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Rally revitalizes talks over univ. workers’ contracts Student groups use May Day to voice concern about wages, hours BY KRISTI TOUSIGNANT Senior staff writer

Student activist groups held a May Day rally Friday to advocate labor rights and highlight university workers’ struggles to gain fair work conditions. University workers united last semester to speak out against dis-

crimination in the workplace — particularly against non-English speaking workers — and held forums to protest low wages, shift changes and sexual harassment. Six months after workers’ groups pushed their harassment into the public eye, union officials have succeeded in re-opening contract discussions.

Friday’s rally featured a coalition of student groups who voiced concerns about immigrants’, workers’ and graduate students’ rights in honor of May Day, a date which historically recognizes the labor movement. “There are so many issues here

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Labor union representative Craig Newman discusses work condition issues that go unaddressed at the university.

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Bernstein to deliver graduation address Former Post journalist famous for Watergate BY KEVIN ROBILLARD Senior staff writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Bernstein, who was once a student at the university, will speak at this year’s commencement. Bernstein, 64, worked with fellow Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to uncover the story about the Watergate break-in, which eventually brought about the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. “We tried to find someone who is affiliated with the university and has made an impact on society,” said senior economics and government and politics major Robert Toll, the commencement speaker chair for the class of 2008. Bernstein could not be reached for comment. Toll said the decision to invite Bernstein had

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WORTH THE DOLLAR BILLS Art Attack attendance remains consistent, as students say $5 fee reasonable for Wyclef Jean performance BY THOMAS FLOYD Staff writer

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TOP: Students crowd around the stage at Byrd stadium to watch Wyclef Jean perform. ABOVE: Jean sang many hits Friday night, including “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill).”

alfway through Wyclef Jean’s headlining set at Friday night’s Art Attack, Jean took an ambitious look at the stage’s high-rising scaffold and began climbing. Moments later, the Fugees alumnus was high above the Byrd Stadium crowd, looking at the frantic energy below as his voice blared from the speakers. “See I’ma tell you like you told me/ Cash rules everything around me/ Singin’ dollar, dollar bill y’all,” Jean sang. Though it was the first time in the event’s 25-year history students were charged for admission, it seemed the dollar bills in

Jean’s “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)” were the only ones that mattered — the estimated 4,300 in attendance almost matched the turnout for last year’s free show featuring The All-American Rejects. A few more than 9,000 students picked up tickets for last year’s show, but about half that number showed up, said Maggy Baccinelli, public relations director for Student Entertainment Events. This year, the $5 fee didn’t deter too many students. Though some said the cost kept them away, freshman journalism major Alexa Watford wasn’t one of them. “I’m not complaining — that’s still pretty cheap to see all of these bands,” she said. “It would have been nice if it was free, but

you can’t really beat $5.” After opening with the song “Riot,” Jean’s rousing 50minute set also included tracks “If I Was President” and “Fast Car.” “I thought he was so awesome — it was just amazing,” freshman government and politics major Romy Solomon said. “I just wish it went on longer.” Jean, who previously played Art Attack in 2002, brought an expected political tinge to his act, repeatedly voicing his displeasure with American policy. He pointed to Washington as he chanted, “George Bush, mind your business.” As the audience jammed to Jean’s genre-pushing blend of

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Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, speaks about Iranian issues at an event discussing the Encyclopaedia Iranica.

Nobel laureate touts Iranica’s significance Collection aims to capture 30 centuries of Iranian culture BY JAD SLEIMAN

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the social psychology division of the psychology department, teaching a variety of upper-level classes on interpersonal relationships and communication, as well as the history and methodology of psychology. He was also an acting member

Iranian Shirin Ebadi, the first female Muslim Nobel Peace laureate, said Saturday people need to look at her culture’s entire 3,000-year history — despite the fiery rhetoric coming from both the United States and her homeland — in order to understand Iran and its role in the world. During Saturday’s event in Van Munching Hall, the human rights activist and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner commemorated the halfway point of the production of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, a vast record of Iranian culture and history three-and-a-half decades in the making. Ernest Tucker, a professor at the U.S. Naval

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Pysch. professor was committed to academics BY KELLIE WOODHOUSE Staff writer

Professor Judson Mills, known commonly in the psychology department as “Jud,” died unexpectedly Thursday morning from an unknown heart-related problem. Mills was 77. Mills began feeling sick on April

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$360 billon check bounces in Dallas Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company. The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business. Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immediately suspicious — perhaps the 10 zeros on a personal check tipped them off. Fuller, of suburban Crowley, was arrested on a forgery charge. He was released after posting $3,750 bail. Fuller said his girlfriend's mother gave him the check to start a record business. But bank employees who contacted the account's owner said the woman told them she did not give him permission to take or cash the check. In addition to the forgery count, Fuller was charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana. Officers reported finding less than two ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets. BRIEFS

Gay rights activists bemoan little action from O’Malley ANNAPOLIS — Gay rights activists had high expectations for Governor Martin O'Malley. So far, they're feeling let down. O'Malley supports civil unions and said during his 2006 campaign that he wanted to extend benefits to same-sex partners of state employees. As Baltimore mayor, O'Malley did the same thing for city employees. But two legislative sessions into his term, neither of those changes have become a reality. And aides to the governor concede that because of the tight budget, benefits won't be granted to same-sex partners for at least another year.

Woman finds respect in world of competitive tractor pulls TANEYTOWN — Big-block engines, turbo chargers, and plain-old raw horsepower used to be exclusively under a man's domain, but not anymore. Nancy Weller of Taneytown has been competing against — and beating — her male counterparts in tractor-pull competitions for more than a decade. During the Carroll County Agriculture Center Tractor and Truck Pull Monday, Weller once again challenged the men and finished third in her modified tractor competition. Like other competitors, Weller's mission was to pull a sled, carrying about 35,000 pounds, more than 300 feet on a packed mud surface. With about 5,000 horsepower at her disposal, Weller said driving her modified tractor down the track is an amazing feeling, but like anyone, she still gets nervous when she competes. – Compiled from wire reports

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Disability Issues Open Forum

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Cobra Starship shine among opening bands CONCERT, from Page 1 hip-hop and rock, the 35-year-old Haitian also ripped a behind-theback guitar solo, wandered into the crowd multiple times and treated the students to a performance from his sister, R&B artist Melky Jean. “I’ve never been to see any music like that, so it was new to me,” sophomore criminology major Kyle Rippeon said. “But it was definitely the best concert I’ve ever been to.” The show, co-sponsored by mtvU Campus Invasion, also featured 30-minute sets from five opening bands. While a hot spring afternoon gave way to a brisk, breezy night Jean would ultimately own, it was alternative rockers Simple Plan and The Bravery who warmed up the crowd. Simple Plan opened its set with “Generation,” a track off the band’s new self-titled album. Despite crashing through old favorites such as “Addicted” and “Shut Up,” it was not until the Canada natives closed with emo anthem “I’d Do Anything” that the crowd got excited. The band’s on-stage banter even suggested the lethargic audience should have tried hitting the bottle before the concert. “It’s a pretty simple procedure — you put alcohol in your mouth, and you get drunk,” mused frontman Pierre Bouvier. When The Bravery followed Simple Plan, the band brought its distinctive synthetic rock sound to the concert, with a set that included songs “Believe” and “An Honest Mistake.” Particularly memorable moments occurred when a genital-shaped balloon floated above the crowd — “That’s just rude,” quipped frontman Sam En-

dicott — and when the band made an honest admission about its performance of “Time Won’t Let Me Go.” “How many of you guys noticed I f---ed up the words to that?” Endicott asked. “I rewrote that shit right here in front of you.” The early fan favorite was electro-rock quintet Cobra Starship, who returned to the campus after performing at the Stamp Student Union in September. While only a small group of disinterested fans gathered to watch opening acts We Are Only Fiction and The Spill Canvas, people poured onto the field as Starship took the stage. By the time Cobra Starship

closed with “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane),” the crowd was channeling frontman Gabe Saporta’s antics by jumping, singing and following along with Saporta as he mimicked a cobra with his hands. Hours after the set was over, Saporta was still mingling with spectators, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. “It seemed like a lot of people here knew who they were and knew the words to their songs a lot better than most of the other bands,” said Vance Monroe, a freshman civil and environmental engineering major. JAMES B. HALE–THE DIAMONDBACK

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An emcee warms up the crowd before Wyclef Jean took the stage.

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Alternative rockers We Are Only Fiction may have been the first band to play at Friday’s Art Attack concert at Byrd Stadium, but Dots the goat was the concert’s real opener. More than a dozen animals braved the hot sun on McKeldin Mall as hundreds of students flocked to see them. Some went as far as to pet the animals, but first, students had to take precautions. Those who wanted to enter the petting zoo were required to sign a waiver and don a wristband to gain entry, but even then they were not allowed to interact with all the animals. According to Pam Carroll, one of the employees supervising the petting zoo, the angora rabbit had to be separated from the excitement “because he likes to mate everything.”

At the center of the mall’s pre-concert festivities, chalk artist Michael Kirby painted a technicolor tapestry showing a 3-D Testudo breaking through the sidewalk. Kirby said the chalking took his team three days to draw, and the design phase began more than a week earlier. “It really looks like there’s cracks in the sidewalk!” exclaimed senior government and politics major Michael LaBattaglia, who was once Residence Halls Association President. “That’s awesome.” But it almost wasn’t so. It rained the night before, and Kirby’s team had to put down plastic and newspaper to stave off any water damage. – Compiled by staff writer Melissa Weiss

Blue crabs could quicken blood clots BY LAURA GRAMMAR Staff writer

Maryland’s blue crabs aren’t just tasty — they could soon prove key to helping burn victims heal faster. A group of three graduate students at the university is working on a special bandage that uses chitosan, an enzyme derived from crabs, to help clot blood and induce skin regeneration in patients. “The good thing with chitosan is that it’s found in the

Maryland blue crab, so it’s like bringing the money back to the state,” said graduate student Oluwatosin Ogunsola. The team, which also includes graduate students Matthew Dowling and Peter Thomas, met when they all worked in a professor’s lab. Together, the three collaborated on the idea of using chitosan. “There are not a lot a good ways to regenerate healthy tissue,” Dowling said. “One

of the ideas that had been floating around for a bit was using a material that we have been using in the lab for a while and using it as a part of a wound-healing system.” In addition to that material, the bandage uses an unidentified “growth factor” that compels the body to heal and create new skin around the area of a wound, Dowling said. The innovation builds off the idea of a bandage created for the Army by HemCon

Medical Technologies that also uses chitosan to aid in clotting the blood. But the university team’s bandage differs in two key ways, said Gregory Payne of the university’s biotechnology institute. “One of the problems with the existing bandage is that it’ll stay on for a little while, but then it just falls off,” he said. “This one seems to interact with the cells and, conceivably, the tissue, and might actually keep it on and actually start the next stages

of wound healing, so maybe you could get it to do a little bit more.” Dowling said the team is working on raising money, and hope to have FDA approval for a severe bleeding bandage in a year, though approval for a chronicwound bandage might take seven years. “[Chitosan is] well-known to be a biocompatible material,” said Dowling. “The advantage for us ... [is that] if the FDA is familiar with the component, it helps the process along and takes less time.” grammardbk@gmail.com

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Mills remembered as ‘generous’ mentor MILLS, from Page 1

selfless when it came to his work with the university. “He was always willing to take of the University Senate and the departmental liaison to the uni- the time and help others, to proversity for psychology, serving as vide feedback on his colleagues’ the point of contact for the Institu- work, to show visitors around,” Kruglanski said. “He was really tional Review Board. very generous and deBut beneath Mills’ voted to others.” dedication to academia “He seemed a little was a quirky, funny and crusty to many people at all-around nice guy, said first, but if you were his graduate student Ryan student, he was on your Curtis, who worked side and worked tirelessclosely with Mills in dely for you,” Curtis added. veloping and defending “I was never scared of his dissertation. defending my disserta“He worked with me tion because I knew Jud tirelessly on my master’s would be in the room thesis,” Curtis said, “but it with me and would be on happened to be during the my side. Now that he summer of the World Cup, won't be there, I don't so we had to schedule our know how to feel.” meetings around the –Ryan Curtis Mills was born in matches, since he wanted GRADUATE STUDENT Chicago in 1931. He disto watch every game.” covered his interest in In addition to soccer, social psychology in his Mills enjoyed jazz music, always wore blue and deeply junior year at the University of loved his mother, Curtis said. He Wisconsin. He earned his doctorhad students call him Jud, and his ate from Stanford in 1958, according to his biography on the psyoffice doors were always open. Mills also excelled at bad- chology department’s website. Mills taught at Syracuse Univerminton and played the sport for over 50 years. He and his wife sity, the University of Missouri and were nationally ranked bad- the London School of Economics Mills is survived by his wife, minton players among their age Lilly, and his son, Ridgeway. group, Kruglanski said. Kruglanski said that, along with his peculiarities, Mills was woodhousedbk@gmail.com

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p.m. and worked until 6:30 a.m., allowing workers to do their jobs while the academic buildings were empty. But due to budget constraints, the administration changed the shift from 4 a.m. to noon, giving the workers only four hours before students and faculty flooded the buildings. Not only does the new shift make it more difficult for workers to do their jobs, Newman said, but the change has also resulted in a

decrease in pay. Though the university did not officially cut any wages, workers received a $1-perhour bonus when working between 1 p.m. and 2 a.m., a time slot the new shift does not fall into. Newman urged the crowd to write into administrators and ask them to give workers relief from a shift he called “harder, faster and more dangerous.” Junior family studies major Rosa Lozano, who spoke at the

rally on behalf of Feminism Without Borders and called for the university to sign an anti-sweatshop petition, said she understood the workers’ pleas. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Lozano said. “I think that an institution like this, in order to support the education of future professionals, cannot deny workers’ basic rights.” tousignantdbk@gmail.com

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been made earlier in the semester. “We had been talking about it for a while, and hammered out the details in the past few weeks,” he said. Bernstein attended the university during the 1960s but dropped out before graduating. He worked for the Daily Journal in New Jersey and returned to the Washington area to work for the Post in 1966. After leaving the Post in 1976, Bernstein was immortalized in the movie All the Presi-

dent’s Men, in which he was portrayed by Dustin Hoffman. Bernstein also worked for ABC News and Time before taking his current job as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He has authored six books, including three with Woodward about the scandal surrounding Watergate; a biography of Pope John Paul II, which he authored with Marco Politi; a biography of Sen. Hillary Clinton; and a memoir. In addition to his reporting, Bernstein is also known for marrying novelist Nora

Ephron and dating celebrities Bianca Jagger and Elizabeth Taylor. U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (DMd.), a university alumnus, spoke at last year’s commencement. Previous noteworthy commencement speakers include comedian Bill Cosby (1992), Clinton (1996), then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (1998) and Google cofounder and alumnus Sergey Brin (2003). Bernstein is the fourth journalist to speak at graduation since 2000, following

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Another form of racism lthough it is common practice for a staff editorial to be authored anonymously, last Friday’s editorial “Race and hope” should mark the outing of and end of a career for the student who wrote it. Never have I seen an article with more logical fallacies, outright racism and blanket generalizations than the commentary on Friday’s opinion page. To start with, the article never describes what percentage of the national pool of professors is of each race. Although we may have disproportionately few Hispanic professors compared to the overall national population, we may have a disproportionately high number compared to the number of Hispanic professors looking for a job. Likewise, I would hope the university is hiring the best professors, not necessarily the most racially diverse. There is no problem with a 1 percent annual increase in minority professors at the university as long as all the professors being hired are the best we can afford. The second part of the editorial is extremely patronizing to minority students. Does the author seriously contend that a black student needs a black professor as a role model or else the student won’t succeed? Does that mean white students will fail without white professors? That was one of the theories behind segregation — that each race should be taught by its own kind. Not only has that theory been proven wrong, but such thought is as outdated as Plessy v. Ferguson. The author also contends students are troubled that the university is not racially balanced. If this is the case (and I find it hard to believe this to be true), then said students need some important advice: Get over it. When you graduate, your workplace will not be racially balanced, especially not if you work primarily with other college graduates. Your co-workers will not represent the overall racial proportions of America. Neither will your apartment building, your street or even your city. Life is not racially balanced. While it may be a laudable goal to try to change this situation, for right now, this is the situation that exists. What is more disturbing is that the author clearly thinks it matters. I have had plenty of professors not of my race, gender or sexual persuasion; that didn’t seem to matter when it came to writing me recommendations, giving me advice in a class or just generally teaching the course. I don’t need a professor of my own race to show me college is worth it — there are plenty of examples of public figures, businessmen and other highly regarded individuals who show all of us the value of a college education. The theory that blacks need black examples and Asians need Asian examples assumes minority students only look up to and respect those of their own skin color. The third section of the article, regarding the plight of the minority students, is almost laughable in its lack of basis and thought. Assuming minority students have the unique problems of holding down a job, commuting to school and paying back student loans is simply absurd. Students of all races face these problems, yet for some reason, minority students need special help from someone of their own race to stay in school? Does the author really mean to imply that white students are somehow more able to succeed in stressful situations than Hispanics or Native Americans are? There are very few times I, as a white student, have been offended by racial comments or judgments. Today, however, I am offended not as a white individual, but as an American, a student at this university and a human being. I hope the patronizing racism of “Race and hope” never again plagues the pages of an otherwise respectable newspaper.

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hen Student Government Association vitality of student groups. A record 242 student groups President Andrew Friedson submitted a applied for SGA funding this year. And since SGA fundbudget that would trim the SGA’s budget ing is not dependent on the type of student group that by about $100,000, it was an admirable requests it, this demand exists across the wide specexample of honest reflection and action trum of student concerns. While six groups lost out on funding at the end of this in the interests of students. Why tie up money in an year’s proceedings, the planning for organization that has no shortage of it, next year has begun. The SGA has when it can be distributed to other studecided to propose a $2-per-studentdent groups in need? A $2 increase in the stu- per-semester increase in the student But it turns out this extra cash would activities fee in order to ensure “the not be enough to satisfy the demands dent activities fee is a financial well-being of student of student groups. This year’s appeals small price to pay to meet groups,” and this increase will have to process demonstrates the extent to the demands of student be approved by the Board of Regents which demand for funding has gone for adoption next spring. beyond the means of the SGA to disgroups next year. Based on the demand for SGA fundtribute it. Of the 12 groups that made appeals in the second round of deliberations to the legis- ing witnessed this year, this measure is needed, and lature, none received additional funds. In fact, the SGA because the increase is spread out over the entire stuhad to appeal to itself for more money in order to make dent body, the extra $2 each student will have to pay is up for cuts made in addition to Friedson’s budget — yet not too onerous. Moreover, the responsibility shown by the SGA in trimming its own budget vouches for the this, too, was denied. Much of this year’s damage was caused by a gradu- body’s honest intention to provide more money for stuated cut system that shaved off the budgets of all groups dent groups in need, who are responsible for much of indiscriminately. In next year’s process, the effective- the vitality and culture on the campus. It is rare when the effects of a potential fee increase are so directly ness of this method ought to be examined carefully. This year’s gap between demand and allocated funds beneficial to students, so there should be no hesitation can be interpreted optimistically as a sign of the general in supporting this measure.

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Letters to the Editor A memorial for Matt Watson When I started out at Centennial High School in the fall of 2001, I met my longtime friend Matt Watson in band class. Exactly one year ago, Matt was killed by a drunk driver at the intersection of Metzerott Road and University Boulevard. Matt was a sophomore at this university, a proud member of Theta Chi fraternity, a person who cared about those around him and just a funny guy. In our new surroundings freshman year, we spent hours hanging out in his room in Ellicott Hall. On my desk, I have a picture of Matt. Not a day goes by that I don’t look at that picture and wish he were alive, making his sarcastically inappropriate jokes. In honor of Matt, I want to issue a motherly warning to all of you out there. Yes, the weather is getting nice, low-cut clothing is making its reappearance on the campus and classes are close to being over, but please drive carefully. Be responsible, do the right thing and don’t speed. Life can change in an instant for you and everyone who knows you. Life without Matt hasn’t been the same. This Wednesday, those of us who knew Matt will be celebrating his memory at Cornerstone Grill and Loft. A cover of $1 will be going to the Matthew W. Watson Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will provide a scholarship for an incoming freshman or transfer student coming to College Park from our high school. I encourage all who are of age to come celebrate his memory with us, and then to get back home safely.

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the editor, “Sexism is quite common” (May 1). There are two things wrong with her letter. First is the author’s use of statistics. Despite its many flaws, I suggest a read of “Behind the Pay Gap,” a study published by the American Association of University Women available at http://www.aauw.org/research/upload/behindPayGap.pdf. As of 2006, the gap between the total earnings of men and the total earnings of women is only 19 percent, and hasn’t been above 25 percent since 1997. But that’s a very different claim than the one Baker makes — rounding 81 cents to 75 cents could be acceptable, but claiming men and women work the same jobs and quoting that number is not. There are countless decisions men and women tend to make differently that impact their salaries, and that study, after accounting for many of those decisions, claims that a woman makes 95 cents to a man’s dollar. They miss factors known to correlate with income like height, but it’s instructive that at least 75 percent of the difference between men’s and women’s pay comes from the choices that men and women make. Next is her approach to “playing the victim.” It’s useful to look at this like a statistician trying to decide if something is random or not — set your threshold too low and you get a lot of false negatives; set it too high and you get a lot of false positives. But in both cases, false negatives and positives will occur. All we can do is modify the ratio. There’s some optimal level of reporting sexism that balances the damage done by fake reports and the damage done by reports that never get made; whether we’re above or below that level is up to personal opinion. MATTHEW GRAVES SOPHOMORE

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ECONOMICS This is in response to Stephanie Baker’s letter to

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e’re going to play a game,” says Maxine Gross, chair of the Lakeland Community Heritage Project. “Guess which of these houses are owner-occupied and which are rented by students.” We walk under red maple trees down the shady sidewalks of 51st Avenue in Lakeland, just a few blocks east of the College Park Fire Department. The first residents of Lakeland moved here more than 100 years ago, free blacks from plantations in Calvert County and around Montpelier Mansion in Laurel. They moved here not because the land was good, but because it was cheap. Lakeland Road flooded after every major storm when the Paint Branch and Indian creeks jumped their banks. Residents struggled to make a living and educate their youth during segregation — a time in which, when white residents of Prince George’s County wanted a school, they merely asked for funds from the tax revenue. But when black residents wanted a school, they had to band together as a community to save up money to purchase the land for the schoolyard, and applied for private funding from foundations such as the Rosenwald Fund to construct the schoolhouses. Inequalities in education remained far past desegregation and even lingered after schools in Prince George’s were finally integrated in the 1970s. But the black community stayed, banded together by the welcoming pews and humble brick visages of the First Baptist and Embry A.M.E. churches. This was a broad community, running west from Route 1 over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks, and east to the Indian Creek. This was a broad community, that is, until urban renewal carved Lakeland into pieces: Its eastern end was razed to make way for Lake Artemesia when WMATA engineers dug out the lake to provide gravel fill for the Green Line, while its western end was destroyed to make way for student-friendly housing, such as the Parkside Apartments and the AldenBerkley Townhomes. Now, all that is left is the shady section around 51st Avenue. We walk past homes with Huffy bikes sitting on the porches and ’80svintage Crown Victorias in the driveways, homes which have been passed down by families through the generations. We walk past homes with beer cans in the grass and Volvos in the driveways; Ms. Gross’ game is all too easy to figure out. We arrive at Navahoe Street, once the main thoroughfare through Lakeland, now broken up and bookended, with the University View on one end and Parkside on the other. As Ms. Gross bids us farewell with the hopes we’ve learned something by walking through Lakeland with her, a late ’90s Paseo with New York plates speeds by, and a boy with shades, a buzzcut and cheeks ripe from downing countless red cups of light beer hangs out its window with his arms flailing. His poor taste in beverage found its way to his taste in music: He’s belting out, “How can we be lovers if we can’t be friends?” in a perfectly pitchless imitation of Michael Bolton. The Paseo revs its engine and speeds off as we hear the song continue on for a few more blocks. Somehow, though, in the midst of his witless idiocy, Beercheeks asks a salient question: How can we, the students, have a loving and mutually beneficial relationship with the city when we aren’t even on friendly terms? How can we be friends when we feel so entitled — entitled to our education, entitled to housing, entitled to douchebaggery? How can we be friends when we overflow into the city, driving up rents and driving down the quality of life of permanent residents? How can we be friends when we’re ignorant of the culture and history of this place? Benjamin Johnson is The Diamondback’s opinion editor. He can be reached at katsuo@umd.edu.

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Cars flood the Comcast Center parking lot Sunday morning for Spring Meet 2008, a charity event held by university car club College Park Tuning.

Car show brings in cash, food for charity BY CHRIS YU Staff writer

The parking lots outside the Comcast Center looked like a scene from The Fast and the Furious yesterday, as car owners from across the MidAtlantic region flocked to the campus to show off boldly painted, turbo-charged, highend vehicles. Porsches and Lamborghinis filled the spaces as part of Spring Meet 2008, a charity event hosted by College Park Tuning, an automobile club comprised of university students. The event brought in an estimated $3,500 in cash and another $3,000 in canned goods. Yesterday’s event drew about 4,500 people, said Andrew Kwon, a senior American studies major and the public relations officer for CPT. “We just really want to give back to the community,” said Paul Flood, a senior criminology and criminal justice and economics major and president of CPT. “We all love cars; we might as well do something good at the same time.” All proceeds went to Nothing But Nets, a program by the United Nations Foundation that provides mosquito nets to people in Africa, and Martha’s Table, a Washington-based organization that offers food and support to people in need. CPT has hosted the event for three years. Last year’s event drew between 4,000 and 5,000 people, a significant increase

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Ebadi discusses U.S.-Iran relations Academy, said his students used the completed half of the encyclopedia for research projects on Iran, while Marianna Shreve Simpson of the University of Pennsylvania attested to the work’s potential for helping study forgeries in Iranian art. Above all was the work’s cultural significance to Iranian people and those who study the country, organizers said. “In 35 years, it is attempting to bring history that has been in the making for 35 centuries; it is a good story to hear,” said Ahmad KarimiHakkak, founding director of the Center for Persian Studies at the university. After a panel of experts discussed the importance of the work, Ebadi stood before the

audience to lend her support for the project, address contemporary human rights issues in Iran and answer questions from attendees. Ebadi, who visited the campus in 2004 when the university announced the creation of the Center for Persian Studies, spoke in Farsi while Provost Nariman Farvardin translated her speech into English. “The ultimate trait for a county is not its boundaries, but its culture,” Ebadi said. “If we cannot preserve our culture and our language, we will disappear.” Ebadi also stressed the importance of looking at Iran in terms of its long history instead of just the nation’s past 30 years, which she said contained “massive violations of human rights.” “According to our laws, a woman’s life is worth half of

to see — and believe — that religion should be separate from government,” Ebadi said. But she added the best course of action with Iran, considering its religion-based government, is to appeal to “the most liberal interpretations” of Islamic law. The Nobel laureate also discussed the importance of promoting positive relations between Iran and the United States, noting the substantial Iranian population living peacefully and prospering in this country. These positive relations are integral to fostering peace in the Middle East and promoting human rights in Iran, she said. “Let us ignore the wishes of our governments and continue our national friendships,” Ebadi said.

a man’s,” Ebadi said. “Iranian women cannot accept these laws and cannot live under them.” She noted the lack of any organized leadership in Iran’s feminist movement, but added “its place is in the heart and home of every woman who believes in the equality of rights between men and women.” During the question-andanswer session that followed her speech, an audience member asked how Iran can change its laws to grant equality to women while also balancing the nation’s Muslim beliefs. Ebadi noted the vast variety of interpretations found in all religions and the way in which some Western churches may accept same-sex marriage or abortion while others forbid it. “In the end, I too would like

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WEEKLY EVENTS AT MARYLAND Monday

Tuesday

Red Terrapins

CSPAC – Kay Spanish Harlem Orchestra Lecture 11am, free, 301.405.ARTS

Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese

SGA Inauguration McKeldin Mall, 4pm Sga.umd.edu

Latino Honors Caucus

The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative: Dr. Rolena Adorno Lecture Stamp, Jimenez, 4pm emerediz@umd.edu

Students & Workers Unite

Meeting Stamp, Banneker B, 5pm kscott@umd.edu

TerpZone @ The Stamp Bowling League 6-11pm, 301.314.BOWL

SGA

Weekly Meeting 1211 JMZ, 5-7pm Cthoma16@gmail.com

Art & Learning Center Ballroom Dance Stamp, Colony Ballroom 6pm thestamp.umd.edu/artcenter

End of the Year Banquet Stamp, PG Room 6pm Sga.umd.edu

Phi Gamma Delta Lacrosse Fraternity Row 6pm mbright@umd.edu

Center for Health & Wellbeing

Nyumburu Cultural Center "Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace" Opening Ceremony w/ Dr. Lawrence E. Carter Stamp, Atrium, 7pm ooasyss@yahoo.com

Having Fun in the Sun – the Safe Way 0121 ERC 6:30pm parora@health.umd.edu

Jewish Studies

Terps v. MD Eastern Shore 7pm Umterps.com

Film Series: The Band’s Visit Stamp, Hoff, 7:30pm Jewishstudies.umd.edu

Baseball

Dan Murphy At the Death House Door Stamp, Hoff Theater 7pm Thestamp.umd.edu/hoff

CSPAC – Kay African Drum Ensemble 7:30pm, free 301.405.ARTS

WMUC

Rak Shalom Rak, Paper, Scissors Show With Erasable, Inc. Memorial Chapel, 7:30pm www.rakshalom.com

CSPAC – Gildenhorn Honors Chamber Music 8pm, free, 301.405.ARTS

Weekly Meeting 3130 S. Campus Diner 7:30pm www.wmucradio.com

TerPoets Open Mic Nite Dorchester Hall, 8-10pm terpoets.brinkster.net

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3rd Annual North Campus Weekends at MD Come join us for free break- Luau W Phat Phridays Concert fast and campus resources. LaPlata Beach, 3:30pm Series, Nyumburu AmphiSga.umd.edu Stamp, TerpZone E theater, 12pm-1:30pm 7:30-10am www.thestamp.umd.edu/ ODK jbonnet@umd.edu weekends E Lessons in Leadership Lecture: C.D. (Dan) Mote, Red Terrapins Mtech K Jr., Stamp, Jimenez Room Blood Drive UM $50K Business Plan 4pm, 301.314.8428 Stamp, Grand Ballroom Competition E 1110 Jeong H. Kim Bldg 8am-8pm ARMY ROTC dunaj@umd.edu 1:30pm, Mtech.umd.edu Awards Ceremony N Stamp, PG Room Nyumburu Cultural Erasable Inc 4pm, cayub@umd.edu D 24 Hour Show, McKeldin Center Mall West, 2:30pm-11:59 "Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A S pm, jfrelick@umd.edu Legacy of Building Peace" Sigma Gamma Rho Stamp, Atrium, 10am-5pm Meet the Ladies 3207 ASY, 7pm Hoff Theater @ the ooasyss@yahoo.com jroberts@umd.edu

CSPAC – Main Courtyard Outdoor Big Band Finale 5:30pm, free 301.405.ARTS

TerpZone @ The Stamp Gaming Lounge 6pm 301.314.BOWL

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Kol Sasson Jewish A cappella Singers End of Year Concert Stamp, Colony Ballroom 7pm, dmurch@umd.edu

Softball

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Asian American Student Union

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Terps v. Towson 7pm Umterps.com

Marisol, 7:30pm, $25, 301.405.ARTS

Psi Chi

Black Student Union

Induction Stamp, Grand Ballroom Lounge, 7:30pm iclark@umd.edu

Baseball

Remembering the Past for the Sake of the Future Stamp, PG Room 7-9pm Mwynter32@gmail.com

CSPAC – Kogod Marisol 7:30pm, $25 301.405.ARTS

Students & Workers Unite Movie Night Stamp, Nanticoke 7:30pm rehelman@umd.edu

CSPAC – Dekelboum Symphonic Wind Ensemble 8pm, free, 301.405.ARTS

Mockapella End of Semester Show Stamp, PG Room, 8:30pm Hayes@umd.edu

Maryland Cow Nipple Sketchup Weekly meeting 1101 TYD 8-10pm Malhotra.shawn@gmail.com

Spring Show Stamp, Hoff, 9pm freewebs.com/sketchupcomedy

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24 Hour Show McKeldin Mall West 12am-1:30pm Jfrelick@umd.edu

Performance The Stamp, Colony Ballroom, 11am-12am dkobrin@umd.edu

Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority, Inc.

Maryland Christian Fellowship

Breast Cancer Banquet Sunday Service, Art-Socy The Stamp, Prince Georges 2203, 11am-12:15pm Room, 12pm-2pm info@mcfweb.org\ zetagammaalpha1@gmail. com Memorial Chapel Catholic Sunday Mass Alpha Sigma Phi, Main Chapel, 12pm-1pm 301.314.9866 Fraternity Inc. KMF Classic Philanthropy 3X3 Basketball Tournament, Students for Life Amory- Main Floor, 1pm- Meeting, The Stamp, Benjamin Banneker A, 4pm4pm, gitman@umd.edu 9pm, aragwar@umd.edu

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The Play, The Stamp, Prince Georges Room 7pm-9:30pm spinkava@umd.edu

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Annual Spring Show E The Stamp, Grand Ballroom, 6:30pm-10pm Astronomy from the Moon, dvenkata86@yahoo.com N Dr. Paul D. Lowman, Jr., 7:30 pm, Observing with Episcopal Anglican D UMd telescopes afterward. www.astro.umd.edu/open Campus Ministry Sunday Night Dinner & S house Worship, Episcopal • Student Center, 6:30pm Generics & eaterps@umd.edu Treblemakers W Acappella Singers Memorial Campus Spring Fling, The Stamp, E Ministry Grand Ballroom, 8pm11pm, cbarrow@umd.edu United Campus Ministry Dinner/Worship, Chapel E Main Chapel TerpZone @ the Stamp Lounge, 6:30pm-8:30pm K Cosmic Bowling, 8pm 301.314.9866 301.314.BOWL E

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from the show’s first year, when 1,000 people attended, said Tarak Dave, a senior art studio major and vice president of CPT. Last year’s meet raised about $2,000 in cash and $2,500 in canned goods. Flood, who helped organize the event, said so many people show up each year because unlike other car shows, no judges are present at the event. Therefore, automobile enthusiasts don’t feel intimidated and are more willing to show their cars. Due in part to the success of movies such as The Fast and the Furious and Gone in 60 Seconds, events like yesterday’s car meet have become increasingly popular, Kwon said. Students who attended the car show had their own explanations of why it is so popular. Patrick Lee, a junior finance major, said members of the car-enthusiast community all know each other. So when someone finds out about a particular event, the news spreads quickly. Flood said as attendance increase, CPT aims to expand its philanthropic outreach. “Obviously, as this grows, we are going to try to give to more charities,” Flood said, saying he hopes CPT’s generosity will help shed the stereotype that car enthusiasts are street racers looking for trouble.

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Despite the frustration they caused, the pools of water the team encountered turned out to be vital to the old road’s discovery. While other log roads believed to have been built in the Annapolis area have long since rotted, these particular logs were mired in saltwater and covered in silt and clay — perfect preservation conditions, according to those familiar with the dig. The dig is part of Archaeology in Annapolis, a research partnership formed in 1981 between the university and the Historic Annapolis Foundation. City planners have frequently contracted with Archaeology in Annapolis diggers to excavate the sites of future municipal projects to make sure no archaeological records could be lost during

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houses were so enthusiastic about the findings that they agreed late last week to let the diggers tear up their property in an effort to unearth more finds and learn more about Annapolis’ history, according to Matthew Palus, the dig’s project manager. “We really like to see a city taking its own history so seriously,” Palus said. “This road is very important because it could tie to the first survey for the city of Annapolis,” added Annapolis historian Tony Lindaer, who explained the location of the road corresponded with a dotted line on an old map of the city which had previously been unidentified. The road may have been constructed to allow carts with thin wooden wheels to traverse what was once a very marshy area, he said.

construction. Over the years, work stemming from the project has uncovered artifacts from an 18th-century print shop that was used to protest British rule, as well as evidence of “hoodoo” rituals — a spiritual practice that resembles voodoo. Annapolis contains a wealth of artifacts, diggers said. “There’s no place you can dig that you won’t [find] something interesting,” Palus said. The archaeological team was digging near the log road after being contracted to excavate the area where Annapolis officials wanted to place underground utility cables. Palus said the excavation will be continued over the summer, when the university holds its annual field school at roughly the same location in hopes of uncovering more sections of the log road.

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Using only basic tools such as trowels and shovels, a university archaeology team delved into the earth beneath a sidewalk in the heart of Annapolis. Although water began to well up, the team pressed on in search of trinkets, old coins and pottery — anything that might provide links to the state capital’s past. The research team’s persistence finally paid off in late April when, four feet below the earth, it found a 3foot span of six parallel logs, each spaced about an inch and a half apart. After comparing colonial maps and records, the team realized it had found the remnants of a log road built at the end of the 17th century, making it one of the oldest archaeological finds in the Washington area, according to a press release. Residents in surrounding

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Diversions ARTS

ALL THE CRAP YOU CARE ABOUT: WEEKEND EDITION

Kanye needs a chill pill

MUSIC

ARTS IN THE AREA Herbert Lawrence Block drew political cartoons at The Washington Post for 56 years; 44 of his presidential cartoons are on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington until November. An interactive kiosk features more than 100 additional Block cartoons. LIVING

MOVIES

WEEKEND

REVIEW | MARISOL

Welcome to the apocalypse Marisol’s message of urgency succeeds through the talents of its strong cast BY DORIS NHAN Staff Writer

We now know why Kanye West dropped out of college. After Entertainment Weekly gave his Glow in the Dark Tour a B+ review, West lashed out on his blog, saying, “I’m an extremist. It’s either pass or fail! A+ or F-!” amid a series of expletives.

LiLo has a job!

Lindsay Lohan is going the Britney Spears route, guesting on Ugly Betty, which she began shooting this weekend. Lohan plays a down-on-her-luck high school friend of Betty’s. Just what we need more of on television.

Trouble in paradise

Mark Ronson seemed to be the one person to get Amy Winehouse working, but not anymore. The duo was set to collaborate on the theme for the new James Bond film, but Ronson said Winehouse just isn’t ready to work. It’s time for him to move on.

To understand Marisol, one has to suspend reality long enough to believe a man can give birth, apples can taste like salt and angels can wear studded leather jackets. Also, god is dying — and he’s taking the world with him. Directed by José Carrasquillo, the Department of Theatre’s production of Marisol is a grisly, Ray Bradbury-esque tale of a pre-apocalyptic Earth. In the play, Marisol Perez (Rhea Smirlock) finds she has lost her guardian angel (Thembi Duncan), who left to lead the rebellion against a senile god blamed for the decaying world. Written by José Rivera in 1992, Marisol is a metaphor for the bleak state of our world. Included in the mix are heavy doses of metaphors and religion. Depicted, as a result, is an unthinkable world of crime, homelessness, neo-Nazism and inevitably, hopelessness. Smirlock bears a heavy burden on her shoulders as the titular character and she plays her part well; her ability to fully commit to a tortured character is rarely seen in our generation and is extremely admirable.

Smirlock is balanced by Jo Higbee, who plays June, Marisol’s best friend. Higbee’s strong conviction to her character makes her a flawless beauty to watch onstage. The male counterpart is Greg Twomey, who plays a number of characters, all with an extraordinary sense of execution. Twomey is most notable as Lenny, June’s older brother, a grown man with a child’s mind who is in love with Marisol. As a trio in a scene in June’s apartment, Smirlock, Higbee and Twomey create a captivating sense of tension, their flawless abilities weaving a compelling story of fear and paranoia. The chemistry and timing between the three is also impeccable, creating a scene that will linger in memories longer than most. Like dominoes, all elements of the production fall in line to create a tightly run play that leaves the audience reeling in Rivera’s message of urgency to “Wake Up,” a phrase left in lights on stage at the end of production. The arena-style stage, which has the audience seated close to the action, is complemented by an incredibly intricate set designed by Jeremy Foil. It creates an intimate setting that pulls the audience with Marisol as she descends

into a terrifying world. Under Carrasquillo’s skillful direction, Marisol is almost gothic, using elements of science fiction, yet it hints enough at realism to make it clear this is a twisted image of the real world. However, the ending, though strong, is slightly unsatisfying. Some story lines are left unexplained, or at least not clear enough, such as the multiple appearances of a homeless woman (Ali Daniels) — first running from a Nazi hell-bent on setting her on fire, next mourning the loss of her dead baby and finally appearing for some unknown reason. And though Smirlock is talented in her portrayal of the titular character, Marisol herself is not entirely digestible; in fact, she is almost always scared, upset or screaming, near the point of disbelief and annoyance. Still, it is undeniable there are elements to Marisol that make it enjoyable as a whole. The beautiful, multifaceted set combined with lighting designed by Cory Ryan Frank combine to create a visually stunning world. The actors are well equipped for their daunting roles and fill them respectably. The direction, though at times unclear, is strong enough to connect the production together.

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Thembi Duncan (left) plays the angel and Rhea Smirlock stars as Marisol in the Department of Theatre’s production of Marisol, which runs through May 10. As a result, Rivera’s message is heard loud and clear. We’ve woken up. Marisol runs through May 10 at Robert and Arlene Kogod Theatre in Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Show-

times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; tickets cost $7 for students, $25 for non-students. dnhan@umd.edu

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Baseball now just playing for pride BASEBALL, from Page 12 Brett Tidball, who promptly hit the Eagles’ Harry Darling in the foot with a pitch, giving the Eagles the 5-4 victory. To make matters worse, the Terps wasted an opportunity in the sixth inning to take the lead. With runners on second and third and no outs, the next two hitters struck out before an inning-ending groundout by senior catcher Chad Durakis. “We did enough things right offensively to win both ball games,” Rupp said. “It’s disappointing that we’ve had so many close games and haven’t been able to come out on the other side of them.” Friday night’s seriesopening 8-1 loss was not one of those close games. The Terps only managed six hits and committed two errors as sophomore staff ace Scott Swinson continued to struggle, giving up five earned runs in 4 2/3 innings. The favorable hitting matchups Rupp expected his team to have before the series were difficult to see all weekend. The Terps’ non-switch-hitting lefthanded batters hit just .268 against the Eagles, even though their opponents started three righthanders. “They pitched extremely well — a lot better than we anticipated,” Rupp said. “On Friday, we didn’t perform very well at the plate at all.” Now the Terps are all but mathematically eliminated from participating in the ACC tournament, and Rupp seemed to understand the grim circumstances. “We’ve got six games left in the season,” Rupp said. “Our focus now is on making sure we have a winning season and getting to 30-plus wins.” After another weekend of missed opportunities, the team’s season-long focus on making the tournament looks unattainable, and it’s time for the Terps to play for pride. akrautdbk@gmail.com

Men’s lacrosse NCAA tournament brackets released Top seed goes to Duke; No. 7-seed Terps face Denver in first-round home game BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

The Terrapin men’s lacrosse team earned the No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament bracket announced last night and will take on the Denver Pioneers in the first round on Saturday at noon.

No. 1 Duke 16-1, 3-0 ACC

“We don’t know a whole lot a lot about Denver, so we have to learn some things about them,” coach Dave Cottle said. “We’re excited to be playing. We’re excited we have a home game.” The Pioneers are one of three teams from the Great Western Lacrosse League to make the field,

the most in league history. Notre Dame earned the No. 6 seed, the first time a team from the league will host a first-round game. The Terps, who finished second in the ACC regular-season standings, received the lowest seed among the conference’s four teams. If they can get by Denver, the

Terps will play the winner of No. 2 seed Virginia and UMBC in Annapolis. UMBC has already defeated the Terps this season, while Virginia split the two games they played against the Terps so far. The Terps were seeded No. 7 opposite a second-seeded Virginia squad in last season’s tournament

NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament bracket

before both teams were upset in the first round. “It doesn’t matter what number you are, it matters how you’re going to play on Saturday,” Cottle, who is a member of the tournament’s selection committee, said. “Whether you’re the seven or the two, you still have to play good teams.” edetweilerdbk@gmail.com

No. 2 Virginia 12-3, 1-2 ACC

Key storylines to watch Loyola (Md.) 7-6, 6-1 ECAC

No. 8 Cornell 11-3, 5-1 Ivy

1.) Johns Hopkins: The Blue Jays were on the ropes last season, and again this year. Will they be able to turn their lateseason run into a championship defense? 2.) Duke: The Blue Devils are the No. 1 seed and have been the best team in the country all year. Is this finally their year? 3.) Syracuse: One year after not making the tournament, the Orange are back in a position of power. Until a surprising loss to Colgate, Syracuse looked like it could push Duke for the top seed. 4.) Virginia: After a disappointing first-round exit last year, the Cavaliers are the No. 2 seed and looking for redemption.

UMBC 12-3, 5-0 America East

No. 7 TERRAPINS 9-5, 2-1 ACC

NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament final four Ohio State 10-5, 4-1 GWLL

The final four will take place in Foxboro, Mass., at Gillette Stadium on May 24, with the championship on May 26.

Denver 10-6, 4-1 GWLL

Key players to watch No. 4 North Carolina 8-5, 0-3 ACC

Zack Greer, Duke

No. 3 Syracuse 12-2

The Canadian has become a star down in North Carolina, setting the all-time NCAA record for goals Sunday, with 197 goals. He broke N.C. State’s Stan Cockerton’s 28-year-old record of 193. The Duke attack is easily the best in the nation, and Greer is its most prolific scorer. Navy 9-5, 5-1 Patriot

Ben Rubeor, Virginia

Canisius 10-5, 7-1 MAAC

Despite not playing at full strength all season, the senior attackman has amassed 33 goals this season. His health is starting to come back and he’s been lighting nets on fire with 15 points in his last three games, including a four-goal performance against the Terps in the ACC tourney. No. 5 Johns Hopkins 8-5

No. 6 Notre Dame 13-2, 4-1 GWLL

Grant Zimmerman, North Carolina The All-ACC goalie has kept the Tar Heels among the nation’s elite this season with his stellar play. He’s an outstanding athlete and his 57.3 save percentage is solid. If North Carolina is to play up to their No. 4 seeding, they will need a big tournament from Zimmerman. Hofstra 10-5, 5-1 CAA

Colgate 11-5, 4-2 Patriot

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Softball slips to seven seed in ACC tourney SOFTBALL, from Page 12

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Senior midfielder Max Ritz and his fellow classmates were celebrated Saturday. The Terps took the momentum and dominated the first half with a seven-goal lead.

Freshman Catalino leads Terps on Senior Day YALE, from Page 12 gling a little bit offensively, and to get a little momentum and to get some nice shots on goal, it’s really crucial to go into the tournament having that feeling,” Reynolds, a junior midfielder, said. Still, the team failed to sustain its offensive success throughout the game. The Terps managed just one goal in the third quarter as the Bulldogs trimmed the lead. It took Dalton’s goal and three late scores by Catalino to finish off Yale. “We kind of got off the horse a little bit in the second half, but we were able to maintain and focus on what we needed to do,” Reynolds said. The Terps needed to beat Yale to improve their NCAA tournament seeding and bounce back from a tough loss in the ACC tournament. While other top teams across the nation, including No. 2 Syracuse, No. 4 Georgetown and No.

year late in the second quarter, but it was stopped by Yale goalie Joe Costa. In the third quarter, Joe Cinosky took his third shot of the season, but it was denied by the other Yale netminder, George Carafides. Cinosky said Senior Day afforded him some extra liberties as long as his offensive exploits didn’t hurt the team too much. “At first I was just trying to clear the ball, but then the guy didn’t pick me up, so I figured it was Senior Day,” Cinosky said. “I could get away with that today, but probably no other game would I be able to get away with that.” Terp Note: Reed, the Terps’ second-leading scorer, came off the bench yesterday after missing significant practice time during the week due to several minor injuries. He scored twice, his first goals since March 29. Reed now has 20 goals and 11 assists on the year.

13 Princeton hurt their resumés with losses to lower-ranked teams in their season finales Saturday, the Terps were able to take care of business. They also were able to honor the seniors and send them out in style. Dalton’s two goals tied a career high, and senior midfielder Drew Evans added a goal. The Terps’ biggest star in the game was not a senior, but Catalino, who now leads the team with 36 points. But the freshman was quick to deflect credit to the elder Terps. “Today the game was dedicated to them, and I think things just kind of fell into my shoes today,” he said. “But half my assists and a few of my goals were created by upperclassmen.” About the only thing that didn’t go right for the seniors was the failure of the defenders to get in the score column. But it wasn’t from lack of trying. Ryne Adolph went up field to unleash his first shot of the

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game’s final two runs on a fifthinning single, giving her four RBIs in the game. “[Saturday] we lost both games and finished with six hits, and then today, we outhit ourselves in one game,” Bessho said. “I don’t know if it’s because we’re relaxed more or what. I have no idea.” Terps starter Sarah Dooley (16-15) pitched her seventh shutout of the season, striking out five while walking two. Dooley again proved adept at working through jams, twice loading the bases without allowing a run. In the first game Saturday, the Eagles used a four-run third inning to propel past the offensively inept Terps. Boston College’s starter Gage threw a complete game and had a no-hitter going until freshman designated player Kerry Hickey hit a solo homer in the fifth inning. In the second game, the Eagles hit two fourth-inning home runs to take a 3-0 lead. The Terps tacked on a single run in the fifth inning with freshman catcher Julie Lofland’s sacrifice fly but got only one more hit the rest of the way. After a weekend dogged by more of the same offensive struggles, the Terps, the seventh seed in the ACC tournament, have seemingly no chance at the postseason, barring a league championship. “We just need to go out and play as well as we can,” Bessho said. “We’ve always known that the best we can play, we can beat anybody. We just need to go out and do it. We just need to go out and get the job done.” It’s a job the Terps have had problems finishing during a season in which they lost 11 of their last 18 games. “Sometimes, it’s about us going out and pressing; sometimes, it’s about us not taking advantage of our opportunities,” Watten said of her team’s offensive inconsistency. “The runs come when we finally let it go, relax and play. That’s when we’re at our best. I think, if I had the answer, we wouldn’t be having this issue.” While happy to end their regular season with an 8-0 victory, the Terps came away disappointed with their showing against Boston College — who entered the weekend as the ACC’s lastplace team — especially because they did so well on Sunday. “I think we could have done that [Saturday],” Watten said. “I think the feeling is OK because we ended well, but we know we got to be better going into the conference tournament, and be consistent.” jnewmandbk@gmail.com

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“I hope that’s what we continue to do,” Reese said. “We didn’t do that in the ACC tournament. We are hoping to keep up the momentum going into NCAAs.” While the Terps gelled as a team, senior midfielder Dana Dobbie collected three draw controls to break the NCAA single-season record with 114, breaking the prior mark of 113 set by Georgetown’s Coco Stanwick in 2006. Dobbie and junior attacker Katie Faas led the Terps with four goals each, while senior midfielder Kelly Kasper and reserve freshman attacker Laura Merrifield notched hat tricks. Since the Terps’ meltdown in the second half of the ACC championship game, they have been on a tear. They rolled over Princeton and Loyola by a combined score of 38-13. The Terps admit the ACC championship served as a wake-up call just when they needed it. “It put a bit of fire under our butts and stuff,” Magor said. “I think that we have taken the time to go back to our fundamentals and get all the base parts of our game back up to scratch. And we have made sure to play a full 60 minutes.” With their regular season finished, the Terps can only wait. The NCAA tournament selection committee will decide how many home

games they will have. The Terps will need a topfour seed to stay instate for the entire tournament, which is the most ideal situation for the Terps, who haven’t been at home since April 19. “We only know for sure that we are going to have the first game at home,” Magor said. “We aren’t going to get ahead and assume it. It would be great to have two home games to start. We have been traveling a lot, and it really takes a toll on everyone — the whole bus routine and all that stuff. So that would be really great and a really big advantage to regroup and have a few home games and enjoy that.” Still, the Princeton and Loyola games have allowed the Terps to build some momentum heading into the tournament. While playing two regular-season games between the ACC and NCAA tournaments is unusual, Reese said the team has benefited from the quirk. “I’m glad that our season didn’t end with the ACC tournament,” Reese said. “I’m glad we got this experience, and now we are looking forward to the selection show. I don’t know what will happen, but I am interested to see how it all falls into place. The bottom line is to be the best; you have to beat every team in your way. It doesn’t matter who you play at this point; all the teams are going to be strong.” bkapurdbk@gmail.com

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No. 1 Duke St. John’s

16 9

Penn State 12 No. 4 Georgetown 11

No. 6 Notre Dame 9 No. 10 Ohio State 2

No. 8 TERRAPINS 16 Yale 10

No. 15 Colgate No. 2 Syracuse

12 11

No. 5 Johns Hopkins 9 No. 16 Loyola (Md.) 6

No. 7 UMBC Albany

No. 9 Cornell Hobart

14 13

15 7

Big first half pushes Terps past Yale Men’s lacrosse wins on Senior Day game. That kind of stated the game was over after he scored.” The Terps celebrated When the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team the final regular-season needed a boost on Senior home game for its nine Day, it was fitting that seniors with an offensive Will Dalton answered explosion they had been missing in recent weeks. the call. Yale had cut the Terp The Terps had not scored lead, which had been double-digit goals in seven at halftime, down their last four games, but they built an 11to four early in 4 lead by halfthe fourth quartime. ter. The senior Despite co-captain went recent struggles to the faceoff X M. LACROSSE knowing the Terrapins . . . . . . . . . . . 16 with half-field the Terps required Yale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 offense, Terps showed an a spark to close ability to move out the win. Dalton won the ensu- the ball to generate easy opportunities. ing faceoff and took the scoring attackman ball straight to the goal, Freshman shielding off a Bulldog Grant Catalino paced the defender with his large Terp offense with four body before flipping a goals and three assists, Dalton, Bryn shot into the back of the and Holmes, Jeff Reynolds net, all within 7 seconds. The veteran play and Travis Reed each proved to be just what the notched two goals. A 7-0 run in a 15:04 Terps needed. Yale never got as close again and the span that started midway No. 8 Terps cruised to a through the first quarter 16-10 win Saturday at put the Terps comfortably ahead. Byrd Stadium. “We’ve been strug“That was a big play,” coach Dave Cottle said. “It kind of ended the Please See YALE, Page 10 BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

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Freshman attackman Grant Catalino notched seven points in the Terps’ win over Yale on Saturday, helping send the seniors off on a high note in their final regular-season game.

Baseball falls short in crucial weekend Terps probably out of ACC tourney picture with three losses at BC BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

The Terrapin baseball team needed three wins this weekend over a conference bottom-dweller. It didn’t even get one. It was that kind of weekend for the Terps, who were swept by a Boston College team that came into the series last in the Atlantic Division but now has the same 8-19 ACC record as the Terps. The Terps have lost five consecutive games despite facing two teams, Duke and Boston College, which have a combined conference record of 16-33-1. Sunday’s game was moved up to Saturday to BASEBALL avoid expected rain. The Boston College . . . . . . 7 Terps lost both Terrapins . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 games of the doubleheader despite having a one-run lead heading into the seventh inning of the second game. The Eagles scored three runs in the decisive seventh inning without hitting the ball out of the infield thanks to a run scored on an infield single, a bases-loaded walk and a bases-loaded wild pitch. Boston College held on to win 7-5, and senior reliever Brad Taylor took the loss. “We had a rough day Saturday,” coach Terry Rupp said. “We felt we had both the games won but couldn’t close them out there in the end.” While the second game might have seemed rough, the first was probably worse. Tied 4-4 with two outs and an Eagles base runner on first in the bottom of the tenth inning, junior Dan Gentzler threw a wild pitch, walked a batter and hit the next batter to load the bases. The Terps brought in senior

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No trap game for women’s lacrosse Terps run past Loyola (Md.) to solidify NCAA tourney position BY BRIAN KAPUR Staff writer

BALTIMORE – All traps have been cleared. Despite being on the road against a rival playing its Senior Day, the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team took care of business against Loyola (Md.) Saturday. After making a resounding statement against No. 7 Princeton just four days prior, the No. 5 Terps (17-2) thrashed Loyola 20-4 to ensure the team a home game in the first round of the NCAA tournament. W. LACROSSE “We came out the way we wanted to after a big Terrapins. . . . . . . . . . . 20 win on Wednesday Loyola (Md.) . . . . . . . . 4 night,” coach Cathy Reese said. “We have been focusing on consistency all season, and we had a good game, start to finish.” The Terps controlled the game with an offensive surge and built a 10-0 lead in the first 23:45 of the game. By the half, the lead was 11-1 and everything was going the Terps’ way, even as the Greyhounds celebrated their Senior Day. “[Senior Day is] one of those things that’s an evil incentive,” senior attacker Casey Magor said. “We know. We are warned in advance that they are going to come that hard because there are emotions flying. You just try to come out there and top that.” Loyola (6-10) scored the first goal coming out of the break. But unlike in the past, the Terps didn’t slump in the second half, surging past Loyola 9-2 from that point. ALLISON AKERS–THE DIAMONDBACK

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NCAA tournament brackets The men’s lacrosse NCAA tournament brackets have been officially released. The Terrapins were given a No. 7 seed. Check out the full bracket on page 9.

Senior midfielder Kelly Kasper and the Terps dominated Loyola (Md.) this weekend, spoiling the Greyhounds’ Senior Day festivities.

Softball makes up for Saturday slipups BY JEFF NEWMAN Staff writer

The Terrapin softball team ended its regular season on a high note, but not before having a letdown the day before. The Terps (36-21, 7-14 ACC) defeated Boston College 8-0 in a five-inning Sunday game that was called due to the eight-run rule. Their run-rule victory came one day after twice losing to the Eagles, 5-2 and 3-1, and left coach Laura Watten dismayed over what she felt had been a disappointing season.

Outfielders Niki Lau, a redshirt “I’m not satisfied, and not really happy with how we’re finishing,” Wat- freshman, and Jenny Belak, a senior, led off the inning with singles ten said. “My intentions and before advancing on sophoexpectations of this team more shortstop Alex Shultz’s from here on out are always sacrifice fly. Both scored on a going to be that of a top-20 wild throw from Eagle secteam. ... I absolutely enviSOFTBALL sioned us in [the] top three or Terrapins . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ond baseman Renee Ramos. Boston College . . . . . . 0 Senior catcher Brittany four in the conference.” Bessho followed with her Sunday, the Terps scored runs in both the first and second in- sixth home run of the year to make the nings on wild pitches from Eagles score 6-0. Bessho would later drive in the starter Allison Gage before getting the job done themselves in the third inning. Please See SOFTBALL, Page 10