November 21, 2013

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Kennedy Center president to join univ Michael Kaiser will bring world-renowned DeVos Institute of Arts Management next fall

By Yasmeen Abutaleb @yabutaleb7 Senior staff writer Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and his world-renowned DeVos Institute of Arts Management will relocate and join the university next fall, university officials announced yesterday.

The announcement comes just seven months after the university announced it was exploring a partnership with the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington’s oldest private

art museum that houses more than 17,000 pieces of art. University officials said Kaiser’s appointment and the addition of the DeVos Institute, which begins Sept. 1, is not related to the Corcoran endeavor.

However, university President Wallace Loh said if the Corcoran and the university ultimately decide to partner, he expects to use Kaiser’s expertise. Kaiser has been dubbed the “Turnaround King” because of his ability to bolster numerous arts programs and centers, including London’s Royal Opera House, the

American Ballet Theatre and the Kennedy Center.

“We are a very, very strong STEM institution, and one of my goals has always been to make it also a STEAM institution — science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics,” Loh said. “One step in this grand strategic vision is of course to bring in a superstar.”

The DeVos Institute, led by Director Brett Egan, will become part of the university’s arts and humanities college. The institute’s staff members — including Kaiser and Egan, who will become co-directors — will occupy offices in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Officials are still working out the logistics of the

move and whether the university will partner with the Kennedy Center in the future.

“Our goal, as an educational institution, is to develop the next generation of leaders and performers and now managers in the arts,” said Bonnie Thornton Dill, arts and humanities college dean. “It’s really about the future of the arts and it just strengthens the portfolio of what we can do in developing that.”

Kaiser founded the Kennedy Center’s DeVos Institute, originally named the Arts Management Institute, in 2001 shortly See kaiser, Page 2

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City Council scrutinizes Looney’s for pong games Oct sex assault brings attention to tournament

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Senior staff writer

intercollegiate collaboration because of its unique functionality. Akin once worked on a project in conjunction with Arizona State University and NASA that required robotics testing in the desert.

This facility is far smaller than the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Texas — there is a difference of nearly 6 million gallons of water — which makes it more appealing to NASA, Akin said.

“We don’t do operational work; we do basic research,” he said. “Because we do different things, our two facilities complement each other.”

City officials are criticizing Looney’s Pub after an Oct. 2 sexual a ssau lt revea led wh at cou nci l members say are permit violations.

Police said a male college student was sexually assaulted by an alleged serial sexual predator Oct. 2, and they believe the pair met at Looney’s during a beer pong tournament. The pub’s management met with city officials at Tuesday’s City Council work session to discuss the incident and Looney’s city property use agreement, which council members said does not allow for drinking games such as beer pong.

“L icen see sh a l l not prov ide tables, such as a beer pong table, whose purpose is for use in drinking games. Licensee shall not sponsor or support drinking games within the Property,” reads the agreement, which Looney’s management signed in August 2011.

T he property use ag reement between Looney’s and the city does not mention that the pub will hold beer pong events, though beer pong tournaments have been taking place on Wednesdays.

Pub management said the events were designed to promote competition, not drinking. They were open to the public, and participants signed a waiver explaining that “under no circumstances do they have to drink,” Looney’s coowner Bill Larney said at the work session. All the cups were also filled with water, not beer, he added.

“When people play in our events, they see that it’s not really a college drinking game that they’re involved

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Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility, one of two in nation, allows for underwater research

By Joe Antoshak @Mantoshak Staff writer Inside a building along Technology Drive, a massive tank holds almost 400,000 gallons of water at a constant temperature of 88 degrees Fahrenheit.

Measuring 50 feet across and 25 feet deep, the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility in the university’s Space Systems Laboratory can simulate the microgravity of space. The tank, which holds nearly 20 times the amount of water in a typical 30-by-15-foot home swimming pool, has been a flagship feature for the aerospace engineering

program since its completion in 1992.

The facility is one of two operational neutral buoyancy pools in the U.S. — the other is at the Johnson Space Center in Houston — and is the only one in the world located on a college campus. It gives students the opportunity to test underwater robotics and gain engineering experience in a way that other colleges cannot offer, facility director Dave Akin said.

“A lot of people say that the tank was a deciding factor in their choosing to come to school here,” Akin said.

T he location has carried out roboticsservicing projects for nearby Goddard Space Flight Center, Akin said, and it has prompted

Coming out of comfort zones

Regents to vote on land sale

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Advisers help LGBT students plan abroad

By Madeleine List @madeleine_list Staff writer Going abroad as a student can be challenging financially, academically and emotionally, but for LGBT students, their very identity might cause concerns.

Gay marriage is legal in 16 countries and in certain areas of two more, according to the Pew Research Center. But the State Department advises that in many world regions, being in an open

conrad zeutenhorst, Education Abroad adviser, helps LGBT students study abroad. james levin/the diamondback same-sex relationship can bring fines, prison sentences or even death.

Still, when Education Abroad adviser Conrad Zeutenhorst assists LGBT students who want to study abroad, he doesn’t discourage them from traveling to countries where LGBT people might not be accepted,

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he said. For them, thinking about how they will express their sexual orientation in their host country is just another step in the study abroad process.

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University officials have been looking to develop a 22-acre parcel of land on the east end of the campus along Route 1 for more than a decade.

The most recent incarnation of the plans aims to develop the property on a project-by-project basis, starting with a hotel.

According to documents released by the system, the hotel would bring “300 guest rooms, a minimum of 10,000 square feet of conference and meeting space, one full-service restaurant and bar, retail fronting U.S. Route 1, structured parking” and other amenities.

The committee meeting is open to the public and will begin at 10 a.m. at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

A Board of Regents subcommittee will vote today on whether this university can move forward with its latest plan for the development formerly known as East Campus.

The board’s finance committee will decide whether to recommend that the full board approve the sale of three acres of College Park land for development. If the board approves the sale, the land will go to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, a University System of Marylandaffiliated corporation that oversees the sale of university-owned property. The foundation plans to partner with Southern Management Corp. to develop a hotel and conference center. lblaseydbk@gmail.com

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Palestinian ambassador calls for ‘elusive’ peace plan

By Alex Kirshner @alex_kirshner Senior staff writer Most people in this country just read about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, but Maen Rashid Areikat lives it every day: he’s the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s U.S. ambassador.

Areikat is leading the Palestinian delegation in Washington at a tumultuous time, as Israel and Palestine — with involvement by the U.S. and other foreign powers — try to hammer out what Areikat called an “elusive” peace plan.

He spoke in the Stamp Student Union atrium yesterday as part of the Maryland Global Leaders speaker series.

Before a crowd of more than 100, Areikat made a passionate plea for a Palestinian state and outlined the PLO’s negotiation stance with Israel. Central to the PLO’s demands is that Palestine gets its own state based on what was Arab and Muslim territory before Israel gained much of it after winning the 1967 Six-Day War. “We continue to believe

that the most ideal outcome of any political negotiations with Israel should be the creation of an independent, sovereign, contiguous state that can live side by side in peace and security with Israel on the 1967 borders,” Areikat said.

Donald Kettl, public policy dean, said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the most controversial issue yet for the speaker program.

“There’s almost nothing that is as long-lasting, that’s as deeply rooted as the challenge of trying to find peace in the Middle East,” Kettl said.

The event’s hosts were the public policy school and the university’s Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israeli Studies, the Office of International Affairs and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management.

Areikat spoke for about an hour, making his case as if he were sitting across from Israeli diplomats at a negotiating table — something he spent years doing when he led the PLO’s negotiations operations from the Palestinian city of Ramallah.

In his talk, he accused Israel

of refusing to adjust to a changing regional climate, abusing Palestinian human rights and holding unreasonable demands.

He said Israel hadn’t done enough to find an equitable resolution to a conflict that has carried on for generations.

“What we need to see is a change in the Israeli mentality, which is not happening as we were hoping and expecting,” Areikat said. “Israel continues to negotiate with us based on, of course, the wrong assumption that the existing status quo can be preserved for years to come.”

That situation, he said, is one in which Israel lives under unprecedented economic prosperity and national security, whereas a comparatively tiny Palestine is wrought with foreign settlements and strife.

“The status quo, in our view, is not sustainable. We are not in this process for another 20 years,” he said. In a year, he added, “there may be not an option for a two-state solution.”

Israel — declared the State of Israel in 1948 after years of trying to establish a Jewish homeland — sees the conflict from a drasti-

MAEN RASHID AREIKAT, Palestinian ambassador to the U.S., discusses the conflict between Israel and Palestine. kelsey hughes/the diamondback cally different perspective.

“In order for peace to be real, it has to be a two-way street,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a press conference this week. “You cannot ask the Jews to recognize a Palestinian national state without demanding from the Palestinians that they recognize t he n at ion a l state of t he Jewish people.”

The United States has been involved for decades in helping to bridge the gap between the two nations. Areikat lauded that effort, singling out Sec-

retary of State John Kerry for engaging with the two sides in an arduous peace process.

But he said the U.S., which has a “special relationship” with Israel, needs to push its ally to agree on a deal.

“As long as the United States continues to provide Israel unlimited support, blind support, Israel does not have an incentive to reach agreement with the Palestinians,” he said.

That depiction is at odds with statements that President Obama and American diplomats have made in the past, as the Obama administration has

expressed support for the notion of a 1967 border-based state.

PLO officials have committed to negotiating for nine months, after which they’ll look for another path forward.

These negotiations have failed before, though, and Areikat said there has not been strong progress in the round that began this summer.

“We continue to hope that the next six months will produce an outcome that will be acceptable by both,” he said, “but I think time is running out.” akirshnerdbk@gmail.com

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Carole Highlands Elementary School officials hope to ignite student interest in higher education

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Staff writer As the entire sixth-grade class of Carole Highlands Elementary School paraded into Marcia Shofner’s lecture Wednesday morning, they all had smiles on their faces. It was the fi rst time many of the students had been on a university campus or even fathomed the idea of going to college.

The Prince George’s County elementary school qualifies as Title 1, meaning its student body is considered an underserved community, guidance counselor Cassandra Thomas said. Because most students would be the fi rst generation in their families to go to college, Thomas said school officials are starting to think about higher education early — sometimes before the students have even started middle school.

“I want to make sure that our students are ready,” she said.

Thomas wants to ignite a desire for higher education in the students, so she thought of the idea to bring the students on a tour of this university and sit in on Shofner’s lecture, BSCI 106: Principles of Biology II. Each sixth-grader was paired with an undergraduate student buddy who helped explain concepts to the sixthgraders and did an activity with them at the end of the lecture.

“When they are in the presence of an actual college student, that person is showing interest in them and values

them. I think that can actually change their life,” Shofner said. “These are the first generation. Many, if not all, have never thought about college; none of their family has ever gone to college.

This is really huge, really life-changing.”

Yesterday was the first time Shofner had hosted such young visitors, but she hopes to continue the partnership as an annual event.

David Yim, a freshman physiology and neurobiology and psychology major, was one of the sixth-graders’ undergraduate peers. He said he could see a spark go off while the university students told their young counterparts about science classes and life in college.

“I asked [my buddy] what she wanted to do, and she said she’s debating between trying to be a doctor or trying to be a musical therapist,” Yim said. “I told her that both of those would be awesome and that you can either help people with music or help people with medicine.”

In Shofner’s class, the sixth-graders weren’t shy; many of them raised their hands and answered questions in front of the Biosciences Research Building lecture hall that also housed many of the 191 undergraduate students enrolled in the class.

Their confidence came partly from the past five weeks of preparation for their university visit, which included practicing answering college-level questions and speaking with students.

Shofner said she loved the participatory dynamic, which she said she

Montgomery County Police spokesman. A suspect in the case, 38-year-old Joey Poindexter of Gaithersburg, was arrested Oct. 9 in connection with the alleged assault.

Lanham said that what happened was unfortunate but he doesn’t see any way his organization could have prevented what occurred.

“To relate it to Maryland Beer Pong, I think, is a little unfair. … This is going to hu r t ou r b u s i ne ss,” he said. “The fact that we are no longer allowed to have events at Looney’s is an example of that.”

after he took the helm of the Washington performing arts center. The institute’s impact spans globally, according to the Kennedy Center website, as it has advised thousands of individuals and foundations in the United States as well as in more than 70 countries on six continents.

Before Kaiser’s appointment, the arts and humanities and college was exploring ways to create a program in arts management, Thornton Dill said. Kaiser and the DeVos Institute make that endeavor much simpler, she said.

“It does give national and international visibility to our programs and to our students and to our graduates,” Thornton Dill said. “It puts us on an even bigger platform.”

T he i nstitute, wh ich is largely self-supported through private gifts, grants and contracts, will be better served at a university where students and international fellows can directly benefit and earn a certificate in arts management, said John Dow, a Kennedy Center spokesman.

“The decision was made on both sides,” Dow said. “For [the university] it’s better and for the [Kennedy] Center, it’s really the work that we want to continue and we will still have joint programs in the future.”

Kaiser announced his resignation from the Kennedy Center earlier this year, but he will end his contract four months earlier than planned in order to join the university.

A university task force is in the midst of studying and preparing a report on a partnership with the Corcoran.

That announcement came in April after the Corcoran’s well-publicized financial struggles led the museum, which sits across from the White House on 17th Street, to explore selling its more than 100-year-old BeauxArts building. It needs $130 m i l l ion to meet mu seu m standards.

The DeVos Institute will help the university garner national attention in the arts, Loh said, as well as create joint ventures in the arts with countries the university already works with, including China, Israel and other Middle Eastern nations.

“We’re bringing in a very well-run, mature organization,” Loh said. “If there are challenges, it’s because we will have to operate at their level, efficiency and speed.”

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Sixth-grade students from Carole Highlands Elementary School and undergraduates attend a biology class.

School officials hope the trip will inspire students to consider higher education. ellie silverman/for the diamondback hadn’t expected in her class.

“They were answering questions more than some of my [BSCI] 106 students were doing, and they were answering questions correctly,” Shofner said.

On their college field trip, the elementary schoolers weren’t only enthused by academics; hearing about the traditions and resources at this university also made them excited about life after secondary school, Thomas said.

For instance, they were “very interested” in rubbing Testudo’s nose, she said.

“You had a number of students that were taking tests, and they are actually getting ready to take their [Maryland School Assessments] too,” Thomas said. “So they were like, ‘Oh yes, let me rub Testudo.’”

The young students were also impressed by the size of McKeldin Library

and its vast amount of books and technology, Thomas said. Yim said his buddy’s first response to her tour was, “Hey, your library is ginormous.”

Shofner also saw the excitement extend throughout and after her lecture. The sixth-grade students came up to her and expressed their desires to study science and matriculate at this university, she said.

As most of the young students would be first generation college students, touring this university and creating connections with undergraduates was pivotal in exciting a desire to attend college, Yim said.

“I think it’s helpful in creating a foundation, a foundation for a desire to learn,” Yim said. “If you’re just on your own, usually you’ll be a little more apathetic, and apathy doesn’t really drive inquiry really well.” esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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media experts debate future of sports and tv A panel of sports and media experts last night explored the future of sports and television, ranging from the controversy over the Washington Redskins’ name to the problems plaguing collegiate sports.

The six panelists spoke to an audience of about 50 in Knight Hall’s Eaton Theater for the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism’s “The Future of Sports and Television,” moderated by Povich Center Director George Solomon and university professor Kevin Blackistone.

The evening centered on one question: What is the current state of the media sports industry?

ESPN Major League Baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian, a 1978 alumnus , said journalism ethics have seen a decline in the recent past.

“The rules have changed so dramatically over the last few years.

We’re really not that interested if we get it right,” he said.

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in,” said Austin Lanham, co-founder and president of Maryland Beer Pong.

Lanham said there is no difference between the organized tournaments and other events held at bars, such as trivia nights.

But councilmembers said the absence of both alcohol and the pressure to drink was not enoug h; t here is a n i nd i re c t re l at ion sh ip between holding the beer pong event and encouraging alcohol consumption, District 2 Councilman-elect P.J. Brennan said.

“You’re marketing it as a drinking game,” he said. “The environment that it is creating is also to be considered.”

Mayor Andy Fellows said property use agreements are made to ensure that drinking games do not happen.

T he meeting T uesday night was not the first time the city has had an incident

w i t h L o o n e y ’s , D i s t r i c t 4 Cou nci lwom a n D en i se Mitchell said.

In February 2012, county liquor board officials visited t he pub ab out b eer pong events, though they determined that the use of cups of water and the waiver placed the events sufficiently within the bounds of the property u se ag reement’s rest r ictions. Mitchell said she will ask Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners representatives to “keep an eye” on the pub.

T he pub’s ow nership is taking steps to comply with the licensing agreements. In an email, Looney’s general manager Christine Meagher wrote that the pub opted to cancel Wednesday night beer pong — a move Fellows said is an important step toward ensuring that nothing like the sexual assault happens again.

Looney’s has been very cooperative as police continue to investigate the case, which is still open and ongoing, said Sgt. Michael Sugrue, a

“WHEN PEOPLE PLAY IN OUR EVENTS, THEY SEE THAT IT’S NOT REALLY A COLLEGE DRINKING GAME THAT THEY’RE INVOLVED IN.” AUSTIN LANHAM

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lgbt From PAGE 1 experience for every person, but for students who identify as LGBT in particular, they’ve done a lot to create their identity,” Zeutenhorst, a liaison to the LGBT Equity Center, said. “How will they adapt that identity to their circumstances? They shouldn’t deny themselves from going places where LGBT people have difficult circumstances; it’s just about making smart choices.”

Western Europe is one of the world’s more accepting regions for LGBT people and is often considered one of the safest places to study abroad.

But there is “more to the world than just Europe,” Zeutenhorst said.

He said there are great advantages to studying in less traditional places, such as Asia or Africa, with vastly different cultures from the United States. But while traveling in these countries, LGBT students need to be aware that keeping their sexual orienta-

tion private might be the safest option, he said. “ We a lways m a ke su re they’re cognizant of the conversation they have to have with themselves,” he said. “What is the culture like? Will you have to go back in the closet? How do you prepare yourself psychologically for that?”

For Peace Corps regional recruiter Skyler Dobert, a member of the organization’s LGBT Employee Resources Groups, working throughout Africa gave him a newfound sense of confidence.

“It takes you out of your comfort zone and makes you deal with a lot of situations,” said Dobert, who spoke at yesterday’s Queer Lunch at the LGBT Equity Center. “Now when I walk into a job interview, it’s not as scary as thinking about traveling across West Africa by myself.”

Dobert worked in the West African country of Togo, where homosexual acts are illegal.

Though he said he usually didn’t reveal that he is gay, he spoke to many local people who were supportive and interested

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in helping change their country’s perception of homosexuality, he said.

T ravel i ng to a cou nt r y where you aren’t accepted is a risk, but it can also be very rewarding, he said.

“You need to reflect on what you want to get out of the experience and what you’re willing to go through,” he said.

Senior mathematics major Jake Shriver said he didn’t plan to let the fact that he is gay stop him from traveling, but said he would be cautious depending on the part of the world he was in.

“There’s still places I would like to travel to, but I would be slightly more guarded while I was there,” he said.

S t u dy i n g L G B T i s s u e s abroad has interested Nick Sakurai, LGBT Equity Center associate director, for many years. While leading a group of American University students on an alternative break trip to Mexico City in 2008, Sakurai discovered the city’s powerful social movements concerning LGBT rights.

In 2010, he had planned to

offer a winter study abroad trip through this university about LGBT movements in Mexico City, but not enough students signed up. Sakurai said headlines on drug cartels and violence in the country may have scared some students away.

He hopes to try offering another trip to study LGBT movements abroad, possibly to India, and break students out of the traditional choice to study in a European country.

“I’ve seen a lot of fear from people about doing international experiences because of safety concerns or uncertainty,” he said. “But I’d like to offer LGBT movement studies in another country that’s not [in] Europe because in people’s minds, that’s the safe place to go.”

Though LGBT students may need to consider extra precautions when going abroad, they shouldn’t be afraid to travel, Zeutenhorst said. Students studying abroad through the university can still access campus resources while away, he added.

“For LGBT students, there’s

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“Sometimes I think it’s hard to get hands-on opportunities at a university this big,” said From PAGE 1 Pugh, president of Robotics @ Akin is the principal investi- Maryland. “It was a lot of fun, gator for projects still housed at so I stuck around.”

Every year, Robotics @ the NBRF such as SAMURAI, a machine that can dive 6,000 Maryland brings a robot to San meters under ice in the Arctic Diego for the AUVSI and ONR Ocean, and EUCLID, a free- International RoboSub Compeflight underwater robot used to tition, an event that challenges simulate space-bound vehicles. teams to complete missions Josh Pugh, a junior mechani- underwater. Since 2007 — the cal engineering major, designed first time the group participated and manufactured the electri- — the team has placed in the cal housing for EUCLID. Pugh top 10 out of about 30 groups started working at the facility every year, Pugh said. Earlier through Robotics @ Maryland, this year, they placed fourth a student organization that and won $1,000 in prize money.

“We are very unique in that works on creating autonomous we’re the only school in the underwater machines. competition that can test our robots whenever we want,” Pugh said.

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Before attending this university, Pugh said he first saw the neutral buoyancy tank during an open-house visit and it stood out to him. Akin called it “a prime tourist attraction on campus” and said it draws more than 100 visits every year.

Pugh, who works as an employee at the facility, explained that he was unsure of what kind of engineering he planned to pursue before spending time at the lab.

“It’s kind of made more apparent what I want to do,” he said. “This is what it’s like doing the work, robotic engineering in the real world. I love it.”

Nick Limparis, a sixth-year doctorate student in aerospace engineering, noted a similar impact from the facility. When he first became involved with

the lab in spring 2005 as a junior undergraduate student, he was an electrical engineering major with a penchant for robotics.

Limparis helped found Robotics @ Maryland and said the Space Systems Laboratory offered the organization facility space because of a desire for more underwater robotics research. He stressed the value of the tank for its location on the campus of a public institution.

“Where else in the world can you become an aquarium diver and work with people in space suits on extreme environment robotics?” Limparis said. “Nowhere. This is the only facility of its kind where an undergrad can walk in and do that.” jantoshakdbk@gmail.com

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Sustainable, but not with flying colors

he university’s sustainability efforts are flying high. But that’s not always a good thing.

In the Office of Sustainability’s 2013 progress report, released last week, the office revealed that the university is on track to reach its 2015 goal of 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions. In 2012, the university’s emissions dropped by 15 percent, a welcome reprieve from disappointing numbers in 2011, when the school experienced a net increase of 17.4 percent in campuswide greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2012, Shuttle-UM ridership increased; more bikes were registered on the campus; renewable energy generation skyrocketed with projects such as the huge 2,600-panel solar array on the Severn Building that opened in August 2011. This progress is undeniably impressive — a testament to this university’s commitment. But in the conver-

sation about saving the Earth, it’s never good to rest on laurels.

And one problem continues to be a thorn in the university’s side.

Since 2005, the university’s overall commercial air travel has increased by 51 percent, increasing by 47 percent since 2009 alone.

In 2012, the university’s air travel accounted for 50,666 metric tons of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Air travel is one of only four sustainability metrics — of 28 total — that the Office of Sustainability marked as trending significantly worse.

In a January opinion column, The New York Times called air travel the “biggest carbon sin,” accounting for an unexpected amount of carbon emissions and leading some government organizations such as the European Union to propose increasing costs and emissions taxes for airlines and those who use them.

Air travel is a killer, but we often don’t realize it.

So with such a heavy emphasis on eliminating the university’s carbon footprint, such a sore thumb is confusing and concerning.

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The university must prioritize reducing air travel to improve its otherwise strong sustainability record.

And with the university’s move to the Big Ten coming in less than eight short months, the need to address these air travel concerns is even more pressing. Whether for athletic events, academic colloquia or conferences such as the Big Ten Housing Officers Conference, which Department of Resident Life Director Deb Grandner attended in

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October, the university has lots of reasons to jet around to its soonto-be fellow conference schools.

A n d wh i l e t h e ave ra ge ACC member is only 365 miles from College Park, that number balloons to 560 when looking at Big Ten institutions. Only two schools slated to be in the post-July 2014 Big Ten, Rutgers University and Pennsylvania State University, reside in a 300-mile radius of College Park — a reasonable driving distance.

Eight schools from the ACC, meanwhile, sit in that same circle, including the conference’s Tobacco Road hive of Greensboro, WinstonSalem, Raleigh and Durham in North Carolina.

It’s hard to see how the university won’t continue this trend of increasing environmentally harmful air travel after its move to the Big Ten. And offering concrete alternatives to air travel, as well as strate-

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The dreaded midsemester slump Rethinking the length of college courses ROBERT COBB This week is the week I hit my midsemester slump.

Every semester, there comes a time when I feel drained, all of my courses seem dull, work seems rote and I barely manage to drag myself to class (much less study).

I see the same drained expression on the faces of friends and classmates semester after semester, year after year.

Lately, I’ve realized this doesn’t have to happen. In my own experience, I slump sometime between the excitement at the beginning of the semester and the mad rush of finals and projects at the end. There are a few weeks of dead time that hit at about week eight that aren’t fun or productive. That got me thinking: What if courses were shorter?

If my class ended next week, I surely wouldn’t be in this slump - the motivation from exams would get me off my butt and back to the books. A 10-week semester could still cover a substantial amount of material — maybe even the same as our 16-week one.

So then my next thought is: Why 10 weeks? Why any fixed length period at all? Subjects don’t all fit into the same length of time. Some areas might need only three weeks of lectures, and I know some engineering courses that could certainly use a few more weeks to cover additional material.

Of course there are logistical challenges. There are some good reasons to cram or stretch material into the time given. Credits would be tricky to determine for very short or long classes, and there could be strange problems with the start and end dates

overlapping and students ending up with far too many or too few courses at a time.

C o u rs e re g i s t ra t i o n wo u l d become a very tough problem, rather than a mildly frustrating obstacle. All of the calendar cycles built on top of the semester model would have to change — payment for classes, parking registration, summer jobs and internships, admission for new and transfer students — since pretty much everyone’s entire calendar is built along the semester cycle.

But imagine if two- or threeweek intensive courses were available year-round, instead of only in the summer and winter? Failing a class wouldn’t throw off your entire life plan. Maybe instead of having to take a whole extra semester or year, you’d be able to graduate when you planned. You could plan time off when you need it — not just during the three or four times a year when everyone is scheduled to take a week off. Professors could teach the material that is necessary and not waste any effort or time.

I wouldn’t have to slog through dead, unproductive weeks. I could take my exams now, please, and start taking new courses.

If we were designing a system from scratch, and our top priority was undergraduate education, we would provide flexible-length courses and build the other systems on top of that assumption. The credit system would have more variability. Payment would be different. Four-year plans would leave more room for failure and adjustment. Admissions would be rolling all year; accepted students would register for courses as they figured

gies to offset its impact, should be one of the Office of Sustainability’s largest goals moving forward.

The office has already indicated that it will more heavily promote teleconferences and remote communication to limit air travel emissions. This is a good place to start.

Smart and green construction on East Campus, the 22-acre series of developments that has for years been mentioned as the potential site for hotels and a conference center, could attract more collaborations to the campus instead of away from it.

And as always, administration, athletics and the university community as a whole should encourage rail and automobile travel, carpooling and public transit above air travel whenever possible.

Our sustainability progress should continue to fly high — but only figuratively.

out their living situations and were ready to take classes.

I don’t know if the university president or senate would think of this as the type of innovation they are trying to encourage at this university. I don’t know if anyone in the administration is questioning the fundamentals of the way we do school here. It takes a lot of effort just to keep everything running the way it is, and there are some major changes being implemented now.

If I were an administrator intent on making flexible-length courses available, I would look to build on the su cce sse s we have had in the past. Summer and winter classes, particularly short online or blended learning courses, make good candidates to try with midsemester start dates. I would look at the courses within the existing semester system that start late or end early: How do they work?

Could such courses be expanded?

I would try to find the ear of one of the deans — hopefully there would be one who is open to innovative ideas. I would try to pilot a semester full of short courses — five three-week courses is the length of a semester. With demonstrated success under my belt, I would advocate hard for more courses to be offered intensively. The next steps would be spreading the option to different departments, advertising to students and solving all those pesky logistical problems whose solutions give rise to the bureaucracy of higher education.

The real world doesn’t operate on a semester basis. Why should we?

Robert Cobb is a senior computer engineering major. He can be reached at rcobbdbk@gmail.com.

If you’re looking to strike up a conversation about feminism at Eppley Recreation Center’s male-dominated weight room, you’re probably out of luck. For many men, especially male college students, feminism is foreign, strange and even threatening. In a male subculture that places a premium on enhancing physiques and hooking up with girls, engaging with a movement that often challenges traditional notions of masculinity (and femininity) can be uncomfortable.

Few men would openly contest feminism’s central contention that women should be on equal political, economic and social footing with men. However, the reputation of feminism has definitely taken a battering. Admittedly, the scene from Borat in which Sacha Baron Cohen effortlessly baits a group of older, short-tempered feminists oblivious to his shenanigans is amusing. But the common caricature of feminists as sexless, hostile misanthropes grossly misrepresents the movement. Most egregiously, it sends the message that feminism is an exclusively female endeavor.

Still, men aren’t the only ones wary of the feminist brand. Asked in a Daily Beast interview whether she considers herself a feminist, Taylor Swift responded she doesn’t “really think about things as guys versus girls.” Her comments rightly drew criticism that she probably should have Googled feminism to gain some understanding of what it is before she publicly mischaracterized it. Alas, the tendency to conflate feminism and misandristic vitriol is a major threat to the social egalitarianism at feminism’s core.

Unfortunately, some so-called feminists intent on empower-

ing women subscribe to the kind of gender stereotypes that reinforce many of the divisions underpinning modern sexism. For instance, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) claimed in an interview with MSNBC that female politicians would have been defter in navigating the recent government shutdown because “a woman doesn’t want to ruin the person on the other side of the aisle.”

In addition to working off outdated assumptions about the “fairer sex” and unnecessarily bashing men, Wasserman Schultz committed a tactical error far too commonplace these days: She argued that barriers for women to enter male-dominated fields should be removed not because women are people but because they have certain “feminine” characteristics that might be useful. Sadly, unless this strain of thought is rejected, when women do enter traditionally male fields, they might be relegated to specific roles believed to maximize their value.

Feminism is about social liberation from the double standards, stereotypes and expectations that come with traditional gender roles.

A feminist world would be beneficial for both sexes, especially in a college setting. Considering the stigma associated with female promiscuity, the “prudish” restraint on the part of some women is more than understandable. Defeating old ideas about “sluts” would allow women to pursue hookups as unabashedly as men — a win for guys and gals.

Some people find feminism difficult to swallow because they feel it threatens traditional masculine or feminine traits that are a key part of their identities. But feminism doesn’t seek to erase these traits. Rather, it aspires to empower people to behave as they choose, without being judged by their peers. College is a place of social opportunity, and feminism is the perfect tool to capitalize on it.

Charlie Bulman is a sophomore government and politics major. He can be reached at cbulmandbk@gmail.com.

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the new second city Washington is second only to New York City in its number of theatrical productions

By Beena Raghavendran @thebeenster Senior staff writer So long, Second City — Washington is now producing the secondhighest number of theater productions yearly after the Big Apple itself, surpassing Chicago and the nation’s other theater hubs.

Linda Levy, president and CEO of theatreWashington, an organization that works to further the Washington area’s theater prominence, said though Los Angeles has more theater buildings and Chicago has more theater companies, Washington is home to more theater productions.

There might be no example more emblematic of Washington theater’s prominence than the previews of new star-studded musical If/Then that runs at the National Theatre until Dec. 8.

It stars Idina Menzel of Wicked and her former Rent film co-star Anthony Rapp. It’s written by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt, the team behind 2009 Broadway smash hit Next to Normal.

The Washington Post reported the show costs $10 million and, unlike the adaptations of novels and films that have flooded Broadway recently, If/Then is an original work.

The pre-Broadway preview is a production form that’s dwindling. In the past, it has been an important last stop before Broadway, meant to gauge responses to a show before tweaking it in preparation for a New York audience. Washington has been home to

several out-of-town tryouts, including West Side Story and Hello, Dolly!, which both previewed at the National Theatre decades ago before becoming industry staples.

Producer David Stone told The Washington Post that “great things happened” when Next to Normal, a show about a mother struggling with depression, premiered regionally in Washington before Broadway. The team was inclined to come back.

“I believe that the production company would agree that we have found people to be very receptive of the idea of a brand-new show that’s previewing, adapting and changing,” said Sarah Bartlo, the National Theatre’s general manager.

New York vs. The District New York City is a hot spot for theater lovers worldwide. Levy said the goal is to make theater in Washington so prominent that, just as in New York and London, purchasing tickets for the theater becomes a part of trip planning for tourists.

Deeksha Gaur, who formerly lived in New York, is the director of marketing and public relations for Washington’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

She said Washington has the flexibility of larger theater venues, such as the Kennedy Center — the president of which, Michael Kaiser, recently announced his intentions to join this university — or Arena Stage, as well also other, smaller works elsewhere.

“What’s really exciting about D.C. is there’s so much room for small, young, scrappier companies,” Gaur said.

She said she sees Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company growing its national recognition in producing world premieres and experimental works recently.

Misha Kachman, a professor of set and costume design at this university and a member of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, said theater in New York tends to play it safer than theater in Washington, which is working to “challenge the audiences, as opposed to cater to their tastes.”

Bartlo moved to the area in May, but she said the high intellect of Washington theatergoers makes them a diverse and open audience.

“I think each city has its own unique feel, and yet the theater communities in each of those cities have some general similarities,” she said. “One of the great things about D.C., however, is it’s such an intelligent audience.”

Rob Denton, an MFA lighting design graduate student who has worked with theaters in Washington, said the area’s plentiful internships and young artist programs help the younger generation continue the area’s theater.

Community engagement It makes sense that the Washington area has spent the past few decades growing into a hub for theater.

“The Washington audience is incredibly intelligent,” Levy said. “It’s looking for sophisticated entertain-

if/then stars Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp at a rehearsal in New York. The anticipated Broadway premiere of the show will follow a preview run at the National Theatre in Washington. photo courtesy of matthew murphy ment alternatives beyond what’s available electronically, digitally.”

Kachman said theater in Washington has been on the rise since regional theater began to grow in the 1970s.

Mitchell Hébert, a theatre professor who’s also a Woolly Mammoth company member, pointed to the trend starting in the late ’80s, when small theaters began to pop up around the area. In the past 10 years, he added, the established Washington theaters have built themselves new buildings.

Thanks to the expansion of theater in Washington over the past few decades, many neighborhoods have even seen economic benefits from restaurants and shops that accompany high-profile theaters, Levy said.

Producers are starting to recognize the large talent pool in Washington, said Dan Conway, a professor of scenic design who has worked with professional Washington theater companies.

“The story of Washington is it’s become a theater center not in terms of theaters but people who have come to Washington to live and still be able to make a living with theater,” Conway said.

The future Conway said Washington won’t surpass New York in theater prominence, simply because of New York’s reputation.

Similarly, Hébert wonders how much further theater in Washington can go. New shows at area theaters garner great reviews but don’t always sell out, he said, perhaps because there’s too much competition.

“Maybe the D.C. theater market might be maxed out right now,” Hébert said. “The question is how many more new theaters can be supported.”

In the meantime, theatreWashington is working to continue to increase Washington’s prominence as a theater hot spot nationally, Levy said. Theater inspires and connects people, she said, and Washington has its own diverse work that sets it apart.

“It’s very distinctive in the terms of the power it’s had and in terms of really cultivating a community,” she said. braghavendrandbk@gmail.com

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QUARTERBACK C.J. BROWN rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns while throwing for 135 yards and another score at Virginia Tech. photo courtesy of ben weidlich/the collegiate times

BROWN From PAGE 8 Locksley said. “We saw it coming out of the bye week; I thought maybe he was just a little rusty, not having played a lot. But we put a challenge to him that he needed to go make plays for us last week, and he stepped up big for us when we needed it.”

And though Brown’s physical ability returned, both the quarterback and his coach said his precise decisionmaking might have had a greater impact than anything else.

“He had more confidence in his own ability to be able to run and do the things that he knows he’s capable of doing,”

comebacks From PAGE 8 I really teach that,” Meharg said yesterday. “We’re just very fortunate to have players that understand the energy level that teams can have when they do score.”

The Terps rarely had tense moments in their first month of the season, winning nine of their first 10 games by two or more goals. The team fell behind for the first time against Boston College on Sept. 27, facing 1-0 and 2-1 deficits before winning, 3-2.

The Terps had a comeback win against North Carolina two games later, but one of their most memorable comefrom-behind wins came against Syracuse on Oct. 18.

The Terps struggled to finish their chances in the first period, and Orange goalkeeper

Edsall said. “I think that’s a big part because there during a stretch of games, when I talked to him, he just felt like he couldn’t have that burst, couldn’t have that explosion that he normally has. If you don’t feel that and the confidence doesn’t allow you to do those things, I think it’s tough.

But he had that back; he had that feeling back in his body, in his legs and everything else.”

While he was dealing with injuries, Brown often would see a space to break off a significant gain, but as he tried to find his way through, he would be tackled by a defensive end.

On one play against the Hokies, Brown was poised to turn the corner, but a Virginia Tech defensive lineman reached out and grabbed his shoulder pads

and pulled him down, almost horse-collar tackling him.

“It was more frustrating,” Brown said. “Mentally, I was there. But to go out there and not be able to do the things that you know you’re capable of doing, it’s just frustrating.

There’s nothing you can do but try to get healthy and continue to work hard every day. That’s pretty much all I did. But Coach is out there.

He sees what I can and cannot do, and I think that’s why he based those decisions to sit me down those two games.”

With an offense hit hard by injuries to skill players, Brown opens dangerous options in the backfield. He knows Locksley’s system, and Edsall trusts him to make the right decisions in the offense.

Jess Jecko made several saves to keep the Terps off the board for much of the second half.

The team tied the game with less than a minute left and then sealed the win by scoring in the opening minutes of overtime.

“That was a game that showed us that we can come back from anything,” defender Sarah Sprink said. “We always believe in what we do on the field, and we never give up.”

The Terps showed in their most recent comeback against Princeton that they rarely allow opponents to build on any momentum. The Terps have faced a two-goal deficit only once this season — during their only loss against No. 8 Old Dominion.

The Terps’ 3-2 overtime win against Duke in the ACC semifinals was the first time the team had relinquished a two-goal lead. Still, the Terps responded with an early goal

in overtime to clinch the victory. The two teams will meet for the third time this season in the NCAA semifinals on Friday.

“We’re going to be making adjustments, so we know that they’re going to be making adjustments,” midfielder Maxine Fluharty said. “Mentally, it’s a little bit challenging to play the same team three times. But if you have just a clean slate going into it, then it just sets you up for better starting ground.”

But even if they fall behind against Duke, the Terps will be confident that they can erase the deficit and take control of the game, just as they have shown in past scenarios this season.

“I think we’ve been pretty good at facing adversity and continuing to push through it,” defender Ali McEvoy said.

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With the Terps aiming to better their national profile against Boston College and N.C. State, Brown becomes as important as ever. And the rest of the Terps know that when the quarterback is producing, there’s a trickle-down effect to the rest of the team.

“He played a hell of a game,” outside linebacker Matt Robinson said after Saturday’s game. “I think he just played great. The offense was gelling too. They were moving the ball. [Virginia Tech has] the top three defense, so that was great to see that. I think he really knew what he had to do. He was running the ball, throwing the ball, a just allaround good day.” dgallendbk@gmail.com

From PAGE 8 She did not play in the Terps’ 3-1 loss to the Orange.

“That position is your first draft pick,” Horsmon said.

“You need a setter who can run the show, and there’s a chemistry out there. Not having her on the floor, you lose a leader and probably one of our best competitors.”

Dion suffers from “runner’s knee,” a result of heavy stress common among young athletes, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. She began receiving treatment for it during the preseason, and as the season went on, the pain dissipated.

After Saturday’s 3-0 loss to Boston College, though, Dion said her knees began to feel

swollen and inflamed. When she woke up Sunday, the pain still bothered her, so she sat out the match.

“The whole year, we’ve all been struggling with injuries,” Dion said. “My knees before, they were a little bit of a struggle. I think it’s just a minor bump in the road.”

Dion said she hopes to play this weekend, but Horsmon was cautious.

“We’ll see how she feels in a few days,” Horsmon said.

“If she’s able to practice and she gets better, then we’ll put her out there. She’s our best chance to win.”

Without Dion on Sunday, the Terps still played well offensively, registering a .314 hitting percentage. Still, they threatened late in the first and last sets but weren’t able capitalize on either opportunity

without Dion on the floor.

During the Terps’ campaign, Dion has been the only stable element in the team’s revolving door at setter, a position Horsmon has called the “quarterback of the offense.”

But as the Terps proceeded to lose their 10th match in 13 tries Sunday, Dion was relegated to the bench, flanked by her crutches.

“Her knees have been bothering her for most of the year, but she’d never show that,” Horsmon said.

“She wants to play, and she’s a great competitor. She’s a kid that you root for and you want to see on the court because she’s really passionate about the game. She’d do anything it takes to win. You hate when she’s missing matches.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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GUARD VARUN RAM has played sparingly for the Terps this season but provides a strong defensive presence in practice. file photo/the diamondback

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dominated. Players who struggled in the Terps’ loss to Connecticut on Friday had key roles in Tuesday’s win.

Centers Alicia DeVaughn and Brionna Jones each had 11 points and seven rebounds against the Colonials, accounting for nearly half of the Terps’ 48 points in the paint. Guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough had 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting off the bench, and she was the second-leading scorer on the night.

“I really like how we responded tonight,” coach Brenda Frese said. “A lot of improvement by players that maybe were disappointed with their last time out and got better tonight.”

DeVaughn was the only player out of the three to score against the Huskies. WalkerKimbrough and Jones spent most of that game on the bench, combining for 13 minutes on the court and one rebound.

George Washington’s top scorers from their past win, however, made little impact against the Terps. N ipe,

guards Chakecia Miller, Danni Jackson and forward Caira Washington scored 67 of the team’s 75 points against Cal. Against the Terps, the four combined for 32 points.

George Washington shot about 39 percent from threepoint range when facing the Golden Bears, but the Colonials were 0-of-15 from beyond the arc against the Terps, with Nipe going 0-of-5.

“She obviously was a big piece for our defense,” Frese said. “Every player on our team knew the scout on her in terms of needing to know where she was on the floor and just making her have to take difficult shots.”

A f te r a s i g n a t u re w i n against a top-10 team, George Washington couldn’t build on the performance to record another upset. The Terps exploited the Colonials’ lack of consistency, Tsipis said, in response to their defeat against UConn, displaying the team’s extensive talent.

“You saw tonight a team in Maryland that has all of the parts to make a deep NCAA tournament run,” Tsipis said.

played at points during the season, but neither played in the second half of the loss to the Beavers. Turgeon seems set on turning to those two this weekend to help his starters stay fresh late in games.

Turgeon did play Dodd late in the first half against Oregon State to take some pressure off forward Charles Mitchell and center Shaquille Cleare, but the freshman big man picked up two fouls in three minutes and quickly returned to the bench, where he remained for the rest of the game.

“I was hoping he’d play a little bit better,” Turgeon said.

“Is he ready? Probably not.”

Still, Dodd is a long, athletic presence in the paint. Turgeon referenced Dodd’s two-block, eight-rebound performance in a scrimmage victory over Catholic as evidence of his ability to contribute.

In the backcourt, Turgeon intends on giving Ram, a former walk-on and a transfer from Division III Trinity College, more playing time. The 5-foot-9 point guard played for less than a minute against the Beavers, but he was on the floor for 12 minutes in the first half when the Terps beat Abilene Christian, 67-44, on Nov. 13.

Ram’s teammates notice he routinely challenges guards Dez Wells and Roddy Peters in practice, so they feel Ram could hold his own if given the chance to hit the floor in the Virgin Islands.

“He obviously plays very hard, and he does a lot for us in practice,” forward Evan Smotrycz said last week.

“Moving forward into games, he’ll be able to help us, especially defensively.”

Turgeon, whose team is thin at the guard position because of Allen’s injury, seems to agree.

“I think Varun’s a guy that’s got to get in there and give our guards a little bit more rest so we’re better defensively,”

Turgeon said. “He’s one of our better defenders, too.”

The third nonrotational player who might see playing time this weekend is forward Jonathan Graham, a transfer from Penn State who has yet to play major minutes for his new team.

With a busy weekend ahead, the Terps are likely to try several different combinations on the floor, and Graham could get his first real shot to make an impression. After a 1-2 start that left him “shocked,” Turgeon feels he has to do something different to spark a struggling defense.

H e a l rea dy s u g ge s te d that additional depth could make an impact, and this weekend, Turgeon will get a chance to test it.

“If we are going to be standing straight up and not playing with any effort on defense,” Turgeon said, “then I got to play more guys and see what happens.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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Healthy, confident Brown boosts Terps Terps hope solid Virginia Tech performance carries over to season’s final two contests

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer

FORWARD DAMONTE DODD is one of a few Terps who could see his minutes increase this weekend in the Virgin Islands. christian jenkins/the diamondback

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Paradise Jam provides Turgeon opportunity to explore depth on Terps bench

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Mark Turgeon took a deep breath before delivering an opening statement at a news conference after the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s 90-83 loss to Oregon State on Sunday night.

The third-year coach watched his Terps give up 52 second-half points that night, and the defeat marked the first time since the 2009 NCAA tournament that a Turgeon-led team allowed at least 90 points in a non-overtime game. At the time,

he was coaching at Texas A&M. “I got to build depth,” Turgeon said to about a dozen media members. “Maybe our defense will get a little bit better if I can build some depth.”

From Friday to Monday, the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands will afford Turgeon an opportunity to begin that process by giving bench players more time on the floor. The team has three games in four days, so he’ll look beyond his relatively short seven-player rotation for production.

Forward Damonte Dodd and guard Varun Ram have See depth, Page 7

C.J. Brown moved with ease Saturday afternoon. The Terrapins football quarterback often slipped out of the pocket, evaded Virginia Tech defenders on the Lane Stadium turf and accelerated up the field.

The burst Brown showed early in the season when he rushed for 257 yards and five touchdowns in the Terps’ first three games returned, along with a clean bill of health after an injuryplagued middle third of the season.

With two games remaining and the chance to improve bowl position, Brown’s return to form bodes well for the Terps. And after a rough stretch in which he missed two games and left two others early because of injuries, Brown said he’s the healthiest he’s been since the beginning of the season.

“I feel very confident,” Brown said.

“I think I was always confident. It was just a matter of if I could go out there and execute it physically the way I knew I could. I feel 100 percent. I’m back to normal. I’m ready to go this week.”

Brown flashed his speed on a 38-yard run down the sideline late in the first quarter and took a big hit from Virginia Tech safety Der’Woun Greene.

He bounced right back up and continued piloting the Terps drive. It was his longest run since he scampered 41 yards for a touchdown at Connecticut on Sept. 14, and it set the tone for his

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QUARTERBACK C.J. BROWN rushed for more than 100 yards for the first time since Sept. 14 in Saturday’s overtime win at Virginia Tech. file photo/the diamondback first 100-yard rushing game since the Terps’ win over the Huskies.

After being held out against Clemson on Oct. 26 and having a bye week to recover, Brown returned against Syracuse on Nov. 9 and struggled in the Terps’ 20-3 loss.

Though he said he felt healthy, Brown had some difficulty adjusting back to game speed, especially against an aggressive Orange defense.

That uneasy play wasn’t present in Blacksburg, Va. “There’s no doubt, I agree with him, that he’s as healthy as I saw him last week,” offensive coordinator Mike See BROWN, Page 7

FIELD HOCKEY

Terps stifle upsetminded Colonials Defense shuts down stars, offense pulls away

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer Megan Nipe ran around a screen on the outside, giving the George Washington guard an open look on her first 3-pointer against the Terrapins women’s basketball team.

The shot clanged off the rim, and her ensuing layup after the offensive rebound was also off target. Nipe, who was coming off a career-high 31-point game in the Colonials’ upset win over then-No. 10 California on Friday, wasn’t as effective against the No. 8 Terps. She scored 13 points on 6-of-19 shooting Tuesday night at Comcast Center.

“They just weren’t falling, I guess,” Nipe said. “Not any rhyme or reason, it just wasn’t on today.”

Nipe and the rest of George Washington couldn’t repeat the strong performance they had against Cali-

fornia, as the Terps improved defensively from their 72-55 loss against No. 1 Connecticut. In responding to their first loss of the year, the Terps routed the Colonials, 87-51.

“I thought you saw a Maryland team tonight that was mad because they knew Friday night wasn’t their best showing,” George Washington coach Jonathan Tsipis said. “Maryland was the aggressor.”

The Colonials’ win over the Golden Bears was the team’s first victory over a ranked opponent since 2008.

This week, George Washington was close to earning a national rank after receiving the fifth-most votes for a top-25 spot. Nipe also won Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week for her standout performance against the Golden Bears.

Despite the Colonials’ momentum entering the matchup, the Terps See defense, Page 7

PRINCETON took the lead on the Terps twice Sunday, but each time the Terps were able to come back, and they eventually won, 3-2. rebecca rainey/the diamondback

Tourney comebacks prove crucial

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer Missy Meharg leaned on the sideline fence while looking toward the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex turf Sunday afternoon.

The Terrapins field hockey coach watched as Princeton celebrated after scoring in the game’s opening

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two minutes. Though the Terps’ second-round game of the NCAA tournament was off to a rough start, Meharg didn’t break her stance or make any tactical changes.

The 26th-year coach allowed the players to recover for themselves, and the Terps tied the game three minutes later. When the Tigers made it 2-1 in the 35th minute, the Terps responded in less than 30 seconds

with another tying goal. The team hasn’t had to come from behind often, but with the latest example coming in their 3-2 win over Princeton, the Terps proved capable of earning comeback wins.

“Well, I’d like to say that I teach them how to score within 30 seconds of goals, but I don’t think See comebacks, Page 7

Dion’s absence obvious in weekend loss at Syracuse Recurring knee issues sidelined sophomore on road trip

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer

LIBERO-turned-setter AMY DION (left) missed Sunday’s matchup at Syracuse with knee problems that have been bothering her during the season, leaving a significant void in the Terps offense, defense and leadership, coach Tim Horsmon said. file photo/the diamondback

From this season’s onset, the Terrapins volleyball team has had difficulties at setter.

Mackenzie Dagostino transferred to Florida two weeks before the beginning of the season, and a number of other setters suffered injuries. As a

result, coach Tim Horsmon was forced to start Julia Anderson — a walk-on freshman — at the position.

But when Anderson suffered a fractured pinky a month ago, Amy Dion — a converted libero — moved into the starting role.

Despite her inexperience at the position, Dion served as a reliable option at setter on a team in which most other positions

have been in flux because of injuries and ineffectiveness.

The sophomore has set the tone offensively, orchestrating her teammates and organizing their plays.

But before Sunday’s match at Syracuse, Dion complained of knee pain, which has been bothering her since the preseason.

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