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Third budget cut could top $40M Developer pulls Mote, Kirwan disagree on size of Wednesday’s expected slash

BY CARRIE WELLS Senior staff writer

The university is expecting the state to cut its budget for the third time since July before the end of the month, university President Dan Mote said, adding that state lawmakers have not ruled out a fourth cut in the spring.

Mote said he feared this month’s budget cut could be more than $100 million for the University System of

Maryland and $40 million for this university, close to equaling to the past two reductions combined.

But Joe Vivona, the system’s vice chancellor for administration and finance, said the university system hadn’t gotten any notification from the state that its budget was under threat, and in previous weeks, System Chancellor Brit Kirwan said he had been told the 13 public universities he oversees would be spared in this round of budget cuts.

The state is facing a $300 million revenue shortfall and is expected to announce budget reductions at a semimonthly Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday. The board is responsible for the budget when the state legislature isn’t in session.

Despite assurances from the state, Mote said it was unlikely the university system could be saved from the cuts.

“There will be another one this

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out of East Campus project Move will slow development, limit scope of ambitious $900M, 38-acre project But Wylie said that the university will try to buy the development firms’ site plan and work with multiple developers to build the project East Campus’ primary piece-by-piece. Partnerships development team, Foulgerto build the Birchmere music Pratt/Argo, pulled out of the hall and a 650-bed graduate project last week, in a move student housing project are university officials acknowlalready in place, and Wylie edged will delay the 38-acre said the university could development’s schedule and break ground on the project scale back its scope. as soon as January.

Vice President for AdminisEast Campus has been trative Affairs Ann Wylie said ANN WYLIE FP-Argo struggled to secure V.P. FOR ADMINISTRA- billed as the largest redevelopment to come to College the loans needed to pull off TIVE AFFAIRS Park in at least 50 years. their $900 million proposal Financing an undertaking of that that included a four-star hotel, an upscale shopping district and whitesee DEVELOPMENT, page 2 tablecloth restaurants.

BY CARRIE WELLS Senior staff writer

Big man Williams has a big start Freshman scores 12 points as Terps top Charleston Southern, 89-51

BY ERIC DETWEILER Senior staff writer

Last season, when the Terrapin men’s basketball team’s lack of frontcourt depth proved one of its biggest weaknesses, fans turned to a YouTube video of incoming recruit Jordan Williams breaking a backboard on a follow-up slam dunk in hope for the team’s future.

On Friday night, the freshman forward took the first step toward fulfilling those hopes.

On the Terps’ first possession against Charleston Southern, guard Sean Mosley found Williams, who became the first forward to start in his Terp debut since 1993, in the lane for a gentle lay-in and the first points of the new season.

Although his performance lacked the flair of his high school highlight reel, Williams was the biggest surprise in a balanced Terp attack that produced an 89-51 win before an enthusiastic Comcast Center crowd.

Williams, who got the start with forward Dino Gregory suspended due to an unspecified team rules violation, scored six of the team’s first 10

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Univ. Police arrest man in N. Campus burglaries 34-year-old Hyattsville resident charged with stealing laptops, other electronics

BY KARA ESTELLE Staff writer

University Police arrested a Hyattsville man Thursday evening in connection with a string of recent burglaries in North Campus dorms.

Marques Avery Buford, 34, was arrested near LaPlata Hall. He was charged with first-degree burglary, theft of $1,000 to under $10,000, resisting arrest, second-degree assault and second-degree escape, according to Prince George’s County court records.

University Police spokesman Paul Dillon said Buford had been stealing laptops and other electronic items from unlocked rooms in different dorms on North Campus. Dillon was

unsure of the amount of property that was stolen, but said it had a combined value of several thousand dollars.

Buford, who is unaffiliated with the university, resisted arrest and fought police officers, Dillon said. It took four officers to arrest Buford, and all of the officers involved were injured.

Dillon said Buford bit one officer during his arrest. Another officer suffered a bruised hip, and the other two received cuts and bruises on their knees.

Officers were able to track down the man last week after conducting an operation in plain clothes and setting up a perimeter, Dillon said. He said the suspect was spotted by a student in

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Spreading comfort After beating thyroid cancer, junior starts student support group

BY DARREN BOTELHO Staff writer

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Doctors told Rachel Peck that her chances of contracting papillary thyroid cancer were “one in a million.” When she was diagnosed with the disease last spring, she said she felt like a statistic.

After winning her battle with cancer, the junior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major is creating a cancer support group so other students undergoing treatments don’t have to experience similar feelings of isolation.

“When you have cancer, people just give you the cliché responses: ‘We’re here for you’ and ‘we’re praying for you,’” Peck said. “That’s great and all, but that doesn’t really help.”

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WHAT DO POLITICIANS AND BLOOD-SUCKERS HAVE IN COMMON? The ever-quotable state Sen. Jim Rosapepe, who represents College Park, can now list author on his résumé along with Romanian ambassador and University System Regent.

His new book, Dracula is Dead, provides an in-depth look at the country where he served as an ambassador under the Clinton administration and centers on how Romania went from a communist nation to a thriving democracy over a 20-year period. Co-authored with his wife, broadcast journalist Sheilah Kast, the book has already received rave reviews from a few notables, according to publisher Bancroft Press: Romanian Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci said the husband-and-wife writing duo deserve a “gold medal” for examining the “many layers” of her native home.

Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright said they are “outstanding guides to this country, which is both familiar and exotic”.

For posts like this as well as photos of naked girls posing next to Testudo, visit the Diamondback’s newsroom blog Campus Drive at http://blogs.umdbk.com/campusdrive.

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And check back during the week for more coverage as the Terrapin field hockey and men’s and women’s soccer teams continue their postseason play.

DEVELOPMENT from page 1 magnitude might have been possible when FP-Argo signed onto the project in 2007, Wylie said, but now only smaller loans are available. The project had been stalled since earlier this year.

“I think what you have to think about is when they signed on, huge projects in huge chunks were possible,” she said. “Money was flowing — we were in this ‘go-go-go’ period. Now the idea of finding a loan for $200 to $300 million is hard.”

Wylie said it is possible that the university will continue to work with FP-Argo on parts of the project, but described the university’s decision to break ties with the company as a “relief” because now the university can begin on the project slowly, without waiting until the market recovers “The world has changed on us,” Wylie said. “Doing the project all at once is like biting off a huge piece of steak — it tastes good but you can’t possibly swallow it.”

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Foulger-Pratt/Argo’s East Campus proposal included a four-star hotel, pictured above in a computer rendering.

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Perlmutter did not return calls for comment this weekend.

District 2 Councilman Bob Catlin said the break between the university and FP-Argo didn’t come as a surprise. FPArgo had repeatedly asked for increased public funding in the form of tax breaks.

Some of that money was available, Catlin said, but it wouldn’t have been enough to get the project off the ground.

“It was sort of obvious it wasn’t going anywhere,” he said.

Many hurdles remain for the project, Catlin added. For instance, the university will

have to file new detailed site plans with the county and get approval, a process that can take years.

David Daddio, alumnus and editor of the development blog Rethink College Park, said he was unsure whether the university “has the wherewithal to pull it off.”

Still, he said its new development strategy could also have an upside.

“The concern that we had [earlier] is that when you build all at once it kind of has a Disney World effect,” said Daddio, a former columnist

for The Diamondback.

But now that the university has to build the project piecemeal, Daddio said it is more likely East Campus will blend in with the surrounding community.

“It sounds like [the university] is trying the less risky, probably most feasible strategy,” he said. “It could actually be a good result.”

Wylie said the university’s next step will be to figure out where to relocate the greenhouses, mail building and other facilities on the East Campus site, a process that has been partially stalled by debate concerning the Wooded Hillock. University officials plan to move those facilities to the Hillock — nine acres of forest at the north tip of campus — but student groups oppose the decision because of environmental concerns.

If the issue is resolved by January, Wylie said, they will start clearing the site immediately and begin construction in 2011.

“We’re extremely optimistic,” she said. “I’m not just B.S.-ing you here.” cwells@umdbk.com

ARREST from page 1 one dorm, and though police responded quickly, he slipped away. The man was then spotted in another dorm.

Police caught him with a stolen laptop.

Sophomore criminology and criminal justice major Ayelet Kravitz said she heard yelling coming from outside during the time of the arrest and looked out her window to watch. AYELET “They got him KRAVITZ in handcuffs and SOPHOMORE the cops were talk- CRIMINOLOGY ing amongst MAJOR themselves,” Kravitz said. “Then when he heard a siren, he tried to run away, but a cop that was standing behind him caught him and brought him down to the ground. One cop was holding his legs down and another cop was holding his hands down.”

“When he heard a siren, he tried to run away.”

Staff writer Darren Botelho contributed to this report. estelle@umdbk.com

Small numbers, strong spirits Native American students attempt to educate their peers for American Indian Heritage Month

BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer

Native American students make up less than 1 percent of this university’s population but continue to fight to make their presence known.

As American Indian Heritage Month continues through November, events highlighting Native American culture and customs attempt to teach the university community about a population that often falls below the radar, Native American students said.

These students only make up 0.3 percent of the university’s population — compared to the 0.8 percent of this country’s population that identify as Native American according to the U.S. census. Because of their small numbers, they say, many of the issues they face

are often overlooked.

“We’re still in the process of fighting for recognition,” American Indian Student Union President Erin DeRiso said.

“It’s like, ‘Hi we’re here and we don’t all live on a reservation and don’t all wear headdresses.’ In classes [native] people feel like they have to be an educator, always having to explain their culture.”

In addition to feeling underrepresented and stereotyped, DeRiso said Native American students must also overcome obstacles like university recognition, department cuts and stigmas attached to the Native American image.

This adversity, DeRiso said, doesn’t impact the way the Native American community on the campus relates. The community at the university is tight-knit and extremely active.

Because they lack numbers, the AISU co-sponsors events with larger groups on the campus and uses opportunities like this month to continue to educate others about acceptance of the Native American students.

To celebrate their culture — and to bring in greater numbers — the Native American community at the university partners with local Native American community centers like the Baltimore American Indian Center and the Maryland Commission of Indian Affairs to put on their events.

“As Native American people, we are the foundation of American history,” said Cornelius Allen Red Deer, a member of the Maryland Commission of Indian Affairs. “Without us, there is no United States history. And this is

something we like to inform everyone about so they will be able to tell their children and their children’s children.”

Upcoming events for American Indian Heritage Month feature guest speakers like Jay Winter Nightwolf, a radio personality for WPFW 89.3 FM, who will talk about what it means to be Native American in today’s culture.

Today, the Office of Multiethnic Student Education and the AISU are hosting “Reality at Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota,” an event at which Nightwolf will talk about the Pine Ridge Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux tribe in southwest South Dakota.

Other events draw attention to Native American cultures and traditions like hoop dancing — a form of storytelling that incorporates complicated

dance movements and hoops to represent animals, weather and other natural elements.

The heritage month will end on Saturday with a day-long Pow Wow. Although the month is ending, Native American students will continue to keep native issues at the forefront of the university conscious, DeRiso said. “[Students] need to reach out,” DeRiso said. “We’re here, we have an office in the Student Involvement Suite. Come visit us, talk to us and get to know us. I would just suggest for people to just get outside their comfort zone and the bubble that exists on campus and just learn more about native people.

It’s about breaking out of stereotypes and not letting preconceived notions stop you.” hampton@umdbk.com

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BY MARISSA MILLER For The Diamondback

Look out College Park — the fashion police are in town.

Two university students are blogging their thoughts and advice on fashion trends on college campuses as contributors for the newly-created fashion site, CollegeFashionista.com. Each week, 24 universities across the nation — including Duke, Syracuse and University of Oregon — are represented by “style gurus” who post on the site.

Blog posts are based on trends spotted on each style gurus’ college campus and their own fashion sense.

Sophomores Kerri Aidikoff and Jamie Weiss are the university’s style gurus for CollegeFashionista.com. The pair said after hearing about the site this summer they contacted the creator, Amy Levin, about writing for the university’s portion of the blog.

“Our goal is to reach people on the UMD campus — college students with a college budget,” said Aidikoff, an accounting major.

Both Aidikoff and Weiss find inspiration for their blog on and around the campus.

When they find a subject they want to profile, they hand them a card and flier to identify themselves before taking their newfound mod-

els’ picture.

In their weekly feature, the students tell their readers where they can find clothing to resemble those shown on their student models.

Sophomore finance major Ashley Barkakati was nabbed by the two bloggers to be featured as a “stylish student” on CollegeFashionista for an outfit she wore on the campus.

“I was just wearing a jacket that I happened to buy that I guess was stylish,” she said, laughing. “I’ve seen the site, and I think it’s interesting.

They follow their own trends and there are some things they think are stylish that other people I know would not like.”

The students said they understand that fashion varies from individual to individual. There is no right or wrong, Weiss said. “[The blog] is just my opinion of fashion,” marketing major Weiss said. “What I see as fashionable might not be to someone else.”

The fashion site, which started in August, has been slow to catch on, but Weiss noted she feels the blog has a lot of potential.

“Right now, the site is really small,” she said, “But I do believe that it’s going to become more well-known because it’s such a great resource. ... For you to see

“Our goal is to reach people on the UMD campus — college students with a college budget.”

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around campus what people are wearing and even just get style ideas from people’s outfits.”

Both university style gurus said that blogging for CollegeFashionista is a great experience for them, even as accounting and marketing majors.

“I think it’s something that I could use in the future,” Weiss said.

And once the two current style gurus graduate in a few years, a replacement will need to take over, giving their own opinions of fashion at the university.

“I think once I graduate, I would pass the torch,” Weiss said. “It’s important to have someone else write to get their perspective. … We all have a different view of what fashion or style is.” ga@umdbk.com

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Spam setting changes backfire for univ. e-mail accounts Students complain changes to junk mail filter sends messages for class, athletic events to spam folder

BY DANA CETRONE Staff writer

Last semester, senior finance major Jennifer Maurer nearly missed the deadline for renewing the lease to her South Campus Commons apar tment, but not because she forgot.

Ever y e-mail Commons management sent went straight to her university e-mail account’s junk mail folder.

Over the summer, the Office of Information Technology changed its spam filter settings to include umd.edu e-mail addresses. OIT officials say the change has made the university e-mail accounts more resilient against ever-evolving spammers, but students complain of missed messages from professors, their jobs and even ticket notifications.

E-mails from all these sources were marked as spam.

“I star ted for warding all my

UMD stuff to Gmail because the UMD account gives you such little space and I got sick of always having to clear out the inbox,” Maurer said. “But the spam doesn’t get forwarded to Gmail and sometimes important stuff ends up in the spam so I never remember to go check my UMD spam folder and then I miss out on important things.”

OIT decided to update the spam filter settings in July because they realized spammers’ had wised up to the point of using umd.edu addresses to flood inboxes with bogus messages.

“We are tr ying to find a balance between allowing legitimate e-mail and blocking spam in an environment where spammers are constantly analyzing how we allow legitimate e-mail to get through, and we are constantly fighting that ongoing battle against spam,” OIT’s Director of Communications Phyllis Johnson said. “We noticed increased spam over the summer,

and we therefore increased our efforts to fight spam.”

But with OIT’s new attempts to filter spam, e-mails such as ticket notifications are getting stuck in students’ spam folders. And some students still face problems even if they’ve caught the problem once.

“Almost all of my UMD ticket notifications go to junk mail even after I move a previous one from the same address to my inbox,” senior family studies major Kelly Ringer said. “I just forgot that the basketball game [last week] was happening so I never requested a ticket. I missed out on loyalty points.”

Johnson said that notifications for athletic events do not come from a university ser ver, so sometimes they get filtered into spam.

“We will continue working with those on campus who use external e-mail ser vices to improve the deliverability of external e-mail that could look like spam to our univer-

sity spam filters,” Johnson said.

“Our goal is to be able to deliver ever y legitimate e-mail message, but that is not an easy task.”

Nonetheless, the losses of important e-mails because of spam filters have made some students switch their primar y accounts to their Gmail or Yahoo addresses instead.

Senior math major Matt Mercogliano, who recently began for warding his messages to his Gmail address, said he thought OIT should be more careful about filtering mail from university departments.

“Our goal is to deliver every legitimate email message, but that is not an easy task.”

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“I think OIT should be more proactive with what e-mails it accepts,” Mercogliano said. “For dif ferent depar tments, it should communicate with different people to ensure that e-mails are not automatically put into the bulk folder.

What happened with the Athletics Depar tment can happen to any department that sends e-mails to many recipients.”

Johnson said that it is impossible to filter certain messages and not others, but that OIT is still tr ying to streamline its spam-fighting process.

“None of these actions are perfect,” Johnson said. “No matter what, you will likely still receive some spam in your inbox. It is also possible that some legitimate emails from your colleagues, professors and friends will be mistakenly filtered as spam and put in your junk mail folder.” cetrone@umdbk.com

CANCER from page 1 The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults — a non-profit organization that provides support programs and literature for young adults affected by cancer — first pitched the idea for a cancer suppor t group last month. Peck endorsed the idea, knowing it could be a way to offer students the comfort and encouragement she lacked during her arduous treatments.

“The relatability helps you get through it so much better — I didn’t have that,” she said. “I had to endure a lowiodine diet and radioactive treatment while going to class full-time, and I just wish I had someone that knew exactly what I was g o i n g through.”

The support group will begin next semester, Peck said. Although a start date and location for the suppor t group meetings has not yet been RACHEL set, she said PECK she has an idea JUNIOR CRIMINOLOGY of what types of AND PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR activities the group will do each week.

“I picture the group playing soccer, going to happy hour, going bowling, going on a hike and other stuff like that,” she said.

Some students may be wary of joining a support group, Peck said, because they might envision a “group therapy session.” But she said the group is more about getting together and being in the company

“This isn’t a thing where we’re going to walk around campus holding hands singing ‘Kumbaya.’”

CUT from page 1 month, we expect,” Mote said. “No actions have been taken [at the state level], but the expectation for the 2010 budget is short.”

During the summer, the university’s budget was cut twice by a total of $52 million with the money coming from cash reserves, the operating budget and furloughs, according to numbers provided

by Mote. During the past two years, the university’s budget cuts have totaled more than $86 million.

Mote also said the university is making plans to deal with a possible fourth budget cut for this fiscal year sometime in the spring. The revenue projections for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2010, are so dire the state might decide to cut in the spring to lessen the impact of an enormous cut in the summer, he said.

Mote noted the economy was improving, but said he didn’t expect it would improve enough by the spring to avoid another cut in the spring. However, the budget reduction might be lessened, he said.

“We will deal with this in the same way we have currently,” Mote said. “It’s a very hard business. How do you get through

Junior criminology and psychology major Rachel Peck walks to the podium to speak and introduce President Barack Obama at Comcast Center during a September health care rally. Peck is guiding the creation of a cancer support group for students. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

of other students that have shared similar experiences.

“This isn’t a thing where were going to walk around campus holding hands and singing ‘Kumbaya,’” she said.

Although the cancer suppor t group is being developed and centered on Peck’s vision, the Ulman fund inspired its development.

Lindsay Melvin, the marketing and outreach coordinator for the organization, said it already provides the

circumstances causing the least amount of damage?”

Provost Nariman Farvardin, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie and Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement have all created plans to deal with the impact of another budget cut. All three declined to share those plans with the public, saying they didn’t want to scare members of the university community who might not be aware their jobs are under threat.

Although deans and heads of services such as the Health Center have been able to avoid massive layoffs by simply not hiring new employees when old ones leave, they would be forced to more extreme measures with a third budget cut, officials said.

Vivona said he didn’t want to speculate on whether the university system would get another cut, saying he didn’t want to give the state any ideas.

“To date we have not been told of the next cuts,” he said. “That’s not to say that we aren’t going to get a word. Like everybody, we hear these rumors as well. The minute I found out, I would let you know.”

Vivona also disputed the idea of a fourth cut in the spring, saying budget cuts late in a fiscal year are rare. cwells@umdbk.com

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University of Mar yland Greenebaum Cancer Center in Baltimore with social workers who “guide students through treatment” with personalized meetings and home visits, so branching out to the College Park campus was a natural progression.

On Oct. 6, the Ulman fund hosted “Campus Cancer Chat” at Nyumburu Cultural Center, where more than 50 students gathered for dinner to discuss issues facing

young adults battling cancer. Melvin said Peck was chosen as a guest speaker after seeing her introduction of President Barack Obama at his health care rally in September.

“Her speech was great and she brought attention to the fact that 70,000 young adults are diagnosed with cancer each year,” Melvin said.

After the speech, Melvin said she got “three or four e-mails from parents saying, ‘Hey, my kid is starting treatment and goes to the

University of Mar yland, and it would be great if they had someone to talk to.’”

Melvin said the Ulman fund would financially back any activities or events hosted by the group.

“We’re definitely going to put whatever [financial support] into it we need to,” she said. “It’s really all about these students finding other students just like them to talk to.” dbotelho@umdbk.com

Ehrlich weighs 2010 gubernatorial bid Higher education advocates say return would be worrisome

BY ALLISON STICE Senior staff writer

Encouraged by the recent Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, who presided over massive in-state tuition increases, is weighing a bid in the 2010 gubernatorial race.

Ehrlich is widely considered to be the only Republican with enough statewide name recognition to represent a potential threat to the reelection of Gov. Martin O’Malley, who defeated Ehrlich by more than 6 percentage points in 2006. The only other announced Republican candidate is Larry Hogan, Jr., an Ehrlich cabinet member who said he will drop out if his former boss decides to mount a campaign.

“What New Jersey tells us is no state is immune to tossing out a bad Democratic governor,” state House Minority Leader Anthony J. O’Donnell (R-Calvert) told The Washington Post last Thursday. “It sure does make me feel better. It’s something of a vindication of a gut feeling I’ve had for six to eight months. If New Jersey tells us anything, it’s that nothing’s impossible.”

While Ehrlich, who couldn’t be reached for comment, told other media outlets recent Republican victories were “predictors” and “relevant,” other state politicians didn’t believe the triumphs of Republican Bob McDonnell over R. Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Chris Christie over incumbent governor Jon Corzine in New Jersey can be interpreted as a litmus test for Maryland’s political leanings.

“I don’t think these races apply to us

frankly, partly because Maryland is a much more democratic state and partly because Gov. O’Malley is so popular,” said state Sen. Jim Rosapepe (DAnne Arundel and Prince George’s).

“Although I have a lot of respect for former Gov. Corzine, he was unpopular in New Jersey and stood almost no chance of re-election.”

A statewide poll released by Clarus Research Group the day after the elections found O’Malley defeating Ehrlich 47 to 40 percent.

But the same poll also found a plurality of Marylanders — 48 percent — would prefer that someone other than O’Malley win.

However, one thing is certain if O’Malley and Ehrlich face off in 2010: Higher education will be a major focus of both campaigns.

“Higher education was a central issue in the 2006 race, and if there’s a match-up between O’Malley and Ehrlich, it will definitely be a huge issue again,” university lobbyist Ross Stern said.

Ehrlich’s administration pushed through huge cuts to the university system, which forced in-state tuition

“From the university’s point of view, it’s very straightforward — O’Malley is a big supporter of higher education.”

ROBERT EHRLICH FORMER GOVERNOR

up 40 percent by the time he left office.

O’Malley wrested the governor’s seat from Ehrlich by centering his campaign on education funding and affordability, a move that resonated with voters who tossed out Ehrlich — the only incumbent governor in the nation to be defeated in 2006. When O’Malley began his term, tuition was eighth highest in the nation; as a result of a three-year tuition freeze, it now ranks around 16th.

Rosapepe said he would be worried if he were a university student, parent or employee at the thought of Ehrlich running again, even though he thinks his chances of victory are unlikely. But other Republican candidates aren’t very different from Ehrlich either, he said.

“At the end of the day, I’m sure there will be a Republican candidate, but so far they’re all in the same mold as Ehrlich — that is, folks who served in his administration which pushed through the big budget cuts to the university,” he said. “From the university’s point of view, it’s very straightforward — O’Malley is a big supporter of higher education, and they’ll be strongly backing his candidacy.”

JIM ROSAPEPE STATE SENATOR (D-PRINCE GEORGE’S)

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Trust and transparency

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t is typical for student activists to distrust the administration. Their natural protesting Cordell Black’s dismissal as associate provost for equity and diversity. stance towards university officials is adversarial, and they will press officials Several of their departments are being merged. Black’s dismissal was a shock, and on everything — even if there is sometimes no real substance to their ques- faculty members may be wondering when and where the next shoe will drop.

So what could the administration do to quell these fears? Their number one contioning. But the nature of college means these students rarely stay around for long. After four years, they graduate and move on with their lives and a fresh batch cern should be transparency. While the budget is now online due to the actions of student activists and the Student Government Association, of agitators without substantial knowledge of those who came there are other budget-related documents the administration before them begin the process all over again. continually refuses to release. What these documents actually But in recent weeks, the rampant distrust of one adminissay is unclear, but student activists are convinced they are far trator in particular — Provost Nariman Farvardin — has The administration can more detailed than the 900-page behemoth available online. spread beyond student activists to a much more influential Farvardin has stated that his budget documents have been constituency: Faculty members. Any time the university has remedy student and faculty provided to his private personal advisory committee but that he to cut millions from its budget, the apple cart is going to be upset. People will be resentful of any cuts targeting their trust issues by having more will try to make the information available online. This is good step, but officials need to go further. Academic affairs is part of department. But Farvardin should be concerned. It is no open processes. the university’s budget, but huge chunks also come from longer just a few student rabble-rousers who distrust him, but faculty members as well. They do not graduate, and with tenure, many of them administrative and student affairs. If administrators want feedback — and they say are around for decades. Widespread faculty distrust can force a lot more change they do — they must provide the university community with a picture of the whole budget, not bits and pieces here and there. As we’ve stated before, the administrathan student griping.

During last week’s University Senate meeting, Farvardin was grilled by a packed tion should additionally set up a committee made up of faculty, students and staff to house of students, faculty and staff over the impact of budget cuts. Some faculty help guide decision-makers through this restructuring.

We don’t think the administration is out to destroy programs or kill diversity. Runmembers said trust in Farvardin was “eroding” and bemoaned a lack of transparency. Others worried about how certain planned departmental mergers could ning a massive university is a difficult thing, and when facing a massive reduction in impact the quality of education. To be sure, not all faculty members feel this way, funds, sacrifices will have to be made. But they should be made openly and honand getting an accurate look at the opinions of all faculty members would be just estly. The provost initially said the decision to remove Cordell Black from his post was purely budgetary, but has since admitted it was both a fiscal and a personnel about impossible.

Regardless of the depth and scope of faculty discontent, the provost needs to be decision. This conflicting account doesn’t inspire trust.

University officials should open up the books, bring everyone in, and let studoing more to calm the nerves of his employees. In a PowerPoint he presented to the deans of the university’s 13 colleges earlier this year, one objective he men- dents, faculty and staff have a look. Everyone might learn something, the administioned for the coming months was to keep faculty and staff morale up. With each tration might get some good feedback and trust could be restored. After all, what day, that goal gets a little bit harder. Dozens of faculty members joined the march do they have to hide?

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Family: Remembering to be thankful

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he past couple of weeks have been a complete blur.

Studying for midterms has made me lose all sense of time and other events happening on and around the campus have kept me constantly on my feet. But I’m one of those people who likes to be busy — it keeps me away from my AIM and CSI addictions. Despite the ups and downs, I’m thoroughly enjoying college. However, there are some people and issues I’ve admittedly cast aside to the back of my mind.

Last week, several of my good friends unexpectedly lost loved ones in unrelated incidents. I was actually with one of them when she got the phone call. It was heartbreaking to see one of my good friends cry, and before I realized it, tears were welling up in my own eyes. I was mourning her loss, but I was also liv-

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SHE ing through her at that instant. What if it was me who got the phone call? I was so caught up in my college experience that for almost two weeks, I’d neglected to call or visit home. Of course, my parents called me, but I would give them one-word replies. I was angry at myself for being so selfish. After all, it would only take a couple of minutes out of my day to write an e-mail, make a phone call or have a video chat. My friends who lost someone would probably give anything to have just five minutes to spend with their loved one again.

That night, I called my parents, asked them how they were doing and told them how I was doing. I gave my brother some unwanted relationship advice and told my sister that I have eyes everywhere, and I know when she borrows my clothes without asking. I spammed the Facebook wall of one my best friends from high school who lives in New York City. I felt like I was in a rush to do all of this, as if I were going against the clock. But, if the unexpected happens, I don’t want to have any regrets. It truly doesn’t take much time to show someone you’re thinking about them and you care about them. College life is hectic, but without my family and friends’ support, I would’ve never made it this far anyway.

Luckily though, Thanksgiving break is coming up. Besides the December festivities, I don’t think

there’s another annual holiday that shouts out “family time,” “homemade deliciousness” and “food coma” as Thanksgiving does. It’s the perfect atmosphere and time to catch up with the people that care about you. And I feel that it’s especially important for people, like me, who regret not having spent more time thinking about and being with their family. Let your aunts pinch your cheeks a little more, make sure to finish all the food your grandmother piles on your plate (don’t worry, you’ll walk it off when you get back) and hug everyone extra tight before you leave. Although it’s a little morbid to say, tomorrow isn’t promised.

Cherish the time you have.

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

Christmas: Calm it down, Kringle

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n the first day of November, I was walking to class, listening to my iPod, when it happened.

“All right, you chipmunks! Ready to sing your song?” I heard.

“No way,” I thought to myself.

“Christmas is more than a month away. I am not getting sucked in by these infectious chipmunks.”

I had just gotten my thumb to the ‘skip’ button, when Simon and Theodore’s endearingly squeaky voices responded excitedly.

“I’ll say we are!’

“Yea, let’s sing it now!”

Too cute.

No, too early.

Thus followed several minutes of deep and impassioned inner conflict, from which I emerged determined to skip the song — of course, by that time I was already halfway through “Yellow Submarine” anyway.

Although I adore the holidays, you can only extend Christmas so far beyond its seasonal limits. Bing

Crosby and Jimmy Stewart are already escaping their traditional 31day confines, sneaking further into November and January with every passing year.

Don’t get me wrong. If there’s one season of the year I absolutely love, it’s Christmas. The songs, the movies, the cookies, the presents, the bows, the bells — you name it. If it’s red and green, I’m there.

But, like most self-respecting human beings, I have found a way to control my unbridled obsessions.

The rule I live by — the rule that keeps me from listening to “Jingle Bell Rock” year round and keeps my friends from going insane — is simple yet firm: No Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving.

As much as I love to see Christmas decorations, I hate to see Thanksgiving forgotten. Thanksgiving is to holidays what Ringo Starr was to The Beatles: overshadowed yet very necessary.

No matter what you think of Ringo, who is underappreciated as a member

RACHEL

HARE of the Fab Four, you have to admit the group would not have been the same without him.

And the same goes for Thanksgiving: America would not be the same without it.

In many ways, Thanksgiving is our purest holiday in that it has not yet been swallowed by a commercial side.

Thanksgiving is not about presents, bunnies, candy or fireworks.

You’ll know the real meaning of Thanksgiving when you can’t hear yourself think at the dinner table. And your aunts are questioning you discerningly about your love life. And your uncles are shouting (because they have to talk over your aunts) about whether the Giants will crush

the Broncos. And your cousins are playing in the wax of the turkey candles, laughing raucously (and being shushed, even more loudly, by your aunts). And your grandparents are smiling at the head of the table, completely content being the only quiet people in the room.

Thanksgiving is about family, whether you like it or not.

Not to mention, it’s the only holiday where the sole objective is to eat as much as you can and then pass out on the couch in front of the television. What could be more American than that?

So don’t be a cotton-headed ninnymuggins and start your Christmas celebration before the turkey’s even out of the oven. Savor Turkey Day — it’ll be time to deck the halls before you know it.

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

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his is undoubtedly an inspiring time to be a student at this university. I think the new coalition Students Taking Action to Reclaim Our Education (STARE), is a radical testament to how our student body values community, is willing to organize together to fight for these values and make sure they are clearly heard by the administration.

This Saturday, I got to see another incredible example of community organizing at a community farm meeting at the Engaged University site in nearby Riverdale.

I am a student intern at Master Peace Community Farm, which is as of now run through the Engaged University, an offshoot of the Maryland Cooperative Extension. This meeting was called because the university is withdrawing funds to pay staff starting this winter, so the farm must come up with a way to continue functioning come spring.

Almost 50 attendees, including students, talked about what the community farm provided for them: A space to grow clean, organic food in their gardening plots when they didn’t have the resources to do so elsewhere; the insight and education tostart a garden; and a space for people to connect — both students and Riverdale residents — which has inspired and rejuvenated the community.

The community members at the meeting mourned the loss of staffing but knew they needed to organize themselves quickly and effectively in order to ensure the farm will continue to serve the community as it does now. By the end of the two-hour meeting, a committee of about a dozen people, consisting of Riverdale residents, students and university staff had been charged with the responsibility of overseeing this transition from a university and staff-supported farm to a true community-supported farm — Vinnie Bevivino, community farm director, calls it community gardening with a capital ‘C.’ It was just breathtaking seeing people come forth and engage with Maryland Cooperative Extension to make sure the farm continues to serve the Riverdale community. Attendees left that room feeling inspired and empowered.

During the meeting, I kept thinking about Frances Moore Lappe’s ideas on citizen democracy. Just before the weekend, I picked up a copy of her 1971 bestseller Diet for a Small Planet, which is in many ways where food activism began in America. She writes that food is the best lens to view how society has robbed us of the ability to make clear, wellinformed choices. Her writing is about how power has been taken away from citizens, and the only way we can have a true democracy is with active citizen engagement.

“It takes active citizenry to create public decision making that works — decision making that is accountable and creative enough to address the root causes of today’s crises,” she says. “In the emerging alternative, democracy becomes no longer a set of static institutions; but a way of life.”

STARE and the Master Peace Community Farm are examples of democracy in action, and I know there are many more examples at the university. As Lappe and her daughter wrote: “Hope is not something we seek in evidence, it is what we become in action.”

May we all become the hope we need in this world. Keep breathing democracy and moving community.

Sarah Eisenstein is a sophomore environmental science and policy major. She can be reached at sarahe@umd.edu.

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You have a compelling nature, and others are continually drawn into your orbit — and often for no apparent reason. The truth is that you are simply one of those people that other people like to be around. Fortunately, you are an enthusiastically social individual.

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PREVIEW — ROBERT FRANCIS Looking at Robert Francis’ life, it’s easy to tell music would be his destiny.

Francis grew up in a musical family and was always immersed in the art form. In anticipation of his performance at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday, he discussed his early start, current success and future goals.

“When I was about three years old, my dad used to lay me across his lap and play piano for hours on end,” Francis said.

“Music was embedded in my mind from a really young age. It was the one thing that I could understand. It was something I was really passionate about, and when it came time to choose a career, music was the only thing I could see myself doing.”

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For some people, life is all about the glitz and glamour.

Such is the case for “Gay” Tony Prince, a nightclub owner in Liberty City, where the events of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony transpire.

Tony is in over his head and owes a lot of people a lot of money. To pay back his debt, Tony’s bodyguard and business partner, Luis Lopez, is put to the task of doing favors — dangerous jobs that often (if not always) involve bullets flying. The game has a great story and a lot of noteworthy new features, particularly for an expansion, but does lack some of the innovation found in previous installments.

As Lopez, a player explores the gritty underbelly of Liberty City nightlife and discover Prince’s nightclubs — and the people involved — are not as glamorous as they seem. Additionally, the player must find time to balance Lopez’s sensational life as Tony’s assistant while maintaining his relationships with his family and friends.

Developer Rockstar North and publisher Rockstar Games have brought back all of what was great about Grand Theft Auto IV in this expansion. Liberty City is still a microcosm of a city with cars driving, people talking on their cell phones and the setting changing between night and day.

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There is still a large variety of activities for players to take part in outside of the missions. The Ballad of Gay Tony expands on this: Luis can explore Tony’s clubs, go dancing, drinking, golfing and do several other activities. There are also more powerful weapons throughout the game, such as an explosive shotgun and sticky bombs, as well as more vehicles, including a tank.

The city, however, isn’t the main draw of the game.

Throughout the Grand Theft Auto IV saga, the writers at Rockstar have proven they are master storytellers. The characters are rich and interesting, each with their own over-the-top personalities and private insecurities.

The hedonism in the game makes itself quite obvious.

Tony worries he won’t always

be “the king of this town.”

Property developer Yusuf Amir plates everything he owns in gold in an attempt to impress his father. Entrepreneur Mori Kibbutz works out constantly and belittles his brother Brucie to boost his own self esteem. They care more about their images and influence than anything else, and they dig themselves into holes with powerful enemies.

Forget sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — this game is sex, drugs and dance floors. The club atmosphere is always in the back of a players’ mind, as disco tunes, many of them licensed songs, play on the cars’ radios alongside hilarious talk show stations.

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tem can often be a pain, though this varies from mission to mission. If you die in the middle of a mission, you may end up driving all the way across Liberty City for the second or third time, depending on how many tries it takes you to complete it. This can be maddening, as the real fun isn’t driving the car to the destination but the chaos that ensues when you get there.

In addition, police are fine with players driving on the wrong side of the road, burning out tires and jumping out of moving cars. But if a player as much as scratches a police vehicle, they are on the run from the law. Finally, Liberty City is huge, but a lot of it seems to go unexplored — one has to play Grand Theft

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KRAUT from page 8 right after one.

In that sense, his emotion Saturday wasn’t surprising.

But passion aside, Friedgen lost whatever it was that made him special somewhere along the way.

During the past three seasons, the offensive playcalling has been average at best, and the offensive line has lacked consistency. And although Friedgen doesn’t coach it, the Terp defense has taken a steep fall in terms of tackling and pass defense.

To add to his problems, the competition has improved.

The ACC is a parity-filled league, but it’s certainly a better conference with expansion than it was when Friedgen started nine years ago.

Just look at what’s happened in the four times the Terps have faced the Hokies since they arrived in 2004.

This season, the Terps are 2-8,

HOKIES from page 8 Friedgen said. “It is what it is.”

Quarterback Jamarr Robinson made his first career start in place of the injured Chris Turner, and Robinson became the first Terp signal-caller to rush for more than 100 yards in a game since Shaun Hill in 2001.

Robinson finished with 129 yards on 24 carries, often extending the play and making the most of several situations when things seemed to break down around him. But he completed just 12-of-32 passes for 104 yards.

“I did all right,” Robinson said. “I didn’t do anything spectacular, and we didn’t win so I didn’t do enough.”

Beyond Robinson, the Terps’ running game was non-existent, as all

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in the future, the Terp offense was reduced to a series of wild quarterback scrambles. Robinson’s runs might have been fun to watch, but he produced just three points.

Going into next season, Friedgen will have the same offensive line, maybe worse if left tackle Bruce Campbell decides to go pro. The defensive line, which for years has been without a dominant player, is stocked with young talent but will only lose experience. And then there’s the question of who to start at quarterback.

It’s clear Friedgen won’t — and shouldn’t — be fired. Besides the financial difficulties of such a drastic move, it’s only fair to allow the guy who rebuilt the program the chance to go out on his own terms, as cliché as that sounds.

But it’s also clear this season will have a lasting effect, both for Friedgen’s immediate future and for his legacy.

and there’s a good chance they end up 2-10, an almost unimaginable result this summer, even with only 14 seniors on the roster.

Friedgen can cite his team’s inexperience, the injuries to key players and the Terps’ seemingly unrepeatable turnover rate, and rightfully so.

But 2-8, with losses to Sun Belt opponent Middle Tennessee, a Rutgers team that completed only four passes and an equally mediocre Virginia squad, is the kind of record that speaks for itself.

It’s not unreasonable to assume Friedgen, now 62 with two more seasons remaining on his current contract, will never again reach the heights he once did. Sure, a solid seven- or even eight-win season is possible, even next year if all goes right.

But as Virginia Tech dominated the Terps in all facets Saturday, it seemed just as likely that things may not turn around, that Saturday wasn’t rock bottom. With quarterback Jamarr Robinson, a candidate to start

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other Terp ball carriers combined to rush seven times for three yards. The Terps drove into the red zone three times, but scored just three points.

Friedgen lauded Robinson’s ability to make plays with his feet, but said the sophomore needs to do a better job recognizing defensive coverages.

“The throwing game has to get better,” Friedgen said. “He had some throws people could have made plays on and didn’t, and that could have helped him. But I don’t think he sees things as well as he needs to.”

Defensively, the Terps struggled to contain Hokies’ quarterback Tyrod Taylor and running back Ryan Williams. The Hokies scored their third-highest point total of the season and gained their second-highest number of total yards this year.

The Terps allowed 36 points and

484 yards of total offense, including 216 yards on the ground. It was the seventh time this season the Terps allowed more than 30 points.

“I’m just worried about the next game right now,” linebacker Alex Wujciak said.

The Hokies jumped to an early 14-0 lead when Williams scored on a 1-yard touchdown run and Taylor found tight end Andre Smith for a 3-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter.

Taylor threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to flanker Dyrell Roberts and a 64-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jarrett Boykin — who shed at least one feeble attempt at a tackle — in the second quarter to give the Hokies a 27-3 lead at halftime.

“I don’t know whether it’s because it was wet out,” Friedgen said, “but we’ve been tackling much better than

Quarterback Jamarr Robinson rushed for 129 yards but only completed 12of-32 pass attempts Saturday. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

we did today.”

Saturday was the Terps’ annual blackout game, but the event lacked its usual buzz among students as the game started at 1 p.m. By the second half, a strong majority of the crowd wore Hokie maroon and orange.

Adding to the dreariness of the afternoon, Terp safety Kenny Tate suffered

a high ankle sprain and punter Travis Baltz broke his finger. Friedgen said both will miss the rest of the season.

“We didn’t live up to the expectations, and it’s tough,” center Phil Costa said. “We did some good things but we just didn’t capitalize on them.” schimmel@umdbk.com

CHARLESTON from page 1 10 points en route to a 12-point, nine-rebound performance. Fellow freshman James Padgett added 10 points and eight rebounds as seven players dropped at least nine points to help the Terps win their 33rd straight home opener.

“I think last year we got away with not scoring inside,” coach Gary Williams said. “We have to be able to score inside, and both James and Jordan are going to be able to do that as time goes by. It’s going to be inconsistent. It’s not going to be pretty all the time.”

The Terps (1-0) got points from everywhere against Charleston Southern, which finished toward the bottom of the Big South last season. Forward Landon Milbourne paced the Terps with 16 points and guard Sean Mosley chipped in 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting as the Terps pulled away late.

“For the first regular season game, I thought we did a good job of doing what we had to do,” Williams said.

Charleston Southern (0-1) hung around throughout the first half. But the Terps came out of halftime on a quick 7-0 run and put the game away, cruising to their biggest opening-night win since 1998.

Williams was happy his team continued to play hard — even as the lead ballooned.

The Terps hit six second half three-pointers and kept up their pressure defense for nine steals, which led to easy points in transition.

“It’s a lot of fun,” said guard Eric Hayes, who had 10 points.

“We were moving the ball well.

Guys were making shots. We were getting out on the break, and we had a lot of dunks, which is always a lot of fun for us and the crowd.”

Although guard Greivis Vasquez hit just three of his 14 shots, he finished with an impressive stat line, including

Coach Gary Williams said forward Dino Gregory would have started in Friday’s win if he wasn’t suspended. Gregory’s status is still unknown. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

nine points, 13 assists, five rebounds and four steals.

Vasquez, a preseason AllACC pick, wowed the home crowd with several nifty passes for easy baskets. His highlight reel included a double-fake behind the back pass in transition to Mosley for an easy finger-roll — a play Williams described as a bit over-the-top, “but that’s Greivis.”

“I was trying to get [my teammates] involved because I was really off today,” Vasquez said.

“I’ve got to continue to work.

I’m really happy because it was a team win.”

With the outcome no longer in doubt, the fans who stayed around turned to wooing another coveted frontcourt recruit. Tobias Harris, the country’s No. 3 high school power forward in the class of 2010, according to Rivals.com, took in the game courtside and students started chanting “We want Harris!” during a break in the action with about four minutes remaining.

However, Friday was about

DREXEL from page 8 line, her arm went up in celebration. She knew it was going in.

“She is a natural goal scorer,” Coach Missy Meharg said. “She has a nose for the goal, period. You really can’t teach that final work.”

The Terps went into halftime holding a 2-0 lead and a 17-0 shot advantage, and they never let up from that point on.

Forward Katie O’Donnell scored two minutes into the second half to keep the Terps’ momentum going, and two goals in 22 seconds in the last five minutes of the match— by forward Janessa Pope and midfielder Megan Frazer, respectively — completed the scoring barrage.

The Terp squad succeeded despite struggling on penalty corners. After going 3-for-5 on corners in Saturday’s 6-1 first round win

the more immediate future and the newcomers’ impressive debuts. Williams acknowledged that Gregory, who also missed the team’s exhibition win, would’ve started if he was available. But with no clear timetable set for the junior’s return, Jordan Williams’ strong start eased some concern about filling the void.

“It’s something [Jordan Williams is] definitely capable of,” Milbourne said. “He’s a big body, and he knows how to use it. You’ll probably see that a lot this year.”

TERP NOTE: The Terp frontcourt took another potential blow when forward Jin Soo Choi went down with a sprained right ankle in the second half. Choi, who had no points and one rebound in six minutes, didn’t put pressure on the leg as teammates helped him off the floor.

Williams wasn’t sure of the injury’s severity after the game, but the coach said he hopes to have Choi available for tomorrow’s game against Fairfield. edetweiler@umdbk.com

over American, they did not score on any of their 15 set plays on Sunday because of the Dragons’ strong corner defense. Phillips stopped nine of the corner shots, and Drexel defenders blocked three more.

The Terp backfield held its own as well, even without starter Alicia Morawski, who was injured against the Eagles and will be out until Tuesday. But thanks to a dogged effort from the midfield, the defense rarely had to face the Drexel attack that upset No. 5 Connecticut 3-2 in Saturday’s first round.

“Today, the dominance really came from the midfield in that we were really, really eager whenever they shifted the ball laterally,” Meharg said. “I attribute our team defense to the movement in our center midfield.” kyanchulis@umdbk.com

Center Yemi Oyefuwa and the Terps used their superior size inside to outrebound North Carolina Central 56-27 Saturday night. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

BASKETBALL from page 8 Essence Townsend led all players with four blocks, but the amount of shots she and her lengthy compatriots down low altered was far greater.

“Our freshmen aren’t playing like freshmen,” Frese said. “That’s exactly how we need them to play. They’re playing like great basketball players that we’ve recruited here to Maryland.”

COUGARS from page 8 defeated Monmouth 4-0 Friday night to advance to take on the Cougars, who handed Villanova a 1-0 loss Friday.

Casey recorded the biggest play of the game when Washington State forward Kiersten Dallstream approached the net all alone in the 77th minute.

Casey charged Dallstream near the top of the box, and with the game on the line made a sliding save on the Cougars’ best opportunity.

Casey turned away another golden opportunity for the Cougars in the 83rd minute, smothering a point-blank shot in the box to seal the victory for the Terps.

The Cougars recorded a 12-10 shot advantage in the match.

Washington State outplayed the Terps for much of the first half, dominating the first 15 minutes of the

On offense, reigning ACC Freshman of the Year Lynetta Kizer took on an increased scoring role as needed.

After scoring just 18 total points in the team’s two preseason scrimmages, Kizer notched a career high of 23 in only 21 minutes of action Saturday.

“She set the tone for all of our post players,” Frese said.

“Every time she got a touch, she was very effective with it.”

“I think with young post players like we have ... they’re

game. Both teams came out of the gates conservatively, not trying to give the other team any opportunities.

But the Cougars were able to keep much of the play in the Terps’ defensive end.

“We talked to our backline about being a little bit more conservative in terms of dropping off and trying to keep the game in front of them,” Pensky said.

It was Spencer’s continued influence up front that gave the momentum to the Terps.

A free kick in the 31st minute led to a corner for the Terps. Forward Caitlin Mooney sent the corner toward the far post, where defender Megan Watson headed it on goal. The Cougar backline turned the attempt away, allowing midfielder Molly Dreska to get a foot on it.

The ball trickled through the box, where Spencer was able to corral it and put it away.

“Jasmyne’s just a workhorse,”

going to need somebody to build their confidence off of,” said Kizer, who went 10-of-12 from the field and pulled down eight rebounds.

Freshmen forwards Tianna Hawkins and Diandra Tchatchouang added 15 and 11 points, respectively, for the Terps, who improved their home winning streak to 37 games.

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Casey said. “She never quits on plays, and she gives us chances we wouldn’t normally get.”

Spencer’s goal increased her point total to 25 on the season, which leads the Terps.

The Terps will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., next Saturday to take on ACC foe and No. 4-ranked North Carolina for the third time this season. The Tar Heels recorded a 1-0 victory at Ludwig Field Nov. 1 and a 3-0 win in Chapel Hill Nov. 4 in the ACC tournament.

Casey believes the Terps’ tournament dreams can continue through Chapel Hill, despite the fact that the Terps have never beaten the Tar Heels’ women’s soccer’s dominant program.

“We know what [North Carolina] likes to do,” Casey said. “We came into the season hoping to reach the Sweet 16, but we’re not going to settle for that. We’re not done.” sports@umdbk.com

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36 9 TECH-NICAL DIFFICULTIES Forward Nicole Muracco celebrates after scoring in the Terps’ 5-0 win against Drexel yesterday.

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Field hockey rolls past Drexel and to Final Four Terps had little trouble this weekend

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

The top-seeded Terrapin field hockey team didn’t just stop Drexel in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Terps never allowed the Dragons to get started.

From the opening whistle, the No. 1 Terps (22-0) controlled the game. They didn’t allow the No. 10 Dragons a shot in the first half and only three in the second, while piling on 33 of their own in the 5-0 victory to get into the Final Four.

Drexel goalie Jenna Phillips turned in a career performance, notching 16 saves. But the Terps overwhelmed the Dragon backfield, hardly ever letting the ball move past the 50-yard line and into Terp territory. Phillips couldn’t hold up for 70 minutes under the continuous pressure.

“We just kept pounding her,” forward Nicole Muracco said. “And eventually, the shots are going to go in. She played a great game, but you can’t stop 33 shots. So I think that goes to everyone, just going in and getting the shots.”

Muracco had the first shot that made it past Phillips more than 28 minutes into the game.

Up to that point, the Terps had seen seven shots batted away by the Dragon goalie and had five more shots miss the mark. Though the Terps had held possession for almost the entire game, their dominance did not show on the scoreboard.

But on a Terp fast break, Muracco raced into the circle and sent a rebounded shot into the cage for her 29th goal of the year, breaking the program single-season goal record.

That sparked the Terps. Less than two minutes later, the Terps had again moved inside the circle, and Muracco tapped a pass from midfielder Ameliet Rischen past Phillips for another score.

Before the ball even rolled over the end

see DREXEL, page 7

Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams ran for 126 yards and this first half touchdown in the Hokies’ 36-9 win.

Terps get down early, blown out by Hokies

Where does Friedgen go from here?

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KRAUT

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or a few moments Saturday, Terrapin football coach Ralph Friedgen couldn’t bear to look at the assembled media gathered before him.

Here was a man of immense pride and conviction, the alum who returned to his alma mater in 2001 and immediately won an ACC title nobody thought was possible, then backed it up with an 11-win season the next year and a 10-win season the year after.

He was once an offensive genius, a program savior. He

BY GREG SCHIMMEL Senior staff writer

had full command in pushing all the right buttons to make a Terp football program that was nothing into something.

Saturday, after the Terps lost 36-9 to Virginia Tech in an ugly and uninspired performance, Friedgen was far from that man.

He teared up, and his voice grew softer. He looked down at the podium in front of him, as if to hide his face or simply try to decipher what had gone so terribly wrong.

Yes, he’s still passionate about this program. This season, Friedgen has choked up during a few of his weekly Tuesday press conferences, three days removed from his team’s latest loss, let alone

see KRAUT, page 7

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Coach Ralph Friedgen looks on from the sideline during the Terps’ 36-9 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK

When Terrapin football coach Ralph Friedgen talked to his old friend Frank Beamer on the field at Byrd Stadium on Saturday, Friedgen said the Virginia Tech coach offered a few words of encouragement.

“He said, ‘Hang in there,’” Friedgen said.

“He knows me so he knows what I’m going through.”

Beamer’s No. 20-ranked Hokies had just dismantled the Terps 36-9 — handing Friedgen’s team its fifth consecutive loss — and the proud Friedgen got choked up recalling the encounter.

Saturday’s blowout was the most recent in a seemingly endless procession of disappointments for the Terps, and with a record of 2-8 they now have more losses than any Terp team Friedgen has coached in his nine years running the program.

With two games left to play, there’s only so much Friedgen, Beamer or anyone can say about it.

“We played a good football team. They made some plays and we had an opportunity to make some plays and didn’t,”

see HOKIES, page 7

Women’s basketball team dominates in season opener with defensive effort Terps score 37 points off 27 N.C. Central turnovers

BY JONAS SHAFFER Staff writer

Midfielders Becky Kaplan (No. 19) and Danielle Hubka (No. 34) fight for possession during the Terps’ 1-0 second round win against Washington State yesterday. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Terps heading to Sweet 16 where Tar Heels await

BY CONOR WALSH Staff writer

During the summer, the Terrapin women’s soccer team set a goal of reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. That goal was realized yesterday afternoon as the No. 20 Terps snuck past No. 22 Washington State 1-0 in a physical second round game at Ludwig Field.

The Terps were able to get

past the Cougars in a game that could have gone either way, with forward Jasmyne Spencer’s goal in the 32nd minute holding up for the No. 4 seed Terps.

Goalkeeper Mary Casey led the Terps (14-5-2), recording five saves en route to her ninth clean sheet of the season.

Coach Brian Pensky lauded the senior captain’s performance.

“Mary is a constant injection

of confidence to our backline, to our entire team,” Pensky said.

“There’s no question that we go into a game feeling good about our goalkeeping and great about the leadership she brings to the table.”

The win comes in the Terps’ first tournament appearance since 2004, a year before Pensky took the reins. The Terps

see COUGARS, page 7

Even for a team of nine freshmen and sophomores, the Terrapin women’s basketball 88-39 rout of North Carolina Central on Saturday night wasn’t altogether unexpected.

How the Terps actually turned the score line into a lopsided laugher was.

The young crew responsible for replacing the lost offensive production of last year showed it might turn to defense to make this season a little bit smoother than coach Brenda Frese expected.

“I thought for their first real live test coming out, I’m excited,” Frese said. “I’m excited to be able to build on this.”

The Terps (1-0) held the lady Eagles (0-1) to 29.4 percent shooting and scored 37 points off 27 North Carolina Central turnovers. The 39 points allowed were the fewest since Dec. 7, 2007, when Northern Iowa scored

only 37 against the Terps.

At one point midway through the first half, the Terps forced a turnover on eight straight possessions as they extended a nine-point advantage to a 26-6 lead.

“It’s great to see where we’re at defensively,” Frese said. “We were ready to play.

We played great team defense together. I think we have so many different parts right now that we can interchange.”

Indeed, it was often the Terps’ bench players who made life most miserable for the lady Eagles. Freshman guards Dara Taylor (five steals) and Jackie Nared (six rebounds) didn’t start Saturday, but they never stopped pestering the lady Eagles with their quickness and athleticism when they were on the floor.

On the rare occasions when dribble penetration succeeded, there was still the matter of overcoming the Terps’ inside presence. Freshman center

see BASKETBALL, page 7

Center Lynetta Kizer scored a career-high 23 points in the Terps’ easy 88-39 victory Saturday. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK