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Senators work Purple Line proposal approved to relaunch SEEING PURPLE student caucus

Federal Transit Administration OK’s state’s $2 billion light-rail train system

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

Group hopes to unify undergraduate voice

BY RICHARD ABDILL Senior staff writer

The proposed Purple Line overcame a critical hurdle Friday when Federal Transit Administration officials approved moving forward with the design of the 16-mile light-rail system, officials said.

This support marks the first step toward bringing the nearly $2 billion light rail — which will connect Montgomery and Prince George’s counties — to the cam-

pus and indicates the project will be a top competitor to receive federal funding, university officials said. The FTA go-ahead allows the project to enter the preliminary engineering phase, meaning detailed plans, schedules and cost estimates will now be prepared, according to a press release from Gov. Martin O’Malley.

The state will use the $30 million budgeted this year to begin the preliminar y engineering phase but will likely need more

Undergraduate members of the University Senate are re-energizing efforts to form an undergraduate caucus they said will centralize their power in the body and allow them to champion legislation as one constituency.

Although a similar caucus among several undergraduate student leaders was launched last year, some students said it wasn’t successful because the group struggled to attract enough senators. But this year, undergraduate senators said they hope to band together once again and collaborate with the Student Government Association and Residence Hall Association.

Undergraduate senators said this is an

money to complete it, according to Carlo Colella, Facilities Management associate vice president. Mar yland Transit Administration representatives were unable to be reached for comment yesterday.

Although the rail’s projected path is largely unchanged in the current designs, its price tag has risen about 25 percent; a plan released in 2009 estimated the

Officials said the Purple Line’s design approval was crucial for several reasons.

It allows for the preparation of detailed plans, schedules and cost estimates.

It indicates the project will be in strong shape to receive federal funding.

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Spreading the message Campaign supports LGBTQA community

see CAUCUS, page 2

BY MARIA ROMAS Staff writer

As a part of Rainbow Terps Week, the university’s Office of LGBT Equity launched the “I Heart Rainbow Terps” Facebook campaign, which is designed to increase awareness about on-campus resources for the university’s LGBTQA community.

The event, which began yesterday, invites students to upload pictures of themselves holding signs with the phrase “I Heart Rainbow Terps” in support of others who are coming out

Univ. opens new environmental research center

today — National Coming Out Day. This campaign was one more step in a series of initiatives the university has taken toward greater lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied acceptance, including the Rainbow Terrapin Network’s efforts to train advocates for this community.

Students in the community said they feel LGBTQA acceptance is increasing, both at this university and in the general population. And as events such as the “I Heart Rainbow

see CAMPAIGN, page 2

Several students have already taken part in the “I Heart Rainbow Terps” campaign on Facebook. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAMAR ROGERS

Energy Research Center totaled more than $12M

BY NICK FOLEY Staff writer

The university opened another environmentally focused research center, which incorporates faculty from five different departments who will combine their diverse expertise to advance alternative energy technology and awareness.

The Energy Research Center — an initiative that cost more than $12 million and is housed in the engineering laboratory building — opened Sept. 26 in the midst of several other green university projects. The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center launched this summer, and the university

see CENTER, page 2

Groups double number of students registered to vote Coalition garnered about 750 registration forms for city elections

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

Students wait in line last November to vote in Stamp Student Union’s atrium.

Several groups worked this year to increase the number of students registered to vote in November’s College Park City Council election. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

As next month’s College Park City Council elections rapidly approach, a coalition of student groups spent three weeks registering students to vote before yesterday’s deadline and doubled the number of students the SGA signed up last municipal election.

Before the 2007 city election, a Student Government Association initiative registered about 350 students to vote. But last year, the SGA,

MaryPIRG, College Democrats and College Republicans used their “TerpsVote” coalition to gain more manpower in their quest for student votes in the Nov. 8 election and garnered about 750 registration forms.

“In reality, [taking] three minutes to register to vote is the easiest thing to do,” said David Bransfield, head of MaryPIRG’s voter registration. “We just think that voter registration should be as easy as possible and students should be given the opportunity to register to vote.”

This year, the groups have been attempting to turn out the vote throughout the campus — and that starts with educating students on why voting matters, according to SGA Director of Governmental Affairs Zach Cohen.

“This is our base unit of government,” Cohen said. “They have immense control over our day-to-day lives. For students to understand that a municipality has all of this control is

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CAMPAIGN from page 1 Terps” campaign spread awareness about issues they face, it’s only a matter of time until discrimination ceases, they said.

“I feel comfortable with being open and hope other students would be comfortable with it too with all the resources available on campus,” said Lamar Rogers, the junior government and politics major who started the campaign. “I feel like even society’s views are getting better.”

The “I Heart Rainbow Terps” event aims to solicit at least 1,000 supportive pictures by Oct. 17.

“I think it’s a great program, and one that allows students to speak any way they want,” said Luke Jensen, director of the Office of LGBT Equity. “It can be an LGBT person or ally — anyone who wants to express themselves can. We hope for it to be an open environment for all students.”

Because the campaign is hosted by the Office of LGBT Equity’s Facebook group, Rogers said he hopes it draws more attention to the webpage, which provides a hub of resources for LGBTQA students, particularly those who are still finding their place at the university.

Several students said they see the campus as a place that supports members of the

CAUCUS from page 1 important move for their greatly outnumbered bloc, which accounts for 26 out of about 190 members of the senate.

“It’s difficult as a student to feel empowered in the body,” said behavioral and social sciences undergraduate senator Kevin Lacherra.

“If faculty don’t want to do it, it’s not going to get done.”

So far, the caucus has held two meetings, and all undergraduate senators have been invited to attend the third tomorrow. Though undergraduate business senator Evan Ponchick said the caucus is “still forming exactly what we want to accomplish,” he said the next meeting will further shape the group’s direction and a slate of undergraduate concerns is “in the works.”

Ponchick said it is important to put forth a “unified student voice” to push through student-supported issues.

“With any governing body, everyone’s going to have differing opinions, especially at a university with so many people with so many different goals,” Ponchick said. “The students priorities aren’t always put forth as the first set of priorities.”

But senate Chair Eric Kasischke said it’s “a very deliberate body” that’s careful to consider the student viewpoint. He said the pas-

LGBTQA community.

“There’s lots of education on campus on LGBT issues — there are panels, and I see fliers all the time,” junior psychology major Marci Goodman said. “Most people on campus in general are very open about the issues and can talk about it easily.”

And although there is still plenty of ground to cover, other students said they hope the trend of acceptance continues moving forward.

“There’s definitely room for improvement on campus, like having gender-neutral bathrooms and housing,” said senior studio arts major Spencer Brennen, social chair of Pride Alliance. “I think the university really does try to have an open dialogue between different groups and foster an open community.

They put a lot of effort into issues like diversity and having an LGBT studies program. For the most part, the university community is great.”

Some students said they feel comfortable being out, and others said they noticed a prevalence of openness throughout the campus.

“A lot of people you meet are glad to say they are LGBT,” said junior government and politics major Jon Saltzman. “The people I know definitely feel it’s an open environment.”

In addition to spreading awareness of LGBTQA issues through publicity campaigns such as “I Heart Rainbow Terps,”

sage of the Good Samaritan policy — which provides amnesty from university punishment for students calling 911 for alcohol-related emergencies — is an example.

“At first, the majority of the senators were against that,” he said.

“But the students persisted and eventually convinced everyone it was a good idea.”

It took four years and a coalition of several student leaders to pass the policy. University alumna Stacia Cosner proposed a Good Samaritan policy to the senate in 2007; by the time it passed in March, she and many other early proponents had graduated.

But legislation that garners as much student support as the Good Samaritan policy is rare in a body where undergraduate senators often feel powerless to enact change.

SGA President Kaiyi Xie, a former undergraduate senator who served in last year’s caucus, said getting more students to come to caucus meetings was the group’s main challenge.

“There’s not the same amount of visible accountability as there is in groups like the SGA,” he said. “If you don’t show up, no one knows.”

Xie also said undergraduate senators were discouraged by what seemed like a useless endeavor.

“Students are outnumbered … by a lot,” he said. “It adds to the idea that ‘my vote doesn’t matter.’ rich.abdill@umdbk.com

officials in the Office of LGBT Equity said they take daily measures to ensure the students they represent feel safe.

“As an institution, we have a variety of practices that benefit LGBT students,” Jensen said.

“The creation of this office itself has helped. We have all come together to make the kind of infrastructure that LGBT students need.”

With a strong foundation for support, Rogers said using social media as an outreach tool is one approach to broaden the education about challenges facing the LGBTQA community. As of last night, 87 people responded that they were attending the “I Heart Rainbow Terps” event, and there were 488 members in the Office of LGBT Equity’s Facebook group.

“I think the university is very accepting and does a good job of promoting coming out and being open,” sophomore chemical engineering major John Daristotle said. “The more diverse views on the LGBT community are among the students.

I’ve seen a lot of bad jokes made [about LGBT students], but nothing really negative besides that.”

Although the university has progressed in promoting the acceptance of the LGBTQA community, some students said they think it will still take time before they are completely comfortable.

“Nationally, I think there’s a

CENTER from page 1 took first place in the Solar Decathlon.

With about 65 faculty members from the engineering school; the agriculture and natural resources college; the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college; the public policy school and the behavioral and social sciences college, this facility will provide a centralized location for multidisciplinary researchers to develop energy-efficient technology and consider ways to foster effective energy concepts in the future.

The center, which was funded by state contributions, private endowments and U.S. Department of Energy grants, emphasizes the creation of technology

Junior government and politics major Lamar Rogers organized the “I Heart Rainbow Terps” Facebook campaign, which aims to solicit 1,000 photos of students holding signs with the phrase to support their LGBTQA peers. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

lot of work to be done, though a lot of stuff has already been changed,” Brennen said. “The attitude of a lot of top administrators leaves much to be de-

sired, because they have been very resistant to helping LGBT students in their schools, which is alarming. At least those cases are getting

attention and people are getting involved to make the situation better.”

that will conser ve energy to prevent future shortages. Its researchers will focus most heavily on electrical chemical energy conversion and storage, and they will consider more efficient methods of storing electricity.

“Access to energy — that’s crucial to the success of not just our society but the world as a whole,” said Vice President for Research Patrick O’Shea. “It’s not just a technical problem, it’s also a social, behavioral, economic and policy problem.”

Researchers will also study ways to create new biofuels and contribute to the development of practical nuclear power policies.

University officials crafted plans for the center several years ago when they realized the availability of energy was a universal issue that

extended beyond the campus, O’Shea said, adding this university wanted a stake in developing sustainable energy for the future.

“We live in the world environment, and it’s ver y important for the university to take a leadership role in protecting and ser ving our environment,” O’Shea said. “We’re a globally engaged research university, so we have to take the lead in showing the world a better way to live.”

The center’s use of faculty from multiple departments aligns with university President Wallace Loh’s goal to incorporate cross-disciplinar y collaboration throughout the campus, in a similar fashion to that of the recently opened National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis.

Eric Wachsman, the

research center’s director, said merging the research faculty into one building allows their energy research to flourish.

“It provides a place for us to come together and work on these things versus being dispersed all over campus,” Wachsman said.

Senior electrical engineering major Kelly Ripple said she thought the university may have opened the facility to brighten its public image, but she said it could help affect change on the campus.

“Green technology is important to Mar yland because we like to look good publicly,” Ripple said. “It will probably help people become more aware of the ways they can help change their behavior.”

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Students wait in line to cast ballots on Election Day last year.

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A coalition of student groups, called TerpsVote, helped register student voters last year and for this year’s College Park City Council election on Nov. 8. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

VOTERS from page 1 really important.”

The second step of the battle to gain more student voters — only about 130 voted in the 2009 city election — is to sign them up, Cohen said.

For the first time, the groups worked with the Resident Life Department to give a voter registration form to ever y student living on the campus, according to Cohen.

To accomplish this, the groups involved in TerpsVote have been tabling outside the diners and approaching students in the dorms to attempt to reach those who have not yet registered or did not realize they had to reregister after changing addresses, said Sam Zwerling, Mar yPIRG president. If a student moves apartments or dorm rooms, they are required to re-register, she said.

“I think there just needs to be a lot more education out there about how students can get involved,” she said.

“And something we, as a society, don’t emphasize is

the importance of voting and how these decisions affect our ever yday lives.”

As the groups worked together to increase this education, they gained momentum the week before yesterday’s registration deadline. Bransfield said that of the 750 registrations, more than 500 were completed within the last week because of the mobilization of student volunteers to increase registration numbers as the deadline approached.

City officials said if students want their concerns addressed in the city, they need to make their voices heard in the election.

“We have more students living in College Park than ever before,” said District 4 Councilman Marcus Afzali.

“What rules are made is going to impact your quality of life, and if that’s not a reason to vote, I don’t know what is.”

Because of poor student turnout for past city elections — only about 25 to 50 voted in the 2007 city election — student leaders said their attention is focused on

“What rules are made is going to impact your quality of life, and if that’s not a reason to vote, I don’t know what is.”

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getting students to the polls now that the deadline for voter registration has passed.

SGA will be putting together a voter go-to guidebook in the coming weeks to inform students on the positions of the candidates, Cohen said.

“One of the things we’re really focusing on this year is that registering students is half the battle,” Cohen said. “We’re really focused on making sure they show up to vote.” kirkwood@umdbk.com

The proposed Purple Line will run down Campus Drive and will be above ground. The project will now move into the pre-engineering phase. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

RAIL from page 1 rail’s cost at about $1.52 billion, but more recent estimates peg the cost at about $1.9 billion. The federal approval does not guarantee funding for the Purple Line but indicates the project will eventually be competitive with other major projects in qualifying for federal dollars, Colella said.

In the MTA’s Purple Line designs the rail runs above ground down Campus Drive, according to Colella. University officials previously asked the MTA to consider a Preinkert Drive alignment, but a change in administrative leadership saw opposition to the Campus Drive route alignment dropped last semester.

The MTA has also indicated in its term sheet — a document outlining the conditions of the MTA’s business agreement with the university — that it is possible for private cars and a bike lane to coexist with the light rail, Colella said.

“Right now, Campus Drive is a shared road, and there are no plans to close that road to personal vehicles at this point,” Colella said.

University President Wallace Loh previously said the creation of the Purple Line — which will link the Metro’s Red Line at Bethesda and Silver Spring, the Green Line at College Park and the Orange Line at New Carrollton — is a

necessar y addition to the university and will complete his goal of turning the city into a leading college town.

“The University is very excited that the [U.S. Department of Transportation] has approved this next critical step in the development of the purple line,” Facilities Management Director Frank Brewer wrote in an email. “We look forward to continuing our work with the Maryland Transportation Authority on this next important step.”

State officials, such as O’Malley, and local officials, including Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, have expressed support for the light-rail system.

“The Purple Line will connect citizens to jobs and economic opportunities throughout the region. Today’s approval affirms that federal and state investments create jobs and promote economic growth,” O’Malley stated in a press release. “Together, with our federal partners, we can secure the future of transit in Maryland and continue to move the Purple Line forward.”

Colella said the proposed route is nearly identical to the Locally Preferred Alternative — the design proposal the MTA presented to the Federal Transit Administration in 2009.

A small university work group has been communicating with the MTA, and Colella said it will pick up its pace to determine where on the campus to place Purple Line engineers’ stations and how to

“I feel like it would take forever, and construction would be really annoying.”

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accommodate pedestrians and vehicles during the project’s construction phase — which could start as early as 2015, according to O’Malley’s press release.

In the next few weeks, the MTA will inform university officials of who will be leading the Purple Line project in the Campus Drive stretch and when engineers will be coming to the campus.

Colella said the university community will have at least one more opportunity to hear the most up-to-date Purple Line plans and give feedback at a to-be-announced forum.

Some students said although the Purple Line will be beneficial in the long run, the construction phase could be a nuisance.

“For a lot of things, it takes an hour on the Metro to go somewhere that takes a 10-minute drive,” said senior history major Grace Boyle. “If they did end up doing it, I feel like it would take forever, and construction would be really annoying.” lurye@umdbk.com

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Rage against the machines

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ver the last few years, this state has made considerable efforts to idents would be likely to keep betting — and losing — their disposable increase its revenue and stop the post-recession financial bleeding income on the addictive machines. Money should instead be spent on area that has left many residents considerably worse off. For students, businesses so it cycles back through the local markets. In a community the most obvious result has been an increase in tuition. But other where residents are still visibly struggling in the fragile post-recession proposals have continued to filter through local governments, including recovery, slots are hardly the best way to stimulate local economies.

Others who oppose the slots argue their presence would lower property bringing slot machines to Prince George’s County. County Councilman Eric values, degrade the neighborhood atmosphere and Olson has made it his mission, however, to pull the promote irresponsible fiscal habits during a time when plug on that idea. government should be doing the opposite.

Olson, whose district includes College Park, introduced To these arguments, we nod our heads in agreement. a bill last month to ban the machines in this county, argu- Though now is not the time to But our opposition to slots today is fueled by the curing they aren’t the kind of “sustainable” economic developbring slots to Prince George’s rent state of the local economy — not a blanket conment the county needs. The council is expected to vote on demnation of slot machines in general. This legislation Olson’s bill in the coming weeks. Regardless of the meaCounty, the county council fails to consider what the economic climate could be sure’s fate, this editorial board is concerned this legislation condemns slot machines too soon — they might one should reject a bill that would like in the coming years.

Once the region has fully bounced back from the day fit in nicely when state finances aren’t so dire. ban them here indefinitely. recession, a slot parlor could be just the thing to bring The new owners of Rosecroft Raceway, located in in extra revenue to the state when the average Joe’s dolFort Washington, argue the location needs a draw in addition to horseracing to stay open in this economic climate. Penn National lars aren’t so precious. It’s impossible to accurately predict the future chalGaming bought Rosecroft in January after the track went bankrupt last year, lenges any local economy will face; enacting legislation that places restricand it has been pushing for the go-ahead from the state General Assembly to tions on meeting those challenges could back the county into a corner in the coming years. open the machines there ever since.

We are especially opposed to Olson’s appeals to morality — he cited the Provided the county council doesn’t vote to prohibit the slots, legislature approval and a voter referendum would ultimately be required to bring them “social ills” of slot machines as part of his justification for proposing to ban to this county, which would make Prince George’s the sixth location in the them. This bill could be construed as a matter of government interference into people’s gambling habits; our disapproval stems from a concern about state authorized to offer the machines.

This editorial board agrees with many of Olson’s arguments against bring- that interference, not our personal opinions of slots’ merits.

Maybe, as proponents claim, slots would prove a worthwhile option for ing slots to this county. While Penn National estimates the slots would generate $346 million in revenue the first year alone, they aren’t effective eco- stimulating the economy and bolstering the labor market. Maybe they’d be nomic stimulators in the long run because they don’t encourage more busi- a drain on an already cash-strapped population, as this editorial board fears.

Regardless, our position on Olson’s bill is the same: The public should ness growth or improve the area’s overall economic climate; if anything, they determine whether the time is right to bring on the machines — without the deteriorate it.

By their nature, slots cause people to lose money. More often than not, res- council cutting the conversation short.

Our View

Editorial cartoon: Eun Jeon

Coming to terms with coming out s a 12-year old boy, discovering I was gay was the scariest thing that could possibly ever happen. I didn’t know what it meant, how to cope or whom I should tell. Living in the Midwest, there weren’t many openly gay individuals besides the one stereotypically “flaming” gay kid at school who always hung out with all the weird alternative girls. “Gay” held no positive connotation: It meant weird, defective, strange and undesirable. Coming from a loving and financially stable family, gay was the dent in my armor and the flaw of my existence.

Living in denial, I decided to have a girlfriend during my senior year of high school to hide my true sexuality from my high school friends. I was sick and tired of the constant speculation, the uncomfortable questions and hearing the slur “faggot” directed at me by people whose sole purpose was to inflict severe emotional harm.

Over winter break of my freshman year at this university, I remember lis-

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MATT ARNSTINE tening to the Glee version of “My Life Would Suck Without You,” by Kelly Clarkson. I realized I was never going to live a happy life if I kept hiding the truth. It was time to stop living a lie, take a leap of faith and come out of the closet.

Like anyone, I was scared of how my friends and family would react.

Paranoia that you’ll be rejected is commonly felt by those in the closet, yet as in most cases, it was dispelled when I was greeted with open arms, big smiles and a couple of “I knew it” eye rolls. I mean, let’s be serious, any person with a functioning gaydar would’ve been suspicious meeting the closeted version of me. First concert: Britney Spears. First CD purchased:

the Miss Congeniality soundtrack.

Favorite movie: Titanic.

Yet on National Coming Out Day, I want to correct a common misconception: that people are done coming out once they’ve informed friends and family of their true sexual orientation.

I come out each time I hold a cute boy’s hand in Washington; I come out when a girl starts flirting with me at Cornerstone Grill and Loft; I’m coming out by publishing this column.

It’s sad, but plenty of undergraduates at this university have yet to find the courage to come to terms with their true selves and come out. My gay friends and I see it constantly — a “straight guy” who’ll check one of us up and down while walking along McKeldin Mall. As a gay man, plenty of closeted guys on this campus have confided in me. Besides their fear of rejection, a common thread from the conversations seems to be a fear of lost opportunities, whether social, business or societal in nature.

I’m here to tell you barriers for gays

and lesbians are quickly crumbling away. We’re allowed to serve in our armed forces, we are increasingly gaining the freedom to marry the person we love and celebrities, politicians, professional sports teams and innovative companies are telling gay and lesbian youths that “it gets better.”

Every gay and lesbian person embarks on his or her own coming out journey. Some of us reach the end of the rainbow (pun intended) more quickly than others. But I can tell you this: Your true friends will accept you for being who you’ve you always been.

So when you get to the light at the end of the tunnel, you’ll look back with wonder at why you didn't come out sooner. Even if you just tell one friend, the constant lies, pressure and paranoia will begin to fade away.

The time has come to live openly, to live freely. Come out.

Matt Arnstine is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at arnstine@umdbk.com.

Real food, real hassle

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s a child, I was afraid of needles. I often kicked nurses in the shins to get them away from me. The last thing I wanted was a needle stuck in my veins. The problem became so severe my mother did what many parents in her situation would do — she promised me McDonald’s.

I haven’t kicked a nurse since.

My mom used food as a good to barter with me. She knew I wouldn’t stop acting out unless I had an incentive, and protection against polio and hepatitis wasn’t enough. I needed a Happy Meal.

Part of McDonald’s allure, especially as a kid, is the hokey advertising schemes, toys and fatty foods.

The company’s marketing is so artificial, we as consumers think we’re being media literate when we pick at and expose all of the gimmicky techniques. Often, however, we find ourselves waiting in the drive-thru line a couple days later salivating over french fries.

If McDonald’s can convince a child

to submit to getting shots and manipulate consumers to do things they know are dumb — like eat its food — then how is organic or locally grown food ever going to pick up steam?

I wasn’t introduced to the idea of environmentally sustainable food until I came to college. Growing up, my mother cooked strictly Puerto Rican cuisine — sancocho, rellenos, arroz con pollo, sorullos de maíz, etc. She never shopped at or knew of a Whole Foods or MOM’S Organic Market. We always went to the Food King near our house with a handful of coupons. Our diet was dictated by modest means and accessibility.

After going on a strictly local diet for a class last weekend, I realized why: I spent $63 on local food and just barely made it through four days. At an individual level, it’s nearly impossible to maintain a completely sustainable diet. What would that entail?

For one, you would have to know that ever y piece of food entering your mouth was produced on a farm

MICHAEL CASIANO that treated its animals humanely, didn’t rely on non-renewable energy sources, did business in paperless offices and used eco-friendly packaging. That’s typically where the buck stops — the cows are fine, the chickens are happy and the veggies are clean.

It’s a little more complicated, though. Ideally, a sustainable diet would also be economically sustainable. You would have to be able to eat satisfactorily without breaking the bank. Because what good do cage-free eggs do without a functioning refrigerator to put them in?

Cultural and environmental interests would also have to be reconciled. In other words, how can you make an organic platter of your

mom’s sorullitos? Do you have to conform to the prevailing image of organic food consumption, which is littered with veggies, tofu, Omega-3 fatty acids and non-prescription glasses? Or can you find a way to make an organic, eco-friendly plate of overflowing paella?

Environmentally sustainable food is beyond necessar y. At this university, steps toward this goal have already been taken. Real Food UMD is pushing to have “real food” served in the dining halls. The group’s website defines “real food” as “food that is grown sustainably, produced under fair labor practices, supports local communities, is healthy, and delicious.”

The fact remains, though — two double cheeseburgers cost the same as three apples at a Giant Food store.

And for three apples, I think I’d risk meningitis.

Michael Casiano is a senior English and American studies major. He can be reached at casiano@umdbk.com.

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fter Obama 2012, Sarkozy 2012 or Putin 2012, I bring you Sebastien 2012. You probably recognize my French accent. No! Open your eyes. It’s better now, isn’t it? I’m not here to dispel clichés about French people. But I will tell you quickly that I’m not always wearing a beret and I don’t always carry a baguette under my arm. Sometimes, the baguette is in a bag, or in my hand; sometimes a valet carries it for me.

Anyway, in this column, I give my point of view on our world and especially on our society. If you find something unique in this article, such as sarcasm and humor, it might be new to you, but don’t devour it as quickly as the cheeseburger you order at McDonald’s at 2 a.m. after a night at Cornerstone Grill and Loft when your stomach is empty and starving. Take your time.

Contemplate my words of wisdom.

Admire them. Taste them slowly, and if you find them delicious, start to eat them with gentle passion.

The main purpose of every student on the campus isn’t to have the best abs or the biggest pecs. The main purpose is less superficial, right? The purpose is to get an A in every class. If your parents see “AAA” on your report card, they will be extremely happy and immediately buy you the new iPhone 5 or a new Porsche (as for the Porsche, that only works if your parents live in a mansion as big as Versailles in Georgetown or Bethesda.)

However, when President Barack Obama received his report from Standard & Poor’s and didn’t see AAA, he didn’t hit the roof of the White House. Not because the roof is too high or because Barack can’t jump (even though he is taller than French President Nicolas Sarkozy, which isn’t really an accomplishment. As an additional note, when Sarkozy visited the White House and they took a picture together to show their “friendship,” Sarkozy was standing up on books to look taller). Obama was disappointed because in terms of American debt, AA+ is, symbolically, really bad. It’s worse than going to a restaurant with a girl and seeing your ex-girlfriend on a date with another boy.

Now, China controls a lot of American debt and has the ability to greatly influence the United States. What are the immediate consequences? The Chinese probably will not replace every McDonald’s or Five Guys with Panda Express. You’re fine, rest easy. You will still be able to go to Stamp Student Union and order greasy burgers, so you can still achieve obesity by age 30. However, you may slowly observe some subtle changes in your everyday life.

Your pets will most likely be replaced by a giant panda or a dragon. Forks and spoons will be replaced by chopsticks. Also, there will be a new iPhone 5 app: Am I Chinese or a Chinese slave? So in case you were curious to know the main difference between the already prehistoric iPhone 4S and the revolutionary iPhone 5, you now have your answer.

Finally, this sarcastic story that I’m telling you may be funny, but, unfortunately, it isn’t too far from the truth. I urge you to check out a video on YouTube produced by Citizens Against Government Waste: Just type “CAGW Chinese Professor” in the search box, and catch a glimpse of the possible future.

Sebastien Vilfayeau is an intern in the fire protection engineering department. He can be reached at sebastien.vilfayeau@gmail.com.

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After years of working with backing band The Cardinals and toying around with different genres, Ryan Adams is back working solo and firmly in alt-country territory on his latest album, Ashes & Fire. For better or worse, he sounds very much like his old self again: quiet, pretty, heartfelt and maybe just a tiny bit boring.

Candid singer-songwriter mode has always suited Adams well, and it does again here. Few people craft heart-on-the-sleeve acoustic laments and sad bastard songs as confidently as he does, and he’s as happy to pour out his feelings as ever.

His weepy earnestness is both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. At its best, his unfiltered feeling makes his music personal and affecting; at its worst, it can be as cloying as a teenager’s love letters (he infamously credited his then-girlfriend as an “exe-‘cute’-tive producer” in the liner notes to an earlier album.)

But that’s the price of admission with Adams. It’s hard to be sincere without occasionally slipping into the saccharine, but, thank God, he mostly stays on the right side of the line on Ashes & Fire.

What hurts the album isn’t a tendency to be cringe-worthy and soulbearing, but repetitiveness. Adams’

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And that’s true of Ashes & Fire. The songs are about as lovely as country music gets, but they start to feel eerily similar as the album progresses. There’s very little to differentiate the songs — they all have similar tempos, subject matters and styles — so the back half feels more than a little bit sleepy.

The album begins with an energy that slowly dissipates over its runtime. It’s daydream music — a pleasant enough distraction, but hardly enthralling. It’s tough to call it great art, but it’s damn good comfort food. rgifford@umdbk.com

VERDICT: Ashes & Fire is a little too similar to Adams’ other work to be a great album, but it’s about as pretty and easy to listen to as alt-country music gets.

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Hartsfield left the game in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury, the Terps were forced to play five freshmen against the Yellow Jackets’ triple-option attack for the rest of the game.

Although their defense strung together its best performance of the season, the mounting injuries are starting to take a toll. By the end of their 21-16 defeat, the Terps were missing six players — Hartsfield, Robinson, linebackers Kenny Tate and Darin Drakeford and defensive linemen Isaiah Ross and Andre Monroe — who have started at least one game.

Their replacements may have performed well to this point, but with a steady torrent of injuries, the Terps appear to have reached a tipping point.

“We were thin as it is from the beginning of the year, and then we lose a couple guys: Drake, I don’t know what’s going on with [Hartsfield], Kenny,” defensive tackle Joe Vellano said after Saturday’s loss. “Guys stepped up though, which is I think the biggest thing. No time for them to be young anymore.”

Some freshmen, such as linebacker Lorne Goree and safety Titus Till, have enjoyed relative success since taking on increased responsibilities.

Another freshman, linebacker Mario Rowson, made seven tackles against the

lot,” goalkeeper Will Swaim said after the game. “Everybody put out 110 percent. You know, I guess it’s just one of those games.”

Even though a regular-season loss to a conference foe isn’t ideal, the Terps understand it doesn’t need to keep them from their final objective.

“Our goal was never to be undefeated in the regular season,” Cirovski said. “Our goal was to be undefeated in the playoffs. All the goals that we set for ourselves are in front of us.”

Using history as a guide, the 2-1 heartbreaker the Terps endured at Klöckner Stadium may have actually helped their chances of hoisting that golden trophy this December.

Since 1990, no Division I men’s soccer team has captured the national championship without dropping at least one regular-season game.

During that same period, dozens of teams have romped through the regular season unscathed, only to fall in the playoffs to squads more accustomed to pressurized situations.

Just two years ago, for instance, Akron went unde-

Defensive tackle Andre Monroe, who injured his ankle during the Terps’ Sept. 24 game against Temple, missed Saturday’s game at Georgia Tech. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Yellow Jackets in his first career start.

Even linebacker Alex Twine, who replaced Hartsfield midway through the third quarter, came up with a big third-down tackle late in the game.

But the Terps’ defense has been far from consistent throughout the year, and a dropoff in experience will only make things tougher for the team.

In the midst of a crucial stretch of games that will make or break the Terps’ season — one that continues with No. 8 Clemson on Saturday — the team will need its youngest players to continue

to step up for its lofty goal of an ACC Championship to become reality.

“I thought they did what they were coached to do,” Edsall said. “They went out and executed the defensive game plan that the defensive coaches put together. When you do that, that’s what happens.

“Those are the expectations we want. Everybody has to go in and play as good as they can, and today they did.”

TERPS NOTE: Edsall offered no update yesterday on the Terps’ quarterback situation in this week’s depth chart. The two-deep lists Saturday’s start-

ing quarterback as “Danny O’Brien OR C.J. Brown.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

CLARIFICATION Due to an editing error, yesterday’s article “Losing, their way” incorrectly identified the procedure guard Andrew Gonnella underwent. He had an operation Saturday.

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feated in the regular season before eventually losing to Virginia in the national championship on penalty kicks.

Swaim, a fifth-year senior who was a member of the Terps’ 2008 national championship team, has studied the history and understands the significance of Friday’s loss.

“I think this is more of a humbling experience than anything else,” he said. “I think this makes us take a step back and rethink things. It gets us back to the details of what made us successful.”

The Terps will have an opportunity to revisit and refine those details tonight against Atlantic Soccer Conference member Adelphi. The Panthers, who haven’t faced a top-25 team this season, have managed just 12 goals through 10 games.

Still, tonight won’t be as much about what happens against Adelphi as about what happened at Virginia. As the postseason nears, what they learn from that first loss, and how they use that knowledge to help them meet the standard they’ve set for themselves, will matter most.

“The hurt that they’re all feeling now will pay its dividends,” Cirovski said.

Though the scoreboard at Ludwig Field read 0-0 after the Terrapins women’s soccer team had just fought through its fourth scoreless tie of the year, coach Brian Pensky was able to find positives Saturday.

In recent ACC games, the No. 17 Terps had struggled to possess the ball and control the tempo of the game, a deficiency that led to unsatisfactory results, such as a 4-1 loss to Virginia on Sept. 15 and a 0-0 tie with N.C. State on Sept. 25.

Fatigue, lack of preparation or any number of factors could have caused their previous problems, but against No. 5 Wake Forest, the Terps were able to control the ball and dictate the pace against a highpowered opponent.

“We kind of joked about it and laughed about it,” Pensky said. “But we said, ‘When we have the ball, they don’t.’”

The Terps did struggle with possession early, as the Demon Deacons took an early 7-0 advantage on shots. But in the final 20 minutes of the first half, a period Pensky highlighted, the Terps outshot Wake Forest, 6-0.

Pensky said the Terps had the “better of the play” for the majority of the second half, and the stat sheet showed it: The Terps took 11 shots to Wake Forest’s three.

Although no goals came out of the Terps’ 19 shots in the game, the ability to control the tempo of a game against a toptier opponent bodes well for the Terps as they move forward.

HOME STRETCH Entering Saturday night’s game, the Terps were locked in a fifth-place tie in the ACC with No. 16 Virginia. But as the Terps earned another tie, the Cavaliers pulled out a 4-3 win in overtime versus No. 13 Florida State.

With the win, Virginia took sole control of fifth place and gained ground on No. 10 North Carolina and No. 7 Boston College, which are tied for third.

The Terps, meanwhile, fell to sixth place, two points behind the Cavaliers.

The Terps still have four of their most difficult games remaining on their schedule,

but those games could be coming at just the right time.

“We had a nice eight-day break that was ver y needed,” for ward Jasmyne Spencer said Saturday. “We played great, and ever yone thinks we played great tonight so our spirits are still high, and we’re going to keep plugging away as we go through the final stretch.”

If the season were to end today, the Terps would be the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament and would face No. 3 seed Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The league’s top four seeds host first-round games before the ACC Tournament begins in Cary, N.C., meaning the Terps need to make a run to avoid leaving the friendly confines of Ludwig Field for a trip out of state.

The Terps face an uphill battle, with three of their final four games on the road and a fourpoint deficit in the standings separating them from the Tar Heels and Eagles. To bring the ACC Tournament to Ludwig Field, where the Terps are 5-1-3 on the year, they’ll have to do it away from home.

“PRETTY IN PINK” As sports teams at all different levels don pink for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Terps did their part Saturday night. The game was designated a “Power In Pink” game, part of an Under Armour program to celebrate cancer survivors. The Terps also partnered with Headers For Hope, which honors people diagnosed with cancer.

The Terps sported pink jerseys and socks along with other accessories, and Pensky said the event provided perspective for his team. He spoke afterward of how there is so much more to life than soccer, and despite the Terps’ struggles, he likes them to know there are greater ones out there.

“I love being pretty in pink and I’m glad we’re playing for all the victims of breast cancer, so it’s nice to represent all the victims of breast cancer while we’re playing,” defender Skyy Anderson said. “It’s good to look cute and play hard at the same time.” dgallen@umdbk.com

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Kizer, Thomas on watch list Terps women’s basketball standouts Lynetta Kizer and Alyssa Thomas are two of 30 preseason candidates for the Wooden Award. Read more at TerrapinTrail.com.

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MEN’S SOCCER

After first loss, Terps regrouping No longer unbeaten, team set for Adelphi

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lost for the year — safety Matt Robinson (shoulder) was the first — and injuries on the defensive side of the ball have left the Terps scrambling.

Four freshmen started on defense in Saturday’s loss to No. 12 Georgia Tech, and when linebacker Demetrius

During the Terrapins men’s soccer team’s annual Media Day in midAugust, coach Sasho Cirovski made his message clear: Anything less than the program’s fourth national title would be a disappointment.

“The expectation is an ACC Championship and a national championship,” he said. “We’re not afraid of the challenge that we set for ourselves.”

Days after suffering their first loss of the season at ACC rival Virginia on Friday, the No. 2 Terps (11-1-1) are still committed to answering that challenge.

In a crackling match between two of the ACC’s elite programs, the Terps demonstrated what Cirovski calls “championship fiber.” Despite playing their fifth game in 14 days, the Terps worked hard, played confidently and attacked skillfully.

But like all sports, soccer involves an element of luck. And luck just wasn’t with the Terps on Friday.

The team finished with six shots on goal at Virginia, and another four hit a post or crossbar. That string of nearmisses ultimately cost the Terps their 12-game unbeaten streak and left Cirovski’s team crestfallen.

“This one hurts. This one hurts a

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see ADELPHI, page 7

Coach Randy Edsall, second from right, surveys Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday as guard Andrew Gonnella (not pictured) is treated by medical personnel. Gonnella suffered a season-ending knee injury in the game, a 21-16 Georgia Tech victory. PHOTO COURTESY OF AUSTIN FOOTE/TECHNIQUE

For Terps, an unhealthy trend Freshmen forced into action, especially on defense, as injuries mount in key stretch

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

ATLANTA – Members of the Terrapins football team were visibly emotional on the sideline at Bobby Dodd Stadium as co-captain and starting left guard Andrew Gonnella lay on the field Saturday afternoon,

surrounded by medical personnel.

Minutes before, Gonnella had suffered what coach Randy Edsall later described as a “serious knee injury,” and when he was eventually loaded into an ambulance and transported to Atlanta’s Grady Medical Center, it seemed all but certain that the senior had played his last game as a Terp.

Edsall confirmed as much yesterday. And while the Terps will certainly miss the lone senior starter on their offensive line, his injury is just a part of a bigger problem sweeping through the team.

Injuries are starting to pile up for the Terps, and at an inopportune time. Gonnella is the second starter