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DIGGING INTO THE PAST University archaeologists uncover potential landmark in black American history

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ust across the Chesapeake Bay, university archaeologists have found what could be the oldest free black community

in the country.

The team, which includes archaeologists from Morgan State University, is conducting a three-week public excavation as

Defense Dept grants $250M to educate troops

part of a multiyear project studying The Hill, a neighborhood in Easton. The research is being funded by Historic Easton, Inc. and aims to help better understand the history of the area and the relationships between its black and white residents.

During the excavation, researchers were excited to discover

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the stratigraphy — the layering of the ground — is intact.

They have found archaeological material from as early as the

UMUC will expand its overseas education programs thanks to a $250 million contract from the Defense Department.

The Defense Department renewed on July 8 a University of Maryland University College contract allowing for the continuation of educating troops overseas and the expansion of existing programs.

Beginning in 1949, UMUC, the University System of Maryland’s institution for continuing education for working professionals — sent faculty overseas to facilitate the education of active military and their families, said UMUC President Javier Miyares.

Under a Defense Department provision after World War II, UMUC was the first university in the country to send faculty to Europe. The new contract

late 18th century. Findings include a 1-cent piece from 1794 and evidence of a chicken coop from the early 19th century, suggesting the community’s black residents might have raised chickens for a living, said Stefan Woehlke, a doctoral candidate from this university who is directing the site work.

Abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass lived near the community and may have traveled the area, said Mark Leone, a university professor and director of the Archaeology in Annapolis project.

“This community’s importance is that it had four- or five-hundred [black] people who were earning their own livings, who were self-sufficient,” Leone said. “This is a See dig, Page 2

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Bringing alumni together online

Nothing discordant in achieving literary dream

Ralph Amos to bring two decades of experience to Alumni Association

Junior writes second book, first in war fantasy trilogy

By Jeremy Snow For The Diamondback Ralph Amos may not be a university alumnus himself, but as the newly appointed director of the university’s Alumni Association, he plans to make connecting alumni and students across new platforms his top priority.

Amos, who has more than 20 years of experience working with alumni associations, will take over as director of the association Monday. One of his primary goals as director is to increase the organization’s social media presence, making use of new technology that could allow alumni to engage more easily with their alma mater.

“It’s about meeting alumni in a modern and contemporary sense, connecting them to the university in meaningful ways … and ensuring that the university can help them live a more productive life,” he said.

Amos earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies at The Ohio State University

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and a master’s in public administration at Ohio University. After graduating, Amos worked at a seafood restaurant — despite an allergy to crustaceans — to make ends meet.

Determined to land a more successful job, Amos went through a bowl of business cards customers left for contests at the restaurant and called businesses, looking for employment. This move landed him a position at Burlington Air Express, a shipping company.

Six years later, Amos was hired as Ohio State’s assistant vice president of marketing and membership. He would later move to the alumni association at Ohio University, serving as assistant vice president for alumni relations for nine years; he then became the assistant vice chancellor of the UCLA Alumni Association, a role he filled for six years.

In his previous positions, Amos said, he learned communication is one of the best tools for creating a strong alumni organization. To give alumni

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Alumni Association director and current students a forum for discussion and networking, Amos plans to develop a website to help the two groups connect.

“This online community should be rich in content so students can network with each other, and it will help alumni in their professional life,” Amos said. “If you’re in the job market, you will be able to say, ‘Hey, I’m a Terrapin, you’re a Terrapin, let’s talk.’”

Several university officials said they are optimistic Amos will use a strong sense of leadership and dedication to increase alumni involvement with the university.

“He will bring great experience building alumni networks See alumni, Page 3

Cassidy Cornblatt always had a passion for writing, and now entering his junior year, he has realized the dream many student writers aspire to: becoming a published author.

The Carroll County native wrote his first novel, A Broken World, while still in high school and published Discordant Tones, his second novel and the first book in his War Songs young adult fantasy trilogy, on July 8.

Although the biochemistry, cellular biology and molecular genetics and English major has always had a great interest in science, Cornblatt had a feeling writing a trilogy would be in his future.

“I had this dream that I was in a library, and I saw these three books on a shelf that had my name on them,”

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Cassidy Cornblatt, junior, holds a copy of Discordant Tones, the first of his fantasy War Songs trilogy. He released the novel independently July 8. photo courtesy of natasha cornblatt Cornblatt recalled. “When I woke up, I thought, ‘Oh, I guess I should write a trilogy.’”

The War Songs books follow a trio of refugees coming of age in a war-torn fantasy land.

Using their magical abilities, the companions take it upon themselves to learn what has plunged their world into seem-

ingly endless war and what they can do to bring about peace.

A Broken World takes place in the same setting but follows a different story line.

Cornblatt has always enjoyed reading and writing. Both he and his mother, Natasha

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dig From PAGE 1 supportive community, but it probably is the community that created much of [Tubman’s and Douglass’] energy and the community that gave them their force.”

The 1790 federal census indicated that about 1,600 free black residents were in Talbot County, the largest number in the Chesapeake region, Leone said. The largest concentration was in Easton with 410 residents. The researchers working on this summer’s excavation, taking place on the Talbot County Women’s Clubproperty, seek to uncover more information about three free black community members who lived on the land and their relationship with James Price, a white man who bought the

property in 1795.

“The Hill was a mixed-race neighborhood from its conception,” said Tracy Jenkins, assistant site supervisor for this summer’s excavation and a doctoral candidate writing his dissertation on The Hill and its history. “We’re finding out what the social relationships were between these folks.”

A significant aspect of the project is community involvement, especially because it began with the neighborhood’s interests in restoration, said Dale Green, the Morgan State professor leading that university’s team.

Archaeology in Annapolis is a partnership between this university’s anthropology department and the Historic Annapolis Foundation, which oversees the study of The Hill.

“We took down the fence around archaeology — the

literal fence and the figurative fence,” Leone said. “Archaeology belongs to everybody.”

About 40 people visit the site every day, said Sabrina Shirazi, a sophomore anthropology and biology major, who was hired to work on the site after participating in a field school earlier this summer. And researchers said they can feel the community’s buzz about the project.

“I was just excited to apply all the methods and everything I learned in the field school,” said Audrey Schaefer, a junior anthropology major. “It’s so exciting to be part of a public archaeology dig. When visitors come, we talk to them and teach them our methodologies.”

Leaira Redondo, a third-year archaeology undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh, is satisfying required fieldwork experience at the excavation on The Hill. Outside of work on the excavation, she’s been talking to visitors about

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Elizabeth Berry, Nicole Punzi and Angie Barrall screen soil from the excavation site on The Hill in Easton. The dig is part of a project that could uncover details about one of the country’s oldest communities of free black Americans. photo courtesy of stefan woehlke the project. “ T h ey ’re a b l e to wa l k through the entire site, and we tell them what we do, what we’re finding,” Redondo said.

Students working on the site are responsible for excavating 5-by-5-foot units.

“I’m expected to successfully excavate it, successfully document it and photograph everything,” Shirazi said.

With the excavation project and larger study of The Hill, researchers are helping the community learn about how black

and white residents worked together in an integrated society, Green said.

“This is not a black history,” Green said. “This is a truly American history.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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in the countries where their courses are being taught, the release stated.

“Serving U.S. troops is in our DNA,” Miyares said.

“We’re proud of our long history of educating the men and women who sacrifice so much for our country, and this award affirms the dedication of our faculty and staff abroad and the commitment to the military that is shared throughout the university.”

UMUC stands with the largest providers of online education in the nation. It annually enrolls about 56,000 military personnel, veterans and families.

Classes will be taught at $285 per credit hour. UMUC will also oversee more than 20 test centers throughout Europe that will aid service members with acquiring certifications and other credentials.

UMUC is teaching students in Afghanistan and Qatar because of an amendment in an earlier contract, and its presence in Europe continues to expand, according to the release.

J a m e s S e l b e , U M U C ’s senior marketing vice president, spoke at a June 12 hearing with the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee about the university’s more than 60-year commitment to educating the U.S. military. “ We a re co m m i t te d to helping them succeed in their studies and their careers,” Selbe said. “Our troops will continue to be a military support power.

And we will be right there.”

is valid until the end of the 2022-23 academic year, according to the press release.

“Educating our troops is a privilege we take very seriously,” Allan Berg, UMUC senior vice president and overseas director, said in a press release. “Our faculty and staff in Europe will strive to deliver the highest quality programs possible for our students.”

The contract consists of graduate degrees in cybersecurity, homeland security and social work and a variety of undergraduate liberal arts programs.

The newest addition to a list of possible degrees is a master’s of business program in the United States European Command.

Frostburg State University will partner with UMUC to offer an undergraduate teacher education program for the first time, and Salisbury University will join UMUC in undergraduate and graduate social work programs, according to the release.

The program will begin on larger bases, such as the Aviano Air Base in Italy and the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and eventually move to smaller regions.

Many of the program details are in the works, but there will be an option to enroll in face-toface courses or online courses.

One of the biggest differences of this new program is that faculty will teach classes at times such as the middle or early hours of the morning.

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alumni From PAGE 1 to Maryland,” Brian Shook, interim executive director of alumni engagement and philanthropy for the Alumni Association, wrote in an email, citing past university staff training sessions Amos led as proof of his skills. “Ralph’s abilities will be particularly important as Maryland joins the Big Ten next year.”

UCLA Assistant Vice Chancellor Keith Parker, who collaborated with Amos for five years, said Amos will bring a high level of energy and enthusiasm to the association.

“Ralph’s personality is infectious,” Parker said.

“He has a great passion for what he does, and that

cornblatt From PAGE 1 Cornblatt, recalled the little poems and stories he wrote as a child, yet none of them were completed.

While applying to college, Cassidy Cornblatt finally sat down to write and finish his first novel with his parents’ support.

“He’s very self-motivated, so we don’t have to do a whole lot,” Natasha Cornblatt said. “Because really, when he decides to do something, he just does it.”

Cassidy Cornblatt wrote A Broken World at 16 and said it was not easy to get published. Several publishers rejected the book before Old Line Publishing finally released it in November 2011.

Cornblatt chose a different publishing route for Discordant Tones — he decided to self-publish it, like many aspiring authors.

the university alumni association will see a new director at its helm. Ralph Amos, who plans to increase alumni engagement as part of his legacy here. The Riggs Alumni Center and its garden are the sites of many campus alumni events. photo courtesy of wikimedia commons belief transfers to those he works with.”

Ensuring alumni have a vehicle to express their school spirit long after they’ve graduated is what Amos most hopes to achieve as head of the association.

T h ro u g h C rea te S pa ce , a co m pa ny a f f i l i a te d w i t h Amazon.com, Cornblatt was able to write, edit and publish the novel without corporate backing. Cornblatt’s books are available on Amazon.com, and he is trying to get them onto bookstore shelves.

Despite taking on three majors, Cornblatt said the positive experience with his first book motivated him to keep going, and he began working on Discordant Tones in summer 2012. He fit it into his busy schedule by setting aside time to write during summer and winter breaks.

His writing is like his job, Na ta s h a Co r n b l a t t sa i d , but Cassidy added that his passion for science is still a priority. He includes terminology from his science courses to enhance the details in his novels and said he enjoys using that knowledge in a different setting.

“He’s always been incredibly well-rounded, and that’s pretty rare — when you have someone who’s able to do it all,” Natasha Cornblatt said.

Tom Frances, a friend of Cassidy Cornblatt’s, was impressed by how he had time

“[I want to] see measurable growth in the engagement of university alumni,” Amos said.

“This will mean seeing alumni coming back to campus more often and interacting with students. It will be when [university] President [Wallace] Loh

goes out to communities and alumni really show up and are supportive. It will be seeing alumni proudly wearing their colors and saying, ‘Hey, I went to Maryland.’” newsumdbk@gmail.com

University junior cassidy cornblatt recently published his second novel and the first installment of his War Songs fantasy trilogy. photo courtesy of natasha cornblatt to write and handle three majors while still receiving great grades.

“He’s a pretty independent guy,” said Frances, a junior kinesiology major. “But when he has a goal, he can certainly accomplish it on his own. No question about that.”

While he’s not sure if he wants to make his hobby a fulltime career, he plans to continue to embrace writing, even as he looks to earn a doctorate.

Being a young, published author has opened a lot of opportunities, Cornblatt said,

such as the chance to visit a fifth-grade class at his old elementary school. He was also able to attend and serve on panels for MystiCon, a Virginia science fiction, horror and fantasy convention, earlier this year.

“The more people that read [the books], the cooler, because then people can talk to you about your story,” Cornblatt said. “And it’s always fun to hear how people interpret it.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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The culture: ‘Those who can’t do, teach’ if ever, applied to teaching, yet all doctors and lawyers in practice spent a large portion of their young lives growing and learning under the direction of a teacher. Good or bad, a teacher serves as a significant figure for a part of our lives.

It comes down to simple economics. As selectivity depreciates, the “good” becomes more abundant and therefore less valuable. Thus, teaching is given a lesser “price” or value within our national culture. The profession becomes less likely to draw the nation’s best and brightest, who might make fantastic teachers but are turned off by the lack of prestige and low pay. The issue of which came first, the chicken or the egg, can readily be applied — are U.S. institutions starting with less educated students, who as a result will enter the workforce underprepared, or are teacher preparation programs simply not doing their job? Perhaps, as is most often the case, the answer lies in the murky gray middle.

But alas, this university’s students can relax a bit. Our beloved university placed among only 105 that made “Honor Roll” with a ranking of three stars or higher. Rarely do I feel equally horrified and proud while reading the same thing, but such was this unique case.

I ask that you think back to that one — or, if you’re lucky, more than one — teacher who made an impact on you while you were growing up. What has circulated about the value and importance of quality teaching in pop culture for years has unfortunately now been verified with statistical evidence highlighting a depression in national values. We cannot truly call ourselves the land of opportunity if we do not begin to look more closely at the role teachers play in shaping the citizens of tomorrow.

LAUREN NURSE

Mike King

Flash back for a moment to 2003, and remember when Jack Black, playing fraudulent substitute Mr. S. in School of Rock, immortalized the phrase, “Those who can’t do, teach,” in pop culture. Interestingly, this seemingly innocuous quip very efficiently sums up the national attitude toward the value of the teaching profession.

In June, the National Council on Teacher Quality released a comprehensive report on an eight-year study closely examining university and college teacher preparation programs for the secondary and elementary levels across 1,130 institutions, which train 99 percent of the nation’s new teachers. Programs were then ranked on a scale of zero to four stars.

So how did the United States, supposed land of the world’s most elite higher education system, fare? The results were stunningly bad.

Overall, a mere 22 institutions were deemed worthy of more than three stars. Only four earned the top rating of four stars, none of which applied to elementary education preparation. Largely, admission standards are maintained depressingly low when compared to program selectivity in countries with top-performing students such as Finland and Singapore.

Rampant throughout the exhaustive 94-page report are more statistics similar to the ones above, and I won’t bore you further by listing each one in its entirety. It is only important to realize that what earlier seemed like an irrelevant jab at the teaching profession can be traced to clear, concrete data that logically should grab the nation by its shoulders. But they don’t.

Popular culture associates careers such as medicine or law with pres- Lauren Nurse is a sophomore government tige, money and respect. It is no and politics major. She can be reached at surprise that this approach is rarely, laurennurse93@hotmail.com.

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Terrapins after Trayvon KUMEA SHORTERGOODEN We desire a world in which the content of one’s character means more than the color of one’s skin.

We’ve heard declarations that we are living in a post-racial society.

Yet persistent racial disparities in illness, mortality, income and incarceration drive home the reality of continued racism. Like the late Trayvon Martin, African-American boys and men continue to bear the brunt — too often avoided, profiled, feared, poorly educated, not hired, locked up or killed.

I wish that George Zimmerman were the only racist. Sadly, he’s not.

He represents the leading, violent edge of a continuum. If we’re really honest, at the other end, many of us will see ourselves. Not overt, cardcarrying bigots; in fact, quite the contrary. I submit that most of us are well-meaning folks who believe all people should be treated fairly and equally and who aim never to judge people based on their cultural or identity groups.

But social scientists repeatedly prove us wrong. Prejudice is alive and well in 21st-century America, but it tends to be subtle, somewhat camouflaged, often implicit rather than explicit, typically unconscious rather than conscious. Yet it exerts itself in pernicious, damaging ways.

The bottom line is that there is a disconnect between what we

believe and how we act.

Here on the campus, our biases ultimately affect the inclusion and success of socially marginalized and underrepresented students, staff and faculty, and thus the capacity of all of us to learn and work effectively in a diverse world.

A few examples: In the classroom, the subtle expectation that Latino students won’t excel academically.

In a staff meeting, the dismissal of one’s gay colleague who makes comments about LGBT issues. At a lecture, the surprise at how “articulate” the African-American scholar is. During office hours, the lesser time and attention given to students who are not like us. On the mall, the quiet judgment about the Muslim woman’s hijab. Walking the hallways, the tendency to say “hello” to people of higher job status and to ignore those in the lower ranks. On a darkened pathway, the cringe when two black males walk by.

We’ve got work to do, but here’s the rub: The gap between what we profess and how we act makes it difficult for us to face our subtle, “modern” biases. My tendency is to be offended if someone calls me out on a homophobic or racist or sexist comment.

My defensiveness shields me from examining myself critically. And our collective delusion that only horrible, monstrous people have biases makes it difficult for us to engage openly with one another in this important work. We can’t undo that which we can’t talk about or even acknowledge.

Though the killing of Martin and

the acquittal of Zimmerman occurred hundreds of miles away, I find myself thinking about the university and us Terrapins. I ask myself and would ask you to consider as well: To what extent do our prejudices and assumptions get in the way of creating a diverse and inclusive community? Where and how do my biases leak out? If I’m unaware of these biases, who might honestly tell me about them? How can I tackle them and overcome them? How do we foster a community in which we are all committed to rooting out bias and where we create safe spaces that allow us to come clean with one another? In other words, what is Trayvon’s legacy for us?

What I’ve learned from Martin’s death is that change needs to happen on multiple levels. Surely in our legal system and laws: Stand Your Ground laws disproportionately favor white people over people of color. But change is also needed in our hearts: How might that night in Florida have been different if Zimmerman’s heart had been transformed before going on his “neighborhood watch”?

I invite you to join with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in our Rise Above campaign. We offer funding to support projects that engage us about issues of identity and bias. Check us out at diversity.umd.edu, on Facebook at tinyurl.com/ODI-UMD, or follow us on Twitter @DiverseTerps.

Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President Kumea Shorter-Gooden can be reached at kshorter@umd.edu.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Action, not words, putting employees first

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he welfare of our community is, and always will be, the highest priority for this university and, on a more personal note, for myself. We are dedicated to providing everyone on the campus — faculty, students and staff, both exempt and non-exempt — a healthy and positive environment for learning, working and socializing. Our educational and research enterprises simply cannot operate effectively without this.

Recent media coverage concerning workplace issues and grievances on the campus has painted an inaccurate and unbalanced picture of our commitment to employee well-being.

Some of this attention comes ahead of negotiations with bargaining units.

Though we will not negotiate these issues in a public forum, it is our responsibility to correct the record.

An allegation that housekeepers had “no choice” but to eat in closets is simply untrue. In fact, we have informed all housekeepers that the practice is unacceptable. Every housekeeper has at least three options for appropriate locations for eating lunch, plus any public area on the campus. Another allegation was that housekeepers pay a higher percentage of their salaries for parking than other university employees — also untrue.

Costs for parking permits are scaled based on salary; employees who make less than $50,000 pay one rate, while earners of more than $50,000 pay a higher rate. A third charge, that the university was forcing employees to use vacation time to attend collective bargaining meetings, is also completely inaccurate.

This administration has addressed worker complaints with complete seriousness and continues to act on them. We have established new punch-in locations for staff, closer to their assigned buildings and

parking lots. Additionally, during the past two years, two different working groups have developed a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the work environment for non-exempt staff, including housekeepers. Implementation on all of the recommendations is underway, including: • Initiation of mandatory training for all supervisors within Facilities Management and Residential Facilities, including conflict-resolution strategies and effective communication skills; • Expansion of English as a second language and computer training programs for staff; • Hiring of several bilingual staff members to serve as facilitators to non-English-speaking employees; • Elimination of antiquated disciplinary guidelines within Facilities Management and replacement with a conduct guide developed through collective bargaining.

Some issues facing non-exempt employees can only be addressed through the collective bargaining process. Some differences preceding formal negotiations are inevitable, but in the end, it is action, not words, that will lead to real progress. Administration officials are ready to begin that process and to resolve all concerns thoughtfully and professionally, and I respectfully ask our bargaining units to move past preliminaries and sit down with us to reach a mutually beneficial good-faith agreement.

We are deeply committed to the success of every employee of this university. Our actions to date demonstrate our community’s core values and unwavering dedication to respect, justice, truth and fairness for all staff.

Carlo Colella is the administration and finance vice president. He can be reached at ccolella@umd.edu.

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Taking control of national obesity MATT DRAGONETTE According to a 2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, the American adult obesity rate has surged to a staggering 35.7 percent. (Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30 kg/ m2 or higher.) Not even considering people classified as “overweight,” this is a high number with several serious ramifications. First and foremost are the obvious health risks: heart disease, diabetes, stroke and even some types of cancer.

Second is the expense of medical care for obesity to our nation, which totaled about $147 billion in 2008.

Of course, obesity makes you no more or less a citizen or human being. I myself have struggled with weight at times and probably will continue to do so. Sometimes, people have little control over their weights because of genetics or disease. We should never judge other humans based on their appearances, but rather, on their character. But I believe it is reasonable and justifiable to have a national discussion about weight and its impact on our society.

Our obesity epidemic is primarily rooted in two causes: lack of personal responsibility and an

uninformed culture. If we address these issues, we can reduce the incidence of obesity (it’s unreasonable to assume everyone has to be close to the “ideal weight”) and resulting diseases, thereby saving lives and money.

Our lack of responsibility reflects American society as a whole. American politicians love leaving huge debts for their children, and parents love to blame everyone else for their kids’ misbehavior at school. We even sue over spilling coffee on ourselves.

The point is, we live in a culture that loves to blame anonymous powers for its laziness, mistakes or bad intentions without taking any personal responsibility.

This failure to take responsibility for ourselves is the primary cause for our obesity. We need to get out and exercise. While jobs, school and activities prevent us from being able to work out for hours on end, taking a walk or jog can help us stay active.

Even doing a short workout instead of watching TV will burn calories and get us in better shape, developing a faster metabolism. Barring impairment, there is no reason we cannot go out and get active.

We also need to eat better. While those of you in better shape with better metabolism can do what you want, the rest of us have to be smarter with our eating choices. We cannot just have fast food three times a day.

We do not have to have a healthy meal

every time, but we have to force ourselves to eat smart.

Our culture plays an enormous role in keeping obesity rates high.

We see fast food commercials, increasingly unhealthy foods and a lack of concern in our society. I do not believe we should ban commercials, soft drinks and the like — those are our choices in a free society — but we should realize the consequences of these things. We do not need the government mandating our actions, but that does not mean we should not make the right decisions. Our “cultural leaders” (businesspeople, celebrities, etc.) should be promoting a healthier lifestyle.

We have to start now because obesity already affects 17 percent of people aged 2 to 19. Parents need to set examples for their kids so they can make the right choices when they live on their own. In addition, being at a healthy weight gives us more energy and makes us feel better about ourselves.

Most importantly, we need to work together to fight obesity. Through encouragement and education, we can help one another stay in better shape and save both lives and money. Let’s take responsibility for ourselves and make our nation healthier.

Matt Dragonette is a sophomore accounting major. He can be reached at mdragonette9@yahoo.com.

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he coming week is likely to require of many individuals an otherwise unanticipated -- and largely unformulated -change of plans which can result in increased pace, increased involvement, and ultimately increased profits for all concerned.

There are, of course, no guarantees, but the odds are certainly in favor of those who are willing to be flexible and make changes as they move forward. Those who are so set in their ways that they are unwilling or unable to make the changes that may be dictated by circumstances this week are likely to suffer setbacks of all kinds -- though none may last long, fortunately.

Friendships may be in the spotlight this week, especially for those who have that nagging feeling that someone, somewhere, has been neglected recently. It’s a good week to right wrongs and otherwise set things straight.

Everyone will benefit from an increase in the good feelings that will surely result.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) -- You may be against the popular agenda, but you can certainly convince some that your position is supported by facts. (July 8-July 22) -- Simply relabeling a difficult issue isn’t likely to fool anyone; everyone knows what’s really going on!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) -- You’re likely to be very near an important personal goal; all it takes to go all the way is a willingness to do something unusual.

(Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- You may intercept information that was not meant for you, but which can do you a great deal of good.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -- An argument over protocol isn’t likely to be solved by anyone directly involved.

A third party may be required. (Sept.

8-Sept. 22) -- You will want to go through the proper channels in order to get things happening according to plan.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- You’ll be asking many questions about another’s behavior and how it may affect you in the long run. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- A question of legality isn’t easily avoided; you’ll want to be sure you’re on the right side of the law!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) -- The importance of your own position will be clear once you put your money where your mouth is. Now is the time to act. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- You may win praise for an unusual act, but you may not be able to get away with it a second time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -You are sure to be surprised by someone who has been planning a certain counteroffensive for some time. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- This is a good week to repeat what worked for you before, but you may also be able to improve upon it in a creative way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) -You may cross the line in some way, but instead of attracting criticism, you’re likely to win a good deal of praise. (Jan.7-Jan. 19) -- You aren’t likely to approve of a family member’s decisions, but you are not in a position to impose your own will.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -Routine efforts aren’t likely to pay off in a routine way; you’re going to have to put in a little extra effort, surely.

(Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- Whether a plan has

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) -- Others are likely to pursue you from many angles, but only because your involvement is seen as a major boon. (March 6-March 20) -- Things may not be as clear to you as they have been in the past. The fog will lift only after you make your objections known.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- There is a difference between transparency and routine checks and balances. This week, the former is really what you’re after. (April 5-April 19) -- Your motivations are best kept under wraps for a while -- at least until others are ready and willing to hear the truth.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) -- Good and bad may be closely commingled throughout the week, causing you to adopt an unusual vantage point in order to see things clearly. (May 6-May 20) -- You want others to do what you do, if only to give you the confidence to keep doing it!

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -- You can have a great deal of fun, but you may be surprised when someone unexpected joins you along the way.

(June 7-June 20) -- That which is hypothetical mustn’t take the place of that which is real; you must know the difference and work with it.

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no justice no peace

Fruitvale Station, the debut feature from writer-director Ryan Coogler, takes a long, hard look at the life of Oscar Grant III, an unarmed man shot and killed by police

By Robert Gifford Senior staff writer Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old father, was shot and killed by transit police officer Johannes Mehserle in the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2009. Grant, who had been detained after a brawl on the subway, was unarmed, restrained and lying facedown on the floor of Bay Area Rapid Transit’s Fruitvale Station when Mehserle calmly removed his firearm from its holster and fired a single shot into Grant’s back.

Grant died seven hours later in an Oakland, Calif., hospital. His death was ruled a homicide, and Mehserle was charged with first-degree murder. Mehserle’s defense claimed he mistook his gun for his Taser, and he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He served 11 months in prison. According to one witness, Grant’s last words were, “You shot me! I got a 4-year-old daughter!”

Fruitvale Station, a dramatized account of Grant’s last day, opens with footage of Grant’s shooting, which multiple bystanders recorded on cellphones and video cameras. It’s the most blood-curdling sequence this side of The Act of Killing, made all the more horrifying by its reality and immediacy. Whatever Grant’s past sins, whatever Mehserle’s justifications, it’s clear that something tragic and terrible occurred at Fruit-

vale Station in the first hours of 2009.

The fatal police shooting of an unarmed black father in the typically tolerant and progressive San Francisco Bay Area after President Obama’s election came as a shock to many.

“It affected me deeply. It affected a lot of people deeply. People protested immediately; people rioted immediately; people shut down their businesses in solidarity,” said Ryan Coogler, a Bay Area native and Fruitvale Station’s writer and director. “As an artist, I immediately wanted to do something about it, to say something about it. After [Grant’s] character got pulled in a lot of different directions during the trial, I wanted to get to the heart of who he was.”

The project’s origin dates back to when Coogler was still in film school. He pitched the idea for a film about Grant at a meeting between classes with actor-producer Forest Whitaker, who was impressed and backed the project with his production company, Significant Productions.

The next step was to meet with Grant’s family members, with whom Coogler conducted extensive interviews. They were initially hesitant about the project, but the fact that the trial had already put them in the spotlight and that Coogler — himself a young black man from just outside

ACTOR MICHAEL B. JORDAN, who made his name with his portrayal of Wallace on the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, confirms his place as one of the best young actors in America with his complex but sensitive portrayal of a man who finds nothing but obstacles in his struggle to better himself. photo courtesy of movies.yahoo.com Oakland — came from a similar background as Grant assuaged their doubts. Grant’s real-life mother has a small role in the film.

The complexities of Grant’s character are at the heart of the film. Coogler refuses to either sanctify or vilify him; he’s drawn entirely in shades of gray.

He’s both a loving father and an ex-con who spent the previous New Year’s in San Quentin State Prison, far from his daughter. He cares for his girlfriend but also cheats on her. He makes an honest attempt to go straight but sometimes his temper and the temptation of easy money in a neighborhood where jobs are hard to come by get the better of him.

“I was interested in looking at him through his relationships, through the people who were most important to him,” Coogler said. “I think that’s where everybody’s identity exists.

“When he sold drugs and went to prison, he affected his mom, he affected his daughter, he affected his girl. When we meet him on this day, he’s still feeling the repercussions, and he’s still actively doing some of these things. He’s smoking weed; he’s still selling weed. I think it would be wrong to ignore these things, but at the same time, I think people see themselves in somebody’s flaws just as much as the good things.”

Played with heartbreaking conviction by actor Michael B. Jordan (Hotel Noir) — best known for his work on The Wire and Friday Night Lights — Grant is presented as a flawed man whose shot at redemption is cut short by tragedy that strikes like a bolt from the blue.

What’s significant about him isn’t that he was a good person or a bad person — it’s that he was a person, period, defined by a tangle of hopes and flaws and loves. The life he led wasn’t perfect, but it was a life, and there is much more pain in its absence than its presence. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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Edsall speaks on controversial O’Bannon lawsuit Terps could schedule Syracuse after Big Ten move; Diggs named to preseason All-ACC team

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer After voicing his opinion on changes in recruiting regulations earlier this year, Terrapins football coach Randy Edsall once again took a stance on a key issue in the NCAA on Monday at the ACC Football Kickoff in Greensboro, N.C. Edsall told reporters he supports former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon’s lawsuit against the NCAA, EA Sports and Collegiate Licensing Company. The suit is about whether college athletes’ likenesses may be used for profit without the athletes benefiting financially.

“Kids are committed to institutions, not to the NCAA,” Edsall said, according to USA Today’s Dan Wolken. “And the NCAA is using their likeness to make money, and that money isn’t going back to these kids.”

Depending on the ruling, the O’Bannon suit could drastically change the financial landscape of college athletics.

“Asked if he would join the lawsuit if he was a current student athlete,” Wolken wrote, “Edsall said ‘most definitely’ but stopped short of saying that he was rooting for the NCAA to lose the case.”

Six current college athletes joined the lawsuit earlier this

month, an unprecedented move. If O’Bannon wins, current and former college athletes could receive compensation for the use of their likenesses in video games such as EA Sports’ NCAA Football series.

“I’m just concerned about where the game is headed because I think this is the greatest team sport of them all, and the things I see that are happening are concerning as a coach,” Edsall told reporters. “I don’t want to see this game go away, and I don’t know if that will happen.”

SCHEDULING SYRACUSE? While rumors of ACC teams boycotting the Terps after this university’s move to the Big Ten Conference in less than a year have been swirling ever since the November announcement, one team won’t take that route.

Syracuse deputy athletics director Herman Frazier told Michael Cohen of The PostStandard of Syracuse, N.Y., that football games between the Terps and Orange will “definitely” happen in the future.

The two teams are scheduled to meet Nov. 9 at Byrd Stadium in their lone conference matchup. Syracuse joined the ACC on July 1.

Edsall, who spent 15 years at Syracuse as a player and coach,

wide receiver stefon diggs was selected to the Preseason All-ACC Football Team as a return specialist Wednesday. Diggs returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in 2012 and averaged 28.52 yards per kickoff return, which ranked second in the ACC. file photo/the diamondback mentioned work on a series during interviews at the ACC Football Kickoff, and Frazier confirmed Edsall’s comments.

Cohen also wrote that Frazier and Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross are close friends with Terps athletic director Kevin Anderson.

TERPS PICKED FIFTH The assembled media in Greensboro on Monday picked the Terps to finish fifth in the Atlantic Division.

The Terps, who did not re ce ive a ny f i rs t - p l a ce votes, received 373 points in the voting, placing them 19 points behind Wake Forest,

t h e At l a n t i c D iv i s i o n ’s fourth-place team.

Clemson, Florida State and N.C. State were the top three teams in the division, and the Tigers earned 95 of 120 firstplace votes, making them the overwhelming favorite to win the conference this year. Syracuse and Boston College rounded out the seven-team division.

PRESEASON ALL-ACC While no Terps received votes for ACC Player of the Year, wide receiver Stefon Diggs was named to the Preseason All-ACC Football Team as a return specialist Wednesday. The assembled media at

the ACC Football Kickoff voted on the team over the weekend.

Diggs returned kickoffs for touchdowns against Virginia and North Carolina in 2012, and the sophomore averaged 28.5 yards per kickoff return in his freshman season, good for second in the ACC. Diggs also returned 22 punts for 221 yards, and his 10.0 yards per return was good for fifth in the conference. He was honorable mention All-ACC as a specialist at the end of last season.

Diggsnarrowlymissedmaking the team as a wide receiver, finishing third behind Wake Forest’s Michael Campanaro. sportsdbk@gmail.com

Athletic dept tabs McMurray as head fundraiser Ex-SMU associate AD brings 23 years of experience at four universities to College Park

By Paul Pierre-Louis Staff writer The athletic department announced Tim McMurray as its new senior associate athletic director of development Friday. He will also serve as executive director of the Terrapin Club and the senior director of development and alumni relations.

McMurray has 23 years of administrative experience in college athletics, most recently at Southern Methodist University. In his positions at this university, he will be the

athletic department’s head fundraiser, unit manager and chief strategist, collaborating with university relations and other campus entities on various fundraising initiatives.

“Tim brings a tremendous amount of experience and leadership to our university and athletics department,” athletic director Kevin Anderson said in a release. “He is an accomplished fundraiser in intercollegiate athletics with an outstanding record of success.”

McMurray most recently served a successful stint as the associate athletics director

in development and external affairs at SMU from 2010 to 2013, overseeing three straight record years for the Mustangs in various fundraising categories. SMU athletics received more than $23 million in fundraising — a 268 percent increase for the school over five years — in the 2013 fiscal year.

McMurray started as a sports information director at Lamar University in 1993. In 1996, the Cardinals promoted him to assistant athletic director of external affairs, and he served as the supervisor for the women’s basketball and men’s

and women’s golf teams. Later on, McMurray assumed positions in athletic development, starting with Texas State University in 2000.

In 2006, he became the senior associate athletic director at Northern Illinois University, where he was responsible for development and supervising marketing, promotions and ticket sales units. While McMurray was with the Huskies, he was president of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors, which organizes collegiate athletic develop-

ment on a national level, from 2009 to 2010. He was also on the NAADD Executive Committee for six years.

“Vice President of University Relations Peter Weiler and I are confident Tim will bring vision and guidance to our department that will help us continue to support our athletes and further our vision of the Maryland way,” Anderson said in the release.

“We are excited to welcome Tim and his family to the University of Maryland.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

lacrosse From PAGE 8 Kevin Cooper and long pole Jesse Bernhardt joining Cottle on the Bayhawks sideline, and three Outlaws All-Stars — Zink and midfielders Drew Snider and Jeremy Sieverts — will compete against their college coach.

“You definitely take pride in your school,” Sieverts said.

“We all play for the MLL teams now and that’s our focus, but I definitely am proud to be from Maryland and see my old teammates playing well.”

On Saturday, Sieverts’ old coach will try to slow him and the Outlaws’ top-ranked offense.

But Cottle’s Bayhawks have certainly benefited from the addition of his former Terp players, too. Chesapeake’s first two picks in this year’s college draft were Bernhardt and Cooper, both of whom played for Cottle as freshmen in College Park.

In Cooper’s only appearance this season, he scored three goals in a 13-12 victory against the Ohio Machine on July 6 and was named Rookie of the Week.

Bernhardt, meanwhile, has played in six games and gathered 17 groundballs. On Thursday, he got the start over veteran Nicky Polanco and forced a turnover with 20 seconds left that set up a game-tying goal and another 13-12 win — this time an overtime victory over the Boston Cannons.

“Sometimes in the draft, you don’t know what you’re getting,” Cottle said. “With these guys, I knew. Heck, I’ve known Jesse since he was in the sixth grade.”

“It’s been great to play for Coach Cottle again, because he obviously did so much for my career, and he’s just cool to be around,” said Bernhardt, who attended Cottle’s camps as a youth player and was recruited to Maryland by the coach several years later.

While the former Terps’ success in MLL competition provides legitimate benefits to both the players and the program, the players have emphasized how grateful they are to rekindle bonds with their former teammates.

MLL players typically have daytime jobs because their lacrosse salaries range from about $10,000 to $25,000 per year, according to The Wall Street Journal. So the competition serves more as an enjoyable venture than a profitable one.

And Brian Farrell doesn’t think there’s anything as fun as competing against close friends.

A Cannons defender and 2011 graduate of this university, Farrell also works as a volunteer assistant coach for the Terps.

Last week, when his team traveled to play Chesapeake, Farrell competed against his former coach and two players — Bernhardt and Cooper — he had played with and helped coach.

And then there’s Burns, whom Farrell considers one of his best friends.

“Me and Dan, we’d be competitive if we were eating hot dogs,” Farrell joked. “That’s what so great about this sport.

It’s kind of a small community, so you get to see and play against your college teammates and you’re very close friends. That’s the best part of it.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Former Terps players, coach dominate Major League Lacrosse landscape with titles, championships and All-Star appearances after College Park careers

By Aaron Kasinitz Senior staff writer In his nearly 30 years of coaching lacrosse, Dave Cottle said he turned down countless offers to participate in all-star events. This year, though, the Chesapeake Bayhawks coach couldn’t pass up the chance to run Team Eclipse in the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game because he wanted to meet some of the sport’s top young talent.

But when he got to Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on July 13, Cottle realized he was already familiar with plenty of MLL’s best players. In fact, six of the All-Stars played for the former Terrapins men’s lacrosse coach during his nine years in College Park.

Reunions have become commonplace for Cottle since he left this university to join the Bayhawks in summer 2010. All eight MLL teams have at least one former Terp on their roster, and three play under Cottle at Chesapeake.

In June, Cottle joked that he can’t escape his former players.

“There sure are a lot of them,” Cottle said. “It’s fun to see these

guys, and that’s the great thing is that they still get to compete and play the sport and, in a way, represent the school.”

Former Terps aren’t just infiltrating MLL in terms of quantity: Four of the top 10 scorers in the league played at this university, while Lee Zink and Brett Schmidt both made the All-Star team as defenders.

“The players get to keep playing the sport as a passion and have been very successful,” Terps coach John Tillman said. “Selfishly, it’s great for the program too. You watch these guys play professionally, and they obviously are very talented, and it speaks well to Maryland lacrosse.”

This week serves as a prime example of the impact former Terps have on the league. Cottle, who led the Bayhawks to an MLL championship last year, and his team will travel to play the undefeated Denver Outlaws on Saturday in a nationally televised matchup.

In arguably the most significant regular-season game this year, the field will be lined with Terps.

There’s midfielders Dan Burns and See lacrosse, Page 7

Former Terps defender brian farrell (left) and former midfielder Dan Burns (right) celebrate after Farrell scored a goal in a 2011 game against Navy. Both Farrell, with the Boston Cannons, and Burns, with the Chesapeake Bayhawks, are continuing their lacrosse careers in Major League Lacrosse. file photo/the diamondback