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With team struggling, coaches consider using backup quarterbacks Turner’s reaction was only natural. He sent a text message to offensive coordinator James Franklin, questioning the head coach’s statement. The shaken senior wanted to know if he would be under center for tomorrow’s game at Duke.

The answer was decisive: “Yes.” “It’s over,” Turner said Wednesday. “After the game, I was a little insecure with myself as you might imagine. I wanted to call and make sure, and it was all cleared up.”

Still, even as the situation for this week is settled, Friedgen’s outlook toward the remainder of season cannot be overlooked.

This week, the ninth-year coach

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Chris Turner has been sacked 23 times this season. He’s thrown eight interceptions and fumbled five times. In the rain against Virginia last Saturday, the third-year starter completed less than half of his passes for the first time all season, threw two interceptions and was unable to lead his team to a single touchdown in a 20-9 loss.

Then Sunday, Turner went online and read some of his coaches’ comments to the media. In the weekly day-after teleconference, Terrapin football coach Ralph Friedgen said he would consider using one or two of his reserve quarterbacks should the season continue its downward spiral.

Health center seeing less than 10 H1N1 cases a day

BY DARREN BOTELHO Staff writer

The initial panic over the new swine flu as quieted.

Since the end of September, the health center has been reporting less than 10 suspected H1N1 cases per day — a significant drop from the beginning of the semester, which peaked at 91 reported cases on Sept. 11.

The total university count since the swine flu panic began in April is 832, Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement said.

The university’s response has mirrored this change: The University Health Center is no longer on high alert. Its hours have returned to normal, and its waiting rooms no longer crowded with students complaining of flu-like symptoms.

A month ago, the health center was open on Sundays and had its staff working long days to accommodate the large number of students flooding in with what officials said was the novel H1N1 virus.

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Sophomore is the Terps’ backup and most likely to see playing time in 2009.

Looks to be ahead of fellow true freshman C.J. Brown on the depth chart.

Freshman has earned praise for athleticism but is still adjusting.

Miami (Ohio) transfer joined Terps as walk-on at the start of the semester.

In a display of goodwill towards state employees forced to take unpaid furloughs, General Assembly leaders have encouraged lawmakers to volunteer for a pay cuts. Here’s a breakdown of who has participated so far: 38 of 47 state senators 101 of 141 state delegates Last year, 88 percent of the General Assembly complied.

ResLife starts new living-learning program

BY AMANDA PINO Staff writer

In an attempt to address concerns over stark differences in first-year experiences, the Department of Resident Life launched a new initiative for marginalized Denton Community residents this semester.

The Syn*Quest Collaborative, now in its second month, aims to include the approximately 1,000 freshmen, living primarily in Easton and Elkton Halls, who were either not invited into or chose not to participate in living-learning programs such as University Honors or College Park Scholars. Resident Life officials hope Syn*Quest will give

these students similar community experiences and educational opportunities.

“We recognize the importance of living-learning communities, but they aren’t a fit for every single person,” said Ashlee Kerkhoff, the assistant coordinator for the Syn*Quest program. “We

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Panic subsides; total case count now tops 800

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In a show of solidarity with the 70,000 state employees who have been forced to take unpaid furlough days to alleviate the state’s budget crisis, all four state legislators from Maryland’s 21st district, which encompasses College Park, have volunteered for a pay cut.

Shortly after Gov. Martin O’Malley announced the furlough plan in late August, which decrees state workers must take between three and 10 days off in correlation to their annual salaries, General Assembly leaders called for legislators to donate a portion of their income to the state.

Delegates Ben Barnes, Joseline Peña-Melnyk and Barbara Frush, as well as Sen. Jim Rosapepe, all of whom represent part of Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties, turned over a fraction of their salaries to state coffers again, just as they all did after a similar call to action last year. Under the state’s

The students had left, the tables were clear, and by the end of the fourth annual CrabFest, all that was left were containers of Old Bay seasoning.

The CrabFest was declared the university’s first ever large-scale zerowaste event, laying a foundation organizers hope will set the stage for more zero-waste events in the future.

“Since this event was successful, we can use the same model for the spring barbecue and other large events that go on in the future,” said sophomore finance and international business major Elizabeth Ding, who is the Stu-

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H1N1 from page 1 Though more students than in previous years are still coming into the health center with flu-like symptoms, supervising physician Joy Howard said, the number of students she now sees per day pales in comparison with those of a month earlier.

“We’re a little bit busier than we usually are for this time of year,” Howard said. “Still, we’re holding flu clinics throughout the week, giving out hand sanitizer, and health promotions staff are talking to various groups [about prevention].”

Typically, when flu season begins in early October, cases become more and more prevalent, but the presence of swine flu has contradicted this typical pattern. Howard said swine flu is the reason the university, like many other colleges around the country, have seen such an irregular flu season.

“It’s called ‘novel H1N1’ because it’s a new strain and

PAY from page 1 constitution, General Assembly representatives cannot have their salaries reduced.

“If we’re going to ask state workers to take this furlough, I felt it was important to show that we’re all in it together,” said Barnes, who gave up eight days of pay and also works as a lawyer.

“It’s necessar y to keep from having to lay off folks, to keep from administering ser vices in a draconian way.”

O’Malley announced last month that another round of budget cuts and possible layoffs of state workers will take place Nov.17, potentially totaling $290 million.

The state already faces a $2 billion budget deficit for the next fiscal year.

In total, 38 of 47 senators and 101 of 141 state delegates also volunteered for a pay cut, figures which do not include at least one representative who turned over income but did not want his or her name disclosed, according to an email from state Assistant Attorney General Sandra Brantley. It is also possible that legislators gave money directly to a charity of their choice, she added.

The remaining legislators have until the end of the year to file the appropriate paperwork. Last year, 22 of the 188 members of the General Assembly opted against it.

The average salar y of a Mar yland state representative is $43,500, which puts them in the income bracket equivalent of eight furlough days, although they don’t necessarily have to return an equivalent amount to the number of days off. Even if they choose to take furlough days, the fraction they must return is based on a 365-day work year, although the legislative session is 90 days, according to The Washington Post. That means for eight days’ pay they lose $966.72.

For state workers with 40hour work weeks, those making the same amount as legislators had to give up $1,338.46.

It is unclear how much the at-will pay cut program will help budget troubles.

doesn’t follow normal outbreak patterns like seasonal flu,” she said. “We still encourage people to get regular flu shots, because we expect a resurgence in the spring semester due to cold weather.”

In addition to seasonal flu shots — some were administered en mass at a flu vaccination drill at Ritchie Coliseum last week — the university is also recommending students get swine flu vaccines, which should become available in mid-November, she added.

“Our first H1N1 order will include 300 immunizations — you can only make an order for one month at a time,” Howard said. “We don’t know how many doses we’re going to give out, and we didn’t want to get a lot if nobody was going to show up. We’ll order more if more people come.”

Swine flu inoculations were supposed to be available to the university by mid-October, but the health center ordered prefilled syringes instead of multidose vials, which unexpectedly took more time to manufac-

“Whether it makes a difference or not, it doesn’t matter; it’s the right thing to do,” said Peña-Melnyk, who gave up five days’ salar y and, unlike most other lawmakers, does not have another job.

The savings from other programs is more definite: The state employee furlough plan is expected to amass $75 million, including a $10.2 million cut from the incomes of university workers under a furlough plan that operates similarly to the state’s. In another budgettrimming measure, legislative offices in Annapolis will shut down for five or more days around holidays when state agencies close, for which 633 lawmakers as well as General Assembly and Department of Legislative employees won’t be paid, saving $1.1 million.

“We in the 21st District are ver y strong supporters of state employees, particularly at the University of Mar yland, and we’ve fought hard to protect them,” said Rosapepe. “What I’ve generally heard from folks who work for the university, they’re glad ever yone is giving up a little in the furlough policy. Ever ybody knows it’s tough times, and we’re pulling together to get through it.”

The state chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees wholeheartedly agrees with the voluntar y program, said chapter director Patrick Moran.

“We think it’s fair because it brings them in line with the state employees who work hard ever yday for the state of Mar yland,” he said.

Moran said the union endorses extra measures the state government could take to quell the budget situation, such as extending the millionaires’ tax, which has an expiration date. The union also wants to initiate combined reporting, which forces state-based corporations to declare their profits in the state instead of shifting them to branches in other states in an effort to avoid a corporate income tax. astice@umdbk.com

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Freshman computer engineering major Matt Teitelman had flulike symptoms and tested positive for type-A influenza — the strain that most physicians are considering a clear indicator of swine flu — earlier in September, but said he is still not convinced a swine flu shot is necessary.

“I had swine flu, and it’s really not that bad,” Teitelman said. “I had a fever and cough that went away in a week, just like the regular flu.”

Freshman kinesiology major Joey Parseghian said he had a friend that went home for a couple days with a fever, shivers and a variety of other flu-like symptoms. He added he will probably get a swine flu immunization, but noted the price has to be right.

“My friend was pretty sick,” he said. “He went home and had to see the doctor and missed a bunch of classes and stuff, but it’s not like I’m going to pay $50 for [a shot]. Everyone’s probably going to get it sooner or later.” botelho@umdbk.com

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STUDENTS QUENCH THEIR THIRST What do actor Hugh Jackman and the students who gathered at Stamp Student Union last night have in common? They all want to provide clean water to the more than 1 billion people around the world who lack access to it.

This past April, Jackman donated $50,000 to charity: water — the organization working with Quench, a new student group on the campus. Quench seeks to promote awareness about the clean water crisis and encourage students to help alleviate this issue.

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PAGANS ARE MAGICKAL At a panel discussion last night, the Pagan Student Union wanted to clear the air of many myths about the Pagan culture.

Pagans do not make animal sacrifices or worship Satan, and paganism is not a cult.

However, the panelists confirmed one myth: Pagans do curse people.

“It takes a lot to get a pagan to curse

somebody,” PSU President Casey MasonFoley said during the three-member panel discussion in Hoff Theater. Most pagans would only curse someone if they were threatening to harm them or their family, Mason-Foley added To read more about other myths involved with the pagan culture, visit Diamondbackonline.com.

Facebooking wisely University professors drive home lessons about online etiquette

BY LAUREN REDDING Staff writer

Along with transcripts and admissions essays, an increasing number of colleges also consider social networking websites, such as Facebook, when admitting students, a recent survey found. But some university professors are out to prove social networking sites can often work against students rather than in their favor.

While potential students don’t have to worry about university admissions officers checking Facebook or Myspace pages, current students still have to be careful about what they post, officials said. Some university professors are driving that point home in the classroom through exercises designed to show students that Facebook can be easily accessed by teachers, admissions officers and potential employers.

When freshman psychology major Sam Gastley entered her UNIV100: The Student in the University class at the begin-

ning of the year, she never imagined that her professor, Regina Huhtanen, would hand out a Facebook picture of her dressed in a sexy Santa costume to the rest of her class.

Along with Gastley’s picture, Huhtanen passed out several other snapshots of students engaging in various activities with their faces blurred out in an effort to demonstrate how easily the photos could be obtained.

“I was embarrassed, but at the same time I was kind of angry,” Gastley said. “It was taken when I was 14 — there are Barbie dolls in the background. The picture was misinterpreted. We were just a bunch of kids goofing around.”

Despite initial outrage, Gastley learned an important lesson from the experience.

“You have to be cautious about the pictures you put on Facebook and be aware of how other people will interpret them,” she said.

Since the lesson, Gastley has changed her privacy settings so that only her friends can see her pictures. She also deleted

the picture in question.

Many students believe in order to fully enjoy Facebook, additional precautions need to be taken to ensure that potentially detrimental photos and posts are secure from the prying eyes of family and employers.

Sophomore sociology major Alexis Byars makes sure her profile is limited. She said she worries about family members seeing certain pictures so she takes extra precautions to ensure they’re hidden.

“I use privacy settings, so if a friends tags me in a picture, it doesn’t show up to other people,” she said. “My grandma, my parents and my aunt all have Facebooks. I don’t want them seeing what’s going on in my life.”

Junior early childhood education major Helene Rosendorf keeps her page private because she worries about potential employers looking onto her site.

“I’m going into education, and a lot of teachers have had their Facebook looked at, and they haven’t gotten hired,”

Rosendorf said. “I made my page private so only people I’m friends with can look.”

Rosendorf believes that the lessons taught by Huhtanen are vital for students to learn.

“Now is the time to learn that once you put something on the Internet, it’s out there for everyone to see,” Rosendorf said.

Although this university is decidedly old-school when it comes to its decision-making, a recent study conducted by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions released last month reported that in a survey of 401 universities and colleges, 30 percent have or are developing policies on the use of social media in admissions. It also noted 71 percent of admissions officers said they or a colleague had received friend requests from students on MySpace or Facebook.

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SGA labors to reach out to student body

CRABS from page 1 containers had foiled the SGA’s previous attempts to organize waste-free events, but this year, members of the SGA’s Student Sustainability Council were out in full force as a “green team” of environmentalists during the event.

A dozen volunteers appropriately clad in green shirts prowled Cole Field House ensuring recyclables weren’t composted and telling students about the merits of sustainable living while they munched on 3,600 Chesapeake Bay crabs.

The dinner featured compostable crab bibs, plates, knives and forks, along with wooden crab mallets emblazoned with university’s logo.

Soda cans and butter wrappers were recyclable, eliminating the need for trash cans altogether.

“Our food waste is black gold,” junior environmental science and technology major Jesse Yurow said. “You have to look at it in terms of a cycle — when something is put in a landfill, it decomposes in a slow and sometimes dangerous way, but when it is com-

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Senior criminology major Clyde Thompson enjoys a helping of crabs during the SGA's annual CrabFest on Thursday night. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

posted, the decomposition is quicker and cleaner, and your food becomes richer soil.”

Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said the event cost the SGA an additional $1,381 for compostable materials and waste transport.

“The SGA only allocates $500 to the CrabFest budget every year,” said SGA President Steve Glickman. “We raised the other $32,000 from sponsors so that we wouldn’t have to increase ticket prices this year even though all of our

costs increased.”

But for all the talk of green sustainability, many “green team” members still noted various environmental faux-pas.

“There are no vegetables here,” junior environmental science and policy major and green team member Sarah Eisenstein said. “This is the time when the local produce harvest is at its peak. I would love to see some local farmers represented next year.”

Student environmental activist Laura Calabrese also

noted that eating crabs in general isn’t eco-friendly because crabs eat plankton and algae, which harm plant populations in the Chesapeake Bay. “Even though it’s not a ‘green event’ in principle, we’re still doing everything in our power to make it as sustainable as possible,” said Calabrese, who is a senior sociology major. “People are still going to eat crab — this way, they can at least compost the shells.”

“We want programs that anybody who is interested in can from page 1 participate in it,” North Campus Associate Director Amy Martin wanted to offer the same bene- said. “You can do whatever you fits you might get from one, want — common ground diabut without all of the same re- logues all semester, workshops all semester, but you don’t have quirements.”

The new initiative has spurred to do everything to participate small group discussions called in the program.”

Yesterday, Syn*Quest bancommon ground dialogues, workshops with the Career Cen- ners — reminiscent of the Honter and collaborative study ors, Scholars, and Gemstone groups all held within the Denton signs outside of other dorms — Community. A UNIV100 class were hung outside of Easton and has been established to compli- Elkton. Eventually, Martin said ment the Syn*Quest initiative, she hopes students will be given limiting its enrollment to Easton a citation or other recognition and Elkton residents. Kerkhoff upon graduation for participating said she also hopes to organize in the program.

Freshman finance major Rob field trips for later this semester.

Next spring, Syn*Quest will Aiello lives in Elkton and is enoffer more UNIV100 sections rolled in the Syn*Quest along with classes in leadership UNIV100 course. He said he signed up for the class because of and internship preparation.

its convenient location and community-specific information.

“I think it’s a good way to meet people,” Aiello said. “I went to the ‘identity’ common ground discussion, and it was fun to learn about the perspectives of people from different backgrounds.”

A few students who don’t live in Easton or Elkton found their way into the special UNIV100 class but found some topics difficult to relate to, as the class is focused on issues associated with living in the Denton Community.

“One kid who lives in La Plata finds it pretty annoying,” said freshman Elise Arao, who is enrolled in the class.

After a kick-off informational session that attracted about 200 students, the UNV100 class has filled 17 of 20 seats, and Kerkhoff said small group discussions and workshops — adver-

tised via flyers and e-mails — usually draw about four to eight students at a time, which she described as an ideally intimate number. The collaborative study groups attract a slightly higher number of students.

“In previous years, a lot of the students felt like they weren’t given attention from the university because they weren’t in a living learning program, or they felt sort of on the fringe of campus since the Denton Community diner is not open, things like that,” Easton Resident Director Kevin Pitts said. “It’s not a conspiracy, but the students still felt like, ‘What about us?’”

Syn*Quest will be officially advertised as an option for incoming students for the spring semester.

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Every spring, SGA candidates promise to increase student involvement. And every fall, students shrug their shoulders, wonder exactly what the SGA does and continue on with their lives.

Student Government Association President Steve Glickman vowed to put an end to this cycle of apathy last spring, making the organization’s visibility a major part of his platform during his run for office. And Glickman is quick to point out that his administration has been busy this year trying to live up to that promise.

The SGA has launched its first year of a campus-wide listserv, sponsored a wider variety of events and continued past traditions of posting suggestion boxes and soliciting opinions from random students on the sidewalk.

Still, many students interviewed for this story could not answer questions about the SGA’s role in student affairs.

When asked about what the SGA has done to reach out to the student body, one respondent thought “SGA” stood for “Straight Gay Alliance.”

Glickman countered that the organization has received more than 40 applications for SGA involvement — mostly from freshmen — since the summer.

“To those students who don’t know what SGA is or what it does,” he said, “I’d just say they should open their eyes and look around them because we’re definitely making strides this year.”

One initiative central to the SGA’s visibility campaign has been its listserv. Originally conceived by last year’s SGA President Jonathan Sachs, the list-

“To those students who don’t know what SGA is ... they should open their eyes and look around them because we’re definitely making strides this year.”

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serv sends notices to students about the SGA’s activities and campus events.

There are more than 2,000 students on the listserv, but on a campus with more than 26,000 undergraduates, that means less than 10 percent of the student body is signed up.

The SGA has also sought to connect with students through hosting a wider array of events than previous administrations. T. Boone Pickens’ campus visit last Friday kicked off the organization’s new speaker series. And a free speech forum on Oct. 13 provided one example of how the SGA is trying to inform the student body on university issues.

Students have shown up to these events, but that hasn’t always translated to a wider awareness of what the SGA is and does.

For instance, junior economics major Donna Harris, who attended the SGA’s CrabFest last night, didn’t even know the organization hosted the event.

“I just thought it was a thing on campus,” she said.

Freshman education major Kim Collier agreed.

“Maybe it’s because I’m a freshman, or I’m out of the loop or something, but I didn’t know [CrabFest] was SGA,” Collier said, adding that she hadn’t even heard of the free speech event either.

Other students, such junior economics major Enerel Orgil, think SGA needs to do more to reach out to transfer students.

“They don’t really have outreach for transfer students,” Orgil said. “As a transfer last year, I felt really disconnected because I had to live off-campus.

Things are better now that I live on-campus, but I still think they need to do more for transfers.”

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ike all university towns, College Park has its traditions. Students rub a year, the council could offer immunity from fines to any landlord who was Testudo’s nose. Alumni fill the parking lots to tailgate for Saturday willing to come forward and admit to having an more than the legal number football games. Kids pass fake IDs past bouncers at downtown bars. of tenants. The city would then inspect the house to determine if the tenants Landlords pack as many people as they can into houses to maximize are safe. If they are, the landlords’ permit would be modified and they would be allowed to house that many people legally. If they aren’t, the landlord their rent.

These last two traditions are illegal, but little can be, or is, done to stop would be expected to only rent to the correct number of people from then on. them. In the past, we’ve supported ways of protecting underage drinkers to They would be subjected to more inspections and heavier fines to make sure they don’t revert to their lawbreaking ways. minimize the harm they do to themselves and others. An This way, the city and county could create a win-win-win example is the Good Samaritan policy, which allows drunk situation. Landlords could start doing business above the students and their friends to call for help without fear of The College Park City table. The city and the county would get to inspect all of the repercussion. properties, ensure residents are safe and see how many In many ways, overcrowding is like underage drinking.

Council needs to each property can actually hold. Students would be free to Everyone does it, hardly anyone gets caught, and it’s basiestablish an efficient live with five or six friends because they wouldn’t be living cally socially acceptable. Virtually every 18-year-old has at in fear of getting caught. least a few drinks every once in a while. Most students re-zoning policy.

Which isn’t to say that people often get caught as it is — know of at least one house in Old Town or Lakeland that has six or seven students packed into it, even if the law says the maximum as city code enforcement manager Jeannie Ripley said in yesterday’s article, landlords and tenants often hide all the evidence they can of extra residents, number of unrelated people who can live together is five.

Landlord Steven Behr bought the house at 4618 College Ave. with the and inspectors are often unable to prove anything. If there were a policy in understanding that the nine students living there were doing so legally place that allowed these properties to apply for legitimacy, the unnecessary because the house was operating as three apartment units. It wasn’t. Behr cat-and-mouse game that house inspections have become would be a thing of tried to do the right thing — he went to the city and county, and he admitted the past.

Not every house would have to become legitimate, and it certainly would he was breaking the law. He asked the city to support his effort to get new occupancy permits at the county level. The council’s reaction wasn’t sympa- provide a heavy workload for city inspectors. But the alternative is the city goes on attempting to enforce unnecessary rules and wasting everybody’s thetic to Behr’s case, but it has yet to vote on the matter.

What the city should be doing is working with the county council to create a time. Developing a process through which landlords can apply for an inspec“Good Samaritan policy” equivalent for the overcrowding problem. Here’s tion and then have city officials designate them a specific number of residents how such a plan could work: For a brief period of time, perhaps six months or that can be housed will be much more efficient than the current system.

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I would like to take exception to a few points in an otherwise stellar article explaining the Student Government Association’s leadership on safety issues in College Park. As the article (“No students attend the SGA’s annual safety walk,” Oct. 21) explains, the SGA hosted its annual safety walk on Tuesday evening to work with university stakeholders to improve safety on our sprawling campus.

The number of student attendees should not have been the headline of the story, but rather that the SGA brought together more than 20 decision-makers to discuss effective ways to improve student safety.

The safety walk’s success should not be evaluated by student participation in the event itself — rather, it should be judged by its results. After all, over the past year the SGA has worked hand in hand with many university stakeholders to implement student recommendations, even though many students were not present at the walk. After concerns were raised last year, a crosswalk on Knox Road by Commons 4 was constructed earlier this fall and additional lighting was installed behind the Eppley Recreation Center. This year, similar student suggestions have been collected and the SGA will work diligently with university stakeholders to implement these recommendations, as well.

Safety is an issue that affects all of us, and it remains one of our top priorities. I welcome all student recommendations and concerns as the SGA continues to work to improve student safety, and I invite you and The Diamondback to participate in the offcampus safety walk on Monday, starting at 8 p.m. at the Episcopal Student Center.

Joel Cohen | SGA Press Secretary

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‘I’ Series: ‘I’ missed out

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have fond memories of CORE classes, listening to my global anthropology professor only talk about Tanzania, squeaking by math without buying a textbook and never going to philosophy. But despite their cruel, doleful beginnings, they did have a common theme — they were each introductory courses that prepared me for 400-level classes.

The university has appointed the General Education Task Force with reworking the general education curriculum. In total, the Task Force has brought forth 24 new courses as part of the “I” series, which branch away from the traditional introductory course content to more case-specific issues that encourage students to incorporate modern themes into their respected fields of study. As discussed in this past Tuesday’s issue of the Diamondback, the “I” series will span subjects ranging from the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem to homophobia and will require stu-

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KRAMER dents to think objectively, rather than memorize information, to excel.

First off, these classes sound cool enough to get my intellectual motor humming. I mean, let’s be serious, everything with an “I” attached to it is baller — iCarly, iPod, iRobot, and now the university “I” course series. Sheer gangster. However, I am a little ticked that this facelift of the CORE curriculum happened the first semester after my CORE credits were finally complete. Even though this attempt to modernize the CORE curriculum is beneficial to future students, those of us who already burned our last notebook for CORE requirements must

now face the realization that incoming freshmen get to take classes that, in my opinion, should instead be reserved for upperclassmen.

The whole concept behind the CORE curriculum is to expose students to a wide range of disciplines and to offer introductory-level material that showcases the university’s diverse intellectual prowess. Also, it serves as an important gateway for students who have yet to declare a major to decide which field of study they are interested in. Now, I’m sure the university isn’t separating itself too far from the basic goals of the CORE curriculum, but if these classes are any indication of what we should expect to find 20 years from now, then the university should take a lesson from Mama Kramer, who always says that you gotta learn to walk before you can run.

With the “I” series of classes, it seems as if the university is trying to shift their educational focus to encom-

pass more present-day themes and throw students into a field without being trained in the basics of that discipline. It’s as if the university is unveiling classes that would normally warrant some sort of prerequisite without necessarily needing one. The other problem that exists with these classes is the course content itself.

Although I’m sure these new classes will contain enough material to fill a semester, they won’t cover nearly the amount of fundamental material handled in any introductory-level class taught at this university.

Freshmen, I’m jealous of your future general education offerings, but don’t get too haughty — if these classes seem cool enough, I might just stick around another year and school you in whatever it is we’d be learning.

Jason Kramer is a junior American studies major. He can be reached at kramer@umdbk.com.

Since last spring, there have been many quotes and comments included in The Diamondback in relation to the pornography debate that have made me upset. A comment in Mike Sanders’ Oct. 14 column pushed me over the edge.

In the column, titled “Porn Debate: Is there a debate?” Sanders wrote, “Calling it the ‘porn debate’ makes it seem as though there’s someone out there who is against porn. Trust me, that person does not exist.” I’d like to introduce you, and those like-minded students, to a male student who’s against porn.

I find pornography sickening for two main reasons. Pornography is extremely degrading to the women who are featured, but it also indirectly affects women who are exposed to the effects of porn by men who are addicted to it. Pornography numbs men and women to sexually exploitative behavior, and leads to them demanding more “weird stuff” from their partner.

Second, according to a Wired.com article, pornography is actually more addicting than crack cocaine. This is due to the fact that crack addicts can get the drug out of their system, but it’s impossible for porn addicts to wash the images from their minds.

Having struggled myself with pornography, I know that my life has been “exponentially better” without porn. I hope that the administration and students like Sanders are aware that there actually are students on this campus who attend for more than just the free pornography at the Hoff Theater.

Chris McGrath | Class of 2010 | accounting and marketing

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Balloon boy: Maybe we’re all full of hot air

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housands of people across the country gathered around their televisions and laptops on Oct. 15, enthralled, as a homemade weather balloon surrounded by a fleet of helicopters floated somewhere above Colorado.

The idea was that a child (aptly named “Falcon,” like the bird) was inside the balloon, on probably the most impressive joyride ever, in danger of his life due to not only the huge electrical charge coursing over the balloon’s surface, but the lack of breathable air at such high altitudes and, you know, gravity.

His flight incited blog entries, Facebook statuses, YouTube videos, thousands of tweets, news coverage on all major channels and in all major newspapers and Perez Hilton’s wrath. It was almost as if people didn’t die every day and Brangelina never adopted any babies — people were way more interested in little Falcon Heene’s plight.

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), it turned out that Falcon was hiding in a box in the Heene family attic the whole time, ending what was sure to be an epic tale for years to come with a pathetic whimper. What fun!

Of course, Americans then gathered to watch the second part of the saga — the never-ending interviews and paparazzi stakeout of the poor boy’s house. That might have been the end of it, except for the fact that when interviewed, Falcon blurted out to his father, “You said it was for the show,” and later vomited with nervousness when asked about it again. This sparked the kind of outrage that meant father Richard Heene could rival Jon Gosselin for superstar dad of the year.

Turns out the Heene family was the subject of an episode of the reality TV show “Wife Swap,” which everyone should see, if only to derive comfort about their own slightly off-color family.

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WYNN Richard Heene had aspirations of having his own TV show (we think) and had (possibly) concocted a publicity stunt to make himself a temporary celebrity.

America cried hoax and the family might now be facing criminal charges.

According to ABC News, the helicopters following the empty balloon cost about $14,500 to operate, which means that the Heene family could rival the university when it comes to wasting money.

The sad thing is before Falcon was found in the attic, Americans were bound together through praying and tweeting for his safety. Now everyone is bound together by anger and hatred — never mind that they encouraged

the drama by abandoning their workdays to watch a weather balloon. Falcon Heene’s father must have known Americans pretty well to know that this stunt would cause such a sensation.

The media could have focused on other more important issues, but they were simply going with popular demand: America, as a whole, demanded Balloon Boy. We watch “reality” TV shows every day that aren’t the slightest bit real. We enjoy fake special effects in our movies and TV shows all the time. We are surrounded by completely unreal, photoshopped and airbrushed advertisements. We were clearly loving and enjoying the drama while we thought it was real, even though every day we indulge in blatant fakery.

So why are we so angry?

Bethany Wynn is a junior French and sociology major. She can be reached at wynn@umdbk.com.

I’ve never written to The Diamondback in all my 26 years here, but today, after reading “Unstoppable starts here: No it doesn’t” (Oct. 20), I felt compelled to. What the hell? Did “Fear the Turtle” offend someone?

Why in the world, with all the resources here on our own campus, did we go elsewhere? Why not have a contest throughout the university and award the winner with lunch at Adele’s or the food court? Students starving because of tuition hikes would have loved that. But, the “powers that be” decided, “No, we really don’t have imaginative students on our campus.”

So I’m sitting here at lunch, thinking: $250,000. For “Unstoppable starts here.” My mind hurts.

North Carolina: “Shaping leaders, driving results.” Texas Tech: “From here it’s possible.” There are many more excellent ones. We got what?

Couldn’t we have kept “Fear the Turtle” at least until this depression is over with?

Karen Laumann | Stamp Student Union Center for Campus Life

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CIRCO AEREO The circus is coming to town. Not the traditional three-ring, big-top circus of childhood fantasies, mind you, but rather an artistic, theatrical version of standard circus elements.

The circus troupe, Circo Aereo, will be performing “Espresso” Sunday evening at the Music Center at Strathmore Theater in Bethesda.

The 75-minute piece unfolds the history of the circus through a collection of traditional acts such as juggling, horse training, cabaret theater and aerial work. The show is a darker and more avant-garde style, best suited for theatergoers looking to be entertained and amazed. It is performed in front of a black backdrop, and the four performers wear muted colors and occasionally use bright accenting props, which lend an element of humor.

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There are two distinct threads of plot present in Amelia, a biopic about the immensely interesting aviatrix Amelia Earhart. One involves Earhart’s desire above all else to be in the air. The other deals with her rise to a Hollywood-styled social life. Each requires the other to move the plot forward, so it’s a shame that both seem so hollow.

Periodically, Earhart (Hilary Swank, Birds of America) spouts some sentimental nonsense about how important it is for her to fly. Then she accents her point.

Upon spotting a group of wandering oryx, Swank says wondrously “Look how free they are!”

However, this desire to fly anchors certain elements of the plot. The idea for Earhart is that money and fame don’t matter as much as doing what she loves. That’s all well and good, but the message would be just as effective without the extra contrivances.

Then there’s Earhart’s much less interesting rise to media prominence, when she marries publisher George Putnam (Richard Gere, Nights in Rodanthe) and has a supposedly steamy affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor, Angels & Demons).

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film. Director Mira Nair (New York, I Love You) merely shows the audience what happens without commenting on it or inviting further discussion.

The formula is simple: Earhart accomplishes some great feat in flying, becomes a media darling, becomes disillusioned with her newfound fame, yearns to return to the skies and then does. Rinse and repeat, except sprinkle in a marriage and a puzzling affair as you please.

Gere does a fine job of bringing to life the mostly restrained Putnam, but is rarely given anything to do but react to Earhart’s shenanigans. McGregor’s part is a drama-ramping afterthought, a character who could have been cut if so much of the movie’s conflict didn’t rest on his back.

But Swank plays Earhart convincingly. Beside the helpful physical resemblance, Swank manages to

strike a nice balance between friendly, effervescent and fiercely independent.

The best parts of Amelia are in the sequences during which Earhart actually flies. Besides breaking up the tedium of her upper-class woes, the set of characters involved in these scenes are also decidedly more interesting.

And forget about the more action-oriented moments inherent here — the magic exists between the actors, not in the CGI. In fact, for the most part, the supposed action isn’t nearly as pulsepounding as it wants to be.

The exception is the deliberately paced and therefore remarkably effective finale. Not often can a movie whose ending is clear from the beginning inspire such nervousness, but Amelia succeeds. It’s clear the script

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The George Putnam and Gene Vidal melodrama, on the other hand, doesn’t. The stiff presentation of Earhart’s relationships to these men keeps the audience from caring much about either love interest.

It makes one wonder: If the personal drama doesn’t work because there’s nothing substantial under the surface, and the flying sequences only work because of their heightened sense of mood, why should we see Amelia?

It’s not a commentary on the woman’s life, just a strict presentation of it. It’s not a reverential portrait, because Nair doesn’t shy from putting Earhart’s imperfections on display.

The only forward movement is the slight change in Earhart’s character from bubbly independence to selfassured independence. So, again, what exactly is the purpose of Amelia?

The answer? Well, there isn’t much of one, really. When all is said and done, Amelia is just a well-constructed biopic that never really says anything.

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In matchup of field hockey titans, Terps look for revenge In 2007, Terps lost at North Carolina in pivotal game

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

Midfielders Doug Rodkey (No. 5) and Matt Kassel (No. 8) challenge Wake Forest midfielder Sam Cronin during last year’s 4-2 loss to the Demon Deacons. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

No. 5 Terps face No. 3 Wake Forest in much-anticipated heavyweight rematch Terps and Wake Forest have won 3 of last 4 NCAA titles Tournament.

As crucial a game as it might be, its sheer magnitude will likely still pale in comparison to the spectacle of last year’s TerpDemon Deacon game. There was the matchup of the nation’s two top-ranked teams. There was the glare of a live national telecast. There was the commotion of a capacity crowd of 6,500 at Ludwig Field.

It had the glitz, for sure, but little else in the way of actual onthe-field consequences. It was the Terps’ third conference match all season, and only Wake Forest’s second. There was still work to be done.

“After the game was played, we said we could see ourselves meeting again sometime down the road,” Wake Forest coach Jay Vidovich said of his postgame chat with Cirovski.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t get that far.”

At the time it was the potential future meetings between the two teams that would’ve mattered more.

In the ACC Tournament, the Terps and Demon Deacons found themselves on opposite ends of the bracket. Wake Forest’s first loss all season, in a semifinal match against Virginia, nixed the possibility of a rematch in Cary, N.C. “I think all roads pointed toward a Maryland-Wake game on a couple of occasions,” Cirovski said, “And it never materialized.”

BY JONAS SHAFFER Staff writer

It’s the rematch the college soccer world wanted to see last year but never did.

Saturday’s top-five tilt between No. 3 Wake Forest and the No. 5 Terrapin men’s soccer team is more than a year in the making — the Demon Deacons won 4-2 before a thenrecord Ludwig Field crowd last September — and now without many of the stars that made last season’s matchup a classic.

Certainly, tomorrow night’s contest won’t have the same luster of the two teams’ clash last season, but the stakes this time are much higher. Even after losing a combined 12 players to the professional ranks last season, the Terps and Demon Deacons, who have combined to win three of the last four national titles, will battle for the top spot in the ACC. “It legitimizes the elite standings of both programs,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “I don’t think anybody in the country lost the quality of players that ourselves and Wake lost. I think it’s a credit to both teams that we are where we are.”

The Terps and Demon Deacons are the only two ACC teams with just one loss in conference play, and whichever team wins Saturday automatically becomes the front-runner for the ACC regular season title and a top seed in the NCAA

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DETWEILER from page 8 Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday, they will be underdogs against the suddenly resurgent Blue Devils — and they deserve to be.

After dropping a homecoming contest against a mediocre Virginia squad, the Terps limp into this one playing for the eighth consecutive week. In another reminder of how quickly things have started falling apart, the Terps will hope to start something positive against an improving Blue Devil squad — and at this point, it will take an upset win to do it.

“I don’t know how the scheduling goes, but I knew by the time I would play Duke they’d probably be nationally ranked,” said coach Ralph Friedgen, missing the mark by a little on a team he’s 4-0 against in his career. “Now, they’re a real good football team.”

Well, they’re okay. They’ve had some very Duke-like games, losing their season opener to Richmond and getting smashed at No. 24 Kansas.

But recently, they’ve shown signs of life, especially in a 4928 win at N.C. State two weeks ago. They’ve got a solid senior quarterback in Thaddeus Lewis, who threw for 459 yards and five scores against the Wolfpack, directing an offense averaging more than 30 points per game. And though they’re not much into defense (they allow 27.2 points per game), they have caused four more turnovers than they’ve committed. The Terps could learn something from that.

Throw in some extra time to prepare thanks to a bye week, and Duke is almost starting to look like a legit team.

“The perception of Duke football has changed a lot,” defensive lineman Deege Galt said. “They’re pretty good.

People have kinda always looked at Duke as a pushover, and these guys aren’t anywhere close to that.”

It’s not much, but it’s certainly enough that earlier this week, USA Today handicapper Danny Sheridan had the Terps as six-point underdogs for Saturday afternoon’s game.

The Blue Devils haven’t dealt

original starter, earlier this season, both shared time in the cage. They allow an average of 0.26 goals per game for the year, the lowest in the NCAA. The Terps should expect to see Kintzer, who played the entirety of the last two games.

“When it comes to putting ourselves in position to repeat as champions or to be in position to be champions, you’ve got to play the best,” Terp coach Missy Meharg said.

The Terps won the most recent matchup between the two rivals 7-0 last year in College Park, but they are not getting cocky. Both teams insist they will focus on just this match, but tournament implications are hard to ignore.

“A No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament is at stake,” Shelton said. “NCAA seeding is at stake. And the way things are going, this may not be the only time we face Maryland this season. But we’re just trying to keep it in perspective.”

But the Terps are determined to ensure it won’t end the same way as their last Chapel Hill road trip.

“They’re the ones chasing us now,” back Alicia Morawski said. “There’s always someone chasing you, and you need that to give you that extra push. Having someone at your heels gives you that extra motivation to keep pushing yourself and beat them the next time around.” kyanchulis@umdbk.com

with many high expectations this decade, but with their recent success and the Terps’ road failures, there’s at least reason for optimism.

Throughout the week, Duke coach David Cutcliffe has called the Terps an unlucky team and worried about how his team will match up to the Terps’ physicality.

In the past, it was the Terps grasping at straws to compliment their easily inferior opponent. Now, it’s starting to feel like the shoe’s on the other foot.

To be fair, Duke got off to a favorable start last season.

Then, it lost its last five games to finish 4-8 in Cutcliffe’s inaugural year.

So, it’s very easy to believe this team and its suddenly highpowered offense aren’t for real.

Maybe the Terps can pressure Lewis, get quarterback Chris Turner back on track and score a blowout win for old time’s sake. But for now, the Blue Devils come into this game as the unlikely favorites.

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When the Demon Deacons and Terps earned the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, in the NCAA Tournament, they again seemed destined for a reunion in the National Championship.

But Wake Forest’s stunning 1-0 loss to North Carolina in the College Cup semifinals cleared the Terps’ path of what had seemed like the most dangerous team in college soccer.

“In the back of our minds, I think everyone was expecting to get another shot because they were obviously a very talented team,” defender Kevin Tangney said.

“They weren’t able to move on, and we did. And fortunately, we just took home the title, and that’s all that matters now,” midfielder Matt Kassel added.

While players like Marcus Tracy, the Demon Deacons’ 2008 M.A.C. Hermann Trophywinning forward, and Omar Gonzalez, the Terps’ All-American defender, won’t be on the Spry Stadium pitch tomorrow, it hasn’t seemed to matter yet this season, as the two teams have combined for only five losses this year.

Nonetheless, redemption of one kind or another will certainly be on each team’s agenda Saturday night.

“I think it’s always made for one of the better games of the year,” Cirovski said, “and I think Saturday will be no different.”

Terrapin field hockey midfielder Alexis Pappas’ last trip to Chapel Hill, N.C., is crystallized in her memory.

Two years ago, the Terps and North Carolina Tar Heels faced each other in a situation nearly identical to the one that will play out tomorrow: the top two teams in the nation, both undefeated, squaring off for the top seeds in the ACC and NCAA Tournaments. Only their rankings were swapped, with the Terps at No. 2 and the Tar Heels the top dogs.

The Terps lost 3-0, snapping a 20-game winning streak extending to the previous season, and the year fell apart after that. They fell in three of their last five matches, including early postseason exits in the ACC Tournament semifinals and NCAA quarterfinals, while North Carolina rolled on to take the conference and national titles.

“I’m trying not to think about it,” Pappas said. “But I think that it’s going to make us even more excited to come out and prove we can have a 17-0 season.”

And she is sure of one thing about this weekend’s game between the No. 1 Terps (16-0, 4-0 ACC) and No. 2 Tar Heels: “It’s going to be a bloodbath.”

Though Pappas said that lightheartedly, that seems to be the expectation on both sides of the battle of field hockey titans.

“It’s ACC hockey at its finest,” North Carolina coach Karen Shelton said. “And I think it will be a wide open match. Both teams play a very solid brand of field hockey.”

In reaching this pivotal game, the two teams have paralleled not only their 2007 seasons but also each other. The Terps and Tar Heels (15-0, 4-0) are the only teams remaining in the country that have beat all their opponents, often by big margins, even in the NCAA’s toughest conference.

But both have survived close calls recently, including overtime games. The Terps went into extra minutes two weeks ago against Princeton and North Carolina did it last weekend against Virginia.

Both possess powerful offenses, with the highest assists, points and goals per game averages and the highest scoring margins in the nation.

The Terps, though, have the slight statistical edge thanks to a deeper attack, which claims four scorers in the double digits.

The Terps and the Tar Heels have each succeeded in scoring on many penalty corner plays, though both have struggled recently. But the Terps got over their slump in two big wins last weekend against Old Dominion and Delaware.

On defense, however, North Carolina has the edge. Goalkeepers Jackie Kintzer and Brianna O’Donnell have excelled.

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THE MATCHUP

Maryland Terrapins

Duke Blue Devils

2-5 (1-2 ACC)

3-3 (1-1 ACC)

WHEN: Tomorrow, 1:30 p.m. ET WHERE: Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, N.C. T.V.: ESPN360.com LINE: Duke by 4.5 DATA: These two teams haven’t played in four years. With that said, fumes from the upcoming basketball season could keep fans in it.

TERPTRACKER 2009 TEAM STATS TERPS Passing (ypg) Rushing (ypg) Total (ypg) Points per game Opponents ppg Avg. Time of Possession

DUKE

235.9 100.7 336.6 22.9 33.7 29:10

314.5 83.0 397.5 31.8 27.2 31:20

IT’S BEEN A WHILE When the ACC expanded from nine teams to 12, adding Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech, it meant more revenue. But it also meant the loss of some annual rivalries, as the league was split into two divisions.

As a result, the Terps have not played Duke — home or away — since 2004.

The only current Terp who has faced the Blue Devils is sixth-year cornerback Richard Taylor.

In the five years since, the teams have moved in opposite directions. The Terps were coming off three-straight 10-win seasons in 2004, but haven’t reached double-digits since.

The Blue Devils only won four games, total, between that loss to Maryland and last year, coach David Cutcliffe’s first season. Cutcliffe has, in a year and a half, won more games than his predecessor, Ted Roof, did in four seasons at the helm.

DEPTH LINING UP Last weekend against Virginia, defensive tackles Justin Anderson and Joe Vellano saw the first in-game action of their Terp careers. Anderson, a true freshman, and Vellano, a redshirt freshman, played a handful of downs at various points in the 20-9 loss to Virginia.

The irony is, had Vellano not broken his foot in the preseason, Anderson likely would have spent this season on the bench. The opportunity he saw in practice allowed the undersized tackle to move up the Terps’ depth chart behind senior Travis Ivey (right).

After projected starter Dion Armstrong transferred for academic reasons, it appeared the Terps would be weak on the defensive front. Instead, it’s turned into a point of strength.

“Adversity’s the mother of all invention, or whatever that saying is,” Friedgen said. “And because we’ve had some adversity, we’ve had to play some other guys, now they’ve gotten better and guys have gotten back.”

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RECENT MEETINGS 2004 2003 2002

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Quarterback Chris Turner will keep his starting job, but reserve Jamarr Robinson may see time as well.

QUARTERBACKS from page 1 reiterated his point: If the Terps (2-5, 12 ACC) cannot put a halt on the worst start in Friedgen’s tenure, he will look toward the future. The Terps are now two losses from being ineligible for a bowl game, and it’s likely, should they reach that point, Friedgen will give sophomore Jamarr Robinson and perhaps even true freshman Danny O’Brien test runs under center.

Neither Robinson nor O’Brien were made available for comment.

Turner is the first three-year starting quarterback under Friedgen. He’s displayed grit and intelligence under fire, even as a young offensive line often fails him and inexperienced receivers prove inconsistent. Despite mediocre numbers — in the first seven weeks of the season, Turner has accumulated 1,651 passing yards and nine touchdowns along with those eight picks — teammates have praised the California native for his resilience and leadership.

Both Friedgen and Franklin have openly endorsed Turner this week as the team’s clear-cut top quarterback.

But they’ve also suggested the 6foot Robinson, whose athleticism led him to

Not your father’s Blue Devils

TERP C PHIL COSTA VS. DUKE DT VINCE OGHOBAASE When Oghobaase (left) joined the Blue Devils in 2005, the defensive lineman was considered perhaps the most talented recruit in school history.

Now a fifth-year senior, he’s established himself as one of the most ferocious pass rushers in the country. At 6foot-5, 305-pounds, Oghobaase plays both end and tackle in the Blue Devils’ scheme.

Matching up opposite of Oghobaase, Costa is the Terps’ only senior on the offensive line and one of just four starting seniors on the Terps’ offense.

Friedgen said Costa (right) had his best game as a Terp against Virginia. Costa has a young line surrounding him — likely starting guards Justin Lewis and Lamar Young are both true freshmen. Initially, he was hesitant to take an overly vocal leadership role, Friedgen said.

With Oghobaase staring him down, though, Costa’s going to have to play another great game, and get his teammates to do the same.

being considered at safety early in his Terp career, could offer the offense a different look, one they have tried to take advantage of at points throughout the season.

Robinson has yet to attempt a pass, and he fumbled on one of his two rushing attempts this season.

“We were going to try to play Jamarr all year long, but that was going to be based on how he practiced,” Franklin said. “Early on, we played him. And the time he played, he fumbled. And that’s been an issue, so I wasn’t going to put him back in, just going from there. I think early on, if he had taken advantage of the opportunities he had, he’d probably be playing a little bit more.”

Franklin said he regularly looks toward the future. Every week in practice, he pulls aside scout team members for individual drills, hoping to turn recruits and reserves into starters and stars.

The future at quarterback, then, has left the Terp offensive coaches quite pleased. Last spring, Turner and Robinson were the only quarterbacks on the roster for spring drills, limiting Friedgen’s options for organizing practices.

Next spring, the Terps project to have four returning quarterbacks on the roster. While Turner departs, they will still have Robinson, who is joined by true freshmen O’Brien and C.J. Brown and Miami (Ohio) transfer Clay Belton, who joined the team as a walk-on at the beginning of the school year.

In addition, the team is bringing in two recruits, Devin Burns of Columbus, Ga., and Tyler Smith of Easton, Pa., in the fall.

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Duke Football …

For years, just a mention of the hapless Blue Devils’ pigskin squad has brought a smile to fans across the ACC. For a school that has caused so many of the league’s

members so many problems in men’s basketball through the years, Duke has been the football definition of a perennial whipping boy.

The Blue Devils haven’t won more than two conference games since 1999. They haven’t won more than four games since 1994 — the last time they qualified for a bowl game.

It’s been more than five years since the Terrapin football team got a crack at the Dukies. The Terps won that game 55-21 in Durham, N.C., on Sept. 25, 2004. Since then, Duke has gone 11-49 with just three conference wins.

“They sucked,” safety Terrell Skinner said, describing the league-wide perception of a team he’s never faced. “Bottom of the ACC, I mean, empty stadium, hard to play down there because it’s so empty. Just bad football.”

But here’s the part that’s not funny.

When the Terps travel to

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to have five legitimate quarterbacks in this program every single year,” Franklin said. “Not this situation like it was in the spring, where we had two quarterbacks. Five legitimate quarterbacks. We’re going to sign a big-time quarterback every single year. So after this year, we will sign one a year.

We’re kind of back on schedule.”

Going into the spring, it appears Robinson and O’Brien will be battling for the starting job. Robinson boasts “the strongest arm of any quarterback I’ve every worked with,” wide receiver Ronnie Tyler said, while O’Brien, a North Carolina product, has earned superfluous praise for his intelligence and poise, even as a true freshman.

But coaches will likely keep the competition open. Brown, so far held back by his simplistic high school scheme, is an athletic dual-threat quarterback. Belton is the tallest of the bunch at 6-foot-6, and the lefty is also the only returning quarterback who has attempted a college pass, throwing for 639 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions with the RedHawks last year.

“I get the question every day of who I think is going to play [next season],” Turner said. “The reality is, we’re stacked at quarterback. A lot of good players. But I can’t see into the future right now. ... It could be a long, drawnout thing or they could name the quarterback right out of the spring.”

It appears Robinson will have the opportunity to make the coaches’ jobs a bit easier this season. Friedgen said he wouldn’t play O’Brien, who has closed in on the second-string job, this year “unless we don’t like what we’ve seen we’ve seen with Jamarr.”

Robinson will play again at some point this year. He was scheduled to at-

tempt his first pass as a Terp against Clemson, but a back injury kept him out of the game, Franklin said.

In the spring, the coaches were frustrated by Robinson’s lack of development. Friedgen was not sure Robinson could earn the second-string job, even as defensive back Anthony Green was tentatively the third quarterback on the roster at the time. For Robinson, consistency remains an issue, but his flashes of brilliance shine.

Still, Franklin made no secret that “if you just look at practice and evaluate practice and decisions being made in the things they do, there’s still a pretty big gap between [Robinson] and Chris.”

And Robinson won’t be handed the starting quarterback job entering the spring. He’ll have to earn it, competing against a deep group of signal callers with very varied styles.

Friedgen emphasized that he expects every player he recruits will be able to compete for a starting job. The youth at the quarterback position could put that theory to test, particularly if O’Brien or Brown wins the starting job next season and has a chance to be Friedgen’s first four-year starter.

But depth has its advantages, and the Terps have plenty of it stored for the future.

“Sometimes, there’s power in numbers,” Donovan said. “The more guys you have, the more chance you’ve got of getting one, if not more.”

This year, regardless of the future, it appears the Terps have their “one.”

It’s now a matter of determining how much longer this year matters. ajoseph@umdbk.com

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HEAD OFFENSE

DEFENSE

Fourth-year starting quarterback Thaddeus Lewis may go down as the best signal caller in Blue Devil history, and he’s coming off a mammoth six-touchdown performance against N.C. State.

The Terps, meanwhile, will be without Da’Rel Scott or Gary Douglas, their first- and third-string running backs.

The Duke defense has created 10 turnovers and scored on four of them, which could produce a big game against the Terps.

Terp coordinator Don Brown made a note that of the last six halves the Terps have played, his defense has performed well in five.

SPECIAL TEAMS

COACHING

Getting punter Travis Baltz back should be a big help to Terp kicker Nick Ferrara, who has faced double duty expectations the last four games. And Torrey Smith seems due for a big kick return.

The Blue Devils don’t have the same kind of big-play threats on special teams, but they are consistently solid.

These two men are two of the finest offensive coordinators in college football.

Duke’s Cutcliffe is in his second year as a head coach. So far, he’s done a good job with a devastated program.

Friedgen, on the other hand, is on the hot seat. But the fact is, he’s proven he can win, unlike Cutcliffe.

INTANGIBLES

PREDICTION

The Terps have gone on the road twice this season, and each time, the game was essentially over by the time the teams hit the locker rooms at halftime.

The Blue Devils are looking to make their first bowl since 1994 and can’t afford to lose to a team like the Terps.

Shockingly, they’re favored.

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