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Dissatisfaction with diversity plan clear State audit More then 300 at town hall hear sharp critiques

BY ADELE HAMPTON AND MARISSA LANG Senior staff writers

Rob Waters, the university official who chairs the committee charged with crafting the diversity plan, spoke at a town hall in the Colony Ballroom of Stamp Student Union yesterday. Faculty, staff and students all provided feedback on the plan’s first draft. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Students, faculty and staff came to the diversity town hall meeting in droves yesterday to make one point very clear: The language of the diversity plan’s draft is flawed, and they’re not satisfied.

Though many were enthusiastic about the diversity plan as a concept, audience members identified what they said were holes in the first draft of the Diversity Strategic Plan. Students complained graduate students, international students and students with disabilities were shortchanged; faculty questioned the committee about diversity of thought and the plan’s staying power and language; and staff members demanded equal representation.

Assistant to the President for Diversity and Equity Rob Waters, who chaired the committee, said the plan’s intent was to be all-inclusive.

“We want to create a plan in which everyone in the university sees themselves,” Waters said, opening the town hall. “If you don’t see yourself in this document, tell us that.”

But for about two hours straight, speaker after speaker took to the microphone and said they didn’t feel represented in the 18-page document.

“We have a wish list here, but I want to see some outcomes,” graduate student Angel Miles said, after demanding more specificity about issues facing disabled populations on the campus.

Student leaders also reiterated their concerns from Friday’s Multicultural Involvement and Cultural Advocacy Fifth Annual Leadership Summit, including issues with the creation of a diversity office and the

exposes univ. network security flaws OIT Chief insists ‘there’s not something to be worried about’

BY CARRIE WELLS Senior staff writer

A state audit has revealed flaws in the university’s computer and wireless networks that make them vulnerable to hackers who could access sensitive personal information.

But the Office of Information Technology, which is responsible for protecting the networks, defended its work and called the results an improvement over earlier audits. Jeffrey Huskamp, OIT’s vice president and chief information officer, played down the risks and said he was “very pleased with the trajectory that we’re on.”

“We keep getting better and better,” he said. “There’s not

something to be scared about.

There’s not something to be worried about.”

OIT is responsible for the computer system hosting payroll, student grades, student and employee personal information, financial aid and more.

In some instances, hacking would be easy, the audit said.

For example, it noted people could access the wireless network in an unsecured mode.

“Wireless connections made involving an unencrypted session exposed the wireless transmissions to improper disclosure,” the audit said. “Software is readily available on the Internet that can intercept and scan

see AUDIT, page 3

see DIVERSITY, page 3

CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS | 2009

In District 1, public safety concerns dominate Five candidates compete for two council seats in northern College Park

BY AMANDA PINO Staff writer

Miles north of the university, College Park’s District 1 offers a cheaper, less rowdy living alternative to the frenetic pace of the campus and the city’s downtown core. With singlefamily homes and a relatively small number of students, it is

perhaps the most distinct of the city’s four districts.

But beneath the area’s quiet exterior lie deep concerns about public safety, the direction the city is headed and, according to some, simmering tensions between residents, students and the city.

“One in four residents don’t feel safe here,” said S.M. Fazlul

Kabir, a resident of the Hollywood area and one of the five candidates vying for the two most hotly contested College Park City Council seats.

District 1, which is bounded roughly by the intersection of Route 193 and Route 1 on the southern end, and the Capital Beltway to the north, is currently represented by the two

youngest, more progressive members of the council: Patrick Wojahn, a 34-year-old civil rights lawyer, and Jonathan Molinatto, 28, a mathematician for the federal government. Both were elected in 2007, but Molinatto decided not to run for re-election

see DISTRICT 1, page 6

Vietnamese ambassador stresses improved relations Staff writer

Vietnam’s ambassador to the U.S. discussed the improved relations between the two countries before a group of about 250 students yesterday in Van Munching Hall.

Ambassador Le Cong Phung came to the university, in part, to recognize the 15th anniversary of the normalization of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations, which included the

reinstatement of economic and political interactions.

Phung, a 38-year diplomatic veteran, who served in various foreign service posts in England, China and Indonesia, and as Ambassador to Thailand, acknowledged the years of conflict and division between the U.S. and Vietnam that took place in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Today, he said, the two countries are growing closer than ever.

see AMBASSADOR, page 3

TOMORROW’S WEATHER:

Two pilot programs could improve waste composting Using enzymes to break down trash could reduce volume by 90 percent

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Diplomat speaks on the campus 15 years after restoration of U.S. ties

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The bagasse take-out trays in the dining halls could be among the trash broken down using two new composting methods the university is considering. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Le Cong Phung, the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States, spoke at Van Munching Hall yesterday as part of the ambassadorial lecture series. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

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University officials hope to test drive two new methods for composting waste in an effort to make the campus a model for other institutions and businesses.

The Office of Sustainability, Facilities Management and Dining Services may soon implement two parallel pilot programs, each of which involves a machine designed to transform trash into useful materials, such as water and soil nutrients, while eliminating the need for costly handling and transportation.

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landfill, so if we can find a way to digest it and use it, it would be beneficial to us and to other companies,” said Scott Lupin, the associate director of the office of sustainability. “From the pilots, we will get the data we need to look at lifestyle cost versus the cost of purchasing the equipment.”

Both machines use enzymes to break down organic waste, like food scraps, Lupin said.

One method involves equipment that turns junk into a “soil amendment,” or nutrient, that could be used anywhere on the campus, including

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THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009

Anti-sweatshop activists join forces to spread fair labor message

BY ANNA ISAACS Staff writer

Fueled by a recent victory over a Terp gear manufacturer known to abuse its workers, anti-sweatshop activists are combining resources with other student groups to link fair labor practices with more popular causes like environmentalism.

MaryPIRG, Feminism Without Borders, Terps for Choice and the Pride Alliance sponsored a discussion panel yesterday night called “Globalization, Sweatshops, Us,” featuring three speakers who brought the issue of sweatshop labor a little closer to home for students.

The groups that hosted the event — and comprised a majority of the audience in the Jimenez building — were largely responsible for the university's termination this year of its contract with Russell Ath-

letic, a company that manufactured university apparel in factories that did not meet fair labor standards.

The groups’ new goals are to inform students and broaden horizons to other causes associated with unfair labor practices, said Eric Sim, a junior English and philosophy major who helped to organize the event.

“This workers’ rights activist base is kind of teaming up with the environmental activist base, because it’s all linked together— sustainability, social justice and environmental justice,” he said.

Even as the controversy over Russell Athletic has cooled, guest speaker Jack Mahoney of United Workers Against Sweatshops spoke about the impact of the company’s treatment of its workers, which included firing them for unionizing.

Mahoney traveled around

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the country with factory workers as the pressure was mounting for universities to cut their contracts with the company, making their first stop at this university, where the workers saw their very own handiwork displayed on a rack in the University Book Center.

“This particular Russell [sweatshirt] was 50-something dollars, and they were floored … because they earn $60 a week, and they were making thousands upon thousands of these hooded sweatshirts in that period of time, and so that first sweatshirt they made, the price of that for the consumer was going to pay their salary,” Mahoney said.

“Obviously they knew they were being exploited, but for the first time, to just really take in the scale of the exploitation from these brands … that was powerful for me,” he added.

Guest speaker Bama Athreya

of the International Labor Rights Forum said many Americans consider the fair labor issue to be already solved because of free trade agreements already in place, when these agreements actually give benefits to the corporations — not the workers.

“The most exploitative, slave-like conditions continue to exist, continue to produce commodities that show up in our underwear, in the chocolate bars in the stores,” Athreya said. “I mean, it’s stuff that we use day to day, and we can now identify the small handful of global trading corporations that are at the heart of the problem, but we still need action to hold them accountable.”

Zach Howe, a junior government and politics major and member of MaryPIRG, said his group has more in store in terms of addressing unfair labor, including plans to con-

Guest speaker Bama Athreya of the International Labor Rights Forum spoke about ongoing worker abuses despite fair trade agreements. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

vince the Inter-Fraternity Council and the Pan-Hellenic Association to buy sweatshop-free

clothes to promote fair labor. aisaacs@umdbk.com

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AMBASSADOR from page 1 “Today, the U.S. and Vietnam sit next to each other in the U.N., which means a lot,” Phung said. “Our relationship in the past was sometimes good and sometimes not very good, but we are heading for the bet-

AUDIT from page 1 unencrypted wireless network traffic to obtain confidential information.”

The Office of Legislative Audits cited four areas of concern in their report: The internal computer network could be accessed through the Internet, meaning, unauthorized users could see and change student grades.

Also, 23 employees, including three former employees, had unnecessary access to devices protecting the internal network.

The firewall protecting the main frame computer wasn’t set up to log all activity or alert network administrators to problems. Security logs weren’t regularly reviewed, and when they were, it wasn’t documented.

The wireless network could be accessed without secure encryption, leaving confidential information open for viewing.

Changes to critical system files, such as those for student accounts and financial aid,

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ter.”

He added the U.S. has been the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam so far this year.

The ambassador said the economy was possibly the biggest indicator of improved bilateral relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, and also possibly the most important issue.

“Vietnam is the fastest grow-

weren’t logged.

The last two concerns were also cited in a January 2006 audit.

In a written response to the audit, the university agreed to fix all the security problems by June 2010.

“We pretty much do this kind of risk mitigation on a regular basis,” Huskamp said. “[The Office of Legislative Audits] gives us additional information, then we can use the information to close the hole and make it so it’s not a finding anymore.”

The OLA conducted the audit, from December 2008 to June 2009 by examining records and talking to and observing employees. The university is frequently audited, as dictated by the state legislature, to make sure state funds are properly spent and no laws are violated.

OIT officials stressed the findings in the audit would be taken care of and that the university community shouldn’t worry.

“The bottom line is the two auditors spent 15 months digging around trying to find things,” Huskamp said. “If you

ing economy in Asia behind China,” he said. “Most big American corporations have contracts in Vietnam.”

Senior government and politics and women’s studies major Amy Hartman said she came for her class but was interested to hear about the Vietnamese economy.

“One of his main points,

“We pretty much do this kind of risk mitigation on a regular basis.”

JEFFREY HUSKAMP OIT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

put this much effort into this thing ... that’s the kind of risk in this.”

OIT did disagree that one of the findings was a “repeat.” In its written response, OIT said a recommendation in the last audit that it log changes to system files didn’t call those files “critical,” and was thus a different recommendation.

A system glitch that allowed anyone to access a university account with only the person’s email address discovered last March was not mentioned in the audit, OIT officials said. That hole was repaired after a student brought it to OIT’s attention. cwells@umdbk.com

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which I believed was interesting, was how he talked about closing the gap between imports and exports,” Hartman said.

Students in attendance were mostly members of the Freshman Fellows Program — freshmen directly admitted to the university’s business management program. Some of the students are also attending a study trip to

Vietnam and Thailand during the upcoming winter break.

Sophomore business management major Maurice Nick is among the students venturing to Southeast Asia during winter break for the study trip. Although he didn’t find the ambassador’s lecture groundbreaking, it made him more comfortable with the

idea of traveling to the once war-torn country.

“I am traveling to Vietnam and wanted to hear what he had to say about U.S.-Vietnam relations,” Nick said. “I would go regardless, but now I feel a more personal connection to the country.” botelho@umdbk.com

DIVERSITY from page 1 appointment of a chief diversity officer. Many questioned how much authority this new person would have and how the department would be funded.

Some attendees said they would believe the draft’s promises when they materialize.

“We’ve seen reports like these come and go, and I hope this is not another one that will just come and go,” American Studies Chair Nancy Struna said. “I would ask if the committee would reconsider whether diversity is just another series of goals or if it is a dimension of excellence and if so, how do we make sure it’s rewarded and ensure that for the rest of my lifetime here we finally get it right?”

Others said the very language used in the document was insufficient and misrepresentative of its goals.

“In terms of language in the diversity plan I would like to encourage you to think about the terms ‘cultivating and sustaining diversity,’ rather than ‘managing or organizing diversity,’” Vice President of the Black Faculty and Staff Association Wallace Southerland said.

“An authentic pursuit of authentic diversity requires authentic accountability.”

The five committee members who answered questions — Waters, Behavioral and Social Sciences Assistant Dean Kim Nickerson, Asian American Studies Department Chair Larry Shinagawa, women’s studies professor Ruth Zambrana and student union Director Gretchen Metzelaars — were all chairs of different subcommittees that authored the various parts of the plan. They countered questions and criticisms by emphasizing the document

Rob Waters, the chairman of the diversity plan committee, commended the committee’s work at the diversity town hall yesterday in the Stamp Student Union. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

was merely a draft, repeating they would revisit the plan after the town hall and incorporate their constituents’ suggestions.

While the provost has said he would like to see a final plan by the end of the academic year, Waters is urging the committee to come up with a completed version by the end of the semester.

One of the persisting problems, Waters said, was simply defining what diversity does — and should — signify.

“It’s an age old question, and we’re still trying to figure it out,” Waters said. “We haven’t quite collaborated, ‘We want our student body to look like X, we want our faculty to look like X.’ What diversity means and what diversity is important may be different things to different groups.”

Nickerson concurred.

“We just don’t have the language to be able to properly dissect the big diversity pie,” he said.

Though comments, questions and suggestions were limited to two minutes each, the committee appeared willing to listen. They took notes throughout the meeting, collected documents from students, faculty and staff members and asked the more than

300 people in attendance fill out anonymous feedback forms.

This forum came on the coattails of last semester’s diversity forum where students voiced their outrage at what they felt was a disregard for their opinions.

But while there was an outpouring of feedback from the audience, Metzelaars said, in many ways, the town hall was a forum for preaching to the choir.

“The people in this room are those that care about diversity because they are a part of it,” she said. “This is not the majority — the majority of people are not here.”

Apart from student leaders and a few university staff, the audience was mostly made up of those from underrepresented communities who were engaged in diversity issues or organizations. This widespread apathy towards diversity issues, Metzelaars said, could eventually endanger the overall success of the plan.

“I wonder if they care,” she said. “I question whether they’re even listening.” hampton@umdbk.com, mlang@umdbk.com

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Melting the freeze

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A tuition increase could hurt some students, but a modest hike, coupled espite rising college tuition costs across the country, students at the university are still enjoying the benefits of a tuition freeze enacted with additional financial aid funding, could minimize the damage. This state is

by Gov. Martin O’Malley four years ago. With most universities, the nation’s richest and its fourth-best educated. The recession has not cripincluding this one, reeling under massive budget cuts, this univer- pled Maryland the way it has Michigan, Rhode Island or Alabama. If tuition sity has held strong in its commitment to keep costs down. But that luxury and fees nationally can increase 6.5 percent for in-state students at public universities, surely this university’s students can handle a 2- or 3-percent jump. may not last much longer.

And although college costs have been climbing, the The idea of a tuition increase has been floating around amount of financial aid available has been climbing at an for a while, and it could become a reality as soon as next even higher rate, according to a recent report by the Colsemester. University and state officials appear to be willing lege Board. The average student now pays $400 less per to wait until next year, but some administrators — notably We should embrace year than they would have five years ago.

Provost Nariman Farvardin and Vice President for Admina tuition increase as a College presidents in the state were nervous when istrative Affairs Ann Wylie — have emphasized the university’s overwhelming need for funds. Running a flagship solution to the university’s O’Malley first began hyping a tuition freeze during his candidacy four years ago. They were worried state aid wouldpublic university while your budget slowly decreases isn’t budget woes. n’t increase enough to make up for the freeze. But O’Malley easy, but students are obviously cautious about any proassuaged their concerns by boosting the appropriation for posed tuition hike.

Some could say the Great Recession is no time to raise tuition. But if not public universities by more than 30 percent. But with a $2 billion deficit pronow, then when? If state officials really want this to be a top-flight, elite public jected for next year, it’s virtually impossible to imagine the state can continue university, they need to take the political risk and work to increase tuition. If to support such steps.

Public universities have an obligation to deliver quality education that is on millions of dollars continue to be cut, there are two options: raise tuition or lower education quality. The longer the tuition freeze is kept in place, the more par with that offered by private universities. The governor and state have shocking the hike will have to be when it inevitably comes. Although today’s demonstrated a tuition freeze is possible and should be proud of the opportunistudents will enjoy the luxury of cheap tuition, tomorrow’s will be pummeled ties they’ve given thousands of students. But in today’s financial climate, a with outlandish costs to make up the difference. Although initiatives have freeze is no longer possible. A continued attempt to keep costs down is a futile been taken to save money by using less energy, cutting programs and issuing one. Perhaps in a different time such steps will be possible again; unfortunately, now is not that time. furlough days, these steps alone cannot solve this dramatic problem.

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Switching majors: It’s your decision

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ithin days, we seniors will be registering for the final time and all you lesser beings, right after. Some of us will be registering for classes we’ve been putting off for several semesters, and some of us are thinking, “Finally, my hardest class will be bowling.” But those polar extremes apply to people who have decided on what they want to do. So what about everyone else?

That’s right, I’m talking about the undecided, the letters and sciences major. Freshmen, don’t worry — for now. With a little cushion called CORE, you can escape from deciding your fate for at least three semesters. To my beloved sophomores, I come to you from a place of empathy. Here’s to your sixth attempt at a four-year plan and a clean copy waiting nearby because even though you don’t know what major you like best, you can always count on changing your mind. If you’re currently

FENAN

SOLOMON enrolled in letters and sciences, be prepared for an e-mail that tersely but rudely reminds you of how much time you’ve wasted pondering which major to choose and then instructs you to quickly make a decision that only determines the rest of your life.

This might be the time when you run through several aptitude tests or even take a little trip to the University Career Center. You may grow understandably frustrated. Chill out, tell the folks in letters and sciences you pay their salaries and you’ll decide when you’re ready.

They’ll threaten to kick you out of school, and as with most administrative threats here at the university, it’s not

empty. So be prepared to make some hasty decisions. Sorry I’ve led you on this long to believe I had a real solution, but just remember it’s not the end of the world, and you probably won’t die. But no promises.

This column is more for my fellow Terps who are trapped in a major they hate. I was once just like you, and my best piece of advice is to vacate. You may have to go through your bank (or, your parents) to get this change approved, which adds a tricky element.

They’re foreigners, you say? Don’t worry, because that’s my specialty. Sit them down around the holidays — after they’ve celebrated, but before their December credit card bill comes.

By this point, you’ve already signed up for the classes in the major you like, but don’t tell them and present the switch as a suggestion. If they agree, great. If not, remember you are an adult and this is your life (with their wallet). You tell the school not to send

a damn thing home regarding your grades (it’s an option on Testudo). If your parents still demand to see grades, you tell them that the “unrelated” classes are electives and continue keeping them in the dark until graduation.

The truth is, at some point you’ll regret letting them live vicariously through you. And when that happens later in life, the hurdle will be the thought of going back to college at 35.

Taking a stand is not by any means easy. It’ll cause a rift and provoke annoying questions at family gatherings. But if this is the cost of running your own life, consider yourself. Smile, pretend to take their bad advice, and most importantly, do as you please because time is too valuable to be the form of currency.

Fenan Solomon is a senior journalism and pre-pharmacy major. She can be reached at solomon@umdbk.com.

Halloween: Not the only time to play dress-up

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ands down, Halloween is my fourth favorite day of the year. It’s the only day where dressing up and knocking on people’s doors ends with me being rewarded with candy. Have you ever tried doing that on Yom Kippur? Yeah, not the same response … like, at all. When I was finally “mature” enough to forgo trick-or-treating for partying, I was rewarded with eyecandy. Hellooo, sexy ketchup! Rawr and winkface intended.

But let’s be real. Halloween is not the only day of the year where people pretend to be something other than themselves. We fake it every day. You can’t read this and mentally tell me you’ve never done that. From dealing with passive-aggressive roommates or acting smooth in front of a crush, we are programmed to hide our weirdness and perhaps mock those who don’t.

It may keep awkward encounters to a minimum, but it’s not a good thing.

The problem with being dedicated to an unchallenged way of life is that we tend to build up a homogenous group of friends. This clique or crew or whatever you want to call it tends to enjoy the same things, talk the same and even have the same opinions. A girl once told me that she is not friends with anyone who isn’t a Democrat, and this is a sentiment echoed by some Republicans as well.

What an absolute waste. Not only are we constantly guarding our inner selves to an unreal ideal of who we think we should be, but we’re being denied social variety. If you’re not exposed to different concepts then you’re unable to fully understand where you stand in relation to them.

Believe it or not, I enjoy talking to people who have differing opinions. Is it hard to discuss hot-button issues?

Sometimes, yes, but it’s so useless to pretend other opinions don’t exist.

For instance, a pro-choice person

SHRUTI

RASTOGI and a pro-life person aren’t necessarily at odds with each other. Most ideological differences consist of overlapping ideals. Not being pro-life doesn’t mean you are anti-life and not being prochoice doesn’t mean you are antichoice. The arguments run so much deeper and, in my experience, both sides tend to agree that they don’t want abortions to be used as a method of birth control. That’s common ground right there.

Expanding your social group to include different races, religions, sexualities, etc., may seem like an ideological mess of people to deal with. I’m not going to lie, I have my own biases and

at times it’s really hard to step outside of myself and try to understand a different perspective. It’s just as hard to separate a person from his or her opinion, but it’s worth it. Sometimes I refuse to do it myself. I’m only human.

No matter what, I always try to listen to people who are most informed, whether we stand together or on different sides. If I can learn something, I feel it’s time worth spent. Other times, it sucks, but really, it’s still a lot more interesting than not doing so.

In the end, sometimes you’re right, sometimes you’re wrong and sometimes you end up super-pissed and walking away. But that’s good. This is a process — a hard one, but one that’s worth learning. Maybe if you have at it, Halloween will start to be the only day of the year you pretend to be someone else.

Shruti Rastogi is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at rastogi@umdbk.com.

NATALIA CUADRA-SAEZ

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s a Student Government Association legislator and one of the students who worked on the recently issued report “Knowing Our History: African American Slavery and the University of Maryland,” I am happy to see the attention that the report has received in newspapers such as The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and The Diamondback. I am disappointed, however, at some of the general reactions and responses to the report.

Several articles have emphasized university President Dan Mote’s refusal to issue a formal apology for the university’s ties to slavery. I would like to clarify that issuing an official apology was not one of the actions our class recommended. More importantly, focusing on the issue of an apology distracts us from the larger issues at hand. As we stated in the introduction of our report, the primary purpose of our class was not to apologize but to learn everything we could about the university’s ties to slavery and present our findings to the university and the surrounding community. As students, we all understand that knowledge is a powerful tool.

We mentioned in our report that “Slave masters sought to keep their slaves illiterate not only to limit their access to freedom, but also to prevent them from learning their own histories. ... The students in the class agreed that the same was true for themselves and all members of the university community; if they did not know their history, they could not act upon it.”

Distracting ourselves by focusing too much on an apology also keeps us from acting on our history.

Although one of our recommendations to Mote was to issue a statement of regret, there were four other recommendations that received significantly less attention: to incorporate the study of slavery into the curriculum; to honor the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Hallowell, who was our university’s first president; to acknowledge the slaves who contributed to the university’s founding and to formally declare a commitment not to benefit from coercive labor practices. These are just some actions that can be taken as we acknowledge our past and apply our understanding of it to the present.

In response to these recommendations, Mote was quoted in The Washington Post as saying, “It’s a little difficult for a university to retrospectively change its founders. ... It’s like changing the signers of the Declaration of Independence.” Once again, this comment completely misses the point. While we do refer to slaves as “founders” in our report, we mean this in the simple sense that this university could not have been founded without them. You cannot change the signers of the Declaration of Independence just like you cannot change the names of the first trustees. What you can do is acknowledge that slaves played a role in the founding of this nation just as they played a role in the founding of this university.

My final message to the administration is this: Please follow up on your statement of regret and on your commitment to researching the impact of slavery on this university by taking our recommendations seriously.

And to students: Stop focusing on the issue of an apology. Read the report at www.history.umd.edu/slavery and learn about the history of your school so you can become better educated on this important topic.

Natalia Cuadra-Saez is the SGA’s North Hill legislator. She can be reached at ncuadra@umd.edu.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — It’s important for you to be able to look at a certain issue from all sides — even though you already know what side you’re really on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — The moment you get going, you’ll realize that you’re on something of a roll — and stopping will be harder than usual, surely.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — The more words that are shared over a given issue, the more likely you and a rival are to come to some sort of agreement.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Focus on the basics, and do your best to get back to the kind of thing that first provided you with essential inspiration.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Be willing to open up about certain issues that have been eating at you for some time. A friend or family member has your back.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Avoid doing anything that may make a bad situation worse.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — It’s not over until it’s over — so you’ll want to keep your hat in the ring as long as possible.

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LARRY R. BLEAU

SETH GOMOLJAK

S.M. FAZLUL KABIR

CHRISTINE L. NAGLE

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Age: 55 IT programmer, analyst consultant

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Age: 48 Natural resources manager, attorney

Age: 34 Civil rights attorney

DISTRICT 1 from page 1 because he wanted to spend more time with his wife, who is going to graduate school in North Carolina.

Challengers include three veteran members of the North College Park Citizens’ Association: Larry Bleau, a 55-year-old former university IT professional and president of the organization who has lived in the city for three decades and ran for a council seat in 2007; lawyer Christine Nagle, 48, who works for the state Department of the Environment; and Kabir, 46, who works for the federal government and is the association’s secretary. The other challenger is Seth Gomoljak, a 41year-old web designer.

Crime in the city has declined over the past two years, but public safety remains a top concern, candidates said. Kabir has made the most ambitious proposal: the creation of a city police force.

While the idea has been debated extensively in the past, concerns over how it would bust the city’s $12 million budget have always

killed proposals. But Kabir added a twist: The force would be paid for entirely with donations from area businesses and advertising.

Long-time council members have rejected the concept, arguing donations are far too unstable to create and fund a police department.

“How can you fund a police department based on people giving you money?” District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin asked.

Wojahn, who worked successfully to expand the number of officers in the city’s contract police program, agreed the city doesn’t have the money.

“I’d like to expand the neighborhood watch, hold public safety events, bring cameras to some of the high-crime areas and implement a safety-alert program like the university has,” Wojahn has said.

Bleau, a long-time observer of city affairs, echoed the position, arguing the contract police model, in which the city pays Prince George’s County to have extra officers patrol the city, was the most flexible and cost-effective way to fight crime.

But Kabir countered that as

police contract prices go up, the gap between the cost of contract police and a city police force is narrowing.

Both Nagle and Gomoljak declined to take sides on the divisive issue. Gomoljak instead said University Police should expand its jurisdiction to cover more neighborhoods students live in.

“One of the biggest complaints I heard from students is that they don’t feel safe,” Gomoljak said.

“Students were upset that the University Police don’t go back into the neighborhoods, so I think expanding the area University Police cover is an option.”

Despite tensions between students and residents involving noise and parking, the candidates avoided the anti-student, antirenter rhetoric prevalent in some of the other district races.

“The purpose of the rent control law as drafted is to keep students out of the neighborhoods.

That’s a very improper way of doing that ... encouraging more student housing closer to campus is the answer,” Nagle said. “But I’m personally happy students are living in my neighborhood.”

Kabir suggested holding regu-

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than $3,000 per month to transport waste from North and from page 1 South Campus to the facility, except during summer months, flower beds, Lupin said. The when fewer residents means process would slash the vol- less trash. He added the new ume of the waste by 90 per- pilot equipment doesn’t meet every need, though it is cent, he added.

The second machine — intended to offset high transwhich would be the only one portation costs.

“There are limits to the in the Washington area, machine [that according to produces waste Lupin — would water] because it pump water cannot grind up through the some food like trash, allowing corn husks and the water to pineapple tops,” digest the Thompson said. material. The “Since we will diluted trash have to up our would become water usage to waste-infused 300 gallons of water that water a day to run meets the qualit, I’m hoping the ity standards of end result can be water treatreused for landment plants, SCOTT LUPIN scaping water.” where it would DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY Thompson said eventually flow.

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Lupin said both methods evaluating vendors and their would cut down the reliance on equipment but hope to have the other parties for handling and pilots underway by the end of transportation, which would cut January. Director of Building and Landscape Services Harry the university’s emissions.

“There’s much more reliabil- Teabout said the university will ity because we don’t have to choose one of the two options throw away material, and we after six months of the pilots.

“We’re very excited about won’t have the carbon footprint associated with transportation,” these tests because it has taken a long time” for the Washington Lupin said.

Waste from the Diner and Suburban Sanitary Commisthe South Campus Dining Hall sion to agree to the pilots, is hauled by an outside trans- Teabout said.

Teabout said the three port company to a composting facility in Cecil County — about departments are expected to clear the pilot programs at a 90 minutes away.

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lar university-resident focus groups to help resolve issues, and also pledged to work hard to connect the growing, largely Latino immigrant population to the community. In a similar vein, Nagle called for a city-landlord liason.

Although all candidates urged “smart growth” along Route 1, hoping to bring in attractive businesses while carefully managing traffic, two platforms place a high priority on the environment.

Wojahn introduced an energyloan program to the council earlier this fall and hopes to continue working out its legal kinks.

He is also calling for better stormwater management to protect the Chesapeake and Anacostia watersheds.

Bleau thinks of himself both as an environmentalist and a Republican, he said.

“One of the reasons I wanted to live in this area was because I could bike to work,” he said.

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“There’s much more reliability because ... we won’t have the carbon footprint associated with transportation.”

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all the crap you care about Warning: This news may disappoint all the adult Twilight film fans who are anxiously waiting for underage hottie Taylor Lautner — who plays the werewolf, Jacob — to turn 18 in February.

According to various Internet reports, 19-yearold singer Taylor Swift may have already robbed the cradle.

The two Taylors were spotted together around Los Angeles a couple of times recently, including at National Hockey League game in the Staples Center and in the lobby of a hotel in Beverly Hills.

Swift and Lautner’s public appearances, which also include Lautner showing up at a Swift concert in Chicago, seem to contradict the hidden relationship Swift sang about in her 2008 hit single “Love Story.”

The pair’s alleged romance may have stemmed from acting roles: The two will co-star as high school sweethearts in the upcoming romantic comedy Valentine’s Day.

Jump through Hulu hoops The site’s fees won’t mark the end of free online TV JON

WOLPER The Mayans predicted the end of time wouldn’t arrive for more three years, but it seems as if Armageddon has come early.

So board up your houses, stock up on perishables and fill your gas tanks.

There’s bound to be heavy traffic on the highways, so make sure you’re adequately prepared. Take some blankets, comfy shoes and cargo pants to store all those cans of food.

And be careful. People get violent in these apocalyptic situations. So bring a gun. Two guns, even! Your trusty flamethrower, too.

Sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself.

Are you curious what the reason for all this hullabaloo could possibly be?

Well, buckle up — it’s a doozy.

Hulu, one of the Internet’s most popular sources for the legal streaming of television, is going to start charging for certain content beginning in 2010, according to an Oct. 21 News Corp. — part-owner of Hulu — announcement.

Go ahead. Scream. Cry. Let it all out. I’ll wait.

“I think a free model is a very difficult way to capture the value of our content,” News Corp. Director,

Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said at the Broadcasting & Cable/Multichannel News 2009 OnScreen Media Summit, according to www.broadcastingcable.com. “I think what we need to do is deliver that content to consumers in a way where they will appreciate the value.”

It’s an interesting move for a website with a title bar that currently reads “Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free.” And keep in mind Hulu launched a string of commercials satirically referring to the site’s usefulness and free content as “An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy.”

Anyway, in a statement as simple as the one above, Hulu has effectively nullified itself. In some fantasy world where left is right, Mad Men actress January Jones is unattractive, and Hulu has a stranglehold on streaming of TV shows, this may have been a good idea, but the company has underestimated its audience.

There are many available methods for viewing TV shows and movies for free, questionably legal though they may be, and masses of people will move to these alternate methods. Hulu was great because of its user-friendliness, high-quality streams and sheer quantity of shows offered. But there’s no way those advantages will ever be enough to compete with a free service.

If Hulu starts charging in 2010, a

Hulu’s fees, which may start 2010, won’t cause as much mayhem as the characters of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, one of the programs available on the site. COURTESY WORDPRESS.COM

better, freer alternative will subsequently pop up, and audiences will flock there.

Or assume the supposed Hulu killer never shows up. No matter — in the interest of free programming, audiences will quickly find all the SideReels (www.sidereel.com) and NinjaVideos (www.ninjavideo.net) of the Internet. Keep in mind people still have to pay for their actual Internet service. Who wants to add money on to that if it can be so easily avoided?

So not only is the fee for Hulu going to have to be absolutely microscopic to keep people on board, but the site will need to amp up the quality of its services considerably. Maybe they’ll be able to strike deals with off-network channels, such as AMC or HBO, or more kid-friendly channels to entice a younger crowd.

But then again, would people want to pay for that either? Name a show,

obscure as it may be, and it’s currently streaming for free on the Internet. Go ahead, look. I’m sure anyone with enough desire to scratch his TV itch will find what he’s looking for.

After all, the Internet’s a big place.

Just because a website has become one of the most popular in its niche doesn’t mean it completely controls that niche.

So as soon as Hulu starts asking for your credit card information, unless it has introduced some futuristic technology where you can actually become a 1960s ad man on Madison Avenue, just avoid the site. Go somewhere else. You’ll find what you need.

I promise.

Just don’t start fleeing the country.

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FEATURE | WRITERS HERE & NOW

Bringing written works to life

BY JON WOLPER Senior staff writer

According to authors Mary Jo Bang and Terese Svoboda, a literature reading is perhaps the only opportunity for people to capture the true essence of a written work.

Through the vocal personality and speech cadence of the author, Bang and Svoboda said they believe an audience can better understand the author’s thought process while she was writing the work.

“I suppose to some extent you can get more of the personality of the writer,” Svoboda said. “It can really bring work to life.”

Today, both Bang and Svoboda will put their theories in practice by reading for the university’s Writers Here & Now event, presented by the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House and the English department’s creative writing program.

In an e-mail, Johnna Schmidt, director of the Writers’ House, wrote that Writers Here & Now began 40 years ago when “members of the creative writing faculty began inviting writers to campus for a casual reading series.” Early audiences were small, but today the crowd is often more than 200 people.

The event is held almost every month and begins with a 6:15 p.m. reception in Dorchester Hall, followed by a reading at 7 p.m. in the Ulrich Recital Hall in Tawes Hall.

Following this event, the University Book Center will be on hand to sell books written by both authors.

Generally, for Writers Here & Now readings, two or three authors are brought in, and one reads selected fiction while the other reads poetry. Today, Bang is slated to read poetry and Svoboda fiction.

According to Schmidt, both students and faculty have a say in which authors are eventually asked to perform at the readings.

“Students of the [Master of Fine Arts] program and of the

Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House, as well as faculty from both programs are all invited to suggest names of people they would like to bring for the following year,” she wrote. “A huge list is generated, and the organizers work from that list.”

This September, Fady Joudah and Anthony Doerr read to a packed recital hall in Tawes Hall. In the past, according to the English department’s website, authors such as Andrea Barrett, George Saunders and C.K. Williams have read at the event.

Today, Svoboda mentioned she would likely read fiction from her book Trailer Girl and Other Stories, which is set to come out in paperback Dec. 1, although she didn’t rule out the possibility of reading poetr y. Svoboda’s fifth and latest book of poetr y, Weapons Grade, was released Sept. 1.

Bang noted she’d mostly read poems from her most recent and sixth book, The Bride of E. However, she stated the audience may still end up hearing some brand new work.

Besides The Bride of E, “I will, perhaps, read a couple of new poems from a project that I’ve done,” Bang said. “Usually poets get excited about whatever they’re doing at that moment. ... You’ll read from [older books] because other people haven’t heard you read them, but you’re also very excited about what you’re doing now, your new project.”

Bang also indicated readers’ perceptions of her poems are different from what she expected.

“Sometimes it doesn't match the way I would have read it,” Bang said. “And I have to come to terms with that difference, but sometimes I like the difference.”

And for anyone still wondering if today’s event is worth attending, Bang said she will have her trump card ready.

“I could promise to bring hand puppets,” she said, laughing. “Who doesn’t love a hand puppet?”

Authors Mary Jo Bang and Terese Svoboda will read portions from their respective books in Tawes tonight, as part of a monthly event

Mary Jo Bang (left) said she will read poems from her most recent book, The Bride of E, in the in the Ulrich Recital Hall tonight. Terese Svoboda (top) will read from her upcoming paperback Trailer Girl and Other Stories.

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CUMMINS from page 10 her freshman year in the fall of 2006, the Ohio native was slated to play wide midfield as an attacking player. Holding her high school records for most goals (28) and assists (25) in a season, it seemed fitting.

But then-goalkeeper coach Allie Wolf and goalkeeper Nicki Resnick both envisioned the newcomer as a right back.

“They loved her willingness to listen,” Pensky said, “As long as they’re willing to defend and are athletic enough, they will succeed back there.

We just needed to work on transforming her into more of a physical battler.”

So the skinny 5-foot-7 player, who had never played defense, was moved to the backline. Weeks later, she was thrust into the starting lineup for the first game of the season.

“It was kind of a whirlwind experience,” Cummins said. “I didn’t expect to come in and play and make an immediate impact.”

Then conference play hit. In the first ACC road trip of her career, Cummins was up against No. 12 Wake Forest. The defender struggled with the fast, physical game. Three days later, Pensky held her out of the North Carolina game.

“We got on the bus and I turned around to her and said, ‘Now you see why I was not ready to play you in these games,’” Pensky said. “It was the beginning of her embracing the physical game.”

By the time the season was finished, Cummins was a regular in the weight room. She already possessed the good speed, technique and passing but lacked the physicality.

Now in her senior season, the captain has fought through 67 games and added a physical swagger the team looks up to.

“She is still lean, but she is deceivingly strong,” Pensky said. “It’s not until players get into a one-versusone battle with her until they realize it. Right now, whenever the ball is on the ground she is going for it. She is one of our toughest kids.”

Cummins is just happy to be part of the winning season. After enduring three consecutive losing seasons, amassing 28 losses, the senior is finally a part of an exciting team that is full of possibilities.

“It’s kind of bittersweet in a way, because this is kind of our last opportunity as seniors to accomplish what we came here for,” Cummins said. “It’s definitely better to go out with a bang rather than end at the status quo.” eckard@umdbk.com

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UNBEATEN from page 10 is so hard, so unlikely, I never really set it as a goal.”

That doesn’t mean the players don’t want to get there.

“It gives you an extra motivation to keep going undefeated since this has never, ever happened,” Rischen said.

Two historically strong schools, Old Dominion and North Carolina, have run the table all the way through the National Championship. The Lady Monarchs did it in 1984, 1991 and 1992. The Tar Heels did it in 1995 and again in 2007.

Yet the closest the Terps got before this season was in 2007, when they lost after 16 games to North Carolina.

The defeat came in their second-to-last regular season game, and they ended

DEFENSE from page 10 Wake Forest, Young relieved White midway through the first half after the freshman limped off the field.

It’s perhaps fitting that Young, who transferred from Siena after his fresh-

with a 17-1 record.

Afterward, they fell flat, losing in the first round of the ACC Tournament, then the second round of the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina stayed undefeated and won the conference and national titles.

The Terps again faced an undefeated Tar Heel squad last weekend, and this time they came out on top.

First, though, the team must take on Stanford.

“As the match is coming closer and closer, you get more and more excited, but also more nervous,” Rischen said.

Meharg is doing her best to calm any jitters and take that pressure off. A perfect regular season does not automatically lead to a National Championship. The Terp women’s lacrosse team has lost their first game of the season in the playoffs three times.

“Ultimately, if I had to choose, I’d rather go undefeated through the postseason,” Meharg said.

Still, beating The Cardinal and earning that perfect record could be the Terps’ easiest route to another title.

They would not have to worry about rebounding from a loss in the ACC Tournament next week. They would keep their momentum. And, of course, they would get to experience that unbeaten season mystique.

But to win, the Terps said they need to ignore the circumstances and the historic opportunity and play their own game.

“We have to forget about the ‘undefeated’ thing and just go out there and play like we always do,” Rischen said.

“It is in our hands, and we are all aware of that.”

man season only to be hampered with a multitude of injuries, is the one doing damage control.

“There were times when he was making some real headway into some playing time, but then he would take one step forward and two steps backwards,” Cirovski said.

The root causes of his on-the-field

appearances aren’t the most pleasant, but Young said he is there for a reason.

“You never liked seeing anyone go down,” Young said. “Since I’ve been here, it’s always been my job to be waiting in the wings. When my time does come, just be ready.”

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Cummins has seen it all Women’s soccer senior enjoying team’s success

BY CHRIS ECKARD Staff writer

Trotting out for its game against Brown on Sept. 18, the Terrapin women’s soccer team was missing someone on its backline.

It was senior captain Brittany Cummins. The defender was late to practice earlier in the week and was kicked out of the starting lineup.

The next weekend, the Terps traveled down to Florida for their first two ACC contests of the year against Florida State and Miami. Back in the starting role, Cummins came out flat and was part of a defense that gave up four goals — the most in any twogame stretch this season.

That Monday, coach Brian Pensky called Cummins into his office. Even before the meeting she knew what was coming.

“We told her she needs to get better and what she’s giving us is not what we need from her or our right back,” Pensky said. “We were looking at other options. It’s hard for any athlete to hear.”

But Cummins took the news in stride and was outstanding in practice leading up to the Duke game the next Sunday. The Terps played some of their best defense all season, holding the Blue Dev-

ils to two shots in the first half en route to a 4-0 victory. Cummins had solidified her position once again.

“Not every kid could get through that,” Pensky said.

“For her to deal with some mental hurdles like that was great for our team.”

With Cummins and fellow senior goalkeeper Mary Casey anchoring the backline, the Terps have yet to lose since the Miami game. The defender has logged all 495 minutes since that game and is a large reason the No. 12 Terps (12-2-2, 3-2-2 ACC) are experiencing one of the best seasons in program history.

“I definitely disappointed the team,” Cummins said. “But I know what my responsibility is and it’s such a privilege to lead this team. It’s nice that we get to experience this success all together as a team.”

Cummins was one of the first recruits Pensky landed during the summer of 2005, his first year as head coach.

Former player and current Eastern Kentucky coach Lindsay Basalyga was the first to tell Pensky about Cummins once the midfielder knocked the Colonels off her list.

After taking 15 to 20 unofficial visits, Cummins finally decided on the Terps. Entering

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Back Emma Thomas, right, celebrates a goal during the Terps’ 4-1 win at North Carolina on Saturday. The team will go for its first-ever undefeated regular season Friday against Stanford. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

Terps going for first perfect season Dominant field hockey program has chance to make more history

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

On the locker room door at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex there is a list of every National Championship won by the storied Terrapin programs that share the facility.

From the 1986 women’s lacrosse title through last year’s field hockey championship, the teams have won 15 combined — nine for lacrosse

and six for field hockey.

Looking at the continued dominance exhibited by the two teams, one could easily assume both had at least one perfect season along the way.

Field hockey back Ameliet Rischen did.

But while women’s lacrosse has made it through the regular season unscathed seven times, including last season, the field hockey team has never had an undefeated sea-

son of their own.

“I don’t think people realize that, because I was actually one of them,” Rischen said. “When I heard that Maryland field hockey never had an undefeated season, I was kind of shocked, since I’d expect that Maryland would have had at least one looking at the great history.”

Now, the No. 1 Terps have a shot to change that. With Saturday’s 4-1 win at North Carolina, they reached 17-0, sur-

passing the longest winning streak to start a season in program history. Against No. 12 Stanford at home on Friday, they will go for their first perfect regular season.

Coach Missy Meharg, in her 22nd season with the program, recognizes the significance of the feat, but also its difficulty: “It is a really, really difficult thing to do,” Meharg said. “Because it

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Redshirt senior Kwame Darko has four starts this year on the Terp backline. He only had two coming into the season. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

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For so long, being on the bench — and not in the box score — had been the status quo for defenders Kwame Darko and Greg Young.

Together, they were the rap star and the comedian — the “program guys” Terrapin men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski wants on every roster.

They were his “glue guys”: players who were expected to leave a bigger impression on the locker room than they might be able to on the pitch.

Now, on a backline nagged by injuries, Darko and Young are being counted on to hold together something entirely different than just the team’s chemistry.

Alex Lee is out indefinitely.

Ethan White is questionable for Saturday’s match against Virginia with a quadriceps injury.

Kevin Tangney is playing on two surgically repaired knees.

As a result, Darko and Young have been thrust into new roles.

“Everyone knows their role, so everyone should be able to step in whenever they’re called upon,” Darko said.

Darko’s ascension to starting right back came with a price.

On Oct. 10, Lee, who Darko said is “like a little brother to me,” was hit by a car while crossing a street in Washington.

He is unlikely to return to the field this season, leaving Darko in his place with a heavy heart.

“It was awful hearing about

Alex,” Darko said. “It just happened to be that he played the position that I also play.”

With Lee sidelined, Darko has already doubled the number of starts he’d had in his entire career (two) in this season alone. The Terps have allowed just two goals since Darko’s shift into the starting lineup on Oct. 13 against Georgetown. Darko also registered his first-ever assist this season when he set up the Terps’ lone goal against Loyola Chicago for a 1-0 win.

It’s all been a welcome change of pace for the redshirt senior, whose noteworthy contributions to the program had included lively performances of his own rap stylings.

“I always say that the culture of our program is that everybody plays a vital role, and he’s played a vital role, even though it maybe hasn’t been with as many minutes on the field,” Cirovski said.

Young, meanwhile, has been less of a replacement and more of a Band-Aid this season.

The quick-witted redshirt junior, who Cirovski said has some of the best one-liners on the team, has appeared in the last four games for the Terps.

But it’s always been in a pivotal situation.

Against Georgetown, he spelled an ailing Tangney.

Against Clemson and Seton Hall, it was Darko who needed to come out. And against No. 2

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