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ISSUE NO. 19
Our 103rd Year
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 TOMORROW 80S / Rain
By Annika McGinnisFor The Diamondback
Near Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua — a crater lake next to a tiny volca-nic jungle village and within a nature reserve — howler monkeys wake up the volunteers every morning. It is time to head to the schoolhouse.
The tiny, four-room building has broken windows and a rusty play set, and volunteers have to climb under barbed wire to get into the school. There is no toilet paper, so the 55 chil-dren who attend the elementary school have to use sheets of notebook paper.
“There aren’t enough seats in my English class,” 2011 alumna and school-
teacher Caitlin Marshall said. “But they don’t know that they’re poor; they don’t complain about any of this. When they go in, they share seats.”
For many villagers, this school is a beacon of hope in a region riddled with conflict. And in August, Marshall and fellow alumnae Lara Mckaye and Sarah Dobson celebrated the fi rst anniversary of “The Peace Project” — a community-based nonprofi t organization that provides See peace, Page 2
English and peace education to a com-munity impacted by violence and poverty.
Marshall can still remember that day in March 2011 when Mckaye — with whom she had worked as a Help Center hotline counselor — invited her to teach children out of a house in Nicaragua that Mckaye’s family converted into a hostel.
Online voting could emergeUniversity center has studied options
STANDING THE TEST OF TIMERestaurants have come and gone through the years, but College Park Diner has remained a stapleBy Nick FoleySta� writer
Dena Riad has seen a lot of life since she started working at College Park Diner in 2001. New babies, graduation celebrations, milestone birthdays — even a wayward car that once slammed through the structure.
College Park Diner has weathered stark economic times, and despite a booming restaurant scene in the city with fl ashier, upscale o� erings, the business continues to thrive.
Owner Kamal Riad, who oversees the restaurant with his daughter, assistant manager Dena, had worked at the res-taurant, then called Toddle House, for 15 years before taking over as owner in 1997. He then remodeled the space and switched the moniker to “College Park Diner,” staking his claim in an emerging restaurant scene in the city.
“It was about time to get my own,” he said, adding that he has seen a notable population increase since opening his diner. “The area was small, and now it’s growing.”
The restaurant’s unpretentious red and white theme decorates the three main aisles with tables, includ-ing a long white bar with additional seating. Employees can be seen grill-ing away behind the bar.
Despite what Riad called a rough patch during the “George W. Bush economy,” the business has become a quintessential component of the historic, privately owned businesses scattered throughout College Park. About 20 percent of his customers are college students, another 20 percent are tourists, and the rest are local regulars.
Riad said he attributes his success to an extensive group of repeat cus-
tomers who keep his restaurant alive, as well as a crop of employees who have worked there for at least four years. His business strategy em-phasizes a welcoming atmosphere with immediate service — customers can expect their food made within 10 minutes.
“It’s very important to serve good quality food with a reasonable price,” Riad said. “Our service is very per-sonable; we make it our business to know their names.”
Patrons flock to the restaurant from the hours of 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for breakfast specials, including two eggs, two pancakes and two bacon strips for $3.95, or eggs, meat, po-tatoes, toast or a biscuit for $9.50.
“Our French toast is the best,” Riad said, adding that the reasonable prices
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the college park diner has seen steady business for decades even as new and exotic restaurants have cropped up in recent years. The establishment sees a diverse clientele, which includes students, tourists and regulars. Patrons get their food quickly upon ordering — they can expect it within 10 minutes. � le photo/ the diamondback
three university alumnae celebrated the � rst anniversary of “The Peace Project,” a nonpro� t organization that helps teach people English and peace in violence- and poverty-ridden communities. photo courtesy of caitlin marshall
Plans for Best Western and Marriott in works
By Teddy AmenabarSta� writer
Family, friends and other visi-tors to the city will soon have two more hotel options on Route 1 as plans for both a Best Western and a TownePlace Suites Marriott begin to develop.
There are already nine hotels in the city, but contractors and o¢ cials say the area needs more to attract out-of-towners and boost commerce.
“From the state’s perspective, we welcome hotels, as they gener-ate a lot of tax revenue for the city,” College Park Economic Coordina-tor Michael Stiefvater said. “There hasn’t been one that has been built in a while except for the Holiday Inn.”
The Best Western, a project con-tracted by Missouri-based Vasu,
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See voting, Page 3
By Jim BachSenior sta� writer
Casting a ballot from behind the cur-tains of a voting booth has a special appeal for sophomore Matthew Senker, who’s been looking forward to in his fi rst election as an eligible voter.
“Going and voting in a physical place is kind of an experience,” the commu-nication major said.
For Senker, whose hometown isn’t far away from the campus, it’s easy to take a day o� to vote at his local elementary school. For other students, however, clearing the hurdles that come with voting out of state could deter them from going to the polls, helping prevent the college-aged voting bloc from taking part in a critical election. And as young people have become disengaged from the political scene since the 2008 election, any additional di¢ culties in getting to the polls could be detrimental to voter participation.
To help keep this from happening in future elections, this university’s Center for American Politics and Citi-zenship has studied potential oppor-tunities the Internet could present to make voting more accessible and less cumbersome — in this state, residents can already complete and update their voter registration online. A good alter-native to the absentee ballot system could be enabling voters to request a ballot online, said government and politics professor Paul Herrnson, who is the center’s director. His plan includes voters printing a ballot, filling it out and sending it to the state elections
Funds for alliance uncertainSeveral new projects already advancing
By Quinn KelleySta� writer
Although this university is steadily progressing in its collaborations with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the uncertain prospect of acquiring funding hangs over most planned proj-ects, o¢ cials said.
Throughout the last few months, the university has made strides in joint initiatives with UMB, including a collaborative public health school, a joint institute for technology trans-fer and commercialization and a seed grant program for developing cures. The only thing holding them back, according to former interim Provost Ann Wylie, is the funds necessary to achieve such goals.
“I think there’s been a lot of progress, considering that it’s only been around a few months that this thing got rolling,” university President Wallace Loh said.
Wylie said she is pleased with the progress of combining bioscience and biotechnology research efforts with
See mpower, Page 3
ann wylie, former interim provost, speaks at a forum about an alliance with UMB. Projects are in the works but still need to secure funding. � le photo/the diamondback
Two new hotels to come to College Park
LLC, is being built on the former site of the College Park Motel. Plans for this 50-room hotel gained approval in July 2007. However, construction was delayed because of the process of obtaining permits at the state, county and local levels, according to owner Vipul Patel, but those issues have been resolved, and the building should be completed by early 2013.
“Everybody knows this county is not easy in fi nding permitting,” said Patel.
Plans may also have been held up because business owners experienced economic hardships in the recession, said District 2 City Councilman Bob Catlin, which he said made it di¢ cult for even such a “modest project” to get fi nanced.
“All of the other projects that were
Helping those in
needAlumnae celebrate ‘The Peace Project’
SPORTS INSIDE
AVOIDING A TRAP
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Three University alumnae founded “The Peace Project” last year, a nonpro� t that teaches English and peace to residents of Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua. photo courtesy of caitlin marshall
“I thought about it for two and a half days, and I said, ‘Yep,’ and called my mom,” Marshall said.
The three friends landed in Nicaragua in July of that year, and while Marshall described the region as “breathtakingly beauti-ful,” she quickly realized many of the locals lacked basic resources. Although there are many ex-travagant vacation houses, most residents live in small, tin-roofed “servant homes” with blankets or sheets for room dividers. More-over, these communities are plagued by domestic violence, alcoholism and drug abuse.
“It seems like a small thing, but they eat rice and beans every meal,” Marshall said. “It’s not because they love it, but it’s because they’re very, very poor. Looking at crime in Nicaragua … It’s not like these people are on the streets out to get you; it’s that they’re really poor and hungry and desperate.”
Drawing inspiration from a university honors seminar called HONR 359 B: Honors Workshop: Alternatives to Violence, the three alumnae determined they would make peace education the central goal of their program.
Every weekday morning, in-ternational volunteers teach the children English and computer lessons, and most afternoons they hold an after-school camp.
Instead of punishment and nega-tive reinforcement, they teach the children about peaceful com-munication and resolution.
“There was a little girl who was bullied horrifically,” Marshall said. “No one would include her. They made fun of her very directly, meanly. She had very low self-esteem. … We asked her to paste something, and it took her an hour and a half to paste an orange circle.”
In response, the volunteers led activities encouraging the kids to see what it was like being in the girl’s shoes, Marshall said. Now, the child’s former bullies are her best friends, and they “go arm-in-arm everywhere,” Marshall said.
The project also involves cross-cultural interaction with students from the U.S.
Marshall’s mother, Cappi Mar-shall, leads a pen-pal program with her sixth grade students at Farmington 5-6 Campus in Garden City, Mich.
“I’m hoping it gave [my stu-dents] a greater appreciation for the opportunities they have that don’t exist for them in Nicara-gua,” Cappi Marshall said.
The volunteers’ main obstacle is a lack of resources. Marshall said the project ran the past year on just $800. This year, however, volunteers expect to have more tools at their disposal. Sopho-more linguistics major Sara McVeigh, who will volunteer for three weeks this winter, recently
secured 10 laptops to bring to the school for computer lessons. McVeigh said she received six laptops from friends and four from PROTEUS Technologies, an engineering company she works for.
Moreover, Marshall said vol-unteers are applying for a Rotary Foundation grant this year, hoping to eventually become a 501(c) nonprofi t — which would benefi t the organization tax-wise
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a p p ro ve d w ay b a c k t h e n , that were approved when the economy crashed … if they weren’t student housing, they went away,” Catlin said. “This is probably the only nonstudent housing project that survived the economy crash.”
Catlin added that while Patel
originally planned to launch his hotel independently, he was eventually able to get funding by joining the Best Western fran-chise. Patel said the member-ship will provide his hotel with “recognition and all the stuff that drives the hotel industry.”
His plans for the inn include providing Wi-Fi, an exercise room, breakfast and a pool, as well as offering rooms significantly larger than those at other hotels on Route 1, according to Patel.
“I feel like it’s not really going to benefit the students, but if anything, it’s going to benefit the parents, because they’re the ones that will probably be staying in the hotels for parents weekend,” said senior behavior-al and community health major Abbey Smith.
Stiefvater said he believes the Best Western w i l l be a helpful resource in encour-aging people to extend their trips to the university, only two
blocks away from Patel’s site. “Having a newer product
out there, hopefully that will bring more people to stay inside College Park,” he said.
Another hotel, the Marriott’s TownePlace Suites, will be built near Baywood Hotels. The busi-ness gained approval from the Prince George’s County District Council in 2010 and is applying for building permits, though the company has not released a start date for construction.
Several students said they think more hotel options will help the city.
“All of the places get booked really fast, especially the one on campus … it’s just not good,” said sophomore communica-tion major Vanessa Milanesi, who is from New Jersey. “My parents, they didn’t book any-thing for parents weekend and they’re not going to because they know everything’s going to be booked.”
However, the latest addi-tions to Route 1 don’t make up for the city falling behind in development from other areas, Catlin said.
“Certainly there are changes on Route 1, though they are n o t h i n g c o m p a re d to t h e changes in D.C. or Montgom-ery County,” Catlin said. “We haven’t had very much happen in the last 30 years.”
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— with more regular donors. If they succeed, potential plans include replacing windows, building a wall around the school and getting a bus so the students who live far away can attend camp, she said.
Mckaye said she plans to stay in Nicaragua for several more years running the hostel before possibly going to graduate school, but Dobson and Mar-shall said they will return to the
U.S. in January. Dobson plans to work in a Washington-based international development orga-nization, and Marshall plans to attend nursing school at DePaul University in Chicago. Both will stay on the board of directors for the project.
Looking back on the first year, Dobson said she has been overwhelmed by the apprecia-tion and gratitude of the Nica-raguan villagers.
“[Here], they’re constantly thanking us, writing us notes. … Any time we bring back a pack of markers, it’s like Christmas,” Dobson said. “Caitlin brought back Stamp All Niter glow-in-the-dark bracelets for the kids, and they went crazy! They loved it. They kept running around bringing them into dark corners and going, ‘It’s great; it’s great!’”
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board. As the election plays out more in the digital arena, Her-rnson said the Internet could infl uence the election beyond Twitter wars and social media campaigns and could be used as a tool to revolutionize voting.
“It makes it easier for young people on the move to get a ballot,” Herrnson said. “It’s the equivalent of a regular ballot, except you retrieve it from the Internet instead of relying on U.S. mail.”
Using an online absentee system could be useful in bol-stering voter participation in demographics that have trouble making it to the polls on Elec-tion Day, said Bill Rand, a pro-fessor in the business school.
“Being able to send ballots to military at sea or being able to distribute them in hard-to-reach
places would be a great way to increase voter participation,” he said. “That’s something that would appeal to a lot of people.”
Sophomore physiology and neurobiology major Joe Rinaldi said he and several of his out-of-state friends would prefer online voting to more tradi-tional methods, but added it would likely lend itself to se-curity issues and voter fraud.
“I’m sure somebody would find a way to hack into it and change the results,” Rinaldi said. “I feel like it would be a big issue.”
However, Rand said voter
fraud is just as likely with voting machines, which had security issues of their own as they began to replace paper ballots.
“Secu rity is a n issue no matter whether it is online or offline,” Rand said. “There might be different types of security holes if you move toward an all-online system, but I do think security is an issue no matter how you’re collecting ballots.”
Similar concerns have also come up with other electron-ic advances such as online banking, which has become relatively common.
“That was something that we thought people were going to be very resistant to do for a very long time,” Rand said. “To the extent to which we can solve security problems with banking, we can also solve se-curity problems with voting.”
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programs in the works at the Universities at Shady Grove in health, law and human servic-es, as well as science, technol-ogy, engineering, math, busi-ness and the social sciences.
“We are very excited about it. We think that this research effort will have a long-term impact on the state’s economy ... and to advance that whole area forward,” she said.
The universities have also established a biomedical in-formatics and imaging center, which has been recognized on both campuses, Wylie added. Additionally, o� cials hired a director of University of Mary-land Ventures, a program to “promote tech transfer and commercialization,” accord-ing to the MPower Maryland website. That o� ce will open Oct. 1, and the director will report to the research vice presidents at this university and at UMB, she said.
A search for a new bioengi-neering and health sciences center director is also under-way, Wylie said. The adminis-tration has not yet hired a chief academic o� cer for the Shady Grove campus.
“That will be next year’s job, or maybe in the spring,” Wylie said.
This morning, University System of Maryland Chan-cellor Brit Kirwan is hosting a news conference to announce progress on MPower the State and plans for the joint public health school, which has not yet received accreditation — the university received permission to apply for accreditation over the summer. Wylie said the process will likely take more than a year. She said the school will probably see an accredita-tion decision in fall 2014.
“It’s a very big undertaking,” Wylie said. “The creation of a joint school is very signifi cant.”
A great benefi t of that part-nership, Loh said, is students pursuing pre-nursing will no longer have to “drop out” of the university. On average, about 30 to 40 sophomores leave this university each summer to go to Baltimore to pursue nursing, a number Loh said accounts for about a 1 percent reduc-tion in retention rates. With the joint school, the transfer will be seamless.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if our national rankings started going up a tiny little bit,” Loh said, adding he appreciated what faculty and sta� on both campuses have accomplished so far in the MPower initiative. “That’s not bad for fi ve months of work. … It certainly has ex-ceeded my expectations.”
The biggest roadblock in undertaking these projects is a lack of funding, Wylie said. The schools are hoping to receive some financial backing by the summer, and while this univer-sity is prepared to internally real-locate funding if o� cials do not secure outside funding, that’s not ideal, she said.
“Everyone understood that it would be not good for us to rely totally on internal real-location,” she said.
However, some projects are reaching their full po-tential at the current level of funding. Through the seed grant program, this univer-sity and UMB have given out three research grants of more than $1 million each from the university’s research initiative fund. Wylie said she expected seed grant funding to grow.
“I expect that this funding stream will increase signifi cantly going forward,” she said.
The schools also have a plan to move forward with a shared library system. Wylie said they are exploring their options with vendors who could pos-sibly reduce rates in order to expand access to library re-sources. For example, one so-
lution may be limiting access to a less popular particular study or database in order to expand access in other areas.
In addition, the universities plan to expand the University of Maryland Scholars program by allowing undergraduates at this university to participate in research and educational op-portunities with UMB faculty.
Junior biology and chemistry major Hina Patel, one of two stu-dents to participate in the scholars program over the summer, said her work was like that of a full-time researcher, and she benefi ted from networking and shadowing people at the medical center.
“It was really good expo-sure to the research going on. … They kind of integrated us with the med students,” Patel said. “I’d say it was a really e� ective program and I really enjoyed it.”
One of the best things to come out of the partnership thus far, officials said, is the working relationships admin-istrators have developed with UMB faculty.
“We’re like two pieces of a puzzle that have been sepa-rated for many years, so when we come together, we can do things better than we could before,” said Research Vice President Pat O’Shea.
And although the partnership is tight on funding, Wylie is con-fi dent in the current progress.
“Given t h at we h ave so many fronts and no money, I th i n k we’re doi ng rea l ly well,” she said.
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cater to college students’ no-torious financial struggles. “We’re trying to help college kids; we know how it is.”
T he restau ra nt’s goa l to foster a family-oriented atmo-sphere starts inside the busi-ness: Dena came on board in 2001 and now oversees the res-taurant as assistant manager.
For the last 11 years, Dena has had a front-row seat to the most intimate moments between families. Several months ago, a longtime customer celebrated her 100th birthday, and invited
some of the restaurant sta� to the celebration.
“We’ve seen people graduate high school, graduate college, get married, have kids,” she said. “It’s a family setting. It’s nice.”
Another time, she shut down half of the restaurant for an employee’s baby shower.
“She had twins. They’re six now,” she said.
Several students, including senior journalism major Alexsis Davis, said they don’t frequent the restaurant because it is too much of a hike from campus.
“I’ve def i n itely seen it, but because of all the other options around campus, I’ve never gone there,” Davis said,
adding that she would usually choose Plato’s Diner for its close proximity. “[The College Park Diner]’s not accessible to me at all; it never comes across my radar.”
Several other students, includ-ing Annie Langdon, a freshman elementary education major, said they would relish the idea of 24-hour access to pancakes — if the establishment was closer to campus.
“There’s no pancakes here late at night,” Langdon said, adding that she doesn’t have a car on campus. “If it was by South Campus, I’d go.”
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MaryPIRG, officials join campaign against frackingDangers outweigh economic benefi ts, group members say
By Jenny HottleSta� writer
O ne side of a statew ide standoff between advancing business interests and preserv-ing the environment made its way to McKeldin Mall this weekend as MaryPIRG kicked o� its anti-fracking campaign.
The university’s public in-terest lobbying group held its first event of the semester Saturday as part of the Global Frackdown, a worldwide e� ort to spread awareness about the practice, which involves drilling with highly pressur-ized chemicals to release pe-troleum, natural gas and other substances from rock forma-tions. While some o� cials and business owners say the state would benefit economically from investing in the form of drilling, those calling for a statewide ban claim fracking pollutes the environment and damages infrastructure.
With music from the Terp Thon Color for the Kids race blasting in the background, Mayor Andy Fellows discussed his concerns about fracking with a small group of stu-dents gathered on the steps by McKeldin Library. Fellows and MaryPIRG members said they hoped the event would help stu-dents understand the logistics of gas drilling and its impact on the environment. Extracting resources by fracking can also
rack up high costs by contami-nating drinking water, dam-aging roads, causing health problems through air pollution and leading to earthquakes, according to a report pub-lished Thursday by advocacy organization Environment Maryland.
“ I n p l a c e s l i k e C ol l e ge Park, which is downstream, some people might not see this as an immediate issue,” said Fellows, who is also the Chesapeake regional director for the nonprofi t organization Clean Water Action.
Despite the potential con-sequences, several students said the idea of fracking may be worth exploring.
“It brings in business; it brings in people; it brings in scientists — it helps build an economic community around this one action,” said sopho-more music education major Matthew Dohm. “Bringing in the idea of fracking brings in technology to the economy.”
However, proponents may not understand the extent of the stresses fracking and storing wastewater can place on the en-vironment, said MaryPIRG no-fracking campaign coordinator Nina Randazzo.
“It’s too dangerous,” Randazzo said. “And it can cause long-term climate change, too.”
Randazzo and Fellows added there would be less of a demand for natural gas if researchers
concentrated on developing alternate, renewable energy sources, such as o� shore wind or solar power.
“We can’t continue to rely on combustion to keep the lights on,” Randazzo said.
This semester, the university lobbying group will focus its efforts on educating students so they will be knowledgeable on environmental issues for the November presidential election.
In May, the Obama adminis-tration issued a proposed rule that would require companies to disclose the chemicals they use in fracking for oil and gas on public lands, a move Republi-can presidential nominee Mitt Romney has called harmful overregulation.
Sophomore computer science major Eddie Crouch said both the public and private sector should use whatever resources are available within the coun-try’s borders to decrease reli-ance on foreign powers.
“ However, t h i s do e sn’t change the fact that oil is ulti-mately a limited resource, and developing new technologies for extracting it is very much delaying the inevitable,” he added. “As far as the downsides [of fracking] go, they’re hardly comparable to those related to strip mining or quarrying, but the result, once again, is very short term.”
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“I’m sure somebody would � nd a way to hack into it and change the results. I feel like it would be a big issue.”
JOE RINALDISophomore physiology and
neurobiology major
“We’re like two pieces of a puzzle piece that have been separated for many years. ... we can do things better than we could before.”
PAT O’SHEAResearch vice president
Stoked about riding with the spokes
Trying out a bike and discovering a new love
NEAL FREYMAN
The U.S. Congress adjourned Friday — two weeks early — 46 days before Election Day, the
earliest adjournment before voting since 1960. Legislators want to ensure they have more time to cam-paign, so they are forsaking current law battles to focus on keeping their jobs. Members of the House and Senate have left everything on the table, from 12 appropriation bills to a vote on expiring Bush tax cuts, until they return — after the election.
Congress members on both sides of the aisle have pointed blame at opponents for the inaction, and the spending bill has been suspended for six months, so there will be no resolution until the elections are over.
After lawmakers agreed on how to keep the government funded until March, leaders decided now would be as good a time as any to take a break. Several Congress members said they fi gured nothing could have gotten done in the sub-sequent weeks they would have re-mained in session.
So the farm bill is pushed back, giving each side’s candidates the opportunity to use it as leverage in campaigns. Additionally, Congress will face many obstacles in a poten-tial lame-duck session, including the expiration of Bush tax cuts and the $109 billion spending cuts that will be triggered, which threaten to send the economy into recession if
STAFF EDITORIAL
they occur simultaneously, according to USA Today.
Apparently, the only thing members of Congress have been able to agree on recently is they want to go home.
This obviously poses a problem for everyone. Our country can’t continue surviving these tumultuous economic times if Congress is unwilling to com-promise on anything. According to a USA Today analysis of congressional records, the 112th Congress is the least
productive U.S. Congress since the end of World War II. In a time of economic strife, we should be unifying to come up with answers, not simply blaming each other and hoping all our problems will go away. But most importantly for us, as students, if Congress doesn’t compromise on how to reduce future defi cits, budget-cutting measures will likely destroy higher education federal aid programs next year. This is some-thing we simply cannot a� ord.
Lawmakers failed to agree on long-term savings measures that could sta-bilize the ever-growing federal debt, and across-the-board cuts and tax hikes
were put in motion. A July report by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said the Federal Work Study program, which helps stu-dents meet college costs through sub-sidized employment, could see a $76.2 million cut, cutting the aid to 51,577 students nationwide.
Many students have already begun to realize this drastic division of govern-ment is not the way to create a better future, but the people in charge have yet to arrive at this conclusion. As the current generation of students prepares to run this country, we need to make sure those currently doing so under-stand just how important it is that we continue our higher education without the burden of increased cost.
Thankfully, Pell Grants are largely immune to drastic cuts — and a number of student groups at this university, from MaryPIRG to the Student Government Association, have championed the e� ort to ensure this remains the case. But many, many other federal aid programs could see reduced budgets.
We hoped Congress could come up with thoughtful, long-term budget solu-tions, rather than risk devastating cuts. But we haven’t seen any members of Congress ready to take on that respon-sibility or strive to come up with viable solutions. While every constituency is important in one way or another, cutting education funding just isn’t reasonable. We are supposed to be the future leaders of this country, and if we aren’t able to a� ord higher education, our government could be in even more trouble.
Not a time for recess
OUR VIEW
With so many critical issues left unresolved, the decision in Congress to adjourn early solidi� es its reputation as
an ine� ective body.
BEN STRYKER/the diamondback
EDITORIAL CARTOON
4 THE DIAMONDBACK | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
Opinion
I recently got a bicycle. Well, actually, I borrowed one — I don’t own the thing. But my roommate had a bike sitting in the Mowatt Lane Garage for a year, and I asked about using it to get to my bee-keeping class — yes, it’s real — all the way in Hornbake at 9:30 a.m. “Sure, go ahead. I never use it,” he told me as he grabbed the keys to his scooter and scurried out the door. And thus began my bicycle-riding college life.
A bike is more useful than an iPhone 5, and that’s not just because I still have the 4S. Life just gets better. I can sleep later knowing the bike will get me to class four times faster than my feeble legs. All these places that seem so far away — Eppley Recreation Center, the College Park Metro Station and my washer and dryer — have all seen more of me since this acquisition. It’s a great feeling, zooming around on my bike, getting to classes on time for the first time in two years.
With the obvious advantages of riding a bike on the campus come other lesser-known perks, such as local biking trails. Last Saturday, I hopped on a section of the 3.3-mile Paint Branch Trail near the University View to explore. Fifteen minutes later, I wasn’t in College Park anymore. Around me were trees, meadows and birds chirping. Behind me, the trail led to Lake Artemesia, which I didn’t know existed until almost taking an unfortunate dip fol-lowing a tight curve in the trail. The lake is gorgeous, though, providing a brief moment of absolute serenity in the craziness of college life. All around the lake are more trails, like spokes on a wheel, beckoning to be explored soon.
While I love the bike – and I do love
GUEST COLUMN
the bike – some aspects of the bike-riding lifestyle scare the hell out of me. Riding is dangerous — especially on a densely populated college campus such as ours — and should be approached with extreme caution, which is why I don’t currently own a helmet or fully functional brakes. I hope to remedy the situation in the coming days, because my parents and I will both sleep better knowing my brakes will produce a full stop rather than a full squeak.
Besides my lack of adequate safety equipment, there’s also the anxiety of not knowing where to ride. Maybe it’s because I’ve only been doing this for two weeks, but wherever I bike on the campus, I feel as if I’m bothering somebody. If I ride on the side of the road, I put myself in the way of ve-hicles, making them slow down and swerve to pass me. Alternatively, biking on the sidewalk is equivalent to navi-gating a minefi eld. I know I’m eventu-ally going to run over some unsuspect-ing freshmen staring at their phones one day (not necessarily a bad thing).
Biking on the campus also makes you more attuned to things, such as ramps. On behalf of the non-BMX community, I would like to sincerely thank whom-ever invented these wonderful alterna-tives to stairs. But ramps mean hills, and hills are a biker’s worst nightmare. Though this campus is relatively fl at, it still boasts its fair share of steep slopes, which are to be avoided at all costs. Twenty-minute detours are sometimes advisable to avoid gradients of more than 15 degrees.
Like the landscape of this campus, biking has its ups and downs. It’s su-premely e ̈ cient and can take you places you never knew existed. It also is kind of freaky, especially for a novice. In the end, I’m happy I have the bike. But don’t think I’m giving up walking just yet.
Neal Freyman is a senior history major. He can be reached at [email protected].
This November, we face an elec-tion that could alter the course of American politics. As students in
Maryland, this is an especially impor-tant election year with the same-sex marriage, table games and DREAM Act referenda. I have read a number of articles discussing the DREAM Act, including university President Wallace Loh’s impassioned piece in The Wash-ington Post (which you should read). There are many sides to this issue, but there are a few important points I have not seen addressed.
First of all, this state’s version of the DREAM Act is stricter than variations of the bill in other states. Because of restrictions, parents need to prove at least three years of fi ling state income taxes, and the bill would only a� ect an estimated 1,000 students. “Dreamers” do not officially compete with state residents — they compete with the 24 percent of students currently attending this university ( not from out of state). However, according to Brad Botwin, the director of Help Save Maryland, in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants will cost the state about $17,000 every year, so the 1,000 spots are likely going to come at the expense of state residents.
Right now, there are an estimated 275,000 illegal immigrants in Mary-land, and slightly fewer than 500,000 in the surrounding states and Washing-ton — none of which have DREAM Act legislation. If I were an illegal immigrant in a neighboring state and had a child, I would move to this state in the hopes my
kid could go to college. I could imagine a small but relevant percentage of illegal immigrants moving to Maryland as a direct result of passing this act. Every year of public school education costs an average of $14,351 for each student. Because illegal immigrants still do not qualify for state or federal fi nancial aid, only a small fraction of illegal immigrant children will end up going to college. This will be an expensive burden on our state’s K-12 education budget.
On the plus side, the students accept-ed under the DREAM Act will likely fi nd themselves on a path to citizenship in a few years. We want these people in our country — hardworking and smart with relatively well-o� families. Giving them the opportunity to get an undergraduate education will allow them to contribute to our country.
I am not saying these are the most important factors, but they have not been mentioned enough. I don’t know yet how I will vote on the DREAM Act, but I will vote. There are important issues on the ballot this election with signifi cant potential impact on our lives and our state. The outcome for the legislation is far from certain, and every vote counts. This legislation is not clearly good or bad — you need to determine what you think is best. I urge you to research these issues for yourself, discuss them with your friends and, most importantly, vote.
Nadav Klein is a senior microbiology major. He can be reached at [email protected].
For more than 35 years, students sprinkled throughout the eastern and southern United States have been able to pursue out-of-state degrees at discounted prices thanks to the Aca-demic Common Market. The market, which was created by the Southern Regional Education Board, allows a student to attend an out-of-state school for in-state tuition in order to study a major not o� ered through his or her state’s public universities.
A few weeks ago, this university made a terrible decision, announcing it would cease participation in the program. University officials said the program’s $1 million yearly cost prompted the decision.
As much as members of this uni-versity’s administration claim the Academic Common Market is too costly, none seem to realize it’s a strong tool in recruiting and retain-ing out-of-state students who want to major in unique fi elds. Consider how many universities you know o� ering Jewish studies, hearing and speech sciences or fi re protection engineering as majors.
Essentially, the decision to opt out
of the ACM program undermines the reason certain state schools specialize in specifi c fi elds. Many private univer-sities can a� ord to have a diverse array of majors. Public universities typically don’t run on enough net profit to do so, and therefore only some choose to o� er certain diverse programs. The Academic Common Market allows stu-dents to participate in these programs while avoiding sky-high tuition.
Although cost-benefi t analysis seems to show this university’s involvement in the program cost more than it returned, there’s no evidence indicating it’s pos-sible to maintain a consistent number of out-of-state students once this university drops the program. Main-taining membership in the Academic Common Market is an appealing tool to prospective out-of-state students (especially those who want to major in fi elds in which this university has excel-lent programs). Once they fi nd out this university is no longer in the program, they may look elsewhere. In the worst of situations, these students may not be able to pursue their desired major if their state universities don’t o� er it.
Leaving the program seems to have its financial disadvantages, too. The Market was originally created not only to provide fi nancial support to parents and students, but also to save individual states’ money through avoiding dupli-
cate programs. In other words, if more colleges also decide to pull out of the program, high demand for particular majors may lead them to develop new programs anyway.
For the past year, it seems like this university has been intentionally screw-ing over out-of-state students. Aside from this recent decision, this universi-ty’s backing of the DREAM Act — which technically lets some undocumented students pay less tuition than out-of-state students — as well as general tuition increases, haven’t been market-able to students who are residents of other states.
The beauty of being in the Academic Common Market is out-of-state stu-dents can fi nd their niche in specifi c pro-grams at this university without paying private school tuition costs. And as far as money goes, this university can fi nd alternative paths to ensure fi nances are e ̈ ciently run, such as tracking students to ensure they stay within their particu-lar major to receive in-state benefi ts.
This university must reconsider leaving the Academic Common Market. If not, it will be leaving out-of-state students in the dust.
Caroline Carlson is a sophomore g o v e r n m e n t a n d p o l i t i c s a n d marketing major. She can be reached at [email protected].
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MUSIC FOR THE MASSESThe latest from folk-rock outfit Mumford & Sons and punk-pop icon Green Day should please both old fans and new
REVIEW | BABEL
Mumford & Sons has always seemed like an anomaly. In 2010, the band released more or less the only chart-topping album of the year to prominently feature a banjo (Sigh No More). Their folk-rock hits, “Little Lion Man,” and “The Cave,” were on repeat on major radio stations among songs by Cee Lo Green, P!nk and Katy Perry. It seems like the band can do no wrong, and it doesn’t disappoint in its sophomore release. Drawing from the same relentless energy and raw intensity that made it a hit with its first release, Mumford & Sons’ new album, Babel, is an overwhelming success.
The album begins with the title track. Unlike the muted opening song of Mumford & Sons’ first release, Babel rushes out of the gate with enthusiastic, twangy chords that pack a punch. Mixed in are short and quiet interludes — slow, but never dull. These alternating dynamics recur throughout the album. Also present are Mumford’s flowery lyricism and charmingly imperfect vocals, which make the album feel very warm and comfortable — like you should be enjoying it in a worn armchair next to the fireplace.
It continues with a mix of inspirational tunes that build in steady crescendo (“Lover of the Light,” “Holland Road”) and darker melodies (“Broken Crown”), all tied together cohesively with the band’s trademark harmonies and an overarching exploration of religion and the lead singer’s own flaws. “Though I may speak some tongue of old/ Or even spit out some holy word/ I have no strength from which to speak/ When you sit me down and see I’m weak,” lead vocalist Marcus Mumford croons on “Not With Haste.”
The band also smartly makes use of the sometimes haunting and always catchy “ahs” that hooked listeners on its last album. Some may be upset the band’s sound hasn’t evolved, but while various components may be the same, the songs retain their individuality. The “ahs” and “lahs” on this album feel less like a gimmick and more like a smooth refrain to a complex story, especially in one of the album’s bonus tracks, “The Boxer.”
Altogether, the band’s second effort is solid, sure to satisfy both those who have been dedicated fans and those listening for the very first time.
“We are at the most prolific and creative time in our lives. This is the best music we’ve ever written. … We just can’t help ourselves.” This is how Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong chose to introduce the band’s newest release, ¡Uno! to MTV. It likely left many fans skeptical, to say the least.
After all, the last two times they were excited, the band failed to deliver with unsuccessful rock operas 21st Century Breakdown and American Idiot. The latter was, admittedly, the band’s most commercially suc-cessful release ever, but it was also a creative dead end, suggesting the band would forever be relegated to the corner of music to which only 13-year-old Hot Topic patrons listen.
Fear not, though, because Green Day is back with something better than before: ¡Uno!, the band’s ninth studio album.
It will be the first of three albums in a series — much like Van Halen’s I, II and III — that will, together, contain 38 tracks, 12 of which are on ¡Uno!.
On ¡Uno!, Green Day finally gets back to its punk-rock roots that it perfected in the late ’90s. The driving beats, punchy guitars and sweeping choruses are back, and while they might not be better than before, they’re still pretty damn good.
The songs are catchy as usual, and the lyrics are incredibly youthful. Armstrong begs us to forget his age (He’s 40.) when he sings lyrics such as “You will always be my sweet 16,” and “Won’t you be my bloody Valentine?”
However, the juvenile lyrics can be forgiven for the driving, Clash-inspired rock for which Green Day is famous.
“Oh Love,” one of the best songs from the album, illustrates this beautifully. A stomping melody with a Celtic twinge, the anthemic song promises to become a fan favorite.
“Angel Blue,” another one of the better songs on the album, leaves listeners feeling nostalgic for the band’s earlier days. Amidst Mike Dirnt’s driving bassline and Tre Cool’s noisy drumming, Armstrong reminds us that “You’re just a f---ing kid and no one ever gives you a break.”
This juvenilia seems to be a pervasive theme throughout the album. While it’s a little odd for such an old band to be preaching the mottos of youth, Green Day’s fanbase seems to be sold on it.
Banking on this, Armstrong threw a bit of a temper tantrum last weekend at the iHeartRadio music fes-tival after his performance time was cut 20 minutes to accommodate a performance by Usher.
“You’ve gotta be f---ing kidding me,” he ranted onstage during his performance, “I’m not f---ing Justin Bieber.” And then Armstrong did the most punk-rock thing of all, smashing his guitar onstage before storming out.
Since the meltdown, Armstrong has checked into rehab, reportedly for substance abuse. It is unclear how this outburst will a¨ect ¡Uno!’s reception.
In truth, though, it should change nothing. Arm-strong’s ruckus may end up being a nice symbol for the album’s release. There’s a certain irony to smashing a guitar at a pop-music festival filled with tween fans, which fits ¡Uno! nicely.
Nonetheless, both remind fans that Green Day — resident pop-punk band of their time — is here to stay, regardless of age.
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coaching staff tried to limit Tate’s snaps — he didn’t enter the game until West Virginia’s third drive of the game late in the fi rst quarter.
“It was just, ‘see how I felt, see how I did,’” Tate said. “I felt good, told the coaches that and they kept me in the game.”
His return marked the end of a yearlong battle to get back on the field. Tate had to seek medical hardship from the NCAA in order to redshirt the rest of his senior season and gain another year of eligibility. His late-October surgery placed his rehabilitation timetable at six to nine months, forcing him to miss all of the team’s spring practice schedule.
He recovered in time for the start of the Terps’ preseason practices, but a cartilage injury to his left knee forced him to m iss the rema i nder of the o� season and the team’s fi rst three games this season. His season debut Saturday marked the fi rst time in 357 days Tate suited up for a game.
“I’ve just been working every day,” Tate said. “Everything I needed to do to get back on the fi eld, I did. It’s good to be back.”
Edsall and Tate’s teammates thought so, too. The second-year coach has raved through-out the season about Tate’s football IQ and playmaking ability, and having him healthy gives the Terps yet another tal-ented piece on a defense that ranks No. 8 in total defense through four games.
“I thought it was good to have Kenny back out there. I thought Kenny made some plays,” Edsall said. “We’ll take a look to see how he held up afterwards, but it’s good to have him back out there. Hopefully he came out of it good, and we can end up playing him some more.”
“He just brings a different element to the game,” line-backer Demetrius Hartsfield said. “Teams can’t do differ-ent things with him back, so it’s defi nitely going to bring a di� erent threat to our defense.”
It didn’t matter that Tate’s long-awaited season debut came against a top-10 team in front of a hostile crowd, or that it was in a losing e� ort.
With healthy knees and a new first name, he was just excited to get back out there.
“I did have the butterfl ies,” Tate said, “so I just came out and tried to have fun.”
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Forward Jake Pace (right) celebrates after scoring the Terps’ � nal goal of the game in their blowout 4-0 win over Georgia State at Ludwig � eld last night. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
mid for the last three years says a lot,” the fi rst-year coach said. “She doesn’t want to play back there, not at all. But she puts her personal stu� aside to help the team be great.” Morgan selected Hodak for the job because he saw the toughness and leadership the new position requires. The center back’s job is to get the ball out of the defense’s end of the fi eld and back to the o� ense as quickly as possible. She can’t be sheepish or hesitant.
“ S h e ’s j u s t a m a z i n g ,” Morgan said. “Her ability to win tackles, win balls out of the air, keep the ball, it’s all special. She’s the best one-v-one defender we’ve had in the program in the six years I’ve been here, no competition.”
But as talented as she is, it hasn’t been a seamless transi-tion for the honorary captain. Because she’s the oldest and the most experienced player on a backline that also features two freshmen and a sopho-more, Hodak has had to help teach her young teammates how to play a position she herself is still learning.
“No disrespect to our girls this year, but I feel like if I moved into a backline with the line we had last year — we had three seniors and Gibbons, who’s a senior now. I think it would have been easier if I had older people surrounding me,” Hodak said.
“Now I’m the oldest holding the back together. These are new players and it’s a new position, so it’s tough.”
It wasn’t an easy start for her. Even though she’s played in all 11 of the Terps’ games, an injured right a n k le slowed Hoda k through the team’s first three contests, forcing her out of the starting lineup for the fi rst two.
Now fully recovered, she played all 90 minutes in the Terps’ 2-1 win over Wake Forest on Sunday and all 110 minutes in their 2-2 double-overtime tie with Duke on Thursday. Even with some time missed due to injury, Hodak’s 894 minutes played this season ranks third on the team behind midfi elder Olivia Wagner (896) and de-fender Shannon Collins (954).
“She’s been such a good leader on our team,” Wagner said. “We’re so confident in her because she’s so confi dent in herself. She’s such a great foundation for our team.”
Her move from the midfi eld has helped solidify a backline riddled with inexperience. And as much as she was reluctant to make the change, it hasn’t been as bad as she thought.
“I’ve always been a defen-sive-minded player, so I take pride in not letting goals in the net. So it’s actually a good fi t,” Hodak said. “I do like it a lot better now that I’ve been there a few games. I just want to do whatever I can to help our team win.”
give the Terps separation from the Panthers.
In the 46th minute, the junior scored on a pass from forward Christiano Francois in tra¤ c in the box. In the 49th, he blasted a free kick through the arms of Georgia State goalkeeper Vincent Foermer. The New Orleans native now has four goals in the past four games and a team-leading fi ve on the season for the Terps (7-0-1).
“Sash defi nitely made some comments [at halftime] about cleaning up our touches in the fi nal third to get some more goals, but I think we took it upon ourselves,” Mullins said. “We had some good pos-session in the fi rst half. We felt that they
still thought they were in the game at the 1-0 scoreline at the end of the fi rst half.”
In the 67th minute, reserve forward Jake Pace scored his fourth goal of the year on a play assisted by midfi elders Alex Shinsky and Mikias Eticha.
“I was really pleased to get some op-portunities for some deserved players with a lot of minutes,” Cirovski said. “I thought they responded well.”
The defense took it the rest of the way. The Terps’ opponent failed to place a shot on goal for the second straight game, and the Panthers (3-5-0) had just one shot.
And the Terps did it with a makeshift backline. With defender Taylor Kemp out for the second straight game, Jordan Cyrus — who played forward earlier this year — again started on the backline. As the game wore on and the Terps mounted a larger
lead, defenders Kyle Roach and Marquez Fernandez also played in front of Tatum.
The Terps played last night in front of their smallest Ludwig Field crowd this year. They faced an opponent that won’t show up on the national rankings anytime soon.
No matter. For a team focused on the College Cup, it was just another neces-sary challenge.
“Just playing on this fi eld, it’s a big oc-casion for us no matter how many people are in the crowd,” Mullins said. “There was a lot of The Crew out here for us, and that means a lot for us. We just come out here each day to get better, and that’s our focus every time. We’re moving on to the next one now.”
together national champi-onships or led her Terps to become the class of the ACC, it was coach Jennifer Averill and her Demon Deacons program that were the game’s elite. When Wake Forest hoisted its third consecutive NCAA trophy in 2004 — becoming just the third team in NCAA women’s fi eld hockey history to win back-to-back-to-back
titles — it seemed like Win-ston-Salem, N.C., was the hotbed of the sport.
“Wake’s a great team, and they always give us a good game,” midfi elder Janessa Pope said before this year’s matchup with the Demon Deacons. “It’s always been a big rivalry of ours since I’ve been here, even though they have a history of being even better than they are now.”
Despite the Demon Deacons’ success on the national stage, the Terps always seemed to get the better of them on the fi eld.
The Terps are 28-11 all-time against their ACC rival and have won each of their last nine meet-ings, including a 4-2 victory in Winston-Salem on Saturday.
But in recent seasons, the Terps have fi nally begun to get the better of their ACC foe on the tournament stage, too. After Wake Forest fi nished o� its title three-peat in 2004, the Terps won the next two champion-ships and fi ve of the next seven overall, including a 1-0 victory over the Demon Deacons at Kentner Stadium — their home
fi eld — in 2006.And although Meharg called
them the most “talented and deep” Wake Forest team she’s seen in four years, the Demon Deacons’ struggles aren’t hard to pick out.
Though they’re the No. 14 team in the country, they have yet to put together a winning streak this season and have lost to the Terps and fellow ACC power No. 1 North Carolina.
The players who shined on the fi eld Saturday might have told the story of how things
h ave ch a n ged i n t he pa st decade. While Wake Forest m ight have once been the destination for the game’s top talent, forward Alyssa Parker — who scored the game’s fi rst two goals — was donning black and red, not black and gold.
The freshman, who hails from Howard County, didn’t leave her home state to fi nd a better field hockey program elsewhere. She stayed put.
“We’re just excited that she chose Maryland,” Meharg said of Parker. “There’s a reason she
led the state in scoring, and Maryland hockey has always been deep and overcoming of obstacles that we face.”
If the Terps continue their torrid pace this season, they have a shot at becoming the fourth team in the history of the sport to capture three straight title victories. And for a Wake Forest team still trying to reclaim its past glory, there’s arguably nothing that could be more upsetting.
DEACONSFrom PAGE 8
PANTHERSFrom PAGE 8
HODAKFrom PAGE 8
Mid� elder Olivia Wagner said center back Domenica Hodak — who switched to defensefrom the mid� eld — has “been such a good leader on our team.” charlie deboyace/the diamondback
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MEN’S SOCCER
Terps cruise in blowout win
Mid� elder Tsubasa Endoh (left) celebrates with teammates after forward Patrick Mullins scored his second goal of the game in thesecond half of the Terps’ 4-0 win over Georgia State last night at Ludwig Field. Endoh also scored in the win. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
Mullins’ two goals lead team, 4-0, over Georgia StateBy Daniel GallenSenior sta� writer
It was the perfect opportunity for a trap game. Just three days after notching a big ACC win, the No. 1 Terrapins men’s soccer team was hosting a lower-tier opponent on a Monday night in front of a sparse crowd.
Still, the Terps managed to extend their unde-feated start to the season, routing Georgia State, 4-0, before 1,188 at Ludwig Field.
The Terps’ offense was stagnant during the fi rst 10 minutes against the Panthers, managing only one shot. It was a far cry from the dominant o� ense that entered last night’s game averaging 3.29 goals per game.
“We always need to come out awake and ready to go,” goalkeeper Jordan Tatum said. “When there’s not as many fans and The Crew’s not as
loud, it kind of makes it tough to get really excited for a game. But we always make sure we come out ready to play and respect our opponent.”
Midfi elder Tsubasa Endoh’s second goal of the year in the 12th minute triggered an explosive Terps o� ense, and the team fi nished with its third four-goal performance of the year.
“I thought we did a good job of preparing our guys for the fact that tonight was going to be a little bit of a lower key atmosphere out here,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “We had to focus our concentration in the right place. I think the guys did. A lot of midweek games can be really challenging when you’re playing in between conference games.”
Forward Patrick Mullins scored two goals in three minutes at the start of the second half to
See PANTHERS, Page 7
FOOTBALL
Linebacker Kenneth Tate tackles West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin for no gain in the � rst quarter Saturday. Tate returned to the Terps’ lineup after missing the team’s � rst three games. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
By Josh VitaleSenior sta� writer
On Oct. 1, 2011, Kenny Tate played his fi nal game for the Terrapins football team.
He made nine tackles and intercepted a pass in a 28-3 drubbing of Towson, but he injured his right knee in the process. Three weeks later, coach Randy Edsall announced he would have season-ending surgery.
But on Saturday, Kenneth Tate was back on the fi eld for the fi rst time in nearly a year. And while he may prefer to go by a di� erent name now, his impact on the Terps’ defense hasn’t changed a bit.
Tate looked like he hadn’t missed a beat in his fi rst series of the season at No. 8 West Virginia, tackling wide receiver Tavon Austin for no gain on second down before breaking up a pass on third down to force a Mountaineers punt. The linebacker fi nished the Terps’ 31-21 loss to the Mountaineers with four tackles, a pass breakup and one tackle for loss.
“I was coming into the game feeling good; felt normal, felt fi ne,” said Tate, who decided in the o� season he wanted to be called Kenneth rather than Kenny. “I felt like I got back into the swing of things pretty quickly.”
It was a slow transition back to the field, though. Linebacker Alex Twine started in his place for the fourth straight game as the team’s
New name, same game
After nearly year-long recovery from injury, Tate made season
debut Saturday at West Virginia
See TATE, Page 7
FIELD HOCKEY
Rivalry with Wake Forest favors TerpsTeam’s 4-2 win Saturday ninth straight vs. Deacons
By Nicholas MunsonSta� writer
For the past eight seasons, the Ter-rapins field hockey team has been the face of the sport.
The Terps have won five of the past seven national championships. They have a coach who’s led her team to nothing but winning seasons in 25 years at the helm. And they’re a favorite to win a third straight national title this year.
But, less than a decade ago, it wasn’t the Terps who ruled the landscape of the sport — it was Wake Forest.
Before coach Missy Meharg had strung DEFENDER Domenica Hodak, who had been a holding mid� elder throughout her soccer career, moved tocenter back before her senior season to help a young and inexperienced backline. � le photo/the diamondback
By Erin EganSenior sta� writer
Domen ica Hoda k has been a holding midfielder for as long as she’s played soccer.
Through middle school, high school and her first three years of college, her job has been screening the defense and sweeping up the balls that fall behind her o� ense.
But this year has been a little di� erent. The Terrapins women’s soccer senior was told before the season she had to give up the posi-tion she’s played all her life for a new spot on the fi eld: center back.
Before, she made her mark in the Terps’ midfi eld. Now? Hodak is in charge of the entire defense.
“When they told me I was playing center back, I wasn’t thrilled about it at all, but I knew I had to do it for the team,” Hodak said. “I was not excited about it.”
It was a necessary move. The team graduated three of its starting four defenders after last season, leaving plenty of holes to fi ll on the backline. To make matters even worse, the Terps’ lone returning starter, senior Megan Gibbons, tore her ACL in a 2-1 win over Alabama on Sept. 6.
With all the Terps had lost, coach Jonathan Morgan was left with little choice but to move her.
“Her sacrifi ce to play in the back-line after being our starting holding
WOMEN’S SOCCER
In move backward, Hodak steps up
Senior’s move from midfi eld to defense helping solidify young Terps backline
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 THE DIAMONDBACK
restaurant + bar guide2012 COLLEGE PARK
BATTLE OF THE BARS
looney’s pub has helped ramp up the College Park bar scene. �le photo/the diamondback
By Spencer IsraelFor The Diamondback
Just a couple years ago, staple bars were the Thirsty Turtle and Santa Fe Cafe. But College Park is hardly the same anymore, and upperclassmen find themselves testing the city’s new bars, in-cluding Looney’s Pub and The Barking Dog, to find out which will become their new hub.
In a Diamondback online poll, nearly 400 voted on their favor-ite bar. And it’s clear Looney’s is the new favorite, winning with 20 percent more of the vote than any other bar. If you didn’t vote or haven’t decided on your favorite yet, we’ve provided brief descriptions of each to help you decide.
Looney’s PubSince opening last year, Looney’s
has helped restore a bar scene that
took a major hit two years ago after Santa Fe Cafe and Thirsty Turtle closed. The location might not be the most convenient — it’s on the first floor of The Varsity housing complex on Route 1 — but Looney’s has something for a everyone. Stu-dents looking for a club-like atmo-sphere can dance near the stage, while those searching for a quieter hangout spot can sit outside on the patio.
“What makes it fun is there’s a space for everyone,” senior sociol-ogy major Mollie Bryen said. “And you don’t feel separated from other people so much that you’re out of the picture.” But don’t even think about Looney’s if you’re not 21; it’s notoriously strict when it comes to
underage drinking.Cornerstone Grill and Loft
Cornerstone, or C-Stone, is quite literally the cornerstone of College Park nightlife. Located at Knox Road and Route 1 just o� the campus, it is the ideal location for anybody looking to have a good
time. There’s room for dancing in the upstairs loft or downstairs once the tables are cleared out at night. It has your standard drink specials — and a line usually extending to the edge of the building to go with it.
cornerstone is usually jam-packed and has room for dancing later in the night. �le photo/the diamondback
See BARS, Page 8
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Looking to hireBy Amna FarooqiFor The Diamondback
Love food? Looking to make a few extra bucks in between classes and social life? Whether your niche is as a server, delivery person, cashier or cook, there are restaurants aplenty along Route 1 looking to hire.
Aroy ThaiPositions available: server,
deliveryAroy Thai, a recently opened Thai
restaurant, is currently looking to hire students in need of a job. Owner
Rachel Chai said no experience is nec-essary and she is willing to schedule flexible shifts for students. Students able to work night shifts should also apply and those interested in delivery should be familiar with the area within a 1.5-mile radius of the restaurant.
“We need just a few days – Monday lunch or Wednesday lunch,” Chai said.
Potbelly’sPositions available: associate
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A di�erent kind of bar experienceRather than relaxing at happy hour, student works as bartender at R.J. Bentley’s
By Ashton FarmanaraFor The Diamondback
R. J. Bentley’s is packed beyond capacity and dozens of patrons are waiting for their drinks. Danielle Vanscoyk is running frantically back and forth trying to serve her friends and the other regulars when she spots one of ESPN’s most famous sportscasters.
“Something I’ll never forget is seeing Scott Van Pelt. It’s surreal seeing him on the bar’s television screens one moment and then seeing him sitting right here in the restau-rant,” the senior sociology major said.
It’s just one of the perks of Vans-coyk’s job as a Bentley’s bartender. While other students flock to the bars at the end of the week to unwind, relax and dance, Vanscoyk has dedicated many of her weekends for the past two years to helping the bar run on crazy, jam-packed nights.
And even though she said her previ-ous job at Mamma Lucia’s was a little
less hectic, it wasn’t nearly as fun.“One night, the bar area was so
packed and I was making drink after drink. The dance floor was espe-cially crowded and one lively dancer managed to bump into a few guys or-dering drinks, causing a big mess,” said Vanscoyk. “Still, it’s great working behind the bar and talking to my
friends while surrounded by such an animated crowd.”
When she’s serving, Vanscoyk’s patrons are having just as much fun as she is.
“She really is an awesome, outgoing person that can get along with anyone,” said former server Ana Wilbert. “She fulfills her role really well.”
Although the job can be over-whelming, there have been some perks that she couldn’t get anywhere else, such as receiving a $100 tip from one
customer and seeing former men’s basketball coach Gary Williams at the bar another night.
“I knew what I was getting into when I accepted this job. I was pre-pared for the worst, but I actually ended up meeting some great people while working at Bentley’s,” Vanscoyk said.
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eatery looking for students to fill basic entry-level positions. Ac-cording to one of the managers, they have people who work one day a week and people who work fi ve days a week, so fl exibility is not an issue.
Jimmy John’sPositions available: delivery
This gourmet sandwiches favorite is also looking for students to fill
delivery positions. Manager Chris Thurston said an employee must be familiar with the area, and since Jimmy John’s delivers by both car and bike,Thurston would prefer someone who has biked before.
“It’s an endurance run. The em-ployee has to work two shifts a week at least, and one night,” adding, “A delivery person here would make more than at an average place.”
Ratsie’s PizzaPositions available: delivery
The 50-year-old pizzeria is looking for drivers who have their own car,
have insurance and are acquainted with the area well enough to deliver pizza. Shifts are typically four-to-fi ve hours a day, but manager Mike Falamoun said he is willing to work with students’ schedules.
YogiberryPositions available: server
Love froyo? Yogiberry needs a server. Applications are available online and can also be picked up from the store. Full-time and part-time positions are available and no previous experience is required.
Noodles & CompanyPositions available: cashier, expoNoodles & Company, a frequent
Terp employer, also is looking for a server and someone to work in Expo, which is basically a garnish station. Sophomore computer engineer-
ing major Jordan Finci, a current employee, said duties include making salads and running food to customers.
“They interact with customers,” Finci said.
While food service experience is a plus, no work experience is neces-sary to be hired, and work schedules can be adjusted.
Jason’s DeliPositions available: cashier,
deliveryJason’s Deli is hiring cashiers
and delivery drivers, especial-ly those who can work nighttime shifts. While shifts can total as many as 20-30 hours a week, fl oor manager Joe Westrum said he will work with anyone’s schedule. All that’s required is good insurance,
a background check, a clean record and the ability to deliver within a 10-mile radius.
“We work with a lot of college students,” Westrum said. “We have delivery driver [positions] available. We really need them.”
Lime Fresh Mexican GrillPositions available: cashier,
server, grill cook, ambassador, dishwasher
Students interested in working at a fun, fresh Tex-Mex restaurant should look no further than Lime Fresh Mexican Grill. Located near Book Holders, the organic restaurant is looking for students to fi ll multi-ple positions. No previous experi-ence is needed – just fun, outgoing personalities.
Students will receive training and work 15 hours a week on average. However, scheduling is fl exible and can be balanced. Applications can be fi lled out online, and the restau-rant is big on accessibility.
SubwayPositions available: nighttime and morning shift workers
Subway is looking for students to work nighttime shifts during the week and morning shifts on weekends. Employees will split their duties between making sandwiches and working in the back – cleaning dishes, mopping and taking out the trash. Applica-tions are available online.
“We have a lot of college stu-dents,” employee Regina Brown said. “We’re willing to train. We’re willing to be fl exible.”
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The best late-night delivery
By Meghan HooperFor The Diamondback
We’ve all been there at least once. Dinner time has long passed and a homework session is in full swing in the dorm room when, suddenly, the craving for a late-night snack hits. Soon, a local eatery’s menu is pulled up online and a cell phone is whipped out to order pizza or Chinese food. There is a certain allure of ordering food late at night to distract from studying or to take a break from writing a paper. For-tunately, College Park has an array of delivery places to satisfy these cravings.
Jimmy John’sThis restaurant’s menu can make
ordering food into the early hours of
the morning seem a tad healthier, since a sandwich doesn’t seem quite as bad as some of the other greasy options available elsewhere.
The restaurant’s website pro-claims, “What makes Jimmy John’s different from the rest is that it’s honest, it’s damn good, it’s damn
fast, at a decent price!”That is part of its appeal to
college students. With Jimmy John’s, a tasty sandwich is prepared and delivered quickly and the food is fairly priced.
jimmy john’s delivers tasty sandwiches at decent prices. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
These restaurants can satisfy into the early hours of the morning
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See delivery, Page 7
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D.P. DoughAlthough D.P. Dough specializes
in calzones, its menu also includes salads, wings and ice cream. The company is proud of being “open crazy late” to serve college kids.
“D.P. Dough is a guilty pleasure of mine,” sophomore journalism major Zoe King said. “The food is so unhealthy but it tastes so good, especially if you’re up late studying and the dining hall is closed.”
PandaChinese food is a classic option
for late-night food cravings. Panda is open well into the morning, closing at 3 or 4 a.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, and the menu is typical of a take-out Chinese restaurant.
However, Panda is known for sometimes taking a little too long in the delivery process.
“Last year, my friends and I were
panda and d.p. dough have late-night delivery services on the weekends. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
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up late studying and decided to order food from Panda,” King said. “The food took almost an hour and a half to get to my dorm. By the time the food came, we were almost ready to go to sleep and weren’t even hungry anymore.”
Domino’sIf Chinese food or sandwiches
do not satisfy your hunger, Domi-no’s – with its supply of pizza, pasta and wings choices – should do the job. Domino’s remains open and ready for delivery from 10 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 3:15 a.m. Thursday and 2:15 a.m. Sunday to Wednesday.
“My roommate and I ordered Domino’s one night when we were both writing papers,” Car-oline Shea, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences, said. “It was a nice break from writing to just chill and eat the dessert sticks and pizza.”
domino’s stays open from 10 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. Friday and Saturday. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
barsFrom PAGE 2
C-Stone’s projector TV and Sunday night draft specials also make it one of the better College Park locales for watching games, as well.
“Cornerstone has a great game-day atmosphere,” said senior kinesiology major Jon Seligman. “There’s TVs all over the place, and they have the best wings in College Park.”
R.J. Bentley’sLocated right next door to Cor-
nerstone, Bentley’s is another staple of downtown College Park. As the de facto home for Maryland sports memorabilia, you can spend as much time admiring the autographed photos as you do at the bar. Because Bent-ley’s doesn’t have a huge space and is generally popular among fraterni-ty and sorority members, it can get extremely crowded, and hot, very quickly. The spacious outdoor patio out back allows for students to enjoy the night while still being able to
breathe, especially when compared to the downstairs portion of the bar.
“Bentley’s may not be the class-iest bar, but it’s always the place we end up,” said senior finance major Je� Pawlak. “If you’re looking to see people you know, Bentley’s is the place to go.”
The Barking DogAs the new tenant in the space for-
merly occupied by the Thirsty Turtle, The Barking Dog has had a lot to live up to since its opening last year. It doesn’t usually get very crowded, so it’s a good place to go if you want to go out but not be seen. If you’re going to The Barking Dog, Tuesday night is the time to go, with great drink specials usually at-tracting a good crowd and atmosphere. Despite the new name and exterior paint job, very little has actually changed inside the bar, particularly upstairs.
“Loose Tuesdays” can actually make you feel like you’re in Turtle, the only di�erence being The Barking Dog’s spotty bar service.
Big Play Sports GrillRoute 1’s newest bar is located at
Hartwick Road and Route 1, where Vito’s Pizzeria once called home. Though most students might not find a reason to venture past C-Stone or Bentley’s on Route 1, Big Play deserves a visit. The modern interior design gives Big Play a fresher look than other bars, and the happy hour specials are a good bargain.
the bar scene has evolved over the last couple of years, with bars such as Big Play and The Barking Dog replacing former staples. �le photos/the diamondback
But the best part of Big Play is the cus-tomer service, according to senior so-ciology major Chase McMullen.
“The bartenders really cater to the college crowd,” he said. “At other bars, they just serve you, but here they cater to what you want and make conversation with you.”
Mulligan’s Grill and PubIf you’ve never been to the university
golf course, then you’ve probably never heard of Mulligan’s. It may not be the closest, most popular or biggest of the College Park bars, but its happy hour specials are some of the best in the city. Mulligan’s is the bar of choice for many university professors, so if you ever get the urge to pound a few brewskies with the person who has final say over your grade, this is your spot.
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