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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 98TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 144THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008
THE DIAMONDBACK
BERGER TIMETerps hurdler competes at NCAA
championships this weekSPORTS | PAGE 10
CARTER COMMANDSLil Wayne boasts, brags and brings it, on
the long-awaited Tha Carter IIIDIVERSIONS | PAGE 7
Sunny/80s
BY BEN PENNStaff writer
Up until this month, whenever Jon Chungwanted to watch television, he had to adjust thebunny ears first. The junior mechanical engi-neering major said the only television he
owned was about 20 years old, 19 inches wide and oper-ated with antennas.
But thanks to his first-place finish last week in TexasInstruments’ first-ever Vision for Voice contest — inwhich 250 applicants from around the country submittedideas for voice technology — Chung will receive a hometheater system complete with a 56-inch Samsung high-definition DLP television.
“It’s definitely an upgrade,” Chung said, while takinga quick break from his summer internship to talk aboutthe grand prize.
Chung’s idea, titled “Visualizing the Translation,” wasa pair of eyeglasses that interprets foreign languages.
“It’s a pair of glasses that has a receiver in the earpiecethat you put in your ear, and somebody will be talking to
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Mechanical engineeringstudents are three of top
four in technology contest
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKUniversity Police set up flares to divert traffic along Route 1 Tuesday morning after a Budweiser truck broke down and had towait for a tow truck while delivering beer to Cornerstone.
PARTY FOUL
A VISIONFOR THEFUTURE
Report:Speeding
causedfatal crash
College Perkowner fightsforeclosure
Univ. given$5M for avianflu research
New businessschool dean to
start July 1
Property’s new ownerseeking to evict local
coffeehouse
Killed student, policeofficer blamed for
December accident
BY BRADY HOLTStaff writer
Despite being foreclosed upon in Septem-ber, College Perk coffeehouse, bar and board-inghouse has been conducting business asusual.
But since late last month, the new ownerhas been trying to change that — by seekingto have College Perk evicted from the prop-erty.
Nonetheless, Chris Gordon — who foundedCollege Perk in 2003 — said he is not worried.He said yesterday he and his lawyers haveenough dirt on the proceedings used in theforeclosure to keep the business going with-out interruption.
“As far as my attorneys tell me, it’s still myproperty,” he said.
BY BRADY HOLTStaff writer
Six months ago, a university student waskilled when his car was struck by an off-dutypolice officer. Last week, a police report whichwas provided to the student’s family, blamedboth drivers for the accident.
Junior Brian Gray was on his way to a finalexam when he made a left turn onto BelairDrive in Bowie into the path of Mario Chavez, aPrince George’s County Police officer who wasoff duty at the time and driving a county policecruiser.
The police report concludes that Gray should
Thornton appointedinterim journalism dean
BY KELLIE WOODHOUSEStaff writer
Lee Thornton assumed therole of interim dean of thejournalism school yesterday,becoming the first woman tolead the college.“It’s a his-toric first. There’s neverbeen a woman dean of anykind, either interim or not,”Thornton said. “So I am thefirst woman to ever serve in thedeanly capacity, and that’s an honor.”
Thornton, a broadcast journalismprofessor, is replacing eight-yearveteran Thomas Kunkel, who ush-ered the school into the top nationalrankings and left his position as dean
to become the president of St.Norbert College, a liberalarts school in eastern Wis-consin.
Thornton said she doesn’tplan on taking the school innew directions but wants topreserve the strength of thecollege for the next dean. Sheis chairing the committeesearching for the permanentdean and is not applying for
the position herself, she said.Thornton added the college is
working on developing a diversitypolicy and recently hired three newprofessors.
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Broadcast professor first woman to hold title
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BY MICHAEL O’NEILLFor The Diamondback
For seven years, G.“Anand” Anandalingam,senior associate dean at thebusiness school, had a stakein the future of the school.But as he takes over theposition of dean July 1, theresponsibility of guiding theschool’s next years will laysolely on his shoulders —and Anandalingam is more
than ready to accept the challenge.“I am very honored to be appointed to this
role and look forward to working with every-one in the school and across the campus,”Anandalingam said in a statement.
He will replace Howard Frank, who served
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Lee Thornton
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BY CHRIS YUStaff writer
A university-led research program hasstarted its second phase of bird flu researchthanks to a new $5 million grant from the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, following theprogram’s success in developing vaccines andother innovations in the past three years.
As the only national program funded by theUSDA, the Avian Influenza Coordinated Agri-cultural Project (AICAP) was first established in2005 with a $5 million USDA grant, said SibaSamal, a member of the research team. Led byassociate professor Daniel Perez, the projectfocuses on studying how the virus works, how todetect it and stop it from spreading, as well ascreating public awareness.
And with their newest batch of funds,
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G. AnandAnandalingam
Associate dean hired outof pool of 200 applicants
As a broadcast professor, Thorn-ton pushed for the creation of UMTVprograms Front & Center: Journal-ists on Journalism, Changing Media,and the interview program, A Mo-ment With. During her work withUMTV, Thornton has helped bringthe cable TV station to the forefrontof collegiate-level news broadcast-ing programs and led students to windozens of national awards.
Thornton is also known for herclose mentorship of students andholds the Richard Eaton Chair inBroadcast Journalism, a million-dol-lar endowed teaching position.
Previously, she worked as a WhiteHouse correspondent for CBS News,
a radio show host for National PublicRadio’s All Things Considered, a CNNpublic affairs program producer forthe show Both Sides With Jesse Jack-son and a producer for Warner Bros.Domestic Television.
One of the projects Thornton willoversee is the building of the newjournalism building, Knight Hall.
“That building is going to exist if notin late 2009, in early 2010,” she said.“There’s a small amount of money tobe raised yet for it.”
Members of the journalism schoolpraised the appointment.
“She is certainly both respectedand beloved in the college,” said thejournalism school’s assistant deanSteve Crane “They know her to be notonly a scholar but a hard worker whogives a lot not only to the college but to
her students.”Crane noted that the entire facul-
ty was behind Thornton because ofher dedication. Crane said he be-lieved Thornton would treat the in-terim position as seriously as a per-manent deanship.
“She is going to give it everythingshe has,” Crane said.
Either way, both people in the jour-nalism school and in the administra-tion said they were pleased with howThornton stepped up to the platewhen the college was in need.
“I am grateful to Dr. Thornton foraccepting this responsibility duringthis critical transition period,”Provost Nariman Farvardin wrote inan e-mail. “I am confident that theCollege of Journalism will continueto move forward under Dr. Thorn-ton’s capable leadership until a per-manent dean is appointed.”
He will replace Howard Frank,who served as dean ofthe school for a decadeand introduced a varietyof initiatives, such as theundergraduate fellowsprogram and morescholarship funds.
Anandalingam, whowas chosen out of a fieldof 200 applicants, cur-rently serves as the sen-ior associate dean andRalph J. Tyser Profes-sor of Management Sci-ence in the businessschool and has previous-ly served as chairman ofthe business school’s de-cision, operations, andinformation technolo-gies department. Healso founded theschool’s Center on Elec-tronic Markets and En-terprises (CEME), where he wasco-director until 2004.
The future dean, who isknown for his research skills intopics such as pricing, econom-ics, design, and strategic issuesin electronic markets andtelecommunications networks,was instrumental in jump-start-ing the school’s global executiveprograms and helped lead the
school’s work to reorganizetheir master’s program.
According to Carrie Handw-erker of the Dean’s Of-fice of Communications,Anandalingam’s priorityas dean is “developingglobal leaders for sus-tainable innovation.”
“Today’s businessleaders need the abilityto deal with complexityand think creatively inan environment that ismarked by diversity ofraces, cultures, in-comes, gender and ex-pectations,” Anan-dalingam explained.“We will address theseneeds through curricu-lum, through team andgroup work within theschool, and throughpracticums like globalfield-study trips.”
Patricia Cleveland, as-sociate dean for undergraduateprograms, said Anandalingam’sexperience in various areas ofstudy will be a benefit to the busi-
ness school. “Dr. Anandalingam is remark-
ably well-prepared for the dean’sposition, having gotten involvedin a wide range of strategic plan-ning and programming issuesover the last year, working closelywith men and with Dean Frank,and so I believe the Smith Schoolwill benefit by his depth of under-standing on a wide range ofstrategic initiatives,” she said.
Cleveland also believes Anan-dalingam possesses the right kindof personality that will fit nicelywith the school’s goals.
“He is thoughtful and judi-cious and has a great sense ofhumor, and so I am confidentthat we will continue the excel-lence and entrepreneurshipwith the same energy and mo-mentum we enjoyed underDean Frank’s leadership,”Cleveland says.
Before coming to this univer-sity, Anandalingam served atthe University of Pennsylvaniaand its Wharton School of Busi-ness for nearly 15 years.
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eye contact with the person.”Debbie Shemony, a communi-
cations director at Texas Instru-ments, said while part of Visionfor Voice’s mission was to spreadawareness of Texas Instruments’voice technology products —“we’re known for calculators,”she said — another facet of thecontest was to develop ideas thetechnology company could even-tually patent. While none of thesuggested products, such asChung’s eyeglasses, were actual-ly designed or created by the stu-dents, their ideas are vital — andoften ingenious, Shemony added.
“[Chung’s] device idea aboutvisualizing translation is some-thing he is going to be looking at topotentially patent with Texas In-struments,” said Shemony, whohelped administer a video kiosk toattract applicants in the Jeong H.Kim Engineering Building onApril 30, where students thenmade videos of themselves to sub-mit to the competition.
The 250 total video applications— 40 of which were from stu-dents at this university — werenarrowed down to 10 finalists,who were chosen based on Inter-net voting on the contest’s web-site, Shemony said.
A panel of judges then selectedthe winner and three runners-upbased on creativity, innovationand viability.
Two of the three runners-uphappen to be some of Chung’sfellow mechanical engineeringmajors at the university —Joshua Kusnick, who proposeda voice-activated robot for thedisabled and could not bereached for this story, and sen-ior Sidney Ngochi, who came upwith an idea for a voice-activat-ed house that allows voice-con-trolled items, such as air condi-tioners and microwaves, to startworking with a vocal command.
Ngochi, who along with Kus-nick received a personal Internetradio player for placing in thecontest, said he only found outabout Vision for Voice as he waswalking out of class in the engi-neering building and noticed thevideo kiosk set up to encourageapplications.
“It was just freestyle — on the
spot,” Ngochi said. “I didn’t evenhave time to think about it.”
Ngochi went on to expressdisappointment in getting edgedout by Chung.
“I guess it just sucked be-cause we were so close; he wona [56-inch] TV, compared to a$200 radio thing, but it’s stillsomething that I didn’t have be-fore, so I guess I have to behappy with that,” Ngochi said.“I actually expected to win it,but what can you do.”
Chung, who said he learnedof the contest via e-mail the daybefore the video applicationswere administered, defendedthe practicality of his translat-ing glasses idea.
“It’d be really useful if you’reoverseas and just traveling or partof the army or navy, or even partof the Red Cross,” he said. “Itmakes it easier to help people.”
And unlike Ngochi’s impro-vised application, Chung said hisproposal was based on actual re-search he was conducting.
“I presented that idea with aprofessor, but it wasn’t in ourbudget to do an idea like that,”Chung said. He added that whilethe digital processing and thevoice activation software re-quired for the glasses would bedifficult, the technology does existto turn his proposal into reality.
For the time being, Chung isfocusing his energy on a differ-ent project — attempting to re-pair the Hubble Space Tele-scope as part of an internshipwith Alliant Techsystems.
In the fall, he will return to anengineering program that hesays proved its superioritythrough placing three of its stu-dents among the top four final-ists in the contest.
“It shows how awesome Mary-land’s engineering is — not justin class, but we’re able to comeup with stuff outside of class,” hesaid. “It shows how much betterwe are than other schools.”
While such grand statementsmight be difficult to prove usingthe results of one competition,another lower-scale comparisoncertainly cannot be disputed:Chung’s new television is cer-tainly better than his old one.
CONTEST, from Page 1
Gordon certain will keep propertyBut the Maryland Depart-
ment of Assessments andTaxation disagrees, listingDaria Land Group LLC as theowner of 9078 BaltimoreAvenue. And College Park
Public Services Director BobRyan said Daria attorneyRobert Hillman told the citythe company is in court tryingto evict the property’s ten-ants.
Hillman declined to com-ment.
Gordon provided fewspecifics on how he plans topush his case — acting onhis attorney’s advice, hesaid — but said he was notgiven sufficient notificationof the foreclosure proceed-ings and accused the otherinvolved parties of submit-ting fabrications to courts.He said he is not only cer-tain he will keep his prop-erty, but he also expects theother parties to face crimi-nal charges.
“I am quite sure that peo-ple who become judges aresmart enough and wiseenough to say,‘Wow, this
isn’t true, and you said itwas,’” Gordon said.
Gordon has largely keptquiet on the foreclosureproceedings, brushing it offas complicated paperwork.Employees and customersin College Perk yesterdaysaid they had not heard theproperty had been fore-closed on or heard of acourt battle to evict thebusiness.
“I hope it’s not true,”said Nadia Brandon, analumna and frequent Col-lege Perk customer. “Itwould suck if this placeclosed, period. I wouldhave to go to Silver Springor D.C.”
Brandon listed many rea-sons she loved CollegePerk: intellectual debates,friendly community atmos-phere, coffee and even thestudy environment, follow-
ing each with “make sureyou put that in the story,too.”
Gordon brought outdozens of supporters tofight for College Perk inFebruary when the city wasconsidering challenging itsliquor license over unpaidfees, but said he has notrallied the troops over thisissue because popular sup-port can’t change theresult.
Gordon also has not paidsome of the city fees heagreed to take care of inFebruary, as well as morerecent fees. He said he justhasn’t gotten around tosome of them; others, suchas the occupancy permitfee, remain unpaid becauseof his own scruples aboutthem.
PERK, from Page 1
have yielded the right of way, ashis street had a stop sign, but thatChavez, 30, was driving 50 mphon the residential street, twicethe posted limit. Chavez was alsoinjured in the Dec. 10 accident.
Brian Gray’s mother, MaryGray, who witnessed the acci-dent from another car, said shewas not surprised to see Brianbearing some of the legalblame, but she said if Chavezhad been driving at the speedlimit, there wouldn’t have beena fatal crash.
“If you were driving 25, I don’tthink you would kill someone, re-gardless of whether they yield theright of way,” she said. “There’sno reason for anyone to die in aresidential neighborhood.”
Brian Gray’s crumpledChevrolet Beretta ended up 85feet from the impact point, hismother said. He died shortlyafter arriving at the hospital.
Mary Gray described BelairDrive, where the accident oc-curred, as the “main street” ofnorthwest Bowie. It connectsRoute 450 to Routes 3, 50 and301, and the accident occurredjust blocks from where the roadnarrows from two lanes in eachdirection to one. Nevertheless,she said, no one should be driv-ing 50 mph on a house-lined resi-
dential street.Although the police report de-
termined Chavez’s partial re-sponsibility for the accident, hefaces no criminal charges pend-ing review by Glenn Ivey, state’sattorney for Prince George’sCounty. Ivey’s office could not bereached for comment.
Prince George’s County Po-lice spokesman Cpl. StephenPacheco declined to commenton the incident and would notsay whether Chavez is still onactive duty.
Even six months after Gray’sdeath, his active Facebook pagecontinues to receive frequentwall postings from friends, suchas Megan Johns, a junior at Salis-bury University. Johns said in ane-mail that the police report wasa step toward a resolution of theaffair she hopes will eventuallyend in Chavez’s prosecution.
“I think that we are all stillvery numb from the accidentand once the questions are an-swered it will really help us allcope better,” she said. “He wassimply making a left hand turnto take himself to school, andhe’s gone. Brian was a responsi-ble young man whose life un-fortunately was taken, and heand his family deserve justicein this case.”
REPORT, from Page 1researchers believe AICAPwill be better than ever.
The grant money will allowproject members to use betterequipment, which in turn willattract more experts to comework with the team, said asso-ciate professor NathanielTablante, a researcher for theproject. The project is alsoexpected to garner globalattention because the bird fluis such a prevalent problemworldwide.
His colleagues agree.“This gives a lot of visibility
to the University of Marylandinternationally,” Samal said.“The research that we do willbring new vaccines ... and aname for the university.”
Since its launch, AICAPhas been responsible fordeveloping vaccines for dif-ferent strains of the bird flu,Tablante said. AICAP hasalso created better ways todetect the virus to reducefalse positives.
In addition, Tablantedesigned training programsto teach workers and emer-gency personnel what to do incase of an outbreak. He andGeorge Malone, a poultryspecialist from the Universityof Delaware, traveled acrossthe country, giving Power-
Point presentations thattrained more than 3,000 peo-ple to properly kill infectedbirds and dispose of theirremains. To give his trainingseminar a more hands-onapproach, Tablante admitted,he used rubber chickens inhis demonstrations.
Bird flu is responsible forkilling many chickens andother poultry worldwide,affecting the global economy.At its present state, the virus isonly transmissible to peoplewhen poultry workers come indirect contact with infectedbirds, Tablante said.
But Samal warned eventu-ally the virus may mutate intoa form that can be spreadamong humans.
“It's a very serious diseasebecause [we] do not have anti-bodies to avian flu,” Samalsaid. “The flu is very easy tospread. It can kill humans likeflies. It can cause pandemics.”
Despite this grave assess-ment, Tablante said he doesnot believe the virus willaffect Americans.
“I'm more of an optimist.”Tablante said. “At least herefrom the U.S. standpoint, wehave a well-trained group ofpeople ... that can handle anyoutbreak.”
GRANT, from Page 1
“I hope it’s not true.It would suck if thisplace closed, period.
I would have to goSilver Spring or
D.C.”–Nadia Brandon
ALUMNA
4
Paying to work. Sound likea new work-at-homescheme? Think again.This is the norm for thou-sands of college students
take each year in the form ofunpaid internships.
According to the career informa-tion website Vault, 84 percent of allcollege students surveyed in 2006planned to complete at least oneinternship before graduating.About half of these are unpaid.
At my (unpaid) internship at The(Baltimore) Sun, many of my fel-low interns pay more than a thou-sand dollars to participate in theinternship program because theyneed the credits as part of theirmajor.
At this university, journalismstudents are required to takeJOUR 396/399: Supervised Intern-ship, and many other collegeswithin the university have similarrequirements. Since many studentsdecide to complete internshipsduring the summer, in-state stu-dents are paying anywhere from$273—$819 to fulfill this require-ment. And that’s just in-state. Out-of-state students are paying any-where from $902—$2,706 to fulfillthis requirement. Add to this theprice of gas, and one could easilybe out thousands of dollars duringthe course of the summer.
Sadly, this is the norm ratherthan an exception. According toSlate Magazine, a student at Buck-nell University has to pay any-where from $286—$1,074 in orderto participate in a for-credit sum-mer internship.
Luckily for me, I am not a jour-nalism major. Because of this, Iwas able to take advantage of theUniversity Career Center’s no-credit internship class UNIV099:Internship Seminar, whichallowed me to participate in anacademic internship by only pay-ing a $30 application fee. (In theland of internships, I havelearned the hard way that “aca-demic” is a fancy euphemism for“non-paying.”)
Internships are a valuable toolfor career exploration, and the uni-versity should be doing more toencourage its students to partici-pate in them. Sure, the Career Cen-ter can help find you an internship,but what about after that? Besidessending you the tuition bill in themail, you are on your own. But thisdoesn’t need to be the case.
One solution is to let studentsreceive credit for their summerinternships in the fall semester.Since summer tuition costs are cal-culated by the number of credithours while in-semester tuition is aset amount, summer internshipcredits should be counted as partof the fall semester. This wouldprevent the need for having to dishout more than a thousand dollarsfor your free labor.
Another possible solution is togive students a financial break forcredits earned through intern-ships. Wellesley College in Massa-chusetts takes this one step fur-ther: They issue stipends to stu-dents who participate in non-pay-ing summer internships. Thiswould never work here due to thesheer size of the university and theconstant need for money due tobudget cuts. But what about charg-ing a nominal fee for students whowish to receive credit for theirinternship? Instead of $273 percredit for in-state students, howabout $30 per credit? Better yet,the university should make addi-tional scholarships available inorder to help students defray thecosts of their internships.
The business world will neverchange. There are only so manyinternships available for the largepool of students looking, and cor-porations and businesses under-stand this. As long as there are col-lege students willing to work forfree in the name of their future,there will be non-paying intern-ships. But our university doesn’thave to make it harder.
Don’t get me wrong; it was mydecision to accept my internshipand I am enjoying every minute ofit. It is just that the universityneeds to make the experiencemore accessible to more students.If I had to pay $819 to do it, I wouldprobably be at the pool tonightinstead of driving to Baltimore.
We know opportunity costs, butwill it pay off? Ask me in five years.
Joel Cohen is a junior governmentand politics major. He can bereached at [email protected].
Costlyexperience
This past Saturday night,thousands gathered alongthe Vistula River in frontof Wawel Castle inKrakow for a dragon
parade. The size of the crowd thatgathered to see the dragon paradestunned me. A coworker at Googlehad invited me to come to the festi-val, and I had accepted, expecting afun Krakovian parade around thestatue. In reality, the so-calledparade was much more.
As legend has it, many years ago,a dragon, Smok Wawelski,appeared in a cave in Wawel Hillnext to the Vistula River, where thefamous Wawel Castle stands today.The dragon tormented the town,eating children.
In some versions of the story,the town had to sacrifice girls toappease the dragon, so the king’sdaughter was in danger. The kingchallenged the town to kill thedragon, the prize being his beau-tiful daughter’s hand in marriageand inheriting the throne uponhis death.
After many noble fighters triedtheir hand and failed, a poor boynamed Krak offered his services.He stuffed sheep with spices andsulfur and placed them by thedragon’s cave. When the dragonawoke and found the sheep, he atethem all. He was overcome by a ter-rible thirst and rushed to the riverVistula, drinking so much heexploded. Krak married theprincess and became the ruler ofthe town that was named after him— Krakow.
This ancient legend is still cele-brated today with a fire-breathingdragon near the legendary cave.The metal dragon, installed in 1970,breathes fire on aregular basis orw h e n e v e r“SMOK” is textedto 7168. It is oneof the more popu-lar tourist destina-tions in Krakow.
The dragonitself is a bony-looking structurewith six arms andis far less impres-sive than the festi-val celebrated inits honor. Everyyear in June thecity holds a two-day festival inhonor of Krak andSmok Wawelski.This past week-end, June 7 and 8,children cele-brated the leg-endary dragonwith a parade ofmonster sculp-tures they hadbuilt. The luckywinners of thecontest walkedtheir creationsalong the Vistula River before thenight celebrations.
On Saturday, large floats of drag-ons and other monsters operated byactors in the Theatre Grotesqueparaded on boats. The huge floats(think Macy’s Thanksgiving DayParade but with Polish monsters)featured silly dragons, fierce drag-ons and sea monsters set on a back-ground of fireworks, a light show, awater show and music, with a dif-ferent display for each float.
The show lasted about 45 minutesand was perhaps one of the mostfantastic light or firework shows Ihave ever witnessed. The show isexactly the type of thing I hadhoped to see by coming here —something totally fantastic that Icould not see anywhere else.
At home in America we have ourcelebrations — New Year’s, Inde-pendence Day, Thanksgiving, etc.— but this particular event seemedto combine elements from celebra-tions around the world with a Kra-kovian spirit and a Disney-qualitylight show.
Sonny Franckel is a senior com-puter science major and will bewriting summer columns on herexperience interning with Googlein Krakow. She can be reached [email protected].
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The authors use the example of abroken window on a building as a signof implied apathy and permissibilityfor vandalism within a community. Inthis metaphor, the problem of a singlesmashed out window snowballs into aseries of broken windows in much thesame way minor vandalism escalatesinto serious crime in a community.
In many ways, College Park resem-bles a community teetering on theedge of the broken window complex. While petty van-dalism and occasionally serious crime occurs in thetown, College Park hasn’t yet reached the heights ofcrimes in cities such as Newark, used as an exampleby Wilson and Kelling.
Students fear walking off the campus late at night,and rarely does a week go by during the school yearwithout a Crime Alert e-mail going out to the campus.
Meanwhile, residents of the city resent both therowdy behavior downtown and the constant threat ofcriminal activity in the city.
The College Park City Council’s passage of extrafunding for public safety two weeks ago represents amajor step in combating crime in the city. The alloca-tion for three new officers solely patrolling CollegePark will inevitably help make the city a safer place tolive. Despite debate over the costs of the expansion,
the basic need for safety within thecommunity, a need shared by bothstudents and residents alike, pre-vailed.
This does not mark the end of theproblem of crime in College Park. Itmay not even have an impact in theimmediate future. Three officers willnot be able to solve every case, pre-vent every mugging and stop everytheft in progress, but the increased
police presence in and of itself will begin to act as apowerful deterrent toward crime.
In the end, the city council should be commended fortaking a strong stance on improving public safety, evenwhen the costs associated resulted in raising taxes forresidents. By increasing police presence in the city, thecouncil effectively stated that College Park will nolonger be a community tolerant of broken windows.
“If a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all therest of the windows will soon be broken.” -George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson
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Throwing our pundit hats into the ring of recklessspeculation about vice presidential candidates, TheDiamondback’s editorial staff has decided to analyzea few possible V.P. prospects for Sen. Barack
Obama’s campaign. With Sen. John McCain having sealedthe Republican nomination months ago, we figure he’s al-ready had time to mull over his choices.
HHiillllaarryy CClliinnttoonnPros: The down-home blue collar everywoman that she is
(or at least has been for the last 15-or-so months), Clintoncould help translate a lot of white lower-middle class primaryvotes for her into general election votes for Obama.
Cons: Just saying her name around most Republicans (andeven some Democrats) is a pretty easy way to pick a fight.Short of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or the ghost of Karl Marx,Clinton would be the V.P. most likely to bring Republican op-position out in droves.
DDeennnniiss KKuucciinniicchhPros: While Kucinich may lean a little too far left for a lot of
the American electorate, it’s worth noting that he probablyhas magical powers. Not only does he look like a tiny, mythicalwoodland creature, but he also managed to somehow find ahot wife in spite of such an appearance.
Cons: Come November, he’ll be pretty busy getting ready tohelp Rudolph save Christmas or working as an extra in the
new Hobbit movie. The swing orc vote probably wouldn’t betoo pleased, either.
BBaammbbaallee OOssbbyyPros: Obviously the local favorite, an Obama-Osby ticket
could produce the best campaign slogan ever: “O. O. It’sMagic!” It would also be the best 2-on-2 basketball ticket toever run for election, narrowly edging out George H. W. Bushand Dan Quayle.
Cons: Osby’s lack of a dominant offensive post game andoccasional lapses in decision-making would be critical flawsto bring on the campaign trail. And while he did lend an en-dorsement to Jonathan Sachs’ (successful) Student Govern-ment Association campaign, he lacks name recognition on anational level.
BBiillll OO’’RReeiillllyyPros: The ultimate surprise candidate, O’Reilly would
make the Obama ticket more purple than Tinky Winky andwould help counter McCain’s popularity in the “bitter-white-males-over-50” demographic. His candidacy might also takethe teeth out of the Fox “News” coverage of the race.
Cons: It’s O’Reilly. Just to the right of Attila the Hun, O’Reil-ly is arguably the angriest man alive and would need a mas-sive P.R. staff to spin his crazed comments on America. Also,an inability to cut his opponents’ mics during V.P. debatesmight complicate things for him.
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The coming week is likely to seemany doors opening in allareas, and this is sure to leadto some big developments for
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What seems fortunate to one indi-vidual may actually prove unfortu-nate to another, and vice versa.Many will find themselves standingon the starting blocks at this time,and they must be ready to sprint forthe finish line. He who jumps thegun, however, may encounter someserious peril.
GEMINI (May 21-June 6) — It’stime to get back to basics wherelove is concerned. Focus on indi-vidual building blocks. (June 7-June 20) — You’ll enjoy a veryreal thrill — thanks to a specialfriend who knows that it’s yourturn to experience somethingnew.
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REVIEW | LIL WAYNE
ALBUM: Tha Carter III | VERDICT:
BYALEXRUSHStaff writer
With his constant boasts, self-prophesizing and love from crit-ics (Rolling Stone named him“Best MC” in their “Best of Rock2008” issue) and fans alike, rap-per Lil Wayne has a lot riding onhis shoulders. He could either flytoo close to the sun, mimickingthe fate of doomed Greek mytho-logical figure Icharus, or he couldreign as hip-hop’s new king, com-plete with riches and respectfrom his peers.
Thanks to Tha Carter III, LilWayne (real name: DwayneMichael Carter) firmly establish-es himself in the latter category.The rapper insists he is cut fromthe same Gucci cloth as his leg-endary hip-hop predecessors,such as the Notorious B.I.G. andJay-Z; like those acclaimed rap-pers, Lil Wayne wants an immor-tal legacy. He started declaringhimself “the best rapper alive”after 2005’s Tha Carter II, and onTha Carter III, Lil Wayne deliv-ers a devastatingly awesome re-peat (or “3 peat,” according to thealbum’s first single.)
Even though Lil Wayne hasn’treleased an album in nearly threeyears, he has never left the game.His slew of mixtapes, which in-clude the popular “The Droughtis Over” series, his dozens ofguest appearances and news-making legal troubles (most ofwhich were for drug possession)have made the 25-year-old NewOrleans native’s new album one
of the most anticipated releasesof the year. His progression as anartist is evident on Tha Carter III;it might have been a blessing indisguise that the album’s dropdate was pushed back so manytimes, as Lil Wayne has just con-tinued to grow as an artist.
The album is continuously en-tertaining thanks to Lil Wayne’s(also known as Lil Weezy) bluesyand raspy voice, and his imagina-tive and often bizarre lyrics alsolift The Carter III’s caliber. Wayneuses his flow as an instrument,building it up and softening it tomatch the beats. Through thesevocals, his free-wheeling person-ality is evident: You can envisionWayne staggering in the boothdue to a few too many blunt puffsor sips of sizzurp. And just whenyou think you have him peggedas a typical misogynist, drug-ad-dicted, gangsta rapper after lis-tening to the annoyingly repeti-tive first single, “Lollipop,” LilWayne breaks out science fictionreferences on “Phone Home”and recites his thesis on systemicinjustices on “Misunderstood.”
“A Milli” shows Lil Waynebrings more than just paper cupsof promethazeen to the table. Be-tween a screwed-and-choppedhook that is reminiscent of thechorus of “Money On My Mind”from Tha Carter II; Wayne kickshilarious rhymes such as “You’relike a bitch with no ass, you ain’tshit” and “I’d rather be pushingflowers/ Than in the pen, sharingshowers.” Equally funny is histongue-in-cheek look at literally
f---ing the police on “Mrs. Offi-cer,” featuring R&B croonerBobby Valentino.
One of Tha Carter III’s most in-genious tracks is “Dr. Carter.”Using a few story lines and vividdescriptions complete with med-ical terms, Lil Wayne raps abouttrying to operate on and savewack rappers from their lack offlow, song concepts, confidenceand “respect for the game.” LilWayne wants to be the best, buthe makes sure to pay homage tohis teachers.
Although he excels in witti-ness, Lil Wayne may be evenbetter in exerting eeriness. On“Playing with Fire,” which fea-tures singer Betty Wright ,Wayne goes on a melodic rantthat makes him sound like adisturbed maniac, makingominous statements such as“I’m from where you’re no-body ’til you kill somebody”and “When you’re great, it’snot murder; it’s assassinate/ Soassassinate me, bitch/ Cuz I’mdoing the same shit MartinLuther King did.”
With Tha Carter III, Lil Wayneavoids Icharus’ fate. He may nothave officially affirmed he is thebest rapper alive, but his innova-tive style and unapologetic natureshow he can hold his own — see:“Mr. Carter,” featuring Jay-Z —against those who reign supreme.If Lil Wayne keeps this up, futurerappers may try to prove they’rehis musical sons.
Welcome to the 3 peatThough Lil Wayne may not be the best rapper alive,
he certainly gives it his all on Tha Carter III
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Hurdler can boost status forthis year’s Olympic trials
Adams taught many tactics
pion in the 110-meter hurdles,Berger has helped revitalize atrack program that from 1954 to1981 won 26 indoor ACC titlesand 26 outdoor ACC titles but hasnot won since.
“The big thing for me is thecontribution this kid has given tothe [program] in his four yearshere has been tremendous in get-ting to the NCAA level and help-ing us in recruiting,” head coachAndrew Valmon said. “When wecome back and think about whatwe want to be as a program, wewant to be in the upper echelon ...and he’ll lead by example.”
Right now, Berger says hisonly goal is to win the champi-onship. But he admits thatbreaking Nehemiah’s time, andsubsequently setting a newschool and national record,would be icing on the cake —
but extremely difficult to do.“It’s always there. That’s
still one of the greatest recordsin track and field,” Bergersaid. “Just knowing that Iwould be in the same league asRenaldo was would be a greataccomplishment.”
Berger is also hoping to use hisperformance this week to cata-pult an Olympic career.
The Olympic trials, held laterthis month in Eugene, Ore., areinvitation-only, and athletes mustrun under a specific time in orderto qualify. An athlete who runs atime of 13.40 seconds or under,termed the “A” standard, in com-petition automatically qualifies,while anything under 14.00meets the “B” standard. “B” stan-dard athletes will be invited onlyif additional competition is need-ed at the trials, according to theUSA Track & Field website.
Berger has already met the
“B” standard, but he has neverrun under 13.49 and knows that astrong showing this week couldgo a long way toward an invita-tion to the trials.
“Doing well in this upcomingchampionship would open thedoor to a lot of things this up-coming Olympic year and seek-ing sponsorship this summer.”
But Berger insisted that he isfocused solely on winning the110-meter hurdles champi-onship and finishing his colle-giate career the way he alwaysenvisioned.
“Anything less would definitelybe a disappointment,” Bergersaid. “It’s been a great decision tocome here and run for AndrewValmon and bring back that tradi-tion of track and field to Mary-land. It’s been a great experience,and I’ve loved every minute of it.”
BERGER, from Page 10
“Jen and I worked togetherreally well,” Reese said. “Itwas an opportunity that wasthere for her and it’s what youdo as an assistant coach —you become a head coach. It’sa great opportunity for her tomove on to the next challengein her career.”
Adams addressed the teamto break the news, and themove came as a surprise toreturning players.
“It was a surprise, and wedefinitely had no idea that itwas an option,” said juniormidfielder Caitlyn McFadden,who is in Utah with Adamsconducting a lacrosse camp.“We were all just sad to hearthat she was leaving, but weall know that’s such a greatopportunity for her, and weare all happy for her. It’s bit-tersweet because we lovedhaving Jen as a coach, butshe’s going to do great thingsat Loyola.”
Adams developed as acoach under Reese, and overthe years she was allowedfreedom. At practice, Adamsoften shared her insights andmasterful stick skills with theteam and she ran severaldrills.
Adams was also involvedwith team strategy, as shehelped guide the Terps’ run-and-gun offense that rankedthird in the nation with 315goals.
“Jen was a great coach; shewas able to show the girlsthings and strategize andfocus on X’s and O’s and [is] agood recruiter,” Reese said.“She was just an all-aroundgreat person.”
“She knows so much aboutthe game and got us to be cre-ative,” McFadden said. “Shehas taught us a lot and hope-fully the players that havebeen on the team for the lasttwo years with her. Hopefullywe can pass those things on tothe new incoming Marylandplayers.”
Loyola is a program rich inhistory, consistently churningout All-Americans, but theGreyhounds have struggled inrecent years. Last season,Loyola was just 6-10, and oneof the losses was a 20-4 shel-lacking by the Terps.
“I am so excited for thisopportunity to get in there andcoach in a program with sucha storied past,” Adams said.“They were such great rivalswhen I was a player at Mary-land. I really want to bringthat level of excellence backand keep with that tradition atLoyola and start a new futurefor them. I am really excitedabout the opportunity.”
As a player, Adams rackedup 178 assists and 445 points,both NCAA records, and her267 goals is a Terp record.
The Australian native wonthe inaugural TewaaratonTrophy Adams and was also athree-time national player ofthe year.
ADAMS, from Page 10
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ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKChad Durakis started all four years behind the plate for the Terps. The Cockeysville native hit .289 in his career.
Durakis drafted by O’sCatcher assigned to Class-A Aberdeen
BY ADI JOSEPHSenior staff writer
Chad Durakis was readyfor life after baseball.
The former Terrapin catcheralready had landed a job thissummer, Terp coach TerryRupp said. But he may notneed to give up his gear justyet.
The Baltimore Oriolespicked Durakis in the 37thround of the Major LeagueBaseball First-Year PlayerDraft on Friday, making himthe only Terrapin baseballplayer among the 1,504draftees in the two-dayprocess. Durakis will beginplaying with the AberdeenIronBirds—an Orioles Class-Aaffiliate.
“Basically, being drafted was
always a dream of mine,” Du-rakis said. “I wasn’t going tobelieve it until I saw it.”
Durakis was a four-yearstarter for the Terps. He madehis mark, placing in the pro-gram’s all-time top 10 in hits,runs, RBI and several othercategories. Durakis hit .289with 10 home runs and 114 RBIas a Terp.
But it was durability wherethe 6-foot, 215-pound catchermade his mark.
“I don’t think he missed agame in four years,” Rupp said.
Rupp also praised Durakisfor his leadership and workethic, noting that the senioroften encouraged his team-mates both in the classroomand on the field.
Recently, several catchersdrafted in late rounds have made
big contributions on the major-league level. For instance, former62nd-round pick Mike Piazza is alock for the Hall of Fame when hebecomes eligible.
Rupp said he believes Durakisis the kind of player whose abili-ties will translate to the next level.
“He’s very coachable, andhe’s very astute for making ad-justments,” Rupp said. “Youneed somebody like that be-hind the plate.”
Durakis may go down for some-thing else in Terp history, though.He currently holds the Terprecord for hits-by-pitch at 45.
“That, right there, is an indica-tion of what type of player he is,”Rupp said. “He’s willing to dowhatever it takes to get on baseand help our team.”
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COURTESY OF MARYLAND ATHLETICSThis week, senior Dominic Berger has his third and final shot to win the 110-meter hurdles before his career as a Terrapin is over.
Berger trying to become king of hurdlesSenior competes at NCAA
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Dominic Berger is hoping tosave his best for last.
The senior hurdler qualifiedfor this week’s NCAA Division IOutdoor Track and Field Cham-pionships in Iowa for the thirdconsecutive year by posting aseason-best time of 13.72 sec-onds — good for fifth place inthe 110-meter hurdles at theNCAA East Regional Champi-onships.
At the 2006 nationals, Bergerfinished second in the 110-meters with a career-best timeof 13.49 seconds — the secondfastest time in program history,behind only RenaldoNehemiah’s collegiate record13.00-second finish. But at the2007 nationals, a false start inthe qualifying heat disqualifiedBerger from competing.
This year, Berger says hethinks his prior experienceshave helped prepare him forwhat he believes is most crucialto his success this weekend: hismental approach.
“It’s great experience justknowing what I have to do onceI’m there and knowing that thecompetition is going to step itup to another level,” Bergersaid.
Berger will have to beat theodds along with his opponentsin order to achieve his goal. Heentered Wednesday’s qualify-ing round ranked 19th in a fieldof 26 hurdlers competing in the110-meters. Athletes with thebest 16 times in today’s heatwill move on to Friday, wherethose with the top eight timeswill advance to Saturday’s final.
“The cliché is 90 percentmental, 10 percent physical,”Berger said. “If you go into arace with doubts in your mind,you might as well stay home. Itdoesn’t matter what kind ofshape you’re in; if you aren’tconfident, you can’t race withanybody.”
This week will be the lasttime Berger competes as aTerp. A two-time ACC Cham-
Women’s lacrosse assistant to take over at LoyolaBY BRIAN KAPUR
Staff writer
The Terrapin women’slacrosse team lost 10 playersto graduation, but now the
team will also have to fill avoid on its coaching staff.Terps’ associate head coachJen Adams was hired as headcoach by in-state rival LoyolaFriday.
“It’s bittersweet because Ihave a great deal of respect forMaryland and a deep passionfor Terps lacrosse,” Adamssaid. “But at this point in mycareer it’s a great opportunity
for me as a young coach. It’s agreat chance for me to grow asa coach and step out of mycomfort zone. I just think it’sthe right time for me to moveon and do something like this.
But it’s tough to leave the girlsat Maryland.”
Adams, 28, was a Terp assis-tant coach in 2002 and 2003before leaving for Denver,where current Terps head
coach Cathy Reese was incharge. When Reese was hiredtwo years ago, Adamsreturned with her.
Please See ADAMS, Page 8
Please See BERGER, Page 8