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Our 100TH Year, No. 90THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERTuesday, February 23, 2010

Board OKs small fee hikesBY ANNA ISAACS

Staff writer

The Committee for the Review ofStudent Fees voted last night to inves-tigate student use of dorm landlines— a measure that may save students$200 in fees that committee memberssaid largely go to waste.

“I have yet to meet someone in col-lege who didn’t have a cell phone,”said Student Government AssociationVice President Elliott Morris, a mem-ber of the committee.

“If you really needed a landline —such as being [a resident assistant] oryou don’t have a cell phone— thenyou would be able to have this option[of paying per line] and not be man-dated to pay,” SGA vice president of

finance and committee memberAndrew Steinberg said.

Resident Life has been consideringcutting the cord on dorm phones for awhile, but no decision has been final-ized yet. Eliminating the landlineswould save the department $71,870 inthe next fiscal year.

SGA President Steve Glickman, amember of the committee, said thereport will investigate if asking stu-dents to pay each time they use a land-line would be more appropriate thancharging a universal fee for a servicefew students use. The results of thereport will help inform the commit-tee’s decision when it meets inNovember, he said.

Committee wants to investigate eliminating dorm landlines

NEXT YEAR’S FEE HIKESResLife and Residential Facilities

Yearly rent for traditional dorms willincrease $165; rent for apartment-style dorms with a kitchen will in-crease $172

Dining ServicesMeal plans will cost $57 more a

year

DOTSCommuter permits will increase by

$4, resident permits by $7Faculty and staff permits will cost

$7 or $10 more, depending on salarysee FEES, page 3

Libraries will allowfood and drink on trialbasis starting in MarchStudents largely welcome policy change

BY BEN PRESENTStaff writer

For years, students have beensneaking food into McKeldinLibrary because of a policy that pro-hibited food and drink anywherebesides Footnotes Cafe.

Until now. Starting around March 1, the uni-

versity will enter into a trial period ofallowing food and drink throughoutall of McKeldin and the Engineeringand Physical Sciences Library. If thatgoes well, students could see the no-food policy overturned at all eightuniversity libraries as early as nextyear, officials said.

“We will use the spring semesteras a period to understand the prob-lems — if indeed there are — withpermitting food and drink in thosetwo facilities,” a proposal distributedto library staffers read. “Otherlibraries will have the advantage ofthat experience to gauge whetherthey want to permit food and drink.”

The initiative is one objective ofnew dean of libraries Patricia Steele,who joined the university in Septem-ber. Steele found success allowingfood in the libraries at Indiana Uni-versity, where she also served asdean of libraries, said Jane Williams,

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Univ. launches Barcelonastudy abroad programStudents were using other programs in city

BY EMAUN KASHFIPOURFor The Diamondback

The university’s promise to giveevery student the chance to studyoutside the country became easierto keep last week when officialsadded an eighth study abroad des-tination, a semester-long programin Barcelona.

Barcelona, a Mediterraneancoastal city in northeast Spain, haslong attracted university studentswith its rich history, beaches andvibrant nightlife. But with the uni-versity launching its own Barcelonaprogram, officials hope to expandthe Study Abroad Office’s reachand encourage more students tostudy internationally.

Students have already begun sign-ing up for the program, which willkick off next fall.

“We look where students aregoing and where the need is,” said

Lisa Tenley Alton, the Study AbroadOffice’s outreach specialist.

“Students went with other pro-grams, and we wanted to provide ourown program,” said LaurenRuszczyk, a program coordinator inthe office. “It has an added layer ofquality and service.”

According to a study from theInstitute of International Educa-tion, Spain is the third most popu-lar destination for U.S. studentsstudying abroad after the UnitedKingdom and Italy.

The Study Abroad Office tai-lored the program so that its aca-demics would attract studentsfrom all fields, unlike the Mary-land-in-Shanghai program whichhas emerged as a favorite for stu-dents interested in internationalbusiness.

“It isn’t geared toward a specific

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Feeling ‘right’ among their ownBY ALISSA GULIN

Staff writer

College Republicans spokesmanClyde Thompson lost his voice thisweekend cheering and shouting at anevent in Washington that attractedmore than 5,000 college students.

But this was no rock concert — itwas the annual Conservative PoliticalAction Conference.

The conference, which featuredbig-name Republican politicians out topromote their party’s message,attracted a record-breaking numberof young people, including about 10from this university.

“Sorry my voice is a little sore, Iwas just screaming everywhere. Itwas a crazy weekend,” Thompsonsaid. “It was a lot of fun. Any youngconservative, if they get the chance togo and just talk to people and listen tothem speak, they should.”

Because the conservative move-ment is in a period of transition,according to political analysts, its lead-

ers have been directing effortsto the younger demographic inmuch the same way the Democ-ratic party has done for years.

About 60 to 70 percent of ticketholders at the three-day event wereyounger than 30, according to theAmerican Conservative Union, theevent’s sponsor.

For the members of this univer-sity’s chapter of College Republicans,attending the conference was anopportunity to “meet people and seemore about what’s going on in theparty,” Thompson said. Those whowent said they were glad to seecheaper conference tickets and desig-nated entertainment areas specificallygeared toward college students andthink such tactics will attract morewidespread support among theyounger demographic for the conser-vative movement.

“All the politicians were apprecia-tive of the young movement,” said

Campus Republicans among 5K students at conservative convention

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Students engage in risqué texting, butmay regret it later

BY NICOLE DAOFor The Diamondback

On a recent Thursday night,Elizabeth Ingraham pulled outher cell phone to the familiarvibration of an incoming textmessage. She opened up herphone to discover a picturemessage from her mostrecent hookup: tall, muscu-lar, blond — and naked.

“The typical naked mir-ror picture when the guyis flexing every singlemuscle in his bodyalways cracks me up,”Ingraham said.

Like many, Ingra-ham, a senior sociol-ogy major, has sentand received such

risqué texts since high school. Uni-versity health advocates warn thatthis practice, known popularly as“sexting,” can lead to disgrace withfriends and employers, and MTVhas recently started airing a publicawareness campaign aimed athighlighting sexting’s unintendedconsequences.

But when Ingraham dashes off tit-illating texts in search of a late-nighthookup, she doesn’t give it a secondthought. Not even when she’s send-ing revealing pictures.

“It’s fun,” Ingraham said. “Whenit’s just a hookup, there’s this ‘forbid-den fruit’ kind of idea, so sextingmakes it even more appealing.”

And despite the mounting cam-paign warning against sexting,

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For most of its history, students haven’t been allowed to eat in McKeldinLibrary. That will change around March 1. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

PRACTICINGSAFE SEXT

the director of planning andadministrative services forthe libraries.

For about a month, libraryofficials and Director of Build-ing and Landscape ServicesHarry Teabout have beenmeeting to make Steele’s goala reality, Teabout said.

“We gave [the libraries] ourproposal — our model — thatwe thought was needed andwe came up with a compro-mise,” he said.

His proposal included trashand recycling stations hecalled “one-stop shopping” forstudents to easily dispose oftheir waste and the addition ofa housekeeper to deal withspills.

For the change to becomepermanent in all eight of theuniversity’s libraries, Teaboutsaid students will have somesimple responsibilitiesthroughout the rest of thesemester.

“If students are very dili-gent about how they clean upafter themselves, ... I thinkthey will make this very suc-cessful,” he said. “A lot ishinging on them, and that’swhat we’re going to beobserving.”

Williams said she hopesstudents recognize the bene-fits and responsibilities thatwill come with the change.

“It’s a plus for students tobe able to have food and drinkwith them,” Williams said.“And I hope they acknowl-edge that by keeping thelibraries clean.”

Students generally wel-comed the adjustment.

“If I can go to the fourth orfifth floor and bring food,that’s great,” senior govern-ment and politics major Eliza-beth Flamm said. “If you’rehere all night, you need tokeep fueling yourself.”

But some were worried thepolicy could bring additionalnoise and chaos to a facilitythat requires quiet and calmto allow students to focus on

their studies.“That would be a huge dis-

traction if people brought fullmeals into the library,” seniorcommunication major CassieO’Connor said. “It would bereally weird.”

O’Connor added that herother concern with largeamounts of food in the librarywas cleanliness, whereasbefore this change studentswere more inclined to justsneak snacks into the stacks.

“It’s going to be a disgust-ing place to study if peopleleave trash everywhere,” sheadded.

Despite some concerns,come March, students will nolonger need to hide full cupsof coffee, sandwiches andmidnight munchies in theirbags before coming into thelibrary.

“We can feel more relaxedabout doing something wealready do,” senior communi-cation major Carolina Peñasaid.

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major,” said Alton. “It’s anoption for most students toconsider.

Not even language barri-ers are a problem, Alton said.

“Students who never tookSpanish before can take abeginner class,” she said,“It’s for everybody.”

In addition, students study-ing there will coordinateextracurricular activitiessuch as volunteering andinternships with a university

employee stationed in thecity.

Lindsay Deutsch, a juniorjournalism major who isstudying in Barcelona,expressed enthusiasm aboutthe university’s decision toadd the program.

“It has a ton of history andart; the nightlife is great; it’son the beach; and theweather is mild and Mediter-ranean,” Deutsch wrote in ane-mail. “Just getting out ofthe Maryland bubble isrefreshing, and my life hereis definitely far from what itwould be on Route 1.”

Still, she is not withoutregrets. The Study AbroadOffice did not offer the Mary-land-in-Barcelona programthis spring, meaning she hadto plan her experience withCEA Global Education, anagency outside the univer-sity.

“I would prefer to havedirect credits from my studyabroad rather than transfercredit,” Deutsch said. “Ireally wish Maryland hadoffered a Barcelona programearlier.”

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health and human sexuality pro-fessor Robin Sawyer says Ingra-ham’s attitude isn’t necessarily abad thing.

“Theoretically, if it was sometype of harmless fun betweentwo people who cared enoughabout each other to never sharethe material with anyone else,then possibly it’s not so bad,”Sawyer said.

In an impromptu poll, Sawyersaid about 10 percent of his classof 200 students said they hadreceived nude or semi-nude pic-tures via text, following a nationaltrend. About 10 percent of youngadults nationwide have sent sextsand 15 percent have receivedthem, Sawyer said.

But despite sexting’s massappeal, it doesn’t always have thedesired effect.

“Given the reality that materialinevitably will get shared with oth-ers, I’d have to conclude that ingeneral, sexting is not a positivething and could lead to somepretty damaging consequences,”Sawyer said.

Allison Bennett, a coordinatorwith the university’s SexualAssault Response and PreventionProgram, said her office hasn’tseen any sexting-related cases this

year, but she expects these inci-dences are vastly underreported.

She pointed out that intimatemessages originally sent in con-fidence can easily be copied,pasted and sent to mutualfriends and strangers.

And while sexting remains acentral part of Ingraham’s sex life,she admits she still worries abouttexts she sent to her ex-boyfriend.

“I still worry that my ex hasthose pictures saved in his phone,”Ingraham said. “We had a roughbreakup, so I doubt he would be agentleman and delete them.”

Two years ago, she had anearly devastating sexting experi-ence when a message she senther boyfriend at work wound upin the wrong hands. Herboyfriend was working a shift at agrocery store where they bothworked His phone was in hislocker. His manager picked it up.

“It was only a topless picture,but our store manager heard my

boyfriend’s phone ringing in theemployee locker room andlooked at it,” Ingraham said. “Ireally wish my 60-year-old creepymanager hadn’t seen all that.Needless to say neither of usreally lived that down.”

Still, Ingraham continues tosext because it lures men in andgives her a sense of power inrelationships.

For Kaileigh Donlon, a fresh-man government and politicsmajor, sexting serves mainly as away to remain connected with herboyfriend when they’re nottogether in school.

But she sets a line: No pictures.The mere possibility of a risquéphoto falling in the wrong handsmakes Donlon nervous. Shesticks to sending text-only mes-sages and sends them only whenshe has a boyfriend.

“If you [sext] to strangers, Ithink that’s a little messed up,”said Donlon. “If you send it to,like, your friends, it’s kind ofcrossing the line too.”

Ingraham, too, threw up caution. “Take into consideration the

fact that the person you are sex-ting to might show it to theirfriend,” Ingraham said. “Do youreally want to be meeting theirfriends for the first time after theyhave already seen you naked?”

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Thompson, a senior criminol-ogy and criminal justice major.“It gave some recognition to thework that young Republicansare doing. They recognizedthat we were there and caredand have our own separateissues. They’re trying to keepus involved and made an effortto reach out to us. I got thatfrom every person I talked to.”

A passionate crowd heardspeeches from influential partyfigures such as Gov. Mitt Romney(R-Mass.), Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). The students said theygot swept up in the enthusiasm.

“[FOX News host] GlennBeck was the most moving andthe one that brought the pointhome the best,” said senior gov-ernment and politics and his-tory major Brandon Fleig. “Hehad a segment in his speechabout the Statue of Liberty, and

it was one of those momentswhere someone really inspiresyou. … He’s a possible influ-ence for a forward trend.”

At the convention, young par-ticipants were also invited toXPAC — a lounge area spon-sored by actor Stephen Baldwincomplete with Wii Sports,Dance Dance Revolution, con-servative-leaning comediansand chances to mingle withlike-minded students.

“The XPAC lounge was a goodplace to get away and take abreak because there was just somuch stuff going on you neededto take it all in,” said Thompson,who also attended a small recep-tion with Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and workshops with Iraqveterans and the College Republi-can National Committee.

Students also lauded the net-working opportunities they gotwhile rubbing elbows and chat-ting with leaders and activists ofthe movement. They said thisevent and the movement it rep-resents was appealing to them

because it harkens back towhat they called true conserva-tive principles.

But best of all, they said, wasthe chance to meet other like-minded people their age.

“It really helps you connectand see different perspectivesfrom outside your region,”Fleig said. “You may have dif-ferent conservative values assomeone from New York thanas from Alabama. It helps youunderstand their ideas.”

“I took from it all that it’s not asweird as it seems to be young andconservative,” Thompson added.“At Maryland, it just seems likeyou’re always the minority. Buthere you got to come together.”

Uniting under a common setof principles was a recurringtheme throughout the confer-ence, Fleig said.

Involving the youth “alwaysshould be a strategy if you’retrying to have your beliefsgrow,” he said.

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Initiative would pair undergraduates with grad mentors

BY MELISSA QUIJADAStaff writer

Graduate student leadersare proposing a system ofone-on-one mentoring tohelp guide undergraduateswho are considering post-graduate studies.

Under the program, under-graduates would shadow indi-vidual graduate students togain perspective on their day-to-day issues like time man-agement and student loans,and receive help in their appli-cation processes.

Graduate Student Govern-ment officials say the mentor-ing program remains in itspreliminary stages, as theyhave yet to fine-tune thedetails like university part-ners and funding, but theystill hope to launch it this fall.

The GSG’s Academic Affairscommittee is drafting the pro-gram’s details. Officials antici-pate funding from the univer-sity’s Career Center.

Although there has been noofficial confirmation from anyuniversity departments, GSGVice President for CommitteeAffairs Tomek Kott wrote inan e-mail that many haveinformally expressed support

after GSG President AnupamaKothari announced the ideaearlier this month.

“Anu has pitched the pro-gram to various potential part-ners across the university,including the Career Center,the provost, and alumni asso-ciation. All have been veryreceptive to the idea and arewilling to help either withfunding or through logistics,”Kott wrote.

Kothari added that even ifthere is no university moneyfor the program, the GSG willstill be able to offer mentoringto undergraduates.

“At this point we don’treally need funding,” she said.“It would only arise for a net-working event or to publicizethe program.”

As an undergraduate, Kottsaid he based his decision topursue his doctorate inphysics upon attending lis-tening sessions for graduatestudents. Similarly, he said,the program would buildupon the concept of first-hand mentoring.

Graduate students largelysupport the program, andsome wish they had partici-pated in a similar program asundergraduates. One stu-

dent said she would havebenefited from a fresh per-spective when she stood atthe crossroads decidingbetween more school or theworkforce.

“When I was an undergrad-uate student, sometimes Ihad no idea whether I shouldcontinue with graduate stud-ies or just find a job,” saidXiaoya Sun, a first-year chem-istry doctoral student. “Atthat time the only person Icould ask was my academicadvisor. She was a professorand she graduated manyyears ago. She didn’t knowmuch about what the gradu-ate life is like today.”

GSG officials maintainthere is indeed a demand forsuch a mentoring programamong undergraduates.

“The initial importance iswe know that there areundergraduates that are curi-ous about graduate school,”said GSG Vice President forAcademic Affairs AaronTobiason. “The initial pur-pose is to give them a chanceto talk one-on-one with thegraduate students within thesame field.”

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Unlike the committee’s meet-ing last semester, when a slew ofcontroversial fees were created orincreased, the hikes approved thissemester were standard increas-es to the budgets of the Depart-ment of Transportation Services,housing and Dining Services.Resident Life and Residential Fa-cilities fees are each going upabout 3 percent. The dining fee isincreasing 1.5 percent, and smallhikes of $10 or less were made tothe cost of parking permits.

Last semester, fees totalingnearly $200 were approved.Some of them funded services —including the libraries and the

University Health Center — tu-ition has traditionally paid for,drawing ire from students.

Another recommendationcoming out of the meeting is tokeep students from footing the billfor the Friendly Ticket Program,an effort enacted several yearsago to forgive first-time violatorswho park in restricted spaces.

DOTS will have to raise theprice of a campus parking permitby 1.7 percent in order to sustainthe program. The committeevoted to recommend that DOTSfind an alternative funding source.

Last year, DOTS requested thecommittee raise parking meterprices. Steinberg said this endedup deterring students from park-ing on the campus and ultimatelycreated another revenue shortfall.

Graduate Student Govern-ment president and committeemember Anupama Kothari saidher primary concern is a sensethat students are increasinglybeing forced to bail out the de-partment and save DOTS frombudget shortfalls.

Kothari said a viable solutionto DOTS’ budget problems thatdoesn’t sap student fees has yetto materialize.

“We need a good long-termplan that’s a good revenue model,and that needs to be talkedabout,” she said. “It needs to bediscussed very soon so that everyyear they’re not passing certainthings which we might end up re-gretting next year.”

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“I still worry thatmy ex has thosepictures saved inhis phone.”

ELIZABETHINGRAHAMSENIOR SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

A s far as states go, this state isfairly ambitious when itcomes to producing cleanenergy, creating green jobs

and reducing greenhouse gas emis-sions. In 2009, Gov. Martin O’Malleyapproved a law mandating the state toreduce these emissions to 25 percentbelow 2006 levels by 2020. This canlargely be achieved by reaching for low-hanging fruit, such as energy efficiencyand deployment of existing low-carbontechnologies. But what about after2020? What about the other 75 percent?

We shouldn’t just be asking this ques-tion about emissions for the state butalso the United States and the emergingclean energy industry throughout theworld. As countries and states pick thelow-hanging fruit, they’re going to lookfor more advanced, innovative and effi-cient technologies to get steeper emis-sions reductions. Is the United Statesgoing to be importing them or export-ing them?

RE-ENERGYSE, a new federal edu-cation initiative centered on the explod-

ing clean energy sector, has been pro-posed by President Barack Obama’sadministration. If funded by Congressfor fiscal year 2011, RE-ENERGYSEwould be run by the Energy Depart-ment and the National Science Founda-tion with an initial investment of $74 mil-lion in clean energy-related education atK-12 schools, universities, and commu-nity and technical colleges. The belovedSolar Decathlon, a competition to buildthe most attractive energy-efficient,solar-powered house in which this uni-versity won second place in 2007, wouldbecome part of this program.

RE-ENERGYSE would create cut-ting-edge undergraduate and graduateclean energy programs in universities,provide scores of scholarships and fel-

lowships for aspiring scientists andengineers and equip thousands of tech-nically skilled workers at communitycolleges for clean energy jobs. It has agoal of putting up to 6,000 professionalsinto the clean energy sector by 2016,and up to 13,000 by 2021.

This support could see scientistsfrom this university playing a key rolein the development of new energysources. Our scientists are alreadyworking on cellulosic ethanol and bio-fuels from algae. The Chesapeake Bayregion could significantly benefit fromthe commercial development of cellu-losic ethanol, considering the largeamount of biomass we get from all thefeedstocks grown. Scientists are exper-imenting with growing algae at waste-water treatment plants, which could fil-ter a source of the bay’s water pollutionand then produce a renewable fuel.

I constantly read about the potentialfor new breakthroughs such as solarpanels that capture infrared radiation,meaning they would work at night, or anew test plant in Norway that uses the

simple process of osmosis to drive aturbine and generate electricity. I’m notkidding — Google it.

Funding RE-ENERGYSE is far froma slam dunk. In 2009, the Obamaadministration appropriated it in its fis-cal year 2010 budget, but it was nixed inthe Senate’s appropriations process.This is why it’s important for studentsto write to their representatives in sup-port of RE-ENERGYSE.

In order to lead the world in globalenergy technology this century, wehave to do more than invest in green-collar jobs for today. We need to createan unparalleled clean energy educationinitiative to give our up and coming sci-entists the support they need to inno-vate for America. This will ensure thegreen jobs of tomorrow are ours. RE-ENERGYSE is an important step in theright direction — a step toward thatother 75 percent. Let’s go for it.

Matt Dernoga is a senior governmentand politics major. He can be reached atdernoga@umdbk.com.

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My options for this Sundaywere as follows: Do all thework (including writingthis article) that I had for

Monday; head down to the gym andcatch up on my squats; chill in theapartment while my roommate caughtup on all The Secret Life of an AmericanTeenager she’s been missing becauseshe suddenly realized she’s not a 9-year-old; or shimmy on down to Balti-more to watch a good friend on the uni-versity’s mock trial team kick the assesof every big-name school on the East-ern Seaboard.

I chose Baltimore, of course. Let’sface it: I wasn’t going to do work any-way, I’ve already missed so many squatsthat my legs don’t even hurt when Iclimb stairs anymore, and if I have torelive the teen years one more time I’mgoing to throw myself down the studentsection at Comcast Center.

So off to the University of Maryland

School of Law we trotted, ready to playthe ditzy friends in Legally Blondeintruding upon a practice criminal trialin which our friend was the star. (Andyes, there was a jury and everything.)

When we got there I was taken abackby the formality of it all. College kids insuits with exhibits and objections andgame faces, judges with actual lawdegrees and audiences with theirhearts in their throats.

It was incredible to see the amount ofpreparation and heart that went into thecharade of playing attorney, witnessand defendant. It was a nail-biter but inthe end they pulled a Cliff Tucker andnailed it. However, as a female studentwho aspires to a similar profession,what personally impressed me was thefemale actors’ inclusion and perform-ance. Decked out in pantsuits, hair care-fully coiffed, jewelry artfully chosen,they did not command attention merelythrough their appearance but through

their academic and professional merit.In other words, these ladies were kick-ing ass, taking names and doing it inthree-inch heels. I said to myself, “Youknow, maybe we’ve actually done it.We’ve broken the barriers, the glassceiling, the boys’ club.”

And then we went to Hooters to cele-brate. Not by choice: It was one of thosetimes when there is no other optionbesides starvation. So my three (girl)friends and I ventured cautiously intouncharted waters, unsure of what wewould find. What we found was an estab-lishment boasting the shortest shortssince Richard Simmons, where the hair-

nets go somewhere other than the head,the best tips are earned by girls belowtable level, and the food — well, let’s justsay that the meat you go to Hooters forisn’t the stuff served on a plate.

Should my knee-jerk objection tosuch an obvious horny men’s establish-ment be sustained? I’m not sure. Thewomen (and their patrons) seemed tobe having a good time, and from thelooks of them, business must be good.Sure, their uniform isn’t exactly apantsuit, but who am I to judge? If I hadthe cans to pull it off, maybe I’d be thereinstead of law school. I guess what I’mtrying to say is, hoot on, Hooters girl.And don’t worry, I’ll be there to clear upthose pesky pubic — oops, I mean pub-lic — nudity charges.

Bethany Offutt is a sophomorecriminology and criminal justice andpsychology major. She can be reached atoffutt@umdbk.com.

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The image of the American university has never been higher — or lower.Abroad, American universities are the envy of the world for our researchcapabilities that have driven the world’s largest economy for decades. Buthere at home, the image is getting uglier. The focus isn’t on the ground-

breaking research universities engage in, but on the students they educate or failto educate. The domestic image of the American university is no longer that of a sci-entist mixing chemicals in a lab, but of an overpaid bureaucrat burning throughtuition money.

According to a series of surveys conducted by PublicAgenda for the National Center for Public Policy and HigherEducation, six out of ten Americans believe universities arefocused more on profits than students’ educational experience.To many students, this isn’t shocking. Our generation, afteryears of being told a college diploma is essential for the work-place, will step into the real world on average more than$20,000 in debt and face an unemployment rate hovering near10 percent. The reputation of universities as a place focusedmore on betterment and less on profits seems to be fading.

Disregard the question about whether this image is totally accurate — it has ker-nels of both truth and fiction — and accept the fact that a substantial portion of theAmerican public now views universities — even land-grant colleges like this univer-sity — as little more than educational corporations, providing students with adegree in exchange for $20,000 or more.

Despite the rhetoric surrounding the privatization of public universities, whatmany critics fail to realize is that many universities, including this one, don’t havemuch choice. In order to become a top tier institution money must be available tobuild the best facilities and attract the best faculty. Without such funds, the qualityof education decreases. As state funding for public institutions begins to shrink,

fundraising — occasionally from big corporations — must increase.This trend will not dissipate, especially at a research institution. Despite the rally-

ing cries to expel corporations from influencing the priorities of a university, the factof the matter is universities need that money. But faculty and administrators mustnot lose sight of the higher purpose of every university: to educate. Although a qual-ity education does depend on good faculty and facilities, monetary interests shouldnot skew the purpose of universities.

The blame for privatization ultimately rests with state govern-ments cutting funding, not with university administrators. Mas-sive budget cuts in state dollars lead administrations to raisetuition and seek outside donations. If people really are worriedabout universities becoming more like businesses then theyneed to funnel their anger into supporting higher educationpolicies. If lawmakers are convinced that the citizens of theirstate truly want better funding for higher education then theymay be more careful with the scalpel next time around.

The cost of an education has long been the factor holdingback potential students across the country. Added to rising tuition costs studentswill face next year and what The New York Times has described as the “new poor”— recently unemployed middle class Americans who could remain that way foryears to come, hindering their ability to send their kids to college — the prospectof attending a university becomes nothing more than a dream to many.

Administrators should be aware of the crisis currently facing their image. Stu-dents and their families want to feel like they are truly paying for something worth-while. In order to ensure they do not become the enemy, they must remind stu-dents that they still care about the broader values of higher education. And in orderto halt the slide towards corporate universities, voters must remind lawmakers thatthey still care as well.

Staff editorial

Our ViewAmerican universities

are facing an image crisisas a result of the down

economy.

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At 10 minutes and only 10 ques-tions, the 2010 census is the shortestit has ever been, a change that shouldmake its completion less of a hassle.What does the census do, though?Many people believe the census isjust a count of how many differentkinds of people live in certain areas. Itis indeed a population count, but thepopulation determines much morethan just demographics for research.It determines the number of congres-sional representatives for eachregion and distributes $400 billion ingovernment funding. With the econ-omy in a slump, you’d think we couldall use a little monetary incentive.

But the fact remains that a hugenumber of people still won’t com-plete it, especially college students.Students typically assume our par-ents take care of it (this was the casefor me at least). The truth is, though,that your parents don’t fill it out foryou because you don’t live there(unless you’re commuting). You livein a dorm, apartment or house, andyou fill out the census at the resi-dence where you mostly live.

Minorities, which substantiatemuch of the College Park commu-nity, have traditionally been “hard tocount.” Some have speculated thattheir reasons for not filling out thecensus are general misunderstand-ing and/or distrust in the govern-ment. Controversial legislation inrecent years regarding privacy (suchas the Patriot Act and instances ofwiretapping) makes it unsurprisingthat people are skeptical of the gov-ernment. What many minoritiesdon’t know is the information theyprovide to the census is protectedunder strict laws. It is a federal crimeto disclose private information, andCensus Bureau employees whorelease any information are fined upto $250,000, sentenced up to fiveyears in prison, or both.

Those who seem to be most wor-ried about private information areundocumented immigrants fearingarrest and deportation. One senator,David Vitter (R-La.) even proposedan amendment that would requirecensus participants to state their citi-zenship and immigration status,allowing the government to removenon-citizens from the count thatdetermines congressional seats. Hisproposal was rejected, and undocu-mented immigrants can sleep a littleeasier at night. Census participantsdon’t have to list citizenship status atall (another fact that probably needsmore clarification).

Who would have known any ofthis information without going to thecensus website? I wouldn’t, but I donow because of some extra research.Realistically, students, minorities andthe general population need to behanded the information, not go look-ing for it themselves. So the CensusBureau must inform people of thebenefits and confidentiality of thesurvey — or maybe just its brevity. Ifyou want to learn more or would likeany clarification on questions youhave, visit www.cpcensus.com.

Sammi Liang is a senior Americanstudies and communication major. Shecan be reached at sliang3@umd.edu.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Whether a man or a woman,you’ll be drawn to those thingsthat usually speak more clearlyto members of the opposite sex.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —After a long period of inactivity,you’re likely to feel inspiredand want to get back in thegame. Others are totally sup-portive.

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Freak folk, which is nontradi-tional acoustic folk plus psyche-delic weirdness, is easily one ofthe more interesting and variedsubgenres of “indie rock,” andaccording to iTunes and varioussources on the all-powerfulInternet, harp-wielding

songstress Joanna Newsom isthe queen of acoustic freaks. Buther repertoire doesn’t entirelysupport this claim because shedoesn’t seem to be much of apsychedelic, and her newest LP,Have One on Me, is a triplealbum that pulls her furtherfrom the bizarre than everbefore.

Of course, a petite woman inearthy dresses crooning sad sto-ries in a thin, fragile voice whilewinding her fingers around thestrings of a harp can never reallyget too far from folk. Generally,though, Newsom isn’t so muchof the Appalachian mountain topas she is of the baroque folk, andher music definitely shows it.

Take a track such as “‘81,” aserene piece with sparse instru-mentation: Only Newsom’s harpand her quiet voice spiral notes

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Interestingly, thisrecording seesNewsom draw-ing on Ameri-can sourcesmore than sheever has before,at least in termsof her music. Lis-tening to “In Califor-nia,” it’s fairly obvious that New-som wants to sing about her ownroots as a native of Nevada City,Calif. Newsom accentuates herown playing in this song withquick banjo rolls and guitarcounterpoint. The song builds toan epic swell of strings andpounding drums as Newsomsoulfully “caws” in emotional

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Have One on Me goes in dif-ferent direction: The writingseems fit for a smaller ensemblebut with a mixture of instru-ments that still feels huge,including grand piano, smallerstring sections, horns, wood-winds, guitars, varied percus-sion and the odd banjo.

In a way, Newsom is channel-ing Sufjan Stevens, for her wide-range of instrumentation is asimportant to the songs’ story asare the lyrics.

“You and Me, Bess” begins asusual, with Newsom singingsoftly alongside her trusty harp.Later in the track, a light hornsection begins to bubblebetween the notes, and at thesong’s crescendo, Newsom’svoice and the horns are layeringmelodies off one another,backed by plucked strings andmale backing vocals.

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Whether Newsom is a freak-folkster doesn’t matter — in theend, everything comes down tohow much listeners enjoy hermusic. There’s plenty to like inthe vein of calm, depressive folkthat occasionally swells intosmall, orchestrated crescendos,but there’s twice as much down-time where it seems as if nothingis going on at all.

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Another large piece of her harpJoanna Newsom is musically ambitious on her triple LP, Have One on Me

BY ERIC DETWEILERSenior staff writer

When pressed during a Fridayafternoon media session, Ter-rapin men’s basketball coachGary Williams reiterated his alle-giance to a three-guard lineup.

Asked if he has consideredusing three forwards at timesagainst some of the ACC’s morerugged front courts, Williamscited confidence in reserveguards Adrian Bowie and CliffTucker as a major reason for con-tinuing to eschew a more tradi-tional lineup.

Even with growing confidencein his forwards, Williams saidmaking a switch, even for shortstints, would likely cost the jun-iors some playing time and dis-rupt a rotation he has spentmonths perfecting.

On Saturday against GeorgiaTech with the game on the line,the 21st-year coach put that trustinto action.

With 1.5 seconds remainingand the Terps down by onepoint, Williams called a play forTucker to get the game’s finalshot. The Texas native’s game-winning 3-pointer just rewardedthat sentiment.

“I was a little surprised when hewas drawing it up — I couldn’tbelieve it,” Tucker said minutesafter celebrating the Terps’ firstbuzzer-beating game-winner inalmost seven years. “I thought hewas going to change it at the end,but he kept it that way, and we’refortunate it worked, so maybe hemight do it again more.”

In a game in which the fourTerp bench players combined topump in 23 points, the Terps’ finalpossession proved a fitting excla-mation point. Playing their fourthgame in eight days and matchedagainst a physical and athleticGeorgia Tech squad, the Terps(19-7, 9-3 ACC) leaned heavily ontheir bench down the stretch. Thereserves — Bowie, Tucker, DinoGregory and James Padgett —provided the much-needed boostand inspired confidence that theymight be peaking at just the righttime.

“All these games, they weardown on you — the games andpractices and stuff,” said Gregory,who provided nine points off thebench. “If everybody didn’t cometo play today, there’s no way we

coulda won that game. Everybodydid their roles.”

At times this season, the Terps’bench contributions have beenuneven or worse. Before Gre-gory returned from suspensionin early December, the Terpsstruggled to piece together a reli-able rotation, trying to squeezeminutes at the power forwardposition out of undersized JinSoo Choi, who is no longer withthe team. Less than three weeksago, non-starters accounted for aseason-low three points in a winat Florida State.

Saturday the Terps, who are 12-1 this season when their reservesoutscore the opponent’s, got theirbiggest bench scoring outputsince a Jan. 16 win at Boston Col-lege in which Tucker and Bowiecombined for 29 points.

And even before Tucker’sheave dropped, those bucketscame at big times.

Gregory had seven first-halfpoints, including a thunderoustransition dunk, to help make upfor a struggling Landon Mil-bourne, who missed his first nineshots. For the second straightgame, Bowie added a pair of 3-pointers. Tucker, who didn’t reg-ister a point in Wednesday’s win atN.C. State, played just nine min-utes and scored eight points,including a 3-pointer with 4:23 leftwhen the Terps faced theirbiggest deficit of the game. Pad-gett didn’t score in four minutes.

Williams mentioned Tucker,Bowie and Gregory by name inhis opening statement postgame,saying without a solid rotation hisdragging team might have beenrun off its home floor.

“I think [Georgia Tech] had usworn down pretty good at times,”Williams said. “But we were ableto get Adrian in there, and Cliffreally helped us, and that’s whywe were able to be there at theend of the game.”

The postgame fanfare right-fully focused on Tucker.Williams jokingly quoted Bowieas saying the unlikely hero finallyearned his scholarship. ESPNanchor and university alumnus

Scott Van Pelt lingered in theComcast Center interview roomafterward hoping to give Tuckerhis congratulations.

But as Vasquez heaped praiseon his teammate, the seniorstarter probably could’ve beentalking about any of the Terpreserves and how their glimpsesof success might help down the

line.“I’m so happy for Cliff,”

Vasquez said. “That’s only goingto help him get more confidenceand just understand that he’s gotto work even harder from now onso he can continue to help us wingames.”

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8 THE DIAMONDBACK | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010

SportsWomen’s basketball in final stretch

Go to Terrapintrail.com for more on the women’s basketballteam’s chances at an at-large NCAA Tournament berth as theteam enters the final stretch of the regular season.

Reserves comethrough for Terps

Forward Dino Gregory contributed nine key points in the Terps’ 76-74 win against Georgia Tech on Saturday. Gregory combined withreserve guards Adrian Bowie and Cliff Tucker to total 23 points inthe team’s ninth conference win. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY JONAS SHAFFERStaff writer

DURHAM, N.C. — If the Ter-rapin women’s basketball team’sfirst venture to Tobacco Road leftit with more questions thananswers about its road readiness,the Terps’ loss Sunday at No. 6Duke might have actually pro-vided the best response yet.

Against a Blue Devils teamnow 16-1 at Cameron Indoor Sta-dium, the Terps never trailed bymore than five points in the sec-ond half until a Joy Cheek three-point play put Duke up 61-53 withjust more than three minutes left.In January, N.C. State rushed outto a 17-4 start in the game’s firsteight minutes and the Terpsnever got within single digits,falling 73-45.

Their eventual 71-59 loss Sun-day was the smallest margin ofvictory Duke had enjoyed overan ACC opponent at home. Sec-ond-place Florida State lost by 30last month.

“When you look at our firstACC game [against N.C. State] towhere we are now, I think that’sthe thing I’m most proud of,”coach Brenda Frese said. “Therewas a point in the season thisteam could have folded.”

BUBBLE POPPED?With Selection Monday

approaching and the Terps’ post-season prospects still in limbo,questions surrounding the team’scandidacy for an NCAA Tourna-ment berth have become a popu-lar issue for Frese in recent pressconferences.

“I think there’s a lot of greatbasketball left for us with the twogames we have left, with the ACC

Tournament,” Frese said Sunday.“When you play hard and youcompete like we did today, thosethings will all take care of itself.”

There’s no clear consensus onjust where the Terps stand. In itsmost recent bracket projectionWednesday, CollegeRPI.com didnot include the Terps in the field.

ESPN.com women’s collegebasketball “bracketologist” Char-lie Creme had the Terps slotted insafely as a No. 9 seed in a projec-tion updated Monday afternoon.

“With as well as the Terpsplayed, even in a loss at Duke, it’shard to imagine a scenario inwhich they wouldn’t make thetournament if Maryland couldjust beat either Boston College orFlorida State in the season’s finalweek,” Creme wrote.

The Terps visit the Eagles onThursday before concluding theregular season Sunday againstthe Seminoles.

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BY KATE YANCHULISSenior staff writer

The Terrapin men’s lacrosse team came intothis season with an almost ready-made lineup,with established attackmen, veteran defendersand a set starting goalie for the first time inthree years.

Yet despite the experience underpinning therest of the roster, the midfield situationremained murky.

After losing the three senior anchors in themidfield from last year, the preseason No. 8Terps were left with a plethora of options, butno easy decision. And when a snow-shortenedpreseason limited their chances to test-drivetheir choices before Saturday’s season opener,coach Dave Cottle decided to field a nine-player, three-unit rotation against Bellarmine.

Though the offense started slow in the 12-7win in Louisville, Ky., the midfield served asthe catalyst against the unranked Knights (2-1). Sophomore Jake Bernhardt scored the firstTerp goal, one of three for the first midfieldgroup. The second group put in three as well,and the third contributed one.

“I think we took the team on our shoulders alittle bit,” Bernhardt said. “I think the midfield— all the midfields — really stepped up for thefirst game of the year.”

Cottle liked the production he saw from themidfield, and he also noticed the relativelyeven play from one unit to the next. That wasespecially evident between the first unit ofBernhardt and seniors Will Yeatman andAdam Sear, and the second, which includessophomores Drew Snider and Michael Shake-speare as well as freshman John Haus. As aresult, Cottle has decided to continue the sys-tem, extending the tryouts into the seasonindefinitely.

“I think, being limited with the amount ofscrimmages, it’s going to take a while to figureout the rotation,” Cottle said. “We’re going tokeep playing different guys to see who willstand out. Right now, I’m going to try to playthree midfields because I think we play betterwhen a lot of guys play.”

He believes the deep store of midfieldersplayed a critical role in the victory against Bel-larmine, and not just because of the scoring.While the Knights relied heavily on their sixstarting midfielders and attackmen, the Terpskept moving fresh players onto the field to re-energize the team throughout the game.

The competition for time on the field alsokeeps players alert and working hard in prac-tice, setting the tone for the rest of the team.

“A lot of people questioned whether wewould step up this year,” Bernhardt said. “Butit’s only the first game of the year, and we’vestill got a lot more games, and I think we’llexceed people’s views for our midfield thisyear.”

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Bench players scored 23 points Saturday

Terps’ midfield unitappears to be astrength early onMen’s lax gets productionfrom inexperienced group

Terps prove road toughness inloss; NCAA Tourney still possible

TERRAPIN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Diandra Tchatchouang shootsagainst Duke. MATTHEW

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