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Comcast Center to hold concerts, large events Athletic dept secures one-year deal with venue management company, could see $1.5M revenue

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by Comcast Spectacor, to hold concerts and other large events at Comcast Center.

The department plans to have This university’s athletic departseven to 10 events in the next year ment has secured a one-year deal with Global Spectrum, a private and could see up to $1.5 million in

revenue, Athletic Director Kevin Anderson said in an interview with the Baltimore Business Journal.

“We see the potential to be the premier sports and entertainment facility in the Baltimore-Washington Region,” Anderson said in a news release. “[Global Spectrum has] all of the resources and the relationships to bring our campus and community entertaining, non-sporting events to

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The university and Global Spectrum reached the agreement this month, said university alumnus and Global Spectrum spokesman Ike Richman.

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MPowering progresses with scientific research Baltimore health partnership plans new courses

By Alex Kirshner @alex_kirshner Staff writer Several new initiatives are moving forward as part of this university’s collaborative program with its Baltimore counterpart.

MPowering the State, this university’s shared academic and research effort with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and other companies and organizations, is pushing ahead on a collaborative public health school and a revamped scientific research institute.

“This is a really big impact,” university President Wallace Loh said. “To make major leaps at the University of Maryland, you have to have a partner. These things are so expensive that we just don’t have the money to do it ourselves.”

As part of MPowering, this university’s “broad-based, traditional” public health school will be integrated with a narrower mas-

ter’s program in Baltimore, said Ann Wylie, assistant to the president and former provost.

Plans for the collaborative public health school have not been completed, but Wylie said the campuses would be working together to offer each school’s students courses to which they currently do not have access.

Wylie, a member of MPowering’s steering committee, said students would not be expected to migrate between the two campuses in order to take advantage of the public health collaboration. Rather, the campuses would make mutual offerings that students could use without traveling.

Patrick O’Shea, this university’s chief research officer, said the collaborative school would make financial applications for the two schools simpler.

“A lot of funding agencies treat us as two separate institutions,” O’Shea said, which thickens the application See mpowering, Page 3

From this state to the State CLEMSON WIDE RECEIVER SAMMY WATKINS (2) stiff-arms cornerback Will Likely (4) during the Tigers’ 40-27 victory at Byrd Stadium on Saturday. Watkins finished the game with 14 receptions for 163 yards as the No. 9 Tigers pulled away from the Terps late in the homecoming matchup. For more, see page 8. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

Mall hosts hundreds for homecoming party McKeldin events more popular than parade

students in previous years, said Ashley Venneman, Stamp Student Union’s special events program coordinator.

Jolie Darrow, a senior government and politics major, came out to the

By Madeleine List homecoming events Friday for the first @madeleine_list time in her four years at the university.

Staff writer “There are lots of interesting things for people to do,” Darrow said. “You To kick off homecoming weekend, feel a part of the campus community.” hundreds of students, employees The events started at 3 p.m. with and alumni came out to revel in school spirit and enjoy festivities on activities including moon bounces, McKeldin Mall throughout the af- food vendors and a rock-climbing wall and ended at 10 p.m. with a fireternoon and evening Friday.

This university’s first pre-party and works display.

From 6 to 10 p.m., a beer garden pep rally before a homecoming football game — a matchup with Clemson on under a tent in the center of the mall Saturday — proved much more popular drew large crowds of older students than past homecoming events, such and alumni.

A step show by the university’s as the parade, which drew very few

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Foreign service officer alumnus travels world

By Darcy Costello @dctello Staff writer When Secretary of State John Kerry walks into a room, people tend to stop what they’re doing. All eyes turn to him and conversations come to an abrupt halt. At least most of the time.

On Kerry’s first day as secretary in February, he stopped by the State Department Operations Center to introduce himself. The center, which acts as a news and crisis monitoring service for the entire State Department, requires its staff to, in essence, “keep the show going” and not halt work when there are distractions. So even when the secretary himself walked in for his first visit, Andrew Publicover didn’t put the phone down.

“Am I interrupting something?”

andrew publicover, alumnus and State Department officer, meets with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) in 2009. photo courtesy of andrew publicover Kerry asked, laughing, as he reached out his hand to Publicover, who had been briefing someone over the phone in a low voice.

That might not have been the best way of meeting the man that would become his future boss, Publicover said. But both the person on the phone and the secretary were “very understanding,” and today, Publicover works in Kerry’s office, one of three staffers who work directly for him.

Publicover, a 2006 university alumnus, is a foreign service officer with the State Department, a job that takes him across the world.

He said he was always interested in government, especially in international relations — a fascination See publicover, Page 2

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ANDREW PUBLICOVER, a university alumnus, is a foreign service officer with the State Department and travels around the world to places such as Afghanistan. photo courtesy of andrew publicover

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“Even though it wasn’t focused on foreign policy or government, it gave me great organizational skills, taught me to prioritize and work with other people,” he said. “It’s about knowing how to plug in and help a system work better.

That’s everything.”

At age 18, Publicover took the Foreign Service Officer Test, which tests knowledge of American history, government, international relations, economics — and even pop culture. After passing, he took an oral exam and was put on a waiting list.

About 50 to 100 new diplomats are taken off of the waitlist each year, and when Publicover completed his graduate program, it was his turn.

“You’re always worldwide available, you go where they send you,” he said. “I’ve been stationed on assignment in Shanghai, China; in Kabul, Afghanistan; and now in Washington, D.C.” In his current position, he says he occasionally travels with the secretary of state on overseas trips. This past week, he accompanied Kerry on his trip to Paris, London and Rome on a “scaled-down” version of Air Force One, complete with Secret Service agents.

No matter where he goes, though, he says he takes his experiences at this university with him.

“Maryland is so big, so diverse. There are so many opportunities to dip in and out of. Now, I’m traveling around the world, interacting with diverse people and trying out different things all the time,” he said. “At school, you’re not going country to country, but from class to class and club to club. It’s great framing for any international arena career. It shaped who I am now.”

that also played a role in his love of languages. He minored in Chinese, French and Spanish in addition to his government and politics major.

“For me, being an officer is perfect. I get to travel, learn foreign languages and culture, move around all the time and still have a steady job,” Publicover said. “I guess I have a pretty short attention span, so this type of career was always very appealing.”

During his four years at the university, Publicover worked under Marsha Guenzler-Stevens, Stamp Student Union director, in campus programs and student activities.

The job came after Guenzler-Stevens came to talk to Publicover’s HONR 100: Honors Colloquium class about leadership and involvement, and mentioned positions on the campus were a good way to get involved.

The next day, GuenzlerStevens said, he showed up in her office, ready for a spot on her staff. “I’m here for a job,” he said, matter-of-factly.

She hired him, and the rest is history, she said. Since then, he has become a part of her life, taking her godparents out to dinner in Shanghai and meeting her husband’s boarding-school students in Afghanistan.

As a student, he was “extraordinary,” she said, “the type of person you could throw a project to and have great results.” She credits her extensive IKEA know-how to Publicover, after they went on a shopping spree to redesign the front office.

And for all of the good memories, Publicover credits the job for helping to prepare him for dcostellodbk@gmail.com the foreign service.

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said, the homecoming committee will consider hosting similar events in the future.

“All the activities drew great crowds,” she said, adding that it was difficult to estimate exactly how many people came and went throughout the day.

“People seemed to really enjoy themselves.”

During the homecoming season, homecoming committee advisers are visiting Big Ten schools to find out how homecoming is celebrated elsewhere.

Though Venneman is not sure yet what the 2014 homecoming will be like, she said the committee will start the planning process once advisers return, hoping to incorporate aspects of other Big Ten homecoming celebrations into a lasting tradition at this university.

Attendees said they hope to see more events such as the pre-party and pep rally in the future. Part of the draw was their appeal to students, alumni and families alike, said Greg Shaffer, a pre-law adviser in the letters and sciences program who attended the events with his friend and her young children.

“It’s been fun,” Shaffer said.

“This could be a great family tradition. I hope it will continue in future years.”

Before the fi reworks, the marching band and dance team put on a show to get fans excited for the next day’s game.

Several students said this year’s events were more interesting and inclusive than the ones in 2012. Junior jou rna l ism major Ma ra Bernstein said although the homecoming parade in 2012 was mostly geared toward students in Greek life, this year’s evening events were fun and provided something for everyone.

Madison Held, a sophomore biology major, said the mall events were much more interesting than a parade because they got people involved and active.

For freshmen, the preparty and pep rally were particularly exciting ways to celebrate their fi rst homecoming, said Erica Phlek, a freshman computer science major, and Minhquan Dang, a freshman physics major.

The free ice cream offered at the Omicron Delta Kappa tent was definitely a plus, Dang said.

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Thousands turn out for 4th annual Maryland Robotics Day Students lead lab tours, demonstrations, show off creations

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer Robots, demonstrations and tours took over the engineering building and several other university buildings Friday for Maryland Robotics Day. This university’s fourth annual Robotics Day, part of Mpact Week — the engineering school’s research and innovation celebration — brought thousands of visitors to the campus to observe research and development in the robotics field.

“This year was one of the best,” said Nuno Martins, Maryland Robotics Center director. “We had very good participation.”

Faculty and students from the engineering department came together to put on the event, which involved activities, robot demonstrations and lab tours for students from kindergarten through 12th grade as well as industry and government guests.

Robotics Day allows visitors to see the university’s work and gets children interested in science, said Rebecca Copeland, the public relations and information management director for the Institute for Systems Research. “[Students] can get an appreciation from people for all of the work that they did,” Martins said.

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T he morning events attracted about 1,000 visiting students from surrounding schools who could observe robots produced by other children in addition to the university-produced creations. T his year was the fi rst that FIRST — a national nonprofit aimed at getting kids more involved in science, technology and robotics — attended the event, said Bill Duncan, the regional director of this state’s FIRST program. “ We t r y to ex pa nd t he rea l m a nd capabi l ities of K-t h roug h-1 2 students,” Duncan said. “We’re trying to get more kids interested.”

Chenelle Foster, a 14-yearold FIRST participant who is part of Team Illusion 4464, showcased her robot with her teammates in the engineering building. Foster, one of about 25 people on her team, helped build a robot that shoots Frisbees. Her team won the Washington region FIRST Robotics Competition Rookie All Star Award.

“We’ve had way, way more kids than we even thought w e ’d h a v e [ t h i s y e a r] ,”

Copeland said.

Students in the Science, Te c h nolog y a n d S o c i e t y Col lege Pa rk Schola rs p ro g ra m s u c h a s V i n e e t Padia, a freshman mechani c a l e n g i n e e r i n g m a j o r, led tou rs i n a nd out of demonstrations.

“T h is event is to bri ng a w a re n e s s,” P a d i a s a i d .

“There are a lot of STEM activities to introduce to people in the field of engineering.”

Doug Klein and Kyle Cloutier, both senior aerospace engineering majors, showed off their second-place rover, Demeter, which was part of NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace’s 2013 RASC-AL Exploration RoboOps Competition.

Part of a team of 17 students, Klein and Cloutier worked on building the rock-collecting robot for about three months, splitting the various building responsibilities among each team member. “[Building robots] is very hands-on, and you can see the results quickly,” Klein said.

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comcast From PAGE 1 Richman said, company officials will reach out to contacts in the entertainment industry to schedule acts that fit with dates available at Comcast Center.

“Hopefully, we can have an announcement in the near future,” Richman said.

The Rolling Stones, U2, Pearl Jam, Kanye West, Jay Z and Aerosmith have all performed at facilities managed by Global Spectr u m, accord i ng to the news release.

As a subsidiary of Comcast Spectacor, and thus Comcast Corporation, Global Spectrum has had a partnership with this university on its radar for some time, Richman said.

“We firmly believe that it is a great destination for entertainment,” he said.

“Not just Maryland basketball, but for other live entertainment events,” Over the past few years, Global Spectrum officials have been discussing possibilities for events at Comcast with Anderson, Richman said.

mpowering From PAGE 1 bureaucracy and can pit this university and UMB against each other when each school applies for grants.

“We’ve worked very hard to streamline that relationship,” O’Shea said. “You don’t want to be stymied by the process. It’s difficult enough coming up with ideas.”

MPowering also plans to expand the role and operations of the universities’ Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, a joint research collaboration between this university and UMB. After the old University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute received formal approval to disband at the turn of the decade, IBBR was created and some of the old biotechnology institute buildings in Montgomery County came under this university’s control.

Now, working with UMB and government research organization National Institute of Standards and Technology, a yearlong search for a full-time director for IBBR

T he ag reement to hold events at Comcast Center evolve d f rom u n ive rs it y P re sid ent Wa l l a c e L oh’s Com m ission on Intercollegiate Athletics, created in 2011, said university spokesman Brian Ullmann. To help boost revenues, the commission suggested investing “in the infrastructure needed to support special events in athletic venues,” Ullmann wrote in an email.

Concerts at Comcast Center will be a “win-win” for ever yone, sa id Josh Ratner, the Student Government Association’s student affairs vice president.

“It provides an opportunity for students to have entertainment or to have something to do right in College Park,” Ratner said.

Students will be able to go to concerts instead of going to bars, Washington or offcampus parties, Ratner said.

Still, he said the SGA wants to ensure any concerts will be “as convenient to students as possible.”

Athletic department spokesman Zack Bolno said the department will continue to collaborate with the university to include student

groups in the process.

Sophomore communication and psychology major J. Robina Onwonga said the idea of having concerts on the campus sounds appealing.

“It will be really interesting,” Onwonga said. “It will give us more stuff to do on campus.”

To get more students to at tend t he concer ts, t he athletic department should provide some discount for students, freshman architecture major Emma Weber said.

“I wouldn’t want to spend $60, $70,” she added. “If they’re cheap tickets, concerts are always fun.”

But Michael Mpamaugo, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said those who support the concerts in Comcast aren’t taking into account the related spike in people who would come onto the campus for events.

“It’s going to be more stuff to charge for, more traffic, more people,” Mpamaugo sa id, add i ng t h at t ickets should be free for students.

“Why would you charge for tickets? They go here,” he said.

is nearing conclusion and Wylie said the new official could be named within the week.

In science, in particular, Wylie said this university and UMB are a good fit to work together, able to collaborate on projects such as pairing this university’s computer science program with a trove of data compiled in Baltimore.

“They have a vast amount of data, and it’s very difficult to make sense out of all that data to benefit mankind,” she said.

Their hope is that, with the help of researchers and students at the two universities, it will.

Working with UMB and the NIST, the institute could make progress on new technologies., O’Shea said.

“Our location and the wonderful facilities and IBBR allow us to work more closely with the government agencies and companies to come up with more practical technologies,” he said.

Wylie said IBBR would seek to address a broad range of pharmaceutical research issues.

“We’re looking to partner with the biotech industry, with NIST, to tackle fundamental issues that underlie the advancement of biological drugs and devices,” she said.

“We think IBBR will become a

major national resource in the coming years.”

Loh said the collaboration on IBBR would help it become a dynamic scientific research destination along t he decorated I nterstate 270 tech nolog y corridor, which runs from Frederick to Bethesda.

“This will be an enormous driver for the development of biotechnology and specifically new therapeutics along 270 because it started with all these little biotech companies and they will want to have relationships with IBBR,” Loh said. “It will put IBBR on the map.”

Wylie said the MPowering initiative was already building a symbiotic relationship between the two schools and the synergistic benefits are becoming clear.

“We ca me to recog n ize a rea s where work i ng together, we could accomplish a great deal more than we could independently,” she said. “We set about to identify areas where collaboration would strengthen both universities and also serve our state, and that’s really what we’ve done.”

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n Saturday, the Terrapins football team took the field against Clemson for what could have been the two teams’ final meeting.

Once a recognized ACC fixture with near-perennial conference championship implications, this year’s contest pitted a 5-2 Terps team depleted by injuries against the No. 9 Tigers’ explosive offense.

An announced crowd of 48,134 alternately cheered, groaned and dwindled as the Terps took a first-quarter lead, lost momentum and allowed quarterback Tajh Boyd and the Tigers to pull away in the second half.

In the game’s waning minutes, Byrd Stadium’s student section all but vanished. The yellow “M” section drifted away. The season’s biggest home crowd by a margin of nearly 10,000 largely had elected to move on, many before the game was truly decided.

Some disappointment seems warranted — the Terps had lost their top two receiving options and both starting cornerbacks after a promising 4-0 start, one year after seasonending injuries to all four rostered quarterbacks derailed the Terps’ 2012 campaign. But with the Terps slated to move next year to the Big Ten, home to some of the nation’s most ardent fan bases year in and year out, it’s clear a sweeping culture change is necessary.

Terps fan enthusiasm wasn’t always this way. For decades after the ACC’s formation, the Terps proved a conference powerhouse, winning eight conference championships and making 16 bowl appearances from 1948 to 1985.

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Over time, however, that storied history seems to have faded from students’ consciousness. Despite six winning seasons under former coach Ralph Friedgen, the Terps struggled to fill Byrd Stadium late in his tenure.

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This university is making strides to foster a better football culture entering the Big Ten, but students need to do their part, too.

During coach Randy Edsall’s three seasons at the helm, the Terps netted an average announced home attendance just short of 40,000. This number, significantly smaller than Byrd Stadium’s 54,000 capacity seating, pales in comparison to those of Big Ten heavyweights Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State, which regularly draw crowds of more than 100,000.

Of course, not all the responsibility for this university’s attendance woes can be attributed to students.

In a state that frequently boasts a steady diet of crab cakes and football, it’s curious that the flagship university’s home games are so poorly attended by those outside of the campus community.

Fortunately, as the conference move looms ever closer, university officials and the athletic department have demonstrated a concerted effort to foster pride among students and alumni alike and institute new campus traditions.

For the first time in school history, university officials sanctioned on-campus tailgates, which took place before the Virginia and Clemson games. Fraternity members and guests widely attended the events, jointly sponsored by the Student Government Association and Interfraternity Council. In addition, the university discontinued its longstanding homecoming parade in favor of a Friday night pre-party and pep rally the day before the game.

Forty-three percent of students were unaware of the parade’s existence, according to a 2012 study conducted by the Student Homecoming Committee. By gauging student and alumni interest and replacing poorly attended activities with engaging, well-marketed ones, this university can enhance the game-day experience for all involved.

The move to a more challenging conference will test not only the Terps’ resolve but also that of its fans. Shellackings from Big Ten contenders are almost certainly in the team’s foreseeable future, and considering the past two years’ propensity toward seasonending injuries, even more trying roadblocks may lie on the horizon.

Mustering a sense of pride in the face of continual setbacks has proved difficult for Terps fans over the past few seasons, but that will become all the more essential after this university’s conference move. Joining the time-honored Big Ten tradition will necessitate a culture change away from the apathy that has long characterized this university’s fan base. And for now at least, that transformation seems to be within reach.

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Fight for your right to think for yourself LIAM CASEY

bolts and turning into sexy swans, but we don’t accept it to be true.

We learn that at one point doctors thought cleaning the stump where your leg used to be would kill you faster, but we don’t believe them to be right (and if you do, please reconsider sending your application to medical school). When we start to accept as truth crazy things such as dowsing, exorcism or that the New York Giants can possibly have a winning season, we put in danger concepts such as reasoned thinking and sound judgment.

There needs to be some level of calculated objectivity, both from professors and students. The majority of the burden here lies with students, though I’m fairly comfortable throwing some blame in the general direction of the faculty, who it seems have been largely forbidden from broaching opinion on subjects of even the slightest emotional delicacy.

When there’s no authority to help frame our thinking, especially when it comes to more complex issues such as science and religion overall, it’s easy to just throw up your hands and go with majority opinion. As college students growing up in a world that grows more and more complicated by the day, we simply can’t afford that kind of moral and intellectual cowardice. At a certain point, the everything-is-worthyof-consideration mentality does more harm than good. When you accept all things as plausible, you dampen your ability to distinguish reason from outright stupidity.

In summation, let’s all agree on one thing: When you hear something that so outrages your sense of intellect, that so offends your dignity to even hear it considered, don’t let it go without a fight. I don’t care how you do it — talk about it, yell about it, write an angry blog post that only your mom will read — just defend your right to be an intelligent person.

The other day, sitting in the relative comfort of the back row of a certain unnamed class, I watched as something troubling unfolded in the skewed mass of desks before me. Here, in the underbelly of Woods Hall, a body of future scientists bought a groupdiscounted ticket to the crazy train and seriously considered, even for just a moment, that magic might somehow trump reason.

Allow me to elaborate. The topic under discussion was pseudoscience (i.e. fake science) — more specifically, dowsing. Those of you unfamiliar with dowsing can be forgiven for your lack of encyclopedic knowledge of 16th century occultism. Dowsing got the official stamp of disapproval from Martin Luther back when nailing theses to church doors was the ultimate act of bad-boy defiance. It consists of taking a Y-shaped branch, or two “divining rods,” and then walking back and forth until the rods move of their own accord and tell you you’ve found something, whether it be water, treasure or the missing half of your favorite pair of socks.

So what’s the issue with all of this? Shouldn’t any class, but a science class in particular, be open to all opinions? What’s the big deal in considering a few wacky ancient practices, especially if they aren’t hurting anybody?

Well, therein lies the problem.

I’m all for learning as much as you can about as many things as you can. That’s what a liberal arts education is all about — a wellrounded experience. However, there’s a difference between learning and accepting.

We learn that the ancient Greeks believed in an angry bearded fellow who enjoyed sitting on top Liam Casey is a junior English major. He of mountains, casting lightning can be reached at lcaseydbk@gmail.com.

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Nursing some confusion on the campus LAUREN NURSE Whether passing by on the way to the North Campus Snack ‘n’ Shop or trying to catch a glimpse of the Veep filming, we’ve all walked by it in awe. Rising from used-to-be rubble now stands the massive $128 million Physical Sciences Complex, the futuristic-looking new home of the astronomy and physics departments and the Joint Quantum Institute, among others. With a stunning glass ellipse resembling something from a Jetsons cartoon, the complex is a testament to a renewed focus on math and science education.

A gaping hole persists in our commitment to STEM education.

Nursing, a program offered at thousands of other colleges and universities across the nation, is absent at this state’s flagship university campus. Every year, students who began their education in College Park are forced to leave and finish their education at branch campuses or transfer schools entirely. While most students are still technically in this university’s system, their educations are interrupted by the logistical hassle of transferring and adjusting

to a new campus. Students interested in nursing have to choose between a normal college experience and their studies, two things synchronized for the rest of us.

Having more students enrolled in higher-level science classes would only bolster university President Wallace Loh’s mission to increase STEM graduates by 33 percent by 2021, a goal he set when he assumed his position in 2011. It would also increase the number of female students taking classes such as chemistry and anatomy, providing additional support to women pursuing a STEM education at this university.

A nursing program would provide an opportunity for the university to be at the forefront of changing demographics in the nursing profession. While the female-dominated field could provide a comforting environment for female students to study science, it could also lead to initiatives to have more male nurses.

While initiatives have popped up across the campus to support women in STEM fields, there is still much ground to be made.

The lack of a nursing program is also a huge deterrent for many intelligent would-be Terps who decide to take their talents to another campus.

Upperclassmen nursing students

could seize opportunities both on the campus and in the local community to further health initiatives, such as possible internships at the University Health Center. Though universitysponsored events like the recent Sex Week reveal a commitment to student health, students interested in health careers don’t have a place on this campus after about two years.

Students who pursue nursing degrees are intelligent, driven and committed to making a difference in the lives of others. These are the kinds of students this university wants to attract. At a time when the rest of the campus is reshaping to signal a new focus on the careers of the future, this university needs to bring a complete nursing program to the flagship campus.

Let this university be on the forefront for sending graduates into stable careers that bring worldclass health services to this state and beyond. Let this university graduate even more women with science degrees. Let this university lead the way in rolling out a new wave of Terps ready to tackle the health care challenges of the future.

Lauren Nurse is a sophomore government and politics major. She can be reached at lnursedbk@gmail.com.

or eat properly anymore.” This is a logical fallacy. On the one hand, the programs’ participants believe they truly are altering their lifestyles and “getting healthy,” but on the other, they ultimately are making little impact on their health as a whole.

The idea of instant gratification is something drastically affecting generations, including a large portion of our own. The desire to continuously get whatever we want whenever we want it has desensitized us to longterm goal-setting, especially when it comes to fitness.

Of course, we can correct this problem, but nobody can do it for us. People need to be personally motivated in order to set and achieve goals. To build inner motivation, you must cultivate it. To build this motivation, do an activity not for its benefits but for the simple enjoyment of doing the activity. So instead of running three miles for the sake of burning calories, go and play a sport you enjoy. The workout element is there, but so is the inherent enjoyment.

Like all fads, these extreme fitness programs will fade. Unfortunately, there will always be others to take their place. In order to prevent yourself from falling for these programs’ gimmicks, try to commit yourself to a long-term, feasible workout plan.

Ultimately, you will attain your goals and hopefully surpass them.

In life, there will always be something new and exciting that makes people think, “Man, I’ve just got to have it!” These fads range from small, such as a certain brand of jeans, to large, such as a new model of automobile. Usually these fads are shortlived and leave people thinking, “Why on earth did I do that?”

Over the past year or so, I have examined a longer-lasting fad in the fitness world that involves extreme dietary changes and workout programs that promise users rapid weight loss.

Oftentimes, these programs — such as P90X, Insanity or Shakeology — provide results in the short term but do not last once the person ends the extreme program. They are extreme but unsustainable and do not train people to commit themselves to more reasonable workout programs that will grant greater benefits in the long run.

People choose these shortterm programs because, in short, they are lazy. They do not wish to commit in the long run because that would involve more than a small, set amount of time that allows people to think, “Oh, I only have a few more days to go Ian Lacy is a senior kinesiology major. He until I don’t have to work out can be reached at ilacydbk@gmail.com.

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COMEDY CENTRAL Jim Gaffigan’s Homecoming Comedy Show performance was a massive improvement over last year’s catastrophic Craig Robinson show, but can his slow style keep up with the times?

By Dean Essner @daesayingstuff Senior staff writer On Thursday night at SEE’s Homecoming Comedy Show, Jim Gaffigan easily won over a Cole Field House crowd of just fewer than 5,000 for one essential reason: He was not Craig Robinson.

“It was 10 times better than last year,” said Joelle Lang, a sophomore journalism major, who decided to attend the Student Entertainment Events show at the last minute. “Craig Robinson was a disappointment. This year was amazing.

I liked how he wasn’t a one-liner; he was more like a storyteller.”

Last year’s Homecoming Comedy Show — headlined by Robinson — was an unmitigated disaster, multiple students said. Forgoing traditional stand-up material, Robinson surprised the crowd by performing a set of apparently boozy karaoke, sending confused attendees to the exits long before he was through.

Thursday night began with a short, wellreceived set by Julian McCullough from MTV’s Guy Code. Yet it wasn’t until 8:42 p.m., when Gaffigan — clad in a black sweatshirt, jeans and bright red sneakers — ambled onto the stage and began poking fun at his potbelly, that everyone could exhale. This was not last year.

Unlike the unpredictable Robinson, Gaffigan was a professional, someone who cared about pleasing his paying audience.

“Stand-up is very much a conversation,” Gaffigan said after the show. “The comedian is talking constantly, but [I’m] always listening to how the audience is responding.”

He was initially taken aback by the sheer size of the venue but found his footing fairly quickly.

“There’s a pacing in a larger room that is slower, and that can throw you sometimes in larger venues,” Gaffigan said. “But there’s an energy and enthusiasm.”

“This is different because it’s so many [people],” McCullough said. “It’s an arena. As a

comedian, you have to be the equivalent of, like, Journey.”

Gaffigan stuck mostly to his trademark topics — food, fatherhood and the absurdity of American life — over the course of his hourlong performance, which proved barely more provocative than a PG-13 movie. Sometimes he would shift his voice inflection within a story to a high-pitched whine or a barely audible whisper, as if he had multiple personalities.

For fans, the jokes were primo Gaffigan: dry, goofy, self-deprecating, delivered slowly and with apathy. But some were unamused.

“I thought the first guy was funnier. He came off more enthusiastic,” said Eitan Kahn, a freshman finance major, who praised McCullough while labeling Gaffigan’s set as sleepy and subdued.

Gaffigan knew his audience would be discerning.

“They’re not to be taken for granted,” the comedian said, referencing the student crowd.

“Sometimes they can be really politically correct.

They’re sensitive. Sometimes the sarcasm can be misinterpreted. But I always think of college audiences as being more energetic. There’s an expectation that it’s going to work out.”

By remaining true to this methodology — staying ditzy and affable the whole time — the laughs remained consistent. Gaffigan’s last bit was a riff on his iconic Hot Pocket routine, which was met with especially rap-

jim gaffigan spent most of his set discussing food, but he also touched on fatherhood and American customs. Fans loved him, but some became bored with his slow style. james levin/the diamondback turous approval from the crowd.

Then he thanked the audience, the houselights came up and the crowd left Cole seemingly happily, the exorcism of Craig Robinson’s memory now complete. dessnerdbk@gmail.com Senior staff writer Beena Raghavendran contributed to this article.

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By Beena Raghavendran @thebeenster Senior staff writer In 2002, BBC reported surfing the Internet can result in a nine-second attention span — the same as that of a goldfish. Snapchats are sent in up to 10-second increments. Videos on Vine are just six.

That means the entertainment world — including the world of comedy — has seen its potential audience engagement time shrink drastically.

Some know how to work that time crunch.

Julian McCullough, who opened for Jim Gaffigan in Student Entertainment Events’ Homecoming Comedy Show on Thursday night, rattled off a set of fast-paced punch lines, drawing from personal experiences ranging from a Chinatown bus ride to life with a new baby.

All the while, he gestured widely, maintained consistent eye contact and spoke relatively quickly. The crowd in Cole julian mccullough opened for Jim Gaffigan at the comedy Field House ate it up, roaring with show and received a positive response, thanks to his quick laughter at parts. His humor wasn’t wit and clearly visible energy. james levin/the diamondback sophisticated, but he was so passion-

ate and energetic that the crowd responded with a lot of good laughs.

Gaffigan’s subsequent set was undeniably funny.

He’s a veteran comedian with on-point food jokes; at one point, he asked, “When has peeling an orange ever been worth it?” His style is usually slower, and he takes more time to deliver jokes than some of his more up-to-the-minute counterparts.

But it seemed especially slow Thursday — perhaps all the food talk was making Gaffigan sleepy — and he didn’t deliver with the same level of energy and enthusiasm McCullough conveyed. I wondered if perhaps he was letting weariness or age show too much — he’s almost 50.

Yes, I was still entertained, but I found myself getting restless and a bit bored. As Gaffigan’s show neared 10 p.m., I started wondering, ‘When is this going to end?’

In an age when perception of time is governed by seconds, our time is precious — and everyone seems to be competing for it. We need more of everything: more jokes for our time, more distractions in between, more entertainment, more ways to distract us from the time we’re losing while entertaining ourselves. It’s a good thing when time flies but a bad thing when it creeps by slowly. The job of an

entertainer is to make time fly without the audience realizing it’s flying.

We just can’t focus for that long anymore. We complain when the “umd-secure” Wi-Fi network is down for 15 minutes, barring us from checking Facebook or email. How can we sit through hours of jokes if they’re not diverse and exciting every second of the way? The high-energy, snappy comedian might win out over the one who takes a longer time to get to a hard-hitting punch line.

The slower form of comedy may have seen its heyday when people had more time to devote to entertainment or fewer distractions in the way. But this is the “now” generation, and thanks to the efficiency of smartphones and the Internet, people want the joke in a quick, exciting format, both to hear more jokes in a shorter time and to feel the immediate impact of the joke told.

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recap From PAGE 8 Jill Witmer and Welma Luus added a goal each.

During this weekend’s second game, the Terps’ efficiency on penalty corners lifted them to a dominant win over the Hoyas.

The Terps scored five goals off 13 penalty corners as Gerzabek remained sidelined against Georgetown. Sprink earned a hat trick in the first half off set plays, while McEvoy scored two penalty corner goals. The Terps have emphasized penalty corners this season, and the team vastly improved on set plays against the Hoyas.

“I’m pretty happy that it actually went that well,” Sprink said. “We had to focus on getting penalty corners.

To get those was a big step from us also because our rates

orange From PAGE 8 counterattacks by being in better positions when we have the ball.”

The Terps and the Orange were locked in a scoreless battle through Saturday’s opening 45 minutes, but midfielder Dan Metzger broke through in the second half. In the 56th minute, the junior collected a feed from Sunny Jane at the top of the box, took one touch and slotted his second goal of the season past diving goalkeeper Alex Bono, who made one save in the match.

Metzger has become increasingly comfortable letting loose from distance, as Cirovski has encouraged his defensive midfielder to take long-range shots. It’s something the two have worked on extensively in practice, and it

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have been a little lower than we want it to.”

Georgetown (2-15) struggled to settle into the game, as the Terps brought pressured early.

The team quickly closed down passing lanes and forced turnovers in the Hoyas’ defensive third. Georgetown compounded those mistakes by conceding penalty corners, giving up six in the first 20 minutes. In that time span, the Terps earned a 4-0 lead.

The team drew six more penalty corners in the first period, scoring on three of them to go up 7-0 by halftime. The Terps’ comfortable lead allowed them to use more substitutes in the second half, and forwards Mieke Hayn and Shari Jones added goals to make it 9-0.

After a pair of shaky starts led to close games two weekends ago, the Terps came out strong and set the tone in their two wins this weekend.

“WE’VE HAD GREAT HOCKEY THIS WEEKEND. THIS IS WHEN YOU WANT TO BE PLAYING YOUR BEST HOCKEY. … WE’RE FORTUNATE TO BE PLAYING OUR BEST HOCKEY RIGHT NOW.”

has translated onto the field.

Metzger has scored both his goals on strikes from 20 yards or more, the first on a low, driving bullet from 35 yards against Marshall on Oct. 15.

“He has a lot of confidence in a lot of his players,” Metzger said. “And he knows for me in particular that I have a good shot from distance. We’ve just been working on that specifically for me, and lately, I’ve been finding myself in good areas on the field where I just focus on staying over the ball and making sure to just give it a chance to get on net and make the goalie make a save, if anything.”

After Metzger’s goal, the Terps defense held strong over the final 34 minutes of action and was vastly improved by using the sixsecond rule.

In past games, the inexperience of the backline,

particularly the center back, has resulted in young defenders overthinking and freezing when defending counterattacks. The sixsecond rule forces those same defenders to immediately recover and pressure after a turnover, allowing no time for indecision.

Opponents no longer have the opportunity to reorganize, reset and produce successful counters, something the Terps have struggled to stop all season.

“We’ve focused on it all year long,” Cirovski said.

“But I think the lightbulbs finally came on when we really started paying attention to all the things we’ve been preaching all year. The players have really been awakened to the necessity of that part of our game.”

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Terrapins field hockey coach Their improvement pleased Meharg, and the timing of the Terps’ progress gives the team confidence heading into the postseason.

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TIGERS From PAGE 8 both ends of the ball.”

The injury-riddled Terps offense managed to move the ball early, but production stagnated in the middle part of the game. For the game, Rowe was 19-of-45 for 282 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. But after completing four of his seven attempts in the first quarter, Rowe completed five of his next 20 passes.

He completed his final six passes of the game, including a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Nigel King with nine seconds left, but the outcome was already well decided.

“I think it’s just a matter of me executing,” Rowe said.

“I wouldn’t say it’s anything weird or supernatural; it’s just a matter of me making the plays I need to make.”

Jacobs was the offense’s star, starting in place of injured Stefon Diggs. The sophomore caught eight passes for 158 yards, and his 71-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter gave the Terps a 7-3 lead. Wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo caught his first career touchdown in place

EAGLES From PAGE 8 finished with five shots, including three on goal, both team-highs.

On the other side of the field, Eagles forward McKenzie Meehan, who entered the game as the ACC’s leading scorer, had four shots, including one on goal. But her counterpart, forward Stephanie McCaffrey, created more problems for the Terps backline. She had five shots and placed three on goal. Only one of those at-

CLEMSON RUNNING BACK Zac Brooks is brought down by inside linebacker Cole Farrand on Saturday. Brooks was injured on the play and didn’t return. alik mcintosh/the diamondback of Deon Long, and Reid rushed for 70 yards on 15 carries in place of Brandon Ross.

But the Terps didn’t have an answer for star Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who caught 14 passes for 163 yards, and running back Roderick McDowell, who rushed 30 times for 161 yards. Boyd orchestrated the balanced attack, throwing for 304 yards, one touchdown and one interception on 28-of-41 passing.

“Clemson is a good team, and we played them really well,” Jacobs said. “There was a couple mistakes that we did, and there’s some things that we could have did to help ourselves, put us in a good position to win the game.”

Despite the injuries and

Clemson’s high-powered offense and stout defense, the Terps managed to play the Tigers tough until late mistakes proved to be their downfall. And while Edsall is rarely one for moral victories, he did admit there were some positives from Saturday’s loss.

“That’s the kind of effort you want all the time,” Edsall said. “We ended up losing the game, and there’s no solace in that. But I’m proud of our guys. We played hard under some tough situations, but again, that’s what you’re supposed to do. That’s what we coach. That’s what our players work to attain, to do the things that we ask them to do.”

tempts, however, came in the second half.

“We got spun by her a couple of times, and we were told to watch out for that,” defender Megan Gibbons said.

“I think we learned from that early, though, and were able to stop that.”

The Terps were unable to stop defender Zoe Lombard’s game-winning goal, however.

In the 95th minute, Lombard redirected a corner into the top right of the goal, ending the game and sending the Boston College bench streaming onto the field.

Two weeks after outshoot-

ing Duke in a disappointing home loss, the Terps were again left to rue missed opportunities, such as Spivey’s shot early in the second half. Now, with only one game left in the regular season, the Terps sit in ninth place in the ACC and need help to make the eightteam conference tournament.

“It stinks for all of us because they played great,” Morgan said.

“We attacked really well. We created opportunities to score goals, some really clear-cut opportunities to score goals.”

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Defense provides difference

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Metzger tallies lone goal in 1-0 win at Syracuse on Sat

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer Sasho Cirovski noticed a particular flaw in his defense before the Terrapins men’s soccer team’s game against Drexel on Tuesday.

Whenever the Terps lost the ball, there was no sense of urgency to pressure immediately after the turnover.

Opponents advanced on quick counterattacks, which sometimes proved lethal, as what happened four times in a loss to Wake Forest on Oct. 19.

So the 21st-year coach implemented the six-second rule — a defensive strategy used throughout professional soccer, most notably by Spanish powerhouse FC Barcelona. As soon as the team loses the ball, the players have six seconds to get it back, forcing pressure right when turnovers occur and preventing counterattacks by limiting time and space for opponents after a change of possession.

Since applying the rule in practice, the Terps have earned two consecutive shutouts, including a 1-0 victory at Syracuse on Saturday night, the first time all season they haven’t surrendered a goal on the road.

“We’re getting better as a team at being more compact, and we also have a better balance in the attack,” Cirovski said. “Our transition game, in particular when we lose the ball, is getting much better. That’s when we’ve exposed ourselves on counterattacks. We’ve done a much better job of being committed to stopping See orange, Page 7

CLEMSON QUARTERBACK TAJH BOYD (10) attempts to elude inside linebacker Abner Logan late in the Tigers’ 40-27 victory over the Terps in Saturday’s homecoming matchup.

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Shorthanded Terps can’t take advantage of miscues in upset bid of Clemson

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer As Tajh Boyd took a shotgun snap from center, sprinted up the middle and powered through the Terrapins football defense for a 5-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter, Clemson and its quarterback succeeded where the Terps failed Saturday.

Clemson committed three turnovers — all of them in its own territory — but they only resulted in six Terps points. Boyd’s touchdown came one minute after running back Albert Reid fumbled.

Unlike the Terps, the Tigers were able to punch the ball into the end zone after turnovers.

The injury-depleted Terps — playing without five regular offensive starters — couldn’t capitalize on multiple opportunities and fell to the No. 9 Tigers, 40-27, before an announced homecoming crowd of 48,134. After a 4-0 start, the Terps

have now lost three of their past four games and still remain one win away from bowl eligibility.

“I thought that we had good effort out there today,” coach Randy Edsall said. “But we didn’t get the execution and didn’t capitalize on some of the opportunities that we had out there in terms of offense and defense to be able to kind of get over the hump there a little bit and beat a No. 9 team in the country. When you get those opportunities in a game like this, we need to take more of an advantage of it than we did.”

Two of the Terps’ first three possessions in the second half started after Clemson fumbles at the Tigers 23- and 26-yard lines, respectively, and a possession early in the fourth quarter started at the Clemson 31 after an interception. But the Terps combined to lose 9 yards on those possessions, which finished with two field goals and a punt.

Still, the Terps (5-3, 1-3 ACC) managed to keep the Tigers (7-1, 5-1 ACC), who entered the game

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as 17-point favorites, close for most of the game.

The Tigers advanced into the red zone on their first four possessions but came away with three field goals and a punt, while a 71-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Caleb Rowe to wide receiver Levern Jacobs gave the Terps an early score.

Right before halftime, though, Clemson strung together a seven-play, 58-yard drive capped by a 5-yard touchdown from Boyd to tight end Jordan Leggett to put the Tigers up 16-7 entering the intermission.

“We always thought we could have beat them at any point in the game, especially the defense making the stands, keeping them to just field goals, an offense like that,” inside linebacker Abner Logan said. “It was very positive. Even though they scored right before the half, it was just motivation because the game was still in reach. By far, we just had to execute better on See tigers, Page 7

WOMEN’S SOCCER | EAGLES 1, TERPS 0 (OT)

Overtime goal sends Eagles to late victory Terps fall back to .500 with one game left

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer

Forward Shelby Sydnor (13) celebrates with forward Mieke Hayn (22) and midfielder Brooke Adler (23) during the Terps’ 9-0 win over Georgetown yesterday.

Sydnor and Hayn each scored one goal, while Adler dished two assists, as the Terps scored 13 goals in their two games over the weekend. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

Terps cruise through weekend, clinch ACC tournament top seed Team combines to outscore opponents, 13-1, in pair of victories

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer The Terrapins field hockey team has hopes of earning the No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament in November, as it is the only top-20 team with just one loss. Georgetown, on the other hand, had only two wins leading up to its game against the Terps yesterday.

The difference between the teams was evident right away during yesterday’s match, as defender Sarah Sprink scored off a penalty corner less than three minutes in to give the Terps an early lead.

That foreshadowed the rest of the game, as the Terps cruised to a 9-0 win over the Hoyas. The

Terps established control from the outset, as they did in their 4-1 win against No. 5 Virginia on Friday, leading to a perfect weekend in their final two home games of the regular season.

“Being able to come out and playing with our dominance and playing with our strength really helped us secure our confidence,” defender Ali McEvoy said. “Really helped us stick to the game plan and play our brand of hockey.”

Last week against No. 10 Old Dominion, the Terps’ slow start proved costly, resulting in their first loss of the season. But in both games this weekend, the Terps got on the scoreboard in less than five minutes, which helped them to a pair of wins.

With their victory against Virginia (15-4, 3-3 ACC), the Terps (17-1, 5-0) clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC, giving them a first-round bye in the conference tournament, which starts Nov. 7.

“We’re fortunate to get another recovery day,” coach Missy Meharg said. “A day to focus in and be ready for whoever we play.”

Terps midfielder Katie Gerzabek left the Virginia game with a knee injury after going down early in the first period. The loss didn’t affect the team’s play, however, as its quick ball movement in the attacking third was key in its win against the Cavaliers. Midfielder Maxine Fluharty scored twice, and forwards See RECAP, Page 7

Ashley Spivey trapped the bouncing ball with her chest and settled it.

The Terrapins women’s soccer midfielder’s right foot swung and connected as the ball fell to the ground.

Her shot flew toward the top right corner of the net. At the last second, a pair of hands rose and deflected the shot off the goalpost.

That was one of two posts the Terps hit and one of six saves Boston College goalkeeper Alex Johnson made in the Terps’ 1-0 overtime loss yesterday at Ludwig Field. The Terps created quality scoring opportunities and outshot the Eagles in the second half but were unable to score a goal.

“Today was a frustrating one because I felt like I was right there the whole game but just couldn’t put it away,” forward Hayley Brock said.

“So this one kind of hurts.”

The Terps (9-9, 5-7 ACC) had the first shot of the game when Johnson saved a low shot from Spivey in the first minute. The Eagles (9-8-1, 5-6-1), however, dominated possession and created more chances for much of the first half. By the time the Terps recorded their second shot in the 35th minute, the Eagles already had five attempts.

After that, the Terps outshot the Eagles, 12-8, including an 8-6 advantage in the second half. Both teams ended with 13 shots.

The Eagles started out in a different formation yesterday, using five

FORWARD HAYLEY BROCK (27) attacked the Boston College defense all game long, but she couldn’t score in the Terps’ 1-0 loss. james levin/the diamondback midfielders instead of their usual four. Coach Jonathan Morgan said the Eagles’ numbers advantage in the midfield, with five players finding space against the Terps’ four midfielders, led to the Eagles’ early dominance.

“I feel like because our backs did a good job of recognizing Hayley and Ashley were on their three defenders that it’s going to be difficult for them to keep up with us,” Morgan said. “So we found a couple of opportunities. … I think that was a wake-up moment for B.C.” The Eagles reverted to their normal lineup when Brock, Spivey and the rest of the offense began to cause problems.

Brock created scoring opportunities all game. She dribbled past Eagles defenders and either passed to a teammate or fired a shot at the goal. She See Eagles Page 7