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Student robbed in backyard Armed robbery results in police sending out third crime alert in past week BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer
A 19-year-old student was robbed at gunpoint last night as she sat in the backyard of a home on Rhode Island Avenue, University Police said. The student was working on her laptop in the backyard of a
house on the 8300 block of Rhode Island Avenue at 8:38 p.m. when a man jumped the surrounding four-foot fence and asked for directions. He then produced a gun, grabbed the student’s laptop and fled the scene. The student then called authorities. The crime resulted in University Police sending out the third
crime alert in the past week, coming after the first-degree assault downtown last week and a strongarm robbery Sunday morning. The Lakeland neighborhood in which the crime took place was described by residents as ordinarily secure. There is a paved walking path that runs through the community.
“It’s usually pretty safe,” said James Nealis, 51, who has lived in the neighborhood for 17 years and who lives next door to the house at which the crime took place. “Sometimes problems occur along the path, but that’s about it.”
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Compromise may increase support of Sachs’ plan, but many still have reservations BY DERBY COX Staff writer
The balance of SGA power could be significantly changed if a series of reforms to be formally proposed by SGA President Jonathan Sachs tonight are adopted. The changes, which will be formally introduced as a bill during JONATHAN SACHS today’s meeting, are SGA PRESIDENT designed to strengthen the legislature, Sachs said last week. Some legislators have reservations, including that it may prevent the most qualified students from holding key positions. The bill would amend the Sudent Government Association bylaws to create five departments headed by executive cabinets members and staffed by interested non-elected students both inside and outside the SGA. The bill would also mandate all committees to be chaired by legislators. Students otherwise unattached to SGA could continue to join the committees, but would have to
Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo, right, and Reason magazine journalist Radley Balko discuss the prevalent use of SWAT teams and the negative consequences associated with the raid. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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City ready to move forward with budget Council also formally introduces proposal to fund security cameras BY BRADY HOLT Senior staff writer
College Park City Council members said they don’t anticipate any last-minute challenges to the city’s budget proposals, including funding for a citywide system of security cameras. The council formally introduced the budget last night, but had worked its way through the $13.3 million proposal earlier this month, asking many questions but demanding few modifications to the version proposed by the city staff, according to District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin. “For all the talk, it didn’t really change all that much,” Catlin said. STEPHEN BRAYMAN The council is set to COLLEGE PARK MAYOR allocate $200,000 of the extra money from the city’s 2009 fiscal year police funding toward a new system of 61 security cameras across the city, a move that city officials hope will deter most criminals and make it easier to catch those who remain. Catlin was among the many city officials who said they were caught off guard last year when several council members raised eleventh-hour objections to an increase in city spending.
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Berwyn Heights mayor speaks on controversial SWAT raid BY NICK RHODES Staff writer
Calvo discussed the use of SWAT teams and the impact it had on his family during an incident at their house nine months ago. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Last July, a SWAT team entered the house of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo, killing his two black Labradors and interrogating him for nearly two hours at gunpoint, as he kneeled, bewildered and afraid, in nothing but his underwear and socks. Calvo could only think one thing: “This was a terrible, terrible mistake.” The mayor, who has presided
over Berwyn Heights for five years, is a likable and well-spoken politician who visited the campus last night to tell students about the incident. The raid, which was performed without a proper warrant, was sparked by investigations into a local drug ring that was known for shipping boxes of marijuana to random addresses and picking them up before
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RHA wants website for roommate selection Members also want selection questions and answers to be made more precise BY DANA CETRONE Staff writer
Resident Life is considering moving the roommate selection process online to help students use more detailed and relevant criteria to pick who they live with. The new process would ideally involve the creation of a social net-
working site similar to Facebook, according to members of Resident Life Advisory Team, the Residence Hall Association committee that advises the Department of Resident Life. Both incoming freshmen and enrolled students could create a profile on the site and answer questions about their habits and hobbies. Students
would then look at other profiles and choose roommates. The system could possibly also include an application similar to Facebook’s friend suggestions, where the university could match roommates based on their profiles. “We felt that students were already getting together on Facebook and other universities have
gotten students together online,” said ReLATe chairman and junior biological sciences major Spiro Dimakas. “It would be a great way to keep the university involved and find roommates because some of the only times to do that are accepted student days
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City commends Lakeland STARS Students helped tutor children in historically black neighborhood BY BRADY HOLT Senior staff writer
Gary Hersey, who began tutoring at College Park’s Paint Branch Elementary School in 2005, recalls one of the first questions he was ever asked by the elementary
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SWAT, from Page 1 the owners of the house were able to. Calvo unknowingly picked up such a box addressed to his wife from the front porch of his house. Police later cleared him and his family of any wrongdoing, but his dogs were both left dead and his house sustained thousands of dollars in damages. Three student groups hosted an event in the Stamp Student Union to discuss the unnecessary use of extreme tactics and lack of police oversight. Calvo was joined by journalist Radley Balko, an expert on SWAT team raids and statistics, and talked to a group of about 30 in the Margaret Brent Room about Calvo’s situation and similar stories of botched raids and questionable violence by police departments all over the country. The event was sponsored by the university’s chapters of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Students for a Democratic Society and National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. After the raid on his house
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made international headlines — something he attributes to a slow news day — Calvo began drafting legislation to change SWAT team policies. His bill passed in both the State House and Senate and is awaiting the governor’s signature before it can be made into state law. “In the intervening months I’ve come to understand that it’s not an isolated botched raid,” Calvo said. “It’s a seemingly growing trend.” Calvo said SWAT teams were used in Prince George’s County around 700 times in 2007 — on average nearly twice a day. “I was dumbfounded by that,” he said. “I think [that] number is astounding.” Balko, who is a senior editor of Reason magazine, has written numerous reports and stories about similar issues with SWAT team raids and befriended Calvo. “The bulk of my criticism is aimed at the policy and the policy makers,” Balko said. “When a police officer shoots someone ... it’s almost always forgiven. Problem is, that same sort of deference is not shown to [non-police].”
RHA members want to create sliding scale for questions SELECTION, from Page 1 and orientations.” But Resident Life Assignments Manager Erin Iverson said there may still be difficulties with trying to create a completely new system. “The most important component is understanding where students are coming from,” Iverson said. “But we’d be reprogramming how the whole roommate contract is created and managed in the database and we’d have to be able to translate that to fit the new system.” North Hill RHA Senator Daniel Davis, a freshman psychology major, said a university-controlled online system would lead to students being more open about their habits than on a questionnaire and — unlike Facebook — would only contain relevant information. “If we created a system through the university, then it would be much more controlled, whereas on Facebook people have free reign over what to put on their profiles,” Davis said. “People would be more honest.” As it exists today, the roommate matching process is based on a five-question survey created by Resident Life that asks about students’ sleep patterns, cleanliness and other factors. The department then goes through them by hand and matches students with others who gave similar answers. But the only possible answer to the questions the form asks are ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ leaving little room for those who may have varying habits. ReLATe members hoped to change the process to make the questions and answers more precise about both students’ own habits and what they want in a roommate. They suggested mak-
ing a sliding scale where students would could rate their own cleanliness or smoking habits. Committee members said factors like neatness, for example, can be hard to measure in such black or white terminology. Additionally, people’s habits often change once they come to college, making it more difficult for incoming freshmen to say how often they will study in their room or how late they plan to stay up, ReLATe members said. But Iverson said having so many variables could make it challenging to match roommates without overhauling the entire system which could include rating categories based on importance. For example, she said, if a student said they smoke ‘sometimes,’ would it be best to match them with someone who smokes frequently or with someone who never smokes? Regardless of what happens with the questionnaires, the process is dependent on students being honest about their habits, which is sometimes not the case. Sophomore marketing major Lindsay Lustig ended up asking to be reassigned in the middle of her freshman year because of problems with her roommates. “Some people lie on those questionnaires,” she said. “[In my first room], one of my roommates lied and said she didn’t smoke because [her parents were watching her fill out the form]. “It would make the process easier and better if it was like Facebook, but you still won’t always find the perfect roommate,” Lustig added. “I had better luck the next time and became friends with my new roommate.” cetronedbk@gmail.com
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Calvo said he’s still unable to obtain the police report from his incident. He said his bill encompasses four concepts: increased transparency of SWAT operations, more tangible standards, greater oversight and stronger leadership. But overall, the night’s goal was starting a dialogue and speaking for those who can’t speak for themselves, organizers said. “I really do feel the weight of other people who feel injustice that can ruin their lives,” Calvo said, adding that his high-profile case made him feel responsible for those who weren’t given prime-time spots on CNN and the BBC. “I’ve had conversations with mothers who’ve had their children killed.” Students in the audience appreciated the powerful stories and the underlying message. “It’s one thing to think we have rights and it’s another thing to see [them],” freshman letters and sciences major Zach Brown said. “It’s kind of sad that we need this much of a slap in the face.” Sophomore mechanical engineering major and University
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Senator Bob Hayes was shocked by the many examples of botched raids and multiple violent, knee-jerk reactions by police. “I was surprised about the brutality of the situation ... and that it’s not one isolated incident,” Hayes said. Sophomore criminology and criminal justice major and SSDP Vice President Irina Alexander helped coordinate the event and was pleased with the turnout and discussion. “I hope [the people who attended] realize that they can actually make a change,” she said, using Calvo as an example. “It’s just a very simplistic yet important thing to remember.” Calvo himself commended students who attended and was also happy to see a large crowd. “It’s great that students are concerned about these issues,” Calvo said, humbly acknowledging his adopted role as an instigator for change. “You never know the person you talk to that’s going to make a difference,” he added. “This is what universities are for.” rhodesdbk@gmail.com
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is usually quiet, safe CRIME, from Page 1 No residents of the house were available for comment. The suspect was described as a 5-foot-9-inch black man with a clean-shaven face and head and a muscular build. He was wearing a white V-neck Tshirt and dark blue jeans at the time of the incident. The gun was a silver semi-automatic handgun, according to police. The Prince George’s County Police Department is conducting an ongoing investigation and has increased patrols in that area of the city, said Capt. Daniel Lipsey, the assistant commander for Prince George’s County District 1. While several crimes have happened near the campus in the past week, Lipsey said there is no indication of an increase in crime or any correlation with the warming weather. “The investigation is still ongoing and we are using all available resources to offset any future problems in that
“Working with the community is always valuable anytime something like this happens.” DANIEL LIPSEY ASSISTANT DISTRICT 1 COMMANDER
area,” Lipsey said. “If we start seeing a sign of increased crime in a particular area, we adjust our patrol strategies to keep the area safe; we do keep that in mind. We’re not going to overreact, but we will react with an increase in patrols and the use of all our resources. Working with the community is always valuable anytime something like this happens.” Senior staff writer Kyle Goon contributed to this report. hamptondbk@gmail.com
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A crowning achievement City also lauds Graduate student named Miss College Park, will advocate for city BY TIRZA AUSTIN Senior staff writer
It’s rare that college lecturers get to wear a shiny crown around the campus. But that’s exactly what Elise Pittman, a graduate student in geospatial information sciences, did on Saturday. Pittman, who will be teaching an introductory geography course this summer, donned her Miss College Park crown and sash during Maryland Day’s 90degree heat. For winning the pageant, Pittman gets to keep the crown and a $2,000 scholarship prize is expected to appear at events to promote the city of College Park. After graduating next month, Pittman will have to balance her new responsibilities as the reigning Miss College Park with teaching a class at the university during the summer and beginning her job as senior coordinator of program development at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. “I’ve been living in College Park for so many years,” Pittman said. “As a student you don’t really get to meet the community [surrounding the campus]. The ability to get out and meet new people is a wonderful experience.” Pittman said she never dreamed of winning a pageant. As an undergraduate environmental science major, Pittman was a featured baton twirler in the Mighty Sound of Maryland, the university’s marching band, and often participated in twirling competitions. It was in one of these competitions
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that she ran into an old twirling teammate and former Miss College Park, who recommended she enter the Miss College Park pageant. This year, Miss College Park contestants were judged based on their resumés, poise and eloquence, among other factors, but were not given the opportunity to exhibit their talents, as in past years. “She probably had a lot more poise,” said Ellen Berman, a sophomore business and government and politics major who was the second-runner up for Miss College Park. “It comes with age. Age has a lot to do with it.” She said Pittman’s title gives her a great opportunity to
“The ability to get out and meet new people is a wonderful experience.” ELISE PITTMAN MISS COLLEGE PARK
become more actively involved in the local community. “If you win you get to voice your opinions,” Berman said. Pittman’s classmates weren’t surprised after they found out about her new title. “I was really proud of her,” said Peggi Dudley, a graduate geography student
who was a teacher’s assistant in one of Pittman’s graduate classes. “She’s got so much on her plate, and she’s doing all these extra things on top of that.” Pittman said she didn’t tell any of her colleagues until after the pageant was finished because she didn’t want to draw more attention to herself. “No one really knew about it,” Pittman said. “When everyone found out they were congratulatory. Everyone has been very supportive.” Pittman added she doesn’t expect anyone to treat her differently because she won the beauty pageant. taustindbk@gmail.com
program, spending several hours a week with the young students and helping them prepare for a college career. Eight other student participants the city commended last night affixed “I Love College Park” bumper stickers to their clothes and called the Lakeland STARS program a great way of giving back to the community. “It was an amazing experience,” said Vince Fillah, who graduated in 2006 after eight semesters with Lakeland STARS and now continues to participate in youth programs in Montgomery County. “I’m trying to continue that legacy wherever I go.” The name of the initiative refers to College Park’s majority-black Lakeland neighborhood — where the program is run — and pairs it with the acronym “Students Taking Active Responsibility,” which refers to the goal of the program. It began in 1996 as part of the university’s College Park Scholars program. At last night’s meeting, Tabetha Mwita, who oversees the program, said the group has received tremendous positive feedback from the elementary students. She read the City Council a letter from a fourth-grade participant who said his tutor is helping to prepare him for college.
“One of our goals is to inspire the children to go to college in the future,” Mwita said. “And it’s working.” But, she added, that doesn’t mean some of the tutors didn’t struggle along the way. “[My fifth-grade student] wouldn’t talk to me for the first few weeks. He would just turn away,” senior hearing and speech sciences major Kerry Fitzpatrick said. “He would say depressing things like he was only interested in watching T.V., so I would have no interest in him.” Fitzpatrick was eventually able to bond with this student after she brought along “a black male friend to bridge the gap.” The Panhellenic Association and Maryland Interfraternity Council were also commended by the council last night for their Earth Day litter pickup and treeplanting efforts in northern College Park. District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin estimated there were between 50 and 75 students working alongside him and some other city residents and staff members to beautify a stretch of Rhode Island Avenue, adding the students were instrumental in getting 18 tall trees into the ground. No representatives from those groups attended the council meeting. holtdbk@gmail.com
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BUDGET, from Page 1 The city raised its taxes last year to double its spending on police services, a move that eventually passed in 5-3 vote after several dozen residents spoke out to support extra funding for safety. Mayor Stephen Brayman, who had called last year’s budget actions “amazing” and “irresponsible,” was asking council members recently if they had any “fireworks” planned this year and did not report any possible sources of contention. City officials did predict that longtime District 2 Councilman Jack Perry — who has missed most council meetings this year for health reasons but attended the budget meeting — would vote against the budget if he could make it to the May 12 council meeting. Perry — who prefers to see the city keep both its spending and its taxes low — has voted in favor of only one budget in
over a decade, supporting an increase in parking ticket fines, Catlin said. Catlin added he doubted anyone would join Perry in a dissent this year. District 4 council members Mary Cook and Karen Hampton opposed last year’s budget, and District 3 Councilman Mark Cook suggested but then abandoned a proposal for spending cuts. Last year’s budget eventually turned out to have overfunded the city’s public safety services, when contract delays prevented new police officers from starting their jobs in College Park for several months. The fiscal year 2010 budget, which begins this July, was fully balanced despite an increase in spending and the economic downturn because of higher assessed property values in the city, officials said. The city will hold a public hearing on the budget May 12 at 7 p.m. in city hall. holtdbk@gmail.com
apply to an SGA committee for a voting position, unlike the system now, which allows both elected and nonelected students the same voting rights in SGA committees. “[The bill is] giving legislators more responsibility,” SGA Greek Legislator Gabi Band said. “[It’s] putting more power in the legislature rather than the executive.” Support for the bill in the legislature increased after SGA members reached a compromise on a particularly controversial part of the legislation — whether nonelected members of SGA committees should be given a vote at all — but some legislators remain unconvinced. “Generally, I think it is a bill that means well, but may be a little too ambitious,” Engineering Legislator Kate Bodner wrote in an e-mail, adding that feelings among students are mixed. No legislator who
she had talked to completely agreed or disagreed with all of the proposed changes in the bill. As it is now, several committees that review legislation are chaired by members of the executive board. For example, SGA Senior Vice President Joanna Calabrese chairs the Campus Affairs Committee , which reviews a large portion of the SGA’s legislation. But interested undergraduate students can join committees and vote on bills without being elected by the student body. Sachs and Calabrese could not be reached for comment on the bill last night. Sachs presented a preliminary version of the changes in his state of the campus speech at last week’s SGA meeting that would have removed committee voting power entirely from nonlegislators, although they would still be allowed to attend meetings. Under the compromise, which was proposed by Band, undergraduate stu-
dents would be able to vote if they showed up to at least three-fourths of the meetings and are approved by the Constitution and ByLaws Committee. Many SGA members said the compromise is a positive for the organization. “Regular students need to be held accountable,” SGA Education Legislator Jennifer Hill said. “You can’t just come to one meeting and vote, and then not come to the next three, then come to the next one and vote again.” SGA Vice President of Academic Affairs Sterling Grimes, who chairs the Academic Affairs Committee, agreed, adding legislators, who ultimately vote on bills, should control the committees that consider them. Executives would still serve important roles on these committees by acting as experts to be consulted, he said. But Bodner worried a legislator would not always make the best committee chair. “Committee heads need to be the most knowledge-
able about their topics; sometimes the person most knowledgeable about a topic is simply not a legislator. ... If the legislator is the most knowledgeable, then by all means, they deserve the post of committee head anyway,” she wrote. Band said the changes were good for the organization, because they would allow legislators, who are elected by the student body, to have a greater say in setting the course for the organization. It is important to have a strong legislature, he said, because legislators are elected to serve a specific constituency, while voluntary members may not be as conscious of representing a public interest. Giving those legislators more power ensures the constituency’s voice is heard more clearly, he said. “Rather than having the executives push their agenda ... you have legislators control that,” he said.
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his year, individual SGA legislators brought you a behavioral and speaker of the legislature will take on added responsibilities, and executives social sciences school walkout, a Greek Neighborhood Watch and a will spend more time working with newly created SGA departments. Sachs primarily frames the issue in terms of the increased powers given to conference uniting virtually every student group president at the university. Unfortunately, although every legislator is required to legislators and an increased sense of ownership of issues. The latter is far, far complete at least one initiative to serve his or her constituents, many more important than the former. The waythe SGA operates, few legislative ininever did. Of the 34 legislators who started the year in the organization, tiatives stall because individual legislators lack the formal powers to see them only 16 met this obligation. The shortcomings of this year’s legislature through. In large part, it is because the SGA itself has limited formal powers. aren’t limited to failed initiatives: Time and again, the legislature hasn’t But all legislators have full and free access to the SGA’s soapbox; they just need to speak loudly enough for students and administrators to taken stances on the issues that were most significant to hear. Likewise, if legislators have come up with a compelling students’ interests — the pornography debacle, postinitiative that requires some financial backing, it isn’t difficult tenure review, commencement prayer — until days and even weeks after the key decision-makers had already The plan to restructure to convince the rest of the legislature to provide the needed funding. It’s not the lack of power that stymies the legislature made up their minds. the SGA should help — it’s a lack of motivation. Student Government Association President Jonathan motivate legislators. Tonight is the final legislative session of this year’s Sachs argues that the problem isn’t simply a matter of peradministration, but here’s a reminder for all the newly sonnel, but that it stems from a flaw in the organization’s structure. We agree it’s an issue that demands a systemic solution. Tonight, elected legislators about to take office: During the campaign, you made a the SGA will vote on a bill to restructure the organization. If the bill lives up lot of promises to a lot of students. This time, we hope more legislators fulto its potential, it stands to encourage legislators to take a more active role in fill them. Sachs says this proposal will drive students to follow through by the organization. Ultimately, that means the SGA could better serve the increasing “peer-to-peer accountability.” And that’s the real crux of the issue. You can count on The Diamondback and nearly every disgruntled undergraduate student body. The omnibus bill aims to empower the legislature by having legislators chair classmate you encounter to criticize your work, but at the end of the day, the SGA’s various committees (as opposed to the current system, in which SGA members can tell best when the organization isn’t working. From the executives and cabinet members chair the majority of the committees) and by outside, it’s easy to spot blunders, but harder to see inaction. This bill restricting committee voting to the legislators. This will force legislators to stands to create a better organizational model, but it’ll only work if legisassume leadership roles. Other changes stem from this fundamental shift. The lators take advantage of it.
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A personal drinking story When I opened The Diamondback and saw that the Good Samaritan policy passed in the University Senate by an overwhelming 64-1 vote Thursday, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Months of pressure by student groups had finally paid off, but for me, it struck a personal chord. On Maryland Day last year, I went on a drinking binge at 7 a.m. as a reaction to my parents’ divorce, a failed relationship and the theft of several items that week. After realizing I was unconscious, my friends decided to call 911 to transport me to the hospital for emergency treatment. Their decision resulted in the loss of my placement as a resident assistant, a meeting with a University Health Center counselor, an excruciatingly long essay, a year of housing probation for me and a six-month probation for my friends. I had to take out $6,000 in loans because I could no longer receive free housing, and I completely lost the respect of my parents, but I look upon this experience with renewed hope, as it taught me a very important lesson. Calling 911 when a friend is unconscious is an absolute necessity, and I am extremely lucky to have had friends who were willing to risk disciplinary action to save my life. Erring on the side of caution was overlooked as a possibility for some without the Good Samaritan policy, as fear of discipline was on the forefront of this campus instead of a true concern for students’ well-being. I consider myself lucky — I could have come to the same fate as Danny Reardon — but because of my friends’ courage, I am lucky enough to be here today. Walking around Maryland Day this weekend made me realize that getting in trouble, while extremely unfair to my friends, was necessary to let me experience another year at the university. I hope the passage of the Good Samaritan policy will empower other students to make the right choices without fear of university consequences. I applaud the University Senate for Thursday’s decision and for finally realizing students’ lives must come first. XENIA STRUNNIKOVA SOPHOMORE FINANCE
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y brother Tyler, who will turn 10 next month, and I both looked forward to attending this year’s Maryland Day. But after walking from McKeldin Mall to Hornbake Plaza to Eppley Recreation Center and back to the physics building, we were just exhausted. At first, I wondered if there just wasn’t anything there to excite a 10-year-old. But I can’t say I saw enough to know that, as we spent more time walking from one attraction to another than actually enjoying them. Monday’s issue of The Diamondback reported that more than 75,000 people came to Maryland Day Saturday. Compare that to Artscape, a weekend-long event held in Baltimore each July that’s billed as the nation’s largest free arts festival; event organizers anticipate at least 350,000 people will come this year, or about 116,000 people on each of three
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REED days. With hundreds of exhibits, vendors and performances, Artscape covers just 10 blocks of Baltimore’s Bolton Hill and Station North neighborhoods, and from end to end, it’s less than two-thirds of a mile. That’s the distance between the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and the physics building, and I can go between them without seeing anything meaningful. While there are some Maryland Day attractions, such as musical performances or scientific demonstrations, that might necessitate being held in their own buildings, there are plenty of events that could all be consolidated to a few
locations, rather than spread out all around the campus. In a shopping mall, you don’t walk from Macy’s to Nordstrom without passing 100 other stores on the way, right? The same should be true for Maryland Day: There should always be something to do/see/eat, especially when you’re in transit. The university tries to break the campus down into little neighborhoods with names such as “Arts Alley” and “Biz and Society Hill,” but the organizers should be placing events based on where they’ll draw the most people. For all of the crowds that end up here, McKeldin Mall is perhaps the most underused place on Maryland Day. As the physical and emotional center of the campus, this is where the action belongs. My a cappella group, the Faux Paz, sings to huge crowds underneath the big tent each year. Wouldn’t a big physics demonstration, an art display or a musical recital benefit from that, as well? Instead, you
have booths with names such as “City of College Park — You Are Here!” and “What’s New In Facilities Management?” Important as they are, they don’t draw enough people to deserve such a central location. At 21, I have no problem circumnavigating this campus in 15 minutes. I can only imagine what it must have been like on Maryland Day for a family with kids to hoof it from Van Munching Hall to the physics building when they’re not familiar with the territory. This is a big campus, and as much as we’d like to use Maryland Day to show it off, our visitors would appreciate it if everything they wanted to see were closer together. It wouldn’t just save time and shoe leather — it would put the focus back on our accomplishments, not our acreage. Dan Reed is a senior architecture and English major. He can be reached at reeddbk@gmail.com.
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hy can’t I have a mustache? Well, mainly because a bushy ‘stache on a gentlemen like me tends to suggest “sex offender,” drawing some questionable looks. Why do I feel compelled to roll up the windows or change the station when I’m rocking out to Avril Lavigne in my car and a group of cool kids walks by? My friends, I’m 21 years old, and I’ve been around the block more than once, but for some reason (like just about every one of you), I still care what people think of me. That sucks. We’ve become a generation of peer approval, and as I sit here in my plaid shorts that I was convinced would help me pick up chicks, I can’t help but feel like a fraud. Social perception dictates
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DIMARCO far too much of our lives — and we’re all to blame. Even those of you who claim you really don’t need anyone’s approval, I can guarantee you still take a peek in the mirror every time you’re about to leave the house, just to make sure. What bothers me is that these social conventions have become so prevalent that the very, very few people out there who truly feel no burden from peer perception are
immediately labeled negatively. The brave students among us who are willing to sport socks and sandals or Walmart jeans get cast aside. The young ladies on the campus who don’t use summer as an excuse to wear skirts that don’t quite cover butt cleavage or stay in their air-conditioned apartments instead of going to a waterless pool to tan simply aren’t cool anymore. Now I know a lot of you will make the claim that you are unique. Those of you who dye your hair fluorescent colors or get tattoos from head to toe or walk around the campus shirtless and barefoot are expressing yourselves, and that’s great, really. But remember that while you are trying to be unique, you are putting on a performance for your peers.
Would you really go to all that trouble if no one was going to see it? Of course not. In a society where social protest is the norm, the only really genuine form of counterculture is complete apathy. So here is my official tribute to those of you who are truly blind to peer perception. To those nerds and geeks among us who have never owned a brand-name article of clothing and to the losers and weirdos who still blast Weird Al CDs while they drive, you, my friends, are the true heroes, the last standing authentic Americans. You know what? I think I might just grow that mustache. Mike DiMarco is a junior English major. He can be reached at dimarcodbk@gmail.com.
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I am writing in response to Mike Sarzo’s April 15 opinion column, “Speech is a 2-way road,” which discussed our First Amendment rights in light of the recent decisions at our university regarding porn and prayer. Sarzo is completely right in asserting that Sen. Andy Harris’ (R-Baltimore and Harford) attempted blackmail is both unconstitutional and contemptible. However, his discussion of the prayer decision is incomplete. The establishment clause of the First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” As Sarzo pointed out, the 14th Amendment extends this doctrine to the states. He argues the University Senate cannot get rid of the invocation prayer, but the fact that a public institution has established a prayer goes against the First Amendment. The Constitution isn’t entirely clear on the role of government in organizing speech, but the separation of church and state is a huge part of this debate. Should the First Amendment mean the university can have a prayer to any god? Or does the establishment clause mean the university cannot sponsor a prayer? We have a supreme court to decide this for us. As established in Marbury v. Madison, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.” So what does the Supreme Court have to say on this issue? In the case Engel v. Vitale, plaintiffs argued that a prayer composed by a public school and said at the beginning of the day violated the establishment clause. The court asserts, “In this country, it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of the American people.” As a public institution, the university has no right to have a prayer for the graduation ceremony. JON FACEMIRE SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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hen Kevin Devine’s newest album, Brother’s Blood, leaked onto the Internet a full two months before its digital release yesterday, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter quickly took to his MySpace blog. But instead of lashing out like other bands, Devine decided to handle the situation with a sense of eloquence. Instead of playing the blame game, Devine wrote he was “multivalent” to the news, and that he had no right to be mad at an early album leak, as upsetting as it may be. Free downloading, he realized, is inevitable in today’s music climate. “The fact that someone actually cares enough to download your music a couple months before it’s ready is a really flattering thing, in one respect,” Devine said. “But it can be a bit of a blow. I felt a little bummed out at first, because I was like, ‘Well, you know, why couldn’t people just wait?’ But that’s how things are now.” Tomorrow, two days after the album’s official digital release, Devine and his band will make their way to Baltimore’s Ottobar to play a set ranging from intimate acoustic songs to full-band rockers. Many of these intricate full-band affairs actually stemmed from a host of acoustic demos Devine posted to his MySpace page a few months ago.
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“I’m really glad I did that,” he said. “I wanted to show people that I was writing songs. I guess I wanted to show myself, too, that I was still writing songs.” Originally, Devine may have been conflicted with the choice of whether to release the demos online. “The traditional logic is you don’t let people see the demos because either, A: They’ll rush to a judgment on the songs or, B: They’ll get married to the demos and then you won’t be able to change them for your record.” In the interest of keeping his fans informed about the
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009 | SPORTS | THE DIAMONDBACK
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Vasquez could become an all-time great JOSEPH, from Page 8 16, including the potential game-winner with four seconds remaining. In the second game against eventual NCAA Tournament champion North Carolina this season, you posted one of the greatest performances in school history with 35 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in an overtime win. You took a group of overachievers on your back and carried them to an unexpected NCAA Tournament, leading the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals along the way. At the same time, you screamed at booing fans in January, infamously telling the Terp faithful to “shut the f--up” in an eventual win against Georgia Tech. In three years at this university, you’ve proven every bit as easy to love as to hate. But there’s a missing chapter in the Greivis Vasquez story, one that cannot be left unanswered. From a historical perspec-
tive, if you return, you could finish among the program’s top three scorers ever. Juan Dixon and Len Bias — that’s the kind of company every incoming Terp wants to join. Then there’s also the questions about your nature. Critics believe your selfishness has hurt the team in the past. Supporters argue that even when you become the scapegoat of a loss, things would only be worse without you. Coming into this year, you need to prove Greivis Vasquez deserves to be mentioned with Dixon and Bias, Steve Blake and Keith Booth. To do that, you need to carry the Terps to a truly great season. Twenty-five wins and a Sweet 16 appearance are clearly within this team’s potential next season if you come back. Then again, unlike last season, the expectations are real this time around. Coming back could also assist you in becoming an NBAcaliber player. One abundantly clear thing last season was you
belong at point guard, running the offense. And the supporting cast really began to sort itself out as the season wound down. Should you return, the team will be more organized, roles more clearly established. And frankly, as versatile a player as you are, there are a lot of elements of your game that need refinement. As frequently as you draw fouls, you’ve got to start finishing and-one plays more often. Defensively, you must prove capable of sticking with faster point guards. And your 31.8 percent career 3-point shooting percentage has got to improve. Right now, you’re projected as a second-round pick. There’s still a chance to improve that stock. And there’s still a chance to make your mark at this university. Gary Williams would love to see you come back. The university needs you back. You need to come back.
Will Yeatman has been slowed recently by a sprained ankle, but is fourth on the team in points, with 26, and sixth in goals, with 13. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Yeatman fitting in well
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THE SENIOR LEGACY By Eric Detweiler As the pro football futures of many former Terps fell into place throughout the weekend, former center Edwin Williams had his phone by his side to make sure his teammates knew he was thinking about them. “There’s a lot of texting,” said Williams, who signed as an undrafted free agent with the Washington Redskins. “They don’t want me calling them on the phone, just a little shoutout of congratulations or, ‘how’s it going?’ That’s how it’s always been. We’re a tight group.” After five Terps were drafted over the weekend, tying a Ralph Friedgen-era high, eight more Terps have worked out arrangements with NFL teams. From a senior class that featured 31 seniors that led to a Pro Timing Day with 24 participants, this year’s Terps will be well- represented when NFL training camps roll around this summer. “Having five players drafted into the National Football League is a big stamp for our senior class,” new Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Moise Fokou (pictured below, left) said Sunday night. “Plus with some other guys hopefully catching on places in the next few days, some way somehow, we’ll make our mark on the league.” These former Terps join 25 others already on NFL rosters. They know the challenges ahead if they hope to make an opening- week roster. While last year’s seniors fell short of their major objective of winning an ACC Championship, linebacker Dave Philistin (pictured below, right) said they can still share a new goal of representing this university at the next level. “It’s good to see that people are getting recognition and getting signed,” said Philistin, who signed with the Seattle Seahawks. “Now it’s what you do from it now. They cut drafted players and they cut free agents. I’m sure everybody who went to a team will do their thing.”
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things, people around that university still always complimented me on my character and me being a good kid,” Yeatman continued. “But no one ever backed me up and supported me there. I mean, I wasn’t asking them to do that, but I always kind of wished that I could have gotten more support.” A two-sport athlete, Yeatman had been suspended for the 2008 Fighting Irish football season after an arrest for underage drinking at an offcampus party in September. The previous semester, Yeatman missed the 2008 lacrosse season following a DUI arrest. Talking to the genial giant — Yeatman checks in at a robust 6foot-6, 260 pounds — he seems far from a delinquent. Even after a loss he remains polite, articulate and intelligent. But at the age of 19, Yeatman felt overwhelmed as his mistakes at one of the nation’s highest-profile football programs were publicized nationally on ESPN. “It was all over the news, and it was a really stressful time for me,” he said. “And I’m a guy that doesn’t ever stress, but it was really getting to me.” After he decided to transfer, Yeatman’s destination became a much-followed subplot leading up to the 2009 college lacrosse season. Looking at the 46 points he tallied in his freshman season, many in the media viewed his transfer as a season-changer for one lucky suitor. His ballyhooed arrival in College Park was a factor in the Terps earning the No. 3 preseason ranking from Inside Lacrosse. With all the media speculation, Yeatman called the college search an “interesting”
process. Meanwhile, fans and opponents were waiting to see what he would bring to the Terps. They weren’t alone. “I had never seen him play,” said Carter, a senior goalie. “I had just heard people say how big he was, he was a really quick guy and everything. I was just excited to see how he would do.” Yeatman started strong, notching three goals and seven assists in the Terps’ first two games. The seven helpers showed his commitment to not stepping on the toes of his new teammates. But when the Terps began to play better opponents, Yeatman struggled initially to keep up. “The biggest difference was the speed of the game coming back from a year and a half layoff,” coach Dave Cottle said. “Not having fall lacrosse and not shooting at the percentage he had [at Notre Dame]. If he improves his shooting I think you’ll see his numbers get way back up.” Yeatman had shown signs of improvement before injuring his ankle before the Terps’ April 11 loss to Johns Hopkins. He returned last Friday and played sparingly as the Terps fell to North Carolina in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Cottle said the Terps need Yeatman to play in order to make a run in the NCAA Tournament, even if he is less than 100 percent. “Having a guy like Will just draws so much attention,” attackman Travis Reed said. “A guy that size and his abilities with his stick skills — I knew he would come in and have an impact, which he did.” Finally coming into his own, the normally nonchalant Yeatman admitted to being irritated with the injury. He
said he wasn’t shaking off rust from his time away from the field; instead, he was becoming more comfortable with his teammates. While it took some time to find his place on the field, Yeatman has enjoyed the relative anonymity since arriving on the campus. Leaving the spotlight at Notre Dame, one of his favorite aspects of attending the university is walking to class without being noticed, though it’s hard to believe a man of his enormous size doesn’t draw inquiring eyes. “For me, as a college kid, that’s really important,” Yeatman said. “People think that athletics in your life consume so many college athletes, and that’s true to a sense for other people. But for me, that’s not the way lacrosse is in my life, football is in my life. I have other things that are important, as well.” With all he’s been through, the most important might just be peace of mind. Yeatman hasn’t discussed a potential football career with Terps’ coach Ralph Friedgen, instead focusing on lacrosse, which he calls “my happy place.” And he’s found that happy place on the field with the Terps, which has made his recent ankle trouble easier to swallow. After all, he’s gotten through worse. “I was walking down the steps from my apartment complex Sunday morning and there was a broken step, that’s basically how it happened,” Yeatman said. “It’s pretty frustrating, but that’s life, and life throws you curveballs every once in a while. Hopefully I can come back and start going strong again.” mkatzdbk@gmail.com
Dooley, Anderson lead softball to sweep of GWU BY JONAS SHAFFER Staff writer
After 10 consecutive scoreless innings Tuesday night, Terrapin softball pitcher Sarah Dooley finally got a break. As she made her triumphant trot to the dugout with the Terps nursing a onerun lead in their second game against George Washington yesterday, it seemed only a matter of innings before she'd get her second win in as many games. In stepped Kerry Hickey, who had hopes of securing the victory for her senior teammate.
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Hickey didn't preserve the win, but, with some help, she didn't lose it either. After Hickey allowed a home run in the fourth inning, Terp catcher Jennifer Anderson hit a towering blast one half-inning later, providing the decisive blow in the Terps' 21 win over the Colonials. “I knew the pitch was coming high, so I cut away with it,” Anderson said. The blast gave Anderson her second game-winning shot of the year, and the Terps (27-23) the sweep over the Colonials (14-33). The Terps' first game, a 2-0 win, had the same dramatics. With a 1-0 Terp lead in the fourth inning, catcher Lydia Fowler stepped up to the plate with one out and two on and slapped a ball back to the pitcher. A dizzying sequence of events followed, but the umpires ruled the inning over. The umpires quickly convened on the field to discuss the play. To coach Laura Watten's dismay, they ruled Fowler out on her soft line-out back to the pitcher and ruled second baseman Alex Schultz out on an illegal tag from second. The base paths cleared, but Watten kept in the umpire's ear. Within minutes, the Terp defense was called back to the dugout. The umpire ruled Fowler out, but advanced Schultz home for a 2-0 lead. shafferdbk@gmail.com
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Women’s lacrosse earns revenge in ACC Tourney BY KATE YANCHULIS Staff writer
Though the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team was undefeated heading into last weekend’s ACC Tournament, the Terps still held a grudge against ACC rivals Virginia and Duke. The Cavaliers and Blue Devils accounted for the Terps’ last three losses and five of their last seven over the previous two seasons. The last two losses the Terps suffered were last year’s ACC Tournament loss to Virginia and the NCAA Tournament loss to Duke. Though the Terps (18-0, 5-0 ACC) beat both teams in the regular season and stood at the top of the ACC, their vengeance was not complete until the conference tournament, when they beat the Cavaliers in the semifinals and the Blue Devils in the title game to win the ACC Championship. “We were sick of losing in the tournament,” Tournament Most Valuable Player Caitlyn McFadden said. Revenge was “definitely a big factor,” she added. “We just wanted to come out there and show everyone what we could do.” Greivis Vasquez, shown against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament, is weighing a decision between staying with the Terps or jumping to the NBA. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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ight now, you’ve probably got a lot of voices buzzing in your ear, as do all NBA Draft entrants. Maybe a few teams want individual workouts. Perhaps some members of the Venezuelan national team are telling you playing abroad isn’t so bad. And I’m sure friends are routinely giving you updates on your status from the major draft websites. But still, after watching a roller-coaster
season in which you further cemented your status as one of the most polarizing players in college basketball, I couldn’t help but offer my own view of the situation. Greivis, it’s like this: You need the Terrapin men’s basketball team, and the Terrapin men’s basketball team desperately needs you. This past season was, in many ways, a crossroads for coach Gary Williams. Criticism bubbled over, with media and fans alike chattering about the uneven play on the court and the unsatisfactory recruiting off of it. Your game mirrored the ebb and flow of the tumultuous year. Against Morgan State, you chucked up 21 shots, missing
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MISSING MERRIFIELD When the Terps mounted a comeback against Duke to win Sunday’s ACC Championship game, they had to do it without one of their biggest offensive contributors. Midfielder Laura Merrifield received a yellow card 40 seconds into the second half for an illegal check, a common penalty. But because Merrifield had already received a yellow card at the end of the first half, she was disqualified and forced to watch the rest of the game from the sideline. Her first yellow card was for a dangerous follow-through on a shot that otherwise would have been a goal. “She’s a powerful shooter, and she caught somebody on the tail end of her shot,” Reese said. “A lot of it is trying to feel how the game’s being called. That was a judgment call, and that’s fine.” Defender Karissa Taylor
ACC Tournament MVP Caitlyn McFadden scored four goals in Sunday’s ACC final win against Duke. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK
switched to midfield to replace Merrifield, and after a threeminute penalty period in which the Terps had to play with a player down, defender Maeve McKew took Taylor’s place in the backfield. The new lineup soon adjusted, ending the game on an 8-3 run for a 1211 win over the Blue Devils. “We knew we just had to keep playing hard and really not worry about it,” McFadden said. “She’s a great player. She would have done great. But we knew we had to keep playing and we couldn’t let the uncontrollable things affect us.” But they could have used the 6foot-1 Merrifield, who has 40 goals this season and who sparked the attack to a 4-0 run by scoring the first goal of the game. “It was a bummer losing Laura,” Reese said. “She’s a phenomenal player. We’ll be glad to have her back this weekend.”
RECORD-SMASHERS The Terps’ two starting attackers, Karri Ellen Johnson and Sarah Mollison, lead the Terps this season in goals and assists, respectively. As they continue to lead the team, they are also rising to the top of Terp record books. With 62 goals, Johnson has
already set the record for the most goals by a freshman in a season. By scoring four goals in the ACC Tournament, she moved into a tie for No. 8 on the all-time list of goals scored in a season. Setting up some of those goals helped Mollison earn her own place in Terp history. Her total of 35 assists this season is the 10th-highest mark all- time for the program.
DOUBLE-DIPPER Unlike the rest of her teammates, freshman goalie Brittany Dipper had already won an ACC Championship. The dual athlete was part of the Terrapin field hockey team that brought home the conference title in the fall. “It’s unbelievable,” Dipper said. “Some people can’t get one, and for me to get two in my freshman year is just amazing.” Dipper set her career- high with 12 saves against Virginia in the semifinals and notched 10 saves against Duke in the finals, a performance that earned her Womenslax.com Rookie of the Week honors. kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com
Baseball explodes for 17 runs Ace pitcher Swinson brought in to stop JMU BY CHRIS ECKARD Staff writer
Will Yeatman transferred from Notre Dame after two alcohol-related incidents.
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Finding his ‘happy place’ After turbulent time at Notre Dame, transfer Will Yeatman is nearing his comfort zone BY MICHAEL KATZ Staff writer
Not much bothers Will Yeatman. His roommate, Jason Carter, credits that to the San Diegan’s “California, laid-back attitude.” But before yesterday’s practice, the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team attackman sat in thoughtful reflection at the Varsity Team House. He was revisiting the
pair of alcohol-related incidents that triggered the decision to leave his old school, Notre Dame, in search of a fresh start. “We support you,” midfielder Jeff Reynolds interjected with a smile on his way out the door. Yeatman smiled, too. That support has meant plenty to the junior transfer, who has found a happy home outside of South Bend, Ind.,
after choosing to transfer before the spring semester. “Honestly, I came to Maryland to be a happier person and to have a better lifestyle than what I had at Notre Dame,” Yeatman said. “Right now I think I’ve 100 percent fulfilled that, and I love where I am. “Though I had done bad
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After an improbable 10-run comeback that gave the Terrapin baseball team its first lead in yesterday night’s game against James Madison, coach Terry Rupp decided to buckle down and close out the game. Enter pitcher Scott Swinson — the team’s pitching ace usually reserved for Friday night ACC battles — in the fifth inning, a rare spot for the junior starter. Swinson pitched two scoreless innings and the Terps held onto the lead for the last four innings, beating the Dukes 17-10 in their highest- scoring effort of the season. “I just tried to treat it as any reliever would,” Swinson said. “I listened to what pitching coach Jim Farr had to say, which was go out there and throw strikes.” After a leadoff double on the first pitch of the game, James Madison finished the first inning with three runs. The Terps answered back with a run of their own in the second, but the Dukes caught fire in the third. Terp starter Eric Potter was replaced after giving up two runs to start the inning, but Brett Jones didn’t fare better. Jones gave up five more runs, combining with Potter to give up seven total. At that point, the Terps were looking at a 10-1 deficit. But the Terps offense began to chip away at the lead in the third, as second baseman David Poutier hit a double that brought in two runners. In the fourth, third baseman Mike Murphy blasted a home run, moving him to fifth on the all-time home run list in program history. The Terps completed the comeback in the fifth inning with two more home runs, as Poutier and catcher Tyler Bennett both went
Second baseman David Poutier had a career-high five RBI. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
yard. Poutier had arguably his best game as a Terp, driving in a careerhigh five RBI. “We had good at- bats all weekend against North Carolina, but nothing came through,” Poutier said. “Against James Madison, we came in relaxed and ready to be aggressive at the plate, which translated into this performance.” The comeback wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the relieving job by the Terps. Along with Swinson, Adam Kolarek and Dan Gentzler each threw two shutout innings. Kolarek registered the win, while Gentzler got the save. The Terps closed out the game in the eighth inning when they scored six runs on five hits, led by back-toback two-RBI doubles by Poutier and Will Greenberg. eckarddbk@gmail.com