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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 99TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 33THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008
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MMM... MMM... STARTINGTackle Campbelltakes over on leftside for Terps
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Duncan resigns from VP postDuncan will move to government consulting firm after 17 months in a top university role
BY JEANETTE DER BEDROSIANAND KEVIN ROBILLARD
Senior staff writers
Vice President for AdministrativeAffairs Doug Duncan is leaving theuniversity to take a new position as asenior vice president for a govern-ment consulting firm, he said yester-day in a statement.
Duncan, a former MontgomeryCounty executive and Rockvillemayor, will step down from his posi-tion at the university Nov. 7, ending a17-month tenure during which he
led the East Campus and M-Squaredevelopment projects and oversawthe university’s fiscal and adminis-trative departments.
Starting Nov. 10, he will act as co-founder and senior vice presidentfor research and business develop-ment of CivicUS, an advisory firm onexecutive-level management withinstate, county and municipal govern-ment, Duncan said.
“State and local governments findthemselves having to do even morethan in the past, but with lower taxrevenue and lower Federal funding,”
he wrote. “I am excited to be joininga company which provides advisoryservices to government leaders look-ing for timely analysis so they can beeffective in today’s rapidly changingworld.”
University President Dan Mote
said he learned about a month agoDuncan had been looking for otherjobs, but he said the university triedto change his mind. But Ann Wylie,Mote’s chief of staff, said she wassurprised by the news.
“We didn’t have much warning,”Wylie said.
With the removal of such a keyplayer in the East Campus develop-ment, Wylie said she hopes losingDuncan will not set back the pro-ject’s timeline.
Budgetcuts getofficialapprovalOakland Hall projectreceives $88M fromBoard of Public Works
BY KEVIN ROBILLARDSenior staff writer
The state finalized almost $350million in mid-year budget cuts yes-terday, including about $15 millionin cuts to the University System ofMaryland.
The cuts, caused by declining rev-enue from sales and income taxes,had been expected for weeks butwere only made final yesterdaywhen the state Board of PublicWorks — which consists of Gov. Mar-tin O’Malley (D), Comptroller PeterFranchot (D) and Treasurer NancyKopp (D) — voted to approve them.
The board also voted to approveconstruction of Oakland Hall, aNorth Campus dorm board membershad delayed voting on during its lastmeeting.
The roughly $15 million in cuts tothe university system is equal to 1.5percent of its general budget, andabout $4 million will come out of thisuniversity’s budget. The universitysystem will also see about $20 mil-lion cut from one-time funds for spe-cial projects, and about $8 millionwill be cut from this campus’s proj-ects.
During the meeting, Franchot andO’Malley sparred for the umpteenthtime over the legalization of slots in
Bus drivershortageputs DOTSin a pinch
BY TIRZA AUSTINStaff writer
Overworked university bus drivers saya shortage of student workers is strainingDOTS.
The Department of Transportation Ser-vices had 300 three-hour shifts eachweek not covered at the beginning of thesemester, forcing other drivers — andmaintenance and human resources staff— to take on extra driving.
DOTS Director David Allen said stu-dents do not see the effect of the shortagebecause buses will continue to run onschedule. But bus drivers are feeling thepinch.
“There are drastically low numbers [ofbus drivers] in relation to the number ofroutes,” said one full-time bus driver,speaking on condition of anonymitybecause DOTS does not permit mostemployees to talk to the media.
The driver said the shortage is “puttingdrivers in dangerous situations.”
DOTS officials said it is Maryland statelaw to make sure drivers get breaks afterthree hours. The driver said everyonedrives more than three hours in a shift —usually four to four and a half. He addeddrivers regularly lost 15 to 20 minutes oftheir lunch breaks because DOTS is con-stantly trying to fill holes in the driving
Students pinpoint campus’s unsafe locations
Some employees decrylong hours, short breaks
BY MICHAEL LEMAIREStaff writer
The SGA asked studentsyesterday to pinpoint areas onthe campus where they feelunsafe during “BringingSafety Back,” an event heldeach year before the SafetyWalk.
Members of the CampusAffairs Committee stood out-side the Stamp Student Unionwith a large map of the campusand thumbtacks. Passersbywere asked to identify dark oreerie campus locations andUniversity Police officerswere on hand to hear their rea-sons why.
Capt. John Brandt, a Univer-sity Police spokesman, said theprogram gives officers an
opportunity to hear directlyfrom students what areas theyfind troubling and why.
“That’s one of the reasons Iam out here,” Brandt said.“When someone puts a pin inthat map, I tend to ask them,‘Why? What is it about thatarea that makes you feelunsafe?’ Then the goal is to gothere, assess the problems andfix it.”
The most commonly identi-fied areas on the campus willbe the focus of next Tuesday’sSafety Walk, an annual eventwhere student leaders, safetyofficials and administratorstraverse the campus to discusspossible safety improvements.
Last year, many students
Scroungingfor spirits
Economic downturn forces somestudents to cut leisure expenses
BY CHRIS YUStaff writer
Last week, after spending$30 to attend a Shwayze con-cert, Feliks Goldin starvedhimself the next day to com-pensate for the expensivepurchase.
“I feel guilty if I don’t savemoney,” the sophomore let-ters and sciences major said.
Goldin is just one of manypeople who are cutting backbecause of the financial crisis
plaguing the country. Ratherthan going out and partying,students say they are nowmore careful with theirfinances.
“The money that wouldhave gone to drinks is [now]going to bread,” senior gov-ernment and politics majorRobert Hardin said. “Youstart realizing how much youshould be spending.”
Hardin is not the onlyStudents use thumbtacks and a university map to identify unsafeareas on the campus. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Please See BOARD, Page 3
Please See ECONOMY, Page 2 Please See SAFETY, Page 7
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BUDGET CUT BREAKDOWNThe Board of Public Works metyesterday to approve cuts to thestate budget after analystspredicted revenue would be lowerthan expected. Here’s how thecuts breakdown:
■ Nearly $350 million cut from state budget
■ About $35 million cut from University System of Maryland
■ More cuts may be necessary in December
DOUG DUNCAN VP for Administrative Affairs
Senior long-snapper Andrew Schmitt (left and below) and redshirt freshman long-snapper Tim Downs (right) both at-tended Derry Area High School in Derry, Pa., a town of just 3,000 people. PHOTOS BY JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY JEFF NEWMANStaff writer
Derry, Pa., is a square-mile townof roughly 3,000 people where theannual Railroad Days Festival,meant to remind its citizens of thetown’s once-thriving railroadeconomy, marks the apex of localcelebration.
For Derry youngsters seeking achange of scenery, they mightwant to give long-snapping a go.
“Something about Derry is thatyou kind of want to get out of it fora few years,” Terrapin startinglong-snapper Andrew Schmittsaid. “It’s a place where you canraise a family, but being an 18-to-22-year-old kid, you want to get
out for a couple years.”But something might be a-
brewin’ in the southwestern Penn-sylvania borough.
Derry, and more specificallyDerry Area High School, has giventhe Terrapin football team both itscurrent and future long-snappers,Schmitt and redshirt freshmanTim Downs, respectively. One hasonly been perfect throughout hiscollegiate career, while the othergraduated high school highlytouted at a position that receiveslittle acclaim.
Schmitt arrived on the campusin large part because of JonCondo, who roomed with Schmitt’s
Small Pennsylvania town exports Terps’ long-snappers
Please See SNAPPERS, Page 10
Long-snapperville, USA
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BLACK WOMEN'S MUSIC IN THE HIP-HOPGENERATIONAnaya McMurray speaks about the connectionbetween music and spirituality, 7 p.m., Art-Sociology 2309
CLOTHESLINE PROJECT T-SHIRT MAKINGThe Sexual Assault Response & PreventionProgram is hosting two days of Clothesline ProjectT-shirt making, 10 a.m., Stamp Student Union Art &Learning Center
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Ralph Friedgen and the playerspresent at [Tuesday’s] luncheon alldesignated this weekend’s matchupagainst No. 21 Wake Forest as theirmost important of the season. Theplayers stated the most importantgame is always the next one, andFriedgen continued on to point outwhat a victory could do for their con-ference record and what implica-tions it could have later in the sea-son should the Terps and DemonDeacons end up with identicalrecords.
Friedgen spoke at length aboutWake Forest’s experience, particu-larly on defense, which is led by line-backer Aaron Curry and cornerbackAlphonso Smith,
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Officer fires at driver of SUVramming cruiser
TEMPLE HILLS – Prince George’sCounty police say an officer fired at aman who repeatedly rammed hissports utility vehicle into her cruiser.The man was not hit.
It happened around 4:40 p.m.Wednesday on South Anvil Lane inTemple Hills.
Cpl. Clinton Copeland says theofficer was sitting in her cruiserwhen the SUV started ramming thecar. He says the SUV pushed thecruiser into a barrier and continuedto ram it.
That’s when Copeland says theofficer, fearing for her safety, firedher weapon. The driver was not hit,but he was apprehended.
— Compiled from wire reports
BRIEFS
BY ERICH WAGNERStaff writer
After the GSG on Fridayopposed a $5 student feeincrease requested by theAthletics Department, Associ-ate Athletic Director for Busi-ness Randy Eaton realizedhow badly his recent presen-tation went.
The Graduate Student Gov-ernment passed a resolutionFriday opposing the feeincrease based on the justifi-cation members said Eatonprovided at the last Commit-tee for the Review of StudentFees meeting: free studentseats for men’s basketballgames would be worth $11.5million if sold to non-studentticket buyers.
But Eaton said the $5increase is to account for astate-mandated 2-percentincrease in cost of living aswell as an increase in utilitycosts, not $11.5 million in rev-enue lost.
The Athletics Department’sproposal also included twodecreases because of an over-estimation of the cost ofemployee health insuranceand higher-than-expected2009 student enrollment thatwill lead to more student feerevenue.
Eaton said he did a poor jobof presenting the proposal tothe Committee for the Reviewof Student Fees.
“The $11.5 million that stu-dents are getting through tick-ets was just something in theproposal as a point of refer-ence,” Eaton said. “Weweren’t asking for money inreturn for the seats.”
GSG president AnupamaKothari said the increaseitself was not the primaryissue, but rather the way itwas presented.
“He should have rephrasedit,” Kothari said. “But he keptclinging to the $11.5 millionstat.”
Kothari said AthleticsDepartment representativesacted arrogantly during theirpresentation.
“Many departments come inrequesting student feeincreases,” Kothari said. “Butthe Athletics Departmentcomes in thinking they can getwhatever they want, and that’snot fair.”
Eaton said he would bemore careful mentioning sucha statistic in the future.
“Next time there won’t beany mention of the value ofthe seats, either in the presen-tation or the proposal,” Eatonsaid.
Kothari said the GSG wouldcontinue to pursue its resolu-tion opposing the fee increase.
GSG Director of OperationsRoberto Münster said he stillstands behind the resolutionbecause the purpose of theCommittee for the Review ofStudent Fees is for depart-ments to make their bestarguments for fees.
“You make a decision basedon the information presentedto you, and they presented theinformation poorly,” Münstersaid. “With the reasoning andinformation provided at thecommittee meeting, there’s noreason to approve the feeincrease.”
student buying less alcohol.Goldin said he spent $40 at abar in one night. But now, hechooses the cheaper nightlyspecials. Goldin has alsomade his visits to Chipotlemuch less frequent, optingto eat at the campus dinersinstead.
This trend does not sur-prise Douglas Gomery, aresident scholar at the Uni-versity of Maryland Libraryof American Broadcasting.He predicted that as thetroubled economy contin-ues, more people will stayhome and watch televisioninstead of going out as it is acheaper source of entertain-ment. The average house-hold watches TV for eighthours a day, a figure that islikely to rise, Gomery said.
“Despite all the changesthat has happened in the so-ciety in the last 50 years, TV
viewership has gone up,”Gomery said. “People are at-tached to television.”
Gomery referred to thestock market crash of 1987as a time when TV viewingincreased. He believes thistime around, history couldrepeat itself.
Sophomore journalismmajor Stephanie Goldbergused to spend her weekendsgoing out with friends; nowshe is only able to go once aweek. Goldberg said she isseeking cheaper alterna-tives to pass her time, suchas watching movies at otherpeople’s apartments and at-tending free sorority events.She said by going out less,she is probably saving $50 to$100 a week.
Hardin said the strug-gling economy has also im-pacted his social life. Ratherthan going out three or fourdays a week, he is now onlyable to party about twice a
month. Besides cutting back on
the late-night scene, stu-dents are finding other waysto save money. Hardin hasmoved back to his parents’house, after living in a Com-mons apartment for the pasttwo years. This will save himabout $700 a month, he said.Hardin has even stoppedpaying for a gym member-ship and instead uses freecampus facilities.
Some students, however,are unfazed by the financialcrisis. Tamima Ahmed, agraduate student studyingeducation policy, said shedoes not have to cut back be-cause she has always been acareful spender. She is, how-ever, concerned about herfuture career.
“I’m worried about peoplelosing their jobs,” she said.“And me trying to get one.”
Athletics clarifiesfee hike rationaleAssociate Director says increaseneeded to cover rising mandatory costs
CELEBRATING SUKKOT
Sophomore letters and sciences major David Richman shakes a gathering ofmyrtle leaves, willow leaves, a date palm branch and a citrus fruit to celebratethe Jewish holiday Sukkot. Yisroel Cohen (right), a rabbi in training, broughtthe items to students outside the South Campus Dining Hall to help themcelebrate. JAMES B. HALE /THE DIAMONDBACK
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Board agrees to dorm funding planthe state, which O’Malley sup-ports and Franchot opposes. Atone point, Franchot was pressingT. Eloise Foster, O’Malley’s budg-et and management departmentsecretary, over the revenue thestate would bring in from slotswhen O’Malley interjected.
“I think we can all agree we’llbe better off with slots revenuethan without it,” O’Malley said.
“Want to take a vote on that?”Franchot replied.
Franchot was referencing astudy recently released by agroup at the University of Mary-land, Baltimore County that sug-gested slots would bring in lessrevenue than the $660 millionstate budget analysts have pre-dicted. Franchot said the studyindicated the state would receiveabout $300 million a year in rev-enue, but that increased socialproblems like crime would costthe state about $300 million, mak-ing it a fiscal wash for the state.
Franchot also pointed out thatany revenue from slots won’thelp the state deal with its cur-rent fiscal problems becausemoney won’t start arriving forat least three years.
“Please do not think for a mo-ment they will allow us to avoid
the hard choices that lie ahead,”Franchot said.
The state’s financial situationis largely the result of a structuraldeficit created in 2002, when theambitious Thornton EducationPlan was enacted by the GeneralAssembly without accompany-ing funding. During a special ses-sion last fall, the state made $1.8billion in cuts and raised numer-ous taxes in order to decrease thedeficit, but the recent global fi-nancial collapse has led the stateinto a cyclical downturn.
On Tuesday, the Departmentof Legislative Services — a non-partisan policy analysis agency— projected the state would havea $1.3 billion deficit next year.Warren Deschenaux, the state’schief fiscal analyst, said thestate’s tuition freeze “needed tobe examined in light of the newfiscal reality.”
Student Government Associ-ation President Jonathan Sachssaid he believed the tuitionfreeze could continue, but headded it was more important todevelop a “sustainable, pre-dictable, affordable model forfunding higher education.”
The Bohanan Commission,which is charged with develop-ing just that, is scheduled to deliv-er its final report in December.
“There was a lot of pain allaround,” O’Malley told reportersafter the meeting. He pointed outthat 80 percent of the state’sbudget goes to education, publicsafety and health care, making ithard to cut without hitting thoseareas. He also said Maryland wasdoing much better fiscally thanother states like New York andCalifornia.
The Board didn’t approve Oak-land Hall at its last meeting twoweeks ago because Franchotwanted to know why the dormwasn’t going to be fundedthrough a private-public partner-ship like South Campus Com-mons and University Courtyards.
The university said a private-public partnership would be im-practical for the 650-bed dormbecause the residents — primari-ly freshmen — would have to paydifferent rents and sign differentleases under a private developerthan if the Department of Resi-dent Life controlled the dorm.
“In the quad we want to buildin, the dormitory model is whatis needed,” Joe Vivona, the uni-versity system’s chief operatingofficer, told the board. He alsosaid no state funds would be in-volved in building Oakland Hall— the money will come from stu-dent fees and room and board.
“We had a very good case formore housing, and we had cam-pus support for it, and we hadstudent support for it,” said Deb-orah Grandner, the director ofResident Life.
Two SGA members — Govern-mental Affairs Committee Mem-ber Elliot Morris and EllicottCommunity Legislator DmitriyPortnyagin — went to the meet-ing to support the project.
Sachs said he couldn’t go to themeeting but instead wrote a let-ter to Franchot expressing theneed for on-campus beds at theuniversity.
“There is already a great dealof uncertainty about living in Col-lege Park for students at our Uni-versity. Some students are unableto find affordable housing off-campus or are apprehensiveabout the dangerous nature ofCollege Park,” he wrote.
In the letter, Sachs included aphoto he took while campaigningof a white board containing a jokeabout a student who will have tolive on McKeldin Mall.
“I think between the letter andour presence there, it was defi-nitely helpful,” Sachs said.
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New alcoholic energydrink’s release delayed
BY BOBBY MCMAHONFor The Diamondback
Due to pressure from Mary-land’s attorney general andothers across the country,MillerCoors recently post-poned the release of its con-troversial alcoholic energydrink, Sparks Red.
But students are not con-vinced the drink poses any newhazards to their health.
In a letter dated Sept. 18,Maryland Attorney GeneralDouglas Gansler, along withattorneys general from 24states, asked MillerCoors to“refrain from introducingSparks Red to the marketplace”because it “mocks your com-pany’s oft-stated goal of pro-moting safe and responsibleenjoyment of its products.”
Gansler “has publicly voicedconcerns about the marketingand promotion of ready-to-drink alcoholic energy drinksfor more than a year,” specialassistant to the attorney generalMarlene Trestman wrote in ane-mail. “MillerCoors’announcement that itwould introduce yetanother alcoholicenergy drink to the mar-ket — with the highestalcohol content forSparks yet — compelledthe AG to take action byasking MillerCoors toreconsider.”
The worries from theattorneys general stemfrom Sparks Red’s highalcohol content and mixof stimulants — caf-feine, guarana and tau-rine — and a sedative: alcohol.The drink, originally slated tobe released Oct. 1, contains 8percent alcohol by volume,which is higher than the cur-rent versions of the beverage,including Sparks (6 percentABV) and Sparks Plus (7 per-cent ABV).
In a statement released mid-September, MillerCoorsannounced it was placing therelease of Sparks Red on hold“pending a dialogue with stateattorneys general,” but officialsfrom both sides said no date hasbeen set for a meeting. Thestatement claimed the drink’singredients had been approvedby the Alcohol and Tobacco Taxand Trade Bureau and stated
MillerCoors was “dedicated toensuring all of our brands aremarketed responsibly to legaldrinking age adults.”
Some students, though, areskeptical of the action by theattorneys general and areunconcerned with the higheralcohol content of Sparks Red.
Elena Komarova, a seniormath major, doesn’t think rais-ing the alcohol content to 8percent will make a significantdifference. She said she enjoysthe Smarties-like flavor of thecurrent version of Sparks andthinks it is a good drink forpre-gaming.
“It’s good when you’re tiredand you want to drink,”Komarova said. “That stuff willnever really get you drunk. Youcan only have one.”
But Kerry Green, an assistantprofessor in the School of Pub-lic Health, said public healthprofessionals do not fullyunderstand the true dangers ofthese drinks.
“The interaction [betweensedatives and stimulants] ispotentially dangerous, as
research has shown anassociation betweenthese types of drinksand risky behavior,”Green said. “The healthconsequences of com-bining multiple chemi-cals into a simple drinkhas yet to be studied in-depth, which raises a lotof red flags.”
While aware of theseconcerns, students men-tioned drinks already onthe market they feltwere more hazardous
than Sparks Red. “You can always mix vodka
and Red Bull, which is probablyworse for you,” senior journal-ism major Andrew Smith said.
While the cocktail of Red Bulland vodka is considered “verypopular” by employees at areabars, very few of the bars carrySparks, which is sold in 16-ounce cans. As for area liquorstores, few employees consid-ered the current Sparks a verypopular beverage.
“It’s somewhat popular,” saidJoanna Lee, an employee ofCollege Park Liquors. “We don’tsell a lot — probably less than acase a week.”
BOARD, from Page 1
Replacing Duncan could take until next summer
“There’s a lot of people work-ing on [East Campus]. Himleaving is a big loss to the proj-ect, but we’re going to do every-thing in our power not to let usget off course,” she said.
This same optimism holdstrue for Wylie’s outlook on therest of the university’s day-to-day operations. Dedicated staffand strong departments shouldbe able to continue their initia-tives despite Duncan’s resigna-tion, she said. Duncan was re-sponsible for managing the uni-versity’s human resources, facil-ities management, procurementand public safety departments.
“There are a lot of adjust-ments we have to make,” Motesaid, but he added Duncan’sresignation shouldn’t negative-ly impact the timelines for anymajor projects.
Frank Brewer, associate vicepresident for Facilities Manage-ment, worked closely with Dun-can on the East Campus devel-opment project. Both Brewerand University Policespokesman Paul Dillon saidDuncan’s strong interpersonalskills will be missed when heleaves in November.
“He was a great collabora-tor,” Dillon said. “He was greatat bringing different people to-gether. He’s going to be tough toreplace, honestly.”
Brewer and Dillon both ex-pressed confidence in Duncan’sreplacement but said he leavestough shoes to fill.
“He’s going to be difficult toreplace,” Wylie said.
Both Mote and Brewer citedDuncan’s ability to work withnearby governments such asthe College Park City Counciland Prince George’s county askey to his success.
Replacing Duncan could takeuntil next summer, Wylie said.
Mote said an interim replace-ment and a search committeewill be named next week. Forsuch a high-ranking position,the university is required to un-dergo a national search andplace advertisements in variouspublications.
Wylie expects the applicationprocess to end in early January,and interviews will continuethroughout the spring semester.
“We’ll move as fast as we can,just as fast as we possibly can,”she said.
Brewer served as interimvice president for administra-tive affairs before Duncan wasgiven the permanent job.
Duncan came to the universi-ty as a replacement for JohnPorcari, who resigned to be-come secretary of transporta-tion for Gov. Martin O’Malley(D)’s administration. Beforethat, Duncan was the Mont-gomery County executive,
where he was responsible forthe redevelopment of Down-town Silver Spring and workedclosely with Foulger-Pratt Argo,the same developer working onEast Campus.
Duncan also ran against O’-Malley in the 2006 Democraticgubernatorial primary, but hedropped out before the election,citing clinical depression. Dur-ing the race, he was a fierce crit-ic of slots in Maryland, an issueO’Malley now champions.Much of Duncan’s staff went towork for Comptroller PeterFranchot (D) — a leading figurein the anti-slots movement —and his campaign manager,Scott Arcenaux, is a strategistfor one of the main anti-slotsgroups, Marylanders United toStop Slots.
Last month, Duncan was in-volved in a dispute with P.J.
Hogan (D), a former Mont-gomery County legislator whois now a lobbyist for the Univer-sity System of Maryland. Dun-can told The Washington TimesHogan delivered a messagefrom O’Malley’s office threaten-ing Duncan’s job and fundingfor university construction proj-ects if Duncan appeared at aforum on the presidential elec-tion with former Gov. RobertEhrlich (R) or if he criticizedcurrent Montgomery CountyExecutive Ike Leggett for sup-porting the legalization of slotmachines. Hogan said he wasmerely offering Duncan friend-ly advice about how to make thetransition from being an electedofficial to a state employee.
The next day, Duncan apolo-gized for the “misunderstand-ing and resulting confusion,”according to a press release putout by the university and theuniversity system.
Mote said he didn’t think theevent had anything to do withDuncan’s resignation, thoughhe admitted there was a chanceit did.
Mote said he also wasn’t sureif Duncan was strugglingagainst the boundaries of hisapolitical position.
“It is true as a senior universi-ty official, you have no politicsor religion,” Mote said.
SGA debates merits ofanti-Juicy Campus bill
BY MICHAEL LEMAIREStaff writer
When SGA Greek Commu-nity Legislator Gabi Band ini-tially proposed a bill con-demning gossip website JuicyCampus, he thought the billwould pass without con-tentious debate.
But last night the bill thatpassed through the secondround of deliberations wasmarkedly different from theone Band initially introduced.
“I didn’t think the bill wasgoing to be as contentious, Ithought it would be a faux pasto say anything in favor of thewebsite considering the web-site has caused so many prob-lems throughout the country,”Band said.
Juicy Campus trumpets itsgoals and privacy policy on itshome page saying, “This is theplace to spill the juice about allthe crazy stuff going on at yourcampus. It’s totally anonymous— no registration, login, or e-mail verification required.”
As the website has spreadvirally, it has become a hot-button issue on the campusand in the SGA. Other studentgroups and the Greek commu-nity have rallied to have thebill banned, and the majorityof the SGA wishes to add itsvoice to the growing chorus ofdetractors. But other mem-bers, while agreeing the web-site has been used negatively,believe the website can servea positive purpose.
The title of the bill whenintroduced read “A Resolu-tion Condemning the WebsiteJuicycampus.com.” But afterbeing vetted by the CampusAffairs Committee last week,the phrase “Negative Use of”was put in front of “the Web-site.”
In addition to the namechange, two clauses Band saidwere integral to the bill’smeaning were cut. One read,“WHEREAS other organiza-tions are already exploringlegal action that can be takenagainst the website,” andanother read “WHEREAS sucha detrimental website shouldbe barred from having a Uni-
versity of Maryland account, ifnot completely terminated.”
SGA Senior Vice Presidentand Chair of the CampusAffairs Committee Joanna Cal-abrese said the committee’samendments were made underthe assumption that the bill vio-lated the First Amendment,which she recently learned isnot the case.
“We were uninformed,” Cal-abrese explained. “We wereworking under the assumptionthat the First Amendmentargument would kill the bill.We all hate the website; wewere just concerned that if wedidn’t change the wording thatpeople would assume we weretaking legal action.”
Since amending the bill,Calabrese has spoken to theOffice of Legal Aid and con-ducted research online. Shenow plans to make argumentsto the legislature to restorethe initial wording.
“If we inform the legislatureof what is going on with thewebsite nationally, thereshouldn’t be any debate,” Cal-abrese said. “Now, we are dis-cussing reverting the bill backto its original form with a fewamendments.”
Aside from the First Amend-ment argument, CampusAffairs Committee memberand Outlying Commuter Legis-lator Steve Glickman said it isnot the SGA’s place to pressurenon-student groups.
“We are not a police system;we are supposed to be lookingout for what the student bodythinks. Although the majorityof the student body probablydoesn’t like the website, wealso have to look out for thepeople who do,” Glickmanexplained. “We need to be ableto find a balance.”
The legislature plans to voteon the bill next week.
Band has promised to fightto have some of the languagechanged back to its originalform.
“We plan on making somechanges. We want to make thebill a little more loaded,”Band said.
DUNCAN, from Page 1 “Him leaving is abig loss to [the EastCampus project],but we’re going todo everything inour power not to letus get off course.”
Ann WylieUniversity President’s Chief of Staff
Igenerally try not to read the re-sponses to the online versions of mycolumns. All right, I’m full of crap— I check every 10 minutes to see if
anyone’s reading it at all. Unsurprisingly,I get a lot of angry messages. One of themon my Oct. 2 column, “The university:Imagining what it should be,” struck meas particularly interesting. A commenta-tor calling himself Jimmy Bones wrote,“My degrees from the University ofMaryland lose unrecoverable valueevery time this moron’s work is read byanyone anywhere.”
I think Bones is giving me a little toomuch credit here. The idea that corpo-rate hiring managers everywhere readmy column and, as a result, refuse to em-ploy university graduates assumes areadership and influence I’m not sure Ihave. But what’s really fascinating to meis the idea that anyone’s degree could“lose value.”
We hear a lot these days about the“value of a diploma.” The assumption isthat if you go to a school with a high level
of prestige, you’ll be more likely to get ahigh-paying job than if you graduatefrom a “lesser” school. Thus the differ-ence between a Yale diploma and onefrom this university should be measura-ble in terms of dollars made.
This is an incredibly convenient dis-tinction, because it doesn’t require thatanyone learn anything. This attitudeturns a college education into a simpleeconomic commodity. We pay our tuitionmoney and four years of our time (with acalculable opportunity cost) for a line onour resumé that should increase ourearning potential to an amount that ismore than we paid. That’s why college is
generally a good investment.Still, in the wake of the country’s eco-
nomic crisis, an Oct. 14 story in theChicago Tribune questioned whethersome students would benefit more fromgetting jobs than going to college.
This is a terribly sad view of higher ed-ucation. We don’t go to a diploma factory.How do you quantify a class or a profes-sor that turns your worldview upsidedown? How about a late-night dorm con-versation or a guest speaker? Hell, howdo you measure fraternity parties andtaking the drunk bus? You can’t.
Most of what we do during our days incollege isn’t measurable in terms of dol-lars. If you don’t allow for the possibilitythat you might just learn something newin college, then there’s no point in show-ing up. You’d be just as happy paying allthe tuition in a lump sum in exchange fora piece of paper.
Of course, there is some (sad) truth tothe commodification perspective. Corpo-rations do associate college names withquality graduates. But if the economists
are right, then these companies are miss-ing out and won’t be as effective as firmsthat look a little deeper. Is someone whoslept through their Ivy League classes amore valuable employee than a studentwho goes to a state school and stayed upall night debating class readings with hisor her roommates? I don’t think so.
Reducing time spent in college to adollar value that can be increased or de-creased by a school columnist is an insultto everyone who spends his or her lifetrying to expose students to new con-cepts and ideas. I imagine these studentslooking into teachers’ eyes and seeingnothing but dollar signs, listening to lec-tures and hearing nothing but the “cha-ching” of a cash register.
At the end of the day, a universitydiploma is valuable not for what’s meas-urable in dollars but for what isn’t.
Malcolm Harris is a sophomore Englishand government and politics major. Hecan be reached [email protected].
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Announcing his resignation yesterday, Vice President for AdministrativeAffairs Doug Duncan will leave some big shoes to fill. Although his 17-month stint at the university was relatively short, Duncan was still a tow-ering presence on the campus, placing himself at the center of the cam-
pus-wide debate on the Purple Line while orchestrating negotiations for EastCampus, the university’s most ambitious development project in 50 years.
In many ways, the former Montgomery County executive and Rockville mayorbrought an ideal resume to the position. He had the executive ex-perience necessary to head the university’s $1.3 billion budget.And he had local connections he banked on in working with EastCampus’ developer Foulger-Pratt Argo, who also remodeleddowntown Silver Spring when Duncan was county executive.
Still, Duncan never seemed to entirely shake his political pastas Mote’s number-three-in-charge, and his tenure does raisequestions about whether Mote should look for a replacement withsuch a political background. While Duncan supported an east-west rail link between Silver Spring and Bethesda as county exec-utive, his lively personality seemed to boil over early on in thePurple Line debates. Moreover, a spat last month with University System of Mary-land lobbyist P.J. Hogan spilled into the mainstream press. Though Duncan charac-terized the feud as a misunderstanding later on in a press release, in an interviewyesterday Mote said the incident “may have influenced [Duncan’s] thinking.”
But the importance of political connections for the job of vice president for ad-ministrative affairs cannot be overlooked. Transportation Secretary John Porcari,who preceded Duncan, came to the job with experience as transportation secre-
tary in the administration of former Gov. Parris Glendening. And Duncan’s re-placement will have to wrangle with a slate of hotly contested local issues, not onlyincluding East Campus and the Purple Line, but also the future of Route 1 and acontroversial Campus Connector road proposal.
The questions about the merits of picking a local politician ultimately boil downto whether a candidates’ past will hurt more than it will help. The answer will ob-viously depend on the person, but facing a state deficit of $1.3 billion, the universi-
ty would also be wise to look into a business-oriented selection.In 2003, the three finalists not selected to replace Porcari hadpreviously held top financial posts at other universities.
Whatever its considerations, we hope the administrationmoves quickly to find a suitable replacement for Duncan. Dun-can’s departure could not have come at a worse time for the uni-versity, as it begins to embark on a 10-year path toward the dra-matic changes the Strategic Plan outlines. Plus, as the universi-ty hits the halfway point in its $1 billion capital campaign, anopening in a top administrative post can’t look attractive todonors.
Duncan was selected to replace Porcari a little more than two months after Por-cari’s resignation, and we can see why they acted fast to choose him. But it’s un-likely a candidate with the political and executive credentials Duncan and Porcaripossessed will emerge again. It took the university two search committees and ayear and a half to settle on Porcari, and in this case, university officials won’t havethat kind of time luxury. They’ve set a summer 2009 target date for their choice.We’ll be holding them to it.
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My fifth-grade teacher fell offthe grid this summer afterit was found that she al-legedly sent a horribly vio-
lent letter to another congregant at hersynagogue, the same one I attendedwhile growing up.
“You should be taken out in front of afiring squad and shot to pieces,” said theletter, according to a Sept. 17 story inWashington Jewish Week. “You shouldbe thrown down from a stairway of steps,that your whole body should be sosmashed that no one should even recog-nize you — that’s what I am cursing you.”
What did the congregant do? Was shescrewing my teacher’s husband? Wasshe badmouthing her around town? No.My old teacher allegedly didn’t think thislady dressed modestly enough.
“My personal feeling, when I saw you[at synagogue], and how you weredressed, you have exhibited yourself as a
kosher prostitute, that you are really apunk and the scum of the earth,” readsthe letter.
When I hear stories like this one, andthere are many, it makes me crazy. Itmakes me glad that I’m not a part of reli-gion anymore. And after seeing comedi-an Bill Maher’s new documentary Re-ligulous earlier this week, I was sure themovie was going to only reinforce thatfeeling. I was planning on sitting downand canning mainstream religions.Maher’s film mocked as many religioussects as he could find clergymen to sitdown with him.
But as I thought about how I was goingto argue, I couldn’t help but think of allthe good that comes from religion, aswell.
From fundraising for charities to com-munity service projects, affiliations witha church, mosque or synagogue can do alot more good than bad. According to
Christian Charity World Vision, 300American churches closed their doors toprayer last Sunday to go out and servetheir respective communities instead.
Maher’s film largely shows the oppo-site, as charity stays on the backburner.The movie illustrates how the country’smost popular religions often preach in-tolerance and hate — and I’ve seen it per-sonally. While I was attending highschool in Maryland, my parents lived inMississippi. When I would occasionallyvisit, I would get a terrible feeling in mygut seeing the bumper sticker on their
neighbors’ car advertising www.god-hatesfags.com.
I know some portray god as violentand constantly dictating punishment forpeople who don’t follow his word. But theBible also preaches kindness. Churches,synagogues and mosques are constantlystepping in to fight poverty locally andglobally. Why can’t these charitableideals inspire as many people as reli-gion’s hate messages? Where’s the docu-mentary about that?
I can do without the Rapture, the 70virgins, reincarnation, heaven, hell andthe Second Coming. But I’m still glad thatin anticipation of the Rapture and the af-terlife, religious people do good in theircommunities and around the world tostay in god’s good graces.
Nathan Cohen is a junior economicsand journalism major. He can bereached at [email protected].
Religion: The good, the bad and the godly
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MALCOLMHARRIS
NATHANCOHEN
In response to Fenan Solomon’s Oct.10 column, “Health: Organic yet in-significant,” I would like to correct somemistakes to set the record straight on theissue of organic food, so students won’tthrow their soy milk (which can actuallybe organic or conventionally processed,just like cow’s milk) out the window, atleast not without some prior research.
Solomon asks, “Is organic food reallythat much better for you?” She quotesstatistics from two sources showing or-ganically grown produce has the samenutritional value as that grown conven-tionally, but let’s stop and consider some-thing. No matter how any vegetable isgrown, the nutritional content will be thesame. Organic food is not about potatoesthat suddenly have fewer calories, or ba-nanas that have double the potassium.
Organic food is about avoiding chemi-cals in forms such as fertilizers, pesti-cides, antibiotics, food additives andeven sewage sludge. In the short timethe effects of these have been studied onhumans, many scary things have beenfound. With research continuing in thisarea, I have no doubt there are many yetto be discovered effects, which willmake those who currently ignore organ-ic foods regret it later in life.
I don’t know where Solomon found thedata that allowed her to claim that pesti-cides have been “scientifically proven tohave insignificant health risks,” but aGoogle search will pull up many hitsfrom reputable scientific sources prov-ing otherwise.
More than 985 million pounds of pesti-cides are used in America to control in-sects in conventional agriculture. This is3.2 pounds of chemicals for each Ameri-can. 20 percent of these pesticides arecarcinogenic, according to the Environ-mental Protection Agency. Many of thesechemicals have other adverse health ef-fects, such as endocrine disrupters,which lead to early puberty in children.Organic agriculture, on the other hand,allows insects to remain in the fields tobreak down soil and control weeds. Withcareful control, our produce can begrown without these harmful chemicals.
Solomon also brings in the issue of fishcultivation, yet confuses an importantconcept: Food, whether meat, fish, fruitsor produce, can be produced organically,free range or in a way that is morallyconscious and sustainable. Those cate-gories can overlap, but they are all dif-ferent things.
I agree with Solomon that “every in-dustry is evil to a certain degree,” butthat doesn’t mean we should completelyignore their issues. For example, consid-er the clothing you’re wearing right now.It was most likely made in a sweatshop,in unsafe conditions, by workers who arepaid unlivable wages. Does that meanwe should go naked and refuse to everwear clothing? Or, on the contrary,should we say there’s nothing we can doand head to the mall to buy five shirts wemost likely don’t need? On both ac-counts, the answer is no, but we do havethe option not to purchase these clothesif we don’t agree with the productionethics behind them.
It is possible to buy food that is organ-ic, free-range and sustainable, or anycombination of those that matter to you,but it requires some research. I’m thefirst to admit eating in a morally con-scious way is expensive, especially forstudents, but we are lucky to havecheaper options such as the MarylandFood Co-Op in the Stamp Student Unionbasement or the College Park Farmers’Market every Saturday, in the HerbertWells Ice Rink parking lot.
Beg to differ? I’ll be at the Co-Op, eat-ing a delicious sandwich, where thetomatoes have nothing on them but theirskin and the lettuce won’t give me can-cer later in life. I’ll see you there.
Nehama Rogozen is a junior govern-ment and politics major. She can bereached at [email protected].
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NEHAMA ROGOZEN
Born today, you are likely tohave received some kind ofmessage when you wereyoung that compelled you
to move swiftly down a path thatwas, on the one hand, quite soli-tary at times and, on the other,quite satisfying in both profes-sional and personal terms. Despitethe sense of destiny that you haveat all times, remember that unlessyou dedicate yourself to a life ofhard work and tenacity, success isalmost certain to remain at a dis-tance, out of reach and out of yourlife. The combination of determi-nation and destiny will serve youwell.
You are never afraid of errors.You are quick to learn from them,and you would prefer to learnfrom mistakes and move forwardthan wait endlessly for things tocome your way. You are a proac-tive sort of individual, always will-ing to put into use the lessons youhave learned.
Also born on this date are: KellieMartin, actress; Angela Lansbury,actress; Suzanne Somers, actress,singer, entertainer; Tim Robbins,actor and director; Eugene O’Neill,playwright; Oscar Wilde, play-wright and humorist; Noah Web-ster, dictionary editor.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —You’re not one to take things tooseriously, and you’re not aboutto tolerate those who insist thatyou take on a sober demeanor.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Capricorn natives are mostlikely to express surprise ordissatisfaction as a result of
your words or actions. Increasecommunication.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Take advantage of your per-sonal standing. Certain privi-leges should be open to you andyou alone.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —You are intent on satisfyingyour own needs; don’t let yourcurrent selfishness become tooaggressive or transparent.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Don’t begin intruding on oth-ers. You’ll know when it is ap-propriate to make that call ordrop in for a visit.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —You’ll enjoy an opportunity toexpress yourself in ways youhave only imagined in the past.Numerous doors are openingup for you at this time.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —You’re wanting everyonearound you to give you all theanswers — but you should beperfectly able to come up withseveral for yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —Spend time out of doors, and
you’ll realize there’s more instore for you in the coming daysand weeks than you had re-membered.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Thetime has come for you to stopmaking excuses and begin mak-ing amends. Others are depend-ing on you for more than youare currently providing.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —You are likely to attract consid-erable attention. Strength andstamina are reaching a peak.You can take on more responsi-bility.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Youmay be unusually defensive,even a little paranoid. Don’t fireup the opposition unintention-ally at this time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Don’t let secondary or periph-eral activities sap your strengthor erode your enthusiasm forthose bigger things you have instore.
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Allen: Driver shortageequals job opportunitiesschedule.
Allen did not directly addressthese allegations but insteadacknowledged once again therewas a major driver shortage.
Allen said DOTS prefers not tohire full-time drivers when possi-ble to free up jobs for students.He added that only seven yearsago, the Shuttle-UM system wasdriven exclusively by 150 stu-dents. Today, the universityemploys about 70 students and 60full-time bus drivers.
Allen said having open shiftsprovides work opportunities forstudents looking to start a job mid-semester or for current employeesto take on extra work.
“We want there to be studentemployment and student manage-ment opportunities,” Allen said.
Allen suggested the increasingacademic rigor of the campus hasdiscouraged students from the$10-an-hour job. He said as theeconomy gets worse, DOTS maytry to find more financial incen-tives for students to join the busforce. Allen said one idea is to payfor drivers’ tuition in addition toan hourly wage, but he said thedepartment would continue to dis-cuss several options.
DOTS also said it is having trou-ble retaining drivers.
“We’re always going to havepeople graduating or on studyabroad,” DOTS Staffing ManagerMichelle Cardoso said. “Peopledon’t stay here for more than fouryears.”
She said despite low retention,
she hadn’t gotten any complaintsabout abbreviated breaks or driv-ers’ unfairly long hours, thoughshe added student drivers wouldlikely complain to their studentmanagers first if there were anyproblems.
When bus drivers commit to paidtraining with DOTS, they sign atwo-semester commitmentacknowledging they’ll have $2,000charged to their student account ifthey get fired or quit before thecontract expires, Allen said.
DOTS requires students to work12 hours a week and caps studentsat 20 hours a week, according toAllen and Cardoso.
However, the anonymous full-time driver said he was workingat least 25 hours a week while hewas an undergraduate student atthe university.
“We try not to put any unneces-sary pressure on students’ lives,”Cardoso said.
But some full-time drivers feel-ing the strain are advocating achange in the Shuttle-UM system.
“They don’t deal with the prob-lem and reduce services becausethe administration said they weregoing to increase the routes,” saidthe bus driver.
The driver advocated reducingthe routes to lessen the strain onthe drivers and the department.
“There are routes that don’t getenough ridership to justify theirexistence,” he said. “There is apressure from upper managementto make ends meet without theproper resources.”
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Satellites to predict cholera outbreaksPATSY MORROW
Staff writer
Rita Colwell has savedhundreds, possibly eventhousands, of lives using cot-ton saris and satellites.
Colwell, a distinguisheduniversity professor, hasconducted research oncholera for 30 years and hasrecently been working onusing satellite data to createa model to predict choleraoutbreaks four to six weeksbefore they happen.
“It allows the opportunityto do preemptive medicine,”Colwell said. “If you are ableto predict very precisely,people listen.”
Cholera, an infection thatcan kill a person from severedehydration within 48 hours,is a prevalent public healthproblem in developing coun-tries. The infection is causedby Vibrio cholerae, a natu-rally occurring marine or-ganism. When people drinkcontaminated water fromrivers and streams, they in-gest the organism.
In developed countriessuch as the United States,water is filtered and chlori-nated, killing any V. choleraein drinking water. Thoughdeveloping countries usuallydo not have the means tobuild a complex filtrationsystem, it turns out they donot need one — they can usesimple saris.
“It is so simple; it doesn’tcost a penny,” said AnwarHuq, a resident associateprofessor and one of Col-well’s colleagues. “Thecheapest kind work best.”
A sari, a staple clothingitem in Bangladesh, whereColwell’s research tookplace, can be folded to makea crude filtration system. V.cholerae attach themselvesto copepods, small crus-taceans found in nearlyevery aquatic habitat. Eventhough the saris are just cot-ton cloth, they create a smallmesh when folded. When thewater is poured through asari, the copepods — andsubsequently the V. cholerae— are filtered out of the
water. Through this simplemeasure, cholera cases werereduced by 50 percent, Col-well said.
However, Colwell said shethinks cholera could be fur-ther reduced by an earlywarning system.
Colwell and her team usesatellites to collect data onthe temperature, salinityand amount of chlorophyll —a value highly linked to thelevel of algae — in bodies ofwater. If there is a lot ofalgae, the zooplankton popu-lation will spike, becausezooplankton feed on algae.When the zooplankton popu-lation increases, so does theV. cholerae population.
Colwell and other scien-tists are working to developa model to effectively use thesatellite images to predictwhen and where cholera out-breaks will strike.
“If we develop a model,we should be able to predictcholera all over the world,”Huq said.
Cholera organisms areseasonal and rely on the per-
fect blend of temperature,salinity and nutrition. Huqsaid the ideal temperaturefor cholera is around 77 de-grees Fahrenheit. With glob-al warming, more watersaround the world are becom-ing warmer and more con-ducive to cholera outbreaks.The cholera organism isfound in “virtually every es-tuary in the world,” includ-ing the Chesapeake Bay, Col-well said, but usually doesnot multiply and reach num-bers high enough to infecthumans. If the climatechanges, however, choleraoutbreaks could happen incountries — including theUnited States — that havenot seen a cholera outbreakin the past 100 years.
“During peak summerseason in Ocean City, Md., ifthere is a report of a choleraoutbreak, this is enough tocreate a huge impact onbeachgoers,” Huq said. “Ifwe can predict, at least wecan be careful.”
Students still fear areas that were addressed last year
expressed concerns aboutlighting behind FraternityRow, the Leonardtown apart-ments and the bridge behindthe Eppley Recreation Centerand Comcast Center. Thosesites were also targeted yes-terday, especially Leonard-town and the area behindFraternity Row which werethe most popular sites chosenby students.
Brandt said not all theproblems identified at theevent can be fixed quickly.The university also imple-ments longer-term projectsaimed at improving safety,he said.
He said improvements tothe campus safety are madeeach year, using lighting im-provements made to thebridge between the ERC and
Comcast as an example. Hesaid trees were cut back andanother light was installedafter last year’s Safety Walk.
“If you look at a picture ofthat bridge from last year, youcan see that trees had growntightly all around the bridgeand that all the lights shone inone direction,” Brandt said.“If you go and look now, youcan see the marks where thetrees have been cut down andthey put one extra light facingthe other direction. All of thiswas a product of this program.
“So now, when you look atthat map, there is one pin.Last year there were 20 pinsthere, so that is a quick suc-cess story.”
Though officials weren’tsure when the event began,Brandt said holding it everyyear allows police to look at anumber of campus locations
from different perspectives.“I have been a police offi-
cer here for 29 years, but Imay not notice that one lightthat has burned out that youwalk by everyday,” Brandtexplained. “So if you get freshpeople to ask new questions,then we can make the campusa little bit safer each time.”
Student Government As-sociation Senior Vice Presi-dent Joanna Calabrese, whoplanned this year’s event,echoed many of Brandt’ssentiments.
“My goal for Safety Walkand Bringing Safety Back wasto avoid repeating the samelocations and concepts, be-cause that way we can buildon what we did in previousyears,” she explained.
But both Brandt and Cal-abrese said it can be difficultto differentiate areas where
students feel physically un-safe and areas that are per-ceived to be unsafe. Trying toaddress a middle ground be-tween the two makes theSafety Walk more difficult,Calabrese said.
“It’s a balancing act,” shesaid. “A lot of students natu-rally feel unsafe in areas thatmight be dark or feel claus-trophobic. We tried to plan thewalk keeping in mind thoseperceptions, and also areaswith high crime rates.”
Brandt said police work toaddress safety concerns, per-ceived or otherwise.
“There may not even beany crime in that area, but ifstudents perceive the area tobe unsafe, it is my job to tryand see what we can do tocorrect that,” Brandt added.
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What strange, psychedelic mess hath the Flaming Lips wrought? Afterabout seven years in development, three years after shooting wrapped,the band’s passion project, Christmas on Mars, is set to hit DVD shelves
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BY ZACHARY HERRMANNSenior staff writer
It’s only fitting the Americanpublic should get a simple-mindedbiopic to match its intellectuallyhandicapped commander in chief.
From its inception, OliverStone’s President Bush film, W.(apparently Bushwhacked was al-ready taken), seemed like a losingproposition. With no time left forintrospection and even less re-served for editing, the dilapidatedlook at the president’s rise topower and decision to invade Iraqcomes out as a second-rate re-cre-ation more than anything else.
This is not so much Stone’sseething shot at the titular charac-ter in Nixon as just a limp trodthrough all the familiar mile mark-ers we’ve read about. StanleyWeiser’s (Rudy: The Rudy GiulianiStory) script has all the telltalesigns of topical television drama,pumped out to ensure relevanceabove all else.
At the heart of Weiser’s Bushtale is a lifelong struggle betweenfather and son, apparently themost prominent reason the cur-rent president chose to finishPoppy’s (Bush Two’s name forBush One) business in Baghdad.While the factual validity is sus-pect (elsewhere in the film, too),the Freudian battle yields a few ofW.’s finer moments.
Skirting any inclination toward
Dana Carvey’s spot-on Papa Bush,James Cromwell (Tortured) deliv-ers the film’s best performance.His detached feelings towardGeorge, in preference for the rela-tively adept brother Jeb, providethe great tension necessary for thewhole story (in other words, histo-ry as posited by Weiser) to unfoldas it did.
Rather than rip Bush (JoshBrolin, American Gangster) a newone, Stone tries to paint a psycho-logically compelling reason for thepresident’s misdeeds. Tackling theincredibly thankless job of playingthe lead, Brolin teeters betweencaricature and a fairly earnest por-trayal. If he falls just short of sell-ing the president as a tormentedsoul, the blame falls harder on theshortcomings of the script.
Close your eyes — or at leastsquint them a tad — and the re-semblance to the real Bush is un-canny. But W. loses credibility in-stantly for surrounding Brolin witha cabinet of failing mimics.
They’re all there: CondoleezzaRice (a simply terrible ThandieNewton, RocknRolla), Dick Ch-eney (Richard Dreyfuss, Signs ofthe Time), Colin Powell (JeffreyWright, Blackout), Donald Rums-feld (Scott Glenn, The Bourne Ul-timatum), Karl Rove (TobyJones, City of Ember) and themany others.
Outside of the White House cast,Elizabeth Banks (Lovely, Still)
shines through her costars asLaura Bush. All too quickly,though, she recedes into the shad-ow of her husband’s ascensionthrough politics, leaving somepretty compelling marital territo-ry largely unexplored.
While we go through Bush’sgreatest hits on his path to re-demption — from frat-boy alco-holic to governor — Stone takes usback to the sadly inauthenticWhite House cabinet sessions heldfrom 2002 through the 2003 inva-sion. In Bush’s past we discoververy little aside from his laundrylist of pre-executive f----ups, allfairly well documented in non-Hollywood channels.
Emboldened by the benefit ofhindsight, Stone and Weiser effec-tively undo most of the pathosthey build up for the presidentwith cheap asides and forcedBushisms, none half as clever asanything this side of The DailyShow, or even Saturday NightLive, for that matter. The utterridiculousness of the Bush admin-istration circus ultimately losesfocus as it lulls into boredom bythe second half of the film.
It’s not so much of a stretch tosee Rumsfeld reduced to a senilecoot, Cheney elevated to supervil-lain proportions or Bush as a manseriously bummed when his re-
sponsibilities become too grave.And maybe that’s where W. goeswrong. The script plays out rough-ly as one would expect it to, spicedup here and there with some spec-ulative dream sequences involvingbaseball stadiums, shattered hopesand an imposing father.
In lieu of giving his audiencesomething they couldn’t alreadyanticipate, Stone opts for an incon-sistent, off-kilter visual approach.Cinematographer Phedon Pap-michael (3:10 to Yuma) shifts hisfocus in and out with an avant-garde touch, often isolating char-acters (especially Bush) with ex-treme wide-angle lenses.
Stone and Papmichael have afew worthy tricks up their sleeves.The seamless integration of Brolininto the 2003 State of the Unionspeech and the notorious “MissionAccomplished” declaration is pret-ty remarkable. But the gimmick isnothing new (see Woody Allen’sZelig) nor a worthy enough causeto carry an entire Bush biopic.
Contrary to the pre-releasebuzz, Stone has failed to deliveranything too radical or controver-sial. There’s no question aboutwhere the director’s allegiancesgo, but cinematically, he’s coppedout by playing to the middle.
REVIEW | W.
SKIMMING HISTORY,DERAILING THE CHIEF
Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic, W., proves neither insightful nor inciting
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Lampooning the powermenand the money-go-round
Director Barry Levinson shoots for Hollywood satire but justcontributes another lame star-fest to Tinseltown’s fall slate
BY VAMAN MUPPALAFor The Diamondback
The movie industry is often thechief satirical target of, well, themovies. The maxim of “write whatyou know” is evidenced in every-thing from Singin’ in the Rain in1952 to recent fare such as Adapta-tion and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Film-makers are simply unable to resistthe allure of mocking a world inwhich vain, greedy and sometimesstupid people are often allowed todecide both the fate of billions ofdollars and the artistic future ofAmerican cinema.
In What Just Happened, BarryLevinson — a longtime director ofperfectly middlebrow fare, such asThe Natural and Rain Man — worksoff a script based on producer ArtLinson’s tell-all memoir, What JustHappened? Bitter Hollywood Talesfrom the Front Line. The veterandirector enlists a large ensemble ofA-list actors to create yet anothercritique of what Hunter S. Thomp-son termed “the cruel and shallowmoney trench” that employs them.
The protagonist of the film is Ben(Robert De Niro, Righteous Kill), adecent if flawed movie producerwho is slowly devoured by both theindustry and his personal life.Among the typical crises that Benmust deal with are a vitriolic andnarcissistic Bruce Willis (playinghimself, Live Free or Die Hard)refusing to shave for a role, a drug-addicted director (Michael Wincott,The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)fighting to keep a controversial cli-max involving dog-killing in hismovie and an ex-wife (Robin WrightPenn, Beowulf) sleeping with hismarried screenwriting friend (Stan-ley Tucci, Space Chimps).
On its surface, What Just Hap-pened is a rather broad comedy.
Every character in the film ismocked mercilessly, especially JohnTurturro’s (Miracle at St. Anna)meek and cowering agent, who is sostressed by Hollywood he developsstomach ulcers that cause him toinvoluntarily produce choking noises.
De Niro, however, does not handlehis comedic load very well. Thesatirical chops he displayed soadeptly in his previous Levinson col-laboration, Wag the Dog, are largelyabsent. He delivers a few zingers,but his performance is mostly sub-dued and bland, causing a largemajority of his jokes to fall flat anddie. Throughout the movie, onecould not help but wonder how the
actor who was TravisBickle and Jake
LaMotta could have such troublebringing energy to his performance.
This sleepwalking approach toacting also affects the vast major-ity of the cast and is the foremostflaw of What Just Happened.Every actor knows what arche-type they are supposed to be play-ing — perhaps because they haveall done it before — but they can-not bring anything fresh to theirperformances.
For example, Willis poking funat himself by throwing tantrumsand demolishing wardrobesshould be funny, but the gag sim-ply does not work. Willis is too in
on the joke, and so is the audi-ence. What Just Happened’ssatire falls flat.
The film’s saving grace is theunderlying weariness and melan-choly of select sequences. Whenthe jokes stop, the pace slows andLevinson’s camera lingers on alonely De Niro driving against theLos Angeles skyline, one seeswhat the film could have been.
Instead, What Just Happenedends up exactly the type ofgeneric staid movie that its char-acters would be apt to produce.
Bruce Willis portrays a fictional version of himself in What Just Happened. Refusing to shave his beard for a role, Willistears in to Ben (Robert De Niro), an increasingly disillusioned producer. COURTESY OF MOVIEWEB
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Long-snappers protecting a streakolder brother Kyle and was the long-snapper before Schmitt took over in 2005.Condo, who did not return several phonecalls, now snaps for the Oakland Raidersbut still keeps in regular contact with hisformer protégé.
“Jon was the guy who, for the five yearshe was here playing, I hung out with a lotwhen I came down,” Schmitt said. “I’dpick his brain every chance I could whenI was down at games. He kind of showedme the ropes early and his work ethic to-wards everything, not just long-snapping,just football in general was really some-thing I tried to take to heart.”
The apprenticeThis season and last, Schmitt has
switched roles, with Downs serving as hisapprentice. The two did not play togetherfor the Derry Area Trojans, but Downsknew of Schmitt because he was the onlyfootball player from the high school to at-tend a major university for football.
The senior Schmitt has shown Downsthe ropes this season as he prepares tohand him the long-snapping duties.
“I try to be tough on Tim, try to let himknow that he’s got a legacy to carry on,”Schmitt said.
“Constructive criticism,” said Downs.
“Basically he’s like the big brother rightthere making sure I do the right thingsand not the wrong things.”
While Schmitt wasn’t heavily recruitedas a long-snapper, Downs was rated theNo. 6 long-snapper in the nation by for-mer Oakland Raider Ray Guy after at-tending a camp hosted by the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame punter.
“I knew who he was, so I YouTubedhim, and that’s how I found out moreabout him,” Downs said. “But through-out the camp, you never think you’dsee a 65-year-old guy punt a footballstill as well as him.”
So, if there ever were such a thing as aheralded long-snapper prospect, Downswould be it. When it came time to pickwhere he would snap in college, he onlyhad to think back to hearing aboutSchmitt, who was also friends withDowns’ older brother.
“Not a lot of people from our town go toout-of-state schools or play sports in col-lege,” Downs said. “It showed me thatpeople from a small town can make itsomewhere else.”
No glory and no mistakesOne place Schmitt isn’t likely to be,
whether the Terps win or lose thisweekend against No. 21 Wake Forest,is the next day’s newspaper.
That is, unless the fifth-year seniordoes something he hasn’t done his en-tire career — mess up. During a seasonwhere consistency has been in shortsupply for the Terps, Schmitt, knownas “Dewey” in the Terp locker room,has been its model.
“You never know ’til you don’thave one what the luxury is of hav-ing a good long-snapper, and he’sdefinitely been consistent over hiscareer,” first-year special teamscoach Danny Pearman said.
For Schmitt, a quarterback in highschool, playing the position was differ-ent, but necessary.
Early on, he played safety on theTerps’ scout team. But he knew if hewanted to play, it would have to be atlong-snapper.
“I became a long-snapper [in highschool] because I was a quarterbackand I had the strongest arm on theteam, so they told me to bend over andthrow it between my legs,” Schmittsaid. “I kind of taught myself how to doa lot of things, and then once I got here,I learned more technique.”
A lineage of successSince taking over the long-snapping
duties in 2005 as a redshirt freshman,Schmitt has continued a nation-long 104-game streak in which the Terps have nothad a punt blocked. Yet he plays one ofthe few positions in sports where perfec-
tion can go relatively unnoticed by thoseoutside the locker room.
“It’s kind of an all-in opportunity everytime they’re out there,” Pearman said. “Ifit’s a field goal, he’s a part of the batterythat either makes points or doesn’t makepoints. If he’s a part of the punt team, he’sa part of the team that either gets us goodfield position or doesn’t. So it’s kind of awin or lose. There’s not as much grayarea as there is at other positions.”
The streak began in 1999 under then-special teams coach Ray Rychleski andcontinued when Condo took over thelong-snapping duties in 2001. Schmitthopes to pass down not only the streak,but the same lessons he learned fromCondo to Downs.
“There’s a lot of pride in it and it’sthe one thing that a long-snapperwould, other than of course being bad,that would get you in the paper,”Schmitt said. “It’s something that I tryand show my pride and passion for toTim and pass it on to him.”
If recent history is any indicator,Downs will succeed at the position.And maybe other college footballteams can head to Derry when theyneed a long-snapper.
“Probably,” Pearman said, “some-thing’s in the water or the milk up there.”
[email protected] Andrew Schmitt (No. 31) has taken freshman Tim Downs (No. 64), from the same small Pennsylvania town, under his wing and istraining him to take over next season and inherit the active record for most consecutive unblocked punts. JACLYNBOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Freshman long-snapper Tim Downswill inherit the starting position fromsenior Andrew Schmitt next season.JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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per game through the season’s firstfour contests, but the running gamehas struggled in the last two, culmi-nating in a season-low 79-yardeffort against Virginia.
Friedgen’s remedies were thelineup change and an increasedfocus on footwork and technique.
“It’s not where I’d like it to beyet,” Friedgen said. “But it’s a lotbetter than what it was.”
Thomas said the line needs tomake a statement against WakeForest on Saturday and show it canstay consistent for a full game forthe first time all season.
No matter who is playing Satur-day, Thomas said the last twoweeks should help the Terps pickup their play.
“It’s something we needed,”Thomas said. “We had to getback to the basics. Sometimeswhen you get older you start tofocus on other things and forgetabout fundamentals. We neededto refocus.”
Secondary restThe Terp secondary also bene-
fited from a week off to get healthy.The unit has been hit by early-
season injuries causing a lot of dif-ferent players to see the field and afew players to stay on the fieldmost of the game.
While Friedgen did not updatethe Terps’ injury status Wednes-day, he did say cornerback Nolan
Carroll, who missed the last threegames with an ankle injury, shouldbe ready to play even if he is not100 percent.
Friedgen also lamented thatsafety Terrell Skinner, who missedtime earlier this season with a highankle sprain, is still not playing aswell as he did to begin the season.
The team has used safety JamariMcCollough, who leads the teamwith three interceptions, as a cor-nerback in the last two games.Friedgen said the move was aneffort to get his best players on thefield. McCollough came to theTerps as a cornerback beforeswitching to safety, where heentered the season third on thedepth chart.
Cornerback Kevin Barnes saidthe bye week has left the second-ary in its best position since therash of injuries knocked Carrolland Skinner temporarily out ofaction and defensive backsRichard Taylor and DominiqueHerald out for the year.
“We have a lot deeper rotationnow that the younger guys haveexperience,” Barnes said.
But that doesn’t mean Barnes,who has played nearly every downfor the Terps throughout the sea-son, is ready for a rest againstWake Forest.
“I don’t want to come out of thegame,” Barnes said. “I don’t wantguys to get hurt, but I like to stay inthere. I was fine the last fewgames.”
The Swank questionOne of the biggest mysteries
heading into Saturday’s game isthe status of former first-teamAll-ACC kicker Sam Swank.
The senior who also handlespunting duties missed the DemonDeacons’ win over Clemson lastThursday after straining his rightquadriceps in practice. He islisted as questionable for Satur-day’s game.
“That’s a big injury rightthere,” Friedgen said. “He reallyimpacts the game not only scor-ing points and kickoffs, but alsowith field position on his punting.We’ll have to keep a close eye onthat.”
Redshirt freshman kickerShane Popham replaced Swankagainst the Tigers and convertedtwo of his four field goalattempts with one of his shortmisses coming on a botchedsnap.
Wake Forest coach Jim Grobesaid during a teleconferenceWednesday he was not sure if theDemon Deacon’s career leader inpoints would be ready to playagainst the Terps.
Friedgen, who called Swankthe best kicker in the country,said he expects to see Swankback in the lineup.
“I don’t believe any of it,”Friedgen said. “I’m planning onhim playing.”
Now they’re taking on theACC’s second-best defense, as theCavaliers (10-2-1, 4-1-0 ACC)have allowed just 0.62 goals pergame this season.
The Cavalier defense hasbeen stingy and dominant inprotecting goalkeeper CelesteMiles, who is just ninth amongACC netminders in save per-centage. The Cavaliers’ smoth-ering defensive style limits scor-ing opportunities for opponents.
“Virginia does not give awaymany opportunities in the back,”coach Brian Pensky said.“They’ve only allowed 26 shots ongoal in 13 games.”
If the Cavs defense plays upto its billing, the Terps knowthey’ll have to make each op-portunity count.
To create more scoringchances, the Terps have been try-ing to improve all facets of theiroffense. By working on every-thing from through balls to setpieces to finishing, they’re hopingto be more dangerous in the Cava-liers’ third of the field.
“We’ve tried to refine our for-wards’ runs this week in training,”Pensky said of some changes theoffense has worked on. “We’vealso worked on our restarts, bothfrom service and finishing stand-points. I’m confident we’ll see adifference.”
As if finding ways to score goalsagainst the Cavaliers defensewasn’t enough to worry about, theTerps will also have their handsfull on defense. They’ll be focusedon slowing down one of the ACC’smost prolific scorers in forwardMeghan Lenczyk.
The sophomore leads theCavs with 10 goals this seasonand commands a double teamup front, opening up space forher teammates.
But the defense has been solidof late, allowing only two goals inthe last three games. If the Terpsare to stage the upset tonight, it’sgoing to be their offense thatneeds to set the pace and createscoring chances to relieve thepressure off the defense.
“We can’t be passive,” Penskysaid. “The more they’re able to es-tablish a rhythm, the more danger-ous they become. So we have totake the game to them.”
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Nolan Carroll is one of several Terp secondary members returning after the bye week. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Secondary getting healthy
Muracco’s biggame pushedTerps to win
BY MICHAEL KATZStaff writer
At one point during the 5-0 drubbing the Ter-rapin field hockey team handed No. 12 Prince-ton, Nicole Muracco turned to back Ali Morawskion the bench.
The junior forward made a simple observationabout her team.
“I told [Morawski], ‘If we play this way all thetime, we are a really, really good team,’” she said.
And if Muracco continues to play as she didTuesday, look out.
Muracco poured in four goals against a Tigerdefense that had no answer to her presence in thecircle. While nobody expects Muracco to regu-larly match that torrential pace, her offensiveproductivity goes a long way in opening up theTerp attack.
Opposing defenses are often bent on slowingforward Katie O’Donnell and back Susie Rowe,leaving Muracco free to take her defender one-on-one to the goal or slip unnoticed into the circle.Tuesday, Muracco buried two open shots after as-sists from O’Donnell.
“I always know where [Muracco] is going to be,”O’Donnell said. “She’s always up there with me.Sometimes she checks the goalkeeper, and othertimes she’s there for the pass. It’s a connection thathas always been there.”
And when Muracco receives a pass in the circle,she knows what to do with it.
The junior has had no problem finding the backof the net this season, and after Tuesday’s output,she is the team’s second-leading goal scorer.
While the four-goal outburst came in a lopsidedgame against an overmatched Tigers team, Murac-co’s shooting ability has come up big in the clutchthis season as well.
Her goal with just over 11 minutes left againstthen-No. 14 American provided the Terps with thenecessary insurance to hold on for a 2-1 victory onSept. 17. Weeks later, against then-No. 10 Virginia,Muracco deflected in a shot by back EmmaThomas to tie the game with 4:15 remaining. TheTerps went on to win in overtime.
Muracco also boasts the highest shooting per-centage (.318) of any Terp with at least 10 shots. Attimes, the Terps have had trouble capitalizing onscoring chances, making Muracco’s ability to finisha prized commodity.
“Sometimes, half the struggle is to get the ball upto the forwards,” goalkeeper Alicia Grater said.“For [Muracco] to be able to finish the way shedoes, it’s really important. [Muracco] did a greatjob in the circle [against Princeton] in terms of get-ting open then putting the ball in the net.”
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School Record Prev.6. Texas A&M (12-1-1) 77. USC (11-1-1) 58. Florida State (10-2-1) 99. Duke (11-2-1) 1110. Florida (11-2-1) 12Sports
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Campbell to start at left tackleTERRAPIN FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Sophomore tackle Bruce Campbell is getting a chance to start. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY ERIC DETWEILERSenior staff writer
As the Terrapin offensive line has strug-gled the last few games, coach RalphFriedgen has preached a return to funda-mentals rather than making changes to aunit featuring four senior starters.
But after stressing the basics throughoutthe team’s off week, which has includedwork on the blocking sleds in all five prac-tices since a 31-0 loss to Virginia, Friedgenis finally ready to make a personnel move.
Yesterday, Friedgen announced sopho-more Bruce Campbell will start at lefttackle with Scott Burley moving to righttackle in place of Dane Randolph.
Campbell, a four-star recruit whoattended Hargrave Military Academyafter high school for one season, said hehas been working for the opportunity tostart since spring practice. After beingforced into action last year as a true fresh-man because of injuries on the team, the 6-foot-7, 285-pounder is ready to step in andcontribute.
He’s not “going off the wall” like he wasbefore his first start last season.
“I just want to play,” Campbell said. “I’mnot overexcited, because I started lastyear. I’m just trying to go with the flownow, be laid-back and chill.”
Campbell, who has earned praise as apass blocker who needs to improve his runblocking, said the line has stuck togetherthrough the last five practices and willremain united through the changes.
Guard Jaimie Thomas, who will playbeside Campbell on the line, said the newstarter stepped up his efforts in practiceand will fit smoothly into the Terp gameplan.
“Bruce has played last year and thisyear,” Thomas said. “He’s ready to go. It’snot like we’re throwing a true freshman inthere.”
The line paved the way for 197.3 yards
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Forward Annesia Faulkner and the Terp offense are facing the second-best defense in the ACC tonight. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK
Women’s soccer tacklingtop-tier Cavalier defense
BY DAN MORRISONStaff writer
For a team that’s struggled toscore goals all season, the lastthing the Terrapin women’ssoccer team wants to see is oneof the nation’s best defenses.
But that’s what they’ll getwhen No. 12 Virginia travels toCollege Park tonight to take onthe Terps at 7 p.m.
The Terps (5-7-1, 1-4-0 ACC)have had plenty of problemsscoring, regardless of defense.They’ve only scored 23 goals in13 games this season, with 10of those goals coming in a
blowout win against Mount St.Mary’s. They’ve managed onlyone goal in five ACC games.
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Terps vs. VirginiaWhere: Ludwig Field
When: Tonight, 7 p.m.Radio: WMUCsports.com