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Univ. Senate delays credit policy vote SGA Pres. Proposal to loosen requirements will be considered next semester BY TIRZA AUSTIN Senior staff writer

A proposal that would make it easier for seniors to study abroad has been temporarily dropped by the University Senate, meaning it likely won’t go into effect until next year. The proposal would have changed a university policy that demands students complete their

last 30 credits on the campus. Instead, students would only be required to take half of their final 60 credits at the university, giving upperclassmen more flexibility. Supporters of the change said it would eliminate a hurdle that blocks seniors from engaging in internships or studying abroad. But the bill was dropped last week by the Senate Executive Committee for technical reasons.

The technical error means the bill, which was popular among student senators, won’t be voted on until at least next fall. While outgoing senate Chair Ken Holum had “no doubt” the bill would be able to easily pass, other faculty members seemed less enthusiastic, arguing students should have to take upper-level classes in their major with university professors. “We have an intelligent and

dynamic student body,” said Donna Hamilton, the dean of undergraduate studies. “We want them to advance their education; we want them to go abroad — it makes them more competitive — we’re talking about an elite student body, but that’s also why we want them on campus. “We don’t want these great

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Jehan Sadat, a senior fellow at the university, lectures on Middle Eastern peace and feminism. Sadat was married to assassinated former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. VINCE

vetoes SmarTrip legislation Sachs says funding for proposal should go to student groups

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In one of his last acts as SGA president, Jonathan Sachs vetoed a bill that would have provided incoming freshman with IDs that double as Metro SmarTrip cards yesterday, a move critics said goes against student interests. Supporters of the initiative said it was designed to encourage the use of environmentally friendly transportation and better integrate the university into the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. But Sachs and other critics maintained the project was a gross misappropriation of student activities fees — the bill pledged the remainder of the SGA’s legislative

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Jehan Sadat speaks about reviving the Middle East peace process BY DARREN BOTELHO Staff writer

In 1978, then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed the Camp David Accords, making Egypt the first Arab state to officially recognize Israel. Now, 31 years later, his widow, Jehan Sadat, is trying to revive the spirit of peace that led to the signing of that treaty. Sadat, a senior fellow at the university,

spoke yesterday to a crowd of about 200 people in the Riggs Alumni Center, touching on her past, the role of women in Islam and the prospects for the revival of the Middle East peace process. “The hope that my husband and I once had seems like an elusive dream,” said Sadat, whose husband was assassinated in 1981 by Muslim extremists who were furious with him for making peace with Israel. “Thirty years later,

we have nothing but fighting.” Sadat said after her husband’s death she initially withdrew herself from the public light and moved to the United States. “It’s easy to think that I was running away,” Sadat said. “But, why would I run away from everything familiar to me? I could have stayed and had a comfortable life, but I wanted to continue

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Rain prompts cancellation of commencement prayer protest Rally was meant to showcase secular, religious diversity BY ALLISON STICE Senior staff writer

Yesterday’s rain prompted the cancellation of a rally against the university’s decision to continue holding prayer at commencement, disappointing more than 160 students who planned to showcase their religious and secular diversity on McKeldin Mall. The cancellation negated hours of planning by organizers and undergraduate student senators Kevin Tervala and Lida Zlatic, and upset the plans of students who indicated

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Re-examining their religious beliefs Increasing numbers of Americans changing their faiths as young adults, survey finds

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Looking at her traditional Muslim garb, it’s difficult to tell that Emma Dyroff was raised by Christian parents and attended a Baptist high school. Dyroff is one of a growing number of Americans who have converted from their childhood faiths. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life indicates 44 percent of adults in the United States do not belong to the faith they subscribed to as a child. Many of the conversions are taking place among young adults — more than half of those who converted left their original religion before the age of 24. College students, separated from their parents and surrounded by new people and ideas, often find themselves questioning their beliefs, which in an increasing number of

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Counseling Center will relocate for fall semester Currently in Shoemaker, center moving to S. Campus Diner, Susquehanna Hall BY RICH ABDILL Staff writer

cases is leading to religious conversion. Dyroff, for one, didn’t come to college intending to convert, but after talking to a Muslim friend and examining other religions,

Students seeking services from the Counseling Center next year will have a hike ahead of them — the center is slated to uproot this June, allowing for renovations to its regular offices in Shoemaker Hall. While its facilities are renovated, the center will be temporarily split in half next semester and relocated to the second floor of the South Campus Dining Hall and the fourth floor of Susquehanna Hall. But despite the upheaval,

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all services will remain intact during the year-long upgrade, said Jonathan Kandell, an assistant director of the center. The learning assistance center and testing office will be transferred to offices on the top level of the South Campus Dining Hall. The center’s administrative and counseling services, along with its disability support services, will move to Susquehanna Hall, which also houses the English department and is located behind South Campus Dining Hall. The center receives 700 to 800 student visits per month, Kandell said. Its testing office provides services including psychological and vocational testing and a myriad of academic tests often required for graduate programs. Kandell said the center had 6,300 visits last year — a number, he added, he wouldn’t be startled to see decline due to the relocation. “Right now we’re pretty centrally located,” Kandell said. “We’re going to be moving to literally the fringe of campus. People are going to have to be intentional

in coming to us.” However, he also added being relegated to a more obscure section of campus might attract students who wouldn’t normally come to Shoemaker’s more public setting. “Some people don’t come because there’s the lecture hall upstairs or the public waiting room,” Kandell said. “We’ll be on the fourth floor of Susquehanna. There’s really no other reason to be there.” Students have received the news with mixed reactions. Freshman letters and sciences major Ade Adepegba said accessibility was key. “Incoming freshmen would be really far away,” Adepegba said. “And some people don’t even know where Susquehanna is.” But sophomore biology major Diane Ng said she didn’t think students would be deterred. “Susquehanna’s not that far from Shoemaker — what is it, two minutes?” she said. “If people really want counseling, they’re going to get counseling.” The $9.2 million makeover of Shoemaker, which was built in

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Officials laud high achievers, claim students are ‘too important’ to let go CREDITS, from Page 1 students to just take off because they’re too important to the university,” she added. But student senators said those concerns were overblown. “I don’t think we need to specify when they take them so long that they take them,” said outgoing student senator David Zuckerman. Brad Docherty, another outgoing student senator, said current policy also discourages students from taking 300- or 400-level classes early in their academic careers. “The way it is now, pressure is put on students to know not to take their upper levels ahead of time, and to better plan out their time to study abroad,” Docherty said.

The bill was originally going to be voted on at a senate meeting last month, but the meeting ended before a vote could take place. The missed vote gave the executive committee a second chance to look at the bill, during which time Hamilton pointed out the bill amended the wrong university documents. Holum and other members of the executive committee tried to fix the bill’s technical issues through amendments but ultimately decided the process would be too time-consuming. The committee members voted to send the bill back to the Academic Procedures and Standards Committee, which originally wrote it. “I think it’s a shame we can’t provide some simple amendment to fix it so we can enact it

ASAP,” Holum said. “[The committee] worked on this for a whole year.” Because Holum expects the bill to pass quickly, he anticipated the impact on students would be minimal because it will still go into effect next spring. But it may leave students who are planning to study abroad in limbo while they wait for the senate to vote. The proposal will be re-edited and resubmitted to the Senate Executive Committee in September and will likely be voted on in October by the senate, said Reka Montfort, the executive secretary and director for the senate. Senior staff writer Marissa Lang contributed to this report. taustindbk@gmail.com

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SmarTrip proposal Peace more than ‘an elusive dream’ likely to resurface SADAT, from Page 1

VETO, from Page 1 reserves to the initiative, an amount totaling as much as $17,000, at least $6,000 short of the money necessary to fund it — and student support wasn’t properly gauged. Student Government Association President-elect Steve Glickman, who proposed the bill, and incoming Senior Vice President Elliott Morris, said they would consider appealing the veto to the Governance Board, the SGA’s judicial body, before the semester’s end. Under SGA regulations, it would take a two-thirds vote of the legislature to override a veto, but Sachs’s announcement, which came around noon yesterday, leaves legislators little time to do so before tonight’s inauguration. Sachs said he vetoed the bill yesterday rather than immediately after the meeting so he could consider the legislation more fully. In the interim, Sachs said he talked to many students who asked him to veto the bill. But Glickman, who proposed the bill, said he thought the veto’s timing was designed to kill opposition. “[The timing] was planned,” Glickman said. “If [Sachs] was really against this for principle’s sake, then he would have vetoed it Thursday after the meeting.” “It’s sad that he’s going out on this note,” he added. “[Legislators are] going out and following what our constituencies want, and he thinks that one person, himself, should be able to stop what students want.” In a heated debate at last week’s meeting, the measure passed 16-7, with three abstentions, despite objections from some legislators and from the outgoing SGA Vice President of Financial Affairs Jason Hofberg that the bill violated finance rules by using student activities fees to foot the bill for cards guaranteed only for incoming freshmen, who haven’t paid student fees. In an e-mail sent to legislators yesterday afternoon, Sachs echoed that concern. “To take a lump sum of money without formal student input and insert it into a program that will be exclusionary in its nature is an

inappropriate use of our funds,” he wrote. Sachs was also bothered by the fact that the bill was introduced in the last legislative meeting of the year without being reviewed by a committee beforehand, which he wrote “illustrates a reckless disregard for the legislative process.” It typically takes bills three meetings to make it to a final vote, but it is not uncommon for legislators to circumvent the process and push bills through faster, even without committee hearings. “With [the SmarTrip bill], the process was just blatantly and recklessly ignored,” Sachs said. “That’s not right, and it’s a terrible way to do business.” Glickman noted at the same meeting a massive bill, which restructured the SGA and was authored by Sachs, also made it to a vote the same day it was formally proposed. But that bill was previously reviewed by a committee, and, Sachs said, he had discussed it with almost all legislators before the meeting. SGA Senior Vice President Joanna Calabrese said the SmarTrip bill wasn’t proposed earlier because it was unclear how much student activities funds the SGA would have to put toward the initiative. Sachs also questioned whether the program, which does not provide discounted Metro fares, would actually encourage ridership. But Calabrese said the new cards would have an impact and would help encourage possible Metro discounts in the future. “When you see that your ID is not only an ID, but it also has a little Metro sign on it, students will start to think of this university as connected to D.C.,” Calabrese said. SGA leaders and university officials may also consider a lowercost version of the initiative, in which the university would buy the machine necessary to convert student IDs to SmarTrip cards and pay for advertising — totaling $7,000 — but skip the subsidy of incoming freshmen ID cards. Glickman said he would continue to work toward implementing the initiative during his presidency. coxdbk@gmail.com

my husband’s dream of peace.” But since moving to the United States, she has become more political, serving as an advocate for ending conflict in the Middle East at multiple universities, giving speeches and meeting with world leaders. Most recently, Sadat wrote a book, My Hope for Peace, which she thinks could help inspire a resurgence of interest in solving the seemingly intractable conflict. “My real reason for writing this book was to recruit a religion of people who believe in peace in the Middle East,” she said. “And say ‘Yes, we can.’” She added, “I took that from [President Barack] Obama’s campaign,” prompting laughter from the audience. Sadat said she hopes the Obama administration can do more than previous administrations have in working toward a resolution. Efforts, she said, have been stalled since the

Camp David Accords were signed under former President Jimmy Carter. Her speech was featured as a part of the lecture series named after her husband. Previous speakers in the series included Carter, Nelson Mandela, Henry Kissinger and Kofi Annan. Students who attended found Sadat’s travails after her husband’s death, as well as her views on feminism and Islam, interesting. “It was interesting to hear how she decided not to stay in Egypt, where she would be famous as the widow of the president and was even given a doctorate,” said senior government and politics major Samantha Difilippo. “She wanted to earn her own doctorate and be independent, and encouraged other Egyptian women to do the same.” That encouragement, Sadat said, was not risk free. Her work encouraging literacy and employment for Egyptian women, making them self-sufficient, won her friends and enemies.

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“I’ve been praised and criticized as a feminist,” she said. “Some praise my work and some have accused me of tearing apart families.” Kelly Brown, a senior government and politics major, and Jenna Burton, a senior Arabic studies, finance and international business major, were also fasci-

nated by Sadat’s evolution in politics and social activism. “She said when her husband started getting into politics she wasn’t really interested,” Burton said. “Look how far she has come, though. Now she is influencing people all over the world.” botelhodbk@gmail.com

Would-be protesters disappointed by cancellation PRAYER, from Page 1 they planned to attend the protest on the group’s Facebook page. Tervala and Zlatic said they opted to call off the protest because the rain would have decreased turnout and ruined the visual component of the rally. It will not be rescheduled, they added, because the mall must be reserved two weeks in advance for events and demonstrations. The two hoped to lead up to the scheduled 2 p.m. protest by having rallygoers decorate T-shirts with expressions of their individual views. They were also planning on having participants and passersby sign a large scroll with

a personal message in support of the cause. “The scroll would have been impossible,” said Zlatic, a senior art history and classics major and a Diamondback columnist. “It wasn’t supposed to be the kind of rally where people run around and shake their fists at the Administration building.” The protest was not sanctioned by the University Senate, which voted to ban prayer at commencement in a 42-12 vote last month. University President Dan Mote overturned the senate’s decision a few days later, going against the advisory body’s recommendation for the first time in his tenure at the university.

This year, the main graduation ceremony will go on as usual, with the university’s 14 chaplains working together to craft an invocation that is as “inclusive as possible.” Rabbi Ari Israel of the Hillel Jewish Student Center will deliver the invocation at commencement later this month. Tervala said an inclusive invocation is impossible because of the diversity of traditions on the campus. The intent of the rally was to showcase this individualism, he said, and would have required a significant amount of people to pull it off. About 160 students sent an RSVP to the Facebook event, and Tervala was hoping for more than 300 students to filter in and

out of the rally in between classes. “Turnout would have decreased if we held the rally in the rain,” Tervala said. “That was a major concern because an important part of our protest was that visual of individualism.” Although some would-be rallygoers expressed disappointment and anger at the cancellation on the event’s Facebook wall, Zlatic doesn’t feel her efforts went to waste. Last month, Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement called a discussion of solutions for making the main graduation ceremony inclusive to other faiths as well as to the non-religious. sticedbk@gmail.com

Univ. setting ideal for religious exploration RELIGION, from Page 1 she decided to convert to Islam. “I felt like right now I was searching for a religion, and I found one that I could agree with,” said Dyroff, a junior early-

childhood education major. “And even the things I wasn’t sure about, I knew that I believed enough of it that I knew anything else that came along with it would be the truth.” Though Dyroff said drastically changing her lifestyle was tough, the conversion was worth it. “I feel like my life has turned around,” she said. University Interfaith Council president Jenn Young, a former Diamondback columnist, said she isn’t surprised at the rise in young religious converts. She spent much of her own college life exploring other religions. Raised Catholic, she left the church and attended Jewish,

Muslim and Hindu services. “I just tried a lot of different things, not really to find anything for myself but just to kind of learn about how other people worship and believe,” Young said. She said the university setting is perfect for students to look at what other people believe and to explore other options that differ from what they grew up with. Rabbi Eli Kohl said he often sees non-Jewish students interested in learning about Judaism come into the Maryland Hillel. Most students don’t end up converting, Kohl said, but regardless of whether there’s any actual conversion, questioning your faith is part of being a

young adult. “There’s this drive to create a more meaningful life and figure out [students’] purpose, and I think it’s driving them toward either reexploring their religion and being open,” Kohl said. Dyroff, however, isn’t looking to go back to her old life. She said converting to Islam has changed her life for the better. “I think, when people actually convert their religions, they can learn something that is true to themselves,” said Dyroff. “They found something they can put comfort in and follow, and I think that’s great.” newsdesk.dbk@gmail.com

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ext year, students at the University of Massachusetts will see a 15 percent March hearing, Senate Budget and Taxation committee chairman Sen. Ulysses Curtuition jump. The University of California System — which includes two of rie (D-Prince George’s) gave an unprompted speech in which he said higher educathis university’s peer institutions — is poised to hike tuition 9.3 percent. The tion was the “only” solution to the state’s budget, environment and health care probUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, another peer institution, had a 5.6 lems. Mote said the hearing was the best he had ever been to. All the while, University System Chancellor Brit Kirwan has taken steps to reaspercent tuition increase last year and another increase appears likely for the 2009sure the cash-strapped legislature that taxpayers’ money won’t be wasted. When for2010 school year. Across the nation, tuition is climbing and university budgets are shrinking as state mer Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) made drastic cuts to the university system, he occasionlegislatures battle declining revenues, a stagnant economy and gaping deficits. In ally justified the moves by citing the $110,000 salary former chancellor Donald Langenberg received for a professorship that didn’t require him to Washington state, public universities are losing $437 million in the teach any courses. If the system was wasting money anyway, next two years. In Louisiana, higher education funding was slashed Ehrlich argued, it could afford the cuts. But Kirwan has turned the by $55 million mid-year and the governor has proposed a $219 miltables. Several years ago, he began a drive to increase efficiency lion reduction for next year. Leadership at the with initiatives to negotiate contracts collectively, increase faculty In comparison, the rough times felt here are mild. The university university, system and workloads and ensure students graduated quickly. The result? Tens saw its budget cut in the middle of the year and has implemented a state has paved the way of millions of dollars saved and a powerful message to lawmakers. hiring freeze, but has avoided mass layoffs or dramatic reductions Ultimately, Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has played the most imporin services. In-state tuition will be frozen for the fourth straight year. for a tuition freeze. tant role in keeping tuition frozen. He hasn’t raised in-state tuition So why, despite facing the same budgetary calamities as other states, has the university escaped relatively unscathed? The answer starts and ends throughout his term and his initial budget proposal gave the university system a small with leadership. The success of higher education during this year’s General Assembly increase in funding despite a $2 billion deficit and political pressure to slash the highsession was the result of years of groundwork laid by top officials at the university, sys- er education budget in favor of saving 700 jobs. Without pressure from O’Malley, it would have been simple for legislators or the Board of Regents to raise tuition with tem and state levels. For years, university President Dan Mote has made the case that funding higher ed- very little political blowback. O’Malley’s reasons for doing so may not be pure — havucation will improve the state’s economy in the future. It may have taken a while, but ing kept tuition frozen for four years would be a powerful political weapon in a rethe argument clearly gained ground during this spring’s legislative session. During a match against Ehrlich — but it’s difficult to argue with the results.

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Clean energy: Make the case before it’s too late

’ve found over the years that timing is not the strong suit of environmentalists. There’s a joke that whenever there’s a global warming rally, it’s probably going to snow. Just a couple of weeks ago, Earth Day became rain day. The earth has been playing coy, saying, “If you want to save me, you’re going to have to work for it.” When it comes to clean energy, the economy has been dragging its feet as well. Right when we get a Congress and president capable of passing a strong climate change bill, the economy is jumping off a cliff with a bungee cord made of defaulted bank notes. You can always depend on detractors of regulating carbon emissions, such as the oil, coal, gas and utility companies, to insist this just isn’t the right time. We can’t be burdened by job losses and higher energy prices during a severe recession. By sheer coincidence, I’m sure, opponents use the same argument when the economy is thriving. This is interesting, considering our

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DERNOGA policy of not putting a price on pollution in the name of saving manufacturing. From 2000-2008, the U.S. workforce saw a loss of over 4 million manufacturing jobs. Auto companies kicked and screamed at fuel-economy standards for decades, only to witness Japanese carmakers with more fuel-efficient cars come in and take their jobs. Electricity prices rose sharply in many parts of the country without carbon regulation. Oil companies benefited from billions of dollars in tax breaks while claiming regulation would hurt American families at the pump — kind of like what happened last summer with obscene gas prices and no

viable substitutes. We would do well to observe these trends and recognize there needs to be a different way of producing energy in this country. Our economy needs to be transformed and retooled for the global markets of the 21st century. Energy needs to be affordable, abundant and clean. The green provisions of the stimulus bill were a nice spark. We need a lightning bolt. We need a strong climate bill to rescue the economy, and now is the perfect time. Manufacturing has caught on to this opportunity. Turns out wind turbines are made of steel. Labor groups, such as the United Steelworkers and the Communications Workers of America have teamed up with environmental groups to form the Blue Green Alliance. By investing $100 billion generated from a climate bill into retrofitting buildings, mass transit, a smart electric grid, wind and solar power and advanced biofuels, 2 million jobs can be created in the next two years. The reality is the only burden special

interest groups are concerned about is their own balance sheets. The question isn’t whether we can afford to pass a climate bill. It’s whether we can afford not to. The truth is, regulating carbon will put our fast-emerging industries at an advantage over foreign competitors. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is coming to the campus May 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Baltimore Room in Stamp Student Union for a Clean Energy Town Hall Meeting. There’s a climate bill with a serious chance of passing, which will start getting marked up in the Energy and Commerce Committee the same day. How’s that for timing? This is your chance to weigh in. Don’t miss it for the world. Matt Dernoga is a junior government and politics major and the political liaison for UMD for Clean Energy, one of the groups hosting Rep. Hoyer. He can be reached at mdernoga@umd.edu.

Jordan: A veiled national identity and a lost home

alestine is often just beneath the surface of every conversation I have with my Jordanian friends and acquaintances — about 70 percent of Jordanians identify themselves as Palestinians. One of the main reasons I decided to study in Jordan was to learn more about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from a Palestinian perspective. It’s been a powerful experience, but the biggest surprise for me was finding out how little I — and most Americans I know — understand about the complexity of the conflict and how the Palestinian narrative feeds into it. Whenever I meet someone new, the conversation usually goes like this: “Hey! So where are you from?” He or she usually replies, “Palestine.” “Oh, cool,” I respond. “So did you grow up there, or what?” “Oh, no, I’ve lived in Jordan my whole life,” my new friend will answer. “Okay,” I say, “So your parents grew up there?” Nine times

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GORE out of 10, the answer is “No, they grew up in Jordan, too. But my grandparents lived there when they were kids.” Every time I ask someone where they’re from, if they’re Palestinian, they say “Palestine.” While almost all of them were not born there and most have never even visited, their connection to the land is very strong and exceptionally real. So real, in fact, that Palestine takes on the air of an idealized place from the view across the Jordan River. But many of the Palestinians in Jordan — especially those our age — cannot visit their homeland because of vari-

ous Israeli rules and regulations. When I suggest they try to apply for a visa themselves, they immediately turn me down, saying “It would never happen.” While they see Palestine in such a nostalgic light, they see Israel in a single role: their enemy. After all, most Jordanians can’t see Israel for themselves, so they rely on what is available in order to paint a picture of the Jewish state. What is available? The Palestinian historical narrative (depending on who you talk to) understands that colonialist Jews came to Palestine in the mid-20th century and, using the Holocaust as an excuse, kicked the Palestinians out and built a state of their own. That image remains relatively fixed and acts as a lens through which many Palestinians view the conflict. During the recent war in Gaza, the Arab media focused on the myriads of children killed during Israeli incursions. I spent many

evenings watching Al Jazeera’s coverage of the war with my Jordanian host family, where images of crying babies and bloody women and children were played repeatedly. According to many of my Jordanian and Palestinian friends, this is Israel. It may be easy to argue about the conflict from an ivory tower, but this is not an academic discussion; it’s a real issue that affects people’s lives on a daily basis. Living in Jordan for a year has put a human face on the Palestinian side of the conflict. Having an opportunity to live on both sides has been a challenging but valuable experience and has made me realize the necessity of honest and open communication between the two sides. Ari Gore is a junior government and politics major writing from Jordan. He can be reached at goredbk@gmail.com.

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Two years ago, my professor put one student in charge of course evaluations, and then he left the room. Students were, for the first time, alone in the classroom, no professor, no teaching assistants, nothing. The instructions were read, and some discussion occurred. Students could decide as a class or as individuals how to personally evaluate the professor and the course. The motivation for filling out your evaluations was simple: have your voice heard and make real changes. Incorporating course evaluations into class time is critical for their success. Evaluations are optional, but class time generally isn’t. This gives people a reason not to rush though them and check off “average” for every item. So, you may ask: “Why, if I have something to say about a class or professor, wouldn’t I just take the time to do it online?” Well, if it matters enough to you, then you probably will. But what if you think a class was really worthwhile or really dismal, but not enough of either to warrant taking time out of your busy schedule to complete online course evaluations? In response to this, the university has introduced despicable lures for you to complete your evaluations, but only if you complete every single one. The rational response is to fill out each evaluation as quickly as possible just to qualify for the reward. Most people will probably check “average” for all or fill the evaluations out randomly. The first lure is if enough students participate, the university will publicize the data on a Pick-a-Prof-like website. But the data on this site will, of course, be completely incorrect, because it was gathered from students who rated their classes at random just for access to the site. This website also has the power to undermine the university. Students will know what they’re getting into when they register for bad classes, but underclassmen often are limited to certain courses because of their registration appointment. It is one thing if a website like OurUMD or Pick-aProf tells you that a class is bad; it is entirely different if the university itself tells you that a course is bad, but then tells you that you do not have any choice but to take it. The newest lure administrators concocted probably began because of low participation in online course evaluations. This semester, the university has created a lottery system, which will reward people who fill out their evaluations with an early registration appointment. Registration time should be a function of number of credits earned. As a senior in the behavioral and social sciences college, up until this semester, I was not able to register for all the classes that I wanted to because they filled up too quickly. For the university to say luck of the draw is just as valuable as seniority is to snub every senior who couldn’t get into an elective. If I found out a sophomore took my spot in a 400-level government class, there will be hell to pay. This contest drawing is immature, unprofessional and un-academic. If this goes off without a hitch, maybe next year there will be a drawing for a discount on your tuition or someone will be selected to receive a GPA boost. Provost Nariman Farvardin and the other higher-ups should be ashamed. By moving course evaluations online, the university is removing what little reliability these evaluations had in the first place. They are undermining the student body. I, for one, will not be evaluating my classes this semester and encourage others to do the same. Jeremy Turret is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at jturret@umd.edu

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Conor Oberst’s latest shows his adeptness but lacks emotion BY JON WOLPER Staff writer

When Conor Oberst was the frontman for Bright Eyes, he recorded an album called I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning. Upon its release, critics and fans were largely blown away. Oberst was a lyrical genius, they said at the time. He’d be this generation’s Bob Dylan. Just wait to see what he comes out with in the future. Four years later, Oberst is no longer known as Bright Eyes, and for now all those grandiose comparisons have fizzled and faded away. Rightfully so, too — Oberst’s work with the Mystic Valley Band is very much below par compared with his output under the Bright Eyes moniker. Oberst always had an innate ability to make every track he sang seem urgent. He was constantly restless as a vocalist, his voice often angry and prone to lift to a yell. But in his migration from screaming emo kid to alt-country practitioner by way of folk singer, the intensity has been compromised. The only exception on Oberst’s latest, Outer South — which is billed to Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band — is the rousing “Roosevelt Room.” Above a flurry of distorted electric guitars, Oberst is as angry as we know he can be when taking on controversial topics such as the president or the economy. “You get death as consolation / You

GALLOWS “Grey Britain is not only written better and heavier than its predecessor, but it makes a strong political statement about the group’s home nation. What the band has crafted is an album George Orwell would be proud of. A critique on British society is made, all while showcasing the group’s apparent influences. From ’80s hardcore to punk to some Black Sabbath-esque metal — each genre is highlighted on a few tracks a piece.” — Kyle Lucas RATING: 4 stars out of 5

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know only hate and rage,” he sings with a hint of menace. “You paid a dowry for your child bride / And now she’s living like a slave.” “Roosevelt Room,” though, is the only song on Outer South that moves into distinct rock ‘n’ roll territory. Nearly every one of the other 15 songs on the album fits into a basic alt-country backbone. The stabs of organ from song to song are almost everywhere, and overly repetitive guitar lines weave themselves into the spaces between vocal passages. Oberst has expunged most of the waver and dissonance from his delivery in favor of a cleaner, easier-to-digest tone. Many of the songs are overlong, as well. The resultant repetition and

Oberst’s flaccid voice make the songs bleed together, and with 16 of them to slog through, it becomes easy to allow the album to fall into the background. And that’s what Outer South is, for the most part: agreeable, if very unmemorable, background music for people who can stomach Oberst’s alt-country leanings. In what may be an attempt to combat boredom — or maybe just to include some friends — Oberst has handed the vocal and songwriting reins to a few others. Six songs on Outer South are attributed to other performers, and “Worldwide,” although written by Oberst, is sung by bassist

Macey Taylor. Most of these songs are good enough to pass. Jason Boesel’s two contributions, “Difference is Time” and his version of “Eagle on a Pole” — which originally appeared on Oberst’s self-titled solo album from last year — stand out, though, mostly due to his smooth delivery. The two songs, while musically similar to much else on the record, still manage to seem natural to a degree that many others do not. On the other end of the guest spectrum is the laughable “Air Mattress,” sung by Taylor Hollingsworth. The ridiculous synth-pop verses are only made even stranger by his pinchednose vocals. “Snake Hill,” which concludes the record and puts emphasis on Hollingsworth’s voice, is unpleasant for the same reasons. True, Oberst’s songs are now, musically, much more intricate than anything he’s done in the past. There are some very impressive guitar lines and solos, and the songwriter seems to be content in that world. But intricacy doesn’t equal emotion, and Outer South ends up feeling cold. The record is simply an unexciting entry into Oberst’s quickly expanding catalog. jwolper@umd.edu

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Rozak has goals beyond the game ROZAK, from Page 8 heal again, so I decided to take a [biology] class,” Rozak said. “I said if I do well in this bio class, then I am going to try to be a doctor, because I needed a backup plan for my career.” Last fall became a juggling routine for Rozak, who balanced a 19-credit schedule — which he needed special permission to take — with daily baseball practices, workouts and teaching assistant duties. Rozak said that biometrics can be a difficult subject to understand, so he would try to tell stories that helped the students relate to the subject material. Though he tried to be a fun teaching assistant while simultaneously learning himself, Rozak admitted a few students probably thought he was a little weird. “Some students wouldn’t get into my jokes because they probably thought I was strange or trying to be cool,” Rozak said. “But I was just trying to be myself and have fun with it.” He managed to leave a lasting impression on his biometrics professor along the way. “Mike worked very hard and his students adored him,” Professor Christine Hakenkamp said in an e-mail. “He was the go-to guy when students had questions, and I

would have loved to have him TA for me again.” But for now, Rozak is focused on continuing to improve his play on the field, and if his statistics are any indication, the junior has made significant strides while his wrist continues to heal. In 2008 he played in 19 games, but only got two at-bats. He was used primarily as a defensive replacement and pinchrunner. Rozak is still used as a defensive replacement for left fielder Gerry Spessard late in games, but has been an impact player in conference games, hitting .350 with five RBI in 20 ACC at-bats. Rupp said Rozak’s improvement has been just as much about his work ethic and discipline as it has been about finally getting healthy. “Mike is an incredibly disciplined and hard-working guy, and that’s why he is able to balance baseball and school so well,” Rupp said. “Someone else might have gotten frustrated with how gradual the healing process has been, but he just shows up and keeps working, and I think his best baseball is still ahead of him.” The Terps will potentially lose all three starting outfielders if junior A.J. Casario gets drafted and decides to forgo his senior season this summer. The team will need Rozak to play an even

No suspense involved for women’s lacrosse Terps are No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament, won’t face another ACC foe until potential North Carolina matchup in Final Four BY KATE YANCHULIS Staff writer

Mike Rozak is a double major in criminology and criminal justice, and neurophysiology and biology, a rarity for an athlete. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

bigger role if they hope to make up for the lost production. While he still admits the wrist hurts occasionally, especially when he makes contact with the ball, he has been encouraged by the way he has played this season and points to his first career home run, which happened March 7 against Georgia Tech, as evidence. “I didn’t think it had gone out so I was sprinting around

second base thinking I had a triple,” Rozak said, laughing. “Finally when someone told me, I started to jog. It was a great feeling to finally do that, hopefully there are more to come.” But even if there aren’t more to come, at least Rozak knows he has something other than baseball to fall back on. lemairedbk@gmail.com

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As the NCAA Tournament selection show approached Sunday night, the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team had no reason for anxiety. The undefeated Terps were a definite to make the 16-team field. And after spending the past nine weeks ranked No. 2 behind Northwestern, the only other undefeated team in the country, even their seeding was all but certain. But they did not yet know their first-round opponent, making it hard not to get sucked into playoff prognostication and Final Four predictions. That natural reaction did not sit well with the Terps, who have a strict “one game at a time” philosophy. So the team gathered together around the television, waiting to hear their opening match-up so they could get back to their familiar mantra and focus on their next game. “No matter what everyone’s saying, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves,” coach Cathy Reese said. “We’re excited about our No. 2 seed. We’re excited about our bracket. But at this point in the season, the bracket is wide open.” In the first round of their 20th consecutive NCAA Tournament, the Terps (19-0) will host Colgate (14-4), who won the Patriot League’s automatic bid, at noon Sunday. The game will mark only the fourth tournament appearance for unranked Colgate, compared to an NCAA-leading 24th appearance for the Terps. The Raiders lost their only top-20 game this season, while the Terps beat 13 ranked opponents and averaged a nine-goal margin of victory against unranked teams. If the Terps advance to the round of eight as expected, they would stay in College Park and face No. 7 seed Syracuse (13-4) or Boston University (15-3) the next weekend. If they win that match, they would head to the Final Four in Towson, Md., less than an hour away. “This could be a local event for us if we keep winning,” Reese said. “We’ll be near our family, our friends, our fans who have supported us all year. We’d like to win so we can continue to represent at our school and in our state.” But the Terps do not want to get cocky, even with the assured home field advantage through the second round. “We’re not going to think about it,” midfielder Caitlyn McFadden said. “We’re just going to keep going one game at a time,

Defender Karissa Taylor and the Terps face Patriot League winner Colgate in Sunday’s first round. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

keep going really hard.” Still, after last year’s early exit, the Terps will be especially motivated to fulfill the expectations for their high seed and get past the second round. As a No. 3 seed, the team was upset by No. 12 seed Duke in the quarterfinals, the only home loss in Reese’s three years as coach. “We do want to keep getting those demons out,” McFadden said. “We definitely want to get past that Elite Eight this year.” To perform the exorcism, the Terps will have to get by Boston or Syracuse, the No. 10 and No. 9 ranked teams in the nation, respectively, both unfamiliar opponents. But with the No. 5 seed Blue Devils, who the Terps beat in the ACC Tournament final, on the opposite side of the bracket, the Terps would avoid another Duke rematch unless both teams make it to the title game. The Terps would not have to face a conference rival until the Final Four, when, if higher seeds prevail, they will meet No. 3 seed North Carolina. If the Terps make it that far, they could face Northwestern in a battle of the undefeated teams, a championship match-up many expect to see. But Reese refuses to get pulled in by the hype, remaining focused on the task at hand. “That’s looking way ahead for both teams,” she said. “Let’s get it done against Colgate on Sunday. Then we can talk about the next round. The championship’s a long way away.” kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com

Cottle keeping midfielders fresh with new adjustments CATALINO, from Page 8 been tricky with his attackman pedigree. Given the timing of the switch, Cottle was pleased by the results. Though Catalino did not score a goal, he did get chances. His four shots were more than he had taken in each of the previous two games. The sophomore finished with an assist, which he tallied on a first-half extra man opportunity. “He had a bunch of opportunities early,” Cottle said. “There were some good shots to be had. He’s just got to put them on cage.” Of Catalino’s four shots, just one was on goal. Used to playing the whole game, he said his stick skills struggled a bit after prolonged breaks. Still, Catalino is one of the Terps’ best shooters from the top of the box, a spot from which he finds shots even while playing attack. He said his long-range capabilities were probably one of the reasons he was asked to try the swap. “The biggest change is, first of all, I’m not always on the field — also just setting picks up top and creating from up top,” Catalino said. “But even though I’m categorized as a midfielder, I’m generally doing the same type of things,” Catalino continued. “It’s pretty much the same six guys running the same plays.” At times this season, designating certain players as attackmen or midfielders has seemed like a futile endeavor. With a glut of talented

attackmen, Cottle has tried to put his best players on the field without worrying about which position is listed next to each name on the roster. Attackmen Nick Ward and Joe Cummings have each received the majority of their minutes in the midfield this season. And attackman Travis Reed, who started at attack last season, played mainly in the midfield until an ankle injury to attackman Will Yeatman opened a spot up front. With Yeatman back in action, Catalino’s shift allowed the Terps to keep Reed at attack — a boon for the team given Reed’s sharp shooting and 16 goals. With Jeff Reynolds bumped down to the second line, Cottle faithfully trotted out three midfield lines Saturday, keeping players fresh. The reserve midfielders responded with half of the Terps’ 10 goals. Catalino said he will meet with Cottle early this week to talk about his position for the Terps’ matchup with Notre Dame. He said he thinks he can be effective in the position going forward. “I went alright; it was a little different experience,” Catalino said. “[Yale] obviously didn’t know I’d be playing midfield. But I think it can help free up Dan and Jeremy for some chances to dodge, and I’ll just keep doing what I need to do.” mkatzdbk@gmail.com

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Women’s Lacrosse NCAA First Round Games

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Massachusetts vs. No. 1 Northwestern 1 p.m.

Virginia vs. No. 5 Duke 2 p.m.

Towson vs. No. 3 North Carolina 1 p.m.

Boston U. vs. No. 7 Syracuse 3:30 p.m.

Georgetown vs. No. 8 Princeton Noon

Fairfield vs. No. 4 Penn 1 p.m.

Vanderbilt vs. No. 6 Notre Dame 4 p.m.

Colgate vs. No. 2 TERRAPINS Noon All games are Sunday, May 10

Catalino finding new midfield role challenging Natural attacker adjusting to coach’s late-season change

Hitting the bases and the books

BY MICHAEL KATZ Staff writer

One constant with the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team this year has been coach Dave Cottle’s willingness to fiddle with his lineup. Of course, the last game of the season proved to be no exception. With one final chance to tinker before the NCAA Tournament, Cottle inserted attackman Grant Catalino, the Terps’ leading scorer, on the first midfield line for Saturday’s 10-6 win against Yale. “We’re trying to change things up,” said Cottle, who gave no indication that the GRANT CATALINO switch would hold for TERP ATTACKMAN the Terps’ first-round tournament matchup with Notre Dame on Sunday. “We’re trying to find that right combination and get things where they need to be.” For Catalino, knowing where he needed to be was half the battle Saturday. He said the transition was aided by his new linemates, senior midfielders Dan Groot and Jeremy Sieverts. The two veterans helped him all week during practice, preparing Catalino for his first career start at midfield. “I’m new to the whole midfield thing, the substitutions, so I was just looking around at times like, ‘Are we up next?’” Catalino said. “You have to be mentally ready on the sidelines. You can’t get sidetracked.” On the field, Catalino was just as focused. He was thankful for being able to avoid playing defense, something he said could have

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Rozak delves into academic ambitions after wrist injury

Outfielder Mike Rozak is one of the Terps’ main utility players and also a member of the university’s Dean List.

BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Staff Writer

If he hadn’t broken his wrist during the middle of his senior year of high school, Terrapin outfielder Mike Rozak might still have plans to play professional baseball after his college career is over. Instead, Rozak has been forced to consider other options outside of the game. Rozak is a double major in criminology and criminal justice, and neurophysiology and biology — he’s also a member of the university’s Dean’s

List. Determined to continue to play baseball and try to further his other career plans at the same time, the junior decided to become a teaching assistant for a biometrics class last fall. It’s a long way from where Rozak first envisioned he would be when he was one of the area’s best high school baseball prospects at St. John’s High School in Washington. But now, the affable utility player has other plans in the classroom. “I came in out of high school with the goal of going professional,” Rozak said. “I was a really good high

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school player. I could hit for power, and all that stuff. And then I broke my wrist. ... It was frustrating because I wasn’t able to play.” Before his senior baseball season started in 2005, Rozak was playing pick-up basketball with his friends when he tried to dunk and ended up hitting his wrist against the rim. “I went in for X-rays with like three different doctors, and each one said that it wasn’t broken,” Rozak said. “Over the summer I got an MRI, and the doctor told me my wrist had been broken for like six months, so I had played my entire

senior season with a broken wrist.” Even with the broken wrist, Rozak was a team captain and named a First-Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference performer in 2005. But because he learned about the injury over the summer, Rozak was in a cast entering college, and coach Terry Rupp felt it was necessary to redshirt him for the 2006 season. Rozak said the injury led him to his first science class. “I thought my wrist might never

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