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About 300 Officials heighten hazing crackdown clubs ask SGA for $3M in funding

University targets Greek organization leaders, newcomers with intervention programs

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

Body warns available funds will cover less than half of requests

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

Slightly fewer than 300 student groups requested more than $3 million in funding from the SGA this semester, putting the organization in a position where it will have to deny more than half the requests issued due to flat funding levels.

As the student group funding process continues through the coming weeks, the Student Government Association will vet the 287 group requests that amount to about $400,000 more than 248 clubs requested last year and determine how best to allocate the money raised from student activities fees. The problem is, officials said, the body doesn’t have much more to work with than they did last year, when it was given about $1.2 million to distribute.

“Student groups have requested a lot more than they did in previous years, and unfortunately the funding levels are staying about the same,” said Drew Carroll, SGA administrative affairs director and finance committee member, who added most groups will likely see higher mandatory percentage cuts from the funds they requested.

The amount of funding the SGA has to give to student groups is directly tied to the mandatory student activities fee, which undergraduates are required to pay each year; the fee stands at about $63 for the 2010-11 academic year. The revenue collected is then pooled to form the pot of money the SGA distributes to student groups.

In order to supplement greater requests, the SGA would have to vote to increase the fee. The body will debate a resolution to increase the fee next week, which, if approved, would take effect in 2013.

SGA President Steve Glickman advocated raising the fee at least $2

As numerous hazing allegations surrounding fraternities and sororities continue to surface, members of the university’s other Greek organizations are feeling the impact as officials continue to ramp up efforts to stop such practices.

In the wake of several suspensions, bans, investigations and even criminal charges against various Greek chapters — including Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Delta Chi, Sigma Beta Rho, Kappa Alpha Psi and Zeta Phi Beta — officials in the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life are working to increase awareness about hazing and encourage members to report foul play, Director Matt Supple said.

In the last several weeks, various Greek organizations have been suspended, investigated or seen their members criminally charged. University officials hope to combat these instances. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

The department hosted a leadership forum Sunday, where chapter presidents and Greek council officers met to discuss implications of hazing,

Supple said. In addition, the Interfraternity Council and the Pan-Hellenic Association hosted a showing of the film Haze on Monday night, which

drew about 750 Greek life members.

The IFC is also planning to target

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REAL Alumnus will premiere on Real World tonight

BY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

Only “the closest of the close” knew where Mike Ross really spent last semester.

Most of his friends thought he was backpacking in New Zealand for a few months.

But by 10 tonight, the rest of his friends and millions of others will have learned that Ross was nowhere near the sheep-covered grasslands Down Under. He was, in fact, one of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives recorded.

That’s right — Ross spent those three months filming The Real World: Las Vegas, the 25th season of MTV’s cultish reality show that premieres tonight.

Ross, an outspoken communication

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U. Senate looks to gather more input on helmet policy

Vandalism may lead to higher Commons rent

Safety forum yielded disappointing results

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB Staff writer

Officials blame cost of living for recent jump

BY RACHEL ROUBEIN Senior staff writer

South Campus Commons officials cited several instances of vandalism in the buildings, such as dismantled display boards. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

Students signing leases for South Campus Commons apartments have been greeted with higher rent rates officials said could continue to increase if vandalism in the buildings does not stop.

The 3 percent jump from last year’s rental rates — which increases the cost of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment by $23 to $767 per month — is being attributed to the rising cost of living, according to Gina Brasty, the director of affiliated hous-

ing for Capstone Management. But as officials have continued to see an increase in acts of vandalism in the various apartment buildings, Brasty said students need to be warned: The funds to fix damages could come out of their own pockets.

Brasty said a certain pool of money is allotted to cover common acts of vandalism, including holes punched in walls and stolen peepholes, but as these random acts increase, other reserves may have to be used to cover

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the charges.

“It’s not just that an exit sign is down, it’s not just that someone decided to vomit in the hallway, it’s that all those things are associated with a price tag,” Brasty said. “Someone has to be paid to clean that up.”

Brasty could not say exactly how many destructive acts have occurred recently or how much they have cost Capstone to fix. But University Police

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A University Senate committee continued to move forward yesterday with a proposed campus-wide helmet policy with one big goal in mind: gathering more input from the university community.

Members of the Campus Affairs Committee hosted a safety forum last month — which is held annually with a different theme each year — to discuss implementation and enforcement specifics of such a policy with students, faculty and staff.

But officials were disappointed by the outcome, with fewer than 10 people in attendance and no scooter riders present.

At yesterday’s meeting, the committee discussed how to engage the community once again before a con-

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crete policy is proposed.

“I think it’s important to get input from the campus community before we move forward,” said committee chairman Gene Ferrick. “That was the purpose of the forum, and it didn’t do that.”

So far, the committee has set up an e-mail address, helmet@umd.edu, so scooter riders, pedestrians and car drivers can send in any comments or concerns they have about a policy. Members also discussed setting up a short survey to see how many people would be in favor of or opposed to a policy.

Some committee members said such a policy could be beneficial because it may cut down the number of scooters on the campus.

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major who graduated in the summer, returned home knowing exactly what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real: They learn from one another and emerge as more honest versions of themselves.

“What I love about The Real World is that the show really, really is about growth. It’s about the growth of people by putting them in an environment they wouldn’t be in, with people they wouldn’t be with,” Ross said.

“Everything I was exposed to forced me to grow.”

While on the show, Ross said he widened the lens through which he views others and gained insight into his own personality. It was his first post-graduation experience — an intensive crash course on “the real world,” almost like the perspective-changing, middle-school growth spurt.

Ross hadn’t planned to audition for the show; in fact, it happened by chance. His roommate, senior psychology major David Kraus, suggested Ross needed a change of pace after a breakup with his girlfriend of two and a half years.

“You know how College Park is: Maryland’s a big school but a small town, and I kept running into [my ex-girlfriend],” Ross said. “Finally, my roommate just said, ‘Let’s get out of town and go to Philly.’”

While the pair was roaming Philadelphia, they stumbled upon Real World auditions and decided it was fate. Kraus and Ross interviewed together for the first few rounds, but Ross continued to get called back.

“I kinda knew [that Mike would make it] the whole time,” Kraus said.

After a series of interviews took Ross from Philadelphia to New York to Los Angeles, he finally got the call he’d been waiting for.

“I was just sitting in my apartment in College Park; I was in classes, but I had finished the summer semester,” Ross said. “I kind of had an idea it was gonna happen, so I loaded up on summer courses to graduate.”

So what does it take to be chosen as a cast member from a pool of thousands of hopeful 20-somethings? There’s no magic for-

spokesman Sgt. Ken Leonard said vandalism has been reported more this semester than last, causing officers to patrol the Commons properties and the buildings’ hallways more often.

“We definitely have people going in there. ... Anytime we have a problem like this that’s being reported to us more often, we’re going to step up patrols in that area,” he said.

And while vandalism may not have directly caused the rental rates to increase yet, Brasty said students could already be seeing long-term effects.

“We don’t want the vandalism to cause us to not be able to improve things in the community,” she said. “If I have to choose between getting exit signs fixed and [replacing] new chairs that are ripped, I have to do the exit signs. We sure don’t want to get to the point where we have to increase rent to cover this increase in vandalism.”

Several Commons residents, such as senior government and politics major Hitesh Virmani, said they have noticed the problem across the building.

“A couple months ago, someone punched holes in the ceiling tiles,” said Virmani, who lives in Commons 6. “There’s always trash in the elevator, and every once in a while someone knocks down the exit signs. [People] just get drunk and want to lash out at something, and it just hap-

University graduate Mike Ross (center), who appears on MTV’s The Real World: Las Vegas, enjoys a drink with friends at Cornerstone Grill and Loft. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

mula, Ross said, but speculated his outgoing personality, solid ethical conscience and childhood riddled with drama probably had something to do with it.

“I’m very outspoken. I’m not the biggest guy in the world, but I don’t care if you’re Goliath — if I don’t like what you’re doing or I don’t appreciate what you’re saying, I’ll tell you,” Ross said. “I’m outspoken and also very morally grounded, which I think is a source of conflict.”

Ross dealt with more than his share of difficult experiences growing up but said they helped shape his value system and strengthened his resolve. As a child, he moved out of his drugaddicted parents’ home and bounced from relative to relative, but after a fire destroyed his stepmom’s house where he had been living, he returned to his father’s home until he filed for legal emancipation.

“Real quick I learned that life is really about self-preservation, ... but along the way I had some people who were really good influences, ... so I got something so good out of it. I can make good, noble, upstanding decisions now,” Ross said. “In hindsight, I wouldn’t change it for the world.”

Kraus said Ross deserved the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as much as anyone he knows.

“Mike’s been through a lot, and this couldn’t have happened to a better person,” Kraus said. “I think Mike has a really strong moral compass; he doesn’t do wrong by any-

Mike Ross, a 2010 alumnus, said The Real World was an invaluable learning experience. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

one, and he’s kinda like a bigbrother kind of person.”

Ross said those qualities never steered him wrong during his stay in Nevada.

“Vegas is an incredible city and it offers a lot,” he said. “But if you go without morals you’ll get eaten up real quick. ... It’s a blast, but it’s Sin City for a reason.”

After three months in Las Vegas, Ross said he became more open-minded and empathetic and added he now feels more emotionally prepared to seek new experiences. Kraus said his roommate has not changed much, except when they hit the town for a night out.

“He used to be a great wingman, but now he’s just going out and having a great time,” Kraus said. “You might see a little bit of a struggle of him try-

ing to fit in and trying to find the right spot [in the first episodes], but I think you’ll see a lot of growth, either him helping his roommates and at the same time realizing that going out and drinking and hooking up isn’t such a bad thing.”

But Ross said he hopes viewers appreciate the show not just for the partying and fighting scenes — which are plentiful — but for the full-picture learning experiences of the cast members.

“I’ve gotten to see the first episode,” he said. “What I hope everyone understands is the show is about growth and development. What you guys are seeing is what happened to me five months ago. That’s me then, this is me now.” farrell@umdbk.com

“We don’t want the vandalism to cause us to not be able to improve things in the community ... [or] get to the point where we have to increase rent to cover this increase in vandalism.”

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pens to be an exit sign.”

Junior communication and sociology major Shannon Lee said the source of the vandalism was obvious.

“I feel like it’s usually just drunk kids in the middle of the night,” she said.

Leonard said police believe that most of the acts are fueled by alcohol. To combat the aggressive behavior, Brasty said she is working closely with police and the Department of Resident Life to ensure rent doesn’t have to rise unnecessarily.

“If we can nip this now, we’ll have the ability to turn things around,” she said.

“You have these people who are just basically ... walking through and punching walls, just stealing peepholes, a variety of just senseless, senseless vandalism.” roubein@umdbk.com

RISING RENT Rent for South Campus Commons apartments is slated to rise by 3 percent for the 2011-2012 leasing period.

Here’s how much the monthly rent for various apartment sizes will increase: Efficiency: $31 4 bedroom, 2 bath: $23 3 bedroom, 2 bath: $23 2 bedroom, 2 bath: $26

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Comfort Zone to stay as is for now

HAZING from page 1

County board will reevalute in May

BY RACHEL ROUBEIN Senior staff writer

Many community members are outside their comfort zone concerning a Route 1 adult novelty shop, but the county has still not determined if the store violates zoning laws that regulate the sale of adult merchandise.

After a five-hour hearing in Upper Marlboro last week, the Prince George’s County Board of Zoning Appeals postponed making a decision about whether Comfort Zone — a controversial shop that officials have called an “adult toy store” — should be required to limit the number of sex-related items displayed for sale in compliance with a citation it received Oct. 12.

The three board members decided more time was needed to discuss the violation; the discussion will continue May 11.

“The case did not conclude on Wednesday because not all of the witnesses were able to testify, so it’s continued to another date,” said Suellen Ferguson, the city of College Park’s attorney.

County zoning laws state

that no more than 10 percent of merchandise and floor space can consist of adult items, but the zoning violation said the store was acting to the contrar y. The zoning violation asked the owner to rearrange the store — located at 9721 Baltimore Ave., just south of the Beltway ramp — within 30 days.

Instead, store co-owner Robert Carl, who declined to comment, appealed the decision to the zoning appeals board.

Board members heard from two city residents at the hearing, according to College Park Patch, including Ryan Curtis, the father of two young children, who said having the store so close to home made him uncomfortable.

Carl holds a county-issued Use and Occupancy permit that is intended for variety store-type business, according to city officials, not unlike the Spencer’s Gifts chain.

“USE: clothing, retail, gifts, novelties and souvenirs, shoes/[retail], variety store,” the permit reads.

City code enforcement manager Jeannie Ripley testified at Wednesday’s hearing and presented photos she

Comfort Zone, a local novelty store, has been accused of actually being a sex shop. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

took of the store’s merchandise Oct. 18, according to Patch, and officials rifled through these pictures for about an hour at the hearing.

The photos, which are being stored in the County Administration Building, show a wide variety of adult items, including dildos, Penthouse magazines, lingerie and DVDs titled MILF Next Door and Hot Chicks Huge Cocks: Volume Two. Carl’s attorney, Levi Zaslow, could not be reached for comment. City officials deferred questions to Ferguson.

While the decision stretches out another two months, Ferguson said she’s unsure if any changes have been made to the store’s contents.

“I don’t know in particular what the business owner is doing. ... Based on what our inspector saw, the type of merchandise appears to be the same, but I don’t know if

“I don’t know in particular what the business owner is doing. ... Based on what our inspector saw, the type of merchandise appears to be the same.”

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they’ve taken down anything,” she said. “I know that they continue to have those items for sale.” roubein@umdbk.com

FUNDING from page 1 per student in his state of the campus speech last fall.

Because the SGA cannot always meet the financial needs of student organizations, Carroll said he agreed with that move.

“I feel it would be pretty irresponsible to not raise it one or two dollars at this point,” Carroll said.

Regardless of future increases, SGA Vice President of Financial Affairs Robert Mutschler said he remains hopeful that club finances will not change dramatically as a result of the allocation process.

“Right now, we’re hoping that the amount of funding given out will be roughly similar to last year,” Mutschler said.

For student groups to obtain funding from the SGA, they must have attended two mandator y meetings: a president-treasurer meeting and a budget workshop. The president-treasurer meeting introduced student group leaders to the budget process, and the budget workshop

Members of the University Senate Campus Affairs Committee were disappointed by attendance at a forum last month to discuss a proposed helmet policy. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

HELMETS from page 1 a helmet policy to me is that it would be a marginal discouragement to using scooters,” faculty senator Robert Sprinkle said. “The current view is that it’s unrestricted; it’s easy; you hardly have to wear any clothes. But then suddenly if you have to have a helmet, it may dissuade people.”

The only certainty the community agreed upon is that those who do not wear helmets would be fined an unspecified amount. The committee agreed to wait for input from the e-mail address before deciding how steep the penalty would be.

Helmet safety for scooter and bicycle riders became a hot topic last semester when several students — including Terrapin football players — were involved in on-campus crashes while riding without a helmet.

Among the collisions, right tackle Pete DeSouza broke his legs in October when his scooter was hit by a car on the campus. Fewer than two months later, cornerback Dexter McDougle and defensive end Isaiah Ross were involved in another on-campus scooter crash on Regents Drive.

In response to these accidents, new coach Randy Edsall banned motorized scooters for all football players. And although the senate committee isn’t considering such drastic measures, members said they have noticed a

“The current view is that it’s unrestricted; it’s easy; you hardly have to wear any clothes. But then suddenly if you have to wear a helmet, it may dissuade people.”

ROBERT SPRINKLE FACULTY SENATOR

general increased awareness of scooter safety since the start of this semester.

“I have a daughter here that’s a student-athlete. I know from watching from the beginning of the school year to now that the number of helmets has increased dramatically, and I am very happy about that,” said committee member Dale Anderson. ” Members also noted scooters were not simply a trend — part of the university’s Facilities Master Plan is to move toward a campus with fewer cars and more licensed scooters, so implementing a policy could prove to be crucial, they said.

“It seems to me that the scooter is here to stay,” committee member Agisilaos Iliadis said. “I’m tempted to get a scooter myself.” abutaleb@umdbk.com

“Right now, we’re hoping that the amount of funding given out will be roughly similar to last year.”

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attempted to help groups avoid costly mistakes on their budget applications.

Student groups prioritize the programs for which they require funding when they submit their budgets.When the SGA is forced to make cuts, Carroll said, it first cuts funding for groups’ lowestranked events.

This year, Mutschler is pushing a co-sponsorship initiative to help groups save money and host more efficient events.

Often, Carroll said, student groups host similar events around the same time,

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new members with a program on bystander inter vention Tuesday.

Supple said he hopes such events will encourage Greek organizations to better align their practices with the values and expectations set forth by the university.

And while he acknowledged the increase in hazing reports this semester, Supple said it’s hard to tell if the jump in allegations is due to an actual increase of incidents or a result of Greek life members being more proactive in reporting such rituals.

“I’d like to believe it is a result of increased information and awareness,” Supple said.

“We are empowering people who are in the presence of actions that should be confronted and really teaching them the skills to stand up.”

And though most Greek organization may be playing by the rules, other chapters said they feel the backlash from hazing charges, even when they don’t participate in such activities.

“We’re a non-hazing fraternity, and it reflects poorly on the entire Greek community when this issue comes up,” Phi Gamma Delta chapter President Jimmy Gray said.

“It looks like my fraternity hazes because another fraternity is hazing.”

But some Greek life members said this university can be too harsh against minor infractions. Kappa Sigma chapter President Jason Graub said his fraternity is on social proba-

tion for making its pledges wear bow ties twice a week.

While DFSL is cracking down on all kinds of hazing, chapter presidents are also looking for ways to mitigate the problem: Graub and several other presidents recently formed a hazing task force to tackle the issue.

And Gray said DFSL working closely with Greek chapters will only make the task force’s efforts stronger.

“DFSL has done a very phenomenal job in making it known that hazing will not be tolerated,” Gray said. “I am confident that the programs that they’re putting on are really, really raising awareness.”

PHC President Kevin Chambers said he hopes the university community can overlook negative incidents that surface because they pale in comparison to the positive effects Greek life has on the surrounding community.

“It has a negative light on the community,” Chambers said. “But internally, I personally think that we do so much for this community that I just wish there a way for them to notice and recognize it without having something overshadow it.”

Alpha Delta Pi chapter President Amy Cordell declined to comment. Delta Phi Epsilon chapter President Eleanor Danan and Delta Gamma chapter President Bridgette Jordan did not return calls for comment. IFC adviser Amie Jackson and PHC and United Greek Council adviser Kevin Pitts could not be reached for comment. meehan@umdbk.com

SGA FUNDING BY THE NUMBERS The Student Government Association is in the process of approving or denying student groups’ requests for the body’s funds. Here is a breakdown of the first round of requests: 287: The number of student groups requesting SGA funding $3 million: The amount those groups requested $1.2 million: The amount the SGA doled out last year $63: The amount each undergraduate student was required to pay this academic year through a mandatory fee, from which the SGA pools available funds.

and the initiative encourages them to combine their events to attract more students and save on overall expenses.

Though particular rewards for groups who decide to cosponsor events have not yet been determined, Carroll said he supported having less mandator y budget cuts for these groups.

At the end of the finance process, the committee will restore the Group Help Fund, which is set aside for next semester’s new student

groups and clubs that are struggling to sur vive with their given budgets.

Last fall, the Group Help Fund carried $10,000 — down from $40,000 the previous year. Because student groups continue to form during the year, Mutschler said the committee will likely make an effort to ensure that the fund holds more money than it has the past few semesters. meehan@umdbk.com

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Steele and others in the library administration have made great improveince Patricia Steele’s appointment as dean of libraries in 2009, the buildings that house this university’s books, journals, digital collec- ments in the last year alone. Steele’s vision for a more study-oriented atmostions and other archives have been given a dramatic makeover to phere in McKeldin has already started to materialize with the renovation of the second floor. However, when the trial period expires later this month, become more student-friendly.

Although Steele hopes to address all eight of the university’s libraries, the librar y administrators should forego purchasing a permanent replacement most visible and dramatic improvements have largely occurred in McKeldin for the “Walkstation,” as a treadmill truly has no place in a library study area, Librar y. Last spring, McKeldin lifted its long-standing ban on food and especially since the university’s libraries are already strapped for cash.

That said, the idea of providing a place for students to study peacefully drinks, allowing students to take snacks beyond the confines of Footnotes Café. Over the summer, the second floor of McKeldin was also given a while staying active is not completely without merit. Instead of looking to install treadmills in libraries, perhaps a collaboration facelift, with new furniture, more computers, printers between Campus Recreational Ser vices and the uniand scanners and fresh paint and carpeting. versity libraries could be formed.

But students who utilize McKeldin’s second-floor While library administrators Just as a treadmill in the hallway of a study lounge Terrapin Learning Commons were greeted with a new may not be conducive to exercising, a treadmill in the amenity late last month: a treadmill. should be commended for middle of a teeming gym may not be the best environThe new “Walkstation” is an attempt to mix studying, their willingness to ment for studying. Buildings like the Eppley Recrewhich is often a sedentary activity, with physical activity ation Center and Ritchie Coliseum have numerous — giving students a place to stretch their legs after experiment, putting a rooms that could be designated as a study room. But hours of studying. The treadmill is adjoined to an treadmill in McKeldin instead of finding tables and chairs in them, there adjustable desk atop which students can place their lapLibrary is a step too far. could be “Walkstations” like the one currently in McKtops or books while they exercise, and the machine limeldin. its the speed at which students can walk, thus preventUnlike the cardio areas in the gym that are often noisy and have students ing anyone from really breaking a sweat in the middle of the library.

While the treadmill is an interesting idea and only in the midst of a trial running at fast speeds, these areas would be far quieter. As the one in McKperiod as librar y officials gauge student interest, it also seems to be a step eldin does now, treadmills could limit students’ speed to provide an atmostoo far. Certainly, the treadmill aligns with the vision of a more student- phere more ideal for studying. Furthermore, such designated rooms would friendly and multi-use librar y. However, the idea of the librar y housing a help prevent the awkwardness some students felt using a treadmill in the treadmill, or several, as Steele implied the libraries would be willing to con- middle of the library floor.

Students often lament not having enough time to make it to the gym. To sider if student interest were there, verges on the absurd. After all, a library — whether it be McKeldin or the Librar y of Congress — is a place whose combine studying with walking seems like a perfect solution. And while purpose is to store materials and to provide a study and research space. It is installing a treadmill in McKeldin may be misguided, a collaboration between these two unlikely departments is an idea worth running with. not, nor should it be turned into, a gym.

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Relationships: Advice from an opinion columnist

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n previous years, The Diamondback has fielded a columnist who has served as a student expert on relationships, dating and sex in college. These columns taught readers crucial life lessons in a humorous way that, while they often hit a little too close to home, were certainly enlightening. This year’s freshmen have been forced to face the terrifying world of college relationships without the valuable guidance of a seasoned expert. In the absence of such a person, I had the brilliant (my words, not my editors’) idea to write my own version of an advice column.

Right about now you are probably asking, “Rob, what qualifies you to give advice on dating and relationships?”

The short answer is: absolutely nothing. I am far from an expert on relationships. If I really had profound insight into relationships, don’t you think I would be out having one rather than writing this column? What I do have, however, is a bi-weekly column and the grudging respect of my editors. (Again, my words, not theirs.)

ROB RIKER That being said, you should probably stop reading this column now; I solemnly swear it will do you no good.

Because no reader has ever sent me a question about relationships, I have taken the liberty of devising some questions myself. What follows are several questions that I imagine people might ask me if given the opportunity.

Dear Rob, Longtime reader, first-time writer, love the column. (Thanks!) I just wanted to ask you how to approach this girl I am interested in. I am pretty shy and am afraid I won’t know what to do or say. Thanks for the advice. —Nerdy Underclassman Well, Nerdy Underclassman, I think we have all been there. (Here I am using “we” in the royal sense, as I

know I have been there.) My fear of approaching women is comparable only to my fear of heights and spiders — or maybe my fear of tall spiders.

There is a lot to worry about. If you worry about it too much you are probably better off just going home and watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the umpteenth time.

But you can do this! Now, there are a couple approaches you can take depending on the situation, the girl, your own personal strengths and whether you have deep, soulful eyes.

Avoid using lines, even if you think they are hilarious. Instead, talk about something you think you have in common with her. If what you have in common is that you both think she is hot, just try being yourself; if she doesn’t value you for that then she isn’t as great as you think.

Dear Rob, Cute picture! As a girl, I always worry that I am reading into things too much, overanalyzing everything and more or less just acting crazy.

How do I know what my boy is thinking? —Wonderstruck in Denton

Dear Wonderstruck, I am afraid you are not going to like my answer, but in reality us boys are just as crazy as you girls (some of us even more so). Just ask him, chances are he may not even know what he’s thinking. The key to a healthy relationship is communication. Whether it be defining what you are to each other in an age where we have more words to describe romantic affiliations than Eskimos have for snow (42), or talking about something that is bothering you. Just be honest and communicate. And if knowing what he is thinking is a matter of life or death, you can always go visit the psychic at Madam Flora.

I could go on, but when it comes down to it, just be a nice and decent person and everyone will be better off.

And good luck finding that special person who makes it all worth it. If not, I hear Cornerstone Grill and Loft has some specials tonight.

Rob Riker is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at riker@umdbk.com.

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n acquaintance of mine from high school died my freshman year of college. I was definitely upset at the time, but even three years later I get a jolt of sadness when Facebook invites me to write on his wall because “we haven’t connected in a while” (no kidding).

Close friends of his still write on his wall, and his girlfriend at the time is still listed as in a relationship with him.

People still want to communicate with him, and publicly associate themselves with him, after death. And why not? Facebook is the modern Ouija board from which we can tangibly connect to the deceased.

Already, wherever you go in the annals of the Internet, Facebook will follow. Shopping and media sites tell me which items, videos, movies and articles my Facebook friends like.

More recently, in an effort to avoid spam, some websites only allow commenters to comment via Facebook, stripped of the comfort of anonymity.

Mark Zuckerberg’s belief (tendered by a few appeasing concessions on the necessity of some privacy) appears to be that we should all be willing to

share everything with one another, which will ultimately create a world where everyone connects on some level. Yet this runs the risk of us solely connecting with those we already know, from Facebook. Ethical or not, it begs the question — if Facebook is our overarching online identity, what happens to this identity when we die?

Morbid as it may seem, after the Virginia Tech shooting, Facebook identified still-remaining accounts of the dead as a real issue. Facebook accounts of the deceased shouldn’t be wiped clean, as if the person never existed, but then again, they serve as a potentially never-ending reminder of who someone once was. Facebook sought to remedy this by providing a “memorialization” option. If you can prove that your friend has passed, they will lock the Facebook profile and loved ones can post sentiments on that person’s wall indefinitely.

This is touching in some ways, but worrying and/or scary in others: If I died today, would my profile picture be me cradling a handle of Grey Goose?

Would my nickname, “Potato” (don’t ask) be forever memorialized? What

BETHANY WYNN (dear god) would my last status be?

Obviously, if I weren’t alive I’d probably be worrying about other things, but it has become a source of real distress for friends and family of the dead.

Zuckerberg is quoted as saying, “Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.” But as Time Magazine commented, “Just because you present a different face to your co-workers and your family doesn’t mean you’re leading a double life.

That’s just normal social functioning, psychology as usual. Identity isn’t a simple thing … it needs to flex a little … and your Facebook profile isn’t built to flex.” After you die your Facebook is an online obituary, albeit one that can’t be cleaned up or rose-tinted.

If we’re going to memorialize Facebook profiles, we should be able to choose what’s memorialized. A “Face-

book will,” as it were. Is there a picture you’d like to represent you if you died, a message you’d like to send to your closest friends? Should you be able to identify or tag pictures or posts you’d rather have removed from your profile before your death? Or even the opposite: Would you want to be remembered as someone with a sense of humor, who didn’t take life too seriously, who had flaws, instead of giving way to the impossible, perfect personality traits that people impose upon the dead? Should you be able to make sure your profile picture is forever you dressed as a Smurf, or surrounded by friends?

Some won’t see the point: Isn’t Facebook a non-issue, simply a way to procrastinate before moving on to more serious business? Yet Facebook taps into our most basic instincts — to connect with others, across countries, cultures and apparently, spiritual planes. According to Zuckerberg, nothing, not even privacy, is sacred.

Except, perhaps, death?

Bethany Wynn is a senior sociology major.

She can be reached at wynn@umdbk.com.

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ear Department of Transportation Services, The new policy that requires commuter students living in eight specific apartment complexes to pay a $202 “management fee” disturbs me enough to take the time to write. I do not live in one of the apartment complexes affected by this new policy, but I think it will have quite the opposite effect from the outcome you desire. I am a former architect with a passion for sustainable design and energy efficiency, and am a self-described tree hugger.

But this attempt to discourage people from commuting will not work for the following reasons: 1. People who live in these complexes will simply move to another complex in College Park. You are about to have some very angry property owners when they find out this university has incentivized its student population to not live in these particular complexes.

2. As a College Park resident and graduate student who is on the campus until dark most nights, I would never bike to school. You cannot honestly tell me you would encourage your own child to bike on Route 1 or any of the neighborhoods bordering the campus after dark. There is a reason why every student is notified of crimes happening in the College Park area by e-mail. Prince George’s County is not a safe area to walk or bike in.

3. We are students. Most of us have no source of income, and almost none of us own (or will own in the near future) an electric car.

They are prohibitively expensive for people making $50,000 a year or less, and the payback period is far too great for an electric car to be a smart investment. Furthermore, those who would own these vehicles are not living in College Park — they are living in Silver Spring or Rockville or in Montgomery County. Any electric charging stations that are installed are a waste of money and resources.

4. Even if I were to own a bike, I am on the campus all day and the bike would be left unattended for many hours. I can guarantee that even with the best bike lock, I would lose at least a tire or the entire bike within a week.

5. You have effectively handicapped the commuters with the least environmental impact. Speaking for my graduate classmates, almost 90 percent of the MBA class commutes in from other parts of this state or Washington. Yes, some use the Metro, but many have commute times that are three or four times as long as mine, and I would argue they have a much more negative impact on the environment than I do with my 10-minute commute. Why are College Park student residents being punished when those students are not?

In conclusion, I do not know how this new policy makes any sense. It certainly will not make the university more “green,” and apparently your financial incentives are not steep enough to encourage students to take advantage of them. I urge you to reconsider this policy and its effectiveness and hope that a similar response from other concerned students will convince you of this. Again, I am not even affected by this policy but disagree with it ardently enough to write to you.

Sincerely, A concerned and disturbed commuter.

Jonathan Lee is a graduate student in the business school. He can be reached at jonathan.lee@rhsmith.umd.edu.

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You are not the kind to take criticism to heart, and indeed you may actually embark on a career that brings you in direct contact with those who are more than willing to offer their opinions of your work again and again. You know what motivates you, however — and it is certainly not the promise of praise above all.

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LUCAS In all honesty, this column should be about Charlie Sheen. That crazy bastard has done enough in the past month to fill a year’s worth of columns, but, as that topic has already been covered here, we shall move on.

What we need to talk about is how the hosts of this year’s major awards shows have been treated, and how there is just no winner in any of it.

As I’m sure we all know, Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes this year, and while he was his usual hilarious self, he was also his usual offensive self. This made people angry — angry enough to call his hosting anywhere from just bad to tasteless, all the while virtually assuring that he will not host again in the future.

Then, to much publicity, James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosted the Academy Awards in what was touted as a way to make the show seem more youth-friendly in order to attract a younger audience. However, Franco seemed bored (and possibly high) the whole time, and Hathaway, while doing fine in her own right, couldn’t quite pull it off by herself, so this effort was also deemed a failure by the majority of Hollywood.

The two hosting gigs were more or less polar opposites; Gervais was crass and honest, while Franco and Hathaway produced audible fluffer material for those in the room. But both were deemed failures.

Why, though? What does a host have to do to win a crowd over?

I thought Gervais was hilarious.

Hollywood takes itself far too seriously and he was clearly going to criticize the actors for it. If they wanted entertainment, they got what they paid for. He’s a crass stand-up comedian who did exactly what he always does on stage, so what did the show organizers expect?

Then there were the Oscars. I thought Franco’s boredom was extremely funny but, I suppose,

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not in the way it should have been. I agree he failed in his duties because he needed to at least care a little bit. Hathaway is great, and seems very personable, but she can’t host an awards show even with the help of someone as awesome as Franco by her side.

But this is what we’re going to keep getting until someone shows they can be as bland as possible — exactly what Hollywood wants to see on its big night.

They apparently want someone to host who can be entertaining, but not too flashy, because as we all know individuality and creativity are really frowned upon in Hollywood.

What they’re looking for is a charismatic version of Bruce Vilanch, the man who has been head writer for the Oscars every year since 2000. Vilanch

is exactly what the Academy wants in that he is not offensive, worships the Academy and really isn’t that funny.

He takes no chances, not because he doesn’t have the talent, but because when you take chances, you’re attacked like Gervais has been.

This is unfortunately also the reason no one who is young casually watches these awards shows (well, I do, but while most people get excited for reasonable things, I enjoy reading MPAA ratings bulletins).

You can’t be boring and expect viewers. As terrible as they are, at least MTV’s Video Music Awards and Movie Awards can be fun because, to some extent, MTV lets the show get a little crazy. People can swear and be a little drunk and it won’t be an embar-

rassment. It’s what’s expected.

My point here is very simple: Until major awards shows can grow a pair and accept that it is no longer 1960 and Bob Hope jokes can no longer entertain people, we will be bored.

These shows honor the best in entertainment, yet don’t want to be too entertaining so they don’t steal the spotlight from the honorees. It’s understandable, but it’s not fun for us.

So let James Franco smoke a bit before the show. Let Joseph GordonLevitt make a couple of jokes about sex or something. Let Chris Nolan executive produce and give it a twist ending (like having a good movie win Best Picture), and then maybe we’ll watch. Maybe. klucas@umdbk.com

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BARRETT from page 8 not always stem from her words. Instead, she described herself as a “timely vocal leader,” carefully choosing when to impart the basketball wisdom she grew up with.

Growing up in Bronx, N.Y., Barrett was in the gym at an early age. Her father is a referee, and her brother, Andre, played at Seton Hall and has been an NBA journeyman since. A supreme understanding of the game, then, came naturally.

“I know after games, my dad, my mom, my brother are going to critique me,” Barrett said. “They’re not going to baby me. They’re going to give it to me straight, probably worse than the coaches are going to give me.”

“She doesn’t speak a lot, but when she does,” for ward Diandra Tchatchouang said, “it means something to us.”

As the Terps examine just what needs fixing following an early exit from the ACC Tournament on Friday, Barrett becomes all the more important.

One of just three Terps with NCAA Tournament experience, Barrett will not only be leaned on for leadership but also depended on as one of the team’s oft-needed secondar y scorers.

Kizer and Thomas have established themselves as the team’s go-to offensive options, but when they’re stifled, the scoring load often falls on Barrett and

“She doesn’t speak a lot, but when she does, it means something to us.”

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others on the team.

And in an odd twist for a natural leader, Barrett’s consistency comes down to an issue of confidence.

“She has a great-looking shot,” Frese said. “[Anjale’s] biggest opponent is her — it’s just her stepping up and believing in herself and shooting the ball with confidence.”

When Barrett and fellow junior guard Kim Rodgers can hit perimeter shots, the Terps have proven difficult to beat.

Without secondary scoring, though, the team has struggled. As they begin the NCAA Tournament on March 20, the Terps’ success may ride on the play of their steady, quiet leader at the point.

“It’s do or die now. We get to see another day; a lot of teams don’t get to see another day,” Barrett said. “We’ve just got to play with a sense of urgency.

We’ve got a chance to make a big run in the tournament, and I feel like a lot of people are overlooking us.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

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DELAWARE from page 8 being tagged out, no one at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium did. Mascoe had left his position behind the plate too quickly and blocked the plate, triggering a catcher’s balk call by the umpire.

Considering Holland had just hit a three-RBI triple in the previous at-bat, the Terps had what Bakich called a “nail-in-the-coffin play” on the way to an 8-0 victor y over Delaware.

“I think our offense was clicking today, people are getting quality hits, quality atbats,” Holland said. “We ran the pitch count up on all the pitchers, we were seeing a lot of pitches every at-bat. When you can do that, it makes your batting average as a team definitely go higher.”

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work in.”

As Terp pitchers kept the Delaware offense at bay, the team finally found another way onto the scoresheet in the seventh inning, when a Charlie White double, Jordan Hagel bunt single and walks to Rodriguez and Delp loaded the bases for Holland.

“Coach [Bakich] pulled me aside before my at-bat and he said, you know, go up there looking for the first pitch,” Holland said. “He’s probably going to be right there looking for strike one.”

Holland instead waited for his pitch, and slammed Delaware reliever Stephen Richter’s 3-1 offering off the right-field wall to blow the game open.

“It definitely feels a lot better,” Wacker said of the offense.

“It feels good that we have those guys that we can depend on in big situations, guys like Ryan Holland, who come up

helped start the scoring in the third inning after a walk and subsequent move to third base on an errant pick-off attempt.

When first baseman Tomo Delp managed an RBI infield single, the Terps (8-4) were on the board.

Five Terp pitchers combined for an eight-hit shutout of the Blue Hens (3-9), keeping the team up 1-0 until its seventh-inning explosion.

Reliever Chuck Ghysels got the start but went only three innings on a staff day that also saw Jimmy Reed, Michael Boyden, Brady Kirkpatrick and Korey Wacker — four non-starting pitchers — trot out to the mound.

“We dominated them on the mound in every aspect, really,” Ghysels said. “It was good. Staff day is just basically, we come out, we get our staff throwing our bullpen, we get a couple in-game innings. We just got a little

big pretty much every game.

You know he’s going to compete in every at-bat.”

Back-to-back RBI singles from Rodriguez and Wacker in the eighth made it an 8-0 game, assuring the Terps’ eighth win of the season.

“I think we’ve shown the ability to explode for multiple runs at any time,” Bakich said. “Those were three two-out RBIs by Holland. ... It was good to see that explosion. Absolutely put a team away.”

The victory concluded a 7-1 homestand for the Terps, who head down to Atlanta this weekend to face No. 24 Georgia Tech in their ACC opening-series.

“It’s good, it’s good,” Ghysels said. “You start building up momentum, you get going, and we’ll carry it over into Georgia Tech.” schneider@umdbk.com

MEN’S LACROSSE | NOTEBOOK

Reed bounces back; clearing stays strong

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Senior staff writer

Travis Reed will be the first person to admit that he didn’t have the best start to his senior season.

But after scoring just two goals and recording a 16.7 shooting percentage in the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team’s first three games, including back-toback 0-for-4 shooting performances against Georgetown and Duke, the attackman got back to his usual form in the Terps’ 12-8 victory against Bellarmine.

The 5-foot-9 senior notched his first hat trick of the season and dished out an assist while picking up a team-high seven ground balls during the No. 8 Terps’ four-goal win Monday.

“The past two games, I’ve been really pissed off at myself, the way I’m playing,” Reed said of the Georgetown and Duke games. “I’m a shooter and finisher, and when I get those shots, I expect to make them.

That’s how I’ve been my whole lacrosse career. When I don’t make them, I get upset at myself. So hopefully they start falling again.”

Obscured by Reed’s resur-

gence was the fact that his first goal against the Knights — an elevator shot from about 10 yards out on the left wing that beat Bellarmine goalkeeper Dillon Ward at the hip — gave the Baltimore native his 100th career point.

With Reed’s tally, all three of the Terps’ starting attackmen — Reed, Grant Catalino and Ryan Young — have more than 100 career points. The last group of Terp attackmen that had more than 100 career points apiece was the 2006 trio of Joe Walters, Xander Ritz and Bill McGlone. That group, one of the nation’s best five years ago, led the Terps to their last appearance in the Final Four — something that Reed believes this year’s attack is also capable of.

“It’s pretty special, but that’s not our main goal,” Reed said of the 100-point plateau. “Our main goal is to be playing in Memorial Day weekend.”

PERFECT TRANSITIONS It’s a longstanding belief in lacrosse that whoever can dominate play between the offensive and defensive zones will

usually dictate the outcome of any given game.

That belief has held true for the Terps, who this season have been one of the best in Division I in transition with a 95.1 clearing percentage. Of their 82 attempts, the Terps have executed a successful clear an astounding 78 times, including perfect outings against Bellarmine and Detroit Mercy.

Moving the ball from their own 30-yard line to their opponent’s might sound simple, and it’s not something that draws gasps of excitement from fans.

But it’s nonetheless a point of emphasis for players and coach John Tillman, who have stressed the man-up opportunities successful clears can create in the offensive zone as a result of a fast break.

“Transition is important,” midfielder Jake Bernhardt said last week. “If we can get up the field and push the ball in transition and put the points on the board that way, we’ll get ahead early.”

JERSEY TALK The Terps have played in only four games this season,

but they’ve already exhausted all three of the options in their Under Armour wardrobe.

The Terps wore their traditional home white uniforms for the first time this season against Bellarmine on Monday after donning this year’s new yellow ones during their first two home games. The team also wore red on the road against Duke on Saturday.

While red uniforms are the norm on the road, Tillman said it’s up to the seniors to decide which color — yellow or white — the team will wear when playing in Byrd Stadium.

“We let them decide it,” the first-year coach said. “They wanted to try it out. We won with it, so if they decide they want to wear it again, we’ll do that. If they want to change it up, that’s fine too.”

And while it remains to be seen which color will be in vogue this spring, players said they liked the new yellow look.

“We’re used to only wearing red and white,” Bernhardt said.

“It doesn’t really matter what we wear, but I loved them.

They’re a good changeup.” jengelke@umdbk.com

The Terps have worn their new yellow Under Armour uniforms twice so far this season. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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ACC Tournament Guide upcoming Make sure to check out the 2011 ACC Tournament Guide in tomorrow’s paper for a team-by-team breakdown of the action and an in-depth look at Terp forward Dino Gregory’s career.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Hard not to notice As No. 16 Terps’ unheralded leader, Barrett becomes ‘ultimate floor general’

BY CONOR WALSH Staff writer

Shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez plated the Terps’ first run yesterday.

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BASEBALL

Terps easily handle Blue Hens, 8-0

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

Sprawled out in front of home plate on the basepath yesterday, second baseman Ryan Holland stopped a foot short of the base he’d been hoping to steal. Looking up, he saw Delaware catcher Aaron Mascoe tag him, apparently keeping him from his desired destination.

“I don’t know what the hell Holland was doing,” coach Erik Bakich said afterward. “Holland decided to trip, barrel roll and land on his stomach somehow. I don’t know what happened.”

After home-plate umpire Darrin Sealey ruled Holland safe despite

see DELAWARE, page 7

As for ward Alyssa Thomas and center L ynetta Kizer dominated the statsheet all season, the player most instrumental to their success went largely unnoticed.

In a conference saturated with talented point guards, Anjale Barrett entered her junior year with little notoriety. Even as her performance skyrocketed this season, she continued to fly under the radar.

Barrett finished the season ranked among the ACC’s elite, leading all players in conference play in both assists per game (5.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3). But unlike her All-ACC beneficiaries down low, Barrett was not only snubbed from the conference’s list of honorees but also voting for the teams altogether.

That hasn’t diminished the impact she’s had on the No. 16 Terps this season, though.

“She’s a big reason why we’ve had so much success this year,” coach Brenda Frese said. “I think Anjale has proven this year that she’s a force to be reckoned with.”

For the redshirt junior, that transition into a leadership role didn’t come easily.

After starting just 11 games

for the Terps last season, Barrett said she often “felt like I was a step behind.”

But when Frese and the Terps chose to devote the offseason to conditioning, Barrett took the goal to heart. After committing to elevating her fitness level, Barrett arrived at the team’s preseason in the best shape of her life.

Finally caught up both mentally and physically, Barrett soon established herself as the director of the Terps’ newly incorporated run-and-gun attack.

“Now I feel like I’m right there or maybe a step ahead,” Barrett said. “I’ve been able to push the ball up the floor and play a lot more minutes.”

Barrett has had highs and lows in her career with the Terps, having gone to the Elite Eight in 2009 before missing the NCAA Tournament last season.

Hardened by those memories and bolstered by an unassuming leadership style, Barrett has emerged as one of the team’s top oncourt supervisors.

“By far one of the most improved players,” Frese said. “She’s playing with confidence, leading this team ... the ultimate floor general.”

Barrett’s leadership does

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Midfielder Jen Mendez, right, was one of several reserves to contribute significantly in the Terps’ 21-2 win yesterday. Mendez finished with three points. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

After scoring first 17 goals, Terps leave no doubt in rout Dozen players score in 21-2 victory vs. George Mason

BY MATT CASTELLO Staff writer

Seconds after the initial draw control spurted loose, Terrapin women’s lacrosse attacker Kristy Black scooped up the ground ball and peered downfield.

Almost immediately, she heard the voice of Sarah Mollison and connected with the wide-open attacker, who had managed to sneak behind George Mason’s last line of defense.

Seven seconds into yesterday’s contest, Mollison ripped a line drive past Patriot goalie Brittany Pastrana, a goal coach Cathy Reese said set the tone of the first half.

And what a half it was for the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team, which left the field with a resounding 17goal lead after a relentless offensive onslaught in the game’s first 30 minutes.

Reserves later carried the No. 1 Terps in the second half as the team pummeled George Mason, 21-2, its largest margin

of victory in nearly seven years, on a sun-soaked afternoon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

To say the Terps (6-0) came out strong might be an understatement. The team pelted the Patriots in the opening 12-plus minutes, netting the requisite 10 goals that force the clock to run uninterrupted.

The contest marked the first time the Terps had scored 17 goals in a half during Reese’s tenure. The team also broke the 20-goal plateau for the first time since a 21-6 romp over Ohio State on April 6, 2008.

A dozen players scored for the Terps in the balanced effort. Freshmen Jen Mendez, Meris Walsh and Amalie Trentzsch, who pocketed a team-high three scores in the rout, all netted their first career goals.

“I thought Amalie played really well today,” Reese said.

“She had to play some time for us in the midfield, and she did well transitioning the ball for us, helping us get it from one end of the field to the other.”

George Mason midfielder Emily Ellisen broke free with 13:54 remaining in the second half to end the scoring drought and cut the Terps’ lead to 16.

Terp attacker Colleen Dawson, who nabbed her first two goals of the season, said she was particularly pleased the team did not wait until the second half — as it did against ACC rivals Duke and Virginia — to close out the Patriots (1-4).

“It was good because we’ve had pretty rough first halves in the beginning of the season, so it was good to go out and stick it to them in the beginning of the game,” Dawson said.

A pleased Reese also highlighted the importance of giving extended playing time to multiple reserves and said all three Terp goalies — Brittany Dipper, Mary Jordan and Kasey Howard — performed well.

“It was really fun to see everyone play, and everyone played awesome,” Black said.

“It’s fun when you can see other teammates do well.” castello@umdbk.com

Guard Anjale Barrett, right, leads the ACC in assists per game and assist-to-turnover ratio but has remained largely under the radar nationally. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK