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Students must vacate Knox Boxes by Nov. 30 Knox Box property sale finalized Monday

“Tenant must vacate and surrender possession of the Premises by no later than November 30, 2014, time being of the essence,” a notice posted on residents’ doors Monday

By Jon Banister night read. @J_Banister Toll Brothers has hired Greystone Staff writer Asset Management to help with the Toll Brothers purchased 22 of the transition. Greystone is on-site 29 Knox Box apartments Monday, helping students move out, conenacting the 90-day lease termina- tacting other apartment complexes and offering financial incentives for tion clause that evening.

Knox Box tenants willing to move out early.

“Toll Brothers Campus Living recog n i zes t he i nconven ience caused to Knox Box residents and will do what it can to help residents find new housing,” the company said in a statement.

Greystone created a website, w w w.k n ox b ox u p d at e s.c o m , to provide up-to-date information to assist residents with the move-

out process.

Residents who leave by Aug. 17 will receive a $750 Visa gift card, and those who vacate by Aug. 31 will get a $500 gift card. They will also be refunded for any prepaid rent and security deposits. Residents who choose to stay later than Aug. 31 may be moved to other units, according to the Greystone website.

“A $750 gift card would be great,

but it’s four days from now,” resident Grant McFarland said. “I’m going to try to move out by the 31st. Obviously, $500 would be nice, but I’d rather they just hadn’t rented it out.”

T he university’s Department of Resident Life said it will not be able to provide housing for Knox tenants because the on-campus See KNOx, Page 2

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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Kevin anderson announces that the university will leave the ACC in Stamp Student Union in November 2012. file photo/the diamondback

Univ, ACC agree on conference exit fees Settlement totals less than demanded exit fee

By Jon Banister, Daniel Popper @J_Banister, @danielrpopper Senior staff writers The legal battle between this university and the ACC that followed this university’s announcement of its move to the Big Ten ended Friday when the two parties announced a mediated settlement.

According to the agreement, the ACC will hold on to the $31,361,788 originally withheld to resolve the lawsu it. Mea nwh i le, th is u n iversity will have no obligation to make any further payments to the conference.

“T he University of Maryland is proud of our long and storied

Twin Brothers KURT AND KARL Tamai, black belts in the martial art of judo, founded the nonprofit College Park Judo Club, which they host at the College Park Community Center. james levin/the diamondback

BLACK BELT BROTHERS

By Mike Sheils @thedbk For The Diamondback Family tradition and the martial art judo go hand-in-hand for twin brothers Kurt and Karl Tamai, founders of the College Park Judo Club.

The two are among the nonprofit club’s volunteer instructors, or senseis, who lead

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Twin brothers found, lead College Park’s nonprofit Judo Club its twice-weekly practices at the College Park Community Center.

“It’s a fantastic thing to be working with

your twin brother,” Kurt Tamai said. “Lots of people helped me become the person that I am, and so I get the chance to help other people grow themselves.”

Judo participants learn discipline and respect while staying fit, Kurt Tamai said, and he estimates that more than 1,000 athletes of varying ages and skill levels have taken part See Judo, Page 2

Architecture library closing postponed, officials say

University fights for voice in Corcoran gallery hearings

Student, alumni uproar prompts delay in action

By Josh Magness @thedbk For The Diamondback

By Trey Sherman @thedbk For The Diamondback

University President Wallace Loh appeared before the D.C. Superior Court last Thursday, claiming he could put together a proposal within six weeks to balance the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s budget and keep the art college operating through in a partnership with this university.

A subpoena from advocacy group Save the Corcoran summoned Loh to the trial to show there are solutions to Corcoran’s financial troubles that haven’t been f u l ly con sidered . It’s a common argument from those who oppose the college’s current

University officials have postponed closure of the Architecture L i bra r y a f te r re c e iv i n g ba c klash from graduate students and alumni.

T he l i bra r y wa s set to close before the fall semester because of budget and safety issues and lack of use, Libraries Dean Patricia Steele said last week.

S te e l e b o t h a n n o u n c e d a n d scheduled the closure this summer, which angered some graduate stu-

Loh pledges to create proposal in six weeks

The architecture library in the architecture, planning and preservation school won’t be closed this fall as previously planned due to outrage from graduate students and university alumni. james levin/the diamondback dents and alumni.

“It seemed clear that Dean Steele was trying to pull the rug out from under the school of architecture,” 2011 university alumnus John Kucia said.

To save the library, graduate student Adam Chamy started a petition, which has received more

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Steele and library faculty met with about 50 students Friday to announce the postponement of the closure until January, which will allow more time for a new faculty See library, Page 3

plan to partner with George Washington University and give most of its art to the National Gallery of Art. Despite Loh’s testimony, Brian Ullmann, the university’s marketing and communications assistant vice president, wrote in an email that no serious talks between the university and the Corcoran will occur unless Judge Robert Okun stops the planned takeover.

“T he university respects the ongoing legal process regarding the Corcoran’s proposed partnership with the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University,” Ullmann wrote. “As President Loh indicated in his testimony, if there is an opportunity for the university to reengage with the Corcoran, we would be interested in additional discussions. Until the See gallery, Page 3

SPORTS

OPINION

Edsall strives for wide receiver perfection

STAFF EDITORIAL: Finally ending ACC ties

Terps football coach Randy Edsall isn’t shy about giving his lineup frequent constructive criticism in preparation for Big Ten games this fall P. 8

Univ should move on to a brighter future with Big Ten P. 4 DIVERSIONS

Pratt-ling on up How Chris Pratt became Hollywood’s new reigning king P. 6

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JUDO

championship tournament at Ritchie Coliseum.

Kurt, who lives in Elkridge, From PAGE 1 works as an engineer, while since the program began in Karl, who lives in Alexandria, 2000. Many participants have Virginia, works for the U.S. been students or alumni from Patent and Trademark Office.

Both men are married and this university, Karl Tamai said. have children who are active “It’s a fun club,” Karl Tamai in the sport as well. said. “We’ve got a lot of people Through the College Park smiling and having a good time.”

The duo grew up in Landover Judo Club the brothers said with four siblings and learned they hope to spread their judo at a club their father started. love of the sport to all of the The six Tamai siblings went on to participants. achieve black belts in the sport.

The twins were also success- Editor’s note: College Park ful wrestlers in high school and Contours is a weekly series college and have competed on a s p o t l i g h t i n g i n t e re s t i n g national and international level members of the community.

Know someone we should in judo.

Now in adulthood, the twins profile? Email suggestions to help organize an annual tour- newsumdbk@gmail.com. nament to honor their late Karl Tamai demonstrates a judo move on his twin brother Kurt as part of their weekly judo classes at the College Park Community Center. father and plan the judo state newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Knox From PAGE 1 dorms are at full capacity and already have a 1,000person waitlist. “ We s y m p a t h i z e w i t h the concern that the sa le of the K nox Box property has created for members of our campus community and will work to assist as much as possible,” Resident Life Director Deborah Grandner said in a statement. “While we regret that we are unable to accommodate students in on-campus housing, we c a n a n d w i l l a s s i s t w it h resources to help students locate alternative housing options in the College Park area.”

McFa rl a nd, a sen ior i n the graphic design program, moved i nto h is K nox Box apartment at the end of July.

“I procrastinated finding housing; I found this pretty late, obviously, so now it’s going to be an even bigger

so a lot of people probably can’t afford to go anywhere else,” Peredo said. “I’m very fortunate.”

Resident Jacob Butler said he had heard rumors about Knox Box demolition earlier this summer, but felt reassu red i n the spri ng when Knox Management sent its lease renewal email, which he said had the subject line “One More Year!”

“It’s disappointing, and quite frankly stupid, that even after all the hype and drama that surrounded the K nox Box demolition last year, that Knox Box management had the audacity to allow us to renew our leases before they had 100 percent confirmed that they could provide adequate housing,” Butler said.

Knox Management confirmed that the property was sold to Toll Brothers but declined to answer any further questions.

hassle to find something,” he said. “The only things I know leasing right now are the View and The Varsity; everything’s at least $300 more, which is a pain.”

Natalia Peredo drove to College Park from her home i n Bethesda i m med iately upon reading the termination notice.

“I f rea ked out becau se school starts in two weeks,” Peredo said.

She opted to term i nate her lease early to receive the $750 Visa gift card and then began searching for alternative housing.

At T he Va rsity, Peredo said, she was told they have 30 spots available, but 20 K nox B ox residents were a l re a dy lo ok i n g to move i n, so she was told to act quickly.

She said she can afford to rent a Varsity apartment but is concerned for other Knox Box residents who might not be so lucky.

“Knox isn’t that expensive, jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

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A real superhero: U senior heads to international Ironman Not many can call themselves Ironman, but senior kinesiology major Kevin LeviGoerlich earned the title after placing first place at the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon last month, his first-ever attempt to compete in the race.

Levi-Goerlich finished a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run in nine-and-a-half hours, faster than the second-fastest competitor by 10 minutes.

“Endurance sports … allow you to see who you are inside,” he said.

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gallery From PAGE 1 judge issues a ru l i ng, however, any speculation is simply premature.”

The university’s potential proposal would be its second attempt to forge a partnersh ip between the two i nstitutions, after the Corcoran rejected a $46 million plan from Loh in February.

Corcoran executives instead decided to split the school and gallery, giving George Washington University the art college and the National Gallery of A rt most of its 17,000-piece art collection.

Ma ny Corcora n facu lty members were outraged by the decision to split up the oldest private art museum in Washington and its art college. Some helped form

library From PAGE 1 and student advisory committee to develop innovative and creative ways to balance budget concerns and preserve the library.

“Budgetary problems are the driving force behind the closure,” said Gary White, associate dean for public services.

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Save the Corcora n a nd brought the case to court, claiming the breakup was “f i n a nci a l ly i mpossible” and violated the institution’s 1869 deed of trust.

A partnership between the university and the Corcoran seems unlikely, with the current deal considered to be the Corcoran executives’ preferred proposal, and an offer from philanthropist Wa y n e R e y n o l d s a s t h e back-up plan, according to The Washington Post. Loh testified that it was likely, but not guaranteed, that he could propose a plan similar to the one the Corcoran rejected earlier this year.

Even i f no pa r t nersh ip between the university and the Corcoran occurs, the negotiations between the two sides have caused some to rethink the importance of the

arts. Bonnie Thornton Dill, the dean of this university’s arts and humanities college, is already seeing the effects of the discussions.

“There are conversations t h a t a re l e a d i n g to n e w i d e a s fo r a c a d e m i c p rograms and artistic engagements that would benefit students across campus and are bringing an enhanced commitment to several important foundational principles,” Dill said. “Among these principles are that the arts and humanities are a core component to a quality e d u c at io n , a g ate w ay to cultural understanding and conflict resolution, and can enhance and refine the entrepreneurial abilities and creative talents that today’s students bring to college.”

However, the cha ng i ng nature of libraries validated the original decision, Steele said.

“The timing has not been elegant, and the communication is something that has been less than elegant,” but there were no bad intentions, Steele said. She said she planned to move the collection to McKeldin Library and invest in technology that would not be

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university President wallace Loh testified in a D.C. court behalf of advocay group Save the Corcoran last week, aiming to show alternatives to the institution’s plan to split the gallery and art college, above, to ease its financial woes. photo courtesy of wikimedia commons

JUST BE CHANGING LOCATIONS.” PATRICIA STEELE

Libraries dean

affordable in multiple branches.

She also said that Media Services in Hornbake Library, the Arts Library and the Sciences Library have been brought up in discussion regarding the new model of centralization.

a solution. Concerns still need to be reviewed, she said.

Some of the l ibra ry’s advocates welcomed the promise of dialogue regarding the closure.

“I’m pleased that in the end a delay was issued with a promise to involve the community,” Kucia said.

“Nothing is going to disappear; it may just be changing locations,” she said.

Many ideas were brought up at Friday’s meeting as alternatives to closing the library, but Chamy said it is still too early to pinpoint newsumdbk@gmail.com

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U alum jumping into the spotlight on America’s Got Talent Former university cheerleader Eddie Yacynych, along with the rest of Flight Crew Jump Rope team, showcased his talents on America’s Got Talent this summer.

The team used trampolines and three stage levels to excite audience members and judges during the live round of the talent competition on July 29 at Radio City Music Hall. Although the team was eliminated, Yacynych said it was the experience of a lifetime.

“Nobody can take that performance away from us,” Yacynych said.

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Agreement From PAGE 1 61-yea r a ssoci at ion w it h the Atlantic Coast Conference,” university President Wallace Loh said in a news relea se. “Tod ay’s a g reement helps usher in exciti ng new eras for both the Un iversity a nd t he ACC. We w i s h t h e c o n fe re n c e a n d o u r AC C u n i v e r s i t y colleagues well.”

The original ACC exit fee that this university contested was $52,266,342.

“This agreement allows ever yone to f u l ly focu s their energy and efforts on prioriti zi ng the studentathletes, especially in this significant time of change within the NCA A restruct u r i n g ,” A C C C o m m i ssioner John Swofford said in the news release.

L o h h e l d a c o n fe re n c e c a l l w it h t h e Un ive rs it y Senate Executive Committee Monday to discuss the agreement. Undergraduate SEC representat ive Rya n Belcher sa id the SEC was pleased with the settlement.

“T he ca l l was positive, people were very supportive of the decision,” Belcher said.

T he Un iversity Senate, which is made up of student, staff and faculty representatives, did not play a part in the negotiations.

“We didn’t have a formal say,” Belcher said. “Something like this is something you wa nt to play close to the chest, which I think is smart, especially given how sizable the fee could have been if we didn’t get anything we wanted.”

The money that the ACC is holding onto will not have a direct impact on students, Belcher said.

“He wa nted to be clea r that the money would not be coming from students, the $31 million, it’s just revenue we will not receive from the ACC,” Belcher said.

The agreement represents a compromise between the $17 million the university originally said it should owe and the $52 million exit fee the ACC was seeking, Belcher said.

“For something with this amount of money and how high stakes it became, this was the most rational, desirable end,” Belcher said.

The university officially joi ned the Big Ten i n Ju ly a nd w i l l host its fi rst Big Ten fo otba l l opp onent, O h io S t ate, o n O c t. 4 i n College Park.

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In-State Angels’ A clean end to a rough battle devilish personality STAFF EDITORIAL

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lmost two years after this university announced it would leave the ACC, the controversy over conference exit fees finally came to a close Friday.

When this university decided in late 2012 to depart from the ACC, the conference raised its exit fee to a whopping $52.3 million, a massive raise from the $20 million penalty imposed in 2011. What followed was a nasty and unnecessary legal battle.

The ACC first sued this university, seeking full payment of the raised fee. Then the conference made an unreasonable request of all its member leagues — to retain control of TV rights and revenue for any university that might choose to leave before 2027.

After the ACC withheld this university’s television and bowl revenue, the university sued the conference, then filed a $157 million counterclaim and said the conference tried to recruit two Big Ten schools after this university’s decision to move.

Though the ACC’s actions can be considered anything but fair, the final legal settlement — in which this university pays the ACC about $31.4 million — is both reasonable and long-needed.

T h i s se t t l e m e n t e sse n t i a l ly translates to two major outcomes: The university has no further legal or financial obligations to the ACC, and it can start focusing on its potential for success in the Big Ten without overcoming any more legal hassles from its past.

OUR VIEW

After a long legal battle, this university should be relieved to settle its exit fee and finally move on from the ACC. Firstly, the $31.4 million sum, wh i c h ro u g h ly e q u a te s to t h e revenue the ACC withheld from this university after it left the conference, is much lower than the conference’s intended $52.3 million fine.

Sure, the ultimate fee is almost twice the $17 million fee this university argued it owed, but it is still a better alternative to the possible fine of $52.3 million had the longstanding legal battle continued.

There is no clear winner or loser in this settlement. The ACC gets to hold on to this university’s media

revenue, while the university can avoid making out an unreasonably huge check to the conference.

Financially, the $31.4 million fine may not be that big of a deal to this university, provided it will potentially turn larger profits in the Big Ten. And the ACC doesn’t have much to lose either, after it officially gained the University of Louisville as a member last month.

All in all, the end of this legal settlement means this university can move on with a cleaner slate, not to mention much more revenue to gain.

The decision for this university to move to the Big Ten, and the legal battles following it, have been a controversy for far too long. Athletic department staff, athletes and fans deserve more than having to wait for a legal battle to end before enjoying the Big Ten experience.

This university has had more than 60 years of rich history with the ACC, and though this history has been full of memorable moments, it’s time to move on and make a sensible decision. At the end of the day, the $31.4 million cost, though high, is a down payment we should be willing to make if it means a brighter, more lucrative future.

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Time to amp up your Big Ten game

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long with the books, pens, mini fridges and photographs that will be packed up in a couple weeks should be a large foam finger, a state flag cape and a vuvuzela. If you already own these items, then it is time to shake off the dust. Your horn is about to be put to good use.

As the Terrapins enter the Big Ten this fall, students will be entering a new conference of their own — a conference almost as competitive as the Big Ten. It requires teamwork, patience, energy, planning, determination and, most importantly, SPIRIT. This conference is called fandom.

In the past several years, game attendance has dropped substantially, with students rounding up their crew and heading out before halftime had even started. Students reserve tickets and then decide not to go. We do not want to sit in the rain. It is too cold. It is too hot. We need to study.

Well, fellow Terps, these excuses were for the ACC. Prepare your red outfits, paint your face and strengthen your vocal chords. Get ready to scream. Your studying will be finished before game day. Buy those leg warmers and quit com-

plaining. To be proper fans of the Big Ten Terps, we must understand that, as students, we are competing against the student bodies of other Big Ten schools.

Spartan Stadium is a sea of green.

Penn State students roar for their Nittany Lions. Are we really going to let Cornhuskers out-cheer us?

Seriously?! Cornhuskers?!

The first step of this transition is to stop repeating the dreadful line that has been chanted for the past year: “We are going to get slaughtered.”

This attitude only acknowledges the present. Students want to see their Terps win on their turf while they are enrolled at the university.

But the few years we spend here are only the start of fandom. The sooner students realize they have the rest of their lives to watch the Terps play and improve, the louder our stadium will become.

No team can enter a bigger conference and expect to start out on top. But with our foot in the door, this university will gain stronger recruits, more funding and — hey, what’s that — more free apparel at the games?

Instead of complaining that your

football team got crushed while you were in school, brag about how you were there when they played their first Big Ten game.

How you were there when every seat in the stadium was filled for the first time in years. How you were there when the entire student section screamed “Hey, you suck!” to the foolish kid wearing a Michigan shirt.

To be a fan, you must be loyal.

Whether the Terps win or lose, we will be there until the game clock stops. We will not say “We suck.”

This university has given us the opportunity to cheer against some of the greatest teams in the nation, and if you are not willing to stay and support our Terps who have been working hard all summer, then do not reserve a ticket. Give yo u r sea t to t h e 5 0 -yea r- o l d alumnus who has been waiting for this game for 30 years.

Let us start the football season off with the greatest energy Byrd Stadium has ever seen, heard or held. GO TERPS. Katie Stuller is a junior English m a j o r. S h e ca n b e re a c h e d a t kstullerdbk@gmail.com.

In-state tuition is lower because the student’s family has been supporting the state university with tax payments for a large portion of their lives.

However, when organizations like InState Angels become involved, they are defrauding a state, that state’s schools and families who are actual residents of the state — not just registered automobile owners, which is one tactic used by In-State Angels.

If more and more out-of-state students start using programs like In-State Angels and begin the bureaucratic dance into state residency, will tuition rates increase for the true in-state students? It is a thought that worries me, that my reasonable in-state tuition which my born-and-bred in-state parents pay for could be jeopardized by out-of-state students looking to cheat the system.

There are arguments that suggest state schools accept fewer in-state residents so there will be more out-of-state students providing a nice cash cushion with their higher tuition payments. But this would make state schools more competitive, which could drive families to jump through flaming hoops to secure an affordable college education.

Luckily, 29 percent of this university’s student body is made up of out-of-state students, according to College Express, making the majority of the students state residents — unless In-State Angels has infiltrated the Old Line State.

To put it bluntly: Using a service like In-State Angels defrauds a state institution and that state’s taxpaying residents. I sincerely hope this university’s officials, especially those at the bursar’s office, can see through outof-state students applying for in-state tuition, because the devil-like nature of In-State Angels just might cause more fiscal harm than help.

MAGGIE CASSIDY

Just like any other frugal college student, I am all about bargains, deals and making sure I’m getting my money’s worth. This especially holds true to the in-state tuition my parents and I pay each semester so I can be a student at this university.

Compared with the other colleges I applied to — especially the private liberal arts schools with annual tuitions of more than $40,000 — the $7,600 cost of a full year of in-state tuition at this university is cheaper than any other university bill I would have encountered.

The cheap cost of a great education is one of many factors that drew me to this university, and it’s understandable that most college students would rather pay in-state tuition.

The attraction to lower student bills has become so popular because of crippling student loans that students around the country have sought ways to pay in-state tuition even though they grew up outside of the school’s state boundaries.

An organization has even been founded to help students cut corners and pay the coveted instate tuition. It’s called In-State Angels, and its objective is to make a student ‘residential’ enough to pay in-state tuition, even though he or she should be paying out-of-state fees. To do this, In-State Angels charges a small fee of about 10 to 15 percent of the savings the wannabe in-state student accrues throughout his or her college career.

While this might seem like a great action for out-of-state students who wish to pay the same as their in-state counterparts, In-State Angels and its Maggie Cassidy is a junior English clients are cheating those of us who m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t mcassidydbk@gmail.com. truly are in-state students.

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Now it’s time to get familiar with the based community. Riff Raff is the man to look up to. When it comes to haters, all you have to do is “POST THE SAME ViDEO ON ViNE 500 TiMES TO REMiND THE HATERS WHY YOU GET TO SHiNE.” Lil Debbie out here straight flexing as well, saying “you don’t have to live a scum life to be … living ‘that life’..just be you.” The wise Soulja Boy advises, “Don’t give up on anything, especially if it’s something that makes you happy.” At the top of the list is Amanda Bynes, the epitome of based: “If I’m not into you as a person I don’t care what you say about me.”

“Be bilingual and go learn some slang!” Knowing Twitter lingo is the key to staying connected with the based community. Check out #girltime and give those based girls a retweet. When you’re feeling thankful, shout out Based God with a #TYBG (thank you, Based God). Sometimes you just got to keep it #3hunna or shed an #ArizonaTear.

Finally, eat that wonton soup.

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Pratt plays Peter Quill, the selfproclaimed “Star-Lord,” in Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s latest film and its first since Thor in 2011 to feature a main cast of completely new characters. The movie made $94.3 million its opening weekend, the best August debut ever, proving Pratt’s viability as a successful lead actor.

Like many, I was first introduced to Pratt in his role as the dimwitted but lovable Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation. As Andy, Pratt is a go-to for easy laughs and a master of physical comedy. He brings an infectious joy to a show already brimming with it, whether he’s portraying his alter ego, FBI agent Burt Macklin,

or belting out “5,000 Candles in the Wind.” It’s easy to see how Pratt has endeared himself to fans of the show through Andy, and it helps that the actor seems to have a charm similar to that of his character.

On the media tour for Guardians of the Galaxy, Pratt won over numerous Internet fans with his disarming humility and refreshing honesty, which has been compared to the persona of another media phenomenon — Jennifer Lawrence. Pratt has talked endlessly about his dramatic physical transformation in interviews but has found a way to make it funny and fresh, such as by exaggerating the numbers of his weight loss on The Late Show with David Letterman. Pratt also went viral recently when he rapped Eminem’s verse in Dr. Dre’s “Forgot About Dre” during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid on his radio show, Whoolywood Shuffle.

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By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer Lois Lowry’s The Giver is basically baby’s first dystopian fiction, but that’s not meant as a slight against this epic work. It’s a book with that remarkable ability to reach kids — literature that’s perfectly comprehensible for the young without talking down to them.

The first time I read The Giver, I fell for the trap, hook, line and sinker. My thought process went a little something like this:

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of Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope with “network connectivity problems” after a quick search on the Web. You get the sense that Pratt doesn’t take himself too seriously, even though he’s quietly built up an impressive resume in Hollywood.

For three straight years, Pratt took small roles in Academy Awardnominated movies: Moneyball, Zero Dark Thirty and Her. He also gleefully voiced Emmet, the main character of The Lego Movie, one of the year’s biggest hits.

And it helps that Pratt is not a stereotypical leading man, even within the Marvel Universe. Unlike other actors named Chris who play superheroes (Hemsworth, Pine and Evans), Pratt came from a background in TV comedy, making him a unique but compelling choice for the part.

And in Guardians of the Galaxy, Pratt delivers, making Quill the Marvel superhero you’d definitely most want to hang out with. He brings an unpredictability to the role that makes him a standout in a genre that can often feel stale and trite.

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an actor like Pratt to match the film’s subversive nature. If played by someone else, Quill could have come off like an obnoxious jerk, but Pratt’s playfulness made for a much more interesting and complex character, one audiences will flock to see again and again.

Pratt’s transformation from goofy sidekick into leading man is something he and his fans can take pride in, as it’s clear he’s worked hard on his career and has the talent to take that step. And his popularity is only rising, as he’s set to star in another

sure-to-be hit: Jurassic World, due to hit theaters in 2015.

Whether you fell in love with him early in his career on Everwood, laughed at his hijinks on Parks and Recreation, watched his hilarious interviews on the Internet or let him dance into your heart in Guardians of the Galaxy, Chris Pratt is an actor with an undeniable appeal whose fame feels earned. And the best part is he doesn’t even seem to notice.

until I was nearly in middle school. Sure, I read a fair number of more challenging books for class, but nothing within them made much of an impression, with few and fleeting exceptions.

I picked up The Giver on a whim toward the end of elementary school.

The cover image of a bearded old man wasn’t initially promising, yet that image kept coming back to me until I was finally overwhelmed with curiosity.

Some concepts (and many words) initially flew over my head. No, I did not get that whole business about the main character Jonas having wet dreams after forgoing sex drive suppressants. But the ideas about individualism, about putting personal and creative expression above utilitarian goals, hit me hard.

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emotions seemed, on the surface, to be not necessarily a bad thing until Lowry slowly pulled the rug out from under me.

About the time Jonas found out what releasing truly meant, I began to wonder about what I wanted to do when I grew up and whether I actually liked the math and science my parents were subtly pushing me toward.

Growing up is such a weird and elusive process that pinpointing the exact moment it happens would be a fool’s errand. What I can say is that I read The Giver right around the time I stopped looking at the world through the boundlessly optimistic eyes of a child and starting questioning notions and things I once took for granted.

But amid the sadness and the gloom, the book offers a moment of peculiar

hope and reassurance. Of all the wonderful things about it, it’s the ending that most resonated with me.

The image of Jonas on that final snowy hill was incredibly evocative. It ended the story with closure, but also left enough ambiguity to allow my imagination to fill in the blanks.

Some of the magic was lost when I later read Gathering Blue and Messenger — the sequels that establish that Jonas did, in fact, survive after The Giver — but the initial ending still has a powerful hold on me.

Even though Jonas had lost everything he knew in his life, and even though his future was in terrible jeopardy, there would always be music in the world. Love, warmth and light.

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alexander From PAGE 8 first two years with the Terps while traveling to the NCAA tournament together. But in their final season together, Alexander was ineligible for the tournament due to his redshirt. “[Sheptock and Boley] were a little upset because they wanted to put the best team they could for their last year,” Alexander said.

“And they knew I was that guy.”

The dilemma weighed even heavier on Alexander when Goodwin missed several midseason matches due to knee problems. But McCoy said he never considered plugging Alexander into the lineup.

“We had made the commitment to have him take the year as a redshirt year,” McCoy said.

“We knew Tyler was going to make it back, so that obviously played into it as well.”

Alexander stayed the course, though, and is happy he did.

With two years of college eligibility remaining, Alexander said he now feels like a more complete competitor.

Unburdened by the faster pace of the regular season, Alexander had time to evaluate and critique his form in between matches. And without the pressure of team competition, he approached his matches with less focus on the final score; he was just wrestling.

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With a renewed perspective, Alexander has also spent time this offseason reading books about leadership.

Earlier this summer, Alexander’s father came home with a motivational book: Twelve Pillars. Alexander finished it in an hour and a half.

He has read several other books this summer on business leadership, wrestling and other topics.

He said he feels more confident than ever in his leadership skills and is eager to share his newfound wisdom with the Terps.

“It really helps,” Alexander said. “Hopefully, I can give that to my teammates and be a leader as the coaches want me to be.”

With Boley and Sheptock gone, Alexander will have to lead the Terps into a new conference. And his redshirt season may have helped him prepare for the challenge, even if it cost him a few restless nights.

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receivers From PAGE 8 That trend continued as Edsall addressed the status of his receivers during Monday’s media day. He openly demanded more effort and intensity because he said he believes there’s virtually no limit to what the unit can achieve. But to get to that point, it’s going to take commitment and a whole lot of tough love.

“To be truthful, we have a lot to do at the receiving corps, OK. We’ve got to step it up there,” Edsall said. “Everybody wants to talk about [being the best] about our receivers, but we’ve got to go out on the field and earn it. … The proof is in the pudding. And we’ve got to make sure that they understand that every day, you’ve got to go out and work extremely hard because we’re not looking for receivers that can just catch the ball around here. This isn’t flag football. This isn’t seven-onseven. We’ve got to have complete receivers.”

To help develop the receivers into all-around performers and better players without the ball in their hands, Edsall brought in Keenan McCardell as the team’s wide receivers coach.

McCardell spent 17 seasons as a wideout in the NFL before coaching the wide

receivers for the Washington Redskins in 2010 and 2011.

He reiterated Edsall’s aspirations for the group Monday.

“I want my guys to be total guys. I want complete receivers,” McCardell said. “They’ve got to realize that for us to be a team that we want to be, we’ve got to do our job outside of catching the football. And that’s helping in the run game.

All long runs come from receivers making blocks down the field. And it’s my job to make sure that they understand that.”

Edsall said Monday that he’s been most impressed with Levern and Taivon Jacobs during preseason camp. Levern led the Terps in receiving last season with 47 receptions and 640 yards in the absence of Diggs and Long, while Taivon redshirted.

The brothers will see an increased workload this season after Nigel King transferred to Kansas last week, as will Marcus Leak, who is listed as a starter alongside Long, Diggs and Amba Etta-Tawo.

Depth chart aside, though, McCardell said all receivers on the roster must take responsibility for their success on the field. The former pro said he often calls out his players for their mistakes in front of the whole unit during team meetings. No thin skin allowed.

“I’m not going to back down off of them, from [Diggs] to

is what he wants from all of his receivers.”

D u r i n g t h e s u m m e r, b e fo re re t u r n i n g to t h e field for the Terps, Diggs and Long worked tirelessly to improve their skill sets.

Quarterback C.J. Brown said he was on the field, working on chemistry and gelling as a unit, with both receivers at least three days a week without any coaches.

“We spent so much time [together] and we wanted the same thing out of this summer,” Diggs said. “We wanted to come back 100 percent as good as we were before, if not better.

We wanted the same goals, and we worked hard at it.”

Diggs and Long both said they don’t take the harsh criticism from Edsall or McCardell personally. After all, it’s the coaches’ jobs to motivate and get the best out of their players.

That understanding has fostered high expectations for the receivers within the team.

Whether those expectations are met remains to be seen.

“We have the ability to be the best receiving corps in the Big Ten,” Long said while sitting in Glazer Auditorium at Gossett Team House on Monday.

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“Zach is a walk-on, and [Diggs] is probably one of the better receivers in the country, and I coach them the same because you’ve got to make everybody accountable, from your best player to the player who’s maybe not the most talented.”

McCardell said the receivers are starting to adjust to his particular approach to the game, which starts with mental aspects such as perfecting route depths, understanding coverage looks and the purpose of certain route combinations.

“I’m a stickler for being right. I’m a stickler for being smart, being a smart player,” McCardell said. “Once you learn that, then your athletic ability will take over.”

The receivers, particularly Long and Diggs, have bought into McCardell’s relentless and demanding methods, largely because they know he’s been through every possible situation on the field at the next level.

“It’s validation when you can type in Google ‘Keenan McCardell’ and see him doing the exact same things that he wants you to do,” Long said. “He can call up an NFL wide receiver, and they tell you that he was on them the same way, he yelled at them the same way, he put pressure on them the same way to achieve greatness, which

Former Terrapins men’s basketball coach Gary Williams took his place onstage in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Friday afternoon and delivered a 22-minute speech to a crowd fi lled with his family, his former players and dozens of hardwood icons.

Moments later, the fiery coach who led the Terps to the program’s lone national title in 2002 was officially enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

“This is as big a thrill you can get as a coach,” Williams said to close his speech.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014

WRESTLING FOOTBALL

Alexander back after redshirting After season on the open circuit, junior ready to compete in Big Ten

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer During the Terrapins wrestling team’s last campaign, Geoffrey Alexander would often lie in bed at night questioning the rationale behind his redshirt season.

Before the season, the 133pound captain and the coaching staff decided Alexander should take a redshirt year to hone his skills on the open competition circuit rather than participate in team matches.

Yet as what was supposed to be his junior season wore on, Alexander longed to compete in events that mattered. He yearned to help his close friends and fellow captains 184-pound Jimmy Sheptock and 197-pound Christian Boley earn an ACC Championship in their final college season.

Instead, Alexander dressed in street clothes, took a seat by the mat and cheered for his teammates on match days.

But he couldn’t help them by competing. He considered talking to coach Kerry McCoy about burning the redshirt and joining the starting lineup.

Alexander is now thankful he never broached the subject.

With the team’s inaugural Big

Ten campaign looming in the months ahead, Alexander said the year spent competing in open meets provided him valuable time to develop as a wrestler and as a leader.

“In the end, it was great for me not to push myself to do that,” Alexander said. “This year, mentally, physically and emotionally, I went from an eight to a nine to a 10. That’s how I want to be for next year. Keeping this year and allowing myself to develop and really just mature as a college wrestler really helped me.”

Last season, 133-pound Tyler Goodwin started at the class and weathered some early troubles and nagging injuries to qualify for the NCAA tournament. But Alexander will probably be somewhere in the starting lineup this season, whether at 133 pounds or a neighboring class.

Behind Alexander and 285pound Spencer Myers, the Terps will look to carve a new era without Boley and Sheptock. The heavyweight duo leaves behind five ACC individual titles.

They also leave behind a friendship with Alexander.

Alexander said the three, along with Myers, bonded during his

COACH RANDY EDSALL has been hard on his receiving corps, especially standouts Deon Long and Stefon Diggs, during the Terps’ preseason.

randy’s choice

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer Randy Edsall hasn’t been afraid to criticize his most talented position group during the Terrapins football team’s preseason training camp.

For the second straight season, his starting receiving corps will boast two five-star recruits in junior Stefon Diggs and senior Deon Long. Both were lost this past season after each

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Edsall strives for perfection with Terps wide receivers broke his right leg in the same game at Wake Forest on Oct. 19. Nearly one year later, the duo has returned to the field healthy. And they’re prepared to prove that their gifted athleticism and raw ability can translate into wins for a football program entering unchartered

territory in the Big Ten. But Edsall hasn’t yet seen the type of focus and production he expected out of Diggs, Long and the rest of the receivers during the team’s August practices, and he’s aired his dissatisfaction on a public stage. Earlier this month, the fourth-year coach bashed Long while speaking to reporters after the former junior-college standout jumped offside twice in the first two days of camp.

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