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moderndiscussions Several bills likely to be resubmitted for 2013 session Modern Family star speaks to students

BY LAURA BLASEY Staff writer

Last night, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson sat in a large, black armchair, facing a crowd of several hundred students gathered in Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom.

“Where are you, Julie?” he asked.

“Stand up!”

As a girl sitting in the fourth row slowly began to rise, blushing at the request her friends had made, Ferguson belted out his rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

For Ferguson, holding back was not an option. The openly gay actor candidly and comfortably dished out behind-thescenes gossip from the Modern Family set and answered student questions, which ranged from “How did you come out as a teenager?” to “If you could shoot an intimate scene with any other actor, past or present, who would it be?,” from his seat on stage.

“When I speak at colleges and events, I want people to feel like they’re having coffee with me,” he said in an interview after the event. “Sometimes these things turn into people asking me for advice about acting or their sexuality and I’ll wonder if I’m the best person to give that advice, and it’s more comfortable for others and

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Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson spoke candidly with several hundred students last night in Stamp Student Union.

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Death penalty repeal, tuition cap failed to reach floor during 2012 session

BY JIM BACH Senior staff writer

While state lawmakers had 90 days to introduce, amend and vote on various measures, they had just 14 hours Monday to either push through or kill measures that had been put on the backburner for the last three months.

Legislators scrambled to pass several pieces of legislation on the session’s last day, but others, including bills that would eliminate the death penalty, protect students’ online privacy and permanently cap tuition, never made it out of committees. Although many speculate Gov. Martin O’Malley will call a special session for some measures — meaning the General Assembly will have until July 1 to vote on them — others will have to wait at least another year until they are reintroduced.

Death penalty Although lawmakers have repeatedly proposed legislation that would repeal capital punishment in the state, the bill once

again failed to make it to a vote in this year’s legislative session.

Sen. Lisa Gladden (D-Baltimore City) said she didn’t expect the bill to pass because the 11member Judicial Proceedings Committee, which was tasked with moving the bill forward, had not been able to garner the votes needed to get it to the House of Delegates and Senate floors.

Gladden said for the bill to ever make it out of the committee, Gov. Martin O’Malley would need to throw his support behind the measure — like he did with samesex marriage, which passed both chambers earlier this year — and urge lawmakers to vote in favor it.

“He needs to now use the power and the influence of his office to make it happen,” she said. “I am dependent on him to help us get this out.”

The only other way to get the bill out of committee is to petition it to the floor, which would require the signature of 15 senators, Gladden

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Students hope to launch LGBT group through business school LGBT at Smith seeks to address concerns of workplace discrimination, would be open to all undergraduates

BY REBECCA LURYE Senior staff writer

Shortly after he began a research internship with the U.S. Army last summer, Andrew Sabelhaus encountered an unexpected demand: Within the confines of the military center, he would not represent his LGBT community.

When the senior mechanical engineering major submitted a short biography for the Topographic Engineering Center newsletter, his supervisor omitted a line describing Sabelhaus’ experience as president of oSTEM — a campus group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students majoring in science, technology,

engineering or mathematics.

“He told me stuff to the effect of, ‘It’s not appropriate to bring your private life in here,’” Sabelhaus said. “The metaphor he used was, ‘Your organization is like an organization for people who like to eat bugs. It’s not something you’d necessarily like to talk about.’”

Sabelhaus’ supervisor, Eric

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In a narrow vote that split the SGA after an hour-long debate Wednesday night, the body approved allotting $2,500 to help launch a new student-created website to connect state legislators to their constituents — but that decision might soon be

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vetoed.

Shortly after the meeting, SGA President Kaiyi Xie told legislators in an email he may consider vetoing the resolution to sponsor MyMaryland.net — a nonprofit, nonpartisan website set to launch within two months that would connect

will also seek approval from the business school next month to cater to undergraduates of all majors.

While the university’s LGBT Equity Center sponsors some workshops about being “out” in the workplace, students said focused groups would fill a gap

Helping the homefront

SGA awards $2,500 to student’s new website

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campus, some university officials and students said there is a need for more groups linked to specific academic departments to address concerns of workplace discrimination. Currently, there are only two such groups: oSTEM and the Smith LGBTA Pride Alliance for graduate business students. A third group, LGBT at Smith,

Zimmerman, denied he made that comparison and said he had no problem with Sabelhaus being president of oSTEM. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman Deborah Quimby confirmed in an email that Zimmerman omitted the line referencing oSTEM. Although there are about a dozen LGBT groups on the

MyMaryland.net supporters attend Wednesday’s SGA meeting.

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For LaKeia Barnes, homelessness is a family affair.

Although the sophomore behavioral and community health major has never been homeless herself, several of her family members have gone without a place to live.

However, it wasn’t until she watched the KONY 2012 video circulate the Internet and draw attention to an issue abroad that she began to seri-

ously think about how she could take action to address issues on the homefront.

“We can’t help other countries if we aren’t right ourselves,” Barnes said.

She and senior psychology major Vedina Singh decided to start Terps Against Homelessness, a student group approved Sunday whose mission is to collect and donate clothing, toiletries and other items to local homeless shelters and raise awareness about homelessness on the

campus. The 16 members hope to directly reach out and meet with homeless people face-to-face to show them their support.

“We don’t know these people’s stories, so it could help them; it could just make their day,” Singh said.

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The space now housing the BRBean Café used to be a custodial closet. Faculty members pushed for its creation to provide a social space on the campus. CHELSEA DIRECTOR/THE DIAMONDBACK

Students, faculty members flock to new BRBean Café Café opens between Bioscience Research and Bio-Psych buildings

BY ALLISON GRAY Staff writer

It only took Facilities Management and Dining Services workers about $25,000 to transform an awkwardly shaped custodial closet into a popular snack shop and meeting hub.

BRBean Café, which sits in the atrium between the Bioscience Research and Biology-Psychology buildings, stemmed from faculty and student requests for a place to meet and eat in between classes and research studies without having to rush to Stamp Student Union. Although officials initially estimated the café would cost $150,000 to build, the departments were able to significantly cut costs for equipment and counters by making it smaller than originally planned and using less equipment.

“Dining Services was very creative in using up the space, so it’s got every square foot trying to sell something.” said biology Chairman Gerald Wilkinson, who works in the building. “It came out actually much better than I anticipated.”

In the three weeks since the café’s opening, it has averaged $500 per day from roughly 200 customers. Although faculty and students said they hope to see its hours extended from the current 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dining Services officials said they would wait and see whether the cafe’s success continues before implementing longer hours.

Since most of the faculty and staff members in the buildings were strangers to each other, three faculty members — Wilkinson, cell biology and molecular genetics Chairwoman Norma Andrews and psychology Chairman Thomas Wallsten — along with Brian Brevig, the facilities manag-

er of the building, pushed for the creation of a café. They hoped not only to have a place for faculty to buy food in between meetings and classes but also to have a centralized area where people could have coffee and socialize.

“Right now there aren’t that many opportunities for people to run into each other unless you just happen to be on the same floor,” Wilkinson said.

After six months of construction, they saw their idea come to fruition. But before the café was complete, Wilkinson, Andrews and Wallsten held a contest between their departments to name it. BRBean ultimately beat out “Significant Grindings” and “Grounds for Thought” with 86 votes.

Starr Chen, a junior psychology major who reviewed the café on Yelp!, said being able to go to BRBean has changed her daily routine.

“It’s really convenient to be able to stop by between classes that I have in Bio-Psych and Bio Research,” she said. “Instead of trying to run to Stamp during a 10-minute break, I could just go to the BRBean and get a soda or a bag of chips, or even a sandwich or a bagel.”

Molly Brown, a junior psychology major, has also enjoyed the café.

“I think it’s great; I think it’s so convenient, especially when you’re rushing to class,” she said.

Although many students just stop by the café on their way to class, Wilkinson said he hopes it eventually creates a sense of community in a once disjointed building.

“It’s more sort of a central point that would pull people together,” he said. gray@umdbk.com

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FERGUSON from page 1 myself if I keep it casual.”

Best known for his work on ABC’s hit show Modern Family and his advocacy for LGBT teens through the Trevor Project, Ferguson has made waves in the world of television. But his road to success, he said, was not without its bumps.

Ferguson said he finally came out to his parents at the age of 15, when he had to explain why they needed to pick him up from the police station after he had been caught stealing gay pornography.

“It’s a hilarious stor y now,” he said. “But at the time, it was horrifying to

GROUP from page 1 said homelessness is a predominant issue in the area, and there are even more homeless people who may not be “visible” or living on the streets.

“In D.C., it’s pretty obvious it’s a pretty significant problem,” Inoue said. “It’s hard to not find someone homeless in the vicinity of somewhere you might walk.”

Singh said she didn’t even know how widespread local homelessness was until Barnes brought it up to her. Therefore, she said it is especially important to make more students aware.

go through.”

Between losing lead roles to fellow New Mexico child thespian Neil Patrick Harris at the Children’s Theatre in Albuquerque and suffering at the mercy of bullies throughout his elementar y and middle school years, the shy, quiet Ferguson did not have an easy time coming to terms with his sexuality and developing the confidence he prides himself on today.

“I have no other skills — if I didn’t act, I would be out of luck,” he said.

“You just have to develop a thick skin and know that you are unique and special.”

Ferguson’s bevy of Hollywood stories — which range from worr ying

Ellen Degeneres wouldn’t like him to discovering both he and The Social Network star Andrew Garfield had tried to scale a wall in a Spiderman costume — shows he’s no ordinary actor.

Students at the event said Ferguson’s relaxed demeanor made him relatable, despite his celebrity status.

“I loved it — he elaborated on ever ything and he was so candid, not fake at all,” said Asmi Shah, a senior physiology and neurobiology major.

Others agreed, saying he appeared excited to be in College Park.

“He seemed really into talking to us — he was just hilarious and really inspiring,” senior international

business major Ramya Tallapragada said.

Although Ferguson has built up his repertoire, he said what amazes him most is not the fame the ABC sitcom brought him but the positive feedback his onscreen romantic relationship with castmate Eric Stonestreet has received from viewers, as well as the impact he’s made in promoting acceptance of the LGBT community.

“I have people say to me every day, ‘Thank you for being on TV,’” he said. “I look for ward to a day when people aren’t talking about us as being revolutionary, but as normal, and I think it will come soon.”

“It’s more prevalent than I thought. I just think it’s a really big issue,” Singh said.

However, some group members disagreed on what may be the best or safest means for outreach.

Barnes said she plans to have members go out directly to the homeless on the street to hand out the donated items. Although this direct approach may make homeless people feel threatened, Barnes said she believes they will feel more appreciated once members explained their mission.

“Our main focus is to go to the people directly, and not going through the shelters,” she said.

However, Singh said she thought it might be more

effective for the group to focus its efforts on donating to homeless shelters rather than reaching out directly to people. She said group members hope to visit homeless shelters once or twice a month and help prepare meals.

“I definitely see a few safety issues that could come about with that, but I don’t think there would be any major challenges,” she said.

Freshman English and secondary education major Alexander Pryor said he thought approaching people on the street would likely result in club members being taken advantage of by con artists.

“I’m just concerned for their safety,” Pryor said.

He added he thinks the

club should focus on donating directly to shelters and holding on-campus food and clothing drives so that nonmembers can also help the cause.

“If they don’t actively participate, then they can still contribute,” Pryor said.

Inoue said while community outreach can have varying effects, increasing education and awareness about homelessness reaps the best results.

“I think the most useful thing in getting students involved in something like this is the education aspect,” Inoue said. “Basically just learn about the problem, and learn from some of the folks that are homeless.”

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LGBT from page 1 by providing a sense of community and professional opportunities.

Jimmy Pappadeas, a senior information systems and operations management major, said he is helping launch LGBT at Smith to give students professional resources they cannot find in other LGBT groups.

“I never really felt connected with the Pride Alliance or the interest groups. If you’re not catering to everyone, you’re driving away a lot of people who might otherwise be interested,” Pappadeas said. “For something like this, there’s a lot of support.”

Mykell Hatcher-McLarin, a sophomore sociology major and transgendered male, belongs to six different LGBT groups and cofounded mentoring program Peer Pride. However, Hatcher-McLarin said these groups do not focus on addressing professional concerns and he has not yet crossed the hurdle of applying to a “regular” job since a manager at Giant Foods “criminalized” his relationship with a girl about three years ago.

“On the job, I was treated

differently,” Hatcher-McLarin said. “My girlfriend was talking to me and [my manager] said, ‘You need to tell your little friend that she needs to leave.’ I’m just like, ‘My little friend?’ and she’s like, ‘Yeah, your girlfriend, she needs to leave.’”

Hatcher-McLarin said he worries his gender expression eliminates chances to work with families and children in health care — he even had to reapply for a secretarial job he held when he first identified as lesbian.

Eight states have legalized marriages between gay and lesbian couples, but no existing Maryland laws protect transgendered people from workplace, housing or health care discrimination.

“Possibly taking testosterone could alter my features and I can’t go back to that job because I would be perceived as a threat to the children,” Hatcher-McLarin said. “Are they looking at my dress or hearing my voice and saying, ‘Well this person is definitely queer, I don’t want them in my work place.’”

Alla Corey, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship program manager, said that is not the case in many instances.

“I look as a student as a

person, as a whole,” she said.

“What their skills are, what they do, how I can help them, so I haven’t really thought through how that aspect plays in here.”

Some students in science and engineering, however, said their fields are less inclusive, which Zimmerman said may be reflected in recruitment.

“We are reminded periodically of our need to increase representation of women engineers and black engineers because they ware underrepresented in engineering, but there is not an emphasis on hiring gays or lesbians or bisexuals in the workplace,” Zimmerman said.

Heidi Sauber, the engineering school’s co-op and career services director, said one or two students each year report an incident of harassment outside the classroom, but she cannot remember any LGBT-related grievances.

“It’s possible they think they should be able to handle it themselves or they don’t want to do what’s perceived as causing problems or shaking things up,” Sauber said.

“Maybe they’re worried about repercussions.” lurye@umdbk.com

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LEGISLATURE from page 1 said, noting it was a difficult task and rarely used.

“I am hopeful we wouldn’t have to do something like that,” Gladden said.

“It’s draconian, it would aggravate all of the Senate leadership, but that might be the only option.”

Gladden said she expects to propose the bill next year, despite the exhaustive legislative route it may have to take to pass.

“The issue is bigger than the legislators who support the repeal of the death penalty,” she said.

Electronic privacy for public and non-public institutions In an attempt to keep the online identities of students private, Del. Shawn Tarrant (D-Baltimore City) proposed a bill that would prohibit universities from having access to certain Internet sites and electronic accounts of students through personal electronic devices.

But the bill, which would prevent administrators from asking students for logins and passwords for websites such as Facebook, never made it out of a House subcommittee.

Since the chairman of the committee, Del. John Bo-

hanan (D-St. Mar y’s), did not support the bill, it was unlikely to ever move forward, Tarrant said.

“[The tuition cap] didn’t pass because the university system didn’t put its weight behind it.”

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“Bohanan is ver y protective of the universities, and they weren’t too thrilled of the overall mission of what we were tr ying to do,” Tarrant said.

But Tarrant is not deterred, and said he would continue to propose legislation that would protect the electronic privacy of students and employees in the state.

“I really felt like students deser ved to have the right to their privacy,” he said.

“When I was in college, we had no cell phones or the Internet, so 50 men shared one phone, but ever y conversation I had was private, so I would think that kids

should have the same kind of privacy I had in my day.”

Tuition cap As students have grappled with consistently higher tuition rates for two years, Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-Anne Arundel and Prince George’s) sought to ease their financial burden by proposing a tuition cap for the sixth year in a row, but ultimately failed to move the measure forward.

Rosapepe’s bill would mandate funding to the University System of Mar yland, with the intention of permanently capping tuition. However, the bill met a familiar fate this session, failing to reach a vote. Rosapepe said although system officials voiced their support for the bill — system lobbyist P.J. Hogan testified on behalf of the measure — they didn’t mobilize a strong enough campaign for it.

“It didn’t pass because the university system didn’t put its weight behind it,” he said. “It will take a massive mobilization by students, by faculty, by alumni.”

He added he would continue to propose the bill until it passes.

“I’m just hopeful that the university system will lobby for it,” he said. bach@umdbk.com

Student Government Association legislators Julie France (above) and Zane Adoum spoke in support of sponsoring MyMaryland.net Wednesday night. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

SGA from page 1 residents with their state representatives and may also include an exclusive page to allow students to voice their opinions to university officials.

Twelve SGA legislators cosponsored the resolution in hopes of utilizing the site to col-

lect quantitative data on student opinion. However, a number of members argued the funding was not an appropriate use of the organization’s funds, which come out of the annual $31.52 mandatory student activities fee each full-time undergraduate pays.

“I don’t think anyone doubts that MyMaryland.net is, in principle, a really great idea. I just don’t think this is something the SGA should be funding,” freshman legislator Justin Dent said at the meeting. “We’re funding $2,500 to an organization over something we cannot feasibly see.”

Xie was among the members who opposed the resolution and said he would decide whether to veto it within a few days.

“I think there is a larger issue about the precedent this sets for what the student activities fee can be used for,” Xie said in an interview after the meeting.

Although the site is currently a nonprofit, several members raised concern over whether they should appropriate student fees to startup a company that may not remain a nonprofit in the future, especially as its founders hope to expand it someday to a nationwide service.

Site founder and senior government and politics major Ben Simon, however, said these concerns are unfounded, noting the university legal department had reviewed the proposal and said funding a nonprofit service would present no legal problems.

“We have no plans to become a for-profit enterprise,” said Simon, who ran against Xie for SGA president last spring. “Our social mission of creating a way for average students to connect with their government drives MyMaryland.net every day. That’s the reason why we founded it, and we would never compromise it for profit.

The resolution ultimately passed 13-10 with no abstentions. The body also narrowly passed an amendment to create a liaison position between MyMaryland.net and the SGA to ensure the company fulfills its agreements with the body.

“We’re funding this because it provides us a service,” arts and humanities legislator Julie France said. “It gives us an avenue of communication that did not exist before and that’s very valuable and valid.”

The SGA planned to vote on the resolution the week before spring break, but legislators

voted to table it to give members more time to determine the legality of funding the site. The resolution was tabled again for two more weeks following spring break. Simon, a former Diamondback columnist, spoke before the body on three occasions to lobby for sponsorship, and 19 students came to the meeting donning MyMaryland.net T-shirts to show their support.

The body’s finance committee voted against the proposal before it went to the full body vote due to legality concerns. Vice President of Financial Affairs David Berlin also urged the body not to approve funding for a site that is still in the “hypothetical” phase.

At Wednesday’s meeting, legislators also raised concerns that the money would be taking funds away from other student groups with more established projects as well as the legislators’ required service initiatives — projects that directly impact their constituents and improve their student experience.

“We’re paying for a voice in the organization for people who don’t have to pay to have a voice,” arts and humanities legislator Mace Phillips said. “We have a responsibility to use the student activities fee wisely. We have a responsibility to fund organizations that are already doing great work and advocacy.”

However, other legislators stressed the company presented a tremendous opportunity for the body to respond more effectively to student concerns on major university policy decisions.

“I think it’s important to have this lobbying tool,” Speaker Pro Tempore Andrea Marcin said. “I think this would be a fantastic use of funds. Perhaps unprecedented, but still useful.”

MyMaryland.net has received another award recently, winning a $1,000 grant through the business school’s Pitch Dingman Competition at the Social Enterprise Symposium earlier this semester. Despite the threat of Xie’s veto, Simon said he is optimistic the SGA’s support will hold.

“We do respect the process and understand that something this revolutionary takes a long time to think over,” Simon said.

“There was a vigorous debate, great points were made on both sides and in the end, the legislature made a decisive vote to support it.” villanueva@umdbk.com

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his week saw a particularly contentious debate from the Student Govern- than in years past; higher student activities fees are in effect for this year, but the addiment Association as legislators wrangled with a proposal to provide funding tional money is unlikely to cover funding requests from student groups. The website to MyMaryland.net, an in-development nonprofit website that connects isn’t even active yet — the SGA should not be in the business of funding unproven stustate residents with their elected officials. Wednesday night, the SGA nar- dent ventures, even if they might someday be beneficial to students.

Furthermore, the University System of Maryland already has a similar system rowly approved the resolution, but President Kaiyi Xie was among the opponents and is considering a veto — a rare move that would probably kill the bill for the rest of this in place — Capwiz is an electronic software package used by groups across the country to build grassroots support and interact with academic year. elected officials. Administrators activated the software in The proposal calls for MyMaryland.net to create a tab on March to help lobby lawmakers in Annapolis on the univerthe MyUM portal, providing a space for university students sity system budget, and it must be somewhat effective; SGA to engage with state and university officials in return for Student Government Director of Governmental Affairs Zach Cohen said more $2,500 apportioned from the SGA account funded by the mandatory student activities fee — money generally allotted Association President Kaiyi than 22,000 people from across the state, primarily students, called and emailed lawmakers asking them to push for the for student groups.

Xie should veto the lowest possible tuition hikes this legislative session. If stuThe resolution was proposed by letters and sciences legisdents want to interact with administrators at this university, lator Zane Adoum and co-sponsored by 12 of the body’s legisapproved proposal to meanwhile, university President Wallace Loh’s email lators. Ben Simon, a former SGA presidential candidate (and provide funding to address and Twitter handle are pretty easy to remember — former Diamondback columnist), is the website’s founder. As president@umd.edu and @presidentloh, respectively. many may remember, Simon ran against Xie last year as a MyMaryland.net.

We believe the MyMaryland.net concept is one with member of the Love Party and ultimately lost, though 18 members of the party remain part of SGA. The resolution passed 13-10, so it’s hard to potential, and Simon’s efforts to put together a program that could benefit students and officials at this university should not go unrecognized. But a good premise tell whether legislators support Simon — or the resolution.

Xie’s opposition hinges primarily on the precedent the proposal could set for future doesn’t warrant SGA funding. If the organization funds one student’s idea, what SGA actions — MyMaryland.net isn’t expected to be running for another month or stops it from funding more? At this point, there’s no telling how beneficial it could two, so any money from the SGA would, in a sense, be startup funding for an be — and it would be detrimental for the SGA to set a precedent of helping one stuunproven product. The venture recently won a $1,000 grant through the business dent’s plan with money allotted for helping many different student groups.

That said, we hope Simon continues working on this idea — if system officials are school’s Pitch Dingman Competition.

Many opponents of the measure — Xie included — seem to support the idea of willing to pay CQ Roll Call for use of the Capwiz software, perhaps they can be conSimon’s project, just not the SGA’s involvement. Even if MyMaryland.net is a good vinced to pay MyMaryland.net, a student-founded, nonprofit organization, to do a simidea and could possibly (even probably) provide a useful service to students, is it ilar job. Simon claims the number of advocates — 22 people appearing before the appropriate for the SGA to fund the proposal with money that would otherwise go to SGA out of the about 35,000 students at this university — is evidence of substantial student support. We’re not so sure. If a truly significant number of students indicate student groups? This editorial board doesn’t think so.

It’s important to consider the resolution in light of last year’s SGA student group demand for such a service, the SGA can revisit the issue next year when the website funding fiasco. Last April, many student groups received far less money from the SGA is up and running. Until then, Xie should veto the resolution.

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or those of you who haven’t seen it, the new pasta bar at the North Campus Diner is like an exclusive night club, both because of its inaccessibility and the dazzling array of sauce options. It features the longest line, and the people in it generally seem very excited (which seems weird, because I know I’m always stoked when I resign myself to a grilled chicken sandwich after realizing there is nothing I want from the diner). The whole scene almost seems to say, “Why are you here if it isn’t for the pasta?” Indeed, the pasta bar is the happening place when it comes to North Campus dining — it is definitely this spring’s fad.

Given the popularity, I think it is fair to ask why it is so attractive. Is the pasta significantly better than any other meal option? Does eating there enter you into a raffle to win a new

RAJARSHI CHATTOPADHYAY iPad? Are all the cool kids doing it?

While all of these are exceedingly valid potential reasons, I think the answer is something else: The pasta station is so popular simply because it is new.

As humans, we are naturally attracted to newer things. They are usually more advanced or better made — especially in the case of technology — or, at the most basic level, they represent more possibilities for the future.

If you think about buying a new car, you imagine all the potential places the two of you will go together — but envision a pre-owned car, and you worry

about the adventures it has already gone on with its old owner.

In every aspect of life, newer things usually seem better and replace older versions, even when they might not be superior. Take, for example, the legend of Sheriff Woody Pride, the famous Wild West cowboy. Woody was beloved in his town and was the undisputed leader. However, when a space ranger crashes nearby, Woody fears, and rightfully so, that his popularity and authority are being usurped. By any objective analysis, Woody is still a better leader: He knows the individual citizens much better and has always demonstrated fairness and courage in his decisions.

He is also not a toy that thinks it is an actual sheriff or space ranger, which is a highly valued quality in most leaders. However, the spaceman becomes a fad, and everyone is infatuated with

him, hanging on his every catchphrase. Eventually, the citizens of Andyville realize the sheriff is the best chief and revert back to following him. But they still initially swapped him for the newer option because, at first glance, the space ranger looked better and more exciting.

Though the reason behind the popularity of the pasta bar is apparent, so too is the fact that, like any fad, its attractiveness is temporary. Much like Korean barbeque, the lines will dwindle and the reviews will become less glamorous. Yet people are still willing to spend 20 minutes in line to get their food, which begs the question: Are we allotting our time to actual priorities in life or just to fads?

Rajarshi Chattopadhyay is a sophomore aerospace engineering major. He can be reached at chattopadhyay@umdbk.com.

Tales from Europe: Bank of America is sleazy

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ow fitting is it that I had to come all the way to Europe to learn firsthand how sleazy Bank of America is?

Profit first, customers second.

Here’s my story: Recently, I was a victim of debit card fraud. After unusual charges from Arizona (while I was in Paris), Bank of America blocked the card. Rather than call to tell me this with the number I gave them, it forced me to find a landline phone and the company’s international number. Subsequently, I did not realize the card was blocked until I tried to pay for a bill on a date.

That was awkward.

After 30 minutes of fishing through the website’s frequently asked questions page (which never has my question), I finally found the bank’s international hotline number. After 15 minutes on hold, they told me what happened and informed me I would need a new card.

This was on a Monday, and Bank of America assured me the card would arrive by overnight shipping in Paris before my trip to Greece that Friday.

It didn’t.

And it didn’t arrive by the next Mon-

day either. Good thing Greece is a first-world country that accepts credit cards at most establishments. Oh wait, it had a financial collapse. Unsurprisingly, nobody accepts credit cards there. Good thing my roommate is filthy rich and didn’t mind loaning me 200 euros. Oh wait, he’s not. That was also awkward.

I returned to France on Monday and immediately called Bank of America. It took another 15 minutes of unbearable elevator music for an operator to answer, who informed me my card was mailed to some random town in Maryland named College Park. This isn’t even the first time they’ve done this. Bank of America has previously mailed cards to my Massachusetts hometown while I was in College Park and vice versa. On each occasion I informed them of my location, but something always goes amiss. Also, it turns out Bank of America uses FedEx, which doesn’t even have overnight international shipping.

The card arrived late to the wrong place.

After another 15 minutes on hold, I had developed a sense of entitlement.

“You know, this was an extraordinary

GREG NASIF inconvenience,” I said, before explaining about my situation in Greece, trying to find the phone number and going two weeks without cash.

“When businesses screw up, they compensate their customers. I don’t expect a cash payout, but it would be nice if you stopped charging me these mundane fees every time I convert a dollar to a euro, or use an ATM at a bank other than the one specified for me.”

“You want to talk about some compensation? Hold please!”

“Well I –” cue another 15 minutes of unbearable music. The next operator answered without a clue of my situation, forcing me to recount the whole thing.

After yet another 10 minutes on hold, she told me she reversed two one-time $5 fees, which probably didn’t even pay for the phone call in the first place. I

informed her that I never want to pay these nickel and dime fees again.

“That’s impossible. You are abroad.

You’re going to be charged fees for withdrawals and conversions.”

“Why can’t Bank of America cover those?”

“Would you like to talk to a customer service manager about further compensation?”

Another 15 minutes of hold did not sound enticing. I knew the objective here: keep tossing me from person to person until I give up.

Well I do give up. When I return home, I’m taking every penny out of my Bank of America account, and if you bank with them, I encourage you to do the same. My next bank may turn out to be just as bad, but these places need to learn we’re on to them. The days when business ethics are driven by a moral compass may be over, but perhaps knowing customers aren’t complete pushovers can make up some of the difference.

Greg Nasif is a senior history major. He can be reached at nasif@umdbk.com.

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pril 10 marked TOMS Shoes annual “One Day Without Shoes,” during which social activists walked around barefoot to raise awareness for the millions of children in third-world countries who don’t have shoes.

This is a seemingly generous and charitable act on the surface.

After all, walking around a college campus barefoot is certainly the equivalent of walking barefoot through the hot, barren deserts of Africa (Because, God forbid you contract some sort of hookworm walking across McKeldin Mall, right?).

But remind me, how are the shoeless children benefiting from first-world citizens walking around without shoes?

The answer: They aren’t. At the end of the day, despite the change people insist they have created, the children still don’t have any shoes.

“One Day Without Shoes” would be much more effective if it directly benefited the people it claims to support. Instead, all it seems to do is raise awareness within first-world countries, and the effort ends there.

This event is just one of many examples of armchair activism — an activity that involves lethargic first-world citizens who participate in ineffective and insignificant acts of “charity” that make no difference whatsoever.

In actuality, the only people benefiting are the participants themselves; their minds are put at ease because they believe they’ve helped to end some sort of inequality or injustice.

Another organization guilty of catering to armchair activists is Invisible Children, which was responsible for the viral KONY 2012 video. On its website, the organization claims to “use the power of media to inspire young people to help end the longest running armed conflict in Africa.”

But this idea of using the “power of the media” is precisely the problem.

People will watch videos and the clips will spread across various social networks, but in most cases, the issue is only supported through sharing or posting the video online. The idea of “raising awareness” does absolutely nothing to help the actual people in need.

How can a person make a difference then?

The answer is so simple, yet it has become overshadowed by laziness. Raising money, participating in charity events and building houses in third-world countries are all examples of viable charity work that actually have an effect on people or social issues.

Of course, such action requires a person to actually put in time and effort. But that’s the point; making a difference is not as easy as taking a few seconds to share a link on Facebook, and people need to understand this.

In reality, the expression “raising awareness” is simply a lazy excuse for philanthropy. If a person is interested in making a difference, he or she should do it in a way that actually has the potential to see results.

Shannon Mooney is a freshman journalism major. She can be reached at skm546@hotmail.com.

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REVIEW | BULLY

See you at the flagpole Bully is an emotional, if imperfect, call to action

BY ZACHARY BERMAN Senior staff writer

After almost a full year traversing the film festival circuit and fighting a very public dispute over its R rating in the U.S., director Lee Hirsch’s (Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony) affecting call to action against America’s bullying crisis, Bully is finally getting the wide release it deserves.

Developed in tandem with a social action campaign — The Bully Project — the film’s message is pure. However, Bully is not the definitive documentary on the bullying problem that Hirsch intends it to be.

Whatever its problems as a documentary, Bully is an absolute must-see film for children and adults alike.

Whether it’s a concerned parent or a 12-year-old who can’t even watch the PG-13 film without a guardian, Bully is likely to strike a

ceed in offering a full panorama chord with any viewer.

The way the movie frames its of the issue. There are no annarrative is its strongest attrib- swers or suggestions on how to ute. Hirsch does a fantastic job solve the problems of bullying, of weaving several threads of merely the indication that they story within the larger context need to be solved. Without ofof the bullying epidemic. Book- fering a direction in which to ended by the story of Tyler take the fight against bullying, Long’s suicide — which was the movie’s ubiquitous bleakprompted by bullying — Bully ness becomes its defining emooffers numerous perspectives tional characteristic while simultaneously allowing Hirsch on the issue.

These perspectives include to sidestep the social complexithe story of Alex, a 12-year-old ties of the issue and simply wag a finger at bullies boy unable and inept school ofto admit his ficials. physical haVERDICT: Hirsch makes rassment to his parents, Though problematic, Bully is an his most glaring and Kelby, a alarming call to social action. oversight by not interviewing or 16-year-old girl who came out as a lesbian profiling any actual bullies. to her Oklahoma community Focusing solely on the victims only to be made an outcast. and their families allows the Hirsch also captures stories director to toy with the viewfrom worried parents and ers emotions as he pleases, stressed school officials, pro- but without the perspective of viding a generous view of the the perpetrators, there is no way for audiences to craft a problem.

However, Bully does not suc- well-informed understanding

of the issue.

Instead, Hirsch spends most of the movie attempting to force emotion out of the audience instead of letting viewers decide for themselves how to react to the narrative. For instance, the film has several unnecessarily long takes of children and parents cr ying over one issue or another. These scenes add nothing to the film’s message and instead come across as cheap tricks.

Bully never fulfills its promises as a documentary, but its stories have a lot of potential to jumpstart the attached social movement. As is often the case, awareness and admittance are the first steps to solving a problem. Though it offers no solutions — and for that matter, very little hope of universal change — Bully, at the very least, can act as that first step toward change. berman@umdbk.com

REVIEW | THE THREE STOOGES

Here, they play the role of lowconcept plot stringers, separating three, semiconnected stor y lines into individual episodes.

In the first episode, Moe (Chris Diamantopoulos of The Sopranos), Larr y (Sean Hayes of Will & Grace) and Curly (Will Sasso of MADtv) appear as kids in a Catholic orphanage run by a band of bumbling nuns, three of whom are played by Curb Your Enthusisoul-crushing unfunniness that asm star Larr y David (in drag), forces audiences to wonder if singer and former American Idol contestant Jenthey’ll ever manage nifer Hudson to laugh again.

V E R D I C T : and swimsuit If I am to begin Kate doling out the Don’t see this movie. Save your model Upton. I guess blame, I have to money. Please. the casting distart with the Farrelly Brothers, who haven’t made rector was in on the joke.

The second episode begins a single funny movie since 1998’s There Something About Mary. after the Stooges plan on raising

Please, no Moe

The Three Stooges is a vapid, pointless waste of film

BY DEAN ESSNER Staff writer

Stumbling into the multiplex like a boozy, unemployed drifter with no ambitions, The Three Stooges is an unholy mess of a film that reeks of stale farts and rancid nacho cheese. It’s a thermonuclear assault on intelligence, a long, horrible slog of

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In the last and most ridiculous of the three episodes, Moe ends up on the Jersey Shore, where he provokes poor Ronnie with a cheese grater and plays guido with America’s finest faux-Italians.

I’m going to stop there. I can’t imagine that anyone could possibly have a burning desire to find out where this is going.

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HOCKADAY from page 8 Jordan Hagel for the team’s lead in batting (.323) and ranks second on the team with 16 RBI and 21 runs scored.

For coach Erik Bakich, the assessment of Hockaday is simple: “He’s a future star.”

PREP STAR When Stetka first started coaching Hockaday, it was obvious the Joppa native was a rare talent. Hockaday was coming off a sophomore campaign in which he hit 11 home runs, making him the centerpiece of a young John Carroll team that started six sophomores that year.

The Patriots hadn’t made the playoffs in more than a decade, perpetually dwarfed by perennial Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association powers such as Calvert Hall and Gilman. The talent was there — Hockaday’s best friend on the team, Brendan Butler, was drafted in the 50th round by the Orioles and currently plays for Towson — but the results had yet to show.

It’s easy enough to draw a parallel between Hockaday’s high school team and the one he now plays for in College Park.

The Terps haven’t been to the NCAA Tournament in four decades and haven’t qualified for the ACC’s postseason since the league expanded in 2005.

“I’ve been on programs on the rise growing up,” Hockaday said. “It just feels like the program has more to prove than a program that’s already defined in a league. I feel like [with] Coach Bakich and what he’s all about, we have a good chance to put this program on the map.”

At the same time Stetka was taking over at John Carroll, Bakich was making a move on the cornerstone of his 2011 recruiting class. Hockaday said he first heard of Bakich’s interest from his summer coach in 2009, and by early September he’d verbally committed to play for the Terps.

Fewer than three months into his coaching tenure,

Third baseman K.J. Hockaday ranks among the team’s offensive leaders in several categories.

Bakich had one of his biggest recruits for the 2012 season.

“They showed me the most interest,” Hockaday said, “and I love it here.”

Hockaday’s college search was finished, but his high school playing career was far from over. Hockaday’s power never diminished in two years under Stetka, totaling 30 home runs in four years and surpassing the career MIAA record set by current New York Yankee and former Mount St. Joseph star Mark Teixeira.

By the time the Patriots finally broke their postseason drought in 2011, they’d earned a No. 1 ranking by The Baltimore Sun. John Carroll’s dramatic turnaround ended in the playoffs, but by then, Hockaday and his .642 batting average had already drawn

enough attention.

PRO OR NO? This time, it would come from men offering contracts, not scholarships. Since the start of his sophomore year in high school, Hockaday had been hearing about his professional potential. He attended tryouts for summer all-star teams and other showcase events, even drawing interest from the Detroit Tigers.

On June 7, it became all too real when Hockaday finally got the call: The Baltimore Orioles had selected him in the 14th round of the 2011 MLB Draft.

“It was a cool accomplishment,” Hockaday said. “I got a lot of praise for that, but that really wasn’t at the top of my mind at the time.”

“We knew he was going to get drafted,” Bakich said. “All of the best players do. It was just a question of whether the professional team was willing to really overpay the slot for the 14th round. We knew that they had significant interest in him.”

Now, Hockaday had to make one of the most important decisions of his career: pursue his dream of playing professional baseball or sign with the Terps and put that dream on hold for at least three years. In the end, Hockaday opted for College Park. He turned down the Orioles’ offer in August, telling the Sun, “It wasn’t that close at all.”

“I’ve always liked the University of Maryland,” Hockaday said. “I don’t think there’s a measure to how close I was to going pro. I just love Coach Bakich and the things that he’s doing here,

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Four of the past 14 Terps-Johns Hopkins meetings have gone to overtime, including last year’s rain-soaked classic, which slipped away from goalie Niko Amato. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

HOKIES from page 8 Reese said they’re going to have to play stronger and smarter defensively. In their loss to No. 3 North Carolina last weekend, the Terps allowed nine goals on 15 shots in the first half en route to a seasonworst mark for goals conceded in any game this season (14).

It didn’t look much better for them at the start of Wednesday’s 15-9 victory over Princeton. After the Terps tallied the first score of the game, the Tigers scored three consecutive goals and held the Terps off the scoreboard for 10 minutes.

Even as order was restored — at one point in the second half, the Terps shut out Prince-

ton for 15 minutes — the Tigers were still able to make a 5-2 run at the end of the game.

“I think we just need to focus on our communication and working together as a team,” midfielder Katie Schwarzmann said. “I think we’ve kind of gotten away from that in the past couple of games, and if we can just work together and play our Maryland defense, then we’ll be successful.”

Though the Terps normally play on the artificial turf surface at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, tomorrow’s game will be played on the grass at Ludwig Field in preparation for the ACC Tournament. Duke’s Koskinen Stadium — the site of the tournament — is a grass field.

Whether the Terps win or lose tomorrow, their postsea-

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on his calendar.

“This is probably the biggest game on our schedule,” midfielder Mike Chanenchuk said. “We always need this win.”

This year is no different.

After losing 17 seniors from a team that reached the national title game last May, the Terps have experienced their fair share of growing pains this season. It’s seemed that with each passing milestone, disappointment isn’t too far behind.

Just three days after notching an impressive 10-7 win over then-No. 8 Duke on March 3, the Terps surrendered five straight fourth-quarter goals in a crushing upset at UMBC. And after playing like a national championship contender during an 11-5 rout of thenNo. 10 Villanova on March 17, they dropped two consecutive conference games by a combined five goals.

The Terps got back on track with a dominating performance against Navy last Friday. They scored five unanswered goals in the third quarter to secure a 13-6 blowout win. Now with momentum back on the Terps’ side, the question remains: Will the contest at Johns Hopkins yield yet another letdown or

so I’ve always wanted to come here and be a Terp.”

“He knew how much he was wanted in our program,” Bakich said. “I think he knew that the opportunity existed for him to make an immediate impact.”

ON CAMPUS, ON BASE Thirty-five games into his collegiate career, Hockaday’s teammates have been struck by the manner in which the 6foot-3, 222-pounder conducts himself.

“He’s a real confident kid, ever since he got on campus,” shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez said. “I had heard a lot of things about him, but he didn’t really talk himself up. He comes knowing that we expect to win and he helps us win, so I can’t really say

much more about that.”

Across the diamond at first base, Tim Kiene has seen the exact same thing.

“He’s a confident kid,” Kiene said. “I respect him for that. I hope that he can continue to do that and do well. He’s a great player and he’ll continue to contribute and be a huge part of this team.”

Among his former star’s many attributes, Stetka highlighted Hockaday’s composure and belief in himself. The last time Stetka saw Hockaday play, both were easily apparent. In the Terps’ first ACC victory of the year, a 1-0 win over No. 9 North Carolina on March 18 at Shipley Field, Stetka looked on with pride at the player he had come to know so well.

In the fourth inning of a scoreless pitcher’s duel, Hockaday, batting with two outs, worked a full count and fouled off two pitches. On the eighth pitch of the at-bat against Tar Heels pitcher Benton Moss, Hockaday lined a double off the top of the center-field wall. He would prove the difference in the game one batter later, scoring on a Hagel single.

Hockaday turned in a repeat performance two innings later, this time with added drama.

Halfway through his at-bat against Moss, Hockaday fouled a pitch off his knee and collapsed to the ground in pain.

He got up moments later and pulled his second double of the game down the left-field line.

After the game, the freshman shrugged it off as just part of his job. Stetka wasn’t surprised. Talented, determined, composed — that’s Hockaday, he explained.

“Baseball’s a funny game,” Stetka said. “There’s a lot of highs and a lot of lows, and K.J. doesn’t seem to get rattled.

“I’ve tried to explain to him that baseball is a game of failure. You’re going to fail more than you succeed. But as long as you can understand that and deal with that, it’s going to make you that much better of a person and certainly a baseball player.”

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provide a season-defining victory entering the ACC Tournament?

Coach John Tillman isn’t sure. All he knows is his team is in for a dogfight. In the Terps’ (6-3) past 14 meetings with the Blue Jays (9-1), they’ve played to four overtime games and eight one-goal finishes.

“It’s two programs that pride themselves on having really strong lacrosse programs. It’s two programs that have great traditions,” Tillman said.

“So they’re two teams that aren’t going to go quietly. You’re going to fight to the end.”

Last year’s overtime thriller provided the ultimate example of that never-give-up mentality.

Playing on a raindrenched field in front of 8,072 at Byrd Stadium, the Terps jumped to a 7-2 halftime lead. Then Johns Hopkins went on a 10-4 run after intermission, leaving the Terps pining for a rematch.

“That’s one we certainly would like to have back,” Tillman said.

As for Cummings?

He’s ready to finally put that pipe where it belongs: in the past.

“I’ve definitely been excited to move forward,” he said, “to get another chance to bring a victory home for Maryland.”

command has deteriorated as the year has progressed, giving teams extra outs and more chances to score runs.

The offense has had its own opportunities to make up for the ace’s control issues, but crunch-time hitting has been hard to come by. The Terps’ .261 team batting average is sixth in the eight-team conference.

Those factors, among others, have contributed to the team’s tailspin after a 10-2 start. The Terps have lost 15 of their past 25 games entering tomorrow’s doubleheader.

This weekend’s clash with Virginia, though, could be an opportunity for the Terps to begin their climb back up the ACC ranks. Though the Cavaliers (2018, 5-7) have five conference wins, the Terps still hold a better season record.

An 0-6 ACC mark won’t suddenly become respectable in one series.

Still, the Terps would benefit from a strong performance in College Park this weekend.

“We need to put ourselves in a good position,” Watten said.

With less than a month remaining in the regular season, this may be the Terps’ best chance to do that.

Virginia has struggled in recent contests, limping its way to five losses in its past six games, including an ugly 12-1 defeat against Radford on Wednesday.

One side has to win the series, and that team will leave Sunday with more than a win in hand. The Terps might be down now, but a crucial series victory could change all that.

“We need to stay up, stay positive,” Watten said. “There’s still a lot of games left.”

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son position is already solidified. No matter the outcome of the rest of the season’s games, the team knows it can’t jump past North Carolina and Duke for the top two seeds.

What this game will determine, however, is the ordering at the bottom of the conference. With a loss to the Terps, the Hokies would fall to last in the ACC, setting up a quarterfinal rematch in Durham, N.C., next weekend.

“It would be interesting if we have to play them two games in a row,” Schwarzmann said of Virginia Tech. “Playing a team back to back is always hard — win, lose, whatever happens.

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Attacker Bria Phillips, left, and the Terps face Virginia Tech in College Park tomorrow, the team’s first home game since a March 27 win over Towson. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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MEN’S LACROSSE

A year gone, but not forgotten Last season’s overtime loss to rival Johns Hopkins still haunts No. 10 Terps

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Senior staff writer

Joe Cummings always seems focused on the task at hand.

When one final whistle sounds, the Terrapins men’s lacrosse attackman is thinking about the next matchup, the next test.

But as he and the No. 10 Terps prepare for tomorrow night’s annual meeting with rival Johns Hopkins, Cummings can’t help

but think back to the past.

“I think about that pipe I hit,” Cummings said Wednesday. “I’ve thought about that all year.”

The ping from that April night in Byrd Stadium still reverberates as one of the most painful memories of his Terps career. It cer tainly fell on one of the biggest stages. In a game against the Blue Jays last year, Cummings received a feed from attackman Ryan

Young in sudden-death overtime and beat Johns Hopkins goalkeeper Pierce Bassett to the top-left side of the cage.

Only he never saw the ball sail into the net’s meshing. It clanged off the left post.

There would be no chance of redemption.

Three minutes later, Blue Jays attackman Kyle Wharton ended the game when he rifled an elevator shot over the shoulder of goal-

keeper Niko Amato. As Johns Hopkins’ bench rushed the field in jubilation, the scoreboard above said it all: Blue Jays, 12.

Terps, 11.

Even today, 360 days since his shot met metal, Cummings still feels the sting of that defeat.

After all, this was Johns Hopkins — the most important game of the year, the one every Terp circles

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Goalie Niko Amato, left, and since-graduated midfielder Dan Burns stand on the Byrd Stadium field after last year’s loss to Johns Hopkins. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

BASEBALL

“He’s a future star.”

— Terrapins baseball coach Erik Bakich on third baseman K.J. Hockaday

Though he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles out of high school, freshman third baseman K.J. Hockaday chose to play in College Park instead.

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

There’s really nothing too extraordinary about the baseball field at the John Carroll School.

It’s nestled in the center of a rolling 72-acre campus in suburban Bel Air. The bases are still 90 feet apart, the pitcher’s mound is still 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate, and the 6-foot-tall black, chain-link fence lining the outfield is still probably just a little bit too shallow for competitive high school baseball.

Out of a ballpark built by the book, however, came a player who seemed destined to break every record in it. Joe Stetka knew as much when he first stepped onto that field with K.J. Hockaday in fall 2009. This, he thought, was someone meant to play beyond the school’s paltry boundaries.

“I had known of him,” said Stetka, who was named the Patriots’ coach before Hockaday’s junior season

HOME GROWN Putting an MLB career on hold, Hockaday blossoms with Terps

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and has been involved in baseball locally for 19 years.

“Harford County is a pretty tight-knit baseball group of guys, and I would always hear things about him. I’d say the first time I could actually physically work with him, I could tell he was a special kid. He just has the makeup of a professional baseball player.”

Now the Terrapins baseball team’s third baseman, Hockaday has already shown off that nextlevel potential as a freshman. The Baltimore Orioles knew that skill was there even before he ever set foot in Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, drafting the hometown star in the 14th round of June’s draft and forcing him to decide between the Terps and his major league dream.

Hockaday chose the Terps. Entering this weekend’s home series with Duke, they’re far better for it. The team’s lone freshman starter is tied with right fielder

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

SOFTBALL

One final test for Terps

Terps looking to regain momentum against Cavs

Matchup with Virginia Tech is all that remains before the ACC Tournament

BY NICHOLAS MUNSON Staff writer

Before they can travel to Durham, N.C., to compete in the ACC Tournament next weekend, coach Cathy Reese and her No. 5 Terrapins women’s lacrosse team have one final obstacle in their way: Virginia Tech.

The contest, in theory, shouldn’t provide the team much difficulty. The Hokies currently sit in the ACC’s basement and have had troubles against league foes all season. The Terps, on the other hand, have already clinched the No. 3 seed in next weekend’s conference tournament.

But Virginia Tech (9-5, 1-3 ACC) has already shown itself capable of success in the spoiler role. On Saturday, the

Hokies shocked No. 14 Virginia, 10-9, in overtime.

A Virginia Tech win tomorrow would hardly derail the Terps’ (12-3, 2-2) playoff standing. It would, however, cut any momentum they might have to a standstill right before the postseason starts.

“You never know in this conference,” Reese said. “Within the ACC, we’ve had Virginia Tech upset Virginia, our one-goal loss to Duke and Boston College’s one-goal games with Duke and Carolina — anything goes.

You’ve got to show up, you’ve got to be ready to play for 60 minutes and you’ve got to play the best lacrosse you can.”

If they want to avoid that fate,

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Team hopes to end three-game skid

BY JASON BENSCHER Staff writer

Midfielder Katie Schwarzmann and the Terps have already clinched the No. 3 seed in next weekend’s ACC Tournament. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

The way this season has gone, it seems as though each passing series carries more importance than the last for the Terrapins softball team. One series, it’s all about continuing momentum established the week before. In the next, it’s about getting it back.

Count this weekend’s matchup with Virginia as the latter.

A three-game sweep last weekend in Atlanta courtesy of Georgia Tech ended any roll the Terps might’ve been on after their doubleheader sweep of George Mason just days before.

When the team hosts the Cava-

liers in an ACC duel this weekend, recapturing that elusive momentum will be paramount.

The Terps’ roller-coaster ride has been well documented this season. Their winless ACC record is not pretty — the lastplace Terps (20-17, 0-6 ACC) are the only team in the league team without a conference win.

“We have to look past the record and just fight back,” coach Laura Watten said Sunday. “We need to move forward.”

The Terps’ struggles with the Yellow Jackets started with pitching. While her ERA looks no worse for wear, Kendra Knight’s

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