November 17, 2014

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Woman flees after attack at knifepoint Man attempts to take university student in early morning attack; PGPD continues to investigate

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer

brian kelly, architecture professor, speaks at Friday’s brainstorming session in the Architecture Building’s Great Space. erin serpico/for the diamondback

Police are searching for an unidentified man who assaulted a female student on Hartwick Road

they walked backward, the student was able to break free and run away.

The victim was not injured, Prince George’s County Police spokeswoman Nicole Hubbard said. yesterday morning.

The victim’s roommate, Amanda Armed with a knife, the man attacked the student on the 4400 block Miller, said the victim ran into Miller’s of Hartwick at about 6 a.m., accord- room “hysterically crying” after the ing to a UMD Alert released yesterday incident. Miller, a sophomore commuat 12:55 p.m. The man grabbed her nication major, helped her roommate around the neck from behind, but as calm down and listened to her explain

U officials get student ideas for library plan

what happened.

The victim told Miller she left to get an early breakfast with her friends.

When she came back, the man attacked her when she got out of her car.

“As she closed the door and walked towards the apartment … a man came behind her, put a knife to her neck and started grabbing her and whispered See ASSAULT, Page 2

MEN’S SOCCER | TERPS 2, HOOSIERS 1

Architecture library event draws 200

By Talia Richman @talirichman Senior staff writer The “Great Space” in the architecture building, a room slightly longer than a basketball court that’s hollowed out of the middle of the school, is usually filled with a few rolling tables on which students work on projects or models.

But for five hours Friday afternoon, the space was taken over by about 200 students, faculty and alumni for a design workshop to brainstorm ideas for the future of the Architecture Library.

“It’s great that this gives [students] a stake in designing the future,” said Gary White, associate dean of libraries. “They have lots of good, implementable ideas.”

After a 1.5 percent budget cut last year, the Architecture Library was originally slated to close in August and have its collection integrated into McKeldin Library. The Art Library’s See library, Page 2

Midfielder Tsubasa Endoh (10) and defender Christoffer Wallander-Ianev (14) celebrate after Wallander-Ianev’s goal in the first half of the Terps’ Big Ten title win over Indiana yesterday at Ludwig Field. christian jenkins/the diamondback

NEW CHAMPS ON THE B1G BLOCK Terps win university’s first Big Ten tournament title with victory over Indiana

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer When it was finally over, Tsubasa Endoh couldn’t help but cry.

Though it started the 2014 campaign 1-3-2,

the Terrapins men’s soccer team found itself less than 27 minutes away from clinching the Big Ten title against No. 6-seed Indiana on Sunday while holding a 1-0 lead. In the 64th minute, however, the No. 1-seed Terps surrendered an own goal when midfielder Dan Metzger’s clear attempt trickled past goalkeeper Zack Steffen.

Offense stumbles in loss under the lights

Students request to see agreement papers

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Senior staff writer

No. 12 Spartans pick off Brown 3 times at Byrd QuaRTERBACK C.J. BROWN rolls to his right to throw a pass during the Terps’ 37-15 loss to the No. 12 Spartans on Saturday at Byrd Stadium. Brown threw three interceptions in the game. marquise mckine/the diamondback

The Terrapins football defense did its job on the fi rst possession of Saturday night’s 37-15 loss to No. 12 Michigan State, as the Spartans’ high-octane offense failed to score a touchdown on its opening drive for just the third time all season.

Terps inside linebacker Cole Farrand broke up a pass on third-

and-9 to force a punt, which bounced through the end zone for a touchback. Quarterback C.J. Brown and the offense jogged onto the field for a series starting on their own 20-yard line. Then a familiar scene unfolded.

Brown lined up in the pistol formation, took the snap and faked a handoff to running back Wes Brown before rolling to his right. Eyes

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SLAP group calls for greater transparency in Koch gift

FOOTBALL | No. 12 SPARTANS 37, TERPS 15

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

So when the closing buzzer sounded minutes after midfielder Mael Corboz sealed the 2-1 win with an 86th-minute right-footed free kick, the announced crowd of 2,272 at Ludwig Field erupted. This university’s fight song played over

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downfield, the sixth-year signalcaller locked in on receiver Jacquille Veii. He fired a weak throw on the run. Safety Kurtis Drummond was waiting and jumped the route.

For the second straight home game, it appeared Brown would throw an interception on the team’s fi rst play See SPARTANS, Page 3

After the announcement that the university will use a $6 million gift for a new multidisciplinary research center, one student group is calling for more transparency.

With the Koch Foundation and the Snider Foundation’s $6 million donation — $1 million of which is from Koch — students from this university’s chapter of the Student Labor Action Project are requesting to see the specific language in the memorandum of understanding between the Koch Foundation and this university.

Four members of SL A P, an

economic justice advocacy group, visited the Office of Legal Affairs at the Main Administration Building on Wednesday to hand in a written request asking to see the agreement between the two institutions. According to the office’s website, it could take up to 30 days for the group to receive a reply to the letter.

“I don’t want to make assumptions,” said Daniel Alarcon, a junior English major and member of SLAP. “Loh assured us that [the] Koch brothers would not be in charge with administration or have anything to do with administration … but I’m a little suspicious.”

S o p h o m o re C h r i s B a n ge r tD row n s, a SL A P member who founded this university’s chapter, said the group has identified a trend in which universities that partner See koch, Page 3

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hoosiers From PAGE 1 the PA system. Players hugged and high-fived.

Amid the commotion, Endoh fell to the ground, curled into a ball and sobbed tears of joy.

Moments later, the midfielder’s teammates helped him to his feet, and the players raised a Big Ten tournament trophy for the first time in this university’s history.

“Guys still haven’t forgotten the [national] championship game last year,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “There’s still an emptiness from last year’s experience at PPL Park.

We had a tough start this year, and we had some real tough, honest conversations. We were challenged.”

In each of the past two seasons, the Terps have followed conference championship victories with appearances in the College Cup. And after his team’s 11th consecutive victory, Cirovski mentioned how the Terps hope to continue the trend this year and make up for the heartbreak they suffered in December.

But if it hadn’t been for Corboz’s 86th-minute strike, Indiana might have captured its second Big Ten title in a row.

After the Terps (13-5-3) conceded the own goal, the previously animated Ludwig crowd fell silent. “ It w a s re a l ly q u i c k ,” Steffen said. “The guy cut it back inside, and Metzger came across to clear it.”

the terrapins men’s soccer team holds up the Big Ten Championship trophy after it defeated Indiana, 2-1, on Ludwig Field on Sunday (top). Defender Mikey Ambrose celebrates the trophy, carrying it down the line of fans (bottom left), and midfielder Tsubasa Endoh sheds tears of joy as his team celebrates the win (bottom right). christian jenkins/the diamondback Both teams began the game aggressively, pushing the ball, relying on crisp ball movement and sending crosses into the box. And with the title on the line down the stretch, that assertive play manifested itself fully.

As the game passed the 85thminute mark, forward David Kabelik sent a through ball to forward Jeroen Meefout, who had come off the bench for the first time in five games.

Meefout was tripped up just outside the box, giving Corboz

the free-kick opportunity.

“Originally, I was going to go to the other side,” Corboz said. “But I saw the goalie cheating a little bit. I decided to switch sides. Luckily for me, it went in.”

Cirovski added: “T here

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was a large aura of confidence when he stepped up to that ball that something special could happen. And it did.”

For the first time since Cirovski’s squad began its 11-game winning streak Oct. 8, the Terps were outshot in the

first half, 5-4. While Michigan State played a more passive, defensive style in the semifinal on Friday, Indiana sought to push the pace. Through the first 14 minutes, Indiana outshot the Terps 4-1.

In the 25th minute, Indiana came close to breaking a scoreless tie when forward Andrew Oliver ripped a right-footed one timer after midfielder Jamie Vollmer’s running throw-in from the corner. Steffen broke up the play with a jumping hand save.

About 15 minutes later, defender Christoffer WallanderIanev, a Swedish freshman starting at right back for injured defender Jereme Raley, found a ball at his feet from 10 yards out after a scrum near the net and gave the Terps a 1-0 lead with a right-footed rip.

Over the summer, the Terps were selected as the top team in the conference by the coaches.

Yet through the first third of the season, the Terps had just one win and hardly resembled the dominant team of past seasons.

After enduring a grueling regular season and the conference tournament, the Terps will enter the national tournament with confidence after earning hardware in their inaugural Big Ten season.

“I felt like something special was going to come in the last 10 minutes,” Cirovski said.

“We’ve seen that story many times here at Ludwig Field. It’s a part of who we are. I really felt confident that we would find some way to get a goal.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

Detectives a re actively looking for the perpetrator, Hubbard said. Police encourFrom PAGE 1 age anyone with information in her ear, ‘You’re coming with about the assault to call 911 or 301-772-4908. me,’” Miller said.

Miller said her roommate Miller called police while the victim spoke to her mother went home to her family in New York and is beginning on the telephone.

architecture library supporters take part in brainstorming sessions to think of ways to reimagine the library’s future amid the news about its closing. About 200 people came out to the Architecture Building to support the movement Friday. erin serpico/for the diamondback

Library From PAGE 1 collection was also scheduled to be moved within the next one to two years.

But after public outcry and an online petition signed by more than 600 people, Libraries Dean Patricia Steele postponed the closing until she could get feedback from students and faculty about how they want the library to be transformed.

On Friday, the group approached the opportunity to give Steele commentary u si n g t hei r a rch ite c t u re backgrounds. The event was called a “charrette,” a term that means “cart” in French.

The word gained its current mea n i ng i n 19th-centu ry Paris when students studying architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts would submit their projects via a cart that drove through the city.

“The intense frenzy of creative activity before a deadline was dubbed a ‘charrette,’” said architecture associate professor Brian Kelly, who moderated the event. “Today, our charette is not a cart, but an intensive design workshop.”

Kelly is part of the 15-person task force working to come up with a plan of action for the Architecture Library that is both feasible and fiscally

responsible. The task force hopes to present an idea to Steele by the end of January, Kelly said.

“A r c h i t e c t s t h i n k b y making propositions, and we advance an idea by making a proposal that acts as a prototype and then analyzing that prototype,” Kelly said. “The result of this charrette will be taken and examined by the task force.”

The crowd broke into eight “precincts” and came up with ideas using design-thinking methods. First, the clusters “empathized” by talking to one another about how they felt about the library. Next, they “defined” the problem based on needs and restrictions and lastly, they “ideated” and mapped out plans for the library’s future.

To encourage active collaboration, all chairs were removed from the space and students wrote their ideas on dry-erase boards and pads stationed around the room.

Samuel Englehart, an architecture graduate student, suggested a “truck for architecture books” go around the campus.

“At best, we’d be able to keep our library, but obviously that isn’t feasible financially,” Englehart said. “I want to find the next best thing.”

White said most of about $250,000 that needs to be

absorbed comes from personnel costs.

Some students broached the idea of having 24-hour swipe access and self-service — like a professional library — to eliminate those costs.

The charrette ended with each precinct captain presenting his or her groups’ ideas. Plans ranged from decentralizing the library and incorporating it throughout the Architecture Building to just moving the collections to McKeldin to make the library into a gallery of completed studio projects.

Each participant received four red stickers, which they stuck to concepts that they liked, Kelly said.

The activity would guide the task force in their future discussions, he added.

Ashley Grzyzwa, an architecture graduate student, said it was rewarding to know their suggestions would be taken seriously.

“T his whole experience was really eye-opening for us to u ndersta nd how effect ive it ca n be to show o t h e r s t a k e h ol d e rs yo u r voice,” she said. “Going in, people were skeptical that no one would listen to us and that nothing we said would m a t t e r, b u t b y t h e e n d , people were very excited.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

to feel better.

“It’s going to be a long process, but for the time being, she is going to be with her mom, she’s stopped crying and is a little more relaxed,” Miller said. jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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Univ needs more research opportunities, students say Some argue that univ will not rise in rankings without more paid research chances

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer In his annual State of the Campus address earlier this month, university President Wallace Loh vowed that this university would become one of the nation’s top 10 public research university over the next six years.

Some graduate students, however, said to accomplish this goal, research opportunities must be made more readily available.

F i rst-yea r i n for m at ion systems graduate student Khushboo Kashyap said the research happening in her field drew her to this university.

“It is a voluntary experience,” she said. “I am not being paid or anything, but it is still so worth it. It’s a very enriching experience.”

K a shyap sa id on ly t wo students can participate per term, leaving out many students who want to take part in the research.

First-year graduate student

Ruchika Satalkar is unable to participate in research, because it’s not included in her program. Satalkar, who is pursuing a masters degree in telecommunications engineering, said while she is enjoying her experience at this university, she wishes she had more opportunities.

“I was really intending to do something of that sort,” she said.

Loh said the university has spent or is planning to spend $850 m i l l ion on the construction of new facilities to enhance research programs.

The university’s Physical Sciences Complex opened this year, and the addition of the Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation will provide new opportunities for students across disciplines, Loh said.

Satalkar said the university’s research facilities are “perfect” and don’t need any improvements right now. But Loh stressed that these facilities are more than just “beautiful buildings.”

“The emphasis is that it’s not just the buildings, per se,” Loh said. “It is what is happening inside them in terms of educational research that makes those buildings significant.”

Loh also said the partnerships playing out inside these buildings — with federal government agencies and major corporations such as Lockheed Martin — could have additional implications in the recruitment of students. In his address, Loh stressed the importance of attracting top high school students, particularly in-state residents.

In an email, graduate school Dean Charles Caramello said attracting top graduate students is a similar priority for his department. He compared this task to recruiting faculty members or athletes.

“Top students wa nt to enroll in and graduate from top programs in a top university,” Caramello wrote. “We will enhance our success in recruiting top students, accordingly, by continuing to build the excellence and stature of

our graduate programs and our university.”

Second-year water resources engineering graduate student Jaison Renkenberger said improving the social aspect of graduate education would better the overall graduate experience, in turn improving the school’s reputation and recruiting ability. He also said a more positive experience would create more passionate and motivated students.

“There needs to be a bigger effort towards socializing,” Renkenberger said. “All the students in general need more interaction with each other.”

Second-year doctoral candidate Camille Westmont has conducted research digging in northeastern Pennsylvania as she pursues her degree in historical archeology. She said one of the challenges of conducting research is that one person can only do so much.

“There’s stuff that the professors are spending more time on that would be better served being done by a graduate student, and then you

University President wallace loh speaks at the annual State of the Campus address Nov. 5, an event during which he discussed the university’s goals. tom hausman/the diamondback have graduate students who don’t have funding because professors can’t pay them,” Westmont said.

Providing more graduate assistantships would benefit not only these graduate students and professors, she said, but undergraduate students as well.

“When you put so much emphasis on resea rch for

new professors and then don’t give them people to help them — i.e. grad students — then their teaching suffers because there’s only so many hours in a day,” Westmont said.

“When the professors don’t have money to hire graduate students to work for them, it hurts everyone.” lschapitldbk@gmail.com

SGA hopes for ease in city tension with rise in university-registered parties Noise disturbances are inescapable, Old Town residents say

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer Old Tow n Col lege Pa rk resident Kathy Bryant didn’t expect the excessive noise of the off-campus party scene.

Sh e a l s o d i d n’t pl a n for 2:30 a.m. visitors begging to use her bathroom. “[In August], I heard pounding on the door, and this girl was drunk out of her mind. …

She just kept wanting to get in my house, and I didn’t feel comfortable; I didn’t know her,” said Bryant, who is the president of the Old Town Civic Association. “I don’t think someone should have been pounding on the door at 2:30 in the morning.”

Although personal house visits aren’t common, general noise disturbances seem impossible to escape, and they aggravate Old Town residents any night of the week, sometimes occurring as late as 4 a.m.

spartans From PAGE 1 from scrimmage. But Drummond dropped the easy pick as the sellout crowd of 51,802 at Byrd Stadium breathed a collective sigh of relief.

The reprieve lasted mere minutes, though. Two plays later on third down, Brown sailed an errant throw off his back foot over the middle of the field. This time, Drummond made no mistake in catching the football, and he returned it inside the Terps’ 30-yard line.

The play marked the first m ista ke i n a roug h n ig ht for Brown, who completed 46.5 percent of his passes and threw three interceptions, the last of which was returned for a touchdown late in the third quarter and gave the Spartans a then-16-point lead that proved insurmountable.

Brown did throw two touchdown passes, including a 20-yard strike to wide receiver Daniel Adams early in the second quarter that brought the Terps within two points. But ultimately, his untimely errors and lack of accuracy limited the team’s offensive efficiency.

“You sit there and shake your head and say, ‘Where did that come from?’ That’s the thing that’s frustrating as a coach, and those are the things you’re

But Ryan Belcher, director of shared governance for the Student Government Association, hopes to ease tensions between students and residents by encouraging more parties registered with the university through the Interfraternity Council at Greek life chapter houses.

“When parties are on the Row, the noise is taken off College Park, and it’s safer given the mechanisms for social event monitoring,” said Belcher, a senior environmental science and policy and government and politics major.

“They’re also a lot of fun. …

You’re able to have social events in the chapter houses, which is your second home if you’re in Greek life.”

Bryant said residents often have no choice but to call law enforcement to the scene when there’s excessive noise.

According to a city noise data report, police and code enforcement received 521 noise complaints in the city of College Park in 2013, with August and September as the busiest months, totaling 67 and 117 calls, respectively.

And the Old Town neighbor-

working on each and every day to try to get them to do it the right way all the time,” Edsall said. “You see them make the right reads, make the right throws, and sometimes you scratch your head and say, ‘How the heck did he do that?’”

The offensive struggles don’t rest solely on Brown, though.

The Spartans front seven outmuscled the Terps offensive line, as Edsall’s squad rushed for 6 total yards on 17 carries, while Brown was sacked three times.

That inability to run the ball led to short possessions and third-and-longs.

And because of an ineffective passing game, the Terps went 2 of 13 on third down and mustered 22 minutes, 28 seconds of possession compared with more than 37 minutes for the Spartans.

“Offensively, we’ve got to hold ourselves accountable,” Brown said Saturday. “We didn’t step up to the challenge today.”

The struggles proved even more frustrating for Brown and Edsall considering the Terps’ stout defensive performance.

The unit held the Spartans to 16 points through most of the first three quarters and provided the offense with an opportunity to come back despite Brown’s early interception and a muffed punt from cornerback Will Likely that set up Michigan State with a short field.

Perhaps most impressive was

A can disposed of on College Avenue. Old Town residents have complained of disruptions from rowdy students and argue registered parties lessen help that. file photo/the diamondback hood, which houses most of Greek life’s off-campus “satellite” houses, is specifically affected by noise disturbances, said Bob Ryan, the city’s director of public services.

“It’s seasonal — obviously, the nicer the weather, the nicer it is to have an outdoor party, and that’s where a lot of the complaints originate from: Large house parties and the associated crowds of people coming and going,” Ryan said.

Belcher said chapters hold about one registered party per semester. Strict rules come with registered parties, he

the defense’s work against quarterback Connor Cook and the Spartans’ potent passing attack.

Cook, who had completed nearly 60 percent of his passes entering the contest, connected on fewer than half his passes against the Terps secondary and tied his worst passer rating of the season at 110.2.

“Our defense was battling all day, and we just couldn’t execute,” Veii said of the offense.

“I know the coaches are going to say that we lost as a team, but I feel like we didn’t hold up our part of the deal.”

Edsall’s frustration with Brown’s decision-making was evident as he addressed the media in Gossett Team House after the loss.

And in his Sunday conference call, the fourth-year coach hinted at the possibility of a quarterback change for the first time all season. Backups Perry Hills and Shane Cockerille could both be in contention.

The opportunities left on the field by the offense Saturday were too much for Edsall to ignore.

“If we can’t be more productive, then I think we have to take a look at those guys,” Edsall said. “I don’t want to do that if I don’t have to. But if [the play] dictates that we do that, then I’ll do what’s in the best interest to help us get a win.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

said, including having an invitation list, having a routine party check by the social event monitoring committee and distributing wristbands or marking underage attendees’ hands with black X’s, according to the social event monitoring policy.

The parties also have to end by 2 a.m., and no beverages exceeding 15 percent alcohol content are permitted, according to the policy.

The punishment for breaking any of the rules is an eightto 12-week social moratorium, which the policy defines as

Koch From PAGE 1 with organizations start to pick up the characteristics the corporations historically have, and seeing the document can help clarify whether this is occurring at this university.

Despite claims that the Koch Foundation has attempted to influence the academics of other institut ions by i mposi ng its political ideologies, university officials have said this is not the case with this donation. “[SL A P members] are entitled to express their views,” Loh said. “I’m glad that they are engaged in issues that they are passionate about, but I respectfully disagree with them.”

Loh said this particular donation is part of a larger private gift, and as with every donation the university receives, the donors had to meet requirements before the university accepted. No academic, administrative or hiring policies at this university are being encroached upon from this relationship or from any donation that the university receives, Loh said.

“We have very strict policies that once someone gives

“no in-house or out-of-house social events, including dated parties, formals or any other chapter-organized social function with alcohol.”

“When you are dealing with a registered party right now, you have a higher probability of getting in trouble than with an off-campus party, in addition to the fact that it’s more restricted and you have to plan it in advance,” said Keith Brassil, the SGA Greek residential representative and a senior economics major. “That’s why they’re not more popular.”

Belcher said encouraging Greek life to throw more registered parties would warrant a change to the current policy.

This would mean loosening the punishments, such as more forgiving penalties for first-time infractions and reducing chapter liabilities by getting party guests to sign testimonies indicating they are responsible for themselves.

The Greek community has expressed support for policy changes to make registered parties more enjoyable, Belcher said. Residents and city officials also expressed interest in actions to increase registered

parties at the Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee meeting Nov. 6, he said.

Belcher said his next steps include speaking with the Panhellenic Association and IFC and collaborating with the City Council and civic associations.

They also will speak to the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life to see whether policy changes can be implemented or have to go through the University Senate.

Brassil said the push for more registered parties is feasible and can be vital to amending relations between students and long-term residents.

“As far as Greek life goes, we’ve had huge success in tailgating scenes on campus, so if we could make [registered parties] more popular, we could also have that same success creating a safer environment for students to have fun in,” Brassil said. “It would also really improve our relationship with the local city of College Park, which has just been really suffering recently. They’re really fed up with the noise.”

us a gift, we will only accept it if academic freedom and university independence is maintained,” Loh said.

B ut A l a rcon sa id t he group members hope the legal affairs office approves the group’s request so they ca n see the ag reement before moving forward.

“If they influence curriculum, if they do have power to hire and shape faculty in any way, what we’re trying to do is distance ourselves from that,” Alarcon said.

T he proposed center, wh ich w i l l be ca l led the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets, will promote experimentation with business enterprise a n d w i l l i n v o l v e m u ltiple departments within this university. BangertDrow ns, a biochem istry major, said SLAP members are upset with the idea that the money is going toward a center that could promote a “neoliberal” philosophy, perhaps casting a bias on the university.

“The use of the money is going toward something that’s ex pl icitly biasi ng the academic discussion,” Bangert-Drowns said.

Loh said the university administration supervises all hiring itself, no matter the donation. For example, a

donation to the athletics department would not give the donor influence over those the teams recruited, he said.

The group acknowledges L oh’s statement t h at t he foundation would have no control over h i ri ng practices, and its members are satisfied with that, BangertDrowns said, but the document will show if there is any specific lang uage regarding curriculum.

“We want to make sure there’s no other relationship that would infringe on academic freedom,” BangertDrowns said.

T h i s c a mpa i g n come s a b o ut a mont h a f te r t h e launch of the group’s ongoing Fight for 15 ca mpa ig n, i n which SLAP proposed that t he ad m i n i st rat ion ra i se campus worker wages and allow for more union representation. The group advocates transparency in any partnership or agreement between this university and other institutions.

“They’re going to have to assure the student body that there are no strings attached to the money, other than the building,” Alarcon said.

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his year’s gubernatorial election made history when Larry Hogan became this state’s second Republican governor since the 1960s.

The race between Hogan and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown was close, but their platforms were wildly different. Hogan staunchly campaigned to fix this state’s economy and tax system, while Brown focused more on social issues including health care, gun laws and, most importantly, higher education.

Hogan’s lack of discussion about higher education, including the student loan crisis and general college affordability, is concerning for this university, which, as part of the University System of Maryland, relies heavily on state funding. In fact, this editorial board endorsed Brown for the Nov. 4 election because of his attention to the details of higher education. Also, an October poll conducted by The Washington Post and this university found that 53 percent of about 1,000 state residents surveyed said Brown would be better suited for handling public education.

Yet despite the endorsement and poll numbers, Gov.-elect Hogan’s platform outshone Brown’s. Hogan also announced Nov. 12 that he will wait until his Jan. 21 inauguration to discuss his policy plans.

Where does that leave this university and other institutions that are part of the university system? While Hogan most likely will focus on the

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issues that were the foundation of his strategically plan his long-awaited campaign platform, he simply cannot budget cutting and reveal whether and how much his administration ignore higher education. could cut from the university system’s funding.

OUR VIEW During Gov. Martin O’Malley’s tenure, his administration focused greatly on higher education, providing the university system with higher quality, more affordable and more accessible education. O’Malley’s administration managed to cap tuition increases at 3 percent for the past Despite his holdout on revealing four years, and Brown highlighted policy plans, Hogan has made it in- that for the benefit of his own camcredibly clear that his top priority after paign. Brown also tried several times inauguration will be to cut spending. to connect Hogan to tuition increasWhere the spending will be cut, no one es in this state during Republican knows for certain. However, although Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s administration. this state has a budget deficit of nearly Brown continually tried to identify $600 million, the university system Hogan as a supporter of Ehrlich’s has requested more state funding for tuition increases, and Hogan vehethe coming fiscal year. According to the mently denied the connection and fiscal year 2015 budget, the university said during his campaign that he was system has requested an increase of against increasing tuition.

While a simple tactic, Brown’s about $92.2 million in state funding.

While it is too early to decide campaign got voters to doubt Hogan’s whether the university system’s stance on higher education, and request for more funding is war- Hogan’s continual lack of discussion ranted, hopefully the governor-elect about the issue remains worrisome.

With the campaign and election realizes the university system does not just provide education, but also over, Hogan cannot go back and contributes to this state by produc- revitalize his platform on higher ing jobs, research opportunities and education, but with the afterefinnovative initiatives — especially fects still prominent in the media, MPowering the State, a joint effort Hogan could do more for the peace between this university and the Uni- of mind of those individuals who are versity of Maryland, Baltimore. Even concerned about how he will handle though this state is experiencing a higher education, university system budget shortcoming, Hogan should funding and potential tuition hikes.

Larry Hogan needs to break his silence and discuss higher education issues before his inauguration in January.

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Rekindle the arts and humanities

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was introduced to a friend of a friend this semester. He was a business major who, upon hearing what my major was, snorted at me and said, “English major? Oh, so you’re an arts and crafts major?”

Let’s face it. Respect for the arts and humanities is dying, and it’s been dying for a long time.

As the world and this campus turn toward the sciences, business, law and all things corporate, there are very few organizations on the campus dedicated to the prosperity of the arts, dedicated to a pair of roomy jeans and a faded T-shirt instead of a lab coat or a crisp power suit. Stylus, which is celebrating its 21st year of publication this year, is one that has survived the test of time. I am the editor in chief of Stylus, this university’s literary magazine. We are an organization that exists and thrives on two things: the creative talent and passion of university students.

The magazine is a creative talent that has been garnered through the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House, an on-campus living-learning program. Through Stylus, students are free to get their prose, poetry and art pieces published. Our first deadline for submission is Dec. 15.

Don’t get me wrong. I respect the science, math and business majors who take precedence on this campus and in the world. I only hope to remind everyone that the arts deserve some respect and attention, too. As more financially lucrative areas of study rise to the forefront, avenues for writers and artists in college to get their names out are becoming smaller

and smaller. Stylus offers an easy way to enter the publication world, and if you’re interested in working in publishing, the Stylus team is a great group to get involved with. We have poetry, art and prose boards that help decide what gets published, not to mention layout and design groups that design the magazine every year.

For those of you who want to pursue a career in the creative arts, whether through writing novels or short stories, crafting poems or painting, Stylus is an avenue for you to express your talents and get yourself published as an undergraduate. Now, while you’re still in school, is a great time to get a publication under your belt. That way, when you submit your writing to other publications in the future, they will be more willing to publish your work in the future.

The need to look for a job to pay back your student loans and get the hell out of your parents’ house will take precedence once you graduate.

Creative writing will take a backseat.

For now, you’re still a student, still living in a community that encourages you to learn and explore your talents.

When you graduate, that bubble will burst. The best time to get yourself published is now, when you still have the time.

Stylus exists solely to showcase this university’s students. Don’t graduate without taking advantage of the opportunity, and let us show off your talent before you graduate. Submit your creative work at www.styluslit. org/submit.html by Dec. 15.

Maya Motayne is a senior English major and editor in chief of Stylus. She can be reached at mayamotayne@gmail.com.

EDITORIAL BOARD Laura Blasey, editor in chief, is a senior journalism major.

She has worked as a reporter, assistant news editor and news editor.

MATT SCHNABEL, managing editor, is a junior journalism major.

He has worked as a copy editor, deputy managing editor and diversions writer.

CAROLINE CARLSON, opinion editor, is a senior government and politics and information systems major. She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

MaGGIE CASSIDY, opinion editor, is a junior English major.

She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

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here’s no question that, with the Nov. 4 elections over, we’re going to be seeing many changes throughout the country. With Republicans winning a majority in the U.S. Senate and 24 gubernatorial races, a conservative-leaning economic philosophy likely will impact politics at both the national and state levels.

As a fiscal conservative myself, I’m not the biggest proponent of government welfare programs. A common stereotype about the political right is that we cringe at any mention of the word “entitlement.”

It’s true: Excessive spending is something on which we should be keeping a close eye. For instance, according to the Office of Management and Budget, about $1.16 trillion will be spent in discretionary spending, or nonmandatory expenses, a large 55 percent of which accounts for military spending. Meanwhile, $2.56 trillion will be spent on nondiscretionary spending, 50 percent of which goes to Social Security, unemployment and labor benefits.

But just because I favor fiscal restraint doesn’t mean I support every potential effort to curb access

to welfare. After his gubernatorial win earlier this month, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisc.) suggested recipients of food stamps and unemployment benefits undergo drug testing, according to The Washington Post.

From a moral perspective, testing welfare recipients looks like a good decision. After all, who wants to give government benefits to a meth addict?

But the narcotics-testing debate involves more than morals. From a practical standpoint, it is an excessive waste of money.

Case in point: Missouri. Last year, the Show-Me State spent eight months conducting 636 drug tests, and 20 were found to test positive. The total price? Almost $500,000. That’s spending half a million dollars to find that about 3 percent of those tested were actually using drugs.

These types of policies also run into legal troubles. Last December, a federal judge struck down a Florida law requiring drug testing for welfare recipients on the grounds that it violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Yes, these are “unreasonable search and seizures.” Because the government has no legitimate reason to believe every individual screening for welfare benefits is abusing drugs, it isn’t reasonable to “search” all of these applicants.

Even if a welfare recipient were using drugs, it isn’t the government’s job to be a moral actor in this case, especially if this welfare recipient might have young dependents who don’t use drugs.

Being a conservative isn’t synonymous with being a Republican, and I think this is particularly true when it comes to drug testing. Although the GOP isn’t a big proponent of welfare spending, this doesn’t mean it should abandon its fiscally conservative values when it comes to addressing how to use this type of spending.

With Gov.-elect Larry Hogan about to enter the Governor’s Mansion in January, let’s hope his message of economic constraint stretches to drug-testing in this state. Hogan’s views on this issue haven’t become public, but if they do, I hope they’re on the right side of the aisle.

If more conservative- or libertarian-leaning politicians oppose laws requiring drug tests of welfare recipients, they can send a consistent message to voters across this country: We oppose excessive spending and impractical policies, regardless of the issue addressed.

Caroline Carlson is a senior information systems and government and politics major. She can be reached at ccarlsondbk@gmail.com.

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process. It takes three barrels of water to extract a single barrel of oil, according to Friends of the Earth. About 2.4 million barrels of oil are produced per day. The large amount of water used in this process is so polluted it must be stored in man-made ponds, and the toxic water can work its way into neighboring clean water supplies.

The largest concern in my mind is the potential for pipeline spills. The pipeline extension will cover six states and cross large rivers and other sources of drinking water, including the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies water to about 2 million Americans. The Environmental Protection Agency warns that because of the corrosive nature of the tar, potential pipeline corrosion makes sand oil spills more likely to occur. A spill also would be more dangerous because, unlike conventional oil, tar sand oil sinks in water. Several oil pipeline leaks have occurred in the United States already; just one spill in the Kalamazoo River in Michigan has caused nearly $1 billion in damages. In that case, almost 40 miles of the river are still contaminated, according to Friends of the Earth.

Now, predominantly Republicans are in support of initiatives such as the Keystone XL pipeline, citing benefits to the economy and the impact it will have on American jobs. While these advantages are important, if the environment is so polluted and filled with toxic chemicals that people cannot live safely in certain parts of the country, do economic gains and employment growth really mean that much? I don’t think so either.

n the midterm elections two weeks ago, Americans elected large numbers of Republicans, especially in the House of Representatives. Traditionally, Republicans are committed to keeping taxes low and favoring unregulated business practices. While these ideals might benefit the economy of a country, they tend to hurt the environment.

On Friday, the House of Representatives approved the installation of the Keystone XL pipeline.

This pipeline will run from Western Canada through the United States and down to the Gulf of Mexico. Yes, economically speaking, this would be favorable for Americans who rely on gasoline to power their vehicles.

But the environmental ramifications of installing this pipeline are staggering.

Much of the oil from Canada is tar sand oil. Essentially, this requires separating the oil from sand, clay and water. The extraction and refining process creates carbon dioxide emissions three to four times higher than that of conventional oil production, according to environmentalist group Friends of the Earth. Apart from the carbon dioxide emissions from production of this tar oil, the amount of oil being transported into the U.S. will result in climate-damaging emissions equal to adding 5.6 million cars to American roads.

Another damaging aspect of the Keystone XL pipeline is the Ian Lacy is a senior kinesiology major. He use of water during the extraction can be reached at ilacydbk@gmail.com.

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STANDING UP FOR SOMETHING Senior staff writer Michael Errigo recaps Student Entertainment Events’ screening of Proposition 8 documentary The Case Against 8 and the LGBT rights panel that followed it on dbknews.com.

FACEOFF | DOES SPOTIFY HELP OR HURT ARTISTS LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT?

never, ever getting back together Taylor Swift yanked her entire discography from Spotify after the release of her new album, challenging the intellectual property landscape

Taylor swift is anti-streaming in an age of falling album sales and has removed her work from Spotify — do music streaming sites devalue artists like Swift, or does the popularity boost they get from Spotify make up for this financial loss? photos courtesy of youtube.com NO: FREE STREAMING DEVALUES AN ARTIST’S WORK

YES: ARTISTS WILL STILL PROFIT FINANCIALLY

By Angelo Bavaro @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback On July 7, Taylor Swift wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, voicing her concerns with online music streaming services, and she put those beliefs into practice last month when she refused to give Spotify the rights to 1989, her latest album. She took things even further when she pulled her entire catalog from the commercial music streaming service.

Swift’s move against Spotify has sparked a debate in the music industry, with several musicians taking opposing sides about whether online music streaming services tarnish the value of an artist’s work.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl responded to the Taylor Swift-Spotify spat with a firm “I don’t f-----care” in an interview with Digital Spy. “I want people to hear our music; I don’t care if you pay

$1 or f------ $20 for it,” he said. “They like hearing your music? They’ll go see a show.”

Grohl is absolutely right in his statements against Swift’s move. An artist’s value is based on the quality of his or her work — not album sales alone — and a musician’s success is a direct reflection of this. Yes, the album itself might serve as the main piece that encapsulates a musician’s vision, but in no way do Spotify and other online music streaming services detract from a musician’s art.

For one thing, if an album is filled with enough heart and soul, listeners undoubtedly will buy a physical copy of the CD, regardless of whether the music is available for free online. Great music can make listeners instantly remember that car ride with a date on Feb. 2, 2003, or that beach trip with friends on July 11, 2013. Owning a physical copy of an album allows people the joy of digging through a dusty shoebox in 20 years and redis-

covering these lost moments.

Additionally, concert sales and merchandise are a reflection of an artist’s financial value. If an album resonates with audiences, people will fill arenas to watch performances of their favorite songs and buy T-shirts afterward to represent their respect for a particular artist’s work.

If anything, online streaming services allow for more exposure to an artist’s work, increasing the potential audience at a concert.

I will not shy away from the fact that album sales are falling as a result of the rise of free online music streaming services. But in her argument, Swift fails to mention the fact that she is, in fact, a multiplatinum-selling artist.

She should know that if an album shines with enough heart, it also will profit financially through other avenues that still uphold the integrity of the music. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

By Mel DeCandia @melephant11 Staff writer It’s not exactly a secret that this has been a notoriously hard year for the music industry.

In the first nine months of this year, digital album sales fell 11.5 percent and CD sales declined 18.9 percent, according to Billboard.com. On-demand streams increased by 42 percent in the first half of 2014, Nielsen reported, which can’t be mere coincidence.

Taylor Swift has been an outspoken voice against streaming.

But despite that, her decision to pull her back catalog from Spotify with the release of her fifth studio album, 1989, has shocked many and sparked significant controversy among musicians, music critics and consumers.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended the digital music service in a lengthy blog post last week, explaining that since its founding in 2008, Spotify has paid more than $2 billion to labels, publishers and copyright collectives in exchange for distribut-

ing music — $1 billion in the past year alone. The streaming site has more than 50 million active users, including 12.5 million paying premium subscribers, according to its press site.

But Swift already is reaping the benefits of her departure from the streaming platform: Despite the current climate, in which most music sales are on the decline, Swift’s 1989 sold nearly 1.3 million albums in its first week — the largest sales week since Eminem’s The Eminem Show in 2002, according to Billboard. On Nov. 5, 1989 became the first and only platinum-selling album of the year.

It’s easy to chalk Swift’s decision up to a selfish ploy to make more money and take the title for having the best-selling album of 2014, but it nonetheless has huge implications for the future of the music industry.

While Spotify shares its advertising revenue with the artists whose music it streams, album sales will almost definitely make more money, not to mention hold greater industry prestige.

And it’s true that we con-

sumers have come to believe music is a free commodity — one that we can listen to on the radio, on our phones and on our computers for no cost.

We’ve all but forgotten about the people whose careers, and sometimes livelihoods, depend on our purchases.

Streaming isn’t the problem so much as free streaming is, and Swift is right to take a stand against it. After all, people are not motivated to work when they don’t think they’re being fairly appreciated or compensated.

Spotify’s business model is problematic, but it isn’t piracy.

Spotify needs to revamp and can take a cue from other more proven services.

Netflix, for instance, attracts more than 50 million users for its entertainment streaming service, and all subscribers pay at least $7.99 monthly — a model that’s extremely successful ideologically and financially. If consumers are willing to put a price on movies and television, they should do the same for music. mdecandiadbk@gmail.com

ESSAY | TAYLOR SWIFT AND MENTAL HEALTH

from boy-crazy to crazy girlfriend How Taylor Swift’s music video for “Blank Space” propels the image of mentally ill women in relationships and does nothing to fix it

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Senior staff writer Dear Taylor Swift, Damn your catchy songs.

No longer dropping tears on guitars, you continue to embrace the “crazy” label brought on by the dozens of gossip magazines I hate, and that’s awesome.

Spinning the largest attack against you into a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign is commendable, but that said, I draw a line right before you sing over the corpse of an ex-lover.

The crazy-girlfriend concept is and always will be a clear slight on any gender-equality movement, and it normalizes unhealthy relationships.

The second half of Swift’s new music video for “Blank Space” doesn’t help the gender-equality effort; if anything, it’s a step backward.

I’m not for the age-old argument for protection of the young and impressionable. Everyone from 5 to 50 years old gets that this music video is a joke, but the butt of the joke is the crazy ex-girlfriend. That’s a problem.

Mental health isn’t funny, and any effort to make it funny places the issues on a national stage in the wrong way.

Swift hasn’t become the poster child of mental health stigmatization, but she’s far from the solution.

Needed disclaimer: I’m on my 14th (this article is making it 15th) playthrough of 1989. I also have an ele-

mentary school-grade crush on Swift, so writing this is a bit of a catch-22.

Swift could be falling into the growing trend of female pop Top-100 artists making controversy just for the ratings. She is no Miley Cyrus on a wrecking ball, but this video is an obvious attempt to push the envelope.

It’s a tightrope that led Cyrus to her post-Disney fame but was followed by harsh blowback from unimpressed fans.

Swift is not in this game to alienate. Scott Borchetta, the CEO of her label, Big Machine Label Group, said Swift won’t put her songs on Spotify, because the label doesn’t want to embarrass fans who invest in her music and buy the album, regardless of whether it’s free on Spotify.

I will continue to listen to this song, which arguably makes me the worst essayist in a 1,000-mile radius. My point isn’t to make a stand: Swift will make a lot of money off this album, and she should, because it’s catchier than “Too Many Cooks.” This video is a misstep in a series of well-played decisions by Swift to appeal to a completely different market.

Taking your persona from country to pop is no small feat. The surprisingly original 1989 could trick the average fan into thinking Swift was always into these electric beats.

Somehow in such an oversaturated market, Swift has carved out a unique sound with “Wildest Dreams,” “Style” and even “Blank Space.”

The moral of the story: Cut the charade. Stop the crazy act. It harms the face of any true mental health efforts.

And no artist who frames herself as a passe feminist (as Swift stated in an August Guardian article) should feed such a prevalent and harmful stereotype about women in relationships. There’s a difference between owning an insult and joining in the ridicule.

Because of this video, high school guys sitting outside class will be more inclined than ever to label their girlfriends as more examples of crazy ones — by the end of it, they’ll laugh.

And you know what? That’s partially on Swift. onlineumdbk@gmail.com

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danes From PAGE 8 trainers ran out to the field.

Meharg said the injury didn’t stunt the Terps’ momentum, though, and they received a boost from the fans when they erupted to Gerzabek’s return to the field seven minutes into the second half.

But a minute later, the Terps’ fan section fell silent as the Albany supporters’ cheers took over the complex.

On the Great Danes’ first penalty corner of the second half, forward Pahila Arnold buried a drag shot from the top of the circle past Cabrera.

“The big key was getting our kids to believe that they could hang with these guys,” Albany coach Phil Sykes said. “They always see Maryland as national champion this, national champion that, so we just really tried to get it out of their heads.”

FORWARD ALYSSA PARKER whips a pass in the loss to Albany in the NCAA quarterfinal yesterday at Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

devils From PAGE 8 “We’ve been a little bit more committed to it. We have guys buying in to what we’re trying to do defensively,” coach Mark Turgeon said. “We’ve had a little bit more depth here in this nonconference [schedule] than we had last year.”

Early this season, the Terps have used a smaller lineup than they expected to as forward Evan Smotrycz recovers from foot surgery. That’s allowed the Terps to move Layman to power forward and play more of their athletic wings, and Turgeon has lauded guards Richaud Pack, Melo Trimble and Dion Wiley for their perimeter defense so far this season.

The team’s quickness and aggressiveness while defending Wagner’s guards were what forced the Seahawks into poor attempts on their opening two possessions Friday night.

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Wagner, a perimeter-oriented team, so the Terps guards will have another chance to stifle an opponent tonight.

And according to Wells, there’s room to improve.

“Our defense was OK,” Wells said Friday. “I felt like it was OK. I felt that we could be a lot better, but that’s just me being me.”

Turgeon also nitpicked after the victory over Wagner. The Terps’ fourth-year sideline general was pleased and said, “Whenever you hold a team under 50, it’s a good sign,” but he also lamented a poor performance on the defensive glass.

The Seahawks grabbed 17 offensive rebounds on the night and finished with 15 second-chance points.

“It’s what we got to correct,” Turgeon said of his team’s rebounding. “If you had to get mad about defense, I think post defense and rebounding are the two things we got to work on, but our team defense got a lot better tonight.”

Turgeon has expressed a

It was a frenetic final 27 minutes for Sykes and his Great Danes squad, though.

After the Terps nearly scored on a couple of chances in Albany’s end, Meharg called a timeout with 8:22 remaining. Just as the coach did against Northwestern in the Big Ten finals, she subbed Cabrera out for an extra attacker.

The move paid dividends less than two minutes later. Forward Welma Luus finished at the far post to pull the Terps within one goal.

After Luus’ goal, the Terps earned a pair of penalty corners and managed a shot on goal, but Primus made the stop to seal Albany’s historic upset.

As the Great Danes’ bench sprinted onto the field to pile onto Primus in net, the Terps slowly walked to the sidelines, wiping away tears.

“It’s emotionally exceedingly disappointing,” Meharg said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

“OUR MAIN FOCUS IS DEFENSE. ... EVERY GAME FROM NOW ON, IT’S GOING TO START ON THE DEFENSIVE END FOR US.” JAKE LAYMAN

Terrapins men’s basketball forward similar tempered optimism through the past few weeks, and he maintained it after Friday’s 34-point win.

Still, the Terps’ largest margin of victory last season came in a 27-point triumph over Morgan State, so Layman said it felt good to handle Wagner with such dominance.

And the junior forward noticed one significant difference in the Terps defense when comparing the unit to last year’s group.

“The intensity, overall,” Layman said. “Guys are just really guarding hard every single play.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

COACH BRENDA FRESE, second to the left, sits with her assistants during yesterday’s victory over Wagner. marquise mckine/the diamondback

seahawks From PAGE 8 guard Lexie Brown led the attack with 13 points in 15 minutes on the court.

“It was fun to be able to get the game off and start off and be able to distribute and let everybody follow my lead,” Brown said.

Sophomore center Brionna Jones turned out the most well-rounded performance

for the Terps, as she recorded her second career doubledouble with 10 points and 10 rebounds in 16 minutes of play.

“It was just my teammates that found me when I was open,” Jones said, “and I tried to cross the boards as hard as I could.”

In addition to the defensive prowess her team showed, Frese was pleased with the way her team, especially the reserve players, spread the

ball around on offense.

Six Terps players, including freshman guard Kiara Leslie, registered doubledigit point totals.

“We were unselfish,” Frese said. “We really got into a better rhythm as the game went on when you talk about six players in double figures and the 24-9 assist-to-turnover ratio, so I definitely like the direction we are heading in.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

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FIELD HOCKEY | GREAT DANES 2, No. 2-SEED TERPS 1

‘EXCEEDINGLY DISAPpOINTING’

The Albany Field Hockey Team celebrates its 2-1 victory yesterday at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. The Great Danes had never won an NCAA tournament game before this season, and the Terps have the most tournament wins in history. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

Albany uses two penalty-corner goals to bounce Terps from NCAA tournament, advance to first semifinal in program history

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer It would be hard to find two programs whose histories juxtapose each other more than those of Albany and the Terrapins field hockey team.

The Terps entered yesterday’s NCAA quarterfinal against the Great Danes with the most national tournament wins in history, while Albany’s first-ever tournament win had come less than 24 hours before the opening whistle.

Not to mention, the Great Danes had the tough task of playing at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex

“THE BIG KEY WAS GETTING OUR KIDS TO BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD HANG WITH THESE GUYS. THEY ALWAYS SEE MARYLAND AS NATIONAL CHAMPION THIS, NATIONAL CHAMPION THAT, SO WE JUST REALLY TRIED TO GET IT OUT OF THEIR HEADS.” PHIL SYKES

Albany field hockey coach in College Park, where the Terps entered the game 22-1 all-time in the tournament.

B u t h i s to r y d i d n ’t m a t te r yesterday.

Albany jumped out to a twogoal lead and hung on late to pull off an improbable upset over the No. 2-seed Terps, 2-1. The loss ended the Terps’ season and the careers of five seniors.

“Nobody expected us to win this game,” said Albany goalkeeper Maxi Primus, who made seven saves.

The Great Danes managed to advance to the program’s first semifinal without the help of the NCAA’s leading goal-scorer, midfielder Paula Heuser. Terps goalkeeper Brooke Cabrera saved Heuser’s three shots on goal, but she failed

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to make stops on the Great Danes’ other two shots.

As a result, Albany got on the board midway through the first half on a penalty corner. After Cabrera stopped Heuser’s initial shot and a second effort ricocheted off the post, forward Echo Bretz found the back of the net.

“We were just flat, and that was why we were down a goal,” Terps

forward Alyssa Parker said.

After being outshot 6-1 to start the game, the Terps started to apply pressure at the offensive end. But Primus was there to make the stop on all five shots in the first half to prevent the Terps from finding the equalizer.

“Their goaltender was outrageous today,” coach Missy Meharg said.

The Terps offense took a hit in the final minutes of the first half when forward Katie Gerzabek dropped to the turf after she collided with an Albany player. The Terps senior captain rocked back and forth on the ground holding her nose while See danes, Page 7

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Rebounding powers victory over Wagner Brown scores 13 points to spearhead offense

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer

Coach Mark Turgeon watches the action during the Terps’ season-opening 82-48 victory over Wagner on Friday night at Xfinity Center. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

Defense remains key entering bout with Central Connecticut Terps hold Wagner to 26.9 percent shooting in season opener

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer After guard Dez Wells lost control of the ball in the lane to end its first offensive possession of Friday night’s season opener against Wagner, the Terrapins men’s basketball team sprinted back on defense.

And it was there, forward Jake Layman said, that the Terps set the tone for their 82-48 victory over the Seahawks at Xfinity Center.

Wagner worked the ball around the perimeter after Wells’ gaffe gave the team possession but failed to move the ball inside the three-

point arc once. A Seahawks guard launched an off-balance 3-pointer late in the shot clock with Layman’s hand in his face, and the attempt clanked off the rim.

Wagner’s next possession unfolded in a similar fashion. This time, Wells was the one to contest an errant Seahawks’ 3-pointer.

The Terps sustained that type of defensive pressure to hold Wagner to 26.9 percent shooting from the field, and it’s an aspect of their game they hope to carry into tonight’s matchup with Central Connecticut State.

“With this team, our main focus is defense,” Layman said after Fri-

day’s win. “That’s what got us going tonight. I think every game from now on, it’s going to start on the defensive end for us.”

That appears to have been the case for the Terps through the preseason and Friday’s opener. None of their opponents — they played San Francisco State and Bowie State in exhibitions — have shot better than 31 percent from the field.

Such stifling efforts mark a shift for a team that gave up more than 80 points in home nonconference losses to Oregon State and Boston last season.

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Early in the second half of the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s game against Wagner, forward Shatori Walker-Kimbrough stepped behind the arc into the corner of the court and lofted a 3-pointer over the reach of a defender.

Walker’s attempt fell short of the rim, but center Brionna Jones grabbed the loose ball, took a quick dribble, rose up and connected on a short jump shot.

Rebounding was a facet of the game that coach Brenda Frese deemed a weakness for her Terps squad heading into the season, but the Terps outrebounded the Seahawks 53-31 in the Terps’ 97-24 victory yesterday afternoon at Xfinity Center.

“We were a lot more aggressive,” Frese said. “It’s a will to want to go get the ball when you talk about the knack for rebounding. We had probably too many go though our hands the first game, but to be able to see that really improve shows you what kind of rebounding team we can be.”

The Terps cruised to their second victory in as many games to begin the season behind a potent defense that left the Seahawks with very few looks on offense. Frese’s team blew out Mount St. Mary’s on Friday to open the season.

“For us, it was a great defensive effort today,” Frese said. “Our defense, being able to change it up, utilizing our depth in our team, we

Guard Lexie Brown rises up for a short jump shot in the Terps’ convincing victory over Wagner yesterday at Xfinity Center. marquise mckine/the diamondback were really able to throw a lot of looks that I thought caught them off guard.”

The Terps took a 49-7 lead into halftime, and Wagner’s seven points marked the lowest 20-minute total for a Terps opponent in Frese’s tenure.

Though the Terps starters rested for much of the second half, the final 10 minutes featured a nearly five-minute scoring drought for Wagner as it faced constant defensive pressure.

On offense, the Terps employed an approach that centered on long crosscourt passing, and sophomore See seahawks, Page 7