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MaryPIRG supports bill seeking more recycling

Genderinclusive housing popular

By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer

DRL survey finds wide support for initiatives

Legislation that would offer refunds for consumers who turn in their recyclable beverage containers is set to reappear when the General Assembly convenes in January.

The bill stalled in committee in March after criticism from the business community, but it’s returning, this time with active support from Maryland Public Interest Research Group, a statewide consumer advocacy organization founded by students at this university. If the state becomes the 11th to adopt a bottle bill, proponents say recycling in the state would increase drastically.

“Every bottle that isn’t recycled means more litter, more incineration and more waste in our streets,” MaryPIRG Programming Associate Joanna Guy said last week in a presentation to the Student Government Association. “Maryland can do so much better, and passing a bottle bill is the fi rst step.”

The bottle bill would establish centers around the state where beverage containers could be turned in for a 5-cent refund, money that consumers would pay as a deposit with each beverage container. Bottle distributors would contribute to a fund for the centers to pay for the refund and a small per-bottle handling fee.

The facilities would have what look like “reverse vending machines,” Guy said.

“T h is i ncentiv izes recycl i ng

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Assembly to weigh bottle refunds bill

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OUTSIDE LINEBACKER MARCUS WHITFIELD reacts after Boston College celebrates its game-winning field goal to stun the Terps. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

OUT IN THE COLD Boston College comes back to shock Terps in ACC home finale

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer

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Long after Boston College victoriously swept onto the field but before the lights went out on ACC football at Byrd Stadium, it started to snow.

T he steely g ray sky that covered Col lege Park for most of Saturday afternoon after a sunny morning opened, and snowflakes were pushed through the stadium’s wind tunnel by cold gusts, flitting by press box windows and fluttering through empty bleachers.

The sudden change in weather capped a bizarre and occasionally ugly afternoon and evening. On Senior Day in its final ACC home game, the Terrapins

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football team blew an 11-point fourth-quarter lead and fell to Boston College, 29-26, after Eagles kicker Nate Freese’s second attempt at a 52-yard field goal as time expired split the uprights.

One week after clinching bowl eligibility in a wild overtime win at Virginia Tech, the Terps (6-5, 2-5 ACC) were once again left searching for answers after their largest collapse of the season against the Eagles (7-4, 4-3) before an announced 32,147.

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Student’s business funds Kenyan women’s foundation Kikanae Punyua gives back to home to help fight abuse, inequality

By Joe Antoshak @Mantoshak Staff writer It started with a stroke of luck, and now a university athlete is returning to his roots to help women in Kenya.

In 2009, Kikanae Punyua, now a junior at this university, was offered an opportunity: He and one other male student in his Kenyan high school were selected to spend a year in the U.S. as part of an American Field Service exchange program. At

him a scholarship for his senior year. Punyua thrived as a distance runner and earned a track scholarship at this university.

Punyua lives almost 8,000 miles away from his biological family, but he hasn’t forgotten where he comes from. The economics major established the Osiligi Foundation in 2011 to improve the lives of women in the Maasai tribe, who often face genital mutilation and struggle for the right to an education.

“I have two younger sisters, kikanae punyua (left) and Alex Willett, roommates and managers of Rafiki Beads. rachel george/the diamondback and I really didn’t want them to When his visa expired, he went go through it,” he said. “I felt I had 17 years old, Punyua left his hometown of Ntulele, a small village west back to Kenya, only to return to the to step up and do something.” of Nairobi, to spend his junior year at U.S. when Glenelg Country School, a Wilde Lake High School in Columbia. private school in Ellicott City, offered See punyua, Page 3

Student interest in mixed-gender housing is growing, a Department of Resident Life survey found, and officials are optimistic about continuing to expand gender-inclusive housing opportunities for the 2014-15 school year.

The university’s gender-inclusive housing task force fall survey found 97 percent of responding students living in mixed-gender or genderinclusive housing would recommend the housing option to others. Additionally, 87 percent of the 310 students who responded said their needs were met and the RAs were supportive and inclusive of different genders in mixed-gender units. Students also reported they felt comfortable about the perception of such housing arrangements, with 94 percent reporting they have not faced harassment, despite previous concerns from officials and students.

Mixed-gender floors alternate rooms for men and women while gender-inclusive housing allows students to live in the same unit regardless of gender and sex.

Officials interpreted the survey results as a sign that current initiatives are working and as a green light for undertaking several new initiatives, including the expansion of mixed-gender housing and offering online information sessions for mixed-gender groups through the room selection process.

“We had done training with the RAs to help them create a welcoming environment on the floor,” said Amy Martin, Resident Life associate director.

Results also indicated 60 percent of responding students developed a better sense of belonging on the campus and 63 percent of respondents felt more comfortable in their current housing option than they would have in single-gender housing.

The task force was a major part of the gender-inclusive housing initiative from the start. Mixed-gender and gender-inclusive housing began in South Campus Commons and Courtyards apartments and expanded to the dorms. A pilot program for gender-inclusive housing in dorms began this year. The gender-inclusive housing committee checked in on See gender, Page 2

City sees more adoption efforts, feral wildlife

By Annika McGinnis @annikam93 Senior staff writer The kitten wagged its tail and then pounced, landing with a yowl on its brother’s stomach. Sophomore animal sciences major Asha Phillip glanced up at the scuffling kittens as she scooped cat food into a tray.

“They’re always wrestling — it’s like WrestleMania over there,” she said, smiling. Phillip said there were more cats than usual in the Beltsville Petco shelter where she had volunteered for almost a year.

The increase is indicative of a

changing animal population in College Park. As the city urbanizes, student renters continue to bring in new populations of pets, and economic troubles hinder people’s ability to keep animals. The city’s Animal Control is dealing with a feral cat problem and increasing numbers of stray animals, said Animal Control Officer Vivian Cooper. But at the same time, the community is uniting on behalf of its animals through its adoption program and campaigns to save individual pets.

So far this year, Animal Control has picked up 102 animals: 80 cats, 19 dogs and three rabbits. In 2012, the

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board picked up 82 animals, including 56 cats. But numbers can change drastically over the years, Cooper said, attributing the inconsistency to the city’s transient rental population.

University students don’t cause many issues, Cooper said. For instance, confirmed students owned just two of the 28 dogs taken in since April.

But the city is home to a huge number of feral cats — felines that used to be domesticated now living in the wild — that Cooper thinks were owned by students.

“They come to college and get their asha phillip, a sophomore animal sciences major and Beltsville Petco volunteer, holds a cat in need of See animals, Page 2 adoption. College Park Animal Control is dealing with a feral cat problem this year. lena salzbank/the diamondback

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GIVING THANKS FOR CHEESE IN MANY FORMS

BUSTING THE RIDICULOUS FILIBUSTER RULE

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BOSTON COLLEGE RUNNING BACK ANDRE WILLIAMS rushed 32 times for 263 yards and two touchdowns Saturday. He has gained 2,073 rushing yards this season. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

EAGLES From PAGE 1 “ I w o u l d n’ t s a y i t’s a setback,” quarterback C.J. Brown said. “But it’s a gutwrenching loss.”

Boston College running back Andre Williams rushed 32 times for 263 yards and two touchdowns, breaking the 2,000-yard barrier for the season and recording his third straight 200-yard game in the process. A swarming defense missing inside linebacker Cole Farrand was able to bottle up Williams for most of the game, but when the senior escaped, it usually had a significant impact on the game.

On the Eagles’ opening drive, which ended in a field goal, Williams got loose on consecutive plays for runs of 31 and 30 yards, and on the latter, he stiff-armed cornerback Will Likely, tossing the 5-foot-7 freshman to the ground. In the fourth quarter, Williams broke through for a 72-yard touchdown run to bring Boston College within four points. Finally, on a third-and-4 with 44 seconds remaining, Williams cut back and raced 36 yards through the secondary to the Terps

GENDER From PAGE 1 the students living in these housing options through the task force, using the data collected to compile a report and recommendations.

Now, a ided by the task force’s research, the genderinclusive housing committee plans to offer mixed-gender housing in the Ellicott and Denton communities.

“Right now, the mixedgender housing in the Cambridge Community and Carroll and Caroline [Halls] has not served all of our living-learning program and nonlivinglearning program students,” Martin said. “So we’re looking at expanding to basically one floor in each of the buildings in the Ellicott and Denton communities.”

That would put 527 beds on mixed-gender floors in six dorms on the campus.

Prince Frederick Hall will also become a mixed-gender and gender-inclusive housing option when it opens next fall.

37, setting up Freese’s gamewinning field goal.

“Defense played very hard,” coach Randy Edsall said. “A few plays, maybe four or five plays that they got some big plays on, but I thought our guys really played hard, really got after it on defense. It’s just unfortunate that we couldn’t have made just a couple more plays.”

Edsall came under scrutiny for using timeouts in the fi nal minute of the game. Before Williams’ 36-yard run, the third-year coach called a timeout to stop the clock as Boston College seemed content to play for overtime.

After the game, he said he was hoping the defense would hold on third down and allow the Terps to go for a blocked punt on fourth down.

Later, Freese — who entered Saturday’s game 14-of-14 this season with a long of 51 — lined up for the game-winning kick with two seconds left and banged a low line drive that tracked wide left into the net in front of Gossett Football Team House. The Terps rejoiced, but Edsall had called a timeout in an attempt to ice Freese, so the kicker got another attempt.

This time, the ball flew true.

“It’s just one of those things

that just happens,” Edsall said.

“Hindsight’s 20/20. Obviously, I shouldn’t have taken the timeout. He missed it. But it’s just one of those things that you feel; you’re doing something to put a little more doubt in the guy’s head.”

The roller coaster of a final minute wasn’t even the most unusual part of a bizarre finish.

With the Terps leading 24-20, Eagles quarterback Chase Rettig found wide receiver Alex Amidon wide open after two defensive backs collided for a 74-yard touchdown pass and a 26-24 Boston College lead.

But outside l i nebacker Ma rcus W h itfield tipped Freese’s ensuing extra point attempt, and safety Anthony Nixon corralled the ball and took off on a 98-yard run while players from both teams milled around, confused as to what was happening. Nixon’s scamper was good for two points, and instead of going down three points, the Terps tied the game, 26-26, and got the ball back.

Brow n a nd t he Ter ps stalled, though, and were forced to punt the ball back to Boston College with 1:32 remaining. And 90 seconds later, Freese ended ACC foot-

ball at Byrd Stadium.

The loss was the Terps’ fifth in seven games after their 4-0 start. Boston College’s blitzing defense held the Terps offense to 278 yards, as running back Brandon Ross led the ground game with 44 yards, and Brown passed for 178 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo (four catches, 57 yards, one touchdown) and extra point put the Terps up 17-10 in the third quarter. Brown also had a 3-yard scoring dive to put the Terps up 24-13.

But it wasn’t enough. The defense couldn’t stiffen and instead broke in the cold on Boston College’s last possession. One week after taking control of the ending in an overtime win at Virginia Tech, the Terps left Saturday’s result hinging on Freese’s foot.

And he delivered.

“We had the confidence we could get it done,” center Sal Conaboy said. “We just didn’t.

We had all the confidence in the world that we were going to drive down the field and score and close the game out, and it just went the other way.”

With more housing options, the committee will also look to make the information sessions mandatory for students i n m i xed-gender housi ng groups online. Students previously had to attend formal in-person meetings.

The task force’s research also found this university is ahead of its peers for diverse housing options, standing out for its methods of offe r i n g ge n d e r-i n c l u s i v e housing.

“What’s unique about us

is that we are not holding out spaces for gender-inclusive housing,” Martin said. “My sense is what’s happening on most campuses is that they a re desig nati ng a certa i n number of spaces in apartment a reas that students who need gender-inclusive housing apply for or call the housing office to get access to them, but we are offering gender-inclusive housing for returning students through our regular room-selection process.”

Resident Life will continue to assist the committee in its efforts to improve housing options for students, said Deb Grandner, Resident Life director, adding she would “absolutely” support the committee’s proposals.

“I’m ver y proud of t he work of the gender-inclusive housing committee and of the actions that we’re taking as a campus to support our LGBTQ students,” Grandner said.

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Often, the city shelter can’t physically house the number of cats brought in.

The 20-foot by 20-foot facility can fit about 12 cats, but last summer, Cooper had 28 in one week alone.

Wild animals are also creating problems. This year, the board has picked up animals such as bats, birds, deer, groundhogs, opossums, rabbits, squirrels and turtles. They’ve seen sna kes, raccoons, hawks, geese, foxes, lizards and more in previous years.

Cooper has had to remove snakes from sticky traps and bats from bedrooms.

“I’m chasing squirrels around living rooms; they come in through chimneys,” Cooper said. “Baby raccoons — they fall down into chimneys. … We think that the mom had built a nest somewhere in the chimney.”

Cooper grew up in Mount Rainier, about 10 minutes from this university, and she said she’s seen an increase in the number of animals struck by cars along Route 1.

As new housing developments spring up along the road, destroying traditional green space, the animals have nowhere to go except people’s homes, Cooper said.

“A raccoon doesn’t really know the difference between a loft in a tree and a loft in your soffit,” Cooper said.

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It’s “s u r v iva l of t h e fittest,” she said, where “some adapt, some die, the resources become more scarce.”

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The cats-only Petco adoption program, at the chain’s Beltsville location, opened in 2011, Cooper said. For two years, the city has also led fundraising campaigns for a number of animals whose owners couldn’t afford to keep them.

To J.B. Batt i nel l i, who spends his weekends working at College Park Animal Hospital, it shows the significance people attach to their pets. It’s why Battinelli loves his job, even though sometimes he has to work Friday nights and all of Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 7:30 a.m.

“I like a lot the benefits it has for humans also, instead of just the animals,” the junior biology and animal sciences major said. “It’s not just a pet; it’s a part of the family a lot of the time.”

Cooper said the city’s adoption program does not euthanize for space, only sending animals to the county’s facility to be put down if they are critically ill.

On Halloween, a woman came to Cooper with her cat Shugie, who was sick with dental disease and asked for him to be euthanized. She couldn’t afford the surgery her cat required, Cooper said. But Cooper persuaded her to give the pet over to the city.

“It was a fi xable issue, and he was a very sweet cat,” she said. “And this was on Halloween. ‘Here, it’s Halloween.

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The city put up fliers and posted on Facebook asking for funds for the cat’s procedure.

Campaigning began Nov. 8, and by Thursday, donors had contributed $471 of the $650 needed, according to Animal Control’s Facebook page.

In late 2011, Cooper helped organize a postcard campaign to raise funds for another cat’s cataract surgery, and in 2012, the board led a quilt fundraiser for two kittens to be transported to a sanctuary.

That’s the sign of a city that truly cares about its animals, Cooper said, even in the face of owners’ economic troubles and large numbers of feral cats. Cooper said that without the community’s help, the city couldn’t have saved these cats.

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unable to change the lives laid out for them.

They might be lacking in other areas of expertise, but the women of Ntulele are masters with beads, Punyua said. Rafi ki Beads runs under the motto that “beauty empowers,” and Punyua considers his products “socially conscious jewelry.” Accessories are intricately designed, and beads ranging across the color spectrum tend to be no larger than pen tips. Other items, such as the company’s Mzuri earrings, are made from patterned wood.

“It’s very important for women to have a voice in society, too,” Punyua said.

“I feel like if you empower women, you empower a whole society. That’s what we’re trying to do.”

Alex Willett, Punyua’s business partner and roommate, handles the technical aspects of the business. A junior economics major with an interest in graphic design, Willett handles Rafiki Beads’ website’s layout and daily operations.

He works to create an image for the company and further brand awareness.

Willett contacted Punyua about launching the website

when he realized if he really wa nted the world to be a better place, he would have to take action. He pointed to a scene in Hotel Rwanda in which a journalist tells t h e m a i n c h a ra c te r t h at people in the West would see video footage of brutality in Rwanda, call it awful and then go back to eating dinner.

“That really struck a chord in me, and I felt that I really had to do something,” Willett said. “I can’t just promote world peace — I can’t promote helping out others — without actually doing something myself.”

Punyua and Willett said they sold about 130 pieces of jewelry in their first month, with prices ranging from $5 for keychains to $20 for necklaces.

Moving forward, they plan to design a signature bracelet that could appeal to men and women. When Punyua returns to Kenya this winter, he said he wants to photograph the women who design the jewelry and put them on the website so customers can know who made the pieces.

“We’re not only selling our product, but we’re selling a story,” Punyua said. “You’re not only buying a product,

but you’re changing someone else’s life.”

Punyua’s establishment of a social enterprise comes as no surprise to Whitty Bass, Punyua’s track coach at Wilde Lake. Bass and his family have hosted Punyua since 2009, and Bass said he’s witnessed Punyua’s deep family roots and determination to make a difference.

On Punyua’s fi rst day with the Wilde Lake cross country team, Bass instructed him to run with the freshmen. He had never seriously played a sport before, and Bass wanted to ease him into the physical stress of distance running.

After 35 minutes, the younger athletes started trickling back from the run, but Punyua was nowhere to be found.

“What do you mean you haven’t seen him?” Bass asked.

Punyua had run eight miles stride-for-stride with the varsity team, in sneakers Bass described as “blue canvas boat shoes with hardly any sole.”

For the next two weeks, Bass made him take ice baths to bring down the swelling. But by the end of the season, he was the top runner on the team.

P u n y u a’s c o m p e t i t i v e nature as a runner is not the

only quality that will contribute to Rafiki Beads’ success, Bass said. Punyua is deeply considerate and warmhearted, he said, perhaps a result of his upbringing as one of 11 children in a grass hut without electricity or running water.

“He’s an extraordinary man,” Bass said. “Everybody instantly takes to his gentleness, his kindness. We just found him a joy to be with.”

When Punyua was young, few Ntu lele g i rls went to school. Some were married off in their teens and had children before the age of 20. Most of these women could not read. But things are changing in Ntulele, and in Kenya in general, Punyua

said. Most girls in the village attend school, he said — a trend toward an increasingly educated population throughout the country.

After graduation, Punyua plans to run his business full time. At 21 years old, he’s focused on growing his company to a nationally recognized level with the hope of bringing about equality for women living thousands of miles away. “ We ’ r e a l l h e r e f o r a purpose, and I feel my purpose is to help as many people as I can,” Punyua said. “Rafiki Beads is not just a product, it’s part of who I am.”

to five years through unredeemed money.

But after the bill was inFrom PAGE 1 troduced to the state House for people who wouldn’t already and Senate in February, rerecycle,” she said. “Maryland tailers raised concerns about should be leading the country in the possibility of increased recycling and sustainable waste bottle prices. Local offi cials also worried that counties management.”

The state would shoulder would shoulder too much of the initial costs of building the cost and that the program and maintaining the centers, could interfere with existing sa id M a r yPI RG D i re c tor curbside recycling programs.

Emily Scarr, but the program In March, Del. Maggie Mcwould pay for itself over three Intosh (D-Baltimore City),

the bill’s sponsor, temporarily tabled the legislation and decided to reconsider it over the summer.

Whether the bill’s specifics will change in response to the criticism is still unclear, Scarr said. Guy said misinformation was responsible for at least some of the concerns. “[Existing] recycling is good, but it’s not enough, and it’s proven this can work alongside curbside recycling,” she said.

MaryPIRG discovered the

legislation over the summer and launched the campaign Don’t Trash Maryland, which hosts trash cleanups and has generated nearly 7,000 signatures for a petition supporting the bottle bill, Guy said.

The bottle bill is an important step toward increasing recycling in the state, said Ori Gutin, SGA sustainability director.

“As students, we’re the most susceptible to the effects of climate change, and it’s why our voices are so critical,” Gutin said.

The bottle bill and Don’t Trash Maryland campaign are only part of a recent spate of student sustainability initiatives at the university. The SGA voted last week to become a member of a coalition against the expansion of Dominion Resources’ Cove Point natural gas terminal, which would drastically increase state carbon emissions. And in October, the SGA passed a resolution urging the university administration to eliminate carbon emissions from purchased electricity by 2020. Such a move would put

the university on track to meet future goals for reducing carbon emissions, said Mark Stewart, sustainability office senior project manager.

In 2009, The university adopted the Climate Action Plan that calls for incremental reductions in carbon emissions.

After hitting last year’s mark of 15-percent reduction from 2005 levels, a recent report from the sustainability office says the school is on track for a 25-percent reduction by 2015.

From PAGE 1 So he brought up the idea to his father, an elder in his Maasai clan, and asked for support. It would be hard to change the tradition, Punyua’s father told him. But his father raised money through Osiligi and bargained with the other village elders, offering to build a clinic in Ntulele if the villagers stopped the practice of genital mutilation. Punyua expects the facility to be completed in summer 2014.

It was a concrete example of his work paying off, but P u ny ua sa id he wa nted a more reliable way of sustaining the clinic than just a donation-dependent charity.

This summer, he founded Rafi ki Beads, a business that sells beaded jewelry made by five women in Ntulele. Bracelets, necklaces, earrings and keychains are made in Kenya and sold in the U.S., with the profit going back to the women and to the foundation.

The workers have minimal skill sets, Punyua said. Even in an area modernizing as rapidly as Kenya, he said, most women are illiterate and

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Kikanae Punyua and Alex Willett show off bracelets from Rafiki Beads, a line of beaded jewelry made by five women in Punyua’s Kenyan Maasai tribe. rachel george/the diamondback

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Filibuster reform, finally For filibustering senators in the minority party hoping to delay or block presidential appointments, it’s finally, officially time to shut up and stand down.

In a 52-to-48 vote Thursday, the Senate effectively ended its ability to filibuster executive and judicial appointments, excluding Supreme Court nominations. Now, instead of the 60 votes previously required to halt a filibuster, a simple majority will suffice.

It’s an unprecedented move — certainly the most substantial alteration to congressional bylaws in modern history. But considering the state of congressional gridlock, nearly any measure to alleviate partisan brinkmanship is more than welcome, and the fact that such legislative action proved necessary points to the stagnation that has long stymied the 113th Congress.

As the year draws to a close, congressional budget talks remain on the fence, steadily increasing the likelihood of another government shutdown in early 2014. Gun control laws drafted in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings have seen little to no visible progress, even as the first anniversary of the tragedy approaches. Immigration and tax code overhauls have stalled.

Such setbacks have come largely

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to define Congress under President Obama’s tenure. Rigid partisan lines, rarely crossed in favor of compromise, have dictated a pattern of federal inefficacy.

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Last week’s vote to reform Senate filibusters will help ensure majority rule keeps the machine moving.

Perhaps nowhere is this pattern more evident than in the case of presidential appointments to executive and judicial offices. Over the first five years of Obama’s administration, the number of filibustered nominations constituted a starkly disproportionate share of all such instances throughout U.S. history.

Twenty of 23 filibusters regarding district court nominees in this nation’s history took place during the Obama administration. The delays in approval are record-setting, even in cases with no substantiated objections to the president’s nominations.

And when those delays escalated into open refusals, as with recent Republican attempts to block appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, action

to prevent further federal logjams appeared warranted.

The decision was far from hasty — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had demonstrated willingness to come to the table to form more permanent solutions with Senate Republicans — and many argued it should’ve come sooner, given the unparalleled level of Republican obstructionism during Obama’s administration.

T h e f e d e ra l go ve r n m e n t i s stagnating. It’s regrettable that congressional unwillingness to compromise has led to this — the only way to facilitate legislative action is to rewrite policies that have stood for centuries. But the simple truth remains: Republicans have tarnished and abused a longstanding practice in our nation’s system of checks and balances to a degree that necessitated its complete alteration.

Republican anger is understandable; one of the party’s oft-used legislative weapons has been rendered all but useless. It’s possible the party will redouble its obstructionist efforts in the wake of losing the filibuster, but hopefully that won’t come to pass. Inaction at the federal level needs to end, and with any luck, the filibuster’s demise will go a long way toward stopping this malaise.

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A timeless way to give thanks LAUREN NURSE

on someone, whether it’s your boyfriend’s picky mother or a potential employer.

There are few things I look forward to less than getting up for my 9 a.m.

Spanish class, but that changes when I walk into my kitchen and read the notes my roommates left on our refrigerator’s dry-erase board.

Whether they’re goofy doodles or just a simple “Good morning,” the early morning laugh they provoke starts my day off in a great way.

Imagine sending a thank-you email to a potential employer, someone who has an inbox swamped with hundreds of other emails. Your name and message can get drowned out easily in a sea of other commitments, and the email can just become an extra thing they have to read that day.

Imagine now, instead, that you send a handwritten thank-you note, which still only takes a few minutes to write. You have now left someone with a tangible reminder of who you are and, perhaps more discreetly, of what you value. In an age when handwritten notes are viewed as antiquated and burdensome, those who choose to write them have a significant advantage.

Often, $1.99 will get you at least one thank-you note from Walgreens that can be thrown into a desk drawer until needed. Writing handwritten notes is the easiest way to brighten someone’s day and leave a lasting impression. Doing something nice for someone doesn’t have to include a grand flash mob or lavish gifts. This holiday season, let’s remember that doing something nice can sometimes mean paying attention to the little things.

Some of the most popular posts on BuzzFeed have titles such as “21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity” or “35 Pictures That Prove The World Isn’t Such A Bad Place,” garnering millions of hits and thousands of responses. In an age when turning on the evening news will almost always bring word that people have forgotten how to treat one another, we love clinging to these simple acts of kindness. With the holiday season coming up, I think we should all become reacquainted with one of the simplest ways to brighten someone’s day: writing thank-you notes.

My iPhone is buzzing away as I write this, filling my inbox with messages about break plans with high school friends, where my roommate and I want to go tonight and a reminder from my mom to get my car’s oil checked.

Texting has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another, something we’ve heard time and again. Let’s replace our haste to relay messages in large quantities with sending messages of quality.

The thought of sitting down to write out a note to someone seems unnecessary in a world in which the same message easily could be relayed in an email or a text. But while the words themselves may be the same, the message is entirely different.

Writing someone a thank-you note is a great tool for serving ourselves as well. They are an in- L a u re n N u rs e i s a s o p h o m o re expensive yet incredibly effective government and politics major. She way to leave a lasting impression can be reached at lnursedbk@gmail.com.

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Defining a modern presidency Obamacare’s website and the increasing role of technology in politics

LIAM CASEY In 1998, sex and lies led to the impeachment of a United States president. In 2008, the previous president left office in the wake of two ill-fated wars and an economy in cardiac arrest. Now, in 2013, we may very well be in the death throes of yet another presidency. Oct. 1 was the first day of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly referred to as Obamacare. Since its launch, the government health care website has struggled to be anything more than a huge disappointment. Amid backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike and the highest disapproval ratings of his career, President Obama has been forced to apologize for letting down his constituents.

We have a new template for grading an American presidency.

For the first time in our history, a poorly conceived website might be more responsible for the fall of a president than an unnecessary, unending war or a catatonic economic recovery. How did we reach this

point? Why have things changed so drastically?

Let’s first place responsibility where it’s due. This is, first and foremost, a governmental failure.

In a display of adult behavior rare among our politicians, the administration has actually taken (some) of the blame for the mishaps. That’s a good start, but it isn’t nearly enough. Many at this university are lucky enough to be covered by our parents’ insurance until we’re 26, but there are plenty of people out there without that option, and Obama promised that his health care plan would be ready to help them on Oct. 1.

The fact that we’re still talking about basic website functions nearly two months later shows how well that went down. Now we’re hearing that the section of the website necessary to receive bills from insurance companies hasn’t even been built yet and likely won’t be ready until early 2014. Let’s be honest and call this what it is: a broken promise, not to mention a big mess.

Is that the end of it, though? Do we point the finger at the president and call it a day? I don’t think so.

There’s more going on here. Our

culture has changed, and so too has the definition of a successful presidency. When a 12-year-old can learn how to write code and high school students build their own websites for homework assignments, we’re forced to wonder how a federally funded multimillion dollar website can fail so spectacularly. Obviously this comparison doesn’t take complexity and scale into consideration, but the point remains the same: How can something so regulated crash and burn?

Our measuring stick for effectiveness has changed with the times. Being a good president today doesn’t just mean not lying about cigar tubes or political espionage.

The commander-in-chief must be perceived as Internet savvy, just as capable as (if not more so than) the rest of us online. Let’s hold the Obama administration accountable for what it has or hasn’t managed to do, just as we keep in mind that our definition of what makes a good president is ever-changing. It might help us all calm down a little bit, and it might even keep a few of us away from an uninsured doctor’s visit.

Liam Casey is a junior English major. He can be reached at lcaseydbk@gmail.com.

IAN LACY With the end of the semester drawing near, everyone is almost at wits’ end from crushing workloads and a final push to try to salvage grades. Before we enter crunch time, however, we should all recharge our batteries and take a few days off. Enter Thanksgiving break.

Thanksgiving break seems designed for totally strungout college students to eat their feelings and stuff them down.

Psychologists say this is an ineffective coping mechanism and doesn’t solve any problems.

But who said we were actually trying to solve anything? My question for these “experts” is, “When have you eaten three p u m p k i n s p i e s a n d n o t fe l t better about yourself?” Food is temporary, but bad grades follow you home. So indulge and loosen that belt. You’ve earned it, undergrad.

Along with the food-induced coma, Thanksgiving presents a day when everyone can watch grown men beat the crap out of one another just to get ahold of some pigskin. Welcome to the wonderful world of American football. Not only do we have the option to watch this testosterone fest, but we get to be a part of it.

Give your neighbors and friends a phone call and invite them over for a friendly game of football. After a meal during which you consumed 18 pounds of stuffing, proceed to knock said stuffing out of one another in celebration of all you are thankful for.

A l o n g w i t h p hys i ca l r i go rs, Thanksgiving presents a unique mix of mental distress as all your older relatives remind you that, even though you’re about to receive a college degree, you probably won’t get a job anyway because the economy sucks, that your 4.0 GPA is pretty good, but of course they did better and that not having a significant other in your early 20s probably means you’re going to die alone. Don’t you just love Thanksgiving family dinners?

Overbearing relatives and rid i c u l o u s a m o u n ts o f fo o tba l l aside, Thanksgiving does have some perks. It affords us the opportunity to enjoy the company of people we may not see all the time, even though they may be difficult to handle. Thanksgiving also gives you a day to watch as much football as you can stand, and no one can complain about it because it’s “tradition.” And of course, I saved the biggest perk for last: leftovers.

So grab a turkey leg and enjoy the holiday, everyone. Good luck.

You’re going to need it.

Ian Lacy is a senior kinesiology major. He can be reached at ilacydbk@gmail.com.

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You are a warm and welcoming individual, and you make friends at the drop of a hat -- though, in private, you certainly don’t like everyone equally! It is very unlikely, however, that someone really rubs you the wrong way; you know how to get along with almost anyone.

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Thanksgiving is a glorious holiday for food lovers. Its traditionally large meal covers a lot of bases, with meat, grains and vegetables all included in the smorgasbord.

But Thanksgiving feasts usually exclude one key ingredient: cheese. Here, our writers argue for their favorite type of processed dairy goodness.

GOUDA

friend who still manages to be just a little bit mysterious.

By Eric Bricker It wasn’t the best burger I’ve ever had, but it was, perhaps, the most memorable. I was at a Silver Diner — the one in Laurel, in case you were wondering. It was well after midnight, and I had a deep, primal need to ingest meat, barbecue sauce and cheese. But I never expected to stumble upon a complete game-changer: smoked Gouda cheese.

Originally produced in the Netherlands, Gouda is one of the oldest cheeses in the world. Made from cow milk (talk to Beena about goat cheese — I’ll have none of it), Gouda is produced by culturing and heating milk until the curds separate from the whey, adding water and coating in wax.

Smoky and sweet and just this side of creamy, Gouda is at once utterly unpretentious — it pairs better with beer than wine, for example — and appropriately classy. (It’s Dutch, and its name needs to be capitalized.) If cheeses were people, Gouda would be your friend who studied abroad in Holland for a semester and came back full of stories about rugby matches and stealing sausages from street vendors: cool but not in your face about it — able to bust out some Dutch swear words when it sees fit, more than willing to laugh at all of your lame “It’s good-ah” jokes.

At home with a stout and an undercooked burger in a mahogany-paneled bar or able to pick out which fork to use in a white-tablecloth bistro, Gouda is cheese as it’s meant to be: sweet and savory, a confidant and a

GOAT

By Beena Raghavendran There probably isn’t a record of the creation of goat cheese, but I would think the story would go something like this: Once upon a time, there was a medium-sized billy goat perched atop a mountain. With the goat was an easily bored shepherd with a knack for innovation. Huddled around a single fire, the shepherd waited for the goat’s milk to curdle and spent hours draining and pressing the milk. The shepherd tasted his creation at the top of the mountain as the rising sun broke through the earth. It was the most brilliant cheese to ever grace this planet.

Goat cheese isn’t just a spread to accent bread or crackers or cookies.

No, goat cheese is a lifestyle — an encouragement of hope, a sprinkle of white curdles with a punch of taste that comes from somewhere beautiful, an explosion of disbelief that a cheese can really be so wonderful. Without goat cheese, life is good. With goat cheese, life is a fairy tale.

Cheese is the most neglected food, especially during Thanksgiving, the holiday most devoted to food, which centers on meat, vegetables and grains.

When will society understand that cheese gives foods the smart details that expand palates and make foods distinct and wonderful? Layering a bit of feta cheese on pasta gives it a different feel than pasta piled high with Parmesan.

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Cheese makes the world shine.

But back to goat cheese, my favorite of the cheeses because it’s the most special.

Once you perfect the initial process of straining the milk, the possibilities are endless. You can deck the cheese with herbs, pieces of vegetables, vinaigrettes.

You can consume it in logs, cylinders, pyramids. I’ve even had times when,

upon biting into a cracker smothered with goat cheese, I sometimes forget the existence of the rest of the world.

That first bite is so simple yet packed with this polished flavor of richness. It only gets better from there. The second bite is decadent. The third is a burst of beauty. The rest are simply addictive.

Goat cheese even has health benefits other types of cheese lack. Some who are lactose intolerant say goat cheese is easier to digest because though it has about the same amount of lactose as cow’s milk, its fat molecules are shorter and more digestible, according to Alabama goat cheese producer Belle Chevre’s website.

Whole Foods Market’s website says compared to cream cheese, goat cheese is lower in fat, calories and cholesterol.

While all cheeses are remarkable, goat cheese isn’t a basic taste like mozzarella or Parmesan; it doesn’t have a sharp taste like cheddar or Swiss; and it’s not quirky like blue. Each bite of goat cheese reminds us of the spontaneity of life and the power of a punchy and bold cheese, a cheese handed down from the mountains so many years ago.

Piave, brunost and brie de Melun.

But I always egg them on to buy that stinky, slippery, discolored, conspicuously creamy dairy wheel that also happens to be one of my favorite foods in the world: blue cheese.

I have fond memories of eating post-Thanksgiving meals made up of leftover appetizers — liberal slabs of blue cheese on crusts of melba toast with olives, fruit and sometimes miscellaneous snack items.

But the blue cheese was always the most important part of these meals — or any meal for that matter.

Burgers? Salads? Sandwiches?

Straight off the knife and into my mouth gorging sessions? Perfect in any context.

For those who have never tried the cheese, its taste is difficult to describe: one part bitter, one part salty, with a lingering consistency of cream on the tongue. It’s definitely an acquired taste and also an acquired smell. Some people find it impossible to stick their face up to a piece of blue cheese, let alone put it in their mouth.

The silver lining, though, comes with continuous samplings. Some say good things come to those who wait. Blue cheese takes time to reveal itself. Badger your parents to buy some today.

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By Dean Essner My parents have always been cheap cheese connoisseurs of sorts, their favorite purchases being

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MIDFIELDER TSUBASA ENDOH drew a foul in the box last night that led to forward Patrick Mullins’ go-ahead goal on the ensuing penalty kick. The Terps advanced to the NCAA tournament third round and will play UC Irvine next weekend. christian jenkins/the diamondback

FRIARS From PAGE 8 of course Patrick buried it. We stayed strong. That’s a good team, and they were fighting for their lives.”

The Terps struck first in the seventh minute. Mullins sent a pass down the left sideline to defender Michael Sauers, who dribbled around several Friars defenders before slotting a shot with the outside of his foot into the bottom right corner.

“A goal like that is crucial,” said Sauers, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Terps against Clemson in the ACC tournament semifinals Nov. 15. “It gives us confidence.”

Mullins almost tallied again for the Terps about three minutes later. Midfielder Mikias Eticha found the forward on a long pass over the top of the Friars backline. Mullins was in a one-on-one situation with goalkeeper Keasel Broome — who made three saves in the match — but his chip bounced just wide of the cage.

After the Terps’ early chances, the Friars responded with consistent possession during the next 25 minutes of play. With 22 minutes remaining in the half, Mac Steeves had an open look to the left of the goal that he drilled right at goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who made two saves in the match.

The Terps came back with

strong offensive pressure during the final 15 minutes of the half. Forward Schillo Tshuma cut a pass back to Eticha at the top of the sixyard box, but he put the shot over the crossbar.

With just more than five minutes remaining, defender Jereme Raley made a run down the right sideline before losing the ball about 20 yards from the goal. The redshirt junior collected the ball, though, slipping a pass through the Friars backline to Mullins, who curled a shot to the far post. Broome dove and knocked the attempt wide to keep the Terps’ 1-0 lead heading into halftime.

The Friars almost tied things up in the 49th minute when Julian Gressel volleyed a long cross off the near post. The ball bounced back across the middle of the box, but the Terps blocked and cleared Providence’s second chance. The Friars continued to pressure on both sides of the ball during the next 20 minutes before they equalized with 21:50 remaining in regulation.

“You’ve got to stay composed at all times; no matter what the score is, no matter how much time is left in the game, it’s not over,” Mullins said. “Everybody is fighting to the death out there.”

Mullins answered with the go-ahead goal just 50 seconds later. The Terps continued to pressure over the final 20

minutes of regulation, and Pace clinched the game for the Terps with 3:25 remaining. The fifth-year senior forced a turnover on the Friars backline, started on a breakaway and finished one-onone against Broome to give the Terps a 3-1 lead they never relinquished.

“You saw a very composed group,” Cirovski said. “The coaches were fine, the players were fine and you could see immediately right off the first kick of the ball that we knew what to do. We just raised the concentration, the urgency, the quality.”

With the win, the Terps advance to the third round of the NCAA tournament for the 12th straight season. But more importantly, Cirovski said his young squad showed growth last night in how they responded to the Friars’ goal.

“Our team has been resilient all year,” Cirovski said.

“And tonight, that moment after the goal was a special moment to show the character of our team.”

Terps note : Defender Suli Dainkeh — who anchors the Terps backline at center back — was a game-time decision with a foot injury he suffered on Thursday. Cirovski said the freshman was getting up to six treatments per day heading up to last night’s match but was still able to play a full 90 minutes yesterday. dpopperdbk@gmail.com

asked about how opponents guard Layman.

“Nobody’s going to help off Jake,” Wells said.

Faust, Wells and Smotrycz all shot better than 50 percent from the field as Northern Iowa’s defenders hugged up on Layman.

“If they don’t want to help, that’s fine,” Turgeon said. “We got good drivers.”

Early in the game, the Terps (3-2) ran Layman off screens to try and free him up, but nothing worked. So Faust gave the Terps a burst early by scoring the team’s first five points against the Panthers (2-3).

After that, Wells moved from point guard to the wing when freshman Roddy Peters checked in, and he instantly became more aggressive. Wells scored 10 points in the first half on 5-of-7 shooting.

Wells sent the Terps into the break with a three-point lead after he finished a strong drive by laying the ball though the hoop with five seconds to play in the first half.

“We did a really good job finishing the half,” Smotrycz said. “And that carried over into the second half.”

Smotrycz got hot to help the Terps build their lead to 10 points after halftime. He scored 17 of his game-high 20 points in the second half and he was 3-of-3 on 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes.

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The Blue Devils got off to a fast start, with forward Jessica Buttinger scoring in the opening minutes to put them up 1-0.

But midfielder Hayley Turner forced in a rebound attempt off a penalty corner to tie the game.

“They just came out so hard today,” Turner said. “They were right on us as soon as we got the ball.”

Though the Terps created more scoring opportunities in the next 12 minutes, Duke (18-6) took the momentum after scoring its second goal, an 18th-minute penalty corner shot deflected in by defender Paula Heimbach. Forward Emmie Le Marchand rebounded her own shot to score 10 minutes later and make it 3-1.

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No. 3 Jimmy Sheptock and Myers, only 133-pound Tyler Goodwin and 141-pound Shyheim Brown picked up wins.

The Terps endured a brutal stretch in which they lost four consecutive matches from 149-pounds to 174pounds, ending with Tony Gardner’s match. Gardner tweaked his knee last weekend in California, but he wrestled through it and suffered a 6-3 defeat.

“The biggest thing right now is mental toughness,” Sheptock said. “We have a lot of younger guys on the tea m t h a t a re f i rs t -yea r s ta r te rs o r se co n d -yea r starters. Maybe they haven’t been around the block that much. Just knowing that you’re in the match, knowing that you have a win instead of going out there defeated already.”

Goodwin’s victory was a bright spot for the Terps, as he beat Penn’s Ken Bade easily,

FORWARD EVAN SMOTRYCZ scored a game-high 20 points last night in the Terps’ 80-66 win over Northern Iowa at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands. file photo/the diamondback through the second half, Smotrycz hit two 3-pointers in a row on assists from Wells.

After the Terps finished the first half 0-of-8 from threepoint range, they went 6-of-10 in the second half.

The Terps, who struggled with turnovers early in the season, had 12 assists to eight giveaways against the Panthers.

“We played at a better pace,” Turgeon said. “I got control of my point guards, we played [at] a better pace and we executed.”

Still, the Terps couldn’t pull away as the Panthers used a balanced attack of their own to keep the game within reach.

Forward Seth Tuttle’s 19 points led four different Panthers in double figures.

The Panthers trimmed the lead to two with less than six minutes remaining, but on the next play Layman caught a lob pass and slammed it down while taking contact, and he hit the free throw to complete a three-point play.

With the team up by seven and less than a minute to play, Wells drove and hit Layman for a 3-pointer — one of Wells’ six second-half assists — to give the Terps a 10-point edge and bury the pesky Panthers.

“It’s a great win for us,” Turgeon said. “I thought Northern Iowa played really well. I thought they played great defensively, especially in the second half. But we’re really growing up.”

shot count between the teams, Duke still dominated much of the first half. Dessoye’s goal was the Terps’ only shot in the final 27 minutes of the period.

“We were fortunate to be in a 3-2 game,” Meharg said. “We were fortunate it wasn’t 3-0 or more, to be honest.”

The Terps offense returned to its usual standard in the second period. The team’s ball movement was sharper and it generated more chances, but Duke became more defensiveminded as the half wore on, crowding more players around its circle to prevent the Terps from breaking through.

And if they did, Blazing was there to make saves.

“Lauren Blazing was outstanding,” Meharg said. “In the second half, we really played a brand of hockey that we have been playing all year, and in that regard, my hat’s off to her for just a fantastic game.”

Duke lost to the Terps the previous two times they played this season, with one of defeats coming in overtime during the ACC semifinals. But the Blue Devils got a victory on their third try, avenging past losses and ending the Terps’

“WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE IN A 3-2 GAME. WE WERE FORTUNATE IT WASN’T 3-0 OR MORE, TO BE

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Terrapins field hockey coach bid for a third national title in four seasons.

Unlike in their Nov. 17 win against Princeton, which brought them to the NCAA semifinals, the Terps didn’t have enough responses to the opposing team’s first-half goals.

The final moments of the Terps’ season featured a dominant offense that kept its opponents at bay, similar to how the team played throughout the year. This time, however, that fast and fluid field hockey wasn’t enough to continue the team’s postseason run. “[Duke] came out with a lot of energy and a lot of conviction and executed quickly,” Meharg said. “We had a lot a little bit too late.” ppierrelouisdbk@gmail.com

“IT’S NOT ABOUT RIGHT NOW. IT’S CLICHE, IT’S EARLY, IT’S NOVEMBER. THIS EXPERIENCE FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS MAKES US BETTER, AND WE’LL DO BETTER AND WE’LL BE WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN MARCH. NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LOSING TO PENN IN MARCH.” KERRY MCCOY

Terrapins wrestling coach taking the contest, 9-0.

S h e p to c k a n d No. 1 1 Lorenzo Thomas appeared eve n ly m a tc h e d fo r t h e majority of their contest.

Toward the match’s conclusion, however, Sheptock quickly reversed Thomas and registered a near fall, scoring four points.

“I’m not happy with the way I wrestled,” Sheptock said. “I expect better from myself. I don’t expect no takedowns in the first period.

I know I’m better than the kid, I’m ranked higher. … Even though I caught him for a four-point move at the end, that’s not how I like to win.”

The Terps began the season ranked No. 25, but their loss

to Stanford last weekend knocked them out of the rankings. The loss to the Quakers likely will push them further out of the rankings.

The team is insistent that their early struggles will not continue, however. Despite the high expectations, the Terps are preaching patience.

“It’s not about right now,” McCoy said. “It’s cliche, it’s early, it’s November. This experience from the last couple of weeks makes us better, and we’ll do better and we’ll be where we need to be in March. Not many people are going to be talking about losing to Penn in March.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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Northern Iowa fades late in 80-66 defeat Terps advance to final tonight after four players score at least 16 points vs Panthers

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Northern Iowa paid attention while forward Jake Layman’s hot shooting and explosiveness near the rim sparked the Terrapins men’s basketball team to a comfortable 68-43 win over Marist in the opening round of the Paradise Jam on Friday afternoon.

So when the Panthers took the floor against the Terps in the tour-

nament’s first semifinal last night, they made sure to have a defender shadowing the Terps’ leading scorer all game long. They didn’t switch players guarding Layman; they often sent extra defenders at him and they forced the Terps to find other ways to score.

Layman’s teammates responded to the Panthers’ challenge, and four different Terps scored at least 16 points to help the Terps earn an 80-66 win last night and a trip to the tournament final tonight against

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Providence. Layman chipped in with 19 points, but guards Dez Wells and Nick Faust and forward Evan Smotrycz finally gave the 6-foot-8 sophomore some help.

None of the Terps’ trio of juniors scored in double figures against the Red Foxes, causing coach Mark Turgeon to plead for improved production. Against Northern Iowa, Turgeon got his wish as Wells (16 points, 6 assists), Faust (17 points, 6 rebounds) and Smotrycz (20 points, 9 rebounds) spearhead-

ed a complete effort against the Panthers.

“It’s nice to see other guys hit some shots besides Jake Layman,” Turgeon said. “Smotrycz hit some shots. Nick hit a shot. Dez was able to get to the basket, so it’s a gutsy win for us.”

Layman’s 19 points marked the Terps’ second highest total, but just as importantly, his presence on the floor helped his teammates find space.

Wells laughed after the game when See PANTHERS, Page 7

STATISTICAL LEADERS POINTS Evan Smotrycz, Terps: 20 Seth Tuttle, Panthers: 19 Jake Layman, Terps: 19 Nick Faust, Terps: 17 REBOUNDS Evan Smotrycz, Terps: 9 Seth Tuttle, Panthers: 9 Chip Rank, Panthers: 9 Three Terps with 6 ASSISTS Dez Wells, Terps: 6 Deon Mitchell, Panthers: 5 Wes Washpun, Panthers: 4 Two players with 2

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Quakers capture 19-13 win Terps drop second in a row to unranked foe

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer After the Terrapins wrestling team’s 19-13 loss to Penn on Friday, members of the team gathered with friends and family in a social room at Comcast Center. Laughter filled the room as they conversed over dinner; several cakes sat on a table in the middle of the room.

Coach Kerry McCoy had a hard time appreciating the festivities, though.

The sixth-year coach was still stomaching his team’s second loss in a row to an unranked opponent.

“It’s tough to do anything after a loss,” McCoy said. “It stinks, no question. I don’t like to lose to anybody. I don’t care what the score, what the situation.”

After struggling early, the Terps (3-2) trimmed their deficit to 15-10 going into the final two matches. If No. 8 197-pound Christian Boley and No. 7 285-pound Spencer Myers captured decision victories, the Terps would have won, 16-15.

But Boley suffered a major decision 12-4 loss to Penn freshman Frank Mattiace, however, giving the Quakers (1-0) four points and sealing the Terps’ fate.

“I’ll put this one on me,” Boley said.

“I’m going to go back to the room, and I know I’ll get better. That’s a promise. I’ll make adjustments.”

Still, Boley wasn’t the only Terp who suffered a loss that contributed to the greater result. Aside from See QUAKERS, Page 7

MIDFIELDER MICHAEL SAUERS (3) is embraced by forward Patrick Mullins after Sauers scored in the seventh minute to give the Terps a 1-0 lead in their 3-1 win over Providence. christian jenkins/the diamondback

A resonant RESPONSE Terps score two goals after Providence ties game in second half to advance to NCAA tournament third round

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer The Terrapins men’s soccer team held a 1-0 lead against Providence last night in the 69th minute of its second-round NCAA tournament match when Friars midfielder Phil Towler finished off a cross from forward Fabio Machado into the top right corner.

Earlier in the season, the No. 5-seed Terps had failed to respond to late equalizers against

unranked opponents in a home loss to Virginia Commonwealth on Sept. 8 and a home draw against Old Dominion on Sept. 24. Last night, though, the Terps answered.

One second into the 70th minute, midfielder Alex Shinsky played a ball to forward Patrick Mullins in the left side of the 18-yard box. The defense collapsed on the senior, who slipped a pass back to midfielder Tsubasa Endoh. Endoh took one touch before he was taken down from behind, and the referee whistled a foul.

Mullins finished his ninth penalty kick goal

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of the season in as many attempts in the bottom left corner to give the Terps a one-goal advantage. Forward Jake Pace added an insurance goal in the 87th minute to lead the Terps to a 3-1 victory and a spot in the third round of the NCAA tournament, facing No. 12-seed UC Irvine at Ludwig Field on Dec. 1.

“Our response couldn’t have been better,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “We raised it about three levels and created the penalty kick, and See FRIARS, Page 7

Duke upends Terps, 3-2, ends season in semifinals Blue Devils mount early lead, hold on for title berth

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer

duke players celebrate their 3-2 win over the Terps in the NCAA tournament semifinals Friday. photo courtesy of jack white/the chronicle

Katie Gerzabek lost balance as she sped past a defender and quickly approached Duke’s circle. The Terrapins field hockey midfielder then fell to her knees while whacking a backhanded shot toward Blue Devils goalkeeper Lauren Blazing, who deflected the drive with her outstretched leg.

Forward Anna Dessoye controlled the rebound, spun by a defender and fired another shot, but Blazing slapped the attempt out of bounds. Her back-to-back saves helped

Duke keep its one-goal lead with less than three minutes remaining in the NCAA semifinals Friday afternoon at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex in Norfolk, Va. The No. 1-seed Terps pressured the No. 4-seed Blue Devils during the second period, but Duke outlasted their potent offense, ending the Terps’ hopes for a ninth national championship. The team fell to the Blue Devils, 3-2, a crushing end to a Terps season that had achieved an undefeated regular season in the ACC and a conference title.

“Of course, we’re exceedingly disappointed to not be in

a position to play for the national championship,” coach Missy Meharg said. “That’s a very, very much improved Duke team.”

The Terps (22-2) outshot the Blue Devils, 11-2, in the second half, but Blazing made eight saves in the period to keep the lead intact. She had 12 saves overall, anchoring Duke’s defense en route to an upset and the Blue Devils’ first appearance in the national championship since 2005.

This is the second straight year the Terps have lost in the NCAA semifinals, as Princeton See DEVILS, Page 7