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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 98TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 117THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008
THE DIAMONDBACK
GOING PROHarper, Langhorne taken intop 10 picks of WNBA Draft
SPORTS | PAGE 10
PULL A SMART ONEA mixture of dark humor, unique characters
makes Smart People worth seeingDIVERSIONS | PAGE 7
JAMES B. HALE–THE DIAMONDBACKShenaaz Janmohamed, from the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Vio-lence Resource Project, rallies students at “Take Back the Night,” anevent put on by the Office of the Victims Advocate, Student Advocates ForEducation about Rape, Sigma Psi Zeta and other campus groups. The rallywas held to raise awareness about sexual violence.
SPEAKING OUT
mtvU contracthas students
footing bill
YouTube forum lacks student questions
BY ERICH WAGNERStaff writer
While SEE is paying theproduction costs of this year’smtvU co-sponsored ArtAttack, other stops on theCampus Invasion Music Fes-tival are being financedentirely by mtvU.
mtvU’s Campus InvasionTour will stop in Philadelphiaand Boston in the days after itcomes to the university. Stu-dents in these cities are pay-ing $5 and $8 respectively,but students at this universitywill pay a similar admissionfee in addition to the student
fees that SEE already uses tofund Art Attack.
Student EntertainmentEvents officials say theunprecedented $5 cost foruniversity students attendingthis year’s Art Attack — to beheld in Byrd Stadium May 2— comes from footing the billfor production costs neces-sary to secure the show. SEEPresident Sara Stesis said thegroup wasn’t offered theoption of getting a free con-cert on the campus, leadingthem to devote their morethan $59,000 Art Attack
SEE will use student fees, admissionprice to pay for Art Attack
BY MARISSA LANGStaff writer
The SGA is looking to bringits presidential elections intothe 21st century this year,
adding a YouTube feature tothe candidates’ debatetonight.
Trouble is, most studentsdon’t seem to be joining them.
Taking a page from the CNN
presidential debate, the Stu-dent Government Associationhas been asking students tosubmit YouTube videos withquestions for the candidatesduring the past week.
As of last night, though, onlyone video was posted on theSGA’s YouTube site — SGAPresident Andrew Friedson
Campaigning with commodesBY MARISSA LANG
Staff writer
About halfway into atwo-week campaign runfor the top job in the SGA,presidential candidateJonathan Sachs is havingthe time of his life.
The sophomore govern-ment and politics majorhas had a long-standingpassion for politics, andaccording to his mother
once carried around apocket version of the Con-stitution in middle school.
Sachs, who is running onthe Students Party ticket,said he will bring passionto his presidency, vowing todo “nothing else” for ayear.
“This isn’t a sound-bite,”Sachs said. “This is real.”
Running on the broadestplatform of the three can-didates, Sachs says he sees
no problem with address-ing a lot of issues whetherit be amplifying the studentvoice, improving diningservices, increasing safety,becoming greener or bet-tering students’ academicexperience.
As the name of his partyimplies, Sachs said bring-ing students back to theStudent Government
MTA unveilspurple line costs
BY BEN SLIVNICKSenior staff writer
The Maryland TransitAdministration dealt a blow tothe university’s proposedPreinkert Drive route for thePurple Line last night,announcing it would becheaper to run the transitwaydown Campus Drive.
Students have contended itwould be most convenient ifthe Purple Line runs downCampus Drive with a stop inthe center of campus at StampStudent Union, but adminis-trators contend that routecould endanger pedestriansand tarnish the campus’s look.
Secretary of Transportation
John Porcari will have thefinal say on the $1.7-billiontransitway that will connectouter-Beltway suburbs. Stateofficials said they’ll weighopinions of stakeholders onboth sides along with the dif-ferences in aesthetics, pedes-trian impact, travel times andcost.
In a presentation MTA engi-neers gave to a group of uni-versity, city and student lead-ers at city hall last night, theCampus Drive route appearedto have an edge in two of thosecategories.
After completing an exten-sive study of campus trafficpatterns, MTA engineering
JACLYN BOROWSKI–THE DIAMONDBACKAyodeji Rotimi delivers Burger King food to junior economicsmajor Obiageli Obiago outside the Hornbake Library.
ABOUT THE CANDIDATE
UPCOMING CANDIDATE PROFILEMardy Shualy House Party (Fri.)
Top issues: Amplifying student voice, safety,transportation, housing, improving diningservices, a better academic experience
NAME:Jonathan Sachs
YEAR:Sophomore
MAJOR: Government
and politics
PARTY: Students
Alumnus’ businessdelivers food whenrestaurants won’t
BY KRISTI TOUSIGNANTStaff writer
Admit it. On more than one occasion, youcouldn’t be bothered to get out of your paja-mas to go grab Chipotle.
You wanted it. You wanted it bad. You ago-nized over it. If only they delivered!
No more. Eats on Wheels, a new food order service
that promises to deliver the fast-food optionsthat ordinarily require a trip out, has beenlaunched.
“There is that gap that was there beforeand it has been filled,” Eats on Wheelsfounder and university alumnus AyodejiRotimi said. “You can actually have fooddelivered until 2 a.m. If you want somethinglate at night, you can get it.”
The new delivery service, which began amonth ago, is a spin-off of Goody Goody, anonline grocery delivery service Rotimi cre-ated last semester. Whether it will catch onwith students is an open question. The deliv-ery charge ups the cost of that burrito by a
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Maryland Transit Authority saysCampus Drive plan costs $3M less
PUBLIC NOTICEThe University of Maryland, Department of Public Safety is
scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achievere-accreditation by verifying it meets professional standards.
Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for LawEnforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the accreditation programrequires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in fourbasic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations, andsupport services.
As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and membersof the community are invited to offer comments at a publicinformation session on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.The session will be conducted in the Prince George’s room of theAdele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland, CollegePark, Maryland.
Agency employees and the public are also invited to offercomments by calling (301) 405-5735 on Tuesday afternoon, April 15,2008 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Comments will betaken by the Assessment team.
Telephone comments, as well as appearances at the publicinformation session, are limited to 10 minutes and must address theagency’s ability to comply with CALEA’s standards. A copy of thestandards is available at the University of Maryland Department ofPublic Safety, Service Building 003, College Park, Maryland. Localcontact is Captain Carolyn Consoli at (301) 405-0537.
Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the Universityof Maryland, Department of Public Safety’s ability to comply with thestandards for accreditation may send them to the Commission onAccreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), 10302Eaton Place, Suite 100, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-2215.
The Idiot's Guide to Men's Health: College EditionUncovering the side effects of fad dieting, 5 p.m., EppleyRecreation Center : Center for Health and Wellbeing : 0121
USA v Al-Arian Documentary Screening"Terrorism" charges and the Bush Administration,6 p.m., Stamp Student Union, Hoff Theater
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After a week of debating atrip to Chapel Hill, N.C., for thewomen’s lacrosse ACC/ALCChallenge, I finally made itdown. But even the ride downcaused some uncertainty. Onthe way, I found out that thegame was pushed up an hour to4 p.m. due to a thunderstormthreat.
I ended up getting therewith just enough time to getdressed at CarmichaelFieldhouse and get over toFetzer Field in time for thegame.
After the crazy ride, thingswere just as nutty.
The press box had a uniqueguest, coach Cathy Reese’snewborn daughter, Cayden.Throughout the game sportsinformation director MattLynch was attempting to be ababysitter, until a Tar Heel SIDhad to help him out.
Before this experience,Matt said he would see thenewborn and want a baby. Nowthose feelings are now longgone.
Although watching Matt tryto babysit was entertaining, theTerrapin women’s lacrossegame against Penn State waseven better. It was only thethird close game the Terpsplayed all season, but by far themost dramatic. The Terps wonthe game in triple overtimewhen Kelly Kasper scored in thesudden death overtime period.
I can only hope thatSunday’s action, both on thefield and in the press box, is asentertaining.
— POSTED ON TERRAPINTRAIL.COMAPRIL 5, 2008
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What a dayBrian Kapur
Police: Gun accidentally firedin high school bathroom
KENSINGTON – A handgun dis-charged accidentally onWednesday while five studentsin a Montgomery County highschool bathroom examinedthree guns they planned to sell,county police said. No one wasinjured and charges are pend-ing against several students.
A student at Albert EinsteinHigh School in Kensingtonalerted administrators afterhearing the gunshot between11:30 a.m. and noon, promptinga lockdown and search of theschool. School security offi-cers found a bullet lodged inthe bathroom wall, accordingto Kate Harrison, a school sys-tem spokeswoman.
Three guns, at least one ofwhich was stolen, and otherweapons were found in a stu-dent’s locker, police said. Stu-dents were dismissed nearlytwo hours late, around 4 p.m.
The incident is believed to begang related and likely relatedto friction between studentsthat began at the end of lastweek, police said.
The search uncovered theguns and some knives andnunchucks, Harrison said.
One girl and five boys, rang-ing in age from 14 to 17, weretaken into custody and chargesfor handgun violations andrelated charges are pendingagainst all six, police said. Thestudents aged 16 and older willbe charged as adults.
Authorities planned a thor-ough search of the schoolWednesday night for any addi-tional weapons and police wereto be on the campus whenclasses resumed Thursdaymorning, Harrison said.
- Compiled from wire reports
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SGA clipalone inYouTube
campaignsitting on a couch asking stu-dents to submit their videos.
“Hi, I’m SGA PresidentAndrew Friedson, the stu-dent body president, and infour short weeks I will nolonger have that title,” hesays. In the clip, he urgesstudents to submit videoquestions to ensure that thecandidates are “answeringthe questions you careabout.”
While no students havesubmitted questions yet,SGA Elections Board mem-ber Sam Pinkava — who iscredited for getting theYouTube site up and run-ning, said he has high hopesfor participation as thedebates approach tonight.
“Lots of kids useYouTube,” Pinkava said.“And several people havetold me they would [submitquestions] if they could.”
A lack of enthusiasm, how-ever, may not be the prob-lem. Most students inter-viewed for this story said thenew YouTube question for-mat was news to them.
“I never heard of that,”said Zach Howe, a freshmancomputer science major.“But that’s really cool.”
Pinkava said the SGA isalso hoping the YouTubeaspect will add some enter-tainment value to tonight’sevent.
“We will show the mostrelevant first,” he said. “Butwe do hope students submitcreative videos.”
That is still a possibility.Some students were struckwith sudden inspiration toask the candidates unusualquestions after a reportertold them about the opportu-nity to submit clips.
“Can I ask [the candidates]what their favorite bar is?”asked freshman Englishmajor K.J. Stevens. “ThenI’ll do it!”
Although many studentssaid they would not submitvideos of their own, they dohave questions.
“I want to know howthey’re going to handle thehousing crunch,” said juniorphysiology and neurobiologymajor Grace Ji, “and whatauthority they really have toaddress tuition.”
Some students were lessthan impressed by theYouTube addition to the elec-tion, saying that by addingtechnology, humanity wasbeing sacrificed.
“I’d rather talk to the can-didate in person,” said fresh-man sociology major AmyButler. “This just seems soimpersonal.”
The SGA will be takingsubmissions until 6 p.m.today, Pinkava said. All sub-missions can be sent by visit-ingwww.youtube.com/sgade-bate2008.
consultant Joel Oppenheimer an-nounced the Campus Drive align-ment would affect the university’shistoric look less — the PreinkertDrive option would narrowlysqueeze between the South Cam-pus Diner and Lefrak Hall andcut past the Memorial Chapel.
Transit planners also pro-posed lining Campus Drive withbrick plazas and announced theroute would be $3 million cheap-er than its alternative.
University officials have pro-posed the Purple Line — whichwill stop four times in CollegePark regardless of its on-campusroute — should veer toward the
outskirts of campus downPreinkert Drive regardless.
Aesthetics have been a cen-terpiece of administrators’ argu-ments against the Campus Drivealignment, but pedestrian trafficremains another major worry.The MTA confirmed PreinkertDrive would likely see 60 per-cent fewer pedestrians and thatboth routes would have virtuallysimilar travel times.
Vice President for Adminis-trative Affairs Doug Duncan de-clined to comment on the MTA’sfindings last night, except to saythat he maintains the costs ofboth proposals are “pretty muchthe same.” But Student Govern-ment Association President An-
drew Friedson, who has en-dorsed the Campus Drive plan,said the night’s presentationlargely confirmed his opinions.
“Today didn’t change any-thing in terms of the conclusionsyou can draw,” he said.
But after sharp disagree-ments with administrators,Friedson said, “there is a certaindegree of comfort in being ableto know the findings were whatwe expected.”
Bill Orleans, a Greenbelt resi-dent who said he spends severaldays a week on the campus,echoed the sentiment.
“The students have spoken, thefaculty have spoken: CampusDrive,” he said. “If we had to vote
tonight, I’d say go Campus Drive.”But the MTA has yet to study
the impact the transitway’s vi-brations could have on sensitiveresearch laboratories — anothermajor qualm for administratorsand some faculty. While plan-ners have yet to decide whetherthe Purple Line will be a busrapid transit system or a lightrail train, they predicted neitheroption will affect research.
Planners from the group willreturn to the campus May 8 topresent to the University Senateand have a round of public inputmeetings lined up in College Parkthis fall. They’re hoping to reach arecommendation by winter, so thestate can apply for federal fund-ing for the project in 2009.
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CORRECTIONYesterday’s story “Triathlon
club encounters hurdles” incor-rectly described the TriathlonClub’s status with the StudentGovernment Association. Thegroup was recognized by the SGAlast week, and they are eligible forfuture funding.
Yesterday’s article “Politics top-ple textbook bill passage” incor-rectly described an amendmentthe House of Delegates made tothe bill. The amendment wouldhave removed a clause thatrequired universities to exposestudents to non-school-spon-sored bookstores at freshman ori-entation.
MTA findings give students new wind
Sachs hopes to tackle broad range of issues
Association is a top priority.“They’ve got the govern-
ment part down, they’ve gotthe administration partdown, but there are still nostudents,” said Sachs.“That’s what we’re doing —mobilizing the part that’snot there.”
How? By doing businesswhere students do theirs, hesaid — the bathroom.
The Students Party hascovered bathroom stalls allover campus with yellow
fliers called “Flush Notes”,a campaign strategy thatSachs says he will carryover into his presidency.
“It’s a great way to reachpeople. Lots of people thinkstudents are apathetic. I sayno, they’re just unin-formed,” he said.
Sachs also wants to addthe N.I.T.E Ride number tothe back of student ID cardsand create a program simi-lar to AlcoholEdu thatwould serve the entire uni-versity in order to informstudents about how to keep
themselves safe on campus.These measures may besimple, but they can helpimprove student safety on abasic level he said.
“They already have Alco-holEdu, which no one listensto anyway,” Sachs said. “Weneed to be honest with stu-dents and then we can startto reduce crime.”
To address housing, Sachssaid he wants to jump-starta pubic landlord rating sys-tem in order to betterinform students as to whatprevious owners experi-enced while living in thearea, something that is con-siderably more important asmore students move offcampus. While past SGApresidents have rallied to noavail for more on-campus
beds, Sachs wants to high-light university’s housingshortage if elected.
Some students questionhis ability to deliver on sucha wide range of issues, butSachs said he sees no needto narrow his focus.
“We have a lot of issues,so what?” he said. “Theseare all accomplishablegoals.”
Sachs’ ten items, however,are a considerable jumpfrom his opponents’ farbriefer platforms — theHouse Party has five andindependent candidate DanLeydorf has four.
Although he admitsfriends and family warn himabout burning out, Sachssays he has so many itemson his platform because heintends to see every one ofthem through. Even mem-bers of the College Democ-rats, which Sachs leads aspresident, say his dedicationcan get over-the-top.
“I heard he doesn’tsleep,” one College Democ-rat said to another at thegroup’s meeting last night.
Platform aside, Sachssays the defining differencebetween him and his twocompetitors is experience.
Though Mardy Shualy ofthe House Party and Ley-dorf have been members ofthe SGA and RHA respec-tively, Sachs touts hisinvolvement in the CollegeDemocrats as ideal prepara-tion for the job of SGA pres-ident. Unlike his two com-petitors, Sachs’ pastinvolvement is entrenchedin politics.
Although party politicsare often divisive, Sachs isconfident his affiliationwon’t be a problem becauseit is so widely known, espe-cially after College Republi-cans President BrandonPayne endorsed Sachs in aletter to the editor in Mon-day’s Diamondback. This,he said, is a testament to hisability to facilitate unity.
“I am the advocate Ipromise to be,” he said.“We’re really about unity.”
Between his track recordand new ideas, Sachs saidhe is confident he will leavethe SGA in a better positionthan he found it. And if allgoes according to plan,maybe he will even findtime to sleep.
$3 or $4 flat fee. Still, the service will
deliver from 12 differentrestaurants includingMcDonald’s, Kentucky FriedChicken, Chipotle, Subway,Dunkin’ Donuts and IHOP.And that could have a realimpact on the dynamics ofthe downtown economy.
Take California Tortilla,the only Mexican restaurantin the city that delivers. Cali-fornia Tortilla’s deliverymanager, Pat Rigiel, hasquestions about the Eats onWheels business model, butdoes wonder if Rotimi’soperation could cut into hisdelivery profits.
“We just started deliverylast semester and it’s broughta good bit more income tous,” Rigiel said. “There’sdefinitely a question of,‘Chipotle is our competitor; ifthat service is available,there may be some peoplethat want Chipotle instead.’”
Rigiel questions the speedof the operation, though.
“The time it takes to placean order, go to the restaurantto prepare the food, then thedriver stops in. I don’t knowhow they do that in a verytimely service,” he said. “Forus, we get the order, put it onthe line, do it and our drivershoots right out.”
As a small, private com-pany, Eats on Wheels doesn’tfile its sales or revenue pub-licly. But some anecdotal evi-dence suggests the servicehas at least a few happy cus-tomers.
Sophomore computer sci-ence major Jherica Belle hasordered from Eats on Wheelsmore times than she cancount, and says she loves theconvenience.
“It takes a lot of time tocatch a bus and go down toRoute 1 to eat,” Belle said.“Most restaurants I like don’tdeliver, so it’s a good way toget the food I want.”
Eats on Wheels promises a
delivery time of 45 to 60 min-utes. The company also takesdelivery orders days orweeks ahead of time.
“IHOP is always packed,”Rotimi said. “You have towait two hours. I wouldn’twant to go there and wait inline after a party the nightbefore. With us, you canwake up the next day with apackage delivered. That isperfect. We are basically fill-ing a gap of having every-thing at your fingertips.”
Rotimi runs the businesswith partner Stella Odo, astaff of five administratorsand six drivers, he said.
But the kind of logisticalproblems that Rigiel envi-sioned have indeed causedsome headaches.
Acting as the middlemanbetween students and theirfood, Rotimi said, can be acomplicated task. Often, hewill get customized ordersand call them in, only to havethe student call back minuteslater to change the order. A
time-eating back-and-forthbetween the student andrestaurant results, he said.
Nevertheless, Rotimi sayshe expected challenges. Andthere are plenty ahead forthe fledgling business.
Rotimi is also expandingGoody Goody, with morethan 2,000 groceries offeredfor delivery, up from around300 products the website,mygoodygoody.com, offeredlast semester.
So far, Rotimi has onlyadvertised through fliers andFacebook, getting the busi-ness under control before theboom he expects once wordspreads.
“The thing is, how well canwe really handle influx rightnow?” Rotimi said. “First, weneed to know what to do,scale back and go gradually.”
Rotimi hopes to expand thebusiness to include all CollegePark eateries that do notdeliver within the next month.
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SEE optimisticabout Art Attack
promotionbudget to the production costsof the event.
“It was never a possibilitythat we paid nothing,” Stesissaid. “[mtvU] approached uswanting for it to be our springshow, for it to be outside andfor us to pay for techwhile they paid for tal-ent.”
After inquiries fromD i a m o n d b a c kreporters, SEE con-tacted mtvU and dis-covered that they hadchanged their modelfor the Campus Inva-sion Tour after alreadymaking an agreementwith the university.
Jason Rzepka, thedirector of communi-cations for mtvU, saidthe discrepancybetween payments foreach show stem from aproblem with head-liner Wyclef Jean’sinability to play inApril, which ultimately led toa change in the financialmodel used for the concert.
“The bulk of college springfling concerts occur in April,but Wyclef was only available inMay,” Rzepka said. “It mademore sense to just put the tourin a central location while col-leges were still in session.”
Maggy Baccinelli, the pub-lic relations director for SEE,said after the group bookedthe show, they moved on toplanning the concert and did-n’t keep tabs on deals mtvU
made with other stops on thetour.
“We weren’t checking up tosee what other schools weredoing,” Baccinelli, a formerDiamondback reporter, said.
Despite the cost, Stesis wasoptimistic that the universitygot a fair deal with mtvU.
“I think it’s unfortu-nate that others don’thave to pay, but we’regetting a differentpackage,” Stesis said.“We have a say in theprocess while otherplaces don’t.”
Baccinelli said SEEwill be able to controlpromotional materialsand can independentlynegotiate with produc-tion companies formore competitiveprices because of theirpartnership with thetelevision network.
Rzepka also citedwider promotionalexposure for the ArtAttack brand as a posi-
tive result of SEE’s deal withmtvU.
“This is also the first timethat there has been activepromotions for Art Attack tothe entire DC metro area,”Rzepka said.
Tickets for this year’s ArtAttack — featuring WyclefJean, Simple Plan, The Brav-ery, Cobra Starship and TheSpill Canvas — went on saleApril 1 and will be availableonline April 18.
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Religion is one of the mostculturally ubiquitousinstitutions one couldimagine. A 2006 Baylor
University study found that 92percent of respondents believed inGod or a higher power. When abelief is so universal, it drivesevolutionary biologists to find aDarwinian link. From a glimpse,it’s hard to see what link thatcould possibly be. Why would ourancestors who sacrificed ediblemeat to some god they believed inhave an adaptive advantage overthe ones who kept all the meat forthemselves? Evolutionary biolo-gists and anthropologists arebeginning to provide the answers.
These researchers classifytraits as either adaptive or asbyproducts of adaptive traits. Thelate Stephen J. Gould, biologistand writer, once said “Naturalselection made the human brainbig, but most of our mental prop-erties and potentials may be span-drels — that is, nonadaptive sideconsequences of building a devicewith such structural complexity.”
It’s hard to see how religiousbehavior could be an adaptivebehavior, so does our beliefamount to nothing more than thebyproduct of Darwinian naturalselection?
Imagine two ancestral individu-als walking the African savannah.The first individual sees some-thing in the distance he thinkscould be a large predatory cat sohe flees into some nearby foliage.The other individual sees some-thing off in the distance butinstead shrugs it off as his eyesplaying tricks on him or as a plantblowing in the wind. If there is, infact, no predator, this situation isquite trivial. However, if there is apredator, the second individual isputting himself in unnecessarydanger by not taking cover, by notascribing agency to the unknown.Sometimes, of course, there willbe no predator, but it’s in the indi-vidual’s best interest in eithercase to recognize any and allpotential patterns or agents,whether valid or not, and respondappropriately as if they werevalid. So in a sense, our minds arehardwired through millions ofyears of natural selection toascribe agency to the unknown.From there it’s only a small step toascribing agency to the all aspectsof life. Enter gods — sea gods, sungods, rain gods. Primitive humansattributed agency to processesthey depended on (i.e., the tides,the rising and falling of the sun, agood rainy season) for the samereason they would ascribe agencyto the possible predator off in thedistance.
Recognition of our tendency toascribe agency to the unknowndoes a great deal in explaininghow religious behavior could havearisen as it, like any behavior,must have some sort of Darwinianorigin. Evolutionary biologistshave begun to build a non-adap-tive byproduct theory that seemsto indicate religion started off assomething of a misfiring causedby our evolutionary hardwiring. Ihave always marveled in the sim-plicity and beauty of naturalselection. To me, religious behav-ior is perhaps one of the moststriking examples of how fascinat-ing, how amazing the world trulyis when observed through a Dar-winian lens. There is somethingtruly startling about the idea that,in guiding the evolution ofhumans from single-celled organ-isms through billions of years,natural selection could have inad-vertently led mankind to ponderan all-powerful supernatural god.The thought that our most inti-mate emotions, beliefs and aspira-tions could be a byproduct of nat-ural selection, a process that hasshaped every living creature onthe planet, makes one feel small ina way that religion could neveraccomplish.
Tim Hiller is a senior microbiol-ogy major. He can be reached [email protected].
Walkhard
Students’ representativescannot just talk the talk —they must walk the walk.That’s why I spent my Fri-
day and Saturday nights, betweenmidnight and 4 a.m., walkingaround the immediate off-campusarea. I walked all the way downKnox Road and College Avenue,down to the College Park MetroStation, all the way to Dartmouthand Columbia Avenues. All toooften the issue of safety is dis-cussed glibly, with a reference tothe many muggings and strong-arm robberies, followed by avague promise to address theproblem. Even more often, pro-posals to improve safety lack thefirst-hand perspective that is abasic prerequisite to understand-ing the situation.
On weekends, Route 1 is awhirlwind of activity, with policeofficers on constant patrol by theintersection of Knox Road andRoute 1. Walk just a block pastRoute 1, however, and you willwitness a dramatic transforma-tion of traffic. There is little or nothrough traffic, and sparsely scat-tered pedestrian traffic. Therewere intersections where I stoodfor a full half hour without seeinga single police patrol. More stu-dents are being forced to live offcampus every semester, and thehouses on Knox and Collegeavenues are attractive options.With a five-minute walk to thecampus, they represent an afford-able, accessible option that doesnot require a car, or even a bike.
Student safety must become apriority for this university, and itis the university’s responsibility toensure the safety of studentsbeing forced out of on-campushousing. The SGA hosts an annual“Safety Walk,” in which adminis-trators, SGA members and policeofficials patrol the campus atnight, noting unsafe areas andcollaborating to improve campussafety. This is no longer enough,and if elected president of theSGA, I promise to implement anannual Off-Campus Safety Walk,not only with administrators andpolice officials, but also withmembers of the College Park CityCouncil.
The first step toward ensuringstudent safety is an increasedpolice patrol presence in theimmediate off-campus area. Justthis week, the College Park CityCouncil voted to double cityspending on safety measures,which is a crucial first step. Sim-ply having more individuals inuniform is, however, an incom-plete answer. Students must fightto redirect policing styles and pri-orities. A number of studentshave expressed anger, reportinghaving been prejudicially tar-geted as minorities by local policeofficers.
The student voice must be loud,clear and unified in demandingequality of treatment by law-enforcement officers. Further-more, students must demand arefocusing of police priorities,stressing safety rather thanbreaking up parties. These areachievable goals if a serious andpersistent dialogue is establishedwith police forces and with thecity council. The NITE Ride shut-tle service must have anexpanded fleet of vans duringtimes of heavy traffic so that stu-dents are not forced to wait inunsafe areas for extended periodsof time. If the Terp Taxi service isto continue, it must be betteradvertised so that it can be betterused.
Both the student body and theuniversity must invest instrengthening our relationshipwith the surrounding community.Outreach must be pursued with aconsistent and coordinated vision,and must tap not only intoengaged student groups, but alsointo the vast amounts of applica-ble research undertaken at theuniversity. We cannot afford tocompromise on the issue of stu-dent safety, and it is readilyapparent that the tactics reliedupon in years past are simplyinsufficient. A vote for theHOUSE Party is a vote for cre-ative, pragmatic solutions to aproblem that demands nothingless.
Mardy Shualy is an arts and humani-ties legislator in the Student Govern-ment Association and is the presiden-tial candidate of the HOUSE Party.He can be reached [email protected].
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Boy: You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get a text-book bill passed here in Annapolis. dIt’s just a bill. dYes, it’s only a bill.
And it’s really sad that it just got killed.It had a long, long journeyTo the capital city.It had a long, long waitWithout a conference committee,But we hope it’ll be a law somedayAt least we hope and pray that it will,But today it is still just a bill.Boy: Gee, Bill, you sure must be
upset about what happened.Bill: Well I got so far. The legisla-
ture seemed intent on passing me sostudents would be able to buycheaper textbooks next year, but afew delegates and senators got caughtup in tacking me with amendments.
Boy: Amendments?Bill: Yeah, a few state senators wanted to ensure I pro-
moted competition among booksellers while a state dele-gate wanted to protect the interests of the administrationand the University Book Center. Even though the SGA lob-bied hard for a compromise, the senators and delegatescouldn’t agree on which version of me to pass.
Oh the textbook billHad political will,And it seemed it would be signed until
The politics got real uglyAnd it met a sad fateBecause Rosapepe and Bohanan forgot to debateWhether they should let it be a law.How we hope next year that they will,But today it is still just a bill.Boy: Well that’s really sad.Bill: It sure is. We all were hoping I’d make it, but I guess
this is a hard-earned lesson.Boy: That the legislators should stop
arguing and get you passed earliernext year?
Bill: Yes, that, and that this is whathappens when they get too caught up inpolitical maneuvering to satisfy lobby-ists.
Boy: Well if not the lobbyists, thenwho should they be listening to?
Bill: The students.Boy: Oh yeah, I guess you’re right.It’s just a billYes, it’s only a billAnd it won’t be helping students untilOur politicians rememberThat they should be so inclinedTo pass identical billsFor O’Malley to signAnd if he signs it, then we’ll have a law.How we hope and pray that he will,But today it is still just a bill.
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Vote in the GSG Elections
Every year, page after page of coverage is devoted tothe SGA elections on the campus, when two-thirds of thestudents at the university elect their representatives. Butwhat about that other third? Graduate students also havean elected representative body — the Graduate StudentGovernment. Composed of an assembly representingevery degree program and a seven-member ExecutiveBoard, the GSG advocates on behalf of the 10,000 of uspursuing graduate and professional degrees on the cam-pus and abroad. From parking problems and shuttleroutes to housing development, grievance proceduresand state lawmaking, we tackle all the issues, big andsmall, that confront graduate students in the course ofour careers. Also this year, an important referendum willbe on the ballot.
Vote now! From April 9 -16, the GSG elections will takeplace online at Testudo (www.testudo.umd.edu). Wepromise not to bother you at home or put obnoxious chalkdrawings on the sidewalk, but please take a few minutesduring the week to exercise your right to choose who rep-resents your needs and views. Encourage your friendsand classmates to do the same!
THE GSG EXECUTIVE BOARD
Support the HOUSE party for cheaper textbooks
Safety, housing, affordable education and the qualityof university academics are all hot-button issues on thecampus, especially during the weeks of SGA campaign-ing. So what about textbooks? That’s right, textbooks.
The newspaper you’re reading might be resting on top ofsome right now. Even if it’s not, no one on the campusfails to notice they’re incredibly expensive. Even if I endup getting into all of the classes I want for next fall, themoment I pump my fist in glory at my computer screenon April 24, my joy will likely be ruined after I hit the“Books” link and find out the size of the dent it’s going toput in my and my parents’ bank accounts. So how do Iavoid that inevitable phone call explaining why theyneed to pay several hundred dollars just for textbooks?
For one, if the Maryland General Assembly continuesto fail in enacting legislation requiring professors to postbook lists eight weeks before the semester begins, thenuniversity policy needs to pick up the slack. It’s hard tobypass the unreasonably high prices at the major text-book outlets on and off the campus by buying my booksonline when professors often post the book list duringthe first week of class. Also, it burns me up knowingexactly how much the stores make off me each semester.We need a free online book exchange where universitystudents can buy, sell and trade books from other univer-sity students. Members of the HOUSE Party includingmyself want to make college affordable. If elected to theStudent Government Association, we’ll work towardthese solutions. Check out www.umdhouse.com to learnmore about our platform and to voice your thoughts. Andremember to vote on April 15 or 16.
MICAH CHERVINFRESHMAN
JEWISH STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHYCANDIDATE FOR DENTON LEGISLATOR
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BY DAN BENAMORStaff writer
Jethro Tull once sang, “Nowhe’s too old to rock ’n’ roll, but he’stoo young to die.” The senior citi-zen chorus of the documentaryYoung at Heart would certainlydisagree with the first part.
You’re never too old to rock,these elderly warblers insist, andYoung at Heart insists just as ve-hemently that you’re never tooold to stop living life to the fullest.The documentary follows theYoung at Heart Chorus, averageage 80, as they prepare for a con-cert of contemporary music. Thechoir, which has performedaround the world, covers bandsfrom the Rolling Stones to SonicYouth.
Along the way, the viewers get toknow a number of the singers andtheir chorus director Bob Cilmanvery well. Joyful and passionate,these singers are still alive, damn
it, and even at 90 they can do amean James Brown cover.
There is a lot of humor drawnfrom the personal lives of thesingers. Constantly crackingjokes, the chorus is full of person-ality. Some are surprisinglyrandy, like flirtatious 92-year-oldEileen Hall. Fred Knittle, 81, saidhe and his wife of more than 50years used to go out for romanticevenings twice a week — “I wentout on Tuesday, and she went outon Thursday” — but shortly afterthis joke about infidelity, he givesher a sweet kiss. And 76-year-oldBob Salvini spent several days inthe emergency room singing non-stop after a brush with death.
Director Stephen Walker(Hardcore) also gets some comicmileage out of shooting the grouplike rock stars in the openingshots of a concert. And the voice-over tells of funny details of theirlives, such as the fact Eileen is theonly person in her nursing home
with a key to the front door, be-cause she often returns so latefrom shows.
But what makes this docu-mentary moving in addition tojust funny are its insights intomortality. Obviously with agroup so old, some have serioushealth problems, such as onemember who comes to rehearsalweak after having chest painsand another who carries an oxy-gen machine. Sometimes thegroup is even forced to take daysoff for various medical reasons,and suffice to say, not everyonemakes it to the concert.
Yet because of the singers’ages, all the songs have an extralayer of meaning — “Stayin’Alive,” “I Feel Good” and “Forev-er Young” take on a different res-onance when sung by a group of80-year-olds.
And this is clearly very impor-tant to the singers themselves.For example, Salvini hadn’t sung
since his time in the emergencyroom and remarks it would be“devastating” if he couldn’t findhis voice again. When he steps upto the microphone in rehearsal,you’ll hold your breath.
Perhaps once or twice, aschmaltzy score may creep inunnecessarily, and at one pointthe director asks a very illsinger a question that verges onbeing insensitive and manipula-tive. But these are very, veryminor complaints, just a fewmoments in the film. Apartfrom these small quibbles, thefilm is very well done.
And since the five-star ratingshould be reserved for the mythi-cal “perfect” movie, Heart fallsslightly short. But so far, it’s thebest movie of 2008 and the bestdocumentary this critic has everseen. Every person in the worldshould see this movie.
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BY THOMAS FLOYDStaff writer
When it comes to producer MichaelLondon, his formula for success is sim-ple: Find a story about a depressedteacher with a nonexistent love life anda failing writing career, cast ThomasHaden Church as his fun-loving but ir-responsible sidekick and become im-mersed in their world of misadventureand dark humor.
Hey, it worked in Sideways — whynot give it another shot?
Adapted from a script penned byfellow newcomer Mark Poirier, com-mercial director Noam Murro’s firstfeature, Smart People, is fashionedvery much in the same style as Side-ways. A fascinating take on the trialsand tribulations of a pretentious fa-ther attempting to reconnect with hisestranged family while finding newlove, Smart People is an often bleak,sometimes hopeful and perpetuallycharming effort.
Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point) playsLawrence Wetherhold, an English pro-fessor at Carnegie Mellon University inPittsburgh. Speaking in a drawlingmonotone and making little effort toknow his students, Lawrence isn’t ex-actly the most popular professor oncampus. His self-indulgent tendencies
are even filtering into his writing, as hislatest novel has been wholeheartedlyrejected by every publisher. WithLawrence, it doesn’t matter if he ex-presses himself in print or verbally —he is simply a man who always seemsto choose the wrong words.
A widower, Lawrence lives with hisdaughter, Vanessa (Ellen Page, Juno), ahigh school student who spends somuch time concentrating on her gradesthat she has become a social outcast.His son, James (Ashton Holmes, A His-tory of Violence), lives in a dorm atCarnegie Mellon, but the distance be-tween the two goes far beyond the fewmiles that physically separate them.
After a trauma-induced seizurekeeps Lawrence from legally drivingfor six months, the family is joined byhis free-loading adopted brother,Chuck (Church, back in his comfortzone after delving into action film in thedreadful Spider-Man 3), who decides todrive for Lawrence in exchange forroom and board.
The family roles — the strict father,playful uncle, surly son and over-achieving daughter — are all familiar.Once they are fleshed out, they turn outto be more than they initially appear.Vanessa, for instance, wears the maskof an overly confident demeanor, buttime exposes a vulnerable figure worn
down by carrying the responsibili-ties of both a daughter and a wife inher broken home.
Lawrence and his family are tossed acurveball when he is treated at thehospital by one of his former stu-dents, Janet Hartigan (Sarah JessicaParker, Failure to Launch). Realizingthat she had a crush on him datingback to her collegiate days,Lawrence decides to ask her out for a“face-to-face conversation.” Need-less to say, he is a bit awkward on hisfirst date since his wife’s death, butsoon it becomes evident that theremay be an engaging personality lyingdeep beneath his conceited persona.
The humor throughout Smart Peo-ple is unassuming, as Murro drawsthe laughs by focusing on the pecu-liar — but often relatable — aspectsof his colorful characters. WhileQuaid is excellent in his against-typerole as the amusingly quirky so-ciopath, it is Page and Church whostand out while bringing their impec-cable comedic timing to the table.Meanwhile, Nuno Bettencourt, a gui-tarist for the band Extreme, providesa fitting score that further enhancesSmart People’s indie film ambiance.
The character portraits painted byMurro aren’t quite as convincing asthose in Sideways, a film which raised
the bar for dark romantic comedy.Though that flaw will likely keep SmartPeople from standing above the crowdas one of the year’s elite films, Murro isstill a master at handling his movie’slow-key humor and absorbing narra-
tive, and this film has set him on theway to becoming one of the more prom-ising new faces to keep on eye on inHollywood for years to come.
MOVIE: Smart People | VERDICT:
REVIEW | SMART PEOPLE
Though not as good as Sideways, Smart
People’s low-key humor works wonders
REVIEW | YOUNG@HEART
Keeping the rock close @Heart
MOVIE:Young@Heart | VERDICT:
COURTESY OF MOVIEWEB.COMThe choir in Young@Heart performs a variety of songs in various genres.
Come meetthese People
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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2008 | SPORTS | THE DIAMONDBACK 9
play where he ran past All-America defender JerryLambe for the score — ironi-cally, a play markedly similarto the one that first drew theconference with Copelan.
Young, who was still feelingthe effects of an ankle injurythat caused him to miss twoweeks of the preseason, addedanother goal and an assist laterin the game.
“He showed us what kind ofplayer he was in the fall,” seniormidfielder Max Ritz said. “Thatwasn’t a surprise to us. That wasa surprise to everybody else.That’s just how he plays. He’snot afraid of opponents.”
Young said it was just good to“get the monkey off my back”and show he could make animmediate impact at the colle-giate level.
Coach Dave Cottle had nodoubt Young would be able toproduce after seeing Youngrecord 39 goals and 45 assistsin his senior season at Manhas-set High School, which hetransferred to after three yearsat Chaminade High School.Cottle recalled watching Youngrecord a goal and eight assistsin one high school game.
That was enough to show himthat Young could be the distrib-utor for Catalino and Reed, whoare pure goal-scorers.
“You were looking for theperfect complement, an ath-letic kid who could hold the
ball,” Cottle said. “Very sel-dom can you put pieces of thepuzzle together like that.When we got him, it made abig difference.”
But first he had to convinceYoung to choose the Terps.Young’s older brother Michaelalready played for Duke, andhis twin brother Kevin eventu-ally committed to play for theBlue Devils as well.
However, Ryan Young keptan open mind and really con-nected with the Terp playersand coaches on his visit to Col-lege Park.
“I thought it was a perfectfit,” Young said. “I thoughtthis was the best place, andright now, I totally agree withmy choice.”
And the Terps are happywith his decision as well.
Ritz, the Terps’ assist leaderlast season as an attackman,said Young’s impact on theteam goes beyond the pointshe’s generated.
“People really respect himbecause he works hard, andhe’s very respectful of theolder guys,” Ritz said. “Hereally knows what it means towear that jersey and play thatposition.”
But it’s not that Young hasn’tbeen valuable in the field.
Cottle said he has beenamazed at Young’s ability tokeep producing despite draw-ing opponent’s toughestdefenders consistently. Younghas recorded a point in each
game this season except a 13-8win at North Carolina onMarch 22.
Ever since Copelan definedYoung’s role in the offense, thecoordinator has been able totrust Young to maintain hispoise on the offensive end andlearn from his mistakes.
“He just gets it, and you can’tsay that about them all,”Copelan said. “I know when I’mstanding on the sideline and theball’s in Ryan’s stick, I feel real-ly confident he’s going to makegood decisions with the ball.”
Cottle appreciates the “quiettoughness” that Young adds tothe lineup, as evidenced by hisrecovery from an ankle injurythat occurred the day beforespring practice began. Doctorsexpected Young to miss threeweeks of action and to be lim-ited for longer, but he made itback to the field quickly.
And most importantly, Cottleis excited that his star is just afreshman. The 26-year headcoach expects Young to eventu-ally become more of a goalscorer as his career progresses.
For now, Young is content toembrace the role that hiscoaches have selected for himand rack up the points with hisfellow freshmen attackmen.
“Sometimes we talk abouthow much easier it’s going to bewhen we’re seniors, but we’reall really excited about the yearsto come,” Young said.
YUCHEN NIE–THE DIAMONDBACKFreshman attackman Grant Catalino (left) hugs classmate Ryan Young after agoal. Young has assisted many of the Terps’ goals this year.
Young brings Terps ‘quiet toughness’YOUNG, from Page 10
Freshmangot Terps
out oftough jam
inning, but the Terps(20-14) responded withsenior center fielderNick Jower’s two-RBIdouble in the sameinning, which made thescore 9-2.
Mount St. Mary’sthreatened to cut intothe lead in the fifthinning with the basesloaded, no outs andVittek up at the plate.But freshman AdamKolarek got Vittek toground into a force outat home plate.
Junior Dan Gentzlerthen came in andinduced a double playto finish the inning off.
The Terps improvedtheir record to 9-0when they score nineor more runs and wontheir 11th consecutivegame over an out-of-conference team.
The Terps say theyare playing the bestbaseball they’ve playedall season, and theyhave last night’s offen-sive outburst to backup their claim.
“Everybody is justgetting better and bet-ter. We’re definitelyplaying our best base-ball of the season,”Durakis said. “Thingsare really starting tocome together.”
Of course, a rarefirst-inning rally likethe one the Terps putup last night doesn’thurt matters.
“It definitely helps.When the leadoff guygets a hit, it really getsthe flow going,” Spes-sard said. “Hitting iscontagious, and wereally broke out in thatinning — it was great.”
BASEBALL, from Page 10
Duke stars Alana Beard andMonique Currie.
The Willingboro, N.J., nativesaid she is thrilled to stay in theregion.
“My family will be able to seeme play, my college coaches, myteammates,” Langhorne said.“I’m just so excited right now.”
Harper, the Terps’ all-timeleader in blocked shots, will beheaded out west where she willget a chance to play with formerTennessee star and currentESPN analyst Kara Lawson.
Langhorne and Harper wereboth in attendance Wednesdaywhen their names were called atthe draft held at the InnisbrookResort and Golf Club in PalmHarbor, Fla.
Both had family members withthem, and Frese and Terp assistantcoach Erica Floyd were also thereto offer support.
“It was a great feeling,”Langhorne said. “I’m just try-ing to help another team getbetter.”
The Mystics went 16-18 lastseason, failing to qualify for theplayoffs. Beard led the team with
18.8 points per game. The Mon-archs were a playoff team with a19-15 record, only to be elimi-nated by San Antonio in the firstround.
Tennessee’s Candace Parkerwas selected first overall by theLos Angeles Sparks, while SylviaFowles from LSU, Candice Wig-gins from Stanford, Alexis Horn-buckle from Tennessee andMatee Ajavon from Rutgersrounded out the top five.
The WNBA regular seasonbegins next month.
WNBA, from Page 10
Terp stars heading to opposite coasts 2008 WNBA Draft Top 10Two Terps were drafted in the top 10 this year, the first twoplayers ever to be drafted so high in program history.
Name Player Yards1. Los Angeles Candace Paker Tennessee2. Chicago Sylvia Fowles LSU3. Minnesota Candice Wiggins Stanford4. Detroit Alexis Hornbuckle Tennessee5. Houston Matee Ajavon Rutgers6. Washington Crystal Langhorne TERRAPINS7. New York Essence Carson Rutgers8. Atlanta Tamera Young James Madison9. Connecticut Amber Holt M. Tennessee St.10. Sacramento Laura Harper TERRAPINS
NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Leaders: Team Margin of VictorySchool G GA Margin1. Duke 189 80 9.082. Ohio State 136 69 6.703. Syracuse 120 69 5.674. Virginia 161 103 5.275. Notre Dame 110 64 5.11
School G GA Margin6. Cornell 103 62 4.567. Navy 102 54 4.368. TERRAPINS 114 73 4.109. Siena 105 65 3.6410. Army 98 66 3.20
Freshman passes early tests
Young likea veteran
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Terps’ twin towerstaken in top 10
BY GREG SCHIMMELSenior staff writer
Two members of the Ter-rapin women’s basketballteam will be taking their tal-ents to the WNBA.
Crystal Langhorne was takensixth overall by the WashingtonMystics in the 2008 WNBADraft yesterday, and LauraHarper was taken with thetenth overall pick by the Sacra-mento Monarchs.
Langhorne and Harper arethe first Terps who played forcoach Brenda Frese to beselected in the first round.
“I’m so happy with thiswhole thing,” Langhorne said.“I was so nervous [before-hand], I didn’t know what wasgoing to happen. It was likenothing I ever felt before.”
Langhorne, the Terps’ all-time leading scorer andrebounder, won’t have to travelfar to play her professional ballwith the Mystics, where shewill be teamed with former ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACK
Crystal Langhorne left the Terps as the program’s leading scorer and rebounder.Now she is taking her game down the Beltway to Washington to play for the Mystics.
Post duoheaded to
Washington,Sacramento
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BY ERIC DETWEILERSenior staff writer
Ryan Young remembers themoment he realized what parthe would play for the Terrapinmen’s lacrosse team this season.
In a preseason practice, thefreshman attackman ran aroundthe goal and tried to score.
Immediately afterward,offensive coordinator AndrewCopelan pulled the Manhasset,N.Y., native aside and told himto relax and use his teammatesrather than force the issue.
“In the beginning, I wasn’treally sure what my role wouldbe,” Young said. “I thought itwould be a mixture of both[scoring and distributing], butthen coach Copelan told mewhat I had to do to help theteam, so I just went from there.”
Young has flourished in therole of “quarterback” for theTerp offense. He leads theTerps with 24 points on seven
goals and 17 assists, the lat-ter of which already rankseighth among Terpfreshmen for anentire season.
“I think it’s justlike the system weplay,” Young said of his suc-cess. “Whenever they need meto make a play, I’m there forthem, and all my teammatesare there for me, so I’ve gotto give respect to them.”
Young and his fellowstarting freshmen attack-men, Grant Catalino andTravis Reed, made theirmarks right out of the gate,accounting for eight goals in aseason-opening win overGeorgetown.
Young was especiallyimpressive, scoring his firstcareer goal less than 10minutes into his firstcareer game on a
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Big start carries baseballTerps score seven in first inning to run away with game
BY AARON KRAUTSenior staff writer
In Tuesday night’s winover Coppin State, it tookthe Terrapin baseball teamthe entire game to scoreseven runs.
In last night’s 12-3 victoryover Mount St. Mary’s, itonly took about 15 minutesto do the same.
An 8-hit, 7-run firstinning, which includedback-to-back home runsfrom junior left fielderGerry Spessard and sopho-more right fielder A.J.
Casario, secured the team’s20th win of the year.
The early offense — thefirst four Terps col-lected hits — wasin stark contrast tothe game the nightbefore against Cop-pin State.
“Any time youcan get on a teamearly, it gets thingsgoing a little bit,” seniorcatcher Chad Durakis said.“When you’re coming off abig ACC series on the week-end, sometimes for thesemidweek games you come
out kind of asleep.”“That’s the best we’ve
swung the bats all year longat the beginning ofthe game,” coachTerry Rupp said.
Six Terp pitcherscombined to giveup three Moun-taineer runs onnine hits.
S o p h o m o r epitcher Ian Schwalenbergallowed a two-run homer byMountaineer first basemanJosh Vittek in the third
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BASEBALLTERRAPINS . . . . . . . . . 12Mount St. Mary’s . . . . 3