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Student fee review moves forward Student leaders decry recommendations made after Senate meeting ran out of time

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

Although a University Senate subcommittee investigated the student fee reviewal process at the request of student leaders, yesterday’s outcome

is far from what undergraduate and graduate senators had hoped for.

Yesterday, senators approved a slew of recommendations to better guide the process by which the Committee for the Review of Student Fees determines how much students pay

each semester on top of tuition. Student Government Association President Kaiyi Xie and Graduate Student Government President Anna Bedford proposed making the committee more transparent and studentinvolved in October, and although

three specific recommendations to allay students’ concerns were outlined, Xie said they do little to address the problem.

“All [the committee] did today was

see FEES, page 2

Delegation approves fee; committee still needs to review bill

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

After the Prince George’s County House delegation approved a bill Friday that would enable county legislators to levy a plastic bag fee, state lawmakers and county officials said they are confident the legislation will soon become law.

The bill passed the county delegation in a 12-9 MARY vote and must be LEHMAN voted on by one DISTRICT 1 COUNTY more House COUNCILWOMAN committee before the state’s General Assembly reviews it. Since the county delegation killed the legislation last year, state and county officials said its stamp of approval poises Prince George’s County to join the ranks of Montgomery County and Washington in implementing a 5 cent plastic bag surcharge.

Prince George’s County must receive permission from the General Assembly before implementing taxes.

HB895: Authority to Impose Fees for Use of Disposable Bags is an “enabling bill,” District 1 County Councilwoman Mary Lehman (D-Laurel) said, meaning if it passes the General Assembly, the county could still draft its own legislation.

“I have very high expectations; I’m very hopeful it will pass,” Lehman said. “We need to be serious about policies like this.”

Lehman said the bill is intended to lower plastic bag use and litter, noting she is particularly concerned about

THROUGH THE YEARS Dining Services officials reflect on how dining halls have transformed

BY ALLISON GRAY Staff writer

Decades before some students began sneaking food out of all-you-can-eat 251 North, Joe Mullineaux said he too fell to temptation as an undergraduate at this uni-

versity nearly 40 years ago.

One night in the mid-1970s, guessing he would be hungry long after the campus’ four dining halls closed, Mullineaux — now the senior associate director for dining services — took the risk of breaking the university’s no tolerance policy on taking food to-go.

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Elkton Hall set to receive air conditioning Units to be installed this summer through $10 million makeover Staff writer

Nearly 50 years after it was built, Elkton Hall will receive its first facelift this May — one that carries a $10 million price tag.

As part of Facilities Management’s goal of installing air conditioning in 11 North Campus dorms within the next several years — Capital Projects Director Bill Olen could not specify when the project would be complete — crews will install the units in the south side of Elkton this summer. Residents will not be able to enjoy this amenity, however, until fall 2013, when

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“I took an extra slice of roast beef and a dinner roll and I made myself a little sandwich and I wrapped it up and I put it in my parka and strolled out,” Mullineaux said.

“And got caught.”

crews will have finished installing air conditioning in all rooms.

The renovation is part of a plan called “High-Rise Residence Hall: AC Phase,” which seeks to improve all North Campus dorms. For Elkton, that means improving the residence hall’s main lobby, installing energy efficient windows, adding new insulation — an upgrade that will create a more sustainable dorm — and providing air conditioning throughout the entire building.

Elkton Hall is the last dorm in the Denton Community to receive the upgrade. Last summer, Facilities Management crews installed air condition-

ing units in Denton and Easton Halls, which each cost about $10 million, Olen said.

Officials said they decided to allocate the funds for the renovations after receiving multiple complaints about the quality of some of the campus’ oldest dorms.

“We’ve heard from students over time that they’d love to have air conditioning,” North Campus Associate Director Amy Martin said, adding that “this allows us to hold more activities in the summer time as well.”

While some Elkton residents said

see ELKTON, page 3

For ROTC, another award in the bag Terrapin Battalion wins national honor

BY NAHAL MOTTAGHIAN For The Diamondback

Earning top scores for physical fitness and creative innovation, the cadets of this university’s Terrapin Battalion won one of eight prestigious MacArthur Awards for 2010-2011, distinguishing them as one of the nation’s leading Army ROTC programs.

The cadets beat out the Army ROTCs of the other 37 universities in the Mid-Atlantic region for the award, which is presented each year by the U.S. Army Cadet Command and the

Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation. Along with boasting the cadet with the highest score for physical fitness, they were also the first Army ROTC in the nation to develop a smartphone app, which now serves as a model for an app being developed by the Cadet Command.

The award comes on the heels of the cadets’ success at the Ranger Challenge — a two-day, eight-mile race lined with competitive challenges. The university’s competitive

see CADETS, page 3

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DINING

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After administrators gave him two options — to either go before the university’s judicial board or clean dishes for a week — Mullineaux found himself temporarily employed in a dining hall, which alumni say have evolved nearly beyond recognition over the last 40 years.

Before the dining halls were renovated in the 1970s and students began using swipe cards for everything from mealtimes to sporting events, they gained entrance to the four all-you-caneat locations — the South Campus Dining Hall, which was housed in LeFrak Hall before 1974, and diners at the Denton, Ellicott and Cambridge communities — with punch cards.

Mullineaux said lunch options were cold-cuts, casserole, grilled cheese or a cheeseburger — “a very overcooked patty that was sitting on the steam table line” ladled with cheese sauce.

Dinner had two meat options and one vegetarian dish, but “you had to be a serious vegetarian to want one,” he added.

While the dining halls used to serve Coke products, they also offered 12-ounce draft beers for 5 cents on special meal nights.

“It wasn’t part of the meal plan, you had to bring your nickel,” Mullineaux said.

And although the food was decent enough to pocket — landing Mullineaux with dish duty — he said the sense of community kept him in the department.

“I actually had a good time because there were a lot of interesting people working there, so I never left,” he said.

One man, “Crazy Joe Gecgal,” amused himself by plotting the number of eggs he used while working the omelet line, keeping a graph going one semester.

“He had a line showing [the variation from week to week],” Mullineaux said.

But in those days, the dining

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Since the 1970s, the South Campus Dining Hall has expanded its variety from just a handful of meal choices to dozens of options. CHELSEA DIRECTOR/THE DIAMONDBACK

halls could be a bleak place outside the kitchen, many said. With a salad bar consisting of lettuce, carrot and celery sticks and four low calorie dressings, many of today’s offerings would have been considered luxuries.

“I probably have some students who think I’m crazy, but I’m telling you, it’s much better selection and quality offered from my two times here in the last couple of months than it was back in 1976 and ‘77,” said alumnus Gary McCorkle.

Sophomore government and politics major Meredith Hills

said she reevaluated her opinion of the dining halls after hearing how far they have come.

“I always complain about the salad bar, but I don’t know how good I have it,” she said.

However, McCorkle said the dining halls were usually a safer bet than venturing to Roy Rogers or McDonalds by foot.

“If you were really brave and bold and you wanted a real hamburger or real meals, you’d have to walk onto Route 1,” he said.

That trek was farther off the beaten path than it is today, he added. Students either took a shortcut across a creek or

walked for up to half a mile around it.

However, alumni said they carry fond memories of the quirks of eating on the campus.

Although students ate with Styrofoam utensils until 1974 — Mullineaux said people believed there was bacteria on reusable silverware — a typical Sunday night in the 1960s was a sophisticated affair. Men wore a coat and tie and women wore dresses.

“It was nothing like today,” Mullineaux said. gray@umdbk.com

tell the administration to do what it was already doing,” he said. “They were just defining what we already knew.”

Bedford and Xie’s proposed changes to the Committee for the Review of Student Fees, which reviews and approves student fees from various departments on the campus, largely centered around creating a student advisory board to review all fee requests before they reach the review committee.

Although the review committee has a policy to include student input, Xie said it’s seldom enforced and many units — including the athletics department, the University Health Center and the Nyumburu Cultural Center — increase fees without adequately giving students a chance to voice their opinion.

This year, full-time undergraduates paid nearly $850 in student fees for services ranging from the libraries to Stamp Student Union.

The senate committee ultimately approved three recommendations: Departments must meet with the review committee to discuss fee requests, meet with constituency groups before making fee requests and justify how fees will be used.

But Xie said the recommendations don’t address major issues he had hoped for, such as ensuring more student input before recommendations are even made and making the actual review committee more transparent.

Because yesterday’s meeting ran out of time, Xie said senators only had three options: Proceed with recommending something to the Senate Executive Committee; request an extension to review the issue further; or try to reschedule another meeting before the semester ends.

Although Xie said he was dissatisfied the first option

“If we had passed nothing, then nothing would had changed for next year.”

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was chosen, Rachel Cooper, chair of the Student Affairs Committee, said a vote was necessary to keep the issue moving forward.

“If we had passed nothing, then nothing would had changed for next year,” she said. She added that dissatisfied members are “welcome to write a minority report,” to be reviewed by the Senate Executive Committee, which would consider alternative recommendations. Xie said he and other senators will likely take this next step.

Senate Chair Eric Kasischke said although the issue had to move forward yesterday due to a dwindling number of meetings, it will likely be considered in the first senate meeting next year.

“They couldn’t get through all the actions that some of the committee members thought were needed,” he said, adding that it doesn’t disqualify these concerns from being considered. “We just don’t have enough meetings this year.”

Because the meeting didn’t delve into the deeper concerns, GSG Vice President of Student Affairs Erin Steele said the issue may be overlooked altogether.

“My immediate concern is that the senate is going to have the issue dropped,” she said. “The things that made it through the line were small. It’s a ver y small piece of what needs to be addressed.” bach@umdbk.com

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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, 2012. 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 Wednesday, March 7th at noon.

NO MORE ECLI PSE! No one has applied to be Editor-in-Chief of Eclipse, the Black Student Newspaper.

No Editor – No Eclipse!

We will extend the deadline for applications until Wednesday, March 7th.

Applications can be picked up in the Diamondback Business Office, 3136 South Campus Dining Hall, 9:30am-4:30pm.

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Univ. funds $130,000 to green projects Sustainability Council selects 12 projects for Campus Green Fund

BY ALLISON GRAY Staff writer

From rooftop wind turbines to expanded composting systems, 12 new eco-friendly projects will soon be underway on the campus funded by the university’s Campus Green Fund.

The University Sustainability Council and its Student Advisor y Subcommittee doled out nearly $130,000 to the projects, pulling from the $215,000 pool generated by an $8 student fee that will increase to $12 over the next two years.

The remaining $85,000 will likely be saved for next year’s fund, which could reach $300,000, Office of Sustainability Project Manager Mark Stewart said.

The council members selected the projects based on 14 criteria, including their connection to the campus, project creativity and how they would enhance the student experience.

“We had a good range of

projects — some that really boosted sustainability from an educational and research perspective and some that really boosted sustainability in infrastructure changes,” Student Advisory Subcommittee Chairman Matthew Popkin said.

The largest grant, $32,950, was awarded to the Stamp Composting project, which aims to improve Stamp Student Union’s compost system and install new compost collection bins in the building with the goal of eventually making the building a zerowaste facility.

“Hopefully the funds are really going to enable the Stamp to really revitalize the way that their loading dock works so they can have more room for compost material and can also have more collection bins so that other people can compost within the Stamp,” said Dining Ser vices Sustainability Coordinator Allison Lilly.

Currently, Stamp staff members only compost waste not

“We’re really excited about these projects and look forward to funding even more campuschanging projects in the future.”

MARK STEWART OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT MANAGER.

generated by customers, such as material from the kitchens, and officials estimate 17,000 visitors come through the building every day.

“We do have so much foot traffic here, it just seemed to be a really great spot to pilot a program like this,” said Don Wray, Stamp assistant director for facilities.

“The most impor tant par t of the collaboration is student participation.”

The council also awarded $14,200 to the Eppley Wind Project to install two small wind turbines on the roof of Eppley Recreation Center.

A team from the university’s Gemstone program will receive $12,410 for an Aquaponics Research project, where members will build systems to house plants that grow in water and aquatic animals including tilapia.

And Stewart said this year’s projects are unique not only in their variety, but in the collaboration between student groups to develop them.

He noted the council even helped different groups that didn’t receive the grants to join in on the approved projects.

“We’re really excited about these projects and look forward to funding even more campus-changing projects in the future,” Stewart said. gray@umdbk.com.

BAGS from page 1 waterways, such as the Anacostia River, the Potomac River and the Patuxent River.

Del. Doyle Niemann (DPrince George’s) said because the tax has been successful thus far, the county only stands to benefit. Washington passed bag fee legislation in 2010 and bag use declined 80 percent, Brent Bolin, director of advocacy at the Anacostia Watershed Society, said in an interview with The Diamondback in December.

“We need to kind of control the number of bags that are being used and disposed of,” Niemann said. “The bag fee bill is the one thing that has been proven to control the proliferation of bags in the environment.”

Despite confidence from state lawmakers that the bill will pass, Donna Dempsey, a spokeswoman for the American Progressive Bag Alliance — a nonprofit organization that represents plastic bag manufacturers — testified at a committee meeting Feb. 28 and said the statistics for reduction of plastic bag use are misleading.

“The talk that there has been an 80 percent reduction in bag use is not supported by

tax receipts,” she said at the hearing. “This figure came from a public opinion poll which was conducted by a special interest group.”

She added that the current economic climate of the state would harm financiallystrapped residents and threaten jobs in the manufacturing industry.

“Levying a new tax on Maryland families not only hurts those who can least afford another cost burden, it also threatens a growing industry all while doing nothing to protect the environment,” she said.

But the legislation’s sole purpose, Lehman said, would be the reduction of bags, as opposed to a revenue-generating measure.

Del. Anne Healy (D-Prince George’s County) voted in favor of the bill and said if the county council passed the legislation, it would encourage people to use reusable bags to grocery shop, which would result in a more sustainable county.

She doesn’t see it as the county levying another tax, she said.

“I don’t see it as a tax because all you have to do is bring another bag and not use the disposable bags,” Healy said. “A tax is something you can’t escape.” bach@umdbk.com

The university’s Army ROTC Terrapin Battalion beat out 37 other universities in the Mid-Atlantic region to win one of eight prestigious MacArthur Awards. PHOTO COURTESY OF LT. COL. SAM COOK

CADETS from page 1 team, the 4th Brigade, beat out 37 teams for second place. Lt. Col. Samuel Cook, the university’s Army ROTC director, called the MacArthur Award the program’s crowning achievement.

“Its like our Super Bowl award,” said Cook. “We get the best students … so really automatically we get something great to work with right up-front.”

The programs were evaluated on the cadets’ GPA, ROTC GPA, leadership evaluation, commission mission accomplishment and scores on the physical fitness test — consisting of

two minutes of push-ups, two minutes of sit-ups and a two-mile run. The Terrapin Battalion averaged 56 pushups, 71 sit-ups and 14 minutes and 57 seconds in the two-mile run to come out on top.

“We worked so hard and literally it was day and night, going hours and hours without sleep,” said cadet and business graduate student Mariya Golotyuk, the top cadet in the nation. “It did not matter if we spent all night writing papers or studying for an exam — at 6 a.m. we were all together as a group doing PT [physical training] outside in the cold while the university was asleep.”

Several cadets credited their success to the inspiration of their instructor, Ter-

rence McCall.

“He gives the best training for ROTC cadets and he is our guy so I would definitely give most of the credit to him,” said cadet and senior histor y major Matthew Bertino.

However, like Cook, McCall said it was the students’ determination and discipline that earned them this latest honor.

“The award is simply a reflection of the quality of cadets and cadre at this Battalion, whose combined ef for t resulted in such superior per formance,” he said.

The McArthur Award ceremony will be held at the end of the semester. news@umdbk.com

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ELKTON from page 1 they don’t believe the renovation is needed, the air conditioning will be a welcome addition for future students.

“Elkton seemed fine without air conditioning,” sophomore engineering major Nick Downey said. “It’s not as bad as people think ... but with air conditioning it will be a lot better.”

With Oakland Hall sitting next to the Denton Community dorms, Martin said, it seemed only natural to renovate the neighboring halls.

“The main reason we ended up going there was with the building of Oakland,” Martin said. “All of the cooling units are in the basement of Oakland.”

“Elkton seemed fine without air conditioning.

It’s not as bad as people think ... but with air conditioning it will be a lot better.”

NICK DOWNEY SOPHOMORE ENGINEERING MAJOR

Some Denton students said air conditioning made for a more comfortable living situation.

“It’s definitely better compared to dorms that don’t have

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A STUDENT’S TAKE ON ATTACHED-AT-THE-HIP COUPLES I was recently milling around Stamp Student Union, fighting off the urge to a eat a Big Mac and looking for a spot to post up near an electrical outlet (damn you computer battery, tethering me down everywhere I go!). On my way to the Baltimore Room, I happened upon an awkward sight.

I spotted a couple seated side-by-side, eating their lunches and talking. The guy had a fork in one hand and his other on her thigh. This conjured up some unpleasant memories from my time waiting tables: Recollections of all of the horrible couples that sit next to each other in a booth rather than across from one another — a move that clearly shows their love will never die.

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air conditioning,” sophomore animal science major Connie Brinks said.

But Elkton’s renovation won’t be the last. Officials will also begin renovating dorms in the Cambridge Community this summer and the Ellicott Community in the coming years.

And although the projects may seem ambitious and clustered together, Olen said, so far the department is on schedule and operating within its budget.

When the projects are completed, Martin said, she hopes students will enjoy improved residence halls.

“For the student experience overall, I think it definitely makes a difference,” she said. amenabar@umdbk.com

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A divisive case in diversity

Celebrate marriage equality

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he U.S. Supreme Court has taken a case regarding affirmative action at spokesperson on diversity issues and chief equality officer.

It’s vital to have a powerful chief diversity officer, especially in this state; blacks the University of Texas, which, depending on the verdict, could limit the consideration of race in college admissions processes. University account for 29.4 percent of Maryland’s population. Should affirmative action be overofficials are rightfully afraid it could negatively impact the learning turned, this minority would face the risk of disappearing from admissions’ radar.

Furthermore, the university has lately placed added emphasis on better collaboraenvironment at this institution.

Undergraduate Admissions Director Shannon Gundy recently told The Diamond- tion with Prince George’s County, which is 64.5 percent black. Loh has established his vision of making College Park a top-20 college town, and back she is worried that without affirmative action, the rates he wants to focus on integrating the school into the commuat which minority students are accepted will spiral downward nity through charter schools and by encouraging faculty and and students won’t be acclimated to a diverse environment. staff to live nearby. Making sure the university community “If we’re not educating the people that exist as a country,” she Affirmative action is a accurately represents the makeup of its surrounding county said, “then we as a country are going to suffer.” valuable tool for college will no doubt be important in the coming months as Loh carThis institution has an interesting record in regards to this plan. diversity. In fall 2009, there was a 28 percent drop in black administrators because it riesIf out officials aren’t able to consider the race of a student student enrollment from the previous year, leaving firsttime incoming black student enrollment at only 9.2 per- helps institutions maintain when making admissions decisions, the university risks enrolling a student body far less diverse than the population cent. That same fall, former Associate Provost for Equity a diverse student body. it serves. Gundy said the university has never compromised and Diversity Cordell Black was removed from his position its standards for a minority student. Students’ academic after more than a decade of work, an action that prompted a 600-person rally from the Nyumburu Cultural Center to the steps of the Main record and potential for success are the most important factors when considering them for admission, she noted.

Administration Building.

Shorter-Gooden said because white and Asian-American students statistically The following year, however, officials began to address some questions about diversity. According to Provost and then-acting university President Nariman have higher SAT scores, she worries not being able to consider race in the Farvardin, 44 percent of the 75 new faculty members hired in academic year admissions process could reduce the number of students of other races, particu2009-2010 were minorities. The new undergraduate class of incoming freshman larly blacks and Latinos.

Affirmative action remains a complex issue, both on this campus and on the minorities also increased that year, going from 31.4 percent of the class in 2009 to 38 percent in 2010. Minorities also represented 37 percent of all undergradu- national stage. Some students appreciate the new experience a diverse student popuates enrolled at the university in 2010 — an increase of 3 percent from the 34 per- lation provides them, as they may not have had the opportunity to live with people of other backgrounds before. Many disagree and believe the color of students’ skin cent recorded the previous year.

In addition, the university added Kumea Shorter-Gooden as this institu- should not affect admissions decisions whatsoever.

Although the case is being argued at the highest level, it has real implications for tion’s first chief diversity officer — a position created by university President Wallace Loh to fulfill a recommendation from the Diversity Strategic Plan, a this university. Ultimately, regardless of whether you agree that affirmative action is 10-year road map for improving equity and diversity among faculty and staff necessary, a diverse student population is one of the major factors that draws stuat the university. Not only is she charged with carrying out that plan, but dents to this university. If affirmative action is one of the tools needed to maintain Shorter-Gooden holds a primary position in the administration as the diversity at this university, then so be it.

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Back in the day, when abortion was illegal

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hen I went to college in my youth — from 1966 to 1970 — abortion was against the law. While I understand the noble intentions of those who want to make abortion illegal again, they should know that doing so would probably not save the life of a single fetus. Instead, it would cost the lives of hundreds of young women as a result of having the procedure done in less than optimal conditions. This is what happened back then, and is what will happen again. Even the U.S. Supreme Court cannot repeal the law of unintended consequences. In reality, outlawing abortions is pro-death.

Because it was illegal, there is no way to know exactly (or even approximately) how many abortions were performed during these times. But I can tell you that finding someone to perform an abortion back then was no more difficult than today’s high school students find-

RICHARD ZIPPER ing someone to sell them marijuana. I know this first hand, as a couple who I was close to — after much thought and angst — had an abortion. While finding someone to perform the procedure was not difficult, it almost cost the life of a uniquely wonderful young woman; she almost bled to death. (The couple later married and had two children.)

Don’t get me wrong, I believe that having an abortion should not be taken lightly. Not only do I personally value human life, but I have been a vegetarian for more than 25 years because I value all sentient life. However, I am a realist and I cannot see how the government could

or should force a woman to give birth if she does not want to. Unless the government is planning to require pregnancy tests every month and then tie a woman down to her bed if she becomes pregnant, there is no way it can enforce the law. The government could not enforce it back then and it will not be able to now.

This is ultimately a debate between ideals and their unintended consequences, something clearly illustrated by last year’s vote in Mississippi on “personhood.” This initiative, which would have determined “every human being from the moment of fertilization” is an actual person, was voted down in arguably the most conservative, antiabortion state in the nation. Why? Because voters eventually understood the unintended consequences would include situations of life and death. If a woman’s life were at risk because of pregnancy, it may be up to the state to decide who gets to live — the woman

or the fetus. The government could deny chemotherapy to a pregnant woman with cancer to save the fetus. If a woman is raped or a young girl is the victim of incest, her only choice would be to give birth. Fertilization clinics would probably close, as doctors would fear the repercussions if a fertilized egg did not survive.

Abortion is certainly one of the most difficult issues of our times. I support the anti-abortion movement’s efforts to present women with the reality of what an abortion means and make moral arguments against it. But those activists should also be able to understand that the reality of the unintended consequences of “personhood” and making abortions illegal are unacceptable government intrusions — less life and more death.

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

Azealia Banks: Resurrection of women in hip-hop

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ast week, 20-year-old Harlem native Azealia Banks announced the release date for her first full-length studio album. Due out on Interscope this September, Broke With Expensive Taste will mark Banks’ debut into the world of mainstream music production.

It will also mark mainstream music production’s debut (or perhaps more fairly, return) into the world of strong female rappers — a return that has been a long time coming.

Hip-hop has always been infamously male-dominated. From frequently misogynistic lyrics to oft-cited battle motifs, critics of the genre have repeatedly noted its tendency to either objectify women or exclude them completely.

And while I think this is a broad generalization, it would be fallacious to maintain that the place of women in hip-hop has not been — at its very least — confusing.

Back in the days of Salt-n-Pepa, though, (Ya’ll remember I love Salt-nPepa, right?) this confusion was somehow different. This “golden age” of hiphop found itself seeking to redefine the genre with every new release, allowing

for the multifarious emergence and representation of various subcultures at the same point in time. Hip-hop’s struggle to find its voice in popular culture determined that many different voices could, and would need to be heard.

This included the voices of women.

Salt-n-Pepa and Queen Latifah gave way to a ‘90s decade filled with female artists who were undeniably rival in capacity to their male counterparts.

From Lil’ Kim to Lauryn Hill to Bahamadia to Foxy Brown, women in hip-hop were diverse in perspective and — though still the minority — plenty in number.

And while Tupac was telling the world that it was “time to kill for our women/ time to heal our women, be real to our women,” Kim was saying, well, a lot of things about oral sex that The Diamondback probably can’t print.

But I don’t mean to romanticize the past. Many negative stereotypes about the depiction of women are true, and forever have been. The assumption, though, that women’s history in hip-hop culture is merely one of objectification, disregards and de-merits many incredi-

ALEX LESTON bly talented female rappers. It generalizes in an unhealthy way, and creates a self-perpetuating cultural mythology about the place of women in rap.

Which may do a little to explain our current state of affairs.

Of the BET Network’s four 2011 nominees for best female hip-hop artist only one — Nicki Minaj — was signed to a major recording label.

There were only two female hiphop artists on Friday’s iTunes top 40 downloaded singles chart to the 12 men I counted, and only one of those women (Minaj again) could be classified as a rapper.

Without women — without the definition and imaging of women by women in hip-hop culture — the female role becomes entirely male-prescribed.

Female artists are needed not just to bal-

ance potentially objectifying images and/or sentiments, but also to provide for the renewed possibility of self-representation in the industry. Women are a part of the hip-hop audience, and as such must again be part of its performance.

Banks’ new deal with Interscope presents the mainstream hip-hop world with an important opportunity to diversify its imaging of women. Her frequently raunchy lyrics provide an empowering inversion of gender roles in their consideration of sex (“adoption ain’t an option, strap up or pack up/ try somethin’ slick and get your dick hacked up”), while her talent and versatility have the capacity to endear her to male and female fans alike.

And while the inclusion of one more female voice may not revolutionize gender branding in hip-hop, I’d like to hope it marks the beginning of some sort of cultural revival. Because let’s be honest — we deserve a little more than “Stupid Hoe.” Alex Leston is a freshman agriculture and resource economics major. She can be reached at leston@umdbk.com.

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was nervous — it was my first time. I looked into his eyes a bit hesitantly. We’d never gotten to this point before; I knew he’d done it before, just not with me.

I grabbed his hand, careful to make sure my grip wasn’t too strong. I choked out a “thank you.” For me, and the hundreds of other people there, a “thank you” could not begin to sum up my feelings and incredible gratitude.

Not 10 minutes earlier, this same man, my governor, signed a historic bill. Though “marriage protection” is a term generally used by those who want to vilify gays, the Civil Marriage Protection Act was a bill that affirmed not just the rights of LGBT Marylanders, but our human dignity as well.

While I have not endured the fierce discrimination that many members of the LGBT community have, I am no stranger to being called a faggot or having people turn their noses up at me as I hold hands with a boy. I am no stranger to discrimination or hate. But every time a state such as Maryland or Washington legalizes same-sex marriage, it gives hope to all gay and lesbian Americans. The progress we’ve made is living proof that it does, in fact, get better. It gets better when our straight, devout Catholic governor stands up and says “the common thread running through … Maryland is the thread of human dignity: the dignity of work, the dignity of faith, the dignity of family, the dignity of every individual.” It gets better when we struggle to make it better.

Still, there are those who do not support marriage equality. Recent articles in this very newspaper insist that is fine — simply a free exercise of one’s opinions and beliefs — except it isn’t. Your lack of support for my basic human rights and dignity is not a passive choice. You’re actively choosing to deny benefits to other members of your state, your society, your community and your family. It’s not that you are of an opinion that has no repercussions.

Every time someone stands up and denounces marriage equality as contrary to our country’s vision, contrary to our religious teachings and contrary to our moral compasses, it has a damning and painful effect on LGBT people. I know your intent is not to hurt LGBT people, but when you suggest a 2,000-yearold book is more important than a living, breathing person in front of you, it has a powerful effect on that person. What does it say about our country if we value an antiquated text more than our flesh-and-blood brothers and sisters? I know you have the best intentions in mind, but when you do not support marriage equality, you do not support those who would benefit from it. Like it or not, to oppose marriage equality for gays and lesbians is to oppose gays and lesbians.

When I shook Gov. Martin O’Malley’s hand, I had hope for our state and our future. I thought, “Marty, we’ve done something good.” I know no one at this university wants to hurt our gay and lesbian friends, and I know our state will affirm the equality that is already inherent in our citizens. If you disagree with me, I beg you to reconsider your opinions and your beliefs. Do they really merit actively hurting another group of your brothers and sisters? If they do, let’s talk about it. I look forward to talking it over with you and shaking your hand with the same hope.

Joshua Dowling is a junior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at dowlingj@terpmail.umd.edu.

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This makes his new album, Wrecking In a strange way, the recent recession Ball, seem more relevant and vital than may have been the best thing to happen to his recent efforts. Economic issues are Bruce Springsteen in some time. The pushed to the foreground on nearly great singer-songwriter has never truly every track.

The album’s tone is more positive than fallen out of popular or critical favor, but his output in the last decade has been Springsteen’s early efforts, however.

Most of the songs mostly inessential; even shoot for uplift of one his reunion with the E VERDICT: kind or another — Street Band garnered even “Jack of All little more than mild Although its style and themes Trades,” one of the excitement and mostly are familiar, Wrecking Ball LP’s more somber positive reviews. is the strongest Springsteen tracks, never really But economic album in years. slips into despair, hardship is a recurinstead showcasing ring theme in Springsteen’s work — few people have writ- the quiet resilience of the working class ten so eloquently and potently about in the face of economic hardship.

Springsteen is older and wiser than the decline of industrial America — and it seems especially relevant in he was when he recorded blue-collar this downtrodden economy. Spring- laments such as “The River,” and this steen hasn’t changed, but the world album lacks the anger and pessimism seems to have cycled back to where it of a young man tr ying to make his way in an unfriendly world. Wrecking Ball is written by a sur vivor, a man who’s seen bad times and made it through more than once, and that informs the album’s tone: beaten down but not defeated and, ultimately, triumphant.

It has the same problems as most of his recent albums — the “been there, done that” feel is hard to shake off — but the songs still have an outsized energy that makes it easy to overlook the fact Springsteen’s just reassembling his old themes and styles.

There’s nothing surprising or unexpected on the album — except for the strange and entirely wrong-headed decision to include a verse of rap on “Rocky Ground,” which makes Springsteen seem both very uncool and very white — but it has the full, blue-collar sound and relentless energy of the E Street Band at its best. For the first time in far too long, it’s hard not to get swept up in Springsteen’s music.

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he’s averaged a career-high 10.4 points per game.

What he’s brought to that team, though, doesn’t show up on a stat sheet.

He’s played 32.5 minutes per game this season despite being hampered for much of it with an ankle injury.

He’s brought a steady intensity to the court every day, be it in practice or in games, and for an inconsistent and young team, the value of that can’t be overlooked.

Most importantly, he’s brought the Terps something that can’t be taught.

“Sean Mosley is a man,” Turgeon said Saturday.

Notre Dame’s coach Mike Brey echoed that sentiment after the Terps knocked off the Fighting Irish in December, helped in large part by Mosley’s 17 points.

“I love him,” Brey said. “I told him after the game he’s a man. …

He’s a great example for my young guys. He’s there every day.”

Between Terrell Stoglin, Nick Faust and the Terps’ incoming recruiting class, the team should have no problem replacing Mosley’s production next season.

But the two-year captain was everything a team could ask for in a leader, and that’s not something that comes around every day.

Mosley said after Sunday’s Senior Day game — his second career double-double — that he feels as though he’s only been here for three seasons and wishes he had another year left.

Turgeon, to be sure, wants the same.

“I never had to coach effort with Sean,” Turgeon said. “Man, I wish he was a junior.”

Come November, the Comcast Center faithful will see exactly what Turgeon meant.

You just can’t replace a guy like Sean Mosley.

progressed and the top teams started to get knocked out, all we had to do was focus on ourselves,” forward Alyssa Thomas said. “Now we’re looking forward to doing good things in the NCAA Tournament.”

The Terps currently project to be the top No. 2 seed in the field, according to Charlie Creme’s Bracketology for ESPN.com. That rank would place them in either the Raleigh, N.C., region or the Kingston, R.I., region for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. The top seeds in those will likely be either No. 3 Notre Dame or No. 4 Connecticut. What is certain, however, is that the Terps will play the first two rounds in Comcast Center.

Sunday’s conference championship likely helped the Terps avoid trips to Des Moines, Iowa, or Fresno, Calif., to potentially see No. 1 Baylor or No. 2 Stanford.

A shot at a No. 1 seed isn’t out of question yet, however.

The rankings could change after the Fighting Irish and Huskies square off for the Big East Championship tonight. But with less than two weeks of preparation ahead before the tournament begins March 17, the Terps aren’t about to focus on things they can’t control.

“We can’t really be sure what the committee is going to think about our regular-season conference performance,” guard Kim Rodgers said. “I don’t think it matters where we end up. We will take the seed we get, compete game by game and try to get to the Final Four.”

MORE HONORS The Terps have grown

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accustomed to Thomas being the best player on the court.

Over the weekend, the rest of the ACC was forced to get used to that as well.

Thomas terrorized the competition in Greensboro, N.C., averaging a team-high 21.7 points per game en route to being selected the ACC Tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

“Obviously, you know what power she possesses, her versatility,” coach Brenda Frese said. “What she was able to do throughout the entire tournament — I’ve said this time and time again, but it’s her will to win.”

After posting a team-high 18 points in each of the Terps’ first two victories over the weekend, Thomas exploded for a career-high 29 points in the ACC title game, adding four rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block.

“It’s been a roller coaster, finding out I made first-team [All-ACC] and then [ACC] Player of the Year,” Thomas said. “But the main focus was winning a championship. All of that other stuff wasn’t as important as getting the championship.”

Thomas was joined on the ACC All-Tournament first team by center Lynetta Kizer.

The senior was solid off the bench for the Terps over the weekend, averaging 10 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in her final trip to Greensboro Coliseum.

Forward Tianna Hawkins was also honored, making the second team after averaging seven points and 7.3 boards per game.

“I definitely can say that it’s something that is a great accomplishment,” Kizer said after Sunday’s championship.

“I really can’t describe the feeling right now, just overcome with joy and the way the girls played today. It’s an

Center Lynetta Kizer, left, joined fellow Terps Alyssa Thomas and Tianna Hawkins on the ACC All-Tournament teams this weekend. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

amazing feeling.”

NOT QUITE The Terps have long been one of the most prolific rebounding squads in the nation. So prolific, in fact, that they’re on the verge of toppling their own conference rebounding record heading into the NCAA Tournament.

Entering Sunday’s final, the Terps boasted a rebounding margin of 14.51 per game, a mark that would have easily topped their record-setting 2006-07 mark of 14.3.

While an uncharacteristic effort against the Yellow Jackets — the Terps outrebounded them just 31-29 — dropped the team’s margin on

the boards back to 14.2 for the season, the Terps are still in a position to surpass their fiveyear-old mark.

“We made it up in our mind early — it didn’t matter who got the rebound, as long as they didn’t get it,” Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph said. “We made sure their best rebounder didn’t get the ball. We made sure everybody had a body on somebody, and I felt like tonight we did that very well.”

The Terps’ relative struggles on the glass began in Saturday’s semifinal matchup with Wake Forest. While the Terps ultimately finished the game with a 47-34 edge on the boards, the Demon Deacons outrebounded them, 19-14, on the offensive end.

“Our effort was awesome,” Wake Forest coach Mike Petersen said. “Who gets 13 offensive rebounds on them in a half? I don’t think the [Washington] Wizards get 13 on them in a half.”

With two weeks of practice time before their next game, expect the Terps to have their recent deficiencies on the boards squashed come tournament time.

“What I was most excited about in the game was it came down to defense and rebounding,” Frese said.

“We were able to get the most critical stops when we needed to get them, and we were able to, in fine margin, outrebound them.” vitale@umdbk.com

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Terrell Stoglin earned All-ACC team honors yesterday. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

HONORS from page 8 Michael Snaer, N.C. State’s C.J. Leslie and Virginia Tech’s Erick Green. If Stoglin stays atop the ACC scoring list — he’s currently more than three points ahead of the league’s second-leading scorer — he would become the sixth Terp to lead the conference in scoring.

Faust, meanwhile, came on strong after a rocky start to his career. He has averaged 13 points, five rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in the past seven games as a starter while filling in for injured guard Pe’Shon Howard.

Along with Faust, the ACC honored Duke’s Austin Rivers, Boston College’s Ryan Anderson, Virginia Tech’s Dorian Finney-Smith and Miami’s Shane Larkin on the All-Freshman team.

The first-team All-ACC honorees included Rivers, along with the entire North Carolina starting frontcourt — forwards Tyler Zeller, John Henson and Harrison Barnes — as well as Virginia forward Mike Scott. ceckard@umdbk.com

HAGEL from page 8 13 of which came during his freshman year.

Spending most of 2011 as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement, Hagel hit .371 in 35 at-bats, including .400 in his last seven games. That hot hitting appears to have carried over into 2012, as Hagel is batting .316 entering this afternoon’s game at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium against Delaware (5-6), good for third on the team.

“He was getting on base,” Bakich said. “He was hitting for

high school All-American quickly learned that sheer athleticism wasn’t going to suffice against the nation’s best programs.

“I had a hard time in the fall,” Murray said. “I was adjusting to the game and the speed and how much work you’ve got to put in to be good and great.”

Murray used winter break to clear his mind and returned to the campus a new man. The fresh-faced rookie who was taking lumps in fall practice was suddenly the one dishing them out in the spring. Coach John Tillman said Murray began to play with much more confidence — a development that helped the former threesport athlete earn the final starting slot on the Terps’ young defense.

“He came back with really kind of a brand-new approach to things,” Tillman said. “I think he felt like after the first semester, he could take a deep breath — whether it was going to be academics or socially or athletically — and start anew.”

Murray said he’s followed the lead of some of the defense’s older players — including Amato, long pole Jesse Bernhardt and fellow defenseman Brian Cooper — as he continues to acclimate himself to the demands of college lacrosse.

One trait he’s borrowed is a dedication to film study. Murray admits that since he also spread his attention among football and basketball in high school, he didn’t necessarily possess the lacrosse IQ the ACC requires. He’s tried to overcome that by becoming a fixture in assistant coach Kevin Warne’s office, analyzing video of his opponents in the hopes of gaining an extra edge.

That was especially true last week. Murray learned he was assigned Wolf on Wednesday, and he spent several hours a

a good average, but most importantly, his on-base percentage was high. It was just a move to get more guys on base at the top of the order.”

Hagel’s .366 on-base percentage mark ranks fifth on the Terps (9-1). For a team pitching as well as the Terps, Hagel’s ability to get on base could prove valuable once ACC play starts and runs become scarce.

The bump up in the lineup also has another perk for Hagel besides increased plate appearances: He now bats in front of first baseman Tim Kiene, who leads the Terps with a .382 average, three

Defenseman Goran Murray held Duke attackman Jordan Wolf to one shot attempt Saturday.

day watching film of the 2011 All-ACC selection leading up to Saturday’s conference opener. Of course, it helped that Murray already had a jumpstart on his studies: He grew up about 10 minutes from Wolf, and they played on Duke’s Lacrosse Club, one of the Mid-Atlantic’s top summer travel teams.

But Tillman concedes that

home runs and eight RBI. “Obviously, Tim Kiene is a stud, so hitting in front of Kiene is an advantage to the hitter because they don’t want to walk the guy because they know he might get an RBI,” Hagel said.

“Mentality stays the same. I’m at the plate trying to do the same thing, drive the ball. Hitting in front of Kiene is definitely a plus.”

In two games batting in front of Kiene, Hagel is 5-for-9 and has hit 5-for-14 with one home run and four RBI overall out of the No. 2 spot in the order. But Hagel was quick to credit the Terps who got on base in front of him, such as

even with everything that contributed to Murray’s breakout performance, shutting down Wolf is more than a one-man job.

“Listen, I don’t think anyone can stop Jordan Wolf one on one,” he said. “And that was our whole game plan going into it. We can’t leave Goran on an island and expect Goran to be able to stop him. It’s seven on six. Everybody’s got to be

White, for his numbers.

“You’ve got to give all the credit to people that are on base,” he said. “RBI’s don’t come from the guys hitting the ball. It’s the guys on base.”

Hagel’s game isn’t quite complete — his 12 strikeouts are the most on the team — but Bakich acknowledged the progress that Hagel has made over his three years in College Park.

“He’s a good player,” Bakich said. “He’s got good tools and he’s got good talent. For him, mentally, when he slows the game down and just focuses on having quality at-bats, he usually has a pretty good

able to do their part.”

And they did. In his third career start, Michael Ehrhardt forced four turnovers. Cooper caused two turnovers and limited Christian Walsh to one goal, and Amato recorded nine of his 14 saves to end the Blue Devils’ hopes of a late comeback.

But it was Murray slicing through Walsh’s picks for Wolf. It was Murray rebound-

result. … It’s good to see. He’s a good player. He’s worked hard. He’s been patient in our program, so he deserves to have some success.”

The Terps have the opportunity to tie their second-best start since 1924 against the Blue Hens, and Hagel’s development is no small part of that start. And from his perspective, every member of the Terps squad has the capability to make an impact on the team.

“Everyone here works hard,” Hagel said. “We all work hard everyday. It’s probably more than any other program in the country. I think it’s the coaches, players giving you

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ing Duke’s errant shots to swing possession in the Terps’ favor. And it was Murray who had his coach gushing after the game.

“I’m really proud of him,” Tillman said. “Because as good a player as he is, he’s just a better human being. He’s a wonderful, wonderful guy.” letourneau@umdbk.com

confidence. Confidence is key in baseball, obviously. Results are showing. It’s awesome.”

TERPS NOTE: In the newest edition of the Baseball America top 25, released yesterday, the Terps were ranked No. 25, their first appearance in the poll’s 32-year history. The Terps also made their season debut at No. 30 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s top 30. They stayed in the Collegiate Baseball News’ top 30, moving from No. 27 to No. 21 and kept their spot in the Perfect Game Top 50 at No. 20. dgallen@umdbk.com

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Mosley, the Terps’ muse CONOR WALSH

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ean Mosley arrived in College Park in 2008 after rewriting the record books at Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy and amassing the second-highest career point total in the state’s high school history.

Most expected more of the same from Mosley in College Park, and his time here with the Terrapins men’s basketball team was thought to be just another storied stop on the way to the NBA. Four years later, some still wonder why he never lived up to his potential with the Terps. Yet while his scoring touch never quite surfaced with the Terps, the intangibles Mosley has brought to this team cannot be emphasized enough.

By the time you see the Terps take the court at Comcast Center next season, you’ll realize just how much of a privilege it was to watch a guy like Mosley play.

Since his arrival, Mosley’s done everything right. He’s the ultimate team player: a dogged defender, a scrappy guy on the boards at only 6-foot-4 and, most importantly, an unwavering leader.

His senior season will go down in the history books as a forgettable one — the Terps finished conference play Sunday with a 6-10 record and were overmatched by top teams all season.

But for a squad struggling with depth as the Terps transitioned from Gar y Williams to Mark Turgeon, Mosley was one of the only things — maybe the only thing — that kept the team’s head above water.

“He’s been great all year,” Turgeon said after Sunday’s 75-72 loss to Virginia. “He hasn’t shot the ball great all year, but he’s been great all year. I can’t imagine where I’d be without him, coaching this young team. He’s been a rock for me.”

“I knew what it took to win, just being a senior and being here for four years and playing with the great guys that I played with,” Mosley said of his role this season.

“It was kind of different for me, because as a player, Coach Turgeon always looked for me to help trying to fill guys in and get a feel for the guys that he had playing with him.”

The captain will get at least one more chance to don a Terps uniform Thursday, when the team plays Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament. Barring an unforeseen change, it will be his 107th career start.

Mosley’s numbers for much of his career have been ordinary. His senior year has been his best, as

Stoglin named second-team All-ACC Sophomore guard led conference in scoring; Faust named to league’s All-Freshman team

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

Two Terrapins men’s basketball guards earned recognition from the ACC yesterday for their play during the regular season.

Terrell Stoglin earned secondteam All-ACC honors and Nick Faust made the All-Freshman team, the conference announced yesterday. The two guards were the Terps’ lone representatives on the five

the perceived snub.

Stoglin, who made the All-Freshman team a year ago, also averaged 3.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. He hit more 3-pointers than anyone in the conference and ranked third in 3-point percentage (38 percent).

The sophomore was joined on the second team by North Carolina’s Kendall Marshall, Florida State’s

teams selected by the conference’s media members.

“I’m really happy for both our guys, this honor is well-deserved,” coach Mark Turgeon said in a release. “They both have had great years for us so far.”

Stoglin became the first player to lead the conference in scoring (21.2 points per game) and not make the first team since 1999.

“Will never forget this,” Stoglin tweeted yesterday afternoon about

see HONORS, page 7

LEAGUE LEADERS The ACC announced its allconference teams yesterday. Here’s the first team: G Austin Rivers, Duke F Tyler Zeller, North Carolina F John Henson, North Carolina F Harrison Barnes, North Carolina F Mike Scott, Virginia

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Out of nowhere, Murray’s everywhere

Forward Ashton Pankey played in only one game last year before undergoing season-ending leg surgery. He is considered a redshirt freshman this year. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Freshman defender emerging as top option before game at UMBC

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

In the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s win over Duke on Saturday, it wasn’t necessarily the 10-7 score that stood out. Or Terps midfielder Drew Snider’s hat trick. Or even the team’s 7-2 halftime lead.

It was the futility of Blue Devils’ All-America attackman Jordan Wolf.

The sophomore, who entered

Saturday’s matchup leading the ACC with nine goals and 14 points, recorded just one shot against the No. 4 Terps. He managed an assist, but it came on a meaningless goal with 71 seconds left.

The man responsible for bottling up Wolf? Freshman defenseman Goran Murray — a name that, outside of the most well-read lacrosse enthusiasts, probably doesn’t ring many bells.

That seems likely to change.

“Goran, I can’t say enough about how good of a job he did today,” Terps goalie Niko Amato said after the game. “You know, that kid’s just a really good athlete, and I think he’s got a promising future in a Terp uniform.”

A few months ago, Murray wasn’t even sure if he was cut out for the rigors of the ACC. The Merion Station, Pa., native was struggling in practice, getting beaten up by

the team’s more experienced dodgers. It took time for him to find his role on a new-look defense that had lost five of its top six players from last season.

After starring for the nation’s topranked high school team, Haverford (Pa.), Murray was used to relying on his elite speed to dominate opposing offenses. But the former

see MURRAY, page 7

see WALSH, page 7

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Terps projected as No. 2 seed Terps’ Hagel breaks out vs.

Jaspers in Saturday victory

Possible Sweet 16 spots are Raleigh and Rhode Island

Right fielder notches three RBI at No. 2 spot

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BY DANIEL GALLEN

Staff writer

Staff writer

The weeks leading up to the NCAA Tournament are always filled with speculation. Analysts endlessly debate who’s in and who’s out. Teams across the country practice with nervous anticipation, many not knowing whether their seasons will continue.

Bracketology is even recognized as a science.

But for some programs, the process isn’t nearly that stressful.

With six days remaining until Selection Monday, the tournament fate of the Terrapins women’s basketball team is far from a mystery.

The Terps rose to No. 5 in the

For the early part of the season, Erik Bakich’s lineup card has been a picture of consistency for the Terrapins baseball team. Five times in the Terps’ first seven games, Bakich has sent the same players out on the field in the same order.

But when the Terps took the field Saturday for the first game of their doubleheader against Manhattan, there was one notable difference. Right fielder Jordan Hagel, who had started every game batting in the No. 7 spot, was batting second behind center fielder Charlie White.

At first, the results were tepid. In the Terps’ 4-1 win, Hagel was 1-for-4 with an RBI. But in the second game of the after-

Forward Alyssa Thomas and the Terps helped their postseason profile with Sunday’s ACC Championship. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

national polls after capturing their second ACC Championship in four years Sunday with a 68-65 win over No. 15 Georgia Tech. Coupled with quarterfinal losses by No. 6 Duke

and No. 8 Miami, the Terps have likely secured a top-five overall seed.

“We knew as the tournament

see NOTEBOOK, page 7

noon, a 10-1 thrashing of the Jaspers, Hagel broke out, going 4-for-5 with a tworun home run, two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored. And while he was 0-for-5 on Sunday, Bakich was still pleased with what he saw.

“Yesterday, he did a great job of staying in the middle of the field and taking what the pitcher gave him,” Bakich said Sunday. “Today, [he was] trying to do too much and didn’t really make an in-game adjustment. He exploded yesterday and was a big reason why we were able to jump on them.”

In his first two years in the newly minted No. 25 Terps’ program, Hagel saw limited time on the field. He appeared in 61 games and made 19 starts, 13 of which

see HAGEL, page 7