October 9, 2013

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robert day, District 3 councilman, says he and Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich are not running together in the election. james levin/the diamondback

Candidates clarify flier controversy Two incumbents not running as official team

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Senior staff writer With College Park City Council elections four weeks away, candidate Stephanie Stullich’s statements about campaign alliances have caused controversy among District 3 stakeholders.

Stullich, an incumbent, is running for one of two district council seats, along with incumbent Robert Day and university graduate student Matthew Popkin, and discussions about political endorsements have highlighted underlying tensions between students and residents off the campus.

Confusion arose after an email and flier from Stullich’s campaign implied a partnership between Stullich and Day, prompting a backlash from Student Government Association leaders who recently endorsed Day and Popkin.

A public flier released by Friends of Stephanie Stullich, a political committee for the District 3 incumbent, lists fellow Councilman Day as endorsing her candidacy, although campaign alliances were still unclear when the fl ier was released.

When initially asked yesterday whether he had any conversations with Stullich regarding an endorsement, Day said no such interactions occurred, though he noted it is common for council members to endorse one another in the elections.

Later, after a conversation with Stullich, Day said over the phone there had been a miscommunication on both sides in regard to the fl ier.

Day said he does not want people to read into the incident.

Stullich said she had shared a draft fl ier with Day — which included his name listed as an endorsement — and that Day gave his approval.

“Robert and I have been a team for the past two years,” she said, adding the two have worked in tandem as city residents for more than a decade.

Although Day had not explicitly endorsed Stullich before, he said he would do so now because she has done so much for the community.

“There is no way you don’t endorse someone like that,” Day said.

In addition to the flier, Stullich sent an email to some residents in late September that some student officials said was cause for concern. SGA President Samantha Zwerling said the email specifically draws a line pitting students against residents.

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camino americano, a rally and march held yesterday on the National Mall, demanded comprehensive immigration reform. ellie silverman/for the diamondback

‘THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING’ Students among 15,000 marching for immigration reform

By Ellie Silverman @thedbk For The Diamondback All it took was a fl ickering taillight to change a family’s life forever.

A week after his or her father was pulled over for a broken taillight “people from immigrant enforcement raided our home,” said a junior biochemistry major, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the situation. “They took my dad, and it was the last I ever saw him. I haven’t seen my mother or father since 2009.”

That student transformed his nightmare into a passion for change. On Tuesday afternoon, he joined

about 15,000 people on the National Mall for Camino Americano: Rally and March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect. The purpose of the march, sponsored by organizations such as CASA de Maryland — the largest Latino and immigrant organization in the state — was to demand comprehensive immigration reform, a goal protesters hope to accomplish this year, before a new Congress is elected.

One slogan of the march was, “The time is now,” and mobilizers used social media to garner support and attract attention. The hashtag, #timeisnow, reflected the sentiments of the protesters, who said they believe Congress must prioritize and See RALLY, Page 2

Study could help prevent drug outbreaks Substance abuse center develops community early warning system

substances, some last names have been withheld to protect privacy.

Preventing new drug outbreaks could become easier than ever, according to a study released by the university’s Center for Substance

By Joe Antoshak Abuse Research last week. @Mantoshak Funded by the White House Office of Staff writer National Drug Control Policy, researchEDITOR’S NOTE: Because this ers tested the Community Drug Early article focuses on the use of illicit Warning System, which is designed to

University teams earn honors in 30 hours of MIT hackathon 80 students attend HackMIT in growing trend

By Darcy Costello @dctello Staff writer Trapped in a building for 30 consecutive hours, students stayed up all night, guzzling Red Bull and coding through the early morning.

Far from the usual college allnighter, the HackMIT event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that lasted from 8 a.m. Sat-

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identify emerging substances and lessen their threat to a community. CESAR researchers tested the system based on the idea that emerging drugs can be found in high-risk criminal populations before detection in the general public.

More than 1,000 anonymous urine samples from five different

As the deadline to raise the debt ceiling looms, the White House and Republican House leaders traded barbs but made little progress toward ending the government shutdown.

T he shutdown is entering its ninth day after Senate Democrats and House Republicans failed to agree by Oct. 1 on a plan to fund the government. In a press briefi ng Tuesday, President Obama accused Republican leadership of attempting to run out the clock as a means of strengthening its bargaining position, which includes gutting Obama’s signature health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “Members of Congress, and the House Republicans in particular, don’t get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their jobs,” Obama said.

In an initial attempt to avoid a shutdown, Republicans proposed a government funding plan that would have cut a medical device tax in the Affordable Care Act and delayed implementation for a year. Those cuts prompted Democrats to reject it.

The Republicans have in turn accused Democrats of being unw i lli ng to negotiate, wh ile the Democrats criticize Republicans for starting the negotiations on terms they have generally refused to budge on — namely, hamstringing the health care law.

But as these debates rage on, Oct. 17 marks another deadline Washington is loath to push up against: the debt ceiling. The federal government’s debt is expected to exceed the congressionally authorized borrowing limit, which needs a vote in order to rise, lest the federal government risk defaulting on its outstanding debt obligations.

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urday to 2 p.m. Sunday was a haven of creativity. Teams of four or fewer undergraduate students from across the nation developed technological ideas while competing for cash prizes and recognition or awards. HackMIT is part of a growing trend of “hackathons,” competitions that allow students to bring innovative ideas closer to reality with the help of corporate sponsors.

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student hackers review their work at HackMIT, a hackathon in which students from this university gained face time with and multiple prizes from high-profile technology sponsors. photo courtesy of devin nguyen/hackmit

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BRENT bovenzi, an electrical engineering major, competed with students from all over the country — including more than 80 from this university — at HackMIT, a competition designed to help students make their tech ideas a reality. photo courtesy of devin nguyen/hackmit

MIT From PAGE 1 “Hackathons, in the past five to 10 years, have really g row n , a s it’s b e c om i n g easier to have small start-ups based off a simple idea,” said Jonathan Hao, a sophomore computer science major. “It gives sponsors the opportunity to discover students w ith creative ideas, have t hem create a n awesome product and potentially help them to make it a reality.”

HackMIT featured sponsorships from high-profile companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Google.

Many sponsors offered special prizes to teams that built upon the companies’ existing website platforms, offering them services and technologies to spur innovation.

One team from this university worked on a plug-in for Twitter that would allow users to record audio and then post it to the social networking site. Katherine Larson, a member of the team and a firsttime hackathon attendee, said she and other team members plan to continue developing the code in their free time.

“Someone from Twitter actually came up to judge us; it was pretty awesome,” said Larson, a sophomore computer science major. “Some of the judges were talking about the potential for our project —

actual Twitter developers were saying what they thought of our idea.”

Other teams from this university worked on projects such as a robot car that can be controlled with a Bluetooth device, a “smart window” that would open and close depending on the outside temperature and desired thermostat readings and a Green Tidings mobile application to help university students locate the food truck and peruse its menu.

Shariq Hashme, founder and president of the university group Terrapin Hackers, estimated that more than 80 students from this university attended HackMIT. The university’s teams largely were successful, he added — at least two were finalists in the competition, while one received a prize from Google and another earned a prize for a project related to fi nance.

The university’s hacking community has drawn attention after its performance at the University of Michigan’s hackathon, called MHacks, in September, Hashme said.

Major Leag ue Hacki ng, a website that ranks colleges and universities by giving them points based on attendance and merit, ranks this university third in a list of 90 schools — a rating that does not surprise student hackers.

“There were a ton of Maryland students at HackMIT, wearing school shirts and

the Terrapin Hackers logo,” Hao said. “We have a huge campus presence that’s only getting bigger.”

Hackers at this university frequently fill up the available spots on hackathon trips, with up to 250 undergraduate students attending, Hashme said.

Recently, a group of 80 university students took a bus to Ann Arbor, Mich., for MHacks, the largest hackathon of its kind.

Terrapin Hackers, which was created this semester, ho s t s h a c k i n g n i g ht s on Wed nesdays from 6 p.m. to midnight that frequently draw about 50 to 70 students, and its OrgSync website lists about 130 members, Hashme sa id . T he g roup pl a n s to work with the university’s Hu ma n-Computer I nteraction Lab i n the com i ng we ek s, hopi n g to u se its “hack space” and develop new ideas, he added.

A l l u nderg raduate students are welcome to join the Terrapin Hackers club, regardless of their field of study, Hashme said.

“You honestly need no experience whatsoever,” Hashme said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a computer science major or if you’re an electrical engineering major or if you’re any major at all. All you have to be is an undergraduate student at the university interested in building cool stuff.”

immediately enact immigration reform.

“We are willing to do wh atever i s ne c e ssa r y because there are too many people suffering as a result of not having immigration reform — whether that means we go on a hunger strike or we do civil disobed ience,” sa id T rent Leon-Lierman, a CASA de Maryland organizer.

CASA de Maryland and Alliance for Citizenship, an organization devoted to passing immigration reform, were among the ma rch’s sponsors. Sofi Ma r ti nez, a g radu ate student in public policy, said she met many people through CASA de Maryland for whom immigration is a personal matter.

“W hen you meet t he p eople a nd ta l k to t he people who are affected by this, it really hits you hard,” she said. “Some of these people have been there their whole lives. They don’t even remember coming to this country, yet they still have to be afraid when the cops come around because they don’t have their papers.”

At least eight members of Congress — Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), Keith Ellison (DMinn.), Al Green (D-Texas), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) — and about 200 protesters were charged with acts of civil disobedience, includ-

Thousands of protestors, including some university students, gathered on the National Mall on Tuesday to call for an immigration reform law. ellie silverman/for the diamondback ing crowding, obstructing and incommoding, said Shannon Maurer, an Alliance for Citizenship spokeswoman. “ To d a y w a s p a r t o f a broader escalation to put pressure on Congress to bring immigration reform to a vote and to ask them to include citizenship as part of an immigration reform solution,” she said.

Leon-Lierman said the rally was a true grassroots effort with “people like myself, organizers and volunteers, knocking on doors, making phone calls, talking to the media [and] putting ads on the radio.”

Despite the government shutdown, members of Congress were still listening to the electorate. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) chanted “Si se puede! Si se puede!” in his speech, coining the phrase of the march. That phrase, which translates to “yes we can,” echoed around the Capitol building.

“The march is definitely

important because of the furlough. Even though the government is technically shut down, advocates are still showing that no matter what, they still need this to happen,” said Mariela Cruz, a senior criminology and criminal justice major and secretary for Political Latinos United Movement for Action in Society.

“Congress needs to wake up and get moving because people can’t wait any longer.”

Menendez said in his speech that, despite the shutdown, a commitment to a “pathway to citizenship for millions” would not dwindle.

“When hundreds of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are being detained in immigration raids because of happenstance of where and who they are — in violation of their constitutional rights — we understand why [immigration reform is] the civil rights issue of our time,” he said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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SGA seeks to educate students about Affordable Care Act Officials say state youth unaware of new options

By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer It’s been a little more than a week since state-based health insurance marketplaces — one of the core components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — opened their virtual doors to the public, but students said they’ve remained insulated from the effects of the health care law.

Because a provision of the law that gives young people the option to remain on their parents’ health insurance plans until they turn 26 is already in effect, students are generally uninformed about the other

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changes and new options the legislation brings, said Samantha Zwerling, Student Government Association president. Zwerling and other student leaders met with Education Secretary Arne Duncan two weeks ago to work on ways to inform more students about the law.

“We need to do a better job as a university community preparing students for the real world,” Zwerling said. “Unfortunately, the real world includes things like co-pays and premiums.”

The university also requires every student to have some form of health insurance, so many students don’t think about their future health care plans.

James Stephens, a senior computer science major who is covered under his parents’ health insurance plan, said he is not familiar with the intricacies of the legislation and hasn’t thought

much about how it will affect him.

“I’m good. I’m covered,” Stephens said.

To raise awareness, Zwerling plans to reach out to seniors like Stephens who will graduate soon, as well as other student populations that could see a change as the legislation goes into effect, such as those who are financially independent or have unemployed parents and are unable to use their parents’ plan.

“Some of our students are definitely going to find themselves in a relationship with the marketplace,” said Sacared Bodison, University Health Center director.

Some students will soon become eligible for Medicaid, a government health plan for low-income individuals and families, which will expand to cover a larger population in this state

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existing conditions, has been part of the university’s plan for years.

About 2,500 students use the university’s plan each year, though that number has been increasing slowly, likely because of the stuttering economy, Bodison said.

Even after the school renegotiates its health plan next year, Bodison does not expect students who use it to see any notable change in cost or coverage.

“I haven’t really thought about [insurance],” said Stephens, who is 22 and plans to go to graduate school after he graduates next fall. “I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Hopefully I’ll be a successful computer scientist by then. I know it’s something I need, but it’s not something I [think] about currently.”

in 2014. Another group of students, many of whom are in graduate school, use the health plan offered by the university. As long as those students stay in school, it’s unlikely much would change for them, Bodison said.

The university’s plan already covers many of the services required by the Affordable Care Act, such as preventive care and contraceptives.

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“I am happy to talk with [House Speaker John Boehner] and other Republ ica ns about a ny th ing — not just issues that I think are important, but also issues that they think are important,” Obama said.

“Having such a conversation — talks, negotiations — shouldn’t require hanging the threats of a government shutdown or economic chaos over the heads of the American people.”

He urged Congress, and House Republicans specifically, to first address the budget concerns before clearing a path for further talks: “Let’s lift these threats from our families and our businesses and let’s get down to work.”

In an address earlier yesterday, Boehner expressed his willingness to talk with Democrats and Obama but saw unwillingness on their part to budge on certain issues important to Republicans. He said they are setting America “on a pretty dangerous path.”

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Last week, the SGA voted to formally endorse both Day and Popkin for the District 3 election.

From PAGE 1 When asked, Stullich said the email sent was “purely factual” and “running as a team” for re-election and a third candidate, who there were no attempts to distinshe added is a “UMD student,” guish the two from Popkin. Popkin’s is running for a seat. She and name was withheld from the email Day will “have to work espe- because he had not yet announced cially hard” in their campaign, his campaign, she added.

“I didn’t want to pre-empt him,” she wrote.

“She literally said it’s us — me Stullich said.

Day said the two did not talk about and Robert — against the students,” Zwerling said. “That is the email before it was sent to conreally, really frustrating to me.” stituents and that it should be clear

that he doesn’t want to isolate or segregate any residents in the city.

“She wants me to say that we are running as a team,” Day said. “I don’t want to say it like that because I don’t want to jeopardize relationships elsewhere.”

Since taking office, he said, his goal on the council has been to get all stakeholders to the table, including students.

“I don’t want to upset the students; I want to represent the students,” he said. “The student body has always been misrepresented.”

The divide between students and residents has been “a pain for all of us,” Day said.

Popkin said he joined the race for a seat on the City Council to bring students and residents together and did not want to comment on the miscommunication.

“What goes on between the two of them is kind of their business,” Popkin said. “However they want to handle that is fine by me. We are running our own ship.”

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tively no risk with actual marijuana.”

But for Jenna, a sophomore criminology and criminal justice major who tried K2 with a friend at a music festival this summer, the high was much more instantaneous — and stronger — than her experiences with marijuana.

“I’m usually pretty cautious,” Jenna said. “So when it started to hit me, I said, ‘I should probably stop.’”

Still, she said her trip was tolerable compared to her friend’s first time trying the drug.

“She tried it and thought she was going to die,” Jenna said. “Her friends went into a gas station for a few minutes, and when they came out, she was in the car just kind of sitting there, like catatonic, terrified they had abandoned her.”

When researchers initially developed the study, Wish said they planned to test for 10 different metabolites — evidence that synthetic cannabinoids had been used. Taking the advice of a local laboratory, they added to the screening another two metabolites (UR-144 and XLR-11) that were legal at the time and believed to be used more frequently in the newer forms of synthetic marijuana.

Of the 1,064 specimens observed in the study, 591 were screened for synthetic cannabinoids. Of those, 118 — about 20 percent — tested positive for at least one of the 12 metabolites on the

panel. All of those that tested positive contained either the “UR-144” or “XLR-11” metabolites. Had researchers not included these two additional metabolites in testing, Wish said, they would have missed 95 percent of their positive samples.

This evidence shows how quickly synthetic marijuana products can change composition — a dangerous quality for an unregulated substance, he said.

“Even a product with the same name could have different chemicals than last month,” Wish said.

Coupled with the ban, Wish said he expects the CDEWS to evolve with future studies. In a few months, he said, a follow-up study will be conducted in Washington to collect more data about potential dangers of emerging substances. This time, though, the test will screen for other substances such as the synthetic drug known as “bath salts.”

Wish said he would not advocate for the use of naturally grown marijuana, but he said the drug carries far less uncertainty than synthesized imitations.

“Marijuana is absolutely less harmful,” he said. “It’s been around for thousands of years. At this point, we pretty much know what happens when someone uses it.”

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criminal justice population groups in Washington, Prince George’s County and Chesterfield, Va., were sent through a more thorough CDEWS drug screening — testing for certain specific molecules in drug metabolism called metabolites — after being subjected to traditional tests. Synthetic cannabinoids, an emerging family of drugs, showed up in the second round of screening after going undetected in the traditional screening.

More commonly referred to by product names such as “K2” or “spice,” the substance has fallen under heavy scrutiny in recent years.

The drug, also known as synthetic marijuana, has been characterized by the often unknown chemical makeup that its manufacturers infuse into organic material. Because traditional drug tests look only for evidence of illegal substance abuse, synthetics use in criminal justice populations has flown largely under the radar.

In light of numerous accounts of the drug leading an individual to commit a crime or even suicide, a new state law went into effect Oct. 1, banning all types of syn-

thetic cannabinoids.

“These drugs are really dangerous, and the reason they are is because they are designed to have the effect of another drug,” said Eric Wish, CESAR director and the study’s principal investigator. “They’re not regulated by the FDA, so the person taking the drug is the drug-tester.”

Wish said he had mixed feelings about the term “synthetic marijuana” because it could mislead consumers.

Because the man-made chemicals in the products — dangerous or not — are only designed to imitate the high of marijuana’s main active ingredient, THC, Wish said “fake marijuana” would be a more appropriate label.

Finding traces of synthetic cannabinoids in the criminal justice system is alarming, Wish said, adding that it means the drug could find its way to the masses on an epidemic scale.

“If they’re in the criminal population, they’re everywhere,” Wish said.

Vini, a senior government and politics major, said he tried spice when a friend offered it to him after buying a pack at a local gas station. His experience was mild, he said, and he only used it once.

“It wasn’t really bad, and it wasn’t really good; it just made me feel high,” Vini said. “But I’ve heard horror stories where kids have died. I just don’t see a reason for it when there’s compara-

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homecoming parades have been a university tradition since 1923. An impressive float from the Leonardtown Community in the 1982 parade features a huge Testudo (left). A spirited student works on building a float for the 1976 parade (right). file photos/the diamondback

Homecoming loses tradition, gains momentum Parade has rich history, but new events give the weekend some much-needed excitement OUR VIEW

Replacing the homecoming parade with festivities on the mall is a smart step that will hopefully lead to a new school tradition.

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he annual homecoming parade will be replaced with a pep rally on McKeldin Mall this year, ending a long-standing university tradition that began way back in 1923.

Wait— there was a homecoming parade? That was a thing?

Unlike most revered Terrapins

traditions, the parade just never seemed to garner enough student interest or enthusiasm to warrant its existence. According to a survey conducted by the Student Homecoming Committee in 2012, 43 percent of students didn’t even know the parade existed.

While we value the historical traditions and pride of this university, we find it difficult to mourn this change. Instead, we applaud the efforts of the Student Homecoming Committee to come up with an event that may actually generate student engagement. An energized effort to revive homecoming weekend may be exactly what this university needs.

On Friday, Oct. 25, homecoming events will fill the mall from 3 to 10 p.m., making for a full day of festivities. If executed properly, this event should look something like the atmosphere that Student Entertainment Events creates on the mall for Art Attack each year, with the feel of a family-friendly carnival where students, alumni, parents and children can feel comfortable celebrating.

So far, the committee has announced a slate of performances and a variety of activities that should help build that carnival atmosphere.

Honoring the 100th anniversary of Greek life on the campus, there will be a step show from the uni-

The problem with Power Shift While the organization is rooted in good intentions, it promotes a variety of unrealistic goals.

ANAND GUPTA I received an email a few days ago from my department’s adviser about the Power Shift conference in Pittsburgh next weekend. Power Shift is a grassroots organization that mobilizes college students to help the environment and fight against climate change. The group has a presence on this campus, and many students from our university will be attending the conference.

At first glance, Power Shift’s main objective is noble. Universities, it argues, are the foundation of American excellence and technology, and they also play a major role in influencing public discourse on nearly all political, economic and research-related issues. If such institutions withdraw financial support in oil, coal and gas companies, Power Shift argues, then those companies will lose billions of dollars in funding — which will somehow reduce pollution (yeah, I don’t get it either) — and public discourse on climate change would increase. Two birds, one stone.

This line of reasoning, however, may ultimately prove to be flawed. Here is my message to all students at this university who are either going to travel to Pittsburgh or think they are supporters of the Power Shift ideology.

First, if universities began divesting stakes in fossil fuel companies, all that would do is temporarily lower the stock prices, or cost of investment, in these companies. Strategic investors on Wall Street and elsewhere would all jump at this opportunity and flock in to buy undervalued fossil-fuel stocks because, by themselves, fossil-fuel assets do not lose value; as a result, the prices would drive back up to normal. So who profits if universities were to adopt Power Shift’s charter? Strategic investors. Who loses?

University endowments, by selling on the cheap.

Second, what is the goal of a university endowment? To support academic learning, not to push forward social or political agendas — however noble they may be. A university’s fund

management team decides in which areas of the market to invest the university’s money in order to deliver the best possible financial results to the institution. These financial gains will pay the bills and enable the institution to achieve its academic goals. If that means investment in Exxon Mobil, I don’t see a problem with that.

Third, this agenda is somewhat shortsighted. Power Shift may counterargue that universities can invest in so many other market-based avenues such as stocks of thousands of other profitable corporations, government or municipal bonds, etc. But here’s something it fails to observe: Human society today is driven by fossil-fuel based energy. Nike, Apple, Sears, you name it — all corporations have a supply chain system that is built on the basis of fossil-fuel energy. This even applies to governments or municipalities: What do they use the money they raise for? Construction, powering up their offices, cleaning up neighborhoods. All of it requires energy that is predominantly fossil-fuel based.

Finally, this agenda may also be a little hypocritical. Power Shift supporters want universities to divest stakes in fossil-fuel companies.

However, in our personal lives, all of us consume fossil-fuel based energy in one form or another.

We drive cars, we live in homes, we use electricity, we fly commercially, we consume goods, we eat at restaurants where natural gas is the primary source of fuel, and so on. Why should an academic institution make poor financial decisions — to the merry of Wall Street — to support a cause that, in itself, is ultimately a zero-sum game?

What we need is clean and renewable energy, yes. I’m confident that with time, the clean energy industry will figure out a way to deliver clean energy at competitive prices. When that time comes, the market will rearrange itself. Until then, all this hullabaloo is going to amount to nothing.

Anand Gupta is a senior environmental science and policy major. He can be reached at aguptadbk@gmail.com.

versity’s historically black fraternities and sororities, along with the winning skits from the Greek life competition.

Plans also call for food vendors and interactive games for families with children. To keep alumni interested, a beer garden will open at 6 p.m. The Mighty Sound of Maryland will close out the night by leading a pre-gameday pep rally, followed by a fireworks display.

On paper, this sounds like a nearly perfect way to host a homecoming.

If it’s competently organized and executed, it could be a major success for this university.

Parades are, by nature, passive experiences for attendees: They stand

around and watch the floats, cheering for members of the campus community and university leadership. It’s a nice concept, but ultimately a boring event.

These new festivities, on the other hand, make for an immersive, interactive day — a day students might actually get excited about, a day that might also get alumni pumped for the football game and a day that might entice families to stay on the campus throughout the afternoon into the evening.

Traditions are nice, but sadly, homecoming weekend has transformed into a tradition with little fanfare. In this case, we say: Out with the old, in with the new. While the parade felt like an honorary ritual, this has the chance to become something bigger.

Rage against the vending machines The pointless new additions to the South Campus Dining Hall waste energy and space.

EZRA FISHMAN Thursday, as I walked into the South Campus Dining Hall to grab some stir-fry for lunch, I noticed something was different.

Some of the tables in the back were missing, and workers seemed to be installing some new machines. At first, I was excited — what new, interesting things would be added to the otherwise rote dining hall experience?

But as I got closer, the excitement dulled and then slowly transformed into shock.

It turned out the machines weren’t a cool new part of the dining experience; they were just Pepsi vending machines.

At first, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Surely, I was mistaken. Why would there be vending machines just a few feet from the soda fountains? Why would anyone think this was a good idea? My shock quickly transitioned to rage. Why would they do this? Why would Dining Services, which has been doing such a good job of minimizing its environmental impact, add electricitysucking vending machines that dispense wasteful plastic soda bottles to its offerings?

And how dare it place them right next to the compost bins it’s been trying so hard to persuade us all to use?

I decided I had to be mistaken. Though the machines looked like soda machines, they must not have been intended for soda. And to an extent, I was right. There is a machine with energy drinks and Starbucks Frappuccinos. But there are other machines. One machine just has sodas in it. Another even stocks Aquafina water bottles — right near the water bottlefilling station with that Cathy cartoon that gently reminds us of the wastefulness of water bottles.

It was about then that I started to get very worried about what may be coming for the dining halls. I know they’ve been trying

to charge extra for fountain sodas this year; does that mean Dining Services finally gave up and is outsourcing its drink distribution to vending machines? Will I have to spend real money instead of dining points for my morning Mountain Dew? Where will I sit, now that two of the most comfortable tables were removed to make room for the machines?

How could they do this to me? To us?

According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s five stages of grief, this should be when I hit acceptance. I’m supposed to calmly accept that things have changed and that both dining halls have vending machines now. But the thing is, I can’t. And neither should you. This is ridiculous.

There are vending machines in the dining halls. Vending machines that are only accessible when the dining halls are open and serving drinks. Vending machines that charge similar prices to Dining Services’ offerings but dispense their drinks in an unsustainable plastic bottle instead of the compostable cups Dining Services offers.

Vending machines that take up perfectly good space in an already crowded seating area. Vending machines that only sell products sold in the shops that are conveniently located within walking distance from each dining hall, or in the vending machines already strategically placed in almost every dorm on the campus. Vending machines that we don’t need and shouldn’t want.

So please, don’t use these vending machines. If you need to make a drink purchase, buy from the dining hall or from the nearby shops. Instead of supporting PepsiCo’s already significant profits from our university, support Dining Services’ attempts at sustainability.

Our university makes decisions based on its wallet, so let’s make this decision a costly one. Otherwise, who knows what absurd idea they’ll throw at us next?

Ezra Fishman is a senior accounting and finance major. He can be reached at efishmandbk@gmail.com.

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Psychic one-ups everything either component of Darkside has done previously. This album dabbles in everything from jazz to industrial to Nicolas Jaar has always been a new and uncharted territories. The name to watch in the indie sphere. common thread is haunting miniHis LP Space Is Only Noise surprised malism as Jaar and Harrington strip critics with its unique combination down the elements of each genre they of vocals, synthesizers and classi- tackle to form something original.

Jaar’s vocals take on many differcal instruments — one listener even called it the best album of its kind ent forms throughout the album, from the dark, soulful wallow in since Burial’s Untrue.

Now, Jaar has teamed up with in- “Paper Trails” to the high-pitched strumentalist Dave Harrington to crooning in “The Only Shrine I’ve form Darkside. The band released Seen.” Harrington’s guitar also conan acclaimed EP in 2011 and then tinually morphs as the album proremixed the entirety of Daft Punk’s gresses, starting with his brooding, muted groove in “Golden Arrow” Ra n d o m Ac c ess Me m o and evolving into his ries earlier this year. bluesy guitar licks in Though this style “Paper Trails.” of music is not T h e a l b u m ’s for everysongs run into body, Darko n e a n o t h e r, side created creating more plenty of o f a n ex p e r i buzz from the ence than simply band’s target a collection of fan group. Its songs. “Metatron,” first LP, Psychic, the best song on the released Tuesday, a l b u m , fea t u re s a was one of the most photo courtesy of prettymuchamazing.com groovy baseline that anticipated of the immediately gives the song moyear — and it did not disappoint.

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By Alana Pedalino @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback The entire world is watching to see how Congress will handle the government shutdown, now in its second week. On a local level, some students have their eyes glued to the National Zoo’s Panda Cam, waiting for the moment that it will go live again. As a result of the government shutdown, the government has had to divide its

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darkside combines jazz, industrial and electronic music to construct a fluctuating mood that attracts the listener throughout Psychic. photo courtesy of pagesdigital.com with ethereal vocals and flittering guitar work, slowly building up before synthesizing a chorus of synths and distorted guitar along with Jaar’s powerful vocals. It’s the avant-garde equivalent of dropping the bass.

“Freak, Go Home,” another highlight of the album, starts with filtered drums

and unusual vocal samples before centering on a distorted synth riff. That riff acts as a backbone that keeps the song moving as otherworldly sounds fade in and out behind it. It sends chills down the spine. Like the album as a whole, the music is constantly changing, but there’s always something distorted and sinister that pervades the entire

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MEDIA From PAGE 8 personnel on the court.

“I think we have sevenand-a-half starters, if that makes sense,” Turgeon said.

“Pretty soon it’ll be eight when [Peters] is ready. … As long as we’re doing well and it’s working for us, I can see us locking into one lineup, at least four or five guys being pretty consistent.”

Turgeon said the team’s four rotational sophomores — guard Seth Allen, forwards Charles Mitchell and Jake Layman and center Shaquille Cleare — have all improved, and he mentioned that Wells has taken to his role as the team’s leader.

As a result, the Terps find themselves in a new situation. No longer are they working to build chemistry or plan for the future. The Terps now feel like they are ready to win this season.

Smotrycz spent last season practicing with the team and sitting on the bench while serving his NCAA-mandated year off after transferring.

So he has a clear view of the change in tone.

“This year is definitely different than last year,” Smotrycz said. “[Turgeon]

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has been more tough on guys; he expects more.”

There are still concerns the Terps plan to address.

The team struggled with turnovers last season, coughing the ball up an average of 15 times per game. This season, they’ll rely on Allen and Peters to man the point, but Turgeon said improved decision-making across the board will be crucial to limiting giveaways.

The Terps also lost their two best defenders from last season in center Alex Len and guard Pe’Shon Howard, Turgeon said. So this season, the Terps will look to have a more well-rounded effort on defense and guard Nick Faust will take over Howard’s former role as the man assigned to guard the opponent’s best player.

The overwhelming belief among the players, though, is that the improvement the Terps made over the offseason and their additional experience will make up for the departures of four players.

“We all have a sense of urgency that we didn’t have last year,” Wells said. “This is now. We have a different team.

We have different personalities, so we’ve all adjusted really well. We all love each other. We have great chemistry on the

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CENTER SHAQUILLE CLEARE is expected to take on a much larger role for the Terps after former center Alex Len left school early for the NBA draft. marquise mckine/for the diamondback court, and I’m just excited to play with these guys.”

The Terps still have a month of practice — a stretch that includes Maryland Madness on Oct. 18 at Cole Field House — before they open the season against Connecticut at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 8.

Still, Turgeon and the Terps are looking forward with great optimism.

When Turgeon accepted the challenge of returning the Terps to prominence, it was unclear how long it would take for the program’s prospects to improve. The Terps struggled through the coach’s

first season and suffered through a rash of inconsistencies last season despite making strides.

But this season is the one in which Turgeon thinks he can reap the benefits of his efforts to turn things around. He said it with conviction: He expects his Terps to be playing in the NCAA tournament this spring.

“I just think in recruiting and everything we’re doing here, it’s just the next natural step,” Turgeon said. “If we do our job, we stay healthy, we play well on game night, that should happen for us.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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center Sal Conaboy said. “It was actually a really good session.

I don’t know if everyone was getting their anger out or what, but it was a very good session.”

Despite the plethora of problems the Terps had with Florida State, coach Randy Edsall is keeping the team’s routine the same. During the team’s hot start to the season, he was sure not to let success dictate his decision-making, and he’s not letting the Terps’ failure change things, either.

“It’s no different when you win,” Edsall said. “When you win, you go through the film.

You show them what they did right, you show them what you did wrong and you put it behind you. It’s the same thing if you lose. Every week’s got to be the same.”

Still, certain Terps took the loss hard and worked Sunday to help move the team past their shortcomings from the day before. Defensive end Zeke Riser specifically mentioned wide receiver Stefon Diggs, quarterback C.J. Brown, inside linebacker Cole Farrand and defensive end Keith Bowers as a few players making their presence known.

The response was immediate on the practice field. Riser

irish From PAGE 8 team returned from the halftime break with a renewed urgency on offense, resulting in an equalizer from Mullins in the 72nd minute to help the Terps escape with a 1-1 draw in South Bend, Ind. “We were able to get better pressure on their backs and were also able to find more outlets playing forward,” said Cirovski, who plans on keeping the hybrid 4-3-3 formation he used tonight in his arsenal for the remainder of the season.

“It’s something that we’ve been practicing with, and tonight we had to use it.”

A dominant Notre Dame team almost took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute. Midfielder Patrick Hodan ripped a leftfooted strike headed for the top corner, but goalkeeper Zack Steffen — who made five saves — deflected it wide with his left hand after a full-extension dive.

The Terps earned their first quality opportunity of the game in the 33rd minute.

Midfielder Tsubasa Endoh made a 40-yard run with the ball down the center of the field after a Notre Dame turnover and fed forward Schillo Tshuma down the left sideline. Tshuma played the ball to Mullins in the middle, who chipped it into the box looking for midfielder Mikias Eticha, but the ball deflected into the hands of goalkeeper Patrick Wall, who made two saves in 110 minutes of action.

The Fighting Irish tested Steffen again with just more than 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Forward Vince Cicciarelli slipped through the defense, but the freshman made a charging save, knocking the ball out of bounds.

With 6:57 remaining in the half, Notre Dame almost struck again. Hodan found forward Harrison Shipp on a through ball, but Steffen made another big save on a closerange shot from the ACC’s leading scorer. “[Steffen]’s getting better every game, that’s the bottom line,” Cirovski said. “He’s starting to gain more confidence, and that’s one of the reasons we put him in the fire early in the year. We knew that he was going to get better with experience, and he’s showing it right now.”

The Terps showed signs of life in the final five minutes of the half, as forward Jake Pace entered for Tshuma, but the teams finished the first 45 minutes in a scoreless tie.

Notre Dame scored the game’s opening goal in the 59th minute.

said the team was more focused and there were no lingering effects of Saturday’s rout.

“We went out on the field on Sunday, and that Florida State game was behind us when we went out to practice,” Edsall said. “It’s over with, done. We moved forward to Virginia on Saturday afternoon.”

The Terps hadn’t suffered a loss that bad in 20 years, and it was the eighth time in Edsall’s tenure the Terps lost a game by 20 or more points. But yesterday, Saturday’s shock seemed to have worn off.

At 4-1, the Terps are still off to one of their best starts in recent years. Bowl eligibility is still a possibility, and the team has reached a level of prominence not seen in recent years.

The weekend’s loss against a superior team was just one part of the season. The Terps are only one game into their ACC schedule with seven more to go. And in the long run, there could be some positives drawn out of the reaction to Saturday’s loss.

“I’ve been on really good teams and really bad teams, and whenever guys take losses hard, that’s a really good sign,” Riser said. “If no one cares about losing, then you have a problem. That game meant a lot to a lot of guys on our team.” dgallendbk@gmail.com

“[STEFFEN]’S GETTING BETTER EVERY GAME, THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE. HE’S STARTING TO GAIN MORE CONFIDENCE, AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WE PUT HIM IN THE FIRE EARLY IN THE YEAR. WE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET BETTER WITH EXPERIENCE, AND HE’S SHOWING IT RIGHT NOW.” SASHO CIROVSKI

Terrapins men’s soccer coach Defender Grant Van De Casteele found space in the middle of the field and played a long through ball to Cicciarelli, who beat Steffen low to give the Fighting Irish a 1-0 lead.

Six minutes later, Mullins almost equalized. The forward got his head to a curling ball to the near post from defender Mikey Ambrose, but the ball pinged off the post.

Mullins got another chance with 18:12 remaining, but this time he didn’t miss. A long through ball from Eticha clipped off the heel of Van De Casteele, giving Mullins space at the top of the box. The forward ripped with his left foot and finished in the bottom-left corner.

“I thought we were creating chances, so the goal coming was just a matter of time,” Mullins said. “I just got the chance, and I made no mistake about it.”

Both teams had chances at the go-ahead goal over the final 15 minutes, but neither converted and they went to extra time tied 1-1.

Shipp almost ended the game with 1:38 remaining in the first leg of overtime. The forward beat four Terps defenders around the box, cut toward the middle and lofted a left-footed finesse shot toward the far post that went inches wide.

Mullins had two opportunities in the final two minutes of the second overtime period but couldn’t put the shots on frame.

Nonetheless, Cirovski was happy with his team’s performance, largely because of the versatility and determination it displayed after a rough first half against one of the best teams in the country.

“We knew this game would be a tough game, and it was,” Cirovski said. “I’m pleased that we found a way to get a result and showed some perseverance and some resiliency.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | MEDIA DAY

In practice, players don’t let loss linger Terps turn attention to Saturday’s game

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer Immediately after Saturday’s 63-0 loss at Florida State, the Terrapins football team began its trek back to College Park as losers for the first time this season.

“It sucked,” left guard De’Onte Arnett said. “It wasn’t a fun bus ride. It wasn’t a fun plane ride. At that point, you’re just ready to clean things up and get back on track.

After having a really good 4-0 start, you want to get back on that momentum train and pick things back up to where you were.”

So the Terps returned to the weight room Sunday morning with a renewed sense of focus. With a matchup against Virginia looming this weekend, the Terps weren’t going to let their loss to the Seminoles define their season.

“Everyone knew they had to work,”

Terps tie Notre Dame in latest OT contest Mullins scores equalizer in 72nd minute

Notre Dame outplayed the Terrapins men’s soccer team during the first half of last night’s contest.

The No. 5 Terps were flat to open the game, struggling to establish possession and committing costly turnovers in their defensive half. The sloppy play resulted in numerous opportunities for the No. 2 Fighting

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MEN’S SOCCER | No. 5 TERPS 1, No. 2 IRISH 1 (2OT)

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer

GUARD RODDY PETERS (center) chats with media members during the Terps’ media day yesterday at Comcast Center. marquise mckine/for the diamondback

Irish, who dominated the ball during the first 45 minutes.

That forced coach Sasho Cirovski to make a key change to his formation.

The 21st-year coach added an extra midfielder, moving forward Patrick Mullins from up top to the left side and allowing the Terps to push their midfielders wide and attack a weakness in the Fighting Irish defense.

The result was immediate. The See irish, Page 7

Terps focused on NCAA tournament berth with mix of youth and experience

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer In spring 2011, Mark Turgeon moved halfway across the country to assume control of a situation clouded with uncertainty.

The former Texas A&M coach took over the Terrapins men’s basketball team not knowing what to expect. The Terps had six players on scholarship, and the team missed both the NIT and NCAA tournament that year. Turgeon knew a long, arduous rebuilding process lay ahead.

About two-and-a-half years have passed since that spring, and yesterday Turgeon sent a clear message at the team’s annual media day that the Terps are making progress as a program. And they’re making it quickly.

“We’re maybe a little further ahead than I thought we’d be,” Turgeon said. “I feel really good about where we are. This is a huge year for us to improve

on what we did last year. … And I think we are ready to make that step.”

That next step is an NCAA tournament appearance, which would be the first for the team since 2010. Turgeon pointed to the team’s established core of players as a reason he’s already setting the goal of playing deep into March.

Six rotational players from last season’s NIT semifinalist team are back, including its leading scorer in forward Dez Wells. The other players in the mix for significant playing time are forward Evan Smotrycz — who played at Michigan for two seasons before transferring — and guard Roddy Peters, a highly touted freshman who has already exceeded Turgeon’s expectations.

With seven proven players and Peters on his roster, the third-year coach will likely have an easier time choosing lineups compared to last season, when uneven play caused Turgeon to mix and match his See MEDIA, Page 7