September 30, 2014

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Security, health, tech group donates $200,000 Leidos funds to support university public health, cybersecurity, education, engineering programs

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer National security, health and engineering solutions company Leidos

donated $200,000 to this university Wednesday to support high-quality research and education programs, among other things.

The donation from Leidos will support this university’s public

health, cybersecurity research, education and engineering programs.

“Leidos chose to invest in UMD due it being one of the premier technical education and research institutions in the country,” said Jim Cantor, senior vice president and chief engineer for Leidos National Security Sector.

Ca ntor a lso sa id that L eidos

prefers to focus on universities that are geographically close to its major locations because it affords greater mutual engagements, including internship programs and joint research.

Patrick O’Shea, vice president and chief research officer at this university, expressed happiness regarding the investment.

Data reveals a decline in the water’s famous blue crabs, oysters, rise in shrimp

Public health exhibition reveals personal stories in disease’s history

By Ryan Carbo @thedbk Staff writer

Science president.

Therefore, Boesch said, state residents have an obligation to “Save the Bay” — the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s motto — and its 500 million pounds of annually harvested seafood.

“We live in the richest, most

Since last Tuesday, this university’s public health school has held an exhibition detailing the history of AIDS in this country, from the perspectives of patients living with the disease to its present implications on public health issues.

The exhibition, titled “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics and Culture,” is on display at the university as a part of National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition program, which allows public libraries and universities to rent out the displays for limited periods.

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a steamed crab, dusted with Old Bay seasoning, sits on newspaper. Blue crab and oyster populations are declining in the Chesapeake Bay, impacting the availabiliity of this state’s classic fare.

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer

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arylanders can expect to see fewer crab cakes and oysters on their plates and more shrimp as water temperatures and pollution levels rise, according to a recent Smithson-

ian article citing data reported from Earth Gauge, a National Environmental Education Foundation program.

Last winter caused a significant loss in crab population, leading to rising market prices for the crustacean, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. And researchers have observed an even more signif-

icant population decline over the past several decades due to pollution, according to the foundation.

Without an effort to clean the bay, bottom feeders will die off, leaving shrimp and striped bass in the water and state residents without their iconic crab cakes, said Donald Boesch, this university’s Center for Environmental

Apartment complex site one mile away

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Senior Ryan Belcher will provide state feedback Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer Ryan Belcher, director of shared governance for the SGA and a senior environmental science and government and politics major, will now represent student body interests at both the campus and state levels as an executive committee member of the Maryland Higher Education Commission Student Advisory Council.

The Student Advisory Council, which allows for one representative from each higher education institution in the state, voices the concerns and perspectives of students through policy recommendations to the MHEC, the state’s higher education board responsible for establish-

ryan belcher, shared governance director for the SGA and a senior environmental science and government and politics major, was appointed by the SGA to represent the school in state affairs. file photo/the diamondback ing statewide policies.

Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk said he appointed Belcher to the SAC, which offers single-academic year terms, after the MHEC reached out to him last summer requesting a student appointment. For Ronk, the choice was simple.

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“I am really delighted,” O’Shea said. “The part that impresses me the most is its full spectrum. It impacts students and faculty. It’s amazing how broad the engagement is.”

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“I’ve known Ryan since I joined the SGA my freshman year. … He’s always been one of the most capable, one of the most knowledgeable people in the SGA,” Ronk said. “He’s going to be great.”

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A new apartment building might be constructed less than a mile from the campus, which could provide more off-campus housing for students or faculty at this university, officials said.

Developer Keane Enterprises submitted its development site plan for review to the College Park City Council in April. The council unanimously approved the plans on July 15, setting the stage for the developer to complete the next step of the process: certifying the plans and obtaining the appropriate permits.

“By adding a second part to the hotel, they’re making this an important project for that part of town,” said Michael Stiefvater, city economic development coordinator. “Most student housing is

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on the west side of town, so there’s definitely going to be a demand.”

The plan includes the construction of a Courtyard by Marriott, CVS Pharmacy and additional retail on the site of the old Koon’s Ford dealership.

The new apartment building will be a seven-story, 275-unit apartment building on Berwyn House Road.

“We had the opportunity to obtain a parcel [of land] adjacent, so really we just extended our [development site plan] to include that,” said Andy Shuckra, principal at Keane Enterprises. “But we consider it a separate project.”

The residential building will also house up to 1,000 square feet of retail, according to plans approved by the council and county planning board in July.

Shuckra said this particular site is promising for a housing development because of its proximity to public transport, this university, M Square and the Capital Beltway. The developer hopes to attract residents other than students with this convenient location.

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The national library of medicine is loaning its “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics and Culture” exhibit to this university’s public health school, where it will remain on display until Nov. 8. The exhibition discusses the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. tom hausman/for the diamondback

aids From PAGE 1 Blakely Pomietto, chief of staff for the dean’s office in the public health school, initially reached out to the national library about the exhibition due to the impact she feels it can have on students who may not have been aware of the history from this point of view.

“I thought our community would be very interested in that,” Pomietto said. “We

donation From PAGE 1 been launched thanks to the donation, he said.

O’Shea said the program will be providing two awards of up to $50,000 each, and the recipients are expected to be announced in October.

“It will help stimulate re-

have a lot of students and faculty in the School of Public Health and on campus who have been active in one way or another in fighting against HIV and AIDS, and are interested in the history and the future of that issue.”

The exhibition shows an in-depth view of the issue’s history, with multiple references for f u rther readings from voices within the AIDS community. It includes the progression of how the disease was treated in the U.S., not just in a medical

sense, but also in social and cultural contexts.

Additionally, it shows how some politicians initially ignored the epidemic in the 1980s and how many labeled it as an issue exclusively affecting gay men.

“T he message we wa nt students to walk away with today, I guess, is two parts,” said Patricia Tuohy, exhibition program head at the National Library of Medicine. “One is to think about the social issues that have impacts upon the delivery of health care,

whether it’s money or discrimination or access to care, and how that affects patients and patients’ lives. And the second is to advocate for good health — for yourself, for your community and the people you care about.”

Tuohy also said the lessons learned through the exhibit could be applied by students in fields other than public health.

“I take a very broad view of history,” she said. “I think everything connects to history, and I think everything connects to health. … It all comes

into play.”

T he ex h ibition a lso includes a portion on the current state of affairs with regards to HIV and AIDS, and the direction advocating health equity for those infected may continue to go in.

Ja ne Cla rk, dea n of the public health school, emphasized the importance of students using the lessons learned from the history of the disease to think about public health in the future.

“You never k now when we’re going to have some-

thing like this again,” Clark said. “Whenever you have something new come on the scene, ‘W hat’s the public hea lth response to th is?’

That’s what people say. …

No one knew what [A IDS] really was and what an epidemic was and how it was going to affect everyone, and people were dying. It wasn’t a trivial thing.”

The exhibition will remain at the public health school until Nov. 8.

search,” he said. “We’re interested in innovative and creative ideas from our faculty.”

One of the programs the donation will support is the student-ru n Bitca mp — a hackathon that drew more than 1,000 students in its first event last April.

Tochi Eni-Kalu, the sponsorship director for Bitcamp, said that this is an exciting

development for not on ly Bitcamp but also the university community as a whole.

“It will not only benefit instruction and research, but will also help create a platform for hackers, hackathon attendees, to create novelty,” the ju n ior economics major said.

E n i-K a l u s a i d t h a t a l l the f u nds Bitca mp w i l l

receive from Leidos will go “towards making Bitcamp 2015 awesome.” The event is tentatively set for January.

T he gift will support other interests, including d i v e r s i t y i n S T E M p ro g ra ms; the electrica l a nd computer engineering department; the epidemiolog y a nd biostatistics dep a r t m e nt; t h e c omp ute r

science department; talent development programs at the engineering school; the University Career Center; membership in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center Corporate Partner Program; and the Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation.

“Leidos’ investment not on ly provides critical re-

sources and opportunities for s t ud ents a nd fa c u lt y at institutions like U M D, it streng thens the nation as we work to ma i nta i n a strong high-tech research and manufacturing capability that is fundamental to our national security,” Cantor said.

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Library service offers students more books, faster turnaround UBorrow makes roughly 90 million books available through Big Ten

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer T he u n iversity ath letic department is not the only one getting a boost from the switch to the Big Ten. Students now have access to t h e i n t e rl i b r a r y l o a n system, UBorrow — a faster, more reliable way for students to receive books the c a m p u s l i b ra r i e s d o n o t have, said Hilary Thompson, an access services librarian.

Students now have about 90 million books available from other schools i n the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the academic consortium of Big Ten universities, she said.

“It’s a serv ice that has, since it went live earlier this year, already improved interlibrary loan service for U M D students,” T imothy Hack ma n, Un iversity Libra r ie s he ad of re sou rc e s h a r i n g a n d a c c e s s s e rv ices, w rote i n a n ema i l.

“UBorrow fits with the ways ou r students a nd facu lty conduct their research.”

Both undergraduate and graduate students can get

belcher From PAGE 1 representative on the SAC, Belcher said he is also now a part of the executive committee, which helps direct and coordinate SAC activities. As one of three segment chairs, his role is to coordinate policy with the other 13 four-year public institutions in the state. The other two segment chairs handle fouryear private institutions and two-year public institutions.

Belcher, who the four-year public institutions elected to the executive com m ittee at the Sept. 13 meeting, said he is eager to expand h is agend a to encompass affairs at both the university and state levels. On top of advocating open-source textbooks as a way to reduce general textbook costs for the state, Belcher said he is also particularly focused on

crabs From PAGE 1 e du c ate d c ou nt r y i n t he world; specifically, one of the most educated states in the country, and we are at one of the best universities in the state,” Boesch said.

“Why shouldn’t we be the ones leading everyone?”

A May 2014 survey of the blue crab population indicated an increase in juvenile crabs but a significant decline of roughly 90 million fertile-age crabs in the Chesapeake Bay, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. “ We re a l ly d o n’t h a v e that much time left to make a difference to the damage that we’ve already done to the bay,” said Maya Spaur, Student Government Association sustainability committee member.

This year’s ninth annual Crab Feast in Cole Field House is not attracting as many students as previous years — a trend that may be indicative of major changes happening in the Chesapeake Bay. “We have sold around 500 tickets for the Crab Feast, but ticket sa les a re dow n

books from libraries states away, including the University of Michigan, Ohio State University and Northwestern University shipped directly to campus libraries. Whereas before it would take 12 days to get a book, it now takes a week, Thompson said.

T hompson a l re ady h a s a l i ne of books above her desk from schools across the country, and students have started using the program, too. More than 8,500 books have become available since the program’s conception in February, and students loaned out more than 1,000 in September alone, she said.

This university has also lent 3,418 books from the past seven months to other Big Ten schools.

To cont i nue encou ragi ng students to u se t he system, University Librarie s of f ici a l s a re work i ng to promote it using social media and handouts around the campus.

“It makes the whole process so easy,” said James Weber, a University Libraries technician who runs the social media campaign for UBorrow. “It can really take the stress out of research.”

T h o m p s o n h o p e s s t udents w i l l appreciate the convenience and availability UBorrow offers more than the other loaning programs in

place. To make the process more efficient, UBorrow is able “to cut out the midd lema n” when it sends books, she said, making the process it easier for all involved parties. “ Us u a l ly fo u r to s i x people wou ld h ave to touch the book before a student got it,” she said.

“Now, only two to three people are needed.”

T h i s p ro c e s s a l l o w s students to receive their book in about a week with U Borrow. Students ca n then keep the books for three months and renew it for another month, allowing students to have them for t he whole semester if needed.

Thompson said UBorrow works perfectly for graduate students who depend on using specific book s for long p er iod s of time. T he books will not b e re c a l le d u n le ss another student requests the book.

A n d t h e b e n e f i t s go both ways — the libraries can more easily keep track of the books students are borrowing, and using that data, library faculty members can see if a specific book is needed at this university.

developing a sexual assault amnesty period to prevent v icti ms’ residu a l trau m a from negatively impacting their grades.

“They’ll have an amnesty period where students can go by pass/fail rather than the conventional plus/minus system, as a way to make sure that their grades don’t suffer for having to suffer through something that bad,” Belcher said.

Belcher’s agendas are likely to mesh well with the MHEC, whose current points of interests are sexual assault, on-campus transportation issues and textbook affordability, Belcher said. Before developing any further initiatives, however, Belcher’s next steps involve becoming acquainted with the institutions he will be representing.

“The one thing I’m doing r i g h t n o w i s s t a r t i n g to contact these institutions, reach out, and know what their academic policies and

student policies are and t h i n k of way s t h at we can share past practices and maybe come up with issues and collaborative perspectives to bring up to MHEC,” Belcher said.

“I hope to really unite the student voice from these schools.”

Steven Palmer, head of SGA com mu n ic at ion s, is confident in Belcher’s ability to unify groups of people, as proven through his position in shared governance for the SGA. “You can immediately kind of see the effects he had in bringing [Greek life, the Residence Hall Association and student advisory councils] to the discussion,” Palmer said. “Ryan is absolutely a bright guy … and will definitely do a lot of good work on the MHEC, I’m sure.”

from past years because of the higher cost of crabs and higher cost of tickets,” said Bryan Farrell, SGA tradition commission chairman.

About 300 million pounds of nitrogen, a primary nutrient contaminant, pollutes the Bay each year, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

That is six times more nitrogen than the bay received at its healthiest level in the 1600s.

The excess organic matter comes f rom a g r icu lt u re, sewage and industrial plants, vehicles and septic lines.

W it h m o re t h a n 6 4 ,0 0 0 square miles of land in the Chesapeake watershed, all of that nitrogen and phosphorus is washed into the bay with stormwater and causes “dead zones,” Boesch said.

The nitrogen and phosphorus feed algal blooms, which then block sunlight to the bottom of the bay and cause oxygen-depleted dead zones that can kill fish and shellfish, according to the foundation.

So what is the university doing to curb the stormwater that is washing contaminants into the bay? “ We a re gett i n g to t he point where we are setting the standards for the rest of Maryland,” said Michael

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This University’s lgbt equity center, along with the University Career Center, paid in full for 20 students to attend the LGBTQ & Ally College Student Career Conference from Friday to Sunday at Washington Plaza Hotel. file photo/the diamondback

Two university centers sponsor LGBT students’ visit to D.C. event LGBT Equity Center, Univ Career Center send students to conference for free

By Sarah Dean @sarahdeanjourn Staff writer Biology doctoral candidate Alex was looking for a way to share his identity as a transgender person with his employer.

He wanted to keep things honest but professional.

“I was wondering how to come out in academia, and then, in future careers or really, any type of professional setting that I was in,” said Alex, whose last name is withheld to protect his privacy.

Coming out in the workplace was one of many topics discussed in workshops, panels and sessions offered at this weekend’s 10th annual LGBTQ & Ally College Student Career Conference.

The event, hosted by OUT for Work, returned to Washington last weekend after taking place in Chicago for the past two years. Among the attendees from all over the nation were 20 students from this university, including Alex.

T he Un iversit y Ca re er Center and the LGBT Equity Center co-sponsored the 20 students’ trip to the conference, which took place from Friday to Sunday in the Washington Plaza Hotel.

This year, the centers received additional financial help from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as well as OUT for Work itself. So all 20

attending students were able to attend for free, said Neal McKinney, program director of the University Career Center Program. McKinney attended the conference as a professional staff member.

Kate Juhl, the Career Center’s student services and academic outreach program director, was in charge of enrolling students. Juhl said the conference was advertised through the Career Center and the LGBT Equity Center, and interested students emailed their information for consideration on a space-available basis. Juhl said there was a waiting list, but with some cancellations, all students who wanted to attend the conference were able to.

The conference consisted included guest speaker presentations, a resume workshop, skill-building sessions and a career fair. Students also had the opportunity to embark on off-site sessions in a career field of their choice, which were “desig ned to showcase real world workplaces and professional coming out stories, as well as discuss LGBTQ inclusive policies in the workplace,” according to the conference program.

Alex said he learned that putting LGBT activities and leadership on his resume is appropriate, which had always been something he was unsure about. He also enjoyed the tour of Boeing, given by guides from the company’s LGBT employee group.

“They were really excited to have us there and to be doing something within the com-

munity, which was really nice to see,” he said. “It wasn’t just the company promoting themselves, it was real people who really wanted some community involvement.”

Chai Feldblum, who has served as a commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission since 2010, gave a keynote address Friday that McKinney called “empowering.”

Juhl heard Feldblum speak at the conference in 2011.

“She’s the best keynote speaker I have ever heard,” Juhl said.

McKinney said attending the conference showed him how much workplace support for the LGBTQ community has grown since he graduated five years ago. The career fair on Sunday was a highlight of the weekend for him.

“I really liked talking to employers who were there saying, ‘We do support and we do provide a lot of really great resources for members of the LGBT community in our offices,’” he said. “It’s really neat to see those employers being there to have these conversations with those students.”

Alex said that the conference encouraged students to be out in their workplaces if they feel comfortable enough.

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As the university moves to build LEED-certified buildings and better control what it is emptied into the watershed around us, students will just have to bear the higher costs of crabs.

“As an integral part of our economy, traditions and local identity, the loss of crabs will be a loss to the community,” Farrell said.

“We want to draw from a demand base of multi-rate, multifamily,” Shuckra said.

“We’ve heard that less than 4 percent of staff actually live in College Park — and that’s a number we’ve been given by university President Loh and others — so there seems to be an opportunity to get people working with the university back to College Park.”

Eric Roca, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences, said this new project would be a less-than-ideal housing location for students.

“If College Park Place is going to be a mile off campus, kids who live there are going to have to go through the hassle of getting a car and having to drive to school,” Roca said.

“Students who live in College Park Towers, on the other hand, can just walk.”

W hile Keane Enterprises must still certify their plans and obtain building permits, Shuckra said the developer pl a n s to brea k ground in late 2015 and open in 2016 or 2017.

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In 2014, there were

90 million fewer fertile-age crabs in the Chesapeake Bay than last year

300 million pounds of nitrogen pollute the Chesapeake Bay each year There was a reported

78 percent increase in the number of juvenile crabs in 2014 compared to last year

data from the maryland department of natural resources and the chesapeake bay foundation. graphic by kelsey sutton

Ca rm ichael, u n iversity stormwater m a n agement coordinator. “We are having t o r e t r o f i t o l d t e c h n o logy because we are moving forward so quickly.”

Over the 1,250 acres of campus, there are several gardens that capture stormwater for immediate and later use. The Peace and Friendship Garden behind Lot 1 captures rainwater, stores it and uses it for drip irrigation. Solar panels power the drip irriga-

tion pumps, said Carmichael, a university alumnus.

On the outskirts of campus there is also a small fortune of bioretention water facilities that Carmichael micromanages. Each facility uses plants and gravel to fi lter the water into the ground or a municipal water facility, he said.

Although this water eventually empties into the bay, it is cleaner than it would have been without the university’s water management, Carmichael said.

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arijuana decriminalization and legalization seems to be taking the Washington metropolitan area by storm. Tomorrow, a state law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana will take effect, and D.C. voters will be able to vote this November on a ballot referendum that would legalize marijuana in the nation’s capital.

With all of these improvements, it’s a bit of a shock to see the fight for decriminalization taking a turn for the worse on this campus, particularly when it comes to the use of medical marijuana.

Though this state has allowed the use of medical marijuana since 2013, this university is an exception to the law. As this university follows federal guidelines in determining what is and is not allowed on the campus, it’s considered a violation of the drug policy to use or possess “any controlled substance or illegal drug.”

This university doesn’t stand alone when it comes to dealing with the longstanding hassle that is the drug war in academia. For instance, a 25-year-old U.S. combat veteran and graduate student at Yale University, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and uses medical marijuana to treat his disorder, was forbidden access to the substance on the campus — with the university citing federal regulations against use of the drug. Earlier this month, the Nevada Board of Regents

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This university should follow state law: Students should be able to use medical marijuana on the campus .

In 2011, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Education Department wrote to higher education institutions and confirmed that receiving federal funding was conditional upon following federal drug regulations.

Though federal policy maintains that universities and colleges need to follow its code on drugs and alcohol, there are also legal issues at the local level.

The University Senate Campus Affairs Committee at this university has discussed medical marijuana policies but is far from coming to a conclusive decision.

This editorial board believes that a college campus’s drug policies should remain consistent with state policy. If distribution of medical marijuana is legal in this state, then it begs the question, “What is the difference between

a university student using a medical marijuana prescription on the campus versus just a few blocks away?”

According to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, fatal medical overdoses involving painkillers are about 25 percent less likely in states that permit medical marijuana use than in states that don’t.

A 2010 study by the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine also found that cannabis has offered “antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects” on lab mice, with the drug prolonging neuronal cell survival and being capable of slowing the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

At a time when a student at this university can access medical marijuana throughout the state but can’t bring it onto the campus regardless of the severity of the medical condition, states should have precedence when it comes to allowing medical cannabis on its public university and college campuses.

If you look around the campus, you’ll see students who pay thousands a year in tuition to this state and taxes to the federal government.

You never know; some of them may have medical disorder that can be treated by using marijuana. For now, they won’t have access to it on the campus. With changes in federal and local policy, this can come to change.

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My Latina identity in the classroom

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his Hispanic Heritage Month, I have had the privilege of celebrating with 156 preteens — my Spanish I students at Loch Raven Technical Academy in Baltimore. Every year, it’s a powerful opportunity to establish a culturally responsive classroom community — one that allows me to share more about myself, to expand my students’ perceptions of what a Latina woman looks like and to learn more about the unique cultural orientations they bring to our work together. Through sharing our different pasts, we orient toward the future.

Growing up in this state, I experienced the full range of educational possibilities, attending private and public schools across the state. During my time at this university, I began to understand how this range fit into a much larger national story — the reality of deeply unequal educational opportunity depending on demographics. During my junior year, I attended a Latino leadership conference hosted by Teach For America and soon recognized my own opportunity for impact. I joined the organization to become a teacher in the city I call home.

That’s when I met my class.

At the school where I teach, students come from diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, and most of my students don’t share my race.

At the beginning of the year, they are surprised to learn that because I am multiracial, I identify as both white and Latina. This revelation opens up a conversation about broader issues regard-

ing race and culture.

In our discussions, we’ve explored so much — the power and danger of stereotypes, the importance of identity and the relationship between identity and leadership. Four principles guide our conversations in the classroom: positividad, entusiasmo, respeto and comunidad. Every day, my students grow further in these values, and I strive to live up to their examples.

The opportunity gap facing lowincome students in this country is staggering, as is the underrepresentation of Latinos in the teaching profession. Although about one in four U.S. residents under age 18 identifies as Latino, just 8 percent of teachers identify as such. Addressing this underrepresentation is critical, both so more Latino children have Latino teachers they can look up to and so both parties get to have the types of conversations we are having in my classroom. I hope and believe my students are developing, along with knowledge of verb tenses and vocabulary, meaningful commitments to multiculturalism — ones that will inspire and empower them through their lives.

It is an honor and a privilege to serve my students alongside more than 1,000 Latino Teach For America corps members and alumni and thousands of others from a range of backgrounds. As you consider what you are going to do about the injustices that surround you, I hope you consider joining us.

Ivana Cusick is a 2013 alumna of this university and teaches Spanish at Loch Raven Technical Academy in Baltimore. She can be reached at icusick@email.bcps.org.

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Why we don’t approve of Obama Let’s try to appreciate the process MATT DRAGONETTE It seems like yesterday crowds swarmed Washington for President Barack Obama’s first and second inaugurations. Millions were transfixed by his speeches and promises — even allowing him to survive re-election following a devastating midterm election for Democrats. Obama had a way with words many politicians could only dream of having, and his speech-making and campaigning compare favorably to the best in American political history.

When Americans heard Obama speak, our economic worries were assuaged and our faith in America and its government partially restored. We saw a future America that valued equality for all — best demonstrated by the first black president, who overcame adversity to win.

It seemed that young people like us took to Obama with the strongest passion and support. The election exit polling certainly show us that; Obama won at least 60 percent of citizens ages 18 to 29 in both 2008 and 2012. But it was the personal effect he had on people that was most unique. For example, I remember a high school freshman classmate, who otherwise had no interest in politics, proudly declare that Obama was a true man of the people who would bring economic salvation for the middle and lower classes.

Young people embraced Obama’s socially liberal tendencies on topics such as women’s health issues and same-sex marriage. Young people liked the idea of economic equality

— whatever that might mean — and a larger government safety net anchored by a government-expanded health care system. We liked the idea of a withdrawn America, one that sought approval and friendship with other nations instead of combat. He even valued the environment. Perhaps simplest of all, Obama was cool and was generally a lot more relatable than John McCain or Mitt Romney.

Obama was the perfect candidate for a young population that was full of liberals more concerned about social issues and decrying big business than mundane budgets and faraway nations.

Yet today, his approval rating rests just above 40 percent among all adults and 48 percent for people ages 18 to 29.

What happened?

Simply put, Obama has not come close to meeting the expectations of his supporters and the nation as a whole.

Promises and ideals are easily made and declared, but citizens want to see action on these promises.

Symbolically, one might point to Obama’s failure to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But on most issues, Obama has been either hesitant or ineffective. In the four years with a Democratic majority in the Senate, the Obama administration failed to accomplish much significant policy legislation besides stimulus and bailout legislation and his signature Affordable Care Act. Other issues on the liberal agenda, such as the environment, tax reform and immigration, have gone largely untouched.

Of greater concern, Obama seems to have wavered on several issues that carry great weight with young adults.

The president defended the National Security Agency’s controversial da-

ta-collection program exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden for the most part, much to the dismay of young people with right to privacy concerns and distrust of government.

Obama’s foreign policy has also been markedly different than expectations — airstrikes on several sovereign nations and small contingents of troops deployed.

But Obama’s biggest problem is probably his handling of the economy. Five years after the recession, the economy has struggled to provide a robust recovery and add middle-income jobs. Massive budget deficits and unreformed welfare programs remain concerns. Most significantly, it appears that Obama lacks solutions for general economic strengthening beyond raising the minimum wage — which does not solve America’s underlying problem: a lack of stable, middle-income jobs.

The stock market might be thriving but Main Street is not.

Americans have a far less idealistic perspective of Obama than they did in 2008. The Democrats’ failure to accomplish major national reform in those first two years certainly cost him, but Obama’s own ideological weakness on matters of foreign policy, privacy and minor scandals have taken their own tolls. And most certainly, the lack of a robust economic recovery for the average American has forced our approval of the president below 50 percent and tarnished his legacy.

Matt Dragonette is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

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about what happened and realized that most people lose touch with their ability to be patient. That one guy may have been an extreme case, but it highlights the situation that we have been conditioned to be impatient — a product of our environment.

College is an exhaustingly fast-paced lifestyle. Pressure from exams, internships, jobs and extracurricular activities can demand a lot from students. We easily can lose track of ourselves, especially in a world in which time passes by so quickly.

And by living in this environment, we constantly are stressed about achieving the end product. Whether it is an exam grade or how much money we earn from our jobs, we lose sight of the process. We seem to care only about how efficiently we can get something done, and as a result, we sometimes can forget about our surroundings and even project our problems onto others, as occurred in the wrap line.

We can’t slow down time, but we can savor the moments rather than just going through the actions and becoming stressed. Appreciate the process, and be patient. If we’re late, what’s the harm if we show up a little later?

It might seem as though we have a long road ahead of us, but our four years at College Park will fly by. I want to be able to look back on these years and cherish the moments I experienced, but the only way I can do that is by being patient.

The campus dining halls have had an influx of new workers manning the different stations this semester. As with any new job, workers take time to acclimate to their new environment.

For a Dining Services employee, this means learning how to prepare and serve the food, figuring out where everything is located and cleaning up, among other tasks.

Last week, I was in the sandwich line, and a couple of new workers were having a difficult time folding the wraps. Without the slightest hesitation, people immediately began to display their frustration with the workers. The workers respectfully continued to try their best, but it was undoubtedly a challenge, faced with the restless crowd.

In retrospect, I might have also been a little displeased, but this one guy in particular had had enough.

His dissatisfaction and restlessness eventually turned into an irrational tantrum, all over a simple wrap.

I usually have a high tolerance for most things, but I cannot stand stupidity and ignorance. His attitude and conduct toward the station workers were completely unnecessary. Maybe he was trying to act cool and get attention, but whatever the reason, he seemed not to understand Sauradeep Sinha is a sophomore chemical engineering major. He can the workers’ vantage point.

That night I began to think more be reached at ssinhadbk@gmail.com.

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By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer The newest Super Smash Bros. version, which comes out for Nintendo’s 3DS on Friday, is going to be huge. Of course it is. Super Smash Bros. was, is and forever will be a big deal. People buy new Nintendo consoles just to play each new iteration of the game.

I f t h e l i n e “ S h ow m e yo u r moves” has been permanently etched into your psyche, you know what I’m talking about. I, personally, have logged more hours in Super Smash Bros. than pretty much every other game I’ve ever played.

Super Smash Bros. Melee was a mainstay during middle school.

Its sequel, Super Smash Bros.

B ra w l h a u n te d m e f ro m h i g h school straight through college.

Probably half of the parties I attended in grade school featured Smash Bros. No, scratch that, easily 70 percent.

That probably makes me a nerd, but trust me — I was far from the alpha nerd at these little get-togethers/pissing contests. A core of maybe five to 10 friends knew how to play Smash Bros. And I mean really knew: They could recite, with encyclopedic knowledge, the up-taunts, down-smashes and

recovery time for almost every character.

It was all nonsense to me. Still is. I’ve actually tried on multiple occasions to learn the art of Smash Bros. There’s a beauty to a perfectly timed up-smash or brilliantly calculated up-aerial that even I, a plebeian who just plucked those Smash Bros.-y terms out of thin air, could appreciate.

Wa tc h i n g S m a sh B ros . , e s pecially Brawl, is like watching ballet; it’s a precisely timed a n d c h o re o g ra p h e d d a n ce o f errant lasers and over-animated punches. Unlike many of its fighting-game contemporaries, there’s nothing erotic or carnal about the series. Smash Bros. is all about the purity of violent yet strangely innocent expression.

P l ay i n g S m a sh B ros . se r i ously, on the other hand, has always been an uphill struggle against going cross-eyed. Every attempt at learning Brawl started with me unsuccessfully trying to memorize a complex set of controls while I still could keep track of my character in the dizzying mayhem of colors and particles.

Before long, I’d revert back to my old tactic of repeatedly slamming the B-button.

S t i l l , I p e rs i s te d . Eve n i f I could never get any good at the game, I kept playing. I enjoyed

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SINGLE GAME OF SMASH BROS. YOU MAY HEAD INTO A SESSION REPEATING TO YOURSELF, “ONLY ONE GAME, ONLY ONE GAME,” BUT, BEFORE LONG, HALF THE NIGHT WILL HAVE GONE AWAY. the company of those serious Brawl players, and hanging out with them meant the occasional Smash session.

I say session instead of game because there is no such thing as a single game of Smash Bros. You may head into a session repeating to yourself, “only one game, only one game,” but before long, half the night will have gone away. It’s like the prisoner’s dilemma with a video game controller: Someone, inevitably, will hit the start button and away we go with Final Destination for the 10th time that night.

Is Smash Bros. fun? I don’t know; I’m the wrong person to ask. I’m the guy randomly smashing buttons on his controller to contort King Dedede into weird poses, not the guy who could

accurately list the differences between vanilla Brawl and the Project M mod.

On second thought, maybe that makes me the perfect person to ask. Either way, the answer is still “I don’t know.”

L a s t n i g h t , o n a wh i m , my housemates decided to fire up Brawl. I had known these guys since high school, and they had long since moved on from vanilla Brawl to the modified Brawl Minus Maximum. I grabbed a controller and I picked Snake, as I always do.

I spent the next several hours of my life taking potshots with a cartoon rocket launcher. It was surprisingly effective trolling — I could occasionally manage second place, though never first.

As the night went on, the taunts became coarser. I can’t say for certain when the joking ended and the actual anger began. The fine line between horseplay and genuine aggression blurred. Was choking out Ness good-natured fun or me taking out my frustrations on a friend’s digital avatar?

Were we just living out some Fight Club-esque fantasy, but without the blood?

About an hour in, I began losing myself in the game. It was weirdly inspiring and moving to watch Snake rise again and again, after countless explosions and kicks

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hard to score goals when you’re desperate.”

And while hitting the post numerous times early in the contest was frustrating, the Terps were persistent, and it paid off. As conference play continues, the Terps can use the offensive success against the Spartans as a confidence boost.

While the offense did have long scoring droughts to open and close the game, the 16-minute scoring run displayed the offensive firepower the Terps possess. And instead of working to reach that potential, they will strive to maintain their production from this weekend moving forward.

“We have got an incredible front seven,” Meharg said. “We can really, really attack in a way that can get everyone goals.”

drive of the half.

Facing a second-and-4 from the Hoosiers’ 9-yard line, Brown took a shotgun snap and ran left on a traditional option play. Brown tossed a pitch to running back Wes Brown with a defender bearing down on him, but he was unable to avoid a blow delivered by defensive end Bobby Richardson.

C.J. Brown stayed in the game for third down and misfired on a throw intended for wide receiver Marcus Leak.

While in the locker room at halftime, trainers examined Brown and ruled him out for the second half.

“They just came to me and said ‘Be ready to go,’” Rowe said. “[C.J.] got evaluated, and the coaches told me I was the guy.”

Tea m m a te s a n d coa c h e s say Rowe’s ability to come into important games and perform at a high level is a result of his laid-back personality. In his two appearances against the Mountaineers and Hoosiers, Rowe has completed 14 of 21

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HOYAS From PAGE 8 final, but their semifinal matchup against the Terps — in which the teams combined to score eight goals — remains one of college soccer’s most memorable contests in recent history.

“A lot of people who have been around the game will tell you that was probably the most fascinating College Cup — semi or final — that they’ve ever seen,” Cirovski said. “People are still talking about that game, people with great knowledge of history of the college game.”

So with that in mind, the Terps are eager to upend this year’s Hoyas, who’ve compiled a 5-1-3 record thus far and outscored opponents 15-6.

“Georgetown is a top-four team,” Cirovski said. “We’re certainly better than our non-

ranking. To me, these are two of the better teams in the country.”

The Terps, meanwhile, haven’t developed consistency with their forwards and have played in several lowscoring affairs this year. Midfielders Michael Sauers and Dan Metzger lead the Terps with two goals each.

Both players scored in the Terps’ 2-0 win over Wisconsin on Friday, which made for the team’s first winning streak of the season.

“Anytime you get some wins, you increase your confidence,” Cirovski said. “We’re creating more chances. I can see the benefits of our tough schedule already.”

Before tonight’s game begins, Georgetown coach Brian Wiese’s 13-year-old daughter, Morgan, will get to try out the Terps’ training facility for a practice session. It’s

for 241 yards and three touchdowns.

His touchdown pass to Veii against West Virginia brought the Terps within one possession heading into halftime, a key part of the team’s 22point first-half comeback that ultimately fell short when Mountaineers kicker Josh Lambert nailed a gamewinning field goal as time expired.

Rowe went 2 of 3 for 43 yards on the drive, which lasted less than a minute.

Then on Saturday against the Hoosiers, Rowe’s stellar second half sealed a win for Edsall and the Terps in the program’s first conference game as a member of the Big Ten. Two big games. Two less-thanideal situations. Two praiseworthy performances.

“That’s the kind of player Caleb is,” said running back Brandon Ross, who took a screen pass from Rowe 36 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter Saturday. “He’s just real loose, easygoing, so we definitely knew when he came in the game that there was going to be no drop-off.”

Brown went 10 of 15 passing for 163 yards and a touchdown in the first half, but Rowe’s numbers were

a testament to the respectful ties between the two programs.

But the mutual respect is a product of the programs’ understanding of each other’s prominent places in the national soccer landscape.

Cirovski and Wiese learned that firsthand on a chilly fall night in Alabama, when one of the craziest games in college soccer history was played on a baseball field.

“There was a lot of tears shed after that game,” Cirovski said.

“But we’ve moved on. We took that as motivation, and we got back to the College Cup final last year, and I was proud of our team. We got one step closer.

We’re a team that’s still a work in progress, but I still believe in this team, that great things are going to come out of it, and it needs to start tomorrow.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

HE CHANGED HIS MIND, SO I STOPPED. SHE’S TOO DRUNK, TIME TO BACK OFF.

slightly better, and he looked to two of the Terps’ top playmakers more often.

Rowe’s willingness to look to wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Deon Long, a duo many believe to be the Big Ten’s best, started early against Indiana. Six of his first seven completions were to one of the two star receivers, and the lone completion not to Diggs or Long was Ross’ touchdown.

Rowe targeted Diggs and Long a combined 12 times in his two quarters of play on Saturday. Brown hasn’t done that in a half once all season, albeit offensive coordinator Mike Locksley calls significantly more designed runs when the mobile Brown is in the game.

Still, Rowe’s nine passes intended for Long on Saturday were more than Brown has targeted either receiver in any half this season.

“The level of confidence is high for him,” Diggs said of Rowe. “He’s that kind of kid.”

For Edsall, Rowe’s self-assurance can be both good and bad.

“Caleb is always fearless,” Edsall said. “It kind of drives you nuts sometimes, to tell you the truth. But he’s

Kasinitz From PAGE 8 241 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Plus, Rowe’s style of play is more suited for success with the Terps’ personnel. He’s a strong pocket passer who can get the ball downfield to wide receivers Deon Long and Stefon Diggs, the team’s most explosive offensive players.

But while Brown has completed 57 percent of his passes to Rowe’s 65.6 percent, the veteran is still valuable because he uses his speed to spark the offense and is a dangerous weapon running the ball in the red zone. He’s rushed for 22 touchdowns, which ranks seventh in school history, and he has had a hand in 49 total touchdowns, four shy of the school record.

So, yeah, the decision really isn’t that easy. Both Brown and Rowe do things well, but they both have obvious shortcomings.

Saturday’s game provided hope that either quarterback could lead the Terps to success.

Brown (10 of 15, 163 yards) and Rowe (12 of 18, 198 yards) both had individual success as the Terps lambasted the Hoosiers.

But while the player’s performances represented posi-

“CALEB IS ALWAYS FEARLESS. IT KIND OF DRIVES YOU NUTS SOMETIMES, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. BUT HE’S WELLPREPARED, AND HE UNDERSTANDS THINGS, AND HE CAN THROW THE FOOTBALL.” RANDY EDSALL

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well-prepared, and he understands things, and he can throw the football.”

Brown’s status for this weekend’s pivotal home bout with Ohio State will likely be undetermined until the day of the game, but he was listed as the starter on this week’s depth chart when it was released Monday night.

If Brown is sidelined, though, the Terps believe in Rowe’s ability in to lead the offense.

“If Caleb has to be the guy to go next week,” Edsall said, “we feel confident that we can win.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

tive steps, don’t expect things to go so smoothly for Brown or Rowe moving forward.

They each had plenty of time to throw Saturday and often hit wide-open receivers or had success with the shortpassing game.

In other words, my grandma could’ve carved up the Indiana defense under similar circumstances, and she even would’ve taken the Terps to buy new slacks afterward.

Gram’s eligibility, unfortunately, is sapped, so Edsall needs to choose either Brown or Rowe to lead his offense.

And Terps fans need to choose whom to support.

Those in Brown’s corner can point to last season’s gutsy performance at Virginia Tech, in which the veteran ran for 122 yards and the game-winning touchdown in the Terps’ upset victory. And they could mention that the last time Rowe had a week to prepare as the starter, he looked lost in a 40-27 defeat to Clemson last year.

The redheaded gunslinger completed just 19 of 45 passes in the loss to the T igers, and though he threw three touchdowns, he also had two interceptions.

But this year, Rowe has been spectacular in a pair of performances off the bench. He completed 2 of 3 passes, in-

cluding a pretty touchdown toss to wide receiver Jacquille Veii, when he came in after Brown took a hit to the head toward the end of the first half in a 40-37 loss to West Virginia on Sept. 13. Then he looked even better in Bloomington, Indiana, on Saturday.

And at this point, Brown has missed so many open receivers for what appeared to be surefire touchdowns that Terps fans are seeing balls sail out of wideout Marcus Leak’s reach in their sleep.

In case you can’t tell, I’m ecstatic to avoid Edsall’s position as decision-maker, but I’m also struggling to thrive in my role as a columnist who is supposed to take a more legitimate stance.

Still, here’s what I know: Edsall almost certainly won’t reveal the Terps’ starting quarterback until Saturday to keep the Buckeyes guessing throughout the week, and offensive coordinator Mike Locksley will devise a game plan that plays to the skill set of whomever is under center for the Terps.

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MEN’S SOCCER

2012 semifinal rematch against Hoyas set for tonight Terps look to avenge defeat from thrilling College Cup match when rival Georgetown travels to Ludwig Field

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer

DEFENDER MIKEY AMBROSE was a freshman when the Terps lost to Georgetown in the semifinals of the 2012 NCAA tournament. He’s now a starter on a team that’s won two straight matches. rachel george/the diamondback

From 1988 to 2013, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium was the home of the Birmingham Barons, a minor-league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. But in 2012, the baseball facility played host to the College Cup. One of the goals was stationed in front of the right-field wall, while another was in front of the third-base line seats. And though it was played on turf meant for another sport, the Terrapins men’s soccer team’s loss to Georgetown on Dec. 7, 2012 in Hoover, Alabama, in the semifinals

of that year’s NCAA tournament was a contest coach Sasho Cirovski called “a game for the ages.”

Tonight, the rivals will clash for the first time since that contest ended with the Terps falling in penalty kicks. And the tem is motivated to exact revenge on the No. 11 Hoyas in a crucial nonconference match in the more soccerfriendly confines of Ludwig Field.

“The loss, of course, it’s in my head,” said defender Mikey Ambrose, who was a freshman in 2012. “We have a lot of friends on that team, but once the whistle blows, there’s no real friendship anymore.”

One of Ambrose’s friendships may come in handy. In 2013, Ambrose and

Hoyas forward Brandon Allen, who is tied for fifth in the nation with seven goals, were teammates on the U-20 U.S. national team and played against each other in academy ball for three years.

So when Ambrose and the rest of the Terps backline, which has notched two consecutive shutouts, take the field tonight, Ambrose said he’ll try to take advantage of his familiarity with Allen.

“He’s a target forward,” Ambrose said. “He holds the ball. He’s like a poacher in the box. We all know him really well, so we’ll be prepared.”

Allen and the Hoyas went on to lose to Indiana, 1-0, in the 2012 national See hoyas, Page 7

FOOTBALL

Dilemma UNDER CENTER

Rowe shines after replacing Brown in second half of win at Indiana in Big Ten opener

Edsall should consider a switch at quarterback, but it’s not an easy decision

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

AARON KASINITZ

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — For the second

I’m glad not to be in coach Randy Edsall’s shoes this week, and it’s not because they’re probably about three or four sizes too big for me.

Rather, I’m thankful I don’t have to decide who will start at quarterback Saturday when the Terrapins football teams plays No. 20 Ohio State. And I wouldn’t want to deal with the backlash if and when things turn sour, either.

After starting signal-caller C.J. Brown, who has produced mixed results this season, was sidelined with a sprained wrist at the end of a solid first half in this past Saturday’s 37-15 win at Indiana, backup Caleb Rowe entered the game and lit up the Hoosiers defense.

It’s possible Brown’s injury will cause him to miss time and force Rowe into a starting role. Even if Brown is healthy, though, Rowe’s play has put Edsall in a spot where he should consider making a switch at quarterback.

You might say Edsall’s decision is a no-brainer, and that Brown, a run-first quarterback, should hold onto his starting spot. The sixthyear signal-caller has more experience than Rowe, he’s proven he can win big games and his running ability has carried the Terps offense in past games.

Others could rebut by pointing to Rowe’s recent passing numbers. In his past two appearances, the junior has completed 14 of 21 passes for

time this season Saturday at Indiana, Terrapins football backup quarterback Caleb Rowe was forced into action after starter C.J. Brown went down with an injury.

The first instance came against West Virginia on Sept. 13 with less than two minutes remaining in the first half and the Terps trailing by 15 points. Rowe entered the game after Brown took a hit to the head, and the junior drove the offense 43 yards for a touchdown, a possession he capped off with a 26-yard strike to wide receiver Jacquille Veii.

Saturday against the Hoosiers, Rowe replaced Brown, who suffered a sprained left wrist, for the entire second half. Rowe dissected the Indiana secondary and went 12 of 18 for 198 yards and two touchdowns over the final two quarters, turning an 11-point lead at halftime into a 22point blowout victory.

“The biggest thing is just to win the football game. Just do everything I can. Do my job. And like coach preaches, just be ready to go and let the plays come to me,” Rowe said. “The guys were behind me, and I wasn’t really nervous at all, because I knew the guys were with me.”

Coach Randy Edsall couldn’t pinpoint on which play Brown suffered his wrist injury, but the signal-caller sustained a big hit on the team’s final QUARTERBACK CALEB ROWE (top) stepped in for starter C.J. Brown (bottom) for the second half of Saturday’s win at Indiana. Brown completed 10 of 15 passes See ROWE, Page 7 for 163 yards before leaving with a sprained wrist, and Rowe went 12 of 18 through the air for 198 yards in the final two quarters. christian jenkins/the diamondback

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FIELD HOCKEY

Meharg says Terps turn corner in two-win weekend After offense scores four goals in 16-minute span, veteran coach says team has finally ‘established a style’

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Entering this past weekend, coach Missy Meharg often referred to her Terrapins field hockey team as a work in progress. The veteran coach starts two freshman, a new centerback and a first-year starter at goalkeeper, so she understood it would take time for the Terps to find the chemistry and confidence they’ve displayed in recent years.

Two wins on the road at Michigan and Michigan State this weekend forced Meharg to change her mind, though. After watching the Terps offense erupt for four goals in a 16-minute span against No. 18 Michigan State on Sunday in a 4-2 victory, Meharg thinks the Terps have asserted themselves as a team that’s found a rhythm.

“I don’t believe we are a work in progress,” Meharg said. “We have established a style that we just want to get better and better at.”

The Terps had to withstand a tough offensive start to the game with the Spartans after hitting the post multiple times en route to a scoreless opening 29 minutes. But eventually the goals came.

Early in the season, an inconsistent Terps offense relied heavily on penalty corners to score goals. Before Sunday’s contest, the Terps had tallied 13 of their 21 goals off penalty corners or rebounds from corners.

But against the Spartans, they moved the ball well from the midfield and scored three of the four goals on crosses.

“In the circle, our forwards were really ready for the ball,” said midfielder Katie Gerzabek, who earned an assist on a cross to forward Moira

Putsch. “All week in practice we were really working on finishing the opportunities that we create, and we took what we were doing in practice and finished them in the game.”

While the Terps earned eight penalty corners and converted one as time expired at the end of the first half, their ability to score in the flow of the game allowed for quick strikes.

The team had scored four goals in a game just once this season and were able to match that in a 16-minute stretch against a Michigan State team that hadn’t allowed more than three goals entering the matchup against the Terps.

“It just happens,” said midfielder Maxine Fluharty, who scored twice against the Spartans. “When you are in a flow you get a lot of opportunities, and we were finally able to finish on them.”

Midfielder Katie Gerzabek helped the Terps top Michigan and Michigan State this weekend. In the win over the Wolverines, the Terps scored four goals in a match for the second time this year. rebecca rainey/the diamondback But for the Terps, it wasn’t something that had happened much this season. The chances had been there, but the goals weren’t coming. The Terps are still shooting 13.2 percent

on the season, nearly half of last year’s.

“Sometimes we are desperate to score goals,” Meharg said. “It’s very See Corner, Page 7