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Vandalism continues in Commons Wave of thefts and destruction bucks usual summer trend as costs continue to rise

BY SOHAYL VAFAI Staff writer

An unusual level of thefts and vandalism continues to plague the South Campus Commons this summer, prompting more Commons employees and University Police officers to patrol the apartment buildings.

So far this month, there have been seven reported thefts and acts of vandalism in the Commons, including damaged exit signs, a hole punched in a wall and electronics stolen from a

locked apartment, police said.

No one has yet been charged for any of this summer’s Commons crimes, Commons Director Gina Brasty said, adding that it was unusual to have so many incidents in the summer.

Police spokesman Paul Dillon said he suspects illegal sublettors who “are not there officially on the lease and are not responsible for anything” may be to blame for some of the crimes. Alcohol is another factor likely fueling the incidents, Dil-

lon added.

“We’re going to continue trying to have heavy presence and talking to the residents to try and develop leads to identify the perpetrators,” Dillon said.

Brasty said identifying the perpetrators as sublettors, residents or anyone else would be “speculation” but noted that Commons is “increasing staff presence” and taking other measures to catch the individuals behind the crimes. She would not say what the other measures are, ex-

plaining, “If we tell people, [they] may not be successful.”

The damages have cost the Commons “thousands and thousands of dollars,” Brasty said. Brasty estimated the total cost of this summer’s damage is between $5,000 and $10,000.

Students have also suffered losses. Early July 13, someone entered a locked and occupied Commons Building 1 apartment and stole an

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The new bus hub is located on Regents Drive.

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Campus Drive now closed to bus traffic

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Trial street closure will continue through Aug. 13

BY CLAIRE SARAVIA For The Diamondback

A university computer science professor and a graduate student have created the world’s fastest computer program for finding patterns in social networks, which they say will be able to provide more useful searches on websites such as Facebook and YouTube.

The team’s Cloud Oriented Subgraph Identification can connect 10 million to 20 million social network “nodes” — such as people’s pictures, user IDs or profiles — in less than a second, according to computer science professor V.S. Subrahmanian, who led the yearlong project.

If implemented, COSI would let users search social networking sites using other wise random search terms that would likely generate useless results with current search engine technology, said Matthias Bröecheler, the graduate student who assisted Subrahmanian.

For instance, Bröecheler said, COSI could help someone use Facebook to find a friend of a friend’s cousin who enjoys kayaking and works at Burger King, or to find that video on YouTube ever yone keeps talking about, without having to manually filter through unrelated profiles and other material.

“Currently, when we navigate social networks, all we can do is browse,” Bröecheler said. “You can think of COSI as this little operator guy that zooms through the network tr ying to find the connections you specify.”

In working on the project, the findings of which are set to be presented next month at a social networks analysis and mining conference in Denmark, researchers combined the program with existing “cloud computing” technology that uses multiple processors to answer complex multi-step questions. They hope to see COSI technology implemented on social networking sites within two years.

Although COSI isn’t the first program to find patterns in social networks by linking nodes to “edges” — connections to nodes such as tagged photos — Subrahmanian said it’s the first program that’s able to connect so many. While he said existing programs can process no more than 15 million

BY ALICIA MCCARTY For The Diamondback

After closing a section of Campus Drive to private vehicles last month, the university also evicted most buses from the roadway Monday as part of an ongoing pilot program evaluating rerouted traffic.

A university Campus Connector shuttle stopping every 30 minutes in front of the Stamp Student Union will be the only bus line on Campus Drive during the day between the “M” traffic circle and Cole Field House through Aug. 13. Nighttime bus and paratransit service will remain unchanged.

Metrobuses now stop on University Boulevard at Stadium Drive, on Regents Drive west of Paint Branch Drive and on Regents Drive at Stadium Drive. The Regents Drive Parking Garage is serving as the campus’ temporary transit hub to replace the student union bus stops.

University officials said the changes have caused no major problems, though they have confused some riders.

Physics graduate student Shantanu Debnath, unaware that his bus stop had moved to Regents Drive, said he watched the 110 Shuttle to the Seven Springs apartments pass him by Monday.

see CAMPUS DRIVE, page 6

Councilman may vacate District 3 seat

see NETWORKING, page 3

Mark Cook is running for county school board spot

BY LEAH VILLANUEVA Staff writer

A District 3 College Park City Council member said Sunday he may step down in December to take a seat on the county school board.

Mark Cook, who joined the council in 2007 and was MARK COOK elected to a second two-year CITY COUNCILMAN term last November, said he received “a lot of support in this community” to run for the school board and is concerned for the educational future of his 2-year-old son, Wyatt.

“I’m a father now, and one of the greatest shortcomings that people perceive about our community is education,” Cook said. “I hope that I can bring my skills and my experiences to the school board and begin the long, hard work of recovering our education system.”

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Earthquake gently rocks campus Friday’s light tremors still the largest magnitude ever recorded in the state

BY SOHAYL VAFAI Staf f writer

Rachael Lavin was on her way to work as a community assistant in South Campus Commons 1 early Friday morning when “the entire building shook.”

“I’m from California, so I’m used to ear thquakes,” said Lavin, a senior studio art major.

“The first thing I thought was, ‘Wait, that’s an earthquake.’”

People were shaken awake throughout the Washington area at 5:04 a.m. July 16 by a 3.6-magnitude quake centered about 20

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miles from the campus in Montgomer y County; others slept through it. No damage was reported.

Earthquakes don’t happen frequently in this state, and when they do, they are usually smaller than last week’s event, according to Laurent Montesi, an assistant geology professor.

“We have an ear thquake maybe ever y three years,” Montesi said. The last one, in May 2008, registered a magnitude of 1.8.

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quake in the state since the U.S. Geological Sur vey began keeping records in 1974.

“It’s unprecedented here,” said Montesi, adding some ear thquakes should still be expected in the area.

There are seismic belts in Pennsylvania and Virginia, Montesi said. Given that “there’s a bull’s eye north and south of us,” he said, quakes are bound to happen.

Shira Rosenthal, a junior architecture major, was sleeping when the earthquake shook her Brookville home, approximately

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10 miles from the epicenter. The bulletin board in her room was shaking when she woke up, Rosenthal said.

“I thought my brother dropped something heavy downstairs,” she said. “He’s usually up late.”

Rosenthal said she only learned what had happened when she saw her friends’ Facebook statuses about an earthquake.

Lavin said it’s “weird having an earthquake in Maryland,” but it

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rewarding,” Cook said of his tenure. “I’ve achieved many of from page 1 my core objectives.”

Cook said he hopes his initiaIf he wins the school board tives would live on even if he race this fall, Cook would be were to step down.

“I feel I brought a sensitivity constitutionally required to leave the city council and there to the needs of the people who would be a special election to fill live and have jobs in the city to the vacant seat on the nine- the council,” he said.

Stephanie Stullich — the member body.

His school board opponent, council’s second District 3 Peggy Higgins, is also a city offi- member, which includes the cial: She is the director of Col- Old Town neighborhood, Fralege Park’s community ternity Row and some of the resources department. As a non- Knox Box housing — said she elected city employee, Higgins understood Cook’s interest in would not have to leave her posi- moving on.

In fact, Stullich herself was tion if she wins.

Cook said in his time on the first elected to the city council in council, he helped manage the a 2007 special election to replace city’s budget and facilities, Councilman Eric Olson after he increase police presence and was elected to the Prince drive construction of the new George’s County Council.

“It’s not uncommon,” Stullich downtown parking garage, which he said would “bump up said. “People step down for different reasons.” the economy” for the city.

Robert McCeney, a Mont“I think it’s been very gomery County teacher who ran against Cook for the city council in November, said he would definitely consider running for Cook’s seat should he step down.

“I certainly wish him the best MARK COOK of luck,” McCeney said. “I think DISTRICT 3 COUNCILMAN if a better opportunity presents itself, you should go for it.”

COOK

“I’ve achieved many of my core objectives.”

“I think if a better opportunity presents itself, you should go for it.”

ROBERT MCCENEY DISTRICT 3 COUNCIL CANDIDATE

Cook and other officials said they weren’t sure who else might run if Cook’s seat opened up. District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin said finding a replacement for Cook should he leave mid-term “shouldn’t be a problem” because District 3 has reliably produced city leaders, including current Mayor Andy Fellows and his predecessor, Steve Brayman.

Catlin added that Cook — who has also been active in state and national politics — was unique in the experience he brought to the table as a councilman.

“He is someone who has been more politically active in the community prior to the council,” Catlin said of his colleague. “It did give him a different perspective.” villanueva@umdbk.com

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The Living Well Café Ethiopian restaurant recently opened near Kiyoko Express on Route 1 in downtown College Park. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

While the Living Well Café may have been open for the past month, a recent grand opening event shed new light on its more ethnic flare.

Owner Roman Seyoum served samples of her jerk chicken and vegetarian Ethiopian dishes to customers last Saturday, drawing an audience of primarily university students to her restaurant.

Read about plans for the restaurant’s second grand opening celebration — plans that include free samples of organic coffee — and other observations from in and around the university on The Diamondback’s Campus Drive blog.

Other recent posts have examined a questionably placed new sidewalk and a creatively decorated ladies’ room.

To read these blog posts,

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Investigators are studying e-mails from the commanders who oversaw police officers during the March 4 riot to see if their orders encouraged excessive force. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

County police commanders investigated over riot orders

BY RICHARD ABDILL Staff writer The investigation into police conduct during the March 4 riot in which several students were beaten by police has spread to the e-mails and text messages of high-ranking officers at the scene, Prince George’s County Police said.

Investigators are working to determine if orders from the county commanders at the scene — overseeing more than 100 officers in riot gear and many on horseback — directly led to alleged police brutality against students whose charges were later dropped, county police spokesman Maj. Andy Ellis said.

State investigators are also studying whether anyone attempted to cover up anything that occurred as police attempted to clear thousands of students celebrating a men’s basketball victory over Duke who were blocking Route 1 and Knox Road, Ellis said.

Ellis said he didn’t believe investigators were acting on any particular concern or looking for anything specific.

“All of that is part of the

investigation,” Ellis said.

“There’s a lot of community concern about what happened that night, so the investigation is very thorough.”

Ellis has also said officers’ efforts were poorly documented during the chaotic period, specifically reports on people who were detained without charges in temporary holding facilities that included Ritchie Coliseum. The investigation was first reported in The Washington Post.

The state’s attorney’s office — which is working with the FBI and county internal affairs detectives — is reviewing electronic communications sent between commanders from both the night of the riot and later in April, when a video was released showing officers beating an unarmed student with batons, according to the Post.

Four officers from the incident are still stripped of police powers and are either on administrative leave or on desk duty, Ellis said.

Ellis said it was unclear how long the investigation will last,but that it should absolutely be finished before

March. Officers involved cannot be charged with any crimes after a year has passed.

Representatives of the county state’s attorney’s office could not be reached for comment.

Of the 28 people arrested during the riot, nearly all have had their charges dropped and none have been convicted. Five with active charges are still awaiting a day in court.

Several civil suits against the county police department are expected to come out of the incident, including that of senior John McKenna’s.

McKenna appeared in a widely distributed amateur video that shows him being beaten by police officers as he lay crumpled on the ground.

William Wang, 23, is also reportedly considering a suit; police claim Wang sustained injuries to his head and face when he fell evading authorities, but Wang’s attorney says he was knocked unconscious by police after asking them why they were pepper-spraying students. rabdill@umdbk.com

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Engineering school names new dept. chair Chemical and biomolecular head is the first woman to hold the position

BY ZEMEN HABTEMARIAM For The Diamondback

The dean of the engineering school appointed the first female chair of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department last Monday.

Although Sheryl Ehrman, a Keystone professor and associate chairwoman of graduate studies for the department, said her promotion would have been “a real surprise” 20 years ago, she hopes her appointment will be another sign of encouragement for women in engineering.

“If there are women at all stages of the pipeline, hopefully this will inspire more women to step up and take more leadership positions,” Ehrman said.

Ehrman, whose term begins Aug. 23, will succeed interim chairman and professor Mark Shayman, who will resume his duties as associate dean for faculty affairs and graduate programs.

Ehrman’s ideas for improving the chemical and biomolecular engineering department include

recr uiting top-notch scholars and improving relations with alumni.

Ehrman said the dep a r t m e n t SHERYL has a EHRMAN strong tra- CHEMICAL AND dition of BIOMOLECULAR conducting ENGINEERING CHAIR open houses, which she hopes to continue, as well as more traveling to area community colleges to attract students to the department.

“We want to get the top students to come to Maryland, one way or the other,” Ehrman said.

She also hopes to continue relationships with students once they graduate, although her hopes for renewing ties with alumni will depend on the upcoming university budget.

“Our department does not do much about reaching out to our alumni directly,” Ehrman said.

quake through Facebook later in the day.

“I’m disappointed that I from page 1 missed it,” Dorsey said. “It would have been cool to say “wasn’t major.”

Though it wasn’t huge, I was in an earthquake.”

Media reports described Anton Dorsey, a junior criminology major living in New thousands of emergency Leonardtown, still wishes he calls about the earthquake throughout the Eastern felt the quake.

“I was in bed asleep in my Seaboard; spokespeople for and Prince apar tment,” Dorsey said. university Like Rosenthal, Dorsey only George’s County Police said found out about the earth- they knew of no 911 calls

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“We haven’t been as proactive as we could be on this.”

Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Raymond Adomaitis said he felt Ehrman possessed many qualities suitable for the department chair position, many of them rooted in her knowledge of the department’s history.

“She has a positive, well thought-out vision for the future of our department,” Adomaitis said. “She has an excellent understanding of the history of our department and its role in the school of engineering, practical plans for moving the department forward, and she is highly respected among the faculty for her scholarly work and for her service to the department and university.”

Ehrman’s research is concentrated in particle technology, which involves developing processes for creating engineered materials in the form of powders.

Alex Langrock — who as an engineering undergraduate conducted research with Ehrman

“I’m disappointed that I missed it. ...

It would have been cool to say I was in an earthquake.”

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and who will return in the fall to pursue a graduate degree — described her as a valuable and knowledgeable resource in his studies. Ehrman and Langrock have worked with collaborators in air and atmospheric and oceanic sciences to examine air pollution in the mid-Atlantic area.

“She knows how to get you the resources you may need,” Langrock said. “She’s devoted to making the department as strong as it can be.”

Ehrman received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1991, and received her doctorate in the same field from UCLA in 1997.

Her previous research experience includes work as a guest scientist in Gaithersburg-based National Institute of Standards and Technology and an international post-doctoral fellowship at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. news@umdbk.com

from the College Park area.

Nonetheless, University Police spokesman Paul Dillon sent out a campuswide e-mail alert Friday with “ear thquake preparation information” in case of any powerful aftershocks.

A utility pole that fell across Rossborough Lane on Thursday evening had rotted out and was unrelated to the ear thquake, Dillon added. vafai@umdbk.com

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from page 1 edges at one time, he said COSI can process up to a billion.

“The notion of a network is a ver y broad concept,” Subrahmanian said. “When patterns get bigger and have more unknown edges, it gets increasingly harder to find what you’re looking for.”

Subrahmanian said if social networks are able to process huge amounts of data quickly with help from COSI, users may be able to find people or groups using search terms that current technology can’t suppor t.

For example, on Facebook users would be able to find friends based on personal interests or hobbies using more generic keywords and still get specific results.

Subrahmanian said since the program is only beneficial when processing large amounts of data — at least eight search terms — social networking companies are far more likely than individual computer users to work directly with COSI. But anyone who uses social networking sites will benefit if those sites choose to incorporate the technology into their search engines, he added.

“We think what COSI will do is provide companies with the ability to provide tools to make things easier for the average consumer,” Subrahmanian said. “I’m sure social network companies could come up with a lot of ideas we haven’t even thought of yet.”

Senior computer science major Rayhan Hasan said he thinks the changes individuals notice will be helpful but subtle.

“There will be people at these social network compa-

nies who look at this program and find some cool app for it,” Hasan said. “But we’re used to being amazed by our computers, so people will probably just think their computer did something cool.”

Senior biology major Elyse Geibel said the idea of making searches easier was intriguing, but she expressed concern about

“When patterns get bigger and have more unknown edges, it gets increasingly harder to find what you’re looking for.”

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possible unintended consequences of the upgrade.

“I think the technology could be useful for social network users, but it could be just as useful for creepers,” Geibel said. “I’m picturing some weird guy typing in ‘girl who likes Thirsty Tur tle’ and getting thousands of results.”

Senior biology major Sarah Watt said the prospect of finding videos or friends with minimal effort outweighed the potential risks.

“Often, I really struggle finding a YouTube video if I don’t have the right keywords,” Watt said. “I think like with all new social networking things, it’s something people will just need to get used to.” news@umdbk.com

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The road to green

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istrict 3 City Councilman Mark Cook, who may be best known on the Thanks to the small but effective change, the time is ripe for students to take council for playing hookey, is bidding for a seat on the county school back the special elections. board in the middle of his two-year term. If he beats challenger District 3 is a student-heavy area, encompassing Fraternity Row, the Old Peggy Higgins, the director of the city’s community resources de- Town neighborhood, downtown, South Campus Commons and the Knox partment, in the fall, he will be required to vacate his seat on the council. The Boxes. It boasts the most voting residents in the city. It’s an area from which numove will prompt a special election to find a successor, sooner rather than later. merous qualified candidates could be culled and an area known for spawning Council members stepping down in the middle of their two-year terms is not political leaders in the city, such as former Mayor Stephen Brayman and curan uncommon occurrence; the other District 3 council member, Stephanie rent Mayor Andy Fellows. A student candidate for the council would be natural Stullich, was elected to her post after a special election was called. for District 3, where issues such as rent control, street parking permits and But special elections and students share a little-known Route 1 redevelopment often sharply divide homeowners history fraught with controversy. In recent years, special and students. elections have had the effect of silencing student voters and An added bonus is the candidate would only have to If District 3 councilman serve a one-year term to round out Cook’s unfinished one. diminishing any hope of student candidates.

The last time a special election was called in 2006, city Mark Cook steps down, a The law requires candidates be 21 or older, and at that age, rules stipulated that the votes must be cast no later than 45 students won’t stick around College Park for another student should step up most days after the seat was vacated. This means the election was two years. But if Cook steps down in December and his term held smack-dab in the middle of winter break when students — who represent ends the following November, that’s a reasonable commitment for a politically about 30 percent of the city’s population — were home for the holidays. aware and motivated college senior.

In that election, the only undergraduate student to have run for a council spot During the 2009 elections, the Student Government Association tried but in recent memory, Nick Aragon, was roundly defeated by his challenger. He failed to get a student candidate on the ballot. When the body reconvenes in the couldn’t reach out to the student voters he relied on for support — they simply fall, its members should keep an eye on Cook’s seat. They must immediately weren’t in town. begin to scour potential candidates and rally student voters to finally achieve The city put an end to the blatant disenfranchisement by adding 20 days to the that long-standing but elusive goal: a student representing our interests on the time allotted between between when a spot is vacated and an election is held. city council.

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Editorial cartoon: Shai Goller

College grads: Settle someplace new

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fter graduating, I always figured I’d settle down in Washington or maybe even Baltimore. It never occurred to me to live somewhere else. However, after visiting friends in other cities, I started thinking about if a different city might be better for me.

In May, Richard Florida wrote an article for The Daily Beast called “25 Best Cities for College Grads.” I ignored the advice when it came out but reconsidered it after a second look.

Washington was actually listed as the seventh best city to live in. The first six were all college towns — Ithaca, N.Y.; Madison, Wis.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Durham, N.C.; Austin, Texas, and Boulder, Colo.

Criteria for these cities were the population of 20-somethings, population of unmarried residents, average salary, unemployment rate, population of college-educated residents,

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RASTOGI number of rental units, the availability of “youth-oriented” amenities like bars and entertainment venues, population of employed “creative capital” like entertainers and writers, the city’s openness to newcomers and how affordable of a city it is. It’s basically a compilation of the best college towns and big cities.

The rest of the list (in order) reads: Boston; New York; Iowa City, Iowa; Charlottesville, Va.; College Station, Texas; Lawrence, Kan.; Lincoln, Neb.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Columbia, Mo.; Trenton, N.J.; San Francisco; State College, Pa.; San Diego; Los Angeles; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Albany, N.Y.; San Jose, Calif., and Seattle.

As an uninformed and biased college graduate, I can’t say I’m particularly excited about moving to Wisconsin at all. As much as I love cheese, I don’t want to make a living off of it. However, I did just come back from Austin and it was awesome. I would move there in a heartbeat. Austin is one of the few cities, if not the only city, that offers low-cost health insurance to uninsured musicians through their Health Alliance For Austin Musicians. But what else would you expect from the city that calls itself the “Live Music Capital of the World”?

While moving to one of the big cities on the list seems exciting, moving to a college town seems strange. I just graduated from college, do I really want to live in a city that caters to assholes — I mean, college students?

I’m just nervous that it would feel vaguely similar to staying in College Park, which would make me the creepy old person at Thirsty Turtle

on the weekend.

Figuring out which city might be the perfect one for you may seem nerve racking. It’s not that I don’t love Washington, but I’ve lived in the area for the last four years and I kind of want to see what else is out there. If I didn’t need money, I would just toss a few things into a backpack and wander through America. However, things cost money.

If you’re having trouble picking the perfect city to live in, Richard Florida’s team at Martin Prosperity Institute created an interesting tool to help people figure where they should move. It can be found at www.creativeclass.com/whos_your_ci ty/place_finder/. It won’t make the decision for you, but it will help you think about important factors. Happy hunting!

Shruti Rastogi graduated in May with a degree in journalism. She can be reached at rastogi@umdbk.com.

Oil companies: Pick your poison

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iguring out where to buy gas these days is more irritating than usual, and it’s already pretty annoying. It began with BP. Back in 2005, BP was talking about investing $8 billion in cleanenergy technology over 10 years.

Sure, that’s still a smidgeon of their profits, but at least they were tipping, unlike the rest of big oil.

Then, BP considered putting all its renewable energy programs on the auction block, invested $3 billion into the Canadian tar sands, started transferring solar jobs from Maryland to China and had an accident in a small body of water known as the Gulf of Mexico. This begged the question, Beyond Petroleum … to what?

Beyond preposterous, I say.

Then, Chevron started coming out with deep, moving commercials about our obligation to future generations. I stopped there once or twice a few years ago — until I found out Chevron

had a skirmish in the Ecuadorian Amazon for 26 years. This led to the illegal dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater (enough to fill Lebron James’ new swimming pool) and 17 million gallons of crude oil. Needless to say, lots of cancer, gigantic international lawsuits — I can’t get my gas from these guys!

Shell? Tar sands, leading the way on environmentally destructive shale oil — need I say more?

Well, I thought I didn’t, until I read they have extracted $600 billion in oil revenue from the Niger Delta and given them back 6,800 oil spills. They have been privy to the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for the last 50 years. Good grief.

Exxon Mobil? I suppose the Exxon Valdez accident was a while ago. They’re sharing the Niger Delta with Shell. They keep showing Phil Mickelson in their commercials talking about helping children in school. They’re also pretty famous for funding climate

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DERNOGA denial — I just read the other day they gave $1.5 million last year to organizations that campaign against controls on greenhouse gas emissions.

Where does that leave me? My environmental policy professor last semester said he goes with Sunoco. They do seem to have the fewest black marks of the bunch; the worst I could find was 192,000 gallons of oil dumped into a wildlife refuge. Sigh…

This is why, last week, when I needed to fill up my Corolla, I threw up my arms and pulled into an Exxon for the first time in several years. I mentioned this to a friend who proclaimed they don’t buy at Exxon because they’re “the worst of the bunch.” I try

hard not to judge people based on their personal habits through the eye of environmental stewardship, mainly because we’re all sinners faced with terrible choices.

The guy driving a Hummer could go home to a house half the size of yours; the vegetarian could have four kids while the meateater has one; I’m moving out of my parents’ house that has solar panels on it to a coal-powered apartment close to the campus and Metro, cutting my driving by a lot. Probably a wash.

Ultimately, there isn’t much of a choice, is there? Not yet, anyways. People should legitimately do the best they can in their personal lives with what they have to work with, but at the end of the day, political action is going to be what changes the playing field.

Now if only I could find a Sunoco.

Matt Dernoga graduated in May with a degree in government and politics. He can be reached at dernoga@umdbk.com.

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n July 17, the university closed Campus Drive to all vehicles, including Metro buses and Shuttle-UM buses, until Aug. 13. Prior to this closure, from June 19 until July 16, Campus Drive was closed solely to private vehicles, allowing for buses, bikes, scooters and pedestrians to use Campus Drive.

However, for these next four weeks, all vehicles (except emergency vehicles) are restricted from accessing Campus Drive. All buses are being diverted to Regents Drive Parking Garage, which will serve as the temporary bus hub.

Originally, there was only going to be the latter pilot program lasting all eight weeks.

However, the Student Government Association conveyed to the administration that restricting public transit from a vital part of the campus is not in the best interests of students, staff and faculty.

Thus, the two four-week pilot closures were eventually settled on and implemented to determine the impact of the proposed Facilities Master Plan, which calls for a “greener, more pedestrian-friendly” campus center.

However, the university has failed to advertise these additional changes, creating a lot of confusion. Just this Monday, as I was strolling up the double yellow lines of Campus Drive, I noticed more than 20 students waiting at the Stamp Student Union bus station and informed them Campus Drive was now closed to buses as well. Neither they nor I were aware of any signs indicating the change. Even the buses themselves were confused, as I noticed three buses mistakenly drive up Campus Drive within the next 15 minutes. Those expecting their normal commute were both surprised and frustrated by the change.

Yet, the core issue at stake is the sustainability of the university.

Public transit, when properly planned, is more sustainable than private vehicles. Having it as a viable and convenient option encourages ridership both in the present and the future. Our current energy usage is unsustainable, and public transportation can provide both an economically and environmentally sound alternative while also reducing private vehicular emissions and traffic. By restricting the access of public transportation to Campus Drive, there becomes less of an incentive for students, staff and faculty to utilize the public transit opportunities available, especially when you can park in the Regents Drive Parking Garage — the same place where Metro and Shuttle-UM buses will drop you off anyway.

Furthermore, though two options are being tested, the administration has a clear favorite. On the Campus Drive Pilot webpage (http://www.facilities.umd.edu/Ca mpusDrive/), Vision 2, the one allowing for public transit, coarsely describes Campus Drive as a “traffic cut-through for the larger community” with the “flavor of an urban street.” On the other hand, Vision 1, the proposal with almost no vehicles, portrays Campus Drive as “a beautiful, nearly trafficfree pedestrian mall” where people can “walk, meet, sit, surf the net, enjoy entertainment and much more in a space that is virtually traffic-free and environmentally friendly”. Two comments: 1) I can already do those activities on a much nicer McKeldin Mall, and 2) Eliminating public transportation is the opposite of being “environmentally friendly.” That traffic will simply be compensated for elsewhere on the campus. Why “America’s Greenest Campus” favors the less sustainable and less green option is beyond me.

With regard to the Campus Drive closure plans, there are many discussions well worth having, as long as all the parties affected can debate them to their fullest and most accurate extent.

Transportation and sustainable development issues are extremely complex, so let’s present all the options without blatantly distorting considerations that will greatly impact the entire university community.

Matthew Popkin is the director of sustainability for the SGA. He can be reached at mpopkin@umd.edu.

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from page 1 “I really don’t know what’s going on,” Debnath said about the bus route changes and closure of Campus Drive.

Jack Baker, the university’s director of operations and maintenance, said it was natural for there to be some level of confusion after a major change but that the transition seems to have gone smoothly overall.

“There’s no indication of problems that I’m aware of,” Baker said, adding there has been “no change in the flow of traffic.” He said information explaining the changes was posted on buses, at bus stops and online, and his department will continue to collect feedback and data on the change as the trial continues over the next four weeks.

Baker said the pilot program has already allowed the university to learn about ridership and traffic patterns that will be used to plan the future of Campus Drive. Also, initial concerns voiced by commuters about huge traffic headaches on the campus due to the closure have not materialized, Baker said.

The university is experimenting with closing the road to buses as well as cars to assess traffic data that will help answer one of the biggest questions posed in its long-term plans: What type of transportation is best for campus?

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pus permanently restricted as it is now to improve the ambiance and pedestrian safety.

But Director of Transportation Services David Allen said, based on some complaints he has received this week, buses may be good to have too.

“Most people support the reduction of cars,” Allen said, but “they didn’t understand why buses couldn’t go up Campus Drive.”

A spokesman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates Metrobus, also restated the agency’s objection to rerouting buses off Campus Drive because it creates longer routes, wasting riders’ time and WMATA’s money.

“Hopefully, this will be temporary,” WMATA spokesman Reggie Woodruff said of the closure.

Graduate student Hasan Jackson had similar thoughts, calling the bus route changes “a little inconvenient.” He said his bus commute to the campus from Silver Spring takes between 10 and 15 minutes longer now that the stop

on Campus Drive he used to frequent no longer exists.

Jackson, who has been attending the university since his undergraduate years, said the absence of cars on Campus Drive “drastically changes the atmosphere” of the area for the better, but a few buses weren’t a problem.

“It’s hard to imagine Campus Drive without cars,” he said. “[The change] is good as far as not having cars, but buses, I think, should be allowed.”

Some, like Aiyana Dancy, a student in the university’s Upward Bound summer program, still find Campus Drive’s closure to cars needlessly inconvenient.

“It’s terrible and unfortunate,” said Dancy, who has to be dropped off on the campus every day.

Others are more apathetic.

Standing on a sidewalk next to Campus Drive, junior neurophysiology major James Ritchie simply said, “I haven’t noticed anything.” news@umdbk.com

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Solar panels may become much easier and more efficient to produce, thanks to new findings on light interaction from a group of university researchers.

The researchers from the physics department developed a less specialized process to create nanostructures — microscopic particles that are used in the production of the photovoltaic solar cells used in solar panels.

The research could lead to photovoltaic cells that are significantly more efficient at converting sunlight into energy, said Min Ouyang, an assistant physics professor who led the research team.

Increased production efficiency is vital to establishing solar power as a viable energy option.

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“We should be able to integrate these new materials together in order to create new understandings in many fields of science,” Ouyang said.

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“Commercial use is the key in expanding solar technology, and this could definitely increase commercial use,” Ouyang said.

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The lineup for this year’s Virgin Mobile FreeFest has been announced and it’s a stunner, especially compared to last year’s middle-of-the-road bill. LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. will be two of the acts playing at the festival, held at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia on Saturday, Sept. 25. Other groups include Pavement, Yeasayer, T.I., Jimmy Eat World, Thievery Corporation and South Africa’s Die Antwoord. There’ll be a couple acts familiar with this campus too: Ludacris and Matt and Kim.

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This album sees Man Overboard embrace its influences and wear the members’ musical upbringing on their sleeves. The duel vocals on “Parting Gift” are reminiscent of Living Well Is the Best Revenge-era Midtown. “Darkness, Everybody” has a strong early Saves The Day vibe, while the soft closer “Sidekick” seems to take a cue from The Starting Line’s later work.

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REVIEW | RAMONA AND BEEZUS

A nostalgia-fueled success Talented cast delivers with classic children’s book material

BY KAITLIN BULAVINETZ For The Diamondback

Remember how it felt to be 8 years old? Remember the simple joys of playing outside, coloring and wearing whatever you wanted without a care in the world?

With age you may forget how much fun you created from nothing but a sunny day. Ramona and Beezus should help you remember.

The film, based on the beloved children’s series by Beverly Cleary, is a comingof-age story rooted in those carefree times of childhood.

Director Elizabeth Allen’s (Aquamarine) film adaptation of the series allows the audience to vicariously enjoy the simple pleasures of youth through title character Ramona Quimbly (Joey King, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs).

King is stunning and adorable with her big blue eyes and tousled dark hair. All her traits perfectly translate Ramona’s charismatic personality onto the big screen.

There is never a doubt that this is the iconic, warmhearted, mischiefmaker from your childhood story time.

Since it is based on a children’s book series, it is not surprising that the dynamics of family are emphasized in the film.

Ramona is tired of being seen as the annoying, silly little sister to her overachieving sibling Beezus (Selena Gomez, Wizards of Waverly Place). She longs to be taken seriously.

Her opportunity arrives when her family is in danger of losing its house. Ramona ambitiously decides it is up to her to save it and stumbles into a number of humorous adventures.

Ramona’s attempts to act like an adult only result in embarrassment and the unintentional amusement of others.

Nevertheless, Ramona never loses her spunk because of the support and understanding from her loving family. Even if Ramona’s accidents cause major damage, one look into her big blue eyes and all is forgiven.

The character’s humiliation is the main source of laughs throughout the movie. Yet the combination of slapstick comedy and

Beezus (Selena Gomez, left) and Ramona (Joey King) work as a believable pair of sisters in the screen adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s books. Inset: Mom and dad Quimby grow wary of Ramona’s well-intentioned but ill-fated antics. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOVIEWEB.COM

awkward moments keeps the audience engaged.

Between Ramona’s comedic moments, the film also makes time to address the book series’ theme of love through the relationships between Ramona and her family members.

Whether it is a romantic, sibling or parent-child relationship, there is a character or scenario that every viewer will relate to.

The appearance of familiar supporting actors is a

pleasant surprise. John Corbett (Sex and the City 2) is solid as Ramona and Beezus’ father, Bob Quimby, who is adjusting after losing his job while still maintaining his role in the household.

Disney star Gomez is delightful as the memorable Beezus. Finally, Disney seems to have gotten the teen queen thing right.

Do not write Ramona and Beezus off because of its PG rating and Disney

star. The film appeals to every age group.

However, it is not the type of movie to see on a Friday night with your friends.

There are no hidden adult jokes to snicker about behind the toddlers. Instead, go see it because the film depicts familiar childhood events in a new light and gives a gentle reminder to adult audiences not to lose their sense of fun. diversions@umdbk.com

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COMMONS from page 1 Xbox and cell phone, Dillon said.

A resident told police of hearing a front door slam and assumed it was a roommate returning home, Dillon said, adding that a window was slightly opened, and police are processing evidence.

Other incidents reported to police are seemingly minor, such as marker scribbling on a board in one of the Commons 5 halls; Dillon said he would not comment on why it might have been reported to police.

“There were squiggly lines or random words; nothing threatening,” Dillon said. “It was graffiti that was removed.”

Even so, many Commons residents — such as Maura Donovan, a senior environmental science and policy major who lives in Commons 4 — are frustrated with the vandalism.

“What I see a lot is a lot of destruction for destruction’s sake,” said Donovan, who also said she found shaving cream

on her bike seat earlier this month. “It’s offensive.”

Emilie Wolfson, a recent environmental science and policy graduate and another Commons 4 resident, also said she was disturbed with what she has seen on her resident assistant’s door.

“They had torn up a bulletin board and torn up her papers and taken some of the dry wall off,” Wolfson said. “It’s kind of scary.”

Commons officials said criminals need to be aware of the consequences of their actions and asked residents to report any suspicious activity.

“We need the residents of the buildings to say we care about our community and, when they’re seeing stuff, to report it,” Brasty said. “It’s their home and their dollars.”

The Commons patrols did result in a recent arrest, when police charged Michael Scott Corbin, 20, with disorderly conduct after he allegedly struggled with a police officer searching him for drugs at his Commons 7 apartment, Dillon said.

At about 11 p.m. on July 13, a police officer patrolling Com-

mons 7 smelled marijuana and knocked on the door of the room where the odor seemed to coming from, Dillon said.

Dillon said Corbin opened the door with bloodshot, dilated eyes and consented to a drug search but then allegedly spun around with clenched fists as the officer searched him, accusing the officer of trying to steal his watch. Dillon said he then flopped down on the floor and “threw out his cell phone and money” while yelling and screaming and was arrested for disorderly conduct.

In another Commons incident, a student visiting Commons 1 just after midnight on Saturday reported seeing large amounts of blood in the lobby, in an elevator and in a fourth floor hallway, saying the scene was “like a horror movie.”

“There was blood on the walls, all over the elevator and on the buttons,” Jess Gross, a junior kinesiology major, said. “I took the stairs and was looking around; I thought there was someone with a knife.”

Brasty would not comment on the incident except to say

The South Campus Commons has been hit with a string of vandalism, thefts and other crimes this month, including a break-in and a disorderly conduct arrest. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

she doesn’t “know of any criminal activity” in connection to it.

Dillon said it had not been reported to police.

In other crime news, “two doors were pried and the locking mechanism was accessed to unlock the door” in the Skinner Building on

July 13, Dillon said, and cameras and camera equipment were stolen from the second room.

Meanwhile, Prince George’s County Police are investigating two armed robberies of local businesses. A man with a handgun held up Pizza Hut in the

Campus Village shopping center on Route 1, at about 11 p.m. Friday, and Video Plus on Rhode Island Avenue in northern College Park at about 9 p.m. Monday, a police spokesman said. vafai@umdbk.com

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LEAGUE from page 10 game. Gist did average nine points and five assists per game in his limited action and is not out of the running for a spot with the Spurs’ top squad or developmental team.

EKENE IBEKWE One of only four Terps to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 blocks in his college career, Ibekwe continued his globetrotting professional career this summer with the Portland Trail Blazers. A prolific shot blocker, Ibekwe averaged five points to go along with two blocks per game in about 14 minutes per game. He impressed, but it remains to be seen whether Ibekwe’s next stop will be on an NBA roster. If it isn’t, Ibekwe always has a place back in Israel, where he has plied his trade for several seasons.

NIK CANER-MEDLEY

Former Terps’ star James Gist has perhaps played himself into a permanent spot on the San Antonio Spurs with his recent summer league performance. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Caner-Medley, who played for the Terps from 2002 to 2006, sprinted out of the gates with the Los Angeles Clippers in the summer league, putting up 17 points in his first game.

But his chances of landing an NBA roster spot likely faded when he suffered a wrist injury in his next game and sat out his team’s last three games. While his summerleague showing was nothing to scoff at, the injury appears to have put a serious damper on any hope of him landing a contract in the NBA. Expect to see him back in Spain next season. It’s not a bad place to be — the money’s good, and he regularly battles future NBA players for his club team, Estudiantes Madrid. cwalsh@umdbk.com

“I have a lot of different things going through my mind right now,” said former men’s lacrosse coach Dave Cottle, who resigned from his position May 23. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

COTTLE from page 10 Terps, Cottle won 99 games and led the team to eight consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. But he failed to make it past the postseason’s second round during his final three seasons.

Looking back on his time at the university, Cottle said he will most miss working with his players on a day-to-day basis.

“I just really liked the kids. I was a very lucky guy to be able to coach kids that played hard and were tough,” Cottle said. “Maryland’s a great school, and I was very fortunate to be the coach at Maryland. I followed a good name in [former coach] Dick Edell, and I just really enjoyed my time with the players.”

When asked how the university would remember him, Cottle said, “That’s for somebody else to say.”

The Bayhawks (4-5) are in a state of disarray after dropping four straight games. The team recently accepted the resignation of coach John Tucker. Brendan Kelly, the team’s owner and president, assumed coaching

duties July 14.

Chesapeake started the year with a 4-1 record and sat alone atop the MLL’s standings. Now, the team is in a three-way tie for third with just three games remaining in the season. The top four teams in the MLL qualify for the postseason.

As a consultant, Cottle will help the team with player evaluations, scouting opponents and creating game plans. But he emphasized that he signed with the Bayhawks strictly as an advisor, not as a coach.

“Brendan Kelly is the head coach while John Lamon and Jamie McNealey are the assistants. If any of those guys ask my opinion about something, I’ll be happy to give it to them,” Cottle said. “That being said, they have the final decision on all matters. The coaching is going to be up to Brendan and his staff. I’m just here to assist them in any area that might be helpful.”

Former Terps’ and current Bayhawks’ midfielder Jeff Reynolds said he was excited at the prospect of working with his old coach.

“He has a tremendous understanding of the game and should be able to provide the type of insight that will be very useful to helping this team win,” Reynolds said. “To bring in someone with that level of experience shows that management is willing to do whatever it takes to be successful.”

Cottle said he decided to stay in-state because his family has established itself in the area. He has two kids — a senior in high school and a freshman at this university — and his wife teaches at Annapolis High School.

Cottle said he plans on taking a year off from coaching and, in the meantime, watch his kids grow up as he figures out his next career move.

“I like Florida. I’ll try to spend some time there in the winter. I don’t like the cold weather as much as I used to like it,” Cottle said with a laugh. “I have a lot of different things going through my mind right now. But the first thing is I’m going to help the Bayhawks out in any way they ask me to help.” engelke@umdbk.com

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Beating the summer heat Former Terps aim to please in NBA Summer League action

BY CONOR WALSH Staff writer

Dave Cottle is leaving college lacrosse for the pro level. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Cottle headed to MLL’s Bayhawks Former Terps’ coach takes consultant job

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Staff writer

For some, such as recent firstround draft pick and former Terrapin men’s basketball star Greivis Vasquez, the NBA Summer League is the first stop in an extended professional playing career that’s almost assured. For others, such as former Terp forward Nik Caner-Medley, it’s a last hope for latching onto an NBA team. Here’s how some former Terps performed this year, and what their professional prospects look like.

GREIVIS VASQUEZ A staple of the Terrapin men’s basketball team’s lineup for the past four seasons,

Former Terrapin men’s lacrosse coach Dave Cottle has joined the Chesapeake Bayhawks as a consultant, the Annapolisbased Major League Lacrosse franchise announced Monday.

Cottle resigned from his post as coach of the Terps on May 23, just one day after the team suffered an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal loss to Notre Dame, 7-5. John Tillman, a renowned recruiter who previously coached at Harvard, replaced him officially June 16 by signing a seven-year contract.

During his nine-year tenure with the

Grizzlies. Vasquez’s summerleague performance garnered mixed feelings from Grizzlies fans, mixing sound performances with ugly ones, including a seventurnover outing Sunday. Despite his occasional struggles, the firstround pick still averaged seven points and four assists per game at point guard, apparently putting himself in position to back up Grizzlies pointguard-in-training O.J. Mayo.

LANDON MILBOURNE

Vasquez has taken his talents (and inconsistencies) to the Memphis

A two-year Terps’ captain, Milbourne went undrafted in June.

His versatility, however, did not go unnoticed, and he earned a chance to play for his hometown Atlanta Hawks, who invited him to their summer-league team. It doesn’t appear Milbourne will make it past this summer, though. Long regarded as a “ ‘tweener” at the next level, he saw the fewest minutes per game of any member of the Hawks’ summer-league team, averaging two points in only about six minutes of play per game. He will likely continue his career overseas as his father, Andre Foreman, did, or catch on in the NBA Development League.

D.J. STRAWBERRY

Recent Terp men’s basketball graduates Landon Milbourne, far left, and Greivis Vasquez, left, both hope to use their performances in the NBA Summer League to improve their pro prospects. Several other former Terps also competed in the league this year.

It appears Strawberr y may finally have earned a spot on an NBA roster after three seasons drifting between DLeague teams and Europe. A 2007 secondround selection of the Phoenix Suns, Strawberry got another chance at the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers’ summerleague team this year. The shooting guard made the most of his opportunity, averaging 13 points per game while shooting almost 44 percent from the field.

While it remains unclear whether Strawberr y will join former Terp Steve Blake on the Lakers on a full-time basis, all signs point to Strawberry earning a spot on an NBA roster in the fall.

JAMES GIST Gist, who spent the past two seasons playing in Italy and Russia after being drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 2008 draft, came into the summer league with a solid chance of earning a roster spot. Unfortunately, the 6-foot-9 power forward suffered a sprained wrist in the Spurs’ second summer-league

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