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Student senators to protest prayer N. Campus Mote calls commencement invocation one of few university traditions

BY MARISSA LANG AND ALLISON STICE Senior staff writers

University President Dan Mote defended his decision to overrule the University Senate and reinstate a prayer at commencement, saying the university needs to be

went against a senate decision, citing what he said was unconvincing support throughout the campus. The university’s most powerful legislative and advisory body had recommended eliminating the two-minute invocation at

building, rather than abandoning, traditions.

“There needs to be a strong force to walk away from tradition,” Mote said, explaining his stance publicly for the first time.

“I didn’t feel the strength.”

For the first time since assuming the presidency in 1998, Mote

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‘A LONG YEAR’

sophomore found dead in dorm Residents mourn news of unattended death

BY DANA CETRONE AND NICK RHODES

After one year, Latina/o studies minor still struggling

Staff writers

A 20-year-old student from Cambridge was found dead in her Hagerstown Hall dorm room about 4 p.m. Sunday, University Police said.

Sophomore Jessica Cole was alone when she died and police do not believe her death is related to an illness or a communicable disease. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy, and it is unknown when the results will be available, according to University Police spokesman Paul Dillon.

Cole’s roommate discovered her body and called 911. The Prince George’s County Fire Department then contacted University Police.

Residents of Hagerstown Hall received an e-mail Sunday night informing them of Cole’s death and encouraging them to seek support in light of the tragedy. A meeting was held in the dorm last night for residents to attend.

“I think any death of someone that young is just a tragedy, and we think it’s a terrible loss,” Vice President of Student Affairs Linda Clement said.

“As a university, we’re trying to help as much as we can, helping the friends and family, making staff available, making psychologists available, just any way we can provide help for students,” Clement added.

The university counseling center is available to assist students in need. A studentoperated help line is also available.

Sophomore engineering major Zeb Shereef

BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer

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ast year, cries of “Si se puede!” echoed across McKeldin Mall as students celebrated the approval of the U.S. Latina/o studies minor. Today, the battle has changed, but the message is the same: “Yes we can.”

Despite early successes and being the first of its kind in the greater Washington area, the program is still facing an uphill battle for funding, faculty and university support.

“It’s been a long year of continued struggle,” said Ana Patricia Rodriguez, a long-time advocate of the program and USLT professor.

Yesterday marked the one-year celebration of the U.S. Latina/o studies minor. Framed by a year-old banner — decorated with multicolored hands and the symbol of the U.S. Latina/o Studies Initiative — students and faculty spoke about their decade-long struggle to create a university-recognized Latina/o studies program, as the message behind them stood out in big red letters: “I support the U.S. Latina/o Studies Program.”

USLT Interim Director Ruth Zambrana will be vacating her post at the end of this semester, though no replacement has been secured. Zambrana could not be reached for comment.

Rodriguez added that the search has been limited to faculty

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Leaving for the NFL with mom at his side

Budget deficit may force department to reduce services

Heyward-Bey’s big leap going smoothly

BY DERBY COX Staff writer

A projected $154 million budget deficit may force WMATA to shut down and reduce services on some of the 72 bus routes that pass through or near the campus, reducing transportation options for students and university employees.

Officials in Virginia, Washington and this

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

When the pass left former Terrapin quarterback Sam Hollenbach’s hand, it seemed hopelessly overthrown.

But on this overcast March afternoon at the Terp practice field, there were at least two people who believed the ball was catchable.

One of them, a short woman in a black dress, was just looking up from searching through her purse for a water bottle to cure a coughing fit brought on by seasonal allergies.

“Go get it,” Vivian Heyward-Bey said softly, breaking briefly from an interview with a reporter.

As if on command, her son, Darrius, running a deep sideline pattern, turned to look over his opposite shoulder and calmly yelled, “I got it! I got it!”

Showcasing the blistering speed that has made him one of the most coveted wide receivers in the 2009 NFL Draft, Heyward-Bey reached out and snagged the errant pass.

The play generated applause from the crowd of scouts, players and well-wishers out to watch positional workouts during the Terps’ Pro Timing Day. Heyward-Bey, wearing the same form-fitting red top he wore when registering an NFL Combine-best 4.30-second 40-yard dash just a

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WMATA may cut back on bus routes through, near campus state will likely cut $13.5 million in bus services this summer, although the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is also considering offsetting the deficit with fee hikes.

“It's unfortunate that it’s coming down to this,” Student Government Association Outlying Commuter Legislator and President-elect Steve Glickman said. “I hope legislators and

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Porcari tapped for federal post Former univ. VP sought for deputy secretary of transportation joining the university’s staff.

During his more recent stint in the post, Porcari worked on such highprofile projects as the Intercounty A former university vice president Connector and the Woodrow Wilson was nominated to serve as deputy Bridge Project. He also oversaw secretary of the U.S. Department of more than $1 billion in recovery and Transportation on Friday, joining reinvestment projects throughout two deans and an associate director the state. from the university who will also “It’s the state’s loss but the counwork for the Obama administration. try’s great gain,” said Ann Wylie, the John Porcari has served as the JOHN PORCARI current vice president of adminisstate transportation secretary since FORMER UNIVERSITY VP trative affairs. leaving his post as vice president for Porcari, who did not return calls seeking administrative affairs in January 2007. He filled the same role in Gov. Parris Glendening’s administration from 1999 to 2003 before Please See PORCARI, Page 2

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ANNAPOLIS – The Preakness Stakes horse race would have extra protections to remain in Baltimore under a plan approved yesterday by the General Assembly that would allow the state to buy the second leg of the Triple Crown to prevent it from being moved.

The state House of Delegates voted 93-43 to pass a measure already advanced by the state Senate. Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), who proposed the emergency legislation last week, is expected to sign it as the legislative session winds down.

The measure would give the state eminent domain authority to acquire the race and Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore if no buyer emerges who would keep the race in the state. The race’s fate is uncertain because of federal bankruptcy proceedings for its current owner, Magna Entertainment Corp. It’s unclear how much impact a state law could have in the federal case in Wilmington, Del. Supporters, including O’Malley’s administration, say the race is crucial to the state’s struggling horse industry. It generates 20,000 jobs and has an annual economic impact of $1.5 billion, according to administration estimates.

Supporters describe the measure as the best insurance policy lawmakers can make to protect those economic interests. They have been quick to cite the example of the state’s loss of the Baltimore Colts football team to Indianapolis 25 years ago as a stinging reminder of what inaction could mean.

Colonial tavern found during bridge work EASTON – Archaeologists say they have found the buried remains of a colonial tavern near the site of a planned highway bridge outside of Easton.

Household ceramics, tobacco pipes and bones from food have already been found. The items date to the early 1700s, when a town named Dover occupied the area.

State officials say archaeologists are excavating the site as part of the planning process for the replacement bridge on Route 331 over the Choptank River, although funding has not been approved for the project.

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CORRECTIONS Due to incorrect information provided by a source, the final vote by which the University Senate decided to eliminate the university’s prayer at graduation was incorrect. The senate voted 42-14 to eliminate the prayer, not 32-14.

Due to an editing error, yesterday’s story about textbook legislation in Annapolis incorrectly stated the status of the bill. The bill has not yet been signed

by Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) or become law but has passed both houses of the General Assembly.

CNN commentator asks students to stay involved

BY TOM GEORGE For The Diamondback

Ten years ago, Donna Brazile taught a black leadership class at the university, during which she asked her students to create a political strategy to elect the first black president. One student wrote about electing the young Barack Obama and received a B-.

Last night, the noted CNN contributor and Democratic political strategist spoke to a crowd of about 70 students and faculty members in the Stamp Student Union about her involvement in politics and youth involvement in the political arena.

Brazile has participated in every presidential campaign from 1976 to 2000, acting as former Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign manager in 2000 and a superdelegate in the 2008 election. She is also a leader in the Democratic National Committee.

“I hope she can give wisdom on where our country can go from here,” said Amy Hartman, the vice president of the College Democrats and the event’s organizer.

Brazile began by saying “I want to relax,” and said she felt at home at the university, where she taught for years. She then spoke about how she became involved in politics and the barriers she faced; when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Brazile knew she would have to break conventions and become involved with politics.

Since then, she has fought for freedom and equality in society, Brazile said, “helping the next generation to take their seat at the table.”

Although racial and gender barriers were a major obstacle, Brazile said her age was a bigger obstacle throughout her career. Many people involved in the political arena thought she was too young to be involved.

But she proved them wrong, she said, and has been involved in seven presidential, 58 congressional and 19 state and local campaigns — all before her 50th birthday.

While she talked about the age issue, Brazile commended today’s youth, who she believes were the pivotal factor in electing the first black president.

Brazile advised students remain

Administrators praise Porcari PORCARI, from Page 1 comment, is most noted for starting the development of East Campus and the M-Square Research Park during his time at the university. He also helped to secure funds for the renovation of the Tawes Fine Arts Building and Knight Hall and the construction of the extension to Van Munching Hall.

Wylie said Porcari’s success in his four years at the university was largely because he is “effective at dealing with a wide variety of issues.”

She added that he gets along with many different people, which will help him as the deputy secretary.

Frank Brewer, the associate vice president for facilities management who also worked with Porcari, said the appointment is a compliment from the current administration to both the university and Gov. Martin O’Malley’s (D) cabinet.

“It’s an indication of the quality of the people who work or have worked for the university,” Brewer said.

Porcari joins John Frece, a former associate director of the university’s National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, Steve Fetter, former dean of the public policy school, and Edward Montgomery, former dean of the behavioral and social sciences college. All were appointed to posts in the Obama administration earlier this semester.

While university officials said Porcari’s new position may bring the university name recognition, it will not give the school an advantage when looking to secure federal grants and other funding.

“John is a very fair guy,” Brewer said. “He is aware of problems in this region, but I don’t see that he would tip the scales [in the university’s favor].”

O’Malley praised Porcari’s past work for the state, saying he would be fit for the job.

“John’s career as a public servant is to be commended, and will serve him well as he joins U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the entire Obama Administration,” O’Malley said in a news release.

Wylie said both she and the university were thrilled for Porcari and wished him well.

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recount controversy during the 2000 election and what books Brazile enjoys.

Aside from answering those questions, Brazile also passed along other advice to students, such as “find your passion,” “put your best self forward” and watch what you post on websites such as Facebook because it “might come back to haunt you.”

At the end of the night, Brazile made a point to shake hands, take pictures and chat with nearly everyone in attendance, and students said they were pleased with the event.

“I’m a Democrat and watch CNN a lot, so I [was] interested to see what she had to say,” freshman biology major Eric Harvey said.

Hartman, who thought the event was a success, agreed, saying “she really spoke to young people.”

The GSG is set to push the administration to increase temporary on-campus housing for international graduate students.

While the Graduate Student Government decided Friday to delay voting on the matter, the organization said increasing temporary housing for graduate students shortly after they arrive in the country is a major priority. The administration, the GSG said, should pick up a duty many student organizations have filled in the past at great expense, and while university officials said they are looking into the issue, the GSG claims the need demands immediate action.

While the university does house some students during the summer — limited, temporary housing for one to three days in August on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to the Department of Resident Life’s website — many others are forced to live in houses and apartments leased by members of various student organizations. If the university could pay for students to live on the campus, student leaders said, they could help alleviate thousands of dollars in costs to student groups.

This year, Dongquan Shen, the president of the Chinese Student and Scholar Association, took responsibility for finding temporary housing for 120 Chinese students, many of whom spent a week or more in a house his organization rented for $2,300.

Latha Sridharan, a graduate student in computer engineering, was one of 20 women to stay in Students Council of India Vice President Avani Sanghvi’s apartment last year from late July to early August.

Sanghvi’s one-bedroom apartment was cramped, Sridharan said, with students sprawled across the floor and sharing one bathroom.

“I used to come home late and leave early because there was no room in the apartment,” she said. “When I did sleep there, I slept on the hallway floor.”

The university could solve the temporary housing issue and save those student organizations money if the administration charged the students a nominal fee and allowed them to stay in the dorms for a week at most so the students could find permanent housing, Shen said. International students can currently stay in dorms for a maximum of three days at $25.13 a night.

“The Department of Resident Life has said there are too many students to house, but it does not make sense,” he added. “There are no students in the dorms in August.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement said the administration is working on the issue and has formed a committee — the Task Force on Graduate Student Housing — to examine the issue.

The resolution that was considered Friday was ultimately sent to the Graduate Student Affairs Committee for further consideration. The proposal is missing essential components, said GSG assembly member and committee member Lenisa Joseph.

“We need to identify such important issues as the level of need and cost to the university,” she said.

Kothari said she expects the resolution to be voted on at the next GSG assembly meeting in three weeks.

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active in the government process, even as elections come and go.

“I love [Sen. Barbara] Mikulski, [Sen. Ben] Cardin and [House Majority Leader Steny] Hoyer,” she said of the state’s Democratic congressional leaders, “but we need more young people in office.”

Brazile also praised the Obama administration for its action on the financial crisis and applauded his efforts at bipartisanship. But, while a great deal of progress has been made in U.S. society, Brazile said she believes there is still more to be done in politics, citing the negative tone in Washington and the lack of minorities in office as flaws.

After her talk, the floor opened to student questions, which included advice on building careers in federal government, balancing ethics with winning political campaigns, the Florida

USLT minor seeks support from other depts.

MINOR, from Page 1 within this university due to a lack of funding and a universitywide hiring freeze. While funding for USLT comes directly from the provost, it is not guaranteed.

Once the university’s budget is more stable, administrators will be able to look outside of the university for a replacement. But faculty members said no one knows when that will be.

Another obstacle facing the new USLT program is they have no permanent home. Though USLT administrators do have offices in Cole Field House, Latina/o studies classes are taught in the Plant Sciences and Chemistry buildings.

Rodriguez said one of the program’s goals is to find a permanent location for USLT classes, though she noted classroom space is hard to come by and likely won’t happen anytime soon.

USLT faculty and students are also attempting to work with administrators from other departments to find a permanent departmental home, which will help them secure funds and more institutional support.

American Studies Chair Nancy Struna has been approached

“[The minor] identifies the U.S. Latino population. I find it important that as a U.S. Latino, it helps to identify who I am.”

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about the possibility of creating a partnership, as well as the Latin American Studies Center.

“USLT programs around the nation are connected to their Latin American Studies counterparts,” said senior journalism major Arelis Hernandez, a former reporter for The Diamondback and a leading USLT activist. “We don’t have that here. U.S. Latino studies [here] is its own standout program.”

But despite administrative frustrations and setbacks, students are as engaged as ever. “[The minor] identifies the U.S. Latino population,” sophomore business major Mario Neyra said.

“I find it important that as a U.S. Latino, it helps to identify who I am.”

The program has attracted about 40 committed minors — fulfilling a requirement the arts and humanities college placed on

the Latina/o studies minor at the beginning of the year — and all of the program’s classes are filled to capacity with students from across disciplines and ethnicities.

“There is a demand, and I can see that everyday in my classroom,” USLT professor Ivette Rodriguez-Satana said. “We know about the struggle, it’s all about the ambition.” hamptondbk@gmail.com

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Student’s death shocks residents of Hagerstown Hall HAGERSTOWN, from Page 1 and sophomore biology major Dan Rossiter knew Cole through other friends and said the general mood around the dorm is somber and sad.

“There’s a lot of grief and sadness [in the hall],” Shereef said. “Most of our friends on our floor knew her, and well, it’s terrible.

I’m pretty shocked, actually.”

Both remember Cole as always friendly and outgoing toward others.

“She was a really nice kid,” Rossiter said. “She seemed really happy.”

Freshman classics major Grady Chaltain didn’t know Cole personally but said he was taken aback to hear

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graduation in a 42-14 vote.

Student senators, who voted unanimously in favor of eliminating the prayer and said Mote’s decision shows disrespect for the senate and their opinions, are planning to protest the decision early next month.

The controversy centers on a ritual invocation that opens the campus’ commencement ceremony. The invocation is crafted and presented on a rotating basis by each of the university’s 14 chaplains, who are instructed to make it as “inclusive as possible.”

Critics of the prayer argued regardless of intent, any prayer at the all-campus event is inappropriate as it excludes nonbelievers and has no place in a non-religious ceremony at a public institution.

But Mote, who decided to overrule the senate’s decision last Thursday, lauded the annual invocation as one of the university’s “few traditions” and said it should not be taken for granted or eliminated.

“This is the first time I felt I could not support [the senate’s] decision,” Mote said.

“Ultimately, when it comes down to the senate vote, the margin was not that large, and in my conversations with people here, I couldn’t help but conclude that the strength of the campus on this issue was not strong as a whole — individuals, yes, but the campus as a whole was not for the ban.

“The invocation is a major tradition of campus,” he added. “As an institution, we don’t have a lot of traditions, and we are not burdened by them. We should be building them, not walking away.”

But student senators said freedom from religion is more important than campus traditions and after a rare showing of senate support, they feel the university administration sidelined and ignored them. The student senators will be working to organize a protest of Mote’s decision early next month.

“I personally have nothing but the utmost respect for religion, but when you look at graduation, it’s supposed to be a celebration of individual students and student accomplishments,” undergraduate student senator Kevin Tervala said, adding this was the rea-

son student senators voted unanimously to support the prayer ban, regardless of their personal religious beliefs.

“The protest is going to showcase the religious diversity and spirit of individualism we have on this campus,” Tervala added. “That’s why we’re having the protest. Religion cannot serve as an all encompassing force of bringing people together. It has a place in society, just not necessarily at the graduation of a state-sponsored institution.”

University officials said they understand students’ discontent and acknowledged the decision was not an easy one.

University Senate Chair Ken Holum said he predicts the issue will likely resurface in the future. “[Mote] told me it was a very difficult decision to make, but he felt, somewhat reluctantly, that he had to do it,” Holum said. “I don’t think the issue will ever go away.

Who knows what will happen next year.”

Holum noted there was massive pressure on Mote from outside the university community to overturn the

“It was mostly people in the state at large, not on campus, who reacted to the recommendation negatively.”

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decision. “[Mote] was under tremendous pressure to veto what the Senate approved,” Holum said, adding he personally received e-mails from state senators and others with “shocking language” about the senate’s decision.

“We’ve both been getting emails, phone calls and letters from the broader community more so than from those on campus,” he added. “It was mostly people in the state at large, not on campus, who reacted to the recommendation negatively.” sticedbk@gmail.com, langdbk@gmail.com

Staff, faculty members may bear brunt of bus service cuts METRO, from Page 1 commuter legislators do what they can to voice opposition to cutting lines through campus.”

At least four of the campus’ main Metro bus routes will be affected by the proposal — the C2, the C4, the C8 and the R3 — but changes can still be made to the plans, according to WMATA. The routes chosen to be modified or terminated were picked based on their relatively low traffic or whether their routes partially overlapped with other routes, according to WMATA’s website.

But Ben Ross, who chairs Transit First!, a coalition of environmental and transportation groups, said there

were few routes which could be reasonably cut and substitute routes provided by Metro were generally not adequate replacement for lost or restructured routes.

“The substitutes that they are proposing in many cases are very unworkable,” Ross said. “People would have to take two or three transfers to get where they're going.”

Glickman noted the bus routes were probably used more by faculty and staff than students, who often use the commuter bus routes provided by the university’s Department of Transportation Services.

Service between Wheaton Station and Twinbrook Station on the C2 and C4 bus routes, which go between

Greenbelt and Twinbrook with stops on Campus Drive, would be cut under the proposal. The plan would also completely end the R3 route, which runs from Fort Totten to Greenbelt and stops on Metzerott and Adelphi roads.

Some routes would be altered but not terminated, such as the C8 route, which runs from the College Park Metro Station to White Flint and stops on Campus Drive and would stop running Saturdays and during non-peak hours on weekdays under the planned cuts.

Ross said the changes could all be avoided if the state would increase the amount it is willing to provide as a subsidy to WMATA. He predicted the state would

have to provide up to $5 million more to do that.

The money could later be paid back, Ross said, with some of the $202 million in stimulus funding WMATA got from the Obama administration, or if changes were made to the transit system that would allow buses to go faster — such as changing the cycle lengths at stoplights — thereby reducing the number of buses needed per route.

WMATA will vote on the proposed route cuts in June and is holding a series of public hearings about the route changes, including one tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Wheaton at 10914 Georgia Avenue. coxdbk@gmail.com

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ell, it’s been a long time coming. At least four years after text- entire semester’s worth of student lobbying efforts.

But with textbook regulations soon to be on the state’s law books, students book bills were introduced in Annapolis, the General Assembly has sent Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) legislation that will help will be well positioned when next January rolls around. Bills bolstering this year’s initiative should be brought before the legislature. Student lobbyists in keep textbook prices in check.

For students, the battle has certainly been hard fought. Letter writing the next legislative session will be able to reference a precedent of legislators campaigns and testimony before lawmakers met strong opposition from imposing restrictions on universities and publishers in the name of affordability. This gives student activists a place to start the discussion, higher education lobbyists, including officials from the Uninot just on textbooks, but in all cost-saving efforts. versity System of Maryland. And while the final bill may And the next struggle may not be far off. Administrators have weaker regulations than the initial legislation proThe General Assembly’s have said that students buying textbooks from discount bookposed, many of the compromises ultimately work in stuwill hurt sales at the University Book Center, and fees dents’ favor. passage of the textbook bill stores may climb as a result. The textbook legislation wasn’t If O’Malley gives his nod of approval, state universities bodes well for students. designed to shift a financial burden from book buying to stuwill be required to publish textbook ISBNs earlier, giving dent fees, and administrators must keep that in mind. discount booksellers more time to stock their shelves. UniAs officials in the Stamp Student Union negotiate a new contract for the versities will also have to educate professors on textbook costs and restrict bundling, the practice of packaging textbooks with accessories at marked-up University Book Center, measures to reduce costs and make the venue more competitive should top the list. If students are flocking to BookHolders and prices.

The General Assembly’s passage of the bill is a tremendous success in Amazon, then administrators need to reevaluate the university’s position in and of itself. Politicking killed a similar initiative last year in the final 10 the greater marketplace. Officials may have the power to raise fees to offset minutes before the midnight deadline of debate last year, taking with it an losses, but that shouldn’t be the first place they turn.

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t’s half twelve, and I’m about to board the coach. Although it’s 40 degrees outside, I can’t help but think I should have brought a jumper because the aircon on these rides is sometimes turned way up and I’d hate to be freezing for over 1,000 kilometers. I can’t be arsed to bring a water bottle either, especially because I’m not sure if there will be a toilet on board, and anticlockwise flushing water has creeped me out since year seven anyway. I’m completely knackered from this past week at uni, so I’m really chuffed to be here, and I can’t wait to plant my bum on a seat and sleep for hours until we arrive.

Now, you probably weren’t able to get through that whole paragraph and are still hung up over what the eff a kilometer is. Go ask your mother. Or should I say your mum? Something I’ve learned from traveling in the past that has been reiterated on my current trip is that America is operating on its own vernacular frequency. We insist on using our

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FRISCHLING own system of measurement that is far less logical than the metric system, which is simply multiples of ten (or so I’ve been told). We also say things like “bathroom” instead of “toilet” and “vacation” instead of “holiday.” At first glance, this seems to hardly make a difference, because if you say “bathroom” to someone British or Australian, they’ll surely figure out you’re referencing the W.C., and if you say you’re on vacation, they certainly won’t get confused and assume you’re studying abroad or something like that.

The problem is, English is the universal language of travel. If you’re Israeli or

Swedish or German, you still have to speak English pretty well to get by in Southeast Asia. All of the signs and menus are in English, and the only other language you can hope any Asian here will speak is English. When you’re sitting at a multi-national table at a bar, everyone is going to be speaking English. While this obviously puts Americans at an advantage, what with our fluency in English and all, the international English that everyone else is speaking is slightly different than the one we speak at home. So if you ask a Thai waitress where the bathroom is, she will have no idea what you’re talking about nine times out of 10, and you’ll have to swallow your American pride and ask for the toilet, only to swallow it again when she responds that it’s four meters that way.

Gulp. With people trying so hard to communicate in their second or even third language, it almost feels rude to throw them off by using English words they’ve never heard before.

Far fewer Americans travel in this area than you would think, and whenever I think I’ve met an American, they’re usually Canadian. And not just one of those Americans who say they’re Canadian... a real, metric system-using, maple syrup-guzzling hockey player. Sometimes, people are even surprised to hear that I’m American, and I’ve even had a few people say, “Well good for you, admitting you’re American like that!” And while I’m proud to be American and will admit it till the cows come home, I do wish we didn’t have such culturally isolating habits. I think our unique brand of English reflects a certain false sense of expectancy, and it’s a shame that for the rest of my life, I’m going to have to do mental math whenever I choose to travel. I really hate math.

Esti Frischling is a sophomore studio art major writing this semester from Thailand. She can be reached at estidbk@gmail.com.

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owering the minimum age for College Park City Council candidates to 18 would mean incompetent people could be elected more easily, because the people who’d vote for them are uninformed.

That would be a disaster. So said District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin last week.

I know that 99 out of 100 people reading this just said, “Who the hell is Bob Catlin?” This might make Catlin sound correct in his opposition to making it easier for students to run for citywide office.

Before I unleash the fury (or mild amusement), let’s go over a few things. I don’t have any standing grudge against anyone on the city council. I’ve met with quite a few of them and found they’re friendly people who care about the city.

I’m not for getting some student out from under the barstool on the city council.

The 99 of you who don’t know who Bob Catlin is probably wouldn’t get my vote if I actually lived in College Park.

What was that about people voting for a student being uninformed? Catlin is actually right, but for the wrong reason.

Most of the 95 people who voted for Catlin last election were also “uninformed” on the intricate issues of the city.

Most people who vote don’t know all the issues. It’s unfortunate, but it’s also common knowledge to anyone who has tried talking to someone else about politics.

Something like half the country thought the Republicans were in charge of Congress in 2008 when the economy tanked.

The other half likely said, “Congress?”

Voters are bad enough. Have you ever tried talking to a politician? Some of them have no clue what they’re talking about or doing. Some learn on the job. Even Catlin, if he’s reading this, is probably like, “Yeah, I know them.” I remember attending the widely advertised city council election debate in 2007, where Catlin and two other candidates squared off in a battle of wits in front of 17 college

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DERNOGA students. It wasn’t terribly impressive.

Definitely wouldn’t scare any prospective student candidates away.

To be fair, Catlin is informed on issues, but why shouldn’t he be? He has more than a decade of experience in city politics, and I can understand why he’d be wary of a student who doesn’t know the city inside out. But I’ll bet there was a time when Catlin didn’t know nearly as much as he does now about the city. He might even consider his old self uninformed. Then he got involved.

Here is where Catlin is wrong. He berates students for lacking knowledge,

yet discourages them from getting into the issues by effectively preventing them from running. A big problem in our country is there aren’t enough young people involved in politics. This is in part due to money constraints, but in cities like College Park, it’s age discrimination.

As a result, our societies often lack fresh ideas and new perspectives. Our small towns and cities need youth involvement the most, because the best ideas usually start local and work their way to the top.

I’d consider supporting a qualified student, but first, all resident students in College Park older than 18 should be allowed to run, learn and lose. Or win.

Maybe then, only 98 of you won’t know who Bob Catlin is.

Matt Dernoga is a junior government and politics major whose father serves on the Prince George’s County Council.

He can be reached at mdernoga@umd.edu.

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BOBBY MCMAHON The pain. The swelling. The hours on the couch with ice bags propped against your cheeks. By and large, getting your wisdom teeth removed ranks far down on the enjoyment scale, and sadly, all that pain and soreness may have been unnecessary.

Mounting evidence demonstrates most people show no medical cause for having their wisdom teeth (technically called “third molars”) extracted and this needless removal may lead to lifelong pain and injury. Before you go under the knife, you should know the facts.

While conventional wisdom claims most wisdom teeth should be removed, research from highly respected sources does not back that up. According to a recent report from the American Public Health Association, of those people who keep their wisdom teeth, only a small percentage (about 12 percent) will have problems later in life.

The report also estimates only about one-third of patients show a medical cause for the surgery, such as persistent pain or infection, meaning the overwhelming majority of us had our wisdom teeth removed for no apparent reason.

If that’s not bad enough, there are serious risks involved with the removal of wisdom teeth, regardless of whether it's justified. Pain and swelling are common after the surgery, but a surprising number of patients also experience more severe problems such as nerve damage, dry sockets and damage to surrounding teeth.

Noted dental expert Dr. Jay W. Friedman, in fact, estimates between 17,000 to 50,000 patients each year suffer some nerve damage, given current incidence rates and the total number of teeth removed in the U.S. per year (about 10 million).

If we take those numbers and remember two-thirds of wisdom teeth extractions are unnecessary, we find between about 11,300 and 33,500 patients suffer unnecessary and unjustified nerve damage — often for the rest of their lives.

Now, some might argue wisdom teeth are evolutionarily on their way out or removing them before they cause problems is a good idea. They might even say insurance coverage of the procedure is reason enough to have those third molars pulled.

Unfortunately for those people, similar arguments could be made for the removal of your tonsils, appendix or gall bladder — all are now expendable to the human body and covered (in some part) by insurance, yet none of them are taken out without an obvious medical reason.

Wisdom teeth are.

I’m guessing you’ve never heard most of this information before, and you’re not alone. The lack of public knowledge is a major problem, as until recently, the only voices in the wisdom tooth debate were those doing the removing — oral surgeons in particular — whose livelihood depends on extracting your teeth.

While it’s unfair to say those dental professionals are removing teeth simply to make more money, it’s unlikely they would go out of their way to talk twothirds of patients out of the surgery. That would be like walking into a McDonald’s and expecting the girl behind the counter to convince you not to eat a Big Mac. The best course of action lies in good science and good medicine. Just as the APHA report suggests, decisions about removing a person’s wisdom teeth should be based on evidence and demonstrated need, not just the mantra, “Everyone else is doing it, so you should, too.”

Until that changes, the best you can do is learn as much as possible before entering an office, so you can make an informed decision. Those are your teeth.

You deserve to have a say in their fate.

Bobby McMahon is a graduate student studying journalism. He can be reached at mcmahon@umd.edu.

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BY WEREWOLPH Werewolph is actually Ryan Adams, the alt-country singer who had said he was quitting music. We knew that wouldn’t last long. Mandy Moore’s better half is exercising his heavy-metal muscles here, though it’s hard to tell if it’s a joke.

Adams sings about going to Gap at the mall and the maggot police eating brains.

Adams alters his voice to a nasty growl, which is not exactly his strong suit. But hey, at least it’s more creative than his last album, Cardinology.

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In the last five seconds of “Help I’m Alive,” the opener on Metric’s newest album, Fantasies, the instruments cut out entirely, leaving Emily Haines to finish the song a cappella.

“Help I’m alive/ My heart keeps beating like a hammer,” she sings, and right there, with the sweetness of her voice, it becomes apparent Metric simply is Haines. The jagged guitar attacks and constant 4/4 drumming are merely backing for her alternately smug and doeeyed vocal affectations.

There’s an acoustic version of single “Gimme Sympathy” entirely carried by Haines’ voice. The guitar, as interesting as it may be on its own merits, is just a catalyst, the foundation for the facet of the song that really draws the listener in.

Fantasies largely succeeds when the instruments are scaled back in favor of Haines’ vocals. It becomes irritating when the guitar is too overbearing: The riffs by lead guitarist James Shaw range from unobtrusive on slower songs to distracting on the quick rockers.

On songs such as “Collect Call” and “Blindness,” the guitar line is subtle, suitable and effective, if not entirely inventive. Throughout most of the album, though, Shaw’s affinity for distorted power chords bleeds together from track to track.

Regrettably, the guitar is also pushed to the front of the mix in those faster songs.

This adds a lot of weight to carry for the tracks without any problems. “Satellite Mind” balances interplay between bass and guitar with urgent vocal delivery from Haines to become extremely catchy without the slightest hint of irritation. Similarly, “Gimme Sympathy” keeps the guitar at bay, not permitting it to steal the track from its vocalist.

“Twilight Galaxy” delves into Metric’s experimental side, slowing the tempo and letting Haines interact more with the synthesizer than with the overbearing guitar. This works to vary the pace of the album, which can grow tiresome at points.

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On a basic level, every song succeeds. As structurally similar as the songs on Fantasies are, none of them are outright bad; in fact, for all their debilitating quirks, each track is just as catchy and dance-floor prone as the last.

The problem remains that there’s only so much variation from track to track. Shaw exhibits his overstated love of power chords on most songs, Joules Scott Key’s drumming rarely deviates from uptempo 4/4 and Josh Winstead’s bass doesn’t do much to fight for attention. As hummable as songs like “Front Row” or “Help I’m Alive” are, you’ll be hardpressed to remember their melodies as the album draws to a close.

Naturally, it’s up to Haines to differentiate the tracks, but even her voice can’t transcend

the songs’ similarities all the time. As a result, only the songs that brush against the album’s mold are truly memorable. The climax of “Blindness” is one of the most pressing this side of Arcade Fire’s “Black Wave/Bad Vibrations,” and the airy electronics of “Collect Call” stand in nice contrast to the majority of the album.

The songs on Fantasies are all well crafted, and not one of the 10 tracks is really worth skipping. When some of the songs are so wellexecuted on all counts, though, the ones with flaws are painfully noticeable.

It’s a shame, then, that an album like Fantasies falls just short of the greatness it could have easily achieved. jwolper@umd.edu

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Heyward-Bey’s stock is rising HEYWARD, from Page 1 few weeks before, trotted back to the end of the drill line.

His mother, flashing a brief smile, resumed her interview.

Since Heyward-Bey announced he would forgo his senior season as a Terp to enter the NFL Draft on Jan. 7, life has been different for Vivian, a single mother who raised her son in Silver Spring with the help of her sister, Adrienne.

But, even with her son thousands of miles away training with some of the Draft’s top prospects in Arizona, she knew his desire to be the best would put him in position to achieve his goals. And Darrius, who said he got his “grinding” work ethic from his mother, wants to make sure the first thing he does when that happens is take care of the woman who made it all possible.

On April 25, when HeywardBey’s name is announced as a NFL Draft pick, they both will get what they want.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen that day,” Heyward-Bey said after completing his individual positional workout. “You really can’t pinpoint it. The emotions might get the best of us, who knows. It’s just going to be a happy day, and that’s what you want it to be.”

It’s what they’ve been working

WHERE WILL HE GO? Darrius Heyward-Bey has worked out with eight NFL teams, according to a source close to the receiver.

Following are those teams and their first round picks: St. Louis Rams: Pick No. 2 Oakland Raiders: Pick No. 7 Tampa Bay Bucs: Pick No. 19 Philadelphia Eagles: Pick No. 21 Minnesota Vikings: Pick No. 22 Miami Dolphins: Pick No. 25 Baltimore Ravens: Pick No. 26 Tennessee Titans: Pick No. 30

The NFL Draft is April 25

for since Vivian, an accounting consultant, sent Darrius to the McDonough School in Owings Mills on a scholarship in ninth grade, where he boarded during the week and left for home on the weekends.

Heyward-Bey, who calls his mother “like my best friend,” had dreams of basketball stardom then, but because football season came in the fall, he found himself on the gridiron before he could hit the hardwood.

“He didn’t even know how to put the outfit on, the uniform,” Vivian said with a laugh. “He just didn’t know the game.”

Now that he has morphed into a top draft choice in his four years in College Park, Vivian finds a lot of the newfound national buzz surrounding her son confusing.

People don’t understand that he was a basketball player and not a professionally trained track runner, a label put on him often throughout his college career.

According to Vivian, HeywardBey didn’t even get his first pair of track cleats until midway through his freshman year of high school.

But that’s also what intrigues NFL scouts. It’s hard to teach catches like the one at Pro Timing Day or how he effortlessly turned short passes into big plays during his Terp career. Now, he’s focusing on route running and catching more consistently.

Terp coach Ralph Friedgen puts Heyward-Bey’s development at 60 percent and likes the chances that he’ll reach his full potential — unlike some recent physical marvels who failed to produce as expected in the NFL, such as Ohio State’s Ted Ginn or Michigan State’s Charles Rogers.

“He’s one of these kids who is not only blessed with great athleticism and speed, but he also has a great work ethic,” Friedgen said. “I don’t think he’s a finished product by any stretch of the imagination.”

Heyward-Bey said Vivian, who ran track growing up in New Jersey as one of 11 children, and Adrienne taught him this skill.

“They’re from Jersey, so they know how to work hard,” Heyward-Bey said.

He’s needed it since he declared, with a busy schedule that included working out at Athletes’ Performance-Arizona with teammate Kevin Barnes and probable top-10 draft choices such as Georgia’s Matthew

Stafford and Texas’ Brian Orakpo.

While in Arizona, Vivian had to call with news that his former youth coach Richard Woodley, a man who had a large role in Heyward-Bey’s decision to declare and who Vivian called “practically a father to Darrius,” had died suddenly of a heart attack.

Heyward-Bey’s training kept him from the funeral.

With a heavy heart, he continued to press forward, and Heyward-Bey said with all the excitement, he hasn’t really had time to think about it yet.

Soon he was whisked to Indianapolis, where he achieved his major goal of posting the fastest 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine. While Heyward-Bey was impressing scouts, Vivian was following along on NFL Network from her apartment. The morning of his stock-boosting run, Vivian hosted friends to watch over a morning brunch featuring Mimosas and jambalaya.

“After the Combine and going through all those things, I feel like I’ve been through everything,” Heyward-Bey said. “I feel good. I feel confident, and I’m just ready to move on.”

According to a source close to Heyward-Bey, he’s had private workouts with four teams in College Park and traveled to visit three others. He’s scheduled to work out with the Rams in St. Louis today.

Just less than two weeks before the draft, ESPN’s Mel Kiper has Heyward-Bey going to the New York Jets with the No. 17 pick.

NFL Network’s Mike Mayock has Oakland taking him at No. 7.

Terp wide receivers coach Lee Hull said Heyward-Bey returned from Arizona with a noticeable swagger to match the high regard.

“You go out and train with the elite athletes and you come back with the fastest 40 time, you ought to feel good about yourself,” said Hull, who kept in touch with Heyward-Bey during his training.

But Heyward-Bey hasn’t forgotten about Vivian, who was surprised by how much bigger her son looks since he’s been away. When asked what he plans to do first when he finally gets a big NFL paycheck, Heyward-Bey’s answer is always the same: “Just help my mom out.

That’s my No. 1 goal. I helped her out by getting a college scholarship.

Heyward-Bey pulls in one of his 13 career touchdown receptions in the Terps’ 26-0 win against Wake Forest last October. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

Now I can help her out again.”

Vivian knows Heyward-Bey hates her apartment, so she’ll probably end up with a new house, but beyond that, she doesn’t plan to ask for much. She’ll continue to work, though Heyward-Bey said anything she makes will be “her pocket money.” And she’s ready to follow him wherever he goes, but only if he asks.

“I wouldn’t want to think of it as a free ticket for me,” Vivian said. “I’m just glad he’ll be able to take care of himself.”

After a whirlwind few months since Heyward-Bey’s collegiate career ended, the end of the process is finally near. Vivian and Heyward-Bey don’t know for sure where they’ll be on April 25, except that they’ll be together.

“Just call our number,” Vivian said. “That’s all we want. It doesn’t matter. We’ll be happy.” edetweilerdbk@gmail.com

Heyward-Bey impressed NFL scouts with his Terp Pro Day workout.

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Terps stayed patient against UNC Despite third-straight loss, midfielders HOPKINS, from Page 8 “Our offense held possession of the ball,” Reese said. “We made smart passes. We weren’t throwing 50-50 balls into the mix, which we have seen from our team all season.”

At first, the Terps struggled offensively, limited to only eight shots and three goals in the first 20 minutes as North Carolina held the ball for most of the first half.

But the Terps, rather than try to force breakaways, as they did with little success earlier this season, slowed down their own pace, keeping possession and waiting for opportunities.

“The second half, that was a big focus of ours, to generate the shots and to actually stick the shots,” attacker Karri Ellen Johnson said.

They notched 28 shots and 10 goals and held North Carolina to just 11 shots and four goals in the last 40 minutes of the game.

“We kept cool heads,” midfielder Laura Merrifield said. “We’re not going to let their game affect us.”

Now that the Terps know they can compete and win using different styles of attack, the team can adapt game-to-game, honing in on the best strategy to exploit their opponents’ weaknesses.

The Terps will have an oppor-

tunity to try out their more versatile offense today against Johns Hopkins (5-8) at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex in their second-to-last game before the ACC Tournament.

The Blue Jays crushed Fresno State 19-0 in their last game but were on a four-game losing streak before that. They have no top-20 wins this season.

“They’ll play a very different style than North Carolina,” Reese said. “We just want to be prepared, step on the field and worry about Maryland, worry about ourselves.” kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com

show signs of offensive improvement LACROSSE, from Page 8 loss, there was plenty to like from their perspective.

The offense looked alive and effective against the Blue Jays, especially early on. The Terps’ five goals by halftime were the most they’ve scored before intermission since a March 15 win against Bryant.

That was thanks in large part to a resurgent midfield unit that broke out of a recent slump.

Groot led the way with three goals and midfielder Jeremy

Sieverts added two goals and an assist.

No matter the outcome, Cottle has urged the team not to pay heed to media reports, even as motivation. But midfielder Bryn Holmes talked before the Hopkins game about the dangers of writing off the Terps at this point.

“I don’t know [if people are overlooking us],” Holmes said.

“But I think if they are, it’s a mistake. I think we’re a very good team and we just have to play together and play well.”

Still, there’s no denying that the team is in desperate need of a win at this point.

The Terps seem confident they can turn their season around, and now is the time to start building momentum. With the talent on board mixed with reclaimed swagger, a run similar to 2005 is not out of the question.

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After the women’s basketball team announced Friday that sophomore forward Drey Mingo is transferring, it announced yesterday that sophomore guard Marah Strickland intends to transfer, as well. The moves come just after senior stars Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver were selected in Thursday’s WNBA Draft. Coach Brenda Frese couldn’t be reached for comment.

Midweek challenge awaits Terps

Unbeaten, but not perfect After offensive struggles, coach says fastpaced attack is back to high-scoring ways

Lineup faltering after promising Virginia series

BY KATE YANCHULIS Staff writer

BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Staff writer

After a disappointing weekend, the Terrapin baseball team doesn’t have the luxury of being able to dwell on its losses, because if it does, the team could find itself in an even deeper hole.

Just two days after Virginia Tech completed their damaging sweep of the Terps with a 5-0 victory Sunday afternoon, the Terps will welcome Mount Saint Mary’s to Shipley Field tonight.

The Mountaineers are a more talented midweek team than the Terps (15-20) are used to playing, and the team can’t get caught looking back on what could have been.

“It’s just the nature of the beast,” pitching coach Jim Farr said. “It’s not like football, where you can linger on a game for 48 hours. If we worry about the last game and don’t prepare for this one, then we could really be in trouble.”

Currently, the focus is on an offense that was once thought to be the area the team could rely on to keep them in games.

It looked like the offense was finally starting to come together after banging out 26 hits April 35 against a talented Virginia pitching staff. But the lineup regressed against the Hokies, failing to come up with hits in key situations. The Terps left 25 runners on base and scored just six runs in three days.

While head coach Terry Rupp made sure to give credit to the Hokie pitching staff, senior outfielder Gerry Spessard just felt the team needed to relax in the batter’s box.

“I don’t think they pitched anyone who was really dominant,” Spessard said after Sunday’s game. “I think we were just pressing a little. We don’t need to go back to the drawing board. If we just continue to work in the cages and pick our spots, we will be fine.”

Farr said he would prefer to start Adam Kolarek today and save Matt Fullerton for Wednesday’s game at UMBC. However, the forecast calls for rain, which might allow Farr to save Kolarek for the weekend.

After spending most of the season as a starter in the weekend rotation, Fullerton hasn’t pitched since his dismal outing the previous Sunday against the Cavaliers. In that game, Fullerton allowed six earned runs on five hits and didn’t make it out of the second inning.

But Fullerton is still an important piece of the pitching staff, and Farr wants to make sure he gets work.

“Matt had a couple of really good performances, and then I think he realized he is a freshman pitching on a big stage, and that can be distracting,” Farr said. “I think it’s been good for him to sit and watch. If he goes out and pitches the way he is capable, he will be fine.”

It is a non-conference game, so a victory would not make or break the team’s season. But it would go a long way toward creating momentum Rupp feels is especially important in baseball.

Rupp also noted in the past few seasons the team has gotten off to a fast start before fading as the season wore on. He sounded hopeful that this season might prove to be the opposite.

“This being such a game of momentum, if we can put together a good little string here, we can still make noise,” Rupp said.

“We aren’t out of anything yet.

There are 21 games left. So there is a lot of baseball left to play.”

Midfielder Brittany Jones scored in Saturday’s win against UNC. The Terps average more than 15 goals per game. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

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often struggled to find their rhythm. In a five-game stretch in the middle of the season, the team recorded its four lowest-scoring outputs.

A month ago at Georgetown, in the first game of the Terps’ offensive downturn, the Hoyas held the ball for much of the match and beat the Terps in draw controls, allowing few chances for the Terps to exploit transition opportunities. The Terps nearly lost, pulling out a 14-12 victory only because of a solid defensive performance in the second half.

Against Towson, the attack again faltered in the first half as the Tigers’ defense slowed the Terps’ fast-paced play. The productivity only picked up once the team was again able to get scores off breakaways.

But against the Tar Heels, only four of the Terps’ 13 goals came off the transition.

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Heading down the stretch, Terps must recover Binghamton gives team chance to get back on track after Hopkins loss

BY MICHAEL KATZ Staff writer

When the clock ticked to less than a minute Saturday, the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team might have been the only group of people at M&T Bank Stadium yet to accept the impending loss to rival Johns Hopkins.

Even before the game, many had counted the Terps out one week after Navy trounced them in Annapolis.

But trailing by two and without the ball, the Terps were able to fight within a last-second Hopkins save of overtime. The comeback fell short, but the message was clear: This is a resilient bunch.

“We were just trying to stay confident,” midfielder Dan Groot said. “Not get too down.”

That attitude must now be applied to this season after the loss — the team’s third consecutive setback. It left the Terps sitting at 6-5 and without any marquee wins, outside of two ACC victories against Duke and North Carolina.

Today, as the Terps look to turn their season around, they get a much-needed respite from a recently taxing schedule. They face Binghamton (2-9), which snapped a five-game skid of their own last Saturday against Vermont.

Players remain adamant that

Midfielder Dan Groot broke out of a recent scoring slump with three goals in the Terps’ 10-9 loss to Johns Hopkins Saturday. With a 6-5 record, the Terps must perform well against Binghamton tonight to ensure an NCAA Tournament berth. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

their fortunes are about to shift.

That starts against the Bearcats, as the Terps try to avoid their second four-game losing streak in the program’s previous 83 seasons.

After Saturday’s loss, coach Dave Cottle delivered an impassioned promise.

“This is the beginning for our team,” Cottle said. “I want you to

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The usually prolific Terrapin women’s lacrosse offense had been kept scoreless for 10 minutes near the end of the first half while North Carolina held the ball and a two-goal advantage in the game that would decide the ACC regular-season champion.

But the Terps didn’t panic.

When their fast-paced attack was thrown off-track, the No. 2 Terps (14-0, 4-0 ACC) kept their cool, switching to a methodical pace to build their lead in a 13-8 win Saturday against No. 4 North Carolina (11-3, 3-1).

“We were able to be disciplined and smart on offense,” coach Cathy Reese said. “And I was proud of our team for that effort.”

The team clinched its third-straight ACC regular-season title and No. 1 seed in the conference tournament by proving that it is more than a run-and-

gun team.

The Terps favor a speedy, transitionstyle offense, using breakaways and quick runs up the field to score.

“Moving the ball and moving it quickly, finding our openings and finishing our shots — that’s what we do well,” Reese said.

But when opponents disrupted that strategy earlier this season, the Terps

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know, you watch from here on in, this team’s going to start playing better now.”

That should be the case Saturday against the struggling Bearcats. But it’s a bit of history that delivers more encouragement.

The last time the Terps endured a three-game losing streak was 2005.

Like this team, that year’s squad fell consecutively to Virginia, Navy and Hopkins. That team then proceeded to rattle off six straight wins, claiming an ACC Tournament title before ultimately falling to Duke in the national semifinals.

“We actually talked about that a little bit,” Cottle said. “More importantly, I think we’re very close.

We just have to have better shot selection and shot discipline and I think you’ll see us take a giant step. But that’s something that I think we’ll talk more about as we get further along.”

The Terps don’t have to look all the way back to 2005 for encouragement. Even in Saturday’s

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