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Student robbed by man with gun

University team wins its first Solar Decathlon

‘WaterShed’ design takes first place

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

This university took its first win in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon with its entry, WaterShed, a solar-powered home inspired by the Chesapeake Bay. A team of more than 200 university students and faculty, along with building industry mentors, poured two years of work and $250,000 into the biennial sustainable design competition. The team beat out secondplace Purdue University, third-place

New Zealand and 16 other national and international groups, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced Saturday.

Team members drew inspiration from the environmental challenges facing the bay to design and construct their entry — a solar-powered house capable of collecting storm water and recycling domestic wastewater.

Decathletes said this local focus made WaterShed unique.

“Definitely one thing that set us

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The university’s Solar Decathlon team took first place in the international competition Saturday for the first time. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO PALTERA

Police unsure if victim’s friend set up off-campus robbery

BY ERIN EGAN Staff writer

Looney’s goes public New pub opens its doors last Friday, enforces IDs strictly

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

The line for Looney’s Pub snaked outside the door, down the front steps of the Varsity and continued onto the sidewalk Friday night.

The pub opened its doors that

evening for the first time, and several of-age students said it has the potential to fill a much desired nightlife void. The new bar boasts state-of-the-art ID scanners that hold every patron’s information and a venue for live music -- something upperclassmen said the city has needed since Santa Fe Café shuttered

more than a year ago.

The establishment had initially planned for a soft opening Wednesday, but bar owner Bill Larney said the restaurant did not receive the necessary county documents in time. However,

see OPENING, page 2

Looney’s Pub employees ready the bar Sunday after its first weekend open.

A university student was robbed at gunpoint Friday evening at the Old Koons Ford Lot located near the University View, police reported.

According to a University Police crime alert disseminated to the campus community Saturday, a female student asked for a friend to arrange a ride from her apartment at 8301 Baltimore Ave. to the Stamp Student Union Friday evening. Her phone rang at about 8 p.m., and the voice on the other end of the line said her ride was waiting outside, the alert stated.

When the student went outside, she was called over to a black and purple Toyota Scion, the alert reported, and as she approached the vehicle, two males got out of the car and insisted she give them her purse.

She refused, and one of the males pulled out a handgun, according to the alert.

The female handed over her purse, and the men got back in the car and drove north on Route 1, police reported. The student was not harmed.

Police reported the female described the driver of the Scion as a 23-year-old black female. The male who got into the front seat of the car was described as a 20-year-old, 5-foot9-inch black male wearing a green and blue sweater; the man who got into the back of the car was described as a 20-year-old black male, according to the alert.

The incident was reported to Prince George’s County police minutes after it happened, police said.

County Police did not have any further information yesterday.

District 1 Commander Maj. Hector Velez said the department is still investigating the armed robbery.

Velez said police are unsure if the victim’s friend set up the off-campus

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see ROBBERY, page 3

The art of timing earthquakes

STATE OF CELEBRATION

Univ. student simulates quakes in research

BY LAUREN HICKS Staff writer

It’s nearly impossible to know when an earthquake will strike, but university doctorate student Lisa Walsh is one step closer to predicting these natural disasters.

Walsh, a third-year doctorate student in active tectonics, uses computer simulations that show where fault lines lie relative to earthquake epicenters to understand how quakes distribute pressure throughout tectonic plates. Seismic pressure does not just disappear after an earthquake, Walsh said, and pinpointing the stress that earthquakes leave behind could help indicate the location of future rumbles.

“Earthquakes are very hard to predict, they aren’t like the weather,” Walsh said. “The stuff I’m working on

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gives some clues to places where we might expect a future earthquake in parts of Maryland, but we can’t say for certain.”

She will present her research to the Seismological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union later this semester.

Walsh exclusively focuses on Washington-area earthquakes, including the Gaithersburg, Md., earthquake that struck July 16, 2010, as well as the Mineral, Va., quake Aug. 23 this year.

Earthquakes that affect the Washington region are not everyday occurrences because unlike many West Coast localities, the area is not perched on a fault line. Walsh said she hopes to expand local earthquake knowledge.

“I’m hoping my research will be

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FREE FRIDAY FUN The university’s tradition of showcasing its community at Stamp Student Union continued Friday with the 30th annual All Niter. The free event, which ran from noon to 3 a.m., featured attractions including Drag Bingo, live student music and aerial acrobatics in the stamp food court.

Junior music major Garrett Gleason, whose band Soul Card performed Friday, said the All Niter opened students’ eyes to alternative night life in College Park. Stamp Student Union Director Marsha Guenzler-Stevens agreed the event flaunted unique entertainment alternatives the university has to offer.

“This program has always been a gift of the time and creativity of a wide variety of staff in the Stamp, as well as student groups and student leaders, and that continues to be true 30 years later,” she said.

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OPENING from page 1 Larney said he was able to secure his use of occupancy permit in time for the Friday night bar crowd, and the venue’s first weekend went off without a hitch.

The bar — which will hold its grand opening Oct. 11 — attracted an over-21-year-old crowd, according to patrons, and many said they were excited about a new option in the city for weekend entertainment.

“Last year I was subjected to deal with the only two bars left [near the university],” said senior mathematics major Kevin Venner. “I see this as a light at the end of tunnel.”

Looney’s high-tech carding system prints a wristband for bar patrons that holds all of their driver’s license information, enabling employees to remember unruly bar patrons with every visit. Larney said the system was put to good use for the opening night after one patron caused the only issue

for an otherwise tame night.

“We had one problem, got him out of here [and] took his wristband. He’ll never be back,” Larney said, adding that most people who act up will be given “one more chance.”

The bar’s no-tolerance approach toward underage drinking will make it a hotspot for the of-age crowd, according to Venner.

“They were very strict with their IDing, which I see as a good asset,” Venner said. “[The Thirsty Turtle] was taking in the freshman and sophomore crowd and that kind of took away what I was looking forward to my senior year.”

Many students said Looney’s differs from the rest of the city’s bars and will create its own reputation that sets itself apart from other competition, such as Cornerstone Grill and Loft, R.J. Bentley’s and The Barking Dog. “This has a better vibe,” senior women’s studies major Kara DeMilio said. “It just seems better organized. Service at the bar is a lot better. The people are there

within 30 seconds, and you don’t have to push to the front. There’s not a huge line, and it’s not really packed inside, so I feel that they actually monitor how many people are going in and out.”

Senior civil engineering major Haley Puglia said the bar’s live entertainment combined with $2 drink specials will give it a leg up on other local competitors. She said she visited the bar twice already since its opening three days ago and plans to make the venue her new nighttime staple.

“There’s a nice dance floor, and everyone was dancing and getting wild,” Puglia said. “Compared to The Barking Dog, I think this will do really well.”

Larney said he is confident his business — which is also located in Bel Air, Canton and Maple Lawn — will be successful within the scope of the city bar scene, especially after positive feedback from the weekend crowd.

“Our food speaks for itself and our drink prices [are] across the board,” Larney said. bach@umdbk.com

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DECATHLON from page 1 apart is we picked this alternate agenda,” said Brittany Williams, a faculty advisor and architecture lecturer. “We made sure in all aspects of the house we highlighted water.”

The home features a patentpending indoor waterfall and constructed wetlands, as well as a green roof with plants that keep the home’s interior cool.

Judges scored the 19 entries across ten categories.

WaterShed placed first in architecture, and tied for first in the hot water and energy balance contests.

The team took first place Saturday by nearly 20 points, but members said it seemed like the overall win was up in the air during the judgement week.

“It’s ver y subjective and it’s hard to know what the jur y’s looking for,” Williams said.

“And it’s hard to know if someone is going to like your house if they only come in for half an hour.”

Solar Decathlon teams can prepare for some measured requirements — such as constructing a water-heating system that supplies gallons of boiling water — but team members said half of the judging came down to juried criteria like architecture and market appeal. The team worked to meet both required benchmarks and more subjective measures, members said.

“We also looked into aspects of water conservation because we looked to our local environment and the Chesapeake Bay, and the decisions we make about how we live really have adverse effects on the bay and the surrounding environ-

ROBBERY from page 1 robbery.

“We’re certainly looking into that, but at this point, we’re still investigating,” Velez said.

Since the incident occurred outside of University Police jurisdiction, University Police Chief David Mitchell said the

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ment,” said architecture student leader Lynn Khuu, who graduated from this university last semester.

After countless hours of preparation, some team members said the win felt even sweeter because the group grew so close after working on the project for two years readying for last week’s competition in Washington.

“It just feels like a big family now,” Williams said. “All the sleepless nights we spent together working on the house, that camaraderie, it’s such an intense process.”

Others said they not only forged friendships, but also gained knowledge and even met career milestones.

“Until [architects have] seen something [they] draw on paper actually be constructed into a building, there’s something missing. And once [they’ve] seen that, something clicks,” Williams said.

Khuu said working on this university’s team was unlike any other project she’d experienced.

“This project exceeded my expectations in all ways, the hands-on aspects of it, drawings, communications, ever ything,” she said. “I’ve been thrust into new roles ever y day and it’s a huge learning experience, it’s fantastic.”

Williams said she was glad the WaterShed — which had about 234,000 visitors in West Potomac Park last week — helped educate people about the importance of designing and living green.

“Even if they take away something small, like they take a shorter shower, there’s a gratification of why we should do projects like this,” she said.

This university placed first in the Solar Decathlon with its entry WaterShed (top), a green home inspired by the Chesapeake Bay. Team members celebrate the win around their faculty advisor, Amy Gardner (bottom center). PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEFANO PALTERA

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“The case is under investigation, and we’re hoping it’ll end in an arrest.”

DAVID MITCHELL UNIVERSITY POLICE CHIEF

county police department will be handling it. University

Police wanted students to be aware of the reported armed robbery.

“We wanted to tell the community about it, and we wanted to send out a crime aler t because it was in such a close proximity to campus,” Mitchell said. “The case is under investigation, and we’re hoping it’ll end in an arrest.”

Some students, such as

Amanda Harouche, said that incidents such as these prompt them to avoid that area of Route 1.

“I just feel like that area isn’t too safe,” said the junior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major. “And it’s really scary because something like this could definitely happen to anyone.” egan@umdbk.com

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University doctorate student Lisa Walsh studies the seismic remnants of local earthquakes to help determine when and where the next quake may strike. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA WALSH

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from page 1 used in increasing our understanding of earthquakes on the East Coast,” Walsh said.

“There isn’t a lot of data, and by studying them we can add to that base of knowledge.”

Walsh’s advisor Aaron Martin, a university geology professor, said studying earthquakes in areas that are not situated at the intersection of tectonic plates is as important as studying those near fault lines.

“The boundaries are where we get most of the big earthquakes, but the ones that happen in the middle of the plates are much less understood,” Martin said. “That’s where Lisa’s research is trying to understand why they happen and how they happen.”

Walsh is still creating a model for this summer’s Mineral, Va., earthquake, but she has more complete data on the Gaithersburg, Md., quake, which she said led to an increased amount of tectonic stress in the center of the state around Columbia, Md. She noted that although there is a higher chance of future quakes stemming from this area, it is still difficult to actually predict when and where the next one will hit.

Walsh will begin presenting her findings on the Gaithersburg earthquake at the annual meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America on Oct. 17 and 18 at the University of Arkansas. Later this fall, she will travel to San Francisco to present at the American Geophysical Union’s yearly meeting from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9.

But her forthcoming speeches to thousands of high-profile scientists had humble beginnings.

Walsh grew a “love of the

“The boundaries are where we get most of the big earthquakes, but the ones that happen in the middle of the plates are much less understood.”

AARON MARTIN UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY PROFESSOR

great outdoors” during her childhood in Texas, where she spent warm afternoons searching for prehistoric snails, fossils and bison teeth with friends. She pursued her interest in the natural world as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, where she majored in environmental studies.

There, she discovered her passion for earthquakes during an earth science class, and eventually came to this university to earn a master’s degree in geology.

Now as a doctorate student, Walsh is working toward helping metropolitan residents prepare for future seismic activity, which she said is critical because of the amount of nuclear power plants on the East Coast.

According to Martin, cities can prepare for earthquakes on both domestic and public levels, but these precautions come with a cost.

“Having everybody do things to get ready is expensive, so any kind of decision about doing that at a policy level would be based off a long bunch of work where there is a consensus reached that this is something that is important,” Martin said. “And Lisa’s research is a step towards that.” hicks@umdbk.com

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Metro Police should find ways to do more with less. Instead of airing system-wide sk any police department what its mission is and you’ll likely hear something along the lines of: “To protect and serve.” While students weary of public service announcements, WMATA should play station-specific ones. Riders’ University Police’s recent efforts to combat underage drinking may take ears might perk up if they’re told the College Park station is the sixth-most dangerous issue with such a description, police officers still essentially exist to serve and that bicycle theft and automotive break-ins are recurring problems.

If the department notices a particular trend, it can partner with other agencies, as it the community. But in College Park, it isn’t always clear what that community is.

University Police operate on the campus and in parts of College Park. While Prince did when busting a ring of phone thieves this summer in Washington. Someone stealing a bike probably doesn’t take it onto the Metro: They flee George’s County Police handle College Park, too, the College into the surrounding area. Because the area suffers from a Park Metro Station is only policed by the Washington Metrohodgepodge of governmental and jurisdictional authorities, politan Area Transit Authority. Neighboring University Park also has its own police force, as does Hyattsville.

To combat high crime rates multiagency partnerships are crucial. But since Metro Police only cares about its own jurisdiction, that won’t happen unless The lesson is this: While police departments may not around the College Park someone from a local agency or department steps up — admit so publicly, they only really care about the specific comsomeone like University Police Chief David Mitchell. munities they are charged with protecting and serving. For Metro Station, city officials Last week, Mitchell announced the City Multiagency Serpeople living and working in an area with such a patchwork should step up to help local vice Team, which is a collaboration between University Police of jurisdictional authorities, that can be problematic. and several area agencies — such as police and fire departTake the Metro station. According to data recently police forces. ments, the State’s Attorney’s Office and the university’s released by WMATA, the station suffers from the sixth-highOffice of Student Conduct — designed to identify recurring est crime rate among 86 Metro stations in the region. In response, Robert Pavlick, the Metro Transit Police’s deputy chief of patrol operations, problems and utilize a multiagency approach to tackle them. CMAST, as the group is said the station’s parking lots and garages will soon receive security cameras. The called, will share existing information and resources without creating additional department also plans to hand out safety literature and wet wipes, so motorists can expenditures. It’s also the exact sort of approach Metro Police could use to take on remove smudges left on their windshields by GPS units. Metro Police also plan to the College Park station’s high crime rate.

But Mitchell’s force is charged with protecting and serving the university commugive SmarTrip cards to officers with other police departments so they can access nity, not College Park. Students surely ride the Metro, but it would be a stretch for parking garages for additional patrols.

To this editorial board, that sounds like an expensive way to do a whole lot of Mitchell to focus on a Metro station located almost a mile from the campus.

Which is why city officials should see this as an opportunity to truly serve the city. nothing. Security cameras are costly, and a grainy video of some thief running off with a GPS doesn’t do much to deter crime. Officers handing out safety brochures With November’s College Park City Council elections rapidly approaching, a crime and wet napkins isn’t a great use of manpower, especially when a local student fighting initiative could go a long way with voters — you know, the community memwould probably do the same for minimum wage. Giving other departments access bers candidates hope to serve.

If the city refuses to create its own police force, the least councilmembers can do is to parking garages probably won’t hurt, but how much can it really help? Those departments have their own jurisdictions to worry about, and it seems unlikely they foster collaborations between the disparate groups that police in and around College would pull officers from a neighborhood beat to patrol a Metro parking garage Park. Only then can the community hope to shed its image as a magnet for crime.

Here’s looking at you, candidates. where they lack jurisdictional authority.

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Enlisting the soldiers of fortune

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hen we go to war, we ask our youth to give up years of their lives and place themselves in harm’s way for a relatively small amount of money. We don’t call it age discrimination; we don’t call it generation class warfare. We ask our youth to make these sacrifices because they are the most physically capable in our population to defend the countr y. As a nation, we do so with a heavy heart.

But now our countr y faces a different type of danger. Last year, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated, “our national debt is our biggest national security threat.” On that note, I believe who we ask to fight this peril to our nation is the central debate of the upcoming 2012 elections.

If you get a chance to go to Annapolis and look at the many yachts sitting on the water, or to drive around the neighborhoods in Bethesda, Chevy Chase or Potomac,

RICHARD ZIPPER ask yourself: Should the government pay down its debt by increasing your tuition by $1,000 or by asking those who have significant wealth to pay $1,000 more in taxes?

Should we reduce our debt by cutting out programs that help those in the working and middle classes attend college or by eliminating subsidies for the oil companies?

To me, the answer is obvious. As we send those physically fit to fight a physical war, we should ask those who are fiscally fit to fight a financial war. It is not class warfare; it is not out of meanness. It is out of need.

We should have clear goals, an exit strategy and respect for the contributions made. But the burden we

may ask of the wealthy individuals and corporations does not come close to the sacrifices we have asked of our youth during other times of national crisis. We can only hope the wealthy politicians and those in their inner circle will carr y themselves half as well as our youth.

I’ve heard some say that raising taxes on the wealthy will kill job creation. But if one uses common sense, they will realize the wealthy do not hire and fire people based on how much they are paying in taxes, but how much demand there is for the products and ser vices their factories or consulting firms produce.

Histor y also concurs that asking the wealthy to contribute in times of need is a prudent course of action.

At the height of the Great Depression, the Revenue Act of 1932 raised the top tax rate from 25 percent to 63 percent. By 1933, the free fall in the gross national product had slowed to a 2.1 percent drop, and by 1934 the GNP rose 7.7 percent.

We don’t even have to go that far back in histor y. In 1993, the GOP claimed that Clinton’s tax plan, which increased taxes mainly on the wealthy, would “kill jobs” and “kill the current recover y.” Instead, we ended up with one of the most robust economies of recent times and a government surplus.

So as the 2012 election season kicks off, it is time to decide if you want to vote for the GOP, which wants to send you and other lessfinancially-stable individuals to the front lines in this fiscal struggle, or for the Democrats, who believe wealthy individuals and corporations — the soldiers of fortune — should fight this fiscal war.

Register to vote and plan to vote.

Contribute and campaign, because this is your future.

Richard Zipper is a Golden ID student taking classes in biology. He can be reached at zipper@umdbk.com.

Stress for success

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his past Saturday, after months of preparation and anxiety, I made my first attempt at the dreaded LSATs. In a perfect world where hard work and dedication actually pay off, it’ll be my only attempt — but that remains unknown until the scores come back.

In the meantime, I can finally sit back and reflect on the whole experience, and as usual for overly analytical people like myself, reflection usually results in even more questions and concerns.

The first big issue I have about this whole graduate/professional school entrance testing process is the amount of stress it places on undergraduates. True, stress is nothing new for college students, but add the stress of what is potentially the most important exam of your life to the regular stress of classes, projects, midterms and extracurricular involvement and you’ve got a serious stress overload.

And let’s be honest — the majority of students applying to law school are

probably those same students who already take a lot onto their plate to begin with. Now they have to study for this test — which is completely unrelated to their courses — while still striving for an A on that paper, creating meeting agendas for the organizations they lead and writing riveting columns for the school newspaper. Et cetera, et cetera.

Add to that the fact that the LSATs are only offered four times a year — three of which fall around typical college midterm weeks — and it’s enough to make you go crazy.

Now we all know that stress isn’t healthy. It can make you depressed, affect your appetite, damage your relationships, lead to sleep problems and more. I realized something else about stress, though: It seems like students are either under a ton of it or none at all. So you have a group of robust, healthy students whose only real worr y is going to class that day and another group of students (ironically, usually the student leaders who are responsible for a lot around the campus) whose

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health is compromised as a result of their good efforts. We’re essentially harming and disadvantaging ourselves in choosing to pursue things that will (hopefully) benefit us — what a catch-22!

Another thing I realized after my whole LSAT ordeal is how broke I’m going to be in a few years. You may be thinking, “You won’t be broke; you’ll be a lawyer,” but unfortunately, that’s not the case. See, it costs a pretty penny to even get that far.

First, it costs more than $130 to even take the LSATs. And many people take prep classes before the exam that can cost upward of $1,000. You might see that as superfluous, but when other young people are getting an advantage from taking a course, you’d want that same advantage in

order to level the playing field.

And we haven’t even reached the expensive part yet: tuition. I had a bit of a heartbreaking moment at the law school fair a few weeks ago upon seeing the price of my “dream” school: $78,000. Per year. And that’s a public institution.

So again for law school, students have basically the same predicament they did when applying to college. You can go somewhere you really deser ve and want to attend based on your achievement but be in debt up to your eyeballs, or settle for a scholarship to your “safety school” or something cheaper with less prestige.

Despite all these thoughts, I’m not angry for trying hard; I actually feel pretty satisfied with my efforts and confident that I’ll make it into and through law school in one piece. The money part I’ll worr y about later — as soon as I take a nap.

Lauren Mendelsohn is a junior psychology major. She can be reached at mendelsohn@umdbk.com.

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’m writing about “Not letting go yet,” a Sept. 28 Diamondback article about the candlelight vigil held in the wake of the murder of university alumnus and employee Gaurav Gopalan. While well-written, the article was a bit narrowly framed, almost as though the vigil were an exclusively LGBTfocused event. This may have given some readers a misimpression.

Luke Jensen, director of the Office of LGBT Equity, organized the vigil not as a statement of the LGBT community, but because he recognized that Gopalan’s death has affected many in the university and greater communities, including those who did or did not know Gopalan, and those who do or do not affiliate with LGBT communities.

Although LGBT people and concerns were prominent, the candlelight vigil was not an LGBT “forum” per se, nor did it feel like one. Even when I referred to “a community and a network” that should be developed, I was referencing the fact that as humans we’re all very connected — not just LGBT people, but South Asians, engineers, thespians, etc. At the vigil, one person spoke of stories in Hindu mythology. Another spoke about Gopalan as an engineering student and later an employee. Another spoke about Gopalan as a former student in her theater classes. Shakespeare was read.

It was an LGBT-inclusive vigil that recognized that when a community member is slain, it affects us all. And that pain is not a purely private affair.

We hold in our arms not only those who have died, but those who knew them, and communities associated with the deceased. To not recognize the pain of Gopalan’s death on the broader community is to not recognize that his life also had an effect and gave inspiration beyond those who personally knew him.

I was taken aback to see an anonymous comment posted on the online version of the article that said, “How many of the people at this memorial actually cared about him or supported him and his lifestyle? How many of them attended the memorial simply to make a showy, self-serving gesture of ‘support?’ Just saying.” I am understanding the use of the word “lifestyle” here and the overall purpose of the comment as a jab at and misunderstanding of LGBT people, implying that people attended the vigil as a political stunt.

I have seen numerous anti-women, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-people of color, anti-transgender and antigay comments on The Diamondback’s website. And these words were some of the most vicious I have seen because they effectively kick a community while it’s down. The commenter fails to understand that talking openly about our lives and drawing the connections between individuals, communities and society is an important part of the processes of life, death and supporting one another.

These comments are both angering and saddening at a time of mourning.

I hope The Diamondback will take note and question whether a society built on instant gratification and feedback through anonymous channels is something we want to support, or if allowing these kinds of online comments without accountability is truly meaningful and worth continuing.

There must be a middle ground between having no space for dialogue and allowing chaos and anonymous attacks to reign, but how things stand is unacceptable in my view.

Nicholas Sakurai is the associate director of the Office of LGBT Equity.

He can be reached at sakurai@umd.edu.

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THE WRONG NUMBER Like all Anna Faris romantic comedies, What’s Your Number? falls flat all are poorly served by underwritten, cliche roles.

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Bad — the exact accents!) number Ally VERDICT: and recyhas had — cled punchhave trouWhat’s Your Number? wastes its lines (tarble finding a talented cast on a boring, gets include husband, middlebrow formula.

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The cast is impressive, was so afraid you were an assincluding Ed Begley Jr. (Rizzoli hole that I became the biggest & Isles) as Faris’ father, Chris asshole of all.”)

The film tries to cover up its Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger) in the “nice guy lack of originality with vulgaracross the hall” role and ity, but it’s a lost cause. There’s Anthony Mackie (Real Steel), lots of cursing and talk of sex Joel McHale (Community), organs and positions, even Martin Freeman (Sherlock), incest and bestiality jokes, but Zachary Quinto (Margin Call) it all seems tame when tied to and real-world Faris beau Chris such a staid narrative. The Pratt (Moneyball) as some of film’s got a dirty mouth, but her exes (a group that also that can’t hide its robotic heart. includes a few brief cameos by other well-known actors), but rgifford@umdbk.com

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TOWSON from page 8 some wrinkles into his game plan that caught his team by surprise in the first half.

After the Terps (2-2) jumped out to an early seven-point lead in front of a home crowd of 35,573, the Tigers dominated the rest of the first half. The Terps gained just 56 first-half yards after their first possession, and their defense simply couldn’t get off the field. Towson had the ball for 21:30 in the first half alone.

If not for a Terps goal-line stand to force a field goal and poor clock management that led to a fruitless red-zone trip to end the half, the Tigers could have easily gone into halftime with a cushion over the Terps.

The Terps held on, though, and after tweaking their game plan at halftime, scored 21 unanswered points in the second half for the win.

“We just had to make some adjustments,” said wide receiver Kevin Dorsey, who finished with 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. “There was no concern.

Halftime is there for a reason: It’s to make those adjustments.”

Still, the win didn’t come in the dominant fashion the Terps expected. Coming off an embarrassing 38-7 drubbing by Temple last weekend, the Terps had hoped for a more resounding result Saturday.

But in getting back into the win column, their effort did little to erase the memory of their struggles to start the season.

The Terps’ offensive attack still lacked the potency it had in a season-opening win over Miami. Running backs Davin Meggett and Justus Pickett did combine for 184 yards and a touchdown on the ground, but the team’s passing attack was tame.

Quarterback Danny O’Brien threw for just 123 yards and two touchdowns, despite the return of two of his favorite targets, wide receivers Quintin McCree and Ronnie Tyler, from suspension.

And while the Terps’ defense did force turnovers on three consecutive possessions in the third quarter, it still surrendered 378 total yards and a 47 percent third-down conversion rate to an FCS opponent with its backup quarterback, Peter Athens, under center.

“I don’t think we won the game by as much as we wanted to or the way we wanted

CREIGHTON from page 8

streaking Townsend, who headed the ball over onrushing Creighton goalkeeper Brian Holt and converted a one-touch shot into an empty net goal.

The goal, which was the MAC Hermann Trophy candidate’s 11th in 11 games, forced Creighton (8-1) to work from a deficit for the first time this season.

And after a dissatisfying defensive effort against No. 12 Charlotte on Tuesday, the Terps were intent on making that a difficult task for the Bluejays. The Terps’ backline nullified Creighton’s leading scorer, Ethan Finlay, who failed to tally a shot on goal for the first time this season.

“I think the back four, we did a tremendous job,” defender London Woodberry said. “We kind of just came together and we just understood we had to stay focused and stay in tune for the rest of the game to get the shutout. I mean, we don’t score goals that much, so getting a shutout’s kind of like scoring a goal for us.”

After notching nine shots in the first half, the Terps’ offense sputtered in the final 45 minutes. Still feeling the effects of Tuesday night’s win, they struggled to keep possession in the latter half, tallying a season-low two shots.

Running back Justus Pickett celebrates a 5-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter. The Terps finished with nearly 200 yards rushing in their 28-3 win Saturday against Towson. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

to,” guard Andrew Gonnella said. “A win, however you can get it, is the best thing.”

With a date looming against one of the nation’s most prolific running attacks in undefeated No. 13 Georgia Tech, though, the Terps know they’re going to need a more complete effort than the one they put forth Saturday.

“We know what’s ahead of us,” O’Brien said. “We have a tough schedule and it will be a tough eight more weeks. …

Right now we’re focusing on Georgia Tech and Georgia Tech only. They’re a great top-25 team and it’s an ACC game.

“We’ll have to execute at a high level to beat them.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

SCHNEIDER from page 8 until the third quarter. Their fast-paced, hurry-up offense didn’t sustain a drive longer than 3:02 during that first half, while the Tigers made the Terps’ defense look inept against the run.

Even with wide receivers Ronnie Tyler and Quintin McCree back, quarterback Danny O’Brien was once again off the mark. Second-string quarterback C.J. Brown took over for one drive, something Edsall said

from page 8

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Creighton, meantime, emerged from halftime firing. Coming off a nearly weeklong rest, the Bluejays attacked the Terps’ defense at the start of the second half and tallied six shots. It was the first time this season the Terps were outshot in a half.

Still, the team’s stingy backline ensured that goalkeeper Will Swaim had to grab only two saves to capture his 12th career shutout.

Creighton’s best scoring opportunity came in the 73rd minute, when midfielder Bruno Castro’s free kick sailed over the net.

“The second half was just about grinding it out and showing some grit,” Cirovski said. “I was really impressed with my guys. I was a little concerned about how they could close out this game, but they did a great job.”

Friday night’s win spelled the end of a trying stretch for the Terps.

After hitting the road for three of four games, they closed out the month in College Park with a pair of wins against top-15 opponents.

But the Terps aren’t complaining. Cirovski’s affinity for tough schedules, after all, is the reason many of his players committed to the program in the first place.

“These are the kind of games you come here to play,” Townsend said. “I could barely sleep last night just thinking about coming out to play today.” letourneau@umdbk.com

Forward Casey Townsend, second from right, scored his 11th goal in 11 games Friday.

Midfielder Megan Frazer, left, scored two of the No. 3 Terps’ first four goals in their win Friday against Virginia, whom they have beaten 15 consecutive times. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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was part of the game plan. But considering how poorly the reigning ACC Rookie of the Year had played — he threw for fewer yards than Towson’s backup quarterback — it seemed at the time like a possible benching.

It might have been a completely different game had the Tigers not dropped passes, racked up 77 yards of penalties and telegraphed interceptions to Terps defenders.

Towson outgained the Terps on the day, had the ball for 11 minutes longer and was more effective on third down.

Maybe the Terps did overlook the Tigers, as one player sug-

gested after the game. That’s a laughable idea now. Pretty soon, it will be other teams overlooking the Terps.

At this point, there isn’t much to see.

“We still have a long way to go,” Edsall said. “It’s my job as the coach to make sure that our young men understand that, yes, we did some good things today.

But we still have to get better.”

Afterward, the team seemed to understand this: There’s no excuse for letting a team like Towson hang around as long as it did. But the fact that Edsall pointed to “new wrinkles” in the Tigers’ playbook to explain the Terps’ early struggles isn’t exactly reassuring. It shouldn’t matter what Towson throws at any BCS team. It’s Towson.

Most worrying for Edsall should be how flat the team looked — again. After getting blown out the week before against Temple, the Terps still slogged through this game.

They had a chance to blow off some steam against an inferior team, but as embarrassing as that loss was, it didn’t look like there was much there Saturday.

In the darkest days of the Ralph Friedgen era — and there were some bleak ones — the players never looked quite as detached as they have these past two weeks.

So Friedgen can burn his diploma, fly a Georgia Tech flag and laugh for now — because his replacement hasn’t done much better than him this year.

The whole purpose of firing last year’s ACC Coach of the Year was to take this team to the next level. Four games into this season, that hasn’t happened.

Though the final score didn’t tell the whole story, in the end, both teams assumed their roles.

Towson is an FCS team, and yes, the Terps are a BCS squad.

Just not a very good one yet.

son. The team’s six goals matched the Terps’ season high for a single game this season — a feat they have accomplished four times now — and marked the most goals Virginia has

given up this year.

“We’re dangerous because we’ve got such a variety of players and type of shots that are being taken,” Meharg said. “I’m not sure we really got into the

type of flow we’d like to get into to build, but when you score six goals on a great team, we’re pretty happy.”

Keying the Terps’ offensive output was the play of their two co-captains, Megan Frazer and Buckley. The two midfielders combined to score the team’s first four goals, including the eventual game winner. Forwards Shelby Sydnor and Witmer added the final two goals for the Terps in the game’s waning minutes.

“What Megan and I try to do out on the field is just lead by example out on the field,” Buckley said. “Even if it’s just putting the goals in the net or just inspiring or encouraging other girls to play the best they can.

But by us finishing, I guess it just sets a tone for the team to just step it up.”

The Terps’ late score didn’t necessarily decide the outcome of the game, but it did provide an important insurance goal for the Terps. Three of the past four matchups in the series between the two programs had gone into overtime, and Witmer’s efforts in the game’s final minute made sure they wouldn’t head there again.

“It just shut them down,” Witmer said. “It’s really important.

[Virginia] is a good team, so it was just another day we had to come out and beat them.” vitale@umdbk.com

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VOLLEYBALL from page 8 behind again, 23-22, but recovered with a kill, service ace and block to tie the match. In the fifth and decisive set, the Terps trailed by five early before going on a run that the Cavaliers couldn’t recover from, scoring eight of the final nine points to finish the match.

The differences in the team’s resolve became apparent in the Terps’ loss to Virginia Tech. Instead of trailing, the Terps took a commanding 2-0 set lead, including a secondset rally after they faced a 24-20 deficit.

But the third set proved to be the one that turned the tide in the Hokies’ favor. With the score deadlocked at 21-21 and the Terps as close as four points away from a threematch winning streak in ACC play, the Hokies made a run to take the set, 25-22. The Hokies used similar runs in the last two sets to stun the Terps with a 3-2 win.

Their strong team-wide play helped key the comeback. Virginia Tech had 13 blocks in the match, along with a solid 27.2 team hitting percentage.

“We didn’t deserve it,” Horsmon said. “We didn’t play hard, we didn’t match their intensity, and we didn’t execute. We obviously need to do a better job at those things, and we need to make those plays.”

Despite the team’s breakdown, some individual performances stood out.

McBain tallied 46 assists, along with seven kills and nine digs. The junior had 101 combined assists over the span of the two matches, moving her closer to becoming fifth all time in school history. Cushman achieved her second double-double on the weekend after earning 16 kills and 17 digs against the Hokies, and Elliott continued her strong play with 12 kills.

It just wasn’t enough for a second win in as many matches.

“Our kids competed throughout that match against Virginia, and we never gave up,” he said.

“We looked tired against Virginia Tech and came in ill-prepared to play. While Virginia gave us opportunities late, Virginia Tech got better through the match.

They just had a will to win, while we were hoping to win but didn’t earn it.” munson@umdbk.com

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TERPS 28, TIGERS 3

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Terps ace their big test, 1-0 Defense keys victory vs. No. 2 Creighton

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

One weighty figure hung over the Terrapins men’s soccer team as it trotted onto Ludwig Field to face No. 2 Creighton on Friday night.

The Bluejays had not surrendered a goal for nearly 740 minutes, making them the only team in Division I not to have been scored upon this season.

And with each passing shutout, the aura around Creighton’s backline only intensified.

But the No. 3 Terps proved there was another defense worth noting Friday. After getting just enough offense from their senior leader, they delivered a complete defensive effort to capture a 1-0 win over Creighton in front of a crowd of 5,648.

“Their front four or five are excellent, and we hadn’t played a potent attack like that for a while,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “So that was the No. 1 thing, that we had to be the better defending team on the field, and I thought we were today.”

The Terps (10-0-1) held Creighton to a season-low six shots and just two chances on goal. The Bluejays, who entered the match averaging more than two goals a game, didn’t have a shot attempt for the first 48 minutes Friday.

That stalwart defensive effort ensured that Casey Townsend’s goal in the 14th minute was enough to keep the Terps’ unbeaten streak alive.

From near midfield, forward Patrick Mullins lobbed a looping pass to a

Quarterback Danny O’Brien heads upfield during the Terps’ 28-3 win against Towson at Byrd Stadium on Saturday. The Terps, who resume ACC play this Saturday at Georgia Tech, led by seven at halftime before distancing themselves with 21 unanswered points. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

ACC play beckons after middling win

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

Saturday’s game against Towson was supposed to offer the Terrapins football team a final, painless opportunity to work out the kinks in its game before entering the meat of its schedule.

But with another lackluster performance, this time against an FCS opponent, the Terps’ flaws only became all the more obvious — and worrying.

Though the Terps walked off Byrd Stadium smiling after a 28-3 victory, the Tigers did much more to lose Saturday’s game than their hosts did to win it. With four second-

half turnovers, a slew of penalties and an inability to capitalize on the Terps’ sloppy first half, Towson largely spoiled its chance at what could have been a landmark victory.

“I think the biggest thing is that we got a win,” coach Randy Edsall said. “I thought that we showed resiliency, I thought we battled and I thought that they played the game for 60 minutes today.

“But, again, we just have to keep getting better.”

Edsall explained afterward that Towson coach Rob Ambrose, who coached under Edsall at Connecticut, threw

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he final score looked how it was supposed to — like a blowout, a 25-point victory for the D-I program over its in-state fodder.

But until the Terrapins football team pulled away late in the second half against Towson, it was hard to tell which was fighting for bowl eligibility and which was gunning for an FCS playoff spot.

The 28-3 score doesn’t

show it, but against an FCS team, in their own stadium, the Terps were outplayed for much of the day.

Coach Randy Edsall and his team can say that a win is a win all they want, but there is no way on earth they’re happy with the circumstances of that victory. Not against Towson. Not after what happened against Temple the week before. It might have been one of the Terps’ most underwhelming, unimpressive, unpromising 25point wins in program history.

The Terps found the end zone on the game’s opening drive, then didn’t score again

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Midfielder John Stertzer leaps for a header during a 1-0 victory Friday night against No. 2 Creighton.

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VOLLEYBALL

FIELD HOCKEY

No. 3 Terps close out 6-3 win in style Points away from weekend Witmer’s goal ends sweep, Terps lose control Cavaliers’ chances

of comeback Friday

After rallying to upend Cavaliers on Friday, Terps can’t close out second win vs. Hokies

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

Clinging to a two-goal lead with just more than a minute left in regulation Friday, the Terrapins field hockey team could only watch as Virginia set up its offense for a crucial penalty-corner opportunity.

A Cavaliers goal would have offered a bit of hope for their chances in the game. What happened in a span of 10 seconds soon after, however, all but ended it.

With 58 seconds on the clock, Virginia midfielder Elly Buckley rifled a shot at the Terps’ goal. But goalie Melissa Vassalotti made the save, giving midfielder Jemma Buckley a chance to clear the ball out of the circle. Two passes later, the ball was at forward Jill Witmer’s stick.

Witmer handled the pass and, in a flash, sprinted past her defender toward the top of the shooting circle

BY NICHOLAS MUNSON Staff writer

Forward Jill Witmer’s goal late in the second half Friday clinched a 6-3 win for the Terps over ACC rival Virginia. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

and ripped a shot toward the net. Virginia goalie Adrienne Ostroff couldn’t get in front of it in time, and Witmer’s goal with 48 seconds remaining proved to be the clincher in a 6-3 Terps victory.

“If you put a game within two, it’s a game. You can score two goals in a minute, no problem,” coach Missy

Meharg said. “I’m glad we were able to make a brilliant counterattack past two lanes for a goal. And once you’re back up to three goals, you’re in a different position.”

It was the No. 3 Terps’ (10-1, 3-0 ACC) 15th consecutive win in the

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For a moment yesterday, it looked as if the Terrapins volleyball team would walk away from the weekend with two conference victories under its belt. Then, in a matter of points, that hope slipped away.

Holding a 2-0 set lead over Virginia Tech with a 21-21 tie in the third frame, the Terps dropped the set, lost control of the match and squandered a chance at a three-match conference winning streak. It also put a damper on the results of their earlier match against Virginia, a five-set comeback victory Friday.

“It was pretty disappointing,” coach Tim Horsmon said. “Being up 2-0, and having an opportunity to put it away at home, it’s very disappointing that we

couldn’t take care of business.”

Although the weekend ended on a sour note, career highs and comebacks abounded when the Terps (9-8, 3-2 ACC) faced Virginia (6-9, 0-5). Setter Remy McBain achieved her third career triple-double, tallying 11 kills, 21 digs and 55 assists — just one shy away from tying her career mark. ACC Freshman of the Week Adreene Elliott contributed 17 kills and a 43.3 hitting percentage. Outside hitter Mary Cushman, quickly becoming the attacking leader of the Terps, notched 18 kills, a career high, and 14 digs.

After trailing 2-1 after the third set, the Terps rallied in each of the final two sets. Down 20-16 in the fourth set, they used a sudden offensive barrage to knot the score at 21. The Terps fell

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