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U. Police say threat is over Officers intentionally waited to send alert about student’s arrest

BY ERIN EGAN AND QUINN KELLEY Senior staff writers

Although University Police arrested a 19-year-old student Sunday who allegedly threatened to go on a “shooting rampage,” the department waited almost 12 hours to email students about the incident — a strategic move, officers said, to ensure campuswide

panic did not ensue.

Police arrested Oakland Hall resident Alexander Song outside of Cumberland Hall at 10:06 a.m. Sunday, after receiving tips he posted “stay away from the Mall tomorrow at 1:30” and “hopefully I kill enough people to make it to national news,” on websites Omegle — an anonymous text and video chatting site — and Reddit.

University Police Chief David Mitchell held a press conference yesterday at Ritchie Coliseum to answer any lingering questions from the weekend’s incident — police officials said they received numerous calls Sunday and Monday from concerned students, parents and community

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University Police Chief David Mitchell held a press conference yesterday to answer questions about Sunday’s arrest. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Some say admin slow to address workplace issues

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BY CHAD SINCLAIR Staff writer

Although university administrators pledged to take steps to improve workplace conditions for staff members — including offering more English as a Second Language and computer skills classes — activists say they have seen little progress the last few months.

This past September, a Human Resources Working Group submitted a 62-page report addressing allegations of workplace abuse that arose in several university departments last year. The committee made several recommendations to address these issues; however, six months after the report’s release, the university’s ESOL classes have not been updated and no computer classes have been implemented.

Human Resources Director Dale Anderson said university officials are currently working to “focus” the ESOL classes and develop a curriculum for the computer courses, which he said will most likely begin sometime after spring break.

However, Solomon Comissiong —

Five new restaurants set to open within walking distance of campus

BY NICK FOLEY Staff writer

For those in fierce pursuit of falafel or in dire need of a dumpling, five new restaurants will soon open their doors within walking distance of the campus, catering to a wide variety of culinary tastes.

The owners of a Mediterranean eatery, a hot dog shop, a Miami-based Mexican chain and two new Asian restaurants have signed leases in old buildings lining Route 1 and new spaces in The Varsity apartment complex, according to College Park Economic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater.

“Each place kind of has their own style,” Stiefvater said.

“They’re all excited to be near the university.”

Roti Mediterranean Grill, which is slated to open in one of The Varsity’s retail spaces Aug. 1, will feature falafel, sandwiches, salads and Mediterranean dishes. Peter Nolan, the restaurant’s spokesman, said the Chicago-based eatery

the president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association — said he is not willing to wait for the university to take action and has developed his own committee of five volunteers to begin teaching computer programs to university employees within the next few weeks.

Comissiong said he spoke with at least nine Hispanic workers last week who said they had not been notified when the new ESOL or computer classes will begin. Many of the workers, he said, are eager to learn the skills.

“Last week I spoke with an AfroCuban housekeeper who was very adamant that if and when she is notified of these classes actually being offered, she said that she wants to take advantage of them to have an opportunity to become [promotable],” he said.

Comissiong noted he plans to add three to five more members to his committee, adding he would consider scaling back if and when administrators follow through on their promise.

“If I’m pleasantly surprised that a mass memorandum is physically distributed

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Officials defend negotiations with union System leaders say ‘meet and confer’ deal in the works for years

BY LAURA BLASEY Staff writer

Although graduate students were surprised last week when the University System of Maryland negotiated a deal with Gov. Martin O’Malley to kill legislation granting graduate students’ collective bargaining rights, system officials said the agreement has been in the works for years.

On Thursday, graduate students were set to testify before the state Sen-

ate Finance Committee in favor of the Higher Education Workforce Equity Act — a bill introduced last month by Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery) and Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery) that would give adjunct faculty, tenure-track faculty members and graduate assistants the long-sought after right to unionize.

However, Raskin pulled the legislation before the hearing because the system agreed to instead implement a “meet and confer” process —

enabling graduate students and adjunct faculty to employ union representation during meetings with administrators.

Graduate Student Government President Anna Bedford said graduate students were left out of negotiations between the system, O’Malley and the American Federation of Teachers — the union that will presumably represent graduate students, since it has

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already opened a successful location near the George Washington University campus and is well prepared to cater to the College Park crowd.

“College students are pretty worldly eaters, and our experience at GW shows that students love Mediterranean food,” Nolan said.

“We are quick and affordable, which are musts for students.”

Several doors down, ChiDogO’s — a Washington-based hot dog eatery — is scheduled to fill another space in The Varsity, offering a menu of Vienna beef hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches. While the business was scheduled to debut in February, it has yet to open its doors. Stiefvater said the restaurant should open “maybe sometime before the end of the school year.”

A ChiDogO’s representative could not be reached for comment.

Across from The Varsity heading down Navahoe Street, Irene Song, owner of Hanami Japanese Restaurant, will unveil her second Asian eatery in the Campus Village Shopping Center. Pho D’Lite will cater to fans of pho — a Vietnamese beef or chicken noodle soup — and it is slated to open in April or May, Stiefvater said.

He added that Song, who could not be reached for comment, serves as a testament to other local entrepreneurs of the city’s stabilized economy.

“That’s a good sign that she would want to open a second restaurant,” Stiefvater said.

the longest history of activity at the university. Although AFT representatives were brought in late last week as the prospect of a deal became more realistic, system lobbyist P.J. Hogan said most negotiations have been occurring between O’Malley and the system for the last year and a half. “[Being an assistant] is part of the educational experience for graduate students, and there is a wide range of adjunct faculty; some only teach one class and others are full time,” said Hogan. “Neither are permanent [faculty members], and we decided a meet-andconfer arrangement was much more appropriate.”

Under meet and confer, both constituents can create independent bodies represented by a union during meetings with administrators, but administrators still aren’t obligated to negotiate working terms with the bodies. Although the graduate assistants and adjuncts still aren’t technically union members, having union representation in these meetings will help their causes greatly, AFT representatives said.

Although graduate students are upset they weren’t included in negotiations for such a process — which did not extend to tenure-track faculty members meet-and-confer privileges — Hogan said their concerns were already examined by a system-wide task force on graduate students and adjunct

WORKPLACE from page 1 into the hands of employees saying that computer and ESOL courses are offered during work hours and are offered to everyone without penalty to attend, then it will be easy to pull back our committee,” Comissiong said. “Until we see something tangible, all of these problems will persist.”

Anderson said officials are working to expand course

District Dumpling — slated to open on Route 1 in May — will be the first restaurant in the city to offer a menu strictly devoted to Asian dumplings. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

“We’ll definitely be there to encourage people to eat there and try to give them as much support as we can.”

Heading down Route 1 onto the 7400 block, Lime Fresh Mexican Grill will occupy the space previously leased by California Tortilla, joining other popular Mexican food chains Chipotle and Austin Grill Express with an emphasis on “a lot of fresh, healthy ingredients,” Stiefvater said.

“It’s interesting that they decided to move into that space,” he said. “Perhaps they’re offering something different from the other guys.”

The Miami-based chain features 50 different hot sauce varieties and a homemade salsa bar,

with the average meal costing about $8, according to Lime Fresh PR and Marketing Manager Melissa Trimp.

Stiefvater said owners have not yet set an opening date but will begin renovations soon.

Several blocks farther downtown in the Terrapin Station strip at 7313 Baltimore Ave., District Dumpling, slated to open in May, will offer a menu heavily devoted to the Asian delicacy, making it the first of its kind in the city.

“It looks like the only place that’s strictly dumplings,” Stiefvater said. “There’s always another business that is ready to try something different.”

Several students, including

junior elementary education major Kim Collier, said despite the crop of restaurants coming to the city, the area is still missing a “good breakfast place.”

“The only place to go to is IHOP,” Collier said. “I know in D.C., there are a lot of brunch places, and I feel like that’d be really popular on the weekends [here].”

Collier said while she appreciates having more options close to her apartment building, University View, some offerings are too peculiar for her tastes.

“I mean, I’m probably not going to go to a hot dog specialty place,” Collier said. “Just not my thing.”

offerings for employees.

The university currently offers two elementary and two intermediate ESOL classes, Anderson said, because officials have only started to offer the classes to employees within the last few years — the program was discontinued six years ago — it will take time before they figure out the best means to improve them.

“As time goes on we will get an opportunity [to make improvements],” Anderson said. “We are now in a position

that we are following the programs and we are determining how effective each of the programs are and what needs to be done to make them more effective. We are going to try to focus the [ESOL] classes with many of the workplace examples that can make [workers] more effective, faster and quicker.”

He added the computer courses are nearly ready to be implemented.

“I can say we have developed the “criteria” for the basic com-

puter literacy and development class. It will cover everything from learning how to turn on a computer to learning how to look up records,” he said. “We know who these people are and we will be contacting them.”

In response to the alleged abuse by managers, Anderson said administrators are “committed to changing the culture” of work environments on campus.

“I will take action immediately if [employees] come to me,” Anderson said. “If they

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feel like they are not getting a fair hearing within their organization, they can feel that they can come to me or talk directly to [Facilities Management Director] Carlo Colella — he is anxious to hear from employees and will absolutely assure them of no reprisals.”

Comissiong said while Anderson’s stance is a good start, he has yet to see evidence that anything will be done to address specific problems. He added Anderson met with two Hispanic employees

faculty two years ago.

“A lot of what we discussed [during meet-and-confer negotiations] and the issues that were raised came from that,” he said.

Hogan added tenure-track faculty were not included because they are considered permanent employees. AFT officials had tried to negotiate tenure-track faculty into the agreement but said system officials refused, arguing they are represented sufficiently in the University Senate.

Bedford said all constituents should have had a seat at the negotiating table.

“We’re more upset by the process than by the output, and we’re definitely unhappy about being left out,” she said. “… It’s problematic that these decisions were made by groups that weren’t consulting the effected constituencies.”

Bedford said the GSG will discuss whether to use the meet-and-confer process at its meeting Friday and, if it decides to, which union it would want to represent them. Graduate assistants and adjunct faculty members who employ meet and confer can pay dues on a voluntary basis.

AFT officials said meet and confer now empowers these constituents in a new way.

“Graduate students and adjunct faculty didn’t have many rights before and now we’re looking towards our next steps,” AFT Maryland organizer Todd Reynolds said. “…

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and an interpreter several months ago to discuss issues in the workplace and said one of those employees continues to face those issues.

“I’d be the first one patting the university on the back if they had fixed this,” Comissiong said. “The longer this back and forth about what is offered and what is not goes on, it looks like someone [within the university] is not telling us the truth.” sinclair@umdbk.com

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fter learning of a potential threat to the university community Saturday night, and therefore informing students of the matter wasn’t particularly important. We beg to the response from University Police was — by almost all accounts — an un- differ. Within minutes of posting the first article about the incident, visits to The Diaequivocal success. Officers worked with Office of Information Technology mondback’s website increased 10-fold. Hundreds of media outlets across the country officials to track down the student who made online comments threatening a have covered the story since Sunday night, and University Police Chief David Mitchell “shooting rampage [Sunday] on campus” and apprehended Alexander Song well be- held a press conference yesterday to answer questions about the incident. Meanwhile, fore 1:30 p.m., when Song had posted he would “hopefully … kill enough people to students complained about hearing of the situation via text messages from concerned parents, and one student even tweeted an important inquiry to make it to national news.”

Loh: “Is it safe to go on campus tomorrow[?]” In response to When news of the situation broke Sunday night, the first other tweets about the university’s failure of communication, response from those on and off the campus was perhaps some combination of surprise and relief: Surprise that this University Police shouldn’t Loh promised to “meet with all appropriate campus units to review safety and communications procedures.” university could have been the scene of violence similar to the have waited so long to Given the university’s recent track record of failed communi2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, and relief that University Pocation, it seems more than a “review” is in order. Students may lice responded to the threat in a manner that ensured the inform the campus after recall the tornado false alarm last fall, when the university was safety of the university community. apprehending the student criticized for sending emergency alerts about an impending But after taking time to commend the department for its tornado — despite National Weather Service confirmation that swift action in response to the potential threat — which, it accused of threatening a no such tornado existed (officials stood by their decision, citing seems, was nothing more than an empty threat made by a information received from the AccuWeather service). After an stressed-out student — this editorial board is left wondering: shooting rampage. explosion in the chemistry building injured two students last Why did it take University Police so long to inform the comSeptember, this editorial board questioned the inefficiencies and glitches in the univermunity of this incident?

Police say they apprehended Song about 10 a.m. Sunday, but the department didn’t sity’s alert system, which led to uneven notification of students. In a published response, post a press release until about 8:55 p.m. Officials tweeted a link to the release at 9:54 p.m., Mitchell wrote, in part, “the community expects and deserves prompt and timely notifithen sent a crime alert to the university community about 11:30 p.m. A statement from cation in the event of an emergency … our notifications could have and should have university President Wallace Loh gives two reasons for not issuing a campus alert during been timelier.”

If the claim that students were never actually in danger is true, why not alert the the nearly 11-hour period. First, Loh states “detectives were actively tracking the student’s whereabouts throughout the morning and a public alert might have disrupted community anyway? University Police did great work to apprehend Song, then spent those efforts before they were able to take him into custody.” It’s understandable that of- the rest of the day letting the issue simmer until it boiled over to Facebook and media ficials were concerned about issuing an alert before apprehending Song — officers outlets Sunday night. Officials could have avoided confusion and fear — especially on should do whatever is necessary to track him down. But that doesn’t address the period the part of students and parents — by sending a campuswide alert sooner than 11 after he was located, which leaves Loh’s second claim that “any threat to [the] communi- hours after the incident.

Loh and University Police are always repeating the slogan, “If you see something … ty was mitigated once the student was taken into custody at approximately 10 am” as the explanation for not alerting the campus until nearly 11 hours after resolving the situation. say something.” But that’s a two-way street — if officials apprehend a student threatenBasically, Loh claims there wasn’t an actual threat once Song was taken into custody, ing a shooting rampage on McKeldin Mall, they need to tell the community about it.

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Vegetarianism: A considerable decision

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’m a vegetarian. Uh-oh. Learned readers of The Diamondback know whenever a column begins with a declarative statement of identity (i.e. “I am something or other”), the ensuing 500-600 words are either going to be tear-jerking journeys into the personal life of a columnist facing adversarial life problems or forceful — often generically rendered — accounts of “positive marginality” (making a marginal trait — like queerness — work to one’s advantage rather than allowing social pressure to stymie one’s intrapersonal growth).

I’m not knocking the formula. Some of those columns are among the best published. I’m saying it’s a good trick and I’m about to jack it.

I haven’t eaten meat in two months. Before the VegTerps readership starts going bananas, I want to make clear that, for me, vegetarianism is a personal decision, and I would never encourage anyone to stop eating meat unless he or she

MICHAEL CASIANO really wanted to. As a matter of fact, in the past two months, although I haven’t eaten meat, I’ve helped some mageirocophobic friends cook it.

So why did I become a vegetarian? Like many contemporary Americans, I recognize that my everyday decisions have broader material implications in other parts of the world. Vegetarianism affects much more than one’s personal health — it affects the environment, too.

Raising cattle requires land and sometimes necessitates clearing parts of forests. Cattle also release a lot of methane. A June 6, 2007 New York Times article stated, “The animals’ burps, the ni-

trous oxide gases from their decomposing manure and other factors, including the energy needed to store and transport meat, were responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions — more than the entire transportation sector.” By refraining from meat consumption, vegetarians as a group can curtail — on a very small but important scale — some of the environmental damage caused by the raising of cattle.

Thus, my decision to become a vegetarian, oddly, had nothing to do with my health and everything to do with my personal investment in environmental justice. It was based on a larger ideology that says, “As a member of the global economy, your seemingly harmless consumptive decisions may facilitate economic, social, political and environmental oppression elsewhere.” In a country where virtually everything comes from “elsewhere,” almost every purchase we make affects someone or something outside of the

United States’ geopolitical borders.

We can all probably agree that destructive corporate externalities, environmental racism, excessive waste and greenhouse gas emissions are bad. Rarely, however, do we make lifestyle changes based on the consequences our decisions have on people, environments and localities in other parts of the world.

Without an immediate reference point connecting us to the indirect effects of our consumption — the 12-year-old girl who sewed your shirt showing up at your dorm and begging you to stop purchasing from your favorite clothing company — many of us, myself included, can sidestep a sense of responsibility.

With all of that said, if you want to eat spaghetti with Bolognese sauce, go for it.

I’ll even help you cook it.

Michael Casiano is a senior American studies and English major. He can be reached at casiano@umdbk.com.

Securing an all-star commencement speaker

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ay is swiftly approaching.

For us seniors that ultimately means graduation, which, of course, means crowding into Comcast Center for hours during an air condition-deprived ceremony and falling victim to what’s becoming an annual tradition — lame commencement speakers.

In the past, the university has really swung and missed on what it perceives to be provocative speakers. Sure, they managed to bring in then-Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening. And there was the Google guy, Sergey Brin. But those were about a decade ago. Now it just feels like it’s Saturday night — the weekend is almost over and they’re just lowering their standards — settling, if you will. In 2001, the winter class enjoyed David Satcher, the 16th surgeon general. Because everybody wanted to get that classic “smoking is bad for you, kids” speech before they graduated.

A year and a half later, there were the wise words of Franklin Raines, chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae. I’m sure his advice was impeccable.

The biggest decline occurred between 2004 and 2007, when the university appeared especially fond of politicians. Yes,

politicians are always perfect role models.

In 2004, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge made an appearance. He was a pioneer, the first to head that department. But where was his perseverance? He quit after four years … to serve on the board of Home Depot. Come on, Tom, the rest of the country tolerated George W. Bush for eight years; we all couldn’t just quit our jobs and hide behind the fertilizer.

The politician era was followed by the close-but-no-cigar age, which we currently reside in. ESPN baseball analyst and university alumnus Tim Kurkjian spoke at the winter 2007 commencement.

When I want the latest MLB news around the July 31 trade deadline, or unrivaled insight for my fantasy team, I tune in to Kurkjian on Baseball Tonight. But when I’m looking for inspiration before I embark into the real world, are you going to tell me one National League scout told you my future might be bright?

The same goes for DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, who spoke at last spring’s commencement. He was a prominent figure in a high-profile legal battle. Then again, he’s one of the guys who nearly

SAM SPIEGELMAN cost me a football season. No matter what he would’ve said, I would’ve had more lockout questions. For one, “How dare you?” Plus, he’s a Wahoo.

The university had the right idea the last few years, but it’s forgetting a critical aspect: The commencement speaker must be an inspirational “somebody” who will grasp us seniors with his or her anecdotes and launch us into the world with uncanny advice.

I know just the guy: When I graduate this May, I’d like Ray Lewis to be my commencement speaker. Lewis has the three main ingredients that would lead to a legendary speech. There’s the resume: Baltimore Ravens linebacker for 16 seasons.

Thirteen Pro Bowls appearances. Super Bowl MVP. Future Hall of Famer. And soon enough, his statue will stand alongside Johnny Unitas’.

Second, he’s a preacher: Lewis gave

an impassioned speech after the Ravens lost on a missed field goal to the New England Patriots in January’s AFC championship game. He’s the only guy who can turn a heartbreaking loss into a new chapter for his team. I once heard him liken Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis to a blind cat. And he treats a Week 3 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars like it’s the Super Bowl — that’s impressive.

And finally, there’s heart: No. 52 continues to suit up for every game, every practice. After 16 NFL seasons, he’s still all over the field, delivering blows left and right. Lewis often refers to his faith. It’s his motivation. It’s his fuel to be honest.

It’s his reason for optimism. It’s why he’s as energetic now as he was a decade ago.

Put Lewis behind the podium in May, and I’ll make a Joe Namath-like guarantee: Everyone in attendance will rise to their feet. Hope will be contagious. Inspiration will be inevitable. And if not, there should at least be an awesome pickup football game afterward.

Sam Spiegelman is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at speigelman@umdbk.com.

ast week, the SGA unanimously voted to amend its constitution. With such a vote, the existing Student Government Association constitution will hopefully be replaced by a more appropriate, updated version.

Of course, one question remains: “Why is the SGA attempting to alter its constitution?”

At the end of last semester, the SGA passed a piece of legislation that would rename the Senior Vice President position to Vice President of Student Affairs. With the changing of the position title, it became necessary to amend the constitution to reflect the same change. This amendment provided the initial impetus to re-evaluate the constitution.

As the Constitution and By-laws Committee began updating the document, one flaw became clear: The purpose of a constitution is to describe the mission of an organization and outline its basic structure, while bylaws detail the intricate structure and rules of the organization. The SGA’s constitution addresses certain topics that do not belong there, which inhibits the organization’s ability to function properly. The existing constitution delves too deep into meticulous subjects normally reserved for the bylaws. One intention of the revision was to eliminate such overlap.

One of the principal responsibilities of the Constitution and By-laws Committee is “to update and maintain the Constitution, By-laws, and other Governing Documents of the SGA.” Although the committee reviews and adapts the by-laws and other documents on a regular basis, the constitution had not been reviewed and amended since 2007. As a result, this seemed to be a perfect opportunity to reflect on the current constitution and revise it to ensure it truly represents the nature and function of the SGA. One of the most significant amendments to the constitution will be to the preamble. Although the present preamble imitates the U.S. Constitution, the language used is difficult to relate to and the preamble does not accurately reflect the purpose of the SGA. The preamble was rewritten to more accurately reflect the current purpose of the SGA, as well as its future direction.

Another major change is the removal of references to specific positions held by members of the executive board, with the exception of the president. This allows future administrations to adjust the different vice presidential positions as necessary.

The current constitution includes sections enumerating the powers and duties of the executive and judicial branches of the SGA. However, no such section exists for the legislative branch, and thus one was composed.

The last major amendments to the constitution regard the governance board. These include modifying the length of a governance board term to conclude at the end of the legislative year, requiring majority votes to render decisions (rather than unanimously, as it had been) and moving the power to appoint the chief justice from the president to a majority vote of the governance board members.

To view all of the amendments, please visit www.mdsga.com or visit the SGA Office in room 0209J in the Student Involvement Suite in Stamp Student Union. The SGA is also interested in obtaining feedback regarding the pending amendments and will be holding a town hall meeting after spring break.

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Landon Greer is the Student Government Association Legislative coordinator and parliamentarian, as well as chairman of the Constitution and By-laws Committee. He can be reached at lgreer1@terpmail.umd.edu.

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TING THINGS Dance-punk duo doesn’t get anything right on newest album

BY DEAN ESSNER For The Diamondback

LCD Soundsystem was dance-punk. When James Murphy retired the moniker in 2011, we were grieving not only the death of a legendary artist at its white-hot peak, but a genre as well.

Sounds From Nowheresville, the new record from The Ting Tings, is vapid indie rock at its worst. Despite passing catchiness, there is nothing extensive to linger on. Instead, the album reminds us why dancepunk went under after Murphy decided to stow away his cowbell, drumsticks and black stage tuxedo and call it a day.

Even worse than the silly homage are the lyrics, which resemble chants from an elementar y school playground.

“Liar liar jump in the fire,” shouts Katie White on “Hit Me Down Sonny,” with all the turbulent passion of an 8year-old girl who just got her brand new Bratz doll thrown in the mud.

The low point comes with “Give It Back,” which attempts to painstakingly rewrite ever y aspect of LCD Soundsystem’s “North American Scum,” from the midtempo drumbeat to the handclaps to the crunchy guitars.

It’s all there, just in less effective, cop-out form.

If there’s anything remotely forgivable about the album, it’s brevity. Clocking in at only 34 minutes, no sound comes across as too outlandishly irritating, even though the bearability factor is putridly low.

In fact, Sounds From Nowheresville is such an aptly

fitting title, you can almost say record would be more immedithe joke’s on us. Maybe The ate and likable. But for danceTing Tings knew the record punk fans, there’s no good way was terrible, and for the pur- of coping with the genre’s current failures pose of besides pourtongue-inVERDICT: ing yourself a cheek laughs, glass of wine, decided to You can do much, much better make that than listen to this vapid record by popping This Is Happening fact frightenLCD Soundsystem wannabes. onto your ingly obvious. turntable and It’s not too far-fetched to say if the duo longing for the past. Present tried a little bit harder to craft company excepted, shut up an original sound and sing and let me go. about something other than petty, childish problems, the diversions@umdbk.com

LASTING IMPACT: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground & Nico is not only the first record to dabble in nearinscrutable avant garde-isms; it’s also the best. It opened my eyes to the primal euphoria that is unabashed noise, and I am forever changed by it.

It’s sometimes tough to fathom that this record came out in 1967, a year where the Vietnam War was in full throttle, The Godfather hadn’t yet been released and The Beatles were still together. Music abided by a strict code of pervasive niceness, one that remained intact through the psychedelic era. No one had the balls to challenge the pre-existing order of artistic normalcy.

Such was the case until a young band teamed up with the notoriously self-promoting Andy Warhol and a chanteuse named Nico to create a record of genuine New York City sleaze that accidentally spawned a genre (punk) and a form of artistic expression (avant-gardism), all while kicking inordinate amounts of ass, even if the world wasn’t quite ready for it yet.

Even to this date, the album sounds fresh and immediate. Listen to the way John Cale’s strings swell under Lou Reed’s voice on “Venus In Furs,” or how Maureen Tucker frantically loses pace of her drumming tempo on “Heroin” like an out-of-control freight train.

Or listen to Nico’s melancholic longing for a future of happiness in a sad, sullen world on “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” the definitive “All My Friends” of the ‘60s.

These moments of shameless beauty are relevant and vital in any musical era. But the fact that they came during such a rigid, formulaic era for rock makes it so much more awe-inspiring.

The record will always hold a special place in my music-devouring heart, not just because of its legacy and impact, but because its message is universal and timeless: Life is love, love is noise and sometimes we just need to sleep for a thousand years. Happy 45th birthday.

— Dean Essner

THE SHINS OK, fine, I’ll admit it: I was introduced to The Shins through Garden State. As Zach Braff and Natalie Portman fell in love in suburban New Jersey, I developed a serious crush on the guitar pop of James Mercer and company.

It’s easy to mock The Shins and their folky, direct-from-Por tland indie rock as the music of hipsters and manic pixie dream girls. It’s the kind of music that’s ever ywhere — McDonald’s even used the group’s music in a commercial — made by the kind of sensitive, bearded ar tists who Por tlandia skewers ever y week.

But as I look forward to the band’s latest album, Port of Morrow, arriving next week, I think I’ve realized why The Shins have remained so talked about, and just why I love them so much.

It’s simple, really: The band makes great music.

What Mercer has done on The Shins’ past albums (and, if the singles from Por t of Morrow are any indication, is poised to do again) is craft beautiful, endlessly hummable pop gems replete with simple but memorable melodies and affecting lyrics that cut straight to the heart of what it feels like to grow up

in suburban America.

Take “New Slang,” arguably the group’s biggest hit. Air y guitars and an incessant tambourine jangle along behind ethereal harmonies, sounding like a road trip or a campfire sing-a-long. The music sounds like childhood, even as the lyrics (“Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall/ Never should have called/ But my head’s to the wall and I’m lonely”) speak of the inevitable alienation of growing up.

Or, for the disaffected teenager, “Young Pilgrims,” from the group’s sophomore album, Chutes Too Narrow, finds The Shins as sneering and sarcastic punks who warn that “this modern thought can get the best of you.”

Garden State, a film about 20-somethings tr ying to find their way in the world, hit perfectly on what makes the music of The Shins work: It’s the soundtrack to growing up and coming of age in modern America.

I had the band’s music to guide me through the pangs of adolescence, and I’m thrilled to have Por t of Morrow to usher me into the messy new world of adulthood.

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STOGLIN from page 8

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up points.

“I just want to show people I can do a lot of things on the basketball court other than score,” Stoglin said after the Terps fell to North Carolina, 85-69, on Friday. “I want people to see that.”

Some experts say Stoglin, who isn’t listed on any prominent NBA mock drafts for June’s draft, will have difficulty translating his game to the NBA. Generously listed at 6 feet 1 inch tall, Stoglin is a talented scorer but also a middling defender and unpolished passer.

If he indeed decides to leave College Park, it would mark the second straight year the Terps have lost a sophomore to the draft. Forward Jordan Williams left school early a year ago and was drafted in the second round by the New Jersey Nets.

Williams set the program record for double-doubles in a season and led the Terps in scoring and rebounding a year ago, but he also had doubters. Several draft pundits noted Williams was the star forward of a team that couldn’t even make the NIT. The same can be said of Stoglin, who, despite his prolific scoring, was not regarded as one of the ACC’s premier players in part because of the Terps’ generally lackluster play.

Stoglin, though, certainly has left the door open for a return.

“I just want to become a better player,” Stoglin said.

“Honestly, I just want to improve in every aspect. I want to be a better shooter, be quicker, my defense to become better. As a team, we just want to improve and get smart and do the things that we didn’t do this year.”

began Jan. 25.

Above all else, though, Edsall said the Terps were just happy to finally start putting last season behind them.

“It was great to be back out here,” Edsall said.

“Believe me, I wish we could’ve started the day after the season ended.”

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RICHMOND from page 8 very talented players on there, and they got some great looks at goal,” Reese said of the Syracuse game. “Unfortunately, we

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Coach Brenda Frese and the ACC champion Terps face Navy on Saturday.

TOURNAMENT from page 8 send the Terps (28-4) to RBC Center — the regional site closest to College Park — for a date in the Sweet 16 and possibly the Elite Eight.

“We’re thrilled,” coach Brenda Frese said. “We know how well our fans will travel, being able to go down to Raleigh. They showed that in the ACC Tournament, so we wanted to make that happen.”

The Midshipmen (18-13) enter the tournament as the Patriot League champions, having defeated Holy Cross, 57-48, in Saturday’s title game. Despite the two schools’ proximity, the Terps have never faced the Annapolisbased school in its 34-year program history.

Since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams 18 years ago, No. 2 seeds are a perfect 72-0 against No. 15 seeds in the opening round.

“It’s the top 64 teams in the country,” center Lynetta Kizer said. “You’re going to see players out there you’ve never seen before. I think that’s what people

fell a few short.”

Perhaps the hardest aspect to swallow was how close the loss was — again. Despite offensive shortcomings in losses to No. 3 Duke and Syracuse, the Terps fell by only a goal in both. And given the Terps’ low shooting

have to realize about you going out and you playing. … Everybody is going out there and just competing hard.”

Should the Terps move past the Midshipmen in the first round, they would face either No. 7 Louisville or No. 10 Michigan State on Monday in Comcast Center.

The Cardinals (22-9) finished seventh in the Big East this season. The Terps lost their only meeting with Louisville, a 77-60 Elite Eight defeat in the 2009 NCAA Tournament in Raleigh.

The Terps are 2-0 all time against the Spartans (20-11), defeating them in regular-season contests in both 2005 and 2007.

The Spartans finished in a fourway tie for second in the Big Ten but suffered a quarterfinal loss to Purdue in their conference tournament.

The two teams that met in last year’s national-title game round out the top three seeds in the Terps’ region. Defending champion Texas A&M (22-10) is the No. 3 seed and features three of last season’s four leading scorers.

Notre Dame (30-3), which lost to the Aggies, 76-70, last April, is the top seed in the region.

percentage in each, their two losses could’ve easily been wins on another day. Despite tallying 30 shots against the Orange, the Terps landed only nine in the back of the cage.

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“We watched the [Fighting Irish] during the season — they’re a very good team with a lot of experience,” Frese said. “So obviously, those will be tough games down the road.”

Other notable ACC schools to make the tournament are No. 2 seed Duke, No. 3 seed Miami and No. 4 seed Georgia Tech. The Terps wouldn’t meet any of those schools until at least the Final Four in Denver.

Said forward Alyssa Thomas: “It just shows the strength of our conference.”

Undefeated top overall seed Baylor and fellow No. 1 seeds Stanford and Connecticut also might stand between the Terps and their quest for a second national title.

But for Frese, her only focus is Navy.

“You can’t take anything for granted. Just playing at home for us this year doesn’t give us an automatic [trip] to Raleigh — it’s one and done,” Frese said. “We’ve got to take that same sense of urgency that we had in the ACC Tournament into the NCAAs.” vitale@umdbk.com

output. After more than 15 goals in each of their first three games of the season, the Terps’ highest mark in the four games since has been 12 against No. 11 Virginia.

Against unranked Hofstra, the Terps mustered just 11 goals.

That might not bode well for

For the second straight season, the start of spring practice marked a new beginning of sorts for the Terps on both sides of the ball.

With the offseason hires of offensive coordinator Mike Locksley and defensive coordinator Brian Stewart, the Terps began to implement Locksley’s pro-style offense and Stewart’s aggressive 3-4 scheme Saturday.

“I thought the defense really did a good job of communicating,” Edsall said. “Guys were lined up. Guys were running to the ball. Offense was finishing.”

The centerpiece of the transition offensively will be quarterback C.J. Brown, currently the team’s only scholarship quarterback after Danny O’Brien was released from his scholarship.

Brown said he’s already comfortable with Locksley’s playbook, but conceded there’s been a bit of a learning curve.

“It’s going to be a little different,” Brown said. “The terminology’s changed, [but] the scheme’s pretty much the same.”

On the defensive side, All-America defensive end Joe Vellano said the Terps have adjusted well to Stewart’s style.

“First practice, first coordinator, and I really think we actually did a lot of good things,” Vellano said. “No mental mistakes among the [first team].”

PERSONNEL ROUNDUP Saturday’s practice began with a welcome surprise, as offensive tackle Justin Gilbert — who projects as the team’s starter at left tackle with the offseason departure of Max Garcia — participated with the team. Gilbert had injured his ankle during offseason workouts.

“Justin Gilbert rolled his ankle in the competition stuff that we were doing,” Edsall said. “[I was] told he was out. He got better and improved so I knew if he wasn’t up here, it’d probably be Tuesday when he was out here.”

Edsall was also impressed with the play of cornerback Isaac Goins, a transfer who joined the program after playing the last two seasons at a California junior college.

“I would say that Isaac’s probably a little bit ahead of [fellow newcomers] Quinton [Jefferson] and Levern [Jacobs] just because he’s played at the junior college level,” Edsall said. cwalsh@umdbk.com

the Terps, who play unranked Richmond (3-3) tonight in College Park. Their offense needs a spark against a low-quality opponent, but a strong showing from the Spiders’ defense could be all they need to make things interesting. Richmond has also

won three straight games following a poor start.

“It’s not complicated,” Reese said, “we just need to put the ball away when we have the opportunities.” munson@umdbk.com

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Students question Republican candidates U.S. Senate candidates field concerns about foreign policy, economic climate

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

Many students jumped at the opportunity to challenge U.S. Republican senatorial candidates on topics ranging from foreign policy to the slow-growing national economy at a College Republicans-sponsored event last night.

While the four candidates — Daniel Bongino, Daniel Broadus, Richard Douglas and Corrogan Vaughn — are not considered serious competitors to incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) by many political pundits, student leaders at last night’s event said they were undeterred by heavy Democratic support in the state. Instead, they geared their questions toward how the candidates would transform the state and nation’s liberal-leaning policies — including budgetar y policies, such as President Barack Obama’s health care program, which candidates

said have contributed to the federal debt.

“I feel like it’s easy for people to write off the Republican Party in Maryland,” said Allison Agazzi, vice president of public relations for this university’s College Republicans. “I do feel like a lot of the candidates are strong candidates who could take Cardin.”

Despite the state’s heavy Democratic representation — which includes Gov. Martin O’Malley, six of eight Democratic representatives in the house, two Democratic senators and a democratic majority in both of the state’s legislative chambers — young Republican leaders voiced confidence in the pool of candidates that could potentially take Cardin’s seat.

Additionally, many students voiced concern over the state and nation’s slow economic recovery and worried that they will face a slim job market upon graduation. Candidates pointed to poor Democratic policies, including increased

government spending on initiatives such as health care, Social Security and Medicare, to explain the state and nation’s growing debts.

“We owe so much money that will likely not be paid in my lifetime,” Bongino said.

Douglas added that students will likely carry the burden of paying off the debt.

“When Cardin took office in 1987, the debt was $2 trillion.

Today, it’s $15 trillion,” he said, referring to when Sen. Cardin first joined the House of Representatives. “Guess who gets to pay it?”

Sarah Brown, president of this university’s chapter of College Republicans, said it was critical for students to hear Republican candidates discuss hot-button issues so students can hear and learn both sides.

“Events like this are important because one of these men could be representing [students] one day,” Brown said. “I think it’s always important to

see both sides.”

Douglas, a College Park resident who worked in the U.S. Senate and served in Iraq, said Cardin has failed to represent state residents and instead is worried only about issues that align with his Democratic colleagues in the senate.

“Sen. Cardin never makes a sound when bad things happen in Maryland,” he said. “If you’re under economic pressure, it doesn’t matter what your party card says — a senator who is doing his duty cares about everyone in this state.”

But Brad Coker, a pollster for Mason-Dixon Polling & Research — a Jacksonville, Fla.based polling firm — said all of the candidates will be hardpressed to take Cardin’s seat.

“As far as the general election goes, Maryland is such a strong Democratic state,” he said. “Even a big-name Republican would have a hard time beating Cardin.” bach@umdbk.com

members — and to assure those concerned that the situation was under control.

University Police posted a press release on the arrest to its website at about 8:55 p.m.

Sunday. After fielding dozens of calls, spokesman Capt.

Marc Limansky said he decided to send out an Information Alert at about 11:30 p.m.

“We felt that we had the situation contained, and the last thing we wanted to do was to alert the entire campus, including Mr. Song, that we were looking for him, and therefore cause a precipitating effect,” Mitchell said at the conference. “The threat had subsided when we took Mr. Song into custody.”

University President Wallace Loh also sent a campuwide email to inform students of the incident at 12:40 p.m. Monday.

In his email, Loh wrote that police contained the threat and therefore believed no campus alert was necessary.

“The police are confident that any threat to our community was mitigated once the student was taken into custody at approximately 10 a.m.,” Loh wrote. “For both of these reasons, no campus alert was issued. As always, we are committed to maintaining clear and open communication with our campus community.”

Limansky also noted that the department nearly doubled the number of officers patrolling the campus Sunday and Monday even though they did not believe there was any continuing threat. While there are usually five officers in highly visible areas, such as McKeldin Mall or Stamp Student Union, police dispatched nine or 10 in light of the incident.

Song, a Fulton, Md., resident, was taken to a psychiatric hospital after police teamed up with the university’s Office of Information Technology and worked through Saturday night to pinpoint where the threatening posts were coming from, Mitchell said.

Although students said they were shocked such a threat was made to the campus, some said they are glad police did not inform the campus community about the

posts until after the situation was contained.

“It was the right thing to do because police didn’t want to panic the students,” said Alexandra Glakas, a freshman French and international business major. “I feel very safe because the police did their job. They got him, they did their jobs.”

But Song’s friends, including his “great friend” since middle school, Margo Johnson, said they do not believe he was serious about the threats, and the situation was blown out of proportion.

“He’s not at all the type of person that would commit a massacre,” said Johnson, a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon. “It’s just part of his messed up sense of humor. Me and a bunch of people who know him read what he was saying and they were messed up, but he didn’t mean them.”

Police were called to his Oakland Hall dorm room about a week ago after they received a call that he was making noise and yelling, Mitchell said. Song told police he was stressed, Mitchell said, and police determined he was not a threat to himself or others. Mitchell added that police served a search warrant to Song’s parents at their Howard County home Sunday night and seized his laptop for forensic analysis.

According to court documents, Song has no other previous record in the state.

Song’s status as a student at this university was revoked, and he is no longer allowed on the campus. If Song’s doctors in the psychiatric ward of the hospital allow him to be released, he will immediately be served with a warrant for his arrest and will be charged with disturbing the orderly conduct of activities, administration or classes. The misdemeanor charge is punishable by a fine of $2,500 or less and/or six months jail time.

Limansky added police have no reason to believe that Song was working with an accomplice.

“All his posts were ‘I’ or ‘me.’ They were very specific,” Limansky said. “There’s no indication that he’s working with someone else.” egan@umdbk.com, kelley@umdbk.com

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Stoglin will mull over NBA options

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

CARE TO DANCE?

High-scoring guard not considered an elite draft prospect

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

ATLANTA – Fresh off a 30-point performance against one of the nation’s top teams, Terrapins men’s basketball star guard Terrell Stoglin confirmed this weekend that he’s contemplating entering the 2012 NBA Draft.

A sophomore who led the ACC in scoring with 21.6 points per game, Stoglin said he wants to “test the waters” and evaluate his professional prospects after two college seasons. He will spend the next few weeks deciding with his family whether to forgo his remaining two years of eligibility.

Stoglin, who earned second-team all-conference honors this season, has until April 10 to make a final decision. The NCAA changed the deadline — which is nearly a month earlier than the previous date — last spring after coaches said the later deadline cut into their time to recruit potential replacements.

April 10 is a day before the start of the spring signing period for incoming recruits. According to several recruiting websites, the Terps are still pursuing options at guard in addition to their five incoming recruits already in the fold.

Stoglin said he’s considered making an early jump to the professional level since the middle of the season.

He’s been adamant recently that his game is about more than just putting

see STOGLIN, page 7

From left: Center Alicia DeVaughn, guard Brene Moseley and forward Alyssa Thomas react to the Terps’ No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament last night. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

No. 2 Terps earn nearby path to Final Four

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

Terrell Stoglin’s season ended Friday.

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A crowd of more than 150 players, coaches, media members and boosters packed inside a Comcast Center room let out a small cheer when Duke was named the No. 2 seed in the Fresno, Calif., region early last night. They grew even louder when

the second seed in the Kingston, R.I., region was awarded to Kentucky.

When ESPN’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special unveiled the Terrapins women’s basketball team as the No. 2 seed in the Raleigh, N.C., region, Heritage Hall erupted in celebration.

The Terps are staying close to home.

FOOTBALL | NOTEBOOK

After more than a week of anticipation following its 68-65 ACC Championship victory over Georgia Tech on March 4, the team finally learned its NCAA Tournament future. Just as they did in their 2006 title run, the Terps will enter the tournament as a No. 2 seed, hosting No. 15 seed Navy in the first round on Saturday in College Park.

“Once Duke didn’t have the Raleigh region, we knew we were going to get it,” guard Kim Rodgers said. “It’s good for us to be close to home; we’ve played there before, we’ve been in North Carolina and we know what it’s like.”

Two wins this weekend would

see TOURNAMENT, page 7

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

In spring work, Terps look ahead No. 6 Terps find more issues than expected

After forgettable first season, Edsall says practice feels ‘great’

Team scoring fewer goals in recent weeks

BY CONOR WALSH

BY NICHOLAS MUNSON

Senior staff writer

Staff writer

In what was surely a welcome relief for coach Randy Edsall and his Terrapins football team, the Terps were back on the field Saturday as they sought to move past last season’s 2-10 debacle.

For Edsall, the intensity of his team’s first spring practice made clear just how ready the Terps are to start anew.

“I liked that we were back out here on the field … seeing the guys come out here and working together and good attitude,” Edsall said after the pads-free practice. “It seemed like forever. Now we can be back out here doing this and being around the kids and them out here. I think today,

Coach Randy Edsall and the Terps practiced for the first time Saturday since last year’s 2-10 season concluded. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

you could see a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of intensity, a lot of guys just liking to be around each other and working together.”

Edsall said the team’s progress in its offseason conditioning program

was evident on the field, noting the team had made notable strides in major lifts — bench press, squat and power clean — since the program

see NOTEBOOK, page 7

When Cathy Reese saw attacker Katie Schwarzmann’s free-position shot miss the cage with 30 seconds remaining in Saturday’s game against No. 4 Syracuse, the coach of the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team was a witness to a new reality of sorts.

The seeming invincibility of her team at home had come to an end.

After 36 straight wins at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, the Terps finally faltered in what was their first regular-season home loss under Reese.

The sixth-year coach said she was unaware of the streak that was the fifth best in all of Division I sports.

“I didn’t even know about it, so I don’t know how much the players know to be honest,” she said after the Terps’ 10-9 loss. “But now we don’t have to worry about it anymore, so I guess that’s a good thing — one less thing to think about.”

The number of things to worry about, however, is steadily increasing. The No. 6 Terps’ (5-2) loss to Syracuse left the team with its worst seven-game mark since 2006. The team has dropped from as high as No. 2 in the national polls, and questions have begun to creep in, especially about why a star-studded offense is sputtering.

“We have such a great offense and

see RICHMOND, page 7