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Our 101st Year, No. 36THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERMonday, October 18, 2010
Bars, smallcrowds feelliquor boardcrackdown
Housing development meets new oppositionRosapepe joins Old Town residents in denouncing student housing proposal
Thirsty Turtle bouncers were especially diligent inchecking patrons’ IDs over the weekend. Saturday(pictured), few students turned out to the bar,patrons said. ORLANDO URBINA/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY AMANDA PINOAND LEAH VILLANUEVA
Staff writers
Non-student residents of south-ern College Park — including sev-eral city, county and state electedofficials — are staunchly opposedto the idea of a student apartmentbuilding on the site of the Mary-land Book Exchange.
But the much-lambasted proj-
ect has a new ally: residents of thenorthern part of the city, who arejust fine with students being con-centrated farther south.
Developers Ilya Zusin and JosefMittlemann bought the 2.6-acreproperty downtown over the sum-mer and are planning a five-story,1,000-bed facility at the corner ofRoute 1 and College Avenue, tar-geting undergraduates.
Residents of the adjacent Old
Town neighborhood — the homesbetween downtown and theMetrorail line — quickly began toprotest that an influx of studentswould increase noise and trafficdowntown and the problemswould spill over to their ownstreets. They would favor hous-ing for professionals or a hotel,which Zusin said wouldn’t beeconomically viable.
State Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-
Anne Arundel and PrinceGeorge’s), who lives on PatuxentAvenue just north of Old Town,said he agrees with residents’objections and believes their caseis strong enough to block theplanned housing.
Zusin said he’s not concernedbecause he’s complying with allzoning laws and will be adding
Officials confiscate dozensof fake IDs over weekend
BY AMANDA PINOStaff writer
The 15 liquor board inspectors who descendedon downtown College Park Friday night took thelife out of the weekend bar scene.
Although they issued no citations to bars, inspec-tors from the Prince George’s County Liquor Boardconfiscated dozens of fake IDs and kept a close eyeon the three downtown bars on Route 1.
Outside the Thirsty Turtle alone, three inspec-tors reviewed suspicious-looking state licenseswith an ID scanner and kept a clipboard handy forrecording violations. Inside, the bar’s upper levelwas closed off, and only the dance floor was attract-ing significant crowds downstairs.
Last week, Turtle came under public scrutinyafter a man allegedly stabbed underage studentsearly Tuesday in a brawl that police say beganinside the bar.
“I’m giving them two weeks before they close,”John Slaughter, a junior economics major, said of
As election approaches, studentgroups register 1,500 voters
BY SARAH MEEHANStaff writer
Despite drenching rain, minimal supportfrom the university and apathy aboutmidterm elections, a collection of studentgroups successfully met its goal of regis-tering 1,500 voters in two weeks earlierthis month.
MaryPIRG, the Student GovernmentAssociation, the Residence Hall Associa-tion, College Democrats and CollegeRepublicans combined forces under the“TerpsVote” banner to sign up students intime for Election Day on Nov. 2.
The coalition tabled outside McKeldinLibrary, spoke to classes and visited resi-
dence halls to register voters, reaching atotal of 1,503 students. TerpsVote regis-tered new voters and also re-registered oth-ers so they will be able to cast their vote atStamp Student Union instead of trekkingback to their home polling locations.
“I thought that the best way of approach-ing this was actually working together,”said Summer Raza, chairwoman of theSGA’s governmental affairs committee.
Joining the groups allowed them to max-imize their efforts because they wereattacking the same objective, she said.
Jason Donofrio, MaryPIRG’s 22-year-oldnon-student campus organizer, also helped
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see BARS, page 2
see VOTE, page 2
Gary Williams gives his signature fistpump to the crowd during his introduc-tion at Maryland Madness. PHOTOS BY
JACLYN BOROWSKI/ THE DIAMONDBACK
Williams, Terp basketball teams open new seasonswith high-flying festivities at Maryland Madness
BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer
Sporting a Top Gun outfit with a 104Fighter Squadron nameplate and patchsewn onto his jacket, Gary Williamsstepped onto the Comcast Center courtbefore about 10,000 people Friday.
Highlighted with fog and bouncing redlights, Williams walked out in his uniformand shades, giving his trademark fist
pump before addressing the crowd.It was near the end of Maryland Mad-
ness, but Williams had a message for theofficial start of the Terrapin men’s basket-ball season.
“We have a great group of players thathave worked really hard,” Williams said.“They are you, and you are a part of us. Weneed you to be successful.”
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TAKING FLIGHTTAKING FLIGHT
Blood runsthicker
Student locates birthparents after 21 years
BY DIANA ELBASHAStaff writer
This September, Arielle Schaffer foundsomething she has spent years looking forbut never thought she’d actually trackdown: her parents.
The senior elementary education majorwas adopted at birth and never knew herbiological mother or father. She didn’t even
see PARENTS, page 3Arielle Schaffer holds a photograph takenwhen she first met her birth mother lastmonth. MATTHEW CEGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
Arielle Schaffer holds a photograph takenwhen she first met her birth mother lastmonth. MATTHEW CEGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY RACHEL ROUBEINStaff writer
It was food-collection Friday, and EvanPonchick cruised through the dininghall, reminding Dining Services employ-ees — many of whom he knew by name— to save their leftovers.
After writing a thesis on how to reap-portion dining hall waste, Ponchick, ajunior operations management major,decided to turn his ideas into reality. He,along with fellow members of the com-munity service fraternity Alpha PhiOmega, began collecting all of SouthCampus Dining Hall’s leftover food thissemester and donating the extras to SoOthers Might Eat, a Washington-based
charity. About 900 meals have beengiven to the organization thus far.
Every week, the group traipses intothe dining hall, asking all employees tosave the food that would normally betossed into the trash for careful packag-ing. Once collected, the food is trans-ported to SOME later in the evening.
Ponchick asks employees to keep allitems Dining Services won’t reuse —such as pizzas, rice, fried and bakedchicken, hamburgers, broccoli andmore. These tins of food are then carriedinto SOME, which is located in North-west Washington.
Ponchick first discussed his plan withDining Services Director ColleenWright-Riva and Chef John Gray, the
Dining Services adviser to the project,last fall.
The initiative, which officially began atthe beginning of the semester, is now inits fifth week, and each Friday hasdonated between 100 and 300 meals.
This Friday, the group received its
lowest number of meals — 100 —because Clucker’s, the food station thatsells potatoes, macaroni and cheese andother sides, was closed that day.
Despite last week’s setback, Gray saidthe results have been great so far andDining Services hopes to see the project
expand to Wednesday nights within thenext couple of weeks. Next year, DiningServices may work to implement the pro-gram in the North Campus Diner as well.
“Dining Services has been very sup-portive of the effort,” Ponchick said,adding it has been a win-win endeavorfor both the university and the charity.
It holds the university accountable forminimizing waste while putting thoseunavoidable leftovers to use: They feed asmall portion of the 20 percent of Wash-ingtonians living below the poverty line.
“I think it went really well, and I knowthe SOME people are ecstatic about thefood they’ve been receiving,” Gray said.
APO member Aaron Hamilton, a sen-ior economics major, said in addition tobenefiting the community, the projecthas also made him more aware of notwasting food in his own kitchen.
Nicole Prentice, a sophomore sociol-ogy major, said she’s always been pas-sionate about alleviating hunger andhomelessness and is excited to beinvolved in this project.
“I’m surprised we didn’t have some-thing like this sooner,” she said.
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SGA showcases less common academicprograms at first-ever Hornbake fairUndecided students can explore majors and minors at event
BY SARAH MEEHANStaff writer
Officials and tour guides mayboast of the 112 majors offered at theuniversity, but for plenty of students,that number is more overwhelmingthan inspiring. With many studentsanxious about making career deci-sions while transitioning to college,three legislators said they want to ad-dress the issue.
“BYOBooks: Choosing YourMajor is No Minor Decision” is thefirst fair dedicated to showcasing thelesser-known majors, minors andother programs offered to studentsat this university. It will be held to-morrow on Hornbake Plaza from11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Student Government Associationletters and sciences LegislatorsJimmy Gray, Rob DiMauro andAhmed Taha, who represent studentswho have not yet chosen a major, de-signed the event to expose undecidedunderclassmen to opportunities theymay not have considered or evenknown existed.
“I bet not too many kids know thatyou can major in terrorism studies orminor in [lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender] studies,” DiMauro said.Representatives from more than 20
programs, including international de-velopment and conflict management,special education and Israel studies,will pass out information and be readyto answer students’ questions.
“We’re really trying to target under-represented, specialized programs onthis campus that students may nothave the opportunity to hear aboutotherwise,” said SGA Vice Presidentof Academic Affairs Lisa Crisalli.
Although Gray, DiMauro and Tahaall sophomores who plan to major inbusiness, they said they have metmany students in entry-level classeswho have no idea what major to de-clare or what career path to pursue.
They hope the fair will point let-ters and sciences students in a help-ful direction and push them to ex-plore various fields of study thatdon’t garner as much attention asthe more popular programs that ex-perience high enrollment.
Even if students don’t leave thefair having decided on their majorsor minors, Gray said he hopes it willinvigorate them to appreciate theuniversity’s diversity of learning op-portunities.
“We hope that this will help peoplefind their passion or at least broadentheir perspectives,” Crisalli said.
BYOBooks is aimed primarily atunderclassmen, DiMauro said, butsome of the minors that will be show-cased at the fair require as few as 21credits, an attainable goal for upper-classmen if a particular programcatches their interest.
The legislators said that in the fu-ture, the SGA hopes to combine BY-OBooks with Explore Your Major, alarger event geared toward studentsenrolled in more popular programs.They said merging the events willgive students a broader view of thepossibilities available at the university.
Students reported shorter lines at all bars this weekend, including last nightat Cornerstone Grill and Loft. ORLANDO URBINA/THE DIAMONDBACK
Turtle. “It’s not looking good for them.”Following the knifing incident, officials
said Turtle has long been well-known forserving underage patrons. University Po-lice Chief David Mitchell said at a pressconference Tuesday he’d like to “padlockthe Thirsty Turtle tonight.”
Turtle owner Alan Wanuck has de-clined to speak to reporters. His attor-ney, Linda Carter, said the criticism ofthe bar is overblown.
“The owners of the establishmenthave always been concerned with mak-ing sure that young people, underageindividuals, are not permitted inside,”Carter said in an interview yesterday.
Mitchell had asked that the liquorboard move up its scheduled Nov. 3hearing on earlier underage drinkingcitations for Turtle, and while the re-quest was denied, the board madesure it was represented this pastweekend.
“There’s so many of us because ofall the activity that we’ve had downhere,” said Al Fanelli, a liquor boardinspector stationed outside of Turtleovernight Friday.
Fanelli estimated that he had person-ally confiscated about 45 fake licensesby 2 a.m. Saturday and said there were15 inspectors total in College Park thatnight — also armed with ID scanners— instead of the usual two.
Students reported licenses being con-fiscated not just at Turtle but at both R.J.Bentley’s and Cornerstone Grill and Loft.
In front of Turtle, when a bouncerdoubted the validity of an ID, he wouldpull the person aside and a liquor boardinspector would run the ID through ascanner.
“They’re being too strict,” saidJason Benrimon, a senior businessmajor. “I am 23, and my ID happens tobe totally messed up. The cover isripped off. So my ID looks like a fakeID even though I’m the oldest kid on
the block. I had to get in a special line,like they’re the Gestapo. It was a littleembarrassing.”
Students speculated that Friday’sextra security scared off would-be un-derage bar-hoppers Saturday, when stu-dents again failed to pack the streetsand dance floors with their usual force.No liquor board officials were seen onSaturday night, but bars continued toroutinely deny entrance to studentsthey suspected to be under 21.
“There’s a lot less people out tonight be-cause of the liquor board cracking down,”said freshman letters and sciences majorThomas DiFato on Saturday. “Some of myfriends got IDs taken yesterday.”
Police also boosted their presencealong Route 1, periodically parking oneither end of the block near Turtle andflashing the lights on their cruisers.
“This is the first time I’ve seen thismany cops on Route 1,” senior interna-tional business major Paul Jackson said.
Even so, several students claimed tohave successfully gotten into the barseven though they were underage, in-cluding one girl who said she had paidjust $50 for her fake ID.
Others said the sudden blowbackTurtle received following the stab-bings was unwarranted.
“The stabbing has nothing to do withthe bar,” senior journalism major ErikaWalker said. “Honestly, I don’t knowwhat’s going to happen to Turtle, but Idon’t think the fight was the bar’s fault.”
Walker added she felt the brouhahawould soon pass.
“The liquor board inspectors comeout every few weeks to try to intimidatepeople,” she said.
Fanelli said it was “very possible” in-spectors would return next weekend insimilar numbers but couldn’t say whatthis meant for Turtle’s upcomingliquor board hearing.
“That depends on the trial,” Fanellisaid. “Anything can happen.”
Staff writer Ben Present contributed tothis report. [email protected]
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coordinate the event. Though he hasparticipated in other voter registra-tion efforts in the past, he said this onewas particularly effective because thegroups set their differences aside insupport of a common goal.
“This was a 100 percent student-driven initiative,” Donofrio said.
Though Donofrio said he expectedto encounter some tensions betweenvarious political parties, the groupwas totally cohesive and there was notrouble with party politics.
“No one had a label on them,” he said.However, Donofrio said he was sur-
prised so many students were unedu-
cated about the voting process. It wasalso somewhat harder to generate en-thusiasm among students becausethis is a midterm election, not a presi-dential election, he said.
Before the 2008 presidential elec-tion, MaryPIRG and the SGA teamedup to register voters, and bothDonofrio and Raza said they hope towork with the RHA, College Democ-rats, College Republicans and othergroups in the future since this pastdrive was so successful.
Raza and Donofrio both emphasizedthat just because the TerpsVote registra-tion effort is over, elections are Nov. 2and students should take advantage oftheir right to voice their opinions.
“You vote no matter what you do. Ifyou stay home, you’re voting,”
Donofrio said. “UMD students havean opportunity to call attention tothemselves ... and they can do that bycasting their vote.”
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Students collect leftover meals from the South Campus Dining Hall to deliverto a Washington-based food kitchen. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
“UMD students havean opportunity todraw attention tothemselves ... andthey can do that bycasting their vote.”
JASON DONOFRIOMARYPIRG CAMPUS ORGANIZER
Loading up leftovers
Students donate extra Dining Services food
“We hope that thiswill help people findtheir passion or atleast broaden theirperspectives.”
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know her father’s name.But last month, she received a
response to a post she had made sixweeks earlier on a site called Cousin-Connect.com — a family-finding toolthat contains close to a quarter mil-lion genealogy queries — that identi-fied her birth date, the hospitalwhere she was born and her biologi-cal mother’s maiden name.
“I have always wanted to knowabout my birth parents,” Schaffersaid. “Thankfully, my parents haveraised me to know I was adopted. ButI’ve always been curious.”
Mara Faulkner was 15 when shegave birth to Schaffer. In recentyears, she had taken to regularlyGoogling her daughter’s birth datefollowed by the word “adopted.”
Faulkner’s first hit was the Cousin-Connect post, which she found Sept. 21— Schaffer’s 21st birthday. “You foundher,” she wrote to her daughter.
“I always thought that if she hadbeen looking for me, she deservedanswers,” Faulkner said. “I knewright away it was the one. It had theright date and my name on it.”
Faulkner also called HowardShanker, her ex-boyfriend whofathered Schaffer, and the threearranged a meeting. When they sawone another, Schaffer said, there wasimmediate comfort.
“I was really nervous, and I didn’tknow how I would feel,” she said ofher first meeting with Faulkner, atSchaffer’s house. “But when I actu-ally met her, I was surprisingly calm.It was like talking to myself; I feltinstantly comfortable.”
Faulkner said she couldn’t stopstaring at her birth daughter. “Ialways just imagined that I’d neverget to meet her,” she said.
Schaffer said meeting her birthparents answered lifelong questionsabout her physical identity, such as
an unexplained speech impedimentand her darker complexion than therest of her family.
Leigh Leslie, a therapist and fam-ily sciences professor at the univer-sity, said finding the answers tothose types of questions is fre-quently why people search for theirblood relatives.
“For some, there’s a part of them-selves they don’t quite understandfully and won’t without knowing theirbiological parents,” she said. “I thinkthat’s probably a pretty common feel-ing for young adults.”
Schaffer wasn’t the only one withthat reaction.
“She looks like me; she acts like me;she has the attitude that I had at thatage,” Shanker said. “It’s incredible.”
Schaffer’s boyfriend, DJ Walker,also noticed parallels: “It was a littlebit of a surreal situation ... to see thesimilarities in the way they talkedand acted,” he said.
Walker, a graduate of Towson Uni-versity who has been dating Schafferfor about 10 months, noted mildchanges in her maturity followingher experience.
“To have the unexpected resultsso quickly I think made [Schaffer]more mature and willing to adapt to
a changing situation,” he said. “Thattakes a lot of courage and a strong-willed person to go head-first intothis.”
Other close friends, though awareof her ongoing search, said theywere surprised by the outcome.
“Since I’ve known Arielle, she’sbeen searching for her birth mom,”said senior English major Katie Tay-lor, Schaffer’s former roommate. “Soit was kind of crazy to finally get towatch it happen.”
Schaffer said she felt no hesitationabout meeting her birth parents inperson, but her adoptive mother,who is a private investigator, hadsome reservations.
“I had to protect my daughter,”Torri Schaffer said. She adminis-tered the DNA tests to prove relationbetween Faulkner and her daughterand said the 99.2 percent matcheased her skepticism.
She was otherwise thrilled aboutthe reunion, she said, and didn’t feelat all undermined by Faulknerbecoming a part of their life.
“Everybody is extremely warm,welcoming and loving,” Torri Schaffersaid. “It’s like we have a whole newextended family. It’s like a fairy tale.”
Faulkner expressed gratitude to
the Schaffers for doing a “phenome-nal job” of raising Arielle, who shesaid she was too young to handle 21years ago.
“The first thing Arielle said to mewas, ‘I’ve had a great life, one that no15-year-old could have provided,’”Faulkner said.
Leslie said such situations cansometimes lead to tension but bothof Schaffer’s families treated it well.
“It’s not a good situation whensomeone feels they have to choosebetween or move away from onefamily,” she said, “I’ve certainly seensome families where the adoptiveparents are nervous and it feels likea threat.”
Arielle Schaffer said she now talksto Faulkner — who she calls her“new best friend” — at least threetimes a day and has dinner with herweekly. Shanker lives a few hoursaway, she said, but they keep in regu-lar contact and have plans to spendholidays together.
“She’s happy, you can tell,” Tay-lor said. “It’s almost as though shefeels some sense of being com-plete, instead of always wondering,‘What if?’”
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$250,000 a year in property taxes and100 permanent jobs for College Park.He also said his tenants would be nomore disruptive than students alreadyliving in Old Town, and officials should-n’t send a message that they’re un-friendly toward developers.
“What it comes down to is certainindividuals don’t want undergradu-ates downtown. But the behavior ofcertain undergraduates downtownand the enforcement of that is a sepa-rate issue from this project,” Zusinsaid in an interview. “Stopping signifi-cant economic development is notthe answer.”
But these weren’t the argumentsthat resonated most when he spoke atThursday night’s North College ParkCitizens Association meeting. NCPCAPresident Mark Shroder said housingstudents near the campus keeps themout of his section of the city.
“It will always be easy to find an ex-cuse to vote against this stuff, butsearch your conscience before you do,”Shroder said to his neighbors at themeeting. “Are we going to get this stuffbuilt or are we gonna keep having kidsin our neighborhoods?”
At the meeting, northern CollegePark resident Mary Cook — a formerDistrict 4 councilwoman — opposedthe project, calling for her neighbors toempathize with Old Town’s plight, de-scribing what she saw there on a recentFriday night.
“I’ve never seen anything so horri-ble in my life. There were just waves ofstudents going out and drinking andpartying in the neighborhoods,” shesaid. “Think about that. I would notwant to be in that area ... it was like an-other world.”
For its part, the university is stayingneutral on the issue of the Book Ex-change project. Vice President for Ad-ministrative Affairs Ann Wylie said shesupports residents’ efforts to decreasethe student population in Old Town tomake College Park more “livable” forresidents there.
“We want to have a city that’s not justa whole bunch of group homes,” Wyliesaid. “We’d like our faculty and staff tolive in College Park ... and studentswould live in designated areas for stu-dent housing.”
The university has actively sup-ported past student housing proj-ects, such as the University View andThe Varsity at College Park. For theBook Exchange site, it has only spo-ken out in favor of accommodations
for graduate students and profes-sional adults.
“With respect to undergraduatehousing, we have been noncommittalabout that,” Wylie said. “We’re not total-ly clear on whether we need additionalprivate housing or not. We just thinkthis is a matter that we’re not going togo in on.”
Rosapepe said the lack of universitysupport for Zusin’s plans might as wellbe outright opposition.
“If you’re not for it, you’re against it,”Rosapepe said.
As planned, the Book Exchangebuilding and its parking lot would be re-placed with four stories of LEED-certi-fied apartment units over ground-floorretail that would house the bookstore,two lobbies and a coffeeshop. An un-derground garage would have 315parking spaces, and residents wouldhave free bicycle rentals.
The Prince George’s County Councilwill have the final say on the project,taking into account the view of the Col-lege Park City Council — and, city plan-ning director Terry Schum said, the in-formal clout of other elected officialssuch as Rosapepe.
Eric Olson, who lives near Old Townand represents College Park on thecounty council, opposes undergradu-ate housing.
Students seemed to welcome thenew project so close to the campus.
“I think it’s a great location,” junioreconomics major Phil Dunkle said. “It’llbuild up downtown College Park. Rightnow it’s a little run-down. A new highrise would have a positive effect.”
But Michael Shaffer, a senior me-chanical engineering major, said there
were too many apartment buildings al-ready coming in for College Park toneed another.
“It’s unnecessary. Years from now,they’re going to have way too muchhousing,” he said.
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“She looks like me;she acts like me; shehas the attitude that Ihad at that age. It’sincredible.”
HOWARD SHANKERSTUDENT’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER
Ilya Zusin, who hopes to build a student apartment building downtown on thesite of the Maryland Book Exchange, explains his plans to the North CollegePark Citizens Association on Thursday. JACLYN BOROWSKI/ THE DIAMONDBACK
The College Park City Councilwill be considering legislationOct. 26 on whether to lower theminimum candidate age for city
council office from 21 to 18 years old.Last year, I was very active in the cityelections with the student group UMDfor Clean Energy. Although we didn’trun any student candidates, we had anactive role in raising awareness of envi-ronmental issues facing the city that can-didates should address. Based on thisexperience, I have some insights on whyI think lowering the age limit to 18 wouldbe great for College Park.
You might think of College Park poli-tics as limited to serving on the citycouncil, but I consider it being involvedin the community and having a stake inthe neighborhood. Despite all that Col-lege Park has to offer, citizen participa-tion often leaves city officials wanting, asit is very difficult to find not only candi-dates to run for office but also moremembers to sit on advisory committees.Student participation especially is
almost nonexistent. As a result, most students don’t care
about the well-being of College Park.When you’re not involved in your com-munity, you’re more likely to disrespectit. Indeed, I’ve heard city residents right-fully complain about noise violations, alack of cooperation in combating crimeand hundreds of beer bottles, cans andcups left in parts of Old Town after par-ties. When a large part of the populationis completely disengaged from its com-munity, College Park hurts.
Development and transportationissues could badly use student involve-ment. If residents aren’t talking to stu-dents, they often have to deal with what-ever the university administration
decides it wants. Engaged studentsserve as a check on university actionsthat impact the city. As new projects suchas the East Campus redevelopment, thePurple Line and additional student hous-ing are shaped, students need to play arole. UMD for Clean Energy met withcity council candidates on these kinds ofissues last year, and many of those candi-dates welcomed student input and werepleased to find we had common ground.
Lowering the age limit to 18 will drawmore students running for office. How-ever, candidates who stand a chance atwinning elections will not be stereotypi-cal college students filing their papersand then walking over to Thirsty Turtlewith a fake ID. They’ll be ambitious, polit-ically motivated young people who wereinvolved in Young Democrats or YoungRepublicans in high school, interned fora politician or ran for a position in the Stu-dent Government Association. To standa prospect at winning, they’ll have to goto civic association meetings, knock ondoors, develop a platform and genuinely
build a connection with city residents.These will be the students who are morelikely to stay involved in the city afterthey run because of their newfound con-nection with the community, as are theirstudent supporters. Some may end upliving here.
What if a student wins? They’re proba-bly very smart and talented for their ageif they can pull it off. All people are differ-ent, and most students aren’t interestedor qualified, but there are exceptional 18to 20 year olds who are mature beyondtheir years and would be effective on thecity council.
Lowering the running age will meangreater involvement in bettering CollegePark, which is something that shouldmake every member of the city councilsmile and vote yes.
Matt Dernoga is a graduate student inpublic policy and is the son of TomDernoga, chairman of the Prince George’sCounty Council. He can be reached [email protected].
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Not once since he waselected have I thought tocompare PresidentBarack Obama with for-
mer President George W. Bush. Thatis, not until I saw a recent statisticthat, to me, was staggering.
According to a recent CNN pollthat asked, among other things,which president is preferred, Obamahad just a 2 percent lead in terms ofapproval over Bush, and 45 percentof Americans said they think Bushdid a better job in office than Obamahas done in his 21 months at 1600Pennsylvania Ave.
I began to wonder whether thesesurprising results mean that Ameri-cans would rather have Republicansrun the country. If they were seriousabout liking bumbling Bush morethan eloquent Obama, maybe some-one like Sarah Palin would be a goodfit. Not every president needs to reada newspaper every morning.
Jokes aside, it’s not entirely out ofthe question. Lately, Palin has beenon the news endorsing tea party can-didates and acting like a presump-
tive front-runner for the 2012 presi-dential ticket. I can’t say I know forsure what all the hype is about (butI’m sure her supporters say thesame thing about Obama).
The thing about Palin is she knowshow to play the game of politics. Shemay not be a wizard with a dictionaryor a national newspaper connoisseur,but she’s a great politician. She knowshow to stoop just low enough so thatshe can instill doubt about her fellowcompetitors, but she can’t be scoldedfor being one of those dirty politicians.
There’s no doubt she offers anotheroption for those who think Obama isan anti-American Muslim secretly plot-ting to run our country into theground. But she’ll never win over thepeople who believe government inter-vention is a necessary part of ourdemocracy that prevents inequalityand injustice. So the auto industry isfailing and people are losing their liveli-hoods left and right? It’s not the gov-ernment’s job to fix that. What’s thebig deal if no one has health-care cov-erage? It’s not the government’s job toprovide that. Who cares if we never
free ourselves from the dirty oil indus-try? Drill, baby, drill!
People like the students at this uni-versity who want state colleges tocontinue to receive state funding sotuition doesn’t skyrocket should payattention to her logic and what the teaparty stands for. If she got her wayand the government stopped inter-vening in public affairs, studentsacross America, including many whoattend this university, wouldn’t beable to afford college. Although thetuition freeze for in-state undergradu-ate students that had been in place forfour years in the University System ofMaryland was lifted this year, thefour years of government interven-tion helped an untold number of stu-dents in this state afford to attend andstay in school.
So the question we need to ask our-selves is, do we really want to bringanother person into the White Housewho invents words and never admitsshe’s wrong? Is hunting moose withbig rifles and relating to Joe Six-Packreally a good predictor for a success-ful presidency?
Right now, the answer to that ques-tion is, for most Americans, hell no!According to a recent BloombergNews national poll, 51 percent saidthey’d vote for Obama, compared to35 percent for Palin, if they were run-ning against one another in 2012.
But when you think about it, 35percent is pretty high. That’s awhole lot of people and a whole lotof votes. And before you “refudiate”Obama’s administration by electingtea partiers in November, first findout whether you’ve been “misunder-estimating” Palin’s message. Thengo vote!
Emilie Openchowski is a seniorjournalism and government andpolitics major. She can be reached [email protected].
Palin’s politics: Research before you vote
And so it continues. Last year, calls for increased transparencyresounded throughout the university, coming from displeased stu-dents, faculty and staff who felt that the administration was notbeing as open and honest about its decision-making processes as it
should be. In forums, in letters, in this newspaper and even in protests,diverse members of the university community called for more open and hon-est communication between administrators and other university constituen-cies. However, though these calls seemed honest andheartfelt last year, in light of a recent University Senatedecision, these previous calls for transparency can onlybe described as ironic.
Last week, the senate attempted to revise its votingprocedures to make them more transparent. For thepast year, the senate has relied upon electronic clickers— the kind used in many lecture classes — to tallyvotes. Although this system, which was adopted lastfall, allowed senate officials to record a more accuratevote count, it also introduced anonymity to the proceed-ings, as there was no way to determine which senatorcast which vote or if they cast a vote at all.
At the meeting, a proposal that would require senators to raise their handswhile voting with their electronic clickers was introduced as a compromiseintended to negotiate the issues of transparency and accuracy. Duringdebate, the proposal was amended at the request of undergraduate senatorLisa Crisalli so each senator would be assigned a specific clicker number — asystem that would allow senate officials to record and post votes taken byeach individual senator, akin to how professors track their pupils.
Faculty and administrative senators seemed outraged by the proposal. Severalfaculty senators said that votes could lead to reprisal from their supervisors andthat they were uncomfortable making their positions known. And James Harris,the dean of the arts and humanities college, even went so far as to question whyanyone would care about demographic breakdown of votes, stating that this issuewas “one of the silliest things [the senate] ha[d] ever done.” And although the
amendment narrowly passed, the overall bill ultimately failed in a 53 to 49 vote.This issue is anything but silly. Indeed, it is an issue of transparency and account-
ability. And the attitude with which faculty and administrators met the proposal atWednesday’s senate meeting can be described as little less than hypocritical.
The senate is the most powerful voting body at this university. It is taskedwith advising the university president on policies that touch on almost everyconceivable issue — from budgetary matters to educational standards and
everything in between. And it is through voting that thesenate makes its recommendations, which have histor-ically been enacted by the president with little opposi-tion because the senate’s decision is viewed as thevoice of the university community. During his 12-yeartenure as university president, Dan Mote only vetoedone senate recommendation.
Yet as it stands, no one, not even the chairwoman orthe executive director of the senate, know anythingmore about vote counts other than their results. And fora representative body that claims to promote “open andhonest communication amongst all constituents,” this is
simply unacceptable.As elected representatives charged with protecting and promoting the
interests of all constituencies at this university — undergraduates, graduatestudents, faculty and staff — university senators are charged with represent-ing the interests of those who elected them. And unless votes are tallied andrecorded, elected officials can never be fully held accountable for theiractions or inactions as members of the senate. Without vote counts for indi-vidual senators, how are members of the university community supposed toknow if their interests are being represented? Without a voting history, howcan voters decide whether to reelect their representatives? They can’t.
So, as the senate continues to determine how best to handle voting proce-dures, this editorial board encourages them to not only practice the transparencyand accountability that they preach, but to also keep in mind all the rights andresponsibilities that come with being elected officials at this university.
Staff editorial
Our ViewThe University Senate must
adopt new voting procedures— ones that records the votes
of individual senators — to increase transparency and
accountability.
Improving College Park: The case for a student voice
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Israeli Ambassador MichaelOren’s job is to make Israellook good, regardless of thetruth. And when the United
States is giving Israel about $3 billionin military aid every year, it is inOren’s best interest to make this rela-tionship seem special and mutuallybeneficial.
While Oren spoke at the Gilden-horn Institute for Israel Studies’event, “Getting Perspective on theUS-Israel Relationship,” UMD Stu-dents for Justice in Palestine andother students felt it was our job topresent a different perspective — onethat is not only essential to acknowl-edge but that is consistently and sys-tematically silenced in this country,even at this university. This is thePalestinian perspective, or the per-spective of those who are disadvan-taged because of our special relation-ship with Israel.
I would like to address Diamond-back columnist Andrew Steinberg’sassertion (from his Oct. 11 column,“Stand with Israel: Our indispensableally”) that “Israel is one of America’sindispensable allies and one of itsmost valuable strategic assets.” Thetruth is our relationship of uncondi-tional military support with Israel isunacceptable. For one thing, it is nottruly in America’s best interest tooffer unconditional support to anycountry with such blatant humanrights violations as Israel has beenaccused of. The U.S. Foreign Assis-tance Act states that aid will not beprovided to any country that grosslyviolates internationally recognizedhuman rights. Israel was accused ofsuch violations by human rightsorganizations such as Amnesty Inter-national and Human Rights Watchduring the Gaza assault of January2009 and in past attacks. Morerecently, the United Nation’s HumanRights Council endorsed a report thataccused Israeli commandos of exe-cuting six passengers aboard an aidflotilla this past May, including anAmerican citizen. No amount of con-tributions to U.S. jobs or new technol-ogy can justify our being accomplicesto such actions — legally or morally.
In fact, when Israel attacks Pales-tinians, its instruments of destructionare U.S. weapons, including whitephosphorus. When people aroundthe world protest such atrocities, theyare well aware of our connection toIsrael’s actions, and it harms theUnited States’ image abroad. Gen.David Petraeus even testified on Capi-tol Hill in March that “The conflictfoments anti-American sentiment dueto a perception of U.S. favoritism forIsrael.”
More important, however, thanhow our relationship with Israelaffects us is how it affects justice. TheUnited States and we as individualsshould not stand with any countryunconditionally. Instead, we shoulddedicate ourselves to standing for jus-tice, even when that means question-ing our own government.
In his article, Steinberg comparesIsrael’s values to those of the framersof the U.S. Constitution. Let meremind you that for all the things thefounders accomplished, they werestill slaveholders who limited suffrageto white male landowners. Our nationdid not progress because of peoplewho stood blindly with those inpower; it progressed because of thosewho dissented, those who criticized,those who were uncompromising indemanding justice. While a countrymay say it stands for equality, democ-racy and freedom, that does not meanit will actually act on these values. Wemust act on those values.
So whether your concern is for thewell-being of Israel, Palestine, theUnited States or just basic humanrights, I urge you not to stand blindlywith a country but rather to hold yourleaders accountable for their actionsby standing with justice.
Natalia Cuadra-Saez is a senior classicsand history major and is the president ofStudents for Justice in Palestine. Shecan be reached at [email protected].
Editorial cartoon: Shai Goller
Practice what you preach
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Born today, you are one ofthe most passionate indi-viduals born under your
sign, and though you may attimes be a slave to your emo-tions, you are also quite adept atusing them to serve your profes-sional endeavors — and most ofthe time, it is an advantage toyou in your work that you feel sostrongly about even the smallestdetails.You are always one to fol-low the rules, but more impor-tant, you always seem to knowwhat rules to make; in otherwords, you can lay down the lawfor others in such a way that youpromote their endeavors with-out in any way impinging on theirfreedom or inspiration.
You’re not the kind to turn theother cheek when you have beenwronged — again, that passion-ate nature of yours makes thisimpossible. Still, you were bestnot to engage in a full-fledgedfight when given the chance, foryou are not always the bestequipped to prevail in such a con-test.
Also born on this date are PamDawber, actress; Melina Mer-couri, actress; Jean-Claude VanDamme, actor; George C. Scott,actor; Jesse Helms, U.S. senator;Chuck Berry, rocker; Peter Boyle,actor.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Onething ends and another begins,but the boundary line betweenthem isn’t likely to be thatclearly laid out.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —You may encounter complica-
tions stemming from bureau-cratic details that seem to havegotten somewhat out of con-trol.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— You know how to do whatneeds to be done, but you mayrequire a little persuasion be-fore you get to work.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —The clock is ticking, and youmust be willing to economize ifyou’re going to get the impor-tant things taken care of be-fore it’s too late.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Pressure mounts, but youknow how to streamline yourefforts and, at the same time,maximize your productivity.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Personal energy is on the rise,but you may not know just howto focus those energies untilsomeone takes you under hisor her wing.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —What you say and do can in-spire others. Later in the day,you’ll receive more attentionfor something done by acci-dent.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —You are likely to be surprisedby the response you get simplyby walking into a room. Yourreputation certainly precedesyou.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —You’ll have no trouble stayingin touch, but the truth is thatyou may have little to say tocertain individuals. Don’tforce it.CANCER (June 21-July 22) —Your eyes are likely to beopened to the truth aboutsomeone you’ve been close toyou for some time. A change iscoming.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’treveal any signs of uncertaintyor weakness, for there arethose around you who wouldtake advantage of you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Getting started should not be aproblem at all, but stoppingwhen the time comes mayprove quite a challenge.
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Life — and the pain therein — has alwaysexisted in three dimensions.
When a man gets punched in the face, he feelsit: length, width, height and all. So then therecent trend in filmmaking toward hokey 3-Dimagery is a bit of a conundrum — often more ofa post-production gimmick than an actually nec-essary visual effect.
In its opening four minutes alone, Jackass 3-Dsingle-handedly puts every 3-D film ever made toshame with a slow-motion, high-definition extrav-aganza of epic proportions.
A startling return, Johnny Knoxville (Father ofInvention) and the gang’s third motion pictureventure is not only the best in the series, but forall intents and purposes, the greatest major 3-Dfilm made to date.
Of course, it seems silly to say that of all thepossible films someone could choose from,somehow a movie from the Jackass canon couldrise to the top.
Yet there’s something just so charming aboutKnoxville, Steve-O (TV: The Movie), Bam Marg-era (Minghags), Chris Pontius (Somewhere),Jason Acuña (TV: The Movie) and the rest thistime around.
Every single stunt and prank perpetrated bythe Jackass crew in this film incites a laugh, fromsmall 30-second clips, such as of Pontius usinghis penis as a baseball bat for a ping-pong ball, tolonger episodes, including Steve-O’s terrifyingbungee cord ride inside of a dog poo-filledportable toilet.
Yes, these moments sound gross on paper, butthe sheer joy in the eyes of these idiots as theyprofit from their own pain and destitution givesthe film a decidedly light-hearted tone.
This time around, there aren’t any downrightuncomfortable moments like the infamous “Paper-
cuts” segment from Jackass: The Movie. Obviously,watching a man willingly get kicked in the balls by adonkey is uncomfortable, but again, the film’ssweet tone takes away the sourness of theincident and leaves the audience withonly uproarious laughter.
In a way, the film becomesphysically tiring after awhile, as each and everyscene is so well-devised andpainstakingly setup, but it’s hardnot to enjoy theinsane situationsthe creatorscome up with.
Lookingback, the origi-nal Jackass tel-evision showdid a lot tochange themodern culture.
Humanity isnow inundatedwith viral videos and“How Did I Survive”-style television shows,all stemming back to thereality TV revolution of theearly 2000s.
Acceptably, Jackass is andalways has been a documentary, oneof the most real reality television shows— a simple document of the lengths a group ofoddballs and drunks go to kill themselves whilesack-tapping one another.
What removes Jackass from the supposedlyadrenaline filled freeway-pile-up footage oftencompacted into half-hour segments of human suf-fering, caught on tape for our viewing pleasure, is
the fact that the show has recurring characters.These people come back
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For those who don’t know the team, the third
film is the perfect, most concise place to startwatching their ridiculous antics. For people wholong ago decided they hate Jackass, this new filmwill do absolutely nothing to change the naysay-ers’ minds other than present a massively refinedversion of what the show used to be.
The film also has an odd assortment of gueststars, from the not-so-random Seann William Scott(Cop Out) to the incredibly random Will Oldham(New Jerusalem) of Bonnie “Prince” Billy fame, whoif nothing else gives Jackass 3-D some indie cred.
In just a short 90 minutes, Jackass 3-D rede-fines what 3-D imagery can be used for, using itsparingly but to great effect.
Whether it’s a dildo being fired from a cannoninto the audience or a party favor blowout pow-ered by a man’s farts protruding into the airspaceof the viewers, it’s fairly standard 3-D fare, but itis timed to only factor into a greater joke.
The 3-D in Jackass 3-D purposefully highlightsthe peak moments of jokes and doesn’t simply try
to impress its viewers with the fact that theyhave to wear special glasses to watch the
movie. On top of that, this isn’t low-quality,post-conversion 3-D as has been the casewith many of this year’s 3-D crapfests,such as Clash of the Titans.
This movie was intended to be a 3-Dlaugh riot, and it truly is.
The final scene says it all: an extrava-ganza of destruction featuring explo-sions, dildos, a massive torrent of rush-ing water and a delightfully confetti-cov-ered Rip Taylor (Jackass Number Two).It’s silly, if not downright stupid, butthere’s really no other way to end a Jack-
ass film without something that can put atrue period on the run-on sentence of
destruction that precedes it. Though it may not be reality for most, Jack-
ass 3-D is real life, this time brought evencloser to the audience. Still, it’s a double-edgedsword — as much as this movie brings Knoxvilleand company back into the spotlight, it opens uptheir deadly idiocy to a whole new generation ofglassy-eyed 12 year olds with camera phones andYouTube accounts.
Enjoy it in 3-D, but remember: These guys aretrained professionals.
Three dimensionsof pain and stupidity
VERDICT: 1/2
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010 | SPORTS | THE DIAMONDBACK 7
BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer
Terrapin men’s soccer coachSasho Cirovski knew betterthan to write off Clemsonbefore Saturday night’s matchdespite its winless conferencerecord, five freshman startersand new coach.
He knew the historybetween the teams all too well,including a come-from-behindClemson win in 2008 duringwhich the Tigers scored threegoals in a span of one minute,23 seconds to stun the eventualnational champion Terps.
So when his No. 4 Terps tooka two-goal lead into halftime, heknew they weren’t safe. Andafter the Tigers scored twogoals in the second half to tiethe game and stun LudwigField, Cirovski stayed calm.
He had confidence that hisTerps would find a way to win.And, despite a drama-filledsecond half, they did, beatingthe Tigers, 3-2, for a fifthstraight victory.
“They’re a much better teamthan their record,” Cirovskisaid. “They’ve been in almostevery single game, they’ve onlygiven up 11 goals this year, theyoutplayed a couple of topranked teams, and this was notgoing to be an easy game. Weknew that.”
The game wasn’t decideduntil the final play of the
match, when Clemson (3-7-2,0-3-2 ACC) midfielder RileySumpter’s free kick from theedge of the penalty boxsailed just over the crossbaras time expired.
“These are ACC games, aswe’re reminded in spite ofteam’s records; these aregoing to be dogfights,”Cirovski said. “We made itmore difficult than it could’vebeen, but Clemson made itvery difficult for us.”
For the majority of the firsthalf, the Terps (9-2-1, 4-1-1)played inconsistently, not scor-ing until Cirovski had reachedinto his bench for a spark. Itfinally came in the 39thminute, when midfielderSunny Jane scored his thirdgoal in two games with a left-footed strike from eight yardsout after a header fromdefender Ethan White.
Just moments later,defender London Woodberryslid around a Clemsondefender and sent in a cross toa diving Paul Torres, whoheaded the ball past Clemsongoalkeeper Cody Mizell for theTerps’ second goal in less thantwo minutes.
Entering halftime with a two-goal lead and a defense thathadn’t surrendered a goal infour contests, the Terpsseemed ready to settle intocruise control.
But when they suddenly
couldn’t find the back of the net,the Tigers started to. In the 55thminute, Clemson forwardAustin Savage sprung a counter-attack past a surprised Terpdefense and scored with ease.
“They say [a 2-0 lead is] themost dangerous lead in soccer,and I felt pretty confident wewere going to get another one,and we didn’t,” Torres said.“We let them back into thegame with a couple mistakes.”
The Terps once againattacked the Tiger defense inhopes of grabbing another
goal, but a breakaway by for-ward Casey Townsend and anopen shot from forward MattOduruan sailed off path.
The Tigers soon capitalized,sending forward Nick Burtondown the left side of the fieldwith some space. GoalkeeperZac MacMath came off his lineto challenge Burton, whodumped a pass off to the rightto midfielder Tommy Drake forthe empty-net equalizer.
“We relaxed a little too much,”defender Ethan White said.
Still, the goal didn’t faze the
Terps. Midfielder Matt Kas-sel gathered possession justpast the center circle aminute later and sent in a ballto Jason Herrick. The streak-ing senior calmly headedhome the tiebreaker andeventual game-winner.
With the lead back in hand,the Terps fought through thefinal 15 minutes against a Clem-son team that wouldn’t quite goaway. In light of their past suc-cess, Saturday night’s gameserved as a wake-up call.
“The other games have
been blowouts, and we want tostay humble,” Torres said.“Clemson is a good team, andit doesn’t matter what theirrecord is, every team has thepotential to win.”
“I was very confidentthroughout the game,”Cirovski said. “I was confidentwhen we weren’t playing wellthat we would find a way to win.This team is made of a champi-onship mettle, and tonight wasanother step forward.”
MMEENN’’SS SSOOCCCCEERR
The night’s festivities finally ceded toa 10-minute team scrimmage, givingfans a glimpse of the Terps’ newcomersand old faces. Freshman Pe’ShonHoward impressed with his no-lookpasses, while guard Sean Mosleyshowed his offensive prowess with agame-high nine points. Everyone butfreshman forward Ashton Pankeyscored in an exhibition highlighted byheaps of alley-oops and dunks and littleregard for defense.
“For the players, it’s a great way toenjoy themselves because practice getspretty tough for them,” Williams said.
An alumni game kicked the night off,as Terp fans welcomed back former All-Americans Juan Dixon and Keith Boothand fan favorite Dave Neal.
Then came the dancing. The women’s basketball team, decked
out in ripped black T-shirts, jeans andpainted faces, went first with a rendition ofMichael Jackson’s famed “Thriller” dance.
Shortly after, Williams appeared onthe overhead screen and delivered oneof his patented pep talks to the Terps. Inthe brief look-in, the 22nd-year coachpreached three things: style, passionand, of course, swag.
“We’ve been working hard everyday,” guard Adrian Bowie said shortlybefore the team traded dunks for dancemoves. “We’ve put in a lot of hours. Ithink we could be professional dancersafter this.”
Sporting black jackets over theirseldom-used black jerseys, the Terpsfinally entered, dancing to “Jump OnIt,” “Tootsie Roll” and other dancehits as they sought to one-up their
female counterparts.“We just have a little bit more swag
than them; they get a little shy and all,”forward Cliff Tucker said.
Added Bowie: “We have more per-sonality, more flair.”
After a performance by the always-popular Gymkana Troupe, the women’sbasketball team and coach BrendaFrese again took the floor, where Fresefollowed a well-received introduction —“Breathe if you hate Duke” — withpraise for her well-conditioned team.
After the women’s team’s five-minutescrimmage, the men’s team enteredfrom the concourse level onto the floor,collecting high-fives before they punc-tuated their entrance with a dunk or lay-up. Only Bowie, who tried to alley-oopthe ball to himself off the backboard,missed his attempt.
“I remember [former Terp guard]
Mike Jones, when he missed his threeor four years ago,” Bowie said. “Youmiss the dunk and you never, ever hearthe end of it.”
While the team could have practicedearlier Friday according to NCAA rules,Williams knew the importance of theevent that started in College Park decadesago under former coach Lefty Driesell.
“We’ve got to keep the traditiongoing,” Williams said afterward.“This is like a thank you to the fansfor what they did the last 22 years forme. For the players, it’s a greatchance to enjoy themselves. This is agood night for them.”
“We’re done with preseason, andnow we’re getting to play,” Bowie said.“I’m really excited. I might not go tosleep tonight.”
MADNESSfrom page 1
Forward Casey Townsend, center, helped lead a Terp attack that scored three or more goals for the third straight game ina 3-2 win against Clemson on Saturday. The Terps next face Colgate tomorrow. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
Herrick’s late answer averts disaster against Tigers
The Terrapin women’s basketball team danced to Michael Jackson’s1983 hit, “Thriller,” on Friday. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
“This is like a thank you to the fans for what they did the last 22 years,” men’sbasketball coach Gary Williams said Friday. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Forward’s game-winner helps Terpsstave off late Clemson comebackand collect 5th straight win, 3-2
BY KATE YANCHULISSenior staff writer
The Terrapin football team’s trip toClemson wasn’t supposed to end like this.
It would be the breakthrough per-formance, players proclaimed, thatwould validate the Terps’ strong start.It would serve not as a testament tothe weaknesses of their opponents butto their own strengths.
Saturday, little besides disappoint-ment materialized. The Terps fell vic-tim to their own costly errors in a 31-7loss to the Tigers, leaving coach RalphFriedgen visibly discouraged and frus-trated with a team that has yet to win aroad game in two years.
“To go out and not play our best isfrustrating, very frustrating,” Fried-gen said in an animated post-gamepress conference. “It’s us that arecausing the mistakes, things we cancontrol. Until we can learn how to dothat, we’re going to always bemediocre — at best.”
The stat sheet clearly favored theTerps. The Terps (4-2, 1-1 ACC) out-gained the Tigers 350-213, the firsttime they topped a Football Bowl Sub-division opponent in total yards thisseason. A sound defense, meanwhile,limited touted Clemson quarterbackKyle Parker to seven completions andheld the Tigers (3-3, 1-2) to less than100 yards rushing.
But in special teams and turnovers— two areas that had been critical inthe Terps’ four victories this season —a series of blunders cost them anychance at their first road victory sincetheir last trip to Death Valley in 2008.Saturday’s defeat extended the Terps’road losing streak to 10 games.
“We have to win on the road,” Fried-gen said. “I think sometimes that ourguys think we’re on an amusementtrip or something. We’re on a businesstrip to win football games. We have tolearn how to do that if we’re going tobe the team we want to be.”
When the Terps took a lead early inthe second quarter, they appeared wellon their way to becoming that team.They capped a successful drive withrunning back Da’Rel Scott’s unexpectedtouchdown strike to quarterbackDanny O’Brien for a 7-3 advantage.
But on the ensuing kickoff, Clem-son’s Andre Ellington broke an 87-yard return for a touchdown, grabbingthe lead and momentum. The Terpsnever scored again.
Special teams did the Terps nofavors. After Ellington’s kickoff return,the Terps drove to Clemson’s 7-yardline and appeared poised to answerthe return with another touchdown.But O’Brien was sacked on third-and-1, pushing the team back 9 yards. A 33-yard kick by punter Travis Baltz, whohas served as field goal kicker all sea-son, sailed wide right, not even threat-ening the uprights.
Mistakes accounted for the majorityof Clemson’s 31 points. Besides an 80-yard touchdown drive and a first-quar-ter field goal, the Tiger offense did little.
Of the three other touchdowns, onecame on Ellington’s return. Another
was set up by a 41-yard punt returndeep into Terp territory in the thirdquarter. And the final one came on a61-yard interception return by corner-back Xavier Brewer.
Before throwing the pick-six,O’Brien already had surpassed hiscareer high in yardage. The redshirtfreshman impressed to begin his firstroad start, completing 13 of 18 passesfor 159 yards by halftime.
On the Terps’ lone touchdown drive,O’Brien slipped out of what looked likea sure sack for Clemson defensive endDa’Quan Bowers, scrambled and
pulled up to toss a 20-yard pass to tightend Will Yeatman. On the next play, heagain avoided pressure to get off an 11-yard pass to Yeatman.
But O’Brien could only sidestep theTigers’ incessant pass rush for solong. In the second half, when theTerps were forced to rely on the pass-ing game to make up the deficit, theredshirt freshman quarterback com-pleted just 11 of 27 passes and threwthree fourth-quarter interceptions.
“You can’t do that,” Friedgen said. “Iknow we were in passing situations,but I’d rather have an incompletion or
a sack than an interception.”Part of the problem was the offen-
sive line’s inability to contain Bowers.The top NFL prospect had a career-high three sacks and pressured andhurried O’Brien on many more plays.
The line’s struggles also disruptedthe running game, forcing the Terps tothe air to compensate for the score-board’s staggering deficit and their ownstagnant ground attack. O’Brien passed45 times Saturday against a defenselargely unthreatened by the run.
“You have to get a running gamegoing,” Friedgen said. “You can’t let
these guys get going and just tee offand come after you.”
Running backs Scott and DavinMeggett combined for just 47 rushingyards. Fittingly, the Terps’ net rushingtotal was even less, pushed back bymyriad problems on a day full of them.
“We’re young, and I can make all therationalizations, but it’s really a matterof getting it done. We’re not getting itdone,” Friedgen said. “I’m going tostart holding people’s feet to the firebecause they have to get it done.”
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Terps can’t overcome costly, self-inflicted errors against Tigers in 10th straight road loss
Cornerback Trenton Hughes falls on his head during the Terps’ 31-7 loss to Clemson on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSHUA KELLY/THE TIGER
BY MICHAEL LEMAIRESenior staff writer
Five games into the sea-son, Terrapin football coachRalph Friedgen was so dis-pleased with the Terps’ spe-cial-teams performance onkick returns — and so con-tent with all other facets onthe unit — that he admitted tohaving worked almost exclu-sively on returns in the weeksleading up to the team’s gameSaturday at Clemson.
“It is probably the onlyteam on special teams thathasn’t played the way weexpected it to play,” Friedgensaid last week. “During theweek off, we gave that a lot ofwork. In fact, that’s prettymuch all we worked on inspecial teams.”
After a 31-7 loss to theTigers highlighted failuresacross the entire unit, Fried-gen’s to-do list for specialteams is considerably longer.
The extra practice didn’thelp the kick-return unit,which averaged just 19 yards
on five returns. But that wasthe least of Friedgen’s con-cerns with a unit that, beforeSaturday, had been instru-mental in the team’s 4-1 start.
The first mistake camewhen Tiger running backAndre Ellington returned akick 87 yards for a touch-down moments after theTerps had taken a 7-3 lead.Placekicker Travis Baltzcompounded the problem onthe Terps’ next drive whenhe badly missed a 33-yardfield goal that would havetied the game.
Then, with the Terps losingby just 10 and hoping to regainmomentum early in the secondhalf, Clemson’s Jaron Brownreturned a punt 41 yards to theTerps’ 21-yard line. Five playslater, when Ellington
plunged into the end zonefrom one yard out, the gamewas effectively out of reach.
“[Ellington’s return touch-down] was a huge momen-tum-stopper because thingswere going good for us,”Friedgen said. “That wholesequence was a major issuefor us. Then they get the puntreturn down pretty good inour territory ... those werekey elements that had a fac-tor on us.”
The missed field goal wasonly the second of the seasonfor Baltz, but it also was amicrocosm of what hasbecome a major source offrustration for Friedgen.
In his teleconference yes-terday, Friedgen said hehoped that primary place-kicker Nick Ferrara would
eventually be able to win backthe job from Baltz. Ferrara hasthe stronger leg, and Friedgensaid his ascension to a startingrole would help relieve pres-sure from Baltz, in turn help-ing him focus on punting.
But to this point, it simplyhasn’t happened. AlthoughFerrara is finally healthy, hehasn’t yet been able to dis-place Baltz.
“Right now, [Ferrara] justisn’t making them,” Friedgensaid. “They look pretty, but theydon’t go through the uprights,and that’s the problem.”
Friedgen also made sureto express his displeasurewith Baltz’s miss. Friedgensaid he understood Baltz hasbeen forced to perform dou-ble duty this season butstressed it isn’t an excusewhen the team needs pointson the road.
“When I put him out there,I expect him to make it,”Friedgen said, “especiallywhen it’s a chip shot.”
Special set of problems hurts Terps
A missed 33-yard field goal from Travis Baltz, shown here kicking inan Oct. 2 game against Duke, cost the Terps crucial momentum andpoints Saturday against Clemson. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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went wrong against Clemson,check out TerrapinTrail.com.
Missed field goal, coverage breakdowns cripple chances vs. Tigers