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University SGA votes for major overhaul avoiding Incoming president Glickman voices opposition to Sachs’ reforms panic over swine flu

BY DERBY COX Staff writer

The structure of next year’s SGA will be significantly different thanks to changes passed by the organization’s legislature yesterday.

In its last meeting of the year, which began Wednesday night and

Officials staying calm despite eight possible cases in the state

BY RICH ABDILL Staff writer

Despite eight probable cases of swine flu in the state, university and national health officials said any panic over the virus is unwarranted.

Classes won’t be canceled even if students on the campus contract swine flu, Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement said.

The university developed a detailed plan several years ago about how to respond if an avian flu epidemic hit the campus, but Clement said any actions would be toned

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THE SPREAD OF SWINE FLU As of yesterday, the World Health Organization reported the numbers of cases and deaths that are confirmed to be swine flu.

World cases: 257 World deaths: 8 U.S. cases: 109 Mexico cases: 97 Canada cases: 19 Maryland cases: 0; eight probable cases

Art Attack ticket sales see increase SEE attributes 1,200ticket jump to low price, popularity of headliner

BY NICK RHODES Staff writer

Ticket sales for tonight’s Art Attack concert featuring Ludacris have surpassed the number sold for last year’s event, according to SEE. As of 8 p.m. last night, 5,148 tickets had been sold, compared to the 3,896 sold for last year’s mtvU-sponsored show headlined by Wyclef Jean. Student Entertainment Events concerts director and senior marketing

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ART ATTACK SALES 2007-2009 n 2007 with The All-American Rejects, Washington Social Club, others — Free tickets, estimated attendance of 4,300 n 2008 with Wyclef Jean, The Bravery, Simple Plan, others — 3,986 tickets sold at $5 each n 2009 with Ludacris, The Dance Party, Virginia Coalition, others — 5,148 tickets sold at $5 each as of 8 p.m. yesterday.

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lasted seven and a half hours before ending early yesterday morning, the Student Government Association legislature voted to overhaul the current structure of the organization in line with a vision laid out by outgoing SGA President Jonathan Sachs. The proposal passed despite opposi-

tion from SGA President-elect Steve Glickman, who said the changes would make it harder for unelected students — who may be just as qualified as those elected ones — to get involved in the organization.

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THE FINAL PUSH Undefeated women’s lacrosse takes on Princeton in last regular season game

BY KATE YANCHULIS Staff writer

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fter winning the ACC Tournament last weekend, the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team could have joined conference rivals North Carolina and Virginia in a weekend of rest and reflection before gearing up for the start of the NCAA Tournament next weekend.

They would have already achieved a perfect regular season.

But instead, the No. 2 Terps (18-0) have a final regular-season game against No. 5 Princeton (13-2) tomorrow at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex and are still seeking one last victory for the perfect mark.

“I don’t want to sit for a weekend,” coach Cathy Reese said. “I want us to keep in the pattern that we’re going and keep playing good teams. It’s only going to make us better, whatever happens. Win or lose, we’re just going to be able to get better from this game going into the NCAA Tournament, and that’s what we’re really looking for.”

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Attacker Karri Ellen Johnson and the Terps are one win away from the seventh perfect regular season in program history. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

AT&T, Verizon antennas could SGA legislature improve campus cell coverage votes down bill Light-weight antennas may help fix patchy reception

BY JEFF NASH Staff writer

Cellular service on the campus has long been frustratingly patchy, but OIT hopes agreements with AT&T and Verizon to build antennas on the campus can help solve the problem.

Earlier this semester, AT&T agreed to provide a temporary light-weight antenna while they work to improve reception on and around the campus in other ways. The company originally was in negotiations to provide a Cell-on-Wheels — essentially a mobile cellular antenna — but instead will build a minimally obtrusive antenna pole that looks somewhat like a giant Q-Tip. Verizon Wireless installed a similar antenna in Hornbake Plaza last fall.

The move makes sense for both the university and AT&T, said telecommunications professor Mike Dellomo, because the state is reluctant to allow companies to build normal

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Outgoing president also named city council liason during year’s last meeting

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cell towers on the campus.

“There are so many permits involved with building a standard cell tower, the state makes it pretty difficult to build a tower on campus,” Dellomo said. “With a standard tower, there is the same process involved that goes into the construction of a building.”

In between the levity, sadness and nostalgia of the last and longest SGA meeting of the year, student leaders had some unfinished business to attend to.

Besides debating its annual restructuring bill, the Student Government Association also considered bills on prayer at graduation and

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March 24: Police responded to a call that pornographic material was being put on a computer in the mathematics building. No laws were violated.

March 27: An undisclosed amount of cash was missing from a South Campus Dining Hall safe.

There were no signs of a break-in or forced entry, and police are unsure if any negligence took place.

They acknowledged it could be a mistake but are investigating the incident.

April 1: A male unaffiliated with the university was found sleeping in a bathroom in the mathematics building at about 8:30 p.m. Police said he was a homeless man looking for a place to sleep for the night.

April 8: At about 4:30 p.m., a student’s “cooking experiment” caused a grease fire in Marie Mount Hall. No one was injured during the incident, and the fire was put out using a nearby fire extinguisher.

April 9: The window of a parked vehicle was shattered by a rock thrown by a weed-whacker at about 10:30 a.m. near the wind tunnel building.

April 10: A banner advertising the Global Peace Festival on April 17 was stolen from outside the Nyumburu Cultural Center.

April 15: A group of people were having a party on a bench outside Bel Air Hall at about 1:30 a.m.

Police issued seven citations for underage drinking.

April 16: At about 11 a.m. in McKeldin Library, an iPod Nano and $10 were stolen from a victim’s backpack while she slept nearby.

April 24: At about 12:15 a.m., a suspect entered a student’s closed room in Elkton Hall and urinated on the student’s laptop, causing permanent damage. The suspect was intoxicated and will be charged by police.

April 25: Graffiti was found on the side of a Leonardtown building and on a nearby dumpster.

Police don’t know what the graffiti said, and the only word they could make out was “sin.”

April 26: Two males set fire to a laminated poster and slid it under the door of an Ellicott Hall resident assistant’s room at about 6:15 p.m. Police believe it was far too serious for a simple prank and could have turned out deadly.

No one was hurt in the incident, but students Kevin Daniel Bodie and Richard Harrison Boyle, both 18, have been charged with malicious burning and malicious destruction of property.

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‘It’s not the killer flu,’ health expert says SWINE, from Page 1 down because swine flu is less dangerous.

“Then, we were anticipating a pandemic that had the potential to kill,” Clement said.

Still, the university’s incident response team, a group of 12 administrators who work to deal with universitywide threats such as natural disasters or riots, has met twice this week to discuss and prepare for the threat the flu poses. The university also sent an e-mail message to students Tuesday with a link to information about the response plan, as well as suggestions from the University Health Center for decreasing the possibility of contracting the virus.

This strain of swine flu is only as threatening as any other kind of influenza, said Dan Epstein, a spokesman for the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.

“You should be concerned about it just like the regular

New cell towers to increase coverage CELL, from Page 1 Coverage on the campus can be difficult because the high density of buildings disrupts cell phone signals, weakening coverage. The light-weight antennas are quick and easy ways to give reception a boost, officials said.

“We evaluate every situation on a case-by-case basis,” said AT&T spokesperson Elizabeth Gautier. “Looking at the campus’ population density, infrastructures and land topography, this was deemed the best answer for improved cell coverage.”

While AT&T and the Office of Information Technology declined to say where the antenna would be located, Dellomo said they would be wise to test out numerous spots to find the one where campus cellular coverage would be most optimal.

“If I were AT&T, I’d take some time and run it in test mode and look for the best place to put it,” Dellomo said.

“Coverage would be optimal, and they would have possible future locations for a standard tower. I’m pretty excited for this, because I have AT&T and don’t get service in a lot of campus basements.”

Right now, Dellomo said, TMobile has a leg up on other wireless providers because of their tower located on the top of the University View.

“T-Mobile has a site on the View and they have great service on campus, especially North Campus,” Dellomo said. “It’s such a big building, it just seems to make sense.”

OIT officials said they have met with T-Mobile to continue working toward boosting signals on the perimeter of the campus and to discuss alternative approaches to improving coverage. For now, officials added, the Verizon Wireless and AT&T antennas will have the greatest impact on external cellular coverage and may improve internal coverage. jnashdbk@gmail.com

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flu; it’s really the same kind of thing,” Epstein said. “It’s not the killer flu you shut down the university for because you’re worried you’re going to die.”

Swine flu, technically known as influenza A(H1N1), burst onto the worldwide stage last week as the infection spread and is now approaching pandemic proportions: As of last night, there were 257 confirmed cases in 11 countries and eight confirmed deaths worldwide. The first six cases in the state were announced Wednesday, and two more likely cases were announced yesterday.

Less than 100 miles away in Newark, Del., the University of Delaware has had to deal with an outbreak of the illness. The university has four confirmed cases of the virus and six probable ones, and while the school has remained open, they did cancel several large events — including a speech by journalist Gwen Ifill and a concert by rapper Young Jeezy — and have stepped up

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health clinic services.

Allie Rodriguez, a sophomore math education major at the University of Delaware, said she wasn’t concerned.

“I’m maybe washing my hands a little more, but I’m just going to class,” she said.

“I don’t feel any need to be worried. I think people are just being paranoid — they get a sore throat and are like, ‘Oh my God, swine flu!’ But I don’t feel a huge threat.”

“Everybody’s making a joke out of it,” Rodriguez added.

Students at this university seemed to be similarly ambivalent, although their families didn’t necessarily feel the same way, they said.

“My parents are more concerned than I am,” said Gianna DeMedio, a sophomore journalism major who took a spring break trip to Mexico, where swine flu is believed to have originated and where there are seven confirmed deaths from the virus. “I don’t really think it’s a problem since the trip was a couple weeks ago, but as more cases come up, I’m starting to think maybe I should be concerned.”

Freshman finance major Vicki Davis had similar thoughts.

“My mom, dad and grandma all called within an hour of each other. I’m not freaking out about it, but I’m not trying to get sick, either.”

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I’m not freaking out about it, but I’m not trying to get sick, either.”

Yet Epstein said students had nothing to worry about.

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Critics: new rules exclude non-members SGA, from Page 1 Supporters of the bill said it would simplify the organization’s power structure and strengthen the legislature.would simplify the organization’s power structure and strengthen the legislature. “[The] SGA is suffering from an identity crisis,” SGA Speaker of the Legislature Matt Lyons said near the beginning of the debate.

“The roles and identities in this organization are not set out clearly. There’s no clear purpose. ...

This omnibus proposal creates a clear structure and a clear path for how things get done.”

The bill aims to cut the number of SGA committees from 12 to five, a move legislators hailed as a necessary step toward sim-

plifying the structure of the organization. Those five committees will be charged with reviewing legislation, while five newly created executive departments will take on many functions of the eliminated committees and work to enact SGA policy. SGA executives will no longer chair legislative committees and nonlegislators will have to apply for any voting position, including committee chair.

SGA Senior Vice President Joanna Calabrese and Vice President of Academic Affairs Sterling Grimes said the changes would empower legislators by giving them greater responsibility on committees.

They also said the changes would give executives more time to focus on their primary

duties by freeing them from chairing the committees.

But Glickman said the changes would make the SGA less effective and take away the voice of average students.

Glickman, an outlying commuter legislator, was the only member of the legislature who did not vote for the omnibus bill — he abstained — and served as the main critic of the legislation throughout the meeting.

“Personally, the structure between departments and committees, on paper, it looks great,” Glickman said. “But the way it’s going to function, I don’t think it’s going to work, and I’m going to stand by that.”

Overall, legislators proposed 18 amendments to the bill and passed 14, many dealing with

non-legislators to chair committees, including those from outside the organization. Sachs’ original proposal would have required that the legislative committees be chaired by legislators.

“If [a legislator is] not the most qualified, they don’t deserve this position, period,” said Engineering Legislator Kate Bodner, who introduced the amendment.

Opponents said the amendment ran contrary to the theme of the bill — holding legislators accountable for their policy knowledge — but the amendment passed 15-10 regardless.

Sachs said he was generally pleased with the final version of the legislation.

minor structural changes. Glickman introduced a series of amendments, including one designed to make it easier for unelected students to earn voting power on committees.

“It shouldn’t be a hassle for someone to want to come in ... and have a voice,” he said.

But other legislators and Sachs said it was necessary for unelected students to prove their interest in a committee before securing the vote, and the amendment failed. Under the final plan, unelected students will be able to vote if they show up to three-fourths of the meetings and are approved by the organization’s Constitution and By-Laws committee.

One of the most significant amendments passed will allow

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Students to vote on MaryPIRG salaries ROUNDUP, from Page 1 whether to pay salaries for a student advocacy group and announced the appointment of a new city council liaison.

Prayer The legislature voted down a bill opposing university President Dan Mote’s decision to override the University Senate’s recommendation to remove the invocation in the all-campus graduation ceremony. The veto was a rare move by Mote, who never before went against a Senate recommendation.

It was only one of two bills to fail this semester, along with an earlier bill proposing a campus-wide smoking ban.

Supporters of the bill argued the campus is too diverse for one prayer to properly represent all students’ religious beliefs, while opponents argued the invocation was general enough that it doesn’t exclude any one group.

It was an odd debate that included

a vote on whether to vote on an amendment. Business Legislator Jessica Abramovici, the bill’s sponsor, tried to amend the bill to make its purpose more clear, but the legislature ultimately defeated the amendment 9-18.

Cambridge Community Legislator Lisa Crisalli also tried to amend the bill to add a separate, formal religious service before commencement, giving interested students a chance to practice their religion without forcing others to sit through it. The amendment failed.

City Council Liaison Outgoing SGA President Jonathan Sachs will serve as next year’s city council liaison, thanks to a decision made by SGA Speaker of the Legislature Matt Lyons, Mayor Stephen Brayman and members of the city council.

Although he won’t be able to vote on the city council, Sachs will attend city council meetings and executive

sessions, and participate in debate.

“It’s really important to have a strong student voice voice there,” Sachs said.

Sachs said his top priorities include overseeing the revitalization of Route 1 and city safety initiatives, including adding additional security cameras around the city.

MaryPIRG Students will be able to vote on whether to foot the bill for two officers who work for the Maryland Public Interest Research Group — a state public advocacy organization — on a special referendum in the fall.

Money for the salaries, which the SGA has previously paid, would total $46,342 and be taken out of funds from student activities fees.

MaryPIRG originally requested the money during the primary student group funding process earlier this month, but the SGA could not constitutionally approve it without the pass-

ing of a ballot referendum, voted on by the student body. If the referendum passes, MaryPIRG may get the money in the fall.

The referendum is contingent on the creation of “a committee comprised of both SGA and MaryPIRG members” to further examine the details of the funding proposal.

Other Greek Legislator Gabi Band jokingly proposed a bill titled “An Act Requesting Funding to Honor This Year’s Heroes.”

Among other things, the bill asked for the Stamp Student Union to be refashioned as the “Jonathan Sachs Statue of Leadership and Liberty,” and included a picture of Sachs’ face expertly superimposed on the Statue of Liberty. The bill didn’t make it to a vote.

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major Jessie Thompson expects ticket sales to reach close to 8,000, but doesn’t think the event will sell out.

“We anticipate that everyone should be able to get a ticket,” Thompson said, adding that the event will be capped at 10,000.

The number of tickets sold is also a greater number than the estimated 4,300 people who attended Art Attack in 2007, which was headlined

by The All-American Rejects.

Thompson attributed the increased sales to the popularity of the event’s headliner and additional research by SEE into what students were looking for. “[Ludacris’] name is more recognizable,” she said. “I think it’s a combination of the artist and the cheap price.”

“I guess we’ve really learned we need to find out what students want and conduct more research on campus,” Thompson added. “We actually did a survey of about 1,000 students on campus, and Ludacris won that survey. This time it was especially helpful because we had such a large pool.”

Last year’s show came under fire from students dissatisfied with having to pay for the first time in the event’s 25-year history and for featuring an artist who had previously headlined the event. Wyclef Jean, who led last year’s concert, had also played an Art Attack show in 2002.

Besides Ludacris, this year’s Art Attack will also feature The Dance Party, Virginia Coalition and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, a student band who won a SEE-sponsored Battle of the Bands contest. According to Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s Facebook group, they are a “fun funky jazz rock” quartet.

Thompson said her biggest concern is the weather. As of last night, The Weather Channel’s website predicted a 30 percent chance of rain at showtime.

Another band, Bloodhound Gang, will play at Santa Fe Cafe the same night, which could have potentially hurt sales, Thompson said.

“Initially, I was a little concerned,” Thompson said. “But I think a lot of people are planning to go after Ludacris. Obviously, our ticket sales are going great. It hasn’t really affected us.”

Despite the sales’ success, many students remain uninterested.

“I’ve heard a lot of people say they’re not going because they only care about Ludacris,” sophomore history major Steven Konyar said.

“You’d want to put similar music to the headliner.”

Senior mechanical engineering major Janov Reynolds said SEE doesn’t get enough big-time artists and should create more of a party atmosphere.

“For me, in order to have interest, you’d have to have alcohol and stuff like that,” Reynolds said. “Obviously, the university’s not a fan of that.”

But students attending the show are still excited, they said, and sophomore anthropology major Beth Wofford is optimistic about the concert.

The concert will take place at Byrd Stadium; doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 6 p.m.

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ost days, the city-student relationship centers on three hot-button the same opportunities to students with sharp ideas? The city could develop an issues: rent, red cups and noise. But last week, about 75 students online database of needed projects for students to complete. The city needs a from the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council cel- river cleaned? An environmental group could sign up. They’re trying to get ebrated Earth Day by picking up trash and planting trees along downtown businesses to beautify their storefronts? They could partner with Rhode Island Avenue in northern College Park. The day before, two other stu- the Architectural Student Association. Most of these projects probably woulddent groups reported on a trash inventory at Cornerstone Grill and Loft that n’t even require grants, but for students thinking bigger, the opportunity — and showed the bar’s management could be recycling 86 percent of their garbage. the funds — would be in place.

STUDENT LIAISON: Many of the previously mentioned tasks could have The clean-up and trash inventory prove student interest in local affairs been coordinated by an active city-student liaison. But without exists, but without a sustained program to institutionalize a vote, the position has traditionally been weak. Appointing these efforts, students’ services will often fade away as single Student Government Association President Jonathan Sachs to contributions. But with a little bit of groundwork, the city the position will surely strengthen it next year. But District 4 could cultivate students’ efforts in a sustainable way that will The city should better Councilwoman Mary Cook has proposed a more permanent benefit both parties. Here are three ideas to start: cultivate students’ solution to this problem. In one of her first moves on the council INTERNSHIPS: Every semester, students head to Washtwo years ago, she proposed expanding the position to a comington and intern in Congress. They’ll be lucky if they get the work and potential. mittee of six to 10 members and left open the possibility for it to chance to answer a phone or lick a stamp, but many are just have one collective vote on city affairs. Give students a vote, looking for something to stick on the resumé. Though College Park might not have the same glitz as our nation’s capital, it would provide and they’ll do more than show up for the debates — they’ll be real city leaders.

Without the city’s prompting, students have set up programs that have had ambitious students with the chance to do real work. City council members tied up with full-time jobs rarely have the time to lobby in Annapolis. Students lasting impacts on College Park — the tutoring program Lakeland STARS, the could. They would also get firsthand experience in constituent service and a development blog Rethink College Park — and council members have duly recognized them. With the city’s encouragement, students will surely provide platform to air their ideas.

GRANTS: The city offers grants to new homeowners, community service more. The city is crying out for manpower and fresh ideas. Students can proprojects and businesses looking to improve their landscaping. Why not offer vide both; it’s on city council members to inspire them.

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Real leadership It takes a bold leader to move forward even in difficult times. That’s what Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has accomplished by committing to freezing undergraduate in-state tuition at the University System of Maryland’s institutions and Morgan State University for the fourth year.

The O’Malley administration has kept college affordable for students thanks to this commitment. This means students who entered any of the system’s institutions or Morgan State four years ago will not see a penny’s increase in their tuition from their first day on the campus until they receive their degree. No other state in the nation has succeeded in doing this, particularly during these tough times when it may have been easy to balance a budget on the backs of college students and their families.

O’Malley has put families first by fighting for affordable college, protecting the safety net for working families, protecting our environment, maintaining fiscal responsibility in tough times and investing in education. His brave commitment to the tuition freeze for the fourth consecutive year has been noted by his colleagues in statehouses across the country.

Going to college gives both students and their families a tremendous feeling of pride and achievement. By freezing tuition for the past four years, O’Malley has alleviated much of the concern about affordability. Freezing tuition when the nation is going through its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression is an investment that has moved Maryland from the sixth most expensive state in the nation to go to college to what is expected to be the 18th next year. It took great vision, leadership and unwavering commitment by the O’Malley administration to achieve this remarkable goal for our families.

JAMES E. LYONS SR. STATE SECRETARY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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Study Day: Should be more like study week

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hate using the f-word. No, not that one — finals. As usual, we only have 24 hours without classes to study for every class we’ve taken this semester. And as usual, I find a problem with it. Final exams make or break a lot of students’ grades for the classes, so naturally study days are imperative to a student’s performance. So why do we only have one?

According to Phyllis Peres, the associate provost of Academic Planning and Programs, the University System of Maryland decides how many study days we get, or, in our unfortunate case, study day. Three factors play into the decision.

The first is that faculty contracts run nine months long, from August 23 to May 22.

The second is that graduation must be held within this period. The third is that the Code of Maryland Academic Regulations require 45 instructional hours per three-credit class (final exams are permitted to count as two of these hours).

This figures out to 43 MWF meetings and 29 T/TH meetings for three credit-cours-

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SOLOMON es during the regular semesters.

These guidelines would seem acceptable if they weren’t presented in such a rigid fashion that makes it seem impossible to squeeze in more study days. One thing that the guidelines don’t mandate is what those “instructional hours” are being used for. Maybe the last two or three classes of every course should be dedicated to studying for the final instead of learning new material that no one is going to pay attention to or be able to learn in detail due to its timing. Curriculums are tough, but I have a feeling that the university avoids giving us substantial time to study for finals in order to make more money.

Think carefully. When is this school ever really closed? While you’re at home bored in your last days of winter break because all your high school friends have gone back to their respective universities already, this school is making a buck off of people taking winter classes. You probably get the same feeling around the last two weeks of August when they’ve made even more money from not one but two summer sessions.

The administration openly advocates raising the academic bar with rigorous curriculums, limited enrollment programs and the implementation of standards that have led us to call ourselves a “Public Ivy.” According to the university’s NewsDesk website, “The University is considered to be a ‘Public Ivy;’ an institution that ‘provides an Ivy League collegiate education at a public school price.’”

Well here’s some news for the “NewsDesk,” actual Ivy League institutions like Yale University and Columbia University have five and three study days respectively. Other crucial bureaucratic

differences that exist may hinder us from performing at our best. For example, it takes an unfortunate situation like four finals in the same day to even petition out of one of them, but three would do at any elite university. Also, actual Ivy League schools allow their students one month (approximately the time in which the first exam is administered) to drop a course without so much as a mark on their transcript. At this university, if we don’t catch on to the potential of a class screwing us over in the first two weeks, we’re welcomed to the world of a withdrawal.

With the extension of the study period standing as the central issue, the university should reevaluate where its priorities lie, because at the moment, helping students reach their full potential of academic success does not seem to be at the top of the list.

Fenan Solomon is a junior journalism and pre-pharmacy major. She can be reached at solomondbk@gmail.com.

Commencement Prayer: Finding the middle ground

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ednesday morning, several student leaders met with administrators to discuss the invocation Hillel Rabbi Ari Israel will deliver at next month’s commencement ceremony. If you haven’t heard about the issue of prayer at commencement yet, the short version is this: The University Senate voted by an overwhelming majority to remove the twominute invocation at commencement.

University President Dan Mote, who had never overturned a senate decision, decided that, this time, he was putting his foot down. So we’re having prayer at commencement, it will last two minutes, and it will be delivered by the chaplain who is next in the 14-year rotation.

So what was the meeting about Wednesday morning? Linda Clement, vice president for student affairs, wants advice from student leaders about how to make the invocation as painless as possible. The meeting, which is the first of sev-

eral, was attended by five undergraduates, Clement, Irene Martin from the Office of Campus Programs and Megan Dillard Miller, coordinator of theMemorial Chapel. It was meant to be a focus group where student leaders could try to answer some questions about the invocation. The questions were fairly simple: Which words do we think would make people feel uncomfortable? Which words would help students get centered and help them reflect? What should the twominute invocation be called if the word invocation were to be dropped?

We tried our best to answer these questions, but when it comes down to it, they may be unanswerable. The fact is that, no matter what words the chaplain uses, people will resent the invocation. Sterilize it too much, and many in the audience will feel as if their right to express their belief in a higher power is being infringed upon, that the “minority” is censoring the chaplain. But keep the invocation openly

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ZLATIC religious (read: Christian), and many will take that as a message that the university somehow condemns their beliefs. This is a pity, since I think students rarely feel that way in their day-to-day lives.

In my experience, people of various religious and spiritual backgrounds have the opportunity to express their beliefs on this campus, and I have never come across a group that was aggressive about pushing their views onto others. When it comes to religious tolerance and freedom, I think this university is doing a great job. Why, then, does the very last memory of so many students have to end

in such an uncomfortable way? The solution all of the students present agreed upon was to have prayer at commencement: a prayer in which everyone is invited to participate but is held before the actual ceremony and optional. Give the chaplain the right to free speech, and give students and guests of faith the right to pray together — but spare the rest.

To that end, we will be hosting an event on McKeldin Mall on Monday where we will be giving out white Tshirts as a canvas for members of the university to express their diverse religious beliefs in an effort to convince Mote that a two-minute invocation cannot possibly represent the diversity of beliefs among the graduating class and the university community.

Lida Zlatic is a senior art history and classics major and a member of the University Senate. She can be reached at zlaticdbk@gmail.com.

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I’m writing in response to Alex Stewart’s obituary, which was written by staff writer Rich Abdill. In an otherwise accurate portrayal of the type of person Alex was, Abdill makes an implication concerning the cause of Alex’s death that smacks of lazy, irresponsible journalism.

Through inclusion of remarks made by sophomore linguistics major Aaron Freeman of Alex’s homeschooling background, along with it being the reason for Alex’s supposed difficulty in “adjusting to the enormous college atmosphere,” Abdill implies this may have been the reason for Alex’s tragic decision. Although it is natural to want to try to find out why Alex committed suicide, a responsible journalist would do much more researching before even hinting at a reason.

Alex loved his experience at the university. Although it was a big change for him as a living situation, it was not a change in experience. What Abdill failed to find out was that Alex’s high school and home school experience was varied and full of experiences. He was part of an academy that met regularly for classes, and took classes at Howard Community College, University of Maryland at Baltimore County and at this university as part of a Johns Hopkins program. But enough of that, I could go on and on as to why Abdill’s implication is ignorant.

What was most difficult about his experience was being a person of great faith in his compassionate and loving savior, Jesus Christ, and living closely to so many spiritually needy people and feeling overwhelmed at how to help them.

Now, as to the probable reason for Alex’s tragic death, the reason Abdill did not search out: an illness — a terrible, tormenting illness. From late January through the time of his death, Alex had been under the care of doctors, social workers and a psychologist. They all believed he was experiencing the onset of a “serious mental illness.” What they and we, his parents, didn’t realize was just how serious it became so quickly.

In the future, I hope Abdill will be cautious of making such implications, especially when they involve such a tragedy.

The cause of Alex’s death is too complicated for you or anyone else to figure out.

This type of journalism only hurts people.

RUTH ANNE STEWART ALEX’S MOTHER

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s yet another film in the sprawling X-Men franchise, what X-Men Origins: Wolverine really delivers is nothing but the emperor’s new clothes. Dressed up with some fancy CGI and an overdramatic score, all Wolverine has to showcase is a couple decent fight scenes and a typically assured performance from Hugh Jackman (Australia).

Beyond that, the film is just a wasted opportunity.

The opening scene sets up both Wolverine’s plot and one of its main problems: It’s melodramatic to the point of silliness. Opening in Canada circa 1845, Wolverine introduces its protagonist as a sickly child named James (newcomer Troye Sivan), who is kept company by friend Victor (fellow newcomer Michael-James Olsen) and cared for by his father. After hearing a gunshot, James rushes downstairs to discover his father dying (melodramatically) and cries to the heavens (melodramatically) before sprouting claws made of bone and skewering the gunman ... who explains before dying that he is Wolverine’s real father.

James is left to run off with Victor.

Nothing is necessarily wrong with most of the ideas behind this scene, but the execution is problematic. And all of the actors are performing at such an intense level that it feels overdone.

This problem recurs as the movie moves forward to the present, with grown-up Wolverine (Jackman), who is now going by the alias Logan, estranged from Victor a.k.a. Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber, Defiance). Schreiber tries a bit too hard with the whole snarling thing and does not come off as menacing. Similarly, as shady government figure William Stryker, Danny Huston (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People) either performs strangely over intensely or too low-key.

The dialogue certainly doesn’t help, sometimes clanging noticeably with groan-inducing clichés or unbelievably faux-badass lines. For example, a bartender asks Sabretooth, who is carving a smiley-face into the bar with his claws, “You’re not from around here, are you?” And even Jackman can’t save tough-guy lines like “I come with you, I’m coming for blood.”

In the original X-Men, half the fun was seeing Wolverine’s grumpy personality bump up against the strait-laced X-Men team. With him taking center stage this time (and surrounded by similarly prickly characters), that pleasure is gone.

Many fans may be able to get past the film’s silly tone but might have a harder time forgiving the unimaginative fight scenes. Your average audience has seen hundreds of fight scenes, so simply punching and jumping on each other is not enough.

The only part of Wolverine that really works within the overarching taking-itself-too-seriously vibe is Ryan Reynolds (Definitely, Maybe) as the mercenary Wade Wilson/Deadpool. Constantly joking, Reynolds delivers his quips with such casual wit you get the sense he’s the only one who realizes what kind of movie he’s in.

It would be unfair to completely dismiss Wolverine, though. The movie’s final fight, set atop a nuclear silo, is actually quite thrilling. And even though Tayler Kitsch’s (TV’s Friday Night Lights) Gambit doesn’t have the oversexed personality and heavy accent that made him a fan favorite, it’s an undeniably giddy moment when he shoots his cards for the first time.

Wolverine is trying to position itself as the first blockbuster of the increasingly early-starting summer season with its massive theater count (4,000) and heavy marketing push. It remains to be seen how damaging the film’s leaked workprint will be to the final box office tally, but financial performance aside, the film just doesn’t have the claws its titular character deserves. dan.benamor@gmail.com

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Terps face must-win YALE, from Page 8 brothers Brendan and Matt Gibson. “[We] can’t overlook them, though,” Reynolds said.

“That’s the key thing.

There’s been lots of times in my career here where we’ve lost those games, you know, second-tier teams that we’ve played, and they beat us, and it was a huge surprise.

“We’ve done a pretty good job this year focusing on making sure that doesn’t happen, and we definitely need to continue that this weekend,” he continued.

The Terps have taken care of business against lower-profile opponents this season. The team has easily dispatched its overmatched foes due to superior talent and preparation, Phipps said. And spurred by the loss to the Tar Heels and the shrinking amount of time for improvement, the Terps have practiced better.

Reynolds noted that the physicality has ratcheted up.

Plays have lasted longer, players have been more aggressive and the hits have been more frequent.

But coach Dave Cottle wants to see more than effort. And it starts with the coaching staff.

“We’ve got to do a better job in practice of not allowing them to not do the fundamental things right,” Cottle said. “It started this week in practice, again, you know, we’ve started this like seven times. But making sure we understand what we’re doing and playing fundamentally sound.”

Solid fundamentals could be enough to push them past the Bulldogs tomorrow.

It hasn’t always been that easy this season, especially lately. The Terps have lost their last four meetings with ranked opponents.

But if they return to College Park after tomorrow’s game with a win in hand, the Terps can throw out lumps taken in recent weeks, and prepare for the NCAA Tournament.

The rest of their season depends on what was supposed to be a tournament tune-up against an Ivy League cellar-dweller.

“Given our record, given our losses, people know that regardless, we have to win this game,” Reynolds said.

“It’s the last step in the road before the tournament and it’s a must win. People are taking themselves seriously.” mkatzdbk@gmail.com

Defender Anthony Costanzo and the Terps have ratcheted up the intensity in practices throughout this week.

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After extensive rehab, Hickey now pitches without lingering pain

Coach Rupp still holding out hope CLEMSON, from Page 8

HICKEY, from Page 8 who come out for the games and make noise, and they also have a lot of old-timers who have been around the program forever,” Rupp said. “It gets really loud and can be a crazy atmosphere, especially during the night. But it isn’t any different from the rest of the conference.”

The Tiger offense has not been as potent this season as in years past, but should still prove a stiff test for the Terps’ heavily worked pitching staff.

The pitchers will get an extra day of rest because the series doesn’t begin tonight unlike past ACC series. Instead it will start tomorrow and run until Monday afternoon. At this point in the season, Farr thinks the extra rest will make all the difference.

“Everyone will be ready to go and well-rested for the weekend,” Farr said. “Sure, I would have liked to keep guys’ pitch counts down a little, but with an extra day during the week, we get the luxury of getting guys like Scott [Swinson] and Brett [Harman] work to keep them fresh.”

The Terp offense scored 17 runs against James Madison on Tuesday, and then eight more yesterday against West Virginia. The Terps have developed the tendency to get off to fast starts, scoring 13 of their 25 runs this week in the first three innings.

The trend has coincided with the insertion of fresh faces into the lineup and the rejuvenation of key veterans. Freshman catcher Tyler Bennett has become a mainstay behind the plate, taking advantage of an arm injury to regular catcher Mike Moss. Since the Terps’ game against Duke on

Designated hitter Jensen Pupa is one of the Terp’s hottest hitters of late.

April 19, Bennett has started all but one game behind the plate and is 10-for-31 at the plate (.323 average) with three home runs and eight RBI. Bennett and company will need to continue to be aggressive at the

plate and capitalize early as Clemson features one of the deepest bullpens in the country. But, Rupp has been encouraged by the way the team has been hitting the ball recently.

“This is the way I always knew

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we could swing the bats,” Rupp said. “We just got to put together a complete game offensively, and I think we are capable of that. You saw it this week.” lemairedbk@gmail.com

however, became too much.

After playing seven games in one weekend, Hickey said her body had all but given up.

“You play so many games, I couldn’t handle it,” she said. “I guess that just took a toll. I was just feeling tired and worn out.”

As Hickey’s condition deteriorated, so did the Terps’ play. When pitcher Meredith Nelles went down with a career-ending back injury, the Terps were out two aces. As the team limped to 14-19, Hickey said she couldn’t stand seeing a fatigued and sore Sarah Dooley take the pitching circle game after game.

“I felt like there was something that I could’ve done, or could’ve sucked it up and ate up some innings or something to at least get her some rest,” she said.

“But it just didn’t work out.”

When summer came, Hickey couldn’t bask in her joy of softball. Instead, she “didn’t pick up a ball,” but focused on physical therapy that would strengthen her core and reduce the risk of straining her back again.

When Hickey finished rehabbing, she was on a pitch count for the first time in her life.

“They were like, ‘What pitch are you on?’” Hickey recalled her coaches asking during the preseason. “I was like, ‘I don’t know.’”

Hickey said she is without

Terps vs. Georgia Tech Where: Taylor Stadium When: Tomorrow, 1 p.m.

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This weekend’s series against Georgia Tech may punch the Terps’ (29-23, 99 ACC) ticket to the NCAA Tournament, but only if they can come through with a win or two.

Sunday, Watten will honor the team’s seniors in a ceremony Hickey said will be a “wake-up call.” She has only two more years after this season, and her legacy is still to be decided.

She admits an NCAA Tournament or ACC Championship would be nice. Still, she pauses and looks down as she ponders what accomplishment she’d most want to leave with.

Hickey then looks up and answers: “With no regrets.” shafferdbk@gmail.com

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Stay up to date with the Terps this weekend The men’s lacrosse and women’s lacrosse teams both play crucial regular season finales on Saturday. Stay current with both teams, as well as softball and baseball on TerrapinTrail.com.

Hickey finding her mark

VS.

Sophomore pitcher leads Terps in strikeouts after back injury

BY JONAS SHAFFER Staff writer

Five minutes. That was all Terrapin softball coach Laura Watten said she needed to see.

After a winding trip down Route 4 to Huntingtown High School in Huntingtown, Md., Watten had wandered down a ditch to the softball field and parked herself behind the backstop near home plate.

There, she had heard, a legend was being born.

When she finally laid her eyes on then-sophomore Kerry Hickey, it was only a matter of a few rise-balls and changeups before Watten was convinced.

“I knew then that I wanted her to be a part of this program,” Watten said. “She was somebody we could build this team off of.”

As a sophomore taking the mound in her first varsity game, Hickey threw a no-hitter. She did it again in the 3A state semifinals. In the final, during Huntingtown’s first year of varsity competition, Hickey threw a two-hitter and went 4-for-4 at the plate to lead the Hurricanes to the championship.

Hickey and Huntingtown would do it again the next year — and then again the year after that. In her last high school at-bat, she capped her brilliant career with a two-run home run at the university’s Robert E. Taylor Stadium before a crowd that included Watten.

“I tried to be the best at everything that I did,” said Hickey, who went 48 consecutive games at Huntingtown without allowing an earned run. “I really wanted to play at the D-1 level, and I tried to do whatever it took to get there.”

Hickey’s journey to College Park, coincidentally, included late nights with the father of a Terp softball legend. Every chance she could,

“You play so many games, I couldn’t handle it.

I guess that just took a toll. I was just feeling tired and worn out.”

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Hickey said, she would visit Ralph Shipman, whose daughter Kelly was the 1999 ACC Player of the Year.

In his basement, Hickey would pitch, field and hit — whatever it took to get better.

“It’s little success in the sport, and actually seeing your hard work and everything pay off [that] makes it worth it,” she said. “It keeps you driven.”

After a high school threepeat and earning All-Met Player of the Year honors, Hickey headed to the university in 2007 accustomed to success but unsure of her role at the collegiate level.

Hickey’s early-season start her freshman year allayed any of those fears. As her team soared to a top 25 ranking and a 19-1 start, Hickey made a bid for the label as the conference’s top freshman. During the 20082009 season, she earned ACC Player of the Week honors in March and led the league in hitting at one point.

“We were on fire the first part of the season,” Hickey said. “We had the confidence. We were ready to just take it all.”

Then Hickey began to hurt. She had pitched all through high school with a nagging back injury, but hadn’t let it affect her success.

After all, two games a week was nothing, she said.

The grind of college softball,

Please See HICKEY, Page 7

The Terps, shown after last week’s frustrating loss to North Carolina, must beat Yale tomorrow.

One last chance for men’s lax Terps must beat Yale to ensure inclusion in NCAA Tournament

BY MICHAEL KATZ Staff writer

It’s a simple task. But it’s as crucial as they come.

Heading to New Haven, Conn., the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team knows what is at stake.

“It’s a must-win game,” midfielder Jeff Reynolds said. “We have no room for mistakes. We have to play

well. We have to do the job.”

The No. 14 Terps (8-6, 2-1 ACC) travel to face Yale (5-7, 1-5) tomorrow in their regular-season finale.

Win, and the Terps are probably in.

With a victory, they can feel confident about their chances of landing in the 16-team NCAA Tournament field when it’s announced Sunday night. Take a loss, and they’ve probably played

Terps vs. Yale Where: New Haven, Conn.

When: Tomorrow, 1 p.m.

TV/Radio: None their last game of the year.

“If everything pans out, we’ll still be playing,” goalie Brian Phipps said. “This week, our main focus is Yale. That’s all we

have is Yale.”

But the past seven days have also been about moving forward after a disappointing ACC Tournament, in which the Terps fell to North Carolina 16-10 in the semifinals.

Reynolds said the team might have taken the Tar Heels too lightly after winning the regular season matchup between the teams.

It’s a mistake they won’t make this week with the postseason on the line. Even against a Yale team that seemingly poses little threat beyond a threesome of 30-point scorers in Michael Karwoski and

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NCAA Tournament seeding on the line

Baseball heads to hostile Clemson

UNBEATEN, from Page 1

BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Staff writer

Entering a hostile environment in far away South Carolina with their ACC fate all but sealed, one might think the Terrapin baseball team would pack it in this weekend at Clemson.

But coach Terry Rupp begs to differ.

“I feel as confident going into this weekend, with the way we are playing, as I have been all season,” Rupp said after Wednesday’s win at West Virginia.

“It’s a really tough environment to play in, and they are going to be a good team, but we still want to win games, and we have a great chance to play spoiler.”

The Terps (22-4, 6-18 ACC) are five games behind Boston College for the eighth and final spot in the ACC Tournament with just six conference games remaining as they travel to No. 21 Clemson (30-15, 1410) for three games.

Coming off a long week, in which they ran through nine different pitchers in two games, including all three scheduled weekend starters, the Terps will

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A.J. Casario batting on Tuesday against James Madison.

have their hands full with a talented Tiger team.

The Tigers excel at pitching and defense and enter the series second in the ACC in ERA at 3.63 and fifth in the conference in fielding percentage at .969.

They also enjoy one of the more pronounced home

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field advantages in the ACC, thanks to their usually raucous crowd.

Both Rupp and pitching coach Jim Farr have admitted some of the Terps’ younger players have gotten caught up in their surroundings throughout the season. This weekend’s

atmosphere figures to pose a similar challenge.

The Tigers are averaging just over 4,600 in attendance per home game, and Rupp admitted it is not an easy place to play.

“They have a lot of kids

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Scheduling at least one regular-season game in between the conference and NCAA tournaments has been the Terps’ strategy since the ACC Tournament began in 1997. It allows them to stay rust-free in the weeks between the postseason contests.

“If we didn’t have it, we’d have a long time off, so it’s good to have that game right before the NCAA Tournament,” midfielder Caitlyn McFadden said. “We can keep getting ready, keep working on things so we can play our best games when we get to the tournament.”

But while these games have value, playing the Tigers could hurt more than help the Terps’ postseason outlook.

With a win, the Terps would likely nab the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament with the possibility of moving to No. 1 if top-ranked Northwestern takes an unlikely fall in its conference tournament this weekend. Either way, the team would have home field advantage as far as the Final Four at Towson on May 22-24.

But with a loss, the Terps would be at the mercy of the NCAA Selection Committee. The announcement of the seedings on Sunday could drop the Terps to a No. 3 or even No. 4 seed, while Princeton could jump up to compete for a No. 4 seed itself.

The Terps could potentially hold onto the No. 2 spot even with a loss, because of their strong schedule and success thus far, but that is not a risk they want to take.

“We want to keep our high seed and finish out undefeated, so we’re going to get excited for this game and finish out the regular season strong,” McFadden said.

The players also understand that be-

cause of their unblemished record, other teams could be more motivated to take them down.

“They’re definitely going to come out to try and beat us,” defender Karissa Taylor said. “It’s going to be a good preparation and just really get us focused so we know what’s coming in the tournament.”

The Tigers’ only losses this season came at the hands of No. 4 Duke and No. 3 Penn. Six seniors are in the starting lineup, giving them the experience advantage over the youthful Terps, who have no senior starters.

But the Terp attack averages 15.72 goals a gamewhile the Princeton offense averages 11.86.

The Terps are a perfect 11-0 against ranked opponents this season. They plan to keep it that way this weekend.

“We don’t really want to get cocky or anything,” Taylor said. “We just want to play our game and know that we can’t settle for anything less.” kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com

CHASING HISTORY Six teams in program history have gone unbeaten in the regular season: 2001: 23-0, National Champions 1999: 21-0, National Champions 1996: 19-0, National Champions 1995: 17-0, National Champions 1994: 13-1, National Runners-up 1980: 16-0, AIAW third round