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THE DIAMONDBACK Our 100TH Year, No. 61
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Burglaries reminder of security problems String ends after arrest, but unlocked doors, tailgating persist BY KARA ESTELLE Staff writer
Students are being asked to take responsibility for the safety of their belongings after a man was arrested in connection with a string of recent burglaries in North Campus dorms earlier this month. University Police arrested Marques Avery Buford, a non-student, on
Nov. 12 for stealing several laptops and other electronics from unlocked rooms in North Campus dorms. Resident Life officials reminded students to lock their doors and not allow others to follow them into dorm buildings, said Amy Martin, associate director of North Campus for the Department of Resident Life. Crime aside, Martin said, students should take these precautions all the time.
On Nov. 17, for example, some property was stolen from an unsecured room in Elkton Hall, according to University Police’s incident log. Thefts in North Campus dorms account for 2 percent of all incidents in dorms across the campus, she said, noting there were 20 theft cases around North Campus in fall 2008, 10
see BURGLARIES, page 3
VICTORIA’S SECRET
Drops Maryland panties
More than 1,000 rising juniors to be denied housing BY AMANDA PINO Staff writer
Poor sales of Terp clothing likely doomed line
For many rising juniors who received their on-campus housing lotter y numbers yesterday, it became clear that space in dorms is still limited, due to a large freshman class and a steady demand for oncampus housing. There are 3,300 sophomores living on the campus, the majority of whom will not be placed in dorms next year. Though vacant apartments in South Campus Commons and University Courtyards will help house many students seeking a place to live, more than 1,000 rising juniors will move off the campus. For rising juniors, who received their housing lottery numbers yesterday, things may be looking bleak now, but the future seems to promise better news: More than 300 rooms will open up in Commons 7 in the spring and more than 700 in Oakland Hall by fall 2011. These new
Rising juniors are more likely to live in suite-style dorms such as Charles and Harford halls, but more than 1,000 won’t get on-campus housing next year . PHO-
see HOUSING, page 3
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Disabled students worry about emergency procedures BY DANA CETRONE Staff writer
Turns out university girls won’t be able to drop Terpthemed panties no matter how hard they try this semester: University-branded hoodies, sweaters and undergarments are now nowhere to be found in Victoria’s Secret stores. The Victoria’s Secret PINK Collegiate Collection dropped the university-themed loungewear from its line of college gear earlier this semester for reasons that
remain unclear, though officials partly attributed the decision to poor sales. “Up until recently we were enjoying a very nice relationship with the Victoria Secret’s PINK line,” university Director of Trademark Licensing Joe Ebaugh said. “But in mid-September we got notice that they had dropped Maryland from their program.” Ebaugh said he contacted The Collegiate Licensing Company, the agency through which Victoria’s Secret approached the university to do the line, but they were
also vague, saying only that the decision was based on “numbers.” CLC’s Media Relations manager Tricia Hornsby said the “numbers” were based on a variety of factors — some directly related to the sales performance of each school and others for reasons unrelated to sales. Hornsby said that PINK does not use one specific measurement, but rather a combination of elements, to make the decision. Victoria’s Secret representatives could not
Scarce information, reliance on others in evacuation situations make some uneasy BY NELLY DESMARATTES Staff writer
During an emergency, most of us know what to do — take the stairs, get out as soon as possible and don’t panic. However, for those with disabilities, the information on what to do is scarce, police officials and disabled students said. Emergency procedures for those with disabilities are entirely based on prior planning. The university’s emergency preparedness website says disabled students should notify
see PINK, page 3
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their professors, director and department heads that they may need help during an emergency and ask for assistance if they aren’t able to evacuate on their own. “At this time, my understanding is it is up to the individual student and professors to help them out of the building [in an emergency],” said junior American studies major Aaron Kaufman, who has cerebral palsy and usually uses a wheelchair. “Professors are not knowledgeable and could cause
see EMERGENCY, page 3
Reviving an activist past Images of today’s protests recall famous student movements of 1960s, ’70s
Hillman said. “Everything that we talk about, all the history that we talk about being made, it’s the same thing that we’re doing right now.”
see ACTIVISM, page 2
BY ADELE HAMPTON Staff writer
Earlier this month, student activists met in the Nyumburu Cultural Center to plan a march on the Main Administration Building, protesting Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity Cordell Black’s dismissal. Images of students gathered in front of the Memorial Chapel protesting the Vietnam War in 1971 flashed across a large screen at the front of the room. “Everybody is always quoting all these history books and speeches from 30 years ago, 40 years ago, even hundreds of years ago, but because of this, people will be quoting us,” Black Student Union Vice President Kalani
TOMORROW’S WEATHER:
Left, 300 students marched on the administration building in 1971 to protest admissions policies. Right, more than 600 students protested the dismissal of Cordell Black as associate provost for equity and diversity earlier this month. FILE PHOTO AND CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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