December 9, 2013

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Campaigning may stymie FAFSA reform bill

By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer Many experts and politicians looking for wholesale higher education reform are wary of 2014, an election year for a number of congressional districts, as lawmakers on the campaign trail are less willing to take on ambitious legislation such

as the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. As a result, the prognosis isn’t good for the FAFSA Fairness Act of 2013, a bill proposed by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) in November that seeks to give students with a challenging home life easier access to financial aid. Experts said the bill is likely to be pushed aside amid a crowded legislative agenda caught up in partisan

politics, though the legislation has its merits and support from lobbyists.

“Students who have left abusive homes, have been abandoned, have parents who are incarcerated, or who have other special circumstances that limit contact with their parents often fi nd it difficult to apply for fi nancial aid, and they sometimes abandon their goal of attending college instead of battling through a long and complicated

process alone,” Cummings said in a statement. “This bill will help students in these circumstances by ensuring that our financial aid process is not an unintended barrier to college.”

Under current federal law, there are strict guidelines for students fi lling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid if they wish to be considered independent from their parents.

But the defi nition of “independent”

by current FAFSA standards is geared toward students who are married, on active duty in the military, orphaned or homeless and less toward those who are either abandoned by their parents or who come from a more challenging family background. Students who claim independence and don’t fit the FAFSA definition can have See FAFSA, Page 2

Board and Brew set to replace Roti Board game coffeehouse opening under Varsity

By Annika McGinnis @annikam93 Senior staff writer Like other college alumni who lived in university housing, Brian McClimens and Ben Epstein remember fun nights with their friends hanging out on the sixth floor of Ellicott Hall.

But those nights weren’t all fi lled with raucous partying — instead, all they needed was a board game.

“We play plenty of computer games ourselves, but board games face-to-face offers something that those don’t,” said Epstein, a 34-yearold from Bowie. “When you sit down and play a board game, you can play when talking about life.”

So when they open their new board game coffeehouse under The Varsity this spring, McClimens and Epstein hope to foster that old-school human interaction through something as simple as a rowdy game of Cards Against Humanity or a Monopoly tournament. Last week, the two signed their lease to construct The Board and Brew in the former site of both

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University honors world icon Nelson Mandela, dead at 95

Past pounds to present in 9th powwow

Memorial drum circle at public health school

Native American Indian culture celebrated in Riggs Alumni Center

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Staff writer

By Talia Richman @talirichman Staff writer Wearing simple T-shirts and jeans, seven men sat in a circle pounding drums while seven others danced to the reverberating beats, dressed in feather headdresses and colorful moccasins.

The scene reflected one of the themes of this year’s Native American Indian Powwow: blending past and present to keep centuries-old traditions alive.

“I get chills every time I hear those drums. I feel as I’ve come home, like

sharon jackson, a designer of Cherokee, Creek and Blackfoot descent, presents her handmade goods at the ninth annual Native Indian American Powwow in Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. sung-min kim/the diamondback I’m being reunited with family I haven’t seen in a while,” said senior management major Aaron McKay, vice president of the university’s American Indian Student Union.

“The fact that they can keep sharing their culture gives more life to it.”

The all-day event in Samuel Riggs I V A lu m n i Center on Saturday

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marked the ninth annual powwow and was part of the Office of Multiethnic Student Education’s 40th anniversary celebration.

Because the powwow fell on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, memorial events were sprinkled

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Twitter erupted Thursday with the news that Nelson Mandela, an icon of freedom, hope and forgiveness, died at the age of 95.

The university honored the former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who 12 years ago spoke at Cole Field House, with a memorial drum circle in the lobby of the public health school Friday afternoon.

A group of about 40 people representing many ages, ethnicities and races circled around the lobby for the celebration, their thuds echoing those of a heartbeat.

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a drum circle was held in the public health school to honor Nelson Mandela. ellie silverman/for the diamondback from South Africa, Center for Health Equity Director Stephen Thomas sat down and, with a drum between his legs, joined in the captivating reverberations.

“I felt a deep sadness in learning of his death and a recognition that it was also an opportunity for us to never forget. His message resonated with people all over the world,” Thomas See mandela, Page 3

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housed YoLove, Epstein said.

But eventually, they want to build a back room on that side that groups can rent for a night.

P a r t o f t h e re a s o n fo r h av i n g a l a rge r ve nu e i s to a c c o m m o d a t e p e o p l e stay i ng longer t h a n t hey would at a typical restaura nt or cof fe ehou se, t he owners said. They’re in the process of buy i ng ga mes from warehouses and collecting donations.

“I think part of the reason we came out with what we did is there are plenty of places that are gaming shops … but they’re really just a game store that has some people come in and play games,” Epstein said.

Instead, the owners want to the venue to develop a community-like feel, Epstein said, with events such as a singles’ night.

Col lege Pa rk Econom ic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater said he thought the restaurant could do well because of its placement near Looney’s Pub and its different atmosphere from the Route 1 bars. He expects it to draw families and professionals in addition to the college crowd.

“If I lived in College Park, I would go,” Stiefvater said.

“T he Board Room in D.C. draws a merry crowd; I think it’s something adults could go to. During the day, you can bring kids, have lunch and play board games.”

Junior geographical sciences major Nyana Quashie said she liked the concept but was skeptical about its popularity among students.

“It’s a good idea; it’s a fun alternative place to go to if you’re interested in hanging out with friends and having a game night, a fun night,” Quashie said. “But I don’t see how that’s much different from hanging out in an apartment or something like that, besides for the food.”

She said the prices — $7.50 a person for three hours or more — were cheaper than the movies but recommended the venue offer specials such as free games if customers bought food or drinks.

For the owners, coming to College Park is a homecoming and their first startup venture. It’s the kind of place they said they would have wanted to visit when they were in school.

“We have board games that last half an hour, others that last three hours,” McClimens said. “Even if you don’t consider yourself a gamer, if you don’t know what kind of game you’d like, there’s something there for everyone.”

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T he concept is si mple: Patrons will walk into the venue and browse bookcases filled with 500 to 1,000 different board games. T hen they can play with friends for as long as they want, paying a $2.50 hourly fee for the first three hours — it’s free after that — and order specialty coffees, teas and small entrees if they choose.

T he concept i s si m i l a r to a Washington bar called the Board Room, except The Board and Brew will be set up like a coffeehouse and w i l l be op en i n t he ea rly morning for breakfast. The owners hope it will be a place for students and residents to come at any time of day for the games and their “American fusion” soups, panini, salads and more.

Though families will be welcome — McClimens and Epstein plan to have games s u c h a s Hu n g r y Hu n g r y Hippos and games geared toward an older crowd — the owners’ primary targets are college students and people in their 20s and 30s. The venue will serve beer and wine, but the owners hope it will serve as an alternative to bars.

The two university alumni had been talking about opening the venue to fill a vacancy in the College Park entertainment scene, McClimens said. A former city venue ca l led T he Col lege Park located up Route 1 used to hold open mic nights and other lower-key entertainment, and when it closed, it “left a bit of a hole in College Park for the arts and music scene,” Epstein said.

T h e B o a rd a n d B re w ’s ow n e rs h op e to f i l l t h at niche, holding weekly open mic events and trivia nights.

They also plan to hold occasional tournaments for games such as chess or Settlers of Catan. On special occasions, they might bring in live entertainment. On weekdays, T he Board and Brew w i l l open at 7 a.m., and they’ll open at 11 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The establishment will stay open until 11 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and until 2 a.m.

Thursday through Saturday.

McClimens and Epstein said they plan to open The Boa rd a nd Brew i n two stages. T hey a i m to open the first half in the former site of Roti in late January and the second half a few months later. It w i l l ta ke them a while to knock down the middle wall and reconstruct the side that formerly amcginnisdbk@gmail.com

throughout the festivities.

During the opening ceremonies, Japanese men and Native American veterans walked together under a decorated arch in a “Bridge of Peace” ritual to symbolize forgiveness between the nations.

Fred Nord hor n, who served during the Vietnam War and whose father fought in World War II, was one of the men who participated.

A member of the Abenaki tribe, Nordhorn dressed in his olive-green army uniform, adorned with the Vermont Veterans Medal. An eagle’s feather, the symbol of a Native American warrior, hung from his hat.

“Dec. 7 adds very much to the significance and impact,” he said of the Bridge of Peace ritual. “The feeling is hard to explain, but I felt that some of my ancestors had a feeling that this needed to be done.”

Later in the afternoon, veterans came together to hold a Military Veter-

ans Honor Circle. Some, like Nordhorn, wore traditional soldier’s attire, while others embraced more of a traditional warrior look, complete with fur capes and pants covered in bells and beads.

The men and women lit incense, cupping the wisps of smoke in their hands and pouring the smoke over their heads. They then sat together and shared stories of their tribal history, their achievements and their time on the battlefield.

Aside from the events honoring veterans, the powwow was filled with what master of ceremonies Josh Gibbs called the four sides of Native American culture: singing, dancing, crafts and compassion.

In the halls of the alumni center, vendors set up booths selling delicate dreamcatchers, turquoise jewelry and wooden flutes.

“It’s pretty cool how everyone comes out to this event and wants to share their culture, their artwork and their crafts with everyone,” McKay said.

Meanwhile, in the Orem Alumni Hall, young Native A merica n g i rls i n elabo-

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Two students examine dreamcatchers and other authentic Native American goods for sale at the ninth annual powwow in Riggs Alumni Center. sung-min kim/the diamondback rate regalia participated in a “blanket dance” — a ritual in which they paraded a wool quilt around the room so people could drop in donations.

Jay Winter Nightwolf, a spiritual leader who hosts “The American Indian’s Truths — The Most Dangerous Show on Radio,” said the money from the blanket dance will benefit tribes all over the country, from South Dakota to Arizona. In these tribes, many are so poor that a child once told Nightwolf she wanted a toothbrush as a present so she wouldn’t have to keep sharing one.

“The community is stepping up to help someone who

really needs help. It’s about love, honor, resp ect a nd genuine concern,” he said while sorting the pile of bills collected. “Indian people are not selfish; that’s just us — it’s been our culture since the beginning of time.”

Overall, Dottie Chicquelo, assistant director of OMSE, said the powwow was a success.

“The community is really embracing this event,” she said. “This year was the first time the mayor of College Park was here and the secretary of veteran affairs was here — we’re moving on up.”

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“By establishing a category of ‘provisional independence’ for financial aid applicants who have left home due to an abusive environment, are unable to locate their parents, have parents who are incarcerated, or who meet other conditions that prevent them from accessing parental financial information, this bill creates an easier pathway for these students to pursue the financial aid application process,” COE President Maureen Hoyler wrote in a letter to Cummings.

The current fate of the bill, as well as other potential higher education legislation still on the table at the federal level, is unknown, beholden to a Congress that has a hard time finding middle ground on several issues.

In a September interview with The Diamondback, David Imig, a university education professor, said addressing the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is something that could be pushed back to 2015, after the midterm election season, or as late as 2016. “ We d o n’t h a v e a Te d Kennedy anymore who’s passionate about this,” Imig said in September.

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their applications rejected, though they have the option to go through a difficult process called a “dependency override” to prove they deserve exemptions.

Students will still have to prove financial independence under Cummings’ law, but they will be able to access a less stringent “provisional independence” category in which their potential financial aid packages are calculated before they have to go through the dependency override process at their respective colleges.

The expectation is that this additional category would “allow students to better understand their financial choices and would increase college enrollment as students would have more clarity when evaluating which college to attend,” according to a November news release by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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SGA gives $105,000 extra to student groups Terp Thon, three other groups receive funding after six-hour appeals meeting

By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer The SGA brought its total a l locations th is yea r to a slightly less than $200,000 after awarding money to four student groups that appealed their funding rejections.

D u r i n g t h e s i x- h o u r meet i ng Wed nesd ay, t he Student Government Association rejected appeals from three student groups that had been collectively denied more than $21,000 in funding and later reversed its decisions in two of those cases. Ultimately, the finance committee allocated $105,348.57 to student organizations, bringing the total allocated to $196,265.55.

At the center of the debate was philanthropic student group Terp Thon’s request for $20,000 for its annual 12-hour dance marathon, held in March to raise money for Children’s National Medical Center in Washington. The SGA’s finance committee rejected Terp Thon’s application because of a typo that listed the event for 2013, not 2014, in addition to other in-

correct documentation.

Terp Thon and four other student groups appealed their rejections to the SGA, which has the ability to overrule the finance committee’s decisions.

At the meeting, the SGA granted a $700 appeal to Kol Sasson, a Jewish a cappella group, and $903 to United Against Infectious Diseases. Both had put an incorrect date on their applications.

SGA members then rejected $500 in funding to Circle K, a service organization chapter that made a similar mistake.

The SGA also rejected a $550 appeal from Maryland Sneaker Cartel, a group that promotes sneaker culture and entrepreneurship, because the group wanted to hold an event that is considered a major concert. The SGA does not fund events involving more than 1,000 people.

SGA members voted to reduce Terp Thon’s funding by $806.1 2 to ref lect the incorrect documentation.

Then, the committee denied the remain ing $19,193.88 i n a vote of 9-8 w ith one abstention.

Ter p T hon’s t reasu rer,

May Negash, left the room crying. After a brief recess, Amna Farooqi, behavioral and social sciences representative, introduced an amendment to fund Terp Thon’s event for 88 cents less than its original request, using an SGA rule that allows multiple amendments on the same subject if the numbers are different. The new amendment passed, 11-8-1, and an amendment to fund Circle K for $1 less passed, 12-1-7.

Legislators did not approve of the committee’s inconsistent decisions to fund some g roups a nd deny ot hers’ similar requests.

“We make exceptions for groups on a case-by-case basis because there are different kinds of mistakes,” Farooqi said. “I know we have the rules for a reason, and I’m not saying we should discard them. But we also have this system of appeals built in to make exceptions.”

Freshman representative Cole Holocker, among others, said it’s up to SGA representatives to be more consistent in appeals decisions.

“We’ve set the precedent

that we fund mistakes,” Holocker said. “Now we have the issue of deciding what errors are acceptable and what errors are not.”

For Holocker, the SGA’s reversed decisions reinforced his belief that granting exceptions leads to inconsistent and arbitrary decisionmaking. But Farooqi said the ability to grant exceptions keeps groups from facing costly errors for small typos.

A nd rew A g gabao, SGA finance vice president and head of the finance committee, said the meeting’s inconsistency was an impediment to the committee’s work to make the funding system more transparent and predictable.

“That doesn’t mean the legislature and finance committee have to make the same decisions. The finance committee has a different role than the legislature does,” Aggabao said. “I think there are opportunities for the legislature to make exceptions that are fair and equitable just as long as they are fair across the board.” jloguedbk@gmail.com

Eating disorder awareness increases, but issue remains prevalent among university students

By Madeleine List @madeleine_list Staff writer About 20 million women and 10 million men struggle with eating disorders at some point in their life in the U.S., according to the National Eating Disorders Association. And though awareness is on the rise, eating disorders are still widely misunderstood nationwide and on this campus.

One of the most common times to develop an eating disorder is in college, said Lauren Smolar, helpline manager at NEDA, though disorders can affect people of all ages. “ T he c ol le ge e nv i ronment can be really wonderful because there’s a lot of resources and people can build strong friendships,” she said.

“But it can be harder because many are away from home for the first time.”

Many students find taking ca re of themselves a nd making their own decisions about food extremely difficult, said Brenda Sigall, a psychologist at the university Counseling Center. And some aspects of the college environment, such as stress, peer pressure, body-bashing and drinking culture, can trigger eating disorders.

“If you’re feeling inadequate or trying to figure out who you are, it’s very difficult,” Sigall said. “Sometimes people will manifest [eating disorder] symptoms as a way to cope with problems.”

Many people don’t understand eating disorders are mental health issues, often associated with depression, anxiety and substance abuse, Sigall said. They can stem from a variety of factors such as body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem and traumatic life experiences, she said.

Sen ior d ietetics majors Shelby Santin and Alexandra Raymond hope to eliminate some of these misconceptions and empower young women th roug h thei r blog, F rom College Girl to College Girl.

“We’re both i nterested in eating disorders, but we both consider having a positive body image and a healthy relationship with food to be preventative of eating disorders,” Santin said. “You can have a great relationship with food and have great health, or a negative relationship, and it can control all aspects of

SENIOR DIETETICS MAJORS Shelby Santin (left) and Alexandra Raymond (right) co-created From College Girl to College Girl, a blog that discusses body image. In their “positive affir-mason-jar,” people can contribute empowering messages. james levin/the diamondback your health.”

The blog, which they began writing in May, is hosted by a larger blog called Empowered Eating, run by Rebecca Bitzer, founder of Rebecca Bitzer & Associates, a center for nutrition-related care with locations in Greenbelt, Annapolis and Columbia.

Santin and Raymond’s blog covers a variety of topics, including ideas for healthy meals, current media issues and tips for self-care.

One of Santin’s favorite posts outlined a two-sided inner monologue of a typical college woman going through her day. One side showed the woman’s negative thoughts about herself and her body, while the other showed the difference it made in her day when she changed those negative thoughts to positive ones, Santin said.

Though Santin and Raymond’s blog is geared toward college women, eating disorders affect men as well, and the pair hopes to one day include a From College Girl to College Boy segment, Raymond said.

Men can be just as affect-

ed by body image issues and social pressures as women but don’t seek help as often, Bitzer said. Of the patients she sees for eating disorder counseling, about 5 to 10 percent are men, she said.

More men have been seeking help at the Counseling Center in recent years, Sigall said, which could be because of increased prevalence of eating disorders in men or a reduction in the stigmas associated with seeking help.

But she said she suspects many men are still suffering in silence, as are people in minority populations, in which she said eating disorders are thought to be underreported.

Raising awareness about eating disorders and what can trigger them can help the media be more sensitive to people who are struggling, Bitzer said.

Di n i ng Serv ices den ies many requests each year from students who ask for calorie counts to be on display in the dining halls, said Allison Lilly, sustainability and wellness coordinator for Dining Services.

“A lot of students feel that

having more information is better so people can make more informed choices,” she said. “But it could create a negative environment for people battling eating disorders; we are very sensitive to not put out information that would be problematic.”

It isn’t always obvious who is suffering from an eating disorder and who isn’t, Santin said, so it’s important to be sensitive because one never knows how his or her words or actions could affect someone.

“If you feel negative about you rsel f a nd you m a ke a comment, it couldn’t just be affecting you; it could be affecting your friend or someone else in the room,” she said.

Most importantly, Sigall said, people shouldn’t hesitate to seek help or encourage someone to seek help if you suspect they are struggling with an eating disorder.

“It’s a myth that once you have an eating disorder you always have an eating disorder,” she sa id. “People recover.” mlistdbk@gmail.com

nelson mandela (right), former South African president, speaks at Cole Field House in November 2001, about two months after the Sept. 11 attacks. file photo/the diamondback

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Jessica Rice, class of 2004, said she remembers the outpouring of admiration from students the night Mandela spoke.

“It was a really exciting time for folks on campus. There was definitely this collective appreciation for how important and special it was that Nelson Mandela was coming to our university,” Rice said. “It was just an indisputable moment of, ‘This is really big; this is really special.’”

In his 2001 message alerting university officials about Mandela’s address, Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, expressed his great admiration for Mandela, along with the importance of his words at that vulnerable time in American history.

“No other living politica l leader com ma nds the respect throughout the world as Mandela,” Telhami said in the alert. “His voice carries moral authority in almost all quarters, and in this time of national and international crisis all will be listening.”

From imprisonment to presidency, Mandela’s capacity for forgiveness and humility earned him the respect and “moral authority” to command international attention.

Kevin Blackistone, a journalism professor and panelist for ESPN’s Around the Horn, covered Mandela’s tour of the U.S. in 1990 and saw the admiration Mandela garnered in each city he visited.

“To see the outpouring of people in this country for this man, who we knew who he was but you didn’t really know him, was absolutely unbelievable,” Blackistone said to Andy Pollin on ESPN SportsTalk 570. “Atlanta, Detroit, I want to say San Francisco, New York, D.C. — it was just an unbelievable outpouring of support for this guy.”

Blackistone also spent three weeks in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. While there, he said, he learned the distinction between soccer and rugby and the profound influence Mandela inspired by example.

“The interesting thing about rugby versus soccer is, rugby is the sport of the ruling class, soccer is really the sport of the masses,” Blackistone said to Pollin. “For Nelson Mandela to embrace rugby was a real olive branch from him to the ruling minority that had been so vicious, so unbelievably vicious, to people of color in that country.”

A t F r i d a y ’s m e m o r i a l service, sophomore biology major Naureen Islam said the sound of the drums encapsulated the hope and happiness Mandela brought to South Africa and the world.

“Usu a l ly i f you go to a f u n e ra l or som et h i n g i n memory of another person, it may be really sad, but this was more everyone coming together and being really happy and lively and remembering him in a good way and the good things he did,” Islam said.

Yoojin Park, a sophomore marketing major, learned of Mandela’s death on Twitter and decided she wanted to commemorate his death by attending the memorial service. “[The drum circle] brought so many different people together. You see different races here, different ages here, and just everyone is here together to commemorate this one man and all the great things he did for us,” Park said. “I thought it was just amazing.”

said. “It’s not easy to tap into humanity, but that’s what he did.”

T homas traveled to South Africa in 1994, when citizens of all backgrounds were allowed to participate in the country’s general elections for the first time.

There, Thomas said, he saw the impact of hope and excitement for freedom that Mandela inspired throughout the cou ntr y. T hus, Thomas believed the day after Mandela’s death “could not just be a normal Friday.”

Mandela spent 27 years in prison after leading a revolution to overthrow South Africa’s apartheid government. In 1994, he became the nation’s first black president. His power to forgive and broker peace with the very people who imprisoned him continues to inspire South Africa and the world.

“Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father. Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish ou r sense of a profound and enduring loss,” South African President Jacob Zuma said in his announcement of Mandela’s death. “What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves. And in him, we saw so much of ourselves.”

President Obama said in his remarks on Mandela that he is “one of the countless millions” inspired by Mandela’s life — participating in an anti-apartheid protest was one of Obama’s first interactions with political policy.

“Today he’s gone home, and we’ve lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth,” Obama said. “He no longer belongs to us; he belongs to the ages.”

About 12 years before his death, Mandela spoke to a crowd of 10,000 in Cole Field House with resonating words for peace about two months after the Sept.

11 attacks. He condemned the acts of terror and called peace to action.

“The terrible audacity of the events of 11 September, 2001, shook all of us out of preconceptions about peace and security in the world,” Mandela said in his speech. “In a world where, as we are now witnessing, the pursuit of peace and the conduct of war sometimes coincide, it is absolutely necessary that our international and multilateral bodies become more effective as agencies for conflict management, resolution and prevention and in the fight against terrorism.”

M a n d e l a’s m e s s a ge stuck with class of 2005 alumna Jacqueline Pearce Garrett 12 years after that night in Cole Field House.

“What I remember was that there was a lot of enthusiasm for him. He is such a famous figure, and actually it was a packed crowd at Cole Field House,” Garrett said. “It was really close after 9/11. It was interesting to hear someone talk about peace and war and how the two coexist or how sometimes one is needed for the other.” esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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he Code of Student Conduct has raised all kinds of debate since it expanded in May. Students continually voice concerns that the expanded jurisdiction simply will allow the school to regulate student drinking more closely, while the administration and student judiciary maintain their stance that they are more concerned about bigger issues in which students are being harmed — a position this editorial board finds admirable. There is then the discrepancy about which enforcing body handles each case: the police or the university. And the most recent issue taken up by the University Senate Executive Committee is the code’s evidentiary standards, which have been deemed still prudent and acceptable.

For most cases that run through the student judiciary, the standard to find a person guilty is by providing “clear and convincing” evidence. However, for sexual misconduct cases, the standard — as federally mandated in 2011 — is by a preponderance of evidence, meaning that it must be more likely than not that a suspect committed the acts.

One of the major reasons the code was expanded was to discipline those guilty of sexual assault, hazing and the like at a higher rate. Setting the standard for sexual assault at a preponderance of evidence, as opposed to the typical legal standard in state and federal criminal convictions of beyond a reasonable doubt, encourages victims to report the crime, as there is a better chance the evidence can prove the perpetrator guilty.

According to University Police, only two students reported a rape or attempted rape between 2006 and 2012 — but during that same time, the Office of Student Conduct received 29 reports. And only nine of those resulted in disciplinary action.

These numbers are far lower than the reality of the situation. One in four college women will be the victim of sexual assault during her college career, according to the Department of Justice.

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The Senate Executive Committee made the right decision not to change the standard to find a person guilty in the student judiciary.

Comprehending these facts is imperative. The executive committee is aware of the consequences of raising or lowering the standards for finding perpetrators of violent acts guilty.

In fact, if the standards were raised, there would be no point in giving the student judiciary the power to prosecute sexual violence crimes — it would level the evidentiary standard to the local and federal court systems, and hopefully those found guilty would face harsher punishments than this university can mandate.

And while people insist it’s important to give the perpetrator a fair chance, the student judiciary has the

ability to use the standard “more likely than not” so the victim can continue to feel safe on the campus.

Even if a victim cannot get justice through the legal system, with the expansion of the code, it’s possible he or she could at least receive the reassurance that his or her attacker faces even some consequences.

Additionally, in November 2012, the senate charged its Student Conduct Committee with thoroughly reviewing the code’s evidentiary standards. In research she presented to the conduct committee, Andrea Goodwin, director of the Office of Student Conduct, noted that every Big Ten school has a preponderance of evidence standard for sex-related cases, and four schools had split standards based on case type. This indicates that this university’s current policies would be on par with those of its peers when it joins the athletic conference in July.

This editorial board understands students’ concerns over being penalized for the supposedly typical college partying atmosphere, such as underage drinking. But in reality, administrators don’t care nearly as much about that as students do.

University officials are working to ensure justice can be upheld for victims of violent crimes, such as sexual assault and hazing — crimes that can have detrimental effects on students’ lives. It’s important to remember that when worrying about whether your party is going to get busted.

Reaching a cognitive flow for finals IAN LACY December, in my mind, is generally associated with the holiday season.

I love nothing more than looking at Christmas light displays, decorating my family’s Christmas tree and watching countless Christmasthemed movies. Unfortunately, most of us are stressed to the breaking point trying to finish projects, write papers and study for finals.

I too have fallen victim to this and recently had to write a psychology paper for KNES 440: Psychology of Athletic Performance. The theme of my paper was the presence of cognitive flow states and the correlation between cognitive flow and peak performance in athletes. While writing this paper, I began to think, “Can I apply the concept of flow to help myself study for my exams?” I began trying to put this idea to the test, and

I found that the practices of hypnosis and meditation and the presence of background music all assist people in inducing flow states that should increase their task performance.

Hypnosis may sound complicated and does require two people, but you can practice simple self-hypnosis alone. You can access all types of instructions online explaining how to perform self-hypnosis. Hypnosis uses mental imagery to enhance performance — specifically, recalling an event in which you were achieving peak performance. So before you study, attempt self-hypnosis by visualizing a time when you were studying at a very high level. Doing so should induce a state of flow and allow you to study at a high level.

For those who already practice meditation, it should come as no surprise that the activity is associated with higher levels of cognitive function.

Meditating before studying should induce a state of complete relaxation and allow the mind to function more

freely and seamlessly integrate more information. So find a guided mediation on YouTube before you study, and hopefully you can increase your studying efficiency.

The most easily accessible tool to induce flow while studying is the presence of background music. Some people might already have a way of doing this, but to those who have not tried playing music while studying, here is a way to introduce it into your studying sessions: Choose a song you enjoy and know very well and play it while you are studying. Playing that song should allow you to more easily enter a state of cognitive flow.

Hypnosis, meditation and playing background music may sound like offbeat ways to increase cognitive performance and might not work for all people. But if it could help you potentially get a higher grade in your course, why not give it a shot?

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

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Be wary of practice-based programs

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his university is a world-class educational institution, leading in arts research and innovation. Therefore, I am not surprised by the recent acquisition of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management to the university’s portfolio. The DeVos Institute and its creator, Michael Kaiser will no doubt be a valuable asset in furthering the university’s long-established role in art-making and research.

I have participated in DeVos workshops and reviewed course materials. Though it is a great resource for practice-based skill development, the DeVos Institute does not teach with the rigor of inquiry-based education, but rather with prescriptive models and formulas that do not support sustainable arts management in the long run.

Kaiser has built a wonderful nonprofit consultancy firm for arts organizations, but I question its place in academia at a premier research institution where theoretical inquiry is paramount.

Kaiser is spot-on in a September 2009 Huffington Post column that we have a lack of great arts managers in this country. Indeed, there is not enough attention paid to the training of those managers. However, I question Kaiser’s view that arts management “is a practical field … and must be taught through real-time, real world experiences.” This view accounts for

only half of what makes a great arts manager. The other half, and I would argue the more important one, is deeply engaged inquiry. Arts management as an academic discipline and formalized profession is a youthful field that has not yet begun to scratch the surface of the knowledge potential it holds.

Only by insightful theoretical inquiry applied through practice will we be able to find eloquent, effective and sustainable solutions to the many issues that plague the arts.

All too often, arts management professionals assume that trendy, oversimplified models are an all-in-one solution. However, the arts do not fit into neat categorical descriptions. Humanity is constantly and forever changing, in our relationship with ourselves, our environment, society, etc. Therefore the ways in which we define ourselves, our culture, are forever in flux. In forcing the arts into an Apollonian model we lose the very purpose for which they exist: to inspire, provoke inquiry, catalyze change and make sense and meaning of our lives. Business-minded managers often employ a reductive approach to arts management that limits the aesthetic experience between a work of art and its audience to a mere transaction. By reducing art to a product to be bought and sold, we change our relationship to it and deny its true purpose.

Perhaps the larger problem here is that we have allowed academia’s core purpose to slip down from true learning toward solely securing jobs. When education becomes so desperately focused on employment instead of provoking innovation and illumination, it resorts to mere vocational training.

I have great respect for Kaiser and for all he has done in the name of arts management, but I caution the university in adopting a purely practicebased program of arts management.

Instead, the aim should be a program that strongly focuses on challenging accepted norms of management and arts presentation while pushing students to ask the difficult questions that will truly change how we manage through inquiry-based research. Of course this should be bolstered by practice, but not led by it. The role of a university should be to both transmit and expand humanity’s collective knowledge. We would do well to remind ourselves that our responsibility is to teach students to become independent thinkers and thereby positively affect the world around them. By teaching through prescriptive methods we disempower them and limit possibility.

Curtis Stedge is a first-year master’s student in dance. He can be reached at cstedge@umd.edu.

NELSON MANDELA: A LEADER LOST

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Unifying president of South Africa dies at 95 Alive for nearly a century. Imprisoned for 27 years. Nelson Mandela, seen here second from right in Cole Field House in 2001, was a beacon of hope for those struggling toward equality worldwide. The Diamondback’s editorial board mourns the loss of Mandela, a hero who died Thursday.

One man’s misfortune is another’s laughter DAVE STROH

drug problems. That former athlete is going to jail for unspecified domestic charges. Everyone is quick to scrutinize and judge and say how sad a situation is, but in the end, they are being entertained by listening and talking about someone else’s pain.

No one ever asks what happens to these people after the initial scandalous story. People go through pain regardless of how much money they have or how famous they are. I’m sure some celebrity couples are together just for publicity, but I’m even more sure that many of them are together because they want to be.

Don’t think for a second that I’m some celebrity advocate who thinks Oscar winners have been deeply wronged by society. But I do think finding entertainment in the misfortunes of others deeply wrongs society. Those who have experienced great loss or pain in their lives seem to be much less likely to enjoy when others are hurting. They understand that all people are equal and never should have their problems turned into jokes or headlines.

Regardless of whether we are talking about a celebrity or the guy down the hall, people are people and should be treated with respect.

It seems most people who become obsessed with celebrity gossip and talking about which celebrity screwed up this week are the people who don’t want to face their own lives. They need to compare the misfortunes of others to their own to show they aren’t as bad as the celebrity. But the way I see it, if you need to compare whose flaws are the biggest, you should realize you’ve already lost.

This weekend, I was sitting in my living room in the University View reading and browsing online.

The sound of slamming doors is nothing new in my building, but it catches my attention nonetheless. On this particular night, a slammed door was followed by shouting and screaming. Upon further investigation (putting my ear to the door), I realized a couple was breaking up in the hallway. While I had no idea who these people are and was in no way invested in their relationship, I couldn’t help but continue listening. After almost 20 minutes of screaming, name-calling and questioning of sexual prowess, they parted ways and I went back to my work.

But it wasn’t until later, after telling my friends about the interaction and listening to their laughter-filled responses, that I started to feel bad for my part in the incident. I didn’t have anything to do with the breakup, but I was taking pleasure in the misfortune of my neighbors and finding entertainment in their pain and loss.

This realization got me thinking about how often society takes pleasure in the pain and misfortune of others. It happens in the media on an almost-daily basis.

Take a look at the tabloid racks in the grocery store, and you are likely to see the same sorts of headlines every week. This celebrity got divorced from that ce- Dave Stroh is a senior English major. He lebrity. This famous person has can be reached at dstrohdbk@gmail.com.

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REVIEW | WAY IN

finding their way around ‘Way In,’ an MFA thesis concert, demonstrates the ways habits can become intrinsic parts of the human experience

By Danielle Ohl @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback The theater was dark. The space included only a few spotlights and two sections of chairs arranged diagonally to face separate corners of the theater.

Tinfoil draped in red light covered all the entryways, and a crinkly static filled the air. Anxiety was palpable as audience members shuffled into the mysterious arena,displaying a sense of hyperawareness that this strange set intensified.

Suddenly, a dancer joined the mix, standing unassumingly in the triangular space behind the rows. One by one, audience members noticed her as she rocked back and forth on her heels, dressed in layers of blue, orange and maroon. Several other dancers joined her, filling the spaces behind and in front of the chairs so no one could see all the dancers at the same time. They all rocked on their feet, played with their hair or lips, rubbed their eyes and noses and swayed. The movement, though choreographed, seemed habitual.

“Way In,” a thesis dance choreographed and directed by master’s candidate in dance and graduate teaching assistant Jessie Laurita-Spanglet, opened Friday night and ran through Saturday in the Kogod Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Laurita-Spanglet explained her interest in movement habit, where habits come from and our lineage as movers. “‘Way’ is another word for ‘habit,’” LauritaSpanglet said. “I’m hoping that people will be ex-

periencing the performance not only in their heads, but on a more visceral level, perhaps think about their own habits and their own lineage.”

The dancers, split into two groups, performed for one set of audience members and then the other. One group described different habitual experiences such as walking into an old house instead of a new one, being recognized as American by stance and stride or noticing the influence of familial habits in personalized actions. The stories became the background for the second group, whose movements reflected the dancers’ personal evolution.

“It was just about our habits. It was like choosing pieces of a puzzle from our own life and putting them all together,” said Maryam Houshyar, a performer and first-year master’s student in theater and performance studies. “We had sessions where we wrote our own stories. We didn’t use those stories, but we were inspired by them. We told those stories in our movements.”

Laurita-Spanglet intended for her dance to be an immersive experience. The speakers walked through the audience, bringing their stories in physical contact with each viewer and further heightening the physical experience. The audience members were asked to turn around for a portion of the dance, in which Laurita-Spanglet performed an emotive solo, and were then told to sit on the floor.

“The space itself was a big inspiration,” she noted. At a certain point, the wall slid away to reveal a hallway in which the performance continued.

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in your own backyard Why the Backyard Sports franchise was meaningful to ’90s kids

By Leo Traub @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback Before I was exposed to Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed or Madden, Humongous Entertainment’s Backyard Sports franchise reigned supreme.

Growing up in a ’90s household that had no gaming console for the TV, my only escape to the video game dimension was to boot up the ol’ computer and load a CD-ROM. As such, my two siblings and I, ever craving the latest virtual distractions, stocked up on CD games for our house. Years of birthdays, Hanukkahs

and other occasions filled a couple of nylon binders with CDs, and I was soon familiar with a whole cast of characters from Humongous Entertainment games: Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam and Spy Fox, among others.

But the most widely known Humongous characters came from one of my favorite series: Backyard Sports.

I owned every game in the original series and can tell you from experience that they were all consistently fun. Though Backyard Baseball was my favorite, I played my seasons in Backyard Soccer, Backyard Football, Backyard Basketball and Backyard Hockey over and over again.

These games had wide appeal and could

“way in” examines the ways movements become ingrained habits. The performance, choreographed by master’s candidate in dance Jessie Laurita-Spanglet, was designed to be an immersive experience. Here, the cast stops to take a photo. photo courtesy of emilie davignon Dancers at the end of the hall mirrored dancers in the front, further emphasizing how the external can be internalized.

People start to think about what they did during their childhood because there’s a historical element to the piece, said dancer Patricia Mullaney-Loss, a graduate student in the public policy school.

“I think they kind of internalize it and think about their own history, what they do, patterns that they see in themselves and other people,” she said.

please any kid with a computer. Without overwhelming users with mature concepts such as strategy and statistics, the Backyard Sports games gave their audience, namely kids ages 5 to 10, the chance to feel the excitement of coaching a sports team. All of the athletes, including the few professionals sprinkled in, were youthful cartoon characters, and the team names were hilarious.

(Should I be the Mighty Hornets? Or the Crazy Wombats? What about the SuperDuper Melonheads?)

The recurring characters were legitimately funny, and each one had his or her own unique personality I could identify with.

These were no computer avatars made up of cold and uncaring pixels; these familiar characters had memorable names and personalities I still reference with my friends today. There was short, Spanish-speaking Pablo Sanchez, who was always the obvious first pick in a game. (The computer getting first pick and taking Pablo before me usually prompted me to quit in rage.) And Pete

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Wheeler was the simple ginger boy who was lightning fast despite being born with an oblong head that strangely had no effect on his aerodynamics.

Though I never really followed professional sports, the eventual addition of young professional players to the Backyard Sports franchise’s roster did excite me. The thought of playing as a young Derek Jeter, Brett Favre or Kevin Garnett drew me to my computer on a daily basis and taught me famous names to reference with my more sports-savvy friends.

I fondly recall my time spent with Pablo, Pete and the rest of the gang, playing the Backyard Sports games on my family’s computer. Resting in the halls of the millennial generation’s nostalgia with the likes of cartoons such as Doug and Hey Arnold! and bands such as Smash Mouth and blink-182, the Backyard Sports family will always hold a dear place in the hearts of ’90s kids. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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FORWARD JAKE PACE and the Terps are headed to Philadelphia for their second straight College Cup after beating California on Saturday. photo courtesy of carli baker/the daily californian

bears From PAGE 8 possession and created a number of turnovers in the first 15 minutes with relentless on-ball pressure.

Forward Schillo Tshuma had open looks at goal in the ninth and 15th minutes, but Golden Bears goalkeeper Alex Mangels handily caught both shots.

Momentum shifted in the 19th minute, though, when Cal created its best chance of the first half. The Terps backline broke down on a Golden Bears counterattack, leaving forward Luis Fuentes in a one-on-one situation against Terps goalkeeper Zack Steffen.

Fuentes’ finesse shot beat Steffen, but the ball hit both posts before defender Mikey Ambrose cleared it.

“We got a little lucky,” Cirovski said. “You have to catch a break in big moments at times, and we finally got one.”

The Golden Bears produced another three shots and two corner kicks over the next seven minutes before Cirovski went to his bench, replacing Sauers with midfielder Alex Shinsky in the 27th minute and midfielder Tsubasa Endoh with Sunny Jane in the 28th minute.

The substitutions paid off for the Terps. In the 33rd minute, Tshuma earned a free kick a couple of feet outside the left side of the 18-yard box. Ambrose moved up from his position at left back to take it, curling a cross to the far post that Shinsky — who has battled through a hamstring injury all season — headed into the back of the net for his first career goal.

panthers From PAGE 8 a tough wrestler.”

After No. 11 Christian Boley defeated Nick Bonaccorsi at 197 pounds, 3-2, it appeared No. 6 Spencer Myers wouldn’t have much trouble against the noticeably smaller P.J. Tasser, who has wrestled at 165 pounds in the past.

Tasser hung tight with Myers, though, as the two fought to a tiebreaker period.

As the clock ticked down, Myers finally took down Tasser to take the match, 4-3.

“I know we have a great team,” Shinsky said. “And I just try and contribute any way I can.”

The Golden Bears responded just less than five minutes into the second half, though. Forward Stefano Bonomo took a pointblank shot that Steffen saved, but the forward recollected the ball and fired home the rebound to tie the game at one.

About 10 minutes later, Bonomo almost gave the Golden Bears the lead when he received a long through ball behind the Terps backline. Bonomo carried the ball toward the goal before cutting around Steffen and shooting, but defender Suli Dainkeh was guarding the net and cleared the ball away.

The Golden Bears’ blown opportunities proved costly.

A n d w i t h l e ss t h a n f ive minutes remaining in regulation, Sauers netted his second game-winning goal of the postseason, ripping a shot from 25 yards off a pass from midfielder Mikias Eticha.

“It was a worthy winner,” Cirovski said. “He hit it beautifully.”

With the victory, Cirovski and the Terps take one step closer to earning their first national championship since 2008.

And along the way, the once-inexperienced team has proved on a number of occasions, including Saturday at California, that the manner in which a season starts is often irrelevant to how it finishes.

“Just like this team has done all year long,” Cirovski said, “it’s shown its resiliency, its toughness and its ability to make big plays down the stretch.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

I t wa s a n o t h e r d i sa p pointing performance from a Terps team that expected to be competing for an ACC Championship this season.

Instead, the Terps are a .500 team with a loss in their only ACC contest.

“The semester is over,” Sheptock said. “Now we’re going to look towards the next semester. We have almost a month till our next competition … If guys keep working in the right direction, there’s no telling where they could be at the end of the year.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

going our way right now — whether it’s balls going in and out, guys making tough shots against, whistles. That’s a lot of things not going our way, but we never quit.”

Turgeon, though, was disappointed with how his team played in the contest’s opening minutes.

Ram, a former walk-on, was inserted into the starting lineup so Wells could move from point guard over to the wing, which he calls his “natural position.” But in his first career start with the Terps, Ram had two fouls and one turnover in the game’s opening 90 seconds, so he was quickly sent to the bench.

The rest of the Terps didn’t fare too well in the first half, either. The team committed eight first-half turnovers and entered halftime down by 12.

It marked the second straight game the Terps started slowly — they entered halftime down by 17 in a 76-60 loss at Ohio State on Wednesday.

“I feel like we come out a little too tight at times,” Graham said. “I feel like we come out, we might be a little stiff. But once we loosen up and everything and play the way we know how to play and play hard, we’re fine.”

Turgeon credited Graham with keeping the Terps in the game early on with his energy and post defense. The Penn State transfer had five points and five rebounds in a seasonhigh 15 minutes Sunday.

The Terps, though, dug themselves into a hole as their offense struggled to find open looks. Turgeon said after the game that the Terps took several ill-advised shots during the first half as the team shot 30 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes.

Unlike the Terps, the Colonials didn’t have much trouble

GUARD NICK FAUST attempts a layup during the Terps’ loss to George Washington at Verizon Center yesterday. Faust scored seven points on 2-of-7 shooting and made a key play late that helped the Terps gain an important possession. christian jenkins/the diamondback moving the ball and finding quality looks at the rim early on. Creek hit three 3-pointers in the first half to help George Washington enter halftime with a 41-29 lead.

“I think when we get down by more and more points, our heads start to hang for some guys,” forward Jake Layman said. “It’s a learning experience for us.”

The Terps offense appeared a bit more in sync during the second half, though. Layman bounced back to add 10 points in the period, while Wells scored nine second-half points to finish with 16 for the game.

But with 6:09 to play, Wells bumped guard Joe McDonald while the Colonials sophomore was driving to the rim. It was Wells’ fifth foul, which disqualified him from the game with the team down 66-54, and it came just minutes after Turgeon’s technical.

That’s about when the

Terps’ furious rally began.

Ram hit a 3-pointer to get it started, and the Terps’ pressure defense forced the Colonials into several turnovers.

George Washington had 15 second-half turnovers after committing four giveaways in the first half, and many of those miscues came down the stretch when the Terps employed a full-court press.

“When we made the game chaotic, we were pretty good,” Turgeon said.

Guard Roddy Peters ran the offense well in the final minutes, while guard Nick Faust and forward Charles Mitchell came up with several important loose balls.

Peters hit a pair of free throws to tie the game with 20 seconds left, and the Terps nearly forced the Colonials into another costly miscue.

But George Washington got the ball up the court to call a timeout with eight seconds

left in which coach Mike Lonergan drew up Creek’s game-winning jumper.

A f te rwa rd , t h e Te r ps weren’t beat up about allowing Creek to drain his shot.

They thought the detrimental aspect of their loss was the early inefficiency and defensive struggles.

With ACC play opening Thursday at Boston College, the Terps said they want to find out how to play well early in games. They waited for their coach’s calls and a switch to a full-court press defense to get things going against the Colonials, and even a late 14-point comeback wasn’t enough to make up for lost time.

“I’ve got to get our guys playing better at the start of the game without pressing,” Turgeon said. “We can’t rely on that.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

BOWL From PAGE 8 first contest in Annapolis since 1965.

“The thing that we’re going to do is we are going to make sure our players have a good time,” Edsall said. “This is a reward for them and for what they’ve worked for … last winter, the spring, the summer and this season to get to this point. We’re going to work, but we’re also going to take advantage of the sights that they have here in this area that some of our kids have never had the opportunity to visit or be a part of. It’ll be a great experience for them.”

Marshall finished the season 9-4 and lost to Rice, 41-24, in the Conference USA championship game Saturday. The Thundering Herd offense ranked seventh nationally with 43.0 points per game and led Conference USA

QUARTERBACK C.J. BROWN and the Terps will make the first bowl appearance of coach Randy Edsall’s tenure when they take on Conference USA’s Marshall in the Military Bowl in Annapolis on Dec. 27. The 2010 Military Bowl was their last bowl appearance. file photo/the diamondback with 502.3 yards per game.

Quarterback Rakeem Cato has thrown for 36 touchdowns this season, tied for third nationally.

The Terps finished the year 7-5 in Edsall’s first winning season in College Park. They started 4-0, lost four of their

next five and finished by winning two of their final three games, including a 41-21 victory over N.C. State on Nov. 30.

The Terps and Thundering Herd had two common opponents this season: Florida International and Virginia Tech. Both teams beat FIU

handily, while Marshall fell to the Hokies in triple overtime, 29-21. The two teams have never met.

The Military Bowl is scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff and will be televised on ESPN. dgallendbk@gmail.com

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013

Terps return to Military Bowl, will face Marshall In first bowl appearance since 2010, Terps travel to Annapolis to face Thundering Herd

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer After some initial uncertainty and wide-ranging projections as to where it could end up, the Terrapins football team has a postseason home.

The Terps will take on Marshall in

the Military Bowl on Dec. 27 in Annapolis, bowl officials announced last night.

“We get a chance to play in the state’s capital,” coach Randy Edsall said. “This is something we’ve been trying to do since last spring, for our team and our community. Now we are able to get people from this area

MEN’S BASKETBALL COLONIALS 77, TERPS 75

to come out and support us.”

Because of the number of bowl-eligible teams in the ACC — an NCAArecord 11 — there was speculation about where the Terps would play.

While the Military Bowl was seen as the most logical destination, projections also had the Terps headed to the AdvoCare V100 Bowl in Shreveport, La.; the Heart of Dallas Bowl in Dallas; and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit.

But various reports came out yes-

terday that other teams would occupy those slots.

So the Terps will play close to home at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. The Terps played in the Military Bowl at RFK Stadium three years ago and defeated East Carolina, 51-20, in Ralph Friedgen’s final game as coach.

“Being close to home allows us to play in front of our recruiting base — we’ll be close to home, so for us, it’s great,” Edsall said. “Our

players, parents and their families will be able to be out in full force to watch us play. We just want everyone to come out and support our kids and for us to continue to show the Maryland pride.”

This will be the Terps’ 25th bowl appearance, and they’re 11-11-2 alltime in the postseason. They’ve won five of their past six bowl games.

Edsall also said it’s the program’s See BOWL, Page 7

MEN’S SOCCER | No. 5 TERPS 2, No. 4 GOLDEN BEARS 1

FORWARD JAKE LAYMAN battles George Washington guard Joe McDonald for a loose ball yesterday. Layman scored 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting in the last-second loss to the Colonials. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Creek’s shot thwarts comeback attempt Terps erase 14-point deficit before falling in final second of BB&T Classic matchup

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

WASHINGTON — Mark Turgeon tried tinkering with his lineup by starting Varun Ram at point guard for the Terrapins men’s basketball team. The third-year coach also tried giving role players such as Jonathan Graham more significant playing time. And he was even called for a technical foul while stomping around on the sidelines.

Still, it took nearly 35 minutes of game action for Turgeon to ignite the Terps in yesterday’s matchup with George Washington at Verizon Center. The Terps were sloppy early in the contest, but they erased a 14-

point deficit in the game’s final 5:17 playing without their leader after guard Dez Wells fouled out.

But with the score tied, Colonials guard Maurice Creek hit a mid-range pull-up jumper with 0.6 seconds remaining to give George Washington a 77-75 victory in the BB&T Classic and hand the Terps their second straight loss.

The Terps’ furious comeback nearly made up for a paltry performance in the first half, but in the end, it was the Colonials storming onto the court in celebration.

“I’m proud of my team,” Turgeon said. “We don’t have a lot of things See colonials, Page 7

MIDFIELDER MIKIAS ETICHA assisted on midfielder Michael Sauers’ game-winning goal in the Terps’ 2-1 win over California. photo courtesy of goldenbearsports.com

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Sauers’ 86th-minute goal powers Terps to second straight College Cup appearance

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer Sasho Cirovski uses a quote from Confucius to help the Terrapins men’s soccer team through tough times during the season: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

And Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif., the Terps discovered the full extent of their coach’s proverb.

Midfielder Michael Sauers slotted his fifth goal of the season in the 86th minute against No. 4-seed California in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals to propel the No. 5-seed Terps to a 2-1 victory, avenging

their Sept. 1 regular-season loss to the Golden Bears.

The Terps advance to the College Cup for the second straight season and will take on No. 8-seed Virginia in a rematch of this year’s ACC championship game.

“It showed how much we’ve grown,” Cirovski said.

“It was a matter of pride and principle. We don’t lose to too many teams twice, and we felt good that we had a chance to show that we’re a better team than they saw in September.”

The Terps struggled through some nerves to begin the contest, appearing indecisive and timid in their passing. However, they limited the Golden Bears’ See bears, Page 7

WRESTLING

Pitt captures ACC opener, 21-12 No. 3 Sheptock beats No. 6 Thomusseit as lower weights struggle

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer By the time 174-pound Tony Gardner stepped onto the mat to take on No. 8 Tyler Wilps in Friday’s ACC opener, the Terrapins wrestling team had recorded just one takedown against Pittsburgh through six matches.

The Terps were trailing, 16-3, and Gardner would need to capture a victory to keep the Terps alive. He would have to go through Wilps, however, a 2013 NCAA Championship qualifier.

Wilps outwrestled Gardner, who suffered two near falls and four takedowns. The match ended in a technical fall in the third period as Gardner fell to Wilps, 18-2.

It was that kind of night for the Terps. They regularly appeared overmatched and fell to the Panthers, 21-12, at Comcast Pavilion.

“It sucks,” coach Kerry McCoy said.

“We got beat again by a team that

wasn’t that much better than us. You could say we had some guys, couple of questionable calls by the official, but bottom line is we didn’t win.”

The Terps (4-4, 0-1 ACC) once again received little production from their lower and middleweight classes.

Shyheim Brown, No. 17 at 141 pounds, who upset then-No. 4 Mike Nevinger of Cornell on Dec. 1, was defeated by Edgar Bright, 5-3.

In addition, 133-pound Tyler Goodwin hurt his knee Dec. 1 at the Grapple at the Garden and didn’t compete. Neither did his brother, 149-pound Frank Goodwin, who recently suffered a concussion.

The injuries further compounded the team’s inefficiencies at the lower classes. At 157 pounds, Danny Orem was the lone Terp wrestling at less than 174 pounds to notch a takedown.

Anthony Volpe, wrestling in his first match as a Terp at 165 pounds, allowed four takedowns in the final 1:30 of the third period.

“I think he just had like a brain fart and stopped wrestling for a little

bit,” McCoy said. “In those quick situations, it starts getting rolling, rolling, rolling; it’s like, ‘What’s happening here?’”

By the time No. 3 184-pound Jimmy Sheptock locked up with No. 6 Max Thomusseit, the match was largely out of reach for the Terps.

They trailed 21-3, and would need pin victories in each of the three final matches to tie Pittsburgh.

Sheptock didn’t pin Thomusseit, but he did provide a bit of excitement for the Terps. The co m p e t i to rs a p p ea re d eve n ly matched through the majority of the contest, but in the third period, Sheptock lifted Thomusseit over his head and ferociously slammed him down to the mat.

“It’s always good to have a guy that’s that caliber because you know you’re going to see him in March,” Sheptock said. “You get the wins against them during the year … I’m going to see that guy in ACCs. He’s See Panthers, Page 7

184-pound jimmy sheptock defeated Pitt’s Max Thomusseit on Friday, but it wasn’t enough for the Terps to avoid a 21-12 loss to the Panthers in the ACC opener at Comcast Pavilion. christian jenkins/the diamondback