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Police: robbery reports trending down Robbery rates dropped over past three years; on-campus numbers continue to stay low

Leisy Abrego a UCLA professor, discusses her research on separated immigrating families on Monday night. tom hausman/for the diamondback

spokesman Lt. William Alexander.

There were 186 robberies, which are defined as someone’s property being taken with force or threat, up

By Jeremy Snow dropped in the past three years and to that time in 2014, including 10 in September. In comparison, there @JeremyM_Snow on-campus numbers remain low.

Senior staff writer District 1, which includes College were 226 robberies by this time last Park, Laurel and Adelphi, reported year.

In 2013, there were 325 total robDespite recent robberies, including a 17.7 percent drop in robberies from one this weekend, officials said off- the beginning of the year to Sept. 19, beries, down from 415 in 2012.

Thefts — when someone’s property campus robberies have substantially said Prince George’s County Police

Researcher leads talk on migrant children

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Making their mark

Data on 130 Salvadoran families documents separation issues

Univ donors contribute McKeldin ‘MakerSpace’ full of technology for students

Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer Immigration researcher and UCLA professor Leisy Abrego discussed the family dynamics of El Salvadoran migration and the recent influx of undocumented youth into the United States during a presentation in Marie Mount Hall on Monday night.

“People talk about migration as being a family affair,” Abrego said, “whether it’s because you’re leaving to provide for your family, you’re leaving to reunite with your family, you’re trying to move your family so kids can have a better education. The idea of providing for your family is often at the center of reasons for migration.”

Abrego said she spoke with 130 Salvadoran parents and children, many of whom had been separated because of migration, as research for her book Sacrificing Families:

is taken without force or threat — have also dropped, from 2,027 in 2013 to 1,876 this year, Alexander said.

“W hile we aren’t happy with any level of crime, we do feel like we have made significant progress (particularly with violent crime) and are headed in the right direction,” Alexander wrote in an email.

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer It starts with plastic tchotchkes, such as Testudo statues a nd Pikachu figurines, and extends beyond virtual reality video games and operating room communication via Google Glass.

It’s the “maker movement,” and it’s received its own resource room — dubbed the John and Stella Graves MakerSpace — in a repurposed study room on McKeldin Library’s second floor.

Donors John and Stella Graves cut the ribbon Monday afternoon in front of about 25 students, faculty and staff to mark the official opening of the new space.

A student tries on Google Glass at the grand opening of the John and Stella Graves MakerSpace in McKeldin Library on Monday afternoon. Among other things, the MakerSpace grants students access to multiple 3-D printers, an Oculus Virtual Reality headset and Google Glass. rachel george/the diamondback

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Inconsistent DOTS bus ID policy sparks controversy

Pro-Israel, Palestine students question media recognition

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer

Students accuse drivers of race discrimination

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Senior staff writer

shuttle-UM Bus drivers are being accused of racial bias in failed ID-checking policies. file photo/the diamondback

As senior James Edwards walked onto the 128-Enclave bus outside The Varsity on the afternoon of Sept. 16, the bus driver asked him to show his student ID. Not a problem, the government and politics major thought. Edwards, a black man, was the only person at the stop.

But when the driver failed to ask two white students to show their IDs at the next stop, his mindset changed.

This was not the first time Edwards had seen it happen.

“I was kind of irritated by it,” he said. “If I get ID’d and you’re not ID-ing anybody else … you either have to ID everybody or nobody.”

When the bus arrived at Stamp Student Union, Edwards asked the driver why he didn’t ask some students for identification, to which the driver

responded that he forgot, Edwards said.

Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen said he knew about this specific issue and the department looked into it, connecting Edwards with a DOTS manager. Every bus has a video surveillance camera inside, and employees reviewed the video to see what happened, Allen said.

“This particular driver — this is the first time they had driven a bus that required IDs,” Allen said. “At this particular stop, I think because of the lack of his experience, he forgot to ask everyone.”

On the previous run of this route, Allen said the same driver asked each boarder for a student ID at every stop.

The inconsistency in asking to see student IDs on only select routes can cause a driver to forget to ask for identification, Allen said. But these policies are reviewed in the training

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process, which also goes over how to check bus safety and work the hydraulic lifts for people with disabilities, he said.

“We try to let our drivers know everything they need to know about driving,” Allen said. “But these are sometimes 18-, 19-year-old students, and they are driving a bus for the first time.”

Graduate student Beth Pruitt said she always has her student ID available when riding the Greenbelt route to and from the campus but doesn’t always need it.

“I’m not ID’d when I take the same bus every morning and I know the driver,” Pruitt said. “We just sort of acknowledge each other, so they recognize my face.”

Pruitt said decisions on who gets on the bus should be largely up to See dots, Page 3

The aftermath of the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas has led to renewed negative attention on Israel from the media and the public, advocates said.

Aviva Slomich, the campus director for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, said the media’s scrutiny of Israel makes it tough for pro-Israel student groups.

“It’s not easy to be an advocate for Israel on campus,” Slomich said. “Some media outlets, professors and students prefer to perpetuate the conflict by disseminating falsehoods that not only demonize Jews and their supporters but hurt the Palestinians, who they claim they are speaking for, and end up working to destroy the possibilities of peace.”

Being pro-Israel may not be the easiest decision, Slomich said, but it will leave a lasting impact.

“These students will know that instead of silently standing by, they stood up for an important cause that will help to bring peace to the

region,” Slomich said.

Jacob Magid, a board member of pro-Israel student group J Street UMD, said negative trends depend on a person’s perception, with certain words leading people to assume a media outlet is either anti-Israel or anti-Palestine.

“People aren’t comfortable with certain terms,” the sophomore Arabic studies and government and politics major said. “Words like ‘occupation’ for pro-Israelis and terms such as ‘human shields’ for pro-Palestinians are sensitive.”

But even as a pro-Israel group, Magid said J Street doesn’t like to “shrug off the mistakes the Israeli government makes.”

“We criticize Israel because we want to see the best Israel there is,” Magid said. “We don’t want to shrug it off or play the victim card — we want to change it. … We should be setting the bar for standards that we expect to hold.”

Shane James, Students for Justice in Palestine at UMD president, said public opinion is changing, which he believes will force the media to re-evaluate its portrayal of events.

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Makers From PAGE 1 The MakerSpace supports the trending use of new technologies for creation and innovation purposes, said Dean Chang, associate vice president for innovation and entrepreneurship. The room includes 3-D printers and scanners, Google Glass, a vinyl cutter and Oculus Rift, a set of virtual reality goggles developed by the company headed by university alumnus Brendan Iribe.

Patricia Steele, the dean of libraries at this university, spoke to visitors about the potential for the new MakerSpace and the opportunities it offers all

Seinfeld producer, alum visits campus

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer One day, Peter Mehlman was listening to the radio in his car when he heard that the Today Sponge, a popular device for birth control in the 1990s, was going out of production. Then he got an idea.

The former writer and executive producer for Seinfeld thought, “If Elaine is a sponge user, let’s say she buys out the entire Upper West Side, so she gets kind of a limited number, so that would change her whole screening process,” Mehlman said.

T he 1977 a lu m nus a nd for mer rep or ter for T he Dia mondback coi ned the phrases “spongeworthy,” “yada yada,” “shrinkage” and “double-dipping” during his eight years working on Seinfeld — an experience he spoke about to students and faculty during his visit to the campus yesterday.

Meh l ma n d ropped i n on classes, spoke at a luncheon with about 35 faculty and students and hosted a book reading from his new novel, It Won’t Always Be This Great.

But before he started his day of meetings, he made sure to walk around. Between living

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students — not just those in programs that own similar technology. She stressed that it represented a library system that was evolving into something “much more than books.”

“Among the top 125 research universities, only 13 percent have MakerSpaces,” Steele said in her welcome speech. “That really puts us in a special place.”

Earlier this year, President Obama held the very first White House Maker Faire to celebrate the maker movement and the potential for new technology and invention in nurturing students to solve problems, Chang said. He looked forward to students at this university becoming a part of that movement.

“It is really significant and

exciting,” Chang said. “There hasn’t been a space or equipment open and available to all students like this before.”

At Monday’s event, staff showed off how the technology could be used, making miniature Testudo statues and terrapin-shell printed iPhone cases. Attendees also got the opportunity to try on the virtual reality goggles and Google Glass, a technology that students will soon be able to rent with their university IDs, said Preston Tobery, information technology specialist.

Currently, the room is available by appointment, which faculty, staff and students can make online through the library’s website. Use of 3-D

printing includes a materials fee of $0.20 per gram of plastic. The room has a staff to assist those using its technology and the library also maintains a Web page with tutorials on using the gadgets.

Robbie Adkins, a freshman computer science major who attended the event, said he wasn’t familiar with much of the technology, but looked forward to the chance to try it out, including the 3-D printer.

“I really want to try and use it, as soon as I can come up with a good enough idea of what to print,” he said.

Cynthia Harris, a library technician, said students can also participate in a digital badge program. They can create

a project using the technology in the MakerSpace and submit it to the library staff for review to earn a badge.

“A nd my favorite pa rt, though I haven’t tried them yet, is the Oculus Rift,” Harris said.

“Virtual reality really seems like the next step in the field of technology. I’m really curious about it; it seems pretty cool.”

John Graves, one of the namesake donors, said he wasn’t sure whether he was the kind of person who would use MakerSpace, but he was happy to be a part of this opportu n ity for students and looks forward to “great success in the future.” Officials may add new technologies as they evaluate student

in his fraternity house and playing basketball at Cole Field House, he said his time at this university made for some of his favorite memories.

“I was so depressed after my sophomore year because it was halfway over,” Mehlman said.

“I just loved it here, the whole carefree atmosphere. What’s better than this?”

Then Mehlman found a new home — on the set of Seinfeld.

“The studio lot is a lot like a college campus. Different shows are like different dorms, and there are always new people coming in. … Instead of new freshman coming in every year, there were new actors coming in every week,” Mehlman said. “So it was very similar, and you’re hanging out with smart, funny people.”

Junior journalism major Janelle Netterville, a member of Sketchup and an aspiring comedy writer, was at the luncheon with Mehlman. She said she was grateful for the opportunity to meet Mehlman and learn from his experiences.

“A s sketch w riters a nd comedy writers, a lot of us do want to aspire to be television writers, especially comedy,” Netterville said. “And hearing from somebody who has actually done that exact thing is really cool and always inspiring, especially knowing that he came from the same school that we are going to.”

W hen Netterville asked M e h l m a n fo r a dv i c e, h e told her to keep writing and perfect whatever she’s already done. He then went on to give insight on the general process of creativity.

“T here is nobody in

this room who hasn’t had a t houg ht t h is week t hat wouldn’t make a great Seinfeld episode. It’s just that it goes in your head and out and you don’t really catch it,” Mehlman said. “A part of being creative is learning to catch the most m i nute but great thoughts that go through your head.”

Even if journalism students like Netterville do not end up pursuing a career in journalism, the education they receive prepares them to think criti-

cally, gather information, digest that information and form it for the public — skills journalism Dean Lucy Dalglish said are invaluable in any job, as shown by Mehlman’s success with Seinfeld.

“When you come to a university and you study a topic … you probably have a fixed idea in your mind what your education is going to prepare you for,” Dalglish said. “One thing I learned, because I’m on my fourth career from being a journalism major, is

that you’re prepared to do more than you think you are.”

George Solomon, director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, was Mehlman’s first boss at The Washington Post. Solomon said Mehlman was competent and able to meet his potential with talent and resilience.

Through his career, Mehlman also wrote for SportsBeat with Howard Cosell, The New York Times, the L.A. Times, Esquire and others.

“I like people who have life,

formation on robberies has also made it hard for University Police to predict and prevent incidents, Limansky said. Instead, the department depends on the cameras around the campus to track students and possible threats to take the necessary steps to stay safe.

“It’s best to not make yourself a vulnerable individual,” Limansky said. “At night, just walk in groups or call in a police escort.”

T h e f t s a re m u c h m o re common than robberies, as it is easy to swipe people’s backpacks or electronics in libraries or offices, Limansky said. Even though about 300 to 400 of these crimes occur a year, Limansky said there is not much police can do once a theft has occured.

To c o m b a t t h e f t s , t h e most common crime on the campus, University Police began a decoy program to ser ve as a “deterrent” to thieves, Limansky said.

T h rough th is prog ra m, police place electronic devices and bikes around the campus and track the thieves who take the items through attached GPS devices.

Sti l l, thef ts a re a l most always preventable, Limansky said. By simply keeping an eye on their belongings and not leaving them unattended, students can ensure their property remains theirs, he said.

For county police, the right direction means having more officers and resources across the county to reduce crime, Alexander said, as well as implementing special operations such as the Burglary Suppression Team.

The most recent off-campus incident occurred early Saturday morning, when three unidentified men assaulted a student and stole his property near the intersection of 49th Avenue and Patuxent Avenue, according to a University Police safety alert. A similar forced robbery also occurred Sept. 12 on 34th Avenue.

One robbery since August has occurred on the campus, University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said, which is an expected number during this time. The start of the school year creates a population increase, resulting in more crime, but University Police keep robberies and other crimes low by focusing on campus surveillance and protection, Limansky said That on-campus robbery happened Sept. 7 when a male struck a student near the Memorial Chapel and took his wallet. Police were able to find and arrest one of the perpetrators that night and used witnesses and interviews to arrest the second.

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and I like people who enjoy life and make it fun to be around,” Solomon said.

As a current Los Angeles resident, Mehlman said he sees many people move there to pursue their dreams. Even if most of those aspirations are unrealistic, Mehlman said following them is what matters.

“Write for love, never for money,” Mehlman said. “But try to get paid for it.”

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Freshman Connection shifts half to dorms 488 students placed in on-campus spots

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer W h e n f re s h m a n Ja re d Ross received his spring admittance to this university, he reached out to a friend in the Freshmen Connection program who lived in the University View last year.

“I saw that on-campus [housing] was available now, and he told me to definitely take the opportunity because it’s a much better social experience,” Ross said.

Through the new opportunity for Freshmen Connection students to request on-campus housing, Ross was placed in Oakland Hall with other Freshmen Connection roommates.

“It’s nice to be around everything, be where everything is,” the computer science major said. “I enjoy just having the close access to all classes, activities going on and not having to take a bus to get anywhere in a reasonable time … also not having to cook your own food all the time.”

This semester, the Department of Resident Life placed 488 Freshmen Connection students in dorms.

But on-campus housing was not guaranteed, which left 142 Freshmen Connection

students on the waitlist for fall housing, said Michael Glowacki, assistant to the Resident Life director.

“We basically treated them like any freshmen. We didn’t hold out special assignments for them,” Glowacki said. “We don’t have one building where all Freshmen Connection [students] have been assigned. They’ve been integrated throughout our housing program.”

Resident Life tried to pair Freshmen Connection students with fellow Freshmen Connection students this year because of their similar class schedules and program.

Freshman biology major Jennifer Sabol was placed in Cumberland Hall with a random sophomore roommate, surrounded by a majority of regularly admitted students.

Not having any say in her roommate or placement wasn’t ideal, she said, but she’s happy to be living on the campus, and thus far, her living situation has worked out.

“A lot of other people complain about it, but I think it’s really great because while everyone else is at class in the morning, I can stay in my dorm and have all my stuff sprawled out and it’s completely quiet,” Sabol said.

Univ professor researches cities’ runoff water quality Study set for areas like College Park

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer As the People’s Climate March and other movements aim to evolve legislation and form a more environmentally conscious world, an even more complex urban evolution is occurring in our waterways, according to a series of studies published by a university geologist.

Scientists observed the water runoff in 14 watersheds, testing the salinity and overall health of each location. University geology professor Sujay Kaushal and two University of New Hampshire ecologists tailored the study to urban environments such as College Park.

Following an evolutionary path, researchers found t h at u rba n r u nof f water is becoming saltier due to road salt, human waste and dissolving concrete. “Hot spots” can also form in urban ecosystems when these elements become concentrated in runoff water, which can crush fragile aquatic ecosystems, Kaushal said.

“In Baltimore, we found that the salinity of the water a n d d ra i n a ge n e t w o rk’s volume have increased over time,” he said.

Greater salt content might negatively affect drinking water quality, aquatic life and plants.

“We have hopes that it will become of major importance to fix the infrastructure of moving water in cities, such as sewers and storm water,” University of New Hampshire ecologist William McDowell said.

Because of the study, scientists now have a broader range of approaches for addressing urban water ecosystems. However, knowing where our water goes is an i mpor ta nt step i n creating watershed awareness, Kaushal said.

Col lege Pa rk is located in the heart of the Anacostia River basin, with water flowing into the Northwest Bra nch a nd Pa i nt Bra nch Campus Creek, and even-

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prince frederick hall on South Campus is one of the dorms now housing Freshman Connection students. rachel george/the diamondback “When everyone’s back on the weekends, there’s no difference between us.”

Senior individual studies and psychology major Lili Notovitz was in the program when she entered this university, but at that time she only had the option to live off-campus in the fall.

“I lived in the View the first semester freshman year,” Notovitz said. “I did not really enjoy it that much. I thought Freshmen Connection was distant.

It didn’t really have much connection to campus life.”

Looking back, Notovitz said if she was given the opportunity to live on the campus, she would have taken it.

“There’s this quintessential, defining moment when

you go to college for the first time, and you really want to have that experience of people who are on the same page as you,” she said. “I think when you’re off-campus, you’re almost deprived of that experience.”

Notovitz moved onto the campus for her second semester of freshman year, which she said gave her a better experience. Living in an apartment felt more isolated and more like a graduate student experience than a freshman experience, she said.

Senior government and politics and history major Emily Richardson had a similar experience to Notovitz’s, but she said she isn’t convinced that living on-campus will

ISRAEL

stant equation of Palestinians and Israel as states engaged in a war,” James said.

From PAGE 1 James said Students for James, a sophomore sec- Justice i n Pa lesti ne supondary education major, ports the Boycott, Divestsaid the media has an “enor- ment and Sanctions Movement, which encourages the mous” bias toward Israel.

“It can be seen in the boycott of Israeli companies, almost hysterical coverage products, academic instituabout Hamas and the con- tions and events. Examples

commute or didn’t receive oncampus housing, said Anne Baum, Freshmen Connection program manager and adviser.

But for Amanda Paull, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences living off-campus in the View with other Freshmen Connection students has been a good experience so far. She said she considered living on the campus but didn’t act fast enough and the spots filled up.

“We looked what the View was, and it was amazing, and it was unlike what most freshmen got to experience,” said Paull. “And the View is all-student housing and has biggest concentration of Freshmen Connection students, and I really liked that. You get to know a lot of people in your classes and you get a community.”

T h e o p e n i n g o f P r i n ce Frederick Hall enabled Residence Life to offer on-campus housing for Freshmen Connection students more easily, Glowacki said, which is something they have been hoping to do since the program began.

“It’s not like we saved some sort of disaster, but as we talked to parents and families, anecdotally, we hear, ‘Yes, we think it’d be better for our students to be on campus,’” he said. “We think they belong on-campus. We think housing off-campus is really more suited to a junior and senior student.”

make a significant difference for students in the Freshmen Connection program.

“It wasn’t the living separately for me, it was the opportunity to engage on campus,” Richardson said.

“Once I was able to start taking normal classes, I could engage in extracurriculars.”

But if she had the chance to live on the campus as a freshman, she said she would have.

“I’m not under the impression I would enjoy the dorm, but it’s a very communal experience and unique to college,” Richardson said.

Despite the new on-campus option, about half of this fall’s 912 Freshmen Connection students chose to live in offcampus housing, decided to gtooheydbk@gmail.com

include products such as SodaStream machines, which are built on what James said are illegal settlements in the West Bank.

Being a pro-Palestinian group on the campus has its struggles, James said, mentioning that members have even received death threats.

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support for our work comes as the movement grows, it b e c o m e s l e s s d i f f i c u lt,” James said. “By connecting the struggle of Palesti n ia ns to ou r ow n socia l struggles here in the U.S., you feel that you’re doing something right.” rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

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tu a l ly empty i ng i nto t he Chesapeake Bay. “The bay is a big driver of the work that we are doing in the mid-Atlantic region,” McDowell said. “We want to use this information to help guide changes that we think are more effective for managing water in cities.”

To combat excess runoff water and pollution, the university’s green infrastructure includes waste separation bins located in each dining hall, LEED Gold-certified buildings on campus and storm water management facilities.

Two water management facilities, one beneath Knight Ha l l’s cou r tya rd a nd t he other below the Washington Quad, collect, filter and direct runoff to irrigate the grass surrounding the area.

T he t wo c i s ter n s re du ce water runoff by 27 percent, according to the Office of Sustainability’s website.

Another cistern is being built to irrigate the public health garden, said Michael Ca r m ich a el, stor mwater management coordinator.

On a smaller scale, individuals can make a difference by not l itteri ng a nd avoiding dumping liquids near street drains. As a large pa rt of the strea m drainage network, street drains are especially important to protect, Carmichael said.

“Pay attention to what your city is doing with water quality and how they are improving the infrastructure,” McDowell said. “It takes political will, even if the EPA can enforce some of it. But things will go a lot better if people care.” mhorndbk@gmail.com

reform From PAGE 1 Navigating Laws, Labor and Love Across Borders.

Abrego sh a red some of their stories and talked about how it is difficult to keep her emotional reactions separate from her sociological analysis.

The topic was a familiar one for some students in the audience. Senior José Granados grew up in El Salvador with his mother and brother, but when he was 8 years old, he said his mother moved to the United States to create a better life.

While he was resentful at first, Granados said he came to understand the decision after his mother got him and his brother visas after three years of working three different jobs in America.

“I saw, i n a way, t he sacrifice she was doing b ec au se she wa nted to apply for a visa and unify w ith us later,” sa id the Spanish literatures and cu lt u res m ajor. “I f my mom never had th ree

leisy abrego, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the issues and misconceptions around immigration into the United States from Hispanic countries. The presentation was held in Marie Mount Hall last night. tom hausman/for the diamondback jobs, never applied for a visa, maybe I would have been one of those kids [crossing the border illegally]. Maybe I wo u l d h av e s t ay e d i n E l Salvador and joined a gang.”

In fiscal year 2014, 66,127 unaccompanied alien children were apprehended at t h e U. S.’s s o ut hwe s te r n b o r d e r, c o m p a r e d w i t h 35,209 in the previous year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Sa lvadora n pol it icia n Juan Manuel de Jésus Flores Cornejo also attended the discussion. He said the United States needs to be more accepting of these immigrants.

“Migrants are fundamental for the economy of this

country. These migrants do the hard work and labor that many Americans do not want to do,” Flores Cornejo said with Granados translating.

“That’s why it’s essential to have comprehensive immigration reforms that help the migrants not be in fear.”

The discussion was sponsored by the Center for the History of the New America, the Spanish and Portuguese languages department and the languages, literatures a nd cu ltu res school. It is the first of a series of events centered around the immigration that will occur in the coming weeks.

Latino students will hold a vigil Sept. 29 outside the

White House. Dr. Ana Patricia Rodriguez, a professor in the Spanish and Portuguese la ng uages depa rtment who organized the events, sa id the v ig i l is i ntended to “bring to the attention of the administration the necessity of i m m ig ration reform and action to amel iorate the situation w ith child migrants.”

T here will be a Sept. 30 screening of the documentary Which Way Home, about child immigrants. There also will be an Oct. 23 symposium with government and embassy officials talking about immigration.

may forget to ask for an ID,” Allen said.

He added that asking stuFrom PAGE 1 dents for IDs as they board buses is not a new policy, and the driver, especially if not every route requires ID someone gets stranded, checks. Drivers are not reneeds a ride home or forgot quired to ask for IDs during his or her ID. But Edwards evening routes, routes that note d p otent i a l sa fet y stay on the campus and on the issues if drivers take lib- College Park Metro shuttle.

“We don’t want to leave a erties to allow nonstudents student out in the elements to enter the campus.

“We will redouble our just because they have forefforts to let our drivers gotten their ID,” Allen said.

Senior economics major know that they need to be consistent with asking for Sa n m i Ji n adu a nd sen ior IDs, but it’s possible that criminology and criminal they, just like this person, justice major Walter Tates

— both of whom are black — said they have observed th is I D check d iscrepancy throughout the years they’ve spent at the university. Jinadu said he might be asked for an ID at one stop, while those before and after him are not, he said.

And while Jinadu said he cou ld h ave w rong ly perceived the instances, or there cou ld have been ci rcu mstances he wasn’t aware of, it’s still against driver policy for some routes, he said.

“They’re supposed to ask everybody for their IDs,” Jinadu said. “How do we fix

it? To be honest, I don’t know.

But do I th ink someth ing needs to be done? … Yeah.”

Tates said he understands the process of ask i ng for student IDs and is happy to comply — as long as the drivers handle the job with fairness.

“I understand they want to protect students, but I really don’t see the purpose of having to ID anybody to get on a bus to the Enclave,” he said. “Especially if it’s just some people being ta rgeted, it’s completely unnecessary.”

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he ad starts with a simple phrase: “It’s on us to stop sexual assault.”

Over the next 30 seconds, we see the faces of Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington, Questlove and Joel McHale, among many others.

No, this isn’t an ad for a TV show or movie, but a public service announcement addressing sexual a ssa u l t o n co l l e ge ca m p u se s.

Throughout the video, we’re told how we need to “get in the way before it happens, to get a friend home safe, to not blame the victim.”

T h e “ I t’s o n Us ” ca m pa i g n , launched by the Obama administration Friday, seeks to change how people talk about sexual assault and provide tips to prevent sexual violence from happening.

T h e c a m p a i g n ’s w e b s i t e , ItsOnUs.org, urges visitors to sign a pledge “to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault … [and] promise not to be a bystander to the problem, but to be a part of the solution.”

The campaign comes right after the formation of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault — and couldn’t have come at a more critical time.

In fiscal year 2013 alone, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights “received 30 complaints against colleges and universities alleging failures in the way schools

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handled cases of sexual violence,” according to The Huffington Post.

The site also investigated schools across the U.S. under investigation or faced complaints or significant criticism in how they address sexual assault.

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We applaud the “It’s On Us” campaign for addressing sexual assault in ways to which college students can relate.

While this university was not among the list of 76 schools, local universities such as Johns Hopkins University, the Catholic University of America, Frostburg State University and James Madison University unfortunately made the cut.

Though we’ve been lucky enough not to have this university under investigation for the way it handles sexual assault, the campaign is just as important to this campus community as it is to any other.

When it comes to sexual violence, there’s never a point in which there’s “zero room for improvement.” As President Obama mentioned in a speech on Friday, one in five women is sexually assaulted in college, with most cases never reported — a sad

truth that needs to be changed.

This university already has established the Office of Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence with the help of its Title IX officer, Catherine Carroll, who seeks to improve investigative procedures and create mandatory training programs for students.

Though we may be miles ahead of other universities when it comes to sexual assault, the campaign should be on everyone’s radar, regardless of what university a student attends or how much knowledge of sexual assault he or she supposedly has.

Not only is the It’s On Us campaign a timely initiative, but it also perfectly encapsulates what a college campaign should look like: tips on how to prevent sexual assault; an online tool kit that shows students how to start a campaign on their campus, send popular Tweets, host events on their campus and alter profile pictures on Facebook and Twitter to support the cause; and even includes testimony from different celebrities on why they support the campaign.

We’re proud of this university for addressing sexual assault head-on, but we also couldn’t be more proud of this campaign for tackling something on a national level, justifying the reality that we are all impacted by sexual assault — and we need to work together to end it.

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Taming our use of the “R” word

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ou come out of the classroom.

You adjust your eyes to daylight. You exit exam mode and return to a semi-human state.

You turn to your friend and say, “That exam just raped me.”

And for some reason, that has become OK. “Rape” has slipped its way into conversations, stealthily lacing itself into our daily vocabulary.

Its weight goes unnoticed, its effect unrealized. But when you say the word “rape,” you are pulling at a delicate seam in every rape victim’s carefully patched facade.

We as a generation do not have very good memories. We forget dates, manners, assignments and the fact that our words actually mean something.

It makes me wonder: What constitutes a modern taboo? We sub in cute words and phrases to avoid cursing all the time and we apologize to kids when we swear in front of them, but the “R” word isn’t given that same social courtesy.

It’s tossed around, and the more it’s used, the more we desensitize ourselves to it. We should be alarmed at hearing the word “rape.”

But it has become so embedded in our verbal culture that most people don’t do so much as flinch.

Our word choice used to be delicate, but it has become hasty, at best. People are more concerned with dramatizing their own lives than treading around others’.

Our day-to-day interactions are filled with verbal competitions to

determine who has it worse — even at the expense of others’ feelings.

This isn’t a call to start plastering caution labels and black bars over every word that may slip out of our mouths. It is a plea for people to take a second to retrace their steps and hopefully find their way back to the corner where their thoughts and speech meet up.

We often overlook the fact that our words hold more weight than the 12-point font we’re typing in. But regardless of the generation or the century, words mean something and do a remarkably good job of failing to express someone’s good intentions.

Most of us would not purposely poke at someone’s insecurities. We would not rifle through the dirty laundry of someone’s past. We would not shove it back in his or her face to watch embarrassment seep back into his or her eyes. We wouldn’t purposely do it.

So why have we allowed ourselves to become so desensitized that we don’t even realize when we are going against our own values and morals?

There is more than enough rape in this world without guest appearances in daily conversation.

There are nearly 238,000 victims of rape each year, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. How do you know you’re not talking to one of them?

Samantha Reilly is a freshman journalism major. She can be reached at sreillydbk@gmail.com.

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hose Republican senators are at it again. This time, they’re denying college students the right to refinance their student loans at the lower current interest rates the Federal Reserve has maintained with its recent string of easy-money policies.

The outrage from the political left included their usual rhetoric and even went as far as to accuse Republicans of purposely holding up “progress.” But is this actually progress? Does refinancing loans to help college students afford the tough costs really create the best situation for all parties involved?

To me, the obvious and simple answer to the questions is “No.” Refinancing student loans with

current interest rates would send the wrong message to all students who made this tremendous financial commitment. Our federal government would be undoubtedly sending a message of forgiveness for an unforgivable financial mistake.

But when in life does money appear out of the air? (If it does, please let me know!)

Let’s resort to history; we’ve seen this story before. In response to the 2008 recession, the federal government authorized a cool $700 billion to bail out various companies and industries.

If the government were to refinance student loans with another bailout, the expected revenue would have to be offset with either higher taxes or

more debt. And as we all are becoming increasingly aware, that government debt is your debt.

As students, we expect to get academic, career and life lessons we can carry into a successful future.

Free money would only teach us the wrong lessons.

Furthermore, if you make a financial commitment in the real world, you are expected to pay it in full with interest. Bailouts don’t teach lessons, but working hard to get out of an unfortunate financial situation does.

Gregory Faenza is a junior economics and finance major. He can be reached at gregfaenza@comcast.net.

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n response to Wednesday’s article about this university striving to become a zero-waste campus, this is exactly what campuses nationwide should be doing to reduce their carbon footprints and their environmental impacts.

Many college students simply don’t realize the impact they are making on the environment, and the initiatives mentioned in this article provide strong suggestions for what students can do to live more sustainably.

Implementing new waste-sorting

stations, composting more waste and adding condiment dispensers in Byrd Stadium are definitely very important steps in reducing stadium waste, especially after big games.

I wish my alma mater had shown the same initiative as this university. My school had a hard time enough getting recycling to become popular on our campus, so there were definitely no plans to become a waste-free university.

Small steps, like the ones this university is implementing, lead to big changes.

I applaud the university for taking steps in the right direction and encourage students, faculty and staff to continue working toward the zero-waste goal.

Thank you for being a positive example for other universities across this country.

Ra c h e l G ro f f i s a n a l u m n a o f Coastal Carolina University and an intern for Environment Maryland, an environmental advocacy organization. She can be reached at rcgoff@coastal.edu.

to replace our items. As American factories and industries blossomed in the 19th century, and as transportation methods improved, companies were able to ship more supplies to consumers. Further job specialization allowed for higher wages and set the stage for the rise of today’s consumerism.

Companies began to thoroughly research and tap into human sentiments and public attitudes to find new ways to sell their products via advertisements. The accumulation of goods and the rise of materialism only accelerated as the rest of the world followed suit and similarly generated new products for consumption.

Disposability, replacement and planned obsolescence soon became the norm for American industries in the 20th century, and it is a trend that shockingly continues into our current era. In the past, people at least had an excuse for buying new items: Companies that engaged in planned obsolescence made shoddy products to force consumers to replace them, but this is an outdated excuse that is no longer applicable. Today, our products work just fine, and we replace our items just because we want the newer, cooler products.

And this by itself is a most troublesome mentality. Our demand for newer and better products undoubtedly spurs innovation and economic growth, but at what cost? How long will we continue to expunge already-limited resources on luxury goods? At what point will we finally be content with what we already have? These are questions our generation must quickly resolve, because at our current rate of consumption, we will face a point where supply will no longer match demand.

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, I found myself sitting in front of a TV watching Apple present its newest generation of devices. As a guy who’s always had a “dumb phone” that could only make phone calls and send text messages, I was curious about these new devices because I wanted to buy one for myself.

But as Apple rolled out its new iPhone 6, 6 Plus and Apple Watch, I started to get cranky, and it got me thinking about today’s sorry state of consumerism. As more news reports came out about the Apple products’ revolutionary new features, I became more aware of how unnecessary all this consumerism was. Why is it that we always feel a need to replace perfectly operational phones every one or two years? We all say we want to “go green,” and yet we waste so many resources on luxurious mild advancements in the technology we own.

Don’t get me wrong, the new iPhone’s bigger screen and enhanced operating system sound pretty exciting. I just don’t think they warrant the hype and economic craze its releases stimulate.

According to Apple, more than 4 million devices were ordered within 24 hours of the release!

Looking back into the consumerist history of our country alone, our modern era’s profligacy is outrageous.

In the past, because of our inability to mass-produce consumer goods, we relied on systems of reuse and recycle — not because we were Max An is a sophomore physiology and environmentally conscious, but neurobiology major. He can be reached because we simply had no other way at maxandbk@gmail.com.

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orn today, you are sure to follow your own path, no matter what anyone says, and that will begin at the earliest possible age. You are never one to do what you are told simply because you are told to do it, but you will surely do what you are told if it happens to be the best thing for you to do, or if it is something you would eventually choose to do on your own, anyway! Independence is everything to you -- without it, you simply cannot function -- and so you will assert it aggressively at all times, privately, publicly, in personal affairs and professional business. You must always be your own boss!

You are something of an original, though it may take others some time to spot just what it is that sets you apart -- for it is not something that is immediately apparent, but something that springs from within and colors you in a way that is ultimately unlike anyone else.

Also born on this date are: Bruce Springsteen, rocker; Ray Charles, singer and musician; Mickey Rooney, actor; Jason Alexander, actor; Julio Iglesias, singer; John Harbaugh, football coach; John Coltrane, musician; Anthony Mackie, actor; Skylar Astin, actor.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You’ll have the chance to share some personal knowledge with one who needs it. In turn, you’ll learn a thing or two as well.

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ESSAY | FX NETWORKS VS. AMC

FX HAS THE MOVIES (AND NOW, TV) Though AMC has long been considered the king of prestige television, FX is making a play for the title with low-key, auteur-driven shows

By Nick Gallagher @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback We’ve all thought about it: What if you won the lottery and were suddenly free to do whatever you want?

What if you had total autonomy?

What if nothing was off-limits?

Well, if you’re a showrunner for FX, you’ve basically bought that winning lottery ticket.

The Fox network’s cable channel, which recently split into one channel for drama and another for comedy, has developed a reputation for letting creative minds run with their ideas and not allowing the business side of things to affect the creative side.

Other networks could learn a thing or two from FX. AMC, once the king of basic cable, is fading fast. Breaking Bad is over, Mad Men concludes with a second seven-episode mini-season this winter, and then what will they have? Almost nothing.

Keeping AMC afloat will be The Walking Dead, a Breaking Bad spinoff called Better Call Saul and … that’s about it. They’ve been trying to find something to replace their dramatic behemoths, but nothing has stuck (Low Winter Sun, we hardly knew ye), and

it’s because AMC executives aren’t letting showrunners do what they were hired to do.

The Walking Dead is TV’s highest-rated show by a wide margin, but it’s on its third showrunner in five years. There have also been reports of AMC execs butting heads with Matthew Weiner, the man behind Mad Men. Over at FX, no one is complaining about network interference and they’re producing some of TV’s best content. Case in point: Louie. Louis C.K. writes, directs, produces, edits and stars in his self-titled show.

He has an agreement with FX basically to leave him alone to produce quality television.

C.K. won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series last month and has been nominated 16 times in four seasons of Louie. Mad Men hasn’t won an Emmy since 2011, and The Walking Dead has less of a chance at a non-makeuprelated Emmy than T-Dog ever had at surviving.

FX is choosing the right people with the right ideas and letting them work. Stephen Falk, who has written for Weeds and Orange is the New Black, had a deal with NBC to produce a sitcom starring Dane Cook, but the network pulled the plug after

he made just four episodes, none of which ever aired.

When Falk had a new show to pitch, he instead went to FX executives, who allowed him to make the show he wanted. The result turned out to be my favorite new show: the dark but hilarious You’re the Worst, which just concluded its first season. You’re the Worst is a raunchy romantic comedy that could never air on NBC and wouldn’t be allowed to flourish on AMC. Falk found a home for his cynical-but-sweet rom-com and the TV world is a better place for it.

FX doesn’t have a cultural phenomenon like Breaking Bad, but neither does another network. With so many channels and niche programming now, it’s almost impossible to make a show everyone likes.

While AMC is trying to make one show for everyone, FX is making a lot of shows for most people. FX is adapting to the changing television landscape, while AMC is acting like there’s still only five channels to watch.

Showrunners might feel like they’ve won the network lottery with FX, but it’s the viewers who cash in on the network’s stellar lineup.

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REVIEW | ALT-J, THIS IS ALL YOURS

STILL RIDING THat AWESOME WAVE British band finesses an award-winning formula on sophomore album This Is All Yours

By Danielle Ohl @DTOhl Staff writer It’s evident in their latest album, This Is All Yours, that the British altrockers of alt-J know themselves — and their fans — very, very well.

The band’s highly anticipated sophomore album had some massive expectations to uphold. The band’s debut album, An Awesome Wave, won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, an annual award given to the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

While This Is All Yours lives up to the hype, it’s nothing new — and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Rather than stepping too far outside the box, the band yet again has embraced its impulses and produced something intelligent and complex, yet accessible. Similar to its predecessor, This Is All Yours features complicated and textured melodies, intricate and conceptualized themes

ALT-J’s second album, This Is All Yours, arrived to a flurry of hype this week after the success of the group’s enormously popular debut, An Awesome Wave. This Is All Yours picks up where Wave left off, and finds the British alt-rockers experimenting without ever truly leaving their comfort zone. photo courtesy of headlineplanet.com and above all, frontman Joe Newman’s incomparable vocals.

This Is All Yours has a deep-seated eccentricity that adds to its intrigue; its songs make a good first impression and an even better second one.

Though down a member since bassist Gwil Sainsbury’s amicable departure, alt-J has maintained its willingness to blend genres and styles, and those familiar with the group’s

first release will be pleased to recognize the same clever concepts buried beneath layer upon layer of multigenre sound.

Elements of indie-rock, experimental art-pop and electronica are all well-blended into a unique slurry that alternately buries and buoys Newman’s whining falsetto.

“Intro,” the first track off This Is All Yours, reestablishes the high-

pitched, twinkling stereophonics, crunchy drumbeats and exotic synths that characterize alt-J’s prior work. Among these jarring, distinctive flavors, surprisingly tender moments of acoustic guitar and quiet piano emerge in “Pusher,” a simple showcase about the weight involved in waiting, and “Choice Kingdom,” a haunting political critique. alt-J isn’t afraid to introduce

some structure and storyline into their complex musical labyrinth.

While musical triad “Arrival in Nara,” “Nara” and “Leaving Nara” weave a new, stirring story through the album, “Bloodflood, Pt. II” refers back to the violent themes established in An Awesome Wave’s “Fitzpleasure” and “Bloodflood.”

“Warm Foothills,” meanwhile, is stunningly minimalist and ethereal, while “Left Hand Free” is a Southern jam. “Every Other Freckle” is sultry and fun while “Hunger of the Pine” is hypnotic and throbbing. alt-J rocketed from obscurity to fame in about 2.8 seconds after dropping its debut album in May 2012. A little weird and a lot wonderful, This Is All Yours can do no harm to the popularity the band has thus far achieved. While it doesn’t pander to the masses, it doesn’t alienate them either. dohldbk@gmail.com

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INSIDE LINEBACKER ALEX TWINE makes a tackle during the Terps’ 34-20 victory at Syracuse.

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DEFENSE From PAGE 8 yardage on the outside of the formation. And it wasn’t limited to designed runs.

Hunt scrambled five times in the contest and averaged 11.6 yards per rush on those five plays.

“We got to do a better job as a defense as a whole,” said cornerback Will Likely, who earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after making nine solo tackles in the win. “We just need to fill in our gaps and [have] everybody pursue to the ball.”

After the game, Edsall wouldn’t comment on what exactly went wrong for the Terps in stopping the run.

But the fourth-year coach reviewed film, and during his conference call with reporters Sunday, he shed some light on the disconcerting situation.

Aside from missed tackles, Edsall harped on his players not being in position in terms of their run fits, which essentially refers to defensive lineman and inside linebackers filling gaps along the offensive line. When defenders execute their fits, it forces a runner to the outside of the formation, where a linebacker is waiting to make a play. If defenders don’t execute their assignments, it opens holes.

“We didn’t have the right leverage at certain times,” Edsall said. “We’ve got to continue to get better with that and do a

better job with regards to our fits and our eye discipline, and also having some of our guys be able to fill a little bit quicker.”

The defense’s struggles this season has not been limited to the run, though. Two weekends ago in a 40-37 home loss to West Virginia, the Terps allowed 694 total yards, 511 of which came on throws from quarterback Clint Trickett. So the Terps gave up 1,283 yards of offense over the past two weekends.

Granted, they had chances to win that game against the Mountaineers, coming back from 22 points before losing on a field goal as time expired, and they pulled out a convincing victory in New York on Saturday.

But the competition and opposing rushing attacks will only get stiffer after the Terps enter Big Ten play this weekend at Indiana. For instance, on Oct. 25, the Terps travel to No. 19 Wisconsin, which ran for a conferencerecord 644 yards this weekend against Bowling Green.

Still, yardage notwithstanding, Edsall’s team emerged from nonconference play with a winning record despite varying injuries to all four of its starting linebackers.

“We’ve got to get better.

There’s always things that you have to work on, and we’ll work on them and get better,” Edsall said. “I know our guys will.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

the Terps with her emotional leadership. During moments of difficulty during the season, she provides a stable presence for her team.

“It’s just another personality that’s not on the court with you,” middle blocker Hailey Murray said. “She’s always really positive and bright, and she’s a great teammate.

And not having her there to support all of us was a little bit hard.”

The Terps, however, felt they managed to get along without her. Despite the losses, libero Amy Dion called this weekend one of the more consistent performances of the year from the team.

“We always talk about how we go up and really down; this weekend we were more steady,” Dion said. “Although it was felt that [Elliott] wasn’t there, it wasn’t as big of a deal as it could have been.”

Outside hitter Ashleigh Crutcher and middle blockers Catie Coyle and Ashlyn MacGregor, in particular,

flyers From PAGE 8 Despite taking the early lead, the Terps (2-3-2) continued to attack the goal. They pelted Froschauer with eight shots in the second half. In turn, the Flyers (3-3-1) seemed to grow a bit exasperated, as they were charged with seven yellow cards, five of them in the final 45 minutes of play.

One particularly forceful foul occurred with less than 39 minutes left in regulation.

Kabelik approached a Dayton player around midfield and deflected a pass. The junior went to chase the loose ball, but the Dayton defender

OFFENSE

raised their level of play with Elliott sidelined.

Crutcher took over Elliott’s position at outside hitter, moving from the right side, where she had played all year prior to this weekend. Coyle and MacGregor were then asked to trade off playing Crutcher’s position.

“Ashlyn and [Coyle] both stepped up a lot,” Murray said.

“They both played right-side and came in and did positions that they don’t always do, and I thought that they did a really good job.”

The Terps will enter Big Ten play this weekend against Illinois and Northwestern and will require the same players to continue to step up if they hope to have success against stiff competition.

And though Elliott’s loss still stings, the Terps will carry on without her.

“We could’ve used a few more kills,” Kenney said.

“But we just got to focus on what we did well and I t h o u g h t we m a n a ge d the game pretty well and I thought we learned a lot of lessons this weekend.”

From PAGE 8 “It’s kind of what we’ve been working on in practice,” Ryan said. “With a couple injuries to forwards, we’re just trying to use as [many] people as we can to try to see if anyone can finish.”

B u t t h e Wo l ve r i n e s ’ compact defense stifled each of the options Morgan tried at forward Friday. Pratt and Ryan were the only Terps forwards to attempt shots in the game, and though the Terps fired 23 shots against Michigan State on Sunday afternoon, just five came from forwards, including four from Ryan.

As a team, the Terps failed to find holes in the Spartans’ defense. They were held scoreless for regulation and both overtime periods despite attempting six shots on goal.

“We didn’t finish our chances,” midfielder Lauren Berman said. “They compact a lot on defense, so we didn’t get a lot of forwards or runs made into the final third very well to get good shots off.”

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threw Kabelik to the ground.

For all the physicality, the Terps defense stood strong, delivering yet another dominant performance. Defenders Suli Dainkeh, Chris OdoiAtsem, Mikey Ambrose and Jereme Raley held the Flyers to just five total shots, while goalkeeper Zach Steffen stopped three.

The victory puts an end to a Terps’ winless streak, which dated back to Sept. 5. Over the past month, the Terps have dealt with injuries, offensive stagnation and the mounting pressure of a fan base accustomed to winning.

The nonconference win probably won’t propel the Terps back into the national

“WE’VE GOT A LOT MORE NUMBERS AND A LOT MORE PIECES THAT WE CAN GO TO RIGHT NOW. THE LAST PART OF IT — TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO’S GOING TO SCORE — WE’LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.” JONATHAN MORGAN

Terrapins women’s soccer coach At the conclusion of the weekend, 17 Terps stepped between the white lines at Ludwig Field but could not produce a single goal. And though the Terps’ depth may help them stay fresh late in games, they’ll hope to find a few players who are capable of finding their way into the scoring column.

“We talked about a lot of things and we trained a lot of things yesterday, and they did everything that we asked them to do,” Morgan said Sunday. “So it all showed except for the final piece.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

Coach sasho cirovski and the Terps won their second game of the season last night against Dayton thanks to Mael Corboz’s game-winning goal.. christian jenkins/the diamondback rankings, and they still sit toward the bottom of the Big Ten standings. But the victory serves as a much-needed confidence boost for a struggling team, even if there weren’t a ton of fans there to see it.

“I love our fans so much,” Cirovski said. “They’ve been great for three games. … I’ll cut them some slack tonight, and I’ll see them on Friday.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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FOOTBALL

Run defense struggles in 34-20 victory over Syracuse Despite defeat, Orange rack up 370 yards on the ground Saturday while playing a depleted Terps front seven

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

SYRACUSE quarterBACk TERREL HUNT breaks away from linebacker Cole Farrand on Saturday in the Terps’ 34-20 win over the Orange. Hunt totaled 156 yards on the ground in the game. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Take away the final result, and the box score from Saturday’s contest between the Terrapins football team and Syracuse tells a wildly different story.

The Terps earned a 34-20 victory in the Carrier Dome behind a feverish first half from the offense. But in the process, coach Randy Edsall’s defense surrendered more than 580 total yards for the second straight week, 370 of which came on the ground.

The Orange outpaced the Terps by more than 200 yards, committed the same number of penalties for 6 fewer

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yards, accumulated four-plus minutes more of possession and averaged about a yard more per play. Yet for most of the contest and the entire second half, the Terps were in control and led by upwards of 19 points.

The Terps maintained their lead thanks to a variety of Syracuse gaffes: untimely penalties, redzone turnovers and struggles on third down, to name a few. But the Orange dominated the game inside the 20-yard line. And moving forward, Edsall knows he needs to see dramatic improvement from his defense with regard to limiting yardage, especially against the run.

“We didn’t do a good enough job,” Edsall said. “We missed tackles.”

All but 8 of the Orange’s 370 rushing yards came from three players: quarterback Terrel Hunt (team-leading 156 rushing yards on 23 carries) and running backs Prince-Tyson Gulley (138 yards on 14 carries) and Adonis Ameen-Moore (68 yards on nine carries). Hunt and the two tailbacks thrived on zone-read running plays, gashing the Terps’ run defense for an average of nearly 8 yards per rush.

The trio rushed for 10 or more yards on 15 different plays, six of which went for 19 yards or more.

The Terps defense failed to contain Orange runners, often allowing them to gain the edge and pick up significant See defense, Page 7

MEN’S SOCCER | TERPS 1, FLYERS 0

Several Terps fill in for star As Elliott remains sidelined, three players adjust roles

By Jacob Walker @JacobW_DBK Staff writer The Terrapins volleyball team knew it would be a tough task to win against No. 5 Washington and No. 10 USC this weekend.

To make matters worse, they were without outside hitter Adreené Elliott, who fractured her hand the previous week. Head coach Steve Aird called Elliott, who leads the Terps in kills per set, the team’s best player and athlete.

As the Terps went against a pair of the nation’s premier teams without their star senior, expectations were tempered. And though the Terps were dealt two losses in straight sets, many players were content with the effort they gave against the potential title contenders.

While the Terps felt Elliott’s absence on the floor, they believe those asked to bear a larger workload did so capably.

“She’s an attacker who we rely on,” assistant coach Kristin Kenney said. “We give her a lot of balls but I thought the neat part was some of the other role players stepped up. …

Those kids got a lot more balls that they had to handle, and I thought they did a pretty nice job.”

On the court, Elliott is a springy outside hitter with a strong arm. She has the ability to stuff opponents, ranking No. 4 on the team with 0.67 blocks per set, and finish at the net.

Off the floor, though, Elliott centers See elliott, Page 7

midfielder mael corboz sprints down the field to celebrate a penalty-kick goal, his first as a Terp, in the first half of a 1-0 victory over Dayton on Monday night at Ludwig Field. christian jenkins/the diamondback

BREAKING THROUGH Terps end winless skid, scoreless drought in victory over Dayton

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer Mael Corboz took seven steps backward and lined up with the ball. A few moments earlier, forward George Campbell was tripped inside the box, giving the Terrapins men’s soccer team its first penalty kick of the season.

The midfielder stepped into the ball and smashed a right-footed attempt just past the fingertips of Dayton goalkeeper Chris Froschauer to break a scoreless tie in the 31st minute. Midfielder Tsubasa Endoh embraced Corboz, who sprinted back to midfield with a smile spread across his face.

The goal marked the Terps’ first in more than

140 minutes of play. It was the type of moment that Friday night’s raucous home crowd was dying to see during the Terps’ shutout loss to conference foe Michigan State.

Instead, an announced 804 were on hand to witness the Terps defeat the Flyers, 1-0, last night at Ludwig Field.

“One of the things [coach Sasho Cirovski] said before the game was that we have to be able to win in front of 6,000 fans; we have to be able win in front of 600 fans,” Corboz said. “It was important tonight that we came out with a lot of energy despite not having the fans that we normally have.”

After the loss to Michigan State, Cirovski said he would aim for more consistency with his frontline. After starting his fourth different duo

of the year against the Spartans, Cirovski opted to start Campbell and forward David Kabelik, the combination that started in the Terps’ seasonopening loss to Louisville.

Kabelik and Campbell worked well together, frequently finding each other for opportunities inside the box. Campbell notched four shots to pace the Terps but wasn’t able to extend the team’s lead.

Corboz’s goal, meanwhile, marked the Terps’ first since Kabelik netted an equalizer in the team’s 1-1 draw at Michigan on Sept. 12.

“It was a relief,” Cirovski said. “It took a while.

I think our aggressive play in general led to that goal. On both sides of the ball, we were really dictating the tempo of the game.”

See flyers, Page 7

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Even with added depth, offense continues to sputter Galanti, Ryan return to lineup as Terps fail to score in loss to Michigan, tie with Michigan State this weekend

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer Shortly after the Terrapins women’s soccer team and Michigan State ended Sunday afternoon’s game in a scoreless draw, coach Jonathan Morgan discussed how his team’s recent increase of depth helped it remain energized throughout the 110-minute game.

M i d f i e l d e r Co ry Rya n played in both matches this past weekend after missing t h e p rev i o u s two ga m e s because of a broken arm.

And forward Gabby Galanti

played about 35 minutes in both a 1-0 loss to Michigan on Friday and the tie with Michigan State after making her season debut against Rutgers on Sept. 12.

Still, the Terps struggled to finish their scoring chances despite having an array of different players capable of finding the back of the net.

The Terps were shut out in both games this weekend, extending their scoring drought to 245 minutes, which dates back to their match with the Scarlet Knights.

“We’ve got a lot more numbers and a lot more pieces

midfielder cory ryan makes a move in the Terps’ scoreless tie with Michigan State on Sunday. Ryan returned Friday after missing time with an arm injury. rebecca rainey/the diamondback that we can go to right now,” Morgan said. “The last part of it — trying to find out who’s going to score — we’ll have to figure that one out.”

Last season, the Terps leaned on one player for the majority of their scoring production. Forward Hayley Brock, who found the back

of the net 12 times, produced more than one-third of the Terps’ goals last season.

But after Brock graduated and Ashley Spivey — the Terps’ second leading scorer a year ago — transferred to Central Florida, Morgan’s team entered this season lacking an established scoring presence.

Ryan and forward Alex Doody started up top in the Terps’ season opener against No. 1 UCLA. While Doody has started all eight games, Ryan had to miss time after breaking her arm against Pepperdine.

In her absence, Shade Pratt

moved from defense to offense to become the starting forward opposite Doody. Recently, however, the Terps have tried a variety of different combinations up front.

Against Michigan, Doody and Pratt started the game, but Galanti and forward Natasha-Ntone Kouo also saw time in the attacking third of the field during the first half. After intermission, Morgan used a fifth player up top, replacing Pratt with Ryan in the 64th minute of an eventual 1-0 loss.

See offense, Page 7