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DOTS Forum examines athletics’ financials truck strikes cyclist Attendees discuss possibility of cutting sports teams, increasing outreach efforts

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

A panel university President Wallace Loh charged with tackling the athletic department’s worsening deficit heard input from students, staff and alumni yesterday afternoon at a public forum in Stamp Student Union.

Many of the forum’s about 50 participants expressed concern over whether the athletic department’s

BY ERIN EGAN Staff writer

A university student sustained life-threatening injuries last night after a DOTS vehicle struck a student, who was biking along downtown roads, University Police said.

The 21-year-old male, whose name could not be released last night because his family had not yet been notified, was riding his bike on the sidewalk along

budget woes — the department depleted its reserves last semester and faces a deficit of more than $83 million — would lead the commission to consider eliminating one or more of the university’s 27 teams.

A downturned economy, dwindling donor list and recent stumbles in the department’s primary revenue-generating sports — football and men’s and women’s basketball — have offered the department fewer options to sup-

port the school’s non-revenue sports, which The Washington Post reported in July had lost more than $64 million between 2005 and 2010.

But many of the speakers said eliminating a sport, as James MadisonUniversity and the University of California, Berkeley have done in recent years, would be a mistake.

“Cutting sports is not the solution in my opinion,” senior history major Austin Bartolomei-Hill said. “I think

FUELING THE FOOD RECOVERY

that’s a last-ditch effort that I’d love to not see.”

To avoid losing a sport, an option commission members did not comment on, the 17-person panel said it is carefully examining the department and ramping up its outreach efforts.

The commission, which is comprised of a mix of athletic department figures, student representatives and

see ATHLETICS, page 7

University students expand homeless shelter donation program

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

While thousands of football fans clad in red, yellow and black cheered on the Terps on Saturday, six students sporting green shirts worked behind the scenes, collecting extra food from Byrd Stadium’s concession stands to donate to two Washington shelters.

The Food Recovery Network, the group of students who collected and delivered the extra meals, aims to eliminate food waste on the campus. The network was founded by Alpha Phi Omega members one year ago and it has since spread its reach from the South Campus Dining Hall to other areas of the campus. Leftovers from the game fed 450 of Washington’s hungry and homeless people that night.

Along with tackling home football game concessions for the first time Saturday, members of the Food Recovery Network, Alpha Phi Omega and MaryPIRG stop by the dining hall four times a week to collect food that would otherwise be trashed. Volunteers will soon make

see ACCIDENT, page 6

Md. man admits to nearby burglaries

see FOOD, page 2

Police said he may be connected to 10 other incidents

BY ERIN EGAN Staff writer

A 26-yearold man confessed to Prince George’s County Police this weekend that he committed three burglaries in College Park, ALJARREAU but police BOLDEN said they ALLEGED BURGLAR may have connected him with more than 10 incidents in the area.

Aljarreau Bolden of Mt. Rainer, Md., turned himself in to county police this weekend after the department had attempted to track him down for at least a week, said Lt. Charles Duelley.

After stealing jewelry from three different homes this year in the city’s Hollywood area — near University Boulevard and the Capital Beltway — Bolden

see ARREST, page 6

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Two fires blaze in College Park Sunday night College Park Fire Department officials said two incidents is unusually high

BY NICK FOLEY Staff writer

The College Park Fire Department responded to two unrelated reports of burning buildings that occurred within 45 minutes of each other Sunday night — an abnormally high number of blazes for the city in a single evening, according to officials.

The first occurred at a university graduate student’s home, according to a neighbor, and the second fire was at Darcars Nissan. Although the build-

ings were damaged, there were no major injuries reported, according to Prince George’s County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady.

At 10:15 p.m., firefighters responded to reports of a house in flames at 7302 Baylor Ave. The residents were attempting to use their fireplace, according to Brady, who said he could not disclose their names.

Neighbor Sharon O’Malley — a resident of 7300 Baylor Ave. — was at

see FIRES, page 2

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FOOD from page 1 weekly rounds in 251 North and the North Campus Dining Hall, as well.

“We’re now going to be expanding that to multiple locations for as many nights as we can,” said Food Recovery Network President Evan Ponchick, an operations management and supply chain management major.

Some members of Dining Services said they were glad the initiative reached athletic events.

“It’s great so we don’t have to throw [the extra food] away, ‘cause in the end of the day it goes in the trash or [is] composted,” said Brian Harrison, a Dining Services coordinator who assisted group members Saturday.

And volunteers said it’s been easier than expected to get other departments on board with their initiative, starting with Saturday’s concessions collection.

“It went really smoothly,” junior anthropology and environmental science major Mia Zavalij said. “There was some concessions stands I got nothing from and then there were others with bags full of hot dogs and sausages and buns.”

First-time volunteer Andy Xin, a sophomore psychology major, said reaching out to athletics for extra food made sense.

“I was a little skeptical at first ‘cause it’s a big game, but when you compare football to feeding people, it’s a no-brainer,” Xin said.

Although it doesn’t track the average number of meals that go to waste each day, Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple

said Food Recovery Network members reported they fed about 7,000 people in the last year. He said the group’s efforts have made the department more aware of the amount of food thrown away.

“I believe the people on our lines have become more aware of how much food is left over at the end of the night and have been careful of not overproducing at the end of a busy shift,” Hipple said.

Dining Services now offers more cooked-to-order options such as the pasta bar and stirfry station, and employees make only half pans of food as lunch and dinner come to an end, Hipple said.

“Nobody likes to see the food they cook wasted, so we really do our best to gear up toward the beginning of a shift and gear down toward the end,” he added.

These and other measures have vastly cut down on waste, Hipple said, compared to years ago when employees prepared all food for dinner ahead of time and often overestimated how much students would buy.

In the past year, Ponchick told group members he saw a decline in the amount of food being collected, Zavalij said.

“His first semester there was a lot more and then the second semester each night we were getting less, so that was a really good thing,” she said. “We think [Dining Services] maybe learned a little.”

Hipple praised the group for following through on its goals, and said it’s worth the extra effort Dining Services makes to save unused food for those in need. lurye@umdbk.com

Community Roots members stood outside McKeldin Library yesterday, encouraging students to protest Troy Davis’ execution by calling Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Students jammed the parole office’s phone lines with an influx of calls. Davis was sentenced to death after nine witnesses said he killed a police officer, though seven of them retracted their testimony. Davis is scheduled to be executed tomorrow. MAYA MUNOZ/THE DIAMONDBACK

FIRES from page 1 home when the fire first started. The resident of the house ran over to O’Malley’s home, and the pair called the fire department, she said.

Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after the phone calls, and once the smoke cleared, the house looked unlivable, said O’Malley, an adjunct journalism professor at this university.

“They got there and got it done,” O’Malley said. “By the time they were finished, everything was gone. ... It destroyed the entire main level.”

Although the fire remained contained in the house, O’Malley said, the pressure of the flames broke the windows, and fire billowed to the sky.

“The flames started in the living room, and they came out the windows,” she said. “It was a really big fire; I’ve never

seen a fire that big up close and in person.”

According to Brady, two firefighters were hospitalized for sustaining minor burns but were released shortly after they were admitted. None of the residents were injured in the fire, but, according to O’Malley, one resident’s ear was singed. He was not admitted to the hospital.

“That’s the lucky part — that Electrical problems caused the roof of Darcars Nissan to ignite everybody was in the same at 11 p.m. on Sunday, resulting in roughly $100,000 in damages room when it happened,” O’Mal- to the ceiling inside the building. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK ley said, which allowed all the “Financially, $100,000 is residents to exit the home 11 p.m. after an electrical malfunction caused the roof of the pretty significant,” said Brady, quickly and safely together.

Because firefighters said building to set fire, Brady adding that the damage can the building is too damaged to said. About 40 firefighters be repaired in a short period seven different of time. live in, the neighborhood is from The dealership’s general banding together to help the squadrons doused the flames displaced residents, according in 15 to 20 minutes and manager Sam Darvish said he reported an estimated was glad the fire didn’t occur to O’Malley.

“Our neighborhood has $100,000 in damage to the during regular hours.

“Thank God nobody got really come together,” she said. interior ceiling of the building.

Because no one was inside hurt; everyone is safe,” “Everybody’s offering help.”

The second incident the building, there were no Darvish said. occurred at Darcars Nissan injuries, and business resumed on the 9300 block of Route 1 at as usual yesterday. foley@umdbk.com

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Set to be constructed by 2016 as an addition to Holzapfel Hall on McKeldin fter spending the past four years working to update this university’s general education curriculum, officials are one step closer — Mall, the building will be especially beneficial to freshmen and sophomores thanks to a large private donation — to having a brand new build- who still need to knock out their introductor y course requirements, which tend to have large enrollments. But with the general education overhaul, ing to match those plans.

The Edward St. John Teaching and Learning Center, a multipurpose aca- those lectures likely won’t be the same as what current upperclassmen expedemic building that will provide classroom space for undergraduates in every rienced as freshmen.

The new general education plan features an increased major, is being touted as the physical representation of focus on blended learning initiatives, which incorporate the university’s revamped general education program. multiple technologies into the learning process and Set to debut next academic year, this new curriculum has a greater emphasis on individualized programs and Plans to include large lecture redefine the standard classroom experience most often found in 500-person lectures. In addition, the plan calls technological advancements as educational tools. halls in proposals for a for the fulfillment of “I”-Series courses, which emphaThis general education plan has been heralded as an size big-picture learning on unique subjects that aren’t innovation that will put this institution at the national recently funded academic often found in typical pedagogy. academic forefront. And while this editorial board fully building are inconsistent Cramming hundreds of students into rows upon supports that vision, we are left questioning some rows of auditorium-style seating while they listen to a aspects of this new center, which include proposed lecwith the university’s updated professor’s voice over a speaker system does not allow ture halls that would seat up to 500 students.

If this $63 million building — which still awaits final general education curriculum. for the individualized instruction officials hope to provide with the new general education plan. confirmation from the General Assembly but has been How good can even the best available technologies be when used in such a written into Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget — is intended to exemplify and facilitate the great technological developments that are crucial to this new curricu- massive room among 500 students? While electronic clickers seemed like a lum, it seems contradictory to include massive lecture halls. These classrooms pretty viable solution at one point, most students disapprove of these devices are usually regarded as necessary evils of large public universities and should and find them an outdated waste of money.

Officials understand the importance of small classes — especially ones that not be the standard this university aims for in new multimillion-dollar buildings.

Most of the initial ideas for this building sound promising — the 47,900 are specifically tailored to the learning objectives of students in them — and square-foot center will help mitigate the deficit of classroom space on the have proved their dedication to bringing these types of innovative courses to campus and eliminate the need to hold classes in the Armor y, which isn’t the university. This editorial board is then left puzzled by plans to construct equipped for many current technologies. As the first multipurpose building large auditoriums that seem inconsistent with the rest of officials’ grand plans.

Even if the building’s facilities are top-notch, officials need to realize studedicated solely to classroom space to be built on the campus in 50 years, the center will be equipped with up-to-date learning technologies that will all be dents can have ver y little interaction with their professors and one another in such a large classroom. managed from a centralized service unit.

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The growing housing hurdle

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ent control and stabilization within College Park has caused much angst among landlords, tenants and the city since harsher rules were imposed in 2005. Chapter 127 of College Park’s City Code states that its regulations are in place to encourage the university “to provide suitable housing to meet the needs of … students on or near campus.” Newer and stricter mandates, however, prevent this from happening, and have done nothing but trim down the options of off-campus housing, placing students, as well as landlords, at an inescapable disadvantage.

College Park’s rental laws not only place a ceiling on rent within the community but also limit the number of tenants allowed in houses. City law now mandates a maximum of five unrelated tenants in a single-family home. This has a drastic impact on students, who commonly move into off-campus homes as upperclassmen, especially in the Old Town neighborhood east of Route 1.

That area of College Park is an attractive location because of its vicin-

BRITTANY CAMPBELL ity to the campus, the College Park Metro Station and the shops and restaurants along Route 1.

Most of the single-family homes in the city are suitable for more than five people, but due to these new restrictions, students are now unable to live with as many people as they once were and thus find off-campus living less appealing. To compensate for the rent loss, landlords often raise their prices as high as the rent ceiling allows, further deterring students from renting.

And it is no secret tenants and landlords have shown a willingness to ignore city law and continue to rent to groups over the five-person limit, placing both parties at legal risk.

The reason for such rent regulation seems clear. Chapter 127 notes the city is looking to “strengthen College Park neighborhoods by reduc-

ing the number of single-family homes that are rental properties.”

Coincidentally, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention recently granted $30,000 to University Police in hopes of reducing underage drinking around the campus.

Just put two and two together. It is in these very rental properties that a majority of underage drinking and house parties occur. The city and state are clearly unhappy with the alcohol violations within College Park and are trying to weed students out from those homes that are able to hold large parties and are rented by students who may encourage underage drinking.

While the city’s rental laws are placing a great burden on students’ partying abilities, they are also significantly hindering housing options.

Students are now seeking other living accommodations, but they don’t have much to choose from. The cheapest apartments have security issues, luxury apartments such as the University View and The Varsity are unaffordable to many and complexes

such as The Towers at University Town Center or The Enclave are not within comfortable walking distance of the campus.

It seems absurd to minimize College Park housing options when the university already has a shortage.

But who does the city think will move into these homes? The Census Bureau reported that in 2000, prior to strict housing regulations, there were only 215 vacant housing units within College Park. Yet in 2010, with an increase of nearly 2,000 units, almost 1,500 are empty (the city disputes these numbers). The Rent Stabilization Board needs to wake up. No one is moving into these homes and many landlords’ incomes are being slashed. An entrance sign to College Park located right on Route 1 even boasts that College Park is “a livable community.” How ironic that university students are having difficulty even finding a place to live.

Brittany Campbell is a junior philosophy and government and politics major. She can be reached at campbell@umdbk.com.

A one-track political system

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he 2012 election cycle is being presented as a referendum on the policies of the current president of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama. Some decry him as a socialist (utterly nonsensical) and some portray him as a traitor to the leftist policies he never actually espoused. Going against Obama is a motley crew of Republican stereotypes — Texas Rep. Ron Paul (the conservative old man with principles), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry (the soulless corporate shills) and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann (another loony “Mama Grizzly” with fundamentalist Christian views). It would appear to most there will be an absolutely clear choice between Democrat Obama and whichever Republican wins the candidacy.

However, I’m not really convinced there are any real differences between the candidates outside of aesthetics. Obama and the Republican field, at their core, have the exact

same goals and the exact same allies.

Both sides very strongly represent corporate interests and are poised to implement huge austerity measures to cut social services drastically, furthering the profits of the ultra-rich and making it increasingly difficult for everyone under them. At least the Republicans are honest about destroying social services.

For that reason, it just tickles me pink when I hear and see complaints about Obama being incompetent in his management of the economy and hurting innovation. Why are corporations giving him such enormous sums of money to run his campaign? It’s certainly not because of some supposed anti-business bent, or that he’s doing anything to help workers’ rights (he’s not). One cannot claim Obama is more “socialist” than a Republican candidate by citing some idea of intent or what he wants to happen. From what I see, there’s no functional difference between allowing massive austerity measures to be put into effect and actively campaigning for them. The

TOM BRADTKE result is still the same, and it’s still devastating to those who need the social infrastructure the most.

Ultimately, there is not a whole lot of importance to which party is in control of the White House. It’s a difference of appearance and aesthetics.

While Obama is presenting himself as a man who is trying to uphold the legacy of the Great Society and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he has helped oversee its further dismantling. Cutting through all the rhetoric, this presidency is an exercise in improving the power of the extremely rich that Ronald Reagan would have been proud of.

So what difference does it make if a Republican or a Democrat wins?

Obama has perpetuated a huge num-

ber of Bush-era policies, and what he’s done to alleviate the problems in the American infrastructure and social welfare system is marginal. Maybe I’m just crazy, but the idea that someone who has continued the use of security (expansion of overseas wars) and economic (deconstruction of welfare safety net) policies from the previous administration is considered a leftist by anyone goes right over my head.

Can we stop uncritically accepting the marketing strategies politicians employ? What they actually do is far more important than any words that come out of their mouths, and it has been proven throughout this presidency that Obama and the Democrats (barring a few members of the party) have been indistinguishable from the Republicans in their unyielding support of entrenched upperclass interests. Democrats are just better at hiding it.

Tom Bradtke is a senior history major.

He can be reached at bradtke@umdbk.com.

This column is in response to Ariel Dosetareh’s column, “Israel: A racist’s paradox,” published Sept. 14.

I am not, by any means, an expert on Israel. I have not traveled to Israel or any Arab country. Despite my parents being Muslim, I am an atheist.

But here’s an interesting fact: Had my parents been Jewish, I would have had the right to residence and citizenship in Israel. That is, Israeli laws discriminate among foreigners based on the religion or ethnicity of their parents, or even grandparents. I understand Israel was founded — at least in part — as a reaction to the severe organized discrimination and atrocities against Jews in Europe and elsewhere. But we should remember that positive discrimination, even the affirmative action laws here in the U.S., is still discrimination.

One example of racial practices in Israel is the relationship between Arab and Jewish citizens. According to philosopher Slavoj Zizek, “In Israel, there is a growing number of initiatives — from official bodies and rabbis to private organizations and groups of local residents — to prevent interracial dating and marriage. In East Jerusalem, vigilante-style patrols work to stop Arab men from mixing with local Jewish girls. Two years ago, the city of Petah Tikva created a hotline parents and friends can use to inform on Jewish women who mix with Arab men; the women are then treated as pathological cases and sent to a psychologist.” A 2007 poll reports more than half of all Israeli Jews believe intermarriage should be equated with “national treason.”

So far I have mostly focused on the internal policies of Israel. However, I don’t believe internal policies should be the main reason for Israel’s condemnation. Rather, it’s the Israeli government’s policies toward the stateless people of Palestine. The situation of the Palestinians who live in the “Israeli-occupied territories” (as recognized by the United Nations and the U.S.) is disgraceful. Israel has blockaded the Gaza Strip since 2007, a more severe version of the restrictions that began in 2001.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israel has blocked goods including wheelchairs, dry food items, crayons, stationary, soccer balls and musical instruments. A 2009 UN report called the restrictions “draconian,” noting Israel has restricted the import of lentils, pasta, tomato paste and juice, as well as batteries for hearing aides for deaf children. The blockade has also had a devastating effect on the local fishing industry. In the 1990s, the Gaza fishing industry represented 4 percent of the total Palestinian economy; this was halved between 2001 and 2006. The situation in the West Bank is not much better, with the wall separating Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land — built illegally, according to the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice — from the Palestinian population.

Finally, I want to join Ariel in condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his questioning the Holocaust. I also condemn Hamas for its totalitarian practices in the Gaza Strip. However, according to Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, the charter of Hamas — which calls for eradication of the Jews — is “a piece of history and no longer relevant.”

Hamas has not adopted its charter as part of its political program since it won a majority in the Palestinian legislative election in 2006. In 2008, the Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, stated that Hamas would agree to accept a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders and to offer a long-term truce with Israel.

Mohammadreza Ghodsi is a doctoral student in computer science. He can be reached at ghodsi@cs.umd.edu.

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Leading the home-front fight University students hear from Dominican Republic workers about unjust working conditions and strategies for change

BY MARIA ROMAS Staff writer

In the months following an outcry of alleged abuse in university departments on the campus, students are looking to places as far away as the Dominican Republic for inspiration to change this behavior.

Nearly 50 students attended a forum last night held in the Nyumburu Cultural Center to hear employees from Alta Gracia speak about their experiences and struggles in unjust working conditions. Student activist groups hosted the session in hopes of sparking members of the university community to take action against reports of workplace abuse that first surfaced last semester and have since spurred an internal university investigation.

Two workers from Alta Gracia — a brand of apparel made in the Dominican Republic and sold in the University Book Center — spoke about experiences of abuse over the last decade. In 2007, the Alta Gracia factory was shut down by Russell Athletic, a sports equipment brand, and all its workers were fired, according to Alta Gracia organizer Rachel Taber.

Students and workers around the world from United Students Against Sweatshops worked to reopen the factory and blacklist Russell. After a decade of campaigning, the factory was reopened and the workers were

ARREST from page 1 reportedly sold the gold to a kiosk inside the Arundel Mills Mall for cash, according to Duelley. Police determined he had stolen at least $18,000 worth of jewelr y but were unsure of how much money he received in return for selling the goods, Duelley said.

Police tracked Bolden to a rented room in the basement of a Lewisdale apartment Thursday, but he fled before police could catch him that day, Duelley said.

Two days later, Bolden turned himself in to police, according to

given a living wage for the first time, Taber said.

Although workers’ complaints at this university largely surround reports of sexual harassment and discrimination, Alta Gracia employees’ struggles are similar to those staff members on this campus, said members of the Justice at Maryland: Fight UMD Worker Abuse coalition. The purpose of bringing the Alta Gracia workers to the university, group members said, was to show the positive outcomes that can result from fighting for the powerless.

“This is the first time a business has actually respected us,” Mariza Vargas, an Alta Gracia worker, said through Taber, who translated. “This is the dream of every worker in all parts of the world, and we are living it.”

The second Alta Gracia employee, Elbanurys Olivio de Castillo, said students are the most powerful force in changing workers’ lives.

“You, the students, have the power,” she said through Taber.

“You have to demand it.”

Andrew Mulinge, moderator of the forum and social action chairman of the Black Student Union, said he is looking forward to getting more students involved in the ongoing fight for university employees’ rights.

This semester, students have already rallied at the Terrapins football team’s Sept. 5 game vs.

Miami to garner attention to the

“He figured we were going to catch him sooner or later. This isn’t his first contact with the law or our investigators.”

LT. CHARLES DUELLEY PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY POLICE SPOKESMAN

Duelley, a police spokesman.

“He confessed to those three because we had proof; we had the jewelr y he stole,”

cause and are planning to continue protests at future home games. Last semester, several on-campus forums were held for university employees to speak out about alleged abuse, and more are planned for this semester.

“At the last forum, I was listening to a woman speak in Spanish,” Mulinge said. “I couldn’t understand what she was saying, but just by looking at her and her emotion I could tell she was struggling. She was up there crying about her testimony, and it was at this point that I realized it was wrong not to take part in a solution, and right then I decided that something needs to be done.”

Craig Newman, spokesman for this university’s chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said he has witnessed and heard about numerous accounts of assault and abuse and he will not be satisfied until remedies are implemented.

He and other university employees said they hope students will join them in standing for workers’ rights.

“I want to see what the university would say if brothers on the basketball team decided they weren’t going to play,” said Abe Goodwin, a university construction specialist and panelist at last night’s event. “You’re not going to get respect until you demand respect.” romas@umdbk.com

he said. “But he wasn’t forthcoming on the other cases.”

Bolden likely turned himself in because he expected to be caught, Duelley said.

“He figured we were going to catch him sooner or later,” Duelley said. “This isn’t his first contact with the law or our investigators. He conferred with some family members and decided to turn himself in, and we’re glad that he did.”

Bolden has a lengthy criminal record in the state. He has been charged with attempted first-degree rape, attempted second-degree murder, a third-degree sex offense, drug possession, theft, false documentation, motor vehi-

A DOTS vehicle struck a student biker last night. The student was taken to Washington Hospital Center with life-threatening injuries. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

ACCIDENT from page 1 Route 1 when he was struck crossing over Rossborough Lane, University Police spokesman Marc Limansky said.

The biker was traveling in the northbound direction of the road when he was struck near Ritchie Coliseum at about 8:40 p.m., Limansky said.

The student was severely

cle theft and the unauthorized use of livestock, court records show.

Duelley said the burglaries in the city are still under investigation and further details could not be released until the investigation is finished.

Although not unheard of, burglaries of this nature don’t happen too frequently in the city, Duelley said. The total number of burglaries for this year was unavailable.

“We get a lot of incidents near the university where there are unlocked doors and unlocked windows and people take advantage of that,” Duelley said. “People go out to the bar and leave

injured and taken to Washington Hospital Center last night, Limansky said. The driver of the DOTS truck was not injured, he noted.

State police are investigating why the accident occurred and which party is at fault, according to Limansky.

The student’s bike broke in half, and police are unsure whether the DOTS vehicle sustained any damages, Limansky said.

Because of the accident,

their doors unlocked, and they come back and their computer’s missing. That happens; we get quite a few of them. Ever y once in a while you’ll get a string, lock that guy up, and it dies down for a while until you get another string.”

Several students who live off-campus said they are aware the city can experience burglaries and take the necessar y precautions, such as locking doors, to ensure their homes are as safe as possible.

“It’s troubling especially since most houses in this city have old doors and windows.

They’re not hard to get into,” said junior business major

Route 1 was closed last night between Paint Branch Parkway and College Avenue, according to an information alert sent to students last night.

DOTS Director David Allen went to the scene last night, but he declined to comment on the specifics of the accident.

“We have our best wishes for [the student],” he said. egan@umdbk.com

Pat Launi. “One of my roommates got his car window shattered about two weeks ago, but luckily they were only able to get some change out of the cup holder. It’s definitely scar y.”

But some students, such as junior marketing major Greg Spina, said they aren’t fazed.

“Honestly, I never think about crime in the city,” said Spina, an off-campus resident. “I live with six of my friends, and none of us ever worr y about it at all. It hasn’t happened to us personally, so it’s just not something that we think about.” egan@umdbk.com

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“No stone will be left unturned in the fundraising area, I can assure you that,” said commission member John Brophy, a member of the University of Maryland College Park’s Foundation Board of Trustees. “But it’s hard; fundraising across the United States is struggling, but I can assure you a lot of the groundwork has already been done.”

A number of other speakers said the university should focus on improving the events’ family-friendly atmosphere and encouraging fans to have good sportsmanship.

“Winning will provide tickets for any sport, yes, but how about creating an environment that’s so fun that you want to go and then the game is on the side,” senior economics major Ary Manzhukh said.

Other alumni in attendance said the university’s gameday atmosphere, which has come under attack in recent years for students’ vulgar conduct, discourages them from attending football and basketball games.

“How do we get young people hooked on Maryland — I think that’s the solution.”

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Last week, Athletic Director Kevin Anderson reprimanded the student body in an email recounting an incident from the Sept. 5 football game against Miami in which a student yelled profanity at an 11year-old boy.

Some speakers, citing the Terps’ poor attendance at Byrd Stadium last year, posed their own ideas for generating more interest and excitement at football games. Reflecting on the 2010 season, during which the team drew more than 75 percent capacity just once, participants said the university should use another field as an area for football pick-up games and invite high school bands to play at some games.

“How do we get young people hooked on Maryland — I think that’s the solution,” commission chair Barry Gossett said. “But we have some more immediate problems going forward.” lurye@umdbk.com

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REVIEW | GEARS OF WAR 3

FROM WAR, BROTHERS Gears of War 3 improves its gameplay and story by focusing on camaraderie

BY ANDREW FREEDMAN Senior staff writer

When shooting games with lone wolf heroes are a dime a dozen, it’s nice to have some company fighting alongside you.

Gears of War 3, an Xbox 360 exclusive from publisher Microsoft and developer Epic Games, puts players back in the shoes of Coalition of Ordered Governments soldier Marcus Fenix. Fenix and the Delta Squad fight off a new threat, the Lambent, while maintaining a war with the destructive Locust.

The last human cities have fallen and the COGs have one last push to save the survivors.

Marcus could probably be considered the stereotypical meathead hero, with his gruff charm and a few too many daddy issues. It’s not Marcus who makes the game, though. Rather, it’s the brotherhood among Delta Squad that drives the Gears of War story toward its conclusion.

Don’t read that the wrong way — Gears of War 3 is still very much about running, gunning and making the Lambent and Locust go boom. Everything is huge, from the enemies to the

explosions. You have to like cover-based shooting to enjoy this itous cursing). There is also a bump up in graphics — the game looks crisp and clear, even in full action. game, because that is literally all you Those who came to Gears of War 3 for the multido, and it can get repetitive with few VERDICT: player will get just what they expected — competibreaks in the action.

That said, Gears of War 3 is among Gears of War 3 brings satisfying tive gunplay in Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill multiplayer capability and finally and other games. Cooperative modes are also availthe best in its genre. able. The popular Horde Mode makes a return, as There is also a surprising amount of lets its characters carry the well as the new Beast Mode, allowing five players to character growth. In the past, I always story as much as the action. play as the Locust and take on human soldiers. found the COGs to be mostly distinguished by their big muscles and bigger guns. This time around, Players can also play the story campaign via split screen with a the characters’ personalities seem to get more of a chance to friend or with three friends on Xbox Live.

It is hard to find much humanity in a story about soldiers savshine. This is helped in part by the series’ first female soldiers, a ing the planet from not one but two peculiar extraterrestrial welcome addition to an otherwise testosterone-filled game.

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It’s nice to know that as the things around them explode. the more harsh.

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PREVIEW | PEPPER

Red hot Pepper’s goofy antics keep them off radio but appeal to their strong fanbase

BY MARY CLARE FISCHER For The Diamondback

For a few concert dates last spring, reggae punk band Pepper played only acoustic versions of their songs. They wore jeans instead of their usual bathing suits. They sat down the entire time. But not on chairs.

“I’ve always said since I was a kid I wanted to play on a golden toilet, and everyone always laughed at me,” bassist and vocalist Bret Bollinger said. “But the ambience of it was really cool, and we have the coolest fans in the world, and they let us do our show and reacted really well to it.”

Fans know and love Pepper — named after the infamous Saturday Night Live skit, “Pepper Boy” — partially because of its quirks. The band made a 3-D music video and once used a duct-taped vacuum cleaner as a mic stand. Now fresh off an appearance on the Vans Warped Tour, Pepper has begun another set of concert dates to promote its 2010 EP, Stitches, including a stop tonight at the 9:30 Club in Washington.

Bollinger said Stitches, too, was a departure from Pepper’s routine — if it truly has one — because it marked the first time the band wrote music together. “[In the beginning] we paddled our coconut asses over here from Hawaii and literally just jumped on the road; we didn’t know what to do or how to do it

and everything was learned by touching the hot stone,” Bollinger said. “We never got to sit there and do songcrafting. But for this, we built a studio called The Hatch that’s underground at a secret location. We were like, ‘We want to have three of us in this little chamber, seal it off and see what we come up with.’

Every little inch of [Stitches] is us with notepads, all singing together. We became producers and writers and a cohesive band all in one, and we fell in love with it.”

Just a few years before Stitches, Pepper founded its own record label, LAW Records, which now distributes music for six bands and “[makes] sure good music never goes unheard.”

“We found there were so many killer bands out there on the grind working their tails off that you got to the point where you say, ‘Oh, that was awesome’ and you never hear of them again,” Bollinger said. “They don’t have the funds to get out there, but we’re out there, and we see their heart and ambition; we have the opportunity to absorb them into the label and put them in front of a fan base that appreciates good music and isn’t waiting for terrestrial music and MTV to set a trend.”

Despite its playful nature, Pepper is passionate about charity work and recently worked with Partying for a Purpose — the fundraising wing of It’s All About the Kids — by making an appear-

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ance at its annual fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion.

“The perception of the band is that we like to have a good time and we’re very social and we enjoy the parties,” Bollinger said. “We really do enjoy humanity, and we don’t need to break it down to religion or political agendas; we just love and care about people because that’s how we’ve been treated by our fans.”

He’s not kidding. On Pepper’s first European tour, the band opened for the

Mad Caddies. A group of the Caddies’ fans watched the show, went home, cooked a meal from scratch and brought it back to Pepper at the venue. The fans ended up traveling to four or five countries to watch Pepper perform. Bollinger said Pepper plays to the crowd in a way that fosters that connection.

“Our sound is tied to the connection to the actual show and actual audience we’re playing in and people have never seen that before,” Bollinger said.

“They’re like, ‘It really seems like you

guys are having a better time than we are.’ I didn’t realize that because when you’re in a band, that’s just your reality. The sound is the energy; there are a million songs about love and trust and pain and your dad having sex with your girlfriend, and they’re really all just wonderful stories about life.”

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JANE from page 10

Quarterback Danny O’Brien, center, struggled during the first half Saturday, completing 14 of 25 passes for 112 yards. He finished with three interceptions. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

O’BRIEN from page 10 at his disposal likely played a part in O’Brien’s struggles. In the first half, he targeted No. 1 wideout Kevin Dorsey 10 times, five more than any other Terp. And with starting wide receivers Quintin McCree and Ronnie Tyler suspended, O’Brien appeared uncomfortable at times targeting replacements Tony Logan and Kerry Boykins.

So by the time O’Brien began to spread the ball around in the second half, completing 20 of 27 passes to eight receivers, the damage had already been done.

“The thing you have to do when you’re in a team situation, you have to trust everybody. I think in the first half, I think Danny let some things not allow him to be as productive as he needed to be,” coach Randy Edsall said. “I don’t think he let the game take its natural flow … and didn’t make his natural throws and predetermined some things and was going to throw to certain people without seeing what the defense was doing. In the second half, you saw him going with his reads and the ball was being spread around and he was being a lot more productive.”

It wasn’t the only hiccup in O’Brien’s young career. In a 31-7 loss to Clemson last season, O’Brien threw three second-half interceptions in a failed comeback attempt. A separate come-frombehind bid against Florida State last year also ended with a Seminoles interception after O’Brien had led the Terps within range of

“[O’Brien] is still learning, still growing.”

RANDY EDSALL TERRAPINS FOOTBALL COACH

the end zone. Of O’Brien’s eight career wins as a starter, just one — a sloppy 21-16 win over Duke last season — featured a second-half Terps comeback.

Ultimately, instead of offering the latest proof that O’Brien was set to join the company of collegiate stars Andrew Luck, Matt Barkley and Landry Jones as one of the nation’s top signal callers, Saturday’s loss to the Mountaineers served as a reminder to the Terps that their quarterback is still far from perfect.

“The young man is only a sophomore. … He is still learning, still growing, and I am glad we have him because he is very good,” Edsall said. “But sometimes you have some days that are not as good as other days. And everybody has high expectations for him and he has high expectations for himself.

“The guys in the NFL, Peyton Manning has thrown three interceptions before and other guys.

But I know this: He will learn from it and be better for it. I know he’s anxious. He probably wishes he could go out there right now and play another game and get this one out of his mind and go out there and play better.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

jobs a lot easier out there.”

Using his supreme quickness to key fastbreaks, Jane has set up his teammates for numerous easy scores — much as he did for Stertzer on Friday night. “[Jane] may be the best one-versus-one player in the conference,” Cirovski said yesterday. “And the more comfortable he becomes out there, the more fun he is to watch.”

After recording just one assist in a reserve role last season, the Lesotho, South Africa, native leads the ACC with five this year.

But Cirovski understands that Jane’s significance cannot be fully expressed in a box score. After all, he’s seen Jane, who was not available to comment, contribute too many hustle plays that will never show up in any stat line.

Earlier in the second half against N.C. State, Jane demonstrated his true worth when he darted past his marker and delivered an arching cross to Townsend in the penalty box. Wolfpack goalkeeper Fabian Otte blocked Townsend’s header, but midfielder Jereme Raley netted an easy rebound goal.

Still, despite his many con-

Midfielder Sunny Jane, center, hasn’t scored a goal in seven games season, but he’s found many other ways to help the undefeated Terps. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

tributions this year, Jane’s been unable to grab a goal of his own, a reality that seems to bother his teammates more than it bothers him.

He’s tallied four shots on goal — the most of anyone other than Townsend, Mullins or Stertzer — but has been continually thwarted at the final possible moment.

“I’m not going to lie,” Mullins said, “we all really want to see him get a goal.”

That opportunity may arrive as soon as tonight, when the Terps face Seton

Hall (3-2-1) in their second road matchup of the season.

The Pirates rank near the bottom of the Big East with nine goals allowed and could be overmatched by a Terps offense averaging more than three goals per game.

Cirovski said he’s nonetheless wary of a Pirates team known for playing its best soccer at home. His squad left for South Orange, N.J., yesterday morning to get in an extra practice at Seton Hall’s Owen T. Carroll Field, which will be the first turf sur-

face the Terps have played on this season.

“Any time you play on a surface you’re not accustomed to, it’s vital to get to know it a little bit first,” Cirovski said.

But turf or no turf, one thing should remain constant for the Terps tonight: Jane will be there hustling.

And maybe, just maybe, netting that elusive first goal.

“I’m sure it’s just a matter of time,” Mullins said. letourneau@umdbk.com

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FOOTBALL NOTES After two straight noon kickoffs, the Terrapins football team will face Towson on Oct. 1 at 3:30 p.m., the ACC announced yesterday. The game will be televised by the conference’s regional cable partners.

Also, coach Randy Edsall said Sunday that suspended wide receivers Quintin McCree and Ronnie Tyler would have to “regain [his] trust” before they would be allowed to suit up once more for the Terps.

For these updates and more on the team and Temple, check out TerrapinTrail.com.

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Flag uniforms go for $32K The flag-inspired “Maryland Pride” uniforms the Terrapins football team wore against Miami went for a pretty penny. Read more at TerrapinTrail.com.

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Surprisingly, O’Brien acts his age Diminutive Jane keeps playing big

Sophomore had mix of good and bad in loss to Mountaineers

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

After an impressive freshman campaign for which he earned last season’s ACC Rookie of the Year honors, Danny O’Brien was all but anointed the savior of the Terrapins football team.

The buzz only grew this summer, with his picture splashed across local newspapers and his name featured on national watch lists. A nearflawless showing in the team’s season opener against Miami delivered on the hype, then raised it even higher for the sophomore quarterback.

In Saturday’s loss to then-No. 18 West Virginia, though, O’Brien came crashing back to Earth.

He threw three critical interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown and another that cut a potentially game-winning drive short, and was largely ineffective in the first half.

When the Terps entered the locker room facing a 17-point deficit, O’Brien was a middling 14-for-25 for 112 yards.

His offense, perhaps more tellingly, had also struggled to establish any semblance of the up-tempo attack that had devastated Miami.

For much of Saturday, he stared down receivers, forced passes into tight coverage and appeared generally out of rhythm. And while he found his game in the second half, completing 12 consecutive passes at one point and nearly leading the Terps to a remarkable comeback, his miscues and inconsistency factored heavily in the team’s loss.

A lack of familiarity with the options

see O’BRIEN, page 9

Midfielder leads ACC in assists this year

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

With the Terrapins men’s soccer team leading N.C. State 2-0 on Friday night, Sunny Jane found himself in an all-too-familiar situation.

Draped by two towering Wolfpack players just inside the 18-yard box, the 5-foot-6 sophomore midfielder split the double-team, leaving the ball at one marker’s feet as he burst away from the other. And just as the remaining defender lunged for possession, Jane poked it through his lanky legs and darted toward the end line in search of an open target.

Spotting a white jersey cutting into the 6-yard box, Jane crossed the ball to fellow midfielder John Stertzer, who promptly secured the Terps’ eventual 3-1 home win with his fifth goal of the year.

The Terps may rely upon the threepronged attack of forwards Casey Townsend and Patrick Mullins and Stertzer for more than 75 percent of their goals, but even they understand that their opportunities are coming from somewhere.

And lately for the No. 1 Terps (7-0), they’re coming from Jane.

“He’s been unstoppable,” Townsend said after Jane tallied two assists during a 4-0 rout of Boston College two weeks ago. “He definitely makes our Quarterback Danny O’Brien struggled against West Virginia on Saturday, two weeks after posting one of the best performances of his young career. The Mountaineers won, 37-31. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Ledo Pizza, a local landmark and great date spot, offers high-quality pizza at an affordable price. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Rate my date For the best chance of getting a second date, check out these College Park hot-spots

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

Among the popular franchises that dominate Route 1, there seem to be few realistic options for places to take a date that will actually secure a second meeting.

But beyond Chipotle and Bagel Place, College Park and the surrounding area offer a wealth of options for appropriate date spots that will ensure one thing — even if the date is bad, at least the food will be good.

Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery and General Store — Located down Route 1 just into Hyattsville, Franklin’s is a community gem that shouldn’t be missed. With a vast menu — including crabcakes, homemade pizza and burgers — even the most finicky eater will

find something to eat. Franklin’s also doubles as a brewery, serving its own house beer and several other alcoholic options. While waiting to be seated, couples can browse the restaurant’s general store, packed with unique gifts and trinkets. Ultimately, Franklin’s is the perfect date spot for its laidback vibe, brightly painted walls and open space.

Mamma Lucia — Although it’s a bit of a drive to the College Park Plaza on Cherry Hill Road, Mamma Lucia is the go-to romantic spot for College Park dining.

With traditional Italian foods — such as authentic pastas, pizzas and desserts — Mamma Lucia offers home-cooked dishes in a

see DATES, page 6

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The battle of burritos A burrito from Chipotle, one of the most popular eateries in the city, often comes with a long wait in line. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

In a city with two main burrito joints, only one can rule

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In the city of College Park, students are often faced with an impossible decision: Chipotle or California Tortilla?

One student attempts to answer that question by rating each restaurant based on location, variety of food, taste, price and overall appeal.

Location: Chipotle While Chipotle and California Tortilla are close in proximity, Chipotle is a better choice for those in larger groups with varying tastes — the restaurant doesn’t seem to care if your friends bring food from the neighboring Boston Market, Domino’s Pizza, Jason’s Deli, Noodles & Company, Cold Stone Creamery or Starbucks. While Cal-Tor might not boot people with outside food, there’s less over there to buy.

Chipotle is also much cleaner with a better atmosphere than the frequently empty Cal-Tor, where the music is loud enough that it would be difficult to talk to people even if they were there.

Variety: California Tortilla Both eateries have good variety on the menu — burritos, bowls, tacos, nachos and salads, with chicken, beef and pork. The sides are also comparable, though CalTor’s queso dip is notably superior.

But Cal-Tor pulls ahead once you get past the usual suspects — it offers fajitas, which Chipotle notably doesn’t, and its “Wall of Flame” hot sauce selection embarrasses Chipotle’s four varieties.

see BURRITOS, page 8

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Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches: (301) 927-7827 Open until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and until 10 p.m. the rest of the week.

Papa John’s Pizza: (301) 8255785 Open until midnight Friday and Saturday and until 11 p.m. the rest of the week.

Domino’s Pizza: (301) 8613037 Open until 3 a.m. Thursday and until 2 a.m. the rest of the week.

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$1.50 Miller High Life bottles $2 rail drinks $3 Jagermeister

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THURSDAY $2.50 domestic beers, rail drinks, Bacardi $3.50 Absolut, Jim Beam

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7-Eleven: (301) 864-8709 Open all the time forever, barring apocalypse or renovations.

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DATES from page 2 warm setting. Best of all, Mamma Lucia offers take-out food, so the creative dater can take the food to a different setting, such as a picnic.

Don’t forget to order the bread — if the date is going badly, the bread just might save it.

Ledo Pizza — It may be a chain now, but do not forget that the original pizzeria now famous for its square slices started right here in Adelphi. To pay homage to this local hot-spot, take a date there for dinner. The brand-new restaurant located just off Route 1 is a relaxed atmosphere with some of the best pizza around. If you are looking to impress, Ledo may not be the

flashiest option — although the food is great, it is still understated.

It might be a better second date option once the ice has been broken and some of the pressure is off. Either way, it will help you get to the next date.

Hard Times Cafe — With a wide range of chili, wings and burgers, Hard Times is a place to go once you have known your date for a while — or once you are at least comfortable eating messy food in front of him or her. Regardless, the food is memorable and the restaurant is laid-back. This could be a goto spot for sports enthusiasts looking to spend a date watching the game. If you are looking for a fun setting with good food, Hard Times is the place to go.

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It was to be an experiment of unparalleled sophistication: Five Diamondback staffers would order from five different College Park dining establishments at the same moment. They would return to

work and wait for their delivery driver’s call. It would be a highly scientific inquiry in the name of efficient access to cheap, greasy food.

It would be a race.

At exactly 9:30 p.m. on Sunday,

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RACE from page 7 orders went through for Papa John’s, Shanghai Cafe, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches and D.P. Dough to be delivered to the newsroom. An editor also tried ordering a sandwich from Domino’s Pizza and had his order rejected by its website.

The Jimmy John’s sandwich arrived first, 14 minutes after ordering, not particularly surprising from

BURRITOS from page 3 Forget “mild” and “medium”; California Tortilla has “Bee Sting,” “Cheech Smokin’ Chipotle” and “Ass In Space.”

Price: Tie Chipotle and California Tortilla are, in a way, equally priced. Most of Chipotle’s entree options cost almost the same amount, but, while California Tortilla is a little pricier in some areas, it also has options that are cheaper than Chipotle’s.

It’s like comparing apples and … slightly different apples.

Taste: Chipotle Chipotle communicates the motto “Food with Integrity”; California Tortilla does not. While CalTor’s meat probably isn’t made of sawdust and dog bones, Chipotle is open about its use of organic ingredients when possible. Students at Chipotle said they preferred it to Cal-Tor partly because the ingredients seemed fresher and not out of a bag.

Chipotle also lists calorie counts on the menu — even when they’re not so great — for those trying to watch their weight or stay healthy.

Overall: Chipotle Although Chipotle and California Tortilla are similar in most ways, there can be only one winner.

Chipotle has more of a one-note menu, but it also has better neighbors, better ingredients and a better environment, and even if the line is out the door, the wait won’t be long for a burrito. news@umdbk.com

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the store that sent out deliveries during Hurricane Irene.

Another editor ditched Domino’s website and tried calling instead — he was informed he could not get a sandwich because there was a $10 delivery minimum.

Next, Papa John’s arrived at 10:02 p.m. — 32 minutes.

Shanghai Cafe called at 10:15, but the driver said he was at Commons 1 and then wandered over to the South Campus Dining Hall, causing delays and providing a chance for

D.P. Dough to steal the bronze.

Alas, the Dough didn’t arrive until 10:29 p.m., 59 minutes after ordering. Fourth place.

Eventually, a Domino’s sandwich arrived, accompanied by a second sandwich to meet the delivery minimum.

And now, it can be reasoned inductively from this sample size of one, that Jimmy John’s is pretty quick with its sandwiches. rich.abdill@umdbk.com

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