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Obama education metrics may hurt state universities

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Historically black colleges could lose funding from plan to tie federal aid to graduation rates

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By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer

BY THE NUMBERS

President Obama’s recently proposed plan tying federal aid to schools’ performances could help some institutions nationally, but in this state, experts caution the plan could backfire, hurting the students it was designed to help.

High graduation rates and a high percentage of minority students, university President Wallace Loh said, will help this university benefit from the plan, which holds higher education institutions accountable for positive trends in graduation and diversity, among other areas. Other schools within the University System of Maryland may not be so fortunate, though. If the government chooses to scale back Pell grants and offer students less favorable loan conditions because their schools don’t perform as well by Obama’s metrics, Loh said, the historically black colleges stand to lose the most.

This university has a four-year graduation rate of about 62 percent,

This university’s four-year graduation rate

62 percent 14.3 percent University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s four-year graduation rate

4.6 percent Coppin State University’s four-year graduation rate according to a December 2012 report by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. But the state’s historically black University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Bowie State University and Morgan State University have much lower four-year graduation rates in comparison, at 14.3 percent, 13.8 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively. Coppin State University, another historically black university, has the lowest at 4.6 percent.

Scaling back aid based on poor performance would be a mistake in a time when institutions need more, Loh said.

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Alcohol-related incidents increase in August, spurring Univ Police response Ambulance transports increase as officers respond to 168 total incidents Officers fi led 21 reports in August in which police needed to call for an ambulance transport, compared to 10 such incidents in July.

Despite the small spike in the University Police responded to 168 incidents in August, up by 26 inci- month’s incidents, Davis said he dents from July. One clear trend, Uni- expects to see more cases involvversity Police spokesman Sgt. Aaron ing alcohol-related sickness and Davis said, was an increase in alcohol- transports this month. Police have already fi led 12 incidents requiring related sicknesses and injuries.

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a transport since Sunday, he said.

“While there are 12 people who were transported to the hospital, there’s probably more than that who were passed out on the road,” Davis said.

Not all intoxication incidents end up getting reported, Davis said. In his See blotter, Page 3

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Josh Burdette, face of 9:30 Club for many patrons, dies at 36

Patrons may not remember the Metro ride to the V Street area, the exact music played or all the people at the popular Washington music venue 9:30 Club — but it was hard to forget Josh Burdette.

Covered in tattoos and piercings and standing 6-foot-4, he was known as “That Guy.” Burdette was the club’s security director and doorstaff supervisor, and when news broke that he had died Sunday, it went viral.

The cause of death is still under investigation, according to reports, but police believe it may have been a suicide. Burdette, a university

alumnus, would have turned 37 yesterday, said Audrey Schaefer, a 9:30 Club spokeswoman.

Burdette became known as “That Guy” josh burdette University alumnus simply because of h is appea ra nce. He towered over patrons and had more than 100 tattoos as well as numerous facial piercings, not to mention his stretched earlobes, red beard and shaved head.

He was certainly an intimidating man, but Burdette contradicted his appearance with a kind and wise personality, those who knew him

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Athletics honored in environmental report ‘Feed the Turtle’ among sustainability efforts

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said. He was a gentle giant who used his size to keep peace, not encourage violence.

“It’s really a customer service job,” Burdette told The Washington Post in 2006. “We’re the face of the club, and we have to do our best to be as friendly, polite and accessible as we can. It’s not an us-vs.-them mentality here — we want to avoid that antagonism. If you need our help, ask us. Some of us look big and scary, but we’re just people, too.”

Burdette began working at the 9:30 Club in 1997, according to Washington City Paper, and he quickly became a fixture. “That Guy” became part of the club experience, and Burdette See burdette, Page 3

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer Thanks to its five-year-old recycling and compost program, the university’s athletic program has been named one of the most sustainable in the nation in a report recently released by an environmental advocacy group.

The Natural Resources Defense Council’s report, “College Game Changers: How Campus Sport is Going Green,” features 30 college athletic departments that are taking noticeable strides toward promoting sustainability and implementing environmentally friendly programs, including this university’s “Feed the Turtle” program.

“One of the first things you have to do is make visible all of the great work that’s going on, and until the launch of this report, there really

was no central place for finding a compilation of sports and success stories,” said Martin Tull, executive director of Green Sports Alliance, a nonprofit the NRDC founded.

The NRDC received submissions from university staff members, sustainability offices and students from universities across the country. The group analyzed about 50 universities’ athletic programs and chose 30 leaders out of that group but did not give them individual rankings.

“We deliberately do not rank or rate any features in the report,” said Alice Henly, coordinator of the NRDC’s college sports greening project and author of the report, which was produced in collaboration with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, and the Green Sports Alliance.

The report contains detailed case

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FACEOFF: Inclusive Language Campaign Maria Romas: Posters may trigger damaging memories for victims of abuse or their friends — take them down.

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“They’re bringing in students who are among the most unprepared,” Loh said. “These are precisely the types of students you want to help. You are hurting the students who most need that aid.”

Loh was also critical of a metric that could potentially award more financial aid to schools at which students earn higher post-graduate income; he said this doesn’t account for the quality of education.

“You can be an English major and have a very low starting salary when you graduate, or you can be a computer science major with a very high starting salary, and you can both have gotten a great education,” Loh said. “That only tells you the market value of the degree, nothing about what the school is providing you.”

Loh supports Obama’s “big and bold idea,” but he said many details still need to be worked out.

Loh’s criticism could be indicative of backlash from the higher education lobby, which has become a force to be reckoned with for lawmakers. Gathering data on student outcomes to decide how to distribute aid is a preferable approach to a previous system based on enrollment, said Rachel Fishman, policy analyst for the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, but the higher education lobby has been reluctant to adopt such a program.

“The more data that’s available to track student outcomes, the more likely institutions are going to be held accountable to that data,” Fishman said. “Being held accountable is really difficult because that means that if you’re a poor performer in an accountability system, you could lose access to federal funding.”

At the state level, higher education officials have discussed moving toward a model of outcome-based funding for public universities. In Indiana, lawmakers use performance metrics to allocate some state education funding. Accountability and education quality are important reasons for adopting such a model, said Matt Hawkins, associate commissioner and chief financial officer of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

With an enrollment-based model, “we’re paying for the students to be in school, we’re not paying for results,” Hawkins said.

studies for 10 schools and 20 “snapshots” that highlight exceptional sustainability measures at other institutions. The report includes only a small sample of sustainable athletic departments across the nation, Henly said.

Many of the snapshots focus on a small number of successful green initiatives, such as waste, recycling and composting programs, while the case studies contain broader summaries of athletics programs, she said.

“Feed the Turtle” was launched in 2008 through

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collaboration among the athletic department, Facilities Management and Dining Services. A main goal of the initiative was to set up recycling and composting collections at every home football game. Now, with more than 180 recycling stations throughout the campus, students get involved by handing out bags for trash and recycling, separating recyclables and asking fans to help.

“We’ve had more volunteers in the past year — and can expect more in this year — than we’ve had in the past,” said Bill Guididas, the program’s recycling and solid waste coordinator.

Custom-made recycled containers for collecting recyclables and food compost were also

distributed throughout the tailgate lots and inside the stadium.

Because of the program, Dining Services began using compostable food containers, and fans have learned about the importance of sustainability, Guididas added.

“Like all recycling, it’s up to the individuals to participate,” he said. “The more we can foster that awareness, the more successful the program will be.”

The NRDC report also concludes that green athletic departments have a positive impact on universities as a whole, Henly said, by cutting resource costs, creating a healthier work environ-

ment, bringing in more donors and sponsors and helping colleges appeal to incoming students.

As students and fans become more involved in promoting sustainability, Full said, each university must continue to enhance collaboration between its sustainability and athletic departments.

Some students said they have noticed the athletic department’s sustainability efforts.

“It’s really the whole campus that has the green initiative, but [the athletic department] is just another facet of the campus that is continuously helping the environment,” said Jake Eisenberg,

a freshman journalism major.

This is the second “Game Changer” report the NRDC has released. The first, “Game Changer: How the Sports Industry Is Saving the Environment,” came out in 2012 and focused on professional sports’ environmental initiatives.

“The most important lesson from this work is to think about it long-term and make sure that you’re creating a process that will work over the course of a number of years,” Tull said.

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blotter From PAGE 1 experience as a police officer, only about half of the alcohol sickness incidents were filed as reports.

“If they have somebody with them that can safely take them back, we’ll let them take them back to their dorm,” Davis added.

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After surveying the scene, the officer reported he smelled alcohol on the driver’s breath.

The driver, who is not a university student, refused to take a sobriety test but told police she was drunk. She attempted to walk away from the scene twice, Davis said. On the second attempt, police said she tried to pull away from the officer and kicked him in the thigh.

Police arrested the driver, who bit the officer’s arm as he placed her in the squad car, Davis said.

Police charged a woman with driving under the influence, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest early Aug. 4.

VANDALISM An officer found an overturned vehicle on Princeton Avenue, Police reported that the according to Davis. sundial in the center of McK“I don’t know how you could eldin Mall had been vandaldo that on a residential road,” ized Aug. 6.

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versity Police officer reported the anchor brackets holding the dial in place had been broken and the bolts had been stripped. Police believe the incident may have been an attempt to remove the dial.

The case has been suspended, Davis said, but repairs cost the university $1,500.

HARASSMENT/STALKING A university employee reported Aug. 7 that someone he did not know was calling him multiple times.

The individual called the employee about 15 times, addressing the employee by his full name and accusing him of “fooling around” with his wife, according to Davis. The employee told police he did not

know the caller.

Officers identified the caller and spoke to him about harassment. As of the end of August, the caller had not bothered the employee again, Davis said.

TRESPASSING An officer walking around Cambridge Community found a 29-year-old and 19-year-old climbing the roof of the North Campus convenience store at about 4 p.m. on Aug. 16.

The two individuals, who are not university students, were attempting “parkour” — a sport of running, climbing and jumping to navigate obstacles — according to the police report.

The individuals are indefinitely removed from the campus — unless an appeal is made — after police issued a denial to the school grounds effective 10 days after it was issued.

“Usually we give them that if the crime is not so serious,” Davis added. “[The incident] doesn’t require an immediate denial.” tamenabardbk@gmail.com

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“He had this really calm, cool and collected approach to security,” said DeSacia, who is now security director for SEE, a position Burdette once held. “He was the perfection of security in my eyes.

He never laid his hands on anyone because he could solve anything through talking.”

With a background in psychology, Burdette felt he was physically and mentally fit for his job — he could spot a ne’er-do-well a mile away.

“I watch people — it’s what I do,” he told The Post. “You learn the behaviors of people doing something wrong.”

And he told The Post his job became worthwhile every time he watched the crowds exit with smiles on their faces.

“The guy kept us punks in line and had fun doing it,” said Anna Dottle, a sophomore anthropology and art history major. “I remember he once schooled a scalper that was trying to rip my f r i e n d a n d I o f f, l e t t i n g us get our tickets for face value instead … people like Josh Burdette, a real fixture a rou nd D.C., don’t come around too often.”

embraced it, making his own Facebook fan page and using “ T h at G uy” i n h i s em a i l address.

But long before Burdette was working crowd control for top a r t i s t s, he wa s a student at this university.

H i s fat her tau g ht fa m i ly science here and Burdette was in the University Honors program, graduating in 1998 with a psychology degree. It was at this university that he got his first taste of the security business, working for Student Entertainment Events and standing guard at fraternity parties, he told The Diamondback in 2005.

Even when he moved on to the 9:30 Club, he never forgot his roots. He often returned to present at SEE security trainings. Burdette trained people for Art Attack during senior Mark DeSacia’s freshma n yea r. Once Bu rdette graduated, he remained the criminology and criminal justice major’s mentor and even offered DeSacia opportunities to work shifts with him at the 9:30 Club. hcuozzodbk@gmail.com

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CORRECTION Due to reporting and editing errors, the article “Loh’s grand realities” in the Tuesday edition of The Diamondback indicated that the university’s arts and humanities programs ranked 82nd in US News & World Report. That ranking specifically referred to the university’s fine arts graduate programs.

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Moldy books, muddled plans “Rest assured,” the university library system wrote in its 2013 strategic plan in February. “We take responsibility to books and special collections very seriously … and preserving them and making them accessible will always be an important part of our mission.”

Six months after the plan’s publication, the library announced that mold had attacked more than 10,000 volumes on the fifth floor of McKeldin Library. In early August, library staff members discovered the mold, and they have since been shifting affected books into better-ventilated areas.

The process is time-consuming and the subsequent cleaning is expensive, so contractors aren’t scheduled to begin decontaminating the volumes until October, leaving the affected area untreated for about two months since the outbreak’s discovery.

Yet library staff members have found “small amounts” of mold on the same floor’s collection for the past two or three years during late summer, according to Tim Hackman, head of Resource Sharing and Access Services.

That inevitably leads to a couple of questions. First and foremost, why are “small amounts” of mold not “too much” mold?

Look at the significant resources university officials such as archivist Anne Turkos have so nobly dedicated to preserving the university’s treasures through the University Archives. With such an investment already, it makes little sense that previous rotten discoveries have been shrugged off. Problems like potential mold outbreaks should be handled with urgency, not apathy.

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Instead, and as an unfortunate consequence, the university is choosing to spend thousands of dollars to clean books and also speeding up a plan to throw away thousands of duplicate copies — which could have been offered to other University System of Maryland or Washington-area libraries before mold ruined them. We have to wonder how much of these complications could have been prevented.

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The university library system must develop a concrete plan to fix the problem of moldcovered books in McKeldin.

And there’s another question that naturally arose: Is McKeldin Library unequipped to deal with the summertime climate of the mid-Atlantic? If the sticky heat of late August has led books to gather mold in consecutive years, it would seem the proper ventilation is not in place.

In the previously mentioned strategic plan, the university laid forth a vision of digitized libraries accessible anywhere.

But those plans are all for naught if the physical libraries can’t effectively hold the content.

In 2012, the university dedicated $100 million to plans for renovating the library. That funding came after an extensive process of rearranging study spaces in the library, especially the second floor. Initial plans for the $100 million involved offering more technology and better aesthetics to

students, both of which are important steps to keeping this university abreast of a new era in academics.

However, we can only hope that some of that money goes to updating heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

Eric Bartheld, a library spokesman, said such plans haven’t been made yet, and climate control will have to be carefully monitored by library staff. But if McKeldin is to serve as the flagship for the largest library system in the Washington area, automatic climate monitoring invulnerable to human error should be a requirement.

It’s clear the infrastructure in several of the older academic buildings on McKeldin Mall — including the library — is not on par with much of the campus, and taking such steps seems straightforward enough.

Another, perhaps less expensive, option is to get books off the fifth floor altogether.

With the university’s entry into the Committee on Institutional Cooperation — an academic consortium made up of the Big Ten athletic conference’s 12 schools and the University of Chicago — an enormous collection of digitized volumes have become available to university students.

This will reduce the need for physical books on shelves, and with that relief in space, library officials should use the opportunity to get as many books as possible off the moldy fifth floor, especially if the HVAC system isn’t going to see a major overhaul.

It’s sad to see such an affliction — one that seems to have been preventable — in a building that stands as a symbol of this university. Hopefully, officials can invest in solutions in the future instead of letting the problem fester.

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Evolution of dance: Twerk and grind KEVIN HOGAN When Miley Cyrus got her freak on at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 25, I had a little bit of a freak-out. It wasn’t because of those creepy teddy bears she ironically incorporated into her routine. And it wasn’t even her harassment of that poor, unsuspecting foam finger during her collaboration with Robin Thicke.

Instead, as Cyrus shamelessly twerked across stage that night, I couldn’t shake the disturbing feeling that our culture has reached a new landmark in the perpetual sexualization of popular dance.

I should mention that the notoriety of the performance did not arise from some novel contortion of the human form; twerking and grinding are old news by now. It was the context of the exhibition that sent shock waves through the Twitterverse and blogosphere. Never before have we seen such a big-name celebrity dance so provocatively on live television. On top of that, Cyrus’ history as a Disney star provides us with a story of lost innocence reminiscent of Britney Spears and (more recently) Justin Bieber.

While Cyrus’ actions can easily be dismissed as the desperation of an attention addict, I think they play an important role in a gradual shift in attitudes toward dancing. If we look back about a half-century, we can see this evolution clearly. First came “the twist” in the early ’60s, then “the bump” in the ’70s, then Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze in the late ’80s, and before we knew it, we were getting low with Lil Jon. As time went by, hips moved just a little bit more and couples danced just a little bit closer.

But every step of the way, there was a similar friction between

a younger generation looking to express itself and an older generation condemning the unruly behavior. Cyrus’ spectacle was masterfully crafted to generate just the sort of controversy that will keep pushing the envelope in this fashion.

What concerns me about this phenomenon is that at this point in the progression, there is very little new territory left for us to discover.

Grinding, the most pervasive of dance crazes among young people today, has already blurred the lines between dancing and sex.

Anyone who has recently attended a senior prom has witnessed the hypnotic gyrations that typify the dance. Only daggering, a dance gaining momentum in the Caribbean, can top grinding ’s eroticism: Jamaican doctors have actually advised against the practice because of several reported cases of — ahem — male tissue damage.

Maybe it’s time we put an end to this limbo of our standards of decency. I’m certainly in no position to tell people how to shake what their mamas gave them, but I’d like to see social dancing take a trip back in time.

We could start by facing our partners when we dance, and we could sacrifice some physical contact to revive flirtation.

We could even bring back leading and following and dance in ways that require some practice and technique.

Of course, most of our Top 40 party anthems aren’t conducive to this sort of change, but occasional hits, such as Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” or Bruno Mars’ “Treasure” give us beats that we can groove to like our parents did 40 years ago.

The chorus of Cyrus’ hit single about dancing at a party tells us that “we can’t stop.” Rather than spending our time lampooning her recent escapade on the Internet, why don’t we simply tell her that we can, and we will?

Kevin Hogan is a senior computer engineering major. He can be reached at khogandbk@gmail.com.

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The message is spot-on; the posters are way off MARIA ROMAS Trigger warning: This column contains mention of many words and phrases that can trigger negative emotional responses.

When you read a trigger warning at the top of an article or column, you subconsciously brace yourself for whatever is coming next. Sometimes, you simply turn away and read something else. Other times, even when you know what you’re about to read could emotionally affect you, you keep reading. But that’s your choice.

And that’s the whole point — it’s why trigger warnings exist. If you read a blurb at the top of a webpage, warning you that the page’s contents may adversely affect you, there is always an option for you to gauge your emotional state and turn away.

Unfortunately, the Department of Resident Life, Stamp Student Union and its Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy office have come together to create a campaign that takes that choice away from students who live on the campus.

Posters have been put up along hallways of dorms and apartments all over the school grounds as a part of the Inclusive Language Campaign. The posters all read “Hear My Story,” then provide a different word or expression meant to represent noninclusive language. In large font, they say, “That’s so gay,” “That exam just raped me,” “Those illegal aliens,” “That’s so ghetto,” “He looks like a terrorist,” “That’s so retarded” and the like.

Then underneath, there are handwritten accounts that ask if a person would continue to repeat these phrases if they knew of different personal situations. Statements such as “I have a family member who was raped” and “I am a member of the LGBTQ community” are scrawled along the bottom half of the posters, urging people to consider others’ feelings before making such derogatory remarks.

Now theoretically, this is a phenomenal

campaign. Inclusive language is imperative in our society — especially on a college campus — because you simply don’t know who has experienced what. Hearing these axioms in daily life can be incredibly affecting for people.

But that’s where we have a problem. These words are triggers, and they are strewn across the campus.

Yes, it’s good for people who have used these deplorable sayings to feel a level of discomfort when seeing them on a poster. They should feel bad about being so insensitive toward others. But what about the girl who has been raped? What about the boy whose brother has been called retarded? What about the student who has been called an illegal alien?

These are the people who have been most affected by this unacceptable language, and they are being forced to read the very words that have traumatized them. It could be a daily reminder of something they’re trying to forget. And there’s no trigger warning cautioning them to turn away.

It’s important to get the message out to people that it’s not okay to say these horrible things. And in truth, if someone who has been affected by one of these sayings hears a fellow student casually use them in conversation, it can be just as traumatic as reading it on a poster. We need people to know it’s unacceptable to throw these terms around — that it affects those around them. But we’re simply not going about it the right way. So what’s the solution?

Take down the posters. Create a task force.

There are people out there who would gladly give inclusive language presentations to classes. And in those instances, the presenters could warn students of the potential triggers — it won’t be sprung on them while walking back to their dorm rooms after classes.

Education is the key to becoming more inclusive across our campus. But we have to keep those affected by traumatic experiences in mind and make sure we don’t sacrifice their peace of mind in our efforts to reprimand the ignorant.

Maria Romas is a senior English major. She can be reached at mromasdbk@gmail.com.

Campaign effectively combats ignorance

MARC PRIESTER Before one disregards the Inclusive Language Campaign posters as little more than an irritation and an eyesore, it is imperative to understand what exactly we are combating and why it is the university’s obligation to pursue this path.

It almost seems intuitive — using offensive phrases is bad; therefore, don’t use offensive phrases. Obviously, this is a very noncontroversial assessment, yet if we all reevaluate our lives, it isn’t so cut and dry. You see, individuals probably say several phrases and words every day that insult people in some way. We may not explicitly hear it from the offended person’s mouth because there are clear incentives to be silent — for example, avoiding an awkward situation, embarrassment or even loss of a friend.

These posters are actually mechanisms that speak for the speechless. Many of these posters include everyday speech that is, unfortunately, seen as acceptable vernacular. When people say, “I raped that test,” they may not actually understand the impact their words have on the people around them.

By acting as a proxy rebuttal toward people using offensive language, the posters expose unintentional offenders to some examples of how one may be taken aback by what they say.

Moreover, the posters seem to include a diverse methodology for individuals to combat crass language. Though some of the Inclusive Language posters are simple text bubbles with offensive phrases and responses, others actually include descriptive paragraphs that address both the origin of offensive language in everyday conversation and various ways to contest their merits.

For example, the poster occupying the wall just outside my apartment door (what a friendly reminder!) outlines how most individuals who use offensive language are not often bigots but simply misguided insofar as they do not realize

that their words do offend. This is an important distinction to substantiate — the form of insensitivity we encounter on college campuses is not necessarily hatred, just ignorance.

The poster then acts as a cohesive and reasonable guide on how one may properly identify troublesome rhetoric and assist the user of the offensive phrases in becoming knowledgeable about how his or her word choice was disturbing. Clearly, the intended outcome will result in a peaceful resolution in which the offenders will internalize their folly and preclude themselves from using such language.

I do recognize one extremely challenging element that seems inherent in displaying posters with offensive language. Going back to the example earlier, one of the posters says, “I raped that test,” and the response: “Would you say that if you knew I am a sexual assault survivor?” This may disturb those with an intimate familiarity of such traumatizing experiences.

Especially for students who may not yet have come to terms with this trauma, seeing these posters may trigger distressful memories.

However, we must remember that hearing people casually throw around words such as “rape” in a manner that marginalizes the act will be more damaging. If survivors continually hear acquaintances and friends say these disconcerting words, this will not only agonize them by proliferating memories, but because of irreverent usage, one will further feel alienated by the fact that his or her experience is treated as nothing more than the punch line of a joke. Therefore, the net utility of avoiding this travesty through education outweighs the comparatively smaller (but still important) discomfort of the posters.

At the end of the day, students have an obligation to attempt to minimize their offense for the benefit of all. I’m proud to attend a university that believes in that same goal.

Marc Priester is a junior economics and government and politics major. He can be reached at mpriesterdbk@gmail.com.

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You understand that making mistakes is a part of life, and you will teach yourself to learn from them as quickly and as comprehensively as possible. When you fall, you are determined to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again -- and you are likely to do so with greater success than before.

Also born on this date are: Rose McGowan, actress; Dweezil Zappa, musician; Michael Keaton, actor; Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist; Freddie Mercury, singer; Raquel Welch, actress; Bob Newhart, comedian and actor; John Cage, composer; Jesse James, outlaw.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- You can pick up the pace today and pull ahead of the competition, but you must keep your eyes peeled for obstacles that are well-hidden.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -What has been problematic in the past is likely to be far easier today, but the reason may not be clear to you right away.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- The times keep changing, and you must change with them.

Today, however, you may be resistant to a certain trend that is not to your taste.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You may have trouble taking the high road as you encounter one who is willing to challenge you head-on. You must do so, however.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Certain changes in protocol may make things more difficult for you than expected, but your adjustments are swift and effective.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- The sooner you are able to put yourself in another’s shoes, the sooner you will understand your counterpart and his or her motives.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You may not be all that eager to do something that you cannot, in all likelihood, avoid -- so you must make the best of it!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- It will be up to you to decide who gets what, and how much. In the interest of fairness, you may have to go without -- for now.

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Can the creative freedom offered by DIY mixtapes save the music industry from itself?

By Joe Antoshak @JoeAntoshak Staff writer You’re driving alone in your car with the windows down. You flip through the FM radio tuner and come across that catchy pop song you heard once at your friend’s place.

A couple of minutes pass and the song ends. Afterward, you find it’s also playing on three other stations, and the song becomes significantly less appealing with each listen. This happens every day for the next few months until the next “Blurred Lines” or “Get Lucky” replaces it.

Most of the college-aged population has grappled with this nightmare of repetition at some point or another.

It’s led to gripes that musical innovation is dead or at least that it’s not what it once was. In reality, innovation just isn’t burgeoning on the radio anymore. It’s happening by way of the musical demo — the mixtape.

The primary problem with popular music today does not stem from poor writing or uninspired thinking.

Neither is it rooted in whipped-cream bras or award-show twerking scandals. The main fault is in its inability to usher in new artistic voices.

The industry changes slowly

because most labels are looking to produce commercially successful artists, not the more obscure ones whose album sales will flounder until a mainstream audience realizes their existence 20 years down the road.

They want Macklemore, not The Pharcyde.

Produced in a minimalistic fashion and designed to spawn hype, mixtapes have been the lifeblood of the hip-hop genre for the past several decades. Recognizable artists such as 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj and Drake all found their voices via mixtapes that garnered critical acclaim. D.C.’s own Wale similarly paved the way for future success from his efforts on 2008’s Seinfeld-inspired The Mixtape About Nothing.

More than one artist has explained that the mixtape period in a career often works out to be among his or her most creative and productive (see: Wayne, Lil). Without the stifling pressures of a major label, rappers have liberty to say whatever they want on their mixes. They can experiment with different sounds and ideas, and they have the freedom to find the most accurate ways to express themselves. “Mixtape is raw. I did what I wanted to do. You can’t do that on an album because other people

gotta eat off that album,” Wiz Khalifa said in an interview with Complex.

In the 2010s, just about anyone can make a mixtape. With programs such as GarageBand and Logic Pro, commoners can easily act as their own producers. While sound quality will inevitably suffer, ideas can be fleshed out in ways simpler than many in the business thought possible 30 years ago.

Clayton Krollman, a sophomore education and English major, spent several days during the summer recording a mixtape with his group, Kissing is Gross. Each of the mixtape’s seven songs were recorded with his iPhone in a one-take format and posted on the music discovery site Bandcamp, which allows for donations if the listener feels inclined.

The songs are raw and expectedly unpolished, but there is genuine merit in the work. Krollman said the tape, Beauty Sleep — self-defined as punk, pop and ska, among several other styles — was never meant to be heard by more than family and friends. But he added that if he were to pursue a more commercial success in music, a mixtape would be the best way.

“We made [Beauty Sleep] for fun,” Krollman said. “But if I wanted a career, I’d probably make a bunch of

CHANCE THE RAPPER’S independently produced, digitally distributed — for free, no less — and surprisingly popular Acid Rap may serve as a model for future up-and-coming artists. photo courtesy of cmj.com demos and go around to studios, ask them to spend seven minutes of their time listening to me. I think Kanye [West] used to load up demos in a backpack and take them around, too.”

With the Internet permeating mainstream culture more each year, these self-made records will only increase in importance. If a mixtape was helpful in getting signed in the past, it might soon be a necessity in the musician’s resume, regardless of his or her genre. And if more musicians start their careers off with mixtape demos, the competition may enable higher quality writing and production.

When an artist such as Chicagobased Chance the Rapper finds both his distinct sound and a large Internet following with a mixtape such as Acid Rap, new markets open up. If he signs to a major label, his sound will be refined to a point but likely still will hold the same appeal. If

the artist gets big enough, copycats will follow. Thus, the landscape is changed forever.

The mixtape market is young enough that, as of yet, it stands mostly untapped by greedy hands.

It is expanding, however, and some are taking notice (Acid Rap peaked at No. 63 on the hip-hop charts after being sold without Chance’s permission; it can be downloaded for free on his website).

The industry could use some restructuring on all fronts, and the proliferation of underground mixtapes could be the spark plug for improvement. Call it crazy, but someday — maybe soon — when you’re driving alone in your car, you might be able to flick through a few FM radio stations and fall in love with a new artist almost every time. jantoshakdbk@gmail.com

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LINEBACKER MARCUS WHITFIELD (center) teams up with former linebackers Darin Drakeford (left) and Demetrius Hartsfield (right) during a 2011 game against Virginia. Whitfield has replaced Drakeford, who is now with the Kansas City Chiefs. file photo/the diamondback

backers From PAGE 8 h a ra ss i n g t h e q u a r te rback. Whitfield earned the game ball on defense for his performance.

“Confident,” Cudjoe-Virgil said Tuesday when asked about replacing the likes of Drakeford, Tate and Hartsfield. “We always have a thing around here, ‘next man up.’

I think that’s one of Coach [Randy] Edsall’s biggest philosophies, so I mean we’re all sad to have those guys leave, but I don’t think there’s a drop-off in talent.”

With the offense expected to put up points week after week, the pressure falls on the defense to prevent games from turning into shootouts.

The Terps will face some talented quarterbacks this season — Old Dominion’s Taylor Heinicke on Saturday, as well as both Florida State’s Jameis Winston and Clemson’s Tajh Boyd in October — so the rotating duo of Whitfield and Cudjoe-Virgil could prove vital.

“That’s a lot of pressure on the [opposing] offense

because we have two different styles of pass rushing,” Cudjoe-Virgil said Tuesday.

“When a guy comes in fresh, you have to forget what happened with the previous guy, and you have to focus on this guy that’s in right now.

That’s hard on the offensive line when you have to play against different pass-rushing styles.”

Whitfield, a Germantown native playing in his third defensive scheme in four years in College Park, and CudjoeVirgil, a transfer from Division II Seton Hill eligible to play for the first time, battled through training camp for the starting job. Whitfield came out on top, but Cudjoe-Virgil provides depth and yet another option, depending on the circumstances of the game.

“I think that is one of the best position battles there is,” defensive coordinator Brian Stewart said. “When you can put somebody in who’s going to be as productive as the starter, then that’s where you want to be as far as all across the board.

I’m pretty excited. I think as a defensive staff, we’re excited to see that battle

keep going down the road.”

Whitfield and Cudjoe-Virgil are two of the oldest linebackers on the Terps’ roster.

Whitfield’s the lone senior of the eight players listed on the two-deep depth chart, and Cudjoe-Virgil, the outside linebackers’ representative on Edsall’s leadership council, is a redshirt junior.

Whitfield has bounced between outside linebacker and defensive end while swapping systems in his Terps career. But he’s in the starting lineup now with the opportunity to thrive, feeding off Cudjoe-Virgil behind him.

With a few more showings like Whitfield’s and Cudjoe-Virgil’s against FIU, memories of past defensive standouts could become even more distant for Terps fans. “ T h e coa c h e s ex p e c t something from me,” Whitfield said. “They know that you can play. That’s why they put you in that position as a starter. There’s also the person behind you that’s pushing you, so you can continue to play they way you have been playing.” dgallendbk@gmail.com

loss to California.

Despite his early production, Mullins’ activity on offense from a possession standpoint has dropped dramatically. Both the Golden Bears and the Cardinal attacked Mullins with aggressive and physical defensive presence, preventing him from receiving the ball in areas where he could be dangerous and make plays. “[Cal] was definitely a strong defense that played their defense physically,” forward Jake Pace said. “It’s hard as a striker to battle through everything and constantly be involved and get towards goal.”

But with all the attention Stanford and Cal paid to

Mullins in the Terps’ opening we e ke n d , o p p o r t u n i t i e s arose for other players, such as Tshuma and Pace, to find space on the field that would have not existed otherwise.

Pace — who normally comes off the bench but started alongside Mullins and Tshuma against Cal — has already scored twice this season, including a game-tying strike from 24 yards in the 79th minute Sunday. The redshirt senior is now just three goals shy of his 2012 total. “ O bv i o u s ly, [ P a t r i c k ] draws a lot of defensive pressure because he’s obviously a great player,” Pace said. “We’re definitely able to work off that if he’s getting marked up and there’s open space throughout the field. It’s hard because in a soccer game, everything is consistently rotating so everybody is getting time on the

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goals From PAGE 8 at times left the team vulnerable on defense. Following a swift four-goal run that lifted the Terps to a 6-1 lead in 30 minutes, New Hampshire began to take advantage of their continuing pressure.

The Wildcats had an easier time passing through the Terps defense, which struggled to get back in position after pressing in the attacking third. For the remainder of the game, New Hampshire outscored the Terps 3-2.

On Sunday, the team made tactical adjustments, applying less pressure on Temple’s third of the field and sitting back to cover passing lanes.

The success of the Terps’ defensive scheme showed, as the Owls had trouble getting the ball to their top attackers, namely forward Amber Youtz.

ball, but we’re trying to work together to get the end result.”

The Terps’ depth on offense will be crucial for the remainder of the season as teams continue to focus their defensive pressure on Mullins.

While the Terps work to continue to keep Mullins involved against game plans designed to thwart him, they must continue to find scoring from other places.

And so far, Pace has stepped up to the challenge.

“He adds a physical dimension to our team that we are sometimes lacking,” Cirovski said. “He just plays with a great deal of effort and pride, and he’s improved his game.

He’s really refined his game to the point where he’s getting a lot more minutes, and he will continue to do so.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

WHEN Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.

WHERE Ludwig Field TV NSCAATV.com DATA The defending ACC champion Terps begin their final year in the conference with a matchup against rival Duke, who the Terps defeated, 2-1, last October in Durham, N.C.

“It’s something we are going to need to do with some of the speed and individual players in the country,” Meharg said.

“The team handled that very well and our counter-defense structure was very safe.”

Youtz, who won Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year last season, failed to record a shot Sunday as she struggled to get clear looks at goal. In total, the Terps outshot Temple 32-3.

Despite the lopsided stats, the Owls’ only goal displayed how the Terps’ defense can still backfire.

After the Terps failed to score on their third consecutive penalty corner, Youtz found space and led a swift counterattack that ended in a game-tying goal for Temple.

From there, the game could have gone either way.

“Sometimes we had a lot of space in the back,” forward Mieke Hayn said. “That one counterattack. That was the

one [chance] they had to score a goal.”

The Terps will look to continue to refine their defensive structure, especially as they begin to face tougher competition down the road — starting with a trip to Norfolk, Va., to face No. 8 Old Dominion on Friday.

Regardless of the defensive tweaks the Terps make in preparation for future opponents, they aim to play fastpaced field hockey that helps them maintain possession as often as possible. The playing style makes execution key for success, especially on the defensive end.

“I think we just won 50-50 balls better,” defender Ali McEvoy said. “Making sure we’re intercepting and being more aggressive when we’re getting pressure on the ball is really going to help us in the future.” ppierrelouisdbk@gmail.com

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Defenses focus on stopping Mullins Forward has one goal, one assist in openers

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer Last season, Patrick Mullins cemented himself as the best player in Division I soccer. The Terrapins men’s soccer forward scored 17 goals, dished 10 assists and earned NSCAA First-Team All-American honors before capping his season with the MAC Hermann Trophy.

And while the accolades capped an impressive season from Mullins, they have only increased the attention opposing teams are giving the

New Orleans native in 2013.

“Patrick will have to adjust to having an even bigger target on his back than he had last year,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “That’s part of the process. He’s a great player and a great person. He’s going to figure that out real quick.”

Mullins netted his first goal of the season in Friday night’s 3-3 draw at Stanford on a header off a Mikey Ambrose free kick. He also assisted on forward Schillo Tshuma’s goal in Sunday evening’s See mullins, Page 7

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LINEBACKER MARCUS WHITFIELD recorded 1.5 sacks in the Terps’ 43-10 season opening victory over Florida International on Saturday. file photo/the diamondback

HOLDING THE LINE Whitfield, Cudjoe-Virgil fill holes in defensive front seven

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer For the Terrapins football team, much has been made about what was lost from the nation’s No. 21-ranked defense in the 2012 season.

Former Terps linemen Joe Vellano and A.J. Francis are on the New England Patriots roster now. Linebacker Darin Drakeford made the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad. Linebackers Kenneth Tate and Demetrius Harts-

field were program mainstays.

But in Saturday’s stout performance, the Terps showed there might not be much of an impact despite losing six starters from their defense, especially in the pass-rushing role vacated by Drakeford. That’s thanks to outside linebackers Marcus Whitfield and Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil.

The duo combined for 12 tackles and two sacks in the Terps’ 43-10 win over Florida International, and one of the two always seemed to be in the Panthers’ backfield See backers, Page 7

Goals pour in early in Terps’ first two wins New Hampshire, Temple can’t keep up

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer In its first two games, the Terrapins field hockey team showed how its fast, high-pressure playing style can lead to a robust offensive output. The Terps scored 13 goals off 61 shots combined in their games against New Hampshire and Temple during this weekend’s Conference Cup in Philadelphia.

B u t c o a c h M i s sy M e h a rg ’s biggest takeaway from the two

games is the Terps’ improvement on the defensive end.

After allowing four goals in Saturday’s 8-4 win against New Hampshire, tying last season’s high in goals conceded, the team held Temple to one goal in Sunday’s 5-1 win.

“We struggled with our deep defense structure,” Meharg said. “[Sunday], their performance was exceptional.”

The No. 2 Terps’ up-tempo attack See goals, Page 7

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Edsall’s judgment year

COACH RANDY EDSALL (center) has added game-changing playmakers like wide receivers Stefon Diggs (left) and Deon Long (right) to a Terps program that has struggled in his first two years since taking over. The Terps are 6-18 since 2011.

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After transitional year in 2011, injury-marred 2012, it’s finally time to start evaluating Terps coach’s tenure AARON KASINITZ Countless times during the past several months, I’ve listened to Terrapins football fans discuss Randy Edsall’s first two seasons as coach.

Some complain about his 6-18 record, the worst two-year stretch for the Terps since 1997-98. Others, though, laud Edsall for making steady improvements, mention his solid recruiting efforts and blame the team’s paltry results on injuries and the natural transition period a new coach needs to structure a program.

And I’ve given the same advice to each of those fans: Write down your thoughts about Edsall’s tenure on a sheet of paper. Then ball up that piece of paper, find the nearest trash can and do your best impression of former men’s basketball guard Terrell Stoglin by shooting it from wherever you are.

Look, it’s not that Edsall deserves — or even gets — a clean slate. Both his struggles and his strides thus far do

ZONE From PAGE 10 at and the right reads, and going out and executing.”

It’s an added dimension for the Terps, who have proven commodities at wide receiver in Diggs, Long and King for Brown to throw to. Long had nine catches for 110 yards and a 25-yard touchdown catch, and Diggs had five catches for 98 yards, a 66-yard touchdown catch and a 26-yard run in the victory.

King was quiet, catching his

matter. But this is the season, his third leading the program, in which fans can begin to fairly judge his performance.

He finally has some continuity, as both coordinators return for a second year, and the team avoided losing a slew of transfers like the exodus after his first season. Edsall has had time to bring in two full recruiting classes and develop them, and — perhaps most importantly — he has a healthy, clearcut starting quarterback in C.J. Brown.

This is the time to expect positive results, and the players know it.

“We just want to win,” defensive lineman Quinton Jefferson said after the Terps’ 43-10 season-opening victory over Florida International on Saturday. “We’ve been losing for two years, and we’re just tired of that.

We want to change the whole feel and environment of College Park.”

Added receiver Deon Long, a junior college transfer: “It was a lot of that on the sideline, like, this is the new Maryland. We’re not going to dwell on what we did in the past, and we’ve got a lot of naysayers out there, so we’ve just got to play our game every

only pass from Rowe in the fourth quarter for 21 yards, but the wide receivers’ roles in the zone-read offense go beyond catching passes and making plays.

“Blocking was one of my main focuses to work on throughout camp,” King said Tuesday. “I know that we have a lot of different option plays, so I know I might have to block for C.J. on the run or something like that, or I might have to block for a reverse. That’s one of my main focus points.”

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week and prove people wrong.”

Long’s right. The Terps were the butt of nearly every college football joke involving quarterbacks and ACLs last season. It’s easy to see why they weren’t highly regarded after Edsall’s first season ended with a 2-10 record, as the team struggled to adjust to the new coach, and then a promising start in his second year was derailed by four season-ending injuries to quarterbacks.

But there is reason to believe Long and the Terps can indeed prove those doubters wrong. Saturday’s 33-point win was the Terps’ largest margin of victory since Edsall arrived in College Park, and he seems to have gathered his most talented roster yet. Sure, it was against Florida International, but the Terps’ four wins last season came by a combined 22 points.

On offense, the Terps have Brown, who became the first Terp in nearly 10 years to account for five total touchdowns Saturday, and a talented group of skill position players. All-ACC receiver and returner Stefon Diggs and Long, a five-star transfer, headline that group.

The Terps defense, meanwhile,

in the days after the win. Ross’ rushing line — 10 carries for 21 yards — could be viewed as ineffective, but it was the result of the Terps’ personnel getting deeper into the system.

“Our quarterback’s decisionmaking in the zone-read a few times, when you saw some of those losses that Brandon had, those were plays in which C.J. should not have given him the ball,” Locksley said. “So a lot of people kind of look at it like we didn’t really run the ball well.”

After getting back into game action, though, the Terps have more than just practice tape to go off of when picking out improvements to work on during the week. Locksley said issues from Saturday have been addressed for this weekend’s matchup with Old Dominion.

“You’ll see the biggest gains typically from Week 1 to Week 2 in a season,” Locksley said.

“Still so many fundamental and technical things that

returns an impressive core of players with experience, despite graduating six starters last year. The team’s past two recruiting classes, ranked 35th in the nation by Rivals.com in 2012 and 33rd this season, have given them more depth and talent than they’ve had in recent seasons.

Plus — for now at least — they’re healthy, unlike last season, when inside linebacker Shawn Petty famously started at quarterback for the final four games. The team’s health, stability and skill appear to have the typically evenkeeled Edsall a bit more confident.

“When you have those kind of weapons, it makes you feel more secure as a coach because the problems you know you can present to the defenses,” Edsall said Saturday.

“And then to be able to know that on defense you have a lot of guys that have played, that you can get a rotation going. … It’s a lot more comforting than what previously happened.”

The Terps showed a glimpse of that potential Saturday in their blowout win over the Panthers. But with that potential and continuity come heightened

expectations, particularly for a team that has missed out on the postseason for the past two years.

“It’s definitely important making a bowl game this year,” inside linebacker Cole Farrand said.“Everybody’s working hard to get to the games in December.”

That’s the bar for the Terps, and really, reaching a bowl game is a modest goal for the team, given its schedule and potential. Still, at least six wins would mean improvements from each of the past two seasons. It would give a young team — the Terps have only two starters on either side of the ball who they won’t lose to graduation next season — something on which to build. And it would be a selling point to recruits as the program transitions into the Big Ten Conference.

The Terps certainly have the potential to reach the postseason and contend in the ACC, but this is the year they need to produce those results. No matter how the season unfolds, this is the year Terps fans can start carving their feelings about Edsall in stone. akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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“We’re a zone-read offense. so defenses have to decide who they want to stop.”

MIKE LOCKSLEY Terps football offensive coordinator we’ve got to get cleaned up.”

But the FIU victory provided a good start for the Terps. Brown’s return, Long’s addition and

Diggs’ development bode well, and more results like Saturday’s could become the norm for their zone-read offense.

Said Edsall: “That’s really what you envision.” dgallendbk@gmail.com

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BREAKDOWN: KEY PLAYS FIRST QUARTER, 7:11 remaining: 2nd and 7, ball on Terps 17-yard line Quarterback C.J. Brown fakes a handoff (star) to running back Brandon Ross, who dives to the inside. Brown springs around the left side of the offensive line, trailed by wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who motioned from the left side into the backfield before the play. Brown pitches the ball to Diggs as he’s hit by a Florida International defender, and Diggs runs for a 26-yard gain.

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FIRST QUARTER, 5:58 remaining: 1st and 10, ball on FIU 29-yard line Quarterback C.J. Brown fakes a handoff (star) to running back Brandon Ross, who lined up behind him. The FIU defense collapses on Ross running inside, leaving the left side wide open for Brown. Though fullback Kenneth Goins Jr. misses his block, Brown runs untouched into the end zone for the Terps’ first touchdown.

SECOND QUARTER, 6:10 remaining: 1st and 10, ball on Terps 34-yard line Quarterback C.J. Brown fakes an inside handoff (star) to fullback Kenneth Goins Jr. on his left side and starts to roll to his left as if he’s going to run a traditional option with running back Brandon Ross. But the FIU defense bites on his fake to Goins, leaving wide receiver Stefon Diggs wide open downfield. Brown plants his back foot and delivers a 66-yard touchdown pass.

Timing, execution key to Terps’ high-powered, zone-read offense leading to successful season in Edsall’s third year

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer When C.J. Brown takes the snap from center, the Terrapins football quarterback has only a moment to make the decision that will dictate how the next few seconds play out.

After quickly checking the opposing defensive line, he can jam the ball into running back Brandon Ross’ stomach for an inside run. He can pull it back at the last second and run to the outside, where he’ll have the chance to pitch it out to wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Or he can use all that deception to find Diggs or his fellow wide receivers Deon Long or Nigel King for a pass.

Any of those players were on display Saturday against Florida International in the Terps’ best offensive performance in nearly two years, and that’s what can be expected as the Terps continue their schedule. In offensive coordinator Mike Locksley’s second year and with the return of Brown from a torn ACL, the Terps are poised to present a dangerous offense.

“We’re a zone-read offense,” Locksley said yesterday. “So defenses have to decide who they want to stop, and if it’s Brandon, then that obviously opens up running lanes for our quarterback, which I thought C.J. took advantage of.

I thought later in the game, once C.J. made a few plays, that opened things up when we subbed [running back] Albert [Reid] in there when he got some plays and was pretty productive.”

The zone-read offense has emerged as the offense of choice in college football over the past decade with its myriad looks across the nation. It’s even crossed over to the NFL, with the San Francisco 49ers riding quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s athleticism and decision-making to the Super Bowl before losing to the Baltimore Ravens.

The Terps used a similar offense in 2012, but with the athletic Brown out of the mix, it had to be tweaked to cater to the talents of backups Perry Hills and Caleb Rowe, with mixed results. The Terps finished last in the ACC in yards per game with 284.8. Their 181.8 passing yards per game were 11th, with only run-heavy Georgia Tech posting fewer, and their 103 rushing yards per game ranked 10th.

If Saturday was any indication, the offensive tide has turned for the Terps.

They totaled 576 yards on offense (325 passing, 251 rushing), surpassing 500 yards of offense in a game for the first time since 2005.

“That’s what you want it to look like,” coach Randy Edsall said Tuesday.

Brown emerged as a dual-threat quarterback capable of carrying the offense Saturday after being pigeonholed as a run-first signal-caller for the early part of his career. Everyone knows he can run — he ran for 162 yards in his first start against Clemson two years ago, and he owns four of the top nine quarterback rushing performances in program history after gaining 105 yards on the ground Saturday — but there were plenty of questions about his passing.

Entering this season, he had completed 49.1 percent of his passes in his career. In his three career 100-yard rushing games before Saturday, his completion percentage was 43.6 percent.

“If I’m a defensive coach, he’s a guy that threw less than 50 percent of his passes [for] completions,” Locksley said. “I expected them to load the box up and say, ‘Hey, beat us throwing the ball.’”

And if FIU was trying to force Brown to beat them through the air, he obliged.

Brown had the best single-game completion percentage of any quarterback (minimum 20 attempts) in program history with his 20-of-23 day. He passed for 281 yards and three touchdowns.

“It feels good,” Brown said Tuesday. “I’m seeing all the things that I need to see. Just going out there and making sure you know what you’re looking See zone, Page 9

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