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Thursday, July 29, 2010

University starts over on East Campus

Site of Book Exchange to be converted into housing Property under contract to be sold to developers

BY ALICIA MCCARTY Staff writer

The Maryland Book Exchange property is under contract to be sold to a developer that hopes to convert the site into a student housing high-rise, the first in that area of College Park.

The Book Exchange would likely be able to remain on the ground floor of the new student apartment building, the developer said, but city

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The Maryland Book Exchange will likely remain on the ground floor of the student apartment complex planned for the property. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

officials said it could be temporarily displaced during the construction process.

Ilya Zusin, a local developer who attended this university, is partnering with Josef Mittlemann, a New York developer and a professor at Brown University, to redevelop the site, Zusin said.

Zusin would not discuss specifics of his building plans — citing a confidentiality agreement

with the seller of the property — but District 2 City Councilman Bob Catlin said the developers had told the city they planned to build 300 student housing apartment units, which would likely mean 600 to 700 beds.

Zusin said the property’s redevelopment was important for the city and university.

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Development will take place in smaller phases

BY LEAH VILLANUEVA AND SARON YITBAREK Staff writers

The university is abandoning years of planning work on its massive East Campus development, starting over with a new developer to come up with a design for the mixed-use project that can be built more gradually.

The university and a new developer will now begin with a modest redevelopment of a small portion of the project’s 38-acre area, and it will be designed to expand over time to include more property and amenities depending on the market and community input, according to Ann Wylie, the university vice president for administrative affairs.

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Best Buy will be the latest addition to the College Park Marketplace shopping center.

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the two false alarms were weather related and were most likely triggered by power fluctuations that occurred due to the strong storms. Power was restored within two hours.

There was also an actual fire in Commons 3 earlier Sunday, well before the storm, when an elevator belt ignited at about 2:30 a.m., University Police spokesman Paul Dillon said.

A resident assistant noticed smoke coming

A Best Buy electronics store will be opening in northern College Park on Sept. 10, moving into a space in the College Park Marketplace shopping center between Shoppers Food Warehouse and The Home Depot.

Best Buy had been looking for a space in the College Park area for several years, according to officials at NAI Michael, the Lanham-based firm that owns the shopping center at Route 1 and Cherry Hill Road, and found room when the Linens ’n Things chain went out of business and vacated the spot.

Other companies were interested in moving into that space, Michael Isen, an NAI Michael vice president, said, but his firm decided Best Buy was the best fit for the shopping center.

It will “provide the students with an opportunity to shop at a first class retailer” without having to

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Despite power outages, severe thunderstorms largely spare campus Fire alarms send students into rain; woman in northern College Park dies in storm

BY ALICIA MCCARTY Staff writer

Sunday afternoon’s violent thunderstorms knocked out power in the South Campus Commons and University Courtyards, and fire alarms forced some Commons residents to evacuate into the rain, but university officials said the campus largely avoided weather-related damage and disruptions.

Widespread power outages and road closures

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hit the Washington region, and a part-time university employee died Sunday on Rhode Island Avenue in northern College Park when a tree fell on her minivan.

The storm front moved through College Park at about 3:30 p.m. and almost immediately cut power to the apartment buildings. Residents said fire alarms sounded in Commons 5 and 6 when the electricity went off — both false alarms.

Mark Brady, the chief spokesperson for the Prince George’s County Fire Department, said

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EAST CAMPUS from page 1

Commons 5 residents wait outside in the rain Sunday afternoon after a power outage caused a false alarm. BRADY HOLT/THE DIAMONDBACK

nity assistant there, said the apartments also lost power at 3:30 p.m Sunday and it didn’t return until 6 a.m. Monday. The power then went out again at 1 p.m. Monday before it was restored for good Monday night, he said.

“We’re, like, so dependent on power,” he said. “A lot of people just went off campus [since] you can’t do anything but sit in the dark.”

While other on-campus buildings kept their electricity throughout Sunday’s storm, some satellite university facilities — including the Veterinary Science Building and the Maryland 4-H Foundation building — did lose power, according to Jack Baker, the university’s director of operations and maintenance.

Storm-related damage from tree branches and other debris was minimal. “[Our] campus was very fortunate,” Baker said.

The university employee — Michelle Humanick, 44 — was killed on Rhode Island Avenue in northern College Park after the storm toppled a tree onto her Honda Odyssey, according to The Washington Post.

STORM from page 1 from an elevator shaft and called the fire department, Dillon said. The building was evacuated, but the small fire had already extinguished itself by the time firefighters arrived, Dillon said.

Dillon said the only damage from the fire was the rubber elevator belt itself, valued at $100, but resident Jessica Nooralian said they were stranded outside for 15 minutes in the middle of the night waiting for fire officials to OK the building.

Nooralian, a recent graduate, said she was asleep when the alarm went off. Because she’s used to false alarms, she said, she was surprised — though not concerned — when she smelled smoke in the hallways as she left the building.

“I was no more upset than usual,” Nooralian said. “At the time it was just really annoying.”

Nooralian added that the elevator was fixed Monday.

No fire alarms sounded at Courtyards, but a resident, who wished to be anonymous because he also works as a commu-

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Wylie said it’s too early to say when the project will now be built, but College Park officials don’t expect to see construction begin any earlier than 2013. Under initial timelines, the first parts of the development would have already been complete by then.

East Campus runs along Route 1 from Paint Branch Parkway to Fraternity Row, now housing bus parking and an aging collection of maintenance and storage facilities. The university has worked since 2006 to convert the area into a massive town center.

Under the original plans prepared

by Foulger-Pratt/Argo Investment, the firm responsible for rebuilding downtown Silver Spring, the space would have featured thousands of apartments for university faculty, staff and graduate students; a luxury hotel; a supermarket; a Birchmere Music Hall; and other retail and office space.

But the university and the developer struggled to finance the project, estimated at $900 million, and FP/Argo backed out last fall.

The university had hoped to have East Campus built in two large phases over the course of about five years, and the layout would not have worked if it lingered too long as a construction site, Wylie said; it “wasn’t buildable.”

“Everything was designed to be built all at once, which in this economy was just not possible,” she said. “That is exactly why it fell through.”

Friday, the university announced a partnership with a new developer — The Cordish Company, a Baltimorebased firm involved in that city’s Inner Harbor redevelopment.

Cordish vice president Blake Cordish wrote in an e-mail that the company’s planners are “rolling up our sleeves” to prepare for the project.

“We are very excited about the East Campus opportunity and look for-

ward to working in partnership with the University of Maryland and local community on this transformative project,” he wrote.

While the project’s scope, timeline and budget remain unknown, Cordish and the university will spend the next year “developing a plan that is financeable,” Wylie said, as well as gathering community input for the construction before any money is invested.

District 2 City Councilman Bob Catlin agrees that the biggest problem with the previous plan was the enormity of it. “You can’t deal with pieces so big,” Catlin said, predicting each piece will cost $75 million to $100 million.

“Most projects that are being built now have a three-year window,” Catlin said. “You have the whole designing phase, working with the community and the city, and then it’ll have to go to the county, you need zoning permits, building permits.”

While it may take years to see East Campus fully revitalized, Catlin said he agrees with redesigning the project to be executed in smaller phases.

“I would think, for something like this, you wouldn’t want to design the whole thing at once,” he said. “So much can happen. You might want to change some things.”

While no details have been given concerning any changes to the specific amenities of the new project, Catlin wondered how the goals of a project designed years ago will hold up over time.

“I think we’ll have to wait and see if the ambitions expressed in the old plan can exist in the world we live in now,” he said.

While times and approaches may have changed, Wylie remains confident the revitalization of East Campus will be successful.

“We are a little more cautious in our approach this time around but nonetheless determined,” she said.

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PROPERTY from page 1 “Given its proximity to campus, it’s a very important development project for both undergrad and graduate students, given the housing crunch,” Zusin said.

The 2.6-acre property at the intersection of Route 1 and College Avenue attracted significant interest after it was listed for $5.75 million in May, Catlin said.

College Park Planning Director Terry Schum attributed the enthusiasm for the site to its convenient downtown location and loose zoning restrictions that will let its new owners move ahead with a larger-scale project on the site.

Schum said Zusin hopes to immediately work on the redevelopment, breaking ground as soon as next summer, she said. Zusin would not confirm details of his planned timetable.

Zusin is also the president of ac-

BEST BUY from page 1 drive all the way to Laurel or Washington, Isen said.

“We started negotiations with [Best Buy] almost immediately when we found out that Linens ’n Things was going out of business,” he said.

Marcus Afzali, a District 4 College Park City Councilman whose district will include the new Best Buy, agreed it seems to be a good fit for the area.

“Having a store with a proven track record is obviously a posi-

quisitions and development for Zusin Development, which has developed a few condominium projects in the District and small strip malls in Laurel and northern College Park. He said this project is independent of his company.

District 3 Councilman Mark Cook said he is excited about Zusin’s vision for the site, as it represents a smart growth project that will improve the overall use of the land — much of which is now a sprawling parking lot.

Cook hopes the project can include eco-friendly elements such as car and bike sharing stations to minimize the city’s emissions — requests the city council has formally made of other Route 1 student housing developers.

“With its location, I think a large segment [of students] would be happy to live there without a car,” Cook said.

Schum echoed Cook’s enthusiasm about the project’s concept.

“It would add housing to the

tive,” he said.

Kevin McGrath, the new Best Buy’s general manager, said he looks forward to working with all area residents, but hopes the university will represent a big chunk of the store’s customer base.

It will market to students and may man a booth at the First Look Fair, he said, and some of its staff will be students.

“It’s such a great opportunity with the University of Maryland 1.2 miles away,” McGrath said.

Senior criminal justice major Javiera Caceres said the new Best Buy will be a positive thing for students, and she is not de-

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downtown mix, which I think would be very helpful for local businesses,” Schum said.

City officials aren’t entirely sure what impact the project will have on the Book Exchange.

Cook said the store has become a part of the community in downtown College Park and hopes it will remain so.

Book Exchange owner Ted Ankeney, who leases his store’s space, said he has not been involved with the sale of the property. While he’s made no plans for a future location of his store, he said he is confident little will change.

“I seriously doubt that the Book Exchange would have to move,” Ankeney said. “The Book Exchange does want to maintain a presence on the corner.”

Zusin said he wanted to accommodate Ankeney’s interest in staying put. “The Book Exchange is not going away,” he said. mccarty@umdbk.com

terred by its distance from the campus, especially considering that College Park Marketplace is accessible by Shuttle-UM. “If people can make the trip to Shoppers, they can make the trip to Best Buy,” she said.

Computer science and economics major Chris Ellepola said that while he expects students will patronize Best Buy, it won’t be a game-changer for the area electronics market.

“It’ll just be another place to go get stuff for your apartment,” he said. “I get all that stuff online.” news@umdbk.com

LEDO from page 1 chased by a student eager to snatch some of the pizza he was carrying to his room.

“It was a real treat,” he said, describing it in an e-mail as “heaven compared to the dining hall.”

These days, however — with a plethora of dining options lining Route 1 — not many students make the trip out to Adelphi for pizza anymore. This reality has led Ledo’s owners to bring one chapter of the restaurant’s long and celebrated legacy to a close, and prepare to usher in the beginning of a new chapter by bringing their famous pizza closer than ever to a new generation of Terps in downtown College Park.

Sunday, the landmark pizzeria, which had remained virtually unchanged since it opened in 1955, shut its doors in the Adelphi Shopping Center off University Boulevard. Restaurant owners plan to unveil Ledo at its new home in the ground floor of the Knox Road public parking garage the week of Aug. 9, where it will finally stand within walking distance of the university.

“This is about securing our future for another 50 years,” Ledo’s co-owner Jimmy Marcos told The Washington Postin September.

Ever since the College Park City Council approved the restaurant’s lease last September, city officials have expressed excitement over Ledo’s anticipated arrival in downtown College Park, and their enthusiasm has continued as the planned opening date approaches.

“People will come from all over, and the generations of people who’ve eaten at the original location in Adelphi will come, and it will be an incredible success,” District 3 Councilman Mark Cook said.

Despite a sense of nostalgia for the original establishment, Rinehart said he considers the decision to move the restaurant closer to the university to be a smart business venture.

Ledo Restaurant closed Sunday after decades in Adelphi to move to downtown College Park. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

“Every business has to adapt to changing times to serve its customers,” he said.

As a student in the mid-’70s, Rinehart witnessed the glory days of Ledo Restaurant. The restaurant opened 55 years ago under Tommy Marcos Sr., who has since passed ownership onto his sons Tommy Jr. and Jimmy.

As Tommy Marcos Jr. told The Diamondback in 2006, Terrapin basketball fans were notorious for spending two hours in line for the restaurant’s trademark rectangular pizza throughout the 1970s.

The distinctive pies were not only popular among the hungry student population, but also made regular patrons out of sports legends such as Yogi Berra and Johnny Unitas, Marcos said.

In fact, 1976 university alumna Gayle King would remember her days at Ledo 30 years later and feature the restaurant as one of the best pizzerias in the country on The Oprah Winfrey Showin 2006.

Today, however, not many students seem to even know about Ledo Restaurant. And for those who did know, the Adelphi pizzeria was simply too far away.

However, Ledo’s move downtown may very well change all that. Several students — particularly fans of the Ledo franchises, which are no longer affiliated with

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“The reason I didn’t go before is because I didn’t have a car,” sophomore cell biology major Somdutta Mukherjee said. “But now it will be more accessible, so yeah, I’d like to go.”

Junior criminology and criminal justice major Kevin Hillman, however, who did not think much of the Ledo franchises, said he’ll pass.

“There are other places that serve pizza that I would rather go to, like Ratsie’s,” Hillman said.

District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin said although Ledo’s arrival to the downtown garage will be a valuable asset to the redevelopment of the area and will likely provide a welcome boost to the underused parking structure, he did not expect it to attract many students.

“It will be more of a destination restaurant for the non-student population, which we never really had in downtown College Park,” Catlin said.

Cook, however, said Ledo may be in for a boom in student popularity now that it’s about to be just a short walk away.

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he university is not responsible for the countless delays and set- Wooded Hillock.

During one of the earliest stages of the East Campus project, of ficials backs that have plagued the plan for a vibrant and attractive downtown College Park. The East Campus project, originally attempted to relocate the university facilities housed along the 38 acres estimated at a steep $900 million, was doomed as soon as the intended for development to the forest near Comcast Center, to the coneconomy began to plunge, with the lack of available credit and willing sternation of environmentally conscious students and politicians alike who created a considerable uproar. developers only fur ther cementing its fate.

After much dispute, the issue was resolved when the university purThankfully, the dream of a college town that is more than just livable chased the Washington Post Co.’s College Park plant has not been abandoned completely. The university for relocation purposes instead. of ficials who oversee the project have rightly scrapped However, that doesn’t mean stakeholders such as the plan of revitalizing the stretch of Route 1 between students and environmentalists are going to shut up Fraternity Row and Paint Branch Parkway in two large Officials should look to the now and forever more. phases in favor of tackling it piecemeal.

College Park community The university may have a developer, but it needs Breaking up the large-scale development into chunks community input, especially because the original plan will allow funding to flow more freely, not to mention for input after scrapping has been shelved. that the new plan won’t make Route 1 an even bigger original East Campus plans What do the people who actually live here want downeyesore by cluttering it with yet more construction. town, and more importantly, what do they want first?

Of ficials have found a commendable developer to Perhaps a luxur y hotel isn’t an immediate priority for residents, while redesign the first phase and have earned the optimistic suppor t of city council members and key players such as David Daddio, an alumnus graduate housing is a more pressing need. Maybe students would rather who maintains the blog Rethink College Park. All of these are good have buildings that are cer tified as green instead of more sandwich shops or discount clothing stores. signs, even though construction likely won’t begin until 2013.

The of ficials who oversee redevelopment have learned enough lesWhat the university must now do is extend its new policy of moving sons about East Campus the hard way. Now it is time for them to ask for ward cautiously and gradually to include the community as well.

In other words, the university must heed the valuable lesson of the before they act.

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Paper: A printing horror story

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y printing horror stories started in one of my introductor y biology courses. The professor, who shall go unnamed, strongly recommended students have the class PowerPoint slides in hand during lecture. There was one catch, however. Laptops were not allowed in lecture for fear that AIM, Facebook and the rest of the Internet would distract students.

Therefore, our only option was to print out 40 or more slides three days a week. Of course, like most of my classmates, I economized by formatting each page to hold four to six slides and printing on both sides. But it still amounted to copious amounts of paper and ink after a while. I was pretty sure that I killed an entire forest of baby trees by the end of the semester.

For a university that prides itself on being “green,” It’s impractical to still have classes with students and instructors printing out ream after

ANGELINA

SHE ream of paper when today’s technology allows us to be relatively “paperless.” Several government agencies, such as the U.S. Treasur y and various local governments, are in the process of or have already eliminated printing. With the advent of netbooks, iPads and Kindle, it’s much easier for people to create, read and share documents digitally.

The university’s own ELMS system is a prominent example of how technology can be used to transfer information via the Internet.

Instructors no longer have to print out syllabi and other documents for their classes — which is great for them since they can save time and

money, and even help the environment while they’re at it. But, it is a little counter-productive and perhaps selfish for instr uctors to upload documents online and enact a laptop ban during lecture.

It’s true that paper, ink and a printer don’t cost a lot today for the average student. However, consider how much material each student uses up each semester around the campus. How much of that can be saved? Is printing exorbitant amounts of paper necessar y or even practical today?

It’s probably also true that students get distracted when a laptop is in front of them during lecture.

But, enacting a laptop ban puts students who want to use technology to benefit their learning experience at a disadvantage as well. Yes, many academic generations before us sur vived on pen and paper before laptops, but I think our generation has had much more practice typing than writing. We have

adapted our fingers to the QWERTY keys. We are the original creators and sufferers of “texting tendonitis.”

When a professor flies through his or her lecture, it’s much easier for students to catch up nowadays with a keyboard and a Word document as opposed to a pencil and a notebook.

There are already tools in place in the public domain and right here at our university that can help us eliminate printed paper usage. If the university wants to save money, if the university wants to be more environmentally friendly, if students want to save on personal printing costs, if students want more freedom to utilize technological tools in the classroom — well, then why not star t making the switch to paperless?

Angelina She is a sophomore neurobiology and physiology major. She can be reached at she@umdbk.com

Heatwave2k10: I caused it

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couple weeks ago, I went to Six Flags with some good friends of mine. Our original intent was to hit up a few of our favorite roller coasters, but we ended up spending the majority of our time at the water park.

While we were swimming, one of my friends made an of f-hand remark about how hot it was outside. In response, I uttered something that I’ll regret for the rest of my life: “I hope July is the hottest month ever!”

Oops. Sorry about that, guys.

As it turns out, July 2010 is well on its way to becoming the hottest month ever. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’re well aware of this fact.

And if you actually have been living under a rock, I envy you. At least you’re keeping cool.

We are way beyond the dog days of summer here. Dogs die in this kind of weather. I don’t even think there’s a name for what we’re currently experiencing. But since I may have accidentally caused this whole mess, I’ll go ahead and christen it.

How does Heatwave2k10 sound?

Get back to me once you’re done treating your third-degree burns.

I just don’t understand what our generation has done to deserve this.

We have had two catastrophic weather events in the same year.

What gives? Maybe we’ve made God really angr y. That would explain a lot.

During Snowpocalypse, all I wanted was to feel the sun again. Now, during Heatwave2k10, I’m begging for another Snowpocalypse. Don’t you see? The Big Man Upstairs is just messing with us. I hope it rains frogs next.

Maybe we should have seen this

MIKE

SANDERS coming. Looking back, the signs were ever ywhere. When LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat earlier this month, maybe he was trying to tell us something. When I told my friend July would be the hottest month ever, maybe I was trying to tell us something. But who cares, right? We’re all screwed anyway.

Heatwave2k10 makes fools of us all. A couple days ago, I saw a report on the news that said the best way to stay cool during a heat wave was to — get this — find some shade. If you have to stay inside, the good folks in our local media recommend

you turn on your air conditioning. I wish I were making this up. We are veering dangerously close to selfparody right now. This heat has turned the entire town stupid. Like, who in their right mind would even turn to the news for answers about keeping cool? “I’m dying of heat stroke, man! Someone turn on Channel 7 and see what Leon Harris suggests!”

It’s funny. I was really looking forward to my senior year of college.

But now I don’t think I’ll live out the summer. I’ve resigned myself to death — sweaty, sweaty death.

Don’t worry about me, guys. Worry about yourselves. If you need me, I’ll be at Six Flags, telling people August will be the coldest month ever.

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

KRISHNA AMIN

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y recent summer alternative break trip to Philadelphia focusing on interfaith education and diversity has prompted me to work with the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington.

Both experiences have given me the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the religious worlds I have encountered thus far and to appreciate the differences as well as the common spiritual foundation among those religions, including my own.

We live in a very secular society yet, paradoxically, it is also a multireligious one where the majority of the population embraces some sort of faith affiliation.

For many of us, our faith is the defining element of who we are as individuals, of how we view the world around us and of how we relate to one another. We take our faith identity to be our guiding light in disconcerting and complex situations.

When we take a closer look at major world religions, we perceive the apparent major differences between them. We can attribute these differences to the context of their emergences in different times, societies and cultures throughout the history of human civilization.

Differences in our religions and practices are important and valuable as they give us a sense of identity, but they should not be barriers to our common work of transforming the world into a more just, compassionate place. Each religion makes its own unique contribution and in its own way is pertinent to a group of people’s understanding of life. The world needs them all.

Then why are there conflicts between religions?

Maybe because we do not take time to listen, understand and respect other faith systems. Maybe because we overlook the similarities between religions and our common concern for the well-being of humankind. All religions teach us to value life, to refrain from harming others and to renounce selfishness; all religions teach us to tell the truth and not to steal; all religions teach us personal transformation is possible through spiritual enlightenment. In essence, all religions are there to make us better human beings “in thought, word and deed.”

In other words, all religions share a common ground for compassion, honesty and peace.

In today’s increasingly interdependent world, we are constantly interacting with different perspectives and belief systems — we can draw strength from our diversity.

When we are in a multi-religious community, stimulating a religious dialogue that expresses mutual respect and understanding is crucial in facilitating a process that builds solidarity. I urge the followers of different religions to put aside their differences, to listen to the message of religious pluralism, to engage in interfaith dialogue and to seek common ground.

My recent involvement with the IFC gives me the opportunity to welcome you all to the Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogues on Aug. 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. These dinner dialogues provide an exciting opportunity for people to meet others of various faith traditions over a free dinner to share their experiences in a safe and controlled environment. This is for developing conversation among people of different religions living in our community in hopes of fostering ongoing relationships.

Krishna Amin is an undergraduate biochemistry major. For more information or to register, contact krish121@umd.edu

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This is a good week for going along for the ride in many ways, and for making adjustments along the way. Those who are good at improvising can enjoy a pleasurable and profitable week; those who don’t like to be shaken up in any way may have a tough time of it on at least two occasions.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) — You may be eager to put to rest a current controversy, and the only way you can do it is to focus on the truth and nothing but the truth. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) — Your interest in the affairs of others can further your own agenda, as long as you don’t become too nosy or intrude on private business.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) — Quality is the key, but you may have to make due with something that is subpar before you can highlight the best of something. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) — You’re likely to receive messages that mean one thing at first, and something else again a little way down the road.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) — You’ll end the week on a high note if you begin it with some good old-fashioned hard work. You may have to do more than you had planned. (Dec. 8Dec. 21) — You should be able to find a way out of an awkward situation, provided you anticipate its development and its effects.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) — Something important is likely to begin slowly, but you’ll have the chance to pick up the pace when the time comes. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — A difference of opinion may spring up from a situation for which neither you nor a loved one was responsible. Now is no time to let a conflict take wing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) — You know what you’re doing, and you know that others know it, too — and this will enable you to enjoy even the rough patches. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — You are likely to be responsible for more than your own small corner of the world. Indeed, others look to you for some moral guidance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) — The usual annoyances aren’t likely to bother you much. Something much more important is on the horizon at this time. (March 6-March 20) — You must be patient as someone else — or a group of others — works to catch up with you. Your thought process is much more advanced.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 6) — You’ll find yourself attracted to someone who does things in a way that you’re not used to — and a valuable collaboration may begin. (June 7-June 20) — There’s no telling just which path provides the most direct route to your destination. You must be willing to engage in some trial and error.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) — You must be ready to pick up some slack when others aren’t following through. You know how to get things done. (July 8July 22) — An eye for details is a valued attribute; others may not know what they’re looking at, but you certainly know how to make things come together.

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Ralph Friedgen isn’t worried about his job security as coach.

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The unstable situation has only intensified the speculation about whether Friedgen, who has two years left on his contract, will be retained when a new athletics director is named.

Friedgen admits he can’t control the discussion about his job security and, for now, is focused on helping the Terps rebound after a season filled with inconsistency and disappointment.

The Terps return 11 starters and just four on defense. But Friedgen played many underclassmen on defense, especially on the front four, and the unit should be an improvement from last year’s. It should also help that the defense will be more comfortable now in the second year of defensive coordinator Don Brown’s blitzing scheme. Linebacker Alex Wujciak said the familiarity should make a difference.

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California girl Crazy for You, is a quick spiral into the sunny delights of painful and needy relationships. Generally, this is still fun music with only one goal: sit back and relax.

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With all the political, economic and social turmoil of the past few years, it makes sense a number of musicians have put on aural smiles and strummed happy tunes in order to thwart bad vibrations. The music scene has always had its sunny pop, but these days things seem to get so bright they begin to fry around the edges, leading to the frizzled, burned out sound of bands like Wavves and Girls.

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along, oblivious of the weight of the world and mainly focused on keeping or finding a boyfriend.

Case-in-point: Opening track “Boyfriend” finds Cosentino pining for one particular man over the glazed pop fuzz of the instrumental. The song has a definitive hook to it, revealing itself to be an open-faced sandwich of all the things Best Coast uses in its music.

That being said, not everything the band does is entirely commendable.

While “Boyfriend” is an easy song to enjoy, listeners will begin to get the impression Cosentino is a bit of a complainer. Whether these songs are based on real events or not is irrelevant. Cosentino’s lyrics show her character, which is construed as someone who is often weak and desperate.

If that’s what she was going for, then bravo, but it can be irritating on deeper, repeat listens.

Musically, the tracks have a homogenous sound that ends up playing out like an act stretched to its limits, although more in the sense that the group is very raw. By the end of the album, it feels as if Best Coast has tried every possible pathway with its given instruments and

necessary mood-quirks.

Surprisingly enough, this is the economical approach to album making. In just about 31 minutes, Best Coast shows everything the band can do without changing directions.

Highlight “I Want To” is another encapsulation of Best Coast’s style — an overly blissed-out early ’60s bubblegum pop croon for love that explodes into a 13th Floor Elevators-effected proto-punk jam.

“Our Deal” captures the rest of Best Coast’s list of influences, with everything from The Byrds to The Everly Brothers. The track sparkles as it

sways back and forth, cradling listeners in the twang and shimmer of unrequited love.

This is an album for the summer — for times without worries and long endless days. It’s certainly not the most exciting album of the year but Best Coast does deserve props for so seamlessly packing sunshine into a nutshell.

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8/12/10

Legally Blonde the Musical

50

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Newseum

30

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$10

8/17/10

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20

Free

6 pm-10 pm

$10

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Nelly’s Echo

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THE DIAMONDBACK | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010

Sports

More football coverage Find out where the Terps are expected to finish in the ACC this year, which players are getting media hype and much more at TerrapinTrail.com.

Uncertainty dominates Terps’ outlook

Competitive cheer ruling likely won’t impact univ.

Friedgen’s job security among pressing issues for football team

A Connecticut federal judge’s ruling that cheerleading cannot be used to meet gender equality requirements under Title IX might be interpreted as a blow to the Terrapin competitive cheer team’s efforts to have the sport recognized by the NCAA. But coach Jarnell Bonds sees it as a positive.

“The great thing about the ruling is that [the judge] gave a checklist of what they needed to see for this to go further as a varsity sport, and that’s something we hadn’t had yet,” Bonds said.

Bonds emphasized that U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill’s July 21 ruling has no legal effect on the Terps because the case is specific to Quinnipiac University, which was sued by its volleyball team after the school attempted to replace it with a competitive cheer team to save money.

“Competitive cheer may, some time in the future, qualify as a sport under Title IX,” Underhill wrote. “Today, however, the activity is still too underdeveloped and disorganized to be treated as offering genuine varsity athletic participation opportunities for students.”

BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Senior staff writer

GREENSBORO, N.C. — When Terrapin football coach Ralph Friedgen returned to coach his alma mater in November 2000, he was charged with leading an inexperienced team to its first bowl game in more than a decade.

Now, after posting a 2-10 record last season and missing a bowl game for the third time in the past six seasons, Friedgen finds himself once again needing to lead a young team to the postseason. Only this time, his job might be at stake.

After garnering widespread acclaim for leading the Terps to an ACC title in 2001 and three straight 10-win seasons to start his head-coaching career, Friedgen, 63, is facing the possibility of being fired from the program he helped revive. And at Monday’s ACC Football Kickoff at the Grandover Resort, faced with questions about his future, he couldn’t help but liken the pressure to that of his first season on the job.

“Our kids feel the scrutiny, I think our coaching staff feels it. I don’t think it’s something we talk about daily, but they know the score,” Friedgen said.

“I think we’re kind of back to where we were when I got there. When I came to Mar y-

land, I was 32 years as an assistant coach, 53 years old, and came to a program that went to one bowl in 18 years.

And we did some pretty good things. Now we’ve kind of come full circle.”

Unfortunately for Friedgen, the questions and concerns surrounding the direction of the program likely won’t be limited to the gridiron. In February, university President Dan Mote announced he would retire. Earlier this month, Athletics Director Debbie Yow, a woman Friedgen said he felt “indebted to,” left to take the same position at N.C. State.

Don Kettl, the chairman of the search committee for the new president, recently said the university may not find a permanent replacement before Mote’s retirement officially takes effect Aug. 31.

Randy Eaton has served as interim athletics director, and Friedgen knows no candidate is likely to be hired until the search for a new president is complete.

“I think getting the president is going to be a big influence on hiring the AD,” Friedgen said. “But until we get a new president, who are we going to get to want to be the AD until he knows who his boss is?”

see FOOTBALL, page 6

Terps’ coach says significance of Title IX decision on sport is limited

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

“I think we’re kind of back to where we were when I got [to the university],” said coach Ralph Friedgen, whose job security could be in danger if the Terps suffer another losing season this year. JONAS SHAFFER/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Bonds does not disagree. But she is quick to point out the court’s ruling is based on the sport’s state in March 2009, when the lawsuit was first filed.

Bonds believes the sport’s newfound publicity will help it as it seeks legal legitimacy.

The Terps’ competitive cheerleading team achieved varsity status in 2003, the first competitive cheer team in the country to do so. The Terps took home three straight National Cheerleaders Association championships from 2006 to 2008 and added another title last season.

Teams from Fairmont State, Morgan State, Oregon and Quinnipiac joined the Terps at the varsity level in 2009. The addition of Baylor in 2010 brought the number of varsity squads to six, four short of the 10 required for the NCAA’s emerging sport status.

The court ruling might have momentarily taken the sport’s focus off the mat and into the courtroom, but Bonds believes it will ultimately serve a greater purpose.

“We’re still moving forward,” Bonds said. “We’re just using this a mission to educate people.” schneider@umdbk.com