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Our 101st Year, No. 21THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERMonday, September 27, 2010

Faculty laudLoh’s unusualacademicbackgroundLoh lacks hard-science degree,brings diversity to administration

BY LAUREN REDDINGSenior staff writer

When incoming universityPresident Wallace Loh arrivesNov. 1, he will bring with him achange from the hard-sciencesbackground most administra-tors and former presidentshave hailed from — a sign Lohwon’t neglect the humanitieswhile strengthening sciences,many say.

Throughout his 12-yeartenure, former President DanMote’s fundraising efforts wereintegral to the construction ofthe Kim Engineering Building,among other projects, and thecollege attracted top-notch facul-ty as its prestige climbed. Mean-while, other colleges, such thebehavioral and social sciencescollege, struggled to maintain aburgeoning student populationwith limited resources, and hu-manities faculty clamored formore support.

But unlike Mote or interim

university President and ProvostNariman Farvardin, Loh doesnot have an engineering degree.He received his bachelor’s, mas-ter’s and doctorate degrees inpsychology from Grinnell Col-lege, Cornell University and theUniversity of Michigan, respec-tively, along with a law degreefrom Yale University.

Many professors are hopefulLoh’s academic diversity willbring a fresh perspective to thetable at an institution often laud-ed for its science research pro-grams and leaving the humani-ties overshadowed for a lack ofresearch grants. For the 2011 fis-cal year, the university allocated$468,738 to the arts and humani-ties college and a total of$664,938 to the chemical and lifesciences college and the comput-er, mathematical and physicalsciences college.

Biology professor Charles Fen-ster said because science research

see HUMANITIES, page 7

Grads hope Loh will address their concernsBY MARIA ROMAS

Staff writer

A handful of university popula-tions have grievances to raisewhen incoming university Presi-dent Wallace Loh takes over in No-vember, but graduate studentsmay be some of the more eager toget talking. That works out perfect-ly, they said, because Loh has beenjust as eager to start listening.

Their list of concerns is long,but there is general agreement

about which areas need improve-ment. Given the opportunity, grad-uate students will rattle off their pri-orities: housing, child care, healthcare, communication, representa-tion and completion rates. WithLoh preparing to take the helm,they’ve seized the chance to airtheir views and said they’repleased with his response so far.

Loh earned himself a reputa-tion among students at the Uni-versity of Iowa, where he wasprovost for two years, as an acces-

sible administrator with studentinterests at the forefront of hisleadership philosophy. Graduatestudents at this university, whohave been vocal about their dis-pleasure with former universityPresident Dan Mote’s handling oftheir specific issues, are hopefulthat mantra will translate into asimilar governing style here.

“Provost Loh was the most openadministrator we had,” said Lynd-say Harshman, a medical graduatestudent and president of the Exec-

utive Council of Graduate and Pro-fessional Students at Iowa. “Hewas always willing to meet withstudents. He is easy to work withand truly cares about us.”

Barrett Dillow, an aerospaceengineering graduate student atthis university, said he has alreadynoticed Loh’s willingness to listenand is excited to have a presidentwho seems to be on graduate stu-dents’ side.

Police crack down on‘suspicious’ peopleSeveral banned from the campus

BY BEN PRESENTStaff writer

Although mounting con-cerns about citizen rob-beries have police beefingup patrols off the campus,police said the usual sus-pects on university propertyhaven’t gone anywhere.

So far in September, Uni-versity Police have loggedmore than a dozen cases inwhich officers responded todisorderly conduct, deniedsomeone access to the cam-pus or observed a “suspi-cious person,” according tothe department’s onlinerecords, often involve non-students.

In one such situation ear-lier this month, MarkEdward Goodson wasarrested and banned fromthe campus after heallegedly blocked traffic onCampus Drive and foughtwith, spat on and bit offi-cers who arrested him,police said.

Goodson, 33, of Mitchel-lville, told police he hadjumped a fence to get ontothe campus before officersfirst saw his unruly behaviorat about 10:30 p.m. Sept. 9,police said. At the mainentrance to the campus atRoute 1, police allege Good-son charged toward studentpolice aides — one of whomhad to put out his hand tokeep Goodson away — andofficers arrested him.

His evening didn’t stopthere, police said. On theway to the Hyattsville jail,Goodson allegedly tried tobreak out of a police car,“told officers he was goingto break out of the hand-cuffs, rip the car apart, stealthe officer’s gun and ‘tearthe jail to pieces,’” Univer-sity Police spokesmanCapt. Marc Limansky wrotein an e-mail. Police claim heproceeded to spit all overthe floor of the jail’s central

BY AMANDA PINOStaff writer

It was a Saturday afternoon,and they were drunk, shoutingprofanities across the street toone another outside a home hous-ing a young couple with an infant.

“It’s College Avenue in Col-lege Park,” a student who askednot to be named said from hisporch. “[Families] shouldn’t live

here because we’re going to goout every night.”

But live in College Park non-students do, and many of themhave deep ties to the universityand community. Some, such asthe couple on College Avenue,weren’t sure how much longerthey could take the noise and dis-respect. But others — such asOld Town resident Joseph Mead-ow — said they would never leave

the place they called home, adja-cent to a school and students thatinspire them daily.

Meadow, a lawyer and land-lord with white hair but a youth-ful gait who graduated from theuniversity in 1958, said he’s livedin College Park for 31 of his 70-some years.

Meadow said he still loves The Müller family has lived in thecity for the past 10 years. MATTHEW

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see CONCERNS, page 7

see NEIGHBORS, page 2see BEHAVIOR, page 3

BY KATE YANCHULISSenior staff writer

Playing before the smallestByrd Stadium crowd at coachRalph Friedgen’s tenure, the Ter-rapin football team could havefallen victim to a flat atmosphereand an opportunistic Florida Inter-national squad.

In recent years, the Terps likelywould have. The Golden Panthershail from the Sun Belt Confer-ence, the same league that callsMiddle Tennessee State — a team

that upset the Terps the past twoseasons — one of its own.

But those fans not repelled by anoon kickoff, steamy weather orthe team’s struggles, both newand recent, saw the Terps take astep forward with a 42-28 victory.

“I thought our offense came tolife,” Friedgen said.

Despite some rough perform-ances, the Terps (3-1) made bigplays to secure the win. Thoughthe Panthers (0-3) played

see FIU, page 10

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Sharing spacesSome students and families learn to amicably

coexist in College Park while others feud

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hanging out at R.J. Bentley’s andwatching sports games — nowwith his son, a graduate student atthe university.

He said he could never leave theatmosphere of academia and theold haunts he knows so well, eventhough some students lose theircommon sense and decency onweekend nights and game days.

“I love my country, I love thestate of Maryland, and I love thisschool,” he said.

“Do I have an objection to noise?Of course. Do [students] object tome objecting? Of course,” headded. “But why buy a house rightnext to an airport if you can’t standthe sound of planes?”

But Bob Schnabel, who haslived in College Park almost con-tinuously since he graduated fromthe university in 1966, said therewasn’t always a proverbial airportnear his 19th century Old Townhouse. The neighborhood heknew, which falls roughly be-tween Route 1 and the Metrotracks south of Paint Branch Park-way, has transformed over theyears, he said, even as his attach-ment to his house and communitygrew stronger.

Parts of his community, at least;Schnabel bemoaned the “deso-late” lawns of the growing numberof student rental homes.

“That’s how the cancerspreads,” said Schnabel, whosewife, Stephanie Stullich, repre-sents the neighborhood and therest of District 3 on the CollegePark City Council.

As the student population inOld Town boomed, Schnabel’snew rowdy neighbors have notonly thrown loud parties, he said,but some have even hurled rocksthrough the windows of his lov-ingly restored historic house.Once, Schnabel added, a studenteven urinated in his front yardwhile he was gardening.

Schnabel’s interactions with stu-dents have colored his impressionof the university’s academic quality,

and he said that after facing vandal-ism and violence, he no longerknocks on his neighbors’ door toask them to turn down the music;instead, he just phones the police.

Birgit Meade, whose familylives on Dartmouth Avenue near agaggle of women who play for theTerrapin lacrosse team, has amore cordial relationship withnearby undergraduates.

Meade’s two children play onthe lacrosse players’ front yard,her son mows the lawns of tworental homes in the neighbor-hood, and she will lend studentneighbors a shovel or ladder andwatch their home during breaks.

“It’s worked out really well forus. We get on really well,” saidneighbor Laura Merrifield, a sen-ior kinesiology major and lacrossemidfielder. Meade describedMerrifield and her housemates aspolite and friendly, and she has at-tended a lacrosse semi-final gameto cheer them on.

Meade, who has lived in Col-lege Park since she came to theUnited States from Germany in1993, said she appreciates the lec-tures, concerts, classes and gymavailable on the campus. She andher husband also have convenientcommutes — he works as a uni-versity researcher and instructor;she rides the Metro to work.

Yet despite her many positiveinteractions with students and theuniversity, Meade still worriesthat there are not enough play-mates in the neighborhood forher children, that the schools inPrince George’s County are notgood enough and that the profani-ty and out-of-control binge drink-ing that she frequently witnessesare a bad influence.

“Sometimes it’s not even darkyet and people are already terriblydrunk, using really foul language,”she said, adding that a studentonce threw a chair at her house.

“You walk to church on Sundaypast piles of red cups and trash,”Meade said.

Some students will arguethat’s what you sign up for whenyou live near college students,but College Avenue resident Eve

Müller disagrees.Müller, who has spent most of

her adult life in a series of collegetowns, said she loves to live in anarea with youthful energy and di-versity, that accepts her quirky per-sonality and overgrown backyard.

“I want my kids to be in a neigh-borhood where there’s edginess,not so much of a sense of privi-lege,” said Müller, who has livedhere with her husband and twodaughters since 2000.

She said she appreciates herlongtime graduate philosophy stu-dent neighbors, to whom she oncerented her own house when sheand her husband were out of thecountry, and always enjoys an intel-ligent conversation with students.

But as Müller chatted withneighbor Chris Aubry, researchdirector for the agriculture andnatural resources college, the two

expressed disappointment in Col-lege Park’s lack of traditional col-lege-town amenities, such as inde-pendent businesses filling a walka-ble downtown.

“It’s not Chapel Hill or Berke-ley,” Aubry said.

“And there was never this levelof intense partying when we livedin Berkeley,” Müller added.

Müller said she goes back andforth on whether she’ll stay in Col-lege Park for the foreseeable fu-ture. But last weekend, with herdog at her feet, her daughter mak-ing crystals with a science kit in herkitchen and college students allaround, College Park was heaven.

“On days like this, with thestudents walking by, it’s so idyl-lic,” she said. “I know I could livehere forever.”

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Eve Müller and her daughter outside their College Avenuehouse. Müller said she likes the stimulating atmosphere of a college town. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

Beer cans and red drinking cups frequently litter the Müllers’College Avenue property. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

processing unit, the windows ofa police car and two police offi-cers, and he also bit one officeron the shin.

Goodson was ultimatelycharged with resisting a law-ful arrest, two counts of sec-ond-degree assault on an offi-cer for spitting, second-degree assault for the bitingand failing to obey a reason-able and lawful order of apolice officer. Limansky saidGoodson remained in custody,awaiting trial, last night.

While police have no trou-ble identifying some peoplewho they don’t want aroundthe campus — such as Good-son and a 23-year-old Wash-ington man who allegedlyexposed himself to a univer-sity staff member in TurnerHall — Limansky said officersneed to pay closer attention toother individuals.

“Part of our job patrolresponsibility is to look forindividuals who look suspi-cious,” Limansky said. “A lot ofthat is based off their behaviorand dress.”

“If it looks like behavior nor-mally inconsistent with a stu-dent or faculty member,” headded, “then that will requiremore attention.”

Police ban some of the sus-picious characters, such asGoodson, from the campusafter their alleged misbehav-ior. Others, such 23-year-old

Kenan Hollingsworth of Col-lege Park, are identified aspeople who had been bannedbefore.

Hollingsworth was arrestedand charged with trespassingSept. 14 after police found him inthe engineering building; he hadbeen banned after he was previ-ously charged with stealing uni-versity property.

Limansky said this frequencyof incidents is “par for thecourse” for University Police, butsome students were generallysurprised about the trespassingissues this campus faces.

Sophomore letters and sci-ences major Alison Karp saidshe would want to get a crimealert about cases similar toGoodson’s after hearing aboutthe situation.

“I would want to know aboutsomething like this,” said Karp,who lives on the campus. “It’snot really a big hassle to get ane-mail a day. If it’s my safety, it’sworth it.”

But Limansky said thatgiven the frequency of theseevents, it would be impracti-cal to alert students everytime. If students got alerts forevery suspicious person onthe campus, he said, it coulddesensitize them to the e-mails altogether.

Crime alerts are reserved forevents where there remains an“ongoing threat to personalsafety,” he added, but he offereda possible solution.

Limansky said UniversityPolice are figuring out whatpurpose they want for itsNixle.com page, but inci-dents such as trespassingcould be included. Nixle.comoffers users the ability tosubscribe to alerts from vari-ous organizations. UniversityPolice send out messagesunder the name “Universityof Maryland Department ofPublic Safety.”

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DOTS says adding buses fixedCirculator tardiness issuesSome students claim buses still late on campus route

BY ALICIA MCCARTYStaff writer

DOTS has designated anadditional bus to run Shuttle-UM’s new Circulator routeduring peak hours after stu-dents complained the bus con-sistently arrived late the firstfew weeks of the semester.

One of three new busroutes added this semester,the Circulator is a combina-tion of the North and SouthCampus connectors, whichwere joined to compensate fora tight budget, Department ofTransportation Services offi-cials said.

The added bus, which willremain on the route for therest of the school year, is cost-ing DOTS $14,000, DirectorDavid Allen said.

Allen said he was con-cerned that the original tim-ing of the Circulator was mis-calculated, so last Monday,DOTS tried running twobuses on the route duringthe busy morning and after-noon hours.

“On-campus buses gener-ally run late the first fewweeks,” Allen said. “We were

more worried about the Circu-lator because it was new.”

Allen said permanentadjustments to the scheduleof the bus route — whichwould increase the amount oftravel time between each stopto more accurate intervalsand eliminate the need foradditional buses — would notbe made until next year.

Before the changes, thedelays caused class atten-dance issues for some stu-dents and left them anx-iously waiting at the bus stopfor longer than they antici-pated. An of f-campus stu-dent who wished to remainanonymous said she relieson the Circulator to get toclass each day but that thebus was far from reliable.

During the first week of thesemester, she said the busarrived 15 to 20 minutes lateat her off-campus stop eachmorning, causing her toarrive late for several of herfirst classes.

She began getting on thecampus 45 minutes to an hourearly to ensure she wasn’tlate, but she said getting upearlier and killing time on the

campus wasn’t a routine shewas thrilled to keep up.

“It’s a really frustrating sys-tem,” she said. “It forced peo-ple to walk, ride a bike or havea friend [drive them]. They’reinconveniencing studentswith their schedule. [DOTS]is extremely poorly run, and Iwish it was managed better.”

The student set up a meet-ing to discuss the problemwith Allen, who was alreadyaware of the situation. Sincethe addition of the extra busduring peak hours, the stu-dent said she is no longerlate to her classes becauseof the Circulator.

Hsin Shuo Yeh, an interna-tional student with the Mary-land English Institute, alsorides the Circulator each dayat about 8:40 a.m. and hasbeen late to class because ofthe bus. She said the shuttlehas consistently been 10 min-utes late, and because of thatshe too has started taking anearly bus to ensure she’s notlate to class.

Since Sept. 20, Yeh had notnoticed the bus coming on time.

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WHERE THE DINING TRAYS ARE Students constantly load trays with

dirty dishes, glasses, napkins and theoccasional student ID card in the NorthCampus Diner or the South CampusDining Hall. Ever wonder where theydisappear to along its conveyor belt?

Dining Services spokesman Bart Hip-ple debunked a theory that an army ofgoblins descends on trays at the otherend of the belt. For Hipple’s version ofevents and to read about other universi-ty goings-on, visit The Diamondback’sCampus Drive newsroom blog atblogs.umdbk.com/campusdrive.

SEPTEMBER SUSPICIONSTTrreessppaasssseerrss ssppootttteedd::

Stamp Student Union, 1:26 p.m. Sept. 1Montgomery Hall, 1:48 p.m. Sept. 1Engineering Building, 4:48 p.m. Sept. 13Route 1 at Knox Road, 10 p.m. Sept. 14Hornbake Plaza, 4:29 p.m. Sept. 15Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, 9:40 p.m. Sept. 21Allegany Hall, 3:05 a.m. Sept. 23

NNeeww ddeenniiaallss ooff aacccceessss::Regents Drive near Route 1, 3:03 a.m. Sept. 5South Campus Commons 7, 3:45 a.m. Sept. 5

What do Panda Express,California Tortilla andYami Yami have incommon? Yes, they’re

all College Park businesses, and yes,they all offer relatively affordablefoodstuffs. But other than that, thereis one key distinction between themand most other eateries in andaround the campus: All three have alengthy track record of helping stu-dent organizations fundraise.

Whenever I browse listservs andsee the staple “restaurant night”advertisement, it’s almost always atone of these three places. At first, Ididn’t think too much of it. After all,maybe these restaurants have a his-tory of netting the most profit, andthat’s why student groups flock tothem. But recently, after a studentgroup I’m involved in tried to plan asimilar fundraiser, I realized thenumber of local businesses open tofundraising in College Park is

painfully small. Not to state the obvious, but

restaurants make a profit from fund-raising events, too. It’s a win-win sit-uation most of the time. If a studentgroup is successful in advertising forthe event, then the restaurant willprofit from the extra rush of cus-tomers. And since student groupsget a percentage of the restaurant’searnings during fundraising events,more customers translates to morefunds raised. It’s cold, hard cash andfree publicity for the restaurant andthe student group.

So if you were a part of a studentgroup and you were thinking of host-

ing a restaurant night around thecampus, which one would you pick?One of my first choices wasYogiberry. I’ve never met a soul thatdoes not enjoy frozen yogurt toppedwith everything under the CandyLand sun. Most people try to find anexcuse to grab some froyo anyway,and a fundraiser for charity would bean extra incentive. It’s the ideal loca-tion for fundraising. My studentorganization excitedly called in toinquire about a restaurant night.

The response: “Sorry, we don’t doany fundraising.”

Yogiberry, oh Yogiberry. Firstthey take away my 15 percent stu-dent discount, and now this? Thefact of the matter is, despite theirbrightly colored wallpaper and funkyIKEA furniture, Yogiberry isn’t nec-essarily a very student-friendlyestablishment. And it’s not justYogiberry either — why is PandaExpress the only restaurant in the

Stamp Student Union’s food courtthat does fundraising? Why doesn’tFive Guys help out while its next-door neighbor does?

I think that because the restau-rants near our campus are, well, nearour campus, they should attempt tobe more helpful toward our studentbody. Most of the student organiza-tions at the university are raisingmoney to do something good —whether it’s to donate to a charity orto strengthen their club as a whole.Putting up a few Testudos and sportsschedules is a thoughtful and sup-portive gesture, but more can bedone. Out of all of the restaurants inand around the campus, thereshould be more than just a handfulwilling to help out students.

Angelina She is a sophomore Englishand neurobiology and physiologymajor. She can be reached [email protected].

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Today is National Voter Regis-tration Day, a day when Stu-dent Public Interest ResearchGroup chapters at approxi-

mately 100 universities will partake in acoordinated effort to register first-timevoters. For weeks, students at other uni-versities have found it hard to miss theopportunity to register to vote, but atthis university, today will mark the firstvisible signs of such a large-scale cam-paign since 2008.

Indeed, it was not until Sept. 21 —three weeks before voter registrationcloses — that student leaders even for-mulated any significant plan to organizea student-led registration effort. Repre-sentatives from the Student Govern-ment Association, Residence Hall Asso-ciation, MaryPIRG, College Democratsand College Republicans formed a coali-tion to attack voter registration effortsfrom a multitude of angles to register1,500 new voters.

Yet despite this impressive goal, withonly two weeks until registration closes,even the most dedicated students willnot be able to eradicate the culture of

apathy at our university. The universityhas been of no help either.

In 2008, the university made a com-mitment to work with students on theirvoter registration efforts through theCoalition for Civic Engagement andLeadership, an organization created in2004 to increase students’ civic aware-ness. These efforts led to an unprece-dented 2,514 new student voters in2008. But this partnership, onceknown as the TerpsVote campaign, isnow defunct.

It is quite disturbing that universityadministrators have contributed noth-ing of value to reignite that campaign.Our community only has the opportu-nity to elect a governor every fouryears, and the university’s inactionsends a clear message to us: Universityadministrators do not have faith in ourability to bring attention to higher edu-cation through voting.

Without the direct support of the uni-versity, voter registration efforts liesolely in the hands of the students. Yetdespite the resources at their disposal,the plan devised by student leaders at

this university lacks the momentumand drive necessary to energize youngpeople to vote.

In 2002, there were only 693 regis-tered voters on the campus. By 2006,that grew to about 3,300. Today, thereare slightly more than 2,600 regis-tered voters. But the biggest chal-lenge is not in increasing voter regis-tration to their 2006 levels — it’s get-ting students to vote.

Student leaders cannot expect to cap-tivate students and make them feelpolitically relevant over the course oftwo weeks. Voter registration effortswill not be successful until students feelthey are politically relevant — not justbefore elections, but all of the time.

Rather than just working to increasethe number of voters, student leaders

should work toward personalizing thiselection for the typical student. Simplystanding at a table with voter registra-tion forms is a serious waste of time —mobilizing voters is more than justputting election-related material infront of someone.

With the limited time that this coali-tion already has, their time should befocused on returning past voters to thepolls. Studies show that individuals aremore likely to vote if they have voted inthe past.

With this information, student lead-ers should have created a viable planthat ensured their efforts would leadstudents to the polls not just Nov. 2but also in years to come. Unless stu-dent leaders seriously rethink theirstrategy under this premise, they willcontinue to fall flat on their faces andfail to faithfully serve the interests ofthe student body.

Andrew Steinberg is a senior criminologyand criminal justice and government andpolitics major. He can be reached [email protected].

Voter registration: Changing the focus

I t sometimes seems that those with some of the most integral jobs arethose first forgotten. People who work the longest and hardest hoursor who are in the lowest income bracket can be the first to be put on thechopping block.

More often than not, staff members at this university — janitors, administra-tive assistants, chefs, deans, vice presidents and program managers — arethese workers. Those university employees, who do everything from clean thefloors and toilets to type and help implement the university’s strategic plan,have a small voice at this university. Staff members, forexample, are only given 27 voting seats in the approxi-mately 190-member University Senate — fewer than the36 student seats and 101 voting faculty members.

To some, the lack of representation is only one indica-tor of the university’s attitude toward its support staff.Many staff members said they felt snubbed and ignoredunder the 12-year tenure of former university PresidentDan Mote. And when budgets had to be cut, staff posi-tions were often the first to be eliminated. As Craig Newman, secretary ofthe university’s chapter of the American Federation of State, County andMunicipal Employees, recently put it, over the past decade, this universityhas demonstrated it simply didn’t care about staff.

But this may be about to change. Incoming university President Wallace Loh has called for prioritizing a

higher staff retention during these hard economic times, and many staffmembers have been looking hopefully toward his upcoming tenure, believ-ing that he will give them a greater voice in the university’s affairs.

Although this rhetoric may just be rhetoric, it is certainly a good start. Toprove his words are more than just empty promises, Loh must follow throughand support some of the most important members of this community.

The university would be incapable of functioning without its staff. Staffmembers are the gears that enable this institution to operate, providing thesupport that faculty need to teach their classes (like administrative assistantsdo), staffing many of the offices that students rely upon most (such as thosewho staff the financial aid office) and keeping many of the facilities that stu-

dents use every day (such as dorms and dining halls)up and running.

Staff members do not hold the same job security asthose in tenured positions. They work for little pay andeven less recognition, often bearing the brunt of finan-cial constraints. Although some may consider theirpositions 9-to-5 jobs, they often require putting in over-time hours on weekends and holidays.

Loh must make it clear that staff and their concernsare a priority. By organizing town hall-like environments that allow for personalfeedback and open discussions, Loh will have a chance to improve relationsbetween staff and administrators.

Despite the fact that they may not attract research dollars or garner atten-tion in academia, staff members are still essential and their concerns are noless valid. As Loh prepares to take control of the university, he should makegood on his promise to staff and listen to their concerns. Although they maybe the unnoticed gears behind the scenes, they should no longer go withoutthe recognition they deserve.

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Our ViewIncoming university

President Wallace Loh mustmake the concerns of

university staff a priority.

Businesses: Where’s the Terp love?

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Last Monday, as I satbefore the president ofthe United States in a liveTV audience, a recent law

school graduate posed a questionto him. Speaking of his dashedhopes of finding employment, dis-appointment at having to moveback home, failure to make studentloan interest payments and doubtsabout affording a home and family,he described his generation’s rap-idly dissipating faith in the adminis-tration. He then poignantly askedBarack Obama, “Is the Americandream dead?”

Although the potentially turbu-lent future ahead is a relatively newrealization for many young Ameri-cans, in truth, the American dreamhas long been in jeopardy. Mon-day’s question reveals not only theexpectation among some thatObama can restore the Americandream but also the disappointmentthat he hasn’t done so already.

Such desires are understandablebut nonetheless ignorant of thelong-standing trends that broughtabout the precipitous decline of theAmerican middle class. To fullyunderstand the America of 2010, itis necessary to revisit the Americaof 1980, when a weak economy anda hostage crisis in Iran helpedRonald Reagan win a landslideelectoral victory. The support hegarnered from previously Democ-ratic blue-collar workers —dubbed “Reagan Democrats” —was significant. In bringing thesevoters to the Republicans’ side,Reagan realigned American poli-tics and sounded the death knellfor the New Deal coalition that hadpreviously expanded the middleclass through Social Security, theGI Bill, Medicare, Medicaid, theCivil Rights Act and the Pell Grant.

Despite Reagan’s popularity,the benefits of his supply-side eco-nomic policies failed to “trickledown” to the workers who have,over the years, come to favor hispolitical party at the polls. In 1980,the richest 1 percent of Ameri-cans earned just 9 percent of thenation’s wealth. By 2007, that por-tion had risen to 23.5 percent.This dramatic consolidation ofwealth was highlighted byObama, who pointed out that in2009, amid the Great Recession,each of America’s 25 highest paidhedge-fund managers took homean average of $1 billion. Ournation’s yawning wealth gap,spawned in part by the discred-ited ideology of the president’sfiercest critics on the right, hascreated a chasm into which themiddle class continues to fall.

Obama hinted at the irony of anelectorate that frequently votesagainst its own class interestswhen he told Monday’s audiencethat he personally stands to benefitfrom the renewal of the Bush-eratax cuts that he now seeks to abol-ish. His opposition to the cuts, partof the first Oval Office effort innearly a decade to boost the dimin-ished prospects for the Americandream, is commendable. The cur-rent era of Democratic leadershipon both ends of PennsylvaniaAvenue has yielded real benefitsfor working Americans that includea higher minimum wage, the guar-antee of health insurance, protec-tion from predatory lenders and anoverhaul of federal student finan-cial aid.

Yet, to expect the administrationto reverse a 30-year-old trend or toreject the president’s congres-sional allies on the grounds thatObama has failed to transform ourcountry and its capital city duringhis 21 months in office is every bitas unfair as the very injustices thatenrage voters. Flowing from bothends of the political spectrum (JonStewart told Bill O’Reilly days agothat he is “saddened” by Obama),such sentiment fails to grasp themagnitude or historical context ofthe challenges at hand.

The profound confusion overwho is responsible for the fading ofthe American dream shouldn’tobfuscate the frustrations its elu-siveness has generated among vot-ers. Indeed, such frustrations areclearly justified. However, theanger directed at the president andmembers of his party is deeplymisplaced. The decline of Amer-ica’s middle class has been 30years in the making; an informedperspective suggests a restorationmay take just as long.

Rennie Silva is a graduate studentin international security andeconomic policy. He can be reachedat [email protected].

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Life of the partyPREVIEW | THE DANCE PARTY

University alumni bring their pop-rock group back homeBY SHARAD THAPER

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After graduating from the uni-versity with an English degree,Mick Coogan did what mostnew graduates do: He got a joband began teaching AP EnglishLiterature at a local high school.

While his weekdays werespent discussing and analyzingpoetry, plays and novels with hisstudents, Coogan jetted off toLos Angeles on the weekends toperform with his band, TheDance Party, which will bereleasing its new album, Touch,tomorrow and performing atthe Rock N Roll Hotel on Friday.

Keeping his teaching sepa-rate from his role as the leadsinger of a band living a life ofsex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll wasdifficult, but Coogan believesstudying English has helpedhim in his musical endeavors.

“As an English major, I wasexposed to a lot of literature, andit helped me grow as an artist,”he said.

Coogan and another univer-sity alumnus, lead guitaristKevin Bayly, formed The DanceParty with some friends in Col-lege Park in 2005. While the twojammed together on a few occa-sions before, both finally com-mitted to playing together as aband.

Early on, the band tried toestablish itself in the Washing-ton music scene by playing asmany gigs as possible.

“We got serious really fast,”Bayly said. “I don’t rememberwhere we started, but we playedat frat parties, house parties,clubs and whatever we couldget our hands on. We had a bigshow at Lupo’s, which is Thirsty

Turtle now.” Coogan — who lists 9:30

Club as his favorite Washing-ton venue in which to perform— and his band began toreceive attention in 2007 frombloggers and local newspapersdue to the band’s constantpresence in the area and flam-boyant performances.

Unsatisfied, however, TheDance Party pushed its bound-aries further.

“We decided to make thetransition to a full-time band acouple of years ago,” Bayly said.“We were trying to get an offer,and an entertainment lawyertold me that all roads lead to L.A.Nothing more true than that. If

you’re going to do rock and popmusic, that’s where all the labelsare. You can’t do this in NewYork and definitely not in D.C.”

On one occasion while par-tying in Los Angeles, Cooganand Bayly met a dancer whoworked at the strip club CrazyGirls. It turned out to be amajor breakthrough.

“It was a random Sundaynight, and we were gettingtanked,” recalled Bayly. “Mickcame up to me and said,‘Check it out. This girl thinkswe should play at the club sheworks at.’ We got the contactinfo, and Mick went to check itout. Pretty soon, we werehanging out with strippers.”

The encounter with thedancer led to a series of per-formances at Crazy Girls over aperiod of six months. Havinggained exposure on the WestCoast, The Dance Party soonsigned with Atlantic Records.

Heather Peggs, who works inthe artists and repertoire divi-sion of Atlantic Records and wasinvolved in the process of sign-ing the band, first spotted TheDance Party during one of itsperformances in Los Angeles.

“I was really blown away,”Peggs said of the performance.“It’s a long process to find aband, and I’m looking for starquality. The frontman Mick is asuperstar — he has that ‘it’ fac-

tor. When you see him perform,it’s electric.”

With a record deal in hand,The Dance Party started work-ing on their album, Touch.While collaborating with artistssuch as Justin Hawkins of TheDarkness and Scott Shriner ofWeezer, the band spent ninemonths completing the album.

“It was a great learning expe-rience,” Coogan said.

Still, Coogan believes the newalbum is reflective of the band’sexperiences only.

“Our record speaks clearly asto who we are,” he said. “Manybands have an image and asound that conflicts with whothey actually are. Not ours. Our

music is consistent and straightout of our lives.”

In addition to working onTouch, The Dance Partyreturned to the East Coast to per-form at 2009’s Art Attack, whichwas headlined by Ludacris.

“I grew up in Prince George’sCounty, and I’ve been going toArt Attack since high school,”Bayly said. “I remember when itwas on the mall, but it was superexciting to play at the stadium.”

The highlight of the night,however, came after the per-formance, when the bandmoved over to Cornerstone andplayed an impromptu set.

“The people there gave uspermission,” Coogan said. “Wewere black-out drunk, and theplace was packed. It was f---ingcrazy. Everyone was looking foran excuse to party.”

“We partied all night andwoke up the next day in strangeplaces,” Bayly added.

The band’s Friday perform-ance will be its first in the Wash-ington area since Art Attack.Both Coogan and Bayly areeager to return to their home-town and play for their friends,but for audiences not familiarwith their music, Bayly warnstheir shows are for a certaingroup of people.

“I think [a] The Dance Partyshow is a dance party show.It’s the idea of what we’re allabout. Either you’re with us oryou’re not.”

The Dance Party will performat the Rock N Roll Hotel on Fri-day. Tickets are $14, and doorsopen at 8 p.m. for the 9 p.m.show. The band’s album, Touch,will be released tomorrow.

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brings in a substantial amountof funding for the universityand the state, there is oftenthe perception that humani-ties play a less vital role at theuniversity.

“It’s the sciences that is per-ceived as really running theuniversity in terms of bringingin the money,” Fenster said.“In the humanities, no matterhow wonderful of a reputationa professor or program has,they don’t have access to thescale of federal funds that areavailable to scientists. As aresult, their contributions areperceived to be less by someadministrators.”

English professor MarthaNell Smith, who drafted a letterto the Presidential Search Com-mittee last semester emphasiz-ing the need for a presidentwho appreciates the humani-ties, saw Loh’s appointment as apositive step for the university.

Smith said it’s hard to tellhow Loh will react regardingthe humanities and sciencesdepartments because he hasn’tfully transitioned to the univer-sity yet, but she’s optimistic hewill appreciate all disciplines.

Farvardin said it shouldn’tmatter what background a pres-ident comes from for them to doan efficient job running the uni-versity, noting former universityPresident Brit Kirwan’s back-ground in mathematics andMote’s engineering degree.

“I don’t think a president’sdiscipline should really haveany influence on the treatmentof the university,” he said. “Allpresidents should treat the uni-versity in a balanced way, and

I’m convinced Mote and Kir-wan did that.”

Others, however, think itmatters what field the presi-dent tends to lean toward, andsome professors said Loh’spsychology background is anadvantage.

“Personally, I think scien-tists tend to see things in blackand white, and maybe that’snot the best approach to run-ning a multi-layered and multi-cultural institution,” Fenstersaid. “You have to be able toperceive nuances in order toappreciate the wealth of diver-sity here.”

Farvardin said even thoughresearch grants primarily go tothe sciences because of thework’s nature, the universitycommunity values the humani-ties just as highly.

“I don’t want to give anyimpression that humanists arenot engaged in research,” hesaid, noting that research for ahistorian is different and oftenless expensive than research fora physicist. “We are making sig-nificant advancements in thearts. We’re bringing outstand-ing scholars here who are doingcutting-edge scholarship.”

Despite the fundamentaldifferences between thehumanities and the hard sci-ences, Farvardin said this cul-tural variety is beneficial in acollege setting.

“It’s what makes such a richuniversity community,” Far-vardin said. “If all the parts ofthe university were the same,the university would lose itsintellectual vigor.”

Physics professor JordanGoodman said even thoughthe science departments bringin more money, the humanitiesare always appreciated for

their contributions to the uni-versity.

“We know we’ve been astrong part of giving the uni-versity the reputation it has,but we’re happy to see the restof the university succeeding,too,” he said. “The state legisla-ture sees the importance of aprogram that brings in a lot ofresources and jobs, but we inthe hard sciences think it’sbest when the whole universityis a strong place.”

Though Goodman saidMote’s propensity for engi-neering was beneficial for thescience departments, headded he didn’t think thoseschools would now sufferbecause Loh’s expertise lieselsewhere.

“It’s good to have someonewho knows what you do, but atop quality person will figureout what we do,” he said. “Aslong as he has the best aca-demic interest at heart, it won’tbe an issue.”

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“Dr. Loh was kind enough toreach out to Anna [Bedford, Gradu-ate Student Government presi-dent] and a group of graduate stu-dents to talk with us about our is-sues,” Dillow said. “It is a positivesign. We have always wanted aleader of the university who is tak-ing the opinions and needs of grad-uate students into consideration.”

In their meeting, Loh listened asBedford laid out many of her topconcerns and explained how grad-uate students feel like a neglectedconstituency at the university. Shesaid she left feeling encouraged theincoming president took the timeto hear her concerns.

Communication between theGSG and administrators has beenshaky in the past, and transparencyissues have plagued the relation-ship, Bedford said.

“The problem has been thatgraduate students have kept theirhead down, what with workloadhigh and time short,” Dillow said.“Without people like Anna, whoknow the issues and when we asgraduate students are being short-ed, we will continue to be under-represented.”

Bedford added graduate studentrepresentation has been lacking inthe past because of limitations ad-ministrators have put on them.

“This is not a comment on Lohbecause he hasn’t done anythingyet, but students in the past havebeen invited to participate and rep-resent the graduate student body,then are restricted in their partici-pation,” she said.

Bedford is also disappointed bythe low completion rates of gradu-ate students and thinks the num-ber reflects a university that does-n’t prioritize graduate students,she said.

Her frustration may be short-lived: Harshman said Loh wasvery proactive in Iowa about find-ing ways for graduate students to

finish their degrees efficiently. “I would definitely encourage

students to go to [Loh] with con-cerns and ideas,” said Harshman.“He takes his students seriously,and he will make things happen.”

Graduate students have beendemanding administrators takeaction to offer them more afford-able housing, satisfactory child-care options and comprehensivehealth care .

Many students have repeatedlysaid the stipends they receive arenot high enough for them to af-ford clean, convenient housingand that the university should domore to provide or safeguardtheir options.

“We are providing the universi-ty with important administrativeand teaching labor, while gettingso poorly paid compared to theD.C. area cost of living,” MattStamm, graduate student senatorand chairman of the Student Af-fairs Committee, wrote in an e-mail. “ ... It could give graduate stu-dents additional housing optionswithin their financial reach andcould act as a recruiting tool whenthe university seeks new, talentedgraduate students.”

Students said they aren’t totallysatisfied with the university’s re-cent progressions with health andchild care but are willing to waitand see if the situation improves.

A family care and referral serv-ice that provides advice from aconsultant hasn’t gone far enoughto fix their dilemma, they said, andsome are skeptical of the mandato-ry health insurance and third-party billing system the UniversityHealth Center has implemented.

Though Loh hasn’t set any tan-gible goals yet, graduate studentssaid they will continue to be opti-mistic that he can deliver.

“His past accomplishments arevery impressive, and if he has asmuch success at Maryland as hehas had at other institutions, itshould serve this university well,”Stamm wrote.

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CONCERNSfrom page 1

BY DIANA ELBASHAStaff writer

For any students who everwished they could travel backin time to the unwise decisionthey made the night before,there’s a class for that.

Philosophy and Time Travel— PHIL408T — appeared inthe university’s course catalogfor the first time this summer.And as topics once consideredlacking educational purposeincreasingly find their way intocollege curriculums, some arereferring to the current state ofhigher education as simplyodd. But professors said thoseon the outside just don’t under-stand.

Daniel de Vise, the writerbehind The Washington Post’sCollege Inc. blog, publishedamid his recent postings alist of 15 courses he dubbedthe oddest in the Washingtonarea. Philosophy and TimeTravel earned the No. 12spot on the list, a rankingthat confused philosophyinstructors at the university,who believe the course’s titleis being misconstrued.

Dave McElhoes, who taughtthe course, said the concept oftime is discussed in severalphilosophy courses, and thiscourse was no exception.

“If I wanted to teach a course... I’d have to find something tograb [students’] interests,”McElhoes said. “Time travelseemed the obvious choice.”

He described paradoxesand theories surroundingtime travel that would compelstudents to analyze its contentphilosophically. A portion ofstudents’ grades in the courserelied on class debates via anonline discussion board.

“The essential thing in phi-losophy is the analysis ofarguments,” McElhoes said.

So while the course may notactually teach students how totravel back in time, it doesexplore important theoriesand arguments surrounding afundamental philosophicaltopic, said students and facultyin the philosophy department.

“There was a surprisingamount of legitimacy to thetopic,” said senior computerscience major Aaron Sanders,who took the course to satisfythe elective requirements ofhis philosophy minor. “It maybe odd ... but I got the samelooks when I told people I wastaking this class as I did for myother metaphysics courses.”

Students who did not takethe class were also asintrigued by its title and sub-ject matter.

“I would definitely be inter-ested to hear what peoplethink about time travel,” soph-omore letters and sciencesmajor Jessica Mayorga said.

Sophomore letters and sci-ences major Karen Cid saidthe course is the mostunusual she’s heard of.

“That class is definitelyworth being on the list,” shesaid, amused by the title of theclass. “I would never eventhink of taking that.”

But believe it or not, timetravel may not be the mostunusual topic studied at thisuniversity, some students said.

Senior history major Nico-las Minges said one assign-ment for the oddest class he’sever taken prompted him tosocialize — for a grade — withmen in drag.

“Our final project had to bean ‘out-of-comfort-zone’ expe-rience,” he said of EDHI338P:Emergent Themes, which hecompleted last semester. “Somy friends and I attendeddrag queen bingo.”

Other students describedcourses that require playingtwo hours of video games pernight — PSYC445: The Psy-chology of Video Games andEntertainment — and thatteach students how to prop-erly raise bees — BSCI121:

Beekeeping.Allen Stairs, associate chair-

man of the department,denounced the list, describingit as “silly” and taking onlysurface-level analyses ofclasses into consideration.

“In some cases, what’sgoing on is that titles are a lit-tle bit catchy,” he said of theranked courses. “My guess isevery single one is a rigorous,serious course.”

McElhoes reiterated thatclasses appearing to be out ofthe ordinary must be inter-preted in context to be takenseriously.

“I suppose, as far as thetitle goes, it seems sort ofstrange,” he said. “But not toa philosopher.”

Stairs said he approvedMcElhoes’ request to teachPHIL408T “without batting aneyelash.” He described feelingamused that PHIL408T wasconsidered extraordinary andbelieves its name was takenout of context when ranked.

“People who aren’t in phi-losophy think [the course] issomething other than what itis,” Stairs added. “Nobody issitting around wearing theirfoil hats thinking we’re mak-ing time machines.”

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A philosophy course at this university made it onto a list ofthe 15 oddest courses offered at Washington-area schoolsthat was compiled by a Washington Post blogger:

1. Introduction to Arboriculture (tree-climbing),Montgomery College

2. Hallucinating, Georgetown University3. War and Dancing: Strange Bedfellows, Goucher College4. Restorative Art I (embalming), University of the District

of Columbia5. How to Win the Tour de France, Marymount University6. Banned and Dangerous Art, University of Mary

Washington7. Lies and Secrets, Marymount University8. Ancient Egypt: Sex/Drugs/Rock, Johns Hopkins

University9. Sustainable Living: Raising Chickens at Home, Anne

Arundel Community College10. Understanding Baby Boomers, American University11. Field School in Material Culture (tobacco harvesting),

College of William and Mary12. Philosophy and Time Travel, University of Maryland13. Community Performance for Peace, Conflict and

Dialogue, Goucher College14. Vampires: Their Historical Significance in Literature,

Film and Pop Culture, Gallaudet University15. The Male Experience (development of male behavior),

Frostburg State University

SOURCE: The Washington Post

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go back to the future

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‘Time travel’ course earns spot on odd classes list

STRANGE SUBJECTS

“It’s what makessuch a richuniversitycommunity. If allthe parts of theuniversity werethe same, theuniversity wouldlose itsintellectual vigor.”

NARIMANFARVARDININTERIM PRESIDENT AND PROVOST

The provost gave a proportion of each college’s budget for FY 2011 backto deans, who can then decide how to use the cash for specific initiativesin line with the Strategic Plan.

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Goalkeeper Zac MacMath allowed two or more goals for only the second time thisseason in a 2-1 loss at No. 3 North Carolina. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Tar Heels toss aside Terps, history in 2-1 winMMEENN’’SS SSOOCCCCEERR

North Carolina scores game’s first two goals and holds offlate charge to secure first victory over Terps in seven years

BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Trottingoff Fetzer Field on Friday night,the Terrapin men’s soccer teamwas silent.

The Terps remained speechlessas they went through cool downsand stretches. No one wanted to— much less could — justify whathad happened on the field againstNorth Carolina in the preceding90 minutes.

Across the field, Tar Heel stu-dents serenaded their team as thegroup celebrated a 2-1 victory, itsfirst win against the Terps in sevenyears. Looking the part of the ACCfavorite, No. 3 North Carolina (5-1-0, 3-0-0 ACC) controlled posses-sion, frustrated the No. 5 Terps (4-2-1, 1-1-1) and finally brokethrough against a Terp team thathad long dominated them.

“I’m not a good loser,” saidcoach Sasho Cirovski, who with-held players from interviews afterthe loss, “and hopefully we’ll notrepeat this again.”

The difference fell just 10 min-utes into the contest, when NorthCarolina midfielder Michael Far-fan collected a pass from EnzoMartinez following a Terp foul.About 35 yards from the Terps’goal, Farfan made a swift movepast forward Jason Herrick andlaunched a shot.

The ball curved back to the topleft corner of the goal and whizzedpast the fingertips of goalkeeperZac MacMath for the first score ofthe game, stunning the Terps andinvigorating the Tar Heel faithful.

“They made the play that madethe difference,” Cirovski said.

Farfan’s picturesque score wasjust the second goal the Tar Heelshad ever scored on MacMath, who

had never lost to North Carolinabefore Friday.

“It’s a game about makingplays,” Cirovski said. “It was a playthat we should have stopped on thedribble or made a good save, andwe didn’t do it.”

Just eight minutes into the sec-ond half, the Terps made anothermental mistake. This time, offi-cials whistled midfielder MattKassel for a handball inside thepenalty box to give the Tar Heelsa penalty shot chance.

Farfan lined up and launched ashot to the lower right corner ofthe net. MacMath dove right.Despite fewer shots and opportuni-ties, the Tar Heels held a 2-0 lead.

The Terps’ offense continuedto struggle. Cirovski tried differ-ent formations and player combi-

nations to spark his attack, but lit-tle affected North Carolina’s stiffbackline.

The Terps certainly had theirchances — a wide-open Matt Kas-sel shot from point-blank rangethat ricocheted off the right post, aCasey Townsend header saved byNorth Carolina goalkeeper ScottGoodwin, a last-ditch corner andfree kick in the final minute — butthey could not convert.

“They have a very senior back-line, and they’re tough to pene-trate,” Cirovski said. “[Goodwin]made two incredible saves. Hemade the plays today, and hats offto him and their team.”

The Terps’ lone score came inthe 75th minute, after Tar Heelmidfielder Stephen McCarthy wascalled for a handball inside thepenalty box. On the ensuingpenalty kick, Kassel sliced thedeficit to one with a well-placedshot to the right corner of goal.

But no matter what the Terpstried in the final 15 minutes, NorthCarolina had an answer.

“We squandered a lot of verygood chances and we just weren’tdangerous on them,” Cirovski said.“It was not a great day for ourattacking players.”

In both road conferencematches this season — an earlierdraw at Boston College and Fri-day’s defeat — the Terps havestruggled on offense, failing tograb the early lead. A looming Fri-day battle against No. 11 Duke nowcarries even more importance for aTerp team stuck in the middle ofthe ACC standings.

“It’s a tough loss, but we lost to agood team,” Cirovski said. “We’ll pickup our pieces, we’ll lick our woundsand we’ll be ready for Duke.”

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Forward Jasmyne Spencer, right, had several scoring opportunities against No. 14 Duke yesterday,but she and the Terps had to settle for a 1-1 tie at Ludwig Field. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

Defender London Woodberry andthe Terps had scoring chancesFriday night but could not escapeNorth Carolina with a win in hand. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY CONOR WALSHStaff writer

As midfielder Lydia Hastings’blast from 45 yards away bouncedstraight down off the crossbarmidway through the second over-time of the No. 8 Terrapinwomen’s soccer team’s game yes-terday, the crowd at Ludwig Fieldcollectively gasped.

One line judge told Terpcoach Brian Pensky that he wascertain that the ball did not crossthe line. Hastings certainlythought differently.

“It’s going to be interestingwhen we look at it on the tape,”Pensky said. “I don’t know howhe could tell me with 100 per-cent certainty.”

Hastings’ near-miss exempli-fied the kind of day it was for theTerps, who tied No. 14 Duke, 1-1,despite outshooting the Blue Dev-ils 9-1 in the two overtime periods.

“We had opportunities untilthe last 10 seconds of thegame,” forward Ashley Grovesaid. “It’s frustrating.”

If it weren’t for Grove, however,the Terps (8-0-1, 0-0-1 ACC)would have left their first confer-ence game far more frustrated.

A Blue Devil goal in the 62ndminute, which came when Terpgoalkeeper Yewande Balogunlost control of a cross after a col-lision in the box that allowedDuke’s Callie Simpkins to tapthe ball into an empty net, gave

the visitors a 1-0 lead.“Duke had so much energy

after that goal,” Pensky said.“It’s tough to come back and tiea game.”

It appeared the Blue Devils’ensuing momentum would over-come the Terps’ pressing efforts toknot the score, but Grove’sunorthodox goal in the 76thminute answered their prayers.

After a Duke (6-2-1, 0-1-1) freekick, the Terps could not clear theball out of the penalty box. In oneflurry, the Blue Devils put fourshots on goal, but Balogun andthe Terps’ backline combined toturn away each chance.

When the Terps were finallyable to clear their defensivethird, the ball soared toward theDuke net. Blue Devil goal-keeper Tara Campbell came outto play it, but after bumping intoa defender, she lost the ball nearthe top of the penalty box.Grove, in perfect position,calmly corralled it and put it intothe empty net.

After so many legitimate, yetfruitless, attempts on goal —including shots from forward Jas-myne Spencer and midfielderMolly Dreska that found the postin the first half — it was perhaps fit-ting that the Terps found the equal-izer in such unexpected fashion.

“We fought really hard today,”co-captain Caitlin McDowellsaid after the game. “It was awe-some that we could come back

like that.”Missed overtime opportuni-

ties, including a cross that mid-fielder Amy O’Sullivan nearlytipped in and a point-blank,one-timer opportunity forSpencer that Campbell smoth-ered, only furthered the Terps’disappointment.

Still, the draw was well earnedin light of who they played with-out. Forward Sade Ayinde, whowas tied with Grove for the teamlead in points coming into yester-day’s game, missed her secondstraight game as she continued torecover from a head injury.

The Terps also lost centerdefensive midfielder DomenicaHodak midway through the firsthalf with what Pensky said was abone bruise in her knee.

But reserves Danielle Hubka,Olivia Wagner and Skyy Ander-son did not miss a beat, allowingthe Terps to remain in positionto earn a point in the most physi-cal game they’ve been apart ofthis season. But they aren’t sat-isfied yet.

“It’s one that with 20 minutesleft, you’re finding a way toscratch and get a point,” Penskysaid. “Now, at the end of thegame, it’s like, ‘Man, I wish we gotour three points.’”

Grove, though, has loftier goals.“All we want to do is finish top

in the ACC,” Grove said.

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WWOOMMEENN’’SS SSOOCCCCEERR

Terps can’t close in ACCopener, settle for 1-1 tie

BY JAKOB ENGELKESenior staff writer

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –After a defensive battle in thegame’s first 28 minutes —one through which both theTerrapin field hockey teamand Wake Forest were heldscoreless — it was only amatter of time before thefloodgates opened for two ofthe nation’s most prolificoffenses.

It took a set play to let thescoring break loose. Withonly seven minutes remain-ing in the first half, forwardKatie O’Donnell sent apenalty corner to defenderJemma Buckley, who rifled ashot toward the Demon Dea-cons’ cage. MidfielderKirstie Dennig was in theright position and tipped theshot into the air and overWake Forest goalkeeperKaitlyn Ruhf.

After Dennig’s goal, thegame’s first, offense finallystarted to flow. Two goalswere scored in the next fourminutes. But it was the Terpswho came out on top Satur-day afternoon, using a high-speed transition game andrelentless pressure fromtheir backline to defeatWake Forest, 5-3.

“It’s funny how goal scor-ing creates other goal scor-ing,” coach Missy Mehargsaid. “Once the goalsstarted to come, they camefor both teams.”

With the score tied at two12 minutes into the secondhalf, the Terps (8-0, 2-0 ACC)converted multiple fast-break opportunities to againget on the board.

In the 49th minute, for-ward Janessa Pope startedthe rush upfield. She rifled apass toward the baseline, hit-ting forward Hayley Turner,who in turn quickly foundforward Jill Witmer (twogoals) on the backdoor. Wit-mer finished the play with aneasy flick of the stick.

Just seven minutes later,Pope carried the ball frommidfield into the attackingthird, gaining numbers onthe Demon Deacons (6-3, 1-2). She found an opening inthe shooting circle andpassed the ball to Witmer,who knocked in a goal while

falling down, putting theTerps up 4-2.

“We had some great pass-ing combinations,” Mehargsaid. “All those freshmenand sophomores up front[with Pope, Turner and Wit-mer] enabled us to put KatieO’Donnell in the midfieldsome and get a little morecontrol of the game. Ourpassing put a lot of pressureon their backline.”

With the Terps’ stiflingpressure, the game easilycould have gotten out ofhand. But with the strongplay of Wake Forest’s Ruhf,who stopped 10 Terp shots,the Demon Deacons wereable to keep it close.

With 18 minutes remain-ing, Witmer cut in betweentwo defenders and foundherself in a one-on-one situa-tion with Ruhf. Witmer tooka blistering shot, but Ruhfflashed a leg pad, making animpressive save and keepingthe score at 3-2.

“[Ruhf] has a reallystrong voice, so I can imag-

ine that her defense isreally comfortable with herback there,” O’Donnellsaid. “There’s not muchmore to say [other] thanshe did a phenomenal jobstopping us.”

Although the Terps leftwith the victory, they failedto capitalize on numerousopportunities, resulting in alack of scoring early in thegame. After halftime,though, the Terps came outas a different team andended all hopes of a DemonDeacon upset.

“In the first half, we hadso many opportunities thatwe just didn’t put in the net,”said O’Donnell, who fin-ished with one goal. “Weknew that in the secondhalf, if we kept knocking,something would fall in thegoal for us. So that was ourthought process going intothe second half — just keeptrying and keep going. Andthat’s what we did.”

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Midfielder Megan Frazer lunges for a loose ball Saturdayin the Terps’ 5-3 win. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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For the first three weeks of theseason, inconsistent play had pre-vented the Terrapin football team’stop two quarterbacks, Jamarr Robin-son and Danny O’Brien, from distin-guishing themselves. Heading intoSaturday’s game against FloridaInternational, the starter’s role stillseemed up for grabs.

But coach Ralph Friedgen wasn’tworried about any emerging quar-terback battle. He was just tryingto make sure one would be healthyenough to play against the GoldenPanthers.

O’Brien was still nursing a highankle sprain he suffered againstMorgan State, and Robinson wasworking his way back from a sorethrowing shoulder he injuredagainst West Virginia. The situa-tion became so dire that Terp prac-tices this week featured puntreturner and wide receiver TonyLogan, who hasn’t played quarter-back since high school, under cen-ter as an emergency option.

Although O’Brien eventuallyreturned to practice later in theweek, Robinson didn’t heal in timefor Saturday’s game.

Friedgen didn’t have to worry,though: Not only did O’Brien stayhealthy, he also had the best gameof any Terp quarterback this season.

In the first start of his career andthe first for any Terp freshmanquarterback in more than adecade, O’Brien picked apart aFlorida International defense thathad thrived on creating pressureand forcing turnovers. Showingtremendous composure and accu-racy in a 42-28 win, O’Brien com-pleted 18 of 27 passes for 250 yardsand two touchdowns — and mostimportantly, no turnovers.

“In the middle of the week, Ithought Danny was moving fine,but he didn’t get many reps, andthat’s always my concern,” Fried-gen said. “He is a bright kid, and hedoes work at it. I was impressedwith his poise. He never got rattled.He was just in total control.”

Robinson started the first threegames of the season but struggledat times to find the open receiversand complete passes down the field.Not counting the Terps’ 62-3 winagainst an overmatched MorganState team, Robinson had com-pleted just 15 passes for 238 yards,

140 of which came on two touch-down passes to Torrey Smithagainst West Virginia.

Part of the problem in the pastwas the offensive line’s inability tokeep pressure off Robinson. So withredshirt freshman Pete DeSouzastarting at right tackle and R.J. Dillmoving to left tackle, offensive coor-dinator James Franklin devised agame plan that would rely on quickpasses and easy reads to help keepO’Brien upright.

O’Brien executed it beautifully.After completing just one of hisfirst four passes, O’Brien relied onsimple underneath drag routes andcurl patterns from his receivers tocomplete his next eight passes andhelp the Terps storm back after anearly deficit.

“We were trying to protect thequarterback, and we tried to run theball early,” Franklin said. “But thatwasn’t going as well as we liked, sothe quick passing game was justanother way to move the ball andprotect our quarterback by takingsome pressure off the offensiveline, and that seemed to help us forthe most part.”

Although Robinson is likely toreturn next week against Duke,O’Brien’s play may have helped himwin the starting gig, at least for now.Just one day after insisting that theTerps would continue to play bothquarterbacks, Friedgen said yester-day that O’Brien would likely startthis week against Duke.

“I am going to have to look at thetape, but I think both of them willstill play,” Friedgen said. “I thinkthey both have their strengths, andif we can utilize both of their talents,we should try to do that. But I willknow more about that when I seeJamarr’s condition.”

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TWO-MINUTE DRILL

STAR OFTHE GAMEThe Terps weredesperately searchingfor a consistent passingattack, and O’Brien camethrough with the best game by a Terpquarterback this season. He avoidedturnovers and seemed comfortable inthe pocket while throwing for 250 yardsand two touchdowns.

WHEN IT WAS OVERAfter Florida International scored tonarrow the deficit to 35-28, the Terpstook over with 4:11 remaining in thegame. On the first play of the drive,running back Davin Meggett took ahandoff, and 76 yards later, the Terpshad regained their two-touchdown lead.

WHAT THIS GAME MEANSThey may not have won any style points,but the Terps did win a game they weresupposed to against a team that is betterthan its 0-3 record. They now have morewins than they did all of last season.

TERP LOWLIGHTWith the Terps up 14-7 late in the secondquarter, cornerback Cameron Chismgambled on a deep pass. He missed, andGolden Panther receiver Greg Ellingsoncoasted in from 43 yards out.

TERP HIGHLIGHTTorrey Smith caught a touchdown pass,his conference-leading fifth of theseason, for the third straight game afterpushing off an FIU defender in the thirdquarter and racing into the end zone toput the Terps up 28-21.

Quarterback Danny O’Brien threw for 250 yards and two touchdownsSaturday against Florida International. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

In surprise start, O’Brien emerges for Terps

SportsMaking sense of Saturday

Check out TerrapinTrail.com for a breakdown ofthe Terps’ win over Florida International from beatwriters Michael Lemaire and Kate Yanchulis.

impressively in near-upsets in the firsttwo games of the season, the Terps,led by quarterback Danny O’Brien inhis first career start, put them awaywith time to spare.

The first freshman quarterback tostart for the Terps since 1999, O’Brienstepped in after the shoulder injurystarter Jamarr Robinson sustained lastweek proved worse than expected.

O’Brien had received significantplaying time in just one game so farthis season, against Football Bowl Sub-division team Morgan State. Butdespite a still-injured ankle Saturdayand limited experience, O’Brien playedwith poise, completing 18 of 27 passesfor 250 yards, the best performance bya Terp quarterback this year.

“Danny did a great job today,” widereceiver Torrey Smith said. “He made hisreads and didn’t try to do anything really

over the edge. He was doing his job.”The Terps’ offensive line, hurt by

injury and the resulting personnelshifts, struggled to open holes for therunning game, especially after startingleft guard Andrew Gonella went downon their first possession with a highankle sprain. Gonella later returned tothe game.

But the unit did contain a speedypass rush, allowing just one sack to adefense that had forced five intercep-tions through two games. The line’sperformance was buoyed by O’Brien’ssnap judgment, which translated toquick blitz pick-ups and plenty ofopen receivers.

“That’s what you need at the quar-terback position,” Friedgen said.“You need a guy who can make deci-sions, put you in the right place andgive you a chance to be successful.He got the ball to our guys who canmake some plays.”-

O’Brien did take time to adjust. Onhis first three drives, he threw floating

passes that often sailed too high for hisreceivers, and the Terps had just onefirst down on the first three posses-sions. While the Terps waited for theiroffense to pick up, the Panthers tookadvantage, scoring a touchdown to takean early 7-0 lead.

But five seconds into the secondquarter, the Terps evened the scorewhen O’Brien found wide receiverLaQuan Williams in the left corner ofthe end zone.

The touchdown toss still drifted a lit-tle high, but Williams extended andreeled it in, dragging his feet inboundsbehind him.

“Wasn’t that a big-time catch?” Fried-gen said.

That touchdown set up whatbecame a day for big plays.

Less than three minutes later, puntreturner Tony Logan maneuveredthrough a field of Florida Internationalplayers and broke up the right sideline,leaving three Panthers trailing behindhim as he sped into the end zone. The

85-yard touchdown was the first punt-return score for the Terps since 2004.

The Panthers tied the score twicemore, but the Terps never again lost atleast a piece of the lead, their offenseoften capitalizing on the inherent riskof Florida International’s pressure-based defense.

“The type of defense they play is realaggressive,” Smith said. “It’s kind of arisk-reward thing. ... We just tookadvantage of the opportunities thatpresented themselves.”

On a first-and-10 from the Terps’own 32, O’Brien spotted Smith on theright sideline with one-on-one cover-age and immediately threw upfield.Smith made the catch and took it 68yards for a touchdown.

Running backs Da’Rel Scott andDavin Meggett got in on the highlightreel, too, running for touchdowns of 56and 76 yards, respectively. Four of sixtouchdowns came off plays of 55 yardsor more.

But the big plays and high score dis-

guised some of the recurring issues thewin also featured.

Though the Terps had 169 rushingyards on 28 carries, an average of 6.0yards per rush, 132 of those came onScott’s and Meggett’s long touchdowns.For the rest of the day, the team aver-aged just 1.4 yards per run on 26 carries.

The Terp defense stayed on the fieldfor 98 plays and more than 34 minutes,leaving defensive coordinator DonBrown worried about “wear and tear.”

And then there was the announcedattendance of 33,254, a figure thatseemed generous considering largepatches of empty bleachers.

But little of that mattered to theTerps, who left Byrd Stadium havingalready surpassed last season’s win totaland boasting renewed optimism.

“I think it was a great team victory,”O’Brien said. “We threw the ball andprotected great. Any time you can dothat, you can beat anybody.”

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Running back Da’Rel Scott and the Terps ran away from Florida International on Saturday, using a series of big plays to put away the Golden Panthers, 42-28. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

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