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Students push on with porn Campus groups to host XXX film in name of free speech

BY ALLISON STICE Senior staff writer

Students are planning to screen the hardcore pornographic movie that caused state legislators to threaten university funding last week.

A number of student groups, angry about the state’s intrusion and a lack of student input in the university’s deci-

sion to call off the screening, are working together to show the movie, Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge, tonight in the name of free speech. But the conservative state senator who originally threatened the university’s funding isn’t backing down, either.

With assistance from professors who have not yet gone public with their support, organizers have booked an undis-

closed room and plan to show the film at 7 p.m. The Student Power Party is the de facto sponsor, since most of the students involved are either on the ticket or actively supporting it, but they say it’s not part of their campaign in the Student Government Association elections that begin Tuesday.

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The four SGA presidential candidates answer questions regarding their platforms from The Diamondback’s editorial board during a debate last night. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

In Diamondback debate, tensions brought to light Editorial board probes candidates during three-hour Q-and-A session

BY DERBY COX Staff writer

Terrapin Station, a strip of shops and restaurants along Route 1, has seen dramatic turnover in recent years as tenants grapple with high rental rates and the weak economy. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Starving for students

The SGA presidential candidates directly challenged each other’s platforms last night in a three-hour Diamondback-sponsored debate that was markedly more heated than Thursday’s SGA-sponsored debate.

After taking a quiz on their knowledge of the university and politics and answering questions posed by the editorial board, the candidates ques-

tioned each other’s past experiences and plans for the organization if elected. The candidates used the debate to define their candidacies in much the same

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Constant turnover brings three new restaurants

BY NICK RHODES Staff writer

Kiyoko Express, a Japanese restaurant, opened on Route 1 three weeks ago. On the entrance to the restaurant hangs a whimsical warning.

“If you don’t eat, we both starve,” the sign reads.

While they may be joking, management of the two previous restaurants can attest to the truth behind the statement. There is no better example of the seemingly never-ending revolving door of

restaurants in College Park than Terrapin Station, a strip of stores along Route 1, and the home of Kiyoko Express, as well as a new pizzeria and a Peruvian chicken eatery. Over the past four years, three different restaurants will have occupied both the 7313-H and 7313-A addresses in Terrapin Station. All four of the previous restaurants failed shortly after opening.

Kiyoko Express will replace Fractured Prune, a

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Candidates split on SGA lobbying Presidential hopefuls diverge on best way to harness, direct student voice

BY DERBY COX Staff writer

Chicken Rico

Fat Tino's

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Packing a punch

While both of the past two SGA presidents focused significant parts of their terms on lobbying in Annapolis, the candidates vying to succeed them propose taking the organization’s advocacy in new and divergent directions.

The varying proposals to change lobbying methods indicate that while the Student Gov-

ernment Association’s lobbying helped pass a tuition freeze last year and appears to be close to helping both textbook legislation and a tuition freeze pass this year, all four of the candidates believe the organization could be doing more to help advocate for student interests.

Nick Mongelluzzo, the presidential candidate for the Unite UMD party, wants to bring more

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IMMORTAL REVOLUTION

Collegiate boxing championship hosted at Ritchie

BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

John Yoo seems like any typical sophomore business major.

He’s well-spoken, focused on his studies and hardly physically imposing at 139 pounds.

But Thursday afternoon at Ritchie Coliseum, during the quarterfinals of the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championships, Yoo took on a completely different persona — pummeling and being pummeled in a red, white and blue ring.

The student was now a boxer, viciously landing punches and counter-punches on his oppo-

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nent, a fellow club boxer from Penn State.

While Yoo, in his first year of competitive boxing for the Terps Boxing Club, eventually lost the fight, the process of learning the sport is enough to keep him coming back for more.

“I learn lessons every fight I take,” Yoo said. “I feel like because I lost seven times, that makes me a better boxer. My

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goal is to be an All-American and a national champion.

The only way you’re gonna get better is to get more fights.”

That was the spirit that guided five Terp boxers, all literally learning the ropes, at this weekend’s event.

In the first time the university has hosted the NCBA Championships, 74 fighters from 19 different schools participated.

While none of the Terps in the

Underground rapper Immortal Technique held a free show, “Move the Movement,” in Hornbake Plaza Friday night. The event was sponsored by Community Roots and other campus groups, and hundreds of students attended to watch Immortal Technique’s 45-minute performance. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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CRIME BLOTTER Feb. 25 - Police responded to a call of someone destroying property in the Comcast Center during the men’s basketball game against Duke. At about 10:45 p.m., with five minutes left in the game, someone became extremely upset and repeatedly kicked a seat until it broke. Police are not sure if alcohol was involved.

Feb. 27 - A baritone horn was stolen from an unlocked storage room in the Comcast Center that held instruments for the university’s pep band. Police say the instrument was likely stolen for financial gain and that the crime was committed at about 9 p.m.

March 3 - A counterfeit $20 bill was

Volunteers work hard to help out The seventh annual Terp Service Weekend drew more than 600 participants working at 11 sites in the College Park and Washington area.

One group of students went to Bladensburg Waterfront Park where they collected about 100 bags of trash, each weighing about 30 pounds.

Sophomore electrical engineering major Alice Chan, a member of the Air Force ROTC and site leader for the Bladensburg park area, said the trash was so overwhelming, they could have used more than the 100 students that were on hand.

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used to try and buy concessions at the Comcast Center during the men’s basketball game against Wake Forest. A worker rejected the bill after using a special pen that tests for authenticity. The bill was confiscated and the Secret Service was contacted regarding the incident.

March 9 - A car parked in Lot W near Chapel Drive had its windshield damaged after a weed whacker threw a rock at it around 9:40 a.m. The car belonged to a staff member and the university has yet to pay for damages, according to police.

March 11 - A university staff member has been receiving harassing and bizarre phone messages from a former student she assisted 16 years ago. The messages are long rants about the caller’s difficulty in applying to this university. While no direct threats have been made, the caller has sounded hysterical and has vowed to exact revenge on the university if she is not admitted.

March 12 - A television set was thrown from an unknown window at Centreville Hall at about 11 p.m. and smashed on the sidewalk below. Police do not know which floor or window the television came from.

March 20 - An unknown male reached out from a vehicle and shoved a bicyclist riding down Campus Drive, causing him to crash. The victim received some scratches and was checked out by an ambulance but refused treatment. The attack was clearly intentional but police are unsure of a motive.

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Students gathered at the Stamp Student Union Saturday morning. This group of students cleaned up Bladensburg Waterfront Park, collecting more than 3,000 lbs. of trash. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

Sophomore Devon-Elizabeth Snodgrass, left, and junior Chris Talbot clean up trash at the Bladensburg Waterfront Park. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

Protesters claim students were ignored PORN, from Page 1 “This is a much bigger issue than that,” said SGA presidential candidate Malcolm Harris, a sophomore English and government and politics major and former opinion columnist for The Diamondback. “Students were ignored, and nobody stood up for us.”

State Sen. Andy Harris (R- Baltimore and Harford), who intended to defund any state college or university that screened triple-X films, told The Washington Post he planned on retaliating if the film was shown. Harris, who couldn’t be reached for comment, wouldn’t be able to impact the university’s operating budget, which

already passed the Senate, but could challenge the university’s capital funds.

At the heart of the student protest is the view that the state set a “dangerous precedent” of infringing on academic freedom, said Kenton Stalder, a junior who is running for the Arts and Humanities legislator position. For that reason, the adult content will take a backseat — organizers don’t intend to show the film in its entirety or discuss it as a genre. Instead, they’ll feature a talk on the First Amendment.

“Silencing dialogue is never productive — ever,” Harris said.

Most legislators, with the exception of Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery) and a few supporters, don’t think the General

Assembly overstepped their bounds. And in an interview Friday, before students announced the protest screening, university President Dan Mote said the legislature is free to make decisions about how the university uses state money.

“It’s not a First Amendment issue — no one ever said they couldn’t watch porn,” he said. “The people who planned this work for the university, and they’re not free to do what the university doesn’t want them to do on the job.”

Mote didn’t intend to cancel the film before the uproar, although he said there were issues with the university promoting pornography as entertainment.

“In the end, we were faced with the

choice of forfeiting $45 million or showing a porn film,” he said. “Whatever decision we made, the reaction would have been highly negative. In the words of an old country western, ‘You’ve got to know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em.’”

Members of the Student Power Party will hold a press conference at 6:30 p.m. on the steps of McKeldin Mall, where they will reveal the location of the screening. They said they will try to meet with Mote before the event.

“We want a dialogue between the administration and students — that’s the whole point,” Harris said. sticedbk@gmail.com

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Working to master the ‘sweet science’ BOXING, from Page 1 ring made it past Friday’s semifinal round, the competitiveness and intensity of three rounds was a valuable experience.

“It’s so funny how it works because you’re nervous as heck for the day, week and month until that fight,” said E.J. Mead, a 125-pound boxer for the Terps. “Then once that bell goes off. It’s like magic. It all disappears.”

Mead, like Yoo, lost Thursday. Coach Luke Runion, who started the club and graduated from the university last year, screamed instructions from the red corner as Yoo faced off against Penn State’s Anthony Liotta.

“1-2-1, 1-2-1,” Runion yelled, giving Yoo a specific combination of punches to use. As Yoo took the offensive, twice forcing the ring official to give Liotta a standing-eight count — an eight-second break for a boxer to gather himself before the fight resumes — the crowd inside the normally quiet Ritchie Coliseum gym got louder.

Runion, who won an NCBA Championship in 2003 before he transferred from Penn State, wasn’t satisfied with his team’s early results. But the Terp coach recognizes the effort his competitive boxers put into improving themselves and the importance of hosting the national championships for the club.

“It’s a good opportunity for everybody to learn what level the competition is at,” Runion said. “This is the most people we’ve ever had competing at nationals, so hopefully the younger guys can continue to build some experience. Nobody here gets a scholarship. Nobody gets money. But they’re all gonna get a degree, and that experience that will help them the rest of their lives.”

Club president Steve Walsh, a senior mechanical engineering major, said the club has about 65 regular members. Fifteen of those members put in the extra effort, which includes early morning conditioning runs and sparring at a local boxing gym, required to fight competitively, Walsh and Runion said.

Based on the success of the club’s threeyear old Rumble at Ritchie event, the NCBA decided to stage the national championship on the campus. Walsh hopes the weekend’s festivities will increase interest in the club and the sport — even if potential competitors have to learn the “sweet science” while facing a live opponent in the ring.

“You put your heart into it, and you go out there and spar,” Walsh said. “And sometimes, you get your butt whooped. Sometimes you don’t. It’s just all the hard work, and it adds up. It’s nice being around other people who you can respect and realize they’re putting in just as much work as you.” akrautdbk@gmail.com

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Fisher wants campus focus Harris touts LOBBYING, from Page 1 students into the process. ONE Party candidate Steve Glickman wants to lobby federal officials as well as state ones. Wanika Fisher of the CONNECT Party hopes to restart on-campus lobbying. Student Power Party candidate Malcolm Harris wants to ensure the university’s lobbyists are working in students’ best interests.

Harris, a Diamondback opinion columnist and cofounder of the university’s chapter of Students For a Democratic Society, said the SGA should focus on ensuring the administration’s work in Annapolis is helping students. He pointed to when university system lobbyists pushed to amend the textbook bill to make certain provisions weaker; if elected, Harris said he would work to avoid similar situations by pressuring university lobbyists to listen to students.

“We’re not going to beat [university lobbyists] in Annapolis,” Harris said. “Let’s have the

professionals lobby. We pay [university system lobbyist] P.J. Hogan, who’s an incredible lobbyist, from our tuition. Let’s have him lobbying for us as opposed to against us.”

But Mongelluzzo, the SGA Governmental Affairs committee chair, said he lobbies in Annapolis three or four times a week, said students and administration have fundamentally different goals and it is naive to think the two can consistently work together in Annapolis.

“The administration is focused on keeping restrictions off themselves, and we are focused on saving students money,” he said.

Mongelluzzo’s Unite UMD platform focuses on bringing more students into the lobbying process. The organization would add a lobbying component to the SGA’s website where interested students would be able to sign up to lobby in Annapolis for issues important to them, said Mongelluzzo, who also promised to work to secure class credit for

students who go to Annapolis.

Glickman, an SGA legislator, also vowed to involve more students in the lobbying process by creating a program to reach out, train and encourage interested students to lobby at the state level. But he also said the SGA should work with university alumni in Washington to advance student interests there.

Glickman pointed to a internship with the university’s Office of Federal Relations as evidence he would be able to lobby effectively in Annapolis.

Fisher, who has interned with two state delegates, likewise stressed the importance of continued lobbying efforts. Her CONNECT Party platform lists tuition, textbooks and housing as three main issues to tackle. But she said some lobbying should be redirected to the university.

“Why is it that I can get 100 kids to Annapolis, a half hour away, but I can’t get 100 kids into the administration building?”

Fisher asked. coxdbk@gmail.com

Skills to survive hard to find RESTAURANTS, from Page 1 donut shop that opened in October 2007. Fat Tino’s Pizzeria will replace Eats, a restaurant that opened around the same time. Both were closed by this summer and had replaced Roly Poly Sandwich Shop and Samurai Sam’s Teriyaki Grill.

Chicken Rico will open in a long-vacant storefront between the two.

The reasons city officials, business owners and others give for the constant turnover in dining options are numerous: strong competition, high rents, lack of foot traffic and inexperienced management.

“We have so many [restaurants],” said Chris Warren, College Park’s economic director.

“If you’re not able to deal with the competition, it’s quite fierce. People don’t realize that the rents are very high.”

Warren said it’s not uncommon for businesses to fail within

the first three years of existence and the situation in College Park isn’t unique. He also tries to help new restaurant owners get a feel for what they’re getting into and tells them to negotiate rent with landlords. Rents, he said, can range from as low as $20.50 to as high as $45 per square foot.

But Richard Greenberg of Greenhill Capital Corporation, which owns Terrapin Station, said inexperienced management, not high rents, make make businesses fail. Greenberg noted that some restaurants in Terrapin Station, such as South Street Steaks and Pita Pit, succeed despite the supposed “high rents” because the owners are experienced and mindful of their stores.

Greenberg said the importance of these kind of owners could not be understated.

“Just because I have golf clubs doesn’t mean I’m a professional golfer,” Greenberg said.

He added the three things

someone wanting to start a restaurant needs are “qualifications, experience and financial wherewithal.”

“Unfortunately today, those three things are hard to find in the same group,” he said.

Warren agreed with Greenberg’s management explanation, but also said walk-by traffic isn’t enough for a restaurant to survive in the city. He believes the businesses that succeed branch out into the worlds of delivery, catering and online ordering.

Managers of both Kiyoko and Fat Tino’s were confident their businesses would thrive. Management of Chicken Rico couldn’t be reached for comment.

“I’ve been in the restaurant business for 18 years,” said Martin Chavez, the manager of Fat Tino’s. “If you do it right, you can stay around for a long time.”

Chavez said he plans to thoroughly market his new pizzeria and has “done his homework” so his business will prosper.

“If your restaurant is not marketed right, it’s grand opening, grand closing,” he said. rhodesdbk@gmail.com

outsider status DEBATE, from Page 1 way as they have throughout their campaigns.

Student Government Association Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Nick Mongelluzzo and SGA Outlying Commuter Legislator Steve Glickman cast themselves as experienced candidates who already know how to get things done, while former Diamondback opinion columnist Malcolm Harris reveled in his lack of SGA experience and attacked others for what he saw as their failure this year. NAACP Chapter President Wanika Fisher stressed that her party represented a diversity of viewpoints and focused on the transparency she has promised to bring to the organization.

Glickman and Mongelluzzo questioned each other’s effectiveness during the past year. While the other candidates posed one question to each of their opponents, Mongelluzzo directed two of his three questions toward Glickman, charging that a stalled initiative to plant trees around the campus demonstrated his shortcomings as a leader.

“How do you think you’re going to effectively manage all the issues that come up as president if you can’t even handle those two initiatives?”

Mongelluzzo asked.

Glickman said he had experienced both success and failure in his two years in the legislator, which he called “part of the learning curve.”

“I don’t think that failure is really a qualification for being the president,” Mongelluzzo replied.

Mongelluzzo also questioned why Glickman, a university senator, had not been at the hearing for post-tenure review. Glickman said he had been on a school-sponsored trip, and his “main reason for being here at the university is to learn.”

For his part, Glickman alleged that Mongelluzzo, who chairs the SGA Governmental Affairs Committee, had been lax in his duty while campaigning by canceling

meetings. Mongelluzzo said the committee would have met had there been an issue to discuss and said he took one day off of his campaign to travel to Annapolis.

Harris took the opportunity to link the other candidates, each who ran with the Students Party last year, with an organization he said is fundamentally flawed in its procedures and widely reviled among the student body.

“How do you respond to the criticisms that this is just the same-old?” he asked Fisher.

Fisher, who ran for senior vice president last year as a part of the Students Party and lost, said the SGA would have been run very differently this year had she been elected.

Mongelluzzo challenged his underlying premise that students are unhappy with the SGA. Instead, they are simply unaware of what the organization does, he said. Glickman said he made an effort to include both SGA members and outsiders in his party to create a “balance” of experience and new ideas.

Fisher asked each candidate about specific aspects of their platforms, questioning how Glickman intended to secure a Metro discount, why Harris wanted to make marijuana possession a less serious offense and how Mongelluzzo’s ticket represented the diversity of the campus.

Mongelluzzo said he would always side with students when their concerns conflicted with the administration’s.

“Cooperation is always preferable, but I’m not going to compromise what we want,” he said.

Harris defended his aggressive and confrontational leadership style.

“Whether or not [the administration] likes me, that’s up to them,” Harris said.

“Whether or not they respect me and the job I’m doing, that’s much more important to me.”

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s you’ve probably heard, you won’t be seeing any pirates getting religious group or an ethnic group. In the same vein, they might have their booty plundered at the Hoff Theater anytime soon. Earlier argued the canceled event would have degraded women.

But such a decision must be made in a public forum, with as wide a segthis week, university administrators canceled a planned screening of the big-budget porno flick Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge. ment of stakeholders as can possibly be assembled. Deeming material The event was originally planned as an opportunity to discuss sexuality inappropriate behind closed doors is the fast road toward truly unjust disand pornography, but after state senators in the Maryland General tributions of resources, and frankly, to discrimination. It should be mindAssembly caught whiff of the showing and threatened the university’s bogglingly obvious that such a decision can’t be made without represenfunding, the movie was quickly cut. We condemn the legislators who tatives of the individuals hosting the event and the individuals (whether students or administrators) objecting. threatened the university’s funding in absolute, unequivAdministrators should be downright shamed they couldocal terms. Sen. Andy Harris (R- Baltimore and Harford) n’t see the danger of their decision. They have encouraged and Senate President Mike Miller were overreaching in Administrators showed short-sighted state legislators to make empty threats to their moralizing and short-sighted in setting a precedent of so aggressively playing politics with the state’s flagship alarming disregard for meddle with the very information the university distributes. We simply don’t believe state legislators would shut engine of higher education. And quite frankly, they are student input in down the most productive source of education, a gem of gutless for indulging in such a knee-jerk reaction to material they found distasteful. But for you, there’s a problem canceling pornography. the state, because Hoff showed some bouncing breasts.

But potentially worse, administrators have declared in much closer to home.

This isn’t just about state legislators and free speech. University admin- unequivocal terms they don’t need student input before regulating the istrators’ decision-making process last week demonstrates how little content supported by this university. It’s easy to devalue the precedent regard they have for student input. There’s no excuse for administrators administrators have set in the context of a bunch of hormonal college stuto bend over to illegitimate pressure from state officials dangling a bag dents in a tizzy to see some skin. But what happens when federal funding of money. Nonetheless, there may have been legitimate arguments for for stem-cell research comes up? What happens when administrators canceling the screening. The university has a right to regulate the man- decide whether a speaker on Israel or Palestine is engaging in hate ner in which its resources are used. Administrators might persuasively speech? So grab your swords and muskets, mateys, because a decision argue they won’t support hate-speech events that discriminate against a this egregious can’t be quietly tolerated. It’s time to rock the boat.

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Skirt Day: Don’t objectify, respect-ify

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ey, remember the hullabaloo last April when someone wrote a letter to the editor praising Skirt Day? Man, that was an ugly time no one wants to revisit.

Except for me.

For those of you who have won your battles with literacy since then, on April 17 of last year, then-senior government and politics major/evil super villain Johnny Mathias wrote the letter to the editor heard `round the world, “Waiting not-so-patiently for Skirt Day,” a lighthearted commentary on the spring day when pretty girls wear more revealing clothing. A letter-writing battle ensued for more than a week.

I know I’m late to the party, but really, as another Skirt Day passed yesterday without much fanfare, someone has to defend it.

It’s not that I’m sexist. I mean, I am

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GINDES sexist, but that’s not what makes me love Skirt Day so much. Look, women of the world, Skirt Day is not about objectifying you or doing anything else horrible. It’s just that, see, we’re guys. And we like pretty girls. They look good.

And besides, if you look nice, that’s a result of one of two things: Either you won the Lucky Gene Sweepstakes or you worked pretty damn hard.

If you’ve got a kick-ass body that you forged from iron and steel, why not show it off? I respect a girl that’s put in the time

to look good. You probably spent all winter running stairs. Well, it’s warm now, and it’s time to celebrate.

And if you just hit the hot body lottery, then that’s even more of a reason to embrace how good you look. Think about it: If you won the actual lottery, would the first thing you’d do be diversifying your portfolio? Hell to the no! You’d buy momma a big house and yourself a nice car.

It’s not sexist to look at pretty girls. It’s just natural. We’re not judging you, we’re not objectifying you, we’re not “hunting” you (Really wish Johnny hadn’t used that word). We’re looking at you, the image is being transposed to our corneas and our brains are firing off neurons that say, “This is good.”

Oh, but what about the girls who don’t have awesome bodies, Rob? What do they do? Why do they have to feel forced

into dressing a certain way? Why do they get looked down upon?

Listen, creepy bodiless voice, I don’t look good in a tube top and a skirt myself.

I’m not looking down on anyone; I’m looking up. Everyone is beautiful. Everyone also has strengths and weaknesses. If one of your strengths is looking good, then I appreciate that.

I don’t advocate a negative body image. But if you worked your ass off, I support that. There’s nothing wrong with how anyone looks, but that includes how extremely super-hot people look. We shouldn’t shun them.

So happy Skirt Day, everyone. You’re all beautiful and I love you.

There, I said it.

Rob Gindes is a junior journalism major.

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People-watching: Musings from outside H.J. Patterson

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h, spring.

Birds are chirping, plants are blooming and people are wearing clothes that show more skin. This is a great time of year for people-watching.

My favorite spot for people-watching is the circular courtyard in front of H.J. Patterson Hall. Ringed by bushes and trees, it is always filled with traffic since it lies between McKeldin Mall and Campus Drive.

I really like the sculpture in this courtyard that consists of two stone figures resembling the pi symbol perched atop two platforms that stand about eight feet high. The sculpture fills but does not dominate the courtyard, creating an inviting atmosphere to pause and watch other members of our community walk by.

I can see how the stone figures look

like pi, although I also see something else. Imagine two people, wearing kilts, standing on the platforms and facing each other. Now imagine the people were cut off at the knees, leaving only the bottom of their kilts and their legs remaining. Yeah, that’s what I see: Two people walking toward each other. Maybe they’ll stop when they meet, or maybe they’ll just walk past.

If you sit on the bench that faces the Mall and stare straight ahead you can see both of the figures in your peripheral vision. If you turn to look at one figure, you can no longer see the other one.

From inside the courtyard, the only way to see both at once is to look at neither and hold them in tension on the edge of your sight line.

I like to sit on that bench with the figures looming in the corners of my eyes and watch people walk through the

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SULLIVAN courtyard. Recently I sat there for an hour or so and watched dozens of people walk by. They usually glanced at me briefly; I was wearing sunglasses so they couldn’t tell if I was staring at them.

Lots of people had headphones in their ears, presumably listening to music. I wore headphones too, and the people seemed like part of a music video, at times even appearing to be in sync with the song that was playing. I know nobody else could hear what I was hearing, but sometimes I let myself think they could.

Watching people prompts all sorts of questions. Is that person sad or bored?

Why did they choose to wear that outfit?

Where are they walking to or coming from? What will they be doing later today, or at this time tomorrow, or this time next year? The answers to these questions don’t matter; it’s just fun to think about them.

After a while, I got up and went home to get some work done. I suppose you could say that I had wasted an hour doing nothing. But we all waste lots of hours, usually staring at a computer or television screen. Sitting in that courtyard, watching people walk by, enjoying the sunshine; that was an hour well spent.

Jeremy Sullivan is a doctoral candidate studying American history. He can be reached at sullivandbk@gmail.com.

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DAN HARTINGER Since spring break is now in the rearview mirror, it is undeniable that the semester is drawing to a close. Many of you are no doubt looking forward to next year and thinking of how you can get involved in College Park. As of now, the city and the Student Government Association are looking for next year’s city council student liaison.

This position is appointed by a committee that includes the mayor, two city council members, the SGA president and the SGA speaker of the legislature.

The student liaison serves a valuable function on the council. As the single student representative of DAN the university, he HARTINGER or she serves as a CITY COUNCIL vital voice to the STUDENT LIAISON council.

And while the representative may not be able to vote on agenda items, the ability to speak has a definite impact on city business. I have had the privilege of serving as this year’s student liaison and the experience has been more than worth the effort.

The student liaison serves as an executive cabinet member of the SGA and as a member of the Governmental Affairs Committee. In addition to their duties on the SGA, the student liaison gets the opportunity to attend all city meetings and is given the same speaking privileges as council members.

They are responsible for strongly advocating for the views of students, as well as keeping students conscious of all that is going on in the city.

As this role involves communication on many levels, it is imperative that applicants be confident speaking publicly.

Most importantly, the student liaison must be forwardlooking, with a vision of the potential of the city. For these goals to be accomplished, the applicant must be willing to work collaboratively with both city officials and student leaders.

It is no secret DAN that students and permanent resi- HARTINGER CITY COUNCIL dents often clash STUDENT LIAISON on many issues important to the function of our city, but the student liaison has the unique ability to serve as a bridge between the two groups in order to reach decisions in the best interest of all those in College Park.

If you are interested in applying to serve as next year’s city council student liaison, please e-mail me at SGAcityliaison@umd.edu for the application. All applications are due in by 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 16. Feel free to e-mail with any questions about the position — I look forward to receiving many great applications.

“[The liaison is] responsible for strongly advocating for the views of students.”

“...This role involves communication on many levels. It is imperative that applicants be confident speaking publicly.”

Dan Hartinger is the SGA city council student liaison. He can be reached at seb87@umd.edu.

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ANSWERING THE CALL Two university students balance school with a professional play

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School. Rehearsal. Eat. Sleep.

Repeat.

For Judith Ingber, this has been her mantra since the beginning of spring break, when rehearsals began for Olney Theatre Center’s Call of the Wild — The Musical.

But for this senior theatre major, who recently portrayed Lisabette in the theatre department’s Anton in Show Business, a hectic schedule is simply part of her life.

“I’m learning that I have to try and keep healthy to keep doing all the things I do,” Ingber said, adding that it has been a lot of fun portraying her character, who she called a “celebutante.”

Ingber will play Queenie in Call of the Wild, a new animal-themed

musical making its world premiere at the Olney Theatre Center on April 8.

In addition to Ingber’s role as the Spaniard poodle, junior theatre major Deborah Lubega will play Pup, a character Lubega describes as a “mischievous, but friendly” dog.

Ingber and Lubega are the only university students in the new production, an experience both have said created extremely different dynamics while working with professional actors.

“It’s a different climate,” Lubega said. “The people are professionals, not students, so the environment is different. ... Directors aren’t focused on the learning aspect.”

The cast varies in age, giving a “different energy” than one might get from a cast of peers, Ingber added. Not knowing anyone was

“intimidating” as a young actor, she said, but that it was also a “fantastic learning experience.”

Written by John Lipsky and with music by Bill Barclay, Call of the Wild is based on the adventure stories of the same name and White Fang, both written by Jack London. The stories explore the unraveling civilized nature of dogs as they return to the wild.

The play rehearses Tuesday through Sunday from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m., leaving only Monday for a break — a tough task for Ingber to balance with a full course load.

After waking up at 7 a.m., she said she often gets home around 10:30 p.m. and tries to do homework or relax before bed.

Because of her schedule, she said she has had to temporarily discontinue her other job as a

house manager for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Any breaks between classes have been dedicated to homework or rehearsing scenes for her university acting classes. She’ll even skip a class as opening night nears and rehearsals become more demanding, she said.

“The hardest part is leaving myself some downtime,” Ingber said.

For Lubega, she said the challenge has been balancing rehearsal time with other obligations including auditions for other theater productions. She is not currently enrolled in classes because of medical reasons and has focused her energy this semester on playing Pup, which she said has been a tough role to portray.

“This particular show is very physically demanding,” Lubega

Senior theatre major Judith Ingber, right, plays Queenie, a celebutante dog in Call of the Wild. COURTESY OF KATRYN NORMAN

said. “We play dogs, but to represent that physically without being just a dog puts a lot of pressure on the body.”

Though they have been rehearsing since spring break began, Ingber said she expects the schedule to lighten once Call of the Wild opens and that “it’ll get better” when the only time commitment is performing the actual shows.

Although performing in any theater production — professional or through the university — means sacrificing many other aspects of her life, Ingber said can’t see herself doing anything else.

“It’s fun, but it’s hard work,” In-

gber said. “I’ve found I’m only happy when I’m deep in rehearsal or really working on something.”

For Lubega, there is no other alternative to rehearsing and performing.

“I’m not inspired or driven to do anything else,” she said.

Call of the Wild premieres at the Olney Theatre Center on April 8 and runs through May 3. Show times are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. (except May 3). Matinees are Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Terps record fourth lowest score of season GYMNASTICS, from Page 10

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Bowen, Dill projected to play key roles FOOTBALL, from Page 10 counterparts to blow up a few plays near the line of scrimmage and sack quarterback Chris Turner more than once.

But several plays ran smoothly, and dropped passes were more of a hindrance to the Terps’ passing game than was the pass protection.

Things could have gone better, but they also could have been a lot worse.

“We’ve got some guys that have got to step up,” Friedgen said. “Right now, Lamar Young is a very important guy, and so is Justin Lewis. We’ve got to find another tackle somewhere.”

Young, a sophomore, and Lewis, a redshirt freshman, currently sit atop the depth chart at left and right guard, respectively.

Both players bring size and strength to their positions — each player is listed at 6-foot-4 and 320 pounds — but neither has earned a varsity letter.

Offensive line coach Tom Brattan said the position battles at both guard positions are still pretty competitive, and sophomores Andrew Gonnella and Maurice Hampton could push Young and Lewis for spots.

“They’re kind of all works in progress now at guard,” Brattan said. “I think we’ll be OK but we’ve got some work to do there.”

Barring injury, Campbell and Costa appear to have a firm grasp on their respective left tackle and center positions. But the right tackle spot may be a little less secure.

Career reserve Paul Pinegar is currently taking snaps

with the first team in that spot, but Brattan said he has been impressed by sophomore Tyler Bowen. Redshirt freshman R.J. Dill is also in the mix.

Dill, a 6-foot-7, 320-pound redshirt freshman has been taking snaps with the first team at left tackle during weekday practices. Campbell is only practicing on weekends this spring to focus on his academics.

“I knew it was going to be a battle this spring, and it is,” Dill said. “Guys are fighting for spots.”

Brattan said he is rejuvenated by working with the young crew of linemen this spring, and he said the group as a whole is making progress.

The line underachieved in some games last year when it had much more experience,

and the younger group will once again be vital to the team’s offensive success in the fall.

Three more weeks of spring practice remain for the Terps to continue to improve.

“I think we are a work in progress,” Brattan said. “I think there’s certain days when we show flashes of making progress and there’s certain days where it’s, ‘OK we have to go back and go over this again.’ But I like our enthusiasm and I like our work ethic so far.”

TERP NOTES: Friedgen said fullback Haroon Brown sprained his ankle and wide receiver Emani Lee-Odai hurt his wrist during the scrimmage. ... Saturday was Friedgen’s 62nd birthday. schimmeldbk@gmail.com

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NCAA Championship by placing first and second, respectively.

The team started the meet on balance beam, led by Brandi George, who scored a 9.8. Michele Brenner (9.75) and Abbey Adams (9.725) also helped en route to a team overall score of 48.525. During the middle two rotations, the Terps put up scores of 47.750 on floor exercise and 48.500 on vault.

Finishing the meet on uneven bars, Adams provided a lone good note for the night by posting a score of 9.8, which was 11th overall.

Although the Terps had a subpar performance in their final meet, they showed improvement as a whole from previous years. During the 2009 season, the Terps claimed their first top-25 ranking since 2005 by securing a regional qualifying score of 194.625 and a team-high score of 195.100.

“We battled a lot this year with injuries and not having Allie [Dama, who missed the

season due to illness] with us,” Brenner said. “So I think we were very strong this year. We had a great season, and we proved ourselves as a team.

We’re all proud of how we did, and we’re looking forward to doing even better next year.”

The conclusion of the meet also marked the conclusion of Nelligan’s storied 31-year career as head coach of the team. His son, Brett Nelligan, will be taking over next season. Nelligan noted that he has not fully grasped that it is over.

Nelligan recorded 493 career victories, 19 winning seasons and 19 regional appearances in his career as Terp coach.

“I think it will start to really hit home when you don’t have to be on the road recruiting, and certainly when you vacate your office and turn it over to the next head coach,” Nelligan said. “But I’m not thinking about those things yet. I’m still thinking about what changes need to be made for the future and [making] those suggestions to the next head coach.” engelkedbk@gmail.com

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Terps scoreless for 32 minutes NAVY, from Page 10 In the first half, they outshot Navy 20-10 and won 6of-7 faceoffs. The trouble was beating goalie Tommy Phelan, who stifled the Terps with 10 first-half saves on his way to a careerhigh 17 stops.

“I thought their goalie was pretty hot,” said attackman Ryan Young, who finished with two goals but four turnovers. “He kinda of kept them in it, gave them momentum.”

With the teams combining for 24 first-half turnovers, Navy stayed in the contest by capitalizing on the Terps’ giveaways. Flying around the field, the Midshipmen regained the lead by turning two errant Terp passes into scores in the last five minutes of the half.

The last goal came with just five seconds left before intermission. Even then, attackman Will Yeatman felt confident heading into the locker room.

“It’s tough, but in the same token, you’re only in a one-goal deficit at halftime,” said Yeatman, who scored two goals. “It’s not that bad; you got a whole half that you can outplay your opponent.”

But the Terps were incapable of executing their offense in the second half.

In the third quarter, the Terps managed just one shot, and it came with less

than two minutes left in the period.

“It was definitely frustrating,” Yeatman said.

“You expect to come out with more firepower in the second half. ... Unfortunately, that was a big quarter for them and not such a big quarter for us. You always want to win the third quarter.”

Navy outscored the Terps 4-0 in the third quarter despite losing its top scorer, Tim Paul, to an ankle injury just three minutes into the period.

The poor quarter was a carryover from the end of the first half, in which the Terps scored on just 10 percent of their shots.

“As a team, on offense, we become very unsettled when we don’t score. Our play deteriorates when we don’t score,” Cottle said. “We just never felt comfortable on offense. We just couldn’t possess the ball. We threw it away, and when we got a shot, we didn’t make it.”

At one point, the Terps went 32 minutes without a goal before Young stuck back a rebound seven seconds into the fourth quarter.

That tally ended a six-goal run by the Midshipmen and made the score 7-3.

Even with the drought, the Terps were within striking distance of Navy when attackman Travis Reed found Yeatman out of a double-team.

The ensuing

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Attackman Will Yeatman scored two goals in the Terps’ loss to rival Navy. The four goals were the lowest total for the team on the season. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

bounce shot cut the deficit to three with 10:17 remaining.

But the Midshipmen answered with three consecutive goals and rolled to a comfortable victory. In place of the injured Paul, attackman Bruce Nechanicky scored three goals in the second half.

By himself, Nechanicky outscored the Terps after the break.

Running with the first midfield line, Reed had the only point for the unit.

Attackman Grant Catalino, who also struggled, snapped his 22-game point streak in his second consecutive

game without a goal.

After the game, the Terps reflected on the anemic offensive performance.

Navy did everything it needed to win, but it still felt like the Terps tossed this game away, like so many of their wayward passes.

“You would hope you could fight through it, and we just didn’t fight through it today well enough,” Cottle said. “We got a lot to work on, and I’m really struggling trying to figure out what to do to help improve us right now, and that’s my job.” mkatzdbk@gmail.com

the March 28 loss at Virginia, the No. 8 Terps never got on track in their lowest offensive output of the season.

“We just never felt comfortable on offense,” coach Dave Cottle said. “We just couldn’t possess the ball, and we threw it away.

And when we got a shot, we didn’t make it.”

In the first half, a lack of execution plagued the Terps. They converted just 2-of-20 shot attempts and turned the ball over 13 times before intermission. Although players denied that the high winds in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium affected their game, completing even the shortest passes proved difficult in the sloppy first half.

The Terps responded by trying to simplify their offensive strategy in the second half, according to Cottle. But they struggled to even get possession in the third quarter, managing one shot attempt before Navy goalie Tommy Phelan added to their difficulties with six fourthquarter saves.

By the time Navy closed the game with three unanswered goals, the Terp offense was visibly frustrated.

“We threw the ball away a bunch and had a lot of uncaused turnovers,” said attackman Will Yeatman, who scored a pair of goals. “You’re never going to be able to win a ballgame that way.”

By denying physically imposing attackmen Yeatman and Catalino the space to operate and keeping the speedy Young from breaking in on net, the Midshipmen were able to contain the

“It might’ve been a whole lot different if we just took care of the ball.”

RYAN YOUNG SOPHOMORE ATTACKMAN

Terp offense better than any team this season.

Catalino was held without a point for the first time in 22 games. And the midfielders, who combined for one point, went 0of-12 on shot attempts as Dan Groot finished pointless for the first time this season.

“We scouted them really well,” said Phelan, who also allowed just four goals in Navy’s win at Byrd Stadium last season. “I’d say our defense played them, 90 percent of the time, exactly the way we wanted to play them.”

While the Midshipmen weren’t much crisper offensively, they turned the tide with some nice individual efforts in the second half. Meanwhile, Cottle called many of his team’s turnovers “reckless” and said the poor offense contributed to some lackluster defensive possessions.

The eighth-year coach said his team continues to get nervous offensively when it goes through long stretches without scoring.

As the team solemnly headed toward the bus after the game, Young offered a succinct final expression of his frustration: “It might’ve been a whole lot different if we just took care of the ball.” edetweilerdbk@gmail.com

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Women’s lacrosse won twice in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend. Baseball lost its series against Virginia this weekend while softball got its first ACC series sweep in more than two years against the Cavaliers. Both men’s and women’s tennis lost their weekend meets with Georgia Tech and Clemson.

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Freshman R.J. Dill is fighting for the vacant right tackle position. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

Scrimmage provides test for new line Young offensive front must replace 3 starters

BY GREG SCHIMMEL Senior staff writer

In the week leading up to the Terrapin football team’s first mock scrimmage of the spring on Saturday morning, coach Ralph Friedgen said he was hoping for a good effort from his largely revamped offensive line.

The Terps graduated five players who started at least one game on the line last season, and with Phil Costa switching from right guard to center, only left tackle Bruce Campbell remains atop the depth chart at a position he started at last season.

The line played with mixed results Saturday when the Terps’ three defensive teams largely outplayed the three offensive units.

With the situation up front unsettled, it will be a key group to watch as the spring progresses.

With Friedgen watching closely, the firstteam offensive line allowed its defensive

The Midshipmen overran midfielder Dan Burns and the Terps, who scored just two second-half goals in their 10-4 loss on Friday.

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Gymnastics Goals are hard finishes last in to come by for Nelligan’s final struggling unit meet as coach

Terps lose third game in last five at Annapolis

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

After 31 seasons of coaching, Bob Nelligan ended his career as head coach of the Terrapin gymnastics team on a disappointing note.

The Terps (15-19, 10-9 EAGL) season is over after a substandard outing in the NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Regional Championships on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. “We were a little bit disappointed in our finish,” senior co-captain Kelsey Nelligan said regarding her final meet as a Terp. “We wanted to come out and show what we could do, and we had a couple rough events.”

The Terps qualified for regionals as the No. 35 seed in a field of 36 and finished sixth in the six-team Northeast Regional with a team score of 192.800, their fourth lowest of the season. Alabama won the meet with a score of 197.000, followed by Oklahoma (196.600), Missouri (196.000), Central Michigan (194.925) and New Hampshire (193.650).

Alabama and Oklahoma qualified for the

ANNAPOLIS – The Terrapin men’s lacrosse team just needed a good offensive possession.

With less than six minutes remaining in Friday’s game at No. 14 Navy, the Midshipmen had scored back-toback goals to push their lead to five.

After 44 minutes of stagnant offensive sets, careless turnovers and errant shots, the Terp offense needed something to feel good about.

Several quick passes around the perimeter yielded no openings in the Navy defense. Finally, Terp attackman Grant Catalino saw a crack, flipping a quick pass toward a cutting Travis Reed in front of the net.

It was the kind of play the pair has executed regularly in their two years as teammates. This time, Reed barely even bothered to jump as the pass sailed high and wide for the 19th of the team’s 20 turnovers of the night.

That cohesive offense of past games never materialized in the Terps’ 10-4 loss. After struggling through seven scoreless overtimes in

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BY JAKOB ENGELKE Staff writer

BY MICHAEL KATZ Staff writer

ANNAPOLIS – A winnable game slipped through the grasp of the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team Friday night, swept away in the swirling winds that whipped through Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Down the stretch, the No. 8 Terps (6-4, 2-1 ACC) did not execute well enough to hang with No. 14 Navy in a 10-4 loss under the lights in Annapolis. And 15,109 fans — the largest non-Johns Hopkins crowd in Navy history — were on hand to see the Midshipmen deal the Terps their third defeat in five games.

The loss left the Terps scratching their heads.

“At halftime it was 3-2 and we weren’t playing well,” coach Dave Cottle said. “If we just start playing better then things could work out for us, and we just never played better.”

Except for a bevy of wind-aided turnovers, the Terps actually controlled play early.

Goalie Jason Carter allowed 10 goals while saving eight shots in the Terps’ 10-4 loss at Navy. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

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