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Tawes Hall set to undergo $12.9 million renovation

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Recital Hall will be replaced with new classrooms, officials say

BY TEDDY AMENABAR Staff writer

As officials finalize plans to overhaul the current CORE curriculum and implement the new general education program, Facilities Management crews are helping by constructing

three new classrooms in Tawes Hall — a project that will cost the department $12.9 million.

The project, which has been listed as a “high priority project,” still awaits approval from the Board of Regents — the 17-member governing body that oversees the University System

of Maryland. The board is slated to vote on it in June. The project, which is expected to take about two years and officials have just begun planning, involves tearing down Tawes Hall’s Ulrich Recital Hall and instead

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Hey, Mr. DJ Junior co-owns his own entertainment company

BY MARY CLARE FISCHER Staff writer

On weekdays, junior Jordan Rich mostly spends his time in class or hanging out with friends. On weekends, he parties — working the crowd and rocking out to whatever music thumps from the speakers.

Yet Rich, a government and politics major, is not the student who stumbles up to a satellite house and pays $5 to join the scene. In fact, others pay him to, essentially, throw the party for them.

Rich is the co-owner of Escapist Entertainment, which he describes as a “DJ and videography services company” that does everything from creating set lists to fully producing concerts for a variety of organizations.

“I can do an event with four lights or I can bring in 25 feet of aluminum trussing and fly things,” Rich said. “You know, you can just go crazy. The sky’s the limit.”

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Junior elementary education major Emily Bolton, who also plays club softball, will join the Orioles as a ball girl this season. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Student creates website to track down cheapest textbooks available Site generates list based on student’s courses that semester

BY STEVEN RUIZ For The Diamondback

As a junior business major, Matthew Ellis should supposedly be concerned with making himself a fortune — not saving others a fortune on their textbooks.

But a few months ago, Ellis jumped at the chance to bring one Yale University student’s business idea to the campus and create books@umd, a website that helps students find the cheapest textbook options available.

Books@yale — a website launched

by Yale University junior computer science major Sean Haufler for his campus — served as the model for Ellis’ site, which can be found at booksatumd.com. The site generates a book list based on the courses the

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Ready for the big leagues Junior starts as Orioles’ ball girl Friday

BY ERIN EGAN Senior staff writer

Emily Bolton will soon have a new jersey to hang next to her Terrapins club softball uniform — this one from the Baltimore Orioles.

Bolton, a junior elementary education major who has played outfield for the Terps for three years, will join the Orioles this Friday as a ball girl. She is one of five people to win the honor for the upcoming season after edging out 45 other hopefuls at Camden Yards

during the grueling tryout process.

“I grew up watching Cal Ripken Jr., and I’ve always loved watching baseball,” Bolton said. “This is my dream job.”

Bolton, a Hagerstown native will work the foul line for the Orioles, fielding foul balls and handing them over to children in the crowd. However, she and the other ball girls and boys will also be expected to cheerlead, schmooze with fans and coordinate

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Beginning on opening day this Friday against the Minnesota Twins, Bolton will be responsible for her role on the field, discussing Orioles trivia with avid fans and directing the person throwing the first pitch — past guests of honor include presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Bolton said she never expected to make the cut when she tried out last month.

“I just went for fun not thinking much of it,” Bolton said. “But now I’m really looking for ward to this and I’m really excited. I don’t think that reality has set in yet.”

In order to get the position, Bolton had to have a fielding tr yout where she and the 50 others practiced gloving foul balls and flicking them into the stands. Each candidate also had an on-camera interview, was tape recorded singing cheers, such as “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” and answering trivia questions about the team.

Orioles in-game entertainment coordinator Heather Bressler said the organization is looking forward to working with Bolton, the only nominee selected from this university.

“We’re looking for folks that are personable, have softball or baseball experience, and should be an ambassador for the Orioles team,” Bressler

Emily Bolton, a junior on this university’s club softball team, will serve as ball girl for the Baltimore Orioles this season.

said. “We want someone to take part in pregame ceremonies and events, engage the crowd during the inning breaks, chat with fans and just promote an overall positive experience for our fans here at the ballpark.”

Junior animal sciences major Kelsey Fogle said Bolton, her roommate, has a

fun, happy attitude and deserves the season-long post.

“I was with her when she got the call for the position and her jaw dropped and she was just very, very excited,” Fogle said. “I know she’s going to have a lot of fun and she’s going to be great at her job.”

Emily Gold, a junior elementary education major and

another of Bolton’s roommates, said she has always noticed her friend’s love of baseball.

“She is a huge Baltimore Orioles fan, she has a bunch of jerseys and she has posters all over her room,” Gold said.

“She’s so excited and she’s perfect for the job.”

In addition to interacting with fans and working on the

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field, Bolton is anticipating another perk of working in the outfield. Some days, she may be just feet away from her favorite player, Nick Markakis.

“It’s really awesome that I could be sitting right next to him some games,” she said.

With the exception of her brother — who roots for the New York Yankees — Bolton

said cheering for the Orioles has been almost a family tradition, and she is excited friends and family will be able to see her in action with the free tickets the job awards her.

“I know she’s going to have a lot of fun and she’s going to be great at her job,” Fogle said. egan@umdbk.com

Zombie-themed adventure park wins $17,500 at competition Gov. Martin O’Malley kicks off sixth annual Cupid’s Cup, says student innovation can help create more jobs

BY MOHAMMAD SHARIF For The Diamondback

It started with two childhood friends coming together last year to start a business devoted to zombie-inspired entertainment.

And Friday, Gov. Martin O’Malley was present to watch a team of 16 students and alumni win a total of $17,500 for their

zombie-themed adventure park at the business school’s annual Cupid’s Cup competition.

Five finalists took the stage at the Hoff Theater to showcase their business ideas and compete for a $15,000 grand prize and other cash prizes to invest in their innovations. These projects included 3D technology software; an affordable clothing line for college students; software to

streamline the shipping process for companies; and online courses developed for food service professionals.

The business school’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship launched the Cupid’s Cup six years ago, naming the competition in honor of the Cupid’s Valentine — a Valentine’s Day flower sale founded by Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin

Plank as one of his earliest business ventures. Plank, a university alumnus, serves as the event’s sponsor each year.

As the event’s keynote speaker, O’Malley emphasized the need for new student-driven innovations to improve the state’s struggling economy.

“We need to commercialize ideas at our colleges and research labs,” O’Malley said.

“We should encourage more research, education and entrepreneurship. ... We want to create jobs, we need to create jobs and we need to get number one [in the nation].”

Reed Street Productions, which runs a zombie-themed recreational park based in Baltimore, won the grand prize at the competition along with an additional $2,500 through the contest’s “People’s Choice” Award.

“It is outrageous and overwhelmingly great to win this award, which will help us become better, better and better over the years to come,” company co-founder Derrick Smith said. “We are looking forward to

invest in expanding our resources and team to better serve people.”

Junior business major Ryan Hogan, the company’s cofounder and managing member, said Reed Street Productions made almost $15,000 in their first year of business. The company hosts zombie-themed parties and events at their Baltimore base or at other venues, and their most popular attraction, Hogan said, is “Run for Your Lives” — a mud-filled adventure race that ends with an “Apocalypse Party” hosted by the safe zone at the finish line.

Hogan and Smith said they plan to use their winnings to expand their marketing and hire more employees to expand their business.

“Our plan is to just keep going, keep going and keep going,” Hogan said.

The Food Safety Administration also won $7,500 to develop online courses, but even teams who did not win any prizes still appreciated the experience they gained through the competition.

“We need to commercialize ideas at our colleges and research labs. We should encourage more research, education and entrepreneurship.”

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“It was an honor to be up there on the stage and part of a great day,” said graduate business student Geoff Milsom, the president of 10G Systems, which develops software for shipping companies. “Winning would have been great, but being there was a tremendous honor. They gave me a shot, and that’s all I can ask.” news@umdbk.com

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When audience members brought up the alleged workplace abuse, the or the last several years, the University Senate Campus Affairs Committee has held an annual forum to address a specific university safety con- panelists — University Police Chief David Mitchell, Campus Compliance cern. The issues — ranging, in recent years, from the prevalence of sex- Officer Roger Candelaria, Director of Student Conduct Andrea Goodwin, ual assault to the feasibility of a campuswide helmet policy — always Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program Coordinator Allison Bennett and campus counselor Sarah Mebane — simply said they weren’t qualseem to be hot-button topics that usually draw a large number of attendees.

This year’s forum, held Thursday night, centered around sexual abuse and ified to address the issue, but would include in the committee’s annual report to the senate that some felt the issues weren’t harassment — a significant issue after the sex abuse scanbeing adequately addressed. dal last year at Penn State that rocked the Nittany Lions The senate should be doing a lot more than just includand this country to their cores. Officials were quick to ing a line in a report — especially since administrators note that such instances have not occurred at this univerThe University Senate have already addressed this year’s topic. Shortly after the sity and they chose the topic because sexual assault polineeds to take a stand Penn State scandal, Loh drafted a six-page policy outlining cies are a large topic of discussion on campuses across legal obligation to report instances of child abuse. In the country this year following the scandal. against the alleged cases of the only a month, seven reports were made to University But for several audience attendees, Penn State wasn’t a workplace abuse, rather Police. Although none of the alleged abuse took place on good enough topic. They used the question-and-answer the campus, Loh’s concrete stance on the issue obviously segment to ask the panelists about similar issues actually than defer responsibility made an impact with the community. occurring on this campus: The alleged workplace abuse So this editorial board is curious — what exactly and sexual harassment of staff members in several to administrators. could the campus affairs committee recommend in its departments across the board.

One attendee asked why the university hadn’t paid closer attention to the report that hasn’t already been done? Sexual abuse is a ver y real issue, but university’s Human Resources Working Group’s recommendations released panelists were quick to point out that they don’t believe instances that hapin September, crafted in response to dozens of allegations of sexual harass- pened at Penn State are happening here and Loh has already addressed it. ment and racism by superiors. Although the report outlined several recom- The committee seems a bit late to the conversation; meanwhile, staff memmendations for bettering workplace abuse and administrators say they are in bers are reportedly still being abused.

It seems the university higher-ups are once again skirting the issue. Last the process of being implemented, several community members have said week’s forum would have been the perfect opportunity for the senate to lead change isn’t coming soon enough.

This editorial board agrees and is left scratching its head, wondering why the a real discussion on actual safety issues on this campus and propose solid University Senate has remained largely silent on this issue. Indeed, the univer- recommendations on how to eradicate the problem. It’s time for the senate sity’s most powerful legislative body missed an important chance to address the to address this issue once and for all. Any other fruitless forums will just continue to be a waste of time. issue and pressure administrators to act quicker.

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Time to decriminalize drugs and prostitution

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e certainly do not want our kids to become addicted to drugs or have prostitutes walking our neighborhoods. But by criminalizing drugs and prostitution, we have made these products and ser vices extremely profitable and have created huge criminal enterprises and street-level hustlers who are highly motivated to get people hooked on drugs and human sex trafficking, creating exactly the opposite of the desired effect.

One only has to look back on the past decades littered with countless ruined lives and dead bodies to know that the huge profits from drugs and sex have led to great temptations and unspeakable acts.

One only needs to look to Mexico, Colombia and neighborhoods across our countr y struggling for their ver y existence against drug cartels, drug dealers and pimps to know we have not stopped evil. We have created more of it.

RICHARD ZIPPER It seems clear to me the time has come for our countr y to tr y a different approach. It is time to eliminate excessive profits from the drug trade and do a better job protecting prostitutes from physical violence, financial abuse and disease: This means decriminalization and government regulation. And as sad as it is when someone becomes addicted to drugs or decides to sell their body for sex, decriminalization and regulation will have substantially fewer negative side effects for individuals and our society than the current situation. Spending money on prevention programs, counseling and detoxification seems a lot more humane and cost effective than the

huge amounts of money we currently spend on the Drug Enforcement Agency, the police and the 500,000 people in U.S. prisons for drug-related charges.

While this stand on drugs was once only the providence of hippies and ultraliberals, there is now a prestigious organization — the Global Commission on Drug Policy, whose board includes ex-presidents of Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Switzerland, the former secretar ygeneral of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, as well as former Secretar y of State George Shultz and former U.S. Federal Reser ve Chairman Paul Volcker — advocating for the decriminalization of all drug use.

And we only need to look to Nevada, the Netherlands and New Zealand to see that legalizing prostitution has led to a significant improvement for the health and welfare of all parties involved — not to mention increased tax revenue for the governments.

When will we look back to the prohibition of alcohol in this country from 1919 to 1933, what lessons should we have learned? England, which chose stringent regulation over prohibition, was more effective at reducing the negative consequences of alcohol consumption than the United States — and in the meanwhile generated substantial revenues. When we finally ended prohibition, we discovered in the following decades that regulation was just as effective in controlling consumption.

So the questions remain: How long will it be before we learn the lessons of histor y? How long before common sense rises above kneejerk reactions? How long before we realize criminalizing some urges does not reduce them, but only inspires criminal enterprise to encourage them and feed them?

Richard Zipper is a Golden ID student taking classes in biology. He can be reached at zipper@umdbk.com.

Naloxone: The underrated lifesaver

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hile modern medicine has eradicated many diseases and public health threats, one epidemic continues to spread and is now the second largest cause of unintentional death in the US: Drug overdose.

Moreover, it is not just any drug causing these deaths; the majority result from heroin and opioid analgesics (prescription painkillers, like OxyContin or Vicodin). In fact, opioid painkillers account for almost six times more overdose-related deaths than their “street” counterpart. Even in Baltimore, a city infamous for its high rate of heroin use, the instances of emergency calls and medical treatment for prescription opioids has increased dramatically in the past two decades.

What makes these numbers even more shocking is the fact that many of these deaths could have been prevented even after the person took the drug. I’m talking about an antidote, a cure for opiate and opioid overdose.

Amazingly, there is one — Naloxone — which has been proven since its introduction in the 1990s to have a high success rate and few negative

side effects. Naloxone literally reverses an overdose and is easy to apply nasally or intramuscularly, even without professional medical training.

Yet despite the existence of this treatment, many people are either unaware of naloxone or don’t have access to it, and as a result, drug overdose fatality rates continue to climb.

Before discussing some factors that contribute to the lack of knowledge about overdose prevention, I must dismiss the notion that drug users suffering from an overdose are unworthy of saving. First, an overdose is probably not what the user intended to bring about with their use — the majority of OD’s are accidental. Second, the drugs that are the leading causes of overdose, heroin (opiates) and cocaine, have long histories of medical and cultural use before the current negative stigma was attached to them. Furthermore, the leading cause of drug overdose is not recreational use, but prescription abuse. It would be wrong to deny these patients life-saving measures for doing something that’s considered “bad” in a com-

LAUREN MENDELSOHN pletely different scenario. Even if a person overdoses from someone else’s medication, he or she doesn’t deser ve to die in a time of need for what may have simply been a mistake or lapse in judgment.

Most people would agree the value of a person’s life should outweigh the implications of violating a law that harms only themselves, as is the case with drug abuse. However, we are not always so reasonable and unbiased, and the pervasive negative stigma attached to drugs (especially heroin and opioids) discourages many users from seeking out Naloxone for potential future emergencies. Another factor contributing to the antidote’s underuse is the fact that regulations on Naloxone attainment, possession, and distribution var y from state to state. In

some places, Naloxone may be distributed freely by health organizations; in other places (including Mar yland), a prescription is needed to get the treatment; and in some places (also including Mar yland), it’s illegal to use your prescribed Naloxone to treat someone else who has overdosed and may not have treatment of their own.

So, how can advocates raise awareness of this life-saving drug? Publicizing is crucial, as there is a shortage of effective media campaigns about overdose prevention, as well as a shortage of foreign-language harm reduction material. In addition, officials should consider implementing a statewide overdose prevention program as other states have, since the current efforts are located solely in Baltimore City.

Hopefully the combination of education, increased access to Naloxone and diminished stigma will help curb the overdose death rate and open the doors for new methods of treatment.

Lauren Mendelsohn is a junior psychology major. She can be reached at mendelsohn@umdbk.com.

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n Wednesday, March 28, presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke in Ritchie Coliseum.

When I heard of this event, I realized that we as students at this university had quite an opportunity — one that has not presented itself since President Barack Obama previously visited the campus.

Having a member of the U.S. Congress speak on the campus is a big deal, especially a wellknown one such as Paul. He is also seeking the largest office in the land, the presidency, and that adds even more to his visit.

On April 3, Marylanders will be able to vote in the presidential primar y. So here, we have an opportunity to not only become more educated voters but also to listen to a man that is more popular with our age group then any other candidate. It is often discussed by media pundits how Paul gets the youth vote.

It isn’t because he comes and speaks at campuses — it is because his message is something that is very appealing to young people and that message is liberty and freedom. And this message comes from the mouth of a man who has never once gone against his principles, something that is nearly nonexistent in modern politics.

Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have a great deal of things in common, but the main one is that their voting records vary greatly from their rhetoric. Santorum preaches often against big government, yet he voted for spending increases, raising of the debt ceiling five times, as well as nearly doubling the size of the Department of Education in a way that negatively affected many teachers.

Meanwhile, Gingrich and Romney have been on both sides of nearly every issue — just pick one and see how they have changed their views. The Daily Show host Jon Stewart even created a unit of time known as a “Romney,” which is the amount of time it takes for Romney to change his mind on something.

Even Obama is not free from this flip-flopper y. He often preached against the Patriot Act and promised to close the Prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (aka Gitmo), as well as ending torture. Since entering office, President Obama not only reinstated the Patriot Act but was one of its main supporters, and urged congress to sign it.

He also has failed to stop torture or close Gitmo. But he has even gone further signing such pieces of legislation as the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without charge or trial as well as the use of the militar y for domestic policing despite both of these actions being prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.

The point I am trying to make is not about politics or which candidate to support, but rather is a point about Paul. He is a rare breed in politics today, and should be praised for his consistency. But his consistency alone does not bring out young people in crowds — it’s his message. His message is different, his message is powerful and his message is convincing.

Brian Rothman is a sophomore marketing major. He can be reached at brothman@umd.edu.

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There’s something comforting about playing any installment of The Sims — it’s the one game franchise that largely hasn’t made any concessions to changes in trends games have seen in the past decade.

Case in point: The Sims 3: Showtime is the first Sims game I had played since the first one, but I instantly picked up the basic gameplay mechanics. The interface hasn’t gotten any less cluttered and the Simlish language is just as indecipherable as before.

As the title suggests, The Sims 3: Showtime is an expansion pack. It’s not a complete over-

haul of the formula, but rather a revision. To The Sims 3’s refined gameplay, Showtime adds new swag, a new city and a new goal Though the new Sims lets you carry a character to fame, the avatars are oddly lifeless. IMAGE COURTESY OF ELECTRONIC ARTS — to achieve stardom and fame Skipping past the tutorials, approximation of real life the houses are all there just to around the third house, disfor your little digital people.

But even with these addi- next comes the main rags to strips away the ambiguities, be bought, the non-player char- heartened by my apathy at seetions, Showtime plays out riches portion of the game. I nuance and uncertainties of acters there only to become ing him rise up in the world. pretty much like a Sims game. dropped Allens into Showtime’s real life, leaving only cause “friends” or “lovers,” i.e. a statis- Some games get you to feel about the avatars you control. tic or an achievement.

You start out by making your approximation of Hollywood, and effect.

Playing Allens through to The Sims 3: Showtime does not.

It’s comforting to know that own mini-me. I took the theme shoved him into the cheapest A new feature, however, does hovel and sending Allens off to do some super stardom doesn’t really of this started work- low-level singing telegram job bring about any catharsis. I cre- add some value to the expansion expansion V E R D I C T : ing his vocal won’t, say, cause him to get ated him and gave him a person- pack. Through SimPort, you can pack to heart run over or catch colon can- ality, but he and his world just now send characters across to chords. and birthed The Sims 3: Showtime refines The for- cer. Yet, the degree to which feel so fake, so plastic-wrapped. other players’ computers, AniFrank the series’ formula to a mula intro- The Sims has sanitized its Showtime and, by extension, mal Crossing style. I didn’t get a Allens, a hipcommendable extent, duced in The world has also impeded my The Sims tells you to make your chance to test the feature, but it ster-prick yet does not fix core issues Sims and fur- ability to care about any of the own story, but the games don’t should add a neat twist to a wannabe with the game. provide sufficient material to strangely lifeless game. ther pol- game’s characters. singer who Everything in the game spin interesting tales. is secretly afraid of children ished in Showtime has stood I stopped caring about Allens chzhang@umdbk.com the test of time. Showtime’s exists only to be conquered — and a massive coward.

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most common market is bar mitzvahs, but it also provides services for weddings, sorority formals, high school proms, events for non-profit organizations and concerts, sometimes working with names as well-known as Chiddy Bang and Guster. This past weekend, Rich and co-owner Mark Ricche spent Friday night working a formal for sorority Alpha Delta Pi at George Washington University and Saturday at a bar mitzvah in Silver Spring.

As a child, Rich sat on the floor of his bedroom and listened to music for hours at a time. Gradually, he became fascinated with the idea of becoming a DJ. But DJs need equipment, and equipment costs money.

So Rich began shoveling snow and made enough money to buy turntables and a mixer.

For his 10th birthday party, he decided he wanted a DJ theme and contacted Ricche, a kindergarten teacher with a theater background who had started an informal DJ business, at the suggestion of Rich’s father. He told Ricche to bring all his equipment to the Potomac Community Center.

“What he didn’t tell me was that he wanted to DJ the party himself,” Ricche said. “He walked on stage with a set list and his CDs and said, ‘I’m gonna go ahead and DJ now.’ He pushed me aside and got frustrated whenever I got too close. I just remember thinking, ‘This kid’s ballsy, all full of piss and vinegar.’ I never forgot that.”

When Rich was 13, the two reconnected, and Ricche offered to take on Rich as an apprentice.

After two or three years, Rich was promoted.

“He subsequently sort of pushed his way through the door — like Jordan does with everything — and made himself such a valuable part of the company, not only the technical and entertainment parts but also the business side, that I was forced to bring him on as a 50-50 full-fledged partner,” Ricche said. “He was young, but he was ready.”

Until that point, they had been operating under two different company names. It was then that Escapist Entertainment was born.

“People go to these events and are spending a lot of money; sometimes it’s money that is a lot for people and they really feel it so you have to give them an event that gets them away,” Rich said. “It’s a party — it’s like going to Vegas. You gotta go away so we’re escapists. We just take you away.”

Ricche said he had expected the fledgling business to take its toll on Rich, as it forced him to lose most of his weekends and focus on contracts and insurance instead of video games and girls. Yet Rich, despite his admission that he does not relax, thrives in his role at Escapist Entertainment.

The job doesn’t usually conflict with school. The money (generally starting at $500 for non-profit organizations, $700 for sorority formals and $1,800 for bar mitzvahs and weddings) is substantial. Most of all, the per-

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formance aspect — interacting with the crowd, emceeing, getting a laugh by throwing out a random song like Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” — gives him an ego boost.

“There’s a high that you get,” Rich said. “When you have a crowd that’s really into it, you come off ready to go.”

But there is a moment when that high fades. It’s called load-out — when Rich and Ricche have to coil their cables, load their trucks and go home. Venues need to close their doors at a certain time so few people are there to help out. Sometimes, that means going to bed at 5:30 a.m.

There are also the events that never produce a high. The time the power went out. The time the nice weather outside was more attractive to the kids than the music inside. Rich remembers those nights more than the ones that were highly successful. Yet the majority of his clients come to him through word of mouth, proving Escapist Entertainment provides more good than bad.

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“They have a lot of really good energy, and they’re very good at keeping the kids engaged,” she said.

And Rich?

“He’s professional and wise beyond his years,” Lockhart said.

For now, Escapist Entertainment is still accepting contracts and have booked events for 2014, after Rich’s expected graduation. Yet Rich does not know if he will still be a DJ in 10 years.

An accomplished equestrian, he has been competing in dressage — sometimes called horse bal-

let — since he was 10 and is well on his way to becoming a professional rider.

“He has his hand in a lot of pots,” Ricche said. “At the age of 20, you start to look at where you’re at and think about what life is going to be like. So many different things change. You fall in love; some people have kids that early and so forth. He has provided dividends for this company that go beyond my wildest dreams, so if he decides there are other ventures he wants to go out toward, I will support him.” mcfischer@umdbk.com

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TAWES from page 1 replacing it with three classrooms to suppor t new classes that will fall under the new general education program that begins this fall.

“We’re hoping to have not only just additional space, but good, high-quality, flexible learning space,” Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs Elizabeth Beise said.

Since officials are 1.7 mil-

lion square feet short of land to carr y out projects proposed in the Facilities Master Plan — a 123-page guide to development and landscaping for the campus over the next decade — they said the project will efficiently make use of space on the campus.

“Par t of the building has not been used, by and large has not been used since the per forming ar ts building opened up and folks moved out of Tawes,” Facilities Planning Director Brenda Testa said. “I think that is the

most significant accomplishment of this project.”

But Testa added the construction will not have a significant ef fect on the overall deficit for both university offices and classrooms.

“Yes, it will reduce the deficit of space we have, but minimally,” Testa said.

Some students, however, said they still use the Ulrich Recital Hall to attend seminars and lectures and do not think it should be torn down.

“I don’t think that’s really the truth, because most of

the English events are held in Ulrich, such as ‘Writers Here and Now’ and ‘English Undergraduate Lecture Series,’” junior English and ar t major Codi Gugliuzza said. “I don’t think it’s the same when it’s at CSPAC.” Currently, preliminar y plans hope to move the American studies depar tment into the new offices.

But because the project will more efficiently house departments officials said the benefits of the project outweigh potential drawbacks.

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“The department of American studies is one of the units that currently lives in Holzapfel and they will need to move out,” Beise said. “So this was seen as an oppor tunity to give them a nice home that’s close to some of the other units that are in ar ts and humanities.”

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But of ficials said the project will benefit the university as a whole in allocating space for future projects.

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TEXTBOOKS from page 1 user enters, and after searching various retailers, including Amazon, the University Book Center and Barnes & Noble, the site presents the best purchase options for the user’s courseload.

“My reaction was to take advantage of the opportunity right away,” Ellis said. “It immediately struck me as something that would be both useful to fellow students and profitable.”

Haufler said he spent about six months coding the books@yale site, which he said on average returns Yale students prices that are 60 percent lower than those at university bookstores.

“My primary motivation for creating the site was caused by frustration with the school bookstore,” Haufler said. “Students would spend hundreds — even thousands — of dollars on textbooks each semester because they weren’t aware of online alternatives to the bookstore.”

After hearing of the books@yale’s success, Ellis compiled a list of university courses and majors and plugged them into Haufler’s code to create his site, which officially launched in January.

“I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback — emails sent to me saying that it was a great application and they appreciated it,” Ellis said.

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on the heels of the student-led Textbook Rebellion on this campus last semester, where a number of student groups lobbied university administrators and faculty to trade the traditional book list for open-source materials and textbooks, which are free online. A recent U.S. Public Interest Research Group survey indicated that 70 percent of students had not bought a required textbook because the price was too high at least once.

Cindy Clement, the director of undergraduate studies in economics, said publishing companies face intense competition from the used textbook market; Student Monitor reported 37 percent of students bought their textbooks used in fall 2011. “[Publishers] tell me, ‘If I can figure out a way to avoid the competition from the used books, I will price it lower than the original price,’” Clement said. “So that means they are building it in and trying to cover their costs.”

Junior Chinese and criminology and criminal justice major Michelle Bedke said she would rather opt for used books and books@umd made the process much more convenient.

“After a while you just get tired of looking and just end up buying new ones because it’s easier,” Bedke said. “Having it all in one place gets rid of that frustration.”

Junior business major Matthew Ellis launched books@umd to help students find the cheapest textbooks possible for their courses. Ellis mirrored the site from another started at Yale University. PHOTO COURTESY OF BOOKS@UMD

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Ratsie’s Pizza patron arrested for throwing chair out of store University Police responded to more than 200 incidents in March, including disorderly conduct at Ratsie’s

BY ERIN EGAN Senior staff writer

University Police responded to more than 200 reported incidents in March, ranging from Ratsie’s Pizza patrons throwing chairs outside of the store to complaints of hate bias phrases written on a university classroom’s chalkboard.

HATE BIAS – On March 1, police responded to room 3207 in the Art-Sociology Building to find the words “N----- in UMD” written in chalk on the board, said University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky. Above the phrase, “Theta Iota” was also written. Limansky said the department took photos, and the writing was erased

from the board. Because Limansky said the incident doesn’t constitute a crime, the department is not actively seeking a suspect; however, if police found the person, he or she would be referred to the university’s Office of Student Conduct.

“Even if we know who did it, there was no crime committed,” Limansky said. “That word was offensive to someone, and that’s why it was reported. They believed it was written with racial motivation, so it’s documented as a hate bias incident.”

DISORDERLY CONDUCT – James Polivka, a 22-year-old student, was arrested March 9 at about 1:30 a.m. after yelling obscenities at a police officer, Limansky said. The officer was in the

middle of making a traffic stop on the 4500 block of Knox Road, so he told Polivka to keep walking.

Polivka disobeyed the officer’s requests and shouted, “You are a f--ing f----t,” according to Limansky.

“The officer was so distracted by the scene that he had to stop what he was doing to divert the situation before he could continue his traffic stop,” he said.

Polivka had bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech and told police that he had been drinking earlier that day, Limansky said. He will go to court for the misdemeanor charge and could face a maximum $500 penalty and six months in jail.

In an unrelated incident that same day, officers arrested 18year-old Brian Hashimoto of Elli-

cott City for disorderly conduct after an officer witnessed him yelling at vehicles outside of Ratsie’s Pizza on Route 1, Limansky said. As the officer was parking his car to talk to Hashimoto, he reportedly threw a chair from inside the pizzeria onto the sidewalk outside, tried to pull the handset from the base of a pay phone and yelled at passersby, Limansky said.

Once arrested, he was found in possession of a fake ID. “He was too intoxicated to be released on his own, so Hashimoto was released to his mother,” Limansky said, adding that he wasn’t charged for underage drinking because officers didn’t witness him in possession of alcohol.

Later that week, police responded to another incident of

disorderly conduct when 23year-old student Matthew Farrell was allegedly cursing and yelling at a staff member in Cole Field House, Limansky said.

Farrell was playing soccer on March 14 when staff members asked him to leave. Farrell refused, so the staff member called the police. While being escorted out of the building, Farrell allegedly continued to use profanity and was written a citation in lieu of arrest and denied future access to the building.

“After he was released, Farrell apologized to the staff,” Limansky said, “but when the staff members ask you to do something, it’s best to just comply with it.”

ASSAULT – On March 16, just after 2 a.m., two non-stu-

dents were arrested at Ratsie’s Pizza after participating in a fight inside the restaurant. The altercation started when Kevin Flynn allegedly pulled a chair out from underneath a female patron causing her to fall to the ground, Limansky said. The people inside the restaurant escorted Flynn outside, but he came back in and punched Luis Rivera in the face, Limansky said.

Another female reportedly tried to get between Flynn and Rivera when, while trying to strike Rivera, Flynn allegedly hit the female instead, Limansky said. After police arrived, Rivera failed to comply to their orders.

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Johnson have 92 and 71 shots, respectively. On a team replete with stars, the junior has become perhaps the most efficient and one of the most vital players to the Terps’ (11-2) success.

“She can not only feed but score,” Reese said. “She is going hard, and it adds another dimension to our offense, which makes us very hard to stop.”

Aust’s dominating effort was not the only high point of the Terps’ romp in Philadelphia. Johnson’s four goals were the most on either team, and she had three in the first half to key an early 5-0 Terps run that left the Quakers struggling to catch up.

Johnson has scored four or more goals in four of the past six games and now stands one away from gaining sole possession of No. 2 in program history for career goals.

“Aust’s passes have been getting to Karri Ellen in the middle, and she’s been putting them away,” Reese said.

“She’s been finishing on the opportunities that she’s given, and that’s what she does well every game.”

Attacker Kristy Black also picked up a hat trick, while Schwarzmann scored two on the night. The midfielder’s goal total broke an impressive streak of six consecutive hat tricks.

On the other end, goalie Brittany Dipper and the defenders in front of her continued to shut down opponents. Coming off of a perfect game against Towson, Dipper snagged seven saves in front of the cage against Penn, while the defense as a whole forced almost twice as many turnovers (15) as Penn’s (eight).

The Terps also reigned superior again in draw controls, besting the Quakers, 14-8.

“We played well on both ends of the field again,” Reese said. “We controlled the draw to get good looks on goal, and we had the ball enough times on offense to put it away.”

Tech ace Jasmin Harrell allowed only two hits in a complete-game shutout. In the second leg of the Saturday doubleheader, the Hokies (27-12, 6-2) won, 7-5, after the Terps were unable to answer two runs in the top of the sixth.

After pitching a combined nine innings in two games Saturday, senior pitcher Kendra Knight started the game for the Terps yesterday before being pulled after 6.2 innings. She allowed three runs in the top of the seventh in an eventual 5-1 loss.

Still, Knight was adamant that fatigue was not a factor with her performance.

“As athletes, we are conditioned to do this,” she said. “I just need to be stronger.

That’s it.”

On Sunday, after allowing two runs in the first, the Terps’ ace settled nicely into the flow of the game, throwing five scoreless frames until the seventh. But she was still frustrated at the way she started and finished her outing.

“I need to be better for my team and stop them from scoring early and late in games,” Knight said. “It kind of sucks to hold them down in the middle but not stay strong in the beginning or end of games, so I need to get tougher and come out strong and then close out games.”

Watten mirrored Knight’s disappointment with the team’s late-game performance.

“In those innings, everybody is going to get tougher and everyone is going to get better and everyone is going to pour it on because you’re running out of time,” she said. “We have to be tougher both mentally and physically and we can’t let people surge on us.”

The team’s disappointing play over the past few weekends has made its roaring start to the season a fading memory. Since winning 10 of their first 12 games, the Terps have gone 8-12 and lost eight of their past 10. It won’t be any easier in conference play, but Knight believes the solution for the Terps lies in going back to those same winning roots.

“We need to remember what got us here as athletes,” she said. “We all know we’re great players, but I think we just forget it sometimes.

We haven’t been winning, so it’s kind of hard to stay strong up top, but we need to remember why we got here and what we do well.”

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the action when we had the team together in the second half, we were talking about picking the ball up off the ground,” Cavaliers coach Dom Starsia said. “It just felt like that was going to make a difference in the game — possessing the ball. It was a game where we sort of needed to grind it out.”

The fourth quarter was all Virginia. It seemed to figure out Amato (12 saves), finishing a remarkable 6-1 run over a 16-minute span to hand John Tillman his first back-toback losses as Terps coach. The team, led by Stanwick’s high school teammate Joe Cummings (two goals and one assist), is now out of contention for the ACC regular-season title.

That was hardly Tillman’s chief concern Saturday. The Terps have games against Navy and No. 1 John Hopkins before starting the ACC Tournament in a few weeks. During that stretch, he’d like his team to solve its fourth-quarter woes. The Terps have surrendered five goals in the final period of all three of their losses this season.

“The fourth quarter, it’s not been our quarter. And that’s something we [normally] take pride in,” Tillman said. “Obviously, when you’re behind, you’ve got to force the issue a little bit. And with a young group down there, that’s really not our strength.”

That’s not the case for Virginia. After all, it has the benefit of relying upon one of the game’s most clutch performers. Whenever the Cavaliers need a spark, Stanwick’s ready to lend a helping hand.

“Your big boys in crunch time — you want to win at this level, that’s what you’ve got to have,” Starsia said. “And that’s what [Stanwick] did for us when that game needed to be decided late.”

his received mixed results.

Right-hander Brady Kirkpatrick (1-4) lasted only one inning Friday, giving up five runs (four earned) on three hits and one walk. Reliever Michael Boyden was tagged for four runs out of the bullpen, and Boston College cruised. Third baseman K.J. Hockaday paced the Terps’ offense, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and one run scored.

In Game 2 of Friday’s doubleheader, right-hander Brett Harman pitched seven innings, giving up four runs in the second inning and then giving way to closer Jimmy Reed (0-1). The left-hander pitched 4.1 innings split over the day’s two games before the Eagles (12-15, 4-8) finally broke through in the 12th.

The Terps got a 3-for-5 performance from right fielder Jordan Hagel and a 2-for-4 line from first baseman Tim Kiene, but it wasn’t enough to come through late. They had only one hit after the ninth inning.

“We had a lot of opportunities to win and we never quite got that clutch hit to fall,” Bakich said. “We had a lot of quality atbats and hit some balls hard, but couldn’t get the hits to fall. I think we were just living right on the edge for five innings there at the end of the game.”

All that set the stage for Carroll’s performance later Saturday to help the Terps avoid their second series sweep of the year.

It wasn’t expected, but it certainly wasn’t unwanted.

“He gave us exactly what we needed coming off of an emotional extra-inning loss,” Bakich said. “He came out and dominated. He didn’t walk anybody.

He was pitching down in the zone, throwing a lot of strikes, letting our defense work.”

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Midfielder Joe Cummings had two goals and an assist Saturday against Virginia.

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“It has been a really tough year,” Spencer said. “There hasn’t been a lot of support from people coming out to see us play, and that’s disappointing, but at the same time the inner strength these young men have speaks volumes about them.”

The women’s team also faced Miami and Florida State this weekend, losing both of its matches to the Floridian teams and extending its losing streak to seven.

On Friday, the No. 37 Seminoles (11-6, 4-2 ACC) defeated the visiting No. 69 Terps (6-11, 0-7), 6-1, winning all but one singles and doubles match that afternoon. Sophomore Cristina Stancu and junior Vroni Van Berlo proved the lone successful pairing with an 8-6 victory over Florida State. Stancu was the lone singles victor, as well, as she dominated in a 6-0, 6-1 straight-sets victory.

In the Terps’ match against the No. 5 Hurricanes (15-1, 7-0 ACC), Stancu again showed up big for the Terps yesterday, defeating No. 18 Anna Bartenstein for her second victory over a top-20 opponent this spring.

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Aust’s big game lifts Terps past Quakers Attacker has nine points in 14-6 win

BY NICHOLAS MUNSON Staff writer

It would be difficult to argue that Alex Aust is or ever has been the face of the Terrapins women’s lacrosse program. The junior attacker has been a key cog on the offense since her freshman year in 2010, but the long list of Terps offensive stars — Sarah Mollison, Laura Merrifield, Katie Schwarzmann and Karri Ellen Johnson — has largely kept her from the limelight.

Her impressive showings lately, though, are revealing how critical she is to the Terps’ offense and the team’s fortunes as a whole. Continuing her hot streak, Aust contributed three goals and six assists Friday in the No. 5 Terps’ 14-6 victory at No. 10 Pennsylvania for the team’s sixth straight win.

“Alex is stepping up right now,” coach Cathy Reese said. “She’s making it clear that she is a very dangerous player for other teams to handle.”

Aust’s six assists against the Quakers (6-3) were a new career high and increased her team-leading total to 23 on the year. Her hat trick, meanwhile, demonstrated her valuable role on the team as both a passer and a finisher.

She has notched 24 goals thus far, trailing only Schwarzmann (40) and Johnson (37), and she’s done it on just 47 shots. Schwarzmann and

Virginia attackman Steele Stanwick, widely regarded as the top player in college lacrosse, finished with eight points to lift the No. 2 Cavaliers over the No. 9 Terps on Saturday. The defeat knocked the Terps from contention for the ACC regular-season title. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

Show-Steeler Virginia attackman shines in No. 2 Cavaliers’ 12-8 win over struggling No. 9 Terps

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Senior staff writer

Virginia’s Steele Stanwick is the most decorated player in college lacrosse. The senior attackman won the Tewaaraton Trophy as the sport’s top player last season and is considered a favorite to repeat this year.

On Saturday, he lived up to his billing.

Stanwick tied a career high with eight points on three goals and five assists, and No. 2 Virginia secured a 12-8 win over the No. 9 Terrapins men’s lacrosse team before 6,445 at Byrd Stadium.

Though the Baltimore native

impacted the game for the full 60 minutes, it was a three-minute stretch in the fourth quarter that proved most critical.

With little more than 10 minutes left in a rematch of last May’s national championship game, Stanwick netted a shot past goalie Niko Amato to put the Cavaliers up 9-7.

After Terps midfielder Drew Snider responded with a goal of his own 28 seconds later, Stanwick fed junior Matt White for a score that gave Virginia a 10-8 advantage.

Then he made the play of the game. Starting behind the goal, Stanwick darted past freshman defender Goran Murray and drew a double-

team from junior defenseman Brian Cooper. While falling to the ground just in front of the crease, he managed to score for an 11-8 lead with 7:34 remaining.

It was a highlight befitting the reigning national player of the year.

“He’s a great player,” Terps midfielder Landon Carr said after the game. “He does some miraculous things.”

The Terps’ troubles didn’t start with Stanwick. They were without second-line midfielder Kevin Cooper, who was serving a onegame suspension for his part in an on-field fight at North Carolina a week earlier. The team also had to

play starting midfielder Mike Chanenchuk (undisclosed injury) almost exclusively on extra-man opportunities.

With the Terps shorthanded, Virginia (9-1, 1-0) simply wore them down.

After going down 2-0 early, the Terps (5-3, 1-2 ACC) roared back to secure a 7-5 lead midway through the third quarter. From that point on, however, they struggled. The Cavaliers dominated on groundballs and faceoffs in the game’s most crucial moments, giving them a clear advantage in possession.

“I think probably every break in

see CAVALIERS, page 11 Virginia goalie Rob Fortunato makes a stop on Terps attacker Jay Carlson on Saturday.

Fortunato finished with 15 saves, and the No. 2 Cavaliers scored seven of the game’s final eight goals to help open their ACC schedule with a win in College Park.

see QUAKERS, page 10

BASEBALL

Carroll gets a win Terps need vs. BC Team drops fourth straight ACC series

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BY DANIEL GALLEN

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This weekend’s series at Boston College brought two unexpected results for the Terrapins baseball team.

After a 16-run offensive explosion Wednesday at St. John’s, a 10-3 blowout loss to the Eagles to open the three-game set on Friday was surprising. So was the offensively challenged 5-4 loss the next day that ensured the Terps’ fourth ACC series loss in as many weekends.

At the same time, starter David Carroll wasn’t expected to be good for eight innings of one-run ball, not after leaving his March 24 start at Miami with neck and shoulder stiffness and being doubtful for the weekend.

“He stepped up,” coach Erik Bakich said after the Terps avoided the series sweep with a 7-1 win Saturday. “We needed a clutch performance from somebody and he gave it to us. That’s what we needed to leave Boston College with, a win, and he did that for us.

That was very big in that regard.”

The Terps (18-11, 3-9 ACC) entered the last game of the series Saturday after a disjointed schedule. Initially prepared for a threegame weekend set, the teams scheduled a doubleheader for Friday afternoon and a single game for Saturday. The doubleheader’s nightcap was called Friday after the tenth inning, however, due to darkness and resumed Saturday afternoon before Game 3.

Though Carroll (3-1) delivered a strong performance Saturday, the pitching in the two games before

see EAGLES, page 11

SOFTBALL

TENNIS

With sweep, losing streak hits six With win against Miami, Terps break new ground

Terps open ACC play with three losses to Hokies

Win over Hurricanes is first ever

BY DANIEL POPPER

BY RHIANNON WALKER

Staff writer

Staff writer

As Virginia Tech came to College Park one final time yesterday, the Terrapins softball team still had high hopes its recent struggles would end with the start of conference play.

But the team’s woes only worsened this weekend, as the Terps lost three bouts with the Hokies, extending their losing streak to six games.

Coach Laura Watten said she sees the cause of her team’s recent slump as mental rather than physical.

“I just want to see mental toughness,” she said. “I want to see us go out and fight and be hungry.”

In the opening game of the series, the Terps (18-14, 0-3 ACC) fell, 5-0, as Virginia

The Terrapins men’s tennis team battled its way to its first victory in five matches yesterday, beating No. 51 Miami, 4-3, in its last home match of the weekend.

The Terps (5-12, 2-5 ACC) won three singles contests and all three of their doubles matches to defeat the Hurricanes (8-8, 1-6 ACC) for the first time in school history.

“I was so proud of the guys,” coach Kyle Spencer said. “I’m so excited for them to get this win.

“I think this is the first time ever we’ve beaten Miami in the history of the program, and that dates back a long time.”

The team started off fast in doubles, as No. 24 Maros Horny and John Collins dismantled Miami’s doubles duo,

see HOKIES, page 10

Pitcher Kendra Knight allowed runs in only the first and seventh innings yesterday, but that was enough for a Virginia Tech win. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

8-3. Juniors Jesse Kiuru and Andy Magee won, 8-2, to secure the doubles point for the Terps.

With one point locked up, freshman Vlad Stefan and junior Tommy Laine completed the doubles sweep to move the team’s overall doubles record to 35-15.

For the first time in the past two weeks, the Terps sustained the momentum from their doubles play, taking three of their singles matches and the eventual match victory.

The team’s close win followed an equally close loss Friday, when it fell, 4-3, to No. 28 Florida State (16-4, 7-0 ACC). The Terps won three of their singles matches against the Seminoles, but even that wasn’t good enough.

For the first time in the past two months, the team lost the

see TENNIS, page 11