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University Union Ln. water main breaks launches center with FDA Officials closed Union Lane Garage yesterday after discovering pin-sized hole on pipe; permanent repairs will be made tonight

BY NICK FOLEY Staff writer

Partnership will improve drugs, medical devices

Facilities Management crews worked throughout the day yesterday to stop a water main break on Union Lane that forced DOTS officials to close the Union Lane Garage until about 7 p.m. last night.

Officials first noticed water trickling down Union Lane on Saturday

sized hole in a pipe valve, which they patched to stop the leak temporarily.

Although no buildings’ water supplies were affected, officials will wait to permanently repair the pipe until tonight because it carries water to Stamp Student Union. Because of the high volume of traffic in the student Facilities Management crews work union during the day, removing the yesterday to find the source of a water

but were unsure if it was rainwater or the result of a water main break, according to Jack Baker, director of operations and maintenance for Facilities Management. When the water continued to seep into the street on Sunday, maintenance started at the top of Union Lane and began digging down the road until they found the leak. It took the crews two full days of digging before they discovered a pin-

main break on Union Lane.

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R.I.P. TEXTBOOKS

BY CLAIRE SARAVIA Staff writer

With a new $1 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the university has launched a collaborative center that aims to improve methods on evaluating drugs and medical devices.

The Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation — a partnership between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore — allows university students and researchers to work with FDA scientists on developing new tools and standards for regulating products before they reach the public.

Although officials use the term “center” to describe the project, it isn’t a physical building, according to Vice President for Research Patrick O’Shea — rather, the center represents the partnership between the FDA and these two universities. It officially launched Oct. 26. The FDA awarded an additional $1 million to Georgetown University to launch a sister center.

Bioengineering professor and chairman William Bentley — who is a co-principal investigator of the center — said it focuses on several research projects, including developing technologies to test the function of medical imaging devices.

Additionally, Bentley said the center brings together FDA and university researchers to keep up with

Students lead textbook rebellion

BY ANGELA WONG For The Diamondback

McKeldin Mall became a graveyard yesterday, strewn with the graves of textbooks: Introductory biology, once valued at $160, died $6. Basic calculus, born $225, died just $15. The used books, the gravestones cried, were worth about as much as the dirt they were under.

The demonstration was part of a larger effort by a coalition of 17 student groups brought together

by MaryPIRG and the Student Government Association to raise awareness of the high cost of textbooks. The groups, known collectively as the Textbook Affordability Coalition, are pushing for professors to use open-source materi-

als and textbooks, which are published for free online, instead of traditional books.

In addition to yesterday’s event, the students plan to hold a spring book fair showcasing cheaper educational resources to professors and meet with professors and academic departments to urge them to consider alternatives to textbooks put out by major publishers.

Additionally, members hope to have at least five classes switch to more cost-effective materials.

Despite the lower cost, coalition members said instructors at this university have been slow to embrace the new trend.

“Textbook affordability is an issue every student faces, but don’t

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So others may see

Officials hope to make tailgates eco-friendly University participates in EPA’s challenge

Ophthalmologist speaks on health issues in Ghana

BY CLAIRE SARAVIA Staff writer

BY TEDDY AMENABAR For The Diamondback

James Clarke helps people see.

The humanitarian ophthalmologist spoke last night at the Nyumburu Cultural Center, telling dozens of attendees about his work at the Crystal Eye Clinic, which he founded in 2003 in Ghana. Only about 30 percent of Ghanaians — a people prone to cataracts, corneal scars and eyelid deformities connected to malnutrition and unsanitary living conditions — have access to an eye doctor, meaning the country is seriously lacking eye-

Ophthalmologist James Clarke speaks about Ghana’s lack of eye-care services during an event at the Nyumburu Cultural Center. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

care services, Clarke said.

Clarke is a member of Unite for Sight, an international nonprofit organization that “empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness,” according to its website. In addition to performing dozens of eye surgeries per week and handing out prescription glasses, Clarke said he

holds seminars on eye infection prevention, correct sanitation and the recognition of medical conditions in their early stages.

The Unite for Sight chapter at this university enlisted the Delta Gamma sorority and community service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega to help bring

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As many tailgaters wrap up their pregame festivities in parking lots across the campus, recycling the day’s empty bottles and cans sometimes takes a back seat to the impending football showdown.

To amp up recycling efforts at tailgates, the university is participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Game Day Challenge, a national competition to reduce trash at a selected football game at 83 universities. At the Oct. 15 game against Clemson, Facilities Management officials collected the day’s waste — 49 percent of which came from recycling bins and 51 percent which was discarded as trash, according to Facilities Management Recycling

Coordinator Bill Guididas.

But some students have repeatedly said more needs to be done to make tailgates environmentally friendly.

Several game day patrons, such as Dave Bowman of Gaithersburg, who was tailgating before Saturday’s game against Boston College, said recycling is not their top priority as they prepare to head into the stadium.

“It’s just a hassle. We usually have 16 people tailgating, and it’s hard to tell people, ‘Okay, put trash in the white bags and recycling in the clear bags,’” Bowman said. “We don’t touch it.”

In 2008, university officials implemented a program, dubbed Feed the

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TAILGATES from page 1 Turtle, to combat this issue, according to Joshua Kaplan, assistant athletic director of facilities operations and events. The program provides a “valet recycling” ser vice — in which Facilities Management staff ride golf carts through parking lots to distribute single stream recycling bags to tailgaters, said Facilities Management Assistant Director Sandy Dykes.

Laurie Sexton of Hagerstown, who was tailgating at Saturday’s game, said she uses the bags whenever they’re handed to her. She said she didn’t receive any at the tailgate.

In its first year, the Feed the Turtle program reportedly diverted 59 tons of solid waste from landfills and boasted a 41 percent recycling rate, this university’s Office of Sustainability’s records show. However, several students said this is not enough — more needs to be done to prevent empty bottles and cans from making their way into trash cans on game day.

“Something that might be a good idea for students to do is go out there and encourage people to recycle,” said Michelle Kim, the Student Government Associ-

TEXTBOOKS from page 1 do anything about,” said SGA Vice President of Academic Affairs Jamil Scott. “Textbook prices rise every single year, and this is something students can’t plan for.”

Although Mahlon Straszheim, associate provost for academic affairs, said the university has a policy advising faculty members to consider textbook costs when placing orders each semester, MaryPIRG President Samantha Zwerling said “traditional textbooks still prevail” on the campus. Zwerling said the university needs to adopt more books such

ation’s director of sustainability. “It’s a personal accountability thing.”

Rob Hill of Bel Air, who participated in on-campus pregame festivities Saturday, said although he tried to make sure not to leave behind non-biodegradable items after tailgates, he did not make an effort to separate trash and recyclables.

“Recycling doesn’t come into it when I’m tailgating. At home, yeah, but not here,” he said. “I feel like I could throw some chicken on the ground, but I mostly collect my trash.”

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as those used in BMGT 301: Introduction to Information Systems. Business and management professor Guodong Gao said he selected a virtual textbook because it was of comparable quality to its more expensive counterpart.

Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology is published by Flat World Knowledge, a company founded in 2007 by Eric Frank and Jeff Shelstad, who had spent a combined 32 years working for major publishers before splintering off to try a new business model. While many textbooks can cost hundreds of dollars to purchase, Flat World’s books are free to

read online. Frank said the company is more financially efficient because of much lower marketing and manufacturing costs — major publishers, he said, spend a lot of money on sales representatives, book layout and purchasing rights to artwork. Flat World’s layouts are built on a standard template that requires minimal effort, and images are rarely included.

Flat World Knowledge is also a member of the nationwide “Textbook Rebellion” tour to collect petition signatures and raise awareness about open-source materials.

The tour, led by the national PIRG chapter, kicked off on

this campus in August before embarking on an itinerary that includes 40 college campuses in 14 states.

Although Textbook Rebellion members hope to spark change on campuses across the nation, Andi Sporkin, a spokeswoman for the Association of American Publishers, said it’s inaccurate to say major publishers are apathetic to student concerns.

“Strangely, PIRG is out arguing on behalf of what the nation’s higher education publishers have been doing for years,” Sporkin wrote in an email. “We have been aggressively working to provide students with multiple course

broken valve yesterday would have highly disrupted the campus, Baker said.

“It’s a tremendous impact on their operations,” Baker said, adding that cutting off water supply would force food establishments to shut down for the day. “It’s easier just to cover it up and get back on it tomorrow. ...We found it, we know what we need to do, so we’ll let [crews] get a little rest and we’ll start back tomorrow.”

Baker said the leak will cost the department a few thousand dollars in labor and roughly $500 to repair the valve. While Baker said he is still unsure exactly how the hole formed, it was most likely caused by a small object, such as a pebble, rubbing against the valve for an extended period of time. Though they have yet to find the exact cause, officials have ruled out the possibility that the rupture was caused by cold weather, which is also a common cause of water main breaks.

“Given the fact that it was just a hole and not a crack, most likely it just happened over time,” Baker said. “It’s unlikely for a hole to materialize.”

Baker said that more breaks are likely in the Washington metropolitan area throughout the winter because plummet-

materials options in a wide variety of prices and in print, digital and online formats.”

She also said many traditional textbooks are now available with cost-saving options such as black-andwhite printing, paperback editions and e-books.

But for some students, these efforts aren’t enough. Senior Vanathy Senthilkumar, for example, picked one of her elective classes based on which one had the cheaper book. Senthilkumar, who works at the University Book Center, said she tries to shop for textbooks online, but said it’s tricky when instructors assign custom editions.

“It’s easier just to cover it up and get back on it tomorrow. ... We found it, we know what we need to do, so we’ll let [crews] get a little rest, and we’ll start back tomorrow.”

JACK BAKER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR

ing temperatures cause the ground to move.

“The area around here will see 60, 70 water breaks during the winter,” Baker said.

Department of Transportation Ser vices Director David Allen said the garage was closed temporarily yesterday to alleviate traffic on the road while crews worked.

“It was recommended that we close it,” Allen said.

“When [cars] have to make that turn onto Union Lane, they would have to back up or turn around.”

The garage is expected to be fully operational today, Allen said. foley@umdbk.com

Psychology professor Charles Stangor said he wrote books for major publishing companies before leaving to develop an introductor y psychology book for Flat World Knowledge.

Since its release a year ago, Stangor’s book has been adopted by classes at 34 schools, according to Flat World Knowledge. But Stangor said he is still an exception among professors in higher education, who prefer traditional textbooks. “[Major publishers] haven’t woken up to the idea that they are too expensive,” he said. news@umdbk.com

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SIGHT from page 1 Clarke to the campus, according to junior accounting and finance major Rachel Zhang, Unite for Sight UMD’s vice president of communication.

The event sought to inform students of the lack of accessible eye doctors in other countries.

“It’s great being part of an organization that has performed surgeries and improved the lives of over 2,000 people in and around Ghana.”

RACHEL ZHANG UNITE FOR SIGHT UMD VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATION

In the nor thern regions of Ghana, there is one doctor for ever y 2 million people, according to Clarke. About 80 percent of blindness cases in Ghana are preventable, and Unite for Sight is attempting to provide preventative care. Clarke said these measures can impact society greatly by improving access to education and economic success.

James Clarke, a Unite for Sight advisory board member, speaks about his experiences helping provide eye-care services to Ghanaians.

In 2005, Unite for Sight reported sponsoring 229 surgeries in Ghana — a number that had grown 1,060 percent by 2010, to 2,657 surgeries.

“I enjoyed hearing about specific ways in which Dr.

Clarke and Unite For Sight had improved the lives of so many people living in poverty,” Zhang wrote in a Facebook message. “It’s great being part of an organization that has performed

surgeries and improved the lives of over 2,000 people in and around Ghana.”

Delta Gamma’s philanthropic goal is raising awareness about blindness in the local community, and Delta

Gamma member and event co-coordinator Alex Wahlberg said lectures, such as bringing Clarke to the campus, help fulfill this mission.

Zhang wrote she was pleased with the night’s

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TURNS OUT THE “1 PERCENT” IS ALL OVER THIS STATE Occupy Wall Streeters take note — this state now has more millionaires per capita than any other state in America and 42.13 percent more than the national average, according to Phoenix Marketing International’s annual Global Wealth Monitor report.

The study concluded that 157,779 of this state’s 2,186,613 households had “$1 million or more in investable or liquid assets.” That 7.22 percent proportion knocked Hawaii (7.21 percent) out of the top spot that it held for three years.

“All of the top 10 states increased their millionaire ratios during the past year,” said David Thompson, Global Wealth Monitor’s managing director, in a statement. “The richest states keep getting richer.”

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Occupational hazard

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hen a group of student activists dubbed Occupy UMD gathered on didn’t fall under that category, though, as it was planned a few days in advance to join McKeldin Mall on Friday in a spin-off of the national movement, they with a national movement that’s no longer considered breaking news.

If Occupy UMD members wanted to test officials’ response to their message, they found they weren’t the only ones protesting. Because the students didn’t get their “occupation” approved, as mandated by university policy, could have read the headcount-limit rule and sent 10 students out with sleeping bags.

If those students were then asked to disband, Occupy UMD would have been justiofficials called in University Police after the group refused to leave.

Officers informed the group that the protest could continue undisturbed if fewer fied in fighting back. But in this situation, they either weren’t aware of the policy or simply chose to dispute it. Following officials’ demands than 10 people were present, so five students decided to wouldn’t have been compromising their core principles; it spend the night outdoors as planned. One student was would have been respecting a simple rule. quoted in this newspaper yesterday saying she appreciated Followers of the national Occupy movement can that police “were working with” the group and that she “felt For the Occupy UMD group to assemble and protest in public places because common good about the whole thing.”

Unfortunately, we can’t say we agree. This editorial board become a real movement on this law, case law and the First Amendment have established would feel a lot better about the demonstration — and likely campus, student members must that right. Students on a college campus, however, are bound by their university’s policies and codes of conduct. would have written an editorial applauding the coalition’s abide by university policies if There’s a difference between legitimately questioning efforts — if the group had done its homework beforehand. authority and just being argumentative after the fact.

According to the university’s policy on campus demonstrathey want their protests to be Although it does seem a bit extreme to threaten to tions, community members must request access to public arrest the students given the protest’s peaceful nature, locations through the Office of Campus Reservations, and taken seriously. university officials had every right to involve police once the university “maintains the right to define the time, place and manner in which activities occur.” Although we’re excited to see the national students made clear they had no intentions of leaving. Furthermore, the policy states movement come to this campus, it sheds a troubling light on the group’s prospects that failure to comply with the outlined procedures could warrant the revocation of a previously approved reservation. So while students in Occupy UMD said they plan to for success that members failed to follow simple procedures ahead of time.

The policy is easily located after one Google search attempt — there’s no rea- get permission for future events, we hope they take extra care to do so. It would be a son these students couldn’t have taken the time to launch their protest in an organ- shame for their enthusiasm to get quashed because of an avoidable technicality.

Among the criticisms plaguing the national Occupy campaign are perceptions of ized way. The students shouldn’t feel like they engaged in a reasonable negotiation and walked away victorious. University Police officials did not waive any rules to the protesters as anarchist hooligans who are out of touch with reality. This incident accommodate them — the existing policy already permits groups of 10 or fewer only fuels the fire, and it reveals a troubling nonchalance toward their cause. If people to congregate anywhere on campus grounds without advance reservation. Occupy UMD wants to be taken seriously and emerge as a real force on this campus, The university’s policy on demonstrations is perfectly reasonable, even lenient. it needs to look like a mature, unified group capable of operating within reason.

Thankfully, the incident did not spiral out of control, and the group is still in a Students are basically given free rein to stage whatever protests or other events they desire, provided they reserve the space. Officials don’t even ask for much advance prime position to expand its campaign and bring the national movement closer to notice — just one business day — and the online form is incredibly simple to fill out. home. The students have the motivation to organize events, the passion to attract There’s even a clause in the policy that permits spontaneous demonstrations of any more followers — and now they have the spotlight. The question is, how will they size in situations that “demand immediate public outcry.” The Occupy UMD campout proceed with it?

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Degrees: Get yours without the frills

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he time when high school graduates could go directly into careers that guaranteed lifetime employment and a livable wage is long gone. Now, higher education offers the most promising ticket to financial security and upward mobility.

But in an unstable economy, choosing which school to attend is no simple task for students and their parents.

Meanwhile, colleges are raising tuition costs to unfathomable prices that scholarships just can’t keep up with.

Over the past 10 years alone, the cost of attending a private college has jumped more than 60 percent, and public college prices have nearly doubled. Today, there are huge disparities between the sticker prices of comparable universities, but there underlies an interesting correlation (or lack thereof): You don’t necessarily get what you pay for.

I know, I know: You were probably afraid that choosing the cheapest college on your list would save money but shortchange your future. I, too, was concerned about this when making my col-

BRITTANY CAMPBELL lege decision. But what more would you really be getting out of a pricier university? Answer: loads of debt and a designer-label diploma.

One of the biggest fallacies about academic institutions is the belief that attending a high-cost, well-known college or university is your ticket to the top.

In reality, a prestigious degree does not always guarantee success.

Think about it. After graduation, you will be hired based on your qualifications, skills and necessary credentials, not because your tuition was $20,000 more per year than another applicant’s.

It’s true that Ivy Leaguers do well, but many of those students come from wealthy families with strong connections that help in the working world —

it’s not necessarily their impressive degrees that matter. For most people, success will ultimately come from your own abilities and work ethic. If you have a job and do it well, no one cares about your alma mater.

Today, students are borrowing more money than ever to fund their education. As we learned last week, total student loan debt in this country is nearly $1 trillion. With soaring tuition costs, you have to think about the long-term effects of attending a pricey institution.

The onerous debt many Americans accumulate isn’t just going to prevent you from branching out of your canned tuna and Ramen noodles diet upon graduation — it might affect whether you can buy a house or even start a family. If you had opted for the cheaper institution, you would probably have significantly less debt and could get on with major life events.

In the past, Americans have relied on scholarships to slash or erase the heavy financial burden that college brings. But the recent trend away from need-based

financial aid and toward merit-based aid is hindering those who really need it — middle-class students. Unless you belong to a family of 12 nearing the poverty line, it is increasingly difficult to receive need-based financial aid.

To my expectations, this university made The Princeton Review’s list of Best Value Colleges in 2011. Given its prestige, I think we all made a good decision to accept admission. Tuition at other notable, comparative schools reaches more than double what we pay. In addition, this university has respected programs, selective admissions, top-notch research and competitive students.

Overall, the educational experience at expensive colleges is comparable to cheaper institutions. Unless you or your parents have money to burn or you snagged a substantial scholarship, choosing the lower-cost college is your best bet — now and down the road.

Brittany Campbell is a junior government and politics and philosophy major. She can be reached at campbell@umdbk.com.

Information: The weapon of the future

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espite my military background and affinity for explosions, I’ve never really understood people who are obsessed with guns. You know the type — gun kooks, the ones who flooded gun shops after election night in 2008 because they were certain Presidentelect Barack Obama would take away their right to bear arms. Gun kooks say all 14 of their firearms are for home protection, even the sniper rifle (especially the sniper rifle). They think guns protect their freedom. It wasn’t until the iPhone and iPad came along that I began to understand gun kooks.

You see, people have a tendency to worship things that grant power. A while ago, people worshiped sharp things like knives and spears. Starting in the 1300s, English longbows won and lost wars until about the 16th century, when firearms emerged. But we’re witnessing the beginning of a new era in warfare, one in which information is the primary weapon. Examples are everywhere, from the power of social media in the Arab Spring to foreign governments

hacking our classified networks. It was recently revealed that some of the U.S. military’s unmanned drones were beset with a computer virus. Just a couple of weeks ago, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited this campus and encouraged students to dedicate themselves to pursuing network security and other similar fields.

Nobody ever won a war with handguns, but that weapon is a manifestation of the cannons and artillery that did win wars. Likewise, our obsession with iPads and iPhones is an admission that information begets power.

Viewed from this perspective, the parallels between guns and iPads are striking: Many think they’re cool, although few actually need them. They’re expensive — not everyone can afford an iPad or gun, but many stretch their budgets to purchase one. Both products have a strange cult-like following that manifests itself in online communities, bumper stickers and organizations, and rallies around powerful leaders. You can’t imagine Apple without Steve Jobs, and former National Rifle Association President

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HAXEL Charlton Heston was practically a demigod to gun enthusiasts.

I finally understand the gun kooks because I’ve realized they think about guns what I think about information: It’s the key to freedom in our society.

They’re wrong, because firearms don’t matter nearly as much as information these days, but they would have been right in centuries past.

Heston’s famous “Cold dead hands” speech is pretty ridiculous, but only because guns don’t matter nearly as much as he thinks they do. If our government were to restrict information access, as the Chinese government does, much of Heston’s speech would make sense to anyone who favors freedom of information. Imagine if Jobs had posted a video directed at Chinese dissidents: “…

sacred stuff resides in that black or white tablet. Something that gives the most common man the most uncommon of freedoms. When ordinary hands can possess such an extraordinary instrument, that symbolizes the full measure of human dignity and liberty … so as we set out this year to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words for everyone with an Internet connection to hear and to heed … [holds up an iPad triumphantly] From my cold, dead hands!”

As our society drifts toward technological ubiquity, those who restrict information will become enemies; the United Nations already declared Internet access to be a human right. Soon enough, our battles will be about information and the devices that process them. Speaking personally, I’m already scared: My BlackBerry has been acting up, so I might visit the Apple store to pick up a new iPhone 4S. You know, to protect my freedom.

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

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en miles southeast of Baltimore is the Brandon Shores Generating Station, the state’s largest coal-fired power plant and one of six that provide almost 60 percent of our state’s electricity needs. Earlier this year, the Natural Resources Defense Council ranked Maryland the nation’s fifth-worst emitter of toxic air pollutants, by itself producing 7 percent of the country’s total hazardous air emissions from power plants. Brandon Shores was the state’s top contributor.

Exposure to toxic air pollutants can cause or contribute to health concerns ranging from asthma to cancer, but because this state relies on coal to generate the majority of its electricity, more and more pollutants enter the air each day. Common sense says we need a way to generate the nation’s power without harming human health, and renewable energy offers us a way to do so.

The state’s most promising renewable resource, offshore wind, could help us move away from coal and other fossil fuels while creating hundreds of construction, operation and maintenance jobs. Touting these new jobs, Gov. Martin O’Malley introduced a bill this year to jump-start construction on the state’s first offshore wind farm and move Maryland away from relying on power plants like Brandon Shores.

The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act would have required the state’s public electric utilities to buy electricity from a proposed wind farm off Ocean City’s coast for the next 25 years. This wind farm would have been large enough to power more than half the homes in Baltimore and been located more than 10 miles away from shore — far enough away to be barely visible on the horizon.

Unfortunately, concerns over electricity rate increases prevented the bill from gaining enough support to pass, despite the fact that households would have been able to offset the rate increase by replacing roughly two 60-watt normal light bulbs with compact fluorescents.

Regarding universities in particular, the bill’s opponents questioned whether schools such as this university that use a lot of electricity would be willing to pay these higher energy prices.

O’Malley has already promised to reintroduce a version of the bill during the 2012 legislative session, and Clean Energy at UMD has started a campaign to get the University System of Maryland to announce its support for offshore wind. We believe we should no longer have to endanger our communities’ health to keep the lights on and are working with the Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and other student groups across the campus to raise student awareness of and support for offshore wind.

If you feel the same, come to the next on-campus meeting of our statewide partner, the Maryland Student Climate Coalition at noon on Saturday in the basement of Jimenez Hall and sign our petition online at www.umdforcleanenergy.org/petition.html. If you cannot make the meeting, Clean Energy for UMD meetings are Monday nights at 7 p.m. in the Benjamin Banneker Room A in Stamp Student Union.

Sam Rivers is the communications director of Clean Energy for UMD. He can be reached at brivers@terpmail.umd.edu.

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It’s so easy to put on Lou Reed and Metallica’s first collaborative effort, Lulu, and immediately write off the mix of braindead riffs and atonal crooning as meritless aural garbage, a stance many listeners will take without even experiencing the whole record.

As it happens, this opinion is extremely well grounded. Lulu is 87 minutes of torturous dirges and unintentionally humorous lyrical disasters. The album is quite possibly the worst train wreck in either artist’s catalogue (or any artist’s catalogue, for that matter).

This is the sort of music you would expect a group of 13-year-olds to make in their basement the same weekend they discovered alcohol.

That said, it’s quite possible that if all the members of Metallica were still alcoholics then this monstrosity of a record could have been much better — or never happened at all.

The music on Lulu is based on

Reed’s old demos of music com- riff repeated to exhaustion with little posed for a play of the same name, or no changes, as on the abysmal written by a German playwright “Mistress Dread.”

The intention was to create named Frank Wedekind. With this in mind, it’s pretty clear after just moods and atmospheres instead of the first song that this record is bet- aggressive riffs, but the sound is tedious and uncomfortable. ter suited to fans of Reed.

It does bring up a classic artistic Still, Reed’s trademark vocals — conundrum, howwhich lie someever: If a song is where between VERDICT: meant to make a angry spoken listener feel word and sung Lou Reed and Metallica’s uneasy from a atonal grief — Lulu project is one of the most conceptual standdon’t fit well with disappointing collaborative point, and the the music either. records of all time. pure dissonance His lyrics are perof the listening haps the most laughable aspect of the album, with experience makes the audience feel rhythmless lines such as “Why do I uneasy, then has the artist fulfilled cheat on me? Why do I cheat on me?/ his goal?

If that was what Reed and MetalI have a passionate heart, it can tear us apart,” from the aptly titled “Cheat lica were going for on Lulu, they succeeded in spades. Sitting on Me,” peppering the record.

What Metallica plays on Lulu is through this record is a grueling far from the band’s usual comfort physical task, especially when zone — the thick guitar, quiet bass tracks such as the eight-minute “Litmix and bad drumming are pretty tle Dog” come on, which is comstandard for Metallica, but ever y posed completely of acoustic guitar, song on Lulu features just one mild feedback, stray drum hits and

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Reed’s ever-present vocals.

By the time the melancholy, 20minute closer “Junior Dad” has come to an end, the only lingering question will be what the listener could have done with his or her time had it not been utterly wasted on Lulu. The question of why Metallica or Reed ever thought this was a good idea will have dissipated an hour earlier, along with any lasting hope that the old thrashers and original Velvet Underground member could still write anything worth listening to.

Reed fans may be less incensed than hardcore Metallica fans — Reed fans are more likely to accept failed experiments — but the simple fact is the music on Lulu is not good.

Even if the announcement of this album was striking and intriguing, the record itself never pays off.

Reed repeating the words “The greatest disappointment” during “Junior Dad” is so ironic it almost makes me wish this record was some sort of collaborative practical joke.

Alas, Lulu simply isn’t sure what sor t of album it wants to be. Uninspired and too long, the album is an incredible waste of time, money and resources.

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The battle between North Carolina and the Terps for the ACC regularseason title could be decided Thursday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

NOTEBOOK from page 8 North Carolina, 23-10, and managed just one goal against Clemson, which has allowed more than any other ACC school this season.

“I think maybe we got ahead of ourselves,” Cirovski said, “and started thinking about placement and all of those other things going into the Clemson game.”

So even with the start of the ACC Tournament just six days away, the Terps are training this week with their minds focused on one simple objective: winning against Wake Forest on the team’s senior night Thursday.

“We’re approaching things a little bit differently,” goalkeeper Will Swaim said. “We’re really going to make sure we don’t get ahead of ourselves.”

TOURNAMENT PICTURE

Quarterback Danny O’Brien and the Terps face local rival Virginia on Saturday.

MORALE from page 8 would get this bad.

“Never in my mind,” linebacker Darin Drakeford said, “and never in the team’s mind.”

Saturday’s loss to the Eagles, who hadn’t beaten an FBS team before coming to College Park, marked the team’s second stunner of the season. That defeat, combined with a September

throttling by Temple and four disappointing losses to ranked opponents, has the Terps’ season in a tailspin.

But Edsall, for one, has remained resolute in the face of near-endless setbacks.

“I’m not going to get frustrated because I don’t want the young men to be frustrated,” Edsall said calmly after Saturday’s loss. “I’m going to let them know the things we can do as a team. If we do those things we’ll be okay.

The frustration I have is figur-

POSTSEASON from page 8 on penalty kicks in the second round at Ludwig Field.

The other teams that advanced deep into the ACC Tournament didn’t fare much better. The conference champion Demon Deacons also fell in the second round to UC Irvine, while top-seeded North Carolina lost in the third round to eventual champion Notre Dame.

Boston College, the anomaly of the four semifinalists, advanced to the College Cup, where it lost in the Final Four.

The teams that fell early in the tournament last season, however, might have benefited the most among the eight participating teams.

Duke and Virginia, both quarterfinal losers in the ACC Tournament, advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Florida State rested seven All-ACC honorees in a controversial loss to Wake Forest before making a run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.

And it’s not as though the Terps needed additional experience against top-tier competition, either.

Ten of the ACC’s 11 teams rank among the top 37 in the RPI rankings, and Sunday’s game marked the end of an eight-day stretch during which the Terps played three of the top five teams in the RPI. “That’s hard, with two on the road and such an emotional win on Thursday night,” coach Brian Pen-

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ing out what word I can use to help some of these things turn around. That’s what I’m searching for. How can I deliver the message to help them get better at executing the things we need to execute?”

While Edsall continues to search for the right words, the Terps’ season keeps slipping away. Should they win out and qualify for a bowl game, the Terps would at least give themselves something to build on as they move forward from a season that at this

point seems all but lost.

But as players spoke somberly Saturday, it was hard to ignore the looming possibility that the Terps are on the path to repeating the humiliation of 2009’s 2-10 campaign.

“The guys know our backs are against the wall and we’ve got to step up,” safety Eric Franklin said.

“We’ve got to win out this year if we’re going to make it to a bowl game.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

Even if the postseason isn’t their concern right now, a win over the Demon Deacons could have major implications for the Terps’ seeding in the upcoming ACC Tournament.

The Terps are second in the league standings, just one point behind North Carolina with one game remaining for both teams.

And given the opponents in both of those matchups, the team still has a decent shot at capturing its third ACC Tournament No. 1 seed under Cirovski. The Tar Heels play at No. 13 Boston College tomorrow, while the Terps host an unranked Wake Forest squad on Thursday.

Still considered a top-tier and talent-laden squad, the Demon Deacons won’t surrender those crucial points easily. That was evi-

dent during their 2-2 draw at No. 7 Akron on Saturday.

So as he prepares his five seniors to celebrate their final ACC regularseason game, Cirovski maintained yesterday that the Terps aren’t too concerned with checking box scores this week. After all, they can control only the product they put out at Ludwig Field.

“There are too many factors that can develop,” Cirovski said. “But we know that if we do well, we’ll be in a good place.”

LEE’S STATUS One of the Terps’ senior captains may not get the chance to play in his final ACC regular-season game Thursday.

Defender Alex Lee suffered a leg injury early in the second half of a 1-1 tie at North Carolina on Oct. 21 and was sidelined for the Terps’ loss at Clemson on Friday. With London Woodberry ineligible after receiving a red card against the Tar Heels, the Terps were without both of their starting center backs against the Tigers.

Freshman defender Kyle Roach took one of the slots, and sophomore midfielder Helge Leikvang slid into the other.

“I thought they both did really well,” Kemp said. “And I definitely don’t think the loss was their fault at all, but any time you’re without guys like London and Alex, you’re going to miss them.”

Although Woodberry is slated to return against Wake Forest, Lee’s status is still questionable.

“I want him to be as close to 100 percent as possible,” Cirovski said.

“So he’s a day-by-day kind of situation. We don’t even know where he’ll be for Thursday.” letourneau@umdbk.com

sky said Sunday. “I think we gave what we could. Virginia’s a good team, but I don’t think we had our legs today. We were tired.”

The Terps have played top-five RPI teams six times, emerging with a 1-3-2 record. That mark, highlighted by a scoreless tie against Stanford in August, should help the Terps secure an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament.

But a grueling schedule has worn down the Terps this season.

Six games have gone into overtime this year, putting extra minutes on the legs of key players.

“The big thing right now is just resting up and going into the tournament confidently,” defender Lydia Hastings said. “We’ve shown we can beat the big teams. We had a bunch of huge games. Just get our legs back and get our confidence back and go into the tournament strong.”

The Terps viewed the quarterfinal match as a chance to avenge a 4-1 loss to the Cavaliers on Sept. 15 that opened ACC play. But with an appearance in Sunday’s ACC Tournament final now out of the question, the Terps find themselves with two weeks to prepare for something more significant than the ACC Tournament.

“We obviously aren’t happy right now,” O’Sullivan said, “but we have time to build as a team and prepare ourselves for the dance, so that’s what we’re going to do.” dgallen@umdbk.com

MESSIAH from page 8 offseason and apply it in a game situation.

Messiah enters the season as the favorite in the Commonwealth Conference, but the Division III squad should provide a relatively easy test for the Terps. The Terps likely won’t face much pressure from the Falcons, offering the hosts ample opportunities to gain valuable on-court experience.

“You don’t have the nerves and jitters,” Frese said.

“There’s a lot of ways to gauge where we’re at and see what we need to work on.”

Tonight’s game won’t have any long-term effects on the Terps’ season, which begins Nov. 11 against Loyola, but the game holds merit for the team nonetheless. More than seven months removed from their last official competition, a return to the court tonight will go a long way in preparing the Terps for when the score overhead does matter.

“We’re just looking to get comfortable on the floor,” forward Alyssa Thomas said. “It’s a good way to get our nerves out before the actual first game and just get a feel for each other in a game setting.”

The Terps have faced top-five RPI teams, including top-ranked Duke, six times total this season and in three straight games. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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CENTER from page 1 evolving technologies.

“The FDA is very interested in keeping abreast of cuttingedge technology that they currently need to regulate and will be regulating in the future,” Bentley said. “By engaging universities, they’re basically trying to be that much closer to what’s happening in the forefront.”

O’Shea said the center’s development of scientific and lab-based testing methods for drugs and medical devices

would help prevent unnecessary or premature clinical trials, which are complicated and expensive.

FDA officials chose this university, UMB and Georgetown as research hubs because of their close proximity to Washington, Bentley said. Additionally, the labs will encourage daily interaction between researchers at all three institutions.

“People at all three places will really be able to interact on a daily basis,” Bentley said.

Because the center spans a wide range of disciplines including chemistry, engineering, agriculture and business,

Bentley said a large number of faculty and students have a chance to get involved.

“We have some really outstanding students and research on this campus,” Bentley said. “The FDA recognizes that and wants to take advantage of that knowledge.”

Although the university already offers courses featuring FDA interaction with students, Bentley said the center would augment more courses, giving students a unique opportunity to take advantage of FDA expertise. FDA officials could not be reached for comment.

Officials said the partnership

“By engaging universities, they’re basically trying to be that much closer to what’s happening in the forefront.”

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is just one example of how this university is compatible with UMB — a discussion that has

dominated state higher education agendas for several months since officials began analyzing the possibility of merging the two institutions.

“Ways in which we can interact more and more suggest that the merger would be advantageous,” Bentley said.

O’Shea said because neither campus could host the center without the unique features of the other, sharing the center represents the types of projects the two campuses could take on together if merged.

“We’re like two pieces of a puzzle that together create a whole,” O’Shea said. “It’s a

perfect example of the kind of things we’ve been talking about for forming an alliance.”

And Bentley said being chosen to host this center confirms this university has the potential to directly influence people beyond the borders of this campus.

“This is recognition we’re making a difference,” Bentley said of the university being the center’s host. “[The FDA] wouldn’t do it unless the university was a place that’s cutting edge and has some unique things going on.” saravia@umdbk.com

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Sports

No separation at QB The Terps football team has both Danny O’Brien and C.J. Brown atop its latest two-deep. See more at TerrapinTrail.com.

MEN’S SOCCER | NOTEBOOK FOOTBALL

Loss to Tigers proves crucial for Terps, ACC Team refocused after road defeat; Lee’s status for Deacons uncertain

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

Running back Davin Meggett looks past defensive tackle A.J. Francis during the Terps’ game Saturday against Boston College. The Terps lost the muddy matchup, 28-17, for their fourth straight defeat. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Face value

The Terrapins men’s soccer team understands the repercussions, both short- and longterm, of its 2-1 loss at Clemson on Friday.

It will likely lose its No. 1 ranking when the new top-25 poll is released today, and the team’s chances of capturing the program’s 20th ACC regular-season title took a major hit.

But the heartbreak the Terps endured on a raindrenched night at Historic Riggs Field may have come at just the right time.

“We really haven’t been playing our brand of soccer

lately,” defender Taylor Kemp said Sunday. “We need to get back to what made us so successful at the start of the year.”

Since their 12-game unbeaten streak was broken in a 2-1 loss at Virginia on Oct. 7, the Terps have struggled to dominate games in their usual manner.

Outside of a rousing 4-2 win over Duke more than two weeks ago, their play has largely suffered as their offensive production has dipped.

The Terps notched just three shot attempts in the first half against unheralded Adelphi, were outshot at No. 4

see NOTEBOOK, page 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Exhibition begins Terps’ ’11-’12 slate Team hosts D-III Messiah tonight

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

At first glance, a preseason contest with Division III Messiah College doesn’t seem like much of one for the Terrapins women’s basketball team.

Coach Brenda Frese, however, knows better than to write her team’s first exhibition game off as a meaningless one. When the Terps take on the Falcons at Comcast Center tonight, the significance of the game will go far deeper than what will almost assuredly be a lop-

sided final score.

“Exhibitions are used just for that: to be able to prepare you for upcoming games and the upcoming season,” Frese said. “We’re going to utilize it for our rotations and where we see people as they fit.”

Though the Terps, ranked No. 11 in the AP preseason poll, have been practicing together for more than three weeks, tonight’s matchup with the Falcons will give the team its first chance to take what it’s worked on in the

see MESSIAH, page 7

Kicker Nick Ferrara walks to the sideline after missing a field goal Saturday. Ferrara and the Terps need to win their next four games, beginning Saturday against Virginia, to qualify for postseason play. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

With losses mounting and season slipping away from them, Terps admit year’s disappointments have begun to affect team morale

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

As an ever-growing sense of hopelessness continues to envelop the Terrapins football program, a longignored sense of frustration has begun to find its way into the team’s locker room.

After falling to the cellar of the ACC’s Atlantic Division with a fourth straight loss Saturday, the Terps now face the unenviable task of having to win their final four games to simply attain bowl eligibility. And for the first time this season, many of the players on hand afterward conceded that their struggles are starting to

ON THE BLOG Terps fans, the man responsible for the hire of first-year Terps football coach Randy Edsall has heard your gripes.

And he’s plenty disappointed, too.

In an email to fans yesterday, Athletic Director Kevin Anderson (right) wrote, “I can tell you that no one associated with our football program is satisfied with our overall record this season.”

For more on Anderson’s address, visit The Diamondback’s sports blog at TerrapinTrail.com.

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wear on the team’s morale.

“A little bit,” quarterback Danny O’Brien said when asked if the team was growing disheartened. “No one likes losing and it never gets easier and it sucks to lose consecutive games, but at the end of the day, the leaders of this team are going to have to really pull the guys up that are down, because when you lose, it just magnifies everything. Mistakes you make are that much bigger.

“We had really high expectations for this year, but we can’t get caught now looking back on what could have been because we still have four games left.”

O’Brien’s desperate message is a

far cry from the team’s mindset less than two months ago. An impressive season-opening win over Miami had the team confident it could thrust itself into the national limelight during coach Randy Edsall’s first season in College Park.

Now, they’re left sitting at 2-6, wondering where all that promise has gone.

To be sure, they’ve had personnel issues, including season-ending injuries to two of the team’s co-captains, linebacker Kenny Tate and guard Andrew Gonnella.

But the Terps never believed it

see MORALE, page 7

Coach Brenda Frese pumps her fist in Comcast Center during Maryland Madness on Oct. 14. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Terps’ early exit might not be all bad ACC Tournament loss offers break as NCAA Tournament nears

BY DANIEL GALLEN Staff writer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The disappointment in the Terrapins women’s soccer team was obvious following a 2-0 loss to No. 9 Virginia in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals Sunday.

As the team stretched on the field at Klockner Stadium, it did so in near silence. A few players whispered to each other and a few others laughed quietly at jokes, but the pall of the

recent loss hung clearly over the team.

Still, while the No. 16 Terps’ hopes of a first-ever ACC Tournament championship were dashed, the hope of an NCAA Tournament run remains, with a national championship as the ultimate goal. And Sunday’s loss, as much as the immediate aftermath pained them, could be beneficial in the long run.

“Coaches make the argument every year that the ACC Tournament is stupid sometimes,” midfielder Amy O’Sullivan said. “We

haven’t been one of those teams, but you play, and then you play again.”

Last season, the Terps lost on penalty kicks to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament final, a stinging defeat that was comforted only by the notion the team was perhaps playing its best soccer of the season heading into the NCAA Tournament.

But the Terps, after earning a No. 1 seed for the first time in program history, were ousted by Georgetown

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