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SGA discontinues free newspaper service

UMB forum seemingly anti-merger

Papers could be returned by next semester

BY LEAH VILLANUEVA Senior staff writer

SGA officials are working to refill empty racks that once held free copies of several national newspapers after budget constraints forced them to discontinue a program that provided these publications to the campus.

The Student Government Association shut down the Collegiate Readership Program — a service that supplied daily copies of USA

Today, The New York Times and The Washington Post to the university — several weeks ago due to tight budget constraints. SGA President Kaiyi Xie said the body is searching for cost-effective options and university support to restore the program, and he aims to have the newspapers back in stock by next semester.

Xie and other body members began searching for alternative

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Many locals said proposal could be detrimental to city

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

Now that the SGA has discontinued the Collegiate Readership Program, students are longer be able to grab free copies of national newspapers. RICHARD ABDILL/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

A day for everyone City hosts second annual College Park Day

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

Lined with booths of local vendors, community organizations and university affiliates, the College Park Community Center hosted its second annual College Park Day Saturday, drawing a crowd of residents and students to celebrate the city’s culture.

Although city-wide disagreements — such as the controversial proposal to

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Many Baltimore city and university officials voiced strong opposition to a potential merger between this campus and the University of Maryland, Baltimore at a public forum held on its campus Friday.

Although many of this university’s faculty members have pledged their support for a potential merger — which state Senate President Mike Miller proposed in January — some Baltimore residents and officials said they are worried a merger would be detrimental to the city and university.

Even after Miller presented his vision of a single University of Maryland split between the two campuses, with each one retaining its own president,

build apartment complexes on the Maryland Book Exchange site — have highlighted differences between the interests of city residents and students recently, District 1 City Councilman Patrick Wojahn said events like College Park Day help unify the two groups.

“This is an opportunity to show the residents what the university has to offer and to bring students here to show

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University staff and students helped jump-start the Sheridan Street Community Garden in Riverdale. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

Citizens and students enjoy attractions at the city’s second annual College Park Day Saturday. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

A growing community Staff, students revitalize Riverdale garden

BACK AND FORTH

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

With help from a handful of university staff and students, many local residents are now able to put fresh food — grown from what was once a dusty patch of land in urban Prince George’s County — on their tables.

The Riverdale community garden, dedicated on Saturday, had fallen by the wayside due to a lack of funding and resources, said Christie Balch, a university program coordinator. But after receiving resources and expertise this summer from Extension, an outreach and education program based in the university’s agriculture school, the garden was jump-started. County residents have taken advantage of the newly available, freshly grown produce.

“It’s a depressed part of Prince George’s County,

The Terrapins men’s soccer team didn’t get to leave Chapel Hill, N.C. with a win, but that was fine for coach Sasho Cirovski. Against the No. 2 Tar Heels, the Terps scored early, held on late and battled through an ejection and a steady Tar Heels attack in between to secure an important 1-1 tie Friday.

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UMD Fencing team captain Joseph Hsu and team members Sarah Evans and Kelsey Shields (right) crossed swords with fencers from other area colleges at the team’s annual fall semester home meet, known as “Chaos.” The event, which was held in the Armory, was geared toward novice fencers. The fencing club frequently travels across the country on weekends to challenge other club and varsity fencing teams. PHOTOS BY JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

READERSHIP from page 1 funding for the readership program during the summer, after they determined they could not finance the $50,000 contract with USA Today, which previously supplied all three newspapers. Although the SGA did not fund the entire contract, Xie said budget woes also prevented other former sponsors from chipping in for the program this year.

“We just didn’t have the numbers we needed,” Xie

said. “In the past, some departments and administrators pitched in, but this last school year they didn’t seem as interested. But now people are noticing that it’s gone, and now we’re looking at other vendors.”

When the readership program launched about four years ago it only provided copies of USA Today, but eventually expanded to include The New York Times and The Washington Post. Students, staff and faculty could grab their free copies at McKeldin Librar y and the South Campus Dining Hall, among

other locations.

Xie said SGA executives are working to negotiate a new contract with another newspaper vendor, which offers a much cheaper rate, though he declined to comment on the potential provider. The SGA is also soliciting financial support from several university administrators, he said.

“We hope administrators see that this is a program that students care about,” Xie said.

Dropping the Collegiate Readership Program was one of the latest symptoms of the budget restrictions plaguing

the SGA this year. Earlier this month, the body also canceled the sixth annual Crab Fest — its biggest fall event on the campus — due to lack of funding.

Xie said he hopes the SGA can find creative ways to revive the readership program, as well as other programming cuts the body made, so that next year’s SGA will not have to face so many difficult financial decisions.

“Hopefully, next year will be a lot smoother in terms of budget,” Xie said. “We’re trying to do a lot to prepare the way for the next era of leadership.”

Some students, such as jun-

ior economics major Tanzina Iman, said they miss the convenience of picking up free national newspapers at McKeldin Library or the dining hall.

“It’s nice to have it so you can take one to read in between classes and find out what’s happening in the world,” Iman said.

“As an econ major, it’s good to read and know what’s happening in economics. … It is pretty disappointing. It should be available.”

But other students said they did not think the program was necessar y, either because they did not read newspapers often or could access the news online.

Senior classics major Justin Barletta, who works at McKeldin Librar y, noted that the librar y still provides the current issues of several major newspapers in its current periodicals section, although students can only read them within the librar y.

“I guess [the program is] good for people who like to bring the newspaper with them,” Barletta said. “But I think most people only want to read one or two sections and probably don’t read the whole thing anyway.” villanueva@umdbk.com

Photo Reprints Vice President of University Relations Brodie Remington spoke at an Oct. 5 forum to discuss merging this university with the University of Maryland, Baltimore. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

FORUM from page 1 most of the forum’s participants said they worried this university’s needs would outcompete Baltimore’s.

“This is not the future of Baltimore,” said Baltimore Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake. “I have serious concerns about the merger of our universities because the decision-making and autonomy UMB has benefited from all these years would go away.”

While the Board of Regents — a 17-member governing body that oversees the University System of Maryland — will compile the final report and present it to the General Assembly in December, system Chancellor Brit Kirwan said officials will take feedback and comments from the forums into consideration when deciding whether or not to move forward with a merger. He said Friday’s session was a constructive step in determining the board’s final decision.

“I know there is considerable concern in Baltimore about the proposal, so given that this meeting took place in Baltimore I wasn’t particularly surprised by anything that was said,” Kir wan said.

But Miller and Kirwan said they believed much of the opposition stemmed from a misunderstanding of what the merger seeks to accomplish. Rather than having a single administration run both campuses, Miller said each institution would still

retain its “decision-making authority,” but students would graduate with a University of Maryland degree from either university. He promised UMB officials there would not be a “hostile takeover” of the Baltimore campus by this university’s administration.

“If I was told the same thing that many of you were told … I would oppose it, too,” Miller said.

“If this is not a win-win for the system, it should not happen.”

Miller also refrained from using the word “merger” to describe the proposed structural change. He instead said “reunification” is a more accurate description, since the proposal’s aims are to foster more collaboration between complimentar y programs — such as this university’s public policy and public health schools with UMB’s medical school — to tackle issues Baltimore residents currently face, including health needs.

While those who spoke at the forum agreed the system and state would benefit from more interdisciplinar yfocused education and collaboration, most said completely merging the institutions was not the best way to build stronger partnerships.

Rawlings-Blake said the city’s ongoing efforts to revitalize its west side would “flounder” because a structural change to the university system would distract attention away from projects in Baltimore.

“It defies logic and history that a merger would leave

UMB with the same certainty and attentiveness to its leadership as it has today,” she said.

Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr. of the Union Baptist Church of Baltimore said a merger would negatively impact the city because it could make it more complicated for community organizations to access the university’s resources.

“If we were to lose that access, and have decisions emanate from 30 miles away from the hallways of College Park, that would be objectionable,” he said.

Greater Baltimore Committee President Don Fr y, a city business leader, said although the institutions possess complimentar y programs, the culture gap between the campuses could be too great to bridge.

However, some speakers said the merger could prove to be beneficial for both institutions in the future.

“Choose the structure that best ser ves us for the long haul,” Robert Neall, CEO of health ser vice provider Priority Partners and a university alumnus, said. “I think we should not be hasty, but act with urgency.”

The Board of Regents will host its final forum this Friday at 1 p.m. in Stamp Student Union. Kir wan said the board will consider comments and feedback from each forum before presenting a final study to the General Assembly on Dec. 15. lurye@umdbk.com

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GSG supports resolution to offer domestic partners benefits

Vote urges University System to extend professional benefits; Senate committee to vote today on resolution

BY LAUREN HICKS Staff writer

Following the SGA’s lead, the GSG unanimously endorsed a proposal at its meeting Friday that urges the University System of Maryland to offer professional benefits to same-sex domestic partners of university employees.

The measure — which pushes the system to provide same-sex domestic partners sick leave, bereavement leave and tuition remission — has now garnered support from both the graduate and undergraduate governing bodies, as well as the University Senate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. If the Board of Regents — the 17person governing board that sets University System of Mar yland policy — eventually adopts the resolution, it will directly affect graduate assistants, allowing their domestic partners to receive the same health benefits extended to spouses of married, heterosexual graduate assistants, according to Graduate Student Government President Anna Bedford.

This time last year, the Board granted same-sex

spouses equal benefits, but this measure would extend those benefits to same-sex domestic partners. While graduate assistants are not considered employees of the university, they do receive several employee benefits, such as health insurance, the resolution states. Bedford said this is an additional reason for the GSG to suport this extension.

“It is important to graduates in the sense it is to all employees,” Bedford said. “We wanted to extend this to domestic partnerships because they don’t have the right to get married in Maryland, so it’s a matter of civil rights.”

At the meeting, Anne Jorstad, a graduate research assistant, said she was concerned the qualifications for becoming a domestic partner were fairly simple, which could lead to people taking advantage of the proposal.

“I could live with my roommate for a year and qualify for this if we both pay the bills,” she said at the meeting.

However, obtaining proof of having a same-sex domestic partner is a rigorous process and requires work, according to GSG representative David Colon-Cabrera.

“Having read over the whole process that you have to do this stuff, you cannot go to a domestic partnership meeting and just say you’re living together,” Colon-Cabrera said.

“They will say, ‘Can we see proof that it is really personal?

Do you really love each other? … Prove that this is actually a lasting relationship.’”

SGA president Kaiyi Xie said he hopes the combined pressure from both the SGA and GSG will influence the senate and the regents to make the issue a priority.

“Hopefully at the next senate meeting we will be able to debate openly for this,” Xie said. “I’m thinking that there is quite a lot of support on this campus for a proposal on same-sex benefits, and it is just a matter of extending it through the system.”

While the Senate’s Executive Committee will vote on the resolution today, system Chancellor Brit Kirwan said the regents would have to examine the proposal for specifics before making any changes in the system. The board would consider a proposal if the university backed it first and will wait until the Maryland General Assembly revisits the

GSG members voted unanimously on a resolution to support extending university employees in domestic partnerships the same benefits as married couples. MAYA MUNOZ/THE DIAMONDBACK

same-sex marriage debate in its legislative session next year, according to Kirwan.

“The student voice always has force behind it, but I

haven’t seen the proposal, so it is ver y hard for me to comment on it at this time,” said Kir wan. “I have personally been on record of over and

over again favoring benefits for domestic partners, but the specifics do matter.” hicks@umdbk.com

University President Wallace Loh joins Prince George’s County community members to dedicate the Sheridan Street Community Garden Saturday. Students host workshops there to teach residents about gardening. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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so by having a stronger presence with the community we can really make a difference, and also shine a light on the university,” said Extension educator Karol Dyson.

The Sheridan Street Community Garden, which charges gardeners $20 per growing season, has evolved from a bare strip of land to 39 foodbearing plots. But work still needs to be done, Balch said, before Extension meets its end goal: to leave the project in the community’s hands.

Until then, university students and professors help residents by hosting workshops on gardening techniques and composting.

Although Extension seeks to stretch beyond the campus community, Balch said having more student volunteers

will help ensure the project’s goals are met.

“Having your own garden plot as a student is a little daunting, but maybe you can come and learn about it,” she said. “And the more people who know how to grow their own food, the better.”

University President Wallace Loh, who spoke at the garden’s dedication, said he was glad to see the university honoring its agricultural roots and strengthening ties to county residents.

“Even though Maryland today is increasingly an urban state, agriculture is still essential,” Loh said. “And this is not just about growing healthy food and finding better ways to grow food; it’s recreational, too. … It builds bonds of community.”

Sophomore environmental science major Gabrielle Rovegno, a student intern with Extension, said participating in the program opened her eyes

to the struggles some families just 10 minutes down the road from the campus face.

“A lot of the families in the community plant because it’s so cheap and they don’t have money to buy produce, so it’s great they have this,” Rovegno said. “Everyone has the most amazing life stories, and all in Prince George’s County. Who knew?”

Two university interns spent hours mulching, weeding and clearing paths in the garden to make it presentable for Saturday’s dedication, but Rovegno said she did not mind the manual labor.

“I get my day started so early, and it’s the best kind of work,” she said. “[It’s] not drudging at all.”

Balch said those jobs will hopefully be done solely by the gardeners one day, since many of Extension’s programs aim to empower residents to become self-sufficient and

build a stronger sense of community.

“We’re going to have more detailed bylaws and rules,” Balch said. “But despite that, there’s always going to be plots that look like garbage because life happens. But if people know their neighbors, they’ll feel comfortable calling them to get them to help.”

While the project has proven challenging, officials at the dedication ceremony said seeing the garden now thrive — and seeing residents benefit from it — made the time and effort worth it.

“The garden is one of the first visible signs that something is working,” said Del. Anne Healey (D-Prince George’s). “We were a little worried during the transition, but to see it bearing fruit, on the ground here literally, is such a great thing.” lurye@umdbk.com

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against a good team, they’re going to defend that.”

The Terps opened the second half with a newfound urgency, freeing themselves for multiple shot attempts in the period’s opening minutes until one of those bids finally found the back of the net. In the 51st minute, Stertzer took a throw-in from midfielder Kaoru Forbess just inside the penalty box and placed a shot past North Carolina goalkeeper Scott Goodwin for a 1-0 lead.

Soon after Stertzer’s 12th goal of the season, the pace turned frantic. The Terps continued to attack the net but couldn’t capitalize on a handful of open looks in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

The Tar Heels (11-2-2, 3-1-2 ACC), meanwhile, nearly evened the score in the 58th minute when forward Ben Speas’ 17-yard attempt clanked off the crossbar and landed in the hands of goalkeeper Will Swaim.

Just three minutes later, de-

fender London Woodberry was called for a handball inside the box. Feeling that the ball had deflected off his shoulder, Woodberry exchanged some heated words with the referee, prompting a red card and an ejection from the game.

“When that whole thing happened, I was like, ‘Oh, crap,’” Swaim said. “But you’ve just got to roll with the punches.”

And they kept coming.

North Carolina midfielder Enzo Martinez converted the ensuing penalty kick, and Maryland defender Alex Lee went down with a leg injury just a minute later.

Forced to improvise, Cirovski moved midfielder Helge Leikvang into a center-back position and called upon freshman defender Kyle Roach for just the fifth time this season.

“It’s tough when you lose your two starting center backs,” defender Taylor Kemp said. “But it shows we have the quality to put people in different places.”

With Roach and Leikvang filling in the gaps on the backline,

Swaim showed why he’s considered one of the ACC’s top goalkeepers this season. The redshirt senior tallied a season-high seven saves, keeping the Tar Heels to score on just one of their 23 attempts.

To be sure, Swaim had to make some risky decisions. The Ellicott City native ventured from his 6-yard box several times in the game’s final 40 minutes, cutting off Tar Heels attackers before they could get off shot attempts.

“During the heat of the moment, there’s definitely some riskreward going on,” Swaim said.

“But once you get into the flow of the game, and you’re in game form, you realize the decisions you have to make are maybe aggressive, but you’ve got to do it for the team.”

The game’s chaotic pace slowed during the two suddendeath overtimes. Noticeably fatigued, North Carolina registered a total of two shots in the final 30 minutes. Officials stopped play several times in the waning moments so Terps players could

stretch their cramping muscles.

“I’m dead right now,” Stertzer said moments after the final whistle blew. “My legs are so tired.”

A draw brought the Terps closer to securing the top seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament and their first regular-season ACC title under Cirovski. With just two league games remaining, they’re a full two games ahead of second-place Wake Forest in the loss column.

The result also sets up the team for its first No. 1 ranking since mid-September when the new NSCAA Coaches Poll is released tomorrow. Both No. 1 Connecticut and North Carolina lost last week, likely clearing the way for the streaking Terps.

So given the numerous obstacles the Terps overcame to secure their second tie of the season, perhaps Cirovski’s satisfaction is warranted. After all, even winners need to know when to appreciate what they have.

“This,” Cirovski said, “is a good result.” letourneau@umdbk.com

Saturday’s College Park Day featured many activities, such as playing with this robot. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

CITY from page 1 what the community around the university has to offer,” Wojahn said.

Saturday afternoon’s College Park Day brought together local vendors, university groups, live entertainment and more than 50 community organizations to promote local pride, according to Wojahn, who chaired the College Park Day planning committee.

Along with a large turnout of city residents, community groups and vendors, various university officials and student groups set up stations at the event. Representatives from the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation Services attended the event, and student groups, such as the university quidditch team and UMD for Clean Energy, showcased a broad range of student interests.

“This is our community, the university is here and part of College Park,” said Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, the university’s associate director for community relations. “This relationship really helps us to expand and connect more in a positive way.”

Some students, such as junior communication major Hillar y Hipolito, said the university’s involvement in the event is an important gesture of giving back to a community that constantly supports the university.

“The community plays a big part in Maryland Day and all the various festivals we have, but we don’t really return anything to them,” Hipolito said. “I think it’s good that for little events like this where it’s only for the immediate community, that we should show our presence.”

Although last year’s festivities were completely volun-

teer-driven, Wojahn said this year the city enlisted university program manager Denise Seifried to help coordinate the event and bolster its attendance.

Joseph Smith, a 12-year city resident and co-founder of the event, said the members of this university’s Greek community and Student Government Association also attended planning committee meetings and had a hand in bringing along the student body’s involvement.

The SGA sponsored a bus to and from the university and the community center, according to SGA President Kaiyi Xie. “When I say that this event was created to bring people together, I mean all people,” Smith said. “Students are definitely a part of that.”

Smith said the event garnered more community involvement its second time around — setting the stage for successful College Park Days in years to come.

“Hopefully it will get bigger and better,” Smith said.

“It’s already bigger than it was last year.”

Blackwell agreed that she saw a surge in attendance compared to last year’s festival, though she could not comment on exactly how many people came.

Marj Gallagher, a city resident for more than 50 years, said the city’s sense of togetherness has significantly faded over the years, and added she thinks the community is in need of more events like College Park Day. “It’s not long enough and often enough — they should have more of these kind of events for people to intermingle,” Gallagher said. “It’s just not the same camaraderie as it was when we first moved here.” bach@umdbk.com

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Rights of residence

ast week, The Diamondback published an advertisement by FLAME (Facts FLAME advertisement was made by The Diamondback’s advertising department, and Logic About the Middle East), a non-profit organization with the stated an entirely separate staff of student employees and faculty members who have goal of “research and publication of the facts regarding developments in the almost no interaction with the students who provide the rest of the paper’s content.

FLAME advertisements, which have appeared in this newspaper for more than Middle East and exposing false propaganda that might harm the interests of two years, have also appeared in such publications as Newsweek and The New York the United States and its allies in that area of the world.”

The advertisement addresses the issue of “Muslim Arab anti-Semitism,” and Times. In this specific instance, the advertising department reviewed FLAME’s submission and determined it contained a subjective opinion — includes claims such as, “Holocaust denial is a favorite as does a page 5 advertisement for University Club Aparttopic in the Muslim world” and “Anti-Semitism is integral ments, which claims the complex offers “The perfect fit for to Muslim culture.”

Like all advertisements, the message from FLAME sells While some advertisements your college lifestyle.”

Taken at face value, many of the statements made by something — but in this case, the product is a point of view.

— such as a recent antiFLAME seem false. But upon careful inspection, the text is Specifically, FLAME argues that Muslim-Arab anti-Semitism worded in a manner that makes it difficult to refute. makes Middle Eastern peace “very difficult — almost imposMuslim ad that appeared in carefully For example, writing that “Holocaust denial is a favorite topic sible.” If letters to the editor and guest column submissions this newspaper — may be in the Muslim world” may seem ridiculous, but if there is even are an accurate representation of The Diamondback’s readHolocaust denier in the Muslim world, the statement ership, there are many people on this campus who do not buy offensive, a publication should one could be true. The statements, while potentially offensive, the FLAME argument. can’t be definitely called false advertising; they presented an One reader wrote: “I just want to speak plainly and say that publicize all viewpoints. argument that could be intellectually argued.

I was a bit shocked at the FLAME advertisement about antiFor the record, this editorial board does not buy the FLAME argument either.

Semitism. I agree that anti-Semitism is one of the oldest forms of racism, but the entire advertisement basically lashed out at, criticized and demonized Muslim peo- We believe the advertisement is intentionally inflammatory — an insincere attempt to bring “facts and logic” into the conversation about the Middle East and ple — especially in the Arab world and Middle East.”

Another reader noted: “Like all powerful myths and stereotypes, there is always a Muslim-Jewish relations. But we also believe it is FLAME’s right to publicize its very small grain of truth to them. There is absolutely no doubt that there are some indi- subjective opinion, just as it would be a pro-Muslim organization’s right to publividuals within Muslim majority countries who spout an anti-Jewish perspective. Howev- cize an alternate viewpoint.

Many readers have argued the FLAME advertisement shouldn’t appear in the er, to engage in sweeping generalizations about an entire religion that belongs to the Abrahamic tradition and culture is no better than the very kind of hatred and stereotyp- newspaper on a campus that prides itself on diversity. Remember, however, a diversity of opinion guarantees disagreement. If a person or organization is not ready to ing the authors of the FLAME paid advertisement were decrying in the first place.”

When it comes to advertising, those on the editorial staff — reporters, editors, engage in constructive conversation, the best response is to ignore them. Only then designers — have no role in the decision-making process. The decision to run the will they reconsider whether their point of view is valid.

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How unpaid internships destroy higher ed

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interned on Capitol Hill this spring. It was OK — I felt important because I wore a tie and “worked” for a senator. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, I’d pull my fancy badge out of my fancy messenger bag and go through the fancy metal detector. The security guard and I would always trade a little “Hey, I know you, but not really” head tilt, and I’d wonder if he actually remembers me or just knows an intern when he sees one.

But this isn’t a morality tale about treating blue-collar workers with respect — that guy made way more money this spring than I did — this is about me and all the other dummies who pay money for the right to do gopher work in Washington and across the country. This is about every cheap-skate employer who skirts federal labor law by enlisting undergrads to do the work of entry-level employees, and it’s about the colleges across the country that allow it because they’re so beholden to the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings.

I imagine the first internship probably seemed like a good idea. Some old rich guy was tired of spending six months training his new employees, so he convinced a college kid to donate a couple summers to the office. Money-

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HAXEL bags didn’t want to pay the kid — that would put him back at square one — so he convinced the local college to grant “academic credit” for the experience.

Upon graduation, the kid would have a job waiting for him.

The moment that college agreed to cut corners by outsourcing education to an employer is the moment internships began destroying this country’s higher education system.

This past spring, instead of paying a tenured professor to impart knowledge on my developing mind, the university assigned me an intern coordinator, whose primary duty was to make sure I actually worked at my internship. I paid the university more than $2,000 for six hours of academic credit and to join the prairie dog community of unpaid Congressional interns. We scurried around tunnels under the Capitol complex for a semester, delivering mail and avoiding senators (apex predator).

Sure, I learned a lot. I learned things I could never learn in a classroom, such as all the different ways constituents think Chipotle is pronounced. But college kids should be learning college stuff, not how to write business memos. Students spend their undergraduate careers competing for internships in a system that’s ostensibly about a hands-on education, but is really about replacing entry-level employees with indentured servants: Impress your employer working gratis, and maybe you can buy your freedom with a post-graduation job offer.

Nobody complains, because everyone thinks they’re benefiting from the current setup: Employers won’t pay people to do gopher work when they can con undergraduates into doing it for free.

Students won’t stop applying for internships, because they know a bachelor’s degree without a killer résumé is worth about as much as a fistful of Zimbabwean cash. Schools won’t stop granting credit for unpaid internships because they’re afraid of impeding graduates’ job prospects.

Meanwhile, the country suffers because an entire generation of students is trading a real education for white-collar vocational school. Upperclassmen may lack critical thinking skills, but they

sure as hell can dress for success.

As the economy sputters, this selfperpetuating cycle can only get worse.

Struggling employers can’t afford new hires, so they will rely more on interns who are increasingly desperate to snag a job after graduating from schools that will do anything to help alumni find work. And believe it or not, we’re the lucky ones: The modern workplace claims to prioritize non-discriminatory hiring practices, but the system is already rigged against poor students because the opportunity cost of an unpaid internship is so high. Students must forego a semester or summer of wages and still scrape together tuition money just to even the playing field. What’s the point of educating low-income students if they can’t afford the internships necessary to get a white-collar job?

I’d argue the only group with a realistic chance to solve the problem is Congress, but of course that would be silly — they have interns like me to answer the phone when I call to complain about interns like me answering the phone.

Christopher Haxel is a senior English major. He can be reached at haxel@umdbk.com.

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art of my commute Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is the Washington hecklers’ catcalls, lewd remarks and colorful language. The 9 a.m. sexual innuendoes really put me in the mood for work and prepare me for my day, almost as much as my iced coffee from Starbucks.

Under the President’s Promise, students of this university are ensured the opportunity to develop professionally, and they “achieve this growth through hands-on research, study abroad, or internships in the public and private sectors.” Under the university’s Policy and Procedures on Sexual Harassment, students are assured a safe environment in which their “individual dignity” is not compromised and their “equal educational and employment opportunities” are safeguarded.

But students are not necessarily guaranteed workers’ protection from sexual harassment at their internships. Each organization has a different policy, and,

under the law, interns are not always given the same rights as employees when it comes to sexual harassment in the workplace.

I’m not talking about the every day, “Hey baby, I got an empty apartment tonight, and I can show you a good time” sexual harassment that occurs on nearly every street corner downtown to nearly every woman who happens to walk by (though that’s another important issue that needs to be addressed). I’m talking about colleagues, supervisors or affiliates at a place of work creating an uncomfortable working atmosphere through sexually explicit comments or jokes, unwanted sexual advances, touching and even rape.

Like other forms of sexual violence, sexual harassment doesn’t only affect women. Both men and women can be victims, and both men and women can be the perpetrators.

I’ve had some bizarre internship experiences. Luckily, I have never been sexually harassed. It’s hard enough to be assertive with your supe-

EMILY KLEIMAN riors in asking for more or different assignments. Now add sexual bullying to the mix, and you’ve really got a problem. It doesn’t exactly adhere to the ideal learning experience laid out in the President’s Promise.

If you’re feeling worried about sacrificing your course credits or abandoning a potential résumé bump, stop right there: Your personal and emotional safety comes before anything else. Victims of sexual harassment in the workplace can be subject to fear or anxiety, lower productivity, a higher level of stress and substance abuse, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s website.

“If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe at your place of work because of sexual

harassment or any other reason, it’s important to address the situation and bring it to the attention of your supervisor,” said Katherine Hull, spokeswoman for RAINN. When I was younger, I was always told to ignore the people who tried to pick on me (though later on in life, it did help to have a pretty intimidating older brother), but in the case of workplace bullying — sexual or otherwise — it’s necessary to stick up for yourself before it gets any more serious and you end up experiencing some potentially devastating effects.

So before you begin that dream internship, check out its policies and procedures, and know your protections.

Remember that you’re there to learn and thrive, and that you deserve to take away an experience that prepares you for your chosen field — not an experience that scars you and discourages you from your dreams and goals.

Emily Kleiman is a junior communication major. She can be reached at kleiman@umdbk.com.

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ovely October: Although the leaves and the temperature drop daily, there is something in the fall air that that keeps spirits high and energy plentiful. The excitement of fall is in the fun of watching the leaves change colors, cheering for athletics teams, picking Halloween costumes and, of course, stocking up on bulk bags of special-edition Halloween candy.

The Residence Hall Association has been working to capitalize on this excitement. Hall and area councils are busy planning events for their residence halls to celebrate Halloween, such as LaPlata Hall’s “Boo Your Boo” Halloween candygram event and South Campus Commons Area Council’s “Pumpkin Fest,” which will include mummy-wrapping and other classic Halloween activities.

At Oakland Hall’s “Halloween Bash,” residents will be able to make “recycle-o-lanterns,” jack-olanterns made by painting recycled 2-liter plastic soda bottles.

Ellicott Hall Council’s “Halloween Murder Mystery Game” will allow residents to participate in a reallife version of the game “Clue.”

Meanwhile, the RHA Senate is hard at work investigating issues pertaining to all aspects of resident life. So far, RHA committees have been looking into the development of Prince Frederick Hall, checking in on 251 North and Oakland Hall and working toward the placement and installation of water bottle filling stations in residence halls.

As the RHA is the voice of on-campus them, it is important to provide students a forum for input and discussion about the topics impacting them most. Do you have an opinion about a particular Shuttle-UM bus route? Would you like to give your input on possible new menu options for the dining halls? Are you wondering what is being done to increase sustainability in the residence halls?

Enter the RHA Town Hall.

The annual RHA Town Hall will be held tomorrow evening, Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Jimenez Room of Stamp Student Union. At this Town Hall, the RHA will be providing students access to the four departments we work with: Resident Life, Residential Facilities, Dining Services and Transportation Services. Directors from those departments will be present to listen to your ideas and answer your questions — this is your opportunity to speak oneon-one with them. This event happens only once a year and is sponsored by your RHA. It’s also open to all Maryland students.

The RHA is dedicated to promoting positive changes on the campus, but we cannot make these changes without your input.

Although your senators are there to represent you at every RHA senate meeting, this is your chance to speak your mind and make the RHA and the directors of major university departments aware of what needs to be done. Anything from adding more options to the dining halls to adding a stop to a bus route is open to discussion.

With that, the RHA wishes you a happy and safe Halloween, and we cannot wait to see you tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Jimenez Room in Stamp Student Union. Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity to let your voice be heard.

Meenu Singh is the public relations officer for the Residence Hall Association. She can be reached at meenuksingh92@aol.com.

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SPOTLIGHT | UPPERTHINKING

The power of Upperthinking Four friends, including one university student, have turned their hobby into a business

BY MARY CLARE FISCHER ✦ FOR THE DIAMONDBACK “American Gothic” painter Grant Wood once said, “All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.” For the four men behind the Upperthinking fashion line, great ideas tend to come while in a more common location.

“The shower is the inspiration,” Upperthinking co-founder Idris Shinaba said, laughing.

“The ideas are usually random and sporadic,” added co-founder and senior supply chain management major Tobi Bello. “Like last night, Idris just sent me some designs, or another day, Hamid [Segunmaru] will have some designs and Skype them to me.

Bobby [Chungong] and I aren’t designers, but I’ll see something that I like, and I’ll draw stick figures and they’ll take the stick figures and turn them into works of art; it’s always random things that inspire us.”

Bello, Shinaba, Segunmaru and Chungong are the minds behind Upperthinking, a men’s fashion line based in the Washington metropolitan area that is “inspiring greatness in the everyday man,” as their motto says. The company released its first pieces — three Tshirts, a crew sweater and a hoodie — in September and is holding a charity event Wednesday night at Cornerstone Grill and Loft. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness and money for famine in the Horn of Africa.

The four men were childhood friends growing up in nearby Laurel and all went to high school together before splitting apart in 2008 to attend separate colleges: Shinaba at Morgan State University, Segunmaru at Frostburg State University, Chungong at Prince George’s Community College and Bello at this university. That’s when they first concocted the idea of Upperthinking, but envisioned it as more of a hobby than

a startup business.

“This year, Tobi was the driving force in motivating me and trying to get this enterprise making money and making something greater than what I had envisioned later on in the future; something that could change the climate of the community around us and something that could change our lives as well,” Shinaba said.

To ensure that Upperthinking’s clothes are truly meaningful, each product has a message that will hopefully cause the buyer to think every time he puts it on. The “Greed” T-shirt, for instance, states, “This isn’t a matter of greed.

This is a matter of survival,” and depicts Mr. Moneybags from the logo of the Monopoly board game.

“We wanted to instill a line with a purpose,” Chungong said. “A lot of other lines tend to be vulgar or random or there’s no real direction, whereas ours is to educate and uplift men in general. So if you go to our blog you have things that educate men about culture, about America or about clothing. Not to come off as cheesy, it’s not like some ‘Go to school’ type thing; it’s really clothing that inspires men and also women at some point to better themselves.”

Jouse Martinez of Tasty Shirt Company understood Upperthinking was different when the members first introduced themselves and asked him to screen print their designs.

“They ask unusual questions,” he said. “Not just about printing, but the concept and the ideas. They know why they came up with something; it’s not just put on paper.”

Though Upperthinking only produces casual clothes at the moment, they’re working on expanding into

the professional sector of fashion and have plans for ties, polos, belts, khakis and dress pants. The company also hopes to offer women’s clothing in the future. “[The clothes] look great, and they feel even better on the body,” said senior marketing major Isai Diaz, who helped Upperthinking with its marketing scheme. “The shirts actually have their own custom Upperthinking tag on them, not just a generic brand, so that’s incredible.

They understand that when you’re doing something like this, or anything, really, you always want quality. You don’t want to put your name next to a product that’s mediocre, because that reflects on you.”

That quality comes from a mixture of specialization and positive group dynamics. Each man has a different area of expertise: Bello and Chungong in business, Segunmaru in computer science and Shinaba in graphic design and computer animation. This separation automatically defines certain responsibilities for each of the four men, which helps the group stay organized, especially now that they are unable to meet personally every day. Yet the lines of those tasks often blur together so each member ends up with input in all parts of the organization.

“At the end of the day, I feel like you have to work hard and do well for yourself,” Segunmaru said. “But no one man is an island, no one can succeed by themselves. Just to be able to work with people you know who you have a level of respect for, and people you just flow with on a general basis, it makes everything worth it.” diversions@umdbk.com

Supply chain management major Tobi Bello is the co-founder of Upperthinking, a high-end fashion line for men’s casual clothing. The brand aims to “educate and uplift men” with thoughtful designs, according to co-founder Bobby Chungong. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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CAROLINA

Injured Tate to miss remainder of Terps’ season Edsall says linebacker will seek a medical redshirt day at Florida State.

“I recently had a chance to sit down with Coach Edsall, my family and the medical staff to discuss my options,” Tate said in a release. “This is the best course of action to get healthy and get back on the field next season.”

Edsall said the senior captain will seek a medical redshirt after undergoing surgery this week. Edsall declined to disclose the nature of the injury, but the team release said Tate will be

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

Terrapins football coach Randy Edsall announced yesterday that linebacker Kenny Tate will miss the remainder of the season with an undisclosed injury.

A preseason All-ACC pick, Tate has not played since the team’s Oct. 1 win over Towson.

After joining the team in uniform in recent games against Georgia Tech and Clemson, he wore street clothes Satur-

SEMINOLES from page 8 Nigel Bradham stuck the crown of his helmet into Brown’s chin.

Brown kneeled as the Terps’ medical staff tended to him and reserve Danny O’Brien loosened up on the sideline.

Brown was cleared to play after heading to the Terps’ locker room, but Edsall chose to stick with O’Brien.

And while O’Brien enjoyed some success — including a 69yard third-quarter connection to wide receiver Quintin McCree and a 5-yard touchdown run shortly thereafter — he stood little chance of orchestrating a comeback.

The Seminoles piled up six sacks and forced the Terps to punt the ball a season-high 10 times. In 14 drives, the Terps advanced past Florida State’s 40-yard line only three times.

“I think you have to give Florida State credit,” Edsall said. “Florida State is very athletic and got tremendous speed and they did a good job. You

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Entering Thursday’s final regular-season game against No. 8 North Carolina at Ludwig Field,

out six to nine months.

“It’s certainly a blow to our team to lose a player and leader of Kenny’s caliber, but we want to do what’s in his best interest,” Edsall said in the release. “Our medical staff determined that surgery was the best way to proceed, so that’s what we’re going to do.”

Freshman linebacker Mario Rowson has started in place of Tate the past three games. cwalsh@umdbk.com

give all the credit to Florida State’s defense.”

Following the Seminoles’ first two scores, the Terps’ defense settled down for a time. It limited Florida State to just 10 points over the second and third quarters, and the Terps’ pressure on Manuel (four sacks) put the ball back in the hands of their offense.

That didn’t matter, though.

The Terps could find no semblance of an offensive identity, and while they posted 13 second-half points, half of those came on a last-minute touchdown pass from O’Brien to wide receiver Marcus Leak well after the game had already been decided.

With just 59 yards on 37 rushing attempts, the Terps struggled to maintain possession against the speedy Seminoles defense.

“It wasn’t anything the defense did, it was just all the mental things,” said McCree, who finished with a careerhigh nine catches for 177 yards. “You just can’t have three-and-outs. We’ve just got

the Terps will be in eighth place in the ACC, one point ahead of Miami for the final spot in the ACC Tournament.

“I think we’re all pretty disappointed right now,” coach Brian Pensky said. “We’ve got to col-

Linebacker Kenny Tate had missed the past three games with an injury.

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to capitalize.”

And when the Terps couldn’t, Florida State took full advantage. The Seminoles took to the ground to protect their lead in the fourth quarter and posted 17 points while keeping the Terps’ defense on the field for a staggering 12:09 in the final frame.

The young Terps defense that surrendered 576 yards against Clemson last weekend again was torn apart, and Florida State posted 482 total yards.

“We came out of halftime and came out great and I think, eventually, we just started to wear down a little bit,” safety Eric Franklin said. “You can’t give up that many yards and that many points and expect to win the game.”

The loss has left the Terps reeling, searching for answers. Most of the mistakes that have haunted them all season — slow starts, offensive ineptitude, poor field position — again reared their ugly head against the Seminoles, and against a team as talented as Florida State, the Terps

lect ourselves and take a day and then start thinking about Carolina because that’s going to be a similar kind of challenge. … It’s going to be a tough game.”

The Terps (9-4-4, 3-4-2 ACC)

were unable to answer for their miscues.

“They got tons of weapons on offense,” defensive tackle Joe Vellano said. “You can’t get behind on these teams, you really can’t. You can’t make it easy on them.”

The Terps did make it easy for them Saturday. And with five games remaining on their schedule, they’re running out of time to learn from their mistakes.

“We’ve got to coach them better, the kids have to do their part, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do,” Edsall said. “You take a look and there’s some very positive things out there. … We just don’t match up with the speed and athleticism of Clemson and Florida State, and that’s what we’re going to have to do from a recruiting standpoint.”

TERPS NOTE: Edsall said that the Terps’ starting quarterback Saturday against Boston College will be a game-time decision, as was the case against Clemson. cwalsh@umdbk.com

got off to yet another fast start on a sixth-minute goal by midfielder Lydia Hastings after a free kick by midfielder Olivia Wagner, who initially drilled her kick right off a wall of Duke (15-2-1, 7-1-1) defenders. But

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“Carolina is a strong team, and they played a championship-level start,” coach Missy Meharg said.

“Maryland seemed to be a little bit under their intensity level at the beginning, which took us a little while to get into tempo.”

A slow start for the Terps marked the origins of their eventual downfall.

After a penalty-corner goal gave North Carolina the lead less than eight minutes into the game, the Tar Heels’ defense completely neutralized their guests’ attack for the remainder of the first half.

The Terps could do little against North Carolina’s top-ranked defense before halftime, and the Tar Heels kept them completely off the stat sheet.

The Terps weren’t granted any penalty-corner chances and didn’t record a shot before the break, the first time this season in which the team was held without a shot on goal in a half.

“We didn’t get the results we wanted,” midfielder Megan Frazer said.

“I think a lot of it wasn’t what they did to us, it’s what we did to ourselves.

We didn’t shove for the ball, we didn’t pass; it was really on us.”

Halftime adjustments triggered a stronger offensive effort in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to break through a suffocating North Carolina defense.

While the Terps managed to get six penaltycorner opportunities and take eight shots after half-

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time, they weren’t able to convert any until it was too late. A goal by midfielder Kelsey Kolojejchick — her first-ever tally against the Terps in six career meetings — with just more than 20 minutes remaining proved the game winner.

“I think we just played more like the game we wanted to play originally,” Buckley said. “We stuck to the game plan a bit better; ever yone was a bit more intense and actually wanted to play. … Second half, we were a different team.”

Inconsistencies in the team’s play have plagued the Terps throughout the season, and Saturday was no different. The Terps’ performance in the second half was good enough to put them in a position to win a fourth straight match against the Tar Heels, but a sluggish start put them in a hole too deep to dig out of.

The team has two more regular-season contests on the schedule before the conference tournament, beginning with a Wednesday-night home matchup with Drexel.

Putting together two halves of consistent play in those matchups will be crucial, as there’s likely a chance the Terps will see the Tar Heels again in November.

“The outcome is not something we’re used to against any team,” Meharg said. “This is a very good Carolina team, and we would love to be in a position to play them for the ACC Championship.”

“I guess next time we have to come out a bit harder and play our game,” Buckley said, “instead of getting caught in theirs.” vitale@umdbk.com

Nahas initially started in place of Tara Campbell, one of the ACC’s top goalkeepers this year, for Duke’s Senior Day. “It’s just taking chances, never giving up on a play,” Hastings said. “We just pressed, pressed, pressed and finally something opened up and we scored.”

The Terps kept the lead into halftime, but Duke came out strong in the second half, scoring two goals in the first 10 minutes of play and adding a third in the 65th minute to seal the Terps’ fate.

“I really don’t think Duke had a rhythm at all,” Hastings said. “Second half, we fell asleep at times and let them back into it. They just kept coming at us.”

Miscommunication off a restart in the 50th minute allowed Duke forward Kelly Cobb to get isolated on defender Remi Kriz and beat her and then goalkeeper Yewande Balogun for the tying score.

Less than five minutes later, the Blue Devils struck again.

Slick passing between defender Alex Straton and forward Mollie Pathman led to a cross that defender Kim DeCesare headed past Balogun.

“They got some momentum and energy and the crowd behind it,” Pensky said. “I don’t think we responded well.

We just let the whole situation get to us and we couldn’t grab it back.”

Duke sealed the game when Cobb took a lead pass behind the Terps’ backline and crossed it to Pathman, who put the ball past Balogun.

Concerns over his team’s ball possession have bothered Pensky throughout the year, and Duke exploited that weakness in the second half yesterday, owning a 12-0 margin in shots in the final 45 minutes.

“You can either kill a game off by sitting and defending, or you can kill a game off by keeping the ball,” Pensky said.

“Unfortunately, our ability to keep the ball over a period of time is not great right now.”

Their shortcomings yesterday only amplify the significance of Thursday’s game against the Tar Heels, a perennial title contender. The Terps’ recent struggles make the task even more daunting, as the team is still winless against top10 teams this season.

“When we have tough moments, how are we going to go as a team?” Pensky said.

“Are we going to go quiet and feel sorry for ourselves and separate a little bit? Or are we going to come together and fight? We felt a little bit sorry for ourselves, and we can’t do that if we want to win games against top-10 teams.” dgallen@umdbk.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011

Sports

Volleyball drops two more The Terrapins volleyball team’s losing streak is at seven matches after a pair of home defeats this weekend. Read more at diamondbackonline.com.

SEMINOLES 41, TERPS 16

Far out of reach QB situation again in flux as Terps lose third straight game

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – When starting quarterback C.J. Brown left the field after a nasty head-to-head hit in the third quarter of the Terrapins football team’s game Saturday, the quarterback controversy that has consumed the program in recent weeks was reborn.

Positional battles, however, are the least of the Terps’ worries.

The team was thoroughly dismantled from the opening kickoff to the final whistle by host Florida State, falling to 0-11 all time at Doak Campbell Stadium and fading further from bowl eligibility with a 41-16 loss.

“We didn’t make all the plays that we needed to make today,” coach Randy Edsall said. “The one thing is we started a little bit slow today … and we just weren’t able to overcome their speed and athleticism.”

Slow starts have plagued the Terps (2-5, 1-3) all season, and Saturday was no exception. Quarterback E.J. Manuel and the Seminoles wasted little time in establishing themselves as the better team, taking the opening kickoff and driving 62 yards in 2:54 with remarkable precision.

When the Terps’ offense stalled out on the ensuing possession, Manuel simply did it again. After running in Florida State’s (4-3, 2-2 ACC) first touchdown, he threw for its second, and before the Terps could even work up a sweat, the Seminoles had a 14-0 lead.

Manuel was 8-for-9 for 120 yards passing and a touchdown on those first two drives, and that 14-point cushion alone proved too much for the Terps to overcome.

Their offense was anemic with Brown under center, as the Seminoles’ vaunted defense matched his athleticism and limited him on the ground.

One of his few backfield escapes ended his day. On third-and-15 midway through the third quarter, Brown dropped back, eluded pressure and scrambled up the middle.

But when he went into a late slide 5 yards downfield, Florida State linebacker

see SEMINOLES, page 7

INSIDE >>>

Florida State running back Devonta Freeman races to the end zone as Terps cornerback Dexter McDougle chases him from behind during the Terps’ 41-16 loss Saturday. The Seminoles’ thorough win dropped the Terps to 2-5 this season. PHOTO COURTESY OF NIKKI UNGER-FINK/FSVIEW & FLORIDA FLAMBEAU

FIELD HOCKEY

Star linebacker Kenny Tate will miss the remainder of the season. | PAGE 7

MEN’S SOCCER

UNC shuts down Terps

Tar Heels secure No. 1 seed in ACC Tourn.

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – It took more

than 70 minutes for the Terrapins field hockey team to score Saturday, and by the time midfielder Jemma Buckley’s ball finally trickled across the goal line, it hardly mattered.

The No. 3 Terps had narrowly avoided the shutout, but they couldn’t avoid falling, 2-1, to No. 2 North Car-

olina. With the win, the Tar Heels clinched the top seed in November’s ACC Tournament.

The final score at Henry Stadium showed just a one-goal margin of victory for North Carolina, but the play on the field indicated a wider gap between the two league rivals. The Tar Heels (16-1, 5-0 ACC) held a shutout throughout regulation, not allowing

see CAROLINA, page 7

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Terps’ hopes dim vs. Duke

Forward Matt Oduaran, right, battles for a ball during the Terps’ 1-1 tie at No. 2 North Carolina. The team could be ranked No. 1 tomorrow after earlier losses by Connecticut and the Tar Heels. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Place in postseason still not guaranteed

Terps draw to stay ahead

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

Despite ejection, team earns 1-1 tie to stay atop ACC standings

DURHAM, N.C. – Only a few min-

utes before the final whistle blew yesterday on yet another devastating defeat, Skyy Anderson reared back to clear the ball out of her Terrapins women’s soccer team’s end.

Instead, the ball smacked off the side of her foot and flew into the stands at Koskinen Stadium.

In many ways, it was the perfect summary of how the matchup went for the No. 15 Terps against the No. 6 Blue Devils. The Terps blew a 1-0 lead for the third time this year, and their postseason future remains uncertain as ever after a 3-1 loss to Duke.

see DUKE, page 7

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

Defender Remi Kriz and goalkeeper Yewande Balogun react to a Duke goal in the Terps’ 3-1 loss yesterday.

CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – It’s difficult to mistake Sasho Cirovski for anything but a winner.

Since taking over a struggling Terrapins men’s soccer program in 1993, the former NSCAA National Coach of the Year has guided the Terps to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, four ACC Championships and two national championships.

So when a hoarse Cirovski stood on Fetzer Field and expressed his satisfaction with an exhausting 1-1 tie

For more photos from Friday’s showdown, visit umdbk.com/ uncsoccer2011. against No. 2 North Carolina on Friday night, it was obvious some extenuating factors were at play.

“I’m normally not happy with ties,” he said. “But we’ll take one tonight.”

The Terps’ challenges began to arise long before the game even started. Midfielder Sunny Jane was shown a red card and ejected in the second half of a win over Duke on

Oct. 14, making him ineligible against the Tar Heels.

Forced to play without their assists leader, the No. 3 Terps (13-1-2, 4-1-1 ACC) struggled to find open looks throughout the first half. They were unable to maintain any sort of offensive rhythm, and entered halftime without a shot on goal for the first time this season.

“We weren’t playing our style,” midfielder John Stertzer said. “Everything was long. You know, we weren’t really keeping the ball very well. And

see HEELS, page 3