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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 98TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 146THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008
THE DIAMONDBACK
ACCEPTED!Basketball recruit Sean Mosley finally
eligible to play for TerpsSPORTS | PAGE 10
BEAUTIFUL FREAKSGuillermo del Toro puts his incredible
monsters on parade in Hellboy IIDIVERSIONS | PAGE 7
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKFireworks burst over Lot 1 last Friday as part of the annual Fourth of July festivities sponsored by the University and the cityof College Park. Despite the show nearly being postponed due to evening showers, rain stopped and the fireworks began.
LIGHTING UP THE SKY Santa Fe mayinstall sprinklers
After years of debate with city council,Srour says he could add system next month
BY BRADY HOLTSenior staff writer
Santa Fe Cafe owner Mark Srour toldthe College Park City Council on Tues-day he would likely install a sprinklersystem in the bar next month, endingyears of delays and conflict with thecity.
Srour told the council the systemwould be installed unless his landlorddecides not to renew his lease.
The city and Srour signed a prop-erty-use agreement more than five
years ago in which he said Santa Fewould have a sprinkler system byMarch 2006. But, more than two yearslater, sprinklers have not been installed.Srour said he has been unable to affordthe $90,000 cost of a sprinkler system.
The city has clashed with Srourrepeatedly since the missed deadlineand earlier this year even consideredrecommending to the county liquorboard that Santa Fe’s liquor license notbe renewed.
Please See SPRINKLERS, Page 2
Parking meters,garages raise rates
Low permit sales cause increase, DOTS saysBY MICHAEL O’NEILL
For The Diamondback
Much to the dismay of students, theDepartment of Transportation Servicesincreased parking meter and garagerates across the campus due to a dropin commuter parking permit sales,DOTS Director David Allen said.
As of July 1, a quarter buys only 15minutes of time instead of 20, a dimebuys six minutes instead of eight, and anickel buys three minutes instead offour. DOTS also increased the maxi-mum daily fee for the parking garageson the campus from $10 to $12.
Allen said he believed the measurewas necessary because of lost revenuefrom lower parking permit sales,though he could not provide estimatesas to how much extra money the highermeter rates would rake in.
He added this is the first parkingmeter increase in several years, ameasure the Student Fee Review Com-mittee — comprised mostly of students— approved in the spring.
Allen first mentioned his interest inincreasing parking fees in January,
Please See PARKING, Page 3
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKEffective July 1, DOTS raised the cost ofcampus parking meters, and raised the dailyfee for parking garages.
Report: Floods,winds could
wreak havoc onthe campus
BY DIANA ELBASHAFor The Diamondback
As the continent’s West Coast is ablazefrom unseasonably early lightning stormsand the Midwest is still cleaning up fromsome of its worst floods in history, the univer-sity completed a plan detailing what naturaldisasters were most likely to affect the cam-pus and what could be done to mitigate dam-ages.
The university’s nine-page plan addressesobjectives and findings in regards to both dis-aster preparedness and the financial impact
CORRECTION
In the July 3 story, “No crime alerts sent in five weeks,”a crime that occurred in South Campus Commons 5 wasmisidentified. The incident was an assault with a knife.
Please See WEATHER, Page 3
Currie tried to improve Cherry Hill intersectionDocuments show senator interested in projects near Shoppers Food Warehouse locations
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HANOVER, Md. — UlyssessCurrie, a state senator under fed-eral investigation for his ties to theShoppers grocery store chain,asked a state official to improvethe intersection of Route 1 andCherry Hill Road near the CollegePark Shoppers, The (Baltimore)Sun reported.
College Park isn’t in the district
of Currie, a Prince George’sCounty democrat, but The Sunreported he wrote in a letter toState Highway Administrator NeilJ. Pedersen that the “critical inter-section” generates “numerouscomplaints to my office.”
The letter was one of severaldocuments, including e-mails andother letters to and from statetransportation officials, that showCurrie was interested in projects
near Shoppers Food WarehousesStores in Prince George’s, AnneArundel and Baltimore counties,as well as one at Baltimore’s Mon-dawmin Mall and the one in Col-lege Park.
The records illustrate Currie’spersistence in keeping tabs on thestatus of different projects, such astraffic light installments. They also
Please See SHOPPERS, Page 2
City council to sell, redevelop City Hall propertyBY BRADY HOLT
Senior staff writer
A full-service, high-end hotelcould be built downtown on thesite of College Park City Hall afterthe city council voted Tuesday toconsider selling the property to beredeveloped.
The city will be able to add this
project to the tax incrementfinancing plan that developershope will pay for the university’snearby East Campus develop-ment. Officials hope to see plans
by next month for a Hilton or simi-lar hotel on the site, but they saidthey will also consider non-hotelideas.
City Hall would move to another
site in College Park.The timetable for the project is
unusually rapid for College Parkbecause it is tied to the timetablefor East Campus, which has beenin the works for far longer than thecity’s plan, in order to securefinancing for both projects.
Please See HOTEL, Page 3
As City Hall moves to another site,previous location could become a hotel
Sen. Ulysses Currie
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University golf course to close for renovations
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKThe university golf course, seen above, will receive renovations such as new grass.
BYKELLYBROOKSFor The Diamondback
The university’s golf course isgetting a $12 million facelift forits 50th birthday.
The course, located acrossfrom the intersection of Univer-sity Boulevard and StadiumDrive, will close July 14 for itsfirst-ever restoration and is slat-ed to reopen May 15, exactly 50years after its dedication, GolfCourse Director and Head GolfProfessional Jeff Maynor said.
“I’ve been here 12 years and toomany times I’ve heard, ‘What agreat golf course. Too bad it’s notin better condition,’” Maynor said.“It’s time to show it a little TLC.”
The improvements will con-
sist of new grass, subsurfacingand drainage.
“It’s more of a restoration thana renovation; it’s not a redesign atall,” Maynor said.
The course’s turf grows intodirt. The project will replace thedirt with drain pipes covered bya foot of sand to help improve theterf’s quality.
Maynor said officials are “stillin the process” of figuring outhow to pay for the improve-ments. Only the golf course’srevenue and fundraising — nostate money — will be used.
The 3-year-old Friends of theGolf Course program has raisedabout $500,000 for the restora-tion, and the course is taking outa $4 million bond.
The course’s Golf Shop andMulligan’s Bar and Grill will re-main open.
In the meantime, the course’s150 members can receive a dis-count at about 15 other coursesin the area.
James Osteen, assistant vicepresident for student affairs,which oversees the course,called the work long needed.
“We’re very excited about it,”he said. “I think the regulargolfers are excited about it, too.”
Maynor said the Friends of theGolf Course are holding an eventtoday that will auction off an op-portunity to hit the first tee shotat the rededication next year,Maynor said, “hopefully, tosomeone that’s willing to pay alot of money.”
$12M project to close course until May
The extended conflict has left some citycouncil members hesitant to take Srourat his word.
“Part of the cost of doing business is com-plying with the law, and part of complyingwith the law is installing this sprinkler sys-tem,” said District 1 Councilman PatrickWojahn. “And now you’re asking for us tolet you go a little longer.”
Srour’s response, in which he said hewas tired of “going around in circles”explaining himself, was so vehementthat Mayor Stephen Brayman camearound the table to ask him to calmdown.
Srour was at the meeting to answer aletter from city attorney Suellen Fergu-son, threatening legal action if he didnot have a contract to have a sprinklersystem installed by July 26, a deadlinehe asked to be extended until after he
had his lease extended.Srour said he saw no reason why his
lease — which expires in the spring of2010 — wouldn’t be renewed foranother 10 years or more but won’tknow for sure until he meets with theproperty owner, who he described as “acrazy little bird.”
But if his lease were not renewed,Srour said, he would not honor the prop-erty use agreement and pay to have thesprinkler system installed in a buildinghe would be vacating. He challenged thecity to try pursuing legal action in such ascenario, saying he would be out by thetime it was resolved.
Srour will report back to the councilin early August to say whether he will beinstalling a sprinklers. The installationwould take about four months but wouldnot close the bar, he said.
Five state agencies subpoenaed
show transportation officials were interest-ed in satisfying Currie, who had influenceover the state’s budget as chairman of theSenate Budget and Taxation Committee.
“Senator Currie asks me every time hesees me whether we have resolved theReisterstown Road Shoppers Food Ware-house issue,” Pedersen wrote to KennethMcDonald Jr., chief of the department’sEngineering Access Permit division, inFebruary 2004. “How close are we to re-solving it?”
In a March 2005 e-mail, Pedersen men-tions the senator’s influence as the head ofthe committee that helped steer spendingin the state’s $31.5 billion budget.
“It is very critical that we do all that wecan to expedite this as much as possible,”Pedersen wrote. “This is very important tothe Chairman of the Senate Budget andTaxation Committee. We have our budget... and several critical pieces of legislationbefore his committee right now.”
Federal investigators have not saidwhat they are investigating. They havesubpoenaed five state agencies, includ-
ing the Maryland Department of Busi-ness and Economic Development, Mary-land Transit Administration, the MotorVehicle Administration, the State High-way Administration and the Departmentof Legislative Services.
Currie, 70, did not disclose his employ-ment with Shoppers to the State EthicsCommission as required. On May 29, theFBI searched Currie’s District Heightshome, the same day they searched at Shop-pers headquarters in Lanham.
More than 1,800 pages of documentswere made public, SHA said in a statement.
“SHA’s Administrator was interviewedby federal investigators last month,” theagency said. “Both he and the entireagency are cooperating fully with the in-vestigation.”
The documents were released Mondayafter reporters requested them throughMaryland’s Public Information Act. Manyof the documents have been subpoenaedby the U.S. attorney’s office in Baltimore.
Currie declined to comment Mon-day, referring questions to his attor-ney, Dale Kelberman, who also de-clined to comment.
SHOPPERS, from Page 1
Srour won’t install sprinklersif lease not renewed, he saysSPRINKLERS, from Page 1
Local legislators go green
Four local legislators were rec-ognized by the Maryland League ofConservation Voters for a dedica-tion to environmental responsibilityin their district.
Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-AnneArundel and Prince George’s), Del.Ben Barnes (D-Anne Arundel andPrince George’s), Del. BarbaraFrush (D-Anne Arundel and PrinceGeorge’s) and Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D-Anne Arundel andPrince George’s) scored an average90 percent on a scoreboard pre-pared by the league and the Mary-land General Assembly.
Rosapepe received a score of100 percent, ranking him in the top6 of all senators statewide.
The scorecard was created lastyear and is meant to inform thepublic on what elected officials aredoing to help their local environ-ment. In addition to showing theirrecent environmental success, thescorecard also indicates past per-formance.
Some of the scorecard’s factorsinclude a delegate’s contribution tothe Chesapeake Bay Fund, theMaryland energy initiative Em-POWER, air permit fees, wetlandsfees and a phosphorus ban. — Ashley E. Nolan
Maryland budget analysts warnof sagging revenue
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland couldface a $200 million budget shortfallin the coming year because of aslumping economy, according to ananalysis released Tuesday.
The shortfall is primarily fromdrops in sales and income tax rev-enue, which combine to account forabout 80 percent of state funds.Sales tax revenue was $25.7 millionless than expected from Julythrough May of fiscal year 2008,budget analysts said. Personal in-come tax revenue was about $46.3million short of predictions for thesame period. In addition, tobaccotax revenue was about $24 millionbelow estimates.
Warren Deschenaux, a statebudget expert who directs the Of-fice of Policy Analysis, said it’s rea-sonable to expect Maryland fiscalyear 2008 revenue will close be-tween $50 and $100 million belowestimates, with projections for fis-cal year 2009 dragging down“somewhat more than that.”
Deschenaux estimated the statecould be looking at a combinedbudget hole as deep as $200 mil-lion this fiscal year and next. How-ever, the hole is minimal comparedto the $1.5 billion shortfall thatcaused Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) tocall a special session last fall.
Deschenaux said provided thegap didn’t measure more than $237million over the next two years, thebudget should stay balanced.
But the state’s fiscal problemscould get worse. Deschenauxpointed out the state faces a budgetgap going into fiscal year 2010that’s more than $500 million.
However, the state still has acushion of nearly $700 million in itsRainy Day Fund, which is separatefrom the fund balance.
Also, if a slots referendumscheduled for November fails, therecould be an additional $500 millionbudget gap.
Metro ridership tops 215 millionfor fiscal year 2008
WASHINGTON — More than 215million people rode Metro in fiscalyear 2008.
The fiscal year ended June 30.Metro says ridership increased 7million from the year before. MetroGeneral Manager John Catoe saidthis proves people are looking toMetro for an affordable transporta-tion solution.
Average weekday ridership lastyear was nearly 728,000.
The month of June was thebiggest month in the rail system’shistory, with average weekday rid-ership approaching 800,000.
— Compiled from wire reports
BY CHRIS YUStaff writer
The Terp Racing club placedfirst in the Formula SAE (Soci-ety of Automobile Engineers)2008 West competition on June28, the first time the universityhas won a major formula carrace in more than 20 years.
The last time the school wona title was in 1987. But thissummer, after going againstdozens of universities fromaround the world in a competi-
tion that spanned five days,Terp Racing took home thefirst-place trophy.
“It’s a very hard competi-tion,” said Avi Bar-Cohen,chair of the mechanical engi-neering department. “We thinkof it as epitomizing the educa-tion we provide.”
The competition took place atthe Auto Club Speedway inFontana, Calif., and consisted ofseveral events. Each team’s carwas judged based on its accelera-tion, cornering, maneuverability
and endurance, and points werealso awarded to cars with the bestdesign, cost and presentation.
The cars, which resemblesoap box racers, are adornedwith banners and stickers fromcompany sponsors. But whatthey lack in size, they make upfor in performance.
“It’s very similar to a real racecar, just a little smaller,” saidGreg Schultz, club advisor andmember of the 1987 title team.
To demonstrate their cars’ ac-celeration, teams had to partici-pate in drag races, Schultz ex-plained. The university’s teamplaced first in this category witha time of 3.917 seconds.
They next had to drive theirvehicles around a figure-eight
track; participate in an au-tocross event; and lastly in anendurance event, where carshad to drive through a coursefor 20 laps to test the handlingand durability of their vehicles.
According to SAE Interna-
tional’s website, although 51teams started this race, only 25teams crossed the finish line. Ofthose finishers, 19 receivedpoints for driving faster than themaximum run time. The uni-versity’s team placed fourth,Schultz said.
The scores from each of thoseevents were added up, and theuniversity’s team took first place.
Schultz admitted he was un-certain of Maryland’s chancesfollowing the 20-year drought.
“I know we would be competi-tive, but it wasn’t clear we wouldwin,” he said, “”I thought wewould be top five.”
But following the win, Schultzsaid he was delighted for the stu-dents of Terp Racing. He saidsome of the team members dedi-cated more than 40 hours a weekto work on the car.
Schultz added the win willlikely bring more visibility to theschool and advance the program.
“It’s the equivalent of winninga ball game,” he said.
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Terp Racing club wins major title
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of a natural disaster. Abundant inrankings, charts, and lists reflect-ing research conducted by the Mit-igation Core Team, the plan out-lines results of risk as-sessments for variousnatural disasters andproper strategies of miti-gating any damages theymay cause.
The plan contains “adetailed characterizationof natural hazards in cen-tral Maryland ... a risk as-sessment that describespotential losses to physicalassets, people and opera-tions, and a set of goals, ob-jectives, strategies, and ac-tions that will guide UM'smitigation activities,” itssummary reads.
The Mitigation CoreTeam outlined the tenhazards most likely tooccur on or around thecampus — determinedby qualities such as pastweather disasters, the ex-tent to which the univer-sity can take preventativemeasures to minimize damage,how often each type of disaster isreported in this area and more.
The plan focuses on the top-twohazards: floods and high winds,which includes hurricanes andtornadoes.
The plan also highlights NorthCampus and the southern part of
the Mall as areas of high concern,due to their high contributions toestimated damage costs - $57,497for floods and $1,127,412 forwinds, as noted in the plan's“Risks” section of the report.
Russell Dickerson, aatmospheric and oceanicscience professor, said heagreed with the plan'sfocus on winds and flood.
“Of the meteorologicalhazards, flooding andhigh winds are well abovehail and lightning for eco-nomic and personal riskfor our area.”
While the plan demon-strates the university’s po-tential for outrageousdamage costs — recom-mendations for severaldisasters fall in the hun-dred thousands and mil-lions annually — simplyproducing the plan allowsthe university to apply forgrants from the FederalEmergency ManagementAgency and the MarylandEmergency ManagementAgency, said John Farley,assistant vice president
for administrative affairs.The plan, which was officially
approved June 20, will go into af-fect this academic year and willbe updated periodically to ac-commodate changes in atmos-pheric conditions.
WEATHER, from Page 1
The only council member tooppose the city’s “expressionof interest” in sellingCity Hall was District2 Councilman JackPerry.
“I don’t know thatwe’ve had enough timeto really discuss it,”Perry said.
But most councilmembers were sup-portive of the idea.
“This project isneeded to maintain theexisting downtown onpar with East Cam-pus,” District 2 Coun-cilman Bob Catlinsaid. “The existingdowntown needs tomatch its shininess, itsnewness.”
Perry alsoexpressed concern anew hotel on the CityHall site would com-pete with a hotelplanned for the cornerof Route 1 and PaintBranch Parkway in theEast Campus develop-ment. But universityVice President forAdministrative AffairsDoug Duncan, who isworking on East Campus, saidthe university didn’t carewhich site had the better hotel,as long as one was built.
“We clearly need a full-serv-
ice hotel in College Park onRoute 1 in the immediate areaof the university,” Duncan said.“If they can get one, great. If we
can get one, great.”Duncan said it would
be up to the hotel com-panies to decide if Col-lege Park could sup-port two upscale, full-service hotels. The uni-versity would likely usesuch a hotel to put upvisiting lecturers andother guests.
Although city offi-cials have said they areopen to a variety ofoptions, their statedinformal preference atthis point is for a five-to six-story Hiltonhotel, another aspectthat Perry objected to,saying he preferred theidea of a high-rise.
“If that’s a classyhotel at five floors,maybe I don’t under-stand class,” he said.
Another recentattempt to build a hotelon Route 1 fell throughwhen the county didnot grant developerMark Vogel a taxincrement financingdeal. The plan the city
would use is tied to that of EastCampus, which is now undercounty review.
HOTEL, from Page 1
evaluated proposed student feeincreases. The Student Fee Re-view Board approved the in-crease on Feb. 21.
“Less than 50 percent of com-muters drive to campus, whichsurprised me,” Allen said afterthe January RHA meeting.“We’ve had 2,000 fewer parkersin the last five years.”
But despite the fee increasesbeing set in motion months ago,students complained they werecaught unaware by the meterhikes, which were not well publi-cized. DOTS put signs outside theparking garages in advance, butstudents found no warnings nearmeters across the campus.
“I’m outraged because I don’thave money to come up with,”sophomore physics and physiolo-gy and neurobiology major NadiaKhan said. “Tuition and the costof permits is enough in itself.”
Linguistics and studio artmajor Leah Whitehill said it is un-fair that students are beingforced to pay higher fees for rea-sons beyond their control.
“The entire College Park areamakes parking a hassle,” she said.“Finding housing on campus ishard as it is. In return, that forcesmore kids to commute to school.”
Marine science major PaulKallgren said he already finds itdifficult to save money — espe-cially with the price of gas. Pay-ing more at parking metersmakes things worse.
“With the way gas prices are,they shouldn't increase the rate,”he said. “I would think twiceabout paying for a parking meterbecause students are trying tosave money for things such astheir car. This won’t help whenyou are trying to save.”
Though many studentssaid they wouldn’t risk aparking ticket just to avoid
the higher parking meterrates, Kallegan said he feelsa little more daring.
“It depends on how long I’m
on campus. If I had only oneclass, I would risk it,” he said.
PARKING, from Page 1
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKSigns, such as the one seen above, inform drivers of the fee increasein garages across the campus, but no similar signs were used forparking meters.
“This project isneeded to
maintain theexisting
downtown onpar with EastCampus. The
existingdowntown
needs to matchits shininess,its newness.”
–Bob CatlinDISTRICT 2
COUNCILMAN
“Of themeteorological
hazards,flooding and
high winds arewell above hailand lightning ...for our area.”
–RussellDickerson
PROFESSOR
University wins a formula car race forfirst time in more than 20 years
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It’s 1 a.m. on a recent Tues-day, and I have just finishedanother shift of my intern-ship at The (Baltimore)Sun. I say good night to
everyone, not knowing if it’s thelast time I will see them in thenewsroom. I walk past the rowsand rows of empty desks, tellingmyself that the only reason no oneis there is because deadline haspassed.
As I walk through the walkwayand into the parking garage, I lookout through the lights and wonderwho will cover the city below meafter the job and budget cuts.Having already cut jobs and withthe announcement of more jobcuts forthcoming, what will thefuture hold?
As I get into my car and makemy way down the parking garage,I feel as if I am descending as fastas The Sun’s circulation numbers.I speed up. As I pass CamdenYards on my right, I begin tothink of the numerous waysbesides tomorrow’s newspaperthat I can find out who won thatnight’s Orioles game.
You see, that’s the problem.People don’t feel the need to readnewspapers when they have aninfinite number of alternateresources from which to get theirnews. Why find out what ManagerDave Trembly said about the lat-est O’s collapse tomorrow when Ican just go to Orioles.com andfind out right now? Until newspa-pers find a way to generate a pos-itive cash flow from their multi-media endeavors, their problemswill persist.
When newspapers publish theirown articles on their own web-sites, they are able to generaterevenue from the advertisementson the page. The problem is, manytimes the Associated Press willpick up these same stories andmass distribute them across thecountry. Once the story getsposted on another website, thenewspaper loses all rights tomoney generated from advertisingon that page.
As I near Frederick, I see an“exit only” sign ahead of me. Ibegin to think if now’s the time totake that short exit ramp and getout of the industry while I stillcan. I decide to switch lanes anddecline the invitation. Two min-
utes later, I seeanother sign thatreads “lane ends2,000 feet.” Isthis the end ofthe road for thenewspaper indus-try? Once again, Iswitch lanes.
As I enterFrederick, Ibegin to think ofhow hard it mustbe for local news-papers. If con-glomerates suchas the TribuneCompany andThe WashingtonPost Companyare struggling, Ican only imaginethe turmoil at
The Frederick News-Post.As I exit the highway and pass
my former high school, I begin tothink about the students in thehigh school’s journalism class.Will there even be jobs for themwhen they graduate college? Willnewspapers still exist?
I hit a yellow light, whichpromptly turns to red. I begin tocontemplate the state of newspa-pers in the United States. Has theindustry come to a slow period, justgearing up for the green light to goahead? Or has it come to a com-plete halt, with a permanent blink-ing red as its only option?
The light turns green. As I turn into my driveway, The
Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun”begins to play. The only line I hearbefore turning off the car is “Herecomes the sun, and I say it’s allright.”
I enter the house and get readyfor bed. As I fall asleep, I dreamof the good ol’ days when newspa-pers were cash cows and were themain source of news and informa-tion for millions of Americanseach morning.
The next morning, I wake upand walk down the driveway to getthe newspaper, hoping The Sunwill come out tomorrow.
Joel Cohen is a junior govern-ment and politics major. He canbe reached [email protected].
A cloudyfuture
One night a few weeksago, while out to drinkscompliments of theGoogle Krakowrecruiting team, a
coworker of mine mentioned shewas from a large city to the west ofKrakow called “Vrot-swav.” Shetalked about how pretty it was andhow it was hard for her to leave thecity for Krakow.
Of course, I felt like an utter idiotbecause I could not figure out whatcity she was talking about. Now, mygeography is not great, but I havelooked at Google Maps several hun-dred times since getting here, and Icould not recall ever seeing a“Vrot-swav.” When a few hourslater another foreigner fromJamaica didn’t know what “Vrot-swav” was, I finally asked for thespelling — “W-r-o-c-l-a-w” with astroke across the “l.”
A few weeks and several morestories of Wroclaw later (and aftera coworker from Warsaw said thathe thought Wroclaw was better fortourism than Krakow), I decidedI’d be a real Pole and take a week-end trip to see what all the hypewas about.
Wroclaw is often described as aPolish Venice, but just leaving it atthat would not do the city justice.It’s a gorgeous metropolitan cityoriginally built on a series ofislands. It is very similar toKrakow, but it is more diverse dueto its history.
Because of its location in westernPoland, close to the Czech and Ger-man borders, Wroclaw has beenunder the control of many differentcountries. Originally settled by theSlavic Slezan tribe, it was eventu-ally absorbed by the Czech territorywho gave it its name.
About 1000 A.D., the Piastdynasty founded the Polish stateand brought Wroclaw into the newcountry. In 1336, Wroclaw wastaken over by Bohemia, only tochange hands several more timesbefore returning to Poland in the20th century.
This rich history is reflected inthe interesting mix of new and oldin the city. While making my firstwalk to the square, I passed by arow of metal balls, one beingpushed by a leprechaun — the sym-bol of the Orange anti-communistmovement. These leprechaun stat-ues are hidden throughout the city.
A short walk outside of the mainsquare is the most popular touriststop of the city — the RaclawicePanorama, a circular painting of aPolish military victory against theRussians in the 18th century. Thepainting was stored in Lwow untilafter World War II and wasn’t dis-played for another 40 years, mainlydue to censorship during Commu-nist days. The painting is extremelyrealistic and fills the entire build-ing, built specifically for it. Speciallighting and scenery (hills andtrees) add to the effect.
As the former seat of governmentin its region, Wroclaw has a lot ofchurches, the most famous beingthe cathedral built on a formerisland across from the bulk of thecity. Construction on this massivegothic building began at the begin-ning of the second millennium andwent through several phases, leav-ing it the monolithic structure it istoday. For the gutsy tourist —namely me — you can walk a seriesof extremely narrow steps thentake a cramped, unstable elevatorto the top of one of its spires and geta view of the entire city.
Indeed, the view on the river ispossibly the most beautiful thing Ihave seen so far this trip. Ofcourse, I might be biased towardwater scenery, but from the riveryou can see numerous old build-ings and well-kept gardens thatmake the view stunning. While pos-sibly not on the main EasternEuropean tourist route, I wouldrecommend this city to any travel-ers interested in getting a real tasteof Polish culture.
Sonny Franckel is a senior com-puter science major and will bewriting summer columns on herexperience interning with Googlein Krakow. She can be reached [email protected].
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n yet another example of the Department ofTransportation Services’ aversion to the con-cept of reasonable treatment of student drivers,DOTS announced — mumbled, actually — thatdrivers parking in garages and using meters
across the campus will need to shellout more cash every time they puttheir car in park.
DOTS — a fittingly Orwellianname — is actually making it harderto park on the campus at a time whenmore and more students are movingoff the campus due to a lack of on-campus housing.
Although the Student Fee ReviewBoard approved the increases in Feb-ruary, little publicity about thechanges — simply signs in front of garages, and noth-ing at all for the meters — has occurred since then. Ifstudents don’t protest, they agree, right? And furtherreducing the possible student complaints over thefees, the change comes in the middle of July, when farfewer students are around the campus to notice thechanges than during the school year. DOTS has yet toeven post a notice of the increase on its website.
David Allen, the director of DOTS, probably won-ders why his department frequently catches flackfrom all segments of the campus population. Nottelling people about new fees and cost increases tendsto upset them. The lack of publicity is especially egre-
gious since students who don’tnotice the new fees involved withparking at metered spots could endup with tickets for not realizing aquarter is worth 15 minutes insteadof 20.
Though these increases were notlarge in and of themselves, the hikesare the icing on the permit-and-ticket cake students all too often areforced to shovel down in order topark their cars on the campus.
To many students, it may seem the mission of DOTSis not to manage the campus transportation systemand that it instead exists solely to make money off thepeople it purports to serve. In the future, studentsupset with DOTS fee-mongering should see thedepartment for what it is — not an extension of theuniversity in its dealings with students, but a revenue-hungry outfit focused solely on the bottom line.
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With the Department of TransportationServices’ recent decision to increaserates at campus parking meters andgarages, DOTS director David Allenhas given students yet another reason
to hate him (just in case the $75 tickets weren’t quiteenough, of course). But we at The Diamondback’sopinion desk welcome our new transportation over-lords and would like to assist Mr. Allen by brain-storming some other maddeningly capitalisticchanges.
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Since commuter students need to come to the cam-pus for class and many professors need to drive towork, why not make a quick buck? With toll booths atall campus entrances, DOTS would be able to easilycash in on commuters, visitors and even drivers justtrying to cut across the campus. The coup de grace:students paying their tolls with Testudo-emblazonedE-ZPass receivers ... for which they would also becharged a nominal fee.
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Since DOTS already oversells commuter permitswith the logic that not everyone who has one will beon the campus at the same time, why not go the extramile? While this seems like it would create night-
mares of traffic and accidents galore as students fightfor spots, there is an upside. DOTS could stage steelcage death matches for spaces, with students squar-ing off each day in a demolition derby-style competi-tion. They could even charge admission to watch thecarnage. Who said parking isn’t fun?
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Considering how many times fire trucks get calledonto the campus because some inept freshmanburned his popcorn, it’s a wonder DOTS hasn’tthought of this one already. Emergency vehicles havebeen getting away with the exclusive rights to the firelanes for far too long, and it’s about time they startpaying to park just like everybody else. Also, you caneven charge the really long fire trucks for two orthree spaces!
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DOTS may have joined many other organizationsboth campuswide and nationwide in buying into the“going green” hype, but we all know “money green”is way prettier than “tree green.” Start haphazardlypaving over anything that doesn’t generate revenue,and let’s get some more commuter lots! All thoselousy trees around McKeldin Mall are getting a littleunwieldy anyway. And fortunately for Mr. Allen’swallet, Testudo’s got nothin’ on the Lorax.
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BY ZACHARY HERRMANNSenior staff writer
It’s a tough sell for a summer block-buster — no A-list stars, a largely un-familiar comic book character and aMexican auteur at the helm. But if anyone aspect of Universal’s marketingfor Hellboy II: The Golden Army sticksout, it has got to be the monsters.
And damn are they good.Straight off his brilliant, Spanish-
language fantasy pic, Pan’s Labyrinth,director Guillermo del Toro returns tothe world of Hellboy for a much-im-proved sequel. The allotted budget,though modest for a big summer re-lease, has given del Toro the creativefreedom to transpose every last wildcreature he can realize.
From start to finish, Hellboy IImoves along the fairly predictable pat-terns of any superhero film. But withthe benefit of an endless imaginationdel Toro keeps his audience guessingas to what on earth will pop up on thescreen next: flesh-eating tooth fairies,a paraplegic troll, The Angel of Death?
Underneath the incredible array ofmonsters, the film has something elsefew summer spectacles can lay claimto: The big red guy has got a lot ofheart.
Where Ron Perlman (Outlander)had to carry much of the first film asthe charming, cigar-smoking, beer-guzzling hero, the better-embracedcomedic aspect of the second film al-lows the actor much more freedom.Del Toro’s script is equally funny and
thrilling with far more tonal balancethan the previous film. Someone hasfinally figured out how to make the su-perhero flick for an adult audience.
In a brief flashback to Hellboy’schildhood, we learn the story of the in-destructible Golden Army. With heavynods to The Lord of the Rings— lest weforget, del Toro will eventually bringus The Hobbit — professor Broom(John Hurt, Recount) tells the tale of atime when the elves of Bethmoora putaside their grudge with the humanpeople and made a truce to never callupon the Golden Army again.
That is, until Prince Nuada (LukeGoss, Deep Winter) returns from exilelooking for blood and the missingpiece of the crown needed to summonthe army out of slumber.
Wasting no time, del Toro cuts to thechase and unleashes his monsters infull force. He successfully marries theintimacy of his Spanish-languagefilms with the adrenaline-punch of hisAmerican work.
And believe it or not, there are mo-ments of poetic beauty in Hellboy II,albeit the lushest moment in the filmarrives via an exploding plant god sev-ered by Hellboy’s oversized revolver— but visual poetry comes in allscopes.
The stunning set pieces get acetreatment thanks to del Toro’s cine-matographer of choice, GuillermoNavarro, whose gliding camera keepsHellboy II’s fantasy mystique intactfrom Trenton, N.J., to the Irish coast tothe Troll Market (located under the
Brooklyn Bridge, for those who didn’talready know).
In front of the camera, the support-ing cast refuses to play second fiddleto their eye-catching nemeses. Repris-ing her roll as fire-wielding Liz Sher-man, Selma Blair (The Poker House)trades in her sullen look for sass thistime around. Her relationship with
Hellboy, though physiologically puz-zling, grounds the more fantastic ele-ments in something emotionally relat-able.
As the government’s worst-kept se-cret, Hellboy craves recognition andthe acceptance of the outside world.He blows the cover off the Bureau forParanormal Research and Defenseand invites the wrath of his boss, TomManning (Jeffrey Tambor, SuperheroMovie). The Washington brass deemsit necessary to appoint someone towatch over the Bureau.
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) pro-vides the perfect comic counterbal-ance for Perlman in the form of super-natural bureaucrat Johann Krauss,another one of del Toro’s sketchescome to life.
It would be unfair to call Hellboy IIa one-man show — in fact, it’s farfrom it, with all the machine workingin perfect tandem. But behind the en-tire production, del Toro’s unmistak-able vision shines through.
How incredibly fitting UniversalPictures, home to classic movie mon-ster flicks from Frankenstein toDracula, should be the studio to pickup Hellboy II after Sony abandonedthe franchise. The days of UniversalHorror may be long gone, but thereare still men who know just how totreat a monster.
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MOVIE: Hellboy II | VERDICT: 1/2
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Unstuck in Modern timesREVIEW | BECK
For his eighth album, Beck delivers a brief punch in 10 tracksBYTHOMASFLOYD
Staff writer
If there is one thing BeckHansen had this past Tuesday, itwas a reason to celebrate.
Not only did the singer-song-writer turn 38 years old, but hiseighth studio album, ModernGuilt, hit stores. And if wisdomtruly does follow age, then it is noaccident Beck’s latest should ar-rive as the artist steps closer to-ward middle age — the fittingly ti-tled album is possibly Beck’s mostthoughtful, introverted effort yet.
Since breaking onto the alterna-tive rock scene in the mid-1990swith singles such as “Loser” and“Devils Haircut,” Beck has gainedwidespread recognition as one ofthe most innovative artists of thepast two decades. Nearly two yearssince he released The Information,Beck returns with the 10-trackModern Guilt, stressing quality overquantity on an album clocking in ata brisk 33 minutes.
Modern Guilt, on which Beckcollaborated with producer Dan-ger Mouse, carries the tinge of
1960s British rock, resonatingstrongly with the sound of TheBeatles and early Pink Floyd. Notso much a drastic departure fromhis previous albums as it is a re-tooling of emphasis, Modern Guiltis at its best when Beck highlightshis psychedelic rock influences inthe singles “Chemtrails” and“Gamma Ray.”
Known less for the range of hispipes than for the creativity of hisstyle, Beck brings a welcomechange of pace with the slow,choir-like vocals on “Chemtrails.”The more upbeat “Gamma Ray”has the sort of appealing hook thatmade recent Beck singles, like“Girl” and “Nausea,” successful.
Serving as the album’s secondtrack, “Gamma Ray” also intro-duces Beck’s political musings, ashe references global warmingwhile singing, “Trying to hold holdout for now/ With these ice capsmelting down/ With the transistorsound/ And my Chevrolet terra-plane going round round round.”
Beck’s trademarked syntheticmelodies shine in the tracks“Replica,” where he meshes to-
gether offbeat rhythms to createan oddly appeasing tune, and“Youthless.” But even though hiselectronic touch is presentthroughout the album, it never be-comes an overwhelming facet.Achieving such a stylistic balanceis largely why Beck is such a mas-ter of his craft. His music mayteeter toward collapsing beneathits own weight, but he never actu-ally lets it happen.
With Modern Guilt, Beckpenned lyrics that constantly crossbetween provocative social criti-cism and meticulous introspec-tion. Beck hints at anti-war feel-ings while singing during “Youth-less” about “a plastic handgrenade/ That tried to turn emo-tion into noise.”
But listeners will probably takemore note of his moodier, morepersonal side, explored most obvi-ously in Modern Guilt’s title track.“Modern guilt, I’m stranded withnothing/ Modern guilt, I’m underlock and key/ Misapprehension
turning into convention/ Don’tknow what I’ve done/ But I feelashamed,” Beck sings.
Beck further delves into his con-science with “Walls,” the sleeperstandout of the album. Soothingstrings are complemented by aharmonizing drum beat and catchyverses, during which Beck mulls,“See a face intothe mirror/ Reflect-ing on the surface of fear/ Becauseyou know I’m never better thanthat/ Some days are worse than youcan imagine/ How am I supposedto live with that?”
Some may dispute that ModernGuilt borders on self-indulgence,and there may be some merit tothat argument. But the beautywith Beck is even if he is makingthe music for himself, he can stilldraw you in with his imaginativeinstincts. And with 20 years of ex-perience and eight albums on hisresumé, Beck has proven his in-stincts are worth following.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DREW BROWNBeck gets mature and concise on his latest LP, ruminating on global warmingand the forthcoming apocalypse.
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STRANGE INVITATIONS:His collaborators in and out of the studio have included Jack White,Cat Power, The Dust Brothers, Timbaland and filmmaker MichelGondry.
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we have had in the past three or four years,”Terps defensive coordinator Dave Slafkoskysaid. “His leadership during the week andespecially during games was very remarkable.Some players can only lead by being goodlacrosse players; Joe had the ability to lead onand off the field.”
But Cinosky, who led the Terps last year with31 caused turnovers, said the professional levelis “a completely different game” and “muchfaster” than college games. In his first sixgames, the defenseman has 15 groundballs.
Jacobs said Cinosky is “still learning” but is“progressing nicely.” “It's one of those thingswhere you can have good games and badgames, but he has improved every game,”Jacobs said.
When asked where he envisions Cinosky infive years, Jacobs said, “Hopefully he is one ofthe top defenders in the league.”
Overall, Cinosky is enjoying his professionalcareer. “It's great to get paid for doing some-thing you love to do,” he said.
With more flexibility due to a schedule thatCinosky called less organized than college, theformer Terp has been able to take summerclasses at this university. Cinosky plans ongraduating in the fall with a criminology andcriminal justice degree.
With a 3-4 record, his Pride team is in lastplace in the Eastern Conference, but it is just agame and a half behind the conference leaders.The team has until the middle of August tocome back — just as Cinosky came back —home, that is, for his professional career.
“I'm excited that I get the opportunity to playin front of my family and friends,” Cinoskysaid.
more spots to fill, Williamsand the coaching staff are stillon the trail of several recruits.
“There are still a couple ofguys we’re looking at,” Williamssaid. “We’ve been recruitingthese people for a long time.”
Coaches are not permitted todiscuss the names of specificrecruits, but one potentialsignee is a 6-foot-9 forward
center from Chicago namedSteve Goins.
TurtleSportsReport.comreported last week that Goinscommitted to the universityand is waiting for his tran-script to be accepted.
No formal report from theAthletics Department hasbeen made regarding Goins’future with the Terps.
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKDefenseman Joe Cinosky started four years for the Terps and was team captain hissenior season. Last year he led the team with 31 forced turnovers.
Cinosky battles “completelydifferent game” in the pros
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKMosley was a standout player at St. Frances Academy, where he scored 2,933career points — second most in Maryland state history.
Terps looking to fill outroster in coming weeks
CINOSKY, from Page 12
MOSLEY, from Page 1
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKSean Mosley (seen above playing in tbe Capital Classic at Comcast Center in April) should seeplenty of playing time next season now that he is officially a Terp.
Recruit accepted to university, eligible to play in 2008BY MARK SELIG
Senior staff writer
In a recruiting season filled with misfor-tune, the Terrapin men’s basketball teamfinally got some good news.
Incoming freshman Sean Mosley —whose status was in question until his tran-script was deemed passable — was offi-cially accepted Tuesday and will be eligi-ble to play with the Terps next season.
A 6-foot-4 guard from St. FrancesAcademy in Baltimore, Mosley was thestate’s Gatorade Player of the Year, scor-ing 27 points per game and leading histeam to a Baltimore Catholic League titlehis senior season.
“We’re happy to get Sean,” coach GaryWilliams said in a phone interview yester-day. “He’s a good player, a strong guardwho is a real good ballhandler for his size.”
Mosley figures to play a key role withthe Terps next season. He has a well-rounded game and can provide depth inboth the backcourt and frontcourt. Hehas been active this summer, playingpickup games at Comcast Center with hisnew teammates.
Mosley committed to the university inAugust, but his presence on the 2008-’09team was a bit in question until Tuesday.And with the way things had gone for theTerps this summer — potential impactrecruits Gus Gilchrist and Tyree Evansboth asked to be released from their com-mitments — it was natural to think thatthe Mosley situation would take a turn forthe worse.
His 2.7 high school GPA, combined withhis SAT score, was not enough to pass uni-versity admissions. But he attended sum-mer school, improved on his standardizedtest and handed in a transcript goodenough to become a student-athlete forthe Terps.
With Mosley aboard, the Terps nowhave 11 players on next year’s roster. With
Cinoskytaking pridein his work
BY HIRDESH MATTAFor The Diamondback
When Joe Cinosky startedplaying lacrosse back in thirdgrade, he never imagined thatone day he would be playingthe sport professionally. MajorLeague Lacrosse hadn’t evenbeen founded yet.
But after enjoying asuccessful collegecareer with the Ter-rapins that includedan ACC tournamentchampionship and twoappearances in theNCAA semi-finals,Cinosky was draftedninth overall by theNew Jersey Pride inMay's MLL draft.
He was the firstdefender and onlyTerp selected thisyear. In 2006 and 2007four Terps wereselected in each MLLcollegiate draft.
“It's a great honor to bedrafted at all,” said Cinosky.“The fact that I got drafted asthe first defenseman and getto play in front of a homecrowd is great.”
Pride head coach PeterJacobs said team personnelhad watched Cinosky play forthe last couple of seasons, and
as a result, Cinosky was highon their draft board.
“He brings a physical styleof play when guarding play-ers,” Jacobs said. The coachalso said Cinosky has “greatathleticism for his size”because most players with hisphysique do not tend to be asathletic.
Cinosky, who isfrom Boonton Town-ship, N.J., joined theTerps in 2005. Beforecoming to the univer-sity, he was a two-timeUS Lacrosse highschool All-Americanand two-time NewJersey defenseman ofthe year.
About midwaythrough his freshmanseason with the Terps,Cinosky earned a spotin the starting lineup.He continued his solidcareer all the way
through his senior season,when he captained a 10-6squad which lost in overtimein the second round of theNCAA tournament againstVirginia.
“I wasn't sure Joe wouldbecome a good team captain,but he was one of our best that
Former Terp plays prolacrosse for hometown team
Joe Cinosky wasdrafted ninth bythe New Jersey
Pride in the MajorLeague Lacrosse
draft in May.
Please See MOSLEY, Page 9 Please See CINOSKY, Page 9
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SportsMosley a Terp at last
Women’s lacrosse hires alum Carney as assistant coachTerrapin women’s lacrosse head coach Cathy Reese announced yesterday that former Terp
Quinn Carney has been named assistant coach. Carney graduated from this university in 2001, after winning the national championship four
times and being named an All-American twice. She has been on the United States Nationalteam since 1997.
Last season, Carney was an assistant at UMBC.