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Police arrest two men on Knox Road

Univ. to help create traffic app

Suspects connected to Knox Box thefts

BY ERIN EGAN Staff writer

Prince George’s County Police arrested two men on Knox Road last night in conjunction with several recent Knox Box burglaries.

Eight county police cruisers surrounded the men as officers handcuffed them on the sidewalk before a crowd of student onlookers around 9 p.m. Although police would not

release the names of the two men arrested because they had not been formally charged as of 10 p.m., Sgt. Trevell Watson confirmed that they are not students.

Watson said Knox Box residents called police when they witnessed the suspects trying to break into an apartment through the window. The witness recognized the suspect from wanted posters hung around the community, Watson said.

Partnership seek to map traffic patterns

Eight Prince George’s County Police cars surround two suspects who were arrested in connection with recent burglaries. ERIN EGAN/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

“The witness had the wanted poster hanging on his refrigerator, so he was able to recognize the suspect pretty quickly,” Watson said.

On Oct. 5, District 1 Commander

BY MOLLY MARCOT

Maj. Hector Velez estimated that there had been “four or five” break-ins in the Knox Box area. Several students

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Sitting in miles worth of traffic can cause drivers to have road rage, anxiety and frustration — but university researchers are helping create a smartphone application and website that will help alleviate some of this tension.

A renewed three-year partnership announced this month with the traffic data collection company Inrix and this university’s Center for Advanced Transportation Technology will provide the team with a multi-million-dollar contract to create an app and website that maps out traffic patterns in real time.

By the end of the year, drivers in 10 states along the East Coast will be able to access specific locations of accidents, construction sites and road closures and learn specific details on how fast the traffic is moving in these spots; this differs from other similar apps because it aggregates all this information into one spot, according to CATT Director Tom Jacobs.

“Whenever there is an accident on a road that blocks several lanes, as time progresses you can see the effects of the accident spread farther and farther up the road in the form of slower traffic speeds,” senior computer science major and lab researcher John Toman wrote in an email.

Inrix pools data from various companies that collect real-time traffic data and gives this information to the university’s CATT lab. Using this data, the lab develops the web-based tools that offer a detailed look at where traffic issues are occurring on a minute-by-minute basis.

The real-time traffic interface will include roadway maps with red, yellow and green color-coded roadways indicating the relative speed. Though some website and apps like this already exist, CATT’s software goes steps further to specifically track bottleneck problem areas and relay to drivers how much longer travel is expected to take, Jacobs said.

For more than three years, the lab’s partnership with Inrix has provided software tools for traffic engineers and state transportation department

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AGAINST ALL ODDS U.S. Paralympic Ski Team member, amputee speaks to students

BY BEENA RAGHAVENDRAN For The Diamondback

From participating in the U.S. Paralympic Ski Team to writing a best-selling memoir, Josh Sundquist hasn’t let the amputation of his left leg define his life.

At the age of 9, Sundquist was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, which caused the need for an amputation. While doctors predicted he had a 50-50 chance of survival, Sundquist battled the disease and has used his triumph in the face of adversity as fodder for inspirational talks around the country — such as last night’s lecture “Laughing At Our Differences,” which was sponsored by Student Entertain-

ment Events.

“In life, you set out to do something … and all of a sudden, there’s a bull standing 20 feet away from you,” Sundquist said.

“I don’t know what a bull is like for you, but I know that life is tough.”

As the author of Just Don’t Fall, the founder of a social networking site for amputees called LessThanFour.org and a member of the 2006 U.S. Paralympic Ski Team, Sundquist told the dozens of attendees in Hoff Theater that he doesn’t let the loss of his leg get him down.

“In my speeches, I tell stories about my experiences about

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Finding comfort in food

Researchers update robot to explore depths of Arctic Ocean

Univ. dietitian helps students with diet needs

Robot arms used to repair NASA satellites

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BY LAUREN HICKS

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For many students with dietary restrictions, entering the university’s dining halls can be a daily challenge.

But for almost 18 years, Sister Maureen Schrimpe has helped these students navigate their way through oncampus eateries.

Schrimpe, Dining Services dietitian and sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Community, has provided guidance to these students and has worked with Dining Services officials to ensure students with food allergies or intolerances, diabetes and other limitations feel safe eating on the campus. In July, she was awarded the National Association of College and University Food Services’ most prestigious honor — the Theodore W. Minah

A group of graduate students are working to bring robotic technologies that once probed the far reaches of outer space to a whole new frontier of exploration: the depths of the Arctic Ocean.

In the university’s Space Systems Laboratory, students are updating robot arms originally built for repairing NASA space satellites to withstand the high pressure and cold temperatures of deep-sea exploration.

Researchers at NASA’s Astrobiology Science and Technology Experiment Program, which funded the project, are interested in using the robot to explore and retrieve samples of biological life forms that grow around volcanic vents on the Arctic Ocean floor — a feat no previous technology has

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Sister Maureen Schrimpe, the university dietitian, works to ensure all students have safe food options. MAYA MUNOZ/THE DIAMONDBACK

award — for her work.

“For somebody to come to campus and not be sure how to eat would just be horrifying,” said Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple. “So for her to make this place into a home for

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people who have specific dietary needs is a very big service.”

Schrimpe, who also serves as Dining Services’ quality coordinator,

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been able to accomplish.

David Akin, the laboratory’s director, said because these specimens live at such extreme underwater temperatures where no sunlight can reach, studying them may give researchers a glimpse of life beyond this planet. “[Scientists] are always looking on Earth for life forms that are isolated from the rest of the planet,” Akin said.

“The raw ice shelf is the biggest piece of ice in the ocean. The key here is that once you go 10 or 20 kilometers in from the edge, it is permanently dark.”

One of the biggest challenges in building a robot — which the researchers named Samurai — capable of exploring this treacherous frontier is enabling it to travel wirelessly.

In space, robotic arms are connected to a long cord and controlled by

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SUNDQUIST from page 1

“I liked how he combined comedy with inspiration to keep the energy up.”

LEATON JONES SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAJOR

having one leg and the things I’ve learned along the way,” he said. “My message is about overcoming adversity, and adversity is something that ever yone has to deal with as a college student.”

He said he uses his experience to show others that obstacles can be overcome — usually through laughter.

Sundquist said he tries to make his audience laugh as he details various life experiences.

Last night, he recounted a time when his prosthetic malfunctioned — right in the middle of a first date.

Instead of letting the incident ruin his outing, he said he made light of the situation, which is a philosophy he extends to the rest of his life.

“I thought, this is my first date, and you only get one first date, so why would I let it be ruined?” he said. “So what did I do? I got up, laughed about it and played that next hole of golf.”

From smuggling a twoliter bottle of soda into a movie theater by dangling it in his left pant leg to running away from a bull in the middle of a field in a failed attempt at cow tipping, several students — such as junior communication major Rebecca Railey — said Sundquist’s humor came fullcircle to inspire his audience.

“He incorporated comedy,” Railey said. “If it was serious, it wouldn’t have been as good.”

Sundquist ended the evening by saying he’d found his ‘sole’-mate — a man with the same shoe size and sneaker taste who lost his right leg. The two share their pairs of shoes.

Some students said it was stories such as this one that captivated the audience.

“It was awesome — really highly energized, positive,” said senior environmental science and technology Leaton Jones. “Ever yone was interested in hearing what he had to say. I liked how he combined comedy with inspiration to keep the energy up.” news@umdbk.com

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ARRESTS from page 1 reported stolen items, including laptops and game consoles, which prompted property manager Gosia Sylla to email residents about taking extra safety precautions.

One of the suspects arrested last night has been arrested on similar charges before, Watson said. Once he was released and the burglaries started occurring again, police actively sought him as a suspect.

A researcher tests a spacesuit arm at the Space System’s Laboratory. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SPACE SYSTEM’S LABORATORY

ROBOT from page 1 joysticks, a method that researchers said may not work as easily thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean.

“If you have a tether that is going over the side of your boat and the wind changes, it can push the sea ice against the side of the boat and basically sever your tether,” said aerospace engineering graduate student Barrett Dillow, who is working on the project.

“So if that happens, you probably will lose your vehicle.”

And communicating with the robot once it reaches the vents would be impossible, as radio waves are absorbed by water and can’t travel very far through the ocean. Therefore, the robot would need to have the instructions programmed into its system ahead of time.

“When you drop it off over the edge and it goes on its merry way, you basically don’t know whether it is alive or dead until it comes back to the surface,” said Dillow.

Another challenge Samurai presented was altering the robot to ensure it could operate at high pressures deep below the water.

“At that depth, the pressure is 8,000 pounds per square inch, so even metal will start to bend, so you have to design it to take that

“If we win this proposal, in 2014 we will go down to Antarctica and send a robot with the arm to the shelf.”

DAVID AKIN DIRECTOR OF THE SPACE SYSTEM’S LABORATORY

into account,” said Akin.

“Housings that hold the electronics have to be designed with titanium to take the pressure.”

Samurai is also unique because it can travel up to 6,000 meters below the surface. Most other underwater robots can only manage 1,000 to 2,000 meters, but Samurai can reach 97 percent of the planet’s seafloor.

According to Akin, the group’s next goal is for NASA to use Samurai on an expedition to Antarctica to look for microbiological life forms.

“If we win this proposal, in 2014 we will go down to Antarctica and send a robot with the arm to the shelf and look at the life forms underneath what is the biggest ice shelf in the world,” Akin said. hicks@umdbk.com

SCHRIMPE from page 1 originally graduated college with a degree in physical education. But after entering the convent, where physical education is not highly emphasized, she said she decided to switch gears and become a dietitian.

After a 13-year stint as food service director at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa., Schrimpe came to this university to expand her work’s outreach to a larger student population.

To help students handle specific allergies, Schrimpe said she has set up alternative menu options for students who need them. The recent dramatic increase in gluten intolerances led her to help create gluten-free freezers three years ago in each dining hall on the campus, she said.

Another one of Schrimpe’s initiatives was to implement ingredient icons — such as a ‘G’ for gluten-free and a peanut symbol for peanutfree — next to each station in the dining hall.

“Students don’t want to be different. They’re not going to tell you about [an allergy]; they just won’t go for peanut butter,” she said.

Part of Schrimpe’s outreach is sending out a flier to incoming students alerting them to the service she provides. Prior to this school year, Schrimpe said she received around 50 to 60 re-

Watson said another suspect was arrested on Friday in relation to these break-ins.

Watson noted there will be further investigations to determine who is responsible for each burglary.

Immediately following last night’s arrests, a county officer announced on his megaphone to several students watching that they were “now safe” and there would “be no more thefts.”

Students watching the scene responded with clapping and cheers.

Two students and Knox

sponses expressing interest in meeting with her before the academic year began.

“Parents are calling into schools beforehand,” she said. “They are now deciding on universities or colleges by what their student can get, and what provisions can be made for them.”

On top of monitoring the special dietary needs of students on the campus, Schrimpe works to ensure all menu ingredients are posted online, tests new industry products and works closely with menu development to ensure items are suitable for as many students as possible.

Joe Mullineaux, a senior associate director for Dining Services, said Schrimpe has set an example for the entire campus community in dealing with food sensitivities.

“She is someone that I would definitely consider a leader in the college setting,” he said.

And her work has not gone unnoticed. In 2005 she won the National Association of College and University Food Services’ Richard Lichtenfelt Award for her volunteer efforts.

Several students living with food allergies said the initiatives she headed often help them choose the right meal.

“The signs in the dining hall have definitely made it easier for me,” said sophomore business major Ethan Diamond, who has a peanut allergy. “It’s a good safety net for people with allergies.” israel@umdbk.com

Box residents who watched the arrests from beginning to end said they were nervous of potential burglaries before the arrests were made.

“Our neighbors were broken into last Saturday, and the people who live below us were broken into, too,” sophomore government and politics major Emil Nusbaum said.

His roommate, sophomore letters and sciences major Aaron Schacht, said although it has been scary living as a Knox Box resident recently, he is not surprised by the prevalence of break-ins.

TRAFFIC from page 1 officials to analyze how to better serve their highway systems, whether through accident notifications on highway signs or up-to-date travel time information. The contract renewal helps affirm that the lab is making noteworthy progress in this field, Jacobs said.

The first contract with Inrix covered about 5,000 miles of highways across eight states, and the new contract is set to increase highway coverage to 20,000 miles in 10 states, according to an Inrix press release.

“It’s a big deal because it’s a problem that the federal government and the state governments have been having for years,” said Michael Pack, CATT’s lab director.

“Not having enough data coverage to understand what’s really going on — this is finally giving them a big picture view.”

Both the old and new contract work with the I-95 Corridor Coalition, the company that oversees the major highway system running from Maine to Florida and has been a major player in seeking ways to improve traffic, Jacobs said. Because of the company’s collaboration with the university, more states have been looking to track activity on their local highways, according to Jacobs. The general public’s access to CATT’s real-

“There have been a lot of burglaries recently, but it’s just part of the Knox Box life,” Schacht said.

Chelsea Benney, a firstfloor Commons 4 resident and junior environmental science and policy major who also witnessed the arrests, said she’s still nervous more burglaries will occur.

“It worries me that all these break-ins were going on especially while I’m living so close,” Benney said. “I’m just hopeful they caught the right guys.” egan@umdbk.com

“For travelers, it’s providing them with good travel time information on the roadways.”

MICHAEL PACK CATT LABORATORY DIRECTOR

time traffic software will translate into better communication for drivers, according to Pack.

“For travelers, it’s providing them with good travel time information on the roadways where they can make good decisions about how to get to where they’re going,” Pack said.

Though the CATT lab employs professional staff members, students develop the majority of work on these web-based tools, Jacobs said.

“The work we do is important because roads can only get so big, eventually it’ll come down to making smarter decisions about traffic rather than just making more roads,” Toman wrote in an email.

And for CATT lab researchers, the real-time traffic work is likely to continue to grow.

“We’ve only just started scratching the surface of what we can really do,” Jacobs said. marcot@umdbk.com

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A day for all of College Park

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n a situation common in college towns across the countr y, the long- end, as Saturday marks the second annual College Park Day, which will be term relationship between university students and permanent College held at the College Park Community Center located in Paint Branch Stream Park residents could accurately be described as “strained.” One Valley Park. The event is sort of a microcosm of the university’s Mar yland stereotype asserts the “townies” are all anti-student; if they don’t like it Day, and it will include an afternoon of music and entertainment (including here, they should have realized there’d be a college in a city called College an appearance by the university’s Quidditch team), as well as visits from Park. An alternate stereotype bemoans those “kids” who are making noise Washington-based food trucks such as the Fojol Brothers and Curbside Cupcakes. Students can take a free shuttle from Stamp Stuall hours of the night, littering the city with plastic red dent Union to the event, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m., cups and empty beer cans. and still be back on the campus in time to watch the As with many stereotypes, there is an element of truth in both statements. On one hand, some local resStudents should check out Terrapins football game at Florida State at 3:30 p.m.

Just this week, many students and residents missed idents worr y too much about student behavior and College Park Day, because it out on an opportunity for interaction at The Barking don’t acknowledge the tremendous benefits of neighDog, where the latest installment of “Experience and boring the university. On the other hand, students will provide a valuable Enjoy College Park” was held Monday. Athletic Direcaren’t always respectful of their neighbors — espeopportunity to interact with tor Kevin Anderson and men’s basketball coach Mark cially late at night.

Turgeon spoke at the event, which was attended by But the fact is, there are going to be a few bad apples permanent residents. about two dozen residents and fans. Event organizer in ever y bunch. More than 30,000 people live in Coland District 4 College Park City Councilman Marcus lege Park, and about 37,000 students attend the university. There is certainly some overlap in those numbers, but the point is Afzali noted the goal was to “spread the feeling of ‘one College Park,’ — not the University of Mar yland and then the surrounding community.” that any city this size will have its share of problems.

Afzali is correct: The city and university’s fates are intertwined, so it’s People always like to point fingers. In most cities, residents tend to complain about citizens of a different socioeconomic class or background — important that members of both communities stay in touch. This weekend’s those on “the other side of the tracks.” But this is a college town, so there’s a College Park Day is a great opportunity to do just that, so this editorial natural division between students and residents. It’s easy for both sides to board encourages students to check out the event, even if only for an hour obstinately blame each other for poor off-campus housing options in resi- or two.

Who knows, maybe some of those stereotypes will start to disintegrate. dential neighborhoods or for the revolving door of downtown businesses.

For better or for worse, though, both groups are here to stay. So instead of The city has kindly extended its hand to students, inviting us out of our campus bubble and into the community. Now’s the time for students to accept complaining about each other, how about a new tactic: talking to one another.

Students and residents will have an opportunity to do just that this week- that invitation.

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am writing to applaud yesterday’s editorial “Extension, please.” This staff editorial succinctly and clearly represents the considerations informing the effort to provide University System of Maryland-level benefits for same-sex domestic partners. Many thanks for contributing thoughtful commentary to a discussion of great importance among all individuals and groups at the university.

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Require scooter helmets

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It’s your move, Congress and Wall Street

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ver the past few weeks, my short walk from the McPherson Square Metro Station to my internship a few blocks away has been made all the more interesting

by Washington’s version of a new protest movement that has swept across the world: Occupy (insert city name).

In a time of deep economic and social uncertainty, the Occupy movement has given a voice to Americans and people across the world who are frustrated with the high unemployment rate and growing economic inequality.

The Occupy movement in the United States is another marked expression of the public’s increasing dissatisfaction with this countr y’s financial and political leaders.

That big banks have received only a slap on the wrist for their outsize role in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression only makes matters worse: The unshakable alliance that has formed between Wall Street’s cash, K

MATT ARNSTINE Street’s lobbying connections and both political parties has left Americans feeling as if their voices don’t really matter in the important debates of our time.

While ideologically different, the tea party and Occupy movements were both formed by ordinar y citizens to express outrage at a political and economic system they rightly believe is tilted against those who can’t afford a lobbyist or contribute to a politician’s campaign.

Fortunately, instead of just debating the tea party’s agenda of spending cuts and states’ rights, our countr y will now have two ver y different perspectives to help cr ystallize the important discussions that will take place as the 2012 general election campaign gets under way.

Many political pundits, thought leaders and politicians who dominate the 24/7 news cycle have casually dismissed the protesters as a bunch of rag-tag hipsters and college students.

Additionally, some critics have unfairly characterized the Occupy movement as hypocritical because the protesters use products made by the corporations they criticize.

Unfortunately, that line of criticism is just as absurd as critiques made by liberal commentators who dismissed elderly tea party activists for denouncing Medicare even as they couldn’t help but be enrolled in the social aid program.

Another reason commentators were skeptical about the tea party, and are still wary of Occupy, is because they don’t see a policy proposal that’s fueling the protests. Suze Orman, a mainstream financial author and television personality, rightly disagrees with those who are cynical about Occupy. She wrote on The Huffington Post, “To deride the movement because it has yet to for-

mulate a well-delineated platform says plenty more about the critics than the protestors. … The unholy alliance of much of Congress, K Street and Wall Street that has set the agenda from day one of the financial crisis is simply trying to protect its turf by casting aspersions on the ad hoc nature of the movement.”

Instead of dismissing the grievances collectively shared by thousands of American citizens, political leaders in Washington need to respond with clearly formulated counter arguments, not vague statements of either condemnation or support for the protesters.

Instead of tr ying to co-opt the movement for political gain or influence, politicians, intellectuals and policy makers must respond with concrete proposals to address the protesters’ grievances. If not, then it seems they’re the ones without any idea what it is they stand for.

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

College Park: The off-campus housing stalemate

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andalism at off-campus apartment complexes, most notably The Varsity, has been making the news lately. The vandalism led Barbara Steinke, The Varsity’s property manager, to send an email a few weeks ago to all Varsity residents that began, “Seriously!!??”

Although I certainly don’t condone people defacing property at any complex, I’ve come up with a theor y about why some students are really going to town in these new, expensive apartments.

You see, there is a housing stalemate here in College Park. This battle pins the students seeking offcampus housing against the property managers and owners. Both sides are to blame, but I think the problem begins with the absurd rents charged for many apartments in this city.

I should know, as I have lived at three different apartment complexes while at this university. On average, a furnished four-bedroom, two-bath apartment will run you about $900 a month. It’s sad to think a furnished apartment costing

roughly $760 a month is considered a “bargain.”

Landlords in College Park can charge whatever they want because they know students have no choice but to pay the price. There aren’t enough rental houses to accommodate all the students who want to live off-campus, so apartment complexes are the only other alternative. Property managers have decided to raise prices for their only clients: students.

The rents are even more absurd when I compared them to what some of my friends at other schools are paying to live in equal, if not nicer, apartments. One friend said at the University of Georgia, a furnished apartment costs between $365 and $375 per month, and students at Salisbur y University only pay $675 for brand-new luxur y apartments. Even at the University of Central Florida — which, like this university, is right outside a major city — a friend said off-campus apartments tend to average about $650 per month.

I’m all for the profit-seeking business mindset, but at what expense?

JOSH BIRCH Many students are disgusted with rent in College Park because they aren’t too keen on going nearly $25,000 in debt in exchange for two years in a subpar apartment complex. You see, when students have to fork over this much money each month, they feel entitled to do whatever they want, whether those things are right or wrong.

If I may quote the motto at the University View, students want to “live happy” (ironic, because I was far from happy there). For some residents, happiness means disrespecting the property and taking their frustration out on the building’s facilities and furnishings.

While this isn’t a blanket statement for all students living in apartments, it certainly holds true for some. I think it’s likely they feel if they have to pay so much in rent,

they’re entitled to have a little bit of fun in the process. If that means knocking down a few signs and punching a few holes in the wall — that’s what they’re going to do. After all, the complex will have plenty of money for repairs.

So you see, there is a battle going on. On one side, you have students, some of whom are lashing out because of the absurd costs of living here — though it’s also partly because they’re immature assholes and like destroying things.

And on the other side, you have the owners and managers of the complexes, who have decided to continue to raise prices.

Both parties are in the wrong.

Students shouldn’t vandalize property, and owners shouldn’t take advantage of students who have no choice but to pay.

Neither side hears the other, however, so neither side will change its ways. Here’s to another year of broken glass and punched-out walls.

Josh Birch is a senior communication and history major. He can be reached at birch@umdbk.com.

his letter is in reaction to Monday’s staff editorial “Table the helmet rule.” If wanting to protect students makes someone a bad person, I guess I am a bad person. While I can vaguely understand the argument that mandating scooter helmets somehow infringes on students’ rights, I think the pros in this situation certainly outweigh the cons.

As the editorial noted, there is clearly a need to implement more stringent safety measures for motorists, as shown by accidents in the past year. The editorial suggests that instead of helmets, motorists should have to attend an education session to be informed of the risks of reckless scooter driving. If a student cannot independently deduce the danger of driving such a vehicle, I do not see how he or she could have passed the license test to begin with.

To imply we do not already understand these risks is condescending and a little insulting.

Second, an educational program will not be effective. Remember AlcoholEdu? Yeah, me neither. Attending an educational program is not more convenient than wearing a helmet.

Interrupting my schedule to sit through a lecture about scooter safety really does sound awesome, but a whole lot more troublesome than the two seconds it takes to put on a helmet. Besides, who is going to pay for these programs? It will either come from our student fees or from a more expensive scooter registration fee — unless, of course, the editorial board would like to pay for these sessions.

I do agree with the board’s assessment that wearing a helmet abridges individual rights. For example, the First Amendment’s freedom of expression clearly guarantees an individual’s right to paint roadways with his or her brain matter. Don’t forget about all the extra money the University Health Center rakes in every time it treats head injuries. In fact, the whole economy benefits from no helmets — doctors, street cleaners, insurance salesmen, educational program teachers. The only one who stands to lose anything is the taxpayer, whose money keeps braindead accident victims on life support.

But once The Diamondback editorial board starts supporting euthanasia, we’ll be all good.

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For the past couple of months, Warner Bros. has been experimenting with streaming movies, such as the Harry Potter series and The Dark Knight, on Facebook for a small fee. The plan has gone over rather successfully.

Now, Warner Bros. has joined with Facebook to launch an experimental new type of “social series” television show, Aim High, which airs exclusively on the site. The action comedy stars Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga) as high school junior Nick Green, who moonlights as a government operative.

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In last night’s premiere, viewers could join in the experience by installing the Facebook App from the show’s page, enabling the integration of all the content featured on their profile pages into the show.

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PAPER THIN CONTENT Paper tomes for video games are going the way of the dodo

BY ANDREW FREEDMAN Senior staff writer

Remember the days of the Super Nintendo, the Sega Genesis and the PlayStation? Those games came with beefy manuals, sometimes in full color, which told you everything you needed to know about the game from maps to full backstories.

These days you could use manuals as toilet paper. I wouldn’t recommend it (and, for the record, haven’t tried it), but the point is, they’re extremely thin, almost to the stage of being devoid of detail.

It’s a slow trend, but it’s steady. Even big titles aren’t immune to this — last fall’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and September’s Gears of War 3 both had dull, black and white manuals that could be glossed over like the back of a cereal box.

By moving the instruction manuals into the game, developers and publishers are reducing printing costs and the need to hire technical

writers. That saves money, so of course there’s a good reason for the industry to start ditching the things. It could also be seen as going green — boxes have already started using less plastic, so why not eliminate the paper next?

The other question is whether anyone actually reads instruction manuals anymore.

Although I’ve seen various Internet commenters (sources of infinite wisdom, no doubt) claim the manuals made great bathroom reading material, it’s doubtful many people who just paid $60 for a video game are going to read a manual to tell them how to play.

Gears of War 3’s manual features a short synopsis, controls and a bunch of legal jargon.

It does make sense — more and more features are shown off in mandatory tutorials.

Just about every game has some way of integrating instruction into the actual game.

Instead of the hefty pamphlets, we’re told by the game itself how to play it.

It also shows where the industry as a whole is going. It may be at a snail’s pace, but video

games are moving toward digital downloads as their primary method of sale. Those games certainly don’t come with instruction manuals.

Importantly, many fans have made comprehensive guides to games that are available for free on websites such as GameFAQs (this may contribute to the decline in popularity of players’ guides, too). If you need help with something in a game, there’s someone out there with a ridiculous amount of free time and plenty of motivation to tell you everything you need to know.

It’s hard to let go of something tangible.

Those of us who grew up with thick manuals remember them as part of the experience, even if we barely touch them anymore.

Although the immediate reaction may be to wonder why they’re slowly disintegrating into nothingness, the death of the instruction manual is a harbinger of where the video game industry is going — completely digital. afreedman@umdbk.com

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WOODBERRY from page 8 contributor for the 2010 ACC Champions. He started nine of the Terps’ first 13 games last season and notched five points during that stretch.

But during a home matchup against Colgate last October, that positive progression came to an abrupt halt. After allowing two goals against an unranked Clemson squad just three days earlier, the Terps’ backline was struggling to defend against the unheralded Raiders.

And as coach Sasho Cirovski expressed dissatisfaction with Woodberry’s play midway through the first half, the self-proclaimed “head case” flipped. Woodberry and Cirovski exchanged some heated words, and the McKinney, Texas, native was benched at halftime.

The coach-player relationship had reached a breaking point. Cirovski met with Woodberry four times that week, and the former high-school AllAmerican didn’t play the following match against Wake Forest.

“He was really challenged to embrace everything we’re doing here,” Cirovski said, “or he wasn’t going to have success here.”

Woodberry had plenty of time to reflect on that challenge. Just days after sitting out the Wake Forest game, he suffered a leg injury and didn’t return to action until the Terps’ season-ending loss to Michigan in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.

But that extra time to reflect, according to goalkeeper Will Swaim, may have been exactly what Woodberry needed.

“I think it was an epiphany somewhere down the line after that incident [against Colgate],” Swaim said. “He realized that, ‘Hey, the people who’ve succeeded here have

taken it upon themselves to become a better person on and off the field.’”

That realization has paid dividends for Woodberry and the No. 3 Terps this season.

Recognizing that his standing on the team was still tenuous, Woodberry entered practices last spring with a renewed sense of urgency.

Cirovski called Woodberr y his “best player” during those scrimmages, and he’s come to embrace that new title this season.

Playing alongside best friend Alex Lee as a center back for the first time this year, Woodberry has helped anchor one of the top defenses in the country.

The Terps are allowing less than a goal a game — a statistic all the more impressive considering the offensive talent they’ve faced this season.

Cirovski’s team has played four squads currently ranked in the top 25 of the NSCAA Coaches poll, and has squelched some of the nation’s top goal scorers.

“Me and Alex kind of get upset when big guys come in here thinking they’re big shots just because they’re having a great season or whatever,” Woodberr y said.

“If they’ve got a stud on their team, we want to make him feel like he’s nothing.”

That was evident during the Terps’ 4-2 win over then-No. 22 Duke on Friday. Woodberr y and Lee nullified the impact of for ward Andrew Wenger — with 15 goals this season, the scoring leader in Division I — keeping him scoreless for just the third time in five weeks.

For Cirovski, Woodberr y’s shutdown of Wenger did more than help capture the Terps’ 13th win. It reminded him why he started coaching in the first place.

“Those moments are the internal rewards that you get

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Defender London Woodberry, right, said he and teammate Alex Lee “get upset when big guys come in here thinking they’re big shots. … If they’ve got a stud on their team, we want to make him feel like he’s nothing.” CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

that aren’t always seen in victories,” he said. “When you see you’re impacting the development of the person, that’s very rewarding. And London has reacted positively

to the challenges. He’s flourishing right now.”

Today marks the one-year anniversar y of Woodberr y’s blowup against Colgate. Just 12 months after screaming at

his legendar y coach during a game, he speaks with the wisdom of a player who knows where he’s been.

“It comes down to me ultimately,” Woodberr y said.

“I’ve matured a lot because I want to be here. I want to help this team. I’ve learned from my mistakes.” letourneau@umdbk.com

FIELD HOCKEY

With history as guide, tonight might not be too tough for No. 3 Terps vs. in-state Tigers

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Guard Justin Gilbert could return to the field Nov. 5 against Virginia for the first time since injuring his knee last year, coach Randy Edsall said yesterday. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

NOTEBOOK from page 8 special-teams problems are simply an issue of execution, poor field position has only added strain to a team stretched thin by injury.

The Terps rank last in the ACC and 118th in FBS — out of 120 teams — in kickoff coverage, surrendering an average of 27.7 return yards per kickoff.

Their return game’s been no better, averaging 19.3 yards per kick return, also last in the conference.

“Coach has been telling us since spring that special teams is just as important as offense and defense,” cornerback Dexter McDougle said yesterday.

“Guys are buying into it; we’ve just had a couple of mistakes.”

In the other two facets of the game, the Terps have been far from perfect. But to pull out of the downward spiral they’ve been on since their season-opening win on Labor Day, a good place to start would be on special teams.

“We’ve just got to get better at what we’re doing,” Edsall said. “The scheme is fine.”

LEAK ON THE RISE After top wide receiver Kevin Dorsey left Saturday’s game with an undisclosed injury and wide receiver Ronnie Tyler continued to struggle with drops, Edsall has looked to an unlikely source to bolster the team’s passing game: true freshman Marcus Leak.

Leak made two grabs against the Tigers and is listed as the Terps’ starter opposite Quintin McCree as they prepare for their game at Florida State this weekend.

“I think Marcus has done a good job throughout the preseason when he was here and through the season … and in football you have injuries,” Edsall said. “He’s done a good

job, but his elevation is more this week due to an injury factor more than anything else.

“But we feel very, very comfortable because we had been playing him. Now, his opportunity’s presented there, so he has to go in and play as well or better as Kevin did.”

Leak has four catches this season. Wide receivers Tony Logan and Kerry Boykins are listed as the backups to Leak and McCree.

INJURY UPDATE In what has become a recurring trend this season, Edsall announced yesterday that two more players — wide receiver Tyrek Cheeseboro and linebacker Avery Graham — will be out for the season.

Cheeseboro and Graham, who played primarily on special teams this season, both left Saturday’s game with undisclosed injuries. Five Terps have now been lost for the year due to injury.

And while there’s hope for some of the team’s walking wounded, including Dorsey and the entire starting linebacker corps, to return this season, the seemingly endless list of injured players is starting to take its toll on the team.

“It hurts to see these guys going down,” McDougle said.

“These are guys you fight with and work hard with every day, but we know that there’s guys that are ready to step up and ready to play.”

Edsall said he’ll seek a redshirt for Cheeseboro, who appeared in three games, and injured sophomore safety Matt Robinson, and added that injured offensive tackle Justin Gilbert will likely return to the field Nov. 5 against Virginia.

Gilbert tore his ACL last season and has not played in a game since. cwalsh@umdbk.com

Since Towson played its firstever field hockey season in 1976, the Tigers have never won a national championship, never won a conference tournament and never won more than 11 games in a season.

The Tigers, in 28 tries, have also never defeated the Terrapins field hockey team.

The No. 3 Terps are 26-0-2 all time against Towson, having won every matchup in the teams’ series since 1977.

Tonight’s match against Towson (8-7) at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex will be the latest installment in the onesided in-state rivalry.

And if the series’ most recent contests are any indication, tonight’s game has the

PRACTICE from page 8 nothing too heavy on our lungs,” the team worked primarily on crossing and finishing. Given the number of onegoal losses and scoreless ties the team has endured this year, improvements in either could make a difference for the Terps.

“I feel like, you go back to our Wake game and you look at our Miami game,” Pensky said, “we had some decent opportunities off of some crossing and some decent opportunities off some finishing, and things just weren’t on the frame.”

Against the Hurricanes, the Terps put eight of their 19 shots on goal, yet their attack yielded only one goal.

“We just couldn’t get the bounce to go our way,” Grove said. “We’re just sharpening up. We do need work on finishing, but I have no doubt in my mind that anyone on our team can’t finish, so we’re just sharpening that.”

With the Blue Devils trav-

PRESEASON from page 8 lineup this season. A pure scorer on the wing, Thomas led the team with 14.5 points per game in her freshman season.

potential to be a laugher for the Terps. In their past four meetings with the Tigers, dating back to 1999, the Terps have averaged more than eight goals per game, reaching double-digit totals twice in that stretch.

But even with 23 consecutive victories over Towson, the Terps aren’t ready to write off the Tigers. Coming off an emotional loss to No. 1 Old Dominion on Oct. 14 and preparing for a tough road test at No. 2 North Carolina on Saturday, coach Missy Meharg and the Terps know tonight could be a trap game.

“For us, playing against Towson can be difficult,” said Meharg, who is 14-0 against Towson in her tenure. “Not necessarily the outcome, but in the quality. Our goal is to play a

certain standard of hockey.

We’re coming in all over the map, so we need to put two quality halves together.”

“We’re just going to come out as hard as we do in every other game and hopefully play the best we can,” defender Ali McEvoy said. “Staying present, staying in the moment and just remembering what we have to do as a team.”

Even though Towson might be the least talented team on the Terps’ schedule, tonight’s game could provide the team with valuable preparation for its showdown with North Carolina this weekend.

The Tigers are lacking in some areas, but they are quick on the attack and their style of play mirrors that of the Tar Heels, perhaps lending the Terps some insight

into how their game could look Saturday.

“They’ve got some speed up front, and that’s what we need to practice against,” Meharg said. “Their formation is very similar to UNC, so that can only help us.”

Although the Terps are national-title contenders, tonight’s game could still be an interesting test for them. The team has been inconsistent at times this season, and Meharg remains unsure of which squad the Terps will be when they step onto the field.

“It’s really every game at a time this year,” Meharg said. “I can’t tell you exactly how we’re going to walk out, but I think that’s what makes this team challenging but exciting.” vitale@umdbk.com

eling to play No. 3 Wake Forest tomorrow, the Terps are afforded not only an extra opportunity for rest but also a chance to gain an advantage over a potentially tired Duke squad.

“We hope Wake gives them a good game, but we hope that maybe we’re fortunate enough that they’ll play 110 minutes of soccer and beat each other up pretty good going into our Sunday game at Duke,” Pensky said. “We’re going to pay close attention.”

TERPS NOTE: Given the ACC’s depth, it’s hardly surprising six league teams were ranked in the top 25 alongside the Terps. Wake Forest checks in at No. 3 and is the highest-ranked ACC team, with No. 6 Duke and No. 8 North Carolina also in the top 10. Virginia moved up three spots to No. 11, while Boston College took the biggest tumble, falling from No. 9 to No. 17. Florida State, in a swoon similar to the Terps’ a month ago, is the final ACC team at No. 19. dgallen@umdbk.com

“[Thomas] is someone who has come back and continued to show us, as a coaching staff, what makes her so special,” Frese said. “She’s a matchup nightmare — just a tremendous, versatile player who is going to continue to do

Wake Forest and the Terps are two of seven ACC teams ranked in the latest top-25 poll. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

great things for our program.”

Florida State forward Cierra Bravard and Miami guards Riquna Williams and Shenise Johnson — the Preseason Player of the Year — were also named to the AllACC team. The predicted

order of finish in the ACC behind the Terps is Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Boston College, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia Tech. vitale@umdbk.com

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Amid worries, a special concern for Terps team Kickoff coverage unit ranks nearly last among 120 FBS teams so far this year

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

Only minutes after the Terrapins football team had retaken the lead in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s eventual loss to No. 8 Clemson, Tigers wide receiver Sammy Watkins effectively deflated the Terps sideline and the Byrd Stadium crowd with a momentum-killing, 89yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

The impressive burst through the Terps’ coverage team gave the Tigers a lead they wouldn’t surrender. But perhaps more significantly, it also served as yet another in a long line of specialteams gaffes that have seriously cost the Terps.

“It’s a concern, there’s no ques-

tion about that,” coach Randy Edsall said in his weekly press conference yesterday. “The times when we do the things we’re supposed to, we’re fine. There’s some things that happen, for instance, on kickoff coverage.

“Sometimes, somebody might not do the right thing, but we still have a guy that’s behind that who should compensate and fill where needed based on if somebody does make a mistake. And what happened in the one for the touchdown, we had somebody make a mistake, and the young man who could have compensated … didn’t really get done what he needed to get done.”

While Edsall maintains the

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Wearied Terps work on their finer points Team eases into practice after road trip

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

A year ago today, defender London Woodberry and coach Sasho Cirovski got into a heated exchange during a game against Colgate. Woodberry’s since emerged as a matured leader. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

By Connor Letourneau

Staff writer

London Woodberry’s not afraid to admit it: He’s a head case. ¶ Since arriving in College Park in the summer of 2009, the Terrapins men’s soccer defender has struggled to manage his temper. He gets frustrated with himself easily and has a tendency to lash out at inopportune moments. After surrendering a goal, Woodberry’s first inclination is to kick the goal post and curse.

“I’ve always been a guy who has high emotions,” Woodberry said

yesterday. “If things aren’t going my way, I’m not going to be happy about it. I guess that’s kind of where I get the head case part of it.”

It’s hard to believe that the focused, matured Woodberry now patrolling the Terps’ backline had a reputation as a malcontent through his first year and a half at this university. After entering his freshman season as a prized recruit, the former

under-18 men’s national team member struggled to find his place on a roster loaded with MLS talent. He started just one game at right back and tallied zero points on the year.

During his sophomore campaign, however, Woodberry carried over his strong showing from the previous spring and began to emerge as a key

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At times this season, the physicality of the Terrapins women’s soccer team’s practice has mirrored that of a game, with players flying all over the field in full-sided scrimmages.

But with a week between a shocking loss at Miami and an important game at No. 6 Duke, coach Brian Pensky yesterday toned down the intensity as his team looked to not only recover physically but also refine parts of its game that have struggled recently.

As starters such as goalkeeper Yewande Balogun and defender Skyy Anderson looked on from the sideline, the No. 15 Terps focused on the finer points of their technique, not the big picture.

“Not very taxing on their legs, so in some ways, another day of rest,” Pensky said of the practice. “From a technical standpoint, it gives us time to do some things. It gives us time to give some kids some extra rest, as well. We’re going to find some time to compete, as well, this week and do some small-sided stuff where they have to play with a little

Forward Cory Ryan and the Terps don’t face Duke until Sunday.

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bit of an edge.”

In practice yesterday, which forward Ashley Grove described as “nothing too heavy on our legs and

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Terps picked to finish No. 3 in ACC Miami, Duke lone conference teams ahead in vote; Kizer, Thomas both tabbed as preseason all-league

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

The last time the Terrapins women’s basketball team had two players on the preseason All-ACC team, the Terps went on to win the 2008-09 ACC regular-season and tournament championships.

Three seasons later, the Terps are hoping for similar results.

Senior center Lynetta Kizer and sophomore forward Alyssa Thomas were named to the ACC’s preseason allconference team yesterday, marking the first time since 2008 that the Terps have had

any players selected.

The Terps were also picked to finish third in the ACC in the conference’s preseason poll yesterday, behind only Miami — which received 30 of the 40 first-place votes — and Duke. The Terps were ranked No. 11 in The Sporting News’ preseason poll, five spots behind the Blue Devils and one behind the Hurricanes.

As one of just three Terps seniors, Kizer will again be one of the team’s leaders on the floor this season. A second-team All-ACC selection last season, Kizer averaged more than 13 points and

seven rebounds per game.

She was also part of Team USA’s gold-medal squad at the World University Games this summer. “[Kizer] has come back even more vocal on the court with her presence with us, as well as she’s really shown tremendous range,” coach Brenda Frese said last week.

“We’re allowing her a lot more freedom that’s going to be fun to watch for her senior campaign.”

Thomas, last season’s ACC Rookie of the Year, will also be a vital cog in the Terps’

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Center Lynetta Kizer, right, is a preseason first-team All-ACC selection along with forward Alyssa Thomas. The Terps were picked to finish third in the ACC this season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK