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BY MARK MILIANStaff writer
Police are searching for aman who attempted to rob theChevy Chase Bank in downtownCollege Park on Friday after-noon, police said.
The man approached afemale teller and passed her a
note reading “$3000 NOW,”according to a Prince George’sCounty Police investigativereport.
The teller then asked the manfor his account number, but hesaid he didn’t have one anddemanded the money, the report
BY MEGAN ECKSTEINSenior staff writer
A House of Delegates com-mittee shot down an attempt togrant collective bargainingrights to graduate students lastweek, but student leaders arenot giving up without a fight.
While Graduate Student Gov-
ernment President LauraMoore admitted the bill is effec-tively dead as written, graduatestudent leaders are hoping towork with the university systemto find a compromise.
If the two sides can agree byThursday on amendments tomake to the Senate’s version of
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Man killed in Towers at U. Town Center
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKSenior forward James Gist and the Terps blew a 20-point second-half lead to Clemson last night, falling 73-70 to the Tigers at Comcast Centeron a 3-pointer in the closing seconds. Gist had 15 points and eight rebounds in his final regular-season home game as a Terp. STORY | PAGE 10
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Victim lived with Howard studentBY BEN WORSLEY
Staff writer
A man was shot and killedFriday afternoon in an apart-ment at the student housingcomplex at University TownCenter in Hyattsville, accord-ing to police.
Donald James Smalls Jr.,19, was shot once in the lower
body in an apartment in TheTowers at about 2 p.m.,Prince George’s CountyPolice said in a statement. Hewas taken to a local hospitalwhere he died.
A source close to the inves-tigation said Smalls, who wasshot in a 10th-floor apart-ment, was not a student butwas the boyfriend of a
Howard University student,who lives in the apartment.The shooting was notbelieved to be random, thesource said.
Sources declined to dis-close the circumstances ofthe shooting because theinvestigation is ongoing.
Tuition freeze islooking doubtful
BY MEGAN ECKSTEINSenior staff writer
Next year’s proposed tuitionfreeze is looking less likely, asstate lawmakers are worryingabout the lagging economy andawaiting a new report estimat-ing this year’s state tax revenue.
A state Senate subcommitteeFriday approved over $80 mil-lion in total cuts from the gover-nor’s proposed budget, includ-ing $6.8 million in cuts to theUniversity System of Maryland,
which includes the state’s 13universities and research insti-tutions.
The subcommittee looked atrecommendations from theDepartment of Legislative Ser-vices, a non-partisan analysisagency, as well as the system’sresponse to those recommenda-tions, before making its deci-sions.
Decisions are far from final,but the subcommittee voted for
Man tries, fails to rob ChevyChase Bank downtown
Senators approve $6.8M cut to higher ed
PHOTO COURTESY PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY POLICEPolice say the man pictured here tried to rob Chevy Chase Bank using a note, butthe teller didn’t understand the note and the man fled after a manager was called.
Grad student unionefforts take a hit
Student residents criticize buildingmanagement over safety, securityBY BORIS TSALYUK
For The Diamondback
Students living at The Tow-ers at University Town Cen-ter criticized the housingcomplex’s security measuresafter a man was shot and
killed there Friday, claimingnon-residents can enter thebuilding too easily.
Police identified the manslain as Donald James SmallsJr., 19, who was living at thecomplex, according to PrinceGeorge’s County Police. Law
enforcement sources saidSmalls was not a student.
Within two hours of theshooting, housing administra-tors placed notices underapartment doors to notify
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the following changes:
n More than $10.5 million ofthe system’s unrestrictedfunds will be held until eachinstitution can prove its stu-dent enrollment is growing at ahealthy rate. Institutions thatmeet their goals will be giventheir portion of this money,and those that don’t might seesome of their money go else-where in the system.n Nearly $6.8 million in
unrestricted funds will be cutfrom the system budget, andthe cuts must be distributedfairly among all the systeminstitutions. The system willbe required to spend at least 4percent more on each studentthan it did last year.n $15 million will be cut
from the system’s allotment ofgeneral fund money. In its
place, the system will beallowed to take $15 millionfrom the Higher EducationInvestment Fund, created lastyear to set money aside forhigher education and supple-ment state funding whenneeded.
State officials expect therewill be nearly $15.4 million inthe HEIF at the end of this fis-cal year, so the subcommitteeeffectively voted to drain thesavings account. When Gov.Martin O’Malley released hisbudget in January, he pro-posed using HEIF money tofreeze tuition next year andpossibly the following year, aswell.
So even if the GeneralAssembly adequately fundsthe system this year, nextyear’s safety net is gone.
Sen. Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery), the subcommit-
tee’s vice chairman, said therewas some hesitation among thesenators to take money out ofHEIF, but he said it didn’tmake sense to keep $15 millionsitting around when the econ-omy is so slow-.
“There’s real mixed emotionabout it,” Madaleno said. “Ivalue higher education and theimportant role it plays in help-ing to build our economicprosperity. However, I recog-nize that we face an uncertain
economic outlook.”Madaleno said spending the
HEIF money now rather thansaving it for later makes sensein the long run. He noted theimportance of “keeping highereducation off the fundingroller coaster” it has been onfor about a decade. He said ifthe state moderates spendingduring good economic times,cuts when money is scarcewon’t seem so severe.
He added that the $6.8 mil-lion cuts are “small and pru-dent reductions” that wouldn’tlead to a big tuition hike. Heestimated that the systemmight need to raise tuitionabout 1 percent to compensatefor the budget cuts.
The Board of Revenue Esti-mates will release its newestreport later this week, whichwill provide a better explana-tion of how much money thestate will bring in through taxes
and, therefore, how muchmoney the state can spend.
Madaleno said many sena-tors believe the estimates willshow a lower revenue thanpreviously predicted, and ifthat’s the case, they mightneed to cut more from thebudget.
System Chancellor Brit Kir-wan said he is always disap-pointed when the systembudget gets cut, but he said theprocess is far from over and hewill continue to lobby for fullfunding.
“I think the Senate is tryingvery hard to help higher edu-cation and mitigate any harmto higher education,” Kirwansaid. “That they want toreplace [general fund] cutswith what’s left of the HigherEducation Investment Fundsays a lot about their support.”
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“There’s real mixedemotion about it.”
–Sen. Rich MadalenoD-MONTGOMERY
the bill, the House would beforced to reconsider theupdated version.
“We’re optimistic therewill be something this yearthat we can all be happyabout,” Moore said in an e-mail. “If not, we will keeppushing forward, anddepending on how things gothis year, we may have tointroduce legislation nextyear.”
University System ofMaryland Chancellor BritKirwan said he is glad to seethat the bill was rejected. Hetestified against the bill, say-ing that collective bargain-ing would “fundamentallychange the relationshipbetween the graduate stu-
dents and the faculty.” He said the graduate stu-
dents are students first andemployees second, andallowing them to unionizewould reverse those roles.
However, the vote is not anindication that lawmakersaren’t aware of the hardshipsgraduate students face, saidDel. John Bohanan (D-St.Mary’s), who serves on thecommittee that voted on thecollective bargaining bill.
Bohanan said that he,along with the universityadministration, “recognizethat students have beentreated unfairly in the past,”but he said, “the new provostis well aware of the issuesand is trying to remedythem.”
Moore said she doesn’t likehearing that argumentbecause former Provost BillDestler was very attuned tograduate student issues, suchas high workload and too-lit-tle-subsidized housing.Moore said Provost NarimanFarvardin is “a great guy andvery capable,” but that “hav-ing our rights recognizeddoesn’t prevent him in anyway from addressing thechallenges facing graduatestudents.”
She added that the prob-lems are too big for oneadministrator to fix them,and that graduate studentsneed to be able to sit downwith the administration asequals and discuss issues ina fair and open manner.
Moore said she and othergraduate student leaders arehopeful that they can cometo some sort of compromisewith the administration andthe Senate, but even if no leg-islation is passed this ses-sion, she is still happy thatthe bill served as a wake-upcall to the problems graduatestudents face, and she plansto introduce similar legisla-tion next year if needed.
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Towers to hire new securityOfficer Henry Tippett, a police
spokesman said detectives are stillinvestigating leads and establish-ing a motive in the shooting.
Catherine Timko, a UniversityTown Center spokeswoman, saidthat Smalls was not a resident of thecomplex. Students from severalschools live at the more than 900-bed complex, including studentsfrom this university, Howard Uni-versity, the Catholic University ofAmerica and American University.
Timko said that residents of TheTowers were notified with door-to-door memos shortly after theshooting occurred and staff at thecomplex initiated a grief counsel-ing program Friday afternoon “lit-erally minutes after the shootinghappened.” Meetings with coun-selors are still being scheduled, shesaid.
Residents were also invited to asafety meeting with HyattsvilleCity Police and county police on
Saturday, Timko added.“[The] Towers at UTC manage-
ment team has an emergency pro-gram in place, designed specifical-ly to handle incidents such as this,
and it was immediately imple-mented,” Timko wrote in an e-mail.
She explained that the complexhas “a multi-level security pro-
gram” that includes a securitydesk staffed 24 hours a day, a secu-rity patrol and cameras. Guestscan only enter if they are with aresident of The Towers, she said,in which case they must sign inupon entering.
Timko praised JPI Student Liv-ing, the organization that owns TheTowers, for its prompt reaction tothe shooting.
“They have a very good proce-dure for handling this,” Timkosaid. “They’ve been doing this along time. They’re not novices.”
Kim Moss, an employee of JPIStudent Living who manages TheTowers, could not be reached forcomment.
The Towers at University TownCenter can house up to 910 resi-dents, Timko said, and it is current-ly 99.9 percent occupied. Studentsfrom 13 different universitiesthroughout the area live in TheTowers.
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Residents say guest policy,building access too lax
them of what happened. On Sat-urday, Towers management andcounty police held a securitymeeting in the south tower’s com-munity game room.
Students at the meeting ex-pressed concerns over access tothe building by non-residents. Ac-cording to students, Smalls wasliving in the building with his girl-friend though he was not techni-cally a resident.
Residents are required to signin their guests, who must provideidentification at the security deskin the south tower. However, stu-dents noted that this policy is ofteninconsistent, because people canaccess the building via the park-ing garage, side door or the northtower entrance, where securityguards aren’t always present.
“UTC has not been living up toits standards and promises,” saidVeronika Williams, a student atHoward University. “How can youhave a security guard on one sideof the building but not the other?”
Detective Brian Selway, who isinvestigating the slaying, andKim Moss, the Director of Com-munity Operations at The Tow-ers, hosted the meeting, whichwas designed to give students anoutlet to discuss the shooting andask questions.
Catherine Timko, a spokes-woman for The Towers, said thebuilding’s management will up-date students on Monday with in-formation about the incident. Sheadded that the management hasalso arranged for students to re-ceive grief counseling if they sochoose.
Officials at Saturday’s securityforum stressed the importance ofreporting suspicious or unsafe ac-tivity to police, because residentshave the best idea about what isgoing on inside the building.
“You guys can always call us,”said Felipe Ordono, another detec-tive assigned to the case. “Keepingus informed works in your favorand there’s only so much that secu-rity at the building can do.”
Despite officials’ comments,several students said the forumfailed to alleviate worries or an-swer questions about the incident.
“I just had more questions afterI left than I had when I got there,”said Anna Cathcart, a junior earlychildhood education major. “Iknow they’re not allowed to giveus that much information, but it’sa little disconcerting when youlive somewhere and have no ideawhat’s going on.”
Ideas such as assigning identi-fication cards, forming an anony-mous tip-line, installing metal de-tectors and instituting a PIN-ac-cess system to the building weresuggested at the meeting, butwere met with mixed feelingsfrom the students in attendance.
“[Guest sign-in] doesn’t need tobe intricate to the point where youhave to give government I.D.,”Williams said.
Leah Anderson, a sophomoreart history major, said police andofficials should implement safetymeasures that combine students’need for security and independ-ence.
“There has to be a balance be-tween security and freedom be-cause we don’t want this to be likea dorm, but we need to feel safe,”
Anderson said. Brittany Lanier, a Howard Uni-
versity student, suggested a callsystem that records the time andpeople residents buzz into thebuilding. She said the systemwould allow students to invite peo-ple into the complex, but also holdthem accountable for their guests.
“That way, the building knowswhat time you come in and whoyou come in with, and it becomesthe responsibility of the resident,”she said.
Many students at the meetingwere seeking more answersabout the shooting than the build-ing’s future safety measures, butsome left feeling disappointed inofficials’ response.
“I just hope we find out someinformation and they stop actinglike we shouldn’t be concerned,”Cathcart said. “This was a personI saw all the time, and a couple ofdetectives who give me almost noinformation regarding what hap-pened aren’t going to stop mefrom being concerned.”
The Towers’ management in-stalled security cameras last weekto catch intoxicated students whowere punching holes in walls andvandalizing the building. Policesaid they hope the same cameras,which were installed on everyfloor, will help them identify sus-pects in the shooting.
“It’s a tragic twist that they putin security cameras just a fewdays ago and then this hap-pened,” Anderson said.
Reporter Boris Tsalyuk is a resi-dent of The Towers at UniversityTown [email protected]
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said. The bank manager came
to the teller’s assistance andafter some questioning, theman said he wanted thebank to issue him a cashadvance, the report said.
When the managerrequested his credit card,the man said he wouldretrieve it from his car andquickly left the bank, thereport said.
Police and a helicoptersearched the area, but failedto find the suspect, thereport said.
The suspect was describedas about 6 feet 3 inches tall,in his early 20s, slender andclean shaven, the reportsaid.
University PoliceSpokesman Paul Dilloncould not comment furtheron the incident because thePrince George’s CountyPolice is conducting theinvestigation.
Prince George’s CountyPolice did not return callsfor comment.
Last March, a man wear-ing a ski mask approachedthe teller counter at theM&T Bank on Knox Road inan attempted robbery. Hewas also unsuccessful.
Earlier that year, the Bankof America on Route 1 wasrobbed at gunpoint.
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The old adage that the pen ismightier than the sword is a fa-miliar one. Regardless ofwhether it is true in the
strictest sense, one cannot deny that dis-course has a powerful ability to spur ac-tion and mold events, for good or forevil. One need look no further for exam-ples of the latter than 20th century histo-ry, with the countless victims of variousfailed attempts to implement the wordsof Karl Marx and then Vladimir Lenin.And the profound effect of the relativelysimple words of the EmancipationProclamation provides evidence for theother side.
As someone with a deep respect forthe power of language, it is painful to seethe precipitous decline in verbal gracethat is occurring in our culture and thatwe are seemingly powerless to stop this.I remember cringing when I saw a tele-vised interview with one of the editorsof the Oxford English Dictionary, inwhich he claimed that one of the func-tions of that publication is to assimilatethe usage of English in pop culture. Ofcourse, he probably thought he wasshowing that the dictionary is not someout-of-touch reference book, but somesort of living document. Of course, theactual purpose of a dictionary is exactlythe opposite — to demarcate the bound-aries and subtleties between words sothat the greatest possible precision inexpression is achievable.
A trend that sometimes seems insep-arable from this loss of precision in lan-guage is the ideology of political correct-ness. That is, that language, especiallyin the public sphere, must be tempered(and usually muddled) to avoid causingoffense to others, whether real or imag-ined. When asked directly about it, Iwould guess that most people wouldnow reject it as a philosophy. Neverthe-less, it holds a powerful influence overthought and deed at this and many otheruniversities in the nation. Just take awalk through a dorm and read some ofthe posters if you want proof.
The muddling of language demandedby political correctness has predictablymuddled the way in which we thinkabout matters. I think there are someparticularly salient examples beingthrown around in this election season, atime ripe for observing the dearth ofmeaning in our language.
One is the word “underprivileged.” Isee it frequently, especially in promo-tions for Teach for America and otherorganizations around the campus. It isused as a polite substitute for describingthose who are poorer than the averageperson. But the implication of the worditself is ludicrous: that there exists a cer-tain level of privilege that is ideal foreveryone. Anyone below it is deficientin privilege, and everyone above it hastoo much. By using the term, one’s levelof material wealth becomes less a mat-ter of work and individual effort, andmore a simple matter of fate. Privileges,after all, have to be granted by some au-thority.
Another word is the portmanteau“socioeconomic,” which is used inmuch the same context as underprivi-leged. One speaks of a person’s socioe-conomic status, or the achievement ofsocioeconomic diversity. Again, the im-precision of the term gives rise to unfor-tunate implications. Is it to be assumedthat there exists one linear socioeco-nomic axis on which individuals areplotted like so many points? If so, thensomeone with low economic status isdoomed also to a dearth of friends?Surely great wealth is no guarantor ofsocial status; Howard Hughes in his lat-ter days attests to this. The determinismbehind the term is deliberate.
And my favorite of these examples,and the one most pervasive in recenttimes, is “change.” The presidentialcandidates bandying change aroundthreaten to torpedo whatever clarityand erudition remains in public dis-course. Change is less a policy positionthan a kind of primal grunt against any-thing that smacks of tradition or eventhe status quo. Everything is spoiledand the only thing that can save the situ-ation is massive change. These politi-cians fail to realize that change is whathas been happening without interrup-tion in Western politics since the FrenchRevolution. And so, unfortunately, ourpolitics seem to be heading where ouruse of language is leading it — to deca-dence.
Goutham Ganesan is a senior biochem-istry major. He can be reached [email protected].
Gravity isa hoax
Iam getting fed up with the ideathat gravity is a done deal. Theliberal media would have youconvinced that there’s a scien-
tific consensus on Einstein’s theoryof relativity, but this is simply justnot the case. There’s scientific col-laboration between a Stanfordresearch team and NASA involvinga satellite that will be orbiting 400miles directly above the North Pole.The gyroscopes’ change in spinwithin this satellite will be meas-ured, providing data on how spaceand time are warped by the pres-ence of the Earth and its rotation.This could have far-reaching impli-cations for the nature of matter andthe structure of the universe, alter-ing our concept of gravity as weknow it. It is obvious that those whowould have us enforce policies andmeasures to counteract the “effectsof gravity” are just anti-capitalistsconspiring to take away our rightsand stunt the economy.
It all started when that guy whoused to be vice president decided torun for the top job, won the popularvote, but lost anyway. Then he wentback into the shadows, biding histime, before narrating An Inconve-nient Apple, spelling out Sir IsaacNewton’s worst fears that the applefalling from the tree could in fact hityou on the head.
He backed this startling conclu-sion with a number of high-profilecharts, graphs, cartoons, pictures,interviews and a call to action. Thedebate over gravity appeared tohave been closed. There was a sci-entific consensus that the apple wascoming, and it would hurt. Precau-tions needed to be taken. Obeyingthe laws of gravity was not just goodfor the planet, but could provide aboost to the economy as well. Planessuddenly needed engines, firemenneeded ladders, and the kid whokept jumping off his roof pretendinghe was Superman realized he wasBatman, had no gifts whatsoeverand could not actually fly.
We’ve all been there. Life was justsimpler when we weren’t surewhether gravity existed. Thereweren’t as many responsibilities.Now we have to think before we act(I hate that) because of that darnthing the United Nations formed(let’s abolish the U.N. — coopera-tion is futile!), the InternationalPanel on Gravity, comprised thou-sands of gravity scientists, releaseda groundbreaking report saying that“the presence of gravity is unequiv-ocal” and demanding that action betaken.
The situation got even more direwhen the National Academy of Sci-ence on Gravity, the gold standardin this country on gravity science,seconded the call to action to ourworld leaders. Fortunately, ourpresident has not given in to theworld’s cry for action. In what couldhave been groundbreaking gravityagreements in Bali, U.S. delegatesmanaged to successfully hamper allmeaningful compromise, pushingthe decision about what to do ifgravity is, in fact, actually real, backto 2009.
It was definitely the right moveby our leadership. After all, there’sobviously still a lack of certainty asto whether gravity actually exists.Even if it does exist, is there any-thing meaningful we can do aboutit? Never mind the fact that theoverwhelming majority of qualifiedgravity scientists say that gravity is,in fact, real, and if proper actionsare not taken to acknowledge itthere will be dire consequences.Never mind the fact that everythingwe need to deal with gravity isalready available to us. Never mindthat taking action would boost oureconomy by creating jobs to carryout all the actions that combatinggravity would require.
So long as there is the slightest bitof scientific uncertainty on thisissue, as there clearly is, I say werefuse to acknowledge it, even ifthere will never be a 100 percentscientific consensus on any scien-tific issue.
We must wait until there is a 100percent consensus. As an averagecitizen, until I understand all thequantum mechanics behind thisdebate. I will stick my head in thesand, do nothing and accept the con-sequences on behalf of all futuregenerations.
Gravity is all just one big gianthoax, and anyone who thinks other-wise is just a gravity alarmist with afear of apples.
Matt Dernoga is a sophomore gov-ernment and politics major. He canbe reached at [email protected].
The pen ismightier?
We applaud Del. Ben Barnes (D-AnneArundel and Prince George’s) for spon-soring a bill to revise the Maryland Pub-lic Information Act. In the current ver-sion of the law, university officials are
required to give out students’ directory information —including phone numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses— to any party that submits a written request. Somecompanies have allegedly used this information toengage in predatory lending andphishing schemes.
The bill would protect students’ pri-vacy by allowing officials to refuse dis-closure of information. It also serves tocall attention to the MPIA’s imperfec-tions.
The Attorney General’s manual forinterpreting the MPIA correctlystates, “The public’s right to informa-tion about government activities lies at the heart of ademocratic government,” but a few of the act’s provi-sions undermine the ability of both concerned individu-als and the press corps to access information in a timelymanner.
The MPIA allows 30 days for custodians of the law torespond to requests for information. In an increasinglydigital society, one where documents are often instantlyretrievable and the public’s demand for up-to-the-minute news is ever growing, 30 days is excessive.
Also excessive is the leeway given for custodians ofthe law to grant or deny fee waivers for processing doc-uments. Such fees are often enormous (n one case,Richard Burke, a reporter for the now-defunct Balti-more News American, was billed $50,000) and can detercitizens from accessing public records.
Yet the MPIA gives custodians the discretion to wavefees if the waiver is “in the public interest.”
Ah, the public interest: one of the most nebulousterms in American jurisprudence.Funny how such innocuous languagecan be so dangerous for democracy.Instead of giving a clear standard forcitizens to meet and custodians to fol-low, the MPIA leaves everyone in thelurch.
The ambiguity also makes it harderto challenge waiver denials in court, asjudges don’t have clear legislative lan-
guage to interpret and may defer to the authoritygranted to the custodians.
By writing wishy-washy laws instead of crisp, clearones, the legislature only adds to the hegemonic creep ofthe Executive Branch.
This must stop.State legislators must operate on the MPIA with the
precision of a surgeon’s scalpel instead of the roughnessof a butcher’s knife to ensure fair public access to publicrecords.
“There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledgethan the ambiguity of words.” - Thomas Reid
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Preventing campus shootingsMight some university personnel policy changes be pur-
suant to the recent shooting at Northern Illinois Universityand pursuant to other suicides and murder-suicides at col-leges and universities around the country over recent years?And do incentives also arise from the shooting and permanentdisabling of Elizabeth Meejung Lee by Ki-Seong Kim, whothen committed suicide? Should all types of university person-nel receive information that might help them identify and re-spond appropriately to students and others who might be de-teriorating psychologically?
After the NIU shootings, I sought to identify any Americancollege or university where such a program might have beenadopted, and was directed to the March 2008 Reader’s Digestarticle, “Is Your College Student Safe at School?” Almost ayear after the Virginia Tech shooting, colleges are gettingsmarter about campus risks.
In this article, we find that Cornell University is dealingwith the problem – some quotes:
1. “At Cornell the ratio [of full-time counselors to students]is one to eight hundred.”
2. “Any student can speak to a counselor the same day[he/she requests an appointment] by phone for 20 minutes.”
3. “Staff from faculty to janitors are trained to spot and re-port signs of emotional illness.”
4. “Since the program began three years ago, Cornell hasn’thad a suicide. In the prior 15 years, there were two a year onaverage.”
While Cornell’s program may not directly or primarily ad-dress murder-suicides, presumably persons losing incentiveto commit suicide would also lose the murder part. It is myopinion that despite the fact that Cornell’s program is onlythree years old, it would do well to implement as similar pro-gram here, because it is sensible and successful, and also be-cause it would be more risky not to implement it given that thelong-term suicide rates of Cornell and this university appearto be similar.
Addressing widespread inaction on this problem, I think itis well to remove any delusion of safety. If a murder-suicide
happens at any university, that is virtually the same as if it oc-curring at this university. After all, we are a national and an in-ternational university, and there is huge mobility of the good,the bad and the sick, both of people and of information.
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Community gardens need coverageI’m disappointed that The Diamondback has omitted two
weeks of historical city council news: the city has approvedthe Berwyn Community Garden. In their push to secure landin the Berwyn area of College Park (known as the “motherneighborhood” by the city), students from the university andthe non-student residents of College Park are cultivating amonths-long idea to establish a community garden not too farfrom the university. It was partly inspired by the university’sEngaged University office, which built the Master PeaceCommunity Garden in Riverdale Heights by uniting the uni-versity, students, a middle school, local residents and more.But while council members expressed enthusiasm for thisnew communitiy garden, the reporters only wrote aboutliquor licenses and the new Buffalo Wild Wings on the Feb. 20and 27.
Some interest from Diamondback reporters (who I saw inattendance at both week’s hearings) and a look into historywould show the city’s rich agricultural history (the universitywas founded as the Maryland Agricultural College and com-munity gardens were known as Victory Gardens). The news-paper should start realizing their definition “development inCollege Park” only consists of bars, the Purple Line andWawa, and not collaborative initiatives to reconcile the ani-mosity that usually exists between the students and the city.
A Gazettereporter thought this was news. I guess The Dia-mondback didn’t think students would agree.
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Cinderella is back, andshe’s darker, more morbidand creepier than ever — andchock full of metaphors, too.
The theatre department’sproduction of TimberlakeWertenbaker’s The Ash Girl,directed by Leslie Felbain, isa modern interpretation ofthe timeless fairytale. Inter-woven into Wertenbaker’sversion, however, is a grislypersonification of the sevendeadly sins and their effectson the deepest trials andtribulations of humanity.
Ash Girl (Liz Brown)prefers the solitude and com-fort ashes provide her. Herstepsisters (Kelly McGuiganand Kate Wolfe) take pleas-ure in her misery, while herdeadbeat stepmother (SarahShook) is too drunk to notice.
In the play, elements ofCinderella’s tale are evident:an invitation to a ball, themagic of the Fairy in the Mir-ror (Amanda Elkins), fallingin love with the prince(Andrew Blau) and losing agorgeous shoe — all beforemidnight.
But where Cinderella ispure, innocent and happydespite the innumerable oddsagainst her, Ash Girl is muchmore human. She comes to usalready broken, brimming on
the edge of insanity. As Ash Girl, Brown creates
an awkward and insecurepersona, making her morebeautiful and more humanthan anyone can imagine.Brown is the personificationof the imperfection, a traitthat makes her endearing,enjoyable and incrediblybelievable.
As a result of her humanity,the sins find Ash Girl easyprey, especially with theeighth sin: sadness. The trait,personified as a vixen ofdespair (Joanna Higbee),forms an intimate connectionwith Brown, and the pairsteals scenes throughout theentire production.
As a whole, however, thesins create visuals of incredi-ble force. Their personifica-tion of the animalistic sins isimpeccable and their man-nerisms are executed like anintricate dance — thestrength of the play lies inthis powerful choreography.
The set, designed by SeanUrbantke, is sharply angledand exaggerated to match thegothic atmosphere of theplay. And the dull, gray wallsserve as an appropriate back-drop to the beautifully col-ored costumes designed byIvania Stack.
The cast struggles at firstto create a believable world,though much of that can be
attributed to Wertenbaker’suse of complicated dialogue.The poetic language is toomuch at times, and the deliv-ery of some lines ends up stiffand unnatural; however,some surprising humor doesliven the mood.
And Brown isn’t the onlygood actress here. As AshGirl’s stepmother, Shookshows an incredible attentionto detail — down to thedrunken twitch of her feet —and her depiction of a dead-beat mother is something tobe remembered.
Similarly, Ash Girl’s
friends, Owl (David Olson)and Otter (Jayme Bell), bringa lighthearted happiness tothe stage. When Ash Girl isoverwhelmed by the sins, herfriends swoop down and pro-vide unknowing relief.
Clearly evident is Werten-baker’s idea that happinessand sadness are interlockedand human nature can findboth good and bad at thesame time. As a result, TheAsh Girl takes a child’s fairy-tale and turns it into some-thing everyone can identifywith: being human.
The fleeting nature of our
emotions is clear in Felbain’sdirection of The Ash Girl.Overall, the production holdsits own, and the strong castand the steadfast directionmake The Ash Girl a force tobe reckoned with in the worldof fairytales.
The Ash Girl will be play-ing tomorrow through Satur-day at the Ina and Jack KayTheatre in the Clarice SmithPerforming Arts Center. Tick-ets cost $7. For more informa-tion, visit www.claricesmith-center.umd.edu.
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prepared the next time we seethem. I think Maryland-Duke isalways going to be a great game;everyone is going to come toplay. The next time we playthem, I think we will come out ontop when it matters most.”
The loss snapped the Terps’two-game winning streak andextended the Terps’ losingstreak in Durham, N.C. whichdates back to 2002, to four.
The first 10 minutes of thegame was a back-and-forth af-fair, as the teams traded goals toa 3-3 tie. The Terps broke thestalemate by scoring three unan-swered goals to seize the mo-mentum and a 6-3 lead.
Senior attacker Lauren Cohenscored two of her four goals dur-ing the Terps’ 6-3 run.
Following the Terps’ run, Dukecalled a time-out and regrouped.The Blue Devils came out of thetimeout and scored three goals in3:35 to tie the game at six.
“We said in that time-out notto let it slow us down. It did,”senior midfielder Kelly Kaspersaid. “We weren’t getting it de-fensively. We were fouling andgave them easy shots.”
With 9:05 remaining beforehalftime, the Terps called a time-out of their own after the BlueDevils’ 3-0 run. The strategyworked as the Terps outscoredDuke 3-2 in the remainder of thefirst half. Senior goalie AllieBuote made a critical save topreserve the Terps’ lead andboost the team’s morale goinginto halftime.
“It pumped us up,” Kaspersaid. “We were in high spirits
going into the second half. It wasa great save and a big momen-tum shifter.”
Despite her great save, Buotewas unable to make up for theTerps’ foul problems, whichwould continue as the gamewent on. The Terps committed29 fouls compared with the BlueDevils’ 15 in the game, givingDuke easy scoring opportunities,more scoring opportunities andlonger possessions.
“We were fouling a lot on theeight, which was giving themeasy shots — it’s the easiest shotto make,” Kasper said.
Just 25 seconds into the secondhalf, Duke tied the game at 8:35.The Terps answered back bygoing on a 3-1 run to take a 13-11lead with 12:23 to go in the game.The Blue Devils ended the runby scoring a quick goal 19 sec-
onds later to make it a one-pointgame.
The Terps began to playkeep away, but it went awrywhen a poor pass causedDobbie to lose control of theball and turn it over. Dobbiemade amends for the mistakeby getting the ball back, butthe Terps’ offense stalled.
“We were tired,” Kasper said.“We needed to slow it down; it’s agreat strategy. When you slow itdown it’s in your hands, but wedidn’t take advantage of it.”
The Blue Devils scored with1:29 to go. The Terps gained con-trol in the ensuing draw, butCohen had the ball knocked outcutting to the basket and Dukepicked up the loose ball to set upthe game winner.
“I saw Lauren driving and Ithought it was going to be agoal,” Dobbie said. “They justhad a great check and it wasgoing the other way.”
Perry, Whittington became in-creasingly frustrated in the firsthalf, and the Wolfpack offensewent out of sync as the Terpstook an early lead.
“Obviously we all know howspecial Kadijah is, and she’sjust a difficult matchup,”Frese said. “You’re not goingto completely stop her, butjust try to make every shot alittle more difficult.”
After taking an inadvertentelbow to the nose, Whittingtoncontinually waved off attemptsto pass the ball inside to her onone possession, yelling “I can’tsee, I can’t see.”
The Terps’ offense fed offtheir defense, and the Terpswent on 11-0 and 8-0 runs in thefirst half, stretching their lead to18 before the Wolfpack startedto come back.
Junior guard Kristi Toliver’sfadeaway jumper in the last sec-ond of the half gave the Terps a38-26 lead at halftime.
“We got a lot of good looks,”Wolfpack coach Kay Yow said,“they just didn’t fall for us.”
The Wolfpack picked up its de-fensive intensity early in the sec-ond half and cut the Terps’ leadto 47-39 with 13:42 remaining.
With the momentum startingto shift, Harper made a toughlayup and a free throw and thenanother basket to give the Terpsmore of a cushion.
Harper had been frustratedearlier in the half when thephysicality of her defensive bat-tle with Whittington forced herto momentarily leave the courtwith a bloody lip, and she let outan emotional scream after thefirst layup.
“She’s a really physical top-caliber player,” Harper said ofWhittington. “It was a battle thewhole game, and nothing thatwasn’t expected.”
The Wolfpack never reallythreatened after that, and whileWhittington ended up with 16points, a late 12-2 run stretchedthe Terps’ lead back up to 19 be-fore they were able to close outthe 12-point win.
Harper led the Terps with 21
points and 11 rebounds, whilesenior forward Crystal Lang-horne finished with 20 pointsand 11 rebounds.
The Terps finished the regu-lar season in second place in theACC and will play the winner ofThursday’s game betweenBoston College and VirginiaTech on Friday at 6 p.m. inGreensboro, N.C.
Apparently no longer feelingas dramatic, Frese eliminatedthe element of surprise Sundayabout whether she’d be inGreensboro.
“I haven’t announced thatyet,” Frese said, “but absolutely.”
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Fouls plague Terps in lossLACROSSE, from Page 10
with the first of his three goals.Duke (3-0, 1-0 ACC) answered
back less than a minute later witha Max Quinzani goal, which start-ed a 5-0 run for the Blue Devils.
The run included an acrobatic,diving behind-the-back shot byreigning Tewaaraton Trophywinner Matt Danowski, whichplaced No. 5 in the Saturday nightSportsCenter Top 10. It also fea-tured a goal on a play in whichstarting redshirt junio rgoalieJason Carter was caught badlyout of position after the Terpswere ruled offside when he tookoff with the ball upfield himself.
Freshman Mike Manley’s re-bound goal, which put Dukeahead 6-1 with three minutes
and 40 seconds left in the quar-ter, closed the outburst.
The Terps (2-1, 0-1) had trou-ble catching up because theyspent much of the first quarteron defense. The Blue Devilswon eight of the nine first-quar-ter face-offs.
“If you don’t get the ball, youcan’t get in the flow,” junior mid-fielder Dan Groot said. “It dis-rupts the gameplan, but wecan’t make excuses. We’ve got toget better.”
The deficit swelled to 9-2 inthe second quarter before Terpgoals by Reed and junior mid-fielder Jeremy Sieverts broughtthe Terps within five.
But that was as close as theTerps would get. They wentscoreless for the next 15 minutes
14 seconds of game againstDuke’s third team preseasonAll-American goalie Dan Loftus,who made 12 saves in the win.
The Blue Devils scored fourstraight over that time to put thegame out of reach.
“We thought we’d have a hardtime at this time of year slowingthem down,” Cottle said. “Wefelt we had to get to double fig-ures to give ourselves a chanceto win. We got to seven, and thebetter team won today.”
While the Terps keptDanowski from taking over thegame, as he did with six goals inlast year’s meeting, other BlueDevils picked up the slack.Ross, Quinzani and Zack Greereach recorded three goals to goalong with Danowski’s two.
Cottle said Duke was able tofind success in a familiar way.
“We’ve been pushing thetransition on other people, so
we’ve been running with greatenergy. In turn, they pushed iton us, and we didn’t like thatfeel,” Cottle said. “We need to beable to run both ways.”
Cottle also credited the BlueDevils’ ability to win groundballs, which they controlled 46-25, but he would not say that histeam’s inexperience was amajor factor in the loss.
Still, the defeat provides theTerps an opportunity for anoth-er first today against Provi-dence: the chance to reboundfrom a loss.
Groot said he will learn fromthe loss and is eager to take thefield again.
“This really stinks, but it’sonly going to make us better inthe end,” Groot said. “It puts usback down a notch after theGeorgetown game.”
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Terps fall apart in final minutes
Terps stuckon bubble
MARK SELIG
have the ammunition to win.But blame the Terps for allow-ing the staggering comebackin front of a charged homecrowd willing to send the sen-iors off on a positive note.
“Now I can say I’ve probablybeen through everything youcan go through,” Gist said inhis last regular season homegame of his collegiate career.“This is one of the toughest[lessons] right here.”
It’s a lesson Gist would havegladly skipped, but the con-cerning part is that it’s a lessonhe and the rest of the Terpsshould have already learnedfrom other losses this season.
In last night’s version of thelesson, Clemson gave theTerps fits with their full-courtpressure in the first half. Butas the Terps geared up theirown defense, the Tigers couldno longer implement thepress, which only followedmade baskets.
In the second half, with
nothing but dignity to lose,the Tigers returned to thepress and reaped the benefitsof the Terps’ sloppy ballhan-dling and inconsistent shoot-ing. The Terps had 21turnovers, seven by pointguard Greivis Vasquez, whorepeatedly said, “It hurts somuch,” after the game.
The Terps’ tough losses ofthe past could be made up for,but now the team is runningout of time and will likely needa strong ACC Tournament runto be on the inside of the much-discussed bubble.
“It’s really tough torecover, especially given thesituation tonight,” Williamssaid. “It’s somethingextremely difficult to do.
“This will stay with me for along time.”
Especially if the Terps endup having that extra homegame this month, instead ofone on a neutral floor as part ofthe Big Dance.
SELIG, from Page 10
“We just relaxed,” sopho-more guard Greivis Vasquezsaid.
The Tigers revved up thedefensive pressure, and theTerps did not execute theiroffense. Leading 68-55 with4:31 left, the Terps wereoutscored 18-2 the rest of theway.
Even as a stunned ComcastCenter crowd watched Clem-son slowly complete its come-back, the Terps still had achance at the end. They hadthe ball in a tie game with 45.4seconds left, but Vasquez’sdriving layup attempt was toohard and clanked off the rim.
On the other end, Clemsonlooked to go down low, butwhen nothing was open, theTigers went to Oglesby. TheClemson guard took the balland drilled an off-balance 3-pointer over Landon Mil-bourne from the right side ofthe court in between the base-line and the top of the key.
“Good players take theshots at the end,” Oglesbysaid. “And I’m not callingmyself a great player by anymeans, but that’s what I’m try-ing to be. You’ve got to have acertain amount of guts inorder to take that shot, and Iwas ready for it.”
The Terps didn’t do them-
selves any favors. Along withblowing the 20-point lead,they only made 2-of-15 3-pointers and 12-of-21 freethrows. The Terps also turnedthe ball over 21 times and onlyforced three turnovers in thesecond half.
“We helped the situation,”coach Gary Williams said.“There’s no doubt about it.”
For the first 30 minutes, theTerps could not have playedany better. It looked as if theywere going to finish off a rareblowout and one of their mostcomplete games of the season.
There was a boisterouscrowd on hand to watch somemonstrous dunks, great pro-duction from the bench andstrong perimeter defenseagainst the best outside shoot-ing team in the ACC.
And even when Clemsonwent on mini runs in the sec-ond half, the Terps held theirground.
Until the final few minutes.“When are we gonna
become tough enough to finishout games?” Osby askedrhetorically. “We come intothe last 10 minutes of thegame, we got a lead and wecan’t finish it out. It’s difficult.It’s real difficult.”
It was a collapse that willbe talked about for a long,long time — especially if theTerps miss the NCAA Tour-
nament. The Decemberlosses to Ohio and Americanwere bad, but this one wascertainly more hurtful.
Now, the Terps will have towin at least two more games,and maybe even three more.
“It hurts so much,” Vasquezsaid. “We had that game — upby 20 at home. I think we owesomething to our fans, the peo-ple who support us. Theydeserve better than that.”
When Vasquez’s desperate3-pointer from half courtmissed, the building’s onlynoise came from Clemson’secstatic bench.
Gist dropped to the groundand crouched over, a feelingthat was probably echoed bymany Terp fans watching athome.
“It’s real tough for every-body in this locker room,” Mil-bourne said. “I take majorresponsibility on myself fornot being ready to playtonight, and especially the lastshot of the game. I’m takingthis real tough, but the seniorson the team are taking it thetoughest because it’s their lastgame here, and you definitelydon’t want to end your lastcareer game home on a loss.”
For Gist and Osby, it was notthe way they wanted to go out.But, they might get anothergame or two at Comcast Center.
And that’s not a good thing.
“It’s gonna be hard to go tosleep,” Osby said. “TylenolPM and Nyquil.”
GAMETRACK
TERPS TIGERSField Goal % 45.2 40.33Pt % 13.3 26.9Free Throw % 57.1 72.7Rebounds 42 38Off. rebounds 15 17Assists 18 15Turnovers 21 17
TERPSSCORING FGM FGA PTSJ. Gist 7 16 15REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOTJ. Gist 2 6 8ASSISTS AST TOG. Vasquez 7 7
CLEMSONSCORING FGM FGA PTSJ. Mays 9 14 20REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOTJ. Mays 3 6 9ASSISTS AST TOK.C. Rivers 5 2
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Face-offs an issueDUKE, from Page 10
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ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKGuard Greivis Vasquez had seven of the Terps’ 21 turnovers and shot just 4-of-12 from the field in last night’s loss to Clemson.
BY GREG SCHIMMELSenior staff writer
RALEIGH, N.C. – When LauraHarper heard coach BrendaFrese’s voice in the lockerroom Sunday, the senior for-ward thought it must havebeen a recording.
Frese gave birth to twinboys Feb. 17, and hadn’t trav-
eled to aroad gamesinceDecember,but afterassistantcoachDaron Parkgave aspeech
before the No. 5 Terps’ 76-64win over N.C. State, Fresemade her surprise appear-ance.
“Coach Park gave us ourmatchups, and we were aboutto bring it in, and Coach B justwalks in and says ‘Let’s playMaryland basketball,’”Harper said. “It was reallynice.”
Frese had spent the pastweek at home with her sons,but when she started to feellike she’d be up to it midweek— and when she was able tobook a flight for Sunday morn-ing so she wouldn’t have tospend a night away from home— Frese decided to make thetrip.
“Nice-early morning wake-up call at 4:30, which I’m usedto now with the feedings,”Frese said. “Able to get downhere [Sunday] morning atabout 10:30 to get here for the[1 p.m.] game.”
With Park prowling thesidelines, Frese watched fromthe bench as the Terps were
extremely physical from thestart against Wolfpack seniorforward Khadijah Whitting-ton, succeeding early on in
taking the Wolfpack’s leadingscorer — and one of the bestplayers in the ACC — off hergame.
Guarded mostly by Harperand senior forward Jade
Gary Williamsaddressed themedia with ahoarse voice and a
weathered look that madethe coach look like he hadjust run a marathon. TheTerrapin players softlyresponded to postgameinquisitions with the moodof somebody whose bestfriend had just passed away.
It’s difficult to imaginethat less than an hourbefore all this, the Terpshad a 20-point second-halflead over the ClemsonTigers and were putting thestamp on their resumé thatwould almost ensure them aspot in the upcoming NCAATournament.
A feisty Clemson fresh-man ruined the Terps’ sen-ior night with a game-win-ning 3-pointer in the clos-ing seconds. And Tigersguard Terrence Oglesby’sshot may have opened thedoor for one more game atComcast Center for JamesGist, Bambale Osby andJason McAlpin. Unfortu-nately for them, that would
mean the NIT.The Terps still have one
more regular-season gameand the ACC Tournament toprove they belong with the64 other top teams fromacross the country, but lastnight’s loss is indicative thatthey don’t right now.
For the second time in asmany weeks, the Terpsrelinquished a huge sec-ond-half lead on their homecourt. The most recentimplosion trumps the pre-vious one — a double-digitadvantage which turnedinto a loss against VirginiaTech.
“I was like, ‘No, notagain,’” guard Adrian Bowiesaid. “We were up the wholegame basically, and all of asudden, it just turnedaround.”
Bowie and the rest of thereserves finally provided abig boost for the Terps, whohad previously relied on thestarting unit for just aboutall of the production. ButBowie could only watchwith a helpless feeling fromthe sideline as Clemsonwhittled a 20-point deficitinto a tie, and a tie game intoan unexpected win.
After tough losses, theTerps continually said theyhave to put it behind themand build on it, but this sea-son we’ve seen more déjà vuthan we have progression.
Give Clemson all thecredit in the world for nothanging their heads andaccepting defeat on a nightwhen they didn’t seem to
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SportsBaseball takes three of four; softball wins tournament
The Terrapin baseball team won three of four against Hofstra, losing only the seriesfinale on Sunday. Read baseball beat reporter Aaron Kraut’s story online atwww.diamondbackonline.com.
The Terrapin baseball game won the UCF Knight Games Championship on Sunday. Readsoftball beat reporter Jeff Newman’s story online.
Tourneyhopes fade
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKFreshman guard Adrian Bowie had 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting, but it wasn’t enough in last night’s loss.
MARK SELIG
Terps blow 20-point second-
half leadBY ANDREW ZUCKERMAN
Senior staff writer
It was supposed to be a tri-umphant and festive night, one thatcelebrated the careers of the Ter-rapin men’s basketball seniors,most notably James Gist and Bam-bale Osby.
But when it was all said and done,it turned into a night that both willquickly want to forget. Of Gist’s 70games at Comcast Center, lastnight’s 73-70 loss was unlike anyother he had experienced. And Osbyhas been fightingan illness, butthis, he said, is agame that willmake him losesleep.
Up 20 pointswith 10:53remaining, theTerps choked.
Clemson ended the game on a 34-11 run, which included an improba-ble game-winning 3-pointer by Ter-rence Oglesby with 2.3 seconds left.For the Terps, it was an unthinkablemeltdown, and a loss that will likelycost them a first-round ACC Tour-nament bye and quite possibly anNCAA Tournament bid.
“It’s hard to take anything posi-tive from this,” Gist said. “Everyplayer in this locker room has to feelhurt from this. We have to realizethat we can’t give games away, espe-cially now.”
This wasn’t just any loss. This wasas heartbreaking as they come.
The Terps (18-12, 8-7 ACC) haveblown big second-half leads before,but nothing like this. They hadClemson (21-7, 9-5) backed into acorner and had a chance to cruise towhat would have been an impres-sive win over a team with a top-50Ratings Percentage Index ranking.
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YUCHEN NIE–THE DIAMONDBACKSenior forward Crystal Langhorne scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Terps’ win.
Frese surprise visit sparks Terps Coach makesfirst road trip
since December
Men’s lacrossecan’t keep up
Blue Devils pile on goals as Terpsstruggle with communication
BYERICDETWEILERSenior staff writer
DURHAM, N.C. — The Terrapinmen’s lacrosse team was boundto experience many firsts thisseason with a young roster thatfeatures 18 true freshmen.
On Saturday at No. 2 Duke, theNo. 4 Terps faced one of them:their first deficit of the season.
The Terps fell behind earlyand failed to manage enough of-fense against the experiencedBlue Devils to mount a seriouscomeback effort in a 15-7 Dukewin at Koskinen Stadium.
“We knew we were going toface this sometime, and I don’t
think wecommuni-cated witheach otheras well as wew o u l d ’ v el i k e d , ”coach Dave Cottle said. “Thatlack of communication causedsome turnovers which led tosome breaks for them.”
Duke’s Brad Ross scored onthe game’s opening possession toput the Terps down early, butTerp freshman attackmanTravis Reed tied the score twominutes and 23 seconds later
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Women’s lacrossefalls in last secondsDuke scores with three seconds left
BYBRIANKAPURStaff writer
DURHAM, N.C. —With 13 seconds togo in a 13-13 tied game, Dukehad a free possession opportuni-ty. The Blue Devils’ shot sailedover the goal, out-of-bounds andovertime seemed assured. Butthere were still seven long sec-onds left to go in regulation.
The Terrapin women’slacrosse team engaged the BlueDevils in a thrilling offensiveshootout that came down to thefinal few seconds. With the gamestill tied at 13 and just three sec-
onds left inregulation,the BlueDevils cutthrough theTerp de-fense to firein the game-winning goal, stun-ning the Terps 14-13.
“We showed a lot of momentsof greatness and moments ofweakness,” senior midfielderDana Dobbie said. “We still havea lot of time left in the season tobuild on that. We are going to be
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LACROSSEDuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15TERRAPINS . . . . . . . . . . 7
LACROSSEDuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14TERRAPINS . . . . . . . . . 13
BASKETBALLClemson . . . . . . . . . . 73TERRAPINS. . . . . . . . . 70
BASKETBALLTERRAPINS. . . . . . . . . 76Wake Forest . . . . . . . 64
A CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE