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Univ. Police begin fraternity hazing inquiry Charges could be filed against Delta Tau Delta members

BY KEVIN ROBILLARD Staff writer

University Police launched a criminal investigation of Delta Tau Delta fraternity members yesterday as details of alleged hazing incidents emerged in an Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life document, officials said.

The document, a copy of which was obtained by The Diamondback, details a six-week hazing

program involving the forced consumption of alcohol and a vomit-inducing mix of liquids and mandated exercise, ending with multiple days in a closet called the “Cave.”

University Police Spokesman Paul Dillon said the department began its investigation after the university completed its own, which was jointly conducted by the Office of Student Conduct and OFSL, said Linda Clement, vice

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president for student affairs.

Dillon declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.

“I’m not going to discuss what steps we’ve taken,” Dillon said.

He added that it’s “way too premature to discuss any charges.”

Hazing, which the university has repeatedly called “a fundamental violation of human dignity,” is illegal in the state of

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Details of systematic abuse emerge in newly obtained investigative documents

BY KEVIN ROBILLARD Staff writer

The Delta Tau Delta pledges would stay in the “Cave,” for roughly two days.

They wouldn’t be allowed to leave except to do chores and go to class. They wouldn’t be allowed to sleep. They would have water and ice thrown at them.

A document released this week by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life provides a unique look into a university fraternity’s hazing practices that officials say date back at least three years.

Detailing the six-week initiation into the Delta Tau Delta fraternity — including descriptions of the cave — the document

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‘He cares about every single person’

Differences tough to define for candidates

BY MARISSA LANG Staff writer

Presidential candidates and their respective slates of vice presidential hopefuls faced off on a broad range of issues last night in a divided debate hosted by the SGA Elections Board.

The room was split into regions of pink and yellow — HOUSE Party members on one side and the Students Party on the other — with independent candidate Dan Leydorf occupying a desk in the middle, dividing the two sides.

The physical divisions, however, were not the only notable differences between the two parties.

For the first time in the election this year, vice presidential candidates weighed in on party platforms and university-wide issues like student group funding.

On-campus housing was one such issue. While senior sophomore vice presidential candidate Joanna Calabrese of the HOUSE Party discussed ideas such as working in coalition with the Residence Hall Association to bring more beds to the campus by advocating for projects such as knocking down the Leonardtown establishment and instead building a high rise, sophomore Wanika Fisher of the Students Party focused more on the Student Government Association’s short-term capabilities.

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Hillel director Rabbi Ari Israel laughs while chatting with a student during lunch at Hillel Wednesday afternoon. Students call his approach to spirituality highly inclusive.

Ari Israel marks 12 years, fifth child since beginning at Hillel

BY MARK MILIAN Staff writer

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abbi Ari Israel, the executive director of the Hillel student center, has helped thousands of Jewish students develop their religious identities.

But now, Israel has his own jour-

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ney to embark on: raising his fifth child, the two-week-old Rachel, while balancing the daily stresses of managing Hillel and being a resource to university students.

“It’s a challenge,” Ari said. “But it’s a worthwhile challenge. I do my best to be home for dinner every single night.”

In his 12th year as director of

Shualy hopes voters think pink House Party aims to engage community, stir activism ABOUT THE CANDIDATE NAME: Mardy Shualy YEAR: Sophomore MAJOR: Government and politics, linguistics PARTY: HOUSE Top issues: Safety, unity, quality of academics, accessibility of education, quality of student experience, improving the Student Government Association

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BY MARISSA LANG Staff writer

Stretched out on the McKeldin Mall, SGA presidential candidate Mardy Shualy’s hot pink T-shirt pops against the green grass, much in the same way he hopes to stand out from his opponents.

Though he insists it is not his favorite color, the sophomore government and politics and linguistics double major has been sporting pink for the past week as a testament to the spirit of his party — the HOUSE Party.

“While we understand that the SGA is extremely important, we’re also college students,” Shualy said.

“We know how to have fun, too.”

As a college student, Shualy said he understands students’ some-

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times-jaded attitude toward the Student Government Association.

But after serving one year in the organization, Shualy said he has witnessed firsthand its potential to effect change. He said he is confident that under his leadership the group will deliver concrete results.

As part of his HOUSE Party platform, Shualy addresses many usual issues such as student unity, safety, the SGA’s approachability and bettering the student experience, in what he calls “creative ways.”

Shualy wants to address controversial issues such as safety in an equally controversial way — jumpstarting an escort or patrol service to lend more eyes to looking out for

Hillel, which has a 12-person staff serving 1,200 to 1,500 Jewish students per month, Israel, 38, finds himself balancing his duties — which include overseeing budgeting and fundraising for the center and teaching classes both there and at the university’s Department

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BRIAN SHAFFER, 1961-2008

Scholars director known as ‘the students’ teacher’ ogy and neurobiology and psychology major Kelli Sullivan, said his advice was random but Brian Shaffer, an associate useful, such as his warndirector in the College Park ing to not use credit Scholars program and a procards to buy cigarettes fessor in the business school, or alcohol, not because died April 5 in a car accident they are unhealthy but in West Virginia. He was 47. rather because health Shaffer was known in the insurance companies Scholars program and the Brian Shaffer can use the credit business school for being “the students’ teacher.” Students records to justify higher rates.

“He was a really good teacher called his teaching style disjointed at times, but said his tan- for all four semesters that I had gents often gave them helpful him,” Sullivan said. “We loved his “facts of life” advice. One of his former students, junior physiolPlease See SHAFFER, Page 3

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Memorial for Aubrey Williams Sunday ANNAPOLIS – The anthropology department will remember professor Aubrey W. Williams Jr., who died in February, at a memorial Sunday in Memorial Chapel.

Williams was the department’s first chair and taught the subject for 46 years. He was 83 when he died of complications related to pneumonia.

The professor was known for his social and political activism and also served as a Fulbright Scholar. In 1967, Williams initiated the separation of the anthropology study from the sociology department, allowing anthropology to become a department of its own in 1971.

The memorial service will begin at 1:30 p.m., and a reception will follow in Woods Hall. Parking will be available in the chapel lot, but attendees are encouraged to park in Lot 1 or the Union Garage.

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CORRECTION In yesterday’s story, “Campaigning with commodes,” the president of the College Republicans was identified incorrectly. The current president is Christopher Banerjee.

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The “Power to the People” exhibit, above, displays Andy Warhol’s “Suite of Athletes,” a piece created by the pop artist in 1977. A poster for the exhibit, below, hangs in the ArtSociology building.

The Art-Sociology gallery’s “Power to the People” exhibit shows the many faces of pop art

BY SAM TAUTE For The Diamondback

In the past year, the art gallery in the Art-Sociology building has been home to, among others, an exhibit of modern rock posters and one of modern Iranian photography.

And this month’s exhibit, “Power to the People: The Influence of Popular Culture on Contemporary Art,” is proving a hit with students — especially with an Andy Warhol piece gracing the gallery’s walls.

“I was really surprised to see the Warhol,” said freshman studio art major Ingrid Berbery. “It

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was the first thing I noticed when I came in.”

The Warhol set, “Suite of Athletes,” was created in 1977, depicts 10 iconic 20th-century athletes, such as O.J. Simpson and Pelé, in the pop artist’s typical neon colors and was presented to the university by a philanthropist in 1982. But the exhibit, which focuses on displaying and analyzing the influence of popular culture on contemporary art, also includes more than 50 pieces by 20 other artists, such as Spanish artist Juan Genovés and German-born illustrator Richard Lindner, and also includes a collection of Cuban po-

litical posters with a focus on revolutionary Che Guevara.

The subject matter of the featured pieces varies widely, with a vibrant red, black and yellow print of a table lamp from Patrick Caulfield; a muted, mustard and brown lithograph of Jesus Christ from Eduardo Paolozzi; and a blue, silver and gray collotype of a nude reclining woman from Mel Ramos.

Students say the exhibit, far from stereotypical sill-lifes and landscape pieces, meets their approval.

“I really like that there’s not just one type of art,” said freshman Colleen Harrison, who cited a piece of video art as being one of her favorites on display.

According to Scott Habes, the gallery’s director, the exhibit’s pop theme is especially poignant with college students

because that category of art is tuned entirely into pop culture.

“People have a direct relationship with the art. It’s not too intellectual for them to understand, like other forms of contemporary art,” Habes said.

And to those who work at the gallery, the appeal of the current exhibition should be obvious to students.

“We have a Warhol and we have naked people; what more could you ask for?” jokes communication major Dayana Byrnes, one of the gallery’s attendants.

The “Power to the People” exhibit will remain on display until April 26. The art gallery is open from Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., except on Wednesdays, when it is open until 6 p.m. newsdesk@dbk.umd.edu

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HOUSE Party candidate Mardy Shualy, left, independent candidate Dan Leydorf, center, and Students Party candidate Jonathan Sachs, standing, participated in the debate.

DEBATE, from Page 1 “We can’t just make a house pop up wherever we want one,” Fisher said.

“Right now we need to give students the mechanics and resources to deal with offcampus housing. That’s all the SGA can do.”

Candidates for vice president of finance sounded off on the existing system for funding student groups.

“I love student groups,” said Jason Hofberg of the Students Party. “But the finance process does not share the love. There is no love in the finance process.”

Both he and HOUSE Party candidate Sumia Ahmad said that by clarifying the budgeting process to student groups and making the process more transparent, student organizations would benefit and receive the funding they deserve.

Despite party differences, all three presidential candidates — Students Party candidate Jonathan Sachs, HOUSE Party candidate

Mardy Shualy and Leydorf — agreed on many issues, such as improving the SGA’s rapport with students and lobbying harder in Annapolis.

About 50 people attended, though only 10 were not affiliated with either political party or the SGA. The debate, which lasted about two and a half hours, included a list of prepared questions prepared by the SGA Elections Board, questions from current SGA members and, eventually, questions from the audience.

There were no YouTube videos submitted with questions to supplement the debate.

While most students said they found the debate informative, some expressed concern over the small attendance.

“You could definitely see the differences between the candidates,” senior math major Justin Senseney said.

“It would have been better if more students showed up, though.” langdbk@gmail.com

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Shualy stresses unity in SGA run SHUALY, from Page 1 students at night. He has faced criticism for proposing an unsafe solution to a dangerous problem, but he said that it would help keep students safe.

In an attempt to gauge the situation, Shualy said he and a friend went for a walk around College Park Wednesday night between midnight and 4 a.m.

“I stood at the Metro for almost half an hour, and not one patrol car went by,” he said. “Frankly, if a mugger had happened upon me at 3 a.m., the only thing that would have been there to help is a blue-light phone. That’s a problem.”

Shaffer gave ‘random life tips’ SHAFFER, from Page 1 random life tips.”

Based on the turnout at the funeral, the impact Shaffer’s academic and life lessons had on his students was great. On a warm Thursday afternoon, about 200 friends, family and former students gathered for a Mass in the university’s Memorial Chapel.

Guests stayed to listen to four eulogies and exited to one of Shaffer’s favorite songs, the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.” His passion for teaching was acknowledged several times throughout his 13 years at the university. Shaffer was recognized during the 2004-2005 academic year by one of his master’s students as a Philip Merrill Master Teacher, and he received the Service/Research award from the business school in 1999, according to his curriculum vitae.

The business school also recognized him for excellence in teaching, awarding him the title of “Top Fifteen Percent” instructor, according to the business school’s website.

Shaffer taught logistics, business and public policy courses at undergraduate and graduate levels at the business school. As part of the Business, Society and the Economy program in College Park Scholars, he led small class discussions that provoked students to think about how business and government are intertwined.

He was well known in scholarly circles for his interest in the connection between business management and public policy.

Shaffer received a bachelor’s degree with honors in economics in 1983 from Indiana University in Bloomington. He also received his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1988 and joined the university in 1995. He began working with College Park Scholars in 2001.

He is survived by his wife, Patty; his daughter, Jessica; six brothers and one sister.

Contributions in his memory can be made to Fellowship Hall, P. O. Box 13890, Greensboro, NC 27415. newsdesk@umd.edu

Shualy also included the annual students-should-bemore-involved line in his platform. But rather than simply preaching that students should get more involved in the university, Shualy said that cooperation among student groups is the key to giving underrepresented groups a voice in university politics.

In his time in the SGA, Shualy has sponsored legislation supporting the U.S. Latino studies minor and, more recently, a resolution supporting a permanent associate director in the Office of LGBT Equity.

“Historically there are lots of groups that have struggled for equal opportunities and

representation,” he said. “I would love to see a program where we could all come together.”

As for housing? “You came to the right party,” Shualy said.

The HOUSE Party is advocating a rate-your-landlord type website where students can access open forums and discussions about their experiences living off the campus.

While no SGA administration has the power to fund housing projects or create more on-campus beds for students, Shualy said that the SGA can help by simply informing more students of their options. He said that in the long run, however, the SGA must be instrumental in lobbying the administration

and the Board of Regents to ensure that everyone is doing their utmost to realize housing projects.

And if the administration refuses to hear students’ demands, Shualy said he would not be afraid to make them listen.

“You have to be willing to make noise,” he said. “Sometimes it’s appropriate to have a spectacle to raise awareness on issues.”

Ultimately, though, it comes down to one question: Why should students vote for the HOUSE Party candidate come election day?

“I’m just the man,” Shualy quipped. And he wears pink. langdbk@gmail.com

‘To me, he’s a father figure’ RABBI, from Page 1 of Counseling and Personnel Services, with trying to spend time with his family.

Despite all the pressure, many students and even his own family see Israel as a father to all.

“He knows everybody,” said Benjamin Bain, a sophomore letters and sciences major. “I remember the first Friday night I was at the Hillel [dinner], he was able to identify each person by names and, I think, even their hometowns.”

In order to best connect with students on a spiritual basis, he must first get to know them on a personal level, Israel said.

“It’s about caring who they are as people,” he added. “I hope people are going to find meaning and purpose.”

“He cares about every single person,” said Dina Simon, a freshman microbiology major. “He’ll take you out to coffee. He really reaches out to the community.”

Though Israel’s work often keeps him away from his home, he tries to squeeze in as much time with his family as possible, he said — and they, in turn, have learned to cope with his responsibility-filled double life.

The transition hasn’t exactly been easy, though, as Israel’s four older children — Daniel, 11, Adina, 10, Nava, 6, Tamar, 4 — have had some qualms about sacrificing their father’s attention not only to the university’s students but also to new baby Rachel, his wife, Suzy, 33, said.

For example, Tamar recently threatened to throw Rachel out the window, forcing Israel to latch all the window locks in the house, she added.

Nevertheless, Israel’s family is one of the most important things in his life, Suzy stressed.

“Every Sunday, [he] takes the kids out,” said Suzy, a special education teacher at Hebrew Academy in Rockville. “I don’t know if the kids came up with the name or if he came up with [it], but they call it ‘Sunday Fun Day.’ ... It’s so that he has time with them, and so that I have a little break.”

Those “Fun Days” have included taking in a frog exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in Washington and taking hikes, Suzy said.

Clement: Punishment from univ. “a possibility” INQUIRY, from Page 1 Maryland and is punishable by up to six months in jail, a $500 fine, or both.

Clement said punishment from the university is “still a possibility,” but added the university will wait for the conclusion of the criminal investigation before moving forward with any penalties The university’s investigation began Feb. 28, when OFSL received an anonymous tip alleging hazing by the fraternity.

Delta Tau Delta’s national office soon revoked the local chapter’s charter, and the fraternity was disbanded by the university two weeks later.

When reached last night, Will Cole, the president of the local chapter of Delta Tau Delta before it was disbanded, declined to comment.

The allegations against Delta Tau Delta, if true, would be the second hazing incident at the university this academic year. A university investigation found Zeta Beta Tau guilty of hazing last semester after a pledge was injured.

The last time criminal charges of hazing were filed against fra-

ternity members at Maryland was in 1993. Omega Psi Phi members were found to have beaten seven pledges, who were also drizzled with hot wax, forced to eat vomit and drink from toilets.

In 2006, Beta Theta Pi was removed from the university for a variety of offenses, including the DUI arrest of a pledge who was driving home from a fraternity event. In 2002, the family of Daniel Reardon sued the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity for $15 million, alleging the fraternity had forced Reardon to drink malt liquor and bourbon and then waited several hours to call 911 after he had passed out, leading to his death.

Hazing on the campus has not been limited to Greek life, either.

In 2000, an investigation determined that members of the university’s athletics teams had engaged in activities that “fit the broadcast definition of hazing, although the health of studentathletes was not in jeopardy,” according to a Washington Post article from the time. robillarddbk@gmail.com

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Rabbi Ari Israel chats with a student during lunch at Hillel Wednesday.

“It’s important, in this day and age, to have family time,” Israel added.

His children never know what’s on the agenda for the Sunday outings, and Israel said he loves to keep them guessing.

For example, two years ago, he told the kids he was going on a business trip instead of clueing them in to a week-long family vacation to Disney World.

“He pre-spoke to one of the gate people and said, ‘Would it be OK if my kids walked me onto the plane?’” Suzy said.

“They totally fell for the whole thing, and we got on the plane. I think it wasn’t until takeoff that the kids finally realized it and started screaming.”

It’s that kind of creative zeal and spontaneity that keeps Israel on his toes, especially when it comes to working with college students who are just beginning their independent religious journeys, he said.

“You’re in a cocoon,” Israel

said of students. “In high school, you don’t have a lot of choice. College is all about freedom.”

It’s Hillel’s job to guide, not dictate, how Jewish students find that identity, Israel said.

“He really has everyone’s best interest in mind,” said Lindsay Kleiman, a senior English and Jewish studies major. “Like, I was going to plan a trip to Israel, and he said, ‘This is the program I would take, but I don’t really think it’s right for you.’”

And overall, students said Israel not only seems to care about them professionally but also personally.

“To me, he’s a father figure,” said Melissa Waksman, a sophomore family studies major. “He welcomed me to Maryland; he’s always been there.” miliandbk@gmail.com

provides a clear glimpse of a practice typically shrouded in secrecy.

After an anonymous tipster led officials to uncover these practices two months ago, Delta Tau Delta has been kicked off the campus and disbanded. The university’s investigation revealed stories of mandatory exercise, heavy drinking and days without sleep. The OSFL document says the hazing culminated every semester in a storage closet in the basement of Delta Tau Delta’s house at No. 3 Fraternity Row called the Cave.

During “Hell Week,” which ended the fraternity’s six-week initiation process, fraternity members forced pledges to stay in the Cave for stretches that, during some years, lasted as long as two and half days, according to the document, which was based on several interviews with former fraternity members and was obtained by The Diamondback through a Maryland Public Information Act request.

Pledges were expected to wear diapers while in the cave and had their cell phones and wallets taken away before entering it. Throughout the hazing process, pledges were not given a lot of time to eat during the process and frequently lost weight. “On rare occasions,” the report said, “pledges have been pushed or hit in the past.”

“The actions by Delta Tau Delta were truly shocking and inappropriate,” Interfraternity Council President Marty Bock

said. Bock said the IFC will implement new anti-hazing measures next semester and plans “to keep a closer eye on our fraternities.”

“We’re confident this isn’t happening in our chapters,” said Matt Bowen, the IFC’s vice president for risk management. “But if it is, we want to stop it.”

Will Cole, who was the president of Delta Tau Delta when it was disbanded, declined to comment when reached last night.

Jim Russell, an executive vice president of the fraternity’s international office said the fraternity was “embarrassed, saddened and really stunned.”

Matt Supple, assistant director for fraternity and sorority life, said the university doesn’t plan on launching any new campaigns against hazing, but that the incident could serve as a wake-up call to eliminate the practice.

“The fact that we’ve had two egregious incidents — Delt[a Tau Delta] being more egregious than ZBT — shows us this is still a prevalent problem in our community,” Supple said.

However, Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement maintained her position that hazing is uncommon on the campus.

The document clearly shows a schedule of hazing at Delta Tau Delta.

It started with the induction ceremony. Pledges were forced to drink warm beer until they threw up, as senior members of the fraternity chanted and cheered. During the first week, pledges were obligated to come to the house any time a fraternity called, regardless of the time of day or night.

In the third week, the rituals intensified. Pledges had to drink a combination of hot sauce, salt and water, called the “Kirwan special,” that frequently caused them to vomit or have diarrhea.

Another activity was apparently called the anchorman.

Pledges were lined up and made to drink a container with a specific unsavory liquid, including a mix of salad dressings, soy sauce, hot sauce and sometimes alcohol. The container was passed from pledge to pledge until it was empty.

In the fourth week, the fraternity traveled to Shenandoah Valley State Park in Virginia, arriving there after dark. The group would make a difficult night hike to the top, where the pledges were sometimes not permitted to eat dinner. The next day, more hikes followed, during which pledges were forced to chew tobacco.

With the fifth week came the “chad,” a question-and-answer ritual. Senior members of the fraternity asked pledges questions.

If answered correctly, they’d funnel two beers and a shot. If wrong, they funneled “two beers, shot, and something else (dip spit)” the report stated. Dip spit is the remains of used chewing tobacco.

For the sixth week, called “Band in the Sand week” in the document, the pledges would haul sand in and out of the house.

Then came Hell Week. robillarddbk@gmail.com

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Opinion GINA SAGAR

Denton down the drain

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s one of the most selective universities in the nation and one of U.S. News and World Report’s top schools of 2008, the university recognizes its need to please students, a major component of its success, by providing only the most luxurious of accommodations. We’re blessed with $350 doormats in our dining halls and meticulously maintained floral arrangements. The M, for example, sits at the front entrance, providing us with beautiful scenery (except, of course, when visitors come — then we’re directed toward the back entrance) at an annual upkeep cost near that of one student’s in-state tuition.

The most lavish gift our school presents us with, however, is the vintage housing throughout much of North and South Campus. The opportunity to experience nineteenth-century living conditions is an obvious privilege and, in true Victorian Era fashion, my roommates and I have also mastered the nuances of social Darwinism. Only by living in a forced triple without air conditioning can one learn the true meaning of “survival of the fittest.”

When we’re lucky, we even get throwback lessons from pre-industrial times, such as living without indoor plumbing.

At about 9 a.m. in Denton Hall, three solid thumps on our door startled me and my roommates and cries echoed through the hall. Anisha Queen, one of my floormates, was one of the first to feel the wetness of opportunity. “It’s raining in the hallway!” she screamed with joy (she recognized the value of the lesson).

Although many believe a pipe burst or the toilet was “abused,” the incident was clearly an intentional move by the university to bring some needed authenticity to our antiquated dorms.

Queen’s exuberance was hard to match. How could she possibly contain herself as her ceiling and door welcomed the sepia-colored water?

Instinctively, she seized the chance to use her adaptive mind and gathered trash cans to catch the leakage. Many of the other third-floor residents recognized her attempt to jump up the pecking order and rushed in to maintain the social hierarchy. Rochelle Arbuah grabbed her broom and decided to sweep the water back into the hallway and inevitably toward the room across the hall — a sign of her peerless appreciation of Darwin’s teachings.

In another test of our ability to adapt to an unrelenting environment, Francine Jaume, a freshman near the end of the hall, faced an ambitious flow that did not merely seep through her door and the pipes above her bed — it got into her closet. After a few hours of laundry to get the stench of rust-infused water (yum) out of some of her wardrobe, she tossed some of her hopeless belongings aside and went to check on the fourth floor. On her way back down to our floor, her view of the situation underwent modification with descent: As she put it, “I was mad until I went upstairs — they were in a water sandwich” (my favorite kind).

At about 3 in the afternoon, after hours in the company of wet belongings, lingering odor and, most of all, thoughts of a Sunday down the drain, the third-floor residents of Denton conceded to moving out most possessions and loitered in the hallway with their faces in their hands. I assume they were overcome with gratitude for the day’s priceless experiences.

So, after a day of dealing with toilet water, I realize our university couldn’t have been negligent enough to allow yet another flood to occur without immediate action by 4-WORK (which arrived about an hour after flooding) and a more systematic and supporting approach toward solving the inconveniences caused to residents. It, clearly, must have been an attempt to, unconventionally, teach us the intricacies of indoor plumbing. After planning to spend more than $50 million to renovate Byrd Stadium, how could the school resist the urge to spoil Denton residents a little bit too? After all, we did get an indoor pool for the day.

Be jealous.

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

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The challenges our town faces are different from Pending an expected sign-off by Gov. O’Malley, Shuttle-UM will be available for city resi- those of our peer institutions. College Park’s population dents next fall. The move is unquestionably is a minuscule 25,000. Chapel Hill, N.C., has more than good for students, as the costs added by twice as many residents. Ann Arbor, Berkeley and bussing locals will be picked up by the city and incen- Urbana-Champaign are more than four times as large. tivize more mass transit options, which should decrease These towns can afford to pull themselves up by their property tax bootstraps. It is much, much harder here. traffic.

In order to improve the town of ColWe hope this will also be an opporlege Park, resource-sharing is a necestunity to discuss other measures for sity. improving the relationship between Were the university more open to the university and the city. The strate- The town of College Park devoting resources to improving the gic plan has some promising ideas: It will never be great city, the proportion of handouts going aims to extend university wireless without the university to unaffiliated people would eventuInternet access to downtown and to ally decrease, as more graduate stucoordinate University Police with extending it resources. dents, faculty and staff would choose their city and county counterparts to to live in the area. better combat the seemingly ever-present crime.

In striking contrast to the towns of our peer instituThese initiatives are fantastic. It is imperative for us to assist the city whenever it is possible to do so with tions, College Park has a dearth of graduate students.

For whatever reason — crime, undesirable housing, the only marginal increases in expenditures. lack of a family-friendly atmosphere — we can’t keep But we ought to do more.

There is a general aversion to allocating university them here. And the transient population of undergraduresources to the city, but nearly half of city residents are ate students doesn’t stick around long enough to take ownership in the local area. Without buy-in from resiaged 18-24. dents, improvement is impossible.

The city is us.

We have a grand vision for the future of the univerWhenever the university gives resources to the city, they aren’t being dumped on the doorsteps of unappre- sity. We mustn’t forget to have a vision for the city, as ciative hags who turn around and call the cops to bust well.

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Letters to the Editor Picking up the slack So what about textbooks? The General Assembly’s session ended Monday and significant legislation on ISBN disclosure was left in the senate chambers. As a result, and after strong student lobbying, university policy has picked up the slack. Provost Nariman Farvardin informed all university faculty members that ,effective immediately, all textbook information (including ISBNs) will be posted on Testudo once the textbook has been adopted for the fall semester. There is a May 1 deadline for booklist submission, and in the last few semesters, more than 95 percent of booklists were received by the University Book Center by the start of finals, producing savings of nearly $2.5 million for students. Trust me, I remember e-mailing professors as a freshman legislator and asking them to turn in their booklists.

Searching for a free online book exchange? The Student Government Association will be providing students with a new service called uHub, a customized student website featuring a textbook exchange available to all students. Instead of calling mom to beg for book money, you can tell her you traded online and don’t need to drain her bank account again. The Students Party recognizes the difficulties faced by students each semester, and we have the experience and

dedication to collaborate with university faculty and administrators to provide real solutions to high textbook costs and the many problems facing students. We will fight for the common sense solutions, like indicating if previous (and cheaper) editions are acceptable for courses, demanding professors turn in booklists well in advance of class scheduling and maintaining the free book exchange we will have in just a few weeks.

STERLING GRIMES BSOS LEGISLATOR GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS CANDIDATE FOR VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STUDENTS PARTY

Students are also lobbyists This is in response to the staff editorial on April 10, “Statehouse blues.” I found the author’s blind spot intriguing; is the student lobby not a lobby and student representatives not lobbyists? It’s dishonest to use words pejoratively for others when they apply to you as well.

MATTHEW GRAVES SOPHOMORE ECONOMICS AND PHYSICS

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s a student who is highly invested in a well-rounded liberal arts education, I am disgusted by the overwhelming “liberal” (Democratic, Democrats are not the only liberals) bias at the university and everywhere else regarding the upcoming presidential election. It is almost as if we forgot there are other candidates besides Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Because of the lack of Republicans on the campus, I will not dwell upon McCain’s shortcomings and instead shine some light upon the more popular options.

As a registered and proud member of a third party, I support advocates for change, yet I do not find such an advocate in any of the two major parties’ candidates. What never ceases to annoy me is how both Democratic hopefuls are campaigning to become “champions of change.” However, the same two political parties have been running American government for almost 200 years. If Obama or Clinton really intended to make changes, they would not run Democratic campaigns. Because our country has become so politically polarized, it is far easier for candidates to run with major party (and federal) support.

The truth is, both Obama and Clinton fit the ideal Democrat mold almost perfectly, which actually means they do not intend to change much at all. Obama is for an increase in minimum wage, which in turn raises inflation and decreases the number of entrylevel jobs; leaving Iraq — we all want it, now please show us a feasible and fair exit plan that does not cripple Iraq with our failed attempt at Westernization; universal health care — a nice dream, but, in the end, it will damage the economy and benefit the pharmaceutical companies more than our middle-class citizens; saving Darfur — which is a humanitarian issue and should not be used as a piece of political propaganda; and supports a tax credit to help cut the cost of college education — yes, the price is skyrocketing, but if the recession is dealt with properly, inflation should go down and the cost of education with it. Which Democratic candidate isn’t for all these wonderful ideals?

Our founding fathers warned about the problems of party politics. According to Wikipedia, a political machine is “an unofficial system of a political organization based on patronage, the spoils system, ‘behind-the-scenes’ control and long-standing political ties within the structure of a representative democracy.” It is clear the Democratic political machine is still alive and kicking. Its control over the media is apparent, the majority of news outlets are biased toward the Democratic candidates, and yet the only non-Democratic news station is constantly labeled as biased.

There is a lack of media attention on third party candidates and even Ron Paul (the closest thing to a third party candidate) is completely ignored. The true face of the media is shown by their blatantly obvious political agenda and their unfair coverage of “the underdog,” also known as the third party. Two parties cannot possibly represent the political beliefs of a country with over 300 million citizens.

Recently, on my way through Tydings Hall, I saw many posters asking me to join the “Grassroots Effort to put a Democrat in the White House.” Democrats already control the House, the Senate, the media and almost every college campus (and it is almost guaranteed a Democrat will win the White House at this point). What we really need is a grassroots effort to change the course of our country’s future.

We should not leave it up to Clinton or Obama to change America; it is up to us to make a well informed decision at the polls. If people were to vote based on their beliefs and not on their parents’ ties or an image portrayed by a biased media, perhaps America could actually change for the better.

It seems many people are blinded by new faces, rhetoric and lyrical speeches and do not see they are choosing between the same old candidates with the same old political ideas.

Gregory Schlein is a freshman French major. He can be reached at gschlein@umd.edu.

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Hornsby brings the Thunder The legendary keyboardist teams up with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder tonight in Baltimore

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As a member of Ricky Scaggs’ band, Bruce Horsnby helps to loosen up and diversify the band’s sound, he said. tion, with two different tunings and different instruments being used a setlist is a little more necessary, so we use it.

It’s OK. I prefer to wing it, but in this situation I think it’s for the best.”

The other challenge is incorporating Hornsby — known as a more wild, improvisational type of musician — and his songs into the more buttonedup style of a traditional bluegrass group.

“I don’t think the audience at large really knows what to make of this Skaggs/Hornsby thing,” Hornsby said. “I can’t figure out the audience that we

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tions where you’ll see what’s happening, ‘Oh, he’s moving it to a new place, and they’re all looking at him [Hornsby] and wondering what the hell he’s going to do.’”

While playing with Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder is sometimes tough, Hornsby said it’s a challenge he enjoys.

“The level of virtuosity in the band Kentucky Thunder is very high,” Hornsby said.

“There are times in that situation where I’m on deck going ‘This is what these guys have done all their lives, something I do now and then. And dammit, I can tell, cause I’m not doing it as well as they are.’

Sometimes I really nail it, and sometimes I don’t.”

Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs play tonight at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore. The show begins at 8; tickets cost $32 to $64.

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joyful experience; I’m looking for an ecstatic experience.”

Sitting in with another group does bring changes, however. Hornsby said playing with setlists — something he doesn’t do with his band, nor with The Dead — is one of the biggest.

“It’s loose — well, it’s not that loose, at least, we do have a setlist,” he said. “With my band, we haven’t had a setlist since 1990, but in this situa-

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said of his addition to the band’s dynamic. “I know that Ricky’s band and Ricky himself, they like it when I come around because it loosens things up. It makes things sort of up for grabs. That’s the way I play with my band, The Noisemakers; that’s of course, the way The Grateful Dead played.

“My approach will be similar with anybody I play with,” he added. “I’m looking for a

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Bruce Hornsby’s resumé reads like a veritable who’s who of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Willie Nelson and The Grateful Dead are just a few of the musicians he’s played with. He even toured extensively as a member of The Dead on-and-off for two years in the early ’90s.

Hornsby’s latest album and tour pairs him with yet another legend, bluegrass virtuoso Ricky Skaggs. But Hornsby is no stranger to bluegrass — he won a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording in 1989 with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for “The Valley Road.”

Hornsby said he and Skaggs first got together in Horseheads, N.Y., at the Light Up Horseheads festival in front of only 100 people.

“We were packin’ ’em out, as they say,” he said, jokingly. “He sat in with our band and played the fiddle. He plays lots of instruments — all very well.”

The pair’s friendship grew after the show, which led to their 2007 album, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, and their current tour, which sees Hornsby once again joining a band — sitting in with Skaggs’s band, Kentucky Thunder.

“It’s all pretty loose,” he

have — we have as many geriatrics in the house as we have younger people. [Skaggs and his band] say that’s very typical for them — the draw that they get. I imagine the geriatrics in the house really don’t like my presence, because I’m pretty much the guy there whose job it is to keep it from getting too straight.”

And even though the typical Hornsby improvisation isn’t as present as it is during his own shows, the Skaggs/Hornsby act is incorporating songs from Hornsby’s previous works and is finding places to solo, too.

“There’s a song of mine that’s very popular with my fans called ‘White Wheeled Limousine,’ and it’s a real vehicle for going many places,” he said. “That’s become sort of a tour-de-force on the Skaggs/Hornsby show.

That’s an area where it can go to a new place. ‘Darling Cory’ … has some open-ended sec-

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THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008

The Wright stuff Sophomore excelling in starting role

BY JEFF NEWMAN Staff writer

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Redshirt junior goalie Jason Carter shut out Navy in the second half last Friday. The Terps are now looking to take the momentum from that second half into their next in-state rivalry game, against Johns Hopkins tomorrow.

Terps focusing on rivalry HOPKINS, from Page 10 “They’d be putting their future in the hands of the selection committee,” Kessenich said.

Holmes realizes the defending national champions have more at stake than the oldest rivalry in NCAA lacrosse.

“I’m sure they have that extra incentive because their backs are up against the wall right now,” Holmes said.

Three of Johns Hopkins’ losses came in overtime before losing by bigger margins the last two weekends against No. 8 North Carolina and No. 1 Duke.

Pietramala said his team can not focus on the “what-

ifs” surrounding the game and instead needs to attend to the “laundry list” of problems that has contributed to the losing streak. He said his team has not played consistently for a complete game this season and now would be a good time to pull it all together.

“What we need more than anything is to get a win to take some of that pressure that we feel off,” Pietramala said.

Despite the Terps’ home loss against Navy last Friday and the opportunity to land a blow to the defending champs’ postseason hopes, junior midfielder Dan Groot said the Terps’ main motivation is still the rivalry.

“For us, it’s just Maryland-

Hopkins,” Groot said. “It’s a huge rivalry, so we’re coming in prepared and ready to win.”

Terp coach Dave Cottle did not want to talk about the Blue Jays, saying the Terps cannot control the effort that Johns Hopkins brings to the table. Cottle said his team played hard and well enough against the Blue Jays’ last season that he would be happy to see a similar performance Saturday.

“We’re a young team. We’re an up and coming team,” Cottle said. “We’re a hard-working team, and we have to make sure that’s who we are on Saturday.”

Lindsey Wright began her career with the Terrapin softball team stuck on the bench and working her way into game shape after joining the team in the winter.

Now, she will be thrust into the starting role vacated by injured junior Meredith Nelles.

The sophomore transfer has excelled so far in the starting role: In two starts she has pitched 13 innings and given up just a single run. In Tuesday’s 8-0 victory over Georgetown, Wright took a no-hitter through more than four innings when outfielder Christine Gallinari hit a double, the Hoyas’ lone hit of the game.

Before her two starts, Wright had pitched a cumulative nine innings in the Terps’ (29-10, 3-6 ACC) first 33 contests and compiled an ERA of 3.89. Two wins later and Wright’s ERA is 1.91, secondbest on the team, and she has gained much-needed confi-

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“Pitching against Georgetown is really cool, but pitching an ACC game is indescribable,” Wright said. “I’m going to try and step up and do more of what I’ve been doing, but at a higher level.”

The change in Wright’s confidence level has been evident to her teammates and coaches, in particular her battery-mate, senior catcher Brittany Bessho.

“Starting pitchers need to be more relaxed, whereas closers need to be more pumped and fired up,”

Bessho said. “She has dramatically improved her game, because she’s become more comfortable and confident on the mound.”

Freshman pitcher Kerry Hickey will also see her playing time increase in the wake of Nells’ injury. Hickey, loaded with raw talent, will likely become the Terps’ primary reliever, as Watten likes the different speeds and dramatic movement her pitches will show opponents.

But the team will be relying on Wright to give them the same production she’s had in her past two starts, and if she can deliver against some of the ACC’s weaker teams, the Terps should be able to position themselves nicely going into the ACC tournament.

“These last couple games offensively we’ve gotten that hunger back we’d been missing for a while,” Wright said.

“We’re going to turn this (conference) record around and show teams we’re capable of being a top seed in the ACC.” jnewmandbk@gmail.com

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Senior midfielder Dana Dobbie was named co-ACC Player of the Week with UNC’s Kristin Taylor. The two will butt heads in Saturday’s game.

“In that game, they were used to running and gunning, and we kept it in our hands,” Kasper said.

“We took them out of their game.

If we do that again, we can win again. Just having control and being patient. We will push it, but when we see we need to slow it down, we will. We will play Maryland lacrosse, but we will be smart, pull it out and work it around.”

This game figures to be another tight tilt. The last three meetings have been decided by three goals or fewer, and this time around the teams are near-mirror images.

Both teams rank in the top 25 on scoring offense. The Terps are averaging about three more points per game than the Tar

Heels. Both teams are also among the top-12 scoring defenses in the nation.

“It has always been great competition,” Reese said. “Both teams are fast and athletic, and we both use our speed on the field; it’s going to be a great game Saturday night. The tempo of this game may be pretty quick.”

Despite all the parallels between the teams and the fierce rivalry, the Terps remain cool, calm and collected headed into tomorrow’s contest.

“We are ranked higher than them,” Dobbie said. “This is going to be a big game for them, and they will come out playing their best against us. I think if we just come out and play Maryland lacrosse, we will be fine.” bkapurdbk@gmail.com

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Junior third baseman Mike Murphy has hit home runs in three of his last five games, helping the Terps win six of their last eight.

On the mound for the Terps, senior pitcher Mike Sufczynski will start Saturday in place of regular No. 2 starter Jensen Pupa, who suffered an apparent shoulder injury last week at Virginia Tech. Sufczynski has been lights out recently, allowing no runs in his last eight innings of work.

Still, the Terps know Virginia is a perennial ACC contender.

But Spessard says if the Terps continue to play the way they are, they can compete with the Cavaliers and earn another critical ACC series victory.

“We have to come out Friday, and hopefully we can jump on them early,” Spessard said.

“Then we’ll just take it from there and see what happens.”

By Sunday afternoon, with the series outcome determined, Spessard and the Terps hope the “flow train” is speeding towards the next station and not derailed. akrautdbk@gmail.com

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Starring future Terp men’s basketball guard Sean Mosley, the Capital Classic All-Star high school boys’ basketball series is coming to the Comcast Center. Mosley’s team will compete at 5 p.m.

Take 2: Hopkins has back against the wall — again At 3-5, Blue Jays need to win four of last five

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Senior attack Lauren Cohen scored five goals last weekend in the two-game ACC/ALC Challenge in Chapel Hill, N.C. She and her teammates are headed back to Fetzer Field to play the No. 9 Tar Heels this weekend.

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

Terps return to Chapel Hill No. 3 women’s lacrosse takes on No. 9 North Carolina with last week’s success to build on

BY BRIAN KAPUR Staff writer

After going to North Carolina for a pair of games last week, the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team is headed back to Chapel Hill, this time to take on the Tar Heels.

The Terps are excited about the rivalry game, but another road trip to North Carolina has led to some joking about the trip.

“It’s awesome,” coach Cathy Reese said. “It’s going to be beautiful weather. We are going to play late at night; we are going to get home at three in the morning — it’s going to be perfect. What couldn’t you love about that trip?”

While Reese took a more sarcastic view, the players have taken the scheduling quirk in stride.

“You gotta do it,” senior midfielder Kelly Kasper said.

“It’s not bad. It’s a good bus trip, good fun, watch some good movies. We are just excited to go down there and play them.”

The game has major ACC tournament implications. The No. 3 Terps (11-1, 2-1 ACC) are second in the conference — just one game ahead of the No. 9 Tar Heels (10-3, 2-2).

“It’s huge in the ACC,”

Terps vs. North Carolina Where: Fetzer Field When: Tomorrow, 7 p.m.

Radio: WMUCsports.com Kasper said. “They are a great team. A lot of the ACC tournament positions will rely on this game.”

The Terps are hoping to carry last week’s success into this game. They have not beaten the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill since 2006 and have lost two of the past three games in the series.

“It’s exciting knowing we are going back and knowing we will be done at UNC,” senior midfielder Dana Dobbie said. “After last week, we are looking to go back and have the same impact.”

Last season, the Terps stunned the then-No.1 Tar Heels 8-6. This time around, North Carolina will be looking to score the upset, but the Terps are hoping the same blueprint will get the job

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The Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team came to Byrd Stadium last season with a 4-4 record, badly needing a win against the Terrapins to stop a three-game losing streak and bolster its NCAA tournament resumé.

The Blue Jays did just that.

An 8-7 overtime win started Hopkins on a nine-game winning streak, which concluded in a 12-11 win against Duke in the national championship game.

“It was definitely difficult to watch, especially since we had the lead against them and let it slip,” sophomore midfielder Bryn Holmes said of the Blue Jays’ national championship run. “That was definitely a big stepping stone for their season last year, and they took it and ran with it.”

This time around, Johns Hopkins is in even worse shape. Heading into Saturday’s matchup at Homewood Field in Baltimore, the No. 15 Blue Jays (3-5) have lost five in a row and are in danger of missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1971. They have never had a six-game losing skid in the program’s 125-year history.

The Blue Jays are not in a must-win situation yet, but a loss to the Terps would force them to win their final four games, including next weekend at Navy, just to get above the .500 mark and become eligible for the tournament.

It’s a tall order, but if the Blue Jays, who returned eight of 10 starters, can find the groove they hit late last season, it is definitely possible.

The Blue Jays still have the talent, including All-American senior midfielder Paul Rabil, whose overtime goal beat the Terps last season, and leading-scorer Kevin Huntley, who used a three-goal performance in last season’s meeting to jump start a per-

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Senior defender Joe Cinosky and the Terps blew a lead last season to Johns Hopkins in a game that began a ninegame Blue Jay winning streak and an eventual national championship. sonal hot streak down the stretch.

Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala said last season’s win took the pressure off his team, and he thinks his players will be motivated by the chance for a similar turnaround.

“You tell them that, while Maryland poses a great challenge, they also present a great opportunity,” Pietra-

Baseball riding the ‘flow train’

mala said. “If we are fortunate enough to earn a win, that could put us right back into the thick of things.”

Inside Lacrosse/ESPN analyst Quint Kessenich said without a win against the Terps on their tournament resumé, Hopkins will be forced to sweat out the tournament selection show.

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Terps head to regionals Four sophomore gymnasts head to Florida for southeast championships

Terps head into Virginia series with everything going right

BY MICHAEL KATZ Staff writer

BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

Junior leftfielder Gerry Spessard calls it the “flow train,” and it may be the reason why the Terrapin baseball team is playing its best baseball of the season heading into this weekend’s series with No. 19 Virginia.

It’s difficult to pinpoint what exactly the “flow train” consists of, but whatever it is, it’s working. As Spessard put it, the phrase describes the Terps’ confident state of mind after winning six of seven games and their first ACC series last weekend against Virginia Tech.

“Everything is flowing — our hitting is flowing and our fielding is flowing,” Spessard said between laughs. “It’s a word we came up with [Wednesday].

You just gotta flow, you know?”

Joking around is no problem with the team winning, but the Terps (20-14, 5-10 ACC) understand they must keep their solid play going against Virginia (26-9, 8-7).

Terps vs. Virginia Where: Shipley Field When: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Radio: WMUCsports.com The Cavaliers feature strong starting pitching with first-team All-American Jacob Thompson and red-hot lefty Pat McAnaney, who has a 1.61 ERA and has struck out 62 batters in 50 innings.

“Thompson is going to be tough for us to deal with, and then [McAnaney] is throwing really well, so we’re gonna have to play well,” coach Terry Rupp said. “We’re gonna have to pitch, play defense and get some hits when we need them.”

On the mound for the Terps, senior pitcher Mike

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Junior catcher Will Greenberg and the Terps have greatly improved their hitting and hope to steal an ACC series this weekend against No. 19 Virginia.

Despite failing to qualify as a team, the Terrapin gymnastics program will send four gymnasts to compete individually in the NCAA southeast regional championship at Florida on Saturday.

It will be an underclassman affair for the Terps, as all four of the gymnasts who qualified are sophomores.

Brandi George and Talia Tossone qualified for the second year in a row. George will compete in the all-around, while Tossone will return to the balance beam.

Newcomer Allison Dama will compete on the uneven bars after recently placing second in the event at the EAGL tournament. Michelle Brenner will make her debut on the floor exercise.

“Everybody seems to be very excited. They’re gonna get an opportunity come back and tell the team we belong in that grouping, we have the right kids.” coach Bob Nelligan said.

“They’re not going down there with the intention of having a couple days off from school; they’re expecting to do well.”

Convinced the class of 2010

would lead Terps into a new, more successful era, Nelligan has not shied away from extolling this class since they arrived on the campus.

Returning to the gym this season with a year of college experience under their belts, the sophomores have stepped up significantly this year. They are leading the youth movement for a young, improving Terps team that will graduate just two gymnasts.

“I think with this group we’ve learned together that it’s not important to just do volume in practice; you have to do enough to keep your body sharp, but not so much that you go in to meets with aches and pains,” said Nelligan. “We feel like we’ve now gotten them to the point where they understand the college game — and it is a different game.”

These young gymnasts have demonstrated their improvement all season long and will have a chance to put their skills on display in front of a large audience Saturday.

Should any of the Terps win their event, they will advance to the national championships in that event. mkatzdbk@gmail.com