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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Candidate Amnesty policy fight to continue defies Newly elected student senators say they will revive failed proposal election regulation

BY KEVIN ROBILLARD Staff writer

Newly elected student members of the University Senate yesterday vowed to grant new life to a policy that would mitigate punishments for underage drinkers on thecam-

pus.

After the senate’s Executive Committee decided to the put the issue on hold this semester as faculty members called for more research, many new student senators said they planned to push for a policy that would prevent the uni-

SGA presidential hopeful announces early; may face fine

versity officials from punishing drunk underage students who call 911 for a friend suffering from alcohol poisoning.

Though the 23 undergraduate students elected Wednesday will represent a minority of the body, the students have already called to

galvanize into an organized bloc; adding the initiative commonly referred to as Good Samaritan policy will be a top priority.

Kevin Tervela, a university senate member, said he hoped to work

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BY MARISSA LANG Staff writer

Despite a hefty fine for publicly announcing his candidacy and beginning his campaign early, sophomore government and politics and economics majorDan Leydorf has formally announced his presidential bid for the upcoming SGA elections.

Student Government Association rules state presidential hopefuls must all begin their campaigns on the same date, April 1, or pay a penalty charge, but Leydorf has no intention of forking Dan Leyman over the fine. The independent candidate plans to fight what he sees as an unfair rule that puts students with little name recognition on the campus at a disadvantage.

“This rule doesn’t benefit anyone,” Leydorf said. “It stifles debate. In an election, we need to let the issues percolate.”

The fine is $375 for individual candidates and $500 for parties who run on a ticket.

Leydorf decided to declare his candidacy last night as he, two friends and his campaign manager sat strategizing around a small table in the Baltimore

Students hope prayer tent will ‘heal the wounds of the campus’

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Top RHA members defend perks of job Eight student officers get top waitlist priority

BY CARRIE WELLS Staff writer

Many rising juniors and seniors are scrambling for fall housing, but eight of the student leaders elected to advocate for their rights won’t have to share their worries.

Leaders of the Residence Hall Association have been guaranteed on-campus housing for their tenure since 2001, but this year, when all seniors and most juniors will be unable to live on the campus, is the first time the policy has really mattered. RHA members and the Resident Life Department defended the policy, which moves the eight leaders to the top of the housing waitlist, as necessary for RHA leaders to do their jobs.

“To force the body to pick RHA leaders out of those lucky enough to get on-campus housing wouldn’t be fair,” said RHA President Sumner Handy. Furthermore, “we didn’t want not getting housing to be a deterrent to run.”

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Students gather in a prayer tent on Hornbake Mall yesterday to sing songs and pray together as part of the 24/7 Prayer Week at Maryland event.

BY DERBY COX For The Diamondback

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oftly playing Christian music and prayer are two things not generally associated with college students, but yesterday on Hornbake Mall, both were in ample supply.

Since Wednesday morning, students have gathered 24 hours a day in a nondenominational “prayer tent,” equipped with six windows and stocked with lights, snacks, heaters and a rug. Students said the tent is intended to praise God and heal the university of its wounds.

Inside the tent, students sing, play guitar, share their thoughts in a “testimony journal” and pray for specific areas of the campus — marked off on a map on the wall

with highlighters — while Christian-themed songs play from a stereo in the corner.

The idea for the prayer tent began last semester, said Eliot Lee, president of Manna Christian Fellowship, when about 15 ministries such as the Maryland Christian Fellowship, Chosen Generation Ministry, Korean Campus Ministry, Baptist Collegiate Ministry and others came together to start praying once a week and came up with the idea for the tent. After speaking with the Campus Reservations Office in the Stamp Student Union, Lee and others started a Facebook event, “24/7 Prayer Week at Maryland,” and put the tent into action.

As described on the Facebook event’s wall, the hope for the tent is designed “to draw together the Christians

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Bill seeks to make hanging nooses in Md. a crime

BY MARK MILIAN Staff writer

When police began investigating a noose found hanging from a tree outside the Nyumburu Cultural Center last September, an incident initially classified as a hate crime, no actual law had been broken.

But if the Maryland General Assembly passes the No Nooses Act, such an incident would be

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Noose found on the campus not classified as a crime under state law, officials say classified a crime. The act bans the placement of a swastika sign or a noose — a symbol historically representing the lynchings of blacks during the 19th and 20th centuries — on public or private properties without permission of the owner, said Delegate Victor Ramirez (D-

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“We cannot have people living in fear,” Ramirez said. “I heard about the issue directly from a constituent. I believe in it; that’s also why I support it.”

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Paul Dillon said officers investigated the noose incident on the campus to determine whether it was intended to be a threat, not because the act of hanging a noose is considered illegal under state law. After completing the investigation, police turn their findings over to the state attorney’s office, which decides if the law has been

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Student selected for Truman Scholarship Junior Phillip Hannam has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced this week.

Hannam is one of 65 students from 55 U.S. colleges and universities selected on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability and likelihood of “making a difference.” Truman Scholars are chosen by a 17-member selection panel, which typically include a university president, a federal judge, and a past Truman Scholar.

The $30,000 merit-based scholarship is presented each year to college juniors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and plan for careers in government or public service.

Hannam, a mechanical engineering major, is a member of Engineers Without Borders and currently serves as the Burkina Faso solar water pumping project leader. He is also a member of the Gemstone program. After graduating in 2009, he plans to pursue dual master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and public policy.

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workers are trained to act American.

“Thank you for calling AOL. This is Brad Pitt,” Nainan mimicked in a thick Indian accent.

Natalie Salaets, the vice president of programming for the MBSA, attended and also coordinated the event. One main goal of the night was to attract more group members, she said “We want people to remember that some people identify [themselves] as multiracial,” said Salaets, a sophomore electrical engineering major. “We’re trying to get our name out there.”

Salaets said the group, which is in its fourth year at the university, has 11 or 12 executive board members. The group also has 139 members on Facebook, but many of them are not active, JAMES B. HALE–THE DIAMONDBACK she added.

Before Nainan took the stage, Comedian Dan Nainan talks about his Indian and Japanese heritage at the Multiracial Biracial Student a student read a poem he wrote Association’s stand-up comedy event in the Stamp Student Union yesterday. about the struggle of being biracial; an Indian a capella group merged Indian and American influences and a Brazilian drum group with members from all across the world played rhythms that were Africaninfluenced.

When Nainan appeared onstage after the drum group, he immediately joked about how the group’s African-Brazilian style was performed only by white girls.

While that factually incorrect statement was greeted with little reaction, Nainan did receive a big laugh with a slide-show presentation of humorous pictures.

“This is a picture of something I thought I’d never see: It’s an Asian guy teaching an AfricanAmerican how to break dance,” JAMES B. HALE–THE DIAMONDBACK Nainan said.

“The Ku Klux Klan ran into me and said, ‘Go back to, uh ... wherever you’re from,’” opened biracial stand-up comic Dan Nainan at the Multiracial and Biracial Student Association’s thirdannual performance event last night. “Then they burned a question mark on my front lawn.”

The comedian headlined a program that also included poetry, a capella singing and percussion — all with a multicultural emphasis — in the MBSA’s effort to increase awareness about the presence of mixed racial students on the campus.

Nainan, who has appeared on the television show Last Comic Standing, focused much of his material on his half-Indian, halfJapanese background, providing family stories that delighted the crowd of slightly fewer than 100 in the Grand Colony Ballroom in the Stamp Student Union.

“My whole life, I’ve only met one person that is the same mix as me — and that’s my sister,” Nainan joked.

Nainan went on to ridicule Indian weddings (“I’ve been to Hindu weddings that last a full week; some American marriages don’t last that long.”) and a variety of other ethnic groups.

His determination to mock all groups equally was appealing to freshman art major Marjorie Walker, who sat near the stage. “[Nainan] just makes fun of everybody. He doesn’t exclude people,” said Walker, who had seen clips of Nainan perform before last night’s event.

The comedian struck a chord with the audience when he talked about American computer companies outsourcing their technical Batala Band, an all-female African-Brazilian drum group, performs at the Multiracial Biracial Student support to India, where he said Association's stand-up comedy event in the Stamp Student Union yesterday.

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Student senators Breaking barriers behind bars form bloc to push bill Student group, Prison Break, volunteers to help Maryland prisoners SENATE from Page 1 with faculty to “change the misconceptions about the policy.”

The policy was bolstered

by Student Government Association earlier in the week when the group decided to explore Good Samaritan with a ballot referendum. When the SGA conducted its last referendum in 2005, 65 percent of the 4,376 students who participated said they supported more lenient penalties on marijuana violations and administrators responded.

Tervala, who also serves in the SGA, said he hoped the effort would gain traction next year with support from both the SGA and the senate.

Last month, the SGA recommended university administrators adopt a Good Samaritan policy, but as the university’s most powerful legislative body, the senate would have a more decisive say.

“I’ve been working real hard on this initiative in the SGA; I just can’t understand why it’s gone nowhere in the senate,” Tervala said in an email.

But Brad Docherty, who won the business school’s senate election, pointed out the numbers in the senate don’t stack in favor of students, who have advocated most for the policy this year.

“We’re definitely at a big disadvantage in terms of representation,” said

Docherty, who is also the SGA vice president.

To overcome their limited numbers and high turnover rate — student senators serve one-year terms, while faculty and staff usually have three-year terms — Docherty has already called for the new senators to schedule a meeting, adding they need to improve communication overall.

Lida Zlatic, another senator elected from the arts and humanities schools, said she also hoped to increase the transparency of the university’s budgeting policies.

“I feel like the university hides a lot of the stuff that they’re doing for no good reason,” she said.

Tervala said he also hoped to create a more dynamic budgeting process.

He pointed out his college, arts and humanities, had the most majors and minors of any college but receives less funding than other colleges.

“We need to make sure that each student gets their money’s worth in their education,” he said.

In the election this year, 2,177 undergraduates voted, an increase of more than 200 from two years ago. The number of students who vote in senate elections has been climbing steadily upward since 2004, when 1,248 students voted.

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RHA leader defends housing guarantee RHA from Page 1

this seasoned leadership.”

Petkas explained that up until 1998, RHA leaders were the executive board.

Associate Director of Resi- paid, but there was no need to ensure secured housdent Life Steve Petkas ing because there was stressed that the leadno shortage of beds. ers would not be given When the RHA constihigher priority numtution was rewritten bers or have a room the next year, the set aside, only moved stipend was eliminatto the top of the waited. list, effectively guarPetkas said he recanteeing them a spot. ommended secured Resident Life offihousing for RHA leadcials said other uniers as far back as 2001 versities have similar when Resident Life programs for their began foreseeing a fuRHA counterparts, and many offer even –Deb Grandner ture housing shortage.

RESIDENT LIFE Resident Life also more perks such as DIRECTOR guarantees housing yearly stipends. While for varsity athletes, officials acknowlresident assistants edged the possibility and those in livingof students running for leadership positions just learning programs when they for the guaranteed housing, deem it essential that those they said they were confident students live on the campus.

“Our students may want to that the rest of the RHA would be able to detect those motiva- be represented by a junior or senior,” said Deb Grandner, tions.

“Think about how much the director of Resident Life. organization would be weak- “This would allow them to be ened if the senior executives represented by the best perweren’t there to lead,” Petkas son.” said. “The whole structure is really built on the backbone of cwellsdbk@gmail.com

“This would allow them to be represented by the best person.”

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Under the new law, if a person is found guilty of hanging a noose or placing a swastika with the intent to intimidate, the maximum penalty is three years in jail and a $5,000 fine, said Delegate Saqib Ali (D-Montgomery), another sponsor of the bill.

While the burning of crosses is illegal under a destruction of property statute, legislators say the laws need to be updated to include modern forms of racism.

“I realized the noose is becoming the premier symbol of racial intimidation,” Ali said. “People don’t really burn crosses anymore, and they don’t walk around wear-

ing white robes. Our laws need to catch up and reflect reality.”

In addition to the incident last year on the campus, the bill was a reaction to a 2006 hate crime in Jena, La., involving the hanging of nooses at a high school, Ali said.

The House of Delegates initially drafted the inclusion of all “symbols of intimidation” but narrowed it to the two symbols of Jewish and black oppression because of that the bill’s broad wording could potentially infringe on the freedom of speech, Ali said.

Now, however, the senate is considering revising the bill to include all symbols, a decision Ali and Ramirez say they support.

“I think it should be all sym-

BY ERIKA CAMPOS For The Diamondback

Junior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major Emily Hepler wants to be a criminal profiler — and she’s getting an early start.

Hepler, along with six other students on the campus, have started the volunteer group Prison Break. The organization, whose members volunteer at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, Md., has existed since last spring. But when the students dreamed up the group, they didn’t know what they were getting into, Hepler said.

“The first time I did it, I didn’t understand what it was or what we were going to do, and so I was intimidated because I didn’t know what to expect,” she added.

Though Hepler had never been to a prison before, she joined the group “out of sheer curiosity.”

The group was created by alumnus Michael Mintz, who, while watching Prison Break one night in fall 2006, “wanted to know if prisoners were allowed to watch Prison Break.” A quick search on Google later produced no results, but Mintz decided to search for

Staff writer

County police are investigating a shooting near Prince George’s Plaza that left two men dead and two others hospitalized Wednesday evening, police said.

The shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of Manorwood Drive, according to

a press release issued by Prince George’s County Police.

Hyattsville City Police found four men at the scene who had been shot in the upper body, said Henry Tippett a county police spokesman. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the others were taken to a local hospital. The second man died at the hospital later that

and we have productive discussions,” she said.

Despite the fact that the group was Mintz’s idea, he was also hit with the first-day jitters, he said.

“We weren’t sure what we were doing, and we were a little scared to see guards standing there with shotguns,” Mintz said.

“We weren’t sure whether we should go in or not.”

Finally, after debating over it in the parking lot, he walked into the facility, passed four layers of barbed wire fence and through steel doors with bulletproof glass and a metal detector before being pat down and stripped of everything but the clothes on his back, he said.

Mintz was then escorted to a small waiting area, where he waited for a guard to take him across the yard to the building where the discussion was being held, he said. But because he didn’t know to wait for the guard, Mintz wandered aimlessly into the yard, looking for where the discussion was being held, he said.

Once an inmate standing in the yard saw he was lost, the inmate walked up and said in a threatening tone, “Where’s my $50 bucks?” Mintz said.

Luckily, a guard appeared just at that moment to take him to the right place, and the inmate told Mintz he was joking, he said.

Though the first day was stressful, Mintz said he is learning from the group he founded.

For example, he has come to understand the different thought processes between the prisoners and volunteers. During one meeting, the group discussed a reading in which a man was walking late at night, heard a noise and debated whether to go and check it out.

“The prisoners said they wouldn’t go and check it out because they could get shot, but the volunteers said they would go over and make sure no one was hurt,” Mintz said. “It was interesting to see how they reacted differently to the situation because of where they grew up. Most of the volunteers grew up in suburbs, while most of the prisoners grew up in Baltimore City.”

Current volunteers like Hepler are also benefiting from the experience, they said.

“I’m learning to speak with people I’m not used to,” Hepler said. newsdesk@dbk.umd.edu

Tenters aim for ‘24/7 sustained prayer’ PRAYER from Page 1 to ask God to move and change the hearts of the students at Maryland, as well as provide an accessible place for people to come and pray.”

The tent is especially appropriate in light of recent college shootings such as those at Illinois and Virginia Tech, Lee said, adding that prayer can help with all kinds of problems students often face, including broken relationships, broken families and depression.

Sophomore American studies major Jamiel CallawayPinckney, who said his experience praying in the tent helped him to deal with the stresses of college life, would agree.

“Coming here and talking to people who have experienced the same things is a very good way to get help and start to be able to handle these things,” he said after adding an index card to the “prayer wall” where anybody can anonymously post a prayer request.

And, according to Lee, the groups will not be aggressive in spreading their message.

“We want to be assertive, but we want it to be a noninvasive but a pervasive thing,” Lee said. “If people want to talk to us, we’re more than willing to talk about Jesus and the Gospel.”

For some, visiting the tent was a positive experience and a way to meet like-minded students.

“It enables you to know other people believe the same things you believe and have the same feelings you have,” said junior family studies major Candace Howden.

“I think it’s nothing but positive,” said sophomore sociol-

bols,” Ramirez said. “But it could potentially be amended in the future to include more symbols.”

Despite the House of Delegates’ concerns, many students aren’t worried the bill will infringe on free speech.

“I don’t think people really understand the underlying message of [hanging a noose],” said John Sanders, a senior sociocultural anthropology major. “This is a very serious issue. We need to address it and make sure it never happens again.”

But some students are concerned the interpretation of a broadly defined symbol of intimidation could be taken too far.

“If they say a symbol of intimidation is the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, then I don’t support it,” said Brian Nzuwah, a senior family studies major. “If I define it from my perspective, a Christ-

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volunteer opportunities in prisons to find out directly from the prisoners.

He then found information about the Touchstones Discussion Project, an organization that believes “through collaborative discussions of serious ideas, we learn to understand and respect each other,” according to its website. Discussions with students, prisoners and the elderly are facilitated by Touchstones, which puts together a book of about 150 articles that trained discussion leaders choose from to talk about.

With Prison Break, volunteers such as Hepler meet with eight to 10 medium-security prisoners who have been on good behavior for an hour each Thursday, and help them learn better interpersonal and communication skills.

As a result of these interactions, the prisoners can carry themselves well when in front of a parole committee, Hepler explained.

The group also facilitates and engages in discussions with prisoners about the social implications of writings from theorists such as Descartes and novels such as Frankenstein, Hepler added.

“I don’t feel fearful anymore,

evening.

According to the press release, the victims were believed to be on their way to an event when they were approached and robbed. One of the suspects shot the victims before fleeing in a dark-colored vehicle.

The names of the victims have not yet been released because police are still working to notify

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Prayer requests cover a bulletin board in the tent on Hornbake Mall Thursday afternoon. The notes were left by visitors who were also able to participate in group prayer and other activities. ogy major Jeremy Wood. “It’s a fellowship.”

But some passersby might not have agreed.

One person, who wished to remain anonymous, called the tent “creepy,” and a sign proclaiming, “Everyone is welcome to come inside,” drew many long glances but few takers.

One taker was Julius Suku, a junior public health and kinesiology major who left with a flier.

“I heard music and then [the sign] said ‘prayer,’” Suku said.

“I think some people have forgotten about God. There’s a lot of negative reaction.”

ian perspective, not everyone would agree on it.”

The same version of the bill must pass through the House and Senate by April 7 to be written into law during this session, and Ramirez says he expects the bill will pass by the end of next week.

“I’m cautiously optimistic that this will go through,” Ali said.

Nyumburu Cultural Center Director Ronald Zeigler and Associate Director Anne Reese Carswell say they support the bill and hope it will prevent similar hate crimes.

“Once [the noose-hanging last year] was done, there were all these copycats,” Carswell said.

“And if there’s nothing to deter people from doing it, they’ll continue.”

Editor Steven Overly contributed to this report. miliandbk@gmail.com

their families, said Tippett.

He added that three men are wanted in connection with the shooting, but no arrests have been made.

Tippett declined to provide any more information.

Maj. Kevin Davis, District 1 commander of Prince George’s Police, could not comment on the shooting because the investigation is ongoing. worsleydbk@gmail.com

Jordan Crabtree, a junior landscape architecture major who helped to organize the event, said he saw about three people come into the tent without prior knowledge of it, and said one student told him she was “very moved” by the event.

Lee characterized the typical reaction as “interested, but not going too deep into it.”

But Crabtree said people came in at all hours yesterday morning.

“I’d just wake up, and people would be worshiping,” he said.

At one point Wednesday evening, there were about 40

people in the 350-square-foot tent, said Lee. During the day there were about 12 and, at night, between six and eight.

For security reasons, group members are trying to have at least four people in the tent at all times.

Though the tent closes at 7 tonight, Crabtree said the groups are already discussing plans for another tent and hope there will be many more events like the prayer tent in the future.

“We’d love to see 24/7 sustained prayer all the time on campus,” he said. dcox@umd.edu

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agrees the rule is unjust, calling it a violation of free speech.

“We’re a public student govroom of Stamp Student Union.

Unlike most presidential hope- ernment; if people want to camfuls, Leydorf is running as an paign, they should be able to camindependent — a disadvantage he paign for as long as they want to,” hopes to combat by putting his Siddiqui said. “No one was telling Barack Obama he couldname out early. n’t announce his candiIf the SGA Elections dacy before a certain Board officially finds date.”

Leydorf violated elecWhile unlike Leydorf, tion rules and Leydorf Siddiqui did not make the refuses to pay the conscious decision to penalty, he could be discome out with his candiqualified from running, dacy early, he made a said Jeff Lasser, the political issue of the fine board’s chair. and vocally fought it. In SGA election bylaws state any “solicitation of –Jahantab Siddiqui the end, the SGA dropped the fine. votes through unwarFORMER SGA “The elections board ranted communication” CANDIDATE didn’t want to go through is outlawed until the [the] governance board date set by the SGA so they said, ‘Lets just get Elections Board. This includes setting up tables, distrib- it over with. F--- the fine,’” he uting fliers, chalking sidewalks said.

Leydorf said he will fight havand posting signs — all of which ing to pay the penalty, which is Leydorf is planning to do.

“We have the moral high about $500, through the appeals processes outlined by an appeal ground here,” Leydorf said.

Leydorf is not the first in recent to the SGA Governance Board.

“The rule is not only unconstimemory to violate the rule. The Diamondback outed Jahantab tutional, but it hurts the little guy,” Siddiqui as a SGA presidential he said. candidate last year before the official date. Siddiqui said he langdbk@gmail.com

“If people want to campaign, they should be able to.”

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THE DIAMONDBACK

Opinion GINA SAGAR Forget Flavor Flav

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fter weeks of yearning for the return of good television, I finally fell to the guilty pleasures of bad television. But before you think scrambled images and hairy palms, the corny jokes and predictable plot (not that I don’t love it) of a show like Full House was all the bad TV I was looking for.

Unfortunately, my hopes of gaining some wholesome family values quickly died as I came across a man, a clock and lots of bling.

As I watched Flavor Flav make his third attempt at finding his true love, I couldn’t help but wonder how exactly this public enemy became so loved; I mean, he’s no Danny Tanner. Still, I watched as Flavor Flav forgot the name of one girl after another and even watched as Thing 1 won a challenge by eating brains (Dr. Seuss would be proud). Needless to say, I felt myself getting stupider. Of course, the show’s ratings are through the roof. So, am I really the only person who can’t stand anymore love?

That’s when I realized the show’s appeal. Even though I couldn’t bare another scene, I couldn’t turn away either. The drama and sheer idiocy of an 80-pound man with a clock around his neck make the show grossly entertaining. Apparently we go to “reality” television to laugh at the staged drama in the lives of the fabulous.

OK, understandable.

What’s questionable is why exactly we need this drama thrown at us from every aspect of the media. Very recently, I turned to CNN for a world news update, crossed my fingers for real stories, and was predictably disappointed. My lingering craving for some global issues was thwarted by a top story whose appeal to pathos was so overwhelming it was pathetic.

The story, titled “From $70K to food bank, one family’s struggle,” described Patricia Guerroro (an average American) and, well, exactly what the name implies: her loss of her $70,000 salary and the struggles her family is experiencing. As the story attempts to address the issue of the U.S.’s diminishing economy, it fails to do so by incorporating only Guerroro’s heartache and difficulty. Although the story is heartbreaking, really, it falls short of real news by lacking in hard facts.

After looking at one source of news after another, I became queasy. Apparently, our local and even national news networks prey on the idea of manipulation. As they turn another Britney Spears-related incident into breaking news, they expect us to fall to our knees before the television, mesmerized by what can only be described as gossip. To put it simply, in the eyes of the anchors, we’re attracted to celebrity drama like toddlers are to glitter: “Oh, shiny!”

After too many disappointments, I did, astonishingly, find one satisfying report.

Too bad it was British. I did not once hear of any breaking news, even though most of the stories struck me as significant, even life-altering. From what I’ve seen through recent experience, breaking news on the BBC is as rare as its inclusion of celebrity gossip. As CNN.com chooses to classify news as either “U.S.” or “World,” BBC.com has a category for each continent, the Americas included. The top story on the website, “Baghdad under curfew amid clashes,” was based on straight facts and had no reference to any British person involved. The story was strictly global news. The varying opinions and quotes within the article, including those from President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, led me to assume objectivity, a rare aspect in most news corporations.

Soon after, I ran into a friend who commented on my newly discovered appreciation for British news. “BBC? That channel’s boring,” she said. I felt validated. If she thought it was boring, it was probably because there was no glitter.

Of course, I’m not going to be so smallminded as to quickly assume that all British news is good and all American news is bad. But the fact that the primary goals of American media and the BBC differ greatly is undeniable. As American corporations focus on profit, monopoly and power, they look to weak stories that harvest attention, roughly similar to a magazine such as Star. The BBC, however, continues to recognize the historic values of free press, values that epitomize public good and, in turn, generate stories that prove significant and worthy of attention.

The idea that the dos and don’ts of celebrity fashion even exist in our world updates is upsetting and simply ridiculous.

Is it too idealistic to believe that one day, our minds won’t revolve around the fabulous lives of unworthy egomaniacs?

Gina Sagar is a freshman fire protection engineering major. She can be reached at gsagar@umd.edu.

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We must try again. A blueprint for success could be found, for his successful selection as a Truman Scholar.

Phil and his peers are outstanding students who oddly enough, in the rapid ascent of the business school: are committed to lives of public service. We need more stu- When university officials initially approached Smith to make a large donation to the school, he declined. A few years later, dents like them.

The achievement gap among our best students and the best then-president Brit Kirwan tried again, and Smith gave him an interesting proposition: He would donate students of our peer institutions is astoundto the business school only after they ing. Phil is the third Truman Scholar we’ve crafted a plan outlining how they would had since 1980. In that time, North CarThe university should recruit the faculty, students and donors to olina has had 28. We don’t mention this to create a world-class institution. belittle the accomplishments of our stucreate an external The approach that made the university a dents: It only highlights that the ones foundation specifically hotbed for business entrepreneurs just who’ve persevered have accomplished for leadership might work to create a brooding ground much in spite of their circumstances. for social entrepreneurs. While the LeadIt is relatively difficult for students here development ers for Tomorrow program was housed to begin exemplary careers in public service because their work is heavily reliant on philanthropy and within the Office of Undergraduate Studies, other successful government funding. College students rarely have the net- programs such as the one at North Carolina are housed within works to secure support and guidance — they need help. their own foundations, which have higher visibility and can North Carolina’s Morehead-Cain program does just that. It more easily court potential donors. University administrators provides its participants with a series of four summer enrich- should create a foundation with a clear plan to support our best ment activities that build upon one another and gives them students in their pursuit of excellence. Call it the trickle-down approach to undergraduate education; call it whatever you access to an extensive network of 2,700 alumni.

If we expect our best students to compete with their coun- want. But if we’re serious about drawing a more talented appliterparts at other schools, we need such a program. This idea cant pool and enabling our students to succeed once they get has been attempted here before: Fourteen freshmen in the here, we need a specific plan to the attract funds critical to getclass of 2008 were selected for the Leaders for Tomorrow pro- ting them started.

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Wake up and smell the controversy I’ve been disappointed by the level of public discourse surrounding the state bill that would grant in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants. Discussion of the issue thus far has been characterized by ignorant assumptions about the life histories of these immigrants. Pundits vilify the “illegals” as low-lifes who come to our great nation to take Americans’ jobs. It is this great nation, however, that supported the dirty wars of the 1980s that caused civil unrest in Latin America and an exodus of many to the United States. We’re so busy blaming immigrants for all of our societal ills that we neglect to consider our role in causing some of the immigration in the first place.

I’m not saying these events spurred every single immigrant to move to the United States; I only use them as an example to show how unclear the circumstances surrounding these contentious issues are. What is clear, however, is the disservice we’re doing to our country’s future with our lack of intelligent discourse about immigration. It is our responsibility to consider the impact of salient historical events on the lives of these immigrants.

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We need better housing support In only two years, finding housing at this university has turned from a minor annoyance into a majorly stressful ordeal. Despite limiting this year’s sophomores’ and juniors’ opportunities to move into University Courtyards or South Campus Commons, there are still hundreds of people being pushed off-campus.

This year’s sophomores are now forced to compete with current juniors for the already inadequate off-campus options. I attended an off-campus housing fair last semester to look at my fourth-year options where they informed me that because of the shortage of available places to live, I should begin working on finding a spot in February or March and that they would have more information and opportunities to talk to landlords at the spring housing fair. Why then is this housing fair at the end of April, a time when the university’s own representatives recommend already having a place to live finalized? If the university’s plan is to push students off-campus in order to up the number of freshmen accepted, they should at least have the common sense to help reduce the number of issues for the rest of us.

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he media loves to pull the public in all sorts of directions when analyzing political figures, especially when those politicians are conservative. One day, a news broadcast shows Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hugging President George W. Bush, calling McCain a carbon copy of the president and trying to bring his support down to the level of the president’s approval rating. The next day, I see headlines reading “McCain wants to be in Iraq for 100 years.” Again, the media wants the public to believe he is a warmonger who will not let go of a war no matter how unpopular or devastating it is to the country, all of which, of course, is false.

In the last instance, it is not the liberal media trying to slander the presidential hopeful — it is a skeptical right-winger.

This person calls McCain out on his maverick streak and paints him as a closet liberal or an independent at best.

One must learn to get past these distortions of reality and analyze the facts.

Those who think McCain is a carbon copy of Bush must have completely missed the 2000 election. The two candidates had stark differences on some issues and McCain was a candidate very different from George Bush. Since 2000, Bush and McCain have mended many of their problems with each other, but that does not mean they are the same person. It could be looked at more as if McCain supports a Republican president more than he supports Bush. Not to say if you like McCain you cannot like the president — that is simply not the case — but the two politicians definitely have their differences.

No matter how much pandering he does to look good in campaign season, one thing is for sure: At age 71, McCain is not going to change much, and he is certainly his own man.

Throughout the 2008 presidential election, McCain has been considered the candidate with the foreign policy expertise to be relentless in the fight against radical Islamic extremism. This is an accurate estimation of the senator when considering his experience with armed forces and foreign policy both in Congress and in his actual life. In the fight against terror, McCain has been 100 percent behind the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

From the beginning, however, McCain criticized former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld strategy in Iraq. Since then, the Army has taken an approach similar to McCain’s early recommendations, and the senator has been able to look good boasting the recent successes of the troop surge in Iraq. McCain’s obvious knowledge and capability in national defense seem to be one point where he cannot be touched, but the Democrats have tried their hardest. The senator’s nowfamous 100 years in Iraq quote causes fear to rise in the common person. One must truly understand the context in which this quote was said and what it truly means.

We have kept troops for decades in areas such as Korea and Japan after engaging in war. As long as the conditions are stable and troops are not in constant peril, there is no reason not to keep them there to ensure our years of war do not fall by the way side. The senator knows first-hand that war is not fun, but because of his own experience, he can direct our military with confidence and poise in the face of terrorism.

Conservative writer Ann Coulter has been quoted saying she would rather vote for a woman, Hillary Clinton, than for her party’s nominee, McCain.

Among other arguments, Coulter has called out McCain for his abortion stance. With a consistent anti-abortion voting record in Congress, McCain’s comments on abortion are a testament to his realistic aspirations. McCain has been quoted saying Roe v. Wade will remain the law of the land for the workable future. Though I am sure McCain thinks abortion should most definitely be illegal, he is realistic and understands he must work within the system he is in. Outlawing abortion after 35 years of it being legal would wreak havoc on our country. We need to build the infrastructure and support programs that could make the banning of abortion work for the good of society.

Additionally, measures can be passed to put limits on abortions performed, such as the partial-birth abortion ban passed in 2003. Within the rules of Roe v. Wade, it could be possible to restrict abortions to only the first trimester and require parental consent for minors. McCain will also most likely appoint strict constructionist judges that inherently would make anti-abortion decisions.

McCain is practical and realistic while Coulter is superficial and looking for attention and shock value, just like the liberal media she claims to oppose.

Luke Beckmann is a sophomore government and politics and history major. He can be reached at beckmann@umd.edu.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) — This is a good day for making any and all personal reparations as you see fit. Remember, it’s you who will have to make the first move.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — This is a good day to strike out on your own. In the past you’ve been hesitant, but right now your confidence and ability are on the rise.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You can capitalize on your own few mistakes if you are quick to take action and reverse any negative trends before they develop.

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You are the kind of person others try to imitate again and again, though much about you is actually quite inimitable. You’re sure to be widely admired.

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Dance the night away Circle K International holding a dance-a-thon to raise money for a library in Honduras and an excessive amount of dancing, Circle K International is spicing up the event by giving away prizes — both for dancing and through raffles.

“People will have the chance to compete for the best dancers,” Sharma said. “There will be judges who will be determining who the winners are in each heat, and then we’ll have a final at the end of the night.”

The best dancer will win a $50 Visa gift card, and the raffles will include prizes such as Chipotle gift cards, Sharma said.

While Sharma hopes for a successful event, it also brings up bittersweet feelings for her.

“I joined as a freshman when our club was very inactive and falling apart,” she said. “At the end of my freshman year, I became president, and I’ve been president ever since. Next week … I am turning over my role … it will be such a great event to go off on … but it will be the end of my career as president.”

Abramovici doesn’t have those bittersweet feelings — she is concentrating on the positives.

“This is an amazing charity … all the money is going to charity.

We’re not keeping a dime — hopefully that will sell it [to people],” she said.

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B-boy Claude, a member of the 2005 French national championship crew is one of the many breakdancers featured in the documentary Planet B-Boy, about finding the world’s best breakdancing crew.

FEATURE | PLANET B-BOY

Standing in a b-boy stance A new documentary, Planet B-Boy, shows the global influence of breakdancing

BY HYUN SUNG CHUNG For The Diamondback

Every summer, the world’s best breakdancers, also known as b-boys, converge for the “Battle of the Year,” a competition for the title of world’s best dance crew.

Planet B-Boy is director Benson Lee’s documentary chronicling the two months leading up to the “Battle of the Year.” The film follows several crews in different corners of the world as they prepare for the competition.

Yes, it’s sort of like America’s Best Dance Crew but without Randy Jackson or Mario Lopez.

Planet B-Boy, which is playing at Landmark E Street Cinema tonight through Sunday, also shines light on the globalization of hip-hop, its influences and growth.

“B-boying is very deep,” Lee said. “It unites communities. It’s like a subculture in the culture of hip-hop.”

Lee emphasized that it’s the least racist of the subgroups of the hip-hop culture, which also includes emceeing (rapping), DJ-ing and graffiti.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white or Asian,” Lee said. “You get respect by how you can dance.”

A scene in the trailer for the film discusses the commercialization of hip-hop and its exploitation in the ’80s. In another, someone says, “This dance never died. It just died in business.”

Recent movies, such as How She Move, and shows, such as America’s Best Dance Crew, have proven how street and hip-hop dancing can be marketed in the mainstream, but Lee said he believes b-boying “deserves to have its own platform” because “the commercial scene … shows no awareness of b-boying.”

“The b-boy culture is probably still not as widely known or recognized by some people because they still see it as some awkward form of dance or random movements,” sophomore physiology and neurobiology major David Cheng said. Cheng is also a member of the B-Terps, an on-campus b-boy club. “[Americas’s Best Dance Crew’s JabbaWockeeZ] consistently show that b-boys aren’t just dancers who do some fancy moves to impress the crowd,” sophomore mechanical engineering major Zam Tual said. “Rather that b-boys can actually dance

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It’s that same angst and passion which drive the battle, according to Lee. He said the competition and the desire to win are key components of b-boying.

Dance department professor Alcine Wiltz, who admitted he’s had little exposure to breakdancing, said shows such as So You Think You Can Dance demonstrate how b-boying “is a discipline ... [because of] their technical background.”

“Their bodies are so in tune that switchover has been a great asset,” Wiltz said, referring to the ability to easily adjust to different dancing styles and compete.

Veronica Rico, a sophomore dance major who’s been trained in numerous dance styles; including ballet, tap and jazz, said breakdancing doesn’t come easily because there’s a great deal of technique involved.

“I’m not good at it because it requires a lot of strength,” Rico added.

Lydia Melton, a junior dance major who’s also trained in several dance styles, agreed with Rico, adding that b-boying is “very physical.”

For Lee, having been exposed to breakdancing in the ’80s growing up in Philadelphia, Planet B-Boy was a project more than five years in the making.

Lee thought the culture had died, but then he rediscoved it in the ’90s and saw how advanced b-boying had become. Planet B-Boy was a film Lee had to make, he said.

It’s a film that took him to see b-boys in all parts of the world — Israel, France and South Korea, to name a few — and had him documenting that breakdancing for these b-boys was more than their pursuit to win “Battle of the Year.”

“You’ll be surprised,” Lee said.

Planet B-Boy is screening March 28 to March 30 at Landmark E Street Cinema, located at 555 11th Street NW. Presale tickets can be purchased online at www.tickets.landmarktheatres.com.

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One of the most popular events on Penn State University’s campus is the annual THON charity dance event, which raises millions of dollars each year.

While not all events translate from one campus to another, members of Circle K International say they hope the dance-athon will catch on in College Park, too.

Circle K International is the collegiate-level branch of Kiwanis International, a global service group. This university’s branch, which has about 60 members, participates in many different community service projects, from tutoring children to helping clothe D.C.’s homeless through D.C. Outfitters. Its latest project, undertaken with help from service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, seeks to impact on a global scale.

The dance-a-thon, which is like a high school dance — DJ and all — will help raise money to build a library in Intibucá, Honduras, an area with a 90 percent illiteracy rate. This library would be the first public library in the northeast region of Honduras. The district level of the Kiwanis organization also supports the cause, and it seeks to raise $10,000, according to junior communication and government and politics major Raakhee Sharma, this university’s Circle K president.

“This is kind of our first international outreach effort,” she said. “We just wanted to help support that cause. As much as people say, ‘Think globally, act locally,’ it’s really great to expand our efforts internationally.”

Sharma also explained the club’s long-term thought process behind putting together a dance event.

“We’ve been playing around with this idea for about a year or so,” she said. “Last year our club really improved and really got a strong membership base. We really developed ourselves — a strong foundation. We thought, ‘What can we do to get our name out on campus for fundraising efforts?’ and we played around the idea with a dance-a-thon.”

Junior finance major Jessica Abramovici elaborated on the process of picking the library project.

“I don’t want to say it was a nobrainer, but when we voted on it, everyone [on the executive council] seemed on board with that,” she said. “It seemed only fitting to have the money donated to Students Helping Honduras. We all want to accomplish that goal of raising $10,000, and every club in the district has to do their part to accomplish that goal.”

The club has been selling tickets in advance for the show, but Abramovici said based on past experience, people don’t buy tickets until the last minute. Besides the promise of good music

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THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008

Baseball hits rough patch

BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

The Terrapin baseball team hosts No. 19 Clemson this weekend in a critical ACC Atlantic Division matchup, but part of the team's focus is on staying fresh during a long, grueling baseball season.

“You're getting on a bus, you're traveling, and the academic issues the players have to deal with on a daily basis have a wear and tear and you,” coach Terry Rupp said.

“It's a long season when you're playing five games a week.”

Despite a rough ACC start, the Terps (13-11, 2-7 ACC) know there is a lot of time left to improve their standing in the conference. While they sit in next to last place now, a top eight spot in the ACC and berth in the conference tournament is still attainable.

“We're really gonna have to make a move if we want to achieve our goal to make the tournament.

Now's the time that we have to win some games,” senior catcher Chad Durakis said. “It's the same grind for everybody, it's just about fighting your way through it.”

Even though Clemson is ranked, they are 4-5 in the ACC. Still, the Tigers are an annual ACC power.

“It'd be a good morale boost to

Baseball vs. Clemson Where: Shipley Field When: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Radio: WMUCsports.com go out and beat them,” junior Will Greenberg said. “Beating a ranked team would be really good, especially since they're having a down year.”

But even if the Terps do win this weekend's series, it will be hard to get too confident. The majority of this year's players were on the 2007 team which started 5-4 in the ACC, only to finish 7-22.

The Terps say they understand to change their ACC fortunes they are going to have to stay consistent throughout the entire season.

“It's a grind, but baseball is supposed to be fun,” Greenberg said.

“You gotta keep it light and just have as much fun with it as you can. You gotta embrace it and just play your best.” akrautdbk@gmail.com

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Senior midfielder Will Dalton is excited to get back on the Byrd Stadium field. Men’s lacrosse has not played at the stadium all year because of construction.

Terps return to Byrd for No. 1 Virginia Men’s lacrosse prepares for rival on home field for first time all year

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

Travis Reed took the field at Byrd Stadium for the first time on Wednesday.

It was the culmination of a dream for the Terrapin men’s lacrosse freshman that began when he would go with his father to see the NCAA men’s lacrosse championship held at the stadium when he was younger.

However, his memories of the stadium, which hosted six NCAA championships in the 1990s, probably didn’t include the towering crane that currently protrudes into the sky above the stadium or the throng of men in hard hats working on its $50.8 million renovation.

He didn’t mind.

“The field’s so nice, which is one of the good things about it,” Reed said. “When you’re standing on the field and you look around, the stadium is so big. It’s just pretty cool.”

The No. 4 Terps practiced at Byrd Stadium on Wednesday in preparation for their first game of the season in the venue tomorrow against No. 1 Virginia.

Men’s Lacrosse vs. Virginia Where: Byrd Stadium When: Tomorrow, noon TV: ESPN2 They have played their first three home games of the season at Ludwig Field, but senior midfielder Will Dalton said playing at Byrd makes a game special.

“Ludwig’s a great field, but when you play against a UVA or a Navy on Byrd, it just makes the game feel that much more important,” Dalton said. “It escalates the level of intensity the game has from the get-go.”

The Terps’ game against Towson March 8 was originally scheduled for Byrd but was moved to Ludwig because there were no working scoreboards in Byrd at the time, according to Larry Leckonby, chief financial officer for athletics.

Leckonby said construction

Terps struggle in 2nd halves

BY BRIAN KAPUR Staff writer

Great teams often have the luxury of breaking out to a big lead and then resting their stars.

For the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team, that luxury has become a double-edged sword.

The Terps played very well in the first half against Towson yesterday, but things fell apart in a sloppy second half, and they

scored just three goals. This has become an alarming trend for the Terps, who have slumped in the second half after strong starts.

“We just need to play a full 60 minutes consistently; we are not,” senior midfielder Kelly Kasper said. “We just need to all get on the same page and play consistently.”

The Terps’ offense has exploded out of the gate throughout the season, averaging 9.1 first-half goals while allowing just 3.5. No. 4

crews were re-routing wiring to the east scoreboard and erecting a new west scoreboard at the time. He said both will be fully operational tomorrow, which was the goal for the department and the contractor all along, with rivalry games against Virginia and Navy slated for this weekend and next.

The stadium’s capacity will be reduced because the Tyser Tower side is not safe for spectators, but there will be enough room on the stadium’s north side to accommodate fans.

“You make the best of the situation,” coach Dave Cottle said.

“They’re making improvements.

It’s always been a great place, but it’s going to be a better place. For now, we’ll just make do with what we got.”

The Terps got the chance to see what they had on Wednesday in their first time playing on the field since losing at home in the first round of last year’s NCAA tournament.

Sophomore goalie Brian Phipps said the field was in great shape, and he was happy to get a chance to get re-acquainted with the sight lines in the stadium before tomorrow’s game because

the ball can sometimes get lost in the gray bleachers.

He also noted that the wind kicked up some dust on Wednesday, although that should not be an issue tomorrow thanks to yesterday’s rains and given that crews will not be working.

Cottle was just happy to get his team out on the field.

“I think it was very important,” Cottle said. “We don’t want Virginia’s freshmen and Maryland’s freshmen to have both played at Byrd the same amount of times.”

And if the Terps, who have lost four straight against Virginia, are going to beat the Cavaliers for their first win over a top-ranked team since March 4, 2006, against Duke, they will have to use every advantage they have, including the excitement of a return to Byrd.

“It’s exciting playing there for the first time this year,” Phipps said. “We’ve been waiting for the chance to be able to play there.

And we’ve played there before, so we’ll have the home-field advantage with our fans and everything. It’s going to be really, really exciting.”

Virginia and No. 5 Duke are the only teams that have provided any real test for the Terps.

The team has averaged 6.7 goals in the second half — including that dismal three-goal performance.

All season the Terps have had to deal with the problem, but the Towson game seemed to be the last straw. Coach Cathy Reese kept the captains, Kasper, senior midfielder Dana Dobbie and senior defender Katie Pumphrey for nearly 30 minutes after the game to discuss the dismal half.

The blame shouldn’t be placed

on younger players receiving rare playing time, either, as starters have had a hand in the secondhalf slumps as well.

For a team with ACC and national championship aspirations, there is a sense of urgency to play a complete game against any opposition.

“We have to regroup and put that game behind us but also learn from it,” sophomore midfielder Caitlyn McFadden said. “We need to be more disciplined and more consistent throughout the game.”

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Sports Maryland Terrapins

Vanderbilt Commodores

32-3, 13-1 ACC

25-8, 11-3 SEC

No. 1 seed

No. 4 seed

WHEN: Tomorrow, 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Spokane, Wash.

TV/RADIO: ESPN/WMUCSports.com DATA: It’s sweet 16 time, and the Terps are back for the second time in three years.

The last time they reached this point, they won the national championship.

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VANDY

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71.2 46.8 38.7 66.4 36.8 16.2 17.4

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3.4 2.4 2.8 2.7 0.4

THE STAR SPOTLIGHT Toliver faces the heat Kristi Toliver runs the show from the point guard position, and a lot will be riding on her this weekend in Spokane. When the Terps struggle to hold onto the ball, she gets a lot of the blame, and when the Terps offense is clicking, she's deservedly given a lot of the credit.

Her shot selection has been somewhat questionable recently, especially early in the shot clock, but she also seems to have a knack for hitting the big shot when the Terps need it the most.

Toliver, along with teammate Crystal Langhorne, was named a finalist for the Wade Trophy, awarded to the best player in the nation. The pressure is on her to prove worthy of that elite status.

THE SWEET 16 The Terps return to the sweet 16 for just the second time since 1992. But the program has had some success in the round.

Year W/L Score Seed Opponent 2006 W 82-63 2 No. 3 Baylor 1992 W 64-58 2 No. 3 Purdue 1989 W 89-54 1 No. 4 S.F. Austin 1988 W 81-66 2 No. 3 Ohio State

TERPS’ LAST 3 3/25 vs. Nebraska W 76-64 3/23 vs. Coppin State W 80-66 3/8 vs. Duke L 74-63

’DORES’ LAST 3 3/24 vs. West Virginia W 64-46 3/22 vs. Montana W 75-47 3/8 vs. Tennessee L 63-48

Check out www.TerrapinTrail.com for weekend blog posts from women’s basketball beat reporter Greg Schimmel in Spokane, as well as extra men’s lacrosse and Spring football coverage.

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THE MATCHUP

Average PPG Field Goal % 3-Point % Free Throw % Rebounds/G Assists/G Turnovers/G

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Terrapins vs. Vanderbilt

WESTWARD BOUND Terps claim pressure is off for sweet 16

BY GREG SCHIMMEL Senior staff writer

It’s time for the Terrapin women’s basketball team to let loose.

The Terps looked a little tight in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament earlier this week, but now that they’ve hurdled the emotional barrier of getting past the second round, the pressure is not as intense.

The top-seeded Terps (32-3) acknowledged the strain they felt in the first two rounds after being upset in the second round last year. And heading into tomorrow’s Spokane Regional semifinal against No. 4seed Vanderbilt (25-8), the focus can shift from trying not to lose to thinking only about trying to win.

“We’re definitely ready to play loose and free,” junior guard Kristi Toliver said. “We just want to play as long as we can.”

Even as the stakes get higher, the Terps maintain they can just focus on themselves and enjoy the ride from here on out.

But they know they won’t have as big a margin for error as in the first two rounds, when they had to fight through some mental lapses and stretches of inconsistent play against Coppin State and Nebraska.

Poor shot selection and occasional slips into token defense will no longer cut it.

“There’s only 16 teams left, and we’re blessed to be one of them,” senior forward Laura Harper said.

“We’re going to play with a serious sense of urgency.”

The Terps headed out to Spokane, Wash., on Wednesday, hoping to allow themselves ample time to acclimate to their surroundings and adjust to the three-hour time difference.

They were ready for a road trip after playing the first two rounds of the tournament at Comcast Center, and the long distance is not an issue.

“We know what it feels like to play everywhere, so it’s nothing new,” Harper said.

The last time the Terps headed nearly as far west in the postseason was in 2006, when they won the Albuquerque Regional on their way to the program’s first-ever national championship.

“I’ve never been [to Spokane],” Toliver said. “Good things happened

ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACK

Senior Laura Harper believes the Terp women’s basketball team will stop playing so tight now that they have advanced into the Sweet 16.

“To finally get past the second round, it’s smooth sailing from there,” she said. Vanderbilt is next up on the Terps’ schedule. the last time we went out West, so I’m not totally opposed to it. It should be exciting. Another place, another game we can hopefully continue to advance in.”

The defensive-minded Commodores played in Albuquerque in the past week; they advanced to the sweet 16 with two easy wins in the first two rounds.

They breezed past No. 13-seed Montana 75-47 on Saturday and beat talented No. 5-seed West Virginia 64-46 in the second round on Monday, led by 21 points from leading scorer Christina Wirth.

“I know a couple of players on Vandy, but I don’t care who we play, we’re just going to be ready,” Harper said. “It’s that time of year.”

That time of year. Time for the Terps to pull it together, and finally time to play in the moment, not worry about what happened in the past.

“We’re just happy to be in the sweet 16,” senior forward Crystal Langhorne said. “We’re pretty excited to be here.” schimmeldbk@gmail.com

3-POINTERS

ONE-ON-ONE

HOLD ONTO THE BALL

MARISSA COLEMAN VS. CHRISTINA WIRTH

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The Terps have never put much of an emphasis on ball control, a consequence of playing their high-paced style of offense. But when the Terps turn the ball over too much, it can start to become a problem. The Terps have averaged 17.7 turnovers per game this season, and they exceeded that average in all three of their losses.

The Commodores, meanwhile, thrive on their defense. They have forced opponents to turn the ball over an average of 20.4 times per game this season, and will likely try to pressure the Terps tomorrow.

STAY COMPOSED A lot has been made of the perception that the Terps have been playing tight recently, especially in the first two rounds of the tournament. After getting bounced in the second round last year, the Terps seemed desperate at times not to lose, and their decision-making suffered on both ends of the floor.

With the embarrassing prospect of a loss on their home floor in the first two rounds behind them, the Terps should be able to keep their heads about them against the Commodores.

GET SOME HELP OFF THE BENCH Senior forward Jade Perry and senior guard Ashleigh Newman played very well subbing in against Nebraska, but bench play has been a major weakness for the Terps this season.

They have been simply unable to establish more than a consistent sevenplayer rotation this season, and at times, they haven't even been able to go that deep. When the starters get in foul trouble, it doesn't bode well for the Terps.

If the Terps can get some quality minutes from some of their less-heralded players, they will be in good shape.

The 6-foot-1-inch Coleman played unbelievably in the second half against Nebraska, putting the Terps on her shoulders when the Cornhuskers were hanging tough. After a disappointing first half, Coleman scored nine consecutive points for the Terps at one juncture, and ended up scoring 15 points after halftime.

“In the first half I wasn't playing as well as I would have liked to,” Coleman said. “After halftime it was a new 20 minutes.”

When she's on top of her game, the versatile Coleman is nearly impossible to defend.

Wirth, also a 6-foot-1-inch swing player, is another versatile offensive player and the Commodores' leading scorer. She was named first-team all-SEC this season, and will be the main focus of the Terps' defense.