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State allies with Israel businesses Delegation advances partnership on cybersecurity, life sciences

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer The state is hoping to shore up its business relationships with Israel, and this university will play a crucial role in advancing a partnership that centers on furthering the state’s innovative and entrepreneurial technology-driven economy.

Last week, Gov. Martin O’Malley

returned from visits to Israel and Jordan and announced the formation of the Maryland/Israel Development Partnership. Through the Maryland Venture Fund, the collaboration will work to connect state businesses with those in Israel, playing off the strengths of both economies in the cybersecurity and life sciences sectors.

The state’s Department of Business and Economic Development and the

Office of the Chief Scientist in the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor will fund two companies — one from the state and one from Israel — to help joint development and research become a commercial product.

The program is a essentially a relaunch of a 2004 campaign to bring Israeli companies and their influence See israel, Page 2

wallace loh, univ. president, and Gov. Martin O’Malley signed deals on exchanges and business partnerships with Israel and Jordan. photo courtesy of brian ullmann

NO ‘KIDS’ ALLOWED?

By Dean Essner Senior staff writer It started as a dull roar from the bleachers. The sound of thousands chanting “Kids” in the cold, windy air, only ceasing once the final students

filed out of Byrd Stadium’s gates.

But alternative rock band MGMT didn’t indulge the crowd by performing its 2007 hit during its 80-minute set at Art Attack XXX on Friday night, leaving some students disappointed and heading for the exits before the show was over.

Instead, the band played a show that mixed other old classics with new cuts — for every hit like “Electric Feel” or “Time to Pretend,” there was a song to which the audience couldn’t sing along.

Sophomore Ben Strack said he felt cheated by the glaring omission of Grammy-nominated “Kids.”

“When they came out for the encore, we figured they’d end with ‘Kids,’” said Strack, a journalism major.

Farmers market sees boosts in reopening

By Teddy Amenabar Staff writer It’s not easy to get college students out of bed before noon on a Sunday morning, but many students nonetheless flocked to the grand reopening of the city’s farmers market this weekend.

Although the College Park Farmers Market reopened three weeks ago, the market now boasts baked goods, organic meats, live music and cooking

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Trip secures exchange program starting 2014

By Jenny Hottle and Fatimah Waseem Senior staff writers

“It was cold; people were tempted to leave, but people wanted to hear that song. I haven’t been this disappointed since Craig Robinson’s performance at the Homecoming Comedy Show.”

Strack said he assumed the band would stick the song at the very bottom of the set list, a fitting end to the show.

But when MGMT returned for an

Debi Goldschlag has long been interested in studying foreign cultures, and her college career can attest to that.

The sophomore international business and supply chain management major took a gap year in Israel after graduating from high school, and she spent a winter break in China. So when she learned about the university’s new student exchange program with the University of Jordan, she jumped at the opportunity, already planning out her schedule to accommodate the possibility of another semester abroad.

That exchange program and more are the products of university President Wallace Loh’s eight-day trip to Israel and Jordan with Gov. Martin O’Malley at the end of April. Loh signed agreements to formalize partnerships with several universities in the Middle East as part of the university’s larger vision of globalization and internationalization. The partnerships will lead to expanded research in entrepreneurship and innovation, Loh said, as well as cut the costs of studying abroad in the two countries.

Before, students like Goldschlag had to enroll directly in a foreign university and pay that institution’s fees. But when the exchange programs go into effect in the spring of 2014, students from this university will be able to study in Israel or Jordan as exchange students at the cost of this university’s tuition, Loh said.

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mgmt performed at Art Attack XXX on Friday night in Byrd Stadium. The psych-rock band didn’t perform “Kids,” a Grammy-nominated hit, much to the dismay of the crowd, but it did play fresh material. tim drummond/for the diamondback

After 7,700 buy tickets for Art Attack XXX, MGMT elicits screams, shrugs from Byrd Stadium crowd with up-and-down set list

Israel, Jordan expand studies

Writing center proves useful for grad. students GSG-developed program in high demand

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vendors at the College Park Farmers Market produced new attractions in this weekend’s grand reopening. With the semester ending, planners want to entice city residents to return in future patronage. james levin/for the diamondback demonstrations. New market manager Kelly Morris of KSM Marketing — a local firm with experience building two Washington-area farmers markets — and city Economic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater are behind the new initiatives, which are geared toward bolstering attendance at the weekly market.

“We’re putting on a little bit [of a] show,” Stiefvater said. “It’s taken a little while to get word out to people, but it seems like more and more families are coming.”

Josh Ratner, College Park City Council student liaison, said he was

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Between master’s theses, literature reviews, fellowship applications, dissertations, research proposals and more, writing is an important part of the graduate student curriculum, and now they have a place to go for writing help.

With the launch of the Writing Fellows program in March, graduate students can participate in one-onone sessions with trained fellows and receive advice on subjects such as structure and citation methods.

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“It’s always been an issue because it’s presumed grad students don’t need writing help, that they already know how to write, but that’s an oversimplification,” said Graduate Student Government President David Colon-Cabrera.

“Most of the time it’s a trial by fire. You learn by failing, basically.”

When students call for an appointment, they’re paired with one of the 12 fellows from a range of disciplines to set up a time to meet. Each department, discipline and subdiscipline has its own style and requirements, said program

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israel From PAGE 1 to this state’s technology industry, which ultimately fell short of expectations when it became difficult for this state and Israel to find the right companies and to get them to collaborate as a joint venture.

“It’s been difficult to have all three of those stars align,” said Thomas Dann, managing director of the Maryland Venture Fund.

But Dann hopes the effort will find success this time around.

O’Malley’s InvestMaryland initiative — a venture capital program under the stewardship of DBED and the Maryland Venture Fund — has successfully raised $84 million, which will provide the funding needed to keep the partnerships afloat, Dann said.

The state has also reached out to Massachusetts, which has already seen success in joint venture programs with companies in Israel.

“This is an experiment,” Dann said. “We’re trying to make this concept work, and we think we got more ammunition to make this work.”

It helps that the two economies complement each other, Dann said, a fact university entrepreneurs have figured out as they work to bolster their own business relationships with Israel.

Eco Branding, a sustainability communications firm created by three university students and alumni, has seen a healthy economic relationship between the state and Israel, said Jake Rozmaryn, the company’s founder and CEO. The technology sectors in both economies, he added, are advanced and will continue to advance by using the university as an incubator.

“As the flagship university within the state, University of Maryland is going to play a key role in the development of these new technologies,” Rozmaryn said, “and having a partner like Israel that is so advanced in terms of what they’re producing really will give University of Maryland a strategic advantage to capitalize on what is going on in Israel.”

Eco Branding helps “facilitate the transition” as Israeli products move from the development stage to the commercialization stage, Rozmaryn said. The company focuses on sustainability, he said, adding these industries are examples of where the state and Israel work well together.

“There are serious opportunities for joint ventures between Israeli companies and Maryland companies, particularly in the area of clean tech and energy efficiency,” Rozmaryn said.

“These industries are growing and are coming to Maryland.”

Israel is also a producer of medical technologies, which often make it into this state.

Joint business ventures would help facilitate such technology-sharing to the benefit of

“having a partner like israel that is so advanced in terms of what they’re producing really will give university of maryland a strategic advantage to capitalize on what is going on in israel.”

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CEO and founder of Eco Branding both economies, said Ira Rickman, president of TAMID Israel Investment Group, a studentled initiative that works to connect entrepreneurial-minded students with the Israeli business community.

“You see a lot of Israeli companies that will actually set up shop here in Maryland,” said Rickman, a junior economics and finance major. “It’s an easy way for these technologies to get themselves into Maryland’s economy.”

As a keystone of this university, entrepreneurship serves an important role in the Israeli-Maryland business relationship, said Rickman, adding Israel is a good outlet for entrepreneurship and can play off of the university’s strengths.

“Finding ways to learn from and study with, and capture some of those innovative capacities and thinking abilities are really important toward building our entrepreneurship,” Rickman said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

MARKET From PAGE 1 impressed with the changes he saw yesterday.

“There’s a lot of vendors, more than there’s been,” Ratner said. “There’s a lot of unique stuff — everything from flowers to donuts to ice cream. It’s a really nice mix of things.”

Students will likely come to the market because they have easy access to it during the school year, Ratner said, but he views the market as more of a benefit to city residents.

“It’s really not catered to students, especially because most of the market goes on during the summer,” he said.

But some students, such as Amy Waterhouse, a junior Arabic studies and French major, don’t have cars to visit grocery stores, and find the farmers market to be a convenient alternative. Waterhouse said she also enjoys buying locally grown food rather than going to a supermarket.

“I like being able to buy my vegetables here, knowing where they come from,” she said.

Because of the recent unseasonably chilly weather, it may be a while before the market hits its peak number of visitors, Morris said.

“We’re four weeks into a 30-week season, so it’s still in its infancy,” she said. “It takes

the college park farmers market, open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., reopened for the season three weeks ago under new management.

Vendors at the seasonal market offer baked goods, organic meats, cooking demonstrations and live music. james levin/for the diamondback years to build a good, solid market.”

Lauren Foti of Miller Farms, which has been a vendor at the market for the past three years, said many of the new attractions have helped the market grow.

“We’re really happy with all the people here, and they’ve been doing a great job with advertising, so that helps a lot,” Foti said.

However, some vendors expressed concern about the potential drop in customers at the end of the semester, when many students leave the city.

For first-time vendors, such as Graham Berry of Smith Meadows, coming to a new market can also be difficult because it’s necessary to acclimate to a customer base with different needs and preferences.

“It’s a new market, so it’s going to have its difficulties,” Berry said.

“It’s hard to sell meat to college kids who live in a dorm or don’t necessarily have a fridge.”

Still, the market is known to some students as a place to purchase healthy, locally grown

produce and to grab an inexpensive meal, said David Roberts, a junior biology major.

Roberts always visits Bill’s Backyard BBQ at the market, and he’s far from the only one: Owner Bill Coleman said 65 to 75 percent of his sales come from students.

“People have the wrong idea; it’s like, when you think of a farmers market, you think people are just selling produce and stuff,” Roberts said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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exchange From PAGE 1 transferred — it’s making the process a lot easier,” Goldschlag said. “It’s really important to create these opportunities.”

The university plans to expand the exchange program concept to more universities, Loh said, in the hopes of increasing the number of students from the university who go abroad.

“Given the challenges faced by the Middle East, we need to understand the ideas, culture and ways of life in that area more than ever,” said Ross Lewin, international affairs associate vice president.

For Goldschlag, the chance to study in Jordan would help her not only with her business classes but also with developing her Arabic language skills, she said. As an Arabic minor, Goldschlag said studying abroad in an Arabic-speaking country such as

Jordan would help her master the accent and dialect.

“Going to an Arab country will, of course, increase your language skills,” she said. “And you will get the cultural experience, which you can’t really get in a classroom.”

Exchanges help guarantee a high level of immersion in the host country’s culture, said Graham Hettlinger, Education Abroad director. And demand for study abroad programs in the Middle East is rising as more students choose to study Arabic, he added.

“The Middle East is one of the most important regions in the world today, and it’s vital that U.S. universities train students who speak Arabic fluently and understand the region’s cultures,” Hettlinger said. “Studying in the region is an essential part of that process, and Jordan is an ideal location for our students.”

The research partnerships and exchange program possibilities fit

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in with the university’s strategic goals of globalization and internationalization, said Charles Caramello, academic affairs associate provost and graduate school dean.

“Student access both while studying and after studying is absolutely necessary and will require an international perspective as we move through the 21st century,” Caramello said.

Already, university officials are exploring and developing joint online courses to build on their vision of a “global classroom,” Loh said. Students could meet face-to-face by way of video conferencing and could work on projects together, he added.

Through a partnership with online course company Coursera, more than 85,000 students from around the world are already taking an entrepreneurship and innovation course developed by James Green, MTech director of entrepreneurship education.

Students have also partici-

pated in a business competition in Beijing. Ultimately, Loh said, he hopes to expand these competitions to other universities.

And later this month, Loh will travel to Vancouver, Canada, to meet with presidents and chancellors from the 24 universities that compose Universitas 21, a global research network spanning five continents this university hopes to join. That partnership could open up exchange programs in 16 countries — key to the university’s goals of exposing students to the international community.

“Undergraduate students simply should not graduate from college without a semester studying abroad,” said Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat peace and development professor, who accompanied Loh and O’Malley on the trip. “It’s crucial to being University president Wallace Loh and Gov. Martin O’Malley traveled to Israel and Jordan in April to prepared for the future.” explore opportunities in business, research and study abroad programs. photo courtesy of brian ullmann newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Opinion

The switch to the Big Ten means we need a new rival, and one school stands out

I feel the need to really make my mark on this school in a lasting way.

Having just personal relationships will never quite cut it in this world, so I have to step up my game. For my penultimate column, I’m going to pick us a new sports rival, securing my spot in university history.

Let’s face it: This Duke thing is coming to an end. It was more than fun while it lasted — it was insane.

But we’ll soon join the Big Ten conference, and we can’t wait around for nonconference play to cause excessive damage to the livable community of College Park.

Let’s face this, too: The Duke rivalry had its flaws. Staring us in the face is the fact that they don’t consider us an actual rival. Their apathy makes beating them even sweeter, but the one-sidedness is a little embarrassing overall. There is also the fact Duke’s basketball excellence overshadows everything else they do, so the rivalry is disproportionately focused on one sport. It’s sad to leave ACC basketball, but if this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament was any indication, the Big Ten is going to be fun.

Let’s pick someone we can hate all year. I recognize no team is so hateable in so many meaningful and arbitrary ways as the Duke Blue Devils. But we can hate anyone we set our minds to if we just ignore reality and collectively decide to do something for no reason.

Here are some options: 1. Rutgers: Like ourselves, the Scarlet Knights will be newly anointed Big Ten members within the next calendar year. Also, Jersey.

2. Penn State: Previously the east-

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ernmost member of the Big Ten, Penn State could be a fun team to crush in basketball and lose to in football.

Plus, our program could always claim moral superiority.

3. Michigan State: A perennial contender, it’s fun to imagine hating on a decrepit Tom Izzo, still at the helm a decade down the road.

4. Wisconsin: I know as little about what to find in Wisconsin as anyone else, but if the mascots are any indication, there are badgers, cheese and packing plants. These people have to be passionate about their teams because there’s nothing else in the state.

5. Maryland: We tend to beat ourselves a lot anyway.

6. Michigan: Another team with great fans, a rivalry with the Terps could distract the Wolverine faithful from the crippling unemployment in their state.

7. Nebraska: The Cornhuskers are still fairly new to the conference, and let’s be honest, they seem like super boring rivals.

8. Ohio State: A school with a massive enrollment and a nut for a mascot. Players often emphasize the word “the” in “The Ohio State University,” as if there were anything else in Ohio.

Well, of the 13 possible rivals — including this university — we might choose in the Big Ten, here are eight. Lots of good options. My pick: Rutgers. It’s a no-brainer. The Big Ten needs a battle for the Eastern Seaboard, and we can provide just that. Also, plenty of Jersey Terps are here because they wanted to pick any school other than Rutgers. Let’s all channel that hate together. Say it with me: Futgers! Futgers!

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Chaos in the jailhouse M

any rejoiced Thursday, when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed off on a bill to repeal the death penalty. In some ways, the legislation stands as a testament to the state’s commitment to just and fair practices in state prisons. No longer will the state’s penal system feature this cruel and ineffective punishment, and if opponents fail to bring the decision to a referendum, the legislation may resonate for years to come as a shining example of the state’s progressive spirit.

In the backdrop of this tremendous accomplishment, however, a recent federal investigation of a Baltimore correctional facility has revealed a much darker and more disturbing aspect of the state’s penitentiary system. In the Baltimore City Detention Center, 25 inmates and correctional officers face federal indictments for an appalling array of corruption charges. The details of what transpired in the city prison — drug trafficking, money laundering, sex between inmates and guards — seem to have come straight from Hollywood, as if David Simon himself imagined the audacious plot. The kingpin of the inmates leading this illicit enterprise had five children with four jail correctional officers, who did everything but hand gang leaders the keys to the prison.

The death penalty may be gone, but state legislators — and O’Malley

himself — must treat this crisis with the same zeal they used to achieve that repeal. This institutional corruption jeopardizes the integrity of the state’s correctional system and, in turn, the political career of any state leader hoping to claim crime reduction and prison reform as personal accomplish-

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The rampant corruption in a Baltimore city jail exposes the dire need for statewide prison reform. ments — O’Malley included.

State legislators have already taken modest steps toward addressing the situation, among them calling a joint briefing in the House of Delegates and state Senate for next month to investigate the corruption probe fully.

Yet despite what O’Malley asserted Tuesday to The Washington Post, the federal indictment is not “a very positive development” in the fight against corruption in the state’s prison system. Unless the indictment and joint hearing in the General Assembly lead to substantial prison reform, this shocking subversion is bound to repeat itself.

This is not the first time the prison gang, known as the Black Guerrilla Family, has been under investigation.

In 2009, 24 Black Guerrilla Family gang

members were indicted on gun, extortion and drug charges, which have done little to destabilize the gang’s stranglehold on state prisons over the past four years. As of 2012, the gang was active in seven counties and Baltimore city.

The intricacy of the scheme and ease with which gang members were able to thrive warrants widespread action.

As the General Assembly approaches its joint hearing in the coming month, some obvious reforms include increasing funding for state and city facilities and improving conditions for correctional officers. Beyond such measures, lawmakers need to produce innovative solutions for prisons that appear painfully inadequate at delivering justice and protecting inmates from themselves.

Just this week, the Maryland Board of Public Works was forced to agree to a $40,000 settlement with a former inmate who was assaulted by gang members after he refused to cooperate in the drug trade. But that settlement, along with the Black Guerrilla Family conspiracy, likely does not even come close to encompassing the full extent of corruption in state penitentiaries.

Whatever victories this state gleaned from repealing the death penalty, this sobering fiasco shatters any residual sense of satisfaction O’Malley and state lawmakers may still maintain.

Reforming state prisons, and eliminating such elaborate corruption from city and state correctional facilities, is now the task ahead.

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Jake DeVirgiliis is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at j.devirgiliis@gmail.com.

Teaching your kids ‘Duke puke’ Find ways to leave a true Terrapins legacy LAUREN NURSE With finals approaching, my college perspective has turned to the short term. My brain is so swamped with work that it can only focus on the next paper, the next exam and that last deadline. However, we must remember the experiences we have and the people we meet during our four short years in College Park, good or bad, will remain with us for the rest of our lives.

To put this in a less serious, soapbox-y context, let’s consider an interaction I witnessed a week ago during Maryland Day. A family with two young boys, both of whom were decked out in Terrapins football gear, approached the booth where I was working. While the mother was wrapped up in schmoozy promotions and paperwork, I began asking the boys about their awesome attire.

The father prompted, “Who’s No. 1?” to which both sons immediately quipped, “Terps! Terps! Terps!” I was impressed with how early Dad had begun the indoctrination. But his 3-year-olds’ knowledge of the most crucial components of life at this university had not yet been exhausted.

When asked how he felt about Duke’s basketball team, the toddler replied in an ever-so-innocent voice, “Duke PUKE!” Mom and Grandma spun around in horror while Dad gazed proudly, and soon the family continued on its way.

Beyond the many laughs it brought me that day, this simple exchange between father and son demonstrated

the father’s love for his alma mater.

He was so proud of his time at this university that he couldn’t wait to begin sharing his beloved memories and traditions with his children. He even felt it necessary to fork over some absurd sum at the University Book Center to purchase those Under Armour jerseys, which his sons will outgrow in a few months’ time.

As students, we can wrap ourselves up in the here and now, only looking ahead as far as this weekend, to whatever tailgate or theme party or bar special is running. I didn’t ask the man anything about his college experience. I have no idea if he joined any clubs, attended any sporting events or made any friends with whom he still keeps in contact. Whatever his experience was, it was treasured enough that he relives it by passing on his love for this university to his children.

While most of us don’t have children yet, we should start thinking about the kind of legacy we want to leave behind at this university.

Whether you’re a senior graduating in a couple of weeks or finishing up your first year like me, we all create unique memories that define our “Maryland experience.” But if you’re still not convinced this is the best place to spend these four years, I encourage you to go big. Join a club; go on that spring break trip; rally some friends and go to some events. Whatever it is, do something you’ll remember and be proud to carry with you after you graduate.

Lauren Nurse is a freshman government and politics major. She can be reached at laurennurse93@hotmail.com.

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Summertime: The living ain’t easy IAN LACY As the end of the semester inches closer, I have heard one phrase more and more frequently: the cliched, “I cannot wait for summer!” I understand summer, for most people, is a time to relax and enjoy some downtime with friends and family. Many look forward to those activities.

While I love these pastimes, my summers no longer consist of relaxing. Instead, friends are replaced with summer classes, and family time is replaced with construction work and farm labor. More students should embrace an active summer by taking summer courses, finding a job or working an internship instead of wasting three months to do essentially nothing but sit around relaxing.

Summer classes are an important part of college. The intensity of these courses is generally higher because of the shorter duration of the course,

so they are not for everyone. But if you do not mind a challenge and giving up some time over the summer, these classes can be extremely beneficial.

Not only do you earn credits you desperately need to graduate, but you also do so in a matter of three to six weeks.

That is nothing but a win-win scenario in my mind. Another benefit of taking summer courses is holding on to your studious habits. If you take summer courses, come fall you will be mentally prepared, not stupefied, by the amount of work thrown at you at the beginning of the semester.

Finding a part-time or full-time job over the summer is also a worthwhile endeavor. I know the last thing most college students want to do is follow a work schedule during their allotted time off from school, but this type of continued structure will help make the transition back to school during the fall a little less harsh. But let’s face it: Money is probably the only true benefit people are looking for when they get a job. Considering most of

us college kids generally whine about being broke, summer is probably the best time to make some extra money during a time when school is not the primary focus.

Internships are some of the more highly coveted summer activities among college students. Sometimes internships are like both having a job and taking a summer course simultaneously because you are learning so much about your prospective professional field. On top of that, if you work hard, you could receive a letter of recommendation, which will benefit you whether you apply for graduate school or go directly into the professional world.

Summer can either be a time of selfindulgence and relaxation or a time of productivity and growth. If more college students engage in summer courses, part-time or full-time jobs or internships, they will see the benefits come the fall semester.

Ian Lacy is a junior kinesiology major. He can be reached at ianlacy19@gmail.com.

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orn today, you are seemingly quite normal, with very little to dissuade others from interaction with you on any level -- and indeed, you can count on the association of many throughout your life to give you opportunity, enrichment and enjoyment. The idea of being “normal,” however, may actually be subject to debate, for you are often to be caught doing things that mark you as far more conscientious, considerate and deeply caring than most! Indeed, though you may follow a rather ordinary path through life, you are destined to do things that can very much improve the lives of those around you, simply because doing so comes very naturally to you.

After a long period of trial and error, in which you may experiment with a great many different avenues of professional endeavor and personal expression, you’re likely to hit upon that one line of work to which you are really suited -and it may actually be one you first tried long before! Your success is likely to be quite lasting.

Also born on this date are: George Clooney, actor; Orson Welles, actor and director; Rudolph Valentino, actor; Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst; Tony Blair, British prime minister.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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poetry carnival the Slam Team puts on every year. And although the event came with raffle tickets, free candy and other quirky, literature-related prizes, those who showed up were interested in more than just the giveaways.

Gardner ended the carnival with a poem of her own, titled “History.”

Centered on an AP U.S. History class and addressed to the teacher, it delved into issues of social injustice in the secondary education system.

“The greatest fear among high school students in 2013 is failure,” she said, a melodic quality to her voice. “And, dear teacher, your curriculum does not outline the necessity of trial and error.”

Before she tried out for the slam team, Gardner was a musician. When success came slowly, she decided to try her luck in poetry and began the preliminary process to join the team — a three-part trial made up of an audition, an interview and a slam poetry competition.

She successfully made it past the tryout and secured a spot on the team in 2012. Now in her second year, she is one of the area’s best young poets.

But while the team is focused on the competitive aspect of slam poetry, Gardner does not forget the program’s ultimate goal: teaching youth to convey emotion in positive ways. “[The DC Youth Slam Team] pushes people who normally wouldn’t get up to share themselves and their poetry,” Gardner said. “It gives them a stage to do that. It’s almost like, ‘You have something to say, now say it.’”

Instead of soaking up praise when she’s done performing, Gardner politely invites the crowd to other poetry events. She is unassuming and friendly in conversation. At times, it seems she possesses the wisdom of someone twice her age.

When asked about her future beyond high school — beyond the DC Youth Slam Team — Gardner said she doesn’t plan to major in a discipline that would showcase her “slam” skills.

“I’m going to college, but I haven’t decided which school yet; I’m going to major in biology to become a natural pathologist,”

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By Joe Antoshak Staff writer Asha Gardner was sitting in a side room on the second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. It was the first warm afternoon of early spring, but if the thought of leaving the building crossed her mind at all, her face didn’t show it.

The 17-year-old senior from Woodrow Wilson High School was concentrating, but she wasn’t studying or browsing the Internet. Gardner was listening — and snapping occasionally.

As a member of the DC Youth Slam Team, a nonprofit teen poetry team funded by Washington-based company Split This Rock, Gardner has spent a lot of evenings just like this. She listens, she learns and she performs with her team.

In 2012, she traveled to Berkeley, Calif., for the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival. In March, she was named champion of the 2013 Grand Slam Finals, a competition aimed to honor the most powerful of the area’s teenage performance poets.

And this weekend, she participated in the 21-team Louder Than A Bomb tournament at George Washington University.

On this particular afternoon though, at least 20 people — mostly high schoolers from the area — were gathered in the library to watch Gardner and her teammates recite their writings for a

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Five years ago, Jonathan Tucker had his eyes set on law school.

He had recently received undergraduate degrees in government and politics and sociology from this university and was saving up money while working at a law firm. Yet when he started volunteering with the DC Youth Slam Team, life pulled him in another direction.

Tucker first realized his passion for combining poetry with social justice in 2007 when he helped establish Terpoets, an on-campus organization promoting and improving student poets, as an undergraduate student.

After graduating, he continued to stay involved in social activism but found himself missing the emotional connection poetry allowed.

Soon after volunteering with the DC Youth Slam team, Tucker decided to stop pursuing law and instead directed his efforts toward the group. When he joined, he helped make the team a local fixture thanks to the permanent funding from Split This Rock.

Because the company was not able to offer him a paid position at the time, Tucker worked multiple jobs to scrape by. That changed in October, when he was given a full-time position with Split This See slam, Page 8

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mgmt From PAGE 1 encore, lead singer Andrew VanWyngarden chose to play the more obscure “Siberian Breaks” — a 12-minute track off the band’s 2010 LP Congratulations.

“I felt like the entire time everyone was just waiting for them to play it, and when they didn’t, everyone was just left frustrated and disappointed,” said Anthony Huynh, a junior information systems and marketing major, who posted in the Art Attack Facebook event that he’d be “salty” if MGMT went “anti-mainstream” and didn’t perform “Kids.”

Not every audience member was unhappy, however. There was a collective scream when students recognized the opening lines to “Time To Pretend,” “Flash Delirium” and “Electric Feel.”

For freshman Kit Winner, these moments — along with a sneak peek at some yet-to-bereleased material — were enough.

“It was exactly what I was expecting,” said the Japanese and linguistics major. “What they’ve been doing more recently is a lot more experiential. You just sort of sit and appreciate and listen to it.”

Ticket sales actually exceeded last year’s show by nearly 2,000; Student Entertainment Events sold close to 7,700 tickets, said SEE Concerts Director Kiera Zitelman.

The opening acts for MGMT were met with mixed reactions as well. The Ready Set successfully whipped the crowd into a frenzy with energetic pop and students seemed to respond positively to Battle of the Bands winner Leftist, which included a reference to this university in almost every song.

“At first I thought [Leftist] was not so good, but then I warmed

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up to them,” said Daniel Weintraub, a freshman journalism major. “Then I heard [second act] Kuroma, and I started appreciating Leftist a lot more.”

MGMT took the stage at about 8:45 p.m., but as the show progressed, the excitement for “Kids” turned into urgency as students waited in the cold to hear the song — not an unexpected move for MGMT, Zitelman said.

“They didn’t play ‘Kids,’ and they usually don’t,” said Zitelman. “I think people kind of realized that from reading about their past shows this week.”

Still, the exclusion made the whole show a disappointment for Strack and his friend.

“I would have been fully satisfied if they ended their set with ‘Kids,’” said Strack. “But instead, me and my friend left disappointed.” diversionsdbk@gmail.com

writing From PAGE 1 coordinator Heather Blain Vorhies, so she tries to match each student with a fellow who is at least in a discipline with similar expectations.

But it isn’t always possible to match students with the perfect fellow — more than 100 students have requested help so far, more than the center can handle at its current size, Vorhies said. So the fellows received training on how to review writing on a basic level so they could be of service to students of any discipline.

Graduate students have long asked for a writing center, and officials only expect the number of students seeking help to grow.

In 2012, Michael Wiederoder, then-GSG academic affairs vice president, began developing the program after a survey found many department officials thought the

students needed more writing resources. Unfortunately, the university’s Writing Center caters only to undergraduate students, and graduate students were left without a resource to help improve their writing.

“There was no place to do a oneon-one consultation in person, especially regarding content,” Wiederoder said.

After the GSG passed a resolution calling for a graduate writing center, Wiederoder began working with the libraries Dean Patricia Steele and the graduate school to develop a program.

Each of the 12 fellows commits two to four hours per week, at roughly one consultation an hour.

In return, they earn $500 to $1,000 in research funding, which goes to their department earmarked for the student’s research expenses.

“For the fellows, the graduate school wants to help further their research, and that’s why they get a

research fund,” Vorhies said.

Nur Qasdina Jeeta Abdulla, a doctoral candidate in the theatre, dance and performance school, scheduled a meeting with a fellow to review a draft of a chapter from her dissertation and said she was happy with the feedback she received. “[The fellow] went through the whole document with me and clarifiedcertainthingsthatweren’tclear,” she said, adding they didn’t have to go through the whole chapter.

She had to schedule a followup meeting that she said wasn’t as productive as the first.

They’re still working out the kinks, but the program has potential, said Vorhies.

“The philosophy behind the undergrad Writing Center and the writing fellows program is very much the same,” Vorhies said. “To give students control of their own writing.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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selection From PAGE 10 output of the year, but they held the Seawolves to three goals.

Midfielder Katie Schwarzmann spearheaded the Terps’ defensive effort and prevented Stony Brook midfielder Demmianne Cook, who leads the nation with 4.75 goals per game, from taking a shot.

The Terps were tested in their lone matchup with Towson this season. The Tigers posted a late 3-0 run, but it was ultimately too little, too late, as the Terps won, 11-8.

“We are just focused on Maryland,” Reese said. “It doesn’t matter who we play, [we] just are just looking to

play another game of lacrosse for 60 minutes.”

If the Terps, who have home field advantage until the semifinals, defeat their second-round opponent, they will need one more victory in College Park before heading to the sport’s final weekend.

The Terps divided this season into three sections: the regular season, the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament. They hope the success they accumulated during the first two segments carries over to the final chapter.

“Right now, our focus is on Maryland,” Reese said. “We’ve gotten this far, and it’s up to us. We just need to get better.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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slam From PAGE 6 Rock under the official title of youth programs coordinator.

He couldn’t be happier.

“I don’t have a dress code, and I don’t have a time I have to be at work in the morning,” Tucker said. “We’re real people [at Split This Rock], and we engage each other as real people. My boss is not a boss; my boss is a friend.”

Among the slam team, he is seen as a mentor figure, an older brother of sorts. He’s affectionately called “Tucker,” or, when it seems appropriate, “Grandpa Jon.” He said his ultimate motivation is connecting with the teenagers who come through the program.

“It’s those moments where you meet a kid, and you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that what you’re doing is important and that it makes a difference in peoples’ lives,” Tucker said. “That’s something I couldn’t get from a law firm.”

In retrospect, it’s no wonder

Tucker found a home at Split This Rock, a company that “calls poets to a greater role in public life and fosters a national network of socially engaged poets,” according to its website.

For Tucker and the 12-person team, the DC Youth Slam Team isn’t just building a culture of literacy and creative writing, he said, but one of expression.

Following each performance, the poets receive an enthusiastic round of applause from the team. They are a family of sorts: constructive and helpful in private while relentlessly supportive in public.

Tucker encourages the poets to expose social issues such as racism and sexism with the end goal of improving themselves.

Everything is fair game, and nothing — or rather, no one — is ignored.

“We’re telling kids it doesn’t matter what grades you got,” he said. “If you have the courage and the dedication to write something that you care about, you will matter.” diversionsdbk@gmail.com

hokies From PAGE 10 going like we did the day before.”

Virginia Tech (34-18, 9-11), on the other hand, tallied runs when it needed to. Catcher Courtney Liddle, who notched two homers and six RBIs on five total hits over the weekend, extended the Hokies’ lead with a two-run shot in the sixth. Outfielder Kat Banks added an RBI single to make it 4-0.

The Terps’ two wins Saturday still guaranteed a series victory, though. Outfielder Nikki Maier provided a boost for the team, returning to the lineup after mononucleosis kept her out for a month. Her solo home run in Game 1 gave the Terps insurance in the 3-1 win.

“She hasn’t really missed a beat,” Watten said. “It’s good to have her back.”

Schmeiser threw seven innings and logged eight strikeouts in her Game 1 outing, but pitcher Maddie Martin’s performance in Game 2 couldn’t compare.

Similar to her start in the second game against Boston College, the freshman’s day ended before retiring a batter.

A lead-off walk and an error put two runners on for Liddle, who whacked a three-run home run.

The blast nullified Terps catcher Shannon Bustillos’ two-run shot in the top half, and Carroll replaced Martin in the circle two batters later. The team eventually regained the lead with

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a seven-run third inning.

“We fought through [Saturday] pretty well,” Watten said.

“We stayed pretty confident and stayed relaxed and played our game.”

They exploited the Hokies’ defensive miscues in the third inning, scoring two runs off fielding and throwing errors by infielder Dani Anderson.

After tallying three runs off two bunts and a double-steal, the Terps notched two more when the Hokies made another pair of errors.

Virginia Tech crept back into the game with four runs through the final two innings, but Schmeiser returned to the circle with one out in the seventh and retired two of the next three batters to close out the victory.

The Terps have won their last four conference series including this one, but a familiar Game 3 loss sets up another contest against the No. 6-seeded Hokies in the first round of the ACC tournament.

“We just need to play our game like we were [Saturday],” Watten said. “We just played [Virginia Tech]. They’re fresh in our minds, and we know what we need to do.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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tigers From PAGE 10 bases-loaded walk from right fielder Jordan Hagel to take a 3-0 lead.

Solo home runs from Convissar in the third and Hagel in the fourth extended the Terps’ lead to 5-0. A Shane Kennedy two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning accounted for Clemson’s only runs of the game.

The Terps — who will continue their three-game set against Clemson in a doubleheader starting today at 1:30 p.m. — added insurance runs in the top of the sixth inning on a two-RBI double from Cleary.

Right-hander Kevin Mooney threw a scoreless ninth inning to secure the team’s seventh win in its past eight games.

Cleary and Hagel combined to hit 4-for-9 with four of the

team’s six RBIs. “We weren’t very good with runners in scoring position, but we were good enough,” said Szefc, whose team left 15 runners on base in Saturday’s victory. “And sometimes, when you have a guy who is pitching as well as [Jimmy] is, that’s all you need.”

In his final games in a Terps uniform, Reed has put on a remarkable display. The senior left-hander is seemingly willing his team down the final stretch of the season with stellar performance after stellar performance, dismissing any notion that the postseason is out of reach.

“We’ve always had the potential to do what we’re doing right now,” Reed said. “I just try to set an example for everyone else and just help everyone build off what I can do.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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ncaa From PAGE 10 Big Red average 14.4 goals per game and boast attackman Rob Pannell, who’s tallied 80 points this year. By comparison, midfielder Kevin Cooper leads the Terps with 40 points.

But Cornell isn’t onedimensional on offense, considering Pannell doesn’t even lead the squad in goals.

Fellow attackman Steve Mock paces the team with 48 goals to create one of the country’s most dangerous scoring duos.

“Rob Pannell is arguably the best player in the country,” Terps coach John Tillman said. “They have a really, really good attack. … It’s obviously a very formidable task for us to play against Cornell.”

The matchup is notable for Tillman, who played for the Big Red from 1989-91.

“For me, my focus has to be on our players and our current team,” Tillman said. “But I’m very fond of Cornell University, and it’s a very special place on a lot of levels for me.”

Tillman will face his former school after his Terps played one of their best games in several weeks. The squad had lost two of its previous three contests but routed Colgate to secure a home game in the NCAA tournament.

The Terps now know the obstacles they’ll face in this year’s playoffs. And after reaching the finals as an unseeded team for the last two years, they’ll start a new national championship quest in the comfort of Byrd Stadium.

“If we have the opportunity to play at Byrd, we’ll always take it,” Tillman said. “We obviously love being there.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

raiders From PAGE 10 energy and the improved offensive performance.

Bernhardt started the scoring with an unassisted tally just 45 seconds into the game, and the Terps rattled off four more goals in the next 10 minutes to take a 5-0 lead on tallies from four different scorers.

“Simplifying the offense was definitely a big part of it,” Tillman said. “Their energy, the speed of their play and their comfort level — because we simplified things — all meshed really well.”

Colgate never sent a convincing response. Defender Goran Murray and long pole Jesse Bernhardt combined to stifle Raiders attackman Peter Baum — last season’s Tewaaraton Award winner — holding him to just one goal in the contest.

All-ACC goalkeeper Niko Amato was solid for the Terps, too, stopping 12 of 17 shots on goal.

Meanwhile, the offense continued to produce. Attackman Kevin Cooper tied a career high with six points, but the Terps had plenty of other contributors.

M idfielder M ike Chanenchuk and attackman Jay Carlson both returned to form with hat tricks, and midfielder John Haus notched his first tally since April 26, marking his 100th career point. The Terps’ balanced attack also had assists on nine of its 18 goals.

“We made the [unselfish] play, not just muscling it in there to try and score,” Cha-

nenchuk said. “That makes it easy for everybody.”

The result seemed decided by the time the Terps took a 10-3 lead into halftime, but the squad didn’t let up. The play from the first half continued, and the Terps tied their second-largest margin of victory with the 12-goal win.

The Terps aren’t going to bask in a regular-season capping win, though. Sure, they’re excited, but the players are itching to figure out how the team rebounded so emphatically against Colgate.

A s i d e f ro m e m p l oy i n g simpler sets, Tillman didn’t make many schematic changes to an offense that appeared to find a rhythm for the first time in more than a month. Entering the NCAA tournament, the squad wants to know how to sustain the success it enjoyed Saturday.

“I still don’t have an answer,” Jake Bernhardt said. “I don’t what it is, and I don’t know why … but I think this game is something that we needed.”

Still, the Terps’ performance against the Raiders proved that their potency from the first half of the season hadn’t vanished. And in recapturing that success, they’ve gained some confidence before the NCAA tournament.

“It’s huge,” Jesse Bernhardt said. “Just to be out here and get a big win on Senior Day against a good team is huge momentum heading into the rest of May.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Rejuvenated Terps offense returns, thrashes Colgate, 18-6, behind year’s second-most goals

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Entering its regular-season finale against Colgate, the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s campaign could have been split into two distinct categories.

In the first six games, the squad rode dominant first-quarter efforts and a balanced offense to a 6-0 start. In the next six, it struggled to score and trudged through a 3-3 stretch.

In Saturday’s 18-6 victory over the Raiders, the Terps finally altered the season’s eerie symmetry.

They channeled their early-season success, scoring the game’s first five goals in the first quarter and using 11 different scorers to post their highest goal-total since the season-opener before 1,949 fans on Senior Day at Byrd Stadium.

The No. 7 Terps’ win put them in position to host their NCAA tournament opening round game against Cornell this weekend. And after losing two of their previous three contests, the Terps won’t enter national postseason play on a hefty swoon.

“Getting out and jumping on them is an awesome feeling,” midfielder Jake Bernhardt said. “Hopefully this game can get us back on track a little bit.”

The Terps (10-3) played more physically and the sidelines were more vocal against Colgate (8-7) than in recent weeks. Coach John Tillman credited the added incentive of playing on Senior Day for the renewed

The Terrapins men’s lacrosse team has reached the NCAA tournament as an unseeded team in each of the last two seasons. And in both years, the Terps won their first-round road game en route to a national championship game appearance.

This year, though, the squad has a different path to navigate in hopes of claiming the program’s first national title since 1975.

Last night, the NCAA tournament selection committee awarded the Terps the No. 6 seed in the 16-team playoff. As one of the top eight seeds, they will host an opening round game for the first time since 2010.

The Terps’ first-round opponent, Cornell, posted a 12-3 record this season and fell to Princeton in the Ivy League tournament. The Big Red will bring its second-ranked offense to College Park on Sunday afternoon to begin the singleelimination tournament.

“It’s definitely important making it into the tournament and having some home field advantage for once,” midfielder Mike Chanenchuk said after the Terps dispatched Colgate, 18-6, Saturday.

The winner of the Terps-Big Red matchup will play the winner of No. 3-seed Ohio State and Towson at Byrd Stadium in the second round.

Cornell, a team ranked in the top five in national polls for much of the year, presents a potent challenge for the Terps. The

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Terps clinch NCAA’s No. 1 seed Team to open tournament Saturday against Stony Brook or Towson

By Joshua Needelman Staff writer The Terrapins women’s lacrosse team didn’t do anything special for last night’s NCAA tournament selection show. The Terps gathered together to watch, but there was no subsequent celebration upon the announcement they had earned the No. 1 seed.

After all, there was little doubt they would be the tournament’s top seed.

They finished the regular season as the lone undefeated team in the nation and then rolled through Virginia and North Carolina in the ACC tournament to clinch their fifth consecutive conference championship.

“It’s not surprising,” coach Cathy Reese said. “When you look at the criteria and how we matched up, it seemed like a good fit.”

coach cathy reese and the Terps earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. file photo/the diamondback Last season, the Terps secured the No. 3 seed and then toppled UMass and Loyola to earn a semifinal berth against Northwestern.

Reese’s squad dropped a 9-7 thrill-

er, marking the programs’ third consecutive meeting on Memorial Day Weekend. In 2011, the Wildcats edged the Terps, 8-7, in the finals, but the year before, the Terps won the championship game, 13-11.

But before the Terps, who have been to the semifinals in each of the past four years, can even think about this year’s festivities in Villanova, Pa., they will have to get past the winner of a Friday matchup between Stony Brook and Towson.

The Terps defeated both the Seawolves and Tigers on the road this season, and both present different challenges. Stony Brook boasts the nation’s top-ranked defense, which was on display March 17 when it held the Terps to just eight scores.

It was the Terps’ lowest scoring See SELECTION, Page 8

pitcher kaitlyn schmeiser threw seven innings and struck out eight Hokies in the Terps’ 3-1 victory in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader, but she took the loss in yesterday’s series finale in Blacksburg, Va. file photo/the diamondback

Hokies fend off sweep attempt with shutout Terps tie best conference finish since 1999

BASEBALL

Reed baffles Clemson, strikes out 11 Terps take Game 1 of series, 7-2, will close series in doubleheader today

By Daniel Popper Staff writer Jimmy Reed refuses to go down without a fight.

Despite the diminishing chances of a postseason appearance for the Terrapins baseball team, the lefthander has been nothing short of dominant against ACC opponents in the past month.

Over his past four starts — including an eight-inning performance in a 7-2 win over Clemson on Saturday — Reed has thrown nine shutout innings twice, compiled a 1.41 ERA and struck out 27 batters.

Plus, he’s faced some of the best hitters college baseball has to offer in the ACC. “He’s really doing what a senior, Friday-night starter is supposed to

do,” coach John Szefc said. “He’s been outstanding. Your senior starting pitcher is almost the face of your team, and he’s been absolutely that.”

Reed battled through some of the worst weather conditions of the season at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, S.C., on Saturday. The infield and mound were muddy messes, littered with puddles from the unrelenting rain.

But that didn’t stop the Gaithersburg native from notching a career high 11 strikeouts while surrendering only two earned runs on four hits and four walks in eight innings of work.

“Weather isn’t really anything you can control,” Reed said. “It’s going to affect you, but you have to will yourself to forget about it.”

Reed’s counterpart did not share the same fate, though. Clemson

starter Daniel Gossett struggled to find his command early in the slick conditions, and the Terps capitalized in the second inning.

Designated hitter Kevin Martir doubled to lead off before second baseman Kyle Convissar — making his first start since April 20 due to a knee injury — was hit by a pitch. After a passed ball advanced the runners to second and third, catcher Jack Cleary struck out swinging on a wild pitch, and Martir scored from third.

Convissar was then thrown out at home on a ground ball to the pitcher from shortstop Blake Schmit before third baseman Jose Cuas drew a walk to load the bases. The Terps scored two more runs on an RBI single from center fielder Charlie White and a See TIGERS, Page 9

By Paul Pierre-Louis Staff writer The Terrapins softball team finished as ACC regular season champions in 1999 — its fifth year of existence — to cap the program’s most successful season in history. Since then, the Terps haven’t finished above third place.

Yesterday, the team had a chance to break that trend in Game 3 of its series against Virginia Tech. After beating the Hokies, 3-1, in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader and earning a 9-7 win in the second contest, the Terps were in position for a sweep, which would solidify a second-place conference finish.

But on the first pitch a Virginia Tech batter saw in Game 3 of the series, outfielder Lauren Gaskill smacked a solo home run to put the Hokies up 1-0. The Terps lost 4-0 at the Tech Softball Park in Blacksburg, Va., and clinched only third place in the ACC. “They all really wanted it so badly today,” coach Laura Watten said. “We just tightened up a little bit on the offense and tried too hard.”

Pitcher Kaitlyn Schmeiser quickly recovered from the early home run yesterday, retiring the next three batters to end the first inning. She followed with four straight scoreless innings, but the Terps (31-25, 13-8 ACC) couldn’t provide any run support.

The lack of offensive production mirrored their performance in Game 3 of last week’s series against North Carolina, when they also failed to polish off a sweep. The Terps stranded six on base yesterday, with the top of the order combining for only one hit.

The Terps mounted their greatest threat in the fourth. Infielder Candice Beards hit a one-out double and designated hitter Lexi Carroll reached base two batters later after getting hit by a pitch. With a chance to tie the game, infielder Juli Strange grounded a 3-2 pitch to Hokies pitcher Jasmin Harrell to end the inning.

“We just didn’t have the timely hitting that we needed to score runs,” Watten said. “We didn’t have our bats See hokies, Page 8