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DOTS cuts three routes

University officials said that after 10 years in service, three Shuttle-UM routes will no longer be available to riders starting Oct. 12.

The Bowie Park and Ride, Burtonsville Park and Ride and Laurel Park and Ride, all of which circulate once in the morning and once in the afternoon, will be cut from the DOTS budget in order to cover the costs of the more popular Shady Grove route, Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen said.

The Laurel, Bowie and Burtonsville bus routes cost DOTS more than $60,000 combined to operate annually, according to the department’s announcement ending the service. Those funds will go toward improving the efficiency of the Shady Grove route, which occasionally requires sending out “clean up” buses to pick up riders who are left behind by full buses, according to the announcement. The Shady Grove route, which primarily students use, has more than twice the ridership of the other three combined, DOTS officials said.

For the week of September 3, the Burtonsville Park and Ride had 152 riders, the Bowie Park and Ride had 104 and the Laurel Park and Ride had 73, while the Shady Grove route had 1,986, DOTS Assistant Director Beverly Malone said.

Malone said the increase in ridership was significant enough for the department to require additional buses.

“The budget is based upon the expenses.

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The shop’s new owners also revamped the menu this semester to include paninis, milkshakes, jumbo-sized cookies and daily specials along with the previous offerings of ice cream and coffee, Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said.

Cool Beans manager Clarence Patterson said the shop’s slow business last year was most likely due to its location outside of an all-you-can-eat buffet.

The ACC’s exit fee has more than tripled Notre Dame’s addition to over the last three years. The ACC Council of Presidents voted to approve another the ACC generated exciteincrease at its meeting last week. ment and praise from the conference’s members, but it September 2012 50 Mil also came with a hefty price tag: a $50 million exit fee.

The Atlantic Coast Conference Council of Presidents voted 10-2 last week to increase the fee from $20 million to about $50 million at the same time it voted to September 2011 accept Notre Dame as the 20 Mil conference’s 15th member in all sports except footPrior to 2011 12-14 Mil ball and hockey. But more than doubling the exit fee didn’t sit well with university President Wallace Loh, a former law professor and Yale Law School graduate, who said “legal and philosophical reasons” kept him from jumping onboard.

Loh and Florida State President Eric Barron were the two dissenting votes; the council needed nine votes for the measure to be put into place. While having to pay an exit fee is reasonable, Loh said, schools should be able to freely enter and exit contracts without such severe repercussions, adding it’s wrong to impose such a large penalty on teams who may want to leave the conference in the future.

“They impose a huge fee to basically prevent you from exiting,” Loh said. “That is not only illegal, it inhibits freedom

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cool beans cafe is seeing more business than when it first opened last year, thanks to a revamped menu and late hours on Fridays and Saturdays. The shop near 251 North seeks to provide an alternative to the 24 Shop during the weekend. file photo/the diamondback

KEEPIN’ IT COOL North Campus’ Cool Beans cafe revamps menu with paninis and upscale desserts

By Sarah Sexton For The Diamondback With new management, new hours and a new assortment of late-night snack items, Dining Services officials said the Cool Beans cafe is already seeing more customers than it did when it first opened last year.

Located just outside 251 North, Cool Beans is now open every Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. to attract students seeking an alternative to the 24 Shop on weekends.

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Exercise keeps stress at bay

Table games bill won’t help education funds

Univ. study shows exercise’s benefits

While a ballot initiative expanding gambling in the state has been heralded as a measure that would generate more money for education, officials said added casino revenue will not boost its funds.

Under state law, about 50 percent of slot-machine revenue is earmarked for the Education Trust Fund — an account dedicated primarily to public schools, but also university capital projects. The new law would allow for a sixth casino to open in Prince George’s County and would permit expanded gaming options beyond just slot machines to Las Vegas-style table games. It will go before voters in the November election as question seven on the ballot.

The money earmarked for education, however, wouldn’t actually bring in more money for state schools, but would instead offset money in the general fund so it can be spent on other state projects. The state spent about $6 billion on education funding this legislative session, and that amount wouldn’t change despite the nearly $200 million slot machines have generated since the first casino opened in 2010. The money is “largely a drop in the bucket,”said Sean Johnson, the Maryland State Education Association’s political and legislative affairs

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By Sarah Tincher Staff writer Some students may prefer to de-stress in front of the TV instead of the gym, but a long jog can help protect against stress further down the road, a recent university study suggests.

In addition to reducing anxiety in the moment, moderate exercise may protect against longer-term emotional stress, according to a public health school report released last week. Through the study, published in the Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise journal, author J. Carson Smith aimed to find out whether the effects of exercise would last after an individual is exposed to a stressful situation.

“There have been a lot of reports about how exercise makes your mood improve afterward, but so do a lot of other things, like relaxing in a chair,” said Smith, a kinesiology professor who specializes in how exercise affects mental and cognitive health. “What I was interested in is, what is it about exercise that helps to not only reduce your anxiety but may actually be more protective over time as you experience stress?”

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exercising has long-term benefits, a university study found, by protecting against emotional and future stresses. A team of researchers carried out the study on 37 healthy people. alexis jenkins/the diamondback In the study, Smith and a team of researchers asked 37 healthy and physically active young adults to carry out a 30minute exercise and then exposed them to 90 images meant to arouse positive, negative and neutral emotions. On the first day, participants spent the time in seated rest before looking at the images for half an hour, and on the second, they cycled at moderate intensity. The re-

searchers measured initial anxiety levels and took measurements 15 minutes after each exercise, and again after participants spent 30 minutes looking at the images, according to the study.

Researchers found that even presenting people with stressful, emotional images did not raise peoples’ anxiety levels significantly after they exercised.

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“When the education trust fund increases, it has the net impact of being able to free up general fund money for the state to spend on other things.”

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Maryland State Education Association political and legislative affairs managing director managing director, because that $200 million in the general fund would be used for something other than education.

“When the Education Trust Fund increases, it has the net impact of being able to free up general fund money for the state to spend on other things,” Johnson said.“It could be public safety, it could be health care, it could be K-12, it could be higher ed., it could be any other state priority … that’s funded out of the general fund.”

If the bill does pass, the Education Trust Fund is expected to see a steady increase in revenue from 2014 to 2017, according to estimates by the state’s Department of Legislative Services.

But State Comptroller Peter Franchot said claims that the expansion of gaming will generate more for education only appeal “tothealtruismofvoterswhowanttodothe right thing” for kids, when it does nothing to bring in new dollars for education.

“It is a lie to say that the existing slots

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“If you impose an amount that’s so large that basically it prevents people from exiting, From PAGE 1 then it becomes not a fee, it of movement and freedom of con- becomes a penalty,” he said.

Comparatively, the Big East retract, and that is not a good thing quires teams pay a $5 million exit over the long run for society.”

This isn’t the first time Loh’s fee and provide 27 months notice been a dissenting vote; he also before leaving, although that is voted last year against increasing subject to change based on how the fee from about $12 million to much schools are willing to pay.

Chancellor Brit Kirwan said in $14 million to $20 million.

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all attempt to build powerful athletic departments.

“We’ve created this huge beast with all of this money, and its become … a war chest for the athBRIT KIRWAN University System of Maryland chancellor letic personnel,” he said.“We didn’t wake up a year or two ago and find a Sept. 13 panel about the Penn ourselves in this situation. This has State sex-abuse scandal that big been an evolutionary process.”

Sophomore sociology major money in college athletics has led many universities to spend far Doug Burdette said the exit fee more than they can afford as they increase takes advantage of players

“We’ve created this huge beast with all of this money.”

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“Once you eat at 251 [North], you’re full. You’re not going to want ice cream on your way out,” Patterson said.

Hipple said Dining Services officials decided the shop’s new hours would fill a unique niche on Friday and Saturday nights when late night was not available at the dining halls and the 24 Shop was students’ only option on North Campus.

“The 24-hour shop would get so busy that the workers had to hold people at the door and wait for people to leave before letting more people in,” Hipple said. “We hope Cool Beans will be able to take the some of the heat off the 24-hour shop.”

Despite advertising efforts through Facebook, chalking on campus and signs on tables in North and South Campus Dining Halls, many students seemed unaware Cool Beans was open.

As a result, the coffee shop saw few customers during its first weekend open. The following week, however, Dining Services officials circulated fliers advertising Cool Beans’ new hours and menu in the Denton Community, and business tripled on the second weekend, Hipple said.

“We’re getting a lot of business,” student supervisor Alexandra Rodriguez said. “I think

There’s nothing left over,” she said. “It’s a penny-for-penny process — in terms of Shady Grove we had to send additional buses because the other ones being used weren’t enough.”

According to DOTS, primarily faculty and staff ride the Bowie, Burtonsville and Laurel routes. However, riders of the canceled routes have organized a petition to send to DOTS officials in hopes of getting the decision reversed.

“I understand that there’s a problem at Shady Grove, but we all need to be able to get to the university,” said junior English major Kim Osterhout, who wrote the petition.

Osterhout added that she wished DOTS had notified the university community of the change sooner.

“I think it was rather irresponsible of DOTS to tell us about the cancellation this late in the semester,” she said. “They

COOL BEANS coffee shop, outside 251 North, changed up its ice cream offerings, added new food and switched to weekend-only hours this semester. file photo/the diamondback especially once exams start and people are up late studying, they will really appreciate the ice cream or Starbucks pick-me-up.”

Students did not like all of the changes, however. While Cool Beans previously mixed ice cream with toppings much like those of Coldstone Creamery, the shop replaced these mixtures by offering one or two scoops of ice cream and an assortment of toppings to scoop on top.

“It was not what we call a ‘concept with legs,’” Hipple said of mixing the ice cream. “It just didn’t last.”

Rodriguez said many customers seemed to prefer how ice cream was served last year.

“Not mixing in the toppings is

definitely one of the things students have been giving me a hard time about,” Rodriguez said.

“They keep asking me to mix it, but I have to tell them ‘no.’”

Hipple said officials are willing to change the service back to mixing in the toppings if there is enough interest on the part of the students. Still, several customers said they are happy with the new late-night options.

“I ordered one of the paninis, and it was really good,” sophomore computer engineering major Chris Lim said. “I also got a milkshake, and they made it with four-and-a-half scoops of ice cream, and I got to put in toppings. It was amazing.” news@umdbk.com

EXERCISE From PAGE 1 However, the images boosted participants’ stress of their initial levels when they had simply rested.

“Exercise protects you in the short term against the potentially anxiety-inducing effects that result from exposure to subsequent emotional events,” Smith said. “[The study] highlights that even though you can obtain an anxiety reduction by just sitting and doing nothing, exercise actually protects you from emotional stress you experience later. You don’t get that same protection by just sitting and relaxing.”

Several students, such as senior kinesiology major Matt

and intimidates teams.

“I definitely think that the NCAA in general exploits players to a great extent,” he said. “I feel like that’s probably an example of the way that they use money to turn college sports into this big machine.”

Loh said as a law professor, he would have taught students imposing such a large fee is illegal.

He cited divorce as an example of an ideal contract, as people have

to pay a fee to get divorced, but it’s not a fee that prevents them from ending the marriage.

“Do you want a society where whenever you join any group, you cannot get out of that group?” Loh said. “We’re part of the ACC, we’re proud to be part of the ACC … but there is something such as principle.”

left us very little time to find an alternate form of transportation — we have less than a month.”

Once the buses stop running, Malone said, students and university staff will need to rely on other public transit or DOTSoperated carpool programs such as vanpools and Zimride.

This is not the first time in recent months DOTS has had to eliminate routes.

The department planned to discontinue what was once the 113 route to Graduate Hills and other Hyattsville locations over the summer, but created a new bus line with the same number in order to meet student needs, Malone said.

The housing community that sponsored the bus had cut funding, so DOTS increased the student mandatory fee to cover the costs.

Francisca Cortes, who works in the university’s education abroad office, said she viewed the routes as a benefit of working for the university.

“In my case, I know big-time it will hurt financially,” she said,

“And time-wise, the only alternative is driving because where I live in Clarksville there is no transportation.”

Without the bus, Cortes will need to leave her home between 5 and 5:30 a.m. and return between 8 and 8:30 p.m. She also said she was worried about the university accommodating more drivers after the routes are cut.

“Now if I’m driving, will they have plenty of spaces?” Cortes said. “When everyone wants to come and leave at the same time, with more cars there will be more time for everyone.”

University Relations employee Joyce Moss said she will need to rearrange her work schedule and may ask to borrow her daughter’s car daily to make it to work on time.

“This bus is the only way I have to get to work,” Moss said.

“This is so much more convenient and they haven’t given us any alternative.”

Nolder, said they were not surprised regular workouts could help them foster a healthier state of mind.

“During finals week is really big,” said Nolder. “It’ll be my study break for about an hour so I can relax and get my mind off of everything I was doing so I can come back refreshed.”

Health Promotion Assistant Director Hope McPhatter said students should know incorporating exercise into their daily routines is an easy way to remedy symptoms of stress and anxiety to help combat depression, while also contributing to their overall physical well-being.

“I regularly work out,” said Smith. “I do find that exercise helps to reduce stress and helps me deal with all of the chal-

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“even though you can obtain an anxiety reduction by just sitting and doing nothing ... you don’t get that same protection.”

J. CARSON SMITH

Study author and kinesiology professor lenges that life brings.”

Senior physiology and neurobiology major Tim Zerhusen said he makes time to go to the gym every day with his friends.

“As a hard major, I study almost every day, so I look forward to actually going to the gym,” he said.

“It’s a time where we can relax while still getting a workout.” tincher@umdbk.com

CASINO From PAGE 1 program or the new casino that’s proposed in Question 7 will bring in new education dollars,” Franchot said. “Any new money added to the trust fund is taken out of the education budget on the other side.”

Slot machine locations have opened up slower than expected, and the state has been

“It’s a sad exercise to watch Democrats approve gambling, which everyone knows is a regressive tax.”

PETER FRANCHOT

State comptroller

in the thick of a slow-growing economy, forcing casino revenue to fall drastically short of expectations. Because of this, Johnson said higher education has yet to see the benefits.

Franchot added that not only does the proposition not provide more money for education, but it hits lower-income individuals harder because they are poised to lose more money to gambling. He said the final approval of the bill was “an act of political corruption” to appease gaming executives.

“It’s a sad exercise to watch Democrats approve gambling, which everyone knows is a regressive tax,” said Franchot, who is a Democrat. “[Gaming] is a predatory industry.” bach@umdbk.com

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The Internet creates confusing exchanges

“Hey Anand. Congratulations, you have been shortlisted for the Thiel Fellowship. We’ll send you an itinerary for your travel to San Francisco, and we look forward to welcoming you here and hearing about your business plan,” a woman told me on the phone in April. She works for Peter Thiel, an investor behind Facebook, Paypal, Spotify and LinkedIn. The story gets twisted, but before I proceed, I’d like to digress.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has written six books with the same theme: The world is flat. I’m sure most of you must have figured that concept out for yourselves by now, whether through your connections all over the country and world on Facebook, the international news and opinions available to you 24/7, Skype chats or even the information people tweet from random corners of the world.

At a macro level, the very idea of trade and intercontinental commerce is feasible because of the Internet. For instance, it makes sense for Nike to have multiple factories around the world only because strategic and logistical information can be relayed within seconds using the Internet.

My story, however, highlights some of the peculiar implications of the “flatter world,” as they occurred in my own life.

I vividly remember Google-ing my name in 2006. Even with the junk the site gives you when you search for a name, I was surprised by the number of people with whom I shared my full name. But one online profile stood out.

An Anand Gupta in Palo Alto, Calif., was in the same high school class as

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I was. Here I was, musing thousands of miles away in an Indian city called Pune. I noted it.

By 2010, Anand Gupta was a freshman at Harvard interested in entrepreneurship, much like I was. What are the odds that you can not only observe but also connect with someone who shares your name, is the same age and shares similar interests with you? Whatever the odds, it can get quite confusing.

When Thiel launched his fellowship, which encouraged students to drop out of college for the love of entrepreneurship, in 2010, I applied. I didn’t make the final cut and forgot about it. But I was now a data point on their records.

For the second season, the other Anand Gupta applied and impressed the venture capitalist with his idea. Thiel, probably in the forgivable miscalculation of not accounting for the minuscule odds, mixed up the records and decided to give me a call instead.

“Oh wow, sure, yeah, thanks,” I responded to the woman. “I look forward to seeing you all in Silicon Valley.” Then, as I hung up, I wondered why such things were happening to me. Suddenly, I remembered Anand Gupta, now living in Boston, and began to wonder. My suspicions were later confirmed.

In fact, people still bump into my personal website trying to find him.

Since I’ve made my contact details available, I got a call from a high school friend of Anand’s in Palo Alto a month ago: “Hey, so good to finally get in touch with you,” she said, not waiting for me to respond. “By the way, why does your number show as Maryland and not Massachusetts?”

The peculiarities of the Internet.

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ith the large amount students pay in athletic fees every year, it’s a surprise it has taken this long for the University Senate to include representatives from the athletic department.

But when athletic officials finally said jump, the senate responded with a shocking, “How high?”

In April, the body voted to give several head coaches senate positions. Athletic Director Kevin Anderson submitted a proposal in November, and since then, different coaches — including football coach Randy Edsall — have expressed interest in filling senate seats.

The department has been granted official representation and can influence university policy, but some coaches are asking for special exceptions. They’ve cited busy game and travel schedules as reasons they are hesitant to take a position and are asking for semester-long, instead of year-long, terms. At a senate subcommittee meeting Aug. 29, senators said it’s too early to consider granting coaches an exception. Several members made comparisons to professors’ class schedules and other responsibilities they commit to, but everyone who agrees to serve in the senate willfully agrees to find time for meetings and fix their schedules around them. And if they have to

miss a few, senators said it’s not a big deal in the long run.

Additionally, a number of senators have expressed little sympathy toward coaches’ pleas to change the rules.

Field hockey coach Missy Meharg has already said she can juggle her coaching responsibilities and make all the meetings — it’s all a matter of good scheduling. So when Meharg, who leads one of the university’s most successful teams, says she’s able to

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The athletic department deserves representation in the University Senate, but officials should not seek special privileges. find time, it’s easy to wonder whether other coaches have enough of a desire to take on a senator position.

While it’s understandable that athletic officials expect to have certain privileges because of the popularity and revenue sports generate, the coaches who are complaining are asking for too much too soon and pushing the boundaries.

Athletic officials were already granted a bit of an exception in the senate’s decision to accept Ander-

son’s proposal, which was approved fairly quickly. While some senators argued athletic officials could serve in the seats allotted for faculty and staff, they ultimately voted to set aside seats for athletic officials specifically to ensure they were properly represented. Less than a month into the new school year, however, athletic officials are asking for something that hasn’t been allowed for any other constituency. They shouldn’t presume they’ll be given an exception just because they are the faces of sports teams.

This editorial board believes the senate made the correct decision in accepting Anderson’s proposal — it’s essential the athletic department gains representation in one of the campus’s vital organs. Having coaches serve a semester-long term instead of an entire year likely wouldn’t affect the body’s productivity very much, but it’s unfair for athletic officials to be able to set special conditions on which they join the body that no other members are able to have.

If coaches expect to play fair games on their respective fields, courts and pitches, they should practice the same precedent with university policy. Athletic officials would do well to remember that as far as this university goes, the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the name on the back.

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Anand Kumar Gupta is a junior agricultural and resource economics major. He can be reached at kumargupta@umdbk.com.

GUEST COLUMN

The future of course registration Posting syllabi earlier will ensure students can find and select the most suitable classes

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elcome to Course Registration 2.0: Informed Selection. Most of us believe aside from choosing a class that seems interesting based on the title and whether or not it fits our schedules, there is little more we can do to learn what a class is all about. But hopefully this will soon change.

On Sept. 20, the University Senate will vote on a recommendation by the Educational Affairs Committee to make undergraduate course syllabi for forthcoming and previous semesters available online. This proposal has the potential to reshape course registration and course selection by focusing decisions on the actual material and design of a course.

This proposal should be a slam-dunk – what better way to inform students about courses they might find interesting?

Some professors, however, seem to oppose this addition to their workload.

While they are certainly busy, this does not add much to their plate. It simply changes when syllabi need to be created.

Others argue because syllabi for the following semester changes as a result of student feedback and experience, it would not be prudent to put up the finalized syllabus early. I am certainly a proponent of encouraging professors to adjust their syllabi to reflect feedback and emerging readings and technology.

However, this is no reason against providing the most up-to-date model of the course, even when considering the effect of potential changes. Students simply need to be aware the syllabi for forthcoming semesters are tentative and may change. After all, syllabi change even during the course of a semester, but professors don’t use this as an excuse not to provide syllabi until the class is over.

Students currently have a few options to learn about courses: academic advisers, friends, Testudo, department websites and third-party websites. Academic advisers are a good starting point, but they are understandably unfamiliar with courses outside their program. Hearsay from peers is another source, but that

varies widely based upon each person’s preferences, interests and personality traits. Testudo and department websites often provide descriptions, but most lack detail. Other websites such as OurUMD. com simply show grade distribution and brief feedback from students who were either really pleased or really frustrated with a course and professor. Students and faculty alike should embrace the notion that decisions should not be based upon a few anonymous comments on OurUMD.com and RateMyProfessor. com. Instead, decisions should be based upon course material, tentative readings and assignments given — in other words, the substance of the course.

So what could the future of course registration hold? This university’s psychology department is a great model. Each course description on Testudo has a link to its sample course syllabus — making it instantly available to anyone wishing to get further information on a class.

With increasing competition and cost, one of the best, simplest things this university can do is to make each class a more effective and worthwhile component of a student’s educational experience. The more informed and well-educated students are entering the advising and scheduling process, the more likely their time will be efficiently and effectively spent in class.

If you think this would be beneficial to your course registration or your academic planning, help make this a reality on the campus. Talk to your professors at the beginning of class, contact your student senators or Student Government Association representatives and come witness the University Senate’s decision Sept. 20 at 3:15 p.m. in the Stamp Student Union Atrium.

Matthew Popkin is a behavioral and social sciences college senator and the Student Government Association speaker of the legislature. He can be reached at mpopkin@umd.edu.

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How to exist in an unfree world Reinvent yourself and embrace the dangers of uncertainty

Marc Priester Do you really exist? I am not referring to your material, organic body, but to the existence of each part of your conscious by established norms, morals and a reality, uninhibited by worldly influences.

Obviously, the answer is no.

Individuals cave to societal pressures, observe morality established by laws and practice religions and philosophies inherited from authoritative figures. No, you were not born a Christian, Muslim or atheist, nor was that artsy hipster or pragmatic scientist born that way. Our conventional wisdom constructs comfort zones in reality, though the existential crisis of living in an unfree world — bowing to societal pressures — plagues our consciousness and constricts who we are able to become.

I pose this challenge: Reject the reality forced upon you and attempt to invent your own.

The question becomes, “is it possible to be free?” Biological science and psychology would disregard the concept of a free individual.

Underlying instincts provoke us to action in ways we cannot rationalize or control. We receive behavioral

norms and morals from society, as a general “follow the crowd” mentality is intrinsic to humans.

These dynamics create an “irresistible force meets an immovable object” scenario. Freedom actualizing in an unfree world is an oxymoron. To me, the absurdity of this dichotomy is something to be embraced. Refusing to struggle for freedom is the worst surrender. It’s equivalent to a scientist forsaking knowledge because he recognizes he will never understand everything. The relentless pursuit of freedom makes existence worth the pain and heartache.

The premise behind existential philosophy is the attempt (and possible failure) of men and women to design an authentic and unique existence. It espouses the realization that everything perceived and experienced has no value beyond what we ascribe to it. It is about embracing the absurdity of everything, understanding no existence will achieve anything past face value. Rather than rejecting emotions of isolation, boredom, angst and despair, we welcome them into our psyches to advance our awareness of our internal struggle — the battle to reconcile our yearning for freedom in an unfree world.

Once we consent to the possibility of freedom, we must pursue it with undying tenacity in each detail of life.

Deconstruct what you believe you

know scientifically and socially, then begin to conceive your own reality.

Analyze your morality. Decide for yourself if what you believe on different topics — drugs, politics, economics, laws, religions, etc. — is truly what you wish to endorse or if society established them. If the latter is the case, reject them and ascertain beliefs congruent with your newly found existential freedom. Be courageous enough to walk your own moral path.

Is it easy? No. Is it worth it?

Without a doubt.

In the end, our ability to inquire and formulate new subjective experiences and realities is what makes being human both distressingly alarming and unequivocally magnificent. Throw away your inherited reality, and sew new seeds so a brand new perception may flourish. Question everything. Hell, question this article. I’d be disappointed if you didn’t. We are at war for freedom, and the expense of defeat is the authenticity of your existence. As Albert Camus once stated, “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”

Live the rebellion.

Marc Priester is a sophomore finance and government and politics major. He can be reached at priester@umdbk.com.

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REVIEW | SHIELDS

HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING Dean Essner finds the new Grizzly Bear album to be another bold effort from the Brooklyn four-piece, despite its rehashing of old ideas

By Dean Essner Staff writer At first glance, the title of the new Grizzly Bear record seems taciturn and unfriendly. It hardly exemplifies the “come for the peripheral art, stay for the sonic splendor” method that has become a mainstay of attentiongrabbing indie-rock bands. Shields, by contrast, is monosyllabic and intransigent, a blunt subhead for an album that is lyrically bold and musically bolder.

If the title of its last album — Veckatimest, which is also a desolate island off the coast of Cape Cod you’ve probably never heard of — suggested alienation and reluctant personal solitude, Shields is about communication.

“If I could find peace/ If this night bleeds/ But I can’t help myself,” vocalist Daniel Rossen sings on the whirring prog-rock opener “Sleeping Ute” — a man in transition looking into his past to inspire the future.

Texturally, the record is a massive triumph, benefited by the alwaysterrific production work of multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor. From the moment the drums kick in on “Sleeping Ute,” Shields is mixed with the meticulous eye of a classical composer.

While we could have assumed Taylor to be a perfectionist after Yellow House and Veckatimest, it is quite possible his contributions here — which range from the tension-and-release synth passages on the jazzy “What’s Wrong” to the smoke-cloud of reverb on the chorus of “gun-shy” — are more vital than ever before.

In terms of songwriting, both primary lyricists (Rossen and Ed Droste) work with their signature poetic topics and melodic touches, but with more focus on collaboration. This is evident on “Half Gate,” which shifts between sequences of Droste’s dreamy refrains and Rossen’s vivid, image-ripe narrative

style. However, they seem to be singing each other’s lyrics. One can only speculate this, but such a synergetic approach to recording music is undeniably admirable.

Other places on the album, though, feel like singular efforts. “The Hunt,” for instance, displays Droste’s deep affection for time-capsule atmospherics, especially with its creaky, out-of-tune piano that can be traced directly back to Yellow House’s “Marla.” And while second single “Yet Again,” another Droste track, is structurally underwhelming, Rossen’s “A Simple Answer” struts with the same frothy exaltation as Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop.”

What may ultimately hinder Shields’ reception among Grizzly Bear fans is the overabundance of rehashed ideas from the past. The most specific example of this comes in Rossen’s acoustic guitar on “Speak in Rounds,” which is nearly identical to the melody

INDIE FOLK ROCK outfit Grizzly Bear doesn’t do enough to update its style on its latest album, Shields, but it might not need to, given how strong the formula remains. photo courtesy of discosalt.com he plays on Veckatimest’s “Southern Point.” Yet as a detached work, the record is a gold mine of gorgeous, aching chamber pop.

Just like the title, which becomes

REVIEW | BATTLE BORN

BEATING A DEAD HORSE

The Killers underwhelm yet again with their latest, a self-important album awash in schlocky 1980s synth-rock excess

By Zachary Berman Staff writer Before you listen to The Killers’ fourth album, Battle Born, take a step back and try to imagine the album without the burden of expectations set by the group’s other records: Hot Fuss’ catchy and raw alternative pop, Sam’s Town’s forgettable, sophomoric increase in volume and the ludicrous mediocrity of Day & Age. Once you’ve done this, take a clean, unabashed listen. What’s there? An ill-fated attempt at layering Bruce Springsteen’s lyrical Americana over the most self-serving, bombastic pastiche of ’80s pop-rock one could imagine, like a jam session led by Foreigner, Meat Loaf songwriter Jim Steinman and synth-pop stalwarts The Human League.

The Killers have been on a patchy, downward spiral since Hot Fuss, but with or without this lineage, it’s pretty hard to overcome Battle Born’s pedigree (or lack thereof). If listeners can look past frontman and singer Brandon Flowers’

more asinine intentions and just listen to the music as a light highway record, they’ll find an album that is, for the most part, a flat-lining bore with a few moments hinting at a light at the end of the tunnel.

In a way, the album’s unrelenting lameness is a feat in and of itself. Nearly every song follows the exact formula of first single “Runaways” — twinkling, arpeggiated synthesizers, grandiose power chords and Flowers’ perpetually insincere lyrics.

Forget the bizarre, elliptical narratives of Day & Age — most of Flowers’ lyrics on Battle Born attempt to capture Springsteen’s earnest cries for America, with a special focus on The Killers’ hometown, Las Vegas. Even the album title is a reference to the Nevada state flag.

The lyrics fall short of Flowers’ goal, such as in the chorus of “Here With Me,” which brings the whole wannabe Springsteen facade crashing down under the lines: “Don’t want your picture on my cell phone/ I want you here with me/ I don’t want your memories in my head now/ I want you here with me.”

Worst of all, Flowers’ voice can’t reach the same heights

more revelatory with each listen, Shields is audacious and worthy of your attention. essner@umdbk.com

as his lofty lyrical intentions, making songs such as “Miss Atomic Bomb” or “Be Still” an even bigger chore to endure.

Instead of searching these tracks for a hook, it becomes so much more fun to wait for the moment when Flowers will inevitably overextend his voice.

Audibly, the songs are consistent — even almost identical.

However, in defiance of the meaning of “pop” music, almost no song on the record has an instantly catchy hook.

Despite the production’s wide ambitions, the songwriting is missing something important. One could imagine a massive crowd experiencing this music at Glastonbury Festival, but not necessarily singing along.

That said, the best tracks on the album mix imitation and modern production with a degree of success, such as on “The Way It Was,” “Heart of a Girl” and “From Here on Out,” the last of which moves aggressive acoustic guitars to the forefront alongside a swagger taken right out of David Bowie’s book.

When Battle Born finally ends, it feels like you’ve just sat through a pompous Broadway recreation of a bad teen flick from the 1980s. If that sounds like something you’d be interested in, by all means, heed Flowers’ words.

But Flowers should heed these words: Las Vegas never asked for its very own modernized Springsteen and truthfully, the Las Vegas strip probably has several more convincing Springsteen impersonators as it is. berman@umdbk.com

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FIELD HOCKEY

Already at full speed Parker off to a fast start in her freshman season with Terps

By Nicholas Munson Staff writer

Freshman Forward ALyssa Parker delivered her first career hat trick for the Terps on Friday, leading them to a 7-4 victory over Boston College. chelsea director/the diamondback

Yesterday’s long, grueling practice was slowly dying down. But before the players of the Terrapins field hockey team could depart, they had to put every bit of energy they had left into running suicides — dead sprints back and forth across the field.

As legs churned and players willed themselves across the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex’s artificial turf, though, there was one player who consistently finished ahead of the pack — Alyssa Parker.

“She wa s smok i n g,” coa ch M i ss y Meharg said.

It’s not hard to believe. The freshman forward out of Howard County’s Glenelg High School has fi nally shown everyone in College Park what she did for four prolific years as a Gladiator — score faster than everyone else on the field.

Trailing No. 18 Boston College by three goals in the first half Friday, Parker took over. Though she had made an appearance in each of the No. 5 Terps’ games this season, she had yet to score a goal. But with eight minutes remaining before halftime Friday, the freshman fi nally put her name on the stat sheet, tipping in a pass from midfielder Megan Frazer to score her fi rst career goal.

It wouldn’t be the last. Parker netted her

second shortly after the break, receiving a pass from defender Steffi Schneid and depositing it in the goal to tie the contest, 3-3.

And after the Terps broke away from the Eagles to take a two-goal lead, Parker got to show off her trademark speed, streaking down the field and completing her hat-trick effort on a fast break.

“My sister texted me, saying, ‘Score your fi rst goal for me!’” Parker said. “I just responded, ‘Ha, sure!’ But after the game I got another text from her: ‘You did it!’ I was really happy I got the chance.”

Ever since she recruited Parker, Meharg had visions of giving her that chance. Garnering The Baltimore Sun’s “Player of the Year” award in both her junior and senior seasons, Parker finished her time in Glenelg with 114 goals and 108 assists, becoming just the second player in school history to reach the 100-100 milestone.

“It’s a tribute that we got the very best player from the state of Maryland,” Meharg said. “Parker is just mentally and emotionally the catalyst for any group. We were just kind of waiting for her to get in the groove.”

Meharg needed someone to fill the offensive holes left by forward Katie Gerzabek and midfielder Maxine Fluharty — the pair departed for Mexico on Sept. 8 to play for the Under-21 U.S. National Team in the Pan-American games — and she found it in

Parker. The rookie ignited the team’s offense in its 7-4 win over the Eagles, leading the Terps to a season-high scoring output.

“She is truly a thoroughbred on the field, and she opens up so many goal-scoring opportunities for her teammates,” Meharg said. “She is very unselfish, and she sets the tempo.”

Her scoring abilities are just part of what Parker offers, though. Whether it’s running out suicides in practice or sprinting past opponents in games, Parker has shown she is determined to be ahead of everyone else, an effort not lost on her teammates.

“When I was a freshman, I was pretty timid, but she’s ready to play and has stepped up to the role,” forward Jill Witmer said. “Off the ball, she’s great at moving and getting open for us. And her game against Boston College shows a lot about how she’s going to be as a player, because scoring isn’t easy.”

Yet Parker has a way of making it look easy. She has a history of fi nishing scoring plays — as a Gladiator and now a Terp.

As shocking as a hat trick from a freshman might be, no one is writing it off as a fluke.

“It’s not just about natural speed — it’s that ability to believe that every step matters,” Meharg said. “And to Parker, every step really does matter.” munson@umdbk.com

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Even with strong start, Terps looking for more Inconsistency between games still slowing team

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer This past week, the Terrapins women’s soccer team took down two ACC opponents, defeating No. 12 North Carolina on Thursday and Clemson on Sunday to go undefeated in conference play.

With the victories, the Terps are tied for fi rst in the standings. They’re off to their best start in league play since 1997 and are 2-0 in the ACC for just the second time in program history.

But for Jonathan Morgan, it’s not good enough.

“I think we’re playing well, but I think there’s a lot better soccer we can play,” the fi rst-year coach said. “We have a lot more to perform and a lot more to show out there. Honestly I think we can be better.”

The Terps’ schedule dictates all their regular-season games, save a rogue Francis Marion matchup on Oct. 3, take place on Thursday or Sunday. Morgan credits the blemishes on their 6-2-1 (2-0-0 ACC) record to inconsistencies between those two days.

“It’s pretty easy to get excited and motivated for the Thursday night games because there’s energy and atmosphere in the crowd,” Morgan said. “It’s easy to take the Sunday games pretty lightly.”

On Thursday, the Terps toppled the Tar Heels, 2-1, to notch their third consecutive win against a program they had failed to beat in 31 straight meetings before 2010.

But four days earlier, the Terps fell to unranked Fordham, 1-0, despite outshooting them by 24.

That’s why their win over a longtime rival Thursday wasn’t enough to calm Morgan’s nerves Sunday. Though they’re undefeated on Thursdays, the Terps have struggled in end-of-weekend contests so far this season — both of their losses and their lone tie came on Sundays.

Morgan’s team didn’t take Clemson too

PACE From PAGE 8 in my life.”

T hat stra ig htfor wa rd thought process has helped Pace navigate his share of twists and turns the past five years.

After playing forward his first three years of high school, Pace moved to the midfield for his senior season. Coach Sasho Cirovski, however, thought Pace had the potent ia l to anchor the defense at center back and decided to redshirt him to save a year of eligibility.

But that marriage didn’t work out. Pace wanted to return to

lightly this weekend, though. The Terps dominated the Tigers, 4-1, to capture just their second Sunday victory this season.

“Thursday was a great win,” forward Danielle Hubka said Sunday. “But it’s hard to apply that same energy to Sunday when you don’t have that atmosphere and that name behind it, so I’m really proud of our team today.”

Forward Hayley Brock is one of the Terps who has struggled to maintain the same level of play between the two days. While three of her four goals this season have come in Sunday contests — she scored once in the team’s 5-0 win over Towson on Sept. 2 and twice against the Tigers on Sunday — Morgan said he hasn’t seen the same energy from his star forward.

“I’ve been getting on Hayley, saying, ‘You show up on Thursdays but you don’t necessarily show up on Sundays,’” Morgan said. “‘I need you to show up both days,’ so the way that she responded [Sunday] and got some goals for us; it was key.”

Those efforts by Brock — and the rest of her teammates — should continue to be key as the Terps prepare for a daunting stretch of ACC play. They have a match with Duke in Durham, N.C., on Thursday and a game against Wake Forest in Winston Salem, N.C., three days later, both critical contests if the Terps are going to hold their position at the top of the standings.

They’ve already proven themselves on Thursdays. If they’re going to remain successful, though, they’ll have to string together two wins this weekend, rather than settling for just one.

“There’s always room to grow and you see those moments,” Hubka said Sunday.

“We saw them in this game and we see them in practice. I think our biggest piece right now is getting consistent. We’re getting there, we’re really close, but we can always do a little bit better.” egan@umdbk.com

the offense, and eventually helped convince Cirovski to let him play forward. He appeared in six games in 2010, played in 12 contests last season and notched two goals in a 2-0 win over Adelphi on Oct. 11.

It all led up to his emergence this season. Through six games, Pace is third on the Terps with three goals, including a header off a corner kick Friday night at No. 18 N.C. State that tied the game late in the fi rst half.

“He just shows up every single day, works his butt off and is eager for any chance he gets,” Cirovski said. “If Jake gets 30 seconds in a game, you

Wide receiver Kerry Boykins could only watch as quarterback Perry Hills’ desperation throw on fourth and 18 sailed out of the back of the end zone. The incompletion ended the Terps’ final drive on UConn’s 39-yard line. The Terps lost to the Huskies, 24-21, on Saturday. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

DRILL From PAGE 8 19 seconds elapsed before they could line up and get situated for the next play.

After Hills let more precious seconds tick as he checked the sideline for an audible, the freshman found a wide-open Kevin Dorsey near the first-down marker.

Dorsey d ropped the pass, though, putting the Terps in a third-and-13 situation.

“We had a receiver on the sideline, and if he catches the ball we don’t need to worry about time because we still had two timeouts,” Edsall said. “That’s where we as coaches need to continually teach, coach and instruct these guys to understand those situations. If we catch that ball and burn a timeout, we still might have the opportunity to try a field goal.”

know it’s going to be the best 30 seconds he can give you.”

Cirovski called the Columbia native an inspirational leader who “epitomizes the character of our program.” When Pace enters the game, he’s looking to win and he’s looking to score. “ H e’s v e r y e n e rge t i c ,” reserve forward Jordan Cyrus said. “He’s always ready to play. Warming up with him on the sidelines to get ready to go in, he’s always getting pumped up to go in and prove himself, and he’s just scoring goals, which is awesome to watch.”

Pace stands out on a team filled with smaller, speedy players (for wa rds Sch i l lo

That opportunity would never arrive. The Terps lost 4 yards on a third-down bubble screen to Dorsey. Hills’ Hail Mary to wide receiver Kerry Boykins soared past the end zone, and the game ended with UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer kneeling as the game clock ticked to zero.

There would be no game-winning touchdown. No Craddock field goal to send it to overtime.

Just what-ifs.

“At the end of the day we have to get better because we had it on the field today, and we couldn’t score,” offensive lineman Justin Gilbert said of the Terps’ final drive. “[The fi nal two minutes] are something we definitely have to get better at.”

It was a learning experience for an offense that leans on freshmen in several key skill positions (Hills, Diggs and running backs Wes Brown and Albert Reid).

After committing eight turn-

Tshuma and Christiano Francois) and slight scorers (midfielder John Stertzer).

At 6-foot-2 and 208 pounds, Pace pre sents a m atchup problem for ma ny opposing defenders. T he former high school wrestler creates another dimension for Cirovski’s offense, barreling through players as he attacks the goal.

Even if the ball isn’t on his foot, he’s still making things happen. In the second half of Friday’s game, an N.C. State player pulled Pace down inside the box. Stertzer converted the ensuing penalty kick to give the Terps a 3-1 lead.

“Ja ke ju st completely

changes the pace of the game when he comes in,” Shagogue said. “But his ruggedness and strength changes the dynamics of a lot of things. … You prepare for something and one thing, and boom, they throw you in a curveball with Jake and the game changes completely with how physical it turns.”

“I think he could be a great Division I football player,” Cirovski said.

Of course, Pace isn’t concerned with lifting a crystal football. He is focused on winning the College Cup in Hoover, Ala., in December.

By then, he’ll be five years and three position changes

overs in their first two games — both wins — the Terps are realizing that mistakes don’t suffice against superior competition. They’re figuring out how to handle pressurized situations, how to close out comebacks.

“Everything isn’t going to happen as planned. Good things are going to happen, bad things are going to happen,” Diggs said.

“As we progress over the course of these weeks, we’ve just got to get better at it.”

They’ll likely need to if they hope to avoid a blowout at West Virginia this Saturday. After all, the Mountaineers aren’t Temple or William & Mary. They don’t let miscues go unpunished.

“T he two-m i nute d r i l l i s definitely something we’ve got to work on in practice,” Gilbert said. “We’ve got to get better as an offense.” letourneau@umdbk.com

removed from hitting that game winner in his high school state championship game.

Pace still remembers the euphoria he felt on that chilly November night. He uses it as motivation to remind himself what it takes to reach the top.

“It’s the hard work that you put in outside that nobody sees, and it really comes back,” Pace said. “At that moment, it was everything we’d worked for as a team. We had actually done it. That experience is something I’m definitely looking forward to again with the Maryland team.” dgallen@umdbk.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We go up against Maryland a lot in recruiting, so there’s a lot of familiarity between the two programs.”

Dana Holgorsen West Virginia football coach

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MEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL

Late-game situation hurts Terps Team fails to score in two-minute drill

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer

Now one of the top bench players for a No. 3 Terps team that will face No. 14 Old Dominion tonight in Norfolk, Va., Pace aims to help bring the Terps their first national championship since 2008.

“I wanted that feeling with Maryland, too,” Pace said of his high school title. “I’ve been constantly pushing myself, and I’m looking for us to get that national championship. I know that’s going to be the best feeling I’ve ever had

The Terrapins football team often ends practice with a bit of role-playing.

It imagines it’s down three points and out of field-goal range with two minutes remaining on the game clock. The objective? Score a touchdown and win the game. If that’s not possible, try to split the uprights and force overtime.

It’s been a tough drill for a young Terps offense this season. In fact, coach Randy Edsall called it “one of the things that we haven’t been good at.”

That became clear Saturday.

The Terps were down, 24-21, to Connecticut with 3:29 left in the fourth quarter. They were facing fi rst and 10 on their own 42. Despite trailing the entire game, they needed just a few key plays to steal the win.

Quarterback Perry Hills completed a 10-yard pass to wide receiver Stefon Diggs on third down, bringing the Terps to UConn’s 32-yard line. They were a few yards away from giving kicker Brad Craddock an opportunity to match the 45-yard field goal he hit seven days earlier at Temple.

But then the Terps went backward.

Hills rushed for a 3-yard loss, and the Terps struggled to regroup. About

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Pace provides scoring boost off Terps’ bench as he searches for championship

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer Matt Shagogue has a daily reminder of Nov. 17, 2007 in his house.

That night, Shagogue’s River Hill boys’ soccer team secured its eighth state title in school history with a 3-2 overtime win over Loch Raven.

Every day, Shagogue sees Jake Pace, frozen in time, smiling and sprinting shirtless across the field at South River, whipping his navy blue jersey over

his head with his jubilant teammates in pursuit.

Pace, now a forward for the Terrapins men’s soccer team, had just headed in a corner kick for the game-winning goal in overtime. It wasn’t his first taste of a championship — he won numerous titles with his club team, the Soccer Association of Columbia — but it meant the most to him.

“At that point, it was the highlight of my soccer career because it’s pretty much what I’d worked for,” Pace said. “It just meant a lot more in high school because you’re playing for your school.”

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Navigating the career fair

By Meghan Hoffman For The Diamondback

During these conversations, students should demonstrate knowledge about the recruiters’ organizations by First impressions can make all the doing research ahead of time. Addidifference when approaching potential tionally, students should highlight employers. It’s a fact rendering some experience or personality traits they students apprehensive about stepping in front of recruiters at the fall career fair that begins tomorrow and lasts through Friday.

“I never know what to expect or how to act or if I’m making a good impression. And that’s the whole point: impressing them,” sophomore journalism major Jessica Nicolao said.

“It’s so much pressure.”

Kate Juhl, a program director at the University Career Center, said students should prepare ahead of time to put their best foot forward at the career fair.

“Do solid research before,” she said.

“You don’t want to just show up.”

As there are different organizations present each day of the fair, Juhl said students should plan to target a few specific recruiters each day. Students can search through a database of the 359 organizations attending the fair through the career center’s website, which includes search options such as academic majors and positions.

The attire for the fair is business casual, and Juhl recommended students wear comfortable shoes.

A polished outfit would convey to recruiters that a student takes the fair seriously, she said.

Students should bring multiple copies of their resumes but should not be offended if a recruiter does not take one, as some organizations are legally prohibited from doing so.

During the fair, confidence and positive body language is key. Recruiters will notice solid eye contact and a firm handshake, which conveys assertiveness, Juhl said. Students should arrive with one or two questions in mind for each of the recruiters they plan to target. Preparing an “elevator speech” – a small introduction including name, major, year and school – may also be helpful.

“Remember, recruiters are people.

They want to have a good conversation as well,” Juhl said.

And the work of making a good impression does not end after the fair is over. A simple follow-up email or phone call can go a long way in standing out in a sea of potential employees. could offer to a potential employer.

Finally, Juhl said underclassmen “Keep in mind the fair may be crowded, so make the most of your should not be afraid to join the time, which is limited,” Juhl said. graduating seniors in approaching “Ask how to follow up, and try to recruiters at the career fair, as some organizations may be specifically get a business card.”

looking for younger students as potential interns.

“Freshmen and sophomores should go and gather information, so when they are older they are ready to swing into gear,” she said. “You can never be too young to come to the fair.” news@umdbk.com

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Making it on his own Alumnus wasn’t satisfied with his law career, so he started his own Bethesda-based business instead

By Neha Sastry For The Diamondback

ALUMNUS PAUL MANDELL thought he had found his ideal job as a lawyer, but instead went on to create his Bethesda-based consulting company, Consero Group LLC. photo courtesy of mark pasetsky

Until two years ago, ’95 university alumnus Paul Mandell thought he was living out his dream career as a successful lawyer. But a series of frustrations led Mandell to quit law and start his own Bethesda-based consulting

company, Consero Group LLC. Consero’s mission is to facilitate conferences where CEOs and industry experts can meet and discuss solutions to problems within their businesses.

These conferences are tailored to each company’s specific needs and promote a more casual,one-on-one atmosphere rather than a typical business meeting.

“It’s very laid back and relaxed,” Mandell said.“I never thought I’d be in an office where I could wear jeans and play ping-pong with my co-workers.

I’d never want to go back to an office.”

During his years working as a lawyer, Mandell said his firm constantly dealt with unorganized and uninformative company conferences. He said the final straw came in 2010 when he attended a conference expecting to meet the CEO of another company, but instead found himself with the CEO’s assistant.

“It was just really ineffective and frustrating,” he said. “I wanted other companies to come to these conferences, figure out what problems they’re having and actually know they are being helped.”

Consero Group is not the first business Mandell has launched.

In 2007, he founded and served as president of Clutch Group, a legal services company, but sold it in 2010.

The company has seen great success so far and will be hiring 200 people in the next three years, according to spokesman Mark Pasetsky.

Mandell is also working with aspiring entrepreneurs from his alma mater. Last year, he came to the campus to speak on a panel hosted by the business school’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and the University Career Center.

Senior government and politics major Zach Cohen interned at Consero for the past two summers.

Although he is currently applying to law school, Cohen said the experience he gained at the company was so valuable he may consider going back to work there in the future.

“I was working and making an actual difference with my work, like presenting it to the other partners and working one-on-one with Mr. Mandell,” he said. “It was unlike any internship I’ve ever had, and if I can go back, I definitely will.” news@umdbk.com

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Looking for some extra cash?

Students’ on-campus jobs range from DOTS to dining services

By Sarah Sexton For The Diamondback

I get to do what most people can’t,” Moreland said. “I have the ability to drive a bus – a vehicle that is 35 They can be found all over the to 40 feet long and weighs over 19 campus, from the front desk of McK- tons. Pretty awesome.” eldin Library to the driver’s seat of a Ibzan Castro DOTS shuttle – students working Sophomore mechanical part-time jobs to make a little extra engineering major money in between classes.

North Campus Diner “This campus is really like a small employee city,” said William Jones Jr., an associate director at the University Castro’s first day on the job did Career Center. “We need a lot of people working together to keep not go exactly as planned. When he carried a tray of chicken behind this place running.”

In fact, more than half of the university students who graduated this past May were employed part-time during their studies, Jones said. Here are just a few of the jobs that students are working around the campus.

the value meal counter, he underestimated the slickness of the greasy floor beneath him.

“I slipped and fell on my butt on my very first day!” he said. “It was like one of those silly cartoons where the guy slips on a banana peel. But don’t worry, I held on to the tray of chicken.”

Castro works four-hour shifts every Tuesday and Thursday, along with a nine-hour shift on Saturdays.

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Chris Moreland Senior Russian major DOTS bus driver Moreland began working with the Department of Transportation Services last fall and began driving buses in January. This semester, he works 20 to 28 hours each week as a dispatcher, monitoring the buses via radio and making sure they run smoothly and on time.

Moreland described his job as fairly easy but often thankless, especially when he works overnight Friday shifts driving jam-packed buses to Route 1. Despite the stress and occasional sleep deprivation, he said he is still pleased with the $10.75 he makes per hour.

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Ready to impress? Prepare for the biggest Career Fair in university history

By Allison Gray For The Diamondback With more than 350 employers expected to set up booths at Comcast Center this week, this year’s Fall Career and Internship Fair will be the largest in this university’s history.

This is the first year the fair will be housed at Comcast Center instead of Stamp Student Union.

The larger venue allows University Career Center officials to take more

employers off their waitlists and increase employer participation in the fair by 24 percent from last year, according to Career Center Associate Director William Jones.

Jones said the move will also increase space at the fair, which has been a major complaint in previous years. The 18-foot aisles at Comcast would replace the previous 8-foot aisles at Stamp.

T h e t h re e - d ay fa i r s ta r ts Wednesday and will be open from noon to 5 p.m. through Friday. The

organizations attending include big-name companies such as AOL, Amazon and Geico as well as government agencies such as the State Department and the CIA. “We actually can’t allow employers to come multiple days,” Jones said. “So it’s important for a student to come each day.”

This year, 254 of the attending companies are looking to fill technical positions such as computer science and engineering, while 211 are looking to fill nontechnical positions, such as graphic design and marketing, Jones said. Moreover, 104 of these organizations are looking to hire both types of positions, he added, noting students should not assume certain

organizations would be unwilling to hire someone from their academic field. “[The] IRS came to a career fair one year, and when you hear IRS you probably think, ‘Well, it’s a business-related position or an accounting position,’” Jones said.

“They’re actually looking for art majors because they wanted people to do art appraisals.”

Additionally, 303 recruiters are hiring full-time employees, 42 are hiring part-time employees and 189 are hiring interns. For international students, 103 organizations are willing to sponsor visas.

Sophomore criminology and criminal justice and psychology major Julia Fuller said she plans

to be the first in line at the fair Wednesday in hopes of finding an internship.

“I’ve always wanted to work in the federal government,” Fuller said. “I looked on the website for the Career and Internship Fair and I found that most of the ones I want to go to – the big ones – are on the first day. So I have to figure out a way to make sure I can get there on the first day.”

Adam Hamot, a sophomore computer science major, said he will be looking to find a summer job with a major company.

“I look for the big [employers] like Google, Microsoft,” he said.

Jones said students should not necessarily expect to get job offers at the fair, but he noted students can obtain business cards from potential employers and find out how they can apply for jobs or internships with the company online.

“It’s a great opportunity for you to network, which can then lead on to other things,” he said. news@umdbk.com

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burgers and buttering buns.” He earns $8.25 an hour.

“I hate standing all day,” Castro said. “But I really enjoy talking to my co-workers. They’re really funny!”

Anae’ Goodwin Senior accounting major Building manager at Stamp Student Union “Where’s the coffee bar?”

That is the question Goodwin said shehearsmostfrequentlyfromstudents while sitting chair behind the information desk, where she rents out laptops to students and signs out keys to the students hold an array of on-campus jobs, including dining hall positions. file photo/the diamondback Student Involvement Suite.

As building manager, Goodwin also oversees Stamp’s daily operations, unlocks the doors on weekends and closes the building every night. She typically works eight to 12 hours a week at $9.25 an hour.

“Withvisitingfamilies,wehelpsellthe experience of Maryland and make sure they feel comfortable here,” Goodwin said. “We’re just basically helpers.”

Disha Penmatcha Telecommunications graduate student Front desk at McKeldin Library As an international student from India with a student visa, Penmatcha is only allowed to work on the campus.

She works for the library’s information and research services 20 hours a week, earning $8 an hour.

Penmatcha said she most enjoys being at the front desk when students flock into the library between classes.

However, she noted the job includes plenty of lag time, which she fills by pulling out her laptop, working on assignments or reading.

“When it gets slow, it gets really slow,” she said.

This is not Penmatcha’s first job on the campus. She said she also worked as a grader for the math department earning $11.25 an hour. news@umdbk.com

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Not your average 9-to-5 job

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shewas9yearsold,jumpedatthechance to continue the sport after graduation.

While also working as a project manager for her father’s company, she devotes three days of her week to the Ravens – two for rehearsal with the rest of her squad and one for the big performance on game day.

Johnson always arrives at the stadium five hours before the game begins to prepare, practice and make special appearances for the fans.”

“I have the opportunity to continue to do what I love, because for most, cheerleading ends after college,” she said. “The Ravens have the best fans.”

For alumna Brianna Becker, her love for her fellow members in Kappa Delta sorority turned into a full-time career opportunity.

Becker now works for Kappa Delta as a leadership development consultant. She travels all around the country to different chapters assisting with recruitment, leadership and officer training. She said she loves visiting so many different college towns,and these experiences have allowed her to realize sorority bonds extend beyond individual chapters. Becker added she is now considering a career in student affairs and Greek life at a university.

“I wanted to be able to do more for Kappa Delta since it has given me so many opportunities,” she said.

Many new university graduates stepped off the stage this past May with diplomas in hand and one question on their minds: What do I do now? While some would go on to work the typical 9 to 5 desk job,there were a few who found unconventional ways to pay the bills.

For alumnus Ben Small, it meant joining his two friends and starting their own ice cream truck business in East Windsor, N.J. Small said the decision to launch the BHB Ice Cream Truck was easy – nowhere else could he start a company for such little money and with so few risks.

“We wanted real-life experience we couldn’t learn in a classroom,” he said.

Small, who also works at an accounting firm, said managing his own business is nothing like regular employment. Along with driving around and selling frozen desserts on weeknights and weekends, he must oversee the company’s employees, inventory, maintenance and insurance.

The job is not all work and no play, however. Small said if he feels the urge to play basketball while he is doing his rounds, he simply parks the ice cream truck and starts up a game.

Alumna Hillary Johnson will be starring in some games this year as a cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens.

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alumna hillary johnson will be cheering in Baltimore Ravens games this year. She has been cheering since she was 9 years old and now spends three days a week training. photo courtesy of hillary johnson

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Mike & Cookies takes over

By Steven Ruiz For The Diamondback

More than a year after he turned his childhood love of baking cookies into a real business, 2011 university alumnus David Botwick-Ries said in spite of the ups and downs, running Mike & Cookies remains his passion.

Botwick-Ries recently signed a one-year deal with Dining Services to sell his signature Mike & Cookies-brand snacks at 13 locations on the campus, which is up from just six campus locations at the end of last semester. Customers can buy a pouch of two cookies for $3 from all six Dining Services shops and several campus cafes, including McKeldin Library’s Footnotes and Rudy’s in Van Munching Hall.

For Botwick-Ries, fulfilling his dream also meant drastically changing his business strategy. In

2011, he pitched the idea of selling cookies out of a food truck to the Pitch Dingman Competition and won $2,750 in seed money. The idea also yielded him a $50,000 investment offer from Bob Karetsky, a co-founder and owner of women’s clothing retailer Delia’s.

However, Botwick-Ries had fallen in love with the College Park community and wanted his company to become a campus fixture rather than a nomadic bakery. So he turned down the $50,000 from Karetsky in order to do business his own way.

“The offer to start the food truck would entail a much different approach and lifestyle,” Botwick-Ries said. “I get to [run Mike & Cookies] myself, and even though it’s probably harder, taking the offer wouldn’t have yielded into the work I have with campus and the ability to stay

universities in the next year or so.

However, because his decisions were not based solely on finances, he said he was able to keep Mike & Cookies running independently.

“It’s not about the money; if it were about the money, I would have taken the investment offer, hired a bunch of people and completely avoided the dirty, hard labor of it,” Botwick-Ries said. “For me it’s about not only a financial balance sheet but also an emotional balance sheet, so I can do good and do well.”

And at the end of his first year of business, Botwick-Ries said his love of baking hasn’t waned.

“That nostalgic childhood love of baking is still strong and keeps me grounded, because at the end of the day, even when there’s loans to process, regulations to figure out, money to pay and obstacles to hurdle, it’s only cookies,” he said.

with my alma mater and develop a company I love and care about.”

Having very little business training, Botwick-Ries often had to learn on the job and look to mentors for advice, including entrepreneurs at this university’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. Despite the steep learning curve, Karetsky said Botwick-Ries’ passion and desire to help his community gave him an edge.

“His instincts are really good and so are his ethics — he has a social agenda, in a way. He’s conscientious of doing the right thing by cookie eaters,” Karetsky said.

Botwick-Ries said running his business himself has limited his ability to focus on the financial aspects of the company, adding he hopes to hire more staff in the near future and expand to other news@umdbk.com

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