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Freshmen minority numbers decline Admin. unconcerned by 28-percent drop in black enrollment in 2013 class

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ble by running back Davin Meggett at their own 31 had given the Tigers two chances to dash the Terps’ hopes of pulling off the unlikely upset — or at least force overtime. But both times, the Terps’ defense didn’t allow the Tigers to gain more than a yard, and Jackson missed both a 47-yard field goal attempt and a 48yard attempt wide right.

After the Terps went three-and-out and punted, Hartsfield and defensive coordinator Don Brown didn’t want to leave anything to chance. Brown called a blitz on

The number of black students enrolled in this year’s freshman class has decreased by 28 percent since last year, concerning black student leaders but not the administration.

This year, the university enrolled 387 firsttime black students compared to last year’s 539, according data released last week by the university’s Institutional Research Planning and Assessment. The decline goes against the recent upward trend of enrollment — total enrollment increased by about 300 this year.

While there are various factors that can contribute to this slip in numbers, most student leaders pointed to the nation’s unstable economy as a main contributor.

“That number is very, very surprising,” President of the Black Honors Caucus Brittany Hollis said. “I didn’t think it was that bad at all. You wouldn’t think that with our number of overall black students that that could be true. You can’t blame it on people not wanting to go here. But a lot of people think about money. This place is expensive, and some might just cross it of their list.”

But top administration officials said while the number was unforeseen, it is not indicative of this university’s overall diversity.

“I don’t see this drop having a significant

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Linebacker Alex Wujciak attempts to pump up the crowd during the Terps’ 24-21 win against Clemson on Saturday.

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A SIGH OF RELIEF Terps squeak by Clemson 24-21 in thrilling ACC opener Saturday

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Demetrius Hartsfield wasn’t going to give Clemson kicker Richard Jackson a third opportunity to tie the game.

Clinging to a three-point lead late in the Terps’ emotional 24-21 win Saturday, Hartsfield and the Terps’ defense had just shut down the Tigers on two consecutive possessions, but now, the Tigers were driving again.

In the final six minutes of the game, a Terp turnover on downs at their own 29 yard line on fourth-and-inches and a fum-

USLT program joins American studies dept.

After 18 months, minor’s supporters see stability, but anxiety remains

BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer

After a year and a half of searching for stability, the U.S. Latino studies minor has found a permanent home in the American studies department. But some advocates remain restless and worry about the program’s future.

“It appears to me that the program is running smoothly,” said Ruth Zambrana, a former interim director of the program.

“I think the program is an important part of this university’s diversity plan. What we’re hoping is that the USLT program will continue to grow with the help and strength of the department of American studies.”

Zambrana, a women’s studies professor, said the minor’s move to American studies was finalized July 1. Nancy Struna,

the American studies department chair, now oversees the minor. She had not responded to questions as of press time.

Even with its new home, some students worry the minor is still on uncertain ground.

“What I have noticed is that there is a little less anxiety. It’s good that it’s found a home,” said Jacob Crider, a junior USLT minor who is also the judicial chair of the Coalition of Latino Student Organizations.

“Latino student organizations have a responsibility to make sure this minor stays and flourishes. If students aren’t involved, there’s no point in even having the minor. Especially since the minor is still in its infancy.”

The move to American studies has had no impact on the

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Paying for hunger Despite diet restrictions, sophomore forced to buy dining plan her dorm, she throws up, unable to keep down what little she consumes.

“I get the dirtiest looks in the dining hall. People think I’m anorexic because I only get fruits and vegetables,” Griffin said. “But really, I can’t eat anything they serve.”

Last year, Griffin was diagnosed with

BY AMY HEMMATI Staff writer

Kat Griffin does not have an eating disorder. But the sophomore public health major often leaves the dining halls with nothing more than fruit, vegetables or Fruity Pebbles. And sometimes back at

Celiac disease — an auto-immune disease that allows the lining of her small intestine to be damaged by gluten protein, which is found in everything made with wheat or wheat products. Although Griffin can only eat a few items offered by

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Runnin’ Route 1 College Park-themed reworking of Jay-Z’s “Run This Town” is alumnus’ latest track

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DK, a university alumnus, recently released a College Park-themed spinoff of Jay-Z’s “Run This Town.” COURTESY PHOTO

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“Yo, this is a College Park exclusive.

Maryland, stand up.”

Students across the campus, whether they represent the North side or the South side, may have just found a unifying anthem in a new song that finally poses a question that many have asked

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themselves before: Who is gonna run Route 1 tonight?

University alumnus DK’s — aka Wayne Watt’s — newest universitythemed song: “Run Route 1” is a spinoff of Jay-Z’s “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. And though the original announces Jay-Z’s arrival as

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CLARIFICATION A headline for Friday’s story about the departure of Garth Rockcastle, the dean of the architecture school, mischaracterized the reasons for which Rockcastle is leaving the university. Rockcastle is leaving not only because of the budget cuts, but also due to a desire to not stay in academia for too long and to focus on his architectural firm, Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle.

DINING from page 1 Dining Ser vices, she was required to purchase a dining plan in order to live in a traditional dorm and fully participate in the CIVICUS living and learning program.

For Dining Services, Griffin’s case is an extreme situation — she has the trifecta of dietar y restrictions: She’s a vegetarian by choice, and her condition requires her to remain glutenand dairy-free.

While each of these options is offered in the dining halls on a regular basis, Dining Ser vices officials said, it is very rare for meals that meet all three of these conditions to be offered.

“We have things that almost all students can eat, even though there are many cases when students cannot eat ever ything,” Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said.

After Grif fin was diagnosed, she met with Dining Ser vices Quality Coordinator and Dietitian Maureen Schrimpe to design a

Univ. Police release annual crime report Some laud the report, saying it keeps students informed, safer

BY KARA ESTELLE Staff writer

University Police released an annual report last week detailing university efforts to keep the campus safe and how students can protect themselves from crime.

University Police Capt. John Brandt sent out an e-mail to the university community Thursday that explained the 2009 Annual Security Report and contained a link to access it online. The report includes information about on-campus security, crime reporting procedures and alcohol and drug policies. It also lists campus crime statistics for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

The report shows that the rates of nearly all crimes were down as of the end of 2008.

Forcible sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts all decreased from 2006.

The report is made available to the university community in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The act is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities in the nation to release crime data for areas on and around their campuses.

Students said they appreciated the information.

David Coleman, a freshman aerospace engineering major who said he just briefly skimmed the report, said it is good to

“It’s better to know the truth about what’s going on.”

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USLT from page 1 structure of classes in the minor, Crider said. The 15-credit program consists of two courses on Latino history and culture, a senior seminar and two upper-level elective courses. ”It’s a minor that definitely branches out, and the different courses that can help you understand more about yourself,” Crider said. “For those of us who are Latino, it’s about getting to know where we come from. It’s definitely an area of expertise that’s overlooked, and people aren’t aware of the role Latinos play in the history of the U.S., especially with the issues of immigration. By learning the history, it gives us a better understanding of the present.”

Because of the popularity of USLT courses, additional classes would not be a surprise, he added. But with the university’s budget cuts and the push toward a more diverse campus, many are still searching for solutions.

“USLT is important for the

know there are people looking out for the campus, paying attention to what is going on and updating students.

“It’s better to know the truth about what’s going on,” sophomore government and politics major Jesse Warren said.

Warren said, though he has not read the report yet, he thinks releasing the information is a good idea. He said he also likes getting the crime alert e-mails, so he can stay informed about crime on the campus.

Students’ safety has always been a concern at the university, and students have often reported not feeling safe on the campus. But some students said they feel safer if they are aware of the crimes that do happen.

Coleman said it’s comforting to be kept informed, and the report does not make him feel any less safe.

Sophomore physiology and neurobiology major Katia Chikhoune also said knowing the crime statistics makes her feel more safe and secure.

University Police spokesman Paul Dillon said students should follow the safety advice in the report.

“There are no guarantees against becoming a victim,” the report states in the section of student safety tips. “[Assailants]... seek an opportunity. The following suggestions may help reduce the opportunity.”

The document advises students to know their environment, reduce the time they spend alone, plan what to do if confronted by an assailant, look out for other people on the campus, plan their walks to make use of video-monitored areas and be aware that most sexual assaults of campus students are committed by acquaintances. estelle@umdbk.com

“For those of us who are Latino, it’s about getting to know where we come from.

It’s definitely an area of expertise that’s overlooked. ... By learning the history, it gives us a better understanding of the present.”

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university as a whole, especially with the diversity plan they’re putting in place,” Crider said. “But there’s a lack of funding, so we just need to make sure we have the support of the faculty for the minority programs.” hampton@umdbk.com

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meal plan that would meet her dietary needs.

To help accommodate students with allergies that keep them from eating a large range of foods, Dining Services instituted an icon labeling system that indicates if value meals and side dishes are gluten-free, dairy-free or vegetarian. Ingredients are listed online, and students with special dietar y restrictions meet with chefs regularly to express their concerns, dining officials said.

“We try to listen to the students who come see us as much as possible because they’re living with these allergies at home,” Schrimpe said. “It’s very rare that we get students who we can’t accommodate.”

Though the Residence Hall Association instituted the policy requiring all students living in traditional dorms to purchase dining plans, it is often up to Dining Services to ensure that students living in dorms who need special accommodations can still get the nutrition they need from the dining halls.

When students have allergies that are just too severe to be

MEAL PLAN PRICES Dining Services requires freshman residents to purchase a Resident Dining Plan. Students have three choices, but each plan costs in excess of $4,000 annually: Price Resident Dining Plan $4,352 Resident Dining Plan Plus $4,552 Resident Dining Plan Red $4,152 accommodated, Dining Services works with the RHA to reassign students to apartment-style housing where they can prepare meals for themselves and are not required to purchase meal plans.

Griffin’s condition, however, is such that the possibility of crosscontamination keeps her from being able to share a kitchen with people who eat food with gluten or dairy.

With dining hall food off the table and the thought of sharing a kitchen with strangers in apartment-style housing frightening, Griffin is looking to move off the campus next semester.

“I’ve given up on Dining Ser vices and Resident Life,”

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Griffin said. “They’ve been really nice, but there is really nothing they have done to accommodate my situation.”

Other students who have just one dietary restriction said they find the dining halls are generally non-restrictive.

“A lot of the value meals and stuff usually have cheese in them.

Since those are the cheaper options, it’s inconvenient that I can’t buy them more regularly,” freshman computer science major Alexa Stott, who is lactose intolerant, said. “I can always go for the vegan meals, though, so there is always something I can eat.” hemmati@umdbk.com

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Students from Washington-area schools dance at Masti Garba, an annual event celebrating the last day of the Indian tradition of Navaratri. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Mastering Masti Indian student group sponsors traditional dance celebration

BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer

Blurs of color — brilliant sapphire, radiant ruby and fiery orange — whirled around the Grand Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union on Friday night as brightly clad students danced to worship Hindu gods.

The dance was part of Masti Garba, an annual event that attracts students and community members from the Washington area to celebrate the last day of the Indian tradition of Navaratri, a nine-day celebration of the nine forms of the goddess Shakti, the sacred force of empowerment, and the divine Amba, mother of the universe.

Maryland Masti, a group of students who hold events to promote Indian culture, held the university’s first Masti Garba in 2005.

Students said the event harkens back to their Indian roots while providing a creative outlet and raising awareness and interest among students from other backgrounds and cultures.

A few hundred people — mainly students — performed the dance of Garba to worship the Hindu goddess of valor and the dance of Dandiya Raas as a celebration of joy. As part of West Indian culture, children grow up learning the dances and how to perform religious rituals like feasting and fasting.

Participants exchanged hugs and secret handshakes as old friends reconnected and new friendships were formed. Hands waved in the air to the rhythm of the music performed by a local Indian group.

“It’s easy,” one girl said to her friend as

Students first held Masti Garba on the campus in 2005, aiming to promote Indian culture. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

“It’s a way for people to connect to their heritage and culture back in India.”

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she placed one foot perpendicular to the other, demonstrating a dance step. The two were passed by a dancing mother followed by her clapping toddler.

“It’s a way for people to connect to their heritage and culture back in India,” said Pragun Vohra, a co-director of Maryland Masti. “We want to raise cultural awareness, but there’s another side of it. We like to provide people an outlet for their passion.”

Because the nine-day Navaratri festival is interrupted by classes, Maryland Masti and other Indian student groups like the Hindu Student Union put together events starting Sept. 18 for three consecutive

weekends which are open to the public.

George Washington University and other Washington-area schools also hold Navaratri events, and students from neighboring universities visit one another during the holiday, creating a sense of community. Most attendees of Friday’s dance were Indian, but many also brought non-Indian friends.

“I’m the token white girl,” said Dana Sleeper, a student from George Washington. “This is my first time coming to one of these.”

Students said the dances are good bonding experiences.

“I love to dance and it’s a great time to spend with your friends,” said sophomore international business major Ramya Tallapragada.

“It’s just a good way to get in touch with your culture and meet up with friends from different schools,” added junior public and community health major Digna Kakkanattu. “You get a sense that we’re one community.” hampton@umdbk.com

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king of the hip-hop world, DK’s version celebrates all that is College Park.

“I love University of Maryland,” DK said. “It’s my baby. I’m glad I went there. I miss it.”

The lyrics of his newest song touch on every aspect of campus life. The rap brings up social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, names many of the downtown bars and calls out “walk of shamers” after the All Niter and the “freshmen hoppin” on the purple route of Shuttle-UM. For the past few years, DK has written and released back-toschool songs.

He releases the songs the first week of school each year, and they are usually covers of popular songs that he gives a university twist. He released “The Facebook Song” parts one and two in 2005; in 2007, it was “Can’t Tell Me Nothing Cause I Graduated,” a rendition of Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”; in 2008 it was “Can’t Believe It (College Edition),” a cover of the popular T-Pain jam.

“One reason is it’s for alumni,” DK said. “It’s so that it’s there telling them about stuff they already know like the All Niter, The Diamondback and the Commons and the Incon.

And it gives new students who come on campus an outlook on the campus already.”

During his time at the university, DK opened for bands like Slum Village, The Clipse, Fertile Ground and The All-American Rejects. He also performed frequently at Juke Joint events and at Sante Fe Cafe.

DK is also the lead MC in a band made up of university students and alumni called Black Diamond. The seven-member band performs at venues around the Washington area.

“DK, he’s a real character for one,” Black Diamond trumpet and keyboard player Johnny Graham said. “He’s real fun. Sometimes rappers don’t really know music. DK, he knows music.”

After graduating in 2007, DK has been working to start his own music career. He released his second album, Tha Firelane Project, earlier this spring, and has been performing at colleges around the East Coast. The album was released by Evergreen Music — a label owned by his father.

But it’s not just all recording sessions and concert tours for DK. The artist also works as a substitute teacher at a middle school in York, Pa. He divides

ENROLLMENT from page 1 effect on our diversity numbers,” said Rob Waters, assistant to the university president for equity and diversity. “We will certainly factor this new information into our town hall forum later this month, but the overall number may stay steady.”

In last month’s State of the Campus speech, university President Dan Mote boasted about the high achievement of this year’s incoming freshman class, touting an average SAT score of 1285 and an average GPA of 3.93.

But the high caliber of the freshman class paired with low black enrollment left some student leaders questioning the value of academic achievement over racial diversity.

“With a high standard you would have more chances for diversity, but you would also expect to have more than 400 black students coming in,” Hollis said. “That’s crazy. The statistics say we have over 3,000 black students, but where are they?”

Black Student Union President Amber Simmons agreed.

“I’m not surprised. It’s very apparent, you can see the numbers aren’t there at all,” she said.

“As a student, I’m glad we’re getting the students who can match our achievement and improve our university, but as a black student I am definitely upset about

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his time between teaching there and pursuing his music career in Baltimore.

DK said he enjoys teaching and said his students have even checked out his music on YouTube.

“It’s easy to balance,” DK said.

“Being teacher shows how much music is important to kids.”

And having a positive impact on his middle school kids is part of the optimistic message DK wants to send with his music. He said his music is all about being who he is, and he wants to tell kids to enjoy life, go to college and get a degree.

“I’m not trying to sell kids short,” DK said. “A lot of times in hip-hop, the rapper is fibbing or lying or showing one side of life. I just want to be able to be authentic. I went to Maryland — I want to talk about stuff college kids would do.”

DK has music in his blood and has always loved recording. His parents were in a band before he was born (his mom plays guitar, his dad plays bass) and the family has always had a recording studio in or close to their home. The young Watts used to sneak down to his parent’s studio and watch various artists recording.

His dad, Wayne Watts, president of Evergreen Music, said he thought his son was more likely destined for a career in basketball than hip-hop. He said he remembers DK trying to record a rap song for the first time with a few friends when he was a kid. All his son would do was laugh when it came time to record.

Times changed as DK got older, though, when he wrote his first single around the age of 14 and dropped his first album called That’s My Boy his senior year of high school, also through Evergreen Music.

“It’s his passion,” Watts said.

“He completed college like I wanted him to do. I feel good about it, and I love his kind of rap.

We are headed in that direction.

It’s working good from a company standpoint and from a personal standpoint.”

His newest album is supposed to be released on a CD format in December and he also expects to come to the university to perform sometime next semester.

But for now, students are just going to have to satisfy themselves with “Run Route 1” as the song makes the circuit around Twitter and YouTube, and can be heard in dorms, at tailgates and on iPods around campus.

“Just go ahead and put your cups in the air, scream ‘Hell, yeah!’” tousignant@umdbk.com

not being accounted for.”

Some student organizations, including the BSU, are planning to recruit at area high schools and historically black colleges and universities in hopes of counteracting the slipping number of incoming black students.

Students said the ethnic, racial and cultural diversity of the student body is as important as having an array of talent, interest and intellect.

“I don’t know where the university is heading with this, but I don’t agree with it,” said Mark Conway, president of this university’s chapter of the National Association. “If these numbers decrease, you lose a lot of the flavor on campus. One of the reasons I came here was because of the diversity.”

Administrators, who said they couldn’t speak to the reason for the decline, said they were more perplexed than worried.

“Something is definitely going to have to be done,” Waters said. “You have to be troubled because the ripple will screw upcoming numbers.

We need to figure out why this is happening.”

Other minority groups also saw a decline in enrollment, the IRPA data revealed. Latino enrollment dropped by less than a percentage point, as did American Indian enrollment.

Both white and Asian enrollment saw increases. hampton@umdbk.com

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Climate, Kyoto and council

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tudents may have noticed a slight difference in their morning commute they observe, much in the same way they enforce mandatory seat-belt laws. today: the lack of hundreds of other drivers on the highway who should- Proving a driver was texting and not Twittering could be a difficult task, but drivn’t have been texting away on their cell phones. At least that’s the hope ers in accidents could have their cell phone records obtained. The new law bans of the Maryland General Assembly, whose ban on text messaging while texting, but it hopefully will reinforce the idea that using Twitter and Facebook behind the wheel is equally stupid. driving went into effect last Thursday.

The District of Columbia and the 28 states, including this state, that have A year after it was initially introduced, an act forbidding texting while driving finally told drivers enough is enough. Drivers caught sending text messages placed restrictions on texting are leading the way in what should be a nationwide effort. Even though the federal government does not have while driving could be fined up to $500. And on the eve of the the authority to ban distracted driving nationwide, they new law being instated, President Barack Obama banned fedshould encourage every state government to ban these activeral employees from texting while behind the wheel of government vehicles or using government-issued cell phones The state texting-while- ities. Studies show 93 percent of American drivers support a nationwide ban on texting while driving. There are few situawhile driving. driving law is a good tions where it is absolutely imperative to respond to a text A ban on text messaging while driving is long overdue. Drivers who partake in activities that cause them to take their start but allows for too while driving. Talking on the phone is still legal in this state, and if a text is really necessary, drivers can pull over. Coneyes off the road, like texting, cause nearly 80 percent of all many loopholes. gress should ensure texting and any other activity that accidents. Many of those casualties are young adults and results in drivers typing away on their cell phones are illegal teens. While the ban in this state is a step in the right direcacross the country. tion, it doesn’t go far enough.

Laws aren’t enacted unless there are serious problems with the current sysPolice now have the ability to pull over anyone suspected of texting, but the ban has left striking loopholes. It does not punish drivers from posting to Face- tem. Most people agree driving while texting is distracting and dangerous, but book or Twitter, writing e-mails or playing games on their iPhones. It is also still many — young and old — continue to do it. We live busy lives, and our social and legal to read text messages, and there is no mention of drivers searching for professional obligations can make responding to that text seem of vital impormusic on MP3 players. These discrepancies in the law dilute the effectiveness of tance. But what’s more important is the need for fewer people to die on the roads each year due to foolishness. The world is a hectic place, but we could all benefit the ban and continues to put lives at risk.

It will be up to state law enforcement officers to enforce the law based on what from taking a minute to put the phone down and keep our eyes on the road.

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Student activism: No better time

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t looks like university President Dan Mote and Vice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie are having some communication issues. At the budget issues town hall meeting, I questioned how the administration could ask everyone to pitch in while keeping the budget secret.

Wylie first told me that the budget was in fact on the Internet, before Mote corrected her, saying that the budget was very accessible — on one computer in Hornbake Library.

Now the budget is online, and the two of them still can’t seem to get their message straight. In the Sept. 25 Diamondback article, “Students post university budget online,” Mote was quoted saying of the budget, “It doesn’t do you a damn bit of good when you see it.”

He does have a point; the budget is 873 pages with no table of contents and general categories such as “Outside Consultant” with no specifics.

Apparently, Wylie feels differently.

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HARRIS In the same article, she said this was the budget they used to make cuts and we activists “haven’t studied it yet.”

Uh-huh. These two statements directly contradict. At least one of them is either lying or spectacularly uninvolved in the budget cut process.

The only other possibility is the administration is using a document the president of the university says doesn’t do a “damn bit of good” to make decisions that effect every university member’s life. I desperately hope that’s not the case.

Just when the administration seems to be coming apart at the seams, students are starting to unite. The Stu-

dent Government Association has teamed up with student organizers on the two major campaigns of this young semester: defending students’ free speech and pushing for greater budget transparency. I have to say I didn’t see it coming. My fellow columnist Matt Verghese — whom I’m pretty sure I once called a brainwashed tool of the ruling class in our section of GVPT100: Principles of Government and Politics — endorsed posting the budget. I’ve been in meeting after meeting with the golf-playing Republican, SGA President Steve Glickman. Say what you will about Glickman’s attendance — and I don’t know anyone who didn’t think Justin Cousson’s cartoons were hilarious — but the SGA has been moving in the right direction.

It’s a good thing too, because we’re going to need all hands on deck very soon. Annapolis has tasked the Board of Regents with making sure a pornviewing policy is implemented by Dec. 1. What may have seemed to some

like a joke or stunt last year has rapidly grown into an unprecedented threat to student speech at the university. If we don’t turn this one around, any student group that wants to show a movie might find themselves in front of a censorship board.

At the same time, it’s no secret in the administration that another round of furloughs are coming next fall, accompanied by a tuition hike.

Without comprehensive budget transparency, we can’t know if cuts are being made responsibly. I’m not OK with taking the administration’s word for it when Mote and Wylie can’t even get their stories straight. We can beat back the porn policy and get some budget accountability, but we can’t do it alone. So if you’re a student who has been waiting for the right time to get involved, the time is now.

Malcolm Harris is a junior English and government and politics major. He can be reached at harris@umdbk.com.

Career choices: It could be worse

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henever you think your career choice is too hard, just remember — it could be worse.

I needed a wake-up call the summer of my junior year, when I had just come home from my first Friday that ended a full week’s work at the local newspaper.

I was already thoroughly exhausted from the work-a-day world.

“I don’t know,” I said. “I just don’t know if I can do it for the rest of my life.

Working five days a week is so hard and reporting can be so stressful. Maybe I’m just not cut out for journalism.”

My mother looked at me skeptically.

“Well, working in the real world isn’t easy. When I was teaching...”

Here we go, I thought. Yeah, yeah, uphill both ways and everything. So maybe you’ve had some experience, but I’ve been at this job for a week now!

Can’t you see I’m suffering?

For lunch today, I ate a melted Power Bar that had been shoved under the passenger’s seat for a week! I’ve been falling asleep during the 9 p.m. showing

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HARE of Jon & Kate Plus 8 for heaven’s sake!

My pink tote is getting newspaper print all over it, and my business heels are giving me blisters!

“Well, would you rather go back to being Deli Girl?”

Foiled. Now that was a hard, thankless job.

My brief stint as Deli Girl at the local supermarket lasted about three months one summer, and I’ve never been the same since.

I wore a square blue smock that fit like an oversized man’s dress shirt starched into place. It had awkward three-quarter-length sleeves that I rolled up on humid days, when the deli roasted with the heat of the ovens in the

prepared foods section, the heavy smock hung on my frame like chain mail and I couldn’t even scratch that maddening itch on my nose because my hands were sucked into plastic sanitary gloves.

For hygienic reasons, I kept my hair yanked back and secured tightly under a bandana. Over the smock, I’d don an apron, and the combination of the two protective layers could usually keep me from getting meat juices and cheese bits on my clothes.

Be careful not to drip that roast beef on you when you pull it off the shelf — it’s still mooin’.

When it was a busy day, the customers came in busloads. They would line up in droves, jockeying for positions, complaining about the numbers they pulled and what was wrong with their orders.

“Why can’t you make a half Italian cold cut instead of a whole, like I asked?”

At the end of the day, I’d come home smelling like pickle and pepper loaf, ambrosia fruit salad and sharp moz-

zarella. As soon as I’d walk in the door, my dogs would attack me, jumping at the pasta salad oil stain on my shirt and hovering over that drip of roast beef blood on my left sneaker.

“Can’t you take your shoes off at the door? You’re dragging lunchmeat into the house!”

The occupations might differ, but the summer job experience is always the same: boring, monotonous, exhausting, hot, grueling, demanding, strenuous, unappetizing, thankless and odorous.

I came home tired and cranky, smelling of meat and cheese and coleslaw, thinking, “What job could ever be harder than this?”

So the next time you might start thinking you hate your internship, your major or your classes, just remember, it could be worse.

Would you rather go back to being Deli Girl?

Rachel Hare is a senior French and journalism major. She can be reached at hare@umdbk.com.

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welve years ago, world leaders signed the Kyoto Protocol, a global treaty that promised to develop strategies to mitigate the perils of global climate change. Epic fail.

Without mechanisms of accountability and without the support of Earth’s largest polluter, the United States, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has skyrocketed to about 380 parts per million and is still rising. NASA climatologist James Hansen suggests that, in order to avoid ecological catastrophe, concentrations of carbon dioxide must be reduced and held steady at 350 parts per million (see www.350.org). People sit with their fingers crossed, awaiting climate change solutions to be handed down at the next global summit on climate change this December in Copenhagen.

The United States may be able to redeem itself from the ghosts of Kyoto past and earn bargaining power on the world stage by committing to carbon emissions reductions before December. The House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act last June. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) recently introduced the Senate version: the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. However, coal and oil lobbyists are sure to grease up this bill just as they have the House version.

In spite of the difficulties of topdown change, communities working together will bring about the clean energy revolution. In College Park, creative ideas generated by students are already taking hold. Two weeks ago, the College Park City Council held a work session to discuss the possibility of implementing an energy-efficiency loan fund to finance efficiency upgrades for College Park residents. This idea was suggested to the city council by a student group along with a list of several other policies which would save the city money while cutting carbon emissions.

The city council is working with a student group to develop policy? This surely is a historic moment. But it shouldn’t be. Students working with the city to make College Park a better place should be standard operating procedure. However, students have never represented a large voting block in a city council election, so the city council has never had a reason to listen to students. With an election on Nov. 3, we have a unique opportunity to change our relationship with the city council by voting en masse and engaging the council. In order to vote in council elections, one must register to vote in College Park. The deadline for registration is today at 5 p.m.

You can find voter registration forms in the Student Government Association office in the Student Involvement Suite in Stamp Student Union.

The standard recommendations for “green living,” changing to compact fluorescent light bulbs, driving less and using “eco-friendly” products, illustrate the immense disproportion between the magnitude of the problem and the puniness of the changes we are being asked to make. We need to stop trying to be less bad and start trying to be good.

Through direct action and engagement with elected officials on a local level, we can empower the communities we live in to implement innovative and far-reaching solutions to climate change.

Jesse Yurow is the agricultural and natural resources legislator in the Student Government Association. He can be reached at jyurow@umd.edu.

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ALL THE CRAP YOU CARE ABOUT: PISSED OFF PENN After Sean Penn had done some shopping at Brentwood Country Mart in California, the two-time Oscar winner proceeded to approach a member of the paparazzi and kick the photographer, according to TMZ. Lesson learned? Just don’t f––– with Jeff Spicoli.

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INTERVIEW | SHWAYZE

Riding the Shwayze train Shwayze and Cisco Adler chat about their new album, Let It Beat

BY MAY WILDMAN For The Diamondback

Shwayze and Cisco Adler are a multi-talented pair of dudes. In the ways of music, they’ve turned out hit singles “Buzzin’” and “Corona and Lime,” which may have been the soundtrack to your summer. On the side, they’ve had their own MTV reality show, Buzzin’, and are planning to shoot a movie in January. In a conference call, they told us about tripping onstage, gave advice for aspiring artists and promoted their new album, Let It Beat.

The Diamondback: How psyched are you for your new album, Let It Beat, to drop?

Shwayze: Very excited, very excited. This is the second album for us. We’re finally finding our style. For me, it’s nice after having the first record and not knowing how people were going to react.

We have more people to support us now.

Adler: It’s the next chapter.

We wanna show different sides of us and see how we grow with our audience.

DBK: Your new track “Get U Home” sounds a lot different from your previous stuff.

What happened?

Adler: You know what?

That’s only one song. We wanted to come out and shock people a little bit. We wanted to show people that there are a lot of different sides to this group.

You won’t be surprised to hear five or six songs in the vein of the last record, so you’re not getting a big dance record.

“Get U Home” is definitely the only song of its kind. We have one song on the album with Snoop Dogg that’s a straightup hip-hop track. There’s another with a full horn section with an old soul sound. We’re all over the board.

DBK: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done on stage?

Adler: Well, I’ve gotten completely naked on stage.

Shwayze: I’ve never done anything really crazy. The only thing I’ve done is fall on stage pretty much flat on my face. That was an embarrassing moment.

Adler: We try to get crazy every night and give it our all, so by the end of the night we’re exhausted and sweaty. Sometimes we’re all bloody.

DBK: It seems like you guys are really tight with your fans.

You did that reality show on MTV, and on your website you have a phone number at which fans can reach you. Tell me about how important fans are to you.

Adler: Oh, man. The thing about that is … this movement was created by the fans. It wasn’t created by a label, with marketing. We started out by giving music to people; it got online and started spreading. That’s what makes our music real, and it’s what keeps it going, you know what I mean? Our record was out for two years online before we put it out. The TV show just expanded our audience. Our fans are extremely important to us.

DBK: Could you imagine doing anything but music?

Adler: Music is my life. If the music stops, then my heart

stops beating. That’s why the album’s called Let It Beat.

Shwayze: I definitely could not. Music is definitely a part of my life no matter what. I’ll probably try other things eventually, but for right now, it’s music and the movie we’re shooting in January.

DBK: Can you tell me more about this movie?

Adler: We can’t say much about the movie, but it’s sort of a buddy comedy that’s about a music group, but not necessarily Shwayze. It’s more of a fictionalized version. It’s hilarious. It’s gonna be great. It’s actually going to be directed by Nick Goossen, who directed Grandma’s Boy. I think Nick Swardson’s gonna be in it.

DBK: What advice can you give to aspiring artists?

Adler: I would say… just be yourself, because everyone can spot a fake. Keep doing it, and if people say no, and you really believe in yourself, tell them to f––– off. What you really gotta do is hone your craft. The more songs you make the better you get. You gotta experiment, don’t let it get stagnant. And build a fan base. I’ve seen a lot of great musicians who are just sitting at home doing nothing.

You gotta get out there and spread your music, you gotta get good live.

Shwayze: Don’t do it expecting to get rich off of it. If you’re going to do it, you gotta do it for the love of it. It’s so much harder to get rich off music as it was back in the day.

Adler: Yeah, it’s gotta be a labor of love.

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Cisco Adler (left) and Shwayze will release the new album Let It Beat on Oct. 27.

DBK: What’s the coolest thing about being famous?

Adler: It’s kinda interesting.

I was always the kid at school who was friends with a million people, and I think Shwayze was like that too. He once said that fame is kinda like being the popular kid at school everywhere you go. The coolest thing about it is not the fame — it’s when people come up to you and say ‘I was having a hard time, and your music

got me through it,’ or ‘Your music is the soundtrack to my life.’ That’s why we had to go back to the lab and make Let It Beat as good as it could be and take it to different places. We wanted to be like, the last album was the soundtrack to their summer last summer, now we’re coming back and giving them some more music to live to. The girls are nice too.

DBK: All right, last question.

Why should we buy your album?

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TERP HIGHLIGHT The Terp defense stopped Clemson twice in a row in the fourth quarter after a turnover on downs and a fumble gave the Tigers the ball with a short field. Tiger kicker Richard Jackson then missed two long field goals that could have tied the game.

TERP LOWLIGHT The Terps went for it on fourth-and-inches from their own 29 with a three-point lead in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Chris Turner lost his footing on the play and failed to gain the first down.

Running back Gary Douglas rushed seven times for 21 yards and should see more opportunities now that running back Da’Rel Scott is out for an extended period of time with a broken bone in his forearm. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

CLEMSON from page 1 third-and-6, and Hartsfield made a move on a Clemson tackle and sacked Tiger quarterback Kyle Parker.

As Jackson set up to attempt a 57-yard field goal with seven seconds left, the sack was reviewed by officials and eventually ruled a fumble, which Hartsfield had recovered.

“It was definitely my biggest play of the game,” Hartsfield said.

“I had to step up, and it was a great play.”

After all their shortcomings led to an extremely disappointing start to the season, the Terps are 1-0 in the ACC. And for what it’s worth, they currently sit by themselves atop the Atlantic Division standings.

“It was a very important win for us, no question,” head coach Ralph Friedgen said. “What I was concerned about with my players was, not having the win, how

much longer could I keep getting them to give a good effort.”

Even before the wacky ending, it was a wild and unusual game that Friedgen said left many Terps feeling emotional afterward.

Wide receiver Torrey Smith said he “cried a little” on the sideline at the end, quarterback Chris Turner said it was “a pretty silly game,” and Friedgen got choked up telling reporters about what could have been a disastrous decision to go for it on that fourth-and-inches.

The Terps needed to gain about four inches to take a lot of pressure off the defense, but Turner fell to his left and didn’t get there.

“The fourth down probably wasn’t a smart call by me,” Friedgen said. “I was kicking myself for doing it. I let my emotions get involved and not my brain.”

Turner said “it was on me” that the Terps didn’t make it, and linebacker Adrian Moten said he was glad they went for it because the defense was going to need to make a stand if the Terps punted

in either case.

Meggett’s fumble only made the situation worse.

“I’m not going to lie — I was a little bit upset,” defensive tackle Travis Ivey said. “But at the same time, you gotta go out there and do your job. It’s our job to stop them from putting points on the board.”

Adding to the emotion of the game, Terp All-ACC running back Da’Rel Scott broke a bone in his forearm during the third quarter.

Friedgen said Scott will undergo surgery this week and could return in late November.

Left tackle Bruce Campbell injured his knee in the third quarter, and Friedgen said he is not yet sure how long Campbell will be out.

Clemson jumped out to a 10-0 lead early, but the Terps dominated the middle part of the game and scored 21 unanswered points to take a 24-13 lead in the third quarter.

Leading perhaps the Terps’ most efficient offensive posses-

sions of the season, Turner led back-to-back 76- and 81-yard scoring drives in the second quarter that culminated in a 29-yard touchdown catch in traffic by Smith and a diving 4-yard touchdown catch

by Ronnie Tyler, respectively.

In the third quarter, Tony Logan returned a punt to the Clemson 1-yard line, and Meggett scored from one yard out on an option pitch only three plays later.

Clemson’s C.J. Spiller returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards to cap the scoring. He dragged Terp cornerback Anthony Wiseman for several yards during the return as Wiseman tried to strip the ball rather than make the tackle.

The momentum swings weren’t pretty, and the Terps’ performance certainly wasn’t perfect, but they got the win.

“It was a great game to watch, not a great one to coach,” Friedgen said. “Someone asked me ‘Was this a tough game for you?’ I said ‘Not as tough as the last two.’” schimmel@umdbk.com

PLAY OF THE GAME Returner Tony Logan picked up a punt on a bounce and returned it 43 yards to the Tigers’ 1yard line in the third quarter. Running back Davin Meggett scored three plays later on an option pitch to give the Terps a 24-13 lead.

STAR OF THE GAME Kicker Nick Ferrara (right) filled in for injured punter Travis Baltz and punted eight times for a 43.2 yards average. He pinned Clemson inside their own 10 three times, and avoided the rush to get another punt off which Clemson fumbled after he muffed the snap. The true freshman kicker, who also punted in high school, also kicked a 43yard field goal in the second quarter.

KEY QUOTE “It was a very important win for us, no question. What I was concerned about with my players was, not having the win, how much longer could I keep getting them to give a good effort.”

—Coach Ralph Friedgen

WHAT THIS GAME MEANS The Terps are 1-0 in the ACC and the only undefeated team in the Atlantic Division. After their disappointing 1-3 start to the season they squeaked out a win against a talented team. The Terps still need to win four more conference games to earn a bowl appearance, and still have things to correct, but Saturday’s win was certainly a step in the right direction.

DETWEILER from page 8 effective,” Friedgen said.

And this time, Brown, who hasn’t appeared to the media directly after several of those disappointing losses, got the results he was looking for.

The defense had scrambled to make excuses for its poor play in the non-conference schedule. All the players wanted was time to get it right, but they didn’t even play well enough to earn that luxury.

It was hard to imagine a break out performance was coming given the lack of turnovers and the avalanche of points allowed.

It almost happened last week against Rutgers when the Scarlet Knights didn’t score an offensive touchdown until the fourth quarter. This time, the fourth quarter stands were the cherry on top of a tough defensive performance.

“That’s the joy of how our defense is improving,” Hartsfield said. “Coach Brown has been hearing it from everybody that he’s not a good coordinator.

TEAM STATS CLEMSON TERPS FIRST DOWNS 18 15 284 RUSHING 5 6 274 PASSING 11 9 215 PENALTY 2 0 193 NET RUSHING 81 69 ATTEMPTS 30 45 69 81 AVG. RUSH 2.7 1.5 PASSING MD CU MD CU MD CU ATTEMPTS 40 26 TOTAL RUSH PASS COMPLETE 22 19 AVG. COMP. 8.8 11.3 TIME OF POSSESSION 3RD DOWNS 4-16 7-17 4TH DOWNS 0-0 0-1 SACKS-YDS 4-32 2-24 MD CU INTS 1 0 29:15 30:45 FUMBLES/LOST2-2 4-2 NET YARDS

Three Terps try to tackle Clemson running back C.J. Spiller during Saturday’s 24-21 victory.

Spiller was held to 72 rushing yards. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

We had to adjust our defense.

We’re just now showing people the tip of the iceberg of what our defense is.”

Before Saturday, there wasn’t much hope for the Terps’ season.

Now, the ACC Atlantic Division

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That should make the next seven games interesting, at least.

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INDIVIDUAL STATS CLEMSON

TERPS

PASSING K. Parker W. Korn

PASSING CMP-ATT YDS TD-INT C. Turner 19-26 215 2-0 L. Williams 0-0 0 0-0

CMP-ATT YDS TD-INT 20-37 180 0-1 2-3 13 0-0

RUSHING C.J. Spiller J. Ford A. Ellington W. Korn J. Harper K. Parker

ATT YDS AVG. TD 18 72 4.0 0 2 19 9.5 1 4 9 2.2 0 2 4 2.0 0 2 1 0.5 0 2 -24 -12.0 0

RECEIVING M. Palmer J. Ford X. Dye M. Jones C.J. Spiller

NO YDS LNG TD 5 65 18 0 5 37 17 0 3 29 13 0 2 20 15 0 2 7 11 0

DEF. STATS TKLS AST SACK INT D. McDaniel 11 4 0 0 M. Gilchrist 8 3 0 0 D. Bowers 8 5 2-11 0 K. Conner 7 2 0 0 J. Jenkins 7 5 1-9 0 C. Chancellor 5 1 0 0 B. Maye 5 1 0 0 R. Sapp 5 4 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNG D. Zimmerman 7 274 39.1 54 PUNT RETURNS C.J. Spiller A. Ellington J. Ford

NO YDS LNG 1 -2 -2 1 3 0 0 12 12

KICK RETURNS C.J. Spiller A. Ellington C. Diehl

NO YDS LNG 2 103 92 1 10 10 1 9 9

KICKING PAT-ATT R. Jackson 1-1

FG-ATT LNG 2-4 51

RUSHING D. Meggett G. Douglas T. Smith C. Jackson T. Watson C. Turner

ATT YDS AVG. 10 27 2.7 7 21 3 1 10 10.0 2 9 4.5 1 9 9 17 6 0.4

TD 1 0 0 0 0 0

RECEIVING R. Tyler A. Cannon T. Smith T. Galt D. Scott D. Meggett L. Williams G. Douglas

NO YDS LNG TD 5 39 11 1 4 42 15 0 3 64 29 1 3 22 10 0 1 19 19 1 18 18 0 1 10 10 0 1 1 1 0

DEF. STATS TKLS AST SACK INT D. Hartsfied 10 2 1-11 0 T. Skinner 8 1 0 0 A. Wujciak 7 5 0 0 C. Chism 6 1 0 0 A. Wiseman 4 1 0 0 K. Tate 4 1 1-13 0 A.J. Francis 4 2 0 0 A. Moten 4 2 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNG N. Ferrara 8 346 43.2 61 PUNT RETURNS T. Logan A. Wiseman

NO YDS LNG 4 52 43 1 -2 -2

KICK RETURNS T. Smith D. Bonato

NO YDS LNG 4 100 40 1 13 13

KICKING PAT-ATT N. Ferrara 3-3

FG-ATT LNG 1-1 43

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THE DIAMONDBACK | MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009

Sports WEEKENDREWIND FRIDAY

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Defense stepping up ERIC

MEN’S SOCCER The No. 2 Terps (5-3-1) lost their second straight game 2-0 at No. 14 Duke. Forward Casey Townsend did not play (ankle injury).

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Volleyball came back from two sets down to beat N.C. State in Raleigh, N.C., after a loss at North Carolina on Thursday night.

The Terps celebrate during their 3-1 win against No. 3 Virginia on Friday.

ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

FIELD HOCKEY The No. 1 Terps stayed unbeaten with a strong second-half showing, beating No. 3 Virginia 3-1 for their third ACC victory of the season.

SATURDAY FOOTBALL Thanks to two missed field goals by Clemson kicker Richard Jackson late in the fourth quarter, the Terps held on for a 24-21 win.

SUNDAY WOMEN’S SOCCER The No. 22 Terps cruised to a 4-0 win over Duke in Durham, N.C., for their first ACC victory of the season after a pair of losses to start.

DETWEILER

T

hroughout the week leading up to Saturday’s game against Clemson, the Terrapin football team’s defense broke their huddles with a one-word reminder: “Finish.”

After lackluster defensive efforts at the end of back-to-back home losses, the Terps made finishing strong a focus against the Tigers.

When Terp linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield broke through the Clemson line to knock the ball loose from quarterback Kyle Parker and recover it with 27 seconds left in the fourth quarter, it became a reality.

In an ugly game featuring a pair of inept offenses, the Terp defense earned the 24-21 win with several key stops — and a little luck — in the game’s final six minutes.

The defense answered the bell every time through a fourth quarter, in which the Terp offense seemed intent on letting the Tigers back in the game. Clemson kicker Richard Jackson aided the cause with two missed field goals, but Clemson’s clearly flustered offense, which picked up just 131 yards of total offense the last three quarters, showed the Terps deserve a lot of credit.

The new defense led by coordinator Don Brown is actually improving.

By the time Hartsfield made his game-clinching play, the defense looked little like the unit that gave up 438 yards of total offense to Middle Tennessee. While the Terps (2-3, 1-0 ACC) can’t hide the fact that they entered the game ranked 115th in the nation in scoring defense, they at least proved that they gained some-

thing from their four disappointing non-conference performances.

“What I learned was to lean on our athletes, trust them to make plays, don’t try to be too cute,” Brown said after earning his first conference win as an ACC assistant.

“I kinda rode the things that were good for us throughout the fourth quarter and just let the kids have fun and disguise things to play the way they’re capable of.”

The result was a shutout quarter for just the second time this season — at the perfect time. Maybe it was the hideously good black and red uniform combo. But this week there was no quick and devastating gamewinning drive like against Middle Tennessee. The Terps held explosive running back C.J. Spiller in check a week after allowing two long fourth quarter touchdown runs to Rutgers’ Joe Martinek.

Although the game wasn’t pretty, Brown’s game plan was almost artful. As usual, he treated the individual match-ups like a basketball game, focusing specifically on stopping speedsters Spiller and Jacoby Ford. That meant less man-to-man coverage and less blitzing early on.

Once Clemson freshman quarterback Kyle Parker started getting comfortable hitting short passes, Brown let loose his blitzers and made Parker’s inexperience shine through.

Head coach Ralph Friedgen praised Brown’s mix of pressure and coverage. Sometimes, as advertised, Brown brought the house.

Other times, he rushed just three defenders, leaving the Tigers with an unnecessary number of blockers and no open receivers.

“That’s not his way, but I think when he mixes it in, it’s very, very

see DETWEILER, page 7

Linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield holds up his recovered fumble after sacking Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker and clinching the Terps’ 24-21 win Saturday. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

Men’s soccer’s growing pains continue at Duke

BY RICHARD ABDILL Staff writer

DURHAM, N.C. — Sasho Cirovski

QUOTABLE “At the beginning of the year, I said we were going to have growing pains. We didn’t have them early, but we’re getting them now.”

- Men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski, after the Terps’ 2-0 loss at Duke Friday

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WEDNESDAY | FIELD HOCKEY No. 7 PRINCETON at No. 1 TERRAPINS Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, 7 p.m.

said this would happen.

The No. 2 Terrapin men’s soccer team started off strong, going 5-1-1 despite having eight players, including their entire starting defense, either graduate or jump to Major League Soccer. But with Friday’s 2-0 loss to No. 14 Duke and the loss of both midfielder Doug Rodkey (foot)and playmaking forward Casey Townsend (ankle) in the past week, longtime coach Cirovski said the team is starting to feel the weight of inexperience.

“At the beginning of the year, I said we were going to have growing pains,” Cirovski said. “We didn’t have them early, but we’re getting them now.”

Friday’s loss was the first time the Terps (5-3-1) have dropped two games in a row since losing to Duke and Wake Forest in September 2007, and the first time they have been shut out in two consecutive regular season games in four years.

The speedy Duke unit simply outran the Terps, dropping them to 2-1-1 in ACC play and highlighting the inexperience of the backline, which lost three players who now regularly start in the MLS. The Terps managed to maintain possession for the first 25 minutes but failed to score on several attempts.

After that though, it was all Duke — specifically freshman forward Ryan Finley, whose startling speed overwhelmed freshman Terp defender Taylor Kemp for the entire game. By the end of the first half, Finley had four of the Blue Devils’ five shots, including two that were inches from scoring.

Forward Jason Herrick’s shot is saved by Duke goalkeeper James Belshaw in the Terps’ 2-0 loss Friday night.

It was the Terps’ second consecutive defeat. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Duke (7-2-0, 2-2 ACC) ramped up the assault in the second half with the addition of Temi Molinar, whose ballhandling put him behind the Terps defense almost as often as Finley.

In the 52nd minute, Finley snatched the ball from freshman defender Ethan White in front of the box and attacked the goal almost unguarded. Terp goalkeeper Zac MacMath ran out to challenge him, but the Duke forward kicked it out of the diving keeper’s hands. All MacMath could do was watch helplessly as the ball floated into the net.

Herrick bemoaned an inefficient defensive effort that struggled to keep up with Duke’s dynamic attack.

“We were diving in a lot, and that stretched us out,” Herrick said. “We got a lot more tired than we needed to because we kept chasing them back.”

Terp defender Kwame Darko showed hints of life in the 76th minute when he made a sliding save on an otherwise wide-open net.

Three minutes later, though, Duke forward Trae Harrison would put the game out of reach for the Terps, heading a corner off the crossbar just out of MacMath’s reach and into the goal.

Cirovski, who took the team to its 600th all-time win on Sept. 22 against North Carolina, was frustrated by the lack of production on offense.

“This was a much better perform-

ance today than Tuesday. We deserved a much better result,” Cirovski said. “Obviously I think we’re lacking some quality, and some kids that have lost a bit of confidence and that’s something that we’ve got to restore.”

One thing that could serve to boost morale is the return of Townsend, an energetic offensive force, and Rodkey, last year’s assist leader. Rodkey will be out for at least four more weeks with a broken foot bone, but Townsend is expected to return soon — but not soon enough to play in tomorrow’s game, Cirovski said. rabdill@umdbk.com

THURSDAY | WOMEN’S SOCCER No. 24 TERRAPINS at No. 18 VIRGINIA

No. 1 field hockey overcomes controversial call to beat No. 3 Virginia 3-1

BY KATE YANCHULIS

Charlottesville, Va., 7 p.m.

SATURDAY | FOOTBALL TERRAPINS at WAKE FOREST Winston-Salem, N.C., 6:30 p.m.

Senior staff writer

Cheers burst from the Terrapin field hockey team’s players as the shot hit the back of the cage. Down 1-0 to Virginia after an underwhelming offensive performance in the first half, the Terps had a chance to pull even with a penalty corner to end the half, and the play looked like it went perfectly.

Then the umpires’ whistles brought an abrupt end to the celebration. A technical error during the penalty corner voided the goal, and the Terps went into halftime trailing for the first time this season.

But they did not let the dispiriting situation deflate them. Instead, the No. 1 Terps (12-0, 3-0 ACC) rebounded, using frustration as fuel

to score three goals and hand the No. 3 Cavaliers (11-1, 1-1 ACC) their first loss of the season Friday at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

“When you’re knocked down, you can either complain about the goal that got called back, about how things aren’t necessarily going your way, or you can bounce back from it,” goalkeeper Alicia Grater said.

“And that’s what we did.”

The Terps needed to put that mentality to use against their conference rivals. The Virginia backfield, which came into the game with the second-best goals-against average in the country, held the prolific Terp offense to just seven shots.

One of the Terps’ best chances to get on the scoreboard went awry when a penalty corner miscue sent the ball rolling into the open field.

The Cavaliers picked it up and scored the first goal of the game with two minutes remaining.

Then came the final penalty corner mistake. The Terps were awarded the corner just before time expired, so the half would end immediately after the shot. Forward Katie O’Donnell sent the ball to the top of the circle, where back Alexis Pappas tapped it to back Emma Thomas, who seemingly shot and scored.

But O’Donnell’s pass did not leave the circle before being handled by Pappas and Thomas, nullifying the shot.

O’Donnell received a yellow card for arguing, and a green card was given to the team.

“We know we can’t let anyone get to us, whether it’s the ref, the other team,” forward Nicole Muracco said.

“We just have to come out and play.”

And they did. No team this season has able to stick with the Terps for the full 70 minutes, and Virginia was no exception.

Muracco tied the game 10 minutes into the half on a penalty corner.

Within four minutes, Muracco scored again to give the Terps the lead.

The Terps controlled the rest of the way and the Cavaliers had no shots in the first 20 minutes of the second half.

Finally, with five minutes left, a penalty shot by Thomas topped off the Terps’ second-half resurgence.

“There were a lot of curveballs thrown at us today,” Muracco said.

“We fight through and we come out strong.” kyanchulis@umdbk.com