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U officials to guarantee athlete degrees

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amateurism of college athletics has been hotly debated everywhere from courtrooms to television studios.

The policy, “The Maryland Way T h i s u n i v e rs it y a n n o u n c e d Guarantee,” will honor scholarships Tuesday morning it would start of- given to Terps athletes until they gradufering a lifetime degree guarantee ate, even if their athletic eligibility runs for athletes in all sanctioned sports out or they are injured and unable to kevin anderson, athletic director, said the beginning this November, and the compete. The program will also allow response to Tuesday’s “Maryland Way” offer has new policy has drawn national at- any athletes who leave “the institution been positive. christian jenkins/the diamondback tention during a summer in which the in good academic standing” to return to

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finish their degrees at any time.

Several other schools, including Big Ten foe Indiana, have instituted similar programs during the past couple of months, but this university’s degree guarantee is one of the strongest policies of its kind because it includes nonrevenue sports and never expires. It presents a sharp transition from the old policy, in which athletes signed

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City prepares for U student arrival with speed limits, cameras

As College Park prepares to welcome back this university’s students, city officials are ensuring that promised pedestrian safety measures are in place or on their way to implementation.

The Maryland State Highway Administration officially reduced the speed limit on Route 1 from 30 to 25 mph, effective as of midnight Aug. 15. City officials said the new posted speed limit will be enforced 24/7 by speed cameras between Guilford Drive and Berwyn Road.

These changes came after the growing concern caused by three pedestrian deaths that occurred around the same area of Route 1 this year. City Manager Joe Nagro said the City Council had asked the SHA to take action in the past, but the recent accidents were the catalyst for these changes to take place.

When Michael Cotter started a theater company more than 40 years ago, his group performed political satire on the streets of Washington.

T hen he got a job teaching music, art and drama to elementary school students and saw a need for children’s puppet theater.

By 1980, his local company, Blue Sky Puppet Theatre, was performing for children full time.

T he compa ny now m a i n ly performs for schools and family venues within a two-and-a-halfhour drive of its studio in University Park, where Cotter lives with his wife and collaborator, Judith Cayo Cotter. michael cotter, a University Park resident and owner of Blue Sky Puppet Theatre, first formed a theater company more than four decades ago. He performed political satire in Washington before starting up his family-focused business with his wife and collaborator, Judith, in their home. james levin/the diamondback

University backs drone testing site in Maryland

Benjamin Chisolm given fine, service hours on drinking charges in Virginia court decision

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state, school and university system officials pose for a photo at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for this university’s engineering school’s aerial drone testing site on Aug. 5. photo courtesy of kimberly mozingo handling the flight-related aspects the research requires, he said.

T he cost of the research will depend on each independent research project, said Tony Pucciarella, the director of operations for the test site.

There are currently multiple projects in the works with no set value.

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This university’s engineering school is examining how aerial drones can be used for the good of the state and to improve civilian lives.

The school opened an unmanned aircraft systems test site on Aug. 5, located in Southern Maryland on the St. Mary’s County technology corridor near Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

This university has been engaged in the project for two years, and decided to manage it after attending a UAS test site competition, said Matt Scassero, the director of the new site and a former captain in the Navy.

“We are looking to create better resource partnerships and position the university as a premier research institution,” Scassero said.

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one-year nonguaranteed scholarships that were often extended only if they continued to compete on their athletic teams.

Much of the public’s reaction to the program has been positive, and Athletic Director Kevin Anderson said the private response has showered praise on the university.

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at drones as weapons, but rather as beneficial, as the research will be oriented toward helping civilians, Pucciarella said.

Pucciarella said there are “countless” ways drones can help citizens.

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A university lacrosse player was found not guilty of assaulting a woman at a concert.

Prince William County Police arrested sophomore attackman Benjamin Chisolm, 19, during a concert at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, on June 29 where a 49-yea r-old woma n accused Chisolm of inappropriately touching her while she was lying down in the venue’s lawn area.

Ch i sol m wa s t r ie d on one count of public intoxication and one count of assault and battery in June. Prosecutors dropped the sexual assault charge before the trial.

Chisolm was found not guilty of assault and battery but was found guilty of public intoxication. Chisolm will pay a fine of about $100 and do 50 hours of community service, his at-

benjamin chisolm was found not guilty on assault and battery charges at a June 29 concert. photo courtesy of prince william county police torney Edward MacMahon Jr. told The Diamondback.

D u r i n g t he t r i a l, t h re e w itnesses testified saying they did not see Chisolm touch the woman, MacMahon said. The woman who accused Chisolm of inappropriately touching her did not testify, MacMahon added. jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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“I love the children’s audience; they’re just so eager,” said Michael Cotter, who also worked as an adjunct theater professor at this university. “I love the sound of 300 children roaring with laughter.”

Blue Sky Puppet Theatre gives children access to the art of puppetry but also puts on educational shows that provide a societal good beyond the entertainment, Cotter said,

Ten endorsed a plan to push the NCAA toward offering guaranteed four-year scholarships. Each Big Ten university president, including Loh, signed a statement that supported the position.

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has been one of the most vocal supporters of such a program, and Anderson said his conversations with Delany helped spark the implementation of “The Maryland Way Guarantee.”

The increased revenue the university will receive as a member of the Big Ten will help fund the program, as will the Terrapin Club Scholarship Fund.

“What really had me starting to think about this was

sitting down with Commissioner Delany and talking about the fact that we need to start addressing the 21st-century athlete,” Anderson said.

Student-athlete welfare has been a touchy topic as of late.

On Aug. 8, a federal judge ruled that NCAA bylaws prohibiting athletes from profiting from use of their likenesses are an unreasonable restraint of trade. In a separate case, Northwestern football players are fighting a legal battle to provide studentathletes the right to unionize.

And for the past calendar year, treatment of studentathletes has been a regular topic on national TV and radio shows, and the NCAA has been

michael and judith cotter build Blue Sky’s puppets in the basement of their University Park home.

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within the athletic department.

Anderson said the degree guarantee affirms that belief.

From PAGE 1 “This is for the overall good of each and every student-ath“My email box has been lete for their lifetime,” Anderfull,” Anderson said. “My voice mailbox has been, too. son said.

“When we’re all gone, this We have received nothing but positive responses for taking will be here and ensure that we will be committed to acathis forward.”

A report published in July 2011 demics and graduating our by university President Wallace student-athletes.”

The move is also in line with Loh’s Commission on Intercolthe beliefs of the Terps’ new legiate Athletics mentioned the importance of valuing education conference. In June, the Big

adding that more than 2.8 million children have watched the theater’s show promoting peaceful conflict resolution.

The company will put on a history show this weekend about the Battle of Bladensburg, which took place 200 years ago Sunday.

It will also perform the show in Baltimore in September for the 200th anniversary of the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Though Blue Sky Puppet Theatre focuses on entertaining children, it returns to its adult roots once a year. Cotter

said his company puts on an adult Halloween show every year for their neighbors.

“Our motto is we’re dedicated to excellence in drama, art, music and fun,” Cotter said. “It’s pretty good to be excellent at fun.”

criticized for rules that prohibit athletes from earning compensation beyond scholarships.

In guaranteeing scholarships for life, this university’s athletic department is aiming to show that it is working to protect the interests of Terps athletes.

“This demonstrates at the University of Maryland, and particularly in the athletic department, that we value all the pillars of being a studentathlete,” Anderson said. “Academics is one of the strongest pillars that we have.”

And unlike other schools with similar degree guarantee programs, this university’s extends beyond the three revenue sports, football and men’s and women’s basketball. Athletes in all sanctioned sports will be covered in the new degreeguarantee program.

“It shows that Kevin Anderson and the athletic de-

partment care about my athletes,” volleyball coach Steve Aird said. “It’s really in line with how I felt the school has treated our team, and it’s a positive step for the school.”

As the debate over how to compensate student-athletes rages on, this university has joined several others in reducing risks to the scholarships athletes receive. But unlike other similar policies, including the solution the Big Ten’s presidents suggested earlier this summer, this university’s commitment to its student-athletes extends beyond the standard four years, Anderson said.

“We decided that we should make this a lifetime commitment,” he said, “to make sure that every student athlete that comes here has the opportunity to graduate.”

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SAFETY From PAGE 1 “There was an effort on the part of City Council that encouraged [the SHA] to do it,”

droneS From PAGE 1 help locate a person who is lost or missing, he said. “ We t h i n k it w i l l h ave a very positive impact on public safety and natural disasters,” Pucciarella said.

P ucci a rel l a a l so noted technology will play a role in agriculture and aquaculture by reducing the amount of chemicals used in fertilizing, and by seeking more data on the Chesapeake Bay to improve its conditions, he said.

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Nagro said. “The City Council has always been on record of asking for more improvements for pedestrian safety on Route 1 for many years.”

Nagro said he and other offi cials have been concerned

that frequent speeding on Route 1 and other aggressive d r iv i ng b eh av iors, combined with the high density of pedestrians that comes with proximity to a college campus, makes for a dan-

lieves this will end up being a successful project given the support from area politicians, such as Del. John Bohanan Jr. (D-St. Mary’s), who advocated for the site.

“A lot of countries are a l ready usi ng d rones fo r n o n w a r p u r p o s e s ,” Bohanan said. “So America is falling behind.”

Bohanan’s main reasons for supporting a project like this was its assumed econom ic benef its. T he te s t s ite c o u l d p ro v i d e more jobs — especially for younger people who want to get involved with new technologies, he said.

Just as P uccia rel la d id, Boha na n cited apply i ng fertilizers using unmanned vehicles and assisting first responders i n locati ng people a s top benef its of drone use.

Bohanan considers the site a great collaboration among industry, the Navy and this u n iversity a nd sa id he is “very excited” about it.

“This test site is one of the fi rst to open in the nation,” he said. “We believe it can become one of the premier centers for unmanned aviation in the nation.”

gerous situation. University Police hope increased enforcement and offi cer presence will encourage drivers to slow down and watch for pedestrians more vigilantly.

“Our officers are heavily engaged in traffic enforcement any time of the year, but with the recent tragic events of the pedestrian fatalities, we’re focusing more in the Route 1 corridor … by stepping up enforcement for speed,” Maj. Marc Limansky said. “And that’s one thing, but we’re also … keeping up a visible presence there just keep people slow.”

The speed cameras will issue tickets to any vehicle going over 37 mph, but police can issue tickets to drivers going over the new 25 mph limit at their discretion, he said.

Aggressive driving behav-

iors are not the only factor in dangerous situations for pedestrians, Limansky said; pedestrians sometimes neglect to follow safe methods of crossing through traffic.

On a college campus, where pedestrian traffic is higher than vehicle traffic, students are used to crossing streets w it hout much rega rd for safety, Limansky said, and the problem is complicated by students walking while intoxicated. Bob Ryan, city public services director, said a median fence will be built along the road to prevent pedestrians from crossing outside of the crosswalk.

“The culture is different on campus, in that drivers through campus are general aware that people are going to step out in front of them,” Ryan said. “It’s more danger-

ous when you get off campus.”

Sig n age i nd icat i ng t he ch a n ges i s a n i mp or ta nt a spect of t he new sa fety efforts, for both drivers and pedestrians, Ryan said. Ryan also said education measures are in the works to teach pedestrians about traffic safety, but ultimately, pedestrians need to act more responsibly.

“The State Highway Administration, the University Police, the city and the county police are making every effort they can to make sure people are safe and [the recent measures] have all been done to try to improve pedestrian safety,” Nagro said. “But those are not the only things that do it. The students themselves have to take some responsibility.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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university’s degree guarantee blankets all university-sanctioned sports — not just revenue generators such as football and men’s and women’s basketball — which further shows that educational opportunity is at the core of this decision.

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‘The Maryland Way Guarantee’ is a step in the right direction, but needs more accountability from students and administration.

The guarantee also makes university athletics, especially revenue sports, more marketable to prospective student-athletes. Recruiters can assure prospective students and their families that the university will be behind students no matter what in order for them to earn their degree.

However, despite the surface benefits of basically guaranteeing an athlete his or her degree at this university, certain standards should be applied to athletes who will rely on “The Maryland Way Guarantee” so it will not be unfair to the rest of the student population.

The guarantee already addresses that an athlete who left the university must have left in good academic

standing to apply for financial aid.

However, certain stipulations need to be established for scholarship athletes who cannot play but wish to remain at the university to earn their degrees.

If athletes are unable to play on the court or on the field, then they should be held to some, if not the same, academic standards as meritbased scholars. For example, the most prestigious merit-based scholarship at this university is the Banneker/Key Scholarship, an all-inclusive scholarship to this university. Recipients must maintain a minimum of a 3.2 cumulative GPA. These merit scholars must also be registered for at least 12 credits per semester and average 30 credits per academic year.

While officials could establish a fair GPA and credit requirement for athletes to keep their scholarships, it’s not unfair to expect the same amount of academic achievement required of merit scholars. If an athlete is no longer able to participate in their sport, then they are in a situation more similar to that of a merit scholar than an athletic scholarship recipient.

The “Maryland Way Guarantee” is a good step for this university in prizing education above all else. However, more steps must be taken to guarantee a level playing field for both merit and athletic scholars.

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ith the university cutting all ties from the ACC and going full steam ahead into its first season in the Big Ten, it seemed as though the image of university athletics were on the rise and couldn’t get much better. However, the university further enhanced the athletic department’s prowess by announcing Tuesday that it will offer lifetime degree guarantees to student athletes in certified university sports.

The program, “The Maryland Way Guarantee,” will essentially require the university to uphold student athletes’ scholarships even if they are unable to play due athletic ineligibility or physical injury. In addition to honoring athletic scholarships, the new initiative will allow former athletes who left the university in good academic standing and want to return to finish their degrees to apply for financial aid via the Terrapin Club Scholarship Fund.

Simply put, the program is helping student athletes earn their degrees, despite any wrenches thrown in an athlete’s path.

Considering this university is one of the first institutions to spearhead this program, guaranteeing an athlete the ability to finish his or her degree regardless of athletic participation illustrates that the university values education above all else. And unlike similar programs at other schools, this

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he invasion is near. By bus and by plane, by car and by train, they will travel. This fall, Buckeyes, Hawkeyes, Spartans and Scarlet Knights will swarm College Park in unprecedented numbers. Let them come. I, for one, welcome our new Big Ten overlords.

With long histories, large enrollments and deep loyalties, Big Ten alumni and fans are a different breed.

We have seen hints of orange from Syracuse and Virginia, and traces of Virginia Tech maroon at games, but the upcoming season will attract thousands of opposing fans like never before.

This year, it is expected that many of the empty bleachers of recent years will be replaced with rowdy opposing fans, including alumni living in the area who haven’t been to games in years. Fans of opponents such as Ohio State could even potentially outnumber Terps supporters.

The raucous fans will import their storied traditions from the heartland, just short of dotting the “I” in “Script Ohio.” Our key-jingling and newspaper-shaking might pale in comparison.

This summer, we experienced the FIFA World Cup, in which the blend of nations in the crowd elevated the excitement of competition. American sports typically emphasize home field advantage, but that hasn’t really been the case for Terps football lately.

A temporary injection of foreign fans in the stands might not help assert the Terps’ long-term dominance, but it will create a new level of energy and passion, for now.

We enter a new conference with potential rivalries with Penn State and Rutgers, but these are not yet solidified. New rivalries will be formed

only through memorable moments and climactic confrontations. What better way, after all, to find out who to love to hate, than by inviting over thousands of each candidate? Will the Michigan State Spartans fans become our nemeses? Or will their adorable accents and Midwestern charm win us over?

You might say that there’s nothing to do in Iowa City, so those Big Ten fans have all the time in the world to obsess over the football team. It might be true that having less population density to Tinder-swipe gives them a lot of free time, but for just six fall Saturdays, we can follow their lead. The rest of the stadium might be sold to opposing fans, but the student section will remain our own. We must make it count, as Diamondback columnist Katie Stuller wrote last week.

Maybe the Big Ten only wanted the Terps to join to penetrate the Mid-Atlantic media market. Maybe the Terps won’t be playing in the Rose Bowl Stadium at the end of this season. But we will make our mark on the conference in more ways than just TV numbers and having a quality dairy farm on the campus. From R.J. Bentley’s to the AllAmerican panels covering the Byrd Stadium garage, we have history to share and history to make.

So when the invaders march into our “livable community,” introduce yourself and offer a friendly Natty Boh. We have plenty to share. And know that no matter what happens on the stadium turf, our credibility on hardwood might turn the tables come winter. After all, will our school and town make a bunch of money from these Midwestern visitors? You betcha!

Daniel Galitsky is a junior economics and finance major. He can be reached dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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Preventing violence with GoPros EMMA ATLAS My philosophy is one of equality.

That is, I think everyone should have the right to have their neighbors spied on. A spy for a spy makes the whole world extremely not blind, as the saying goes. But that all-seeing eye has a cataract. For all our surveillance, nobody except officer Darren Wilson and witnesses at the scene in Ferguson, Missouri, will ever know exactly what happened on the day 18-yearold Michael Brown was killed.

There is no known footage of the shooting that has set the town on fire.

As of yet, there is no decisive testimony, no justice in the eyes of the people protesting and, from what I see, no credibility in any police force not yet equipped with body-mounted cameras.

Reliance on police and witness testimony alone is not enough, and testimony in fatal excessive force cases is about as valid as actual fiction. Cameras aren’t just a “be nice” pressure on officers. They are incorruptible watchers-who-watchthe-watchmen.

Without a doubt, mandating that all officers wear cameras and record every minute of their workday would cut down on cases of excessive force,

as well as make racial discrimination and abuses as transparent as everything else is in this country. I see no reason why a police officer should be able to pull over cars based on the ethnicity of the driver in privacy, while I have to worry about which threatening buzzwords will turn my Mother’s Day call into a party line.

Increased surveillance on the police isn’t only beneficial for citizens.

Body-mounted cameras grant legitimacy and inarguable truth to police reports. It’s the same logic used in arguments about privacy: If the police aren’t doing anything wrong, then they have nothing to worry about.

Unless patrol cars really are the font of personal revelation they are in crime dramas, nothing should be recorded between during an officer’s shift that he or she isn’t willing to answer for.

Already, the popularity of YouTube and the spread of smartphones are working as a stopgap. Videos of heated confrontations with less-than-professional police are alarmingly common, both because of the popularization of filming police officers and the frequency with which they seem to misbehave. It could be that these incidents only seem to happen so often because filming good cops generates less Web traffic, but the only way to know for sure would be to get the full data set.

That’s more feasible than it sounds.

According to The Washington Post, the Pentagon gave almost half a billion dollars of repurposed military equipment to local law enforcement last year.

This includes the armored Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles shown prominently in Ferguson coverage, the LRAD sound cannons for suppressing riots, and other tactical equipment.

A fleet of GoPros and a secure server for footage seems like an extremely trivial cost compared to this.

The system as I see it would require police officers to wear the cameras on their chest the entire time they are on duty. At no time would they be allowed to turn it off, except in the bathroom, because lost footage while on patrol would be incredibly implicating. Just before they clock out, the officers would turn in their cameras for processing by an outside regulating agency. Or, with a little innovative push, the system could send footage into the Cloud as it’s recorded, preventing any of it from being lost because of camera damage.

It’s intrusive, they might say, too pervasive, or unnecessary. To that I say, so are police officers who won’t do everything in their power to prove they had a reason to shoot an unarmed man.

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

to ignore the possible causes of the shooting. But continuous theorizing on such a shaky base of facts fills people with unsupported opinions that hurt us in the end.

The more frightening behavior of the media — and activists such as Al Sharpton — is the cold-blooded use of Brown’s death to further an agenda.

While any police shooting probably would have ramifications probably beyond those of a civilian shootings, it doesn’t make those other victims worth any less. But if these activists and journalists truly cared about people’s lives, they would have expressed their outrage over the three dozen shot in Chicago alone last weekend.

The underlying truth is that many of these activists care more about their personal agendas than they do about people actually getting killed or wounded. Notice the national media coverage that normally swarms a school shooting is noticeably absent after a weekend filled with violence in many of our cities and towns. The media frenzy that descended on the Columbia Mall, my backyard, included the same people who ignore the violence found across the country. Of course the agenda there was gun control, and in the Ferguson case it’s race and police brutality. But in the course of this “pick-and-choose” coverage, thousands are killed and die unnoticed by a majority of the country.

My point is that while we don’t seem to want to be barraged by a list of murder victims each night, the victims’ names we do hear on national television are often part of an agenda pushed by one group or another. And the sad truth is that thousands more lie unnoticed — many of them minorities in the dangerous streets of cities we take for granted to be deadly.

The shooting in Ferguson needs to be resolved through the legal system, not by the media and not via a police-protestor showdown. Let the justice system do its job at federal, state and local levels. But let’s not forget any of the young people like Michael Brown who have lost their lives all too early in our society.

Ferguson, Missouri, is the latest town thrust into the national spotlight by a shooting tragedy. In what has become all too common, a disputed shooting involving the police and a young man has attracted national media coverage, stirred protest and unrest and emboldened activists and pundits of all types.

As with similar cases before it, the death of Michael Brown has been distorted and twisted for the benefit of individual agendas.

Regardless of the results of the many investigations, Brown’s shooting will still be a tragedy. A man died — the particular circumstances irrelevant here — and all of us following the situation would do well to remember this, as his family surely grieves for him.

As tempting as it is, we cannot yet assign blame for his death. Firstly, it is not our responsibility to do so; it is the job of investigators, attorneys and the grand jury to determine if a trial of officer Darren Wilson is needed. If they deem it necessary, then a jury of Wilson’s peers will be responsible for determining his guilt or innocence. Second, even if you can’t show restraint and wait for the investigations, realize that differing accounts of the shooting exist. We all have bias of some kind, whether it concerns race, police or anything else.Because it’s not my place to delve into a shooting of which we have no objective recording, I’ll settle for analyzing several reactions to the shooting, particularly the media’s and pundits’.

The media’s coverage has often been self-serving and agenda-driven. As with the other major investigations, the media have applied nonstop coverage and speculation.

Instead of providing facts, they instead have fueled speculation and sought to divide people into defined Matt Dragonette is a junior government groups. This service is good to some and politics major. He can be reached extent, because it does us little good at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

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The flip side is that there is much to be learned: All can eventually be overcome, and each individual can become a better person because of what transpires this week.

For a small minority of individuals, the week may be even more complicated because of a subtle yet significant change in their personal or domestic situations. These individuals may not enjoy their usual support system at this time and will have to look elsewhere for help and encouragement.

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ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- Take care that you do not misinterpret any messages you receive as the week begins. You don’t want to find yourself at a disadvantage! (April 5-April 19)

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The boys of summer How a Baltimore history fan and a business major (with “really good grades”) quietly crafted the perfect block of summer shows

By Dustin Levy @DustinBLevy Senior staff writer Summer television has become a much-maligned phrase in entertainment, usually associated with reruns and shows networks didn’t want to save for the fall or spring. But an hour block on Comedy Central on Tuesday nights proves must-see TV still exists when the weather gets warmer.

On July 1, Comedy Central premiered the sophomore seasons of two series: Drunk History and Nathan For You. Even as Comedy Central’s original programming continues to blossom, these shows are some of the network’s best offerings. Although the series are very different from each other conceptually, they both succeed at creating humor in exciting and outof-the-box ways.

Drunk History is the brainchild of Jeremy Konner and Derek Waters (Hall Pass), a Baltimore native who, on the show, listens to narrators getting gradually more inebriated as they gab about specific historical events.

Meanwhile, impeccably dubbed reenactments, complete with recognizable actors and comedians, intercut the booze-soaked history lessons.

This season has featured the talents of Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses), Jack Black (Bernie) and Laura Dern (Enlightened), among others, reenacting moments in history and lip-syncing with the drunken narration. Part of the fun of the show, which originated as a Funny or Die web series, is anticipating and identifying the entertainers taking part in the episode.

However, the educational aspect of Drunk History should not be marginalized. Sure, the drunken retellings aren’t always perfectly accurate, but the show does successfully teach its audience about historical events that probably weren’t taught in the classroom (or perhaps were just ignored). It’s a relaxing show to watch because there are no stakes or drama — just the hilarity of individuals communicating in varying drunken states and imparting a bit of historical knowledge.

The second season’s Baltimore episode was a local highlight, as Charm City was featured in the fascinating stories of Francis Scott Key, Edgar Allen Poe and Allan Pinkerton — the latter hilariously played by an always-reliable Day with the narration of a game (and tipsy) Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds).

Adding to Tuesday night’s quality programming is Nathan For You, a brilliant spoof of business turnaround reality shows that highlights the comedic persona of Nathan Fielder (who got his start befuddling Canadians on This Hour Has 22 Minutes). The show, described as a “docu-reality series,” features Fielder acting as a consultant to struggling businesses and coming up with innovative and outlandish methods to improve business strategies, such as creating a 40-woman crew for the “world’s fastest maid service” and advertising for a pet store at a pet cemetery. Nathan For You is at its best when Fielder confronts unsuspecting individuals with his brand of overwhelming awkwardness, creating sidesplitting moments that push

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Comedy Central renewed both shows for third seasons, which is an encouraging sign that the eccentric shows have support from the network. Drunk History and Nathan For You may be lesser-hyped shows in the lineup of Comedy Central series, but it doesn’t really matter because the programs can easily stand on their own merits. The shows not only remain consistent in providing laughs, but they also offer something incomparable to anything else on television.

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By Eric Bricker @EricCBricker Senior staff writer It makes sense that Be n ja m i n Bo o ke r re cently graduated from

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After all, the 25-year-old makes music that’s easy for a music writer to love: All gruff, mush-mouthed vocals and guitars that run the gamut from twangy to

shredding, his self-titled debut is pitched perfectly between Springsteen and Alabama Shakes, somewhere in the buzzy sweet spot between The White Stripes and Robert Johnson. In other words, this is grade-A bluesrock aimed squarely at the Pitchfork set.

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LINE From PAGE 8 the defensive line has the credentials to be one of the best in the Big Ten. Jefferson had 47 total tackles last year, and Monroe was the star of the defensive line.

Monroe had 9.5 sacks and 17 tackles for loss last year, leading the team and ranking in the ACC’s top 10 in both stats.

At nose guard, Bowers (6-foot-1, 285 pounds) and Kilgo (6-foot-3, 319 pounds) complemented each other and combined for 69 tackles last season. “[Kilgo is] the more stout of the two of us. He’s bigger,” Bowers said. “I bring that quickness, that edge, that penetrating persona.”

Coach Randy Edsall said the Terps will benefit from having two veteran nose guards because they can rotate during the game and stay fresh while opposing offensive linemen tire.

The Terps linemen have split reps with the first-team defense about evenly in preseason practice, and Bowers believes that will continue

Defensive End Andre Monroe led the Terps and placed in the top 10 of the ACC with 9.5 sacks last season. file photo/the diamondback While the four veterans impressed the fourth-year into the season. Bowers said he and Kilgo don’t view each have established themselves coach at nose guard.

“That gives you depth,” other as competitors at the as key cogs on the defense, position, but rather as “a Edsall has also been pleased Edsall said. “They have the tandem that’s going to give with the performance of ability to be able to go out younger backups on the line. and play very well. I like teams a lot of trouble.”

“Me and Darius are real cool,” Defensive ends Malik Jones where we’re at on the deBowers said. “We just try to get and Roman Braglio have made fensive line.”

The mix of young talent and each other better. We watch film plays while on the second together. All offseason long, we team during preseason camp, established veterans has created and freshman David Shaw has a positive dynamic within the were in workouts together.”

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position group, Bowers said.

Each defensive lineman aims to help others, and the group is relaxed and confident because so many of the players have game experience.

So when defensive line coach Chad Wilt took over for Greg Gattuso this spring, it was an easy transition. He could lean on the upperclassmen to teach the inexperienced players and keep things loose in the film room and on the practice field.

“Having a chill vibe is always good,” Bowers said.

“We’re serious when we need to be, but we have some fun in our meetings.”

Jefferson hopes that mix of good times and hard work will extend to game days. It could be tough battling conference foes and their highly touted offensive lines, but Jefferson would enjoy helping his position group snag some of the spotlight.

“The Big Ten, they say they have the best linemen,” Jefferson said with a slight smile.

“I want to see how we match up against them.”

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The Ottawa, Ontario, native started a combined 40 games the past two years and will look to rebound from a 2013 season in which she had a 1.49 goalsagainst average.

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After the Pride netted the opening score, the Terps scored four unanswered goals to earn the 4-1 victory.

The Terps begin the regular season Aug. 22 against defending national champion UCLA in California.

Two days later, the Terps travel to play against Pepperdine before returning to College Park for their Aug. 28 home opener against William & Mary.

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Terps tabbed to place 3rd in B1G Coaches also pick Ryan, Beanlands, Baker as players to watch in league

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer Entering its inaug ural season in the Big Ten, the Terrapins women’s soccer team has been picked to finish third in the conference by the preseason coaches’ poll released Aug. 13.

Coaches favored Penn State to win the Big Ten, with Wisconsin chosen second. Nebraska, the 2013 Big Ten champion, and Michigan round out the top five.

The Terps lost their top two goal-scorers from last season.

The Chicago Red Stars selected forward Hayley Brock, who led the Terps with 12 goals in 2013, in the third round of the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League draft.

Midfielder Ashley Spivey also left the program, transferring to Central Florida after scoring six goals for the Terps last year.

Though they lost Spivey, the Terps return three of their

NOSE GUARD DARIUS KILGO is one of four veterans who return to anchor the Terps’ defensive line. The team’s season opens Aug. 30 at Byrd Stadium. file photo/the diamondback

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four starting midfielders. And forward Alex Anthony, the No. 26 recruit in the 2012 ESPNHS Top 150, returns after a knee injury forced her to redshirt last season.

PLAYERS TO WATCH Three players from the Terps were named to the conference’s players to watch list, also voted on by the coaches and released Aug. 13.

Midfielders Aubrey Baker and Cory Ryan and goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands represent the Terps on the list, which includes 42 players.

Baker, a junior from Foothill Ranch, California, was a staple in the Terps’ lineup a season ago. She started 16 games in the midfield and scored three goals.

Ryan, a senior, only made two starts, but she played in 16 games and finished fourth on the team in points.

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Veteran members of defensive line hope to prove their worth as Terps enter Big Ten

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer For the past year and a half, Quinton Jefferson has heard all about the Big Ten’s large, dominant offensive linemen. And the Terrapins football left defensive end is sick of such talk.

Jefferson looks at the veterans who anchor the Terps defensive line this season and is assured the group won’t have problems adjusting to the new conference. He notes the depth the Terps have up front and thinks they’ll wear down opposing offenses. And he sits in

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film room sessions with relaxed-yetfocused teammates and wonders why pundits haven’t turned their attention toward the unit patrolling the trenches in College Park entering an Aug. 30 season opener against James Madison.

“This is our year as a whole group to break out,” Jefferson said after Monday’s practice. “People are underestimating us and they’re doubting us, but I feel like if we do what we do, we can shock people.”

As a junior, Jefferson is the Terps’ leastexperienced starting defensive lineman.

Seniors Darius Kilgo and Keith Bowers are co-starters at nose guard in the team’s

3-4 scheme, and senior Andre Monroe starts opposite Jefferson at right end.

Plus, each of the Terps’ big men up front has played under defensive coordinator Brian Stewart for the past two years, which has allowed them to grow comfortable in their roles and build chemistry on the field.

“Another year in a system I know,” Jefferson said. “Each year I know it more and more. I know it like the back of my hand. I can run these plays in my sleep.”

It’s not just the Terps’ experience that has Jefferson so confident. He feels The Terrapins women’s soccer team begins its season Friday at UCLA. Big Ten coaches picked the team to finish behind Penn State and Wisconsin this year. file photo/the diamondback

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