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Our 102ND Year, No. 148THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERThursday, June 7, 2012
BY FATIMAH WASEEMFor The Diamondback
In his first international trip thisyear, university President Wallace Lohand seven delegates will travel to Tai-wan on Saturday as part of a nine-daymission to solidify the university’seducational and research exchanges.
The two-part trip to Taiwan andSouth Korea — which includes meet-ings with high-ranking government,industry and academic officials,including Taiwanese President MaYing-jeou — marks Loh’s third visit tothe Asia-Pacific region. Loh has madesimilar trips to China and India sincehis inauguration in 2010 as part of apush to cement the university as aglobal leader in research, entrepre-neurship and innovation.
“Scienceand educationtranscendborders,” Lohsaid in a pre-pared state-ment. “Bybuilding newresearch col-laborations,bringingAsian compa-nies to our
international incubator and fosteringintercontinental student exchanges,we keep Maryland plugged into theeconomic and intellectual currents.”
Loh said he plans to forge newresearch exchanges with the coun-tries’ leading educational institutionsduring the trip to Taiwan and South
Korea — sponsored by the TaiwanMinistry of Education and state fundsrespectively, according to AssociateVice President for International Pro-grams Jonathan Wilkenfeld. Thatwould include promoting collabora-tions abroad with the university’s neu-roimaging center and engineering andcomputer science departments.
He will also meet with the Tai-wanese minister for the National Sci-ence Council — Taiwan’s central gov-ernment science agency — as well asTaiwan’s minister of education and astring of South Korean high-leveltrade and education officials, includ-ing manufacturers such as Sanyo.
“There is no substitute for develop-ing personal relationships,” Loh said.
USM plans tooffer moretransparency infinancial aid
BY LAURA BLASEYStaff writer
The University System of Marylandand nine other educational organiza-tions vowed to implement more trans-parent financial aid information at aWhite House conference Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden held Tuesday.
Biden said complex financial aidsystems present problems to manystudents because of the difficulty invisualizing how the immediate bene-fits of taking out a loan compare tothe future consequences of paying itback. As a college degree becomesmore expensive — this universitywill see its third consecutive year oftuition increases — and studentscontinue to rely on loans, grants andscholarships to finance their educa-tion, greater transparency hasbecome crucial, he said, according toa press release.
The system and other institutionsvowed to adopt a policy that clearlylays out the cost of taking out a stu-
dent loan or accepting a grant in aone-stop-shop award packet, beforeBiden, Secretary of Education ArneDuncan and various government andadministrative officials.
“It’s not just about getting yourchild qualified, to get opportunity, toget an education,” Biden told officials.“Some of you are like [Duncan] andme and others, you come from cir-cumstances where you know full wellthat you will not have had any chance,any chance at all at your positions younow have, were it not for the fact therewas somebody there to give you somecollege assistance.”
The vice president added that hehimself struggled to pay for college;his father made $12,100, too muchmoney to qualify Biden for financialaid but too little to fully support him.
“[President Barack Obama] and Italk about it,” he said. “Neither one ofus would have had any shot. Thesame with our wives.”
System among 10 educational programs inattendance at Joe Biden-led conference
Loh to travel to Taiwan to promoteglobalization, entrepreneurshipTrip will be third visit to Asia-Pacific region as university president
PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES HICKS
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New VP for university relations setto take the helm in coming months Peter Weiler says transparency in dept. will be ‘critically important’
BY REBECCA LURYESenior staff writer
When Peter Weiler officially joinsthis university’s administration laterthis summer, he’ll have an exception-ally long to-do list.
Officials announced yesterdayWeiler, the University of New Hamp-shire’s vice president for advance-ment, will succeed Brodie Remingtonon Aug. 22 as the vice president foruniversity relations and president ofthe University of Maryland CollegePark Foundation, the university’s non-
profit fundrais-ing division.Weiler, whohas served inhis Universityof New Hamp-shire postsince 2010, willbegin planningthe univer-sity’s nextmajor fundrais-ing campaignduring his
tenure. “I think I understand it about
as well as anyone what you need to doto plan and execute,” Weiler said. “Inthe big initiatives, you’ve got to have alot of endurance and a lot of patienceand a whole bunch of tenacity.”
Before arriving at the University ofNew Hampshire in 2010, Weiler servedas senior vice president for develop-ment at Ohio State University for almostthree years, where he helped developan ongoing $2.5 billion campaign. Healso spent nearly 20 years at Penn State,most recently as vice president for
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BY JENNY HOTTLEFor The Diamondback
He just started playing quidditch last fall,but soon James Hicks will be playing thesport just miles from King’s Cross Station.
The graduate student earned a spot onthe International Quidditch Association’sTeam USA and will travel to London in Julyfor the Olympic Expo Games. On May 16, atext from the team’s former president andnow IQA Mid-Atlantic regional director,Logan Anbinder, told him to check online,where Hicks saw his name listed on thefirst-string roster.
“I honestly didn’t expect it,” Hicks said. “Iknew we got nominated for it, and it was along wait. When the rosters came out, I did-n’t think I was going to be on the team.”
This university’s Quidditch Team captainnominated Hicks and two of his teammates,junior computer science major Zac Connellyand senior Arabic studies and governmentand politics major Patrick Rardin, both ofwhom were selected as reserve players forthe national team. They’re three of 42 stu-dents selected from about 150 nationwide
HE’S A KEEPERHE’S A KEEPERJames Hicks to play for Team USA Quidditch this summer
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BY DENNIS TINGFor The Diamondback
Although university professorGregory Schultz has been teach-ing and advising advanced engi-neering students to build off-roadmotor vehicles for years, the carsrepresenting the university ininternational competition thisweek were built by a team offreshmen and sophomores led byhis son.
Jim Schultz, a junior mechani-cal engineering student, and histeam of more than 20 students
have spent dozens of hours work-ing to design a Baja SAE car, ablack all-terrain vehicle resem-bling a dune buggy, built to navi-gate hills, mud and water. Fromtoday to Sunday, the team will pitits car against 115 teams’ vehiclesin the Baja SAE, an internationalcollegiate design competitionheld this year in Burlington, Wis.
Last year’s group placed 11thoverall and fourth in endurancein the Baja SAE, and memberssaid they expect to put up a
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PETER WEILERNEW VP FOR UNIVERSITY
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NEW FINANCIAL AID INFORMATIONIn the 2013-2014 school year, the University System ofMaryland will provide the following information with itsfinancial aid packages:
■ A concise description of the price tag for one year of college■ Options for payment that clearly distinguish between loans,grants and scholarships■ Net costs including grant and scholarship money■ Estimated monthly payments for federal loans
WALLACE LOHUNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
Ready to raceStudents design off-road motor vehiclefor international college competition
development, where hehelped design its current $2billion campaign.
“I’m thrilled that Peter isjoining us,” university Presi-dent Wallace Loh said in astatement. “He’s a nationalleader in university develop-ment. His leadership, vision,and experience make him atremendous asset for the Uni-versity of Maryland.”
Here, Weiler will take on adepartment approaching theend of a $1 billion campaign.Remington said Great Expec-tations, set to be completed inDecember, has now putnearly $960 million towardcollege affordability, facultyretention, infrastructure andinnovation and entrepreneur-ship programming.
Officials also have $7.55
million pledged toward thePresident’s Residence andEvent Center — with $2 mil-lion in cash in hand —according to Assistant VicePresident of Marketing BrianUllmann. Remington said the$7.5 million building will havea fully funded endowmentcovering its maintenancebefore it opens in October.
Weiler said it is too early tospeculate when the next cam-paign would be announced,since they require extensiveplanning.
“Job number one is to allowthe university to close out itscurrent campaign, celebrateit, celebrate all the donorswho have generously given tothat before you start talkingabout another one,” he said.
Several vacant positionsmark University Relations,which Remington said mustbe filled to meet the needs ofthe university, such as raising
money toward alumni pro-gramming and the mortgageof the Samuel Riggs IVAlumni Center, as well astackling new opportunitiesand untapped resources.
“There are some currentvacancies that need to befilled, that’s essential,” Rem-ington said. “But I believe weneed to go beyond that to cre-ate some additional positionsto be ready for continuedhigh-level fundraising and thenext campaign.”
Weiler’s appointment,Loh’s third this summer, fol-lows the arrivals of more than10 new administrators on thecampus in the last 18 months.Remington announced hisresignation less than a yearinto Loh’s tenure, citing theend of the Great Expectationscampaign as the right time tochange leadership.
Weiler said in addition tovaluing college affordability
and accessibility, his 25 yearsin the field have taught himtransparency is “critically
important.” Clear communi-cation on projects and spend-ing will be a priority, he said.
In 2010, students at theUniversity of New Hampshirebristled at officials’ attemptsto raise tuition $160 per stu-dent; the measure would havebeen used to help match adonation to build a new busi-ness school after fundraisingefforts fell about $15 millionshort of their goal.
“I think that the goal tomatch a $25 million gift for abuilding was probably notevaluated correctly,” saidWeiler, who took up his postafter officials had set the tar-get. “That is an enormousamount to match in a brick-and-mortar project.”
Remington said he thinks his
successor has the right mind-set to handle the next cam-paign’s extensive planning aswell as the endurance to carryit out — Weiler has completedfive Ironman Triathlons.
“Those races are mentalexercises and most people whodo them will tell you it becomesa mental battle and far lessphysical, so it keeps your mindsharp and I just find the fitter Iam the harder I work, the moreendurance I have and the moreenergy I have,” Weiler said.
Remington added, “That’snot what’s going to make hima great vice president, but ittakes a lot of discipline and ittells me he has that disciplineand he sees things through.”
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strong showing as engineersjudge the teams based on aseries of performance tests. Onthe third day, cars complete afour-hour endurance race on acourse filled with rocks, jumpsand other obstacles.
“It’s a lot about pride inwhat you make, pride in yourcar,” Schultz said. “We spentcountless hours working onthis thing.”
The competition, now in its36th year, also factors indesign reports and judges thecars on how easily companiescould manufacture them.
Gregory Schultz has beenbuilding Formula SAE cars ina course for senior engineer-ing majors since 2004. How-ever, Schultz’s club openedthe Baja-style car to youngerstudents as an open project in2010 to provide a hands-onexperience they rarely findoutside of classroom projects.
“The thought process wasto get people in here earlier,learning how to turn awrench and learning thebasics of the dynamics togroom them for when theytake the class,” Jim Schultzsaid. “That way, when theyget there, they’re ready todive right in and do a reallygood job.”
He added that the experiencehas allowed students to explore
their passion for engineering.“Usually in a class you have
grades hanging over the stu-dents’ heads, making sure theycome in to work,” Schultz said.“This is all volunteers. We’re allhere to have fun and make thisan enjoyable club, and wealways like to have more mem-bers come in and help us out.”
Some project membersthought that working on theproject gave them an opportu-nity to apply their classroomknowledge.
“This is the closest thing Ican get to real engineering,”said Sean Creel, a sophomoremechanical engineeringmajor. “It’s really close toactually working at a realcompany as an engineer.”
Other members said theywere surprised the prepara-tion was so intensive.
“Certain parts of the carthat looked really basic actu-
ally took a lot longer to make,”said sophomore mechanicalengineering major MarkNathanson.
Although Schultz averaged15 hours of work on the careach week during the semes-ter, summer has been far froma break as he’s worked on theproject almost full time.
“Those of us who were therelast year know what we need to
do to improve,” he said. “Youtake what you have and youbuild on it to make it better.”
Many team members havebeen spending whole days inthe workshop in the J.M. Pat-terson Building as the compe-tition draws near, occasion-ally napping on a couch intheir lounge against a back-drop of drilling, hammeringand welding from the adja-
cent workshop.“I would definitely do this
again since I feel that I’velearned more in the last twoweeks of building the car than Ihave in the previous semester,”Nathanson said. “It is also agreat group of knowledgeableengineers who act as a greatresource for helping withclasses, along with designingand making parts for the car.”
The experience also offers achance to meet engineers fromabroad, including South Amer-ica and Europe, but Jim Schultzsaid he has not forgotten thenext few days are a competition.
“This is my car. I don’t wantto lose,” he said. “I want to beproud of my car, and I want tobe proud of my school.”
The Terps Racing club’s Baja Team will compete today through Sunday in the Baja SAE competition in Burlington, Wis. The teamof more than 20 engineering students will pit their off-road vehicle against 115 other teams. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
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“In our previous Asian trips, wereached agreements and estab-lished frameworks for collabo-rations that have now maturedinto working research partner-ships. We expect these toadvance basic research andinnovation in coming years.”
The university has strong tieswith Taiwan: It offers year-roundstudent exchange programswith the National Taiwan Uni-versity, and the country is one ofthe biggest providers of interna-tional students to this university.Wilkenfeld said Taiwan has oneof this university’s largestalumni associations in the world,and he added the university alsohas a strong exchange programwith South Korea.
“These countries are nothuge economic powerhouses,but together they are thestrongest economies in Asia andamong the most educated.Along with large economic pow-erhouses, we must form rela-tionships with these smallersocieties,” Wilkenfeld said.
However, freshman electricalengineering major Jesse Halpernsaid forging relationships withsmaller societies seems like acostly undertaking.
“Perhaps the universityshould learn the basics of whatit means to be fiscally responsi-ble,” Halpern said, citing threeconsecutive years of tuitionincreases. “Dr. Loh shouldtravel to Taiwan to increasecooperation with foreign uni-versities, but I think he shouldalso indicate that he willresolve — not just look intoresolving — the financial woesof the university.”
Others, such as sophomorenutritional sciences major JackieForster, said embracing a globalmindset goes hand-in-hand withtackling issues at home.
“While in the short run wecould spend time focusing onissues within our campus, inthe long run, by stepping out-side our campus and embrac-ing an international presence,we invest in more jobs, a morecapable university and pre-pared graduates,” she said.“There is no conflict — we justneed to find the balancebetween reaching out andreaching in.”
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“Job number oneis to allow theuniversity toclose out itscurrentcampaign,celebrate it,celebrate all thedonors.”
PETER WEILERNEW VICE PREISDENT FORUNIVERSITY RELATIONS
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“It’s a lot aboutpride in what youmake, pride inyour car. Wespent countlesshours working onthis thing.”
JIM SCHULTZJUNIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGMAJOR
teams, Anbinder said.“It’s cool to see that my ath-
leticism has been recognizedand that Maryland has beenrecognized with quality playersthat can compete at an interna-tional level,” Rardin said.
Hicks, a special educationgraduate student, joined thequidditch team in fall 2011.
His mother, Ronda Hicks,knew her son was athleticbecause he played baseball as anundergraduate student at St.Augustine’s College in Raleigh,N.C., but she was skeptical of hisnew hobby at first.
“I couldn’t conceptualize it,”she said.
But after Hicks explainedthe game some more, hismother began understandinghow his height and experiencewith sports could pay off. Nextmonth, she’ll travel to Londonto see him play.
“I thought, ‘He may be goodat this,’” she said. “It’s an inter-esting sport. It’s a sport thathe’s really fallen in love with.”
Although Team USA has notheld any practices yet, Hickssaid it is favored to win becauseU.S. players generally havemore experience than theirinternational competitors.
“We have a better knowl-edge of the rules,” Hicks said.“We have a better knowledgeof the team game plan.”
While the game may be newerto the other countries competing
in the London tournament,Anbinder said he still expects tosee some close games.
“It will be interesting to seethe different play stylesbecause U.S. teams sort ofplay in a vacuum where wedon’t really get to play otherinternational teams with theexception of maybe at theWorld Cup,” Anbinder said.
But other teams’ chaserswill have to get through Hicks’defense first.
The 6-foot-1 keeper has along wingspan that helps himeasily guard the hoops andcatch the quaffle, the ball usedto score — a skill his team-mates said they admire.
“It’s like, what? How do youeven do that?” Connelly said.“It’s really impressive.”
“He’ll literally grab the quaf-fle out of the air instead ofswatting it down or somethinglike a lot of people do,”Anbinder added.
Once he grabs a quaffle,Hicks then uses his speed andtakes the initiative to lead thechasers up the field and callplays, which Anbinder saidmay make him a leader onTeam USA.
This university’s team’sdrill-intensive practices — sixevery week during the semes-ter — seem to have paid off sofar. In addition to having threenational players, this univer-sity’s quidditch team is rankedfourth out of more than 600U.S. teams.
“We’re still an up-and-com-ing team, but we’re definitely
making a name for our-selves,” Rardin said. “It reallystarted with a group of likefive people running aroundwith broomsticks lookinggoofy on the mall, and now,we’ve got a travel squad of 21that’s competitive.”
Players said the sport is notalways about running drillsand working plays. On Sun-days, they relax a little andtake the game less competi-tively, Rardin said.
“We realize it’s a goofysport, and we just messaround,” he said. “It’s just agreat time hanging out withthe team. We are a giant fam-ily, so Sundays are always afun day.”
Because of the number ofpractices of week, Connelly andHicks said their lives mostlyrevolve around quidditch andschool — not that they mind.
“When we aren’t practicing,we are usually all hanging outtogether, studying together,”Hicks said. “We all have amutual respect for each otherfrom all the work we have putin together to get to where weare today.”
The university team willcontinue practicing twice amonth during the summer inpreparation for next season.
“We’re pretty hard to miss,”Connelly said. “We’re outthere all the time, screamingand running around onbrooms. We don’t exactlyblend in.”
Students are racking up anaverage of $26,000 in studentloan debts, according to theWhite House’s website, andinterest rates on student loansare set to double July 1 if con-gressional Republicans andDemocrats do not come to anagreement on how to securethe necessary funding.
Several students said theywould welcome a clearer sys-tem for applying for scholar-ships and loans.
“I was fortunate enough thatmy parents were involved withit,” said senior government andpolitics major Landon Greer.“The process of applying to col-lege and figuring out how to payfor it would have been harder if Ihad been doing it by myself.”
The university system has
pledged to provide families witha concise description of the pricetag for one year of college;options for payment that clearlydistinguish between loans,grants and scholarships; netcosts including grant and schol-arship money; estimatedmonthly payments for federalloans; and information aboutrates at which students enrolleach year, graduate and repayloans without defaulting.
The changes will go intoeffect for the 2013-2014school year.
University of Maryland, Balti-more County President Free-man Hrabowski represented thesystem, which was chosen toparticipate based on the state’stuition increases being minimalin comparison to other institu-tions over the last five years. Sys-tem Chancellor Brit Kirwan hasalso been involved in construct-ing a federally standardized
financial aid award letter for thepast several months.
“I think we do a pretty goodjob of managing resources sothat college remains afford-able,” said Kirwan, who addedthere is always room forimprovement.
Other attending institutionsincluded Arizona State Univer-sity, the State University Sys-tem of New York and the Uni-versity of Texas System, aswell as Syracuse Universityand the University of NorthCarolina, Chapel Hill.
The conference came as partof Obama’s America Built toLast program, geared towardmaking a college educationattainable to all students.
“You have Johnny or Susieapplying to colleges and howdo they know which awardedfinancial package is the bestone for them?” said SarahBauder, the university’s finan-cial aid director. “There needsto be some consistency.
Bauder said over the lastyear and a half, staff haveworked to streamline awardletters sent to students. Usinginput from students and par-ents, the university now offersan online letter that includeslinks to personal student loanhistory, an award guide and abreakdown of fees.
“It has the most amount ofinformation we think you need,but it’s not too complex and itoffers the availability of learningmore,” she said.
Bauder said the office hasreceived dramatically fewerphone calls since instating thenew award letter. However,Greer said that was a small stepcompared to the system’splanned changes.
“I’m sure information isonline, but I’m not sure how out-wardly provided it is,” Greersaid. “It’s not a perfect system.”
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In existence since 1968, the Terrapinsmen’s rugby team continued to make aname for itself this season in one of Ameri-ca’s fastest emerging sports.
Under the leadership of its three-time All-American coach Jeff Soeken, the rugbyteam started the season with a few hiccupsin February, losing scrimmages to Delawareand St. Bonaventure, respectively, but soonhit its stride with a six-game winning streak.
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Special education graduate student James Hicks will travel to London in July as a first-stringplayer on the International Quidditch Association’s Team USA. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES HICKS
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One morning, after one ofmy wife’s garage salehunts, I found a “SunGreen 2500” lawn mower
beside my garage. I assumed thiswas to replace my dead “Lawn Cat1500” — which had exhausted itsnine lives — and a subtle hint thatthe lawn needed mowing. Grinningwidely with one foot on top of herprey, my wife proudly explainedthat though it may need someminor repairs, the mower only cost$5. And no, I could not have thechange from the $20 I gave herbefore she left.
Rolling my eyes at her, I grabbedthe gas and oil cans, fed the beastand pulled the cord. Much to mysurprise, it immediately came backto life. My wife smiled with satisfac-tion and rolled her eyes right backat me as she went inside.
But eyes were the only things
rolling — the wheels on the mowerwere completely locked up. Aftersome disassembly and bangedknuckles I was able to determinethe gear assembly, part 3546A, wascracked. I figured once I hadreplaced it I would have a fine self-propelled mower I could glide acrossthe lawn with hardly any effort.
After several hours on the Inter-net, I found “Dale’s Used LawnMowers and Aluminum Siding Ser-vice” only an hour and a half frommy home. He did not seem toofriendly on the phone, but he hadthe part.
This soon became a quest. Afterthree hours of getting lost on backroads and my GPS ultimately askingme for directions, we arrived at ourdestination as dusk was rolling inwith a collection of storm clouds fix-ing for a fight.
Dale — a very large, tattooed
man — had several acres of mowerslined up and covered in tarp, look-ing much like tombstones in acemetery. As lightning started toflash, dusk and rain left us dark andknee deep in mud. Exhausted aftera brief slog through the muck, Icaught up to Dale standing next to amower on a hilltop.
With thunder echoing off thetrees, he took out a large huntingknife, looked me in the eyes andsaid, “This is it.” He swung theknife with great force toward me asI dove face first into the goop andhis blade freed the mower from its
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As I sit in my kitchen while alawn service mows my yard for$100, I can only say beware of bar-gains. Beware of bargains.
Richard Zipper is a Golden IDstudent taking classes in biology. Hecan be reached [email protected].
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G raduate students have regularly complained about the sparse number ofhousing options available to them on and around the campus — it’s been ahot-button issue at several Graduate Student Government meetings andstudent leaders have refused to put the issue to rest. Although developers
and university administrators have taken steps in recent years to provide housingspecifically geared toward addressing this concern, graduate student leaders say thenewer options are still out of reach for many of their constituents. The most pressingconcerns remain cost, distance from the campus and quality of the living space.
Because nearby graduate student complexes are notpartnered with this university, graduate students face ahigher price tag for their housing. Many graduate stu-dents have horror stories about their living arrange-ments, ranging from insects and creepy critters runningaround their apartment to landlords who take students’rent but forget to pay the utility bill.
In fall 2010, the Mazza Grandmarc development,about two miles north of the campus on Route 1, wassupposed to help solve these problems. Graduate stu-dents receive a 10 percent discount on monthly rent anda discount on the complex’s parking garage, as well as a few other minor bene-fits. The new complex for graduate students stemmed from complaints aboutthe living conditions in Graduate Hills and Graduate Gardens and other com-plexes around the campus, which are all alleged to have shoddy conditions andsimply make graduate students’ lives more difficult. All of the complaints —along with the reality that graduate students are underpaid — should be enoughreason for the administration to tackle the issue and find a solution.
Instead, developers are building an upscale apartment complex, Domain atCollege Park, to be located at the intersection of Mowatt Lane and CampusDrive, for the express purpose of offering high-end living for graduate studentsand faculty. The College Park City Council supported the decision and seems tobe taking the same route it did with projects like the Maryland Book Exchangesite — a dumb approach to smart growth.
When graduate students cited low wages and out-of-reach housing as their biggestconcerns, was the first thought on developers’ and city officials’ minds to build moreexpensive complexes? It doesn’t benefit graduate students because it will be too costly.It also shows curious business sense from the Houston-based Hanover Company, theproject developer, and a disregard for community needs from the city council.
This editorial board is not against building more housing. Just more than a yearago, this campus was in the midst of an infamous housing crunch — students wereforced off the campus after their sophomore year, and only with the construction of
Oakland Hall was every student who wanted housing accom-modated. Should more students gain the desire to stay on thecampus, the university will likely be put in the same position.
Yet officials apparently deemed it necessary to appealto the specific demographic of graduate students and fac-ulty looking for high-end living — which, from what wecan tell, is a relatively small population — and we are leftscratching our heads, trying to imagine the thoughtprocess behind Domain at College Park. With threeadditional subsidized graduate student high-rise apart-ment buildings in the plans for the East Campus develop-
ment, this building is unnecessary in its currently planned state. While it’scommendable planners are taking steps to improve living conditions in thecity, providing high-end living for faculty members doesn’t seem like the mostpressing issue facing this university.
There isn’t a need for more expensive housing options for graduate stu-dents. There isn’t a need for faculty apartments in a college town right now.Developers should want to build something that has the potential to profit, notsomething unneeded. Similarly, city officials need to take into account studentneeds, as the university community of both undergraduate and graduate stu-dents make up a large part of their College Park constituency. Domain at Col-lege Park is a good idea in theory, but now isn’t the time for such a complex,when students are barely able to pay their rent. For now, developers and cityofficials should pour their efforts into more pertinent issues.
Staff editorial
Texas Rep. Ron Paul showedgreat courage and acumenin his campaign for the Re-publican presidential nomi-
nation by attacking the notion that, ifthe president orders it, it’s legal to as-sassinate or incarcerate an Americancitizen without the benefit of a trial.
Although one can certainly under-stand why Paul chose to campaignfor president, in terms of the good ofthe nation in the long run, it mighthave been better if he’d spent thetime in Congress. Rather than run-ning against President BarackObama, he could have worked toimpeach him for assassinating anAmerican citizen.
For one thing, running against himlegitimizes Obama’s claim to office.He should be impeached and con-victed, not voted out — especially ifhe’s voted out in favor of a Republicanwho also believes the president hasthe right to assassinate American citi-zens and shoot prisoners of war, suchas Osama bin Laden. This view thatit’s legal if the president orders it wasattributed to Presidents RichardNixon and George W. Bush, but nowObama has actually done it —ordered the assassination of an Amer-ican citizen.
According to The New York Times,the Justice Department’s Office ofLegal Counsel has produced a secretdocument justifying such action. But ifthe newspaper accounts of its contentsare accurate, the document is full ofhalf-truths and falsehoods. The gist ofits argument, however, is that it wasn’tfeasible to capture and detain Anwaral-Awlaki — an al-Qaida leader born inNew Mexico — and instead used adrone. Without a drone, innocentAmerican commandos and Yemenicivilians could have lost their lives.
Let’s assume this to be true. Is itstill a justification? No, because youare putting an American citizen’sright to the full protection of the legalsystem below the rights of foreigners— Yemeni civilians — not to suffercollateral damage.
I agree there should be no unnec-essary killing of foreigners in warfare— including enemy belligerents suchas bin Laden — but not at the risk ofendangering American lives. This istrue particularly for civilians, thosemilitary members who were subjectto a draft or stop-loss, as well as anAmerican fugitive from justice likelyto be executed anyway upon a trial.
What about the rights of Americansoldiers to capture the fugitive ratherthan assassinate him or her from a safedistance? Are their rights being violat-ed if they’re killed, injured or capturedto face the Yemeni court system?
One must not assume the soldiersparticipating in a commando raid aredraftees or those subject to stop-loss.These are all willing volunteers who’dprobably welcome the opportunity topractice their skills further. Even if itweren’t for a mission strictly neces-sary in a military sense, they would up-hold a perhaps esoteric American prin-ciple. So even if their lives are being putat risk, their rights aren’t violated.
The Justice Department documentstates this was a unique situation thatdid not establish a precedent. Likehell it didn’t. If this doctrine is allowedto stand, any American who goesabroad and is a fugitive from justicefor whatever reason is now, in theory,subject to assassination rather thancapture or extradition. This is espe-cially true if the country he or she is indoesn’t have an extradition treatywith the U.S. or doesn’t extradite peo-ple charged with the fugitive’s partic-ular offense. All the government willhave to do is claim it wasn’t feasible topick up or capture the fugitive.
Jonathan Miller is a graduatestudent in geography. He can bereached at [email protected].
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When people describesomething as offen-sive I generally haveone response: “Psssh
… whatever.” I’m dismissive, butnot because I lack empathy ordoubt your sincerity; rather, Ibelieve “offensive” is a silly, weakword that accomplishes nothing.
Think about it: The word means,essentially, “attacking.” To say youare offended is to merely admitsomeone has attacked and injuredyour feelings, conscience, beliefs,etc. Imagine a soldier shot in thearm by a distant sniper. Right away,he has a few options: He can go onthe offensive and try to locate andkill the sniper. Or he can run forcover, then assess the situation.
Or, if he feels offended, the sol-dier can stand there and complainthat he’s been shot by a sniper.That’s a silly response — not onlydoes it accomplish nothing, it’s alsoa good way to get shot again.
Now, obviously, people don’talways label something as offensive
just because they feel personallywronged. Sometimes people use theterm in a more general sense, as in:“Rush Limbaugh is offensive.” Theyunderstand Limbaugh says ridicu-lous things that hurt others’ feel-ings, so people want to expresstheir solidarity with those whomight be upset.
But this is equally pointless. It’slike a soldier watching his friendget shot in the arm by a sniper andresponding with, “Hey! You shot myfriend!” In both cases, complainingaccomplishes nothing. So why is itsuch a natural response?
I blame our parents. As children,many of us learn that complaining isthe way to solve problems. Is yourolder brother being mean? Whine to
Mommy and she’ll make him stop.Didn’t get picked for dodgeball? Cryabout it and Dad takes you out forice cream. Everyone expects this asa child, and it’s natural. But eventu-ally we’re supposed to grow up.
Bemoaning the offensiveness ofsomething implies you are helplessand unable to act. It places you in aposition of weakness. Don’t be weak— fight back. Use logic to illustrateyour foe’s errors. Find facts todemonstrate the inaccuracy of hisor her claims. Submit a guest col-umn to dismantle the argument.
When people write “that’s offen-sive,” what they really mean is,“that’s offensive to me” or “that’soffensive to some people.”
Unfortunately, there are enoughcrazies out there that nothing is uni-versally offensive to everyone —even concepts as reprehensible asgenocide or pedophilia have sup-porters. Consequently, slapping the“offensive” label on somethingerodes the power of better methods.
For example, racism is unjust;
this is factually and logically true,and any argument to the contrarycan be dismantled.
But simply labeling racist rhetoricas offensive obscures the real prob-lem — the racist’s ignorance — andsolves nothing. If I learned anythingin my year as an editor for the opinionpage of this newspaper, it’s that peopleovervalue the state of being offended.
I understand it’s sometimes easyto get fired up, especially about atopic you’re passionate about. Butthink about the soldier analogy:What’s the most effective response?
When in doubt, just ask yourself:What would Chuck Norris do? I liketo think if someone shot Chuck Nor-ris, he’d probably just look at them —then continue dominating his TotalGym workout as if nothing happened.
Sometimes the best response isno response at all. Don’t beoffended. Be Chuck Norris.
Christopher Haxel is a senior Englishmajor and former opinion editor. Hecan be reached at [email protected].
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While the adage is usually correctthat there is strength in numbers, thisweek many may find that this is onlytrue after enough time has been dedi-cated to solitary planning.This is a goodweek for solo brainwork; he or she whois able to be alone to get things donewill have the advantage in certain situa-tions.
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CANCER (June 21-July 7) — A littlegoes a long way, especially when itcomes to your own temper. Take carethat you don’t hurt anyone acciden-tally. (July 8-July 22) — You’ll re-ceive word from afar that has you re-thinking your entire game plan. Op-tions abound.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) — At-tempts to adjust your schedule tobetter fit your personal situationmay only complicate matters; stickto what has always worked! (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — You know that you’re get-ting into some hot water at this time— but you also know that it may wellbe worth it.
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guys,” Rodriguez said. “Justseeing them blossom fromfreshman year into junior year,and I know all the hard workthat everyone on this team putin. I’m really happy for all the
guys that got picked up.”As juniors, Reed and Haslup
have until July 13 to decidewhether to pursue a profes-sional career with the Yankees.
As the quality of the playerson the Terps grows — thismarks the second straight yearBakich has had four playersdrafted — the talent of therecruits has grown as well, giv-ing the Terps the opportunity
to restock.Top pitching prospects Jake
Drossner (Chicago Cubs, 23rdround) and Jared Price (NewYork Mets, 33rd round) wereboth selected, as was shortstopJose Cuas (Toronto Blue Jays,40th round). With MLBrecently establishing new ruleson how much teams can spendon draftees, it’s quite likely allthe signees will play in College
Park next season.Of course, it helps that
Bakich has already had suc-cess convincing drafted playersto choose the Terps. In 2011,third baseman K.J. Hockadaywas selected by the BaltimoreOrioles in the 14th round as asignee, and in 2010, first base-man Tim Kiene was drafted byWashington in the 30th. Bothcame to College Park, and now
they anchor the corners of theinfield.
The Terps programRodriguez leaves in 2012 ismarkedly dif ferent than theone he entered in 2008.Through Bakich’s tenure,the Terps have gainednational recognition that hascarried over to the profes-sional level.
Moving forward, the ques-
tion is simple: Can they keepthat rising talent in CollegePark?
“We invest a lot of time andenergy in the recruitingprocess of building relation-ships with these kids at an earlyage,” Bakich said. “So we reallydo get to know them and whatmakes them tick.”
“I think it was agreat year for us.”
KATIE SCHWARZMANNTERPS WOMEN’S LACROSSE MIDFIELDER
Katie Schwarzmann won the Tewaaraton Award, lacrosse’sequivalent to the Heisman, last week. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez (center) was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 17th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He was one of four Terps taken. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Midfielder Katie Schwarzmann tallied 94 points (72 goals and 22 assists) this past season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY NICHOLAS MUNSONStaff writer
Nearly three years ago, KatieSchwarzmann walked into Ter-rapins women’s lacrosse coachCathy Reese’s office. The meet-ing’s message was simple:Schwarzmann would eventuallybe a finalist for the highly covetedTewaaraton Award — the sport’sequivalent to the Heisman Tro-phy.
Reese’s prophecy came truenot once, but twice. After
reaching the final round in2011, the midfielder wasinvited back to the award cere-mony last week. Only this time,she didn’t stay in her seat whenthe winner’s name was called.She became the third player inprogram history to take homethe trophy.
“I guess it’s kind of crazythat [Reese] had the confi-dence in me to actually reachthat point,” said Schwarzmann,who was the first winner since2005 to not play for the reign-
ing national champion. “I wasin complete shock. I didn’tknow what to think, but I justwent up and gave my speech.”
Anyone who saw Schwarz-mann play this season likelycan’t share the rising senior’ssurprise. After leading theteam in goals last season, sheemerged as the offense’sundisputed leader during herjunior campaign. She finishedthe season with 72 goals, 18more than the team’s second-highest scorer, attacker Karri
Ellen Johnson.“Anyone that watches Katie
play knows that she has amaz-ing athletic ability,” Reese said.“She has earned that awardthrough hard work, talent anddedication to the sport. I’msuper proud of her, but weknew coming in that she wasgoing to be a phenomenal col-lege player.”
Schwarzmann has met anyexpectation her coach could’ve
BY DANIEL GALLENSenior staff writer
The Terrapins baseballteam has undergone a com-plete overhaul since coachErik Bakich arrived in CollegePark three years ago. The ros-ter, staff and facilities have allchanged. In the process, anACC bottomfeeder hasbecome a resilient squadunafraid of taking on anyteam, regardless of nationalrankings or history.
That overall developmentwas reflected during the MLBDraft, which started Monday,when teams selected fourTerps and three of the team’ssignees.
Shortstop AlfredoRodriguez, who started all ofthe team’s last 177 games, wasthe first Terp off the boardwhen he went in the 17thround to the Milwaukee Brew-ers. The Brewers selected theOak Hill, Va., native in the32nd round a year ago, butRodriguez decided to returnto school and be a key leaderin the Terps’ turnaround.
“I stayed in touch with themover the offseason, and I wasstill talking to them leading upto the draft,” Rodriguez said.“They gave me a shot in the17th round.”
The decision to come backto the Terps last year wastough, Rodriguez said, but itpaid off in the end, as he wasable to hone his skills both onand off the field as a memberof the Terps’ leadership coun-cil.
“He’s got the ‘it’ factor, andhowever you define it, he’s got‘it,’” Bakich said in early May.“He’s just one of those guysthat you know is going to besuccessful in baseball.”
Joining Rodriguez in thepros will be right-handerMichael Boyden, who went tothe Washington Nationals inthe 31st round. The La Platanative split his first two yearsof college between GeorgeWashington and NorthwestShoals Community College(Ala.) before establishing him-self as one of the Terps’ hard-est throwers.
Two of Boyden’s fellowpitchers, left-hander JimmyReed and right-hander CharlieHaslup, were drafted by theNew York Yankees. Bakichand pitching coach SeanKenny singled out Reed (21stround) and Haslup (26thround) at times this year fortheir development duringtheir three years with the
Terrapins wrestler John Asper, a 174-pound risingsenior, won the Freestyle division FILA National title lastweekend. To read more, visit TerrapinTrail.com.
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Schwarzmann takes home Tewaaraton AwardTerp becomes third player in program history to win sport’s top honor
see TEWAARATON, page 7
BASEBALL
Four Terps, three signeesselected during finalday of 2012 MLB DraftTwo juniors have until July 13 tomake decision about pro career
see DRAFT, page 7