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New candidate files for SGA presidency Open Party’s Patrick Ronk replaces Ratner

The decision followed Sunday’s ruling that junior Josh Ratner, the party’s formerly unopposed presidential candidate, was ineligible because he did not meet the eligibility

By Jeremy Snow requirements established by Student @JeremyM_Snow Government Association bylaws.

Staff writer “Given the circumstances, we The Open Party announced last have been preparing a contingency night that sophomore Patrick Ronk plan if things had gone south,” Open Party ticket chairman Ryan Belcher will run for SGA president.

said. “Because of Patrick’s role in SGA and his experience, he was the natural student candidate.”

Ronk, a government and politics major, is the SGA student groups director. He previously was running for student affairs vice president.

“I’ve been in SGA for two years now,” Ronk said. “It was something I had thought about doing in the future, and … I thought I would be a very

strong and qualified candidate for it.”

If elected, Ronk said he will work to encourage voting and lobbying among students and improve pedestrian safety on Route 1.

The governance board finished its last appeal yesterday at 9 a.m., ruling that Ratner, the current student affairs vice president, would not be See SGA, Page 3 david dorsch, city resident, speaks about safety at last night’s council meeting. james levin/the diamondback

Pedestrian safety still focus for city leaders Community advocates change after collisions

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for presentations and activities such as fresh-made smoothies powered by bike riding, ‘upcycling’ projects transforming possible waste into new creations and a Lend the Earth a Helping Hand painting to which students could add their hand print.

The activities aligned with the initiatives set out in Loh’s email, such as energy conservation through reduction in electricity use,

College Park city officials, residents and students continued discussions about pedestrian safety on Route 1 at the beginning of last night’s City Council meeting.

City Council student liaison Catherine McGrath said the Student Government Association is working on a resolution asking university administrators and city officials to address pedestrian safety. College Park Democratic Club President Cory Sanders said the city must improve safety measures on Route 1 and said he plans to write a letter to the City Council and the mayor regarding this issue.

“One of the last things a parent should ever have to do is bury their child. Route 1 is congested. It’s dangerous,” Sanders said. “It’s dangerous for students; it’s dangerous for

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students celebrate Earth Day in Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom yesterday to raise awareness about campus sustainability initiatives. rachel george/the diamondback

taking ownership of earth University announces sustainability initiatives during 44th annual Earth Day

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer As the 44th annual Earth Day began, students awoke to an email from University President Wallace Loh announcing three new university-wide sustainability initiatives to help cut this campus’ carbon footprint in half by 2020 from a 2005 baseline.

And as Earth Day came to a close last

night, about 40 student groups and community organizations went green for the Earth Day Festival in Stamp Student Union.

“Every day should be Earth Day, but by having a single day where it focuses that reminder for people, I think that it’s good because it allows us to get together, and most importantly focus on the positive,” said Robb Krehbiel, sustainability minor academic adviser. “Today’s more a day to celebrate.”

The event attracted hundreds of students

Geese guard nest close to greenhouse

Route 1 development to bring 7-Eleven, Verizon Wireless Lot at Guilford Road to host businesses by fall

Students, staff dodge hissing, peck attacks

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By Eli Davis @thedbk For The Diamondback Students who have recently attempted to enter the university greenhouse likely have been forced to enter through a side or back door, and at least one student has faced the consequences of trying to cross enemy lines.

A goose and her male counterpart, a gander, have been closely guarding the door to the facility, which is north of Comcast Center.

While it might appear they are

geese often guard nests near the university greenhouse during the spring.

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merely annoyed by the visitors, the on the nest while the gander is on birds actually are nesting nearby, the lookout for predators, but “they and the gander turns defensive when can’t tell the difference between a person or a predator,” Zimmermann anyone approaches.

“They are very protective of their said. Foxes and raccoons, he said, nest,” said Nick Zimmermann, an are among the common threats in animal and avian sciences professor the College Park area. and poultry specialist.

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Development at the intersection of Guilford Road and Route 1 will bring a Verizon Wireless retailer and a 7-Eleven convenience store to the city by as early as this fall, with room for one more retailer, according to city officials.

Located in the lot adjacent to ZIPS Dry Cleaning and across the street from Plato’s Diner, the planned 6,000- to 7,000-sq u a re-fo ot retail building will take over the former site of Showcase Furniture, which closed several years ago, said

Michael Stiefvater, city economic development coordinator.

“The building sat vacant for a while, and the new folks bought it maybe about two years ago,” Stiefvater said. “They tore it down; they left the foundation in place and a little bit of the older structure there, so basically they’re just rebuilding a one-story building.”

7-Eleven and Verizon signed leases for the building before developers began construction, though progress on the project has been slower than expected, Stiefvater said.

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Washington area sees jump in new Catholics University students follow suit, convert during Easter Vigil

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer When Matt Ha came to this country in 1993 from a Buddhist upbringing in Vietnam, the 7-year-old had never been to a church service.

But after a friend exposed him to the Christian faith and after attending Catholic Mass with his girlfriend for the past two years, the sophomore computer science major said he has finally found where he belongs.

“My friend would speak about Christ and the teachings, and it really helped me,” Ha said. “I found it to be really comforting … but I didn’t want to rush into it.”

After learning more about the conversion process through the church, he decided to solidify his commitment to the faith during the Easter Vigil service Saturday at the Catholic Student Center.

Ha was one of four university students baptized this weekend among a class of 19, said Lisa Greey, the campus minister at the center.

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“It was awesome,” Ha said. “I’ve never experienced anything like that.

Everything was really new for me.”

The conversions were part of the record-breaking number of Catholic converts in the Washington area this year, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The 1,306 new Catholics entering the Archdiocese of Washington this year is the most ever observed.

The 19 students enrolled in the preparation course on the campus as part of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, a process in which adults commit to joining the Catholic faith and meet once a week for lectures about the religion.

“If somebody is interested in learning about the Catholic faith and possibly becoming Catholic, it’s not the kind of thing you just do overnight,” said the Rev. Rob Walsh, the Catholic Student Center’s chaplain.

“You need to really understand what you’re doing because it’s a lifelong commitment.”

Greey said the center’s RCIA class enrollment has fluctuated in the past, with 18 participants in 2012 and eight in 2013. People have been converting from several faiths and backgrounds, such as different Christian denominations or different religions, Greey said. Some come from nonreligious backgrounds, she said.

“It’s been del ayed, t he construction, and I really haven’t seen much i n the From PAGE 1 way of marketing yet,” Stiefso rough guess — maybe by end vater said. “I’ve heard of one or two things, but nothing of summer, early fall.”

7-Eleven will occupy half that’s far enough along to the retail space, and Verizon really talk about.”

The city’s nearest Verizon will take up a quarter, Stiefstore is about 3.5 miles north vater said. The third available lease for the remaining quarter of the development on Route 1. of the building has yet to be The new 7-Eleven, once constructed, will be the second signed.

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1,306 converts To Catholicism in the Washington area last year — the most ever, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

48 years

Since the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was founded

763,208 baptisms

Of infants in 2012, according to the a student walks toward the steps leading up to the Catholic Student Center.

People might be joining the church in this area because the Archdiocese of Washington has been focusing on new evangelization, Greey said, a strategy that spreads faith while strengthening one’s own beliefs through service and liturgy. The faith resounds on a campus such as this one, she said, because students tend to be seeking a purpose in life.

“You wind up connecting them w i t h fa i t h ,” G re ey sa i d . “ T h e Catholic faith has so much to say about why we’re here, so much to say about the value that each person has.”

Walsh said that while all students who decide to convert to Catholicism have different stories, most are looking for more than just

in less than a quarter-mile stretch of Route 1, sitting just south of the other location on Knox Road.

“It’s hard to say it will add much to downtown, considering there already is one,” Stiefvater said. “I don’t think it was probably the preferred use of many people.”

Senior Kelly Shaughnessy said sponsoring diversity among Route 1 businesses is

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parties and the “Route 1 life.” Some college students experiment to try to find happiness but often feel unfulfilled, he said.

“Some people say, ‘Well, it’s not for me,’ and you can’t force it,” Walsh said. “But other people say, ‘Yeah, I think I want to give that a shot.’”

Danny Baxter, a junior computer science major, grew up Catholic and graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville but said he didn’t completely know what his faith meant to him until coming to college.

“We did what we had to. We went to Mass every week and prayed every now and again at dinner and stuff like that,” Baxter said. “It was just like checking off the boxes of Catholicism.”

Baxter’s interest was at its highest in high school as he attended a

important for the city’s economic development.

“W hy would we need another 7-Eleven when there’s already one right there?” the English major asked.

Freshman computer science major Dan Cuthbert said he believes adding too many chain stores along Route 1 could hurt independent retailers, as he said is the case near his hometown.

2013 Official Catholic Directory religion class as part of his daily routine, but it wasn’t until he found the Catholic Student Center that he really felt engaged, he said.

“I was always interested by it, and I wanted to check off all the boxes to be a good Catholic,” Baxter said.

“And then I started realizing as I got older how fulfilling it is to do more than just check off the boxes and make it my own.”

The Catholic Church has been trying to move away from the poor press it’s gotten in the past, Baxter said. Building new relationships with people in the community has helped him, and “people are starting to realize what the church has to offer,” he said. eserpicodbk@gmail.com

“I’m actually from New Jersey, so I have a similar situation where I’m from,” he said.

“I think it takes away from small businesses.”

7-Eleven’s franchises are individually operated, Stiefvater said, and the owner of the Knox Road store will not own the Guilford Road franchise.

Despite the two stores’ proximity, the new location will offer some advantages for

Old Town and Calvert Hills residents, Stiefvater added.

“They’re able to walk there, and it’s closer than the other one without having to cross Route 1,” he said. “People that are driving in that direction will have an easy stop then without having to cross traffic. … You know, not maybe the ideal use, but it’s not a bad thing.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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GEESE From PAGE 1 “Eggs are wonderful nutrition for everyone,” Zimmermann said, which is what the real predators are after.

While the gander is patrolling the area, the attacking animals can come in from the opposite side and kill the unsuspecting goose, he said.

James Zazanis, a senior plant sciences major who works at the greenhouse, has been able to break the gander’s line of defense. As the gander began acting aggressive and hissing, Zazanis said he hissed back and was able to walk past him.

A group of prospective plant sciences majors receiving a tour of the greenhouse was not so lucky, however — Zazanis witnessed the gander charge a student, fly up and peck her on the face. The student walked away unscathed.

“She was just trau matized,” Zazanis said.

If the two birds are able to protect their eggs for 42 days, they will become proud parents, Zimmermann said. Because the geese will not let people get close enough, Zimmer-

EARTH From PAGE 1 carbon-neutral new construction and purchased power from renewable sources.

The first goal is to reduce campus electricity use by 20 percent by 2020, an effort that has an expected price tag of $20 million a year until 2020 in up-front costs, but will save more than $300 million over 20 years, said Office of Sustainability Senior Project Manager Mark Stewart.

The other two goals will employ new building designs with strict energy-efficiency standards, as well as using and buying energy from renewable sources; the only place the university will be purchasing power.

“These will probably cost a little bit more than what we are spending now on traditional power,” Stewart said. “But compared to the savings that we’re going to achieve through energy conservation, the cost is just a fraction of the savings.”

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Dean John Townshend announced a sustainability plan specific for his college — the pioneering plan for this university at the event.

sga From PAGE 1 able to run for president.

“The governance board made a terrible decision,” Ratner said.

After the election board denied Ratner’s candidacy, he appealed the board. The board accepted his appeal, allowing him to be an eligible candidate. The governance board then reviewed the election board’s decision, and found it unconstitutional to grant the appeal. Once again, Ratner became ineligible to campaign.

The decision comes after the SGA made a last-minute extension Sunday night to give students three more days to register to run for a position.

Based on the bylaws, there is no way for Ratner to become eligible to run, SGA President Samantha Zwerling said.

The latest appeal follows a long conflict between the SGA election and governance boards, the latter of which serves as “the Supreme Court of SGA,” SGA Speaker of the Legislature Adam Janus said.

“The appeal also went to elec-

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mann said he can’t determine how far along the eggs are, nor how many there are.

Yesterday, however, the goose and the gander appeared to have moved from the front of the greenhouse.

Julie Kromkowski, Facilities Management’s assistant to the associate vice president, speculated the eggs might have hatched, based on the time of year. And although he has no hard evidence, Shaun Faulkner, greenhouse facility manager, agreed with Kromkowski’s theory.

Spring and summer, when food is most prevalent, is the best time for goose eggs to hatch, Zimmermann said.

“It takes through the rest of the summer for them to grow up, and then they mate the following year,” he said.

Once the eggs hatch, these geese will no longer camp outside of the greenhouse, but they likely will remain in the College Park area because they are nonmigratory birds, Zimmermann said.

William Patterson, a junior communication major, laughed off any perceived danger of the nesting because he was able to walk past a

number of geese on his way to the greenhouse for a class discussion.

As he approached the front door, his teaching assistant came out with a concerned look, Patterson wrote in an email.

“Before I really comprehended the situation, one of the geese starts hissing and running at me,” he wrote. He was able to escape from the gander, but “spent discussion time watching as others got hissed at from the window of [his] classroom.”

The geese are federally protected, so Facilities Management cannot harm them or remove them from the campus, Kromkowski wrote in an email. The department installs fences and coyote decoys to keep the geese away from certain areas on the campus, she wrote.

“The nesting birds would not be the responsibility of [Facilities Management] unless someone has asked for them to be removed,” which no one has requested, Kromkowski wrote.

Jordan Harris, a graduate student pursuing his master’s degree in plant pathology, said this is the third straight year he has seen the nest by the front door of the green-

This plan will follow Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification standards to implement small changes such as water refill stations, fewer papers in classes, accessible recycling bins and a push toward greener behavior.

“Everyone has to be involved, and now we have continued commitment. So we’ve all got to change the way we think about the environment,” Townshend said. “We have to take personal responsibility.”

Carlo Colella, administration and finance vice president, expanded on Loh’s initiatives at the event and announced a new Engineering and Energy Department within Facilities Management. He encouraged students to realize the impact they have as individuals.

The university’s commitment to sustainability was echoed by the more than 400 students who participated in the “What Will YOU(md) Do?” Sustainability Challenge. Of those students, 36 went on to participate in an essay contest. One essay winner, freshman electrical engineering major Jay Rao, said though costs may lessen the appeal of sustainability projects, they should remain a pri-

ority for this university.

“I know there are a lot of groups trying to lower tuition; funding will always be an issue,” Rao said. “As long as we focus on the big picture ... eventually we can get there.”

Collela said it’s unclear whether these new initiatives will financially impact students, although the projects will be costly regardless of where the money comes from.

“When you run the numbers, it makes good business sense to do this, but you have to have access to some capital,” Colella said. “The sooner we can do some of these, the sooner we reap the savings. That said, sometimes there’s an initial cost that takes a payback period.”

Most of the programs will be paid for by the university, grants, loans and contracts, Stewart said.

“I’m optimistic and hopeful that we can reach it in the time that we’ve allotted,” Colella said. “They seem daunting when you set them out there, and then you find a way. We’re public with our goals and that helps us be creative and accountable to them.”

tions board previously, so a lot of the information just got delayed in the process, so it ended up not finishing until yesterday or this morning,” he said. “But the governance board’s priority isn’t the election, it is to make sure to hold up the bylaws of the constitution. So they were more worried about that than when the election or campaigning started.”

According to the bylaws, all decisions made by the governance board are final, Zwerling said.

“It depends on your interpretation of the bylaws,” Ratner said. “The bylaws say the election board has appellate jurisdiction … including the constitutional matters, and they are not allowing me to have a further appeal with the election board.”

Zwerling said she could not comment on whether the Ethics Committee, which would decide if Ratner could stay in the SGA, will investigate Ratner’s claims.

The SGA declined to reveal the names of any new candidates until after registration ends today at 11:59 p.m., though Adam Krefetz, Election Board chairman, said they

had received multiple registrations Monday night.

The long process showed the problems with the rules of the election, Zwerling said, adding that in recent history, she had never heard of an unopposed presidential candidate becoming ineligible.

“We have definitely seen ways that we need to clean up our bylaws and be a lot more explicit about what would happen in a scenario like this,” Zwerling said, “especially just in terms of determining what should be confidential and what shouldn’t be.”

The SGA Constitution and Bylaws Committee will take a closer look into the appeals process for elections and the governance board in order to clear up confusion, Janus said. These problems will also be discussed at a Constitution and Bylaws committee meeting Sunday afternoon and in a legislative meeting next Wednesday.

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THE UNIVERSITY GREENHOUSE near Comcast Center is the site of a goose nest. stephanie natoli/for the diamondback house. In past years, he got close to the nest and said it appeared to be made from dead grass. This year, Harris said he was approaching the front of the greenhouse when the gander lowered his head, ran at him and then went airborne and flapped his wings. Harris ran back and the gander backed off but began hissing as he landed.

“I didn’t even go near it this year,” Harris said.

Zimmermann said the goose and gander cannot seriously injure people

safety From PAGE 1 the community; and it’s just dangerous for everybody involved, and something has to happen about that.”

College Park Mayor Andy Fellows said he hopes “the extraordinary set of events that have happened,” will encourage the city, university and local businesses to collaborate on a solution. A pedestrian was hit early Saturday near the intersection of Route 1 and Knox Road, and a vehicle fatally struck George Washington University senior Carlos Pacanins on April 11 in the same area.

“What are the things that we can do on a state road that would make it pedestrian friendly and pedestrian safe?” Fellows said Friday. “And at that time of night it may be related to people consuming alcohol and coming out of the bars that are right there. Obviously that’s not an easy issue to address.”

A Change.org petition urging Fellows to have the city build sidewalk barriers outside of Cornerstone Grill and Loft and R.J. Bentley’s has gained almost 2,000 signatures since junior community health major Megan Keane started it Thursday night.

“Reading all these messages on the petition … so many

unless they peck them in the eye. If a person lay down and allowed the geese to peck him or her, it could cause some damage, but a single peck shouldn’t hurt anyone, he said — and passersby confronted by the geese should try to stay away from the beak.

“All you have to do is grab hold of their neck and keep their beak away from you,” he said. “Their weapon is their beak.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

people have gotten injured in the same intersection,” Keane said Friday. “It’s just like how has this not happened yet?”

Some city residents said they do not think sidewalk barriers would be an effective solution.

City resident David Dorsch, who spoke at last night’s City Council meeting, said he was concerned students would sit on the wall and engage in other dangerous behaviors. He suggested the city build a rail along the curb of the road to discourage people from what he observed as “racing” across the streets.

“Students have to provide for their own safety,” Dorsch said.

“It’s their number one responsibility; it’s their own safety.”

During last week’s City Council meeting discussion on pedestrian safety, District 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich said drivers should yield to people in the street, even though pedestrians might cross at inopportune times.

“When you are trying to cross [Route 1] and other cars are trying to turn, when they see that pedestrian signal says ‘don’t walk,’ they think the pedestrian doesn’t have a right to be in that crosswalk,” Stullich said. “So it’s a problem.”

McGrath attributes the laissez-faire attitude when crossing streets to the campus culture of students crossing streets as they please and cars that drive slowly and always stop for pedestrians.

“We’re almost trained that

on campus cars always stop for us,” McGrath said. “The attitude and training that we are used to on campus … that is not the same once you get off campus.”

The City Council sent a letter to the State Highway Administration on April 15 with requests to improve pedestrians safety on Route 1. The city has not received a response as of last night, City Manager Joe Nagro said.

University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said on Monday that officials from the State Highway Administration, University Police, Prince George’s County Police and city and university officials will meet in early May to discuss pedestrian safety.

Until then, Limansky said, University Police are on Route 1 reminding pedestrians to obey the traffic laws. County police officers handed passersby fliers reminding them of pedestrian laws Friday night on Route 1.

“We are reminding people, what they probably have known most of their lives, to cross at the corner, at the intersection with your signal,” Limansky said. “All of these accidents include people crossing inappropriately, crossing in the middle, in the in-between intersections, not having the signal available for them to cross, darting into the road without looking and just not paying attention.” esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014

OPINION

EDITORIAL BOARD

Mike King

Editor in Chief

DAN APPENFELLER Managing Editor

Interns are employees, too Students should support failed bill to redefine the word ‘intern’

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of committee this year, despite support from a number of legislators and this university. This editorial board commends the university for taking a stand for students with internships.

OUR VIEW

The failed state bill would rightfully grant interns more opportunities to combat unfair discrimination and harassment.

Student Government Association President Samantha Zwerling said she believes the bill did not make it through committee because of an amendment introduced to allow interns to seek compensation for workplace discrimination and sexual harassment. Bills take a few years to get passed in the state, but it doesn’t make sense to stop this bill from coming to a vote.

The Maryland Chamber of Commerce website claims the body’s reasoning for opposing the bill is: “because the U.S. Department of Labor already provides

guidance for classifying unpaid i n te r n s u n d e r t h e Fa i r L a b o r Standards Act. [The chamber is] concerned that if [Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation] sets its own set of factors contrary to the Federal law it will become problematic and confusing for business owners and will likely increase liability costs.”

However, neither line of reasoning against the bill — protecting businesses from compensating h a ra s s e d i n te r n s a n d m a k i n g standards confusing for business owners — makes much sense.

The bottom line is people should not face workplace discrimination or sexual harassment, regardless of their status in a company. If businesses are afraid of not following the correct standards, they should set strict guidelines and ensure all employees to comply.

Lawmakers and university officials believe the issue will be brought back to a committee, and we urge legislators to ensure there is at least a vote on the matter.

That way, we can know who to lobby to change their mind, to believe in a safer environment for student interns.

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Avoiding hasty generalizations

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n Monday, after Easter, I was fascinated to read Caroline Carlson’s column “Evangelizing the ignorant atheist culture.” As a longtime member of the university community and a devout theist of the Christian persuasion, I actually found her column refreshing.

However, many in the religious community are also ignorant. As a person of faith, I’m really hurt when we focus on the dark side of humanity and religion (e.g. the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades of the Middle Ages, the Puritan settlers’

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n te r n s h i p s a re e s s e n t i a l to college students’ lives, especially at this university. Many majors have internship requirements, and there is logic behind the idea that internships can help students’ future job prospects.

And while everyone hopes for a paid internship, it’s common for students to take unpaid opportunities.

However, one of the pitfalls of accepting an unpaid internship in this state is that interns are not officially considered employees by the state’s definition of the word “intern.”

This typically prevents interns from filing sexual harassment and workplace discrimination lawsuits, which in turn allows employers to treat these interns however they wish unhindered — no matter how immoral.

Id ea l ly, t h i s wo u l d n o t b e a problem. But it has proven itself to be a real issue — Del. Kathleen Dumais (D-Montgomery) and Sen. Nancy King (D-Montgomery) sponsored a bill to redefine “intern” to allow them to seek protection and get proper access to complaint procedures. It would provide unpaid interns a way to combat discrimination and sexual harassment.

But the bill didn’t make it out

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witch hunts, murders of women’s clinic doctor George T iller and gay high school student Matthew Shepard, the Westboro Baptist Church’s protests, etc.). We then falsely blanket others based on association fallacies (informal inductive fallacies, such as hasty generalizations or red herring fallacies). These appeals to emotion hide a fact we don’t want to face.

You see, in reality, it’s neither the faith community nor atheists who are exclusively ignorant; it’s all of humanity. We must be honest enough

to check ourselves. What is the foundation of your moral compass and what conditions will cause you to compromise it?

As students, many of you will make these decisions for yourselves during your tenure as undergraduates.

Hopefully there are a few good examples of people of faith and people of nonfaith for you to emulate.

Fuller Ming is the assistant director for information systems for Dining Services. He can be reached at fming@umd.edu.

Don’t waste time; focus on the future ERIK SHELL College, despite the rhetoric bouncing around the media these days, is good for a great many things. We all have been an officer for that one club, taken a fun one-credit class, had adventures around the campus and perhaps even studied abroad.

And that’s a good thing. College is, as any real adult will tell you, one of the last times in your life when you have the freedom to drift around. It is the last time to try out some of those less comfortable (or legal) and more mysterious aspects of things you might love or, on the flip side, find you hate. Success and failure (outside of the classroom) get a nice bit of padding while we’re in college.

But there are some experiences that change your college mindset in radical ways. Among them are transferring schools, working a real job, flunking out or even just a little finals-induced identity crisis. All of a sudden, this kind of lateral drifting from subject to subject, from hobby to entertainment, gets outdated.

I recently had that realization.

Between my writing, theater employment and endless side projects, I started looking at my major, the thing I’ll be doing the rest of my life, as an ever-smaller piece of the pie. I thought if I had these other things, then I would be safe if, say, academia itself came crumbling down.

These extra things we do, whether for security or some other reaso n, b eco me little self-fulfilling prophecies: You write a blog; it gets better; you start getting paid; and soon that little thing you used to do on the side has turned itself into an obligation that, if you break it,

becomes a financial burden.

Now this is fine if writing a blog (or whittling figurines or researching Caribbean piracy) is what you want to be doing. A bit of advice: If you would continue to go to this job the day after you win the lottery, it is what you should be doing for the rest of your life.

But when these clubs and, frankly, other time-wasters become an overbearing part of your life, they begin to cheat the future you of hours, days or years of training you otherwise could have accomplished while in the safety of college.

It is like the story of Cortés, who burned all of his boats after landing in Mexico (as legend tells it, although the historical accuracy is debated) so his soldiers wouldn’t think they could return home.

G ra n te d , t h i s i s a te r r i b l e example. The events that followed were horrific in every respect.

But the image is a vivid and apt one. In my life, this equated to leaving my fantastic job, not seeking leadership positions for the fall and factory-wiping my PS3 to sell it. After having done this, destroying boats is the only image that really captures the feelings that go along with it.

B u t yo u t ra d e t h a t d rea d f u l feeling for one of total investment in your future, of more clearly seeing where you want to be and working actively to get there.

Having fun and being a multifaceted individual is, of course, a good thing. But once you get yourself on track for the rest of your life, it is important to have the courage to cut loose any extraneous drain on your precious time. After all, if college teaches you anything, it should be that your future deserves your full attention.

E r i k S h e l l i s a j u n i o r c l a ss i cal languages and literatures and history major. He can be reached at eshelldbk@gmail.com.

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Analyzing awkwardness: What makes an awkward moment?

KEVIN HOGAN Every Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m. while walking back from class, my roommate and I exchange an awkward “hello” with a mutual acquaintance. She’s the classic example of “that person” who you know through a friend, and feel like you should acknowledge when you pass by, but wouldn’t really have anything of substance to say to if you ended up stopping to chat.

My roommate and I are accustomed to the pattern of when and where we run into her — we notice her walking toward us from 100 yards away. It’s brutal. We have to pretend we don’t see her until we enter the

25-foot radius in which greeting somebody becomes socially acceptable. On top of that, we can’t even check for eye contact because she wears sunglasses that make it impossible to see where she’s looking.

Jeez, I hope she doesn’t read this.

That’ll only make it worse.

I spend a lot of mental energy thinking about how to navigate situations like these and painfully reliving the botches I’ve made in the past. Most of this energy, I suspect, is completely wasted. I wonder whether hypersensitivity to social clumsiness might play an integral role in human interaction.

The feeling of awkwardness is connected fundamentally to either sympathy or a fear of vulnerability. In the case of sympathy, you might feel awkward because you’re

concerned about hurting somebody else’s feelings. Maybe you got asked out on a date unexpectedly, or maybe you tasted someone’s terrible home cooking and you find yourself lying so you don’t have to be brutally honest.

As for fearing vulnerability, you feel awkward because you’re worried about what somebody will think about your actions. You might be trying to make a good first impression on someone you just met, or you might want to avoid looking bad in front of an authoritative figure.

You fumble over your words because you’re convinced you have to say everything perfectly.

In both of these cases, it is clear awkward interaction is inefficient communication, leaving much to the interpretation of subtle cues and

euphemisms. Also, it’s uncomfortable for everybody involved.

I find it interesting that people largely grow into experiencing this unpleasant feeling rather t h a n g row o u t o f i t . C h i l d re n are virtually immune to feeling awkward because they lack sufficient knowledge of “proper” social interaction to judge their experiences against. As adults, we often depend on alcohol to loosen up and feel as carefree as we did when we were young. We also find TV shows like The Office hilarious because of their cringe-worthy moments we can so easily relate to.

I think it would be very refreshing if, for one day, everyone decided to disregard the facade of civility and to act honestly and instinctually.

This social experiment might turn

people a little crazy, but we would learn how the people around us think. And as individuals, we could be free of judgment.

This sort of talk makes me want to surprise my acquaintance with a big hug when I see her Wednesday morning, just to mix things up a bit. But, of course, I’m not quite ready for that, and I don’t think our culture is either. Awkwardness is necessary because it bounds our interactions to a predictable, comprehensible and safe format.

Nevertheless, I make an effort occasionally to push the envelope.

Life loses meaning when you’re caught up in pretending.

Kevin Hogan is a senior computer engineering major. He can be reached at khogandbk@gmail.com.

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By Dustin Levy @DustinBLevy Staff writer Justin Wisor started blogging to document his stint with veganism. Raven Best began a blog in an attempt to empower women of color.

And five freshman journalism students figured a blog would be a good way to accumulate clips and boost their resumes.

As these students’ goals have developed, they said their passion for blogging has only increased. And with more students taking the initiative to start and maintain online media platforms, they are showing future employers what they have to offer outside the confines of a standard resume and cover letter.

Best, a senior sociology major, said she felt disheartened by the media’s depiction of women of color after taking a few courses on gender and race relations. “[The] vast majority of the media caters to a white audience and it is hard for women of color to find positive figures to identify with, so I wanted to create a blog that decreased that disparity,” she said.

Best launched her blog, The Free Your Mind Project, in August. It’s formatted as an online magazine; she plans themes for each month —

April has focused on music — and attempts to interview two individuals who relate to the topic.

“I wanted to create a space that showcased and celebrated the diversity in the black female community, that proved that we are not all the same and that there is not only one way to be,” Best said.

Wisor, a junior bioengineering major, also set out to spur change when he launched WisorHealth in July 2012. As an overweight child who lost weight with the help of a youth group trainer in middle school, Wisor gained an appreciation for health and nutrition. After his grandfather died of brain cancer, Wisor was inspired to combat disease and live healthier.

“At that point, this was no longer about weight,” he said. “I wanted health, and [I] immersed myself beyond the number on the scale.”

For Wisor, blogging is a means to express his ideas without “pissing off anyone in sight.” Wisor had decided veganism was the remedy for chronic disease but changed his stance five months later after reading about the paleo movement, an evolution-based diet with a focus on heavy proteins and low carbohydrates. Wisor is committed to discrediting outdated and unhealthy nutritional habits and uses

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his blog to express his thoughts.

“Many of my recent posts are filled with harsh criticism of the current world we live in along with words of encouragement and empowerment that fight the status quo,” he said.

Conversely, five freshmen who aspire to be journalists were originally more interested in increasing internship opportunities than innovating when they created their blog.

They introduced The Left Bench in the fall to cover the sports they knew about and enjoyed. However, they soon learned their platform presented the opportunity to do something different than most.

“Our goal now has changed drastically,” said Michael Stern, one of the site’s founders. “Now we want to make a product that would entertain and educate the average reader. We want to write on topics that may not be written about in the current marketplace.”

A recent post analyzed the “best swings in the MLB” and included animated GIFs of baseball sluggers.

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Kofie Yeboah, one of The Left Bench’s founders and a former Diamondback staff writer, even served on a Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism panel in March to discuss entrepreneurial journalism.

“Because we created a professional-looking product, we have shown that our skill set is more well-rounded than the typical journalism student,” Stern said.

“People are even more impressed that we are freshmen and have already done this.”

But the upside of blogging disguises the hard work it takes to keep producing content, especially for those who are trying to balance online writing and classes.

“Some of the difficulties of keeping it going are making sure our staff continues to write,” Stern said. “We expanded during winter break so once classes began, people slowed their writing down.”

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No. 12-seed Terps set to play No. 13-seed Wake Forest Entering the ACC tournament last year, the Terrapins tennis team had a 6-15 record.

The team managed one win in the ACC and one win against a ranked opponent.

Georgia Tech ended the Terps campaign by beating them in the first round.

But today, a new Terps team will take the courts in Cary, N.C., for an ACC tournament first-round matchup against No. 13-seed Wake Forest after making progress through the season.

Six ACC teams are in the nation’s top 20 entering the tournament, so the No. 12-seed Terps (9-12, 4-10 ACC) will be challenged to make a deep run.

The team, however, has significantly improved from last season after their top player

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from last year, Vroni Van Berlo, graduated and their No. 2 player, Sarah Gealer, transferred to Hawaii.

This season, the Terps defeated three teams ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The Terps earned a ranking this week — No. 73 — for the second time on the year after remaining unranked all of last year.

The Terps also earned a 4-3 victory over Wake Forest (11-12, 3-11) in Winston-Salem, N.C., two weeks ago.

Before joining the Big Ten next season, the Terps will look to leave the ACC with a good impression this week and cap a season of improvement with a positive performance.

—Staff writer Jacob Walker

nonconference teams earlier this season, the Terps pitching typically kept the game close.

The Terps’ other midweek loss was a 3-2 defeat to Mount St. Mary’s in which they stranded a season-high 17 runners.

Plus, the Terps had a 2.19 ERA against non-conference opponents entering yesterday’s contest and were holding them to a .177 average.

B u t ye s te rd a y, S t i l e s made his second start of the season and couldn’t get out of the fifth inning.

Stile got the start after left-hander Jake Drossner, who began the season as the Terps No. 1 midweek starter, started Sunday’s 13-6 extrainnings loss. Right-hander Bobby Ruse, who has made three midweek starts, pitched five innings in relief Sunday.

Though Stiles entered yesterday with a 2.55 ERA in 24.2 innings, he allowed West Virginia to score six runs on seven hits and one walk in four-plus innings.

The Mountaineers opened the scoring with a run in the second and tacked on two

Left-hander Tayler stiles gave up six runs on seven hits and one walk in four-plus innings yesterday in the Terps’ 14-2 loss to West Virginia. christian jenkins/the diamondback more in the fourth, the first of four straight innings in which they scored two or more runs. Boyd’s homer in the fifth ended Stiles’ day.

Right-hander Jared Price, who replaced Stiles, gave up five runs in one inning of work.

After most losses, the Terps tried to find something to build on, but Szefc said he couldn’t find anything to spark optimism

after yesterday’s loss. So as the Terps move forward into the latter part of their season, they will simply try to forget their performance in Morgantown.

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give the Terps a 3-1 lead.

Chanenchuk completed his hat trick with 5.7 seconds remaining in the half to extend the Terps’ lead to three goals entering the break. He received the ball at the top of the offensive formation and quickly dodged to his right hand before sneaking a lowangle shot, just under the crossbar, past Notre Dame goalkeeper Conor Kelly.

While Chanenchuk didn’t score in the second half, the rest of the Terps followed their captain’s example and continued the efficient offensive performance. Attackman Matt Rambo and West added goals in the third quarter. LoCascio scored early in the fourth quarter.

And Cannizzaro completed a hat trick in the final minutes to seal the victory.

But it was the Terps’ most experienced offensive player who catalyzed the win.

“If I can get one early, it builds a little confidence in everybody, in our offense,” Chanenchuk said. “It just kind of worked out that I had some open shots and I was able to bury them.”

for an outlet on either side of the field to escape persistent pressure from the opposition.

And Tillman said it’s important to have good decision-makers like Chanenchuk on the field during those crucial moments.

“Having him out there, there is a sense of leadership,” Tillman said. “That’s really the reason we’ve been doing it.”

De s p i te t h e p os i t i o n change, Chanenchuk’s role in the Terps offense changed very little. As a sharpshooter, the senior still spent most of the game at the top of the offensive formation, looking to dodge or fire from long range.

H is second goal of the contest came during an extra-man opportunity with 39 seconds left in the first quarter. Fighting Irish defender Stephen O’Hara forced the Chanenchuk out of the restraining box but sank back closer to the goal to avoid getting pulled out of position.

Chanenchuk noticed O’Hara retreating and ripped a righthanded bullet from 15 yards out to the top left corner to dpopperdbk@gmail.com

MIDFIELDER MIKE CHANENCHUK spent time playing attack in the first 11 games but didn’t start as an attackman until Saturday’s victory over the Fighting Irish. christian jenkins/the diamondback

NOTEBOOK From PAGE 8 postseason, but Reese said Saturday’s win provided valuable experience for the future.

“We created some depth there,” Reese said, “which was what we need moving forward.”

DEFENSIVE LAPSES

INFIELDER LINDSEY SCHMEiSER started 30 games, posted a .286 batting average and had four home runs this season before she suffered a torn meniscus in a game against Delaware State last week, which will keep her out for the rest of the year. rebecca rainey/the diamondback

BISON From PAGE 8 weekend and Kaitlyn continued her recent success in the circle by earning the win in Game 3.

Strange, who has taken over at shortstop, has also had to make adjustments since Schmeiser’s injury to settle into her new position.

But position switches aren’t new to Strange, who started the first five games of the season at third base while infielder Jessica Warner was sidelined with injuries.

And when a hamstring injury forced Schmeiser to move to first base in mid-February, Strange filled in at shortstop.

Strange has struggled at times in this position — she made three errors against then-No. 2 Washington on Feb. 20 — but she’s made improvements during the year.

Watten praised the sophomore’s defense after she committed one error in three games against Virginia Tech.

“Juli did a great job stepping in and playing short,” Watten said.

“She made some great plays and made some double plays.”

Just like Strange will need time to get used to her new position, the Terps (6-32) have to adapt to playing without Schmeiser. And today’s midweek doubleheader against Howard (4-31) presents an opportunity for the Terps to further their efforts to replace one of their valuable young players.

“We have a team that is willing to stick together no matter what,” Kaitlyn Schmeiser said. “We’re going to hit bumps like this, but she wants us to be tough, obviously, so that’s what we’re going to go out and do.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

On a day when the Terps offense erupted for a seasonhigh 22 goals, the defense struggled to slow the Hokies attackers. The Terps allowed 12 goals, which was the second most they’ve given up this year behind the 17 they allowed to then-No. 1 North Carolina in an April 5 loss.

Virginia Tech often ran isolation plays for its attackers, and Terps defenders were late to help on their slides.

The Terps didn’t receive much help from goalkeepers Abbey Clipp and Emily Kift, who both allowed six scores on nine shots on goal in their respective halves of play.

While some of the secondhalf goals came with the Hokies starters playing against the Terps reserves, the starters also failed to contain Virginia Tech and allowed six goals on 10 shots in the first half.

“Defense was an area that I think we struggled in,” Reese said. “Virginia Tech had a lot

MIDFIELDER TAYLOR CUMMINGS and the Terps won 15 of the 23 ground balls in Saturday’s win over Virginia Tech in their regular-season finale. stephanie natoli/for the diamondback of unassisted goals in the beBALANCED ATTACK ginning, which shows us that we aren’t helping our teamA year after attacker Alex Aust mates out very much.” led the Terps to an average of more than 15 goals per game with her 55 goals, the Terps have had WINNING GROUND BALLS similar success with a balanced Despite the Terps’ 16-1 scoring attack this season. record, they have struggled to The Terps again averaged win ground balls on a regular more than 15 goals per game, ba s i s t h i s sea so n . T h ey this time without a domientered the matchup against nant scorer. After attacker Virginia Tech with a slight Brooke Griffin notched four advantage, 225-219, over op- goals in the finale, the Terps ponents in the category. finished the regular season Reese made ground balls with three players tied for a point of emphasis before the team lead in goals. the game, and the Terps reMidfielders Kelly McPartsponded by winning 15 out land and Taylor Cummings join of 23 ground ball opportuni- Griffin with 44 goals each this ties. They received a host of season. The same three Terps contributions, and 10 Terps are also the top facilitators picked up a ground ball. on the team, and McPartland “We should get ground balls leads the way with 25 assists. all the time because it is a simple hustle stat,” Reese said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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BASEBALL | MOUNTAINEERS 14, TERPS 2

Pitching struggles in blowout Szefc calls season’s largest defeat team’s ‘worst day of the year’

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer

and a combination of Henry West and Cannizzaro, who made the shift from midfield to attack against then-No. 8 Virginia on March 30.

Against the Fighting Irish, though, the senior started the game in the offensive third — something Tillman’s experimented with during the season. In a number of contests this year, Tillman said he’s played Chanenchuk at attack during faceoff situations to provide faceoff specialist Charlie Raffa and wingers Michael Ehrhardt and Brian Cooper with a more experienced stick.

Once Raffa, Ehrhardt or Cooper pick up a ground ball and secure possession, they look

Terrapins baseball left-hander Tayler Stiles fired a 3-1 pitch to West Virginia center fielder Bobby Boyd, who ripped the ball over the right-field fence. His three-run homer was part of a five-run fifth inning that gave the Mountaineers a commanding 8-0 lead yesterday.

That big inning doomed the Terps to a 14-2 loss to West Virginia at Hawley Field in Morgantown, W. Va., matching their largest defeat of the season. The Terps’ attempt to juggle their midweek rotation backfired, and their offense faltered after a productive weekend.

“We were pretty bad on the mound,” coach John Szefc said. “We were just as bad at the plate. It was about as much of a team loss as you are going to see. Probably our worst day of the year.”

The Terps entered yesterday’s game on an offensive tear. In a series victory over then-No. 25 Georgia Tech this weekend, they scored four runs or more in all three games, and they tied a season-high with 16 hits Sunday.

But the Terps (24-15), who scored a run before the third inning in every game this weekend, didn’t get a hit until the fourth and didn’t plate a run until the sixth against the Mountaineers (20-16).

Mountaineer left-hander Ross Vance, who entered with a 3.60 ERA, pitched six innings of one-run ball in his second start of the season.

“Their pitcher is OK,” Szefc said.

“He’s no better than any other pitcher we’ve seen all year, but we just couldn’t figure anything out against him in general.”

W h e n t h e o f fe n s e fa i l e d to produce in midweek games against

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See WVU, Page 7

MIDFIELDER MIKE CHANENCHUK scored three goals in the first half of the Terps’ victory over Notre Dame. It was the senior’s first start at attack after he starting at midfield in the first 11 games.

SETTING THE TONE

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Chanenchuk’s three first-half goals prove crucial in Saturday’s 12-8 victory over Notre Dame

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer Mike Chanenchuk wasted no time ending his recent scoreless streak Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The midfielder failed to find the back of the net for the first time all season in a five-goal loss at Johns Hopkins on April 12. But less than three minutes into the Terps’ matchup with the Fighting Irish, Chanenchuk — making his first start of the season at attack — collected a feed from attackman Connor Cannizzaro in the crease and backpedaled several steps before ripping a turn-

around right-handed shot into the top corner.

Chanenchuk scored two more times before the close of the first half as part of a crisp offensive performance from the No. 7 Terps, who clinched the ACC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament with a 12-8 victory over then-No. 8 Notre Dame before an announced 2,242 at Arlotta Stadium.

“You’re hoping that in a big game like this, somebody is going to step up,” coach John Tillman said. “And Michael, as a veteran guy for us who’s been through it — I thought that was really big.”

Before Saturday, Chanenchuk — who leads the Terps with 28 goals and 16 assists — started the first 11 games at midfield along with Joe LoCascio

SOFTBALL | HOWARD PREVIEW

WOMEN’S LACROSSE | NOTEBOOK

Terps look to replace younger Schmeiser Shortstop out for year with torn meniscus suffered in April 16 win over Delaware State “EVERYONE HAS IN THEIR MIND THAT THEY HAVE TO STEP UP, SO WE ARE ALL The crowd fell silent as infielder STEPPING UP AND TRYING Lindsey Schmeiser lay in pain on TO FILL IN HER SHOES.”

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer

the grass in shallow center field at Maryland Softball Stadium on April 16. Schmeiser, the shortstop, and infielder Juli Strange, running out from her position at second base, collided when they tried to catch a pop-up against Delaware State.

Schmeiser — who started all but six games as a freshman and 30 of the first 38 games this season — remained on the ground for a few minutes. She eventually stood up with the help of her teammates, who assisted her off the field and into the Terps dugout.

The Terps won the game, but they learned afterward Schmeiser suffered a torn meniscus in the collision and will miss the rest of the season.

In their first series without their No. 3 hitter, the Terps dropped the first two games against Virginia Tech before turning in a solid performance Sunday to avoid the sweep.

The Terps will look to carry their success from the series finale into today’s doubleheader with Howard and continue to improve without Schmeiser in the lineup.

“Everyone has in their mind that

AMANDA MCCANN

Terrapins softball outfielder they have to step up, so we are all stepping up and trying to fill in her shoes,” outfielder Amanda McCann said. “We’ll be fine.”

But Schmeiser’s absence hurt the Terps at the plate in Game 1 against the Hokies. Without the sophomore in the middle of the order — she was hitting .286 and was tied for the team lead with four home runs — the Terps had one hit and managed two base runners in a 3-0 defeat.

“Offensively, it hurts,” coach Laura Watten said. “But we just have to overcome that. We’ve got balance and we have enough hitters all throughout the lineup that can do that.”

Schmeiser’s injury has taken an emotional toll on the Terps, and Watten said Kaitlyn Schmeiser, Lindsey’s older sister, “got a little freaked out” when Lindsey’s injury occurred. But Lindsey’s cheers from the bench comforted her sister this See bison, Page 7

Attacker brooke griffin scored four goals in the regular-season finale to finish in a four-way tie for the team lead in goals with 44. stephanie natoli/for the diamondback

Reserves see time versus Hokies Defense struggles in lopsided victory; Terps win ground ball battle

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Attacker Mary Angstadt and defender Annie Farrell got their first starts of the season in the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team’s regular-season finale Saturday. The two seniors joined midfielders Beth Glaros and Jen Mendez as the four seniors to start on Senior Day. By the end of the game, every healthy player on the roster had appeared in the No. 1 Terps’ 22-12 win over Virginia Tech. The seniors started their final regular-season

game, and inexperienced underclassmen received playing time against an ACC foe.

“It’s nice to be able to do at this time of the year,” coach Cathy Reese said. “It’s nice to kind of take a break and give some other people an opportunity and a shot.”

After a rigorous nine-game stretch in which all of the Terps’ opponents were or had been ranked at one point during the season, the contest with the Hokies provided an opportunity to rest the starters before the ACC tournament begins tomorrow.

Mos t o f t h e Te r ps re se rve s entered the game in the second

half but were ineffective. But when Reese put the starters back in, the Terps opened a 10-goal lead midway through the final period, and the bench players returned to the field to run out the clock.

“We had players in that hadn’t been in that situation before and a lot of them are young players for us that we are working on,” Reese said. “They had a chance to hold the ball and possess it, and they did a great job.”

The Terps’ backups might not need to close out a game in the See notebook, Page 7