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Public charter school College Park Academy opens for 300 sixth-, seventh-graders

college park academy, the largest public charter school in the country to use an individualized college preparatory curriculum, opened for its first students this fall.

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By Annika McGinnis @annikam93 Senior staff writer The bell rang, and they filed in with their zebra-print lunch boxes, oversized backpacks and neon Converse shoes. In a high-ceilinged room next to a wall of windows, they sat chatting at high round tables or individual cubbies. Then they opened their laptops and got to work.

Teachers from around the world appeared on the students’ computer screens. Class had begun.

For the 300 new sixth- and seventh-grade students at College Park Academy, a new charter school temporarily situated at the former site of St. Mark the Evangelist School in Hyattsville, it was back to school of a different kind when the doors opened Aug. 19. Two years in the making, the school offers an academically rigorous curriculum and the opportunity to take college classes early and learn

in an individualized, and sometimes online, environment.

The school’s opening marks the birth of the largest public charter school in the country using such a curriculum system, administrators said. It’s the result of years of work from university President Wallace Loh, the Student Government Association, the city of College Park and the education college. As part of Loh’s “2020 vision” — his goal to help the university improve its reputation and make College Park a top-20 college town by 2020 — officials involved with the academy hope its opening will draw more faculty members to live in the city.

“You have a very highly educated population at UMD — it would be nice for professors to live near the college and collaborate and participate in the surrounding community,” said Marcy Cathey, executive director of the academy. “But because there aren’t more professors who

“they’re digging in, and they’re adapting really well.”

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College Park Academy success coach live in the city of College Park, there wasn’t the same match for rigor in area schools. So the idea is to create this vibrant alternative.”

At College Park Academy, which, as students age, will eventually include classes through 12th grade, students can earn up to 60 credits online from any accredited college or university in the world, 25 of which can come from this university.

In the large, airy “team room,” students work at their own pace, learning online with the help of “success coaches” walking around the room to supervise students’ progress. Students study subjects from algebra and English to languages such as Mandarin Chinese, See Academy, Page 3

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By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer A new analytics tool developed by university researchers can predict who will assume a leadership role within a terrorist group after it loses a leader.

The tool, called Shaping Terrorist Organizational Network Efficacy, uses information about the members and organization of terrorist networks to predict who will take over when a leader of a group is captured, killed or imprisoned, said computer science professor V.S. Subrahmanian,

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bike repair stations, such as this one near Easton Hall, are part of bikeUMD’s goal of encouraging bicycle usage on the university’s campus. The stations help riders avoid repair fees. rachel george/for the diamondback campus, hoping to give students the tools and information to repair their bikes without forcing them to trudge across the campus. The stations are located near the chemistry building, Easton Hall, the Mowatt Lane Garage, the Graham Cracker — the sorority houses between College Avenue and Knox Road — and the Union Lane Garage, and one will soon be installed near the math building.

“You get your bike repaired for free in exchange for learning [how to fix it],” said Jordan Arata, a sophomore mechanical engineering major.

Each station includes an air pump,

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in the country, members said. The original chapter, formerly known as Delta Lambda Psi, was founded at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2005, according to the fraternity’s official website.

Even though Theta Pi Sigma focuses on LGBT issues, students don’t have to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to join. The fraternity

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who led the research team that created the tool.

“What [STONE] tries to do is to learn and identify a lot of characteristics of each person in the network on the basis of historical data … and we hope to predict future leadership changes,” Subrahmanian said.

The team took large amounts of open-source data from books and past research on terrorist organizations to form tables that helped create the model.

Those tables incorporated data such as group hierarchy, the connection between the leader and See STONE, Page 2

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For students who bike around the campus, flat tires are no longer an excuse for missing class.

In recent years, the Department of Transportation Services and other university organizations have encouraged students to use bikes, in line with the university’s sustainability goals.

But on such a large campus, students who needed to repair their bikes found the department’s resources — namely checking out air pumps from the DOTS office or McKeldin Library or visiting the Campus Bike Shop in Cole Field House — few and far between.

So this year, bikeUMD — a DOTS collaboration with Facilities Management, Campus Recreation Services and other organizations — installed small bike repair stations around the

The goal is to break the mold, which shouldn’t be too difficult for a group of students accustomed to doing just that.

Striving to be inclusive rather than exclusive, this university’s new LGBT fraternity, Theta Pi Sigma, promotes diversity in Greek life by catering to LGBT students and their allies.

“There is a perception in Greek life that you want a certain type of person,” said Aubrey DiBello, president of this university’s Epsilon chapter of Theta Pi Sigma.

“We’re celebrating the fact that we’re different.”

This all-inclusive gender-neutral fraternity will be the first of its kind on the campus and the fifth

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a few tools and QR codes students can scan to view instructional videos on minor bike repairs.

Many of the repairs workers deal with at the bike shop are “simple things that many people can do but don’t have the means to do,” said sophomore engineering and materials science major Louis Levine, a Campus Bike Shop mechanic. The new stations give students these abilities, he said.

“No matter what time it is, you’ll never have to be stranded without a bike because you need air in your tires See bikes, Page 2

After months of criticism, university mental health officials have used the summer to ramp up efforts and said they have big plans for hires and campaigns in the upcoming year.

Officials are using $500,000 — part of $5 million in funding awarded to the university to be spent over 10 years — this fall to address complaints about long wait times and insufficient resources. With new staff hires and plans for an educational campaign about depression, officials said they hope to improve the health and counseling centers as resources for struggling students.

“This has been building, in terms of a need,” said Linda Clement, vice president for student affairs.

“One could see the demand getting

higher every year, every semester.

[Students] started presenting more serious conditions.”

The funding was a gift to the university from The Pepsi Corporation, Clement said, and was split between the University Health Center and the Counseling Center. The health center will hire two psychiatrists (one part-time and one full-time), and the Counseling Center will hire two counselors, three contract psychologists and four licensed psychologists, said Sharon Kirkland-Gordon, Counseling Center director.

Some of the vacancies have already been filled — the Counseling Center is still looking for two more psychologists, and the health center is still searching for a full-time psychiatrist.

With additional staff, university officials said they can better educate students about mental health concerns such as depression. The university joined the National College Depression Partnership in August, according to Marta Hopkinson, the health center’s director of mental health. Clement says this partnership See funding, Page 3

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LGBT From PAGE 1 is open to anyone who is an ally and cares about these issues, said Shira Steinberg, secretary of this university’s chapter of Theta Pi Sigma.

“It’s open to people who wa n t to ge t i nvo lve d o n campus and feel like a traditional fraternity or sorority isn’t for them,” said the junior government and politics and psychology major. “This is a way for people to be more involved with the LGBT community and involved in Greek life.”

Part of the fraternity’s mission is to strengthen Greek life by creating an accepting space for the LGBT community within the system.

Though many fraternities and sororities are supportive of LGBT issues, some may not be as welcoming to

people who break away from convention, said Allison Callahan, membership education vice president.

“It shouldn’t be something you have to hide in the pledging process, but unfortunately, it is in some fraternities and sororities, and it’s a concern for many LGBT people,” said the junior studio art major.

“It’s not the norm, and if people feel like they’re supporting it, maybe they won’t be accepted.”

For Ousmane Sow, public relations vice president and a junior microbiology major, recruitment was a difficult process, he said.

“I felt out of place. I felt like I couldn’t be myself,” Sow said. “It was weird and hard to deal with.”

Katey Rainforth, service and philanthropy vice president, had a similar experience when she rushed sororities.

“It was very hectic, very

chaotic,” the junior accounting and criminology and criminal justice major said. “You have to portray this image of who you think they want you to be rather than who you are.”

The executive board members of Theta Pi Sigma said their recruitment and initiation, which they hope to start this spring, will be a fun and relaxed process without hazing or judging.

“If you want to be our friend, rush. No sweat,” said Caitlan Reynolds, finance vice president.

The opening of Theta Pi Sigma’s Epsilon chapter will signify another progressive leap forward for this university, said Alexis Matthews, a junior animal sciences major.

It will also provide an option in Greek life for transgender students like him, who may have trouble fitting into traditional single-sex fraternities

and sororities, he said.

“I was looking for a place that would fit for me and that I would feel comfortable in,” he said. “I’m looking forward to meeting LGBT people in a more social setting and getting to know them and having a sense of community.”

But Theta Pi Sigma’s reach will extend beyond the university community. The fraternity’s philanthropy will focus on LGBT issues, getting involved with local advocacy organizations and participating in events such as marches in Washington, Rainforth said.

Otherwise, Theta Pi Sigma will run like any fraternity, hosting social events and mixers with other fraternities and sororities, DiBello said.

“We’ll definitely have a lot more rainbows at our parties,” Steinberg said.

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bike repair stations like the one pictured have been installed around the campus to help this university’s growing bike community.

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bikes From PAGE 1 or your handlebars are loose and the bike shop has already closed,” he said. “In short, they’re simple, convenient and accessible. I’m a fan.”

The bike repair stations are just one of many university initiatives to promote and protect biking on the campus.

In October 2012, the university was named a silver-level bike-

friendly campus by the League of American Bicyclists, DOTS assistant director Beverly Malone said. New shared lane markings on campus roads make biking safer for students, Malone said.

She added that officials hope making biking easier and safer will make it more popular.

DOTS holds events, such as U-lock giveaways and a weeklong fair in April, to popularize the mode of transportation and distribute safety-related information about safeguards such as wearing

a helmet and properly securing a U-lock. Students can also register their bikes on the campus at some events, Malone said.

Cyclists receive many benefits from biking on the campus, Malone said. When they register their bikes — which is free — they can purchase U-locks, helmets and lights from DOTS for $20 each. Students can also rent bikes for $70 a semester or trade in their parking permits for bicycles. hcuozzodbk@gmail.com

group members — for instance, if they went to the same school or meeting or planned an operation together — and the influence they may have had within their network.

“We explored a large number of features,” Subrahmanian said. “Some of them included measures of how well connected a potential replacement is to the network that person being replaced belongs to.”

Subrahmanian and his team also looked at factors such as the individual’s capacity to carry out an attack.

STONE assumes the candidates to replace a leader are not hierarchically above the previous one, but either below or at the same level.

“We had a pretty extensive depth of expertise on a

theta pi sigma will be this university’s first LGBT-focused Greek organization. The executive board hopes to start recruiting in spring 2014. kelsey hughes/for the diamondback process of filling out paperwork, working out details and waiting on official approval from the university, Callahan said, but so far, they have received nothing but support.

“I’m sure there’s going to be emails from people who disagree, but so far everyone’s been really accepting,” she said.

On a campus that is already

large and diverse, Theta Pi Sigma will provide another place for students to find their niches, Rainforth said.

“I’m really excited about the openness of it and the willingness to accept anyone for who they are,” she said. “With us … be who you want to be.”

number of terrorist groups,” team researcher Aaron Mannes said.

Using open-source historical data, the team inputted information from years ago to analyze how accurately the tool could predict future leaders.

The model typically predicts three or four possible leaders; in 80 percent of the historical cases, this prediction group included the real replacement.

“It’s a good accuracy rate,” Subrahmanian said. “I think going much higher than that is difficult.”

Last week, Subrahmanian, Mannes and fellow team researcher Francesca Spezzano presented their findings at the international conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

“This could be crucial in terms of the war on terror,” said junior Marissa Gates, a criminology and criminal justice and psychology major. “We want to be able to prepare for attacks, know when

things are happening and prevent any harm to our country.”

A global terrorism minor, Gates said she thinks the tool could be very useful for U.S. intelligence analysts and could possibly “go even further than terrorism.” Subrahmanian also said STONE may have the potential to expand, such as by predicting turnovers in business leadership.

Although Subrahmanian said the amount of data needed for predictions is “monstrous,” STONE could help counterterrorism analysts make clearer decisions and become more aware and informed about terrorist groups. Once one leader is replaced, future leaders will also be replaced down the road, Subrahmanian said.

“Overall, [STONE]’s not about replacing analysts; it’s about providing tools to augment their capability,” Mannes said.

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And so far, Jackson said, the kids seem to like the individualism. At the end of the first week, she asked her students to write down three aspects of the school they liked and three they didn’t.

Dislikes included, “I wish we had a longer recess; I wish lunch was longer,” Jackson said, laughing. “But the things that they really liked: They liked working at their own pace.

They liked having the flexibility to choose what they’re working on in a given day. If they’re really in the zone on math, they could just keep going on math that day — they didn’t have to switch when the bell rings.

“They’re digging in, and they’re adapting really well,” she said.

Located so close to each other, the academy and the university plan to develop a mutually beneficial partnership that will eventually include student interns, student groups’ collaboration on after-school activities, department research and more.

During the second half of Tehani Collazo’s course — EDCI 210: Exploring Teaching as a Career — this semester, about 15 university students will intern at the academy, working in the team room, traditional classrooms or after-school programs. Students will work four hours a week and develop their own “projects” to teach the children.

“For some, it’s ‘How do you

support middle school students learning in an online curriculum?’” Collazo said.

“For others, it’s ‘How do you support students playing ultimate Frisbee?’”

If everything goes well this semester, Collazo will also teach her course in the spring.

Collazo’s course is just the beginning of a potentially enriching partnership, said Liz Pandya, senior government and politics major and former SGA student affairs vice president. In mid-October, all 300 academy students will tour the university and participate in roundtable discussions with different departments.

Later this semester, the SGA plans to establish an advisory committee between the schools, allowing university students interested in education politics to play a role. Architecture students will also work with academy students on a project to develop an outdoor classroom at the academy, and journalism and government and politics students may collaborate with the younger students to create a student newspaper and a student government, Pandya said.

Beyond the formal partnerships, Bernadette Ortiz-Brewster, the academy’s principal, is most excited for the simple conversations between the college students and middle and high school students.

The younger students might ask the older ones, “‘Oh, so

what are you studying? How did you get there? How do you become an engineer? Or, how do you become an educator?’”

Ortiz-Brewster said. “And I think there’s a huge value on that. We want them to be able to see themselves in the future and say ‘Oh, I can be that as well.’”

Moving kids from traditional group learning styles to an individualized blended-learning environment is not without its challenges, academy officials said. The strategies include teaching kids to stay focused on their computers and work diligently without a teacher’s constant coaching.

And the school has dealt with its own share of logistical issues within the past few weeks, including an Internet crash when students initially received their laptops, said Donna Wiseman, education college dean.

“It’s a new school; there’s some bumps and glitches,” she said. “But there’s also so much excitement when you walk into the hallway, and kids are excited to be there.”

On Wednesday morning, as students walked through the hallways switching classes, the excitement was palpable. Students laughed and chattered, carrying books and snacks, some adorning their plain uniforms with sequined accessories.

Outside, the shrubs are pruned, the flowers weeded.

The morning sun lit up the glass doors, where a modest paper sign spelled out the school’s name.

The university is also working to educate faculty on how to recognize signs of distress in From PAGE 1 students, Clement said.

Students sometimes just need will provide information as well as help university officials plan a listening ear, Clement said, but strategies to better aid students other times they need someone with depression. In addition, the to recognize potential issues and health center will now be screen- refer them to mental health reing students who come to the sources on the campus.

Clement said she hopes to see center for primary care services for depression, Hopkinson said. results indicating the univer-

sity has made progress on the ongoing issue of mental health.

Students have long complained about the wait times at both centers, and Hopkinson said it’s too soon to tell whether this issue has been resolved by the new hires.

“We’re hoping that overall across the campus there will be less of a wait,” Hopkinson said.

Although it’s just the begin-

ning of the fall semester, officials at the Counseling Center said the boost in staff numbers is already making a difference.

“There’s virtually no wait right now,” Kirkland-Gordon said. “[Students] can make an appointment and be seen within a week.”

Clement said the centers aim to identify the most serious cases and handle them quickly.

From PAGE 1 Spanish, French, German, Latin, Japanese and American Sign Language. In each classroom, whether it’s in the blended learning environment of the team room or a traditional classroom, they work at their own paces.

“You take an assessment which gives you immediate feedback, and then you move onto the next topic,” Cathey said. “So you’re not waiting for someone else to get it or for the chapter test at the end of the week. … And if you get to a topic that doesn’t come as easily to you, you can take the time to learn the topic thoroughly before moving on to the next one.”

In an increasingly digital world, success coach Heather Jackson, said learning in a traditional “brick-and-mortar” classroom just doesn’t make the cut anymore.

“In a traditional classroom, there’s a lot of artificial structure imposed. You reach the end of what’s offered at the school and you’re done — there’s not much beyond that. You get to AP and you’re done,” she said.

“That’s not an issue here.”

Several of her students are already “flying through” their algebra classes, Jackson said, enabling themselves to move on before the year is over and put themselves ahead for success

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And if the innovative blend of online and individual instruction works for the middle-schoolers, maybe the idea can spread to the university, Wiseman said.

“If it works out in a school

like this, why wouldn’t it work in our own campus?” Wiseman said. “If these kids are learning in sixth grade and go all the way through and get into UMD, are they going to want to go back to traditional learning?

“I just think it’s exciting and an opportunity for us all to get involved,” she said.

Both centers will continue to immediately treat people who are in life-threatening situations.

Sarah Gordon, president of the student-run Help Center, a peer counseling hotline, said she hopes the efforts to increase awareness of mental health resources will result in greater knowledge of the Help Center’s services.

Active Minds at Maryland, a

student-run mental health advocacy group, aims to help by eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness and promote mental health.

“We don’t do therapy,” said Jeremy Hsiao, president of Active Minds. “But we refer [students] to seek help, and we tell them that’s OK.”

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Additionally, engaging in a war over chemical weapons is ridiculous. Banning chemical weapons is almost as dumb as banning war (see Kellogg-Briand Pact) — not only because bad people do not care if the U.N. bans something, but also because an air strike could easily kill more innocent people just as indiscriminately. So Obama should have just said we would intervene if civilians kept dying.

If you want to see something even more ridiculous than that, look at how the administration has handled the intervention. Not only has the government handed Syria our attack plan, but it has told the world what it would not do instead of leaving all options on the table.

If Congress does not vote to attack Syria, Obama and the United States alike will look like fools. Obama, because he has been so forceful in his criticism of Assad, will look extraordinarily weak to the world for failing to act. He does not need to ask Congress about what to do, especially with regard to Syrian ally Russia. America will be seen as unable to follow through on its promises. Obama should not have created a red line.

If America attacks, it will have forgotten the law of unintended consequences. A few missiles could lead to a chain of retaliatory events.

Our allies could be attacked, and our involvement could deepen.

We might even need “boots on the ground” to fight a full-scale war.

The words of a pre-eminent politician on the Iraq War apply: “What I am opposed to is the attempt … to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income. … That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.” This was Obama himself in 2002.

If we go to war in Syria, it will be to save face politically. Let’s stay out of Syria and focus on the economy and real threats.

If you have seen any international news this summer, you have probably seen video footage of war-torn Syria. While Syria might seem like a distant, desolate stretch of desert to the average Terps, it may become a battlefield for our servicemen and women in the coming months. Many of our lawmakers seem poised to intervene in a conflict that lacks a clear “good” side, a conflict in which both government and rebels have carried out widespread atrocities.

You might think we have learned our lesson from the interventions (or lack thereof) in the 1990s and 2000s — but you would be mistaken.

America, our great nation — which helped win the World Wars and survived the Cold War through principle and strategy — has lost its way since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Regardless of what foreign policy stances we have, we can agree that U.S. foreign policy has been inconsistent and confusing in the past few decades. Whether failing to intervene in Rwanda’s genocide, sending troops to Somalia or failing to “rebuild” Iraq, former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush struggled with post-Cold War policy. Bush had a dream to build democracy throughout the Middle East, but the time was not ripe and Iraq was not the place.

After failing to support democracy in Iran but sending aircraft to Libya and showing confusion in Egypt, President Obama has chosen to make Syria his battleground. He declared chemical weapons use the “red line” for American intervention, yet has delayed action because of a lack of international support.

America only needs to engage in wars that are in our legitimate interest. Attacking security threats or defending allies does so. Jumping into a war in which terrorists (alQaida and Hezbollah) — among other groups — are involved in killing each other and a brutal dic- Matt Dragonette is a sophomore tator’s (Bashar Al-Assad) troops, accounting major. He can be reached at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com. however, does not.

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hen many people think of Prince George’s County public schools, they picture schools setting out to meet the minimum standards. And for years, this was an accepted inevitability. But now, it seems new initiatives may transform this culture of mediocrity into something this community can be proud of.

After taking the helm in 2010, university President Wallace Loh outlined sweeping plans to strengthen this university’s status as a top-tier public institution and revitalize the College Park community. He started his tenure by making a promise in his 2011 inaugural to now-Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and College Park Mayor Andy Fellows about his plans for the community’s future: “The university will work together with you to make a positive difference in College Park — to develop a safer, more attractive, less car-congested community, with stronger schools — a community that more of our faculty and staff will choose to live in.”

Now, nearly three years later, record-setting rankings for this university and membership in the Commission on Institutional Cooperation certainly help cement the university’s academic reputation.

And though East Campus renovation plans seem murky at best, and relationships between students and city residents remain tenuous, College Park Academy’s recent opening provides a glimpse of the transformation Loh hopes to effect in the city.

The new public charter school, which opened its doors Aug. 19 to 300 sixth- and seventh-graders, offers students individually tailored blended-learning curriculums and

the opportunity to eventually earn college credit.

It’s a definitive step toward satisfying the county’s educational needs — the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Science and Technology Program annually receives more than 3,000 applications for just 500 spots. With plans in place to accept an estimated 700 students in grades six through 12, College Park Academy will fill a much-needed niche.

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Establishing the College Park Academy and bringing it closer to the campus are vital steps toward university President Wallace Loh’s vision of a better college town.

In order for College Park to realize Loh’s vision and become a top-20 college town, the city needs to entice professors and families to permanently reside here. For that to happen, the primary and secondary education the city offers needs to match the standards of its flagship university. Providing avenues to higher education for Prince George’s County students is one of the smallest steps the university community can take toward improving the aesthetics of College Park.

College Park Academy looks to deliver just that. As college enrollment continues to dip downward at the national level, the charter school will provide students a viable pipeline to this university and other highcaliber institutions.

The charter school will also give students at this university an op-

portunity to positively impact the surrounding community. Students enrolled in EDCI 210: Exploring Teaching as a Career will intern at the academy and develop their own programs, and architecture majors will collaborate with charter school students to design an outdoor classroom.

And hopefully that’s just the beginning. The Student Government Association is planning to incorporate more university involvement in the academy, from helping establish a school newspaper to forming a student government.

If the university (and its students) takes a constructive role during the charter school’s formative years, it makes an investment in the future of College Park — one that will surely go a long way toward promoting unity between students and residents.

Despite years of planning, College Park Academy has had its share of hitches. The charter school faced losing up to $500,000 in state funds due to education budget cuts. City residents petitioned for the academy to be relocated, citing concerns over traffic congestion and loitering. The school ultimately opened in Hyattsville, temporarily housed in the former site of St. Mark the Evangelist School.

But with secure funding and an eye on revitalizing the city, it’s time to bring College Park Academy home.

Traffic congestion and loitering arguments aside, the charter school is what both College Park and this university need in order to develop a better, more livable community.

College Park Academy bodes well for making College Park “A Smart Place to Live.” The attractive education option it hopes to deliver is essential to attracting residents to the city and improving its reputation.

But it’s just a start.

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My fear of fear TOMMY CREEGAN

1-in-20 million chance of dying in a terrorist attack in the United States.

Another example is permitting state capitalism and overregulation of our economy in order to prevent “unpredictable market forces.”

Instead, we have still experienced market bubbles, but now it’s economic planners who orchestrate them. We allow corruption to thrive because we don’t want to control the economy ourselves.

This fear can also control how you relate to society. Modern advertising works very much in this way, preying on our inner fear of not being accepted by our peers. We’re told that we “need” to get the new iPhone and the nicest clothes and to stay perfectly groomed in order to impress our peers and give off a certain appearance. We are quick to judge and isolate, rather than share and unify.

Thus, the fear we think is protecting us ultimately ends up being the very thing holding us back. Instead of making decisions and living in fear, we should embrace self-awareness to counter the methods of control brought about through fear.

Breaking the cycle of fear is simple and liberating. It starts with trusting your own instinct to identify any forces that can control you and trusting your own ability to use rational thought. You also must trust your ability to question yourself and what is around you: What am I thinking and why am I thinking that?

If you really want to live in fear of unknowns and distinct possibilities, I can’t stop you. All I’m saying is you don’t have to live this way.

In the modern world, our ideas and thoughts are constantly bombarded by competitors for our time, attention or money. Most of the time, we don’t even realize this is happening — but it is.

For some people, such as select politicians and businessmen, it would be advantageous to have a public that can be controlled by fear.

Achieving policy goals and marketing to consumers becomes much easier when the public is afraid of some threat or negative response if action is not taken.

While fear is a natural response in certain situations as a trigger to seek protection and safety, it is important to be able to free yourself from any influences that seek to control you through fear. We should act as an extension of ourselves — in other words, people shouldn’t really base decisions or opinions on anything other than what is important to themselves.

This idea is related to the concept on which our country was founded: individual freedom to pursue dreams and self-provide. With personal responsibility, we can become empowered by ourselves to live a life of passion without fear. When we live in fear, we compromise the full realization of our dreams and abilities.

Fear can affect your cognition in different ways. First, you can become politically manipulated by fear. A simple example is people being afraid of a terrorist killing them. While someone anticipating this fate may Tommy Creegan is a senior government embrace pro-Middle Eastern war po- and politics major. He can be reached sitions, the reality is that you have a at tcreegandbk@gmail.com.

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What exactly is in a name?

WILL DYESS With the fall semester underway, the joy that is syllabus week offers a gentle transition from summer back into the workload of a full semester. During this time, life is easy; people are just getting settled and revisiting old friends missed over the summer. Without homework, exams and papers, this serves as the perfect time to get out and socialize. The connections you make in your college years can go on to serve you for the rest of your life, so don’t underestimate the importance of getting out and meeting people. First thing’s first, though: You’ve got to remember their names.

Far too often I have been approached by a friendly faces and greeted by names, only to reciprocate the excited greeting in a much less personal manner. Whether they noticed I didn’t use their name or assumed I simply didn’t know it is beyond me.

A fair amount of the remainder of the conversation is spent trying

to pick up clues that could possibly help me remember names in order to make up for it in our goodbyes. If I am lucky enough, someone else will address them by name and save me from myself. Otherwise, “buddy” is all they will ever get from me.

I don’t think my forgetfulness presents a unique case. A study by psychologists Sam S. Rakover and Baruch Cahlon showed that individuals often have a much easier time remembering faces than they do abstract concepts, such as names.

When we first meet someone, we are presented with so much — from their demeanor to their clothes — that given the brief time you experience their name, it’s easy to see how it gets lost in the music. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work on it.

We’ve all heard the adage, “It’s all about who you know.” Well, spoiler alert: That’s true, but it won’t do you much justice if people don’t like you.

Remembering someone’s name shows he or she was important to you — important enough, at least, to make an impression you remember. How you make people feel is a huge part of their perception of you, and starting off an interaction with making someone feel

important is a good strategy.

There are a few tricks I have come to use that have helped me in remembering names. The first is simply using a person’s name when addressing him or her in conversation. I usually repeat the person’s name back to him or her as a question as though I needed clarification on the pronunciation, just to get into the habit of saying it. When saying goodbye, be sure to use the person’s name — repetition, repetition, repetition.

The next trick is to use alliteration to make it more fun to remember.

Pick an adjective that starts with the same letter as the person’s name that you think describes him or her.

For example, I met a wonderful girl named Sarah over the weekend, but she had a bit of sass to her demeanor.

Now I will forever remember “sassy” Sarah’s name. It may not always be the best idea to let someone know what adjective you use to remember his or her name, but if it gets the job done, I’m sure the gesture will be appreciated in the end.

Will Dyess is a senior economics major. He can be reached at wdyessdbk@gmail.com.

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REVIEW | THE ARCTIC MONKEYS’ AM

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The Arctic Monkeys’ latest record continues the band’s trend of evolving sounds — this time introducing bluesy elements — while retaining its core themes

By Joe Antoshak @JoeAntoshak Staff writer In the mid-2000s, in an era defined by lackluster album sales and marketing conventionality, the Arctic Monkeys strode arrogantly to the main stage of the music scene with a carton of cigarettes and a collective “Who can boss me around?” attitude — not to mention the United Kingdom’s fastest-selling debut album in history. At the time, frontman Alex Turner and company did not give a damn. Perhaps that’s why everyone else did.

But now, with the release of a legitimate contender for Album of the Year in AM, their fifth full-length studio project, the Arctic Monkeys show only brief glimpses of the angsty bunch of Brits they were almost 10

years ago. It’s not that they’ve lost their edginess — rather, it seems they’ve modified it with the benefit of maturity, both personal and artistic.

Unlike the great majority of rock bands constituting the genre at the moment, the Monkeys have never produced the same album twice. In fact, they’ve never really gotten close. From the violent, runaway-train feel of tracks on Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) to the more sensitive and balladic tunes on 2011’s Suck It and See, the band has added something to its arsenal with every release. With AM, it’s brought a trunk full of guns to a knife fight, creating what is quite simply its best album to date.

From the drum kit-driving opener “Do I Wanna Know” to the irresistibly grooving “Knee Socks,” Turner shows off seemingly boundless songwriting

ESSAY | I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER RECORD

final vinyl A writer remembers why he bought his first record at 15 and realizes he shouldn’t buy another one for many years

By Dean Essner @daesayingstuff Senior staff writer

trout mask replica was the first record senior staff writer Dean Essner bought, when he was 15 years old. photo courtesy of dean essner

My days as a record-collecting conquistador began with an epic miscalculation, an impulse purchase that resonates as I continue to grapple with my decision to perhaps never buy a piece of vinyl again until I turn 30.

Fifteen years old and highly impressionable, I paid $60 at the now-defunct Bleecker Bob’s store in Greenwich Village, N.Y.,

prowess. Though his lyrics are just as clever and imagery-oriented as they always have been, efforts on AM present him in a more experimental light. He now seems just as interested in the way his voice sounds as in what it’s saying. This is a new development for Turner, and it pays off big time.

The album’s themes are still largely centered on a perpetually disappointed individual’s perspective on lost love, but the cynic is now nearing 30 and inevitable maturity. Lust and inebriation continue to hold true as primary influences: On “Fireside,” Turner laments, “And I thought I was yours, forever/ Or maybe I was mistaken.” But while he is more self-aware, he still lacks the ability to right his attachment issues, as testified on “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?”

In a strange twist, the most out-of-

place song on the album is the one that sounds most like the Arctic Monkeys.

While “R U Mine?” is by no means a weak track, it listens more like a cut from 2007’s Favourite Worst Nightmare than a product of this new-sounding band. This is not a mark against the record though. It’s more appropriately indicative of the strength of the Monkeys’ garden-fresh material.

The production value throughout the album is phenomenal. Turner’s vocals are frequently accompanied by slight reverb, and his and bandmate Jamie Cook’s guitar work is on point — energetic and penetrating at times, acute and severe at others. Nick O’Malley and Matt Helders, on bass and drums, respectively, round out the group’s relentlessly evolving vibe.

The Arctic Monkeys are not the band they were seven years ago. They’re not

even the band they were two years ago.

They’ve traded the angular punk register with which they broke into the music scene for a thicker, bluesier sound. They’ve lived; they’ve grown up.

And yet the heart of the band remains.

It’s not that the Arctic Monkeys work obliviously in relation to where music stands at the moment; they’re simply far too focused on their own product to care. Whether AM will be viewed as their masterpiece or as the beginning of an impending golden age has yet to be seen, but one thing is fairly certain: As long as the Arctic Monkeys stay together, they’ll refuse to be pinned down for more than a year or two at most. AM is proof that Turner and his crew are still unerringly fearless toward innovation and, in turn, their own self-reinvention.

for a shiny new copy of Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica — a 1969 album of unlistenable avant-garde that’s still regarded as classic, thanks to some influential contrarian writers. The buy was a shallow mistake. As a young music enthusiast and budding audiophile, I needed a “mission statement” record.

I needed to love something bold, especially if I was going to pursue rock criticism. The aforementioned contrarians were my professional role models, and I wanted nothing more than to join their club. Trout Mask Replica — difficult and dissonant — would be my entry ticket.

Nearly four years and many purchased records later, I am quite ashamed of this logic. But in revisiting that day, I also came to a new understanding: Record collecting, for me, was a futile, and perhaps even destructive, practice.

On the surface, there’s the discussion of price and quality. A good vinyllistening experience is nearly impossible without the right setup, which is costly to obtain. Real audiophiles, with their oversized monitors and acoustical wall panels, can tell you with gusto that

an album as sonically rich and dense as My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless sounds heavenly on record. But what I hear on my miniature speakers is tinny and unsubstantial, no matter how much I convince myself it isn’t. As sad as it is, I’d rather just listen from my laptop with headphones.

Record collecting is a hobby worth undertaking for three reasons. First, records are pure and tangible and allow you to listen to music in the way the artist intended it to be heard. Second, music sounds better and fuller on vinyl if you can afford the equipment, as mentioned.

Third, records — or the story of how you came to own a record — are often special, giving the music an added layer of sentimentality and meaning. For instance, a few of the albums I own were given to me by my father, who taught me a lot of what I know about music today. Yet right now, as they sit in the back of my closet collecting dust, I don’t understand their worth. At least not yet.

In many ways, I am the same boy who overpaid for an album he can’t listen to all the way through. Though

I try to fight the impulse, I still sometimes exploit music for my own shallow, selfish purposes by using it to help foster or maintain an image. If you were visiting my dorm room for the first time a year ago, you would inevitably get a red crate of records thrust into your lap, a part of me still perhaps clinging to the notion that having something like Trout Mask Replica in my collection was a universal sign of solidarity for those who “appreciated” esoteric art. But I’ve stopped caring about music that way. I’ve stripped down my tastes to only sounds that move me emotionally, which excludes a great portion of the records I own.

So, in the end, I’ve decided to give up purchasing vinyl until I turn 30, an age at which I might be able to afford an audiophile-worthy setup and be mature enough to buy only music that is meaningful to me. Until then, I’ll listen to my records sparingly, reflecting on the person I wanted to be at one point and wondering how different I’ll be when the embargo is lifted.

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mONARCHS From PAGE 8 the Terps’ playmaker on the edge. Last week, wide receiver Deon Long torched the FIU defense, so Old Dominion keyed in on him early, leaving plenty of chances for Diggs. The sophomore caught six passes for 179 yards and a touchdown.

“I think what happens is, is that people that we play, they have to decide who they’re going to take away or what they’re going to do,” Edsall said.

“I think Old Dominion tried to take C.J. away a little bit this week because of what he did last week. As they took C.J. away, you saw what Brandon did.”

Diggs provided what was easily the highlight of the afternoon in the second quarter on his touchdown catch. Brown found Diggs in the flat, and the sophomore stiff-armed an Old Dominion defender and raced down the sideline before high-

stepping and somersaulting into the end zone for a 41-yard touchdown.

“I’m still young, so hopefully I have better games,” Diggs said. “I think it was an OK game. I haven’t really looked at the stats that much, but I think I had an OK game.”

The defense complemented the offense’s performance with a second straight stingy outing.

The Terps held Old Dominion to its lowest scoring output since the varsity program was created in 2009, and Monarchs quarterback Taylor Heinicke — the reigning Walter Payton Award winner as the best player in the Football Championship Subdivision — threw three interceptions.

Using six defensive backs most of the game to counter Old Dominion’s spread offense, the Terps still managed to get pressure and sacked Heinicke four times. The Terps’ success came in their first game without returning starting cor-

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“i’m still young, so hopefully i have better games. I think it was an ok game. i haven’t really looked at the stats that much, but i think i had an ok game.”

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Terps football wide receiver nerback Jeremiah Johnson, who will miss seven to eight weeks with a fractured bone in his left toe. The Monarchs’ only touchdown didn’t come until five minutes were left in the game and the Terps owned a 47-3 lead.

“We just knew we had to shut down the quarterback,” said safety Sean Davis, who had his first career interception in the game. “He did [win] the Heisman of [FCS], so we knew he was a playmaker, and he definitely brought his ‘A’ game out there. We were just able to outscheme him and outplay him as a whole.”

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equaled their longest winning streak under Edsall and have the opportunity to build on it next week at Connecticut, the coach’s former school.

That possibility is becoming more likely with the way the offense is playing.

But after Saturday’s game — the eighth win in Edsall’s two-plus years in College Park — he was thinking only about what had just happened against Old Dominion. Next Saturday could wait.

“We’ll address all that, I’m sure, this week,” Edsall said.

“But I want to enjoy this one.

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heinicke From PAGE 8 quarter. “But I just knew that as long as I do my job, which is take care of the deep ball, that it will work out. Once I did see that and he got his yards, it was OK. I wasn’t too mad, but yeah, it was hard to not jump off that. We knew he was scrambling, but you never know with that guy, a guy of that caliber. He’s able to run, keep the ball high and then still throw the ball. Our job was to protect against the deep ball.”

For the second straight week, the Terps’ defensive line was in the backfield early and often to disrupt the quarterback. Edge-rushing outside linebacker Marcus Whitfield and inside linebacker L.A. Goree had one sack apiece while defensive end Andre Monroe added two.

The defensive line was also key in forcing Heinicke’s interceptions. With Old Dominion inside the Terps 5-yard line in the second quarter, Whitfield tipped a pass from Heinicke, and inside linebacker Yannick

rams From PAGE 8 on the field, lost our composure with the ball, and that gave them a lot of outlets to pass,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “We didn’t show enough composure in key moments. And it’s disappointing because it wasn’t just the young guys. It was everybody. It was a total team letdown against a good team.”

The Terps backline held for the first half and most o f t h e se co n d h a l f. T h e Rams attempted numerous long passes, but they failed to connect because of the defense and aggressive decision-making from Steffen.

With 12:52 remaining in regulation, though, the first long pass of the game slipped past the Terps defense, leaving Steffen in a one-on-one situation. The freshman committed a foul in the box, and VCU forward Jose Manel made the penalty kick to cut the deficit to one.

Fifty-five seconds later, the first of two successful long passes off Manel’s foot made it through the Terps backline.

Forward Kharlton Belmar was on the receiving end, and he finished past a diving Steffen to tie the game at two.

Cirovski returned several of the Terps starters into the game, including forward Patrick Mullins and midfielder Tsubasa Endoh, but it wasn’t enough. Rams midfielder Devon Fisher slotted the game-winning goal in the 87th minute on another long throughball ball from Manel.

“When you’re young at the back, this is what happens,” said Cirovski, who started three freshmen — Alex Crognale, Chris Odoi-Atsem and Suli Dainkeh — on the backline. “We made some youthful mistakes in the back, but we also were not at our best at the midfield or up front today.”

Just like Friday night, the Terps came out of the gate on the attack, pushing the ball into

cardinal From PAGE 8 the right choices, the offensive problems against Santa Clara (3-2) on Friday were different. For the majority of the game, the Broncos kept eight or nine players behind the ball on defense, making it difficult for the Terps to generate anything in final third of the field. In the end, they failed to put a shot on goal.

“We need to be better in the final third against this type of competition, and that’s the defense of our final third and the attacking of their final third,” Morgan said. “We have to figure out how we’re going to deal with it because we’re a short team

Ngakoue came up with it for his first career pick.

“Playing D-line, that’s a huge part,” defensive end Roman Braglio said. “Rushing the passer, you got to always think about altering the throw. If you can’t get a clean win, you just got to drive the lineman back, put your hands up and try to alter the throw, and we got an interception off it today and a couple knockeddown balls off of it, so I think we did really well.”

The combination of offense and defense has helped the Terps outscore their opponents 90-20 to start the season. There will be more good offenses ahead — Florida State and Clemson loom on the schedule — but for at least one day, the Terps were able to shut down a high-powered attack in a blowout win.

“They have a good defensive scheme, a bunch of twists, a bunch of stunts on the front seven and again, their secondary is very fast, very smart,” Heinicke said. “I feel like this is the best defense we faced.” dgallendbk@gmail.com

their offensive half. Give-andgo plays opened up space for Mullins and midfielder Sunny Jane down the left sideline, but the Terps couldn’t convert.

Endoh and Crognale both had scoring opportunities in the game’s first 10 minutes. Crognale headed a Jane set-piece service from 35 yards in the 10th minute, but VCU keeper Andrew Wells made a diving save to maintain the scoreless tie. Endoh sent a left-footed strike from the top left of the box toward the far post in the 15th minute, but it sailed wide.

The Terps broke through in the 33rd minute when forward Jake Pace netted his third goal of the season, heading a Mullins cross from the left corner into the side netting.

Odoi-Atsem added a goal for the Terps with 19:09 left in the second half. Mullins fed OdoiAtsem down the right sideline, and he finished low past Wells, who finished with eight saves.

But it simply wasn’t enough.

“I’m a captain, and I’m supposed to be leading this team,” Pace said. “Obviously I take responsibility for that. It’s my team. I need to be able to lead us through a situation like that, and we failed tonight.”

The Terps are now in relatively unchartered waters. For the first time in more than three years, Cirovski team has a losing record.

And the 21st-year coach knows much needs to change if his squad desires to return to the type of winning that has become the norm in College Park.

“We need all players to make plays,” Cirovski said.

“And today, our forwards didn’t make plays and our backs didn’t make plays and our goalkeeper didn’t make plays. At the end of the day, the team that makes the bigger plays wins the game, and today we were second-best in that category.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

overall, and I feel like there was some tough matchups for us in those moments.”

Although the Terps flew out to California with high hopes of continuing their trend of dominant performances from their first four games, this setback may prove to be a minor one if the team starts winning again in ACC play.

“We have all the movement, and we have all the right ideas — it’s just executing it,” forward Hayley Brock said. “These were our first two real tests, and it will just take time. The only thing we weren’t doing is putting away our chances. Everything is there, we just got to score.” nmunsondbk@gmail.com

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TERRAPINS 47

10 MONARCHS

ESTABLISHING DOMINION

WIDE RECEIVER STEFON DIGGS (1) catches a 41-yard pass in the in the Terps’ 47-10 win over Old Dominion. Marcus Whitfield (41) sacks Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke (14) during the victory. left: christian jenkins/the diamondback; right: tim drummond/for the diamondback

GAMEDAY: Career days from Diggs, Ross lead Terps to another offensive outburst in blowout of Old Dominion

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer Offensive anemia was the trend for the Terrapins football team last season. Whether it was the cast of quarterbacks leading the offense, the youth and inexperience of the majority of the skill players or the lack of familiarity with offensive coordinator Mike Locksley’s system, there often weren’t positive results from the 2012 offense.

In 2013, that’s been far from the case.

The Terps’ 47-10 victory over Old Dominion before an announced 38,377 at Byrd Stadium on Saturday marked the first time in program history the Terps have scored more than 40 points in back-to-back games to start the season. Running back Brandon Ross and wide receiver Stefon Diggs each set career highs in rushing and receiving yards, respectively. Quarterback C.J. Brown had a hand in four more touchdowns in the rout.

“It’s a new feeling,” Diggs said. “We’re going to continue to work hard. We still

haven’t had our best game — none of us have.

I haven’t had my best game. We’re going to continue to work as a unit. The more we work as a unit, the more we get better.”

While it might be easy to discount the Terps’ early returns because the results came against Florida International and Old Dominion, the Terps could muster only one touchdown against William & Mary in their season opener a year ago. And in this young season, the Terps have already matched the number of 40-point games they had in coach Randy Edsall’s first two years.

After a quiet opener, Ross shone with 149 yards on 18 carries, most of which came in the first half. He hit the holes opened by the offensive line instead of trying to bounce everything outside. On the Terps’ first touchdown drive in the first quarter, Ross rushed four times for 49 yards, capping the march with a five-yard run into the end zone.

While Ross was taking advantage of the opportunities up the middle, Diggs was See monarchs, Page 7

Defense intercepts Monarchs quarterback Heinicke three times, sacks him four times in suffocating performance

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer While the Terrapins football team’s offense posted its highest point total of coach Randy Edsall’s tenure Saturday afternoon against Old Dominion, the defense turned in another noteworthy performance.

Facing one of the best statistical offenses in Division I, the Terps were able to ground the Monarchs’ high-flying spread attack.

Quarterback Taylor Heinicke, who won the Walter Payton Award last season — the Football Championship Subdivision’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy — threw three interceptions, and Old Dominion posted its lowest point total since the team was revived in 2009.

“I feel like this is the best defense I’ve faced in college,” Heinicke said. “Their DBs were the best I’ve seen.”

Heinicke passed for 5,076 yards and 44 touchdowns while running for 11 more in 2012 in one of the best seasons in FCS history.

It was clear the key for the Terps entering

Saturday’s 47-10 win at Byrd Stadium would be to control the quarterback.

And they did. Heinicke completed 18 of 34 for 166 yards. In addition to the three interceptions, the Terps sacked Heinicke four times.

“Well, first of all, let me just say this: That young man is a heck of a football player,” Edsall said. “I have a lot of admiration and respect for Taylor and how he plays the game, and watching him on film, he’s very deserving of every honor he’s received there at Old Dominion. I’m just glad that our kids played the way they did because he’s outstanding.”

Heinicke, a scrambler with the ability to make plays on the run, rushed for 51 yards and frequently found space when his receivers were blanketed downfield. But that was fine with the Terps, who played the majority of the game with six defensive backs on the field.

Heinicke could get his yards on the ground, so long as he didn’t find the deep pass.

“It’s a little frustrating,” said safety Sean Davis, who picked off Heinicke in the first See heinicke, Page 7

MEN’S SOCCER | RAMS 3, TERPS 2

VCU’s late goals lead to stunning victory Rams beat young Terps defense three times in final 13 minutes to erase 2-0 deficit, win

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer

defender suli dainkeh (left) and goalkeeper Zack Steffen (right) react after VCU scored the game-tying goal in Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Rams. rebecca rainey/for the diamondback

The Terrapins men’s soccer team looked poised to win its second game in three days at Ludwig Field last night against Virginia Commonwealth and gain some momentum entering the grind of ACC play.

After a tough West Coast swing, the Terps defeated archrival Duke in front of a record crowd Friday night

and enjoyed a comfortable two-goal advantage over the Rams with 13 minutes left last night.

Then it all changed.

The Terps’ young backline collapsed, the poise and control goalkeeper Zack Steffen displayed for the duration of the game vanished and VCU scored three goals in the final 12:52 to escape with a 3-2 victory at a shocked Ludwig Field.

“We started panicking a little bit See rams, Page 7

WOMEN’S SOCCER | WEEKEND RECAP

Offense disappears in two top-25 losses in California Terps held scoreless by No. 22 Santa Clara, No. 4 Stanford in winless West Coast road swing this weekend

By Nicholas Munson @nickmunson1 Staff writer The last time it played at Cagan Stadium in Stanford, Calif., the Terrapins women’s soccer team walked off the field dejected after an overtime goal by Denver put a sudden end to its season and its hopes of advancing in the NCAA tournament.

This time around, the Terps walked off the field with similar emotions.

Pitted against No. 4 Stanford on Sunday, the No. 15 Terps were shut out for the second consecutive game, falling to the Cardinal, 3-0, and losing to their second ranked team in a row after being defeated by No. 22 Santa Clara, 1-0, on Friday night.

“I’m definitely disappointed because we came out here to get some positive results, and we’re going to end up falling short of what we wanted,” coach Jonathan Morgan said. “We all worked pretty hard,

but we just kind of ran out of gas.”

Stanford (4-0-1) showed why it is one of the top teams in the sport early on in the game, taking the lead over the Terps (4-2) in the 10th minute. After a corner kick, forward Taylor Uhl, a transfer from Minnesota and the nation’s leading scorer in 2012, connected on a header from about 12 yards out, eluding goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands.

Although the Cardinal dominated the stat sheet with the advantage in shots (20-7), shots on goal (9-3) and

corner kicks (10-3), the Terps slowed Stanford down after that initial burst.

Much of that was due to maintaining possession, something Morgan and his players are taking away as a positive from the otherwise substandard showing. Entering the half, they trailed the nation’s fourth-best team by only one goal.

But that slim window of opportunity vanished in the 57th minute. On another Stanford attacking sequence, forward Natalie Griffen sent the ball

deep into the box, and forward Ryan Walker-Hartshorn finished, giving the Cardinal some breathing room for the remainder of the second half.

And in the 89th minute, Stanford struck again. Off a corner kick, Uhl sent a header from the far post past Beanlands for her fourth goal of the season.

While Morgan blamed the ineptitude of the offense versus Stanford on struggling to connect and make See cardinal, Page 7