BUBBLE TROUBLE
GET DOWN WITH GARY
Men’s basketball falls to Virginia, putting NCAA hopes in serious doubt
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THE DIAMONDBACK MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
98TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 101
Hazing images spur inquiry
FEELING BLUE
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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