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University Football player charged with assault admission rates tighten

Lewis turned himself in to University Police, dismissed from team after bar fight

BY JONAS SHAFFER AND LEAH VILLANUEVA Senior staff writers

More apply, lower percentage admitted

Justin Lewis, a mainstay on the Terrapin football team’s offensive line last season, was dismissed from the team and turned himself in to authorities Tuesday after allegedly assaulting an R.J. Bentley’s manager June 26.

Lewis, a junior who started 12 of 13

games in 2010, was charged with seconddegree assault after turning himself in to University Police on Tuesday morning, according to University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky.

“It seems there were charges filed by an individual, so the [Prince George’s County] commissioner issued a warrant for him,” Limansky said. “[Lewis] learned of it, so he came into our station and turned himself in.”

Neither University Police nor Prince George’s County Police provided details about the incident, but according to court records, Lewis and complainant Alain Parcain are scheduled to appear in Hyattsville District Court on Aug. 8.

According to a statement of charges filed with the District Court in Prince George’s County obtained by The Baltimore Sun,

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FORMER TERP LINEMAN

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB Staff writer

When freshman Steffie Sansbury began filling out her application to this university last fall, she only intended for it to be a safety school.

But after receiving admittance to the Honors Humanities program, as well as a handful of scholarships, the letters and sciences major found herself sending a deposit to the school she had initially written off as a backup.

Although there has been a nationwide trend of lower acceptance rates at fouryear institutions, this university has seen one of the most dramatic changes — 51.6 percent of applicants were offered seats in 2004 compared to just 41.9 percent in 2010, according to USA Today and U.S. News and World Report, respectively.

The number of applicants has increased over the past several years, and admissions officials said they have been able to attract some of the nation’s top students through numerous Honors programs. The average weighted GPA of

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Univ. launches green program with local cities

Baking up a business Student launches delivery bakery

BY MARIAH COOPER For The Diamondback

Students with a sweet tooth will find the answer to their cupcake cravings delivered to their dorm’s doorsteps come fall.

College Park Cupcakes, a newly formed studentrun bakery, will bring fresh treats straight to preordering customers every Friday through Sunday.

Employees said they plan to mix custom flavors — such as a spin-off of Harry Potter’s butterbeer, cookie dough and pink lemonade — with the more traditional chocolate and vanilla ingredients.

“I don’t want to make cake someone can make themselves,” said Melia Stuppy, the confectionary’s founder.

Stuppy, a sophomore marketing and supply chain management major, said the business concept was cooked up out of nostalgia — one of her friends received a birthday cake in the mail that Stuppy said lacked the homemade feeling her friend deserved.

“I wanted people to have the birthday experience,” Stuppy said. “Whole cakes are also really messy. When you think of a cupcake you think of a cute little snack you can eat while you walk.”

Compared to Georgetown Cupcakes’ hour-long

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Incentives given for eco-friendly practices

BY JIM BACH For The Diamondback

The university is teaming up with 85 eco-friendly organizations across the state to promote sustainability in local communities — especially College Park, which city officials said needs a green makeover.

Sustainable Maryland Certified — a green initiative intended to provide resources and incentives to municipalities committed to protecting the environment — launched June 26 and, in addition to getting the program off the ground, university officials said they hope to utilize it and revitalize the city.

“There’s so many communities that wanted our help, and we just couldn’t get to all of them,” said Joanne Throwe, director of the university’s Environmental Finance Center. “So, we thought, ‘What program could we do that would really take all of our tools and our expertise and our knowledge and share it with more communities?’”

The initiative — which the center spearheaded and replicated from a similar program in New Jersey — will allow communities to earn points by adopting certain sustainability practices, including encouraging community action through the creation of a “green team,” overseeing and improving community energy efficiency, regulating greenhouse gas emissions and promoting natural resource conservation.

A registered municipality needs to earn 150 points before it can cash in on the program’s incentives. Throwe said she hopes as the program progresses, it will offer similar rewards to that of New Jersey’s, which include grants, prioritization for state funding and access to training and webinars.

City officials said this could be the fuel

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Time to spare University Police dispatcher trains to become professional bowler between shifts

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University Police dispatcher Andrew Pedrick may direct officers’ cruisers around the campus and the city for his job, but in his spare time, he is practicing for an entirely different career — professional bowling.

Pedrick, 21, has frequented bowling allies with friends and family since he was a child. He has even seen himself competing on television. But it was not enough, and after seven years of NEWS . . . . . . . . . .2 OPINION . . . . . . . .4

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competitive bowling, Pedrick set his sights on a new goal: becoming a member of the Professional Bowlers Association.

He took the sport up as a child purely out of a rivalry with his brother, Pedrick said.

“I’m a big competitor, especially between me and [my brother],” Pedrick said, noting he thought, “I want to do this now just to say I’m better than you, and hey, we can do this together.”

But years later, Pedrick still has not stopped. To be considered a pro, Pedrick needs an DIVERSIONS . . . . .7 SPORTS . . . . . . . . .10

average score of 200 over the course of a year. So far, he has received multiple trophies from youth leagues, scored perfect games and earned two plaques for scoring 11 strikes in a row.

But he said he still needs more time at the lanes. Last year, he bowled in a PBA event and came in 105th place out of 120 participants.

“That’s when I found out I had a lot more to learn,” Pedrick said.

“I was thinking, ‘Oh yeah, I’m

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THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011

Univ. Police respond to more than 90 incidents since mid-June Reports include robbery near Metro, smoke in Ritchie corridor, threatening notes and alleged assault off-campus

BY LEAH VILLANUEVA Senior staff writer

University Police responded to more than 90 crimes and other incidents since June 16, including reports of a threatening note, an alleged assault in the University Courtyards and a robbery near Paint Branch Parkway.

HAZARDOUS CONDITION — On June 17, Martin Hall was evacuated at about 4:30 p.m. after an ammonia tank valve in one of the building’s labs leaked. University Police Spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said officers helped

with the evacuation, securing the perimeter and controlling traffic around the building while the fire department shut off the leak. No injuries or damage were reported, Limansky said.

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY — At about noon on June 21, a university staff member said she parked her vehicle in Lot 2C in front of Hagerstown Hall and returned to find a threatening note under her vehicle’s windshield wiper, Limansky said. He said the note criticized the staff member’s ability to park and warned that the author would

“punch [the driver] in the mouth” if he or she found out who she was.

Limansky said police have not received reports of any similar notes and the case is under investigation.

“It’s just stupid,” Limansky said. “The person apparently was just in a rush to park next to this other person’s vehicle, and it was too tight.”

FIRE — Ritchie Coliseum was evacuated at about 5:30 p.m. on June 27 after an air conditioning motor inside the building’s loading dock area overheated, causing a filter in the unit to burn and fill the

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loading dock and the rear corridor of the building with smoke.

Apart from the air conditioning unit itself, there were no reported injuries or damage.

ROBBERY — On Monday at about 1 a.m., a taxi driver flagged down a University Police officer near the College Park Metro station parking garage on Paint Branch Parkway. The driver said he had just been robbed by two males and pointed the suspects out to the officer as they were fleeing. The officer called for backup from other patrols in the area, who chased the suspects on foot and quickly

placed them in custody. Limansky said Metro Transit Police officers took over the arrests.

Police recovered the stolen property, two cell phones, from the suspects.

ASSAULT — At about 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a female University Courtyards resident called police to report a male guest in her apartment who refused to leave. When officers arrived, they found the caller, the male guest and another female Courtyards resident in the apartment and separated them to take their stories. The caller initially said the man

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public spaces.”

Because the university has won multiple awards for its environmentally friendly efforts, the city is in an advantageous position to springboard its plan for a more livable community, Fellows said.

The university has seen great progress in achieving sustainability since former university President Dan Mote signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2007, said Mark Stewart, manager of the university’s Office of Sustainability said. This encourages greater collaboration between the city and the university.

“We are working with the city to see if we can become an EPA green power community,” Stewart said. “That would be a real community partnership between not just the university and the city government of College Park but also all the businesses and residents.”

Just days before the launch of Sustainable Maryland Certified, the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment presented the university with its Second Nature Climate Leadership Award in honor of the steps the university has taken to reduce its carbon footprint.

“The general goal that we’ve

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waits, Stuppy said her business — which will be located in the College Park Volunteer Fire Department’s kitchen and will only accept orders a week in advance — will be a more convenient option. The funds for starting up the licensed limited liability corporation will come out of Stuppy’s own pocket, and she’ll be running the company with 16 other students.

“If you’re on the College Park campus, you can’t get gourmet, custom cupcakes at a grocery store,” Stuppy said.

“You have to take two Metro lines and a bus to get them.”

Several students said they would be willing to give the cupcakes — which will be priced at $18 for a dozen, with an additional $2 deliver y fee and a $1 minimum donation to the fire department — a tr y. Additionally, the kitchen will be nut-free and offer vegan and glutenfree options.

“It sounds like an eccentric version of Georgetown Cupcake,” said senior special education major Tabitha Eisig. “I would order when I wanted an entertaining food

the city needs to increase its sustainability initiatives, which many said need improvement.

“I feel that this is an effort that will be really good for Maryland,” said Mayor Andy Fellows. “I think it will give an opportunity for municipalities, like College Park, to really structure our efforts and have a real strong way for getting recognized for our efforts.”

The city has two main sustainability problems, according to Fellows, who is also a member of the initiative’s founding board — relying on fossil fuel energy and poor water management.

“There’s still a lot of water that we’re not retaining in College Park and on the campus,” he said.

In addition, amidst nearly 40 trash cans, there’s only one public recycling bin in the city, according to Director of Public Works Robert Stumpff. However, he said this will change come fall.

“More containers have been ordered to be placed this fiscal year,” Stumpff wrote in an email. “In addition, I am working with a vendor to place recycling and trash containers in

College Park Cupcakes will open this fall and deliver freshly baked goods to customers. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

for a friend’s birthday or a girls’ night.”

Although all the concrete details of the business haven’t been figured out yet, many said one thing is certain: You don’t need to be a five-star baker to join the group. It’s open to all students, even those who have never baked in a professional setting.

“The people that we picked all have one thing in common

besides being culinarily inclined: They love to bake,” said Matt Quiat, the group’s chief operations officer and junior operations management major. “Doing what you love is important, and I am glad our staff loves their jobs, and they get to be creative with it. It is also ver y cool to have fellow students making eatable pieces of art.” news@umdbk.com

assaulted her by grabbing her left arm and leaving a bruise, but Limansky said her stor y and that of the other female resident did not appear to match up. He noted the caller began to “act defensive” when questioned further.

Limansky said when officers tried to talk to the caller about what she could do to press charges, she became uncooperative and told the officers to leave. Officers escorted the male resident out of the apartment and denied him access to the campus. villanueva@umdbk.com

“We are working with the city to see if we can become an EPA green power community.”

MARK STEWART OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER

already articulated is to use some of the sustainability practices that the university’s already committed to and think of ways to bring their practices off-campus,” Fellows said.

Throwe hopes to replicate the success of New Jersey’s sustainability program, which has about 370 of its 566 municipalities pursuing the program and 70 certified to date, according to former Maplewood, N.J. mayor Fred Profeta, who headed the launch of the program.

“We’re obviously having an affect on greenhouse gas emissions,” said Profeta. “We incentivize towns that do programs for high-efficiency cars; we incentivize programs for residents to control their thermostats. All these things have enormous effects.” news@umdbk.com

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City Hall to receive upcoming renovations DREAM petition nets 75,000 signatures City Council vote allots funds to revamp building in coming years, centralize departments to create more office space and beautify city

BY NICK FOLEY For The Diamondback

In an effort to centralize government departments, increase office space and help beautify the downtown area, the College Park City Hall will undergo a 12,000-square-foot renovation in the coming years.

At the May 24 College Park City Council work session, city council members awarded an architectural design and engineering contract to Proffitt and Assoc. Architects to begin the project by either the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014.

Construction is scheduled to last from 12 to 18 months.

City Director of Planning Terry Schum said the muchneeded renovations would move the Code Enforcement sector of Public Works out of its current location on Calvert Road — which formerly housed College Park Elementary School — and into the new building, creating a more streamlined, effective city government. The Calvert Road building will once again be used for schooling once City Hall renovations are completed.

“We definitely need more space here,” Schum said. “We have a whole department that’s in another location.”

In 2004 and 2006, the state awarded the city $175,000 in grants to renovate City Hall.

One of the grants, along with a $100,000 match requirement from the city, was set to expire June 1 if the project were not under contract. The city also received a $400,000 grant from a 2006 bond bill to refurbish the building.

8,500 needed to put bill to public vote

“City Hall is really open to residents of College Park.

Enhancing the physical space downtown will be good for the downtown area as well.”

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB Staff writer

TERRY SCHUM CITY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING

Those funds must be allocated by June 2013.

Schum said the addition will, in part, improve council chambers, renovate the building’s entrance and waterproof the basement to make additional office space. All these changes, she said, will improve overall city government operations for employees.

“Their home is City Hall,” Schum said. “The council chambers could be enhanced. The physical appearance of City Hall will also be improved.”

District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin said City Hall is “full of people” and cited the need for a space proportionate to the large number of guests.

“All the other buildings are full,” Catlin said. “We need more meeting space.”

He said more room is desperately needed for both people and paperwork.

“Some of the people are

City Hall renovations will increase office space and beautify the downtown. Construction will start at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014. SARAH KATZ-HYMAN/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

working in pretty tight quarters,” Catlin said. “There will be more space for documents and records.”

The construction will also benefit College Park residents and students, thanks to a proposed downtown green space, though Schum said it’s too early in the design process to determine exactly where it will be located.

“There’ll be a town green area which could be used as public open space,” Schum said.

She said residents, not just government officials, are in

mind throughout the design process.

“City Hall is really open to residents of College Park,” Schum said. “Enhancing the physical space downtown will be good for the downtown area as well.”

Schum said she is still unsure of where city officials will meet during the construction phase.

“None of those decisions have been made yet,” she said.

“We’re just getting started on the design process.” news@umdbk.com

Now that opponents of the state DREAM Act have collected more than 75,000 signatures for a petition to overturn the bill, the legislation’s final fate may be left in the hands of voters in the upcoming election.

Delegates turned in the signatures opposing the legislation, which would grant in-state tuition to undocumented students who meet certain qualifications to the state Board of Elections. If the board deems 8,500 of those signatures valid by July 20, the bill may officially be put on the 2012 state elections ballot. According to Mary Cramer Wagner, the board’s director of voter registration, election officials will begin to verify the signatures Thursday to ensure they are legitimate.

After proponents of the bill fought tooth-and-nail to ensure the stature was passed on the last night of the legislative session in April, Republican delegates immediately mobilized to overturn SB 167, commonly known as the state’s DREAM Act — a reference to the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which failed to pass in the U.S. Senate in December.

The petition has been the most successful in the state’s history and has gathered a record number of signatures, delegates said.

“I knew after the bill was passed that it was going to petition and I knew it was going to win overwhelmingly, and I knew by passing this bill residents would be outraged,” said Del. Patrick McDonough (R-Baltimore and Hart-

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ford). “The reason we had the most successful petition in the state and a record-breaking number of signatures is because of the outrage and passion of the people.”

House Minority Leader Del. Anthony O’Donnell (R-Calvert and St. Mary’s), Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington), McDonough and Del. Justin Ready (R-Carroll) led the effort to gather signatures.

It offers undocumented students in-state tuition if they graduate from a state high school, complete 60 community college credits and prove that they or their parents have paid state taxes for at least three years.

Although the legislation comes with a hefty price tag — it is estimated to cost $750,000 by 2014, and some analysts have said it will cost up to $3.5 million by 2016 — supporters have said undocumented students should not be penalized for their parents’ actions.

Sen. Victor Ramirez (D-Prince George’s), who authored the bill, said opponents have painted the bill as a “free handout” and a stature that takes away money from taxpayers, but noted he has yet to see concrete numbers that prove so.

“It’s not free tuition; it’s in-state tuition, so I don’t know where [opponents] get these numbers from,” he said. “I want them to point to me where they’re getting these numbers from.”

But McDonough said these students’ illegal status should prevent them from receiving the same advantages as state residents.

“The common person understands illegal is illegal, and it’s unfair to provide a benefit paid for by the taxpayers to someone who has violated the law,” McDonough said. “The other side says the people who oppose this bill are racist and haters. … I’m disappointed that the other side is going to engage in name-calling and personal attacks. Why don’t they debate this on the facts?”

Advocates of the legislation, including Rev. Peter Schell, who is also a member of the Maryland Industrial Areas Foundation, said the record-breaking number of signatures is a result of “misinformation and miseducation.”

“When people really understand what is at stake — providing a fair chance for our young people to provide a better life for themselves, to establish roots in Maryland and to create a better future — then people will be persuaded that this is a good thing,” he said.

“Immigrant families are here to stay and we believe that the real issue is: Do we want to have a large well-educated workforce or a poorly educated workforce?”

Ramirez and McDonough said they are confident residents will make the right decision for the state and are ready to campaign.

Ramirez also said he looks forward to open dialogues and debates and hopes voters will gather all the facts necessary to make an informed decision.

“We’re going to run a campaign just like an educational campaign without lies and without misrepresentation,” Ramirez said. abutaleb@umdbk.com

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Growing pains

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hat many students once considered a safety school has, over the measures whether a student has demonstrated appropriate competency in past several years, transformed into a world-renowned research reading comprehension and written composition — this could mean that the institution that attracts the best and brightest undergraduate stu- number of in-state students may decline in future years because they are outshined by more qualified out-of-state and international students. dents from across the country, according to university officials.

To be sure, it is in almost everyone’s best interest that this university’s acaWith data showing an increase in both the average high school GPA of admitted undergraduate students and the selectivity of the university admissions demic reputation continue to soar — a phenomena directly linked to the qualprocess, University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan declared that ity of the students it admits. However, as this state’s flagship institution of higher education, university admissions officials should university’s reputation as an academic powerhouse is not forget that their primary duty is to serve the citizens improving. “I think people ... recognize that the quality of of this state — a task that often means educating the the institution — the faculty, staff and experiences of students have when the come to College Park — have all With this university rising in state’s own children, even the one’s who may not perform as well as their out-of-state peers. become better understood by the general public,” Kirwan rankings, admissions officials Luckily, with in-state students making up 75 percent of said in an interview with The Diamondback. this university’s student body, according to Princeton And indeed, with the average weighted GPA of the must ensure they are Review, it is unlikely that this will happen in the next year Class of 2015 hovering around an astonishing 4.05 and a balancing the desire to admit or two. However, because admissions decisions are nearly 10-point decline in the undergraduate acceptance without regard to an applicant’s residence, it is all rate since 2004, it is safe to say that the university’s days exceptional students with the made too likely that this university, in its laudable quest for as nothing more than a school of last resort are over.

Yet, even though the increasing standards and selectivinstitution’s responsibility to excellence, could begin to admit more out-of-state students than it should as a land-grant institution. ity of the university admissions process means a better educate state students.

In the past, when the university was considered a reputation for the university and an increased value of the mediocre institution, this was not as much of a dilemma. degrees it awards, the unintended consequences of this institution’s steady rise to academic prominence may lead to disappointment for But with its meteoric rise to excellence over the past decade, university officials must make a decision as to which track they will follow: That of the University many aspiring in-state university applicants.

With the weighted high school GPA of a middle-of-the-pack freshman stu- of Virginia — where 54 percent of the admissions offers made this year were to dent clearing the 4.0 hurdle for the first time ever this year, it seems as out-of-state students — or that of the University of California, Berkeley, where, though admission to this university will require high school students to go according to Princeton Review, in-state students account for 86 percent of the above and beyond the minimum requirements established by the Board of student population.

As for this editorial board, the decision is clear. For public universities, Regents by taking and receiving high grades in multiple Advanced Placeadmissions decisions cannot be based solely on an applicant’s quality; they ment and honors classes.

And in a state where 22.5 percent of 10th grade students in the state failed to must be made after considering the institution’s responsibility to the citizens pass the 2010 High School Assessment in English — a standardized test that who fund it. And for the sake of this state, let’s hope admissions officials agree.

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Conservative contradictions: Ideological anomalies

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n a column published in TIME on June 16, Fareed Zakaria nonconfrontationally makes the assertion that “today’s conservatism [has] lost touch with reality.”

American conservatives, he remarks, have placed so much emphasis on lowering taxes and reducing government that they have lost their relevance as advocates traditionally rooted in pragmatism and measured reforms aimed at government efficiency, rather than political ideals.

Respectably, Zakaria steers clear of discussing conservative social policy, to avoid detracting from his illustration of the fundamental change in economic policy — the subject of conservatism that has always been more central to its influence. Yet, economic policy is not the only way in which American conservatism has been altered, nor is it the only warped alignment in need of reconstitution to regain relevance in the face of an increasingly

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In the instance of necessary social transformation, however, while Zakaria suggests a return to the practically focused economic conservatism of old, it is conservatism’s convoluted moral values that must be discarded, in favor of a more neutral, modern and less imposing social platform. In other words, conservatism must shed the stigmatic idealism that has been attached to it by the unlikely and regressive policies of religious dogmatism and political pandering; it must develop a lack of an ideology.

How is it, for example, that conservatism simultaneously espouses lim-

ited government while calling for extensive limitation of personal rights, including on gay marriage, drug use and abortion? It is unfortunate that, for many young Americans, these regressive policies are more representative of conservatism than fiscal policy when what the country needs at present, as Zakaria also notes, are scrupulously calibrated conservative fiscal reforms.

As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg remarked at the 2007 conference of the U.K.’s Conservative Party, “Being a fiscal conservative is not about slashing programs that help the poor, or improve health care, or ensure a social safety net. It’s about insisting services are provided efficiently, get to only the people that need them, and achieve the desired results.”

“The U.S. is among the lowest taxed of the big industrial economies,” explains Zakaria. It thus seems that lowering taxes further is missing the

mark and is more likely a bid for votes than economic growth. Yet, looking at most of the Republican 2012 presidential candidates, it seems ironic that lowering taxes has become in a way an ideal reflecting those social values that so contradict the very concept of limited government. Clearly, idealism, rooted in regressive social policies, has gotten the better of the GOP. And so, for the survival of conservatism — which is much-needed in America, both presently and in the future — it is necessary that the ideology overcome the regressive policies falsely parading under its banner and once again become the realistic commentary on the direction of political and developmental incentives necessary to revive innovation and invigorate the American spirit.

Ian Rodenhouse is a junior economics major. He can be reached at rodenhouse@umdbk.com.

The global university: Embracing a holistic approach

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inally, it seems as though our university is headed in the right direction. It may have taken the leadership of a man who was born and grew up abroad for us as a university community to finally realize that we must engage globally, but it is happening. Recently returned from his trip to China with Gov. Martin O’Malley, university President Wallace Loh wrote an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun, “Building the global university,” on Monday. The piece outlines his goal to create an “internationally networked knowledge center” and the ongoing efforts to make that goal a reality.

Loh claims that now, “At the beginning of the 21st century, we can say that every person sent out from a university should be a person of the world as well as a person of his or her time.” I could not agree more. A liberal arts education should strive to create a truly global citizen. The ability to think and act globally, as well as locally, is going to be an essential skill for the future, and Loh recognizes the essential role of higher education in cultivating this knowledge.

The column goes on to highlight

international connections between this institution and international universities in Israel and throughout China.

These associations are great, but also limited. The programs that Loh discusses are either technology or business related in nature. While there is certainly much to be gained on both sides by high-tech enterprises, entrepreneurship and research and development efforts, they are only one part of what who we are as a university and what we do.

If the university is to be at the forefront of this “global knowledge-based economy,” then the scope of its international engagement must be drastically expanded. To truly be global, the reach of our university must expand into other areas and disciplines. In addition to science and technology research and entrepreneurship, the scope of our global initiatives must include the social sciences, the arts, the humanities, public policy, journalism and so many other subjects. We cannot hope to become a global university unless the undertaking is expanded to include all of our disciplines, students and faculty.

Loh’s claim that “The grand challenges we face in the 21st century —

ROB RIKER such as climate change, renewable energy, epidemic diseases and terrorism — are global challenges,” is strikingly true. We live in a world of global challenges, and those challenges are not limited to the global economy or technological development.

There are already people at this university across disciplines working to increase both the global understanding of students and facilitate their engagement. Just this spring I took UNIV 389G: Solving Converging Global Crises, a course in which students from a variety of different majors came together to discuss cross-cutting global issues and brainstorm possible approaches to addressing them.

And there are a huge number of ways throughout the university for students to engage globally. Each year hundreds of students engage internationally by studying abroad, through either univer-

sity programs or a huge variety of thirdparty programs. The university has programs such as Beyond the Classroom, Global Communities, the Language House and College Park Scholars that are working to engage students in different aspects of this “global knowledge-based economy,” and there are dozens of student groups dedicated to international pursuits.

Even so, as a student I found the scope and variety of internationally focused course offerings somewhat limited, particularly with regard to the developing world. And while I applaud Loh for making international engagement a priority of our university, we still have a long way to go to make that a reality. If we are to truly embrace this “global knowledge-based economy” it will have to happen across disciplines as well as across borders. And as we as a university strive toward that future, we as students must strive to become global citizens so that someday we may meet the challenges of the future together.

Rob Riker graduated in May with degrees in government and politics and history.

He can be reached at riker@umdbk.com.

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have a vivid second-grade memory of peeking into the kindergarten class down the hall. They were reading Rainbow Fish, a lovely and shiny children’s book, and I remember thinking, “Oh, for the simplicity of being five.”

I realize now, other than that I was clearly advanced in my ability to experience wistfulness as a 7-yearold, I was also just beginning to realize that life often becomes more difficult with the passing of each season.

Right now, as I sit at my fancy mahogany desk and spend most of my time staring at the giant clock, dreaming that it said 6 p.m. instead of 11:38 a.m., I am wishing for summers past, when life was much simpler.

If you’re like me, you took a job/internship/position of slavery because you knew it would look good on your next application for a job/scholarship/release for indentured servitude. And if you’re also like me, you are having to remind yourself daily that you are working to improve your career, something that hanging around the pool to improve your tan cannot do.

But as I take down messages, answer phones and vie for tasks that I hope will get me noticed in the office, images that have little to do with my job rush through my mind. Biking to the local pool so fast it seems like you’re flying, smearing on sunscreen until you feel hot and greasy and your mother feels like you’re safe from devilish ultraviolet rays and getting battered by ocean waves all seem a tad bit more up my alley on beautiful summer days than working my life away at an unpaid internship.

Indeed, riding the ever-glamorous Metro to work (thank you, Orange Line, for having not only broken air conditioning, but also an HVAC system that blasts heat in the summer) and making lots of new homeless friends in our nation’s capital has left me wishing for the days where my biggest concern was whether the day was hot enough that my crayons would melt even if I hid them under the picnic table when adult swim at my local pool was over.

Yet, even as I daydream about all the things I’d rather be doing than slogging to work every day and doing a whole host of tasks ranging from the vital to the inane, I realize internships and prestigious summer jobs do have their advantages. After all, you get to buy a whole new wardrobe when you realize your normal summer uniform of cut-offs and flip-flops doesn’t exactly cut it in the world of suits and high heels, and you can learn the various intricacies of office life, such as what you can and cannot waste your time doing on your work computer. And you can even meet lots of other interns dressed sharply and either as nervous or insanely competitive as you.

So fear not, perpetual overachievers: We will win this one yet. Our internships will lead to better jobs, with more money, and therefore better vacations with even better images than the memories I envisioned at my job while I should have been diligently studying my work.

At least, that’s what I tell myself as I drive past the exit to the beach and instead take the one back to my job, repeating the word “résumé” over and over again in my head.

Laura Frost is a junior government and politics and journalism major.

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termine exactly what it is.

That which is highlighted will surely have greater import than ever before — and yet some may overlook the obvious at this time. Those who do may find themselves at the back of the pack before they know it; keeping up is more important this week than it has been at any time in the recent past.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) — Keep the lines of communication open, but don’t reveal every piece of information until you know everyone is onboard. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — Any authority you have must be applied with great care and sensitivity.

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CANCER (June 21-July 7) — You’ll be happy with the way things go, but there will always be a few little things you can do to make things even better. (July 8-July 22) — You’ll want to make a strong start, and this means not taking anything for granted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) — You will receive some help just when you need it, but how you use it is anyone’s guess. Makes sure that your intentions are clear. (Feb. 4Feb. 18) — Complications arise when you are unable to express yourself openly and honestly.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) — You may feel as though you’re being watched throughout the week, but is this merely a product of your own insecurity? Take a closer look. (Aug. 8Aug. 22) — There are those who will surely want to hold you back in some way, but you’re determined.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) — Fortune may smile on you, but you are likely to be too busy to enjoy it — at least just now. Later, you’ll have room to celebrate. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — You can do something better than anyone else — you simply have to de-

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) — A little friendly deception early in the week can have you enjoying unexpected rewards later on, but you’ll want to share them, surely. (Nov. 8Nov. 21) — Things may not develop as expected, so you must be ready to make things up as you go along.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) — Energy must be used in an efficient and thoughtful manner, as you have none to waste at this time. (Dec. 8Dec. 21) — You can turn the impossible into the possible, at least in one or two situations that grant you the most freedom.

likely to put you in danger — unless you are able to be somewhere else at just the right time. (March 6March 20) — A new and exciting opportunity comes your way. You can maximize your chances for success.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) — You don’t have to agree with everyone in order to be productive. Indeed, disagreements can be fruitful at this time. (April 5-April 19) — Don’t let yourself become so involved in someone else’s affairs that you neglect your own immediate needs.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) — You can be far more creative than usual, but the results may not be valuable to you right away. Be patient as you await your reward. (May 6-May 20) — What happens by chance may be more important to you than anything you can do intentionally.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) — You won’t know if your tactics are as effective as they might be until your efforts begin to yield results. Then you must engage in honest assessment. (June 7-June 20) — You mustn’t let anyone get the better of you simply because you haven’t been paying attention.

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ADMISSIONS from page 1 admitted students rose slightly from 3.98 in 2009 to 4.05 in 2011, The Gazette reported.

University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan said the combination of lower acceptance rates and more applicants is beneficial to both this university and the entire system because it increases the prominence of the flagship institution.

“The combination of the Honors [College] and the College Park Scholars programs and the other special programs for undergraduate students has made the institution much more attractive,” he said. “I think people also recognize that the quality of the institution — the faculty, staff and experiences students have when they come to College Park — have all become better understood by the general public, and it’s very exciting to see how the university is viewed both within the state and across the country.”

Last fall, the Honors College saw the addition of two new living-learning programs and will launch its sixth, the Integrated

Life Sciences program, this semester. Shannon Gundy, director of the office of undergraduate admissions, said these selective programs are attracting more of the nation’s top-caliber students.

“It’s taking more students to fill the programs, so the type of students who choose to apply are changing those numbers,” Gundy said. “We have a deliberate effort to recruit and admit the most talented students we can. … Because of the applicant pool we have now, it’s easy for them to find students to fill those programs.”

For freshman computer science major Jeff Gruen, admittance into an Honors program as well as a $5,000 per year scholarship played a key factor in his decision.

“I applied to the best schools for my field — computer science — and I knew that Maryland was such a good school and it’s just getting better and better,” he said. “I realized Maryland was better than any other school because I didn’t want to pay $50,000 to $60,000 a year when Maryland’s name is getting so much more impactful.”

And even in the face of a

budget crisis, Gundy said the university has still been able to offer scholarships to the students who qualify by creating more opportunities. The Banneker/Key Scholarship, the most prestigious merit scholarship offered, now has two award levels — a full ride and a partial scholarship.

“Creating a partial scholarship allows us to enroll a greater number that we wouldn’t have been able to enroll before,” Gundy said.

Sansbury, who received a partial Banneker/Key Scholarship as well as two other scholarships and admittance to the Honors College, said her decision came down to this university and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“I applied to Maryland as a safety net,” she said. “But I received scholarships I did not expect, and when I seriously looked into it I realized what a strong option it was. My decision was driven primarily by Maryland’s specific strengths, like the Arabic Flagship Program, and the fact that I’m not really sure what I want to study, and thus would benefit from a large university.”

“I applied to the best schools for my field — computer science — and I knew that Maryland was such a good school.”

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Gundy said she does not know whether admissions will continue to get more difficult but that admissions officers’ goals remain the same.

“We’re still interested in attracting very talented students to the university, but there are a couple of prongs we want to pay attention to,” she said. “We want the most academically qualified talented students from Maryland to decide they want to stay in-state and enroll, and attract talented students across the country and around the world.”

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BY ZACHARY BERMAN Senior staff writer

Like any great musician, a record producer evolves after each album he works on until finally it would seem that anything is possible in the “aural spectrum” — it is this space between listeners’ ears that artists such as Brian Eno manipulate as if it were an instrument itself.

Outside of his production work with big-league acts such as U2, Paul Simon and Coldplay, Eno has long written and performed his own music, whether alongside classic acts such as Roxy Music and the Talking Heads or by himself, creating records now often considered classics, including the beautiful Another Green World and ambient soundscape granddaddy Ambient 1: Music for Airports.

This week, Eno releases yet another LP amid a seemingly unending heap of music. Drums Between the Bells is a part of his long-running series of relatively unrelated collaborative efforts.

His last such outing was 2010’s Small Craft on a Milk Sea, a critically acclaimed collaboration with composers and musicians Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins.

The record was a brooding, sometimes angry exploration into sound with a heavy focus on the cross between the sort of rhythmic bleeps

and bloops one might expect to hear from an exploding calculator and the very natural, earthy sounds of acoustic guitars, pianos and thunderous non-traditional percussion. This style was paired with haunting, airy and formless ambient tracks.

With Drums Between the Bells, Eno’s chosen collaborator is poet Rick Holland, which means this LP is full of words. However, it does not feature any singing.

The album’s main artistic departure — better yet, its gimmick — is a pervasive barrage of spoken-word poetics, read by everyone from Eno and Holland to random people in Eno’s life, reportedly including his accountant, a woman from his gym and non-native speakers of English.

The voices go through phases, whether clear and untouched or completely and utterly demolished by bizarre effects. It doesn’t matter, really, because no matter what Eno does or doesn’t do to the voices, it can’t change the fact that most of the time this supposed “art” seems utterly contrived.

Granted, a few times it works, like on the creepy cyberspace rumble of “The Airman” or the old woman describing things she sees on “Dreambirds,” even if her on-and-off attachment to the tempo of the piano is somewhat infuriating.

When she’s off of it, the song is a delicate afternoon in the eyes of a woman who has truly lived. When she follows the beat of the piano notes the track might as well be from a Hooked on Phonics tape.

Only the latter can be said for “Fierce Aisles of Light,” on which a group of voices go around and around, just saying phrases including “It’s a train,” “docks” and “capital.” The song has no beginning, no ending and, for anyone who doesn’t decide to call the record genius because he or she doesn’t want to admit to not understanding it, the song has no point either.

There comes a moment in an artist’s career when he needs to admit to himself (and his audience) that he is making something purposeless for the sake of appearing artistic. The concept that forms the basis for this entire exercise is little more than a passing peculiarity. The overall package is impenetrably dense.

The tracks would have been considerably more interesting if Holland’s words could be logically followed, but instead listeners are left with awkward-sounding minimalist poems that irritate more than impress for two full CDs (the two have been collaborating since 2003.)

Take a listen to “Dow” and try not to laugh at the brain-dead and utterly flat sounds, like a bargain-bin crosspollination of Devo and Kraftwerk that no one wants to listen to.

In essence, the words ruin the whole album. Eno clearly still has a knack for pretty melody and meticulous textures, but even songs as good as “Glitch” or “Multimedia” can’t withstand the New Age-like meanderings

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of Drums Between the Bells, especially as most of the voices utilized aren’t even that interesting — unlike Eno’s sounds, the throats he incorporates don’t have interesting qualities.

In classic Eno fashion, likely the best moment on the album is the most unassuming. There is one fantastic moment on the first CD, a track called “Silence,” which at first appears to live up to its namesake as a minute-long track with no audible noise. However, plug this baby

into a subwoofer and — well, you’ll see.

With little ear-candy like that peppered throughout the record, it’s pretty clear Eno’s sleeve, bag or what have you is still full of neat tricks, even if his one big gimmick collapses like a house of cards in a hurricane. As great as Eno has been and surely will be on records to come, Drums Between the Bells is better left to nap time at yoga class. berman@umdbk.com

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11:25 1:50 4:30

7:45 10:10

Cars 2

11:15 2:00 4:40

7:30 10:00

Larry Crown

11:30 2:00 4:30

7:45 10:10

4:20

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SUN-THU Mr. Popper’s Penguins

11:45 2:15 4:30

Green Lantern

6:35 9:15

Bad Teacher

11:45 2:15 4:30 6:45 9:15

Transformers IN 3D/NO FEE

11:00 2:30

Horrible Bosses

11:15 1:50 4:20 6:45 9:30

Transformers

12:15

Zookeeper

11:20 2:10 4:50 7:10 9:45

Cars 2

11:15 2:00 4:40 7:10 9:45

Larry Crown

11:20 2:10 4:50 7:10 9:45

6:00 9:30 4:20

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The Diamondback Classifieds Andrew Pedrick, a University Police dispatcher, aspires to be a full-time professional bowler and practices during his time off from work. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

BOWLING from page 1 young. I’m great.’ And then to have them actually beat up on you like that was a major learning experience.”

To turn his spares into strikes, he said he plans to hop from alley to alley. It is logical, he said, because all bowling alleys are not created equal — each has unique oil patterns that affect how the ball rolls toward the pins.

“You can get a different shot ever y time,” said Pedrick. “It’s like tennis, with clay courts and then grass.”

For now, Pedrick stays in the area juggling work and online classes with practice time.

He works as a dispatcher from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., alongside his father. He used to work from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., which meant more time at the alleys.

“It was a lot easier because I could bowl during [the] day and early night and go to work with no problem,” Pedrick said.

Yet, he is fully committed to the sport during his time off. He bowls with his parents, Brian and Robin, weekly at Friday Triples competitions at AMF Country Club Lanes in Rosedale.

“I’m the only one in the family without trophies or plaques,” Brian Pedrick joked, adding that his competitive son refuses to give him bowling pointers. “I know my place in the bowling world. I know I’ll never get a 200.”

Longtime friend and recent alumna, Andria Bowman said

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NOTEBOOK from page 10 the field for the first day of preseason practice.”

TAKING NOTICE

After a breakthrough freshman campaign last season, quarterback Danny O’Brien was named to the Maxwell Award watch list Tuesday. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Quarterback Danny O’Brien’s ACC Rookie of the Year season garnered national attention, and the rising redshirt sophomore was named Tuesday to the Maxwell Award 66-player watch list for the top player in the country.

O’Brien seized the starting job early last season and never relinquished it, throwing for 2,438 yards and 22 touchdown passes while completing 57 percent of his passes.

Clemson running back Andre Ellington, NC State quarterback Mike Glennon, Boston College running back Montel Harris, Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel and Virginia Tech running back David Wilson join O’Brien

out of the ACC on the Maxwell watch list. Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton was the 2010 Maxwell Award winner.

Senior linebacker Kenny Tate, meanwhile, was one of 65 players named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award, given to the top defensive player in the nation. Tate was a standout at safety for the Terps in 2010, recording 100 tackles, including 8.5 for a loss, 3.5 sacks, three interceptions and four forced fumbles.

Under Edsall, Tate is making the switch to linebacker from safety, where he spent the first three years of his collegiate career.

Tate is one of 15 players from the ACC on the Bednarik watch list. Those 15 players include Miami safety Ray Ray Armstrong, North Carolina defensive tackle Quinton Coples, Virginia Tech cornerback Jayron Hosley and Florida State cornerback Greg Reid. dgallen@umdbk.com

Guard Justin Lewis, bottom, started 12 of 13 games for the Terps as a sophomore last season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

LEWIS from page 1 Parcain, a manager at the College Park bar, was assaulted by Lewis at about 2:30 a.m. on June 26.

In the statement, Parcain wrote that Lewis told witnesses Parcain was “looking at his girl.” Parcain also stated that “football teammates pointed out that the defendant’s ‘girl’ was not even at the bar.”

Lewis, according to Parcain, approached him inside the bar, made his accusation and hit him in the face with his fist.

Two teeth were knocked loose and he suffered several lacerations inside his mouth, requiring a root canal to repair the tooth damage, Parcain said.

Attempts to contact Lewis, a native of Johnsonville, S.C., were unsuccessful Wednesday.

“As with any organization there are policies which must be adhered to by all individuals and when they’re not, there are consequences for an individual’s actions,” coach Randy Edsall said in a statement. sports@umdbk.com, villanueva@umdbk.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011

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FOOTBALL | NOTEBOOK

Terps punished for violations Team loses practice time for breaking NCAA rules under Friedgen last year

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

In a summer awash in scandal for some of college football’s elite programs, the Terrapin football team again found itself unable to avoid NCAA sanctions for past transgressions.

The athletics department self-reported violations for exceeding practice time during the 2010 season under former coach Ralph Friedgen. As a result of practicing for an extra one hour, 15 minutes per week during the team’s 9-4 campaign, the Terps will lose two hours, 30 minutes of practice time per week in 2011.

“We’re disappointed that this happened,” coach Randy Edsall said in a release. “It’s important to me that we always abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the NCAA. We have put a plan in place to deal with this situation.”

After the violations were uncovered, the athletics department submitted a letter to the NCAA, which accepted the recommended penalties.

The loss of practice time comes after subpar academic performance under Friedgen had also cost the team three scholarships this season. The sanctions could have substantial impacts for a team trying to install new offensive and

defensive schemes under Edsall, who was hired in January.

Additionally, interns will be limited from obser ving and participating in on-field activities during preseason practice in August. Graduate assistants will be barred from the first 16 practices of the year due to other secondar y violations. All players, coaches and football staff will also be required to attend rules-education sessions.

“I’m glad we can now begin to put this behind us,” Edsall said. “We’re looking forward to August 9 when we get on

see NOTEBOOK, page 9

The NCAA levied penalties against the Terps for excessive practice times under ex-coach Ralph Friedgen.

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