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University must offer lactation rooms Officials have until end of the year to implement Board policy, but say space for rooms limited on the campus

By Quinn Kelley Staff writer Female faculty and staff members who have nursing children will soon be able to breastfeed on the campus in privacy, even without a personal office, due to a recent change in federal policy.

University officials have until the end of the year to conform with a recent Board of Regents policy that mandates campuses offer faculty and staff lactation rooms, in line with federal health care

reform. Making existing rooms feasible for breastfeeding would not take much modification, and unoccupied rooms could still be used for other purposes, said Facilities Management assistant vice president Carlo Colella. But the university already has less space than state guidelines recommend.

“The bigger challenge is just designating the space itself,” he said.

The policy outlines the following: lactation facilities must be shielded from view; a bathroom or restroom cannot be designated a lactation room; the space can be a private area in a larger room, or a

ELECTION 2012

looking at Romney’s past

As Mass. governor, Romney cut education to help reduce spending

University professor remembers his days at Harvard with Romney

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

Nearly 40 years ago, university With education and college affinance professor David Kass was fordability playing a prominent role heading out of his Harvard corpoin the national election campaign, Romney hasn’t stated his specific policy plan for higher rate financial management class many students wonder what a Mitt education, leaving many uncertain of what his presidency when a classmate off-handedly Romney presidency would mean — would mean for college students. asked him about the stock market. and while it’s still unclear, funding Kass, who was working toward for public higher education was on A look at his past statements and experiences: his Ph.D. in business economthe chopping block in his days as - He has continuously promised to cut the budget and ics, stopped and thought how the Massachusetts governor. scale back spending Middle East conflict had led to skyThe Republican presidential - He greatly cut state spending in his first year as rocketing oil prices at the time. The nominee has promised to cut the governor in 2003 (and served as governor until 2007) stock market was heading downbudget and scale back government - In those cuts, higher education spending decreased ward and Kass was pretty sure it spending, leaving students worried about 19 percent wasn’t going to improve. this could play out on the national - Higher education spending in Massachusetts decreased 28 percent between 2001 and 2004 “I said I thought it would go scale if Romney takes the White - He has indicated that he may reform the federal much lower, which it did over the House. But some experts said Romlending program following year; it plunged,” Kass ney’s cuts as governor came on the remembers. “He thanked me and heels of a slew of other budgetary walked away at that point.” cuts, and no matter who wins in While it wasn’t a particularly memorable conversation November, education’s future is still murky.

“If Romney wins the election, obviously the budget is going — in fact, it was one similar to many of the discussions the to be on the table, and education is a part of that,” said Bill business students had — that particular classmate went on Longbrake, the business school’s executive-in-residence. to run a senate campaign against the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in “But then Romney’s personal belief on the importance of Massachusetts, build a multi-billion dollar private equity firm

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separate room that is made available to mothers who need it but can serve other functions; the area must have seating, a table or flat surface, an electrical outlet and nearby access to a sink; and the requirements are subject to university policy in terms of when children may be present on campus. The report also says employees can use paid break times or unpaid lunch times to breastfeed, and that supervisors will work with their breastfeeding employees in working out schedules.

Chancellor Brit Kirwan said limited space was a concern but See lACTATIOn, Page 3

Students work with doctors in new collaboration Program is one of the first of future Capstone projects with UMB

By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer Bioengineering students from this university had the opportunity to apply their knowledge to real problems in the medical community for the first time under the wing of University of Maryland Baltimore doctors.

Senior students in the engineering school’s Fischell Department of Bioengineering worked directly with doctors starting last fall to create new technologies to benefit the medical field while simultaneously fulfilling requirements for their capstone projects. For the first time, the program’s mentors included faculty members at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, cementing a formal mentoring partnership between the two institutions that will continue this year.

University bioengineering professors Ian White, a medical professor, and Jeffrey Hasday, the head of pulmonary medicine in the medical center’s intensive care unit, were at the forefront of the project. Hasday mentored a team of students who created, researched and developed medical devices for real-world use, and White advised another team.

Several mentors said a unique approach to bioengineering is what sets this university’s capstone project apart from other programs.

Instead of designing a product and then finding a use for it, students develop products based on the problems medical staff members

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Ready to open up the conversation New student group encourages dialogue on controversial issues

By Jenny Hottle Staff writer One political party, two vastly different opinions.

During a time when political parties are becoming more polarized than ever, two Republican state senators presented their contrasting views on same-sex marriage last night at the first meeting of Dialogue for the Future, a new Honors College-affiliated organization.

The group, created by Honors College director William Dorland and government and politics professor Dorith Grant-Wisdom, seeks to develop a community where “students could talk about interesting and often polarizing topics in a way that is informed and open,” said sophomore government and politics major Mackenzie Burnett, a member of the group’s executive board.

Burnett and five other students joined Dorland and GrantWisdom last November to brainstorm ways to bring students and faculty across the campus together to discuss current events and hot-button issues. The group’s first event yesterday featured a debate between state senators Allan Kittleman (R-Carroll and Howard) and Edward Reilly (R-Anne Arundel) in order to bring a See DIALOGUE, Page 2

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dialogue for the future, a new Honors College-affiliated organization, encourages students and community members to openly talk about “interesting and often polarizing topics,” said group member Mackenzie Burnett. Republican state senators Allan Kittleman (left) and Edward Reilly spoke about same-sex marriage in the group’s first event last night. su hong/the diamondback

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Rain barrel program aims to reduce erosion across county Project to allocate $30,000; organizers say barrels will improve health of streams, Chesapeake Bay

By Fatimah Waseem Staff writer

MARYLAND STATE SEN. Edward Reilly speaks during a debate on same-sex marriage that Dialogue for the Future, a new group affiliated with the Honors College, held last night. Reilly and state Sen. Allan Kittleman represented opposing viewpoints on the issue. Su Hong/the diamondback

DIALOGUE From PAGE 1 new perspective on the political process to the campus.

“We wanted it to be a scena rio where students a nd faculty could collaborate,” Grant-Wisdom said. “This is what education is all about.”

Burnett said the university community would benefit from having a conversation about important topics outside the realm of the classroom.

“We wanted to be able to get faculty and students to talk outside the normal pressure of grades and strict curriculums,” Burnett added. “The faculty are really interesting people, and so are the students, and I think we can learn a lot from each other.”

Last night, the debate on same-sex marriage in this state, an issue up for referendum this November, prompted exactly that kind of dialogue. Freshman biology major Tom Klotz said he thought the debate provoked some worthwhile discussion on a relevant issue.

“I think it’s a provocative topic, and a benchmark and important discussion of our generation,” Klotz said.

This semester, Dialogue for

the Future group members will address two major topics — same-sex marriage and education reform — in two four-part in-depth examinations Burnett said will give students a better understanding of issues that affect them. In between the major events, group members will explore other topics, such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

“We want people to get informed with the facts first, find as many perspectives as possible and then form an opinion on something,” Burnett said.

Last night, after philosophy professor Dan Moller gave a brief objective analysis on same-sex marriage, Kittleman and Reilly presented their views, asking students rhetorical questions to help them form their own opinions.

“Most people look at marriage as a religious institution, and if that’s true, why is the government even involved?” said Kittleman, who voted for the state’s same-sex marriage bill.

Although Reilly voted against the bill and said he supports the traditional Catholic view of marriage between a man and woman, he said he now wonders whether government should hold this view as the only acceptable standard for marriage in today’s society.

“Is our traditional definition

of marriage appropriate?” Reilly asked the audience.

Fol low i ng the senators’ speeches, the group’s executive board opened the floor to student questions.

Lydia Nichols-Russell, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences and the daughter of a lesbian couple, asked the state senators if her parents should be able to get married. While she said it was interesting to see both perspectives of the debate, Nichols-Russell added that she didn’t think the senators fully addressed her concerns.

However, she said it seemed most students at last night’s event were in support of samesex marriage. Nichols-Russell added she still plans to attend the next event to share her beliefs and learn more about the traditionalist view of marriage.

“I think most of the audience was pretty homogeneous in terms of our opinions,” she said. “I think it’s good to see both sides.”

The Dialogue for the Future series on the same-sex marriage debate will continue next Tuesday in the Anne Arundel Hall basement, where group members hope students will be able to discuss the issue further. hottle@umdbk.com

Interns of this university’s Extension program (UME) a re work i n g w it h P r i nce George’s County to conserve natural resources by launching a rain barrel program by the end of year.

T he project, led by the Extension program, a statewide network of educators that promotes the exchange of id e a s a nd re se a rc h of l a n d g ra nt u n ive rs it i e s, would allocate $30,000 to placing rain barrels across the county in order to reduce erosion and bring the county one step closer to refining its storm water management program. Although UME will hammer out the details with the county late this year, organizers said they hope incentivizing rain barrel installation with a $50 rebate will push the local community to participate.

“Rain barrels have tremendous potential to improve the quality of the Anacostia Watershed and the Chesapeake Bay in an economical way. This is critical for Prince George’s County, which contains the largest percentage of the Anacostia Watershed compared to neighboring counties and the District of Columbia,” said UME program coordinator Christie Balch.

T w o a g r i c u l t u r e s t udents took up the project – pitched by District 3 County Councilmember Eric Olson – through UME after they were hired to complete a feasibility study for a program

to c apt u re r u nof f water from roofs.

Rain barrels can reduce erosion by temporarily retaining rainwater and releasing it slowly over time, cutting down on the erosive effect of concentrated storm water flows on hillsides. This erosion prevention can help improve the health of creeks, streams and the Bay while also direct i ng water away f rom home foundations.

After several interviews w it h cou nty leaders a nd const ituents t h roug hout the summer, the students launched the fi rst rain barrel workshop open to all county re s i d e n t s . F u t u re p l a n s involve seeking grants or other funding sources to expand the program, said one of the interns, junior environmental science and technology major Gabrielle Rovegno.

“People were eager to do more and not only did they want more but they wanted ‘make-your-own’ rain barrel workshops instead of having them pre-assembled,” Balch said. “Everyone really wants to get involved.”

Once UME is able to secure more funds, organizers hope to include rebates for rain ga rdens, g reen roofs a nd impermeable pavers.

“These projects can raise property values, improve air quality, create green jobs, con ser ve water a nd help restore watersheds,” said District 1 County Councilmember Mary Lehman.

“It’s important to think of our university as part of

the county, and not just have ourselves bubbled off, we can provide a lot of services to the community and it is important to keep the relationship strong between the general population of Prince G eorge’s Cou nty a nd the university,” Rovegno said.

T he cou nty a l so voted unanimously on June 24 to approve a retrofit storm water management program in the county. Though not directly linked with the rain barrel program, it is a relevant step to improve the county’s management system.

B ec au se of t hei r work,

“i don’t even have the words to do this internship justice in how it’s transformed my life.”

GABRIELLE ROVEGNO

Junior environmental science and technology major Rovegno and intern Mallori McDowell, a graduate Marine Estuarine Environmenta l Sciences student, received nominations th roug h the u n iversity for the Rebecca Williams Award to Commitment to Social Change.

“I don’t even h ave t he words to do this internship justice i n how it’s tra nsformed my life,” Rovegno said. “Due to the nature of Extension, there are so many m o re o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d avenues to venture out into.” waseem@umdbk.com

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ROMNEY From PAGE 1 investing in education I think will come back into play.”

Many students, however, have a more bleak prediction.

“He’s going to cut things that aren’t necessary ­— or that he deems aren’t necessary — or aren’t as politically advantageous,” said Brian Fiske, a junior government and politics major.

“Things like education.”

When Romney stepped in as governor in 2003, his first year saw deep reductions in state spending, with higher education taking an almost 19 percent hit. However, the state was facing “very serious budget constraints,” said Maurice Cunningham, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston — and higher education was just one of many state programs that got the axe.

“I think it was part of an overall effort to balance the budget,” he said. “He had to make a number of cutbacks.”

Additionally, higher education in Massachusetts absorbed steady cuts in the years leading up to Romney’s governorship. In his first year in the post, cuts were as high as 19.3 percent, according to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.

Cunningham said Romney wasn’t singling out higher education, but added the former governor didn’t make an effort to invest in it or protect it from state cuts.

“He had very little interest in higher ed. while he was governor of Massachusetts,” Cunningham said.

“With the promises he’s made for trimming the budget, which have not been very specific, I would expect higher ed. accounts to take a very large hit.”

But given Romney’s personal background as a Harvard graduate turned private equity manager, Longbrake said the Republican nominee understands the importance of higher education, adding, “That will have an impact in some fashion ... in preserving certain purposes of educational spending.”

Romney may also reform the federal

lending policy, which Longbrake said is important to slow the growth of demand for federal student loans, which have reached record highs. But a change in that program wouldn’t deal a punishing blow to the nation’s public universities, Longbrake said.

“It’s pretty apparent that the loans are growing too fast,” Longbrake said, adding reform won’t “necessarily [damage] in a direct fashion the funding of education more generally.”

Romney created the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, which helped extend college opportunities to students who scored in the top 25 percent in their district on state standardized tests. However, Cunningham said this was the “singular” achievement in this area, and Romney is still behind President Barack Obama in promoting college education.

“I think there is a pretty good contrast here on that issue,” he said.

“Obama is more willing to see and appreciate the value of education than is Romney.”

Last summer, Obama protected Pell Grants in debt ceiling debates and he’s said he has a goal to drastically increase the number of college graduates.

Some students are still wary over Romney’s pledges to cut the budget, and some fear his rhetoric in the election season is more about political expediency than pursuing meaningful policy. As a resident of Massachusetts during Romney’s term as governor, Fiske said he remembered he would try to appeal to the liberalleaning state voters, and was not as far right on many of his stances as he is today.

“I don’t think that he’s really maintained a consistent position at any point in his political career,” Fiske said.

“He was doing what was popular then, and he’s doing what is popular now.”

Regardless, Vice President of this university’s College Republicans Derek Zumstein said the country is going to have to make tough cuts at some point for a better economic future.

“Whatever the plan becomes will have tough decisions and tough spending cuts,” Zumstein said. “Government largess can’t go on forever.” bach@umdbk.com

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ther’s footsteps as a businessman and politician. And he was right.

“The thought went through my mind even though he was in his 20s at the time,” Kass said. “I did see him or anticipate at some point he’d enter national politics.”

Kass spoke with Romney one more time at a National Republican Club of Capitol Hill lunch while he was serving as governor, where he had the chance to reminisce about their Harvard days together. Kass had always remembered Romney as articulate and well-spoken and thought he cut the proper image of a CEO and president. Not much had changed decades later.

“He’s a nice guy; down-to-earth and good with people,” Kass said.

The negative campaign by Obama allies, which paints Romney as an out-of-touch candidate, doesn’t live up to how Kass remembered his own experiences with him.

“I think what you’re observing is just politics. I think the Obama campaign is trying to create that image of him, which would not be helpful for him to be elected,” Kass said. “I don’t think it’s justified.”

Kass added both campaigns have been negative in their attacks, but wouldn’t say who he plans to vote for in the upcoming election.

“I see strengths and weaknesses in all the candidates,” he said. “I try to be politically impartial.”

each university is expected to make accommodations.

“That’s an issue that each institution is going to have to address, and the board gives campuses some flexibility in rolling out this policy,” Kirwan said.

University Human Resources Director Dale Anderson said although the department hadn’t received many requests for lactation facilities, now that it is federal policy, the university will comply and will supply rooms as needed.

“Because we haven’t had a lot of requests, I don’t know how many we’re going to really get,” he said.

McKeldin Library and the School of Public Health currently have designated lactation rooms, and the engineering building has a parental use room, all of which are open to any member of the university community, or visitor to the campus, who requests access.

Public Services Associate Dean Gary White said McKeldin’s lactation room has seen fairly regular use and anyone can sign out a key for up to a month to use the space, which is unmarked to maintain privacy.

However, the policy does not account for nursing breaks for graduate assistants, who often share office space with others and don’t have parental leave.

Former Graduate Student Government president Anna Bedford, who had a baby in January, said the lactation room in McKeldin was a step in the right direction, but most other areas of the campus can still benefit from spaces to meet parents’ needs. “[Additional rooms] would help graduate students who are currently using public bathrooms because they don’t have that private office,” she said.

Women in Engineering director Paige Smith said her program and the engineering school jointly decided to convert a former conference room into a parental-use room in 2009 as a way of showing they supported families in “all ways, shapes and forms.” The room is available for use for any family-related need a parent may have.

“It was something that the dean very strongly supported,” she said. “The things that we were looking for were privacy and lockable. People didn’t have to worry about someone accidentally entering.”

Colella said he didn’t think implementation would present many challenges. As a father of two, he has seen how important such spaces can be for new mothers in the workplace, he said.

“You need privacy. You need a comfortable environment,” Colella said. “[My wife] breastfed both children for some period of time … You have to manage a lot of logistics to pull it off.”

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David Kass, a university finance professor, remembers Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as the most vocal student in a business class they took together at Harvard University. photo courtesy of david kass

KASS From PAGE 1 from the ground up, run the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, serve a term as governor of Massachusetts, and, ultimately, take on incumbent President Barack Obama in this year’s national election.

In 1973, Mitt Romney was just another student seeking his MBA — but even then, Kass remembers Romney stood out among the more than 100 students in the class. It was a rigorous class in which students had to study complex business scenarios like acquisitions and mergers and they had to prepare to discuss how they would address those issues. But Romney never shied from discussion — in fact, Kass remembers that Romney was the most vocal class member — and a star in a class that hinged almost entirely on class participation.

“I thought that Mitt Romney, in my opinion, was the best and brightest in the class,” Kass said. “I thought Mitt Romney’s analyses went far deeper than anyone else’s.”

In 1968, Romney’s father, George, made a run for the Republican presidential nominee, losing to former president Richard Nixon in the primaries.

George Romney’s run followed his six years as governor of Michigan, as well as eight years as chairman of American Motors Corporation. His standout classmate was only 26 years old at the time, but even then, Kass thought it likely Romney would follow his fa-

capstone From PAGE 1 bring to them, a strategy that leads to more useful inventions.

“In three years of studying engineering, students rarely encounter realworld engineering problems,” White, who was unavailable for an interview, said in a video about the collaboration.

“In the medical center, however, we find problems all the time that we don’t know what to do with, and it seemed to be a logical marriage of docs who can recognize problems and bring them to the engineers who can solve them,” Hasday added.

Every student who graduates from the university with a bioengineering degree must complete a capstone project, but what they create is not just for school — students’ inventions often end up with patents and can form the foundations for real companies.

Graduate student and former Student Government Association president Kaiyi Xie’s group, supervised by Hasday, created the endotracheal aerosol generating catheter, which makes it easier to give accurate doses of medication to patients on respiratory support. Only 1 to 3 percent of the drug typically makes it to the lungs, but with the catheter, the drug is aerosolized, which allows a higher dose to reach the lungs.

“Why not go out to the source and figure out what people, practitioners actually need from engineers?” Xie said. “You see that a lot — sometimes, people design things without really thinking, ‘What is it actually going to be used for,’ whereas we thought, ‘What do you need from us?’”

Teams are given $500, and at the

Bioengineering students participated in a new Capstone Project last year that matched their skills with medical problems. Members of Group 3 (from left), Stephen T. Robinson, Esmael Paryavi, Kaiyi Xie, Bernard Pak-Ning Wong and Walter Beller-Morales, won first place and the “best in patent” award for their endotracheal drug delivery tool, which they developed while working with a doctor at the University of Maryland Baltimore Medical School. photo courtesy of faye levine end of the year, have their creations judged by a panel of doctors, engineers and FDA officials. Xie’s group won first place, as well as the “best in patent” award, at the capstone presentations in May. His group launched a company surrounding their device, and its members are continuing to patent and research as they prepare to license the catheter out to other companies

for production.

Xie, who is studying for his master’s in bioengineering, hopes to become a patent agent. He said his experience with the Baltimore-College Park collaboration will benefit his career.

“This collaboration really brought us to the next level,” he said. “It was a cool thing that it allowed us to get practical experience, not just in the engineering

side, but in the business, intellectual property side of things as well.”

Beginning fall of their senior year, students take classes to learn about creating medical devices and meet with doctors from local hospitals. Doctors present their problems and ideas for solutions, and students take turns shadowing medical departments before splitting off into teams of four or five.

This year, 13 teams of graduating seniors participated, and capstone coordinator Yang Tao said that number is growing. He added the department aims to keep improving the program by making it more organized and structured each year without limiting students’ ability to be creative. blasey@umdbk.com

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Opinion

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Kill Me Spanish Techno

Hola, fearless readers. Though I’m in Barcelona, Spain, a steadily decreasing language barrier and steadily increasing economic crisis can’t stop me from bringing the goods. I’ll be delivering my opinions colored by whatever adventures I’m having on the Mediterranean.

Here’s one.

My first stop in Spain: La Tomatina in Buñol, the world’s largest tomato fight. After a some flight troubles, my travel companion and I were thrilled just to arrive, and we set off for Buñol via Valencia immediately. The streets and rooms were packed with people soon to be all kinds of tomato-ed, and we became vagabonds.

Fortunately, Buñol throws an allnighter before the Tomatina, so we picked a good place to be homeless. The streets were lined with tables where local families enjoyed endless meals and entertainment; a big crowd from Japan, most of them dressed up like samurai, walked around yelling, “Muy bien!” a lot. Believe it or not, as the night went on, the party escalated. The oldest and youngest folks went to sleep, and the narrow town roads became dance floors, blaring electronic music. There was no chance I was missing this 3 a.m. throwdown, so we hopped into the mix.

Every song played was totally new for me, but the people dancing and singing along clearly adored all of them. It was the first moment I didn’t feel like a tourist — my foreigner status invisible as I was privy to local traditions, my cultural incompetencies obscured as the crowd got lost in sound and movement. I thought, looking upon the delighted faces, “Sing me Spanish techno.”

I retired “early” and left the town to its vigorous thumping. A street corner where the dancers had been replaced by sleepers seemed my only respite, but where the bumper cars had been

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set up (this party really had it all), the music was still very much alive — and very much repetitive. While I was initially amused to hear some of the same songs, after an hour it was torture. Yet the same songs, all six of them, kept coming for hours. Kill me Spanish techno.

It was during this time I realized I wasn’t hearing six songs so much as one. And while listening too long to this one song, I realized it was just a dance track, completely functional. I couldn’t enjoy the song out of the intended context.

Too much music is being made this way. Creativity is sacrificed, as are dynamics, tempo changes, experimentation, personal lyrics and patience.

These are the human qualities that make music great, and they are being cast aside in favor of something easily digestible, perfectly marketable and entirely forgettable in a few months.

Dubstep songs now essentially boil down to waiting for a bass to drop. Fun, yes, but a far cry from its far more interesting origins.

Now dance music has crossed over into pop music in the worst way, diluting both genres’ positive qualities.

Labels assign talentless henchmen like Flo Rida to provide a throwaway verse or two over a house beat with a hook from a pop singer and boom, something for everybody. I understand why people like catchy music; I do too. It’s just that one can’t build a relationship with something that is so soon replaced

by Next Week’s Model.

When I was reunited with my luggage, the first song I listened to was The New Pornographers’ “Sing Me Spanish Techno.” That song came out in 2005, and it still sounds fresh because they didn’t immediately make another song that sounds exactly like it.

By the time the next track came on, I’d had more variety in five minutes than an entire night on the streets.

STAFF EDITORIAL

Let’s sting prostitution W hat are you usually doing between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.? Getting lunch, right? This “lunch hour,” however, seems to be the optimal time for “johns” to get away from their lives and indulge.

Prostitution is a worldwide problem, but in this day and age, it’s hard to understand how this culture of disrespect and selfselling can still exist.

And it’s a problem that has been on the minds of officials in the College Park community for the last month. More than 80 people were arrested in the first week of August during a prostitution sting led by Prince George’s County Police — something that certainly didn’t help the area’s apparent reputation as a prostitution hot spot.

District 1 Commander Maj. Robert Brewer told The Washington Post that prostitutes are using the Internet (with sites such as Craigslist) and hotels to expand the network and evade the law. If they’re not walking on the streets, it’s harder for the police to find clues leading to prostitutes and those charged with assignation — or paying for the service. At the beginning of August, the police conducted a three-day operation through online ads, with undercover officers posing as prostitutes. Even though it’s harder to nail down prostitution rings because of the various shady Internet sites,

county police seem to have devised an effective system to keep up with technological advancements.

In this particular investigation, five hotels were involved. Police are urging hotels around the area, however, to take different precautions and aid them in stopping prostitution. Kevin Davis, Prince George’s County assistant chief of police, sent at least 13 letters to hotel managers and legal departments in

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This community is attempting to improve College Park’s image, and prostitution is not helping us gain a new reputation.

Maryland, Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia — all of which have connections to College Park hotels. In the letter, he asks hotel managers to work with police to stop prostitution and offers to coordinate a training meeting on how to look for clues.

Davis suggests that hotels ask for credit cards instead of cash, enforce no check-in until 4 p.m., require two forms of ID to get a room, document those suspected of prostitution, reduce or eliminate renting rooms to local residents, assign highly visible rooms to suspicious people, and more, according to letters sent to The Diamondback.

While some of these suggestions might be hard to implement, this editorial board is happy to see police taking the initiative and setting a precedent for hotels out there. We can only hope hotels will do all they can to help.

Prostitution’s moral impropriety is unacceptable, and College Park’s reputation for the crime is abhorrent.

Brewer learned College Park is known through the East Coast as a place to engage in prostitution due to its safe community and surplus of hotels, he told the Post. And because of this university, College Park has one of the largest concentrations of hotels in Prince George’s County. If prostitution has been moving to hotels — and if people are finding out about it online rather than on the streets — hotel managers and owners need to be prepared to combat this trend.

University President Wallace Loh is working with the College Park City Council to make College Park a top-20 college town. With a vast amount of construction, programs and initiatives planned to boost the city’s image, this community can’t afford to have its reputation tainted with prostitution scandals. The police are on the right track — we need to stop prostitution now, and change the city’s image as a hub for midday quickies. If the community as a whole can communicate to hotels just how important it is to prevent prostitution, we can take another step toward making the surrounding city a friendlier place.

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Jake DeVirgiliis is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at devirgiliis@umdbk.com.

Supporting actors and actresses It’s important to appreciate each aspect of a production, even the less famous characters

ALEX McGUIRE Those of you who personally know me know that I am somewhat of a film connoisseur, to put it fancily. I love watching movies, following movies and following the actors and actresses in movies. There are movie stars, most of whom we know by name and talk about with familiarity. Then there are the supporting characters who are portrayed by actors and actresses we may or may not be familiar with.

There are so many prominent film actors and actresses who we know by face but never by name until they kick the bucket — no Bucket List reference intended. One such familiar face passed away Monday morning from heart complications.

The newspaper headlines regarding his death constantly referenced his Academy Award-nominated role alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, but Michael Clarke Duncan had performances scattered all over the place. Many of us remember his hilarious role and equally hilarious “Don’t you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby,” scene in Talladega Nights, while superhero lovers remember him as Daredevil’s supervillain counterpart Kingpin from the 2003 film. He saw Spot run, denied Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan entry into the Roxbury, served as a military officer in a planet ruled by apes and even guarded the jail that housed the nemesis of an animated panda voiced by Jack Black. Despite this successful big-budget film career spanning a few decades, many of us — including myself — knew a face and

a voice without knowing a name, and often referred to him as that big, bald, scary black guy with a deep voice.

Look up on Wikipedia such names as Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Connelly and Paul Giamatti, and you will realize how many underrated, face-withouta-name actors and actresses there are in the business today. We all like and recognize them, but we have no idea who they really are. Clarke Duncan won Academy recognition for his role as the gentle death row inmate John Coffey in The Green Mile, but many have forgotten this milestone from 13 years ago due to the abundance of supporting roles he has played since.

With the plethora of super-famous and god-like movie stars who we see in everything Hollywood spits out these days, it is incredibly easy to forget about the group of actors and actresses on the outer edge of the inner circle who are great, yet forgettable.

It’s not until we see their obituaries with long lists of film and television roles that we actually put a name to a face and remember them for a while.

To anyone who enjoys movies, television or any kind of entertaining visual media, I ask of you only one thing: Make Wikipedia and Google your informative friends. When you see a face you recognize from another film or television show, search the Internet and learn the person’s name.

It’s not fair to follow and focus on the big stars we see everywhere while we ignore the supporting stars right next to them. Don’t wait until they’re gone to appreciate them. They work because they aim to entertain you.

Alex McGuire is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at mcguire@umdbk.com.

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o Colleen Wright-Riva, Dining Services director, As an unwilling customer of Dining Services, and a (usual) patron of the North Campus Dining Hall, I am extremely dissatisfied with our campus dining plan, and I feel the need to voice my displeasure.

First, it is uncomfortable to be a 20-year-old with such little control over my dining experience. Any time the diner is packed to its breaking point or closed at unreasonable hours, I am inconvenienced. Sadly, these inconveniences are not at all unusual to our diner. For some reason, just when we need the diner the most, it’s closed. If finding employees for weekends and finals week seems daunting, I do not sympathize. I’m now a Shuttle-UM driver, and there are other students on this campus willing to work.

Crowding issues could probably be alleviated by extending certain days to Late Night. We’re not elderly folks, tucking in at 9 p.m.

Second, to have to pay the prices we do to wait in ridiculous lines for the food we are offered is offensive. I’ve certainly been charged upwards of $3 for a bowl of cereal at our diner. I also despise paying the full wrap price when I do not want heavily-salted chips or pretzels included in my meal. And how

about some vegetable options with that? I don’t recall exactly how expensive an order of fried chicken tenders is, but the portions are sometimes pitifully small — and in my opinion, the product is awful. Late Night can offer some of the most stinging blows, price-wise. An order of a few wings or five wimpy mozzarella sticks can be over $5, if prices from last year still hold. These prices, in correlation to food quality, are unacceptable.

Third, do you know why people steal your glasses and silverware? It’s because “the diner steals from us,” as I’ve often heard. While I absolutely do not condone diner theft — especially not by those angry patrons I’ve seen leaving with entire cups of diner silverware or dozens of glasses — I agree.

The diner steals from us, and we have no choice but to let it. I would not be buying our dining plan if my parents had given me the choice to live elsewhere. And, by the way, they are no happier than I that I have to subsist on these rations. The relationship seems more hostile when you factor in the occasional run-in with employees. If you recognized my name, Ms. Wright-Riva, you were correct; I was arbitrarily verbally harassed and intentionally charged double for a value meal roughly a year ago, and believe me, you heard about it. I’ve been yelled at for adding a few pieces of romaine to the top of my burger,

which costs enough to warrant plenty of lettuce. Going into the wrap line is like playing roulette, because you can never be sure that the employees will give you what you ordered. One nameless diner employee once warned us not to nibble our food while hungrily waiting in line, because if the manager saw us at it, we could be charged up to $20 as a penalty.

All of this creates a hostile air around our dining program. This is not something that goes unnoticed by prospective students. Whenever parents or high schoolers on tour approach me in the diner to ask about the services’ quality (which is a frequent event), I mince no words in telling them that it is awful. While this may not concern the students, it clearly gives pause to some of the parents who are more involved in their children’s school choice. Again, while I do not accept stealing from dining facilities, I will do everything in my power to damage its reputation through dissent. I am not an atypical customer. We’re fed up!

My demand is, at the very least, a campuswide poll to measure just how unhappy we are with the dining plan and why. Please give us this — we deserve it after paying the price of such a cruel dining plan for years.

Adam Darchicourt is a sophomore business major. He can be reached at adam.darch@gmail.com.

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orn today, you seem to be quite at ease in the company of almost any sort of person, and it matters not whether you are in the presence of one person, two or a whole mob! It is not so much that you like people any more than others -- and certainly you do not like them any less; but rather you have a peculiar kind of “need” that requires you to be, as often as possible, in the company of other people. You do not like to be entirely alone -- and yet you do not always need to be interacting with those around you; on the contrary, you can sometimes be completely content sitting quietly by yourself in a room full of strangers.

You seem to understand more than most what makes people tick -- though this does not always extend, oddly enough, to yourself. Indeed, there are times when you may prove a complete mystery to yourself -- and you are not always willing to accept explanations about your own nature that come from those who know you best.

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Diversions

THEY’VE GOT THAT ONE THING

Staff writer Beena Raghavendran takes a look at the resurgence of boy bands such as One Direction and The Wanted. Also, be sure to check out Matthew Beinart’s interview with Foozle! Online at umdbk.com.

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One of the summer’s last major music festivals has a lineup overflowing with ’90s nostalgia acts and modern indie darlings, but a few acts stand out from the pack

By Emily Thompson For The Diamondback

Friday

Once again, summer festival season has come and gone. Where thousands of neon clad teens once danced during Bonnaroo is now once again a barren field in Tennessee, and Chicago can finally recover from the influx of tourists due to festivals such as Lollapalooza and Pitchfork.

But if you weren’t able to make it to any of the major festivals, or if hanging out in a hot and overcrowded park for three days isn’t for you, there’s still the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, N.C. From Sept. 6-8, local and international acts will be taking over the city’s venues and museums to showcase some of the best and most unique artists and bands in all genres of music.

The festival was started by The Independent Weekly and also includes day parties and panel events, sort of like a southern CMJ Music Marathon. For a festival only in its third year, Hopscotch has been able to nail down some heavy-hitting acts. In the past, Hopscotch has brought typical festival headliners such as Public Enemy and The Flaming Lips to Raleigh. This year’s top acts induce major ’90s nostalgia, and include The Roots, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Yo La Tengo and Built to Spill on the roster.

But there are 175 acts in total to choose from, which can get overwhelming for only three shows that take place at night. So, in an attempt to make that selection easier, I chose two of my favorite sets from each night of Hopscotch.

Thursday

Julia Holter’s experimental and minimal pop is a thing of beauty. Her most recent effort, Ekstasis (the Greek word for ecstasy), is an incredible work filled with haunting vocals and melodic keyboards. Holter isn’t playing until midnight, but it would be worth staying up for her ethereal set.

Punk music as a genre has remained incredibly consistent in its aesthetic and overall themes. Youth and vitality prevail. While other overarching genres such as hip-hop and mainstream pop music have splintered over the years, offering their own riffed-off message, punk has stayed true to its roots. Whether it’s hardcore, folk-punk or post-rock, the genre has kept its message loud and raucous.

Wednesday night, veteran punk act Defiance, Ohio took to the stage with the same ferocity they have exuded for the past 10 years as a group. Up-and-comer Foozle!, a local act with members just barely out of their teens, also made an appearance. Both groups brought their own sound to stage, yet each was rooted in the kind of abrasive

There is probably no better time to see Dan Deacon than at 12:30 a.m. when you’re already exhausted enough from the night’s activities.

Deacon is currently on tour for his new record, America, but his shows aren’t just about playing the hits or only focusing on new music.

Instead, Deacon likes to force his audience into danceoffs and make them participate in human tunnels. He’s also not the only Baltimore artist taking over Hopscotch that night — make sure to check out Roomrunner and Dope Body as well.

Saturday

Balam Acab (Kings Barcade)

Julia Holter (Longview Center)

By Matthew Beinart For The Diamondback

Dan Deacon (The Pour House Music Hall)

NOBUNNY and Danny Brown has to be the most random pairing of acts in all of Hopscotch. NOBUNNY, aka Justin Champlin, is best known for his lo-fi garage rock as well as his penchant for wearing masks onstage and performing in only his underwear. This makes him an unlikely opener for Detroit rapper and Pitchfork favorite Danny Brown.

Coming from two different sides of the world for one solid show are Sweden’s Holograms and San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees. Holograms’ brand of Scandinavian punk is quickly growing in popularity, so be sure to catch them before they get too big. They are also a perfect foil for psych-punk veterans Thee Oh Sees, whose massive outpouring of music in the last 10 years never fails to impress.

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

The Scottish godfathers of shoegaze, The Jesus and Mary Chain, haven’t made much noise since the late ’90s, so their return to touring might be the biggest attraction of the festival. Built to Spill has remained less elusive, but its performance will be just as exciting to see.

Expect to see a lot of artists who were influenced by the two seminal bands and cool dads enjoying this set.

NOBUNNY/Danny Brown (Contemporary Art Museum)

Thee Oh Sees/Holograms (Contemporary Art Museum)

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Jesus and Mary Chain/Built to Spill (Raleigh City Plaza)

The last day of a festival will always be a struggle, especially one that runs so late into the night like Hopscotch. That’s why Balam Acab aka Alec Koone is a perfect choice to finish off a festival that will probably consist of dashing between venues and attempting to fit every show in. Koone’s breed of electronic music ranges from the dark to the stunning and will be a nice cap on a crazy weekend.

yet inviting nature that makes punk music such a gargantuan force.

Foozle!, composed of vocalist/guitarist Jake Lazovick, bassist/ vocalist Joanna Smith and drummer Ryan Witt, used the intimate Backstage area of the Black Cat venue to its full advantage. The cozy, somewhat cramped atmosphere made the perfect setting for Foozle!’s brand of earnest punk songs. Lazovick’s cheeky vocal style, combined with his chunky yet easy-to-swallow riffs, paired perfectly with the group’s songs about enjoying the hell out of life.

Witt’s ferocity behind the drums and Smith’s on-point basslines and perfectly complimentary backing vocals make this group one cohesive unit. Here’s a band that is following its dream without any reservations. The way they are able to work the crowd just highlights their status as a force to be reckoned with in the years to come. You want to root for these guys, and you have no choice but to fall in love with them.

After a wonderfully satisfying set from Foozle!, Defiance, Ohio took to the stage and the crowd grew bigger. Celebrating 10 years as a band is no small feat, and to see the group perform with the same

enthusiasm and vigor as the youngins who played before was a true delight. The group blazed through new tunes from their latest EP, The Calling, and various other tracks spanning their entire discography, including 2006’s excellent The Great Depression. Often trading vocal duties, Defiance, Ohio completely owned its unique brand of electric folk-punk complimented with wonderful accents of violin.

The set’s highlights included the cut “Hairpool” from 2010’s Midwestern Minutes which drummer/vocalist Will Staler described as “[his] mom’s favorite song of theirs after she found it while Googling”.

The song’s sentimentally-charged lyrics fit well with the tight-knit aura the group gives off. Toward the end of the set, the excellent “Condition 11:11” sent the crowd into the frenzy, as the fan favorite from The Great Depression wonderfully captured the group’s earlier, more acoustic folk-punk sound.

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Kaplan’s goals key Terps in road win

Three seniors stayed out of MLS Draft for another year with Terps

Midfielder’s goal in 89th minute helps team topple Alabama in Tuscaloosa

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer The allure was there.

T he nationa l aud ience.

The top-notch facilities. The chance to prove themselves against some of the world’s best players.

They’re the opportunities that make a professional career the goal of any young soccer player, and they’re oppor tu n it ies t hat t h ree members of the Terrapins men’s soccer team considered when weighing whether or not to enter the MLS SuperDraft after last season.

But m id fielder Joh n Ster tzer a nd defenders Taylor Kemp and London Woodberry put that dream on hold, returning to College Park for one more season.

Sure, two of their former teammates, forward Casey Townsend and defender Alex Lee — both part of the Terps’ 2008 national championship team — were graduating and heading to the MLS: Chivas USA drafted Townsend fi fth overall, and FC Dallas drafted Lee 11th overall in the supplemental draft.

But Stertzer, Kemp and Woodberry came up empty in their first two postseason runs and were left unsatisfied yet again last season after Louisville dispatched the Terps from the NCAA Tournament in late November.

“When the season came to an end, it wasn’t on terms I was happy with,” Kemp

LETOURNEAU From PAGE 8 said his team played with “no life,” and its effort was “awful.”

“As a coach this is hard to say, but it came down to the will,” Edsall said. “Their will was a lot stronger than our will today.”

His team wouldn’t get the message. Other than a few f lashes during a win over Towson the following week, the Terps never regained the passion that marked their season-opening win over Miami. The fire was gone, the team was fractured and the Terps fi nished the season on an eight-game losing streak.

This year, of course, was supposed to be different.

There were new offensive and defensive coordinators. There was a new starting quarterback. And there was a new energy around the program.

said in August. “So it made it pretty easy for me that I knew I wanted to stay.”

Kemp joined the Terps three years ago knowing the MLS waited in the future. Coach Sasho Cirovski, after all, has produced 44 MLS players in the past 19 years, including two No. 1 picks in the MLS SuperDraft.

“I think this is the best environment that I’ve ever heard of for being prepared for going into the pros,” Kemp said. “[Sasho] is an intense guy, and he knows how to get the most out of his players, and it’s something that I think has made all of us better.”

Even when trying to put together a championship team, Cirovski still has his eye on the future of his players beyond the confi nes of Ludwig Field.

Cirovski isn’t afraid to change a player’s position if he thinks it will help the team, and the player, flourish.

Former Terp Omar Gonzalez was a forward when he came to College Park. By the end of his three-year Terps career, he was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year at center back. He went on to be drafted third overall in the MLS SuperDraft and was the 2009 Rookie of the Year with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Not to mention the No. 4 Terps (2-0-1) play in the ACC, which has produced five College Cup winners since 2005. Week in and week out, the Terps will face a slate of teams that includes three ranked in the top

The Terps were ready to move past last year’s disappointments, to focus on a brighter future. And despite a rash of preseason injuries, the lethargy that pervaded much of last year’s 2-10 debacle seemed largely absent entering the Terps’ season opener against William & Mary last week.

“I can tell a difference,” nose tackle Darius Kilgo said. “We’re more of a team this year than last year. We’re playing with a lot more energy.”

It showed against the Tribe.

At the start of the fourth quarter Saturday, the Terps were down, 6-0, to a team picked to finish in the bottom half of the Colonial Athletic Association. They had already recorded three interceptions, a fumble and a missed field goal.

Instead of crumbling, the Terps regrouped. Freshman quarterback Perry Hills directed a 69-yard touchdown drive,

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Defender London WoodbERry, along with midfielder John Stertzer and defender Taylor Kemp, decided to forgo the MLS Draft and stay with the Terps. charlie deboyace/the diamondback 25, a group headed by No. 1 North Carolina. The Terps’ conference schedule begins tonight with a matchup at No. 24 Boston College (2-1-0).

“The quality in the ACC i s f ro m to p to b o t to m ,” Townsend said in June. “It’s a really good league, probably the best in the country in my opinion. When you’re playing a ga i n st t he b est pl ayers every week it prepares you for another level, so I think I was very well-prepared at Maryland, and playing in the ACC was a big part of that.”

Cirovski said that as time has gone on, he and the coaching staff have gotten better at helping players evaluate their futures at the next level and beyond. The communication not only allows the players to gauge their stock, but also lets Cirovski prepare for a future without a certain player.

“T hese kids come w ith dreams of being pros,” Cirovski said. “We help them. There isn’t any fighting with players.

Some players still maybe leave

and the team captured the one-point victory. It was a key sequence for a program that hadn’t won since last October.

When the stakes were high, the Terps didn’t fold. They didn’t give up on themselves.

But is it for real? The Terps were playing a mediocre FCS squad, after all. They barely won a game they were supposed to win.

The Terps’ first real test will likely come tomorrow. It’ll come if the Terps surrender a couple early touchdowns to Temple running back Matt Brown. It’ll come if the Terps try to play catch up against a worthy opponent.

Will they revert to a feeble position and accept another embarrassment? Or will they continue to fight for every yard?

For Edsall’s sake, hopefully it’s the latter. He’s watched enough depressing game fi lm this week. letourneau@umdbk.com

before their time for various reasons, but for the most part, we’re well-prepared and well ahead of it.”

Stertzer, the Terps’ secondleading scorer in 2011, didn’t think it was his time yet. By returning to the team, he knows he can help himself prepare for the MLS in addition to trying to capture Cirovski’s third national title.

That preparation continues tonight against the Eagles.

“You look at all the guys that have gone on, they’ve all done well because the team has done well,” Stertzer said. “Of course, people set individual goals and everything, but you look at all the teams in the past, most of the guys leave when the teams do well. I figured if I stayed here and worked on my own individual growth, I could help the tea m i n the best way to move us forward to the Final Four and a national championship.” dgallen@umdbk.com

OWLS From PAGE 8 to do everything we can this week to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

If the Terps (1-0) are going to avoid the same fate tomorrow, it will again come down to their rush defense. Pierce and Stewart are no longer with the program, but the Owls’ game plan hasn’t changed at all. In its first game of the season last weekend — a 41-10 win against Villanova — Temple totaled more than 300 yards on the ground, including 146 from running back Matt Brown and 86 from quarterback Chris Coyer.

Even without the services of running back Montel Harris — Boston College’s all-time leading rusher, who transferred to Temple in May and is day to day with a sore hamstring — the Owls have

A portly bald man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a black and red beaded necklace repeatedly chanted “Bama” last night in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was just one person in a record-setting crowd of more than 1,600 at the Alabama Soccer Complex.

But all the cheering was for naught. The Terrapins women’s soccer team upended Alabama, 2-1, sending the festive man home unsatisfied.

Most of the game remained a 1-1 stalemate with both goalkeepers seeing little action. That changed in the game’s final minutes.

Crimson Tide goalkeeper Shelby Church took a penalty kick, which connected with the face of midfielder Olivia Wagner, sending the ball back to Alabama’s (5-1-0) 18-yard line. Forward Hayley Brock one-timed it to midfielder Becky Kaplan, who slid the ball past Church for the win.

“The last minute Hayley and I were up top, I just made a run and she played it right into my path,” said Kaplan, who scored both of the Terps’ (4-1-1) goals. “When I got it I knew I was going to finish it. It was the perfect ball.”

The game’s first goal came in the fourth minute of play, when Kaplan sent the ball into the far side of the net. Her score was matched about 20 seconds later when Crimson Tide midfielder Merel Van Dongen headed the ball into the net off a free kick from defender Meghan Duff y.

The next 85 minutes of play

e n o u g h f i re p o w e r i n t h e backfield to again punish the Terps’ defense.

“Last year, when they came in, they were very physical, and we weren’t prepared for that,” nose tackle Darius Kilgo said.

“This is definitely a payback game. We’re defi nitely going to go in there with an attitude, and it starts up front.”

The Terps’ revamped front seven excelled last week in its first game under defensive coordinator Brian Stewart.

Led by Hartsfield, Kilgo, and defensive linemen Joe Vellano and A.J. Francis, they held William & Mary to 104 yards rushing on 41 carries — an average of 2.5 yards per carry — even without injured star linebacker Kenny Tate.

But Temple will provide a much tougher test. And though he runs a different defense than his predecessor Todd Bradford, Stewart expects to

were scoreless.

“In the last minute, I was like, ‘We’ve had the pressure on them the whole time, I didn’t want to go into overtime and give them another chance,’” Brock said.

“Both our teams were in front of the net so much it was just a matter of time. I knew that whoever scored next would win.”

“T h is was a rea l ly good Alabama team, but we’re learning how to win,” Morgan said.

“We have to get our team on the same page learning how to win and right now we’re starting to figure it out.”

Morgan’s team did, however, struggle to fi ll defensive holes after freshmen Sarah Molina and Erika Nelson were both injured last week. Molina suffered an ankle injury at Ohio State on Aug. 26, and Nelson suffered a bone bruise late in the Terps’ Aug. 31 game at George Mason, sidelining her during Sunday’s game against Towson. She managed to play 45 minutes last night.

“E r i k a c a me i n a nd d id awesome to d ay,” Morga n said. “She’s a calming defender and for a freshman, she’s got a pretty decent level of composure. That’s huge.”

Staying healthy will be critical for the Terps when they host Fordham on Sunday.

“I think we need to keep playing quickly to each other’s feet and working together,” Kaplan said. “We need to pressure for 90 minutes of the game. If we can do that, we’ll keep winning.” egan@umdbk.com

see all the same things on the field tomorrow.

“I just looked at a l l the m atchups,” Stewa r t sa id Wednesday. “I thought their offensive line was really physical. I think that this is another offensive line that is athletic, younger and physical that they’re bringing in. I think they’re going to stick to their hardball runs.”

T hose hardball runs are again going to be the key to the game Saturday, just as they were last year. Is the Terps’ defense i mproved enough to quell a powerful Temple rushing attack? Or are they destined for the same fate as last season?

“You don’t want that to happen,” Ha rtsfield sa id.

“We’re going to go up to Temple and have a mindset that we’re not leaving without a win.” vitale@umdbk.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We have high quality players that just keep pushing and pushing and pushing.”

Jonathan Morgan Terps women’s soccer coach

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TERPS GAMEDAY

THE MATCHUP

MARYLAND TERRAPINS

TEMPLE OWLS

1-0

1-0

WHEN Saturday, noon WHERE Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia TV ESPNU LINE Owls by 10 DATA Temple ranked 12th in the nation in rushing offense last season, averaging better than 300 yards per game on the ground

TERPS TRACKER 2012 TEAM STATS TERPS

OWLS

Passing (YPG)

145

61

Rushing (YPG)

91

301

Total

236

362

Points per game

7

41

Opponents’ PPG

6

10

KEY MATCHUP TERPS

OWLS

DEFENSIVE vs.

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RUNNING BACKS

The Terps’ rush defense is looking for redemption. Temple embarrassed the Terps last year, racking up 285 rushing yards in a 38-7 victory.

The Owls have continued their dominance running the ball this season, totaling 301 yards and three touchdowns in their season opener against Villanova. Temple returns senior running back Matt Brown (916 yards, six touchdowns in 2011), and it added Boston College’s all-time leading rusher Montel Harris — who is day to day with a hamstring injury — in the offseason.

The task of containing Temple’s powerful rushing attack will fall on the Terps’ defensive line, which is led by sophomore nose tackle Darius Kilgo and senior defensive ends A.J. Francis and Joe Vellano. The return of sophomore defensive end Keith Bowers (six tacklesfor-loss and 2.5 sacks in 2011), who missed last week’s game with a knee injury, should help the unit.

The key to the Terps’ chances tomorrow will be limiting Temple’s success in the run game, and it will start up front.

SERIES HISTORY ALL TIME SERIES LAST MEETING

Terps lead, 6-1 Sept. 24, 2011 Loss, Owls 38, Terps 7

RUNNING STRONG Justus Pickett figures to play a key role for the Terps in their game at Temple tomorrow.

After scoring the Terps’ game-winning touchdown in the season opener, the sophomore beat out freshman Albert Reid for the starting running back job. Considering both players’ recent body of work, it was hardly a surprise. Pickett finished with 45 yards on 11 carries against William & Mary, while Reid had a fumble and 29 yards on 12 carries.

“He understands the blocking schemes,” Edsall said of Pickett yesterday. “He’s more decisive. He’s running with a lot more confidence this year than what he had a year ago.”

That confidence could prove especially valuable tomorrow.

In an effort to ease freshman quarterback Perry Hills’ transition to the college game, the Terps plan to lean heavily on the run game against the Owls. That means Pickett, who totaled 274 yards as Davin Meggett’s primary backup last season, could have a larger role.

“For a young quarterback, the run game can be his best friend,” offensive coordinator Mike Locksley said. “We’ve got to find a way to run the football.”

INJURY REPORT

Linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield and the Terps are hoping to build on last weekend’s strong defensive performance against Willliam & Mary when they travel to Philadelphia tomorrow to play Temple. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

STARING DOWN A CHALLENGE After Temple’s blowout victory last season, Terps defense looks to slow down Owls’ powerful rushing attack

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer Mississippi, Ball State, Middle Tennessee State, Wyoming, Colorado State, Kansas, Indiana, New Mexico and Texas Tech.

Those nine schools are the only teams in the nation that had a worse run defense than the Terrapins football team did last season.

Out of 120 FBS schools, the Terps ranked 111th in rushing yards allowed per game in 2011, giving up an average of nearly 220 yards on the ground per contest.

They allowed 10 running backs to rush for more than 100 yards against them, and two backs reached the 200-yard plateau. They gave up more than 200 yards rushing to seven teams, and two teams topped the 300-yard mark.

They even let two Notre Dame running backs — Cierre Wood and Jonas Gray — run for more than 100 yards each in a 45-21 loss.

That trend started last season in the

LB KENNY TATE - Knee - Out LB ABNER LOGAN - Quad - Out DB MATT ROBINSON - Shoulder - Out DB ISAAC GOINS - Illness - Out DB A.J. HENDY - Ankle - Out DB RASHID CONTEH - Ankle - Out PK NICK FERRARA - Hip - Out OL JOSH CARY - Knee - Questionable DL A.J. FRANCIS - Ankle - Probable DL JOE VELLANO - Foot - Probable

Defensive end A.J. Francis had five tackles against the Tribe. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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FOOTBALL

Edsall needs Terps to fight back vs. Temple

QB DUSTIN DAILEY - Ankle - Out RB BRANDON ROSS - Hamstring - Out

Terps’ 38-7 loss to Temple on Sept. 24. And when they travel to Philadelphia tomorrow to face the Owls at Lincoln Financial Field, the Terps will have a hard time putting that performance behind them.

“It’s definitely something you remember,” linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield said. “You try to leave last year behind, but the way they beat us last year was just embarrassing.”

Embarrassing might be an understatement.

The Terps were gashed on the ground for four quarters in the teams’ meeting in College Park, as Temple racked up 285 rushing yards.

Running back Bernard Pierce fi nished the game with 151 yards and five touchdowns, and quarterback Chester Stewart completed all nine of his passes for 140 yards.

“Temple defi nitely likes to run the ball; they like the power,” Hartsfield said. “They beat us pretty bad last year, so we’re going

CONNOR LETOURNEAU Randy Edsall had an unenviable task earlier this week. With his team set to face Temple on Saturday, the Terrapins football coach had little choice — he would need to analyze fi lm of last year’s numbing 38-7 loss to the Owls.

So on Monday, Edsall watched as Temple scored on its first five possessions. He watched as former Owls running back Bernard Pierce rushed for a school-record five touchdowns.

And he watched as the Terps recorded their lowest time of possession in

nearly a decade.

“I was not put i n a ver y good mood after watching it,” Edsall said Tuesday.

The Sept. 24 defeat was one of the worst moments in a season filled with lows. The on-field massacre turned so ugly, in fact, the 39,102 on hand at Byrd Stadium serenaded the home team with a chorus of boos. Only a few hundred fans even bothered sticking around for quarterback C.J. Brown’s meaningless touchdown pass with 4 ½ minutes remaining.

In the postgame press conference, Edsall derided his team’s effort. He See LETOURNEAU, Page 7

Former Temple running Back bernard Pierce (above) gashed the Terps’ defense for 151 rushing yards and five touchdowns in the Owls’ 38-7 win last season. Temple finished with 285 total rushing yards. file photo/the diamondback