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SGA pushes for early syllabi availability Resolution urges senate to pass policy requiring syllabi on Testudo

By Sarah Tincher Staff writer Rather than letting students rely on biased teacher reviews and spotty grade reporting on ourUMD.com, members of the SGA hope students will have one more resource at their disposal when

registering for their courses.

With a resolution passed Wednesday, the Student Government Association urged the University Senate to establish a policy for making syllabi available on Testudo during registration, just about a year after the university’s most powerful senate

subcommittee first received an SGA proposal to revamp course syllabi. If it passes in the senate, the policy would require university professors to post preliminary syllabi for students to view at the time of class registration.

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former penn state football player LaVar Arrington (right), along with a panel of higher education officials and experts, discussed last year’s Penn State sex abuse scandal. su hong/the diamondback

Officials discuss Penn State sex abuse scandal Students gather in Knight Hall for event

By Quinn Kelley Staff writer Before a packed audience last night, a former Penn State football player reflected on his experience inside the program some have called too big to fail.

LaVar Arrington, who sat with a panel of experts and higher education officials in Knight Hall before about 75 people, said he disagrees that the school’s cover-up of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s sex abuse scandal resulted from the school having one of the largest athletic programs in the country, what many say amounts to having the most to lose.

Instead, Arrington said, the problem was a product of individuals who did the wrong thing.

“It’s strange when, in justification of something horrible that took place, … [the response is] ‘de-emphasize

athletics,’” he said. “To me, I say it was a sick person.”

Moderated by journalism professor Kevin Blackistone, the panel included University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, former Washington Post Government Affairs Vice President Carol Melamed, and Malcolm Moran, director of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, as well as contributing New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey.

Sponsored by the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, the discussion ranged from Arrington’s inside view to Kirwan’s administrative experience. The former Ohio State president said the scandal illuminated an overarching national problem — the larger-than-life industry intercollegiate athletics has become and the See Panel, Page 3

Driving on through

FIGHTING ON

DOTS student drivers turn campus jobs into full-time careers after graduation

By Bradleigh Chance Staff writer When he was young, Nikolajs Timrots loved to play with his toy cars — but not before drawing maps for them to drive on.

When he was older, he knew he wanted to work in transportation, particularly in the planning field.

Timrots, looking for some larger roads to manage than those on his old drawings, became one of hundreds of students to work for the Department of Transportation Services during their college years. According to Beverly Malone, DOTS assistant

director, student drivers come onboard for the perks, such as being some of the highest paid workers on the campus, and often find ample opportunity for advancement.

“I found out about the student bus driver positions at the First Look Fair my freshman year, but at that point I wasn’t 18 yet,” Timrots said. “The day after I turned 18, I applied. I knew this was right up my alley.”

Now a senior geography and information systems major, Timrots has spent the past four and a half years with the department, including advancing to

Olympic medalists Abby Wambach, Cullen Jones, Mallory Weggemann tell stories of pushing through

By Jenny Hottle Staff writer Twenty meters from the wall, Mallory Weggemann saw her competitors pulling ahead in the London 2012 Paralympics 50 free finals. She took a breath, buried her head in the water and pushed forward.

Upon hitting the wall, she took a look at the block and saw one light blink, signifying a gold medal win — and a new Paralympic record.

Weggemann and fellow Olympians Cullen Jones and Abby Wambach each shared their stories with

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business students Thursday night, detailing how they overcame personal and team challenges in order to achieve their goals.

The Deloitte and U.S. Olympic Committee Roadshow was part of the Smith Undergraduate Student Association’s annual business week, which culminates today in the business school career fair. Deloitte Consulting Services is hosting the 10-stop campus tour nationwide, giving university students the chance to hear athletes’ stories of their journeys to the London games and the opportunity See olympicS, Page 2

Coaches hope to find way to effectively serve on U. Senate Senate members say it’s too early to make exceptions to coaches by offering semester-long, not year-long, terms

By Lauren Kirkwood Staff writer Athletic department officials don’t want their distant offices in Comcast Center to keep them from participating in university policy decisions — and it’s the reason why they hope to find a way to efficiently work on the University Senate.

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After Athletic Director Kevin Anderson submitted a proposal last November, the senate voted to grant the department official representation in April by allotting several senator positions for head coaches. Football coach Randy Edsall and others have expressed interest in filling the senate’s first coach’s seat, but they cannot regularly make senate meet-

ings because of their game and travel schedules. Instead of having to serve a one-year term like all other senators must do, some have instead proposed coaches serve semester-long terms, but members of the Senate Executive Committee — the senate’s most powerful subcommittee — said at their Aug. 29 meeting it is too early to consider grant-

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ing coaches an exception to the policy.

“They have very distinct travel schedules and seasons, so it makes it difficult for them to serve for the entire year,” said senate Executive Secretary and Director Reka Montfort. “Committing to an entire year may be difficult for getting the entire pool of coaches to participate.”

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“It may be an issue in future years finding a coach who can attend both the fall and spring meetings,” she added.

That isn’t a problem for field hockey coach Missy Meharg, who said she can make all meetings. “Since coaches know when they need to travel for games and

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MALLORY WEGGEMANN, a Paralympic medalist, speaks to students at Riggs Alumni Center yesterday about medaling even after a routine epidural injection left her paralyzed from the waist down at 18. At left, Olmypian Abby Wambach’s gold medal. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

OLYMPICS From PAGE 1 to meet with Deloitte employees to discuss their career interests.

Weggemann, who began swimming when she was 7 years old, said she lost hope when a routine epidural injection left her paralyzed from the waist down at age 18.

“I didn’t know where things were going to go from there,” she said.

But after learning about the

Pa ra ly mpics, Weggema n n became determined to get back in the water and start swimming again — this time using the pull of her arms to get her across the pool rather than the push of her legs.

After winning a gold medal, Weggemann said though her ability to walk was taken away, her ability to live was not.

“Every single one of us has a disability,” she said. “We all have something that holds us back if we let it. It’s up to us to push the boundaries. It’s up to

us to take the lead and move forward from there.”

For Wambach, the second highest all-time goal scorer for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, her major challenge followed the U.S. team’s loss to Japan in the 2011 World Cup fi nal.

Disappointed and embarrassed, Wambach said she was determined for her team to win the gold in the 2012 games.

“Nobody was going to beat us — that was our mindset,” Wambach said. “We were not

david davitaia originally attended this university with plans to become a forensic investigator. Although he only meant to work as a DOTS bus driver for two years, the alumnus decided to turn his job into a full-fledged career after graduation. su hong/the diamondback

dots From PAGE 1 his dream position of operations planning manager. Today, he ensures all buses have drivers as a full-time shift supervisor for approximately 15-20 fulltime drivers and up to 60 indirectly at any given time. For Timrots, it’s exciting to think t h at t hou sa nd s of p eople depend on DOTS every day.

“College wouldn’t have been the same without working at Shuttle,” Timrots said. “My education at Maryland has been twofold thanks to Shuttle — you can’t substitute real-life experience.”

“Even before becoming a fulltime worker, students can gain work experiences that really prepare them for the future,” Malone added.

Like any university student, David Davitaia thought his diploma would land him a job related to his major — to his surprise, it was the side job he took on as a freshman that launched his career.

Davitaia started with DOTS in 1997 while he was earning his undergraduate degree. He was looking for a high-paying, easy and fun part-time job, and

heard from a friend that DOTS was hiring bus drivers.

“My major was criminology and criminal justice, and I wanted to be a forensic investigator,” Davitaia said. “So I wasn’t planning to work for DOTS any longer than two years.”

When the clock ticked down on those four semesters, Davitaia said, he’d found there was just as much excitement in the field of transportation as there would be in criminal justice. He said he’s far from unique in choosing to stay on with DOTS after graduation.

“There are dozens of supervisory and management positions that are student jobs and anybody has a great chance to get them,” he said.

Polymnia Manessis happened upon an advertisement back i n May of 2006 for a student IT help desk position for DOTS on a bulletin board.

“I saw that all the requirements fit my experience level and went for it,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I found that the compensation as a student employee was great — better than the average student job, and the hours were flexible because they are understanding of ever-changing student schedules and needs to study

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for exams.”

Manessis frequently gets the opportunity to contribute to project management of software upgrades and hardware migrations that the university is currently undergoing.

“Every week I learn something new or get to create or contribute to some new system or process,” she added. “My e nv i ro n m e nt e n c o u ra ge s continuing education and exploring new technology. Thus, I constantly accrue experience to add to my resume.”

While Timrot said the job has its highlights, such as the “pure chaotic fun” of Halloween, some days come with challenges. It can be difficult to make sure every route is covered, particularly on the weekends when fewer employees want to work.

“If we aren’t perfect, that means a bus that is supposed to be running is not running,” he said. “Sometimes we’re just short staffed ... But we make do, mostly by asking drivers to stay late or come in and help if they can.”

After 15 years of working in the department — as a dispatcher, students’ commercial drivers license trainer, and then a safety training manager — Davitaia is now responsible for shuttle operations, parking enforcement, special event parking and facilities maintenance.

“It’s just as fun as it was when I started 15 years ago,” the alumnus said. “Believe it or not, I wake up every morning as happy and as excited to go to work as I did the very first day I was going to drive a bus in summer of 1997.” chance@umdbk.com

willing to give up.”

Perseverance played a similar role in Jones’ swimming career. A gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jones nearly missed qualifying for the 2012 games.

“I’ve been to the highest stage; I have the gold,” Jones said. “But what’s not clicking?”

He kept training every day, despite his coach’s lack of faith he’d make the Olympic team again. Soon, Jones found himself back in the Olympics and came home from London with one gold and two silver medals.

“If you have a goal and you want to reach that goal, you have to plan how you’re going to get that goal,” he said.

Julia Klein, SUSA finance vice president, said last night’s event was a great way to cap off the

business week.

“It showed how you can take anything and apply it to business,” she said. “It was a combination of fun and business — a really unique event.”

Diane Borhani, the Deloitte national director of campus recruiting, said she hoped students saw the parallels between leading in sports and leading in business.

“We want them to walk away form the USOC campus roadshow thinking about how they can achieve their personal best,” she said.

Like other business students, senior marketing and supply chain management major Amy Garber said she came to the event to learn more about the company and prepare for the

“Nobody was going to beat us — that was our mindset. we were not willing to give up.”

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career fair and was inspired by the athletes’ stories.

Jones said in an interview after the event that he was initially hesitant to join the roadshow. However, he said he realized he could help students take the next step in their lives, overcome their challenges and accomplish their goals.

“They look at us as superheroes,” Jones said. “But we’re not really that different.” hottle@umdbk.com

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Stamp launches new program for event space reservations Students must be certified to use ‘Stamp eCalendar’; officials say system is more efficient and eco-friendly

By Laura Blasey Staff writer Student groups now have a faster, more efficient way to reserve event space on the campus under a new system run through Stamp Student Union allowing them to request space online.

The new software, called Stamp e C a l e n d a r, l i s ts a l l u p c o m i n g events, as well as food services, equipment rentals, risk management and security, a change officials called both environmentally friendly and simpler for students to use. However, users must complete a training session before they can register their group’s event using the online tool, and officials said turnout for the certification workshops has been disappointing.

William Clemm, Stamp assistant operations director, said although only 100 groups completed training last semester, attendance is beginning to pick up.

coaches From PAGE 1 can plan for senate meetings, scheduling shouldn’t pose too much of a problem,” she said. “I think the key is that you know the schedule before,” she said.

Having to grapple with a chaotic and jam-packed schedule simply comes with the territory of being part of a university community, faculty senator William Walters said.

“The football coach can be here today; there’s no football game today.

Every coach can knock an hour or two out of a month’s schedule. … Welcome to a university,” Walters said. “The only possible workaround is if a coach can handle the fall and then they realize they can’t do it, they should resign and a new coach can be elected.”

But allowing coaches to serve for just a semester would still open doors to those who wouldn’t be able to otherwise serve, Meharg said.

Other faculty, staff and student senators, however, said missing a meeting here and there because of games wouldn’t significantly impact coaches’ ability to serve.

“I missed at least a couple of senate meetings because I was teaching,” faculty senator Gay Gullickson said.

“We all have meetings we can’t make.

“It’s one of those things where no one pays attention until it affects them,” he said.

In the past, student groups that wanted to host an event in Stamp needed to first fill out a web form that would be sent to Event Services’ email. Staff would manually add the event into a calendar, and students had to wait and hope there were no conflicts on their desired date. If a conflict arose, staff would contact the students to request alternate dates.

“With the lag time between communications, it was happening quite frequently that somebody would say, ‘I want this space,’ but because [students] took a half hour to reply, somebody else got it,” Clemm said.

With everything online and in real time, students have 24-hour access to the new eCalendar. Clemm said conflicts are minimized with the new system, and the amount of paperwork the office files has been cut in half.

“Previously, students had to work

I don’t think the coaches are in a significantly different position.”

Undergraduate senator Matthew Popkin said most members have complicated and packed schedules, and making an exception for coaches isn’t necessary.

“They’re obviously an unusual constituency in terms of their position in the university,” he said. “If it becomes a really huge problem, we could rethink it and look at it in a few years.”

Either way, Meharg said bringing coaches to the senate will help close the gap between the department and the rest of the university.

“It’s a really great opportunity to increase communication between our department and the president’s office,” she said. “Just to have, I think, a very realistic perspective for faculty and for administration on life in the athletic department and vice versa.”

Anderson said the change will better incorporate members of the athletic department — including student-athletes — rather than having the department operate so far away from everyone else.

“It is an outstanding opportunity for us to listen and also exchange ideas with the many talented students on this campus,” he said. kirkwood@umdbk.com

the sec discusses allowing head coaches to serve semester-long terms at its Aug. 29 meeting. Some coaches have said they could not serve in the body for a full year because of travel schedules. file photo/the diamondback

SGA From PAGE 1 “With the resolution, SGA shows widespread student support for this common sense change,” SGA academic affairs Vice President Ryan Heisinger wrote in an email.

“If passed in the Senate, students will have access to much more information than just a course title and a one- or two-sentence description when choosing their classes.”

Several students said this resource would help prevent miscommunication about course content and expectations.

Junior journalism major Josh Axelrod experienced this when he enrolled in GEOG 140: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Floods, and Fires in his first semester at the university.

“It made it sound like the class was going to be about natural disasters, but it was really about the ins-and-outs of estuaries … I think I escaped with a C+,” Axelrod said. “I would like to think [the

initiative] would keep things like this from happening.”

The legislation passed in the Senate Executive Committee 9-4 — seven of the nine voting in favor were faculty and two were students and all four in opposition were faculty — and will move into the general body of the senate, which will be voting on the bill in its next meeting Sept. 20. While members have expressed concern the added requirement would be burdensome to professors, SGA Speaker of the Legislature Matthew Popkin said there’s no need for the legislation to be contentious.

“It’s just providing one more option for students to make an educated decision on how to choose their classes,” he said.

While the body should avoid creating unnecessary hassle for professors and instructors, Popkin added, the university should prioritize improving transparency in course registration.

“I felt that the benefits to students outweighed [the faculty’s] concerns,” he said.

around our office hours, and we send emails during office hours. If they didn’t reply in time, then they won’t hear from us until the next business day,” Event Services Coordinator Amber Dowtin said. “Now, students, when they have time to do that, can, at 4 in the afternoon or 3 in the morning.”

The software itself is not new — the university purchased Event Management Software before Stamp adopted it last January. The eCalendar, a feature of that software, opened up to students May 1.

Students must earn Stamp Event Certification before they can be entered into the system, and only three members per group may be certified, although the certification lasts until they graduate.

Event services staff will hold certification workshops throughout the semester; nine have been held so far, and three more are planned. During training, student group representatives are taught the basics of the

software and event planning. The seminars end with a short test, which students must pass with a score of 85 percent or higher.

Sophomore finance major Khalil Pettus, who founded the student group Rising Business Leaders in the spring, said he used the new system a few days ago to schedule their first general meeting in the grand ballroom lounge.

“It’s very straightforward — it tells you what rooms are available and even their dimensions, which is good if you want to do a layout. It’s definitely beneficial to help organize as a new club.”

Groups are not necessarily required to complete the certification process, but only certified members may use the eCalendar, which is the only means of reserving spaces and planning events in campus facilities.

In addition to allowing students to apply for space and services in the student union, the software also allows students to reserve and plan

events through Campus Recreation Services and in outdoor spaces and classrooms around the campus, and Clemm said Stamp may expand the program in the future. Students can also look at their past reservations and edit upcoming ones, and see what other permits, meetings and reservations are needed to hold a successful event.

“The new software is very userfriendly,” Terp Thon Operations Chair Matthew Tripsas wrote in an email. “When you are making a reservation, it prompts you with questions that you may not have even thought about in terms of your event.”

Tripsas, who was certified on behalf of Terp Thon, used the software to schedule the organization’s upcoming Color for the Kids race on Sept. 22.

“I am not familiar with what the system was previously, but this one has yet to disappoint,” Tripsas added. blasey@umdbk.com

former penn state football player LaVar Arrington (center), along with a panel of experts, speaks to a crowd of about 75 in Knight Hall Thursday. Arrington told the audience Penn State’s problems stemmed from individuals who made the wrong decisions, rather than from an over-emphasis on athletics. su hong/the diamondback

Panel From PAGE 1 high salaries universities shell out to top football coaches.

“Individuals at institutions have done egregious things in order to sustain the competitive, the nature of the enterprise,” Kirwan said.

“I’m just deeply concerned by the trajectory we’re on and where I think we’re headed with intercollegiate athletics … It has gotten way out of whack, way out of balance,” he added.

Several panelists said the scandal had demonstrated the corrupting nature of money in athletics.

“I’ve been to a lot of great sports events, I’ve written about them … always as a columnist I’ve raised the issue, ‘What is King Football’s role in all of this?’” Vecsey said. “I see it as an institutional and not a Penn State problem.”

Vecsey also raised the question of the role of journalists in looking into possible crimes like those at Penn State.

“The question is, what do you suspect, what do you know?” Vecsey said. “What do you trust? At what point do you start throwing rumors around?”

Melamed said although Penn State’s athletic power structure may not have been the only thing to blame for the crimes committed, people must take into account “institutional power and resulting silencing.”

Moran also touched on his personal experience as a member of the Penn State community, where he saw the struggle student journalists at Penn State faced between pursuing the story and feeling its effects as university students.

“It’s been very personal because I’ve lived there; I’ve been on the faculty,” Moran said. “I’ve seen how it’s affected people.”

Later, Melamed noted the janitor who allegedly witnessed Sandusky raping a boy in the shower in 2000, but after telling a supervisor and other janitors, the incident was not reported to officials. However, Arrington said the situation would have been the same in any situation where an employee feared for his or her job if he or she spoke out.

Freshman journalism major Sam Stern said although he didn’t agree with every point he made, he thought Arrington was a key component on a panel that otherwise agreed on most

issues Blackistone and audience members raised.

“He was kind of the devil’s advocate,” Stern said.

Though Arrington said he always respected Paterno, he’s experienced other internal struggles since news of the scandal broke.

“I knew one of the victims. I was used. How do I make sense of that?

How do you expect me to make sense of that?” he said. “Did I see something? Did I miss something? What did I miss?”

Freshman journalism major Matt Present said he took away an understanding there was no easy solution to the problems and questions of the Penn State scandal.

“I think the point that stood out most is the realization among such experts that the problem is too big to be fixed, and I think that’s scary,” he said.

Kirwan said he doesn’t believe the problem can be addressed one institution at a time.

“It’s going to take collective action, either internally within higher education … or through some external force.” kelley@umdbk.com

Several professors, such as biochemistry and chemistry professor Jason Kahn, said the policy could work for both students and faculty. Kahn wrote in an email he thinks there should be an available archive of tentative or past syllabi, but students should not expect their course to follow that outline exactly.

“I’m not opposed in principle to making syllabi widely available,” Kahn wrote. “Future syllabi are much harder to obtain than past syllabi, and past syllabi are not always a good guide to how future faculty will handle the same course.”

Heisinger added that once logistics are worked out, implementing the proposal would be relatively simple for faculty and would pay off greatly for students.

“I think students have oftentimes been frustrated when courses they’ve enrolled in haven’t been what they expected them to be,” Heisinger wrote.

“And that doesn’t do anybody any good — the students or the professor.” tincher@umdbk.com

THE SGA voted Wednesday in favor of a resolution urging the University Senate to require professors to post syllabi on Testudo during the registration period. The senate will vote on the issue Sept. 20. file photo/the diamondback

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he Sept. 10 Diamondback article, “Second work group report to address alleged workplace abuse,” reveals the continuing effort by university President Wallace Loh to minimize the complaints of abuse workers on this campus suffer.

At every turn, Loh attempts to diminish the workers’ credibility with statements such as, “I think we’ve made very good progress. We’ve just turned this place upside down … we just did not find it,” in reference to the complaints.

He then adds, “But there were still, nonetheless, issues that we needed to improve.” This is just another variation of the same ridiculous theme. Earlier, a report prepared by the president’s Human Resources Working Group claimed they “found no fundamental issues that create a ‘toxic workplace.’”

Here is what Loh is not telling you: Members of this state’s legislature have recently gotten involved with the issue.

A group of delegates directly expressed their concerns to Loh in a meeting in his office last month. Loh and other university officials met with state Delegates Aisha Braveboy (D-Prince George’s), Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-Montgomery) and Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-Anne Arundel and Prince George’s). Solomon Comissiong and Ron Zeigler of the campus’ Black Faculty and Staff Association, Facilities Management employee Don Mitchell, student Sisi Reed, alumna Andrea Zamudio and senior officials of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Patrick Moran and Stuart Katzenberg all also attended. Some of those present said the meeting was cordial and professional; however, the delegates made it clear they were aware of the plight of workers on this campus and expect progress will be made.

The role of organized labor is notable.

From the union’s standpoint, the matter has now escalated. If Loh has a problem with any of that, he only has himself to blame. The original report on the worker abuse, composed by the BFSA, was published May 27, 2011, and landed on Loh’s desk soon afterward.

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Furthermore, when Loh claims the administration has “turned this place upside down,” what about the long list of grievances campus employees have filed through AFSCME Local 1072, going back for years? Did Loh just forget about all the grievances workers have filed?

Meanwhile, Abe Goodwin, long-time Facilities Management employee, told me yesterday he previously filed a complaint through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about the problems he faced here. He said, “There are at least three others just in my shop alone that filed complaints” with the EEOC. Keep in mind the vast majority of housekeepers — some of the lowest paid employees on the campus, typically making less than $30,000 per year — are African-American and Hispanic. And Loh does not see a problem here?

Then, there are the campus employees who have sought legal counsel. Prior to my resignation last summer, I consulted an attorney when I took leave through the Family and Medical Leave Act. There is an untold story of all the campus employees who have had to take leave for work-related illnesses, including stress and injury. Does Loh have no knowledge of any of this?

There has been a concerted effort by students who have been supporting the workers through the Justice at Maryland group. Every step of the way, the students have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with workers at rallies and open forums.

Some have gone through the trouble of getting up in the early hours of the morning to meet with Facilities Management workers who have to be on duty at 4 a.m., pulling trash and performing maintenance.

Legislators and senior union officials are getting involved. Employees are filing union grievances and civil rights complaints and talking to attorneys. Students are mobilizing and networking with the workers. Is Loh getting any of this?

STAFF EDITORIAL

Win or lose, Root for the home team The Terps football team’s performance against William & Mary at its home opener two weeks ago — where it barely slipped by with a win — had fans anticipating a fairly pitiful season. And while the team surprised everyone last weekend after beating Temple, 36-27 (redeeming itself from last year’s embarrassing 38-7 loss at Byrd Stadium), we doubt anyone’s booking plane tickets to a bowl game.

The first few weeks of football training weren’t pretty. Starting quarterback C.J. Brown tore his ACL and several other players endured serious injuries, leaving the team with seven first-time starters — five of whom are true freshmen — at its first game. Fans want a winning team, but attendance at the home opener was pitiful. Only 31,321 fans showed up, leaving the team with its smallest opening-day crowd since 1997.

Hopefully, last Saturday’s Temple game gave fans a reason to keep showing up; but given the last couple years’ attendance records, there isn’t much reason to believe things will significantly improve. It hasn’t been an easy year for the athletic department, and student support is needed more than ever.

By now, pretty much everyone knows the story. A task force found the department’s reserves were completely depleted and without

changes, it was going to accrue a $4.7 million deficit in fiscal year 2011. That prompted university President Wallace Loh to ultimately cut seven teams in July, shrinking the department to a 20-team program in the hopes of balancing the budget by 2015. The athletic department is in a state of recovery, and part of that recovery includes increased ticket sales to transform it into the powerhouse it once was.

OUR VIEW

It’s important for students to attend football games if we ever want to see our athletic department get back to its former glory.

Sure, students already pay for tickets as part of their athletic fee, but that doesn’t mean showing up in droves at games won’t help the department recover. Home field advantage exists for a reason, but without strong student and alumni support at those games, the team may as well be traveling across the country every weekend to play in front of someone else’s fans. At least at away games the stadiums will be more full.

If fans want the athletic department to ever bounce back and become what it once was, the teams need the

support they had a decade ago. People complain the university doesn’t have the sports culture and school spirit of schools like LSU and Alabama, but we could get a little closer to that by having fewer empty seats. After all, part of being a fan means unwavering support for your team.

Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m., the Terps face UConn — coach Randy Edsall’s former team — at Byrd Stadium. Maybe it won’t be a great game. But maybe, just maybe, the Terps can do enough to pull out a win. But without a rowdy crowd, we’re not sure this is possible. Defensive end A.J. Francis called on fans last week, saying, “I hope the fans take away the fact that Byrd Stadium needs to be jumping next week when UConn rolls into town and we can go 3-0. That’s what we need. We need to go 3-0. Every game is important. You can’t let one slide.”

We’re not blaming fans for not wanting to go to the games; there are probably other things you want to be doing with your Saturday afternoons. You don’t need to show up to every game, but find time to make your support known. The team wants to make its fans proud just as much as fans want something to be proud of.

The saying goes, “victory has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” If Terps fans hope their football team can prove everyone wrong, the fans will first have to show that proverb doesn’t hold true in College Park.

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Mike Fekula is a former campus employee and a 1984 alumnus of this university. He can be reached at fmtico8@hotmail.com.

Nice to meet you, Mr. President

We need Loh to share his opinions more often

ERIK SHELL Last week, university President Wallace Loh wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post defending the DREAM Act. An immigrant by choice, Loh told the story of a boy who lived the American dream by working his way tirelessly up the rungs of society until reaching the esteemed and powerful position he holds today.

Unless you’re new to this university, you are aware Loh will occasionally send out a long, well-worded email on a particular topic that has affected this university. These have been infrequent, but have always taken a decisive and generally accepted stance.

Loh’s recent opinion article, however, was quite different. I, for one, felt as though I was hearing the president’s voice for the first time since transferring here in 2010. His words were both safe and planned, but seemed to be his own and carried the weight of his story behind them.

In fact, I wouldn’t mind if Loh did this more often. I don’t just speak for myself when I say I don’t feel any sort of academic, individual or even administrative connection to Loh in my day-to-day life on the campus. I know where his office is generally located, but beyond that I’ve got nothing. I believe that at least a basic knowledge of where he stands on current education issues would help humanize this important man, who is directing this university.

For some background, I transferred to this university from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, where I was fortunate enough to have a personal connection with the president there,

Judson Shaver. I brought to his attention a very serious public relations issue students had with the administration.

He cared very much about breaking down walls, and cared even more about enabling honest — sometimes difficult — discussion to take place about tough issues.

Granted, this was at a private school with just over 2,000 students.

Nevertheless, I believe this concept should still hold true at an institution as large as ours. Whatever your place is at this university, you interact with many people and are capable of spreading ideas.

We often forget that we’re all here for the same reason: to graduate with an education. I feel confident in saying that we all have a vested interest in how that goal is accomplished.

I’m not saying Loh should release his voting record — I’d rather he didn’t, as the polls are private places.

But, as is the case with the DREAM Act debate, some of these issues directly affect us as both students and young adults entering a frightening labor market. It’s nice to know that someone with so much power is putting his foot down for education reform he believes in.

It’s not even that we need to agree with his views. I find it hard to believe we could ever all be on the same page on any single issue. But thinking critically about how you, I and the many generations after us are educated is a quality that I highly value in an administrative official. Knowing that we’re all in this together – including the president – sets my aching undergraduate heart at ease.

Erik Shell is a sophomore classical languages and literatures and history major. He can be reached at shell@umdbk.com.

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The bonds of love

Relationships and atomic bonding may be more related than you think

MATT RICE What is love? Plenty of conflicting answers to that question are often thrown around. Love is blind; love is a give and take; there is no greater love than this; to lay down one’s life for a friend. During one of my materials science classes, I began to think of human interactions in relation to the different ways atoms bond together, and to my surprise, the comparison actually went fairly deep.

Ionic bonding consists of one atom taking another atom’s electron, which leads to a strong attraction between the two ions.

Like the selfish atom that takes an electron without giving, many people see relationships only as a way to get what they want: All’s fair in love and war.

Tragically, those who believe love is blind can be abused by these individuals, because these people don’t see their abusers as they really are. The archetypal plot of the football captain or head cheerleader who plays on a nerd’s infatuation to get them to do his or her homework comes to mind. Or, for a more serious case, consider the guy who cheats on

his wife with a woman who believes he will eventually get a divorce and marry her, while he really only wants sex. Both are examples of relationships based on one person extorting something from another — keeping them complacent through attraction.

Ionic bonding leads to materials like flower pots and dishes, which are difficult to break slowly, but when dropped can immediately shatter irreparably. Likewise, an inequitable relationship can be hard to break out of gradually. Yet when the victim finally realizes the abuser’s true nature, it is bound to end abruptly and unpleasantly.

Covalent bonds are formed when two atoms each share an electron with each other. Neither atom completely gives away their electron, and both get the advantage of having two electrons. “Give and take” relationships, from hookups to lab partners, are similar to this. Each party gives some and receives some in return, but holds back, not giving fully. They are mutually beneficial agreements, not true love.

Covalent bonds give rise to both plastics and diamonds. Like plastic, these relationships simply don’t feel completely real or authentic.

Of course, if the giving and taking is equal and done with consent, these relationships are fair, but if there is no willingness to give more selflessly, then they come from hearts

as hardened as diamond. Should spouses simply be business partners who both derive equal benefits from their marriage contract? Should we have friends simply because we both enjoy each other’s company? That is good, but not enough to form a truly authentic relationship.

Metals have an amazing type of bonding. Each atom releases its electrons to flow freely though the material, receiving nothing in return. Most of the truly inspiring people through history have lived only to give. Think of Medal of Honor recipients who laid on grenades to protect their fellow soldiers or of parents who work long, hard hours to give their children the opportunity of education. Think of Mother Teresa, who cared for the destitute. Or ultimately, Jesus, who willingly gave His life.

Selfless giving defines authentic relationships. Like metals, relationships based on mutual self-giving are tough, able to go through a lot of strain and stay together. While some rust might build up if one person becomes complacent, it can be wiped off. Even if an extreme trial tears the relationship apart, it can be welded. In the depths of our souls, we all desire this kind of relationship. Why accept anything less than this gold standard?

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

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REEL NEWS REVIEW | FINDING NEMO 3D

just keep swimming Nine years after its original release, Pixar’s Finding Nemo returns to the big screen with 3D elements

“He touched the butt!”

That’s one of the great lines from the Disney/Pixar 2003 classic Finding Nemo, whispered as Nemo the clown fish stubbornly places his fin on a big black object.

The “butt,” of course, isn’t a butt at all, but a mispronunciation of “boat.”

In the original Pixar film, the boat was merely a floating vehicle. But in Finding Nemo 3D, the boat has popped to life.

The film — an Odyssey-like chase through the ocean — had plenty of life to begin with. Pixar does the beautiful original justice by saving the heightened 3D until just the right moment.

That tactic works brilliantly. Instead of being distracted with large popouts as in some 3D films, Nemo 3D keeps it classy to shine most of the light on the film’s storyline, plot, characters and original beauty. The 3D just takes it to the next level.

The ocean sways in the 2003 original. But it bounces and ripples in 3D; particles float in the third dimension to mirror the actual Great Barrier Reef. Action scenes, such as the one where Marlin is being chased by a deep-sea angler and the segment among the jellyfish, are upgraded to real-life chases.

But if there’s one scene that could have used a bit more popping magic in the third dimension, it’s the East Australian Current sea turtle section. The visual with the characters rushing toward the screen in a stream of ocean water would surely have been fascinating and would have matched the caliber of the other upgraded action scenes.

Not to be forgotten is the animated Toy Story short that precedes the film. Entitled “Partysaurus Rex,” it’s about the green dinosaur trying to throw a rager for the toys of the bathtub.

It’s not often you come across a 3D film with its original elements wholly preserved, magically enriched and worth the extra bucks to see upgraded, but then again — as we learned in 2003 — Nemo 3D isn’t just any film.

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PREVIEW | GREENSKY BLUEGRASS

the grass is always bluer on the other side

By Zachary Berman Senior staff writer Even as far back as 2000, when Greensky Bluegrass was formed, mandolinist Paul Hoffman knew he didn’t want the group to be just another bluegrass band.

“We’re just sort of doing what we like and what we want to play,” Hoffman said. “Our musical tastes are really broad, so even though a lot of our musical ideas aren’t really bluegrass, we aren’t afraid to try them because it’s what we dig.”

Based out of Kalamazoo, Mich., Greensky Bluegrass has cultivated a reputation in the national bluegrass community as a premiere band, taking the music out of the backwoods and modernizing it in a way acceptable to fans and non-fans of the genre alike.

As with other major acts in the modern scene, the quintet is well-known for its mix of strong songwriting and epic live performances that often feature long-form improvised jams and decidedly non-traditional song selections.

According to Hoffman, choosing to play non-bluegrass covers, such as Pink Floyd’s “Time” or Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” started out as more of a practical decision within the band.

“In the early stages of the band, when we were playing a lot

of bars in Michigan, the non-bluegrass tunes by musicians like Prince helped to convert people to bluegrass,” Hoffman said.

“In Michigan, a lot of people at the time, including myself, weren’t that familiar with bluegrass. When we would come out and play Pink Floyd, the audience would like that, and once they did, it was a kind of gateway to the music of Earl Scruggs and other traditional artists.”

After discovering the genre, Hoffman quickly ascended to the role of a bluegrass picker. Initially a guitar player, Hoffman happened to see mandolin legend David Grisman at a concert and then decided to buy a mandolin. Not long after, Hoffman, banjoist Michael Arlen Bont and guitarist Dave Bruzza got together and Greensky Bluegrass began.

Hoffman prefers to describe his band’s many line-up changes since their inception — from a three-piece bar band to ecstatic improvisational quintet — as growth and evolution rather than a simple case of moving pieces.

“I think it’s important to stay current and grow and change,” Hoffman said. “All music sort of does it, but we’re lucky with bluegrass in a lot of ways because it’s a smaller genre so it’s a little easier to stand out. I don’t envy the guys that decide to be in the band with bass, guitar, keyboards and drums because there certainly are a lot of those and I imagine it’s far more challenging to get noticed.”

With this mindset, it’s surprising to see the band receiving recognition as a signpost in the evolution of bluegrass as a musical art form. Just this past year, after the group’s performance at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, Rolling Stone singled out the group as representing the new generation of bluegrass.

In the same year, Greensky Bluegrass’ new record Handguns debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard bluegrass charts.

“It was pretty gratifying to get that kind of recognition for something we worked so hard for and to see that the stuff we do matters,” Hoffman said.

With so many musical avenues opening for Greensky Bluegrass, Hoffman couldn’t be more proud to be a part of a band that is always developing new sounds within its acoustic context.

“We get the nod from the traditional bluegrass guys because we’re doing it right, but we also get the nod from the nontraditional bluegrass guys because we are doing it wrong,” Hoffman said. “It’s kind of like that old saying: You gotta learn the rules to break the rules.”

Greensky Bluegrass will perform at Baltimore’s 8x10 Club tonight. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Tickets cost $12. berman@umdbk.com

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Reed, Brock score in team’s 2-1 win

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer Pe r m a ne nt m a rke rs i n hand, the Terrapins women’s soccer team signed autographs at Ludwig Field last night.

But T-shirts and posters weren’t the only things the Terps left their permanent mark on.

They also scarred ACC rival No. 12 North Carolina (5-2-1, 0-1-0 ACC) with a 2-1 victory.

The win marked the second time in Tar Heels history the program lost three consecutive years to the same team.

The Terps were the victors in 2010 and 2011 with the same 2-1 score, but the team still trails 3-30-1 in its all-time series.

“That group of girls just showed a ton of guts,” coach Jonathan Morgan said. “Everyone’s starting to understand what Maryland soccer is all about.”

The Terps (5-2-1, 1-0-0) jumped to a quick lead after a fi rst-half goal from forward

Alex Reed. North Carolina goalkeeper Adelaide Gay left the net open for Reed to score a simple ground ball goal.

Forward Hayley Brock then gave the Terps a bigger lead in the 55th minute when she finished a cross from teammate Danielle Hubka.

“When I scored that goal, I couldn’t believe it,” Reed said.

“It feels amazing. We can beat anyone in the country when we put our minds to it.”

But it wasn’t so easy.

It was the Terps’ most difficult game this season. In the last seven minutes with a one-goal lead, the Terps handled three shots from the Tar Heels, each one closer to a score than the last. Defenders even stopped a bicycle kick from North Carolina’s Maria Lubrano and two headers from Crystal Dunn and Kelly McFarlane.

“You’re always nervous at that point in the game,” Morgan said. “There were a couple that were pretty close calls.”

The pressure started after the Terps fouled Lubrano

Forward Hayley Brock celebrates after scoring the Terps’ second goal of the game in a 2-1 victory over North Carolina last night at Ludwig Field. charlie deboyace/the diamondback inside the 18-yard box. The Tar Heels midfi elder netted her team’s only goal off the 78th minute penalty kick, decreasing the Terps’ lead to one.

Goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands had two saves and faced 14 shots and six corner kicks.

With 12 shots last night, it was the fi rst time this season the Terps took fewer shots than their opponent.

But on thei r home tu rf under the lights and in front of a 1,500-person crowd, the Terps had no choice but to play a physical match.

“That was the most intense

game of my career,” defender Erika Nelson said. “I’ve never played in a game like this.”

The Terps will likely need to play more games exactly like that. They face five consecutive ACC opponents, beginning with Sunday’s match against Clemson and followed

by Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia and Virginia Tech. “ We h ave to re fo c u s,” Nelson said. “Yes, we won this game, but we have five other ACC games that we have to prepare for. This is just one game. We can’t stop here.” egan@umdbk.com

MEN’S SOCCER

Terps travel to play improved Wolfpack

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer A fast start is nothing new to the Terrapins men’s soccer team. Their opponent tonight, though, is in uncharted waters.

No. 18 N.C. State is off to its best start since 1982 and has the opportunity to tie the program’s fastest start ever when the Wolfpack take on the No. 3 Terps at Dail Soccer Stadium in Raleigh, N.C. It’s a stark turnaround from the team’s position a mere two seasons ago. From 2000 to 2010, the Wolfpack finished over .500 just three times under coach George Tarantini, totaling an 84-108-17 (16-55-8 ACC) record in that span.

But coach Kelly Findley is helping change N.C. State’s fortunes in just his second season at the helm.

“The whole team has bought in,” Terps coach Sasho Cirovs-

ki said. “There’s a lot of really good individual players, but as a unit, they’re exceptional.

They’re going to be a handful in the ACC this year.”

The Terps (4-0-1, 1-0-0 ACC) travel to N.C. State (6-0-0, 0-0-0) to renew a rivalry that has largely been one-sided.

They haven’t fallen to the Wolfpack since a road game in 2005, and Cirovski is 15-3-2 all-time against it.

Enter Findley. Since arriving in Raleigh in December 2010, the former Butler coach has overhauled the program and stocked it with talent, either through transfers or recruiting. In Findley’s first game last season, eight starters were making their N.C. State debut.

College Soccer News ranked Findley’s fi rst full recruiting class No. 12 nationally.

“I’ve heard a lot about them,” midfielder John Stertzer said.

“It’s going to be a good game.

It’s going to be a tough road ACC game. Every ACC team is good, so we just have to come in with our best mentality and mindset to get another win.”

The Terps beat the Wolfpack, 3-1, last September at Ludwig Field in Findley’s fi rst visit to College Park. Tomorrow will likely be more of a challenge.

“They’re an outstanding team,” Cirovski said. “They’re the real deal. We’ve seen them on tape and they’re really good. They deserve to be 6-0 and they deserve their ranking at this point.”

Wolfpack midfielder Alex Martinez has played a key role in N.C. State’s hot start.

The junior transfer from High Point leads the ACC with 14 points (five goals, four assists) this season and has scored in four straight games.

The Wolfpack has yet to play a team ranked in the top 25, so while the Terps get

their second ACC road test — they beat then-No. 24 Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., last Friday, 4-0 — the Wolfpack will be getting its first chance to see how they stack up against nationally ranked competition.

But after a dissatisfying 3-1 win over UMBC on Tuesday, the Terps are focused on their own performance — not on the surging Wolfpack.

After all, they want to end N.C. State’s undefeated streak and extend their own.

“Ultimately, the game is going to come down to us because we didn’t play the way we wanted to [Tuesday],” defender London Woodberry said. “I think the biggest concern is us. We’re not really worried about them. As long as we play our game, we’re going to get the result that we want.” dgallen@umdbk.com

to be against Connecticut.”

It’s an understandable approach. After all, tomorrow’s contest will be significant to Edsall for far more than familiar faces. The Terps have already matched last year’s win total and are now hoping to go 3-0 for the first time since their 2001 ACC Championship run. Coming off a 2-10 debacle in his debut season, Edsall has a chance to experience real momentum for his fi rst time with the Terps.

To do that, though, he’ll likely need to figure out a way for his young offense to penetrate UConn’s loaded defensive line. Comprised of five of Edsall’s former players — Trevardo Williams, Sio Moore, Blidi Wreh-Wilson, Dwayne Gratz and Jesse Joseph — the

VITALE From PAGE 8 UConn hired him in 1999 and watched him transition the program into a Division 1-A school in just three years. He got the Huskies a new stadium — the 40,000-seat Rentschler Field — in 2003, got them into the Big East in 2004 and led them to their first bowl win — a 39-10 shellacking of Toledo in the Motor City Bowl — the same year.

Edsall gave the entire state a reason to watch, a reason to care. Basketball was still king, but football wasn’t so far behind anymore. They weren’t Ohio State or Michigan, but they were good enough to make us tune in every Saturday.

I know I did. I followed them all throughout their FBS rise.

I watched when quarterback Dan Orlovsky led UConn to its first-ever Division I winning record in 2003. I watched when running back Donald Brown rushed for an NCAA-leading 2,083 yards in 2008 and led the Huskies to an International Bowl victory. And I watched when Edsall coached them all the way to a Big East title and a

unit is the heart of a defense that ranks third nationally in total defense and No. 1 against the run (28.5 yards per game).

“T he on ly thing he said is the defense is going to be coming hard,” defensive end A.J. Francis said. “He knows they have some athletes on defense and they’re going to try their best to make plays against our offense.”

And they likely won’t need any added motivation. Edsall ensured as much when he chose to board a plane to Maryland instead of flying back to Connecticut with his team after that Fiesta Bowl.

“When they get on the field, I’m pretty sure it almost turns into a rivalry game,” Todman said. “We had no history with Maryland, and the fact that our coach is there, they feel like they have something to prove.” letourneau@umdbk.com

Fiesta Bowl appearance in 2010.

And when he left UConn to take over the Terrapins football team following that season? I was ecstatic. He built a respected program in a state whose recruiting grounds are as fertile as the Sahara Desert.

There’s no reason why he can’t fi nd even more success in this talent-rich state.

And if he fi nally does, Terps fans will begin to care again.

The win totals might be low a nd attend a nce m ig ht be down, but Edsall has created more out of less before.

I dropped everything to watch the Huskies lose a dull bowl game, 24-10, to an unexciting Demon Deacons team in 2007. And five years later, I’m still watching Edsall.

“The state of Connecticut — and the University of Connecticut — is a really special place for me,” Edsall said Tuesday. “I’ll always be indebted to the people from the state of Connecticut.”

The people of Connecticut are indebted to him, too.

Someday, maybe Terps fans will be, too. vitale@umdbk.com

FIELD HOCKEY

McEvoy, Sprink filling in for departed stars Terps will host Boston College tonight

By Nicholas Munson Staff writer When Under-21 U.S. National Team members Katie Gerzabek and Maxine Fluharty left on Saturday for the PanAmerican Games in Mexico, there were plenty of looming questions for the Terrapins field hockey team.

What holes would their departures leave in the Terps’ offense? Which players would step up in their absence?

The Terps found the answer in two players normally accustomed to stopping the opposing attack rather than helping out their own. Defenders Ali McEvoy and Sarah Sprink exploded in Sunday’s 6-0 Dartmouth win, combining for four goals and two assists.

And when the No. 4 Terps host No. 18 Boston College in their ACC opener tonight, Missy Meharg sees the elevated play of both McEvoy and Sprink as something the whole team should be striving for.

“Everyone has grown a full year in terms of understanding how to make an impact on the field,” the 25th-year coach said.

“And they’re all willing to do so — all of them have a competitive fire to perform in every game.”

After being absent from the stat sheet in the Terps’ (5-1, 0-0 ACC) first three games, McEvoy has come on strong in the last three. She scored a goal in each of the Terps’ wins over then-

No. 15 Ohio State and then-No. 19 Massachusetts before notching her first career hat trick against the Big Green.

Sprink, on the other hand, only has two games under her belt.

The German native made her first career appearance for the Terps on Saturday and her first-ever start on Sunday, scoring a goal against Dartmouth to make a strong first impression in the U.S. “The team is just a big family, and you don’t have this that much in Germany or in Europe for that matter,” Sprink said. “You have your team, but you’re not stuck together that much. Here, we have a great time and it’s so much fun. It’s different here.”

T h e y ’re b o t h p a r t of a defense that has been seemingly impenetrable. The Terps haven’t surrendered a goal in the last 261 minutes and have allowed Ohio State, UMass and Dartmouth to get off just a combined four shots on goal.

Meharg will be honored before the game tonight for reaching her 25th season at the helm. And the way her team has been clicking lately — even without Gerzabek and Fluharty — a blowout victory seems like a perfect way to celebrate her tenure with the Terps.

“We don’t really like to call it ‘breathing room,’” McEvoy said, “but we do really like to just play intense against our opponents.” munson@umdbk.com

STATLINE Terps women’s soccer team’s performance in its 2-1 win vs. North Carolina last night

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Assists

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

TERPS GAMEDAY

THE MATCHUP

MARYLAND TERRAPINS

CONNECTICUT HUSKIES

2-0

1-1

WHEN Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

WHERE Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium TV ACC Network LINE Huskies by 3 DATA Coach Randy Edsall’s Terps will play against his former team tomorrow. Edsall coached at UConn for 12 seasons.

TERPS TRACKER 2012 TEAM STATS TERPS

HUSKIES

Passing (YPG)

167.5

214.5

Rushing (YPG)

117.5

91

Total

285

305.5

Points per game

21.5

22

Opponents’ PPG

16.5

5

KEY MATCHUP TERPS

RUNNING BACKS

HUSKIES vs.

DEFENSIVE LINE

The Terrapins football team could benefit from a key addition tomorrow against Connecticut.

Running back Brandon Ross, who won the starting job during camp and has yet to play due to a hamstring injury, is listed as “probable” on this week’s injury report.

Ross’ addition could prove valuable against a senior-laden UConn defensive line. The Huskies are No. 1 nationally against the run (28.5 yards per game) and third nationally in total defense.

They held N.C. State running back Mustafa Greene to just 48 yards last week, aiding an inefficient off ense that accumulated 239 total yards.

If Ross is unable to play, the Terps will likely employ three running backs — sophomore Justus Pickett, and freshmen Wes Brown and Albert Reid.

Brown had two fumbles against Temple last week, Reid had a fumble in Week 1 and Pickett earned the starting nod after scoring two touchdowns through the first two weeks.

SERIES HISTORY ALL-TIME SERIES LAST MEETING

Terps lead, 1-0 Sept. 27, 1942 Win, Terps 34, Huskies 0

GROWING UP There was a world of difference between Perry Hills’ first and second games.

The freshman Terrapins football quarterback was much improved against Temple on Saturday, throwing for 190 yards and two touchdowns while also running in for an 11-yard score. It was a far cry from his debut performance the week before against William & Mary, when he failed to top 150 yards passing and threw three interceptions.

“It’s good to see he made the strides that you like to see all of our guys making from Week 1 to Week 2,” offensive coordinator Mike Locksley said Wednesday. “I thought Perry improved, and that’s the goal for us.”

Hills will try to continue that success against UConn tomorrow, a team that features a veteran secondary coached by former Terps defensive coordinator Don Brown. It will be a challenge, though. The Huskies have allowed just 130 passing yards per game to opposing quarterbacks through two games this season, and their defensive line has already racked up eight sacks.

“He’s still a guy that got off the yellow school bus last year,” Locksley said, “and our goal is for each week to give him a plan that he can go out and be comfortable with.”

INJURY REPORT QB DUSTIN DAILEY - Ankle - Out RB TYLER CIERSKI - Hamstring - Out LB KENNY TATE - Knee - Out LB ABNER LOGAN - Quad - Out DB A.J. HENDY - Ankle - Out DB RASHID CONTEH - Ankle - Out PK NICK FERRARA - Hip - Out OL DE’ONTE ARNETT - Ankle - Questionable RB BRANDON ROSS - Hamstring - Probable DL JOE VELLANO - Foot - Probable

Coach Randy Edsall, who coached at UConn for 12 seasons from 1999-2010, will host his old team tomorrow when the Terps play the Huskies at Byrd Stadium. file photo/the diamondback (left), photo courtesy of the daily campus (right)

A look back in time

12

Number of seasons Randy Edsall coached at UConn

74

Number of games the Huskies won under Edsall

15

BY THE NUMBERS

Number of Edsall’s Huskies who are currently in the NFL

Edsall’s sudden departure from UConn could provide added motivation for Huskies tomorrow

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer Jordan Todman was in an Arizona hotel room when he learned Randy Edsall would become the newest coach of the Terrapins football program.

The All-Big East running back’s legal guardian, Steve Cruz, was surfing the Internet on his laptop while Todman was preparing to meet with potential agents.

“Hey, Coach Edsall’s leaving,” Cruz said, seconds after stumbling upon an ESPN.com news report.

Todman was shocked. Less than 24 hours earlier, the junior had stood before his Connecticut teammates after a 48-20 Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma and announced his decision to enter the NFL Draft.

Now, the man who asked him to make that public address was gone.

He was in College Park, preparing to take his “dream job.”

“I didn’t see it coming at all,” Todman said Wednesday. “I was kind of at a loss for words.”

When the Huskies face the Terps tomorrow afternoon at Byrd Stadium, it will be the fi rst time many of Edsall’s former players have seen him since that fateful day in January 2010.

Will UConn use the sudden spurning as motivation? Or is it a non-is-

sue? Have the past two years fi nally allowed the wounds to heal?

Todman, who still speaks regularly with many of the current Huskies, thinks he knows the answer.

“I don’t t h i n k t hey hea led,” he said. “The players who are at UConn and were able to be coached

by Coach Edsall, they’re defi nitely going to have a grudge and a chip on their shoulder.”

Ryan Griffin, though, isn’t so sure.

The Huskies’ senior tight end said Tuesday he feels the team has moved forward. It has embraced new coach Paul Pasqualoni and is solely focused on bouncing back from a disappointing 10-7 loss to N.C. State last week.

“Other than seeing his face on a couple pictures around here, I wouldn’t say we talk about him,” Griffi n said. “It’s business as usual.”

Edsall has taken a similar approach to the game’s most obvious storyline. Although he conceded earlier this week he regretted leaving before telling UConn players about the Terps job, Edsall has downplayed his connections to the Huskies.

“To me, this is the third game on the schedule,” said Edsall, who led the Huskies to five bowl appearances in 12 years. “It just happens See EDSALL, Page 7

5

Number of bowl appearances the Huskies had under Edsall

3

Number of bowls the Terps won under Edsall

2

Number of Big East titles the Huskies won under Edsall

Edsall meant something to UConn, and he could mean something to the Terps someday, too JOSH VITALE It was Dec. 29, 2007, and I was visiting family in Littleton, Colo. My parents, sister, aunts, uncles and cousins had all met up that morning to spend just a little more time together, getting breakfast and heading to the bowling alley before our fl ight home the next day.

But I wasn’t with them.

I was in my grandparents’ basement — by myself — watching Connecticut take on Wake Forest in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

On the surface, it seems a bit absurd. Why was I so invested in watching a 9-3 Huskies team play a middling ACC program? More importantly, why would I skip a day with family I only see once a year to sit alone in a basement and watch a seemingly insignificant bowl game?

Because UConn football mattered to me.

I grew up in Connecticut, a state where the only professional team is the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun. Yes, the NFL’s New England Patriots nearly built a stadium in Connecticut in 1998. And yes, the NHL’s Hartford Whalers once called our state capital home. But the Patri-

ots chose Foxboro, Mass., and the Whalers moved to North Carolina in 1997. Sadly, the Sun are all we have.

Most of the state’s sports fans take their allegiances south to New York or north to Boston. Connecticut residents support the Yankees, Giants, Jets, Mets, Red Sox, Patriots and everything in between — even though none of us can truly call any of those teams our own.

The only team we can call our own is the Huskies. Which we do. Often.

UConn matters to us Nutmeggers. It’s the closest thing we have to a professional team in the four major sports, and everyone grows up a fan.

It started on the hardwood with Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma.

The Huskies men’s and women’s basketball coaches managed to build national powerhouses in rural Storrs, Conn., making 42 NCAA Tournament appearances since 1989 and winning a combined 10 national championships since 1995.

Football, though, was an afterthought. The Huskies were nothing more than a moderately successful Division I-AA team playing in a 16,200-seat stadium 26 miles east of Hartford. They had little history and no fanfare.

Randy Edsall changed all that.

See VITALE, Page 7