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After 12 years at the helm, a quiet goodbye Mote spends last day as president clearing out office, celebrating among staff and those close to him

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Several months, critiques and rewrites later, the university’s Diversity Strategic Plan is ready to be sent to the University Senate for approval, months after it was originally slated for completion.

The finalization of the plan, which has been dubbed Transforming Maryland: Expectations for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion, is a long-awaited milestone that had diversity advocates on the edge of their seats for much of last semester.

It contains goals and strategies that will guide the university for the next decade in establishing policy and practices that create a more diverse, open and all-encompassing university, according to members of the steering committee charged with creating the plan.

If approved by the University Senate this month, the blueprint will come before interim university President Nariman Farvardin to sign. But the outgoing university president left no question about his position on the plan in his final e-mail to the university community yesterday.

Outgoing university President Dan Mote wrote that the university “commits itself” to the goals outlined in the plan, which he hopes will allow the student, staff and faculty bodies to flourish.

“I am confident it will be achieved,” he wrote.

While the steering committee initially aimed to complete the blueprint last winter, an influx of student and community concerns raised the need for multiple revisions, extra meetings and the pressing challenge to clearly define the term “diversity.”

In his e-mail, Mote thanked those who expressed their concerns and opinions at the multiple town-hall meetings held last year, recognizing

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For the last decade, the office of university President Dan Mote has been decorated with books, trinkets and pictures from his vast travels throughout Asia.

Today, those walls are blank.

Mote, who announced his resignation in February, spent his last day as president yesterday packing up more than a decade’s worth of mementos and celebrating the end of an era with his staff.

After members from Facilities Management helped pack up Mote’s possessions — some of which will be donated to the University

Archives — members of his staff threw a celebratory pizza party, complete with Mote’s own ice cream flavor, Mochalatta Mote.

For Mote, the informal get-together was the chance to spend his last day with many who were there since the beginning of his presidency and fully supported his vision for the university throughout the years, he said.

“I’m very pleased with this privilege I’ve had for the last 12 years,” Mote said. “I’m especially pleased so many people have gotten behind the mission of the university. ... I’m sad to see it’s over but pleased to see this mission has rooted itself in our university.”

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To skip, or not to skip?

Tool computes value of attendance

BY CLAIRE SARAVIA Staff writer

It all started with some old-fashioned procrastination.

Jim Filbert was lying in bed one morning last semester, debating whether or not to go to class, when he wondered whether there was a program online that could make the decision for him. When he couldn’t find one, he created the “Should I Skip Class Today? Calculator.”

“I was kind of used to running the risk of skipping class in my head and weighing the pros and cons,” Filbert said, who graduated last semester from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. “When I couldn’t find anything online like a survey that could tell me when to skip class, I decided I would make one.”

The tool, hosted at skipclasscalculator.com, asks students 10 questions about the class they’re thinking about skipping. After answering such questions as how many times a week the class is held, when the next major test is

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BookHolders latest store to rent books

Placement on green ‘honor roll’ and among top 20 engineering schools validates faculty

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For Darlene Arguera, renting textbooks isn’t about saving money — it’s about saving space.

“I don’t want a stack of textbooks a mile high at the end of the year,” the senior government and politics major said.

Arguera said she doesn’t see a major savings in buying and then re-selling a used textbook instead of renting a new one because there’s always the risk it could net only a few dollars or be ineligible for buy-back, creating piles of used books collecting dust in her room.

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When Darryll Pines, dean of the engineering school, heard that his college was ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top engineering schools across the country for the first time ever, he sent a celebratory e-mail to the entire engineering faculty.

“I was very happy for the faculty, staff and students for the much-deserved recognition of their hard work over the past several years,” Pines wrote in an email earlier this week.

The engineering school was not just

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ranked — it was awarded the No. 19 spot on the list of the nation’s top 20 engineering programs and the No. 9 spot among programs at public universities.

This ranking, published Aug. 17 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 best colleges guide, came on the tail of several favorable rankings issued by The Princeton Review in its annual report earlier this month. In The Princeton Review’s rankings, the university was placed on the Green College Honor Roll, which listed the most environmentally sustainable schools in the country. Among U.S.

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TEXTBOOKS from page 1 The University Book Center and Maryland Book Exchange hopped on the affordable book bandwagon last semester — BookHolders joined in this semester — creating textbook rental programs, and both stores continued to rent books this fall.

“It’s been very successful; we feel real good about it,” UBC manager Mike Gore said.

Gore said the system at UBC is “very simple.” Students can pluck a new book off the shelf — labeled with a bright yellow “Rent Me!” sticker — and pay 55 percent less than the cost of buying the book by returning it at the end of the semester.

UBC expanded its volume of books for rent from about 125 titles, encompassing 300 courses, to nearly 1,200, spanning about 2,600 courses, Gore said.

In January, BookHolders store manager Sam White told The Diamondback the store had no plans to begin a rental program. Last week, however, it began renting out more than 100,000 textbooks. A flier advertising the program says, “You’re welcome.”

“When the program came out, we were looking at it; we were examining it; we had been looking at renting for a while,” BookHolders marketing manager Ryna Luckert said. “We just wanted to make sure when we did it, we did it right and did it the best way we could.”

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Assistant to the President for Equity and Diversity Rob Waters, who wasn’t immediately available after last night’s announcement, headed the committee.

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BookHolders rents both new and used books, typically ranging from 50 to 60 percent off the new or used listed price.

A large percentage of titles are available for rent, and most courses have at least one rentable book, Luckert said.

Managers also boast that the BookHolders program doesn’t include costly late fees; students are forced to pay 75 percent of a new book’s cost — in addition to the rental fee and an administrative fee — if they don’t get a rented book back to UBC within 10 days after the end of finals.

For its part, UBC had rolled out its rental program “with the encouragement of the university” to help students save money, according to Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Osteen.

“Our contract with [UBC] requires that they work hard to stay on the cutting edge of delivering textbook materials to our students,” he said.

“So going from sales, to new and used, to rental, to digital textbooks is consistent with what we have been asking them to do.”

But not all students are sure textbook rentals are going to save them money.

Senior chemistry major Daniel Redman said he decided against renting because he would still need to buy books with similar information for graduate school.

However, the program has treated senior criminology and criminal justice major Anthony Clayton’s bank account well, saving him an estimated $400 in one semester.

Clayton said he took four classes last semester and spent $200 to rent his textbooks. In the past, he had spent almost $600 on books for the same number of classes.

“I think they’re outrageous,” he said of textbook prices. “You shouldn’t have to spend $147 for a textbook.”

Some federal legislators agreed. A provision under the

tee, said that addressing feedback was a priority.

“They kept pushing it back because they wanted to talk about it more ... to make sure it wasn’t just a bunch of words,” she said.

She noted the university community’s early critiques were that the plan lacked “teeth.” After receiving responses from the community on their first draft, the committee scrapped much of the first plan and implemented numerous revisions.

Among the most significant changes the plan would bring to the university are the creation of a Chief Diversity Officer position — an official who would oversee all diversity programs and offices — and listing possible sources of funding for diversity initiatives.

While the plan was still underway, Waters told The Diamondback about how he hoped the plan would unify the entire university under a common set of goals.

Mote echoed these senti-

Man was banned from campus over alleged demonstration at LGBT office

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Higher Education Opportunity Act, effective July 1, is aimed at lessening the cost of textbooks for students, forcing publishers to disclose more information about textbooks — such as a list of revisions made to new editions — and to sell CDs, DVDs and workbooks separately. roubein@umdbk.com

ments in last night’s e-mail.

“Creating environments that are rich in diversity, inclusive and supportive of all members of our community enriches our campus exponentially,” he wrote. “Our vision for the next decade is to be a model diverse community of learning, exploration and self examination. I am confident that we have the commitment, the people, and now the plan to realize this vision.” elbasha@umdbk.com

A man who was banned from the campus last year for alleged harassment and vandalism at the university’s LGBT office was arrested yesterday afternoon for violating the ban, police said.

University Police spotted Jihad Abdul-latif, 27, outside the chemistry building and promptly arrested him for trespassing, police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said.

In December 2009 and January 2010, Abdul-latif allegedly visited the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity in Cole Field House, shouted at staff members and threw objects through the door, according to Limansky and the office’s director.

“He was saying things like, ‘This is not right; Allah does not agree with this,’” Limansky said. “There was a series of days where he kept showing.”

At one point, Limansky said, Abdul-latif posed as a student to get his message across. He said the incidents reached a breaking point when Abdullatif allegedly poured juice on a display table offering pamphlets about the LGBT presence at the university —

destruction of property.

“We don’t need folks doing that here,” he said. Abdul-latif did not file an appeal of his ban, Limansky added.

LGBT Equity Director Luke Jensen said he hadn’t heard about Abdul-latif since March, but he remembered him well.

“He was not really very happy with our presence on campus,” Jensen said. “He tossed things through the open door.”

Jensen took some pity on Abdul-latif upon hearing the news of his return to the campus.

“Well, he’s not very bright,” Jensen said. “It’s kind of sad. I don’t know what to think. I don’t know the guy.”

He added his office’s “hidden” location — on the ground level of Cole Field House — adds not only to the lack of awareness about the office on the campus but also renders it susceptible to such harassment.

“If a crime is going to happen, that’s where it’s going to happen,” he said.

Limansky said Abdul-latif is one of many people banned from the campus for various offenses, a list that includes names “for pretty much every letter of the alphabet.” present@umdbk.com

CORRECTIONS Due to source errors, articles about layoffs in the journalism college misstated that Lucinda Fleeson had been dismissed. She is still employed there.

Due to an editing error, an article about restaurants in yesterday’s College Park Guide mentioned Living Well Café as a source of Ethiopian food. It has closed.

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Trusting students

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tudents are temporar y. They come and go — usually within four project’s success through super vision and oversight — university adminisyears — and they take with them many of their gripes. Knowing this, trators and the Office of Sustainability should be commended for placing administrators have sometimes chosen to ride out the waves of their trust and their money in students’ hands.

By putting their faith in the innovation and responsibility of the student protests and petitions that crop up semester after semester and wait for them to disappear. Because they will. Eventually. But instead of treating body, university administrators have displayed an unusual amount of trust students like a fleeting burden, administrators should learn to accept and that should become a staple of how this university operates.

What’s more, by allowing a student-dominated subembrace the fact that this university is the students’ committee to make the recommendations on what home. And no matter how long they may be here, allowprojects to fund, administrators have sent a message to ing them to leave their mark may lead to a better-constudents: Their opinions are just as valuable and essennected and stronger community that all of its conAdministrators should go tial to this community. stituents can be proud of. further to provide students But just one program where students are treated as the The university’s Office of Sustainability has the right with opportunities to equals of faculty, staff and administrators is not enough. For idea. With the office’s new program funded by student a university that prides itself on its system of shared goverfees, students can now truly own a piece of their university. improve the university. nance in the University Senate, there is no reason why this Using $200,000 in set-aside fees, the office has developed a grant that will fund initiatives by university-affiliated individuals and shouldn’t be the norm. University administrators should work to ensure that all progroups who want to take action to reduce the university’s carbon footprint grams and university processes are open to student input and participation.

This goes beyond fairness. Giving students an opportunity to contribute to and educate the student body about sustainable living. What makes this grant unique is that students and student groups — not just faculty and staff — can and shape this community was included as a fundamental part of the strateapply for funding. What makes this grant even more special is that the body gic plan. Although the plan was intended to guide the university throughout responsible for reviewing and selecting the projects to be funded, the Student the decade, it is high time administrators begin to deliver on these promises.

As the university enters a new era with a new president and an ambitious Advisory Subcommittee of the University Sustainability Council, is a group in strategic plan, the benefits of allowing students to take a more active role in which students occupy three of the five seats.

And though any student or student group that submits a project proposal the affairs of the university are clear. We can only hope that university adminmust identify a faculty or staff adviser — an individual who will help ensure a istrators recognize that as well.

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College Park: A love story

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bsence makes the heart grow fonder.

I never fully understood that phrase until now. See, I spent my summer in Annapolis, which is a great place to be if you own a boat. Or love the water. But I’m a poor college student who can barely afford the textbooks that I’m not going to buy this semester. I don’t have the money for a boat.

And I’m allergic to water. So Annapolis offered me nothing.

I guess I spent my entire summer watching television with my mom.

I’m talking The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of Orange County, CSI: The Real Housewives — I watched them all. I also cried a lot this summer. And then I broke out in hives … because I’m allergic to water.

But I don’t need to throw myself a pity party anymore. My summer was

MIKE SANDERS rough, sure, but that’s all in the past.

As of this issue, I’m finally back where I belong. Back where things make sense. Back home in College Park.

Huzzah.

This is my last year as an undergraduate and, thus, my last year living in College Park. So it’s high time I showed this place some love. Some real love. For the past three years, I’ve shown my love primarily through my alcoholism. But maybe it’s time to show my love in column form. Sound good? I’m doing this for my liver.

So, here it goes.

The thing I love most about College Park is how nothing ever changes. Sure, our university has a new president. And, yeah, the city has a new mayor. These things are true. But I’m really lazy. So let’s just pretend that nothing ever changes, OK? Great.

So anyway, I just love how nothing ever changes in this town. I’ll give you an example. A few days ago, I walked into Cornerstone Grill and Loft and saw an 11-year-old girl. Or maybe she was a freshman. Whatever. The point is, I saw an underage girl drinking at a bar on a school night. That’s vintage College Park.

You know what else is vintage College Park? A little something called crime. Nothing says, “This is a livable community,” quite like a community whose residents are always getting murdered. I actually got robbed at knifepoint my very first day here. Seri-

ously. I’m not making this up. That’s why I always tell people this place can get under your skin. They just don’t realize that I’m being literal.

I love how there’s always something to do in College Park. Some of my favorite leisure activities include barhopping, drinking and tailgating. Other people prefer not to spend their free time drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. But those people don’t go to this school.

Absence really does make the heart grow fonder. I said it at the beginning of this column, and now I’m saying it again because it wraps everything up nicely. College Park isn’t perfect. But it’s my home. My debauched, alcoholaddled home. And I’m glad to be back.

Say it with me now, kids: Huzzah.

Mike Sanders is a senior history major.

He can be reached at sanders@umdbk.com.

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ver the summer, a veritable non-issue became an issue — and a surprisingly persistent one. I am, of course, referring to the distorted debate over the proposed construction of an Islamic community center in the Financial District of Manhattan. The primary, and perhaps only, relevant consideration in evaluating the justification for construction is found in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — the separation of church and state. In this instance, it is clear that those behind this proposal are legally in the right. Ignoring this, however, opponents of the Islamic center have gone on to state that the project is “insensitive” and beyond a matter of legality.

A pertinent anecdote lies in the hoopla sparked in 2004 by the debate over the depiction of the prophet Mohammed.

Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh was assassinated after writing and directing a film disparaging Islam, and the issue came to a head as various political images and cartoons depicting the prophet

started appearing throughout northern Europe. Muslims asserted that the depiction of Mohammed was needlessly offensive and created by those unaware of Islamic values. However, satire in the West, which is essential to the country’s history, spares no religion, and in the United States, the same principal that allows for the construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero prevents Islamic values from interfering with freedom of speech. If it is truly a central tenet of Islam to prohibit depictions of the prophet, then perhaps it would be appropriate to compare liberty of speech and religion in the West to the core values of Islam in an Islamic state. Then, it becomes obvious that Muslims in the United States must sacrifice certain elements of their religion that clash with, and are superseded by, U.S. doctrine.

In the case of the United States, government does not guarantee the right to not be offended. Ironically, those who would argue in favor of the right to depict the prophet Mohammed might also find

IAN RODENHOUSE themselves opposed to the construction of the center on account of the “insensitivity” of its location. However, as follows from above, to refuse such an obvious right would be hypocritical and xenophobic when compared to other issues regarding the same amendment.

In any case, ever since the signing of the Constitution, strenuous and contrived efforts have been made to prevent emotion from interfering with politics. It is obvious that emotion can outweigh rationality, and the Founding Fathers must have recognized this at the creation of our government’s fundamental checks and balances, designed to prevent tyrants and alarmists from changing the face of politics at the drop of a hat. With

this in mind, the constant allusion to “emotional sensitivity” seems to be more a product of political pandering than an expected persuasive legislative force.

Thus, petty political motives aside, allowing the construction of the Islamic center at 45 Park Place would be not only consistent with religious freedom but also an expression of overdue cultural definition necessary to reconcile multiculturalism in the great melting pot. Fittingly, the chief architects of the nearby new World Trade Center hail from Spain, Japan and the United Kingdom, as well as the U.S. While this issue should perhaps have garnered attention only in Manhattan, political convolution has elevated it to an issue demanding national focus that university students should be following closely, especially considering this university’s strong commitment to diversity.

Ian Rodenhouse is a sophomore government and politics major. He can be reached at rodenhouse@umdbk.com.

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t colleges and universities across America, students are heading into the classroom, many for the first time. You’re taking part in a journey that will not only determine your future, but the future of this country.

We know, for example, that nearly eight in 10 new jobs will require workforce training or higher education by the end of this decade. We also know that in a global economy, the nation that out-educates us today will out-compete us tomorrow. In the 21st century, America’s success depends on the education our students receive.

That’s why, soon after I took office, I proposed an ambitious goal: By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. And over the past year and a half, we’ve been putting in place policies to help us meet this goal.

First, we are making college more affordable. As students, you know why this matters. Over the past 10 years, college costs have shot up faster than housing, transportation and even health care costs. The amount student borrowers owe has risen almost 25 percent in just five years. This isn’t some abstract issue to me. Michelle and I had big loans to pay off when we graduated. I remember what that burden feels like. No one in America should be saddled with crushing debt simply because they sought an education. And no one should be denied a chance to make the most of their lives because they can’t afford it.

Under the old system, taxpayers paid banks and financial companies billions of dollars in subsidies to act as middlemen — a deal that was very lucrative for them, but unnecessary and wasteful. But this year, we said enough is enough. As a result, instead of handing over $60 billion in unwarranted subsidies to big banks, we’re redirecting that money to upgrade America’s community colleges and make college more affordable for nearly 8 million students and families.

We’re tripling the investment in college tax credits for middle-class families. We’re raising the value of Pell Grants, and we’ll make sure they increase each year to better keep up with inflation. We’re making loan repayments more manageable for more than a million more students.

Future borrowers can even choose an income-based payment plan so that you don’t have to pay more than 10 percent of your salary each month. And if you go into public service and keep up with your payments, your leftover student debt will be forgiven after 10 years. As part of this effort, we’re simplifying financial aid forms, too, by eliminating dozens of unnecessary questions.

One way we’re helping young people afford college is by helping them to afford health insurance.

Because of the new health care law, young adults can stay on their parents’ health plans until they are 26 years old.

Part of our higher-education strategy is making sure more students complete college. More than a third of America’s college students and more than half our minority students don’t earn a degree, even after six years. That’s not just a waste of money; it’s an incredible waste of potential. We don’t just need to open the doors of college to more Americans. We need to ensure that students walk back out of those doors with a degree in their hands.

Of course, that depends on students. You are responsible for your own success. But there is more we can do to remove barriers to finishing college, especially for those earning a degree while working or raising a family. That’s why I’ve proposed a College Access and Completion Fund to develop, implement and evaluate new approaches to improving college success and completion.

We are making college more affordable, gearing the education you receive to the demands of a global economy and taking steps to increase graduation rates. This is how we’ll retake the lead in producing college graduates. This is how we’ll help students like you to fulfill your dreams. And this is how we’ll ensure America prospers in this new century and that we harness the greatest source of our strength: the talents of our people.

Barack Obama is the president of the United States.

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You have an imaginative and insightful mind, and it is likely you will enter a field that allows you to be more creative than many others born under your sign. You can make your mark, surely, and enjoy a lasting reputation — but always be true to yourself and your instincts.

Also born on this date are Gloria Estefan, singer; Yvonne DeCarlo, actress; Lily Tomlin, actress and comedienne; Johann Pachelbel, composer; Conway Twitty, singer; Edgar Rice Burroughs, author; Tim Hardaway, basketball player; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Are you eating right, getting enough rest, and enjoying a regular exercise regimen? The answers may mean more than you think.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Someone close to you is able to provide the assistance you need without requiring explicit instructions. Progress picks up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A more imaginative approach to a stubborn problem opens the door to many more options.

Soon, you’ll enjoy unexpected rewards.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Similarities between your situation and the situation enjoyed by a rival may have you wondering who’s really the best one for the job.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — As if you didn’t have enough the first time around, you’re about to return to the scene of the crime for a return engagement of sorts.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Things may not be progressing according to plan, but there may also be no reason to change direction when you see where you’re going.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You can learn an important lesson from someone who does things in a much more instinctive, impulsive manner than you do.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A creative endeavor owes more to a past relationship than to any new inspiration on your part. You learned a lot — and didn’t even know it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It may be more difficult than expected to satisfy those in charge — and not for the usual reasons. Think outside the box.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Usually it’s a yes answer that gives you what you want, but what you’re really after is a firm no.

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The perfume has been available for about $51 in France since mid-July. It’s expected to launch Sept. 10 in the United States.

Etat Libre “licensed the Sex Pistols name from the band’s merchandising partner Live Nation Merchandise,” Billboard reports.

The fragrance’s packaging features the band’s logo and the group’s iconic “God Save the Queen” art.

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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have been two of the most deplorable people on the face of the Earth for a few years now, never pumping the brakes on the endless barrage of their pseudo-“real” lives, all while flaunting their “reality” in front of cameras.

On MTV’s now-defunct The Hills, viewers quickly tired of them and their endless drama, realizing soon after the series began that the husband-andwife duo was the worst part of a show already filled with cultural lows. Then, somehow, they branched out.

Speidi, as they’re known, became more than just the annoying couple on The Hills — they became the most annoying humans fathomable.

Heidi tried a singing career that was downright laughable, and then the couple apparently began setting up “candid” paparazzi shoots, for which they would call the paparazzi beforehand, tell them where they were going to be and meet the photographers there. Unfortunately, that arrangement worked for a while.

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But then a beautiful thing happened: The world got sick of them. The more we heard about them, the less real they became. It was always obvious that everything Speidi did was a preplanned event to gain more attention, so once there was a new press quote every week about their marriage being on the rocks, we grew weary.

When their ill-fated attempt at leaving the reality-show abomination I’m A Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! became a news story, we were done. We were so done that popular blog What Would Tyler Durden Do? and outlets such as E! Online banned the couple from their reports. They had nothing left to offer, and we said good riddance.

But then Heidi went and Barbied herself to cartoonish proportions through artificial means, and the couple somehow clawed their way back into the spotlight, sparking debates — actual debates! — on female self-image and how much plastic surgery was too much.

This situation was also funny because the surgeries made Heidi look like a wax doll, and Spencer became a

recluse of sorts, making their selfimplosion the most entertaining thing the couple had ever done.

More recently, Spencer and Heidi appear to be in the process of divorcing or something. So Spencer has been shopping around a sex tape, claiming that he’s been filming the couple’s borderline-animatronic sex for years.

He also claimed he wouldn’t release the tapes if Heidi agrees to star in another reality show with him, and she said she wants nothing to do with the tapes — blah blah blah.

This is exactly what’s wrong with these two. Nobody knows what’s true, and anything that is leaked to the media is almost entirely speculation. Both Heidi and Spencer want one thing and one thing only: to garner more fame for themselves.

They’ve been doing it for years.

They can’t be trusted. Everything is a calculated move, and their plans are unknown. It may actually be easier to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than it would be to figure out what these two idiots’ real motives are.

This sex tape, which supposedly co-stars ex-Playboy playmate Karissa Shannon, is going to get released.

Heidi is going to publicly say that she wants no part of it, when she really

does — it’s the same move another former Playboy model and current reality TV star, Kendra Wilkinson, may have pulled earlier this year — because even though she’ll say she’s not consenting to it, for it to be released, she needs to authorize it.

Kim Kardashian reportedly made $5 million off her sex tape, and Heidi sure as hell knows that. In fact, she’d be stupid not to release a sex tape — that’s the only thing that could possibly make her interesting anymore.

So we’ll hear about this stupid thing for a few more weeks, then Vivid Entertainment will release the tape, I’ll watch it (begrudgingly), and Heidi will make her rounds answering softball questions by everyone from Matt Lauer to Larry King.

And that publicity tour will infuriate me, as it should infuriate everyone reading this article. These two people should never have gotten to the point where a video of them fornicating could possibly make millions of dollars.

Spencer and Heidi are terrible people and should be treated as such. Any additional attention we give these two will only fuel their stupidity and prolong the torture they inflict on us. klucas@umdbk.com

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News & World Report’s national university rankings, this university placed at No. 56, down three spots from last year.

Although it fell slightly in its national ranking, administrators and other officials touted the university’s latest achievements.

Linda Clement, vice president for student affairs, said administrators are thrilled with the Green Rating by The Princeton Review — a perfect score of 99.

“This [ranking] is something we have charted for quite a while, so it’s a nice acknowledgment and reinforces all that the staff has done,” Clement said.

According to The Princeton Review, the score was based on “whether students have a campus quality of life that is both healthy and sustainable; how well a school is preparing students ... for citizenship in a world now defined by environmental concerns; ... and how environmentally responsible a school’s policies are.”

Vice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie, a member of the university’s Sustainability Council, said the ranking is more than validating; it may help propel the university’s initiatives.

“Now that we have this recognition, we must continue to work to ensure that we are on this same list in the years to come,” Wylie wrote in an e-mail.

The ranking awarded to the engineering school, Pines said, was welcome news to his faculty.

Although the school had not been included on the list before, Pines said it was not because they didn’t deserve it.

“Our reputation has far lagged behind the reality,” he wrote.

To rank colleges, U.S. News & World Report categorizes each institution based on its reported mission, gathers information from each school in 16 areas related to academic excellence and then sorts them by a composite score.

Although the engineering school has made great strides over the past few years, Pines says the best is yet to come.

“We have a few big surprises in the works,” he wrote.

“Stay tuned.”

Sally Koblinsky, Mote’s chief of staff, described the casual event as “upbeat and energetic.”

“People shared stories with him about things they remembered of his presidency, from Maryland Day to Research Park to exciting new programs,” she said, adding that it was supposed to be an intimate party but was quickly flooded with Mote admirers. “Everybody was wishing him well. We’re all very proud of him and his accomplishments, and we’re excited about his future.”

Rob Waters, assistant to the president for equity and diversity, said the event was a chance to say thank you but not goodbye, since Mote will continue to teach in the engineering school.

“Everyone is happy for Dr. Mote and Mrs. Mote,” he said.

“Everyone is grateful. People were just walking up and thanking them for everything they’ve done for the university.”

Mote said he will move into his new office in the chemistry building after spending much of his year off traveling to promote the university abroad.

When he isn’t visiting China, Korea, Thailand and possibly Russia, he will be staying at his home in Annapolis.

President-designate Wallace Loh won’t take over the top job until Nov. 1. In the meantime,

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CALCULATOR from page 1 and how easy it is to get notes from a fellow classmate, the tool calculates how safe it is to skip class based on the responses.

In addition to telling students whether to hightail it to class or not even bother getting out of bed, the tool calculates how many days away your next test is and the percentage of the semester’s classes a student has already skipped.

For Filbert, the website’s success was unexpected.

“It started out as a joke be-

Former university President Dan Mote, who left office yesterday after 12 years as head of the university, will stay on the campus as an engineering professor after a year off with travels throughout China, Thailand and Korea. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/FILE PHOTO

university Provost Nariman Farvardin will serve as interim president while still fulfilling his other duties.

Mote’s staff has begun to prepare for a new president by maintaining daily contact with Loh and assembling a briefing book that will inform him of key issues and complexities of the university and the University System of Maryland, Koblinsky said.

Mote said he’s confident his staff will acclimate well to the

“Everybody was wishing him well. We’re all very proud of him and his accomplishments.”

new president.

“The staff here is very much looking forward to working with Dr. Loh and getting in line with his goals and objectives,” Mote said. “I’m sure he’ll have

tremendous support from the staff. His success is everyone’s success.”

Mote said that if he had one piece of advice to give to Loh on his first day, it would

tween me and some of my friends,” Filbert said, who created the website in February. “It wasn’t until April that I saw there were more people using the calculator than I thought.”

The skip class calculator has become increasingly popular with college students and had completed about 18,000 calculations as of last night, according to the website.

Although some students were interested in using the website, others were hesitant to actually follow its advice.

“I think I would use it but not fully trust it,” sophomore journalism major Gabby Siskind

said. “But I would be interested to see what it says.”

Sophomore journalism major Claire Yan, who used the calculator last semester, said the website’s failure to see her personal circumstances led her to ignore its advice.

“I just really didn’t want to go to class, so I skipped even though the website told me not to, and it turned out all right,” Yan said. “It really just depends on how you’re feeling that day.”

Professors also had their doubts about whether the website would be a hit.

“No student makes it to every class, but it’s surprising to me

that students would use this website,” agricultural and resource economics professor Kenneth Leonard said. “It’s surprising that this website would give you an answer you couldn’t think of yourself.”

“I think there are some occasions where students will skip class, but [the site] doesn’t take into account all reasons a student might skip,” said communication professor Edward Fink, who tried out the calculator with hypothetical information. “It’s more important for you to weigh the pros and cons yourself.”

Although Filbert said the site is taking off again now that

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“Success is actually achieved through a lot of listening and not a lot of talking, so you can understand the culture of the institution deeply and get a sense of the dynamic of this complex organization,” he said. “Don’t talk too much, listen carefully, understand the big picture of the university, its history and where it wants to go. And then begin to talk.” redding@umdbk.com

school has started, he doesn’t expect it to grow for much longer, adding that most people who check out the site don’t come back.

He said he has plans to build a new website that will “revolutionize the way students skip class,” but he wasn’t willing to discuss it.

“Students can take away from skipclasscalculator.com whatever they want,” Filbert said. “The reason I made the website was because I thought it would be an interesting project a lot of people would check out, and so far it’s succeeded.” saravia@umdbk.com

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ACC schedule leak could clarify Terps’ 2010 conference slate

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER Staff writer

The Terrapin men’s basketball team’s ACC schedule isn’t due to be officially released until later this week. But thanks to Raycom Sports, the Terps’ conference slate is starting to take shape.

A tentative 2011 ACC basketball broadcast schedule from the sports programming syndicator and the league’s official broadcast partner leaked to the Internet this weekend, unveiling the times and dates for seven games from the Terps’ conference schedule.

According to the schedule, which has since been removed, the Terps

MIDFIELD from page 10 “almost a triple threat” at the spot. “Over 90 minutes, those three guys might all play the same position.”

With Friday’s opening match against No. 24 Michigan State quickly approaching, Cirovski has yet to name a starter and said he probably won’t name a permanent one for another month.

Cirovski could be leaning toward Mullins, who enrolled in the spring and led the team in scoring during its exhibition schedule.

“Mullins is a guy who can score goals,” Cirovski said. “He has a great left foot, but he can also score with his head.”

Listed at 6-foot-1, Mullins gives the midfield height and has already started to gel with Rodkey, who assisted the freshman’s header goal against the Hoyas.

“Pat is very strong; he’s very physical and has a wonderful left foot,” Rodkey said.

Jane has also seen ample playing time during the preseason and provides the Terps with another dynamic playmaker.

TopDrawerSoccer.com rated the South Africa-born player a top10 recruit, while Cirovski said he has a “magic left foot.”

“Sunny’s a special player,” Cirovski said. “When he touches the ball, our whole bench starts to get off their seats and just watch.”

open up ACC play at Wake Forest on Jan. 12. They host Clemson 10 days later as ACC play returns to Comcast Center for the first time since the Terps’ thrilling victory over Duke in their final home game last season.

Conference play resumes as the Terps host Wake Forest on Feb. 5 before they hit the road to face Boston College on Feb. 12 and then Virginia Tech on Feb. 15. Florida State visits the Terps on Feb. 23, and the Terps host Virginia on March 5.

The released television schedule does leave some questions unanswered. The Terps will host Boston College, Duke, N.C. State and Virginia Tech and play at Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and Vir-

ginia at some point during the season, but exactly when will be unknown until the ACC officially announces the schedule.

ACC officials did not return calls to confirm the times and dates of the matchups.

Raycom’s release of part of the conference schedule further clarifies the Terps’ 2010-11 slate, parts of which have been made public in recent months.

The Terps will play Seattle on Nov. 8 and Charleston on Nov. 10 in College Park in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. The Terps are also guaranteed a spot in the tournament’s championship round at Madison Square Garden, where they will face Pittsburgh on Nov. 18. Should they beat

PEEKING AHEAD Here’s a partial look at what could be the Terrapin men’s basketball 2010 schedule:

Pitt, they will face the winner of a matchup between Illinois and Texas.

A loss to the Panthers will put the Terps in the consolation game.

The Terps’ trip to New York City will be their third time playing in the tournament. They won the 2006 event, defeating Michigan State, 62-60.

The team heads to University Park, Pa., to face Penn State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 1 and will play Temple in the BB&T Classic four days later at the Verizon Center.

North Florida will come to Comcast Center on Dec. 29. Several nonconference games have also yet to be announced.

Nov. 18: vs. Pittsburgh (7) Nov. 19: vs. Illinois/Texas (TBD) Dec. 1: @ Penn State (9:15) Dec. 5: vs. Temple (TBD) Dec. 29: North Florida (8) Jan. 12: @ Wake Forest (8) Jan. 22: Clemson (2:30) Feb. 5: Wake Forest (3) Feb. 12: @ Boston College (1) Feb. 15: @ Virginia Tech (8) Feb. 23: Florida State (8) March 5: Virginia (2)

* Game times in parentheses schneider@umdbk.com

“I think they’re all going to come out and do something special.”

DOUG RODKEY TERRAPIN MEN’S SOCCER MIDFIELDER

Cortes, whose big-game experience is something both Mullins and Jane lack, is a versatile senior with a demonstrated ability to make plays against the nation’s best. His first-half goal and game-winning assist against Penn State in the second round of last year’s NCAA Tournament lifted the Terps to the Sweet 16, where his long-range strike in the Terps’ 2-0 victory clinched a spot in the Elite Eight.

“Billy has got two equal feet; you can’t tell if he’s right or leftfooted,” Cirovski said. “He’s a tough guy to deal with because he can beat you either way.”

Cirovski hopes whoever winds up nabbing the starting spot can help balance out a right side that, with Rodkey and defender Alex Lee, is heavy on attacking talent. But he’s excited about the opportunity to disrupt opposing defenses by using all three.

“We’re going to be set,” Rodkey said. “I think they’re all going to come out and do something special.”

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FOOTBALL

Offensive line finally healthy

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

A list of names litters the Terrapin football team’s injury list. Not one of the players, though, hails from the offensive line — a spot where injuries cost the Terps last season and where a large burden of responsibility falls this season.

An additional year of experience and an added sense of cohesion has already paid dividends, according to coach Ralph Friedgen.

The young line last year included just two players with prior starting experience. Injuries throughout the year crippled the line, forcing the Terps to use seven different lineups in 12 games.

Because of the injuries and the constant shifting, some of the young players struggled to remember their assignments.

At one point, Friedgen said, he took aside then-freshmen right tackle R.J. Dill and right guard Justin Lewis, and “while the offensive staff was putting the game plan together, I was giving them remedial work.”

But this year, the offensive line came back from the offseason ahead of schedule, and the players said they are more assured in their responsibilities and routines.

With youth still dominating the depth chart — all the unit’s backups are either redshirt freshmen or sophomores — Friedgen said he wants to make sure to find time in practice to get them more experience, especially after the team’s troubles last season. But he’s expecting a brighter year.

“I’m anticipating that we’re going to have a good season because of our offensive line,” Friedgen said.

TERP NOTE: Defensive tackle De’Onte Arnett (cyst on ankle), linebacker Ben Pooler (torn ACL), and tight ends Devonte Campbell (MCL strain), Lansford Watson (torn ACL) and Will Yeatman (broken finger) will miss the Sept. 6 season opener against Navy. kyanchulis@umdbk.com

Midfielder Patrick Mullins, center, will likely share playing time with Billy Cortes, far right, at the left midfield position.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Battle between old and new emerges at midfield Senior Cortes competing with freshmen Mullins and Jane for time on Terps’ left side

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

Last November, midfielder Billy Cortes helped save the Terrapin men’s soccer team’s senior night against the College of Charleston with a second-half goal and gamewinning assist.

Then he helped keep the unseeded Terps alive in the NCAA Tournament, tallying two goals against two seeded opponents.

Now, one season after becoming a fixture at left midfield and one of the Terps’ top postseason performers, he finds himself fighting to keep his job.

An injury last year to starter Doug Rodkey, whose senior season ended prematurely after he broke the metatarsal bone in his right foot, forced coach Sasho Cirovski to shuffle his midfield. Cortes proved to be a beneficiary, moving into the starting lineup soon after the injury.

But with Rodkey back after secur-

ing an extra year of eligibility, the return of incumbent starting midfielders Matt Kassel and Kaoru Forbess and the addition of two vaunted recruits, Cortes’s spot on the field at the start of Friday’s season opener is hardly guaranteed.

Forbess has moved to center midfield, where Drew Yates played last season, while Rodkey is back on the right side. Kassel will return as the team’s defensive midfielder.

Which leaves the left side unset-

tled. Freshman Patrick Mullins scored late in the team’s exhibition win against Georgetown on Saturday, while newcomer Tsotleho “Sunny” Jane has also impressed Cirovski with his speed and ball skills.

Cortes, meanwhile, has received comparable playing time to Mullins, who has been the primary starter during the No. 6 Terps’ preseason.

Cirovski said the three give him

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