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THE DIAMONDBACK Charges dropped in stabbing case

Loh shares goals for university in speech

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

After three months of listening, university President Wallace Loh spoke his vision for the future of the university at yesterday’s senate meeting, pledging to continue on a path of excellence — but not necessarily the same path set by his predecessors.

Addressing the University Senate in Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom on his 11th day on the job, Loh touched on several hot-but-

ton issues, including the alignment of the Purple Line, how this university treats arts and humanities programs, increasing undergraduate enrollment rates and ending furloughs. Loh also pledged to continue implementation of the university’s Strategic Plan, which set goals and benchmarks for the university throughout the next decade and was lauded by former university President Dan Mote as its most important

see SPEECH, page 2

Police say new evidence shows self-defense

BY BEN PRESENT Staff writer

President Loh laid out his ambitions in his first State of the Campus address at yesterday's University Senate meeting. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

ANALYSIS: In first speech, Loh’s vision short on specifics, big on ideas

BY MARISSA LANG Senior staff writer

On his 11th day as president, Wallace Loh did not claim to know everything about this university.

In fact, the speech he delivered at yesterday’s University Senate meeting was a far cry from the traditional State of

the Campus address given every year by the university’s top administrator. Rather than outlining the university’s accomplishments, addressing specific goals and catering to pressing issues, Loh painted a vision of this university’s future with broad strokes, drawing upon philosophies of great

thinkers and plans laid out by those who came before him.

“It would be a little hubristic if I were to give a traditional State of the Campus address,” Loh told the audience of hundreds of students, faculty and staff assembled in the Colony Ballroom of Stamp Student Union. “I’m trying to develop a shared vision.”

Yet the humility and candor with which the new president delivered his speech did little to mask the bold ideas Loh presented.

Drawing a clear line in the sand, Loh demanded a swift decision on the Purple Line alignment, which has split

see ANALYSIS, page 2

The state has dropped charges against the man who was arrested following the quadruple stabbing on Oct. 12 that left three students with knife wounds, police said.

Prince George’s County District 1 Commander Robert Liberati said his department released video footage of the Oct. 12 incident that showed Leonardo Ramos, 21, was acting in self-defense during the altercation outside of Cornerstone Grill and Loft.

The State’s Attorney’s office dropped the charges of attempted seconddegree murder on Wednesday.

Footage from the altercation on Knox Road and Route 1 shows all parties — the three students, Ramos and his brother, Jose, who was also stabbed — perpetuated the fight, police said.

Liberati said none of the students are facing charges at this time.

Ramon Korionoff, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, did not return phone calls yesterday.

Drivers who zoom past the hiker-biker crossswalk on Paint Branch Parkway at 47 mph or faster should expect to be slapped with a ticket starting Monday when the speed cameras positioned there go into full effect.

The cameras, which face each direction of traffic and are intended to improve pedestrian safety on the path, have so far only issued warnings so drivers are aware the devices are activated.

College Park Director of Planning Bob Ryan said the

see CHARGES, page 3

Veterans appreciate community

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

Though speakers at yesterday’s Veterans Day Celebration in the Memorial Chapel primarily spoke of individual experiences, the afternoon highlighted the growing sense of community among veterans at the university.

Administrators have strived in recent months to provide veterans with resources to help

Speed cameras average 75 warnings per day, officials said Staff writer

Ramos still faces charges for second-degree assault and use of a dangerous weapon with the intent to injure after a brawl between Ramos, his brother and eight students started in Thirsty Turtle and spilled out onto the street.

Ramos was arrested two days later in his Kensington home after allegedly stabbing the three students and his brother, Jose, 23. Jose initially denied any relation to Ramos, but when police made the connection, an arrest was made.

Liberati said this development could have come more quickly had Ramos and his brother been more forthcoming from the beginning of the investigation.

“Had [Ramos] not run from us and had his brother been honest with us at the very beginning, we may have had these conclusions from the very beginning,” Liberati said. “We didn’t have the other side of the story.”

He added both parties had numerous chances to walk away from the

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ease their transition from military routines to university life while fostering a more welcoming environment. At this year’s event, which about 150 people attended, many student-veterans agreed the university’s efforts have been a longawaited, crucial step forward.

Between increased federal funding and heightened participation in support groups,

see VETERANS, page 3

Administrators and service members spoke about their personal experiences and the university’s push to create a better community for its veterans.

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To protect and serve County police officer reflects on defining case

BY BEN PRESENT Staff writer

After 16 years on the job, Prince George’s County Police Detective Ben Brown has cracked a handful of tough cases, honed his interrogation techniques and even been on national TV. But Brown is motivated by far more than bragging rights.

Brown, a university alumnus,

was the lead detective of the 2005 arson that claimed the life of 22-year-old senior Michael Scrocca. The case baffled police for months, but nearly one year after the anniversary of Scrocca’s death, Brown worked a confession out of university junior Daniel Murray.

The arson case was featured Nov. 5 on the Discovery Channel’s Main Street Mysteries, a show that profiles successful

investigations of high-profile crimes in small towns and cities.

The episode featured interviews with Brown and Scrocca’s parents and even aired footage of Murray’s actual confession.

But for the soft-spoken veteran of the force, who has tackled a handful of high-profile cases throughout his career, it’s not about television appearances or

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SPEECH from page 1 guiding document.

“My pledge to you today, my unwavering commitment, is continued excellence in everything that we do,” Loh said in his speech yesterday. “We will follow a bright and distant star, drawn ever upwards and onwards, knowing that transformative excellence is a journey, not a destination.”

But along with this commitment, Loh was quick to point out that not all parts of the Strategic Plan are “engraved in concrete.”

“Every plan is subject to some minor adjustments and modifications in light of changing circumstances,” he said.

One of those areas, Loh said, is his commitment to increasing the undergraduate enrollment rate by 4,000 students by 2020 — a goal in line with the Board of Regents’ target to increase University System of Maryland enrollment by 40,000 students but one in stark contrast to its aim to decrease enrollment at this institution.

Loh pointed out that many of these new students won’t be tra-

University President Wallace Loh exits the stage after his State of the Campus address, in which he emphasized the importance of a close-knit university community. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

ditional freshmen and the university will have to utilize surrounding regional centers, such as the Universities at Shady Grove and local community colleges, to help bring in the influx of undergraduates.

“In order to reach [the board’s goal], we have to expand capacity,” Loh said. “It is very important to know the demand for a postsecondary education in Maryland is soaring.”

The new president also vowed a commitment to furthering arts

ANALYSIS from page 1 the university for nearly two decades, and put his foot down on furloughs, which have been imposed upon university employees for the past two years.

“I will fight any further furloughs,” he said to raucous applause.

What Loh didn’t address was how ending furloughs in a time of economic uncertainty will be viable without other sacrifices, such as tuition and fee increases, or without bolstering the university’s fundraising.

Similarly, throughout Loh’s speech, he emphasized his commitment to continued implementation of this university’s 10-year Strategic Plan — part of former university President Dan Mote’s legacy. But other than announcing the university will find “creative and resourceful” means of implementing the plan, Loh did little to acknowledge its expensive price tag and grand goals.

The Strategic Plan costs $2 billion over 10 years. The university has been working to raise about $1.6 billion of that from donors. The other $400 mil-

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and humanities, an area of university academia that many faculty members said has been shadowed by the prestige of the hard sciences’ research and funding.

But Loh noted the 21st century presents issues — such as climate change, sustainability, poverty and global health — that impact all academic disciplines.

“In this global economy, our graduates must not only have technical knowledge of skills,” he said. “In addition, they must have an understanding of languages,

lion is expected to come from the state, which is currently entering a legislative session with a projected budget shortfall of $1.6 billion in the next fiscal year.

Despite uncertain times ahead, senators who attended yesterday’s speech departed largely at ease, refreshed by Loh’s shift in tone from the established vernacular of higher education.

Contrary to the emphasis Mote often placed on this university’s research grants, science advances and engineering awards, Loh applauded humanities disciplines that faculty and students have long said are sidelined by an administration stacked with faculty members rooted in hard-science backgrounds.

“Education is not only about transfer of knowledge and skills to make a living,” he said. “It’s about increasing students’ capabilities to be fuller human beings.”

He went on to espouse an uncommon belief that as a public institution, this university should be in the business of serving its public — a notion of public service and engagement that challenges many schools of thought about higher education and its rela-

cultures, of history and of economics.”

Loh’s specific inclusion of the humanities in his first senate address was well received by several senators, including English professor Martha Nell Smith.

Nell Smith drafted a letter last spring to public policy school Dean Don Kettl, who chaired the search committee to find the new president, requesting special consideration be taken to find a new leader with an appreciation of the humanities. More than 60 other

tionship with the outside world.

University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, who served as this university’s president for a decade, said although institutions may lose sight of their responsibility to give back to surrounding communities, he applauds Loh’s reaffirmation of this commitment.

“I think the land-grant mission is a very powerful thing and has been a very powerful force in our nation,” he said in an interview following Loh’s address, which he did not attend.

Senate Parliamentarian Marvin Breslow, who’s been serving on the advisory body for more than 45 years, said Loh’s decision to refrain from commenting concretely on the state of this university was a wise one.

“Dr. Loh did very well for his second week on the job,” Breslow said. “I can remember other presidents who parachuted in and said, ‘This is what we’re doing from now on.’ But with Loh, we’re learning from him, and he’s learning from us.”

Senior staff writer Lauren Redding contributed to this report. mlang@umdbk.com

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faculty members signed the letter.

“I really like that he pledged a commitment to the humanities,” said Nell Smith, who is a member of the Senate Executive Committee, the senate’s most powerful committee. “I encourage him to continue that support, and I’ll help him in any way I can to do so.”

And although many senators expressed appreciation for that message, Loh’s pledge to fight furloughs earned him resounding applause from the audience.

After two years of no salary increases, increasing staff layoffs and three years of furlough days, Loh recognized that morale among faculty and staff is low and many talented members are choosing to leave the university for other jobs.

“Our people are our most important asset,” Loh said. “Retaining, supporting and recruiting top faculty and staff will be my highest priority, which means I will fight any further furloughs. I will fight for this campus.”

Loh also took the opportunity to address the issue of the Purple Line, a state-proposed 16-

mile rail system that would connect Bethesda to New Carrollton and run through the campus. Although the issue has divided administrators, students and other members of the university community for years, Loh pledged to deliver a decisive decision on the line’s alignment this year.

“The governor has said he does not want to speak about this issue until after the election,” he said. “Well the election is over.

And the time has come to make a decision or move forward in the process.”

Loh delivered similar commitments — such as ensuring East Campus development materializes — without concretely laying a plan of action.

Undergraduate senator Irina Alexander praised Loh’s pledge to an honest administration that works with students and operates more as a democracy than a topdown dictatorship.

“I’m very impressed,” she said. “I thought it was great. I’m impressed with his leadership style and commitment to transparency and listening to student concerns.” redding@umdbk.com

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University President Wallace Loh schmoozed with local residents and members of the College Park City Council at Ledo Restaurant last night — their first meeting since he took over last week. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Branch Parkway and county council members have said they from page 1 do not believe the road gets traffic flow heavy enough to warrant a light. each day.

“I haven’t given up,” she said.

District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin said he expects the num- “But it’s hard to move forward.”

Junior communication major ber of tickets issued per day to decrease following the warning pe- Maria DeNapoli said she freriod, as drivers become aware of quently crosses Paint Branch Parkway at night. the cameras and slow down.

“It is a dangerous area for stuDistrict 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich has been an dents to cross,” DeNapoli said.

Although she’d noticed the advocate for improved safety at the Paint Branch Parkway cross- presence of the speed cameras, walk since several serious acci- she hadn’t noticed any change in dents occurred there in the last drivers’ behavior but said she few years, and said she doesn’t thinks once people started getthink the crosswalk’s current ting fined, they’ll slow down.

From a student-pedestrian’s system — a pedestrian-called yellow-flashing light — does perspective, DeNapoli said the cameras are definitely a good adenough to alert drivers.

Stullich said she would ideally dition to the crosswalk, but as a like to see a stoplight at the driver, she wasn’t so sure.

“I probably speed more than I crosswalk, but the city does not have the authority to install one should,” DeNapoli said.

Senior English major Lyons on the county-owned Paint

George also said the crosswalk could be dangerous at times, especially at night when the bars let out and students are stumbling back to their houses and apartments.

But George said he’s still against the idea of speed cameras, because he thinks each time a driver is issued a ticket, he or she should physically see a police officer.

Senior theater major Michael Strassner said he thinks Route 1 would be better served by speed cameras than Paint Branch Parkway.

“I just don’t think it’s that busy,” Strassner said.

Students can expect more speed cameras in the future, according to Ryan, on Metzerott Road, Route 1, Rhode Island Avenue and University Boulevard.

tended there, and I knew the lifestyle,” he said.

Over the years, Brown has refrom page 1 fined an adaptive interviewing technique by catering to his suspect’s demeanor and making him being considered a hero.

In the end, it’s about finding or her feel at ease. In Murray’s closure for the families of inno- case, Brown said he knew early on something wasn’t right. cent victims.

“It depends on the person,” “There was something about [Scrocca’s] family, too,” Brown Brown said. “If they have a hostile said. “They were just decent peo- mentality, you have to approach it ple. “[Michael] was a good kid — in that respect.”

But Brown said Murray never he played baseball, he wasn’t a problem child — so I felt a con- got confrontational and that it was nection with that because I had a clear from his body language he was somehow involved in the similar upbringing, I think.”

Brown, a father of three, said fire. On last week’s Main Street becoming a police officer was the Mysteries episode, Brown was fulfillment of a childhood dream to shown questioning Murray in a protect his old stomping grounds. small Palmer Park Station interBorn and bred in Prince George’s rogation room.

Though Murray maintained County, Brown was the first person in his family to finish college, for several hours he had no ingraduating from this university volvement, he eventually admitwith a degree in criminology and ted to starting the fire after a guest at the fraternity party on Princeton criminal justice in 1990.

It’s those close ties to the uni- Avenue teased and shoved him. versity, Brown said, that helped He is now serving the fourth year of his 37-and-a-half-year sentence him solve the Scrocca case.

“I felt a connection to the cam- for Scrocca’s murder.

The arson case was one of pus, having lived there and at-

Brown’s most notorious, but his favorite investigation was only last year.

After a local pregnant woman and her boyfriend were murdered near their home, Brown’s investigation took him as far as northern New Jersey, where he found one of two suspects and returned to this state with a confession. He later learned his second suspect had been putting voodoo curses on the victims.

The motive, Brown said, was more than a $1 million in life insurance. The case, which he described as strange but particularly rewarding, was closed.

“It was not a usual case for us,” he said. “It had twists that I’ve never experienced and things that happened in that case that are not typical.”

And for Brown, the goal of serving justice has always remained steadfast.

“You hear about crooked cops and things like that, and I’ve always felt that straight and narrow is the right way to go,” he said.

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VETERANS from page 1 veterans continue to gain greater recognition at the university, which many said is key to their integration into college life.

“It means a lot to us to feel like we belong,” senior anthropology major Paul Flynn said during his speech in the ceremony.

Flynn, who enrolled at this university last year, described the warmth he felt when finally setting foot on the campus after completing a year-long Air Force tour in Iraq. He said his first semester would have been too difficult without encouragement from members of the university community, who welcomed him with “warm smiles and open arms.”

Veteran support has not always been so strong, though.

Sgt. Allison Schlegel, a senior kinesiology major, has served in the Army since she enlisted in 2005 and was stationed in Baghdad for about a year. She said when she returned to the university in 2008, she was unaware of veterans services at the university, which she said would have helped make her transition much easier.

But over the past two years, Schlegel said she has seen improvement in the availability of resources for veterans, a trend the university is showing no signs of reversing. With a $400,000 federal grant to become a Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success, offi-

University veterans were honored at the Memorial Chapel yesterday during a Veterans Day ceremony at which university President Wallace Loh spoke. ORLANDO URBINA/THE DIAMONDBACK

cials are poised to expand the services the Veterans Program Office offers, hire more faculty and enhance the website that provides information studentveterans would find relevant.

“This campus honors our veterans not only by words but by actions,” said university President Wallace Loh, who expressed his gratitude to members of the military and their families in his address to the audience.

Following Loh’s remarks, Bob Tjaden, a professor in the environmental science and technology department, recounted his service with the Navy and told the story of his most difficult mission.

“The night before we took off, I distinctly remember writing a letter home, thinking it was the last letter I would ever write,” Tjaden said.

Brig. Gen. Christian Cowdrey, a 1973 alumnus of the uni-

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versity, recalled the anti-military protests he experienced while on the campus and said he’s seen public attitudes toward veterans and active duty servicemen and women improve since the Vietnam War. “Veterans were all too often targeted for their service,” he said.

University officials have said they hope students are mindful of the struggles their veteran peers have been through so the campus can be a more inclusive environment than in years past.

Loh spoke directly to the veterans in the audience, stressing the university stands behind them.

“We want to recognize your service, and we are very proud that we have some 1300 veterans on this campus,” Loh said. “... You are also important carriers of history.” meehan@umdbk.com

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ties for all people, advance the economic interests of the community and he revolution, it seems, has begun.

Almost three months after being officially announced as univer- support democracy in the nation and abroad.

And although many universities around the countr y use lofty rhetoric in sity president, and just 11 days into his tenure, Wallace Loh delivtheir strategic plans and public webpages to speak about themselves as ered a State of the Campus address at yesterday’s University Senagents of social change, few do so with the fer vor and evident passion that ate meeting that can only be described as revolutionar y.

In the hour-long speech, Loh charted a new path for this university along Loh displayed during his State of the Campus address yesterday afternoon.

Rather than ascribing to the egalitarian vision that Loh presented — one what Robert Frost might call the road less traveled. Indeed, the vision that Loh proposed — one that is built upon hours of listening and months of marked by a goal to increase undergraduate enrollment in order to provide research — is remarkably different from those mapped out by previous more individuals with greater opportunities, while also prioritizing diversity — most universities relish their cloistered, excluuniversity presidents, and, perhaps more importantly, sive and elitist status. is far removed from the prevailing notion of what an Indeed, many colleges and universities fail to look institution of higher education should be.

University President beyond the boundaries of their campuses, past the Throughout his speech, Loh emphasized the conguidelines that govern federal grant applications and nections that can and should exist between this univerWallace Loh should be beyond academic freedom in order to see the sosity and local, state, national and global communities applauded for his called real world, which could be greatly enhanced — stating that while this campus may be a sanctuar y for scholarship and knowledge, it is not an island revolutionary and laudatory by the talents and the dedication of its faculty, staff and students. immune from the larger world. And rather than disvision for the future And it is for this reason that this editorial board tancing itself from the outside world, Loh proposed of the university. enthusiastically, and without a moment’s hesitation, the university should embrace it. He called upon the supports Loh’s vision of a public university: one that university community to work together with local secondar y schools, other state agencies, community colleges, the city of Col- not only educates a wide array of students in a broad variety of subjects but lege Park, corporations and international governments in order to better also one that chooses engagement over retreat, collaboration over isolation and compassion over coldness. this institution, as well as the world.

We are inspired and given hope by President Loh’s innovative vision for During the speech, Loh elaborated at length on his belief that the excellence of this university and its faculty, staff and students should be har- the future of this institution, and we sincerely wish — for the posterity of vested and utilized for the public good. Specifically, Loh advanced his the- not only this university but also for that of this community, state, nation and or y that, as the flagship institution of the University System of Mar yland, world — that he is able to successfully implement it.

Viva la revolución. this university is the most effective way to expand educational opportuni-

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Athletics: The blame game

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n an article published in The Diamondback on Nov. 4, “Chants hurt dollars and cents,” new Athletics Director Kevin Anderson said he believes season-ticket sales in football and men’s basketball are down because of the unruly behavior of the student section. While reading this, I thought very carefully about the arguments Anderson offered.

Once finished, I did what I thought should be done with his comments: I crumpled the paper up and threw it in the garbage.

One of the main assumptions was that students’ language and behavior during games have hampered a family atmosphere. I find this quite amusing, mainly because I have sat outside of the student section for several games this year, and I have heard more Fbombs coming from old disgruntled men than I have from students.

On top of this, since 2005, the Terp football team has finished below .500 in three seasons. The most memorable of these came last

JOSH BIRCH year, when the Terps finished with a pathetic 2-10 record. Even in years when the team did well, when it came time for the big game, players would often disappear.

As far as men’s basketball goes, what you see is what you get. In previous years, the university community has witnessed amazing runs by a team that was on the verge of going deep into the NCAA Tournament.

Other years, we have been let down by an embarrassing trip to the NIT, which I still think should stand for “Not In Tournament.”

I think the major concern with men’s basketball isn’t the performance of the team but rather the way our home games are scheduled. Let’s

face it, until ACC play begins, no one wants to pay money to come see the Terps play small conference foes, which they typically mow over. But when it comes time to play the big games against Duke and North Carolina, finding a seat in Comcast Center is near impossible. Why would anyone buy season tickets when half the games are absolute bullshit?

Perhaps Anderson can also take a gander at ticket prices. My dad spent well more than $500 last year on football season tickets. I’m not good at math, but he basically paid $250 per every win the football team had last season. Now, I may be wrong, but that doesn’t sound like a good deal, now does it?

We are in a recession, and I know if I am paying that much for season tickets, I better see a consistent team play well. That, however, is what the athletics department has often failed to accomplish in previous years. We are surrounded by a hotbed for talented recruits, yet why do most of

them skip over this university and chose schools such as Georgetown, Duke or North Carolina instead?

It is not the students who have caused a drop in season-ticket sales; it’s the inability of the athletics department to do its job.

You, Kevin Anderson, are responsible for giving people a reason to show up for games. You may feel it is your duty to place blame on others for your department’s failure, but I will not tolerate being blamed for lacking season-ticket sales.

Are there things about student behavior I would like to change?

You’re damn right. Is it the reason why you can’t sell tickets? Hell no.

So, as I conclude this column, I ask you to picture me singing a hearty rendition of “Rock ‘n’ Roll, Pt. 2” both to you and your method of blaming others.

Josh Birch is a junior communication and history major. He can be reached at birch@umdbk.com.

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he winds of change are blowing through College Park. Santa Fe, The Mark and Thirsty Turtle are histor y, and Cornerstone Grill and Loft and R.J. Bentley’s are withering from poor attendance. Students are moving on from decades of commercial nightlife. Where are these winds taking us?

If there were a nuclear holocaust tomorrow, the only things left would be cockroaches and underage students drinking illegally in College Park. Earlier this semester, I wrote a column on what I thought this city would look like without underage admittance to bars.

Today, I present an example of another relatively large state university where, for any number of reasons, bars are not the mainstay of students’ social lives.

In September, some friends and I road tripped to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Arriving late on a Friday night, we were casually informed by our hosts that they were at a good party earlier, but it was broken up by riot police with

tear gas.

That’s right.

Thinking of last year’s chaos on Route 1 following the upset win against Duke, we asked what the occasion was, where the news media was and if anyone caught police brutality on camera. They laughed in our faces. This is a weekly occurrence at UMass.

Queries about warrants or suspects’ rights generated more laughter.

They seemed quite indifferent to living in some sort of militar y regime.

The party we visited, “Back to Stool,” was pandemonium. Students were funneling beers out of trees, smashing bottles on each other’s heads for fun and by mid-afternoon, the outdoor crowd had to scatter into a circle to avoid the raining bottles and cans that students were throwing into the sky. And it only got worse (better).

That night, four of my friends got into three different fights. One had to follow his opponent to the hospital. Even I got into it — my friend coerced me into a ferocious battle of American Gladiators. There’s no

GREG NASIF avoiding it; when house parties take over, it’s like Lord of the Flies. The school is constantly erupting due to poor oversight of an inevitably irresponsible culture.

One of my UMass friends visited this university the weekend following the infamous Oct. 12 quadruple stabbing. Shortly before his arrival, I posted the incident on his Facebook wall with the tagline “Welcome to Mar yland.” His actual response: “The UMass newspaper stopped printing violent crime reports a long time ago. We just get chain e-mails whenever someone dies. Nice tr y.”

According to a 2005 study by ABC News, UMass is the most violent school in the countr y, earning it the nickname ZooMass. Perhaps this is because there’s a lot of

angr y, Irish, Boston sports fans there. Perhaps it’s because students are forced into the chaos of house parties. Probably both. To quote “El Pres,” of Barstool Sports Boston and host of Back to Stool, “I wouldn’t wish being an Amherst cop on my worst enemy.”

With commercial nightlife deflating in a period of just six months, and with a modern collegiate student body’s determination to party, I am forced to ask: Is this the future of College Park?

University Police Chief David Mitchell does not believe in unicorns. He is not naïve; he isn’t out to quash underage drinking entirely.

His gripe with Turtle is more about the overser ving and underpolicing of its guests, something the bar had, perhaps, been at fault for. But how high a standard must we hold? How high is pushing our luck?

I don’t even really care. I prefer the jungle. I just don’t think we’ll sur vive it.

Greg Nasif is a senior history major. He can be reached at nasif@umdbk.com.

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ear David Allen, I would like to compliment the Department of Transportation Services on its efforts to connect commuters, faculty and staff to the campus. The available services have achieved a sustainable way to both visit and attend the university.

Though DOTS continues to promote sustainable initiatives, implement innovative forms of technology and gain national recognition for these efforts, the concerns and safety of the students have been, and continue to be, overlooked by your department.

Your website provides the mission statement: “The Department of Transportation Services will honor the mission and values of the University of Maryland by providing safe, cost effective, and innovative services which anticipate the needs of our campus community and constituents as they relate to accessing institutionally supported facilities and destinations.”

Innovative services provided by DOTS are well recognized on the campus. Services such as hybrid buses with WiFi, license plate recognition software and programs such as bikeUMD stand out as extraordinary efforts to encourage a sustainable campus. However, the safety and costeffective services for the campus community in accessing institutionally supported facilities and destinations is not well addressed.

As a senior commuter student, I am charged $434 per academic year for a parking permit, which allows me to choose from Parking Lots Lot 1, 4, 6, 9, 11 or the Stadium Drive Garage. Lot 9 is the closest to my on-campus job and the plant sciences building (which houses all of my classes). However, when a home men’s basketball game is held at Comcast Center, I am forced to surrender my pre-paid parking spot to a visitor no sooner than 6 hours and no later than 3 hours before the start of the game. Often, the e-mails indicating the ability to have an academic excuse, which allows me to not move my car to the already overstuffed Lot 1 (along with my fellow permit holders in Lots 4, 6, 9 and 11), are received with less than 24 hours notice.

Although the basketball schedule is listed on the team’s website, I do not attend the games. Therefore, I do not visit the website. This means I do not have enough time to notify DOTS of an issue. Though this is a burden, I am lucky enough to live within reasonable walking distance of class and work on the campus. I do not mind walking to the campus; however, I must convince myself it is safe to take Shuttle-UM home at night.

On more than several occasions this semester, I have decided to take advantage of the university’s “safe, innovative, and cost effective” transportation service by using ShuttleUM. Each time, I check the shuttle schedule and calculate how much time is needed to get to that stop. This is a precaution taken to ensure I am not standing alone at night for too long. However, the shuttle has been significantly late each time. In one instance, the shuttle missed two of its stop times, forcing me to dangerously walk alone at night from The Courtyards to an “institutionally supported facility” on Route 1 in order to make it to my commitment on time. This unacceptable service has proved a disappointment to me, as well as many other students, on several occasions.

It is not cost effective for students to purchase parking only to surrender their spots (upon short notice) when DOTS demands. It is also unsafe for students to stand patiently in the dark for a shuttle service that does not hold true to its run time.

It is not acceptable for the university or DOTS to take away from valuable time that could be devoted to students’ studies as they search for a free a parking spot or wait for an unreliable shuttle. The university’s legacy is upheld by the great minds that evolve here.

And it is clear that DOTS has overlooked its commitment to a safe and cost-effective means of connecting the campus community and its constituents to institutionally supported facilities and destinations.

I will conclude by asking that DOTS reevaluate its commitment to students and our concerns, that it does not interrupt our studies to accommodate the inadequate ability of the university to provide parking for its visitors and that your department, David Allen, realizes safety and academics hold priority over athletics event ticket holders.

Unstoppable starts here — hold true to that statement and contribute to it by giving us the power to uphold unprecedented standards.

Stephanie Winnicki is a senior landscape architecture major. She can be reached at swinnick@umd.edu.

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Also born on this date are Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast; Grace Kelly, actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco; Kim Hunter, actress; Neil Young, rocker; Al Michaels, sportscaster; Auguste Rodin, sculptor; Sammy Sosa, baseball player.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your word counts for much, but you may have to back it up with some proof for those who don’t know you as well as others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — It’s a good time to track down some information that will enable you to prepare for a coming challenge.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Obstacles that appear before you may not be as daunting as you think, but they will reveal something important to you in the end.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Others are waiting for you to take a stand, and you’re ready to do so, provided the emotional climate is what you expect.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Messages you receive will demand immediate action, but this doesn’t mean you should move without making a plan.

Think things through.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may be called upon to sort out a dispute that is being waged over a minor issue, but things have been allowed to get out of control.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’ll have the chance to go back in time — at least figuratively. Someone who was important to you is likely to be so again very soon.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It’s a good time to take the initiative; act first, before any of your competitors, and you can surge to the fore — and stay there.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Mixed messages may be confusing during the first part of the day, when you are trying to interpret things in an overly literal manner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — It’s all coming down to a confrontation of sorts, and this dramatic scene is likely to be played out before the day is done.

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UNSTOPPABLE There are infinite ways to kill and maim, but only so many ways to plausibly pit man against Mother Nature or his own mechanical error.

Director Tony Scott’s newest film, Unstoppable, deals with the latter of the two, a seemingly last-ditch effort to make a big disaster movie that hasn’t already been done to death.

Unstoppable is the story of the train that got away. Due to a rash of human stupidity, a train — serendipitously filled with tons of toxic chemicals — finds itself unmanned, a halfmile long and barreling relentlessly toward the end of the line.

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Morning Glory may not blow you away, but it will be hard for you to stem your laughter news legend Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford, Extraordinary Measures), who used to collect broadcast journalism awards back in his day. Although Becky has won a victor y in getting Mike on the team, he is an extremely prickly character who feels he is above morning television.

Becky eventually lifts the show out of its murky hole with tactics that include incorporating YouTube-worthy stunts, such as making her weatherman go skydiving and booking 50 Cent for a performance. Even the stoic and sarcastic Mike eventually warms up, revealing to Becky his unhappiness with how he used to live his life.

Even if she is sleepdeprived and working constantly, Becky manages to score a studly, sensitive guy.

Adam (Patrick Wilson, Insidious), who also works for the network, brings out the best in Becky. He isn’t fazed by her workaholic antics or nervous chatter, and when her cell phone rings during make out time, Adam sticks it in the fridge.

Morning Glory is a fun movie with plenty of sidesplitting jokes, references and cameos. However, the chemistry between Mike and his co-host, Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton, Mad

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The key for morning television is achieving the perfect mix of substance and fluff. Morning Glory, a movie about a woman who overhauls a failing morning TV show, conveniently manages to find that balance.

Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes) plays sassy Becky Fuller, who has a limitless passion for morning television and absolutely no clue when it comes to dealing with the opposite sex.

Almost immediately at the start of the movie, Becky gets fired from her job as a producer for a New Jersey morning television show.

A few job applications later, she is successfully hired as an executive producer at fictional news network IBS’ show Daybreak in New York. She faces the daunting task of turning a second-rate morning show into one that actually competes in the ratings with the Today show, Good Morning America and The Early Show.

She comes after a long line of executive producers, and none of her co-workers seem to think she can succeed.

However, she soon fires the narcissistic and ineffective male co-host and manages to replace him with

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female leads even have supportive, gorgeous, somewhat subordinate boyfriends. Although the places of work may be different, the “working for success in New York” theme is definitely the same in the two movies.

Thus, fans of The Devil Wears Prada will probably like this feel-good film.

The film does not necessarily make a good case for morning television as a frontrunner for news; after all, in the film, Keaton kisses a frog in the name of show business.

Most of the stories shown on Daybreak are entertainmentrelated. Mike struggles with the transition from hard news

Money) is probably the most endearing facet of the film.

They have fierce clashes almost from the moment Mike gets hired to be on the show. And when they break their fake politeness on the air by openly making snide remarks about one another, things get even funnier.

Morning Glory was written by Aline Brosh McKenna, who also wrote the script for The Devil Wears Prada. The similarities between the two films are striking. Anne Hathaway’s ambitious character in The Devil Wears Prada is akin to McAdams’ protagonist in Morning Glory, and the Anna Wintour-like Mer yl Streep character finds a parallel in Ford’s newsman portrayal. Both

to fluff pieces.

Nevertheless, the movie does give an interesting look at the inner workings of morning television.

This “behind the scenes” aspect is what makes this comedy better than most others geared toward females. Sure, it’s about Becky Fuller’s success in work and men, but it also gives an inside peek at what might go on backstage at such productions.

Cheerful and upbeat, one thing is for sure; Morning Glory may not be the brightest flower in the bunch, but it will leave you with a smile. wildman@umdbk.com

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GUARDS from page 8 fadeaway shot himself.

“I was joking around with Pe’Shon after the game, saying it must be his number,” Jordan Williams said. “Last year, Greivis, with that number, he loved taking the shots like that, too. Something about that number makes you want to take those big shots.”

The Terps (2-0) entered the season without Vasquez and Eric Hayes, who had served as the team’s go-to ball-handlers for the past two years.

Senior Adrian Bowie started the Terps’ first two games at point guard, but he struggled early in the season opener against Seattle, picking up two fouls and committing three turnovers in the game’s first three minutes.

Bowie played just 12 minutes and scored nine points against the Redhawks, and Wednesday, he played 28 minutes and ended with the same number of points.

After the shaky start against Seattle, Gary Williams said Bowie’s job was not in jeopardy.

“He’s starting because he’s been the best player at that position, not because he’s a senior,” Williams said. “And he’s playing well.”

But since making their

debuts after replacing Bowie against the Redhawks, both Howard and freshman counterpart Terrell Stoglin have shown promise and production that could prove difficult to leave on the bench.

But the two also face a steep learning curve. Stoglin’s smooth ball-handling was evident in a 15-point performance against Seattle, but he had three turnovers in eight minutes against College of Charleston. Howard, too, has thrown errant passes and lost control of his dribble, prompting his share of exasperated reactions from Williams.

“They’re going to try some passes that they probably got away with in the past that won’t at this level,” Williams said. “But you learn.”

When Howard got the ball for the Terps’ last play against College of Charleston, he showed his coach’s lessons have already started sinking in.

“I didn’t want to turn it over because every time I turn it over, I’m not going to lie, I get a little scared looking at the sideline,” Howard said. “But I took care of the ball and got a good shot off, and I was just glad it went in. I started to celebrate, and then I thought, we have practice on Friday, and we’ve got Maine on Sunday, so we’ve got a long way to go.” kyanchulis@umdbk.com

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MCDOWELL from page 8 that I didn’t see.”

The sixth-year coach’s instincts were right. McDowell has started ever y game this season for the Terps, who earned their first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, and with better results than she would have guessed. She has more than doubled her previous season high in points, and her 11 assists rank second in the ACC. “I’d say Caitlin’s our first true playmaker at the wide back position,” said Pensky, who allows his wide backs a certain degree of freedom to jump into the offensive attack.

“She’s been awesome.”

McDowell’s transition to the backline has been eased by the chemistry she’s developed on the left wing with midfielder Lydia Hastings.

Throughout the season, McDowell and Hastings have worked well with each other, and having two attacking personalities with top-tier dribbling talent has made the Terps deadly from the left side and Pensky a happy man.

“They’re both savvy little dribblers and connectors, and they’ve really embraced that partnership together,” Pensky said. “They feel each other

really well.”

McDowell also noted that having Hastings in support allows her to be comfortable jumping into the attack. That was evident last weekend in the ACC Tournament, when Hastings turned away numerous attacks in transition after McDowell had jumped into the rush.

“I love playing with Lydia,” McDowell said. “We can read each other really well. I love combining with her.”

Despite her successful and seamless transition to a new position, McDowell still isn’t 100 percent acclimated to her new position.

“Sometimes, when they’re doing the starting lineups and saying, ‘In the back: Caitlin,’ I’m like, ‘Whoa, that’s weird,’” Defender Caitlin McDowell, back, has started all 21 games for McDowell said. the Terps this year. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK Other than occasional con“I wasn’t unhappy [about fusion courtesy of the public helped lead the Terps to new address announcer, the senior heights this season. The team the switch,]” McDowell said. has impressed in her new posi- starts what it hopes will be a “I always want to do what’s tion despite an obviously lengthy NCAA Tournament best for the team, and if they restrictive characteristic: At a run with the highest seed in need me there and they think slight 5-foot-4, she is substan- program history when it hosts I’m going to help the team tially smaller than fellow start- High Point at Ludwig Field there, than that’s where I want to be.” ing defenders Colleen Dee- tonight.

“All Caitlin cares about is After a period of uncertainty gan, Mallory Baker and Skyy about whether she was right this team winning,” Pensky Anderson.

“The one concern I had for the switch — “I don’t think said. “She just wants this to from her was, sopping wet, she was too excited about it at last forever.” she’s about 110 pounds,” Pen- first,” Deegan said — McDow- TERP NOTE: Student tickets sky said. “And we play against ell now is hoping she can for tonight’s game will cost $3 extend her short tenure at the with a valid student ID. some real women.”

That has proved to be a non- position for at least a couple issue for McDowell, who has more weekends. cwalsh@umdbk.com

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Midfielder Billy Cortes has two goals in the Terps’ past two games.

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let them go, and if they come back, they’re yours. That’s sort of what happened with Billy.

“There was a point in time when I showed him the door, and he came back. He decided to ask for one more chance, and I gave it to him and I’m thankful I did and I’m thankful he stayed.”

A year later, Cortes replaced midfielder Doug Rodkey in the starting lineup after Rodkey broke the metatarsal bone in his foot. Cortes finished the season strong, earning 16 starts and scoring a team-high five points in the postseason.

This year, he held off talented freshmen Patrick

Mullins and Sunny Jane at his left midfield position as the Terps established themselves as legitimate College Cup contenders.

His most remarkable accomplishment this season, though, has been his surprising move to the team’s backline. With defenders Ethan White and London Woodberry both nursing injuries, Cirovski asked Cortes to make the move to the team’s backline while on a bus to Charlottesville, Va., for a critical ACC match against the Cavaliers on Oct. 29.

Cortes gladly accepted the role and has thrived since.

“Ever since I was little I’ve played a lot of different positions, so I don’t care where I am as long as I’m on the field,” Cortes said. “If the

team needs me to play somewhere, I’ll play it.”

With Woodberry still sidelined due to a quadriceps injury, Cortes will again carry a vital responsibility for the Terps against the Cavaliers tonight, shoring up the team’s defense while providing a spark on the attack’s right side.

“To see his growth over four years is probably as meaningful to me as winning championships,” Cirovski said. “I seem to have one of these every year or two … players that test your patience and your resolve as a coach. But when you see them come to fruition and the light come on and you see the growth, that’s pretty awesome.” ceckard@umdbk.com

Quarterback Danny O’Brien, left, and wide receiver Torrey Smith can help the Terps remain in first place in the Atlantic Division with a win tomorrow. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

VIRGINIA from page 8 red-zone interception.

O’Brien, like the rest of his teammates, has heard all about the team’s historical struggles in Charlottesville this week.

But the redshirt freshman

TOURNAMENT from page 8 the Terps won’t have to worry about travel if they advance to the Final Four, which is being hosted at this university.

“It’s pretty awesome. I’ve never experienced four home games in the NCAAs before,” forward Katie O’Donnell said.

“I’m definitely looking forward to having home-field advantage. Being away at ACCs for so long, I feel like we were at other places so often, so it’s good to be back home. [Tuesday] was the first time we practiced on our own field since last Wednesday.”

In addition to knowing the insand-outs of the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, the Terps are also excited about the prospect of playing in front of more than 1,000 screaming fans.

The team led the ACC in attendance this season for the fourth straight year, and when the Terps played then-No. 1 North Carolina on Oct. 23, a standingroom-only crowd of 1,617 packed into the stadium.

doesn’t think the team’s past struggles will have any bearing on tomorrow’s affair.

“To me, it’s just the next opponent. It’s a must-win for us,” O’Brien said. “Yes, it’s our rivalr y, and it’s going to be a tough environment, but it’s just the next opponent, and that’s what it comes

“It’s always exciting to play in front of them,” defender Alicia Morawski said. “It does give you a little bit more motivation just because they’re here supporting you, and it’s people that you know and your fellow students.

You’re playing for them as well.”

But despite all the benefits of playing at home, coach Missy Meharg warned the team of possible distractions. The coach, in her 23rd year at the helm, told players to take care of their academic responsibilities early, so they can focus solely on the NCAA Tournament. She also warned about the extra attention players might start to receive from friends and family.

“It’s comfortable. We know our place, and we protect this house,” Meharg said in a speech to her team after Tuesday’s selection show. “On the flip side of that are potential distractions — people wanting to get into our lives a little more than we want them in our lives right now. When we’re away sometimes, it can be a little less distracting because we’re holed up in a hotel.”

Even with the possible diver-

down to. You still have to play the game. Histor y is histor y, but at the end of the day, we’re going to line up and play. We have control over this game. We can’t control anything that’s happened in the past.” lemaire@umdbk.com

sions, Meharg said she isn’t overly worried about the team’s focus. After a season of preaching about looking only at the present, Meharg said players understand that to win the NCAA Tournament, they must take it game by game.

Massachusetts, which the Terps topped, 3-0, on Sept. 19, will pose the first test for the Terps. It’s the first out of an eventual four games that the team will need to win to claim the program’s seventh national title.

“They were difficult the last time we played them,” O’Donnell said. “It’s nothing to take lightly. Potentially, this is everyone’s last game, so everyone’s going to give it the most they can.”

TERP NOTES: Morawski and O’Donnell were selected to play in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association’s Senior Game, which will be played Nov. 20 in College Park.

Student tickets for tomorrow’s game will cost $3 with a valid student ID. jengelke@umdbk.com

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

FOOTBALL

At point guard, lots of options and questions Howard’s play vs. College of Charleston casts doubt on Bowie’s future at spot; Terps welcome Black Bears on Sunday

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

With 16.9 seconds left and the game on the line Wednesday night, coach Gary Williams made a surprising decision: He called on No. 21.

Last season, with a different No. 21 on his roster — former Terrapin men’s basketball star Greivis Vasquez — crunch-time decisions were no-brainers.

But with Vasquez graduated and his jersey number up for grabs, freshman guard Pe’Shon Howard snatched at No. 21. To even Howard’s own surprise, he might have also grabbed something else against College of Charleston: his coach’s confidence.

After pulling down a defensive rebound against the Cougars with the Terps down one, the freshman looked to the coach for a play call, but Williams signaled for a timeout.

Howard thought his time on the court was over.

Williams had other ideas.

“Coach looked at me and said he saw the confidence in me, so he just said, ‘Go with it,’” Howard said.

The freshman ably showed the confidence and clutch play that are quickly making him a key piece in the Terps’ uncertain point-guard situ-

Guard Adrian Bowie, center, has started the Terps’ first two games.

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ation, which will again be on display Sunday against Maine (0-0). After looking to feed the ball to welldefended center Jordan Williams underneath the basket, Howard instead took the game-winning

see GUARDS, page 7

Wide receiver Torrey Smith, right, and the Terps suffered a humiliating 31-0 defeat at Virginia’s Scott Stadium in 2008. The Terps are just 1-6 on the road against Cavaliers since 1996. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Worrisome road Terps travel to Virginia’s Scott Stadium needing a victory to keep pace in ACC race and reverse history of failures in Charlottesville

BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Senior staff writer

Even though an Atlantic Division title is still very much in reach, and even as two home games against its top competition for the division crown loom in coming weeks, the Terrapin football team refuses to overlook tomorrow’s showdown at Virginia.

Their sentiments are more than mere platitudes. The Terps have good reason for not glossing over an inconsistent Cavalier team: They don’t win very often in Charlottesville, Va. Since 1996, the Terps (6-3, 3-2 ACC) are just 1-6 at Scott Stadium, where the Cavaliers have become quite comfortable in the role of spoiler for the Terps.

In 2002, the No. 18 Terps were aiming to repeat as ACC champions and rode an eight-game winning streak into Virginia. But the Cavaliers threw a wrench in those plans, drubbing the Terps, 48-13, and forcing them to settle for third place in the conference.

Six years later, the Terps entered Charlottesville with different players and under slightly different circumstances. But they got the same result.

Heavily favored against a scuffling Cavalier team, a confident Terp squad boasting upsets of Cal and Clemson arrived at Virginia with a 4-1 record.

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But instead of running away with the win as predicted, the Terps were once again defeated by the Cavaliers. Virginia coasted to a 31-0 victory, curbing any optimism the Terps may have built up with their fast start.

The struggles have perplexed even some of the team’s veterans.

“I don’t know, something in the water down there?” senior linebacker Alex Wujciak suggested as a source of the team’s troubles. “I have no idea why it’s been so tough. Coach [Ralph] Friedgen said he’s changing hotels, and maybe we needed to change it up a little bit. But other than that, we’ve just got to pull it together down there.

It’s always a tough, physical game, just a slug-it-out game, and it’s going to come down to who wants it more.”

Desires notwithstanding, the Terps have a lot more to play for than their border rivals. Despite last weekend’s disappointing loss to Miami, the Terps kept pace in the race for the Atlantic Division crown thanks to losses by N.C. State and Florida State.

The Cavaliers (4-5, 1-4), meanwhile, are trying to rebuild their program under first-year coach Mike London, and growing pains have been evident.

After putting together back-to-back wins for the first time this season following a 24-19 win against Miami two weeks ago, Virginia allowed Duke to score 55 points in a seven-point Blue Devil win, Duke’s first conference victory of the season.

“Every win from here on out will determine which bowl we go to,” Friedgen said. “ We ... spoke about what Virginia is able to do that could jeopardize not just our bowl contention but our conference championship. They are playing with a lot of energy and playing with intensity.”

The key for the Terps will be getting their of fense going again.

Miami held the unit to just 254 yards last Saturday, and quar terback Danny O’Brien had his worst game of the season, completing just nine of 28 passes and throwing a costly

see VIRGINIA, page 7

A change to defense this season for Caitlin McDowell, right, has resulted in a career high in points. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Moving back, then forward Even in changed role, McDowell leads

BY CONOR WALSH Staff writer

Caitlin McDowell laughed uncomfortably when Brian Pensky intimated last fall that she would make a great attacking outside back.

An attacking personality her entire soccer career, McDowell, then a junior on the Terrapin women’s soccer team, brushed aside her coach’s suggestion.

But as McDowell nears the end

of her senior season, she laughs at her hesitation about the possible position switch.

In moving back this year, the cocaptain has led the Terps forward, helping engineer the program’s most successful regular season from her newfound spot at left back.

“It was definitely a shock at first.

I never thought I could play in the back,” McDowell said. “I think [Pensky] saw something in me

see MCDOWELL, page 7

MEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

Cortes’ senior moment

Terps host UMass

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

Walking out onto the Ludwig Field pitch Nov. 5 with his mother, father and brother, Billy Cortes soaked in what was one of the first times his family had seen him play during his four-year career in College Park.

For the moment, everyone focused on the Terrapin men’s soccer midfielder and his accomplishments with the program. Smiling, coach Sasho Cirovski welcomed the family and handed them Cortes’ framed No. 7 jersey.

“I’m speechless, really,” Cortes said after the game.

The snapshot didn’t seem possible two years ago, not in the eyes of Cortes or Cirovski, who hailed his resurgence as

“one of the great stories of the program.”

His latest run has been just as improbable. Even in his new position at right back, Cortes powered the Terps in their regular-season finale and then again Wednesday against Clemson in the ACC Tournament, tallying a combined two goals and two assists to help the Terps extend their winning streak to 11 games.

Tonight, Cortes and the second-seeded Terps (15-2-1) face sixth-seeded Virginia for a chance to play in the ACC Championship.

Cortes’ willingness to battle back from early struggles both on the field and in the classroom, Cirovski said, has made him a player the 18th-year coach will hold close to his heart for years to come.

Two years ago, Cortes played a limited role on the Terps’ NCAA Championship team. Behind a slew of future professionals, the midfielder appeared in only nine games and had just three shots.

But his struggles stretched off the field as well.

“He was close to almost leaving here two years ago when he was struggling in school and was falling below the standard of what we wanted,” Cirovski said.

Cirovski had all but given up hope on the Mission Viejo, Calif., native. Cortes’ fate was in his own hands.

“I wasn’t holding him back because he had fallen below,” Cirovski said. “There’s that saying: If you love someone,

see CORTES, page 7

NCAA Tournament begins Sat.

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Senior staff writer

Midfielder Billy Cortes has thrived for the Terps since switching to right back late last month. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

After seven separate out-of-state trips this season, including an early October trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., and a five-day stay in WinstonSalem, N.C., for the ACC Tournament last week, the Terrapin field hockey team is looking forward to the comforts of home.

As the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Terps know that for the rest of the season — whether it lasts through this weekend or next — they won’t have to leave the confines of College Park.

The top four seeds host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and the Terps (19-1) play their first-round game tomorrow against Massachusetts (15-7).

But unlike North Carolina, Virginia and Big East champion Syracuse — the three other opening-weekend hosts in the 16-team field —

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