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THE DIAMONDBACK Senate approves helmet mandate

General Ed curriculum moves forward

Scooter riders without helmet face $15 fee

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB

New four-year plans for majors still being crafted

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BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB Senior staff writer

With 10,000 freshly printed copies of an entirely new recruiting brochure and a redesigned website launching next week, university officials are several steps closer to phasing the current CORE curriculum into the newly revamped General Education program.

Since the University Senate voted to approve the implementation of a new General Education program in February, a general education committee and numerous faculty members across

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Marcy Marinelli, chair of the University Senate campus affairs committee, presents the mandated helmet policy, which the body ultimately approved. MAYA MUNOZ/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

After nearly an hour of heated debate and to the dismay of many students, the University Senate yesterday voted in favor of a campuswide helmet policy for motorized scooter drivers.

Although the Student Government Association voted against such a policy at its meeting Wednesday night, the senate voted 55-31 in favor of mandated helmet use. While many senators and SGA members said the policy infringes on students’ personal rights, the senate ultimately decided student safety far outweighed any potential consequences.

According to a senate subcommittee’s online survey conducted from

March to September, an overwhelming majority of scooter riders were opposed to a helmet policy. And while only 44 percent of students were in favor of passing the legislation, 80 percent of faculty and staff said they supported the motion.

Now that the senate has given its stamp of approval, the Department of Transportation Services will craft implementation guidelines. DOTS Director David Allen said the department will enforce the policy by designating one staff member — who is already in charge of booting illegally parked scooters — to take pictures of riders not wearing a helmet. DOTS officials will then use the department’s license plate

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Not your average sorority girl

New seafood restaurant to open on Berwyn

University junior, Delta Delta Delta member readies for U.S. Navy flight school

Fishnet will move into Berwyn Cafe’s old space

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While the seafood restaurant moving into the now-defunct Berwyn Cafe will offer a drastically different menu and vibe from the vegetarian eatery it’s replacing, the owner said he hopes his establishment will draw as loyal of a customer base.

Situated along Berwyn Road, the space is currently being renovated to house Fishnet, which will offer fish sandwiches that owner Ferhat Yalcin said his Turkish background inspired. Set to open within the next 10 days, Yalcin said the eatery is ready to make a name for itself in the city.

The lack of classic seafood restaurants in the area, the overabundance of burger and pizza joints and the proximity to a college campus prompted Yalcin to snag the open space, he said.

According to city planning intern and former Diamondback columnist Rob Riker, one of the only seafood restaurants in the area, called The Calvert House Inn, sits in Riverdale, Md. “I would say, in general, that seafood or fish restaurants are needed in this area,” Yalcin said.

Although Berwyn Cafe — which was a city staple under that name for 10 years and as Beautiful Day for two decades before — eventually closed because the eatery was situated in a nook

From training in a Naval ROTC program to holding a governing position in the university’s Delta Delta Delta sorority, junior aerospace engineering major Shelby Smith defies the typical college stereotype.

The 20-year-old Baltimore native aspires to achieve one of the most highly coveted positions in the military — a Navy fighter pilot. She was first inspired to join the armed forces by Tom Cruise’s character Maverick in the 1986 film Top Gun and pursued military involvement in college for its breadth of opportunity.

“I just wanted to give back somewhere in the world and make it somewhere and do something different, and the military was the way to go for that,” Smith said.

This summer, Smith was selected for a scholarship in the Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program, which guarantees a position for her in flight school when she graduates, and she will sign a nine-year

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Junior aerospace engineering major Shelby Smith hopes to become a Navy fighter pilot. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

All you can cheat Students steal extra food from 251 North buffet in containers, bookbags

BY LAURA BLASEY For The Diamondback

EDITOR’S NOTE: The last names of some students interviewed for this article are omitted to prevent them from getting punished.

Students eating at 251 North, the new all-youcan-eat North Campus dining hall, have one main rule they must obey: Eat whatever you want inside, but don’t take food out of the diner.

For some students, that rule is more of a guideline that is seldomly followed.

Customers with backpacks and tote bags stuffed with take-out containers regularly smuggle food out of the diner, and while Dining Services officials say they haven’t detected an alarming amount of theft, students engaged in the prac-

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tice said they believe it to be a growing trend.

“As a girl who can’t eat that much in one sitting, I should be allowed to get my money’s worth. I didn’t feel like I was doing anything wrong because if I had more time or hadn’t eaten that day, I would have eaten that food,” freshman education major Rachel said. “Think of all the extras there would be at the end of the day. It’s not like I would be hurting anyone by taking it home.”

Students on North Campus are allotted one meal per week at the facility, which attracted attention from national media outlets for its gourmet food from a grill and stations for pasta, sandwiches, salad, Asian food and

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Domestic Violence Awareness month sparks conversation Events, forums seek to raise awareness about issue; university officials highlight on-campus resources

BY MARIA ROMAS Staff writer

In light of Domestic Violence Awareness month, various organizations throughout the university are making time to talk about an issue that many advocates for change said society has too often labeled as taboo.

Because domestic violence and sexual assault can stem from the need for power and control in a relationship — according to Suzanne Marcus, who helped work on safe housing for victims of abuse — those seeking to raise awareness of the issue on the campus said they want victims to know this university provides ample resources to ensure student safety.

Events, from planting a survivor garden to holding forums fostering conversation about the issue, allow a variety of students to have a place to learn about the issue.

At a forum last night called “Hiding from Hate and Finding Hope” — which was sponsored by the university’s Leadership and Community Service Learning program — Marcus spoke in front of about 50 attendees about her experiences advocating for safe havens for victims of domestic violence. An alumna of this university, Marcus said she found her passion for the issue as a freshman on

SMITH from page 1 commitment to the U.S. Navy in December. When she graduates from this university, Smith will enter into a threemonth boot camp at Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., and from there she will begin a two-year program at naval aviation school in Pensacola, Fla. Smith said while keeping busy is important to her, she recognizes her life is unlike that of the typical college student.

“My college experience is

ucator. “But as we say in SARPP, the victim is always an expert on themselves. While it may seem a simple thing to do to call the police or a lawyer, it’s not that easy.”

However, University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said victims should tell the police in order to stop perpetrators from committing the same act of violence again.

“It’s very important for the victim to make a report because without doing that, we don’t have the statistics to show the level of crime,” Limansky said. “I’m pretty certain the level of sexual assault and abuse is underreported.

That’s just my opinion because I don’t have the statistics to back it up. But especially if the individual is a sexual predator, if it goes unreported we lose the opportunity to get the person off the street.”

Several attendees at the survivor garden event — such as senior communications major Lillian Tran — said they want to continue to fight this form of violence. Tran said her multicultural sorority, Sigma Psi Zeta, has a national philanthropy initiative that is combating violence against women.

“It’s still a prevalent issue today,” Tran said. “We work to create more awareness.”

this campus.

“There was sexual violence on campus, and people weren’t talking about it, and the media wasn’t alerted to it,” Marcus said. “I felt something needed to be done. I started organizing students and reorganizing a women’s activist group that had been dormant for a while. It just got bigger from there.”

As an employee of the District Alliance for Safe Housing in Washington, she said it is imperative that victims feel safe enough to report incidents to police. However, Marcus said this might not be the best course of action for all victims — rather, some may benefit from talking with their peers, family members or a counselor.

At a flower planting event on Tuesday hosted by the Health Center’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program, SARPP educators told about 30 attendees that the University Health Center is there to provide a safe haven to victims who want to talk. SARPP members said the program does not force victims to report incidents to police.

“There are a lot of reasons why people aren’t going to the police, and a lot of times people assume the best thing for the victim to do is report it and take legal action,” said junior women’s studies major Neva Bowers, who is a SARPP ed-

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probably a lot different than most people,” she said. “Sometimes I feel like I don’t have time to breathe, but then again if I did have time to breathe I’d feel lazy, so I try and fill up my schedule as much as possible.”

Because this university does not offer a Navy ROTC program, Smith travels — along with dozens of other university students — to George Washington University three to four times a week for military courses and physical training, often waking up at 4 or 5 a.m. for the trip.

“You have to make sacrifices if you want to get places,” she said.

Friends and teachers said they believe Smith’s steadfast determination will lead her to success.

“She brings the fitness package, she brings participation and involvement with the unit — she’s kind of like a model midshipman,” said Lt. James Hostetler, Smith’s former militar y adviser and a navigation professor at George Washington.

Although women are a minority in the militar y — and especially as fighter pilots — Smith said she is adamant about bypassing gender barriers.

“There should be no, ‘Oh, she’s a female officer, she’s not as good as a male officer,’” she said. “Physically you have to uphold the same standards, ethically you have to uphold the same standards. Everything should be the same.”

Smith said training and working in a male-dominated world doesn’t faze her.

“I guess the military is kind of an unknown, so a lot of girls are like, ‘Yeah that’d be awesome but I wouldn’t want to be put in that environment,’” Smith said. “I am obsessed with change and doing new things — stuff outside my comfort

zone. It just doesn’t bother me one bit.”

Another important facet of Smith’s life is her sorority, where she serves as delegate for the university’s Panhellenic Association. Though the connection between her involvement in Greek life and her other interests seems to contrast, Smith said it makes perfect sense.

“Greek life and the military, or at least ROTC, are actually structurally built almost the exact same way,” she said.

“It’s definitely the same concepts: leadership, learning how to work together within a

group and giving back to the community.”

And her friends said they admire Smith’s successes.

“She’s one of the most passionate people to each of those things she’s involved in,” said senior accounting and finance major and sorority sister Lauren Bailey, who mentioned Smith is also training for a marathon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“Whenever she gets a challenge she’s going to take it on and make sure that she gets the job done.” marcot@umdbk.com

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Although it may seem counterintuitive, shifting focus to areas just outside t’s no coincidence the Office of Sustainability maintains one of this university’s best websites. After all, students and campus leaders have done the campus could have a significant impact on local sustainability efforts. an exemplary job in recent years responding to the University Strategic When discussing the city’s need for more recycling options recently, District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin cited the abundance of empty bottles and beer cans Plan’s goal of becoming a “national model for a green university.”

Among the many environmental accolades achieved in recent years are the outside The Varsity and the University View after this past weekend’s Homeuniversity’s inclusion on the Princeton Review’s 2010 Green College Honor coming festivities.

But the issue isn’t just prevalent during special events.

Roll and a top-20 ranking among green colleges by As of 2009, about 60 percent of undergraduates lived off Sierra magazine. Additionally, the university’s team the campus. They are, to a degree, scattered throughout placed first in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s international College Park and the surrounding area. But the recent 2011 Solar Decathlon.

The university has made addition of large apartment complexes has increased the But action is more important than external recognigreat progress in the area of density of students along Route 1. That, coupled with tion, and that’s where the university has really begun to businesses operating on the ground floor of those buildshine. Between 2003 and 2010, the recycling rate on the sustainability, so the next ings and the planned East Campus development, creates campus jumped from 17 percent to 63 percent. The university switched to single-stream recycling last October, logical step is reaching out to a natural hub for student activity.

Students already dominate much of the Route 1 corriand the campus now boasts hundreds of recycling conlocal communities. dor, so now would be a great time for environmental initainers in academic buildings. tiatives with scopes that look beyond the campus. The Almost every week, it seems, there is a new recycling or sustainability program on the campus. Unlike many proposals that seem all bark university’s 2010 Sustainability Metrics Report is fairly comprehensive, but and no bite, these initiatives have teeth: New buildings on the campus are notes there’s a lack of metrics that show how the university is working with designed to meet LEED Gold specifications, Dining Services hired a sustainabil- local communities on sustainability issues.

Here’s an idea: Take the goals of the report and apply them to College Park ity coordinator, Shuttle-UM ridership increased by about two-thirds from 2004 to and other surrounding communities such as Hyattsville and University Park.

2009 and the campus has reduced its emissions by 8.5 percent since 2005.

Perhaps most importantly, students have been highly involved in the push Work with local public officials — those in College Park seem eager enough — for sustainability. Projects such as rooftop gardening and the Maryland Food to share ideas and practices that improve sustainability. Change the bylaws of Collective (The Co-op) remain popular, and students approved the creation of a the student fee-based Sustainability Fund to allow for projects in the local community — students spend much of their time away from the campus anyway. sustainability fee used to fund such projects on the campus.

This university has come a long way with sustainability, and we’ve got a This university’s environmental fervor even seems to have rubbed off on the City of College Park. The City Council seems likely to approve placement of sin- lot to show for it. But if the goal is to have a real impact — and not just win gle-stream recycling downtown and in northern College Park — a move that’s accolades — it’s time to extend our efforts into the surrounding area. Such leadership would probably impress outsiders too, if that’s what officials are long overdue, given the city only has one public recycling receptacle. concerned about.

With so much sustainability success, what’s the university’s next step?

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Atheists: Please stop whining

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he idea of atheism — no god — is a fundamentally good one in my opinion. I have, in my 21 years of life, never attended a single church service or even set foot into a religious institution for the purposes of prayer or ritual. I have no belief in the supernatural and think reality is all the more amazing because of it. In my world, an absurd coincidence resulted in the creation of the universe and, eventually, of the human species; there is something absolutely incredible about that. One enormous cosmic accident, through sheer luck, resulted in everything you know and love. I am comfortable with the lack of an omnipotent deity. But I have a question: How many of you have been around a person who was so absolutely smug and condescending about their atheism that they poisoned your internal idea of what an atheist looks and acts like? I have.

There is a large and growing subculture of people who absolutely reject any idea not based on “science” and “ration-

TOM BRADTKE ality” and have thus developed a ridiculous victim complex. Non-religious people and atheists make up about 10 to 16 percent of the American population based on most statistical findings. This victim complex comes into play when there are lawsuits about the World Trade Center cross, and when there is a suit to take “In God We Trust” off of the American currency and “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Really? This is what you care about?

Does seeing an ambiguous “God” on the one-dollar bill make atheists hiss and hide under a rock? There are many ways one can criticize religious institutions outside of the belief that they aren’t true. To merely attack Christianity, Judaism, Islam or any other religion on

the idea that they are false shows a certain lack of intellectual development.

Even when many atheists attack religion for certain practices, they do it in a fashion that shows their own privilege and often shows ignorance. Attacking Islam for genital mutilation, for example, is a dumb argument because it presumes the Muslim world is a monocultural mass of zealots. Female genital mutilation, while a disgusting practice, is hardly done in the majority of Islamic nations and isn’t even supported by Islamic authorities in the few places it is practiced. It’s largely a local tradition in parts of Africa, not something intrinsic to the religion. Blaming Islam for the practice is a signal of prejudice, as is blaming Islam for the current group of authoritarian regimes in the region.

Most of them are in fact entirely secular governments.

To turn the tables a bit, many of the supposed “rational” atheists hold opinions that are morally repugnant, at least in my view. Ayn Rand, popular among many atheists, is a pseudo-philosopher

who held the belief that those who accept the aid of others (which included things like welfare and any sort of financial aid) are parasites who should be eliminated from society. How someone can say “religious people are evil” and then support the poverty and starvation of a huge and growing group of people is beyond me. This can be extended to atheists who lazily use science. Stuff like evolutionary psychology, which I’ve found is popular among white males in my age group, is so often used to “scientifically” support racism and sexism that the entire field is poisoned to me. It ignores the change in social norms throughout history and imposes a 21stcentury mindset on people who couldn’t even comprehend our world, and as such is decidedly non-scientific.

From one atheist to others, stop whining and acting like atheism is some sort of elite club. It’s annoying to people who are actually secure in their beliefs.

Tom Bradtke is a senior history major. He can be reached at bradtke@umdbk.com.

Super Committee: A big deal for UMD

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here is a monster lurking behind closed doors in the nation’s capital right now that will affect this university a lot more than Occupy Wall Street. That monster is the congressional debt super committee and its mandate to vote on a plan to cut $1.5 trillion from the deficit by Nov. 23.

You might recall this summer’s showdown between President Barack Obama and House Republicans, which lined the front page for three weeks straight as the Aug. 2 deadline to make a deal approached. In addition to causing a downgrade in the federal government’s credit rating, this impasse resulted in the creation of the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “super committee”) — six Democrat and six Republican senators and representatives who only have about a month left to make a deal.

Maryland state Sen. Roger Manno (D - Montgomery County), an expert on the issue, says what the super committee decides to cut or keep will have enormous consequences for the future of this university in two major ways. First, he notes, funding for Pell

Grant loans so many students — including myself — rely on is on the chopping block.

Second, the future of research partnerships with the federal government — one of the main reasons the university has moved up in the rankings in recent years — is in jeopardy. In 2010, the university received a record $545 million in research funding, of which $313 million came from just five federal agencies. But while our unique location inside the beltway has helped this university secure government research money, it also makes us more susceptible to a big funding hit.

Because of our proximity, “we are extremely vulnerable as a state — much more so than other states,” said Manno.

“We are in a wait-and-see position right now.” I’m worried, Terp Family. I’m worried because the future of this university is threatened and, while I applaud two valiant efforts that have been made, our community’s overall response to this threat has been too disconnected and too small.

Student Government Association President Kaiyi Xie and MaryPIRG President Sam Zwerling co-signed a let-

BEN SIMON ter Tuesday to Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who serves on the super committee. The letter is a good start, but Xie acknowledges no effort was made to reach out to any other groups.

Graduate Student Government President Anna Bedford is passionate about the issue, and said the showdown this summer led to the replacement of subsidized graduate student loans with unsubsidized ones, translating to additional costs of about $7,000 for graduate students across the country (worried yet?).

Bedford said she would have signed the letter had she been aware of it, and I imagine the College Democrats and many other student groups and students would be glad to join the effort.

On a much larger scale, on Sept. 21, University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan and university President Wallace Loh joined more than 100 presi-

dents and chancellors from across the country in co-signing a letter encouraging the super committee to protect higher education funding.

Former state Senator and current USM Associate Vice Chancellor for Government Relations P.J. Hogan recently confirmed the potentially “dramatic effect” this deal could have on the university. He’s been lobbying Maryland’s 10 members of Congress and stressed the necessity of students, staff and faculty to join the effort. He even offered to come to the campus to speak to any interested groups.

Amidst all the uncertainty about what will be cut, one thing is undeniable: The education, research and innovation the university contributes to our society are priceless. But our officials need to be reminded that this is the perfect opportunity for the SGA, GSG and others to build a coalition to support and unite the community against reductions in higher education spending.

Ben Simon is a senior government and politics major and a former candidate for SGA President. He can be reached at simon@umdbk.com.

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h, fall semester, senior year. I recall it well: carefree Thursday Night Pongs and Big Ass Drafts, True Blood on Sunday nights, Ultimate Frisbee tournaments (go Helpful Corn!), and of course, studying.

But in every seemingly carefree senior, there lingers a hidden stressor, an unanswered question, a certain bit of, shall we say, uncertainty. The big question that lurks behind every flipped cup, every phone call to mom and dad, every Internet job search, is: “What the hell am I going to do with my life?”

It’s a tough question. The economy is less than favorable for recent graduates, who must compete against unemployed people who already hold advanced degrees. After graduating in May 2010, some of my friends went on to graduate school, some landed jobs they liked, others landed jobs they hated and still others, including myself, went in a different direction. I chose the Peace Corps.

The Peace Corps is a governmentrun development program that sends volunteers to work in 76 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and Latin America, Europe, the Pacific Islands and the Middle East for 27-month assignments.

Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) work in several sectors, including education, youth and community development, health, business and information and communications technology, agriculture and environment. This means whether you are a community health major (like I was), a business student extraordinaire or an art history major with a philosophy minor, there is a place for you in the Peace Corps. All you need is the courage to follow your passions, determination to see it through and hopefully, the willingness to help a few people along the way.

There are several advantages to joining the Peace Corps. First and foremost, for those of you interested in development, global studies, heck, even medical school, the Peace Corps offers two years of international, ground-level experience, which is a requirement of most respectable graduate programs. Let’s compare this to the job I had while I was still stateside. I worked as a “Staff Assistant” (read: secretary) at a dental school in Boston. This job involved answering several phone calls and sending several emails daily.

I wasn’t exactly developing the type of life skills most employers and graduate programs seek in their new hires, nor was I doing anything remotely similar to what I studied in school. Conversely, as a PCV, I am learning how to live in a new culture, developing leadership skills and practicing public health (my field of study) on a daily basis.

Second, the Peace Corps language program is one of the best in the world. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be proficient in a foreign language before you apply to the Peace Corps. Take my story as an example. When I applied, I only had high school Spanish under my belt, y actualmente manejo bien el Español.

My success with the language probably had something to do with the three months of intense language study, which involved living with a host family while taking six hours of language class a day. It is also one of the biggest advantages I will take with me from the Peace Corps. I know I’m already an attractive person (there’s no picture, so just take my word for it), but think about how much better looking I will be to future employers when I can put on my resume that I have fluency in two languages.

Then there are the less obvious, intangible advantages to joining the Peace Corps. I’m learning selfreliance and independence like I never could have learned in the States, I’m developing some truly MacGyver-like home improvement skills and I’m making friends — lots of them. I’m learning the power of networking, the importance of listening and most notably, what I’m capable of achieving.

Here are some quick tips: Apply a year before you want to leave; Look for the Peace Corps recruiter at job fairs on the campus; If you are thinking about it, do it, and don’t look back.

Check out my blog: www.lspigel.wordpress.com.

Lauren Spigel is a university alumna with a Bachelor of Science in Community Health. She currently serves as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua.

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orn today, you are one of the most positive and shining personalities born under your sign, and you have a knack for parlaying your character into the kind of personal and professional acclaim that others achieve only through hard work. This doesn’t mean, of course, that you are content to sit back to do little for much; on the contrary, you are always to be found leading the charge and applying yourself to one remarkable effort after another. You are quick to embrace a cause, and you know what is really important — to yourself and to others — and you will work long and hard to see those issues remain at the fore.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your focus is likely to be split between domestic needs and the requirements of your work — which beckon even on a weekend day.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Are you ready for the kind of indepth analysis that certain things require today? If so, the time to start is now; do not delay.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may not be able to answer the few key questions that are being asked today — until you receive some first-hand info from others.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It’s a good day to set aside any preconceived notions, and let yourself formulate your opinions anew. Thoughts and realities converge.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — What happens in a split second may prove more significant to you than that which takes far, far longer.

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Students participate in TerpSecret event Students share secrets, seek to combat mental illness stigmas

BY LAUREN HICKS Staff writer

Students said they have been using takeout containers to steal food from 251 North. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

DINER from page 1 dessert. Students without a university dining plan can eat for $18.

“As much as I pay, and the fact that I only get to eat there once a week, it only makes sense,” said Mia, a freshman journalism major.

But Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple made it clear — this is against the rules.

“When you go to the all-youcare-to-eat facility, it means all you care to eat in that facility.

We don’t offer carry out containers for a reason,” he said.

“This is a theft issue. We will prosecute students.”

Gabby, a sophomore education major, said she and her roommates only “occasionally”

sneak out food.

“We want to get our money’s worth,” Gabby said. “I don’t have much free time to go, and when I go, I’m only there for 20 minutes and one plate of food. I just can’t justify paying $18 for one plate.”

Members of the Food Recovery Network, an on-campus student group, said last month that they planned to start collecting the leftover food from 251 North as part of their efforts to feed the homeless.

No matter where the food goes, food service manager Rob Fahey said he would report any student caught stealing food.

“I actually caught someone doing that last night,” he said.

“It’s wrong.” news@umdbk.com

What started out as a secretcollecting hobby for one university student has turned into a campus-wide campaign to combat the negative stigma surrounding mental illness.

Inspired by PostSecret — a project in which thousands of people nationwide mail anonymous postcards with their biggest secrets to creator Frank Warren, who in turn posts them online — freshman journalism and Romance languages major Sarah Tincher started her own blog and welcomed university students to anonymously email in their secrets.

And when members of Active Minds at Maryland — an oncampus student group that aims to fight mental health stigmas — learned about Tincher’s project, they saw a unique opportunity to raise awareness of discrimination against people who seek help for depression, anxiety or other mental conditions.

Earlier this month, Active Minds at Maryland members handed out postcards for students to submit along with the anonymous emails. While the postcards collected thus far have not yet been counted, Tincher said she received about 25 emails, and the secrets

covered all sorts of topics, including anxiety, revenge and the downright ridiculous.

“Some are goofy like, ‘I pee in the shower,’ but some are really, really deep, like about anxiety and depression and the military,” Tincher said. “When you share your thoughts, secrets and problems, even if you don’t feel like you have someone to share them with, and then you look at other people’s [secrets], you realize you’re not alone and that there are a lot of people with the same problems.”

Tincher and Active Minds President Sam Roman said they hope this campaign will encourage students to be more openminded toward people who struggle with mental illness. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in seven students reports that a mental illness causes him or her difficulties in class. And the fear of seeking aid can have even more severe consequences, Roman said.

“A lot of students don’t want to talk about it, and they don’t want to reach out and get help,” Roman said. “And it gets to a tragic stage when they are committing or attempting to commit suicide.”

Active Minds at Maryland plans to expand the effort this coming Wednesday by handing out around 800 postcards,

Students anonymously shared their secrets on postcards as part of a TerpSecret event. MAYA MUNOZ/THE DIAMONDBACK

which the group will continue to collect up until Nov. 4. Afterward, Roman said members plan to display them in the Stamp Student Union and possibly Hornbake Library.

“There has always been negative stigma surrounding mental illness with the way it is portrayed in movies and the media,” Roman said. “And I think people are afraid that people will label them as crazy and not want to associate with them.”

Roman said although not all of the secrets received will be

about mental illness, she still hopes the event will encourage dialogue about this issue.

“The more we get students to talk about mental illness, the less stigmatized it is,” Roman said.

Even after the official event is over, Tincher said, she would continue to post submitted secrets on her blog.

“It really helps to show people that they are not alone and that everything is going to be OK,” Tincher said. hicks@umdbk.com

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LGBT Equity Office officials bemoan dwindling resources

RESTAURANT from page 1 off Route 1 that rarely saw foot traffic, Yalcin said he will offer a delivery service to combat this challenge.

“I drove by, and I really liked [the area],” Yalcin said.

“It’s a nice, quiet neighborhood, but at the same time, it’s next to a college.”

The menu will offer four types of fish — mackerel, bluefish, mahimahi and salmon — on ciabatta bread, with the option of grilled or deep fried. Side dishes include french fries, potato salad and coleslaw.

The prices for fish sandwiches range from $10 to $12, and lobster prices will be based on seasonal market values, which could reach as high as $16. However, Yalcin said the amount of food is worth the cost.

“The good thing is, with one sandwich, you will be full,” Yalcin said.

Some students, such as sophomore special education major Courtney Fike, said customers should expect high prices for seafood options, which she said are few and far between in the area.

“I feel if you’re going to go to a seafood place, you know that it’s going to be more expensive than, like, a chicken sandwich,” she said.

Some LGBTQA students say campus still feels unsafe

BY PETER SCLAFANI For The Diamondback

Officials in the Office of LGBT Equity — in addition to seeing increased harassment of LGBTQA students on the campus — said the office is “woefully underfunded” and doesn’t have the resources to combat rising intolerance.

The funding concerns come at a time when harassment of LGBTQA community members is on the rise, said Office of LGBT Equity Director Luke Jensen. Despite several new awareness campaigns, two newly founded student groups and a specially designed UNIV 100 course for LGBT students and allies, some community members said they still do not feel safe on the campus.

Sophomore French and Spanish major Will Owen, a gay man, was at the South Campus Dining Hall Oct. 8 eating at a table with friends when a group of students threw an orange at him and began calling him names including “fag” and “gayboy.” Owen said no one intervened, including Dining Services staff and a police auxiliary officer. The group continued yelling names at him, Owen said, as he and his friends got up and left.

Jensen said incidents like Owen’s seem to occur more often in areas such as McKeldin Mall, where there is no authority figure present to put

a stop to the conflict. Without a strong support network behind them, he said, LGBTQA students are left on their own to stand up to harassment. He noted, though, that most students don’t report such incidents because it would draw additional attention to themselves.

Sophomore sociology major Mercedes Hatcher-McLarin identifies as queer and also goes by the name “Myke.” She said before her first semester, she contacted her future roommate, who originally said she was not bothered by Hatcher-McLarin’s sexual orientation. Before school started, however, the roommate changed her mind.

“She told me ‘I’m uncomfortable being your roommate. I have a lot of gay guy friends, but I just don’t feel comfortable living with you,’” said HatcherMcLarin, who co-founded Peer Pride, an on-campus LGBTQA support group.

Hatcher-McLarin added it wasn’t just life in the dorms that made her uncomfortable.

“I don’t feel safe on campus because of my gender expression,” she said. “It’s so easy to get harassed on campus, but you just try to stay above all of it and keep your head up.”

Jensen said while harassment trends seem to spike sporadically, the Rainbow Terrapin Network is an effective means of improving the campus environment by training

allies “how to be effective in providing support for LGBT people … standing against anti-LGBT attitudes,” according to its website.

The group offers eight threehour training sessions this semester; all but the last in December are full. Although there is a demand for such courses, Jensen said the Office of LGBT Equity lacks the resources to offer more. Officials from the Department of Student Affairs, which funds that office, could not be reached for comment.

Until recently, the program was geared toward faculty and staff. It has trained them to deal appropriately with LGBT issues and to facilitate an accepting environment in places such as dorms and classrooms.

“Focusing on faculty and staff clearly isn’t enough,” Jensen said, adding the program now reaches out to students and community members but lacks the funding to accommodate them all.

Jensen said he hopes that with additional funding, more Rainbow Terrapin Network classes can be offered to students who want to learn how they can become active allies on the campus. He said he is optimistic the program will be able to educate people to accept LGBTQA students instead of just tolerating them.

Fishnet will open at the location formerly occupied by Berwyn Cafe, which closed last semester. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Because Yalcin said his business deviates slightly from a traditional seafood restaurant — serving most of its menu items in a sandwich — he said he believes customers will be attracted to the establishment, and he isn’t worried about a select few competing businesses.

Prior to opening Fishnet, Yalcin acted as general manager at Corduroy, a high-end, fine dining restaurant in Washington, for nine years. Yalcin said the atmosphere at Fishnet will differ greatly from that of his former employer.

“What I have here is very casual, very quick-serve,” he said.

“I know if you go to Corduroy you have to go there for two to three hours.”

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as a restaurateur has taught him a valuable lesson: “What I learned from [Corduroy] is simplicity,” he said. “Let the food speak for itself.”

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The Skin I Live In is an unconvincing sexual thriller from Pedro Almodóvar

BY ROBERT GIFFORD Staff writer

Renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Broken Embraces) would seem ill-suited to take on the body horror and kinky thriller genres, but that’s precisely what he sets out to do in his latest film, The Skin I Live In. And the film, entirely lacking in scares or thrills, is only convincing because it persuades you that Almodóvar should probably stick to artful melodramas and leave the sexually charged spinechillers to Brian De Palma.

The movie concerns an obsessive doctor, Robert Ledgard (Antonio Ban-

deras, The Big Bang), who is working on developing invulnerable, fireproof skin (his wife suffered terrible burns during a car accident years ago, recalled in a haunting flashback sequence) using gene therapy.

His test subject: a strikingly beautiful young woman, Vera, (Elena Anaya, Point Blank) who he keeps locked up and drugged in a bedroom in his house. Their relationship is the great mystery of the film — she’s caged, but seems a willing participant in his operations; they’re chaste, but there’s an undercurrent of sexual repression and control to all their interactions. He observes her

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But all of this teasing only the camera’s gaze the look leads to on her face more teasis deeply VERDICT: ing, and enigmatic. even more The film As visually engaging as any of teasing, does an Almodóvar’s films, The Skin I with very e x c e l l e n t Live In is nonetheless the lesser little to job of teaswork of a great director. grasp on to ing out the before the details of Vera’s backstor y, the stor y big reveal arrives. The twist of Ledgard’s wife and her is, well, sufficiently twisted involvement with an unsta- and thematically apt, but also ble criminal and the inter- fairly stupid, and it stretches secting stor y of a young the limits of suspension of man’s sexual involvement with — and possible exploitation of — Ledgard’s daughter, the repercussions of which echo

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Almodóvar has never been a master of economical storytelling, but the haziness here is too much. He doesn’t just keep pulling the rug out from under you — he hardly gives you a rug in the first place.

The film makes so many left turns that it eventually begins to spiral in on itself.

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PREVIEW | SILVER SPRING ZOMBIE WALK

A walk to remember Silver Spring Zombie Walk promises films, fun and an undead plague KAITLIN BULAVINETZ Staff writer

Telling someone they look half dead tomorrow night in downtown Silver Spring may actually be a compliment; that is, as long as they’re participating in the Silver Spring Zombie Walk.

During the fourth annual walk, thousands of people will dress as zombies and shuffle like the undead to the AFI Silver Theatre where, if they have a ticket, a zombie double feature will play.

The evening is an opportunity for anyone to leave their real-life persona behind and act like a completely different (and undead) person.

“You walk around saying ‘Braaaaiiinssss,’ flailing your arms around and walking with a limp,” said Roger Curley, a sophomore astronomy, math and physics major who participated last year.

But the walk is not only a chance to act like a zombie with thousands of people in public — it’s also a rare opportunity to dress like one.

Eric Robbins, one of the event’s founders, says blood and rotting flesh are essential to any zombie costume. However, some gung-ho zombie outfits

might shock the squeamish.

“There was a person the first year who actually put mesh over their eyes,” Robbins said.

“It actually looked like they had no eyes.”

Attendees with eyes should keep them open for more comical celebrity-zombie spotting such as the living dead versions of the Golden Girls, Billy Mays and Beeker from the Muppets.

Curley considers seeing a zombie Jesus with a light saber as one of the highlights of last year’s march.

People also attend the event simply to watch the march.

Spectators set up music, smoke machines and even carry signs saying things such as “Zombies are people, too,” Robbins said.

The Silver Spring Zombie Walk sprung to life in 2008 from an online discussion among Silver Spring bloggers where one should go if there was a zombie apocalypse in Silver Spring, Robbins said.

George Romero’s seminal zombie flick Night of the Living Dead was scheduled to play at the AFI Silver Theatre, so Robbins wrote on the discussion board that the bloggers should dress up like zombies, walk down the street and go see the movie.

“At the time I didn’t even realize there was such a thing as a zombie walk, and once people started putting two and two together, it just sort of exploded,” Robbins said.

One hundred and fifteen people participated the first year and the number has increased each year since. Last year more than 2,000 participated.

“I don’t know why the zombie thing has become so popular over the past several years but we’ve been able to ride that wave,” Robbins said.

Each year, the AFI Silver Theatre has shown a zombie movie of the organizer’s choos-

ing. This year the walk will be followed by two movies: Dead Snow at 9:45 p.m. and Shaun of the Dead at midnight.

While a zombie movie playing at AFI is what inspired the walk, the spirit of the event is what keeps it growing and popular, Curley said.

“It was really kind of nice to go out and do really silly things with a bunch of strangers,” he said.

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REVIEW | JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN

Johnny English Reborn takes spy flicks to task

BY WARREN ZHANG Staff writer

A love letter to an outmoded and outdated genre, Johnny English Reborn functions less as a perplexingly worded reboot than as a swan song for the James Bond-ian spy flick.

The insubstantial plot entails some form of a global conspiracy to assassinate some world leader and, for reasons unclear, disgraced former MI7 agent Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean’s Vacation) is the only man for the job.

A world in which English is the only man even remotely competent enough to save the day? That’s scarier than most horror films. To his credit, English, this time around, has picked up a few tricks to augment his meager assortment of talents, most of them learned during an uproarious prelude in Tibet.

While no gag can quite top the sublime absurdity

of John Malkovich’s half- movie, as a whole, does not baked coup d’état from the completely condemn modern previous film, Reborn deliv- action flicks. Instead, Reborn ers enough zingers and one- ser ves more as a eulogy to liners to keep the laughs the Bond flick, which it coming. A good chunk of the acknowledges (both subtly movie’s jokes boils down to and unsubtly) as being irrelesimply emasculating English vant in the modern world.

While some of the prerequiand his utterly undeser ved site gadhubris, but getry is still that gag is VERDICT: there (comgood plete with enough to half-senile sustain the Johnny English Reborn is a funny weapons movie. and well produced homage to the master), The rest old James Bond films. most of the of the truly awehumor comes from a satirical take- inspiring James Bond-style elecdown of modern spy-movie tronics have been replaced with conventions (think parkour iPads. The car is merely a topand quick cutting) juxtaposed of-the-line Rolls-Royce (itself a with English’s slower, yet sly dig at the perpetually young James Bond). much more effective antics.

The filmmakers suggest A highlight comes early, as English gives chase to an acrobatic Chinese villain by taking the elevator and walking across a makeshift bridge instead of leaping across buildings or scaling walls.

While these sequences make their critiques of the Bourne trilogy obvious, the

that, in our modern world, our capacity for wonder has been greatly diminished. A gorgeous vista of Hong Kong may have impressed in the 60s, but Reborn’s establishing shots don’t captivate or amaze anymore.

Post-Cold War, it seems as if spy-movie writers have lacked any interesting conspiracy stories, aside from the mundane and still-somehow-tied-to-the-Russians threads mocked in Reborn.

Perhaps, as Reborn suggests, it’s time to retire the 007 films of years past and leave room for the next generation of spy films.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t revel in the glor y days at least one more time. chzhang@umdbk.com

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Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen explains how his department plans to enforce a campus-wide helmet policy, which the University Senate voted to implement at its meeting yesterday in a 55-31 vote. MAYA MUNOZ/THE DIAMONDBACK

HELMET from page 1 recognition system to identify the driver. Those violating the policy will face a $15 fine.

While the athletics department already requires all athletes to wear helmets when operating scooters — and football coach Randy Edsall banned scooters altogether last semester — no campus policy currently requires students outside of athletics to do so. Some senators at the meeting said requiring only athletes to wear helmets sends a message that athletes’ safety is more valuable than that of regular students.

“If athletics values their students that much, why don’t we?” SGA Senior Vice President Matthew Popkin said at the meeting.

Many senators said because the state does not have a law forcing scooter riders to wear a helmet, the campus should not either. Undergraduate student senator Jeff Calderon said enforcing a campus policy would suggest that students are less capable of making personal safety decisions than the rest of the state’s residents.

“We’re somehow implying we’re not as intelligent as the

community at large,” Calderon said at the meeting.

“Obviously, it’s a good idea to wear helmets; we’re debating whether we should regulate it, and we shouldn’t.”

But some argued last year’s high-profile scooter accidents involving Terrapins football players — including right tackle Pete DeSouza, who broke both of his legs nearly a year ago when a car hit his scooter on the campus — were not head injuries, and helmets would not have protected them in the collisions.

“Of the accidents that have been reported repeatedly, no one suffered head injuries, and I’m not sure a helmet would have protected either one of these people,” faculty senator Stephen Henry said at the meeting. “I’d like to think we have a campus that’s safe enough to ride on without wearing a helmet. I don’t see a lot of genuine concern for scooter riders, either; I see a lot of angst.”

Some scooter riders said it’s unreasonable for the senate to pass a policy that ultimately does not affect its members.

“We are having people telling us what to put on our heads and they don’t have to

follow it because they’re not scooter owners,” junior finance and information systems major Brandon Carrera said. “They don’t have to deal with the $80 helmets and the inconvenience of carrying them around.”

Some students said they thought DOTS was simply enforcing the policy for monetary gain.

“There’s a very predominant tone of making money from this bill, and I do not feel comfortable with employees walking around and taking pictures,” Majed Kurtom, an SGA outlying community legislator, said at the meeting.

But other senators urged the body to pass the legislation and said officials should not wait for a fatal accident to occur before approving such a mandate.

“Are we going to wait for someone to have a head injury to implement this policy?” asked undergraduate student senator Alex Miletich. “We have been given an opportunity to prevent someone from having an injury. The main concern of this policy is safety, and that’s the only thing we should have in mind.” abutaleb@umdbk.com

Undergraduate Studies Dean Donna Hamilton updated the senate on the implementation of a new General Education program, slated to begin next fall. MAYA MUNOZ/THE DIAMONDBACK

UPDATE from page 1 the campus have been working to prepare a more innovative curriculum for next year’s freshmen. And although officials had to delay the program’s transition by a year because many professors felt rushed creating new curricula, Undergraduate Studies Dean Donna Hamilton told senators at yesterday’s meeting implementation hasn’t faced any new roadblocks.

The new curriculum requires students to complete a more diverse set of classes, including oral communication and analytical reasoning, as well as two “I”-series courses, which are innovative courses that emphasize blended learning techniques. Students under this program will have more options in fulfilling their distributive studies requirements and have to complete fewer general education credits to graduate.

Since February, officials have approved all the new courses for more than 200 programs. Hamilton previously speculated it would take Office of Information Technology officials more than 5,300 labor hours to transition the new courses online; the bulk

of that work is now complete, she said yesterday.

Additionally, Hamilton said her department created new recruiting brochures that boast the new general education to prospective students. Officials will also be launching a new website next week that breaks down course requirements under the new plan for students.

Although some faculty members are still in the process of being trained to teach the new courses, Hamilton said the biggest task this fall will be ensuring all programs craft new, four-year plans by the end of the semester.

Despite the work ahead, Hamilton said officials are confident the program will be implemented as seamlessly as possible by next fall. While officials have been working with community colleges to ensure a clear transfer credit policy is crafted before implementation is complete, Hamilton said faculty members have been preparing their departments for the overhaul.

“The majority of faculty agreed to come back to work [on the program], and I thought that was absolutely phenomenal that the faculty came right back,” she said at the meeting. “We met with each of the colleges individually [in August] and showed

them the methodology we had used … so they could calculate how much work we needed done and where.”

University President Wallace Loh said the biggest challenge in implementing the new program lays in funding new courses and recruiting faculty members to teach them.

“The major issue is not the quality of the proposal — it’s implementation. Implementation means, among other things, money,” Loh said in an interview. “I’m certainly very supportive not only of the general education program, but also of its implementation, so it’s not just on paper and we bring it into an operational reality.”

Some student senators said future students under the program will receive a more diverse education, which will prepare them better for the job market.

“They’ve taken our already good general education program and made it more expansive and require you to have more diversity as a student, which I always think is a good thing,” undergraduate student senator Alex Miletich said. “It’s requiring students to hone in on more humanities classes, which is good, and just overall, I like how they’ve expanded what [they] need to take.” abutaleb@umdbk.com

SPORTS

SCHNEIDER from page 14 season started, and listed him as a “possibility” for the Heisman Trophy. In O’Brien, the Terps have a Cadillac. But it’s one that was acting up, making weird noises and not running smoothly. Instead of getting the Caddy fixed, though, the Terps have decided to go with another ride.

Don’t think O’Brien won’t be able to recreate the stellar form he displayed as a redshirt freshman, be it in College Park or elsewhere. Though he hasn’t been able to recapture that same success as a sophomore, the slump is somewhat understandable. He was playing under a new coach with a receiving corps that let him down time after time.

More problematic, though, may be the offensive system that just doesn’t suit him.

Edsall knew what type of quarterback O’Brien was when he took the job. Instead of bringing in a pro-style coordinator, he brought in Gary Crowton, a spread-offense devotee. It’s not really a surprise that Brown, a mobile quarterback, looks more comfortable in this offense.

Brown was the offensive spark the Terps needed against Clemson. He did everything he could to win that game, and he could very well continue that success against Florida State and for the rest of the season.

But considering the Tigers were able to focus on Brown’s running in the second half and stop him, that’s unlikely. A whole game’s worth of film is going to make the Seminoles’ job that much easier.

As the motor of the team, Brown’s running well now, and everyone’s pretty excited

with his cool new features.

But that new car smell will wear off shortly, and we’ll likely soon remember that the sophomore doesn’t offer much of a improvement.

Maybe Brown will struggle in Tallahassee and give O’Brien his job back. Or the backup could get back on the field at some point in the second half of the season. That would likely put all transfer talk to rest.

Frankly, a lot can change between now and next year.

“Everybody always has to be ready to go. Because if you’re a backup, you’re one play away from going in there,” Edsall said. “You never know when your opportunity might come again. And if it does, and when it does, then you just have to be ready to step in and take advantage of it.”

But even if Brown continues to have success, is it really worth benching O’Brien for the rest of the year? O’Brien’s ceiling appears higher than Brown’s, and the rest of the year could be spent getting him back on track for 2012.

Let’s face it: Given the expectations, this is a lost season. There won’t be a trip to North Carolina for the ACC Championship Game in the Terps’ future. Heck, they’ll be lucky to make a bowl. So they can spend the rest of the season watching Brown run, or they can try to resuscitate the quarterback people dared to say had a chance to be the best in Terps history.

Based on how the second half of the season plays out, O’Brien may be at a crossroads. The Terps better hope that the Cadillac hasn’t been repossessed.

And he very well could be.

O’Brien is too talented to be left in the garage. schneider@umdbk.com

After a sparkling freshman year, quarterback Danny O’Brien has endured a rough second season that has him serving as the Terps’ backup. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

FIELD HOCKEY

The last time the Terps faced North Carolina, they won the program’s seventh national title.

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A familiar setting for Terps, Tar Heels Rematch of 2010 national championship again pits rivals at top of sport

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

It has been exactly 11 months since North Carolina last faced the Terrapins field hockey team, but tomorrow’s matchup is one the Tar Heels have likely had circled on their calendars all season.

North Carolina bested the Terps in the 2009 national championship, but the rivalry has since been slanted decidedly in the Terps’ favor. The Tar Heels fell in all three of their contests to the Terps last season, losing in the regular season and in both the ACC and national championships.

After a year of Terps domination last season, North Carolina will get its first chance at redemption tomorrow when the No. 3 Terps travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on the No. 2 Tar Heels in a renewal of one of the sport’s fiercest rivalries.

“It will be nice to see them again. We haven’t seen them in almost a year,” coach Missy Meharg said. “We know their players really well, so we just have to enjoy that fact, prepare and enjoy the game.”

The Terps (13-2, 4-0 ACC) are especially familiar with midfielder Kelsey Kolojejchick, who led North Carolina (15-1, 40) in goals last year and is the top scorer in the ACC so far this season. Still, the Terps have had little trouble slowing her down in her career — Kolojejchick is scoreless in all five games she’s played against the Terps.

“We know Carolina. They’re not a team that likes to shift things around a lot. They’re very traditional in the way that they play,” Meharg said. “It’s a great quality match.”

“We have to keep our heads together,” defender Hayley Turner said. “We just need to keep stepping up and just do exactly what we

learned from [Wednesday’s 6-0 win against Towson].”

Perhaps the key for the Terps in Saturday’s game will be breaking through North Carolina’s top-ranked defense.

The Tar Heels’ backfield has suffocated the opposition, giving up just 0.55 goals per game this season, nearly a full goal better than the ACC’s next-best defense.

But even with its obvious success, the Terps’ recent offensive performances show the team may have what it takes to penetrate North Carolina’s defense. The Terps have recently implemented a larger variety of offensive systems to their game plan, and with 11 goals scored in the team’s past two games, it looks as if Meharg’s changes are working.

“Usually we’re probably a little more systematic in the way we play, but we’re playing a couple different forma-

tions,” Meharg said. “Under pressure, without pressure, different angles, counterattack — you name it. Every game situation we simulate in some sort of drill when it comes to shooting.”

The Tar Heels are a familiar foe for the Terps, as the two teams have faced each other in 55 total contests, including five times in the past two seasons.

But Saturday’s game takes on a little added importance for both teams: The winner will clinch the No. 1 seed in November’s ACC Tournament.

But no matter who comes out on top, Meharg said she knows this likely won’t be the last time the Terps and Tar Heels meet this season.

“I love playing Carolina,” Meharg said. “At the right time, in November, hopefully we’ll get to see them for a championship.” vitale@umdbk.com

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MEN’S SOCCER

Against UNC, Terps staring down a title Road win could pave path to league crown

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

It’s no secret: There are two schools Terrapins fans just can’t stand.

And with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Terrapins men’s soccer team has the rare opportunity to capture consecutive wins over both bitter rivals.

After beating then-No. 22 Duke at Ludwig Field last Friday, the No. 3 Terps (13-1-1, 4-1 ACC) hit the road tonight to face No. 2 North Carolina in a rematch of last year’s ACC Championship.

“It’s the ACC,” goalkeeper Will Swaim said Wednesday. “There are no breaks.”

Playing in Cary, N.C., just 22 miles from Chapel Hill, the Terps last November claimed their fourth conference tournament title after a Matt Kassel penalty kick secured a 1-0 win over the Tar Heels.

Yet even though the ACC Tournament is still a few weeks away, the Terps are already playing for a shot at an ACC title.

The Terps and Tar Heels currently hold the ACC’s top two slots, and a win at North Carolina (11-2-1, 3-1-1) tonight would have coach Sasho Cirovski’s team poised to claim its first ACC regular-season title since 1971.

Given that the Terps’ final two games come against Clemson and Wake Forest, two squads with losing records in conference play this season, an ACC title may hang in the balance.

Not that the Terps need any added motivation for their second top-three matchup in three weeks.

“I think this is one of the games we always look forward to,” Cirovski said.

“We know North Carolina usually brings the best out of us, and we bring the best out of them. We think it’s going to be a great game.”

The Terps will face a Tar Heels squad trying to rebound from just its second loss of the season. North Carolina, which ranks second in the ACC in goals this season, couldn’t get on the scoreboard in a 1-0 loss at Davidson on Monday. Its unbeaten streak

ended at nine games after Wildcats forward Jake Keator netted a 25-yard rocket in the 82nd minute.

“I’m sure they’re pretty upset after Monday,” Cirovski said.

And the Terps have reason to be upset, as well.

Just 52 minutes after getting his first goal of the year Friday, midfielder Sunny Jane was shown a red card and ejected. The reasoning behind the call was unclear, but one thing definitely is: The Terps will be without their assists leader tonight. Per NCAA ejection rules, a player must sit out one game after receiving a red card.

“It’s going to hurt not having Sunny out there,” midfielder John Stertzer said after the Duke game. “He’s a great player for us, but I know those guys on the bench will come in and fill in just fine.”

Whomever Cirovski plugs into the starting rotation will share a massive defensive task: help neutralize North Carolina forward Billy Schuler.

A former third-team All-America selection, Schuler has paced the Tar Heels with 22 points this season. He has scored four times in his past five matches and is just five goals from cracking the top 10 on North Carolina’s all-time scoring list.

But as the Terps prepare for a team that’s spent the entire season ranked in the top five, they know the Tar Heels aren’t just one man.

“They’re more than Billy Schuler,” Cirovski said, referring to North Carolina’s potent midfield and frontlines.

“They’ve got like a five-headed monster that we’ve got to deal with.”

Luckily for the Terps, they’ll be well rested as they try to tame it. The team is coming off its longest break of the season after not playing a midweek game for the first time this year.

And if those fresh legs can hold up for 90 more minutes tonight, the Terps will own wins over Duke and North Carolina for the second straight year.

“That’s what it’s all about,” Swaim said. letourneau@umdbk.com

Forward Casey Townsend and the Terps could cement their place atop the ACC standings with a win tonight at No. 2 North Carolina. The Terps haven’t won a regular-season title since 1971. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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TERPSGAMEDAY

THE MATCHUP

Maryland Terrapins

Florida State Seminoles

2-4 (1-2 ACC)

3-3 (1-2 ACC)

WHEN: Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: Doak Campell Stadium TV: ABC LINE: Seminoles by 16 DATA: Florida State leads the ACC in sacks per game and ranks 11th nationally with 3.17.

The Seminoles have 19 in six games.

TERPSTRACKER 2011 TEAM STATS TERPS Passing (YPG) Rushing (YPG) Total (YPG) Points per game Opponents’ PPG Avg. Time of Possession

205.5 186.5 392.0 26.5 29.8 25:20

FSU 311.0 111.7 422.7 35.0 19.8 29:10

ON THE REBOUND Entering its Sept. 17 showdown as a top-five team, Florida State was on the verge of becoming a veritable contender for a national championship.

Facing then-No. 1 Oklahoma at Doak Campbell Stadium, the Seminoles needed a win to cement their status as a top-flight program.

Instead, they fell, 23-13, and began a downward spiral no one expected at the start of the season. The Seminoles went on to lose, 35-30, at Clemson the next week and fall at Wake Forest just a week later. They’ve been hampered by an injured E.J. Manuel, who hurt his shoulder against Oklahoma, and an inconsistent defense.

But with Manuel healthy once again, the Seminoles trounced Duke last week and look to have regained some of the confidence lost during their three-game losing streak.

The Terps fell to Florida State, 30-16, last season, dropping their all-time record against the Seminoles to 19-2.

NEVER BEEN DONE In 11th all-time visit to Doak Campbell Stadium, Terps looking for a first — victory

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

BUSTING OUT After three frustrating weeks in the Terps offense, tight end Matt Furstenburg, below, finally broke out Saturday against Clemson.

In games against Temple, Towson and Georgia Tech — all games that saw the offense generally flounder — the junior had a total of five catches for 16 yards, even going without a reception against the Yellow Jackets.

He found a connection with new starting quarterback C.J. Brown, though. Brown found his tight end on two long touchdown passes, both of which Furstenburg took the majority of the way by himself. He finished with a team-high 104 yards receiving and his first two touchdowns of the season.

“We want the tight end to be a big part of our offense,” coach Randy Edsall said Tuesday. “We have been able to utilize him and get him into positions where he can be successful and enhance our offense. He has played very well all year and I have been impressed.”

SERIES HISTORY ALL-TIME SERIES LAST MEETING

Seminoles lead 19-2 2010

LAST MEETING 2010 — (H)

L, Seminoles 30, Terps 16

KEY MATCHUP

With hopes of ACC title contention now fading into a growing concern about bowl eligibility, the Terrapins football team is, at this point, just looking to get back in the win column.

Coming off consecutive fruitless upset bids against No. 8 Clemson and No. 20 Georgia Tech, the Terps will have to do something they’ve never done before if they hope to right the ship this weekend: win in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State is 19-2 all time against the Terps and 10-0 as the home team. And when the two teams kick off at Doak Campbell Stadium tomorrow afternoon, the Seminoles will again enjoy the advantage of having up to 83,000 ruthless fans on their side.

“Another tough one this week down in Tallahassee,” coach Randy Edsall said Tuesday. “I know it’ll be loud, it’ll be hostile, and I know we’re looking forward to going down and playing an out-

standing football team.”

“Going down to Tallahassee at 2-4 and having never won down there, this is a huge game,” left tackle Max Garcia said. “We have some that we felt like we should have won … but, definitely, having never won down there, it’s time to make history.”

Easier said than done. While the Seminoles have struggled to this point in the season, entering tomorrow’s contest with a .500 record, they seem to be regaining the form that led to them being ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation this season.

With quarterback E.J. Manuel back on the field and finally healthy, the Seminoles (3-3, 1-2 ACC) throttled Duke, 41-16, last weekend. Manuel stands 6 feet 5 inches tall and can make plays through the air and on the ground, and he’s surrounded by the kind of top-tier talent that’s become the norm for the perennial power.

In stark contrast to the apparent upward path the Seminoles are on is the decline the Terps (2-4, 1-2) have been on since Week 1.

Injuries and personnel changes have left the Terps’ lineup almost unrecognizable compared to their

A two-sided QB question JEREMY

TERPS LINEBACKERS VS. FSU QB E.J. MANUEL The trio of Terps freshman linebackers Mario Rowson, Alex Twine and Lorne Goree, below, all started for the first time together against Clemson, but the Tigers had their way on offense for the most part. The Terps allowed 39 second-half points and 56 overall, a season-wort mark.

Worryingly, Florida State’s E.J. Manuel isn’t unlike Clemson’s dualthreat quarterback Tajh Boyd. One of the conference’s more athletic quarterbacks, Manuel will look to dissect the youthful Terps with his ability to run and also throw the deep pass.

Just last week against Duke, Manuel threw for 239 yards and rushed for another 81.

“When you have people who have that ability, it puts some more pressure on your defense,” coach Randy Edsall said. “If we try to take something away from him, it may open up something else, so we have to be careful in what we do against a guy like E.J. Manuel.”

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SCHNEIDER

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ith every yard he gained and tackle he evaded last Saturday against Clemson, it became more and more apparent that C.J. Brown would be the Terrapins football team’s starting quarterback against Florida State tomorrow.

Coach Randy Edsall made the move official Monday. After a Brown-led offense scored 45 points against Clemson, how could he not? It’s undoubtedly the right move for this team right now.

But that doesn’t mean it’s the right move for the future.

As Brown dashed up and down the field, Danny O’Brien languished on the sideline. He put on a happy face, helping Brown between plays and staying ver y involved.

O’Brien hasn’t been made available to the media since being benched, but it’s hard to

imagine he’d make a stink about his situation based on how he’s spoken to the press this year. He’d likely admit that his play has been lackluster, and that he’s happy for Brown’s success.

“Me and him are still great friends,” Brown said of O’Brien.

“We talk, and I see him every day. I was there for him when he was going through all this, and now he’s there for me.

“He’s out there when I come over to the sidelines, I’m able to go over to talk to him [about] what he sees, what I can do better and stuff like that.”

That’s all well and good. The last thing Edsall’s tumultuous first year needs is for the Terps’ most high-profile player to cause even more problems. But how does he really feel?

It’s hard to blame O’Brien if the possibility of transferring has crossed his mind. He’s the reigning ACC Rookie of the Year for a reason, and other schools would almost certainly be interested in him. College football expert Phil Steele ranked him as the No. 19 quarterback in the nation before the

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season-opening win against Miami, and while they’ve shown an ability to play with some of the nation’s best — the Terps were in a position to win against the Yellow Jackets, Tigers and No. 11 West Virginia — they’ve yet to close out any such games.

“We can play with anybody, really,” defensive tackle Joe Vellano said. “You saw it last week. I mean, it shows how good we can play. It’s a couple little plays here and there.”

And while the Terps were able to solve the first-half woes that have marred their season against Clemson, they’ll be without at least one element of surprise tomorrow, as Edsall announced Monday that quarterback C.J. Brown will start tomorrow.

Last week, Edsall kept the Tigers guessing until kickoff whether they’d be faced with Brown or Danny O’Brien.

Brown has proved to be a spark to the offense when called on to this point in the year, setting a program record with 162 rushing yards last week.

But he’s also never faced a defense that has prepared for his dual-threat style. Odds are that the

Seminoles’ defense, which ranks No. 11 in the country in yards allowed per game, will look to limit his explosiveness on the ground.

“They’re fast. They’re going to fly to the ball, they’re going to pursue.

They’re going to be a tough defense,” Brown said. “I feel that I can still sit back there and pass the ball.”

To come away with the program’s first-ever win in Tallahassee, the Terps must first do some things they’ve been unable to for much of the season.

They’ll need to piece together a consistent performance in all three facets of the game, limit Florida State’s big-play potential and, if they’re able to mount a lead, protect it.

Then, and only then, can the team hope to insert itself into the program’s record books.

“This is definitely a very big game for us. It’s definitely a test,” cornerback Dexter McDougle said. “We’re definitely going to see what kind of team we are after this week, but I have faith in us and I know we’re going to go down there and handle our business.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

2HEAD

HEAD OFFENSE

DEFENSE

With his ability to scramble and throw, Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel poses an obvious threat to a Terps defense that allowed Clemson’s Tajh Boyd to burst out last Saturday.

C.J. Brown, meanwhile — a pleasant surprise against Clemson — must repeat his feat for the Terps.

The Seminoles have allowed just 284.7 yards of offense and less than 20 points per game against their opposition so far, which includes high-octane squads in Clemson and Oklahoma.

The Terps are young, hurting and in need of some help at just about every position on the field.

SPECIAL TEAMS

COACHING

Florida State kicker Dustin Hopkins has had an outstanding season, leading the ACC with 17 touchbacks and completing all 10 of his field goals. The Terps, on the other hand, were burned for an 89-yard kickoff return touchdown late in Saturday’s game against Clemson.

Though in just his second year as a head coach, Jimbo Fisher has certainly made his mark on the national collegefootball landscape. He hasn’t met lofty expectations this season, but he still has one of the elite staffs in the ACC. With Edsall’s rocky start, questions about the Terps coach aren’t fading out.

INTANGIBLES

PREDICTION

After losing three straight and missing Manuel, the Seminoles are cruising once more after thrashing Duke last week. Playing in the friendly confines of Doak Campbell Stadium will only add to their momentum.

Will the Terps’ new “shellmets” be enough? Probably not.

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