September 21, 2012

OPINION

Two columnists face off on the social etiquette behind fantasy football p. 4

DIVERSIONS

The Master is about more (or maybe less?) than just Scientology p. 6

SPORTS

Terps football will be facing familiar foe in Morgantown tomorrow p. 8

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Univ. opts out of common market

Early syllabi policy approved

By Quinn Kelley Staff writer

By Lauren Kirkwood Staff writer

The university recently announced it will no longer offer in-state tuition to students who cannot pursue their major in their home state, a program that cost the university more than $1 million a year, officials said.

Through the university’s membership in the Academic Common Market, students can pay in-state tuition at a public university in any of the other 15 states in the program if their state does not offer a desired major. However, after conducting a study to determine costs and benefits of staying in the marketplace, university officials determined the program cost the university more money than it brought in.

The university submitted its withdrawal to the Maryland Higher Education Commission a few weeks ago, according to former interim Provost Ann Wylie. Students currently attending the university through the marketplace will not be affected and can continue to pay the same tuition for the duration of their time here.“We will honor every one of those students,” Wylie said.

“This will only be for new people who would have wanted to come.”

The Academic Common Market is a consortium of 16 states through the Southern Regional Educational Board,

Students will be able to see course syllabi online while registering for classes, rather than at the start of the semester, after the University Senate voted to approve a new policy at its meeting yesterday.

The body voted 58 to 14 in favor of the recommendation, with two abstentions. Although some senators said the policy would place too much of a burden on professors, students said having syllabi available to them while signing up for classes will make for a more efficient and informed registration process.

Students can view syllabi online during class registration after Univ. Senate vote “I’ve used everything from Venus to OurUMD to Testudo to course descriptions on web pages to, in some cases, contacting faculty,” said undergraduate senator Matthew Popkin.

“Having a syllabus, even if it’s subject to change, provides a better decisionmaking experience.”

Former Student Government Association president Kaiyi Xie submitted a proposal to improve the class selection process last fall, and after consideration, the senate’s Educational Affairs Committee recommended syllabi from previous semesters, as well as preliminary syllabi for future semesters, be posted online.

Although the resolution does not

faculty senator Frank Alt presents a policy that would require professors to make syllabi available online during class registration to help students better plan their academic schedules. charlie deboyace/the diamondback identify where the documents will be available, senators said options include Testudo or a separate platform where all departments could post syllabi in a central location.

That would eliminate the problem of having to “scour the Internet” visiting web pages for different colleges See SYLLABI, Page 3

WHEN FORCES COLLIDE

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Health fee could increase Officials say center requires resources

By Sarah Tincher Staff writer In order to meet the high demand for mental health services on the campus, the University Health Center hopes to allocate additional funds to its department through a proposal to raise next year’s student fee.

Inside the Health Center, with its lawn still marked by a Suicide Prevention Week poster from earlier this month, there are too few nurses to adequately address all students’ needs while devoting large amounts of time to the most serious cases, said Health Center Director Sacared Bodison.

To free up the psychiatrists’ time to respond to the most pressing issues, Bodison proposed increasing students’ annual fee by $4.32 to hire another fulltime nurse practitioner.

Bodison originally proposed a fee hike of $8.48, which was met with opposition from multiple university groups, including the Graduate Student See fee, Page 3

INDEX

former members of the acrobatics and tumbling team joined the Spirit Squad while former swimming and diving team members joined club water polo. After their respective teams were cut in July to help balance the athletic budget, team members wanted another competitive environment. Spirit Squad and club water polo members have helped their new teammates by offering tips and lessons. photos courtesy of alison iovino and adam neiss

Former acrobatics and tumbling gymnasts join Spirit Squad on heels of athletic department cuts

By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer Upon hearing that the Terps acrobatics and tumbling team was cut along with six other athletic programs to help fix the department’s financial woes, sophomore Brittany Burkhard was devastated — four years of training could be for nothing.

“It was such a huge shock to hear I couldn’t participate in it anymore,” she said.

Fortunately for Burkhard, who is enrolled in letters and sciences, and the other acrobatics team members, there was another

place for them on the campus to train and perform as a team. Spirit Squad coach Jamie Little offered the student-athletes a chance to try out, and after about 95 percent of the team took her up on the opportunity, they are now cheering along with the original squad.

“It was such an amazing opportunity to join the Spirit Squad,” junior family science major Alison Iovino said. “Jamie really opened up the team for us and let us continue our athletic careers.”

Several new members agreed that after tryouts were over, there

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After men’s and women’s swim teams cut, former members join club water polo, increase team’s competitive edge

By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer The Terrapins club water polo team now has a secret weapon that adds speed and strategy to their team: former varsity swimmers.

After university President Wallace Loh cut the men’s and women’s swim team, along with five other athletic programs, to balance the athletic department’s budget, many swimmers searched for a place to continue their love for water sports in a competitive environment.

Although former varsity swimmers could have joined club swimming, junior finance major Anderson Sloan

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said the differing skill levels between club and varsity deterred him.

“There’s a pretty fair gap between club swimming and varsity swimming,” he said. “I thought water polo would be more fun and I’d be able to still be competitive at it.”

Four other swim team members joined club water polo this year, even though most of them had almost no experience with the sport. But swimmers didn’t have to try out for the club, and instead had an easy path to joining a new team. And they have the entire season to hone their skills, as they’ll learn the game as the season

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“when i joined the squad, i found myself going home and practicing independently in front of the mirror for hours, trying to get everything right.”

ALISON IOVINO

Junior family science major

terps acrobatiCS and tumbling team members joined the Spirit Squad this semester after their team was cut along with six other athletic programs, trading in competitions for weekly Terps football games. Spirit Squad coach Jamie Little said the new members’ acrobatic skills are adding to the team’s energy, making for stronger and more varied routines. photo courtesy of alison iovino

cheer From PAGE 1 were st i l l some roug h moments to work through in the transition from competition to cheering for the men’s football team. Many of the squad participants had previous cheerleading experience and were in shape from coming off a 9-2 season. But there’s a learn-

ing curve in picking up cheers and performing them in sync with strangers.

“When I was on the acrobatics and tumbling team, I could just go home and relax after practice,” Iovino said, “but when I joined the squad, I found myself going home and practicing independently in front of the mirror for hours, trying to get everything right.”

The schedules of the two

teams also proved to be different. While the Spirit Squad prepares weekly for Terps games, acrobatics and tumbling members were more familiar with working toward meets a few weeks or even a month apart.

A nd combining the two teams created a different social dynamic than members were accustomed to.

Sophomore kinesiology

major Brittany Bartko said she was initially worried about how the cheerleading team would interact with the new faces of her acrobatics crew.

“The acrobatics team last year was like a group of sisters,” she said. “I was pretty nervous about how well we’d get along with the squad.”

However, helping the newcomers learn routines contributed to group bonding, she said.

This year, Little added, the Spirit Squad benefits from being armed with two different skill sets, making their performances more engaging and the team stronger.

“The members from the tumbling team have perfected those acrobatic skills, which are a nice addition to the entertainment factor of our routines,” she said.

Iovino said the groups’ varied backgrounds have also been the basis of close friendships.

“They’re always saying that we’re the closest Spirit Squad,” Iovino said. “We have learned to work together and how to get along to be a great team.” doanemalotte@umdbk.com

MORE ONLINE Eastwooding Trouble with the Curve ends up being pretty good for a movie that opens with Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) eating from a half-full container of Spam.

The 82-year-old legend, fresh off his stint sparring with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, plays Gus Lobel, a washed-up, cataract-afflicted baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves.

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veteran members of the water polo team said the addition of five swimmers will add a new dynamic to the team and give it an edge in competition. photo courtesy of adam neiss

polo From PAGE 1 progresses. “ We t r y t o b e a v e r y open group,” said Dwight Townsend-Gray, the club’s vice president. “We always want to give the opportunity to join the team to anyone who wants to play.”

More experienced water polo players pass along tips and lessons on fundamental skills and rules during their four practices each week to help the swimmers adapt. Captains also plan scrimmages so swimmers can practice their skills in a competitive atmosphere without high stakes, Townsend-Gray said.

“There are a lot of people on the team that are willing to help us,” junior economics major Colin Stang, a former swimmer, said. “We have the swimming skills; we just need to learn the ball skills.”

Despite their rusty skills, veteran water polo teammates said swimmers give their team a new edge and dynamic and have amped up the team’s overall quickness and agility.

Unlike in years past, the team doesn’t have to solely rely on players’ size and physicality, Townsend-Gray said.

And because one of the most important qualities in a water polo player is being able to swim quickly, club president Adam

“i really love water polo. ... with swimming, i always knew what was happening, but with water polo, there are a lot more unexpected elements that come into play.”

COLIN STANG

Junior economics major Neiss said the swimmers also have a thing or two to teach.

“The swimmers, of course, bring speed to the team,” he wrote in an email. “Sometimes, during our matches, it is our strategy to ‘swim’ the other team … to tire them out.

The swimmers will be perfect for that.”

While some swimmers said they still prefer swimming over water polo, others said water polo has given them a new team to rely on.

“I really love water polo,” said Stang. “I like the game aspect of it; with swimming, I always knew what was happening, but with water polo, there are a lot more unexpected elements that come into play.”

The team had its fi rst tournament last weekend, when it faced the U.S. Naval Academy team. It will have its next matches this weekend against Georgetown, the U.S. Naval Academy and James Madison. doanemalotte@umdbk.com

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program From PAGE 1 which Maryland joined in 1948, according to Maryland Higher Education Commission Chief of Staff Greg FitzGerald. The state joined the Academic Common Market in 1973.

One fl aw officials saw in the program is that students who come here through the marketplace later change their major to something available in their home state, countering the objective of the program, said university President Wallace Loh. “Many of them switch majors after they’ve been admitted,” he said. “They’re sort of scamming the system.”

However, students using the system as intended said they have benefited greatly from the opportunity to study on this campus. For example, if a public university in Georgia offered a Jewish studies major, Noah Stein would not have had to look to this state to study.

“It’s a really big deal — paying

in-state tuition is huge,” said the junior Jewish studies and psychology major. “I don’t know if I necessarily would have gone here if not for that excellent deal ... I think it’s a big loss.”

It can still be difficult to track students who come through the program, Wylie added, as well as to follow their academic path and major. In addition, while only about 100 to 150 students are attending the university through the program, those spots could go to students who live in the state, she said.

Virginia Tech recently announced it too will soon leave the market, Wylie added.

“We have seen, over time, all of the fl agship universities withdraw,” she said. “We have no peers who are in it.”

Although the university is withdrawing, FitzGerald said, other state institutions are not.

“This is a valuable program for a lot of students, and a lot of universities like to take full advantage of it,” he said. kelley@umdbk.com

MORE ONLINE In today’s edition of Noah Knows, our resident advice expert Noah answers one student’s question about stealing a sorority sister’s boyfriend and another’s about wanting to have kids sooner than his or her significant other does. Email your own dating or relationship questions to Noah at noahknows@umdbk.com.

fee From PAGE 1 Government. The revised increase would fund the salary for a nurse practitioner who could provide “basic medication management issues and give the psychiatrists time to respond to more serious patients, complex management cases and mental health emergencies,” said Warren Kelley, student affairs assistant vice president.

Bodison, who was not available for comment, submitted her proposal to the university’s student fee review committee on Sept. 15.

“Having access to mental health services in general is crucial for college campuses,” said Mental Health Director Marta Hopkinson, adding they do not mean to burden people with the increase. “An additional fee is a lot to ask of students, and we understand that.”

Several students said they supported the additional resources to help students cope, considering the prevalence of mental health issues in collegeage adults. About 60 percent of college students report feelings of hopelessness at least once in a school year and about 44 percent report feeling so depressed that they have difficulty function-

ing, according to the spring 2000 National College Health Assessment. “[The fee is] worth it if it helps a few people, or even only one person,” said senior biology major Alex Accinelli.

The Health Center’s mental health services offers shortterm individual therapy, group therapy, medication evaluations, a suicide prevention program and services for mental health emergencies. However, bringing one more nurse practitioner on board may not be a big enough change to significantly improve mental health services on the campus, said Andrea Marcin, the Student Government Association’s health and wellness director. Marcin added she hoped additional funds could help bolster a different resource: the Counseling Center.

“The original purpose was to provide someone who would offer more medication management, but we need to see more in the Counseling Center,” she said.

“It still won’t adequately meet the students’ needs.”

Jen Robinson, Active Minds at Maryland co-president, agreed the Health Center may still struggle to satisfy demand should the fee go into effect.

“It would help in terms of medical evaluations, but I think they should hire more thera-

The Health Center may hire an additional nurse for its Mental Health team if the university approves of adding $4.32 to the annual student fee. The extra staff would help the center better serve the most serious mental health cases. file photo/the diamondback pists,” she said. “One in four people have a mental illness, and it’s important that they get the help they need.”

However, granting more manpower to one mental health resource may help other centers on the campus, said Help Center Administrator Madison Higgins.

“If someone needs mental help, they should be able to get it,” Higgins said. “Any support that we can get from the university will help.”

While the university’s student fee is the lowest in the University System of Maryland at $1,653, sophomore government and politics major Julia Connell said she sees why some may hesitate to increase it further.

syllabi From PAGE 1 and departments while searching for a particular syllabus, Popkin said.

Some faculty senators, however, argued requiring professors to provide syllabi for their upcoming courses would be too much work and said the details spelled out in the documents are often insignificant in a student’s decision-making process.

“I do not think one course having one midterm, compared to three, should be a big difference for students,” said faculty senator Doron Levy. “I’d rather have students focus on what they study now, rather than what they’re studying five months from now.”

However, undergraduate senator Kevin Lacherra said that kind of information is critical for students trying to balance their workload, noting that deciding which courses he could manage and fit in to his schedule became more difficult when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Not a l l s t u d e nt s h ave medical concerns, but many have jobs or family responsibilities, he said.

And while several senators pointed out providing

“I personally wouldn’t mind, but I understand why others wouldn’t want to pay more,” Connell said. “Maybe the school could move around other funds to pay for it instead of putting the burden on students.”

Regardless of the cost, Marcin said it was important the university address a shortage of mental health resources.

“I hate for such a vital service to fall on the shoulders of the students,” said Marcin. “But we’re facing a budget shortfall.

If this can — in the short term — improve students’ mental health on campus, it’s a burden we’ll have to bear.” tincher@umdbk.com

“i’d rather have students focus on what they study now, rather than what they’re studying five months from now.”

FRANK ALT

Faculty senator

completely accurate syllabi for future courses may not always be possible, some said providing tentative information is better than nothing at all.

“It’s tentative, to provide a frame of reference; it’s not a binding document,” said faculty senator Frank Alt. “It’s intellectual property — you have the right to change that syllabus at any point in time.”

The policy will also aid students with vision or learning disabilities, who need earlier access to course materials, said graduate senator Carol Ido. The senate did not identify a strict time line for instituting the policy.

There are still many technological implications the university must address, such as how to maintain a central database, how different colleges and departments would access the database and what it would cost the university, Division of Information Technology Vice President Brian Voss said. kirkwood@umdbk.com

SPORTS

sports From PAGE 8 like we gave Duke the tie.”

The Terps had a one-goal lead with little more than three minutes remaining, but Blue Devils defender Kim DeCesare scored on an open net off a ball that was fl icked in the air in the 87th minute. “ We ju st sat back a nd hoped for it to happen for us,” Morgan said. “We needed to continue to play and continue to push.”

Morgan’s team had the advantage in the first half, scoring one goal and shutting out the No. 5 Blue Devils.

It was a rare experience for a Duke squad that has outscored opponents, 18-4, in fi rst halves this season. The Blue Devils had scored 32 goals entering last night’s match while the Terps had allowed only six.

The Blue Devils dominated the second half, though, taking six shots in the period’s first 17 minutes. The Terps only took one shot in that same time period.

“It was really difficult,” de-

“We just sat back and hoped for it to happen for us.”

JONATHAN MORGAN

Terps women’s soccer coach

fender Domenica Hodak said.

“When we can’t hold the ball and we make mistakes up top, the ball gets jammed down our throat. We just tried to keep up the communication and stay organized, but we defi nitely could have won.”

Sitting back on their second-half lead got the Terps in trouble last night. But if they want to defeat ACC competitor Wake Forest on Sunday, they’ll have to capitalize on those beneficial opportunities.

“I think if we have a lead against Wake Forest, we need to not sit back,” Hodak said.

“We need to continue to play and keep the ball. Keeping the ball is the best offense. We sat back with the lead [last night] and we shouldn’t have done that. They were able to get that last goal and that shouldn’t have happened.” egan@umdbk.com

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Fantasy football: Does a player’s gender matter?

VIEW Excluding women only perpetuates pretend masculinity. We have to move past outdated stereotypes and accept reality.

JAKE DeVIRGILIIS If I was asked to create a list of “guy stuff,” the game of football could feasibly appear. It’s endowed with many of the qualities we consider manly, and in the storied history of the game, women are notably absent. The NFL has been a dude thing for a while. Its very mythos is one of masculinity.

So why not create this list of guy stuff? I figured I could start with the most obvious, and wrote down: “1. Having a penis.” I then almost immediately realized the whole penis situation can become far more complex and, in actuality, the act of penishaving is not limited only to men. I scrapped the list — and the concept.

Neither should exist. We could say football is a sport for men and not women for biological reasons, and that such gender restrictions are fair because they’re for safety reasons. I’m OK with this. Maybe that means I’m another victim of interpolation, or that the patriarchal culture has invaded my brain. It could just mean I know how to pick my battles. I’m not smart enough to really know if either is true, nor perhaps feminist enough to understand — and certainly, I’m under-qualified to be writing opinion columns. Thus, I can only come to you as a human being, which is a position we need.

Efforts of exclusion are efforts to homogenize, limit and un-diversify — to keep existing power structures in place. But defining gender roles will get us nowhere; we’ve been doing it for a few hundred years and it’s starting to get stagnant.

Gender roles we’ve created are both arbitrary and imagined, but our perception of them keeps them alive. Making claims like “fantasy football drafts are a place for men only” is absurd. If anything, it’s a place of pretend masculinity. Emphasize the fantasy here, folks.

It’s nothing like football. It’s people sitting around, talking statistics, using some imaginary currency. (In this way, it’s strangely like economics, though I’d bet fantasy football champs are more knowledgeable on their subject than politicians are on economics.) Why exclude women?

It’s arrogant; it’s a means of reassurance that still today, there are these havens of manhood.

It means though the voting booth, university classroom and corner office are no longer just for men, we can still escape the dangerous cult known as women or something.

Can the draft room be a place for candid, vulgar conversation, perhaps of a sexual nature? I imagine so, but this is no reason to exclude somebody. The idea that only men can be crass is a perpetuated stereotype that personally offends me as a man.

While the hard science of sex (lol?) may separate us on certain sports fields, there is no reason human beings need to continue to self-segregate based on invented notions of who should be liking what.

When you close your eyes and stop pretending, fantasy football ceases to be a guy thing. So to the author of the adjacent column, and you dudes reading it and nodding your heads: give it up. Try the substitution game. Would you consider it appropriate to say: “Fantasy football is just for whites, because we can sometimes get a little rude”? Excluding groups of people for any reasons of identity is not only stereotyping, but reactionary in the worst way. It’s time to move on.

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

VIEW Guys often know more about football than girls. They shouldn’t be part of the vulgar, macho fantasy football environment.

ALEX McGUIRE One of the funniest movies I have seen in the past decade is Knocked Up, one of several successful films spanning a five-year period and starring the same goofy and lovable actors.

In the movie, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann play Pete and Debbie, a dysfunctional married couple that fight and bicker with each other in almost every scene, often to the point of hilariously vulgar showdowns.

In one memorable scene, Pete lies to Debbie about going to a work-related event, and instead attends a fantasy baseball draft at a friend’s house. Debbie, who believes he is having an affair, follows him there. When she finds out that he is participating in a fantasy draft, she becomes more upset. She claims his draft deception is worse than him cheating, as he prefers to hang with friends instead of spending quality time with her.

As I sat in my small apartment last weekend, participating in a fantasy football draft with a room of 10 guys, I couldn’t help but think of this scene when one of my friends joked: “No girls allowed.” When my girl friend (in the platonic sense) texted me and asked if she could stop by to say hello, I told her that I was with a large group of dudes and that she would have to enter at her own risk. As we all laughed and joked around, we ended up seriously considering how awkward it would be for a girl to walk in on our inappropriate, testosterone-filled hangout.

It may be cliche, but the saying holds true — boys will be boys. Every guy out there knows when there are no girls around, guys will act differently; we will say inappropriate things,

joke about inappropriate topics and say hilariously crude things we would never dare to in the presence of females. It is safe to say fantasy football drafts and leagues are ideal settings for this sort of behavior.

Fantasy football — and football in general — has always been a “guy thing,” and it is largely portrayed this way in pop culture. The most notable examples include FX show The League and the shameless comedy Knocked Up, which I mentioned before. The online interactive football competition is an excellent opportunity to bond with your best friends and let out all of the offensive things you choose not to say in other circumstances.

However sexist it may seem, I believe guys often know more about football than girls.

Fantasy football draft parties are about expletive-filled conversations concerning team favoritism and player analysis.

The unbridled vulgarity and contentiousness that plague male behavior make these gatherings uncomfortable for females. Therefore, women who may feel uncomfortable in these contexts should not be offended when excluded from events and activities surrounding the maliciously macho sport.

Debbie shouldn’t be upset when Pete plays fantasy football with his friends, and neither should any woman. We steer them away in order to protect them from the unfamiliar and dangerous. As the other cliche goes: It’s not you, it’s me!

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

STAFF EDITORIAL

A cycle in paralysis: Bribery in Washington Unrestricted capitalism on Wall Street CAMILLA YANUSHEVSKY Before the criticism starts, let’s keep the record straight: I am a supporter of businesses large and small along with limited government involvement in the economy. Unrestricted capitalism, however — such as when big corporations attempt to bypass regulations through lobbying — is where I find a problem. These lobbyists essentially legally bribe legislators in order to sell dubious products or services to hooked consumers. The comparison of lobbying to legal bribery comes from former super lobbyist Jack Abramoff himself.

Of course, not all businesses fall into the cycle of bribery in Washington and unrestricted capitalism on Wall Street, but the food and agriculture businesses serves as a prime example.

Studying abroad in Italy this semester, I have come to understand what ethical food regulation looks like. Fresh fruits and vegetables line the markets in Italy. In the U.S. these same aisles are replaced with artificial sweeteners (Fiber One breakfast cereal), high fructose corn syrup (Skippy peanut butter), monosodium glutamate (ranch dressing), food dyes (Kraft cheese), maltodextrin (Doritos Cool Ranch chips), BHA/BHT (Apple Jacks), and potassium phosphate (Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Garden Salad).

The toxic options are almost overwhelming.

It does make me wonder: Is our government really looking out for us?

The Delaney Clause of the 1958 Food Additives Amendment states that any preservatives added to food linked to causing cancer in animals or humans cannot be sold. Granted, not all of the additives listed above are linked to cancer, but a few are linked to seizures, headaches, breathing problems and addiction.

Why is it every member of the European Union has laws mandating the labeling of genetically modified food and the U.S. does not? Why have European countries and most of the developed world banned the import of American beef and milk, as well as many of the additives listed above?

Since some Americans like to think

the U.S. is one of the healthiest countries in the world — even though we are ranked 50 in life expectancy — let’s break this down.

Monsanto is an American agricultural biotechnology corporation and a leading producer of pest killers, additives and genetically modified seed. In recent years, support for the Millions Against Monsanto and Occupy Monsanto movements has risen. However, the lobbying power of this agricultural giant will most likely triumph over efforts to label genetically modified goods in California and Vermont, given Monsanto has already threatened to sue the state of Vermont.

As a corporation, Monsanto has the right to design a product, sell it and profit. It is the trademark of capitalism. Although it would be nice for them to operate ethically, it’s up to the Food and Drug Administration to keep them accountable. However, the deputy commissioner for foods at the FDA is Michael Taylor, who also happens to be a former Monsanto executive. In implementing new food safety legislation, you might say he has a conflict of interests.

On a secondary level, the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry are responsible for looking out for the general well-being and health of the country.

The bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish, the Consumer Right To Know Food Labeling Act of 2010, and the Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 all died in these committees.

Yet recent polls conducted by MSNBC and Reuters found between 93 and 96 percent of Americans believe genetically engineered foods should be labeled as such.

Who are Congress’ real constituents? To almost every committee member, Monsanto contributes somewhere between $1,000 and $10,000, Kraft contributes $1,000 to $4,000, PepsiCo contributes $1,000 to $4,000, and American Crystal Sugar contributes $5,000 to $15,000. Go figure.

Camilla Yanushevsky is a junior finance major. She can be reached at yanushevsky@umdbk.com.

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That’s a wrap?

ou quickly learn the hierarchy of food at the diners freshman year.

At North Campus, you knew if you had 10 minutes for lunch, greasy pizza was the deal. For a healthier option, you could buy an overpriced salad. If you found yourself short of dining points when nearing a focus date, you stuck to the value meal. For those more adventurous, Korean barbecue was an adequate option. But the real cream of the crop — if you had a half-hour to stand in line — was the buffalo chicken wrap. The properlywrapped tortilla was filled with just the right amount and combination of spicy and mild ingredients to make the long wait worthwhile.

But after freshman year, most moved on to other types of food, whether that meant South Campus Dining Hall meals or (gasp) food cooked in a kitchen. 251 North joined the mix last year, providing students with another (although limited) option. A fair few probably still stuck with the North Campus Diner, but university food probably became a less vital part of most people’s diets. Yet every time someone traversed the hilly path to North Campus or decided to opt out of the South Campus Dining Hall pasta line, he or she could count on at least one consistently delicious meal: a buffalo chicken wrap — or

any wrap, for that matter. It made the walk worth it and could make a bad day just a little bit better.

This year, however, the wraps are different. Dining Services went through “retraining” over the summer and changed the entire wrap-making process, which includes leaving the ends open, rather than folded in, and

OUR VIEW

Dining Services needs to respond to what students actually need, not what they expect students to want. slicing vegetables and meats, rather than dicing them. The cheese slices are left whole. We know this isn’t the biggest issue plaguing the university, but this editorial board feels Dining Services’ decision to alter a campus staple was a bit misguided.

Head chef John Gray said the changes were put in place to improve the presentation and increase the edibility of the wrap as well as increase the speed of the lines. While lines may be moving faster, we can’t say we agree with Gray’s other points.

Students understand that going to a campus diner isn’t a gourmet experience. We don’t really care how the wrap looks, as long as it’s an adequate

amount of food, put in a container and wrapped in a way that’s easy to eat.

As far as the edibility of the wrap goes, we’re not sure what Gray meant there.

It is definitely harder to eat a wrap with the new design — without the ingredients nicely diced, it’s more difficult to take a bite without making a mess.

Walking through either diner, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone eating a wrap without blue cheese and hot sauce falling all over his or her hands and the wrap’s contents spilling on to the plate.

If that’s increased edibility, we’d like to know how Dining Services thinks we used to eat these wraps.

We do want to give Dining Services credit for trying to keep the lines short.

In theory, it’s a good idea. However, people still stand and wait in line for their buffalo chicken, the Maryland club, turkey and cheese or whatever else it may be — even if it takes 30 minutes. Decreasing line waits at the expense of the wraps’ previous structure is not something we’re looking for. Additionally, the wraps still carry the same price tag for what seems like substantially less food.

We hope Dining Services will heed students’ need for the old wrap style.

For now, Dining Services runs the risk of losing current wrap-lovers and depriving future students the joy of experiencing a true University of Maryland trademark buffalo chicken wrap.

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REVIEW | THE MASTER

AN UNRIGHTEOUS CAUSE

The Master, the latest from Paul Thomas Anderson, offers sumptuous visuals and plenty of mind abuse, although it suffers from willfull obscurity

By Warren Zhang Senior staff writer Writer/director Paul Thomas A nderson’s (T here Will Be Blood) new movie The Master is, if nothing else, atmospheric. From the first miraculously vivid shot to the last, The Master bu i ld s a nd su sta i n s a boozy, sinister and haunting mood. What else the film accomplishes is anyone’s guess.

The film follows Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers) as he is seduced by the ideas of L. Ron Hubbard — sorry, Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Moneyball), a charismatic self-described writer, doctor, nuclear physicist, theoretical philosopher and leader of the religion dubbed Scient… — er, “The Cause.”

If that sounds like the setup for a scathing indictment of a certain cult, it isn’t. Anderson seemingly has no inclination to say anything about that rather horrific organization. The closest the film comes to making a definitive statement about Scientology is to point out that Dodd is clearly making up his religious dogma as he goes along.

Instead, the movie’s focus is on the Old Yeller style relationship Dodd a n d Q u e l l s h a re. B o t h the script a n d p e rformances suggest this is a master-dog relationship, Dodd frequently referring to Quell as a

good or naughty boy and Quell acting like a lunatic canine for most of the runtime.

Taken on this level, the movie is largely a disappointment. The story meanders — most notably in the loose, almost episodic second half — which has little focus or narrative momentum. Indeed, almost any literal interpretation of The Master will fall flat.

There’s simply not a whole lot happening.

And yet, while viewing The Master, there’s a palpable sense that something bigger is happening. Through the arresting onslaught of gorgeous images, composer Jonny Greenwood’s (50/50) jarring score, Phoenix’s completely unhinged performance as Freddie Quell — Anderson is almost certainly saying something here. I just have no idea what it is.

Viewing the film once simply isn’t enough to understand it. It could be a case of The Emperor’s New Clothes, but some moments are so obviously symbolic and metaphoric you know there is something deeper to the film. A climactic motorcycle chase through the desert has got to mean something, doesn’t it?

The argument can be made that obfuscating the film’s themes to this degree constitutes a failure, but Anderson’s film more or less shouts it’s got a message buried somewhere. It lingers in your mind days after watching it, your brain constantly shifting and turning parts of the film around in an attempt at making sense of it all.

Perhaps all of this is a lark, and Anderson is a master troll who just released a film to critical acclaim with no real center or purpose. Maybe The Master is just a cascade of lush 70mm cinematography and haunting music with no actual rhyme or reason.

Put it this way: the first viewing of The Master is like setting up a chessboard. You don’t know for sure whether this game will be worth a damn, but your opponent is formidable and the pieces are carved out of rich, magnificent ebony.

It might not go down as a masterpiece, but, if nothing else, The Master will certainly be one of the most discussed films of the year. chzhang@umdbk.com

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REVIEW | END OF WATCH

WATCHING THE WATCHERS

By Warren Zhang Senior staff writer Let’s get this out of the way first: Yes, End of Watch is a foundfootage cop drama.

Before you immediately flip the page, End of Watch is from writer/ director David Ayer. Okay, so his last film was the dreadful Street Kings, but remember he also wrote the rather awesome Training Day. In End of Watch, we follow two cops, Mike Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal, Source Code) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena, Tower Heist), as they slowly irritate and arrest members of a dangerous Mexican drug cartel.

The premise is cliche, but the implementation is not — the found-footage aesthetic lends itself surprisingly well to the genre. Mimicking the shaky-cam and security camera footage you’d expect from a TV show like Cops, End of Watch often delivers intense, visceral action.

One particular scene stands out as a magnificently orchestrated, nail-biting action sequence, as gangsters unload biblical

quantities of ammunition on our intrepid police officers. The explosive sound mix and the crappy lo-fi camera work elevate this set piece into something memorable, maybe even iconic.

Unfortunately and surprisingly, the script squanders much of the goodwill earned by the striking action scenes. Ayer seems to be in hack-writing mode (rather than sublime Training Day mode) as the script is a mess of half-assed conspiracy, shallow characterization and unfocused narrative.

Any movie with a big bad named Big Evil (Maurice Compte, Yelling to the Sky) that justifies this name by saying that “his evil is big” isn’t going to win any scriptwriting Oscars, but End of Watch’s script is terrible even by the low standards of generic cop dramas. The dialogue can be so stunningly inane and awful that it detracts from the completely serious and straight-faced tone set by the story and the aesthetic of the movie.

The script feels terribly disjointed and unconnected. Big Evil appears early on in a largely unrelated shootout and then disappears from the movie until the last 15 minutes or so. Instead ofoffering a coherent plot, End of Watch consists of an almost impressionistic stream of workdays for Taylor and Zavala, with little connecting tissue.

That approach might have worked had the actual story not been horribly and unrealistically written and the rote romantic subplots not included. Every single scene involving Taylor and girlfriend Janet

(Anna Kendrick, ParaNorman) is about as interesting as watching two chipmunks pass around an acorn. The subplot concerning Mike’s pregnant wife fares slightly better, if only because the two actors have more on-screen chemistry than two tipped cows.

And that naturalistic, found-footage approach — the thing that does so much for the action scenes? The script messes with that too by adding some ill-advised exposition. Instead of just running with the style, Ayer felt the need to justify the camera angles, leading to bizarre instances in which hardened Mexican drug runners wave around HD cameras while shooting at cops.

It also leads to puzzling moments in which the current camera angle definitely isn’t justified, and one begins to wonder where the camera is instead of watching Taylor and Zavala mouth off.

Ultimately, the movie is redeemed by the pairing of Gyllenhaal and Pena. While their dynamic annoys early on, they develop good rapport on-screen, aided in no small part by the way Ayer utilizes cop car cameras and cuts together the dialogue.

Watching the two cops banter compensates for the lackluster writing to a surprising degree. For a movie with a perversely insubstantial plot, End of Watch breezes through its 109-minute runtime. Even if it can’t compete with the best in the genre, it’s at least a fitfully engaging mess. chzhang@umdbk.com

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Kemp impressing on field and in classroom Terps, Blue No. 1 Terps will host conference foe Virginia Tech at Ludwig field tonight

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer Taylor Kemp has received plenty of accolades for his on-field performance with the Terrapins men’s soccer team.

The senior defender was named to the M AC Hermann T rophy Watch List before this season.

Kemp was a second team All-ACC selection last year. He earned an A ll-ACC Freshman Team nod after his 2009 rookie campaign.

Even before he joined the Terps, Kemp was ESPN RISE’s No. 2 high school recruit.

A nd now, he’s being recognized for his performance off the field. Kemp was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award on Tuesday with 29 other soccer players from around the nation.

The award recognizes the senior athlete who the media, coaches and fans feel best demonstrates the “four Cs” — community, classroom, character and competition.

“I’m happy to see that some of the work I’ve been able to put in has

been noticed,” Kemp said. “It’s just an honor to be on the list.”

Kemp, a four-year starter for the No. 1 Terps, carries a 3.303 grade point average as a business management major.

“He’s a lways had the rig ht work ethic and the right values all the way through,” coach Sasho Cirovski said.

This season, Cirovski has seen even more out of Kemp. Last year, Cirovski challenged the Highlands Ranch, Colo., native to take on a more significant leadership position with the Terps. Kemp has been a stalwart on the Terps’ backline since arriving in College Park in 2009, but it took time for the introvert to fi nd his voice on a roster loaded with MLS-caliber talent.

“He’s sort of a quiet leader, but this past year, he’s sort of taken on a little more of an extroverted role and raised his level of influence on the team,” Cirovski said. “He had to become comfortable in exposing more of his internal feelings because that’s just not his nature, but he’s done a great job.”

Kemp’s coach at Mountain Vista High School, Theresa Echtermeyer, said the 22-year-old’s leadership development was simply a question of becoming comfortable in the Terps’ program.

“Initially, Taylor is a person who leads by example and then learns to speak up when it’s his time and place,” Echtermeyer said. “That’s one thing to learn as a leader. You don’t come in right away and start barking orders right away. You have to earn people’s respect fi rst.”

With two freshmen starting alongside him on the Terps’ backline, Kemp has had every opportunity to help mentor some of the younger defensive players. He has particularly helped defender Mikey Ambrose, who plays opposite Kemp on the right side, acclimate to the college game.

Kemp and Ambrose both came to College Park as highly touted recruits (College Soccer News ranked Ambrose the No. 2 prospect in the class of 2012). Now, the Texas native finally has someone to look up to.

“He puts pressu re on us to

perform well in the classroom as well as on the field,” Ambrose said.

“He’s a great role model to have and a great leader.”

“They’ll each find their own way, but I hope I put out a model that they can try to follow,” Kemp said.

“I’m always keeping that in mind when I make decisions on and off the field.”

Tonight, when the Terps (5-0-1, 2-0-0 ACC) take to Ludwig Field against Virginia Tech (3-2-1, 0-1-1 ACC), Kemp will be wearing his captain’s armband as he takes his position at left back. It’s been a while since Echtermeyer first coached Kemp in his youth days, but she knows he’s the same person he was when he left Mountain Vista four years ago.

“Soccer is soccer, but in youth sports, we’re trying to develop some good leaders and good people, quite frankly,” Echtermeyer said.

“Taylor was always solid, solid integrity, and I know he’s continued it in college.”

Devils tie in double OT Brock, Kaplan score in draw with No. 5 Duke

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer The Terrapins women’s soccer team ended its undefeated conference run last night at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C. After 110 minutes of play, the Terps drew even in a 2-2 tie against ACC rival Duke.

The Terps jumped to an early lead with a goal from forward Hayley Brock. The reigning ACC Player of the Week scored her fifth goal of the season off a breakaway in the 10th minute.

But in the second half, despite a goal from leading scorer Becky Kaplan, the Terps let up two Blue Devils goals.

“I was really happy with the way we battled and competed today,” coach Jonathan Morgan said, “but I’m pretty bummed because I felt See DEVILS, Page 3

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MOUNTAINEERS From PAGE 8 said. “I don’t anticipate the communication being a problem.

What I do anticipate is that it’s hard to practice that speed.”

Randy Edsall knows all too well about that speed. The second-year coach has faced off against the trio in each of the past two seasons — a 16-13 win with UConn in 2010 and a 37-31 loss with the Terps last season.

Though his Huskies defense stymied them in 2010 — they finished with less than 300 yards combined — the Terps let Smith pass for 388 yards and Austin and Bailey each topped 110 yards receiving last year.

But as much as they progressed between their first and second meeting with Edsall, they might be even better tomorrow. Austin and Bailey are averaging nearly 270 yards per game combined, and Smith has completed 88 percent of his passes for 734 yards, nine touchdowns and no interceptions through two games. “[Smith’s] got a great arm and he knows where to go with the ball,” Edsall said Tuesday.

“They’re averaging over 600 yards a game, 55 points a game.

[They have] talented players,

LETOURNEAU From PAGE 8 passing yards allowed per game, but those numbers are sure to take a hit once the Terps take on the likes of Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey — the Mountaineers’ potent wideout duo that’s averaging a combined 310.5 all-purpose yards per game.

And on the off chance the pa ssi n g ga me fa lters? No problem. Smith will use quick shovel passes to get Austin and co. involved in the run game.

“Where they get a lot of yards that people don’t realize is these little dump plays to Tavon or one of their other players on the team,” said Francis, who isn’t shy about his disdain for the border-state rival.

“It ends up being a rush, and that’s when you get in trouble.

Because at that point, their playbook is wide open.”

It’s a daunting task for a Terps team that has been forced to rely heavily upon a crop of fresh-faced rookies this season.

Freshmen have accounted for all 10 of the team’s turnovers, and the Terps rank second-tolast in the FBS in passing.

Add in the fact that freshman quarterback Perry Hills will have his first taste of Mountaineer Nation, and tomorrow

so our defense is going to have their work cut out for them.”

The Terps’ defense has held its own so far, but attempti ng to slow of fenses f rom William & Mary, Temple and Connecticut pales in comparison to stopping an attack like West Virginia’s. The Tribe, Owls and Huskies have averaged 69 points per game this season combined, only two touchdowns better than the 55.5 points the Mountaineers have averaged by themselves.

And with an offense riddled with true freshmen ranked 119th out of 120 FBS programs in total offense, having the defense step up will be crucial for the Terps.

“We just got to hit them ea rly,” defensive end A .J. Francis said. “If you hit the quarterback a bunch of times, sooner or later you start to get in his head. Then it doesn’t matter who you’re playing.”

The Terps’ defense likely can’t stop the Mountaineers.

Stewart just hopes they do enough to slow them down.

“What we want to do is keep the ball in front of us, tackle the catch and eliminate the big play,” Stewart said. “If we can get off on third down, I think we’ll have the opportunity to be close.” vitale@umdbk.com

figures to be a straight rout.

Forget the possibility of a Stefon Diggs showcase. Forget all of coach Randy Edsall’s optimism. There’s simply no way the Terps — at this stage of their development — can compete against West Virginia.

Of course, that’s nothing against the Terps. They’re doing the best they can with what they have available. They shrugged off a rash of preseason injuries and notched seasonopening wins over William & Mary and Temple. They even gave a decent UConn squad a tough fight last week.

But the Mountaineers are unlike any team the Terps have faced this season. They’re just deeper, more talented and more athletic.

And that’s why tomorrow’s reunion may be a bit bittersweet for the Francis clan.

Sure, Grandpa Shaky will be in the stands — Jheri curl, walking cane and all — to see his great-grandson line up for the Terps.

But the postgame embraces likely won’t be to congratulate Shaky for making a difficult commute. They’ll be to console Francis, who will probably need some time to get over the shellacking he and his teammates are sure to endure. letourneau@umdbk.com

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Perry Hills will have to adjust to more than raucous fans and loud noise when he faces No. 8 West Virginia tomorrow.

After primarily seeing four-down fronts through his first three college games, the freshman starter will take on the Mountaineers’ “50” defense — a scheme that involves five linemen and two linebackers.

Although the defensive set is relatively similar to the Terps’ 3-4, the new system could still present challenges for the rookie signal caller.

“It’s going to be a process,” offensive coordinator Mike Locksley said Wednesday. “He will have to deal with some form of pressure, because everyone wants to make the freshman quarterback uncomfortable.”

Hills is no stranger to pressure. He was sacked six times last week in a 24-21 loss to Connecticut and finished the game 10-for-24 for just 109 yards and a touchdown. After the game, he vowed to show marked improvement in Morgantown, W. Va. “We have tremendous confidence in Perry,” coach Randy Edsall said. “He will get better, just like all of us.”

SERIES HISTORY ALL-TIME SERIES WVU leads, 25-21-2 LAST MEETING Sept. 17, 2011 Loss, Mountaineers 37, Terps 31

OFFENSIVE SPARK The Terrapins football team’s No. 119 ranked off ense will likely have trouble keeping up with West Virginia’s vaunted “Air Raid” attack. One player who could help, though, is explosive freshman wide receiver Stefon Diggs.

Diggs has shown fl ashes of his ability, piling up more than 440 all-purpose yards as a receiver, out of the backfield and on special teams returns through the Terps’ first three games this season.

If the Terps are going to match the Mountaineers’ offensive firepower, they’ll likely have to find a way to get the ball into Diggs’ hands more often.

Off ensive coordinator Mike Locksley has shown his ability to draw up plays designed to get Diggs the ball in space through the team’s first three games, most notably when Diggs totaled 76 yards as a rusher and receiver against Temple two weeks ago.

He’s also drawn comparisons to West Virginia’s own explosive receiver, Tavon Austin. The two both play all over the field and have similar playing styles, relying on speed and elusiveness to beat the defense. But despite those lofty comparisons, Diggs is only focused on what he can do tomorrow.

“I just plan on progressing every week in practice for the games,” Diggs said Saturday. “We have a great receiving core, so I’m just trying to do my job.”

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Defensive Coordinator Brian Stewart (below), linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield (top left) and defensive end Joe Vellano (top right) are all familiar with West Virginia’s high-powered “Air Raid” offense. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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Stewart, Edsall hope familiarity with West Virginia’s offense can help Terps slow vaunted ‘Air Raid’ attack

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer Brian Stewart is very familiar with Dana Holgorsen’s “Air Raid” offense.

He saw it every day in practice when he was Houston’s defensive coordinator in 2010. He learned what it looks like. He learned how to scheme against it.

He learned what to expect on the field.

So when Stewart’s Terrapins football defense takes the field at Milan Puskar Stadium tomorrow to face Holgorsen’s No. 8 West Virginia squad, he’ll know exactly what’s in store for the Terps.

Now he’ll have to see if he can stop it.

“You eliminate the big plays,” the first-year Terps defensive coordinator said Wednesday. “Keep the ball in front of you, tackle the catch, put pressure on [quarterback Geno Smith] and get off on third down. You’ll have opportunities.”

It won’t be easy for the Terps to find those chances against the explosive “Air Raid,” though. The Cougars’ offense was far and away the top unit in the nation in Holgorsen’s final season with them in 2009, totaling 7,887 yards — 1,314 more yards than the No. 2 team.

Holgorsen left Houston following that campaign to take the same position with Oklahoma State, but the Cougars left his system in place. So while Stewart — who spent the 2009 season as a defensive special as-

sistant with the Philadelphia Eagles — and Holgorsen never coached alongside each other, their schemes saw plenty of action against each other on the practice field.

But tomorrow will be Stewart’s fi rst real chance to take on Holgorsen’s frenzied, up-tempo attack when it counts, and this edition of the “Air Raid” will hardly be easy to slow down. Led by Smith and wide receivers Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, the Mountaineers are averaging 612 yards per game.

“The way the defense is set up with the no huddle and the wristbands that we use, it came from playing against that offense in practice,” Stewart See MOUNTAINEERS, Page 7

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A bittersweet reunion with ‘Grandpa Shaky’ A likely blowout could dampen Francis family affair CONNOR LETOURNEAU Tomorrow should be a memorable day for A.J. Francis.

But it’s not necessarily because the Terrapins football defensive end will face a potent West Virginia squad that ranks second nationally in total offense. And it’s not just because a win over the No. 8 Mountaineers would represent the senior’s fi rst time adding a tombstone — which symbolizes a fallen top-10 opponent — to the graveyard outside the team’s practice fields.

No, tomorrow will be special for a far more sentimental reason. For the first time in Francis’ life, his great-grandfather — who he affectionately calls “Grandpa Shaky” — will watch Francis play in person.

The 91-year-old man will make the more than four-hour trek from Gary, W. Va. — a coalmining town of less than 1,000 people on the state’s southern tip — to see his kin play under the bright lights of major college football. He’ll watch 60,000 rabid West Virginia fans fill Milan Puskar Stadium. He’ll see 80-year-old women sporting blue and gold face paint, and he’ll probably hear the Mountaineer Mascot lead a rowdy student

section in more cheers than he can count.

It will be a special moment for the Francis family, an opportunity for generations to reconnect under the guise of one of their youngest members’ athletic achievements. Francis’ parents, Michael and Carrie, will surely appreciate the mini-reunion — especially considering the difficulty involved in prying Grandpa Shaky away from his TV on Saturdays.

But don’t expect the happy vibes to continue long past kickoff. Because the truth is, a familiar face in the crowd will likely do little to cheer Francis up once he faces the Mountaineers.

West Virginia, who hopes to extend its winning streak against the Terps to seven games, is stocked and loaded for an utter blowout tomorrow. It enters the contest as four-touchdown favorites, and has the resume to back up the billing.

The Mountaineers are averaging more than 600 yards and 55 points through two games this season. Quarterback Geno Smith, the program’s all-time passing leader, directs an offense that possesses big-play potential on every down.

West Virginia spreads the field, penalizing missed tackles with 50- or 60-yard breakaways. The Terps rank sixth nationally with 124.3 See LETOURNEAU, Page 7

Defensive End A.J. Francis will have his 91-year-old great-grandfather in the stands when the Terps play West Virginia tomorrow. charlie deboyace/the diamondback