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JAZZED OUTAdele’s songwriting proves
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Our 101ST Year, No. 96THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERTuesday, February 22, 2011
BY LEAH VILLANUEVAStaff writer
A faculty and student committee isnearly a month away from deciding howto implement a more feasible universitystudent e-mail system, but committeemembers say the alternative most popu-lar among students may come withsome privacy risks.
The Student E-mail Committee hasmet several times since December to ex-plore the possibility of updating or re-placing the unpopular Mirapoint studente-mail system in time for the fall semes-ter, with the goal of making a recommen-dation to the University Senate Informa-tion Technology Council by the end ofMarch. To gather further student input,the committee is hosting a town hallmeeting March 2 to discuss the variousalternatives. Members will also meetwith a student focus group tomorrow toglean more insight as to how studentsuse various technologies, such as Gmail,Facebook and Twitter.
The committee has already receivedabout 500 e-mails from students weigh-ing in on the options: operating student e-mail accounts through a system such asGoogle or Microsoft, moving accountsto the system used by faculty and staff,providing a forwarding-only service orcontinuing to use the existing system.The Student Government Associationand the Graduate Student Governmentposted discussion boards on their Face-book pages about the e-mail options.
The feedback has revealed that anoverwhelming majority of studentsfavor the option of outsourcing studentaccounts to Google, but committee
E-mail hostchange stirsconcerns ofsecurityStudents vote Gmailmost popular choice
see E-MAIL, page 3
Facilities directorwill retire in June
Associate Vice President for Facilities Management Frank Brewer, whohas spent 40 years at this university ,said he would be retiring followingyesterday’s Master Plan meeting. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
Univ. to lose Brewer after more than 40 yearsBY SPENCER ISRAEL
Staff writer
Frank Brewer, associate vice presi-dent for Facilities Management, saidyesterday he will be retiring from hispost at the end of June after more than40 years at the university.
Brewer, who said he informed hisstaff of his retirement at the end of last
semester, cited age as the main reasonfor his departure. He is 66 years old.
“I’ve been here a long time,” he said.“There’s other things [my wife and I]would like to do.”
Brewer completed his undergraduateand graduate degrees at this university.Although he said it’s the right time to
see BREWER, page 2
BY LAUREN REDDINGSenior staff writer
Merily Horwat tried to prepareherself for volunteering at a localhomeless shelter last week, but notlong into her first volunteer shift, shemet a woman not much older thanherself — a single mother with twoyoung children who had no place togo on a freezing Monday night.
And although Horwat, a freshmanletters and sciences major, is a mem-ber of College Park Scholars’ PublicLeadership program and has learnedall about the prevalence of localpoverty, she said at that moment, anypreconceived notions she had wentright out the window.
“I’ve known about [poverty] for solong, but I think it’s so different whenyou go in and actually talk with thepeople,” said Horwat, following herweek of service. “If you go in with anopen mind and you’re not expectinganything, it’s very impacting.”
Horwat was one of about 20 stu-dents to volunteer at the St. Andrew’sEpiscopal Church shelter last week.For the fifth straight year, the univer-sity partnered with the local parish toassist the weeklong Warm Nightsprogram — a county initiative to keepthe homeless off the street during
the winter months by rotating shel-ters to a different county churchevery week.
Each night last week, volunteers— many of whom were members ofthe religious student group Episco-pal/Anglican Terps — set up about40 beds in St. Andrew’s. They servedguests a hot breakfast and dinner andgave them a bagged lunch for theday. A county social worker was pres-ent overnight to help refer guests toother services — which many offi-cials said are scarce at best.
Homelessness is on the rise acrossthe state and nation at large, accord-ing to a report recently released bythe National Alliance to End Home-lessness. In this state, one of the 31states to see an increase in the num-ber of homeless people from 2008 to2009, homelessness increased nearly27 percent. Nationally, the rateincreased 3 percent, or by about20,000 people, the report said.
Rev. Peter Antoci, the university’sEpiscopalian chaplain, said demandfor homeless services in PrinceGeorge’s County far exceeds thenumber of permanent shelters — onlythree exist and have limited capacity,he said, noting the importance of
Students volunteer at rotating shelter
University Honors Director Bill Dorland discusses reorganizing the Denton and Ellicott Communities to unifyHonors living-learning programs at an RHA town hall meeting in Denton last night. JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
Students talk back on proposed Honors moveSeveral tell officials isolation, amenities are of primary concern
BY LAUREN KIRKWOODAND MARIA ROMAS
Staff writers
Although it seems as though a pro-posed move of the University Honorsliving-learning program to the EllicottCommunity is still in the works, sever-al students voiced their oppositionand concern before administrators at
two town-hall meetings last night. Of the about 20 students who at-
tended yesterday’s meetings — onewas held in Denton Hall and the otherin Queen Anne’s Hall — most stu-dents raised issues surrounding Den-ton’s new air conditioning amenitiesand to what extent moving Honorsstudents into Hagerstown Hall wouldcreate too much of an insular commu-
nity, as Ellicott Hall plays home toGemstone and Flexus students and LaPlata Hall will soon house an Integrat-ed Life Sciences living-learning pro-gram.
Honors College Director Bill Dor-land, who attended both ResidenceHall Association-sponsored meetings,
see HONORS, page 3 see SHELTER, page 3
Sustainability: of royal concernStudents called upon to take action
BY CLAIRE SARAVIA
Staff writer
A speaker who last night encouraged students and univer-
sity officials to start a “sustainability revolution” was inspired
by an unlikely source — the Prince of Wales.
Ian Skelly, co-author of Prince Charles Windsor’s new book,
Harmony, spoke to about 100 university students and other
attendees at the UMUC Inn and Conference Center. Published
in October, the book highlights environmental issues the
world faces today and what future generations must do to
solve them.Skelly was invited to speak by a university emeritus pro-
fessor who is translating Harmony into Arabic and has a
long-standing relationship with both Skelly and the prince.
During his speech, Skelly spoke about the prince’s unique
Give them yourtired, your poor
see SKELLY, page 2
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GRAPHIC BY SHAI GOLLER/THE DIAMONDBACK
step down, the decision toleave wasn’t an easy one.
“This university has beenvery good to me,” he said. “I’vebeen here 41 years and part ofme will always be here.”
Before assuming his cur-rent position in 1998, Brewerrose through the ranks ofFacilities Management formore than 30 years. Since histenure as associate vice presi-dent, the department hasexperienced what many calledtremendous success with theconstruction of several keybuildings, such as the ClariceSmith Performing Arts Cen-ter, the Kim EngineeringBuilding and Knight Hall.
Jack Baker, director of oper-ations and maintenance, saidBrewer’s leadership has beeninvaluable to such projects andcampus growth.
“He’s a tremendous individ-ual, and it’s truly hard todescribe how much he’s donefor this campus,” Baker said.
Director of Capital ProjectsCarlo Colella said the news ofBrewer’s retirement came asa surprise.
“My entire time here, he’salways been there,” Colellasaid. “I started thinking aboutit and he’s been here for overfour decades, so my surprise
turned to happiness for him.Now he can bookmark thispart of his life and start a newchapter.”
Brewer also served asinterim vice present for admin-istrative affairs in 2007 duringthe search that eventuallyfound Douglas Duncan toassume the role permanentlylater that year.
Brewer said his successor— who will be charged withleading a department respon-sible for nearly 13 millionsquare feet of campus spacewith a $70 million budget andmore than 800 employees —has not yet been selected. Asearch committee has alreadybeen assembled and is in theprocess of selecting a replace-ment, he said.
Brewer also serves as chairof the Facilities ManagementMaster Plan Steering Commit-tee — which is charged with
updating the university’s cam-pus construction and growthplan over the next 10 years —so an additional successor willbe named to that position.
He declined to give any fur-ther information on eithersearch.
Brewer is the most recentvacancy in a slew of administra-tors to step down over the lastseveral months, includingProvost Nariman Farvardin,several deans and AssistantVice President of StudentAffairs Jim Osteen.
But Brewer said this unusu-ally high number of vacanciesis most likely a matter of longtenures, like his own.
“There’s a large number offolks that have been here along time,” he said. “So I thinkthat’s why we’re seeing thistrend.”
view on the major environmentalcrises the world faces due to an“industrialized approach to life.”
“This is very much [theprince’s] testimony for what theproblems are and what the solu-tions are,” Skelly said.
Although sustainability is not acommon issue for royalty to speakabout, the prince has long been anadvocate of the cause and even es-tablished the Foundation for theBuilt Environment, which seeksto educate the public on eco-friendly building and living.
At last night’s event, Skellyhighlighted environmental issuessuch as the depletion of the rain-forests and overharvesting ofoceans as the main problems stu-dents must find sustainable solu-tions to by uniting with the
rhythms of nature instead ofworking against them.
“The next generation is thegeneration that will inherit theconsequences,” Skelly said. “[Theprince] is calling for what he calls a‘sustainability revolution.’”
Skelly said students can prac-tice sustainability by making ef-forts to recycle and walk instead ofdrive whenever possible, whichhonors nature’s balance instead ofdisrupting it with modern indus-trialized technologies.
“It’s really about changing ourperceptions of how nature oper-ates,” Skelly said. “If we are toachieve a more sustainable ap-proach and thereby a safe and se-cure life for generations that fol-low, we have to start to mirror na-ture and recognizing that thereare limits.”
Skelly was invited to speak atthe invitation-only dinner by an-thropology Professor Emeritus
Suheil Bushrui, who the princeconsiders to be “one of the greattreasures of today’s world” andhas translated many of his speech-es into Arabic, Skelly said.
Skelly said Bushrui, who holdsthe George and Lisa ZakhemKahlil Gibran Chair for Values andPeace, is also planning on translat-ing the prince’s book into Arabic,which will be published throughthe university.
Bushrui said more attentionneeds to be paid to individual ac-tion to “alleviate pressure” on theenvironment, adding that hethinks the next generation holdsthe key.
“The young people usually areforgotten and they are the prom-ise,” Bushrui said of students. “Ibelieve in young people.”
Former university PresidentDan Mote attended the eventand said it was important for theuniversity to continue providing
opportunities for students tohear about current issues fromglobal leaders.
“Sustainability is a fundamentalvalue we have been pushing formany years [at the university],”Mote said. “I’m very thrilled stu-dents are backing it so strongly.”
Bushrui invited 23 of his stu-dents as well as students in theBaha’i Club he advises — 21 ofthem showed up for the uniqueexperience.
Freshman neurobiology andphysiology major Jessica Liu wasno stranger to the issues dis-cussed.
She and the others in Bushrui’sHONR 238U: The Spiritual Her-itage of the Human Race class lastsemester were assigned a 15-pagepaper about the prince’s ideas onenvironmental issues.
Students like freshman ac-counting and finance major Mar-garet Zheng, who also took
Bushrui’s class last semester,came to reacquaint themselveswith issues they had spent somuch time learning about.
“I came to remind myself toslow down and there are other
things in life besides school andtechnology,” Zheng said. “I don’tthink this is something peoplethink about on a daily basis.”
2 THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011
SENIOR GRADUATION PORTRAITS
The 2011 TERRAPIN YEARBOOK, in association with Carl Wolf Studios, will be tak-ing graduation portraits the week of February 21-25, 2011.
Although it is TOO LATE for these pictures to be included inthe 2011 TERRAPIN, many of you called to request this portraitsession.
There is absolutely NO cost or obliga-tion on your part. Several poses will betaken, both with and without cap andgown, if you prefer. You will then havean opportunity to purchase portraits ata reasonable charge.
You may make an appointment bycalling 1-800-687-9327, 8 am-5 pmuntil Friday, February 18th, or sched-ule your appointment on the net! Visit our site atwww.ouryear.com using Maryland’s school code: 87101.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 21st, appointments can be made bycalling the Terrapin office at (301) 314-8349 between 11 am-7 pm.
DATES:February 21-25, 2011
One Week Only!!
TIME:11am-7pm
PLACE:3101 South Campus Dining Hall
(TERRAPIN YEARBOOK Office)
PHONE:1-800-687-9327 or www.ouryear.com
School code: 87101Or, call the Terrapin Office from 11am-7pm at 301-314-8349
Maryland Media, Inc., publishing board for theDiamondback, Eclipse, Terrapin, and Mitzpeh,
has openings on its board of directors for two full-time students.
The Board of Directors sets general policy, approvesbudgets and selects the Editors-in-Chief for the
student publications. The term of office is one yearand begins in May, 2011. The Board meets about once a
month during the school year.
For an application, stop by room 3136 South CampusDining Hall and ask for Maggie Levy.
Applications are due by Friday, February 25th at noon.
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SKELLYfrom page 1
BREWERfrom page 1
Ian Skelly (right), co-author of Prince Charles Windsor’s newbook, spoke before a crowd including former universityPresident Dan Mote (left). CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011 | NEWS | THE DIAMONDBACK 3
OPENINGSFOR EDITORS OF
STUDENT PUBLICATIONSMaryland Media, Inc., the independent publishing board for student publications on campus, is accepting applications for editorships for
the 2011-2012 school year.
The following positions are open:
1. Eclipse editor-in-chief2. Diamondback editor-in-chief3. Mitzpeh editor-in-chief
Application forms may be picked up in the Diamondback business office,room 3136 South Campus Dining Hall. Applicants will be notified of
an interview time and date.
The deadline for applications is noon on Friday, February 25, 2011.
moving shelters that canreach a large number of peo-ple across the county.
Antoci said the St.Andrew’s shelter was filled tocapacity every night, notingthat on some nights in thepast guests have been turnedaway, which is why it’s impor-tant a social worker be pres-ent to direct the individual orfamily to another availableshelter nearby.
He said he’s noticed a largeincrease in the number ofhomeless individuals and fam-ilies over the last few years,citing the economic downturnas a likely reason.
Antoci said many homelesspeople from the Districtthroughout the year — espe-cially in the winter — wanderonto the campus in search ofa place to stay. But, he added,rates of homelessness in Col-lege Park are also muchworse than many studentsrealize.
“These needs are notremote,” he said. “It’s hap-pening right here, rightacross the street from Route1. This is an open campus. It’sa bubble, but it’s a permeablebubble. The university pro-vides a lot of services in thecommunity, but I don’t thinkwe’ve found enough ways tointeract with the humans whoneed us.”
Maureen David, a programcoordinator for universityrelations and a member of St.Andrew’s, has been coordinat-ing student volunteers formore than five years and saidthe experience is a unique vol-unteer opportunity: Studentsdid more than just set up bedsand serve food.
“The other part of the wholeexperience is to sit down withthem and talk with them,” shesaid. “One of the best thingsthe college students do is sitand talk with those people.One student stayed until 10o’clock at night because hewas talking to a guest.”
Emily Apatov, a public pol-icy graduate student who vol-unteered at the shelter, saidshe was amazed at the guests’high spirits, especially a mannamed Rodney who she spokewith for much of the night.
“It was mostly just a chal-lenge for me to understandhow he can be so grateful forall that he has even though it’sso little,” she said. “It was hardfor me to wrap my headaround that.”
Antoci said volunteering atthe shelter gives students abrief but critical glimpse intopoverty.
“It helps people experiencea broader dimension ofhumanity than they would inthe course of a normal day,”he said. “It’s more than justwhat you see and read in abook. The point is to intersectwith other human lives.”
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members have expressed concernwith some of the security and priva-cy issues such a switch may in-volve. E-mail data would no longerbe owned by the university, whileoutside vendors may store data inforeign databases rather than onthe campus, according to commit-tee chairman Michael Ball.Google’s contract also states that e-mails may be subject to data mining— in which the company sellsusers’ information to firms hopingto profile potential customers —and neither vendor would acceptresponsibility for deleting user in-formation if the university choosesto switch vendors in the future.
University Counsel Anne Bow-den, who sits on the committee,said while it would not be illegal tosign a contract with these stipula-tions, they are cause for concern.
“It’s a risk decision, and it’s a pol-icy decision,” Bowden said. “Noneof these issues is sufficient to say,‘We can’t sign the contract.’ Wehave to make a business decisionto see if the risks are outweighedby the advantages.”
Ball, a management science pro-fessor, said these privacy risks con-cern unlikely scenarios and saidmany students already accept therisks by using their own Gmail ac-counts. But he added the commit-tee has to consider that tighter se-curity may be expected from a uni-versity account.
“We really do want what the stu-dents want,” Ball said. “At thesame time, with some of these is-sues like privacy, we have to de-cide the kind of responsibilitiesthe university has in that area, andwe need to be careful.”
GSG physics representativeTomek Kott, who also serves onthe committee, said these issuesare of particular concern to gradu-ate students. If teaching assistants’
e-mails are data mined, he said, in-formation such as students’grades may no longer be private,and there is no guarantee e-mailcommunications on researchwould be stored in the country, asis required by law for certainfields.
“We’ve discussed maybe thepossibility that the undergradu-ates go on Google and Microsoftand then the graduate students goon Exchange [the service used byfaculty and staff] because mostgraduate students TA or do re-search,” Kott said. “But then thequestion is, what about the under-graduates who do research or TA?... We’re starting to look at an op-tion that’s split along some groups,but we don’t know what thosegroups might be.”
While members said they donot believe such issues are severeenough to take the option of out-sourcing off the table, they will bereaching out to students to deter-mine how they can best proceed.
“We need to have a dialoguewith students, because this is anissue that is very unique in that theimpact is primarily on students,”said SGA behavioral and social sci-ences legislator Zach Cohen, acommittee member. “This is notjust going to affect next year’s stu-dents, but students 10 and 20years from now.”
Despite the issues , Office of In-formation Technology represen-tative David Barks said he is confi-dent students will have a better e-mail system by next semester.
“It’s all about what’s going togive students the best experi-ence,” Barks said. “As long as wemake a decision that is long-termviable ... I think we’ll be in a betterplace than we are now.”
The student e-mail forum willbe held March 2 from 4:30 to 6p.m. in room 1243 of the Biology-Psychology Building.
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said housing first-year Honorsstudents in the Ellicott Com-munity, as well as moving Hon-ors ice cream socials, lecturesand evening events there,would create a more cohesivelearning environment for stu-dents. Dorland added AnneArundel Hall, which serves asthe hub of Honors activities,will continue to function as acenter for the Honors College.
He also noted Honors stu-dents who wished to retaintheir living arrangements ormove to a different dormwould not be forced to moveinto Ellicott.
“People have friends out-side of Honors, they want tolive outside the community,that’s a normal thing,” hesaid. “There’s not much dif-ference in the fall betweenhaving the plan and not hav-ing the plan for all the peoplewho are currently here.”
Some students raised com-plaints about the idea of mov-ing Honors students to a dormwithout the amenities Dentonwill soon have.
“My main concern is thatI’ve asked other people aboutthis and they think it’s a good
idea to put freshmen in Hager-stown,” said freshman Russianmajor Tess Krimchansky. “Butthey think ones in Dentonshould be able to stay there be-cause people in Denton don’twant to leave because they aregetting AC.”
Krimchansky added brand-new Oakland Hall was a muchmore attractive option for olderHonors students.
“That might translate — wecould still put freshmen in theHonors community, and thatway they can build foundationswith each other,” she said.
Another question raised atthe meeting challenged theconcept of the move itself —students were concernedthat creating an Honors com-munity would effectively cutthem off from other studentsat the university.
“I’m all in favor of centralizedclasses for Honors lectures, butat the same time I questionwhether or not having an Hon-ors community will promote, Iguess, just campus-wide unityand diversity of ideas and inter-action with those not in the Hon-ors College,” said freshman civilengineering major MeenuSingh, who serves as presidentof Denton Hall Council.
Dorland said grouping Hon-ors students together would
not prevent them from interact-ing with the rest of the universi-ty community, but would pro-vide a centralized location forHonors events.
“I think having that senseof place is as important as theparticular buildings it’s in,”he said.
RHA President Sam Lengyelsaid she was happy studentscame out to speak their mindsabout the proposed move.
“I’m really excited so manyresidents came out to showtheir support because it’s reallyimportant to our organization
that we get feedback from ourresidents before we take astance on a huge issue likethis,” she said. “I think we canconfidently go back to our Sen-ate and make a decision we feelis best for residents.”
The RHA is expected to dis-cuss and vote on the proposal incoming weeks.
“I think the overall feelingwas that this would be a posi-tive transition for the Honorsprogram,” she added.
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Students listen at the Resident Hall Association’s town hallmeeting in Queen Anne’s Hall last night to discuss movingHonors College housing. JEREMY KIM/ FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
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I f you’ve been to the EppleyRecreation Center since thebeginning of February, you mayhave noticed small laminated
cards on the cardio machines andfliers posted on the walls. And if you’vemanaged to take your eyes off the hot-tie next to you on the treadmill or ellip-tical, you may have even noticed whatthese cards and fliers have written onthem. In case you haven’t been able toactually look at these cards — after all,I understand the gym can be a difficultplace to concentrate — I’ll help youout and tell you what they say. Thecards and fliers are courtesy of theCenter for Health and Wellbeing,which is promoting February as “LoveYour Body Month.”
This week is also National EatingDisorder Awareness Week, and thestatistics are terrifying. According toa study performed by the NationalEating Disorders Association on a
college campus, 91 percent ofwomen had tried to control theirweight through dieting and that 22percent said they were “often” or“always” on diets. After reading someof the bullet points describing habitsor actions that may lead to an eatingor exercising disorder, I frowned,noting that a lot of people I know,myself included, could fit at least oneof those descriptions.
Now, I know I blame society for a lotof things, but it really screwed thepooch on this one. As many as 10 mil-lion women are fighting an eating dis-order. Sadly, that number is not sur-
prising, given the women we see on adaily basis on TV and in Cosmopolitan,Vogue, Seventeen, People, Shape,Women’s Health — need I go on? Theworst part is that these magazines,especially the ones promoting“women’s health,” swear that their“tips” and “pointers” will lead to amaz-ing bodies, usually with the words“toned,” “firm,” “fit,” “lean” or otheradjectives in that same vein. And whilethey’re the majority, it’s not just girlsand women who suffer from eatingdisorders. As many as one millionmen struggle with eating disorders,wanting to match the “lean” and “buff”looks of male celebrities.
We’re constantly bombarded withthe idea that we cannot only alwaysimprove our bodies, but also that weshould constantly be doing such“improvement.” With our images reg-ularly under siege, it’s no surprisewe’re racked with guilt about eating a
decently sized meal or missing a tripto the gym. But an eating disorder isnot the way to go because it will onlyput your health at risk and your self-esteem will still be in shreds. So Iencourage you to love your body!
This doesn’t mean you can eatwhatever you want and avoid thegym like the plague, but there is ahealthy balance to be found. Knowthat it is OK to indulge every onceand a while or sleep through an earlymorning run if it’s really cold out.Know that you don’t need to be a sizezero to be attractive and healthy.And if you think you are strugglingwith a disorder or know someonewho is, get help. No twisted image ofbeauty is worth the damage an eat-ing or exercising disorder brings.
Ellen Linzer is a senior English major.She can be reached [email protected].
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So much has been made in thepast year of students’ behav-ior, especially at sportingevents. Statements such as
“these actions are hurting the univer-sities image” and “ESPN will cease totelevise Maryland games” have, itseems, become more common thanUniversity Police’s crime reports.University officials here want us tobelieve this is one of the greatest uni-versities in the nation, which I agreewith. However, my main question isthis: If we are one of the best schoolsin the nation, why are the studentsignored so frequently?
Now, I am not going to throw out alaundry list that includes items suchas “make the food better” or “give usless work,” but there are some thingsthat happen here that absolutely puz-zle me.
First, the campus’s surroundingsare abysmal. The jail cell look of Col-lege Park makes it all too welcomingfor the thugs who come and rip awaypersonal items from unsuspecting
students. I think it is safe to say thatwithout this university, many of thesebusinesses would cease to exist. Nolonger would Cornerstone Grill andLoft and R.J. Bentley’s be able topump out thousands of overpriceddrinks on weekend nights, and Rat-sie’s wouldn’t be able to give suchbad food to so many customers. Busi-ness owners need to realize that col-lege students, while poor, don’t liketo eat in filthy shit holes while beingripped off for a greasy slice of pizza.The least you could do is clean upyour businesses and add some vari-ety in the city to make this a true “liv-able community.”
Next, the living conditions in thedorms are appalling. I think adminis-trators forget how hard it is to studywhen your room is 100 degrees. Italso is increasingly difficult to getwork done now that some officialssupport creating more forced triplesthan ever before. Now, not only doyou get to share that small cin-derblock box of joy with one person,
but you get an extra one thrown injust for fun. If you think that’s a way toincrease student productivity, I mayhave underestimated your stupidity.
Last, but certainly not least, wehave Student Government Associa-tion President Steve Glickman andhis band of idiots. The SGA is sup-posed to be a student organizationthat represents student needs. But Ithink Sir Glickman has forgotten hisduty. And no, I’m not talking aboutthe Duke ticket situation, as thatdebacle has gotten far too muchattention. When I heard the SGA sup-ported Gov. Martin O’Malley’s deci-sion to raise tuition, citing it was amodest raise following several yearsof frozen tuition, my jaw dropped.
Perhaps it is just me coming from aworking-class family that has strug-gled to afford college tuition for somany years, but any increase intuition is bad. Perhaps at its nextgathering, the SGA can think aboutstudent concerns and stand up toadministrators and lawmakers ratherthan just bending over and kissingtheir asses.
You see, the big problem at thisuniversity is not students’ behaviorat games, it is the treatment of stu-dents by the administration. Weunderstand that they have a lot ontheir plates, but student issues andconcerns are certainly not some-thing to push to the backburner. Wehave a great institution here, yes,but to continue that tradition, theymust treat those responsible formuch of its success, the students,better than in the past.
Josh Birch is a junior communicationand history major. He can be reachedat [email protected].
Students: We deserve better
To many students at this university, workers’ unions are intangibleorganizations to be studied in a history class and only experiencedthrough grainy, black-and-white photographs of early- to mid-centurypicket lines and strike breakers. Yet, while the golden age of the
union has certainly set, the issue of workers’ rights has not yet been consignedto the dustbin of history. In fact, the fight has recently ensnared one of this uni-versity’s contractors.
At issue is a negotiation held April 22 between Daycon — an Upper Marl-boro-based chemical and janitorial supply company thatcontracts with the university — and its unionizedemployees. When presented with its employees’requests in a session with a federal mediator, Dayconmanagement walked away from the bargaining table,never to return. And when 55 of its workers went onstrike days later, Daycon hired new ones, subsequentlyrefusing to return the striking workers to their jobswhen asked to do so unconditionally.
Since the strike began, student groups at this univer-sity, including Feminists Without Borders and CollegePark Students for a Democratic Society, have aggres-sively advocated for a termination of the contractbetween the university and the embattled company. Despite their efforts, notmuch has happened. University President Wallace Loh declined to take actiondespite writing a letter to the union and Daycon, stating “the University iscommitted to conducting its business operations in a way that reflects socialresponsibility.” James Stirling, the university’s director of procurement andsupply, stated it wouldn’t be fair to make a decision either way until a rulingby the National Labor Relations Board had been made. And so the issuereached a standstill.
That is, until one week ago, when a federal administrative law judge
declared that Daycon had violated federal labor laws by walking away fromnegotiations with its employees’ union as well as by refusing to reinstate thestriking workers. In addition, the judge, Joel P. Biblowitz, ordered Daycon toreinstate the 55 striking workers and compensate them for seven months ofback pay.
Now, with a ruling made, the ball, it seems, is back in the university’s court.Will the contract be terminated? Or won’t it?
The ultimate decision should be based on Daycon’s next actions. If the com-pany appeals the decision — as The Washington Postreported it was planning to do — then the administra-tion should not hesitate to permanently sever ties withthe company. This university, which has long commit-ted itself to equality and fair labor practices, should notbe in business with any company that refuses toacknowledge the rights of its employees or a wrongdo-ing declared so by federal law.
If Daycon chooses to accept the ruling, re-hire itsemployees and pay them the compensation they are owed,then there appears to be no reason to terminate the con-tract. For while the multiple violations of federal labor lawsand the disenfranchisement of workers are certainly griev-
ous offenses, every person and every company deserves a second chance. And, asSDS member Dennis Frostbutter noted, “If all the universities and businesses justcut their contracts with Daycon, long-term it would put the workers out of work,and that would just defeat the purpose of what we’ve been doing. We have to allow[Daycon] to make the right decisions so the workers can continue to work.”
So in the upcoming weeks, the university has a decision to make. Will it sit idly byas it as has so far, or will it petition the company and allow its position on labor prac-tices to be known? After all, these decisions will have a deep impact not only on Day-con’s reputation, but on this university’s as well.
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Our ViewUniversity contractor
Daycon must reevaluate its anti-labor policies
before it garners a reputation that forever stains
the company and this university.
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An important questionregarding the PurpleLine light-rail align-ments not raised at the
recent town hall meeting spon-sored by university President Wal-lace Loh is how the universitywould like to present itself to theregion in this century. One align-ment hides the campus from thecommunity (or the communityfrom the campus), while the otherdisplays its history and beauty toall who may pass through.
A ride on the administration’sproposed Prienkert Drive align-ment — which would lead travelersfrom east to west from the eventualEast Campus development —would be a tease of a ride, givingPurple Live passengers the merestglimpse of the campus. CrossingRoute 1, riders would slide up Ross-borough Drive and turn left aroundthe Armory, lingering just enoughfor them to wonder at the column-lined facades after the modern,mixed-use feel of the East Campusenclave before diving undergroundinto a tunnel.
This tunnel would hide theiconic image of the MemorialChapel after giving just a peek ofthe well-trodden lawn that fronts itor a passing glance at the colorguard or marching band practic-ing for an upcoming game. Riderswould then travel under MorrillQuad and arise on the far side ofthe hill to stare blankly at thebackside of the buildings that bor-der Preinkert Drive. Eventually,they would stop at a stationcrammed between the bland wallof the Art-Sociology Building anda hill that drops off to the Archi-tecture Building. The train wouldthen move on to Bethesda, havingleft its only stop on the campus inits distant southwest corner.
This plan is in stark contrastfrom the locally preferred align-ment of the Maryland TransitAdministration, which is not onlyendorsed by Gov. Martin O’Mal-ley but also our entire congres-sional delegation, county repre-sentation, the College Park CityCouncil, the Student GovernmentAssociation and the Graduate Stu-dent Government.
Imagine, instead, a ride alongthe route a majority of the commu-nity favors and that sound engi-neering shows is not just a feasiblealignment for a tier-one researchuniversity, but also the most con-venient, economical and expedi-ent. As passengers ride the lightrail departing from East Campus,they cross Route 1 along Rossbor-ough Drive. The train then veersright and the neo-classicalcolumns fronting the Armory,now on your left, come to comple-ment the columns and red-brickbuildings — engineering, mathand physics — stretching up Cam-pus Drive on the far side of theEngineering Fields. Intramuralsport teams are playing on thefield nearest them, and studentsare bustling beyond the thorough-fare. Riders are left with littledoubt they have entered thestate’s flagship campus as they tra-verse the gentle incline past thewell-landscaped “M” and mergeinto the traffic passing HornbakeLibrary. The train slows to rest infront of Stamp Student Union, andpassengers who depart here aregreeted by a smiling statue of JimHenson and a broad pedestrianwalkway leading into the building.Those who don’t depart continuealong Union Drive, passing ColeField House on their right, thenthe new Knight Hall on their left— the growth of the universitynow fully displayed from some ofthe oldest buildings to the newest.The vehicle continues towardUMUC and stops, releasing pas-sengers destined for that collegeand Graduate Hills. Finally, withall university-bound passengersdeparted, the train carries ontoward Bethesda. Those passen-gers who just rode through areleft with a better appreciation ofthe beauty and community that isthis university and a sense ofbeing welcome on our campus.
This is the choice we, as a com-munity, have to make. What jour-ney do we wish our neighbors tohave through our home. Shallthey ride in darkness — hidden —or shall we grant them the view ofwhich we are most proud?
Barrett Dillow is a graduate studentin aerospace engineering. He can bereached at [email protected].
Editorial cartoon: Shai Goller
Restoring the union
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The number gameAdele’s voice takes center stage on her new album 21
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Let’s be honest — it’s not hard toget people to listen to pop, but it ishard to make pop that is truly listen-able. Then you get someone likeAdele, who takes pop back to its morerocking roots and brings meaningback to the term singer-songwriter.
On her new record 21 — whichfollows 2008’s 19 — England’s Adelespends most of her time delving qui-etly into somber pop-perfection withflashes of rock.
The most important aspect of thisalbum is Adele’s astounding voice.Listeners won’t find any Auto-Tunehere; that’s not to say it wasn’t usedin the recording process, but it’s justnot obvious.
Regardless, unlike the poorlydressed and beer-bellied Ke$ha,Adele uses her deep, sultry pipes tolay a level of originality over everysong on the recording. Even some-thing as standard as “Don’t YouRemember,” a pop tune to be sure, islifted by the woody tones of her voice— every note she sings is a story in19th century woodcut.
Adele has earned herself com-parisons to classic jazz singerssuch as Ella Fitzgerald or EttaJames. However, unlike her lastalbum, 21 avoids a lot of the jazzelements that permeated trackssuch as the James Bond-smooth“Cold Shoulder.”
Even the album’s jazziestmoments are drenched in pop, suchas on “Lovesong,” a cover of the clas-
sic The Cure track.Although most of 21 is focused
on pop elements, the music doesn’treally suffer. Adele’s songwriting,with help from a few others, showsa need to find melodies that areworth repeating. Even a simplepiano ballad like “Take It All” hasshots of brilliance, from the shout-ing choir to the complex chordchanges and the solitary emotionoften found with artists such asJoanna Newsom.
Outside of this, there are compo-sitions such as “Rumor Has It,”where Adele flirts with the heavystomp of Southern rock, albeitalmost entirely acoustically. With abass drum that sounds like a handbeating a suitcase to death andAdele’s sweetly overdriven micro-phone, the song is thick with textureand shows fans the songstress canreally rock out.
On the flip side, most of the trackson the album are slower and moresober, which lends the album tomore of a late-night listening crowd.Few songs on the record are bad,but many are slow.
This wouldn’t be an issue, exceptfor the fact that it seriously throwsoff the album’s pacing. Since this istechnically a pop album, perhapsrecord executives aren’t expectinganyone to sit through the wholealbum. With the advent of iTunes,many listeners simply bow to theshuffle feature.
For everyone else, 21 hits a wallafter “Set Fire to the Rain.” The paceof the record slows down consider-
ably and never picks up again, mak-ing the 54-minute album seem con-siderably longer as one song dragsinto another.
There is still great music at the tailend of this record, however, such asthe slow building gospel of “One andOnly,” which takes the award forbest bridge on the album — a choirof swelling voices over an affectingtwo chord structure before explod-ing into a major key resolution.
If nothing else, Adele provesmost of the pop pushed on listen-ers today is empty and image-
obsessed — she’s cute, but she’snot the prettiest, and she is “over-weight” by modern pop culture’simpossible standards.
Yet her music stands above therest because no one is forced tocare about what she’s wearing(looking at you, Lady Gaga). IfGrammy Awards and hit singlesaren’t enough to get people to listento what she’s done in the past, per-haps 21 will be the record to takeher to the next level.
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something goalkeeper NikoAmato took solace in againstDetroit. Saturday’s game wasthe 5-foot-8 freshman’s firstcareer start.
“I was anxious to get outthere,” Amato said. “My defenseplayed really well in front of me,and it’s really calming to havethree seniors out there.”
Amato finished the game withthree saves, but perhaps evenmore important was his abilityto clear the ball upfield.
Amato led a perfect transitiongame for the Terps, who, evenwith their All-American longpole midfielder Brian Farrellsidelined due to a shoulderinjury, converted on every clear-ing chance, finishing 20-for-20.
“Niko was fine. Clearing-wise, when we set up and wedid what we wanted to do, Ithought the guys executedpretty well,” Tillman said. “Itwas hard to hear, but from whatI did hear, I liked Niko’s graspof what we were doing.”
In addition to Amato andBernhardt, fellow long polesDavid Miller and Michael Whiteand short-stick defenders Lan-don Carr and Pat Morrison alsoaided the Terps’ clearing effort.
Taken as a whole — fromAmato’s performance in goal tothe seniors’ play on the backlineand the team’s clearing game —the Terps’ defensive effort wassound all around. They forced14 total turnovers, held theTitans to only 17 shots and wonthe ground-ball battle in domi-nating fashion, 49-23.
But players realize that theycan take only so much fromSaturday’s game, which fea-tured a less-than-stellar oppo-nent in Detroit.
“A lot of things went well,”Amato said. “We need toimprove our communication,sliding and recovering. Butoverall, we did a pretty good jobwhen tested.”
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stepped up to assume theroles of primary ball han-dlers for the Terps.
“Both situations are out ofnecessity,” Williams said.“[Vasquez and Hayes] werebigger. These guys arequicker. They’re differenttypes of players. BothPe’Shon and Terrell think ofthemselves as point guardscoming in.”
At the point-guard positionthis season, Williams firstlooked to seniors AdrianBowie and Cliff Tucker.While both have shownimprovement, neither hasdemonstrated the capabilityto lead the Terps to theNCAA Tournament as theteam’s de facto floor general.
Bowie has eight pointscombined in his past threegames and didn’t take a shotagainst NC State on Sunday.During the same stretch, inwhich the Terps went 1-2,Tucker had seven turnovers.
So more and more,Williams has looked atStoglin and Howard to runthe offense, interchangingthe two in the starting lineupand even throughout games.
After starting side by sidefor the first time against theWolfpack, Stoglin and Howardare soaking in every momentthey share the court together.
“We’re real close,” Stoglinsaid. “We’re both from the WestCoast so we share that. ... Wehave a lot of flash to our game.”
Even before their recentbreakout performances, thatshowmanship had popped upintermittently this season.Both had signature momentsto start the season, as Howardhit a game-winning shotagainst College of Charlestonon Nov. 10 and Stoglin fin-ished with 17 points againstIllinois at Madison SquareGarden on Nov. 19.
Both, however, also strug-gled at times.
“When you’re a freshman,it’s very rarely you’re consis-tent,” Williams said. “That’sthe hardest thing for a fresh-man. They’re not used togoing against a tough playerevery game.”
Howard, who seemed tofind his stride a little earlierthan Stoglin, has shown aknack for effectively runningthe Terps’ offense, findingopen teammates and settingup easy baskets. In the pastseven games, he has 27assists to go with just nine
turnovers. His 2.0 assist-to-turnover
ratio is the highest for a Terpfreshman guard since TerrellStokes in 1995-96, surpassingeven former stars SteveBlake and Vasquez.
“He comes in the gameready to play, really intenseon defense, calms the offensedown, gets us through ourplays,” forward Dino Gre-gory said. “He’s basically ourfloor general when he comesout there. He demands every-one’s attention.”
“My last year in highschool, I had to be the coachon the floor,” Howard said. “Ithink that helps now I’m incollege. When I come in thegame, I try to pick up thetempo or make sure if wehave the lead we keep it.”
Stoglin, meanwhile, hasn’thesitated to call his own num-ber. The freshman has thespeed to beat almost anyoneon the fast break and the cre-ativity to get his shot fromnearly anywhere on the floor.
As his playing time hassoared, Stoglin’s scoring hasapproached historic levels. His10.6 points per game averageis the highest of any Terpfreshman guard since JohnLucas in 1972-73.
“When Terrell’s in the
game, it’s more up-tempo,”Gregory said. “He’s a fast guyand a young guy from outwest, he’s trying to go, go, go.”
“Terrell thinks the light isalways green,” Williams added.“He’s never seen a red light.”
On Sunday, when Vasquez’sbanner was unfurled from therafters in Comcast Center, theTerps closed one chapter inthe career of one of the moststoried point guards in pro-gram history.
Moments later, when twoheady freshmen of differentbackgrounds and skill setstook the court together, theyopened the door to whatmight be their backcourt ofthe future.
Williams has opted not tocompare the success of hisprevious backcourt, whichearlier this season he calledone of the best in the countrylast year, to his current one.But so far, Stoglin and Howardhave shown the potential tocontinue in Williams’ long lineof standout guards.
“You can’t really compareus because we’re differentplayers,” Stoglin said. “Butwe’re looking forward to play-ing together on the samebackcourt next year.”
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fast-paced and intense than highschool ball was,” Czechner said. “Itwas really exciting to get the chanceto start a game and win. The teamdefinitely rallied behind me.”
Beards has provided a lift tothe Terps’ offense as well at firstbase. She is batting .400 with a.571 on-base percentage throughthe first set of games from lastweekend.
The freshman recorded a hitin her first collegiate at-bat, a sin-gle through the right sideagainst Iowa on Feb. 11, and kepther success going in her firstcareer start the next day againstIllinois State, going 2-for-3.
“I felt like I was getting my footwet in the water a little bit, and thenI jumped into starting,” she said.
Coming out of ParamusCatholic High School, the Ring-wood, N.J., native hit .500 as a
senior and was named an ESPNRISE All-American along withgarnering All-League, All-Countyand All-State honors.
“I used to see people on TV,and now I’m actually playingagainst them,” she said. “I waskind of patting myself on theback because I made it, too.”
“[Czechner and Beards] justneed to keep in perspective thatthis is not high school, this is nottravel ball,” Watten said. “Whenyou play at this level, your oppo-nent’s never going to give up.They’re only going to getstronger throughout the game.”
As a transfer from Baylor,Hanafin took a more circuitousroute to College Park. Shereturned to be close to her homeand her family in Arlington, Va.,but was familiar with the pro-gram as a former recruiting tar-get of Watten while playing atYorktown High School.
The junior played in 50 gamesfor the Bears in 2010, batting .232
with seven home runs and 32 RBI.She had to sit out fall practice afterbreaking her hand, somethingthat had her itching to get back inthe lineup, but hit .500 in theTerps’ five-game tournament,including a two-run home run inthe team’s Feb. 13 loss to Georgia.
“I just kind of wanted to get outthere and show them, ‘Hey, this iswhat I can do, and I can help youguys out this year,’” Hanafin said.
While the Terps are keying onthe pitching of Knight andHickey to help lead them back tothe NCAA Tournament, theteam knows the sustained suc-cess of its newcomers will be justas important as the contributionsfrom its proven veterans.
“I feel like a goal would be justto put my team first before me andmake sure everybody plays like ateam,” Beards said, “because I feellike we all made it as a team so weshould all play as a team.”
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able to spark the Terps’ playwith timely shots. She hitthree consecutive 3-pointersto spark a first-half runagainst Wake Forest on Jan.28 and knocked down twostraight 3-pointers in a deci-sive 21-0 run against NCState on Feb. 6.
But her efforts have provenequally inconsistent. She hasshot just 25.4 percent frombeyond the arc this season —compared to Bjork’s 40.9 per-cent clip last year — and hasleft the Terps one-dimensionalat times this year.
Frese, though, said theteam’s inconsistencies can’tbe put solely on Rodgers’shoulders. While the junioris clearly the first option forthe Terps, Frese also looksfor guards Anjale Barrett
and Laurin Mincy and for-ward Diandra Tchatchouangto bear some of the responsi-bility for replacing Bjork.
“We’ve brought her nameup numerous times,” Fresesaid of Bjork. “She wouldhave played remarkably wellwith this team. She’s themissing piece.
“I would say Kim’s effort isthere, but we can do a betterjob as a team helping her getopen. We didn’t do a verygood job at getting Kim easylooks. We’ve got to do a betterjob getting her easy looks.She was rushed all night[against Florida State].”
So while it’s difficult to pin-point the exact root of theTerps’ shooting woes — “I’msurprised by it, given the kindof talent we have in this lockerroom,” Frese said — its effectson the rest of the team havebeen plainly obvious this year.
Earlier this season, center
Lynetta Kizer boasted that“nobody can stop our bigswhen we’re down there.”Kizer’s sentiment again rangtrue against the Seminoles,who were doubled up by theTerps’ scoring in the paint,44-22. But those inside con-tributions were all but mootwithout some help from theperimeter during a late-gamecomeback effort predicatedon layups and short shots.
Down the stretch, theTerps regularly lookedinside to trim the Seminoles’lead. But ultimately, what theTerps needed to better cutinto the deficit was just whatthey were unable to registerin the final 3:26 of action Sun-day: a 3-pointer.
“I don’t think all is lost in thebig picture,” Frese said. “Onthose off nights, we just haveto be able to find other ways.”
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Guard Terrell Stoglin’s 10.6 points per game average is the highestof any Terp freshman guard since John Lucas in the early 1970s.Lucas averaged 14.2 points. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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SportsThomas gets her Terp record
Terrapin women’s basketball forward Alyssa Thomasearned her school-record sixth ACC Rookie of the Weekhonor yesterday. Read more online at TerrapinTrail.com.
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Goal-filledwin showsoff defenseBackline sound vs.Detroit in blowout
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BY JAKOB ENGELKESenior staff writer
Just minutes into the secondquarter of Saturday’s game againstDetroit Mercy, long pole JesseBernhardt forced a turnover insidehis own defensive zone during aman-down situation for the Ter-rapin men’s lacrosse team.
After scooping up the ensuingground ball, Bernhardt streakeddown the center of the field, execut-ing a perfect clear from the defen-sive zone and ending the extra-manopportunity for the Titans.
Though only a small footnoteamid the Terps’ dominant offensiveperformance Saturday — 13 play-ers recorded a point in the 16-4 rout— it was nonetheless indicative ofthe Terps’ highly experienced andequally capable defense.
After allowing two early goals toDetroit, both of which came whilethe Terps were trying to kill off athree-minute, non-releasablepenalty, the Terps held the Titansscoreless for a span of 32:13 —more than a full half of action.
Detroit didn’t muster an even-strength goal until less than sevenminutes remained in the game’sthird quarter, a testament to theTerps’ senior-laden defensive unitthat is expected to be one of theteam’s strong points and among thenation’s best this season.
“The guys take a lot of pride inthat,” first-year coach John Tillmansaid Saturday. “The defensive guystake personal pride in making surethat we’re doing the right things.”
Seniors Shane Hall, Ryder Boh-lander and Brett Schmidt startedat close defense for the Terps onSaturday, while Max Schmidt,who is still not yet 100 percentafter suffering an undisclosed pre-season injury, came in off thebench in relief.
The four seniors combined tograb nine ground balls and forcefive turnovers while anchoring theTerps’ backline.
The leadership of the group was
Defender Michael White and theTerps blanked Detroit Mercy formore than a half Saturday.MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
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BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer
Terrell Stoglin and Pe’ShonHoward can be found everynight in Comcast Center takingshot after shot, driving off imag-inary picks, attacking the rim —two workaholics from out westtending tirelessly to theirgames inside their new homeaway from home.
Just a year ago, the pair wasin high school, chasing separateglories. While Stoglin led SantaRita High School through theArizona 4A-II playoffs, Howard— a Los Angeles native —guided Oak Hill Academy in
Mouth of Wilson, Va., to itsusual spot among the nation’stop prep powerhouses.
Now, as Terrapin men’s bas-ketball teammates, they’vefound that little about theirresponsibilities has changed,even if their venues have. Withthe Terps’ NCAA Tournamenthopes fading fast and the playof several seniors heading thesame way, coach GaryWilliams has increasinglyturned to Stoglin, a lightning-fast 6-foot-1 shooter, andHoward, a muscular 6-foot-3distributor, to help carry theTerps’ backcourt for the rest ofthe season and likely beyond.
Their play of late, includingStoglin’s 25 points and 7.5assists per game last week thatearned him ACC Rookie of theWeek honors, has brightenedthe prospects of an otherwisedisappointing season for theTerps. And while the duo maynot be able to salvage the team’spostseason aspirations this sea-son, their early production indi-cates they could forge standoutcareers not unlike the slew ofgreats that preceded them.
“Like all good freshmen,they’re starting to figure thingsout,” Williams said. “We are alittle small, but their toughnessand quickness can help over-
come that.” Five years ago, Williams
went through the same growingprocess with another freshmanpoint guard tandem in GreivisVasquez and Eric Hayes. Thedeparture of guards D.J. Straw-berry and John Gilchrist theyear before had left Williams torely heavily on the two.
This season, Williams foundhimself in the same predica-ment with the graduation ofVasquez and Hayes. Butdespite typical freshmaninconsistencies, Stoglin andHoward have confidently
« Terrell Stoglin10.6 ppg, 3.2 apg
Pe’Shon Howard »5.2 ppg, 2.0 assists-
to-turnover ratio
As Terps struggle,
Stoglin andHoward
emerge as team’s go-to
options
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Guard Kim Rodgers is the Terps’ most frequent 3-pointshooter this season, but her shooting percentageis fifth on the team. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Trio of newcomers liftsTerps early in season
BY DANIEL GALLENStaff writer
On a team whose dominantstoryline entering the seasoncentered on the returning pitch-ing at the top of its rotation, itwas a trio of newcomers thatsparked the Terrapin softballteam on its opening weekend.
Freshmen Ashley Czechnerand Candice Beards, along withjunior transfer Bree Hanafin,pitched in solid performanceslast week to help lead the Terpsto two victories at the Red &Black Showcase in Athens, Ga.
While the mainstays of thelineup struggled, the trio —making their Terp debuts afterdiffering paths to the team’sfinal roster — led the team fromthe plate and the circle.
“I recruited all three of themand know what they’re capableof,” coach Laura Watten said.“I expect that from them. Iwasn’t surprised.”
Joining an already solid pitch-ing rotation anchored by seniorKerry Hickey and junior KendraKnight, Czechner arrived with anear--flawless portfolio from hercareer at Waccamaw High Schoolin Pawleys Island, S.C., whereshe went 27-1 with a 0.29 ERAand 422 strikeouts as a senior.
In her first collegiate startagainst Lipscomb on Feb. 12,Czechner recorded a complete-game victory, allowing three runsover seven innings while strikingout nine Lipscomb batters.
“It was definitely a lot more
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Shooting woes go deeperAfter graduation of sharpshooter Bjork,Terps struggle to find true 3-point threat
BY CONOR WALSHStaff writer
When the Terrapin women’s bas-ketball team is successful shootingfrom the perimeter, coach BrendaFrese said, it can be “unstoppable.”
But as No. 14 Florida Stateshowed Sunday, the Terps aredecidedly stoppable, largelybecause of their inconsistenciesfrom beyond the arc. They havemade the fewest 3-pointers of anyteam in the ACC, a glaring weak-ness for a team with few.
In their 72-66 weekend win, theSeminoles opted to focus theirdefensive efforts on containing theNo. 15 Terps’ talented post players,challenging their guests to beatthem from outside. It paid off, asthe Terps shot a dismal 3-for-13from beyond the arc in defeat.
“That’s an area where we’ve gotto become much more consistent,”Frese said. “You have to have aninside-outside attack. Of the sixgames that we’ve lost, sometimesyou can point to our perimeter.”
The Terps’ primary issue has beenan inability to replace the contribu-tions of graduated guard Lori Bjork,who hit more 3-pointers last season(85) than the team has combined forin 27 games this season (84).
Coming into this season, guardKim Rodgers seemed the likelycandidate to replace Bjork. The jun-ior has proven clutch from theperimeter at times this season,most notably nailing a buzzer-beat-ing 3-pointer to elevate the Terpsover Georgia Tech on Feb. 3.
She also has occasionally been
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