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Brown, Hogan face off on education, business First gubernatorial debate brings conflict over the economy, education, the environment

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer

weeks before the Nov. 4 election, was hosted by WJZ-13 and The Baltimore Sun. It was filmed yesterday morning and broadcast at 7 p.m.

Hogan tried to paint himself Yesterday’s gubernatorial debate as a change from the two terms between Anthony Brown and Larry Hogan centered on topics of busi- under Gov. Martin O’Malley with ness and economy, but the candi- Brown as lieutenant governor. He dates also touched on education criticized the administration’s tax increases, saying they forced busiand the environment.

The debate, which took place four nesses to leave the state.

“Ta x payers in Maryland are suffering; they just can’t take it anymore,” Hogan said. He later added: “I’m running because I want to get the government off our backs and out of our pockets … so we can turn the economy around.”

In response, Brown promised “there will be no new taxes” in this state if he is elected governor, a claim he repeated several times during the debate.

Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk said Hogan was right to criticize the slow eco-

nomic growth under O’Malley, but he was looking for more specificity.

“I really do think he’s coming from the right area on that,” Ronk said. “I would just like him to offer up what he would do to change it instead of criticizing it.”

Brown brought up college tuition when attacking Hogan’s position in Robert Ehrlich’s administration, during which Brown says tuition went up 40 percent. Hogan later said he was opposed to the tuition increases while he served as Ehrlich’s cabinet secretary.

This university’s College Republicans President Breyer Hillegas said Hogan should not be judged on the policies put in place during the Ehrlich administration. “[Hogan’s] an honest guy. I think if he says that he wants to keep higher education affordable, then he’ll do just that,” Hillegas said.

SGA Government Affairs Director Luke Pinton said he thought Brown proved himself to be the better candidate for students.

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BLACK AND WHITE AND READ ALL OVER

U student transported to hospital in collision Car struck male univ student riding bicycle in M Circle crosswalk

By Peter Eliopoulos @thedbk For The Diamondback A car struck a male university student Tuesday afternoon near the “M” circle at Campus and Regents drives.

T he student was riding his b i c y c l e i n t h e c ro s s w a l k a t about 3:20 p.m. when a blue Honda CR-V struck h i m, according to University Police.

Police said the student suffered head i nju r ies f rom t he collision. He was transported to an area hospital.

Pol ic e d id not re le a s e t he name of the biker or the motorist involved. The investigation is ongoing.

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in Mall yesterday. The day included a face-in-a-hole photo activity in which attendees could pose as a front-page New York Times story.

Happiness by the bowlful

Univ faces second allegation of research animal abuse Bats allegedly denied needed medication

Univ junior promotes positivity in bowl business, campaign

By Talia Richman @talirichman Senior staff writer

By Joelle Lang @joelleRlang Staff writer Noga Raviv is building a community, and she’s doing it by selling glass bowls.

The junior hearing and speech sciences major started a for-profit business called Towards the Sun in March, selling polymer clay bowls that are accompanied by positive messages that she posts on the business’ Facebook and Instagram profiles.

“Our mission is to inspire people to see their inner strengths and to support this mission with a sustainable, thriving business,” Raviv said.

Raviv said she hopes customers will feel inspired by the messages on her social media pages. Positive people notice those around them and reach out to create a network of goodwill, she said.

Noga raviv, a junior hearing and speech sciences major, poses for a portrait. Raviv sells handmade clay-covered glass bowls and positive messages through her business, Towards the Sun. rachel george/the diamondback “On a college campus, it’s so easy to walk by someone. There’s a ch a nce you c a n get to k now someone but overlook it,” Raviv said. “When you buy a bowl, you’re part of a community.”

Meenu Si ng h, a n i n novation specialist for the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship who mentored Raviv, said finding a target market for the product was a challenge.

“She wants to be able to connect with people with her work,” Singh said.

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tive messages and could connect with each other through the messages, Singh said.

Raviv experimented with sculpting in high school and was looking for a way to continue the art through college without the need for a kiln to bake ceramic clay.

“I wanted to get my hands on something, but I was limited here,” Raviv said.

Instead, Raviv bought polymer clay, which only requires 15 minutes to bake in a kitchen oven, over winter break.

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A w atc h d o g g ro up f i l e d a second complaint against this u n iversity Monday, a l leg i ng that further violations of the Animal Welfare Act led to more bat deaths.

Stop A n i m a l E x ploit at ion NOW! asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate an incident that occurred last year in which several bats died after not receiving their prescribed medication, said Julia Orr, SAEN spokeswoman.

“I was really surprised there was another issue dealing with t he sa me species of a n i m a ls and the same thing: neglect,” Orr said. “I’m really hoping the USDA and the university take it seriously.”

T he f i rst SA E N compl a i nt against this university, filed Sept. 15, revolved around the deaths of si x bats because of dehydration in February 2013.

There have been no updates with that case.

In the new complaint, this university’s attending veterinarian prescribed treatment to a colony of bats after it displayed a higher mortality rate than normal, according to a USDA inspection report obtained by SA EN through the Freedom of Information Act. Research staff received the directions for dispensing treatments Dec. 20, but bats did not receive treatment until Jan. 7. This delay caused additional bats to die, according to the report.

“The dates where the treatments weren’t given to the bats, resulting in them dying, was over Christmas,” Orr said.

According to the USDA report, the i ncident was a resu lt of miscommunication.

As in the other complaint, SAEN is asking for the USDA to impose the maximum fine of $10,000 per animal death.

The incident was self-reported to the USDA, and steps were taken to remedy the issue, according to a statement by university Chief Research Officer Patrick O’Shea.

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SPORTS

OPINION

PACE SETTLES INTO NEW ROLE ON STAFF

BULMAN: The truth about the gender wage gap

Former men’s soccer forward Jake Pace has found success as the team’s director of operations entering tonight’s match against VCU P. 8

Subsidized child care and more solutions to pay gaps P. 4 DIVERSIONS

HOPE COMES ALIVE Friday Night Lights turns 10 in the middle of sports scandals P. 6

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lt. gov anthony brown faces Republican candidate Larry Hogan in the general election on Nov. 4. If elected, Brown would be the state’s first black governor. courtesy of anthonybrown.com

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creased gun safety measures passed last year, and later said he supports a woman’s right From PAGE 1 to obtain birth control.

“He was able to clear up “As college students, if some of the misconceptions one ca nd idate is going to ma ke education more a f- about him,” Hillegas said. fordable between the two of “After the debate, people are them, it looks like based off able to see his true goal, his his past involvement with the character, what he wants to O’Malley administration, it do and why he wants to do it.”

After the debate, Hogan looks like Brown might be the guy to do that,” Pinton said. s a i d h e w a s u p s e t t h a t T h e c a n d i d a t e s a l s o health care was not a topic d e b a te d w h a t s h o u l d b e of discussion.

“It is absolutely shamedone to protect the Chesaful that today’s moderators peake Bay. Hogan criticized Brown’s “rain tax,” which gave Lt. Governor Brown a imposed an annual fee for free pass on his role in the having surfaces that create f a i l e d rol l o u t o f t h e e xexcess water runoff, and said change,” Hogan later said the state needs to find other in a news release. “Maryways to combat the problem. land’s rollout was a national Brown said this state needs embarrassment and Brown to take the lead on reforming conti nues to duck a l l repolicies to help the environ- sponsibility for his role in ment and save the bay, and its implementation.”

The candidates will paraccused Hogan of trying to push the responsibility to ticipate in two more televised other states, such as Penn- debates on Oct. 13 and Oct. 18.

This university’s chapter of sylvania and New York.

Hogan addressed issues the Society of Professional Brown has attacked him for Journalists will host a debate in ads, explaining his posi- viewing party Monday at 7 p.m. tion on gun laws and women’s in Knight Hall. health issues. He promised he would not roll back the in- jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

W hen she went home over spring break, Raviv s t a r te d to not ice g l a ss bowls covered in polymer cl ay a rou nd her hou se, which were handmade gifts from her aunt in Israel. Inspired, she went out to a dollar store to buy her own bowls to decorate.

“I woke up at eight [every day] over spring break and worked straight until 12 [a.m.],” Raviv said. “By the end of that week, I had started the company.”

Raviv purchased a pasta m a ker, wh ich she u se s to create designs in the polymer clay, and soon set up a website, shoptowardsthesun.com. Raviv sells her bowls on Etsy for $35 each.

“W hen people look at yo u l i ke yo u a re d oi n g something crazy, you know you are doing something right,” Raviv said. “I knew I wa s doi n g somet h i n g right last semester when my room m ates asked, ‘Why do you have 20 different sized hammers and a pasta machine?’”

While it used to take half a day to create one bowl, Raviv said she now has the system down to an hour and

noga raviv displays two of the bowls she is selling through her business, Towards the Sun. Raviv covers inexpensive glass bowls with polymer clay designs she sculpts with a pasta machine — a one-and-a-half-hour process. rachel george/the diamondback a half and can complete projects between classes.

Olivia Zicchinelli, a friend of Raviv’s, purchased the first Towards the Sun bowl in March.

“Not only is it just a oneof-a-kind handmade [piece], but it comes with this feeling of positivity and a happy, uplifting message,” Zicchinelli said. “Towards the Sun is about always reaching for the light.”

Raviv said her project in-

volves passion and entrepreneurship. She got involved with the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurs last fall and reaches out to the Academy for guidance on Towards the Sun, Singh said.

“She’s always struck me as being energetic and creative,” Singh said. “It’s really awesome that she has a n outlet translating that into the world.”

Raviv also joined Startup Shel l t h is semester for

more resources to build her company and her community.

“The dream is to build a long-lasting community and essentially to bring people together,” Raviv said. “A lot of us are very selfish these days and in and of ourselves.

If we can get people to break those barriers of social norms to come together and build a community, I would be the happiest person ever.” jlangdbk@gmail.com

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‘Last time I saw my mother, she had on a tracking bracelet like a dog.’

By Madeleine List @madeleine_list Senior staff writer Many young people don’t think about their Social Security numbers until they need to use them to apply for jobs or college, but these nine-digit numbers are a gateway to many opportunities, but barriers for some.

When applying to this university, Lee, a junior elementary education major who chose to withhold her first name because of her citizenship status, discovered she was undocumented.

“I would have never guessed,” she said.

Motivated by her personal struggles, Lee created an oncampus support group for undocumented students and

helped organize an event in the Stamp Student Union Atrium last night with the Asian American Studies Program and the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy.

At the event, “Undocumented Terp DREAMers: Coming Out of Our Shells,” undocumented residents shared their stories with an audience of about 50 students, faculty and staff.

“The first time I came out as undocumented,peoplewouldsay, ‘But you don’t look Mexican,’” said Yves Gomes, a senior biochemistry major whose parents broughthimtotheU.S.fromIndia when he was a young child.

Although Gomes considers himself lucky to have been able to remain in the U.S., his father and

mother were deported in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

“I haven’t seen my parents in six years,” he said. “That’s six birthdays, six Christmases and six Thanksgivings that I’ve missed. The last time I saw my father, he was in handcuffs; last time I saw my mother, she had on a tracking bracelet like a dog.”

In this state, anyone can apply to any public university regardless of citizenship status.

Withthepropermerits,undocumented students are accepted into this university but must pay out-of-state tuition, said Erwin Hesse, a university admissions counselor. Two state programs, the Maryland Dream Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, allow eligible students to receive in-state tuition.

Students who attended three years of high school and two years of community college in this state are eligible for in-state tuition at public universities through the Dream Act. Students registered under DACA for one year can receive in-state tuition and may apply to renew their DACA status every two years, Hesse said.

But that two-year period of protection isn’t always comforting, said Lee, who registered for DACAafterherfirstyearofcollege and recently renewed her status.

When the two years are up, DACA provides no path to citizenship or permanent status, leaving students unsure about their futures in an already unstable economy, Lee said.

The stress of worrying about

Univ officials note shift to rising green culture Report: More taking part in university’s eco-friendly goals

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer A sh i f t i n st udent a nd faculty culture has led to wider participation in sustainable activities and lower wasteemitting rates, according to this university’s annual Sustainability Progress Report released Monday. “ T he a mou nt of progress that we have made as a university has been incredible,” said Ori Gutin, a junior environmental science and policy major and director of the Student Government Association’s Sustainability Committee. “So much of the culture has changed, and there are behavioral changes on campus, too.”

The shift began with Dining Services’ effort to make recycling a priority for students, said Allison Lilly, Dining Services’ sustainability and wellness coordinator.

About 15 percent of food served in the dining halls in 2013 was sustainable, meaning it met fair trade regulations, was local, was produced humanely or was ecologically sound.

T he debut of the Green Tidings food truck and Terp

Farm last year also made a splash in sustainability, Lilly said, with the truck serving fresh food to 11,740 customers.

“The Terp Farm has really become a cornerstone for our initiatives and gives students an opportunity to understand what local and ecologically sound food means,” Lilly said.

The culture of sustainability transcended Dining Services and affected education models.

Professors revised 151 courses from 63 disciplines to include material about sustainable action, according to the report.

“A lot of professors are trying to infuse sustainability throughout their courses,” said Robb Krehbiel, academic advisor for the sustainability studies minor.

In the sustainability major’s second year, 252 students from 58 majors enrolled in it, making it the largest minor on the campus, according to the report.

“A lot of people who are interested in applying the concepts of sustainability in their majors, in their careers and to enhance their lives, enroll in the minor,” Krehbiel said.

Creating awareness through the Dining Services’ guidance and professors’ curriculum has ingrained the concept of carbon- and waste-emitting activities in students’ everyday lives, Gutin said.

Students generated 2.9 pounds

the future, potential deportation through CASA de Maryland, of family members and the rocky Clark said. The organization is political climate in the U.S. are working on translating docupart of the college experience for ments to Korean to help this deundocumented students, said mographic, she said.

Colleen O’Neal, a psychology Pratishtha Khanna, a recent professor who is conducting a graduate of the University of study of undocumented and Maryland, Baltimore County, first-generation Latino students. came to the U.S. from India Although undocumented with her family at age 10. She Latino immigrants are often the told the audience of the disfocus of media attention, there crimination she watched her are many from other regions who father go through and the difdon’t access available resources ficulty of being associated with because the aid is not advertised offensive terms such as “alien.” in their communities, said Eliza“Those who make up the beth Clark, a legal program as- melting pot still have to fight sistant at CASA de Maryland, a to remain in the melting pot,” nonprofit that serves low-income she said. “I’m here to advoimmigrant communities. cate for people like me who An estimated 24 percent of are unrecognized.” eligible Korean immigrants in the area applied for DACA status mlistdbk@gmail.com

Loh discusses higher ed with C-SPAN bus tour

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer

The Green tidings food truck has served fresh food to almost 12,000 people since opening for business last year as part of rising sustainability efforts. rachel george/the diamondback of waste each day in 2013, according to Facilities Management, which is 1.5 pounds less than the national average, according to the EPA. The report also analyzed every carbon- and wasteemitting activity on the campus from transportation and dining to furniture use and certified Green offices. Although students were able to produce 400,000 fewer pounds of waste than in 2012, carbon emissions increased slightly.

“The biggest issue in terms of carbon emission is campus tra nsportation l i ke commuter travel,” Gutin said.

“Air travel is also a big use of carbon, between staff going to conferences, students studying abroad and athletic teams traveling; it all adds up.”

To reach its carbon neutrality goal by 2050, the university plans to invest in carbon-offset projects instead of making every building and student completely carbon neutral, Gutin said.

The three carbon-offset

projects include using renewable energ y, b ei n g energy efficient and restoring forests. Sometimes carbon-offset projects can create a carbon-positive state in which renewable energies create more energy than needed and can be sold to other energy consumers, Gutin said.

“Facilities Management has been working on aligning plans so that they can work toward going green with every department on campus,” said Sally DeLeon, project manager at this university’s Sustainability Office.

Although the university might not reach neutrality until 2050, students and faculty working toward sustainability hope to have some buildings become carbon positive before then, Gutin said.

“We are on track so far, but we have to keep everything going,” DeLeon said. mhorndbk@gmail.com

C-SPAN’s Big Ten bus tour stopped at this university yesterday morning to hear from university President Wallace Loh. But on this stop, the bus tour was sans bus.

Although C-SPAN’s live on-campus interview for The Washington Journal morning show didn’t air from the bus’ usual mobile studio because of mechanical issues, Loh still spoke from the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.

Loh fielded questions from host Greta Wodele Brawner and from callers nationwide about college affordability, diversity, athletic funding, SATs and student debt — national issues Loh used to spotlight this university. “[It served as] an opportunity to showcase the University of Maryland,” Loh said.

And this opportunity, Loh said, is another benefit of being in the Big Ten, as C-SPAN isn’t talking to other conferences.

The tour’s final stop is Rutgers Un iversity, sa id C-SPAN producer Shannon Augustus. The tour has been important, she said, for students and the public to ask questions of university presidents.

“A lot of people want to learn about college affordability,” Augustus said.

Rising tuitions costs, Loh said, are reflective of political, economic and philosophical trends. When taxes are lowered and people are pushing for small government, the outcome is often rising tuition costs, he said.

Brawner asked Loh about the influence of Washington on this university, as well as the benefit for federal programs that partner with the school.

“It takes a team, it takes a v i l l a ge to a d d re s s t h e complex issues that face the nation,” Loh said, referencing federal institutions such as NASA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as well as terrorism and cybersecurity projects that work with university students, faculty and staff. “T he Un iversity of Maryland would not be the institution it is if it were not

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eight miles from the heart of the nation’s capital.”

Brawner also quizzed Loh on this university’s goals for diversity and how those goals affect the admissions process. Diversity is one of 24 factors considered in prospective students’ applications, Loh said.

“The demographic face of the nation is changing, and indeed, that is one of the great challenges and opportunities for higher education,” he said.

Admissions counselors recruit talented minority students, and this university has programs to prepare students for col lege that a re desig ned to i ncrease the types of people seeking higher education, he said.

St udents, pa rents a nd educators ca l led i n from across the nation, including Wisconsin, North Carolina, Florida and Maryland, badgering Loh about his salary — wh ich he d i sc lo se d i s around $480,000 per year — and about athletic spending.

“Athletics is a self-supporting enterprise; there is no state funding,” Loh said, but emphasized its importance. “It is the front porch of the university. It is not the most important part, but for many people it is the most visible part.”

He also talked about nontraditional, older students at this university, and said he believes learning has now become a lifelong endeavor.

“The technology of online education could be a game changer in higher education,” Loh said. Now, he said, the real question for higher education is how to educate more people at a lower cost.

Many university students didn’t tune in to the live broadcast; some because they didn’t know about it, and others because the 9:15 a.m. start conflicted with classes.

Sophomore Nate Hitchings said he had no idea about Loh’s interview, but would have watched it if he had.

“It’s relevant, especially for students who are going i nto the f ield of publ ic policy,” said Hitchings, a government and politics and philosophy major. gtooheydbk@gmail.com

But Orr said SAEN is not seeing enough change in university laboratories.

From PAGE 1 “The University of Maryland is obviously [negligent] “We regret the incidents i nvolv i ng bats t h at were in its caring of laboratory housed on our campus. Ap- animals. You can’t have two propriate actions were taken such similar issues just accieven before we self-report- dentally,” she said. “This has ed th is incident,” O’Shea to be a major problem in the wrote. “Animal care takes labs with communication and the utmost priority at both proper care. The university the federal and University really needs to pay attention level, a nd the Un iversity to this and figure out what is taking important steps kind of misinformation is to prevent regrettable in- going on between the staff.” cid ents l i ke t he se i n t he future.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

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Complexities of the gender wage gap Making a B1G financial move STAFF EDITORIAL

CHARLIE BULMAN

economical for many families for one parent to stay at home. Because women are frequently employed in lower-paying fields — and they face some degree of outright discrimination — it is usually the mother, not the father, who quits work. Moreover, women who leave the workforce lose experience and often see their skills decline, contributing to a permanent “motherhood pay penalty.” Hence, women are trapped in a spiral wherein they are undervalued in their early years, pushed out of the workforce during motherhood and hold permanently diminished earning power if they choose to re-enter the workforce.

One solution would be for the government to subsidize child care — or even provide it outright. Unfortunately, the cost of professional child care has surged since the 1980s. According to The New Republic, the average family in Massachusetts pays a whopping $15,o00 per infant for a year of fulltime day care. Reducing the financial burden of child care would allow more women to balance the demands of work and parenthood.

Critics of government-sponsored child care cite the hefty cost of such programs. What they fail to recognize is the astronomical cost of low female workforce participation. According to State Department economist Heidi Crebo-Rediker, U.S. GDP would grow by a staggering 9 percent if women worked at the same rate as men. No less importantly, motherhood would no longer be coupled with economic dependence and professional isolation.

Accounting for the full social and economic costs of the gender pay gap, it is imperative we take action to liberate women and mothers from the economic underclass they currently inhabit.

President Barack Obama’s June 2011 remark that “women still earn just 70 cents for every dollar a man earns” likely caught college women’s attention. If, as the president suggested, women with exactly the same jobs as their similarlyqualified male counterparts are paid significantly less, women entering the workforce will face an immediate and insurmountable gender penalty. Nevertheless, for all his good intentions, there’s one main problem with Obama’s statistic: It simply isn’t true.

In 2011, a chorus of fact-checkers was happy to explain how the president distorted labor figures to make a point about gender inequality. As an aside, the White House later corrected the president’s statement to 77 cents. The 77 cents figure, however, was drawn from a Census Bureau report that tracks annual wages without regard for hours worked, occupational field and life choices. A May 2013 survey from PayScale reveals that the wage gap is almost completely erased when one controls for education and occupation. But later in women’s lives, the gap between men’s and women’s weekly pay widens, according to the American Association of University Women.

Obama isn’t completely off the mark.

According to PayScale, even after controlling for differences in occupation, education and workforce experience, a pay difference of 2 to 9 percent still exists between men and women. Although there could be other factors bearing on this gap, this figure suggests at least some outright discrimination.

Evidence of discrimination among similarly positioned employees might reflect the perception that women are more likely to drop out of the workforce during motherhood and thus are Charlie Bulman is a junior governnot “ideal workers.” Considering the ment and politics major. He can be colossal cost of child care, it’s more reached at cbulmandbk@gmail.com.

Why we need more alumni involvement

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he No. 20 spot in this year’s U.S. News & World Report national public university rankings. No. 43 in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities. A $248 million endowment.

That’s this university by the numbers — a respectable showing from one of the top public universities in the nation. Delve a bit deeper, however, and a sobering, though not wholly unexpected, picture emerges.

This university’s highly touted move to the Big Ten on July 1 spelled economic rebirth for a beleaguered athletic department. But it also marked a transition into a conference in which this university often trails behind the rest in both coffers and the classroom.

This university’s endowment ranks a dismal 13th among Big Ten schools, ahead of only Rutgers University, which also joined the conference this year. Barring Rutgers, this is the only Big Ten institution that hasn’t broken the billiondollar mark.

Five Big Ten schools — University of Michigan, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania State University and Ohio State University — bested this university’s U.S. News rankings, and Purdue University matched them.

The latter fact could stem from a deficit in self-investment: In The Washington Post’s 2013 list of

the top 30 endowments per student among Maryland, Washington and Virginia schools, this university failed to make the cut, with just $6,651 available per student. Smaller private institutions predictably dominated that list, but the fact that this state’s flagship university didn’t earn a spot certainly raised eyebrows.

OUR VIEW

We expect the newly-appointed director of the Alumni Association to improve this university’s endowment.

The university’s endowment is also growing at a slower pace than that of its Big Ten peers — just Indiana University, University of Nebraska and Michigan reported less of an uptick in endowment market value from 2012 to 2013. Those schools, however, have broken the billion-dollar mark — Michigan, in particular, leads the Big Ten with a whopping $8.38 billion endowment.

Working against the university is the size of its alumni base: Big Ten schools boast some of the nation’s largest collections of graduates, whom schools target heavily for fundraising. This university, the fourth-smallest public school in the conference, has far fewer alumni

than the likes of Big Ten giants Ohio State and Penn State — the latter boasts the largest alumni association in the nation.

However, this university’s announcement last week that it had tapped Amy Eichhorst, the University of Illinois Alumni Association’s Advocacy and Outreach Division vice president, to lead its alumni association bodes well for the future of its bank account.

Since the end of fiscal year 2008, Eichhorst’s first year as director of the alumni association’s Illinois Connection, the school’s endowment has received more than $1.5 billion in “new business,” which includes donations and grants. In fiscal 2013, alumni accounted for $103 million, or 23.7 percent, of new business.

Hopefully, Eichhorst will replicate that kind of success at this university, starting with doubling the Alumni Association’s membership in the next five years. Outreach and connections with alumni go a long way toward ensuring graduates give back to the university, and big, bold plans like Eichhorst’s can help meet that end.

Greater alumni involvement means more donations, more money for innovation and more opportunities for this university to invest in its students. That’s the kind of progress that’s needed to catapult this university to the top of the Big Ten’s academic and financial rankings.

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Low SAT scores shouldn’t matter MAGGIE CASSIDY

poor results on my inability to perform well on standardized tests.

Students taking these tests shouldn’t be blamed for anything, really. If blame is to be cast, then it should be cast on the College Board and other institutions that supposedly measure how intelligent or college-ready a student is.

Being the well-seasoned junior I am, I think I can say the results of the SATs I took in 2011 and 2012 did not determine how prepared I was for the academic rigor of this university. My poor math score didn’t stop me from getting an “A” in the math course I took at this university. Only better writing and critical reading scores did not prevent me from being invited to apply to the English Honors Program. What determined my success in college was my work ethic.

The College Board sees education as black and white numbers on a chart. It fails to understand that standardized tests are not the only way to determine college readiness and predict success. I wish the SATs or some other form of testing assessed students on their work ethic, because that is what matters in college — not your knowledge of trigonometry or verbose words.

And I hope that one day, universities — including this one — will not judge students in so largely on how they stack up against others on standardized tests.

According to the College Board, high school graduates in the class of 2014 are dumber than their predecessors.

College Board reported that the average SAT score for the class of 2014 was 1497, while 2013 graduates averaged 1498. It’s a small difference, yet it caused enough concern that College Board President and CEO David Coleman announced that a large number of students are not being adequately prepared for college. The statistic comes seven months after the College Board decided to redesign the SAT for 2016, straying from vocabulary-based sections and focusing on more analytical thinking.

While this might have caused an uproar for those in the standardized test industry, I would like to ask: Why are standardized tests and individuals like Coleman allowed to decide who is ready for the gauntlet of college academics?

I remember it like it was yesterday — the SAT and its nicer sister, the ACT, looming over me during my high school career. When I was a young spring chicken in high school, competing against the other teenage peons to get into the best college, I hated when some of my peers would say, “I got a low score on my SATs because I’m not a good test-taker.” I always thought this was a major cop-out for the less intelligent. Now don’t be fooled, I had less-than-desirable results on my SATs; Maggie Cassidy is a junior English I’m still surprised this university let me m a j o r. S h e ca n b e rea c h ed a t in. Yet, I didn’t go around blaming my mcassidydbk@gmail.com.

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uperhero comics have always had what I like to call an estranged relationship with the concept of subtlety. Heroes tend to dress in bright blue tights and scream about justice, while villains often adorn themselves with menacing black capes and soliloquize about how much they enjoy eating babies.

Perhaps the most egregious example of comic book heavyhandedness is the character known as Captain America. Everything from his name to his stars-and-stripes uniform is a neon sign pointing to one very specific thing. Suffice it to say, if anyone were asked what Captain America is supposed to represent, they would all give the same reply: AMERICA! But does the Captain really represent the United States? I would say no. The Captain is a hero who fights for the smallest denominator, the common man, but these days, I’m not so sure we as Americans can say our country does the same thing. No, I believe Captain America is not America; rather, I believe he is what America should strive to be.

The most important thing to know about Captain America is that he was a product of his time. The Captain

was created in the fires of World War II, and the very first issue of Captain America featured the titular hero coldcocking Hitler right in the face. To put it bluntly, Captain America was propaganda. He was, essentially, a superpowered American GI who consistently foiled the Axis powers with his American strength and resolve.

But even though the Captain was created to aggrandize the American cause, I do feel as if the character epitomized World War II-era America.

World War II is the most unquestionably “just war” in American history.

We were a country attempting to free the world from the oppression of an unambiguously evil empire. It wasn’t a conflict based on a reactionary fear of another ideology, like the wars against communism or terror seemed and seem to be. The Nazis were a legitimately terrifying and organized force with the stated goal of world domination.

Captain America’s 1940s exploits were representative of the vision of America as a beacon for freedom and justice.

But can the same be said about America today? Are we still a nation that fights for freedom and the betterment of all mankind? Personally, I don’t think so. Throughout the course of conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East, thousands of civilians have been

killed by indiscriminate and callous U.S. air and drone strikes. We’re so concerned about catching and punishing the bad guys that we’ve forgotten why we were hunting them down in the first place: to protect people. There’s a line in the 2011 movie adaptation of Captain America that I’m quite fond of: When Steve Rodgers — Captain America — is asked if he wants to join the army to kill Nazis, he replies, “I don’t want to kill anyone. I don’t like bullies; I don’t care where they’re from.” That is what Captain America represents. He represents a nation that fights to save lives, not end them. He fights for a nation that is a protector, not an aggressor. He fights for freedom, justice and safety for all. He fights for the American ideal, not America.

Although his name and costume are a bit misleading, there is one visual aspect of Captain America that speaks more to his character than a silly name or gaudy outfit ever could. The hero’s signature weapon is not a gun or a sword, a spear or a hammer; it is a shield. You see, Captain America never truly can attack because with a shield, one can only defend.

Tristan Madden is a freshman journalism major. He can be reached at trmadden@gmail.com.

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LASTING IMPACT | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

friday night lights, the 2004 film, tells a story of the triumph of the bond of football and the beauty of the sport in an economically crippled town — an important reminder as sports scandals spiral out of control 10 years later.

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seeing the lights Before the television series of the same name came the 2004 film, which celebrates its 10th anniversary amidst a crumbling football landscape

By Michael Errigo @DBKDiversions Staff writer

trays — hard-hitting, old-fashioned football — is in shambles. The National Football League’s current image is a collection of monsters, men who feel free do whatever they please off the field while still making millions upon millions of dollars on it. What began with the Ray Rice elevator incident has snowballed into a media firestorm that seems to produce a new villain every day as reporters search for the dirt behind every name, like gold prospectors in the Old West.

As the multibillion-dollar face of the sport, the NFL has tarnished the view of football in general, from the peewee leagues on up. And it’s not just domestic issues in the spotlight. Player safety, corporate greed and political incorrectness have plagued the entity that once stood atop the kingdom of American athletic entertainment. Every football game seems to be seen by

Whenever I ask people whether they have seen Friday Night Lights, the warm, excited reaction I usually receive is often misguided. They think I’m talking about the TV show that made a five-year run on NBC, the one that sealed Kyle Chandler’s status as a cult hero and filled hearts across the nation. But I’m not. To be fair, I’ve never seen the show, though I have always heard great things; I’m sure I will binge-watch it eventually.

But what I mean when I say Friday Night Lights is the 2004 movie, the one I saw innumerable times in my childhood because my brother couldn’t get enough of it, the one that, to this day, I believe is one of the greatest sports movies ever made.

The film’s 10th anniversary comes when the sport it so beautifully por-

half of America as two groups of egotistical males seeing who can kill the other more quickly.

Peter Berg’s film adaptation of the 1990 nonfiction best-seller Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream follows the 1988 Permian High School football team in Odessa, Texas, as it makes a run for the state title. It’s a simple story about people and football. Team star running back Boobie Miles, played by Derek Luke (Sight Unseen), is a character who can’t soon be forgotten after a single viewing — a perfect mix of childish enthusiasm, limitless confidence and unbridled dreams. His strong performance is matched by Billy Bob Thornton (The Judge) as head coach Gary Gaines and Garrett Hedlund (Lullaby) as tailback Don Billingsley, in addition to an all-around great supporting cast.

In addition to the acting, the film is one of the most aesthetically

pleasing sports films ever made, with crisp cinematography and a wide variety of creative shots. A masterful blend of quick cuts, aerial views and just the right mix of audio does a fine job at grabbing hold of something that seems impossible to capture on film: the essence of football in all its movement, contacts and physical subtleties.

Many sports movies either spend all their effort trying to capture the emotion off the field so that when it comes time to show a game, the camera work and direction are lacking — or vice versa. Friday Night Lights is a rare breed of movie that can do both. It can make you cry with a single 30-second scene in a high school parking lot and then get you out of your seat with dynamic game coverage 10 minutes later.

One of the strongest symbols in the film is Permian High School’s state-of-the-art football field.

It’s the size of many small college stadiums and gets a packed crowd every game. It symbolizes the passion for high school football that exists throughout Texas and the money people pour into that passion to keep it alive. At one point in the film, an announcer calls the stadium a “monument to football,” and that’s exactly how I think of the movie itself. It’s a monument to the people who work all week to watch their children play on Friday nights or who still thrive on the memory of playing under those lights. Friday Night Lights is a monument to football the game, not football the image or football the defendant.

Ten years after its release, Friday Night Lights is worth a viewing, if only to remind you how a deep, basic, youthful love of football looks and feels. merrigodbk@gmail.com

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la-z-boys: coming soon to a theater near you Recliners are changing the game in movie theaters around the country, and are starting to fill the region

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer Angelika, Arclight and iPic. You might not be familiar with these names now, but in the very near future, these theater chains will be opening luxury theaters in the region.

A new category of movie theaters has burst onto the scene in recent years. We’ve gone from dine-in theaters to theaters with full reclining chairs, premium alcohol and reserved seating. Soon you’ll get to pay even more money for the pleasure of watching a new Adam Sandler flick in a dark room full of strangers.

The new theaters are, perhaps, an ingenious idea. I can think of few people who enjoy the amenities of a standard modern multiplex. You either get the poorly maintained, cookie-cutter types or the loud, gaudy amusement parks made for a 10-yearold circa 1995.

Movie theaters already make

recliners are bringing more luxury to moviegoers around the Washington area. photo courtesy of ian tanaka On the one hand, the success of most of their money from concessions, so why not turn a premium the premium moviegoing experiviewing experience into an add-on? ence has had some positive effects If people can be conned into paying for the competition.

Landmark Theaters recently five extra dollars to catch Edge of Tomorrow in 3D, why not charge five outfitted its Bethesda Row locaextra dollars for La-Z-Boy seating? tion with wider, more comfortable The recent success of chains chairs, reserved seating and more like Angelika suggests people will (expensive) concession options. pay extra to not feel like plebeians. AMC has experimented with auPerhaps it’s not so surprising that ditoriums retrofitted with reclining there is a large, not-completely- chairs, such as Courthouse Plaza 8 tapped market of moviegoers who in Arlington, Virginia.

More competition — as always want to watch a film in a theater that doesn’t make them feel like — is a good thing, especially now when precious few non franchise 5-year-olds.

theaters are surviving.

On the other hand, the whole notion of a premium movie theater experience is kind of evil. Film was meant to be a populist form: art for the masses. Film-going shouldn’t be elitist. A trip to the theater shouldn’t cost almost $20 or be divided into expensive and more expensive options.

Maybe the populism of cinema is an ideal that’s impossible to achieve. Hiring good projectionists and keeping the theater clean costs money that some places either cannot afford or will no longer tolerate. Perhaps it’s not surprising that the Arclight and iPic theaters will be opening in affluent sections of Bethesda.

At the end of the day, I’d still probably rather pay an extra five dollars and be an elitist than cough up an extra five to put on some dorky 3D glasses.

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McCoy touches on Terps’ balance during media day Coach expects team to contend in first Big Ten season

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer With his near-flawless performance on the mat last season, 184-pound wrestler Jimmy Sheptock drew attention to the Terrapins wrestling program.

The Northampton, Pennsylvania, native cruised through the regular season, the conference tournament and much of the NCAA Championship without a loss before falling to Penn State’s Ed Ruth — a three-time 184pound defending champion — in the NCAA final.

But the Terps lost Sheptock to graduation, leaving the team without an obvious national title contender.

Even so, the Terps have an array of options capable of easing the transition into the Big Ten, one of the nation’s toughest conferences.

“We have a really good opportunity,” coach Kerry McCoy said at the team’s media day yesterday. “We’ve got some different areas and some unconventional areas to get some leadership from. But that’s the most exciting thing because starting with a clean slate, we’ve got a lot of room to go.”

Though he redshirted last season, 133-pound Geoffrey Alexander might have the best chance of matching Sheptock’s dominance. The Pittsburgh native had a 25-2 record last season, finishing tied with 197-pound Christian Boley for second on the team in wins.

Alexander will battle 133-pound Billy Rappo, who moved up after wrestling at the 125-pound weight class for much of last year, for the starting spot.

“That competitive rivalry will help those guys get

“WE’VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT AREAS AND SOME UNCONVENTIONAL AREAS TO GET SOME LEADERSHIP FROM. BUT THAT’S THE MOST EXCITING THING, BECAUSE STARTING WITH A CLEAN SLATE, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF ROOM TO GO.” KERRY MCCOY

Terrapins wrestling coach better,” McCoy said. “Those two guys and their competition will help elevate the level of intensity in the room, and those guys have been leaders in our program.”

Two more wrestlers who have already enjoyed success in their careers are 285-pound Spencer Myers and 141-pound Shyheim Brown.

Myers, who is also a defensive end on the Terps’ football team, earned All-American status as a freshman and has claimed two ACC Championships, while Brown began the season 11-0 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship in his freshman campaign.

But despite his success a year ago, Brown isn’t guaranteed a starting role.

Instead, 141-pound Frank Goodwin, who dropped a weight class after last season, will challenge him. Though he changed weight classes, Goodwin wrestled at 141 pounds in his first three years, so he should provide Brown with competition.

“I’m so glad [Goodwin] is here for me and the rest of my teammates as well around my weight,” Brown said. “I feel as though at 141 and 149 we have some really good stars on the team.”

At 149 pounds, Ben Dorsay is expected to start after going 10-11 in the 157-pound weight class last season. Dorsay believes the switch to a lighter weight will better suit his body type

RAMS From PAGE 8 a player. Rather than worrying about pesky defenders and hostile ACC crowds, Pace focuses his energy on organizing the team’s travel schedule, meals and other arrangements.

But last season, Pace provided a scoring threat for an offense replete with explosive options. And while he typically came off the bench, Pace tied for second on the team with six goals.

His first score of his redshirt senior season season came against VCU on Sept. 8, 2013. In the 33rd minute, he knocked in a header from 6 yards out to give his team a 1-0 lead, but the Terps eventually blew a three-goal lead in the final 14 minutes.

“That’s not a good memory of mine,” Pace said. “A decent amount of these boys played in that game and were watching it, and know what they can do.”

Pace won’t have an opportunity for redemption on the field

and increase his success on the mat.

“Didn’t really have as much success or wasn’t really happy at 57 as much as I was at 49,” Dorsay said. “It took me a couple years to realize 49 was actually the right weight class, but going back down, I’m looking forward to it this year.”

In addition to mentioning those who have excelled during their times in Terps uniforms, McCoy acknowledged a few players he believes worked hard enough to consistently compete at the college level.

Those he mentioned included 184-pound Tony Gardner and 197-pound Rob Fitzgerald. Gardner, who has competed in 38 career matches, finished with a 5-9 record last season at 174 pounds but moved up because of Sheptock’s departure.

Still, McCoy has faith that Fitzgerald and other young wrestlers can help the Terps avoid growing pains in their new conference. And even without Sheptock, McCoy believes his team can compete with some of the best teams in the country.

“We want to finish in the top half in the Big Ten,” McCoy said. “One of the things we talked about is the success we had in the ACC; we want to carry that to the Big Ten. We don’t have any expectations to go in there to take a few years to figure it out.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

tonight, and he’s still adapting to his role off the pitch.

“A lot of the stuff that I do is the stuff that I took for granted when I was a player,” Pace said. “I kind of just showed up and food was out in front of me, and I just walked into the hotel.”

Pace said the transition has also affected his social life. Now, when the Terps players hang out after practice, Pace goes home.

But Cirovski said Pace’s transition has been seamless, in part because of the way he conducted himself as a player.

“We try to use all of our successful alumni as examples, but Jake’s an easy one to point to because he always put 100 percent of effort into everything,” Cirovski said.

Pace initially didn’t plan to return to this university, however, as he was deciding between two opportunities. He was either going to take a teaching job at a public school or become a graduate assistant at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

But Pace couldn’t turn down the

KICKER Brad craddock has made all 11 of his field goals this season, including a career-high 57-yarder Saturday. chester lam/the diamondback

Craddock remains perfect Monroe registers two sacks during loss against OSU

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer Brad Craddock’s perfect season was put at risk Saturday when the Terrapins football kicker jogged onto the field to attempt a 57-yard field goal late in the first quarter against then-No. 20 Ohio State.

Entering the contest, the Adelaide, Australia, native had connected on all 10 of his kicks on the season. But Craddock’s career-long was 52 yards, a kick he made during his freshman season.

“I wasn’t really expecting to go out there for it,” Craddock said.

Nonetheless, it turned out to be the correct decision from coach Randy Edsall. Craddock lined up and crushed the 57-yarder through the uprights with distance to spare to break the school record of 54 yards previously held by Nick Novak and Steve Mike-Mayer.

“The wind was behind me and I thought I hit it real solid,” Craddock said. “When you hit the ball, you’re like, ‘Ah, that’s good.’ I didn’t even see it go through. I’m glad it did, because I was celebrating.”

The kick proved meaningless in the context of the game, as the Buckeyes thrashed the Terps, 52-24. But considering Craddock was named to the watch list for this year’s Lou Groza Award — given to the nation’s top placekicker — before the season, staying perfect on the year could end up being beneficial.

“It’s cool,” Craddock said.

“Its just one kick at a time, though. I’m 0-for-0 next week.”

MONROE KEEPS ROLLING One of the most daunting challenges for the Terps entering Saturday’s matchup with the Buckeyes was the size and athleticism of their opponents’ offensive line, which features four players standing at least 6-foot-3 and weighing at least 300 pounds.

As anticipated, the unit was dominant, paving the way for Ohio State to rush for 269 yards.

But twice during the contest, Terps defensive end Andre Monroe beat his man to sack quarterback J.T. Barrett.

“I felt like I played with a lot of energy; I did what I was supposed to do,” said Monroe, whose five sacks on the season rank second in the Big Ten. “Most importantly, I played with a lot of heart.”

One of Monroe’s sacks came on a crucial snap late in the first half with the Terps trailing by

Former forward Jake Pace tied for second on the Terps with six goals last season. file photo/the diamondback offer from his former coach.

Pace said Cirovski acts as a mentor for former players, and he often sets them up with jobs. But Cirovski also makes sure his active players have their minds set toward the future.

Before the Terps’ 3-2 loss at Northwestern on Sunday, Cirovski arranged for the team to eat with several former Terps who reside in Chicago and have achieved professional success.

“They were all relating their success back to Maryland soccer,” Pace said, “and how important just playing and going with your teammates through these times sets you up for the future.

They all had different stories that related to how [Cirovski] has helped them to this point.”

In tonight’s game against the Rams (4-6-1), though, the Terps (3-5-2) will turn their attention

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FORWARD KATIE GERZABEK finishes off a sliding goal, her first score of her senior season, during a 6-0 victory over Ohio State on Friday at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. Gerzabek’s high school teammate, forward Moira Putsch, assisted on the goal. christian jenkins/the diamondback

known or trusted Gerzabek would be making a long run to the back post late in the first half against Ohio State.

“It’s really nice because I know where she is going to be,” Putsch said. “I know that she is going to be in these places almost without even hearing her voice.”

P u tsc h b e l i eve d h e r former high school teammate would be in position to finish her cross, and she was right. The result was a fantastic finish that ended a nine-game scoring drought for Gerzabek.

But the impact of the two Terps’ relationship

14 points. On second-and-6, the senior dropped Barrett for a loss of 12 yards, which was key in forcing the Buckeyes to punt two plays later.

However, as was the trend Saturday, the Terps couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity.

On the first play of the ensuing offensive drive, quarterback C.J. Brown threw a costly interception inside his own 20-yard line that allowed the Buckeyes to punch in a touchdown before the break.

“It all goes back to executing,” Monroe said. “They executed. We didn’t.”

MUCH-NEEDED BYE WEEK After Saturday’s loss to the Buckeyes, the Terps finally have made it to their first bye week of the season.

The time off will provide injured players, such as outside linebacker Matt Robinson (shoulder), with additional days to heal. It also gives Edsall and his staff two weeks to prepare for a home bout with Iowa.

“The bye comes at a really good time for us. We got some guys that are banged up,” Edsall said. “We’re looking forward to getting healthy. We’re looking forward to taking a deep breath, and we’re looking forward to evaluating ourself [to] see where we go from here.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

to their performance on the field.

The match presents another opportunity for a Terps team that’s struggling to turn things around without Pace and several other key components from last year’s team.

“Some teams in the Big Ten are more physical than the guys we’re used to,” forward Jeroen Meefout said. “If we make sure we’re at the same level as that, then we will win because we are better soccer players.”

Cirovski added: “You’re going to see our best soccer, starting [today].”

A year ago, Cirovski probably would have turned to Pace to help top VCU and get the Terps’ season turned around.

But Pace has moved on. He played his final college soccer game about 10 months ago. Now all he can do is watch.

“It’s definitely different to not be there with them,” Pace said. “Right now we’re going through kind of a rough patch like we did last year. And not being able to help in that way is hard.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

extends beyond nice passes and seamless communication. Gerzabek and her mother were major factors in Putsch’s choice to attend this university.

“Field hockey was important, but just [Gerzabek’s] genuine happiness was a big decision factor for me,” Putsch said. “Knowing her and trusting her was huge for me.”

Jackie Gerzabek didn’t want to pressure Putsch while she was settling on a college, so she just laid out the pros and cons. Katie Gerzabek also refrained from pushing her friend toward this university.

“It was a really rough decision for her,” Gerzabek said.

“But I just told her what Maryland was like. We are just

like a family, which is kind of like our high school was. So I just told her that, and I’m so happy she came.”

Eleven games into the season, Putsch said she is ecstatic with her choice, and the Terps offense has re a p e d t h e b e n e f i t s o f using former high school teammates on the field.

Putsch leads the team with 18 points, and Gerzabek is third with 15.

Plus, Putsch has a senior she can trust on and off the field as she adapts to college life.

“It’s nice to come to school where you know somebody,” Jackie Gerzabek said. “Katie will take her under her wing when Moira needs anything.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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FIELD HOCKEY

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Putsch, Gerzabek reignite long-standing connection Former high school teammates lead No. 2 Terps offense

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

FORMER FORWARD JAKE PACE is settling into the role of director of operations for the Terps this season. file photo/the diamondback

THE SAME PACE

Pace sets example for Terps in coaching role one year after graduating

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer Jake Pace thought his time in College Park was over. After the forward’s Terrapins men’s soccer playing career ended with a 2-1 loss to Notre Dame in the 2013 College Cup final, he decided he would attend graduate school.

Pace requested advice from coach Sasho Cirovski, who frequently counsels players on life after college. But Cirovski offered Pace a position as the team’s director of operations. Flattered, Pace returned to the

campus where he had spent four seasons.

So when the Terps host Virginia Commonwealth tonight in a rematch of last year’s 3-2 loss, Pace will be on the sideline as Cirovski’s team hopes to halt a two-match losing streak.

“I led a decent amount of these guys on the field and off the field,” Pace said. “Now I’m stepping into a role where I’m kind of behind the scenes, doing a lot of the logistics for the team.”

Pace’s day-to-day responsibilities this season differ from the tasks he took on as See RAMS, Page 7

The offensive play the Terrapins field hockey team displayed at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex this weekend was reminiscent of the Academy of Notre Dame’s attack four years ago.

Forwards Katie Gerzabek, a senior, and freshman Moira Putsch played together at the Pennsylvania high school for a season, and the pair combined for four goals and four assists to power the Terps to two wins Friday and Sunday.

The performance over the weekend is just part of an impressive season Gerzabek and Putsch have put together several years after they starred against prep competition.

“I always know where [Putsch] is going to be because we have played together for so long,” Gerzabek said. “Just knowing that we have that kind of dynamic duo type of thing is really cool.”

G e rz a b e k a n d P u t s c h already were familiar with each other before they shared a field in high school. They competed for the same club program, the WC Eagles, and while they played for different teams because of their age difference, they trained together for big tournaments.

Gerzabek’s mother, Jackie Gerzabek, watched the two

FORWARD KATIE GERZABEK (top), a senior, and forward Moira Putsch (below), a freshman, played together in high school. from top: alexander jonesi/the diamondback; christian jenkins/ the dimaondback develop a strong link in her daughter’s final season in high school. She was also assistant coach for Putsch’s final three years on the team.

“It was nice because they learned how to read each other,” Jackie Gerzabek said.

“They connected then.”

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display against Ohio State and Old Dominion this weekend.

During the two games, Gerzabek assisted on both of Putsch’s goals, and Putsch returned the favor on Gerzabek’s first score of the season against the Buckeyes.

Without their history together, Putsch might not have See PUTSCH, Page 7