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putting politics aside, a matter of equality About 200 students, state, local officials gather to rally support for same-sex marriage

By Jenny Hottle Staff writer For Kevin Hollander, the issue of same-sex marriage is more than a question on the November ballot and more personal than a fight for civil rights.

The junior marketing and psychology major said he has known he was gay since he was about 10 years old. It wasn’t until he was in ninth grade that he revealed his sexuality, after his sister came out to him.

So on Thursday afternoon, joined by his parents Bob and Lori, Hollander and about 200 students gathered in the Nyumburu Amphitheater with state elected officials, including U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), to rally support for marriage equality.

A bill granting same-sex couples the right to marry passed in the state legislature in February, but Republican lawmakers succeeded in gathering thousands of signatures to put the issue before voters, stating marriages should exist only between a man and a woman under the traditional definition of the institution.

3 robberies reported Wed.

Two incidents were armed robberies, one attempted robbery, county police say

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer Prince George’s County Police received reports of two armed robberies and one attempted robbery Wednesday night that may all be related, officials said.

In the first incident, which oc-

curred around 7:30 p.m., the suspect allegedly punched a male student in the face and stole his cell phone on Route 1 near University Boulevard. The student’s mother took him to Laurel Regional Hospital, where he received treatment for minor injuries, Dist. 1 See robberies, Page 2

USM names new UMUC president Acting President Javier Miyares takes helm

By Quinn Kelley Senior staff writer Javier Miyares, the new president of the University of Maryland, University College, has been to his share of college graduations. But one moment from a UMUC graduation ceremony in Germany has stuck with the state’s first-ever Latino college president over the last several months as he settles into his role.

A young woman approached him at the ceremony and said she never imagined a Latino president

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presiding over her graduation.

“One day, I want to be like you and be a college president,” she told him.

Miyares, who served as acting president after former President Susan Aldridge abruptly left her post in February after six years at the helm, was named the college’s president Oct. 1 by the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents.

Several faculty members said questions about Aldridge’s leave have been left unanswered over the last few months. However, The Washington See miyares , Page 3

sen. ben cardin (pictured) joined about 200 students and other state and local officials at the Nyumburu Amphitheater to support same-sex marriage. photo by charlie deboyace/the diamondback, illustration by caroline amenabar/the diamondback

Drawing up an appetite Dining Services turns to design students to spruce up marketing

By Bradleigh Chance Staff writer Several design students will soon be turning a trained eye on one of the most visible departments on the campus, Dining Services, to help staff draw up a more appetizing marketing strategy.

Walking through the dining halls, students can see an eclectic mix of designs at work — neon

lights pull students toward stations at North and South Campus dining halls; a chair is mounted on the wall next to Jalapeño Grill; a butter churner sits above the Commons Shop freezer. But with the help of fresh-eyed designers, the department’s website, posters and fliers may soon receive a facelift, Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said.

The department plans to remodel office space in the South Campus Dining Hall to give hired design students an im-

proved resource center for revamping the department’s image.

The main goal of the new initiative is to market Dining Services as a brand and build awareness about their healthy food options, sustainability undertakings, menu variety and hours and locations, Hipple said. While the department will make two initial hires — one graphic artist and one student to aid in communication and See design, Page 2

javier miyares became UMUC’s new president on Oct. 1, making him the state’s first Latino college president. He has served as the acting president for the last eight months. photo courtesy of bob ludwig

Engineering students take on project in Sierra Leone Madieu Williams Foundation engineering students bring village solar-powered lighting

By Sandra Müller For The Diamondback For years, if it was a cloudy day in the small western Sierra Leone community of Calaba Town, elementary school students would learn in a dark classroom.

But Washington Redskins safety and university alumnus Madieu Williams aimed to change that. Almost three years after donating $2 million to the university to create the Madieu Williams Center for Global Health Initiative, a project to provide solar-powered

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lighting to the village school is complete. The project was in line with a goal Sierra Leone native Williams carried since he was young, said Dahlia Levin, the Madieu Williams Foundation executive director.

Before leaving the country for Prince George’s County at the age of 9, Williams promised his mother he would help his home country if he ever became successful, said civil and environmental engineering professor David Lovell.

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about 40 engineering students helped bring solar-powered lighting to Calaba Town, a western community in Sierra Leone, as part of a Madieu Williams Foundation project. The former Terp football team player and Redskins safety promised his mom if he ever became successful, he would help his home country. photo courtesy of dave lovell

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Since then, the Student Government Association, University Senate and various student groups and local officials have thrown their backing behind same-sex marriage and encouraged students to support the issue at the polls.

“I am where I am because of these people who have fought for me,” said Hollander. “I feel like it is our duty to fi ght so people in future generations will be able to look forward and have the same rights as everyone else.”

His parents, both marriage counselors for 25 years, attended the rally because they are “tremendous supporters of LGBT equality,” Lori Hollander said. “We’re in favor [of marriage equality] personally and professionally.”

The marriage equality events were sponsored by g roups across the campus, including the SGA, Marylanders for Marriage Equality, College Democrats, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity Center and The One Project.

On National Coming Out Day, which remembers the 200,000 people who marched for gay rights in Washington 25 years ago, those groups and dozens of other students gathered at Nyumburu to create their own day to remember.

social media — the team may expand depending on scheduling and students’ productivity.

Dining Services’ graphic designer has had help from students in the past, Hipple said, but not for two years.

A n updated office is the first step in incorporating a student’s point of view back into Dining Services’ designs, he added.

Remodeling will begin when the department’s facilities and maintenance team finds time to work on the project in between other deadlines, Hipple said. He did not yet know the cost of the remodel or new technology, including hardware and design software, though he said expenses should be minimal thanks to the department installing spare carpet and ceiling tile left over from other jobs.

“The space that has been occupied by the marketing and communications group has not been touched in many, many years,” he added. “We are upgrading the functionality of the space to accommodate current and future needs of our groups.”

S t a r t i n g pay d ep e nd s somewhat on skill set and qualifications, Hipple said, but the new-hire rate for student Di n i ng Serv ices workers is $8.25 — plus they’ll receive an extra perk usually reserved for those working in food service: one employee meal per four-hour shift.

Junior English and studio art major Laura Pavlo said she would jump at the opp o r t u n i t y i f s h e d i d n’t already have a designing job on the campus with the arts and humanities college.

“Students interact with Dining Services every day by simply going into one of

1:15 P.M., HORNBAKE PLAZA

About 70 multicolored balloons fluttered in the breeze, forming a rainbow arc around Hornbake Plaza. Each balloon d isplayed a ha ndw ritten message expressing individuals’ reasons for supporting same-sex marriage.

“Because love is love,” one balloon read.

“Because my wedding will literally be the best party ever!” was penned on another.

T he ba l lo on s s t r u g g le d against the wind, but volunteers continued adjusting them and adding more to the ground.

“We had about twice as many this morning, but they just kept popping,” said one volunteer, junior German and journalism major Zachary Mellen.

Despite the popping balloons, students continued adding their personal messages.

“L ove i s bl i nd a nd u n iversa l,” w rote sophomore neurobiology and physiology major Janet Karanja, who said she just wants everyone to be happy. “[Same-sex marriage] is not harming anyone in anyway.”

“It’s the one issue I haven’t seen a good cou ntera rg ument for,” added her friend Eva Morgun, a sophomore cell biology and genetics major.

Hollander, the vice president of marketing for SmithOUT, which directed that portion of the event, said the group saw a

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ABOUT 200 STUDENTS gathered in Nyumburu Amphitheater yesterday for a rally in support of marriage equality, many holding signs urging voters to uphold the Civil Marriage Protection Act in a referendum that will appear on the ballot in November. charlie deboyace/the diamondback need for an LGBT organization to advocate for political causes.

“We all want to get married one day,” Hollander said. “And we recognized that it’s important to be social and active.

We want to show the support at Maryland, since we know it will be a close vote.”

2:45 P.M., NYUMBURU MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

As people slowly trickled into the Nyumburu Multipurpose Room, SGA Director of Diversity Charmaine WilsonJones couldn’t stop checking the time on her phone.

“One hour and 11 minutes to go,” the sophomore government and politics major said, putting her phone away and taking it back out a minute later.

“The past two weeks, we’ve been getting so excited, putting so much work into this,” said SGA Director of Communications Matt Arnstine. “I can’t believe it’s here.”

Prior to the day’s biggest event, the marriage equality rally, students met with state senators and delegates, who shared their own personal experiences with coming out and pushing for same-sex marriage legislation to pass.

Fo r D e l e g a t e H e a t h e r Mizeur (D-Montgomery), it was “exhilarating and fulfilling” to convince representatives to back their LGBT colleagues, though the work was not without its challenges and frustrations.

Mizeur, who said she is “out and proud,” refused to give another delegate permission to vote against the bill, even though a cardinal in Rome called to pressure him not to vote for it.

She recalled telling her colleague, “At the end of the day, you’re telling me that you and your wife have rights that my wife and I don’t deserve.” He eventually changed his mind and said he’d cast the 71st vote, which enabled the bill to pass.

Sen. Richard Madaleno (DMontgomery) said introducing the marriage equality bill

regarding the first incident, Brewer said.

“They may not be related, but we really think they are,” he said.

Police sent a crime alert around 11 p.m. Wednesday to inform students of the incident involving the female student.

The victims in the first and third incidents did not report t he cr i mes u nt i l a f ter t he message had been sent out, Brewer said.

University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said that at the time of the alert, his department was unaware of the other two robberies. T hey learned about the incidents Thursday morning and planned to update the alert.

“We were not aware of three incidents,” Limansky said. “I had information this morning of the second 10:30 incident, but not the first one. It may have been too far away from campus for Prince George’s County Police to notify us about it for another alert.”

C o m m a n d e r M a j. R o b e r t Brewer said. After receiving treatment, the student reported the incident to police.

Around 10:30 p.m., two more armed robberies happened in quick succession on a trail behind the University View, police said. A suspect allegedly displayed a gun and demanded money from two students, one male and one female. While the female student complied with the suspect’s demands and handed over her cell phone, the male student did not comply, according to police.

“There were three robberies in College Park, and we think they were related,” Brewer said. “But it’s still a preliminary investigation.”

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to Governor Martin O’Malley earlier this year was “a dream that I could not have envisioned a decade ago.”

“W hy and how we fall in love — none of us know the answer — but when you find the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, it’s hard to make it work without the bond of that license,” Madaleno said.

“That license ensures that in good times and in bad, you have the strength to make it work.

It’s important to make sure that every family in Maryland has those protections.”

The most incredible part of the marriage equality campaign to Del. Luke Clippinger (D-Baltimore City) was its growth, he said.

“We built every step of the way a bigger and broader coalition of groups, of people, and we’ve had people show up on the way we didn’t expect to be there — Democrats and Republicans,” Clippinger said.

The delegates, who ended the question and answer session early so attendees could get to the rally, said polls consistently show overall state support for marriage equality. “ B u t I d o n’t t h i n k t h at means we have it in the bag,” Mizeur said. “It’s cliche, but

the only poll that matters is on election day.”

4 P.M., NYUMBURU AMPHITHEATER

More than 200 students lined the rows of the amphitheater, according to Arnstine, some waving pride fl ags and others holding up “Vote for Question 6” posters.

“Today, we are here taking a stand as a student body that we are in favor of equality for all Marylanders,” SGA President Sam Zwerling said.

Cardin, surrounded by an echo of cheers and applause, called Nov. 6 “the opportunity for Maryland to lead the nation, to say we’re going to remove the discrimination in our laws that prevent a same-sex couple from being married.”

Students at this university have worked for years to eliminate various forms of discrimination, he said, from racial injustice to gender inequity, and they have the opportunity to do it again this election.

“This issue is close,” Cardin said. “If you work hard, we’re going to win on Question 6 — but we need your help.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

“Students interact with Dining services every day by simply going into one of the diners on campus.”

LAURA PAVLO

Junior English and studio art major the diners on campus,” Pavlo said. “Being a designer for such a huge part of on-campus life would be a great experience for a design student to expand their portfolio, learn how to work for a client and reach out to hundreds of students day in and day out.”

Showing a prospective employer published work, especially a professional project completed for a major university, can help boost a student’s hiring prospects, junior studio art major Katie Pepe agreed.

And although Pavlo found a paying design job on the campus, she said it is incredibly hard for many students to do the same. Freelance work is always an option, she added, but the design field is competitive, and students appreciate chances to expand their portfolios through university employment.

In addition, she said, the department could use this opportunity to improve how it markets itself to students.

“When there is a dining-related event coming up, like the Latino Heritage Month dinner, small fl iers are printed and put in the plastic stands on each table,” Pavlo said. “Not to be a cliche design student, but the font choices, colors, pixelated images and other design missteps detract from the point of the ads.”

Junior studio art major Jenn Rothschild hopes Dining Services considers including an option for students to receive internship credit. Otherwise, she said, it may be difficult to spark interest.

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Book Exchange site developers present new revisions R&J Company adds more brick elements, says mixed-use apartment complex will meld with residential areas

By Lily Hua Staff writer In an attempt to compromise with the city, developers of the planned Maryland Book Exchange development unveiled a revision of their previous architectural design on Tuesday.

Pla ns for the m i xed-use apartment complex have been moving forward since the Prince George’s County Planning Board approved its proposal last month, despite the College Park City Council’s unanimous vote against the revised plan at its Sept.

11 meeti ng. However, R &J Company developers returned to the city council at Tuesday’s meeting with more changes to the plans, in an attempt to compromise — and avoid a situation in which the city might file a lawsuit as a last resort.

According to the revisions, the complex will remain one building, but without a twostory slanted roof included in

the original design. In addition, half of the building’s six-story front will be designed using bricks instead of the metal material specified in the original plan, all changes meant to ease the transition between the building and residential areas.

The building will stand six stories high along Route 1, and the side facing Yale Avenue will first step down to five stories before dropping to three. To appease residents and city officials who have long argued the building’s design will contrast sharply with the surrounding character of Old Town College Park, city planning director Terry Schum said the developer has been trying to compromise by incorporating the city planning board’s architectural design suggestions.

“They thought there could be a meeting of the minds regarding [the design],” Schum said. “They were willing to make some revisions to the architecture based on that recommendation from us.”

The city council will decide next whether to support the proposed new design.

“I think we’re going to have to support a compromise or take it to court for a litigation,” District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin said.

Several city residents at the meeting said an apartment building of this size would double the student population living in College Park, overcrowding the city and dissuading families from moving into the area. Student Government Association liaison Josh Ratner said residents’ comments reflect opposition to students residing in Old Town College Park rather than legitimate opposition to the revised project. “ I ’m c on f i d e nt t h at we wouldn’t see the same issues if this wasn’t student housing,” Ratner said. “To see that once many of the problems were fixed, and that it came down to students living there, it was disappointing.”

City Council members discussed revised plans for the Book Exchange development at a September work session. They unanimously voted to reject the proposal, but at Tuesday’s meeting, developers presented additional revisions to the mixed-use site. charlie deboyace/the diamondback Other students agreed with Ratner, adding students already living in rental homes in the city would be the most likely candidates to live in the new apartment complex.

“I don’t think this apartment complex would increase population, per se, but instead shift it,” said sophomore government and politics major Yesenia Romero.

U. Police escort service sees MIYARES 900 calls since last year

By Sandra Müller For The Diamondback While some students spend the hours between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. studying, sleeping or partying the night away, for the 80 to 100 students who work as police escorts at this university, keeping the campus safe is an all-night job.

Since last fall, there have been about 900 calls to the escort service, police said.

Under the escort system, students can call a University Police dispatcher and request an escort to walk them back to their residence hall or apartment. While part of escorts’ duties is to keep an eye out for suspicious behavior, they cannot use force or take action in a police situation, University Police spokesman Capt.

Marc Limansky said, but they can provide a comforting presence for students faced with an unsafe journey home. “ T h e y a re n o n-s wo r n members of our police department,” Limansky said.

The police aides who work as escorts must go through a background check before they are hired, and the majority are criminology and criminal justice majors, Limansky said.

Andrew Ross started working as an escort three years ago and became a supervisor in 2011. He said after going through training and an orientation program,

aides learn how to use the radio system and prepare for dangerous situations.

Occasionally, students misunderstand the concept of the escort service, Ross said.

“It is a walking escort,” he said. “Sometimes people get a car when the foot patrol isn’t available, and the next time, they expect one. … They don’t really like it when we send a walking team.”

Student misuse of the service has also been a problem, Ross said.

“O cc a sion a l ly, we h ave people who call us and call NITE Ride and call the shuttle at the same time,” he said. “I would consider that misuse because the person is not feeling afraid; it is just about seeing who gets there fi rst.”

Several years ago, the student police auxiliary division of University Police, which operates the escort service, started using bicycles and Segways in order to enable faster responses to student calls. And while Limansky said students shouldn’t hesitate to call when they feel in danger, he said the perception of crime on the campus is worse than the reality.

Limansky said the majority of the calls come from female students rather than males, but some said all students should take advantage of the service to avoid becoming the victim of a crime. Freshman communication and Spanish major

Rachel Marget, who lives in the University View, said she heard about the escort service during freshman orientation, a nd wou ld probably use it eventually.

“Of course girls need it more because they are smaller,” she said. “But I think boys shouldn’t be ashamed to use it too.”

Ju n ior m a rket i n g m ajor Cristina Giron said although she has not used the escort service, she frequently visits her younger sister, who lives on the campus, and feels safer knowing it exists.

According to Limansky, students are most likely to become victims of a crime in the early morn i ng hou rs, a nd about half of the escort calls come in between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.

Most calls come from McKeldin Library, Stamp Student Union and Comcast Center, he said.

In January, computer science professor Ashok Ag rawa la launched M-Urgency, a mobile app students can use to alert the police escort service if they find themselves in a dangerous situation.

Limansky said while the app could be a valuable tool, it is difficult to reconcile advising students not to pull out their smartphones while walking at night and encouraging them to take advantage of this technology.

“It can be useful, but for now we just got to wait and see,” he said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Post reported employees complained about the culture Aldridge fostered, which “pr i zed en rol l ment a nd revenue over learning,” according to a March 22 article.

Miyares, who was a member of Aldridge’s senior leadership, said her resignation was not for academic reasons.

“I don’t know of any institution that doesn’t have wel l-i ntentioned people who may complain about certain aspects. We do, too, and some folks connected the dots the wrong way,” he said. “Her departure had nothing to do with academics, and I fi rmly believe that we never compromised our academic integrity.”

A ld r idge helped bu i ld UMUC to a globally-focused online college with more than 90,000 students across the world. Its students are primarily adults, ranging from military members to firstgeneration college students seeking an online education.

UMUC acting Provost Marie Cini said the average age for undergraduate students is 32. Miyares said he hopes to continue to lead the way for these students in “online and technology-mediated education.”

“I think that UMUC has

SOLAR From PAGE 1 And so successful he became.

Williams earned a family science degree from the public health school in 2003, Levin said, moved from the Terps football team to a successful NFL career and founded the Abigail D. Butscher Primary School in Calaba Town in 2009. He launched his first international project under the Madieu Williams Foundation, his 3-year-old organization focusing on youth, health and education.

He realized there was no sufficient water supply and missing lighting in the Calaba Town elementary school and offered the engineering school a joint venture, Lovell said.

That was when the student group Maryland Sustainable Engineering came into play.

Last fall, about 40 members started a project to bring solar power to the school, said Matt Smith, a senior chemical engineering major who became the project leader in January.

“It was the first international project for the student group,” Lovell said. “In our

A lt hou g h t he develop er has revised the exterior of the Maryland Book Exchange, interior design issues, such as window views and recycling options for residents, have yet to be resolved, city officials said.

While some residents said the proposed modifications are a poor compromise, others said they appreciated the de-

veloper’s willingness to make changes based on the city council’s recommendations.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be in love with the architecture,” long-time local resident Jim McFadden said. “But nonetheless, there are significant improvements.”

a very special mission: to serve primarily adult students who have complex lives,” Cini said. “We need to be constantly improving our programs, offering new programs that are interesting to our adult students that help them with their careers.”

But faculty members said they have received little explanation about the presidential changeover outside of Aldridge’s February announcement in which she said, “Given all that we have accomplished over the past six years, I think this is a good time to step down.”

Theodore Stone, a UMUC professor and chair of the university’s Faculty Advisory Council, said he asked University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan for more details about Aldridge’s resignation, but he said he could not comment further.

“We the faculty … would have liked to have known more details about Dr. Aldridge’s departure,” Stone said.

Miyares has been a “breath of fresh air” over the last several months, Stone said.

“What I find him to be so far is to be a colleague who has been open to hear all the arguments and willing to discuss the tough issues and willing to talk to anybody,” he said.

The university needs to continue to develop workforce-relevant programs for

its students, Miyares said. Although UMUC offers liberal arts courses, Miyares said he will continue to emphasize and improve upon courses that can be applied to real-life skills. “ It i s s u ch a wond er f u l mission to provide access to higher education to students who, for whatever reasons, are not able to go the traditional route of, let’s say, College Park, and to know that we are doing something for them that will change their lives,” he said.

Cini said she is optimistic about the future of the university under Miyares’ leadership and his focus on programs relevant to employed adult students.

Miyares represents diversity in a state that has experienced a rise in its Latino population, she added.

“His story is really the story of any population that comes to the United States from another country and works hard,” Cini said. “It will now show a new segment of our population that the sky is the limit.”

And Miyares has one additional goal in mind: inspiring both Latino and non-Latino students to pursue their dreams and seek education.

“That day, I realized that I can be a role model for many students,” he said of the Germany graduation ceremony. “I hope it will be the case not just for Latino students, but for all students.”

first meeting with Madieu Williams, we decided to work on a solar lighting system because it is generally easy to realize and he wanted to do it right away.”

The students spent five to 10 hours per week on the extracurricular project, Smith said.

In June, an assessment team consisting of three students and three professional mentors traveled to Sierra Leone to gather data and in-depth impressions on-sight. The design team then took the information and designed final solutions.

“We did a lot of experiments to test the ideas we collected in our weekly meetings,” Smith said.

About one month later, six students and two mentors boarded a plane back to the country and installed the 1.5 kilowatt solar array that in the future will provide lighting to the school’s four classrooms, the principal’s office and the bathrooms. In addition, they installed wall outlets so staff can use computers.

“Being able to design something in the U.S. and install it overseas was great,” Smith said.

To provide storage for the system, the team included an 800 amp-hour battery array that can last several days without any

power input from the panels.

To be as sustainable as possible, the team purchased most of the required materials in Sierra Leone. Apart from a few donated components, the project’s $57,000 cost was split equally between the engineering school and the Williams Foundation, Smith said.

“We all are thrilled with the results,” Lovell said.

After the project’s successful completion, Williams addressed the university in a letter, thanking participants for their support.

“Our partnership with the University of Maryland Engineers has been a huge success, better than I could have imagined,” he wrote.

“The solar program project was a long time coming and it has truly been a pleasure working with such skilled professionals that share my visions of sustainability for Sierra Leone.”

The foundation already has plans for a secondary school in Sierra Leone that should break ground early next year.

“We are brainstorming many different ways UMD can incorporate the needs of the community and their expertise in Calaba Town,” Levin said. “The sky is the limit.”

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You shouldn’t waste your time striving for coolness

In honor of yesterday’s National Coming Out Day, I think it’s time I come out myself: I’m uncool. It’s something I’ve struggled with and ultimately repressed since I was a little boy, but my hope is that after accepting myself, I can live a more fulfilling, open lifestyle as a proud dork.

Last week I was Googling myself and refreshing my Twitter interactions when I came to a different realization: I don’t really care about anything. Not my grades, my job or my comedy — only how cool people think I am. For as long as I can remember, my self-image has been so calculated and my ironic detachment so strong that I have a hard time truly enjoying myself. On top of it all, the fact that I’m an opinion columnist, contracted to write about things I should care about, essentially makes me a jocular juxtaposition, a walking contradiction and a moronic oxymoron, a condescending tricolon of personality that overpowers any shred of carefree, childlike fun.

I wasn’t always like this.

When I was a young warthog, I distinctly remember slow dancing with my mom to Andrea Bocelli in our dimly lit kitchen in Timonium, Md. I don’t know if we did it more than once, and I don’t care. What I do know is that back then, in that moment, I enjoyed every second, step and change of key — just me and my mom, awkwardly dancing, having fun.

Nowadays, I wouldn’t be caught dead doing anything like that unless I had 10 shots of Maker’s Mark in me, for fear of being judged or labeled uncool.

Where did I go wrong?

I’m graduating this spring, and it’s made me reflect a lot about my three years here. When I came in as a second-semester freshman (I had

to transfer from community college because I didn’t care about grades in high school — I was so cool), I was starry-eyed with all the possibilities of who I could be. I bounced around different friend groups, ditched some, convinced myself I was too cool for others. I fell into the trap of wanting to be well-liked above all else, leaving me a cross-eyed and painless senior up the junction, bitter over wasted time.

The next time you catch yourself waiting in line for more than an hour to get into Bent’s, do what I do.

Stand among the line-cutters and cool cats clad in deep-Vs, wearing flashy button-downs, or sporting ironic, retro snapbacks of teams they probably don’t even support (sorry, I just don’t think there are really any Toronto Raptors fans at this school), and understand this: There are two types of people — those who are cool and those who try to be. Don’t think about it too much, because whichever category you fall in, yes, you were born that way.

The tragedy of coolness is that our natural yearning for it is a fool’s errand.

It’s inherently a paradox. As soon as you try for any cool mystique or vibe or quirk, you kill any chance of actually attaining it. You essentially become Orpheus after he loses Eurydice on the way home from Hades, left to live out the rest of his days knowing that, ironically enough, there’s probably nothing cooler (or better) than playing music for your girlfriend.

The remedy to an uncool lifestyle is simple: Be carefree, but not apathetic. Because if you’re apathetic, then you’re prone to feeling above everyone else. And when you feel above everyone else, you automatically can’t be among everyone else.

So, hakuna matata. Hang on to your ego. Don’t try to be cool. Try to have fun.

Are coincidences truly what we think they are, or can we affect them in some way?

Life is full of weird coincidences.

Every day, things happen to each of us for no specific reason. You run into friends you haven’t seen in months, then run into them again a day later.

Your professor’s mother dies the day of your first midterm. A random movie that one of your friends references once will be brought up by five other people in five different contexts, all in the span of a couple of hours. It just sort of happens.

Life is also full of little ironies.

The one day you wake up early for class will always be the day class is canceled. The dream job you find out about will have been filled yesterday.

The best professor for the class you didn’t get into last semester retires.

You get engaged, only for it to rain on your wedding day. Again, these things tend to occur without any reason; they just sort of happen.

Or do they? Are these coincidences always out of our control?

Is there, perhaps, something we can do about them?

In my social innovation class last week, we learned about luck. My professor’s thesis was that luck isn’t fully random — rather, there are rules for creating personal luck. Although some things are beyond our control, there are steps we can take to make our own personal luck better.

Luck is a numbers game. The more you do, the more chances you’ll have to be lucky. The more time you spend out in the world, the more chances

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round this time every year, students start to hear friends from back home — the ones who didn’t come to this university, that is — rattle off about fall break.

But as we all know, we have no such thing. The University System of Maryland has a policy stating all 11 schools in the system must follow a common calendar. Unfortunately, a fall break just doesn’t work in that schedule, and it’s the one we simply have to follow.

Officials have the schedule timed perfectly. We start school a little before Labor Day. We end the fall semester on or before Dec. 23.

We get a few days off for Thanksgiving. The state secretary’s office laws via the Code of Maryland Regulations mandate these simple rules we take for granted. In this case, it’s really OK to trust state higher education officials have put together a schedule with the right balance — they’ve been doing this for a while.

We then have 14 instructional days in January for either a winter session or an extended winter break. This is a gift many schools don’t give their students. Say you messed up in your calculus class this semester. Not to worry — just

retake it during winter break. Or if you want to take a class that doesn’t go toward your major during the fall, you can catch up during the winter semester. The sheer value of this extra time for screwups and makeups can’t be replaced, and shouldn’t have to be.

Another benefit of a long winter

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While there may be compelling reasons to have a fall break, this university functions better without one. term is students have the opportunity to tackle internships during the fiveweek break between semesters. If the time was any shorter, it would be too brief a time to get any valuable and meaningful experience out of the job.

Plus, you always have the option of just lazing around after an intense semester, and because we only take Thanksgiving off in the fall semester, you have that capability.

But a disappointment among students when it comes to the university system schedule is often that we don’t

get other holidays off — from Jewish holiday Yom Kippur to federal holiday Columbus Day. There’s a fair point to be made that this university has a large Jewish population, and being so close to Washington may lead people to think we are more likely to get a break on days the government stays home. And who could argue against the benefits of a daylong break in the middle of midterms?

Yet most professors are generally lenient when it comes to religious holidays, and many students even argue Christopher Columbus was in the wrong for the way he “discovered” America, so why should we make an effort to celebrate it? This doesn’t seem to be a big enough issue to try and bring about change, but every year, people seem to be a bit disgruntled.

So when you’re feeling bitter about your friends from other universities getting some extra sleep during their fall break, try to remember the great benefits of our extended winter break.

Power through those exams, and look forward to partying on Halloween.

Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and you can go home to spend a few days with your family before you remember exactly why you like being away at school.

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you’ll have to find your old friends.

The more people you talk to, the more likely you are to find out about your awesome dream job. You have to play in order to win.

Next, luck benefits from preparation. Random coincidences won’t always be good. You can’t really control what’s going to happen to you on any day, so you need to go into every day — every situation, really — ready for anything. When you run into a random friend, be ready to tell him when you’re free to catch up. When you meet parents who need directions, be prepared for a cool internship they can help you get. Always expect the unexpected, and you’ll never be taken off guard.

Finally, luck is all about making lemonade out of lemons. When the really bad things happen, you need to be ready to accept them and work with them. Turn a canceled class into a chance to do laundry. Turn your fight with your best friend into a chance to make a new friend.

Make every Monday into just another weekday. With the right perspectives, even the worst things won’t really be that bad.

Weird things happen all the time.

Some are good, others are terrible.

You can’t control what they’ll be or when they’ll happen — or if they’ll happen at all. All you can do is get out there and let the world do its thing.

And when it does, make sure you’re prepared for whatever adventures it brings.

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

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Your corner of the world and how to venture out of it You can affect change if you find your passion and put your mind to it

ERIK SHELL Yet another Columbus Day has come and gone, with students pushing through the momentous Monday without a release in their academic vigor. No break means we’re all pushing right through to Thanksgiving — and the strain is evident.

But nothing sits closer to the forefront of every student’s mind than the future job market. Even if you don’t look at the unemployment figures, any internship or job experience presents a new challenge you might not have considered: Successful people seem to have monopolies in their fields.

This rings true in practically all professions. John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka have stem cells, Larry Page has Internet innovation and Hillary Clinton has navigating political diplomacy both domestically and abroad.

Name after well-known name seems to echo their prowess to the point that it seems as if there is an invisible force field or a repellent aura around the specialized job market saying, “The position of world-changing innovator has

been filled. Nobodies need not apply.”

And, frankly, that’s the way it should be. The amount of work Clinton did to advance children’s rights, even in her early college years, is astounding. We write about 20 pages of amateur academia each semester, but at our age, she was writing for a high-powered establishment and changing the world in tangible ways.

So where do we come in? How do Gen-Xers and the Millennials wiggle their way into making a difference? How can we avoid the fluorescent drone of pushing papers for the world changers?

I’m reminded yet again of Christopher Columbus, who — while he was by no means the first to “discover the new world” — had the pleasure of finding what he thought to be a new land, an unexplored part of the globe.

I don’t think we can comprehend what that’s like. With GPS devices, we can see most surfaces on this planet with shocking resolution and speed.

It would be like discovering, inexplicably, a second earth, attached at the hip of ours and full of new species and sounds. That’s our current specialization market.

Obviously, everyone is changing all they can, or we wouldn’t be in such a well-run society, right?

No. This can’t be further from the truth.

The reason Clinton has succeeded

is because she found a need, then filled that need better than anyone out there. Page is running the most innovative Internet company because he is finding more creative ways to improve upon things we never thought were out-of-date.

That’s where you can make the difference. Everyone gets fired up about something, and chances are if you care about something enough, you already have ideas of how to improve it. Just look at the NFL referee debacle — it’s an example of someone messing with an institution people are passionate about.

So first, find that passion. Next, if you can’t do it better than anyone in that field (pro tip — you can), then find a way to do what they do in a more creative way.

What does that involve? Email a professor, meet with them and ask them. Education is one of those glorious institutions in which you can get free consultation advice without an hourly fee. Use it, and by showing initiative, you will have already surpassed 90 percent of your peers, and be well on your way to carving out your own section of the world.

E r i k S h e l l i s a so p h o m o re classical languages and literatures and history major. He can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

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Check Monday’s Diamondback for an interview with senior environmental science majors Max (left) and Spencer Ernst, also known as The Walking Sticks. They’ve ridden the ups and downs of bands and management deals, ultimately finding the inspiration for their sound in their own backyard. The Walking Sticks are playing at the Nyumburu Amphitheater today outside Stamp Student Union from noon to 1 p.m. They’re also holding a College Park release show for their first album, World So Bright, Saturday at Looney’s Pub on Route 1 starting at 10:30 p.m.

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REVIEW | ARGO

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Ben Affleck gets even more ambitious with Argo, a film that’s part political thriller, part period piece, part heist movie — and all awesome

By Warren Zhang Senior staff writer Ben Affleck (The Town) is on a bit of a roll. After directing two exceptional films set in Boston and consequently rehabilitating his public image, Affleck now turns his attention to a much bigger story in Argo.

Argo tells the story of the CIA’s attempts to rescue six escaped diplomats trapped in Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. Affleck, who also directed the film, stars as Tony Mendez, a man with a seemingly ludicrous plan to extricate these people by using a fake movie production, dubbed “Argo,” as cover.

The movie is quick to inform us this is all based on a true story, possibly to avoid making the whole production seem self-congratulatory. The tactic wo rk s s u r p r i singly well, partly because of how u ng la morous the film is and partly because, well, Argo is pretty great.

It’s nothing if not a miraculous balancing act. It counters anti-Iranian sentiment by reminding us the CIA caused the whole mess out of

greed. The wacky Wag the Dog-style comedy is intercut with scenes from the Canadian ambassador’s house, constantly reminding us of the stakes Mendez and company face. No single cast member steals the show, yet each character is distinct and memorable.

In a less competent director’s hands and with a less assured writer, Argo could have easily been a mess of crazy tonal shifts and rah-rah fl agwaving. Fortunately, Affleck and writer Chris Terrio (Heights) are more than up to the task of managing swings in tone and pacing.

The movie ends up presenting an incredibly balanced portrait of a tense and heated time, even finding the runtime to acknowledge the immense aid provided to the hostages by the Canadians. The movie is inoffensive, but still manages to be side-splittingly

funny and nail-bitingly intense.

The humor comes mostly in the second act, in which Mendez spends his time setting up the fake production with a zany Hollywood producer (Alan Arkin, The Muppets) and a sarcastic makeup guru (John Goodman, Trouble with the Curve). Here, at times, the movie threatens to lose itself in the breezy proceedings, but Affleck wisely cuts back to the hostages and the trapped Americans frequently enough to keep the stakes high and the story focused.

The suspense builds to the masterfully taut fi nal third of the fi lm, in which Mendez’s plan goes into motion at the same the Iranian military starts looking for the missing embassy workers.

T he f i na l th i rd resembles T he Town in its immaculate construction, wasting nary a

REVIEW | SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

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By Dean Essner Staff writer

Seven Psychopaths may be the wackiest attempt ever at recreating the Dom Pérignon of B-movies: Pulp Fiction. Director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) approaches the narrative like a humble fanboy hired to dust off the pop art shrine in Tarantino’s mansion, keeping the bullets fi ring and the blood splattering over a kooky, unpolished 110 minutes. He deserves credit for maintaining an overarching air of frivolity, but the fi lm’s overall message is lost in a muddle of lazy thematic underpinnings.

The plot begins with Marty Faranan (Colin Farrell, Total Recall), a writer sweating out the

fi rst draft of a screenplay aptly titled Seven Psychopaths. Marty accomplishes next to nothing until he agrees to let his eager friend Billy Bickle (Sam Rockwell, The Sitter), who moonlights as a dognapper with the much older Hans (Christopher Walken, Life’s a Beach), assist with the writing process. Things get dicey when the short-tempered mobster Charlie Costello (Woody Harrelson, The Hunger Games) comes after Hans and Billy, believing they stole his beloved pooch.

The madness that ensues is both super fun and gratuitously violent. We know there’s a purpose for all of this somewhere deep down in the film’s loopy core, but McDonagh lacks the focus to keep it from collapsing into a mess of plot twists and

shot in either telling its story or ramping up the tension.

Affleck once again demonstrates his

fledgling comments on morality, mortality and the creative process.

Despite being the umpteenth tale about writer’s block, the film’s tone feels far removed from both the existential dread of Barton Fink and the snow-slathered isolation of The Shining. Instead, McDonagh sets his movie in a strange, quasi-parallel universe where we question what is real and what is Marty’s screenplay. The final moments suggest we are, in fact, seeing a movie within a movie, a lifelike depiction of the Seven Psychopaths script in which only Marty himself is detached and tangible.

We can only guess if this is true, but we’re forced to question McDonagh’s artistic ambition. It’s possible he just lacks the creative cojones to tie together the loose ends of his already convoluted film, instead choosing to

talent for constructing moments of pure suspense, matching and exceeding the bank heist sequences from The Town. His control over the production’s technical aspects is remarkable, lending much authenticity to his take on 1970s Hollywood and Iran.

Does the film exaggerate certain moments for dramatic effect and simplify certain characters for narrative simplicity? Undoubtedly. But by the time Affleck’s camera hits the final shot of the film, you’ll probably be too busy cheering to care. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

invoke Tommy Westphall as he tinkers with the snow globe on the finale of St. Elsewhere.

The only area where McDonagh’s picture soars is in its all-star cast. Rockwell, in particular, nails his role as Billy, a bug-eyed con man a la Nicolas Cage. He’s the perfect foil for Marty, played by Farrell with the same boozy, lost soul Irishness his character in In Bruges displays. Yet the juiciest performance comes from Tom Waits (The Book of Eli) as the righteous murderer Zachariah. His dialogue is sparse, but Waits lingers long enough on every whiskey-drenched growl to make his limited screen time worthwhile.

Overall, Seven Psychopaths is slightly better than the sum of its parts. But as with Marty’s creative endeavors, sometimes the best ideas never really come to fruition no matter how hard we try. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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LETOURNEAU From PAGE 8 former defensive coordinator — called the unit’s performance “mindboggling” after a 42-17 loss at Duke last Saturday.

Few could blame him. The Cavaliers currently have the ACC’s second-worst scoring defense, and are on pace to allow their most points per game since 1975. Sounds like the ideal remedy to the Terps’ offensive woes, right?

Take a closer look and it seems the matchup has a chance to provide a young offense a nice midseason pickme-up. Given the Terps’ plethora of deficiencies, the Cavaliers could represent the perfect opportunity for Hills and company to correct their nagging errors and move the chains.

For example, turnovers have been one of the Terps’ most glaring shortcomings all season. With a host of rookies manning key skill positions, keeping possession has been no easy task. The Terps have recorded 16 turnovers through five games, the highest mark in the ACC. Virginia, meanwhile, has struggled to pressure teams into mistakes. It has yet to record an interception, and its three takeaways this season are barely

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better than Buffalo’s FBS-worst mark of two.

Another stat that plays in the Terps’ favor? Virginia has the fewest sacks in the conference with four. Hills, who has been sacked an ACC-leading 19 times this year, may fi nally have the time to make his reads.

And when that happens, he should focus his sights on Stefon Diggs.

The freshman wide receiver has already established a reputation as the team’s top playmaker, using just eight catches over the past two games to amass 218 receiving yards. Diggs’ combination of speed and vision could prove lethal against a Cavaliers secondary still searching for an identity.

Virginia doesn’t feature a single upperclassman in the defensive backfield and has three new regulars. Cavaliers safeties Anthony Harris and Brandon Phelps — both of whom are new to the position — have been particularly susceptible to explosive plays this season. They’ve shown a tendency to bite on pump fakes, miscues that have helped Virginia allow the second-most 40-plus-yard plays in the ACC. If Diggs simply utilizes a few welltimed stutter steps against that questionable secondary, he could be in for a memorable afternoon.

Of course, before Hills thinks about

CAVALIERS From PAGE 8 they consistently recruit in each other’s state.

The Terps (3-2, 1-0 ACC) feature eight players from Virginia — including top cornerback Dexter McDougle, and starting offensive linemen Justin Gilbert and Bennett Fulper — and the Cavaliers (2-4, 0-2) have 11 Maryland natives on their roster.

“They recruit our state, we recruit their state,” defensive end A.J. Francis said.

“Torrey [Smith] wanted to beat Virginia bad because they said he wasn’t good enough to play there. That’s all welldocumented. There’s a lot of guys that come out here that have other agendas than winning the game.”

One of those agendas for the Terps will be avenging last season’s loss to Virginia. Nursing a 13-7 lead as the

throwing the ball, he may want to first see how the Terps’ run game fares against a middling front seven. Nearly halfway through the regular season, Edsall’s backfield is still riddled with question marks.

Brandon Ross, who has started the past two games since returning from injury, has been largely ineffective.

Justus Pickett has struggled to fi nd holes, and Wes Brown — the team’s leading rusher with 150 yards this season — will miss tomorrow’s game with a shoulder injury.

A successful day on the ground could help the Terps do more than go 2-0 in ACC play for the fi rst time since 2001. It could kickstart the run game and take some pressure off Hills.

“We have great running backs. The line’s blocking, it’s just not executing,” Hills said Wednesday. “Whenever we go out there, it’s just going to come down to executing your assignments.

If we do that, we’ll have a big day.”

Before he steps on the field, Hills should probably study more than the playbook.

He may not be a stats guy, but a quick review of Virginia’s numbers would hardly hurt an 18-year-old rookie trying to lead a stagnant offense. sportsdbk@gmail.com

game approached halftime, the Terps’ defense allowed 24 unanswered points a nd t he Cava l iers notched a 31-13 victory — their third consecutive home loss to the Cavaliers.

“When you have the chance to play the same teams this year that you played last year, you can watch some things on fi lm and get a feel for the game,” Edsall said.

“I don’t like to look back, but we did not play for 60 minutes.”

Edsall has talked all season about getting his team to play for 60 minutes, something that will be key if the Terps hope to record their first 2-0 start in conference play since they last won the ACC Championship in 2001. And no matter who their opponent is, Hartsfield said that ACC honor is what’s driving the Terps.

“We just want to beat them, regardless of the rivalry,” Hartsfield said. “They’re a team that’s in our way of being 2-0.

Coach Edsall said the other day in the

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meeting that we control our own destiny.

Right now, we’re at the top of our division. If we win every game, we’d be going to the Orange Bowl.”

Still, the fact that it’s Virginia on the other side of the field will surely give the Terps added motivation. The rivalry is as much about culture as it is about football, and Gilbert, Francis and the rest of the Terps seniors want to walk out of Scott Stadium winners in their final try against the Cavaliers — especially if that means sending shirt-and-tie-clad fans home in defeat.

“That’s the type of school it is,” Gilbert said. “It’s a preppier school, so it’s kind of they make fun of us for not being that type of people and we make fun of them for being that type of people.”

“They’re probably like provolone or Brie,” Francis said. “I think we’re good, old-fashioned American cheese.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

DEVILS From PAGE 8 were out to prove they weren’t the same team as last year. This year’s Terps, he said, were ready to make “big things” happen.

“The difference between now and last year is we know the mistakes we made last year,” Jane said yesterday. “We know how we can change that and make sure we fi nish this whole season stronger than we did last year. That’s what we want to do right now.”

T h e s e c o n d h a l f of t h e Terps’ ACC slate starts with a much-anticipated rivalry game against the Blue Devils (4-5-1, 2-2-1 ACC). The teams’ last two matchups at Ludwig Field featured some of the largest crowds in program history, creating a hostile atmosphere for a hostile game. “ D u k e’s a lw a y s a r i v a l because basketball and everything,” defender London Woodberry said. “I feel like I’ve created some one v. one rivalries with players on that team. I think there’s an element of rivalry with Maryland-Duke, so I’m looking forward to it.”

Of course, Duke isn’t just a conference foe. It’s one of the ACC’s top defensive teams.

The Blue Devils have allowed only nine goals this season and goalkeeper James Belshaw is second in the conference in save percentage (.820). The senior is averaging more than

EAGLES From PAGE 8 last time. Standing in a huddle in Newton, Mass., he told his squad to play more directly and encouraged his forwards to get behind Boston College’s center backs.

The team heard the message.

Just two minutes into overtime, forward Becky Kaplan locked herself behind the Eagles’ defense a nd made enough room to send the ball to forward Hayley Brock.

Brock, too, was between her defender and the net, giving an open lane to break away to the goal. Her shot slipped past the fingers of Eagles goalkeeper Alexa Gaul, sending the Terps home victorious.

“We got the result, which was great,” Morgan said. “But I wish I could say it like that any time and they’d respond that way.”

Even though the No. 8 Terps walked away with the win, Morgan’s players were unresponsive and ill-prepared to take on their ACC foe. And they knew it.

“He said what we already knew before overtime,” Brock said.

“He gave us what we needed to be successful and we just weren’t doing it. As a team and as a whole, we can agree that we didn’t play to the level that we needed to.”

four saves per game.

The Terps (10-0-1, 4-0-0), t hou g h, shou ld prov ide a worthy adversary. They are second in the ACC in shots per game (16.18), and lead the conference in goals per game (3.00) and assists per game (2.73).

“They’ll know us inside and out,” Cirovski said. “We’ll know them inside and out.”

That familiarity goes beyond tactics. The teams meet in close quarters on a yearly basis, and a number of the Terps have relationships with Duke players — amiable or not.

“It makes it a lot more competitive and there’s a lot more grudges, individually and collectively,” Woodberry said. “I know there’s some guys on our team that have friends at Duke and also who have beef with some guys on Duke. It always brings out the best on the whole team because you want to beat your friends and you also want to beat the guys you don’t like as well.”

Still, don’t expect animosity to distract the Terps tonight. Their aims are clear: beat Duke and leapfrog No. 2 North Carolina for the top spot in the ACC standings.

“It’s always huge playing D u ke,” Ja ne sa id . “ We’re always expecting big things, and obviously, it’s a rivalry game. The game will probably get dirty, and we’re hoping that we can get a hold of the game and have a good game. We want to go out there and get a win.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

“I wish I could say it like that any time and they’d respond that way.”

JONATHAN MORGAN

Terrapins women’s soccer coach

But when Brock broke away from the defense, receiving a perfect pass from Kaplan and making a move toward the net, she only had one thing on her mind: putting an end to her team’s poor performance.

“I just wanted to put this game behind us and be done with Boston College,” Brock said.

The Terps (11-3-2, 6-1-1 ACC) only took seven shots last night, while the Eagles (8-5-2, 2-4-0) launched 19.

Morgan was upset, but he didn’t linger on the first 91 minutes of play or the major shot differential. When the final whistle sounded, all he cared about was the end result.

“I’m pretty relieved because we didn’t play a pretty good game tonight and we found a way to win anyways,” he said. “Our possession wasn’t very good, our team defending wasn’t very good and we didn’t follow our tactics to play.

But they fought and they found a way to win, and that’s a sign of a special group.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

STATLINE Terps women’s soccer team’s performance in its 3-2 win at Boston College last night

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FRIDAY, OctobER 12, 2012

TERPS GAMEDAY

THE MATCHUP

MARYLAND TERRAPINS

VIRGINIA CAVALIERS

3-2, 1-0 ACC

2-4, 0-2 ACC

WHEN Saturday, 3 p.m.

WHERE Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Va. TV RSN LINE Cavaliers by 3 DATA The Terps are looking to go 2-0 in ACC play for the first time 2001 — the last time they won the conference championship.

TERPS TRACKER 2012 TEAM STATS TERPS

CAVALIERS

Passing (YPG

188

294.5

Rushing (YPG)

86

134.8

Total

274

429.3

Points per game

20.8

23.7

Opponents’ PPG

20.4

34

KEY MATCHUP TERPS

CAVALIERS

DEFENSIVE vs.

FRONT

RUNNING BACKS

If the Terrapins football team is going to stop the Virginia offense tomorrow, it’s going to start up front.

The Cavaliers are averaging nearly 135 rush yards per game, with more than 105 of those yards coming from running backs Kevin Parks and Perry Jones. The pair buoy an off ense averaging better than 425 yards per game — more than 150 more yards than the Terps average on off ense.

With that kind of success on the other side of the ball, it’s going to be up to the Terps’ defense to keep them in the game once again. Through fi ve games this season, the team’s rush defense ranks No. 7 in the nation and has held opponents to 81 yards per game and 2.33 yards per rush, a key component to their 3-2 record.

If they’re going to get their fourth win Saturday, the Terps will have to again rely on their stalwart defense.

SERIES HISTORY ALL-TIME SERIES LAST MEETING

Terps lead 42-32-2 Nov. 5, 2011 Loss, Cavaliers 31, Terps 13

INJURY REPORT RB WES BROWN - Shoulder - Out WR KERRY BOYKINS - Hip/Groin - Out LB L.A. GOREE - Neck - Out DB MATT ROBINSON - Groin - Out RB JUSTUS PICKETT - Illness - Probable OL DE’ONTE ARNETT - Ankle - Probable OL JUSTIN GILBERT - Knee - Probable OL NICK KLEMM - Knee - Probable OL ANDREW ZELLER - Knee - Probable DL DARIUS KILGO - Ankle - Probable DL JOE VELLANO - Foot - Probable LB KENNETH TATE - Knee - Probable DB JEREMIAH JOHNSON - Knee - Probable

Linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield (No. 9) and the Terps fell to Virginia, 31-13, last season. They are looking to best their border rivals when they face the Cavaliers at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., tomorrow. file photo/the diamondback

A rivalry renewed

Terps seniors not shy about their feelings for Cavaliers as they look to go 2-0 in ACC play

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer Randy Edsall understands how to talk to the media. He chooses his words with the deftness of a surgeon, never saying anything that could potentially come back to haunt him later.

So when asked Tuesday about his feelings on the Terrapins football team’s rivalry with Virginia, it was no surprise he gave the diplomatic answer. The second-year coach cited ACC scheduling, recruiting battles and a shared border as reasons for the rivalry, going no further than saying, “there is a bit more meaning to it.”

His players, though, weren’t so careful with their words. W hen

they walk out onto the field at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., tomorrow, the Terps aren’t going to hide how they feel about their southern rivals.

“We don’t really like them, they don’t like us,” linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield said Tuesday. “I’ve definitely learned to hate Virginia.”

It’s not just Hartsfield, though. The hatred between the two programs has been passed down for years. The schools have faced each other every season since 1957 and have played 76 times since their fi rst meeting 93 years ago. They’re separated by just a 130-mile drive down Route 29, and See CAVALIERS, Page 7

In Virginia, Hills, Terps finally have opponent capable of ending their offensive struggles

CONNOR LETOURNEAU Perry Hills is not a stats guy. He doesn’t pay attention to quarterback ratings or where his passing yardage ranks in the ACC. All that matters to him is winning.

So it’s quite possible the freshman signal caller doesn’t know the Terrapins football team’s 20.8 points per game rank as the conference’s worst scoring offense. He may also be unaware the Terps’ 274 yards per game put them last in total offense.

While it’s not necessarily a quarterback’s job to pore over numbers, Hills might want to take a glance

at some before facing Virginia at Scott Stadium tomorrow. A fter all, Hills said earlier this week that confidence will be key if the offense hopes to make significant strides against the Cavaliers. And right now, Virginia’s stats would provide the perfect confidence booster.

Not much has gone right for coach Mike London’s squad since a flurry of missed field goals gave the Cavaliers a Sept. 8 win over Penn State.

They’ve lost their last four games, surrendering at least 40 points in three of those defeats.

In fact, Virginia’s defense has been so inept this season that London — a See LETOURNEAU, Page 7

MEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Last season’s finish still weighs on Terps

Late effort fuels Terps in road win

Team has road matchup with Duke tonight

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer The similarities are undeniable.

The Terrapins men’s soccer team is off to its second straight 10-0-1 start.

It squeaked out a second consecutive 2-1 victory over Rutgers on Tuesday. A key member of the defense has missed time for the second straight year. And another matchup against Duke on the second Friday in October looms.

When the No. 1 Terps face the Blue Devils in Durham, N.C., tonight, t hou g h , t he si m i l a r it ie s me a n nothing. Sure, there are plenty of parallels to draw, but that’s just the start of the season. The Terps are determined not to repeat last year’s fi nish.

“There’s similarities in the sched-

ule and the records and all that, but it feels very different,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “Our leadership group this year has just been fantastic. We have quite a few new players. There’s a level of excitement and energy from them that doesn’t remember what happened last year.”

After recording their best start in 43 years last season — a mark they could match with a win tonight — the Terps faltered down the stretch. They went winless in four of their last five games before falling to Louisville in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

Following the Terps’ season-opening win over the Cardinals on Aug. 26, forward Sunny Jane said the Terps See DEVILS, Page 7

Team defeats Boston College, 3-2, in OT

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer As the Terrapins women’s soccer team headed into overtime at No. 23 Boston College last night, coach Jonathan Morgan was frustrated with his squad’s execution.

“I said, ‘Look, we’ve given you information about this game all week long, in the hotel before the game and during the pregame,’” Morgan said after the Terps’ 3-2 victory. “‘But you didn’t listen to any of it.’”

So Morgan laid out the game plan one forward sunny jane and the Terps will play Duke tonight. After a late-season collapse last year, Jane said the team needs to “make sure we finish this whole season stronger.” charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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