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State law mandates helmets

By Bradleigh Chance Staff writer With the task of enforcing helmet requirements now falling to state authorities rather than DOTS, scooter riders who forgo safety gear will soon face stricter regulations.

The new state helmet law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, requires scooter and moped riders to register their vehicles, purchase insurance and wear a helmet and eye protection. While the mandate will slap violators with higher fi nes than under the university’s planned helmet policy, several students and police said enforcement

is more realistic and could lead to improved safety on the campus’ streets.

“We’ve seen incidents involving students who were in severe accidents — even just falling from a seated position onto the ground can seriously injure someone,” said University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky. “This law change can potentially save lives.”

Beginning Sept. 24, state residents can register their scooter electronically for $5 and will receive their title stickers from the Motor Vehicle Association in the mail. And while nonjailable motor vehicle offenses carry a maximum penalty of $500, Limansky

said he doubts a standard ticket will be as high.

“One of these tickets is going to be in the $25 to $60 range,” he said, compared to the $15 ticket the Department of Transportation Services would issue to offenders.

“Additionally, if someone already has a scooter, they have up to a year to get it titled before they are fined.

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Sophomore government and politics major Katherine Powers said following up on helmet use was vital for the university community’s See helmet, Page 3

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In a campaign to create a more safe and welcoming campus environment, university officials hope to communicate to students that there’s nothing casual about derogatory language.

Students who may have felt unsafe or unwelcome because of negative la ng uage ca n ta ke solace i n the fact that university officials are working to create a more comfortable environment.

The Department of Resident Life and the Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy Office joined to organize the “Inclusive Language Campaign” to foster conversa-

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tion about hurtful and disparaging language and help educate students about its negative impact.

“We’re really focused on this idea and belief that when you let people tell their stories, you can dialogue around it and build a bridge to better understanding,” said Judy Martinez, MICA’s coordinator for Latino/a student involvement and community advocacy and one of the campaign’s organizers.

The idea for the Inclusive Language Campaign began last semester and came to fruition this fall with a flurry of posters, buttons and decals and plans in the works for a banner in front See language, Page 3

Some students stuck in dorms without AC

Getting out the vote SGA and TerpsVote ramp up efforts to get students registered

By Sarah Tincher Staff writer SGA and the TerpsVote coalition are not willing to accept lackluster student attendance at the polls this November.

While past efforts to galvanize student voter participation at the university have not significantly improved turnout, this year the Student Government Association and TerpsVote have a new plan to make sure students are ready to participate in the election. With the ballots deciding the next presi-

dent, not to mention the state’s stances on same-sex marriage and the DREAM Act, group members said they will fully utilize new resources to make it easier than ever for students to get to the polls and make informed decisions.

The groups are reaching out to the Department of Resident Life, the Residence Hall Association, Greek life governing bodies and various cultural groups on campus to inform students how to register to vote. By also taking more personal initiatives,

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By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer To an increasingly exclusive group of students, the university’s progress in updating facilities on the campus amounts to a lot of hot air.

Students are catching several dorms — including Centreville, Bel Air, Elkton and the Cambridge Community dorms — in their fi nal years without air conditioning after Facilities Management completed the second of three phases to receive working heating and air systems, part of a slate of maintenance and construction from the summer.

Many residents said it was disappointing to be denied an amenity wildly available across the campus, though Facilities Management officials said they are working at the fastest pace they can without displacing students.

Capital Projects Director Bill Olen said he understands the inconve-

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nience of living in one of these dorms, which is why he said the university is spending $10 million a building to fi x the issue.

“It’s a necessity at this point to have AC so that the students can be comfortable in their resident halls,” Olen said.

However, freshman business major Alicia Arbaiza said a lack of communication from the Department of Resident Life led many students in Centreville Hall to believe they would have the amenity. After moving into the dorm, some students began circulating theories that only half the building had working air conditioning but the university was leaving it off out of fairness.

“I think people have started these rumors because there is such a lack of communication between the university staff and the students,” Arbaiza said. “They never told us we weren’t

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September, according to SGA Director of Communications From PAGE 1 Matt Arnstine. “ We’re t h e f i rs t s c h o ol such as registering students in the state to start this inattend i ng spor ti ng events house system, and that says a or waiting in line at Student lot about our commitment,” Entertainment Events, con- Zwerling said.

T he g roups a l so pl a n to tacting students via email and making class announcements, the coalition hopes to get the “the entire voter message across to students registration process is that their votes matter. not as clear or easily However, getting students registered is only the fi rst part accessible to everybody.” of the process — making sure JAMES JALANDONI SGA Director of Governmental Affairs students are well-informed about the election’s biggest issues and the candidates that e m p l o y m o re-t ra d i t i o n a l will appear on the ballot in No- methods of encouraging stuvember is just as crucial, SGA dents to vote, such as setting President Sam Zwerling said. up tables and voter registra“Part of it is getting people tion drives, according to RHA reg istered to vote, but the President Sasha Azar, who ot her pa r t i s m a k i ng su re has also been involved in the people are informed,” Zw- TerpsVote coalition.

The state is also offering erling said. “I’m personally invested in the idea of Terps online voter registration for the first time for anyone with helping Terps.”

Students have several new a driver’s license.

Sophomore bioengineering resources aimed at increasing voter participation at their dis- major Pierce Radecki said he posal, including a new system has already registered to vote the university is developing because of the convenience that will be connected to the of the state’s online system.

“A lot of people in our age registrar’s system, so students — both in-state and out-of- range are socially liberal, so state — will be able to register an online system could have online. The system is scheduled a large impact on politics,” he to be up and running by late added. “Having more voters

HELMET From PAGE 1 safety.

“There have been a lot of scooter accidents, especially when car drivers on campus aren’t being alert,” she said, adding, “I’ve never heard or seen anyone get in trouble for not wearing a helmet. It doesn’t seem to be enforced.”

Prior to the mandate, DOTS had mapped out the imple-

mentation and enforcement of the university’s own helmet policy, which was passed by t he u n iversity sen ate l a st October and was meant to go into effect this fall.

The department was planning to have employees snap photos of v iol ators on t he campus and cross-reference l icense plates w ith thei r registration list. However, many students said they had ex pected to see la x consequences this semester.

“There isn’t a plate on the

from a young crowd could really change the results.”

SGA Director of Governmental Affairs James Jalandoni met with a coalition of national non-partisan youth empowerment organizations to discuss potential voting barriers in the upcoming election. He shared ideas with Rock the Vote, Politic365, and ourtime.org, along with Congressional officials on Capitol Hill.

“There’s a lot of confusion that students face on filling out voter registration,” Jalandoni said. “T he entire voter registration process is not as clear or easily accessible to everybody.”

Jalandoni added he plans to do everything he can to make sure the student body is well-informed on how to register to vote, as well as on ballot initiatives and candidates’ platforms, before the November election, a goal Zwerling said she shares.

“A s t h e s t u d e n t b o d y p re s i d e n t, m y go a l i s to c r e a t e l i f e -l o n g v o t i n g habits in students,” Zwerling said. “If more college students voted ... we would be electing people who value higher education, and that’s important.”

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of Sta mp Student Un ion and displays on Shuttle-UM b u s e s , a c c o rd i n g to A m y M a r t i n, a coord i n ator for the campaign and associate director for Resident Life.

Students’ stories about how l a ng u age i n t he residence halls and across the campus hindered some of their experiences at the university inspired organizers, Martin sa id. Orga n i zers worked to craft a theme that would spearhead open discussion about the issues surrounding language and identity.

“Students ta l ked about, ‘Would you say that if your mom was here? Would you say that in an interview?’” Martin said of some students’ stories in open forums.

T he t heme, “ Wou ld you say that if…?” emerged from those talks. Other campaign paraphernalia feature various words that ca n negatively impact students’ well-being and demonstrate how those words affect individuals.

O ne sp eech bubble on a campaign poster says, “That exam just raped me!” Below it, another bubble asks, “Would you say that if you knew I was

f ront, so ta k i n g a pict u re would’ve been impractical,” sophomore computer science major Sundi Myint said. “Also DOTS doesn’t have enough staff. The way the authorities are planning to handle it seems much more effective.”

Even without the new law, Myint said she would have worn a helmet.

“But when I drive other people around, they typically don’t have one,” she said. “There isn’t enough space in my trunk for two, and they’re expensive.”

I n that event, Li ma nsk y said, both the driver and passenger would receive a ticket.

To encou rage hel met u s e, t h e d e p a r t m e nt a l s o gave students the option of buying headgear with their registration this semester, pre-purchasing 109 visorless helmets that now fail to meet the state’s new regulations.

“I would never buy a helmet from DOTS because they‘re not practical when you think about the amount of money involved and what you’re still expected

“We didn’t want to become word police, or have people doing it out of political correctness.”

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campaign’s upcoming website.

“We really tried to think about how can we keep this on people’s radar,” Martin said.

Amber Simmons, a Stamp Student Un ion i ntern who designed some of the campaign’s materials, said that, as a former La Plata resident assistant, she realized students don’t often take the time to think about their vocabulary.

“I think it’s so overlooked,” she said. “You don’t realize how certain things you say can be really hurtful. It’s one of those things people aren’t aware of.”

A ll of this fall’s resident assistants learned about the campaign during their traini ng prior to move-i n days, Martin said.

Senior neurobiology and psychology major Ami Jani, a community assistant in Queen Anne’s Hall, said she hopes the campaign helps students become more cogn izant of what they say.

“If you see it, it’ll connect i n you r m i nd that maybe I should think about what I’m going to say,” she said. “Our pol icy i s, i f we see something, we say something. We want to make everyone feel comfortable.”

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The goal is not to control what students say, but rather to start a conversation about t he use of cer ta i n words, Martin said.

“We didn’t want to become word police, or have people doing it out of political correctness — we want people to think about the language they’re using,” she said. “It’s not really to wag our finger at people.”

Some students beg i n to learn the effects of their language after hearing personal stories, Martin and Martinez said, which prompted MICA to launch a one-credit “spoken word” course this fall. It will enable students to share their stories with each other and learn about identity through lectures, speeches from classmates and other creative exercises.

Additionally, officials plan to create a series of YouTube v i d e o s, e a c h fe at u r i n g a student sharing an experience with harmful language, for the kirkwood@umdbk.com

to buy,” said Myint said. “They don’t come with eye protection, they don’t have a visor, and the law requires it.”

Joh n Chu rch m a n, who co-owns local scooter store College Scooters, which provided DOTS with helmets, sa id he has seen a spi ke i n purchases recently.

“But these helmets do not have the eye protection that will be required by law,” he said, adding that he hopes police educate drivers about t h e n e w l a w ’s p o t e n t i a l

consequences.

Limansky said police are prepared for some drivers to question the rule initially and will work with the Department of Resident L i fe a nd D O T S to s pre a d t he word leading up to October.

“There should be a level of understanding granted initially to the students because they’re not a l l goi ng to be aware of the new law at first,” Churchman said. chance@umdbk.com

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fter having taken an active interest in politics, it has been hard for me to escape its tendency to permeate even the least controversial aspects of life. Politics often make people irritated, cynical and bored, which I think is a shame.

Not to say that when thinking about the most complicated issues, I don’t feel the same way. Rather, politics are so pervasive and fundamental to even the simplest exchanges that to ignore them is to undercut your potential in a democratic society. The myriad of important issues is daunting, and it is surely impossible for anyone to tackle them all at once. That is why taking a political interest in your passion, no matter how obscure it may seem, can be so valuable.

Last January, websites across the Internet — in a show of cyber solidarity — “blacked out” in order to protest the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act and its partner in the Senate, the Protect Intellectual Property Act. Despite their seemingly benign titles, detractors of the bills — such as Wikipedia, Craigslist and Google — maintained that SOPA and PIPA’s measures would do irreparable harm to their operating models and the Internet at large. The protesting sites were joined by a host of grassroots activists, who were infuriated, empowered and enormously effective. (SOPA and PIPA died shortly after the blackout.)

What laid at the heart of these bills?

What destructive force was so egregious and exciting as to arouse the ire of a populist movement powerful enough to bring the Washington establishment to its knees? Put simply: copyright law, which is arguably one of the least interesting things to get passionate about.

Yet it is of enormous relevance to one of

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the world’s fastest growing industries.

Although the January protest was a tremendous victory for opponents of SOPA and PIPA, its resonant effects go beyond one demonstration. The denizens of the Internet suddenly realized the distant world of Washington bore tremendous relevance to something they cared deeply about. They also realized that if they did not act to preserve the object of their affection, it would be adversely altered.

I started gaining interest in tech policy last January, which led to an internship at the Computer and Communications Industry Association, one of the key players advocating in Washington on behalf of the technology industry. It turned out that the CIA and its partners occupy a world of advocacy that existed long before the SOPA/PIPA blackouts; it was just waiting for its constituency to realize how important its relationship with elected offi cials really is.

The massive outcry over SOPA and PIPA had far less to do with political interest than a basic desire to preserve something important.

There is turmoil, vitriol and absurdity when it comes to deliberations over key issues. This has the capacity to turn off even the most interested people, but apathy is not the solution to enacting change. Getting interested in politics can be about protecting the things you care about, and can be used as a tool for enormous positivity.

Preventing powerful interests from disrupting the common good is the responsibility of civil society. It’s yours.

So do something about it.

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hile this year’s race to the White House may not be at the forefront of every young voter’s mind, students are at the center of one the most contentious issues: how to distribute and fund federal student loans. President Obama signed a measure in July freezing the interest rate on student loans after months of Congressional gridlock, and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has voiced his support for the legislation. Both sides seem to be using the matter in hopes of winning the youth vote, but will low rates on federal loans actually help us, or are they hurting us in the long run?

Romney has said, “I fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans,” according to an April Washington Post article.

Obama reiterated a similar sentiment and said, “In today’s economy, a higher education is the surest path to finding a good job and earning a good salary and making it into the middle class.”

Both candidates have made the same point: Student loan rates should stay around and they want to help more students receive government loans. That initiative, however, comes with a hefty price tag: It costs $6.7 billion — and deciding how to fund the measure was why Republicans and Democrats took months to ultimately pass the bill.

But it seems that everyone is only

thinking in the short term. Obviously, nobody in Washington wants to turn away young voters by proposing to cut student loans leading up to the November election. They want — and need — that voter demographic.

Many graduates, however, are already defaulting on their loans

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We need a better federal student loan plan for the future, but for now private is the way to go. because they can’t find a job after graduation. Because the program enables the government to provide more loans, experts have suggested the initiative that’s supposed to help students has actually been a catalyst in fueling the rising cost of tuition. It’s extended loans to students who simply have no way to repay them after graduating.

And because the program creates more demand for a college education, there are more students seeking jobs than there are jobs, Cliff Rossi, a teaching fellow at the university’s business school, told The Diamondback.

Default rates on loans jumped nearly 2 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to the most recent Department of Education data. Both Republicans and Democrats need to look at the facts and craft a better plan for the future — one that doesn’t leave students with such

limited options after graduating — rather than spending so much time squabbling on a temporary fix. Even university President Wallace Loh said if students continue defaulting, the problem will quickly get out of control.

Because of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s dedication to higher-education issues, the state is doing relatively well compared to the rest of the nation and has stayed below the national average for student debt. But that’s just one state — ultimately, should the federal government continue on the path politicians seem to have chosen, state lawmakers will have no choice but to continue to raise tuition and perpetuate a vicious cycle of trying to counterbalance rising default rates.

While it’s imperative students be able to obtain loans to get through school, federal loans are not the best way to go about it. The federal government issued just less than 93 percent of student loans in 2010-11, compared to about 75 percent between 2006 and 2008, according to College Board. The threat of students defaulting on their loans is higher than ever with this job market.

Defaulting on private loans is just as bad as government-subsidized loans for the individual, but it will affect banks rather than the federal government.

Banks have already started to prepare for this, with the requirement for cosigners with any student loan. As the government is currently making such a mess out of the matter, private loans are the way to go.

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Benjamin Cannon is a sophomore government and politics major. He can be reached at benjycannon@gmail.com.

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Democrats: Try to uphold your morals Joshua Dowling After suffering through the Republican Party’s airing of wrongs at their national convention in Tampa, Fla., the American public is once again reminded of how the party’s positions on LGBT and women’s rights, labor, the environment, science and welfare are downright uniformed, irrational, shortsighted and even cruel. The mainstream Republican establishment — including Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — feigned surprise when Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin spouted off about “legitimate rape” and how he didn’t represent mainstream Republican values. But we see the Re-

publican platform includes no exceptions on abortion. No exceptions for rape, none for incest and none for the life of the mother. Did Americans expect any better from the Republicans? Probably not, but they should expect better from the Democrats.

The Democrats have been nothing if not pragmatic, attacking the Republicans’ inexorable march rightward at every opportunity. In doing so, however, Democrats occupied and then sacrificed the middle ground. Much of Obama’s health care plan was lifted straight out of the Republican playbook from the ’90s, and we attempt to justify our party’s actions and ideas by noting some Republicans used to support them. But what happened to our vision? Instead of responding to Romney’s attacks on financial aid for college kids, the Democrats should

speak about how we could make college truly accessible to all.

While the party has jumped on Akin for “legitimate rape,” the president and his leading surrogates have proudly owned Democratic support for women’s health, but we’re afraid to stand up for our core values. A woman should have the right to an abortion from day one; it’s her body, and it’s her choice. Our party has compromised its values in an effort to seem less radical and less liberal, but in doing so we’ve legitimized the Republican Party’s outlandish, inhumane and shockingly ignorant views of reproductive choice.

Democrats have sacrificed the middle ground and cozied up to Republicans on all issues in a vain effort to inoculate themselves from counterattack. I’m not entirely sure that we’re the pro-choice party anymore — just the party that

will make sure that you can get an abortion in the cases of rape, incest or the health of the mother. What happened to our courage? The health care law, which has come to define Obama’s first term, was actually based on a series of concessions designed to foster bipartisanship and ensure Republicans would come to the table. The resulting bill would have made Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson weep. Obamacare is a huge, nauseating giveaway to the insurance companies. Worse still, it’s almost identical to the plan Romney enacted as governor of Massachusetts, and conservative alternatives to the Clinton administration’s health care plan. Even after that, the Republicans still manage to savage Obamacare as a great moral wrong.

Now, there are still stark differences between Democrats and Re-

publicans — namely on LGBT issues, the environment and, well, science — and those alone are probably reason enough to support the Democratic Party for me. This is especially true when you consider that the Republican platform backs a constitutional amendment barring marriage equality, that Republicans would level whole mountains for minute natural gas deposits and that the Republican Party has soundly rejected not just climate change, but also evolution as frauds schemed up by liberal scientists and social engineers. Still, I can’t stop wishing for a hero to give Democrats a backbone. Until then — much like my party — I’m forced to compromise.

Joshua Dowling is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at dowling@umdbk.com.

George Washington said bye, the parties got high Matt Rice Over the next week, as the Republican convention wraps up and the Democratic edition gets under way, my least favorite part of American politics will be on full display: political parties. I often wonder what our politics would be like if George Washington’s contemporaries had heeded his farewell address’ warnings about parties, but Washington’s wisdom is as valuable today as it was more than two centuries ago.

“One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opin-

ions and aims of other districts,” he said. Parties are never content with arguing against each other’s actual positions; they always seem to give each other false motives. Listen to conservative talk radio and you’ll be “informed” that President Obama is secretly an evil communist, born in Kenya, who has a plot to ruin America.

In a much more subtle case, a recent ad for Obama seems to insinuate Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would outlaw birth control in a scheme to send America back to the 1950s, certainly an exaggeration of the actual issue at hand.

As Washington said, “You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations;

they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.” I experienced this bond this summer when I returned from abroad and saw Obama on a TV in the airport. I was filled with a healthy bout of patriotism: That is my president. I disagree with him on many issues, but that doesn’t change the fact that, as Washington noted, “with slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles.”

Washington also warned that parties could “make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction.” The federal budget, with all of its earmarks, certainly meets these criteria, but even within the parties’ platforms, inconsis-

tencies abound. I’m always somewhat disgusted by parties’ and politicians’ willingness to change their platform to appeal to various factions. Obama was carefully evolving until he decided a new position on marriage was safe, and Romney has flip-flopped on several important issues to appeal to today’s tea party Republicans. Do any politicians actually believe in what they support?

As a Catholic, I long for a politician who would support the rights and dignity of all people before and after they are born, even if they happened to be born outside of the U.S. or have committed a felony. I long for someone with a consistent ideology.

But alas, the Democrats support abortion, which truly is the worst thing in our country if you believe life begins

at conception, and the Republicans support capital punishment and indiscriminate deportation of illegal immigrants — both of which disrespect human dignity.

Parties are here to stay, but as this election comes I hope Americans will carefully consider each issue and candidate individually, weighing them against their beliefs and values, instead of blindly accepting the party line. Only when this happens can we hope to make the government “the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual interests.”

Matt Rice is a sophomore materials science major. He can be reached at rice@umdbk.com.

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HOROSCOPE STELLA WILDER

orn today, you seem to know better than most what makes people tick, and this gives you a distinct advantage in almost any situation. You seem able, at any time, to read those near you and to anticipate their actions.

Woe to anyone who chooses to sit down with you at a poker table and wager big stakes -- he or she is bound to walk away empty-handed!

You put your own personal stamp on most things that you do -- even those that might be considered routine or mundane. You clean the house in your own way, and you solve the world’s problems in your own way, too.

You have a deep and abiding respect for those who have gone before you, who have blazed trails and shown others the way. This doesn’t mean, however, that you feel the need to imitate them blindly.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- You don’t want to be distracted by anything that isn’t really a part of the central issue requiring your attention.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You’ll have your hands full with another’s odd behavior. He or she doesn’t quite understand that you’re trying to work as a team.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- What is normal, anyway?

Today, you’ll find yourself asking that question several times as someone challenges your presuppositions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You may not have a great deal of time to yourself, so when you find a spare five minutes, you’ll want to protect that time!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You may find yourself engaged in a strange sort of argument in which there really are no sides. So what are you really fighting about?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Are you feeling guilty about something that happened long,

long ago? It’s time to accept the fact that much of it was purely accidental.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You will want to be the first one to apologize -- not because you are more wrong than anyone else, but to get the ball rolling.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You are partially responsible for a problem that comes to a head today -- so you’ll want to be fully responsible for solving it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You’ll have the chance to step forward and show everyone in the room just what you’re really made of -- and the jokes are bound to stop!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You’ll be required to look more honestly at yourself today than you have at any time in recent memory. What you see doesn’t displease you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Some things are sure to be easier than expected, but some will prove harder -- and those that are harder are certainly worth the effort.

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REVIEW | COSMOPOLIS

THE SPECTER OF CAPITALISM

David Cronenberg the writer fails David Cronenberg the director in Cosmopolis, which squanders its tremendous potential on verbose speeches about economic meltdown

By Robert Gifford Senior staff writer The great crime novelist Elmore Leonard once described his editing process as such: “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” By that standard, you would have to cut 95 percent of Cosmopolis, leaving little more than scenes of star Robert Pattinson (Bel Ami) silently staring out of windows, silently undergoing a medical exam, and urinating.

Adapted from a Don DeLillo novel by writer-director David Cronenberg (A Dangerous Method), Cosmopolis follows Eric Packer (Pattinson), a fabulously wealthy, high-powered financial wunderkind, as he travels across Manhattan to get a haircut. Yes, a haircut. It’s a suitably insignificant destination for a fi lm so utterly unconcerned with character and the basics of human motivation.

Perpetually perched atop a black leather throne in the back of an imposing white limousine, surrounded by softly glowing touch screens endlessly flashing stock reports, Packer is the 1 percent personified. He’s master of his universe, protected from the world’s uncertainties by a pane of tinted bulletproof glass and a trio of armed guards.

But, inevitably, the barriers — both literal and metaphorical — separating him from the masses (many of whom are fond of throwing rats and shouting Marxist slogans at the wealthy) begin to degrade as Packer is confronted with riots, assassination attempts and, eventually, his own mortality.

Cronenberg does a fantastic job representing this journey visually, making ingenious use of the inherent awkwardness of rear-projection and framing his shots to highlight the partitions — be they windows, walls or fences — people put up around themselves to keep the world out.

If only Cosmopolis was half as well-written as it was directed. The fi lm is nothing if not ambitious, and it’s certainly convinced of its own weightiness. Characters monologue endlessly and inscrutably at one another, word-vomiting literary-sounding nonsense that seems excerpted from the most pretentious grad thesis ever written. It’s like listening to the ramblings of a stoned semiotics professor.

Strip away the SAT vocab, however, and it’s about as insightful as the average picket sign. The fi lm doesn’t

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have much to say beyond, “Gee, Wall Street sure did screw things up!” It just takes two hours to say it, and does so in the most florid way possible. It tackles subjects as diverse as cybersecurity and hip-hop culture, but in trying to comment on everything, it says nothing.

The overwhelming monotony of the fi lm isn’t helped by its annoyingly repetitive structure. Each scene involves Packer having an extended conversation with one other person, and only two of these sounding boards (err … characters) show up in more than a single scene, which isn’t enough time for any of them to develop anything remotely like a personality (especially when there are overwritten speeches about currency manipulation to be given).

The performances are uniformly flat, with the exceptions of the terrific Juliette Binoche (Another Woman’s Life) as Packer’s art dealer, and Paul Giamatti (Rock of Ages) as a guy who wears a towel on his head for reasons unknown. The automaton-like acting does contribute to the fi lm’s frigid, threatening atmosphere, suggesting a world of humans reduced to cogs in a machine, but frankly, it also makes the movie damn tedious.

The fi lm has its moments of power; Cronenberg is too skilled a director for it to be a complete fl op. (He is, after all, the man who took a remake of a schlocky Vincent Price fi lm and turned it into one of the most visceral and meaningful horror movies of all time.)

He’s able to maintain a consistent mood of creeping dread and a monologue near the end about, of all things, prostate exams and the yuan goes a long way toward clarifying the fi lm’s themes — and, for once, artfully expressing them.

There’s a particularly powerful scene around the midway point during which anarchists trash Packer’s limo while he and an advisor calmly carry on a conversation inside. It’s a disturbing, unforgettable moment that speaks to the disconnect between the wealthy and the world around them without overstating the point, and it shows off Cronenberg at his most disturbingly surreal.

It’s a reminder of the film Cosmopolis could have been, which makes the film as it is all the more disappointing. There’s a potent, relevant movie lurking somewhere inside, but it breaks through to the surface far too seldom. rgifford@umdbk.com

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Terps prepared for West Coast rivalry

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer When the Terrapins men’s soccer team steps onto Ludwig Field to face UCLA tonight, it will be playing for more than an early season victory against a top-tier opponent.

The No. 6 Terps will be playing for bragging rights over the No. 11 Bruins.

“It’s one of the matchups I’ve been looking forward to since I first came to Maryland,” forward Patrick Mullins said. “It’s something we take very seriously. It’s a little East Coast-West Coast rivalry we’ve got going. We like to be on the upper half of that.”

If history is any indication, the game will be everything Mullins expects it to be — and possibly more.

The Terps (1-0) have met the Bruins (0-1) seven times since 2001 (inclusive), holding a 4-3 edge. The lowest one of the teams has ever been ranked entering a game is No. 19. Four of the matchups have been decided by one goal, and one went into overtime.

The Bruins have reached the NCAA Tournament every season since 1982.

The Terps have been absent twice in coach Sasho Cirovski’s 19 years at the helm. The two teams played in the 2002 College Cup. “When you’re a competitor, that’s what you want,” Cirovski said. “You want to be on center stage against

LETOURNEAU From PAGE 8 isn’t quite sure what to make of his roster. He sees talent and he likes the work ethic, but he can’t gauge any realistic expectations for the Terps this season. Any estimation would be a shot in the dark.

the best teams and programs you can be around. Our fans appreciate that because they’re going to pack the house. Ludwig will be bursting at the seams.”

Cirovski spoke glowingly of the Terps’ 2003 season-opening matchup with the Bruins, calling it “a day that raised the bar for college soccer.” The Bruins had defeated the Terps in the previous College Cup, just one game before a chance for the national title.

In front of a then-record 6,143 fans at Ludwig Field and with newly installed bleachers behind each goal, the No. 2 Terps exacted revenge on the No. 1 Bruins, 1-0. It also marked the formation of The Crew, the Terps’ cheering section.

“That’s one of the magical moments in Maryland soccer history,” Cirovski said. “It was a moment that was not only great for all the Maryland players, but many of the UCLA players still call it the highlight of their college careers.”

For defender Taylor Kemp, the rivalry holds special meaning. He made his collegiate debut the last time the teams met in 2009, starting on the No. 1 Terps’ backline. The underdog Bruins knocked off the defending champion Terps, 2-0, snapping the team’s 16-game winning streak.

“It was a crowd I’d never played in front of that size, so I had a lot of

“Once you start playing, that’s when you know who you are and who the players are and how they handle situations,” defensive coordinator Brian Stewart said. “Without the game you don’t have a true measuring stick.”

That’s why tomorrow’s game is so important. It may not be against the likes of Florida State or Virginia

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adrenaline pumping, going a million miles per hour,” Kemp said. “I was just really excited to play. I was excited to get my career started there. A lot has changed since then and now.”

Kemp, defender London Woodberry and midfielder John Stertzer are the lone holdovers from the 2009 team.

The Bruins also bring four players back to College Park. It’s another early season test for the Terps, who defeated No. 7 Louisville on Sunday.

“We’re always excited when we play talented teams, especially when they’re on the other side of the country,” Kemp said. “We can measure ourselves against teams we don’t play so often

over there. It’ll be fun and a good measuring stick to see where we are.”

It’s not the only test for the Terps this weekend, though. Forty-eight hours after taking on UCLA, the Terps return to Ludwig Field for a matchup with No. 22 California (1-0).

But the Terps aren’t worried about fatigue or any effects of playing two games against difficult competition in three days. They’re focused on extending their lead over the Bruins.

“There is no other way,” Cirovski said. “There’s only one name on our board right now and it’s UCLA.”

Tech, but it could be the most significant contest the Terps have played in recent memory. It’ll provide a snapshot, something to give supporters an idea of what they have on their hands.

If the Terps lose tomorrow, the groans can begin. Fair-weather fans can start fi lling their Saturdays with daytrips and baseball games, and the

apologists can begin thinking about next season.

And if they win, hope will persist.

At least for another week.

So which will it be? Honestly, it’s anyone’s g uess. With this team, though, it’s probably best to expect the unexpected.

going to have AC; we were never told t h at we shou ld bring a fan.”

Eight dorms still slated to receive air conditioning will a lso see new w i ndows a nd renovated lobbies in the final state of renovations. Facilities Management Director Carlo Colella said the three-phase construction should finish on Centreville, Bel Air and Elkton next summer.

“In this era of technology, the university should have been more diligent in providing AC to everyone sooner,” sa id f resh m a n jou r n a l i sm major Demi Chang.

Arbaiza added it was frustrating not to land in one of the newer or updated halls.

“We all pay the same rate — we should all have air conditioning in our rooms,” she said.

This summer, the university completed work to improve the roadways of North Gate, as well as completing several other projects, including the $2.5 million renovations of Byrd Stadium and the $13.7 million plan to renovate two sorority houses near College Ave nu e. T he $7. 2 m i l l ion renovations on the president’s residence are nearly complete, according to former University Relations Vice President Brodie Remington.

“This has been the busiest s u m m e r, c o n s t r u c t i o n w i se, t h at I’ve seen si nce I’ve worked here,” he said, adding that updating dorms has been a top priority. “We are always trying to respond to the university concerns and recommendations by making the university safer and better for students.”

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TRIBE From PAGE 8 an ACL tear. With new offensive coordinator Mike Locksley installing his multi-set offense in College Park, the Terps are effectively starting over on offense.

To make matters even more dire, expected starting running back Brandon Ross will miss Satu rd ay’s ga me due to a hamstring injury. Freshman Albert Reid will get the start, and sophomore Justus Pickett should see plenty of carries in Locksley’s rushing committee.

So tomorrow will be the Terps’ fi rst chance to see what Reid, freshman quarterback

Perry Hills and freshman wide receiver Stefon Diggs can do on the field during actual competition — showings that could go a long way in determining the team’s chances this season.

“I’m expecting a lot of pressure off the bat because I’m a freshman and they’re going to try to rattle me,” Hills said.

“It’s going to be very exciting.

I’ve worked very hard for this and I’m really looking forward to it. I think it’s going to be a great experience.”

The team’s matchup with the Tribe might be its first and only chance to prepare the young roster for the season ahead.

With 21 freshmen on the twodeep depth chart entering the game, Edsall doesn’t have long

to get them up to game speed with tough nonconference matchups against Temple, Connecticut and No. 11 West Virginia looming over the next few weeks.

But Edsall isn’t thinking about anything past William & Mary tomorrow. He’s not thinking back to last year, either. He’s just looking for a fresh start.

“I haven’t mentioned anything about last year. It’s a new year,” Edsall said. “The only thing we can do is go out and play on Saturday. We have a chance to go out and show who we are and what we are all about and take it from there.” vitale@umdbk.com

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THE MATCHUP

MARYLAND TERRAPINS

WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE

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TERPS GAMEDAY

WHEN Saturday, 3:00 p.m.

WHERE Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium TV ESPN3 DATA The Tribe’s defense is among the best in the CAA, giving Terps quarterback Perry Hills a tough test in his first career start.

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Passing (YPG)

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168.5

Rushing (YPG)

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166.3

Total

379.7

334.8

Points per game

23.1

18.4

Opponents’ PPG

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22.2

PASSING SHUFFLE William & Mary may be able to relate to the Terrapins football team’s injury woes.

Quarterback Michael Graham suff ered an ankle injury earlier this month, helping redshirt junior Brent Caprio secure the starting spot in tomorrow’s season opener. Graham started three games last season and was arguably Caprio’s chief competition under center.

“I feel like Brent deserves the opportunity to start,” Tribe coach Jimmye Laycock said in a Colonial Athletic Association teleconference. “He’s certainly done everything we’ve asked him to do in practice, and he knows what we’re doing. He’s handled himself well.”

Caprio, who also beat out sophomore Raphael Ortiz for the No. 1 job, started four of the Tribe’s final five games last season. He went 2-2, completed 63.6 percent of his pass attempts and threw for six touchdowns.

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KEY MATCHUP TERPS

TRIBE

WIDE vs. DEFENSIVE RECEIVERS BACKS The Terrapins’ wide receivers could have trouble against one of the CAA’s top secondaries tomorrow.

William & Mary features All-American cornerback B.W. Webb, who finished 2011 with 40 tackles, three tackles for loss and two interceptions. Webb also earned a spot on this year’s Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, which consists of 20 of the FCS’s top defensive players.

The Terps will likely need contributions from seniors Kevin Dorsey (573 yards, three touchdowns in 2011) and Kerry Boykins (430 yards in 2011).

Stefon Diggs, a top-10 recruit in the class of 2012, also figures to see time Saturday. He impressed in the team’s public scrimmage earlier this month, notching three touchdowns.

However, with C.J. Brown suff ering a seasonending ACL injury, the performance of the Terps’ receivers is largely dependent upon freshman quarterback Perry Hills. Although he has never taken a snap for the Terps, Hills will be granted the important responsibility of pushing the unproven Terps’ receivers to their full potential.

Coach Randy Edsall and the Terps won’t have the season opening fanfare they had last year against Miami, but the William & Mary matchup offers a young team an interesting test to start the season. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Looking toward the future

Against William & Mary, Terps hope to capitalize on arguably their best chance to win a game this season

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer A lot has changed in the past 12 months.

At this time last year, the Terrapins football team was preparing for its season opener with much fanfare.

Randy Edsall was gearing up for his Terps coaching debut, a nationally televised matchup with ACC rival Miami. The lights were on, ESPN’s cameras were rolling and a raucous

FOOTBALL

crowd packed Byrd Stadium.

One year later, though, that excitement is little more than a distant memory. William & Mary is the opponent. Students aren’t walking around the campus with Tribe versions of “Sucks to be U” T-shirts.

ESPN3, hardly the network’s fl agship channel, is broadcasting the game online.

Last season, the Terps’ opener was a chance to show off their program to the entire country. Tomorrow, the

make sure that we are doing the things we are supposed to out there.”

Easier said than done. The Terps boast a roster that looks far different than the one that went 2-10 a year ago, replacing players at nearly every position.

Former stars Danny O’Brien and Davin Meggett are no longer with the program, and incumbent quarterback C.J. Brown is out for the season with See TRIBE, Page 7

Terps’ biggest opponent? Themselves CONNOR LETOURNEAU

Wide receiver Stefon Diggs is just one of the freshmen who will play often for the Terps. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

team’s matchup against the Tribe represents one of the few chances the Terps might have to win a game this season.

And even against a team from the middling Colonial Athletic Association, winning won’t come easy to the Terps.

“William & Mary is a team that is extremely well coached defensively, who can create a lot of problems for you with their scheme,” Edsall said Tuesday. “We are going to have to

When the Terrapins football team released its 2012 schedule in February, it was easy to dismiss the season opener against William & Mary. It seemed a guaranteed blowout, a hand-wrapped gift before the onslaught of power-conference tests.

The Tribe, after all, was coming off a 3-5 finish in the unheralded Colonial Athletic Association. It was losing two FCS All Americans — running back Jonathan Grimes and tight end Alex Gottlieb — to graduation. And it was just 11-36 all-time against ACC opponents.

Surely, William & Mary couldn’t match up with the Terps’ speed and

athleticism, right?

Not so fast. Yes, coach Randy Edsall’s squad is probably more talented than the team it’ll face tomorrow. Its players were defi nitely more touted out of high school, at least.

But the truth is, the Terps aren’t competing against the Tribe when they step onto the Byrd Stadium field tomorrow afternoon. They’re competing against themselves.

After finishing 2-10 last year, the Terps were one giant question mark. Thirteen players — including 2010 ACC Rookie of the Year Danny O’Brien — left the program. Linebacker Kenny Tate, arguably the team’s best player two years ago, was still recovering from a knee injury that sidelined him for eight games.

Also, there was no clear replacement for Davin Meggett, the Terps’ top of-

fensive weapon last season.

One of the few things that was certain was C.J. Brown would start under center. After splitting time with O’Brien last season, the junior seemed poised to become the face of the program.

Of course, that didn’t exactly last long. Brown suffered a season-ending ACL tear in practice earlier this month, forcing true freshman Perry Hills into the starting lineup.

It was the first major setback in a rash of injuries that will make 12 Terps miss Saturday. Forced to plug holes, Edsall will start seven true freshmen against William & Mary.

In total, 14 rookies are listed on the fi rst or second string.

With that influx of youth, Edsall See LETOURNEAU, Page 7

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UPHILL BATTLE 2012 FOOTBALL preview INSIDE

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OFF THE MAT

Hills draws upon wrestling experience to prepare for starting role with Terps

Freshman Quarterback Perry Hills will lean on his experience as a high school wrestler (top, right) and what he learned from coach Sanshiro Abe (bottom, right) when he starts in tomorrow’s season opener against William & Mary. charlie deboyace/the diamondback (left), photos courtesy of lori hills

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer Before the 2011-12 season, Sanshiro Abe handed out a sheet of paper to each of his wrestlers and asked them to list a set of goals they would like to accomplish on the mat: What kind of performance they want to have, what kind of heights they want to reach, what kind of records they want to set.

When the Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School coach sat down to read the papers, one wrestler’s desired aims seemed to stand out. Wanting an explanation for the response, he tracked down the person responsible for writing it. The senior’s answer was unchanged.

I want to go undefeated, Perry Hills told Abe, and I want to win the state title.

It was a bold statement for a wrestler who had never before won a state championship. But for Hills, it was hardly unusual.

That-self confidence has always been his defi ning trait, the one characteristic that pervades his entire personality. He’s assured in his abilities, calm under pressure and unfazed when he’s the center of attention.

Hills will take that same fearlessness onto Byrd Stadium’s Capital One Field tomorrow afternoon. The Terrapins football team’s newly anointed starting quarterback — pressed into action when incumbent starter

C.J. Brown tore his right ACL in practice two weeks ago — will take his fi rst-ever college snap against William & Mary.

But the freshman won’t be nervous. After years on the mat, Hills has little trouble dealing with pressure. The lights, the opponent, the crowd — they won’t affect him.

After all, Hills knows he’s capable of accomplishing his goals. He achieved his stated aims his senior season, compiling an unblemished 35-0 record and finally capturing that state title.

And now that he’s reached the pinnacle in wrestling, he’s ready to try the same on the gridiron.

“In wrestling, you’re the only one on the mat. All eyes are on you,” Hills said. “Football, I don’t really get nervous for.

Wrestling helped with that a lot. … I wake up and say, ‘I can’t wait for this game.’ Coach has prepared me the right way, and I just can’t wait to show people what I have.”

THE MAT When Hills was 6 years old, he liked wrestling with his sisters. His mother, Lori Hills, wanted him to wrestle with kids his own age.

After seeing flyers advertising Pittsburgh Junior Wrestling, a local youth league, Lori Hills signed her son up.

Three years later, Abe began

coaching Hills.

“He was so talented,” Abe said. “He was a great wrestler, even when he was little.”

It wa sn’t w it hout some growing pains, though. The Terps qua rterback may be even keeled now, but he wasn’t always so calm under pressure. “ W hen he was you nger, maybe a freshman or sophomore in high school, he was well-known for being a crybaby.

I don’t think Perry likes to hear that,” Abe said. “I told everybody, you wait until he gets mentally mature. He’s going to do well.”

It wasn’t immediate, though.

During his final season in the Pittsburgh Junior Wrestling League, a 14-year-old Hills lost in the state quarterfi nals, ending his pursuit of a Junior Olympic state title.

Abe offered Hills a few choice words after the defeat.

“I told him, ‘Listen, you’re going to win the state tournament in high school. You just have to believe in yourself and work hard,’” Abe said. “He kept believing in himself and he achieved that goal. Once he sets his goal, I think he’s going to strive to achieve whatever goal he sets. I think that’s his character.”

“In wrestling, you’re the only one on the mat. all eyes are on you. ... football, I don’t really get nervous for.

Wrestling helped with that a lot.”

Perry Hills Terrapins quarterback

Hills heeded his coach’s advice.

He impressed Abe with his maturation over the latter years of his high school career, and eventually became a one of the top wrestlers in a wrestling-crazed state.

“You just have to prepare harder than a lot of sports.

Wrestling was a really tough sport physically,” Hills said.

“The mental aspect of it really helped me a lot.”

excelled on both sides of the ball.

“When you tackle someone, it’s sort of like a shot in wrestling, so it helped him with his defense,” Lori Hills said.

“With his offense, it helped him become unfazed, un-rattled. …

Walk all over the mat and let’s get down to business.”

Those tendencies have helped him become the quarterback he is today. No matter what he faces on the field, Hills handles it. He uses the same approach he THE FIELD takes on the mat, and the game Wrestling was Hills’ first sport, slows down for him.

It was evident in Hills’ sophbut football was his first love.

He had just fi nished his fi rst omore year at Central Catholic, full year of wrestling, and foot- the alma mater of former NFL ball season was beginning. It quarterbacks Dan Marino and didn’t take him long to figure out Marc Bulger. He spent the fi rst five games as a backup quarexactly what he wanted to be. “‘Mom,’” Lori Hills recalls terback to senior starter David her 6-year-old son saying after Smyers, splitting reps with a his first day of practice, “‘I want junior, Tony Pompeo.

The team was 3-2, and Lori to be a quarterback.’”

Hills played both quarterback Hills said that Smyers was and linebacker during his youth “struggling a little bit, but still football career. And, partly due doing some good things.”

Apparently, not good enough. to his experience on the mat, he

After a 27-3 loss to Woodland Hills, Central Catholic football coach Terry Totten decided it was time for a change.

“It was evident he was the guy,” Totten said. “He just kept getting better every day, more confident and eventually we couldn’t hold him back anymore.”

Four days later, he led the Vikings to a 27-6 win.

“You know what? It doesn’t feel any different out there,” Lori Hills recalls her son saying after the game. “They’re a little bigger, I’m a little bigger.”

THE CHOICE At the start of his junior year, Hills met with his coaches and parents. They wanted to know where he wanted to go to college, and they wanted to help him get there.

The first school on his list?

Maryland.

Lori Hills said her son slowly See HILLS, Page 4

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Over before it began After going all in, Brown left out Connor Letourneau All in. All games. All season.

During the Terrapins football team’s fi rst public scrimmage earlier this month, an injured C.J. Brown wore that slogan on the back of a red T-shirt.

He hobbled up and down the sideline, occasionally adjusted his heavy knee brace and high-fived teammates as they stepped off the field.

It was a poig na nt sig ht.

Four days earlier, Brown was the face of a new era of Terps football. He was the starting quarterback. He was a team captain. And he was arguably the chief reason to watch a team hoping to move past last season’s 2-10 debacle.

By all accounts, he took the pressure in stride. He stayed late after spring practices, learning the finer points of offensive coordinator Mike Locksley’s multi-set offense. He talked regularly with coach Randy Edsall about the future of the program.

He ran as hard as anyone during summer workouts.

Then, an awkward cut in practice took it all away. Brown tore his right ACL during a noncontact drill and required surgery, ending his season before it ever really started.

The entire program was devastated. Not because it was left without a quarterback who had taken a college snap less than three weeks before the season

opener, but because Brown had given his all to an opportunity that never materialized. Like arriving at the restaurant only to realize your blind date didn’t show, he had been stood up.

Of course, even heartbreak can’t slow down a football season. With a game against William & Mary looming, the Terps were forced to move forward. Edsall named true freshman Perry Hills the team’s opening-day starter last week, and the 18-year-old has already exceeded some expectations.

“I’ve been very impressed with a kid that’s a true freshman to pick up all the things he’s picked up,” Edsall said. “I think he’s one of those guys that just goes and prepares very well.

He’s always sitting in that fi lm room studying and trying to do exactly what Mike [Locksley] wants him to do.”

B ut wh at ab out B row n?

While Hills prepares to take the field in Saturday’s season opener, his fellow Pittsburgharea native must watch from the sidelines. He must wonder what could’ve, would’ve and should’ve been.

And, sure, he’ll still have an impact. He’ll lead any way he can. He’ll travel on road trips, advise the younger guys and root for a winning season.

Yet that’s little solace for a player who already paid his dues. After redshirting 2009, Brown played only four snaps in 2010 before breaking his collarbone and sitting out the rest of the season. He made it back,

Quarterback C.J. Brown, once tabbed as the face of the new era of Terps football, will miss the entire 2012 season after tearing his right ACL in preseason practice. charlie deboyace/the diamondback learned offensive coordinator Gary Crowton’s spread attack and appeared in 10 games as a sophomore last year, starting five. Then, when Danny O’Brien bolted in February, Brow n settled into the spotlight.

It was supposed to be Brown’s moment, his chance to prove he’s capable of leading a program.

Now who’s to say he’ll ever get

that opportunity again? After all, a reigning ACC Rookie of the Year had to struggle immensely for him to get it in the first place.

Chances like that don’t come around often.

Odds are decent Hills plays well — or at least holds his own — in the starting role this season.

If he does, Brown would likely be greeted with a headset when he

MORE ONLINE In preparation for the Terrapins football team’s season opener against William & Mary, staff writer Daniel Popper analyzes each ACC team and how they stack up against the rest of the conference. To see where he picks the Terps, visit diamondbackonline.com.

returns from injury. He’d spend his remaining year or two of eligibility as an afterthought.

And even if the freshman does struggle this year, the speedy Ricardo Young is waiting in the wings. The former New Mexico Lobo is sitting out the season due to NCAA transfer guidelines, and could be a nice fit in Locksley’s scheme when

he’s eligible to play.

That’s what makes Brown’s story so heart wrenching. The man who went “all in” may end up leaving College Park emptyhanded. All his hard work may have been for naught.

Brown might want to donate that T-shirt. letourneau@umdbk.com

C.J. BROWN’S CAREER Terrapins football quarterback C.J. Brown has had an up-anddown career since arriving in College Park in 2009. Below is a breakdown of his most pivotal moments.

REDSHIRT

August 2009

With Chris Turner entrenched as the starter, coach Ralph Friedgen decides to redshirt Brown. The Pennsylvania native spends the season as the team’s No. 4 quarterback, and earns offensive scout team player of the week honors twice.

BROKEN COLLARBONE

Sept. 11, 2010

Brown breaks his collarbone late in the Terps’ 62-3 win over Morgan State, and doesn’t play again the rest of the season. He was third on the depth chart — behind Jamarr Robinson and Danny O’Brien — before the injury.

POSITION BATTLE BEGINS

Sept. 24, 2011

With O’Brien struggling, Brown takes several snaps in a 38-7 loss to Temple. He completes all four of his pass attempts, and finishes the game with a touchdown. It’s the beginning of his position battle with O’Brien.

FABULOUS START

Oct. 15, 2011

Brown gets the start over O’Brien and responds with the best game of his young career. He rushes for 162 yards and a touchdown in the Terps’ 56-45 loss to Clemson. He would start all but one game over the rest of the season.

ACL TEAR

Aug. 15, 2012

Brown suffers a season-ending ACL tear during a noncontact drill, leaving the Terps with no quarterbacks on their roster who has taken a college snap.

Coach Randy Edsall names true freshman Perry Hills the starter a week later.

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HILLS From PAGE 2 fell in love with it throughout the recruiting process. He looked at it constantly — checking out the stadium, watching YouTube clips and visiting the campus.

Hills also considered Pittsburgh, Michigan State, West Virginia and N.C. State, among others, but he always knew the Terps were his top choice. The only thing he didn’t know was exactly which sport he wanted to play.

He first visited College Park as a football prospect, but Terps wrestling coach Kerry McCoy made his interest clear early.

The recruiting period for the class of 2012 hadn’t officially begun, but Lori H ills said McCoy had already informed the Hills family it would receive a scholarship offer as soon as it was allowed.

“He was a state champion, one of the most dominant kids in his weight class and we were looking to build some depth and prepare for our future,” McCoy said. “Anyone that reaches that level — especially a Pennsylvania state champion — is someone we’re going to be interested in.”

Though football was his first choice, Hills remained open to wrestling. His top priority was competing at a major program, so if he didn’t receive a football offer from one of the FBS schools he was considering, he would take a wrestling scholarship.

Lucky for Hills, Terps football coach Randy Edsall was interested. The Terps coach and his staff had been keeping an eye on the 6-foot-3, 205-pound passer, inviting him to a Terps football camp the summer before his junior year.

I t wa s o n ly o n e d ay o f football, but Edsall had seen enough. He offered Hills a scholarship that evening.

“His poise and presence are

Quarterback Perry Hills will start Saturday in place of last year’s starter C.J. Brown, who tore his ACL in offseason practice and will miss the entire season. Hills will be playing in his first college game. what impressed me and the staff,” Edsall said. “Talking to the coaches he played against, they raved about him. I have always had good luck with guys who are wrestlers who play football.”

H ills had kept all of his options open up until that point.

He held wrestling offers from Oklahoma and the Terps, and football offers from the likes of Kent State and Miami (Ohio).

But once he had Edsall’s offer, his decision was made.

He committed to the Terps an hour later.

“When I said, ‘What about the

others?’ he said, ‘It’s my choice, my decision, I get to decide,’” Lori Hills recalls. “‘This is the next four years of my life and this is where I want to go.’”

THE OPPORTUNITY Hills had only practiced with the Terps for eight days before the course of his college career changed dramatically.

In a Tuesday night practice, Brown — the incumbent starter and only quarterback on the Terps roster with game experience — suffered a season-ending ACL injury.

S u d d e n ly, H i l l s wa s n o longer fighting for the backup job with fellow freshman Caleb Rowe. With just a few weeks remaining before the Terps’ season opener, Hills was the starting quarterback.

“It’s terrible for C.J. I would never wish that upon him at all,” Hills said, “but I was ready to step in.”

H ills barely had time to tell his parents the news. His mom found out on the Internet, and — other than a brief text message late in the week — she wasn’t able to speak to him about it until Friday.

“It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” Lori Hills said. “I figured he would, you know, get acclimated to the game [first].”

Hills isn’t worried. Anything else would be out of character. He’s drawn rave reviews from coaches for his poise and command of the huddle, and Edsall said he expects him to perform well Saturday.

“If you go in there and look everyone in the eye and be confident about the play you’re saying, everyone’s going to trust you and believe in you,” said Hills, who will become the

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first true freshman to start at quarterback for the Terps since Latrez Harrison in 1999.

Hills anticipates being blitzed early and often Saturday. The Tribe will want to rattle the freshman, to force him into costly mistakes.

No matter. He’ll line up under center the same way he approached the mat in high school: confident he belongs.

“I don’t really look at it as I’m a true freshman,” Hills said. “I just go into the huddle as a fifthyear senior would.” vitale@umdbk.com