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Our 102ND Year, No. 94THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERWednesday, February 22, 2012
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Facilities Management officials plan torestore areas of McKeldin Mall that havedeteriorated over the years. ALEXIS JENKINS/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
TEDDY AMENABARStaff writer
To fulfill Facilities Management offi-cials’ overarching goal of making everypiece of land between buildings useful,the department proposed a slew of reno-vations to make McKeldin Mall a moreaesthetically pleasing and practical hang-out spot for students.
Walking around McKeldin Mall, thereare cracks on the steps and spots wherelandscape has deteriorated that need to berestored, according to Facilities Planning
McKeldinMall may berenovatedLand has not beenrenovated since 1990
BY JIM BACHStaff writer
U.S. non-financial corporations are cur-rently sitting on more than half a trilliondollars in savings — money that could bereinvested into the U.S. economy to spurgrowth and create jobs, according to astudy released from this university.
The university’s Inforum research cen-ter — which conducts studies on busi-ness, economics and policy analysis —released its findings from a month-longstudy last week, which concludes that ifU.S. corporations dipped into their sav-ings, they could invest more than $508 bil-lion into factories, facilities, computersand other capital investments to jumpstart
Univ. studyhighlightsnew areas ofjob growthResearchers examinecorporations’ savings
BY ALLISON GRAYStaff writer
In coming weeks, Dining Services will beexpanding the Commons Shop’s menu of self-serve foods — which replaced the shop’s delicase this semester — to include Belgian wafflesand milkshakes.
Because business behind the case was slowing
down in recent years, Dining Services SeniorAssociate Director Joe Mullineaux said the Com-mons Shop made the switch to offer make-your-own panini sandwiches and grab-and-go hot dogs,pizza, wings and potato wedges. As early as Fri-day, students will be able to make waffles as well,he said, and milkshakes will be available as soonas the necessary equipment arrives.
The shop also expanded its hours. While doors
used to close from 7 p.m. on Saturdays to 5 p.m. onSundays, Commons Shop is now open from 7:45 a.m.to 12:30 a.m. every day — to reach more customerswho do not live on the campus, Mullineaux said.
“The convenience store gets a lot of faculty andstaff and commuter students who are walking byin the mornings, and we do a tremendous amount
Architecture firm gives updateon City Hall renovation plansCity Council needs to vote before construction begins
BY CHAD SINCLAIRStaff writer
An architecture firm unveiled additional planslast night for a $5 million renovation of the CollegePark City Hall aimed at better utilizing the build-ing’s space and constructing a three-story addi-tion to the structure situated across from LedoPizza along Knox Road.
Since 2004, changes to City Hall have been inthe works, and Proffitt & Assoc. architect KevinKneer presented the College Park City Councilwith an update yesterday about the plans to cen-
tralize the municipality’s departments, add moreoffice space and increase the building’s sustain-ability. Although last night simply served as anupdate, the city council and county planning boardwill need to vote on the plans in order for construc-tion to begin next year.
“This is an ambitious project,” Kneer said. “It’snot just a couple million dollar plan.”
The 9,000-square-foot renovation plan wouldeliminate the front portion of the building byremoving the current front door, the main stair-well and bathrooms. The city council chamberswould stay virtually the same under the renova-
tion design.The three-story addition would include a 750-
square-foot conference room that would hold up
The College Park City Council last nightreviewed City Hall renovation plans, whichwould create new offices and more greenspace downtown. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
Commons Shop expands self-serve food optionsReplaced deli case now features paninis, hot dogs; waffles and milkshakes on the way
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SNL’s Seth Meyers toheadline SEE’s comedyspring show in March
BY BEENA RAGHAVENDRANStaff writer
Comedian Seth Meyers, head writer andcast member on Saturday Night Live, willheadline Student Entertainment Events’Spring Comedy Show on March 14, accord-ing to SEE representatives.
Meyers, in his 10th season with SNL, iscurrently the show’s longest-running castmember. He has been the show’s headwriter and the anchor of “WeekendUpdate,” SNL’s popular satirical news seg-ment, for five seasons.
“I love doing college shows, just becausestudents are really energetic and they’reready for a good time,” Meyers said. “Lifehasn’t beaten them down yet; they’re notjaded, broken people.”
Meyers’ stand-up show will start at 8 p.m.in Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom;doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets, which are lim-ited to two per person, are $10 for students,
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Seth Meyers (right) is currently SaturdayNight Live’s longest-running cast member.PHOTO COURTESY OF MEVIOMEN.COM
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a slowly growing, post-reces-sion economy. The researchfound that the country couldadd 2.4 million jobs by 2014and decrease unemploymentnumbers by 1.5 percent if thebillions of dollars are rein-vested.
As the country grappleswith slow economic growthand mounting concerns overthe European debt crisisaffecting world economicmarkets, Jeffrey Werling, theexecutive director of Info-rum, said companies havebeen reluctant to invest in theeconomy and instead haveheld onto savings.
“People in the last coupleyears have talked about cor-porate money sitting on thesidelines,” said Werling.“Firms were worried abouthaving enough money onhand to pay their bills.”
To encourage these corpo-rations to reinvest in the U.S.economy, the study also pro-poses giving tax amnesty tocorporations that bring profitsfrom foreign bank accountsback into domestic “infra-structure banks” — a processknown as repatriation.
The study says these bankswould then fund public proj-ects to help boost nationalgrowth, specifically with pub-lic infrastructure projects.
The idea, however, is similarto others considered before, andit is still met with skepticism.
In 2005, the United Statesimplemented a tax holiday forcorporations to bring theiroffshore profits back into thecountry, on the conditionthey used that money to cre-ate jobs.
However, Steve Wamhoff,legislative director for Citi-zens for Tax Justice, a non-profit tax research organiza-tion, said companies insteadused the money to pay share-holders, which did not spurjob growth as expected.
“It’s a terrible idea; it’s notgood for the economy andit’s terrible for the U.S.budget,” he said. “It sort ofprovides the biggest rewardsto those corporations thatabuse the system.”
Wamhoff added the studyindicates companies alreadyhave enough money on-handto invest in infrastructure
banks and other job creatingengines, and they would notneed a tax holiday to bringprofits back to U.S. shores.
“In the report they justadmitted corporations haveall that money in the U.S.,”he said, “so why do we haveto have this tax break forthem to bring their foreignprofits to the United States?”
However, according toKenneth Kies of the FederalPolicy Group, a tax consult-ing firm located in Washing-ton, a tax holiday on repatri-ated profits could bring hun-dreds of billions of dollarsback into the U.S. economy— regardless of whether it’sspent on shareholders.
“About $700 billion wouldcome back to the U.S. in arelatively short timeframe,”he said. “The potential bene-fits to the economy are veryreal ... I’d be perfectly happyif $700 billion came here toshareholders.”
Despite the debate sur-rounding the research, Wer-ling said the study’s findingscome at a significant timewhen the U.S. unemploymentrate sits at 8.3 percent. By tap-ping into these reserves, thatnumber could be reduced.
“Not surprisingly, aggre-gate demand in the U.S. econ-omy is not as high as it couldbe and a lot of people are outof work,” Werling said.“Hopefully, we’ll see [thesereserves] being unleashed inthe next year.”
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of business,” he said. “Wewant to be able to give themmore options.”
Mullineaux said sales havebeen up since adding the self-serve section and if the Belgianwaffle maker does well, he willlikely expand the option to theNorth Campus 24 Shop.
Mullineaux said he decidedto expand the concept of hotfoods and self service after henoticed that sales were growingand similar offerings were a bigsell in local convenience stores.
The Commons Shop will alsobe adding more variety to its spe-
cialty toppings for the hot dogsand nachos, including dicedonions, sweet relish and jalapeñopeppers.
Mullineaux said becausepre-sliced deli meats and spe-cialty cheeses sold well lastyear, the shop has has keptstocking them.
Some Commons Shop em-ployees said they have alreadyfound the new foods to be a con-venient option.
“Since I work here, it’s easyto make for my lunch break,”said Raquel Amaya, whoworks in the store. “You justput it on the grill, and it’s donein three minutes.”
But some students, such asjunior supply chain manage-
ment major Alex Feng, said theywere disappointed the self-service station was replacingthe deli case.
“I like that they have a bettercheese section, but I’m kind ofbummed the panini guy isn’there anymore,” Feng said as hepurchased an order of wings.
However, Mullineaux saidbringing in foods that he said arenot found on many college cam-puses will appeal to students.
“We have actually not founda single place that does roll-your-own paninis,” he said.“This might be the first placebecause we haven’t found anyother location.”
CORRECTION
Due to a reporting error,Monday’s article“Same-sex marriagepasses in state House,”incorrectly stated howmany states havepassed similarlegislation. Seven stateshave legalized same-sexmarriage.
$20 for the general public andgo on sale at noon Friday inStamp’s Hoff Ticket Office.
Meyers, who said his setwill feature both jokes rippedfrom the headlines and per-sonal stories, will be one ofthe most established comedi-ans to ever perform at thecampus’ spring show, accord-ing to SEE comedy directorEric Feldman. Previousspring performers includedGabriel Iglesias and Zach Gal-
ifianakis — “before he gotbig,” Feldman said.
“He’s a steal for the springbecause he’s big enough toplay homecoming,” he said.
Unlike the homecomingcomedy show, which featuredAziz Ansari and took place inOctober in Cole Field House,Feldman said SEE is holdingits spring show in the 800-seatGrand Ballroom because ofhigh rental costs in venuessuch as Cole and Ritchie Coli-seum. SEE’s goal is to havemultiple shows throughoutthe year, not just two big com-edy shows, he said.
Should the Grand Ballroom
sell out, SEE has an“expanded viewing option”for Meyers’ performance,said Lance Billington, SEE’spublic relations director. Stu-dents who don’t get a ticketwill be able to go to the 550-capacity Hoff Theater for alive video feed of Meyers’show, free of charge.
Feldman said that out of alist of five comedians in a SEEstudent survey last year, SethMeyers ranked nearly as highas Ansari, who is knownlargely for his role on NBC’sParks and Recreation.
Ansari’s fall appearancewas the “largest homecoming
show ever,” Billington said.He added that he thinks host-ing Meyers this spring iskeeping up SEE’s track
record of bringing big-namecomedians to campus, and hesaid the entire booking
process “fell into place” with-out any glitches.
Many students are excitedto see a familiar face at theshow next month. ColleenWilson, a sophomore journal-ism major, said because Mey-ers has been on SNL for solong, he’s well-known to col-lege audiences.
“Seth Meyers is someonewe’ve all grown up with,” Wil-son said. “I’ve seen him for atleast the last five years.”
Christina Neidlinger, asophomore individual studiesmajor, said she is impressedwith SEE’s willingness tobring celebrities that stu-
dents want to see.“They’re paying attention
and working hard to get themto come,” Neidlinger said.“They’re getting people whowe want to hear.”
Meyers said that for him, com-edy has always come naturally.
“I sort of grew up lovingcomedy; my parents intro-duced me to it at a young age,”Meyers said. “It’s great tolaugh, and to be able to laugh issomething that I never take forgranted. I can’t believe it’s athing I get to do for a living,because it’s never boring.”
Comedian Seth Meyers, left, a head writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live, will be the headlining act of Student Entertainment Events’ Spring Comedy Show on March 14, SEEannounced yesterday. Beginning Friday at noon, students can buy tickets for $10 and the general public can buy tickets for $20. PHOTO COURTESY OF HOTOFFPRESS.WORDPRESS.COM
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“People in thelast coupleyears havetalked aboutcorporatemoney sittingon thesidelines. Firmswere worriedabout havingenough moneyon hand to paytheir bills.”
JEFFREY WERLINGINFORUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
“Seth Meyers issomeone we’veall grown upwith.”
COLLEEN WILSONSOPHOMORE JOURNALISM MAJOR
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 | NEWS | THE DIAMONDBACK 3
BY JAKE FEWSTERFor The Diamondback
Hoping to invigorate astronger push for drug legal-ization, members of this uni-versity’s Students for SensibleDrug Policy met Mondaynight to make sense of whatthey consider an ever-failinginternational war on drugs.
Fifteen students gathered inthe Margaret Brent Room atStamp Student Union for the“Understanding the DrugWar” event, where SSDP VicePresident Mikayla Hellwichdiscussed the adverse effectsof the war on drugs onnational and internationalcommunities. Hellwichemphasized the importance ofpersonalizing the issue whendiscussing it with opponentsof drug legalization.
“We know the reasons whydrugs should be legal,” Hell-wich said. “But sometimes it’shard to explain it to someonewho is wholeheartedly againstthe idea.”
According to Hellwich, thecurrent demand for marijuanaand ecstasy is up by 37 per-cent while demand for drugs
such as Ritalin and Adderall isup by 60 percent. The demandfor cocaine and heroin areboth down, she added.
Hellwich noted that Mexicois the largest foreign supplier ofmarijuana and the secondlargest source of heroin for theUnited States. Afghanistan sup-plies 92 percent of the world’sopium supply, which is used tomake heroin.
“We could suggest that amajor reason [the U.S.] is inAfghanistan is because of thedrug war crusade,” she said.“Most terrorists are in amountainous region of Pak-istan called Waziristan, not inAfghanistan.”
Hellwich also argued thatgang violence, both in theUnited States and abroad, isdirectly tied to the drug war,noting violence stemmingfrom drug trafficking hasresulted in 48,000 deaths inMexico alone over the pastfive years. She said drug legal-ization could take away bil-lions of dollars from gangsinvolved in the drug trade andeliminate government spend-ing on imprisoning nonviolentdrug offenders.
While the statistics came asno surprise to some mem-bers, several noted howimportant it was to sharethese facts with those unin-formed on the issue.
“I always hear a few new sta-tistics, but this is really morefor people who don’t knowabout it,” SSDP TreasurerNicholas Rosenberg said.
Moreover, Hellwich made acase for legalizing prostitu-
tion, as gangs often alsoengage in sex trafficking. Ifprostitution were legalized,she argued, sexual slaverywould diminish.
“By providing safe sex anddrug markets, we can practi-cally eliminate gang violence,reduce the spread of STDs,provide better quality drugs todrug users — therefore reduc-ing overdose risks — providebetter treatment programs to
drug abusers and boost theeconomy by providing jobs andimproving disenfranchisedcommunities torn apart byblack markets,” she said.
Members also debatedissues ranging from what agerestrictions there should be ifdrugs were legalized and gov-ernment intervention on busi-nesses that sell drugs.
Nyssa Bryant, a universityalumnus and former vice
president of SSDP who stillattends meetings occasion-ally, said members onlygained more knowledge andinsight regarding the druglegalization issue throughthis discussion.
“There was a lot of diversityof opinion, I think, which isreally useful in educatingeveryone,” Bryant said.
SSDP emphasizeshumanizing the waron drugs at meetingEvent informs members on waysto fight opponents of legalization
BY LAURA BLASEYStaff writer
As the Graduate StudentLegal Aid Office director,Carla Rappaport cannot quitemeet with this university’snearly 10,500 graduate stu-dents individually. So shestarted a weekly lecture toprovide them with the tools tohandle various legal issues.
Two years ago, she beganorganizing the Tuesday“Lunch With a Lawyer” event,bringing in local experts onlegal topics — such as immi-
gration, identity theft andtaxes — which are not cov-ered by the Legal Aid Officeon its own. Nearly 40 percentof this university’s graduatestudents are also internationalstudents, and Rappaport saidit is important to give them anopportunity to familiarizethemselves with U.S. laws.
“A little bit of legal knowl-edge goes a long way,” Rappa-port said. “We encourage stu-dents to know their rightsbecause it’s very significant tobe legally educated.”
According to Mark Hsen, a
graduate student andemployee at the Graduate Stu-dent Legal Aid Office, amajority of the studentsattending the luncheons areinternational students.
“This gives them a bettersense of their rights,” Hsensaid. “It makes them morecomfortable talking to anattorney, and they knowwhere to get the help.”
About 20 graduate students,all of whom were internationalstudents, attended yesterday’sevent hosted by local immi-gration lawyers Todd Pilcher
and Christine Sarapu, whostressed the importance ofmaintaining student visas anddiscussed options for studentswho wished to stay in the U.S.after graduation.
“The vast majority of inter-national students don’t get introuble, but it happens,”Pilcher said to the audience.“And you have to be a greatdeal more mature than yourAmerican friends.”
Students were encouragedto bring their own questionsdealing with immigration,which ranged from how par-
ticipating in an Occupy WallStreet demonstration wouldaffect citizenship status towhen to renew a student visa.If an international studentwithout U.S. citizenship isconvicted of a misdemeanor,he or she can be deported tohis or her home country.
“A workshop like this facili-tates discussion and causesstudents to think about issuesthey may not have thoughtabout before and have themeans to confront them,”Sarapu said. “I wish I had hadthis while I was in school.”
Since many graduate stu-dents maintain busy classschedules on top of assistantteaching undergraduateclasses, Rappaport said it wasimportant to provide an edu-cational event they couldbuild into their lunch hour.
“The idea was that we couldreach to people with similarquestions and have theseworkshops as an outreachprogram for those whoweren’t coming in on theirown,” Rappaport said.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy Vice President Mikayla Hellwich talks to members about drug legalization and thewar on drugs at a meeting Monday in Stamp Student Union. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
Architect Kevin Kneer updated the College Park City Council last night on a $5 million plan to renovate City Hall,which is located along Knox Road across from Ledo Pizza, next year. CHELSEA DIRECTOR/THE DIAMONDBACK
Legal advice given to graduate students during sessionsWeekly Tuesday luncheons increase graduate students’ access to lawyers, issues in U.S. law, officials say
Director Brenda Testa. The spot— which Testa called one of “themost iconic spaces” on the cam-pus — has not undergone amajor renovation since 1990, andTesta said plans include makingthe stairs in front of McKeldin Li-brary more accommodating forstudents to hold events, increas-ing bike parking near the libraryand repatching some spotswhere land has been rundown.
Since the Board of Regents— the University System ofMaryland’s 17-member gov-erning body — passed theMaster Plan earlier this month,Facilities Management offi-cials are honing in on specificspots to renovate, according toFacilities Management Direc-tor Carlo Colella. F a c i l i -ties Management officials willpresent this project — whichdoes not yet have an estimatedcost — to the Facilities Adviso-ry Committee for input March1, and officials will seek finan-cial support for the projectlater that month, he said.
“We are developing a scope ofwork that will update and en-hance portions of the sitearound McKeldin,” Colella said.
The project’s first phase —which would take about six tonine months to complete —would focus on repairing themain staircase in front of themain entrance to McKeldin Li-brary to make it easier for eventsto take place and freshen up thearea near the library. Becausethe plans are in a preliminarystage, officials did not have spe-cific details on how exactly theyare going to fix the issues theyhave pinpointed.
“It’s an area that when wehave had large campus gather-ings that are outside. At times,the capability of putting stagingthere is limited,” Testa said.
Officials said they would alsolike to add more parking spacesfor bikes around McKeldin Li-brary in phase one of the land-scape redesign.
“The bike parking that wehave is inadequate,” Testa said.“One of the concepts that we’ve
talked about is expanding theamount of bicycle parking po-tentially on the north and southside [of McKeldin Library].”
Several students said the ideaof allowing more bikers to parkon the mall is important to them.
“I’m interested in the fact thatthey would build more places forbikes to go and to obviouslymake this campus more bikerfriendly,” said senior musicmajor Anita Strassberger, whofrequently rides a bike aroundthe campus.
After plans for the first phasehave been completed, officialswill determine what goes intothe second phase. Colella saidthe department will most likelyfocus on fixing the sidewalksnear McKeldin Library that goto Jimenez Hall and Chin-coteague Hall.
Additionally, officials hope toaccompany the restoration proj-ect with some environmentallyfriendly initiatives, such asadding devices to help capturerain water to go into the mall’s ir-rigation system, Testa said.
“With all of our landscapeareas, we are looking to developthose ways that are sustainable,”Colella said.
Some students said theywould like to see areas aroundthe mall revamped.
“I think [McKeldin Library]is one of the most importantbuildings on our campus,” juniorgeography and history NealFreyman said, adding “any im-proved landscape is just finewith me.”
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to 105 people; include a fullbathroom, shower and lockerroom facilities; and have agreen roof that absorbs rainwater and lowers the exteriorbuilding temperature.
Another design featurewould include LEED SilverCertification for the building.Under LEED certificationrequirements, a minimum 50points must be achieved fromvarious categories that weighthe environmental impact offacilities.
“We as a city should set the[energy efficiency] model forwhat we see in the area,” Dis-trict 1 Councilman PatrickWojahn said. “Silver is thebasic, but try to shoot for
[LEED] Gold, if possible.”Additional features which
Frederick-based Protfitt &Assoc. said the firm willexplore include solar roof pan-eling, maximizing parkingspaces and adding additionalgreen space to the property.
Details of the exteriorfaçade were not drawn up inthe proposed plan — an issueseveral members said con-cerned them.
“In terms of exterior design,we want to stay sensitive to thehistoric Old Town CollegePark district,” District 3 Coun-cilwoman Stephanie Stullichsaid. “There is a question ofwhat that means, but we wantyou to stay aware of it.”
Furthermore, Wojahn said,updating the exterior designfrom the current aesthetic lookis vital to approval of a success-
ful plan.“I’m hoping to get away from
the brutalism architecturefrom the 1960s that a lot of themunicipal buildings were builtin,” Wojahn said. “We need togive it a little character andmake it not look so imposing.”
Tuesday’s detailed projectis an expansion of plans laidout by city officials in May2011 that highlighted theneed for more efficient utiliza-tion of city hall. Differencesbetween the two plans includea more detailed site plan forrenovation and construction,interior office floor plan lay-outs, a LEED certification ini-tiative and itemized budget-ary expenditures.
In 2004, the state granted$175,000 for City Hall renova-tion, and in 2006, it was grantedan additional $400,000 with the
stipulation that the funds beallocated no later than June2013. The city council green-lighted the project in May 2011when it awarded Protfitt &Assoc. the architectural andengineering contracts.
The architecture firm esti-mated that construction wouldtake between 12-14 monthsand has targeted the summer2014 for completion.
College Park City ManagerJoe Nagro said he hopes theaddition can be built, all cityofficials can move in and thenconstruction on the building’srestoration can begin.
“If not it will be a real logisti-cal nightmare,” Nagro said.“We’re also going to have tolook and see where we can getthe dollars.”
“We aredeveloping ascope of workthat will updateand enhanceportions of thesite aroundMcKeldin.”
CARLO COLELLAFACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
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The Book of Ephesians says,“Therefore put on the fullarmor of God, so that whenthe day of evil comes, you
may be able to stand your ground”(6:13). I admire Matthew Ricebecause he lived this verse lastweek when he wrote a guest col-umn, “Alternate path to love.” As Iread the column, however, I knewpeople would write off his views formany reasons. Most reasons wouldmake me, in turn, write off the com-menter, but one seemed particu-larly off base because it assaultedhis class standing.
“Are you a freshman? Get used toit,” is the phrase that most fre-quently makes me want to throwone of those giant Diner cupcakesat a wall (which takes a lot of frus-tration considering my love forthose things). After reading Rice’scolumn, I immediately thought itwas beautifully written. I agreedwith all of his points because I do in
fact dream of wedding dressesinstead of mini-skirts, etc. Then Ithought about the people who willtell him he only holds his opinionsbecause he’s a freshman.
To which I reply: ... And? It is truesome of our views change over time.Cheerios aren’t actually the bestsnacks in the world, I no longerthink wearing ballet slippers every-where is a good idea and I realizepicking friends based on the qualityof foodstuffs in their lunch bag israrely a good idea. But holding on toyour true values and standing firm inyour beliefs is not a stance thatneeds to change.
With Lent beginning today, I’d liketo propose a 40-day sacrifice for allCatholics (and all others who cele-brate) who wish to live, as Rice does,as one of Eric Liddell’s “muscularChristians” and give up compromis-ing any of your beliefs. Don’t acceptorders such as being told to “getused to” the broken college environ-
ment. You know what’s right. Don’ttake anything less.
This goes for all people. Don’t letothers tell you being young meansyour opinions will change with time.Do take the opportunity to verify andsolidify whatever beliefs you have byinforming yourself and openly listen-ing to or researching the other sideof things, but don’t bow to pressurealone in picking your beliefs.
I’m not sure which is worse, theidea that being young somehowmakes your opinions invalid or theidea that whether you agree withsomething or not, you should merely“get used to it.” We weren’t put hereto float through life, taking what
comes to us and molding ourselvesinto whatever is popular at themoment. The world can convinceyou surviving is all you need to do —maybe all you can do. Don’t listen.
We were put here not just to survive,but to live. We were put here to strivefor something better — not just for our-selves but for future generations. If Iam blessed enough to be a mother oneday, I want my children to be able tolive in a world where you can abstainfrom the hookup culture of college andabstain from sex and contraceptionwithout being seen as intolerant, igno-rant or wrong.
That kind of a world isn’t going tocome from just hope — it’s going tocome from fighting for it. I think aworld that accepts all views is wortha fight. And I think all people, includ-ing freshmen, are worthy soldiers.
Laura Frost is a junior governmentand politics and journalism major. Shecan be reached at [email protected].
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THE DIAMONDBACK LAUREN REDDINGEDITOR IN CHIEF
Last week, university President Wallace Loh and Athletic DirectorKevin Anderson announced they would instate a new set offundraising benchmarks to give the men’s and women’s swimmingand diving teams a fighting chance at saving their programs. The
duo were wise to back off the June 30 fundraising deadline for those teams;the new benchmarks allow both sides to get what they want — a balancedathletics budget for administrators and a more realis-tic chance at survival for the athletics programs. Whilethis editorial board commended Anderson and Loh fortheir fairness last week, we’re now scratching ourheads over why they aren’t yet offering similar reliefto other programs.
After announcing plans to cut eight varsity athleticsteams last November, officials offered the affectedsquads an opportunity to save themselves through pri-vate fundraising efforts. Teams would be given untilJune 30 to raise enough money to sustain the programsfor eight years — a figure administrators chose becauseit would provide continuity and ensure the programsare able to maintain a high level of competitiveness.
But after an intense campaign that brought state legislators into the fray,the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams convinced Andersonand Loh to implement a new set of benchmarks. Instead of raising the entiresum — $11.57 million in the case of the swimming and diving teams — byJune 30, supporters were given until April 1 to raise $1.4 million and untilJune 30 to reach $2.8 million. An additional $5.79 million is needed by Dec.30, with the final installment due Dec. 30, 2013. The benchmarks increasethe likelihood the teams will survive, but in such a way that keeps the ath-letics department on the path to a balanced budget.
At the time, Anderson and Loh said they would be open to giving otherteams a similar deal should representatives ask for the opportunity. “If weare giving one team extra time,” Loh said to The Diamondback, “we should
provide other teams with the same amount of time — that’s a no brainer.”It is a no brainer, and administrators should have no problem granting the
same opportunity to the other programs facing elimination — so whyhaven’t they?
“We’re going to handle each team on an individual basis,” Anderson toldThe Diamondback in a subsequent article. “By far, the swimming and diving
community has rallied and raised the most money sofar and other teams have been struggling, so we’llmake some determinations to go from there.” Ander-son also noted the swimming and diving teams havepresented a formal business plan, and only one otherteam — men’s track — has formally requestedfundraising benchmarks.
The issue is somewhat complicated because men’strack is tied to the acrobatics and tumbling sqaud toensure compliance with Title IX, so it’s likely anyfundraising benchmarks would need to be set withboth teams’ goals in mind. It is also true that theswimming and diving teams are seemingly the onlygroup prepared to actually raise enough money to
stave off elimination.That’s no reason to only consider benchmarks on a case-by-case basis. A
team’s likelihood to meet fundraising criteria shouldn’t impact how high thebar is set, nor should Anderson and Loh play kingmakers among theimpacted teams. Last week, this editorial board wrote of the “Darwinian ele-ment of fairness in [the] hands-off approach” to the teams facing elimina-tion — but now it seems the opposite is true.
One member of the men’s cross country team said he thinks other pro-grams are more likely to receive an extension “now that swimming has sortof paved the way.” All of the programs should be given fundraising bench-marks similar to those granted the swimming and diving teams. Like Lohsaid, it’s a no brainer.
Staff editorial
Our ViewIf the athletics department isgoing to extend some teams’deadlines, it should offer the
same opportunities to allother teams struggling tomaintain their programs.
Calling all youth: Set the world on fire
A fter my most recent experi-ence with political activism,I came to a realization thatfrightened me beyond
belief — while standing at a Youth forRon Paul table, a student said to me: “Idon’t care about politics.” It was thenthat I realized my fear of apathytoward politics is more than just ahypothesis about my generation — itis true. We have become increasinglyapathetic at a time when politicalactivism is most needed.
My mother often told me abouther days at this university. The stu-dent body used to march on McK-eldin Mall in protest of the VietnamWar, and they would picket outsideof the Main Administration buildingfor their rights. Now, most studentsdon’t even know where the MainAdministration building is. Themajority of them couldn’t say whatcountries we are currently at warwith or that the National DefenseAuthorization Act and Patriot Acteliminate the rights included in theFourth and Fifth Amendments. I’mnot sure when apathy became a coolthing, but it is unsettling.
Living apathetically in this day andage is dangerous. This country isbecoming more and more hatedglobally. The world is falling intofinancial chaos. U.S. debt is rapidlygrowing. And yet people don’t careto be bothered. I know I sound con-descending, but I’m not trying to. Iwas apathetic, just like most peoplemy age, until I decided to think aboutpolitics. All it takes is taking an inter-est in the issues.
In 2008, I decided to start trying tolearn more about politics, and it didn’ttake long to get interested. Once Iheard Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) standand blast his opponents on why ourforeign policy is wrong and why thedrug war needs to be ended, I wasamazed. Hearing someone stand upfor the Constitution — a document Iadmire so greatly — was refreshing. Ishowed many of my friends Paulvideos, and they became supporters.From there, they quickly becamemore interested in politics in general.There is a reason people stand out-side in the freezing cold merely tryingto get pedestrians to sign a petition tobring Paul to the campus.
But it isn’t just Paul. I have foundmyself debating with PresidentBarack Obama supporters and theoccasional former MassachusettsGov. Mitt Romney supporter. At theend of the discussion I say, “Well, atleast you are informed and have opin-ions.” Because in our society, whereeach citizen has an equal say in wholeads us, each person needs to beinformed. They need to earn thatpower. Young people need to wake upbecause things are changing.
People had to fight to make thiscountry what it is today. Only one-third of Americans supported the rev-olution, while one-third supportedEngland and the last third didn’t care.As Mark Twain said, “In the begin-ning of a change the patriot is a scarceman, and brave, and hated andscorned. When his cause succeeds,the timid join him, for then it costsnothing to be a patriot.” Americansneed to get it together before thecountry that people gave their lives todefend slowly deteriorates.
You don’t have to be a Republican,Democrat or Libertarian — or belongto any political party for that matter.Just watch a few videos, go to a fewwebsites and become informed.Because as Thomas Jefferson said,“Freedom is lost gradually from anuninterested, uninformed, and unin-volved people.”
Brian Rothman is a sophomoremarketing major. He can be reached [email protected].
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Edsall vs. Turgeon: A comparative perspective
There has been much discus-sion about the planned ath-letics department cuts thatwere made official last
semester. The news came in themidst of a pathetic rookie campaignfor football coach Randy Edsall and atthe beginning of the Mark Turgeonera in men’s basketball. But what has-n’t been discussed much is the com-parison between the two coaches.
Let’s begin with the similarities:Both took over after the departureof two long-time coaches, RalphFriedgen and Gary Williams. Stu-dents and alumni alike knew thetransition from the old system tothe new would be rocky.
Both Edsall and Turgeon had todeal with players who were, for themost part, recruited by their prede-cessors. Likewise, both coacheshad the challenge to convince andconvert their players to trust thenew system and put their full effortbehind it. Some aspects of the sys-tems worked, and some were a dis-aster, but in a competitive confer-ence and facing criticism, each
coach stood his own and should becommended for doing so.
It is safe to say that neither rookiecoach has done as well as he hadwanted. The football team was thelaughingstock of the conference,and the basketball team has strug-gled with depth issues and injuriesthroughout the entire season.
Both coaches will soon focus onbuilding strong teams for next year.Both have shown determination in hit-ting the road to recruit some of the topprospects in the nation to play at this uni-versity. This new breath of recruitingsuccess is a welcome sight after severalyears of mediocre recruit classes.
But with the similarities comemany differences between the twocoaches. Start out with the obviousone — Turgeon has had much
more success in his first year thanEdsall. He took a team with aboutas much depth as a baby pool andhas led them to challenge some ofthe toughest conference opponents.
Edsall, on the other hand, was atthe helm of one of the worst footballseasons in Maryland history,capped off with one of the largestblown leads in school historyagainst North Carolina State inNovember. Since the tumultuousseason ended, several coaches andplayers have bolted.
But what strikes me as thebiggest difference between the twocoaches is how they handle theirteams, the media and the fans. Tocoach at this university, one mustbe able to juggle and handle allthree groups well. Turgeon hasdone that. He has players whobelieve in him and who play as hardas they can from beginning to end.He has a working relationship withthe media and has the fans’ support.Turgeon had big shoes to fill, and Ibelieve he has done so admirably.
But then there is Edsall. Not only
does he run his team like a dictator,he also has managed to rub each ofthe three aforementioned groupsthe wrong way during his first year(an impressive feat). During acasual conversation with a graduat-ing player in December, I was toldsome veteran players didn’t likeEdsall and weren’t buying into hiscoaching method — somethingseemingly confirmed by the play onthe field. When coaches and playersbolt from a program in the fashionthey have during this offseason,you must begin to ask yourself why.You can coach in any manner youwant, but you better produce on thefield and create an atmosphere play-ers want to play in. Edsall has failedin all of these regards.
To Coach Turgeon, keep up thegood work. To Coach Edsall, learnfrom your mistakes and improve, oryou may be the next person cutfrom the athletics department.
Josh Birch is a senior communicationand history major. He can be reachedat [email protected].
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Born today, you are one of themost optimistic and general-ly cheerful and positive indi-
viduals born under your sign —though these traits can abandonyou now and then,especially whenyou are facing a kind of obstaclefor which you feel unprepared.Still, when it comes to your deal-ings with others, you know how tofind the silver lining in almost anycloud — and others will clamor toyou to learn your secret aboutstaying bright and positive.
You may go through one or twopronounced phases in your life inwhich your trust of others is se-verely shaken for some reason oranother, and when this happens, itis best to keep your thoughts andopinions to yourself for a time.These periods are not likely to lastlong, however, and your recoveryshould be complete.
Also born on this date are: DrewBarrymore,actress;Michael Chang,tennis player; Lea Salonga, actressand singer; Steve Irwin, the Croco-dile Hunter; Julius “Dr. J” Erving,basketball player; Edward M.Kennedy, U.S. senator; John Mills,actor;Robert Young,actor;FredericChopin, composer; George Wash-ington, U.S. military leader andpresident.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —You’re ready to do somethingyou’ve been planning for sometime — and you’d better getstarted before someone elsebeats you to it.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —Only through improvisation canyou discover the best way to ap-
proach a quickly developingproblem at home. Think outsidethe box.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —You may be wondering what thebest way to do a certain thingmight be, but the most impor-tant thing is that you do it, oneway or another.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —You may be overwhelmed bywhat seems a technical compli-cation today, but in truth youknow what to do without anyhelp from another.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —You can have others laughing ateven the most stubborn difficul-ties today, simply by sharingyour own unique point of view.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It’sone step at a time during thefirst part of the day, but once youbuild up a good head of steamyou can multitask quite success-fully.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —You must be willing to throw allof your available resources at aproblem in order to overcome it.Don’t be too conservative.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Aperceived disagreement is real-ly nothing of the sort. Focus onissues that allow you to use dif-ferent skills. Evening brings asurprise.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Now and then you are com-pelled to do things in an old-fashioned way — and today isjust such a day.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Look back and you’ll see thatyou have recently laid thegroundwork for an importantnew accomplishment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— You can give something new atry today, and those around youwill be impressed by what ap-pears to be your daring fearless-ness.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —You may want to relax your ownrules a bit today in order togrant another the freedom he orshe needs to explore and makediscoveries.
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PREVIEW | OTIS TAYLOR
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Blues musician Otis Taylor, at 63 yearsold, hits the road with renewed vigor
William Fitzsimmons brings his quietbrand of folk to Washington tomorrow
BY WARREN ZHANGStaff writer
At the end of 2010, when hewas deep into work on his lat-est record, Contraband, OtisTaylor found out he had a cyston his liver and spine. It’s apain that, ultimately, is heardon the album.
“During some of the originalsinging, I was in excruciatingpain,” Taylor said. “I wasn’t tak-ing painkillers. I should have.Why didn’t I think of that? Thatwas really stupid.”
Before receiving an opera-tion, Taylor recorded sevensongs. He decided he wouldspend more time working onthe album following the scar-ring treatment. But it didn’twork out quite that way.
“I stopped [working on thealbum] for a while,” he said. “Icouldn’t lift a guitar right afterthe operation. The recordingwas done, but I couldn’t mix fora while.”
But finally, after two yearsof work, Contraband was re-leased last week. Taylor willperform at Blues Alley Jazz in
Washington tonight and atRamshead Tavern in Annapo-lis tomorrow.
Though the tour is ostensi-bly to promote Contraband,Taylor doesn’t come to ashow with a set list of songsto perform.
“It’s a real dilemma, whatsongs to do when you tour,” hesaid. “People have their fa-vorite songs, you know. I havesongs that I think I’ll do, butthen I change my mind a lot.”
Taylor describes his ap-proach to live performances asmore intuitive; he changes theflow and direction of the musicbased on his audience’s re-sponse to the work.
“The performance is organ-ic for me; I’m not Vegas,” Tay-lor said. “It has to do with thecrowd. If it’s a club, I mightstart with the less aggressivestuff first, so I can draw peo-ple in.”
His songs tend to cover awide range of topics. Contra-band, for instance, runs thegamut from a piece on JimCrow to a ballad about a for-lorn lover.
“I’m not afraid about writingcertain topics that aren’t com-mercial,” he said. “I guess youjust write about love, andyou’re more commercial. Ijust don’t care, I guess. Youknow, lynching is not a popu-lar subject.”
Taylor wanted to relay ashout-out, so here it is: Histour manager, Joe Kessler, isa university alumnus. Itbears mentioning that Tay-lor did not mention this inthe initial interview — it wasimportant enough to himthat he called back to makethe request.
Maybe that’s a good way tosum up Taylor — an impas-sioned and compassionateartist. A man who knows whathe’s doing, even if he hasn’t gotit all set in stone.
Otis Taylor will perform atBlues Alley Jazz tonight. Doorsopen at 6 p.m. for the 8 p.m.show. Doors open slightly before10 p.m. for the 10 p.m. show,line will form at 9:30 p.m. Tick-ets are $25.
BY ERIC BRICKERFor The Diamondback
When William Fitzsim-mons takes the stage in Wash-ington tomorrow night, hewon’t be relying on pyrotech-nics or a flashy light show.
Instead, the folk singerpromises to deliver a showthat’s simple, emotional and,he hopes, “kind of unique.”
“My one big goal is to — andI’ve never found a way to saythis without sounding supercheesy — I want someone tohave a special experience,”Fitzsimmons said. “A visceral,emotional experience.”
“It’s really just songs andperformers,” he added.
Fitzsimmons said he is ex-cited to be making his Wash-ington debut tomorrow at theSixth & I Historic Synagogueon a tour that also stops at bar-becue joints and chapels.
“I hate normal venues,” hesaid. “It’s fun to play the bigshows, but sometimes thesmall ones have an intimacy
that’s really addictive.”The singer-songwriter,
whose work has been fea-tured on television showsranging from MTV’s TeenWolf to ABC’s Brothers & Sis-ters, has made a career out ofsimple acoustic songs, sung inwhat Fitzsimmons jokinglyrefers to as his “weak, whis-pering folk voice.”
But he says he doesn’t wantto be pigeonholed as just an-other somber songwriter.
“You need to, no matterwhat, avoid making a carica-ture of yourself,” he said.“There’s a sort of expectationyou have of yourself, youknow? Acoustic guitar; can’tget too loud.”
On his latest album, Gold inthe Shadow, Fitzsimmonstried to push himself creative-ly to shake the fear that he“was holding back a little biton some things.”
“I want to be thought of assomeone who makes honestmusic, but different music,”he said.
Another thing that sets hislive show apart? His beard,which is decidedly more ZZTop than sensitive songwriter.
“It’s nothing über-cool,” hesaid, laughing. “It’s a familything. My dad and my unclesand stuff, they all just carryaround these really nice,manly, full beards.”
So one day, Fitzsimmonsjust threw the razor away.
“It really, really helpedearly on with touring,” he saidof his distinctively hirsutelook. “If I was opening up forsomeone, I’d walk out andthere was this air of curiosity.People would wonder if I was aguitar tech or something. Andthen I’d start singing.”
William Fitzsimmons andspecial guest Denison Witmerperform at the Sixth & I His-toric Synagogue Thursday at 8p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tick-ets are $20 in advance and $23at the door. All seating is gener-al admission.
[email protected] Taylor will come to Blue Alley Jazz in Washington tonight to support his latest album,Contraband, which took two years to record and mix. PHOTO COURTESY OF BAYERISCHERHOF.DE
William Fitzsimmons’ latest album, Gold in the Shadow, is another set of quiet, guitar-basedfolk tunes with affected, whispery vocals. PHOTO COURTESY OF VIENNAJAZZ.ORG
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After big weekend, Terps return home for small-time opponent
Barring the miraculous,this Terrapins men’sbasketball team willnot be invited to the
Big Dance this year.I know it. You know it.
Coach Mark Turgeon knowsit. We all know it.
We also all know howquickly a season can deterio-rate for a team when it startsgoing to hell. If you don’t, justask Randy Edsall. So whilemany teams crumble in theface of adversity, these Terpscan at least take solace in thefact that they still have somefight left in them.
Just take a look at the finaltwo minutes of last night’s 75-70 win over Miami. With theTerps trailing by five points, itseemed the game, like somany others this year, wasgoing to slip away. But a seriesof clutch plays — AshtonPankey’s recovery of a lateloose ball, James Padgett’sSuperman-like offensiverebound and putback, NickFaust’s strip of Miami guardDurand Scott — sparked acomeback that handed theteam its best win of the seasonand, against all sensibility, atleast another fleck of hope.
“We finished practice yes-terday, and we had a greatpractice,” Turgeon said, “and Isaid, ‘You know what? Every-body around here thinks we’rejust going to roll over and quit,and you guys showed metoday that we’re not.’”
It was a far cry from thedebacle fans saw just a fewmonths ago inside Byrd Sta-dium, where the Terps foot-ball team disintegrated aftersome early-season struggles
and lost its final eight gamesof the season, often in uglyfashion.
I’m not saying the men’sbasketball team’s season isgoing to go down as a rousingsuccess. It won’t. But theTerps aren’t going to go qui-etly, either — and that’ssomething to respect.
The recipe for the start of alate-season collapse, after all,was in place when the Terpstook the floor last night. Theywere coming off a downrighthideous loss to Virginia onSaturday, one of the worst inrecent memory.
Their offensive attack wasstill struggling to find arhythm in the absence ofguard Pe’Shon Howard, whois out with a torn ACL.
The Terps were playing aMiami team with a spotsquarely on the NCAA Tour-nament bubble, a Miami teamthey’d lost to in double over-time earlier this month, aMiami team Turgeon sees asa potential Sweet 16 squad.
Yet they overcame it all lastnight, battling from the open-ing tip to secure a hard-fought,team-boosting win.
“That’s the kind of win rightthere that will carry over,hopefully, for the rest of theyear, and into the future,because we’re a young team,and we’ve got to learn how towin,” Turgeon said. “Andwhen you win a game like that,you’re learning how to win.”
It wasn’t The TerrellStoglin Show for the Terpslast night, as has been thecase in the majority of theteam’s wins this season. Sure,he posted a game-high 20points, but when it camedown to crunch time, theHurricanes took him out.
That’s when Padgett,Mosley and Faust stepped upand snatched a win thateffectively washed Satur-
day’s bitter taste from theTerps’ mouths.
“I think this is the start,”Mosley said. “I don’t want tojinx us or anything, but I thinkcoming into this game afterlosing that double-overtime[game] to Miami at their
place, I think it was huge forus to come out and playtogether as a team.
“We had nothing to lose.”Now, Mosley, to be sure,
was clearly riding high aftersuch an emotional win, buthis sentiment remains.
This may not have been thestart of some epic run to theNCAA Tournament. It was,however, an obvious sign thatif this team’s going down, it’sgoing down swingin’.
BY JASON BENSCHERStaff writer
Over the weekend, the Ter-rapins softball team set out toprove its doubters — namely,ACC coaches — wrong. Aftertaking down two ranked teamsen route to a 4-1 FAU Kick-OffClassic record to start the sea-son, the Terps know they’re onthe way.
Without success today in adoubleheader against Oak-land, though, they also knowthat progress will bereversed, and then some.
Anything less than twodominating wins against theGolden Grizzlies could beseen as a regression after theteam beat No. 11 Michiganand No. 22 Kentucky in oneweekend.
Coach Laura Watten hasstressed a common mantra,saying the team would takethis season a game at a timeas it builds off last weekend’saccomplishments.
Still, the Terps can’t seemto shake those big wins.Kendra Knight was named
ACC Pitcher of the Week yes-terday after leading the teamto victories over the Wolver-
ines and Wildcats. It was thefourth time she’s receivedthe award and the first sinceher sophomore season.
“I just have to get betterevery weekend … my first out-ing, I had too many walks,”Knight said Sunday. “It’s still awin, so I have to stay positiveabout it. My second outing Iwas really happy about.”
Knight and freshman Kait-lyn Schmeiser both sportsub-1.50 ERAs after going acombined 3-1 over the week-end. The new one-two punchhas, for the moment, madethe Terps forget all about thefirepower lost from lastyear’s staff.
Regardless, the team stillhas more to prove. If the Terpswere unhappy with beingpicked to finish fifth in theirown conference, they can’t bepleased with this week’snational poll, either. Despitethe strong start, the Terpsreceived only two top-25 votes.
“People underestimatedus,” Watten said Sunday ofthe team’s start to the sea-son. “In those tough games,we had a few mishaps and
we were able to bounce back.We stayed mentally strong.”
Some of the wins were notthe prettiest, and an 8-0 loss tounheralded Wright State — alegitimate blemish on whatwould have been a spotlessweekend — likely preventedthe Terps from more votes.
Still, positives from the Clas-sic abound. Stellar pitching anda well-rounded offensivemachine churned out four winseven without much help fromoutfielder Vangie Galindo. Alifetime .333 hitter, Galindowent 3-for-16 over the week-end, and when her bat heatsup, the offense will, as well.
While the talent is in placeto take today’s doubleheader,the precedent for a disappoint-ing loss is there, too. TheTerps realize they must takeboth games to justify any gripeof being overlooked.
“We like to play to lowerteams’ levels instead of attack-ing them and killing them,”Galindo said. “We have to goout and attack like every singleteam is the number one team.”
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No Big Dance?No big problem. over the edge.
“I just wanted to go after it,and I managed to jump overeverybody else and grab it andput it in,” Padgett said of the late-game rebound and field goal,which he added to with a freethrow after a Hurricanes foul.
Said Turgeon: “I’ve been allover my post guys and they’reall such nice guys. … Betweenthe lines, you’ve got to betougher. I thought James playedwith great toughness.”
After Miami guard DeQuanJones hit one of two free throwsto put the Hurricanes (16-10, 7-6)up five, Turgeon called a 30-sec-ond timeout with 1:47 left in thegame. His play call out of thetimeout fell apart, leaving Terpsforward Sean Mosley at the top ofthe key without much help.
The senior, though, stepped upand knocked down a 3-pointer.On the following possession, for-ward Ashton Pankey blockedJones on a putback attempt togive the team a chance to tie ortake the lead.
Pankey missed the game-tyingattempt on the other end, butPadgett (career-high 16 points),out of nowhere, was there to fol-low it up. His free throw gave theTerps a 67-66 lead with 44 sec-onds remaining.
“It was just a huge momen-tum change for us,” Mosleysaid. “We knew after that we justhad to defend, get rebounds andstep up to the free-throw lineand hit shots.”
Faust made the defensive playof the game when he strippedScott as he attempted a crossovermove with 30 seconds left. TheHurricanes turned the ball overon the next possession, throwinga pass out of bounds, and theTerps capitalized on the mistakesby hitting their last nine freethrows to take the win.
“I think it pulls us together,”Mosley said. “Knowing that wedid this as a team makes this feelso much better.”
The win avenged the Terps’loss in Coral Gables, Fla., earlierthis month, when they over-came a 16-point deficit only tofall in double overtime.
“Last time we had them downto the wire and we let it slip away,”Faust said. “But this time we gotit done. It was a great win.”
The Terps started quickly lastnight, building a 13-3 lead pow-ered by Padgett and Mosley. Thetwo combined to hit their first fiveshots, and Stoglin also sank anearly 3-pointer.
But Miami guard MalcolmGrant drew two early fouls onFaust and then went on an 8-0 runby himself. Overall, the Hurri-canes used a 14-1 run to take a 26-23 lead as the Terps’ offense faded.
Padgett hit all four of his first-half shots to lead the team withnine points at the break. Mosleyand Stoglin had eight apiece asthe Terps faced a 35-31 deficit.
They never backed away,though, and stuck within strikingdistance the entire second half.They won the rebounding battle,22-10, in the final 20 minutes, over-powering a bigger Miami frontline.
Afterward, the on-floor excite-ment was palpable as Turgeonsprinted off the court into thelocker room, which he said wasfilled with hugs for the first timethis season. The Terps calledlast night’s victory their best ofthe season.
“It was real wild,” Stoglinsaid. “Everybody was goingcrazy in the locker room.”
“We had a hugger,” Turgeonsaid. “We haven’t had a huggerall year.”
HURRICANESfrom page 8
Center Alex Len finishes one of his two second-half dunks for the Terps last night. Lenhad eight points and four rebounds in the 75-70 win. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Kendra Knight was named ACC Pitcher of the Week yesterday.The Terps play Oakland today. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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TERPS 75, HURRICANES 70
Guards Nick Faust, left, and Terrell Stoglin, right, celebrate with forward James Padgett after his rebound and putback gave the Terps a lead they wouldnot relinquish in their win last night against Miami. A 14-2 Terps run in the final minutes powered the team to victory. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer
With his team facing a two-pointdeficit and time quickly slippingaway, forward James Padgett roseup against a wall of Miami defendersand willed himself to an offensiverebound, then an emphatic putback.
On the next possession, guardNick Faust knocked the ball fromthe steady hand of Miami guardDurand Scott, then found it beforethe desperate team playing for anNCAA Tournament berth could getanother chance.
On a night that begun by honor-ing Johnny Rhodes, the ACC’scareer steals leader, it was perhapsfitting that the Terrapins men’s bas-ketball team walked off ComcastCenter last night having stolen avictory from the Hurricanes, scor-ing 14 of the game’s last 18 points ina dramatic 75-70 win.
Guard Terrell Stoglin had agame-high 20, while Faust hadeight points, eight rebounds andfour assists to go along with hislate steal. But Padgett’s playpushed the Terps (16-11, 6-7 ACC)
MORE INSIDE >>>The Terps might not be going tothe Big Dance, columnist ConorWalsh writes, but it matters not.
see HURRICANES, page 7
Late putback,steal help sealwinning rally
Heard loud and clear