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BY GREG SCHIMMELSenior staff writer
Gary Williams’ Lenco Bearcatarmored vehicle was too heavy todrive onto the court at ComcastCenter.
The Terrapin men’s basketballcoach rode in the tank along thesideline when he made his much-anticipated entrance at MarylandMadness on Friday night, but hesimply waved from out the hatch,crawled out the back and walkedonto the court to address thecrowd.
The annual event, which servesas the formal introduction of theTerrapin men’s and women’s bas-ketball teams, had most of its typi-cal performances, gimmicks andscrimmages Friday. But the event
lacked its usual flair, and manystudents said they left disap-pointed.
The armored vehicle, with ablatant Under Armour advertise-ment on its side, was just one ofseveral parts of the show fans feltmissed its mark.
“It’s hyped up a lot, and I thinkthat it’s the same thing a lot everyyear,” sophomore letters and sci-ences major Adam Hammer said.
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Man sexually assaults studentOff-campus female wakes to man in her bed; police say perpetrator isn’t the ‘cuddler’
BY KYLE GOONStaff writer
Police are investigating a sexualassault on Saturday morning inOld Town College Park in which aman came into the victim’s bed-room while she was sleeping and
groped her.A female student woke up at 4
a.m. to find a man in her bed at herresidence on Columbia Avenue,near the College Park Metro Sta-tion. The man touched her inappro-priately, then got out of the bed andleft the room, police said.
Prince George’s County PoliceDistrict 1 Assistant CommanderCapt. Daniel Lipsey emphasizedinvestigators do not believe the inci-dent is related to a chain of sexualassaults and voyeuristic distur-bances dating back to the fall of2006 perpetrated by a man infor-
mally dubbed by police as the “cud-dler.”
Lipsey said the investigation wascomplicated by a delay in the reportof the crime. The delay meant thepolice were limited to canvassing
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Strategicplan getsRegents’approvalMote: USM support willhelp win over legislators
BY KEVIN ROBILLARDSenior staff writer
The Board of Regents unanimouslyvoted to endorse the university’sstrategic plan on Friday, a move uni-versity President Dan Mote said willhelp the university sell the plan tostate lawmakers.
The strategic plan is the university’splan for the next 10 years, and includesambitious goals for recruiting morestudents, raising funds, improving aca-demic programs and funding research.But the plan relies on the universityreceiving an extra $40 million in statefunds each year than it currently does.
The endorsement from the Board of
Gluten-freefoods to bekept separate
BY SAM TAUTEStaff writer
Students frustrated with the lack ofoptions at the dining halls should con-sider the plight of sophomore publichealth major Nicole Sedaka.
“I’ve never gotten anything from thesandwich station or the place wherethey cook the quesadillas,” she said,explaining some dining options she hasbeen cut off from.
Sedaka is one of 25 students withcampus meal plans who have identifiedthemselves to Dining Services as hav-ing celiac disease, a condition whichprevents them from consuming gluten,a protein that is found in wheat, rye andbarley.
To accommodate these students, Din-ing Services has installed two commer-cial refrigerators — one in each of thedining halls — to be stocked with
When fun Knox, you better answer
Students sit on cushions in the Red Bull lounge at Knoxfest, an annualevent held to raise money for charity. Free samples of the energy drinkwere given out at the event. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Annual Knoxfest block partyheld to raise money for diabetes
BY ALLISON STICEStaff writer
Students flocked to thesecond annual Knox Roadblock party on Sunday topick up free samples of RedBull and Honest Tea, drink,dance and jam to live music,all in the name of charity.
Although only featuringtwo bands from CollegePark, Knoxfest still drew alarge crowd from both thecampus and the local com-munity, leading to an unex-pectedly high turnout,organizer Mayer Kohn said.
A junior psychologymajor, Kohn decided in May2007 he wanted to host ablock party to benefit theJuvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation, just monthsafter his younger brotherwas diagnosed with the con-dition.
“I’m from Philadephia, soblock parties are in myblood,” he said. “This year itexploded because everyonehad heard of it before. Wegot big bands. ... We’re allcoming out and having a
Sewer water floods twoAllegany Hall bathrooms
BY TIRZA AUSTINStaff writer
Ike Obioha was preparingto go to a friend’s birthdayparty on Saturday night whenhe noticed a smelly guest athis Allegany Hall apartment— unwanted sewage leakingonto his bathroom floor.
Two apartments on thebasement floor of AlleganyHall flooded from the sewageout of the shower and toilet ofthe bathrooms around 9 p.m.Students living in the dormwere then told to limit their
water usage for the rest of thenight, while some relocated,complaining of a smell remi-niscent of “rotten eggs,garbage and a sewer,” accord-ing to Obioha, a junior crimi-nology and criminal justicemajor.
At first, the roommatesweren’t worried about the sit-uation because they hadcalled 4-WORK, the univer-sity’s maintenance line, fourtimes this year to reportplumbing problems. But after
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Members of the women's basketballteam perform a dance routine atMaryland Madness. ADAM FRIED/THE
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A member of the Gymkana troupesoars over a flaming hoop duringMaryland Madness. JACLYN
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Students leave annual basketball launchparty disappointed with performances
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Residents reported plumbing problemsfour times before Saturday night’s flooding
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ColinPowellendorsesObama,criticizesMcCain
WASHINGTON — ColinPowell, a Republican andretired general who wasPresident George W.Bush’s first secretary ofstate, broke with the partySunday and endorsed De-mocrat Sen. Barack Obama(D-Ill.) for president, callinghim a “transformational fig-ure,” while also criticizingthe tone of Sen. John Mc-Cain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign.
—Compiled from wirereports
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Black bear hunt begins
CUMBERLAND — Thestate’s annual black bear huntbegins today in the state’s twowesternmost counties.
A record total of more than3,300 hunters applied for 220permits to participate in thehunt. The winners were chosenby computerized drawing.Everyone who entered thedrawing had to pay a $15 fee.
Wildlife officials have estab-lished a harvest quota of 55 to75 bears for the hunt, which willend Oct. 25, or once 55 bearshave been killed.
Before the annual hunt re-sumed in 2004, there had beenno legal bear hunting in thestate since 1953.
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two inches of water were on thefloor of one of the rooms in theapartment, Obioha had to re-port the situation. He said Resi-dential Facilities respondedwithin an hour.
“I’m just trying to be fresh,”Obioha said. “This is justmessing me up. They shouldhold up their end of the bar-gain. We are reshuffling ourlives to fit the situation.”
Resident assistant KunmiAkingbade, a senior informa-tion systems and operationsmanagement major, said henoticed water leaking down ahill outside from a sewer out-
side of the building around10 p.m.
At midnight, Akingbadeknocked on all the apartmentson the ground floor to see ifthere were other problemsafter receiving a report fromhis resident director, who alsoresponded to the call. Studentsliving in the dorm were alsotold to limit their water usage,as it was pouring into the base-ment apartments.
Obioha said he noticed“black stuff” coming out ofthe shower.
“It was nasty,” Obiohasaid. “It wasn’t dirt. It wasmore like grime than dirt.”
Obioha said the university
plumbers told him all the base-ment apartments of the SouthHill apartments would proba-bly be flooded, and someonewould have to go down a man-hole to fix the flood.
Nothing was damaged inObioha’s room because theroommates were able to noticethe water in time, he said.Obioha and his roommate didsleep in the apartment, whileother residents chose to sleepat friends’ apartments.
Akingbade said a formalletter would probably bewritten next week to recordthe situation.
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A shower in Allegany Hall that was flooded with dirty water. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
gluten-free products andserved only when requested.
Smoothly incorporating therefrigerators, however, couldprove to be problematic. DiningServices has yet to work out asystem by which students canhave the gluten-free foods re-trieved from the freezer andcooked without causing delaysin service. Various ideas, suchas having the students callahead or contacting a manageronce they get to the dining hall,have been discussed, but noth-ing has been decided yet.
There’s also another majorconcern that, if it proves credible,could defeat the whole purposeof the freezers.
“There’s a huge risk of con-tamination on the cooking sur-faces, the utensils and with thepots and pans,” said ElaineMonarch, the executive direc-tor and founder of the CeliacDisease Foundation.
But Dining Services officialssay trace amounts of gluten arenot dangerous, and the DiningServices’ dietitian reviewed thesystem that would be used tostore and prepare the food anddeemed it safe. Officials also saidthey would use fresh utensils andfresh pots and pans whenpreparing the gluten-free food.
Those living with the condi-tion say they have learned to beconstantly vigilant about thefoods they consume.
“I’ve learned that I can’t eatthe peanut butter in The Diner,because I know that the knife has
already been used by students onbread that isn’t gluten free,”Sedaka said. She also acknowl-edged Dining Services has goneto great lengths to accommodatestudents with celiac disease, notonly by installing the freezers butalso by better identifying foodsthat contain gluten.
“I can eat things now that Iwouldn’t have thought are glutenfree but actually are,” she added,noting the dining halls providedgluten-free sweet and sour sauceshe didn’t know existed.
On Oct. 24, Dining Servicesrepresentatives will meet withthe 25 students who have celiacdisease to discuss the productsthat will be stored in the freez-ers and what the best method isfor coordinating food prepara-tion. The gluten-free productsshould arrive in dining hallsshortly afterward.
“Someone with peanut aller-gies can eat comfortably in din-ing halls right now,” said BartHipple, a spokesman for DiningServices, explaining that, fornow, freezers will be not be pro-vided for people with other typesof allergies. “Someone whoneeds gluten-free foods can’t.”
Because gluten-free eatinghas gained momentum as ahealthy dieting technique, thefoods stored in the freezer willbe available to all students byrequest. Some health profes-sionals, however, question thesafety of a gluten-free diet forsomeone who has not been di-agnosed with celiac disease.
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Sewage water leaks from South Hill
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Delay in reporting of crimehampers investigationthe neighborhood hours afterthe crime was committed.
“We’ve canvassed the neigh-borhood and [are] workingwith University Police, butbecause of the delay, we’vehad to do a lot of follow-up,”Lipsey said.
The victim described thesuspect as a 5-foot 10-inchwhite male in his 20s with athin build and short shaggyhair. The generic descriptionof the suspect is similar toprevious descriptions of the“cuddler,” but police do not
believe them to be the sameperson.
Police are asking students totake cautionary measures tosecure their residences.
“It’s been a while since thiskind of thing has happened inthis area,” Lipsey said.“We’re encouraging people tobe cognizant of locking doorsand windows.”
Although the house resi-dents did not have a party onthe night of the assault,Lipsey said previous sexualassault cases have involvedparties. He said studentsshould challenge strangers
who are in their homes andmake sure they have a reasonto be there.
The last sexual offenses inthe area occurred on March 2on Hopkins Avenue. A manentered two homes andtouched two women asleep intheir rooms, including onewhose boyfriend was sleepingin the same bed. At the time,police attributed the incidentto the “cuddler” suspectbelieved to be responsible forprevious Peeping Tom cases inthe neighborhood.
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Vote on the strategicplan was unexpected
Regents came during a meeting atCoppin State University in Balti-more and should help the univer-sity gather backing from the statelegislators and officials who willhave to fund it. Mote said the planleans on three legs of support —the campus, the university’s“friends and alumni” and thestate. With endorsements from theBoard of Regents, the alumni as-sociation and the University ofMaryland College Park Founda-tion, the first two legs of supportare secure.
“That’s a first and a very sig-nificant step,” Mote said.
The regents were originallyonly scheduled to see a presenta-tion on the plan, but were im-pressed enough to hold a vote.
“Rather than just letting itlinger, there’s no time like thepresent to show our support,” Re-gent David Nevins said in expla-nation of the somewhat sponta-neous vote.
The regents were impressed by
the plan’s completeness.“The plan is built not only on the
goals of the University of Mary-land, College Park, but also thegoals of the [University System ofMaryland], and the goals of thestate,” said Clifford Kendall, thechairman of the board and a mem-ber of the committee that craftedthe strategic plan.
Nevins said giving theprovost’s office the ability to real-locate two percent of the univer-sity’s budget each year was ap-pealing because he believes it will“encourage creative thinking, en-courage entrepreneurship [and]encourage excellence.”
Both Kendall and Nevins saidthe endorsement should help theuniversity get the extra millions itneeds from the state, which is an-ticipating deficits of close to $1 bil-lion a year for the next severalyears.
“I hope it helps launch thestate’s support for the plan,”Nevins said.
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blast for the good of thecommunity.”
Kohn had to file a permitthrough the College Park CityCouncil to hold the event,which required a petitionsigned by 80 percent of the resi-dents between the RossburgDrive and Guilford Drivecrossings on Knox Road, anarea which includes somesmall apartment buildings andKnox Boxes. The process wassurprisingly easy, Kohn said, al-though residents took someconvincing to sign off on theevent. After they gave to go-ahead, vendors approachedhim to help out and markettheir brands, he said.
The road was blocked off byparked cars and plastic orangefences, and county police offi-cers patrolled the event, threat-ening to shut it down if party-goers kept drinking in thestreet instead of in the yards onthe side of the road.
Knox Box resident MikeFine, a junior architecturemajor, stayed inside his homefor most of the day withfriends and said he was askedto donate every time he
stepped outside.“It’s not bothering me too
much, except I couldn’t drivemy car this morning,” he said.
Junior family studies majorMary Nachimson lounged on abean bag chair under a RedBull tent, smoking a hookahwith a handful of friends. Stu-dents sold grilled cheese sand-wiches on the sidewalk next tobeer pong tables and booths.
“More people should get intothis,” Nachimson said. “It’s agood way to meet people, makefriends and have a good timewhile the weather is still nice.”
Kohn reached out to theMaryland Music Business So-ciety and his network offriends and acquaintances toget the event sponsored byRed Bull, Honest Tea and Stu-dent City Spring Break, saidMMBS president Alan Van-Toai. They would love to makeit a tradition, such as TigerFestat Towson University orGWFest at George WashingtonUniversity, he said, and theyhope to improve on this fall’sevent with another Knoxfest inthe spring.
Last year, the event raisedmore than $2,000 for diabetes,Kohn said. This year, all the
kinks have been worked outand he said he hopes to surpassthat number by far. Pre-sales,including through TicketMas-ter, were pretty dismal, Van-Toai said.
In the early afternoon, MMBSmembers guarding the gate saidthey averaged about 30 ticketsan hour, even as dozens moresnuck by free of charge underthe pretense that they lived onthe street or nearby.
MMBS members were heav-ily involved in production, andeveryone who put on the show,including the bands, is workingunder reduced pay, Kohn said.The block party continued witha show at Santa Fe until closingtime at 2 a.m.
During the day, Greek stu-dents caroused at Kegs andEggs and the Greek Olympicsdown the street, but a few fra-ternity members skipped to at-tend Knoxfest, including soph-omore architecture major andZeta Beta Tau member ChrisCavallo.
“I got invited to come up hereand drink, so I came,” he said.“I think we should have thisevery Sunday.”
Students cheer on the Grateful Dead cover band, On the Bus, at Sunday’s Knoxfest. Though advanceticket sales were low, many people showed up at the event. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Professors in the historydepartment, my academichome, probably do not sharemy high opinion of Oliver
Stone’s movies, including JFK, TheDoors, Nixon, Platoon and WallStreet. Historians are not supposed tolike Oliver Stone’s movies. He twiststhe facts to fit the argument he wantsto make! He fabricates things! Hejust gets it so wrong!
I have always found it strange thathistorians and journalists reacted sostrongly to films such as JFK andNixon. Their derision has trickleddown to the point where many peoplemay think Stone’s films are not worthseeing. I disagree and can think ofthree reasons why his movies,including W., which opened this pastweekend, are very useful educationaltools for people who want to learnabout the past 50 years of Americanhistory.
First, when studying any subjectwe should never take one source to
be the definitive, ultimate and cor-rect interpretation. The best way tolearn about something is to considerseveral primary and secondarysources and try to synthesize them.Any creative liberties Stone may takein his films can, when necessary, becorrected by research. To disapproveof Stone for somehow misleading thepublic is insulting to the public, sinceit presumes they are using a movie asthe sole piece of evidence uponwhich they base their opinion. Stoneis talented in the techniques of film-making, and his movies are thought-provoking. They’re not meant to be
definitive; they’re meant to stimulateyour curiosity about the past.
Second, Stone does not write aca-demic history — he makes featurefilms. Movies use visual and auralstimuli to elicit an emotionalresponse. Stone wants to tell a story,but he also wants to get at the emo-tional core of an individual or event.He’s not trying to tell you what hethinks as much as he’s trying to makeyou feel what he feels. Movies are amedium uniquely well suited to dothis, and Stone is very effective atleading the viewer where he wantsthem to go. His movies crackle withlife, and linger in the mind days afterwe see them.
Finally, regarding creative liber-ties and distortion of “the truth” tosuit a particular perspective, it issurprising that people wouldexpect an objective point of viewfrom anyone, let alone a film-maker. Everything we see andread and hear comes with some
sort of bias or partiality. The per-spective of Oliver Stone films isone of a patriotic American whocan’t quite believe what he seeswhen he looks at the country heloves. Stone is unapologetic abouthis point of view, which is why hisfilms are easy targets for critics. Ithink the critics miss the point; Iwould much rather watch or readsomething with a consistent andvigorous argument than somethingwhich, in an effort to be “objec-tively true,” is limp and lifeless.
I saw W. this weekend and enjoyedit. Like Stone’s other movies, it waswell crafted and emotionally reso-nant. I recommend the film; I think itshould be among the many thingsyou consider when you try to come toterms with our 43rd president.
Jeremy Sullivan is a doctoralcandidate studying Americanhistory. He can be reached [email protected].
Biopics: An important piece of history
Between classes, part-time jobs and clubs, university life almost demandsstudents find a balance to pack in the maximum amount of activities on theminimum amount of sleep. In most cases, this is probably unhealthy. Insome, it’s dangerous.
Overworked Department of Transportation Services bus drivers, who complaintheir schedules have been overbooked and that they’ve been working without breaks,certainly fall into the latter category. As Tirza Austin reported inOct. 16’s issue of The Diamondback, DOTS drivers say the depart-ment is dramatically understaffed, causing its officials to stretchits employee base thin.
The university setting makes this driver shortage especiallytroubling, as college campuses are pressure cookers for badpedestrian habits. It’s the norm for students to dart across streets,and factor in the atmosphere on weekend bus routes — wherevomiting isn’t uncommon — and it’s clear why one driver said the shortage is “puttingdrivers in dangerous situations.” It makes sense that the department would haverules that require drivers to take breaks every three hours and not work more than 20hours in a given week, but the driver in the story said those rules are routinely broken.
It’s unclear how widespread these issues are. And for a department in perpetualneed of expanded services for existing routes, driver shortages practically preclude
growth. It should be easy to hire full-time employees — according to the most recentnumbers available, unemployment stands at 4.6 percent in Prince George’s County.
But Allen said he gives preference to student drivers. Seven years ago, the depart-ment ran fine on staff made up entirely of students, he said. But since then, not onlyhas DOTS added a considerable number of bus routes, but the school’s academic pro-file has also shot up. Maybe that means students are more likely to pursue research
opportunities and internships than other campus jobs. If studentsaren’t filling driver spots, DOTS needs to tap other communities.
There needs to be a review of DOTS operations; if it is foundthat the shortage of drivers is resulting in dangerous working con-ditions, there needs to be an immediate effort to hire additionaldrivers. If more drivers cannot be found, DOTS needs to scaleback their operations until they can ensure safety. We are hardlyenthusiastic about the prospect of cutting the number of buses, as
certain areas are already under-served. Nonetheless, safety must be the paramountconsideration.
It’s taken too long for DOTS to recognize the reality of its current staff. Employeesare complaining they’re overworked. Students are complaining they’re not gettingservices. The department needs to take action soon. If the drivers say they don’t feelsafe driving the buses, we don’t feel safe taking them.
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As an incoming freshman, Iwas told by many studentsthat UNIV100: The Student inthe University is a joke. It is a
one-credit class designed as an intro-duction to life at the university, withfew real grades other than weekly jour-nals and attendance. Many students,regardless of their major, takeUNIV100 to help them get accustomedto life on the campus beyond the aca-demic aspects. Because of this,UNIV100 has the potential to be anenormous benefit to students.
The CORE requirements for gradu-ation do a good job of giving students achance to explore different topics, giv-ing students a broad education, ratherthan making them into narrowly in-formed experts in a chosen area. With-out bombarding students with require-ments, the CORE curriculum lists rea-sonable expectations for students to
meet before they graduate. But miss-ing from that curriculum is a coursethat teaches students life skills thatcome in handy not only on the campusas students, but throughout their lives.Rather than creating a separatecourse, these skills and lessons caneasily be incorporated into theUNIV100 curriculum.
Unless you choose to take a healthclass or sign up for a self-defense les-son, these topics, which are very im-portant, especially when living inde-pendently, do not get addressed.Health alone includes a wide variety oftopics, including sexually transmitteddiseases, how different types of exer-cise affect different parts of your body,how to choose a healthier diet from alimited dining hall menu, how to per-form CPR, and basic alcohol educa-tion. These lessons shouldn’t simply bea repetition of high school health class-
es, but rather should be focused on theneeds of college students. For example,what should you do if your friendblacks out from alcohol consumption?
More emphasis on self-defense andprotection would go a long way, espe-cially for female students. This would-n’t be just a list of places that are dan-gerous and should be avoided, but ahands-on activity of what studentsshould do if they were attacked or whatthey should do if they feel like they arein danger.
Many students complain about the
lack of activities and places to go inCollege Park, feeling Washington is theonly alternative to on-campus activi-ties. While College Park doesn’t matchthe variety of activities in Washington,it does offer alternative weekend activ-ities that most incoming freshman, es-pecially those who are from out ofstate, aren’t aware of. An exploration ofthe local area would be beneficial.
There are many lessons and lifeskills that should be taught throughUNIV100 that will help students notonly adjust to on-campus life but also toindependent living in general. With abetter use of a mandatory class, theuniversity can play a bigger role inpreparing students for their future be-yond academics.
Saron Yitbarek is a sophomore psy-chology major. She can be reached [email protected].
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SARONYITBAREK
Respect political differences
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the mostconservative student at the university. I’ma supporter of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.),and it has been said that my political viewsborder on socialism (though that’s certain-ly not to say Obama’s do). However, theOct. 14 article, “Campus conservativesface liberals’ lashings,” greatly concernedme. There are numerous reasons thatpeers in any minority, but particularly apolitical one, deserve the utmost respectof the majority. First, condemning a per-son simply based on their party identifica-tion ignores the nuanced political viewsthey may have. Clearly, just as not all De-mocrats are in complete unison on issuessuch as healthcare, education and theeconomy, neither are Republicans, and itis ignorant to attack someone so ferocious-ly based only on the misguided belief thateach of their views is in complete opposi-tion to one’s own.
Also, the Golden Rule applies just aseasily to politics as it does to any other as-pect of life: Liberals in a conservative ma-jority would certainly want to be given thechance to explain their ideas withoutbeing shouted down merely for their asso-ciation, and it is only fair that Republicansare given the same courtesy. Finally, activ-ities such as the burning of conservative T-shirts are particularly spiteful and shallow.They advance no liberal cause whatsoeverand merely serve to provide opponentswith additional fodder to use against liber-als, furthering the petty partisan war towhich both sides contribute on the nation-al stage.
None of this is to say, of course, that noclever barbs can be delivered or staunch,respectful showings of opposition made to-ward one who has opposing politicalviews. But this by no means implies thatRepublicans, or any conservatives, shouldbe treated with the kind of disrespect TheDiamondback reported.
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Allison Stice’s Oct. 14 article, “Cam-pus conservatives face liberals’ lash-ings,” is extremely accurate. I havebrought up my beliefs several times inthe past and have been called racist,heartless, uncaring and other things Icannot mention here.
Apparently there is a pro-votingmovement on the campus and in thisstate — but only if you are voting forSen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). I hadsomeone ask me if I was registered tovote. I said yes, as a Republican. Theinquirer said, “Oh, God,” turned awayand asked someone else.
The reactions to my beliefs are rem-iniscent of Stalin in communist Russia— whose alignment is similar to thatof one presidential candidate. I amwaiting to be dragged out to McKeldinMall and shot. I like to think of myselfas open-minded because I have con-sidered Obama for president, but I didnot agree with him. He is said to bethe most liberal senator.
The liberals assume — and we allknow what that does — that every con-servative supports President Bush andSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). I havebeen chastised for supporting Bush,despite being 17 during the mostrecent presidential election and 13during the 2000 election. The Democ-rats on the campus blast the conserva-tives for supporting McCain. I’m notsure about everyone, but I have metfew people who voted for McCain dur-ing the primaries. Many of us voted forRep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and formerArkansas gov. Mike Huckabee (R).
To conclude this letter, yes, liberalsare hostile on the campus. Yes, we arein one of the most liberal places in oneof the most liberal states. We respectyour views, so please respect ours. No,we are not racists because we don’tsupport Obama. No, we are not heart-less because we don’t want universalhealth care. So next time you want todebate a conservative (notice I didn’tsay Republican), please keep it pro-fessional and politically correct.
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Born today, you are one ofthe most diverse and tal-ented individuals bornunder your sign, but it is
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While you may unintentionallyrub other people the wrong wayat times, you are also able to makeup with those you have offended.Your ultimate success, privatelyand publicly, will depend uponthis, surely. You are quick to giveadvice to others, but you are notalways as quick to take it.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Keep your wits about you; thereare those who would try to takeadvantage of your generosity,and you’ll have to draw the line.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —You may feel as though you’reon your own — and, indeed, the
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —You’ll get all the help you need,but there will be times in whichyou insist on doing things en-tirely on your own. Success canbe yours.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —You’re likely to get more thanyou bargained for, especially ifyou insist on continuing alongyour current path. Surprisesare in store.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A lookback will shed some light on acurrent issue that has beenhounding you for some time.You have the chance to put itbehind you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Practice makes perfect — as al-ways. It may seem that time isshort, but you can use everysecond of it to your advantageright now.
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Tickets are free; the show starts at 6 p.m. and there’s an encore at7:30 p.m.
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SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE ANUT, SOMETIMESYOU ARE ONEGeorge Hamilton, whois best known as thatactor with orangeskin who sort oflooks like WarrenBeatty, went on TheView Friday topromote his memoirDon’t Mind If I Do.Hamilton told the ladies hehad a sexual relationship with his 28-year-old stepmother when he was 12,and it didn’t screw him up. Gross.
Explore your talentsPREVIEW | TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK
Play serves as an introduction to Lorraine Hansberry’s work and lifeBY DORIS NHAN
Staff writer
“I was born black and female.” While Lorraine Hansberry wrote that statement
to describe herself, what she represents as a blackfemale playwright in the 1950s is far more exten-sive — and much harder to state in just six words.
Hansberry, who died at 34, will be brought backto life this week in the theatre department’s produc-tion of To Be Young, Gifted and Black, an autobio-graphical play running until Oct. 26 at the ClariceSmith Performing Arts Center.
Hansberry wrote To Be Young, Gifted andBlack, but it was her ex-husband,Robert Nemiroff, who adapted itto the stage. He combinedportions of it withscenes from herplays, letters anddiary entries to painta powerful picture ofthe playwright.
To Be Young, Gifted andBlack is an appetizer to Hans-berry — an introduction to manyof her plays, Scot Reese, a theatreprofessor and the play’s director, said.
Hansberry wrote a number of plays, in-cluding The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,a play about a Jewish intellectual, and worked as astaff writer for Freedom, a newspaper focusing onblack issues in the ’50s. She’s most famous for ARaisin in the Sun, a play based on her family’s expe-rience as blacks dealing with racial segregation inmiddle-class, ’50s Chicago.
Though Hansberry is often credited as an influ-ential playwright of black theater, Reese said beingraised in a middle-class family and being married toa white, Jewish man gave her unique perspectivesas a playwright who used universal language toreach a number of audiences.
“She wasn’t just in a black world, she was in avery diverse world,” Reese said. “And this is one ofthose things, no matter who you are: man, woman,
black, white, straight, gay. Everyone is gonna havean in to this because that was her goal — to write forpeople so they would understand all the differentpoints of views.”
Set up as a presentational play, To Be Young, Gift-
ed and Black consists of a series of monologues in-terlaced with scenes from her plays, AdrieneBrathwaite, a senior theatre performance majorwho is the production/research dramaturg and anensemble member in the play, said.
As an ensemble member, Brathwaite said sheand her colleagues represent the voice of Hansber-ry through the play’s monologues. Other actors andactresses also portray several roles throughout dif-ferent scenes from Hansberry’s plays.
The production is also double casted, whichmeans two actresses play the same roles, but on dif-ferent nights. Reese said the double casting was an
opportunity to showcase more actressesonstage while keeping true to the
play’s script. And like those six words
Hansberry used to de-scribe herself, To Be Young,Gifted and Blackrepresents
more than a simple autobiog-raphy of Hansberry. The overarching theme is
about exploring one’s own talentsand using them, Brathwaite said. “I think the biggest thing that the
play is trying to say it’s kind of encour-aging you to go out there and perfect
whatever it is that you’ve been blessedwith,” she said.“It’s such an important thing to see someone who
believed in change,” Reese said, who shares Brath-waite’s hopes of this play inspiring students to usetheir talents to affect the world.
Because Hansberry died so young, most of herwork was done around the same age that most stu-dents are now, Reese added.
“College students really get a lot out of this … be-cause it’s someone that’s their age writing abouttheir issues.”
To Be Young, Gifted and Black runs through Sun-day at the Ina and Jack Kay Theatre in CSPAC. Theplay starts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday,8 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets cost$7 for students, $25 for non-students.
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against a ranked opponentand a share of the ACCAtlantic Division lead.
“I think we finally put awhole game together,” Fried-gen said. “I think this is by farthe best we’ve played allyear.”
The Terp offense rolled up470 yards of total offensebehind a career-best passingperformance from Turner.Heyward-Bey, who had notcaught a pass in two games,exploded back into the offensewith a career-high 11 recep-tions for 101 yards. KickerObi Egekeze came throughwith four field goals, runninghis streak to nine consecutivemakes.
The defense was even bet-ter, shutting out a rankedopponent for the first timesince 1955. The Terpsharassed Demon Deaconquarterback Riley Skinner allgame long, sacking him fourtimes as he completed lessthan half of his pass attempts.
Even a pair of lost fumblesby Scott inside the Terp 30-yard line didn’t amount topoints. The Terp defenseforced two three-and-outs,and Wake Forest kicker ShanePopham, playing in place ofinjured former All-ACCkicker Sam Swank, missedtwo field goals.
“The defense gelled [Satur-day],” safety Terrell Skinner
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Turner, who establishedcareer-highs in attempts (41)and completions (28) whilethrowing for 321 yards,helped open up the runninglanes for Scott and freshmanDavin Meggett late in thegame by attacking Wake For-est with a controlled passinggame.
He looked for Heyward-Beyearly and often, mostly onshorter routes. The juniorwide receiver, who had themost catches in a single gameby a Terp since Geroy Simonin 1995, had eight receptionsby the middle of the secondquarter, including a nifty jug-gling catch that went for a 41-yard gain. Despite beingmatched against All-ACC cor-nerback Alphonso Smith,Heyward-Bey led the way forwhat he described as a “fun”offensive performance.
“They played soft coverage alot of the day,” Turner said.“They probably didn’t want toget burnt deep, and we just kindof took what they gave us.”
Conversely, Riley Skinner,who already had two careerwins against the Terps comingin, never got the Demon Dea-con offense on track after theteam punted on fourth-and-inches in Terp territory on its
first possession. The WakeForest junior was victimizedby several dropped passesand was consistently flushedfrom the pocket by a solidpush from the Terps’ frontfour. He closed one of theworst games of his DemonDeacon career on the side-lines, replaced by backupBrett Hodges on his team’sfinal two drives.
“I could see it in his eyes,”Terrell Skinner said. “[RileySkinner] was rattled. It waslike, ‘They know where we’regoing.’ After we got at him acouple of times, I knew wehad him.”
Friedgen said the inspiredeffort came as close to nullify-ing the embarrassing perform-ance at Virginia as is possible.
After his wildly inconsistentteam became the first in thecountry to beat three rankedopponents this season, Fried-gen repeatedly joked about itspenchant for rising to theoccasion.
But they’ve put themselvesin position to make a run at aconference championship,one game into the “six-gameplayoff” that Friedgendubbed the second half oftheir season.
“It doesn’t feel good to knowwe lost some of those gameswe should’ve won, but it’s inthe past now,” Turner said.“We’ve got to move on, andour fate is in our own hands atthis point.”
One order of business as theTerp season progresses ismaking sure there are nomore pregame communica-tion breakdowns. It was thesecond time this season Fried-gen’s captains have goneagainst his coin-flip wishes —the other was Sept. 27 at then-
No. 20 Clemson.“I think we’ll try and break
that,” Friedgen said. “I madenote that next time I am goingto write it down and hand it tothem.”
Or maybe it’s just anotherelement of the Terps’ big-game blueprint.
TERP NOTE: CornerbackKevin Barnes injured hisshoulder in the second quar-ter, knocking him out of thegame. X-rays were negativeon the senior’s shoulder, andhe will have an MRI today.
BY MICHAEL LEMAIREStaff writer
With a matchup against No.5 North Carolina loomingnext Saturday, it would havebeen easy for the Terrapinfield hockey team to look pastSunday’s game against lowlyDelaware.
But, forward Katie O’Don-nell scored three goals andback Susie Rowe added a goaland two assists as the No. 2Terps (14-2) scored fivegoals in the first 15 minutesof play on their way to a 7-0victory in what amounted to atune-up for Saturday’seagerly anticipated game.
“Our game plan today wasto come out strong right from
the start,and it wasnice to seeour teamaccomplishthat,”O’Donnellsaid. “Our
next goal for now is afterstarting out strong to con-tinue strong for the wholehalf.”
Coach Missy Mehargswitched goalies at halftimefrom starter Alicia Grater toredshirt freshman MelissaVassalotti, but the changewas irrelevant as the Terpdefense held Delaware’soffense to just two shots,compared to the Terps’ 19.
Meharg was quick to praiseher upperclassmen ondefense, citing their familiar-ity with each other as one ofthe important reasons whythe Terps were able to keepDelaware (3-12) out of theircircle for the majority of thegame.
“The combination of EllenOtt and Alicia Grater andSusie Rowe, these threewomen have been togetherfor a very long time, and theytrust each other and theyanticipate well,” Mehargsaid. “I am very proud of theway they are organizing thebackfield. They are verysmart structurally, so if andwhen we do lose the ball ... wehave all the holes covered.”
The Terps scored three oftheir seven goals on penaltycorners, and continuing toconcentrate on that aspect oftheir game is somethingMeharg says is very impor-tant as the Terrapins look toclose out the regular seasonon a roll.
They also knocked off OldDominion on Friday, winning2-1 after back Emma Thomasand forward Nicole Muraccoscored in the final 15 minutesof regulation for the come-back.
Now the women shift theirfocus to the University ofNorth Carolina in a game thathas ACC title implications. Ifthe Terps win, then theyclinch the ACC title outright.
Thomas, who added a pairof goals, understands theimportance of the game butdoesn’t expect the Terps willchange the way they practicein preparation for the TarHeels.
“I think we will continuepreparing and practicing aswe have been,” Thomas said.“UNC is obviously a massivegame, and we are desperateto try and defeat them. Thefact that they are No. 5 andwe are No. 2 is kind of irrele-vant because it’s such a mas-sive game, and we are justgoing to go out there as hardas we can and try to win.”
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throw the ball to this per-son,” offensive coordinatorJames Franklin said. “Justlike every single week, wehave a plan to get him theball. Now, whether the planworks out is based on whatthe defense is doing, or whatthey’re allowing you to do.”
But in Heyward-Bey’scase, you have to say, nomatter what, that you’regoing to throw him the ball— or hand the ball off tohim, or duct tape the ball tohis shirt and let him runaround with it until hescores.
If Heyward-Bey can makethat 41-yard catch in thesecond quarter when he wasfalling down between twodefenders, I’m pretty much
convinced he can do any-thing.
“He’s our biggest play-maker on offense, andbesides that, he was open agood block of the time,”quarterback Chris Turnersaid. “They played soft cov-erage a lot because theyprobably didn’t want to getburnt deep, and I took whatthey gave us.”
The Terps also took itupon themselves to makeHeyward-Bey a factorregardless of what theDemon Deacons were doing.
In their previous gameagainst Virginia, a 31-0 loss,the Terps tried to use therun to open up the passinggame, and when they could-n’t move the ball on theground the Cavaliers satback in a Cover 2 defense
and the Terps were stuck.When Heyward-Bey
caught those three passes onthe opening drive, it took therun-stopping-first DemonDeacon defense out of itscomfort zone, opened upboth the Terps’ running andpassing games, and the routwas on.
With five games remain-ing in the regular season,the message for the rest ofthe year is clear.
Get Darrius Heyward-Beythe football — a lot — andyou will probably win.
“Each week it’s the sameplays,” Heyward-Bey said.“It’s the same game plan,you just need to make sureyou go out there and get thejob done.”
[email protected] Heyward-Bey was all over the field Saturday with 11 catches for 101 yards. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Dancing and dunking dominate night“The only real difference is whatthe teams decide to do. The men’sbasketball team’s dance this yearwas just — it wasn’t good.”
“I thought it was entertaining,”sophomore marketing major MaxTartar said. “I thought thatGymkana was the best part of thenight, and, I mean, the rest waspretty good.”
The men’s basketball team’sentrance was subdued compared tolast year’s, when the Terps rolled inon a vintage Cadillac.
The Terps simply jogged onto thecourt in the dark this year, wearingsunglasses and sport coats overtheir uniforms.
After a few choreographed min-
utes, the Terps formed a circlearound individual and small groupsof players who danced in the mid-dle.
Guard Greivis Vasquez got themost screams when he took off hisjacket and gyrated in the middlefirst. He later pointed to the Terps’national championship banner inthe rafters.
“That’s what I want,” Vasquezsaid. “Hopefully we get this beforeI leave school.”
The men reappeared later fortheir traditional individual intro-ductions, jogging down the aisles ofthe stands and onto the court,where they each dunked on one ofthe hoops. Forward Dave Neal, theTerps’ only senior this year, camedown last.
“I was just hoping nobodytripped,” Williams said.
Williams then made his entranceand addressed the crowd with apromise for the upcoming season.
“We’re going to be tough; we’regoing to play hard,”Williams said. “Ourpledge to you is tocome out here everynight playing as hard aswe can.”
The Terps didn’t playvery hard defensivelyin their intrasquadscrimmage, and poorshooting and sloppypassing bogged downthe game before theteam started to settlein.
Forward Dino Gre-gory and guard SeanMosley each threwdown dunks on alley-oop passes, and for-ward Landon Mil-bourne led all scorerswith 9 points, including anemphatic slam in transition, in thered team’s 27-26 win.
The women’s team went with aneven darker approach earlier in thenight, marching onto the floor inwhite hockey masks similar toJason’s in Friday the 13th, blacktank tops, camouflage pants andarmy boots, then dancing at mid-court.
But the crowd seemed to loseinterest when the Terps stompedand marched some more at centercourt without music.
The performance picked up whenthe Terp women ripped off theirmasks and also formed a big circleas individual players showed off
their moves in the center.The women’s players were later
introduced as they ran through afog machine and laser light show.
Coach Brenda Frese thenaddressed the crowd, giving fans
credit for the Terps’undefeated record athome last season. Shefollowed with a chargeto the students aboutanswering Dukecoach’s Joanne P.McCallie’s commentslast season about Terpfans’ “turtle IQ.”
Before that, the Ter-rapin dance team, spiritsquad, competitivecheer team and theGymkana troupe didnot disappoint.
The three-timedefending nationalchampion competitivecheer team drew hugecheers from the crowd,flipping all over the
place and tumbling and dancing insync.
Gymkana’s high-flying trampo-line act whipped the crowd into itsbiggest frenzy, culminating whenthe troupe’s best leapers flew oversix girls lying on top of each otheron the vault and then flew through,and finally over, a ring of fire.
The basketball teams just weren’tas exciting.
“It wasn’t as good as the last cou-ple of years,” junior neurobiologyand physiology major Sasha Soodsaid. “Hopefully, the men’s andwomen’s teams can play better thanthey dance.”
[email protected] Jerome Burney and the men’s basketball team broke it down to a variety ofsongs Friday night at Maryland Madness. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
MADNESS AND SADNESSSports editor Adi Joseph weighsin on what worked best and worstat Maryland Madness:
THE GOODThe highlight of the evening wasthe competitive cheer team.They’ve won three-straight titles fora reason, as every flip was perfectlyin sync. also: Gymkana provided theusual theatrics, and Brenda Frese’santi-Duke rant was hilarious.
THE BADGary Williams’ entry came acrossas little more than an UnderArmour advertisement gonewrong. And the tank couldn’tdrive onto the court. Lame. also:Did anyone actually care at allabout the Alumni game?
THE UGLYThe women’s team did a good jobof simply creeping everyone out. Itwas both disturbing and boring atthe same time. The lack of musicmade things all the more awk-ward. also: If the scrimmage wasany indication, the men’s teammay not score this season.
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for the ACC crown, a title theyclearly have in sight after Sat-urday’s win, special teamsplay is crucial. And if the unitcan play as well as it did Sat-urday, the future is bright.
“There’s three phases of thegame — offense, defense andspecial teams,” quarterbackChris Turner said, “and wewon all three.”
It’s that third one thatmade the other two look goodSaturday.
The Terp offense had anaverage starting position of itsown 29.8-yard line, thanks to acombination of tough defenseand poor punting fromPopham.
On the other side, theDemon Deacons were start-ing at their own 23.3-yardline, aside from two drives inthe Terps’ half of the fieldafter Da’Rel Scott fumbles.
That’s the kind of stat adefense loves to see.
“Special teams and defenseare brothers,” linebackerDave Philistin said. “It’s like arelationship that is so key towinning that they have tobecome brothers. Field posi-
tion controls a lot of things.”It helps when you’ve got a
good kicker.Kicker Obi Egekeze has
gone from a major problemto an asset. His four fieldgoals were impressiveenough on their own, but con-
sidering the wind and dis-tance — along with his pasthistory — Egekeze is emerg-ing as a feel-good story and adamn fine kicker.
It’s that presence that canprovide a calming influencefor the Terp offense, knowingat least three points are secureonce they reach the red zone.
“Those kicks were huge,”Turner said. “We’d like toscore touchdowns, I’ll say thatmuch. But that is huge. Tocome away with three pointsthe majority of drives, youcan’t really ask for more.”
It’s easy to forget the influ-ence special teams has on agame. Many times, specialteams units are only notice-able when they screw up.
Saturday, the Terps provedwhy special teams can beenough to push a team into theACC elite.
Wide receiver Torrey Smith during Maryland's 26-0 victory overWake Forest. Smith’s performance as a kick returner for the rest ofthe season could have a major impact. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
JOSEPH, from Page 12
Special teams key in reaching ACC eliteJOSEPH
Midfield Jeremy Hall scored twice in the Terps’ 4-0 win againstEvansville Friday night. JAMES B. HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY AARON KRAUTSenior staff writer
Jason Herrick saw theloose ball at the top of thepenalty box, gathered it andcaught a glance of fellow for-ward Casey Townsend cut-ting behind himtoward the net.
Herrick, sensingexactly whereTownsend was,flicked a blind passto Townsend, whoswiftly kicked theball into the net for the Ter-rapin men’s soccer team’sfirst goal in its 4-0 win againstEvansville on Friday night.
Herrick’s setup illustratedthe offensive chemistry, or“connectivity,” as coachSasho Cirovski calls it, thatthe No. 6 Terps (11-3-0) hadbeen lacking in their two pre-vious nonconference games.
“We just played with agreat deal of honesty andrespect for the principles ofthe game,” Cirovski said.“What you want out of this isthe connected feeling that[the players] have in theirspacing, their timing. Wewere able to reward our-selves with a couple of reallynice goals in the first half anddidn’t have to chase the gamein the second.”
Unlike the Terps’ 2-1come-from-behind overtimewins against Lehigh on Tues-day and Charlotte on Oct. 7,the team converted two scor-ing chances in the first half.
After Townsend’s goal inthe 18th minute, midfielderJeremy Hall collected arebounded shot in the 30thminute and scored his eighthgoal of the season. In the sec-ond half, Townsend struckagain for his team-leading10th goal of the year in the55th minute, on an end lineassist from midfielder DougRodkey. Not to be outdone,Hall headed in the Terps’fourth goal on a cross from
defender Rich Costanzo inthe 75th minute.
Combined, Townsend andHall have 12 of the Terps last15 goals dating back to theirloss at Clemson on Oct. 3.
“We’ve got a lot of attack-ing talent, but those two guys
have just been on awhole ’other levelthis season,” Her-rick said. “It’s greathaving those guyson the team. Itmakes our jobs a loteasier.”
While Townsend and Hallcontinued their hot streaks,Cirovski said he was particu-larly impressed with Her-rick, who also recorded asecondary assist onTownsend’s second goal.
“Jason Herrick had hisbest game of the year for us,”Cirovski said. “I was reallypleased with what he did.”
According to Herrick,Cirovski has been encourag-ing his two forwards to hookup on the attack more often.
“Sasho reminded us beforethe game to find each other,”Herrick said, describing thethought process behind hisbackward tap to Townsend.“The ball just popped loose,and I saw him comingaround, so I set him up for hisshot. Me and Casey have beenworking on knowing whereeach other is at practice.”
The resulting goal was oneof the Terps’ best of the sea-son and could signal theemergence of a more potentoffensive attack for theteam’s four remaining regu-lar season games.
“The last couple of games,we’ve gotten a good result,but it’s been a little rough,”Herrick said. “At times, weplayed pretty good soccer,and sometimes we were lack-adaisical. But today, prettymuch for the whole 90 min-utes, we were right on cue.”
MEN’S SOCCEREvansville . . . . . . . . . . 0No. 6 TERPS . . . . . . . . . 4
Hall, Townsend leadway in 4-0 win Friday
INDIVIDUAL STATS
14
7
MD WF
TEAM STATS
470
219
MD
NET YARDS
WF
330
146
MD WF
14073
MD WF
TOTAL PASS RUSH
TIME OF POSSESSION
TERPS34:17
WAKE25:43
TERPS WAKE
FIRST DOWNS 22 14RUSHING 8 5PASSING 14 9PENALTY 0 0
NET RUSHING 140 73ATTEMPTS 33 33AVG. RUSH 4.2 2.2
PASSING 330 146ATTEMPTS 42 32COMPLETE 29 15AVG. COMP. 11.4 9.7
3RD DOWNS 6-14 3-154TH DOWNS 0-0 0-1SACKS-YDS 4-18 0-0INTS 0 0FUMBLES 0 0
TERPRECAPKEY TO THE GAMEThe Terps showed right away theycould move the ball with a quicktouchdown. After Wake Forestpicked up a pair of first downs ontheir opening drive, the Terp defenseclamped down. The Demon Deaconswent three-and-out on both drivesthat started in Terp territory.
STAR OF THE GAMEAnother ranked opponent, an-other big game for the Terpquarterback, who has been amajor reason for the Terps' fivestraight wins against rankedopponents. Saturday, Turnerset career-highs for attemptsand completions in the gameand used Heyward-Bey early and often en routeto a 28-of-41 of 321 yards and a touchdown.
WHEN IT WAS OVERWith his team down three scores in the fourthquarter, Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinnerstepped back for a crucial completion to keepalive a drive. Terp defensive end Jeremy Navarrestepped in, blocked the pass and ended any realhope of a comeback for the Demon Deacons.
PLAY OF THE GAMEWith 6:43 left in the first half, Terp quarterback ChrisTurner lofted a deep pass for Heyward-Bey intodouble coverage. Heyward-Bey bobbled the ball, butsecured it to his chest as he fell to the ground with apair of stunned Demon Deacon defenders.
WHAT THIS GAME MEANSThe Terps proved once again they are one of thecountry's most inconsistent teams. Now, theyhave to wonder if they can contend for aconference championship, especially since allthree ranked ACC teams fell on Saturday.
TERP LOWLIGHTScott, one of the ACC’s top rushers, fumbled threetimes Saturday. The sophomore running back hasbeen playing injured recently, and coach RalphFriedgen said he just needed to get back into rhythmafter not taking a hit in practice in two weeks.
TERP HIGHLIGHTThe Terps announced their readiness with the firstdrive of the game. Running back Da’Rel Scott’s passto wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey in the endzone, the second passing attempt of the season forScott, marked the beginning of the end for a WakeForest team that simply couldn’t keep pace.
QuarterbackChris Turner
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WAKING UP
Terps thoroughly defeat No. 21 Wake ForestBY ERIC DETWEILER
Senior staff writer
Terrapin offensive coordinatorJames Franklin knows it’s thelatest trend in college footballfor the winner of the pregamecoin flip to defer choice of pos-session to the second half, allow-ing the opposing team to startthe game with the ball.
But when Terp captains Jeremy
Navarre, Scott Burley and MoiseFokou accidentally chose toreceive to begin Saturday’s ACChome opener against No. 21 WakeForest, Franklin didn’t mind.
“[Coach Ralph Friedgen] was-n’t happy about it,” Franklin said.“To me, I was like, ‘Hell yeah.Let’s get the ball.’”
The Terp offense, which strug-gled to move the ball at all in ashutout loss to Virginia in its pre-
vious game, took advantage of itschance to set the tone. Quarter-back Chris Turner came outsharp, and on the ninth play of thegame, running back Da’Rel Scotttossed a 9-yard touchdown pass towide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey on a trick play.
Suddenly, the disappointment ofthe Virginia loss was gone.Decked out in black jerseys, theTerps started to regain their
swagger. Their recent blueprintfor taking down ranked opponentsat home was ready to go.
And they executed it toperfection.
By the time the surge ofmomentum stopped, the Terpshad a 26-0 win, revenge for twotough losses to Wake Forest in thepast two years, a fifth-straight win
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Hey-Bey’s Day
Darrius Heyward-Bey may nothave been frustrated about notgetting the ball the past couple
weeks, but I was.The wide receiver said he under-
stands an offense needs to take what adefense gives it, and as long as his teamwins, it doesn’t matter who’s makingthe plays.
“I think people try to make it seemlike they want me to be frustrated andupset that I’m not getting the ball, butthat’s never the case with me,” Hey-ward-Bey said. “Everybody wants theball to make a play for their team. If itdoesn’t happen and we lose, every-body’s frustrated. If it doesn’t happenand we win, it’s, ‘Let’s go have funtonight.’”
That’s an endearing sentiment, but
when the Terrapin football team has aplayer like Heyward-Bey, it must find away to get him the ball, no matter whatthe opposing defense is doing.
The Terps found ways on Saturday,and that’s why they beat Wake Forest.
After he was held without a catch ineach of the Terps’ previous two games,Heyward-Bey caught 11 passes for 101yards and a touchdown in the Terps’ 26-0 win.
When Heyward-Bey got involvedearly — he caught three passes and atouchdown on the Terps’ first drive ofthe game — it opened everything up,and the Terps gained 470 yards of totaloffense against a Demon Deacondefense that had only allowed 274.2 pergame going in.
It seems like a no-brainer that if yourbest player gets a chance to make plays,good things will happen.
So what took the Terps so long to fig-ure that out?
“I don’t think you can ever really saythat, no matter what, you’re going to
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Terps’ very special teams
Kicker Obi Egekeze knocked through four field goalsin Saturday’s win, a major improvement from hisearly-season struggles. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
All week, the mediasurrounding the Ter-rapin football gameagainst Wake Forest
were buzzing about theDemon Deacon’s injured star.
Linebacker Aaron Curry,cornerback Alphonso Smithand quarterback Riley Skin-
ner were all healthy. Themissing player? Former All-ACC kicker and punter SamSwank.
Terp coach RalphFriedgen probably hasnever spent so much time ina given week talking aboutan opposing kicker. It didn’tseem to make sense.
“He’s a good kicker,”Friedgen remarked whenasked whether he had everheard so much talk about akicker’s health.
Turns out, maybe the buzzwas due.
Swank’s replacement, red-shirt freshman ShanePopham, missed two fieldgoals and sent a few wobblypunts the Terps’ way, impress-ing no one and costing histeam points and field position.
The Terps thoroughly domi-nated special teams play inevery regard Saturday, one ofthe biggest factors of the 26-0outcome. This after the unithad struggled for much of thefirst half of the season.
If the Terps are to compete
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Initial BCS NCAA Football Top 10School Record AP Rank1. Texas (7-0) 12. Alabama (7-0) 23. Penn State (8-0) 34. Oklahoma (6-1) 45. USC (5-1) 6
School Record AP Rank6. Oklahoma State (7-0) 77. Georgia (6-1) 98. Texas Tech (7-0) 89. Ohio State (7-1) 1010. Florida (5-1) 5
TERPSPASSING CMP-ATT YDS TD-INTC. Turner 28-41 321 1-0D. Scott 1-1 9 1-0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG. TDD. Scott 18 73 4.1 0D. Meggett 6 44 7.3 0J. Portis 4 13 3.2 0C. Turner 3 8 2.7 0D. Oquendo 1 1 1.0 0D. Heyward-Bey 1 1 1.0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS LNG TDD. Heyward-Bey 11 101 41 1D. Gronkowski 6 52 20 0D. Oquendo 3 90 50 1C. Jackson 3 42 29 0T. Smith 2 8 4 0T. Galt 1 18 18 0E. Lee-Odai 1 13 13 0D. Meggett 1 5 5 0D. Scott 1 1 1 0
DEF. STATS TKLS AST SACK INTA. Wujack 13 10 0 0D. Philistin 10 7 1-6 0M. Fokou 7 4 1-7 0J. McCollough 5 0 0 0J. Navarre 5 4 0 0T. Covington 4 0 1-2 0D. Armstong 3 2 0 0T. Skinner 3 2 0 0J. Allen 3 3 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNGT. Baltz 5 187 37.4 48
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS LNGD. Oquendo 1 1 1KICK RETURNS NO YDS LNGT. Smith 1 34 34
KICKING PAT-ATT FG-ATT LNGO. Egekeze 2-2 3-3 40
WAKEPASSING CMP-ATT YDS TD-INTR. Skinner 14-30 127 0-0B. Hodges 1-2 19 0-0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG. TDJ. Adams 13 39 3.0 0R. Skinner 13 16 1.2 0D. Brown 2 11 5.5 0D. Boldin 3 9 3.0 0B. Pendergrass 2 -2 -1.0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS LNG TDD. Boldin 7 72 17 0B. Pendergrass 3 22 14 0M. Rinfrette 1 20 20 0J. Adams 1 19 12 0R. Belton 1 11 11 0B. Wooster 1 3 0 0D. Brown 1 -1 0 0
DEF. STATS TKLS AST SACK INTS. Arnoux 12 6 0 0A. Curry 11 4 0 0C. Vaughn 7 3 0 0K. Patterson 5 2 0 0J. Russell 5 3 0 0A. Smith 4 1 0 0H. Haynes 4 1 0 0C. McClinic 4 4 0 0J. Bush 3 1 0 0K. Wilber 3 1 0 0M. Woodlief 2 2 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNGS. Popham 9 331 36.8 48
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS LNGA. Smith 2 — 3 5
KICK RETURNS NO YDS LNGA. Frye 4 90 28C. Washington 2 17 12
KICKING PAT-ATT FG-ATT LNGS. Popham 0-0 0-2 0