’s just one of those things. I’ve been doing this for so long,” Perry said. “To me, I’ve got to have some

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Releasing textbook information would allow students to shop around, causing decline in UBC revenue

BY ALLISON STICE Senior staff writer

ANNAPOLIS — Stakeholders and legislators gathered in Annapolis yesterday for a starkly different conversation about textbook costs than they had last year, after both a federal law and a University System of

Maryland policy were passed recently.

As usual, university system officials opposed the bill on the basis that it doesn’t cover costs the university would incur, such as posting extensive textbook information on several previous editions a week after faculty select course materials, a time frame professors contend will result in wrong

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The documents are the first indication that the state police had federal partners during their widely condemned spying on activist groups, which went on in 2005 and 2006. The revelation has alarmed the state’s U.S. senators, who are asking DHS for more details about how it obtained the information it shared.

State police have apologized for spying on peaceful activists and for classifying 53 people as terrorists in an internal database.

Police have said the names were not put on federal anti-terrorism lists.

The DHS link was found in the state police file on the DC Anti-War Network, or DAWN, which the Post obtained under the state’s public information law.

According to the file, the federal agency obtained two e-mails about plans for demonstrations by the group at a military recruiting center in Silver Spring and forwarded the e-mails to state police. The protests were peaceful, the file noted.

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Walling spoke to a group of about 20 students at a College Democrats meeting last night about becoming politically involved in gay rights issues, an issue that is especially timely given that a number of equal rights bills and proposals are on the legislative agenda in Annapolis this year, including one that would allow same-sex couples to marry and another that would add discrimination protections for transgendered individuals.

Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has also proposed extending health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees, a move officials and advocates have said could help the university recruit better faculty.

“Human beings are human beings,” Walling said. “And there should be no segregation in terms of that. No enforced prejudice in society.”

After the meeting, Walling said the same-sex benefits were “attractive to the best and brightest.” When the University of Michigan, which once offered such coverage, repealed it in the face of a budget deficit, “a good number of the professors left,” he added.

Increased health coverage also makes sense for society as a whole, he said.

“There’s a lot of people who are saying, ‘Why now?

Why are you doing this?’”

Walling said during the talk.

“Healthier people are better for the state. That’s the

whole idea of health care.”

In addition to ensuring the health care provision remains in the budget, Equality Maryland is pushing for legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland, which is essential both “symbolically” and practically, Walling said.

Heterosexual married people are granted more than 1,000 rights and benefits not currently extended to same-sex couples, Walling said, including the ability to ride in an ambulance with their spouse during a medical emergency.

Civil unions will not give the same degree of equality, he said, noting that some states will recognize marriages performed in other states but do not recognize civil unions.

Equality Maryland is also pushing for an act that would extend discrimination protection to transgendered individuals in areas such as housing and job searches.

Currently only Baltimore City and Montgomery County have such provisions, Walling said. The legislation is necessary because many transgendered people are unemployed or have low incomes and cite hostility toward transgenders as a reason for their situations, Walling added.

John Allenbach, president of the College Democrats, said now was a critical time to hear about equality issues.

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together now,” Allenbach said, noting the recent passing of Proposition 8, which barred gay marriage in California, during the November election.

Sophomore history major Andre Beasley said the event provided valuable insight.

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BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer

Allen Weinstein is a soft-spoken man of many professions. He is a professor, a democracy advocate and an archivist. But above all else, Weinstein considers himself a historian.

Weinstein, 71, comes to the College of Information Studies as a visiting professor after dedicating his life to helping developing nations establish democratic foundations, while keeping a keen interest in how history can shape the world’s events.

In his most recent job as the country’s archivist, he oversaw the National Archives and Records Administration and worked to “energize national constituency� and to improve the process of developing electronic archiving. Weinstein also sought to maximize public access to the records of the three branches of government and raised the NARA’s budget from $318.7 million to $411.1 million.

When this university asked him to become a visiting professor, We-

instein took the opportunity with an open mind. “I’ve spent 30 years in academia,� Weinstein said. “I’m very comfortable with it. ... I am very pleased with the progress here at Maryland. It’s been about a week or so, but I like it a lot.�

While he said it is too soon to tell how his time at the university will be spent, Weinstein said he is eager to work with students and to teach a wide range of subjects. “We are very honored and excited to have Professor Weinstein join the iSchool faculty,� Dean of Information Studies Jenny Preece wrote in an e-mail. “He will contribute to broadening our appreciation of the role of archives in society.�

Weinstein was born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who came to this country from “a czarist Russia.� He received his doctorate from Yale University.

While he studied American history during college, Weinstein was not concerned about what he might do for a living. His main focus was just graduating, even though he ul-

timately helped change the political climate of the world.

It was Weinstein’s “love for characters and events and drama� that led him to a life dedicated to history and the preservation of democracy, he said. He was approached by Congressional leaders to help start the National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening democratic institutions.

From there, Weinstein’s ambition of helping countries lay democratic foundations grew. In 1985, he created the Center for Democracy, an organization that helped develop democratic policies for developing nations. “It was totally bipartisan and totally supportive of the concept of democracy worldwide,� he said.

However, the organization ran out of money and dissolved in 2003.

Weinstein held various consulting jobs after he left the center and continued to write books about history and the democratic process. “After that, it was just working one day at a time,� Weinstein said. “I never left the historian role. I

was living the life of a historian while I was living the life as a democratic activist.�

Throughout his years working with nonprofit organizations, Weinstein partnered with countries such as Russia, Panama, El Salvador and the Philippines to observe and report on their election processes. At the request of the U.S. Senate, he organized a bipartisan group to report on the preparations for the Philippines’ presidential election.

For his work with these countries, Weinstein has received numerous awards such as the United Nations Peace Medal and awards from the presidents of Nicaragua and Romania, thanking him for helping their counties make democratic progress.

In looking back at his life and work, Weinstein said he is content with where his life has led him. “It’s been richly rewarding in order to be of help in this world,� he said. “I think I’ve been there, I think I am there.� hamptondbk@gmail.com

Grants often aren’t enough for travel costs GRANTS, from Page 1 and in the packets they distribute at orientation.

Each department has its own way of allocating money for graduate students to use when traveling to conferences, GSG Vice President for Committee Affairs Tomek Kott said. He said it is difficult for students to find out whether money is even available to students and, if so, how students can get it. Kott said he can’t even find the information on his own department’s website. “We just want to make sure students are able to find [the information] as easy as possible,� said Kott, who is also the chair of the GSG’s academic affairs committee. “If [departments] have no money, that’s fine; we’ll just look for another source.�

Currently, the only funds available through the graduate school

are in the form of the Goldhaber Travel Grant, which does not provide enough money to cover students’ travel and can only be awarded to each student once, according to GSG President Anupama Kothari. The one-time limit makes things difficult for doctoral students, who may have to attend multiple conferences. “It’s a little sad because faculty get lots of travel grants [from the university], and faculty make way more than we do,� she said.

The travel costs can stretch the budget of graduate students, who are only guaranteed about $14,000 if they are serving as either a research or teaching assistant. Some graduate students do make more.

Teresa Moore, the executive director of department operations for electrical engineering, said her department offers some students $1,000 travel stipends with their fellowships and has a matching

program in which the department will match the travel money awarded to students who attend specific conferences.

Moore said the money is given out on a case-by-case basis, and sometimes there is not enough money to help all the graduate students who request aid, but she has not heard a lot of complaints from students. “[Whether students get money] is more of a question of whether we’re able,� she said.

Jaganath Sankaran, who is on the GSG’s academic affairs committee, said multiple students brought up the issue, and their concerns dealt with making information about availability more specific. “We want the whole process to be much more transparent,�

Sankaran said.

Conferences are also an important opportunity for graduate students to network, Assistant Dean

of the Graduate School Cynthia Hale said. She said the university encourages students to attend because they provide students with the opportunity to present their research and receive feedback on it. “[Traveling to conferences] is an absolutely important part of graduate education,� Hale said. “I know [the lack of travel funds] is an important issue for students.�

Master’s students attend about two or three conferences during their academic careers, while doctoral candidates attend about 10, Sankaran said.

The Goldhaber Travel Grant awards a maximum amount of $250 to students traveling east of the Mississippi River, $400 to those traveling west of it and $600 to those traveling internationally.

In any case, it is not enough to cover travel costs completely.

‘need an infusion’ of extra funding GRADUATION, from Page 1 As graduation rates for black students climb, some university officials remain hopeful the disparity will come to an end. Robert Waters, assistant to the president for equity and diversity, stressed an overall focus on graduation rates will help all students, not just blacks. “It’s great news, but I think our goal is to graduate every student that comes to the University of Maryland,� Waters said. “The goal is to graduate.

The success is to graduate.�

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education was established about 10 years ago to provide race-related statistics on an institution-by-institution basis, according to its website.

The journal puts a spotlight on universities that have “successfully integrated their campuses and provide a hospitable educational and social environment for black students.�

Waters said the implementation of four-year plans and new advising policies has made it easier for students to gauge where they stand when it comes to graduating on time.

Both Black and Waters agree a key contributor to the graduation gap is the quality difference in high schools.

Students who come from high

“It’s great news, but I think our goal is to graduate every student that comes to the University of Maryland.�

schools with Advanced Placement courses and substantial funding are more likely to succeed in college than students who come from schools with poor funding and a lack of resources. “Where there is concentrated poverty and violence ... high schools suffer,� Black said, adding that stereotypes against minorities only add to the disadvantages. Negative perceptions make black students less likely to take challenging courses in both high school and college.

Much of the university’s improvement in black graduation rates is also due to the number of programs aimed at minority students. The Nyumburu Cultural Center and programs set up by the Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education provide a sense of community and support for minority students, which helps them academically, Waters said.

Both offer tutoring services. “Finding a community helps some black students to find comfort and support,� he said. “But we have to look at what the university can do for the students as a whole. That’s the challenge, finding support for students no matter where they are [academically].�

However, Black said these programs are not improving black graduation rates as much as they should be. “This university needs more money going to those kinds of places to help black students,� he said. “We’ve got to have the resources to mentor a greater number of students. We need a infusion of cash.� “We have had some progress ... but rates are still susceptibly low,� Black added. “I am not rejoicing in this recently acquired status.

There’s no reason to praise it.�

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PERRY, from Page 1 hope out there.�

The Diamondback is complying with Perry’s request that his illness not be identified in print, but he said he’s undergoing treatment. “It’s not fun — let me put it that way,� Perry said. “You can just say Mr. Perry’s not feeling well, and will return to the council as soon as he can.�

He said he could not speculate on how soon that would be.

The absence of the longtime councilman, who first served on the council in 1979 and has been a member for a total of 26 years, has changed the dynamics of recent meetings, as more city actions are voted on quickly without the extensive discussion Perry typically favors.

Nonetheless, Perry’s constituents aren’t worried that their interests will be under-

represented at City Hall. “Everything that Jack wants for us, for our ward, is pretty much in place as far as planning is concerned,� said Jerry Anzulovic, president of the Berwyn District Civic Association in the city’s District 2.

Most of the city’s pressing business involves other areas of the city, where Perry’s input would be appreciated but not necessarily required, Anzulovic said. Besides, he added, considering how few absences Perry has taken from the council in his lengthy service, “he’s probably entitled to some.�

Bob Catlin, the city’s other District 2 councilman, estimated Perry had only missed six or seven of the council’s weekly meetings in the past decade. “I think we still have eight people to discuss an item,

which is more than most [small cities] have,� Catlin said. “It’s only an issue for close votes, I would guess.�

Most council items pass unanimously; when they don’t, Perry is frequently the lone dissenter.

Mayor Stephen Brayman, who tangles regularly with Perry over the efficiency of council meetings, mentioned Perry’s illness at the opening of last week’s council meeting, saying “we hope he gets well soon.�

Anzulovic said he’s looking forward to Perry’s return to the council and supports his plan to run for re-election. “I would assume from what Jack has told me, when he feels better he’ll be back on active duty representing us,�

Anzulovic said. “He loves it. He loves the city of College Park.� holtdbk@gmail.com

USM will support legislation with amendments TEXTBOOKS, from Page 1 System lobbyist P.J. Hogan told the House of Delegates Appropriations Committee that while the bookstores make money, the universities do not keep any profits. “[Those funds] get plowed right back in to student services,� he said.

The House will be the first to deliberate on the bill, formally know as the College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009, after it died in the state Senate last session. Del. Craig Rice (D-Montgomery), the bill’s sponsor, brought the bill before the committee along with a thick stack of 1,500 letters signed by students at this university who support the legislation.

Although the bill has the backing of the Student Government Association, some other students — such as the Graduate Student Government — voiced their concerns with the legislation. “I think one of the main problems is unintended consequences, like increasing students’ fees to cover less revenue from textbooks,� said Roberto Munster, director of operations for the GSG. Gretchen Metzelaars, director of the Stamp Student Union, said the bookstore has already suffered a significant decrease in textbook sales since the university began

posting ISBNs in August, although she said sales of used textbooks have gone up. Overall revenue has decreased, which could cause problems because the university’s bookstore profits and Barnes & Noble’s rent helps pay off debt from Stamp’s construction, as well as funding student programs. “If we want to continue these services, the money has to come from someplace,� Metzelaars said.

Metzelaars said her department will ask the Student Fee Review Board in its September meeting for a fee increase to deal with lower revenues. The university is renegotiating its contract for the University Book Center, and Metzelaars said she expects bidders to offer $500,000 to $1 million less than the asking price because of poor new textbook sales.

Testifying before the committee, Hogan said he worried that a decrease in textbook costs and increases in student fees would cancel out any savings. “I don’t believe that for a second,� Rice said. “This is less significant to the university but a much larger change for students.�

Calling the bill a tremendous compromise, Rice said he expects only minor changes in wording, including language that promises not to infringe on faculty freedom.

Opponents, including system of-

ficials, would support the bill if amendments were added to bring the timeframe in line with the Board of Regents policy on textbooks that passed Friday, which requires information to be posted by May 1 for fall courses and Dec. 1 for spring courses. They stressed that the unfunded studies they would be required to perform would be a burden, and may even require the hiring of additional staff. But even if those provisions are added, they contend state legislation is unnecessary, they said. “Many, many of the provisions that are in this bill are in [the USM] policy,� Hogan said. “We’re being asked in this bill to do all of this work for an off-campus bookstore.�

Supporters of the bill argue the measure goes beyond the system policy and federal legislation, which will go into effect in 2010. Institutions will get all the necessary information to release from publishers, and campus bookstores have plenty of products other than new textbooks to sell, SGA President Jonathan Sachs testified. “If we have a textbook market that’s broken, let’s not take advantage of its brokenness — let’s fix it,� he said. “I see some costs ... but not where student fees have to be raised.� sticedbk@gmail.com

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ollege Park Mayor Stephen Brayman wasn’t pleased last week. The extend to newcomers, as well.

It’s already to hard to start a business, and city officials aren’t making it any easdevelopers of Varsity at College Park, a proposed student-housing high rise, were planning on making their parking spaces wider than Bray- ier for those coming to College Park. There are a number of incentives city officials should consider to lure new businesses and developers. In fat times, the city could man likes.

Brayman wasn’t going to let the issue go easily. He hatched a scheme with fellow offer businesses subsidies or tax breaks, but even in a recession, the city can do a city council members to drag the developer’s lawyer through hours of conversa- lot more to help new businesses prosper. The city could offer free parking in its new garage to any business looking to move into a vacant lot on tion about skate parks and Homestead Taxes before giving the Route 1. City officials could offer a helping hand when it comes lawyer his turn to talk. In this case, the lawyer lucked out, and no to preparing buildings for code inspections. Even something one had to suffer. But this example points to a persistent pattern of the city obstructing, rather than encouraging, new business.

The city should do more to small, such as allowing new businesses to advertise outdoors, can go a long way for a new business seeking recognition.

Too often, city officials have acted cold and uncompromising attract new businesses.

Above all, these small measures indicate a welcoming atmoswith new ventures. Local business owners have complained phere — an atmosphere that’s sorely lacking in College Park. that the city has been overly strict on a range of issues, from If the city was bursting with convenient housing, and if fine dining in College building codes to food sales, in one case even prohibiting dancing at a new restaurant. And these regulations haven’t just been inconveniences. In a city struggling Park didn’t mean a trip to Chipotle, then maybe the city’s hardball attitude could be justified. If businesses were knocking down City Hall’s doors, then to attract business, city officials have cost some businesses money.

Apologies to John F. Kennedy, but city officials shouldn’t just be asking, “What maybe the council could afford to be picky. But as it is often noted, a large concan you do for us?” They need to ask, “What can we do for you?” Brayman and his crete sign proclaims College Park a “livable community.” If that’s the standard administration have taken strides to improve communication between City Hall we’re content with, we encourage city council members to keep playing games. and local businesses, informing them of relevant council debates and opening the But if we hope to attract the businesses that will revitalize the city, we’ll have to lines of communication to discuss new taxes and crime. But this attitude needs to put on a friendlier face.

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Editorial Cartoon: Jenna Brager

As the movie He’s Just Not That Into You has informed us, men give women signals all the time that should provide us with enough clues to give up and move on. He won’t call you after a first date; he uses cheesy overproduced lines; he “doesn’t want to put a title on it.” The list goes on. Don’t get me wrong — I absolutely loved the book and movie because it illustrated exactly what we put ourselves through when rationalizing the motives for his lessthan-promising actions. But it also brought out my inner feminist. Don’t we deserve more than his “into us” factor? In these times, when women can have it all, can’t we be the choosers, the ones who just aren’t that into him?

And even if this wish were granted, and we were to gain control of the dating game, is it really what we would want? Let’s not forget that there is nothing more intriguing than being told that someone is interested in us; in feeling chosen or singled out from the pack and shining brighter than the others.

Do we forfeit romance when we choose to pursue men rather than be pursued?

Are we either powerlessly waiting by the phone or so selective that the thrill of being pursued is lost?

Pursuing the man of your dreams could land you the guy you’ve always thought you deserved, someone who has all of the qualities that makes you feel confident, happy and complete.

“Falling” for a man who was not even remotely on your radar means compromising your ideals, dealing with flaws and learning to love each other. So who is happier? (Let’s not forget that these are situations when love is obtained; being rejected by the man of your dreams can make you feel unworthy and undeserving, while settling for a man who pursued you can leave you feeling like you came up short.)

Ladies of College Park, I leave you with a few thoughts: So what if he’s just not that into you? Is pursuit truly the key to happiness?

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Going to the movies: Take me out to the crowd

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y friends hate when people talk during a movie, and they have stopped visiting some local movie theaters because of this behavior. And they have reason to. You don’t want to have a serious movie interrupted by someone talking on a cell phone or yelling at the screen. But there are other movies, such as Taken — an action flick starring Liam Neeson as a spy who comes out of retirement to rescue his kidnapped daughter — that can actually be improved with a little crowd participation.

There’s a stereotype that black people like to make noise at movie theaters, and whether or not it’s actually true, I’d say there were a number of black people where my friends and I saw Taken last Saturday at the Regal Royale 14, the movie theater at University Town Center in Hyattsville.

Last semester, I wrote about University Town Center in a column titled “Land of Stores and Danger,” which got a chilly response from the man-

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REED agement there. I’m sure they won’t appreciate me saying their theaters attract loud patrons, either, but I wouldn’t say it’s a bad thing. In fact, seeing Taken at Royale 14 was the most fun I’ve had at the movies in a long time.

I was pretty frustrated in the beginning. There were two middle-age women behind us, a 20-something couple to our right and a teenage boy in front of us, all commenting on the movie. “Damn, that’s a long-ass hallway,” the woman behind us mused at one point. Later on, the guy next to us turns to his girlfriend and noted, “He’s shooting all those n-----s up.” And at

the end of the movie, the kid in front of us yelled, “Man, that was awesome!” and the whole theater breaks into applause, as they had every time Neeson killed someone.

By then, I wasn’t annoyed anymore.

I realized that you go to a movie for suspension of disbelief, to put yourself with Neeson as he tears through a Paris sex-trafficking operation to find his kidnapped daughter. But you never go it alone. Even if you see a movie by yourself, you’re sharing that experience with everyone else in the theater, and after the movie, you talk about the experience to your friends and family. Movies are an integral part of the pop culture we share in this country. And talking during a movie, as heinous as it sounds, contributes to that community created by pop culture.

As we leave the theater, the kid who sat in front of us strikes up a conversation. “Oh, man,” he said. “When that one guy got electrocuted, he was crying like a little bitch!”

“Well, you’d be crying, too, if you got electrocuted,” I said.

“Yeah, but I wouldn’t cry like a little bitch!” the kid replied. “I mean, seriously! Cry like a man!”

This feeling of community seems exactly what University Town Center was designed as — a place for local students and area residents alike to gather and celebrate. Urban planners say that clustering shops, homes and offices together brings people closer, but none of the books I’ve read said anything about movie theaters doing that. There’s nothing wrong with asking for a quiet movie, and the best part about living in the Washington area is that you have your choice of theaters where that is the norm. But sometimes, it’s nice to go out and actually interact with other people. After all, if I want to watch a movie alone, I’ve got a laptop and an Internet connection.

Dan Reed is a senior architecture and English major. He can be reached at reeddbk@gmail.com.

Recycling: Meet me more than halfway

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et me be completely honest for one second: I’m not the biggest environmentalist.

Now, don’t get me wrong — if a recycling bin and a garbage can are sitting right next to each other, I’m going to throw my plastic bottle into the recycling bin. But if the recycling bin were across the room, I would have second thoughts.

For environmentalists, on the other hand, recycling is a given. They will recycle and do anything to help the environment, even if it means walking across the room to recycle a bottle or collecting bottles until it is worth a trip down to the recycling facilities on the first floor.

And yet, during the last few years, the university has faced the daunting task of getting the university as a whole to recycle more. As a part of this drive, the university began participating in RecycleMania, a 10-week recycling competition involving colleges and universities from

across the country. (We placed a somewhat-respectable 55th place last year).

The problem is, while competition serves as an effective way to get the message out about recycling, it only continues to motivate those already motivated to recycle. The university needs to continue working on implementing convenient ways for non-environmentalists like me to recycle.

Recently, Dining Services has taken steps to reduce their environmental impact by introducing new Bagasse carryout containers. This is an improvement over the plastic foam trays that my green friends told me take thousands of years to decompose in landfills.

But then they tell us that they want us to return them to the dining hall in order to recycle them? Doesn’t this defeat the purpose of carry-out containers? I understand what they are trying to do, and I think it’s a great idea. But in order for it to

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COHEN be effective, recycling containers need to be set up in more locations than just the dining halls.

Additionally, think about the last time you went to the dining hall. Did you pick up a glass (therefore, reusable) cup, or did you pick up a single-use paper Pepsi cup? If you’re like me, you picked up a paper cup for one simple reason: It’s the closest cup to the soda machines.

If the glass cups were closer to the soda machines, I would be more inclined to use the environmentally friendly option.

And dining halls are not the only

places on the campus that could use a recycling upgrade. As a resident of the third floor of one of the South Campus Commons buildings, recycling facilities are nowhere in sight. If I want to recycle, I have to go down to the facilities on the first floor, the only such facilities in the entire building. A pilot program to have recycling facilities on every floor was launched, but it was discontinued, reverting back to the old system.

At this point, you might be thinking that I’m just too lazy to recycle. But that’s not the issue at all. Environmentally inclined people are always cognizant of recycling and remember to do it. Non-environmentalists like me — not so much.

But if the university made it easier, I might have second thoughts.

Joel Cohen is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at jcohendbk@gmail.com.

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Our office would like to hear from you if you are part of this 33 percent of students who aren’t participating in this process.

We have already heard from some students who tell us “No one does anything about the results” — this is not true. In fact, not only do the faculty members themselves see your comments and summaries of the results, but their supervisors use these results in hiring, promotion and merit pay decisions, with real consequences. You can see results on Testudo for courses across the campus, too, if you submit all of your evaluations.

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Discussing Important Things Demetri Martin on his early days and new Comedy Central series

BY THOMAS FLOYD Senior staff writer

More than a decade ago, in a New York City club, Demetri Martin stood onstage with a certain degree of zealous enthusiasm. After all, the young comic had somewhat defused the uncertainty he had about quitting law school to pursue comedy when his stand-up debut landed its fair share of laughs the night prior.

Armed with the same routine and new-found confidence, Martin gave it all he had — and completely bombed. Suddenly, he wasn’t so sure again.

“Those experiences were very memorable, because they were such massive learning experiences,” Martin said in a conference call with The Diamondback. “To go from such a high on the first night, thinking, ‘Yes, I can do this,’ and then to go to such a level of ‘Wow, I am not funny’ — it was unbelievable. Since then, the highs aren’t as high and the lows aren’t as low.”

Now, Martin is a Writers Guild Award-winning and Emmy-nominated comedic writer who has released three stand-up albums. No longer questioning his decision to drop out of the New York University School of Law a year from graduation, Martin has yet another item for his comedic resumé: his new Comedy Central show, Important Things with Demetri Martin.

The program incorporates Martin’s trademark brand of surreal and observational humor into a freeflowing mesh of stand-up, sketch and stunt humor, with each episode focusing on one important thing, such as “Timing” or “Power.” Those looking for a reason from the man himself to tune in tonight at 10:30 p.m. and catch Important Things, however, might be surprised.

“I don’t know if I have any good reasons to tell anybody to watch it,” Martin said. “I don’t believe in pushing too hard in any kind of commercial area. I personally don’t like being sold things too much, and I never wanted to be the person doing that to other people.”

After the Comedy Central higher-ups saw the pilot and subsequently asked Martin to produce another seven episodes, the former Late Night with Conan O’Brien writer and his Important Things staff went on to write scripts for the rest of the season. Once every line was written, Martin scuttled around New York City and his native New Jersey to film sketch segments for the entire campaign, after which he went before a live audience to tape some of his more traditional comedic routines.

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Demetri Martin with his trademark sketch pad and pointer on his new series.

With the “crazy” production schedule wrapped, Martin locked himself away in a windowless editing room to blend the on-location sketches, animated sequences, musical numbers and conventional standup into a series of episodes. So far, it has been a timeconsuming process for Martin, and not one without drawbacks.

“I’ve worked so hard on this show, and a lot of the days are 15-hour days working in the edit,” Martin said. “My social life just kind of evaporated. I miss having actual friends and spending time with them.”

Post-production, however, has not been an entirely lonely endeavor. Executive producer Jon Stewart came in to help the one-time Daily Show youth correspondent cut together material, and his presence was a key asset for Martin. The 35-year-old looks up to Stewart as a mentor of sorts, and he compares his time on The Daily Show to “taking a comedy course, because Jon always has really good, clear ideas.”

“Writing up my segment [for The Daily Show] was

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like writing a paper and giving it to a professor,” he added. “Jon would say, ‘All right — yeah, this is funny.

You could manage to take this part out of it. Maybe add a joke here.’ And then I’d go back and work on it.”

Although Martin said it would be great if the show thrived, he also acknowledged a renewal for a second season might keep him from pursuing other goals, such as having a feature screenplay produced or further enhancing his musical talents. As a result, he admits he isn’t going to pay the show’s ratings much heed.

“It’s not because I think it’s going to be some huge hit, but more because I just can’t control that,” Martin said. “There are so many things that I want to work on that if the show tanks, and I’m ready to go do some other stuff. Either way, I’ll want to take a break.”

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CLEMSON, from Page 10 a reference to a Taco Bell promotion promising fans tacos if the Tigers score 75 points. By the time the food was in hand, so was the game.

It was the Terps’ defense that carried them through a close first half. But once again — in a trend coach Gary Williams has mentioned in the past — when they had to defend on the opposite side of their team’s bench, they relented.

But regardless of which end of the court they were playing on, the offense never got going. Its most effective method of scoring was to get points on the run after breaking Clemson’s vaunted press, but even still, the Terps missed open lay-ups several times when those opportunities arose.

“I thought it was our offense [that didn’t work] all night, to be honest,” Williams said. We didn’t run enough good sets; they took us out of our sets. “You can’t miss layups against Clemson. You break their press and you get a lay-up, you got to make lay-ups. That’s basketball.”

As it turned out, the Tigers just needed a half to unearth the areas in which they could exploit the Terps.

They fed Booker right off the bat, and the Terps held him in check with double-teams.

That left the Tigers’ perimeter players open, and once Clemson employed crisp ball movement, the Terps struggled to defend.

In the second half, the Tigers shot 9-of-17 from the 3-point line.

This game won’t cripple the Terps as last season’s loss to Clemson did, but it certainly doesn’t afford them much wiggle room the rest of the way.

The Terps return home for a game Saturday. It won’t

Clemson center Trevor Booker grabbed 14 rebounds last night and helped open up the game for the Tigers’ perimeter players with his early play. COURTESY OF JOSHUA KELLY/THE TIGER

get much easier as they host No. 3 North Carolina, who sliced the Terps defense to the tune of 108 points earlier this month.

“I never had a doubt in my mind that we could win the game, but it just didn’t turn out that way,” Milbourne

said. “If we can just get everybody on same page and get everybody playing together, maybe we can get some wins and maybe get five in a row. You never know.”

“It’s fun to be able to see,” Frese said. “I think we’re understanding the team concept — we’re really improving and really creating a mentality.”

The Terps held the Scarlet Knights to 47 points on 24 percent shooting in Sunday’s 20-point win and crowded Rutgers’ leading scorer Epiphanny Prince, limiting her to 19 points on 7-of-29 shooting.

They defended Rutgers in much the same way they defended the scout team during yesterday’s practice, with ball pressure and quick help defense in case of an entry pass or dribble penetration.

Scarlet Knights’ coach C. Vivian Stringer admitted she hadn’t seen the Terps play defense like they did Sunday while watching tape before the matchup. Terp guard Marah Strickland, who got the start for the ill Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood, was given the responsibility of guarding Prince.

“Always wanting to step up and be able to stop the other team’s best offensive threat,”

Strickland said as to her game culminated in a 58mindset on Sunday. “It’s a point Cavalier second half, great thing to be able to do, sealing the Virginia win.

“When the [Athletics and I try to work really hard on my defense. We’re just Director] comes down to talk trying to take pride in our to you, you know it’s about defense, and I think we’re business,” Strickland said.

“So [we] definitely coming along.” listened and paid A visit from Athattention to everyletics Director Debthing she had to say.” bie Yow, herself a While the Terps former women’s have refocused their basketball coach, efforts in the last two might have helped games, they still speed up that rank last in the ACC process. in scoring defense Yow visited the and second-to-last in team during its 3-point field goal shoot-around percentage defense. before the Virginia Guard Kristi game. According to Toliver, a senior with Frese, Yow wasn’t the experience and too happy about knowledge of a full what she saw defen- MARAH ups and sively from the STRICKLAND season’s downs, said the Terps in their win at SOPHOMORE GUARD Terps are progressBoston College a ing toward becomfew days earlier, and she let them know about ing a good defensive team.

“Right now, we’re playing it.

That night, the Terps held well,” Toliver said. “We’re the Cavaliers to 38.7 percent playing together, and everyshooting, a significant body’s kind of understanding improvement from the the system and the chemistry nearly 50 percent night the has definitely grown. ... I Cavaliers put up against the think we’re in the process.”

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“We’re just trying to take pride in our defense, and I think we’re coming along.”

Women’s swimming kicks off ACC tourney

BY JONAS SHAFFER Staff writer

When freshman Lia Reich steps out of the Terrapin women’s swimming and diving locker room this afternoon, perhaps to an a cappella tune of “Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech,” the sight of colors such as garnet and gold or Carolina blue on shirts and jackets aplenty, and an unforeseen mass of eager spectators, it will only be the latest chapter in the story of her personal transition to bigtime Division 1 athletics.

But if the Terps are to reach the podium Saturday in the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship, which begins today, it must come through the calm and confident strokes and kicks of a tal-

ented freshman class that will enjoy its first time in the conference’s brightest spotlight.

“Everyone just keeps saying it’s unlike anything you’ve ever experienced,” Reich said. “I think this weekend is going to be really exciting and just a different experience for sure.”

Coach Sean Schimmel knows the collection of freshmen, many of whom have made an immediate impact on the scoreboard, will help the program in the long run. But this week, it’s all about culminating the season with a performance that matches the environment.

“We prepare ourselves all year for this — it’s just taking that next step up in terms of competition,” Schimmel said.

“It’s going to be very exciting

The Terps know they must better last season’s 9-21 league record if they want to improve. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

Rodriguez and Poutier aren’t the only two fresh faces who will be expected to make an impact early.

Freshmen first baseman Zach Helgeson and outfielder Taylor Buran add power to a lineup that only had only one player (Murphy) who hit double digit home runs.

If the Terps are to achieve their goal and reach the ACC tournament, they will need to sort out a pitching rotation that, behind ace Scott Swinson, will rely heavily on a trio of sophomores to keep them competitive on the weekends.

Brett Harman, Adam Kolarek and Eric Potter are all still in contention for the remaining two spots in the starting rotation, and Farr said much of the team’s success will depend on the progression of the group.

“It’s one area where we are really young and somewhat inexperienced,” Farr explained. “We have two freshman arms that we really like, but our sophomore group of arms are the guys that are really going to need to step up.”

The Terps pitching staff suffered a huge blow when they lost 6-foot-6 pitching commit Jesse Beal, who was drafted by the Orioles in the

14th round and signed with them shortly thereafter. But Farr has high hopes for his two freshmen, Matt Fullerton and Sander Beck, who he will count on to provide quality innings immediately especially considering that getting from the starters to closer Dan Gentzler will be a point of concern for Farr this season.

“It’s a depth factor all around,” Rupp said. “That’s something we haven’t had in the past, like when one person goes down, then we leave a hole. Now I’m confident if we have someone go down — and it’s going to happen — we are going to have people that will fill in and we won’t miss a beat.”

When it comes down to it, the Terps’ success this season will depend heavily on how they are able to perform within the conference, and Rupp knows that winning non-conference games will only carry them so far.

“We have to do better in conference; that’s what we’re here for,” Rupp said.

“I think this team understands what it’s going to take on an every-weekend basis in order to be successful on those conference weekends.” lemairedbk@gmail.com

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victory against NCAA semifinalist North Carolina, and a series victory against then-No. 21 Georgia Tech.

Now, with a strong nucleus of returning contributors and the highly touted newcomers, the Terps are hoping to build on that success.

“Our ultimate goal is No. 1 to get into the ACC tournament and have an opportunity to advance into the Regionals and go on from there,” Rupp said.

The team shouldn’t have to worry offensively, as they return a core of impact players from last season, including Murphy, who led the team in home runs (13) and RBI (42), and fellow senior designated hitter Jensen Pupa, who hit a team-leading .322 in 2008.

Outfielder A.J. Casario, possibly the team’s most talented all-around player, struggled early last season but crushed the ball down the stretch and finished right behind Murphy with 40 RBI. If he picks up where he left off, the Terps will be dangerous at the top of the lineup.

But the wave of optimism coming from the team is, for the most part, a result of the glowing reviews of a very talented mix of incoming freshmen and junior college players, some of whom will see the field immediately.

Murphy was especially impressed with what he has seen from the two newcomers expected to start in the middle of the infield, junior college transfer and second baseman David Poutier and freshman shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez.

“Poutier has been around, so he knows what it takes to be successful at this level,” Murphy said. “Rodriguez is an extremely talented freshman, and he has the poise and the discipline to be a fantastic shortstop this year.”

here at home. The stands are gonna be filled. There’s gonna be a very exciting atmosphere and competitive atmosphere on the deck.”

Among the freshmen, Schimmel said he will rely especially on Ginny Glover (freestyle and backstroke), Alexa Hamilton (breaststroke) and Meggie Schmidt (butterfly and individual medley). “[There are] a lot of areas for those girls to step up and make some big jumps in terms of the conference and scoring some points,” Schimmel said. “We’re totally ready to take that next step up and the girls are ready to do that, whether they’re freshmen or seniors on our team.” shafferdbk@gmail.com

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Another year, the same goals

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BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Staff writer

Terrapin baseball star Mike Murphy has big hopes for this season. After the team’s second 30-win season in program history, he’s not hoping for improvement — he expects it.

When asked whether he thought the team could win a few more games in the ACC this year, the third baseman’s response was immediate.

“A few more games? I think we can win a lot more games,” Murphy said.

The Terps finished 30-26 overall last season in head coach Terry Rupp’s eighth season at the helm. But, despite the success, the team still fell short of the ACC tournament, finishing just 921 in conference last season, including 1-9 in one-run contests against conference foes.

The losses were tough to stomach, but pitching coach Jim Farr hit the recruiting trail hard in the offseason, and it paid off with a 12-man class that could be one of the best in program history.

The newcomers should provide depth at key positions where the team is thin.

They will also allow Rupp to keep players fresh and will help cut down on the mistakes that plagued the team in late innings last season.

Senior outfielder Gerry Spessard thinks a lack of concentration led to the Terps’ late-game struggles.

Terps’ Tourney hopes set back by blowout loss at Clemson

BY MARK SELIG Senior staff writer

CLEMSON, S.C. — For about 22 minutes last night, the Terrapin men’s basketball team was good enough to hang tough with No. 13 Clemson.

Every Tiger shot was contested; each run was answered.

Forward Landon Milbourne was on the floor, yelling in excitement after an and-one layup that would eventually put the Terps within one possession following the successful free throw. His teammates came running over to help him to his feet. They had reason to believe they could steal this game.

Then the Terps got off track, and Clemson came on like a runaway train. By the end, the Terps were flattened.

By game’s end, it was the most lopsided deficit for the Terps in series history, as Clemson pulled away for a 93-64 final.

“Once again, it’s not putting two halves together,” Neal said.

“We did some great things in the beginning and then kind of got away from it.”

Clemson (21-4, 7-4 ACC) more or less put up a blockade to the Terps’ recent run of successful play, and the Terps (169, 5-6) now have five regularseason games remaining to fight for their NCAA Tournament lives.

This one didn’t just get away.

Clemson completely seized it.

With the Terps’ deficit at three after the aforementioned Milbourne play, Clemson’s Demontez Stitt responded with an and-one of his own. Except when he missed his free throw,

Senior outfielder Gerry Spessard is a leader in a lineup that will rely on several new players. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

“Last year, we would be up in the seventh and eighth innings, we would lose focus, and then we would walk a guy and have an error and it would snowball,” Spessard said.

The team did have its fair share of bright spots last year, including a

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Defense still a work in progress Women’s basketball has played better D lately

BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

After her team aggressively prevented the scout squad from scoring for about the fifth consecutive possession during yesterday’s practice, Terrapin women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese showered her players with the usual compliments.

But before the scout team could start their next offensive set, Frese paused and posed a simple, but important, question.

“Are you guys having fun?” the seventh-year coach asked.

Until recently, the No. 9 Terps (21-4, 8-2 ACC) hadn’t been having much fun at all on the defensive side of the ball.

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While the Terps could still rely on their well-established offensive firepower for key wins against No. 10 North Carolina and No. 11 Florida State, Frese continued to harp on the team’s consistent defensive issues.

Opposing shooters would find open shots in transition, players would pump-fake past Terps into the lane and, despite stretches of intense defensive pressure, teams almost always seemed to find a way to make an extended offensive run with little resistance.

Since the Terps’ last two games, wins against Virginia and Rutgers, that tone has shifted somewhat, and Frese likes what she sees.

Greivis Vasquez and the Terps were anemic on offense against Clemson last night, shooting just 38.3 percent as a team. COURTESY OF JOSHUA KELLY/THE TIGER

forward Jerai Grant scored off a rebound to put the Tigers ahead by seven.

The Terps countered with a transition layup off the inbounds pass, but another mini-comeback wasn’t happening.

On the ensuing possession, forward Trevor Booker leapt in the air to rebound a missed 3pointer, and in one motion, flushed it into the hoop, igniting the Littlejohn Coliseum crowd.

“The Booker dunk kind of ignited us, kind of gave us a little bit of a jolt and maybe deflated them a little bit,” Tiger coach Oliver Purnell said.

That series of plays sparked a 31-10 Clemson run lasting more than seven minutes, which turned the finish into a mere formality. With their team ahead 73-45, Clemson’s fans began yelling, “We want tacos,”

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