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BY BEN PENNStaff writer
“Before becoming the comicbook superhero the IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner was aprominent what? A) Reporter,B) Professor, C) Lawyer, D) Sci-entist.”
Anyone with remedial comicbook knowledge would knowBanner was a scientist. Butwhen Who Wants to be a Million-aire host Meredith Vieira asks
the question today at 4 p.m. onWUSA 9, the only person whoneeds to know the answer is sen-ior criminology and criminaljustice major John O’Connor.
O’Connor, whose appearanceon the syndicated game showwas taped in September,breezed through the first fivequestions, reaching the $1,000level during an episode thataired last Friday. He will con-tinue with the $2,000 question intoday’s episode.
Whether he correctlyanswered this question and,more importantly, how close hecame to the million-dollar grandprize is a secret he has kept formore than six months. Theshow’s producers told O’Connorthat if they find out he told any-one about his winnings beforethe show airs, he will bestripped of his money.
“I couldn’t even tell my own
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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 98TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 120MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008
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BLUE JAY BEATINGMen’s lacrosse slips in second half
in 10-4 loss to archrival HopkinsSPORTS | PAGE 12
A DELIGHTFUL DEATHBands Murder by Death and O’Death
reinvigorate rock at the Black CatDIVERSIONS | PAGE 8
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BY MARISSA LANGStaff writer
Crammed onto a couch in a small SouthCampus Dining Hall office yesterday, thethree SGA presidential candidates sat side-by-side but attempted to politically distancethemselves to stand out from the rest of thepack.
In the last of three debates before theonline vote kicks off Tuesday, candidatesMardy Shualy of the HOUSE Party, JonathanSachs of the Students Party, and independentcandidate Dan Leydorf, debated — heatedlyat times — issues ranging from how toapproach the presidency, the strategic planand safety.
Sachs, who currently serves as the presi-dent of the College Democrats and boasts the
Studentrobbed nearEnglish bldg.Male attacked in same
location as ’05 shootingBY BEN WORSLEY
Staff writer
A male student was assaulted near Susque-hanna Hall early Sunday morning when fourmen began to kick and punch him beforestealing his wallet, University Police said.
The victim was walking along Lehigh Roadfrom the Mowatt Lane Garage near SouthCampus Commons to Alleghany Hall about12:45 a.m. when he was approached by fourmen, University Police spokesman Paul Dil-lon said.
One of the suspects then punched the vic-tim, reportedly without provocation, Dillonsaid.
“There were no demands, no confrontationas far as we know,” he said. “He punched thevictim without any words.”
Secrecy, silence and isolation
Engineeringwing reflectsrapid rise ofdepartment
At ribbon-cutting, facultypromises research results
BY CHRIS YUStaff writer
A new wing at the Jeong H. Kim Engi-neering Building was officially unveiledFriday to accommodate the rapidlyexpanding school of bioengineering,which Provost Nariman Farvardin called“probably the fastest-rising departmentin all of the University of Maryland.”
The new structure, which took one yearand $7.6 million to build, is located on theKim building’s second floor. The interiorof the 7,400-square-foot wing is predomi-nately white and features a large labcapable of supporting physics, chemistryand biology experiments, said Bruce Yu,an associate professor of bioengineeringwho is moving into the new space.
“We [now] have a home,” Yu said.“Once you have a home to conductresearch, you can generate results.”
Yu, who is studying how to make exist-ing medicines more potent with fewerside effects, said the new wing will bemore than just a place to work.
“It’s going to boost our morale,” hesaid.
Yu added that the bioengineeringdepartment is not the only one that will
A million-dollar man?
PHOTO COURTESY OF VALLEYCREST PRODUCTIONS LTD.Senior criminology major John O’Connor’s Who Wants To Be a Millionaire appearance was taped in September, but onlybegan airing on Friday. O’Connor’s winnings will be revealed today at 4 p.m. on WUSA Channel 9.
Student sworn to secrecy about Millionaire prize
JACLYN BOROWSKI–THE DIAMONDBACKThe imprint of Delta Tau Delta’s letters can still be seen outside the fraternity’s former house on Fraternity Row, two weeks after the brothers were evicted. But the long-termimpact the now-public details of the fraternity’s alleged hazing practices is still unclear, although a top administrator called the revelations among the worst she’d heard of.
Delta Tau Delta allegations raise a key question: How did we get here?BY KEVIN ROBILLARD
Senior staff writer
Confronted with allegations thatsenior members of Delta TauDelta had hazed pledges for atleast three years, forcing them toendure sleep deprivation, bingedrinking and psychological intimi-dation, university administratorswere quick to voice their condem-nation.
But even amid a public outcry
about what Linda Clement, vicepresident for student affairs,called the worst incidence of haz-ing at the university in decades,administrators say there is noneed for a change in universitypolicy on hazing.
Administrators say they’vetaken a tough stance on hazing,investigating it as soon as they aremade aware of the incidents. Thatpolicy works, they say, becauserecent incidents of hazing are iso-
lated on the campus.Because of that policy, there’s no
way to know exactly how muchhazing goes on behind closeddoors on Fraternity Row. But haz-ing experts say and a recentnational study from the Universityof Maine shows the practice to bewidespread at many universitiesnationwide.
Based off interviews with morethan 11,000 undergraduate stu-dents at 53 universities, the study
shows 55 percent of college stu-dents in clubs, teams and organi-zations say they’ve been hazed.Additionally the study concludesmore students said hazing hasaffected them more positivelythan negatively, despite the factthat national fraternities, universi-ties, the media and the public atlarge all condemn the practice.
Both the Delta Tau Delta and
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BY DERBY COXStaff writer
While using public restroomsmay give some students per-formance anxiety, Lumpy, a 400-pound bull, had no such problemSaturday afternoon.
He had been strolling aroundhis enclosure when he paused ata far corner of his pen, surveyedhis surroundings and calmlydefecated.
“We have dumpage!” a womanyelled as the 40 or so peoplewatching burst into applause.
Why all the fuss about bovineelimination? It was part of AlphaEpsilon Pi’s sixth-annual charityevent Dump for Dollars. Frater-nity members sold a total of2,500 tickets at $5 a piece, eachof which correlated to a random-ly assigned 4-square-foot patchof land in the bull’s pen in themiddle of fraternity row. Theowner of the square in which thebull relieved himself won $1,000.
This year’s event benefitedEverybody Wins! DC, which pro-motes children’s literacy throughmentoring and book donation.The fraternity expected to donateabout $10,000, said Jared Albert,the fraternity’s secretary and asophomore criminology andcriminal justice and governmentand politics major.
The waist-high black-and-white humped bull made his ap-pearance around noon, roamingdocilely around the pen, solicit-ing pats from the audience andmooing gently on occasion.
Anticipation built during the
next two hours as everyone wait-ed for the bull to do its business.
“I’m on the edge of my seat,”said sophomore biology majorGreg Lessans.
“I’ve never seen so many peo-ple excited about cow poo,”agreed contractor Marie Sanga-line, who helped bring the bullfor a company called Pony to Go.
The feces finally fell a littleafter 2 p.m., and then the contro-versy started. Where did it land?
“He stood here and shat onthis square and some of itbounced into that square,” Al-
bert explained.“I was one inch away,” said
Jake Rothbard, a Alpha EpsilonPi member and freshman ac-counting major, who lamentedhow close he came to having soldthe winning ticket. “It feels terri-ble considering there are somany spots and I’m right next toit.”
But talk of a split was out of thequestion.
“Wherever the s--- falls iswhere the s--- falls,” Rothbardsaid.
The first Dump for Dollars
took place after alumnus BenRuder saw a picture of a similarevent in a friend’s apartment.The event grew from there to be-come one of the largest nation-wide fundraisers for the frater-nity, according to Marty Bock,chapter president and a juniorpsychology major. As for thebull, it’s back to the petting zoo, ahappier fate than befell lastyear’s dumper.
“He had a bad temper so [hisowners] ate him,” Albert said.
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benefit the new wing. Theentire engineering schoolwill enjoy a better reputationand, therefore, a betterchance of receiving grantmoney.
“Generally, working at anew space gives a goodimpression for students andvisitors,” said Yu “Tim”Chen, a bioengineeringassistant professorwho is moving intothe wing. “It will bea boost for thegrowth of thedepartment.”
Professors are notthe only ones whoare looking forwardto working in thenew wing. Studentswill completeresearch there aswell, working withprofessors todevelop medicaltechnology. Accord-ing to the engineer-ing school website,the new space willeventually house 30students.
Bobak Shirmo-hammadi, a junior bioengi-neering major, is one of thestudents who has alreadystarted working in the newwing. Before he moved in, hedid his research at the bio-engineering labs in the Ani-mal Sciences Building. Hesaid the new wing offersmore space for new technol-ogy than his previous lab did.
“Everything is moreorganized here,” Shirmo-hammadi said. “It’s more up-to-date, so that helps a lot.”
The bioengineeringdepartment is the brainchildof Robert Fischell, a physi-cist and inventor whodonated $31 million to estab-lish the department abouttwo and a half years ago.Farvardin said during the
wing’s ribbon-cutting cere-mony that it all started backin 2001, when Fischellinvited him to have lunch.During the meal, Fischelldiscussed his idea of estab-lishing a fellowship, whichultimately led to the creationof the bioengineeringdepartment in December2005.
Fischell, along with hiswife and his son, David, were
present at the cere-mony Friday after-noon to see the cul-mination of all theirwork.
“This is a greatthrill for me andmy family,” Fis-chell said. “I wasjust told by Nari-man that we havethe largest numberof freshmen com-ing into any depart-ment in engineer-ing ... and theyhave the highestGPA of any groupin the University ofMaryland. Now thatis amazing.”
But according toDavid Fischell, the
new wing is not the final stepin improving the bioengi-neering program.
“I think the next step thatneeds to happen is a connec-tion with the medical schoolthat needs to tighten,” DavidFischell said. “You need tobring doctors here … so thatyou can be there when thesurgeon throws the toolagainst the wall and discussto invent the next life-savingtechnology. ... You juststarted what I think is trulygoing to be a world-classdepartment in biomedicalengineering and really goingto make a difference forboth yourselves andmankind.”
New wing offersspacious labs,
better technology
Fundraising with feces
JACLYN BOROWSKI–THE DIAMONDBACKMembers of Alpha Epsilon Pi try to judge the exact square that Lumpy the bull did his business in to determine thewinner of their fundraiser, Dump for Dollars.
Student tried torun away, trippedDillon said that the vic-
tim tried to run away buttripped and fell. The fourmen then began to kick thevictim while he was on theground, and he offered hiswallet if they would leavehim alone. One of the menthen demanded the victim’smoney. The victim threwhis wallet on the ground,and the suspects picked itup and fled the scene.
Dillon said the victim didnot sustain any injuriesfrom the assault.
In 2005, a student waswalking in the exact samelocation when he was shotin the buttocks. UniversityPolice made an arrest in thecase, but the suspect waslater acquitted.
Despite the recent crimespree in the College Parkand Hyattsville areas, Sun-day morning’s robbery was
the third to occur on thecampus this calendar year.
The morning of Feb. 24, afreshman was assaulted inan attempted robbery out-side the Kappa AlphaOrder house on FraternityRow after a fight that beganat Santa Fe Café. MichaelConnolly, 22, of Olney, andJose Gonzales, 23, ofGaithersburg, werearrested in connection withthe crime.
During winter break, afemale universityemployee was struck in thehead and had her pursestolen outside WorcesterHall. The victim wastreated at a local hospitalfor a contusion to the head.Jose Cruz, 21, ofHyattsville, and Angel Gar-cia, 20, of Riverdale, werearrested in connection withthe Jan. 2 incident.
Contestant concealedwinnings for months
mother. She wants to kill me,”said O’Connor, who will not re-ceive his check — however muchit is — until after the show airs.
His roommate and coworker,Michael Coon, tried in vain to getO’Connor to talk.
“I’ve been begging him to tellme, but he hasn’t told me yet,”said Coon, a business administra-tion student at the Universities atShady Grove. “Monday we’ll findout.”
The process that culminatesMonday took years to develop,beginning when O’Connor was inhigh school and was a big fan ofWho Wants to be a Millionaire,then a No. 1 rated ABC prime-time success hosted by RegisPhilbin.
O’Connor watched his fatherunsuccessfully attempt to be-come a contestant on the show,and a few years later, he decidedto give it a try himself.
“Being on a game show has al-ways been a dream of his,” saidBlair Morris, O’Connor’s girl-friend, who said he spoke of hisMillionaire aspirations the firsttime they went out.
O’Connor’s father only had totake a quick multiple choice testover the phone, but the new ap-plication process required O’-
Connor to go to New York andwait outside the studio in thehopes of getting tickets to a tap-ing. Before he was admitted tothe audience, he filled out a mul-tiple choice test given to anyoneinterested in becoming a contest-ant.
O’Connor said he didn’t thinkhe did well on the test, but hecredited his personality as a rea-son the producers selected himas one of ten finalists to have achance at being a contestant at alater taping.
“I realized that being in the stu-dio, there are cameras all overthe place. I thought that if I wasacting crazy, somebody in thecontrol room might notice that,”O’Connor said.
Even after O’Connor was se-lected, he said producers toldhim he might have to wait twoto three years to hear back fromthem as to when he would ap-pear on the show. But last Sep-tember, only ten months afterhis appearance in the audience,he got the call and was told thatjust 25 days later he would be inthe hot seat.
Immediately after receivingthe call, O’Connor, with Coon’shelp, began his training regimen.
“We just watched game showsall the time trying to get himready,” said Coon. “He doescrosswords all the time. He’sprobably one of the smartestguys I know. He can memorize
anything on a map.”O’Connor agreed the hours
he’s spent watching game showsprepared him.
“I watch Jeopardy! all the timewith my girlfriend and she kindof laughs at me because I knowall these random questions,” O’-Connor said. “I know a lot of stuff,but you can never know every-thing. I went to Barnes and Nobleand bought a trivia book and triedto cram as much as I could beforeI went up there.”
Morris said all his training paidoff when the cameras startedrolling.
“John is extremely good at triv-ia, so he was flying through ques-tions before I could even think ofthe answer,” said Morris, who satin the studio audience during theepisode’s taping.
O’Connor, who had never beenon television before, said he willalways cherish the experience.
“I was pretty relaxed all day,but when I sat down on that seat Iwas pretty nervous,” he recalledafter watching Friday’s episode.“I could tell when I saw myself onTV that I was nervous. I wassmiling from ear to ear. It was al-most an out-of-body experience.”
To anyone watching, the smileswere certainly there, but thenerves were not as apparent.When Vieira asked the $500question, “An atom, an oil der-rick, a windmill and a dynamoare all depicted on the officialseal of which U.S. Department?A) Justice, B) Energy, C) Educa-tion, D) Treasury,” O’Connorcalmly responded: “Let’s see,they’re all sources of energy, soI’m gonna go with B, energy.Final answer.”
ROBBERY, from Page 1SECRET, from Page 1
CORRECTIONSn The Friday article “‘He cares about every single person,’” profiling Hilleldirector Rabbi Ari Israel, may have confused readers about his affiliationwith the organization he directs near the campus and his affiliation withHillel International. Israel has worked for Hillel International, also knownas The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, for 12 years. His work with theHillel chapter at this university began in 2003.
n Friday’s story profiling Student Government Association presidentialcandidate Mardy Shualy, “Shualy hopes voters think pink,” incorrectlystated Shualy’s length of membership. He has been a legislator since lateOctober.
ENGINEERING, from Page 1
“I think the nextstep that needsto happen is a
connection withthe medical
school that needsto tighten.”
–David FischellDONOR’S SON
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Iam obsessed with GnarlsBarkley, and my brother is amusic snob, which meansevery time I go home, the
majority of our interactions end ina shouting match of insults or afistfight (I prefer the latter sinceI’m still bigger than he is). “Musicsnob,” however, is a very generalterm and does not completelydescribe my brother’s disgust forwhat I listen to. He scoffs everytime I pick up a CD from the store,rolls his eyes every time I turn upa song on the stereo and freaks outif I tell him any classical artist isboring. That’s right, my brother isnot just any snob, but a classicalsnob: He plays classical, listens toclassical, knows all the importantnames and corresponding worksand enjoys nothing more thantelling me the exact differencebetween a sonata and a symphony.
That’s not to say I don’t have myown musical prejudices, because Ido. I don’t listen to much countryor emo music, but it’s not becauseI think that every artist from thosegenres is untalented. It’s just notmy thing, you know? But I’ll stilllisten to a song I like when I hearit, even if it’s not a familiar style.That’s how I became a GnarlsBarkley fan. I don’t really listen tomuch radio, so the first time Iheard “Crazy” beginning to endwas when I watched The LateShow about a year and half ago. Ashort fat man, Cee-Lo Green, stoodin front of the microphone in anAngus Young-style outfit while ataller skinny guy with an afro anda pair of dark shades, DangerMouse, sat hunched in front of akeyboard and I was prepared forthe worst, but that changed themoment they started the song. Thenext day, I looked up every song onSt. Elsewhere and listened to ittwice. I decided I had to own theCD, so I downloaded it fromiTunes. But that wasn’t goodenough. I needed a hard copy so Icould play it in the car and on mystereo. So, I bought it again. That’sright, I loved St. Elsewhere somuch I bought it twice. The nexttime I was in the car with mybrother, I put the CD in my player.About five seconds into “Go-GoGadget Gospel,” he turned downthe volume.
Let’s ignore the fact that “Go-GoGadget Gospel” might be thegreatest name for a song in the his-tory of music and that it totallyrocks. Instead, we’ll look at mysubsequent reaction: I turned thesong volume back up, louder thanit was before. Why? Because I’mthe older brother, of course. It’swhat I do. That’s when my brotherdecided to tell me every song onthe CD was boring because thesinger was no good and they useda I, IV, V chord progression toomuch. I told him if he had half thetalent of Danger Mouse, he wouldalready be a professional musicianand the argument didn’t end untilthe drive did.
It’s a shame, actually, becausemy brother is so much more tal-ented than I am in just aboutevery conceivable way. For thatreason, I wanted him to like it, butinstead he told me to my face thatthe band to which I had devotedthe last month of my life sucked. Iknew the music was good, though.I knew it just like I did when Iheard The Beatles or Tom Pettyfor the first time but my brotherdidn’t care. All he said was thatBach or Beethoven or Brahmswere so much more innovativeand technically superior andwrote music for the love of musicinstead of for money like all popartists.
I knew he was full of crap, ofcourse. Every artist he named waspopular back in his day and I’mpretty sure there wasn’t a musicalapocalypse in the 1920s thatsapped all the musical talent fromthe human race, so I figured musi-cians today are just as talented asthose who wrote hundreds of yearsago. Different, certainly, but notless talented. The same rulesapply to genres. I fail to see howany one genre can inherentlyattract more talent than the other.If you don’t like a particular style,fine, but it’s not because the musicis no good. My brother came upwith more than 20 reasons whyclassical music was technicallysuperior to all pop music, and Icouldn’t say anything because Ijust don’t know enough. Whatever.I still control the stereo, and now Ihave a new tool to annoy him.
John Raderman is a sophomorejournalism major. He can bereached at [email protected].
GnarlsBeethoven
Among the top responsibili-ties for the office of SGApresident is representingstudent concerns to the
administration, advocating for stu-dents in Annapolis and establishinglasting traditions enjoyed by the stu-dent body such as the Crab Fest. Theterm in office is so short that experi-ence is one of the most importantqualifiers for the job in order to limitthe learning curve in these three spe-cific areas. Myself and members ofStudents Party have been meetingwith students, advocating for stu-dents and putting on well-receivedprogramming enjoyed by studentssince stepping foot on the campus asfreshmen.
Currently, the SGA passes resolu-tions to indicate the position of thebroad student body on key issuessuch as the Purple Line. How manystudents did the Student GovernmentAssociation speak to when develop-ing their position? Was there ever apublic, well-advertised hearing forstudents to voice their opinions on theissue? The answers are unfortunate:Few and no.
Students must have their voiceheard in student government. Univer-sity students are represented by SGAlegislators whom they have never metand cannot name. The persona of theSGA needs to change. It should bemore open to student concerns andserve as a resource for Terps in needby directing them through the thickuniversity bureaucracy.
And we’re serious about it. TheStudents Party has already begun tomake the student government morestudent friendly with our website,www.votestudents.com. On the site,we have a box where students cansubmit their concerns. Each evening,I compile the suggestions from stu-dents posted on the “Have Your VoiceHeard” section and see what I can doto produce results for them whenelected. We also have a convenientdrop-down menu where students canfind the Students Party candidateswho would represent them.
The Students Party and I havealready begun to listen to students,gone door-to-door to hear their con-cerns and created an outlet for themto speak to us in multiple ways.
Most students whom I have spokenwith already are most concernedabout housing. In fact, one door inCumberland Hall had a tent drawnon its white board, which read “Liv-ing Arrangement 2008-2009, McK-eldin Mall Baby!” We need an advo-cate who can effectively lobby forstate funding for our campus. I haveworked in Annapolis for the past twoyears, I have established meaningfulrelationships there, I understand howit operates , and I have spoken out onbehalf of student concerns with SGAPresident Andrew Friedson.
Nobody can be a strong advocate inAnnapolis without having experiencethere. You can’t get informationabout the operations of Annapolisfrom a class or an op-ed. It takesexperience to know that, while otherprograms are funded through thecurrent budget deficit, we are not.Next school year is especially impor-tant because the Bohanan Commis-sion, which has studied alternativemodels of funding higher education,will release its report. This reportcould dictate the next 25 years offunding for our university. I havealready testified on bills that will captuition, establish fair standards forstudents to pay for college and a billthat would put four of our classmateson a youth committee in Annapolis.For these bills, it’s been only myselfand current SGA members testifyingon behalf of the student body.
Our party also has experience withprogramming. As president of Col-lege Democrats, I have hostedBarack Obama, Chelsea Clinton, sixmembers of Congress, our comptrol-ler, journalist Helen Thomas andsome of the university’s most distin-guished professors. We believe thatwith our experience putting togetherlarge scale programming, we canaccomplish our “Spring Fling,”which would combine Art Attack,spring barbecue, Cultural Explosionand Sunday of Service into a four-daylong opportunity to interact with thecommunity and do important, andtailored, community service, con-cluding with a performance from anA-list band.
The Students Party believes thatexperience counts! We have alreadybegun to put our words into actionand have a long record of accom-plishment in the areas that canimprove for your SGA next year. Stu-dents need to have their voice heard.Students: Our Voice. Our Time.
Jonathan Sachs is president of theCollege Democrats and is runningfor SGA President with the StudentsParty. He can be reached [email protected].
The transformation of Art Attack from a student-focused exhibition of talent into a meaninglessbrand vaguely affiliated with the university waslamentable enough. It might have even been tol-erable if the university were not getting such a
raw deal financially. Student Entertainment Events hasplanned a dismal 25th anniversary for Art Attack.
The history of Art Attack reads like an episode of Behindthe Music. It began 25 years ago as a festival dedicated tothe exhibition of artistic talent. SEE’s own website de-scribes the very first Art Attack as “a cooperative event be-tween the Art department and SEE.” One early event in-volved a painter named Danny Dent cre-ating portraits of rock stars accompaniedby the music of The Beatles. Like manyrock bands, this initial artistic daring andindividuality slowly became beholden tolarger, corporate forces. Students, ac-cording to SEE, began to expect“evening concert[s] with famous acts.”Art Attack today is simply a concert thatcould be held almost anywhere else inthe country without changing anythingabout it.
Even then, students have at least been granted free ad-mission to Art Attack in the past several years, which hasgiven an impression of some ownership over the event.This year, with the announced $5 admission fee, changesthat completely.
A recent Diamondback story reported that SEE is actual-ly paying its money (garnered from student fees) to mtvUin order to bring the Campus Invasion Tour to us this year
and charging $5 for admission on top of that. This “inva-sion” is going to pass through a grand total of three cities:Boston, Philadelphia and College Park. As invasions go, itwill likely invite comparisons to the famous one at the Bayof Pigs.
Even more outrageously, SEE is paying for studentproduction costs, while at UMass Boston, mtvU is footingthis bill.
Perhaps it is true that this generation’s students expect tosee high-profile acts every year at Art Attack. This has cer-tainly been the recent trend, but this does not mean that theessence of the event has to be completely outsourced to a
corporate giant like MTV. In the past, theopening act at Art Attack has been a stu-dent band, sometimes selected from atalent competition.
Most importantly, the need to invitepopular performers does not justify theuse of student fees in such a frivolousway. The way in which this year’s eventhas been handled by SEE is truly regret-table. In the future, there is no reason toreturn to the model adopted this year.
SEE can and should put forth the effort to make Art Attacka true on-campus event. That is the organization’s entirefunction.
SEE should collaborate from the beginning with studentorganizations and address their artistic concerns. Our ownschool of music is an excellent resource. University talentought to be used in a meaningful way. And if an outside pro-moter wants our money to hold an event here, that shouldbe a sure sign that they are not welcome.
“Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own — but I wish to sell out.” ~ Mark Twain
The Art Attack fiasco
Staff Editorial
Our ViewStudent EntertainmentEvents has made several
regrettably poor decisionsin planning this year’s
Art Attack.
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Editorial Cartoon: Mike O’Brien
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Letters to the EditorThe Olympic spirit
We are writing to you on behalf of the university’s ChineseStudent and Scholar Association to complain about a cartoonpublished by The Diamondback April 9. The author intention-ally drew the 2008 Beijing Olympics logo in a way that makes itlook like a symbol in messy blood, which not only hurts the feel-ings of Chinese students, scholars, faculty and others who live inthe neighborhood of the university, but also insults more than abillion of friendly Chinese living in China who welcome peoplefrom all over the world coming to Beijing this summer for thereal spirit of the Olympics: peace.
It is really disappointing and upsetting that this cartoon waspublished without giving any consideration to the Chinese com-munity and those who love the Olympics for its spirit. It is alsovery sad to see someone trying to mix the Olympics with poli-tics. The Olympics are related to politics in the sense that ath-letes will represent their own nations in competitions. If theywin, their nations’ anthems will be played while their countries’flags wave over their heads. This the highest honor that can beawarded to those players, some of whom have spent their livespracticing their sport, and this is widely accepted. The cartoondisplayed hatred toward these people.
While we know personal views should be respected, theycan also be biased, ignorant or manipulated. We also know thatthe readers should at least receive some respect, and this car-toon should not have been published without being checkedfirst; otherwise, the newspaper could have become a place forattacking and insulting. Thus, on behalf of friendly and peacefulChinese, who will still welcome you to Beijing for the Olympics,we request an apology from both the cartoon’s author and edi-tors to those whose feelings have been hurt. Your understand-ing will be greatly appreciated.
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“Investigative”journalism at its worst
Several days ago, our office was contacted by several current
and former members of the University of Maryland Founda-tion Board of Trustees. During the past 24 hours, calls have in-creased and the expressed concerns have intensified. Overall,the calls reflected a grave concern about recent contacts by Di-amondback reporters in a less-than-shaded attempt to establishsome sort of conspiracy related to board members and the uni-versity's position on the Purple Line.
Under the guise of exploring their interest in and financialsupport of the university — its students, programs and is-sues — board members were disingenuously questioned byDiamondback reporters about their connection to the Pur-ple Line discussion.
Our trustees and donors used words like “sloppy,” “dis-honest,” “misguided,” “sophomoric” and “insulting” to de-scribe The Diamondback's approach and tactics.
With absolutely no evidence of any inappropriate actionby our alumni, Diamondback reporters have contacted ourinstitutional friends and longtime supporters — prominentbusiness and community leaders — in the most unprofes-sional manner.
These board members have passionately funded studentscholarships, helped support the recruitment of outstandingfaculty and the strengthening of a wide range of academicareas and have assisted our arts, athletics and communityservice programs.
To suggest, and then “investigate,” the possibility of influ-ence peddling with no substantive reasoning only serves tooffend those who selflessly have worked on behalf of theuniversity.
It is blatantly uncalled for and certainly does not meet the testof proper journalistic standards or the storied tradition of TheDiamondback.
Board members have opened their very busy schedules tomake themselves available to the university and to The Dia-mondback. This recent foray by the reporters has taken that re-lationship a step backward.
When this happens, students lose.
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Freshman Kevin Kirk wasthe youngest person to everenter the Cupid’s Cup entre-preneurial competition,which is sponsored by UnderArmour CEO and alumnusKevin Plank.
And now he’s the youngestto take home a prize from theevent, which was held Fridayat the business school.
Kirk’s entry, which detailedhow he would use the $15,000top prize to begin selling hiscompany’s beach-themedwomen’s accessories throughmall kiosks, won the $5,000people’s choice prize after anaudience vote.
Kirk, who has been sellinghis products at women’ssporting events for the pastthree years, faced stiff com-petition from graduate stu-dents and recent alumni whohave formal training in busi-ness and teams of peopleworking under them.
However, Kirk expressed con-fidence in his products and hisstrategy. “I feel like [my prod-ucts] sell themselves,” he said.
First place went to Anaptyx,an Internet service providerthat plans to make wirelessWeb access eco-friendly forapartment buildings.
Maverick Development,creator of WorksCited4U andother sites, took home the$7,500 second-place prize.
Jonathan Rust, the CFO ofAnaptyx and a Dingman Cen-ter for Entrepreneurshipgraduate student, said theprize money would help thecompany expand its market-ing and services.
The competition, called theCupid’s Cup after one ofPlank’s first businesses,Cupid’s Valentine, drew incorporate representativesand big-shots, prompting a
flurry of business cardexchanges. But for many, thehighlight was hearing fromPlank, whose company’smeteoric rise soon after hegraduated from this univer-sity is seen by many as a tes-tament to the possibilities forstudent entrepreneurs.
Plank, sporting a blueUnder Armour vest over apolo shirt instead of a suit,said creating a successfulbusiness requires a belief thatwhat has not been donebefore can be achieved.
“No one else knows howgreat your business can be,”Plank said.
Plank should know. Cupid’sValentine began with an ideathat students might buy roseson the campus on Valentine’sDay. The venture took off andPlank used the $20,000 heearned during four years tocreate Under Armour, whichalso sprang from an idea hehad to create moisture-resist-ant clothing for athletes.
The five competitorspitched their visions for theirrespective companies to thejudging panel, composed ofUnder Armour executivesand other high-powered fig-ures behind companies likeHonest Tea and GeniusRocket.
One of the companies thatattended the event, Goozex,was the winner of last year’scup. Since winning, the video-game-trading company hasmultiplied its membershiproughly by 10 and exchangedmore than $14 million ingames in 2007, said GoozexDirector of Marketing MarkNebesky.
Even though his companydidn’t place in the event, Kirksaid he couldn’t help but feelthat the experience was aboutmore than the money.
“Kevin [Plank] said I wasgoing places and gave mesome great advice,” said Kirk,who was also offered aninternship by Plank. “And hesaid I can always try and winit all next year.”
Zeta Beta Tau investigations weretriggered by anonymous tips. Andaccording to the University ofMaine study, “secrecy and silenceare common characterizations ofthe dynamics of hazing.” Mem-bers of Delta Tau Delta told theOffice of Fraternity and SororityLife repeatedly they didn’t “feelcomfortable giving names” anddidn’t “want to incriminate any-one.”
Clement said the university’santi-hazing policy is solid. Theyrespond to allegations immediate-ly, she said, and as of three yearsago, they’ve also placed Residen-tial Fellows, who serve roles simi-lar to resident assistants, in frater-nity and sorority houses.
But in the wake of the most vio-lent instance of hazing in years,the allegations against Delta TauDelta raise questions for universi-ty administrators about how thefraternity could have hazedpledges for years in secret andhow widespread the practice is atthis university.
A common problem on college campusesThe University of Maine study
ultimately concludes that “hazingis woven into the fabric of studentlife and campus culture in U.S.colleges and universities.”
Seven out of 10 members of so-cial fraternities said they werehazed, a percentage only studentathletes matched. Six out of 10members of club sports teamssaid they were hazed, as did fiveout of 10 members of performingarts and service fraternities andsororities.
Both university President DanMote and Interfraternity CouncilPresident Marty Bock called onstudents to speak up if they areaware of hazing, but the study in-dicates that doesn’t frequently
happen.Close to 70 percent of students
interviewed in the study said theywere aware of hazing. But evenwhen students said they had beenhazed, 95 percent said they didnothing about it.
The study also showed that nineout of 10 students who have beenhazed don’t acknowledge it, somebecause they had the “choice” toparticipate or because their con-ception of hazing differed fromhow their school defined it.
As one student quoted in thestudy put it: “Hazing is one ofthose things that you know ... youknow it is not something you canreally define and you know itwhen you see it.”
Other students didn’t report itbecause they didn’t want to gettheir group or team in trouble orbecause they feared reprisalsfrom other members of the groupor team. Students also minimized,rationalized or normalized hazing,saying it wasn’t a “big deal.”
If the Delta Tau Delta hazing al-legations prove true, they’ll be thesecond case of hazing at the uni-versity this academic year, but theadministration’s outlook on haz-ing has contrasted sharply withthe portrait the study has painted.
“I have to believe these are twoincidents in two groups that don’thappen in every Greek letter or-ganization,” Clement said.
But when asked if Delta TauDelta could have been an isolatedincident, Susan Lipkins, a psy-chologist who studies and advo-cates against hazing, had a simpleanswer.
“No. Absolutely not,” she said.“It’s the same as the termite guysaying there’s only one termite orroach.”
“Everyone before me did this”Lipkins, who has interviewed
dozens of fraternity members in
writing the book Preventing Haz-ing, said fraternities initiate newmembers with physical and psy-chological challenges to maintaindiscipline within the group andcontinue traditions.
Over the years, she said, hazingwithin a fraternity often escalatesas each class adds its own mark tothe tradition.
“They are doing unto otherswhat was done unto them,” Lip-kins said. “They feel they have aright and a duty to haze. It’s a wayof completing the circle.”
From year to year, the increasein violence may not seem drastic,Lipkins said, but when accumu-lated over decades, she addedthat one fraternity’s hazing ritualcan often go from mundane tohorrific.
“It’s hard to read this and otheraccounts and not be amazed peo-ple would subject themselves tothis,” Clement said.
According to Lipkins, the peo-ple being hazed believe the bene-fits of joining the group outweighthe pain being inflicted on them.
“There’s a sense there are ben-efits to joining the group thatmake it worth it,” she said, addingthat a Greek organization yieldsinstant friends in college and inmany cases can lead to job oppor-tunities afterward.
It’s also a matter of provingyourself, Lipkins said. As mem-bers of Delta Tau Delta reportedlytold OFSL: “Everyone before medid this; clearly I have to do it toget their respect. It was very im-portant to get their respect.”
A question of prioritiesFor the brothers of Delta Tau
Delta themselves, rooting out dan-gerous initiation practices didn’tseem to be a priority. According tothe OFSL memo, senior membersrepeatedly told OFSL administra-tors concerns about drugs
trumped worries about hazing.“The chapter has been spend-
ing so much time trying to endrape/sexual assault and get thehard drugs (like cocaine) out ofthe house that they haven’t spent alot of time on hazing,” the memoread under the “recurring com-ments” heading.
On top of that, many Delta TauDelta members added they took“precautionary measures to en-sure [their] Residential Fellowdidn’t catch [them].”
Matt Supple, the university’sassistant director of fraternity andsorority life, said the incidentsshould serve as a wake-up call,and the external attention theybring to the problem can be usedto place more pressure on thecommunity to change and elimi-nate hazing.
University President Dan Motecalled the hazing incidents eye-opening.
“If you asked me a year ago ifwe had hazing like this, I wouldhave said no,” Mote said. “Ithink now we have to look moredeeply into our system to makesure we’re staying true to ourprinciples.”
Yet Supple said the incidentsaren’t going to prompt the univer-sity to launch any new anti-hazingcampaigns.
Bock said the IFC plans on“keeping a closer watch on ourfraternities.” He said each chap-ter will now have to submit theirnew member education plans tothe IFC and that the IFC will holdmore anti-hazing programs.
“We’re confident it’s not hap-pening,” Bowen said. “But if it is,we want it gone.”
“We want to stop it,” Bock said.“If you know about hazing, tellsomeone. You’re not going to getyour friend in trouble.”
MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008 | THE DIAMONDBACK 7
IFC to keep ‘closer watch’ on fraternitiesWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Dan Mote
■“If you asked me a year ago if we hadhazing like this, I would have said no.”■ “I think now we have to look more deeplyinto our system to make sure we’re stayingtrue to our principles.”
Candidates clash on safety Freshman wins business prize
JACLYN BOROWSKI –THE DIAMONDBACKUnder Armour inventor Kevin Plank present s the Cup and a check for $15,000 to JonathanRust of Anaptyx, the winner of Cupid's Cup, a business competition sponsored by Plank.
HAZING, from Page 1
Linda Clement
■ “I have to believe these are two incidentsin two groups that don’t happen in everyGreek letter organization.”
Jonathan Sachs
■ “Greeks have the responsibility to governthemselves.” ■ “The SGA should just help to provide themwith resources.”
Mardy Shualy
■ “[The students who got hazed] areundergraduate students and it is the SGA’sresponsibility to protect their interests.” ■ “I don’t think anyone was flabbergasted bythe hazing incidents.”
Dan Leydorf
■ “We [the SGA] only have a right tointervene only as much as they [Greek orgs]request it.”■ “We can extend our hand, but we need torespect their jurisdiction.”
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS
SGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, STUDENTS PARTY
SGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, INDEPENDENT
SGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HOUSE PARTY
most political experience of thethree candidates, said that to ac-complish many of the goals all thecandidates agreed on, such ashousing, tuition affordability andtextbook reform, the Student Gov-ernment Association must have aconstant presence in Annapolis.
“We must invest time in An-napolis and city council,” Sachssaid. “We need to be there duringthe year and over the summerwhen they’ll really try to screw us.”
Shualy, the only candidate whocurrently serves in the SGA, saidthat lobbying in Annapolis canonly get student interests so farand that the SGA must look closerto home to find the answer tomany student problems.
“We must lobby on the univer-sity level and not spend too muchtime in Annapolis,” Shualy said.
Sachs could only roll his eyesand shake his head in response.
But lobbying on the state anduniversity level proved ineffectivewhen it came to passing textbooklegislation this year, which all threecandidates said they supported.
Leydorf, who has also workedin Annapolis and is a member ofthe Residence Hall Association,said textbook reform and long-term tuition affordability could beaddressed next year by going tothe “right people,” drawing sup-port from student groups and call-ing alumni for help.
Though all three candidatesmentioned student safety as a pri-ority, they argued over how to bestachieve it.
Shualy said he wants to establisha “TerpWatch” force of paid stu-dents or professionals — bouncersin collaboration with local bars, hesuggested — to keep an extra eyeon students in College Park atnight. But his two opponents criti-cized his plan, saying it could puteven more students at risk.
“Last time the SGA attempt-ed TerpWatch, it was a disas-ter,” Sachs said. “And Santa Fewon’t put sprinklers in its ownbar — they’re going to offerbouncers?”
Shualy defended his program,saying it’s an evolving idea. He saidpatrollers would be in regular con-tact with police officers for support.He then spun the issue back onSachs by criticizing his plan for cre-ating a “SafetyEdu” program.
“SafetyEdu is not only ineffec-tive, it’s offensive!” Shualy said.“It implies that people becomevictims because they don’t knowhow to keep themselves safe.”
Sachs clarified the program bysaying it would not resemble Al-coholEdu in length or content, butrather it would serve as a resourcewhere students could see whereon the campus students felt most
unsafe or where crimes most fre-quently occur.
While safety has been ad-dressed in nearly every SGA elec-tion cycle, the Strategic Plan posesa new obstacle the candidateswould have to deal with duringtheir term as president. TheStrategic Plan is still a work inprogress, and the candidates allagreed there was much work tobe done on the document.
Leydorf, who did not explicitlypoint out problems with the docu-ment, said instead that it is hard tojudge because of the vague goalsand lack of concrete plans.
“It’s kind of like campaign plat-forms,” he joked. “There are a lotof things they want to do that theydon’t have the resources for.”
Leydorf said one campaignpromise was Sach’s proposal forall-you-can-eat dining.
Though Sachs and Shualy bothmentioned improving the mealplans in their platforms, Leydorfsaid that due to cost containment, apolicy that requires Dining Ser-vices and other similar depart-ments to turn a profit and pay theuniversity a certain percent of theirintake, changing the dining systemto an all-you-can-eat meal planwould be difficult at best.
“I’m very against cost contain-ment,” he said.
Go to www.diamondbackonline.comto hear the entire debate.
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ARTS MUSIC LIVING MOVIES WEEKEND
REVIEW | MURDER BY DEATH
Death rocks hard
PHOTOS BY ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKCellist/keyboardist Sarah Balliet of Murder by Death, above, plays a large rolein the band’s songwriting process. Greg Jamie, below, vocalist and guitaristfor O’Death, led the band’s frenzied performance at the Black Cat Wednesday.
BYROXANAHADADISenior staff writer
In the history of rock ’n’ roll,the devil has made a lot ofcameos: “Sympathy for theDevil” by the Rolling Stones;“Runnin’ with the Devil” by VanHalen; even “Devils Haircut” byBeck. But a story about the devilvisiting a Mexican bar and en-gaging in warfare with localtownsfolk? Only Indiana rockband Murder by Death can getaway with that scenario.
The four-piece band fromBloomington stopped in Washing-ton Wednesday, headlining theBlack Cat as part of a tour in sup-port of its latest album, Red ofTooth and Claw. Though Murderby Death put on a solid show —and played a significant smatter-ing of songs from its album aboutthe devil, entitled Who Will Sur-vive, and What Will Be Left ofThem? — the spotlight was stolenby opener O’Death, a band spe-cializing in a brand of Southern,gothic folk that Diamondback pho-tographer Adam Fried describesas “haunted carnival music.”
Barely 45 minutes after BlackCat’s 8 p.m. doors, opening bandKiss Kiss, a five-piece from NewYork with a slow-breakneck-slowspeed of play, took the stage. Lessthan an hour later, second open-ing band O’Death grabbed thelimelight from Kiss Kiss in thebest of ways. Whereas the firstopening band was a juxtaposedmess of dueling instruments andshrieking vocals, O’Death exhib-ited a wonderfully orchestrated
harmony of bluegrass, punk,gothic and even gypsy styles.
Almost resembling a pack ofcrazed woodsmen with their longhair, scraggly beards and eye-catching tattoos (see: a huge ele-phant’s head on drummer DavidRogers-Berry’s side), the bandlaunched into a mix of songs fromits album Head Home and newtracks, with highlights including“Spider Home,” “Down to Rest”(which included the entire bandin a howling sing-along) and thefast-paced “Adelita,” beforewhich the band shared a shot ofwhiskey (it makes sense; theband has the liquor listed as an in-fluence on its MySpace page).
As sung by guitarist and enjoy-ably nasal lead vocalist GregJamie, all the songs took on anold-school quality — almost as ifthey were transmitted throughan ancient gramophone or radio— that was quite strange but alsoquite catchy. But the band’s fan-tastic set was cut a song shortwhen member Jesse Newman’sbass started acting up and sound-ing ear-splittingly fuzzy.
The crowd cheered up, howev-er, when Murder by Death hit thestage at 10:30 p.m. Led by vocalistAdam Turla, the band jumped into“Sometimes the Line Walks You”(a possible Johnny Cash refer-ence?) from 2006 album In Boccaal Lupo and “’52 Ford” from theirmost recent endeavor.
To first-time listeners, theband may just seem like cowboymusic with a cello thrown in forgood measure, but the lyrics tosongs such as “A Masters in Re-
verse Psychology” (“Keep thegirls inside of the little church/With their bruised knees on thepews”) and “The Devil In Mexi-co” (“Like slivers of lead insideyour food/ He’s the poison insideyou”) create such vivid imagerythat you can’t help but be en-thralled. And songs about zom-bies and pirates (“Killbot 2000”and “Dead Men and Sinners,”performed back-to-back) are “ir-resistible,” a smiling Turla said tothe crowd. “We should just writea song about zombies and piratesand just get it done in three min-utes,” he added.
But as beautifully as bandmember Sarah Balliet plays thecello and as similar to Cash asTurla sounds, Murder by Death’snew stuff simply isn’t as captivat-ing as anything on Who Will Sur-vive. That concept album was amasterpiece, an example of howstupendously well orchestral andsaloon rock can play off one an-other. New single “Fuego!” isgood, but it’s no “The Desert isOn Fire” (the band’s ending en-core), and it looks like Murder byDeath knows it: The band almostseemed to be going through themotions, performing just theright songs and giving justenough to keep the audience en-gaged — but not much more.
Not to be too harsh — even withlittle effort, Turla and Co. still puton a crowd-pleaser. They justshould have paid more attention toO’Death’s charisma before gettingonstage themselves.
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Prince of Persia was one of the bestvideo games ever made, hands-down. But plans for the game to bemade into a movie with Jerry Bruck-heimer are bad enough; the fact thatLatinoReview reports Jake Gyllen-haal will star is even worse.
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BY JEFF NEWMANStaff writer
The Terrapin softball teamfell one run short of taking aweekend series against N.C.State that could end up havingmajor postseason implications.
Trailing by six heading intothe final frame Sunday, theTerps (30-12, 4-8 ACC) gave avaliant comeback effort with sixruns in the inning. But N.C.State’s Ashleigh Davis sealedthe game and series with awalk-off single in the bottom ofthe seventh, giving the Wolf-pack(25-20, 8-7) a 7-6 win.
The Terps split their Satur-day games, losing the first 3-1,and winning the second 5-3.Wolfpack shortstop ShannaSmith terrorized the Terps allweekend, accumulating fourhome runs in her home stadi-um. But it was the offense,which has battled inconsistencyand a lack of balance all season,that came up short all weekend.
The fifth-place Terps are in aprecarious position. North Car-olina and Virginia Tech havefirm grips on the conference’stop two spots, and the Terps arebattling it out with the FloridaState (8-7 ACC), the Wolfpack
and Georgia Tech (4-10) for thethird and fourth spots, whichwould boost the Terps’ chancesfor an NCAA tournament bid.
Before this weekend, theTerps felt good about their posi-tion. Now, they are feeling theheat.
“I think it puts a lot of pres-sure [on us],” coach Laura Wat-ten said. “I told them our backsare against the wall now. It’scrunch time and we need to ab-solutely turn it on big time. Wecan still work and maneuverourselves to get a decent spot inthe conference tournament anda decent spot in our region.”
With three conference seriesleft, the Terps have time to gainground and finish in the ACC’supper half. But first, the Terpswill first need to figure out how toget increased production fromthe bottom of their lineup andmore consistency throughout.
“That’s the million-dollarquestion,” senior outfielderJenny Belak said. “We can’t fig-ure out why we do it some in-nings and not others. One of thethings we’re trying to figure outis how to produce when we aren’tpressing at the end of the game.”
little extra [motivation].”Odom and her fellow sen-
iors were the first cheerlead-ers to be recruited as varsityathletes by former coach LuraFleece. The group of five fin-ished second to Louisville asfreshmen, but their threenational championships sincethen have more than made upfor it as they prepare to leavethe program.
Earlier in the season, thegroup had discussed the possi-bility of getting tattoos to
serve as a permanentreminder of their time withthe Terps. Saturday, after aday at the beach, all five got athree-star tattoo, one for eachchampionship.
The program, starting withthose five seniors, has helpedchange the scene for competi-tive cheer on a national level.Next fall, Oregon will becomethe second major program inthe nation to give varsity sta-tus and scholarships to itssquad, according to Bonds.
The advantages includereceiving all the benefits of
academic support given toother varsity athletes at theuniversity and being able tooffer recruits scholarships,unlike other schools that donot give it the same status.
But recruiting might be bestserved by the program’s grow-ing reputation for excellence,one that comes with three con-secutive national champi-onships. After Thursday’s sec-ond-place finish, Bonds had toremind her team what it takesto be victorious.
“I reminded the girls thatthey are champions and cham-
pions fight harder,” Bondssaid. “Champions don’t getnervous when they get on thefloor. Champions always havewhat they need to perform.”
And maybe it took thatspeech, along with personal-ized notes Bonds handed outto her team, to remind them toeach how special they arebefore their performance Fri-day, to push the Terps toanother victory. But the teamisn’t ready to slow down now.
Perhaps junior Ali Pascuccisums it up best: “Now we’rejust ready to do it a fourthtime.”
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ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKRedshirt junior goalie Jason Carter played a strong first half Saturday, holdingJohns Hopkins to just three goals while tallying six saves. But the Blue Jaysexploded for seven in the second half, including six in the third quarter.
Hopkins dominant in faceoffsmore.
With top Terp defender JoeCinosky busy trying to stopJohns Hopkins All-AmericanPaul Rabil, the Blue Jays wereable to find holes in the Terps’zone defense.
Johns Hopkins seniorattackman Michael Donegerconsistently received passesright in front of the goal areaand ended up with a game-high three goals.
The offense, playing its sec-ond game without suspendedfreshman attackman TravisReed, didn’t offer much help.
To combat Reed’s absence,Cottle started midfielder MaxRitz at attack, his position lastseason when he finished sec-ond on the team in points.Senior Will Dalton took Ritz’sposition on the first midfield.
Still, the offense struggled,netting only four goalsfor the second-straightgame, and Cottle jug-gled his lineupthroughout the game,looking for the rightcombination of attack-men.
“I thought we madethose changesbecause we had to, notbecause we wantedto,” Cottle said.“We’re going to haveto revamp our identityoffensively rightnow.”
But it was hard tojudge because theBlue Jays controlledthe ball so much. Cot-tle tried four differentface-off men, trying to findsomeone who could beatPeyser. Sophomore Bryn
Holmes, who was winningnearly 60 percent ofhis faceoffs enteringthe game, lost all sixfaceoffs he took.
Cottle summed uphis team’s perform-ance by saying noteven his leading goalscorer would havebeen enough to savehis team.
“I’m not sure thatTravis Reed would’vemade a differencetoday, to be quite hon-est, unless he was afaceoff guy.”
Unlike last season’sovertime thriller wonby Johns Hopkins, the104th meetingbetween the teams
had little suspense. The BlueJays carried a six-goal leadinto the fourth, and the game
was already well in hand bythe time Rabil wowed thecrowd by twisting his waythrough the Terp defense andCarter, who was trying to dou-ble-team, to cap the scoringwith 4:44 left.
Johns Hopkins, which is twolosses away from finishingunder .500 and ineligible forpostseason play, may havesaved its season with the out-standing effort.
On the other hand, theTerps have now lost two in arow for the first time this sea-son. But Cottle is not ready tohit the panic button.
“Some young kids were alittle starry-eyed,” Cottle said.“But at the same end, we’lljust have to play through it.They’ll be better the next timethey play.”
HOPKINS, from Page 12
Bonds provided support for TerpsCHEER, from Page 12
“I reminded the girlsthat they are champi-
ons and championsfight harder.”
–Jarnell BondsCOMPETITIVE CHEER COACH
Softball one run short
“I’m not surethat Travis
Reed would’vemade a
differencetoday.”
–Dave CottleMEN’S LACROSSE
COACH
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Baseball sweptby Virginia
Terps fall out of ACC tournamentpicture with three weekend losses
BY AARON KRAUTSenior staff writer
On a cold and gloomy Sun-day afternoon at Shipley Field,the Terrapin baseball teamappeared frustrated and help-less throughout its 11-4 loss toNo. 19 Virginia.
The outcome of Friday’s andSaturday’s games,two heartbreakinglosses for a club thathas already experi-enced a good numberof them, rendered theTerps vulnerable inyesterday’s seriesfinale.
“It’s tough, because none ofthese guys like to lose,” coachTerry Rupp said. “It was threestraight games where weneeded to do something tomove up in the conference.”
Now the Terps (20-17, 5-13ACC) are on the outside of theACC tournament picture morethan halfway through the sea-son, all because of a handful ofplays in the first two games.
In Saturday’s game, down 5-3 in the bottom of the eighthwith runners at second andthird and no outs, the Terpscould manage only one run.Junior first baseman WillGreenberg struck out lookingbefore junior third basemanMike Murphy’s groundout tothird scored the lone run.
Junior designated hitterJensen Pupa hit a sharp linedrive to right field but right atthe Cavaliers rightfielder forthe third out.
The result was a 5-4 loss, theTerps’ seventh one-run loss inACC play this season.
“It’s tough, but it’s baseball.It almost always turns out thatone play is the difference in thegame,” junior catcher MikeMoss said. “You just gotta knowthat eventually the breaks aregoing to start going our way, it’sa long and tough season.”
Though frustrating, Fridaynight’s loss was perhaps moredebilitating, as the Terpsfailed to hold a late lead with
ace Scott Swinson on themound.
The Terps started the eighthinning up 6-4 before Swinsongave up two hits and wasreplaced by senior Brad Tay-lor. Taylor and the rest of thebullpen couldn’t hold the Cav-aliers down, and Virginiascored six runs in the inning
before eventuallywinning 11-6.
But Rupp said themomentum started toshift toward Virginiabefore the eighthinning even started,when senior catcher
Chad Durakis grounded into abases-loaded inning-endingdouble play.
“The turning point was inthe seventh inning, when wehad a chance to knock themout with bases loaded andone out,” Rupp said. “Thenthey get the double play toget out of the inning and getthe momentum. From then,the wheels kind of came offfor us.”
Then came yesterday’sblowout loss, in which theTerps looked off track fromthe start. Senior startingpitcher Kevin Biringer gaveup a solo homer in the firstinning and Virginia had an 8-1lead by the end of the fifth.
In the fifth inning, the Terpstwice failed to throw out run-ners at first base on routinebunts. Before the bottom ofthe sixth inning, Rupp held abrief meeting with his team infront of the Terps dugout, butthe game was already decided.
“It was one bad inning. Theylaid down two bunts and wemade a couple mental mis-takes there,” Rupp said. “Thatrolled over into their biginning which they convertedon, which hurts.”
For the Terps, it was anotherconference series loss andanother lost weekend, if onlyby a matter of one or two criti-cal plays.
tournament’s MVP award. “I’ve seen some games on
TV before — I’ve seen Dukeplay over here and it’s a niceatmosphere to play in,” Czyzsaid of Comcast, which willbe a much more hostile envi-ronment next time he visits.
In the undercard of theCapital Classic, the DistrictAll-Stars beat the SuburbanAll-Stars 131-128.
An event that once fea-tured current NBA MVPcandidates Chris Paul andLeBron James on opposingteams, this year’s CapitalClassic cast list had less her-alded high school stars.
The only Rivals.com five-star recruit was 7-foot-1 cen-ter Ty Walker, who is headedto Wake Forest next year.Walker did not play in thesecond half after injuring hisleft leg.
Last year, Terps AdrianBowie, Cliff Tucker, DinoGregory, Shane Walker andGus Gilchrist all played inthe Capital Classic, whileBraxton Dupree watchedfrom the sideline with aninjury.
This year, Mosley was theonly Terps recruit in eitherof the day’s two exhibitiongames.
In the fourth quarter,Mosley leaped for arebound, got his legs caught
up with teammate TannerSmith’s and fell awkwardlyon his right wrist. Afterwincing on the floor for ahalf-minute, Mosley left thegame but returned later.
He said after the gamethat his wrist was probablyjust sprained. But even thatcouldn’t ruin his night.Mosley, still needing to passthe SAT to be eligible to playhere next year, is countingdown the days until he isofficially a Terp.
“I’m just ready to get onthe court, because I waitedfor four years to go to a D-Ischool,” Mosley said. “I’mchoosing my home school,and I just want to go and winthe national championship.”
Leading scorer Dobbie hurt in winthe win even sweeter for theTerps.
“It’s really exciting,” seniorgoalie Allie Buote said. “Wehave had a curse on this fielduntil the last couple of weeksin the past seasons and in thepostseason. It’s nice to finallyget the curse off on this field.”
It was the Terps’ third gameand second win decided bytwo points or fewer this sea-son. As in the previous twocontests, it was the defensethat rose to the occasion.
The Terps and Tar Heelswere deadlocked in nearlyevery phase of the game. Butthe Terps were able to hold
North Carolina to a .348 shoot-ing percentage on the strengthof ten saves by Buote.
With Buote stonewallingshots, the Terps were able toovercome 17 turnovers. Theoffense had difficulty dealingwith North Carolina’s midfieldspeed throughout the game.
“We knew they would beaggressive in the midfield,”senior midfielder KellyKasper said. “We kept bob-bling the ball. I don’t know ifwe didn’t have confidence,but they swarmed us in themidfield and causedturnovers there. But at theend we controlled it when weneeded to.”
Offensively, the Terps were
led by Kasper’s four goals.Five others notched goals forthe Terps, including two forCohen. Dobbie, the Terps’leading scorer, only added onegoal.
But the Terps offense didn’tmiss a beat, as their balancedattack compensated for Dob-bie’s off night.
The Terps were able tobreak out to a 4-1 lead in thefirst half, but the Tar Heelsused nine first-half turnoversto go on a 3-2 run and make it a6-4 game at halftime.
The Terps built a 10-6 leadwith freshman Sarah Mollisonscoring the last goal. ButNorth Carolina made a last-gasp 2-0 run in the last two
minutes to pull closer. A clutchdraw control by Cohen sealedthe game.
With the Terps offense anddefense beginning to findmore balance as the ACC tour-nament draws near, the Terpsare excited about the stretchrun which started againstNorth Carolina.
“I am really excited comingoff this game knowing the waywe played with intensity ondefense and up to offense,”Dobbie said. “The defensewas the unsung hero, and I amreally excited for the nextgame to get that defense work-ing with our offense.”
CAROLINA, from Page 12
Duke recruit grabs MVP awardCLASSIC, from Page 12
“I’m just ready to geton court ... I’m choos-ing my home school,and I just want to goand win a national
championship.”–Sean Mosley
MEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUIT
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKDuke recruit Olek Czyz (left) took MVP honors at the Capital Classicyesterday with a 23-point, 9-rebound effort for the victorious U.S. All-Stars.
BASEBALLVirginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 11TERRAPINS. . . . . . . . . . 4
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SportsHopkins bursts past Terps
ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKJohns Hopkins midfielder Mark Bryan and the Blue Jays ran past the Terps in a seven-goal second half after the Terps held close in a low scoring first half.
Fast second half for Blue Jays leaves Terps in the dustBY ERIC DETWEILER
Senior staff writer
BALTIMORE – Although theTerrapin men’s lacrosseteam was outplayed for mostof the first half of Saturday’sgame at Johns Hopkins, theBlue Jays only led by a goalat the break.
“Even at 3-2, it wasn’t 3-2,”coach Dave Cottle said.“They had kind of controlledthings. But we had foughtand scratched our way backinto it.”
The No. 7 Terps hit thelocker room knowing a goodsecond-half performancecould earn them a road vic-
tory in the oldest rivalry incollegiate lacrosse and handthe defending national cham-pions a program-record sixthstraight loss.
But Johns Hop-kins senior mid-fielder StephenPeyser won the sec-ond half ’s openingfaceoff and took theball straight downthe field to scorefour seconds into thehalf, and the second halfsurge never came.
By the time the Terpsgained possession of the ballfor the first time 3:24 into thehalf, Johns Hopkins’ lead had
grown to four.The No. 13 Blue Jays used
the quick start in the secondhalf and an overwhelmingadvantage at the faceoff to
cruise to a 10-4 winbefore 8,626 onhomecoming atHomewood Field.
“They just cameout, and they startedfiring. There’s noth-ing we can do aboutthat,” redshirt junior
goalie Jason Carter said ofthe third quarter goal bar-rage that fueled the Blue Jayvictory.
The third quarter, in whichJohns Hopkins outscored the
Terps 6-1, highlighted theTerps’ struggles. The BlueJays dominated time of pos-session because of their abil-ity to win faceoffs and thenset up a patient and effectiveoffense.
“It was really tough,” saidCarter, who played the entiregame for just the second timethis season. “It felt like wewere on defense the entiretime.”
Johns Hopkins won 7-of-8face-offs in the quarter and15 of 18 in the game. Peyserwon 12 of 13 and freshmanMatt Dolente won three
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Competitivecheer finishes
three-peatAfter second-place finish inprimary, Terps defend title
BY ADI JOSEPHSenior staff writer
The Terrapin competitivecheer team knew its routinehadn’t been flawless. TheTerps knew some thingscould have been executedslightly smoother. They hadbattled through injuries andmade last-minute adjust-ments. Perhaps that’s whatmade the wait all the moretense.
After placing second in thepreliminary round of the NCACollegiate Championship, theTerps had to watch asLouisville, the team that hadbeaten them, finished offtheir routine. They knew theyhad done well, but they alsoknew the Cardinals now con-trolled their fate.
Finally, the Cardinals hadwrapped up their routine.Finally, the scores wereannounced.
“To find out that, in theend, we actually had a higherscore, was the best feeling inthe world,” freshman MeganSalvatore said.
The Terps won their third-consecutive national title Fri-day in Daytona Beach, Fla.Scoring an 8.91, the Terpsheld off Ohio State (8.883)and Louisville (8.795) enroute to their second champi-onship under coach JarnellBonds, despite the less-than-perfect preliminary roundshowing Thursday.
It wasn’t an easy road forthe Terps, as Bonds wasforced to compensate forinjuries and make rosteradjustments all the way upuntil they left College Park.But a team faced with greatexpectations as the only com-petitive cheer team with var-sity status in the nation deliv-ered in front of an audiencewith equally lofty hopes.
“It was really nerve-rack-ing going into this competi-tion just because the last twoyears we’ve been so success-ful,” senior Olivia Odom said.“And this year was probablythe most fans that we’ve everhad down here. That adds a
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ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACKTerp recruit Sean Mosley had a few highlight-reel plays in the Capital Classic yesterday, en route to a 16-point night.
Future Terp Mosley, U.S. All-Stars cruise in Capital Classic
Terps finish inN.C. with big winDefense carries Terps against Tar
Heels when offense falls shortBY BRIAN KAPUR
Staff writer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — With threegames in two weeks in ChapelHill, N.C., the Terrapinwomen’s lacrosseteam has finallymade it throughunscathed.
Saturday, theTerps used theirdefense to powerpast the pesky TarHeels, who gave the Terps allthey could handle. The TarHeels played the Terpstightly throughout a gamethat came down to the lastdraw control, but the Terpswere able to escape with a 10-8 win.
“Every possession was soimportant,” senior midfielder
Dana Dobbie said. “We did agreat job of coming up withplays when we needed it.They had the momentum, and[senior attacker] Lauren[Cohen] got that last draw
control. It was veryintense, but we wereable to control it,which made the dif-ference between us.”
The game markedthe Terps’ third winthis season at Fetzer
Field this season (the two oth-ers coming in last weekend’sACC/ALC Challenge). And itgives the Terps their firstroad win over the Tar Heelssince 2005. Breaking thestreak and finally being suc-cessful in Chapel Hill made
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Incoming guard scored 16 and added six assists in win
BY MARK SELIGSenior staff writer
After a storied career at St.Frances Academy in Balti-more, Terrapin men’s bas-ketball recruit Sean Mosleygot his first win at ComcastCenter last night.
The 6-foot-5 guard, whocommitted to the Terps inAugust, scored 16 points anddished out six assists in theU.S. All Stars’ 123-85 victoryin the 35th-annual CapitalClassic. His efforts garneredan All-Tournament teamselection.
“The guy’s got that startype of presence about himon the floor,” U.S. All-Starscoach Dan Hurley said. “Youcan tell his teammates willlove him, his coaches willlove him ... I’ve coachedgreat players at the highschool level who haven’t car-ried themselves with thatconfidence and personality.”
Mosley scored 2,933 pointsduring his high school career(second-most ever in Mary-land) and was the state’sGatorade Player of the Year.After winning MVPof the BaltimoreCatholic League as afreshman, he won itagain as a senior,following a 35-pointgame to win the titleover Mount St.Joseph last month.
One of the ques-tion marks on his game isperimeter shooting, but lastnight he displayed the abilityto knock down outside shots.He made a pair of 3-pointers,including one from the base-line which he hit whilefalling to the ground.
Mosley also did what he’sknown to do best, which isslashing to the basket and fin-ishing inside with authority.
“It was wonderful for meto put on a performance like
I did,” Mosley said.A reporter asked Mosley to
grade his performance andthe young guard was happyto offer an assessment.
“It would be a 100— 101, because Ileave everything onthe court,” he said.“I play hard ’til theend, even if we’re upby 30 or 20 goinginto the last minute.I play to win.”
Mosley’s teamdominated the Capital All-Stars from start to finish,thanks in large part to hissteady play. But his teammateand future rival Olek Czyz,attending Duke next year, wasthe night’s biggest star.
A 6-foot-8 Polish forwardwho played high school ballin Reno, Nev., Czyz ended thegame with 23 points, 9rebounds, and the
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BASKETBALLU.S. All-Stars. . . . . . . 123Capital All-Stars . . . . 85
LACROSSEJohns Hopkins . . . . . 10TERRAPINS. . . . . . . . . . 4
LACROSSETERRAPINS . . . . . . . . . 10North Carolina . . . . . . 8
TTeerrrraappiinnTTrraaiill..ccoomm rreecceenntt ppoossttssAdi Joseph waxes on the Capital Classic’s odd setup.Joseph writes about his experience at Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Field.Brian Kapur recalls his reintroduction to Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill.Aaron Kraut talks about the baseball team getting used to disappointment.