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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Students launch DVD rental program Developers gather Hornbake to lend out 600-title collection

input on E. Campus

BY SARAH MEEHAN Staff writer

There is one thing every student requires before exams. It’s not a good night’s sleep. It’s not flawless study habits. It’s not even energy drinks.

It’s distractions.

And, as if students needed another reason to skip study sessions, the university is welcoming a new DVD rental program just in time for finals.

Since last spring, seniors Dylan Winslow, a history major, and Patrick Portugal, an English major, have been stockpiling hundreds of movies for UMDVD — a free, library-sponsored DVD rental system that launched yesterday.

The approximately 600 DVDs, now on the shelves of Hornbake Library’s Nonprint Media Services, range from the American Film Institute’s Top 100 to anime features to full seasons of television shows, courtesy of about $7,000 in funding from the Stu-

Winter break bus program to expand Buses will run weekly from NY, NJ, Philly

BY ALICIA MCCARTY Staff writer

Out-of-state students from the Philadelphia area, New Jersey and New York will now be able to easily visit the campus during winter break, thanks to a new DOTS shuttle service that will transport students to the campus each weekend.

Although the Department of Transportation Services has long shuttled students to New Jersey and New York at the beginning of winter break and brought them back for the spring semester, DOTS Assistant Director Beverly Malone said the department decided to begin offering the weekly transportation after various student groups and the Residence Hall Association advocated for such a service.

The shuttles — which will begin running Dec. 17 and continue every weekend until Jan. 23, except for Christmas and New Year’s — will depart from Stamp Student Union on Fridays at 2 p.m. and return to the campus at 5 p.m. on Sundays. Each trip costs $30 one way and $50 round trip, dropping students off near 30th Street Station in Philadelphia; the Metropark and Cherry Hill Mall in New Jersey; and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York.

Because DOTS charges for the

Community comes together at forum to offer ideas and discuss project’s new direction

BY LEAH VILLANUEVA Staff writer

Senior English major Patrick Portugal (left) and senior history major Dylan Winslow helped create UMDVD, a program that allows students to rent movies for free. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

dent Government Association, the Graduate Student Government and other student groups.

By next semester, Winslow said the collection should be 1,000 titles strong, and the pair hopes to double that number by next fall. Eventually, they aim to grow UMDVD into one of the largest, most diverse DVD

libraries in the country, Portugal said.

“It’s pretty remarkable what we did in a matter of months,” Winslow said.

“We just created it out of thin air.”

With the new system, modeled after a DVD rental program at the University of Maryland Baltimore

see RENTALS, page 2

The university’s new developer for its planned East Campus development projects outlined its emphasis on sustainability, architectural character and financial feasibility at a public forum last night, but officials said the event represents only the first step toward creating a design for the site.

Representatives from The Cordish Companies unveiled a rough schematic of a new use for the 38-acre site at the corner of Route 1 and Paint Branch Parkway, showing a grid pattern of streets and a central public square, and retained old plans for a large hotel, a Birchmere Music Hall and a mix of resi-

dential and retail facilities.

But, they emphasized in their first public forum since being selected as the site’s new developer, those plans were preliminary and were likely to evolve, so they invited members of the university and College Park communities to pitch in their own ideas about what East Campus should be.

This is not the first time these communities have done so — a previous East Campus concept had been similarly vetted and was formed into a welldeveloped plan before it was abandoned last year as economically impossible when the original developer and the university struggled to

see DEVELOPMENT, page 3

Cleaning up his act Students protest contract with Daycon by scrubbing Testudo

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

Testudo would have been dripping yesterday even if it hadn’t rained, after student activists scrubbed down the statue outside McKeldin Library to protest a university cleaning-supply contract.

Members of Feminism Without Borders and College Park Students for a Democratic Society donned white coveralls to lather and rinse clean the terrapin’s bronze shell yesterday morning, attracting dozens of passers-by to hear allegations that Daycon, which provides janitorial equipment and chemicals to the university, engages in unfair labor practices, including refusal to negotiate with employees.

“Our university is a place where we take pride in respecting all our workers,” junior sociology major and SDS member Dennis Frostbutter said. “We’re cleaning up Testudo, telling the university to clean up its act and drop Daycon.”

Last month, the two student groups wrote to Provost and then-acting President Nariman Farvardin and Procurement and Supply Director James Stirling to demand an end to the contract, but the groups were not successful.

Originally, Frostbutter said, the groups’ goal was to get students into the university’s holiday greeting card — which was filmed yesterday — wearing shirts that spelled out “Drop Daycon,” but not enough people were willing to participate, and the plan fizzled out.

Instead, “we’re going to throw water

see PROTEST, page 2

Members of Feminism Without Borders and Students for a Democratic Society wash Testudo in a protest held yesterday to bring attention to “dirty practices” allegedly employed by Daycon. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

see BUSES, page 2

CAFFEINE CRISIS Overindulging in energy drinks may lead to alcohol abuse

BY KELLY FARRELL Staff writer

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It’s 8 p.m. and you have a 10page paper due in exactly 12 hours. Your cursor blinks on an empty screen. So you crack open the first of several energy drinks and settle down to pull an all-nighter.

This is not an unusual scene in college, where procrastination and overextension

run rampant. But a new study from the university’s public health school suggests that energy drinks can have a damaging effect on their own and that there is also a direct correlation — if not a verifiable causation — between energy drinks and alcohol dependence.

For the study, family science professor Amelia Arria and fellow researchers in the Center on Young Adult Health and Development looked at data for 1,100 seniors at an unnamed large public university, who were

asked about their drinking habits over the previous 12 months.

Of those seniors, 10 percent drank energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster more than 52 days a year. These students, dubbed “high-frequency” drinkers, drank alcohol more often during the year than their peers who had fewer energy drinks — an average of 142 days a year, versus 103 days for the

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County, students have access to movies for three days at a time with a penalty of $5 for each day the movie is overdue.

The UMDVD founders have been spending their funds frugally by buying mainly used DVDs from outlets such as CDepot. They took input from various student groups to decide which titles to include, and some clubs have donated their own movies to the collection, too.

“It just evolved into this incredible initiative, not only with entertainment purposes, but with academic purposes, as well,” Winslow said.

Now that they have turned over their DVDs to the library system, Winslow and Portugal said they hope UMDVD will become a student group of film enthusiasts, whose members would discuss movies amongst themselves, arrange for a lecture series on films and lobby for the university to reinstate a film studies program.

The concept began as Winslow’s service initiative in the SGA, where he served as a neighboring commuter legislator last year.

When he transferred to this university, Winslow said, he was surprised there was no widespread DVD rental system in place.

Nonprint Media Services had a smaller DVD collection that

ser vice, Malone said, the department will break even with costs, even after adding the additional Philadelphia stop.

While other bus ser vices to Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York — such as BoltBus, MegaBus, New Centur y Travel and Greyhound — are often cheaper than DOTS’ round-trip cost, some students said the convenience of catching a bus on the campus outweighs the extra charge.

To compare, a round-trip MegaBus ticket bought online in advance for the weekend of Jan. 7 would cost about $20. The DOTS price is $50.

Freshman business major Chris Johnson, a New Jersey native, wasn’t sure if he would use the ser vice but said he liked that the buses stopped on the campus.

“It sounds kind of cool,” he said. “Maybe to come back for a [basketball] game or something.”

Freshman government and politics major Brooke Scott said she doubts the lines will be used often during winter break because not many students leave for shor t periods and come back to the campus.

PROTEST from page 1 and sponges around,” he said.

At yesterday’s protest, group members alternated between washing Testudo and handing out fliers to passersby, urging them to sign a petition for the immediate severing of the contract.

Protesters said that the petition had 200 signatures before the event, but that they hoped to gain many more by generating increased student interest in the cause. Organizers said they ended the day with a total of 340 names on the petition.

“It is a message to students

These DVDs, which are waiting to be labeled, organized and shelved, will gradually be added to the UMDVD collection in Hornbake Library for rent. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

instructors and some students could check out for academic purposes, a collection that is merging with the program.

A free DVD checkout program already available at most dorms will remain separate from UMDVD, but Winslow said is confident there is room for both.

UMDVD offers a wider selection of titles and is accessible to all students, faculty and staff, whereas the dorm rentals have fewer movies to offer and are limited to each building’s residents.

“It’d be great to be able to take stuff back from Hornbake” instead of watching movies for

class at specific times in the library, said Sarah Singer, a sophomore English and women’s studies major.

But not all students were convinced UMDVD is the more convenient option.

“I don’t know if I’d walk all the way to Hornbake for that,” said sophomore anthropology major Ryan Elza.

“There are so many other ways of getting movies, like online,” said sophomore Miriam Thorne. “It’s a convenience thing.”

As Hornbake combined its existing DVD collection with the new titles, Libraries Dean Patricia

and administrators that we want ever yone to be aware of this issue and treat it with the gravity it deser ves,” said Liz Ciavolino, a senior music major and member of Feminism Without Borders.

To catch the attention of hurried students heading to class, the activists chanted, “Fifty-five went on strike, Daycon’s got to take a hike,” in reference to the more than four dozen employees who walked off their jobs more than six months ago.

Although many students said they were previously unfamiliar with the Daycon controversy, most of those who stopped said they appreciated the efforts of protest

organizers to raise awareness in a creative way.

“I think it’s great,” sophomore government and politics major Joe Hammer said. “I didn’t understand [why they were washing Testudo] at first, but now I think it’s a great symbol.”

Sophomore psychology major Lauren Rudin said she wasn’t sure the average student would take the time to become involved after witnessing the washing.

“It’s a good idea, but I just don’t know how effective it will be,” she said. “You have to get to the higher-ups.”

After administrators received the letters, Stirling said he was looking into the

Steele said she was glad to see the libraries thinking outside traditional boundaries and expanding to meet student needs.

“It’s a new way of thinking for libraries,” Steele said.

“In the past, nonprint media has been a lot harder to get, harder to manage.”

UMDVD secured its first funding last spring when the SGA approved $4,500 out of its legislative reserve. The GSG contributed $1,500, and various other student groups collectively chipped in about another $1,000. meehan@umdbk.com

“It also supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. It’s one more reason to leave a car at home.”

BEVERLY MALONE DOTS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

“It’d be most useful during the semester,” Scott said.

But Malone said the shuttle will benefit the environment ever y time students choose to ride the bus instead of driving to and from the campus during the break.

“It also supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,” Malone said.

“It’s one more reason to leave a car at home.”

DOTS also added a Philadelphia stop to its Thanksgiving ser vices that ran last weekend.

According to a press release issued by the department this week, reser vations for the four Thanksgiving buses — including the Philadelphia bus — sold out weeks in advance. mccarty@umdbk.com

Student activists wash Testudo as part of a protest against allleged unfair labor practices used by a firm that supplies the university with cleaning products. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

issue and would consider terminating the contract at some point, but it remains in place as of now.

Because of the lack of response to the group’s previous efforts, Frostbutter said, members intend to continue

pressing the administration to end the contract. kirkwood@umdbk.com

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DOTS adds weekend service to Beltway Plaza shopping mall

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

Students looking for easier access to holiday shopping spots can now take advantage of a weekend shuttle service to Beltway Plaza that launched Nov. 13, DOTS officials said.

The Department of Transportation Services introduced the new route — which circulates around the campus, to downtown College Park, to several off-campus student apartment buildings and to the shopping center in Greenbelt — after students requested more weekend service, DOTS Assistant Director Beverly Malone said.

“We already had some service for shopping, but students kept writing, asking for more,” she said.

Because the student fee for transportation doesn’t cover even half the costs needed to run Shuttle-UM buses, it has been difficult to implement an additional route, Malone said. In this case, she said, DOTS was able to negotiate with Beltway Plaza to fund Saturday and Sunday service to the shopping center.

DOTS officials meet regularly with the Residence Hall Association and the Student Government Association to gauge what new services students desire most, which helped inspire DOTS to work toward creating the new route, Malone said.

“We’re always looking for ways to extend service, make transportation more convenient and reduce dependency on cars,” she said, adding that a campus-wide effort to improve environmental friendliness is also a priority at DOTS. “The idea is that students won’t need their cars as much, but of course they still want to go places,” she said.

The shopping center is also

served by the Greenbelt South line on weekdays, and DOTS runs buses to Prince George’s Plaza in Hyattsville, College Park Marketplace and IKEA in northern College Park.

The new line has more than a dozen stops on the campus, as well as University Courtyards, the University View, Knox Towers and Mazza GrandMarc.

DOTS worked with the property managers of some of these locations to get the word out to students about the new route, Malone said.

Students said they appreciate the chance to get to Beltway Plaza — which has a Target, Giant, JoAnn Fabrics & Crafts and Marshalls — without their own transportation.

“I really like the Silver Diner, but it’s hard to get there without a car,” freshman kinesiology major Caelin Halligan said, adding that she likes to take her grandmother to the restaurant but often can’t manage it on the weekend because of the lack of available transportation.

The weekend Beltway Plaza service, in addition to giving students another option for shopping and entertainment, also improves access to the campus for students who don’t live here, Malone said.

Junior Spanish major Lizzy Chambers lives in the University Club, which doesn’t have its own shuttle, so she usually takes the University View bus — but that doesn’t run on weekends. The new route, she said, will help students living in these apartments, whether their destination is Beltway Plaza or the university.

“That’d be great, especially for people who don’t have a car,” she said.

Staff writer Alicia McCarty contributed to this report. kirkwood@umdbk.com

Cordish Companies Development Director Chase Martin spoke to students, city residents and other community members at last night’s public forum on the proposed East Campus development. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

DEVELOPMENT from page 1 finance the project.

The Cordish Companies opened last night’s forum with a 45-minute presentation that displayed a concept and vision rather than concrete details and then invited attendees to come to various tables set up around the room to talk to Cordish employees and share what they specifically wanted to see.

Each table was dedicated to what the developers called the “guiding principles” of their vision: sustainability, architectural character, pedestrian friendliness, open space and urban place, public transportation and site concept. Ideas and suggestions from people who went to these tables were written on large sketchpads.

At the opening of the forum, Blake Cordish, vice president of The Cordish Companies, informed those in attendance, “What you’re going to see is a work in progress.”

Developers mentioned some more specific concepts — such as the inclusion of the Purple Line, sight lines to the

development from Route 1 and smaller street blocks — and added that they, unlike the previous developer, would deliberately build incrementally rather than all at once to make it easier to secure funding.

But their main goal for East Campus isn’t a radical departure from that floated by former developer Foulger-Pratt/Argo: to create a place where the university and city communities could connect, with amenities they would both appreciate.

“If you have a favorite winery, a favorite coffee place, a favorite bookstore you would like to see, let us know,” said Chase Martin, Cordish’s development director. “Let us know what you want to make up East Campus. Let us know what you want to see.”

“It’s what we do,” Cordish told reporters after the presentation. “The fantastic thing about being a developer like this is it’s like you’re a symphony director. You’ve got all these different elements ... so you just get this eclectic, rich mix.”

As attendees made their way around the various tables, the list of ideas on the sketchpads grew longer, covering more pages that were placed

ENERGY from page 1 “low-frequency” energy drinker group.

Kim Caldeira, a researcher who worked on the study, said the correlation between energy drinks and alcohol was hardly shocking.

“It was not surprising, but the association was stronger than we expected,” Caldeira said, adding

on the tables. Suggestions included accessibility to recycling, walkable sidewalks, an amphitheater, ethnic restaurants and 100 percent rainwater retention.

Cordish said it would be premature to discuss the project’s timeframe or any concrete details, but attendees have high hopes that it will get off the ground soon.

“I’m somewhat optimistic,” District 2 College Park City Councilman Bob Catlin said of the timeline. “They’re starting from a place better than Foulger-Pratt/Argo, so this could be a fairly smooth and fairly quick process, and we could be seeing something by next year.”

Mayor Andy Fellows said he was glad to see Cordish embrace community interaction early on.

“I’m impressed that they’re out here,” he said. “Their scope is impressive and their longterm vision is impressive. It’s good that they’re here listening to the community.”

Members of the UMD for Clean Energy student group, which had an organized presence at the forum, said they were encouraged by the developer’s specific mention of a

that while many studies have pointed to an association between abusing energy drinks and abusing alcohol, there still isn’t evidence that one causes the other.

“For a lot of people, it’s the energy drinks that cause a risk in alcohol dependence, but it’s also completely possible that people who already have a drinking problem use energy drinks more because they are hungover and need to get through the day,” Caldeira said.

commitment to sustainability.

“If The Cordish Companies follow through on what they’re saying, we could have a very sustainable East Campus,” junior environmental science and policy major Hilary Staver said.

“I hope they will be coming back and continuing this dialogue, and it looks like that they will.”

Vice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie said it’s in the developer’s best interest to work with the community.

“It’s important not only from a political standpoint but from an economic standpoint,” Wylie said. “For this development to be a success, it has to be something that people want and will come to. If we just tell them what we want it to be, it just wouldn’t work. So it’s good business.”

And although most of the College Park City Council attended the forum, Catlin said the council will also be guided by public feedback.

“I want to see a lot of happy people,” Catlin said. “It’s not so much about what I want. I think there needs to be a general consensus that the project is what we want it to be.” villanueva@umdbk.com

“You just can’t tell from this story.”

However, the risk of energy drink abuse is high, Caldeira said, adding that she hopes the research will contribute to public policy aimed at regulating the drinks.

“I think there are policy changes that would help to protect college students,” Caldeira said. “For example, there are no labeling requirements, nothing that tells you how much caffeine you are drinking.”

She added that labels could also be added to caution people of the affects of mixing alcohol with caffeine — something the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently taken a stand on regarding drinks that come premixed with caffeine and alcohol, such as the popular Four Loko.

Daniel Evatt, a research fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s medical school, likened energy drinks to other products that include high amounts of caffeine and whose producers are legally bound to label the ingredients and potential effects.

“If you buy a sleep aid with a lot of caffeine, it tells you how much is in it and has the possible negative effect so that people have an idea of what they are getting into,” Evatt said.

The researchers focused on energy drinks more than another late-night staple — coffee — because they said the beverages are targeted at young people. Evatt said youth often have little to no previous experience with caffeine.

The large amounts of sugar added to the beverages makes them taste better to young people, but they don’t realize how much caffeine they are ingesting, he said.

“The biggest concern is with caffeine, hands down,” Evatt said.

“The concern is that if you don’t usually drink caffeine and you drink a lot at once, you are more likely to experience caffeine intoxication, which can be dangerous.”

Caffeine intoxication is a clinical syndrome that is marked by nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, tremors, rapid heartbeats and, in rare cases, death.

But for many students, energy drinks provide them with a way to stay up, stay energized and get everything done — regardless of the side effects.

“Between my internship, classes and extracurriculars, it’s almost impossible to get everything done correctly without skipping out on some sleep, which is where energy drinks come in,” junior marketing major Caitlin Talty said. farrell@umdbk.com

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t is fitting that just two days before a holiday that is associated with the ized, even though, according to former Associate Provost of Academic Planning genocide of Native American peoples — Thanksgiving — student activists and Programs Phyllis Peres, it could be developed and implemented in “less than renewed the push for a Native American studies program at this university. a semester” once a proposal had been developed.

Disregarding this university’s lack of support of Native American studies in the Activists from the informal coalition known as the Native American Studies Working Group met with Provost Nariman Farvardin on Nov. 23 to discuss for past, the process for developing programs centered around identity is notorithe creation of more Native American studies courses, the hiring of more Native ously slow at this university. Indeed, though it was first discussed in the late American faculty and staff and the formation of a Native American studies minor. 1990s, the U.S. Latino/a studies minor took about a decade to be approved, finally Students in the meeting noted that this university offers only three courses that getting an affirmative vote in the University Senate in spring 2008 following deal solely with Native American issues — down from the reported six that months of student protests and petitions. Oftentimes, the justification for postexisted several years ago — and expressed discontent with the fact that Native poning programs of this nature is a lack of funding. However, if key administrators desire to see a particular program established, it American history and culture is often regarded at this uniseems money and bureaucracy do little to hinder its versity as something “that’s not relevant,” in the words of progress. For example, it only took the senate a month in longtime advocate Natalia Cuadra-Saez, a senior classics University officials must show early 2010 to develop and approve an $85,000 proposal and history major.

Despite their concerns, many of the activists left the their commitment to diversity that created a Family Care Resource and Referral Service at this university. meeting with Farvardin optimistic about the future. And by developing a Native Although Native Americans make up less than one perbased on what was said, that sentiment is not unwarcent of the population of this university, that does not ranted. Indeed, Farvardin has stated that he is “quite supAmerican studies program mean that their history, their culture and their contempoportive of developing a more robust set of courses in immediately. rary existence are unworthy of academic study. Quite the Native American studies.”

But such rhetoric does not cause this editorial board to share the optimism of opposite: This reality makes Native American studies all the more important. Historically, Native Americans have been systematically oppressed and largely formany of the students from the Native American Studies Working Group.

Although Farvardin’s statements are encouraging, at the end of the day, they gotten. Their small numbers in institutions of higher education (both as students are merely words. And though this university may talk the talk when it comes to and employees), politics and the media are merely products of this historic oppression — and are all the more reason to address these persisting issues. By diversity in academia, they most certainly do not walk the walk.

After all, last year, university administrators threatened to eliminate two very engaging more fully in the rich field of Native American studies, this university popular classes that focus solely on Native American issues — Survey of Ameri- and its students can fight to better understand a group of peoples that was almost can Indian Cultures and Native American Images in Film and Media — because eradicated. After all, Native Americans once were — and should always be — an of budgetary issues. And though this proposal to eliminate two-thirds of all integral component of this country.

So this editorial board urges university administrators to stop paying lip servclasses dealing solely with Native American studies was stopped because of an outcry from the student body, the defeated proposal shows a blatant disregard ice to the notion of multiculturalism and instead respond to the voices of hunfor the importance of Native American studies within this university, no matter dreds of university students and faculty. It is high time that a Native American what the provost says. Furthermore, although students have asked for the devel- studies program be created. Not in a year, not in two years, not in some undeteropment of a Native American studies minor since at least 2007, it has not material- mined amount of time, but now.

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Facebook: Confessions of a reluctant addict

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adore compliments, but I dislike when people compliment components of my Facebook page in person. The last time someone did this, I complained to my long-suffering roommate, “Why would they tell me they like my status in person?!

This is the real world, not Facebook world. Write it on my status! In Facebook world!”

I then realized that I had just coined the term “Facebook world” and that I may have a problem. I needed to take a hiatus from Facebook.

Day one: Should I deactivate my account? I think about the people who dramatically announce they’re leaving Facebook as if we actually care, and then return within two days. I start to feel genuinely pissed off about their theatrics, then realize I’m getting mad about Facebook again. Dear God. I need to leave.

Day two: It’s especially difficult for me not to go on Facebook because my job involves spending 20 hours a week reading Android blogs. Online. Where

BETHANY WYNN Facebook lives. I think about all the one-liner Facebook statuses I could be making right now, and then realize I’m thinking about hypothetical Facebook statuses instead of doing a project worth 40 percent of my grade.

Day three: I start to feel twitchy about all the things I’m missin’ — or more accurately, not missing. I think about those unfortunates you meet who claim not to have Facebook because they “don’t see the point of it” or “don’t like it.” My response is usually something like, “Oh, OK, so you don’t see the point of people? You don’t like friends?” Then I go on a rant about how pretentious it is for people to think they’re above social networking.

I feel warm and fuzzy about all of the “I

got a real job!” and Taylor Swift-lyric statuses I’m missing. God, ignorance really is bliss.

Day four: When people say, “Didn’t you see it on Facebook?” I can honestly say “no” because I didn’t spend three on-and-off hours stalking my news feed today but watched It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia reruns instead. I practice dancing like Dee with my friends. I still haven’t started my project. I’m beginning to feel above Facebook until I get notifications about event invitations, tagged photos and whatnot. I start to hyperventilate as I realize I might miss a social event and the tagged photos could literally be of anything. As I’ve explained many a time, there’s no one taking pictures of me when I’m volunteering at the animal shelter or contributing to class discussions, is there? Pause while you ignore the fact that I do neither.

Day five: People are noticing my absence. This is because normally, I constantly write on everyone’s walls to

let them know how much I love (stalk) them. Someone texts me and asks why I’m never on Facebook chat anymore.

I contemplate telling him that there are other ways of holding a conversation, but I don’t want to ruin the surprise. One day someone will call him on the phone and he’ll poop his pants.

Facebook is soul-sucking because it’s our way of one-upping one another: This is how many friends I have, and this is how much fun I’m having. Unfortunately I love Facebook because, despite my angry exterior, I love people. I want to stalk everyone. Except people who studied abroad and won’t stop talking about their life-changing experiences. Shut up, shut up.

Day six: I give up. Pathetic? Yes — but I know I’m not alone in this. I’ve got 517,760,460 potential “friends” who agree with me.

Bethany Wynn is a senior sociology major. She can be reached at wynn@umdbk.com.

Charity: ’Tis the season

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lack Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, and if you are anything like me, you missed both. I was not one of the people standing outside a massive big-box store at 3 a.m. to get the newest piece of technology.

I was asleep while visions of pumpkin pie danced in my head. Not only was I not out shopping, there wasn’t even anything I wanted.

I am clearly not the poster child for American consumerism; in fact, I have yet to start my holiday shopping. I am such a skilled procrastinator that my behavior has transcended school and affected my holiday shopping list. I still have no idea what I am getting anyone. It is always tricky to find ever yone the right gift — a thoughtful present that is something they need or want. The better you know someone, the harder it becomes to find them the right thing. After all, a generic gift is inappropriate, but you have no idea what they actually want.

One approach that is growing in popularity is to make a donation to an organization in honor of a person.

Rather than giving your friend or relative something they may not need, you can provide someone else with something they may desperately need, such as a farm animal or an education. So this holiday season, tr y thinking about what issues — rather than what objects — are important to someone. Instead of giving ever yone on your gift list a copy of Avatar and a bottle of whiskey, help them engage in an issue that is important to them.

I started thinking about this approach to gift-giving a few years ago, when a friend gave a loan in my name through www.kiva.org, an organization that works to connect lenders with entrepreneurs around the world in an effort to alleviate poverty through microfinance. You can choose from a list of entrepreneurs who are trying to raise funds for projects ranging from agriculture

ROB RIKER to education to retail. These loans help foster the growth of small enterprises around the world, improving local economies and people’s lives.

Because you choose the specific entrepreneur who will receive your loan, you can make sure your money is going to the right place.

One of the things about Kiva that differs from more traditional charities, such as the International Red Cross or Oxfam International, is that rather than a donation, you are making a loan, which will be paid back by the recipient. Once the loan has been repaid, you can choose to loan to another person or withdraw your money. This allows for continued participation in the loan process and

makes it possible to have a positive impact in a number of people’s lives.

Another great organization is Heifer International, which donates animals to help combat hunger by providing people with sources of food and income. You can donate everything from a water buffalo to a flock of chicks, and really, who wouldn’t want to have a llama donated in their name?

I am not saying that people should not buy people presents; everyone likes presents. But $25 can make a much larger difference in the life of someone in need than it can in my life and probably yours as well. So think about what is important to the people who are important to you. There are some wonderful organizations out there that are really making a difference on a variety of important issues.

After all, it is the season of giving.

Rob Riker is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at riker@umdbk.com.

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or many students, the city of College Park is just a pit stop on their journey. We may live in apartments and houses beyond the campus, but such places can never replace home. Instead, these locations become placeholders until a new place to live appears or a walk across the stage happens. But what many students don’t realize is that many of the decisions made by the College Park City Council affect them and all future students, even if this isn’t their permanent residence.

This is not to say there aren’t students who are aware of such issues and have an invested interest in the city. If you feel that individual is you, the Student Government Association has a great position for your consideration.

The SGA city council liaison is a critical link between the city council and the student body. The liaison provides an informed student viewpoint on issues ranging from the dispute over Thirsty Turtle’s liquor license to East Campus development to the installation of speed cameras on Route 1.

The liaison is responsible for representing the views of students to the city council as it considers such issues. The liaison attends all the council meetings, getting an inside view of the decisions being made, as well as becoming an expert on the goings-on within the city. And even though the liaison does not have the ability to vote, he or she can speak on behalf of students with the hope of influencing council members throughout the voting process.

As liaison, he or she would go beyond just advocating for students and work to get more involved in College Park issues.

There is then a responsibility to report back to the SGA, where information about what the city is considering and its impact on students will be shared. The liaison is crucial in helping the SGA formulate stances concerning important city issues.

The liaison must be someone who can look at the big picture and predict how issues will affect College Park in the future. While many of the issues considered by the council affect today’s students, ever y issue will affect students for years to come. The liaison should be able to consider the implications of suggested plans on the future student body, the university and the character of College Park. To accomplish such goals, the future liaison must be willing to work collaboratively with both city officials and student leaders.

This position is appointed by a committee which includes the SGA president, the speaker of the legislature, the mayor and two city council members. Because this role involves communication on many levels, it is imperative that applicants have superior public speaking skills. Most importantly, the liaison must be forward-looking with a vision of the potential of the city.

If you are interested in applying to ser ve as next semester’s SGA city council liaison, please download an application from the SGA website at www.sga.umd.edu.

Applications are due by 5 p.m.

Dec. 9. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions about the position.

Becca Lurie is the Student Government Association’s city council liaison. She can be reached at becca.lurie@gmail.com.

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A SAD REALITY Does the current state of trashy reality TV spell the end of times?

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This month, I was considering writing about Charlie Sheen’s little hooker escapades, but that turned out to be unbelievably boring. Then, actor Leslie Nielsen died, and I thought I’d do a little bit on him, but chances are not many of you share the same affinity I have for the man. So what was left?

The E! network, of course.

Last Sunday, E! premiered Bridalplasty, a show on which — and this is a serious quote from the show’s press release — “brides-to-be compete in wedding-themed challenges to win extensive surgical procedures.”

I know that’s a lot to deal with right off the bat, but let’s move on to the show’s official description, shall we?

“Each week, a group of women competes head-to-head in such challenges as writing wedding vows and planning honeymoons,” the statement said.

“The winner receives the chance to choose a plastic surgery procedure from her ‘wish list.’ She’s given the procedure immediately, and results are shown at the start of the following week’s episode.”

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between this and The Walking Dead otherwise? The show also notes that the first time the groom and family of the winner will see the bride’s new appearance will be when her veil is lifted at the altar.

As with most of these rants, I’m a fan of full disclosure: I’m an occasional sucker for shitty reality shows.

I was pretty big on Jon & Kate Plus 8 before the divorce drama; I love when Bravo shows day-long marathons of the Real Housewives series; and, man, do I love Top Chef and Search for the Next Food Network Star.

But at what point do these shows stop?

Not “When do we stop watching them?” but rather “When will a line be drawn?”

E! now has Bridalplasty, Dr. 90210 and whatever city the Kardashians are taking this season. (Although they do get a small pass for The Soup.)

Bravo is home to Millionaire Matchmaker, that shrew Rachel Zoe and the insufferable douchebags on Million Dollar Listing.

Then there’s the worst of them all, TLC, which broadcasts shows such as I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant, 19 Kids and Counting, Little People, Big World and — dear God, it pains me to write this — Sarah Palin’s Alaska.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

My problem with these shows is that

not only do they thrust despicable people into the limelight, but they also make others want to be like them.

(Fun fact: While typing this, I misspelled “despicable,” and Microsoft Word’s spell check suggested “disposable.” That works almost as well.)

I mean, how many Snookis did you see out on Halloween this year? How many times have you overheard someone defending Kendra? How many more times am I going to have to pretend Kim Kardashian deserves to be famous?

But that’s not my real bone to pick at this time. I can judge others, but there’s a limit to my criticism because I occasionally indulge in these shows, too. But Bridalplasty?

It’s almost as if E! is trying to insult viewers. As if the network is a 13-yearold pushing her parents’ buttons just to see how far she can get. How much are we willing to put up with?

This show is not only dumb — it’s also dangerous. I highly doubt it will inspire many women to go out and get plastic surgery before their wedding day, but what happens if this show is successful? Will there be a second season? If so, that means there will be tryouts, and much like the absurd fervor over MTV’s The Real World casting, it means people will be seeking out the

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Guard Anjale Barrett, left, has started every game for the Terps this season, splitting time at point guard and shooting guard. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

AWARDS from page 8 said he was greeted by a text message from Friedgen asking for O’Brien to call him. Initially worried about the meaning of his coach’s late-night request, O’Brien’s tone changed immediately when Friedgen told him about the honors.

“It was definitely a special moment,” said O’Brien, who received 54 of 61 firstplace selections in Rookie

of the Year voting. “It was the first time I was really able to reflect on the whole season because so much of what we have done has been about focusing on the next opponent. It was a real special night.”

There was little doubt O’Brien would win the awards. The redshirt freshman won ACC Rookie of the Week honors five times this season and finished with 2,257 yards passing, 21 touchdowns and just six interceptions. His 135.2

Guard Natasha Cloud, who boasts on-floor leadership qualities and good size, has started three games for the Terps this season. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

passer rating was third-best in the country among freshman quarterbacks, and his touchdown totals were second-best in school history.

“I think it’s awesome, and I couldn’t be more proud of him,” offensive lineman Paul Pinegar said.

“He didn’t play really the first four games, and to be able to step into that role and win Rookie of the Year, it’s just great for him and the team.”

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Struggles at the point guard position for the Terrapin women’s basketball team last season were emblematic of the squad’s inconsistent and disappointing year, one in which the Terps failed to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.

And as the Terps transformed themselves into a physically fit, up-tempo team this year, it was again clear their fast-break approach would hinge on the success of the team’s three primary ballhandlers: junior Anjale Barrett, sophomore Dara Taylor and freshman Natasha Cloud.

While the three bring decidedly different skill sets to the court, their contributions have helped spark what the No. 22 Terps hope will be a turnaround season.

“I think it’s kind of point guard by committee,” coach Brenda Frese said.

“We want to be able to wear down our opponents, and we feel like we can do that with our point guards.”

Of the three, Cloud appears to have emerged as the starter despite, according to Frese, “playing like a freshman” at times.

She is a combination of the speedy Taylor and the strong, steady Barrett, who started the first three games for the Terps and now splits time between the point guard and shooting guard spots.

And while Cloud’s size and speed have proven advantageous for the young Terp, perhaps her greatest contribution is difficult to quantify.

“With Natasha, it’s more just her natural leadership as a floor general,” Frese said. “She has a natural feel for the game, and she affects the game differently with her length and athleticism.”

“Anybody who watches the game sees Tasha brings a lot of energy,” Taylor added.

When she arrived, Cloud naturally anticipated some bitterness as old clashed with new for the starting position.

“When I came in, I was expecting a battle,” Cloud said.

What has developed, however, is nothing more than a friendly rivalry.

“It’s a healthy competition,” said Taylor, who often helps to mentor

Cloud during practices and games.

“We’ve all gotten better from the beginning of the season.”

But it’s Taylor’s progression that may be the most striking. After a wildly inconsistent freshman campaign last year, Taylor played sparingly through the preseason, seemingly slotted at a distant third on the depth chart.

Since the season’s start, though, Taylor’s athleticism has shone through.

The sophomore, whom Frese has called the fastest player she’s ever coached, has limited the turnover problems that plagued her last season. She leads the Terps with almost two assists for every turnover, adding another gear to a team intent to capitalize on its fastbreak offense.

“She’s just lightning-quick,” Frese said of Taylor, who also averages a team-high 3.7 assists. “She makes us go at a different level.”

As the sometimes-erratic Taylor and Cloud continue to improve, Barrett remains the backcourt’s steadying force. The junior lacks the same level of speed or athleticism her fellow point guards boast, but she has shown versatility in her ability to run the team as a point guard or work in conjunction with Taylor or Cloud as a shooting guard.

“Anjale is more strength and power, and in transition, she can really break down defenses,” Frese said. “And anytime you can have a second ball-handler on the floor, it only enhances your ability to break the press.”

The point guard play has been far from perfect, and it’s fair to say such growing pains will likely continue through much of the season.

But after last year’s struggles, this season’s Terp backcourt seems poised for a breakthrough season. And for a team whose top-five scorers are all post presences, an improving group of talented point guards could add another dimension to a team with an already lethal inside game.

“When one of us gets tired, we just got to bring another one in,” Barrett said. “You can tell we gain confidence from each other.”

TERP NOTE: Freshman forward Alyssa Thomas was named ACC Rookie of the Week on Monday after averaging 14.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in the team’s two wins last week.

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A narrow loss to Illinois two weeks ago denied the Terps an important nonconference win. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

LIONS from page 8 at Madison Square Garden.

Despite hanging tough in both games, they lost each by single digits.

After rebounding with wins against mid-major opponents Delaware State and Elon last week, the Terps are looking for a win on a bigger stage.

The Nittany Lions went just 3-15 in the Big Ten and 11-20 overall last season, but they bring a 5-1 record, unblemished home record and star guard Talor Battle into tonight’s matchup.

The senior may only be 6 feet tall, but he averages more than 18 points per game. The Terps will need to watch Battle all over the court — he’s as comfortable driving into the lane as he is distributing the ball and taking outside shots.

Tonight’s contest marks the front end of a crucial nonconference stretch for the Terps. After

“It’s an extremely big week, with Penn State and Temple. These games, in our eyes, they’re must-wins.”

DINO GREGORY TERRAPIN MEN’S BASKETBALL FORWARD

Penn State, the team faces Temple on Sunday in the BB&T Classic in Washington. Aside from a mid-January matchup at No. 12 Villanova, this week’s games rank as arguably the team’s lone remaining chances for a marquee win before the Terps enter the brunt of ACC play.

“It’s an extremely big week, with Penn State and Temple,” Gregory said. “These games, in our eyes, they’re must-wins.” kyanchulis@umdbk.com

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Friedgen, O’Brien garner ACC honors Terps earn league Coach, Rookie of the Year accolades following breakthrough 8-4 regular season

BY MICHAEL LEMAIRE Senior staff writer

A little more than a year ago, Terrapin football coach Ralph Friedgen was fighting to keep his job as rumors swirled that he would be fired.

Yesterday, just days after Friedgen and the Terps finished engineering one of the top regular-season turnarounds in college football, he earned a significant semblance of vindication: The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association voted him ACC Coach of the Year.

“I hope this serves as an inspiration for a lot of people that have things that aren’t going right,” Friedgen said at a press conference. “A year ago, people wanted me to make changes, and I refused to do that because I felt like I had the right people around me. I kind of stuck with my guns, and this is vindication that I was right.”

Friedgen, who was also named ACC Coach of the Year in 2001, led the Terps to an 8-4 record this season, a six-win improvement from last year’s disappointing 2-10 campaign.

Friedgen received 29 of 61

first-place votes, 10 more than runner-up Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer.

The 10th-year coach said he hadn’t really thought about winning the award in the nights leading up to the voting.

He also acknowledged that although he felt honored to receive it, the award reflected the hard work of the entire program, a sentiment his starting quarterback shared.

“Football is the ultimate team game,” Danny O’Brien said. “You’ve got to have everyone from the top down — from the star players all the way down to the scout team — going hard every day in practice. I think, especially in football, an individual award reflects the whole team, and we are happy for him because he deserves it.”

O’Brien made sure Friedgen wasn’t the only Terp to haul in end-of-season hardware, running away with the conference’s Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year awards.

When he got out of the shower Monday night, O’Brien

see AWARDS, page 7

Coach Gary Williams and the Terps will face their first true road of the season tonight when they play a Penn State team unbeaten at home. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Crucial nonconference stretch begins tonight Terps face PSU, Temple this week

BY KATE YANCHULIS Senior staff writer

Taking on Penn State tonight in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the Terrapin men’s basketball team needs a victory for more than just conference bragging rights.

The season may barely be a month old, but an out-of-conference win at University Park, Pa. — one of just two true nonconference road games this season — would help improve the Terps’ NCAA Tournament resumé, especially after leaving New York’s Coaches vs. Cancer Classic empty-handed two weeks ago.

A bolstered postseason portfolio and added confidence away from Comcast Center, coach Gary Williams said, both rank higher on the Terps’ list of priorities than handing the ACC a win in the annual conference clash.

“We’re looking forward to winning this game for Mary-

land,” Williams said. “Yes, that stuff is nice; it’s all happy stuff. But we want to win this game for us.”

That’s not to say that some Terps (5-2) won’t enter Bryce Jordan Center tonight wanting to defend their conference pride, especially after last year’s 6-5 defeat.

“Last year, we lost it, so we definitely want to win this year,” forward Dino Gregory said.

The ACC won the first 10 installments of the challenge before the Big Ten finally broke the streak last season.

“We won it 10 straight years, and we didn’t get a lot of extra teams in the NCAA [Tournament],” Williams said. “So this is about us getting this win.”

The Terps traveled away from College Park two weeks ago, taking on then-No. 5 Pittsburgh and then-No. 13 Illinois on back-to-back days

see LIONS, page 7

Coach Ralph Friedgen received 29 of 61 first-place votes for ACC Coach of the Year. Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer finished second in the voting. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

Quarterback Danny O’Brien was a near-unanimous selection for ACC Rookie of the Year, receiving all but seven of the 61 first-place votes. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK