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Our 102ND Year, No. 15THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERWednesday, September 21, 2011
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PUSHING BACKOffensive line thrivingafter early uncertainty
SPORTS | PAGE 10
NEW DIVISIONBassist Peter Hook talks about
playing Joy Division LPs live
DIVERSIONS | PAGE 7
BY ERIN EGANStaff writer
A grand jury indicted two PrinceGeorge’s County Police Departmentofficers yesterday on assault chargesin the beating of a university studentlast March after a men’s basketball vic-tory against Duke led to a riot onRoute 1.
After a video showing two countypolice officers beating then-juniorJohn McKenna without apparentprovocation went viral, county policelaunched an internal investigation,which the FBI took over in December.Yesterday, State’s Attorney AngelaAlsobrooks announced that officersReginald Baker and James Harrison,members of the department’s specialoperations division, were charged withfirst-degree assault — a felony count— second-degree assault and miscon-duct in office — both misdemeanors— for the incident.
“When there is evidence of potentialwrongdoing by a police officer, it wouldnever be appropriate for me to look theother way,” Alsobrooks said in a pressrelease. “If I did so, the residents ofPrince George’s County would be rightto question my ability to be fair andimpartial no matter the type of job orthe standing a suspect or defendantmay have in our community.”
County Police District 1 CommanderMaj. Hector Velez could not be reachedfor comment last night.
In December, the FBI interviewedabout 40 county officers about the riot,where police used horses, pepperspray, pellets and batons to control thestudent crowd that had spilled onto the
BY MARIA ROMASStaff writer
A group of student activistsrequesting internal emails betweenuniversity administrators overcame amajor hurdle this week when theyraised more than $700 to cover pro-cessing fees mandated to acquire theinformation.
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Worker Abuse raised $755 in fivedays — $77 more than its initial goal— from 13 online contributors tocover the predicted printing costs andlabor hours it will take to sortthrough administrators’ emails. Stu-dents filed a request under the Mary-land Public Information Act in Julyrequesting any emails with certainwords related to the university’songoing negotiations with cleaning
supply company Daycon and thealleged workplace abuse taking placeacross the campus.
“In 30 days, we will have all thesedocuments and we will look throughthem and find what’s relevant andwhat’s interesting, and we will beposting that online,” junior govern-ment and politics and history majorSam Williamson said.
University alumna Mary Yanik, for-
mer president of Feminism WithoutBorders, sent the initial request forany emails mentioning: “Daycon,”“feminism,” “Black Faculty and StaffAssociation,” “BFSA” and “forum.” Inparticular, Yanik requestedexchanges by and between 24 people,including university President Wal-lace Loh, Vice President for Student
Officersindicted for riotassaultTwo county officersallegedly attackeduniversity student
see INDICTMENT, page 3
Students request access to internal admin. emailsAfter paying $678 fee, students to see documents on Daycon, alleged campus abuse
see EMAILS, page 3
BY LEAH VILLANUEVASenior staff writer
Kin Hulamm tried to calm his nerves ashe waded deeper into the murky lakewater. Joined by five other amateur fisher-men — including friend and junior electri-
cal engineering major Louis Lam — the2009 alumnus crept closer to whatappeared to be a large beaver dam nestledin the brush.
And then they saw it — an enormousdark shape swimming straight towardHulamm. It was a 50-pound catfish he had
to catch with his bare hands. And the Ani-mal Planet cameras were rolling.
“They were all like, ‘Get it between yourlegs,’ and I was just like, ‘Why would I wantto do that? It’s going to bite me!’” Hulamm
see FISHING, page 3
BY MOLLY MARCOTStaff writer
After a decade-long decline, univer-sity officials reported the number ofinternational students at the univer-sity is on the upswing, and studentleaders and administrators are amp-ing up efforts to ensure these stu-dents feel comfortable on the campus.
Though the final count of new inter-national students for this semesterhas yet to be determined, officials inthe university’s Office of International
Services said 800 new internationalstudents arrived in August — a signifi-cant increase from the 500 who cameto the university last fall. After severalinternational students voiced con-cerns that there are not enoughresources on the campus for interna-tional students, university officialssaid they have responded.
Vice President for Student AffairsLinda Clement launched a task forceat the start of the semester to develop
Number of internationalstudents grows over decadeMore support in the works, officials say
see INTERNATIONAL, page 3
After accident, cyclist in stable condition
A university student was transported to the hospital after a DOTS truckhit him on his bike Monday night. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY SPENCER ISRAELStaff writer
The university student who wasinjured Monday night in a bicycleaccident with a DOTS pickup truckwas in stable condition as of yesterdaynight, and the accident appears to bethe biker’s fault, officials said.
First responders initially thoughtthe injuries to the 21-year-old malewere life-threatening after a Depart-ment of Transportation vehiclestruck him while he was riding hisbike on the sidewalk along Route 1
see ACCIDENT, page 3
Officials say caseunder investigation
Students appear on Animal Planet’s Hillbilly Handfishin’, catch 50-pound catfish with bare hands in Oklahoma
Noodlin’&company
Kin Hulamm (left) and Louis Lam show howthey caught 50-pound catfish while filming anAnimal Planet show in Oklahoma over thesummer. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
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street. The indictmentsyesterday were the first for-mal charges against thetwo officers.
McKenna and 27 otherpeople were arrested inconnection with the rioting.Most of the charges — in-cluding McKenna’s —were dropped after a videosurfaced showing officersslamming McKennaagainst a concrete wall andrepeatedly beating himwith batons.
McKenna declined tocomment yesterday on the
incident because the caseis still under investigation.
Additional officers al-legedly attempted to coverup McKenna’s beating byforcing him to remove abandage from his head be-fore he was brought to jail,Private Investigator SharonWeidenfeld said.
The police officers didnot file a Use of Force Re-port because they original-ly said a horse had injuredhim, she said.
“The cover-up was nothaving to write a Use ofForce Report as to not bescrutinized by other offi-cers,” Weidenfeld said.
Weidenfeld said she and
McKenna’s attorney, TerrellRoberts, are satisfied withthe indictment chargesagainst Baker and Harrison.
“[McKenna] is gratifiedthat these indictments haveoccurred, and we’re hope-ful that there will be convic-tions in both cases,” Wei-denfeld said.
In a statement releasedyesterday, county policeChief Mark Magaw said hisadministration is focusedon maintaining the commu-nity’s trust.
University Police ChiefDavid Mitchell, whose offi-cers were not accused of par-ticipating in the alleged po-lice brutality, released a state-
ment yesterday afternoon insupport of the indictments.
“I respect the work of thestate’s attorney and grandjury in this case and willawait the conclusion of thecriminal justice system,”Mitchell said.
However, Alsobrookssaid it’s important to notethat an indictment chargedoesn’t mean the officershave been found guilty.
“These officers — likeanyone else accused of acrime — are presumed in-nocent until they areproven guilty in a court oflaw,” she said.
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and crossing over Rossbor-ough Lane, said UniversityPolice spokesman Capt. MarcLimansky.
“The injuries originallylooked a lot worse than theyactually were,” Limansky said.“As it turned out, it was a typicalbicycle-being-hit-by-a-truckcase, it just seemed a lot worse.”
University Police had notyet released the names of thedriver or student cyclist yes-terday night.
Although a definitive con-clusion to which party was atfault has not yet beenreached because the incidentis still under investigation,
investigator state Trooper 1stClass Ewin — who declinedto give his first name — saidthe initial evidence points tothe biker.
“It looks like it’s not thetruck’s fault,” he said. “Thebike didn’t have any reflectorson, and the student was notriding in the crosswalk andwas wearing dark clothing.”
The incident took place atabout 8:40 p.m. on Monday,and state troopers arrived totake over the investigation 10minutes later.
Ewin said state trooperswill know more after they filea report. Limansky said theinvestigation has been turnedover to state troopers anddeferred specific questions tothat department.
Department of Transporta-
tion Services Director DavidAllen said DOTS is alsoreviewing the accident, andwill take action accordingly.
“We have an accidentreview process, so we’ll cer-tainly go back and make sureall of the right safety stepsare there” he said, addinginvestigations such as thesetake time.
Last March, county police officers met student rioters on Route 1 with horses, pepper spray, pellets and batons. The departmentcame under investigation by the FBI after a video surfaced showing officers beating a student. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
The student who was hit on his bike by a DOTS pickup truck is now in stable condition.State troopers believe the cyclist was at fault for the accident. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
ACCIDENTfrom page 1
said of the experience.In July, Hulamm and Lam ven-
tured to the backwoods of Okla-homa for six days to film anepisode of Hillbilly Handfishin’, areality show on Animal Planet inwhich hosts Skipper Bivins andTrent Jackson teach city touriststhe sport of noodling — catchingcatfish using only one’s barehands and feet. Hulamm andLam’s episode premiered Sun-day night.
For two self-proclaimedcomputer nerds from theWashington suburbs — whoseprevious fishing experiencesinvolved the typical rod andfishing line — it was quite thesummer experience.
Hulamm said it began inMay when he heard the pro-ducers were holding a localcasting call and looking for“two nerdy guys.”
Hulamm convinced Lam tojoin him — except Lam didn’teven find out the show in-volved catching catfish bare-handed until the duo was al-ready being interviewed.
“[Hulamm] just asked me if Iwas given the chance to go offsomewhere I’ve never beenand do something I’ve neverdone before, would I do it, and Isaid ‘yes,’” Lam said.
And two months later, theyjoined four other cast mem-bers at a Dallas airport andheaded off on a two-hour vandrive to rural Oklahoma. Hu-lamm described the ride as areal “culture shock,” lookingout at mile after mile of flatlandscape, farms and the occa-sional house every half-mile.
“And then the van justpulled off into this dirt path,”Hulamm said. “And before weknew it they were mic-ing usup and then we’re being oncamera. And then we wouldbe filming six to eight hours a
day.”While Lam and Hulamm —
who went by “Moose” and“Gary,” respectively, on theshow — had done plenty of re-search on noodling before-hand, they said nothing pre-pared them for the anxiety offirst wading into the water,searching in muddy holeswhere catfish often dwell.
“They were just like, ‘Hey, putyour hand in this [hole],’” Lamsaid. “And then there was justthis fear that something mightbe in there that could bite you.”
The den was empty that firsttime. It wasn’t until later that daythat Hulamm found himself face-to-face with the 50-pound catfishhe had to hold between his legswhile one of the hosts tied a stringaround its mouth. And while Hu-lamm said he was initially fright-ened by having to hold such alarge and slimy creature, seeingthe catfish once it was finallypulled out from the water madethe experience worthwhile.
“The adrenaline just takesover,” Hulamm said. “It’s themost awesome feeling, be-cause you never know how bigit is until you lift it out.”
That particular fish would bethe biggest catch of the trip — 41/2 feet long, which when meas-ured next to Lam extended fromhis head to his knee.
After five more days ofwrestling angry catfish andsustaining bumps, bruises andbites from their efforts, thetally came up to two catches forHulamm, one catch for Lam —plus a carp he caught mid-airafter it jumped out of the water— and another the duo caughtas a team effort.
And while the week hadplenty of scares, Lam and Hu-lamm said they would do itagain in a heartbeat.
“It was the best ever,” Lamsaid. “Six days and it nevergot boring.”
FISHINGfrom page 1
By the end of their stint on Animal Planet, Louis Lam (left)and Kin Hulamm (right) had become huge fans of catchingcatfish with their bare hands. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
a plan to provide the uni-versity’s about 3,500 inter-national students with theresources necessary tobecome an active part ofthe university community,according to BarbaraVarsa, the Office of Inter-national Services’ interimdirector. Clement could notbe reached for commentlast night.
Some university officials,including Varsa, said theywant to ensure internationalstudents know more pro-grams are underway.
“We’re coordinatingefforts with other officesto really pay attention to
international students andtheir issues and to putresources where theirneed is,” she said.
The Office of Interna-tional Services, located inHolzapfel Hall, helps accli-mate students to the univer-sity through emails toaccepted students with cam-pus life tips, coordinating aspecialized orientation pro-gram and creating work-shops for the students, saidinternational student advi-sor Meg Richmond.
“We start sending emailsabout tips on getting theirvisa, pre-arrival tips, get-ting used to American cul-ture — things like that,”Richmond said.
“There’s been a reallygood response and students
really like it.”However, several interna-
tional students — such asGraduate Student Govern-ment President Anna Bed-ford, who is from the U.K. —said university efforts to pro-vide enough resources havefallen short.
Instead, student groupshave taken the lead in mak-ing these students feel com-fortable in a new environ-ment, Bedford said.
“I feel like the universitymaybe doesn’t realize howdifficult it is to come to a dif-ferent country with very lit-tle support,” Bedford said.
“I think that a lot of theefforts to make internationalstudents feel welcome oncampus are really grass-roots and run by other inter-
national students.”In the past four years,
GSG, the Student Council ofIndia and a smattering ofother student-run groupshave picked up internationalstudents from Dulles Inter-national Airport to takethem to the university fortheir first semester.
Since August, 200 to 300international students havebeen driven to the universityfrom the airport, Bedford said.
Although university web-sites provide informationabout off-campus housing,Bedford said internationalgraduate students canstruggle to find livingarrangements before arriv-ing at the university.
To combat this issue,members of Chinese and
Indian student groupsoften host newcomerswhile they search for morepermanent arrangements,Bedford said.
“Arriving in a country andhaving to already havesomewhere to stay …there’s no kind of time toactually look at where you’dbe living,” Bedford said.
Some international stu-dents said adjusting toAmerican culture and form-ing friendships is the hard-est aspect of moving to anew country.
Student groups, such asInternational Terps, help toassuage these concerns,according to group presi-dent George Zaki, an inter-national graduate studentfrom Egypt.
“[International Terps]creates a diverse, friendlyenvironment where inter-national students canmeet, network and shareexperiences,” Zaki, who isstudying electrical andcomputer engineering,wrote in an email.
Some international stu-dents said their commonbond of coming to this uni-versity from abroad bringsthem closer.
“It doesn’t matter whichcountry you are from,” saidjunior chemical engineeringmajor Judicael Bouraima,who is from Benin.
“The fact that we are allinternational students makesus a close community.”
Affairs Linda Clement, Facili-ties Management DirectorFrank Brewer, General Coun-sel of Legal Affairs SusanBayly, Daycon representativesand individual members of theBoard of Regents.
Since last fall, universitystudents have been calling foradministrators to cut ties withDaycon, which was foundguilty of violating federallabor laws. Officials said cut-ting the university’s contractwith Daycon, which suppliesjanitorial equipment to thecampus, would be unconstitu-tional because the companywas in the process of appeal-ing the ruling.
Additionally, after dozens ofuniversity staff memberscame forward last semesterwith allegations of workplaceabuse, discrimination and sex-ual harassment, university offi-cials launched internal investi-
gations in departments acrossthe campus to determine thevalidity of the allegations. Aswith Daycon, university stu-dents have been active in pres-suring administrators to act onthe alleged abuse.
Filing a request under theMPIA — which mandates theuniversity must release this in-formation because it is a publicinstitution — was the next logi-cal step in holding administra-tors accountable as studentscontinue to seek justice onthese issues, Yanik said.
“We initially filed the re-quest because we were inter-ested in communicationamongst university officialsabout what we have beendoing,” she said. “We cer-tainly wanted to know what[was] going on at an adminis-trative level. ... We also most-ly just want to hear their per-spective on the situation, be-cause unfortunately the ad-ministration is not alwayshonest with students.”
After filing the requests,
Yanik received a response onAug. 19 from Jack Roach, theuniversity’s executive assis-tant to the president for legalaffairs and chief counsel. Ac-cording to Roach’s letter toYanik, he estimated the stu-dents’ request would compro-mise about 192 documentsand require more than sevenhours of work by staff mem-bers to search, retrieve, re-view and prepare the docu-ments. Including the hourlyrate of the staff members andcopying fees for them, Roachrequested $678.26 from thestudents within 30 days, asmandated by state law.
University spokesman Mill-ree Williams declined to com-ment on the students’ requestlast night.
Though coalition mem-bers said they were initiallyincredulous at having to pay afee, they soon became deter-mined to raise the money andset up an online contributionsystem. Within five days,they had received more than
the necessary amount fromdonations ranging from $10to $200.
Group members sent ad-ministrators the check yes-terday and expect to havethe documents in the next30 days.
“We can’t wait to have thedocuments,” said junior Amer-ican studies and governmentand politics major Jack Izen.“We got the fee, so hopefullywe will have them soon.”
Local advocacy groupsalso offered their supportin helping the students paythe fee.
“We try to support studentsorganizing to promote work-ers’ rights,” said MackenzieBaris, lead organizer of DCJobs for Justice, which oftenpartners with university stu-dent groups. “When we heardthey had money to pay, we putout something to our boardabout trying to help try tofundraise the money.”
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INTERNATIONALfrom page 1
“The injuriesoriginally looked alot worse thanthey were.”
MARC LIMANSKYUNIVERSITY POLICE SPOKESMAN
On Sept. 11 this year, I feltstrangely sentimentalwhen I attended thelabyrinth memorial at the
chapel. I noticed a photographer atthe site, but neither he nor I knew weboth represented The Diamondback.The next morning, I picked up a copyof the paper and was shocked to seethat the full-page front picture of anintrospective-looking student at thememorial was me.
To me, Sept. 11 symbolizes Ameri-can patriotism. I am troubled tothink I represented the patrioticremembrance of Sept. 11 throughthat picture, because I do not con-sider myself patriotic.
Patriotism, as defined by the Mer-riam-Webster dictionary, is “love foror devotion to one’s country.” Per-sonally, I do not wave an Americanflag outside my home, I do not saythe pledge of allegiance with utmostpride (or when I’m abroad) and I feela slight bit of shame to say I amAmerican. Nonetheless, I felt moved— as an American — on Sept. 11.
Culturally, we have labels for whatis and what is not American. Hotdogs and beer at a baseball game:American. College football: Ameri-can. NASCAR: American.
In politics, however, it gets iffy. Isracial profiling for the sake ofnational security American? Howabout Minnesota Rep. Michele Bach-mann and the tea party? For some,fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan iswhat it means to be an American. AsAmericans, we all have differentways of displaying and expressingour patriotism.
At its core, the bedrock of Ameri-can patriotism is built on the founda-tions of freedom, justice and liberty.Preaching those ideals is one thing,but unfortunately, I have difficulty
seeing how those principals are car-ried out today in America. I thinkcutting Medicare and Medicaid isensuring inequality, not equality, andI think without a higher minimumtax rate for the wealthy, we are per-petuating an unjust society.
As Americans, our different culturalbackgrounds feed our different val-ues. Without a common definition ofliberty, freedom and justice, we cannotcome to a common understanding ofwhat it means to be patriotic.
Politics today exemplifies thedivide of patriotic values. Just listento the Republican debates. And if thepast few months in Washington areany testament to how the Democratsare getting along with Republicans,then the possibility of political com-promise seems dim.
I am still trying to make sense ofhow I feel to be an American. I wentto the labyrinth on Sept. 11 becauseI was carrying a heavy heart withthe significance of the day. I wasoverwhelmed thinking about one ofthe victims who worked in the
World Trade Center. Other Ameri-cans may have been sitting watch-ing Sunday football, only stopping tomemorialize Sept. 11 during themoment of silence before the game.When it comes to patriotism, to eachhis own.
Despite our country’s shortfalls,the ideals of freedom, liberty andequality established more than 200years ago are still at the forefront ofwhat we strive toward. This tells methere is reason to be proud to beAmerican, regardless of how we feelabout individual policies.
Compared to the rest of the world,our access to freedoms and equalityis not so shabby. So maybe, in myown way, I am patriotic after all.Even if I don’t agree with everythingour politicians do in practice, I havea love and devotion for what Americastrives to be in theory.
Jennifer Schwarz is a seniorenvironmental science and policymajor. She can be reached [email protected].
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Last week, many studentsreceived an email from Ath-letic Director Kevin Andersonthat wasn’t the first of its kind,
and one that I actually expected. Theemail addressed the profane and vulgarlanguage displayed during the Terrap-ins football game vs. Miami on Sept. 5.Typically, I would read the subject lineand delete this sort of email right away,but for some reason, I decided to openthis one.
As I read it, I realized it wasn’t just anordinary email asking students to cleanup their act. No, this one attached anactual email from a non-student fandescribing the offensive behavior wit-nessed by the fan’s 11-year-old son.
I would be lying if I were to sit hereand say I have never dropped the F-bomb at a game or screamed somechoice words at the opposing team, butat an 11-year-old? Really? Has it reallycome to the point where some atten-dees are so drunk or so stupid theywon’t hesitate to ruin a kid’s first expe-rience at a college football game?
Regardless of whether a student wasresponsible for this incident, our stu-dent section has become known for itsrowdiness and profanity at athleticevents. This university isn’t the onlyschool to have these problems, and wewould be kidding ourselves if webelieved we were. However, never inmy four years here — or in mybrother’s or sister’s eight years inschool before me — have I ever heardof such an email being forwarded tothe student section because we justdon’t get it. And yes, I said “we,”because like it or not, the stupid stuffone person does reflects on us all.
I am all for having fun at the games,maybe even drinking a little beforehand(I am 21, after all), but I would neverallow myself to get to a point where Iwould look at an 11-year-old and yell “f---you” at him, whether he was wearing ared “Maryland” T-shirt or a blue“Duke” T-shirt. And I bet the majority ofstudents here feel the same way.
Safety Austin Walker phrased it thisway: “Above all else, be respectful and
mindful of others. You don’t have tonecessarily be vulgar or offensive toother people’s feelings to be a passion-ate fan.” Walker’s statement says it per-fectly — there is a clear line betweenpassion and vulgarity, and I believeover the years it has become more andmore blurred.
I don’t know if it’s because I am nowa senior and have realized I need togrow up or because an 11-year-old wasinvolved this time, but my mentalityheading into the West Virginia gameSaturday was completely different.Maybe I finally figured out what peo-ple had been saying for years: The stu-dent section needs to clean up its act.Students behaved much better at thatgame, and Anderson even sent
another email yesterday applaudingthe improvement.
Last week, I sat down with Andersonto hear more about his views of the pas-sionate yet vulgar student section.
“I appreciate that support. I love it.I’m not trying to discourage that. All Iask is that we clean up the language,”Anderson said.
Contrary to some people’s beliefs,Anderson doesn’t want to change theintensity, just the vulgar nature thatsome display. I think we are all matureand old enough to know wrong fromright. With that being said, I leave youwith the remarks with which Andersonclosed our discussion.
“How do you want to be remem-bered?” he asked. “How do you wantpeople to think of you at the Universityof Maryland?”
I know my answer. Do you knowyours?
Josh Birch is a senior communicationand history major. He can be reached [email protected].
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THE DIAMONDBACK LAUREN REDDINGEDITOR IN CHIEF
Patriotism, or lack thereof
The university enjoyed its second consecutive sellout at Byrd Sta-dium this weekend against West Virginia, and despite intermittentrain and a third-quarter deficit that reached 24 points, the livelycrowd stood behind the Terps as they mounted a furious rally late
into the fourth quarter. Athletic Director Kevin Anderson even commendedstudents in an email yesterday on their improved behavior during the game.
Meanwhile, the men’s soccer team is ranked first inthe nation and nearly broke Ludwig Field’s home atten-dance record during a recent match against Stanford.The women’s soccer and field hockey teams are nation-ally ranked, and the university has seen almostunprecedented international media attention since theTerps unveiled new football uniforms three weeks ago.
And yet, all is not well in the athletics department.University President Wallace Loh’s Commission on
Intercollegiate Athletics held an open forum in StampStudent Union on Monday to solicit input from mem-bers of the university community as it works on a planto tackle an athletics department budget deficit of morethan $83 million. As the commission studies how best to put the budget backinto the black, several unattractive options, such as increasing student feesand eliminating one of the university’s 27 athletic teams, are on the table.
Put another way, the commission’s recommendations could have far-reaching effects on the athletics department and the university as a whole.
You’d never have guessed it, though, judging by the sparse attendance atMonday’s forum.
Only about 50 fans, students and alumni showed up, and the 14 attendeeswho voiced their opinions were outnumbered even by the 17 members of thepanel. Despite a prime location at the campus epicenter and an email invita-tion administrators sent nearly two weeks ago to the university community, itappears students care more about controversial uniforms than keeping theentire department afloat.
So far, Loh’s administration has taken positive steps — such as appointing
a diverse panel of community representatives, soliciting public input andsetting transparent deadlines for the report’s completion — as it considersoptions for the future.
Commission member and Board of Regents representative Patricia Flo-restano asked the audience to “help us find a way to expand revenue so thatthe cutting of some sports is not an attractive option,” according to The Wash-
ington Post. After a silence, she admitted: “That’s wherewe are, too.”
At the forum, one of the most-discussed suggestionswas taming student behavior to create a more family-friendly environment during athletic events, whichwould theoretically lead to an increase in ticket sales.That sounds great, but it doesn’t sound like an $83 mil-lion solution.
Loh’s administration has provided the communitywith an opportunity to affect the outcome of the com-mission’s report by helping the panel come up withsome creative ideas. Analyzing the intricacies of adense athletics department budget may be a bit much
to ask of many of the 37,000 students at the university, but at a school knownfor innovation and a passionate fanbase, it was disappointing to see so littleinput from students at Monday’s forum.
The commission hasn’t specified any potential victims of funding cuts, butit seems likely the school’s 25 non-revenue sports — all those except footballand men’s basketball — would be most affected. All students who have a rea-son to care about one of those sports, whether they’re on athletic scholarshipor just fans, should be brainstorming ways to cut costs and boost revenuesfor the athletics department.
The commission isn’t submitting its final report until Nov. 15. The publicforum is over, but students are still encouraged to submit comments andideas to the group’s email address, [email protected].
If students truly care about the future of athletics at this university, thecommission should have a full inbox.
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Our ViewIf students don’t seize the
opportunity to provide input tothe Commission on
Intercollegiate Athletics, theyforfeit the right to complainabout its recommendations.
Student section: Passionate or vulgar?
The field of environmentalscience can often get youdown. With the meltingof glaciers, extinction of
species and great increases in allkinds of pollution, it can be hard toput up a fight against these loom-ing stresses.
But here on the campus, it seemsthere is a growing community ofpeople who motivate themselves totake on these problems and fightthem in the public sphere.
As a senior environmental sci-ence and policy major, I would clas-sify my attitude toward environmen-tal problems up until this year asbeing dominated by frustration. Yetbecause of the recent activity of stu-dent groups such as the StudentSustainability Committee and RealFood UMD, my feelings of futilityhave reversed. Making the campussustainable means meeting theneeds of current students whileensuring future students will alsomeet their needs. SSC, as its nameimplies, is an organization of stu-dents working toward making ourcampus more environmentallyfriendly in a variety of ways, whileReal Food UMD is a group with thespecific and admirable goal of hav-ing the food served in our dininghalls meet criteria such as beinglocally grown, organic and fair trade.
Having been absent from thesustainability community on thecampus for a year, I was surprisedand pleased to find out what hasbeen accomplished at the univer-sity in this short time.
In addition to the garden already inplace on the rooftop of the NorthCampus Dining Hall, the South Cam-pus Dining Hall now sports its ownnewly and artistically paintedplanters of vegetables and herbs.There are also three more gardensspread out around the campus — atHillel, St. Mary’s Hall and the publichealth school. Along withMaryPIRG, the SSC has led a cam-paign to reduce the quantity of non-reusable water bottles on the cam-pus, and other advocacy campaignshave also come to the forefront ofenvironmental minds on the campus.These changes are vital in keepingour campus sustainable in light of anever-changing world.
With these successes come thesupport of the university in theform of a new fund. This year, theOffice of Sustainability has desig-nated $215,000 for the UniversitySustainability Fund, which isdesigned for progressive studentsustainability projects on the cam-pus. Any student is welcome toapply for a portion of this money,and if you have ideas, I stronglysuggest you submit them. Someideas that have been proposed inthe past include campus gardens,engineering projects, green facili-ties and resource reclamation initia-tives in our very own dance depart-ment. This is one of the most effi-cient ways to get changes made onthe campus, and a wide variety ofprojects are encouraged.
If you have had the same feelingsof frustration as I have, be it in envi-ronmental issues or another field,consider this the call to get involvedon the campus as soon as possible.Start witnessing the change youcan have on this campus and thewider community. Our relative priv-ilege as college students and futureleaders gives us the ability to getthe ball rolling against the issueswe find ourselves up against.
John Hammond is a seniorenvironmental science and policymajor. He can be reached [email protected].
Why the silent majority?
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Born today, you are creativeand always eager to em-brace a challenge — but
you also have been cursed with alazy streak, so very often you arenot motivated to pursue thekinds of thoughts and plans thatspring from you. This is too badbecause when you do decide toapply yourself you can be virtual-ly unstoppable.
You are attracted to thatwhich is unusual, controversialand macabre — and this is truewhen it comes to humor, for youenjoy a good, ribald joke andknow how to bring down thehouse with talk or behavior thatmight be considered inappropri-ate by many.
Also born on this date are:Nicole Richie, socialite; AlfonsoRibeiro, actor; Ricki Lake, actressand talk-show host; Faith Hill,singer; Rob Morrow, actor; BillMurray, actor and comedian;Stephen King, author; Henry Gib-son, comedian; Larry Hagman,actor; Chuck Jones, cartoon direc-tor; H.G.Wells, author.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —You can explore the optionsbefore you with more freedomthan before. What comes toyou as a result is an idea youcan really develop.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —There’s no need to put thingsoff. Focus on getting thingsdone in the correct order.You’ll have time for yourselflater on.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —An emotional situation maynot be accessible to you justyet. Very soon, how you arefeeling will take center stage.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21) — You’ve been puttingyour own concerns on the backburner for too long. You’ll havethe chance to bring them to theforeground.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— The plans you are makingmay have to be restructuredsomewhat to accommodate anunexpected development thattakes you by surprise.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)— You may have to say thingstwo or three times before yourmeaning is fully understood.Be patient and control yourtemper.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —You are likely to be quite sur-prised by someone else’sdemonstration of independ-ence — and his or her quicklydeveloping abilities.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —You may find yourself far from
your intended destinationwhen all is said and done, butyou can surely make the bestof it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —As hard as you are working ona certain project, you may findthe experience rather disen-chanting. Your priorities areshifting.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —Keep quiet about those thingsthat are not to be shared. If youare unable to keep a certain se-cret, it may be time to bow out.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —Even though your involvementmay be only casual, you canlearn a great deal by watchinghow others play the game.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Youmay have the upper hand be-fore you know it — thanks toyour ability to adapt to chang-ing circumstances.
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PREVIEW | PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT
Torn apart again Joy Division bassist Peter Hook ontouring with his son, celebrating the
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BY REESE HIGGINSSenior staff writer
Peter Hook is a conflicted man. The bassist for two of the most
important rock bands of the 20thcentury is currently touringNorth America as what is essen-tially a nostalgia act. Since May2010, he has been performing thesongs of his first breakout band,post-punk icon Joy Division, asthe group Peter Hook and TheLight. The act will perform theManchester, U.K.-originated JoyDivision’s second and final LP,1980’s Closer, in its entirety at the9:30 Club in Washington tonight.
Despite this long-term tributeto Joy Division, Hook admits theneed for new music.
Joy Division’s lead singer andlyricist Ian Curtis committed sui-cide on May 18, 1980. After Cur-tis’ death, Hook and his band-mates formed the influentialdance band New Order. Thegroup disbanded in 2006, Hooksaid, as relationships betweenband members soured.
Talking with Hook before histrip to Washington, it was clear heheld New Order fondly in hisheart. But it was even more obvi-ous he had an incredibly strongdislike for his former bandmates,who announced two weeks agothey would re-form as New Order— without Hook — for two per-formances. Hook disparaged hisformer bandmates at every possi-ble opportunity.
“I was ecstatic until last weekwhen New Order stiffed me,”Hook said, pleased with hisrecent shows but not with recentnews stories.
“It’s a good thing doing them,”Hook said of his shows with The
Light. “Because I’m so sort ofangry about New Order. [It’sgood,] playing and realizing thatpeople do appreciate what you do.”
Hook first performed Joy Divi-sion’s 1979 debut LP, the classicUnknown Pleasures, with TheLight on May 18, 2010. The groupplayed Closer for the first time inpublic on May 18, 2011.
The album-centric tributeshows began as a celebration ofJoy Division frontman Curtis,marking the 30-year anniversaryof his death. Hook received offersto perform the music outside ofthe U.K., and a world tour fol-lowed the first Unknown Plea-sures date. This year, Hook hasbeen performing Closer andbringing Unknown Pleasures tocities yet to see the concert.
“To get the opportunity to play itagain is absolutely fantastic,” saidHook, who sings lead vocals andplays some bass parts on tour withThe Light. “The fact that peoplelike me playing it makes me won-der why I waited 34 years. But Ithink the reason you waited wasbecause of New Order. Becauseyou were doing New Order, youhad something to focus on. Andsomething that was very impor-tant to you, very dear to you. So thefocus was always on that. And werigorously ignored Joy Division.And as I said, it was only whenNew Order split up, in 2006, did Irealize what a shame it was that wehad ignored Joy Division.”
Because Hook took the role oflead vocalist in the live band, thepart of bassist had to be filled.Hook looked to his 21-year-oldson, Jack Bates, to fill his shoes.
“It’s actually quite nice in away, it makes me very happythat he’s doing it with me,”
Hook said. “It feels like it’s morevalued somehow.
“He was the most obviouschoice. I’m surprised New Orderhadn’t asked him,” Hook addedwith mocking laughter.
Hook and The Light are sure toperform the songs of Joy Divisiontightly and justly tonight at the9:30 Club. Attendees will nodoubt be entertained by Hook’sfine band and potentially capti-vated by Hook’s many contradic-tions and conflicts.
“You do have to be careful,you don’t want to dwell toomuch on the past,” Hook said.“You have to realize the world isbest when it moves on. So that’s onething when you think about writingnew material and the other thingwhen DJing — it’s interesting. Imean, New Order are going to becoming back and doing the samething, aren’t they? They’re going tobe playing old music from 30 yearsago. It’s quite interesting.
“It’s quite interesting I’ve gotmy own tribute band going outunder the name of New Order,paying tribute to my music,” Hooksaid with an amused laugh.
Peter Hook and The Light will per-form at the 9:30 Club tonight. Doorsopen at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $25.
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“‘Intimidating’ is probably theunderstatement of the year, tobe honest.” — Peter Hook ontaking on Ian Curtis’ vocals live
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constant shuffling of personnelon and off the field. With the fre-netic pace their hurry-up offenseemploys, skill-position playersare constantly coming in and outof the game to stay fresh.
O’Brien and his offensive line— Gonnella, tackles R.J. Dill andMax Garcia, guard Josh Cary andcenter Bennett Fulper — haveremained constants, however.
And with the Terps averagingnearly 20 more snaps per gamethan they did last season againsttwo athletic defenses in Miamiand No. 16 West Virginia, therelatively mistake-free efforts ofthe offensive line have onlybeen magnified.
“I wouldn’t trade the O-line foranyone in the country,” O’Briensaid yesterday. “It’s hard forthose guys playing 92 snaps [sic]in one game. They’re just in greatshape. They finish the game justas strong as they started.”
“Receivers, we’re switching outevery now and then, but [theoffensive line] is in there, they’rerunning the 90 plays a game,”Boykins added. “They’re goingbeyond expectations.”
At the center of the line’s suc-cess is Garcia. The sophomoreleft tackle entered the seasonhaving never started a collegegame, but with Gilbert and DeS-ouza out, he was forced into apivotal role.
To this point, Garcia’s keptpass rushers off O’Brien’s blind
side. On Saturday, despite beingcharged with the unenviable taskof containing one of the nation’sbest defensive ends in West Vir-ginia’s Bruce Irvin, Garcia contin-ued his solid play and renderedIrvin largely ineffective.
Irvin, whose 14 sacks last seasonwere good for No. 2 in the country,recorded just three tackles.
“He’s only going to get better,”O’Brien said of the true sopho-more. “For him to come in andplay against arguably one of thetop two D-ends in the country,that’s a good challenge, and hestepped up.”
Despite their success, coachRandy Edsall said he’s far fromcontent with the overall play ofhis linemen. The Terps havebeen stopped for a loss nine timesin their two games, and whileEdsall lauded the group’s play inhis weekly news conference yes-terday, he made clear they’vebeen far from perfect.
“We still need to get more pushup front,” Edsall said. “I thoughtthat we ran the ball better in thispast game, but some of that wasbecause [West Virginia] was drop-ping off so much in coverage.
“We’re a work in progress.We’re nowhere near where wewant to be or where we thinkwe’re going to go. I just want tosee those guys get better andmore push. Yes, in the first twogames … there has been produc-tivity there, but we can still get awhole lot better than we wereafter these two weeks.”
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Quarterback Danny O’Brien said he “wouldn’t trade the [offensive] line for anyone.” CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
and they play very well together.” The No. 3 Terps (7-1) have scored 28 goals so far
in their eight contests this season, and the two fresh-men have proved to be valuable cogs in the team’sattack. Fluharty and Gerzabek are responsible for acombined 10 goals, better than 35 percent of theteam’s total scoring output this season.
Gerzabek got off to the faster start this season, net-ting the first two of her six career goals in the Terps’second game of the season against Temple. ButFluharty has had the hot hand of late, scoring threeof her four career goals this past weekend againstBoston College and Massachusetts, including thegame-winning goal against the Eagles in overtime.
“I see them growing every training session andevery game,” Meharg said. “I love to see peoplereach their potential, and I think they are playing atthe level that they can.”
But even with all the early success, neither playerreally expected to have such a vital role on the teamthis soon in their careers, especially on a squad filledwith players fresh off a national championship.
“I didn’t really have expectations,” Fluharty said. “Ijust went out there to play my hardest and contributethe most that I can.”
“There’s so many great players on the team that Iwas just hoping to fit in well with them and keepworking well as a team,” Gerzabek said. “It’s only thebeginning, so if I keep working hard, then I’ll get bet-ter results.”
Part of the reason both have been able to findsuccess so quickly is their field hockey experienceoutside of regular high school and college competi-tion. Both are members of the U.S. under-21 andunder-19 teams, lending them extensive interna-tional playing experience that comes in handy.
“Maryland has provided these high-performance,under-21 players the right level of training,” Mehargsaid. “They both have high aspirations of competingand they’re doing very well in their role with the Uni-versity of Maryland.”
“Playing internationally kind of helped me come intothe college aspect and the intensity,” Gerzabek said.“It’s definitely different than high school, but I thinkmy international experience has helped me adjust.”
Even as freshmen, Fluharty and Gerzabek havemade impressive contributions to a team alreadyfilled with veteran presences. Their roles have beenvital to the Terps’ success so far, and Meharg saidshe is excited to see how much each player cancontinue to grow.
“Both of them will have great college careers.We’ve already seen it,” Meharg said. “It’s just a tradi-tion of top-level players to be at Maryland, they’rewonderful characters and they fit into our charactertype very well, which is simple, hard-working andhaving no regrets.”
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concerned about the rankings or being perfect. We’rejust disappointed because we were good enough towin tonight and we didn’t.”
Had they capitalized on just one of their numerousopportunities, Cirovski and the Terps would have won.
Their offense, which leads the ACC in virtuallyevery statistical category, wasn’t just unlucky, it wasdownright snakebitten. Less than one-fifth of theTerps’ shot attempts were on goal, and just one of theirmany corners yielded a chance to score.
And during those rare moments when the Terps’shot attempts actually headed toward goal, Piratesgoalkeeper Mario DeClerico (four saves) — a truefreshman making his first career start after enteringthe season third on Seton Hall’s depth chart — wasthere to haul them in.
So as the Terps ready for Saturday’s matchup at Vir-ginia Tech, a team that beat then-No. 1 North Carolinaalmost two weeks ago, they’ll have more than thatunfriendly crossbar on their minds.
“Our efficiency was substandard tonight,” Cirovskisaid. “We’ll need to do better with that if we hope to winthis weekend.” TERPS NOTE: Freshman goalkeeper Keith Cardonaand midfielder Dan Metzger started last night in place ofnormal starters Will Swaim and midfielder Helge Leik-vang, respectively. The moves were made to give thesubstitutes in-game experience, Cirovski said, andSwaim and Leikvang will start again Saturday.
PIRATESfrom page 8
Terps started off without two losses in ACC play inthe past eight years. But after knocking off WakeForest and tying Clemson, the team finished 3-5-2 inthe ACC.
Pensky said he talks with his team about theimportance of each win in a conference that offersno opportunity to let up. A slow start means moreground to make up later, something that is no guar-antee when three of the Terps’ future opponents areranked in the top 10. Even Virginia Tech, anunranked team, was no easy task.
“Three points in this league is huge,” Pensky said.“Every game, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing,they’re hard wins. Virginia Tech is a very good team… this game was the first time they trailed all season.”
WINNING EFFICIENTLY
A statistic that Pensky pointed to after Sundaynight’s win was the number of shots the Terps tookagainst Virginia Tech compared to James Madisonthe week before, a game in which they took a highvolume of shots.
Against the Dukes, the Terps took 15 total shotsin the second half and two overtimes. They didn’tscore once.
Against the Hokies, the Terps took only twoshots in the second half and scored on both, provid-ing the margin of victory in the 2-1 final.
Pensky also emphasized how the Terps havewon some of their bigger ACC contests over thepast year. Last season, the Terps’ wins against No. 2Boston College, No. 2 North Carolina (the pro-gram’s first-ever defeat of the Tar Heels) and No. 8Florida State all came after the Terps fell behind 1-0and had to rally with late goals in the second half topull out 2-1 victories.
The Virginia Tech game followed the same tem-plate, with the Terps netting two goals within fourminutes in the second half to get the win.
“This is a new year, this is a new team, so to havesome of that same character and fight is awesometo see,” Pensky said.
ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY
Sunday night’s win was Pensky’s 62nd during hisTerps coaching career, moving him into a tie for firstplace with his predecessor, Shannon Higgins-Cirovski.
In six years with the team from 1999 to 2004, Hig-gins-Cirovski amassed a record of 62-51-10 with a16-24-4 mark in the ACC. In Pensky’s time with theTerps since 2005, he has set the school’s ACC winsmark with a 19-33-9 mark and has an overall recordof 62-48-18. He will go for his 63rd victory and theschool record tomorrow night at Ludwig Fieldagainst No. 18 Boston College.
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With an attack predicated on itspassing game, the success of quar-terback Danny O’Brien and theTerrapins football team’s offensedepends on the largely glory-lessjob performed by the five individu-als protecting him.
But before the start of the sea-son, that group was perhaps theteam’s biggest question mark onthe offensive side of the ball.With experienced tackles JustinGilbert and Pete DeSouza outindefinitely with injuries and onlyone senior, former walk-on guardAndrew Gonnella, starting on theline, it seemed the Terps’ offen-sive success would hinge on anoffensive line whose ability was
uncertain at best.Two games into the season,
they’ve delivered. The Terps areone of just five FBS teams to havenot allowed a sack, a figure mademore impressive by the fact thatO’Brien has dropped back to pass96 times in the team’s two games.
“The offensive line is doing anamazing job. I can’t commendthem more,” wide receiver KerryBoykins said. “I think Danny’stouched the ground once or twicein two games. They’re moldingtogether, taking pride in protect-ing the quarterback and making iteasy for the receivers. We just runthe routes; we know the protec-tion is there.”
The Terps’ offense features a
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SportsVolleyball wins ACC opener
After ending its 2010 ACC slate in defeat at BostonCollege, the Terrapins volleyball team got its revengelast night. Read more at diamondbackonline.com.
Guard Andrew Gonnella, shown during one of the Terps’ practices this summer, is the lone senior on the team’s starting offensive line,which has not allowed a sack this season. The Terps are one of five FBS teams with that distinction. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
FOOTBALL
For Terps, a fine line
MEN’S SOCCER
No. 1 Terpssettle vs.Seton HallTeam ties, 0-0, afterseven straight wins
A concern entering this year, offensive line has helped keep O’Brien safe
BY JEREMY SCHNEIDERSenior staff writer
Paul Ricci, the Terrapins men’sbasketball team’s strength and condi-tioning coach for the past threeyears, announced yesterday he wasstepping down to accept a similarposition at Texas Tech.
Ricci, whose official title was direc-tor of basketball performance, cameto this university after nine yearswith the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. Hehad previously worked on thestrength and conditioning staffs ofthe NFL’s Arizona Cardinals,Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Sea-hawks and MLB’s San Diego Padres.
“We certainly wish him well,” aspokesman for the athletic depart-ment wrote in an email.
During his tenure with the Terps,Ricci was known for his high-intensityworkout routines that focused on maxi-mizing balance and flexibility.
Ricci, whose last day at the univer-sity was Monday, will begin at TexasTech next week, according to reports.
BY DANIEL GALLENStaff writer
As the Terrapins women’s soccerteam stared down a familiar halftimedeficit in its ACC home opener Sundayagainst Virginia Tech, the squad founditself edging toward another familiarand equally devastating path.
In six of the past eight years, theNo. 6 Terps (7-1-2, 1-1 ACC) hadstarted at least 0-2 in conference play,a statistic pre-dating coach Brian Pen-sky’s tenure in College Park.
Pensky calls the ACC the nation’smost difficult league, so 0-2 holes inthe league — something the Terpsavoided with a 2-1 win over the Hokies— can make life quite difficult.
“We don’t find a way to come back inthat second half [Sunday], we’re down0-2 hosting [Boston College], whoknocked off Virginia,” Pensky said.“To get back even at 1-1 is huge.”
Last season, the Terps started offACC play with a tie at Duke and a winover Virginia en route to a 7-2-1 recordin the conference and their first No. 1NCAA tournament seed.
Only one other time — Pensky’sinaugural season in 2005 — had the
Coach Brian Pensky and the Terpssecured their first ACC win Sunday.FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY CONNOR LETOURNEAUStaff writer
Hoping to break a scoreless tie latein the first half of last night’s game atSeton Hall, forward Casey Townsendburst into space and unleashed a wide-open shot just inside the penalty box.
But as if the goalpost were trying tosend the No. 1 Terrapins men’s soccerteam a message, the ball clanged offthe crossbar and landed on the grass ata packed Owen T. Carroll Field.
With more than 75 minutes remain-ing in the Terps’ eventual 0-0 tieagainst the Pirates, it was alreadybecoming increasingly clear that balljust didn’t want to meet net.
“[Townsend] was completely open,”coach Sasho Cirovski said after theteam’s first non-victorious result of theseason. “He’s going to make that shotnine out of 10 times.”
The Terps (7-0-1) dominated posses-sion for nearly the entirety of the 110minutes played last night. They out-shot an unranked Seton Hall (3-2-2)squad, 23-6. They even tallied 13 cor-ner kicks to the Pirates’ none.
But when the final whistle blew andthe second sudden-death overtimeperiod ended, none of that mattered.
The Terps’ perfect start was over.And when the sport’s newest top-25poll is released next Tuesday, theirreign atop college soccer’s rankingsmay be, as well.
“You know, this was bound to hap-pen,” Cirovski said. “We’re not too
WOMEN’S SOCCER |NOTEBOOK
Even at 1-1,Terps likespot in ACCPensky closing in onprogram’s win record
MEN’S BASKETBALL
BY JOSH VITALEStaff writer
No one on the Terrapins field hockeyteam had ever known what losing toBoston College felt like when they traveledto Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Friday night.
An 8-0 all-time record against the then-No. 8 Eagles had defined the conferencerivals’ one-sided series, but as the Terpsheaded to overtime deadlocked at 3-3, thatdominance was in jeopardy.
Surprisingly, it took a newcomer to keepone of the team’s oldest winning streaksalive. Playing in overtime in her first-everACC game, freshman forward MaxineFluharty took a pass in the circle andtipped in what was only the third goal of hercareer, clinching a Terps victory.
On a Terps team returning seven of11 starters from its national champi-onship team a season ago, Fluharty haswasted no time in securing her placealongside a veteran lineup. The reigningACC Player of the Week, Fluharty hascombined with classmate Katie Gerz-abek to provide a substantial earlyimpact, and coach Missy Meharg saidthey’re only getting better.
“It is challenging to step right in as fresh-men in the ACC, especially in field hockey,”Meharg said. “I’m very proud of them. …They’re serving the team exceedingly well
Bright and earlyFIELD HOCKEY
Freshman forward Maxine Fluharty was named ACC Player ofthe Week yesterday. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
Fluharty, Gerzabekshining in first year
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Through two games, the Terps are one of five FBS teams tohave not allowed a sack this season. The full list includes:
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Ricci to Texas Tech