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ELECTION 2012

Romney surges in recent polls Since first presidential debate performance, Republican challenger gaining momentum

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

lime fresh mexican grill, which opened its doors two weeks ago, has been largely popular among students, especially because free chips accompany every meal. The restaurant faces tough competition from Chipotle, but Economic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater said its more extensive menu makes it stand out. christian jenkins/the diamondback

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In September, President Obama was burying his Republican counterpart Mitt Romney in the polls.

But two debates later, Romney has shaken up the race with just two weeks to go until Election Day. The most recent aggregate of major national polls from RealClearPolitics.com has Romney edging out Obama by 0.4 percentage points, about half of what the Republican led by two weeks ago when his surge in the polls began.

Nevertheless, it’s a dramatic shift considering in late September, Obama held a commanding lead of more than 4 percentage points.

Romney exploited Obama’s weak performance in the first presidential debate two weeks ago, energizing independents and disengaged voters who were previously unimpressed by the Republican challenger, which helps explain the turnaround in polling numbers, said business professor Hank Boyd.

“I think for some of the undecided voters out there, they were like, ‘Wow let me take note here,’”

CHANGING LANDSCAPE Although President Obama had a strong lead in national polls a few weeks ago, Romney has gained momentum since the first presidential debate on Oct. 3.

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Numbers from RealClearPolitics.com Boyd said. “I think that started to show up in the polls.”

According to RealClearPolitics’ Electoral College map, Romney leads with 206 electoral votes to Obama’s 201. There are still 131 undecided votes.

The second debate Oct. 16 was a different story, Boyd said.

“With the second debate, the president came back large and strong, and it was pretty obvious, and he even said in his remarks, ‘I am the president,’” See ROMNEY, Page 3

Lime Fresh Mexican Grill brings bit of summer, but still faces competition from nearby Chipotle

By Nick Foley Staff writer Nearly two weeks ago, a blast of the beach swept through College Park, landing at 7419 Baltimore Ave. when Lime Fresh Mexican Grill opened its doors.

The spot formerly occupied by California Tortilla came alive Oct. 10, opening with a bang that characterizes the brand’s spicy origins. And judging by the steady crowds flowing through the restaurant’s doors, the university community has welcomed the slice of

southern Florida in the city, according to General Manager Leo Mbwiria.

“We bring Miami to College Park,” he said. “College people have been embracing it.”

Lime currently operates 23 stores in six states and Washington, 12 of which are in Florida. The ever-expanding brand — owned by Ruby Tuesday — aims to open 20 more locations within the next two years, Mbwiria said.

“We’re pretty aggressive right now,” he said. “We’re here for the home run — I think we’ll get there.”

An array of beers nestled in a tikistyle ice bed greets patrons as loud music booms throughout the restaurant. Wide-eyed employees are perched behind brick counters, and mini-patches of faux grass are implanted in the walls around the dining area. It quickly becomes clear the atmosphere is designed to pleasantly awaken the senses.

Farther inside the store, a salsa bar featuring eight distinct varieties peers out from behind a second wall of See LIME, Page 2

Student found dead in Commons No indication of foul play, 19-year-old female found in Commons 2 apt.

By Fola Akinnibi Staff writer University Police reported they found a student dead in South Campus Commons Building 2 on Friday afternoon.

Officers received a call for an unresponsive female at 1:15 p.m., University Police

spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said.

When emergency medical services arrived at the apartment, they pronounced 19-year-old Wairimu Thande dead.

There was no indication of foul play, Limansky said; the medical examiner’s office is currently investigating the cause of death, which could take a few

weeks or longer.

A student died of medical complications on the campus last year, Limansky said.

“It’s not very frequent, but it does happen, sadly,” he said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

Terps Vote registers 4,000+ students Online voter registration system helps efforts

By Sarah Tincher Staff writer For some students, figuring out the voter registration process in the midst of classes and midterms simply posed a hassle — until the SGA made it as simple as having a student ID or stopping at a table at Stamp.

Thanks to a new in-house voter registration system, along with a concerted effort by the Student Government Association and several other campus groups — known collectively as the Terps Vote coalition — more than 4,000 students registered on the campus before the Oct. 16 deadline, compared with about 2,500 students during the 2008 election.

Although the groups were able

to garner more than 1,700 additional student voters through paper registration, the majority came from the Terrapin Electronic Voter Registration System, with 2,327 students registering online.

“We were able to hit our overall goal — we wanted to register 4,000 people before the deadline,” said James Jalandoni, SGA governmental affairs director. “It was a lot of work from a lot of different people. It was a really great collaborative effort.”

The online system — which launched Oct. 1, leaving students 16 days to register through the system – required in-state or full-time out-of-state students to have a student ID in order to register.

Despite prelaunch complications See voters, Page 2

Unwavering devotion 100-year-old alumnus has been loyal Terps fan for decades

By Teddy Amenabar Staff writer Wearing a zip-up Maryland sweatshirt and chatting about Perry Hills and Randy Edsall, Stan Lore would appear to be the average alumnus on homecoming weekend.

“The football coach got into trouble

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by telling the kids you can’t do this you can’t do that — I think he finally woke up,” Lore says.

But when talk shifts to his favorite game — a late 1940s win over Penn State — it’s apparent Lore has a longer-thanaverage history with the Terps. Lore has owned football season tickets for 25 years and until fall 2011, drove himself from Pittsburgh to College Park for a few home games a year to support the school where he found his own success.

“Frankly, I thought I owed them a lot and as a consequence I wanted to

pay them back,” said Lore, who turned 100 in August.

In the 1920s, Lore had plans to attend the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. But the stock market crashed in ’29 and that same year, his father lost his business.

Plans changed.

The next year, he arrived on this campus, then the home of just four academic buildings and roughly 2,000 students, to study civil engineering.

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stan lore, a 100-year-old alumnus, has been a loyal fan since attending this university in the 1930s. He has had football season tickets for 25 years and drives to a few games a year from Pennsylvania . christian jenkins/for the diamondback

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LIME From PAGE 1 crushed ice, an effort to get students “to taste a little bit of everything,” Mbwiria said. The store also offers happy hours every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., serving $2 tacos and $3 sangria and margaritas. Burritos, tacos, salads and quesadillas run about $8 or $9.

Despite its distinct design, the store faces stiff competition across Route 1 at Chipotle, a city staple that has long been one of the top-grossing locations in the franchise. However, Mbwiria said Lime differs by offering fresh ingredients delivered daily to the store, table service and free sides of chips with every meal.

“We separate ourselves in at least making sure that service is great,” Mbwiria said, adding he has seen a number of students choose Lime over Chipotle strictly for the chips. “You can’t beat that — free chips.”

Chipotle General Manager R osa R omero d e c l i ne d to comment for this article.

E c o n o m i c C o o rd i n a to r Michael Stiefvater said the business has already succeeded in standing out from Chipotle by offering a more extensive menu and upscale interior design.

“They offer a few more things on their menu than Chipotle has. … I think they’re just really playing up the aspect of it being fresh food and a healthy alternative,” he said. “They look like they’ve spent a lot of money renovating the place.”

The restaurant’s location, next to popular Bagel Place and right across from the campus, would spike “foot traffic” to the store, Stiefvater added.

Several students, including freshman computer science major Sam Powell and freshman computer engineering major Travis White, said they ventured to Lime after escaping long lines at the South Campus Dining Hall.

“I heard it was a better Chipotle,” Powell said. “Chipotle is

“chipotle is one of my favorite restaurants, so i figured i better come check [lime] out.” sam powell

Freshman computer science major one of my favorite restaurants, so I figured I better come check it out.”

He added he and White would return to Lime when they reach the legal drinking age to enjoy the casual drinking atmosphere.

“We can’t wait until we’re 21; we can just come here and have a side beer,” Powell said.

Other students, such as senior civil engineering major Adam Grahn, said although the store’s ambiance was favorable, the food cost more than he anticipated.

“When you walk in, it’s definitely a lot more of a restaurant feel than Cal Tor,” Grahn said. “I think it’s slightly overpriced for what you’re getting. … It wasn’t anything special.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

lime fresh mexican grill, located in California Tortilla’s former spot, is the latest addition to the local College Park dining scene. The restaurant, across the street from Chipotle, offers happy-hour specials throughout the week, a variety of salsas and free chips. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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once upon a time: I’m not obsessed, I swear Sometimes I like to imagine I live in a fairy tale. There’s no need for big, frilly dresses. Just me, a hot prince and a mansion with some singing Tupperware. If only there was a way to see it all play out in front of me.

Luckily for me, some wonderful soul created the perfect TV show for all of the incognito princesses.

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and delayed promotion, 542 students used the system to register within the first four days of its implementation. Although only 956 students had registered eight days prior to the deadline, there was a surge on Oct. 15 — 1,881 students used the site to register.

“I orig i na l ly saw people outside of Stamp promoting [the system],” said junior journalism major Sarah Polus. “They did a good job of trying to promote it on campus.”

Polus, a New Hampshire resident, used the system to join 445 other students in registering on the final day.

“I was planning on using an absentee ballot because New

Hampshire is a swing state, but it was really confusing to get organized,” she said. “It was much easier to just get registered at Maryland.”

W h ile Polus had already registered in the state, she said she was confused by the traditional paper system and wasn’t sure she had completed the process properly.

“Every time I was trying to figure out how to register before, it was confusing because I didn’t know the polling places, so I was hesitant to register,” she said. “I knew using the student ID meant we could vote in Stamp. It was really easy to register and made it a lot simpler.”

But Polus still felt the postregistration process was unclear.

“I kind of wish they had explained the process a little bit more,” Polus said. “I didn’t really

“I knew using the student ID meant we could vote in Stamp. It was really easy to register and made it a lot simpler.”

Sarah Polus

Junior journalism major understand if I was done registering or if there was more I had to do — I still don’t even know if I’m technically allowed to vote.”

Megan Konigkramer, a junior biochemistry major, said she was “very pleased” with the easy-touse system.

“I did it on my phone while I was getting my hair cut,” Konigkramer said. “It was cool that our school is doing this and being really proactive with getting people to vote.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Construction causes water outage ROMNEY for two North Campus dorms

By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer Students living in Denton and Elkton halls experienced a water outage in their dorms Monday because of a water main break in the Denton Community, officials said.

After workers at the Denton Community quad construction site discovered the break, they shut off water for the two dorms at about 11 a.m. so Facilities Management could dig into the quad for repairs, according to Operations and Maintenance Director Jack Baker. As of 1 p.m., the workers were excavating the area and attempting to repair the crack as soon as possible. Water returned to the dorms yesterday afternoon.

“The hope is that this isn’t a real inconvenience for students since they’re out and about with classes, and that the water will be back on before the stu-

dents come back to the dorms,” Baker said at 1 p.m.

The cause of the malfunction is unknown, Baker said, though it most commonly occurs in cold weather as the ground freezes and thaws, causing shifting. The break could have been triggered by age or the current construction on the quad, a $3.65 million project set to be completed by Thanksgiving, he said.

“There’s really no way to know the cause of the pipe break,” Baker said. “We may not even know once we dig down and get to it.”

The Department of Resident Life did not provide another way to get water, but residents used the nearby North Campus Dining Hall, 251 North and the 24 Shop as resources. However, junior accounting major and Elkton Hall resident James Lowe said the department should have provided more guidance to residents.

“There’s really no way to know the cause of the pipe break.”

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Facilities Management operations and “I would definitely say this is a large inconvenience; we can’t wash our hands or brush our teeth,” he said early yesterday afternoon. “We should have another place to go that has water.”

However, several students said they anticipated only a short-term inconvenience. In addition, Elkton Hall resident Andrew Hines said water resources on the campus are plentiful.

“It could be a lot worse, compared to a major power outage or a widespread water outage,” the junior electrical engineering major said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

Common Ground provides students with setting to practice civil dialogue 12-year-old program creates diverse groups for debating issues

By Jenny Hottle Staff writer Thousands of students eager to delve into complex issues, ranging from politics to race, have found like-minded peers on the campus through Common Ground.

The self-described “fly-under-theradar” organization, a collaborative effort between the Department of Resident Life and the CIVICUS living-learning program, provides small, diverse groups of students with a place to voice different perspectives on hot topics, said Steve Petkas, one of the program’s founders.

Petkas, Resident Life student and staff development associate director, said 2,248 students have participated in one of the group’s three types of sessions since the program launched in 2000. And last year, about 280 students participated in the group’s most popular session, up from the average participation of 225 people.

Discussion groups of 12 to 14 students and two peer dialogue leaders cover issues such as abortion, the death penalty, same-sex marriage and affirmative action in a single- or four-session format. Students discuss multicultural dilemmas and envision potential solutions, working to arrive at a consensus or at least reach a mutual understanding of the issue, Petkas said.

“It teaches you how to talk to people and be civil, to talk about sensitive things without being explosive,” said senior journalism major Mali Krantz, who participated in the course for a CIVICUS project and for resident assistant training.

Many CIVICUS students take a

LORe From PAGE 1 “[My father] insisted that I take engineering,” Lore said. “He didn’t want me to take arts and science.”

But he found a way to pursue an interest of his own, by trying out for freshman baseball. He made the freshman baseball team and played 18 games, both on and off the pitching mound.

“I’ve been playing baseball ever since I was knee-high to a duck,” Lore added with a smile. “We played in alleys and everything else. And that was the one sport I enjoyed and liked.”

Though the team spent nights in when they were on the road — away games were played over an extended Easter holiday — the head coach made one exception and treated the players to trip to the movies before their game against William & Mary. Lore and nearly every other player sneaked out of the theater, leaving behind the pitcher and catcher seated on either side of the coach.

“There were four girls for every boy down at William & Mary,” said Lore, who helped his friends score dates before the team returned around 1 a.m.

“Ask him how many windows he’s

course to work as peer dialogue leaders for their spring semester sophomore year internships, serving as a sort of culmination of the program, which CIVICUS Director Sue Briggs said allows students to gain valuable leadership experience.

“We’re hoping [peer dialogue leaders] will enhance their teambuilding skills, their ability to work in groups, to focus on strengthening their communications skills and enhance their analysis skills,” Briggs said.

While the peer dialogue leader training class was opened up to nonCIVICUS students last year, Petkas said, they were unable to hold the nonCIVICUS class this semester while the program is in the process of hiring a new director.

Session leaders push for a diversity of opinions, said Ryan McCullough, a peer dialogue leader and Somerset Hall resident assistant.

“Everyone has a different walk of life, a different background,” he said.

“Everyone can learn something new about a topic.”

Nicole Riccio came away with a more in-depth understanding of same-sex marriage after attending a four-session series on the topic.

“There are many factors that need to be considered when discussing a topic that I had never even thought of before,” the senior criminology and criminal justice major said.

Some students said while they enjoyed debating the issues, they wished the leaders facilitating sessions would provide more information about the topics.

“There’s a lot of arguing and debate, but people will just say things and nobody can prove them wrong since nobody has the answer,” Krantz said.

But Common Ground purposely refrains from providing additional information in order to maintain an

“it teaches you how to talk to people and be civil, to talk about sensitive things without being explosive.”

climbed out of,” said his daughter, Pam Lore.

He added he is now “eminently qualified” to give younger generations of college men advice on romantic advice.

“You go around with enough women eventually you’re going to find one and you’re going to fall for her like a ton of bricks,” Stan said with a smile.

But the offending players were caught, Lore said, and for their night out they sacrificed their playing time to sit the bench at the game the next morning.

However, Lore had to leave the team later that year to help his father. He worked three jobs, including teaching at night school and delivering newspapers, to pay his tuition of $125.

“You just have to persevere. One, you have to have to do it and that will force you,” Lore said. “And you have to enjoy what you’re doing. If you enjoy what you’re doing, well, that’s great.”

In 1934, Lore’s senior year, he was the president of Lambda Chi Alpha and had returned to the sport he loved as manager of the varsity Terps baseball team. For his first job, he went on to play for the American Security and Trust Company team.

“We took them from the cellar up to second place,” Lore said of himself and two of the star players, “and they were so glad that they gave the three of us a

raise — we got one dollar a week more.”

But his dad’s encouragement to pursue a more challenging career led Lore back to engineering and within two weeks of an interview, he was working for U.S. Steel. He stayed with the company for more than 60 years, promoting Cortensteel, a high strength and low alloy material, around the world, from Finland and France to College Park.

“You have some Corten standards around the university because I promoted it here,” Lore added.

Looking back, Lore said he is astounded by how much the university has progressed over the years.

“All I can say is that this school is humongous,” Lore said. “And it does have a very, very good reputation for research … there’s only one thing wrong with this school — it’s too liberal, if you want to start talking politics.”

But it is Lore’s loyalty to Terps athletics that has recently earned him recognition. At the Terps’ ACC opener against Wake Forest three weeks ago, the athletic department named Lore the Terrapin Club Member of the Game, an honor that brought him unexpected attention that day and at last weekend’s homecoming match.

“I can’t say it was my passion because Corten steel was my passion

MALI KRANTZ

Common Ground participant and senior journalism major objective third-party stance, Briggs said. Instead, she said, participants are encouraged to bring their own research to the meetings.

“We aren’t an authority figure in the sense that we’re all there to learn,” said Natalie Bahmanyar, who has worked as the program’s interim coordinator since the beginning of the semester.

“We go in there to maintain this idea of civility and dialogue. We’re facilitators more than anything else.”

Common Ground directors hope to get more people outside of CIVICUS and RA training to participate in these dialogues, but Krantz doesn’t think the program is necessary for students interested in the issues.

“The people who want to talk about these issues are already talking about them with their friends,” said Krantz, a Leonardtown Community RA. “We attend such a diverse university that I’m sure they don’t need to go to this facilitated conversation to hear other people who disagree with them.”

But other RAs, such as sophomore American studies major Josh Tarr, said the program provides real-life training experience for communicating with others.

“I think it’s a great way not only to share your opinions, but in a constructive way,” said Tarr. “All of my residents come from different backgrounds. It’s not fair for me to act like they’re all the same or act like they have the same opinions.”

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Boyd said. “Had he done that in the first debate, I think this would be a moot point.”

In the last week, the two have been jostling for the lead, with the race narrowing despite Romney’s shaky September full of public mishaps. This was, however, no surprise to public policy professor Christopher Foreman.

“Republicans realized that Romney was more formidable and more capable than they had thought,” Foreman said. “There was a migration and an activation toward Romney by his base, the unenthusiastic, and probably some newly attentive swing voters impressed by Romney’s performance.”

Even though the polls at one point may have indicated otherwise, Foreman said the race was always going to be close, given Obama’s record. He will have to ignite voters in the midst of the slow-growing economy under his watch.

For Romney, the debates were just the push he needed to tap the disengaged voting bloc.

“It may well be that it was suddenly accelerated by Obama’s perceived dismal performance in the first debate,” Foreman said. “It’s always been a question of whether Romney could rally either his formerly dispirited base or people who were inclined to look at him anyway.”

The election lends itself to a down-to-the-wire struggle for the White House, said the university’s College Democrats president Tyler Grote, who also isn’t shocked Romney closed the polling gap.

“It was going to be close no matter what,” Grote said, adding Obama’s record is competitive with Romney’s, and last night’s debate put his foreign policy success on full display.

“I think he’s laid out a clear plan and his four years laid a foundation for that,” Grote said. “He knows what he’s doing there, where Gov. Romney has no prior foreign policy experience.”

Romney “owned” the first debate,

said this university’s College Republicans vice president Derek Zumstein, and with the economy’s current state, Obama is having trouble articulating the message that he will be able to put the country back on stable footing.

“For the most part, I feel it’s the disconnect between goals and achievement,” Zumstein said.

Because this state has a reputation as solidly blue, some out-of-state students said they are eager to cast their ballots where there is no clear-cut winner. Mia Yellin, a sophomore Jewish studies major from Pennsylvania, said she thinks — and hopes — Romney has a chance in a state that has voted Democrat in every election after 1988.

“I’m a Republican voter, and I want my vote to count, so I’m sending in an absentee ballot,” Yellin said. “I think Romney actually stands a chance.”

Pennsylvania, Boyd said, is a toss-up state that could still help Romney, but Boyd sees it as “fool’s gold” for the GOP. “It’s in play, but I still think it’s leaning toward the president,” Boyd said. Republicans “look at it and say, ‘Okay this year, we’re going to do it, we’re going to get Pennsylvania,’ but it normally breaks their heart.”

Both Boyd and Foreman said the vote will come down to the wire, and Ohio will prove to be the most important state on the electoral map. Romney leads the volatile Electoral College poll 206 to 201 without factoring in toss-up states, but he still trails by 1.9 percentage points in Ohio, which is likely to be the most coveted battleground state for both candidates. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win.

“Everything hinges on Ohio,” Foreman said. “That state is so hotly contested.”

“Ohio, Ohio, Ohio … It’s all going to come down to Ohio,” Boyd added.

Most state polls give Obama an advantage, which Foreman said will provide him with an easier path to victory, despite the electoral college lead.

“I think there is a narrow advantage to Obama,” Foreman said. “You need to get to 270 electoral votes, and at the moment Obama has more pathways to assemble the necessary electoral votes.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Busboys and Poets: A gluten-free dream Busboys and Poets, located down Route 1 in Hyattsville, is perfect for dinner with your friends or family when they come to visit. Not only is the food great, but it also has one of the biggest gluten-free menus, with the most variety, that I have found near College Park.

Labeled right on the menu are the gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options. There are so many options, it is hard to decide what to get. Some of my favorite dishes I’ve found are the gluten-free fried chicken and the gluten-free pizza.

The fried chicken is crusted with cornmeal. This is the first time I’ve found a glutenfree fried chicken, and it was delicious.

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STAN LORe, who had his 100th birthday in August, was honored by the athletic department at the Terps football ACC opener a few weeks ago for his loyalty to the team. He attended the university in the 1930s, playing for the freshman baseball team and serving as president of Lambda Chi Alpha. christian jenkins/for the diamondback … but I would just say that I appreciated everything, enjoyed it, enjoyed the people that were here — except for some of the Democrats — but other than that, I’ve always had a great time,” he said. “I’m just flabbergasted with the attention that they’ve been paying.”

University archivist Anne Turkos said his frequent attendance is a marvel.

“I’ve never met anyone like him,” Turkos said. “I think he is a remarkable alum, so dedicated and so faithful

to the campus and loves being here.

It’s inspiring to me to meet someone like that.”

These days, his daughter drives instead, but Lore still sees the team in action and remains in the stands as long as the clock is running.

“We never leave until the last gong, no matter how cold it is or how wet it is,” Pam Lore said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Editor’s Note: The following is taken from columnist Neal Freyman’s letter to his mother.

Dear Mom, Thanks for your call the other day.

It was great hearing about the family, though Steve contracting chicken pox for the third time in a month is a little disturbing. But, Ma, even more disturbing is the number of questions you ask me. Constantly answering your incessant prying into my life is just too much for this college senior. So, this is my letter attempting to pre-emptively answer all questions you might have for me over this next week.

For the last time, I have appropriate clothes for the weather. It’s unseasonably warm for October, so, in all honesty, I don’t know how much use I’ll get out of the winter coat, gloves and scarf you sent me.

But, I’d sure hate to get a cold, so I bundle up nice and cozy when the temperature drops below 75 degrees at night. Like you always say, I can’t take any chances with my health, especially with my final exams only seven weeks away.

Speaking of schoolwork, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more diligent student. I’m the definition of preparedness. Teachers and fellow students seem surprised when I recite the syllabus by heart on the first day of class. But, it saves paper, and it would be difficult for you to find a more interesting document than the campus policy on excused absences, listed on page 37 of the University of Maryland Undergraduate Catalog.

I’ve completely given up procrastination — you don’t have to worry about me cramming for a test or pulling an all-nighter to finish a paper.

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Easy answers to mom’s questions NEAL FREYMAN

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success. Essays are much less stressful when adhering to my policy of writing one sentence a day starting the first week of school. That way, when the professor hands out the prompt, I have about three weeks for editing and revision, which, unfortunately, most of the time means a whole rewriting of the paper, because I was initially clueless about the topic.

Now, Mom, I’m maintaining such a healthy diet, I’m convinced you could cancel my yearly checkups with the doctor and I’d still make it to triple digits. The dining halls on the campus have an incredible number of food options, from greasy turkey sandwiches to fatty quesadillas to flavorless pasta swimming in an ocean of oily alfredo, marinara and pesto sauces. Of course, I don’t have to tell you I’m vegan now and remain loyal to the dining halls’ wonderful array of decomposing bananas and fluorescent carrots.

As for my drinking habits, you needn’t be concerned. I only allow myself one night for socializing every two weeks, allotting the rest of my weekend for attending wonderfully stimulating symposiums such as the Future of Bulgarian Biomedical Research and the Legal Issues for Maryland Gardeners Workshop. On the rare occasion I do “go out,” I take the utmost precautions to not drink and drive, even though my friends shoot me a puzzled look when I absolutely insist on them taking the keys to my car parked in our Massachusetts driveway. But, Ma, you told me to never take chances, and who knows what compromising circumstances I could find myself in under the influence of one shot of vodka (watered down, of course)?

Well, that’s all for now, Mom. I hope I answered all your questions and more.

I have to run to class now, though, as I know for a fact writing letters to parents is not an excused absence.

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Question 7 must not pass Editor’s note: This column ran in several college newspapers across the country. Sen. James Brochin sent this to The Diamondback. here’s a famous scene in Robert Penn Warren’s political novel, All the King’s Men, in which Willie Stark delivers a fiery speech telling the people they have been lied to, and the political establishment was counting on them being a bunch of uninformed hicks. In my mind, Question 7, the gambling initiative on November’s ballot, is a clear attempt by the political establishment to pull a fast one citizens of this state.

Let’s look at the facts: In May, despite my and many of my colleagues’ best efforts, Democratic leaders decided those with an annual income of more than $100,000 were to be considered “wealthy” in this state.

Legislators decided these new wealthy people would now see an increase in their marginal state income tax from 4.75 percent to 5 percent. Three months later, in

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a special session, both Republicans and Democrats were back in Annapolis, asking voters to lower the tax rate on casino operators in this state from 67 percent to, in some cases, less than 50 percent. That’s right, this state has the most aggressive tax on casinos in the U.S., and the powers that be wanted to lower that rate from 67 percent to potentially less than 50 percent. All of this in exchange for a sixth casino in Prince George’s County.

To add insult to injury, while state government continues to extract personal property taxes from hardworking business owners, this legislation will exempt every casino operator from paying personal property taxes on any machines or other equipment in those facilities for life.

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ingly, the multimillionaire owners of the six casinos will receive a lifetime exemption on their personal property taxes.

How does the establishment think they can get away with this?

They’re counting on the millions of dollars of ads by MGM Grand and the allure of a few thousand temporary construction jobs to carry the day. They’re also counting on you to be an uninformed hick or to be so disgusted by the maneuvering of both sides that you just vote “yes” to put the issue behind you.

But there is another option. Vote “no” on Question 7 and send us back to Annapolis to do what we should have done in the first place — legalize table games at the five initial casinos and tell the casino mega-millionaires to pay the 67 percent tax their businesses are supposed to pay.

James Brochin is a state senator for Baltimore County. He can be reached at jim.brochin@senate.state.md.us.

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Noah Knows: No burden being a virgin CAROLINE CARLSON From a young age, we’re told college is one of the only places where all ideas should be accepted and tolerated. A university is supposed to be a marketplace of opinions, where individuals can share their perspectives without being berated or ridiculed in public. On Friday, however, “Noah Knows,” The Diamondback’s sex-advice column, completely disproved my assumption that a college student should be fully capable of respecting another’s private decisions.

A female student submitted a question concerning her discomfort in “putting out” for guys.

A strong believer in waiting for marriage to have sex, she didn’t know how to tell men she is unwilling to engage in sexual activity without driving them away.

What followed was one of the most intolerant responses I’ve read in a while.

According to “Noah Knows,” this female student was akin to “a closeted gay guy’s dream” — any closeted gay man would be happy to date her so he could pretend to be in a relationship without any sexual contact.

He then proceeded to tell her she’s in college, which obviously means she has to go further than she’s willing to get the guy she wants and must be willing to pass second base to prevent guys from “getting bored and moving on.”

In Noah’s world, sex is the main factor determining your ability to find a relationship in college — scratch personality, values or hobbies.

And you can forget upholding any sense of personal integrity. If you want to lose your virginity for the wrong reasons in college, you run into an issue with upholding moral values. According to Noah, losing your virginity is a rite of passage for college students, and deciding to hold on to it is a really terrible idea.

But does the rest of the country agree with Noah?

Is sex as prevalent on a college campus as we think?

According to a 2001 Independent Women’s

VIEW Choosing whether to engage in sex is a completely personal decision — needless pressure will only do harm.

Forum survey, almost 40 percent of college women are virgins, with about a third of women in the senior class claiming they are virgins.

And a 2007 U.S. Department of Justice study concluded approximately 92 percent of both male and female students have only had five or fewer sexual partners in college.

As much as the media emphasizes hookup culture today, the reality is the number of 18to 24-year-old virgins in the United States has actually been increasing, according to a 2011 National Center for Health Statistics survey.

Rather than making fun of this student for choosing to wait, the perfect answer would have been to tell her sex is ultimately a personal decision. Choosing to engage in sex involves the willingness and consent of both partners, not the judgment of some advice columnist.

Assuming women need to “put out” in order to find a relationship is, quite honestly, abusive.

It promotes the idea women have to always be willing to engage in sex (at least to a certain point), regardless of whether they truly feel comfortable doing so.

Additionally, telling someone she won’t find a partner in college because she’s a virgin undermines the fact that students on the campus can fully respect sexual boundaries. I have no doubt there are people on the campus who can love and respect you regardless of your sexual experience.

As much as “Noah Knows” has the right to express his opinion, we should acknowledge when his ideas are offensive and disrespectful. Sexual activity is a personal choice, and there will always be people who can tolerate, accept and love you, no matter what your boundaries are.

Caroline Carlson is a sophomore government and politics and marketing major. She can be reached at opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

AN APOLOGY “Noah Knows” blogger responds to concerns about his response to a letter asking how to avoid uncomfortable sexual situations. Diamondback readers, including columnist Caroline Carlson, voiced their disapproval with his advice.

This is his apology.

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riting an advice column is kind of like dating — you give it all you’ve got, you try to be impressive and you’re not sure how you’re doing until it’s too late to change anything. I try to entertain my readers by being funny (and a little sarcastic), but I also try to be extremely caring.

My last column failed miserably. It was a “get up and leave the restaurant in the middle of a disastrous date,” kind of failure.

To the reader who sent me the first question from my last column: I’m sorry. I meant to respond with my opinion, based on my perception of our flawed world. Instead, I sent a completely different message — and didn’t make it clear you could ignore my advice and end up happy.

What I meant to convey is while you can uphold your values of abstinence until marriage, you should also realize the possible consequences of refraining from all other types of sexual contact. I was trying to explain choosing not to engage in any sexual contact lowers your number of potential partners. I should also have emphasized this may not matter to you if you’re looking for the right person.

The only reason I addressed your discomfort with your approach is because you talked about it in your original question, and I didn’t interpret you as being totally set against participating in some new activities. You said you didn’t want to have sex before marriage, but you didn’t say

you wanted to refrain from all sexual activities — only that you were currently uncomfortable with them.

In addressing your discomfort, though, I wrongly made it seem you had no choice but to get over it. I implied you’d likely end up unhappy, which created an unintended pressure for you to engage in sexual activities. I shouldn’t have added to the pressure — I hope for a world where there’s less of it. There are many guys out there who would be happy to date you, no matter which activities you choose.

In my effort to be funny and sarcastic, I completely missed the “caring” part of this column.

The truth is, I spend a huge amount of my time fighting to make the world better for victims of trauma. I want to improve this world, not contribute to its problems. I want more people to feel safe and loved, and fewer to feel pressured. The last thing I want to do is add to that pressure myself.

I hope you and my readers will be able to accept my apology and give me another chance.

My editors might let me say what I want, but I care about the impact my words have on you.

And the impact my previous column had is not OK. We’re in college, and although this column is all about dating, sex and relationships, it’s also about learning — for the person asking the question, for the readers and for me. It’s a process, and I’m lucky to be a part of it.

Don’t forget: The only thing that qualifies me to give advice is that I’m being asked for it. I’m drawing on my intuition and perceptions about the world. That being said, I will be more careful to make sure my words reflect the actual message I mean to convey.

Noah Knows is a Diamondback blog in which an anonymous writer replies to those seeking advice. All comments can be sent to opinionumdbk@gmail.com.

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“Red Clover Ghost isn’t doomed — it’s probably one of the best bands to come out of western Maryland in a long time. The brothers just need to get a little creative and stop whining about girls already.” —Emily Thompson on Red Clover Ghost. For more, visit diamondbackonline.com.

Punk rock outfit Titus Andronicus and up-and-coming rapper Kendrick Lamar both offer superb follow-up albums that reflect on living in a dark, violent world REVIEW | LOCAL BUSINESS

By Robert Gifford Senior staff writer Classic rock and punk are supposed to be diametrically opposed, at least in theory. The latter arose in response to the former’s gaudy excess and artificiality in the ’70s and ’80s — punk stripped rock of the endless, meaningless solos and flamboyant rock star showmanship that characterized the era of Boston and Electric Light Orchestra and pushed it toward a formula as raw and direct as it was simple.

So, it’s rare for a band to draw upon both FMready rock and the angriest, most nihilistic strains of punk, but Titus Andronicus does just that. Its music exists in the uneasy middle ground between what was played in giant arenas circa 1980 and what was played in dingy clubs such as CBGB. How many punk bands can boast not one, but two wicked harmonica solos on a single album?

And how many traditional rock acts have songs with titles such as “My Eating Disorder” and “Still Life With Hot Deuce On Silver Platter?”

The band acknowledges this divide on opening track “Ecce Homo” with the line, “It’s us against them again/ Smashing the system into the dust/ Now we got our brown M&Ms/ Put the whole thing onto a T-shirt.”

The first two lines are pure punk; the next, a reference to Van Halen’s infamous “no brown M&Ms” contract stipulation, equates the band with corporate sellouts.

Titus borrows equally from Bruce Springsteen — from whom it draws its working-class New Jersey atmosphere — and The Replacements, which pioneered the kind of inebriated, raucous punk Titus traffics in.

But it’s not a band just for basement keggers or mosh pits — there’s a strong strain of existentialism to its music that suggests front man Patrick Stickles and company have memorized their share of Albert Camus.

Local Business, the band’s latest album, opens with Stickles singing, “I think by now we’ve established/ Everything is inherently worthless.”

It’s a sincere statement of despair, but it’s also gently self-deprecating — which, with such flatout rockin’ songs, makes the band’s navel gazing tolerable and even enjoyable. It’s always leavened with humor — black humor, but humor nonetheless. There’s no problem too serious to be mocked, nor one too minor to be agonized over endlessly.

Titus’ previous album, The Monitor, was both hugely ambitious and hugely successful, melding a heavy dose of Civil War history (including more than one recitation of an Abraham Lincoln speech) to an

epic rock opera about a loser’s failed relationship.

Local Business aims lower but remains worthy. There are a few missteps, but, on the whole, it sounds like an album created by a band that’s sure of exactly what it wants to say and how it wants to say it.

The album falters whenever it relies too heavily on Stickles’ vocal abilities. His raspy, messy delivery is well-suited to full-throated howls of rage and despair, but no one would claim he has much mastery of tone and pitch. So, when he’s asked to carry a song on his own — such as when “In a Small Body” takes an abrupt left turn toward violin-soaked sentimentality, or his soft, trembling delivery in the grueling first six (six!) minutes of closing track “Tried to Quit Smoking” — his lack of technical proficiency as a singer becomes all too apparent.

Stickles’ voice is better suited to tracks such as “My Eating Disorder,” as he groans “Spit it out!” over and over against a chorus of angsty guitars that sound as if they fled in terror from Nirvana’s In Utero. It is perhaps the most brutal track the band has released, which is no small feat. This is the group with not one but three songs titled “No Future,” after all.

Local Business has a few moments of uncharacteristic optimism to balance out all the misery. Titus has never sounded as carefree as it does on the wonderfully catchy earworm “(I Am The) Electric Man,” while closing track “Tried to Quit Smoking” becomes an instrumental, bluesy stomper in its final three minutes.

It’s not the first time the band has closed out an album with an uplifting instrumental. The Monitor climaxed with “The Battle of Hampton Roads,” a nihilistic wallow that unexpectedly transformed into a transcendent symphony, but it was a desperate kind of optimism, a light at the end of the tunnel you might already be too weak and defeated to reach.

The final moments of Local Business are more earnest and less conflicted than those of The Monitor. It sounds less like a sonic deus ex machina and more like the anthem of a survivor, someone who’s been to hell and back once or twice before and isn’t afraid to make another trip.

It might be marginally less emotionally satisfying than the wondrous conclusion to The Monitor — redemption, no matter how short-lived, is perhaps inherently more powerful than mere survival — but it’s a rewarding and surprisingly mature exit for an album that offers just enough hope to suggest life might be worth living after all. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

REVIEW | GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY

By Matt Beinart For The Diamondback Expectations are daunting. They can work to either crumble a career or push it to stardom. Kendrick Lamar’s Section .80, released last year, received widespread critical acclaim, with some even hailing him as the second coming of Tupac Shakur. Suddenly, this 20-something from Compton, Calif., with a nasal delivery was being mentored

by Dr. Dre and credited with saving hip-hop from the dark depths of the pop-music scene.

It’s safe to say with the release of good kid, m.A.A.d city, Lamar’s major-label debut, the young rapper has met, if not exceeded, expectations. In today’s music industry, with its obsessive focus on singles and radio play, it’s hard to release a cohesive, stand-alone rap album. Lamar has created a record so perfectly constructed, it becomes an almost cinematic experience, in the vein of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Lamar sacrifices catchy choruses for intricate, detail-driven verses. He skips out on feature MCs, instead opting for verses from fellow rappers that fit the tone of each individual song. He forgoes total accessibility for the sake of complete storytelling.

Good kid, m.A.A.d city is filled with risks most hip-hop artists today wouldn’t dare take.

Lamar twists his vocal delivery on nearly every track, ranging from a robotic sing-song tone on “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” to the jittery anxiety that pervades his flow on the superb “m.A.A.d city.” Each track is handcrafted, from the beat to the tone of voice, so the story Lamar is telling comes off with an authenticity and a level of sincerity absent on the majority of contemporary hip-hop albums.

The album’s true strength lies in its storytelling. From beginning to end, Lamar recreates a day in his life growing up in Compton. Starting with the track “Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter,” we get an introduction to the love of Lamar’s life: a girl he knows he has no business hanging around. Employing an eerie, prayer-like

intro, a deep, bass-driven beat and ending with a voice mail from his mom, the entire song is packed with the emotional gut punches that make the album so engaging.

The story continues, unfolding as a nonlinear, abstract tale detailing the various aspects of Compton life that made living seem more like surviving. “Backseat Freestyle” packs a sonically astounding trap-rap beat with lyrics that seem shallow at first glance, but reveal a deeper brilliance on second listen. Kendrick grew up in a society in which you had to be bad in order to impress; there was no room for individual expression. You either followed in line with the “Compton way” or were ridiculed. When Lamar explains, spitting out, “All my life I want money and power/ Respect my mind or die from lead showers,” you start to feel sympathy for this character trapped in such a one-dimensional world. He’s hanging with his friends, bumming around Compton and he can’t seem to break free and live the kind of life he wants to.

This sense of entrapment is expertly reflected in one of the album’s best cuts, “The Art of Peer Pressure.” The track shifts sounds and textures constantly, from an old-school beat and vocally manipulated intro to the dark, almost malicious verses that take up the majority of the track. One line, however, seems to sum up Lamar’s overbearing struggle to conform to the life he seems to have been born into: “I got the blunt in my mouth, usually I’m drug-free/ But shit, I’m with the homies.”

Compton has supplied hip-hop with some of the most socially conscious rappers in the game. Lamar is no different. He may not become the face of hip-hop, but he should be respected, revered and certainly commended. His album is a masterpiece that tells a story most rap records avoid for fear of confrontation or lack of acceptance. Lamar is self-assured in both his knack for situational lyricism and superb beats, a couple of traits that should solidify his place in the upper echelon of rap artists for years to come. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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FORWARD From PAGE 8 into the program. The goal was to create bonds that could withstand the inevitable adversity facing the Terps this season, with a schedule including the likes of Connecticut, Nebraska and Delaware, not to mention 18 ACC games.

And even before the season’s first tipoff, the Terps have already come face to face with their fi rst challenge.

Guard Brene Moseley, the Terps’ projected starter at point guard, was on crutches yesterday, and Frese revealed in her opening comments the sophomore had hurt her knee in a Sunday scrimmage.

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a knee injury,” Frese said.

“We’re waiting for the results of the MRI she took today, but it’s a possible [torn] ACL going into this season.”

Moseley’s possible absence could have a lasting impact on the Terps’ offense this season.

Last year’s starting point guard, Anjale Barrett, graduated, leaving Moseley as the team’s primary option entering the season. Now, Frese said the Terps could go with a point guardby-committee approach led by guards Laurin Mincy, Chloe Pavlech and Sequoia Austin, with forwards Alyssa Thomas and Tierney Pfirman helping out with ball-handling duties.

“We just got to stay positive,” said Thomas, the reigning ACC Player of the Year.

“We don’t really know what the outcome is going to be, but,

like we said from the beginning, we’re going to be facing adversity this year, but it’s going to be how we respond.

No matter what the situation is, we’re going to respond in a positive way.”

Even if Moseley is out for an extended period of time, the Terps still return a wealth of experience from last year’s squad.

Four starters — Mincy, Thomas, forward Tianna Hawkins and center Alicia DeVaughn — are returning, and the team is bringing in a top-10 recruiting class that includes Pavlech, Pfirman and center Malina Howard.

Howard, the country’s topranked post player, is expected to make a significant impact inside alongside Hawkins, the nation’s leader in field-goal percentage last year.

The Terps also add guard

Katie Rutan, a transfer from Xavier who sat out last season, to the mix as a 3-point specialist.

Rutan, a redshirt junior, went to two NCAA Tournaments in her two years at Xavier, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2010, before watching the Terps’ 20112012 run from the bench.

Frese has built a team of pl ayers who h ave won at every level they’ve played.

But as Terps, they haven’t won enough to be satisfied.

They’ve gotten over how last season ended in Raleigh, but they won’t forget it.

“It’s a big motivation,” Mincy said. “It’s definitely going to fuel us this season. Last season, we lost in the Elite Eight, and that’s something that we never want to feel again.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Forward Schillo Tshuma ranks second on the Terps with six goals scored so far in his freshman season. elliott kim/for the diamondback

TSHUMA From PAGE 8 and tenacity,” Cirovski said. “We knew he was going to be a very skillful player with a lot of fl air. I didn’t even know we would get this much of a competitor out of a guy, and his tenacity, I think that’s shining through.

He’s just got a great mentality.”

For Tshuma, it’s simple: He’s doing what he’s always done. He’s doing what he came to expect as a kid growing up in soccer-crazed Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

“Soccer is my passion,” the freshman forward said. “It’s something I love to do. I just love when I have free time to come out and play.”

Tshuma knows he’s lucky, too. Not every child in Zimbabwe gets the same opportunity he got in 2008. In 2003, the charity Grassroot Soccer, which, according to its website, “uses the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize communities to stop the spread of HIV,” developed a partnership with Alexandria’s Episcopal High School. Soon, kids in Bulawayo had the opportunity to apply to Episcopal, a boarding school with a current annual tuition of $46,600.

Gift Maworere, who’s from the same town as Tshuma, starred at Episcopal from 2003 to 2005 before becoming an All-Big East midfielder for West Virginia. He paved the way for Abel “Shadow” Sebele, who played at Episcopal from 2005 through 2008. Now a senior at West Virginia, Sebele mentored Tshuma through a difficult transition to the United States.

“I wasn’t worried about the soccer part of it,” Tshuma said. “Just adjusting and being away from my family because I came here when I was 15 by myself. It was pretty tough the first semester of high school, but then I got adjusted because I had a lot of people around me helping me. I’ve gotten to know a lot of people and they all feel like family.”

Once he got comfortable in America, though, Tshuma thrived. He led Episcopal to three state championships, finished his career with 55 goals and earned The Washington Post’s All-Met Player of the Year his senior year.

“He appreciates how lucky he is, so subsequently he’s grateful for every opportunity that he has,” Episcopal coach Rick Wilcox said. “I

think that keeps him working hard for sure.

He knows that not every other kid like him back home gets this opportunity.”

Tshuma, 20, is older than the typical college freshman, but both Wilcox and Cirovski said he possesses a maturity that goes beyond his years.

He understands the process that brought him to America, and he wants to take advantage of anything he can to make the most of the opportunity.

“I knew that from day one before I even came here that I had to work very hard, especially in classes to get into a school like Maryland,” Tshuma said. “I really didn’t think I’d make it into Maryland, but I had a lot of people supporting me and I worked very hard in class.”

That work ethic has translated to the soccer field. After an impressive summer of workouts, Tshuma started the season opener against Louisville and scored the Terps’ fi rst goal of the year in the ninth minute of the 3-0 win.

Tshuma would go on to notch goals in four of the Terps’ fi rst six games.

“It’s great having him out there,” midfielder John Stertzer said. “I think he works really hard offensively and defensively. That’s the mark of a good forward. He’s obviously come through big time for us.”

While he did suffer a six-game scoring drought that lasted about a month, Tshuma realized his role went beyond scoring goals.

With opposing teams cutting down his opportunities, he dedicated himself to defense.

But the chances returned. Against Colgate on Oct. 16, Tshuma notched the fi rst goal of a 2-0 Terps win. And Friday night, his redirect of a Patrick Mullins shot in the 99th minute gave the Terps a 1-0 overtime victory.

“This team’s going to need him down the road,” Stertzer said. “Against UNC, he showed his ability to get through tough situations.”

It’s a resiliency and drive everyone, from coaches to teammates, has seen in Tshuma. Just a freshman, he plays for more than himself and for more than his school. He plays for his country.

“He has a great perspective about life in general and especially about his own opportunity,” Wilcox said. “He has a real pride about his country and the people in his country.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

starter. Through seven games, the Pittsburgh native was 97of-169 passing for 1,336 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for three touchdowns.

“He was devastated. He wanted to go out there and compete,” Edsall said Sunday.

“That’s what you love about him — that he’s so competitive.”

The injury leaves sophomore Devin Burns and true freshman Caleb Rowe as the only two healthy quarterbacks on the Terps’ roster. Incumbent starter C.J. Brown tore his ACL in a non-contact drill during preseason practice, and Ricardo Young and Dustin Dailey are both ineligible this season due to NCAA transfer rules.

Both Burns and Rowe fi lled in for Hills against N.C. State.

Burns — a wide receiver who switched to quarterback after Brown’s injury — led three second-half scoring drives, completing 3-of-4 passes for 47 yards and rushing for 50.

With 32 seconds remaining and the Terps down by two,

Coach Brenda frese speaks to reporters at media day yesterday. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Rowe entered the game to lead the team’s two-minute drill.

He completed 2-of-2 passes for 50 yards and had an 11-yard rush on a drive that ended with kicker Brad Craddock’s missed 33-yard field goal.

“You always do what guys can do offensively,” Edsall sa id a fter the ga me. “You try to match the plan to their skill level, and we know what Devin’s skill level is and what Caleb’s skill level is. We have a base of what we know we want to do, but we will fit it to meet our personnel.”

Both quarterbacks bring different skill sets to the offense.

Burns showed an ability to open up the Terps’ run game, helping the team compile 165 of their 206 rush yards in the second half. He was limited in the passing attack, though, with most of his 47 yards through the air coming on catch and runs from his receivers.

“I think with me keeping the ball a few times, that kind of just opened up things for the rest of the guys running the ball,” Burns said. “Obviously I wasn’t planning on coming in with this kind of situation, with Perry going down. But I

guess it turned out to work out in my favor that I came back to quarterback, and with coaches’ help preparing me, I was able to go into the game.”

The coaching staff seemed to show more faith in Rowe as a passer. Edsall said the coaches planned to bring him in all along if the team got into a two-minute situation, and the freshman rewarded them with a near-perfect drive that brought the team all the way down to the Wolfpack 15-yard line.

“Coach always preaches to be prepared for whenever your number is called. I work hard in practice and today I was ready to play,” Rowe said. “It definitely gives me a lot of confidence from here on out.”

Edsall wouldn’t commit to either quarterback for Saturday’s game at Boston College, and it’s not out of the question that he employs a timeshare similar to what he showed in the second half Saturday.

“It’s up to the coaches right now, so it just depends on what they want to do,” Rowe said.

“I’m here for Maryland football. I’m not here for myself.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

Coach Randy Edsall has now lost two quarterbacks — C.J. Brown and Perry Hills — for the season with ACL injuries. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

EAGLES From PAGE 8 Dalisera — who had eight saves in the game — stopped defender Ali McEvoy’s ensuing shot attempt, and the Terps (13-4) earned a second corner.

This time, McEvoy faked a shot and sent a slow-rolling pass to the right post where

Jill Witmer, the Terps’ leading scorer, fi nished off the game’s opening goal.

Two minutes later, Dalisera made another diving save, denying midfielder Maxine Fluharty what would have been her sixth goal of the season. However, Witmer corralled the rebound and sent a hard pass across the middle to forward Janessa Pope, who finished into the open goal.

The Terps struck a third time off a penalty corner with 12:27 remaining in the second half. After several shot fakes by three different Terps, defender Steffi Schneid ripped a high shot that found the back of the net after Dalisera mishandled the ball.

“American played a very good press aga i n st u s [i n the first half],” coach Missy

Meharg said. “They were able to come up with the ball and, defensively, they doubleteamed very quickly. “[At halftime] we talked about how to finish and how to rotate to get in front of [Gina Hofmann] and deflect it around her for shots, and I think we did a very good job of that [in the second half].”

The Terps will face Rutgers on Friday on Senior Night in their regular-season fi nale. “[We need to be] having fun, playing with heart and soul and playing for each other,” Meharg said of her team’s postseason chances. “This is a team that has played in a lot of championships and I know they thrive on the opportunity to compete for titles.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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STATLINE Terps quarterback Perry Hills’ numbers this season before tearing his ACL on Saturday

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Terps look forward at media day

FOOTBALL

HILLS OUT FOR SEASON

Moseley on crutches, could have ACL injury

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer The last time the Terrapins women’s basketball team took the court in game action was nearly seven months ago at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. There, the Terps watched the fi nal seconds of a 31-win season tick away as Notre Dame celebrated an 80-49 win that propelled the Fighting Irish to the Final Four.

After a seemingly charmed season that featured numerous late-game heroics down the stretch, it was a bitter end. But that was last season. Yesterday, at the team’s annual media day, the Terps made it clear that while they haven’t forgotten that night, they’ve moved on and are looking forward.

“The biggest compliment I can give to this team from a year ago is that they’re not satisfied,” coach Brenda Frese said.

“Obviously, the humbling loss we had to Notre Dame last season really fueled the team into our postseason and our summer in terms of our training.”

Frese called this year’s squad the hardest working group she’s had in her 11 years as coach at this university.

Most of the Terps spent the summer in College Park, crafting team chemistry and incorporating the newcomers See FORWARD, Page 7

Quarterback Perry Hills (top) tore his ACL in the Terps’ 20-18 loss to N.C. State on Saturday and will miss the rest of the season. Devin Burns (left) and Caleb Rowe (right) are expected to play in his place. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

After torn ACL ends freshman’s year, Edsall must decide between Burns, Rowe at quarterback

By Josh Vitale Senior staff writer

Guard Brene Moseley, who was using crutches, speaks to a reporter at media day. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Perry Hills laid on his back near midfield Saturday, writhing in pain as the Terrapins football team’s trainers sprinted across the field to tend to him. He had been running after N.C. State cornerback David Amerson — who just intercepted his

second-quarter pass attempt — when an illegal hit from linebacker Rickey Dowdy sent him sprawling to the turf.

Hills could do little to hide the anguish on his face as he rode off the field on the back of a cart. He didn’t return for the second half, and coach Randy Edsall said after the game the team had scheduled an MRI for Monday to assess the extent

MEN’S SOCCER

Remembering his roots

of the freshman quarterback’s injury.

The MRI confirmed the worst. The team announced yesterday Hills suffered a torn ACL in the Terps’ 20-18 loss to the Wolfpack and will miss the rest of the season.

“I am very disappointed for Perry,” Edsall said in a news release. “I was proud of the way he stepped in this season and led our team. Perry is a great

competitor and I know how strongly his teammates feel about him. We will do everything we can to support him through the rehab process.”

The third true freshman quarterback to start for the Terps in program history, Hills fi nishes his rookie season with a 4-3 record as a See QUARTERBACK, Page 7

FIELD HOCKEY

In emergence with Terps, Tshuma doesn’t forget where he’s from

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer Schillo Tshuma just wanted to play soccer.

It didn’t matter he couldn’t fi nd a ride from his Alexandria, Va., home to College Park in the summer for a pickup game with his future Terrapins men’s soccer teammates. He just wanted to play the game he grew up loving in his native Zimbabwe.

So Tshuma did what any resourceful Washington-area youth without a car would do: He took the Metro.

After arriving in College Park, he made the roughly two-mile walk from the station to the practice fields.

And when he finally got there, he didn’t bemoan the circumstances to his teammates. He just played soccer.

“No one knew he just hopped on the Metro, walked from the Metro, so he could play a pickup game,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “I knew at that moment we had a special young man. He could have made all sorts of excuses not to come play, not to do the running, the pickup. He found his own way here and didn’t even want to tell anybody and just showed up.

That’s my kind of guy.”

Tshuma has been a revelation of sorts for a No. 1 Terps team looking to tie its best start ever against Lehigh

Forward Jill Witmer scored one of the Terps’ three goals in their 3-0 win over local rival American last night.

After a scoreless first half, the team netted all three of its goals in the second half. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Strong second half leads Terps past American, 3-0

“Soccer is my passion. It’s something I love to do.”

By Daniel Popper Staff writer

– Schillo Tshuma

illustration by charlie deboyace/the diamondback

tonight at Ludwig Field. Cirovski knew he was getting a solid recruit who would be able to contribute to the Terps right away. But after Tshuma notched six goals — including Friday night’s golden goal against No. 2 North Carolina — in his first 14

games, the 20th-year coach realized Tshuma is far more than an impact freshman. He’s a game changer.

“The biggest pleasant surprise with Schillo has been his mentality See TSHUMA, Page 7

It was only a matter of time before the Terrapins field hockey team’s high-octane offense made an appearance at Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex last night.

After struggling to find the back of the net throughout the first half, the No. 6 Terps notched the necessary goals when it mattered most and tallied a 3-0 win over American.

The only chance for a first-half goal came when Eagles defender Gina

Hofmann scored off a penalty corner about seven minutes before halftime.

Referees disallowed the goal, and the teams entered the break in a scoreless tie.

But the Terps scored three goals off penalty corners in the second half to move past Saturday’s overtime loss to No. 1 North Carolina.

With 26:15 remaining in the game, midfielder Megan Frazer weaved through several Eagles defenders before earning a penalty corner.

American (8-9) goalkeeper Ashley See EAGLES, Page 7