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Our 102ND Year, No. 75THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERThursday, January 26, 2012
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BY LAURA BLASEYStaff writer
It was a typical work night at a Georgetown loungefor Ashley Boalch when a customer made an offhandcomment to the 23-year-old waitress.
The patron was a Miss America contestant andwanted to know Boalch’s age and whether she had anyspecial talents. Boalch said she did, and the contestantlaunched into a discussion laying out the opportunitiesavailable through the Miss America Organization.
“At the time, I was paying for school by myself andworking four nights a week to do it,” said Boalch,who is a communication graduate student at the Uni-versity of Maryland, Shady Grove. “I heard the word‘scholarship,’ and I said, ‘sign me up.’”
And Boalch’s first ever pageant, Miss District of
see SCHOLARSHIP, page 2
UMSG student wins scholarship
BY TEDDY AMENABARStaff writer
Although Facilities Managementofficials have a slew of multimilliondollar projects to complete this semes-ter, they also have a difficult goalahead: beginning the implementationof the Facilities Master Plan with lim-ited resources.
Today, university President WallaceLoh will present the plan — a 123-pageguide outlining the development andlandscaping goals of the universityover the next decade — to the Boardof Regents’ financial committee aftermonths of planning and drafts. The fullboard — a 17-member governingbody that oversees the University Sys-tem of Maryland — will not review theplan until next month. Facilities Man-agement officials said with uncertainfunds and a crippling land shortage,they must begin crafting ways to carryout the goals of the plan this semester.
While much of the plan is subject tochange in the coming weeks, officialssaid they plan to gear their effortstoward creating a more biker-friendlycampus — eliminating the need forcars and freeing up parking spaces to
BY JIM BACHStaff writer
A bill that would enable doctors toprescribe medical marijuana to patients— introduced in the House of Dele-gates earlier this month — hasattracted bipar-tisan support,moving Mary-land closer tojoining 16states andWashington inlegalizing thedrug for medic-inal purposes.
Del. CherylGlenn (D-Balti-more City)drafted HB 15— also knownas the Maryland Medical MarijuanaAct — which would allow doctors toprescribe the drug to patients suffer-ing from severe pain and end-of-life ail-ments, as well as regulate the sale andgrowth of the drug in the state.Although opponents of the bill haveargued that the legislation would leadto increased drug use, Glenn said pre-scriptions would only be used when“doctors have exhausted all other
Facilitiesplans forfutureprojectsDespite uncertainstate funding, dept.to tackle new plan
Bill would enabledoctors to prescribecannabis to patients
State toweigh in on medicalmarijuana
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Her crowningmoment
BY NICK FOLEYStaff writer
Despite the frequent rotation ofstorefronts in College Park, businesssupport may be the key to the city’snext environmental push.
After investing in more sustainableforms of energy, College Parkachieved carbon neutrality — mean-ing it offset all of its electricity usageby purchasing renewable energy cred-its used to create wind power in otherareas — and now hopes to become anEnvironmental Protection Agency-designated Green Power Community.Although city officials said the effortwould require cooperation fromscores of local business owners —including those that have only openedshop in recent months — some busi-ness owners said they have not seen
the city prioritize green initiatives.Bagel Place owner Bobby Kara-
novich said he has not noticed any evi-dence of a greener city. Instead, heencourages city officials to be moreenvironmentally conscious themselves.
“I’ve been getting on [city officials]about recycling,” Karanovich said. “Ihaven’t seen anything out of them.”
But many city officials, such as Dis-trict 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn,said the city set its sights on balancingout its carbon emissions several yearsago, and achieving this goal is a majoraccomplishment.
“It’s a pretty significant milestone forour city to be able to do that,” Wojahnsaid, adding that the benefits of buyinggreen power extend far beyond Col-lege Park. “When we purchase wind
City seeks EPA certificationwith local business helpCollege Park achieved carbon neutrality
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CHERYLGLENN STATE DELEGATE
MEMORABLE PAST, FORGETTABLE PRESENT
No. 8 Duke’s stingy defense provedtoo much for Nick Faust, center, and theTerrapins men’s basketball team lastnight before a sellout crowd at ComcastCenter. Mason Plumlee scored a career-high 23 points, and the Terps lost theirthird straight game, 74-61.
Former coach Gary Williams, right,was on hand shortly before tip-off asthe university officially unveiled thecourt now named after him.
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Columbia last summer, garnered awin and helped lead her to eventu-ally secure a coveted scholarship.Although she did not place in theMiss America competition, shewas the recipient of the $1,000 JohnCurran Journalism award at theJanuary 14 pageant in Las Vegas,which will help pay her tuition.
The award is given to the non-win-ning contestant who excels in the 10-minute interview segment of thepageant — skills she said she honedas a communication graduate stu-dent and during her role as MissD.C. Boalch answered questionsranging from “What problems doyou see plaguing society today?” to“What is a bad habit you have?”
“I can see that I am so muchmore comfortable speaking in frontof a camera and addressing largeaudiences,” she said.
Growing up in a single-parenthousehold, Boalch said her strengthto put herself into the national spot-light stemmed from watching hermother work hard to support herand her two siblings, sometimesworking 13-hour days.
“Looking back on what has influ-enced me most, it would be havingthe strongest and most supportivemother I could ever ask for,” Boalchsaid. “She has been the only parentI’ve ever had and all I’ve ever needed.”
Being Miss-any-state is no easytask, Boalch said. In her tenure,
Boalch balanced community serv-ice at the Network for Teaching En-trepreneurship — a program thathelps young students stay in school— and helped raise funds for chil-dren’s hospitals through the Chil-dren’s Miracle Network. She alsohad a full-time marketing internshipat a Washington-based real estatecompany. She took a semester offfrom her communication major tofulfill the duties of her new position.
“We are extremely proud ofAshley, especially from where wegrew up,” said her mother SheilaMatthews. “She doesn’t give upand always finds a way to helpsomeone who needs it.”
As Miss DC, she was requiredto work with charity organizationsin the Washington area, which in-cluded raising money, participat-ing in charity events and attendinggalas. While Boalch said the com-mitment was time consuming, theposition was worth the benefits,such as meeting Travel Channel’sAnthony Bourdain while servingplates at a celebrity charity cook-off in Washington.
Lauren Seely, who was crownedMiss DC Outstanding Teen, saidBoalch has served as her mentorfor the past year.
“I have never seen anyone quiteas intelligent and truly beautiful asshe is,” Seely said. “She inspireseveryone she meets and has awedus with her ability to make a differ-ence in the community.”
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energy in another location, it bene-fits the environment as a whole.”
To achieve the Green PowerCommunity status, the city is nowencouraging storeowners and resi-dents to purchase green power thatwould meet or exceed the EPA’sminimum purchase requirement.These renewable energy creditsare then used to produce windpower in rural areas.
“Anything that resident and busi-ness owners can do, whether it’sswitching to more energy-efficientappliances, switching to LED lights,using more public transportation ...All of those things we can do to be-come a greener city,” Wojahn said.
The city is currently developinga specific plan to achieve GreenPower Community certification,Wojahn said, to continue its ef-forts toward becoming a moresustainable community. In orderto carry out the goals listed in theplan, green power would slashbusinesses’ utility bills, give them
a competitive advantage overother businesses and foster betterhealth due to decreased carbondioxide in the atmosphere, ac-cording to the city’s website.
But Karanovich said many ofthese sustainability efforts are cost-ly, and he has found it hard to justifyspending additional money for al-leged environmentally friendly ma-terials, noting that his businessuses energy-cooling lights, and that“everything eco-friendly wouldhelp... as long as it’s available.”
“When you go into paper prod-ucts, it’s very costly and it hasn’tbeen proven that it’s eco-friendly,”he said. “They’ve actually beenproven dirtier to produce.”
Several students, such as fresh-man materials engineering majorTaylor Morris, said they wouldlike the city to adopt similar greeninitiatives as those launched onthe campus.
“My attitude is, if the servicesare there to be eco-friendly, I’ll usethem,” he said. “It doesn’t appearto be a very eco-friendly city.”
CITYfrom page 1
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construct new buildings — as well asbeautifying the campus by repairing run-down patches of land.
If approved by the board, officials saidthey hope to begin a number of projectsthis semester, including restoring theland around McKeldin Library, improv-ing bicycle paths and encouraging publictransportation use to reduce the numberof cars on the campus.
Although officials began carryingout some of these objectives — such asconstructing multiple bike racksacross the campus — last semester,there are still many challenges ahead,Facilities Planning Director BrendaTesta said. The campus is 1.7 millionsquare feet short of the land needed toconstruct buildings the plan calls for,and the department must simultane-ously cope with $650 million worth ofdeferred maintenance projects.
“We’re running out of land; land is afinite resource,” said Testa.
Because state funding is inconsistentfrom year to year, officials said they planto increase fundraising efforts over thenext several months.
“The size of the challenge and the sizeof the resource is a bit of a mismatchthere, so we have to continually look forways to get more funding,” said Associ-ate Vice President of Facilities Manage-ment Carlo Colella.
The challenges have had a rippleeffect across the campus, Testa said.Without guaranteed funding, officialshave been unable to move forward withsome of the plan’s proposed projectsand have not kept up with other univer-sities in building state-of-the-art facili-ties, she said.
“It certainly impacts our ability to moveforward with research, with quality educa-tion for students, with retention of facultywho are frequently recruited elsewheresometimes because better facilities can befound for research activities,” Testa said.
As officials embark on new initiativesthis semester, they also must continuebalancing those with the upkeep of agingbuildings, said Operations and Mainte-nance Director Jack Baker. Even with$10 million from the state, the depart-ment has struggled to stay on pace withmaintenance projects over the past twoyears, he said.
“We’re always looking for money,”Baker said. “We’ve got a long list of proj-ects that we’d like to accomplish.”
While many of the plan’s initiativescannot be carried out until the boardapproves it, officials said they ulti-mately hope their efforts this semes-ter — and for years to come — helptransform the university into a world-class institution.
“[The plan] is a big area of emphasiscertainly for this institution,” Testasaid. “It’s a balance that I would saygenerally has to be weighted at thehighest levels of the institution.”
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Maryland would become the 17th state, along with Washington, to enable doctors to prescribe marijuana topatients if legislation passes in the General Assembly this year. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MAY WILDMAN/THE DIAMONDBACK
resources.”The bill’s purpose, Glenn said, is to pro-
vide patients with an easier path to acquiringthe drug if prescribed by a doctor, ratherthan having to go through illegal channels.
“I want people to have safe access,” shesaid. “I want people to not be relegated tobuying drugs on the street.”
While the Senate approved a bill in Maythat allows those prosecuted with posses-sion of marijuana to cite a “debilitating con-dition” or a condition “resistant to conven-tional medicine” as a valid defense in court,the House bill establishes guidelines forlegal and safe procurement of the drug andwould replace the senate bill if passed.
The bill will go before the Health andGovernment Operations Committee in thecoming weeks, and Glenn said she expectsa bill hearing to take place early next month.
But some delegates, such as Del. NeilParrott (R-Washington), said because feder-al law prohibits any possession of the drug, it
should not be passed at the state level.“It’s not FDA-approved,” he said. “Mar-
ijuana is an illegal substance.”Del. Sheila Hixson (D-Montgomery),
however, who has supported similar billsin previous legislative sessions, said thatthe medicinal use of marijuana could helpalleviate complications brought on by cer-tain cancers, provided the law drafts provi-sions as to who can grow and sell the drug.Hixson battled cancer 10 years ago, shesaid, and while she never used the drugherself, she knew people who could havebenefited from its medical use.
“I think that anything that worksshould be available, with restrictions ofcourse,” she said.
Many student activists said becausestudies have shown the medicinal ben-efits of marijuana, they support themeasure. Brandon Levey, former co-president of this university’s chapter ofStudents for Sensible Drug Policy, saidthe bill’s benefits outweigh any poten-tial consequences.
“I don’t really see any rational argu-ment against legalizing and regulating
marijuana,” he said. “There really arepatients that need it.”
Some students said the Senate’s ver-sion of the bill was an important first stepfor the state, but also said the House billwould be more beneficial.
“The fact that this bill would essentiallygive us a real medical marijuana law isgreat,” said former Vice President ofSSDP Crystal Varkalis, who sits on theUniversity Senate’s Student ConductCommittee. “I’m definitely in full support.”
While Glenn said she does not expectthe bill to pass the General Assembly inits current form, she said she hopes itwill be amended and still provide saferpatient access to the drug. Thoughsome were initially resistant in support-ing the bill, Glenn said, patient testi-monies have shown delegates the po-tential positive impacts of the measure.
“It’s been very powerful and hasmoved many of my colleagues into ac-ceptance,” she said. “I think it’s very im-portant we pass this legislation.”
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Legalized only possession and use of medical marijuanaLegalized possession, use and with exceptions, cultivation of medical marijuanaLegalized possession, use and cultivation of medical marijuana
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Ah, move-in day(s). Your par-ents have never hurt theirbacks so badly. You’ve neverrealized how little traction
your shoes have (it’s OK, we’ve all hadtile-floor disasters that result in carts per-manently borrowing our appendages.)Your car’s four-ways have never been onfor so long.
Four-ways, you ask? Let me explain:At this university, our administrationand its underlying organizations —namely the beloved Department ofTransportation Services — care somuch about our students that theymake everything as easy as possible.Scheduling is a breeze, graduatingearly or on time is possible and housingis a piece of cake. Which perhapsexplains why I, a person blessed withgluten-sensitivity, have so many move-in complaints.
Move-in is no different. I mean,you’ve seen the hundreds of spotsavailable to students during move-in,right? You’ve never had to ask some-
one — parents, friends, randomstrangers of questionable trustwor-thiness — to guard your car whileracing up eight flights of stairs withback injury-inducing carts, right?The permits are super easy to get,and the campus is extremely simpleto navigate. I’ve lived an hour fromthe campus most of my life, and itonly takes about a half-hour phonecall to help friends and family navi-gate the campus.
Back to the four-ways: First, myfriends, you think hazard lights willsave you from the $75 bombs left onyour windshield should you dare parkeven an inch outside your assignedzone on the campus? The schoolmakes it so easy to find parking andmake your move-in totally painless —in the parking lot that serves Com-mons Buildings 1 and 2, for the hun-dreds of students who live in those twobuildings alone, DOTS sees fit to offerfour metered spaces for temporary useby residents. Of course, those meters
seem to always be broken, but at leastthere are conveniently posted signs toexplain that parking at broken metersis illegal. During move-in, the blessedDOTS-reserved move-in spaces num-ber only two.
Don’t worry though, you’ve got thosecarts that come up to about your knees(give or take, I am the height of a smallgiraffe) to help you roll your belongingsacross the extremely smooth terrain ofthe lots, stairs, sidewalks and mudslideson the trek between the Commonsbuildings and Lot 19. In the meantime,your parents’/friends’/strangers’ carswill absolutely get ticketed every 15minutes (on the minute) if the meter ex-pires, because free visitor parking dur-
ing move-in just wouldn’t make sense.Now, I’m going to give you a rare
opportunity: I’m going to actually beserious for just a moment (slow downand take it in).
We go to what is supposed to be oneof the best universities in the country.How is it possible that, with a studentpopulation that’s apparently getting bet-ter every year, we are still treated horri-bly by our university? Move-in shouldnot be this painful. In fact, it should notbe painful at all (except for the momentwhen your little brother waves goodbyeto head off to his own apartment, andyou realize he is old enough to have anapartment, which seems ridiculousbecause you can only see him as theseven-year-old boy who crammed multi-ple spoons in his mouth when posingfor pictures).
Let’s get it together, please.
Laura Frost is a junior government andpolitics and journalism major. She canbe reached at [email protected].
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THE DIAMONDBACK LAUREN REDDINGEDITOR IN CHIEF
Ten years ago, the university adopted its current Honor Pledge, whichmost students have rewritten and signed on all major assignments,exams and projects: “I pledge on my honor that I have not given or re-ceived any unauthorized assistance on this assignment/examination.”
The pledge, according to the Office of Student Conduct, was meant to instill asense of pride in academic integrity among all students. While ultimately workingto foster a community devoid of plagiarism or fabrication,the university also wanted to ensure students who wereaware others were cheating would come forward.
In the decade since the pledge was enacted by the Uni-versity Senate, it seems to have yielded significant results:According to Student Conduct data, 407 new cases of aca-demic dishonesty were referred last academic year — ajump by almost 100 from 2002 to 2003. According to formerStudent Conduct Director John Zacker, who held the posi-tion for 12 years and helped craft the Honor Pledge, thissignifies the university community as a whole has becomemore vigilant in reporting these incidences.
But if you examine the numbers a little bit more closely,they seem to support claims made by students who have gone through the univer-sity’s judicial process that the system is stacked against them. Unlike traditionalcriminal courts, where the jury is randomly selected, accused students’ fate is inthe hands of an honor board comprising three student Honor Council members,two faculty members and a non-voting student presiding officer.
Students interested in serving on the Honor Council must complete an applica-tion and go through an interview. Student Conduct officials say because studentswith a wide range of majors and backgrounds are chosen, the process is fair andconsistent. But William Salmond, an attorney who founded this university’s Stu-dent Legal Aid Office in 1976, has a proposal this editorial board believes the Officeof Student Conduct should consider. Instead of seeking applicants for the council,randomly selected students should also be pooled to participate in the trials.
There are certainly logistical concerns with this proposal: how to select the stu-dents, how to properly educate them on the process and how to ensure they actual-ly show up for the trial. But in addition to truly ensuring a student is heard before a
jury of his or her peers, this option could also help allay concerns many students in-terviewed by The Diamondback have expressed: No matter what the case may be,a professor’s voice will always be heard over an accused student’s.
Last year, 89 percent of students accused of academic dishonesty were foundguilty. That’s a significant jump from the 75 percent eight years earlier. Depart-ment officials say this means the university is truly on its way to becoming more
honorable; students found guilty say it shows the culture isfostering a sense of “guilty before proven innocent.”
Eighty percent of academic misconduct cases stem fromallegations of cheating or plagiarism, with most studentsfound guilty receiving an XF on their transcript. But thosetwo simple letters can have a profound impact on a student’sfuture, with some majors even kicking out those who receivethem. With so much at stake, Student Conduct officialsshould at least consider what these trends really indicate.
To this editorial board, the university is still doing wellcompared to other institutions. The easy-to-navigate Stu-dent Conduct website is full of information to guide stu-dents through the judicial process, which is fundamentally
straightforward. At some peer institutions, such as the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor and University of California, Berkeley, students’ cases are first re-viewed by an administrator for legitimacy. If the student is found guilty and decidesto appeal the ruling, he or she then goes before some sort of conduct committee.
Although the department does vet charges before forwarding them to theHonor Council, Student Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin said this is to makesure frivolous claims are thrown out immediately. If legitimate evidence is present-ed by the professor, the case is immediately sent to the Honor Council. This is thekind of system every university should have; no single administrator should havethe power to determine an individual student’s future.
But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement — the first place tolook is how the members of each honor board are selected. In addition to com-bating the growing notion that students are doomed to receive an XF if accusedof academic dishonesty, the university can take a big step toward its ultimategoal: Becoming an honorable institution.
Staff editorial
Our ViewThe Office of Student
Conduct should choosejurors at random instead ofjust relying on those whovolunteer to judge their
fellow students.
Begging for mercy on move-in day
A s you may have gath-ered from the headlineof this article, I am atransfer student. While
there is much you can do to pre-pare for enrollment at a four-yearuniversity, one is never fully pre-pared for what to expect untilyou’re actually taking classes.For me, the first semester at thisuniversity was a learning experi-ence, but I have compiled severalimportant points to remember —points that have helped me keepmy feet on the ground and myhead held high. Hopefully, theywill help you as well.
First, every single day shouldhave an element of productivityfor every class you are taking.Even if you finished your classesfor the day, force yourself to dosome practice problems or rereadthe notes you just learned. If youwork on bits and pieces of eachclass for a short length of time,you will avoid long periods oftime spent in McKeldin Librarycramming for one subject. Addi-tionally, when your professorsask at the next lecture whetheryou have questions, you willknow whether you understoodthe previous information wellenough to sufficiently under-stand the new material.
Second, smile at and talk withthose around you. Some peoplemay say this school is so largethat everything is impersonal.Well, before class while you waitfor the professor to begin the lec-ture, talk with the person next toyou. Who knows? Maybe you twocould form a study group. Even ifyou are waiting in line at theUnion Shop in Stamp StudentUnion, go ahead and smile andsocialize with those around you: Itbeats just standing there lookingat the ground. In other words, youhave to make college life personal— this includes interactions withyour professors. The professorsare busy people and have numer-ous students, so utilize officehours and get to know your pro-fessors. They can be quite person-able too, if you try.
Next, if you plan to eat, avoidthe hours of 12 to 2 p.m. I can saythis because I am a frequent cus-tomer at the Stamp dining estab-lishments, and I am sure it is sim-ilar at other dining places on thecampus as well. The lines areoften 15 to 20 minutes aroundlunch hours. If you go before orafter, you can get the same foodmuch quicker.
Finally, don’t forget to make timein your schedule for rest and relax-ation: For your brain to comprehendall the complex ideas you learn dur-ing the day you need to not onlypractice problems but also take afew hours away from that material.You can use your free time in what-ever way you wish, but I’ve foundhaving fun with classmates can beenjoyable. Seeing that the peopleyou study with also have a fun sidecan make you look forward to see-ing them in lectures. I believe itmakes people less intimidating,overall, to see them outside of classon a personal level.
Please keep a level headthrough all the dif ficulties yourun into each semester. Thematerial may be difficult, but youare learning it from very brilliantprofessors. All the hard work youput into your everyday activitieswill pay off too. Good luck withthe rest of your semester.
Tessa Walls is a junior neurobiologyand physiology major. She can bereached at [email protected].
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TYLER WEYANTDEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR
CHRISTOPHER HAXELOPINION EDITOR
MARIA ROMASASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR
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A reflection on Haiti: Two years after the quake
January 12 was a national dayof remembrance in Haiti,marking the second anniver-sary of the country’s destruc-
tive 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Thedisaster killed about 300,000 people;it destroyed businesses, homes,places of worship and — most impor-tantly — devastated the lives of somany Haitians. I remember beingshocked while watching newsreports after the 2010 earthquake,but visiting Haiti on the two-yearanniversary gave me a new under-standing of the impact.
I spent winter break in Haiti alongwith seven other university staff andstudents. The trip was an AlternativeWinter Break offered through theLeadership and Community ServiceLearning Office in partnership withthe International Development andConflict Management minor. Wespent two weeks learning about Hait-ian history and culture, and theimpact of international developmentinitiatives. Together with Haitians, we
removed rubble from a house that fellduring the earthquake.
On the anniversary, I attended achurch memorial service in Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of Haitians gath-ered in the church to mourn thelosses. We all sat under a largecanopy tent built after the church fellduring the earthquake.
During the service, tears welled inmy eyes as the pastor invited mem-bers to share stories of their lossesfrom the earthquake. Men andwomen stood up and announced withtrembling voices the loss of a sibling,a child, a friend, a grandparent, anaunt or uncle. Suddenly, the impact ofthe earthquake felt palpable. I real-ized the emotional scars are still fresh
in the memory of Haitians, and therelief effort has a long way to go.
Haitians are deeply faithful peoplewho passionately pray and sing God’spraise. I remember the final prayerand song of the service. I lookedaround to see Haitians with their eyesclosed, palms opened and theirmouths uttering words of individualprayer, as they paced back and forthwith intense devotion. Chilled by theemotion in the church, I joined in,opening my palms and swaying backand forth. Inside, I felt a burning sen-sation calling out to me — I thought Icould hear their prayers. Why didsuch a devastating earthquake haveto hit an already vulnerable popula-tion? I fumed at the inequity andunfairness. As a white foreigner, Isensed their pain, but I didn’t know ifit was right to cry.
Too often, Haiti receives pes-simistic media attention. Recent arti-cles emphasize the inefficient reliefeffort and use of funds, and picturesshow tent cities where 500,000 people
still live. Green trees are turned whitefrom the floating dust in the city, andrubble piles of fallen buildings andhouses still line the roads.
These depictions are true, but if wejudge Haiti by what we see, there’s lit-tle optimism. That’s just one side ofthe story. Haiti is a complex countryfilled with contradictions. Despite thedevastation in Port-au-Prince, much ofthe countryside is still covered withbeautiful and fertile land. The historyof the successful slave uprising stillrings clear in the collective memoriesof Haitians and helps motivate them asthey work to better their country. Peo-ple smile, sing and dance, knowingtheir faith in God will help them pre-vail. I could sense their resilience evenin the face of tragedy. It is an optimismto be admired, and I wish the mediawould portray this side of Haiti.
Jennifer Schwarz is a seniorenvironmental science and policymajor. She can be reached [email protected].
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AIR YOUR VIEWSAddress your letters or guestcolumns to Maria Romas andChristopher Haxel at [email protected]. All lettersand guest columns must besigned. Include your fullname, year, major and day-and night-time phone num-bers. Please limit letters to 300words and guest columns tobetween 500 and 600 words.Submission of a letter or guestcolumn constitutes an exclu-sive, worldwide, transferablelicense to The Diamondbackof the copyright of the mate-rial in any media. The Dia-mondback retains the right toedit submissions for contentand length.
Born today, you are sure towin a reputation for doingthings entirely your own
way, and even though it brings younothing but pain and hardship, youare determined to chart your owncourse and do what your gut tellsyou to do in any given situation.The trouble, of course, is that thisopens up two distinct possibilities:the first is that you will hit on acourse of action early in life andfollow it faithfully to the pinnacleof success; the second is that youmay never know just what youshould be doing, and you will do agreat many things halfway andnever fulfill your true potential.Which of these comes to pass willbe the result of personal dedica-tion — and stellar influence.
You are not always the kind toget along with authority figures —perhaps because you think thatyou should be in their shoes.What-ever the reason, you are likely tobutt heads again and again withthose in charge, though this maynot diminish your chances for suc-cess.
Also born on this date are:Wayne Gretzky, hockey player;Anita Baker, singer; Ellen De-Generes, actress and comedian;Eddie Van Halen, musician; GeneSiskel, film critic; Scott Glenn,actor; Bob Uecker, baseball playerand announcer; Jules Feiffer, car-toonist and humorist; Paul New-man, actor; Douglas MacArthur,U.S. military leader.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Another’s schedule may not bein sync with your own, so youwill either be too far ahead, orwaiting to swing into action.
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From the first moment of the first song,Dylan Baldi’s Cloud Nothings’new LP Attack on Memoryannounces it is not going tobe the light, sunny collec-tion of songs written by abored college studentthat the band’s last twoalbums were.
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Duke on Sunday — it’s been theiropponents who have dominated onthe stat sheet.
Forward Alyssa Thomas saidthe team has placed extra empha-sis on rebounding in practice thisweek coming off a loss to the rivalBlue Devils, something the No. 8Terps hope will show on the courtwhen they host Virginia Tech atComcast Center tonight.
“It’s a great chance for us toshow where we’ve come with ourdefense,” Thomas said. “Comeout and get back to what we’reused to doing.”
The Terps (18-2, 5-2 ACC) havebecome accustomed to outre-bounding their opponents with rel-ative ease this season, owning amargin of 15 boards per game, 1.8
per game less than Liberty, whichranks first. In wins, the team aver-ages a rebounding margin ofnearly 18 per game.
In their two losses — a 12-point loss at Miami on Jan. 12and their eight-point loss toDuke — the Terps found them-selves on the other end of thespectrum. The Hurricanes outre-bounded them by eight, the BlueDevils by 11.
The Terps finished Sunday’sgame with just 30 rebounds, theirworst performance this season.
“[Those] two teams exposed usin that area and were able to beatus,” coach Brenda Frese said.“They were just more aggressiveattacking the glass than we were atputting a body on them.”
Virginia Tech (6-14, 2-5) offers achance for the Terps to regain theirprowess on the boards, however.The Hokies average 34.2 rebounds
per game — tied with Boston Col-lege for the worst mark in the con-ference — and an ACC-worstrebounding margin of minus-4.1.
The Terps have won six straightgames against the Hokies datingback to 2006, outrebounding themin five of those contests.
“Hopefully there are lessons to belearned from it,” Frese said. “Com-ing off of our loss at Duke, that’ssomething we want to be able to goback and take advantage of.”
With the loss to the rival BlueDevils fresh on their minds, theTerps should enter tonight’s con-test determined to regain theiredge on the glass.
“It’s something we take greatpride in,” Frese said. “We feel likethat every time we step out — thatwe need to be a dominantrebounding team.”
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Center Alicia DeVaughn, second from left, and the Terps were outrebounded, 41-30,during their loss to Duke, their second this season. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY JEREMY SCHNEIDERSenior staff writer
When Gary Williams gradu-ated from this university in1968, he didn’t know whetherhe’d ever be back. He couldn’tforesee returning to his almamater, becoming the program’swinningest coach or winning anational championship. He cer-tainly never thought the courton which the Terrapins basket-ball team plays would one daybear his name.
But in a ceremony beforelast night’s game againstDuke — a 74-61 Terps loss —the hardwood at ComcastCenter was christened GaryWilliams Court.
With Athletic Director KevinAnderson and ACC Commis-sioner John Swofford on hand,two logos emblazoned withWilliams’ signature wererevealed on the court, honoringthe coach who retired in Aprilafter 22 years and 461 wins.
“Obviously, this is somethingspecial to me.” Williams said dur-ing a press conference just beforetip-off. “It’s been a great ride.”
As for his John Hancock?
“Didn’t look bad,” Williamsjoked.
Williams began the nightwith one more walk onto thefloor before uncorking his sig-nature fist pump. (And for thelast time, he said later.)
A short video documenting“the kid from South Jersey” andhis career in College Park thenplayed overhead, interspersinghighlights of Cole Field House,Williams’ playing days, hisintroductory press conferenceand the national championshiphe won in 2002.
He’d inherited a program in1989 ravaged by recruiting vio-lations that kept the Terps outof the NCAA Tournament andoff of television. Thirteen yearslater, Comcast Center was fin-ished, a state-of-the-art facilitymade possible by his ownrebuilding of the Terps brand.
The naming of the court “willserve as a constant reminderthat this is The House ThatGary Built,” said Johnny Holli-day, the master of ceremonies.
“It’s something that I hopeeverybody feels a part of, that’sever been connected with bas-ketball at the University of
Maryland,” Williams said.Taking the microphone on the
court with the same lump in histhroat he had when he was intro-duced as coach more than twodecades ago, Williams thankedthe fans, players, assistants andstudents who helped make histenure the success it was.
Talk of Williams’ court-nam-ing had begun well before hestepped down last May, and uni-versity President Wallace Lohsaid during Williams’ retirementpress conference that he wouldofficially lobby for the honor. Itseemed only a matter of time
before Williams’ name was onthe Comcast Center floor.
In recent days, however,what was supposed to be a cele-bration of his legacy insteadmorphed into a discussion of apredecessor, after formerTerps coach Lefty Driesell —the man whom Williams over-took as the program’s all-timewinningest coach — said hewas unhappy that the court wasbeing named for someone.
“That’s not my concern,”Williams said last night. “Myconcern is this university, thisbasketball program, Mark Tur-
geon being able to carry outwhat he’s here to do — that’smy work now.”
Though Driesell said he feltthe honor was inappropriate,many of the students in atten-dance fully believed Williamsdeserved the honor.
“Oh, yeah, for sure,” fresh-man government and politicsmajor Ryan Ouimette said.“He’s the icon in Maryland bas-ketball. It’s good to see him gethonored. He deserves it.”
“I think it’s fantastic. Evenseeing him come out on thecourt was absolutely amazing,”
freshman engineering majorPete Frost said. “I never sawhim coach, but just seeing himtonight was incredible.”
As great as the honor was forthe man who helped put Terpsbasketball back on the map, headmitted that he still wouldn’tbe able to fully comprehend themagnitude of the night.
“As time goes by, it will sinkin. It’s one of those things thatreally hasn’t hit yet,” Williamssaid. “But as time goes by,that’s really something.”
University President Wallace Loh, far left, Athletic Director Kevin Anderson, second from left, and ACC Commissioner JohnSwofford all were on hand last night to help commemorate Gary Williams Court. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
Years in the making,Gary Williams Courtopens with a punchCoach makes rare public showing
rebounds, easily scoringaround the basket against theTerps’ frontcourt.
“We wanted to keep theirguards from shooting 3-pointshots the whole game and Ithink we did a great job doing it,but at the end of the day, [Plum-lee] had a great game,” guardSean Mosley said. “One guy canreally affect the whole team, andtonight he put the team on hisback and pretty much won themthe game.”
Said coach Mark Turgeon:“We had a game plan and westuck to it. It kept us around. Weknew Mason was a good playerand he was the difference.”
The Terps’ offense stalled inthe second half after guard NickFaust’s mid-range jumper with6:48 left in the game. Theywould score just five morepoints the rest of the way, neverregaining the momentum theyhad at the game’s start.
“We weren’t the toughestteam today,” Mosley said, “andthat’s what it boils down to.”
The Terps struggled from thefree-throw line, where they hitjust 11 of their 23 attempts.Guard Terrell Stoglin — theteam’s most consistent optionfrom the charity stripe —missed two late attempts andfive total.
“It’s mental toughness,” guardPe’Shon Howard said. “We haveto be more focused. It’s more ofthe mindset. The possession youdidn’t get, the four rebounds car-ries over to the free throws andthe missed layups.”
Fueled by the adrenaline of anearly 18,000-person ComcastCenter, the Terps startedquickly against the Blue Devils.Forward Ashton Pankey hadtwo early dunks while Mosleyand Howard each hit a 3-pointerbefore the first timeout.
With center Alex Len stillailing from an ankle injury hesuffered against Temple onSaturday and sitting with earlyfoul trouble, Duke soon capi-talized on its size advantage inthe paint.
Terps center Berend Weijsand forward James Padgett
struggled to stay in front ofDuke’s Ryan Kelly, who scoredan easy layup and wide-open 3-pointer in his first two minuteson the floor and finished with14 points.
Despite Duke’s consistentscoring, the Terps controlledthe game for most of the firsthalf and even led by eight at the13:16 mark. But they couldn’tquite keep up and went 5:15without a field goal as the BlueDevils seized the lead.
Stoglin had trouble eludingDuke’s defense, and often sawdouble teams when he did havepossession. Though the ACC’sleading scorer had just fourpoints at halftime, Padgett’slayup with one second left in thehalf narrowed Duke’s lead to 37-34 at the break.
The Terps started the secondhalf quickly and ripped off a 7-0run to regain the lead. Stoglinled the way with three quickjumpers to put them up 43-42,but the sophomore cooled offthe rest of the way and missedall four of his 3-point attempts.
In the end, it became more of arerun of recent Terps-Dukematchups. The Blue Devils con-trolled the game’s final 10 min-utes and slowly built a sizablelead by hitting timely shots andplaying tough defense against aninexperienced Terps team.
“We wanted to win so bad thatit cost us the game,” Pankeysaid. “We just wanted it so bad.[We had] a little nervousness,just rushing going into playsand forcing shots we don’t usu-ally force.”
The loss leaves the Terps tee-tering at a crucial point in theirseason. Postseason hopes con-tinue to dwindle as Turgeonseeks to find consistency from alineup good enough to handleDuke at one moment and inca-pable of stopping it at others.
“At the end of the day, wewant to win,” Howard said.“There aren’t any moral victo-ries. There isn’t almost this oralmost that. We should havewon the game. We played agreat Duke team and theyclosed it out. That’s why they’reNo. [8] in the country and we’reprobably not ranked.”
W ith the ink of hissignature on theComcast Centerfloor still fresh,
Gary Williams started to talkabout the nights long beforethis one, before the formerTerrapins men’s basketballcoach ever knew his namewould one day be immortal-ized in Garyland.
He joked about his signa-ture fist pump, noting thathaving a buttoned-up suitjacket disrupted his fist-pumping technique.
He talked about the big-game wins he becameknown for.
He recalled the process ofdragging the Terps out ofthe doldrums of the LenBias tragedy.
But most of all, he talkedabout the players. GreivisVasquez. Juan Dixon. SteveBlake.
The list went on.“It’s always, always about
the players,” Williams said.“We had tremendous playersduring the 22 years Icoached here.”
Unfortunately for the long-time face of the Terps’ pro-gram, the game that followedhis final fist pump — forwhich, by the way, he gavehimself a “B+” — served asnothing more than a somberreminder that that’s simply nolonger the case.
There was no Vasquez lastnight. There was no Dixon.There was just a group ofyoung players with some tal-ent who can’t seem to take thenext step. There was a 74-61loss that dropped the Terpsbelow .500 in ACC play.
“It’s who we are,” coachMark Turgeon said after theTerps’ third straight loss.“We’re a young team. We’reinexperienced. We make men-tal errors. We don’t make freethrows. … [But] I think we’regetting closer in everythingthat we do.”
As they’ve done all season,the Terps showed flashes lastnight. They burst out to anearly 18-10 advantage, only tosee the Blue Devils take athree-point lead into halftimeas their adrenaline wore offand the game wore on.
Again in the second half,the Terps climbed back andclaimed two separate leads.And again they didn’t haveenough to impede Duke’spotent attack or jump-starttheir own.
It seemed the Terps hadeverything going for themearly on, with a raucouscrowd and a hot start. Itlooked like they might actu-ally be able to hang around,with guards Sean Mosleyand Pe’Shon Howard knock-ing down perimeter shots tohelp make up for TerrellStoglin’s first-half vanishingact. (The ACC’s leadingscorer entered halftime withjust four points).
But appearances can bedeceiving, especially with thisTerps team. When Stoglinreturned to form in the sec-ond half, Mosley and Howardall but disappeared. Evenwhile Stoglin finished with ateam-high 16 points, hisabysmal 2-for-7 performancefrom the free-throw linemarred an otherwise service-able game.
Teams like Duke capitalizeon those mistakes, and theTerps were left grappling withanother loss to their rival.
There’s no arguing thatthe Terps have vastlyimproved from the sloppy
product we saw in the earlyparts of the season. They’vedeveloped an offensive pulse,and with each game, theymove one step closer tobeing competitive with thenation’s top programs.
That’s all well and good, butit doesn’t change the fact thatthey’re not winning games.
“I definitely do [seeprogress],” Mosley said,“but, you know, we’re notwinning, so it’s hard to say. If
we’re going to make any typeof progress, we’ve got tocome out with a win at theend of the day.”
Mosley’s words said it all. Anight that started with a com-memoration of the man wholed the Terps to glory adecade ago had ended withyet another reminder of justhow far the once-mightyTerps have fallen.
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On night for a legend, Terps end up at a loss
Coach Mark Turgeon said the Terps’ loss last night showed“who we are.” CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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SportsBLUE DEVILS 74, TERPS 61
Forward James Padgett tries to get a shot up past a maze of intruding hands during the Terps’ 74-61 loss to Duke. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer
The Terrapins men’s basketballteam seemingly had all the piecesin place to pull off an upset ofarchrival Duke last night.
The energy of Comcast Center’sfirst sellout this season, the returnof former coach Gary Williams andan uncharacteristically poor 3-pointshooting effort from the Blue Dev-ils all put an upset within reach.
But the Terps just couldn’tshake their offensive inefficiencyin the game’s final 10 minutes, andNo. 8 Duke ran away with a 74-61victory to spoil the opening nightof Gary Williams Court. TheTerps have dropped three straightgames, and 10 of their past 11against the Blue Devils.
Duke (17-3, 5-1 ACC), often oneof the most prolific 3-point shoot-ing teams in the country, had itsworst night of the season frombehind the arc, hitting just threeof its 16 attempts.
The Terps’ (12-7, 2-3) defensivegame plan opened up Blue Devilsforward Mason Plumlee in thepaint. The junior forward finishedwith a game-high 23 points and 12
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
No. 8 Terps want to get back to boardsTeam has been outrebounded in two losses this year
BY JOSH VITALEStaff writer
In victories, the Terrapinswomen’s basketball teammakes its mark on the glass.With a daunting frontcourtranked third in the nation inrebounding margin, the Terpsusually have little troubleimposing their will in the paint.
In losses, however, it hasn’tgone quite as expected.
The Terps have been a forceunder the rim in their 18 victo-ries, using their length and ath-leticism to easily gain therebounding edge. But in theirtwo losses — most recently to
see REBOUNDING, page 8
In defeat, fool’s gold
More on Williams’ honorFor the highlights of last night’s unveiling of
Gary Williams Court at Comcast Center, makesure to check out diamondbackonline.com.
MORE INSIDE >>>Columnist Conor Walsh says
the disconnect between GaryWilliams’ past and the Terps’present was plenty apparent.
More on the christening ofGary Williams Court last night.
see DUKE, page 8
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