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Housing approved for 200 waitlisted students 500 still waiting to live in campus dorms

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Williams says goodbye after 22 years coaching Thousands fill Comcast to see an emotional Williams

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

For more than two decades, Gary Williams coached the Terrapin men’s basketball team with a fervor for the game he has known since he was 5 years old. Few showed more intensity than Williams, who screamed at players and coaches on the bench, ranted at referees and sweated through his suit.

Many saw only that side of him. But Friday’s press conference to announce his retirement after 22 years as Terp coach showed just how much Williams means to the program and this university — and just how much they mean to him.

Walking onto the Comcast Center court before thousands of supporters, Williams uncorked his trademark, right-handed fist pump and joined university President Wallace Loh and Athletics Director Kevin Anderson on a stage flanked by the trophies his teams had won.

Tears welled in his eyes and his lips trembled as fans chanted his name and stood in adoration.

Williams, the man behind 668 career wins and a national championship, was finally saying goodbye to the university he loved, saying, “It’s the right time.”

He paused several times during his speech to

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Former Terrapin men’s basketball coach Gary Williams waves to fans Friday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY MARIA ROMAS Staff writer

After receiving housing requests from incoming freshmen, the Resident Life Department offered an additional 200 students on-campus housing last week.

In past years, students who were on Resident Life’s waitlist — including transfer students, those who missed the April 1 registration deadline and students who already live off-campus — typically did not receive an on-campus housing slot. About 200 on the 700person long waitlist were given a spot on the campus, and the remaining 500 will hear back by the end of August, according to Resident Life officials.

“We’re working toward giving as many students as possible housing on campus because we know that students that do [live on the campus] are

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Students waited through a 40-minute rain delay before rapper Nelly took the stage at Byrd Stadium. PHOTOS BY JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

DVD rental program to expand online

Despite brief rainstorm, 8,000 turn out to hear Nelly perform at Art Attack Staff writer

When Nelly took the Art Attack stage a few minutes before 9 p.m. on Friday, he shouted to the crowd, “Are you ready to party?” The crowd, which had grown antsy after waiting through a 40-minute rain delay, burst into overwhelming applause, and the energy hardly let up until Nelly finished about an hour later.

It was a fitting way to begin the occasionally raucous main act of

Hornbake’s free service adds titles

BY LAUREN REDDING AND MARIA ROMAS Senior staff writers

A free student-founded, librarysponsored DVD rental program that has grown to more than 1,100 titles during the semester will allow users to search, rate and reserve movies on an interactive website due in the fall.

Last semester, two seniors launched UMDVD — whose discs in Hornbake Library are available for three days to all students, faculty and staff with a university ID number — in November with $12,000 from the Student Government Association, the University Library System and other sources, compiling the program’s collection of used DVDs from CDepot and other outlets.

“It serves academic purposes as well as entertainment,” said senior history major Dylan Winslow, one of the program’s founders. “There are definitely certain things Netflix [and other online movie players] have and vice

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the 28th Art Attack, the annual concert put on by Student Entertainment Events. Playing for an audience of 8,000, Nelly barreled through a collection of his biggest hits, including “Party People,” “Dilemma” and “Just a Dream,” only rarely pausing between songs.

“College is a high-energy place.

People ready to get rocking,” Nelly said during a post-show interview with The Diamondback, explaining how he chose his set list. “It’s a little

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Moving on as a model citizen Senior named one of top females for research, leadership

BY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

MengMeng Xu recently won the university’s Sally Sterling Byrd Award. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

As she rides out the tail end of a full scholarship to this university, biochemistry and economics major MengMeng Xu just added another award to her already overflowing resumé, recognized as this year’s female senior who exemplified model citizenship and advanced the university.

But Xu stressed that her four years

as an undergraduate student have been more about giving back to the university community than what she can get out of it.

On May 1, the university honored Xu with the Sally Sterling Byrd Award, a citizenship prize for women, noting her scholarship, leadership and cancer research as reasons she was chosen, but Xu said her efforts were more about finding herself than bolstering her resumé.

“College is sort of just realizing who you are as a person and what’s important to you,” Xu said. “A lot of people are going through college just to get degrees, but what I’ve learned about myself and the potential that both I and everyone around me has is really amazing.”

Xu said the Byrd award was the highlight of a long list of distinctions

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versa. It’s just really important for the university to have a collection like this. Once people see the program is really cool, and how awesome the technology we use for it is, it will really expand.”

After the new UMDVD website is up and running, Winslow and co-founder Patrick Portugal, a senior English major, hope two touch-screen monitors can be installed between the two racks displaying DVDs in Hornbake, at which students can search for movies interactively. Library officials are considering adding a paid position for a student to oversee UMDVD, but said they have not nailed down the program’s future for after the founders graduate.

This semester, a group of four sophomores in the Science, Dis-

covery and the Universe Scholars program began creating the online database with more than 700 movies that all link to their respective pages on IMDb. Despite some glitches, disorganization of movies and other minor problems, the website will be entered into the library system and accessible to students across the campus, and Portugal said he is looking forward to starting a marketing campaign with the library to spread the word to students.

“We are working toward a faster and more secure website that allows students and faculty to rent DVDs from the library system for free,” said sophomore mechanical engineering major Ryan Zhang, who is helping create the website. “We have now provided a platform for all faculty and students.”

The students are also looking to circulate the thousands of DVDs in Hornbake’s Nonprint

Media Services collection — which are available for viewing only in the library — but have not worked out a deal with library officials, they said.

The DVD collection — which was launched with about 400 titles but has nearly tripled over the semester — includes the American Film Institute’s Top 100 titles and full seasons of television shows, along with documentaries, art films, indie films and more. About 40 DVDs were checked out by students yesterday.

Some students said this new website would ensure more students use the collection, since streaming movies online is commonplace, and this will help the collection compete with services such as Netflix, which generally charge about $10 a month.

“It sounds pretty cool because it’s free,” said Eric Fagan, a sophomore secondary education major. “It sounds like

“It sounds pretty cool because it’s free.”

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a much better option than Netflix. [Netflix] doesn’t cost a lot, but I’m poor.”

But senior government and politics major Romy Solomon said in the age of instant access to movies, many students will be disinclined to travel to Hornbake.

“I just [stream] movies for free online so I wouldn’t want to walk to Hornbake,” she said.

“The online search would definitely make me more likely to use it though.” redding@umdbk.com, romas@umdbk.com

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WILLIAMS from page 1 keep his emotions from overtaking him as he thanked the students, alumni, administrators and friends he had made in his long coaching journey.

Williams, 66, said he was ready to move on.

“I’ve seen coaches where they just stayed too long,” Williams said. “If you leave a little early, it’s better than leaving late. It really is.”

Williams first told Anderson of his intentions to leave April 29, then mulled over retirement during that weekend and re-affirmed his decision last Monday after speaking with several close friends.

He told his returning players during a 4 p.m. meeting Thursday, and an official announcement was made shortly after.

“Why now? It’s just a gut feeling, really, more than anything else,” said Williams, who added he considered retiring after winning the national championship in 2002 and then again after the team won a share of the ACC regular-season championship last year. “It’s a time in my life where I have an opportunity

HOUSING from page 1 more successful,” said Erin Schlegel, Ellicott Community Director. “[Oakland] is giving as many students as possible the opportunity for this success.”

In 2007, Resident Life announced that juniors would not be given housing. This year, for the first time since then, the department was able to accommodate all juniors — and even some seniors — who applied for on-campus housing, a signal university officials have said means the housing crunch could be over.

Scott Young, Resident Life’s assistant director for administrative business services, said there are about 9,000 on-campus housing spaces available, 3,800 of which have been filled by incoming freshmen. About 5,000 spaces are allotted to returning students. Oakland Hall, North

to do some things.”

While rumors circulated abut Williams’ potential successor, Anderson said the day and the moment were Williams’ and refused to comment on the situation ahead.

Instead, he joined in the praise for the longtime coach.

“Gar y has made it great to be a Terp,” Anderson said.

“We’re here today to celebrate a great man, a great father, a great grandfather and a terrific coach. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some pretty special people, but no one’s more special than Gar y Williams. He’s more than a coach. He’s a teacher, he’s a friend, and he’s a wonderful, wonderful human being.”

And while fans will remember the passionate man who created “Garyland” in College Park, others pointed to his love of the game, care for his players and undying motivation as his lasting legacies.

“His passion for the game is unbelievable,” for ward Haukur Palsson said. “I’ve never been with a coach that has as much passion as he does. You think he’s yelling at you first, but you can see he just wants to win the game.”

Palsson said he learned more than just basketball

Campus’ new high-rise that will accommodate 700 students, has been attributed to the increase in open slots.

However, he said the numbers have not yet been finalized as the number of freshmen applying for housing could still change. Resident Life has to cross-reference numbers with the admissions office — some incoming freshmen will confirm housing but not enrollment, and others will do the opposite, he said.

Every year, nearly 94 percent of the incoming freshmen class requests on-campus housing by the May 1 deadline. The department has sent a notice providing the new students with one more chance to register, and Resident Life should know the final count this week, Young said.

Residence Hall Association President-elect Corie Stretton said while Resident Life has been able to accommodate more students than in the last

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from Williams, whose lessons were “just in life and ever ything.”

“Most people only see him on the court and how intense he is,” former guard Eric Hayes said. “Off the court, during practices and just spending time with him beyond the basketball court was a lot of fun. He was a great person to be around and always personable. I don’t think a lot of people got to see that side of him.”

“I’ve been around a lot of coaches and some ver y good ones, and I’ve never seen someone teach and have the attention of the players like he was able to do,” Anderson said. “He’s one of the best, no question about it.”

Because of Williams’ success and impact on the program, Loh and Anderson have submitted a formal request to the Board of Regents to have the court named in his honor.

“It’s a great honor,” Williams said. “I didn’t walk out here 22 years saying, ‘I hope they put my name on the court.’ Now that it’s here, it’s a great honor.”

The coach, who played point guard for the team from 1965-67, said he would have no role in the search for

five years, it’s still too early to declare the housing crisis officially resolved.

“This year is a transition year,” she said. “I think it’s going to take a couple years for living on campus to be an actual option. A lot of seniors didn’t believe it, and a lot of people still have the mentality of when you’re a junior, you live off-campus.”

Some students — such as sophomore history major Vincent Barnaba — said by junior year, they’re ready to move on from dorm life.

“I wouldn’t want to live in a dorm all four years,” he said.

Yet others — such as sophomore biology major Nicole Arsenis — said the affordability of oncampus housing prompted them to stay.

“It’s just a lot cheaper,” she said. “I don’t know why, given the option [to live on-campus], students would live off-campus.” romas@umdbk.com

his successor, although Anderson said he submitted some recommendations.

Williams will ser ve as an assistant athletics director and special assistant to Anderson. But he does not plan on keeping his high-profile visibility.

“I don’t want anybody to think that I’m going to be a presence here,” Williams said. “The new coach is running the basketball program.

He will not see me.”

For many, Williams’ presence will be missed. He resurrected his alma mater from the depths of scandal in 1989 to national prominence while securing millions of dollars in donations for player scholarships and construction of athletic facilities.

“He took great pride in this university,” men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski said.

“He’s got an unbelievable heart and great love for this university. I love the guy.”

Now, the man who has known little besides basketball for the past 43 years is ready for a change, ready to step away from the sport that defined him.

“You can’t predict the future,” Williams said. “I don’t know how long I have to be

XU from page 1 she’s received, including the Maryland Daily Record’s Circle of Excellence Scholarship, the Banneker/Key Scholarship and the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship — a prestigious science award.

“I think it’s really an honor because it’s for doing as much as you can for Maryland,” said Xu, who will begin work toward a medical degree at Duke University in the fall. “I try to give back as much as I can because I feel like I got a lot here.”

Despite a 3.95 grade point average, near-perfect MCAT scores and a collection of awards, several people said Xu’s modesty outshines her accomplishments.

Associate Director of Student Conduct Andrea Goodwin, who has worked with Xu as an adviser for the Student Honor Council and has also been her teacher, said Xu was a joy to work with.

At Friday’s press conference, Gary Williams announces his retirement before thousands of fans. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

WATCH VIDEO www.diamondbackonline.com Check out video of Gary Williams’ press conference and student reaction online. able to do other things, or if I was still coaching how long that would last. You can’t say, ‘well, this is the exact time.’ I know I coached as hard as I

ever had this past year, so it’s good leaving knowing I’ve done that.”

“She is kind, caring, one of the most humble individuals that I have ever known, responsible and has so much character and integrity.”

Though Xu spent her academic career as a double major who frequented research labs, she made it a point to become involved in other activities during her four years at this university — most notably presiding as an officer in the Student Honor Council and working as a member of the Peer Leadership Council, a group of students who host leadership workshops and conferences for other students.

“I can’t even begin to describe how impactful that’s been for me,” she said of the leadership council. “They’re the people I can go to to talk about anything.”

She added that she saw the honor council as a way to make student judicial hearings as fair as possible.

“I had a pretty bad K-12 experience with government [classes],

so I tried for [University Student Judiciary] because I figured that government was something I couldn’t ignore,” Xu said. “Then I got really involved and learned a lot about how procedures work, and we try to be as objective and fair as possible.”

Goodwin stressed Xu’s ability to treat everyone equally during student honor reviews.

“She treats everyone with kindness and respect,” Goodwin said. “She has such a strong sense of ethics and moral responsibility.”

Xu said she constantly draws stimulation from this university and her peers and professors here.

“I love this campus. I love how you can see and feel history here just by seeing the trees and how big they are,” Xu said. “ And mostly, it’s the people here; I think I’ve been really lucky finding people that I find inspiring.”

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Despite his impressive resume, Williams’ most lasting accomplishment is hen Gary Williams walked onto the Comcast Center court Friday afternoon, a roar of applause erupted. It was the last time bigger than that. He made Mar yland basketball what it is today. With his Williams would emerge from the inner halls of the massive sta- trademark fist pump toward the student section and the images of him dium as head coach of the Terps men’s basketball team — a real- crouching on the sidelines — often launching tirades at bad calls with his ity that showed on Williams’ face and on those in the audience. Dressed in a graying hair matted with sweat — the aura of the man is irreplaceable.

Williams was tough, but never afraid to show his emotions. Flanked by dark suit and white shirt with his signature red tie, Williams said goodbye to a university President Wallace Loh and athletics director Kevin Anderson at a university that loved him and a basketball program eternally indebted to him.

Williams shocked many at this university and in the collegiate sports world Friday press conference, Williams’ lips quivered as he held back tears with his announcement Thursday that he would retire immediately as head before hundreds of students. Nothing appears to tug at his heart more than coach. For more than two decades, the Maryland alum had been the face of the fans.

Although it seems Williams’ coaching career is now Terrapin basketball, if not Maryland sports as a whole. over, there is one last job at this university for Gar y.

But the career of a man who is loved both on and off the When Williams exited the $125 million stadium built court has finally come to an end.

At 66 years old, Williams spent 22 years of his 43- Gary Williams was more than to house the program he saved, he did so for the last time as head coach. But a different event, to be held year career coaching the team for which once played. a basketball head coach, he next week, still beckons his name.

As head coach, he not only racked up 668 career wins, On May 19, this year’s graduating class will file into but also transformed this college basketball program was a man who came to Comcast Center for commencement. They will hear into one of the most respected in the countr y. epitomize this university. speeches from this year’s speaker, DeMaurice Smith, Williams arrived at his alma mater in 1989 during a the director of an NFL players’ union that no longer time when the program was on its knees. Three years earlier, Terps basketball player Len Bias had died of a drug overdose. The exists, as well as from Loh and fellow students. But for this year’s graduating NCAA was investigating the conduct of former coach Bob Wade, which ulti- class, many of whom were born the same year Williams arrived as head mately led to a two-year post-season ban, a one year ban from live television coach at this university and who will make the conversion to alumni in “the broadcasts, the revocation of two scholarships and three years of probation for house that Gar y built,” it seems there would be no greater honor, for students and the man himself, than for Gary to also speak. the team.

Williams has become an icon for generations of students. Indeed, many But Williams persevered. He was uncompromising and did things his way in a coaching fashion that has all but disappeared from college basketball in have trouble picturing men’s basketball without him. His presence on the recent years. He recruited players overlooked by other coaches, such as Juan court, devotion to the fans and fierce protectiveness of this university have Dixon, and refused to partake in the money-grubbing of modern recruiting. endeared him to thousands. For this university, there seems no better way of For a program many had written off as finished, Williams refused to bend. He saying thanks than to invite him to speak before the students that love him. led the Terps to their first national championship in 2002 and garnered the And for students, there seems no better man to wish them farewell than the legend that is Gary Williams. third-most wins of any coach in the history of the ACC.

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So long, farewell: Musings of an opinion columnist

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hew. What a ride.

I first started writing for The Diamondback in August 2009, primarily because I thought it would look good on a resumé. I spent the next two years writing columns that would not, under any circumstances, look good on a resumé.

My first column was a satirical piece in which I doled out fake advice to incoming freshmen. A few days after it got published, I received my first bit of fan mail. It said, “Your column was unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Good job.” A few days later, I received my first bit of hate mail. It said, “How did you even get a job writing for The Diamondback?

You’re an idiot. Go away.”

Rather than tell you guys who wrote those despicable words, let me instead say that my mom and I are now on good terms.

But there were definitely times

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SANDERS when I wondered how I’d pull it off.

From the very beginning, I knew I would never quite fit in with the opinion section. My fellow columnists are all smart, funny and enlightened people. They have highly nuanced opinions about both the university community and the world at large. I, on the other hand, specialize in lowbrow humor and columns that are literally about nothing. I pride myself on not knowing or caring about anything except the ins and outs of my own life. So I basically write in a vacuum.

My columns are either about me or something I think is funny. In a way, I almost consider myself the “anti-

opinion” writer because I don’t really have an opinion on anything.

So why did I take the job? Well, crazy voice in my head, I took the job because I enjoy making people laugh. Before I became a columnist, this meant being the loudest, drunkest person at a party. Now, it means cranking out 500 words every two weeks about whatever random thought pops into my head. This is called “growing up.”

My columns weren’t always funny, and they weren’t always perfect. But I always enjoyed writing them. And I always enjoyed the support I got from you guys.

I actually have one more semester left in College Park. There are still classes to be taken, memories to be made and beer to be drank. But I don’t think I can do this for another semester. I mean, I literally ran out of jokes three paragraphs ago. I wouldn’t want to subject you guys to

more mediocrity.

Instead, I want to thank you.

Thank you for all the kind words over the past two years. Thank you for the emails, the random bar shout-outs and, I kid you not, the free drinks.

But most importantly, thank you for putting up with me for so long. This might sound crazy — especially if you read me last year — but I actually get really down on myself when people write or say mean things about me. So your support and affection definitely meant a lot to me.

This has made my college experience even more memorable than it already would have been. You are all beautiful people, and I hope you flourish in college and beyond.

Thanks for everything, guys. It’s been fun.

Mike Sanders is a senior history major. He can be reached at sanders@umdbk.com.

College and beyond: It’s all about the journey

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or as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a writer. It started in middle school; I still recall the assignment that made it clear writing was my passion. After reading The Giver by Lois Lowry, we had to come up with an alternate ending for the book. I felt so powerful, like I had the world at my fingertips and could do anything with it. The creativity I could potentially possess intoxicated me. To this day, I have yet to find anything that thrills me more.

Obviously, there are multiple daunting qualities of having a blank page in front of you. Watching a cursor blink can be entirely frustrating when the words aren’t coming together just the right way. As a perfectionist, I know that feeling all too well. But through the years I’ve learned to turn the fear into excitement. Excitement about what might happen next. Excitement about the

endless possibilities. Excitement about the thought that I have the power to make something — anything — happen.

That’s the attitude I’m trying to channel these days, as I stand at the cusp of graduation and have no clue what’s up ahead. Just like little Jonas in The Giver sledding down that hill, I’m headed for the unknown. And while that’s entirely terrifying for a control freak like me, I can honestly look back on the past four years and know I had the time of my life here.

Four years ago, I was getting my college acceptance — and rejection — letters back, tr ying to decide where I might like to end up. As I was realizing my list of possibilities might not be as endless as I had hoped, I got the best advice and the worst advice all in one sentence. I had just gotten rejected from what was at the time my No. 1 school and was feeling entirely over whelmed. I

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was crushed.

Many people tried to console me, and many said the same thing, more or less, but I remember it was my cousin who finally convinced me it was true. She had been in the same situation I was in, and she told me, “It really doesn’t matter where you end up deciding to go, you’re going to have the best four years of your life wherever you enroll.”

Even though four years ago I cursed that tiny envelope that showed up at my door instead of the big one, today I’m grateful for it. I’ve met so many people who have influenced me here. My friends are

friends for life. I’ve learned, and I’ve been challenged. The experiences I’ve had at this university have been the most incredible of my life to date, and there’s no doubt that, had I gone elsewhere, I’d have missed out on these memories, even if I made amazing other ones.

My cousin was right, and I think her message applies to me and my opaque future as well as it applied to my college choice. It’s what you make of it, every day, one step at a time.

Who knows what’s ahead? There are daily reminders in the news that we don’t control everything around us, but we can control how we deal with it. All we do know for sure is we’re in for a ride, and it’s up to us to make it great.

Emilie Openchowski is a senior government and politics and journalism major. She can be reached at openchowski@umdbk.com.

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ransgender people are a small and widely misunderstood segment of the population — they often face extreme disadvantages due to ignorance and discrimination. Michael Kossin’s May 5 guest column, “An unreal proposal,” only showcased this lack of understanding by claiming “special consideration” for transgender students is unnecessary. His illinformed argument was that a Diamondback article and editorial from the previous week provided insufficient evidence of anti-transgender intolerance at this university. This is a unified response on behalf of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Staff and Faculty Association.

As staff and faculty, we listen to those who feel excluded at the university. General knowledge and comments from transgender students stating their own needs are sufficiently convincing in pointing out the challenges they face. As educators and researchers, we also understand the need for empirical knowledge.

Unfortunately, too few surveys ask about gender identity, and large random samples are required to achieve enough transgender respondents for analysis. There is also insufficient funding and support in academia for research on transgender issues. This should be rectified.

While there are few studies about transgender people, the ones that are available show transgender people are not treated equally. In February, the National Transgender Discrimination Survey was published. The study included 6,450 transgender and gender non-conforming participants from throughout the U.S. and its territories. Hostility was pervasive. Ninety percent of respondents faced harassment, mistreatment or discrimination in the workplace and 78 percent experienced harassment and bullying in school. Thirty-five percent reported experiencing physical assault in a K12 environment, and nearly 15 percent of those assaulted were assaulted by teachers or staff. The 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People, released last fall, found nearly 40 percent of transgender college students faced harassment and nearly as many seriously considered leaving their colleges as a result.

Transgender students who fear harassment are not experiencing “paranoia,” as Kossin calls it.

This university already has taken significant, low-cost steps toward ensuring transgender people can safely use restrooms. The university committed to labeling every lockable single-user restroom as gender-neutral, and all new construction and major renovation of buildings must include at least one gender-neutral restroom. These restrooms provide greater access not only for transgender people but also to people with disabilities and parents with small children who need additional privacy.

Kossin promotes unfounded fears that a person appearing to be transgender may be more likely to assault another person while using the restroom. We should judge people on their behavior, not on their appearance. In fact, doing otherwise could land us in hot water. In 2008, a New York City restaurant paid a major settlement and changed its policies after it kicked a woman out of the women’s restroom because she looked too masculine. In Washington, it is illegal to force someone to prove his or her gender or sex to use a restroom.

Washington regulations also allow college students to access campus housing based on their gender identity or their sex, and, particularly if requested, colleges must provide special accommodations when the student feels otherwise likely to face harassment or hostility. We encourage this university to follow this lead by making housing-assignment policies more flexible and by offering more accessible options for genderneutral housing to all students who may choose it or need it.

Kossin’s column, whether intentional or not, was offensive and baseless. We must develop transgenderinclusive practices now, and not wait for discrimination, violence and lawsuits. Furthermore, we need deeper education on transgender issues. Not only should transgender students have full access and empowerment in higher education environments, but all of the university community must become more educated on the issues facing transgender people.

Nicholas Sakurai is the associate director of the Office of LGBT equity. He can be reached at sakurai@umd.edu.

Shaunna Payne Gold is the chairwoman of the LGBT Staff and Faculty Association. She can be reached at spgold@umd.edu.

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NELLY from page 1 different depending on the crowd.

Sometimes we play shows that are more somber.”

According to Laura Brant, president of SEE, all 8,000 tickets for the concert were sold. That falls below the 12,000 attendees at Weezer and Ben Folds last year, but, despite Friday’s rain delay, still tops the 6,500 who turned out for Ludacris in 2009.

The show also included some audience participation. Late in the show, Nelly paused to pick three females to come onstage with him.

The audience went wild as the three girls strutted across the stage to compare the “confidence” of their walks and were then, in turn, each allowed to dance with Nelly during a song.

“I can’t put words to it, I’m so freaking out,” said senior government and politics major Chinasa Onukwubiri, one of the girls se-

lected, adding it was “a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Another one of the girls fell into Nelly’s lap as she approached him.

She was pulled aside and a fourth attendee, a trained dancer from George Mason University, was brought onstage in her place.

The audience was enthusiastic despite inclement weather and long delays.

The crowd became particularly animated during the performance of the bawdy 2002 hit “Hot in Herre.” Nelly stoked the crowd’s enthusiasm by removing his shirt midway through the song, prompting an audience member to throw a bra onstage.

Opening act Urban Cartel, a band made up partly of recent university graduates, was followed by Brenton Duvall, a mash-up artist from Potomac. He got partway through his performance before lightning caused a delay at 7:35 p.m., forcing all of the attendees into Byrd Stadium’s concourse.

According to Brant, only about

200 people left early due to the rainy conditions.

Duvall’s shortened set led to some disappointment from fans.

“We love Brenton Duvall,” said freshman finance and information systems major Geoffrey Wang.

“He’s from Potomac, and I’m from Potomac; I love him. And all of a sudden, it starts raining, and I can’t go see him … it’s awful.”

During the wait, some students released frustration by chanting “Nelly!” and “Hey, you suck!” Others formed impromptu dance circles to pass the time.

The stands reopened at 8:15 p.m., but attendees faced another 40-minute wait as technicians wiped down the stage and rechecked the equipment. Irritation turned to anticipation during the inter val, with the crowd growing increasingly restless and cheering and chanting frequently.

Several students said while they were fans of Nelly at a younger age, they had lost touch with the artist as they grew older.

“I was a Nelly fan back in middle school,” said sophomore letters and sciences major Deepanjali Jain. “Not currently, I wouldn’t know any of his new stuff. I wasn’t unhappy with it, but I wouldn’t say I was ecstatic about the decision to pick him.”

Although many students were skeptical of Nelly or felt his music was dated, there were also diehard supporters in the audience.

“I’m a huge Nelly fan. One of his biggest,” said freshman government and politics major Brooke Parker, who arrived at Byrd Stadium two hours before the gates opened.

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SEARCH from page 8 Anderson did say Williams had given him a list of recommendations.

“He’s already talked to me,” Anderson said. “He’s given me some great suggestions, and we’ll go on from there.”

No one knows the job better than Williams, who had his own insights on what it takes to succeed in College Park.

“Every team in our league is trying to do the same thing we are,” Williams said. “You need to be able to compete.

There are a lot of great competitors out there, and that’s what you need here.”

While Williams doesn’t plan to be visible around the program in the coming weeks and year, he’s looking forward to welcoming his successor.

“I’d like to see someone who accomplishes a great deal in the future,” Williams said.

“You find out as time goes by that anything you do benefits the university. Whatever the new coach does with the pro-

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gram will help this university. I have a ton of confidence that that will happen.”

Much of the buzz immediately following Williams’ sudden retirement Thursday centered on the quality of the now-vacant Terp job. Given the region’s fertile recruiting grounds, the team’s membership in the competitive ACC, its deep fan support and topnotch facilities, many experts regarded the Terps’ position as one of the top 10 or 20 in college basketball.

Still, the list of candidates who have declined interest in the job continues to grow.

The opening likely came at an inopportune time, with many coaches entrenched in their positions, but Anderson seemed confident he would find a worthy replacement for Williams.

“I don’t believe it’s going to be a long process,” Anderson told The Washington Post yesterday. “We’re doing our due diligence, making sure we’re going to hire the right person.” ceckard@umdbk.com

COLGATE from page 8 Young, both of whom scored two goals.

But despite their strong performances, uncharacteristic mistakes — the Terps turned the ball over 14 times Saturday — defined the team’s play.

“We had enough opportunities to make some things happen,” Tillman said.

“These things, a lot of them, are correctable mistakes.”

Both teams entered Saturday’s game with abundant motivation. Colgate was fighting for — and with the win, nearly clinched — an atlarge bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Terps, meanwhile, sought to secure a first-round home game in the postseason, a reward reserved for the 16-team field’s top eight seeds.

“We played a hungry team today, a team that was fighting for their lives,” Young said. “We came out a little flat.”

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Despite the loss, the team’s third straight at home, the Terps don’t think they’re entering the NCAA Tournament, which begins Saturday, on a downward slide. Sitting in the Varsity Team House just 30 minutes removed from arguably their worst defeat of the season, players expressed optimism about rebounding quickly — and doing so with the help of Catalino and Cummings.

“It’s always a huge impact when your two leading goal scorers are out,” Young said.

“But they’re going to come back soon. ... Even though we lost this game, we know we’re in the tournament. So we’re coming back hungry, the hungriest we’ve been all year. We’re pretty upset right now, but we’re going to be the most jacked-up that we possibly can be on Monday and the following week.

We’re not trying to end our season any time before [Memorial Day weekend].” jengelke@umdbk.com

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MEN from page 8 lacrosse analyst Quint Kessenich said during the ESPNU broadcast last night.

“That is a brutal draw for both the Tar Heels and the Terps.”

The Terps, who were the only ACC team not to receive a top-eight seed, earned a No. 3 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament and defeated Hofstra, 11-8, in the first round before falling to national runner-up Notre Dame, 7-5, in the quarterfinals.

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This year, in their ninth straight postseason appearance, the Terps are ready to surprise as an unseeded team playing at a venue where they probably didn’t expect to find themselves.

“This loss is going to make us a little bit more of an underdog, and that’s the way that we like to play,” attackman Ryan Young said after Saturday’s loss to Colgate. “When our back’s against the wall, we play our best. ... It doesn’t really matter to us. If we’re the underdog, we’re going to come out swinging next week.” jengelke@umdbk.com

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never seen Navy play,” Reese said. “We’ll do our homework as coaches as we get started this week, but our focus with our team is just getting better on things we need to get better with.”

Should the Terps defeat Navy in the first round, they would move on to face either No. 8 seed James Madison or Princeton in the second round.

In earning the tournament’s top seed, the Terps also ensured they won’t run into the nation’s toughest competition until at least the Final Four in Stony Brook, N.Y., where they could face either No. 4 seed Florida or No. 5 seed Duke in the semifinals.

But no matter whom they face in the tournament, Reese said the Terps remain focused only on themselves and Saturday’s date with the Midshipmen.

“We’re just looking forward to Saturday,” Reese said. “We’re looking forward to a chance to play at home and a chance to play, period.”

When the Terps entered the tournament last year, the team was looking to win its first title since 2001. This season, the Terps are looking to defend their 2010 national title and win a nation’s-best 11th NCAA Championship.

“We just need to stay true to who we are, really believe in what we have and we’ll see what we can do,” Reese said. “Play our game, play our style of lacrosse, and do what we do best.”

out of reach.

“I just wanted to finish up the regular season on a good note,” Hickey said. “That’s what we did today. We bounced back.”

On Saturday, the Terps had all facets of their game working — just not at the same time. In their 2-0 loss in the series opener, Hickey pitched seven strong innings and gave up only two runs, but the offense managed just four hits. In their next outing, the Terps scored five runs, but the pitching let the offense down, surrendering six runs.

“It was going to be a dogfight this weekend, and I feel like we just came out on the wrong end of it yesterday,” Watten said.

Acosta proved a key factor in the turnaround from Saturday. She combined to go 1-for-7 on Saturday, including an 0-for-4 performance in the second loss, but came back with a 4-for-4 showing, including a double and one run scored in the win.

“I think we wanted it so bad that we were just trying a little too hard,” Acosta said, “so we just relaxed and got at it today.”

And while the Terps were down following Saturday’s games, the atmosphere yesterday was much more celebratory as they honored the team’s seniors.

“I talked to them out there about just taking this win and remembering who we are and what we are,” Watten said, “and what we’ve worked so hard to become and we proved that today.”

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More on the coaching search For a breakdown of the Terps’ pursuit for a new men’s basketball coach from Sports Editor Jonas Shaffer and beat writer Chris Eckard, check out TerrapinTrail.com.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Coaching search continues After Arizona’s Miller signs contract extension, Terps set to eye other candidates look elsewhere.

Anderson said Friday he wanted the search process to move quickly, but it has only become messy since. According to reports, several big-name coaches have removed their names from consideration for becoming the eighth coach in Terp men’s basketball history, notably Villanova’s Jay Wright, Pittsburgh’s Jamie Dixon, Butler’s Brad Stevens and Notre Dame’s Mike Brey.

As of yesterday, reports had surfaced indicating that Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon was under heavy consideration for the job.

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

Within 24 hours of the send-off of former Terrapin men’s basketball coach Gary Williams, Athletics Director Kevin Anderson seemed to have a successor in place.

But following media reports, such as those from ESPN 980, on mid-day Saturday that Arizona coach Sean Miller had reportedly accepted the position and was set to be introduced Monday, Miller instead agreed to an extension to remain as Wildcat coach late Saturday night, forcing Anderson to

Anderson declined to comment on the coaching search Friday, opting to talk solely about Williams and his impact on the program and university. Still, he willingly emphasized what he saw as the vacancy’s strong national standing.

“It’s a top-five job,” Anderson said. “It’s Maryland. It’s Maryland basketball. Look at the rich history.

The reason I’m here is because of the rich history. It’s a top-five school. I was at a great place at West Point, and it took something as good or better for me to leave, and that’s why I’m here.”

Williams certainly agreed.

“If this wasn’t a good job, I wouldn’t have been here,” Williams said. “I did have some opportunities to go other places.

This is a great job because of the university, No. 1, and also because of the type of people that are around that you deal with on a dayto-day basis.”

Although he’s been the face of Terp basketball for more than two decades, Williams said he would not play a prominent role in the coaching search for his successor, leaving that to Anderson.

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Athletics Director Kevin Anderson is still in search of a replacement for former coach Gary Williams. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

MEN’S LACROSSE

Terps don’t get seed in NCAA field With UNC win, team could face Syracuse

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Senior staff writer

The Terrapin men’s lacrosse team never wanted its game against Colgate on Saturday to be its last at Byrd Stadium this season.

But due in large part to what happened against the Raiders, it will be. A 10-8 loss proved the difference between a first-round home game and an unseeded appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the Terps, who will travel to eighth-seeded North Carolina (10-5) on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The matchup, announced on ESPNU last night, will be the third time the Terps (10-4) and Tar Heels have met this season. The Terps avenged an early-season 11-6 loss with a 7-6 win against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Sunday’s game will mark the first time since 2003 that two teams from the same conference have played each other in the first round.

“Whether we were excited or not excited, that’s not the point,” Tillman said. “The point was we’re going to get a really good team and we’ve got to play our best lacrosse.”

After winning their first ACC Championship since 2005, the Terps seemed poised to claim a first-round home game and a top-eight seed in the 16team field. But Saturday’s loss to Colgate — paired with the Terps’ unusually low strength of schedule — eventually undermined their conference championship, sending the Terps on the road in the first round for the second time in the past three seasons.

Should the Terps advance in the Foxborough, Mass., regional, they would likely face the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed in Syracuse (14-1). The Terps last faced the Orange in 2009, when they lost in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, 11-6. “[With a win,] next thing you know, you have to play Syracuse,” ESPN

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Attackman Owen Blye raises his arms in frustration during the Terps’ 10-8 loss to Colgate on Saturday. The defeat likely cost the Terps a home game in the NCAA Tournament, which starts next weekend. The team will play at ACC rival North Carolina on Sunday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Down two stars, Terps never get up Team can’t recover from early lull without Cummings, Catalino in 10-8 loss to Raiders

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Senior staff writer

With its two leading goal scorers sidelined due to injury, the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team was forced to look elsewhere to lead its offense Saturday against Colgate.

That proved too tall of a task for the Terps in their regular-season finale.

With attackman Grant Catalino (undisclosed injury) and midfielder Joe Cummings (right arm) unable to play against Colgate, the Terps stumbled out of the gate and struggled mightily in the second quarter en route to a 10-8 defeat against the Raiders in

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front of 2,566 at Byrd Stadium.

“In terms of leadership and calming some guys down and having some poise under pressure — those guys are really good at that,” coach John Tillman said. “It’s always great to have them, but that’s part of the game.

You’re going to have guys injured, and other guys need to step up.”

But the No. 6 Terps (10-4) weren’t able to make up for the loss of Catalino and Cummings, both of whom have a team-high 24 goals this season. The team could muster only eight goals against No. 17 Colgate (11-5), about three goals less than its season average of 11.3 goals per game heading into

Saturday’s matchup.

Still, the Terps said the absence of their top two offensive threats shouldn’t explain their loss.

“You can’t make excuses,” attackman Owen Blye said. “We’re a Division I program that prides itself on coming out and playing well every single day.

You have to learn to adapt to the circumstances. ... It’s on our shoulders.

We didn’t get it done today.”

After a slow-starting first quarter that ended in a 1-1 tie, Colgate’s offense exploded in the second frame. The Raiders scored five goals in the second quarter, three of which came in a 27second stretch, putting the Terps down

Two UNC losses keep Terps from No. 2 finish in league

Team will play Midshipmen on Saturday Staff writer

Throughout a dominant 2011 season, it was all but a foregone conclusion that the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team would receive a No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Whom the Terps would face in the tournament, however, remained unknown.

That question was answered when the 16-team bracket was unveiled last night, pitting the top-seeded Terps against in-state rival Navy in the first round. The game will be played in College Park on Saturday.

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SOFTBALL

Terps receive No. 1 seed

BY JOSH VITALE

6-2 heading into halftime.

And despite tying the score three times in the second half — at 6-6, 7-7 and 8-8 — the Terps were never able to overcome their halftime hole.

“We weren’t very sharp. Our attention to detail wasn’t great,” Tillman said. “We just didn’t have our ‘A’ game today. ... It’s frustrating. We were flat, there’s no bones about it.”

Midfielder Rob Bosco and attackman Peter Baum paced Colgate offensively, recording four and three points, respectively. The Terps, meanwhile, were led by Blye and attackman Ryan

first-round game,” coach Cathy Reese said.

The Terps (18-1), in line for the tournament’s top seed this entire season, solidified the spot with a third consecutive ACC Championship. Though the Terps recently fell to No. 2 in the RPI, they remained No. 1 in all of the media polls.

Navy (15-5) enters the tournament after defeating Quinnipiac in the NCAA Play-In Game, 20-5, on Saturday for an automatic tournament bid. Even with a weaker tournament resumé, the Midshipmen could pose a tough matchup.

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BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

Pitcher Kerry Hickey had one of the Terps’ four RBI Sunday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

A pall hung over the Terrapin softball team as it walked off the field after being swept by North Carolina in Saturday’s doubleheader.

It had just squandered a chance at its best ACC finish in more than a decade, having to settle for third in the conference after being poised to take second. To make matters worse, in dropping the nightcap Saturday, the Terps blew a 5-1 lead in the sixth inning to lose, 6-5.

But the Terps (38-16, 12-7 ACC) were able to salvage some of their weekend and gain extra motivation in an emotional 5-0 win yesterday on Senior Day to avoid a series sweep

against the Tar Heels (32-20, 13-7). “[Saturday], we didn’t really play like we have been,” outfielder Sara Acosta said yesterday. “Today, we had a mission. We came out and did it for our seniors, sending them off on a good note.”

Five Terps said their final goodbyes to Robert E. Taylor Stadium in yesterday’s shutout victory, and none played a bigger role than pitcher Kerry Hickey.

Hickey pitched five shutout innings, allowing only four hits and two walks while striking out two. At the plate, Hickey was 1-for-3 with a key RBI double in the Terps’ fourrun fifth inning that put the game

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