October 8, 2012

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Richard Zipper looks at the pros and cons of getting older p. 4

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Student’s idea for Zombie 5k takes off nationally p. 6

SPORTS

In defensive battle, Mullins’ goal in the 65th minute enough to secure 1-0 win over rival Virginia p. 8

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By Sarah Tincher Staff writer After rolling out a new polling procedure last week, the SGA hopes to keep better tabs on public opinion on the campus and put student opinions at the center of its debates.

Under the plan, which members are working to finalize, Student Government Association representatives will be responsible for polling 25 students each week within their constituency on two specific issues — one will be campuswide and one will be constituency-specific, related to academics or residential affairs. The poll results for that pool of students, about 1,000 students each week, will aid the SGA in crafting and voting on resolutions, said SGA President Samantha Zwerling.

“During the campaign, a lot of what I heard from students is that they only heard from the SGA during campaign time,” she said. “I thought that was a disservice to students and to the SGA that we’re not seeking student input.”

Last week, each representative was tasked with asking students whether they had been in touch with any member of the SGA. Additionally, academic representatives are asking how much money each student has spent on textbooks this semester and residential representatives have been asking about students’ experiences with NITE Ride, which saw a decrease in ridership last year.

“It’s going to be really important that students know the SGA is constantly out there seeking their opinion,” Zwerling said.

At first, several representatives said they were unsure whether campuswide polling would be a practical means of connecting with students.

“I was a little skeptical at first,” said behavioral and social sciences representative Ryan Belcher. “But I’ve started to talk to students and the system’s been implemented; I’ve seen it as a great way to get in touch with students.”

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Both support allowing youth to stay under parent’s insurance plan

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holding them off Terps barely win ACC opener against Wake Forest, first conference win in more than a year

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer As night fell in College Park, Tanner Price lined up under center, looking to direct his Wake Forest football team downfield. His squad trailed the Terrapins by five points with less than three minutes showing on the game clock, and it was facing a crucial third-and-6 at its own 27-yard line.

With the Terps’ defense closing in around him, the junior quarterback stepped back in the pocket — right into the outstretched arms of linebacker Kenneth Tate, who threw him to the ground for a 9-yard loss.

The result was no different on fourth down, either, as linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield burst through the line of scrimmage and wrapped up Price for the team’s second consecutive sack.

Researchers win grant to clean up Chesapeake Innovative project possible with $700k grant

Univ. Police say ‘fun stuff’ happens at night

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It wouldn’t be the Demon Deacons’ final possession of the game, but it might as well have been. Price’s desperation heave with seven seconds remaining fell incomplete, sealing the Terps’ 19-14 win over Wake Forest — their first ACC victory since a 32-24 win over Miami in the 2011 season opener.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney may continuously attack President Obama for his signature health care act, but he still supports some of the bill’s more popular provisions — including one that helps young adults, especially those struggling to find jobs.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, among an extensive list of provisions, has drawn considerable criticism for its “individual mandate,” which requires citizens to purchase health insurance or incur a penalty. With the Supreme Court ruling in June that the “individual mandate” was permissible through Congressional taxing powers, Romney allies went on the offensive to brand it as an Obama tax increase. But mandate aside, Romney and Obama still have some similarities when it comes to health care.

The provision that enables children under 26 years old to remain under a parent’s health care plans, which Romney supports, would save young adults from burdensome medical bills as they navigate one of the worst job markets in history for college graduates.

However, if graduates still don’t have a job after they’re 26 years old, the Affordable Care Act will slam them with a penalty if they choose to not seek coverage. And this could be an unwanted expense for a low health-risk demographic known as the “young invincibles.”

“These are people who don’t have health insurance and don’t buy health insurance

Linebackers Kenneth Tate (left) and Demetrius Hartsfield celebrate after recording back-to-back sacks of Wake Forest quarterback Tanner Price late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win over the Demon Deacons. The second sack came on fourth down, turning the ball back over to the Terps. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

An allnight job

Patrolling the streets of College Park is a sort of sensory workout — an officer’s eyes, ears and nose constantly pick up information from the streets.

The perpetual chatter of the police radio fills the car with information — a traffic stop here, a noise complaint there — vital to the safety of the officers and the community. While driving, the officer scans the area, left to right and right to left again, quickly settling into a rhythm he or she must maintain for a 10-hour shift.

Officer Jonas Ellis, a nine-year veteran of University Police, said the ability to focus on multiple things at once makes life much easier as an officer.

Pres. hopefuls alike on health

university police have to work at all hours of the night patrolling areas on and off the campus. Their patience is often tested by rowdy people on the weekends and those who don’t understand police duties. file photo/the diamondback “You’re constantly looking around,” said Ellis, a regular on the day shift.

“Tunnel vision is a killer of police officers.”

He spends this particular Saturday covering the Terps football game and spending a few evening hours assigned to an area called Adam sector, which stretches around Cornerstone Grill and Loft and down College Avenue. At 7:19 p.m., the car’s radio dispatcher reads off an incident and Ellis shifts into gear,

setting out for the university’s visitor center. Upon arrival, he finds the source of the call is a young woman crying next to a group of tailgaters, standing in mismatched shoes and struggling to remember where she’s been or what she’s doing.

Sophomore business major Ross Aroyo, one of the tailgaters, said he

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C h e sa p ea ke B ay p o l l u t i o n has been worsening for several decades, but a team of university researchers are combating it with the help of a groundbreaking $700,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and some community support.

Stormwater runoff is one of the fastest-growing causes of contamination, which is why the project will target two runoff “hot spots” — Howard County’s Wilde Lake watershed and Washington’s Watts Branch watershed. Nearby communities will also be part of the agricultural and natural resources college effort to clean up the bay, as researchers plan to consult residents

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to help craft solutions.

Rather than simply taking samples from the bay and studying them in a lab, researchers will determine the social variables affecting the area by conducting surveys, taking photos and interviewing community members, and using that data to find the most efficient ways to reduce pollution.

“This project has a very strong community aspect,” landscape architecture professor Victoria Chanse said. “We’re linking the social side with the ecological, which is a big strength of our proposal.”

The public health school and engineering college will also be part of the three-year project. The research team also hopes to include undergraduate and graduate students, with research potentially counting as a Capstone project.

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polling From PAGE 1 SGA governmental affairs director James Jalandoni said pol l i ng wou ld have been a useful tool when university officials decided to implement a plus-a nd-m i nus g rad i ng system, in spite of claims there was a lack of student input in the decision-making process.

“It would have helped us show administrators how students felt about it prior to it taking place,” Jalandoni said.

SGA meetings are open to the university community, but several students said they still feel a disconnect with the body. “ I h ave n eve r t a l ke d to anyone in the SGA. I don’t really know what they do,” said senior

chesapeake From PAGE 1 “The university has many assets that could aid in this project,” Chance said. “We want to connect several disciplines together to improve water quality.”

W hile this isn’t the first

HEALTH From PAGE 1 because they’re pretty sure they’re not going to get sick,” said Philip Joyce, a public policy professor. “For a large percentage of them, that’s probably true. They’re sort of rolling the dice and they’re saying, ‘Well, I’m not going to get sick, so I don’t want to pay out whatever it is that’s necessary in order to buy health insurance.’”

While Joyce said Romney may try to eliminate the less popu l a r prov i sion s i n t he

computer engineering major Patrick Benton. “I’m completely uninformed.”

If successful, the new system may help bridge that divide, said sophomore mechanical engineering major Joe Kerner.

“It’ll be hard to get everyone’s opinion on campus, [but] it’s probably the best way to get in touch with the student body and understand what they want,” he said.

While they recognize there may be some rough spots in the process at first, SGA members said they are optimistic about the plan.

“It might be a little bumpy because this is the first time some of the representatives are going out and doing this sort of thing,” Zwerling said. “After a few weeks, representatives will really get the hang of it and they will be able to

“It’ll be hard to get everyone’s opinion on campus, [but] it’s probably the best way to get in touch with the student body.”

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Student Government Association President Samantha Zwerling and other members of the legislature are carrying out their first weeks of campuswide polling, asking about 1,000 students questions about specific academics or student affairs issues. file photo/the diamondback

project to attempt to reduce the bay’s pollution, bioengineering professor Hubert Montas said they are typically done on a “broader basis” and do not focus on smaller communities.

Because the university’s project targets a smaller area, it’s considered innovative and unique.

“I think this is a big honor for the continuation of improving

water quality,” environmental science and technology professor Paul Leisnham said. “We want to go to more lengths to create that connection between scientists and people on the ground.”

Leisnham, who is leading the research team, said learning about a society’s attitude on water and pollution is a critical component in discov-

ering long-lasting solutions for that population. While some wealthy communities may be open to certain practices, he said, others may not be as receptive to costly remedies.

“I think that a majority of populations are concerned about stormwater structures in neighborhoods,” Leisnham said. “Our ultimate goal is to

develop a diagnostic decision that will please the communities and improve these runoff problems.”

The university won the grant through the EPA’s Science to Ach ieve Resu lts prog ra m, wh ich prov ides moneta r y awa rd s to e nv i ron m e nt a l science and engineering proposals. Researchers said the

aim of their project is to change the way scientists look at and study water pollution.

“This research is pioneering, in a sense,” Montas said.

“Overall, this project is not just important for the university, but it’s a model to approach pollution nationwide.”

law, all elements of the law are necessary to fund the less controversial aspects, such as extending the age for parental coverage or covering those with preexisting conditions, which Romney also supports.

“The whole concept of insurance is that you’re taking a whole pool of people and they’re sort of sharing the risk,” Joyce said. “If you have a whole group of people out there who don’t buy health insurance, then that potentially raises the cost for everybody else.”

You ng adu lts cou ld face further health care uncertain-

ty because projections suggest the current Medicare program is not sustainable, and likely will not be available when they retire. Even with the Obama campaign claiming a Romney presidency would “end Medicare as we know it,” the existing system will not survive through another generation, said finance professor Michael Faulkender.

“We have got to find a restructuring of Medicare that’s going to make it long-term viable, because the existing system is not,” Faulkender said.

“It is going to run out of money way before 26-year-olds retire.”

A lthough Romney has pledged to enti rely repea l “Obamacare,” as he and other political pundits have often called the health care law, on his first day in office, finance professor David Kass said he would likely face sizable Congressional opposition — even to more targeted changes to some of the provisions.

“There won’t be any major changes assuming Gov. Romney is elected president,” Kass said.

“In order for him to repeal the legislation or him to make any changes to it, he’ll have to go through Congress.”

Republicans are projected to secure a majority for a second consecutive term in the House of Representatives, but the Democratic-controlled Senate is not as likely to see a dramatic shift.

“If the Democrats continue to control the Senate, I think there will be certain limitations on what Romney could do,” Kass said.

Despite being an outspoken opponent of Obama’s legislation, Romney passed a similar health care bill as governor of Massachusetts in 2006, further leading voters to question if he would dismantle the national law. And if Romney doesn’t

embrace the entire law, that could put the economy in an even more detrimental state, Joyce said.

“It strikes me that the parts of Obamacare that Gov. Romney likes tend to be the parts that give people things,” Joyce said.

“The end result of that, it seems to me, would likely be that the deficit effects of the Obama health care reform would be greater if Gov. Romney keeps the things that he says he wants to keep and gets rid of the things that he said he wants to get rid of.”

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Sophomore mechanical engineering major talk to a lot of people in a short amount of time.”

Despite what some called a rough start getting used to the new program, Belcher said representatives are excited to start the new initiative and see their efforts pay off. “[Polling] really refocuses the organization on what’s important, and that’s representing the student opinion,” Zwerling said.

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felt like he was witnessing something out of a TV show. But in real life, the characters have no script for how to react, and Aroyo said he felt it was best to call for help.

Emergency Medical Services arrive on the scene and determine the woman is fine. As her memory begins to clear, she is able to arrange a ride home, all the while consoled by Ellis. Her blackout, he finds, was likely triggered by a dangerous mixture of her medication and alcohol.

“It takes a little bit more patience,” Ellis said. “We give a bit more leeway with students than they would get in the real world.”

He continues his patrol, but at 9:55 p.m., his patience is tried again. Ellis spots the woman from the visitor center standing near 7-Eleven, insisting she can drive, though she is far from her vehicle in the parking lot of Comcast Center. After listening to a stream of hysterical arguments, she is fine and a ride is on the way, Ellis performs a field sobriety test and determines she cannot drive.

A few minutes later, the woman’s ride arrives and she’s on her way.

But the area is still alive with confused activity, and Ellis is a beacon for those with questions.

A man visiting from Belgium wants to know why he cannot pay his parking ticket on the spot. Ellis calmly explains he cannot personally accept the money and the ticket must be mailed in.

His shift is nearly over, but for some officers, these early evening hours are just the beginning of the workday.

“The fun stuff is at night,” said Officer Clayton Brown, who regularly patrols the late shifts. “It’s a different beast at night.”

There is a different feel after dark; the air is much more serious.

The smells and sounds are different — alcohol, marijuana and fast food; boisterous students, loud music and cursing. Brown also drives faster than Ellis.

Officers on the night shift are

“W hat me and Kenny were doing was just blitzing whenever the backs stayed in,” Hartsfi eld said after the ga me. “A l l ga me we were getting close to getting to the quarterback, but he always let it go right before. At the end of the game, we just finally got there.”

It m ay h ave ta ken Tate a nd Ha rtsfield fou r qua rters to finally get to Price, but that hardly meant there was a shortage of defensive prowess Saturday.

Outside of the Demon Deacons’ two scoring drives — wh ich ca me off P rice’s 73-yard pass to wide receiver Terence Davis over broken coverage in the first quarter and a 7-yard pass to fullback Tommy Bohanon in the third — the Terps held them to just 241 yards of offense.

Wake Forest’s only other real chance to cross the goal line came early in the second quarter. The Demon Deacons (3-3, 1-3 ACC) had a third-andgoal chance from the 1-yard line, but the Terps (3-2, 1-0) stonewalled Price and running back Josh Harris on consecutive ca rries to keep Wa ke Forest out of the end zone and force a turnover.

“Everyone was rea l ly working hard on not letting

day and night, University Police patrol on and off the campus. Adam sector includes the area around Cornerstone Grill and Loft and around College Avenue. file photo/the diamondback used to dealing with a different crowd, Brown said, and many adapt by practicing a more toughlove approach, though with just as much patience as daytime officers.

Brown, a university alumnus, has worked with University Police for four years. He feels there is more freedom on the midnight shift and more opportunity to be proactive in protecting students and preventing crime.

“I like to do a lot of DUI enforcement; that’s my thing,” he said.

On this Saturday, Brown is assigned to David sector, which includes the academic buildings and the Route 1 corridor. The sectors allow officers to build a rapport with individuals in their communities, he said.

At 12:24 a.m., Brown responds to a locked-out individual at Martin Hall, a fairly common call. A few minutes later, he runs the license plates of a few cars to see what information turns up on his computer — no warrants or expired tags. Then, the Prince George’s County Police radio begins to buzz about a fight at Galaxy nightclub in Hyattsville.

Not every University Police officer chooses to listen to a second radio, but Brown keeps it to get a jump on things. Last time he responded to Galaxy nightclub, a suspect stabbed an officer, so Brown keeps his ears open for a call signaling trouble.

“That place is a breeding ground for crime,” Brown said.

Prince George’s County Police handle the situation at Galaxy, so

Brown heads to Ellicott Hall for suspected marijuana, his most common call. Inside the dorm, the hallway reeks of marijuana and Brown bangs on the door to no avail. He takes note of the room number for future reference and heads back on patrol.

On Guilford Road, Brown stumbles across two cars suspiciously parked along the curb. He smells marijuana, parks and gets ready to search the cars, just as three other officers pull up to assist him.

Brown’s search turns up synthetic marijuana, which he confiscates before sending the individuals on their way with a verbal warning.

The night ends with Brown spotting a suspicious vehicle

by Mowatt Lane. The white Mercedes truck swerves and touches the center line three times before Brown initiates a traffic stop. The driver performs the field sobriety test and seems to have trouble balancing, and Brown tells the driver a preliminary breath test will ultimately determine his fate.

At 2:32 a.m., Brown’s supervisor returns with the breath test, the driver blows, fails and is placed under arrest. Brown takes the driver to the station for processing.

One officer’s night ends in the parking lot of 7-Eleven and the other’s with an arrest, both equally rewarding, they said.

“That’s why I love this job,” Ellis said. “There’s no such thing as a normal night.” akinnibi@umdbk.com

their offense get in the end z one,” d efen sive end Jo e Vellano said. “On third down, they went for it, and we were able to stop them. They went for it again on the fourth, and I think it was Dexter [McDougle] over the top who made a huge play. That really was a big momentum changer for our team.”

The defense helped make up for an offense that never got goi n g. T he te a m’s running game totaled just 53 yards on 43 carries, and qua rterback Perry H i l ls struggled after posting the best stat line of his young career against No. 8 West Virginia two weeks earlier.

The freshman was 14-of-25 passing for 191 yards, a touchdown, an interception and a fumble lost.

But Hills managed to string together a scoring drive when it mattered most. After kicker Brad Craddock got the Terps on the board early with field goals of 49 and 52 yards — the team’s fi rst field goal over 50 yards since Travis Baltz kicked one in 2010 — Hills hit wide receiver Kevin Dorsey for a 33-yard score at the end of the second quarter to give the Terps a 13-7 lead.

Bohanon’s touchdown reception gave Wake Forest a one-point advantage late in the third quarter, but wide receiver Stefon Diggs’ 63-yard reception set up running back

“I knew we were down and I knew we needed to score. the team was counting on me.”

JUSTUS PICKETT

Terps running back Justus Pickett for a 1-yard touchdow n r u n to set the game’s fi nal margin.

“I knew we were down and I knew we needed to score,” Pickett said. “The team was counting on me; I kind of motivated my whole offensive line and told the whole offense we were going to score when we got down there.”

It had been one year, one month and two days since Randy Edsall recorded his first and only ACC victory. But on Saturday, he finally notched that elusive second conference win.

When the Terps travel to face Virginia on Saturday, he’ll try to make it two in the same season.

“It’s really hard to win,” the second-year coach said. “I love these kids, I love the way they compete, I love what they’re doing in terms of doing all the things we’re asking them to do. As I told them in the locker room: Collectively, all of us, coaches, players, we just all got to continue to come to work tomorrow and try to do our jobs better.” vitale@umdbk.com

MORE ONLINE In tomorrow’s edition of Noah Knows, NOAH Answers two students’ questions: “My girl won’t let me suck her toes. This is a deal breaker. What do I do?”

How much have you communicated with her about this? It’s important to be open with your partner, especially when it comes to fetishes. Does she know how important this is to you, or have you just tried to do it once and she’s pushed away?

“I’m in love with two people who both love me back, and feeling like my love life is spinning out of control.

How do I take charge?”

How can you love both of these people, and have them love you back, when you’re not in a relationship with either of them? Maybe you’ve been hooking up with both of them for a while ... but I find it hard to believe that you’re in love with both of them.

To read more, check out The Diamondback’s student blogs and email your own dating and relationship questions to Noah at noahknows@umdbk.com. All questions are published anonymously.

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Opinion

Life’s challenges await your conquering

After reading the opinion columns on Sept. 26 speculating on whether life after 21 will be better or worse, I thought I might be able to add to that conversation. See, I recently celebrated my 21st birthday — for the third time.

So will your life after your first 21 years suck or rock? I think I can say this with some certainty: That will depend on you.

Your second 21 years will probably involve the significant transitions of your life — starting a career, maybe getting married and maybe having kids.

The different transitions experienced from childhood to young adulthood usually involve some loss and some gain, and, of course, some challenges.

I believe it is important to understand and accept both the pluses and minuses of each transition.

In marriage, you can develop a deeper relationship … but you give up dating.

Having children brings the joy of watching your children grow … but makes you totally responsible for other human beings. Joining the work force means getting a paycheck and being able to buy stuff … but usually involves commuting and devoting at least 40 hours a week to your job.

Whether these transitions and your daily life are a joy or a burden will all come down to one word: attitude.

Life can throw a lot of challenges your way: not finding work after you graduate, hating your work once you’re actually employed, getting a boss who makes your life difficult or being

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trapped in a failing relationship. No one goes through life without at least a couple of bad moments, or bad years.

What happens to you is sometimes unexpected or out of your control. But how you react to events is 100 percent your choice.

It is during these trying times that you must choose between feeling like a victim or seeing a challenge to meet and overcome. You have the choice between self-medicating with booze, drugs or video games and bringing all of your resources to bear — supportive friends and family, perseverance, humor, creativity — to plan your way to a sunnier day. Become a warrior; become a happy and determined warrior!

Each generation has different terrain to traverse, and each person will have a different journey. I certainly do not have all of the answers, nor have I led a perfect life, but I believe what I offer here is true for most — if not all — of you, and I hope it will serve as good advice as you go forth to the great adventure before you.

And by the way, I have a message for you. It’s from the future you on your third 21st birthday. “Save at least 15 percent of every paycheck for rainy days and the future. Take care of your body: exercise, eat right and get enough sleep. Take care of your spirit. Surround yourself with supportive, positive people; find inspiration; be honest; do your best at work and have some fun — seize the day. We will meet up sooner than you think.”

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A necessary adjustment

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or the next couple of months, professors, administrators and other officials will attempt to convince top high school seniors to apply to and ultimately attend this university. It’s no secret officials are trying to build this institution’s reputation to that of University of California, Berkeley and the University of Virginia, and with that goal comes top-notch students and low admissions rates.

Often, however, transfer students get lost in the race to become a national powerhouse, and each semester, there are students who complain they feel swallowed up by the huge campus.

Many transfer students come from community colleges where they’re used to classes of 20 to 30 people and a smaller, more navigable campus.

But now, thanks to Stamp Student Union staff members, there’s a new program — Transfer 2 Terp — that seeks to ease the transition from state community colleges to this university.

Students are paired with Stamp staff members who help them with whatever they may need throughout the year, including working on projects related to the university and meeting people through the program. And the

program seems to be working — students interviewed for an article in Friday’s Diamondback touted the initiative and said it has made them feel less overwhelmed.

In many aspects of campus life, it seems transfer students are the forgotten group. This editorial board applauds university staff for launching this program, and we hope it will help close the gap between students who come in straight out of high school

OUR VIEW

The Transfer 2 Terp program is a promising sign for transfer students, but they deserve and need further support from the university. and those who transfer.

But the program is only the first step in providing transfer students more hospitality. Earlier this year, the Department of Resident Life said housing for transfer students was far from stable — even though it was able to house twice as many students as last year — because they’re given last priority. That just seems to be a common theme with these students: They didn’t come in as freshmen, so they’re put

on the back burner until all other students’ needs have been fulfilled.

We hope Transfer 2 Terp helps change the culture at this university toward one that places all students — no matter when in their college careers they began taking classes here — on equal footing. After all, officials won’t be able to reach their goal of becoming a top public university if all students aren’t given the same resources to succeed.

While it’s important to continue recruiting the top students, ensuring all students already attending this university are treated fairly is just as critical. Several studies have shown the U.S. has relatively low graduation rates compared to the rest of the world’s top countries, and a June Washington Post article found state institutions are lagging in four-year graduation rates.

The national four-year graduation rate at public universities is 31 percent, according to the Post, but this university has bucked the trend by boasting a 63 percent rate.

That rate could be even higher with increased attention to all student groups — especially transfer students, who make up a relatively large portion of the upperclassmen populations.

The University of Virginia’s four-year rate is 85 percent, proving there’s still a lot of work to be done.

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

GUEST COLUMN

A nonresponsive government Students deserve more than disillusionment

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have always been a staunch believer in integrity. It’s a powerful concept, carrying with it the subtleties of honesty and reliability. In a competitive society, it is especially important for the institutions surrounding us to run on this principle.

If they aren’t, they lose their relevance and their power. This is applicable to businesses, non-profit organizations and, most importantly, governments.

However, being new to this campus as a freshman, I have already experienced the Student Government Association’s failure to fully operate within this principle. Now, before I offend anyone, I have to warrant my statement: I am not claiming the SGA is without integrity — it just has room for improvement.

My experience with the group began in early September. I was an eager freshman who had loved student council in high school and wanted to get involved with the student government at this university. I went to the First Look Fair, researched online and shortly thereafter filled out an application for freshman representative.

For two weeks I eagerly anticipated the email telling me whether or not I had received an interview and when it would be. Every time I logged onto my Gmail account, I was disappointed.

So I followed up. I wrote an email asking if the interviews had already passed or if my application wasn’t good enough for further consideration. It turned out interviews were indeed over. They said they were sorry and that I should apply for another position if I was still interested.

Herein lies the problem: I should not have had to inquire about the status

of my application. I could handle a rejection, but I deserved the respect of notification before they had moved on in the process.

For an organization based on student involvement, this issue needs to be addressed. Here I was, a student eager to be involved, yet my experience left me with a sour taste in my mouth. What about students who really don’t give a damn about the SGA? They have no incentive to get involved if this is the type of treatment they’ll get.

While my situation isn’t life or death by any means, it speaks to larger issues at play. How can I store value in my relationship with the SGA if they cannot conduct interviews with integrity? How can I trust them to represent me if they aren’t organized when selecting members? I want a student government that does right by its constituents, whether they are interested in campus policies or not.

The point of this column isn’t to rant or complain about my rejection — the SGA is an organization doing countless good things for this university. I understand not everything always goes perfectly, but in the best possible interest of the student community, leaders should constantly strive to improve. What alarmed me most about this process was what I perceived as a lack of respect. I hope the next group of students who want to participate on the campus will finally receive some.

D a n n y D v o ra k i s a f re s h m a n business major. He can reached at ddvorak@terpmail.umd.edu.

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The blood on Che’s shirt Somehow a cruel terrorist became a symbol of (im)pure intentions

CAROLINE CARLSON The first time I saw a Che Guevara T-shirt was in the eleventh grade. I didn’t know who Che Guevara was, but was instantly able to recognize him whenever I saw kids walk through the halls wearing T-shirts and carrying backpacks or lighters with his face on them. The image – a young Argentinian man with long hair and a beret – became almost universally known and sparked a global marketing campaign.

Unbeknownst to many young people, Che Guevara was an international terrorist who aided Fidel Castro in the overthrow of the Cuban government in the late 1950s. After leading a two-year guerrilla campaign against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, he led firing squads against alleged war criminals, created a “labor camp” system in Cuba that imprisoned and killed Jehovah’s Witnesses and homosexuals and oversaw the deaths of more than 1,000 people.

Tomorrow marks the 45th anniversary of Che’s death. College s t u d e n ts a n d yo u n g p e o p l e throughout the United States still treat Guevara, who once said his dream was to become a “killing

machine,” as some sort of martyr.

These fans, who choose to view the man as a symbol of rebellion, individualism and freedom of expression, are walking contradictions.

They carry signs with Che’s face on it during anti-war rallies, but forget that he expressed pleasure in shooting people. Celebrities and musicians have worn some version of the Che icon, yet don’t remember that Che wanted to ban rock music and jazz music during the Cuban Revolution.

It makes no sense whatsoever for your average, independent-minded college student to support “equality” or wear Human Rights Campaign T-shirts while thinking the Hispanic version of Hitler is “really cool.” What some people don’t seem to realize is when you associate yourself with an image or icon, you are inherently adding yourself to a movement, whether you explicitly say it or not.

Young people who join a cultural movement without doing their research undermine the intelligence of our generation. We are drawn in by the face of what’s supposed to represent individuality and idealism, yet once we look beyond the artwork and past the Hollywood favoritism, we see a man who was the enemy of freedom.

We see a man who wasn’t an openminded political figure, but a product of Marxist-Leninist ideology.

Some who have woken up to the realities of Guevara’s militant history

have labeled this day as “No More Che Day,” a day to educate ourselves on the reality of Che and shine light on how vulnerable youth are to cultural trends. Young people’s willingness to jump on the bandwagon seems to be ever increasing, whether we are talking about slogans, images or entire political movements. It’s almost as if we consider the “coolness” of taking part in a political activity before we actually do our homework on the issues.

We can’t be brainwashed by marketing campaigns that treat sadistic killers as idols. Although some may argue the Che T-shirts simply represent “change,” it’s dangerous to take the face of a cold-blooded murderer and try to dilute it to something else. What if we wore shirts with Hitler or Mao Zedong’s faces on them, and told people we just want to represent “change?”

Some say that the Cult of Che has died down in relation to years past.

Even if this is true, real change against collective thinking starts with enlightenment. Being armed with knowledge and research is the strongest way to fight an ignorant trend, rather than waiting to let it dwindle and let an even more ignorant trend emerge upon us again.

Caroline Carlson is a sophomore government and politics and marketing major. She can be reached at carlson@umdbk.com.

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By Jennifer Himmelstein For The Diamondback Some people get into the Halloween spirit by picking pumpkins or taking a hayride. Others choose to watch horror films or decorate their houses in fall colors. There a re a lso those who wa nt to be chased by zombies. Finally, there are the ones who actually want to be the brain-hungry, virusinfested undead.

Zombie 5K races have taken off since Run for Your Lives, the first official Zombie 5K adventure race, debuted last year. Run for Your Lives is not just a chance to flee from the zombie horde; participants are also challenged with a host of thrilling obstacles. These include mazes, mudslides, tunnels and swinging on a rope over pits of fake blood. In order to survive infection and cross the finish line ‘alive,’ all runners must participate in the obstacles and retain at least one of their three health

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There are two types of zombies: Chaser and Stumbler (limited to their respective ‘infected zones’ and either running or stumbling/ walking/crawling). Believe it or not, the afterlife can be pretty good for a zombie (it only costs $35). You get a professional 20minute gruesome zombie makeover, a kickoff ‘Yay, we’re the walking dead!’ party and some zombie swag.

Sen ior busi ness major Rya n Hoga n, co-fou nder of Ru n for Your Lives, spoke at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s network i n g event of t he yea r Wednesday. Run for Your Lives started when Hogan and his cofounder Derrick Smith needed to move some overstocked sports merchandise so they decided to host the Zombie 5K adventure race in Darlington, Md. Nearly 12,000 people showed up to the event, and Run for Your Lives spread across the U.S. like a flesh-eating virus.

R y a n’s c o m p a n y — R e e d Street Productions — is now planning to host a total of 23 races in 17 states by the end of 2013. Ryan won $17,500 and first place in this university’s zombies Matt Andrews and Katie Ruckman took a hipster twist on their costumes for the Run for Your Lives 5K. 2012 Cupid’s Cup Business Zombies can take away the humans’ “health flags” to infect them. photo by todd morgan / courtesy of run for your lives Competition, much of which was spent on shots at a bar for is the Habitat for Humanity 5K many who have already signed the company’s employees.

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CAVALIERS From PAGE 8 matching their 11-0-1 start from last year, the team’s best opening stretch in 43 years.

Keeping that unbeaten streak alive was hardly easy, though.

“I don’t have a voice,” goalkeeper Keith Cardona said. “[Defender] London [Woodberry] doesn’t have a voice.”

Virginia (5-5-1, 1-3-0 ACC) relentlessly attacked Cardona and the Terps’ defense, but the breakthrough it sought never came to fruition. In fact, the Terps (9-0-1, 4-0-0) held the Cavaliers without a shot on goal — the third time in the past four games their goalkeeper has gone untested on the stat sheet. In the past two years, the Terps only prevented their opponent from recording a shot on goal twice.

“We came out and were super organized,” Cardona said. “We kept all the guys in line. As you can see, I didn’t have to make a save aside from coming up with some crosses. That’s what we want. That’s an awesome day for me.”

A team that entered Friday night’s contest leading the nation with 3.33 goals per game needed just one to secure the win. In the 26th minute, forward Schillo Tshuma flicked a pass out of the midfield to Mullins, who

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darted past his defender before beating Virginia goalkeeper Spencer LaCivita one-on-one from 13 yards out.

Mullins’ score gave him a team-leading six goals on the season — a mark that matches his 2011 total. He’s leading the ACC in points per game with 1.80.

Despite out-shooting the Cavaliers, 17-4, and putting seven shots on goal, the Terps wouldn’t score again. LaCivita made six saves and the Virginia backline bent but never broke.

“This was a typical ACC matchup between two hard, physical teams, and that’s sometimes how it is,” Mullins said. “It’s tight. It’s physical. We would have liked to score more goals, but it doesn’t always happen, unfortunately.”

At this point in the schedule, games like Friday’s are the norm for the Terps.

The conference slate hardly gets easier going forward, with dates against Duke and No. 6 North Carolina looming in the next two weeks. Mullins will have to get his rest when he can.

But Friday night, Cirovski and the Terps basked in the afterglow of their victory. It wasn’t their prettiest win this season. It wasn’t their biggest.

But it was still one worth savoring.

“Anytime you get a shutout and a victory in the ACC,” Cirovski said, “it’s a great day.” dgallen@umdbk.com

LETOURNEAU From PAGE 8 Craddock, who connected on first-half field goals of 49 and 52 yards, missed an extra point and a 47-yarder that would have given the Terps a late lead.

“We made a lot of mistakes,” said Diggs, who made up for his errors with a 63-yard reception that set up running back Justus Pickett for a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. “If you make a lot of mistakes, you can’t expect to win games.”

Of course, it hardly helped that a freshmen-laden offensive line struggled to do its part. It allowed three sacks, gave Hills minimal time to find targets and struggled to provide running backs sizable holes.

The Terps, who were facing the ACC’s worst run defense, finished with just 53 total yards on the ground and averaged 1.2 yards per rush. They had 17 carries for 16 yards in the fi rst half, and no tailback managed a run longer than 11 yards.

“What we have to do is get them better at the little things, like the fundamentals and the techniques,” said Edsall, who hinted after the game he might make changes to the offensive personnel. “We need to stop putting ourselves in positions that make it difficult to win.”

DEVILS From PAGE 8 encouraging, because we can go into the week on a win and we can build off of that.”

McEvoy’s late tally ended what had been almost a purely defensive battle. The Terps (9-3, 3-1 ACC) took just two shots in the opening 20 minutes, and the Blue Devils (5-8, 0-4) generated just one shot opportunity in the entire first half.

While both offenses were kept in check, coach Missy Meharg and Duke coach Pam Bustin made continuous substitutions in an effort to gain any advantage they could. But the defenses

Running back Justus Pickett and the Terps’ running game totaled just 53 yards on 43 carries against Wake Forest on Saturday. charlie deboyace/the diamondback The front seven surely agree. With Hills and company struggling to find the end zone, the Terps’ defense has had little room for error this season.

And so far, it’s taken the pressure in stride. Despite the occasional blown assignment, the veteran unit has made tremendous improvements since a tumultuous 2011. It held an opponent under 300 yards for the fourth time in five games Saturday — a feat that’s helped the Terps record two wins this season while totaling fewer than 250 yards of offense.

continued to spar back and forth, rarely letting the opposing team get too deep in the circle.

“We kept a good defensive structure over the whole field and managed to play together,” defender Harriet Tibble said. “It was just very good communication all game, and everyone on the defense worked for each other.”

The Duke defense was the first one to slip. Midfielder Maxine Fluharty’s backhanded shot from the top of the circle in the 23rd minute was tipped and then gathered by forward Jill Witmer, who flicked it past goalkeeper Lauren Blazing. This gave the Terps the coveted early lead — the team is 1-3 when its opponents score first but 8-0

“The defense won the game for us,” Hills said. “They’ve played well all year and I’m glad to have a defense as good as they are.”

Maybe so. But if the Terps hope to compete in a crowded ACC this season, they’ll need to take some of the burden off the defense. They’ll have to limit the miscues and get more consistent offensively.

After all, Wake Forest was merely an introduction to conference play.

It was missing top wide receiver Michael Campanaro (broken hand) and four other starters (suspensions) from a squad picked to fi nish fourth in the Atlantic Division.

Turnovers and dropped passes likely won’t suffice against the likes of No. 12 Florida State and No. 16 Clemson.

“We pride ourselves on not beating ourselves,” Diggs said. “We’re going to hear about [the mistakes] tomorrow.”

Edsall will ensure as much. After spending stretches of Saturday’s game scratching his head, he’s committed to cutting down the offensive errors. He’s ready to take some of the pressure off the defense.

“I would have hoped that we would be a little further along offensively,” he said. “But that is just something that we will continue to work on.” letourneau@umdbk.com

when it notches the first goal.

The focus then shifted to keeping that lead. Duke’s offense generated more attacking opportunities in the second half, leading to three penalty corner opportunities and four total shots over the final 35 minutes.

But, unlike when they squandered 2-1 leads against the Cavaliers and the Tigers, the Terps finally showed the resolve necessary to hold onto late advantages in their grueling ACC and nonconference schedule.

McEvoy’s penalty corner conversion and goalkeeper Natalie Hunter’s two second-half saves sealed the Terps’ third conference win and helped them avoid a second consecutive loss,

something that hasn’t happened since 2002.

The victory still doesn’t take the sting away from those losses at top-10 opponents, but Meharg liked how her team closed out the game, even if she didn’t feel completely comfortable until the scoreboard read all zeros.

“When there are five or six minutes on the clock, it’s very easy to score two goals,” she said. “You always want to get up by three if you can — that’s a comfort zone. You want to get that goal differential, stay on that and control the game.

But we did very well shutting out a very good team.” munson@umdbk.com

WOLFPACK From PAGE 8 Jonathan Morgan said. “She was creative and dangerous and both goals were fantastic finishes. She put herself in some really good places.”

Spivey’s performance was simply a microcosm of the Terps’ offense yesterday, which put on one of its best performances of the season. More than 83 percent of the Terps’ shots were on goal, a number far better than what they posted against lesser opponents such as Towson and Francis Marion, where only 58 and 57 percent of their shots were fired at the net, respectively.

Overall, they tallied 20 shots on goal yesterday, which is more than they had in their previous two games combined.

“That certainly isn’t a number you see every day,” Morgan said.

“We always talk about getting shots on frame, because when you put a shot on frame, you have an opportunity to score.

Their goalkeeper [yesterday] was phenomenal and we forced her to make a lot of saves.”

The win almost looked effortless for the Terps (10-3-2, 5-1-1 ACC), especially considering they had to play without star midfielder Danielle Hubka, who suffered an ankle injury on Sept. 30 at Virginia Tech. They held N.C. State (5-9-0, 0-5-0) to just 10 shots and forced Shaw to make 17 saves.

At the end of the game, though, the story was about Spivey. But even after the best game of her young career, the freshman was left looking for more.

Spivey scored two goals in her fi rst turn at being the star, and her team scored three overall.

If a few things had gone differently, the forward thinks those numbers might have doubled.

“T hei r goa l ie played awesome,” Spivey said. “If some of our shots were an inch or two to the right, we would have scored six or seven goals.” egan@umdbk.com

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As offensive struggles continue, Edsall’s frustrations mount CONNOR LETOURNEAU

Randy Edsall could hardly hide his disappointment moments after the Terrapins football team notched a 19-14 win over Wake Forest on Saturday.

Sure, the second-year coach had just recorded his fi rst ACC win in more than 13 months. And sure, his defense allowed just 45 second-half yards to a team that blew it out, 31-10, last November.

But Edsall wasn’t completely satisfied. Not after watching an inconsistent offense be its own worst enemy for large stretches of its conference opener.

“The thing that is so frustrating is that you see these guys go out there and execute well,” Edsall said, “and then you see them go out there again and do some things that make you scratch your head and say, ‘Where did that come from?’”

It was an understandable reaction from a coach desperate to be able to depend on his young offense.

All afternoon, defensive coordinator Brian Stewart’s new-look 3-4 scheme was forced to carry the load as yellow flags flew, passes squirted out and fumbles littered the field at Byrd Stadium.

On the day, the Terps recorded three turnovers and amassed eight penalties for a total of 55 yards.

Quarterback Perry Hills, who threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns at thenNo. 8 West Virginia two weeks ago, had an interception and a lost fumble. Wide receiver Stefon Diggs muffed a punt and dropped a wide-open pass. Kicker Brad Quarterback Perry Hills and the Terps’ offense struggled throughout Saturday’s 19-14 win against Wake Forest. Hills had just 191 passing yards, and the team averaged only 3.6 yards per play. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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MEN’S SOCCER

Holding on to late lead no problem for Terps Team fends off No. 24 Duke in 2-0 victory

By Nicholas Munson Staff writer The Terrapins field hockey team lined up for a penalty corner chance with a little more than five minutes remaining in Saturday’s game. The Terps already led by a goal, but they knew what was at stake. They had seen two leads slip away in the past three games and there they were again, holding on to a precarious lead as the game clock ticked toward zero.

But after seeing those late leads crumble at No. 5 Virginia and No. 4

Princeton, the No. 5 Terps finally got the insurance goal they so desperately needed. Defender Ali McEvoy converted on the team’s fourth penalty corner opportunity of the afternoon, clinching the team’s 2-0 victory over No. 24 Duke at Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

“The small things were magnified even more than usual today,” McEvoy said after the game. “We did a good job attacking and intercepting, and we did a good job of keeping the ball on our sticks and not theirs. It’s really See DEVILS, Page 7

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Spivey stars in rout Freshman scores twice in 3-0 win at N.C. State

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer Ashley Spivey isn’t all that familiar with being the star.

Entering yesterday’s contest at N.C. State, the midfielder’s three goals ranked fourth on the Terrapins women’s soccer team. She has started every game in her freshman season, but rarely plays every minute. With stars such as Hayley Brock, Becky Kaplan and Olivia Wagner normally dominating the stat sheet, Spivey is no stranger to being overshadowed by her more experienced teammates.

But the Terps’ normal contributors didn’t quite measure up to Spivey yesterday. The freshman took four shots and tallied two goals, leading the No.

12 Terps to a 3-0 victory over ACC bottom-feeder N.C. State.

“Those two goals were given to me on a silver platter,” Spivey said.

“I barely even had to work for them.”

The fi rst of those goals came in the 20th minute. Defender Domenica Hodak crossed the ball to her on the left wing and Spivey sent the ball past Wolfpack goalkeeper Madison Shaw, recording her fourth goal this season.

Her fifth came just 43 minutes later.

Spivey blew past the Wolfpack defense and was all alone against Shaw, fl ipping the ball into the corner of the net to extend the Terps’ lead to 3-0.

“Ashley was really good in the attacking side of things today,” coach See WOLFPACK, Page 7

Forward Patrick Mullins took a team-high seven shots in 83 minutes Friday, scoring the only goal in the Terps’ 1-0 win over rival Virginia. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Mullins’ goal all No. 1 Terps need to defeat Virginia, 1-0

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer W h i le wa iti ng to ta l k to the media Friday night, Patrick Mullins finally rested.

The lone member of the Terrapins men’s soccer team left on Ludwig Field squatted down and clasped his hands together, occasionally tugging at the Bermuda grass while coach Sasho Cirovski spoke to reporters.

It was a well-deserved respite. The junior had just played 83 minutes,

taken a team-high seven shots (three on goal) and scored the lone goal in the No. 1 Terps’ 1-0 victory over Virginia before 4,846 fans.

But when it was his turn to speak, Mullins wasn’t interested in talking about his effort that evening. He wasn’t concerned with his yellow card in the 65th minute. He wasn’t even focused on the Cavaliers’ ability to hold the Terps’ offense to its lowest goal total of the season. No, he came back to what the Terps have been preaching all season long: defense.

“Most importantly, we were focusing on our collective team defensive performance,” Mullins said. “I thought over the 90 minutes, we gave up maybe one clear-cut chance we’d like to fix. But other than that, we were pretty pleased with how we did.”

T he Terps’ defense posted a shutout for the third time in its past four games, extending its unbeaten streak to open the season to 10. The Terps are now two wins short of See CAVALIERS, Page 7