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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Univ. officials prepare for budget cuts Unless legislators negotiate a new budget with fewer reductions in scheduled May 14 special session, several vacant positions will remain unfilled, faculty may be laid off

BY JIM BACH Senior staff writer

While state lawmakers have another chance to reconvene and negotiate a budget plan with fewer cuts to higher education and state programs, university officials have already prepared for drastic funding reductions.

On April 9, the last day of the leg-

islative session, lawmakers failed to agree on a budget plan before their midnight deadline, which put a budget resolution that featured $512 million in cuts, more than $50 million of which would come from the University System of Maryland’s budget.

If the cuts do go into effect, Provost Ann Wylie said this university would be forced to cut its already dwindling

budget by 2.5 percent.

“This would just be devastating,” she said.

After several discussions with department heads, Wylie said this university would see a number of vacant positions left unfilled if faced with the cuts. Officials may also have to look toward laying off faculty members to save money.

“I think that they were really looking at not filling positions, that would be the first place to go,” she said. “You can’t lay off tenured faculty, so you end up laying off instructors, staff — people you can’t really do without but you have no choice.”

Last week, Gov. Martin O’Malley

BY ERIN EGAN Senior staff writer

Seeing Newt up close and personal

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker simulates a firefighter’s duties.

Officials said if they are faced with the cuts, they will: Leave vacant positions unfilled Possibly lay off faculty members

Commons 3 residents complain of faulty locks

Community members simulate firefighter duties

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX MOE

If legislators fail to negotiate a new budget plan for next year, that means: $50 million reduction to the University System of Maryland 2.5 percent budget cut to this university

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FIRING IT UP Alumna Alex Moe was an embed reporter for NBC and covered Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign.

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Although about 20 local elected officials and members of the media joined the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department on Friday, the unit still felt the absence of two members.

After giving opening remarks, Fire Chief Marc Bashoor left the event to attend a memorial service for Thomas Graves Jr., who was the unit’s first casualty. Thirty two years ago, a handful of the department’s firefighters had witnessed a massive natural gas explosion collapse at a Glenn Dale building, which buried Graves in debris. However, each one still donned boots, a helmet and a coat the next day and responded to every call, Bashoor told the group, which

Management says new locking system is months away

BY NAHAL MOTTAGHIAN For The Diamondback

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Although several residents of South Campus Commons Building 3 claim their apartment doors have faulty locks, the building’s management is months away from installing a new security mechanism.

Capstone Management replaced a single broken lock on a first-floor apartment last month after students reported they could open the door using a plastic card. Since then, several students said they have been able to easily open their doors without using their keys, prompting Capstone Management’s decision to install a new “lock mechanism shield” within the next few months, said Gina Brasty, South Campus Commons and Courtyards’ director.

The security device will not replace the doors’ locks, she added.

“It’s not an across-the-board issue.

It’s not like there is a fault in [the lock] or this is something that can happen in every room,” she said. “It is kind of like a window lock or another issue. If it happens, we repair it.”

Brasty added there are certain incidents that could cause the lock to stop working, such as humidity and rough handling.

During April, students reported more than 30 thefts to University Police, four of which occurred in a Commons building. Capstone Management is not liable for belongings stolen inside Commons apartments.

Capstone Management took

Alumna served as embed reporter for Gingrich campaign

BY LAURA BLASEY Staff writer

Alex Moe was half asleep as she stood in the doorway of her hotel room.

“Today is actually my birthday,” she groggily told an NBC Rock Center with Brian Williams cameraman.

But there would be no cake or party that day in January. The 24-yearold Maryland alumna had a job to do as an embed reporter for NBC — following and reporting on Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s campaign trail.

“You’re living out of a suitcase and I can never plan — I have no idea what I’m doing next week,” she said.

“It’s a really demanding and hard job, but I’m grateful to have it. Not many people get to see what the candidate sees.”

see LOCKS, page 7 In August 2006, 18-year-old Moe got in her parents’ car for the 20minute ride from Laurel to this campus. Although this university seemed close to home, Moe thought there was no better place to major in journalism and government and politics.

“I had always wanted to be a reporter growing up,” she said. “I really liked watching local TV and I loved the ‘Today Show.’”

Sue Kopen Katcef, director of Capital News Service’s nightly “Maryland Newsline,” said Moe always remained calm and levelheaded during her time as a student reporter. Katcef recalled one of Moe’s accomplishments her senior year, covering students rioting on Route 1 in the wake of a Terrapins men’s basketball win over Duke.

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Alpha Xi Delta set to return to university next semester Panhellenic Association hopes addition of new sorority will help accomodate growing interest in Greek life; revived colony set to join 14 PHA groups on the campus

BY NAHAL MOTTAGHIAN For The Diamondback

Alpha Xi Delta will once again be active at this university in the fall, in part to help the Panhellenic Association meet mounting interest in joining Greek life.

The Panhellenic Association, the governing council of the university’s 14 Panhellenic Council chapters,

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had been looking to add another organization to accommodate more members and decided to welcome the sorority back to the campus as a colony. The group became dormant in 1994. Participating in recruitment this fall will mark more than a year since members of the national Alpha Xi Delta organization first reached out to the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life to bring the soror-

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“They have been so supportive and sisterly and nothing but helpful to our community so there is really no reason not to want to have them rejoin our campus,” said PHA President Taylor Griffith.

In a news release, PHA Advisor Liz Brown said she was happy to see widespread support for the return of the chapter, which will move into 4517

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“The organization has strong local and alumnae support and a great chapter facility at Maryland,” she said. “We are looking forward to working with [Alpha Xi Delta] through this extension process and for many years after.”

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The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department took elected officials and media personnel through a day in the life of a county firefighter Friday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

FIRE from page 1 included Gov. Martin O’Malley and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker.

Bashoor said the second annual Fire Ops 101, which simulates the responsibilities of a county firefighter for participants, gave the department a valuable opportunity to educate community members.

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the realization that some things are bigger than fear,” Bashoor said. “Courage is what brings us to work ever y day.”

Although Graves and hundreds of other firefighters have died in the line of duty, improvements in technology have saved thousands of lives, according to officials at Fire Ops 101, which the Prince George’s County Professional Firefighters and Paramedics Association IAFF Local 1619, the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department and the Mar yland Fire and Rescue Institute hosted.

Since the advent of more advanced safety technology — such as a motion detector that sounds an alarm when the person wearing it has been motionless for 30 seconds — only 82

fighters have died on average each year, compared to 170 in the early 1970s.

Many participants, including Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, donned full gear and breathing apparatuses and entered a live fire exercise inside a burning building.

Professional firefighters instructed participants how to safely and effectively put out the 600-degree fire burning just feet away.

Participants learned how to stretch and charge a hose line and nozzle to put out a car fire, how to navigate a pitchblack firefighters’ maze and how to give hands-only CPR — just a small portion of the county firefighters’ responsibilities in a 24-hour shift.

The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department receives more than 131,000 calls each year to its 44 stations. In total, the 765 uniformed career staff members protect more than 829,000 inhabitants.

Even with 1,050 volunteers, the county has far fewer resources than neighboring Montgomer y County, with 1,300 staff and 1,300 volunteers, or Washington’s 2,036 staff and Baltimore County’s 2,000 volunteers.

“We’re getting better but we have a long way to go,” said Andrew Pantelis, president of IAFF Local 1619. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but we definitely need to have a conscious effort.”

Pantelis added that in 2010, the department had to send understaffed units in response to 30,000 calls.

Fewer than half the participants managed to complete the six hours of training in full gear— one firefighter bumped his head with a self-contained breathing apparatus and suffered a small cut near his eyebrow, and several participants became exhausted before the end.

The Fire Ops excursion ended with a demonstration from the Technical Rescue Team and the Bomb Squad.

Participants watched as the trained specialists performed a mock bomb diffusion and acted out a mid-air rescue operation.

“Everyone believed it was a total success and that they accomplished their objective in educating the community,” spokesman Mark Brady said.

“Hopefully now the participants use that knowledge in their way of life and are more aware of how to handle emergency situations.” egan@umdbk.com

ON THE BLOG campusdrivedbk.wordpress.com For senior staff writer Erin Egan’s post on participating in Fire Ops 101 on Friday, check out the The Diamondback’s news blog, Campus Drive.

Moe, who was just passing by, began to film despite objections from police.

“She held her ground and got what she needed,” Katcef said. “Looking back, that really prepared her for her gig as an embed, doing video shoots and being in a difficult situation.”

Moe said her experiences outside the classroom, including interning at CNN, the Maryland State House in Annapolis and reporting for Capital News Service, impacted her most.

“There’s that editorial judgment that, in my opinion, you can only get by watching other people and how journalists who are doing it everyday deal with situations,” she said. “That’s crucial to my job now — if you don’t have good editorial judgment, they would never send me out on the road.”

University alumna Alex Moe, 24, worked as an embed reporter on the campaign trail of former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX MOE

When Moe graduated in 2010, national unemployment rates were at a 30-year high.

Like many of her fellow graduating seniors, Moe sent out a large number of job applications.

However, another opportunity caught Moe’s interest.

In 2009, NBC established a fellowship for aspiring political broadcast journalists in honor of the late Meet the Press moderator and political journalist Tim Russert. The single open position came with a salary and promised a “yearlong ‘boot camp’ in political journalism” at NBC’s Washington Bureau.

Although Moe said she knew the odds were against her, her admiration for Russert pushed her to apply. She became the second person to earn the NBC fellowship.

“I used to watch Meet the Press when [Russert] was around, and he always seemed to be a person that people on both sides of the aisle— whether you were Republican or Democrat— really respected as a hard-working journalist,” she said. “I think that’s what I strive to be like.”

Following the Republican debate on Jan. 23, Brian Williams stood in an empty studio in Tampa.

“We want to share something of ourselves with you and that’s what happens inside NBC News with every election cycle,” he said.

Williams was filming a segment about “the few, the proud and the brave” — NBC’s eight embed reporters, including Moe, the youngest selected out of the pool of applicants and in the program’s history.

“Never did I think she’d make the cut simply because she had so little time under her belt with us,” NBC Political Director Chuck Todd wrote in an email. “But she blew us away during the interviewing process — she’s easily one of our rising stars here, on and off the air.”

Moe began filming events, sending NBC updates about the election scene and writing blog posts for MSNBC’s First

Read from Iowa. By January, she was assigned to Newt Gingrich’s campaign full-time, and began relocating every few days as she followed Gingrich on his bus tours.

Although it is difficult, being an embed also promises a high return on experience, Moe said.

“You really get to know the candidate on a different level — you understand why he’s tired because you’ve been following him to all seven events the last couple of days,” she said.

Gingrich has pulled out of the race, but Moe said she will remain an embed reporter. However, Moe said she has not decided how long she will stay on the road past the presidential inauguration in 2013.

“Being younger, I’m ver y energetic and pull these 18-, 20-hour days and keep going ... I don’t know that I would want to be doing this 10 years from now,” she said.

“But I have lots of friends and colleagues who will help me find the right path.” blasey@umdbk.com

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ast month, state lawmakers failed their constituents when they failed to clude several revenue-generating measures that would increase taxes on residents. agree on a budget plan for next fiscal year — for the first time since 1992, Shortly after Sine Die, House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell (R-Calvert and St. they ended the legislative session without a viable budget deal. In the Mary’s) said, “We are looking for a new day in Maryland. We don’t need to go to the tax waning hours of Sine Die, the last day of the legislative session, state well and kick people while they are down as a first course of action every time there’s a House of Delegates and Senate members bickered over specific aspects of the little glitch in the road.” Meanwhile, Senate President Mike Miller (D-Calvert and Prince George’s) blamed House delegates for failing to agree on taxes, and House budget and did not come to an agreement.

Speaker Michael Busch (D-Anne Arundel) claimed the Senate As a result, a “doomsday” budget went into effect, leaving spent too much time debating a table games bill — a bill Miller the state to face across-the-board cuts of about $512 million. has adamantly supported. Delegates and senators simply pointFor students, that meant upward of $50 million worth of cuts ed fingers at each other rather than fulfilling their constituents’ to the University System of Maryland and potential doubleNow that Gov. Martin governmental needs. digit tuition increases; for residents, it meant cuts to several But the cuts are far more than a “glitch.” Students rallied on state programs and services, including decreasing the num- O’Malley has called a special ber of police officers patrolling the streets. session, lawmakers need to McKeldin Mall last month to urge O’Malley to call a special session because many wouldn’t be able to afford to attend this uniIn the days following Sine Die, Gov. Martin O’Malley berated lawmakers for failing to compromise on a budget plan over put away partisan arguments versity if there are such major tuition hikes. This isn’t just about with a different sort of budget for one year; it’s about enthe 90-day legislative session. Although many lawmakers exand repair the “doomsday” living suring higher education remains affordable and keeping stupected him to call a special session to renegotiate, O’Malley budget in an efficient way. dents from having to pay for lawmakers’ squabbles — and it’s ulsaid he would not call legislators back to Annapolis unless the timately about protecting the future of the state, since students two chambers had reached some sort of agreement.

O’Malley kept students, residents and lawmakers all anxiously waiting until Friday, are the ones who will eventually be entering the workforce.

When legislators meet next week, they need to set partisan bickering aside to ensure when many people across the state breathed a sigh of relief after he announced the General Assembly would reconvene May 14. Because O’Malley said he would not call a spe- their constituents don’t shoulder the burden of their mistakes and inability to comprocial session until the two chambers had come to some sort of consensus, the fact that he mise. Republicans didn’t want a special session, so there’s a good chance they’ll drag out has gives this editorial board hope for a possible resolution to the “doomsday” budget. the negotiations and remind residents how much it’s costing them. Democrats, on the Lawmakers, luckily, have a second chance to confer on a new budget —but this time, other hand, say the “doomsday” budget is simply a plan residents will not be able to cope with, and hope to push several revenue-generating measures through. the stakes are much higher.

Students should pressure legislators to ensure the talks next week are successThey don’t have another 90 days to bicker and work out a budget plan. Each day lawmakers are in session will cost taxpayers $25,000 — a figure that many Republicans in the ful. Ultimately, the politicians don’t have a large price to pay if budget talks fail — students and residents do. Over the next week, students need to rally and talk to state, who did not want a special session in the first place, have certainly not forgotten.

Many Republican delegates and senators have argued the “doomsday” budget is ac- lawmakers and let them know they have to reach an agreement. The costs of bicktually a step in the right direction, since the budget Democrats hope to pass would in- ering are simply too high.

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t’s 1:14 a.m. Sunday morning, and I’m in my jammies. The Oklahoma City Thunder completed a sweep of the Dallas Mavericks a few hours ago in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. just beat Miguel Cotto like he stole something, in a moderately anticipated fight. President Barack Obama’s fiery speech at Ohio State University on Saturday convinced me the old man still has it.

That’s good, because the other guy strikes me as someone who’s not really concerned about the very poor.

I feel good. I don’t really know what’s been popping on the campus since I decided to give my brain a rest, watch some ball, see a fight and catch up on politics. I go on The Diamondback’s website.

The two top most commented articles on the website are: “The war on women: It’s the wrong fight” by Laura Frost and “The hypocrisy of affirmative action” by Caroline Carlson. Sometimes I play a game where I guess what the column is

MICHAEL CASIANO about based on its title. I guess Frost’s argument is women’s rights aren’t important in the United States because women in other countries have it worse in comparison. Click.

Yep. Americans are quick to point us to imagined communities to obfuscate oppressions under the guise of comparative global privilege. Take Africa. Did you know there are children starving there?

Of course you do, because that’s one of the few images we have of the continent.

We don’t care to know that it’s diverse in ethnic groups, social classes and levels of gender oppression. Africa is little more than a rhetorical device. It’s an enormous block of primitivism. When Americans bring up Africa and, similarly,

countries like China and Iran, it simply functions as a way of depicting this country as a civilized, exceptional nation next to all those “other” ones. Some dude said it was “Orientalism.”

I look at the other article. I guess Carlson’s argument is affirmative action is “reverse racism.” Racism, after all, is unidirectional. Its point of origin can only be white supremacists, and it can only affect minorities. Once it turns around — uh oh, this just got real. Click.

Oh, OK. Carlson contends the underlying assumption of affirmative action is that minorities should get a smidge of privilege because we “naturally lack the strength and academic talent of the majority.” To be clear, Carlson does not contend minorities are natural underachievers; she echoes the sentiment that she believes undergirds affirmative action from an institutional standpoint.

I’ve been known, during my two years with The Diamondback, to use jargon that a lot of people who follow my columns appreciate and others, who also

oddly follow my columns, detest. Considering it’s almost the end of the road for me, I’ll be frank. Racism still exists, affirmative action is one measure to curtail it in higher education, and if you believe colorblindness has any chance of working to address social inequity, stop: It won’t. You will have to deal with the uncomfortable topic of race, and you may even feel guilty about it. You may even lose some opportunities.

I would be remiss if I didn’t locate myself in comparison to my arguments.

I may have been admitted to this university under affirmative action standards.

Who knows? If so, I can tell you from experience, it works. I received a wonderful education, and I’m off to graduate school next year. I have the privilege to relax and watch sports, write columns and comment on politics. If I were living at home, I would have none of this.

Michael Casiano is a senior American studies and English major. He can be reached at casiano@umdbk.com.

How do you define success?

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here are many different ways to define success in the context of your college career.

For some, it’s earning that 4.0 GPA en route to getting accepted into graduate school. For others, it’s getting an education that will lead to your first job, hopefully doing something that you love.

But for me, my success in college comes in the form of one thing: my best friends.

I thought it was a myth when people told me the friends I would make in college would ultimately prove to be my friends for life, moreso than my high school buddies. But looking back, I now see just how right they were. After four years, there’s a certain sense of belonging when you’re with your friends.

There’s just a feeling of inseparability — because it just doesn’t feel right when your crew is not fully assembled.

The problem is, I don’t think everybody gets to be this lucky when they’re in college, and I am blessed to have such a great group of friends to make memories with.

Not once in four years was there a weekend I wasn’t looking forward to (with the exception of going home). To this day, I expect each weekend — whether it starts Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday — to surpass the previous one. But as a senior with a limited number of days remaining in College Park, every moment with my best friends grows in significance. I can’t help but look at the awesome, ridiculous, headscratching moments over my time at this university.

There was the radio show each week, when a mere five hours of sleep and an agonizing hangover wouldn’t keep us from debating on the air. There were the epic tailgates, from Washington to Baltimore to Lot 11. There were the never-ending beer pong and Civil War battles, when it felt like each game was Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

I won’t forget Best Friend Sundays, when we got drunk off mimosa pitchers for no apparent reason. There’s the endless exchange of TV show and movie quotes, even when they don’t fit into the context of the conversation. And when

SAM SPIEGELMAN it was all over, everybody had a nickname — maybe even two or three — and they’ll likely answer to that for the rest of their lives.

I love how my best friends’ parents became my best friends, and I already planned a road trip with Uncle Mike. I love how most of the time the pregames were actually better than going to the bar. And maybe that’s because we played furniture toss, jumped to “Shout” or played a ridiculous prank (and remembered to record it for future reference).

I can’t imagine sending a text message to one respondent anymore — it has to be a group message. I won’t forget when we tackled each other after Greivis Vasquez hit a game-winner. And after Cliff

Tucker hit another, we did it again.

I know Halloween won’t be the same; we can’t top dressing as hula girls in 30degree weather. And I’m not sure the people of Myrtle Beach will ever recover after we sang “Build Me Up Buttercup” at karaoke.

But as our four years come to a close, it’s important not to dwell on what happened in the past; soak it up, appreciate it and think about how great our present and future selves are going to be because of it. It’s going to kill me when my band of buds heads off in different directions. From Boston to New York, New Orleans to Washington, geographically we’ll be all across the country. But I know these friendships are going to last, and the four years we’ve spent here are just the first chapter in our lifelong friendships.

When I look back at my time here, and when people ask me what I’m most proud of, this is what I’ll say.

Sam Spiegelman is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at spiegelman@umdbk.com.

Knowing our worth

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here are many organizations at the university dedicated to specific departments and majors, either through group development or academic promotion. These organizations exist across all departments, from engineering to journalism to the social sciences. This column will address anthropology, because that is what I know best, but I feel it is applicable to all students who feel their academic pursuits are unappreciated and their departments are considered worthless by the public media.

There’s been some chatter about a recent Newsweek listing of the top 13 “most useless” majors. This list has been widely circulated across blogs and independent news sites such as WTOP and The Daily Beast. Anthropology, philosophy and journalism all made that list. On April 28, Frank Bruni, a New York Times columnist, gave one form of explanation for the list. Bruni makes some good points, mainly about the economy, but he also falters. He entirely misses a series of points that are incredibly pertinent to our case (and to some extent he even mocks us by insinuating we are solely focused on “the tribal behavior of the youngsters who shop at the Zara where they peddle skinny jeans”). As students of anthropology (and philosophy, for that matter), we are being trained not necessarily with practical, physical skills but rather with talents that aid us in connecting with people.

We are taught to understand cultural and ethical relativism, aspect functionalism and the importance of discerning the etic and emic.

My favorite teacher in high school — Mrs. Bernard, who taught history and government classes — once gave a spiel to our AP Human Geography class about this very topic. The class was mostly seniors, so we were all looking forward to our college transition and possible majors. Mrs. Bernard asked us which we would prefer: a CEO who has been trained solely in economics and business practices since his or her undergraduate days or a CEO who majored in anthropology, political science or history (another two on the “useless” list) for undergraduate school and then went on to study business practices.

After some discussion, we realized the latter was the much more appealing choice. The second CEO has both the academic and practical training to efficiently and effectively run a company.

This CEO knows how to talk with and interpret each and every employee, but also knows how to run a business with prestige and competition. This CEO understands why a concept might not get through to some employees; with a strong background in both the social sciences and in business, this CEO will be able to take a step back, reflect on the why, who and what, then go forward and address the how.

Don’t get discouraged by these articles that claim what we’re studying is for naught. We will learn — and many of us are doing this now — how to actively address current and future issues with our education. At this university, we have anthropology projects and professors addressing labor, immigration, health and environmental issues, as well as our region’s vibrant and vital history. There are anthropologists scattered around the university in so many different majors that it should not be a surprise when we encounter one in a new lecture hall next semester.

Getting through our four years will be tough, but once we’re through we will all have the learned abilities to apply what we know to so many other fields. I wish all of our graduating seniors good luck — regardless of their major — and offer support for the current and incoming students.

Jeremy Krones is a junior anthropology major. He can be reached at jdkrones@gmail.com.

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ROCKING, CLASSICALLY Student orchestra gives non-traditional Mahler performance at CSPAC

BY BEENA RAGHAVENDRAN Staff writer

Gustav Mahler is a legend.

His Eighth Symphony is nicknamed the “Symphony of a Thousand,” as it’s one of the largest-scale choral works in history.

And his Second Symphony, “Resurrection,” is the crème de la crème — Mahler’s first major work involving what would become recurring themes of death and life.

It’s the piece musicians wait their whole lives to play,

master of music student Jonathan Cain said.

“Mahler 2 is one of those pieces that everybody loves to play and everybody loves to hear,” said Cain, who is pursuing his master of music in cello performance. “Classical musicians are like, ‘This is why we do it.’”

But junior music education major and violinist Becky Dreyman said most students have never even heard Mahler’s name – or Haydn’s, or Schumann’s, or Vivaldi’s.

“It’s not really what we listen to on the radio,” said

Dreyman, who is a member of the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra.

“I think we place a high emphasis on really being pumped up and excited by the music we listen to.”

This university’s New Lights Initiative is out there to make the world of classical music accessible to young people who are often turned off by the concert hall’s atmosphere, its website says.

The symphony orchestra’s New Lights Student Committee, comprised of undergraduate and graduate music majors and branched off from the university’s larger

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group, has the same goal and has been presenting behindthe-scenes concert material in the form of video and post-concert discussions.

And today at 3:30 p.m. — in a performance led by the student committee — 260 musicians from UMSO and the university Concert Choir are bringing to life a performance of Mahler 2 in CSPAC’s Grand Pavilion.

John Devlin, who heads the student committee, said it won’t be the traditional Mahler 2 in concert setting – audience members are in for a surprise.

“It’s hard to say, ‘We’re playing music by dead white German guys in tuxedos, and you have to clap,’” said Devlin, who is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting. “We’ve been working all year to present music in a way that it’s not traditionally done.”

Director of Orchestral Activities James Ross and then Artist-in-Residence Greg Sandow, a Juilliard graduate, started the New Lights Initiative in 2009. It has since gone on to clothe its orchestras in colorful attire and present multimedia during its pieces to attract a wider audience, New Lights’ website says.

While there are several

other audience-expansion classical music initiatives in the Washington area and beyond, New Lights is one that is solely this university’s.

“There’s a lot of people that are pushing to do these really exciting things in the concert halls, and university level is really a great place to see that happen,” Dreyman said. “There aren’t the same pressures of complete tradition that there might be in traditional orchestras throughout the country and I think that this is the place that it will happen first.”

The culminating school year presented a great opportunity for the committee to end things with a bang, Devlin said.

Cain, who is involved with the student committee, said that the sheer number of people involved in the performance will energize the CSPAC lobby.

“You walk down the halls and ever y single person you see is participating in this event,” Cain said. “It’s kind of a cool capstone at the end of the year where basically ever ybody in the school comes together and puts on this one performance of this one piece.”

But the tug-of-war between attracting new audiences and retaining current concertgoers is a constant concern in the music world, Devlin said.

He said that while engaging initiatives such as multimedia can attract some members, he has also heard complaints that the added effects distract from the performance.

But the end goal remains the same: to help the audience realize the beauty of classical music, freshman violin performance major and New Lights Committee member Aurora Wheeland said.

“Anything that has lyrics in it, they’re sort of propelling you, guiding you to what you can experience and what you can take from that song,” Wheeland said. “But with classical music, everyone can have their own, very unique experience — their own way of interpreting what the music means to them.”

Musicians from the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and University of Maryland Concert Choir are performing Mahler’s Second Symphony today in CSPAC’s Grand Pavilion at 3:30 p.m.

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CUTS from page 1 called for a special session on May 14 for legislators to reconvene and work out a budget that avoids such cuts, and he stressed that higher education would remain a priority in renewed talks.

“We’re seeking they pass what the governor wanted originally in regards to higher education,” said O’Malley spokeswoman Raquel Guillory, adding the budget talks lay in the hands of the legislators at this point, and “this is not something that the governor has any control over.”

The university has already had to stretch its budget over the last four years, Wylie said, further stressing the departments’ coffers and limiting their options in expanding and offering opportunities to students.

“We have very little discretionary money in our budget at all,” she said. “There isn’t anybody that has a lot of extra money lying around.”

Because salaries for faculty and staff made up more than $1 billion

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of the almost $1.7 billion university budget in the 2012 fiscal year, Director of the Office of Budget and Fiscal Analysis Robert Platky said reductions in staff are the biggest area of concern.

“We’re a service industry; the vast majority of our costs are salary and benefit-related expenses,” he said. “The significant places to save money are the significant places where you spend a lot of money.”

The university absorbed large state cuts almost a decade ago, Director of Human Resources Dale Anderson said, and responded with reductions to personnel.

“There were a number of layoffs and positions that would have otherwise been filled that were left vacant,” Anderson said. “Obviously any time you take cuts of the magnitude that they’re talking about, it causes you to be concerned.”

The university may also have to stretch its budget for maintenance thin, Platky said, a crisis in itself given the anticipated rise in utility prices and the hundreds of millions of dollars in already deferred maintenance projects.

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University Provost Ann Wylie said the current budget would be “devastating” to the university. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

“You go with the big dollars and that’s people and maintenance,” he said, adding smaller ticket items in the budget have already seen the brunt of costcutting measures, and the “choices are getting more and more limited.”

Despite the uncertain future of higher education in the state, Platky said it is too early to speculate on what the university will do until the General Assembly addresses the budget in the special session. Anderson added the university hopes to see the

cuts minimized for the sake of university personnel.

“At this point we don’t know,” Anderson said. “We’re hopeful that the special session will provide some relief.”

Wylie said she expects lawmakers to protect the university’s finances in a special session.

“We believe that higher education is important to the state,” she said. “I can’t help but believe we will not receive these huge budget cuts.” bach@umdbk.com

The University of Maryland honored outstanding students, faculty and staff on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the

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number of women participating in the recruitment process, several sororities had grown to unmanageable sizes in recent years, Griffith said.

About 750 women went through the recruitment process this spring.

“It is hard to manage that many women. If you are in a group of 150 girls, is it really realistic for you to know and have relationships with all 150 girls all the time?” Griffith said.

“Probably not, because that is a lot of people.”

Freshman psychology major Yael Nurko considered rushing a sorority this spring but decided to drop out in the first round.

An overwhelming number of girls were in her recruiting class, she said, adding another chapter could improve the process.

“I do think another sorority would give more girls an opportunity to find their niche,” Nurko said. “On one hand, you would have less options of girls to befriend, but at the same time you would get closer to the girls you do have.”

To increase outreach and advertise Alpha Xi Delta this semester, Greek members

LOCKS from page 1 immediate action once the broken lock in Commons Building 3 was reported in early April, but the incident has caused other students to wonder about all the doors.

Resident Patrick Kind said he tested his own door after seeing another student open an apartment using a credit card or swipe card and found it took about 30 seconds to

“They aren’t giving much attention to the safety and security of the student; in my mind, it is poor customer service.”

BENNY MAGNO SOUTH CAMPUS COMMONS BUILDING 4 RESIDENT ASSISTANT

break in to his own apartment.

“It was a little unnerving because it was so easy,” said the junior computer engineering major. “I think that if we pay $767 a month to live in these apartments that boast about the multiple levels of security that they should be responsible for making sure our doors are secure.”

Kaylee Hillard, Kind’s neighbor, said she also tested her lock and found it was easy to break in.

“If you are in a group of 150 girls, is it really realistic for you to know and have relationships with all 150 girls all the time?”

TAYLOR GRIFFITH PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

have made T-shirts reading “AXiD at UMD” and held a banner competition for the chapter’s philanthropy, Autism Speaks, during Greek Week last month.

Griffith said the first members of the new chapter will face some challenges building the group from the ground up.

“Definitely the hardest challenge for their new members is not having someone to follow,” said Griffith, adding this could also be seen as a positive. “If a woman wants to join AXiD they have the opportunity to start their own chapter and to create the chapter that they want.” news@umdbk.com

“It would be a pretty extreme coincidence if it was just our two doors,” said Hillard, a sophomore communication and marketing major.

The locks are not students’ first inconvenience in Commons Building 3 this semester.

In February, nearly 100 students experienced cracked pipes and Capstone Management relocated 16 of the residents to dorm rooms and nearby hotels, some for at least three weeks.

Residential Facilities also had to repeatedly fix the two front entrances of Carroll Hall this semester after people pried open the doors.

Benny Magno, a resident assistant in Commons Building 4, said while he has not heard of similar occurrences in his building, the reports were disconcerting.

“They aren’t giving much attention to the safety and security of the student; in my mind, it is poor customer service,” said Magno, who completes rounds in Commons Buildings 3 and 4.

Brasty said while she believes the claims of faulty locks are rumors, Capstone Management opted for a new security measure rather than keep residents’ apartment doors as they are.

“We were uncomfortable because of the impression it would give because we know there are rumors out there,” Brasty said.

“After the situation happened, I asked my management staff to look into some across-the-board situations even though it is not an acrossthe-board problem,” she said. news@umdbk.com

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Sports

Baseball wins series finale The Terrapins baseball team avoided a sweep last night, beating No. 1 Florida State, 8-5, in the final game of the series. Read more at diamondbackonline.com.

MEN’S LACROSSE | NCAA TOURNAMENT

For Terps, tough road back to title game Defending runners-up unseeded in tournament

SUNDAY, MAY 13

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU

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Senior staff writer

The Terrapins men’s lacrosse team became an unquestioned underdog when it lost 17 seniors from a group that reached the national championship last May. With just one guaranteed game remaining, it can’t seem to shake that role.

After losing at Colgate, 13-11, on Saturday, the Terps enter the NCAA Tournament unseeded for the second consecutive year. They’ll face No. 7 seed Lehigh (14-2) in a first round game Sunday night in Bethlehem, Pa., with a possible quarterfinals matchup against No. 2 seed Johns Hopkins looming if they advance.

If the Terps (9-5) hope to survive until Memorial Day weekend, they’ll likely need to start stringing together complete performances — a task coach John Tillman’s young unit has struggled with this season.

The Terps have surrendered fourth-quarter leads in four of their five losses this year and are 0-4 in two-goal games.

Of course, they’re hardly the only elite program that’s struggled through stretches of inconsistent play this season. Upsets have been rampant throughout college lacrosse, and many experts feel the title chase is more wide open than ever this year.

“To project the bracket right now is dangerous,” ESPN lacrosse analyst Paul Carcaterra said during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Sunday. “Styles and matchups will be so important throughout this tournament.”

So few can blame Tillman for encouraging his team to dream big. After all, these are the same Terps that pummeled the Blue Jays throughout the second half of a 9-6 win at Homewood Field on April 14. When they’re at their best, the Terps can be dangerous.

“We look at the [New York] Giants,” Tillman said. “They had to win their last regularseason game just to make the playoffs, and they ended up winning the Super Bowl. So we’re like, ‘Jeez, why not us?’” letourneau@umdbk.com

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LEHIGH

It’s no fluke the Mountain Hawks earned a seed in what is their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. After getting blown out by then-No. 10 Villanova on Feb. 18, Lehigh has gone 13-1. Its only loss in that stretch? A one-goal overtime loss at Colgate, the same team that ended the Terps’ hopes for a home game. If the Terps are to leave Bethlehem, Pa., with a win, they’ll need to find a way to penetrate a Mountain Hawks’ defense ranked No. 2 nationally.

MARYLAND (9-5)

The Terps have a measure of unpredictability. One night they notch a convincing win over Duke, three days later they fall at UMBC. Two of their biggest perceived strengths entering the season — goalkeeping and faceoffs — have failed to live up to expectations. But the Terps’ talent is undeniable. If they can start playing complete games, they have a shot to make their second straight national championship appearance.

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If the Terps are able to survive Lehigh, they’ll likely have the unenviable task of trying to defeat the Blue Jays for the second time this season. Coach Dave Pietramala’s squad has mastered the game’s fundamentals: defense and faceoffs. They rank No. 2 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 3 in possession margin. Making their 41st consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, the Blue Jays are always a team to fear come May.

STONY BROOK (7-9)

The Seawolves are one of only four teams in Division I history to make the NCAA Tournament with a losing record, and will likely present little challenge for the Blue Jays.

They did not beat a team with a winning record this season, owning an RPI of 35. None of their stats are overly impressive, but they do clear the ball well — a trait that could be helpful if former Duke goalkeeper Sean Brady can put together a career night.

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