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BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

In an effort to reward students who show up early for Terrapin men’s basketball games, the Athletics Depar tment has changed its student ticketing policy, granting students an extra loyalty point if they arrive at Comcast Center between 90 and 60 minutes prior to gametime.

The extra points will give an edge in priority for early arriving students who want to attend high-demand conference games against opponents such as Duke and North Carolina. The new system, which will go into effect Tuesday when the Terps host Indiana (Pa.) in their exhibition opener, drew sharp reactions from students.

Some said the policy will only

further encourage and possibly even reward scan-and-leavers — students who leave Comcast Center immediately after having their ticket scanned before games against less attractive opponents.

“I can see it making scanning and leaving worse,” said junior landscape architecture major Marty Handelman, who said he normally shows up at least 30

minutes before doors open for men’s basketball games. “I feel like there’s a lot of flawed logic.”

Senior Associate Athletics Director Brian Ullmann said the new policy is meant to reward those who show up an hour or more before gametime for their extra support.

“Obviously, our stance is that

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BY KRISTI TOUSIGNANT Senior staff writer

Sexy college students, talking ducks, awkward college freshmen and black brothers from inner-city Chicago may seem to have little in common, but all of these characters got their start in now-famous cartoons originally featured in The Diamondback.

Though cartoons in newspapers have become routine, cartoons did not debut in The Diamondback until more than 40 years after the newspaper began — in the 1950s — and even then, they were not regularly published strips.

The 1990s became a sort of “golden age” in Diamondback comics. At the time, there were three comic strips published daily, which gave rise to well-known comic artists Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows) and Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks). The cartoons appeared one after the other, building a legacy of clever, well-drawn cartoons in the newspaper that the cartoonists said helped shape their careers.

“The University of Maryland was the ultimate proving ground for cartoonists,” Kinney said. “You had a daily paper with a massive audience.”

Kinney drew the cartoon Igdoof for about two years during his time at the university, in addition to working as a graphics editor at The Diamondback.

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based on an exaggerated version of freshmen, or what Kinney described as “a freshman suffering from arrested development.”

After spending his freshman year at Villanova, Kinney transferred to the university and hoped to get his cartoon into the newspaper. The competition was tough then, and after a few semesters of rejection, Igdoof was finally published.

From there, the cartoon took over his life, Kinney said. He would start working on his comics at 1 a.m. because he couldn’t work until all his roommates went to bed. Often he wouldn’t finish until 5 or 6 a.m.

“I knew that I was writing for 30,000 people each day, so it became the priority for me,” Kinney said. “I put an unhealthy amount of time into the strip.”

After graduation, Kinney tried for three years to get Igdoof syndicated before trying a different approach — books. He settled on simpler drawings and created Diary of a

Prince George’s County Police are searching for a man who raped a female student in her offcampus home early yesterday morning.

At about 5:10 a.m., the suspect entered the 21year-old student’s residence in the 7500 block of Dickinson Avenue, where he sexually assaulted the student in her bed, according to police.

District 1 Assistant Commander Capt. Daniel Lipsey said the victim was asleep when the suspect entered the house. After she realized the man was assaulting her, Lipsey said, she screamed and the suspect fled.

Police are unsure of how the man entered the student’s home or where he went after he left.

Lipsey said investigators will continue to examine the residence for clues as the investigation continues.

The suspect was described as a Middle Eastern or Latino man with dark hair and dark eyes. He is of a small build and medium height. Police did not include an age range in their description.

“We’re operating on very limited information right now because it’s still early in the investigation,” Lipsey said.

This is the first sexual assault crime alert to be sent out this semester. Lipsey said he does not believe this sexual assault is connected to other similar cases in which a man — known as the College Park “Cuddler” — crawled into bed with his victims.

“The description we have does not match the other cases, but we are going to go back over those cases and see if there’s any similarities,” he said.

The last sexual assault reported in a crime alert was in February, when a man raped a student and left her stranded on a highway after picking her up in his car.

Regardless of how the assailant made his way into the victim’s house, Lipsey said students should be mindful of safe practices — even while at home.

“The Prince George’s County Police Department would like to remind residents to make sure all doors and windows are locked when going to bed and to utilize any outdoor lighting on the exteriors of houses and residences,” a county police press release read.

Anyone with more information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit at (301) 772-4908.

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Students mainly skeptical of new slogan, marketing effort

BY ANNA ISAACS Staff writer

For students, the university’s new catchphrase “Unstoppable Starts Here” has failed to launch.

As signs pop up in campus buildings and on buses two weeks into the campaign, students say the motto is corny, confusing and unrepresentative of the university’s spirit.

“I think it’s a silly slogan,” sophomore molecular biology major Brian Nickols said. “It’s two contradicting words in the same thing, and it’s not even remotely original or anything.”

The university kicked off the re-

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branding effort to emphasize academics and research, facets officials said “Fear the Turtle” failed to flaunt as the slogan has become more and more associated with athletics.

Perhaps because of a slow start to the campaign — the re-branding budget was scaled back from $1 million to the standard annual marketing budget of $250,000 — some students remain oblivious to the existence of the new slogan, which has just begun to appear on streetlight flags and banners.

“I’d never even heard of —

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Elections in College Park are legally non-partisan, but this year’s city council candidates in District 4 have informally divided themselves into two slates: incumbents and challengers.

Council members Mary Cook and Karen Hampton are asking voters to send them back to City Hall because of their experience and track records,

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while dismissing their challengers as uninformed newcomers. Denise Mitchell and Marcus Afzali insist that the incumbents are out of touch with the district, which includes most of western College Park.

In particular, Afzali, a 24-year-old government and politics graduate student, has stressed that he has learned a lot from going door to door

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‘Daylight’ in darkness Though they failed to sell out the Grand Ballroom Friday night, Matt and Kim’s performance as part of Student Entertainment Events’ HalloWeek turned the show into a preHalloween dance party.

Midway through the set, bandmember Matt Johnson offered to take off one garment of clothing after each song. He was matched by bandmate Kim Schifino and members of the audience, some who went so far as to take their pants off.

After the show, Johnson and Schifino both jumped into the audience where they were greeted by fans waiting for hugs and photos.

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SLOGAN from page 1 unstoppable what? I don’t even see how that’s relevant,” junior Arabic Studies major Mariam Obeidallah said.

Other students expressed nostalgia for “Fear the Turtle” as the university’s lead motto.

“I don’t think [the new slogan] really flows well,” sophomore biology major Jay Thierer said. “I’m a big fan of ‘Fear the Turtle.’”

Some other tongue-incheek catchphrases have appeared around the campus, touting specific assets of the university as part of the campaign, such as “FBI – CIA – NIH – FDA – OMG. The world’s resources are in our backyard,” which highlights the university’s strategic location.

“All of them tell stories in some way about ‘Unstoppable

Starts Here,’” Internet communications director Linda Martin said.

The campaign, though still in its beginning stages, hasn’t come without controversy.

One sign in the Stamp Student Union reads: “Ivy gives us a rash. World-class education: No powder blue sweaters or life-long debt,” an inflammatory phrase that Vice President for University Relations Brodie Remington said was never supposed to be used in the first place.

“We decided not to use that, so I’m surprised that it’s there,” Remington said last week. “So I trust it’s not there now, but if it is, it’s going to be down by the end of the day.”

As of publication, the sign was still in place.

“We produce dozens and dozens of those, and they’re all at some stage of a sort of draft, and out of dozens, we

may end up choosing three or four that seem to really work,” Remington added.

“We’re just in the process of sorting through all these possibilities.”

Martin defended the sign’s use, saying that it does not necessarily reference the Ivy League but rather a rivalry with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

“We’re not trashing anybody,” she said.

Meanwhile, students who have read the sign see it as one more failure on the part of the campaign and evidence of buying into col-

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“The Diamondback really taught me discipline,” Cho said. “A deadline is a deadline — you can’t miss it. So it really did kind of prepare me for the daily grind.”

Aaron McGruder first published his nationally known comic, The Boondocks, in The Diamondback. The strip follows two black brothers who move from inner-city Chicago to live with their grandfather in the suburbs. The cartoon is known for its commentar y on African-American culture, and has even spawned controversy when McGruder criticizes black leaders in the cartoon.

The comic was a nationwide syndicated column, and McGruder has published five books on the characters. The series was made into a TV series that premiered on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim in 2005.

After a dry spell following the ’90s, many students still at the university think of the comic strip Not From Concentrate as The Diamondback cartoon of this generation.

The cartoon, drawn by Thomas Dobrosielski, ran from the summer of 2006 through the summer of 2008 and most often used stick figures, but was never confined to the same characters. The cartoon featured a host of movie characters, actors and various pop culture references.

Dobrosielski eventually stopped drawing for the daily comic strip because he said he felt he was straining for ideas too often, and opted to focus on other things. But his cast of stick figure characters and penis jokes live on his website, which Dobrosielski hopes he can update more in the future.

“You want them all to be good, but sometimes you don’t meet your own standards,” Dobrosielski said. tousignant@umdbk.com

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Prompted by the worldwide financial crisis, the Smith School of Business is launching a new center today geared toward examining the causes of the meltdown and educating students about necessary policy reforms.

The Center for Financial Policy’s kick-off event will feature a series of speeches on executive compensation in the financial industry held in Washington.

Financial leaders, including Kenneth Feinberg, the government’s “Pay Czar,” will gather in the Ronald Reagan Building from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to discuss the need for reform in executive pay packages and the boundaries of the government’s role in regulating business incentives.

The event is the first step for the center, which will host a series of forums and run classes focusing on issues such as corporate governance and risk management. Officials said they hoped the center’s high caliber of faculty and proximity to the nation’s capital will allow it to become the go-to institution for financial policy advice. “[The crisis] fueled our incentive to start our center,” said center director and finance professor Lemma Senbet. “It reinforces the need of finance to go beyond the traditional and to go into the heart of what affects the general public ... to change the way we look at finance, the way we teach it and the way we practice it.”

The center will offer a pilot MBA class in the spring. An undergraduate fellows program on corporate governance is currently in design and is scheduled for next fall.

“There are plans to expand the reach of the center,” Managing Director Cliff Rossi said. “As the time goes on and we evolve, you will see new courses and topics.”

The center will also partner

with nearby institutions to conduct research and provide educational opportunities for students and faculty, Senbet said. Its research will focus on corporate governance, financial institutions and consumer finance, risk management, market design and emerging markets.

“Our prime goal is to provide leadership on critical financial issues for businesses, the government and academia,” Rossi said. “I would hope the center is the choice at the top of everyone’s list when they want to talk about financial policy issues.”

The first issue up for debate is executive compensation. The center chose the topic for its launch because of the government’s plan to regulate executive pay for companies that received bailout money and public outcry on large bonuses offered to failing companies, Rossi said.

More than 200 people had signed up to attend the opening event as of Thursday, a turnout Senbet said demonstrated the public’s interest in the issue.

“Executive compensation lies at the heart of the financial crisis,” Rossi said. “Executive compensation and the incentive structure is woefully out of touch with the type of risk management that we should want to promote.”

Rossi, who worked for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, said executive pay structures often encourage company leaders to focus on short-term gains rather than long-term stability.

The center will also study previous financial crises, such as the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s, and the potential causes of future crises.

“I can tell you after being in the business world for so long that it is never over,” Rossi said. “There is always another crisis. There is always going to be a periodic look at these financial institutions.”

lege rankings.

“I don’t really like it,” sophomore biochemistry major Eileen Chai said. “I think they should take a different approach, maybe say we’re unique and not just compare us to different schools.”

“I think it’s kind of slamming Ivy League education ... How do you really compare us to an Ivy League school?” senior microbiology major Chris Spence said. “I think it’s apples and oranges. It doesn’t really speak to me.”

Wimpy Kid, which follows the misadventures of middle schooler Gregor y Heffley. The first book was published in 2007 and now has four installments.

The fifth book and a live-action movie are due next year.

Despite all his success, Kinney said it all comes back to The Diamondback.

“I think The Diamondback is probably the best thing that ever happened to me,” Kinney said. “I made great friends and got exposure and experience. I have very fond memories of working there.”

Cartoonist Cho drew the comic strip University2 from 1994 to 1996 — shortly after Kinney’s Igdoof. Because Cho attended the University of Mar yland School of Nursing in Baltimore, he used to drive to College Park twice a week late at night after his nursing classes. At that time Kinney still worked as a late-night production manager at the newspaper. Cho said he would work on his cartoons late into the night.

“It was ver y low key, and I really didn’t know the popularity of the strip at all. At night, no one was around,” Cho said.

In 1996, Cho gathered up his comics into a book University2: The Angry Years and printed 2,000 copies of it. The book store at the Stamp Student Union held a book signing for it. When Cho showed up to find a line stretching around the building, he was shocked.

After graduation, Cho adapted University2 into Liberty Meadows — a syndicated strip — and wrote daily from 1997 to 2001.

Cho soon grew tired of the restrictive constraints of newspaper editors, quit his syndicated strip and started writing Liberty Meadows comic books.

“I was constantly fighting with editors ever y week,” Cho said.

“There are five topics you can’t touch in a family newspaper: sex, religion, drugs, violence and racial issues. I always hit upon those because it’s what makes me laugh. That’s the big key: Don’t write for an audience, just write for yourself.”

Soon after, Cho signed a deal with Mar vel comics — a dream he harbored since childhood — and has drawn comics for SpiderMan, The Hulk and The Avengers, among others.

Cho is also working with Sony to turn Liberty Meadows into an

“I always hit upon [taboo topics] because it’s what makes me laugh.

That’s the big key: Don’t write for an audience, just write for yourself.”

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In a culmination of efforts that began in September, UMD for Clean Energy, an environmental activist group at the university, is organizing a march of student voters committed to green policies to the College Park City Council election polls at city hall tomorrow.

The Green March to the Vote begins at 5 p.m. at the sundial on McKeldin Mall and will feature a speech by alumnus Davey Rogner, a founding member of the group.

Following Rogner’s speech, students will march down to the city hall in green shirts and green hard hats, while carrying wooden wind turbines.

Since the beginning of the semester, the group has been forming a Green for College Park campaign centered on an energy loan fund, a pool of money to be lent out to residents to make energy-efficient upgrades in their homes.

They have also held discussions with council candidates to determine their stance on environmental issues and encouraged students to vote in the elections.

“We phone banked everyone that we registered to vote as well as students who were already registered or signed up that they wanted to vote,” said UMD for Clean Energy Campaign Coordinator Matt Dernoga, a Diamondback columnist. “We’ve also been given some names of residents who live in College Park by environmental organizations, and we have been reaching out to them.”

Dernoga said they have also manned information tables and had speakers come to educate the group and university community about going green. The group has also reached out to other environmental and activist groups at the university about the cause.

The campaign, while formed around the loan fund, also deals with the state Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, a law passed this spring that aims to create green jobs and promote clean energy.

The group believes that more funding will go to cities and counties who are leaders in environmental

policies, and they want College Park to be at the forefront of the green movement.

“Our campaign is aimed at getting the ball rolling,” Dernoga said. “A big aspect is a greater partnership between city and university. We have one of the greatest universities in the country sitting right in the city, and the opportunities of collaboration on alternative energy research and bringing in a green business economic incubator are tremendous.”

Laura Calabrese, UMD for Clean Energy’s organizational director, named the fund and tax cuts for green businesses as ways to make College Park more attractive for green investments.

“The biggest thing we need is the loan fund idea,” Calabrese said. “If residents are being more energy efficient and if there’s a market for [retrofitting houses], it will bring more businesses that do that here.”

The group endorsed seven candidates last week: Andy Fellows for mayor, Patrick Wojahn and Fazlul Kabir in District 1, Stephanie Stullich and Mark Cook in District 3 and Marcus Afzali and Mary Cook in District 4. They did not endorse any candidates for District 2.

“One thing that I’ve learned is that it’s a hundred times easier when the officials in office see your point of view on the issues that you’re advocating for,” Dernoga said. “If not, it takes a huge grassroots hurdle to get them to see, but if you elect the right candidates, then you stand a much better chance to see what you want to happen done.”

Calabrese said the group went through their whole platform with candidates to gauge where they stood on issues.

“The way we did it was who would make a good leader and who had the most know-how about how to make these things happen,” Calabrese said. “We’re not trying to tell anyone they shouldn’t vote for anyone else, but we wanted to showcase the people who seem to be the biggest leaders and who will push to make these things happen.” dcetrone@umdbk.com

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from page 1 in the neighborhoods, and criticized the incumbents for failing to do the same. At a crowded candidates forum last month in College Park Woods, nearly every attendee said Afzali had spoken to them about city issues; none said Hampton or Cook had knocked on their doors to ask their opinions.

“I’ve talked to more people in this district over the last two months than they have over the last eight years,” Afzali said, referencing Cook and Hampton’s combined service.

“I already know the wants and needs of the district more than they do.”

Afzali, who grew up in College Park, said he is running for office because he “[loves] this city” and is dissatisfied with Cook’s and Hampton’s recent votes against rent stabilization and funding full-time contract police officers.

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talked to anyone in the district about it,” he said.

But Cook is highly skeptical of Afzali’s candidacy, pointing out he has little experience in the city’s government and rents rather than owns a home here.

“Do [voters] want somebody who has no experience, who isn’t stable within the community, who hasn’t shown any dedication?” she asked. “Even though [Afzali] may have discussed a lot of issues with people, he does-

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n’t have any firsthand experience. ... It’s one thing to knock on doors and talk to people — it’s another thing to put in a lot of time.”

Before Cook, a 53-year-old academic adviser at Prince George’s County Community College, first ran for city council in a January 2007 special election, she was active in citizens’ associations and city committees. She now argues Afzali should do the same.

Doing so would give him a better understanding of how the city works and demonstrate more commitment to the community, she said.

Although Afzali’s student status may seem to give Cook’s questioning more validity, he has taken great strides to emphasize he’s not a “student candidate.” His policy positions seem to back that up: He is advocating steeper fines and penalties for noise violations and backs a rent control policy that would discourage landlords from renting College Park’s homes to groups of students.

His outreach work with the Maryland Democratic Party during the 2008 campaign season and his studies in government and politics also make him qualified to serve on the city council, he said.

But Afzali’s experiences may not be sufficient. Cook says she only “learned the ropes” of the council during her current two-year term, changing from one of the quietest council members to one of the most outspoken and casting more dissenting votes than most of her colleagues.

She even considered challenging unopposed mayoral candidate Andy Fellows, largely because of Fellows’ friendship with Mayor Steve Brayman.

Hampton is also looking forward to working with a different mayor.

“There’s a lot of things I haven’t been able to accomplish, and I want to be able to do so under a new mayor,” she said.

Hampton, a council member since 2002, said Brayman stifles discussion and discourages her from speaking out at council meetings — and she rarely does.

“I call it a strategic move.

You know when I speak people are going to listen, because I rarely speak,” said Hampton, the human resources manager for Takoma Park. “Do I feel like I’ll be speaking a little bit more under a new mayor?

Yes, I do. ... I’ll be more willing to debate and go back and forth on some issues.”

Both councilwomen shrugged off accusations that they’re out of touch.

They attend civic association meetings and periodically distribute newsletters throughout their neighborhoods, they said.

In response to Afzali’s complaints about the votes she and Cook cast on public safety and rent control, Hampton said they were based on commu-

nity feedback and experience on the city council.

District 4 residents had expressed opposition to a plan to spend $500,000 a year to hire three full-time police officers to complement an existing setup of cheaper part-time officers. Cook and Hampton said their constituents needed more evidence that those officers were worth the money, not that they were opposed to police.

Hampton said the rent control legislation she and Cook voted against had too high of a rent cap to accomplish anything or to solve the neighborhood’s problems and that the law had been designed to expire this year anyway as more student housing was built on Route 1.

Hampton, 42, described her priorities for the next term as a council member as carefully evaluating any city spending and reaching out more to College Park’s senior citizens. She has also said she does a lot of behind-thescenes work — meeting with various officials outside the city and working with her College Park Woods neighbors — and would continue this into her next term.

But Mitchell said District 4 shouldn’t keep waiting and shouldn’t limit itself to experienced incumbents.

“I don’t think you have to have experience. You have to have the eagerness and determination to find out the knowledge,” Mitchell said.

“That’s giving 110 percent back to your community.

You have to have that by having a pulse of what’s going on in your community.”

Like Afzali, Mitchell said during this campaign she’s been learning a lot about the residents in a community she’s lived in for 35 years, and she said Cook and Hampton don’t appear as concerned with noise issues as most of her neighbors are.

Mitchell, 46, proposed regular focus groups with residents for the council to stay more in touch with community concerns.

She said she has some experience with city government as the chair of its Education Advisory Committee.

She is also a board member of the West College Park Civic Association.

Mitchell hasn’t run for public office before in her decades as a city resident. But she said what she sees as the lack of “presence” from the incumbents in the community spurred her to action; she hopes voters will recognize what she would offer them.

“Yes, I am a new face in the city of College Park, a new person who’s trying to provide leadership to the city council.

People need to take a chance on change,” Mitchell said.

“Some people have a fear of change. That is human. But I have the commitment.” bholt@umdbk.com

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he College Park City Council is far from the world’s most powerful body. Stacey Baca, who ran a campaign focused on K-12 education. The race wasn’t In the past, it has been compared to a smaller animal, battling against the decided until after election night, and the incumbents each won by less than a 800-pound gorillas of the university, Prince George’s County and the dozen votes.

This year, their challenger is Bob Weber, a landlord who lives in the city, and he state government. The city has a budget of less than one tenth of the university’s. For development projects and liquor licenses, all it can do is recommend promises he will bring a new perspective to the council affairs. This would definitely things to the county. The county usually listens, but the decision is ultimately out of be true in one way — the council is, at times, vehemently anti-landlord. But Weber seems to be short on actual ideas to go along with the change he promises. the council’s hands.

Perry, meanwhile, is as curmudgeonly as ever. He has lived But the body still does have control over a wide variety of stuin the city for four decades, and for half of that, he has served dent concerns. They will be able to influence the design and as the council’s resident gadfly. His persistent questioning durconstruction of the new student housing complexes being built The Diamondback ing meetings and overall demeanor can aggravate his colalong Route 1. They have control over the enforcement of city endorses Bob Catlin in leagues, many of whom do little to hide their disdain. code, including noise violations, the bane of any student who It’s difficult to imagine the council without Perry. As blunt as rents a house in College Park. The council funds the city’s conthe District 2 city he is, he forces other members, including Mayor Steve Braytract police program, which has significantly improved public council race. man, to explain and defend positions that might otherwise go safety. And those devilish parking meters in the College Park unquestioned.

Shopping Center? Operated by the city.

But Perry has taken too many retrograde positions to earn our vote. He embarSo while the council may seem to be a distant body, it can have a profound impact on student lives. Who serves on it for the next two years could change the way stu- rassed the city by pushing for English to become College Park’s official language, drawing national scorn. His fiscal conservatism is useful, but too many other coundents live.

The Diamondback traditionally does not endorse candidates in District 1, the cil members place an emphasis on this for his departure not to matter.

Catlin is the one no-brainer. He’s a council member’s council member. He is pragcity’s northernmost region, because of the relatively low number of students who live there. We will continue that tradition. But it is worth noting that Patrick Wojahn, matic, and as a retired economist provides fiscal expertise and has enough time to a civil rights lawyer who was elected in 2007, has distinguished himself during his go to meetings across the state where the council’s presence is required. He supfirst two years on the council by pushing environmental initiatives and voting prag- ports smart development, has advocated for student housing on Route 1 and seems to be the council’s intellectual core. He knows the city’s history and isn’t afraid to matically. Endorsements in District 3 and 4 will come tomorrow.

Today, we consider District 2, where voters have to choose between two long- tackle complex issues.

This leaves one last question: Perry or Weber? Or a blank space on the ballot? time incumbents and a relative newcomer. Bob Catlin has been on the council since 1998, and Jack Perry has served on the council for 22 years, which is longer than We’re not sure. But for tomorrow’s City Council elections, The Diamondback most undergraduates have been alive. Both received a scare two years ago from endorses Robert T. Catlin in District 2.

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Class difficulty: Not much motivation

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ive packets of instant coffee?

Check. Midnight Ramen bowl? Check. Textbooks, notebooks and recorder?

Check, check and check. Looks like I’m ready to embark on yet another study marathon! I’ve long given up on trying to cover up those dark circles under my eyes and am now used to pulling out a white hair or two every couple of weeks.

Normally, only a combination of coffee and super sweet Very Vanilla Soy Milk can rouse me from my morning stupor. But when I picked up last Friday’s issue of The Diamondback, one of the headlines jumped out at me and prodded me awake.

“Provost aims to raise courses’ difficulty” — wait, what? I’m going through a daily ritual of re-copying notes, doing practice problems, memorizing the properties of random organic molecules, learning way more about plants

ANGELINA

SHE than I ever thought humanly possible, and the university now wants to up the “academic ante”?

I was utterly disappointed by the provost’s idea of “show[ing] favor to departments making advancements in rigor” when it comes to funding. What about departments in which the standards are arguably already set high enough? Speaking from my own experiences, I honestly don’t think a majority of organic chemistry students would say they wish the material were more challenging.

It’s too much of a generalization to say that all 13 colleges require more

academic rigor. Perhaps some majors and departments are facing an influx of students brighter than the previous generation and do require an academic facelift. Yet I personally don’t see dozens upon dozens of chemistry or biology geniuses filling up the lecture halls in my classes wishing the teacher would pick up the pace and go more indepth. I don’t know who The Princeton Review surveyed, but the majority of students I’ve met do study diligently and work hard — even if they don’t seem to or want to admit it.

Besides increasing academic rigor, much smaller aspects could be improved to create a better environment to motivate students to study. For instance, it would be really convenient if McKeldin had an outlet around every single study desk. It’d be even better if the library could make sure that group study rooms are not being monopolized by a single student for hours at a

time or if the number of group study rooms increased altogether. These are ideas that could be incorporated into the library’s current redesign. And making the Wi-Fi more reliable would be great, too. The Wi-Fi in my hall gets spotty, laggy or refuses to work altogether several times every week, to the immense frustration of students who need to access WebAssign or Blackboard. Perhaps these small yet critical issues should be addressed before the university attempts this proposal as a way to boost our rankings and academic reputation.

If the plan to increase academic standards for all colleges really does happen, the only thing unstoppable at the university will be coffee machines and nights of sleep deprivation.

Angelina She is a freshman neurobiology and physiology major. She can be reached at she@umdbk.com.

Costumes: Revealing in more ways than one

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ome people have Halloween costumes down to a tee.

Take my friend Eric, for instance. You could send him into any second-hand store in the D.C. metro area, and he would resurface in 10 minutes looking like a peewee football coach from 1985, complete with a trucker’s hat, aviators and the necessary velour track jacket name-tagged “Coach Holton,” a costume he debuted last year.

When I saw him walk into class in violently orange windbreaker pants last week, I knew we were in for another treat. I rolled my eyes and asked the necessary question: “What are you being for Halloween?”

Eric was seemingly shocked that I could have pasted together “Halloween costume” and “orange jumpsuit pants.”

“Well, I’ve decided to change it up this year. I’m being Geoff,” he said matter-of-factly.

I stared blankly. “Your goldfish?”

Then there are costumers like my friend Aishat, who rely on the cute factor. If it doesn’t drop jaws, then it’s a lame costume.

Aishat’s costume this year, which she had been planning since September, started with a stark, boxy university-issued lab coat that, by Oct. 31, had turned into a sexy surgeon’s outfit.

And then there’s me and my roommate Jen, who wait until the very last minute to pull together something presentable and find ourselves scouring friends’ closets and Value Village at 5 p.m. on Oct. 30, if we’re lucky.

The two of us have a matching tradition, which has arisen over the past three years, meaning whatever costume idea we decide upon must have room for two.

Two years ago we were ’80s girls, courtesy of my mom pack-ratting away some flamboyant windbreakers.

Last year we were cowgirls, courtesy of Jen’s summer visit to Texas. This year, we were at a loss.

RACHEL

HARE Halloween is one of the most important holidays on a college campus: It can solidify your reputation as the Mean Girls “skimpy lingerie and animal ears” stereotype, the normal “three-hole-punch Jim” guy, the pretty girl who can turn a lab coat into a sexy surgeon or the hilarious Halloween stuntman who can piece together “Coach Holton” at Goodwill.

As things began to come down to the wire last week, Jen and I ran our best idea by Aishat for approval.

“Lumberjacks?” she asked, flabbergasted. “So you’re going to wear oversized flannel shirts and work boots?”

“Well, we have to look legit.”

“But it’s not cute.”

In our defense, we weren’t going into D.C.; we weren’t even going to a bar in College Park. We were supposed to go to a friend’s party in the University View. How cute did she expect us to look?

“It’s Halloween — you have to look cute,” Aishat responded, obviously frustrated, and proceeded to show us some examples of “cute” lumberjills, wielding axes in cutoffs and low-cut plaid shirts.

Halloween is a tricky holiday. A costume is meant as a disguise, but in many ways, you are what you pretend to be on Halloween. Whether you like it or not, your Halloween costume says a lot about you.

So if you weren’t happy with what this year’s costume had to say, just remember: You have 363 more days to prepare for Halloween 2010.

Rachel Hare is a senior French and journalism major. She can be reached at hare@umdbk.com.

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pproximately 17,800 people were homeless in Washington at some point during 2008. On an average day, 6,044 had no place to stay.

This is one of the highest homelessness rates in the country.

Community of Hope, a transitional housing facility for families, is an organization that gives homeless families the option to live somewhere other than on the streets. Transitional housing is different from a homeless shelter, as the facility’s intent is to teach and help bolster families into being self-sufficient.

Community of Hope provides families with year-round housing in apartments that include their own kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms.

They also receive health care services, educational opportunities and mental health services. This non-traditional, holistic approach helps them start a new life. Last year, 89 percent of families were able to move out into a stable home, and 94 percent of the children advanced to the next grade in school.

We at Project Humyn volunteer at one of the three facilities at least once a week. Through our experience with Community of Hope, we have seen the enormous positive change it has had on families in need by giving them the opportunities to succeed everyone deserves. One such success story involves a single mother and her son with whom we formed a strong bond. They were able to overcome extreme hardships, including the mother’s drug use and homelessness. As a result of the services that were offered through Community of Hope, the son is able to attend a highly regarded private school until he graduates from high school, the mother successfully recovered from her substance abuse, and they were both able to move out of Community of Hope and into their own home.

However, Community of Hope may soon have to shut down one of their apartment complexes. This is a result of $20 million in cuts to Washington’s homeless services budget. This complex contains 20 families, which is more than 10 percent of the city’s capacity for temporary housing for families in need. This would be a devastating loss not only for the families currently living there, because they will have no other place to go, but also for the 2,000 families who seek shelter every year in Washington.

Community of Hope is one of the only facilities in the area that provides comprehensive care for families.

Only 11 percent of the families that applied in 2006 were placed in family housing. This is not only a problem for Community of Hope but for all of Washington’s shelters. They each have to cut their budgets by at least 30 percent. With the current economic downturn increasing rates of unemployment and driving up the number of homeless people, this budget cut could not come at a worse time.

There is a way that we all can help.

Today, we will be calling Washington’s mayor to ask him to restore funding for homeless services. Let’s not let him think that his budget cut went unnoticed. If we constantly flood his office with phone calls throughout the entire day, he will have to pay attention to the concerns of Washington’s people. We sincerely ask that you take a minute out of your day to help make thousands of lives better. City Administrator Dan Tangherlini can be reached at (202) 478-9200.

Matthew Mora is a senior government and politics major and the co-president of the university’s Project Humyn. He can be reached at mmora06@umd.edu.

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orn today, you know how to wait for the good things to happen, and how to maximize your gains even in those situations that prove too much for others. You are adept at making plans, and even more at putting them into motion; once you take a step forward, it is virtually guaranteed that you will continue on the journey until you have reached your destination, no matter what obstacles may stand in your way. Friends and enemies alike admire your tenacity and spunk — and your ability to see beyond the crowded landscape to a clear and bright future. You can be rather stubborn, but this can work for you as well as against you.

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You work hard, certainly, but you know how to play just as hard — and you can be fiercely competitive. You know how to have fun, however, and you never let a race become a breeding ground for ill feelings. You are gracious and graceful winner — and a good loser, too.

Also born on this date are Shere Hite, author and researcher; Ann Rutherford, actress; Marie Antoinette, French queen; k.d. lang, singer; Stefanie Powers, actress; Burt Lancaster, actor; Daniel Boone, frontiersman.

you’re after, you’re going to have to ask some of the hard questions yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — The exchange of facts and figures can serve you well, provided you are willing to move on what you learn as soon as you can.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Hesitation can be quite dangerous; you’ll want to move swiftly toward your stated goals, and avoid any kind of serious distraction.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may be feeling rather overwhelmed by the volume of work that is facing you at this time.

Take things one by one and step by step.

ARIES (March 21-Aprli 19) — A friend or family member is likely to open your eyes to a new possibility that brings with it the potential for lasting success.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may not be in touch with someone who has played a key role in your affairs in the past,

but it is a good day to reach out.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The best thing you can do when others are becoming overly emotional is to remain calm and exert only gentle pressure.

Don’t get aggressive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’re in for quite a time of it if you continue along your current path. At least one obstacle is likely to be remembered forever.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Doing something the easy way may seem like the smart thing to do, but in fact the best results come from doing it right — even though it’s hard.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t get all wrapped up in the affairs of those who are taking things far too personally. Keep your distance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may not be taking things as seriously as you are supposed to at this time, but at least you’ll be enjoying yourself.

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ISLANDS Is pink really so pretty? Islands may have been asking themselves that question after spending a couple weeks opening for Happy Mondays and The Psychedelic Furs, who wrote the classic “Pretty in Pink.”

For the Montreal-born indie rock band, touring as an opener for the two throwback ’80s acts was not an ideal way to tour, especially considering how the band’s part in the tour was only due to a booking convenience, not a personal invitation from the headliners.

Islands frontman Nick Diamonds (real name: Nicholas Thorburn) cited the early set times and lack of Islands fans as downfalls of the tour.

But with the same can-do, independent attitude that got the band through the nostalgia tour, Islands will be bringing the band’s headlining act to the Gspot in Baltimore tonight.

“It’ll be good to get our own shows because it’s way more fun,” Diamonds said at the onset of Islands’ headlining tour. “Now, we get to have a good time. It’s been whatever up to this point. It wasn’t like either band knew who we were.”

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Most one-man bands aren’t like Liam Finn. Finn is a small New Zealander who runs from instrument to instrument on stage, pounding out a beat on his drum kit, recording it for a loop and then hopping to his guitar and vocal mic.

Although Finn is now joined on tour by Eliza-Jane Barnes on vocals and other instruments, Finn is the one playing multiple guitar parts at the same time and still playing surprisingly attention-grabbing drum parts — all while singing his sweetly melodic pop-rock songs.

Finn’s trick in the live setting is looping by recording a part and then playing it back repeatedly.

Finn and Barnes will be back in the area with their loop-centric show at the Rock N Roll Hotel tomorrow, touring in support of a new EP, Champagne in Seashells.

With a 2008 solo album, I’ll Be Lightning, out under his own name, Finn decided to shine a bit more light on Barnes, whose name joins him on the EP’s artist credits and on the pair’s current headlining tour.

“I guess it’s because we’ve been playing together for the last few years, and she’d become such a big part of the live show and such a big part of the dynamic that we formed,” Finn said about adding Barnes’ name to the bill. “I wanted to make an EP that documented that as well as get to write some songs for a female voice and such. It was a lot more of a collaborative thing, and I wanted to make it feel more like a band than just a solo project.”

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missing the most about performing just on my own,” Finn said. “Not having the harmonies, and not having someone to bounce off of onstage. It’s great seeing someone perform on their own, but it’s a different experience when the energy is being reciprocated from someone else onstage. It’s more interest-

out Champagne in Seashells and her contributions make for a more confident and assertive record — a contrast to the coziness and comfort found in I’ll Be Lightning. The newly reorganized partnership should only increase the potential for entertainment at the show.

“I think that was the thing I was

ing to watch, in my opinion.”

Finn and Barnes both grew up as children of famous musicians.

Finn’s father Neil is the frontman of Crowded House and Barnes’ dad is a popular Australian rock vocalist.

“I guess it’s just always been there, and it’s always been most of the time an enjoyable thing to do,” Finn said about music. “I definitely think over the last 10 years I’ve found how to make it the most enjoyable as well and not let it stress me out. It is a passion, and I feel really lucky to have made a career out of a passion that also has its times of stress and anxiety.

But I think it’s all about learning how to keep yourself happy and make the most of it.”

Finn says that being on the road is hard and that maintaining his happiness means making sure each show he delivers is a fulfilling one.

“You do so much driving, and you’re always away from home,” he said. “You never really have a home and that can be kind of unsettling. But the one hour that you play at the end of the day really makes it feel worth it, so you’ve really got to make sure that that part of it is fun and that you enjoy who you’re making music with and who you surround yourself with.

I’m really lucky to have Eliza-Jane.

And my oldest friend in the world, Sam, is my tour manager, so I’ve really got good sorts of people around me.”

Liam Finn and Eliza-Jane Barnes will play at the Rock N Roll Hotel tomorrow. Doors are 8 p.m.

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VIRGINIA from page 8

Coach Sasho Cirovski and a Terp trainer check on goalkeeper Zac MacMath after MacMath was hit in the face during a collision in the Terps’ 0-0 draw with Virginia on Saturday night. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

feet-first into goalkeeper Zac MacMath inside a crowded box, getting MacMath with “one cleat to the head and one cleat to the chest,” according to Cirovski.

The tackle alone merited an ejection for Barlow, but the ensuing scuffle between the two teams prompted Gonzalez to also issue Terp for ward Billy Cortes a red card.

A total of five players have now been ejected in the past two Terps-Cavaliers contests.

“It’s Maryland-Virginia, so the atmosphere’s always going to be tense,” midfielder Drew Yates said. “Every time we’ve played Virginia, it’s been like that.”

As play opened up in the second half, neither team could find a groove offensively.

In a role reversal, Townsend found himself expected to carry the attack up top after Herrick went down with a hip injury early in the second half.

“When he was out of the game, we stalled for a little while,” Cirovski said. “It took us a little while for us to get a little bit of a rhythm.”

TICKETS from page 1 we don’t want people to scan and leave,” Ullmann said. “We hope that there’s not students who take advantage of it. But we really want to reward the fans, and it’s much harder to penalize those who scan and leave.

There’s no good, easy answer to that. ... We just want our students there, watching the whole game and having fun.”

Ullmann said there will be no more designated entry times for games through winter break.

The department will evaluate the system before spring semester and decide whether to continue

STANFORD from page 8

Coach Brian Pensky and the Terps couldn’t figure out how to score against the Tar Heels yesterday at Ludwig Field. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

UNC from page 8 Tar Heel defender Rachel Givan sent a corner kick toward midfielder Maria Lubrano, who headed the ball toward the far left post in the seventh minute.

“I take full responsibility for that goal. It wasn’t the defense’s fault at all,” Casey said.

“There’s no need to panic, but it’s something we need to address. We have to be sharp at the beginning and all the way through.”

Even though North Carolina (14-3-1, 7-3) pressured the Terp defense the rest of the afternoon, en route to 22 total shots and 11 on goal, Casey shut them down for the rest of the game.

“Games like this, you just want to compete and last as long as you can and put yourself in a position to win,” coach Brian Pensky said.

“Seven minutes in, we’re already playing from behind. But it took some edge off our team and that’s when we started to get after them a little bit more.”

For only the third time all season, the Terps were held to fewer than 10 shots as the Tar Heels had possession most of the game. In the limited times the Terps did have space, North Carolina closed fast. Even forward Jasmyne Spencer, who has outsprinted almost every defense this season, was chased down during a breakaway.

After scoring 16 goals in a six-game confer-

ence stretch from Oct. 4 to Oct 22, the Terp offense was held to one goal in their final two matches.

“We can’t get down,” Pensky said. “We can’t think about that at all. Our body of work is a lot to be proud of.”

Allowing just one goal to North Carolina, who beat No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 Notre Dame by a combined total of 13-2 earlier this season, was a positive for Casey and the Terps.

Coupled with their 3-1 loss to Wake Forest on Thursday, the Terps finished the regular season on a particularly low note — a departure from its early success. The team, which was in contention for a No. 1 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament, finished the regular season in a three-way tie for sixth in the conference.

The Terps’ opponent in the upcoming ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C., will be announced today. The team is scheduled to play their first tournament game on Wednesday.

For seniors Casey, Brittany Cummins, Maureen Dowling and Megan Watson, there was a different feel around this game than past senior nights.

“It’s exciting to play together and be honored, but it’s not as emotional as the ones before because we know we still have games remaining,” Cummins said. “We’re ready to continue this season and get past these losses.” eckard@umdbk.com

difficult angle to the left of the goal. Stanford also intercepted the ball and created its own opportunities — they tied the match seven minutes after Thomas’ corner goal with one of its own.

The Terps quickly recaptured momentum. Thomas scored again off a penalty corner with less than 15 minutes left in the first half. Three minutes later, forward Katie O’Donnell put the ball in the net.

Stanford did score again off a corner before the half ended, narrowing the Terp lead to 3-2 at the intermission, but that shot would be Stanford’s last

SCRIMMAGE from page 8 inside led to a quick lesson from Gary Williams when Padgett was unhappy about being called for a block after taking a hard hit under the basket. Before the free throws, Williams made sure everyone on the team understood what it takes to draw an offensive foul.

Last week, Guard Greivis Vasquez, fresh off being named to the watch list for the Naismith Award, given to the country’s top player, led all players with 30 points.

After long-distance bids from midfielder Kaoru Forbess and defender Taylor Kemp went wide late in the second half, two exhausted teams lined up in overtime to play even longer.

Townsend’s close-range strike off a rebound from Cavalier goalkeeper Diego Restrepo could have ended it in the 96th minute, but another superb save from Restrepo kept the wear y sides battling.

A later shot from midfielder Matt Kassel that hit the far post in the second overtime kept the Terps off the scoreboard for the second straight game.

“A tie right now is not the end of the world, but I felt like we had enough opportunities to win this game,” Cirovski said.

A week of rest might have kept the Terps going in overtime, but the extra 20 minutes playing a man down didn’t do any favors for their aches and pains.

Trainer Sean O’Keefe was the busiest man afterward, scurrying about with ice packs and athletic tape.

“We took a step this week, but this game took its toll,” Cirovski said. shaffer@umdbk.com

it during the ACC season.

The loyalty system is used to determine priority for ticketing.

Students in the top 25 percent in points of those who request tickets to a game are guaranteed tickets, while the remaining requests are put into a lottery system where students’ chances are weighed by point totals.

Sophomore civil engineering major Andy Pender said the new system could actually help curb the problem of scan-and-leavers, since fans who show up an hour before tipoff are typically too invested in the team to leave.

“There’s a bunch of people who just show up right on time, get in and leave,” Pender said.

Others were wary of the

for 36 minutes.

Three minutes into the second half, forward Katie O’Donnell scored off a rebounded shot, becoming the all-time career points leader in program history. Within 10 minutes, the Terps had stretched their slight advantage to a four-goal lead.

Stanford goalie Alessandra Moss had 12 saves, including eight in the second half. But the Terps overwhelmed her with 31 shot opportunities in the match. The dogged Terp defense, on the other hand, prevented Stanford from taking any more shots until the final minutes of the match.

When time expired, all the Terps went onto the field to celebrate the seniors, who contributed a combined three

Vasquez added some flash to the team’s blue-collar effort with a nifty fake pass-and-finish to score around Jin Soo Choi in transition and a shimmy after knocking down a second-half three.

But afterward, the senior agreed with Gary Williams’ criticism of the team’s quick trigger on offense, saying the team took some “horrible” shots early on.

“We’ve got so many good guys, sometimes we just want to shine and do our things,” Vasquez said. “But it’s still early; we’re still working.”

After getting a look at 12 of the team’s 13 players — cen-

change for other reasons.

“I already commit a lot of time for going to men’s basketball games, and I go and it’s intense and I have a great time,” said sophomore English and Journalism major Sam Nassau. “But I don’t know if I really want to commit an extra hour just to sit around and do nothing.”

Ullmann said the department will reconsider if the new policy isn’t working, but the goal of getting students to the games earlier will remain.

“I think the team really gets a bump from seeing a full student section when they’re out there warming up,” Ullmann said. akraut@umdbk.com

goals and four assists in the game.

Even the seniors, though, gave themselves little time to bask in the success of the undefeated regular season.

Instead, they said they plan to refocus for the postseason, which begins Friday at the ACC Tournament in Charlottesville, Va. The Terps said the season means little without a National Championship to top it off.

The perfect season is “pretty cool,” Thomas said. “But if I had to choose between that and a National Championship, I’d take the National Championship every time, so we’ve got to stay undefeated now.” kyanchulis@umdbk.com

ter Steve Goins sat out with a knee injury — in the fastpaced scrimmage, Gary Williams said he’s ready to start forming his early-season nine-man rotation.

That starts with tomorrow’s exhibition, which will finally give a group eager to build off last season’s late success the chance to showcase that intensity to someone other than themselves.

“We’re definitely in game shape right now,” Milbourne said. “We’re just ready to get some new guys in here and play against some new people.” edetweiler@umdbk.com

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Intensity picks up in Terps’ last open scrimmage before Tuesday

Casey’s effort not enough for women’s soccer vs. UNC Senior goalie, Terps can’t avoid 1-0 loss in finale

BY CHRIS ECKARD Staff writer

After a grueling 90 minutes in which she blocked shot after shot and commanded her team, Terrapin women’s soccer goalkeeper Mary Casey was covered with mud.

The senior’s jersey, originally gray, was now a murky brown, and her knees were scraped and battered.

During her final regular season game at Ludwig Field, Casey did all she could to will

the Terps to victory. The only problem was they were playing North Carolina.

Despite a season-high nine saves, Casey’s performance was undermined by a 1-0 win by the Tar Heels. For the first time since 2004, the Terps (12-4-2, 4-4-2 ACC) held North Carolina to one goal, but they couldn’t find the net themselves.

For the second consecutive game, the Terps allowed a goal in the first 10 minutes.

see UNC, page 7

Freshman big men make progress as exhibition nears North Carolina contained speedy forward Jasmyne Spencer in the Terps’ 1-0 loss yesterday afternoon. The Terps will head to the ACC Tournament on Wednesday. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

In a season of leaps forward offset by small steps back, Saturday’s 0-0 tie may have been the most appropriate result for the No. 6 Terrapin men’s soccer team.

They had one week to prepare for No. 10 Virginia. They finally had forward Casey Townsend back in the lineup. And, for a fleeting moment, they had the Cavaliers ready to play down a man for more than a half.

Ultimately, none of it mattered. The Terps (10-4-2, 4-2-2 ACC) squandered chance after chance in a rainsoaked contest to take down the Cavaliers (10-3-2, 33-1) and put even more pressure on ACC rivals North Carolina and Wake Forest in the ACC regular season title race.

“I thought it was a strange game,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “We played some pretty good soccer and had some decent rhythm to the game, but it was pretty clear that Virginia was willing to settle for a tie.”

With the result, the Terps now sit atop the conference leader board with their league slate finished.

The Demon Deacons and Tar Heels each have one more game though, and a win by either would bump the Terps from the top spot.

Boston College’s win over Wake Forest Friday night meant the Terps could have secured at least second place in the ACC with a win against the Cavaliers, but the draw could ultimately leave them as low as fourth.

Still, it was a game they could have won. The talented Townsend made his first appearance since Oct. 9 against Virginia Tech, and his pairing with forward Jason Herrick up top had the Terp offense looking like it did last month early Saturday night.

But as the pace picked up, so did the physicality.

Perhaps oblivious to the teams’ recent histories, referee Jorge Gonzalez was content to keep his whistle silent as bodies crashed on the field.

The contentious play culminated in the 41st minute when Virginia midfielder Neil Barlow slid

see VIRGINIA, page 7

see SCRIMMAGE, page 7

Men’s soccer held scoreless for second straight contest

BY JONAS SHAFFER Staff writer

Forward Casey Townsend was back from injury for the Terps, but coach Sasho Cirovski’s team didn’t score in its 0-0 draw with Virginia on Saturday night. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Volleyball drops two on Carolina roadtrip

Field hockey seniors pass another test

Terps can’t get going after rare ACC win

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Staff writer

Terps cruise past Stanford 6-2 for first perfect regular season in history Senior staff writer

The Terrapin field hockey team faced a more difficult Senior Night opponent than usual Friday against No. 12 Stanford in a game to honor its senior class and try for an undefeated season.

The Terps had not played a ranked opponent in their home finale in five years.

But as they have throughout their stellar careers as Terps, the seven senior starters embraced the test.

“We’re a team that loves a challenge,” senior back Emma Thomas said. “I think we’re a class that loves a challenge and loves to be pushed and loves to get better every single game, and it’s really hard to get better when you’re playing a team that’s ranked 20 or 30 places below you.”

The Terps (18-0, 5-0 ACC) came out

Senior staff writer

Jordan Williams made a hard move toward the Comcast Center basket and exploded upward for what seemed like an uncontested lay-in during Saturday’s Terrapin men’s basketball intrasquad scrimmage.

But the freshman forward wasn’t so lucky.

Forward Dino Gregory flashed into the play late — “Give me that!” he cried — while emphatically swatting the ball into the front row of seats.

There wasn’t much that came easy during the Terps’ second public scrimmage.

The game featured an emphasis on full-court pressure defense and offered another glimpse at an increasingly competitive frontcourt.

Boosted by better conditioning and the added depth inside, the team picked up the intensity in its final open tune-up before tomorrow’s exhibition game against Division-II Indiana (Pa.).

“It’s more game-like,” forward Landon Milbourne said after scoring 21 points in the contest that featured two separately scored 20-minute halves. “The simulation between practice and the game is a lot more close this year.”

Coach Gary Williams, who wore a neck brace as he continues to recover from a surgery to repair a ruptured disc in his neck, stopped play early on to talk about shot selection, run through the offense and talk about a need for more intensity.

After that, the pace picked up with nearly every possession starting with some kind of full-court pressure. The 21st-year coach particularly emphasized getting his two freshmen, Williams and James Padgett, familiar with their roles in the press. The results included a few steals and some clearly tired players by the end of the nearly two-hour workout.

“We should be a good pressing team,” Gary Williams said. “In other words, we have five guards we can run in there and interchange if somebody gets tired. Then, you go from there.”

On the offensive end, the freshmen continued to impress. Padgett posted 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Jordan Williams pitched in 11 points and 10 rebounds. The pair looked increasingly comfortable in another performance that gives hope that one or both might be able to contribute meaningful minutes right away.

At one point, all the physical play

Terps make little progress in draw with Cavs

BY KATE YANCHULIS

BY ERIC DETWEILER

The No. 1 Terps field hockey team celebrated its seven seniors before Friday’s game, then used a big second half to beat visiting Stanford 6-2 in its regular season finale. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN KAPUR

off-balance as a result of the emotion of the pregame ceremony and their unfamiliarity with the Cardinal’s West Coast style of play. But they recovered in time to dominate for a 6-2 win to finish the first perfect regular season in program history.

“Typically, senior night isn’t set up that way, so to have somebody really push us, make us play a great game and make us take up our level was really great,” senior goalkeeper Alicia Grater said.

The team honored Grater, Thomas, Brianna Davies, Kristina Foster, Nicole Muracco, Alexis Pappas and Ameliet Rischen in the ceremony. The chance for the first-ever unbeaten regular season added an extra charge to the atmosphere and even more pressure to win.

Last season, the Terps made easy work of their Senior Night opponent, beating a 4-14 Virginia Commonwealth team 10-0. But Stanford proved stiffer competition.

“I think we came in a little bit naïve, not quite sure what to expect, maybe a little bit taken over with the ceremonies of the day, and didn’t adjust as quickly as we would have liked to what they threw at us,” Thomas said.

Thomas appropriately kicked off the scoring, knocking in the first penalty corner of the game.

But the Cardinal prevented the Terps from getting good looks at the cage. On a breakaway, the Stanford goalie came out to trip up Muracco and forced her to take a shot from a

see STANFORD, page 7

Heading into weekend matchups against Wake Forest and Duke, the Terrapin volleyball team was coming off one of its best performances of the season.

Coach Tim Horsmon said the team showed newfound exuberance and energy in practice. The problem is, that energy never showed up during the Terps’ trip to North Carolina.

The team had a dismal showing this weekend, losing to Wake Forest (9-15, 7-6 ACC) in four sets and Duke (21-4, 11-2) in three.

The Terps (11-15, 3-10) could never find the drive they had against Virginia Tech, and it hurt them.

“I was hoping that we we’re going to be a little bit more fired up to play that match,” Horsmon said. “We just didn’t seem to have the energy and that spark that we need to really compete.”

In the two losses over the weekend — the Terps went 20-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22 against Wake Forest and 25-21, 25-18, 25-18 against Duke — the trend that has haunted the Terps all season continued to play out. The Terps committed 56 total errors and allowed runs of points that distanced them from their opponents.

Against Wake Forest, the score was tied at 12 in the third set, but the Demon Deacons went on a 6-1 run that put the set out of reach for the Terps. Later in the game, Wake Forest

went on a five-point run to reach match point, and two plays later, the Demon Deacons’ Kristen White landed an attack on the Terps’ side of the net, ending the match.

Similar letdowns happened against Duke, including a 10-2 Blue Devil run in the third set that ensured the win.

“We have to have the maturity in those situations to score points, and we also need to have players that we can go to,” Horsmon said. “When you have a go-to player or a couple players who step up and pass, make a great set or put a ball away, then those runs end.”

Although the Terps left the weekend without a victory, there were some bright spots. Right side Brittney Grove had a team-high 13 kills against Wake Forest, while middle blocker Katie Usher paced the team with 11 against Duke. Freshman outside hitter Kara Bates also played well, recording 20 total kills and four blocks in the contests.

But Horsmon noted although individual performances are nice, the team needs more than one player to step up if it wants to have any sort of success the rest of the season.

“On any given weekend you have one or two players who have pretty good matches,” Horsmon said. “But we need three and four and five players to have good matches. [To win] it’s just being consistent and every player doing what they need to do.” engelke@umdbk.com