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Donors and Univ. moves to improve transparency alumni criticize student body following riot Officials hope new website can assuage student, faculty complaints from last semester

BY LAUREN REDDING Staff writer

Some reconsider sending money, children to university

In the fall, the administration was besieged by faculty and student complaints about a lack of transparency in how it was handling the university’s shrinking budget. But since the end of classes in December, officials have moved to make budgetary decisions more open to the public.

Earlier this week, the administration unveiled a redesigned website aimed at addressing concerns from the university community

about the budget.

Complete with flowcharts about how budget decisions in every department are made and a “fireside chat” video series where university President Dan Mote answers real questions from students, the site attempts to explain the budget process from fund reallocations to resource distributions as outlined in the university’s Strategic Plan.

Last semester, transparency was an explosive issue at the university.

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University President Dan Mote speaks in one of his ‘“fireside chats,” in which students question him about the budget. COURTESY UNIVERSITY BUDGET CENTRAL

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University officials have faced an onslaught of criticism from alumni and donors over how last week’s riot on Route 1 may have impacted the university’s reputation and have since attempted to calm some of the university community’s most highly regarded members.

Vice President of University Relations Brodie Remington said students’ behavior after the men’s basketball team triumphed over Duke on March 3 — chanting “F--- Duke,” tearing down street signs, lighting a shirt on fire and dancing in the middle of Route 1 — has university donors questioning whether they want their money going toward these students.

“The donors and alumni typically reacted that the students have no class,” he said. “They wondered, ‘What kind of students are we supporting?’ People who support the university feel we are a first-class university with terrific students and staff. So when something like this happens that detracts from that message, it’s not helpful.”

Although Remington noted it’s impossible to tell whether riots result in less funding for the university, he said the negative publicity does impact how certain members of the university family view the student body. Some alumni have even expressed reluctance to send their children to their alma mater, saying if the riot fiasco is the sort of environment this university fosters, they don’t want their kids to be a part of it.

“We received a lot of calls from alumni and donors

Student artist ‘KnoxBox’ gains in popularity

BY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

For DJ and mash up artist Jeff Gratton, it’s all in the name.

Even if that name sprouted from the cramped, brick building he has called home for several years. Gratton a.k.a. “KnoxBox” is a student DJ slowly building a large fan base around the university and Washington area spinning at clubs, parties and bars. The junior elementary education major has been mixing and mashing since his freshman year, and after releasing a CD last

summer, he plans to drop another album sometime this fall.

Gratton first found an ear for music playing clarinet until he was 15. Growing up around music built a foundation for the compilations he does today, helping him find beats and figure out how songs would best fit together.

“I do it by ear,” Gratton said, “and while famous mashup groups like Girl Talk, E-603 and Super Mash Bros use much more sophisticated programs that do a lot of the work

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SGA effort to impeach former pres. Sachs fails

BY ANNA ISAACS Staff writer

SGA City Council Liaison and former president Jonathan Sachs evaded impeachment last night after an emotional hour-long debate that yielded a majority too small to push Sachs out of the organization.

The Student Government Association legislature voted in favor of impeaching Sachs 18-15 but failed to achieve the three-quarters vote needed.

Throughout the meeting, Sachs’ supporters — which included College Park Mayor Andy Fellows, at least four city council members, University Senate Chair Elise Miller-Hooks and students — praised Sachs’ dedication and involvement, while detractors blasted Sachs for a poor attendance record and for shirking his obligations to the SGA. Sachs, who made it clear he felt the entire proceeding was a waste of time, was the first person to ever be brought before the legislature for impeachment. As a result, the legislature had to vote on how to go on before a vote could even take place. The approved procedure was drafted by Speaker of the Legislature Kelley Chubb in what some said was an unfair arrangement.

Vice President of Finance Andrew Steinberg said allowing legislators to vote anonymously wouldn’t hold them accountable for their actions, and Sachs argued the motion to impeach him should have never passed in the first place.

“There was no support for this motion anywhere,” Sachs said. “I think [Chubb] exercised very bad leadership in this case. ... The legislature should be dealing with more important things.”

But SGA representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of the procedure, which allowed one hour for debate, and every member present was

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A good man was hard to find Junior Todd Hinson is university’s only male sexual health peer educator

BY NELLY DESMARATTES Staff writer

If your boyfriend is clueless about contraception, junior criminology and criminal justice major Todd Hinson is trying to change that.

As the first male peer-to-peer educator the University Health Center has had in their Sexual Health and Reproductive Education program since 2002, Hinson has helped jumpstart a program aimed at educating male students about sexual health, contraception and consent. Hinson, the only man in a program with eight women, has brought new life and energy to talking about sex.

“Out of all the issues on campus, I feel that unprotected sex and the STD rate is the most serious, especially with [the university] being so close to D.C. and Baltimore, which have really high rates,” Hinson said. “[Sexual health] is something a lot of students need to hear about.”

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After years of getting phone calls, e-mails and visits from male students asking questions about sexual behavior and contraceptives, Alli Matson, coordinator for the health center’s sexual health programs, said she wanted to create a sexual health education program for men modeled after the well-established women’s peer-education program.

Men tend to feel more comfortable talking about sex with other men, program organizers said. Having a group of eight females present information to a group of males would alter the whole dynamic of the discussion, Matson said, making it very clear they needed someone male students could better relate to. “[Hinson] has helped significantly,” Matson said. “It was daunting thinking how the dynamics of the group would change since it was always all female. It changed from a

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After administrators refused to release the budget to the public in the fall, Kenton Stalder, a Student Government Administration legislator and student activist, leaked the document and posted it on the Internet. Later, administrators made the budget available for viewing in the basement of Hornbake Library but offered little guidance on how to interpret the 900-page document. After 600 students marched on the administration building demanding an explanation for Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity Cordell Black’s dismissal, Provost Nariman Farvardin vowed to give students more opportunities to get involved in budgetary decisions. But little has been done — until now.

This website redesign is the most recent of the university administration’s attempts to be more open and address the concerns of students and faculty. Administrators said they hope the site will help clear up any concerns or questions the public has about the university’s budget.

President Mote’s chief of staff, Sally Koblinsky, sent out an e-mail Monday announcing the new website. She said at the end of last semester both Mote and the University Senate suggested that the site, which existed in a limited capacity, be expanded.

“He wanted to improve the community’s understanding of our budget circumstances and decisions,” she wrote.

English professor Maynard Mack said although he still opposes a reallocation listed in the Strategic Plan, he has become more trusting of the university recently, due to its increased transparency.

“I’m surprised to hear myself saying that I really do, in this area, trust the campus administration and believe that they are making the best choices possible in a terrible, terrible budget climate,” Mack wrote in an e-mail.

However, some students still believe that more can be done.

“It doesn’t mean anything is getting any better,” student activist Malcom Harris said. “Until there are structures in place that let us have a say in the budget process, they can be as transparent as they want, and it won’t do us any good.”

Koblinsky said the university will continue to facilitate an open discussion about the budget process.

for you, I like to think it shows that anybody can do mashups if they want to.”

During his first semester at West Virginia University, Gratton went to a Girl Talk concert.

“I started out just mixing songs and transitioning after I first heard Girl Talk, and I just got better as the years went on,” said Gratton.

Gratton started mashing in his dorm room, practicing whenever he had spare time between classes. Nobody showed him how to mix music, and he figured it out on his own.

Each mashup takes between six and 15 hours, he said.

“At first, I struggled a lot with transitions from one song or beat to another and learning the [computer] programs,” Gratton said.

After his first semester, he decided to transfer to this university.

And from there, his career continued to progress. He compiled a CD and independently released it. He played his first show at his CD release party in July, and he’s since played at parties, formals and clubs in Washington.

But his true passion is creating music, boasting nearly 40 mashups of his own. One of his biggest hits, he said, is a mashup he called “I Gotta Stay Silly,” which starts with an instrumental version of Alice DeeJay’s “Better Off Alone” with Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance” vocals.

With Facebook, MySpace and Youtube pages promoting his music, Gratton’s fan base continues to grow. While playing at a party at James Madison University last fall, the festivities even spiraled out of control.

“It was a crazy dance party, and the floor almost collapsed,” Gratton said. “The alarm went off, and the fire department had to come with, like, seven fire trucks. and they were evicted for the weekend. So now I always say I should put on my résumé that my dance party almost broke the floor.”

Junior civil engineering major Corinne Resch has been a fan of KnoxBox from his start. “‘I Gotta Stay Silly’ is my ring tone and alarm clock in the morning — it just puts me in a good

DJ and mashup artist Jeff Gratton a.k.a. “KnoxBox” mixes songs on his laptop. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

mood,” Resch said.

Resch said Gratton’s music is “great for people with music ADD.” “He’s always coming up with mashups with the newest

songs mixed with classics.

Like he’s got *NSync mixed up with Lil Wayne. It’s just so good,” Resch said. farrell@umdbk.com

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State economy shows improvement Governor’s higher ed budget likely safe if economy stays stable

BY AMANDA PINO Staff writer

The state’s economy may be taking a turn for the better, which is good news for higher-education funding.

In December, the state expected to bring in about $12.3 billion in funds this year from taxes and other sources. Officials announced a new estimate yesterday, and though their newest estimate is down slightly from the first one — the state now expects to earn about $66 million less — the plunge is less sharp than it has been in previous years and will likely not cause state officials to cut into the governor’s higher education budget.

Estimates for 2011 are holding steady. “[The economy’s] getting worse more slowly,” said state policy analyst Warren Deschenaux, who added that though some people were starting to predict the end of the state’s budget crunch, he didn’t want to “jinx it.”

Last year, officials overestimated the 2009 budget by $446 million and the 2010 budget by $716 million, forcing Gov. Martin O’Malley to slash hundreds of millions from his 2009 budget.

At the time, university officials feared

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Sachs gave a speech before the floor opened for debate, in which he promised to attend all future meetings and reprimanded those spearheading the impeachment initiative for bringing personal biases into the organization.

“We all look ridiculous at the moment for entertaining this charade. It’s hurting our credibility,” he said.

Others echoed him, saying the attention paid to technicalities as opposed to Sachs’ contributions was petty. Sachs has missed 13 SGA meetings without excuse this year.

“I do not think those absences alone should warrant impeachment,” SGA representative Brian Lentz said. “His purpose is to develop relationships and push student initiatives.”

these cuts would translate to huge decreases in higher- education funding.

This year, the mood is more optimistic.

“Past downward revisions in revenue estimates have been much greater,” university lobbyist Ross Stern said. “At least it’s not a couple hundred million dollars.”

Delegate John Bohanan (D-St. Mary’s), who has been a strong advocate for higher-education funding, said $66 million is a relatively small part of the state’s budget, and the best news is the state is expected to maintain steady growth into the next year.

“The good news that I saw today is that for the first time in quite a while, we didn’t have additional markdowns for the next fiscal year; they’ve left it alone,” he said. “We expected 3.1 percent growth, and we’re staying that way.”

The Department of Legislative Services has counseled committee members to cut several million dollars from the University System of Maryland in the past months.

Deschenaux, the director for the Office of Policy Analysis in the state’s Department of Legislative Services, noted

Leonardtown legislator Andre Beasley said other SGA legislators should be held to the same standards and held accountable for shirking other duties like compiling outreach reports.

Neglecting this responsibility, he said, is equal to one absence.

“We have to apply these rules equally, and we have to apply them to everybody in the organization,” Beasley said.

But while Sachs had 13 absences, no other SGA representative had close to half that, according to SGA records.

Senior Vice President Elliott Morris said he found Sachs’ absences “personally offensive” and minimized consequences of voting to impeach Sachs.

“All you are agreeing is to say someone should look into his attendance record,” he said to the legislature. “Do your job.”

Although Sachs walked away from the meeting scot-free, arts and humanities legislator Kenton Stalder, who made the

the drop in expected revenue for 2010 wouldn’t effect the ongoing discussions about the university’s budget.

“It’s not likely to have much impact at all,” Deschenaux said. “The governor’s budget proposal provides enough fund balance to absorb that ... whatever happens to higher ed. won’t be because of today’s estimate.”

Carol Novella, assistant director of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, said the state expects to make less money than originally predicted for the remainder of 2010 largely because of onetime occurrences, such as the snowstorm, which caused a big drop in the amount of money the state was able to raise from the lottery ticket sales tax.

“No one is going to run out to buy lottery tickets during a snowstorm,” she said.

Novella added, because of the recession, the state also made less money from income taxes. In a yearly letter to the governor’s office, the Bureau of Revenue Estimates pointed out the recession will have lingering effects on the state’s economy in the future. apino@umdbk.com

EDUCATOR from page 1 female-only group leading a discussion to a male-and-female group. It was a complete change in perspective.”

Since joining the program in the fall, Hinson has been instrumental in designing the new male-only program. It was unveiled last week as Hinson and a female partner presented to a test audience, in order to gauge how effective their teaching methods would be.

Organizers laud Hinson’s input and support for making the program a reality. And Hinson, who said he decided to become an educator to address the lack of sexual knowledge among his male peers, said it couldn’t be more necessary.

“As a male on campus I have firsthand experience on how males on campus are feeling,” he said. “There is not that many resources on campus for guys to talk about their sexual health — there is a lot for women, but men do not have a place for dialogue.”

About one in four sexually active individuals under the age of 24 will contract a sexually transmitted disease every year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Studies have shown that more open communication about sex between partners is directly linked with increased use of contraception, accord-

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motion to impeach Sachs, said he was OK with the outcome.

“I think the point was made,” Stalder said. “I think the motion was successful, and I’m content with the results.”

Sachs said he’s glad it’s over.

“I’m excited about moving forward,” he said. “And I think that’s the best I can do.”

expressing concern about what they characterize as rowdy behavior,” Remington said.

Tom Madigan, who completed his degree in 2007 but began his education at the university in the ’90s, started a Facebook group called “I love the Terps and I don’t burn things,” in response to last Wednesday’s chaos.

“I just got tired of apologizing for my school instead of celebrating it the day after a big win,” Madigan wrote in an e-mail. “I have a deep respect for the school and its people, and I know many of them feel the way I do — they don’t want the rioters to be the face of the university.”

The group, which had about 200 members as of last night, is described as being for Terp fans who “show it without rioting.” In contrast, the group “Rioting and Basketball...THAT’S WHAT

“There is not many resources on-campus for guys to talk about their sexual health.”

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ing to The Journal of Adolescent Health.

“There is just this expectation that men know what to do, that they know how to put on a condom, which contraceptive to use for what, but there is a lot of misinformation,” said peer-educator and junior women studies major Sarah Manasevit. “We have to go in to fill in the gaps.”

During the planning stages, Hinson guided the group in incorporating what men needed to know — like, a drunken nod doesn’t constitute consent — as well as what they’re interested in.

Of 29 applicants the peer-education program received last semester, only three were men. Of the three, one didn’t make the cut and the other dropped out, leaving Hinson as the last man standing.

“One guy can completely carry the weight of the issue if he is the right guy,” Matson said. “[Hinson] is the right guy.” ndesmarattes@umdbk.com

MARYLAND DOES!” had 91 members.

Madigan said he and other alumni are concerned about the riot’s negative impact on the university’s image.

“The rioting makes a great university look amateurish, undisciplined and, frankly, stupid,” he wrote. “For anybody who loves the Terps, beating Duke is a beautiful thing, but it’s hardly unique in the school’s history, and the few people who can’t control themselves are the face that’s presented to the rest of the country.”

More than embarrassment, some alumni said they felt disheartened that the riot obscured all of the good things the university has to offer.

“It was really embarrassing to see, like when your kids act up when you have company over,” said Sue Heuver, who graduated from the university in 1988. “It’s disappointing because I know what a good place it is.”

Other alumni said although

they won’t stop donating, the incident made them question whether they would want their children to attend the school.

“I’ll still give to the university because it’s where my wife and I went,” 1985 alumnus John Roeder said. “We love the university, and riots go pretty far back. But it makes us wonder for our daughter — is it a safe place to go?”

Students aren’t the only ones alumni are disappointed in, however. Alumni were also upset by police, who met students on Route 1 in full riot gear Wednesday night. Afterward, students reported several incidents of what they characterized as acts of excessive force by police.

“I was unhappy with the students but also how it was resolved by the police,” Heuver said. “I’d send a letter saying, ‘This isn’t the kind of thing I want to support; let’s get it together.’” redding@umdbk.com

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week after the first riot in four years shook downtown College Park, complaints levied against them, from excessive force to the harassment of the dust is finally beginning to settle. And in the light of day, an image arrested students, has been met with indifference, as if they see no real problem.

While violence is sometimes necessary when confronting dangerous crimiis beginning to form: a police department prone to violence and a blemnals, county police should reevaluate how they deal with excited college stuish on the university’s reputation that could have been avoided.

After the violence that erupted on Route 1 following the Terps’ victory over dents. Because of the riots of years past, police are always prepared for action Duke, we criticized both students and police. Students were foolish to flood into when the Terps face Duke. But as the bloodstained sidewalks and disturbing the streets and block traffic, while police in riot gear stood by ready for a fight. footage from last week should teach us, the riot police did not stop the mayhem; And police decided to use force instead of brains to clear the scene. But while they perpetuated it and led students to act out in retaliation. Concrete steps must some students certainly provoked police, the accusations against Prince be taken to prevent the chaos that unfolded on Route 1 last week, and that cannot be done unless police consider reality.

George’s County Police paint a picture of officers on a power The fact is when one of the university’s sports teams expetrip bloodying bystanders indiscriminately. riences a thrilling victory, students are going to celebrate.

One of the arrested students claimed he was on his way to Santa Fe Café when he was handcuffed. He said officers There are better ways for And you can bet they’ll celebrate where drinks are cheap.

One of the reasons police say they moved in was because the taunted him and other arrested students while they sat in handcuffs at Ritchie Coliseum. When asking to use the bath- police to deal with celebrat- crowd had essentially shut down Route 1. But instead of closing down Route 1 with riot-clad police beating students, the room, they were told to “piss their pants.” And in yesterday’s ing students than last area of Route 1 that houses most of the bars frequented by Washington Post, a College Park homeowner relayed the week’ s display of violence. students should have been preemptively shut down to autostory of how he was riding his bike back from the game and mobile traffic. Rather than macing guilty and innocent stuwas charged at by an officer brandishing a nightstick.

The actions of county police only perpetuate a long-standing reputation of a dents alike, police could have ensured traffic continued to flow via alternate department that finds violence a sensible solution to most problems. Last routes until the crowd inevitably dissipated.

While there have been initiatives in the past to provide an outlet for students to semester, county police killed a man described as having mental problems armed with two knives inside a 7-Eleven after he lunged at a police dog; police let out their enthusiasm, the reality is that most students prefer to celebrate with shot him multiple times. At one point, the department had gotten so out of a beer in hand. Unless the Student Government Association decides to provide hand that the U.S. Department of Justice was forced to issue a formal com- keggers to students, police and the university must realize students will continue to pour onto Route 1 after an exciting victory no matter how many times officers plaint against them in 2004.

This is the profile of a department that shoots (or beats) first, long before they bang their batons against their shields. It is up to them to decide if they will use think of the consequences. In the days since last week’s riot, the department has violence to quell those crowds or use creative thinking. County police’s reputarefused to release the names of students arrested. Their attitude toward the tion may not be on the line, but the university’s is.

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SHRUTI

RASTOGI problem is there is no similar holiday to celebrate the same beauty in men — that is, until now.

As a feminist, I believe in equality. If there is a Skirt Day — and let’s face it, the boys around here don’t exactly wear kilts — I decree there should also be a celebration of “Shirtless Man Day.” We all like to look at pretty things, that’s just real talk. And those of you who have ever found the male form pleasing, I ask this question: Attractive, shirtless men look good, right? I mean stop-in-your-tracks-to-gaze-and-smile-toyourself good. Don’t lie.

I’m not going to deny that Skirt Day is stupid and focuses on male chauvin-

Mike DiMarco is a senior English major.

He can be reached at dimarco@umdbk.com.

Ned Curry is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at ecurry2@umd.edu.

Girls may care about personality, but if we don’t know anything about you other than you look good shirtless, we’re going to sit back, relax and enjoy.

Also, I just want to point out that this holiday is not limited to girls but to anyone who finds the male form pleasing.

Queer-friendly zone, please.

So you know what? Snowmageddon happened, and it sucked. But, now that spring has sprung — and trust me, it’s definitely sprung — I’m going to enjoy shedding my outer layers and revel in the delightful consequences of others doing the same.

You shirtless track boys keep it up.

Boys with the really hairy chests and back, do your thing (it looks like you’re wearing a shirt anyway). It doesn’t matter if you look at skirt, no shirt or both.

Please, just don’t be creepy.

Shruti Rastogi is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at rastogi@umdbk.com.

Farrah Fawcett: Deserving a better goodbye UNDERDOG(S) OF THE WEEK

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don’t watch the Oscars. I used to, but recently I decided spending three hours of my life watching a spectacle devoted to padding the egos of a bunch of millionaires, accompanied by a handful of overly PC — and thus downright lame — jokes was not the best way to spend my time. Add to that the fact that more often than not I have only heard of a handful of the movies that are nominated and generally only enjoyed one or two. Maybe that’s because I have discriminating taste or maybe it’s because I’m an angry loner who is jealous of any successes other people have, who knows?

To be honest, there are really only a couple of redeeming aspects of these ridiculous awards. One is the fact that the awards still take the time to honor the people who work behind the scenes. The graphic designers, the ani-

mators, the wardrobe specialists extraordinaire — they deserve to have their moment in the sun. The problem is that the majority of these awards are being shuffled away to the pre-ceremony, so as not to distract the public from the beautiful elite they know and love.

So, the one and only true genuine aspect left in the Oscars, in my opinion, is the “In Memoriam” section. Up until this year, that is. This, of course, is when we look back and remember those film legends we have lost in the last year, and we either say “aww,” or “who the f--is that?” Well, like I said before, up until this year this section of the Oscars was my favorite, but as is becoming the norm with Hollywood these days, they decided this year to take a crap on any shred of respect I had left for them.

What, you ask, could strike such contempt into my soul? Well, folks, this year

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DIMARCO when narrowing the field of passed celebs that were to be honored in the tribute, the Academy decided to cut the one woman who deserved it the most: Farrah Fawcett. I mean, did any celebrity in 2009 have near as much bad luck fall on their plate as Farrah? She underwent an extended struggle with anal cancer that she eventually lost, and on top of it all, the day she died just happened to be the same day that one of the most well-known and controversial figures of our century died. Farrah never got the chance to be remembered by the public because her death was second-best that day. Hers was the Scottie Pippen of celebrity deaths, and now

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she’s been overlooked again.

The Academy’s explanation for snubbing my girl Farrah was that she was better known as a TV personality than as a film actress. Sure, most of her career was on TV and surely she will always be an Angel in our minds, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t have a solid film career. Fawcett’s filmography includes nearly 20 credits. Yes, one of those credits was a direct-to-VHS film produced by Playboy, but one of them is also that crazy trippy cult classic Logan’s Run, so ... there you go.

Maybe I’m speaking out of bias since I never quite made it out of adolescence, but if the Academy can make room to remember country singer/Western Bmovie actor Monte Hale, they damn sure should be able to spare a few moments for Farrah.

Shirtless Man Day: An equal-opportunity holiday ism, but as the creator of Shirtless Man Day, I say we return to a simpler time of when we just enjoyed the beauty of a fellow human being. I mean, why do the legs in skirts always have to be the ones being watched? It doesn’t make sense when you think about how much more socially acceptable it is for men to bare their skin. Let’s be real: A man could run around the mall playing Frisbee in naught but a tiny pair of red shorts resembling skivvies, and I guarantee most people won’t call him a slut.

Rob argued with me and tried to say that girls find men attractive in different ways than just physically. “Girls find more things on guys attractive, like, ‘oh he has nice eyes.’”

Guys, on the other hand, like girls’ — and I quote — “Face, boobs, butt.”

Your point, Rob? If anything, that works in a guy’s favor. According to your logic, more shirtless guys have the opportunity to be found attractive by the opposite sex than girls in skirts.

NED CURRY s a self-identifying constitutionalist, I have many thoughts about how to make the America of 2010 look more like the America the Founders envisioned in 1789. Last year, I had a column in this paper about how the wars our nation fights should be declared by Congress, as the Constitution states, rather than decided by our president, as is the practice since the Korean War. This time, I’m focusing on a constitutional amendment that I believe should be repealed.

The amendment is the 17th, and you probably have never heard of it. The amendment changes Article I, Section III of the Constitution so that the Senate is “elected by the people thereof” rather than “chosen by the legislature thereof.” Simply put, it allows for the direct election of senators by the people of each state.

But this is not what the Founding Fathers wanted for the Senate.

For the first 124 years of our Constitution, senators were elected by each state’s legislature. On the surface, to repeal the 17th Amendment would take power away from the people. Voters, after all, would no longer be able to directly vote for their respective senators. Yet, the reality is that by returning this power to each state’s legislature, the interests of Americans will be ser ved much more effectively.

There were those who recognized this fact when the 17th Amendment was under debate. In 1894, Rep. Franklin Bartlett (DN.Y.), argued, “the framers of the Constitution, were they present in this House today, would inevitably regard this resolution [17th Amendment] as a most direct blow at the doctrine of State’s rights and at the integrity of the State sovereignties.”

To put this in a modern context, repealing the 17th Amendment would take power from individual senators and put it into the hands of the states. Senators elected by state legislatures would be much less likely to pass bills burdening states with unfunded federal mandates. Whether it be laws such as the No Child Left Behind Act or calls for war that involve the National Guard, the Senate would be less likely to cede its power to the president and the federal government if it was accountable to its state’s legislature.

Furthermore, currently senators are wary of alienating special interest groups because they fund their reelection campaigns.

Repealing the 17th Amendment would make senators wary of alienating their state instead because their state legislature put them in power. With no popular election, the threat of millions of campaign dollars used for or against senators would be nullified by their state’s legislature.

The repeal of the 17th Amendment is not a Republican or Democratic issue. It is an American one.

In 2004, Sen. Zell Miller, who switched to the Republican Party after serving 27 years as a Democratic lieutenant governor, governor and senator, proposed a bill in the Senate to repeal the 17th Amendment. In his speech, he lamented, “The 17th Amendment was the death of the careful balance between state and federal governments … the two governments would be in competition with each other and neither could abuse or threaten the other. …

Today, state governments have to stand in line.

They are just another one of many, many special interests that try to get senators to listen to them. And they are at an extreme disadvantage because they have no PAC.” The states of our country should never have to wait in line behind the National Rifle Association or Planned Parenthood to be heard by our federal government — the states are our federal government. It’s time Americans realized this. Our Founders did.

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s my fellow columnist Rob Gindes, and others before him, has championed the idea of Skirt Day at the university, I’ve pondered what exactly about this proposal I found so offensive.

On one hand, I feel Rob and others like him are seriously misguided. The day should be called Sundress Day because everyone knows sundresses beat out skirts any day. And really, it’s all just a bit of fun, right? Girls are enjoying their skirts and others are enjoying them enjoying the skirts, which actually ... sounds kinda creepy. The fact remains: Skirt Day or not, people would still take part in the festivities.

But really. I’m not upset about Skirt Day’s occurrence — more about its celebration.

People may argue about the superficiality and degrading nature of Skirt Day. But at the end of the day, it’s still just all talk. I want a real solution. I’ve come to the conclusion that my real

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Land of the lost Hot Tub Time Machine tests the limits of bro-centric comedy

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By now it is a law of nature that even the tiniest successes in Hollywood must be repackaged and sold to the slobbering masses again as a slightly different product. This tendency worked out quite well for the Judd Apatow canon as the films evolved instead of providing diminishing returns, reaching the apex of their maturity with 2009’s Funny People.

To those of you looking forward to the spawn of the new comedy queen bee, The Hangover, be very worried. Hot Tub Time Machine is just such a film and it almost makes one pine for the days that four aging guys on a bender was not an acceptable premise.

Individually, each of the cast members has something to boast about on their résumés.

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The Office’s Darryl Philbin.

Now, he struggles to bring depth to Nick, a former musician who takes care of rich people’s dogs by day and goes home to a cheating, domineering wife by night.

John Cusack (2012) appears to be on a mission to end his career as he continues his streak of choosing critical flops, appearing in the film as Adam, an emotionally neutered insurance salesman recently dumped by his girlfriend. In his basement resides his MMORPGobsessed nephew Jacob (Clark Duke, Sex Drive) whose existence on the Internet governs his every action.

Finally, there is Lou (Rob Corddry, Taking Chances) who is a combination of Corddry’s obnoxious, arrogant Daily Show persona and every jackass in every movie ever. It is his attempted suicide that spurs his long separated group of

friends to reconnect at a decrepit ski lodge they frequented in their youth.

Anyone who can read the title knows what happens next.

The unabashedly B-movie influenced trick of reducing the film to its essential crude elements (Knocked Up, Dodgeball, Pineapple Express) is worth it only when the seeming simplicity of the conceit is overcome by some combination of skill and meaning.

Needless to say, there is nothing in Hot Tub Time Machine other than what’s suggested by the title. Fortunately, screenwriters Josh Heald and Sex Drive’s Sean Anders are smart enough to stay far, far away from the tortured metaphysics of time travel. Instead, they simply have Nick, Adam and Lou and inhabit whatever bodies they had in their mid ‘80s heyday, with Jacob’s presence poorly explained.

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To the audience, they look like their failed, adult selves, but to everyone in the movie they look younger, more virile and hopeful. A few fun questions arise: Is it cheating if you — in your 18-year-old body — have sex with somebody who is not your future wife? Is it statutory rape if your body is young but your mind is middle aged?

Mixed in with these fun, little complications are far lower ones. It would surely be a crime if director Steve Pink (Accepted) did not get some sort of discount on mass quantities of projectile vomit and

prop drugs, since both are splashed around as a sort of Neanderthal shorthand for the state of the characters.

When they are sad or trying to have fun, they somehow down bottles of vodka, gallons of energy drinks and most impossibly, bags full of ‘shrooms. If something really fun or disgusting happens, the vomit is dispensed without hesitation.

The filmmakers also attempt to mine the current culture’s fascination with the ‘80s, but there is barely enough material to fill a Saturday Night Live skit.

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CARROLL from page 8 Carroll said. “In their eyes, hopefully I did good. ... It’s real important for me to do the drills out here to show them I can still move and I’m completely healed from my injury.”

Carroll broke his right tibia in a Sept. 12 game against James Madison, the Terps’ second game of the 2009 season.

Because Campbell recorded a 40-yard dash time of 4.85 and 34 bench press reps at 225 pounds during his much publicized combine workout, he only participated in position specific drills at yesterday’s event. But scouts, seeking further verification of last week’s eye-popping performance, still surrounded him when he ran one-on-one with former Terp offensive lineman Phil Costa.

“People are here to watch him to continue with what he’s done,” Courtright said. “He’s done some great things in terms of his athletic ability and that kind of thing. ... It’s just another opportunity for us to see him.”

Defensive linemen Jared Harrell and Travis Ivey, running back/fullback Cory Jack-

son, safety Terrell Skinner, quarterback Chris Turner and cornerback Anthony Wiseman also participated.

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“I think we’ve got a bunch of guys that could make teams in some capacity, whether it’s draft or free agency,” Franklin said. “However they get there, the most important thing is that they get there. Being drafted is nice, but sometimes it’s better to go free agent and go where you want and have the best chance of making a team instead of getting drafted real late.”

Richard Shelton, a Tennessee Titans scout, said yesterday’s event, while helpful, doesn’t always relate to how the draft will play out.

“It’s kind of hard to say, because each team needs to fill their needs — some team might need a linebacker, and some team might need a free safety,” he said. “It’s not rocket science, and sometimes we guess. And sometimes we guess wrong.”

Franklin agreed, saying, “You never know, because all

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“I called [Spencer] and said that I had a couple of pretty good players,” said Liukko, who had coached Laine since he was a toddler. “I wanted them to go to a good school with a good tennis program, and I knew [Spencer] would do a good job helping them reach their potential.”

That potential can already be seen on the court. Laine is currently ranked No. 122 nationally in singles and is undefeated in singles matches in his freshman campaign. Kiuru is not far behind, as his lone singles loss came in the Terps’ Feb. 7 loss to Penn State.

The Finnish pair, who have been described as excellent students by both Spencer and Liukko, did not have the opportunity to advance both their tennis and academic careers in their home countries.

Unlike in the United States, universities in Finland do not have school-affiliated athletic programs. Liukko said the academic intensity of Finnish schools would have made it nearly impossible for Laine and Kiuru to continue their tennis careers.

There have been bumps in the academic road for the freshmen, whose transition to the university has largely been smooth.

“It’s a lot of work when you combine practice with your studies, especially arriving in the spring,” Laine said, referencing the team’s more stringent schedule during the spring semester.

“And even though we can speak English well, it’s much different reading it. It takes us much more time to read everything we need to read for all of our classes.”

Laine and Kiuru, who are roommates, also mentioned some difficulty keeping in touch with their families, with Finland in a time zone seven hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.

The Finnish duo traveled internationally for much of their amateur careers, which helped them quickly adapt to life in a new country.

They were immediately accepted by the Terps, a tightknit squad whose members sported shaved heads in a show

Freshman Tommy Laine is 15-0 this season. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

of camaraderie during yesterday’s match.

“The other guys did a terrific job with helping them assimilate,” Spencer said, noting that Laine’s and Kiuru’s teammates taught them how to get around the campus in January. “The guys showed them where their classes were going to be, and they’ve really helped make them feel comfortable.”

Laine, Kiuru and the Terps earned their first national ranking of 2010 with their solid start, coming in at No. 73 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s most recent polls.

They will hope to ride that momentum into ACC play, as they finished up their nonconference schedule yesterday. And the going will only get tougher: The Terps’ remaining 10 matches come against ACC foes in the top 50 nationally.

The Terps did beat Boston College to open up conference play on Feb. 19.

Kiuru and Laine welcome the challenge the ACC brings.

“It’s going to be a lot tougher, that’s for sure,” Kiuru said. “But we’re ready for the tough matches. We’ve come out hot, but the challenge has not been so tough. We’re ready for the big boys.”

When asked if they were excited to strut their stuff against the ACC’s powerhouses, Kiuru and Laine smiled and looked at each other.

“Absolutely,” they answered in unison. cwalsh@umdbk.com

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ers he specifically came to watch at this university. Carroll is projected as a mid- to late-round pick by most draft analysts.

Carroll just hopes he made a good impression on any one of the scouts in attendance, leading to a possible phone call during the three-day NFL Draft in April.

“I hope it did [help my draft status]. I tried to do everything they told me do, coming off the injury,”

When coach Kyle Spencer took the helm of the Terrapin men’s tennis team in June, he brought a new energy to a program that had been mired in mediocrity for years.

He also brought the experience he had gained during his three-year stint as an assistant coach for Baylor, a team that never failed to reach the national quarterfinals during Spencer’s time there.

His most valuable contributions to the program, however, did not arrive until January, when freshmen Tommy Laine and Jesse Kiuru joined the Terps as Spencer’s lone recruits on the team’s current roster.

Natives of Finland, Laine and Kiuru had never lived outside their home country before they arrived on the campus two months ago.

“Tommy and Jesse have brought a lot to our program in just two short months,” Spencer said. “They fit right in with the other guys, and they’ve been able to adjust to both living in a new country and balancing their studies with tennis every day.”

Laine and Kiuru have been the most consistent contributors for a Terps team that, with its win against Delaware yesterday, has jumped out to its best start since 1986. The Terps improved to 13-2 with yesterday’s rout, with Laine and Kiuru providing the most drama with a tiebreak victory at No. 1 doubles.

The pair, who had played together in occasional professional tournaments during recent years in Finland, have been at No. 1 doubles in most matches since the Terps’ Feb. 12 match against UNC-Greensboro.

Laine and Kiuru are 11-2 in doubles matches, with their lone losses coming at the hands of ranked tandems.

“So far, so good,” Kiuru said. “We’ve been playing together since we were 12 — even together in doubles a few times — so that’s definitely helped.”

Spencer first heard about Laine and Kiuru in August, when their coach, Ville Liukko, contacted him in hopes of allowing the young men

see CARROLL, page 7

see TENNIS, page 7

Former Terps’ cornerback Nolan Carroll, who sat out most of last season with a broken tibia, ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash during yesterday’s Terps’ Pro Timing Day in front of a host of NFL scouts and talent evaluators. STEVEN OVERLY/THE DIAMONDBACK

Healthy Carroll shows his stuff Former Terp uses team’s pro day to get back on NFL radar

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Staff writer

As former Terrapin offensive lineman Bruce Campbell put up monster numbers at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Feb. 27, Nolan Carroll could only watch and cheer on his old teammate.

The 6-foot-1, 202-pound cornerback was forced into a spectator role, not yet comfortable enough to participate in drills after a broken leg sidelined him for the majority of

his senior season.

But at yesterday’s Terps’ Pro Timing Day, where scouts from more than half of the NFL’s teams were in attendance, Carroll put his name back into consideration.

Carroll, who was one of 12 former Terp players to participate in the event, did 17 bench press reps at 225 pounds, recorded a vertical jump of 37.5 inches and ran the 40yard dash in the 4.3-second range.

Scouts at the event timed Carroll from 4.33 to 4.38 seconds. His offi-

cial time was 4.39 seconds.

“A guy like Nolan Carroll, I think it’s a very important opportunity for him, because of his injury last year, to show the people what he’s really capable of doing,” coach Ralph Friedgen said. “He hasn’t had the chance to really show what he can do because of his injury, so this is kind of a critical time for him.”

Arizona Cardinals’ assistant defensive backs coach Rick Courtright admitted that Carroll, along with Campbell, was one of the play-

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COVER STORY | The Terrapin men’s basketball team heads to Greensboro, N.C., after winning a share of the league’s regular season title. But in the heart of ACC country, do the Terps have what it takes to win their fourth conference tournament championship? | PAGE 4

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Duke is the No. 1 seed, and the Terps could face No. 3 seed Florida State in Saturday’s semifinal. | PAGE 3

Forward Landon Milbourne rarely played during his freshman season. Now, he’s one of the Terps’ key cogs. | PAGE 5

Senior guard Greivis Vasquez shares the motivation behind his signature on-court dance move. | PAGE 7

Led by Len Bias, the Lefty Driesell-coached Terps beat Duke for the ACC title in Greensboro in 1984. | PAGE 7

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Terps head to heart of Tobacco Road Greensboro set to host 22nd tourney

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Coach Gary Williams is looking for his second ACC Tournament championship this weekend. His first came at the Greensboro Coliseum in 2004. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

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When the Terrapin men’s basketball team steps onto the court at the Greensboro Coliseum in their first ACC Tournament game tomorrow, its players will have good memories associated with the 51-year old arena.

Many have credited a 97-63 throttling of UNC-Greensboro there on Jan. 3 as a turning point in the Terps’ season before their unlikely run to a share of the ACC regular season title.

But for longtime ACC fans, the return to Greensboro, N.C., invokes good feelings for a different reason. For the year-end tournament, which has been held annually since 1954, the venue is its most consistent home.

Even if Terp players don’t understand that history when the tournament kicks off for the 22nd time at the Greensboro Coliseum today, there will be plenty of people who appreciate the event’s unique mystique.

Playing the tournament at the arena nestled in the heart of ACC country and just miles from the conference’s headquarters provides an interesting dynamic for local teams and squads with a longer commute, such as the Terps.

“I think Greensboro brings everybody together,” said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who relishes the opportunity to make the roughly 50-mile trip from Durham, N.C. “There are fans there from all the schools, and I just think it’s just a very special place to have it.”

Tradition plays a major role in the conference’s attraction to Greensboro as its go-to site.

Past tournament MVPs at the arena, which underwent a major overhaul and expansion in the early 1990s, include North Carolina’s James Worthy, Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan and former Terps Len Bias and Albert King. The Terps last won the tournament championship in 2004, when John Gilchrist’s weekend scoring binge lifted the team to an unlikely title. After upsetting No. 1 seed Duke in overtime in the final, Gilchrist famously celebrated on the court with a Maryland state flag.

Four different ACC squads played nonconference games against UNC-Greensboro at the arena this season in order to get a feel for the court and sightlines.

According to Clemson coach Oliver Purnell, it might take actually playing in the tournament to understand why the atmosphere feels a little different than in past year’s venues. Last season, the tournament was played in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, a football stadium.

“I don’t think they get that right now this second,” said Purnell, whose Tigers beat UNC-Greensboro 89-67 earlier this season at the arena. “But I think as you get up there and start reading some things about the tournament and start to think about the tournament, I think they will get some sense of that [history.]”

Greensboro’s experience putting on the event is another reason the tournament keeps coming back, according to Karl

Hicks, the ACC’s associate commissioner for men’s basketball operations.

The tournament will return to Greensboro, which dubs itself “Tournament Town,” in five of the next six years.

Hicks said although tournaments in other traditional ACC cities have “gone exceedingly well,” Greensboro’s location and ready-made infrastructure as far as organizing volunteers remain key to conference athletic directors, who vote where to award the event.

“I think what happens as a result of that history is an expertise has developed in Greensboro,” Hicks said in a phone interview.

That central location — close to the fan bases of the conference’s four North Carolina schools — remains something the rest of the league must account for.

Terps’ forward Landon Milbourne said the team hasn’t thought about the tournament atmosphere. But the Terps know they will face a hostile crowd if they run into one of those schools.

The Terps would open up tournament play against North Carolina if the Tar Heels upset Georgia Tech tonight.

“We’re just going to take it as an away game,” Milbourne said of the tournament as a whole. “We’re going to take it as trying to go out there and getting a road win really. It’ll be kinda like home for a couple of these teams.”

On the other hand, longtime Terrapin radio play-by-play man Johnny Holliday, who will be calling his 31st ACC Tournament, said there’s nothing like beating a North Carolina school in Greensboro, citing the 2004 ACC Championship game.

Holliday said he wishes the tournament would migrate north again, as it did in 2005 when it came to Verizon Center in downtown Washington. But Holliday still appreciates the inherent charm of calling the tournament on Tobacco Road.

If the seeds hold and the No. 2 seed Terps make it to the Sunday final against No. 1 seed Duke, Holliday expects the faithful from the local schools to turn against the hated Blue Devils.

“If that match-up happens, I just expect the crowd will be a tremendous boost for Maryland,” Holliday said. “That would be a fun one.”

In the end, coach Gary Williams said he doesn’t get especially attached to any of the various venues that have housed the tournament during his 21-year run on the Terps’ bench.

When Williams played, the tournament was held in Reynolds Coliseum on the N.C. State campus in Raleigh, N.C. The tournament, which Duke and North Carolina have dominated in recent years, was tough to win then, and it’s tough to win now — no matter the arena.

“In other words, you look at the league and who you see coming in that you might have to play and things like that,” Williams said. “That really determines how you feel about the place.” edetweiler@umdbk.com

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THEN AND NOW LANDON MILBOURNE

Afterthought to front and center Milbourne used freshman year as motivation

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

A few weeks after the Terrapin men’s basketball team fell in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, Landon Milbourne walked into Gary Williams’ Comcast Center office.

The veteran coach had a pretty good idea what was coming next.

When a young player who finished the season buried on the depth chart averaging one point per game stops by unannounced, it’s natural to start reaching for the transfer release forms.

This time, Milbourne surprised Williams with a more palatable query. Roughly, “How do I get better?”

In truth, the now-senior forward thought through his options before stopping by Williams’ office to chat about everything from what parts of his game needed the most work to where he should train over the summer. In the end, Milbourne, who now laughs about catching Williams a bit off-guard with his positive attitude, knew where he wanted to be.

Nearly three years later, it is easy for both parties to talk about the visit. With 94 starts and 1,043 more points since

then, Milbourne has long been a key cog in the Terp machine.

But lessons learned in that first season continue to push Milbourne as his career in College Park winds down.

Just the second player in ACC history to top the 1,000point mark for his career after scoring fewer than 20 points as a freshman, Milbourne’s continued improvement has earned him a spot in Terps’ history as a hardworking, versatile leader and on NBA general managers’ radars.

“I wanted to be here,” Milbourne said of his attitude after his freshman season. “I wasn’t really thinking about trying to

leave. I was more trying to establish myself as a starter on this team and figure out what I had to do to get that spot.”

Before ever earning a reputation across the ACC for his work as a tough, undersized power forward, Milbourne spent his first year doing mostly scout team work, trying to improve a talented core of big guards that included seniors D.J. Strawberry and Mike Jones.

Following a successful senior season on a star-studded Oak Hill Academy squad, Milbourne showed flashes of talent as a freshman with the

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TOURNAMENT PRIMER After an at-times wild regular season, check out where all the conference’s teams stand heading into the first round of the ACC Tournament today.

No. 1 Duke (26-5, 13-3 ACC) Despite their recent loss at Comcast Center, the Blue Devils head to Greensboro, N.C., as the slight favorite to repeat as conference champions. Duke receives the majority of its production from three players: Guards Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith and forward Kyle Singler are the main offensive options, but the Blue Devils’ success will be predicated on what they get out of their role players.

No. 3 Florida State (22-8, 10-6 ACC) The Seminoles are one of the deepest teams in the conference — nine players averaging more than 10 minutes per game — and boast a talented, if inconsistent, frontcourt of Solomon Alabi and Chris Singleton. The key will be the play of mercurial guard Derwin Kitchen, the team’s most versatile player.

No. 4 Virginia Tech (23-7, 10-6 ACC) Will this finally be the year the Hokies make it off the bubble and into the NCAA Tournament?

Barring an early exit in Greensboro, it seems coach Seth Greenberg and his team will get over the hump this season. Virginia Tech has three legitimate scoring options in Malcolm Delaney, Dorenzo Hudson and Jeff Allen.

The Terps could see Georgia Tech guard Iman Shumpert and the No. 7 seed Yellow Jackets in tomorrow’s quarterfinal round in Greensboro, N.C. STEVEN OVERLY/THE DIAMONDBACK

No. 5 Wake Forest (19-9, 9-7 ACC)

No. 9 Virginia (14-15, 5-11 ACC)

After spending most of the season comfortably in the conference’s top four, the Demon Deacons stumbled down the stretch, losing four of their last five. Demon Deacons star Al-Farouq Aminu has been slumping lately and will need to get back on track if coach Dino Gaudio’s team is going to make a run in Greensboro.

The Cavaliers and new coach Tony Bennett started 3-0 in conference play.

But coaching could only carry their undermanned roster so far. They finished the season on a nine-game losing streak and Bennett suspended guard Sylven Landesberg for the rest of the season.

No. 6 Clemson (21-9, 9-7 ACC)

No. 10 North Carolina (16-15, 5-11 ACC)

As seems to be the case every year with coach Oliver Purnell’s team, Clemson got off to a hot start with a mediocre nonconference schedule before evening out in ACC play. Guards Andre Young and Demontez Stitt have had their moments this season, but the Tigers will only go as far as star forward Trevor Booker takes them.

By now, everyone is well aware of the season-long struggles for coach Roy Williams and his young team. Only a conference championship will afford the Tar Heels a shot at repeating as national champs. The team will be without star forward Ed Davis and is in desperate need of a primary ballhandler.

No. 7 Georgia Tech (19-11, 7-9 ACC)

No. 11 N.C. State (17-14, 5-11 ACC)

In October, many pegged the Yellow Jackets as their sleeper pick to win the conference. After a full season, the jury is still out. Paul Hewitt’s team owns a high-profile win over Duke and nearly beat the Terps in College Park. The team is loaded with talent, led by forwards Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors, but needs to take better care of the ball.

It has been yet another trying season for the Wolfpack, who will likely miss the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. Led by forward Tracy Smith, N.C. State could surprise Clemson, who beat them in Raleigh, N.C., 73-70, on Jan. 16.

No. 8 Boston College (15-15, 6-10 ACC)

No. 12 Miami (18-12, 4-12 ACC)

The Eagles are paced by a group of capable guards and forwards. But they don’t have any legitimate post players, which has been a problem for a team that prefers to run a deliberate half-court flex offense. Joe Trapani (14.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg) and Reggie Jackson (12.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.5 apg) are two players to watch.

It’d be unfair to blame the Hurricanes’ poor season solely on their soft nonconference slate, but it might be time for coach Frank Haith to schedule some worthy opponents. It says a lot when a team can start 15-1 and end with its coach telling reporters the team likely needs one more win to reach the NIT.

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Vasquez’s shimmy has deep roots

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

Greivis Vasquez leaves the court after the Terps’ win against Georgia Tech in February. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Greivis Vasquez’s body quakes. The senior’s shoulders shake and his face contorts.

After hitting a particularly big shot, Vasquez doesn’t mask his excitement.

Becoming the first player in ACC history to record more than 2,000 points, 700 assists and 600 rebounds has earned Vasquez elite status.

After four years as a Terrapin men’s basketball player, the trademark shimmy is the newly minted ACC Player of the Year’s calling card.

At Comcast Center, the move one

former coach dubbed “The Caracas Shuffle” draws cheers. At venues across the ACC, it’s just another reason to boo, insult and jeer the fiery Venezuelan. With the ACC Tournament ready to begin today in Greensboro, N.C., a short drive from several ACC schools, some of Vasquez’s biggest critics will be in one place ready to voice their feelings about his polarizing on-court personality.

While the shimmy has gained particular attention this season — Vasquez went as far as gyrating in front of the Miami bench during a February home game — its roots stretch back much further, to Vasquez’s Venezuelan heritage.

That’s the part that Vasquez sometimes wishes his harshest ACC detractors would understand.

“It’s just something natural,” Vasquez said recently. “I’m not trying to be mean or disrespectful to anybody.

I’m just a different type of person on the court.”

Growing up, Vasquez’s favorite basketball team was the Cocodrilos de Caracas led by star forward Armando Becker. Becker liked to punctuate his biggest baskets with a similar celebration dance.

Vasquez strived to be like Becker, and he had plenty of chances to experiment. At first, he went with an airplane

celebration, similar to those sometimes used by soccer players after a goal, but his brother, Ingerman Sanoya, didn’t approve.

The shimmy, however, had more staying power.

Vasquez brought it with him to the United States when he enrolled at Montrose Christian.

Early into his time at Montrose, coach Stu Vetter said he did his best to curtail what he termed Vasquez’s “outwardly flamboyant” behavior.

Former Mustangs’ assistant coach David Adkins, a current Terp women’s

see SHIMMY, page 8

DIAMONDBACK 100 YEARS 1910 | 2010

A Terp triumph in enemy territory Editor’s note: As The Diamondback celebrates its 100year anniversary, here’s a look back at the Terrapin men’s basketball team’s championship run during the 1984 ACC Tournament, which, like this week’s event, was held at Greensboro Coliseum.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – In the cramped confines of the Greensboro Coliseum interview room, Lefty Driesell tried to explain one more time that this Atlantic Coast Conference tournament he had just won didn’t mean all that much. Just another hunk of metal for the trophy room, adorned by just another snipped-off basketball net. Just another line of type on the resume. Just another notch for the Driesell coaching belt.

That’s all.

No one believed him, of course. Not Len Bias, the tournament Most Valuable Player, who sat at Driesell’s right with his ever-present impish smile.

Driesell couldn’t even convince the local writers, who only knew the country bumpkin “You-know-I-don’t-know” side of Driesell and only the sexand-drugs side of the team Driesell coached. Not even they were about to sit still and take in all this understatement bubbling forth from Driesell’s lips.

“To tell you the truth, when we beat UCLA last year after they beat us by 27 points the year before, I had a better feeling than I do now,” Driesell said. Hey, quiet you guys in back. The man is serious.

“Of course, the significance of all this hasn’t quite soaked in

yet, I guess,” Driesell said. “I haven’t even seen the trophy yet. Do we get a trophy?”

He looked quizzically at Bias.

Bias looked quizzically back.

“Len doesn’t know either,” Driesell said.

Oh, to be ACC tournament champions, to win the Big One in front of a hostile crowd for a coach that hasn’t won the Big One in 15 tries. Who is Driesell trying to kid? He would have traded his soul for a net and a trophy and a banner years ago if he had thought for a minute that swap would bring the banner to Cole Field House.

There was a little more to it, though. Superfluous details like Dean Smith, Tom Burleson and Kenny Dennard got in the way. Until last Saturday, when the Terps ascended the ACC tournament throne for their beleaguered and beloved coach.

And everybody is suddenly a passionate follower of the University men’s basketball team.

It wasn’t that easy, of course.

Winning the ACC tournament never is.

Ticket demand for the ACC championship plummeted.

Ticket holders expecting a matchup between Sam Perkins and Ben Coleman instead found a battle between Coleman and Mark Alarie. That wasn’t quite as glamorous.

But by gametime, the Coliseum had its standard sell-out, and most of the spectators were pulling for Duke.

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cent, was one big reason Duke led, 30-27, at intermission.

There were other reasons, too. One was that Coleman had shot 2-for-6 from the floor in the first half. Adrian Branch was 3for-8. Bias had a staggering six turnovers. “[Driesell] told us at halftime that even though we played badly, we were still only three points behind,” Bias said. “He told us if we played like we can, we could win the game.”

And about those six turnovers. Herman Veal had some specific advice just for Mr. Bias.

“I told him if he can jump 43 inches in the air, why was he putting the ball on the floor?”

Veal said. “He should have just gone up with the ball.”

But all those halftime ambitions went up in smoke in the second half. Duke came out hot and slowly stretched the lead.

Dan Meagher threw in a breakaway dunk that stretched the margin to 42-34, and the redand-white portions of the crowd were very silent.

Then came the deluge, the 10 minutes of basketball Driesell was anticipating and the Terps kept promising. A 24-3 stretch that would leave the Blue Devils razzled and puzzled, depleted and defeated.

Coleman went after rebounds like a leach. Branch and Bias worked the perimeter masterfully, and Keith Gatlin handled the ball like a severaltime all-pro.

By the time Duke’s David Henderson sank a 17-footer with five minutes left, the Terps had a strangle-hold 58-47 lead, and the two best dunks of the game were still to come.

Bias had them both, naturally. The first came on a Terp breakaway, when Branch simply flipped an over-the-shoulder pass to the trailing Bias, who simply dribbled once and threw in a reverse dunk.

The second came two minutes later, with Gatlin trapped in a triple-team press. He spotted Bias on the baseline and looped him a pass. Bias again dribbled once, rose up and

Forward Len Bias dunks against Duke in the 1984 ACC Tournament Championship game in Greensboro, N.C. Bias scored 26 points on 12-for-17 shooting to give coach Lefty Driesell his only ACC Tournament title. PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

drilled home a monstrous windmill effort.

That still left room for Coleman to add the coup-de-grace, a one-handed jam off another Gatlin double-team.

And then it was over. The ACC championship was leaving the state of North Carolina for only the second time in 13 years.

Bias had his career-high 26 points and a tournament MVP trophy, Coleman had a firstteam all-tournament plaque, Branch had a second-team plaque and Gatlin had his 10 assists. And the ACC’s most famous southpaw had his beloved trophy. And the celebration was on.

In the frenzied moments that following the final horn, the col-

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iseum court resembled a jammin’ disco dance floor. First Bias and Veal paired off, then Bias did a solo number while Mark Fothergill and Jeff Baxter supplied hand-clap chorus.

Then Coleman and Branch did a two-step under the basket.

And the band played on.

Endless renditions of the Amen chorus filled the emptying coliseum as the Terps and their parents and fans danced and sang and shouted and danced some more.

But Driesell never got his shot at cutting down a net. By the time he had finished his obligatory television interviews, his ravenous players had already assaulted both ends of the court. Veal wore one net,

while the other adorned the shoulders of Bias.

But maybe that was a good omen for the Terps. After the initial hilarity had died down and shower time arrived, the Terps tried their hand at toting Driesell off the court. Remember, now, the Lefthander is a big boy. He’s 255 pounds, going on 260 with the postseason banquet circuit that is sure to follow this season.

It took the combined effort of Coleman, Fothergill, Veal and Baxter to lug the guy 10 steps before they wisely set him down. Oh well, save it for next time. Maybe they’ll get a chance in Seattle. sports@umdbk.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | ACC TOURNAMENT GUIDE | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010

MILBOURNE from page 5 Terps, including a memorable highlight-reel slam against St. John’s at Madison Square Garden. Even now, Milbourne bristles at the suggestion that he simply “disappeared” as the season went on.

But, as classmates Greivis Vasquez and Eric Hayes began their ACC education, he largely stayed on the bench. Milbourne logged one minute or less in the Terps’ final 12 games and didn’t play at all in their two NCAA Tournament contests.

“I knew he was going to be a good player,” said Strawberry, who described Milbourne as his “little brother.”

“He just needed the opportunity,” he said. “I told him to wait for his chance.”

The last three years have been about making up for that lost time.

Milbourne said Williams didn’t promise him playing time, but outlined the keys to success in his program. The 6-foot-7, 205-pounder earned a role as a starting small forward, at first. That one-pointper-game freshman scoring average — one of his coach’s most-referenced statistics throughout this season — jumped to 8.2 points per game in his second season.

Still, progress was incremental.

“I look back at my sophomore year, and it was kinda like my freshman year — just getting used to the pace, getting used to the different ways to score and play defense,” Milbourne said. “It was more of a learning experience for me.”

Last year, a lack of big men forced him into his present power forward position. More slow progress followed as he adapted to life inside. Milbourne talks freely about watching himself on tape and laughing as he tried to take the ball through players several inches taller and in most cases, much heavier.

Those associated with the program consistently say Milbourne’s toughness and determination got him through those matchups. Mil-

Forward Landon Milbourne, who consistently matches up against some of the ACC’s biggest players inside, would likely play small forward in the NBA. STEVEN OVERLY/THE DIAMONDBACK

bourne is quiet, and he said he’s fine being overshadowed

by Vasquez. But his impact on his teammates is clear.

“Landon doesn’t really stop,” forward Dino Gregory said. “I’ve never saw him, like, slow down before in my life.

He’s the Energizer Bunny out there.”

These days, those outside the program have noticed the hard work, too. In the past year, he’s started to appear on mock draft boards.

NBA general managers

would likely expect Milbourne to play small forward or possibly even guard at the next level, but Aran Smith, president of NBADraft.net, calls Milbourne “a good tweener” thanks to his experience inside and athletic ability on the perimeter.

Smith said it’s hard to measure Milbourne’s biggest asset as a guy who could possibly contribute right away off the bench doing the little things.

“When you’re building a

team, you need those glue guys,” Smith said. “You need guys that can do the dirty work, and I think he can be one of those guys. I’m intrigued with him.”

But to continue to warrant that attention, Milbourne must show he can hold up over a full season. Milbourne acknowledged that at this point last year, his body was “done.” In a recent interview, he said he was feeling good — probably boosted by the emergence of freshman for-

ward Jordan Williams, who has taken some of the inside load that undersized center Dave Neal couldn’t handle last year.

But Milbourne is averaging 6.9 points per game in the Terps’ last eight contests. Up to that point, Milbourne averaged 14.4 points for the season.

In a teleconference Monday, Gary Williams acknowledged Milbourne is “tired” and has relished the break between regular season and postseason.

As Milbourne’s career winds down, he’s had trouble putting it into perspective, but mostly because he’s not ready to.

The forward said his parents repeatedly tell him he’ll appreciate his statistical improvement down the road.

“Once you start thinking about those type of things you kinda get a little selfish and you start going on your own,” said Milbourne after a recent Terps’ practice. “That’s just not who I am.”

For now, he’s focused on being a “leader” — a word he uses copiously but pridefully when discussing his on-court achievements — down the postseason stretch.

Unlike the last time the Terps’ postseason hopes looked this promising, Milbourne knows he’ll be playing. Now, while maybe a little tired, the Georgia native is relishing his opportunity.

Before the Senior Night game against Duke last Wednesday, Gary Williams was asked to evaluate each of his seniors through their four years.

Naturally, Gary Williams’ mind jumped to that meeting, when he expected to lose his athletic young small forward.

Instead, Milbourne became a ready made example for what patience in Williams’ program can accomplish.

“He coulda transferred,” Williams said. “He coulda done anything after that freshman year because he didn’t play much. He chose to work hard and fight for playing time, and he’s turned out to be a very good player here at school.”

assistant coach, said he started understanding Vasquez’s passion early in his high school career during an appearance at the prestigious Iolani Classic in Hawaii.

Adkins advised the budding talent to demonstrate a little more humility after an early round win.

The next night, Vasquez didn’t shimmy and Montrose lost.

“I went back to Greivis and said, ‘Hey look. If doing the Caracas Shuffle is going to help us and help you play, keep doing the Caracas Shuffle,’” Adkins said.

Vasquez first busted the move as a Terp at Duke during his freshman season — a bold statement for a young player at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium.

During the last two seasons, it made sporadic appearances.

Love it or hate it, Vasquez has been more animated than ever during his senior campaign. That includes a half-shimmy that drew the ire of a hostile, and at times vulgar, Donald L. Tucker Center crowd in a Feb. 4 victor y at Florida State.

After that game, coach Gar y Williams praised his star’s passion and talked with pride about his poise given the situation.

Vasquez even punctuated the 3pointer that gave him 2,000 career points on Feb. 20 against Georgia Tech with the familiar motion.

“That’s just him as a basketball player and not him as a person,” Williams said of Vasquez’s celebration Tuesday. “There’s a big difference.”

By this point, the move, which has never been punished by a technical foul, has earned a permanent place in Vasquez’s career.

Comcast Center signs read “Gimme a Shimmy” and an intramural team name honors the famous dance.

In the months following the season, Vasquez will find out if his passionate brand of basketball can translate to the NBA. But will the shimmy go along, too?

“Maybe not my rookie year.

Maybe not my first two years,” Vasquez joked recently, flashing a mischievous grin. “But maybe after my second contract, I will do some of that.”

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