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Univ police identify suspect in armed robbery South Carolina man Justin Jamal Lewis, 24, charged with robbery, assault; Police seeking whereabouts after Papa John’s delivery person robbery

By Jeremy Snow @jeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer University Police identified and charged a South Carolina man as the suspect who robbed a pizza delivery

person near Courtyards on Monday night.

D e te c t ive s a re s e a rc h i n g fo r 2 4-yea r-old Justi n Ja m a l L ew is of Johnsonville, South Carolina, whom yesterday police identified as the suspect and received an arrest

warrant for. He was charged with five offenses, including armed robbery and first- and second-degree assault, according to a police media advisory released Tuesday.

University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said detectives are

working quickly to find those with connections to Lewis to track him down more easily.

Lewis allegedly robbed a Papa Joh n’s del iver y p erson at 8000 Boteler Lane at 10:40 p.m. Monday.

After pointing a gun at the man, the assailant stole his property and fled toward Metzerott Road, Limansky See robbery, Page 2

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O’MALLEY ACCEPTS GREEN AWARD

Shiran zecharya and Kristin Jackson of MaryPIRG, and SGA’s Luke Pinton (left to right) stand in Rockville. jon banister/for the diamondback

U students fight for PAC limits Montgomery County passes bill limiting large campaign gifts

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer Student representatives from this university traveled to Rockville on Tuesday to support a Montgomery County bill that would change the way local election campaigns are financed and take political power away from large corporations.

Representatives from MaryPIRG and the Student Government Association, wearing “Fair Elections Maryland” stickers, sat in on the county council meeting to show their support for campaign finance reform.

“Corporation finance of elections is a huge problem,” said K r i s t i n Ja c k s o n , M a r yP I RG campus organizer. “It distorts our democracy and makes the vote of regular people less valuable.”

The bill, which passed unanimously after hours of deliberation, See moco, Page 2

Researchers detect water on distant small planet Technology maps plan for further discoveries

By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Staff writer It looked like a humid day on HAT-P-11b.

A team including several university astronomers has found evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet about 124 light years away.

HAT-P-11b, the planet in question,

gov. martin o’malley (center) speaks with guests at the Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award ceremony in Baltimore on Tuesday. Meanwhile, protesters chanted outside.

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer

BALTIMORE — Gov. Martin O’Malley accepted an environmental achievement award from this university’s Center for Environmental Science last night amid controversy surrounding federal regulators’ recent approval for a liquefied natural gas project in the southern part of this state.

About 30 demonstrators gathered outside the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology Center during the award ceremony to protest plans to build a natural gas line in Cove Point on the Chesapeake Bay. At several points, O’Malley raised

is now the smallest exoplanet — a planet outside our own solar system — where water has been found.

“It’s not that finding water isn’t very exciting on its own,” said Jonathan Fraine, an astronomy doctoral candidate at this university and the lead author of the study, which was published Sept. 24 in Nature. “But it’s also just that we found anything at all.”

Though even properties of planets in our own solar system can be difficult to measure, Fraine and his colleagues were able to show that significant amounts of water vapor were present in the atmosphere of Hat-P-11b. Water vapor has been discovered on planets the size of Jupiter, Fraine said, but this planet, which is comparable to the size of Neptune, is substantially smaller than any other exoplanet where water vapor is known to exist.

“Even as a n astronomer, I’m amazed that you’re able to see the

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Governor honored with award amid Cove Point gas project approval controversy his voice to overcome the sound of the protesters, some of whom held signs with dissenting opinions.

“LUSBY IS NOT A SACRIFICE ZONE,” read one, in reference to a town near the proposed project.

O’Malley, who did not comment on the protests, is the sixth recipient of the Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award, which was named after the founder

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of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory located in Solomons, according to the UMCES website.

“I just want to say how humbling it is to be in the company of [past recipients] that have been honored by this award,” O’Malley said to the audience.

O’Malley supporters contend that he was the driving force behind several legislative actions with goals to better protect the environment, including the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act in 2009, the Stormwater Management — Watershed Protection and Restoration Program of 2012 and the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013.

The Chesapeake Executive Council also named See o’malley, Page 2

Record student bike numbers hamstring bike rack spaces DOTS officials looking to add campus racks

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer

drake deMing, study co-author and university astronomy professor. rachel george/the diamondback chemical composition of the atmosphere of another planet in another solar system,” Stuart Vogel, professor and astronomy

SPORTS

FALLING SHORT OF THEIR GOAL The Terps offense sputtered and the team squandered a chance to earn a marquee victory when it fell to Georgetown, 1- 0 P. 8

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The bikeUMD program has seen continual growth over the past several years, helping to reduce the number of cars on the campus and increase the university’s sustainability, DOTS officials said.

“Just judging by the significant increase in the number of bikes that have been on campus, I would say definitely it has had some effect on the number of cars that come to campus,” Department of Trans-

portation Services Director David Allen said.

Last year, DOTS strove to make the campus more bike-friendly by installing 344 bike racks and 82 shared lane markings, according to the department’s annual report for 2014.

But some students said the growing number of bikers on the campus has led to less available bike parking.

Allen said the department hopes the program will grow to alleviate parking issues. He said DOTS is currently working on a survey of campus bikers and plans to install permanent bike counters to track the number of bikes on the campus. The report also stated the department See dots, Page 3

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Gov. martin o’malley accepts the Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award last night while surrounded by colleagues in the environmental field. O’Malley received the achievement award from this university’s Center for Environmental Science. josh loock/for the diamondback

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our scientific advice on crabs, oysters and other wildlife,” Boesch said.

From PAGE 1 Still, about 300 million pounds of nitrogen pollute the O’Malley as its chairman in December, according to Chesapeake Bay every year — more than six times greater his website.

“We need to remember than at the bay’s healthiest that we are something more levels in the 17th century — than the center of the uni- according to the Chesapeake verse; we are the tip of an Bay Foundation.

O’Malley also pushed to ever-flying arrow, that our best days are still in front improve the Chesapeake Bay of us,” O’Malley said. “And water quality through the because of these disturbing Stormwater Ma nagement times, we here in Maryland, Program with the rain tax, the people of the Chesapeake which requires citizens of this have the ability to make a state to pay for stormwater runoff — the leading source much better future.”

A c c o r d i n g t o D o n a l d of bay pollution, according to Boesch, president of UMCES, the Environmental Protecthe center gives the award tion Agency. No other state to “o ut s t a n d i n g b e l i e v- has implemented a tax that ers in public life” who have comes close to this.

“He is truly a legendary made strides to improve the contributor to our state’s govenvironment. “[O’Ma l ley] has been a ernment and environmental leader in Chesapeake Bay res- success,” said Jim Shea, Unitoration efforts and has helped versity System of Maryland guide the programs through Board of Regents chairman.

O’Malley has also created short- and long-term restoration plans for the bay, such as the Watershed Implementation Plans. The seven guidelines aim to help the Chesapeake Bay meet water quality standards by 2025 and reduce pollution 60 percent by 2017, compared to 2009 pollutant levels, according to the EPA’s evaluation of this state.

This state is the only one i n t he reg ion to meet its two-year milestones, which commit it to further reducing sediment, phosphorous and nitrogen in waterways.

“Embrace these disturbing times: Don’t cry about them, and consider yourself lucky that you live now,” O’Malley said. “Because no other people on the planet have been given the charge, have been given the opportunity, have been given the wherewithal to make a difference here in our place.” mhorndbk@gmail.com

creates a public campaign finance system that will incentivize candidates to accept only small individual contributions, which will be matched with public funds.

The state General Assembly passed a law in 2013 allowing counties to create public campaign financing systems for county executive and county council seats, but Montgomery County is the first to do so.

Montgomery County is the largest county in the state by population, with more than one million people, and it borders several counties, including Prince George’s, and Washington.

MaryPIRG is the campus chapter of the nationwide Public Interest Research Group, which has a stated goal of “standing up to powerful interests.” The director of the statewide Maryland PIRG, Emily Scarr, said campaign finance reform has been one of the group’s main initiatives.

“In the face of ever-increasing election spending by mega-donors and corporations, the Montgomery County Council took

a big step today by tilting the balance of power back to ordinary citizens,” Scarr said.

“More of our counties should quickly follow suit.”

Jackson said MaryPIRG’s long-term goal is a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which paved the way for the recent surge of campaign funding from corporations and political action committees. In the meantime, she said, local bills such as the one Montgomery County passed Tuesday will move the country toward reversing Citizens United.

The bill is intended to encourage middle-class citizens without significant financial backing to run for office by leveling the playing field, said SGA Government Affairs Director Luke Pinton. To apply for public financing, candidates must prove their legitimacy by reaching a baseline funding level: $20,000 for a council member or $40,000 for a county executive. Once they are approved for public funding, donations of less than $150 are matched with public funds at rates of up to 600 percent.

“Sometimes the little guy, maybe a graduate of UMD or anyone else who wants to get involved in politics, sometimes cannot because the

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W h i l e w a i t i n g fo r t h e p e r s o n w h o o rd e re d t h e From PAGE 1 pizza to pick up the food, a said. Lewis’ current where- man with a black ski mask approa che d t he d el iver y abouts are unknown.

Papa Joh n’s manager person, Shea said the officer Andrew Shea was working told him. After threatening Monday night when the him with a gun, he took the robbery occu rred. T he money, snatched the driver’s s tore cou ld not get i n keys and threw them before contact with the deliv- running away.

This is the second robbery ery person for about 90 minutes, he said, until an under University Police juofficer came to the store r isd ict ion so fa r t h is seto te l l t he m wh at h a d mester. On Sept. 7, an in-

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“CORPORATION FINANCE OF ELECTIONS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. IT DISTORTS OUR DEMOCRACY AND MAKES THE VOTE OF REGULAR PEOPLE LESS VALUABLE.” KRISTIN JACKSON

MaryPIRG campus organizer opponent they’re running against is supported by PACs or cor porat ions,” P i nton said. “Everyone can vote, so everyone should be able to run for office. Everyone should have the resources to be able to run for office.”

Pinton said the SGA plans to lobby for similar efforts in Prince George’s County, but has not yet passed a resolution to voice its support.

“As a UMD student who was born and raised in Montgomery County, the bill gives me newfound faith in politics,” said Shiran Zecharya, visibility coordinator for U.S. PIRG’s New Voters Project. “It allows people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, including broke college students like me, to have more of an equal say in the outcome of elections.” jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

d iv idual struck a student in the back of the neck near Memorial Chapel — knocking him down — then stole h is wa llet. Officia ls have arrested and charged two individuals for that robbery and closed the case.

Un iversity Pol ice requested that anyone with information about this incident or Lewis’ whereabouts contact the department at 301-405-3555. jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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Univ earns spot on Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs’ again No. 9 ranking among public U’s, No. 21 overall

By Joelle Lang @joelleRlang Staff writer Sophomore Adrienne Baer a lways k new she wa nted to help people. That’s why she started college on the pre-med track.

But after enrolling in an entrepreneurial course at this university, Baer realized there were other ways to help others — so she swapped all her pre-med courses for nonprofit courses in the business school.

T he i nd iv idu a l stud ies major’s switch to becoming an entrepreneur is one example of this university’s dedication to self-starters, which has secured it a ranking for the fourth consecutive year on Princeton Review’s 2015 “Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs” list.

This university ranked No. 9 among public universities, and

doubled, with 5,000 in 2013-14 compared to about 2,400 in past years.

Chang said the main reasons for this rise are living-learning programs such as College Park Scholars and the integration of entrepreneurial courses into the General Education system.

“President Loh wants to engage every single one of our 37,000 students in innovation and entrepreneurship,” Chang said. “In order to engage students in arts, humanities, social sciences and other non-business and non-engineering fields, we are teaching them to think of themselves as startups and to act entrepreneurially in nonbusiness outlets and pursuits in addition to startup companies.”

This university also celebrates 30 Days of EnTERPreneurship in April to commend the campus’ efforts and reward students’ ideas and innovations.

This university is particularly strong in offering extracurricular activities regarding entrepreneurship, such as the Do Good Challenge, an eightweek competition for students

looking to improve society, Chang said.

Baer initially realized her interest in entrepreneu rship after completing a Do Good Challenge project as part of an entrepreneurship class. She created care packages for needy children in a program known as “Gift to Uplift.” Baer said she would gladly enroll in more courses in the future.

“Sometimes people go in and they just do their Gen Eds and CORE courses, but the ‘Fearless Idea’ courses are so unique to Maryland. Every-

both be Catholic and feminist — but within a “new feminism,” she said.

The new feminism is credited mostly to Pope John Paul II and is a way for women to stand up for equal rights and opportunities, yet stay connected to emotions and spirituality, marriage and family and God and the church — all aspects that can define a woman.

“Women are beginning to look feminism in the face and see what it is, and they are not satisfied,” said Prebula, a 2007 university alumna. “Indeed we desire equality with men, but we also desire relationships with love and respect.”

Prebula also referenced the speech Emma Watson gave to the United Nations

last weekend, saying femin i sm shou ld not i nclude man-hating. This idea comes from feminism in the 1960s that worked hard to separate women from traditional roles and traits, she said.

“The fruits of the feminist movement have been a mix of good and bad,” Prebula said.

“The feminism of the 1960s foug ht ha rd for women’s equality, but with it they brought an increase in the use of contraception and abortion. … Feminism came to mimic the patterns of male domination and violence.”

Several women in attendance, including Prebula, said they differed from the traditional feminist movement view. She talked about feminism within the realm of motherhood because that is a uniquely feminine role that shou ld be celebrated a nd va lued — women a re t he on ly p e ople who c a n be mothers.

Senior Lisa Driscoll considers herself one of these new feminists, and enjoyed hearing Prebula’s vision of fem i n i sm t h at embraces motherhood last night.

“There is such a beauty in the idea of feminism in the church,” the journalism and music major said. “That it’s looked at in the eyes of love, I’m really empowered to share that with others, and the men in my life.”

Prebula also struggled to fit a Biblical passage that says the man is considered the head of the household into feminism. But after discussion, the women in attendance called upon a quote from the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, saying the man is the head, but the wife is the neck — working more as a team, together.

Junior Mary MacMillan said she has been afraid in t he pa st to c a l l hersel f a feminist. But now she said she feels more confident to

neered by Drake Dem ing, a n a s t ro n o m y p ro fe s s o r and co-author of the study.

Deming won the 2010 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize from the American Astronomical Society for his work.

Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3, the astronomers watched as the planet transited in front of its star.

“When the planet blocks out light from the star, it only blocks out a little bit of light, but we can measure the light that is blocked out and through that we’re able to determine the makeup of

the atmosphere,” Fraine said.

They found that a wavelength of 1.4 to 1.7 micrometers, the spectrum of light blocked by water vapor, had been blocked by the planet, indicating the presence of water in the atmosphere.

But to f u r t her compl icate things, the scientists h ad to b e s u re t he water vapor d id not come f rom the star itself, as sunspots are known to contain water vapor at times. That’s when the Spitzer telescope came in — it measured the temperature of the sunspots and determined they were too hot to contain any water.

So far, discovered planets of similar size have had heavy layers of clouds that have prevented observation, but this planet had few enough clouds that accurate measurements could be made.

A gas giant with no solid surface and temperatures more tha n 1,000 deg rees Fahren heit because of its proximity to its star, HATP-11b certainly doesn’t have any liquid surface water, but the techniques and technology could eventually lead to the discovery of water vapor on much smaller planets that might be able to support life.

“Ultimately if you could find

its undergraduate program placed 21st overall.

“The university has a great heritage of entrepreneurship,” said Dean Chang, associate vice president for innovation and entrepreneurship. “UMD had one of the first entrepreneurship centers in the business school and the engineering school, and both are coming up to close to 30 years. It’s nice that a national ranking acknowledges the great things going on.”

T h e P r i n c e ton R ev iew ranking is based on collegesubmitted surveys to evaluate the percentage of students and faculty involved in entrepreneurship, funding for student projects and inclassroom and extracurricular dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Un iversity President Wallace Loh launched the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2013. The academy includes “Fearless Ideas” courses to problemsolve and invent together. The number of students enrolled in these courses has since

The changing faces of feminism

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer About 50 women gathered at the Catholic Student Center Tuesday night for a discussion about being both Catholic and feminist, and whether it’s possible.

S p e a k e r L a c y P re b u l a said Catholic women can be feminists, but in a way that celebrates a woman’s uniqueness. It cannot focus on trying to make women and men the same, because they are purposefully different, she said.

The women listened to the marriage and family theology expert during the monthly Women’s Fiat dinner as she confirmed that yes, people can

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“And to find water, which is essential to life as we know it, is very exciting.”

To find out so much about something so far away, the astronomers had to be “very clever” with the available i nstru ments, sa id Ash lee Wilkins, a co-author of the s t u dy a nd a n a s t ronomy doctoral candidate at this u n iversity. T h is involved using complex cosmologica l deduction work a nd a spectroscopy method pio-

Innovation specialist Meenu Singh (left) and Erica Estrada-Liou (right), director of curriculum for the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, brainstorm teaching ideas in the Academy’s Ideation Room on the third floor of Symons Hall. rachel george/the diamondback one should take one,” Baer said. “I fell so in love with my ‘Fearless Ideas’ course that it completely changed the way I thought of myself.”

During the spring 2014 semester, College Park Scholars Life Sciences students took part in an academy workshop and were challenged to use pipe cleaners and Popsicle sticks to come up with prototypes to improve dental hygiene.

“We heard from a lot of students that they have a lot of interest [in these courses,] but have little flexibility to take courses that are not required

for their major,” Chang said.

“We are trying to embed it.”

Ju n ior mech a n ic a l engineering major Ghedalia Gold-Pastor created the app “Puzzable” through a Fearless Founders course.

He said these courses are importa nt because they ch a l lenge students to do things on their own, and they help students discover more about themselves.

“This is going to be the best class you take in your college career,” Gold-Pastor said. jlangdbk@gmail.com

students listen in at a dinner and presentation on feminism and Catholicism last night at the Catholic Student Center. About 50 women attended. stephanie natoli/the diamondback do so with this new feminism trend.

“This was cool to see what true feminism is,” the elementary education major said.

P rebu la ex pla i ned that gender is God’s purposeful creation, and therefore deserves to be celebrated.

“ULTIMATELY IF YOU COULD FIND WATER VAPOR ON SMALL PLANETS, THEN YOU COULD INFER, PERHAPS, THAT THERE WAS LIQUID WATER ON THE SURFACE …

AND THAT’S NOT THE CASE HERE.” DRAKE DEMING

Astronomy professor water vapor on small planets, then you could infer, perhaps, that there was liquid water on the surface if you see the vapor in the atmosphere, and that’s

“There is a temptation in the feminism movement to confuse equality with sameness,” Prebula said. “She is equal in her humanity and her dignity, but she is distinct in her femininity.” gtooheydbk@gmail.com

not the case here,” Deming said. “But the fact that you can begin to make the measurements means you’re working your way towards that.”

T hough ma ny equate the finding of water vapor to the search for extraterrestrial life, Deming said he isn’t hopeful that there will be a conclusion to that search anytime soon, but that doesn’t diminish the significance of finding water.

“I’m not, myself, expecting to find extraterrestrial life,” Deming said. “I would be happy just to find the molecules.” jzimmermann@gmail.com

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GBT students at this university struggle with a host of problems due to our sexuality. These issues include coming out to new friends, fearing rejection from those close to you and fighting the daily battle of self-acceptance.

We also face troubles beyond the boundaries of sexuality that are universal “college problems.” We worry about our grades, we worry about our friendships and we worry about what party we’re going to this weekend. We have the luxury

to worry about a hundred other things that seem like the most important things in the world, but pale in comparison to the problems many who identify as LGBT face every day.

LGBT Russians have a set of problems that none of us can truly understand. The Russian government, openly discriminatory against the LGBT community, recently passed a law known as the LGBT Propaganda Law. For more of Josh Magness’ blog, go to dbknews.com

dots From PAGE 1 hopes to implement a functional bike share system in 2015.

For finance graduate student Bessie Tang, her bike eliminated the need for a car altogether, even though she lives off the campus. Tang lives in The Enclave apartments and bikes to the campus.

“I live 15 minutes [away] if I ride my bike, but if I walked here it would take 40 minutes,” Tang said.

W h i le sen ior materia ls science and engineering major Joseph Langero does have a car on the campus, he said he only uses it for trips home and leaving the university. When traversing the campus, he uses his bike.

“It’s a lot easier to get to class,” Langero said. “It would

take, like, 15 minutes to walk, and it takes like five minutes to bike, so it’s a lot easier to get around campus.”

But bike rack availability can be limited near the buildings where Langero has his classes, he said.

“In front of chemistry and physics it gets really crowded, so there it’s kind of hard to find ‘parking,’ I guess you would call it,” Langero said. “I usually just find a tree or, like, a bench or something, and lock it to that.”

Freshman finance major Nikhil Deepak said he also occasionally experiences a lack of bicycle parking on the campus because the bike racks near Van Munching Hall are often very crowded. However, he said he always carries two types of bike lock so he can lock his bike to posts or benches, and he does not find this to be an inconvenience.

To Deepak, biking is still

a much easier alternative to driving on the campus.

“I don’t like the drivers on campus. They’re terrible, and it’s a pain,” Deepak said. “And I don’t want tickets.”

DOTS increased the number of bike parking spaces from 3,892 to 4,580 in 2014, according to its annual report.

DOTS Assistant Director Anna McLaughlin said she hopes to increase that number again this year. Students can also request new bike racks through the DOTS website.

“We’re constantly trying to install more to accommodate the number of bikes on campus, and also working with other campus departments — Facilities Management, Dining Services, the residential halls — to have them install bicycle parking as well,” McLaughlin said. lschapitldbk@gmail.com

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An open letter to President Loh

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his university leads the national charge to create a welcoming environment for LGBT college students — that’s without question.

Tasked with fostering support and a sense of community for young adults who often struggle with issues involving identity and acceptance, this university provides a host of resources for its LGBT students, whether out, closeted or anything in between.

This university’s LGBT Equity Center, which strives to educate, advocate and produce LGBT leaders within the university community, has existed in some capacity since 1998.

The Pride Alliance is a group that offers a supportive environment for persons of all gender identities. The smaller groups that constitute the alliance’s larger body run the gamut, from Women2Women, a discussion outlet for female students, to True Colors of Maryland, which studies the intersection of race, ethnicity and sexual identity.

The Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy co-sponsors a number of events for the LGBT community, while The One Project aims to ease LGBT-identifying first-year university students through the sometimes-jarring transition into college life.

Vibrant T-shirts and buttons advocating equality abound around the campus, and gender-neutral Prince Frederick Hall opened this year as an innovative space for those of all gender identities and sexual orientations.

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But for all of the activism, both at grassroots and administrative levels, one facet of the university’s attitude toward and treatment of LGBT individuals is decidedly binary — and it’s often the first official interaction students have with the university.

OUR VIEW

Open-ended gender questions on university applications can help students with non-binary gender identities.

When filling out the university’s online application, prospective students are confronted early on with a fairly simple query, one that comes in the form of a multiple-choice question: sex. There are, as on the SAT, the FAFSA, the U.S. Census and countless other official state and federal documents, two options: male and female.

Innocuous enough — assuming, of course, that the applicant doesn’t fall within the growing number of collegeage students who identify as transgender, gender-variant or gender-queer.

The number of schools that include optional application questions about gender identity and sexual orientation is small but budding. As of this semester, former ACC peer Duke University added an open-ended section for prospective students to discuss these topics, among others.

“If you’d like to share a perspective you bring or experiences you’ve had

to help us understand you better — perhaps related to a community you belong to, your sexual orientation or gender identity, or your family or cultural background — we encourage you to do so,” the prompt reads.

By virtue of including this simple prompt, Duke became the first school using the Common Application to request information on gender identity and sexual orientation — all the more commendable since the college application standard rejected a proposal in 2011 to add optional questions addressing the categories.

Interestingly enough, Duke — along with the University of Iowa, Elmhurst College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, three other schools with similar application questions — is notably absent from Campus Pride’s 2014 top 50 list of LGBT-friendly schools.

This university boasts a five-star rating and has made the list two years straight.

This university isn’t tied to the Common Application, and there’s little excuse for the lack of questions regarding gender identity and sexual orientation beyond outdated precedent. An optional open-ended prompt or including additional gender options could help the university improve its student demographic data. But far more importantly, it could help students whose needs aren’t met by a gender-binary answer field feel welcomed from the moment they apply to one of the nation’s most LGBT-friendly campuses.

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o President Wallace Loh: This university has succeeded in establishing itself as an institution that produces both fearless leaders and fearless ideas. Joining the Big Ten is sure to increase our access to resources, our prestige and our breadth of influence as a university.

Similarly, our group, the Student Labor Action Project, is a national organization that works to facilitate the educational experience and opportunity of students across the nation. SLAP works toward ending the student debt crisis and worker abuses by fighting to bring emphasis away from universities’ capitalist tendencies in favor of stressing students’ and workers’ inherent value to the institution.

Since this semester began, the SLAP chapter at this university has devoted its energy to establishing relationships with campus workers, and it continues to do so. In conversations with them, it became painfully apparent that workers on the campus are suffering from unfavorable conditions. They are being prohibited from working full time and lose eligibility for social services as a result of convoluted certification processes.

Workers are also being paid wages that leave them near the

poverty line. According to the Massachusetts Institute for Technology’s Living Wage Calculator, the wage necessary to adequately support just one adult and one child in Prince George’s County is $25.02 per hour. MIT estimates that the pair would need about $4,000 every month to avoid poverty conditions. Based on these estimates, current campus wages are entirely insufficient.

SLAP demands a living wage of at least $15 per hour for all campus workers. SLAP also demands that all contractual employees who can or do work 40 -hour weeks become accurately listed as full time employees so they may receive union representation.

We are currently collecting signatures for a petition in support of these two demands. SLAP members would like to personally meet with you to ensure your support in making our campus a fearless pioneer in championing workers’ rights and supporting the national Fight for 15 campaign by improving conditions and wages for all campus workers.

C o r r i n e P a u l i s a s o p h o m o re government and politics major and a representative of the Student Labor Action Project. She can be reached at umdslap@gmail.com.

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Learning to never say never DANIELLE WILKIN I’m not sure if this is a common problem for you, but I often find myself talking way more than I should. One of the many problems with my inability to shut up is that eventually, after I run out of “valuable” things to say, I start going for the shock factor. Often, this comes in the form of strong, obstinate declarations of my opinions that I haven’t completely thought through.

In my defense, these statements aren’t usually about important moral or political issues, but rather pointless things such as what is and isn’t appropriate to order at Noodles & Company. Even though I might not get myself into trouble by saying these things, I usually end up regretting it.

Grand, sweeping statements are limiting. By stating aloud that you hate this or would never do that, you are putting up verbal barriers that you might be more hesitant to cross in the future. Though your feelings on a topic can change over time, the rigid stance you once held

could hinder the evolution of your opinions, even in the face of compelling evidence.

Irrationally strong comments also have the potential to damage your character. Stating your opinion as an obvious fact makes you appear closed-minded and ignorant of others’ perspectives. Though it might be easier to interpret the world in black and white, it would be imprudent to ignore our shadesof-gray reality.

There is no way to end a conversation faster than by making a bold and unyielding proclamation. Speaking in definite terms, such as “always” and “never” is not a sustainable plan for sharing your views. Those phrases’ inflexible and immutable nature discourages conversation.

No one wants to have a discussion with someone who is so stubborn in their own opinion that they won’t even recognize there are other ways to think about things.

The problem is that grand, sweeping statements leave no room for the exceptions. Most opinions, even firmly held ones, bend in particular circumstances. For example, you might consider murder morally reprehensible except in cases of self-

defense, or be against the use of marijuana unless a doctor prescribes it for medical reasons. By generalizing our opinions into concrete yeses and nos, we are taking away our ability to refine those opinions to suit different situations.

This isn’t to say you shouldn’t have strong beliefs or a concrete moral code. Some might overcompensate for the oppressive views of others by not forming any beliefs of their own. Never saying yay or nay, they are basically the Switzerland of people. But constantly professed indifference is an opinionless extreme that should also be avoided.

As with most things in life, balance is key. Confidence in your beliefs is important and admirable, but there are ways to show it without using overly strong and absolute language. When you are expressing your viewpoint to others, it is crucial to keep in mind the difference between telling someone your opinions and creating a space that invites other people to share theirs.

Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and science education major. She can be reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

Don’t divorce your old major GONZALO MOLINOLO

College thanks to the courses I took there. But it could not withstand the stress my first semester here brought, so chemistry and I had to call it off. To this day, it stings to know that I could not make it through with my original major. The point of this column, however, is to let you know that I did not entirely divorce the chemical field.

I read all the material and do all the work that my history major requires of me, but when I can, I still study some chemistry in my spare time. I’ve collected chemistry books from teachers throughout the years, and I still read the problems and concepts when I can.

Not only that, but I collect elements (three thus far!) and also read about the new discoveries and experiments that pop up every day. (This newspaper had an exquisite article on nanoparticles two weeks ago.)

I read and try to digest the knowledge I pick up, knowing that I like this, regardless of whether I’m majoring in it.

I might not be getting a bachelor’s of science in chemistry, but I’ve decided to embrace it in my own way, however limited. Perhaps you have abandoned a field of study because of difficulties like the ones I experienced.

If you still love it and want to experience it, even without taking college classes in that field, why not look at your old material? You might just save your marriage to your former major!

For most students at this university, changing majors at some point is the norm, not the exception. You might have started in psychology and gone to physics or moved from chemistry to history like I did last year. It’s hardly an easy choice to make, and leaving the field of study you love might leave you confused, disappointed or hurt. But leaving a major does not require you to divorce it completely!

My career at this university began in fall 2013 after I transferred from Montgomery College. Things did not go so well with the chemistry major, and just before the end of the semester, I left the field to embrace history.

That might seem surprising, but I always liked history and even named it as an alternative major in my college application. During the following spring semester, I took courses that did not stress me out like the chemistry major did, and I managed to do very well in them.

Half a year later, I’m taking three history courses, with medieval history being my concentration.

I fell in love with chemistry when I took an introductory course on the subject in my junior year of high G o n z a l o M o l i n o l o i s a j u n i o r school. The bond (no pun intend- history major. He can be reached at ed) strengthened in Montgomery gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

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three restaurants, ONE LOCATION A writer samples the restaurants under luxury apartment building Domain at College Park in less than an hour

By Dustin Levy @DustinBLevy Staff writer It was a wistful Monday morning, and there was no better time to try out the new establishments at Domain at College Park, the luxury apartment complex that opened on Campus Drive in June 2013. I am a Lot 1 commuter, and the shops across the street had grabbed my attention, so on a notso-busy morning, I decided to test them out. This meant having to deal with constant, noisy construction in front of the building, but as a senior, I’m pretty much used to that.

CaSey’S COFFee

Given that Monday was National Coffee Day, I had to stop by this charming cafe to get a delicious coffee drink.

(My opinion: If you can make coffee delicious, why settle for less?) I ordered a medium Mocha Frappe ($4.98), which was expectedly enjoyable.

My server asked if I wanted whipped cream, as if that were ever in doubt, and gems at the domain include a peaceful patio, Casey’s Coffee beverages and fro-yo obviously I replied, “Yes shop Tutti Frutti. top: dustin levy/for the diamondback, bottom: file photo/the diamondback please!” While waiting for

my order, I observed a comfortable ambiance at Casey’s, even with the construction outside. The cafe was not crowded, but not empty, which is always a positive sign you’re not about to get food poisoning. After I got my drink, I went on my way to the restaurant next door.

SUBWAY

Subway probably wasn’t the best choice for my first meal of the day, but I was dedicated to my mission. I went for something I knew I’d like in a six-inch meatball sub ($4.51), but there was one problem: the Subway is impossibly tiny, and I can’t imagine ever wanting to sit down and eat there.

This Subway had an interesting structure outside: a short tower surrounded by flowers.

Can someone clue me in as to what this is? And why it’s there?

Because I really have no clue.

So I traveled back to Casey’s, which is much roomier and more relaxed. I don’t know exactly what the deal is with the Wi-Fi there, but I just cruised Grantland on my phone while munching on my sub and increasingly regretting not or-

dering a sandwich at Casey’s.

There’s no question I would do that next time. Also, I made this fantastic discovery while sitting in the middle of the coffee shop: plastic cups and a pitcher of water. How have I never seen something like this before? So simple, yet so genius.

After finishing my Subway, I still wasn’t done with my delicious coffee drink, so I took a stroll around the Domain and happened upon a little gem: a patio, encircled by trees.

There was no one there — it was peaceful and quiet. I made a mental note because this park has to be one of the best spots on the campus that nobody knows about (until now).

TUTTI FRUTTI

It was time for my last stop.

Admittedly, I’m not the biggest fan of frozen yogurt shops. Not that I don’t like frozen yogurt, but dessert is a luxury that, as a college student, I often avoid.

But on this Monday, I was committed. After some initial confusion, the cashier told me the yogurt and toppings were selfserve (“First time?” she asked), and I quickly assembled a small

amount of strawberry-bananacheesecake yogurt sprinkled with crumbled Butterfingers, totaling $3.48. The results were positive, as the combination of chocolate and fruit tends to be, and I felt even more encouraged because I had assembled this creation myself.

VERDICT

I spent $12.97, which isn’t ideal, but it was mostly worth it. Casey’s Coffee gave me just the (delicious) boost I needed, and I was impressed by the shop’s efficiency. The Subway was tiny and redundant, considering that a short walk could take you to the more spacious one in TerpZone. And Tutti Frutti isn’t really my jam, but it was tasty and inexpensive.

If I had one regret in the lessthan-an-hour-long period, it would be ordering a Subway sub instead of one of the more attractive options at Casey’s.

Overall, the Domain’s offerings are pretty satisfactory, although Casey’s is the only shop I’ll be returning to on a regular basis — even if just for a cup of cold water. dlevydbk@gmail.com

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By Michael Errigo @DBKDiversions Staff writer This monthly column will be dedicated to books and only books: new ones, old ones, great ones and terrible ones. October releases include: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS BY MARLON JAMES (OCT. 2) “This novel should be required reading,” Publisher’s Weekly said of this

multigenerational epic novel centered around the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley. Readers will be taken from the poverty of mid-century Jamaica to the streets of 1990s New York by more than a dozen narrators.

James’ novel sounds ambitious, but if reviews are to be believed, it is quite the literary accomplishment.

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YES PLEASE BY AMY POEHLER (OCT. 28) Poehler might follow in the footsteps of best friend Tina Fey, whose collection of stories and advice, Bossypants, was a best-seller in 2011 and remains on the charts today. If the book is anything like Poehler seems to be in and out of the spotlight, it should be a nice mix of funny, thoughtful and smart. merrigodbk@gmail.com

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hoyas From PAGE 8 ago, Cirovski said the Terps’ loss to the Hoyas in the 2012 semifinal was among the most painful of his career.

Earlier in the week, he s p o k e e x c i te d l y o f t h e rematch and lauded the Hoyas (6-1-3) as a firstclass program that the Terps (3-4-2) respected. So after his team suffered their fourth s h u to u t a n d l oss o f t h e season, Cirovski addressed the media with an infuriated tone. “[We’re] just not good enough right now,” Cirovski said. “Just not good enough.

We’ve got [two] goals from a forward after nine games. Unfortunately, that’s our reality right now. I have to look and maybe even make some more changes and make some more tweaks. Because we’re just not good enough against good

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teams to score goals.”

The Terps forwards haven’t scored in four games since David Kabelik finished an 90th-minute strike against Michigan. Cirovski has used five different combinations up top this season, but none have seemed to work.

I n t h e 2 4 t h m i n u te , Cirovski substituted midfielder Alex Shinsky for forward George Campbell, hoping to spark his frontline.

It didn’t work. Nothing did.

“In practice this week, we moved the ball very quickly,” Steffen said. “One-, twotouch. Tonight, too many touches on the ball, just like in the beginning of the season. “[In practice] we also were aggressive and weren’t turning the ball over every f o u r p a s s e s , e ve r y t wo passes, like tonight. I wish it had translated into tonight, but it didn’t.”

Before the late goal, it ap-

OUTSIDE HITTER AShLEIGH CRUTCHER averaged 3.88 kills per set and posted a .211 hitting percentage this weekend as the Terps lost two Big Ten matches. file photo/the diamondback

VOLLEYBALL From PAGE 8 that she’s a freshman and can’t get it done. She knows that she can and she knows that she’s a great member of our team.”

Crutcher — who switched from right-side hitter, where she began the year, to outside

hitter when Adreené Elliott was ruled out for the rest of the year due to a knee injury — has continued to flourish in her old position for the Terps.

Last year, Crutcher earned All-ACC second-team honors and has continued her success this season, averaging 3.35 kills per set.

The Terps have ensured Crutcher has plenty of op-

“I’VE GOT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THE MOST OF OUR PLAYERS.” SASHO CIROVSKI

Terrapins men’s soccer coach peared the Terps defense was on its way to its third consecutive shutout. Stretching back to their 1-0 loss to Michigan State on Sept. 19, the Terps defense had played 274 minutes of scoreless soccer.

And for most of the game, the Terps contained a potent Georgetown offense that came into the game averaging 1.6 goals per game.

Allen had just one shot before his goal, as defender Chris Odoi-Atsem and Suli Dainkeh continually broke up the Georgetown attack.

But with 12 minutes remaining, Allen ended the Terps’ scoreless streak. And as Cirovski addressed the media, Steffen sat slumped on the bench, burying his

portunities too. The senior has amassed 415 total attacks this season, 41 more than Fraik — the second-leading option — despite playing four fewer sets. “ We wa n t to ge t h e r swings,” coach Steve Aird said. “She takes our healthiest swing right now. She’s got the opportunity to score a little bit more than other people on the team.”

Crutcher averaged 3.88 kills per set this weekend and also posted a .211 hitting percentage, both of which marked increases from her numbers over the course of the season.

Murray converted on .412 of the balls sent her way as well, which is .143 points better than her season hitting percentage. “[Murray] keeps getting better,” Aird said. “You got to be able to pass the ball and you got to be able to set the ball for a middle to have success. … But you got to tip your hat to the kid because she competes and she’s learning to take brave swings. She’s not afraid to make mistakes.”

With Murray beginning to tap into her potential and Crutcher continuing to supply production, the Terps continue into Big Ten play with something to be confident about. “ I f we c l ea n u p so m e things on our side,” Aird said.

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hands in his face.

“We gave a goal away on a counterattack on a silly turnover off of a throw-in,” Cirovski said. “That’s inexcusable for a team of this much experience.”

The Terps haven’t suffered a losing season since 1993, Cirovski’s first year with the Terps. Now, with the 2014 season nearing the halfway point, the Terps will need to change their ways if they hope to avoid that same fate.

Cirovski just isn’t quite sure how it’s going to happen.

“I’ve got to look in the mirror and find a way to make sure we can get the most of our players,” Cirovski said. jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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BEANLANDS From PAGE 8 average is down to 1.05, while her save percentage increased to .744.

Beanlands credits her improvement to the team’s mentality on the field. Instead of sulking when the opposing team scores a goal, the Terps are rallying behind one another and continuing to work to respond with their own goal.

“We’ve done a lot of stuff about our mentality,” Beanlands said. “I’ve developed my game, just like fine-tun-

ing some stuff, but we’re just looking forward at this point.”

Still, Beanlands does more than just protect the Terps’ net. Morgan praised her ability to lead and organize the backline. The team s ta r te d t h e sea so n w i t h three players on defense, but Morgan added defender Kayla Shea to the starting backline for the Terps’ past two games.

With the defense constantly focused on stopping an oncoming attack, the voice of their goalkeeper helps keep them stay in position.

“Our backline really

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Ross, Brandon Ross’ brother, saw limited action last year as the Terps struggled with injuries in the secondary. Ezeagwu is a true freshman from Stafford, Virgina, whom ESPN rated as a three-star recruit coming out of Colonial Forge High School.

“Daniel’s a guy that we think is going to be really good,” Edsall said. “He’s still young and learning right now, but we like his focus and approach.”

From PAGE 8 doing, and hopefully he can continue to play at the high level that he’s been playing at.”

KILGO’S CONTRIBUTIONS After Cole Farrand recorded a game-high 19 tackles in the victory at Indiana, a performance which earned him Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors, the inside linebacker felt the need to thank nose guard Darius Kilgo.

The 319-pound Kilgo often drew the attention of multiple Indiana offensive linemen Saturday, freeing up Farrand to go after ball carriers.

Kilgo finished the game with two solo tackles, both of which dropped Indiana for a loss, but he knows individual stats don’t typically represent the impact a nose guard has on a game. So he was more excited about Farrand’s big day.

“If my middle linebacker has almost 20 tackles, obviously I’m doing something right,” Kilgo said.

Farrand wasn’t the only one who benefited from Kilgo’s play Saturday.

The team sacked Hoosiers quarterback Nate Sudfeld three times, and outside linebacker Yannik CudjoeVirgil said Kilgo’s presence helped free up the team’s pass rushers.

“He’s been really consistent in terms of holding the [offensive] linemen and getting them off the linebackers,” Cudjoe-Virgil said. “It

depends on hearing her behind them and getting them organized,” Morgan said.

Beanlands and the defense failed to halt the Cornhuskers offense, allowing a season-high in goals. Beanlands, though, is eager to improve moving forward.

“It just wasn’t our day,” Beanlands said Tuesday afternoon. “We’re going to video right now, so we’ll analyze it and learn from it — I’ll learn from my mistakes — and hopefully the next game will be better.”

INJURY REPORT?

NOSE GUARD DARIUS KILGO had two tackles for loss in the Terps’ 37-15 victory over Indiana on Saturday in the program’s Big Ten opener. file photo/the diamondback helps us on the edge, [to] attack the one-on-ones more.”

CORNERBACK DEPTH When cornerback Alvin Hill had season-ending knee surgery last week, the Terps didn’t fret. Fifth-year senior Jeremiah Johnson, who started as a

sophomore in 2012, provided an experienced option to step in for Hill, and the Terps secondary avoided any major missteps against the Hoosiers.

This week against No. 20 Ohio State, though, the Terps’ cornerback depth might be tested a bit more. The Buckeyes like to spread the field with three or four wide receivers, which

will likely force the Terps to turn to sophomore Jarrett Ross and freshman Daniel Ezeagwu.

“We think they’re good players,” Edsall said. “Those two young men know that they’re a lot closer to playing right now than they were previously. They are guys that we have a tremendous amount of confidence in.”

During his weekly news conference Tuesday, Edsall said he wouldn’t reveal the status of quarterback C.J. Brown’s injured wrist until Saturday. The fourth-year coach also declined to comment on the health of linebackers Matt Robinson and Alex Twine, both of whom missed Saturday’s win at Indiana.

Cudjoe-Virgil, however, did offer a brief update on his own health.

The senior missed the first three games of the year with a foot injury, and after a play in the second half Saturday, he needed trainers to check him out on the field before he walked off gingerly.

Cudjoe-Virgil returned to the game after the scare and is listed as a starter on the Terps’ depth chart for this week.

“Things happen in football,” Cudjoe-Virgil said. “I’ve never come out of a football game 100 percent, but I’m good; I’m ready to go against Ohio State.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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VOLLEYBALL

NO. 7 HOYAS 1, TERPS 0

Murray, Crutcher lead way Two Terps star over weekend in pair of conference matches

By Jacob Walker @JacobW_DBK Staff writer By the end of the Terrapins volleyball team’s match with Northwestern on Saturday, middle blocker Hailey Murray had racked up a career-high 12 kills and posted a team-best .500 hitting percentage.

She also had three blocks and helped the Terps win two sets before they fell to Wildcats, 3-2, in a tight Big Ten contest.

A day earlier, Murray smacked six kills with three errors on 12 attacks in a 3-0 loss to No. 16 Illinois, and on the defensive end, she had a hand in three of the team’s five blocks.

Murray wasn’t the only bright spot of the weekend, either. Outside hitter Ashleigh Crutcher tallied 14 digs and knocked down 31 kills of her own over the course of the weekend’s eight total sets.

And as other Terps faltered at times, the duo sustained its level of play during the team’s first weekend of Big Ten competition.

Murray’s success in particular was a topic of conversation among her teammates this weekend. The freshman is second on the team in hitting percentage among players with more than one attack, behind only middle blocker Chavi St. Hill. Murray also ranks third with 1.68 kills per set.

“Murray is a rock star,” outside hitter Emily Fraik said. “She wants to hit the ball as hard as she can, and Hailey is just an amazing athlete.

She gets along with players, she’s a great teammate. She wants to win, she wants to help us. She’s not afraid See volleyball, Page 7

MIDFIELDER Michael Sauers (right) attempts to gain control of the ball in the Terps’ 1-0 loss to Georgetown last night. The defeat snapped a two-match winning streak.

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‘NOT GOOD ENOUGH’ Cirovski fumes after Georgetown hands Terps third shutout loss of season

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer Georgetown forward Brandon Allen sprinted toward the sideline with his arms outstretched into a mob of his teammates, who surrounded and jumped around their star player in celebration as the announced crowd of 2,171 at Ludwig Field last night fell silently.

Along the other end of the sideline, Terrapins men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski threw his hands in the air, turned toward his bench and yelled in frustration.

Allen had just broken a scoreless tie between the Terps and Hoyas by sending a 78th-minute left-footed sliding poke past goalkeeper Zack Steffen. The Terps were unable to match the score down the stretch and fell to No. 7 Georgetown, 1-0, in a rematch of the teams’

2012 NCAA semifinal match.

“At some point, our guys are going to have to raise their level and show that they understand what it means to put on the Maryland jersey,” Cirovski said. “This was a missed opportunity.”

The loss snaps the Terps’ two-game winning streak, halting the brief momentum they were beginning to gain. Two years See HOYAS, Page 7

FOOTBALL | NOTEBOOK

Ross shores up fumbling issues Kilgo earns praise; Edsall expresses faith in backup cornerbacks

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

RUNNING BACK BRANDON ROSS sprints away from a West Virginia defender in a 40-37 loss to the Mountaineers on Sept. 13. Ross caught a career-high five passes for 50 yards in the three-point defeat. chester lam/the diamondback

Brandon Ross is, by nature, evenkeeled. After the Terrapins football running back coughed up two fumbles in a 24-17 win over South Florida on Sept. 6, he didn’t let his spirits drop.

“I wasn’t too pissed,” said Ross, who started the following game on the bench. “I had a bad game, and I just had to correct the stuff up in practice. You’ve got to have a short-term memory.”

It seems Ross’ approach has paid

off. The junior tailback was back in the starting lineup for a Sept. 20 win at Syracuse, and he’s found a new way to contribute to the offense as of late by establishing himself as a pass-catching threat.

In the past two games, Ross has scored a long receiving touchdown off a short pass. Against Syracuse, he took a screen 90 yards for a score, and in Saturday’s 37-15 triumph over Indiana, he hauled in a swing pass and slipped by a few defenders for a 36-yard touchdown.

Against West Virginia, Ross had

a career-high five receptions for 50 yards. And while Ross has hadn’t double-digit carries in a game since he had 16 in a season-opening win over James Madison, the veteran gained 61 yards on just six carries against the Hoosiers.

“Brandon, just like anybody else, sometimes when things don’t go the way they should, you have to sit down and reflect and focus a little bit more and concentrate,” coach Randy Edsall said. “We’re pleased with what he’s See NOTEBOOK, Page 7

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Beanlands fails to match top form in loss at Nebraska Junior goalkeeper allows season-high four goals to Cornhuskers

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer In the first half of the Terrapins women’s soccer team’s match at Nebraska on Sunday afternoon, Cornhuskers midfielder Caroline Gray launched a shot from almost 30 yards away.

Though goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands had time to react, Gray placed her shot too well. Beanlands dove, but the ball traveled over her outstretched arms and into the top-right corner of the net.

Gray’s rip was one of several shots Beanlands, who has been sturdy this season, failed to stop in Nebraska’s 4-3 win.

“Sunday just was not typical

Beans,” coach Jonathan Morgan said.

“We’re going to do some video, and we’re going to talk, and knowing her and her character, she’s going to learn from it.”

Before the Terps’ match in Lincoln, Nebraska, scoring on Beanlands proved difficult to accomplish. After conceding three goals to No. 1 UCLA in the first half of the Terps’ season opener, Beanlands had four shutouts and surrendered just four goals over the next eight games.

Even against the Bruins, the 5-foot-9 goalkeeper kept the Terps within striking distance. While the Terps did not attempt a shot, the Bruins rifled 14 shots on goal and forced Beanlands to make a careerhigh 10 saves.

In a game where the Bruins

outmatched the Terps, Beanlands showed her goalkeeping prowess against one of the best teams in the country.

“Beans is big-time for us,” midfielder Sarah Fichtner said. “She’s kind of like our solid player on the field. She’s directing us all the time, always talking, she’s constantly encouraging. I know, personally, she always picks me up. She’s so invested and she has such an important presence out there.”

Though Beanlands allowed three goals in the season opener, her numbers are better than last season. In 2013, Beanlands allowed 1.49 goals per game and posted a save percentage of .682. But this year, her goals-against See BEANLANDS, Page 7

GOALKEEPER Rachelle Beanlands has improved her goals-against average and save percentage this season as a redshirt junior but failed to make several stops against Nebraska on Sunday. rebecca rainey/the diamondback