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U student fights three term limit referendum

U: Dorm vacancies hard to estimate

Sophomore leads campaign against PG County term extension

Students living in converted lounges despite unfilled rooms

By Darcy Costello @dctello Senior staff writer

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer

On Nov. 4, Prince George’s Cou nty voters w i l l decide whet her to e x tend t he ter m limit for county executive and council positions from two terms to three.

If university student Shabnam Ahmed has things her way, that extension won’t happen.

A h m e d , a s o p h o m o re e nrolled in letters and sciences, establ ished the on l i ne “No Three Terms” initiative, with a website a nd Facebook page desig ned to i ncrease awa reness and galvanize opposition to “Question J.” The movement, she said, stems from her time as student member of the Board of Education for Prince George’s County in high school, where she had a first-hand view of county politics.

“The experience opened my eyes to the system and showed me how much influence an official can have,” Ahmed said. “The reality is that a lot of politicians go into office and start feeling entitled to their seat. They stop serving the population they were elected by and it becomes like a career for them.”

The effect, she said, is a sort of “regime” in politics, which prevents fresh ideas and distances the official from the population he or she was elected to serve. Should Question J pass, Ahmed fears the issues would

tion, and hazing practices could exist there in some form.”

The event included a presentation from Scott Roberts, director of undergraduate studies in the psychology department, and a discussion with three panelists: Novotny, Michelle Espino, assistant professor in the college of education and a member of Latina-based sorority Sigma Lambda Gamma, Matt Quigley, a

Long before the start of the fall semester, Department of Resident Life officials know when facilities upgrades will take place and where living -learning programs will reside.

But there’s no easy way to estimate how many students will show up to occupy this university’s dorms, and that’s why officials said some residents end up living in lounges while pockets of rooms sit empty.

This semester, 9,492 students are sleeping in university-owned beds, and 12 of those beds started out the semester in three converted dorm lounges, four students to a lounge, said Scott Young, Resident Life administrative business services assistant director. Meanwhile, officials found there were four empty rooms on the first floor of newly opened Prince Frederick Hall.

Young said that by their best estimates, which they can’t make until at least early May, the dorms were full to capacity. The incoming freshman class had 120 students more than the previous year, skewing the estimates.

“Like us, undergraduate admissions has a target for a class they are trying to bring into the university by the first day of class,” Young said. “Sometimes they hit the target, sometimes they are above, sometimes they are below.

So we have to be prepared early for all those possibilities.”

Part of that preparation includes designating some lounges

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scott roberts, a university psychology professor, presents on the psychology behind hazing, inclusion and camaraderie.

CLEARING THE HAZE Univ addresses hazing concerns with panel discussion, presentation

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer After a night of partying in early February 2002, then-university student Daniel Reardon fell into a coma. Six days later, the 19-yearold died.

Jeffrey Novotny Jr. was there that

night — the night they were joining the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

“What was meant by the chapter to be a get-to-know-you evening turned drastically for the worst, for the campus community and certainly for Daniel’s family,” said Novotny, a 2005 university alumnus.

Now, as an adviser for this university’s chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Novotny focuses on making the new member process “important, rigorous and enriching” while also doing so safely.

Alumni, faculty and students discussed what hazing is, why it occurs in student organizations and how they can work to prevent it in a panel held Tuesday as part of National Hazing Prevention Week.

“It’s not just a Greek thing. It’s not just a band thing,” said James Bond, assistant director of the Office of Student Conduct and member of the hazing prevention coalition. “It cuts across the student experience. Pick an organization or a type of organiza-

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Sahar Khamis, who teaches an Arab media class, poses for a portrait wearing a head scarf, also known as a hijab. Studies show hijab-wearing women have better body image. sung-min kim/the diamondback were among the aspects considered.

Communication professor and self-identified Islamic feminist Sahar Khamis said she believes women can be empowered through embracing religious or spiritual guidance.

“By doing so, they try to let their own actions and decisions, including what to wear and do, be the outcome of this belief system,” Khamis said.

“This phenomena liberates them of a lot of the societal pressures and expectations in terms of what they should wear and look like.”

Dania Shafei said she did not wear the hijab where she grew up in southern

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State grants given to five university projects studying chicken feces’ renewable energy potential

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“IT ANGERS ME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EARNING OUR LETTERS ... WHAT ARE YOU AS A CURRENT MEMBER DOING TO KEEP THOSE LETTERS? ARE YOU GETTING A GOOD GPA? ARE YOU GETTING THAT PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIP?”

U researchers seek to harvest manure energy

Study: Body image high for women in hijabs

For Parinaz Fathi, wearing the hijab is more than a symbol of religiosity: It’s empowering.

“It’s a part of who I am,” the senior mechanical engineering major said.

“When I cover, I am demanding a certain level of respect from others.

It’s about refusing to be treated like an object. I don’t need to make myself ‘hot’ or ‘pretty’ for random people to look at.”

Fath i is not the on ly Musl i m woman who feels this way. A recent study conducted by the University of Westminster’s Department of Psychology found that the hijab is associated with a better body image for many British Muslim women.

The study sampled 587 Muslim women, both religious and nonreligious, and examined different indicators of body image. Religiosity, emphasis on appearance and attitudes toward beauty standards

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Maryland. She used to wake up two hours before school just to get ready.

But now that she started wearing the hijab, she said she is not concerned with other people’s opinions of her.

“In areas with less diversity, people don’t really understand different religions and cultures,” the senior physiology and neurobiology major said.

And although she said wearing the hijab has resulted in being treated differently and constantly stared at, she continues to embrace what she believes.

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Merriam-Webster defines its more vulgar adjectival form as “petty, insignificant” and even “lacking courage, manliness, or effectiveness.”

But make no mistake: T wo separate university projects aim to make something valuable and productive out of chickens manure.

Recent grants from Maryland Industrial Partnerships, an initiative of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, approved $4.7 million for 18 projects from teams around the state, including eight from this university and five involving the conversion of chicken manure to energy.

“We’re taking waste and being more sustainable with the resources we have,” said Stephanie Lansing, an environmental science and technology professor and the leader of the two university studies on chicken manure. “People just want to throw it away or flush

it down the toilet, but you have to think, ‘Wait a second, this is carbon, this is nutrients, this is a resource.’”

One project uses thermal gasification by burning chicken litter at a high temperature and low oxygen concentration for a pure burn that produces synthesis gas, which can be used as a fuel for generators.

The other project uses microbes to digest the litter, breaking down the carbon and producing methane-rich biogas, which can be used for heating, cooking and electricity.

“Waste energy is the direction we need to be going in the future,” sa id A n n a Ku low, a f i rst-yea r enivornmental science and technology graduate student. “Energy is something we need. We should make use of what we have instead of throwing it away.”

The two projects have both received grants through MIPS as part of the Innovative Technology Fund.

Usually, MIPS brings university researchers together with funding from start-up companies, said Ronnie Gist, See chicken, Page 3

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vacancy From PAGE 1 as possible overflow hou si n g lo c at ion s. Mos t students in lounges this semester were moved to identified vacancies within two weeks of the start of classes, though four remain.

“We saw more applications and fewer summer cancellations from th is g roup,” Young said.

Junior resident assistant Brenda Sha h sa id hav i ng students living in lounges in overcrowded residence halls can be frustrating and affect the “sense of community.”

Shah’s floor in Hagerstown Hall was the site of one of the occupied lounges. Unlike the other dorm rooms in the building, the lounge is airconditioned, and it is larger than other rooms and comes with couches and a microwave.

But the lounge is a space where students can interact with new people in their hall, she said. Residents on Shah’s floor had to find other lounges around the building to socialize in. “ I a m t r y i n g to c re ate the best experience for my residents,” Shah said. “It took that week and a half to work every thing out, and that first week is the most important.”

St udents h ave l ived i n l o u n g e s b e f o r e , Yo u n g said. In fall 2010 and spring 2011, before t he open i ng of Oakland Hall, about nine lounges around North Campus were occupied.

Part of an RA’s duties is reporting who shows up and where vacancies are during the first few weeks of school, Shah said.

Resident Life then fills those vacancies based on priority. There are still vacancies around the campus that Resident Life is at-

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9,492 beds owned by the university are in use by on-campus students this semester

12 beds owned by the university were set up in converted dorm lounges tempting to fill.

Dennis Passarella-George, Sout h Ca mp u s a sso ci ate director, said Prince Frede r i c k H a l l’s fo u r v a c a nt spaces were not in the original building plan, so they weren’t assigned to residents during the housing process in the spring.

“They were some rooms that got created because they just happened to fit,” PassarellaGeorge said. “We are planning to use them for short-term emergency situations if we

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scott roberts, director of undergraduate studies in the psychology department, gives a presentation on the psychology of hazing at last night’s panel. stephanie natoli/the diamondback

2012 alumnus who participated in club soccer and club rugby.

Espino, who worked with multicultural Greek organizations at Southern Methodist University and rewrote the member education program for Sigma Lambda Gamma, said she doesn’t believe instilling sorority and fraternity values requires hazing.

“It angers me when we talk about earning our letters,” Espino said. “What are you, as a current member, doing to keep those letters? Are you getting a good GPA? Are you getting that prestigious internship? Are you getting a good job? Are you representing your organization in a variety of events on campus?”

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Hagerstown Hall is one of the buildings being used to house an overflow of students this semester. Several dorm lounges have been converted to makeshift quads to accommodate the increase, though four rooms are vacant in Prince Frederick Hall. josh loock/for the diamondback need them because there is no RA on that wing and we were worried about any students there feeling isolated.”

Another means of adjusting for error is “flex” triples and quads, which are rooms built for two or three that are large enough to squeeze extra beds into as needed, Young said. Officials identified 164 of these rooms in

February, he said. about how lounge and flex Resident L i fe creates a living impacts students. slight margin of error in the “It’s ju st ver y u n fa i r,” event it sees more applicants Shah said. “As an R A, I’m and fewer summer cancella- trying to create a commutions of new and returning nity on my floor. For most of students, Young said. my freshmen, it is their first S h a h s a i d s h e u n d e r- time away from home and stands that some of the mis- they don’t know many people estimation is inevitable but when they come here.” that it’s frustrating nonetheless. She sti l l worries meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

trying to recover from a previous hazing incident. The club had been kicked off the campus for a year after an incident involving drinking.

“Hazing has become a big part of sports,” Quigley said.

“It was never really seen as h a z i n g; it wa s s e e n a s a tradition.”

He said students need to learn where the line between hazing and “rite of passage” is, and be careful not to cross it.

“We as humans need to justify the effort we put into doing th ings. We need to justify the suffering we go through and … the things that we do to other people,” Roberts said. “We have to make it OK in our own heads, and what’s scary is we are very good at manipulating the facts to make ourselves feel better.”

Last year, Roberts and other psychologists sent a hazing

survey to 5,000 students. The survey found that 55 percent of respondents had experienced some form of hazing behaviors, but only 10 percent considered what they experienced to be hazing.

A fter the psychologists showed the students this university’s defi nition of hazing, students were more likely to identify their experiences as such. Roberts proposed adopting a more straightforward defi nition: “If it feels like the group is bullying you, it’s hazing.”

Alexandra Broseker, this university’s Panhellenic Association president, said she enjoyed the presentation, particularly Roberts’ comparison of hazing to bullying.

“Somebody said it may be an oversimplification, but I think that’s a great way to get your foot in the door,” Broseker said.

Senior kinesiology major Brooks Leitner and senior finance and marketing major Nick Madormo, who attended the panel because they are on the executive board of their fraternity, said they found the event informative and helpful.

“I’m the pledge educator for our chapter, and I really support [hazing prevention],” Madormo said. “I’m not for putting people in uncomfortable situations.”

Roberts said that while this panel and the events of National Hazing Prevention Week are a step toward progress, work must continue because of the severity of the issue.

“Because at the end of the day, it’s killing people,” he said. “It’s abusing people.

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Car upturned in Mowatt Lane accident yields minor injuries Police: Driver took turn from Preinkert Drive too sharply, flipped when his four-door sedan struck right-side curb

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow, @dbkcrime Staff writer An overturned car left one person with minor injuries and parts of Mowatt Lane closed Tuesday afternoon, university police officials said.

Police responded to the accident near the Catholic Student Center at 12:41 p.m., University Police spokes-

woman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. Once there, officers found a f lipped four-door black sedan at the intersection of Preinkert Drive and Mowatt Lane.

Police shut down Mowatt Lane from Knox Road to Preinkert Drive and transported the victim, who is not affiliated with the university, to the hospital. At about 2:30 p.m., police reopened the road.

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a l e f t-h a n d t u r n f ro m Prein kert onto Mowatt too sharply, Hoaas said.

After cutting the corner, he h it a cu r ved pa r t of Mowatt’s right-side curb and struck a pole located on the median of Mowatt Lane. The combination of these three acts created enough force to f lip the car, she said. jsnowdbk@gmail.com

The Greenbelt Metro Station will undergo significant changes if the city is chosen for the site of a new FBI headquarters.

A development concept plans for a new Metro station, as well as 3.7 million square feet of new buildings. josh loock/for the diamondback

FBI floats Greenbelt as possible spot for future headquarters Construction plans include office, residential, hotel buildings; area residents concerned over bump expected in local traffic

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HIJABS From PAGE 1 “Wearing [the hijab], you just don’t care about what people think; you care about yourself,” Safei said.

Suppor t i ng a wom a n’s choice to wear a hijab does not mean Khamis supports covering up for what is perceived as modesty in some Muslimdominated societies, she said.

“There’s a verse in the Holy Quran that says, ‘Whoever wishes to believe can believe, and whoever wishes to disbelieve can disbelieve,’” Khamis said. “There’s freedom of choice in Islam, which has been

terms From PAGE 1 become more pronounced over officials’ potentially longer stay in office.

T he re fe re ndu m q u e st ion’s appea ra nce on t he ba l lot fol lows its u n a n imous approval by the county council, which based its decision on a recommendation f rom the Cha r ter Rev iew Commission.

County Executive Rushern Baker III and representatives on the county council selected the members of the seven-person commission, wh ich was led by ret i red j u d ge W i l l i a m M i s s o u r i and former councilwoman Camille Exum.

T he commission cited a survey of surrounding jurisdictions as well as consultation with the state and n at ion a l a s so c i at ion s of ounties as deciding factors i n its recom mend ation, Exum said.

The report stated: “The commission believes that it is in the interest of democracy and voter empowerment

secured and guaranteed by God, so I never see it as a good thing to impose it on people.”

Growing up in a moderate family, Khamis said, “religion was always in the air,” though there was never any pressure to put on the hijab in her household.

“The veil was really a decision to embrace my spirituality in a more comprehensive way and to really come to terms with myself as a Muslim woman, in heart, mind and theory,” Khamis said. “Whether you wear or you don’t wear the hijab, what makes you an independent woman in my view is whether the choice was yours.”

Fathi said she could see how the hijab can contribute to positive body image, because it can save people f rom worr y i ng about what other people think of them.

“It makes you understand that you are beauti f u l a nd don’t need to prove it to anyone,” Fathi said. “The biggest struggle with wearing the scarf in the U.S. is a lot people think covering makes you oppressed. I am not oppressed; I chose to wear a scarf, and I’m very happy with my decision.”

to move away f rom ter m l i m its a nd recom mended add ing a th ird term as an intermediate step.”

According to The Washington Post, Prince George’s is the only county in the Washington metro area that caps the time an elected official can spend in office — a restriction that dates back to 1992.

In 2000, voters decided to keep the term limits in place, and in 2004, an amendment to create two new county council seats with no term limits was rejected.

To A h med, t he h i stor y of the movement displays constituents’ desire to limit the time officials can spend in office.

“This question was sort of proposed by county officials, and it’s suspicious to me that they would advocate it for themselves,” Ahmed said. “A movement like this should be coming from the general population, if anything. I don’t think it’s what the county wants.”

Through her website and social media advocacy, Ahmed hopes to educate people on the subject, keep them up to date

and reach out to other activist organizations.

Since she created her initiative, Ahmed has been in contact with about five smaller groups similarly advocating against term limits, in the hopes that they could somehow coordinate their efforts.

One group, the South County Economic Development Association, is headed

by James Dula, who said he reached out to Ahmed after seeing her efforts.

“I’m very much in ag reement w ith M iss A hmed’s point of view.

She is a remarkably insightful and courageous young leader,” said Dula, the association’s presid e n t a n d C E O. “ E i g h t years should present any one person with enough ti me to represent the people with energy and enthusiasm. More than t h at w i l l of fe r s p e c i a l interest groups the opportunity to sway opinions and build unethical relationships.”

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The General Services Administration chose Greenbelt as one of three potential sites for the new FBI headquarters, which could bring jobs, development and new residents to College Park if selected, officials said.

“Eleven thousand jobs are attached to this site — 11,000 jobs in a place that, previously, there were zero,” said Michael Stiefvater, city economic development coordinator. “Plus, people are going to move into the area, so you would have to think the housing market would benefit.”

The FBI began its search for a new site in November and continues to draw the interest of dozens of developers and politicians. After site evaluations, the GSA and FBI announced in July that Greenbelt, La ndover a nd Springfield were the potential sites for a new headquarters equipped to consolidate 11,000 employees from 20 locations.

“It’s not our voice,” said Garth Beall, a representative for Rena rd Development, wh ich has taken over the Greenbelt site in an agreement with Metro. “The GSA decides which plan we go with.”

According to Beall, the developer brought three design plans to the attention of the GSA, two of which were rejected for a lack of complexity and excess office space.

But the third Greenbelt plan is the most transit-oriented, featuring a Kiss-and-Ride area and a remodeled Metro station, he said.

The 3.7-million-squarefoot conceptual plan includes five office buildings, an 800unit residential building, a 300-ro om hotel, 20,000 square feet of conference

chicken From PAGE 1

Looking the part

By Joelle Lang @joelleRlang Staff writer

Junior business student A lex R if kin woke up early to make it to the start of the bu si ness school’s u ndergraduate career fair Friday at 10 a.m.

But he wasn’t allowed to the career fair to see the employers he had prepared to meet. His jacket and pants didn’t match.

Rifkin wasn’t alone. He said other students were franti-

cally calling friends to drop off matching suits for them after being rejected from the career fair in the Xfinity Center because of their dress.

“It just said business-professional in the email online,” Rifkin said. ”I just assumed you could look as nice as possible and presentable.”

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t he a sso ci ate d i re ctor of MIPS. Companies will cont r i b ute $ 2 . 4 m i l l ion a n d MIPS will contribute $2.3 m illion w ith additional funding from the Maryland Department of Natural Resou rces a nd the En iv ronmental Protection Agency, accord i n g to a M a r yl a nd Technology Enterprise Institute press release.

This Innovative Technology Fund is a partnership with the state’s natural resources department, which decided to put special emphasis on helping the Chesapeake Bay t h i s ye a r b y fo c u s i n g on projects relating to chicken manure, Gist said.

I n re c e nt d e c a d e s, researchers have discovered excessive nitrogen concentrations in the bay. This is caused partly by runoff from farms using nitrogen-rich manure as fertilizer, and the result is an increase of algae and an inhospitable environment for fish, Kulow said.

“There was this concern that we were going to have this stockpile of poultry and dairy manure, and the state

space and between 350,000 and 400,000 square feet of office space, Beall said.

S t a i rs f ro m t h e M e t ro s t a t i o n a n d i t s a d ja c e n t parking lot would lead directly into a central plaza surrounded by retail space, and the parking garage would have solar panels on its roof, Beall said.

“The plan is very green, with no intrusion into the floodplain,” Beall said. “The public trail does not affect the wetlands. We’re working with Greenbelt to make sure what is planned is constructed in the most sensitive manner — my hope is that when you look down, you’ll see what it looks like when it was being mined [in the ‘40s].”

D i s t r ic t 1 Cou nc i l m a n Fazlul Kabir said his residents are concerned about the traffic and noise that commuting employees could bring to the area.

“One of the biggest resident concerns is the high t ra f f ic t h at t h is site w i l l bring,” Kabir said. “Right next to the ramp they plan to build, there will be buildi ngs, a nd when you h ave so many cars moving fast, much of the noise will be deflected from the buildings into the neighborhood.”

Residents are also concerned that the tall buildings will block sunlight from their homes a nd that they w i l l lose access to public green space in the development’s required 250-foot buffer, which Beall said is required in case of an explosive attack.

However, District 3 Councilman Robert Day said the benefits outweigh such drawbacks.

“The headquarters would bring a ton of things to our city,” Day said. “It would br i n g t a x d ol l a rs, hou se v a lu e s wo u l d go u p, t h e university would benefit —

there’s a whole host of positives. I can’t really think of any negative impacts.”

Throughout this week and next, the GSA will be talking to residents and officials in Springfield, Greenbelt and Landover to identify which issues to address when the sites undergo a National Environmental Policy Act review, according to a press release.

The GSA hosted a meeting for the Greenbelt site last night at the Greenbelt Branch Library auditorium and held a forum in Springfield on Monday. The next meeting will be held in Washington at the current FBI headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, on Oct. 1., and the GSA will host another meeting in Landover on Oct. 2.

Beall presented this plan to the College Park City Council on Sept. 16. The developer said he welcomes the input of city officials and residents on this plan.

“We want to get College Park involved,” Beall said. “ We’re op erat i n g somewhat on a blank slate here — there’s a lot of ideas and opportunities, so we want everyone’s input. This is a regional project, something that’s far beyond a developmental one.”

D i st r ict 4 Cou nci l m a n Alan Hew said if Greenbelt is chosen as the new location, it would have an immense impact on the city and surrounding areas.

“It wou ld be a blessi ng to have something of that size and nature,” Hew said.

“When we need infrastructure improvements that required funding and approvals — something of that nature — the density that this project would bring would help us get the power to get these improvements done.”

put forth the idea to deal with th is su r plus,” sa id Sa ra h Lane, a researcher for the state Department of Natural Resources and this university’s Center for Environmental Science researcher.

W h i l e t h e re a re o t h e r methods of produci n g energ y f rom ch icken m a nu re, t hese have been used on a local scale and not on an industrial level, Lane said, and existing methods do noth i ng to ta ke nutrients out of fertilizer. T he new projects could provide a prototype for more largescale use of this energy, and they aim to use manure to create usable fertilizer that is not overly high in nitrogen and ammonia, and an energy source.

L a n s i n g’s l a b p ut s t he ma nu re th rough an add it iona l stage of a naerobic digestion by using denitrifying bacteria to make the manure usable for farmers by remov i n g b ot h n it roge n a n d p a t h o ge n s . T h e n i t ro ge n t h a t c a n c a u s e h avo c a s wa s te m ate r i a l then becomes nothing but a harmless gas.

Lansing’s private funding for the fertilizer project is secu red by Pl a net Fou nd

Energy Development, LLC, a company that is building waste energ y faci l ities i n Worcester County. Andrew Moss, the technical director of the startup, said he is excited about the joi nt opportu n ity the gra nt provides. “ T h a t [ g ra n t] p rovides Stephanie’s lab with funding, and we have technical results and the foundation for designs and products that we can later use,” Moss said. “It’s a collaboration between us and the university. We’re really pleased with the opportunities and resources available.”

Pl a n e t Fo u n d p l a n s to use Lansing’s research to implement an anaerobic digestion method for energy pro du ct ion a nd nut r ient capture that can be put to use in agricultural regions around the Chesapeake.

“I know th is sou nds a l l su nsh i ne a nd ra i nbows,” Lane said, “but it really is an effort where all the right players are at the table to f i nd t he b e s t way to u s e manure for energy technology at the operational scale.

So I’m optimistic.”

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s Syracuse outgained the Terrapins football team on the gridiron Saturday before eventually falling, 34-20, it also outpaced the Terps in another statistical column: stadium alcohol sales.

Granted, it was even less of a contest than the Orange’s high-powered zoneread offense versus the depleted Terps defense — Syracuse’s Carrier Dome has offered beer since the on-campus stadium opened in 1980, while Byrd Stadium has never sold a drop in its 64-year history.

That could soon change, however, if the University Athletic Council passes a bill to allow campus athletic venues to sell alcohol during sporting events.

In an era when the NCAA holds unyielding sway over nearly every facet of college athletics, selling alcohol at college athletic events is one area that the governing body leaves curiously untouched (though it does prohibit alcohol sales at its championship events).

Every NCAA league — barring the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, which does not permit alcohol sales whatsoever — punts the decision to its member institutions. The overwhelming majority of schools that have opposed letting their fans score a beer cite objections ranging from religious observances to preserving familyfriendly atmospheres. Yet for all the concerns, one can hardly skirt the fact that for the few universities that have approved alcohol sales, a brew equals a quick buck — a lot of them, in fact.

In 2011, when border rival and perennial nonconference foe West Virginia began selling beer at football games, the school pulled in $500,000 in new revenue — hardly chump change, even

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for an athletic department that reeled in nearly $78 million before expenses in 2012-2013.

In fact, three of the Terps’ four nonconference opponents this season — the Orange, the Mountaineers and the South Florida Bulls— sell alcohol at their home stadiums. Syracuse and West Virginia are among the 21 schools to offer beer at their on-campus football arenas, a number that has more than doubled in the past five years.

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Allowing alcohol sales at stadium games would be an efficient way for this university to earn extra revenue.

Buoyed by lucrative TV deals and strong ticket sales, few Power Five conference schools — which comprise the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12 — have elected to sell alcohol at football games. Only four so far have taken the plunge: fellow Big Ten school Minnesota, ACC newcomers Louisville and Syracuse, and the Big 12’s West Virginia.

This university’s athletic department is no stranger to economic turmoil, as it fled the ACC in large part to combat its crippling debt, which forced the department to borrow a cool $21 million from the university last year. The department is expected to run at a multimilliondollar deficit until at least the 2017-18 academic year.

It’s clear that this university is willing to go to great lengths to ensure its athletic program’s economic success, based on its actions during the latest round of

conference realignment. So the prospect of leading the charge to utilize a relatively untapped revenue stream should present an exciting opportunity.

Most university representative bodies have responded favorably to that challenge. The Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and Graduate Student Government all have unanimously passed resolutions supporting the bill, the fate of which now rests with the Athletic Council. However, some high-ranking university officials have expressed qualms with the bill.

“I do wonder, however, why this change is necessary, especially as UMD’s teams are already dynamic and thrilling,” then-University Senate Chairman Vincent Novara told The Diamondback in February.“No amount of alcohol will enhance the experience of tradition and performance found in college athletics in victory or defeat.”

While many students and fans would contend that a buzz does indeed heighten the gameday experience, the bill’s economic implications should be of greater concern to the university than any perceived affect on atmosphere. And as far as concerns about disorderly conduct go, University Police has reported just four incidents within Byrd Stadium’s confines this football season — one of which occurred hours after the Aug. 30 game against James Madison had ended, and only one of which was in response to disorderly conduct.

This editorial board commends the university for exploring selling alcohol at school athletic events. Now all that remains is for the Athletic Council to get the taps — and revenue — flowing.

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Reign of terror: Overcoming ISIS

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early two weeks ago, I joined many other Americans in remembering the events of the 9/11 attacks and honoring those who lost their lives on that tragic day. While watching the numerous memorial broadcasts and documentaries, I could not help but reflect on our country’s reaction and the two wars that followed. Did we make the right decision? Was there any good that actually came of these conflicts? How deeply should the U.S. be involved in other countries’ affairs?

Today, there is a new terrorist organization threatening the world. ISIS has expanded its reign of terror deep into Syria and Iraq.

Two weeks ago, President Obama outlined his plan to help the Iraqis combat this new threat by broadening airstrikes and supplying the opposition with much-needed firepower. This decision and our future course of action have been the cause of much debate around the country. Some have argued that the results will be similar to those of the Iraq War and that the U.S. needs to stay out of foreign conflicts. Yet, I must strongly disagree. There should be no question that it is the moral obligation of America and other countries to act when there is clear and present evil in the world.

Why is the U.S. burdened with the responsibility of preserving peace in the world? It is because allowing an evil such as ISIS to flourish leads to the degradation of morality and the destruction of our society.

We can all agree that humanity is based upon certain principles, such as peace, justice and love. These are not values we have merely accepted as an efficient means to pursue a hedonistic lifestyle. Rather, they are ideals we could not live without, as they give us a clear picture of right and wrong. Why is it that

we can identify evil so easily and without pause? It is because within evil, we are able to see the presence of injustice, the disruption of peace and the absence of love.

Those who argue against U.S. action toward ISIS on the grounds that the fight will be similar to the last Iraq war miss the most important aspect our leaders should consider in making the decision.

When people are being mercilessly persecuted, we must act, regardless of the consequences. While the Iraq War had many operational failures, the United States took down a war criminal who had massacred many of his own people. Intervention is not about expanding our influence, gaining votes or protecting our legacy — it is about protecting our shared set of beliefs that makes up the foundation of humanity.

Perhaps some people do not favor intervention in Iraq because the effects have still not been felt here. Yet, history has shown this is a mindset that does not benefit the welfare of humanity. The U.S. didn’t enter World War II until the attack on Pearl Harbor. By that time, Germany had already begun its systematic extermination of millions of Jews.

What we see today in Iraq is the price of nonintervention and a disregard for human dignity. Thousands of innocent people have been brutally murdered while we have argued over whether it is our role to get involved.

Standing atop the rubble of the World Trade Center, President Bush famously told the rescue workers, “I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.”

To all of the innocent Iraqis fighting for their lives, we hear you. And ISIS will hear from America.

William Fitzmaurice is a sophomore philosophy major. He can be reached at williammfitzmaurice@gmail.com.

Gender equality: Everyone’s issue RICHIE BATES/the diamondback

Ending violence against both sexes CHARLIE BULMAN Even in an age of hyper-connectivity, social media saturation and 24-hour news, rarely has one video sparked so much conversation. TMZ’s apparently edited clip capturing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice striking unconscious his then-fiancee Janay Palmer — now his wife — in a casino elevator has unleashed a torrent of criticism of the NFL’s handling of the Rice case and response to domestic violence in general.

Commentators, including sportscasters, political pundits and even President Obama, have shamed the NFL into revamping its domestic violence punishment protocols and aggressively policing abusers in the league.

Unfortunately, the gendered flavor of the criticism has masked the scope of domestic violence in the U.S. Obama probably exposed the problem most clearly with his suggestion that “hitting a woman is not something a real man does,” although the substance of his comments has been echoed by a string of sports media figures and athletes. Interpreting domestic violence as an act carried out by men against women might fit into a worldview in which weak, helpless women need protection from unhinged men, but it masks the complexity and

breadth of the problem. Household assaults aren’t instances of masculinity gone awry. They arise from complexes of physical domination, psychological abuse and power.

Few people embody the combination of overwhelming physicality and dominating will more than Seattle Reign and U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo. Thus, it’s not unbelievable that Solo faces domestic violence charges stemming from an encounter over the summer that left her sister and 17-year-old nephew with visible injuries on their heads and faces.

Professional and international leagues provide physically superior specimens with the trappings of entitlement and a taste of power. Solo’s case makes it clear that the danger of failing to police and penalize these athletes for domestic violence is not exclusive to men.

The release of the video involving Rice led to his indefinite suspension from the league and dismissal from the Ravens, heightened scrutiny on other players and a complete overhaul of the way the NFL responds to domestic assault cases. In large part because her actions do not meet the public’s de facto definition of domestic violence — a man “putting his hands” on a woman — Solo has evaded press attention and league punishment, retaining her spot as captain and goalkeeper for the 2014 U.S. women’s national team. As with the NFL of the past, leaving Solo on

the field to earn money and adoration sends a message to the rest of the league that top-level talent acts as a get-outof-jail-free card.

Female athletes aren’t alone in escaping attention because of their invisibility. Data on the rates of samesex partner abuse has only become widely available in recent years, and the figures are staggering: In a 2013 study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3 percent more lesbian than straight women were found to have been with a violent partner, and 19 percent more gay than straight men had experienced domestic violence.

By reducing the complexities and particularities of domestic violence to male attacks against women — and placing this violence outside of a refined ideal of masculinity — Obama and other commentators are masking a bigger issue. They’re also reinforcing a gender dichotomy that depicts women as weak, submissive and incapable of violence, and they heap shame on male victims.

Until we affirm every man and woman’s basic humanity — one that encompasses a right to personal safety as well as a potential to dominate and control — we cannot begin to address seriously the problem of domestic violence.

Charlie Bulman is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at cbulmandbk@gmail.com.

MAGGIE CASSIDY

B e fo re I wa tc h e d Wa t s o n ’s speech, I believed no man could ever feel stifled by his gender and that men could never be as limited as women are. But society does place burdens on men. These are not the Kipling-esque “white man’s burden,” but the notion that their manhood can be compromised if they say or do anything wrong.

That’s not to say men are not more privileged than women are; history has shown and continues to show that men are more privileged.

But they also suffer from gender inequality that has often gone unnoticed by men and women alike.

By acknowledging that everyone is a prisoner of gender inequality, society can begin to free men and women from the gender roles and inequalities that bind them.

Although I am not a man and have never experienced the gender inequality men face, I want the world and society to change so my father, younger brother and friends don’t feel emasculated for showing emotion or for asking for help. And in return, I hope all of the men in my life can help end the gender inequality that binds me and the rest of the women of the world.

The HeforShe campaign brings to light that abolishing gender inequality and stereotypes help both men and women — and society as a whole.

As Watson said in her speech, humans should not be defined by what we are not but by what we are, and by being strong individuals. What’s so bad about everyone being a strong and happy individual?

In case you have not heard, Emma Watson, known fondly by our generation as Hermione Granger, was appointed a United Nations Women’s Goodwill Ambassador six months ago and gave an aweinspiring speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Saturday.

Watson, who has been a very public advocate for gender equality, spoke about how the U.N. has launched “HeforShe,” a campaign that encourages men and boys worldwide to join the fight against gender inequality.

What’s amazing about the campaign is it seeks not only to fight for women’s rights, but also for men’s, which are often overlooked. Watson bluntly stated in her speech: “Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue, too.”

More often than not, gender roles pervade our society. Women who consider themselves feminis ts are so me times loo ked upon as bossy, men-hating, braburning extremists who wish to dominate the male population.

Alternatively, men who display too much emotion are not considered “manly” based on society’s predetermined gender roles.

In an age in which women’s rights are often discussed and advocated, it is easy to forget that men suffer from gender inequality as well. I’ll admit I used to believe Maggie Cassidy is a junior English that men were not affected by m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t gender inequality. mcassidydbk@gmail.com.

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REVIEW | WOLF IN WHITE VAN

ESSAY | MISOGYNISTIC CULTURE ON YOUTUBE

CRYING WOLF John Darnielle’s novel pays tribute to escapists

songwriter John Darnielle’s story is about the dreamers. photo courtesy of pitchfork.com

By Jonathan Raeder @jonraeder Staff writer J o h n D a r n i e l l e , b e t te r k n own a s the so n gw r i te r behind indie band The Mountain Goats, is no stranger to crafting emotionally powerful stories with intricate wordplay. He’s regarded as one of the best lyricists in modern music. Darnielle’s even tackled a novel before — Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality for the 33 1/3 series — but Wolf in White Van is his first original work not tied to an existing literary project.

Darnielle’s songs often deal with people on the fringes of society, such as isolated teenagers, drug addicts and lonely people considered “different” from all walks of life. Darnielle also has a deep abiding love of horror films, death metal and other genre elements that don’t traditionally translate well to high-school popularity or middle-class American parental approval.

Wolf in White Van is unmistakably a Darnielle work in all the best ways.

The novel’s protagonist, Sean Phillips, is mostly confined to his house after a horrific, disfiguring incident in his youth and spends his time crafting role-playing games.

His major project, and the central conceit of the novel, is the play-through-mail adventure game Trace Italian, a post-apocalyptic narrative in which players must survive long enough to reach the eponymous fabled safe house. Sean sends the players their current predicament and choices in a letter, and they respond with their decisions to see what transpires. It’s an interesting idea for a game, and the sheer imaginative process of creating such an intricate world is given appropriate consideration in the novel itself.

Yet no one ever wins Trace Italian. People generally lose interest and stop playing at some point, except for a few who have more involved stories in the game, which Sea n ca n ’t s to p t h i n k i n g about. These few correspondents, whom Sean has never met, haunt him throughout the novel.

Most of Wolf in White Van is structured around a nonchronological collection of Sean’s life and memories, stretching from before his accident to his present-day problems and everything in between. Early on, the novel alludes to events that are only revealed when the narrative swings back to explore them near the end. It’s sometimes unclear when everything is happening. For the most part, it works, but sometimes it’s a bit distracting. The novel doesn’t turn its focus to any one element in particular.

Instead, it probes the hidden, not-quite-describable darkness inside Sean through all its avenues and twisted streets.

Late in Wolf in White Van but earlier in Sean’s life, he reflects on his parents’ inability to understand his dark interests: “There are planets so far away from ours that no scientist will ever guess that they exist, let alone know the stories of their civilizations, their beginnings and ends.

They’re not being kept secret from us, but they’re secret all the same.”

It’s a powerful line in a quietly powerful scene that’s instantly familiar to anyone with interests outside the norm. Sean’s darkness is never overt, never explained or rationalized. We all have some of that inside us, that same darkness that drives us to horror films in droves and makes Halloween so fascinating. Yet sometimes it goes deeper, as it does with Sean.

In Wolf in White Van, Darnielle has crafted a poignant love letter to the outcasts of the world and to everyone who has retreated into some type of fiction or art to shelter from the perils of life, no matter who disapproved.

It’s refreshingly honest about the merits and detriments of escapism — it mostly looks at these people with a tender affection while also warning against becoming too enraptured with one’s own fictional world. Wolf in White Van is a powerful novel of depression, loneliness, games, creativity, parents, growing up and that indescribable darkness that lies in wait like a wolf. jraederdbk@gmail.com

YOUTUBE videos — including prankster Sam Pepper’s — have subjected women to undesirable acts such as unsolicited kissing and groping.

Many in the YouTube community have voiced concerns. photos courtesy of (clockwise from top) dailystar.co.uk, themusic.com.au and independent.ie

cut the comedy Sam Pepper pinched butts and caused controversy in a recent YouTube video, which has since been taken down

By Mel DeCandia @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback Sometimes the best humor comes not from stand-up comics or sitcoms but from interactions with real people. That’s likely the reason television shows such as Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street and Inside Amy Schumer, in which hosts engage in funny interviews with passersby on the street, have proven so popular.

But few have managed to be both entertaining and appropriate.

On Saturday, YouTube prankster Sam Pepper uploaded a new video, “Fake Hand A-- Pinch Prank,” to his channel. Pepper stopped random women on the street, making small talk or asking for directions, and would, as the video’s title indicates, attempt to pinch their butts, then blame it on innocent bystanders.

The victims of his so-called prank were visibly uncomfortable and seemed suspicious of Pepper. When he eventually came clean, many of them made a half-hearted effort to laugh it off before quickly departing. One woman was resistant to his attempt to hug her afterward, telling him she didn’t like it.

While comedy can often blur the lines between poking fun and offending, there is no gray area here. Pepper’s actions aren’t a joke; they border on sexual assault.

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network defines sexual assault as “unwanted sexual contact that stops short of rape or attempted rape,” including sexual touching and fondling.

About 238,000 people older than 12 are victims of rape and sexual assault every year, according to RAINN. This means someone is sexually assaulted every two minutes.

Unbelievably, this isn’t the first t i m e Pe p p e r h a s m a d e a p ra n k video in which situations surpass the uncomfortable and verge on

inappropriate. In his video “How to Pick Up Girls with a Lasso,” uploaded in June, Pepper and a friend used a lasso to physically restrain women walking down the street, sometimes saying they wouldn’t release the women until they gave them their phone numbers or even made out with them. Just one week ago, Pepper uploaded “Easiest Way To Get A Number,” in which he and his friends lied to strangers about having met before in a ploy to get their phone numbers.

In some situations, women attempted to escape, and a few men even attacked Pepper.

In another video, “How to Make Out with Strangers,” Pepper again pressured people he met on the street to kiss him. He almost always targets women. Often, the situations are unnecessarily sexual.

What’s more is that Pepper isn’t the first of YouTube’s so-called celebrities to engage in this sexist and misogynistic behavior. Nash Grier, a 16-yearold Internet sensation who made his start on Vine, made a video describing the kind of women men find attractive. In the nearly 10-minute video, he shames women who wear a lot of makeup, have had plastic surgery or do not shave all their body hair, among other perceived faults.

Grier received significant negative attention as a result, and the video eventually was removed.

YouTube star Tom Milsom came under fire, too, when a former fan alleged the musician and vlogger had engaged in an abusive relationship with her when she was underage. Milsom was dropped from his label, DFTBA Records, and hasn’t made a video in more than a year.

Regardless of Pepper and his fellow Internet chauvinists’ intentions, these videos help sustain a rape culture, in which both men and women think these behaviors are OK. Because of their large spheres of in-

sam pepper is stirring up YouTube controversy with inappropriate videos. photo courtesy of independent.ie fluence — Pepper alone has about 2.4 million subscribers — such videos directly reinforce these ideas among their many viewers, finding humor in inherently nonhumorous circumstances.

It is at least comforting to know that many people recognize that Pepper’s “joke” violated women’s bodies, which has already created uproar online. Several members of the YouTube community, including John Green, Wil Wheaton and Tyler Oakley, have signed an open letter to Pepper, an effort spearheaded by YouTube sex education activist Laci Green. YouTube has since removed Pepper’s video for violating the website’s policy on sexual content.

A follow-up video Pepper posted Tuesday, which featured women pinching men on the street, drew another round of outrage and was also removed.

Ironically, the first prank video surfaced the same weekend the United Nations launched its HeForShe campaign for gender equality.

By signing the pledge, which has garnered more than 85,000 signatures, people can make a small but significant difference.

By choosing to unsubscribe from Sam Pepper’s YouTube videos, people are choosing to unsubscribe from sustaining rape culture. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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“I’M DEFINITELY HAVING A HARD From PAGE 8 TIME HITTING THE BACK OF THE season. And when the new national rankings were released NET. ... I’M GETTING yesterday, the Terps hadn’t IN MY HEAD A LITTLE received any votes.

BIT TOO MUCH.”

From PAGE 8 The Orange brought seven men on a blitz, but Brown had enough time and space to cock his arm and fire a strike to Leak in the end zone. The play action had drawn the safety in just enough to leave Whigham alone guarding the Terps receiver, and Brown’s throw was accurate.

“Saw press coverage, the safety came down,” Brown said.

“Came out of the play-action pass and just put it up there.

He went up and made a play.”

Brown and the offense continued to attack the Orange’s blitz packages on their next drive. It was something head coach Randy Edsall and offensive coordinator Mike Locksley wanted to exploit coming into the contest at Syracuse, and the first play of the Terps’ second drive illustrated the combination of spot-on play-calling and seamless execution.

After a Syracuse punt, the Terps took over on their own 10-yard line. Facing secondand-10 — running back Brandon Ross had run for no gain on first down — the offense set up in shotgun formation with fullback Kenneth Goins and Ross in the backfield. Leak and Diggs were split left and wide receiver Deon Long was split right.

If the Syracuse front stayed

Wide Receiver Marcus LEak hauls in a touchdown pass from quarterback C.J. Brown in Saturday’s win. christian jenkins/the diamondback wide and didn’t show blitz, Locksley wanted Brown to run a typical zone-read play. If the Orange showed blitz, Ross would motion to the left for a bubble screen.

Brown recognized the blitz and sent Ross to the outside.

The quarterback took the snap, and six Syracuse defenders attacked the Terps offensive line. Brown faked the handoff to Goins and slung a screen to Ross, who secured the catch and scampered 90 yards for a touchdown thanks to key blocks from Diggs and Leak on the outside.

The throw marked Brown’s

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fourth completion to open the game and gave him 145 yards and two scores with more than six minutes still to play in the first quarter.

All four came with intense pass rushes bearing down on the Terps’ signal-caller.

“We knew they were going to bring a lot of pressure,” Brown said. “I’ve got to sit in there and deliver the throws.”

The rest of Brown’s afternoon was rather pedestrian, as he completed 12 of his final 22 passes for just 135 yards. He also missed opportunities for touchdowns on two plays when he overthrew both Diggs and

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Long after the receivers beat their men down the field.

But the start to Saturday’s contest showed the potential the Terps offense has when Brown is making the right decisions and executing throws.

“C.J. understands that he and I always get too much blame and too much credit, so I’m proud of him,” Edsall said Saturday. “It’s tough what we ask him to do. … But he’s a trooper. And he’s a guy that’s a competitor, and [he] did a lot of good things today. So I’m very pleased and happy for him.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

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While the Terps finally broke through and found the net Monday, the score came from a penalty kick, not from a set play converted in the scoring third by any of the team’s forwards.

“It’s more being relaxed in front of the goal,” said midfielder Mael Corboz, who scored the go-ahead in the 31st minute. “We have forwards who score. Like, wherever they came from, they scored 20 goals a year.”

Still, the offense’s performance against the Flyers was an improvement over its showing against Michigan State on Friday. The Terps attempted 16 shots against Dayton, doubling their count

CUDJOE From PAGE 8 But Cudjoe-Virgil was quick to begin strengthening his foot in order to return to the lineup, and he watched hours of film while he was out of action, all the while remaining upbeat.

“I’ve been through worse,” Cudjoe-Virgil would tell himself. “If I’m here now, I can overcome this.”

Cudjoe-Virgil turned to his roommates for support and took his rehab slowly, ensuring he didn’t push too hard too fast and miss more time. Now that the senior, a member of the team’s leadership council, is healthy, he’s accomplished another personal goal and boosted an ailing defense as Big Ten play begins.

With Cudjoe-Virgil’s return, the Terps add a veteran, and a projected starter, who recorded three sacks in six games last year. The bulky pass-rusher was also on the Butkus Award watch list entering the season and is a valuable asset on the Terps’ already highly-touted special teams unit.

His presence is sure to help the Terps, who have dealt with injuries to all four starting linebackers this season.

“He just brings so much effort, intensity and strength to the position,” coach Randy Edsall said. “Just having a guy out there like that feeds the other guys.”

S o p h o m o r e Ya n n i c k Ngakoue has impressed in a starting role as Cudjoe-Virgil worked his way back into the

CABRERA From PAGE 8 than three goals just once through the first seven games after doing so in six of their first seven a season ago.

It hasn’t been because of a lack of chances, either. The Terps took 23 shots Saturday but found the back of the net just twice.

“If you are going to give up three goals, fine, give up three goals, but then lets sco re s i x ,” Me h a rg sa i d .

“That’s what we have to get into the mentality of.”

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GEORGE CAMPBELL

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in the 1-0 loss to the Spartans.

Campbell’s play was a big part of that turnaround. While the Terps are without their top three scorers from 2013, Cirovski has frequently cited Campbell as the team’s new go-to forward.

And while the freshman didn’t net that elusive first college goal against Dayton, he showed the potential to be an elite offensive player in the near future.

“I think it’s coming,” Campbell said. “But I’ve still got a little to go.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

lineup. The senior figures to reclaim his spot once he’s fully acclimated to game competition — Cudjoe-Virgil said he was still adjusting to the speed of the game Saturday and Edsall mentioned he was “rusty” — but the two outside linebackers can also be used on the field together.

When Syracuse’s offense faced passing situations last week, the Terps left only one down lineman on the field and put Cudjoe-Virgil, Ngakoue and freshman pass rusher Jesse Aniebonam on the field at the same time.

“If I could pick three guys to rush the quarterback,” Goree said, “that’s who I would pick.”

Most of Cudjoe-Virgil’s playing time in his first game since injuring his pectoral last October came in that pass-rushing package. And while he never got to quarterback Terrel Hunt in the victory over the Orange, C u d j o e -V i r g i l l e f t t h e Carrier Dome proud that he’d completed his return to the field.

Improving upon his production in Syracuse and returning to full form are up next on Cudjoe-Virgil’s to-do list, and it’d be tough to bet against him. One thing’s for sure, though: Cudjoe-Virgil won’t relax until he feels as if he’s playing up to his full potential.

Maybe then he’d be OK with smiling a bit more often.

“People like [Cudjoe-Virgil], it seems like they don’t lose in life,” Goree said. “They have the right attitude, the right mental state.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

But the Terps offense failed to erupt, and Cabrera’s save percentage dropped to nearly 50 percent on the season.

S t i l l , t h e G re e n w i c h , Connecticut, native has her coach’s full support, and she has proven in past seasons and in practice that she has the ability to dominate between the posts. The Terps are just waiting for it to translate into a high save percentage this year.

“Brooke Cabrera is an incredible goalkeeper in training,” Meharg said. rbaillargondbk@gmail.com

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FOOTBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

Campbell improves in win over Dayton Freshman tallies a career-high four shots as Terps top Dayton, 1-0, Monday night

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer

QUARTERBACK C.J. Brown throws a pass in the Terps’ 34-20 victory over Syracuse on Saturday. Brown finished 16 of 26 through the air. christian jenkins/the diamondback

MAKING STRIDES Brown finishes 1 yard shy of career-high passing mark in win over Orange

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer In a three-point home loss to West Virginia on Sept.

13, Terrapins football quarterback C.J. Brown rushed for 161 yards on 18 carries, a total 1 yard short of his singlegame career best.

Seven days later at Syracuse, the sixth-year signalcaller had another standout offensive performance, but this time the yards came in the air. Early in the contest, Brown picked apart the Orange secondary with surgical precision and finished the game 16 of 26 passing for 280 yards and two touchdowns, once again coming up just 1 yard shy of his single-game high in a 34-20 victory in the Carrier Dome.

“Each and every week, I’m getting more comfortable,” Brown said.

That relaxation on the field translated to an ideal start from the Terps offense. After back-to-back runs set up a third-and-6 on the unit’s opening drive, Brown went

3-for-3 passing on the next three plays for 55 yards and the first touchdown of the afternoon.

On the first throw of that sequence, Brown stood firm in the pocket despite a fierce four-man rush from the Orange defensive line and hit wide receiver Stefon Diggs in stride on a crossing route for a 20-yard catch and run into Syracuse territory.

On the next play, Brown again faced pressure from the Orange defense. Linebacker Dyshawn Davis charged unblocked at Brown from the left edge, but the senior remained calm and delivered a quick throw to wide receiver Marcus Leak over the middle for a gain of 10.

Then came what likely has been Brown’s best throw of the season.

On first-and-10 from the 25-yard line, Brown took the snap and faked a handoff to Ross before rolling out slightly to his right. Leak, meanwhile, beat cornerback Julian Whigham off the line of scrimmage and had a step on the defender down the right sideline.

See brown, Page 7

FIELD HOCKEY

George Campbell pulled up short in his sprint, grabbed his black Terrapins men’s soccer jersey and stretched it over his face.

The freshman forward had just watched his second shot of the night sail out of bounds, ruining an opportunity Campbell created by deking a couple of Dayton defenders inside the box in the first half of the Terps’ 1-0 win Monday.

Campbell compiled perhaps the most complete performance of his young career. He took a career-high four shots and nearly had several more. Still, the scoreless showing marks the seventh consecutive game Campbell has failed to find the back of the net.

It’s a problem he rarely faced at McDonogh, where he netted 23 goals his senior year.

“Once I got a first goal, say, in high school, they just kept on coming,” Campbell said.

So far, Campbell is second on the team with nine shots, leads all Terps forwards with 394 minutes and has started all but one contest.

But until recently, Campbell had missed significant practice time as he nursed an ankle injury.

Against the Flyers, though, Campbell said his ankle felt the healthiest it has in a while.

“He’s a tough kid,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “He played through a lot of pain for a few games there and really fought through.”

If his ankle was still bothering him Monday, Campbell didn’t show it. His resiliency and creativity with the ball were on display throughout the contest.

In the 15th minute, Campbell received a through ball from forward David Kabelik about 30

forward george campbell (right) battles for possession in the Terps’ 1-0 victory over Dayton on Monday night. christian jenkins/the diamondback

yards from the goal. Campbell tried reaching for the ball with his left foot, but a Dayton defender broke up the play. Campbell recovered and chased down the loose ball before cutting back to his right foot and chipping a shot that was saved by Dayton goalkeeper Chris Froschauer.

Early in the second half, Campbell had another stellar look at goal. With less than 30 minutes in regulation, he received a ball from forward Eric Carbajal about 35 yards out. He dribbled through two defenders before finding his way into the box, where he ripped a right-footed shot that barely trickled past the left post.

“I’m definitely having a hard time hitting the back of the net,” Campbell said. “I’m getting in my head a little bit too much.”

Campbell’s inefficiency in the scoring third mirrors the rest of the team. The Terps have converted on just seven of their 58 shots this

See campbell, Page 7

FOOTBALL

Cabrera struggles in loss to Northwestern Meharg voices support for starting goalie

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Entering Saturday’s matchup with No. 15 Northwestern, the Terrapins field hockey team had allowed more than seven shots in just one of its first six games. And in all five games in which they limited their opponent to fewer than eight shots, the Terps earned victories.

That pattern changed in Evanston, Illinois, this past weekend, though. The Terps defense continued to clamp down on the opposing offense, but goalkeeper Brooke Cabrera’s inability to make crucial saves cost them in a 3-2 loss in the then-No. 2 Terps’ Big Ten opener.

But coach Missy Meharg isn’t ready to give up on Cabrera, who has allowed 10 goals and made 11 saves on the season. Instead, Meharg plans to stick with her starting netminder and is taking solace in the Terps defense’s ability to limit opponents’ shots as they did against the Wildcats.

“She is a 22-year-old fifth-year senior who is an incredible goalkeeper who just needs a little more time in terms of being the go-to goalie,” Meharg said. “I am confident she will do that.”

The Terps defense didn’t do Cabrera any favors by forcing her to stop a penalty stroke in a scoreless game. She was able to get a piece of midfielder Lisa McCarthy’s shot but failed to make the save on the Wildcats’ first shot of the game.

“SHE IS A 22-YEAR-OLD, FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE GOALKEEPER WHO JUST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE TIME IN TERMS OF BEING THE GO-TO GOALIE. ... I AM CONFIDENT SHE WILL DO THAT.” MISSY MEHARG

Terrapins field hockey coach Cabrera made a save before the break, but she allowed scores on both shots on goal in the second half. In the final period, Cabrera has made five saves while allowing seven goals this season.

“It’s always tougher for a goalie when you have less shots,” Meharg said. “There is no such thing as getting into a flow.”

Despite the slow start in her first season as starting goalie, Cabrera has proven herself in limited appearances the past two seasons. She posted 16 saves while allowing six goals last season, and made 20 saves and conceded three goals in 2012.

Meharg believes Cabrera is still adjusting to being the starter this year.

“When you are called upon to do something when the team needs a change up or someone is injured, it is a different role,” Meharg said.

The Terps offense also hasn’t helped Cabrera as much as it has in the past. The Terps have scored more See cabrera, Page 7

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER YANNIK CUDJOE-VIRGIL closes in on a back in last year’s win over Virginia, the game in which he suffered a torn pectoral. file photo/the diamondback

Starting off on the right foot Cudjoe-Virgil stays positive, focused in return from injury

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil smiles sometimes, sure, but the Terrapins football outside linebacker rarely does so unless he’s accomplished all of his tasks for the day.

“I live with him, so I know,” inside linebacker L.A. Goree said. “I mean, he’s a cool guy, but nothing’s a joke to Cudjoe. He takes everything seriously. He’s very goal-oriented.”

So Cudjoe-Virgil, a fifth-year senior, didn’t pout when he missed the season’s first three games with a foot injury. The setback was just the latest trial in a tumultuous career, and the work Cudjoe-Virgil put in to return to the field for Saturday’s

34-20 win at Syracuse was the most recent example of the Trinidad native leaning on his intense mindset to overcome an obstacle.

And if you look at Cudjoe-Virgil’s career trajectory, you’d be able to guess how aggressively he approached his rehab.

Cudjoe-Virgil was lightly recruited out of Towson High School and went to Division II Seton Hill to attract the attention of FBS scouts.

After two dominant years in a lower tier of college football, he transferred to this university and worked as a security guard to support himself during a redshirt season before earning a prominent role on last year’s team.

When his promising junior campaign came to an abrupt end in the

sixth game of the season after he tore his pectoral muscle making a tackle against Virginia, Cudjoe-Virgil vowed to pour all of his effort into rehabbing. He did, and he entered fall camp healthy and eager to begin his senior season.

Then came the left foot injury, which occurred in the final week of preseason camp. Cudjoe-Virgil sported a boot on his foot during the first few weeks of the regular season.

“It definitely hurt,” Cudjoe-Virgil said. “You feel like you work so hard.

You work 365 days of the year just to play 12 games, and you find out you can’t play the first three after missing the last seven [the year before], it’s tough.”

See cudjoe, Page 7

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Fueling the caffeine craving Students recommend their favorite coffee shops

By Carlos Alfaro @thedbk For The Diamondback It’s 5 p.m. on a Thursday, and people are everywhere. The sound of fingers pattering on keyboards fills the room, and the smell of coffee wafts across the shop.

In the Coffee Bar of Stamp Student Union, students stop by to do homework or hang out while drinking their hot Starbucks beverage of choice.

Students have several options for getting their coffee fix in College Park, whether it’s one of the several Starbucks locations on or near the campus or a smaller independent shop.

I n a d d i t i o n to t h e S t a r bucks in the shopping center off Route 1 and the Coffee Bar in Stamp, several cafes around the campus brew the Seattle-based chain’s hot and cold beverages. From the Clarice Smith Performing Art Center’s Applause Cafe to

Footnotes Cafe at McKeldin Library and the Kim Kafe in the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, you’re never too far away from a sip of a latte or iced coffee.

Other campus cafes and shops, such as the Quantum Cafe in the Physical Sciences Complex, also serve Seattle’s Best coffee and espresso drinks.

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Junior English major Michelle Rosinski said she is a big coffee fan and enjoys the Coffee Bar’s quiet environment.

“I love coffee a lot, but I also love that it’s a good atmosphere to be focused and do work that you have to do,” Rosinski said. “But you can also meet up with people SEE COFFEE, PAGE 10

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“I’ve never had a bad time at With the first month of the semes- Bentley’s,” senior biology major ter nearing its end and the Terrapins Shima Ge said. football team boasting a 3-1 record, students are rushing to Route 1 to CORNERSTONE celebrate. We tracked down the best GRILL AND LOFT deals College Park’s bars have to offer.

Cornerstone Grill and Loft has $1.50 drafts some nights and various TERRAPIN’S TURF specials throughout the week, such College Park’s newest bar offers as $3.50 shots of Fireball during deals such as $4 Red Bull vodka drinks happy hour. and Fireball shots on Tuesday nights, “I really like Cornerstone. It’s always and $4 Long Island iced teas and $3 the same – in a good way,” said Marion cosmopolitans for ladies’ night.

Droe, a junior psychology major. “The On a regular night at Terrapin’s Turf, bouncers there are my favorite.” a draft of Natty Boh will cost you $2.

B u t i f yo u ’ re l o o k i n g fo r “Turf is probably my favorite bar,” Natty Boh, you won’t find it at said senior education major Danielle Cornerstone.

Horn. “It has a different feel. From “I don’t get the obsession with the booths on the sides to the circle Natty Boh,” said Vinnie Mazzone, bar, it brings in a new spin when com- an assistant manager. “I always tell pared with Bent’s and Cornerstone.” people: Go to the brewery. Good luck finding it in Maryland.”

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Sophomore journalism major MacKenzie Happe said she goes to R.J. Bentley’s when she is in a more relaxed mood and wants to unwind.

“Cornerstone is dubstep, and I just want to listen to the Backstreet Boys sometimes,” she said.

At Bentley’s, Natty Boh on draft costs $2.75 and a shot of Fireball is $5.50. Deals include $3.50 Bud-

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On the other side of Route 1, Looney’s Pub sells craft beers for $3 during happy hour. Looney’s regular price for Natty Boh is $2, and Fireball goes for $4.

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THE DIAMONDBACK | RESTAURANT AND BAR guide | WEDNESDAY, September 24, 2014

THE SOUTH CAMPUS DINING HALL and other dining halls are serving 40 new Chef’s Features dishes this semester. Chef’s Features sales have doubled in the past two years. josh loock/for the diamondback

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By Jordan Branch @thedbk For The Diamondback Dining Services introduced 40 new dishes this semester after an increase in Chef’s Feature sales over the past couple of years.

Meals including guava pork sliders with sesame ginger Asian slaw and sweet potato fries, and cheddar corn bread-crusted wild blue catfish with basmati rice are now on rotation at the campus dining halls.

Sales of the Chef’s Feature d ishes, com mon ly k now n as value meals, have doubled in the past two years, Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said.

Dining Services Senior Executive Chef John Gray attributed the spike in Chef’s Feature purchases to the summer 2013 switch to all fresh vegetables — with the exception of corn, which is difficult to procure out of season. To preserve freshness, chefs prepare the food throughout the day according to demand, rather than cooking it all at once and storing it.

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Dining Services senior executive chef serve about 1,000 Chef’s Feature meals per night, Gray said.

Gray, who has been the university’s executive chef for the past five years, brought in nine new chefs to improve food quality. He collaborates with those chefs to make food students want to eat.

“The quality of food was OK, but they hired me to make sure it was awesome,” Gray said. “So we’re getting there.”

Two summers ago, Gray began hosting “boot camps” to sharpen the chefs’ cooking and knife skills.

This summer’s culinary camp focused on testing and developing the 40 new dishes Gray compiled.

“The last year and a half, [Gray] has focused on increasing the culinary skills of our chefs — working SEE DINING, PAGE 11

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Franklins brews its beer in-house, and patrons can select from a rotating list of more than 10 beers on tap.

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This American eatery also doubles as a venue for local artists, featuring frequent poetry readings.

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This chain is unlike other area diners — it ditches the typical greasy dishes and provides customers with entrees that are fresh and made with seasonally grown ingredients from local farms. It also offers gluten-free and vegan options.

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By Marissa Paiano @thedbk For The Diamondback When a grease fire destroyed the Green Tidings food truck in March, executive chef Will Rogers and his team wasted no time making plans to bring gourmet food back to the university community.

Green Tidings, which opened in summer 2013, returned to full service this month with a bigger, improved truck. The goal: Bring unique, seasonal dining options to the campus.

“We just wanted to showcase our food quality and food style,” Rogers said.

Before arriving at this university in 2011, Rogers graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, in 2003.

Orig i na l ly a computer engineering major at Penn State, Rogers realized he wanted to go to culinary school after he took a job working for a chef in Baltimore over the summer and enjoyed the experience.

During school and after graduating, Rogers worked for various Ritz-Carlton hotels over the course of eight years.

Now Rogers oversees the food truck, the company’s on-campus catering business and the

food served in the suites in Byrd Stadium and Xfinity Center during athletic events.

T he food truck presents an interesting challenge for Rogers because he can’t keep an eye on the truck and the kitchen at the same time. He has to predict how much food will be needed each day based on numbers provided by the food truck team the night before, the location and the weather forecast.

Employees prepare basics such as salad dressing and vegetables before the truck heads out for the day. If demand is higher than expected, the staff uses a golf cart to transport supplies from the kitchen to the truck throughout the day.

Green Tidings gets its ingredients from 15 farms, including Terp Farm, a student-involved farm located about 30 minutes from the campus.

Every day on the truck is different, but Rogers usually arrives at about 7 a.m., while John Hume, the truck’s cashier, goes with the driver to pick up the truck. Employees then load the truck with food and other materials at Stamp Student Union.

Next it is driven to its location for the day and is open from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. After that, it goes back to the Stamp loading dock to be unloaded and cleaned before returning to its overnight parking place,

filled with gasoline and propane.

The new truck has more space than the old one and includes features such as air-conditioning, screen doors, a bigger water tank and a built-in propane tank, Rogers said.

“I love it,” Hume said. “Compared to last year you go from driving a Pinto to a Cadillac.”

The truck’s locations for the week are posted on Rogers’ blog every Sunday with daily updates on the truck’s Twitter and Facebook pages.

“Everyone has been asking ‘What’s this about?’ or, ‘I heard about some sort of accident,’” said Caroline Cummings, a social media marketing intern for Green Tidings. “We’re definitely serving more people than we were before.”

The staff is happy about the increasing turnout.

“It’s been great that the students have been so involved and so happy with the food we’ve been serving,” Rogers said.

Over the years, Rogers said he has seen the entire staff growing and learning.

“We have a good environment here of teamwork,” Rogers said. “I have a great team; all these people in the background do a fantastic job and the team on the truck, too.”

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JIMMY JOHN’S EMPLOYEES (left) prepare sandwiches for delivery. Kiyoko Express (right) sells a rainbow roll, a California roll topped with assorted fish and a sweet sauce.

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late-night delivery bites When food cravings hit on a lazy night, call up one of College Park’s delivery services

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Staff writer A h, Route 1. Teeming with countless pizza joints and … other restaurants.

Many of these restaurants are open late, so inevitably when students are wandering along the avenue at 1 a.m., they can find shelter at any one of these places.

But what about those nights when you’re just not feeling it?

Students shouldn’t have to compromise their eating options just because they don’t want to remove their butts from the comfort of their dorm beds.

Good news: You don’t have to.

Several popular places offer latenight delivery. We’ll help you choose what to order.

KIYOKO EXPRESS Fuel your Monday night You’re still exhausted from the weekend and just got assigned

another project. It’s only 5 p.m., but you know it’s going to be a dreadfully long evening.

You sk ip d i n ner w ith you r friends because you’re in beast work mode. You glance up and notice it’s already 8 p.m.

A nd then the tu m my r u mblings hit.

Not wanting to get dinner alone, you contemplate options for delivery. Pizza? No, you’ve had that the past five days in a row. Literally.

And then it hits you. Sushi. It’s almost always the right answer.

Kiyoko Express is a sushi/Japanese restaurant that is very close to the campus, and even better, it delivers until 10:30 p.m. It has an extensive menu that includes hibachi entrees as well as various special sushi rolls.

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l i k e l y t h e c h e e s e — t h e re ’s something about it that draws in so many people.

At 2 a.m. on a Saturday, you’re just getting home after a night of crazy fun. And then it hits you.

Hunger. *Opens fridge.* Nothing but some condiment bottles, a pickle jar and an empty pizza box. Great.

Now you want pizza, but you’re already home and it’s too late to go back out.

But your life isn’t over.

With deliciously huge pizza — I always recommend cheese — Pizza Kingdom is one of the many pizza places in College Park. And it is open for delivery until 3 a.m. on the weekends.

JIMMY JOHN’S If you’re looking for something relatively quick

If you want that cheesy goodness It’s a Tuesday. Whether it’s College students crave pizza. called twisted or turn-up Tuesday Whether it’s the spherical shape doesn’t really matter this time.

The 30 pages of history reading or t he go o ey che e se — mos t

looms on your mind until finally it’s 8 p.m., and avoiding it won’t work any longer. Clearly, motivation is needed.

Almost any college student can understand the following equation: food=motivation.

The quickest way to whet your appetite?

Call Jimmy John’s, which is known for its “freaky fast” deliveries. It has a variety of cold cut subs, sandwiches and unwiches — sandwiches/subs wrapped in lettuce instead of bread.

Perhaps the best part about Jimmy John’s? Leftovers.

Because the subs there are fairly large, especially if you order a J.J. Gargantuan, there will inevitably be leftovers. Stick the rest of your sub in the fridge and eat it tomorrow when hunger strikes again.

D.P. DOUGH That calzone though...

you call it a night.

B efore i nv it i n g t hem , you realize the obvious: You have no food in your house. Let’s face it, food is the center of any latenight party. But at this hour, all grocery stores are closed, you’re nowhere near a Royal Farms and you’ve got a big group to feed.

Pull out your phone and call D.P. Dough.

D.P. Dough takes delivery and carry out orders until 2:45 a.m. on the weekends. So even if you don’t have time to wait for delivery, you can always just pick it up if you can manage the short trek from the campus.

D.P. Dough is known for its creative calzones. You can create your own calzone by choosing four ingredients out of their proteins, veggies, cheeses, sauces and seasoning sections, or you can opt for something off the College Park Zones section.

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Finding College Park’s best slices Students share their favorite late-night pizza places

By Peter Eliopoulos @thedbk For The Diamondback When you leave the bars on Route 1 or head home from a party late at night, chances are you are going to want some grub. The downtown area offers many options for latenight food, but based on the number of pizzerias in College Park, it’s pretty clear: students prefer pizza.

For the drunken student who doesn’t want to venture far from the Route 1 stretch just off the campus, there are four businesses offering pizza by the slice into the wee hours of the morning and another on the way. We’ll help you narrow down the options.

PIZZA MART The original Pizza Mart was established in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington. The chain claims to be the creators of the original jumbo slice, which is cut from a 36-inch pie. Pizza Mart was featured on the Travel Channel’s Food Wars and named one of the top 10 pizza shops in the county.

The College Park location aims to provide that same quality pizza to the hungry college crowd. Pizza Mart sells a jumbo cheese slice for $5, and they’ll warm it up for you in minutes. You can add toppings for 80 cents each, and they’ll put them on top of the premade slice.

“The jumbo slice is a really great deal,” sophomore psychology major Sam Kellman-Wanzer said. “It’s $5 for a huge slice that’s probably twice the size of one from Slices. Pizza Mart is a great alternative to the traditionally sized pizza, but I think the quality is a little better than Pizza Kingdom.”

PIZZA KINGDOM Pizza Kingdom also offers a jumbo

slice of pizza for $5. Each additional topping costs another dollar. The pizza joint, located off Lehigh Road near Potbelly’s, also sells Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and offers free delivery for online orders over $15.

S o m e s t u d e nt s s a i d P i z z a Kingdom isn’t always their first choice for a slice because they have to turn the corner to see it on their way home. But the size of the slice keeps them coming back.

“I was amazed by the size of the slice, but I was not in any way amazed by the quality of the pizza

itself,” senior civil engineering major Ryan Clancy said.

We recommend bringing a friend and splitting the cost of a slice — $2.50 will be enough to fulfill your late-night pizza craving.

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and criminal justice and English major Brian Frosti said. “They have the best in store set up with FROM PAGE 8 great marketing, they display evmore than 20 types of by-the- erything better than the rest of sl ice gou rmet pizza options, the stores.”

Ju n ior econom ics major ra n g i n g f rom m a c a ron i a n d cheese to Philly cheesesteak. Jamal Anifowoshe said Slices is Slices uses a traditional 16-inch his favorite College Park pizza pan for their pies and charges establishment.

“They have the most innovaabout $4 for a specialty slice. A tive pizzas,” Anifowoshe said. “It plain cheese slice costs $3.

Slices prides itself on using the may not be the best economically, highest-quality ingredients to but the flavor is there.” produce their homemade pizzas.

And if they run out of a particuRATSIE’S lar specialty pizza, they’ll make a new one i n 10 m i nutes a nd Ratsie’s Pizza has been a College serve it to you fresh. If you are Park staple since 1984. Its prime looking to save some money, you location at the corner of Knox Road can buy any whole pizza and get and Route 1 makes it a popular first the second one for half price on choice for students leaving the bars Monday nights. right across the street.

Like competitors Pizza Mart “Slices is the best late-night a nd P izza K i ngdom, R atsie’s pizza,” sophomore criminology

offers a jumbo slice option. But unlike the other pizza joints, a slice of cheese at Ratsie’s will only cost you $3, and you can get a variety of combo deals with soda and wings.

Some students said they choose R atsie’s for its conven ience, che ap pr ice s a nd l ate-n i g ht hours. The restaurant is open until at least 2:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday.

“It’s not good pi zza, but I admire the environment,” Clancy said. “It’s kind of fun to just sit in there because you might see a fight or any number of things.

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in a casual setting.”

And her favorite brew of choice?

“I usually get a grande coffee, with a shot of espresso,” Rosinski said. “I like caffeine.”

Just off the campus on Route 1, Bagel Place offers more than its namesake bagels. It also has an espresso bar with a large selection. The shop sells coffee in different blends, as well as lattes, iced drinks and more. A large coffee, called a “molto,” costs $1.79.

Danielle McFarland, a senior psychology major and Bagel Place employee, said she enjoys the restaurant’s environment. But it can get busy, she said.

“It kind of gets a little hectic on the weekends when everyone and their mom comes in for like four hours straight all at the same time,”

Junior English major

McFarland said.

The College Park staple’s coffee distributor also donates to the Chesapeake Bay for the restoration for oyster reefs, according to its website.

But on the opposite end of the campus, a new coffee shop has opened.

Casey’s Coffee, located under the Domain at College Park, opened earlier this year. Drinks range from frappes and lattes to iced coffees. It also offers a large selection of salads, hot and cold sandwiches and breakfast foods.

“It’s pretty good coffee,” said Brennan Cox, a junior English and studio art major. “Typically, I find it’s a little cheaper than Starbucks, and it’s close to the art building, so

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“I myself am from China, so the food here, the teas here, remind me of my hometown, which I like,” said Jack Xing, a junior accounting and finance major and a Chinese exchange student. “I personally do not like the American-style food, so here should be a good choice.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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When whipping up new Dining Services recipes, Gray said, he turns to food industry magazines to discover new and existing trends.

But he also tracks student dining trends to see what students like to eat. Each morning, Gray receives a report of which meals students are buying.

“Some people like to make food that’s very impressive or way out there on the edge or looks a certain way,” Hipple said. “[Gray] likes to make food that the guests here will eat.”

Gray said he likes to test new foods in the buffets at 251 North, then bring successful dishes into the North and South Campus dining halls.

Junior psychology major Joe Ga l lucci sa id va r iety i n t he dining halls is lacking, and he bought a smaller meal plan this semester so he could eat more meals off the campus.

“My opinion of [the dining h a l l s] h a s gone dow n si nce I’ve been here,” Gallucci said.

“I think freshman year I was blinded to their inadequacies.”

Wes Baire, a senior mechanical engineering major, said he doesn’t like the long lines at the dining halls and he sees room for improvement, but he doesn’t have any complaints about food quality.

“Overall, the food is good,” B a i r e s a i d . “ I ’ m n o t c o mpl a i n i n g. G enera l ly, I get a well-rounded meal.”

Gray said he takes all feedback into consideration. One request he had been getting for years was to extend the hours of the labor-intensive Seasons 12 stir-fry station in South Campus Dining Hall. With the opening

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of Prince Frederick Hall this semester, he said, the demand was there, and now the station is open for dinner.

Junior computer engineering major Paula Huang said she did a “virtual happy dance” when she first learned of the station’s extended hours. She said the stir-fry station adds some much-needed variety to her meals.

In addition to the stir-fry station’s modified hours, all dinner stations now close at 8 p.m. to minimize confusion, Hipple said, replacing staggered closing times between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Gray said he is always thinking of ways to improve the dining halls. He has been receiving requests for better vegan options in South Campus Dining Hall and plans to introduce a station like Sprouts, North Campus Dining Hall’s vegan station, next summer. newsumdbk@gmail.com

sarah grin, a senior communication major, decorates cupcakes in her apartment. james levin/the diamondback

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“I WANTED TO BE MY OWN BOSS, TO SEE FROM PAGE 12 WHAT IT TAKES AS A she’s been careful about balanc- COLLEGE STUDENT.” ing her schedule.

“The home-delivery option is phenomenal,” sophomore architecture major Lucas Denit said, “as convenient as it gets.”

Gri n a lso offers a cateri ng service for people living in the greater Washington area. Orders must contain at least a dozen cupcakes, which start at $28 total. Like specialty options, Grin requires at least a day’s notice for large orders.

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week, Grin said she’s not yet sure what the future holds for this endeavor.

“I wanted to be my own boss, to see what it takes as a college student,” Grin said Friday. “It’s hard right now – I’ve got a hundred cupcakes to bake this weekend – but we’ll see where it goes from here.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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SENIOR SARAH GRIN bakes cupcakes in her apartment. She began selling cupcakes to the local community during the tailgate before the Sept. 13 Terrapins football game. james levin/the diamondback

Cupcakes on campus University senior launches Bliss Cupcakes from her apartment

By Zach Melvin @thedbk For The Diamondback Over the last few years, cupcakes have emerged as a trendy commercial pastry across the nation. Now they’ve come to this university.

Bliss Cupcakes, a small stud e n t-r u n b u s i n e s s , o p e n e d Sept. 13 during the tailgate before the Terrapins football game against West Virginia.

Senior communication major Sarah Grin has transformed her small campus apartment into a makeshift bakery. With the help of her friends — junior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major Jenna Conaty and junior communication major Casey Rozek — Grin has already sold hundreds of cupcakes to students at this university.

“T he idea ca me du ri ng my summer internship when I realized that I was tired of working for other people,” Grin said. “I’ve always loved baking, and one day I just decided to go for it.”

The cupcakery offers catering and home delivery. Cupcakes cost $2.50 each and come in six

flavor options: vanilla, red velvet, chocolate ganache, chocolate buttercream, and chocolate peanut butter and confetti.

“I tried the vanilla with vanilla cream cheese frosting and the confetti cupcake,” sophomore mechanical engineering major Mark Caunter said. “They were delicious. I’d recommend both of them.”

If you’re looking for a more specialized cupcake, Grin can provide vegan and gluten-free options and special designs. Additional costs may apply, and the specialty service requires orders to be placed two days in advance. In certain cases, you may be required to order a minimum of a dozen cupcakes as well.

To balance the business with her schoolwork, Grin only offers home delivery on the weekends from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., but she’ll deliver anywhere in College Park.

She said she plans out her week in advance so she has time to prepare for bigger orders. With an additional part-time job and a full class schedule, Grin said SEE CUPCAKES, PAGE 11