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New admins Senior killed in motorcycle crash usher in fresh university era

Student was wearing a helmet; accident remains under investigation by police

BY BEN PRESENT Staff writer

Several committees look to fill official positions

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

As the university moves into what many have called a new era — with a new general education plan in the works and a recently appointed president and athletics director — the face of the university is changing.

Throughout the academic year, various vacancies will continue to be filled in what many have called one of the most substantial administrative turnovers in university histor y.

Provost and acting university President Nariman Far vardin said the details of these search committees — tasked with finding a new vice president for research, chief diversity officer, dean of the arts and humanities college, and dean of the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college — will be unveiled in the coming days.

Steve Halperin, who is ser ving as the CMNS dean, will step down at the end of

A student died yesterday morning following a motorcycle crash about a mile north of the campus on Route 1.

Senior kinesiology major Dan Dieter was riding his 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle alongside another motorcyclist, Prince George’s County Police officials said, when at about 10:50 a.m., Dieter lost control. His bike hit a

curb and Dieter, who police said was wearing a helmet, was launched from his seat and suffered what appeared to be head trauma.

Dieter was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Prince George’s Hospital Center. He was 23 years old.

County police will continue to investigate the wreck, said Cpl. Clinton Copeland, adding it is not yet known if drugs, alcohol or excessive speed played a role in

the crash.

Last month, Dieter was ticketed by Centreville Police for speeding — Dieter was driving 70 mph in a 55DAN DIETER zone.

ACCIDENT VICTIM Dieter, of the 6100 block of Ocean Gateway in Trappe, Md., expected to grad-

uate in the spring with a degree in kinesiology, according to friends.

He is sur vived by two younger siblings and his parents, Duane and Barbara Dieter.

Although Dieter’s family declined to comment yesterday, Dave Barrera, who works for Dieter’s father at a private contracting company specializing in defense training, said Dieter was an “incredible” guy.

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MOURNING AS ONE Students hold vigil to honor those lost to recent suicides

BY RACHEL ROUBEIN Staff writer

Flickering candles surrounded students who gathered at the Candle Light Vigil on McKeldin Mall last night to mourn the recent string of suicides in the LGBT community — an event that coincided with National Coming Out Day. Before a crowd of about 200, student after student stood to read personal poetry that expressed the

wide range of emotions — ranging from sorrow to anger — that the suicides have ignited.

Although Pride Alliance, which sponsored the event, originally planned to hold the vigil last week, group members postponed it due to poor weather.

But many attendees said they felt it was an appropriate coincidence that the vigil fell on a day meant to encourage openness.

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In SGA walk, officials study where students feel least safe Police say perceptions not indicative of danger PHOTOS BY JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

Campus access denied

Although the recent rash of crimes on or near the campus lent a sense of urgency to this year’s SGA Safety Walk, police said the areas students identified as unsafe have more to do with perception than any real danger.

About 20 people boarded a Shuttle-UM bus that stopped at a select areas students identified as the most dangerous spots on the campus. Participants included Provost and acting university President Nariman Farvardin, Prince George’s County Police District 1 Commander Robert Liberati, University Police officers, Department of Transportation Services representatives and Student Government Association members.

Most of the stops are located along the periphery of the campus, including the segment of Knox Road near South Campus Commons Buildings 3 and 4, Leonardtown Community parking lots, the portion of Regents Drive near Comcast Center and the walkways behind Byrd Stadium.

Last week, students highlighted the areas where they felt most unsafe by pinpointing those spots with tacks on a campus map in the SGA office. SGA Senior Vice President

Roy Webb hasn’t set foot on the campus for the last 16 years, and he wants back in.

After an altercation with a professor led to Webb being banned from the campus, Webb has been attempting to fight for the right to come back. But according to police and university officials, the ban won’t likely be lifted any time soon.

In 1994, Webb, now 52, was a 35year-old student studying engineering when he and mechanical engineering professor Edward Magrab butted heads. What ensued isn’t quite clear, and University Police

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TOMORROW’S WEATHER:

Those banned from grounds must prove non-threatening to reenter university

BY BEN PRESENT Staff writer

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Kane hosts Q&A with students in Stamp Weeks before election, lieutenant gov. candidate draws small crowd

BY MELISSA QUIJADA Staff writer

Although hundreds of students were invited by College Republicans and campus publication The Terrapin Times, just 14 students turned out to meet Republican lieutenant governor candidate Mary D. Kane.

Less than a month before election day, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s running mate came to College Park for the first time to meet with students, watch yesterday morning’s gubernatorial debate on a projector screen and hold a question-and-answer session in Stamp Student Union’s Atrium.

But while College Republicans and The Terrapin Times collectively invited about 660 students to the event — both via listserv e-mails — only about 2 percent of the total number of invitees showed up.

Sarah Brown, a junior government and politics major, said she knew some students who missed the event because of campus Greek events and a political internship class, which

ACCIDENT from page 1 “He was just a good-character man — good integrity, you know?” Barrera said.

Barrera, 33, said Dieter had

VIGIL from page 1 “It’s also a message of solidarity and hope, and we want to reach out to people who are struggling and tell them that they’re not alone,” said Pride Alliance President Spencer Brennan, a junior studio art major.

The vigil was also attended by several administrators, including university Provost and acting President Nariman Farvardin and Vice President of Student Affairs Linda Clement.

And for many there, it was a bittersweet reminder that while some individuals can and do celebrate the attributes that make them unique, such as their sexuality or gender identity, others face a daily struggle that illustrates the fight for acceptance is far from over.

“Many times when we celebrate, we also mourn,” said senior public health major Aaron Shapiro, who encouraged attendees to reach out to their peers and offer support to those in need.

For senior kinesiology major Karess Taylor-Hughes, a member of Equality Maryland — a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-rights group — the vigil was an opportunity to advocate for legislation that would allow same-sex marriage in this state.

But she was also mourning the death of a student she knew from this university who committed suicide a few years ago.

“He was a really nice kid, a really cool guy,” Taylor-Hugh-

ran at the same time.

The 14 who did attend — mostly members of College Republicans — were able to hear in person from the first Republican woman to serve as Maryland secretary of state, a position Kane held for about two years. Before that, Kane served as deputy secretary of state and chief legal counsel from 2003 to 2005. And during last night’s event, she introduced herself as an advocate of entrepreneurship and said she plans to build the private sector to create more jobs in the state.

Although Ehrlich and incumbent Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) clashed during the debate over education — O’Malley recently ended his four-year in-state tuition freeze, while Ehrlich raised tuition by about 40 percent during his term as governor — Kane chose not to mention the topic much last night, saying only that it’s K-12 education that needs the most attention and improvement.

Both gubernatorial candidates discussed tuition during the debate, criticizing the educa-

tional pitfalls of each other’s terms.

“What your [tuition] freeze has done is cause less Maryland kids to be admitted to Maryland schools,” said Ehrlich in the debate. “The freeze went on too long. It hurt our system.”

“Making college more affordable for more families is critically important. All those things the former governor cites — the dorm housing and dining — they went up when he was in office,” O’Malley said in response. “Now I watch those numbers very closely about how many students come from out-of-state and in-state and they have remained pretty constant.”

Jeffrey De Tora, executive vice president of College Republicans, said he could comment little on Kane’s campaign, but did mention a strong desire for Ehrlich to win. “[Ehrlich has] been talking about O’Malley and how he’s going to freeze tuition for the past four years, but it has not been. Fees have been increased,” said De Tora. “Personally everything I know about

[Ehrlich] I have no problems with.”

Just two students asked Kane a question after the debate during the question-and-answer part of the event.

“What will Ehrlich do to further not only the Chesapeake Bay, but the Maryland environment?” asked Joey Kalmin, a freshman government and politics major.

Kane acknowledged the lack of funding to the region and need for more jobs to preserve the Bay. “There’s a a lot of work to be done there,” Kane said. “It’s the spine of the state. If that’s not healthy, the state is not.”

Kane praised students for showing interest in the political process and encouraged them to get involved with grassroots campaigning.

“It’s important for young people to get involved in politics,” Kane said. “You are the future of the state and the decisions now affect your future and you should be involved in those decisions.”

recently purchased the motorcycle he was riding, and an album on Dieter’s Facebook page, uploaded about a week ago, showcases about 15 images of what appears to be a new motorcycle.

Dieter, who friends said

originally went to Wesley College in Delaware before transferring to this university, also played on the university’s club rugby team.

“He was the epitome of a great guy. He always had a smile on his face,” Barrera

said. “I know that ever yone says that after someone they care about dies, but he really was.”

es said, adding she was offended by the university community’s lackluster response to his death at the time. She said she was frustrated with how these issues have traditionally been swept under the rug.

“We can’t just sit back,” she said. “It can’t just be black writing on paper. It has to be voices heard, people calling for action.”

But with each passing year at the university, she said she’s been seen drastic improvement. The LGBT community has heightened its presence on the campus and the university has increased its resources for students struggling with their identities.

“We have grown so much,” she said. “I feel so comfortable leaving this university knowing this program and this university is in safe hands. These students have so much potential, and I know they’ll make a difference.”

Several new groups promoting LGBT awareness have cropped up on the campus this year, such as Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Queer Grads and The One Project — a UNIV 100 section in its pilot year for members or allies of the LGBT community.

Some students have even participated in openly gay writer Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Project — a series of video messages on YouTube meant to provide hope and self-assurance to LGBT teens.

“I think [the suicides were] a national tragedy on a scale that’s devastating,” said Jay Garvey, a LGBT involvement

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Senior staff writer Marissa Lang contributed to this report. present@umdbk.com

SEARCHES from page 1 this academic year after more than 10 years at the university.

“This is an unusually large number of changes in personnel,” Halperin said. “It could be a ver y exciting oppor tunity for the university to install a lot of exciting new people in senior leadership positions.”

Far vardin said although it’s unusual for a university to have so many searches going on at once, the changes are all positive.

“I’m cer tainly excited,” he said. “I personally think the great majority of people at the university are excited about these changes. They are ver y positive and designed to make the university a better place.”

He added most of these changes were spelled out in the Strategic Plan, such as the chief diversity officer, whose appointment was highlighted in the university’s recently approved Diversity Plan.

Some of the other major vacancies have already been filled: Incoming university President Wallace Loh will officially take over Nov. 1 and new Athletics Director Kevin Anderson took over for Debbie Yow this month after Yow held the title for 16 years.

Mar vin Breslow, the University Senate parliamentarian and histor y professor emeritus who has been involved in the senate for more than 45 years, said such a large turnover is unique but finding new deans is “healthy,” adding that a dean

typically ser ves for five years and is then reevaluated through an extensive process conducted by the provost. It’s unusual for a dean to ser ve more than two five-year terms, he said.

Breslow said it’s important to remember that many administrators who are leaving or who have left held their positions for much longer than expected: former university President Dan Mote ser ved for 12 years, ARHU Dean James Harris ser ved for nearly 14 and Halperin has been with the university for more than a decade.

“It is good to have a certain amount of turnover in those positions,” he said. “It’s good for ever yone and it takes work for ever yone.”

Breslow said a key part of successfully hiring so many new administrators is making sure they get a chance to understand the university and vice versa.

“Anyone new coming in has to learn new things and we have to learn new things about them,” he said. “Our rate of turnover is pretty healthy. It always creates a little bit of confusion but it’s better than being frozen forever.”

Halperin said he has high hopes the university will only better itself with its new appointments.

“Whether or not we will be successful in recruiting people who will do a good job is always a question, but we always hope it will be done well,” he said. “So far, I think the university is doing ver y well with its new recruits.” redding@umdbk.com

Student biker struck, seriously injured in Lot 1 The Pride Alliance held a candlelight vigil on the mall to "send the message to those still struggling that they need not struggle alone." JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

coordinator in the Office for Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy. “But with mourning comes action and hopefully we’ll engage in critical and meaningful dialogues to foster a healthier community at Maryland.”

Despite marked strides toward acceptance, other students said intolerance still exists on the campus.

Freshman letters and sciences major Kevin Hollander said he had been called a “faggot” out of a car window twice in his first weeks at the university.

“You come to college thinking people are more open and accepting,” Hollander said. “It actually did get me really upset. I think it stems from ignorance because people aren’t really educated on it, and they don’t really know how much they’re hurting people when they say that.”

But Hollander said he was encouraged by the positive at-

mosphere at yesterday’s vigil.

“It was really comforting actually to be surrounded by people who were all mourning,” he said. “It was sad, obviously there was a depressing mood, but it was good to see all the people here in support.”

But others said more must be done. Days like yesterday draw attention to the issue, TaylorHughes said, but aren’t enough.

“I’m all for National Coming Out Day, but I’m gay 365,” she said. “There isn’t a day I go back in the closet at all.”

Taylor-Hughes added that though she has noticed progress, there’s still a ways to go.

“This campus is OK as far as equity, as far as awareness, as far as staying together, as far as community, but it’s not good, we’re just OK,” she said. “It can be good, but I want to see this campus be great.” roubein@umdbk.com

Student hospitalized after being hit by car on Union Lane last night

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB AND LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writers

A young driver struck a bicyclist in Lot 1 last night, sending the female bike-rider to the hospital with a broken leg and serious injuries, University Police said.

The cyclist, a 25-year-old student and teaching assistant, was traveling west on Union Lane when she was struck. The vehicle had stopped at a stop sign and began to pull out onto Union Lane. According to police spokesman Marc Limansky, the driver didn’t see the biker approaching and hit her — she was thrown across the hood and landed on the road.

The driver was also identified as a student.

As of last night, Limansky did not have information on the condition of the biker, who was taken from the scene in an ambulance following the collision.

According to Officer J. Brown,

one of the several officers who responded to Lot 1 after the accident occurred at 7:35 p.m., it was unclear who caused the accident.

“We don’t have enough witnesses to determine who was at fault, so we’re going to do a video review since there are a bunch of video cameras monitoring the parking lot,” he said.

Three police cruisers and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene.

The driver involved was operating a green Honda Civic at the time of the incident. The car’s license plate was unhinged and tilted in the aftermath of the crash.

Brown said although the young woman on the bike was conscious, her injuries seemed serious. Still, he noted it’s unlikely the driver will be charged with any damages.

“The worst the driver will get is a ticket,” he said. abutaleb@umdbk.com, redding@umdbk.com

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SAFETY from page 1 Brandon Cuffy said he looked at the places that received the most negative attention and based the bus stops along that route, which took the group about an hour and a half to complete.

Several police officers pointed out that the campus is relatively secure, and feeling unsafe is largely a matter of perception. Many of the areas that students designated as shady actually have low rates of crime occurrences, University Police spokesman Marc Limansky said.

“When people feel safe they generally come out, and when people come out more there’s usually just crime,” said University Police Chief David Mitchell. “Safety is all in perception.”

Mitchell attended the walk for the first time this year, and said he was glad to be a part of it.

Students cited dim lighting, a perceived lack of police officer presence and the lack of safety devices — like surveillance cameras and emergency phones — as primary factors that determined their comfort level in a particular location, said Mark McGuigan, assistant manager of security technology and building security systems for the university’s Department of Public Safety.

There are about 320 outdoor cameras and about 315

SGA Senior Vice President Brandon Cuffy, far left, leads students, police and administrators on the annual Safety Walk. They toured areas on and around the campus that students perceive to be the most dangerous and discussed possible solutions. ORLANDO URBINA/THE DIAMONDBACK

bluelight emergency phones scattered across campus, McGuigan said, but several officials said the phones are rarely used.

Cuffy orchestrated this year’s safety tour in coordination with University Police as part of his goal to improve student safety, an initiative he promised to pursue during his election campaign.

“This is a very serious issue given the hike in crime in recent days,” he said.

Cuffy called for student suggestions for possible solutions to the problematic areas, and he said the most common idea was to add more surveillance or police presence.

Most of the feasible solutions

are implemented by the following spring semester after the Safety Walk, Limansky said.

“I think it was a really successful event. I think it’s a great way to get all of the interested parties in once place at one time,” said SGA Chief of Staff Michelle McGrain, adding the handson aspect was key to the walk’s success.

Cuffy said police are invested in reaching out to students, as evidenced by recent events meant to foster better relationships, like Welcome Back to College Park Night and College Park Day. “When crime happens, they want students to run to them,

not away from them,” Cuffy said.

While the university plans to take steps to increase safety in certain places, Cuffy and other officials said some of the most important aspects of safety are individual awareness and common sense.

Mitchell advised that students should have four phone numbers programmed into their phones in case they do encounter a dangerous situation: University Police for emergencies, #3333; police for non-emergencies (301) 405-3555; NITE Ride (301) 314-NITE or (301) 314-6483; and the police escort service (301) 405-3555. meehan@umdbk.com

STUDENT NEEDED FOR PUBLICATIONS BOARD Maryland Media, Inc., publisher of the Diamondback, Terrapin Yearbook, Mitzpeh (Jewish student newspaper) and Eclipse (Black student newspaper) is seeking a student for its Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors meets once a month during the school year and approves publication budgets, selects the editors-in-chief for each publication and discusses both short and long-term planning. Applicants have to be registered full-time students and have no affiliation with the publications.

Applications may be picked up in the Diamondback Business Office, 3136 South Campus Dining Hall, Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am-4:30 pm.

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Roy Webb, 52, shown here in front of The Maryland Book Exchange, was banned from the campus after an altercation with a professor in 1994. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

DENIED from page 1 declined to provide details as Webb was never criminally charged. Instead, he joined a long list of individuals barred from the campus. He was simply issued a denial of access, which isn’t a criminal charge.

Last month alone, police logged more than a dozen cases in which officers denied someone access to the campus, responded to disorderly conduct or observed a “suspicious person” roaming the grounds, according to the department’s online records.

Webb said university officials covered up their own wrongdoing and wouldn’t hear his appeals.

But university and system officials said Webb broke into offices, acted in a threatening manner and never showed up to his appeal hearings.

Although denying certain individuals access to the campus due to unruly or unlawful behavior is fairly common, getting permission to reenter the campus is not as easy as it was for those privileges to be taken away, Webb said.

“I took it through the various levels of administration, through my department, through the college of engineering and finally through Brit Kirwan, who was president at that time,” Webb said. “Nobody did anything so I got my senator involved.”

When he heard back from his state senator, James Simpson, Webb said he was told the case had been investigated and closed.

But Kirwan, who is now the chancellor of the University System of Maryland, said Webb wasted his chances to prove his case.

In many instances, Kirwan noted, Webb didn’t even show up. And when he did, Kirwan said, Webb did not appeal quietly.

“He broke into my office and was quite belligerent and threatening to me,” Kirwan said. “Then he went up to the chancellor’s office and had a confrontation there.”

According to Webb, the problem began when Magrab expressed dislike over his work.

After a meeting with the professor, Webb said he was shoved on his way out.

And after being banned from the campus, Webb said, he was told the department had never been investigated and witnesses were never contacted.

Webb also denied ever being in Kirwan’s office or acting in such a disorderly manner.

“I was 40 miles away at the time this alleged threat ever took place, which is really, really annoying,” Webb said.

Terry Roach, the executive assistant to the president for legal affairs, declined to comment on the case last night.

Although the back-and-forth is tedious, Webb said it’s for a bigger cause: He wants to speak to groups on campus about the “corruption [he’s] encountered.”

But when he asked police if they would compromise and attend his talks — to ensure Webb “didn’t make any false moves” — Webb said he was told that he would be arrested if he comes on the campus grounds.

“Based on his behaviors in 1994, he was denied access by us,” University Police spokesman Marc Limansky said.

The appeal process Webb has needed to traverse, police and campus officials said, involves him proving he is no longer a threat to the personal safety of those who have regular business on the campus.

Easier said than done, Webb said.

“How do I prove a negative?” he asked. present@umdbk.com

MORE ONLINE www.diamondbackonline.com TRICK OR TREATY? It’s not often that the United States finds itself in the company of Somalia, Sudan and Iran, but a leading activist told students last night that the nation’s record on women’s rights is tarnished by its refusal to ratify an international treaty — one that those three other countries also reject.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women has been ratified in 186 countries since its creation in 1979 and has improved the living conditions of women all over the world, according to Anu Joshi, a leading Capitol Hill activist in favor of the treaty.

Joshi told an audience of about 25 students in South Campus Commons 1 why it is important for America as a democracy and a global power to ratify this treaty.

Go online to read the rest of Erin Durkin’s story.

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A disappointing day

ver the weekend, the city, in cooperation with student groups and that surrounds them.

Some students did turn out, with organizations like UMD for Clean Energy the university, held the first-ever College Park Day — an event meant to celebrate the community and help foster stronger ties and the Quidditch team utilizing the opportunity to set up tables with informabetween students and the city residents. Although the festival was tion about upcoming meetings and competitions. The SGA claims they focused lauded as a occasion to bring the community together and mend student-city their turnout efforts on university groups instead of students, with the hope that students would follow groups that participated. Although some of this haprelationships, it, not surprisingly, failed to live up to its hype.

With the Student Government Association providing a free shuttle bus to pened, groups often only bring their own members. The problem was that for and from the event, the goal behind College Park Day was an admirable one. the majority of students, College Park Day just didn’t seem like much fun.

But there were further flaws with the event. The hours Indeed, we do hope it becomes an annual fall attraction. it was held reflected a focus toward families with children, With $5,000 allocated for the festival and 25 city resirather than students. College Park Day ran from 1 to 5 p.m. dents helping organize the event, which was held at the Those hours could have been shifted or extended later into College Park Community Center, College Park Day was The city of College Park’s the evening to times more appealing to young adults. meant to highlight the people and businesses that make community-building event Although the event had food, many of the activities this city a community. Organizers hoped to create an —College Park Day — could seemed targeted at children. Hosting a student band for an event College Park could claim the rights to when so evening concert seems like one option that would draw many of the biggest attractions in the area occur on the have done a better job of students which families could still enjoy. Or perhaps taking campus, such as Maryland Day and Homecoming. appealing to students. a page out of the SGA handbook, event organizers could However, much like most events the city orchesorchestrate a block party-like dinner similar to the annual trates, student complaints remain the same: College Park Day catered to a much older audience, with numerous attractions for families Crab Fest. This would allow students and city residents to sit and dine together, with children but few for students and their friends. This is the inherent prob- fostering communication over good food in a setting that breeds conversation.

College Park Day has a lot of potential. And certainly the first run of anylem with city functions. All too often, events planned to foster relationships between the surrounding community and students lack any incentive for stu- thing has its bumps. Next fall, we hope the city will continue to reach out to residents in order to attract families, but a more collaborative effort between dents to actually show up.

Although students sometimes fail to realize it, the university is surrounded the SGA and event organizers is in order. Maryland Day is proof that students by an old and historic city with rich culture and long-term residents. The will turn out for family-friendly events if there is actually something to turn charm of local businesses are often overshadowed by the crime and heavy out for. Students don’t need a kegger to have fun, what they do need is incentraffic that plague the urban area, and students forget the larger community tive. Next year, we hope the city remembers.

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Editorial cartoon: Morgan Noonan

Give us some stories!

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is easily one of the most technically advanced and beautiful theaters at any college campus in the United States. Yet a vast majority of students have never gone to see a play at CSPAC or have only gone because of a class. So what is our theater program missing: funding, opportunity, word of mouth?

My answer: stories — good, relatable stories, presented in an enjoyable way. I’m someone who would love to go and see some good plays at CSPAC, but every single time I go down the list of shows, each option seems worse or more boring than the last. Sometimes, I wonder if even Pixar would be able to turn some of these plays into a decent show. For example, Enchanted April is a play about “four Englishwomen ... [who] open themselves to new possibilities and find unexpected paths to self-discovery.” Really, CSPAC? I saw the musical Wicked this past summer, and it was the most entertaining experience I’d had in a long time. Truly, seeing a good play in person and up close is absolutely incredible. But all the flashy effects would have been for nothing if not for the amazing and captivating story. I didn’t even realize when we had reached intermission.

There is a reason shows such as Wicked and Phantom of the Opera are some of the highest grossing entertainment events of all time. A show cannot survive for many years without a good story — something today’s theater sorely lacks.

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Sportsmanship: A call for innovative solutions

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re Terps fans passionate or lewd? Clever or commonplace? Vulgar or laudatory?

These are all questions currently plaguing this university’s president, athletics director, alumni and, apparently, ESPN. And while I agree that some fan behavior can be lewd, immature, uncreative and just plain offensive, I think that this university’s fans have caught a bad rap in the media and in the offices of university administrators — as the new athletics director’s latest e-mail demonstrates.

As Terps fans, we boo, we jeer, we curse, we use worn out cheers and we cheer at the wrong time. We act poorly on national television and in the stands to the point where we are hurting our academic reputation and offending alumni as well as future employers. We even “riot” after games we win. Are we the worst fans in the country?

In spite of all the negative characteristics of our fans, I know we are passionate and care very deeply and to me that is more important. We are loud, intense and loyal. We go to every game, lose

CORY KUTCHER our voices and then repeat — week after week. I can remember so many different moments in Byrd Stadium or at Comcast Center or at Ludwig Field.

When Cliff Tucker hit that buzzer beater against Georgia Tech, the atmosphere was insane; I thought the roof was going to blow off.

I will also always remember the rush of students on the court after beating Duke to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship on senior night.

That night, when Greivis Vasquez and Gary Willams won the titles of ACC Player and Coach of the Year, respectively, is one that I know I will always remember, not because of the riots that ensued, but because of the camaraderie, the intense collective energy

and the spirit that was coursing through Comcast that night.

But if the university seriously hopes to foster a more respectful form of fan support, they should look to more innovative solutions than mere e-mail messages.

So how do we start transforming our fans into more a more respectful group?

We should start by giving a name to our student fan section. At other schools of our size and stature, the student fan section has its own name. For example, Duke has the “Cameron Crazies,” Indiana has the "Crimson Crazies,” Michigan State has “The Izzone,” Wake Forest has the “Screamin’ Demons” and Texas A&M has the “12th Man.” A name would help students take ownership of their participation in sporting events, something that would increase the pride that students feel as fans. The athletics department could even promote the new name with free T-shirts, advertisements and contests for members. I know that I could use another free T-shirt. In addition, once this newly named group is established,

students can take it over, run it and, most importantly, follow the example of The Crew — a group of students that cheer for Terp soccer — and institute more clever and coordinated cheers.

Additionally, to curb negative post game behavior the athletics department and university community should plan post-game events where students can release some pent up energy and celebrate. A big bonfire or outdoor party on the mall or the chapel fields would fit the bill. At Duke, they let the students burn wooden benches that are front of every dorm and there are no arrests, no tear gas and no bad publicity.

This idea, which has been tossed around at this university, needs to be carried out.

All of this would be way more effective than the new athletics director — Kevin Anderson — sending an e-mail to students calling for better behavior that most people probably just skipped over.

Cory Kutcher is a senior kinesiology major. He can be reached at kutcher@umdbk.com.

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am straight. For me, these three little words mean I have not had to worry about my civil rights or fear being a victim of hate speech. I am not sure when I realized this fact — it just happened. And no one cares. It was assumed by society that I would be straight, and I am.

Unlike our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or intersex friends, teachers, co-workers and acquaintances, I never had to come out and tell the world my sexual orientation.

I am a white, middle-class, heterosexual Christian male; our society has been designed specifically for me and people like me to succeed.

Despite this, I struggled with discovering who I am and what my place in the world was — just like everyone else. It was scary, and people were judgmental and cruel. But eventually, I reached a point when I was finally comfortable with who I am.

However, as challenging as this time was for me, I never had to come out. I never had to stand up and say to the world that I am different, and

that the difference defines who I am.

And I never had to risk facing the disappointment, denial, ostracism or hatred of family, friends and people I have never even met because they don’t approve of an identity beyond my control.

To come out takes incredible courage, not only in the act of coming out, but also in every single day afterwards. Members of the LGBTQI community have to be just as brave, day in and day out, as they were that first day they accepted who they were as a person, or the first time they told someone about their sexual identity.

Unfortunately, this bravery is necessary because we live in a society full of hatred, a world where people verbally and physically assault others just because they are different — sometimes with tragic consequences.

Throughout histor y, people have used differences such as race, gender and sexual orientation as justifications for discrimination and hatred. LGBTQI individuals have no more choice in who they are than I

ROB RIKER do, yet they have to constantly justify themselves to a society that has never asked me to.

Coming from a ver y liberal and accepting family, I have known LGBTQI family-friends since I was a young child and was not exposed to the hatred many people are brought up with.

Since coming to college, my life has been profoundly shaped by LGBTQI people, perhaps more than it has been by straight people. My best friend, my roommate, several of my favorite professors, my favorite club’s co-president and many of my friends and classmates define themselves as something other than heterosexual — and my life has been the more valuable for it.

I will always stand by the people I care about and I will do anything I can to support them as they discover who they are or struggle with how that identity is perceived. The people named in yesterday’s Out List and anyone who has ever come out to someone have a courage that I will never have. They have said, “This is who I am, get over it” to a world that is not yet ready to accept them. I am glad I never had to come out and tell the world my sexual orientation, because I am not sure I would be brave enough to do it. I guess my message as a straight ally is to embrace who you are, whatever that may mean, and I will embrace who you are. Everyone deserves the same opportunities, rights and respect. And if more people realized that, then maybe future tragedies could be avoided.

And so, I say it again: I am straight.

And I am an ally.

Rob Riker is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at riker@umdbk.com.

Last week, there were several articles written about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that focused on the homophobic treatment of the group. Several “Christian” groups have been a part of this mistreatment. This dark blot on the faith is a gross misrepresentation of what true Christianity is.

Love God and love others — these were Jesus’ two commands (Luke 10:27). How is protesting at a funeral or driving a teenager to suicide ever considered loving them?

Why do these people feel the need to use Christianity to reinforce their hatred? These people are no more Christ-like than the Nazis when they used biblical propaganda to further their agenda. Where did you read about Christ condemning anyone other than the self-righteous? In fact, he spent his time on Earth living with the partiers, the drinkers and the sexually promiscuous (Luke 5:29-32). And he wasn’t hanging out with them to tell them how awful they were or how hell-bent their life inevitably was, but instead to tell them how much he loved them (Romans 5:8). So in the quest to become more like Christ, why have so many turned to condemning others? It’s no wonder Gandhi said, “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians.”

As far as those churches who are blaming the LGBT community for atrocities such as Katrina and soldiers dying in war, I wonder how they even have the stomach to make such absurd accusations.

Does not the rain fall on the just and the unjust alike (Matthew 5:45)? No sin is causing these tragedies. And when did homosexuality become the greatest sin in the Bible? It is no worse than looking lustfully at a woman or thinking ill of a coworker.

Are you about to tell me that all you Christians reading this article have never done anything of the sort? In condemning these people for the same things you do, have you not condemned yourself (Romans 2:1)?

JEREMY BOWERS JUNIOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

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REVIEW | SUFJAN STEVENS

The Adz man out

The (abbreviated) Sufjan Stevens discography Album: Michigan Release Date: July 1, 2003 Download these: "For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti" “Romulus”

Sufjan Stevens takes a turn toward electronics on The Age of Adz

BY DREW WALDO Staff writer

Although he’s no longer trying to put out an album for all 50 states, indie singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens has managed to one-up his previous levels of ambition with The Age of Adz (pronounced “odds”).

He has devoted the almost entirely electronic album to

either something concerning the dehumanizing nature of culture today or something equally grandiose.

Interpretation is up to the listener.

Everything is doused in electronic squeals and buzzes.

Though Stevens still employs plenty of orchestral instruments, rarely are they not a part of some electronic bombast that always

all the crap you care about HE DOES WEDDINGS, TOO Last week, actor and professional nicest guy in the universe Johnny Depp showed up — in character and full wardrobe as Captain Jack Sparrow — to a school in England to surprise 9-year-old Beatrice Delap, who wrote him a letter saying she was having trouble “mutiny-ing” against her teachers.

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has some sort of sinister nature.

Maybe most surprising is how ostensibly strange this album is. Many of the songs have an intentionally difficult beginning. Songs such as “Age of Adz” are introduced with what sounds like an electronic marching band.

Even Stevens’ voice is different. It sounds stronger — or at least employed in a few more ways. He gets downright nasal on the title track and then later uses Auto-Tune.

“I’m not f---ing around!” he repeats on “I Want to Be Well.”

The Age of Adz will not bring around anyone who thinks Stevens is too precious for their tastes, but the songwriter is certainly eager to break into new territories.

Mixed in with the new abrasiveness are more hooks than Stevens has even written before. On the anthem “Get Real Get Right,” group chants and instrumental grooves come at a greater pace than ever before. On “I Walked,” Stevens chills out for an ethereal, New Age ballad.

Some of the album’s forced abrasiveness is more indicative of Stevens’ ambitions than nec-

essary, though the moments are few.

There are very few songs here to listen to as stand-alone tracks. The 25-minute “Impossible Soul” is not one of them.

Stevens repeats the idea from The Avalanche, where he released several different mixes of “Chicago” from Illinois.

“Impossible Soul” remixes the refrain several times, so the chorus eventually becomes very annoying — and it’s all intentional.

At 74 minutes, the album is best absorbed at once, if only to properly hear how dramatic and theatrical Stevens becomes. Despite an absence of singer-songwriter storytelling, the album progresses like any good linear narrative.

As with Illinois, the constant re-appropriation of sounds leave things fairly ambiguous about what is ironic and what is not on The Age of Adz (especially for those of us who can only hear Auto-Tune ironically).

Like any good folkster, Stevens seems to relish going a little against the grain when it

Album: Seven Swans Release Date: March 16, 2004 Download these: “The Dress Looks Nice on You” “To Be Alone with You”

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Beloved and famous as he may be, The Age of Adz comes nearly five years after his last original album, and even considering the periodic B-sides and side projects, Stevens has waited an eternity in today’s time for a

new album.

But unlike most other musical retrofitters, Stevens is eager to break away from the past and intent on making a complete album worth talking about. waldo@umdbk.com

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DILL from page 8 really technique-savvy can do stuff like that,” said center Paul Pinegar, who also has filled in as the team’s starting left guard. “But I think [Dill] is really sound in his technique.”

Still, even with an able substitute in Dill, the loss of Gilbert midway through the West Virginia game threw the Terps’ already struggling offensive line further off track. The team gave up three sacks before Gilbert left the game and five more after, and ended the game with minus-10 rushing yards.

The next week, coach Ralph Friedgen went to Dill and redshirt freshman Pete DeSouza, who had moved into Dill’s starting spot on the right side, with a forceful message.

“You’ve got to show up,” Friedgen told them. “What are we going to do? We lost our left tackle — are we going to go

home, take our ball and go home? Or are you going to fight? ... They saw a side of me they probably haven’t seen.”

Even as the quarterback behind it varied, the new-look line held firm, especially in pass protection. The unit surrendered just one sack in a victory over Florida International, and it held Duke without any last Saturday.

“Dill knew he had to step up to fill Gilbert’s shoes, and he has some big shoes to fill because he’s a heck of a player,” running back Da’Rel Scott said. “But just seeing that unit, knowing that they had to step up, just proved my confidence in the line. They raised their games to make it seem like nobody really got hurt.”

The line is still looking to afford Scott and the Terps’ stable of running backs the same help. After allowing the Terps to rush for 261 yards, their highest rushing total since 2008, in the season opener against Navy, the offensive line

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has struggled to open up holes of late. Against a woeful Duke rushing defense, the Terps rolled up 124 yards but did so on 39 attempts, good for a mere 3.2 yards per carry.

“We’ve got to be able to impose our will,” Dill said.

“We’ve got to be able to line up and even when everybody in the world knows we’re going to run the ball, we need to be able to run it.

“I’m not going to rest on my laurels, and I don’t think the rest of this team will,” Dill added. “I don’t think that’s what we’re made of.”

TERP NOTE: The Terps will wear specially designed uniforms to honor the U.S. Armed Forces as a part of Under Armour’s Wounded Warrior Project. The Terps will don camoflage uniforms and cleats in their game against Florida State at Byrd Stadium on Nov. 20. kyanchulis@umdbk.com

A reconstructed offensive line that includes starting right tackle Pete DeSouza, far right, has proved steady in its pass blocking in recent games. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

PRESSURE from page 8

Midfielder Megan Frazer and the Terps have looked to ratchet up their defensive intensity in recent games. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

FORWARDS from page 8 workload, putting away a goal against the Blue Devils and the game-winner against Connecticut. He also scored the team’s seventh and final goal against the Hokies on Friday.

“Even though me and [Townsend] haven’t been scoring, it’s been big that we’ve been getting production from all over the field,” Herrick said.

Still, their scoring wasn’t enough to beat the Tar Heels and was barely enough to take down Connecticut. But they’ve found salvation in the Terps’ defense, which has posted three straight shutouts to help relieve the pressure from an offense still finding its top scoring options.

Cirovski knows how important both forwards are to the long-term success of the team.

Friday’s blowout showed not only how dangerous Herrick and Townsend can be but also the offense altogether.

“They came through with flying colors,” Cirovski said.

Kassel got credit for the Terps’ first salvo against Virginia Tech, but it was Herrick who put him on the penalty spot after drawing a foul inside the box. Townsend scored next on a corner kick from Kassel, and Herrick found the net twice in a span of four minutes early in the second half on separate crosses from Mullins and midfielder Doug Rodkey.

The Terps hope to duplicate that performance tonight on the road. Lehigh, despite allowing only nine goals in 10 games this season, shouldn’t present much of a tougher challenge for the Terp offense. The Mountain Hawks have not conceded a goal in more than 256 minutes but have yet to face a top-25

their speedy frontline of Katie O’Donnell, Hayley Turner and Jill Witmer.

Late in the second half against Duke on Saturday, defender Ali McEvoy strayed from the Terps’ backline to intercept a Blue Devil pass. On a full-field strike, she found a streaking Janessa Pope, who hit a hard ball through the shooting circle to Witmer. The forward tipped in the easy goal, giving the Terps a 3-1 advantage and ending any hope of a Duke upset.

“I think Maryland responded to playing two different systems very well, and I think that helped us maintain possession and control of the match,” coach Missy Meharg said.

“You really want to bump up the forward line and cut the field into quadrants and really just step up and intercept from behind. I thought we did

pretty well with that.”

After losing three of four defensive starters and a starting goalkeeper to graduation, the Terps’ backline was the main question mark heading into this season. But with 13 games under its belt, the unit is taking shape and becoming one of the team’s strengths.

“We had a backfield that is completely gone,” Meharg said during the preseason. “Our goal is to build a defense because we know we’ve got goal scorers and we know we’ve got finishers.”

Meharg believes the team has done just that, and her pleasure with the backline’s development is obvious.

“We’ve got a very strong backfield, and their communication is coming along every day,” the veteran coach said. “It’s pretty exciting that we’re where we are at this point in the season.”

And although the Terps’ high-pressure defense worked to perfection

against Duke and Pacific, Meharg doesn’t want the team to rely on just one system. After the team’s blowout victory Sunday, Meharg said the Terps would be working on a dropback, trapping style of defense this week in practice.

“Our culture is to really pressure people very quickly and urgently in the front third of the field,” Meharg said. “We want to do something where we can drop back to the 50yard line a little bit more and absorb them and have them make decisions in space.”

But in all likelihood, the Terps will continue to use their aggressive defensive approach. For better or for worse, it’s a part of their identity that even Meharg acknowledges.

When asked whether the Terps’ high-risk, high-reward stylings are worth it, Meharg smiled.

“Always in Maryland hockey,” she said. jengelke@umdbk.com

“Now that we’re starting the second half of the season, now we need to do this every game.”

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CASEY TOWNSEND TERRAPIN MEN’S SOCCER FORWARD

opponent this year.

The Terps seem bound to break that streak after their seven-goal outburst Friday, which pushed their ACC-leading goals per game mark to 2.8.

Their 28 goals through 10 matches are the most since 2004.

“Now that we’re starting the second half of the season, now we need to do this every game,” Townsend said. ceckard@umdbk.com

Midfielder Danielle Hubka, left, and the Terps have torn through their schedule thus far, suffering their lone loss to ACC foe Virginia Tech. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

midfielder Megan Gibbons assisting on forward Jasmyne Spencer’s game-winning goal just three days after helping midfielder Amy O’Sullivan notch the equalizer against Boston College.

“This is where our team has been great,” Pensky said. “Gibbons with two big assists and Amy was great. It’s a win-win.”

On paper, momentum won’t be too hard to sustain. The Terps cap a brutal six-game, 19-day stretch Thursday, when they host Clemson. The Tigers are winless in conference play, and the Terps are again intent on cashing in.

“It’s pretty simple,” Pensky said. “Our kids really want to be very good.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

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Sports

Boston College kickoff set The Terrapin football team’s Oct. 23 game at Boston College has been set for a 1 p.m. start and will be shown on ESPN3.com. Get more at twitter.com/DBKSports.

MEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL

Terps’ forward pair finally gets on track in blowout of Hokies After ending scoring drought, Herrick, Townsend look for big plays at Lehigh

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

Left tackle R.J. Dill, left, embraces quarterback Danny O’Brien. Dill, who started the season at right tackle, has manned the line’s blind side since close friend and left tackle Justin Gilbert was injured. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Dill’s switch rights Terps

In what was arguably the toughest three-game stretch the Terrapin men’s soccer team has fielded this season, starting forwards Jason Herrick and Casey Townsend all but disappeared.

The highly touted tandem had three goals apiece on the year after combining to account for every score in a 3-1 victory against N.C. State on Sept. 18.

Then a trio of ranked teams — North Carolina, Duke and Connecticut — surfaced on the Terps’ schedule, and a 20-day scoring drought for each ensued.

Friday night proved to be a panacea. The duo snapped its streak in explosive fashion against Virginia Tech, combining for three goals and helping to draw another in a 7-0 victory against the hapless Hokies.

Tonight, Herrick and Townsend look to keep their renewed partnership up top going strong for the No. 6 Terps (7-2-1) against a Lehigh (4-4-2) backline that could offer a scoring yield like the one they found Friday.

“We’ve done a lot of chasing,

and we haven’t gotten a lot of good chances,” Townsend said Friday.

“We need to come together as a team and be more connected in every game.”

Before Friday’s match against the Hokies, coach Sasho Cirovski sat down with the two to dive into film and discover just what had gone wrong in previous weeks.

Against local rival George Mason and then the Tar Heels, Blue Devils and Huskies, the two scorers often struggled to maintain possession and get good looks at goal.

“I spent a good hour today just reviewing some video and talking through some nuances,” Cirovski said Friday. “They both appreciated it.”

“We just analyzed what kinds of runs we’ve been making and adjusted,” Herrick said.

In their stead, the Terps relied on midfielders Matt Kassel and Patrick Mullins to lead the way.

Both goals against the Patriots came off Kassel free kicks, and his penalty kicks went in for goals against North Carolina, Duke and Virginia Tech.

Mullins also has picked up the

see FORWARDS, page 7

Former right tackle moves to left side after injury to friend Gilbert

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

When Terrapin offensive lineman R.J. Dill saw teammate Justin Gilbert fall to the ground and clutch his left knee against West Virginia on Sept. 18, his first thought was innocuous enough.

“I hope it’s just a cramp,” Gilbert remembered thinking.

An MRI revealed much worse. Gilbert had torn his ACL in the loss to the Mountaineers, ending the left tackle’s season and dealing a major blow to an offense with a dearth of experienced backups on the line.

“It’s a tough situation, why

I’m over there,” said Dill, who started the Terps’ first three games at right tackle and was forced to switch to left tackle when Gilbert went down nearly a month ago.

“No one would want to be in the situation I’m in, where you have to fill in for one of your best friends.”

Roommates in their first years with the team, Dill and Gilbert have remained close, both as friends and in their development on the field. Last year, as redshirt freshmen, both saw action on the team’s starting unit.

Dill moved into the lineup at right tackle early in the year, while Gilbert took over after injuries forced

him into the rotation later in the season.

This year, Dill and Gilbert, measuring at 6-foot-7 and 6foot-6, respectively, and weighing in at 300 pounds apiece, were set to serve as imposing bookends for a long-beleaguered Terp offensive line.

Since Gilbert’s crippling injury, though, Dill’s game has done a 180. The lineman had played on the left side for three weeks in spring practice as a true freshman, but never again thereafter.

That was until Sept. 18.

His friend’s moves, once seemingly mirror images, are now his own.

“Everything’s backwards,”

Dill said. “But it’s an opportunity for me to get better and expand what I do. It’s just doing extra things, staying after, working on my pass protecting at left tackle and working on my steps.”

Some linemen, such as former Terp and current Washington Redskin left tackle Stephon Heyer, have the natural ability to switch sides seamlessly. But players with those instincts — much less, as redshirt sophomores — are rare.

“People say it’s got to be real hard to move from left to right and right to left, and I think only guys who are

see DILL, page 7

Forward Casey Townsend, left, snapped an extended scoring drought with a first-half goal against Virginia Tech during the Terps’ 7-0 win over the Hokies on Friday. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Boston College victory still looming large Win against No. 4 Eagles has short- and long-term significance

BY CONOR WALSH Staff writer

Forward Katie O’Donnell, right, and the Terps used a high-pressure defense Saturday against Duke that limited the Blue Devils to one goal in a decisive 3-1 victory. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

FIELD HOCKEY

Along backline, Terps have pressure cooker

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Senior staff writer

After racking up 14 total goals throughout its dominant weekend victories over Duke and Pacific, the Terrapin field hockey team made it hard to focus on anything but its highest offensive output in nearly a decade.

But despite all the success the No. 2 Terps enjoyed on the offensive side of the ball, it was their defensive pressure that shut down both the Blue Devils and Tigers as the Terps coasted to 3-1 and 11-2 victories, respectively.

Using a high-pressure and uptempo pace, the Terps’ backline stymied any sort of offensive rhythm that Duke or Pacific attempted to build. Much like a defensive back reading the eyes of a quarterback, the Terps aimed to stay a step ahead on defense by surveying oncoming attacks, evaluating their options and stepping in to intercept passes and force counterattacks.

The strategy worked for the Terps, whose defensive pressure led to fast-break opportunities for

see PRESSURE, page 7

Terrapin women’s soccer coach Brian Pensky spoke of last Thursday’s trip to No. 4 Boston College as a “free game,” but that didn’t stop the No. 8 Terps from getting their money’s worth.

As a team laden with the potential to take the program to new heights, the Terps took the field in Newton, Mass., searching for a season-defining win.

The Terps’ schedule had gone largely according to plan before Thursday’s game, with their only hiccup coming in an Oct. 3 loss to Virginia Tech.

But even with an earlier win over perennial power Virginia that had Pensky exultant on the sideline, they hadn’t yet met or surpassed their Sweet 16 performance from a season ago — at least in the eyes of the college soccer community.

After a last-minute 2-1 stunner over the Eagles, the ACC’s preseason favorites and a national championship contender, though, it’s become increasingly clear the Terps are no passing fancy.

“When the schedule came out, we knew this was going to be a very difficult week,” Pensky said of the Terps’ stretch of three road games,

Coach Brian Pensky’s Terps have won two straight ACC matches after a surprising loss to Virginia Tech more than a week ago. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

which began against the Hokies and ended seven days later with Sunday’s 1-0 win over N.C. State.

Of the three, Pensky admitted that the Virginia Tech game was the one the Terps most expected to

win. But after faltering against the Hokies, the Terps faced a crossroads in their season. Their first loss all season had come against a middling opponent, and their next opponent stood nearly at the top of the sport.

Somehow, the Terps proved their mettle and disproved their doubters, battling back with two goals in the final 15 minutes of the game to defeat their highest-ranked opponent in Pensky’s six seasons. They had last topped a team of such standing a full decade ago, when the team stunned No. 4 Penn State in its second game of the year.

“I believe in the leadership of this team,” Pensky said.

Perhaps most importantly, though, the Terps maintained their intensity Sunday, going down to Raleigh, N.C., and fighting past a potential trap game and a red-hot N.C. State goalkeeper to improve to 31-1 in conference play.

Even without key contributors Lydia Hastings and Sade Ayinde, both of who are recovering from injuries, the Terps found a way to surge upward in the ACC. A revamped lineup again found a way to make the difference, with substitute

see VICTORY, page 7