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City asks for faster Route 1 response SHA, Council discuss pedestrian safety ideas

By Chris Melville @thedbk For The Diamondback The State Highway Administration, the College Park City Council and this university are developing a Route 1 median fence they hope to have in place by the fall to discourage jaywalking.

At Tuesday night’s City Council worksession, City Manager Joseph Nagro and Mayor Andrew Fellows said they will meet with university President Wallace Loh to discuss building the barrier.

“We want something done as quickly as possible,” Fellows said.

SHA representatives also presented a sidewalk retrofit program designed to refurbish and develop sidewalks on the east side of Route 1 from University Boulevard to the Capital Beltway, where parts of the street do not have sidewalks in both directions.

The SHA has $450,000 to put toward the retrofitting; that money will be available in the spring. The city would first have to put forward an estimated $200,000 to build a retaining wall, SHA representatives said at the meeting.

Council members said the asking price was high, though District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn added,

soccer fans at Looney’s pub watch the semifinal match between the Netherlands and Argentina on July 9. Bars have seen a customer boom throughout the tournament. christian jenkins/the diamondback

SCORING FOR COLLEGE PARK FIFA fever infects city, univ community

Televised games boosting local business

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Even though Belgium knocked the United States out of the World Cup last week, soccer fans continue to crowd College Park bars, houses and anywhere they can find a TV to follow the competition.

This summer, people all over the campus and throughout different countries have turned their eyes to Brazil — a nation of about 200 million, many of whom view soccer like a religion — to follow the World Cup.

The United States may be out of the World Cup, but College Park bars are still seeing a boost in business from the quadrennial event.

Business tends to hit a lull in the summer, when students leave the city for home and summer jobs, said Michael Stiefvater, city economic development coordinator. With the World Cup, some businesses are appealing to the increase in interest in international soccer. The tournament unites people, and there are always casual viewers, he said.

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Alumnus takes GOP ticket spot in primary

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Jake Shade, 21, brings ‘fresh perspective’ to conservative ballot

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“balloon girl” Lisa Holt creates balloon arrangements through her company, Paperworks Balloons, out of her home in University Park. mike shiels/for the diamondback

TYING TOGETHER A BUSINESS

By Mike Sheils @thedbk For The Diamondback Answering to the nickname “Balloon Girl,” Lisa Holt lives an untethered life.

Whether doing party planning, fashion consulting, raising her family or managing her multiple sclerosis, Holt embraces each role with high energy and a cheerful attitude.

The owner of Paperworks Bal-

loons, Holt opened her first gift shop on College Avenue in 1985 and began creating decorative balloon arrangements shortly thereafter.

“Even before high school, I used to go to craft shows with my parents,” Holt said. “I just loved the whole buying and selling, the moving of product.”

After closing the store in 2006 due to rising rent and declining sales, Holt started Paperworks out of her home near University Park, and she continues to provide balloon services for

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her clients.

Paperworks’ business is more cyclical now than in the past, primarily due to the schedule of its biggest customer: this university.

The extroverted Holt misses interacting with the local community at the store, but by closing it, she opened the door for new opportunities.

Holt discovered another passion in hosting in-home fashion parties as an See holt, Page 3

While some 21-year-olds dream of their first legal drink, others hope to see their name on the ballot for county council.

Jake Shade, a 2013 alumnus, won a state Republican primary election on June 24, becoming the party’s nominee for Allegany County commissioner, a position that oversees government spending, economic development and education.

Shade said being the youngest Republican candidate in this election cycle allows him to approach the problems facing the historically conservative county in a unique way.

Allegany County is Republican-governed, and 64 percent of residents voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, but Shade said, “There is no Republican or Democratic way. People really need some change and a fresh perspective on things.”

Although Shade is young, he gained experience volunteering with a number of campaigns from 2010 to 2012. He is currently the

“THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC WAY. PEOPLE REALLY NEED SOME CHANGE AND A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS.” JACK SHADE

University alumnus and Republican candidate for Allegany County commissioner legislative director to Dels. LeRoy Myers (R-Allegany and Washington) and Andrew Serafini (R-Washington) in the state General Assembly.

“Jake is young chronologically, but as far as maturity and political astuteness, he is amazing,” said Serafini, who has worked with Shade for a year and a half.

Erin Giles, Shade’s campaign manager and a rising senior commu n ication major at McDa n iel Col lege who has k now n Shade since kindergarten,said Shade’s involvement in politics started in fifth grade.

“He decides what needs to be done, and I try to alleviate the workload,” Giles said. “We are a good combination. We both bring unique skill sets in the campaign.”

Over a period of three months, Shade said, he knocked on more than 1,500 doors in Allegany County, about one-third of the number of county residents who cast votes in the primary election.

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STAFF EDITORIAL: Ending danger on Route 1

Former men’s lacrosse standouts handle playing for different professional teams after spending most of their lives together. P. 8

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T h i s c ap t ivat ion some call “soccer fever” seemed to spread wildly, especially for this country’s team. This year’s 23-man U.S. roster included two former Terps, Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez, who were both part of the 2008 national championship-winning team.

This university provides a space to watch these games: Several students and faculty members gathered weekly at TerpZone in Stamp Student U n i o n t o v i e w t h e U. S . matches, but every ga me brings a crowd, said TerpZone Program Coordinator Kevin Alexander.

“T he atmosphere is similar to if you were at the actu a l ga me,” A lex a nder said. “It is packed. Every kick causes a roar. You would think from the atmosphere that the game was going on in College Park.”

L o on ey’s P u b a l so h a s become a popular spot for students and College Park c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s to watch the games and support the former Terps.

“During the U.S. games, Looney’s is packed,” said Sa m m i Perl roth, a sen ior communication major who

nesiology major who works for the intra mu ra l sports program, said she’s shocked by the intensity of the students’ i nvest ment i n t he games on the campus.

“Intramural participants have rescheduled their games this summer so that they can watch World Cup games,” she said. “It’s been kind of surprising that soccer fever has been so widespread.”

“We went door to door, groups and clubs, and found whoever we can talk to,” Shade said.

In the next few months, Shade said he will continue going door to door, doing radio ads and expanding current work to campaign for the November election, in which he faces four Republican and two Democratic candidates.

Shade started at this university in 2011, but credits he earned through AP and summer courses helped him graduate in two years with a bachelor’s degree in government and politics and a minor in technology entrepreneurship.

In high school, he volunteered for U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and state delegate candidate Mary Beth Pirolozzi, both of the Cumberland district. But Shade said he was not planning to run for office back then.

“I started helping out in high school,” Shade said.

“Last summer, I had an unexpected opportunity when the then-commissioner decided not to run, so I just jumped in.”

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soccer fans at terrapin’s turf watch anxiously during the World Cup semifinals game between Germany and Brazil on July 8 while enjoying bar specials. christian jenkins/the diamondback works at Looney’s. “The atmosphere in the bar is electric. I th i n k people enjoy coming to Looney’s to watch the games because the World Cup is centered around international cooperation and camaraderie, and what better place to find that than a university campus bar?”

In this country, the U.S. team’s match against Portugal this year averaged 24.7 million viewers, according to the Nielsen ratings company.

That’s more than 6 million more viewers than this year’s NBA Finals, according to the Associated Press.

Until the World Cup was held in this country in 1994, many Americans had never seen a f u l l soccer match, while the rest of the world’s love for soccer was growing.

A nd u nt i l 1990, t he U.S. soccer team had not qualified for the World Cup since 1950.

But two years after the World C up c a m e to t h i s

country, Major League Soccer e m e rge d , a p rofe s s io n a l league that gave many Americans a local soccer team to cheer for. Soccer then took on a different form of popularity in this country.

Subsequent World Cup games and several U.S. team successes brought in more soccer fans of all ages, who now do whatever they can to support it on and off of college campuses.

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holt From PAGE 1 independent consultant with clothing company CAbi. In 2011, Holt was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous

system and can cause weakness, tremors and lack of coordination. Her symptoms are benign, so although they’re annoying, they don’t disable her, she said.

“Hauling helium tanks and now garment bags and clothes racks, I’m just very active,” the mother of two said. “I feel that my lifestyle has helped keep

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my MS at bay.”

When she’s making a delivery, it’s not uncommon for her children Leslie, 12, and Ryan, 11, to help out, or for any of the three family dogs to pile into the balloon van as well, she said.

“Even though I’m older now and I should probably say ‘balloon lady,’ I’m the balloon girl,” Holt said. “I’ll always be

Lisa the balloon girl.”

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MORE ONLINE University student lands place in Netflix Baltimore-based series House of Cards

By Anjali Shastry @thedbk For The Diamondback Although the third season of House of Cards won’t be released on Netflix until February, junior Brenda Shah already has an idea of what happens — in one scene, at least.

Shah was watching the news last month when she saw that there would be an open casting call in Bel Air for extras to be in the political drama.

“I called a few friends who watched the show too and said, ‘C’mon, let’s go,’” said the physiology and neurobiology major. “We knew this show was filming in Baltimore, and we stood in line for two hours. The line was huge. Thousands of people showed up.”

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Wojahn suggested estab“[It’s] only a matter of luck that we haven’t seen more accidents in lishing new crosswalks to north College Park.” reduce pedestrians’ incentive Council members urged im- to cross illegally. mediate action after a car struck The SHA is in the process and killed 21-year-old Janelle of executing an extensive Oni at Route 1 near Hartwick s t u d y i n to re d u c i n g t h e Road on Sunday. Oni was the speed limit from 30 mph to fifth pedestrian hit and the 25 mph, representatives said third killed since January. at the meeting. Other changes “[I’m] getting emails [that] have already been made, such people don’t want to come to as adding new signage and College Park,” District 1 Coun- lighting and giving pedestricilman Fazlul Kabir said. ans a walk signal every traffic District 2 Councilman P.J. light cycle.

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Bars are the biggest recipients, with many being completely filled, Stiefvater said.

“When you have a packed bar, it helps your numbers,” he said.

Yasmine A fshar, Terrapin’s T urf co-owner, said the bar has become the selflabeled “U.S. game destination,” as it showed all of the United States’ games until the team’s exit, when they were defeated by Belgium in the round of 16.

“I’m curious to see how things will pan out now that the U.S. is out,” Afshar said.

Afshar has high hopes for the final on July 13, however, and expects a bigger turnout tha n i n other ga mes. She c o m p a re d i t to t h e U. S . hockey team in the Olympics earlier this year, games that drew crowds and filled tables.

Turf’s daily specials, such as “Taco Tuesday” with $2 tacos a nd $4 ma rga ritas, m i g ht not b e s p e c i f ic to the World Cup, but they do coincide with some match days, Afshar said.

Looney’s Pub is running festive promotions alongs i d e t h e Wo rl d C u p, i nclud i ng foo d i n spi red by the teams playing, as well a s $3 B udwei ser a nd B ud Light and $4 Guinness and C a rl s b e rg d ra f t s d u r i n g every match, manager Ryan Keyser said.

They’re also raffling off a foosball table, he said.

Keyser said that Looney’s expected a decent international crowd and saw large nu mbers for the U.S. a nd Mexico games, and a surprisingly large showing by Iran supporters.

Business during the World Cup has been greater than that for the Olympics or the Super Bowl, keeping Looney’s busy for the past couple of weeks, Keyser said.

“We had no idea what we were goi ng to ex pect. We based it off the Euro from l a s t y e a r,” K e y s e r s a i d , referring to the UEFA Euro p e a n C h a m p i o n s h i p s , in wh ich solely Eu ropea n i nter n at ion a l clubs competed.

However, the boost in business is only temporary, Stiefvater said. It’s a short spike, “not necessarily a long-lasting impact, but great when it happens,” he said.

W hen it comes to where st udents watch t he Cup, bars are a hot spot, but there are other options.

Ch r i stophe Itswei re, a sen ior econom ics m ajor, s a i d h e’s w a tc h e d m a n y games in Washington and at home, a nd on ly two at Looney’s.

Sean Young, a senior agricultural science and technology major, said he mostly watched them by himself or with friends, but went to a bar once to see a game. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Getting away from Building a safer community the electronic world STAFF EDITORIAL

Improving traffic safety involves prompt, collaborative efforts

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hat’s been known as “the deadliest stretch” over the past year just got deadlier.

On Sunday morning, 21-year-old Salisbury University alumna Janelle Oni was struck and killed by 33-yearold Jacky Luangraj, who had a BAC more than twice the legal limit.

The scene of the hit-and-run, the 7300 block of Baltimore Avenue, was once just known as a central passing location for bar-goers. Now, it’s garnered a strong reputation as one of the most dangerous locations near the campus.

In about a year, six pedestrians have been struck near this location, three of whom have died.

Though the recent uptick in accidents involving pedestrians has caused university officials and the State Highway Administration to enforce initial safeguards against future incidents, Sunday’s hit-andrun proves more steps need to be taken — and soon.

Since May, the SHA has taken initiatives to prevent further accidents, including posting pedestrian crossing signs, extending crossing times at crosswalks for pedestrians and conducting speed analysis in the area.

In April, university President Wallace Loh approved additional steps the campus community would take to deter accidents. Intensive policing by University Police on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights as well as educational safety campaigns

were key facets of the plan.

Though these changes might have helped prevent some accidents from occurring, six pedestrians struck over about one year still warrants immediate action.

OUR VIEW

Last Sunday’s death should motivate both this university and the SHA to get more involved with Route 1 safety.

The SHA has planned new projects on Route 1, namely constructing median barriers to prevent midblock pedestrian crossings as well as placing countdown pedestrian signals at intersections, with a recent memo stating these projects will be completed either “by fall” or “prior to the fall semester.”

The SHA seems to be on the right track in creating more influential safeguards for pedestrians and drivers — median barriers likely will be more effective than pedestrian crossing signs — but only time will tell if the state will actually construct these projects before the rush of students, pedestriams and drivers arrive back in the city this fall.

To ensure pedestrian safety from here on out, not only should the SHA make these initiatives a priority, but there

must be consistent dialogue between the SHA and this community.

There is no doubt these pedestrian incidents have created a lasting emotional impact on the community, but given the resources this university has, campus officials should provide a more vocal campaign to end these deadly accidents.

While Loh claimed the university will work closely with local businesses to advocate pedestrian safety, this campaign won’t be effective until people actually become aware of it.

From informational presentations to tabling, spreading information about pedestrian safety on and off the campus should not be a big burden on the university, nor should it come at a large cost.

While the SHA conducts its pedestrian safety audit, it needs to ensure there is consistent communication with this university about updates on construction projects.

Waiting until “the fall semester” is a pretty vague deadline, so a specific timeline should be thoroughly communicated.

Regardless of where we all come from, Route 1 is a part of the campus community, and tragic incidents right on this university’s doorstep hit home. While the SHA has ultimate authority over Route 1, this university should also be paving its own way toward campus safety, for students and nonstudents alike.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

The nostalgia of living with context

EMMA ATLAS Every time I hear “It’s nice to get away from technology once in a while,” it doesn’t compute, so to speak. I feel as though I’ve just heard, “It’s nice to just cut your right arm off sometimes and leave it at home. I need a break from my right arm, after all, what with it always being there, dangling from my torso like a noodle.

Who needs it?”

I know that sounds entitled. I know it sounds like a first-world crutch. But I don’t live without context: I’m old enough to remember Netscape. I had to print out MapQuest maps for my dad.

I’m part of the last generation that can say, “I remember when we couldn’t just Google it.” I know what it’s like to not have a smartphone in my pocket at all times, and that’s why I never, ever want to get away from it.

I was recently given a good opportunity to do an electronics cleanse. I considered it … for half a second, laughed and then put a power strip in my suitcase.

The truth is, I don’t need any of it. I could have gotten by without what amounted to about 10 pounds of electronics. I opted not to. It is, in a way, dependency, but I prefer to think of it also as not taking technology for granted.

I’ll take advantage of what technology can offer at the cost of not having this fabled “Kumbaya” moment.

What people expect is that I’m not aware I’m capable of going so long without a screen. I know I’m capable of it. But as I said before, I could tie my right arm behind my back for two weeks. And I’d still feel dumber and further from the truth by having tried to artificially understand amputees. I know I

can function without it, but I know I’m privileged to not need to.

As usual, I took advantage of what I brought. I improved my camerawork by leaps and bounds, I practiced photo editing on my laptop, and when I was bored, I showed my sister a stupid video I took. This stuff is a part of me, but unless it grows out of me organically like a Teletubby, I’ll still get sentiments about needing to “get away” from it. It’s not visible from the outside that screens and I already have grown together like two neighboring trees.

Seeing 2-year-olds snapping pictures of fireworks on the Fourth of July using a touch screen still scares and confuses me, to be clear, but only because I can’t imagine what their lives will be like without the context I had. I’m just neighboring trees — these kids, using my simile, are human Teletubbies.

Even with what I brought on my trip, I needed more. After traveling without WiFi for only a week, I returned to the Internet to scramble to catch up with the action in the Supreme Court.

It isn’t as though my being off the Internet changed the outcome of the decisions, or that my voice somehow could have shaped public sentiment, but as an amateur columnist, I still feel as though I’ve shown up to a discussion class without doing the readings from the past two weeks.

In short, I’m addicted to technology the same way I’m addicted to seeing in color. If I were suddenly forced to see the world in gray tones, I would complain. I would point out a lot of superficial things like fashion or art that I would never be able to participate in again. “It’s surprising how fast you get used to not seeing the sunset,” they’d say, as though the burden of nice things had grown too heavy.

Emma Atlas is a senior government and politics major. She can be reached at eatlastdbk@gmail.com.

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She has worked as a reporter, assistant news editor and news editor.

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He has worked as a copy editor, assistant managing editor and diversions writer.

MaGGIE CASSIDY, opinion editor, is a junior English major.

She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

CAROLINE CARLSON, opinion editor, is a senior government and politics and information systems major. She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

GUEST COLUMN

Navigating a path toward healthy eating in college Avoiding junk food and making healthy choices to improve your diet — and memory

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e all know we need to eat our fruits and vegetables and an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but can an apple a day keep the failing quiz grades away?

An article in Reader’s Digest’s book Food Cures suggests that certain foods that we know we should be eating (but sometimes don’t) not only can be generally good for you, but also can improve your memory.

The article suggests that eating foods rich in antioxidants, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins fights free radicals, averting in-

flammation and cell degradation.

Essentially, eating berries, fish, nuts and eggs does good things for your brain. Not that eating a handful of blueberries before a cram session will ensure the information sticks, but making these foods part of your regular diet can improve memory and other brain functions over time.

It’s so easy to forget, but your diet can be your greatest ally as well as your worst nightmare. You get out of it what you put in, and if you put in junk, you’ll get junk in return. It turns into a vicious

cycle of eating junk, feeling crappy and then eating more junk to try to make yourself feel better.

Trust me, I know how hard it is to avoid having a buffalo chicken wrap every day for lunch and to pass Stamp Student Union without getting some kind of fast food. I also know how hard it is to find blueberries and fish in the dining halls. But good food choices are out there, and you can incorporate them into your day.

If you have class from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. without enough time to sit down for a full meal, keep some

carrot sticks (carrots are good for your eyes) packed in your backpack to whip out during a break or even in class.

Eating junk food during class tends not to be socially acceptable; you’ll get some odd looks if you eat a pint of ice cream in the middle of lecture.

Healthy snacks don’t get odd looks because everyone wishes they were eating better and wouldn’t judge someone who is actually doing it. That doesn’t mean you should bring a pineapple to class; you’d probably get more stares than

if you brought ice cream.

We m i g h t n o t k n ow exa c t ly what each healthy food does for us, which foods are healthier than others or which foods put up a healthy front, but we do know that most things are OK in moderation and a healthy lifestyle change won’t happen in a day.

One junk meal won’t kill you, and one healthy meal won’t cure you.

Margaret Z e l e n s k i i s a s e n i o r criminology and criminal justice and English major. She can be reached at margaretzelenski@gmail.com.

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BEYOND The BLOCKBUSTERS New foreign-language dramas from a controversial master and a German newcomer breathe some life into the summer movie season

Venus in Fur

Roman Polanski’s adaptation of feminist play finds thrilling spark in conversation

A Coffee in Berlin

German film is fine but never feels fresh, leaning hard on its influences

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There’s a moment toward the middle of Venus in Fur when two characters talk about talking, positing to each other that conversation and art were the only erotic outlets for the millions of “repressed” people had who whiled away the centuries before them.

It’s a sly moment that not too subtly comments on Venus in Fur itself, a thrilling thirdwave feminist morality play that explores and explodes complex issues of sexuality, power, art and control through the lens of one increasingly fraught two-person conversation.

T h a t co nve rsa t i o n i s between Thomas (Mathieu Amalric, If You Don’t, I Will), a French theater director, and Vanda (Emmanuelle Seigner, In the House), the would-be ingenue auditioning for him.

He’s wearily trying to cast his adaption of a 19th-century novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (the namesake for “masochism,” as the film helpfully reminds us); she’s a gum-smacking question mark who shows up without an appointment but with the script fully memorized, already clad in fetish gear.

Against his better judgment, Thomas gives Vanda a chance to read for a role, and soon the lines between performance and reality and director and subject all start to blur, as the two lose themselves in an erotic power play of language and contact.

Working from a Tonynominated play by David Ives (who shares a writing credit in this French-language adaptation), writer-director Roman Polanski wisely stages Venus

A Coffee in Berlin doesn’t hide its influences. Easy comparisons abound: The light cynicism of Noah Baumbach, the woozy, grayscale introspection of Jim Jarmusch, the ironic surrealism of Woody Allen, the city-spanning day-in-thelife myths of Berlin: Symphony of a Great City or Lonesome.

B u t t h o u g h A Co f fe e in Berlin shares some of the sweeping, wide-eyed cinematography of those latter films, it also turns a critical eye on its titular city, eschewing easy, misty romanticism for a more grounded, occasionally bleak take on the daily travails of modern urban life.

Niko Fischer (Tom Schilling, Ludwig II) is a law school dropout and parttime alcoholic floating through life in downtown Berlin; he’s left his girlfriend, lost his driver’s license and was just cut off by his wealthy father.

The film follows Niko as he goes about a typical day: bumming around with an out-of-work actor, casually resenting his father, stealing rides on the train.

All he really wants is a simple cup of coffee.

Niko’s Berlin is beautiful, but it’s a challenge at every turn. Every aspect of the city — the cash machine, his depressed neighbor, the train — is a chore, an obstacle that can only be relieved with a surreptitious pull from a cigarette or a stiff vodka.

But then, what can you

Venus in Fur, adapted from a Tony-nominated play, quietly explores deep questions of sexuality, power, patriarchy and dominance. photo courtesy of silverscreeningreviews.com entirely within a small, empty playhouse, bare save for the sort of detritus one finds on stages between productions — a dark red chaise, a desk, a few lingering pieces of overtly phallic scenery from a Stagecoach musical.

As with 2011’s Carnage, his last attempt at bringing a play to the screen, Polanski refuses to open up or shy away from the inherently stage-y material, instead allowing the claustrophobia and pressure of forced confinement to build and build before finally exploding, the film gloriously abandoning all pretense of naturalism, normalcy or civility as its characters do.

And, as in Carnage, Polanski smartly gets out of the way of his weighty dialogue, only unleashing his trademark maximalist melodrama at the film’s end: Though Alexandre Desplat’s leading score is occasionally ponderous, cinematographer Pawel Edelman’s camerawork is fleet and unobtrusive, favoring medium shots and roving, long takes that quietly complement the film’s crescendoing performances.

As Thomas, the first-time director (and unmistakable Polanksi stand-in), Amalric is all barely-repressed mania, a twitchy, egotistical nerd who couches his sense of superior-

ity in pedantic evasions and the occasional fit of bug-eyed rage. Chain-smoking and clad in sneakers, Amalric effectively embodies the worst kind of misogynist, the type who brushes off accusations of sexism by waving a hand over his text, the type who objectifies women while employing rhetoric of reciprocity and love. He’s an S&M enthusiast who’s never truly been subjugated; he’s painless privilege personified.

A s Va n d a , m ea nwh i l e , Seigner (Polanski’s real-life wife) finds the right balance between desperate and domineering, submissive and selfassured. A manipulator in a corset (and sometimes less), Vanda flits among many roles over the course of her long night with Thomas, and Seigner adds a certain gravity to them all, imbuing therapist, dominatrix, friend and enemy alike with a sensuous magnitude that never feels overwrought.

Talking can be tense, liberating, terrifying, erotic. Anchored by a powerful postmodern script and two razor-sharp performances, Venus in Fur finds all of those beats and more, thrillingly turning one rainy night’s conversation into a potent, unforgettable dance for power. ebrickerdbk@gmail.com

Tom SChilling plays restless youth Niko Fischer in A Coffee in Berlin, which explores the quirks of daily life in the European city. photo courtesy of blog.cinemaautopsy.com expect when it’s really a city at war with itself, torn between burger-chomping actors dressed up like Hunter S. Thompson and those still donning SS uniforms, between a futuristic technoscape and pithy anti-authoritarian graffiti?

Niko is always running — from responsibility, from commitment, from women.

He is Berlin, desperate to move forward while always, somehow, managing to keep one foot in the past. He runs, the trains run, but he and his city are both frustrated inertia embodied, personified.

Beautiful and sad-eyed, Schilling plays Niko as a void in the center of his own story, a passive bystander posing as James Dean. He’s soulful, even when he’s

caught in generic introspective hip-guy malaise; likable, even when the script strains to make his pissy floater into a stoic everyman.

The same can be said of the movie around him: A Coffee in Berlin seems to want to serve as both a light trifle and a profound reflection on the state of modern Germany. Its slacker-chic aesthetic is comfortable and fun, until a few abrupt detours into melodrama suddenly remind you that this film has ambition with a capital “A.” As a film, Coffee in Berlin is often engaging and occasionally affecting; unfortunately, it’s nothing you haven’t tasted before. ebrickerdbk@gmail.com

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KASINITZ From PAGE 8 smith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August.

But this athletic department is going through some changes. It just joined the Big Ten, a conference steeped in gridiron tradition, and the Terps hoops team has missed the NCAA tournament for the past four years, its longest drought in 20 years.

If there was ever a time for football to take the spotlight in College Park, it’s now. And if there was ever a player poised to be at the center of a revival, it’s Diggs.

D i g gs h a s t h e ta l e n t .

He caught 34 passes for 587 yards in just seven games last season, and as a freshman in 2011, he posted the secondmost all-purpose yards in school history thanks to his success as a kick returner.

He has the flash. His highlight reel includes one-handed catches, lightning-quick moves to evade defenders and even a flip into the end zone.

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And he’s got a personality that welcomes attention.

Diggs is already a superstar, and he isn’t going to shy away from becoming an icon in College Park.

Of course, Diggs hasn’t completely lived up to the hype yet, in part because of last season’s injury. But the ability is there. So is the opportunity.

Still, the Terps will need to have success on the field for Diggs to be remembered as fondly as the school’s most beloved hoops stars, considering Bias took the Terps to the Sweet 16 and Dixon brought home a national title.

Diggs doesn’t need the Terps to win a national championship, or even a Big Ten title, while he’s around. He just needs to be part of the group that helps coach Randy Edsall’s program consistently reach bowl games and build a respectable reputation.

And it seems as though the program is doing just that. The Terps played in the postseason last year for the first time win Edsall’s tenure,

BROTHERS From PAGE 8

WIDE RECEIVER STEFON DIGGS signs autographs for fans following a scrimmage on Aug. 17, 2013. He caught 34 passes for 587 yards in seven games last year. file photo/the diamondback and they return the most experienced college team this season, according to analyst Phil Steele.

With Diggs healthy and in the fold, several pundits have tabbed the Terps as potential surprise contenders in the Big Ten this season. And if the team can piece together a solid season and draw national attention, it’d be a big deal around here.

It would help ease fans’ pain brought on by the basketball team’s struggles, and

it could conjure up excitement for the football team’s future in a new conference.

Then, as is typical of success stories, Terps faithful and national media alike will look for a hero, a figure who did the most for the team’s turnaround.

For the Terps, that figure would almost certainly be Diggs. He just has to prove he’s worthy of all this attention first. akasinitz@gmail.com

the brothers don’t spend much time during the game competing at the same end. Since graduating from this university, Jake — who scored 17 goals his senior season with the Terps in 2013 — has taken more of a defensive role and isn’t often on the attack unit.

Jake did recall a situation in which he encountered Jesse on offense, however. Jake was trying to skip the ball across the field to a teammate, but he realized his brother was faking a slide in an attempt to bait him to throw the pass, so he held the ball to avoid a turnover.

For the brothers — who spent years competing oneon-one in their backyard — it was a snippet of their past as they stood on the field wearing different jerseys for their respective professional teams.

“It brought back some memories,” Jesse said.

While they have spent time away from each other as players the past two seasons, the sib-

lings were reunited by this university this past spring season.

Jake worked as the men’s lacrosse director of operations, and Jesse joined as a volunteer coach for the Terps.

After rooming together for all four of Jesse’s years in college, they lived together again in College Park, sharing an apartment. But next year, Jake and Jesse will be exploring different jobs.

Jake will head back home to Florida to work as the assistant head coach at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton, while Jesse is still trying to figure out what he will be doing.

“It’s kind of the first time we have gone our separate ways,” Jake said.

Despite competing for different teams and heading in different directions, they still maintain their strong relationship as brothers and best friends. It didn’t change after the draft, and it won’t change after new jobs.

“They will be separate,” J i m sa i d , “ b u t t h ey w i l l always be together.” rbaillargeon@gmail.com

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Diggs must lead Terps into B1G Receiver has personality, talent to help program reach new heights AARON KASINITZ It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Terrapins football wide receiver Stefon Diggs is generating hefty preseason buzz.

After several media outlets named the Terps junior to their preseason All-America teams, Diggs made the Maxwell Award Watch List this week, essentially meaning the Maxwell Football Club committee believes he’s one of the country’s top 74 players.

He was named to the Paul Hornung Award Watch List, too, a contender for an honor that goes to the country’s most versatile player.

It’s all ho-hum for Diggs, who’s been highly touted since he was 15. He was a five-star recruit, a freshman starter in College Park and an All-ACC honorable mention this past season as a sophomore despite missing the final six games of the year with a broken leg.

If Diggs can stay healthy and cash in on his potential this season, he might end up earning some more significant accolades this winter.

But perhaps more importantly, he is positioned to leave a humongous imprint on this university. The speedster from Gaithersburg is in a prime

spot to alter the course of the program, becoming one of the most recognizable athletes in school history in the process.

When people think of Terps sports, they first think basketball. Names like Len Bias, Juan Dixon and Gary Williams are held in highest esteem at this university and are ingrained into its athletic culture.

But there aren’t equivalents for the football team. The program, in a sense, doesn’t have a historical face.

Quarterback Boomer Esiason starred for the Terps in the 1980s, but fans aren’t as crazy about memories of Esiason as they are about thoughts of Bias and Dixon roaming the hardwood. E.J. Henderson led the Terps to the Orange Bowl in 2001 as an All-American, but the linebacker wasn’t flashy enough to leave a sizable dent in the school’s history.

Plus, the Terps’ most successful football coach in recent memory, Ralph Friedgen, was forced out after a 9-4 campaign in 2010. On the basketball side of things, Williams retired on his own terms, and he’ll be inducted into the NaiSee KASINITZ, Page 7

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Brothers Jesse and Jake Bernhardt encounter unfamiliarity playing for different pro teams

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Jim Bernhardt was watching the lacrosse game on TV with his youngest son, Jared, in their Florida home when his oldest son, Jake, set a pick on a Chesapeake Bayhawks defender. Jim didn’t notice who that defender was until Jared pointed it out.

Jake had set a pick on his younger brother, Jesse, to set up a goal for the Ohio Machine. It was just the third time the former Terrapins men’s lacrosse players — and brothers separated by 355 days — competed against each other in an official Major League Lacrosse game.

After spending nearly their entire lives on the same team, the two brothers have spent the past two MLL seasons on different rosters. Despite having to compete against each other, Jake and Jesse have maintained a close relationship.

“When we see each other, it’s like we just saw each other

yesterday,” Jake said.

“After the game we are back to how it was,” Jesse added.

“No hard feelings and really no trash talk going on.”

Still, being on separate teams has placed their parents in a tough position. Jim realized his dilemma when he watched his sons compete against each other in Annapolis on May 31 earlier this season.

“That game it kind of hit me,” Jim said.“As a parent, there is no one winning.”

Jake and the Machine went on to defeat the Bayhawks, 15-11, which left Jim joking with his sons when they played again on July 4. He texted them to say he was cheering for a tie.

But Jim didn’t have his way. Jake netted a pair of goals to defeat his younger brother for the second time in two tries this season.

“He actually had a pretty good game against us, and they won,” Jesse said. “So that wasn’t too fun.”

Despite Jake playing midfield and Jesse playing long pole, See BROTHERS, Page 7