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Our 100TH Year, No. 72THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERFriday, December 11, 2009
Univ. Senate votes to save HillockWylie: “No idea” what impact overwhelming vote of support will have on decision
BY DERBY COXSenior staff writer
The Wooded Hillock gained itsmost significant support so far yes-terday when the University Senatevoted to save the forest land nearComcast Center from development.
In order to clear space for the 38-acre, $900 million East CampusDevelopment that would bring stu-dent housing, stores and a Birch-mere music hall to Route 1, the uni-versity had planned to relocate uni-versity facilities to the hillock. Thesenate’s decision came after a
months-long struggle to save the22.4 acres of woods from being con-verted, leaving administratorsunsure of what will happen next.
When asked whether the votewould affect the university’s devel-opment plans, Vice President forAdministrative Affairs Ann Wylienoted the resolution is not bindingand said she had “no idea” what itsimpact will be.
With its 62-12 vote in favor of pre-serving the hillock, the senatejoined the Student Government
Students onverge of city’sfirst co-ophousingGroup has taken steps towards bringing low-costoption to College Park
BY AMANDA PINOStaff writer
Students looking to bring low-cost, com-munal housing to College Park are scouringthe rental market and finalizing membershipcontracts as they seek to start the city’s firsthousing co-operative.
The students are members of CHUM,short for Co-op Housing at the University ofMaryland, and after 10 months of workingtoward securing a property, they hope tokick off their co-op by the start of the nextschool year.
Since last semester, the group has madesignificant progress toward its goals: It hasapplied for incorporation, drafted a member-ship contract and even met with new Col-lege Park Mayor Andy Fellows. But thegroup has also settled for one big compro-mise: The students hope to rent — ratherthan own — their first co-operative house.
Housing co-ops typically depend on mem-bers owning a property to provide reason-able rents and utility costs. Even thoughthey plan to rent, CHUM members hope tobe able to save money through buying foodin bulk and pooling their resources to coverutilities, food, maintenance and other livingexpenses.
The members could not raise enoughmoney to buy their own home just yet. Still,recent graduate and CHUM founderRachael Maddox said her visit to a co-op con-ference in November helped push the groupfrom theory to action.
“It refocused our efforts and helped usrealize what needed to be done in order toget the first house for next fall,” Maddoxsaid. “Things weren’t happening [last win-ter], but they are now. Like a lot of the nutsand bolts: what a business plan looks like,how to fill out a form for nonprofit status,how to establish more concrete bylaws —these are all things discussed at the confer-ence and things we’re doing now.”
see CO-OP, page 3
see SENATE, page 2
BY LAUREN REDDINGStaff writer
For many students, going a week with-out checking Facebook is difficult; goinga week without a computer is inconceiv-able. But for senior Spanish major NicTriolo, this seemingly essential technol-ogy is a luxury he simply can’t afford.
Last October, Triolo was illegallydownloading the most recent M.I.A.album when his computer screen wentblank. He had accidentally downloaded avirus. After trying to fix it himself andonly making it worse, Triolo came to adevastating conclusion: His computerwas dead and he couldn’t afford to buy anew one.
Since then, Triolo has become part ofone of the smallest minority groups atthe university — the 1 percent of stu-dents on the campus who don’t have acomputer, according to Office of Infor-mation Technology data.
University officials said it is incrediblyrare for a student to not have a computer.
A 2008 OIT student survey found thatmore than 99 percent of universityrespondents indicated that they owned acomputer, up from 96 percent in 2007,OIT spokeswoman Phyllis DickersonJohnson said.
Existing at this university without apersonal computer hasn’t been easy,Triolo said. He has to plan his daysaround when the library is open so hecan complete his assignments on time.
“It’s really difficult,” Triolo said.“Basically, I use the library for every-thing. If I’m writing an essay, I usuallyhave to do it all in one day.”
Triolo said he typically visits thelibrary anywhere from seven to 10 timesa week, spending a significant amountof time on the public computers work-ing on homework and checking hisBlackboard and e-mail accounts.
“I have to keep my schedule open andthink about what hours I can work so Ihave time to be in the library,” he said.
see COMPUTERS, page 6
Coping without acomputer
Though rare, un-wired students still exist
Researchers develop shapeshifting space suit“Next generation” suit uses robotic parts to fit astronaut
Plant sciences professor Marla McIntosh (right) celebrates after theUniversity Senate passed a resolution to save the Wooded Hillock.MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY ADELE HAMPTONStaff writer
It’s one small step for a team ofuniversity aerospace engineers, onegiant leap for space suit evolution.
After eight years of workingwith space technology, aerospaceengineering professor David Akinhas developed the “next genera-tion space suit” with his team ofundergraduate and graduate stu-
dent research assistants. By infus-ing a normal space suit with newrobotic parts, the prototype canconform to perfectly fit its wearer,making it more cost-effective forspace programs and more com-fortable for astronauts.
“We found that the current suit, itneeded more capability than it hasnow,” Akin said. “Three-fourths ofan astronaut’s effort goes to movetheir space suit instead of their task.
We need to have the suit stay out ofthe way. You don’t have to fight thesuit to do the task you need to do.”
Unlike custom-made space suitsused by NASA and other space pro-grams around the world, whichrestrict movement and often causeinjury to astronauts in training, thisnew prototype allows the astronautto get in and out of the suit easily
see SUIT, page 3
A researcher tests a suit developed by aerospace engineering professor David Akin’s team in a bouyancy tankdesigned to simulate the weightlessness of outer space. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID AKIN
Hundreds of studentsassembled at the Armorylast night for That 70sHanukkah Party and toattempt to break the worldrecord for the most drei-dels spun simultaneously.
The nearly 400 partici-pants failed to break theUniversity of Michigan’srecord of 610 dreidels. In
addition to the worldrecord attempt, variousJewish student groups,including Koach and theJewish Student Union, setup booths with activitiesranging from balloon-shav-ing competitions to blowart.— Photos and text by JaclynBorowski
Spinning short of arecord
Spinning short of arecord
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TODAY
Students at San Fran-cisco State Universitydon’t like tuition hikes orstate funding cuts tohigher education. Butwhile students nation-wide are complainingabout similar issues, no one protests likeCalifornia.
At this university, protesting means justchanting on the steps of the Main Adminis-tration building. According to The New YorkTimes, 26 students were arrested at SFSUyesterday after occupying the building for afull day — refusing to leave until all studentloans were forgiven and the U.S. militaryceases the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan —forcing the cancellation of classes in thebuilding in the meantime.
The university administration declined tomeet these demands, deciding it would beeasier to remove the protesters than alterU.S. foreign policy. Police broke into thebuilding through a window to arrest the stu-dents.
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UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIADECLINES TO END IRAQ WAR
Association and Graduate StudentGovernment in opposing construc-tion on the site. But unlike thosegroups, the senate — which is com-posed of nearly 200 students, fac-ulty and staff — directly advisesuniversity President Dan Mote onpolicy issues. Mote generally fol-lows the senate’s advice, havinggone against the body only once inhis time at the university.
“The senate has spoken,” urbanforestry professor Marla McIntoshsaid after the vote. “What is moreimportant to us: Having a better col-lege town, the bells and whistles, orhaving better educational opportuni-ties for our students?”
Plans to bulldoze part of the hillockhave rankled some students and fac-ulty who say the site is academicallyand environmentally invaluable. Atthe meeting yesterday, McIntosh andother professors argued rare plantspecies and gravel deposits make thesite a “living classroom.”
“Whereas [biologists, physicistsand chemists] have their laborato-ries to teach their students, this isthe equivalent for the environmentalscience,” geography professorStephen Prince said.
At least 14 faculty members haveused or plan to use the hillock forinstruction, and about 1,000 studentsper year visit the site for class,according to information providedby McIntosh.
“It’s not a vote about the East Cam-pus Development,” McIntosh saidbefore the vote. “It is a vote about apiece of land that once we bulldoze it,we cannot restore it. It can nevergrow these native [plant] speciesagain. It will not be on the migrationpath of birds.”
Before Wylie could respond tohillock supporters, the senate nar-rowly decided to cut off debate andvote on the issue. After the resolu-tion passed, Wylie said the universityhas limited options for relocation.
“There are simply no goodplaces,” she said. “Every place has acost. Every place has a negative side.It’s 14 acres. So we could put it in Lot1. What would that mean? That
would mean that nobody who liveson this campus can have a car.There’d be no place for them to park.... So we came up with a bad solution,but it’s not like there is a good one.”
A few weeks ago, Provost Nari-man Farvardin requested that deansprovide information to him by Feb. 1regarding how developing thehillock would impact their depart-ments’ education and research.Wylie said the hillock would be leftuntouched until after the provost’sstudy is complete.
The university faces additionalobstacles to construction on thehillock even if it decides to disre-gard the senate’s decision. InNovember, Foulger-Pratt/Argo, the
university’s main development part-ner, pulled out of the East Campusproject, taking $15 million in reloca-tion funds with it.
The university is seeking theremaining $25 million from thestate to move the buildings, and thelegislature approved the first $5million in the spring. But before theuniversity can use that money, itneeds the approval of the CollegePark City Council. Last week, Dis-trict 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahnand District 2 Councilman BobCatlin said they would need to hearmore about the project before sign-ing off on the funds.
SENATEfrom page 1
The Wooded Hillock resolution went to a vote in the University Senate before Vice President for AdministrativeAffairs Ann Wylie was able to voice her final views on the situation. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
Dining Services greenlights composting pilotsTwo free units will go through 60-day trials next semester before one is selected
BY DANA CETRONEStaf f writer
Dining Services is movingahead with two composting pilotprograms that the departmenthopes to unveil outside the SouthCampus Dining Hall and TheDiner at the start of next semester.
Dining Services would acquireboth composting units for a free 60-day trial before deciding whether toimplement either of them on a full-time basis. The first compostingsystem will be placed outside TheDiner and break down food wasteinto wastewater; the other will
break waste into a soil amendment,or nutrient, on South Campus.
Director of Dining ServicesColleen Wright-Riva said bothpilot programs are running onschedule to start in January, but ifnegotiations with equipment ven-dors take longer than expected,Wright-Riva said the openingcould be pushed back later intothe spring semester.
“The reality is that this is an ele-ment of many tasks, and to coordi-nate it is a great effort,” Wright-Riva said.
Office of Sustainability DirectorScott Lupin said there are at least
two vendors with food-to-waste-water composting machinesapproved by the Washington Sub-urban Sanitary Commission. Buthe added the university is with-holding judgment over the com-posting possibilities until the end ofthe 60-day trials.
The wastewater method wouldpump water into the garbage anduse an enzyme to break downorganic waste into liquid that canbe treated by water treatmentplants. If this method is selected, itwill be one of only a few models inthe area.
The second method would cre-
ate a soil amendment or nutrientfrom the waste that could then bereused around the campus like afertilizer in areas such as flowerbeds and for other landscapingpurposes.
Although the university will testboth composting methods, GregThompson, Dining Service’s assis-tant director of facilities, said heprefers the soil-amendment system.
“It’s our best bet,” Thompson said.“It would be useful, and we would nothave to use 300 gallons of water a dayto use the other method.”
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UNIV. SENATE APPROVES FAMILY-FRIENDLY TENURE POLICY
The University Senate overwhelminglyvoted yesterday to allow tenured and tenure-track faculty to assume part-time positionswhile raising young children.
Many top graduate students — especiallywomen — choose not to pursue careers inacademia because of the challenges of bal-ancing work with family. The policy wouldallow faculty with young children to cut theirworkloads by as much as 50 percent, whichadvocates have said would help to attract andretain talented faculty.
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University researchers invented a space suit that uses robotic technology to conform to astronauts’ bodies. The suitsare tested in a neutral buoyancy tank that simulates the weightlessness of outer space. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID AKIN
and move freely while in space.The team’s model, known as
MX-3 — Maryland ExperimentSeries 3 — was developed witha one-size-fits-all mentality,Akin said. The team is planningto develop a line of three suitsto fit just about any body shape.
Space suits typically cost $1million per suit for a singlespace flight and are hardwiredwith out-of-date technology,Akin said. The shape-shiftingsuits could save millions of dol-lars for space programs thatchoose to use them.
“The key is to make a space
suit that fits better,” Akin said.“Current suits cause harm toastronauts in training, causingthem to get rotator cuff surgeryat times. They are difficult to getin and out of. Our suit is moreadaptable. We designed the suitso it can resize under pressure.”
During space walks, astro-nauts’ suits must withstandtons of pressure. But instead ofconcentrating on the mission athand, many astronauts findthemselves distracted andrestrained by their suits.
Relief from this burdencomes in the form of MX-3’srobotic actuators — a series ofmotors — and a set of restrainlines, which pull on the suit togive it extensive movement.
Although the “morphingsuit” will not be ready to debutuntil the summer, researcherssaid the team has gotten posi-tive response from the scien-tific community, but financialsupport is still sparse.
“It’s a matter of findingfunding right now,” said aero-space engineering graduatestudent Max Di Capua, whohas been on the team for twoyears. “There’s no activefunded research that supportswhat we’re doing. We’ve got-ten positive response, though.We’ve published papers onour research and have gottenthe interest of UMBC and Ari-zona State for partnership. Wedo attract quite a bit of atten-
tion, usually.”The “get-me-down suits,” as
Di Capua calls the existingspace suits, are used for highlycomplicated and technicalspace missions, but there’s stillroom for improvement.
“What we’ve come up with isjust a more complex suit,” DiCapua said. “So far there’sbeen little development withthe current space suit. Therewas a gap that needed to befilled. We believe human pres-ence in space is very impor-tant. It’s a small team, but wehave lots of big ideas. ... It’sinteresting and that’s why wedo it. That’s the fun of it.”
SUITfrom page 1
Foreign studentsface hardshipsInternational graduate studentscite issues with jobs, housingand on-campus representation
BY MELISSA QUIJADAStaff writer
The university is proud ofthe fact that more than 40percent of its graduate stu-dent body comes from othercountries, saying this sup-ports its mission to promotecampus diversity and culturalstimulation.
But many of those samestudents complain the univer-sity nonetheless turns a blindeye to their problems.
Some international stu-dents — who are not U.S. citi-zens and come to this univer-sity on student visas — saytheir lives are plagued by avariety of cultural, housingand financial issues that theuniversity doesn’t effectivelyaddress despite its pro-claimed desire to help themto get an education.
For many of these stu-dents, trouble begins as soonas they arrive in the UnitedStates because they don’tstart thinking about housinguntil they receive their uni-versity acceptance letter,Graduate Student Govern-ment President AnupamaKothari said.
“It’s not easy to get anapartment for internationalstudents. By the time they getall this paperwork, they arearriving at the U.S,” Kotharisaid. “It’s a big issue that’sreally unresolved right now.”
Her suggestion to helpreduce housing woes forinternational students —which at one point left 10 stu-dents stuck in a one-bedroomapartment as they scrambledto find their own living quar-ters — was to allow them tostay in unoccupied dormrooms in late summer whilethey track down apartments
or homes to rent.But that wouldn’t solve all
international graduate stu-dents’ troubles.
Once they do find housing,they may end up with a land-lord who takes advantage oftheir unfamiliarity with theirlegal rights in the UnitedStates, said Anna Bedford, agraduate student in compara-tive literature from theUnited Kingdom who was for-merly in the international stu-dent program. Bedford saidshe has a friend from Chinawho has complained aboutunfair treatment from herlandlord.
Taotao Liu, an informationmanagement graduate stu-dent from China, said she andher fellow international stu-dents also have trouble find-ing good jobs in the UnitedStates, especially during arecession.
“Most companies are look-ing for citizens,” Liu said.“For international students,it’s easier to look for technicalpositions, like programmingand coding.”
But the ease some havefinding technical jobs doesn’thelp graduate students inother fields of study.
However, some interna-tional graduate students say itisn’t all doom and gloom: Theuniversity’s Graduate StudentLegal Aid Office offers legaladvice to international stu-dents, and some have beenable to find employment tomake ends meet while theystudy here.
Mrinal Agrawal, a telecom-munications graduate stu-dent from India, said he hadsome trouble early on adjust-ing to the structure of classesand the different culture. Butit was easy to adjust, headded, because most of hisclassmates were also Indian.
The university will alsohire international students,said Rohan Gupte, who worksat the Clarice Smith Perform-ing Arts Center.
“There are many outsidejobs that require U.S. citizen-ship, but you can find themon campus,” said Gupte, alsoan Indian telecommunica-tions graduate student. “Ifyou look for them you aremost likely to get them. Youjust have to keep trying.”
The group is now incorpo-rated and can operate as alegal business in the state, andthey have also drafted a mem-bership contract modeledafter University of Californiaat Santa Barbara’s co-op hous-ing agreement.
Housing co-operatives atthe University of Texas atAustin and the University ofMichigan at Ann Arbor alsoserved as an inspiration forthe group.
At first, talk aboundedabout how to purchase a prop-erty. Maddox suggested thegroup solicit loans fromnational co-op organizationsand ask university alumni fordonations. But when theseideas didn’t formalize, thegroup channeled its effortsinto renting.
While owning a house isone of the most importantaspects of a co-op, members of
CHUM said that many stu-dent co-operatives — such asCo-operative Housing at theUniversity of Virginia, whichoperates in four rental housesnear the university — chooseto build a track record asrenters in order to securefunds for eventually purchas-ing a house.
“Not only do we have toestablish credit as a corpora-tion, but we also have to estab-lish ourselves as a student-runorganization that can operateproperly,” said CHUM mem-ber Natalia Cuadra, a juniorhistory and classics major.“Anybody can call themselvesa co-op and say, ‘Hey, give usmoney!’ but we have to provewe’re one by keeping track ofmeeting minutes, financesand all that.”
CHUM members agreedthat there were still benefits toliving in a co-op even withoutimmediate ownership.
“I think affordability stillcomes into play, because itwill still be cheaper than liv-
ing on campus, but it’ll havean on-campus feel in terms ofbeing part of a communityand being in a space that isgoverned by certain rules,”Cuadra explained. “But theserules, unlike on-campushousing, are rules that hope-fully people will be passionateabout.”
Staples of co-ops includeshared food and meals, andthe group hopes to work withthe Maryland Food Co-op topurchase food in bulk. Addi-tionally, co-ops are run demo-cratically by their tenants, soevery co-op develops its ownpersonality. Some are focusedon environmental preserva-tion, vegetarianism or socialjustice, for example.
Renting is only a first step,group members explained.
“It’s going to be really hardto grow, to get money, withouthaving a place to start,” saidsophomore environmentalscience and policy majorSarah Eisenstein, also aCHUM member. “I don’t see
us making a permanent situa-tion out of renting.”
Last Friday, the group metwith Fellows and discussedways the College Park CityCouncil could help as co-ophousing moves forward. Fel-lows suggested attempting tosecure a loan or financesthrough the city, because ithas historically attempted tobuy abandoned or mistreatedproperties and “turn themover” to better owners. Healso encouraged the group topresent to Old Town councilrepresentatives and its civicassociation to get advice andsupport.
Even if CHUM ultimatelyends up renting, they’ll con-tinue to work throughout thenext year to find ways to buy,Cuadra and Eisenstein said.
CHUM meets Mondays at 5p.m. near the Food Co-op inStamp. Eisenstein said anyoneis welcome to show up andparticipate.
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“It’s not easy toget an apartmentfor internationalstudents. By thetime they get allthis paperwork,they are arrivingat the U.S.”
ANUPAMA KOTHARIGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENTPRESIDENT
I ’m about to blow your minds,people. For what I’m prettysure is the first time in mycareer as a Diamondback
columnist, I am actually happy aboutsomething. I know you all have cometo expect the rantings of a bitter cur-mudgeon every Thursday — but notthis week, I’m afraid. For one, I’mwriting Friday. Also, finals week hasarrived, and I’m actually in a goodmood. So suck it.
Why, you ask, am I so annoyinglyupbeat in this most frustrating andstressful time of the semester? Well,you see, finals week is the one weekof the year when us world-hatingEnglish majors get our reward.While you all sit in the university’slibraries burying your brains in text-books, us English folk are all set totake next week off and catch up on
some well-deserved sleep. You see, the beauty of the upper-
level English program is the verycommon policy of foregoing the finalexam portion of the class in favor ofthe final paper.
True, the last few weeks of ourlives have found us staying up untilthe wee hours of the morning allhopped up on Adderall and coffee,stuffing our faces with Pringles andhoping to God the words we put onpaper make any semblance of sense,but for the most part, that’s all
behind us now. All semester long, wehave been flooded with readingassignments we sacrificed hours ofpossible social awkwardness for, butnow we’re in the clear. We’ve beenburdened all semester, day in andday out, with research that will resultin nothing more than some red penmarks and maybe — just maybe — asmiley face or a check-plus, but nowwe are finally free.
Sure, we have the occasional pro-fessor who believes a final exam is anecessary complement to our finalpapers, or we have to phone it in forour elective finals, but for the mostpart, English majors have prettysmooth sailing at this point.
We’ve been stressing all year longabout those 20-pagers lingeringahead, and now that they’re behindus, we deserve to relax. The other
day, I spent my final creative writingclass eating Ratsie’s and Snicker-doodles, and if Little League soccerhas taught us anything, it’s thatthere is just no better way to cap offa solid campaign than a slammin’pizza party.
So to all of you out there who havechosen those “real” majors, enjoyyour week. I’ve put in my time sweat-ing deadlines and stress-crying allsemester long. You can go ahead andtell me English majors have nofuture, and to tell you the truth, in mycase, you may be right. But this weekand this week alone, the university ismy bitch, and I’m damn sure going toenjoy it.
Mike DiMarco is a senior Englishmajor. He can be reached [email protected].
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T his Christmas, I’m hopingfor a Kindle in my stocking.If you’re like my mother,you have no idea what a
Kindle is. In fact, she mixed up dif-ferent two-syllable words and toldmy father I wanted a taser for Christ-mas. You can only imagine the funthat ensued.
The Amazon Kindle is probablythe most well-known electronic read-ing device. It’s basically a tiny, wire-less computer on which you canread books, newspapers, blogs andmagazines. I’m a humongous nerd,which is why something like this fillsme with glee. The thought of want-ing to read a book, being able todownload it within 60 seconds andimmediately reading it is insane.Being able to carry around 1,500books at a time in a cute little device?My god. So exciting.
Unfortunately, if you’re like prettymuch everyone I know, in the“favorite books” section on Facebook
you have something like “I don’tread,” “the Twilight series” or “Iactually can’t read.” We are part of auniversity community that managedto put out of business the only inde-pendent bookstore in the area andreplace it with some kind of univer-sity spiritwear store. Did you knowafter Charlie and the Chocolate Fac-tory ended, Charlie, his grandfatherand Willy Wonka go into space andget attacked by aliens? No? Thenyou’re probably not enough of a nerdto share my excitement and simulta-neous reservations about electronicreading devices, but I’m going towrite about it anyway.
There’s something alarming aboutthe fact that my entire library ofbooks could be condensed intosomething so impersonal. It’s terrify-ing that you can order magazinesand newspapers on your Kindle,essentially negating the need to buyanything tangible, and Google isthinking about creating an entire
online database of everything everwritten sometime in the future. Basi-cally, all our reading material couldone day be controlled by Google. Ibet we’d lose all of the paper versionsof the text, so if some crazy elec-tronic apocalypse happened, wecould lose the entire literary historyof humanity.
Then there’s the ongoing loss ofhandwriting ability as time goes on.The people who can do “joined-up”writing are dropping like flies. In myBritish elementary school, I had towrite with a fountain pen — always incursive — and if we misbehaved, wehad to write 800 lines. The teacherwould look over these lines to make
sure the cursive was perfect, and ifnot, we had to do it again. This proba-bly sounds nothing like your elemen-tary school experience, but Britishpeople can be harsh. Once, I farted inclass in second grade, and myteacher made me stand in the cornerwith my hands on my head. But I’mgetting off track.
The point is, children are increas-ingly doing all of their homework onthe computer, I can now have booksand newspapers wirelessly deliveredto me worldwide, and the only time Ihand-write anything is when I’m tak-ing notes in class, which a lot of peo-ple do on their laptops as well.
I feel like we’re running headlonginto a world where my children aregoing to ask me what paper is.Ridiculous.
It was made from trees, kids.
Bethany Wynn is a junior French andsociology major. She can be reached [email protected].
Paperless push: Embracing electronics
I n the early days of his administration as Student Government Associationpresident, Steve Glickman gave students — and this editorial board —plenty of reason to wonder if he was really cut out for the job. His prioritieswere off-kilter, and his knowledge of university affairs seemed suspect.
And his year didn’t get off to a great start. He seemed curiously passive in theface of university budget cuts, and missed a crucial vote on student fees in Septem-ber because he left a meeting early to fly home for Rosh Hashanah. Although hecited the holiday as an excuse, he later held an SGA executive board meeting onYom Kippur. While the vote was eventually held again, he stillreceived — and deserved — heavy criticism.
Despite his rocky beginning, Glickman and his adminis-tration have made real accomplishments during his firstsemester. Some of these have been relatively minor: AnSGA-sponsored speaker series brought prominent busi-nessmen and politicians to the campus, mentoring pro-grams were created for colleges that previously had noneand alumni connection programs linked students to gradu-ates who are already in the workforce.
Others have been more impressive: About 130 students turned out for the Col-lege Park City Council elections, and the new council looks to be relatively student-friendly. Promising progress has been made on some of his other priorities —including holding a student multicultural fair and making student IDs double asSmarTrip cards.
While these accomplishments are worthy, Glickman seems to think he hasbrought his A-game, when he’s actually turned in a C+ or B- performance. Whenasked what the SGA’s biggest mistakes have been this year, he first couldn’t nameany he thought impacted the student body as a whole. Later, he wished he “hit” thecity council more, but that it was tough to do so during an election year. This was amistake, but it is part of a broader attitude that is concerning.
For much of his tenure, Glickman seems to be doing less leading and more react-ing. When asked about diversity, Glickman said he wished the 600 students whomarched on the Main Administration building over the dismissal of Cordell Black
had instead come to him. He claimed to have known about the issue, and said hecould have helped. But if Glickman knew Black had been dismissed, he shouldhave screamed it from the rooftops.
Another example is budget cuts. Glickman has stated that it is part of his admin-istration’s goal to preserve their university’s current resources — funding, tuitionand the Higher Education Investment Fund. He will be meeting with some of Gov.Martin O’Malley’s staff today to discuss this. But Glickman’s plan was again reac-tive: If major cuts were proposed, he said, he would abandon other goals — includ-
ing creating a long-term mandatory funding plan for public uni-versities in the state — and just focus on preserving what theuniversity has. While this plan sounds prudent, it also lacksambition.
A lot of the work the SGA has done this semester, Glick-man said, has been behind the scenes. There is nothingwrong with personal lobbying and arm-twisting, but morecan be done to involve the student body at large in the prob-lems the university faces. Ultimately, the voices of 25,000undergraduates will be a lot louder than the single voices of
SGA members and legislators.Glickman needs to bring out his inner rabble-rouser. While SGA presidents
shouldn’t walk around burning bridges, he could do more to fulfill the promise hemade in his inauguration speech to eliminate student apathy. Steps are being madein this direction, and students’ concern with the inner workings of the universityseems to be as high as it’s been in decades.
It’s unclear how much of the credit for this should go to Glickman, but theamount isn’t a lot. The mobilization of students over diversity, for instance, was amore grassroots affair.
Glickman has good ideas, but to make his leadership exceptional he must adoptthe mentality of an activist. He must get out in front of issues like tuition increases,budget cuts, transparency, diversity and others that he says are his priorities. Butgetting out in front of them doesn’t mean delivering a speech to the few studentswho are SGA members — These are times that call for a picket line and a bullhorn.
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Our ViewThe Student GovernmentAssociation hasn’t failed usthis semester, but it shouldtake the lead in activism.
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I magine a cigarette that does-n’t produce secondhandsmoke or cause cancer. Is itpossible? It looks like it might
be, and electronic cigarettes mayprovide the answer.
Electronic cigarettes have signifi-cant promise in providing a healthieralternative to smokers and non-smokers alike. While controversystill remains and traditional tobaccocessation programs are much pre-ferred, these products may providelong-term and chain smokers whowould not normally quit with a firststep toward complete tobacco cessa-tion. This gateway opportunity canencourage smokers to then pursueconventional, FDA-approved tobaccocessation programs and ultimatelyeradicate the habit completely.
Due to a significant lack of scien-tific research, the benefits of elec-tronic cigarettes are still up fordebate. However, there is significantpromise in these products. Elec-tronic cigarettes create the illusionand feel of smoking but purposefullyeliminate the toxins and carcinogensfound in traditional tobacco products.The reusable plastic “cigs” have alithium ion battery, which can becharged through a computer, wallplug or battery pack, saving smokersmoney that would otherwise begiven to tobacco companies. Refill-able cartridges contain a variety of fla-vors and designated amounts of nico-tine. Companies such as Blu Cigsoffer nicotine reduction options andeven sell cartridges with zero nico-tine content. A small light (some-times an odd color to prevent smok-ing encouragement) placed at the tipof these electronic devices createsthe illusion of actually smoking. Mostimportantly, electronic cigarettescompletely eliminate all second-handsmoke. Rather than producing harm-ful smoke that carries carcinogensand toxins into the air, electronic ciga-rettes instead emit a water vapor thatslowly dissipates. With the additionof small amounts of propylene glycol,the illusion of smoke is there, but theharmful second-hand smoke andunpleasant smell associated with tra-ditional tobacco products are elimi-nated entirely, protecting nearby peo-ple from possible health risks.
There are some concerns withelectronic cigarettes. A lack ofapproval by the FDA worries some.While propylene glycol is relativelysafe in small amounts, possibleeffects of nicotine inhalation havenot yet been researched. The appealto non-smokers is a problem too,although proper marketing andawareness could potentially solvethis. Companies such as Blu Cigsexplicitly state in their owner’s man-ual and website non-smokers shouldnot use their product and a completecessation of all tobacco usage isencouraged. Other companies, how-ever, may not be so transparent.
In the end, I want to see thetobacco industry go down. Both ofmy grandfathers died from smoking-related illnesses — my paternalgrandfather on the morning of theuniversity’s Relay for Life. Maybe ifthey had used electronic cigarettesin their youths instead of real ones,they would still be here with me.
It is my hope that in the next fewyears further research can be done.Electronic cigarettes provide signifi-cant potential to change our worldand could take down the tobaccoindustry. I hope others will support acall for the FDA to research theseproducts in the hopes of making thisa reputable alternative for smokers.
Brooke Warrington is a senior Englishand environmental science and policymajor. She can be reached [email protected].
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Youmay feel as though you’ve beensidetracked recently, but al-ready it has been too long. Takethe time to get back in theswing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Your efforts to understand acomplicated situation may notwork out as you had hoped, butyou’ll start the ball rolling, cer-tainly.
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Although Triolo has a Facebook account thathe checks, albeit rarely, he says that not having acomputer hasn’t impacted his social life nega-tively — it may have had the opposite effect.
“I have a Facebook, and I check it in the librarysometimes,” he said. “I feel like I’ve gotten closerwith my really good friends, and I don’t try sohard to spread myself out socially on Facebook.”
Triolo says the worst part of going computer-less is not being able to manage his music on hisiTunes account. Triolo said he frequentlyupdated his iPod with new music before his com-puter crashed last year. He now has to go the old-fashioned route — he buys CDs and listens tothem on his stereo.
Although he is usually able to work out hisschedule to accommodate his workload, Triolosaid this sometimes impacts other students, as hereported having difficulties with group projects.
“Usually for group projects it’s a little difficult,”he said. “I take a long time to respond to e-mails,and I can’t use PowerPoint. Usually my group-mates are inconvenienced by that fact.”
However, one of Triolo’s recent group-mates,senior computer science major Stephen O’Brien,said working with him was seamless.
O’Brien admitted, however, he has no idea howhis classmate manages in his everyday life with-out a computer.
“I couldn’t live without this machine, althoughfor a while I did not have a laptop,” he wrote. “Ispend four hours a day on my computer.”
Because Triolo is graduating next semester, hesaid he doesn’t have any immediate plans toreplace his fried laptop.
“I just don’t have the money right now to buyanother one,” he said. “But I hope to get one afterI graduate.”
COMPUTERSfrom page 1SGA designates room for stranded student groups
After years of waiting, student groups excited to work in newly established room
BY EMILIE OPENCHOWSKIStaff writer
As of last night’s grand opening,student groups without permanentheadquarters on the campus haveaccess to a resource room in theStudent Involvement Suite ofStamp Student Union.
The push for an all-purpose roomfor university organizations — a Stu-dent Government Association objec-tive for years — finally came tofruition after long-term negotiationswith the student union.
Last year, the room was a clut-tered storage space for studentgroups cleaning out their offices.SGA members fixed it up to helpstudent groups with planning andorganizational needs.
“Student groups provide a lot ofthe culture on this campus, and theyprovide a lot of diverse program-ming,” SGA Chief of Staff SumiaAhmad said. “[This room is] facilitat-ing that strong community that stu-dent groups provide within the uni-versity. It’s giving student groups anecessary infrastructure to have aplace to meet and have a place theycan call their home.”
The room has two computers out-fitted with programs like Adobe Pho-toshop and InDesign that are net-
worked to a printer and the Internet,as well as a phone and pamphlets ofvarious kinds of information — suchas how to reserve a room in Stamp —among other resources.
Director of Student Groups KaiyiXie, a sophomore bioengineering andmathematics major, agreed that thiswas a way for student groups to “havea centralized space to go to.”
“We thought it would be best if allstudent groups had a place insidethe Stamp because that’s wherebusiness happens,” Xie said. “Stu-dent groups are relatively decentral-ized. And while that’s great because
it allows them to showcase their indi-viduality, we thought it would be eas-ier if they don’t have to run all overthe place. It’s a hub for information,which we really need.”
The last night’s grand openingillustrated the need for a meetingplace available to anyone, as mem-bers of organizations, in attendance,ranging from the German Club to theTaiwanese American Student Associ-ation to MaryPIRG, all said the newroom would be a great help in plan-ning activities and collaborating withother students.
“We’ll definitely be using this
room,” said MaryPIRG PresidentBrian Burrell said. “Our office is inthe South Campus Dining Hall. It’s sofar away from the rest of student life.It’ll be really nice to have this place toconnect to other student groups andhave resources here. It’s so muchmore convenient and more efficient.”
Members of new student groupssaid they were eager to use the newspace to help them generate publicity.
“Since we’re a new organization,it’s really going to come in handy,”said Liz Capowski, vice president ofPublic Health Engaging and Repre-senting. “We really want to getmore people involved, get themcoming to our events. Now we cancome in here and have a nice placeto get the job done.”
Emerging groups that don’t yethave headquarters in the StudentInvolvement Suite were the initialreason for the creation of a roomavailable to everyone, according toSteve Gnadt, associate director ofthe student union.
“Too many student groups ask forspace that we don’t have for them,”Gnadt said. “This is the student union— we want student groups here,that’s what the building is for. This iswhat we should be doing always.”
Senior criminology and criminal justice major Clyde Thompson explainsto visitors the benefits of the new Student Organization Resource Roomin the Stamp Student Union. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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SWITCHFOOTHot on the heels of its seventh
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Switchfoot isknown for itshigh-energy,eclectic concerts,especially thanks tomember JeromeFontamillas, who plays multipleinstruments on stage. And JonForeman’s wide vocal range can’tbe denied, further ensuring athrilling concert.
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FEATURE | THE PEOPLE SPEAK
Throwing history for a LupeRapper Lupe Fiasco and film producer Chris Moorediscuss their new documentary, The People Speak
BY VAMAN MUPPALASenior staff writer
It is no secret that acclaimed rap-per Lupe Fiasco harbors verystrong political opinions. His 2006debut album contains “AmericanTerrorist,” an exploration of UnitedStates foreign policy dating back tothe oppression of Native Americansby the pilgrims. His second album,2007’s The Cool, is a concept recordwith a heavy bend toward diagnos-ing societal ills.
Lupe’s interest in government andsocietal issues led him, along with abevy of stars — including MattDamon (The Informant), ViggoMortenson (The Road) and MarisaTomei (Amsterdam) — to team upwith executive producer ChrisMoore (Feast) for the film adaptationof A People’s History of the UnitedStates and Voices of a People’s History— books written by noted politicalscientist Howard Zinn.
The film, titled The People Speak,premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. on theHistory Channel.
A People’s History of the UnitedStates, first published in 1980, is acompilation of various monumen-tal speeches delivered by bothleaders and influential thinkers,including Elizabeth Cady Stanton,Eugene Debs, Frederick Douglassand Martin Luther King Jr. Theaforementioned follow-up was pub-lished in 2004 and follows a similarformat. The books have beentranslated to the screen by actorsand musicians (including Lupe)who read out sections they findparticularly striking.
Lupe reads “The War on Viet-nam,” by the Mississippi FreedomDemocratic Party, in the film. Healso contributed his song “Ameri-
can Terrorist” to The People Speaksoundtrack and participated in thefilm’s nation-wide promotional tourthrough eight universities, whichwrapped Dec. 4 at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles.
Moore described the process ofgetting such an ambitious andimportant film made and broad-casting it to the people.
“There was a group of us. [We]went around to all the dif ferentchannels saying, ‘Look we want tobe on TV because TV is more ofthe medium of the people.’ Asmuch as I make movies, wethought TV would reach a lot morepeople. There’s some natural, obvi-ous connection ... They looked atit, and they looked at it and saidthis is something that’s real his-tory.”
Considering the timing of therelease of the documentary almosta year after President BarackObama was elected, one might beinclined to believe the two occur-rences are related.
“I’m not a supporter of Obama’sadministration,” Lupe said in aninterview with The Diamondback,putting to rest the notion that theproject was motivated out ofObama love.
Lupe went on to explain hisbroader political views as hisrationale for being one of the fewin the hip-hop community to notsupport Obama.
“I’m apolitical, that’s why I don’tsupport Bush, Obama, Reagan,Carter,” Lupe said. “To me it’s a sys-temic problem.”
When asked if he supported for-mer President George Washing-ton, Lupe only chuckled and shookhis head.
Moore addressed concerns
about the documentary’s biasmore explicitly.
“It started while Bush was presi-dent,” Moore said. “Howard’sbook’s been out there since 1980. Ithink that we definitely found agroup of people who were a littlebit frustrated and wanted to getthe message out there of dissentand questioning authority. Somaybe we just got lucky.”
In fact, the central message of thebook can better be described as pro-moting activism rather than any spe-cific agenda. If anything, everyone
involved in the film seems to believemost in the power of populism and theability of the people to change andinfluence their government.
“Dissent doesn’t equal radicalism,”Lupe said. “If you feel it’s a problem,then it’s a problem. If you don’t sayanything, then it’s not going to changeanything ... If they walk away with that— to see that this is ordinary people inextraordinary events — they becomeextraordinary people. They becomesuperhuman by acting.”
Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco visited universities to promote ThePeople Speak, a new documentary that airs Sunday on the HistoryChannel. COURTESY HOWARDZINN.ORG
8 THE DIAMONDBACK | DIVERSIONS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009
REVIEW | MICROSOFT XBOX 360 GAMES
GET YOUR GAME ON Microsoft’s holiday lineup features titles for all types of players
BY ANDREW FREEDMANFor The Diamondback
As fall semester concludes,students’ schedules tend togrow more hectic thanks tofinals, winter break travel plansand of course, holiday shop-ping. When pressed to selectthose perfect gifts for friendsand family, consider videogames, which are more diversethan ever and can appeal towide demographics.
And although the large wallof titles at the local GameStopor Best Buy may seem over-whelming, it probably includesthe three recently releasedMicrosoft titles that are sure tosatisfy the entire spectrum ofgamers. Here’s the semesterroundup of Microsoft’s Xbox360 titles:
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Halo 3’s tagline may be “Fin-ish the Fight,” but the storyisn’t over yet. Halo 3: ODST, anextension game to Halo 3,depicts what occurred on earthduring the events of the secondand third Halo games. Playersno longer step into the shoes ofMaster Chief, a super-soldier
who achieved the coveted rankof “Spartan,” but play as anOrbital Drop Shock Trooper —a space marine without thesuperior armor and strengthexhibited in previous games.
Players explore the ruinedcity of New Mombasa as theRookie, an ODST looking forhis missing squad-mates afteran attack by an alien raceknown as the Covenant.
Unlike other Halo titles,ODST takes place in one largeopen world rather than in sepa-rate levels that players never
return to again. At first glance,this seems out of place, but itbecomes central to the story-line. The Rookie is able to findsigns of his teammates, whichinitiate flashbacks that allowplayers to discover what hap-pened to each ODST.
The game is a bit shorterthan previous Halo titles. How-ever, its storytelling is originaland its soldiers sport newvisors and weapons.
ODST comes with Halo 3’sexcellent multi-player modesand all previous download-
ready content on a seconddisc. Exclusive to ODST is acooperative firefight mode, inwhich players fight off hordesof enemies who progressivelybecome more dif ficult todefeat.
ODST may be brief, but ithas a lot of replay value and isan interesting experiment thatHalo fans are bound to enjoy.
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Racing simulators are greatfor pick-up-and-play sessions,and Forza Motorsport 3 is noexception. There is an elementof realism in Forza 3, which fea-tures more than 400 cars fromreal-life manufacturers andmore than 100 race tracks.
Forza 3 introduces somenew elements, such as SUVsand an in-car view for drivers.Players can choose a single-player “season,” in which theycompete in a variety of differentevents, or play online and raceagainst others. Gamers canalso share decals and logosonline via a “storefront.”
The game looks absolutelystunning. Forza 3 is great forcasual gamers who just want to
pick up the controller and raceagainst some friends. Controlsrange from simple — with thegame providing auto-breaksand auto-skidding — toadvanced controls for experi-enced racers. Forza 3 is com-patible with Microsoft’s Xbox360 Wireless Racing Wheel forthose who want a more authen-tic experience, but it can alsobe played with a standard Xbox360 controller.
Aside from a limited numberof computer opponents to raceagainst (only seven per event),the game doesn’t have manyflaws. Players can customizefeatures to their liking, andwhen they’re done, they canchallenge buddies to a match inone of the most realistic andgraphically stunning racingsimulators in recent memory.
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Lips: Number One Hits, akaraoke game released inOctober, is the sequel to2008’s Lips. Both titles aregreat for people who want totry a video game but are skep-tical about learning how toplay.
The game is meant to be
used with the two wireless,motion-sensitive micro-phones that accompany theoriginal title.
Both Lips and Lips: NumberOne Hits offer 40 songs fromartists such as Akon, JasonMraz and Rihanna, but playerscan import their own musicfrom MP3 players or mediacenters. However, they are notable to upload the lyrics. Lips:Number One Hits is not partic-ularly difficult, and playerscannot fail out of songs. Thisallows for players of all experi-ence levels to enjoy the game.
Lips also offers mini-gamesthat utilize microphonemotion control and rewardsfor singing on-pitch.
The newer version has a fewmore features, such as a scoremultiplier similar to thoseappearing in Guitar Hero andRock Band.
The Lips games have eclecticlibraries of pop songs andshould be entertaining even forthose hesitant to try videogames. Both the original andsequel are simple and idealfor a laid-back good time.
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Although the Terrapinfield hockey team’s sea-son ended in disappoint-ment, star forward KatieO’Donnell finished on ahigh note.
O’Donnell won thisyear’s Honda SportsAward for field hockeyyesterday, claiming theaward for her dominantplay this season. Thenational leader in pointsand assists led the Terpsto their first perfect regu-lar season and an ACCChampionship beforefalling to North Carolina3-2 in the National Cham-pionship game.
In addition to the award,voted on by NCAAschools, Honda willdonate $5,000 to the uni-versity’s scholarship fund.The junior is also qualifiedfor consideration for theHonda Broderick Cup,which is given at the endof the academic year tothe nation’s top femalecollege athlete.
The three-year starterdominated on the field,setting the pace for theteam through a record-breaking season. With 31assists this year, shemoved into first place inthe ACC in career assistswith 74, and she brokethe school’s single-sea-son and career pointsrecord, notching 87 forthe year and 208 overall.She was also second inthe nation in goals with
28, trailing just her seniorteammate NicoleMuracco, who had 31.
O’Donnell also has priorrecognition for heraccomplishments this
season. She claimedNational Player of theYear honors for the firsttime and Offensive MostValuable Player honorsfor the second straight
season from wom-ensfieldhockey.com.
She is also a first-teamAll-American and the ACCMost Valuable OffensivePlayer for the third sea-son in a row and since2005 has competed at anational level, becomingthe youngest player everto appear in a game forthe U.S. Senior Nationalteam.
The Terps didn’t needan award to tell them howmuch O’Donnell means tothe team. She often pro-vides the spark on theattack that pushed theteam to victory and alsomade her impact felt withher speed and physicalplay on the defensive sideof the ball.
But that doesn’t meanthey don’t believe shedeserves it or that theyare not proud to have oneof their own atop thecountry, even if their teamcouldn’t be.
O’Donnell’s win marksthe continuation of a newTerp tradition. Four Terpsin five years have won theHonda Sports Award,including Susie Rowe,O’Donnell’s teammate lastyear, and Paula Infante in2005 and 2006. If sheperforms at the samelevel next year thatmarked her play this sea-son, she could pull arepeat herself.
—Kate Yanchulis
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Dino Gregory, shown last season, will make his season debut tomorrow against Eastern Kentucky after serving a team-mandated suspension. Coach Gary Williams said Gregory should help the Terps’ depth in the frontcourt. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
games and emerged as the leading candidateto replace Dave Neal this year as the startingcenter.
Gregory will help a Terp team that hasbeen outrebounded by an average of 8.3rebounds in its last four games, but he is notgoing to make up the dif ference all by him-self.
Plus, Gregory may be very athletic and willalso block some shots, but his game hasnever exactly been well-rounded.
Gregory has essentially been a non-factoroffensively during his Terp career. His careerscoring average is hardly impressive, and hasnever scored more than eight points in agame.
Improving his scoring was going to be oneof Gregory’s focuses heading into this seasonbefore his suspension, but this time off with-out any game action might affect those plans.
Williams wisely does not reveal any infor-mation about what his starting lineup mightbe well before game time, but an educatedguess would be that Gregory isn’t likely tostart in his first game back.
It’s certainly possible Gregory could start,but freshman Jordan Williams has playedwell enough during Gregory’s suspension todeserve to remain in the starting five.
In three of Williams’ first eight games, hehas outscored Gregory’s career high fromhis first two seasons. Williams has either tiedor surpassed Gregory’s career high of ninerebounds five times.
Williams’ 19-point, 12-rebound effort Sun-day against Villanova was a far more impres-sive performance than anything we’ve seenfrom Gregory.
It’s nice Gregory will be back tomorrow,and he and the Terps should be happy to putthis whole situation behind them.
Just don’t expect a savior.
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After each of his team’s losses,Williams has mentioned theTerps’ youthful big men and thefact his team was at less than full-strength.
Gregory’s loss has been mag-nified because the Terps (5-3)have struggled to rebound andkeep their big men out of foultrouble early this season.They’ve been outrebounded inall four games against power con-ference teams this season.
“James and Jordan are doing atremendous job. Don’t get mewrong on that,” guard Sean
Mosley said last weekend. “Buthaving a guy that’s a veteran andknows where he can get hisrebounds at and his shots from— having Dino back — is defi-nitely going to be a plus for us.”
Through it all, Gregory haspracticed with the team — andsat on the bench in a suit forhome games since Williamsannounced his return date.
Williams praised Gregory forhis positive attitude and hardwork in practice challenging Pad-gett and Jordan Williams, whowill likely lose minutes with Gre-gory’s return.
Guard Eric Hayes said that’swhat excites him about theprospect of having the 6-foot-7,
230-pounder back in the mix.“I think we’re all looking for-
ward to Dino coming back,”Hayes said. “He’s showing inpractice that he’s going to be outthere on the floor a lot.”
There’s been no indicationwhether Gregory will step rightinto the Terps’ starting lineup.Williams recorded his firstcareer double-double in theteam’s loss to No. 3 Villanova onSunday, establishing new careerhighs in points (19) andrebounds (12). And thanks to thetiming of his return, Gregory hasfive games against small confer-ence opponents to work off therust before the Terps’ ACCopener Jan. 10.
Williams will address themedia today, but usually doesn’tdiscuss his starting lineup withreporters on the day beforegames.
No matter what role Gregorytakes on in his first real gamesince the Terps’ second roundNCAA Tournament loss againstMemphis in March, the Terpswill be happy to have him.
“He’ll give us more depth andsize on the inside,” Williams said,stating the obvious after theWildcats outrebounded his team45-33. “He’s a very good defen-sive player and rebounder. Weneed that.”
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Field hockey forward Katie O’Donnell won the Honda Award,given to the nation’s best player, for her record-breaking2009 season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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against George Mason in ahome-and-home series —wherein two teams alternatehost sites each year — earlierthis decade, taking one fromthe Patriots in Fairfax, Va., in2005 before doing it again athome in 2006.
They met James Madison in2007 and 2008, when theyagain swept their local rival byan average margin of victory of10 points.
And this season, theycapped a home-and-homematchup against Old Domin-ion with an 84-67 win in Col-lege Park after escaping Nor-folk, Va., last year with a 74-65 victory.
“We give our fans a chanceto go play somewhere else,”said Director of BasketballOperations Rhet Wierzba.“Not only that, but we’re play-ing against a good team ontheir floor. It’s nice getting agood road game in against acompetitive team. There are alot of competitive teamsaround the area, so we’regoing to go and play thereand try to get that roadatmosphere and get that outof the way before you get toconference.”
But the benefit is not justone-sided, Frese said.
“I think it’s great,” she said.“Rivalries — you want thesekind of battles.”
Among national powers, thescheduling strategy isn’t lim-ited to the Terps.
Since the 2005-06 season,Connecticut and Massachu-setts neighbor Holy Cross
have met regularly in theirhome-and-home series. Andafter hosting Middle Ten-nessee State last year, Ten-nessee visited the BlueRaiders in Murfreesboro thisyear for a road date.
Wierzba said the financialconsiderations in playingaway from College Park arenegligible, but playing closeto home certainly doesn’thurt the bottom line.
“It might be a little cheaperto come play here than to goand play down at MississippiState,” Wierzba said. “Thatmight play a minor role, butit’s something even before allthe budget crisis came up. Wealways liked to do it anyway,trying to go out and play onthe road.”
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only louder.As they did earlier this
season in a blowout loss atMississippi State, the Terps’road issues took centerstage. The team couldn’t hitlayups, missed open three-pointers, overthrew passesand struggled to keep Baker-Brice (25 points, sevenassists) within their sights.
At times, it seemed eventhe Tigers couldn’t believetheir luck. Late in the secondhalf, Terp forward TiannaHawkins missed a shot fromin close.
She reached for the ball,but Towson forward KatrinaWheeler was there first,tying up the loose ball for aTigers offensive possession.As the two players separatedand the crowd rose to itsfeet, Wheeler beamed, a hintof delightful surprise in hereyes.
“We didn’t compete for 40
minutes,” said Kizer, who fin-ished with just seven pointsin 17 minutes.
It didn’t matter what theTerps did to slow the gamedown or speed it up. Downnine points with more thanfive minutes to go, the Terpsfouled Wheeler for a one-and-one free throw.Wheeler’s shot drew iron,but Dryver again somehowfound the ball, drawinganother foul in the processand only prolonging theTerps’ agony.
On the next possession,Bjork refused to allowBaker-Brice by her.
It didn’t matter, of course.With the shot clock tickingdown to zero, Baker-Bricelaunched a three-pointerfrom almost behind herhead that somehow found itsway in.
“I felt like we didn’t reallyhave a go-to player on thefloor,” Frese said. “That’s atough thing.”
[email protected] Taylor defends a Towson guard in the Terps’ 67-55 loss yesterday. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK
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“I think it’s great.Rivalries — youwant these kindof battles.”
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With the first quarter of the seasonalmost over, the Terrapin wrestling pro-gram will receive an early holiday gifttoday when they host a once-dangerousPennsylvania team now limping towardthe break.
Although they are off to a 2-1 start,the beginning to the 2009 season hasbeen tumultuous for the Quakers.Entering the preseason, Penn had highexpectations: They were ranked No. 24in the country and returned a solidnucleus of talented wrestlers.
But after just one team event, theirlofty expectations took a hit when threeof their seniors and best wrestlers werearrested and charged with aggravatedassault on Nov. 16. The arrestsstemmed from an incident thatoccurred Oct. 3. The universityresponded quickly, suspending MattDragon, Cesar Grajales and RogerPeterkin, and severely limiting coachRob Eiter’s options.
Terp coach Kerry McCoy said heknew of the suspensions but added heprobably wouldn’t ask Eiter, who is a
good friend, about the status of the trioanytime soon. Dragon, Grajales andPeterkin entered the season rankedNo. 17, No. 7 and No. 6 in their weightclasses respectively, and their absencegives the No. 7 Terps a decided advan-tage tonight. McCoy admitted theTerps should win, but also down-played the talent disparity between thetwo teams.
“It’s gonna hurt them to not havethree of their top wrestlers, but we justhave to stay grounded and prepared,”McCoy said. “They are a team that canreally sneak up on people, and there isstill talent there. So hopefully our guyswill come out fired up.”
It should help that the Terps finallyget to wrestle on their home mats forthe first time since the opening dualmeet of the season more than amonth ago. Tonight is Greek/Cam-pus organization night, and the teamis going to great lengths to marketthe matchup, but Comcast Pavilionshould be rowdy regardless.
Many of the Terps said they actuallyfeed off of the crowd’s energy whenthey are on the mat. McCoy stressedthe importance of getting off to a quick
start and having aggressive, high-energy wrestlers like 125-pounderJames Knox and 141-pounder AlexKrom to set the tone. That could makethe difference in the match, especiallywith a home crowd behind them.
“I love it all, the cheering, the heck-ling, it’s all such a fun environment towrestle in,” Knox said. “It’s really nice toget to come back home and we are allexcited to have the crowd behind usonce again.”
The Terps (6-1, 1-0 ACC) have thechance to end the first leg of their sea-son in great shape before the schedulegets more difficult. The team will getChristmas off, but will be back to workright before the New Year when theytravel to the Midlands Championship, atournament always loaded with talentand depth.
Just as last Friday’s shutout victoryagainst North Carolina included a tasteof vindication for the Terps, the teamwill be looking for revenge in this meetas well. The last time these two squadsmet two seasons ago, Penn needed ashutout victory from the now-sus-pended Peterkin at 125 pounds in orderto knock off the Terps.
Hudson Taylor, the Terps’ starter at197 pounds, thinks that alone shouldkeep the Terps from getting compla-cent this time around.
“We really wanna crush them,” Tay-lor said. “They are a good team, and
we need to be wrestling our best likelast week. But the guys who are stillaround aren’t interested in losing toPenn again.”
No. 7 Terps face shorthanded Pennteam tonight at Comcast Pavilion
Coach Kerry McCoy is expecting 133-pound wrestler Steven Bell to get offto a quick start against an undermanned Penn team tonight in the Terps’second home meet of the season. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK
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The big day is finally almosthere. Can’t you just feel theexcitement? After morethan five weeks of rumors,
speculation and unanswered ques-tions, Dino Gregory will return tothe court tomorrow afternoon forthe Terrapin men’s basketballteam’s last game of the semesteragainst Eastern Kentucky.
Terp fans everywhere will rejoice.The Terps announced Nov. 3 that
Gregory was suspended indefinitelyfor an unspecified violation of teamrules. Athletics Department officialsdeclined to elaborate on the situa-tion ever since, only saying Gregorywill be reinstated Dec. 12.
While coach Gary Williams andhis players have been extremelytight-lipped about the circumstancessurrounding Gregory’s suspension,they have not been as shy about howmuch they are looking forward togetting him back.
The intrigue created by the per-ceived shadiness surrounding Gre-gory’s suspension, combined withthe hype of his impending return,has led to perhaps the most antici-pated return of a career 2.1 point-per-game scorer in the history ofbasketball.
Let’s try to keep this in perspective.Gregory’s return is certainly not
going to hurt, and if nothing else itwill provide the Terps some much-needed frontcourt depth and simplyanother big body on the court.
But, to expect much more fromGregory, especially right away, isjust unrealistic.
His urban legend has grown a lit-tle during this suspension, but Gre-gory was really just a role player atbest during his first two seasonswith the Terps.
It’s been awhile since you’ve seenhim, so perhaps you’ve forgotten,but Gregory really didn’t find him-self until very late last season whenhe played well down the stretch,especially in the ACC Tournament.
Gregory averaged 6.0 rebounds inthose three conference tournament
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No. 25 Terps fall tounranked Towson
Lynetta Kizer (left) and Anjale Barrett can only sit and watch during the Terps’ 67-55 loss yesterday. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK
Terps lose 67-55 in shaky effortBY JONAS SHAFFER
Staf f writer
TOWSON — For 34 years, theTowson women’s basketballprogram had been chasing theTerps.
Last night, the Tigers some-how flipped the script.
Before a near-capacity crowdat Towson Center Arena, Tow-son notched its first win againstthe Terps since 1975, 67-55,dominating their intrastate visi-tors in the same way the Terpshad managed for a more than aquarter-century.
In a forgettable night, theTerps shot 34.4 percent andcommitted 18 turnovers, fallingfor the second time in as manyroad trips.
“We never got into any kindof groove,” coach Brenda Fresesaid. “I thought that they pun-ished us in every aspect of thegame. … It was obviously avery difficult night.”
After taking a 20-18 advan-tage almost 14 minutes in, theTerps never held the lead again.Saddled by early foul trouble,center Lynetta Kizer finishedwith just four points in eightfirst-half minutes as shewatched the Tigers reel off a14-7 run to close the half.
Still, it wasn’t down lowwhere the Terps were hurting.Towson guards Shanae Baker-Brice, Jaleesa Dryver andSimona Petronyte combined for23 of the Tigers’ 34 first-halfpoints on 9-of-14 shooting, and
the Terps’ counterparts could-n’t match. Point guard AnjaleBarrett and shooting guardLori Bjork had just four pointsat intermission.
“I felt like we were defeatedalready at halftime,” said Frese,whose Terps went a combined10-of-29 from the field in thefirst 20 minutes. “[Towson]played with a confidence levelthat we’re used to playing with.”
The second half wasn’t muchdifferent. As the Tigers contin-ued to keep their visitors at bay— the Terps never crept closerthan five in the second half — araucous Towson crowd became
GUARD-LESS PLAYTowson dominated theTerps in the backcourt lastnight, leading to coachBrenda Frese’s second lossin as many road contests:
Towson guards ShanaeBaker-Brice, JaleesaDryver and SimonaPetronyte combined toscore 43 points on 15-of-26 shooting from the field.
Terp guards AnjaleBarrett, Lori Bjork and KimRodgers combined for just23 points on 7-of-24shooting.
Road games at local nonconference foes not rareTerps regularly schedule games such as last night’s for road experience
BY JONAS SHAFFERStaff writer
TOWSON — It was a roadtrip to forget, but the Terrapinwomen’s basketball team’s 67-55 loss at Towson Thursdaynight wasn’t the product of ascheduling quirk.
Although last night’sgame marked the firstbetween the two in-state foessince 1996, the Terps haven’t
shied away from making thetrip away from College Parkto do battle with the state’slesser programs.
“[Coach Brenda Frese]’salways been out of the box,”Towson coach Joe Matthewssaid. “You don’t find a lot ofnational championship-cal-iber programs that will go onthe road and play at a mid-major school. … I thinkthat’s great for women’s bas-
ketball. I think that’s greatfor basketball across thecountry.”
The Terps also made theirway up Interstate 95 last sea-son, when the Terps beatLoyola (Md.) 83-52. TheGreyhounds made thereturn trip this year, but thechange in venue didn’tchange much — the Terpswon by 13.
Although the Terps’ series
with the Greyhounds is a rel-atively long one by regionalstandards, they’ve all largelyended up with the sameresult on the scoreboard. Inthe last two meetings, theTerps have trounced Loyolaby double digits — once inComcast Center, and once atLoyola’s Reitz Arena.
The Terps squared off
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BY ERIC DETWEILERSenior staff writer
Dino Gregory answered reporters’ ques-tions and posed for a team photo at the Ter-rapin men’s basketball media day in October.
Dressed in his white game uniform, thejunior forward talked about his improvedoffensive game and his excitement for theTerps’ early season trip to Maui.
Gregory hasn’t appeared publicly in thatuniform since.
His absence from the lineup should endtomorrow afternoon. Gregory, who has beensuspended for the team’s first eight gamesdue to an unspecified team rules violation, isexpected to make his season debut againstEastern Kentucky at Comcast Center.
After pushing through the toughest part oftheir nonconference schedule with a youngand short-handed frontcourt, the Terpsshould get a needed boost against theColonels (7-2) with the addition of the for-ward who averaged 2.6 points and 3.2rebounds last season coming off the bench.
“I honestly feel that the last two months —February and March — last year he was asgood defensively as any inside player in theACC — in terms of blocking shots, rebound-ing, being able to play good inside players,”coach Gary Williams said. “Not having thatthe first eight games has changed the waywe could play.”
Williams acknowledged that Gregory,who participated in the Terps’ open scrim-mages before the team released news of hissuspension minutes prior to its Nov. 3 exhibi-tion, would’ve started the Terps’ seasonopener. Instead, the 21st-year coach hasbeen forced to rotate freshmen JordanWilliams and James Padgett in the spot. Theteam has not commented on the nature ofthe suspension, citing federal privacy laws.
Since Williams cleared up some of themystery surrounding Gregory’s suspensionby announcing the forward’s expectedreturn date Nov. 19, the coach has clearlybeen looking forward to Gregory’s return.
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Forward Dino Gregory willmake season debuttomorrow afternoonagainst Eastern Kentucky
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