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Commons add bedbug clause to lease Officials present Change made following about a dozen outbreaks in student rooms

BY ANNA ISAACS Staff writer

With the help of a new lease addendum, South Campus Commons officials are hoping students see fewer instances of a certain unwanted roommate — bedbugs.

Students leasing Commons apartments next year are now required to sign a full-page “Bedbug Lease Addendum,” after officials saw sev-

eral confirmed infestations over the last year. The new lease component — which officials said will ensure students understand the process to report and exterminate an outbreak of bedbugs — dictates that tenants’ belongings must be bedbug-free by the time the lease expires, that they cannot bring furniture into their units from off the street, that they must notify management if they think they have been exposed to bedbugs and

that they must prepare for and comply with treatment procedures if an infestation is confirmed.

“We had several cases this past year of some units that had confirmed cases of bedbugs, so we wanted to be responsible as a management team and really have actual procedures that we follow, as well as what we need the residents to follow

see BEDBUGS, page 2

details of Health Center billing plan Graduate student leaders say uninsured students remain at risk as care costs rise tention by graduate students who said last month they were not given enough specifics to make health-care Even after two administrators plans by next semester.

And while Clement and addressed graduate students’ Bodison discussed how the worries about the University billing switch will affect stuHealth Center’s switch to dents and opened the floor to third-party billing, several comments and concerns, students said the talk did litsome graduate student leadtle to allay their concerns. ers said it wasn’t enough.

Vice President for StuGSG President Anna Beddent Affairs Linda Clement ford said she wished the two and health center Director administrators had more Dr. Sacared Bodison LINDA information to give, noting addressed the Graduate StuCLEMENT there are still many unandent Government during its VICE PRESIDENT FOR swered questions adminisweekly meeting on March 4 STUDENT AFFAIRS trators ignored before pushabout the health center’s new plan, which will enable students ing the new system into place — to directly charge their health insur- including not knowing how many ance companies for on-campus serv- graduate students are uninsured, how ices. The plan — which is set to debut see BILLING, page 3 in the fall — has been met with conBY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

Competing causes hope to win Progress for the paperless donations from community Students lobby

Officials say ultimate goal is raising awareness

state lawmakers on in-state tuition for the undocumented

BY ANNA ISAACS Staff writer

BY MOLLY MARCOT Staff writer

ANNAPOLIS – More than 400 students — including 15 from this university — gathered in Annapolis yesterday to lobby legislators and rally support for a state bill that would provide undocumented immigrants a path to higher education at in-state tuition prices.

The event, known as Immigrant Action Day, mobilized students and community activists in support of the tuition bill currently under review in

Top: Seniors Jacob Crider (left), Rossana Espinoza (center) and Gerson Elias (right) display signs asking legislators to support a state bill that would allow undocumented students to receive in-state tuition. Bottom: Hundreds lobbied in Annapolis yesterday. PHOTOS BY JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

the state Senate and House of Delegates. Undocumented students attending institutions of higher education today pay out-of-state or international tuition rates — even if they

have lived in this state for most of their lives. But if the legislation, known as SB167 in the Senate and

see TUITION, page 2

For the university’s latest donation drive, it’s a battle for the buck.

TerpsChoice pits five student causes against each other in a threemonth period in which students, alumni and members of the university community can cast a vote for the cause of their choice with a $10 minimum donation. The group with the most votes on April 30 will receive the entire sum of all the donations, regardless of which cause each donor voted for.

Marketing Director Brian Ullmann, who conceived the initiative, said about 2,000 people have voted in the five weeks since the contest began, though not all of them have donated

money; only the votes with donations attached will be counted. But despite the inherent competition, Ullmann said the ultimate goal is to raise awareness for the causes that were selected. If the campaign proves successful, Ullmann said it’s something he’ll be looking to repeat next year, with a new round of candidates.

“It’ll be interesting to see who, at the end of the day, gets the most votes — kind of like an experiment,” he said.

“It’s a new initiative for us, and we hope we’ll be able to raise awareness of these five outstanding causes.”

Ullmann said he was inspired by a similar campaign run last year by the credit card company American Express when brainstorming creative

see DONATIONS, page 3

Studying on the go Library encourages students to walk and work on treadmill

BY NAHAL MOTTAGHIAN For The Diamondback

University library officials have come up with what some say is an innovative solution for those who just can’t seem to keep their eyes open while studying: a treadmill in the library.

The treadmill, which has been dubbed “the Walkstation,” was installed in the middle of McKeldin Library’s second-floor Terrapin Learning Commons late last month and will be removed March 21, after nearly a month in operation. During that time, offi-

SEE VIDEO www.diamondbackonline.com cials hope to collect enough student feedback to determine whether the program should be continued or even expanded.

Libraries Dean Patricia Steele said office furniture

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BEDBUGS from page 1

Students from universities across the state gathered in Annapolis for the Immigrant Action Day rally in support of a state bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition after completing 60 community-college credits. JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

TUITION from page 1 HB470 in the House, is passed, students who graduated from a state high school and completed 60 communitycollege credits would be eligible for in-state tuition rates.

CASA de Maryland, a local immigrant advocacy organization, organized shuttle buses to the student-lobbying event from high schools, churches and businesses across the state. And for some students at this university, the day was an important opportunity to speak directly with state legislators about an issue many on the campus feel passionately about.

Senior accounting major Gerson Elias, who helped organize this university’s student involvement at the event, said every student should be able to earn a degree at an affordable price — regardless of documentation.

“Hopefully, we can get the legislators thinking that

maybe even though students are undocumented, they deserve to have access to higher education,” he said.

“The only thing that’s holding a lot of them back is that the cost is overbearing.”

During the event, students were able to speak directly to state legislators, many of whom cheered on the advocacy efforts. Sen. Victor Ramirez (D - Prince George’s) told the students it was important they voice their support for the bill as it’s considered by the General Assembly.

“I hope that you’ll make it a habit to come here and to speak out and stand up for the issues you believe in,” he said.

Sen. Paul Pinsky (D - Prince George’s) told students their activism could sway representatives who are opposed to the bill.

“Speak out, raise your voices loud!” he said. “The people united can never be defeated.”

Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D Prince George’s) wasn’t at the town hall-style meeting, but

several students visited him in his office before the event ended.

Rosapepe spoke with the students about the Senate’s decision to add the community-college clause, which mandates undocumented students must earn 60 credits before being eligible for in-state tuition. Because the bill was met with so much contention, Rosapepe said the clause was added to ensure undocumented students receiving the in-state tuition rates could demonstrate their commitment to higher education.

And at this university, a bill supporting the state legislation will soon makes its way to the Student Government Association. Senior history major Jacob Crider recently wrote an SGA bill in favor of the state bill that will come to a committee vote in the next few weeks. He said he hoped yesterday’s event will spark more on-campus interest.

“I hope to gain a growing movement within the student

body because of this event,” he said.

Many students said the high turnout at yesterday’s rally was encouraging.

“Just to see how many supporters [were] there made me feel like we can make a difference,” said Janice Castro, a junior psychology major.

But some said they felt the event would have made a greater impact if they had spoken with on-the-fence or opposed delegates about the bill.

“I would have liked to have spoken to some legislators who were opposed to the bill, but either way I was glad that we were able to thank those who were supportive to our cause,” Elias said.

After the lobbying ended, the crowds of supporters rallied outside, where students shared personal testimonies of struggle and legislators offered their support.

“Si se puede,” they chanted in Spanish — yes we can. marcot@umdbk.com

in order to eradicate the issue properly,” said Shayla Benson, South Campus Commons’ associate director.

Benson said the issue of bedbugs — small parasitic insects notoriously named for leaving itchy bumps on the sleeping humans on whom they feast — has only arisen the past year or so, noting there have been fewer than a dozen isolated outbreaks occurring. She did not disclose which Commons buildings the bedbugs were found in.

“We had to respond regardless of whether it was one or it was 50,” she said. “Bedbugs are an issue where you can’t just easily get rid of them by going to your local store and buying a can of Raid — it doesn’t work that way.”

Benson said the causes of the outbreaks are also unknown. Although bedbugs are often brought into homes on the backs of mice and rats, she said officials were sure rodents were not responsible for the infestations.

“It can be attributed to a number of things, whether someone stayed at someone’s house and maybe they had them, or someone that’s returning from a study-abroad program and maybe resided somewhere where they might have been,” she said. “It’s very hard to say where someone may have brought one or more with them.”

In the event of an outbreak, if Commons management is notified, Benson said its own maintenance staff conducts an inspection first. Once the presence of bedbugs is confirmed, Commons hires an outside exterminator to remove the pests.

Commons pays for the treatment, as long as residents follow the directions outlined in next year’s lease — which include bagging up items, making sure furniture is placed in a way that treatment can be applied, removing items from the walls so exterminators can get to hard-to-reach areas and washing the units afterward. Benson said in each case that has been reported, there have been no recurrences of infestation.

“I feel like there are issues everywhere with bedbugs — I’ve heard horror stories. I feel like it’s just the culture of living in a big apartment building.”

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As for the leaseholders, many seemed to be simply intrigued.

“As far as I read, they pay for the bedbug treatment unless you don’t adhere to their thing, and that’s nice,” said sophomore early childhood education major Michelle McQuaid, who will be moving into Commons next semester. “They’re nice mattresses — so I mean, people have bedbugs, it just happens.”

McQuaid said the addendum did not deter her from signing her lease, but rather was reassuring.

“It said if we get them, they’ll get rid of them, so — I’ll take it,” she said.

Junior marketing major Rachel Epstein, who has lived in Commons for a year, echoed McQuaid’s sentiment.

“I feel like there are issues everywhere with bedbugs — I’ve heard horror stories,” said Epstein, who said she hasn’t seen any outbreaks in her time as a resident. “I feel like it’s just the culture of living in a big apartment building.”

While Benson said some lessors have expressed their natural repulsion upon signing the addendum, she noted most are just appreciative of the honesty.

“I’ll get a few ‘ews,’ or ‘oh!’ or, you know, ‘that’s gross,’” she said. “I think if anything, most residents are grateful that we’re telling them about it. ... Our main thing is to educate our residents — that’s why we have this lease. And we want to let them know so they can be responsible leaseholders not just here but even outside of here.” aisaacs@umdbk.com

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BILLING

DONATIONS

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from page 1 ways to encourage donating.

“One of the big objections that people have to giving is they don’t think their gift can make a real impact,” Ullmann said. “So we thought, there’s got to be a way to let people know that small gifts can make a big difference too.”

Prospective donors can vote for one of the following causes: the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, a joint living-learning program of the Honors College and the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute that promotes business innovation among underclassmen; Keep Me Maryland, a two-year-old program that awards emergency grants to students unable to pay their tuition; the university’s marching band, which wants to purchase new uniforms; the university’s team in the Solar Decathlon, an annual U.S. Department of Energy competition to design and build a solar-powered house; and the Veterans Initiative, which provides services and support to student veterans readjusting to academic and civilian life.

“We wanted to be very student-centered — that was important because one of the core, target audiences [for donating] is sort of younger alums,” Ullmann said. “Younger alums may not have 10 grand to give, but maybe they have some money to give.”

Though some have questioned the fairness of awarding all the funds to one group, senior electrical engineering major David Daily, the engineering project manager for the Solar Decathlon team, said because of the donation prerequisite for voting, the system ensures one cause can’t get a lot of votes without contributing a hefty portion of the final amount.

“I think it’s more representative — people who are actually donating get to pick, and it’s not just whoever has the largest numbers will win,” he said. “You get to vote for what you want and what you believe in, and different people have different priorities.”

Sophomore anthropology major

WALKSTATION from page 1 company Steelcase is allowing the libraries to test the product before making a decision to buy. She noted that if this is something students wanted more of, it would be an investment the librar y would be willing to make.

The money would not be taken from the technology fee that students are required to pay.

“The whole idea is to help you get to the resources the way it’s easiest and most effective for you, and sometimes we’ll have to tr y out a technology and then see how it does,” Steele said. “If it’s popular, we probably have to get more of whatever it is.”

While some may prefer studying on exercise machines that can crank up the speed at the Eppley

The university’s marching band is one of five groups competing to receive the pool of money generated by TerpsChoice, a donation drive in which donors can vote for the group they want to win. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Rachel Engster, a squad leader for the Mighty Sound of Maryland, said while her team of hundreds is certainly the “voting machine,” the donation requirement justifies pitting getting new uniforms — which she said would cost about $250,000 — against the financial aid program Keep Me Maryland.

“This isn’t somebody’s education here,” she admitted. “The thing that sets the marching band apart is we really are a service organization — we are serving the university. When people think of those uniforms, they think of Maryland.”

Jay Smith, director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, agreed.

“It’s more than just a popularity contest ... if you’re giving, you should have some say,” he said. “I think all of the programs are deserving ... all of them would The university’s Solar Decathlon team is one of the five groups hoping put [the money] to good use.” to win the TerpsChoice donation drive. The team is entering this house, called WaterShed, into the national environmental competition.

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ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF THE SOLAR DECATHLON TEAM

Recreation Center, the Walkstation has some features that officials say enhance studious students’ experiences, including an adjustable desktop attached to the machine so that students can work on their laptops while moving. The treadmill, which limits how fast a user can go, also calculates calories burned and distance walked.

“When you study, it’s just good to walk around or stretch or not be sometimes so passive, and [the Walkstation] just gives you an opportunity to keep moving and keep working,” libraries spokesman Eric Bartheld said. “You just walk comfortably; you can do things that you would normally do seated.”

While some students have been reluctant to tr y the librar y’s latest study alternative due to its public location, some have attempted the walk-and-study method. Most said they were not quite sold on it yet.

Sophomore government and politics major Eddie Dejesus used the machine for the first time earlier last week. He said he found the experience to be a little uncomfortable.

“It gets your brain jogging,” Dejesus said. “I think it would be cool if it was in a different room because it’s kind of embarrassing walking on a treadmill in the middle of the librar y.”

Other students also noted the treadmill’s location is far from ideal.

“Ever yone is staring at you. I think it looks kind of goofy,” said Michael Fusi, a junior environmental science and policy major. “I don’t think I would ever use it.”

Not all students are using the machine the way it is intended, Steele said, noting the product was designed in response to findings that show the benefits of engaging in sustained physical activity

instead of short, intense workouts.

“I think they’re just using them as treadmills,” she said.

To help get students moving in the right direction, there are posters around the Walkstation that display “healthy working and walking” facts.

One reads: “Medical costs for obesity are 77% higher than for healthy weight individuals,” and another says, “Many of histor y’s great thinkers used walking to help them access their inspirations ...

Thomas Jefferson, Henr y David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to name a few.”

There is also a board posted nearby where students can leave feedback. The comments range from “Really? This freaks me out,” to “Brilliant, skinny and smart @ 1 place!” news@umdbk.com

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REACHING THE BOILING POINT

Commencement speakers at college graduations Many university research experiments are are supposed to impart wisdom on young adults tucked away in labs on the campus, but meabout to start their lives in the scary real world. chanical engineering professor Jungho Kim’s That’s why some students think Charlie Sheen work is floating 62 miles above Earth. would be perfect for this year’s ceremony.

Kim has spent the last 15 years at the universiAndrew Artuso, a senior finance major and a Stu- ty researching how water boils in the absence of dent Government Association letters and sciences gravity. legislator, created the Facebook event “We Want He hopes to finally get some answers when Charlie Sheen!” in an attempt to get the former Two his experiment runs on the International Space and a Half Men actor, who was fired from the show Station over the next couple of months. yesterday, behind a podium in Comcast Center this spring.

Read the rest of these posts and more on the news blog, Campus Drive.

many use the health center and what services for which they use the health center.

“Personally, I’m very happy that they came to the assembly and that they’re sharing what they know, but I think it’s a shame that they don’t know any more,” said Bedford. “I would have liked if the administration had done more research on how it would affect graduate students.”

Under third-party billing, the health center will directly bill any insurance company that accepts the students’ coverage — but officials are quick to say that may not be all companies.

According to Bodison, large providers such as Medicaid and Kaiser Permanente will not accept the university’s third-party system and students will have to seek services elsewhere or pay the full price.

For students who don’t have insurance, the cost of visiting the health center will rise substantially — the current visit fee will increase from $15 to $70 by the fall.

Bodison stressed, however, that reduced prices will be available to students without insurance who can demonstrate financial need.

“We also will have special prices for students with no insurance,” Bodison said. “We will try and price [services] better for them.”

Bodison and Clement said the billing switch is necessary to preserve funding for academics. For instance, in times of economic hardship, they said, the health center was prepared to alter its billing process and save money.

“They wanted to divert more funds to the academic side,” Bodison said.

“They decided the health center could be funded in a different manner.”

According to Clement, the university is counting on the system change to generate a $500,000 surplus in its first year. However, she gave the estimate cautiously and said it wasn’t a certainty.

Despite these expected savings, many graduate students said they were worried the new system would leave students without insurance behind — the university’s health-care coverage, which is offered to students who don’t have private coverage for $1,282 a year, could be cut altogether or made more expensive under the new plan because third-party billing generates additional costs for the health center.

A survey for graduate students designed to help officials better understand their health-care needs is currently in the works, but Bedford said she felt the survey should have come before final decisions on changes were made.

“I was encouraged to hear there might be a fund to help uninsured grad students; that was the first I’d heard of that,” Bedford said. “But it seems like a lot of details need to be worked out.”

GSG Vice President of Financial Affairs Stefanie Sherrill said she appreciated the concern both administrators demonstrated.

“For those concerns they weren’t able to immediately address, they seemed to take a good deal of concern for answering them in the near future,” she said. “I believe they will use the survey they discussed as a way to get a more clear account of how graduate students will be affected from these changes.”

And though officials are working to solidify specifics of the change, Bodison said it probably wouldn’t have been necessary if the recession hadn’t occurred.

“I think the economy has driven this change,” she said. “If the economy were not in its current state we would have probably not had a change,” Bodison said.

As for the future of the health center, Clement is hoping for the best.

“We’re hoping that more money won’t be taken out of the health center in the future,” Clement said. farrell@umdbk.com

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assuming on March 1 her new position — one that’s duties are far removed from hat a difference a year makes. infrastructure and development matters — Wylie has rightly refused to comment Last year, the long-standing battle between university adminison the Purple Line. Moreover, Wylie’s interim replacement, Frank Brewer, has trators and state officials over the Purple Line — a proposed lightthus far been silent on the issue of what alignment he prefers. rail line that would connect Prince George’s and Montgomery The failure of new university administrators to take a position on what aligncounties by way of this campus — was raging ever onward with no end in sight. ment they prefer is unacceptable. While adopting a more conciliatory approach At issue was how the transit line would pass through the campus. University to negotiations with MTA was a wise move on Loh’s part at first, refusing to take a administrators such as former university President Dan Mote remained steadposition ultimately does this campus and the university more harm than good. fast in their opposition to a Campus Drive alignment, the plan proposed and supAfter all, the Purple Line, no matter what route is ultimately chosen, will indeliported by the Maryland Transit Authority that would run the light-rail line bly transform this university, shaping not only the campus through the center of the campus past Stamp Student itself but also matters as wide-ranging as student life, Union in what is perhaps the most direct route. Instead, strategic planning and safety. Each of the proposed alignMote and others advocated for an alternate alignment that University President Wallace ments has its drawbacks. If a light-rail system were to would have trains run down Preinkert and Chapel drives, travel up Campus Drive, the trains’ vibrations may negadiverting the traffic and vibrations away from the campus’s Loh must take a stand on tively affect research being conducted in the surrounding physical center and its hub of research activity. a Purple Line alignment buildings and could physically divide the campus in two.

And with Mote’s retirement Aug. 31 last year, it seemed On the other hand, the Preinkert Drive alignment has as though the years of heated debate between the two to effectively advocate been deemed unsafe for pedestrians by the MTA. And the entrenched parties might finally come to end. for a solution that is in the possibility of a tunnel for either of the routes is more than Just 11 days into his administration, university President university’s best interest. the state or the university can afford.

Wallace Loh adopted a conciliatory stance, stating in his But the job of university administrators, particularly first State of the Campus address that “the time has come to make a decision or move forward in the process.” Since extending a much- that of the university president, is to not only to determine which option would be needed olive branch to state officials in his first major speech as university presi- best for the university as a whole but also, and most importantly, to advocate and dent, Loh’s position of not having a position has not shifted much at all over the lobby for that route. If they fail to do so — as Loh’s administration thus far has — last four months. Indeed, in an interview with The Diamondback on Friday, Loh then it is perhaps likely the decision made will not be the one most beneficial for stated that “the position of the university is that we must have a Purple Line ... the this university. After all, it is hard for those in Annapolis to take into account the views of the university if they don’t know what those views are. real issue is Purple Line or no Purple Line at all.”

For more than four months, Loh has had time to weigh his options. He has had Loh’s reticence toward taking a public stance has, it seems, also filtered down to other members of the university administration. With the transfer of former time to discuss the issue with stakeholders throughout the university and to forVice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie — an administrator who has mulate his own opinions. But each day Loh remains silent he delays advocating worked diligently on the Purple Line issue for years — to the academic post of for this university’s best interests. Pragmatism is an admirable virtue, but the provost, Loh has, intentionally or unintentionally, neutralized her voice. Since time for leadership is now.

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Sidewalk etiquette: A user’s guide

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avigating our gorgeous campus requires the consideration of many factors. After you’ve gotten your routine down to such a science that you can roll out of bed at the latest possible minute, still have time to grab breakfast and slide into your 11 a.m. class at 10:59 a.m., there’s still one thing you need to consider: other people.

Walking across the campus can be like walking through a really narrow, crowded hallway. But we’re outside. It’s common to bump shoulders with people in our rush to get from point A to point B. After almost four years of navigating these dangerous walkways, I’ve compiled some field notes on what I like to call “The Ways of the Walks.” Here are some people, places and things to watch out for.

1. People on their cell phones.

Texting while walking is almost as dangerous as texting while driving,

ELLEN LINZER except that there’s no car. People walking and talking on their phones are risky too because they’re too engrossed with how much so-and-so drank at Cornerstone Grill and Loft last night to realize they’re about to walk into you. The deadliest combo is the texter who is simultaneously listening to his or her iPod. Their senses are overloaded, leaving little sensor y assistance for walking across the campus.

2. People on anything with wheels. This includes but is not limited to bikes, scooters (electric and manual), skateboards, rollerblades and wheely shoes. These folks fly by us lowly pedestrians on their way to

a class that starts in 30 seconds, confident they’ll make it on time because they have wheels. But don’t worr y, pedestrians, they add a few seconds to their commute time when they have to schlep their bikes up the stairs.

3. Speaking of stairs, watch out for those random patches of two or three wide and shallow steps sprinkled around the campus. You know, the ones that make you look like you can’t handle stairs, but really they’re just awkwardly spaced. Architects, you couldn’t just make it a slope?

4. The group of people who walk together in a straight line across the sidewalk at an incredibly slow pace, so you have no way of passing them.

All they need is a “wide load” banner to tape across their backs and a few flashing yellow lights.

5. The random waist-high concrete bollards all over the campus. I know, they’re to prevent people from driving on the sidewalks, but

they can also take the wind out of someone who happens to look away for even one second. Besides, Facilities Maintenance vehicles get onto all the sidewalks, so the poles must not be ver y effective.

6. The aforementioned Facilities vehicles. They will stealthily drive behind you all the way down McKeldin Mall instead of giving a little honk of the horn to pass through. I don’t know which scenario is more unner ving.

Our campus is pretty diverse, but when it comes to walking styles, we manage to fall into certain stereotypes. One last group to watch out for: those damn squirrels. I don’t trust their beady little eyes for a second, and I know in my heart they’d jump us for a dining hall french fr y in a heartbeat.

Ellen Linzer is a senior English major.

She can be reached at linzer@umdbk.com.

A cappella: An unknown art

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hances are if you have spent just a semester at this university, you have gotten some type of Facebook invitation or seen some advertisement about an a cappella show.

The truth of the matter is that a cappella music is a rare art, and in the past few decades, it has burst onto the college scene. But even with the diverse a cappella groups at this university, it is still misunderstood by many.

Since joining an a cappella group, I have been able to experience what this art really has to offer. At this university alone, there are the mixed-gender groups, Faux Paz, PandemoniUM, Kol Sasson, Anokha, Rak Shalom, DaCadence; the all-male group, The Generics; and the all-female group, The Treblemakers. That’s eight groups, not even counting the ones I probably forgot, singing anything from cultural songs to today’s latest hits. But why is this important?

For one, many of these groups perform at charity events, such as Relay For Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society. One of the reasons why groups practice so hard is for the opportunity to sing in front of peers because we like to showcase what we love to do: make music. A cappella is sort of a ser vice to entertain and give people something they can’t experience in any other music genre.

This brings me to my next point: A cappella is something that can’t be mimicked or duplicated. If you haven’t figured it out by now, most of the music you listen to on the radio is Auto-Tuned and enhanced in ever y way possible. If this is news to you, you probably have been living under a rock and still believe Santa Claus is real. These enhancements allow artists such as Katy Perr y and Ke$ha to actually sound good, which is quite different from how they sound live.

A cappella is raw, exposing the

JOSH BIRCH human voice without the mask of any musical instrument. Each person in the group must form a cohesive ensemble and perfect the different parts to perform a song without the use of instruments. Is it challenging to take a top-20 song and change it around to fit just voices?

Yes. But is it worth it? You’re damn right it is.

A cappella is much more than just the usual songs that are often overdone, such as “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Hide and Seek.” There is a whole world to explore in a cappella music if you just give it a chance and see what the different groups at this university do best.

My main point here is that you

should come out to an a cappella show to experience how incredible this art can be when done right. A cappella is huge at this university, and there is no reason to miss experiencing it. In fact, the university is so well known for a cappella that the Beelzebubs from Tufts University will be joining my group, Faux Paz, and several other groups to put on a concert Friday at 8 p.m. The Beelzebubs are nationally recognized for finishing in second on NBC’s The Sing Of f, as well as arranging and singing some songs for Fox’s smash hit Glee.

Even if you can’t make this upcoming show, I encourage you to go see any of the groups here because regardless of what they sing or who they are, they bring something special to this university, and it deserves to be seen by everyone.

Josh Birch is a junior communication and history major. He can be reached at birch@umdbk.com.

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n her Friday article on the absurdity of cuts to education, “Budget cuts: Solidifying the wealth gap,” Grace Goode made a few good points about the proposed budget cuts both in states such as Wisconsin and at the national level. Unfortunately, some of these points miss the mark.

First, in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) has proposed cutting benefits for public-sector unions.

It’s an idea upon which he centered his gubernatorial campaign, so it should hardly come as a surprise to anybody. The fact is, public unions are a small minority in Wisconsin and the country. Many people in this country agree with the moves taken by Walker in Wisconsin, along with other states such as New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and, soon, New York. Walker said he had three options when it came to fixing Wisconsin’s budget deficit: He could raise taxes, lay off public employees or do what he is pursuing now. He was very firm about not raising taxes in a recession, and he would not lay off people if he didn’t have to. Walker is doing what he has to do. Unfortunately, when things need to be cut, the public sector — the group that underperforms yet gets all of the benefits — needs to be near the top.

On the national stage, the U.S. House of Representatives is trying to cut the Pell Grant program.

While it is good for poor students to be able to go to college, this should be privatized anyway, as the federal government has no constitutional right to get involved in education.

That way, it doesn’t cost the government a dime, and students can still go to school.

And, if we can’t cut education or union benefits, what are we going to cut to balance the budget?

“Waste, fraud and abuse,” as we are constantly fed, doesn’t actually mean anything. Odds are, Goode is not a fan of cutting entitlements despite their part in the country’s $1.5 trillion deficit. People never want to cut defense. What can we cut? There is always somebody who will be angry about cutting any program. We are way beyond the point of caring about people’s feelings, though, and we need to do what needs to be done.

The bigger implication that is drawn from Goode’s article is that cuts to the education system will (as liberals love to say) make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

However, this argument is completely ridiculous. The Internal Revenue Service has released income tax data from 1996-2005 that shows that the bottom 20 percent of the population saw their incomes rise by 91 percent over that nine-year span. The select few that she talks about who make a lot of money — the top 1 percent — saw their incomes fall by an average of 26 percent. So when people make the claim that the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer, it’s not true. People are constantly changing tax brackets and constantly being added to and removed from the workforce. It’s important to look at individuals and how they change over time, not simply how percentages of people per tax bracket change over time.

I’m not advocating for elimination of financial aid for those who can’t afford college, which is why I suggested privatizing the Pell Grant program, along with all student loans. The fact is, when reckless spending results in budgets, cuts need to be made. Unfortunately, this is what has to be done.

Kevin Hannigan is a senior communication major. He can be reached at khanniga@umd.edu.

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Alas, originality goes to the dogs.

This week, the focus of the ongoing discussion about the death of creativity in popular music is poor Lupe Fiasco and the release of his third album, if it can even be called his.

Few can deny his stature as one of the best hip-hop artists of the past decade, but with the release of Lasers, it seems clear that not even Fiasco can escape the long, undulating tentacles of major-label ineptitude.

His debut, Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor, is an all-time hip-hop classic. Along with his second record, Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool, and his many mixtapes, Fiasco has done nothing if not prove that he is an artist worth following.

Thanks to Atlantic Records, however, following Fiasco has been pretty tough for the past three years. Waging a constant war with his label, it seemed for quite a while that there wouldn’t be a third album.

Fiasco, understanding that there would be a standstill until the label got what it wanted, simply gave in, leading to Lasers, an album the artist has said time and again that he hates and had almost nothing to do with creating.

Fiasco does rap on the record, but only as a pawn trapped under the thumb of the Atlantic label. It becomes clear right from the first track, “Letting Go,” featuring longtime collaborator Sarah Green, that

little on the record came from Fiasco’s own imagination.

What fans will end up with is a decidedly uncomfortable concoction — three-quarters electro-pop blasphemy and one-fourth angry, highly political lyrics.

With this in mind, the problem with Lasers is that nothing sounds like the Fiasco his fans have come to enjoy.

For starters, the most blatant issue comes in the form of the beats. The entire record sounds like the bastard cousin of the Black Eyed Peas’ abysmal The Beginning, a batch of forced feel-good pop that never changes tone or invites anything more than passing interest.

“Out of My Head,” featuring Trey Songz, is essentially an unused Usher track, which wouldn’t be a bad thing if listeners were coming to Lasers looking for Usher — unsurprisingly, they aren’t. The last minute and a half of this track is just the chorus on repeat; Fiasco is completely left out of a song that bears his name as the artist.

Laughable club anthem “I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now,” featuring MDMA, spits in the face of everything Fiasco’s fans protested for to get this album released — it’s a meandering, soulless attempt at a catchy pop tune that manages to feign the sound of alcohol-drenched fun without actually being fun at all.

Then, of course, there is first single “The Show Goes On,” which sells Fiasco out more than any other song on the album. According to an interview

with Fiasco at Complex.com, the record label gave him the beat and ordered him to rap over it if he ever wanted his album released.

“The Show Goes On” is an unbelievably annoying example of how the mash-up revolution has made parallel-sampling of musical peers a ubiquitous anomaly for hip-hop artists.

Producer Kane Beatz samples everything from the rhythm to the chorus of the extremely popular “Float On” by Modest Mouse, simultaneously showing a level of laziness unacceptable in any musician who considers him or herself an artist and making Fiasco sound like a complete sellout.

Lasers, however, has its moments, though more those of the “oh, that was clever” variety and in relation to lyrics. But it does show fans that they haven’t lost Fiasco; instead, Fiasco has lost creative control of his album.

None of the songs really showcase his flow chops, but they do reveal some funny, meaningful quips, such as “If you turn on TV/ All you’ll see’s a bunch of what-the-f---s/ Dude is dating so-and-so/ Blabbering ’bout such-and-such/ And that ain’t Jersey Shore, homie that’s the news/ And these the same people supposedly telling us the truth.”

This is from “Words I Never Said,” featuring Skylar Grey, one of the three or four tracks on the album where the obviously irritated Fiasco

pulls it together long enough to make the label’s style work for him, even if it does make Fiasco overall seem almost too angry, spitting lines like “Pills with million side effects/ Take ’em when the pain’s felt/ Wash it down with diet soda/ Killin’ off your brain cells.”

“All Black Everything” harkens back to the powerful Fiasco most audiences know, with beat, lyrics and concept coming together as one calm, collected whole.

Parked near the end of such an overproduced heap of mostly garbage tracks, it’s too little, too late.

The real winner remains to be seen. With the release of this record, Fiasco is free of the stigma of Lasers and is already moving ahead with yet another full album, except this time it seems he will be at the helm once again.

Even though fans will have to deal with the disappointment of album No. 3, there is the hope that the next album down the pipeline will be Fiasco’s real comeback and show Atlantic Records that everything it’s done to Fiasco was a waste of time. berman@umdbk.com

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BELLARMINE from page 8 the past.”

Reed was a pivotal piece of yesterday’s four-goal victory.

The senior scored three goals, all of which came during a 6-0 Terp run that put Bellarmine out of striking distance heading into the third quarter.

Reed’s third goal, which gave the Terps a 9-2 lead at halftime, came as time expired in the second frame of action. After a Terp shot bounced off of Ward’s stick, Reed scooped up the ensuing ground ball and instinctively put the rebound in the back of Bellarmine’s net with just one second remaining in the half.

After starting the season with just two goals in three games, Reed had his most effective outing of the season against the Knights, totaling four points and picking up seven ground balls.

“I had a slow start to the season. It’s been really frustrating,” Reed said. “My shot just

started to fall a little more. I’m still not making all the shots I want to make, but hopefully those will come. This will really help my confidence.”

Reed’s counterparts on attack — Catalino and Ryan Young — continued their strong seasons with multi-point outings yesterday, recording three and four points, respectively.

The Terps’ starting defense also held strong, limiting Bellarmine to just three goals before subbing out for the team’s backups. Brett Schmidt was especially impressive, grabbing seven ground balls and forcing four turnovers.

Farrell again was key for the Terps in transition, helping the team go 21-for-21 on clearing attempts and continuing to be a spark both on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. The senior totaled two points, five ground balls and caused a turnover.

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A Young goal with 13:48 remaining in the third quarter put the Terps up 10-3 and sent the team’s starters to the bench, giving reserves nearly two full quarters to gain meaningful ingame experience and grab some personal firsts.

Attackman Sean McGuire and midfielder Bob Kercher scored their first career goals, while attackman Brendan Saylor dished out his first career assist and third-string goalkeeper M.J. Leonard saw his first action of the season.

“Our goal of the game was to get everyone in because we couldn’t bring everyone down to Duke,” Reed said. “We did that and got the win.”

Even after Bellarmine, a Louisville, Ky., school just seven years into its history as a Division I lacrosse program, managed a 5-1 run to end the game in the fourth quarter, the Knights never seriously threatened the Terps’ lead. jengelke@umdbk.com

Attackman Grant Catalino opened the No. 8 Terps’ scoring just 13 seconds into their eventual four-goal win against Bellarmine yesterday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

DEFENSE from page 8 seen a steady late-season offensive push with the emergence of guard Terrell Stoglin, the defense has deteriorated. Since falling to Duke, 80-62, on Feb. 2, the Terps have allowed 70 or more points to each of their opponents but Longwood and Florida State.

Allowing standout play from unheralded opponents hasn’t helped their cause.

In a 91-83 loss at Virginia Tech, Hokie forward Terrell Bell connected on all five of his 3-pointers to finish with 16 points. On Feb. 27, North Carolina guard Leslie McDonald’s points total (15) eclipsed his average minutes of playing time as he helped the Tar Heels cruise to a 87-76 win.

Miami freshman guard Rion Brown spearheaded a 14-point win last week by posting a career-high 19 points off the bench, including a 6-for-7 performance from behind the arc.

Then Saturday, the Terps couldn’t keep up with Virginia guard Sammy Zeglinski. The junior, who had shot just 2-for-12 from 3-point range the previous two games, sank nearly everything he took. Zeglinski finished with 25 points and, just like Brown, 6-for-7 from deep.

“We focused on him, but we didn’t know he was going to rely on him as much as they did — I mean, he was averaging eight [points] throughout the season,” guard Pe’Shon Howard said Saturday. “He just had a great game.”

The Terps’ full-court press, one of Williams’ coaching staples, also took a beating Saturday. Entering their game against the Cavaliers, the Terps had averaged 15.6 forced turnovers per game. But Virginia, which had prepared for the pressure by practicing against eight players in the days before the matchup, ably protected the ball with crisp passing and slipped from the Terps’ containment multiple times.

After forcing 15 turnovers in their earlier win, the Terps had just six in defeat Saturday.

“It is alarming,” Williams said. “You press most of the game, and you’d like to think you can force some turnovers.

The pressure bothered them down at Virginia, so we went into the game thinking we can bother them. But they did a good job with the ball.”

Starting with the game at Virginia Tech on Feb. 15, Williams has increasingly relied on a 3-2 zone as a change of pace and means of disrupting opposing offenses. The switch helped at times throughout a second-half Terp comeback against the Hokies but has had varied results since. Brown, McDonald and Zeglinski all found wide-open shooting lanes behind the arc throughout each of their games against the Terps last week.

“What we’d like to do is play better defense,” Williams said.

“Going in, we’ve either gotten tired or whatever. We’ll try to amp up the defense.”

Senior staff writer Jakob Engelke contributed to this report. ceckard@umdbk.com

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J. Williams, Stoglin honored Terrapin men’s basketball players Jordan Williams and Terrell Stoglin received ACC honors yesterday.

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MEN’S LACROSSE

Back home, Terps get back on track Team moves past Duke defeat with 12-8 win against Bellarmine

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Senior staff writer

It didn’t take long for the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team to move on from Saturday’s loss to Duke.

Just 13 seconds into yesterday afternoon’s contest against Bellarmine, long pole Brian Farrell ran the ball upfield in transition and found attackman Grant Catalino in his most comfortable position: wide open on the right wing.

After snagging the feed, Catalino

ripped a shot past Bellarmine goalkeeper Dillon Ward, giving the Terps an advantage with almost all of regulation left to play.

The onslaught didn’t stop there, and the Terps’ offense, once again paced by its senior attacking trio, continued to pour it on in a 12-8 victory over the Knights (2-3). The afternoon tilt gave the No. 8 Terps (3-1) a bounce-back victory just two days after suffering their first loss of the season in Durham, N.C. “It helps us move on,” coach John

Tillman said. “We talked about it after the game down in Durham. The best thing that could happen was to play. We got an opportunity to move for ward and a chance to play another team.”

“Today came at a perfect time,” attackman Travis Reed added. “Everyone was so down, and we really needed a win to get us on the right track. We’re not going to forget the Duke game, but now we can put it in

see BELLARMINE, page 7

Midfielder Jake Bernhardt, center, finished with two goals in the Terps’ 12-8 win against Bellarmine yesterday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Defense puts on disappearing act Terps falter only month after record showing vs. Cavs

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

Just more than a month ago, the Terrapin men’s basketball team hounded Virginia with what was, at least on paper, one of the nation’s best defenses.

With full-court pressure, half-court traps and abundant athleticism, the Terps overwhelmed the Cavaliers from the opening tip in a 66-42 victory in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia shot 33.3 percent from

Guard Cliff Tucker, center, and the Terps have allowed 70 or more points in eight of their past 10 games. Virginia scored 74 in a decisive win Saturday. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

the field and scored just 21 points in each half on a night that proved to be historic: No team had ever held Virginia to fewer points in John Paul Jones Arena.

But in the midst of one of their worst losing streaks in five years, the Terps showed just how far they’ve fallen from that defensive supremacy in a double-digit loss to Virginia at home Saturday.

The Cavaliers’ 74 points were the most they had scored in their past 14 games, and only mid-

major Howard has given up more points to the Cavaliers since the start of December.

“Our defense hasn’t been as good as we’d like it to be,” coach Gary Williams said yesterday during his weekly teleconference. “A lot of things go into being a good defensive team.

Hopefully, we can look at some things and get ready to play Thursday [against NC State.]”

While the Terps’ offense has

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