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Graduate student found in car in suspected killing U. Police Police have not identified any suspects, motives in weekend slaying

BY BEN PRESENT Senior staff writer

A man found dead in his car early Sunday morning in Colmar Manor, Md., was a graduate student at this university, police confirmed yesterday.

Prince George’s County Police are treating the case as a homicide and have no leads or suspects in the inci-

dent. David Bayard, 24, of Silver Spring, was found unresponsive in his car on the 4100 block of Bladensburg Road — about four miles from the campus.

He was discovered at 7:32 a.m. Sunday with trauma to his upper body and pronounced dead at the scene. Colmar Manor Police Chief Brian Gibson declined to comment on the specific nature of the wounds until medical

examiners give police a full report on the body.

Bayard was working toward his MBA after graduating from this university in 2009 with a dual degree in communication and economics, university spokesman Neil Tickner confirmed yesterday. Friends said he was

see HOMICIDE, page 2 DAVID BAYARD

arrest English lecturer Instructor wanted in Baltimore for assault

BY ERIN EGAN Staff writer

Students lobby the SGA on behalf of WMUC, which was ultimately given $6,000 in additional funding, one-third of what they asked for. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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University Police arrested a university English lecturer yesterday morning after officers received a tip that there was a warrant out for his arrest on assault charges.

Karl Zuehlke, 29, was arrested outside of the Cambridge Community Center at about 10 a.m. yesterday. University Police received a phone call Tuesday night from a woman — whose name they would not release — that tipped police off to the open warrant. After confirming he was wanted in Baltimore, police handcuffed Zuehlke in front of some of his students before his ENGL101S: Academic Writing class began yesterday.

Zuehlke was charged with seconddegree assault in connection with an incident that occurred in Baltimore on March 3. The Baltimore Police Department would not release the details of his charge, but University Police

see ARREST, page 3

SGA votes to back federal proposal to financially support nonprofit landlords

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

The SGA fully backed federal legislation last night that would grant charitable donations to landlords who rent out nonprofit student housing — a move they said could help student tenants save money in the long run.

An overwhelming number of representatives — only one abstained — voted in favor of the Student Government Association’s bill supporting the national Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act at the body’s legislative meeting last night. The bill, which is being debated in Congress, would provide additional funds from charitable and educational organizations to these landlords for general repairs and renovations, which are expenses that

often fall on tenants instead.

Landlords who are unaffiliated with universities are currently eligible to receive tax-deductible funding for renovations that are education-related, such as installing study rooms in the buildings they lease.

University-owned housing is already granted similar funding for substantial repairs.

Behavioral and social sciences legislator Sarah Horvitz, who sponsored the bill, said this act would allow landlords to provide safer housing for students by installing alarm systems, smoke detectors and other essentials they may not have considered if they were not allocated additional funding. And Horvitz said it could ultimately ensure students who want to live

see HOUSING, page 3

The prospect of cuts to WMUC’s budget led to an outpouring of support on Twitter yesterday. More than 1,000 tweets had the words “save WMUC.” This word cloud illustrates what else was said. GRAPHIC BY VICKY LAI/THE DIAMONDBACK

SGA over-budgets to groups by $20,000

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

They left the meeting thinking it had all been resolved. Little did they know the SGA had dug itself into a $20,000 hole.

Several hours after Student Government Association legislators, who had about $50,000 to dole out in

student group appeals, voted to award money to 13 out of the 15 student organizations that appealed their budgets last night, student officials realized they had over-budgeted by more than $20,000.

And so, student organization leaders trekked back to the meeting

see APPEALS, page 3

Police identified university student Adewunmi Omisore Adepegba, 21, as the college-aged man who was pronounced dead Tuesday night after he was found unconscious outside of Byrd Stadium.

University Police and Prince George’s County Fire Department

officials responded to the area and found Adepegba unresponsive, not breathing and without a pulse Tuesday night. He had no form of identification, and police relied on help from the university community yesterday to identify Adepegba, who lived in Greenbelt.

Fire department spokesman Mark Brady said there was no trauma to the body, and officials do

not suspect foul play. The cause of death has yet to be determined, and officials are waiting for results from the medical examiner’s office.

Bystanders performed CPR on Adepegba until paramedics took over, Brady said. He was pronounced dead at Washington Adventist Hospital at about 9:45 p.m.

“It’s tragic whenever we lose one of our students, for sure,” University

BY RACHEL ROUBEIN Senior staff writer

Police Chief David Mitchell said. “It was quite a surprise when we get the call. We did the best we could to save his life, but unfortunately, he passed.”

Officials did not know Adepegba’s identity until yesterday evening.

University Police spokesman Sgt. Ken Leonard said after the police sent an email alert to the university

see DEATH, page 2

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University police officials say no foul play suspected in ‘tragic’ death of 21-year-old Staff writer

City seeks to remove Number 1 Liquor shop Number 1 Liquor has gained a new ally in its ongoing battle to keep the city from turning its property into a small, green park: the North College Park Citizens Association.

Sandwiched between Route 1 and high-rise apartment complexes, the liquor store has stood its ground despite at least six years of pressure to close up shop from city officials, the developer of the University View and even a state senator. Several have argued the Route 1 corridor needs more green space, and the spot on 8200 Baltimore Ave. is prime real estate for a new pedestrian park.

In the city’s budget for fiscal year 2012, Number 1 Liquor is the only property listed that the city is hoping to obtain

Police identify man found dead as undergraduate student

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DEATH from page 1 community with a description of Adepegba, of ficials received outside tips and detectives were able to identify him. Leonard said police notified his family

before sending a second email to the university community shor tly after 5 p.m. yesterday confirming that it was Adepegba.

Mitchell said it is highly unusual for students to die on the campus, let alone in brightly lit and highly trafficked areas.

“It’s rare, although not unheard of, but certainly it’s rare,” he said. “We have such a young population, and you never expect that to happen. But unfortunately, it did.”

Many students were shocked to hear about the death of another student.

“Holy shit,” sophomore music major Garrett Gleason said. “It’s really devastating that that kind of thing can happen to anyone. The fact that it happened right outside of my building — that’s real shocking.” egan@umdbk.com

taking weekend classes at a small branch of the university’s business school in Washington.

According to his girlfriend, university alumna Pam Jabonete, Bayard was at a club in Washington celebrating a birthday Saturday night. He never made it home.

Gibson said police have not identified any suspects in the case, adding that the crime is rare in the small town, which has a population of about 1,200 — there has not been a killing in Colmar Manor since 2006.

“It’s been surprising to us,” Gibson said. “We might get an occasional robbery or whatever, but that’s about it.”

Gibson said Colmar Manor Police — a smaller police force that shares jurisdiction with county police — are working with county police to review surveillance footage and interview neighbors and local business owners to generate any clues they can in the slaying.

“We’ve been passing out fliers and banging on doors trying to get information from anybody that can help us at all,” he said.

Friends of Bayard were in disbelief after hearing the news and struggled to come to to terms with why anyone would kill their friend.

“I knew him really well, and it really didn’t seem like he was involved in anything of that sort,” said alumnus Andrew Pomeroy, who lived with Bayard as an undergraduate at this university. “I’m not that close with many people.

He was the best person I knew; to me, he was like a brother.”

Jabonete was also at a loss.

“He had never been to the area before; there were no links to site of the crime,” she said.

“He had no enemies.”

Jabonete created a Facebook page titled “David’s Memorial Service and Memorial Tribute,” on which she invited friends and family to attend a memorial service in Bayard’s honor. The service will take place April 29 at the Memorial Chapel from 2 to 4 p.m.

About 50 people also gathered yesterday on Bladensburg Road, where police found Bayard.

Jabonete said friends and family showed up on short notice in what she called a testament to Bayard’s character.

“He was the most generous and genuine guy,” she said.

Charlie Price, who was Bayard’s close friend and a resident assistant when the two lived in Leonardtown Hall, said television crews and other members of the media covered the gathering.

Price was one of the last people to see Bayard before he was killed; the two were together Saturday night in Washington.

“There was no fighting that went on,” Price said. “He didn’t tick anybody off. ... I’m just glad it’s getting publicity so they can catch the person who did this.”

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The city is negotiating with the landlord of Number 1 Liquor to turn the property into a park. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

PROPERTY from page 1 to turn into a park under the state’s Program Open Space requirement, which gives money to counties to use for this purpose. If they do not reach an agreement during negotiations, the city could use eminent domain — government action to seize private property — to retrieve it.

But April 14, the citizens association stood with the liquor store, voting unanimously in favor of allowing the store to stay put, according to member Larry Bleau.

“A park is not the best use for that property — that’s my opinion. It doesn’t bring in any revenue, and think about any densely developed city: You have retails, you have shops along the streets, you might have a separate park that’s an entire block, but you wouldn’t have a park in place of a storefront,” said Bleau, who used to serve as president of the organization. “If it is a park, it’s not even green enough to plant anything. ... Design-wise, you’re between a couple of large concrete structures: What are you going to do?”

In December 2009, the College Park City Council voted to buy the property or, if the owner refused to sell, condemn it, and council members said Tuesday that the city was in the middle of negotiations with the property owner to purchase the land.

Attorney Richard Daniels, who represents the store’s property owner Annette Sargent, said city manager Joseph Nagro contacted his client earlier this year about acquiring the property for a “very low” price. This was the first time the city had made an actual offer for the property, he said.

Daniels said he replied to the city in an email March 2 that said: “Mrs. Sargent is not interested in selling the property to the city at the price offered. If the city makes an offer in line with the actual value, she is willing to consider it.” He has not yet received a response to that email, he said.

Bobby Chawla, the store’s co-owner, said he’s only heard of these negotiations through the media — neither the city nor the property owner has contacted him directly regarding the proposal.

“I haven’t heard anything from the property owner regarding negotiations,” Chawla said.

“In the moment, I’m speechless because I don’t know what the city’s trying to do, what the city’s not trying to do, because I don’t know anything about it.”

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Several city council members said another concern, besides Number 1 Liquor’s aesthetics, is its proximity to student housing developments.

“I feel that it would be nice to have a park there, where that liquor store is located. I’ve had some concerns there about the situation of the liquor store surrounded by student housing,” District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said. “I think we need to have more green spaces along Route 1. ... I think you just can’t have building after building after building along any road.”

Although Bleau said he’s not crazy about the idea of a liquor store among a sea of students, a commercial enterprise brings money into the city, he said, while a park does not.

“It’s doing well; it’s bringing tax revenue into the city. It’s a positive thing to have,“ Bleau said. “If [Number 1] Liquor continues doing business, that’d be good. If they want to change their business model, that’d be good too.”

Some University View tenants said they’re also on the liquor store’s side.

“I have no problem with a liquor store being in front of my place of residence,” said sophomore government and politics major Chris McDenel. “I think the business owner has a right to keep his business wherever he chose.”

“The town needs to accept that there’s a college here,” said senior Central European, Russian and Eurasian studies major Jared Barol. “It’s time to start focusing on the college aspect of College Park.”

But District 4 Councilman Bob Catlin said he’s not convinced.

“There’s a lot of arguments people have made against it, but they’re all pretty weak,” Catlin said. “That property doesn’t pay much more taxes than a house would.” roubein@umdbk.com

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University professor researches use of dyes in MRI scans $1.8 million grant could revolutionize medical tests, cancer treatment

BY CLAIRE SARAVIA Staff writer

University professor Bruce Yu has made it his mission to track diseases more efficiently, and his breakthrough research could potentially change current medical practices.

The bioengineering professor received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health in February to complete his research on a new set of fluorescent dyes that could revolutionize the way drugs are tracked in the body. Because of the dyes’ sensitivity and vibrant color, Yu said they could be used with MRI — magnetic resonance imaging — scans to help doctors monitor drug doses for treating diseases such as cancer.

“If you’re treating cancer patients, patient A might need more drug, but patient B might need less drug,” Yu said. “If you know where the drug is in the body, you can tailor drug therapy based on each person’s profile.”

Yu, who has been working on the research for seven years and at the University of Maryland, Baltimore pharmacy school since 2007, has been searching for the best fluorescent dye to follow the path of drugs through the body.

And he said he has found the perfect fit: small organic compounds called triangulenium.

Because this molecule penetrates deeper into the body, it can follow the paths of drugs given to patients, Yu said.

Bioengineering department chairman Bill Bentley said the dyes Yu developed eliminated “background noise,” creating a clear reading unmatched by other chemicals.

“His method is unprecedented in being able to detect drugs as they go through the body,” Bentley said. “There’s almost no noise, so everything you measure is basically the stuff you want to measure.”

However, current MRI scans measure water molecules to track drugs, which Yu said is ineffective, because the signals

ARREST from page 1 spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said he believes it is connected to a domestic violence incident that occurred in March. A civil domestic violence case against Zuehlke was dismissed in court last month, according to court documents.

“They may be part of the same incident, we don’t know,” Limansky said. “It could be an ongoing thing. Domestic violence issues tend to drag out, and going forward and facing the person again, it can get messy. Being here for 22 years, that’s just my instinct.”

According to court documents, the previous domestic violence case, which appeared to be for a protective order, was dismissed because the petitioner, Dory Hoffman, failed to appear in court.

Although there is an English lecturer by the same name at this university, it is unclear if she is the same Dory Hoffman involved in Zuehlke’s domestic violence case.

Hoffman is also listed as the complainant in the court documents for the assault charge.

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“His method is unprecedented in being able to detect drugs as they go through the body.”

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coming off these molecules are too small. The dyes stand out against the gray images of an MRI scan, helping to better show the drug’s journey through the body.

“MRI is basically a black and white technology,” said Yu. “Each has its blind side, but if you combined these two they could complement each other and give you a complete picture.”

For doctors to track drugs in the body today, Yu said they often need to perform biopsies, the medical removal of cells or tissues to check for a disease. But biopsies have more limitations.

“You can probably do a biopsy once or twice to a patient, and that’s it,” Yu said.

“We wanted to develop something non-invasive.”

Additionally, Yu said these fluorescent dyes are less costly than other disease-recognizing technologies, such as positron emission tomography..

Bentley said Yu’s potential medical breakthrough represents the bioengineering department’s successful research endeavors.

“The department is remarkably well placed in terms of developing ideas that can ultimately be transitioned into the marketplace,” Bentley said.

Yu said he was hopeful the dyes will be used in clinical studies on animals within the next four years and in human clinical studies in about 10 years. saravia@umdbk.com

could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Freshman biological sciences major Kevin Sistani witnessed his professor being taken away by two officers yesterday.

“I was walking into class a little early to hand in my essay, and he was walking out of [Cambridge Community Center] with two officers in handcuffs,” he said. “He didn’t seem extremely mad; he seemed like he accepted it.”

Freshman letters and science major Mike Brown was also on his way to hand in his assignment when he heard his professor had been arrested.

“It was crazy to have him be arrested right before class,” Brown said. “He showed up for class but was just arrested instead.”

Brown said he was surprised Zuehlke was wanted by police.

“He’s a pretty cool professor; he was really passionate about English,” Brown said. “It was really shocking.”

Kevin Cartwright, the chairman of the English department, could not be reached for comment yesterday.

According to charging documents, Zuehlke’s court date has not yet been set. egan@umdbk.com

ON THE BLOG AN EDUCATION INVESTIGATION In a pinch for math and science teachers, Prince George’s County Public Schools officials hired instructors from overseas but did not pay them enough money, according to a federal investigation into the school district.

The U.S. Labor Department ruled early last week that the school district owes $4.2 million in wages to 1,044 foreign teachers, who are mostly from the Philippines, according to The Washington Post.

To read more, visit The Diamondback’s online news blog, Campus Drive.

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Finding forgiveness Rape victim,best-selling author speaks to students about eyewitness testimony that convicted the wrong man

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

If nothing else, Jennifer Thompson was positive about one thing in the weeks following her sexual assault — she knew the face of the man who had raped her.

Thompson, now a New York Times best-selling author, was a 22-year-old student at Elon College in 1984 when she was raped at knifepoint in her offcampus apartment. Yesterday, Thompson told about 100 audience members at the Universities at Shady Grove how she identified the perpetrator as a man named Ronald Cotton, saw him convicted and then learned 13 years later through DNA testing she had accused the wrong man.

While the courtroom drama of Cotton v. North Carolina is fairly well known, Thompson — who in 2009 wrote a book with Cotton — told yesterday’s audience about the power of forgiveness: Cotton’s journey to forgive Thompson and Thompson’s struggle to forgive herself for putting an innocent man behind bars.

Although the event was not held on this university’s main campus, university officials sent out messages on university websites informing students of buses that would shuttle people to and from Shady Grove. About half of the audience members yesterday

APPEALS from page 1 after 2 a.m. today to watch as legislators and Finance Committee members scrambled to determine how they could divvy up the money among the organizations they had determined needed help.

The 10-hour meeting, which was moved from Stamp Student Union to the basement of Anne Arundel Hall after midnight, was still not resolved as of 4 a.m. today.

Initially, the only two organizations turned away by the legislature were the Smith Undergraduate Student Association — the governing organization for all the clubs under the business school — and the Terrapin Anime Club.

Funding lobbying organization Mar yPIRG’s two salaried non-student positions was one of the most contentious points of debate throughout the meeting.

“This is perhaps the easiest vote that we will have to make this year,” SGA Speaker of the Legislature Kevin Ford said of funding Mar yPIRG’s salaries, noting the over whelming approval students showed when they voted to continue Mar yPIRG’s funding in last year’s SGA elections.

But that vote quickly became the longest vote of the year.

“We shouldn’t be playing favorites; we should be holding ever ybody to the same rules,” engineering legislator Carson McDonald said during debate.

Members of Mar yPIRG and WMUC Radio were the only student group representatives who came back to the meeting when they heard their budgets could be slashed even more. Others had not been notified that their allotments were being reevaluated.

Several SGA officials, including Director of Student Groups and Presidentelect Kaiyi Xie suggested absorbing some cuts so that

HOUSING from page 1 off-campus in safe housing are able to do so, since they would not be required to pay for the additional safety measures covered under the donations.

“We want to make sure that all of these buildings are up to date on code,” Horvitz said.

The federal bill would apply to landlords who own nonprofit, non-university

were students, including several from this campus.

Thompson said she feels especially passionate about visiting college campuses, given their high rates of sexual assault. In an oft-cited statistic from the U.S. Justice Department, one in five women will be sexually assaulted while in college, and of those victims, only 5 percent will report it. And Thompson said these high numbers are largely because the issue is kept in the dark at institutions of higher education.

“We know it’s happening, but we’re just not talking about it,” she said. “No one wants to talk about sexual violence, so I talk about it.”

Yesterday, that’s exactly what she did, taking the audience back to the night of her assault.

At 5-foot-2, 103 pounds, Thompson was unable to fight off her attacker, who had broken into her apartment in the middle of the night. Otherwise powerless in the situation, Thompson said she knew she had one weapon: the power to identify him. During her assault, Thompson said she studied the man’s face to ensure that when — or if — she escaped, she would make sure he never raped another woman.

“My most overriding emotion was, ‘I want to live,’” she

said yesterday. “I thought, ‘If he kills me, he’ll have to catch me and find me first. I won’t lay here and die.’”

Thompson ultimately escaped out the same door her attacker had broken into and immediately reported the incident to police. Two days later, she identified Cotton out of a photo lineup and then later selected him in person as the man who assaulted her.

“I told police, ‘I remember everything about this man.

Let me help you find him,’” Thompson said. “I had to keep the streets of Burlington, [N.C.,] safe. He couldn’t hurt another woman.”

Cotton denied any involvement in Thompson’s rape from the beginning but was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

Ten years later, with the help of DNA testing, he became the first prisoner ever exonerated by DNA evidence in North Carolina. A convicted serial rapist, Bobby Poole, was ultimately found guilty of Thompson’s and others’ rapes.

It took two years for Thompson to meet Cotton in person, but she said once she did, everything changed.

“I said to him, ‘Ronald, if I spend every minute of every second of every day for the rest of my life apologizing for what I did, would you forgive

me?’” she said yesterday. “And he did the one thing I never expected. He took my hand and said, ‘Jennifer, I forgave you years ago.’”

Now, Thompson said she and Cotton share an unexplainable friendship, one that has helped her overcome her assault, forgive Poole, forgive herself and move on with life.

Junior criminology and criminal justice major Jeremy Jones said he was sexually assaulted while in high school and felt empowered by Thompson’s story.

“This is an issue that’s always hidden behind the curtain,” he said after the event. “People just don’t talk about it. It’s one of those things people like to ignore.

Ignorance is bliss. But I found her story amazing. It was really moving.”

Sandra Martins, a junior at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, said she was surprised to learn of the high prevalence of sexual assaults that involve acquaintances: According to the U.S. Justice Department, in 75 percent of all sexual assaults against women, the victim knows her attacker.

“It’s scary to know, but I’ve never thought about it,” she said. “You think the campus would be safe. It feels like a sense of security.” redding@umdbk.com

student groups wouldn’t have to: An amendment was proposed that would cut money from the SGA’s executive reser ves, phone budget, operations budget and presidential expenses.

“Funding them the full amount and making them the exception to the mandator y budget cuts ... is unfair to ever y other student group at the University of Mar yland,” said McDonald, who suggested Mar yPIRG be funded about $11,000 in keeping with the mandator y cuts. “Ever y group at Mar yland is making a sacrifice.”

The same amendment proposed cutting $10,636 from the money originally allocated to Mar yPIRG. WMUC, which received an outpouring of support throughout the day yesterday on Twitter and through media reports around the Washington area as alumni and students propagated “Save WMUC” messages, initially received an extra $6,000 in appeals, bringing their total funding to $12,000 — about half of what group leaders said they need to cover basic operational costs, such as their Federal Communications Commission license and Internet and phone bills.

When Jamie Forzato, business director of WMUC Sports, and several other members of WMUC arrived at about 2:30 a.m. to protest increased cuts, Forzato said Xie threatened them by saying if the group walked in, they would not be granted any money in appeals.

Xie was unavailable for comment as of 4 a.m. as the meeting was still ongoing.

The University Help Center, which functions as a crisis hotline for students and was in danger of not being able to pay for its telephone lines after the primar y allocation it received from the SGA was not enough, was originally allotted an additional $930 from the organization last night.

Other groups initially promised money in the appeals process include the Rooftop Garden, which was

awarded $1,143; the Weekday Players, which was given $7,763; the Iranian Students Foundation, which was allotted $1,500; and the Satanic Mechanic Theater Co., which was granted $1,856, among others.

Mar yPIRG State Director Johanna Neumann, who would receive about $22,000 from the SGA if it granted her salar y, made an appearance before the

organization for the first time this semester to tell the body exactly what they would be paying for.

“It’s so essential that we have these salaries so that we can continue working on these issues,” said Mar yPIRG liaison to the SGA Brian Burrell, who is also the SGA’s city council liaison.

housing, such as this university’s Greek life houses that are not located on Fraternity Row or in the sorority Graham Cracker.

This type of housing ser ves about 4 percent of this university’s students, according to the SGA’s bill.

“Lots of houses off campus suffer,” Hor vitz said. “It would be nice to see that all of the houses are in equal condition.”

SGA members said they plan to work with the Maryland congressional delega-

tion to gain state-level support on this bill. Hor vitz said Rep. Steny Hoyer (DMd.) already pledged his support last year. Although she said she has not personally lobbied for this bill, Hor vitz said the SGA has been working with Scott Schill, who lobbies the federal government, to advocate for this bill on the federal level.

If the bill passes in Congress, other SGA legislators said this university could ultimately see the

benefits in the quality of offcampus housing.

“These are housing units for our students and funding is short, and I just think it’s important that they get these deductions because they are technically university housing, and they should be treated as such,” said journalism legislator Michelle Chan, who cosponsored the bill. “It would really improve the students’ campus environment.”

SGA Vice President of Finance Robert Mutschler waits to speak at last night’s Student Government Association meeting. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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lthough College Park officials say speed cameras installed throughout rity cameras and disbursing additional money to volunteer fire departments, as Disthe city were introduced solely to decrease speeding in the area, the rev- trict 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich suggested, are noble ideas, there are most enue generated from speeding tickets given in the first five months of the certainly better ways the money could be put to use.

As mentioned at last night’s meeting — as well as on numerous Student Govcameras’ operation may be enough to make serious improvements to ernment Association-sponsored safety walks — the city could use the money to city’s public safety initiatives.

The four cameras — placed at Metzerott Road, Paint Branch Parkway, Rhode bring adequate lighting to all corners of the city, fixing the numerous broken Island Avenue and the south-bound lane of Route 1 — have already generated street lights and adding additional ones. Whereas additional security cameras approximately $2.4 million in speeding tickets, according to city officials. And while could provide assistance to investigators after-the-fact, lighting would be a muchthe city has to distribute much of that money to the company that operates the needed preventative measure. Moreover, in the past, university students — both undergraduates and graduates — have cited a lack of speed cameras and Prince George’s County Police, who cerlighting as one of their biggest safety concerns, and tify the speeding citations, the city, upon doing so, will still be rightly so. After all, many of the violent crimes, including left with between $350,000 and $600,000 — approximately The amount of money rape, sexual assault and armed robbery, that students one-eighth of the total amount the city spends annually on public safety. accumulated from speeding have fallen victim to in the past four years alone, have occurred in the city’s poorly lit areas. By spending part of But while state law mandates the revenue generated from cameras has provided city the money to finally bring light to the city, officials could speed cameras go toward funding public safety initiatives, put a major dent in crime. the city council has for months struggled to decide what speofficials with a unique The city could also use the money to hire at least one cific initiatives the money should be spent on. In December, opportunity to improve safety additional part-time contract police officer to patrol the city. when it became apparent speeding citations would generate in College Park.

While hiring an additional police person would require a substantial money — after all, in its first 22 days of operation sustained financial commitment, the burden is one that alone, the speed camera on Metzerott Road doled out approximately 8,000 citations — council members had few ideas over where to fun- could certainly be met by future revenue from the cameras. As it stands, the city nel the extra revenue. And at Tuesday’s council meeting, while members discussed contracts with Prince George’s County Police, paying them $500,000 a year for the merits of various proposals, the only consensus the group came to was to put three, full-time police officers. By that formula, adding one additional officer workthe money toward funding one-time investments, as the revenue from speeding ing part-time would certainly be doable, costing the city less than $150,000 — a feasible option considering the at least $350,000 the first five months of the cameras’ citations will most likely decline as drivers become accustomed to their presence.

The body must make a decision by June, but in the meantime, council members operation will have brought the city in profit.

City officials have been presented with an amazing opportunity, one that could agreed to consult with their constituents and local police departments about where demonstrably decrease the number of crimes that occur in College Park if the the funds should be spent.

And judging by some of the suggestions made last night, it seems as though money is spent appropriately. For the sake of every city resident — student and council members need all the input they can get: While purchasing additional secu- non-student alike — we certainly hope the council chooses wisely.

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Graduation: Photographs and growing up

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few weeks ago, my grandmother mailed me a birthday present. Inside the padded envelope was a picture frame, wrapped tightly in layers of colorful tissue paper. The small frame held an aged photograph of a baby lying on a rug and looking away from the camera, with a goofy grin on his face. I don’t recall ever seeing the picture before, but I knew right away who it was: My grandmother had given me a photograph of myself as a baby. I’ve never been one to keep pictures around, so at first it seemed like such an awkward gift: Did she forget it was my birthday and run around the house searching for something to pass off as a present?

But when I looked at the picture, I was sort of taken aback. I’m that baby. It’s difficult to comprehend how a person can change so much in a couple decades. That little rugrat in the picture seems like a com-

CHRISTOPHER HAXEL pletely different person. What would he think if he knew what he’d become? He can’t even walk yet, but would he be ashamed of a thousand future missteps? Or would he be proud to know that his incoherent babbling would someday transform into words and sentences that (hopefully a few) people read?

And that goofy grin. The unadulterated joy on a baby’s face is so pure and simple — why was I smiling?

Maybe I saw a dog. Dogs are furr y and funny, so I smiled. Maybe I saw someone I loved. I didn’t yet know what love is, but perhaps I felt it; I saw my mom and she made me happy. Was I devious yet? Maybe I

was smiling because I had just pooped my pants and knew somebody would have to clean up the mess. I can tr y to remember being little, but it’s impossible to recall anything coherent with the bits and pieces of memories long forgotten.

I suppose that’s what pictures are for, to help assemble the narrative of a lifetime. When I was young I tried so hard to imagine the future, but now that I’m growing older I sometimes struggle to remember the past. Somewhere later in life I’ll probably reach a point where the past is more important than the future — a point where my greatest asset is my wisdom and experience.

My grandmother has reached that point, and it seems obvious to me now that she didn’t just grab a picture and call it a present. She wanted me to remember who I am.

That baby in the photograph has dreams and expectations. He can’t possibly know how tragic and diffi-

cult life can be, but he certainly knows how to have fun. He knows how to laugh. He knows how to love.

So now I keep that picture on my desk because it reminds me to keep working hard, to make that kid proud of who he becomes.

A few weeks from now, several thousand kids are going to walk across a stage and dive headfirst into adulthood. Take pictures. Someday you’ll look back at commencement and think about how much you’ve changed. Until then, try to live a life that will make you proud. There will always be moments of regret and sorrow, but never forget who you are. If you’re lucky, someday you can take pictures of your grandchildren. And a couple decades later, you can send them a picture frame, wrapped tightly in layers of colorful tissue paper.

Christopher Haxel is a junior English major. He can be reached at haxel@umdbk.com.

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could not help but notice a stretch of white plasterboards lined across McKeldin Mall last weekend. It was a sight that screamed for attention. Together, these boards told a story of our nation’s indebtedness, all 16 digits’ worth. To UMD Young Americans for Liberty, the group that came up with this idea, I commend you for having taken the initiative. The national debt is one of those numbers that is so astronomically large that it is almost difficult to fathom. How do we equate anything with a number like $14 trillion?

Perhaps a smaller number might suffice. How does $900 billion sound? Surely we’ve heard of $900 billion stimulus plans being thrown around before. Well, this number is the total amount of outstanding student loan debt, and it is also growing. As the national conversation shifts toward raising the debt ceiling, I challenge this student body to consider our own precarious situation. For us, the debt that must be repaid has no ceiling and may lead us off the cliff once more.

Today, student loans are so commonplace that we hardly consider their popularity. According to www.finaid.org, stu-

dent loan debt is increasing at a rate of about $2,853.88 per second. By next year, total outstanding student loan debt will likely have passed $1 trillion.

According to the U.S. Department of Education’s most recent data, average student loan debt at four-year public institutions was $20,200. This university’s average fits the bill at $20,256.

Not only are students accumulating record amounts of debt, but more students as a proportion of the population are borrowing to finance their education. In 2008, 67 percent of graduates with a bachelor’s degree had accumulated some debt. According to the Pew Research Center, students earning a bachelor’s degree in 2008 borrowed 50 percent more than their counterparts in 1996.

Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and hedge-fund manager, recently suggested that student loan debt might be America’s next bubble. Thiel, who foresaw both the 2001 dot-com bubble and the recent housing market crisis, argues that the evidence is clear. For a long time running, attending a fouryear institution has been a glorified component of the American dream: Do

STEVEN SPINELLO good in school, go to college, and you’ll end up with a high-paying job. Today, however, graduates often pay enormous tuition bills only to find themselves on the sidelines with onerous debt burdens.

One need not look very far to see the parallels between the subprime mortgage fiasco and a looming student debt crisis. Over the past decade, higher education was almost as popular as housing. From 1996 to 2008, average student loan debt per capita (including non- and for-profit universities) increased by more than 80 percent. For the first time, total outstanding student loan debt exceeds total outstanding credit card debt. How can that be, you ask? The answer may lie in the fact that following the recession, households began paying down the debt they accumulated in the boom years. All the

while, a college education maintained its appeal. Receiving a college degree became even more attractive when jobs grew scarce and people flocked to universities to avoid having the dreaded “gap on their resumé.”

Student loans are different from mortgages in one very important respect: They cannot be refinanced or written off. Federal bankruptcy law prevents people from discharging their student loan debts. Until your debt is paid in full, the government can go as far as garnishing your wages or even reversing Social Security payouts. This is what makes the situation unsustainable. As college enrollment continues to increase, so does the cost of tuition. And students’ finances are already strapped.

If significant steps are not taken to address this issue, including increasing the availability of grants at both the federal and state level, this nation will have a second crisis on its hands. Debt should not become a necessary evil for receiving a college education.

Steven Spinello is a junior economics major. He can be reached at spinello@umdbk.com.

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tudent Entertainment Events has always strived to provide the student body with diverse programs while branding the SEE name at the university. However, I fear our mission and the fact that we are a student-run programming board has been lost in the eyes of the university community.

Our mission as an organization is to provide programs for the community and bring entertainment to students at a price they can afford. The SEE executive board is made up of 33 student directors and, like the student body, we are a varied group. We program large- and small-scale concerts, comedy shows, lectures, cinema, special events and performing arts events. We conduct student surveys to make informed decisions, and our programming directors must report these findings to the executive board when proposing an event. Over the past two years some of our larger-scale events have featured Matisyahu, Weezer, Girl Talk, Gabriel Iglesias, Demetri Martin, Maya Angelou, Russell Simmons, Chiddy Bang and Mike Posner.

When we consider who to bring for our events, specifically our large annual events, we want to bring someone who is going to appeal to a lot of people. Each year, Art Attack draws thousands to Byrd Stadium, and we honestly believe this year’s event, headlined by Nelly, will be no different. We estimate that this year’s crowd will be similar to the crowd in 2009 for Ludacris. Although at the time Ludacris had not released with a song of his own in years, he still drew 7,007 people to Byrd. In contrast, not only does Nelly have a number of hits from back in the day, he released a new album, 5.0, last year.

The scale of entertainer many students at this university wish to see for Art Attack could cost about a third of our entire budget. This is not a feasible option because our budget is split among several types of programming. Last year, we were fortunate to receive funding from an outside promoter to book Weezer and Ben Folds for Art Attack XXVII. Unfortunately, the promoter did not benefit from the concert as it had hoped, so this was not an option again this year. We work with promoters, find corporate sponsors and co-sponsor events with student groups, all so that we can better serve the student body.

SEE is one of the most well-funded student organizations, so we can understand students’ desire to be a part of our processes. Unfortunately, our lack of transparency is a necessary evil. Performers do not want their talent fees, personal information and riders released to the public, and to have entertainment at this school, we must follow these guidelines. Our Student Government Association funding is determined by a working group of SEE and SGA members, and if they cannot come to an agreement, the funding is then determined by the SGA legislature.

We are held accountable for our event choices because our funding depends on the success of our past events, which is dependent on the interest of the student body.

As an organization, we are sincerely interested in hearing from students about their entertainment preferences. Filling out our surveys, joining our Facebook fan page or listserv or becoming a part of our organization are great ways to become involved and have your voice heard.

Every stage we build, every heated discussion we have, every hour we put in — it really is all for the student body, and we are always looking for people who want to be a part of that.

Laura Brant is a senior physiology and neurobiology major and is president of SEE. She can be reached at seepresident@umd.edu.

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Also born on this date are Queen Elizabeth II of England; Charlotte Bronte, author; Andie MacDowell, actress and model; Elaine May, actress and comedienne; Anthony Quinn, actor; Charles Grodin, actor; John Muir, naturalist; Iggy Pop, musician.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A little humor goes a long way, and you must take care that you don’t overdo it. In certain situations, a laugh can be unwarranted.

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Morgan Spurlock could probably die laughing, if his previous films are any indication. After all, he is the documentary filmmaker who grinned through a McDonald’s-only diet for a month in Super Size Me. And in POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, he keeps smiling, making a film essentially by product placements, for product placements.

In this latest effort, Spurlock immersed himself in the world of advertising. Inspired by the more outrageous product placements in pop culture — the film provides a montage of sandwich and soda-inspired plot twists in movies — Spurlock set out to finance The Greatest Movie Ever Sold entirely with product placements. The resulting movie is what that process looked like.

A moment outside of the ad executive’s reach is a rare one these days, making product placement and commercialization in general a formidable controversy. Some see this as a scary reality.

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BY KAITLIN BULAVINETZ Staff writer

As green begins to sprout across the springtime campus, the color and its thematic associations finds its way indoors at the Textile Museum in Washington.

“Green: the Color and the Cause,” a new exhibit at the Textile Museum, opened Saturday and runs through Sept. 11. This is the museum’s third exhibition exploring the significance of a particular color. Past exhibits focused on the meaning of the colors red and blue, in 2007 and 2008, respectively.

Although green is not a primary color, as its exhibit predecessors are, it still holds great significance in the art world and in society as a whole.

Today, green symbolizes not only nature but also the environmental movement, preservation and ecofriendly habits.

While the spotlight of the exhibit is on 35 contemporary pieces, 13 historical works from the museum’s permanent collection are on display and show how the meaning and use of the color has evolved.

“We went through and chose historical pieces that sort of responded and created some sort of antecedent or some sort of balance or contrast to it in some way,” said Lee Talbot, a co-curator.

The historical pieces focus primarily on the components of the color rather than an environmental cause.

Because green is a secondary color, various ancient cultures dyed fibers using different methods to create the color to suit their use.

In China during the mid-19th century, artists used peacock feathers to create a vibrant green color that stood the test of time, and an elaborately embroidered fragment of a cloth depicting a Buddhist ritual is on display at the museum. The embroiderer wrapped filaments of peacock feathers around strands of silk

thread and then embroidered a dark green background with it.

“When you consider the time, you have to pull it off of each feather and then wrap it around each thread tightly so that it doesn’t fall off when you embroider with it. That’s just amazing,” Talbot said.

The complexity of the color is also depicted by contemporary artists, particularly in the piece at the end of the exhibit, “The Shape of Green II.” The 2009 piece by Shigeo Kubota takes up the entire room and is made of nylon and stainless steel. The massive sculpture resembles a giant creature from outer space.

The indigo top of the piece is shaped like a Christmas tree and fades into green leg-like limbs with yellow tips illustrating how green is composed.

“When you look at it, a lot of people are like, ‘but it’s so blue,’ and well, yes, because secondary colors are ambiguous,” Talbot said. “They are a mixture of two colors, so you can’t say that is green, that is not green — it’s a spectrum.”

Most of the modern pieces are concerned with green as a way to address sustainability in everyday life.

“I think [some of the artists are] trying to influence the way that people think, the way that people react, the way they treat the environment,” Talbot said. “Perhaps all of them [are not] throwing themselves in front of bulldozers, you know — they’re doing it through their art.”

One sculpture, “ALTERATIONS”

by Gyöngy Laky, appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine’s issue about eco-conscious living. The sculpture hangs on the wall and spells out “The Green Issue,” with the letters made of woven tree prunings and nails. The durable branches paired with the metal nails depict the theme of contradiction between man and nature and invite the viewer to reflect on humans’ impact on the environment.

The Textile Museum’s new exhibit, “Green,” focuses on the eponymous color’s use and meaning in art. Shigeo Kubota’s piece “The Shape of Green II,” above, occupies an entire room. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TEXTILE MUSEUM

While the artwork displayed may promote sustainable living, the artists are not all environmental activists. Rather, they are inspired by the theme of nature and seek to change the world through the beauty of their work.

Fashion designer Natalie Chanin contributed a forest green, handmade coat from her eco-conscious line Alabama Chanin.

One of the pieces on display will not survive past the exhibit.

Michele Brody’s “Arbor Lace,” a lace-covered arbor embedded with

grass seed, is one of two site-specific installations for the exhibit and will be on display in the museum’s garden. During the time the exhibit is open, the plants will grow, bloom, turn yellow and die.

While the art may be sustainable, not all of it is forever.

“Green: the Color and the Cause” runs through Sept. 11 at the Textile Museum (2320 S Street NW), open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. kbulav@umdbk.com

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LIONS from page 8

Attacker Karri Ellen Johnson, right, led the Terps in scoring last year but has started in just 11 games this season.

CONCUSSIONS from page 8 There’s no proof that shows that helmets are the answer to that or even protect in that matter,” said Reese, who added that Johnson’s concussion was the first she’s seen as coach. “It’s coaches coaching the game the way it is meant to be played and officials making calls. I think when we’re

both doing our part on those ends, the game is called tightly and it’s safe.”

Some fear helmets in women’s lacrosse would create a slipper y slope to a more aggressive and dangerous game. If helmets were required, Terp trainer Allison Boll said, players might be more inclined to aim stick checks higher — as high as other players’ heads.

According to many within

the Terp program, the best way to increase player safety from concussions is not helmets but better rule enforcement from officials.

Reese and her players said that if the game is played and officiated the right way, the risk of concussions lessens significantly.

“If the game is refereed and controlled properly, there shouldn’t be an issue with that,” Schwarzmann said. “I don’t think we

their own day-to-day health and the rules in place to protect it.

“It starts with the rules, it starts with calling the game and teaching the game the way it’s meant to be played,” Reese said. “We just kind of want to start at the bottom, maintain the safety of our game and play by the rules.

I think when everyone does that, it’s a safe game.”

have to compete and find a way. They just have to will themselves to a win.

You just got to find a way to win. That’s what winning teams do.”

Pitcher Eric Potter’s four allowed runs in three innings of work put the Terps in an early 4-0 hole. And though the Terps stayed within two runs for more than half the game, they couldn’t put together the offense necessary to challenge Penn State (22-12).

“We’ve been a couple runs away for a lot longer than just tonight,” Bakich said.

“It has more to do with than just hitting and pitching. We’ve got to get tougher.”

Bakich has used boxing as a metaphor for his team several times this season. After an unsettling loss to Liberty in mid-March, he likened the team to a fighter who couldn’t get up after being knocked down.

The Terps are still on their feet, according to Bakich. But after their loss to the Nittany Lions, the only thing keeping them up are the ropes.

“If this was a boxing match, we’re the boxer ... that’s just holding his gloves up by his face and just kind of bracing it.

The opponent is just hitting him, and he’s just trying not to get knocked out,” Bakich said. “What we need to be is that fighter that starts punching back.”

Bakich came to College Park expecting trips to the NCAA Tournament, a destination the program hasn’t reached in decades. But even with the possibility of meeting that goal fading fast for 2011 and the team in the midst of one of its lowest points of the season, he isn’t ready to proclaim its dreams completely dashed.

“I don’t think anybody expected that we’d be here at this point,” Bakich said.

“But at the same time, with every setback this team has, I’m still going to hold out and believe with everything that I’ve got that this team can still turn it around and do something special this season.”

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should resort to going to helmets or something like that too soon.”

In light of the injur y to Johnson, who was not available to comment, and the recent increase in concerns over concussions throughout all sports, the topic of head trauma likely won’t fade from discussion anytime soon. But with no resolution to the issue in sight, players like Johnson will be left to ponder the future of

SOFTBALL | NOTEBOOK

McLaughlin plays through it all for Terps

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

Infielder Kathy McLaughlin has started 44 games in a row for the Terps. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

In a stretch of about 30 minutes Tuesday night, infielder Kathy McLaughlin took a pitch off her hand at the plate and then a ball off the chin in the field.

Those nicks and bruises, however, won’t stop Terrapin softball coach Laura Watten from penciling in McLaughlin’s name on the lineup card for the 44th time in 44 games Saturday at Florida State, a feat equaled by no other player on the squad.

“It’s a good feeling,” McLaughlin said. “It’s good to go out there every day and know that I’ll be out there and that I can help the team.”

The junior from Baltimore has found a home both offensively and defensively for the Terps this season, batting in the lower part of the order on a consistent basis in addition to her duties in the field.

While Watten spoke glowingly of McLaughlin’s defense after Tuesday’s doubleheader against Binghamton, she seemed even more pleased with McLaughlin’s ability to rebound from Sunday’s doubleheader against NC State, in which she went a combined 0for-5. On Tuesday, McLaughlin was 3-for-4 with one RBI. “I think she’s really put some

time between Sunday and today and thought about what she needed to do at the plate and really made things happen,” Watten said Tuesday. “She’s come through, and I think she feels a whole lot better about herself and how she’s doing.

That’s the player that she is.”

McLaughlin boosted her batting average to .248 with her performance, but she hasn’t let the low mark, which ranks seventh among the team’s regular starters, bother her.

“I have 100 percent confidence in myself,” she said. “I have bad games, I have really good games, but I stay pretty confident out there.”

GROWING PAINS With an 11-2 record and a 1.55 ERA so far this season, freshman pitcher Ashley Czechner’s transition to the college game seemingly has become a continuation of her dominant high school career.

But outings such as those Sunday against NC State, when she allowed the game-winning home run in the seventh inning, and Tuesday against Binghamton, when she allowed two quick Binghamton runs in an eventual Terp win, show there is still room for growth

for the newcomer.

“I haven’t had a home run hit off me in three years until I came here,” Czechner said. “I’m just getting used to batters putting balls in play. In high school, that never happened. I’m definitely getting used to that.”

Tuesday’s start marked the first time since March 12 that Czechner had given up two runs in an appearance. The Pawleys Island, S.C., native eventually settled down before giving way to pitcher Kendra Knight in the seventh inning, but she admitted the early trouble rattled her confidence somewhat.

“I was surprised,” she said.

“I’ve never heard of Binghamton. They came out swinging.”

“She’s not pitching in high school anymore,” Watten said.

“It’s a whole different level of ball. I think the more accolades she gets and the better she is and the more she’s out there, the more she’s going to get challenged and the more people are going to want to come out and take her down. She’s just got to grow.”

Another aspect of Czechner’s transition has been her move to the bullpen. Since March 20, Czechner has made only three starts, but she has relieved Knight or Kerry Hickey on four other occasions. Against Boston Col-

lege, she picked up two wins after shutting down the Eagles’ offense late, but her blemish against NC State again proved that she is, after all, still a freshman.

“When you’re thrown into a pressure situation, it’s hard to be clutch every time,” Czechner said. “I expect that of myself.

The reality is that it might not happen every time.”

RANKING UP The newest computer-based rankings again have the Terps as a likely NCAA Tournament team. As of Sunday’s series with NC State, the Terps were ranked No. 34 in the RPI, the secondhighest among all ACC teams, behind only Georgia Tech at No. 14. Last year, the Terps made the field with a No. 46 ranking.

Despite winning eight of their past nine games, the Terps have fallen in the RPI. The Terps were ranked as high as No. 21 on April 5 after being swept by Georgia Tech, but they fell to No. 31 after sweeping Boston College and Georgetown and now reside three slots below that after their split with NC State.

Other ACC teams in the rankings include North Carolina (No. 46) and Virginia Tech (No. 56). dgallen@umdbk.com

TENNIS

Terps know postseason could hinge on ACC Tourn. outcome

BY NICHOLAS MUNSON Staff writer

When the Terrapin men’s and women’s tennis teams open their ACC Tournament slates today in Cary, N.C., both squads will do so with aspirations stretching far beyond conference play.

After breakthrough regular seasons, playing beyond this weekend and into the NCAA Tournament — a rarity for two programs who have struggled in recent years — has now become the main objective for the Terps.

The chances of both advancing into the postseason likely depends more on the men’s team’s performance this weekend than the women’s.

The No. 48 men (11-11) will open up the tournament facing No. 44 Florida State, a battle of two “bubble” teams in desperate need of another conference win.

The Seminoles topped the Terps two weeks ago in Tallahassee, Fla., 4-3, but coach Kyle Spencer said a hard loss like that should

only help the Terps play better and smarter in the rematch.

“We’ve got our hands full with them,” Spencer said, “but we saw how close we were last time.

If we can play harder and improve in some spots this time, I think we can move past them.”

After a rocky stretch that included losses in seven of eight matches to some of the toughest competition in the country, the Terps seemed to right themselves against Florida State. After their narrow road loss to a Seminole team led by two ranked seniors, the Terps secured a grinding 4-3 victory over No. 56 North Carolina State on Friday and almost pulled an upset over No. 34 Wake Forest before falling, 4-3.

Now, the ninth-seeded Terps move into what could prove to be a do-or-die scenario that decides whether the Terps advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since it became a single-elimination tournament in 1977.

“It’s hard for us to look ahead

in this conference,” Spencer said. “We have to focus and take it one match at a time, but we are definitely peaking at the right time. Our players have the attitude that they won’t be denied.”

The No. 32 women’s team, meanwhile, is sitting in somewhat better position as it prepares for a match against No. 16 Georgia Tech. The Terps (13-8, 3-8) defeated the Yellow Jackets earlier this month, 4-3, and despite their less-than-stellar conference record, their nonconference results have proved they belong among the nation’s upper crust. The team is a perfect 10-0 outside the ACC and has upset teams such as No. 50 Brown and No. 51 Princeton in addition to conference wins over No. 11 Virginia and the Yellow Jackets.

“The ACC is helter-skelter this year because all of the teams in the ACC are so evenly balanced,” coach Howard Joffe said. “I believe that we’re capable of beating [Georgia Tech] again, but I’m not sure that we hold any psychological advan-

With a strong nonconference resumé, junior Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar and the Terp women’s team is likely headed to the NCAA Tournament this season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

tage over them.”

If they want to continue their success into the ACC Tournament, the doubles point will again be crucial for the Terps, who have lost only twice this season when winning the point.

“Since the doubles point only makes up for one-seventh of the points of a match, it should-

n’t be that important,” Joffe said. “But it has set the tone, and it dictates how much pressure each player is put under in singles play.”

The NCAA Tournament also remains on the radar for the Terps. They last reached that stage in 2006, but an exemplary nonconference record and key

victories over the course of this season may have another bid in store for them.

“It’s been a great season, and I’m hopeful that we will get in the NCAAs,” Joffe said. “The girls want to perform well, and they’re still hungry.” munson@umdbk.com

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Sports

Tewaaraton finalists named A total of seven Terp men’s and women’s lacrosse players were named finalists for the sport’s highest honor this week. Read more at TerrapinTrail.com.

BASEBALL

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Keeping it in mind

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

For the past 23 days, Karri Ellen Johnson has stood on the sidelines, powerless to do little else but watch her teammates streak across the field in front of her.

The Terrapin women’s lacrosse star is still suffering from the effects of a concussion sustained March 29 against Towson, an injury that has caused her to miss action for the first time in her threeyear collegiate career.

But her injury affects more than just the No. 1 Terps (150). Johnson’s concussion has come at a time of increasing alarm about the prevalence and danger of head injuries in women’s lacrosse and sports in general.

Unlike the men’s game, women’s lacrosse is technically a non-contact sport. Goalkeepers are the only players with pads, and goggles are the only protection required of all the players.

However, in a study done by the Datalys Center on NCAA injuries from 2004-09, researchers found that concussions constitute 9.8 percent of the total injuries in women’s lacrosse — a full point higher than the 8.7 percent found in the men’s game and nearly two points higher than football, in which concus-

Johnson’s concussion casts spotlight on safety concerns in sport contemplating rules overhaul

sions account for 7.9 percent of sustained injuries.

The intense media scrutiny on head trauma in sports such as football and hockey — where a confluence of new research findings, highly publicized injuries and outcry from players regarding head safety has drawn new attention to the issue — has put player safety in women’s lacrosse in an unprecedented spotlight.

“The game is definitely getting more physical,” midfielder Katie Schwarzmann said. “The refs and the rules are kind of changing to limit the injuries and ever ything with concussions. I think this year we are seeing more of that in the game.”

The sport’s increase in physicality has not gone unnoticed.

Some in the sport’s community have questioned whether requiring players to wear helmets would increase head safety during the course of a game. Research has found that repeated concussions can cause lingering long-term damage to brain tissue, which can lead to depression and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

But Terp coach Cathy Reese doesn’t believe the imposition of helmets would be good for the game.

“I think it’s a terrible idea.

see CONCUSSIONS, page 7 PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHRYN PROULX

Terps drop third in a row, 4-2 Nittany Lions limit team to five hits

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

As devastated as coach Erik Bakich was in the aftermath of Tuesday’s error-laden and offensively challenged loss to James Madison, he knew the Terrapin baseball team could bounce back from it.

But after a 4-2 loss at Penn State last night, the Terps’ third straight, he’ll have to wait longer for that to happen.

“No, I didn’t see [a comeback],” Bakich said. “I think we’re still waiting for it. ” Right fielder Charlie White’s tworun double in the fourth scored catcher Aaron Etchison and third baseman Jake Stinnett, but that stood as the only offensive outburst of the night for the Terps (17-22), who finished an anemic night at the plate with five total hits.

The team’s No. 3 through 6 hitters went a combined 0-for-14, and Etchison was the only Terp with a multi-hit game. And while Bakich was disappointed in the lack of production from the middle of the lineup, he didn’t think it should have been enough to keep the Terps from winning.

“You’re not always going to get production from certain spots in the lineup,” Bakich said. “When you’re almost 40 games into the season, it just gets to a point where guys just

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