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Hazing images spur inquiry
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Delta Tau Delta’s charter suspended as univ. investigates BY KEVIN ROBILLARD Staff writer
Delta Tau Delta is being investigated by both university officials and its national office in relation to an alleged hazing incident. WBAL-AM, a radio station in Baltimore, reported that images of people wearing Delta Tau Delta T-shirts while hazing pledges have surfaced on a file-sharing service. Mike Hayes, the university’s director of the Office of Fra-
ternity and Sorority Life, would not confirm any details about the investigation or that Delta Tau Delta was the fraternity involved. However, a press release from Delta Tau Delta’s national office confirmed it was working with the university to investigate the fraternity and said the fraternity was cooperating with the university’s investigation. The press release also stated
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Police arrest two in pizza robbery Domino’s driver flags down police after attackers flee with orders BY ALLISON LYONS For The Diamondback
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Junior forward Marissa Coleman hides her face under her jersey after fouling out in the final minute of the semifinals of the ACC tournament on Saturday. After defeating Boston College in Friday's quarterfinals, Maryland fell to Duke 74-63. SPORTS | PAGE 10
Hudson Taylor leads No. 22 Terps to conference title BY KATE YANCHULIS Staff writer
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Terps win first ACC tourney since ’73
Activist’s past bars her from U. Senate One of the University Senate’s most outspoken student members, Stacia Cosner, lambasted university officials late last week after they said a nearly twoyear-old drug violation prohibits her from running for reelection. Students who have academic or judicial violations are not allowed to run for the senate, according to the senate’s plan of organization. But Cosner, who doubles as president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, was allowed to run last year despite the judicial violation on her record. During her time in office, Cosner, a junior communication major, worked to alter the university’s perspective on drug use and students who use drugs recreationally. She unsuccessfully lobbied
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles went to great lengths for their pizza, but they always stopped short of attacking the delivery man. The same can’t be said for two alleged robbers. Two men were arrested early Saturday morning in connection with the robbery of a Domino’s pizza delivery man, nearly making off with several pizzas before being nabbed by police. Beza Bililigne, 20, of Takoma Park, and Jesse Kabundji, 19, of Silver Spring,
were arrested and charged with robbery and seconddegree assault in connection with the incident. Court records show neither of the suspects have previous criminal records. At 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, a Domino’s pizza delivery man was robbed along the 4300 block of Knox Road. The driver had just parked when a group of about six men approached his car. Some of the men opened the car doors and punched the driver, resulting in multiple cuts and bruises. The other men opened
Cybille St. Aude and Danielle Armstrong host the WMUC-FM show “Beauty & the Beatbox,” which features hip-hop that doesn’t degrade women.
Females on the FM Women in hip-hop aren’t just video vixens, junior show hosts say BY CHIDINMA OKPARANTA Staff writer
Inside the WMUC studios early Sunday morning, it’s all about hip-hop — with a twist. Instead of Soulja Boy and T-Pain, though, the playlist was all Run DMC and Jean Grae. Unconventional? Sure. Educational? Definitely. From 12 to 2 a.m. Sundays, junior early education major Danielle Armstrong and junior African American studies major Cybille St. Aude host the “Beauty & the Beatbox” radio
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The No. 22 Terrapin wrestling team was down by one point to Virginia when Hudson Taylor, the Terps’ final wrestler, took the mat in the second-to-last match of the day. The rest of Taylor’s teammates gathered behind their coaches on the corner of the mat, all watching the match that would make or break their ACC tournament championship hopes. The No. 1 Taylor went up 7-0 early against No. 2 Dennis Drury of North Carolina in the 197-pound final and staved off an attempted comeback with a near-fall and three takedowns for the 10-5 victory, giving the Terps their first conference tournament championship since 1973. The Terps edged the Cavaliers 86.5 to 84.5 while having five wrestlers win ACC titles in their weight classes and six gain NCAA tournament berths. “It was a great day for us,”
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A victory over North Carolina’s Dennis Drury in the 197-pound class gave Hudson Taylor (center) and the Terps the tournament title.
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NEWSMAKERS Chapel Hill Police seek murder suspect CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Detectives are searching for a man photographed using the ATM card of the University of North Carolina student body president who was found shot to death on a city street, Chapel Hill Police said Saturday. Photos released by the police show a man who used the ATM card of Eve Carson, a University of North Carolina student who was found shot to death on Wednesday. Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran released surveillance photos of the suspect taken at an automated teller machine. The police also released a photo of a baseball cap the suspect appeared to be wearing in both of the surveillance pictures. “This is our biggest break so far in this case,� Curran said. The student, Carson, 22, of Athens, Ga., was found Wednesday morning lying on a street about a mile from the campus. She had been shot several times, including once in the right temple. Her sport utility vehicle was discovered Thursday, a few hours after the police positively identified her as the victim.
Spain elects socialist president Spain’s Socialist prime minister won re-election Sunday, as voters dismissed worries about a slumping economy, immigration and resurgent Basque militants to hand him a second term. The results were a clear endorsement of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s record, which includes reforms such as legalizing gay marriage and granting on-demand divorce, once thought unthinkable in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. Zapatero also withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq and launched a drive to cede more power to Spain’s semiautonomous regions. With 92 percent of the vote counted, Zapatero’s Socialist party had 43.8 percent compared to 40.1 percent for the conservative Popular Party, according to the Interior Ministry. Opposition conservatives conceded defeat but took solace in the fact that they picked up more parliamentary seats than the Socialists. Both parties gained seats at the expense of smaller leftist and regional groups. — Compiled from wire reports
Film Lecture
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Ahmad Karimi, founding director of The Center For Persian Studies, will lecture at 2 p.m., St. Mary’s Hall Multi-Purpose Room
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‘Horror stories from the lunch line’ Students use Facebook as a forum to air gripes with North Campus Diner food, service students he doesn’t know. But Dining Services is planning a cyberspace counter-move. Dining Services spokesman It was green, it was fresh, but it certainly wasn’t supposed to be Bart Hipple said he hopes Dining Services will soon tap into the in her salad. It was a year ago that sopho- Facebook grumblings to get a more aerospace engineering better idea of where to focus their major Christina Constantinides improvements. “Facebook is the way people found a green inch worm in her Saladsational at The North Cam- are communicating, so if it’s easy for someone to comment on Facepus Diner. “I started to eat it and looked book, I want to get that comdown, and it was a worm,� she ment,� he said. Hipple said said. “If I Dining Serhadn’t looked vices may credown, I would ate a Facebook have just profile to adeaten it.� vertise events After a to alert friend urged “friends� to her, Constandining specials tinides took and a Faceher salad to a book group manager who where stu“apologized a dents can post lot� and oftheir views. fered her a –Bart Hipple “No reprisals free lunch, DINING SERVICES SPOKESMAN ever for comshe said. Conments,� he stantinides said. never took What perplexes Hipple, who the manager up on the offer, though. Thinking it would be too admitted to being a little behind much trouble to get hold of the the times when it comes to techPHOTO COURTESY CHRISTINE CONSTANTINIDES manager who would authorize nology, is that students complain Sophomore aerospace engineering major Christina Constantinides holds up a Diner salad, which unexpectedly includes the free meal, she never re- online but won’t turn in paper a green worm traversing a crouton. She is one of many students voicing their Diner dissatisfaction in a Facebook group. comment cards in the dining deemed it. While Hipple said he wanted to “Everybody’s concerned in the stinks, it has gone bad!’ to which Besides, she didn’t think it was halls. Folkoff said he has never filled sense that here are comments the other responded, ‘Shut up and be a part of these online discusa big deal. “I feel like that could sions to find out what else has happen to a lot of different kinds out a comment card or formally that we’re not getting,� Hipple cut it up anyway, just hurry.’� Another student wrote, “I re- gone wrong, he admitted he will said, adding that “their feedback of food. Maybe it was just really complained to Dining Services. “I feel like one person’s idea on would be much more useful if member the very first time I need some help. fresh lettuce?� “I invite anyone who can teach went to the grill I got a big thick Instead, she posted her story The Diner is not really adequate they’d give it to us.� But for now, students seem to black hair in my [quesadilla]. So me about Facebook to teach me on the new Facebook group to bring about any sort of change. “Tired of North Campus Din- When over 400 people think that prefer ranting amongst them- that wasn’t a great first experi- about it,� he said, acknowledging that students rely on Facebook ence.� the meals and service are dissat- selves. ing.� Hipple said he could not verify much more heavily than they do In a discussion board entitled Sophomore computer science isfactory, it means a lot more,� he “Horror Stories from the Lunch these stories, but he maintained older forms of online communimajor Martin Folkoff created the said. Hipple said Dining Services Line,� students blasted Dining that Dining Services had not cation, namely the comment secFacebook group last Sunday when he realized just how ram- receives about three to four com- Services with accusations of committed any health code viola- tion of the Dining Services webment cards a week — online and gross things ending up in the tions. He said the sushi chefs are site . pant Diner dissatisfaction was. “I don’t know how to reach out food, poor customer service and not Dining Services employees “One hundred people joined on paper. but he knows they keep the fish to all those fragmented users, “I’m not really sure how, other worse. the first day, 100 the second day Sophomore history major Nick refrigerated. He said the lettuce how to respond to this in the new ... over the weekend not many than klieg lights and neon lights, people joined,� Folkoff said, to make them obvious. We try Dudas posted what his roommate comes triple-washed and bagged age,� Hipple said. adding that many of the mem- and have [comment boxes] at the overheard the sushi chefs saying but dining hall employees wash it in Korean: “One said, ‘This fish again anyway before serving it. bers are random North Campus exits. jammidbk@gmail.com BY NANDINI JAMMI Staff writer
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Pizza delivery driver: Attacks, robberies are not common ARREST, from Page 1 the passenger car door and stole a number of pizzas. The attackers were unarmed and did not steal any money from the driver, police said. After the group fled with pizza
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boxes in hand, the victim flagged down university and Prince George’s County police officers on Route 1, near Knox Road. One of the men apprehended was immediately arrested by the officers and another was
arrested shortly after entering the College Park Shopping Center. The victim was unable to identify other members of the group. The two men who were arrested are currently being held on $100,000 bonds. Harassment is not a common
occurrence for Domino’s delivery drivers, the victim said. “I am used to kids seeing the Domino’s car and shouting, ‘Can I get some pizza?’ but when I tell them it is for delivery, they leave,� said the driver, who declined to be named. “This is the
first time this has happened to me.� Domino’s of College Park attempts to deter robberies by not allowing drivers to carry large sums of money, the driver said. newsdesk@dbk.umd.edu
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Cosner to fight for reelection
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COSNER, from Page 1 for a Good Samaritan policy, which would allow students to seek help for dangerously intoxicated friends without fearing punishment for underage drinking or drug use. She also advocated for less severe punishments for drug possession in dorms. Cosner has been on disciplinary probation since spring 2006, when she was caught with less than half a gram of marijuana, she said. Senate and Office of Student Conduct officials called last year’s oversight a mistake and said they were following procedure in removing Cosner’s name from the ballot on Thursday. Voting begins today and will continue all week. Cosner, however, still disagrees. “I am not going to let them strong-arm me out of there,” she said. “I’m obviously qualified and eligible to run because nothing has changed.” Bill Montgomery, the senate chair, said another student was also not allowed to run, but officials declined to provide the student’s name or the reason he or she was being barred. John Zacker, director of the Office of Student Conduct, could not say why his office failed to review those records last year. The Office of Student Conduct is charged with reviewing the records of students applying to become senators and sending the results to the senate. “I don’t have a recollection of who did that or who conducted it,” Zacker said of last year’s reviews. “I don’t have an answer.” Cosner said she will fight to get her name back on the ballot, but Montgomery said to do that, a bill would have to go before the entire senate, which can’t happen before the election. “Why do they think they have no control over things?” Cosner said of the senate. “Just put me on the f--ing ballot. This is ridiculous.” Laura Slavin, the senate’s interim executive secretary and director, said she was following senate procedure in taking Cosner’s name off the ballot. Though Cosner was not initially going to run for reelection, opting to study abroad in the fall, she ultimately decided she could correspond with the senate via e-mail. Montgomery expressed regret at losing one of the senate’s most active members. “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” Montgomery said. “She gave good service, so maybe it’s a good thing that they missed it last year.”
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Twelve years after university student Jason Haynes first formed a group to shadow cast the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Satanic Mechanics Theatre Company continues the tradition in front of an enthusiastic crowd. The movie, released in 1975, depicts a couple that stumbles across an alien transvestite trying to create his perfect lover.
Scam e-mail targets student inboxes Univ. impersonator demands private student account information BY CHRIS YU Staff writer
A scam e-mail disguised as a university-sanctioned message was sent to student inboxes asking for their personal account information. The e-mail, signed by the nonexistent “Umd Support Team,” tells users they must change their password to prevent unauthorized access of their student accounts. The message demanded users reply with their username and password in order to verify their account, or face the consequences. “Failure to do this will immediately render your account deactivated from our database,” the e-mail warned. The number of people who received the scam e-mail is
unknown, but many users have been able to avoid receiving the message thanks to the university’s spam filter, said Gerry Sneeringer, director of IT security at the Office of Information Technology. At least a dozen universities have been receiving scam emails during the past couple of days, he added. “The phenomenon is going on at universities all over the country,” Sneeringer said. “It’s not just us.” Sneeringer said no cases of stolen account information have been reported to OIT thus far, but he urges students to be careful when going online. “The biggest thing is not clicking on stuff you get in your e-mails,” he said. The motives of the perpetrators are “hard to say,”
Sneeringer said. It is also impossible to tell who is responsible. “It can be from anyone, anywhere,” Sneeringer said. “Anyone in the world.” Sneeringer said although scam e-mails had targeted the university in the past, they have not been sent here recently. “This is the first one I’ve seen in a long time,” he said. Students should update their accounts through the university website, and not send their usernames and passwords through e-mail as the scam message requested, Sneeringer said. The spelling in the scam email was suspicious, said Phyllis Dickerson Johnson, the director of communications for OIT. For example, “unauthorised” and “apologise” were both spelled with an ‘s,’ not the American ‘z.’
Sneeringer suggested the author of the e-mail may not be a native English speaker. The OIT website has other tips on how to detect which web addresses are legitimate and which are not, so students can recognize whether or not an email they receive is dangerous. According to the website, if numbers appear in a web address, especially at the beginning of the URL, then it is usually fake. If a URL has a company name followed by a hyphen, that address may be fraudulent as well. More information regarding how to avoid phishing scams such as this one can be found at http://www.nethics.umd.edu/r esources/factsheets/phishing.html. chrisyudbk@gmail.com
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DJs use rap to promote female-friendly attitude SHOW, from Page 1 show, the first all-female, allhip-hop radio show on the campus. For the two friends, the show has one clear goal: getting women excited about hip-hop by playing music they can listen to without being offended. The hip-hop community has long been criticized for its often negative depiction of women, with the most recent example of national backlash coming last year when radio host Don Imus called the Rutgers University women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos.” In response, the University of Chicago held a panel, “Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?,” which drew hundreds in April 2007. But in an industry whose mainstream music has been anything but kind to women, this task may seem daunting; according to cohosts Cybille and Danielle — their monikers on the show — changing the status quo is not only possible, but necessary. “Women in general feel that because they are women, they can’t associate with hip-hop,” St. Aude said. “We’re just letting women know that it’s OK to be fans of hip-hop and that they don’t have to be limited to the roles of video vixens.” St. Aude and Armstrong, both from Long Island, met during their freshman year at the university and “have been inseparable since,” they said. The friendship adds to the casual atmosphere of the show, which is less like a traditional radio monologue and more like a chat between the hosts and listeners. For Armstrong, the show is a creative — and logical — way to reach people and change their opinions on music. “This show is definitely a form of outreach,” Armstrong said. “Although education will always be my first love, I hope the show will be a success and,
in a way, I think it is a form of education.” The show appeals to its listeners by playing songs from lesser-known female artists; underground and independent male artists; oldies tracks; and old-school hip-hop, most of whose messages focus on the lyrical and narrative aspects of rap as opposed to the bling-out and pimped-out messages often splashed across mainstream radio and MTV. On the duo’s playlist now? Jean Grae, a South Africanborn artist who is “just all about the music,” according to St. Aude; Run DMC, who Armstrong describes as an example of “definitely the foundation of what we’re trying to bring back”; and other varied artists such as Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, Nina Simone and Earth Wind & Fire. “Without them, there’d be no hip-hop,” Armstrong said of the latter two artists. Both women say they are now disgusted with mainstream female rappers, such as Lil’ Kim, who they say have sold out to an industry that forces women to become sex objects. “I used to listen to Lil’ Kim,” St. Aude said, “but then she got a lil’ too crazy.” And when callers aren’t clear about the show’s anti-misogyny rules, St. Aude and Armstrong do not hesitate to remind them. “We once had a caller request Soulja Boy’s song, ‘Yahhh!’” Armstrong said, “but we told him we wouldn’t play it.” The song, which repeatedly refers to women as bitches and hos, is the opposite of the message the girls hope to send to viewers. “Overall, we keep women in mind in the way we produce and run the show,” St. Aude said. “Listeners now make sure not to request cer-
Univ. fraternity charter yanked HAZING, from Page 1 the national office sent the local chapter a “cease and desist” letter and suspended the fraternity’s charter, meaning the fraternity may host no social events on or off chapter property until the investigation is complete. Hayes said the investigation began at the end of last week and should end sometime early this week. An automated reply revealed he would be at a conference in Boston until Thursday, so the Office of Student Conduct will run the investigation rather than the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Attempts to reach the fraternity for further comment were unsuccessful, as were attempts to reach Will Cole, the president of Delta Tau Delta’s local chapter. The alleged incident could be the second major hazing incident at the university this year. The first occurred in October when leaders of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity allegedly seated new members in a circle and forced them to chant the names of Zeta Beta Tau’s founders. When they misspoke, fraternity brothers poured water over their heads. At one point in the night, they mixed water with Shout gel and placed it in a new member’s hair, injuring him, documents show In response, Zeta Beta Tau was put on probation for 10 months and the fraternity will have to fund an anti-hazing flier and organize an anti-hazing event for the rest of the Greek community. Information from the Associated Press was used in this report. robillarddbk@gmail.com
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Cybille St. Aude of the WMUC program “Beauty & the Beatbox” records her weekly radio show early Sunday morning. tain songs.” St. Aude and Armstrong also don’t shy away from discussing offensive song lyrics, they say, and will further tackle the issues in a special segment for Women’s History Month during which they will have a round-table discussion with local female hip-hop artists. But all this advocacy doesn’t mean the hosts are anti-fun, friends say. “They’re serious about it but are also able to be light-hearted,” said Laura Reading, a senior American studies major and host of her own show, “radiobolical!” And the show’s balance between laid-back and determined is something listeners have embraced, they said. “It feels like you are in the studio with them, just hanging
out,” said Sasha Allen, a sophomore neurobiology and physiology major. “I don’t usually listen to the station, and I haven’t listened to any of the other shows, but I think the fact that this is a hip-hop show hosted by two women will broaden the selection of listeners.” In fact, the show is so popular that it has even received several out-of-state calls from areas as varied as Miami and New York. Between the show’s Facebook and MySpace accounts and intense online promotion, the show has been able to draw in hundreds of new listeners in just the first three weeks. But what remains most important to the women is that they are reaching out to a young, female audience, they said. “A girl in high school called
in on our first show,” St. Aude said. “She was a hip-hop enthusiast and said she was really happy and expressed gratitude that there were two women hosting a show on hip-hop.” It should come as no surprise that St. Aude and Armstrong are also fans of ’90s female group Salt-N-Pepa. In fact, the show’s name, “Beauty & the Beatbox,” is derived from a similarly titled song on the group’s first album. “The thing with Salt-N-Pepa is they are two different personalities, like us,” Armstrong said. “And they were females getting into the hip-hop game, and we’re also entering an allmale arena and showing that we can do as good a job, if not better.” okparantadbk@gmail.com
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Screw homework; Google it instead
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n a typical night near the end of last semester I learned of the greatness that is Google Books. “Google Books?” you ask. “How does putting other people’s writing online count as greatness?” Allow me to explain. On this night, I had an eight-page English paper due the next day. I had already written two or three pages, but the rest of the paper required me to gather actual evidence from the text. In this case, the text was a 1,300-page monstrosity of a novel titled War and Peace. I don’t know what possessed Leo Tolstoy to write such a long book, nor do I understand what possessed my English instructor to make it required reading, but whatever the reason, I was still left with the dubious task of tacking down about 10 very specific passages, totaling maybe eight pages altogether, out of a book so notoriously dense that it is known as the literary equivalent of rocket science (as in, ‘How hard can it be to read? It’s not War and Peace’). Here’s the kicker: Like most students, I had only read 700ish pages. Naturally, I panicked. The paper was due the next day and I needed to find at least four references in all of War and Peace to “the spirit of the army” within the next hour or else I wouldn’t make the deadline. I could try to read the book and hope, but that would be a shot in the dark at best and, more likely, an exercise in futility. There’s always CliffsNotes, but summaries wouldn’t necessarily have the specific words I was looking for. Still, it was the best idea I had, so I Googled “War and Peace” and “CliffsNotes” and searched for a few minutes for “spirit of the army,” finding only one direct reference and two other passing references in the summaries. I knew there was more, so I tried Googling “War and Peace” in hopes of finding another, more specific summary. While searching through my results, I noticed that there was a second category of search results that I could select from called “books.” My overstressed brain had the thought process of “Yeah, I’m reading a book,” so I clicked the tab, selected the first result and found my salvation: War and Peace in its entirety online. I found the search button, typed in my query and was immediately given nearly 20 different passages in which the words “spirit” and “army” were close together. I was saved. With my newfound resource and a small bit of ingenuity, I saw the potential for an electronic book with a search function. In the past, college students have wasted untold amounts of time trying to copy quotes into their essays verbatim, but no more. Gone are the worries of misspelling an obscure 20-letter Russian name as transcribing words, sentences and entire paragraphs are now just a copy and paste away. Don’t really want to spend $60 to $70 on English books with poor resale value that you probably won’t even completely read? I don’t blame you, so check online first to see which ones are free. The system isn’t perfect, of course. You have to be particularly careful with translations, as they have a tendency to change from one edition to the next, but in most cases you can get away with it. Let me put forward another, totally hypothetical situation. Say that you are taking an English class in which there are online quizzes once a week. Let’s also say that one of the books you have to read for this hypothetical class is a hypothetical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Let’s also say that while you are taking one of these online quizzes, you come across a question you cannot answer. Because you don’t have time to re-read the novel and you don’t know the answer, you figure you are out of options and you’ll just have to guess, but wait — with Google Books, you can look up this hypothetical book, type in a key word from the question and find your answer all in a matter of 30 seconds. Not that I condone this course of action or have ever done it myself, this is purely a thought experiment. I’ll leave morality to you guys. John Raderman is a sophomore journalism major. He can be reached at raderman@umd.edu.
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he university’s 2000 strategic plan was a bold in a disparate mosaic that must be collected. We need to overcome the “great man” mentality prevalent document with a clear vision to propel the university on a path toward greatness. This noble in the administration’s office, which seems to thrive beneath conception was also the document’s greatest the vaulted ceilings of this Ivory Tower where we learn our shortcoming. The 2000 strategic plan failed to ad- philosophy from Nietzsche, our physics from Dirac and our equately acknowledge the concerns of the common man: biology from Darwin. While textbooks give us a clear and precise vision of their simple subjects, the university and its rampant crime, traffic congestion and housing affordability. The new strategic plan is different — it is a living docu- relationship to the city and state are infinitely more complex. The future of the university and the rement, fed by the dreams, concerns and gion cannot simply be dictated by Dunfears collected through a community can and Mote. input process from people from many We will be much better off if we contincorners of the university community. It The university ue to foster a robust culture of involveeven contains a section outlining threats to the university, including crime, trans- community must utilize ment in which students, parents, faculty, staff and community members are given portation and housing affordability — the opportunities legitimate stake in the future of the uniproblems largely ignored in the plan eight provided by the strategic aversity and are empowered to make posiyears ago that have plagued the universiplan’s input process tive changes. ty ever since. This has been the magnificent achieveWe’ve learned our lesson ... or have we? Even with this new transparency, many events during the ment of the new century: For the first time in the collective school year point to a troubling arrogance held by a few of experience of our species, technology has enabled us to conthe school’s top administrators. University President Dan nect with one another to share our experiences and collaboMote and Vice President for Administrative Affairs Doug rate to accomplish tasks we would be hopeless to do alone. The university’s top administrators need to take a more Duncan harbor a delirious opposition to putting the Purple Line on Campus Drive. Mote’s Chief of Staff, Ann Wylie, de- humble approach to governance, acknowledging the conrided Graduate Student Government President Laura cerns and perspectives of others in the community. The comMoore as someone “who believes they know more than the munity needs to take advantage of the ability afforded to them by the strategic plan’s steering committee to critique president about the university.” Knowledge should not be couched in terms of less or the current plan. Read the plan, think about it and give feedmore, but rather in terms of perspective. It isn’t stored in back at www.sp07.umd.edu. We’d be stupid to squander this opportunity. some centralized repository for us to tap but rather is strewn
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“Who would you rather have advertising drugs to you? Would you rather it be a paid actor, Bob Dole?”
Editorial Cartoon: Mike O’Brien
Letters to the Editor The strategic plan in a global society Globalization is a word often bandied about these days but rarely thought through. Globalization means global competition, not multiculturalism. Cross-cultural knowledge and communication are important, but must always take a backseat to the fundamentals. I think the move from specific CORE requirements to more nebulous themes may be a mistake, but until we know more about possible applications it is hard to say. A class on ethics is desperately needed, but it should be an introductory, single-disciplinary course that covers the basics of ethics, instead of offering students a wide range of particular choices. If the point of CORE is to foster mutual understanding through a shared base of knowledge or to impart a particular way of thinking, it makes far more sense to teach everyone the same definitions and basic ways of thinking. Two students from the same philosophy class can have a far more productive debate than a student from a bioethics class and a student from a class on moral nihilism. The first two will have tools for looking at ethical structures; the second two will have a single welldeveloped ethical structure and no real way to analyze others. One concept that seems impolite to say but must be pointed out; the university cannot simultaneously strive to increase diversity and increase admissions standards. With a fixed pool of applicants, the only way to increase the diversity of the selected students is to make minority status more of a factor in admissions and the only way to increase the academic talent is to make minority status less of a factor. The application pool is not actually fixed but the university’s ability to influence it is minimal. No one can serve two masters;
the authors of the strategic plan should be honest and pick one goal or at least state the tradeoffs they are willing to accept between the two. MATTHEW GRAVES SOPHOMORE ECONOMICS
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Creating a Transfer Student Association The Student Government Association is hosting its second open discussion with all transfer students at the university to give them an opportunity to air their views and concerns about being a transfer student at the university. Our goal is to eventually establish a Transfer Student Association so that transfer students, a group on the campus whose members often find it hard to feel like a part of the community, can have a stronger voice. The TSA would also offer a steady platform for transfer students to directly address the administration on transfer interests. At our first meeting March 4, transfer students spoke up about the difficulties of finding housing, orientation problems, advising issues and the frustration of credits not transferring from other institutions. We still need your input to help jump-start this process. Please join us Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Terrapin Room C in the Student Involvement Suite of the Stamp Student Union and bring your friends. We’re looking forward to a lively discussion in order to take bigger steps to serving you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at sga@umd.edu. LAUREN EFFRON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
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oncerning Tim Hiller’s March 6 column “Deceiving the masses,” there is no more annoying sin a thoughtful person can commit than writing a bland summary. Hiller’s opinion column was simply a regurgitation of a few New York Times articles (last month: front page news), a few op-ed’s in The Washington Post and the Times (in the course of the last couple weeks: doctors and politicians) and a snippet from congressional hearings. If I wanted news and opinions from those primary sources, I would read them. Furthermore, why do we attack Jarvik as unqualified? Who would you rather have advertising drugs to you? Would you rather it be a paid actor, Bob Dole — let us not forget that hilariously awkward, yet INCREDIBLY effective erectile dysfunction ad — or a person who has gone through medical school and works in a biomedical field? From those choices, I would pick Jarvik. He holds a medical degree, therefore earning the title doctor, regardless of whether his current career path requires he practice medicine (and be thereby subject to additional requirements and fees). The problem is not with Jarvik but rather the idea of advertising in the pharmaceutical industry. The first point is to address the idea of patient-doctor dialogue. Studies show that increasing the amount of time spent between a patient and a doctor results in better care (following common sense). Asking a doctor a question about a medication would ideally force that doctor to look at your chart and, with graceful bedside manner, tell you why the drug is right for you. Along the way, the doctor should probably tell you exactly how many of your health problems are correlated to the extra poundage you are lugging around. Most doctors would be too busy dealing with overloading numbers of patients and insurance paperwork. Yes, drug companies have a vested interest in selling their product — all businesses do. McDonalds is still allowed to advertise on television with manicured cheeseburgers that look absolutely nothing like the greasy and delicious artery-clogging product they vend. Truth in advertising is a sick joke because advertising consists of presenting you the most biased argument the business can get away with, and the precedent for bias has been set quite high. Within reasonable limits, how do we fix this problem? Hiller points to the tobacco industry, a highly regulated industry in our “free market” system. The risks of certain industries subject those industries to additional regulations protecting the consumer. College Park bars are subject to food/alcohol sales ratios; diners are subject to health inspections. Why not make the pharmaceutical industry subject to limits on advertising? Perhaps putting limits on lobbying first will allow other advertisement limits to pass with much less resistance. In addition, drug companies would put money in research and development and work on world problems such as malaria, rather than money drugs for aging, overweight and affluent westerners. That would be a win-win with less annoying saturation of drug ads and would help cure worldwide illness. In the meantime, if only they had a drug for advertising induced hypochondriasis that I could nag my doctor about…
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Nathaniel Snyder is a junior biochemistry and philosophy major. He can be reached at nsnyder9@umd.edu.
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Want to learn more about improvisational jazz — such as what the genre even is? If so, spend today with vibraphonist Gary Burton. The master of the genre will lecture in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, but some of you might be wondering what exactly the vibraphone is. While the instrument appears to be a xylophone on steroids, there are major differences between the two — for example, the bars on the vibraphone are metal while those on the xylophone are wood. The result: an entirely different sound. Chuck Redd, a university lecturer on jazz percussion, is a fellow vibraphonist who praised Burton’s talent level. “He’s in a class of rare virtuosos that you don’t find very often,” Redd said. “He’s amazing, absolutely amazing.” Burton grew up in a musical family, and was urged by his parents to take music lessons, he said. At age six, he began to take lessons on the vibraphone after watching and listening to his sister practice on the piano. Slightly more than a decade later, success appeared in the form of Burton’s first record contract in 1960 at age 17. Since then, Burton has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards and has won five, the most recent for 2000’s Like Minds in the Best Jazz Instrumental Performance. The album was recorded with Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland and Chick Corea, the latter whom is his current touring partner. The pair played a sold-out show at CSPAC yesterday. But playing jazz music isn’t the only part
of the craft that Burton enjoys. “I spent a lot of years in music education,” he said. “I was a professor at Berklee College [of Music] and was ultimately the Chief Executive Officer of the school for the last decade that I was there. I’ve been in music education for 33 years until I finally retired from that four years ago.” Because of his years of experience, he is often offered opportunities to do workshops when he plays shows on college campuses, Burton said. He said the music students who attend his lectures frequently ask him about improv and its techniques. “Trying to explain [and] break down the process of what you do mentally when you improvise and how to get better at it, how to practice and develop these particular skills as a musician,” he said. “We learn how to play music in written form, but we don’t learn how to do it spontaneously.” He explains the process in a way most college students would understand — by relating it to taking a class. “It’s like learning English only in reading and writing, and never learning to have a conversation on the spur of the moment with the guy next to you,” Burton said. “That’s what improvisation is like. You use the same rules of language, the same grammar and vocabulary, but you do it spontaneously without pausing to construct the sentences word by word. You just picture what you want to say and the sentences kinda come popping out of your mouth.” Burton will lecture in the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall in CSPAC from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today.
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Vibraphonist Gary Burton will discuss jazz improvisation in a lecture in CSPAC today.
THE TRIVIA BREAKDOWN: GARY BURTON AWARDS: Burton has won five Grammy awards in 1972, 1979, 1982, 1988 and 2000. OPENLY AWESOME: Burton came out as a homosexual more than 20 years ago, and said to The Advocate in 2005, “I was able to come out without [any] negative consequences.” PUMP UP THE VOLUME: Burton hosts a radio show on the “Pure Jazz” station of Sirius Satellite Radio.
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THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
GEREMY BASS
Terp resume too weak BASS, from Page 10 as a team, they have come ever so close to nowhere this season. Last night’s dud was the team’s chance to show off the strengths they’ve solidified all year. But they failed. Their usually hearty defense ran around without any grit or purpose. The maturity it takes to erase a seven-point deficit with three minutes left was nowhere to be found. And a full week to prepare for superstar guard Sean Singletary and his supporting cast didn’t seem to make any difference. Singletary
finished with a game-high 27 points, four more than in the first meeting with the Terps this year. Of course, Singletary was marvelous. He’s a truly outstanding player. But this was the Terps’ chance to overcome his talent, to look past Virginia’s emotional Senior Night, to battle through the flu that has plagued the team this month and to simply find a way to secure a big win. Instead, they gave up 20 minutes early and became yet another so-so team that won’t make the cut. “There was absolutely no effort on defense,” guard
Terps take early lead JMU, from Page 10 attacker Casey Magor said. “We pride ourselves on outlets and backdoors. It’s our speed that allowed us to get those backdoor cuts.” In the first 8:08, the Terps raced out to a 4-0 lead, using those backdoor cuts for easy, open shots. As the first half continued, three Terp fouls set up two James Madison goals off free position shots. The teams traded goals back and forth, with the Terps maintaining at least a four-goal advantage. “We played sloppy at times and well at times,” senior midfielder Kelly Kasper said. “We have a few things we need to work on. On defense and offense we did not have a lot of communication; it gave them easy one-on-ones.” Kasper scored a goal as time expired in the first half to give the Terps a 9-4 lead and the momentum into the second half. “We started off playing good, but I was disappointed at halftime,” coach Cathy Reese said. “We were not playing up to the level we are capable of.” Due to crowd noise, player chatter and a storm, the Terp sideline had trouble getting calls to the offense throughout the game. The coaching staff often called out to the n e a r e s t player. This noise made even that a chore. “ T h e d e f e n s e lacked communication,” Reese said. “They needed to talk more. We had trouble with hearing on offensive plays. There were outside factors with crowd noise and rain, but –Cathy Reese that is no HEAD COACH excuse.” The Terps got back on track early in the second half, outscoring the Dukes 5-1 in the first 11:52. Kasper added two of her four goals, while Magor, senior attacker Lauren Cohen and senior midfielder Dana Dobbie added the other three goals during the run. From that point on, the Dukes outscored the Terps 5-2, including three free-position shots from the eight-meter position. But by that time, the Terps put in a lot of their younger players down the stretch to get them some playing time and experience. “I was impressed with the start at the second half,” Reese said. “Then it got tough and we gave them a lot of opportunities on the eight meter.” Terp note: Reese’s due date is March 11, the same date as the Terps’ next game. Reese said she will be on the sideline unless the baby comes, and she does not anticipate a long absence following the birth.
Greivis Vasquez said. “We’re playing a team that is 4-11 in the league, and they played harder than us. We’ve got to show up.” The scene at John Paul Jones Arena was a sad way to see the regular season end: Away from the relative warmth of Comcast Center, unable to compete with one of the worst teams in the conference and incapable of coming up with a win in a crucial game. Pulling off key victories is something that head coach Gary Williams has been famous for, but even he lost his touch for it this season. “It’s just been emotional for us,” forward Landon Milbourne said. “As soon as we think we’ve got our heads back together, something like this happens. As soon as we think everybody’s on the same page and we’re going to come in and work hard, things don’t work out that way.” According to the players,
however, all hope is not lost. As painfully predictable as it was, the locker room banter last night was geared at the glimmer of sun the Terps can still see from their sunken situation. “If we win the ACC Tournament, get go to the NCAA,” Williams said. “That solves it.” Not so fast. The Terps would have to defeat Boston College, Clemson and Duke, all teams that have beaten them this year, just to reach the Tournament championship game. And if not? How’s this for a resumé: The Terps lost five of the last seven games on their schedule, have now lost to three opponents outside of CollegeRPI’s top 100, and still need two victories in the ACC Tournament to reach the important 20-win plateau. If I’m looking to hire, there’s no way they get the job. gbassdbk@gmail.com
Smith paces Duke with game-high 22 DUKE, from Page 10 started to come back, sophomore forward Joy Cheek and junior forward Carrem Gay did a great job filling the void left by Black, providing consistent inside scoring and doing a good enough job limiting Langhorne and Terps senior forward Laura Harper, who had combined for 49 points in the quarterfinals the night before against Boston College. “They did a great job in terms of taking away our inside game,” Frese said. “A lot of the time we did get tentative in terms of turning the corner, trying to get to the rim.” Blue Devils senior guard Wanisha Smith, who finished with a game-high 22 points, provided a few big threes, and the Blue Devils led 35-33 at half-time. After the half, the Blue Devils continued to look a step quicker than the Terps, extending their lead to 47-39 with 13:55 remaining when junior guard Abby Waner scored on a fast break lay-up, drew a foul and made the free throw.
have cut the Suspect offilead to just one ciating had with 2:34 left, it mainly benestarted to fited the Terps become clear early, but it that it wasn’t gave the Blue the Terps’ day. Devils a major The Blue boost less than Devils began to a minute later pull away again, when Terps and iced the junior guard game at the Kristi Toliver free-throw line. was called for a The Terps foul on what couldn’t hit the was clearly a big shot when clean block on they needed it, Smith, drawing couldn’t get the an outraged big rebound and roar from the –Marissa Coleman couldn’t make strong continJUNIOR the big defengent of Terps FORWARD sive stop. fans who made And despite the trip down having Frese for the weekback prowling, end. “I didn’t think I had yelling and occasionto say anything,” ally stomping the sideToliver said. “Every- lines like old times, the body was looking up at Terps simply did not the replay screen, obvi- have the passion to get ously got a big ‘ooooo’ it done. “It hurts, it sucks,” out of it — definitely an unfortunate turn of Coleman said. “We wanted to win an ACC events.” we Smith made the first championship; free throw, and Cheek wanted to see Carolina scored on a put-back again. But we still have lay-up after Smith the NCAA tournament, missed the second to so I guess it’s better give the Blue Devils a that we get these last nine-point lead, and the minute mistakes out Terps were on their before we get to the NCAAs.” heels. When Toliver airballed a 3, which would schimmeldbk@gmail.com
“It hurts, it sucks. We wanted to win an ACC championship; we wanted to see Carolina again.”
Listless defense does in Terps in Charlottesville CAVS, from Page 10 second-half defense easily tops the list. It seemed like the Terps were better suited for an AND 1 Streetball game instead of a must-win ACC contest. “I take a lot of pride coaching defense over the years,” coach Gary Williams said. “And not being able to stop a team, as a coach, you take responsibility for that and think of ways you could have done a better job. So I was very frustrated.” The 91 points were the most the Terps (18-13, 8-8 ACC) have allowed since losing to Duke on Jan. 27. Virginia (15-14, 5-11) shot 62.5 percent from the field in the second half and outscored the Terps 55-39. The Cavaliers shot 50 percent from the field, the first time a Terp opponent has done so in 43 games, dating back to last season. Gist, who came down with the flu this past week, said the Terps were going to hold a team meeting today. “We’ve had those throughout the year, and it will be something to kind of show where we’re standing right now,” said Gist, who had six points on 3-of-13 shooting before fouling out with 4:31 left. “I think we all know where we’re standing right now, but we gotta focus on this ACC Tournament right now and see how far we can go.” Sean Singletary, playing his final home game at John Paul Jones Arena, went out with a bang — he scorched the Terp defense for 27 points and eight assists and had the Terps running around all over the place. But even when Virginia had the game in hand, Singletary didn’t stop playing. The same couldn’t be said for the Terps. During a Singletary 3-pointer that put the Cavaliers up 80-68 with 3:28 left, Vasquez pulled up on the play after realizing he was late getting over to guard Singletary. The Terps weren’t hustling and had no clue what was happening on defense. An uncontested dunk was what did Osby in and left him livid on the sideline. “It was that play where [Virginia’s Jamil Tucker] just drove from like the top of the key all the way in there and dunked it,” Osby said. “I’m like, ‘Man, triple him up, push him, do something. Don’t just let him get that.’ The guys’ faces were just blank. That’s not the response that you want — not at this stage of the game.” Even on a weekend when conference games were falling in the Terps’ favor (Miami and Virginia
“We’ve had [team meetings] throughout the year, and it will be something to kind of show where we’re standing right now.” –James Gist FORWARD
Tech both lost), the Terps couldn’t pull out a must-win game — despite having a week to rest and prepare. And now, they have to find it in them to win at least three games in three days at the ACC Tournament. “It’s not over; it’s really not over,” Gist said. “We still got games left; we got the Tournament left. We got to go in there thinking we can win that thing. It’s possible. We proved it earlier this season where we’ve beaten teams we’re going to see again in the Tournament.” zuckermandbk@gmail.com
GAMETRACK TEAM STATS Field Goal pct. 3-pt pct. Free Throw pct. Rebounds Off. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
TERPS 49.3 33.3 42.9 33 10 17 14
UVA 50 43.8 78.6 37 11 14 11
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS TERPS SCORING G. Vasquez REBOUNDING J. Gist ASSISTS G. Vasquez
FGM FGA PTS 7 18 16 OFF DEF TOT 1 7 8 AST TO 9 3
CAVALIERS SCORING S. Singletary REBOUNDING A. Joseph ASSISTS S. Singletary
FGM FGA PTS 8 15 27 OFF DEF TOT 3 3 6 AST TO 8 4
“The defense lacked communication. They needed to talk more. We had trouble with hearing on offensive plays.”
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Terps’ streak hits record 15 Softball knocks off three in tourney BY JEFF NEWMAN Staff writer
The Terrapin softball team has gone streaking. It wasn’t pretty, but the No. 25 Terps kept their 15-game winning streak alive yesterday with a 13-12 victory over Fordham. In the previous game against Columbia, a 2-0 win, the Terps eclipsed the previous program record of 13 wins in a row. The Rams jumped out on the Terps early, knocking starter Sarah Dooley out of the game in the first inning and scoring six runs in the first two innings. Senior first baseman Sarde Stewart kept the Terps in the game by hitting her second home run of the season, a solo blast over the left-centerfield wall, in the bottom of the first inning. Stewart outdid herself in the third inning, and with the Terps trailing 6-1, hit a two-run home run. “Sarde can do that,” coach Laura Watten said. “I know Sarde is completely capable of doing that every single game. She’s got a lot of power. I’ve coached Sarde for a long time and when she wants to do something, she does it.” Stewart wasn’t done, though. A Terp rally began in the fifth inning when the Rams intentionally walked Stewart with senior outfielder Jenny Belak on first, which brought freshman pitcher Kerry Hickey up to the plate. “I was thinking that Kerry Hickey is after me, and I don’t know what the difference is,” Stewart said. Hickey came through with a hard single up the middle that scored Belak and began a fourrun rally to tie the game up at 77. After rarely-used junior Lindsey Wright kept the Fordham scoreless for the third consecutive inning, the Terps took the lead with a five-run sixth inning. But the Rams would get to Wright and put on a rally of their own in the seventh, knocking Wright out of the game in the while scoring five runs and tying the game at 12. Junior Meredith Nelles (7-0), who pitched her fourth shutout of the season against Columbia, came in to relieve Wright, who was re-
sponsible for all five runs in the inning despite only two being earned. “We all just rely on each other each game, so you have to be ready at any time to go in,” Nelles said. “[Lindsey] did an awesome job for us today. I talked to her right before she went in, and she was really excited to get there. She hasn’t gotten a lot of opportunities, so when she does she really wants to do well, and it was a great game for her today.” So with the score tied in the bottom of the seventh, freshman outfielder Niki Lau smacked a grounder toward Rams third baseman Allison Twarowski, who misplayed the ball and allowed Lau to reach first on an error. Belak followed with a bunt single, which set the stage for Stewart to be the hero. Stewart zipped a line drive just over the glove of Rams second basemen Megan Waldron for a walk-off single that scored Lau and won the game, keeping the Terps winning streak intact and the momentum throughout their home stand alive. “I was a little motivated at the beginning,” Stewart said. “I heard the other teams talking about us, saying how they wanted to come after us, and I just wanted to shut them up.” Stewart finished with three hits, three runs, two home runs and five RBIs in the game and now leads the Terps in batting average (.385), home runs (3), and RBIs (20). After having their first two games on Friday canceled, the Terps began their weekend with a 3-2 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday that included a 15-minute hail delay. While a 3-0 record in the Maryland Invitational is nice, Watten would like to see her team play more consistently on both offense and defense. “I haven’t really been happy since I know what our potential is,” Watten said. “Yes, we won, but there’s a lot of things we could have and need to do differently. We can’t continue to squeak by.” jnewmandbk@gmail.com
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Baseball swept by Florida State Terps losing streak to Seminoles hits 33 after weekend losses BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer
After matching heavy-hitting Florida State run-for-run, the Terrapin baseball team was 90 feet away from ending a 32game losing streak against the Seminoles in the top of the ninth inning of yesterday’s series finale. But with the score tied 8-8, runners on the corners and one out, junior left fielder Gerry Spessard hit a sharp grounder back to pitcher Jimmy Marshall for an inningending double play. No. 8 Florida State went on to win the game 9-8 on a Stuart Tapley bases-loaded single in the bottom of the inning, clinching the series sweep and continuing its dominance over the Terps (5-7, 0-3 ACC). “I wouldn’t say I was frustrated. We had an opportunity
to win the game on the road against a very good team,” coach Terry Rupp said. “It came down to first and third with one out and our hitter did what he’s supposed to do. Their pitcher made a great play.” Offense wasn’t the problem for the Terps yesterday, as they hit three homers against Seminole starter and Wallace Award candidate Ryan Strauss. Down 8-6 in the seventh, the Terps rallied to tie the game on a Tapley error. Senior catcher Chad Durakis went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a solo homer in the top of the first inning. Junior pitcher Jensen Pupa and sophomore right fielder AJ Casario each had two-run homers. Saturday was a different story, as the Terps were shut out 16-0 despite having 10 hits in the second game of their double header. Senior
Kevin Biringer got the start over regular Saturday starter Ian Schwalenberg, and struggled mightily. Biringer was pulled after giving up five earned runs and six hits while retiring just two batters. The Terps were unable to recover. “Last year, Kevin came in the fifth inning and pitched five really good innings against them,” Rupp said. “Obviously, they got a few changeups that they corked off the end of the bat, and it kind of got away from us there.” The first game of the series was moved to Saturday afternoon after a rainout Friday night. The Terps had a chance to win despite a fivehit, complete-game performance from Florida State starter Elih Villanueva. Down 5-2 in the top of the ninth, junior third baseman
Mike Murphy singled. Murphy scored when Seminole left fielder Ohmed Danesh misplayed a ball off the bat of Pupa. With Pupa at third junior first baseman Will Greenberg hit a sac fly to make the score 5-4, but that was as close as the Terps got. While Rupp acknowledged the losing streak, now almost 10 years old, he said it’s not something the team thinks about. “No, not at all, [Florida State] is a different team every year and so are we,” Rupp said. “There are some teams that have your number and right now they have our number.” Barring a rematch in the ACC tournament, the Terps will have to wait another year for a chance to beat the Seminoles and end their drought. akrautdbk@gmail.com
Veterans step up TOWSON, from Page 10 first time this team has really taken over in the fourth quarter. That’s going to be good for us in the future.” The Terps (4-1) seemed poised to coast into the fourth quarter with another big lead after three unanswered goals in the driving rain that lasted most of the third quarter. However, the Tigers didn’t quit and trimmed the lead to 97 with a pair of goals in the last minute of the third quarter. Terp goalie Brian Phipps, who stopped seven shots, made a save early in the fourth quarter to preserve the lead, and the Terp offense did the rest with three goals during a 1:26 span in the middle of the fourth. With 7:22 left in the game, freshman attackman Grant Catalino forced his way through defenders in front of the net to score his second goal of the game. Bryn Holmes won the ensuing face-off, and the Terps cap-
italized on the possession when sophomore long-pole Brian Farrell flicked in a backhand shot off a feed from freshman attackman Ryan Young, who tallied four assists in the game. Groot closed the scoring with 5:56 left with his third goal of the game. “We were really focused,” Farrell said. “We knew we were getting our shots, but we just had to can them. I think, come the fourth quarter, we just canned them. We got good opportunities in transition and played really good team defense, and ultimately, it led to this win.” The Terps scored the first two goals of the game and held a 4-2 lead heading into the second quarter, but the Tigers (12) tied the game on Eric Boyle’s goal with 2:07 to go in the half. But the Terps, who never trailed, responded with a goal by midfielder Jeff Reynolds 47 seconds later to take a lead into the second half. The Terps found success despite the poor field conditions that deteriorated further throughout the game, especially during the third quarter downpour. Defenders consistently slipped down trying to follow their marks around the muddy goal area. Terp goalie Jason Carter said he was standing in an inch of mud in
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Junior midfielder Dan Groot scored three goals in the Terps’ 12-7 win. the goal circle — and he only played the first half. “It gets us excited,” Carter said. “You’ve got to play harder in the rain. You’ve got to throw better. You’ve got to do everything better. It was really fun.” Cottle said the rain and wind accounted for some of his team’s sloppy play, as shown
by a season-high 27 turnovers, but he was just happy to see his young team persevere to close out the victory. “To win when we didn’t play our best game but did play very hard; we’re very happy,” Cottle said. edetweilerdbk@gmail.com
Five Terps win weight class; six qualify for NCAA tournament ACC, from Page 1 coach Pat Santoro said. “It was kind of like the season. It came down to the wire, like a lot of our dual meets, but we came out on top.” Heading into the championship round, Virginia held a seven-point lead. The Terps closed the gap as the round went on and racked up wins and individual championships. The Terps took the lead briefly with sophomore Mike Letts’ win at 174 pounds, but Virginia’s Rocco Caponi won it back at 184 pounds before Taylor cemented the win. In a tournament often defined by individual play, the Terps gave a complete team performance to win their 21st ACC title. All 10 Terp wrestlers made it to the semifinals of their weight classes, and six advanced to the finals, the most of any school. Even the Terps who were eliminated or did not compete were on hand to cheer on their teammates. “I think we’re all really, really happy with our performance here,” Taylor said. “We all did well, and we’ve got six great guys going to nationals. But although we are taking six, there are many other guys who deserve it as well. We couldn’t have gotten here without the whole team.” The championship round for the Terps started with redshirt sophomore Steven Bell taking on Darius Little of N.C. State in the 133-pound weight class. Bell fell behind 4-3 heading into the third and final period. But he escaped from Little’s grasp to tie it up, and with only 10 seconds left, he slammed Little to the mat and got a 6-5 win.
The win set the tone for the entire final round, when Terp wrestlers repeatedly took down their opponents and made their way to the award stand. Sophomore Jon Kohler won three upsets in a row to take his championship. Kohler started as the fifth seed out of six in the 141-pound bracket. But he upset No. 3 Chris Diaz of Virginia Tech 6-0, No. 2 Nick Stabile of North Carolina 5-2 and finally No. 4 Nick Nelson of Virginia 3-0. “It’s good to see all the hard work pay off,” Kohler said. “But I don’t really see them as up-
“All 10 guys really did the best they could. We just showed that if you keep working hard, good things happen.” –Pat Santoro HEAD COACH
sets. Everyone in the ACC is a tough opponent.” Freshman Brian Letters managed an upset of his own over Tar Heel Thomas Scotton at 157 pounds. The score was tied 2-2 and neither had scored since the first period. With nine seconds left, Letters grabbed Scotton and with one second left was able to throw him to the ground for the two-point takedown and the 3-2 win. Letts, No. 1 at 174 pounds, defeated Virginia’s Chris Henrich
4-3 with a reversal in the third period, winning his second consecutive ACC championship. Freshman Eric Medina came in second at 149-pounds after a loss to top-seeded Darrion Caldwell of N.C. State. He was the only Terp out of six to reach the finals of a weight class without winning. Medina received one of the conference’s four wild-card bids, as decided by the coaches, so all six Terps who advanced to the finals of their respective weight classes will appear in the NCAA tournament. “That’s the most amazing part, that half of the team made it,” Kohler said. “I’m almost as excited about that as I am about my own championship.” “All 10 guys really did the best they could,” Santoro said. “We just showed that if you keep working hard, good things happen.” But Santoro will only allow one day to bask in the win before getting back to work. “Now, we’ve got to start getting prepared for the NCAA tournament,” Santoro said. “We’ll have a light practice Monday, but then we’ll have to get right back into it. The nationals have been what these guys were working for, what they want. Now we’ve got to make it happen.” The six qualifying Terps will head to the NCAA tournament March 20-22 in St. Louis. “Every tournament, people make mistakes,” Taylor said. “Now, it’s our job to work on those mistakes, so we can have the strongest showing possible at nationals. We’ve got five ACC champions; now we want five national champions.” kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com
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Men’s tennis sweeps three; gymnastics finishes third
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The Terrapin men’s tennis team won three matches over the weekend, improving to 9-2. The Terrapin gymnastics team scored 192.500 to finish third in a tri-meet at George Washington on Sunday. Read both stories online at www.diamondbackonline.com.
POP GOES THE BUBBLE? Men’s basketball plays flat in fifth loss in seven games; faces Boston College on Thursday BY ANDREW ZUCKERMAN Senior staff writer
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Terrapins were pushed around for just about the entire second half last night, but nothing was more telling than the final few minutes. After another easy Virginia basket, Bambale Osby stood in the middle of a huddle during a time-out, screaming at his teammates. The Terps were down by double digits, their defense was nonexistent, and for the first time all season,
the Terps looked as if they had given up. By the time the game ended, the Terps sluggishly walked off the court with a 91-76 defeat — their fifth loss in the past seven games. Now, the Terps enter the ACC Tournament as the sixth seed and will play Boston College in the first round Thursday night at 9:30. Unless they can make a run to the championship game, it’s very likely the Terps will be playing in their third NIT in four years. “It was absolutely no effort on defense,” sopho-
more guard Greivis Vasquez said. “We played horrible defense today as a team, and it cost us the game. We’re playing a team that [was 4-11] in the league, and they were just playing harder than us. We got to show a better effort in the ACC Tournament. We got to show up.” One can point to the Terps taking just seven free throws or bad games by James Gist and Eric Hayes as possible reasons for the loss, but the
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Terps haven’t earned NCAA bid CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. he Terrapins’ hope of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament had been barely poking its proverbial head above the surface for the last few weeks. Last night, it embarrassingly sunk to the bottom. Playing the role of supreme spoiler, the energetic Cavaliers and their 4-11 conference record overpowered the Terps and scorched through a
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Landon Milbourne (left), Eric Hayes (center), James Gist and the Terps saw their NCAA Tourney hopes fade after a loss last night.
Terps use strong final period to pull away Men’s lacrosse takes down No. 18 Towson 12-7 in sloppy conditions
shockingly lackadaisical defensive effort. With one last chance on their regular season schedule to prove their worth, the Terps instead declared something loudly and clearly: In no way do they deserve to be part of March Madness. After 31 games, 31 “learning experiences,” 31 attempted steps forward, the Terps illustrated the saddening truth that,
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Women’s basketball upset by Duke ACC tourney semifinal loss costs Terps chance at NCAA No. 1 seed BY GREG SCHIMMEL Senior staff writer
GREENSBORO, N.C. — While cryBY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer
Heading into Saturday’s game against Towson, the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team had not played a meaningful fourth quarter. In each of the Terps’ first four games, one team led by at least six goals through three quarters. But when the Terps held a two-goal lead going into the final period Saturday, they knew what they needed to do to clinch a victory. “We needed to come out and have a good quarter,”
junior midfielder Dan Groot said. “Coach [Dave Cottle] said in the huddle that we needed to score five or six goals. We felt like we could. We just kept getting on them and got in there and got some good looks.” That outlook paid off as the No. 4 Terps outscored the No. 18 Tigers 3-0 in the fourth quarter to finish off a 12-7 win at a wet and muddy Ludwig Field. “That was the first fourth quarter that we really picked it up,” Cottle said. “That’s the
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Terp offense strong vs. No. 16 Dukes Women’s lacrosse use backdoor cuts, fast pace to beat James Madison BRIAN KAPUR Staff writer
Despite torrential rain and issues with crowd noise, the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team exploited its fast-paced offense in knocking off James Madison on Saturday. The No. 4 Terps (4-1, 2-1 ACC) used backdoor cuts to break down the No. 16
Dukes’ (1-3) defense, and it worked early and often as they piled up goals in a 1610 win. The game ended up closer than it should have been, as several lapses in communication led to a few poor stretches of play for the Terps. “We move a lot when we are on the attack,” senior
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ing hasn’t been uncommon after some of the Terrapin women’s basketball team’s bigger losses, the Terps shed very few tears Saturday. After their 74-63 ACC semifinal loss against Duke, the Terps sat in a frustrated daze, angry they gave far from their best effort when it counted the most. The second-seeded Terps led early on but failed to match the intensity or the desire of the third-seeded Blue Devils for most of the afternoon, and they were denied a chance to play topseeded North Carolina in the conference championship game yesterday. “Duke came out more inspired, with more energy today, and that’s why we got beat,” Terps junior forward Marissa Coleman said. “We did all the things that we knew we couldn’t do if we wanted to win the game.” The Terps admitted to getting down on themselves when things started to turn on them, and senior forward Crystal Langhorne even said she could have worked harder, despite finishing with 16 points and 11 rebounds. The loss all but eliminated the possibility of the Terps earning a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament and ended the Terps’ hopes of winning their first ACC title since 1989. “This one obviously hurts,” coach Brenda Frese said. “I felt like we were in a great place coming into this tournament. But from our end, we can get better and that’s the
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Forward Crystal Langhorne couldn’t push the Terps past Duke, despite her 16 points and 11 rebounds. lesson to learn here.” The Terps led by as many as 10 points early in the first half, getting the ball inside and consistently getting to
the foul line. Blue Devils junior center Chante Black got in quick foul trouble, and it looked like the Terps would have no trouble
beating the Blue Devils for the third time this season. But as the Blue Devils
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