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Our 102ND Year, No. 120THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERThursday, April 5, 2012

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Policelook intotwo hatecrimes

BY LAUREN KIRKWOODStaff writer

After decades without a film degree,the university will once again be offer-ing students the option to major in filmstudies as early as the fall.

The University Senate voted yester-day, 76 to 7 with three abstentions, toapprove the proposal for reinstatingthe major, which was eliminated in theearly 1990s. The approval comesabout five years after faculty mem-bers, many of them members of thenon-degree-granting Graduate FieldCommittee in Film Studies, renewedthe push to create a formal film stud-ies major, which they say is in greatdemand on the campus.

Professor Luka Arsenjuk, who washired last semester to teach two newfilm classes, said the major will capital-ize on the wide variety of well-attendedfilm studies classes offered in depart-ments across the campus.

“The major will introduce some newclasses and, in a larger sense, it’ll beusing the courses and resources thatare already here,” Arsenjuk said. “Idefinitely think there’s an interest.”

The 39-credit major will include arequired introductory course in filmform and two film history classes,one focusing on silent cinema andthe other on cinema in the soundarea. Arsenjuk said the requiredcourses would provide students witha broad background.

U. Senateapprovesfilm majorProposal has been inthe works for years,passes body 76 to 7

Loh responds withemail to community

BY ERIN EGANSenior staff writer

University Police are activelyinvestigating two incidents of “biasand hate” after the department wasnotified of anti-Semitic messages inan elevator and a noose found onthe campus, according to an emailuniversity President Wallace Lohsent yesterday.

In one incident, an elevator of anacademic building was “vandalizedwith anti-Semitic messages,” and inthe other, a Facilities Managementsupervisor found a noose in a spacebeing renovated, according toLoh’s email. Since both incidentsare currently under investigation,police declined to release specificinformation regarding the inci-dents, including the dates thedepartment was notified.

“It’s intolerable and it’s importantthat we try and get to the bottom ofit,” University Police Lt. RobertMueck said. “In this day and age, wecan’t afford to let these things go.”

Loh said he felt compelled to sendan email to the university communitybecause the issue is something hefeels “very strongly about.”

“Diversity, equity and inclusion arecore values for us, and any hate orbias incidents threaten all of us,” Lohsaid through a spokesman yesterday.“I’m pleased that the number of inci-dents have decreased dramaticallyover the past few years, but we stillhave work to do. And the only way toovercome intolerance is by workingtogether, starting a campuswide dia-logue and addressing these issueshead-on.”

Although police are looking forsuspects in the case, Chief DiversityOfficer Kumea Shorter-Gooden saidthere are no immediate plans to dealwith the incidents.

“Loh’s email is a really importantfirst step, which is to publiclyacknowledge that we experiencedthese biased and hateful incidents,bring attention to the community andreaffirm our commitment to main-taining a community that is free ofbias and hate,” Shorter-Gooden said.

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Diamondback’s new editor in chief named

BY MARY CLARE FISCHERStaff writer

Maryland Media Inc., The Diamond-back’s parent company, last nightselected co-chief news editor YasmeenAbutaleb as the paper’s editor-in-chieffor the 2012 to 2013 school year.

Abutaleb, a sophomore journalismand microbiology major, did not haveplans to pursue journalism as a careerwhen she started college. On a whim,she contacted The Diamondback’snews editors the summer before herfreshman year, with the thought thatworking for a college publication

would be a good experience.Although Abutaleb started on what

she called the “rookie beat” (Facilities

Management), she quickly moved to

Sophomore Yasmeen Abutaleb, who has worked at The Diamondback fortwo years, was named editor in chief-elect. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Co-chief news editorYasmeen Abutalebwill take the helm

HUNGRY FOR MORE

BY JON WOLPERSenior staff writer

At 6:35 p.m. Monday, night begins to fall, Stampbegins to empty and a girl with a snake bite pierc-ing and a Pikachu hoodie begins the MarylandFood Collective’s weekly meeting.

“Silence in the co-op,” Jenna Parry says, and theco-op falls silent.

There are 16 people at this week’s meeting,which is fewer than normal. There are paid work-ers and volunteers. Students and non-students.Women with short hair and men with white hair.The co-op closed a half hour ago, and the musicthat blasted earlier that day — a bunch of MilesDavis tracks played via Grooveshark — has beenturned off. For a moment, there is silence in theco-op.

When the attendees start talking, they do it in anofficial way. Motions are brought forward and putto a majority vote. There is spirited, passionate dis-cussion about a new lock system and a new saladrecipe. Regardless of the co-op’s stigma as a vegan,

Co-op needs $16,000 byJune to keep its doors open

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The Maryland Food Co-Op, located in StampStudent Union, has become a community staple. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

The University Senate approved anew film studies major yesterday.CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY LEAH VILLANUEVASenior staff writer

In a unanimous vote last night, theStudent Government Associationpledged to advocate for the construc-tion of a grocery store within walk-ing distance of the campus.

SGA arts and humanities legisla-tor Julie France, who sponsored theresolution, said having a local gro-cery store would help diminish theneed for students living on the cam-pus to have cars. As university offi-cials plan to cut a number of parking

spaces on the campus in the comingyears, additional walking-distanceretail will mitigate the university’sparking shortage, legislators said.

A grocery store close to the cam-pus, France added, may alsodecrease traffic congestion in thecity and make downtown morepedestrian-friendly.

“I know some students, myselfincluded, who only brought a car tocampus for things like groceries,”France said. “It’d be a good move to

SGA supports building new grocery store near campusEast Campus plans don’t include store

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hippie haven, it’s a legitimatebusiness with paid workers whocan talk as readily about fetacheese as they can profit mar-gins and taxes.

On one hand, the businessis performing better than itever has. On the other, it’sburied beneath a dauntingamount of debt.

The co-op first nestled into itshome in the basement of theStamp Student Union, just a fewsteps from TerpZone and the Uni-versity Book Center, in 1975.

That was the “free love” erawhen food co-ops — most ofwhich focused on organic, oftenvegetarian dining options —began to spring up around col-leges throughout the country,according to junior food sciencemajor Doug Koziol, a paid worker.

Then, as the health-food crazedied after the ’70s, so did many ofthe stores. For some reason,though, this university’s co-oppushed through. Koziol attrib-uted it to the staff’s dedication and“scraping-by mentality.”

But, even as the previous itera-tions of the co-op scraped by, theybegan to accumulate debt. Therewas no stable business model orlong-term plan for the store.

Now, the co-op is in financialtrouble. It’s unprecedentedfinancial trouble, according toits employees, but it doesn’treally seem to be botheringthem too much. It creepsaround the edges of conversa-tions but rarely dominatesthem, as though the employeesare brushing away noxiousplumes of smoke.

“I don’t know,” said Parry, a jun-ior studio art major. “It’s not toobad. It isn’t.”

There’s a fundraising effort atindiegogo.com. The co-op needs$16,000 by June 1 to renew itslease in Stamp. As of last night,on the site, it has put together apaltry $50.

But, again, there’s no pervasivesense of worry. According toalumna Mary Schulte, all paid co-op employees — there are about17 — recently took pay cuts, from$10 per hour to $7.50, now with nopotential for raises. The labor-costsavings will make up most of thedifference. The co-op hopes the

rest will come from indiegogo,other fundraising efforts and ben-efit concerts.

“All of us are willing to take thathit,” Schulte said, “because it’s inthe best interest of keeping thisplace open.”

The pay cut is not for naught —the lengthy lines, often snakingaround the co-op’s homey interiorat peak hours, show people wantwhat the co-op is selling. Koziolgot a call last week from studentsat the University of South Car-olina who want to start a co-op andlooked to this university as a suc-cessful archetype.

Perhaps this university’s co-op stayed alive because thebusiness fluctuates as per thedesires of its staff. Every paidworker has an equal stake inthe company, and it has neverbeen subsidized by the univer-sity or by Stamp. Parry saidvolunteers, who work for foodcredit, regularly flit in and outof daily shifts.

“It’s always in flux becausethere’s always people going,always people leaving,” she said.

When the paid workers aremostly vegan, the menu ismostly vegan. Currently, thereare cold cuts and vegetables,vegan cookies and coconutchickpea curry. It’s all stillhealthy, organic and local — if alocal company is bought out by alarge one, the co-op will stop car-rying its product, Parry said —

but the co-op has no desire to beexclusive. It just wants to sellgood, healthy food to whomeveris interesting in buying.

Health codes stipulate all co-opemployees must have on somesort of headwear, so Koziol wearsa red Maryland baseball cap thatcovers his short hair. He dons awhite apron atop his black GeekSquad shirt and has no dis-cernible tattoos. He is nooooooot avegetarian, and says so asthough he couldn’t evenfathom the idea.

He originally joined thestaff because he liked foodand wanted a job and he’sbeen a paid worker for thepast year.

It’s 2:30 p.m. and Koziol andSchulte are systematicallyscooping tuna and egg saladand various nice-lookingsoquid concoctions fromlived-in plastic containers toclean ones. It’s called flippingthe sandwich lines, and ittakes about 40 minutes to fin-ish the task.

“I’m really passionate abouthaving a space on campuswhere there is this kind offood,” Schulte said.

She’s been a vegan for two anda half years and has worked at theco-op since October. She gradu-ated from this university in

December, but couldn’t bring her-self to leave, so now she works 30hours a week cleaning, makingfood and ordering the co-op’sbread, pastries and bagels.

She and Koziol have an easychemistry, an effervescentconversational flow that mightjust be contagious. Everyonein the kitchen is busy, but inhigh spirits.

“Doug’s pretty much a pro atthis,” Schulte jokes, as shemoves containers of ingredientsfrom the sandwich line to a stain-less steel table a few steps away.“I’m learning as I watch him.”

Nestled in the top-left corner ofthe bulletin board just inside theco-op, near a flyer that touts RonPaul as the next president and anad promoting an upcomingWashington folk concert, there’sa handwritten note, writtenanonymously on an index card:

I loved the kale salad withtahini dressing. I usually hatesalad and hate eating healthy stuffbut the kale salad impressed me!Thank you to whoever made it.You have inspired my sloppy ass tomake it at home!

And the response, just under-neath:

You’re welcome, glad you liked it!<3 Co-op

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Since 1975, the co-op has provided students with fresh food and a family. Employees must now raise$16,000 by June 1 to renew their lease in Stamp Student Union. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Shorter-Gooden addedthese hate and bias crimeswill allow her departmentand the university as a wholeto learn how to create a moretolerable environment.

While hate and bias inci-dents have declined 85 per-cent over the last nine years— from 33 incidents in 2003to five in 2011, according toLoh’s email — Shorter-Gooden said there is stillroom for improvement.

“We can turn this into ateachable opportunity,” shesaid. “The incidents areangering and saddening anddisturbing, and yet theyallow us to hold a mirror upto ourselves and determinethat there’s much morework to be done to create abetter community.”

“We’re not at a point ofno bias, otherwise theseincidents wouldn’t havehappened,” Shorter-Gooden added.

Police have not receivedany additional reports of hateand bias crimes in response toLoh’s email, Mueck said, butcould receive more as timegoes on.

“This is still fresh, so there’sa very good chance that wecould get more of this later,”Mueck said.

Shorter-Gooden said culti-vating a diverse and acceptingenvironment is written intothe university’s 2010 DiversityStrategic Plan, which shehopes helps the university

move forward from these inci-dents and continue balancingdiversity among students, fac-ulty and staff.

“The long-term response isto move forward in imple-menting that plan so we cancreate the community we’recommitted to,” she said.“There’s no long-term plan todeal with these particular inci-dents, but there’s a long-termplan to deal with the climate ofthis university. We need tomake sure that we’re reallyaddressing the broader cul-ture that allows these things tobubble up.”

Shorter-Gooden added thatshe welcomes ideas from stu-dents and student groups forhow to verbally address thesespecific incidents.

“It might be useful to havea forum or a teach-in to dis-cuss hate and bias,” she said.“It’s always helpful to talkabout it and hear what every-one has to say.”

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CORRECTIONDue to a reporting error, yesterday’s article “Saved bythe glory days” incorrectly stated who the Terrapinsmen’s basketball team played in the 2002 NCAA FinalFour. The team played Kansas.

“The incidentsare angeringand saddeningand disturbing,and yet theyallow us to holda mirror up toourselves.”

KUMEASHORTER-GOODENCHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER ANDASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

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Graduate Student Governmentdiscusses meet and confer Meeting with AFT Tuesday was first since systemofficials negotiated alternative to bargaining rights

BY LAURA BLASEYStaf f writer

Meeting for the first timesince a controversy surround-ing graduate students’ collec-tive bargaining rights eruptedlast month, Graduate StudentGovernment officials satdown with local AmericanFederation of Teachers lead-ers Tuesday to discuss imple-menting a meet-and-conferagreement.

Tensions between the twogroups rose after UniversitySystem of Maryland officialsnegotiated an alternative tograduate students’ collectivebargaining rights with Gov.Martin O’Malley’s office.Graduate students werepreparing to testify in favor ofa bill that granted them union-ization rights when theylearned it had unexpectedlybeen pulled from the stateSenate in lieu of meet-and-con-fer rights, and AFT officialswere included in the deal.

Although graduate studentswere upset the AFT left themout of discussions, they saidthey are still consideringusing meet and confer. Meetand confer allows graduate

students to negotiate withadministrators with union rep-resentation present, althoughthey still cannot technicallyunionize. If they do use meetand confer, graduate studentswill have to choose whatunion to represent them. Uni-versity officials would berequired to hear studentissues but would be under noobligation to resolve them.

At Tuesday’s meeting, grad-uate leaders collaborated withAFT officials to discuss howthe agreement would beimplemented. Both groupssaid their primary goal inmeeting was to figure out asystem that would work bestfor the university’s graduatestudents within the confinesof the agreement.

“We’re trying to figure outwhat [the meet-and-conferagreement] means,” said GSGVice President for CommitteeAffairs Blessing Okoroafor.“The language is pretty vague.”

GSG leaders have not yetmade a decision aboutwhether they will use the pro-visions allotted in the agree-ment. Graduate students saidmore work needs to be doneto evaluate the agreement as

it pertains to the entire gradu-ate community, although theyare confident the agreement’ssignificance will be more thanjust symbolic in their fight forcollective bargaining rights.

“I think [graduate students]will pursue any measure,whether it’s with meet andconfer or collective bargain-ing or co-governance, to seetheir issues discussed andmaybe come to an agree-ment,” said Okoroafor.

Although the meet-and-con-fer process was regarded as asmall victory, GSG and AFTofficials are still aiming forunionization. At the March 16GSG assembly meeting, grad-uate student representativespassed a resolution calling forthe legalization of collectivebargaining rights almostunanimously.

“This is not going to be theend of it,” said AFT organizerTodd Reynolds. “We’re allworking for full collective bar-gaining rights — the meet andconfer is a part of the processin showing that unionizationis the right answer for the sys-tem and College Park.”

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Diversity, the state legislaturein Annapolis and the Univer-sity Senate. During her sopho-more year, she continued tocover the Senate while addingthe office of university Presi-dent Wallace Loh and the posi-tion of assistant news editor,eventually becoming co-newseditor this past semester.

“She loves this place withher whole heart,” said currenteditor in chief Lauren Red-ding. “The Diamondbackdeserves the kind of editorshe’s going to be.”

In the fall, Redding willbecome The Diamondback’sonline editor, a new positionAbutaleb plans to create inorder to keep up with thechanging world of journalism. Astaff of online-only writers will

be under Redding’s jurisdiction.“We’re going to try to have

a website that’s updatedthroughout the day ratherthan have all the stories putup at the end of the night,”Abutaleb said.

The Diamondback will alsopartner with other depart-ments on the campus to maxi-mize their outreach, startingwith the computer sciencedepartment to develop apps.

“It’s really going to be mak-ing The Diamondback a 24-hour news cycle, making itinstantly accessible to people,and making it a paper and awebsite that people feel com-pelled to go to multiple timesa day,” Abutaleb said.

An audit this year showedThe Diamondback’s reader-ship has fallen by almost half,from 13,000 to 8,000 readers.Maryland Media Inc. hasbeen facing this problem with

all its publications, but Presi-dent Steve Lamphier is confi-dent Abutaleb’s new initia-tives and relationship withLoh will have a positive impacton, at least, The Diamond-back’s circulation.

“We don’t often have a can-didate that comes in thatalready has such an estab-lished relationship with staff,”he said. “Most of them have toestablish that over time so Ithink that’s a big plus for us,or The Diamondback.”

MMI also named sopho-more journalism major AlanaYzola editor in chief of TheEclipse and junior journalismmajor Kaila Stein editor inchief of The Mitzpeh.

“It’s a great crop,” saidMMI General ManagerMichael Fribush. “One of thebest we’ve ever selected.”

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“We’ll teach differentnational cinemas, Hollywoodcinema, different genres. We’llteach film theory and history,”he said. “It will be kind of anall-encompassing comprehen-sive course load that a studentwill have to take.”

Junior individual studiesmajor Peter Garafalo, presi-dent of the Maryland Film-makers Club, said he wasglad students will soon beable to gain the degree with-out creating their own filmmajor, as he did.

“Our film club has over 85active members so far, and Iknow all of them are allreally interested in pursuingfilm in a scholarly way, anacademic way,” Garafalosaid. “I think it’s really nec-essary nowadays to includethat, especially at a univer-sity of this size.”

However, several studentssaid they were disappointedthe university is not creating afilmmaking major.

Freshman psychologymajor Dan Lerner said filmproduction courses wouldbenefit those hoping to enterthe field after graduation.

“I think that if they had afilmmaking major, they’d havea lot more people that wouldbe considering it,” he said.

Russian professor Eliza-beth Papazian, who helpeddevelop the proposal alongwith other members of thenon-degree Graduate FieldCommittee in Film Studies,said there are no plans topush for a film productiondegree, which would haverequired the university to pur-chase new equipment andediting software.

Garafalo said although stu-dents can learn to makemovies on their own — asmany students on the campusdo — having an academicbackground in film theory andhistory can be helpful.

“Film studies is going to bea lot more lasting,” he said.“The films aren’t going tochange, but the technologychanges every single year.”

However, Garafalo said

because of the versatility oftechnology today, he doubtsadding a production majorwould be as expensive as theuniversity claims.

“With how cheap it is tomake a movie today with dig-ital camcorders, you can eas-ily have a production majorlike a creative writing major,”he said.

Arsenjuk said he believesthe new offering will attractstudents interested in produc-ing films, as well as thosesolely interested in the histor-ical aspect of cinema.

“I think for students whowant to make films, I thinkwhat the major will repre-sent is an opportunity togain a kind of education inthe history of cinema, butalso to think about cinemacritically,” he said. “It’s thekind of knowledge anyaspiring filmmaker alsoneeds. … It’s not productionoriented, but it definitelycomplements the interest ofthose interested in produc-ing film.”

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build a campus communityand keep things local andhave a grocery store peoplecan walk to.”

France said she plans tomeet with members of theCollege Park City Councilin the coming days to dis-cuss finding a space for agrocery store and further-ing plans for other pro-posed developments.

Michael Stiefvater, thecity’s economic developmentcoordinator, said the plans forthe East Campus develop-ment — a proposed 38-acreproject of mixed retail andgraduate housing — nolonger include a grocerystore. However, he noted theowners of the College ParkShopping Center have been inpreliminary talks about possi-bly redeveloping the site andbringing in a grocery store.Stiefvater said Harris Teeterwas the most likely candidatefor that space.

“It’s not going to solve all

the congestion,” Stiefvatersaid. “But it would be easierfor residents. Instead of ven-turing to Silver Spring orwherever, it would be closerto drive or they could take abike or walk, so it certainlywill help.”

However, he said if theredevelopment moves for-ward, it would not likely breakground for several years, andhe anticipates obtaining aliquor license for HarrisTeeter could be a difficultprocess.

Several students who liveon the campus said they oftenhave to drive to ShoppersFood & Pharmacy near theCapital Beltway for groceriesor simply settle for buyingfood at the Commons Shop orother convenience stores onthe campus.

Junior biology and neuro-physiology major Tiffany Jensaid she often goes home toRockville for groceries.

“It’d be really great if theprices were like Giant’s,because the reason I don’t goto the Commons Shop isbecause it’s so expensive,”

said Jen, a resident of Com-mons 1. “I always walk to CVSanyway, so it’d be great if Icould get groceries there,too.”

Senior American studiesmajor Jose Centeno, a resi-dent assistant in Commons 2,said it is a “big inconven-ience” to search for a friendwith a car to get his groceries.However, he said he hopesany new grocery store wouldcater to college students.

“It depends on the qualityof the food,” Centeno said. “Ifstudents want to get gro-ceries, they could always goto the Commons Shop, but ofcourse it’s extremely expen-sive and not the best quality,and the selection isn’t thatgreat.”

Others said they did notthink students would flock toa high-end store such as Har-ris Teeter.

“College students alwaysgo for the cheapest stuff, sothat wouldn’t be the bestidea,” junior bioengineeringmajor Neer Hershtig said.

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Members of the Student Government Association unanimously voted to support building agrocery store within walking distance of the campus. ALEXIS JENKINS/THE DIAMONDBACK

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S ince President BarackObama stepped into officethree years ago, his timespent in the hallowed halls

of our nation’s capital has beenfilled with faux pas and a lack ofrespect for his constituency — theAmerican people.

In going out of his way to demon-strate respect for the wrong peopleand prioritizing the wrong things,Obama has simultaneously made ajoke out of this country and himself.He began his reign with a series offoreign policy snafus (an iPod forthe Queen?) and the hypocrisy ofholding more respect for enemycombatants’ religion than that of hisown predominantly Christian coun-try was simply absurd.

But now, by apologizing to thoseaffected by the inadvertent burningof Qurans but not to the more than68 million Catholics in his owncountry for the proposed contracep-tion mandate (which essentiallyspat in the face of religious believ-ers), Obama’s apologetic behavior

is becoming downright intolerable.He has apologized for our great

country every time he has beengiven the opportunity. And, just likea person who apologizes for theirfamily to others, such behaviorshows shame, disloyalty and aninability to lead our country as hewas elected to do.

The one universal issue Obamaseems to care about is jobs. As col-lege students who have justinvested (or had our parentsinvest) tens of thousands of dollarstoward education, this should beone priority that unites us behindthe president. It should be onething that draws those worriedabout their employment futuretoward his campaign.

Not so surprisingly though,Obama cannot follow through onthis either. When choosing betweena massive number of jobs, cheapercost of living and lessened depend-ence on the foreign countries heloves to apologize to on our behalf,Obama chose an entirely different

option — the environment.Now, I love sitting outside in the

sunlight, surrounded by fresh airand beautiful trees as much as any-one else.

I think all God’s creations arebeautiful and precious, includinganimals that could be damaged bywork like the Keystone pipeline.

But being the president of theseUnited States, a.k.a. leader of thefree world, is a job where makingtough decisions comes with the ter-ritory. When you consider the goodof your people who have spent yourentire presidency in a recessionwith gas prices skyrocketing,involvement in two major foreignconflicts and high unemploymentrates, is this really the time to say

no to such a project?There are other steps that should

be taken to help the environment,such as further research in the fieldof clean energy, and I’m fullybehind those steps.

This, however, is not the time toreject something that will createjobs, reduce living costs andreduce dependence on foreignenergy. There are now reports thatObama has begun to reconsider hisprevious rejection of Tran-sCanada’s plans. Even if, as thereports say, this is only considera-tion of a partial approval of theplans, it is finally a small step in theright direction.

If this does occur, I have to sayit’s about time. With all the mis-takes so far, I’m beginning to thinkthe president actually wants ourcountry to fail.

Laura Frost is a junior governmentand politics and journalism major.She can be reached atfrost@umdbk.com.

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During university President Wallace Loh’s first State of the Cam-pus address in 2010, he famously stated athletics are the univer-sity’s front porch, drawing in donors and prospective studentsalike. That may be true for Loh, but current and future students

will likely agree on one thing: The kitchen is just as important.Dining Services has come a long way in recent years, especially with the

construction of 251 North, the university’s newest din-ing hall. The gourmet all-you-can-eat diner is wildlypopular among students for its wide selection of food.It features five separate stations — a grill station, asalad bar, an Italian food center and two deli kitchens;one serving Vietnamese-style sandwiches and Asiannoodles, while the other offers open-faced hot sand-wiches. At the beginning of the year, more than 800students were being served each night and officialsexpect that number has gone up since.

The food might be delicious, but it’s pricey: Eachmeal costs $18 and while North Campus residents areallotted one 251 North meal per week, South Campusresidents can go just four times a semester.

So while it’s great 251 North is thriving and NorthCampus students are leaving the dining hall once a week fat and happy,South Campus residents are left with the decades-old South Campus Din-ing Hall. The food is definitely edible, but it’s nowhere near the quality orquantity of 251 North.

It didn’t take long for South Campus residents to start feeling slightedby the dining options on their side of the campus. Luckily, Dining Serviceshas risen to the challenge once again this semester to make the food bet-ter down south.

In February, Dining Services announced it would debut some 251 Northmeals — including grilled rosemary thyme chicken over chicken chorizo

penne pasta and seared pork with ancho chili, mushrooms, tomatoes andcorn tortillas — in the North and South Campus dining halls as valuemeals, letting other students taste the 251 North delicacies.

And Dining Services continued with positive news this week when offi-cials announced, starting Monday, the South Campus Dining Hall will stayopen from 7 to 9 p.m, a welcome change from the current two-hour gap

between the end of dinner and the start of late night.It’s a hassle for busy students who can’t eat dinneruntil late in the evening. Closing the only diner onSouth Campus at such a critical time often forces stu-dents to shop at the Commons Shop or venture toRoute 1 for food that isn’t covered in a dining plan.

But after the Residence Hall Association took theirconcerns to Dining Services officials, a plan wasdrafted within a month to extend the hours. The pastabar will remain open until 7:30 p.m. and the pizza sta-tion, bakery and ice cream station, salad bar andsandwich stations will be open through late night. It’sa big relief for South Campus residents, knowing theyno longer have to rush to the dining hall to get anadequate meal.

By increasing the availability and quality of food, Dining Services isdoing a lot more than simply keeping current students happy; officials arehelping ensure the university looks attractive to prospective students fromevery aspect.

And just like all students know, the quality of food on a college campusis often just as important as the quality of academic programs. Dining Ser-vices has seen great success at 251 North, and it’s encouraging to see offi-cials taking steps to better the quality of other dining halls as well.

Now that we know the kitchen is in good hands, let’s get back to workon that front porch.

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Our ViewQuality on-campus food is

important; efforts byDining Services officials tobetter the food don’t justbenefit this student body,but prospective studentsare surely impressed, too.

Obama: Time to stand up for America

Tomorrow is the mostimportant day of theyear for many studentson the campus: It is

Good Friday, the day that Chris-tians remember Jesus Christ’s cru-cifixion. When I was younger, Inever understood what was sogood about Good Friday. After all,it’s the day Jesus died. Wouldn’t“Bad Friday,” a name that couldevoke memories of the RebeccaBlack song, be more accurate?

But Good Friday is good. It isgood because it is the day Jesusbacked up his words with actions.If he’d just gone around tellingeveryone to “love your neighboras yourself” but hadn’t actuallydone so, no one would have takenhim seriously. Likewise, had hesaid “As I have loved you, so youalso should love one another”without doing much loving, hiswords would have been com-pletely meaningless. But on GoodFriday, Jesus practiced what hepreached — he gave up his lifeout of love for us.

Mere words mean nothing com-pared to actions. Unlike words,actions require sacrifice. Jesusmade the ultimate sacrifice, endur-ing torture and death to free usfrom sin, but even our smallactions require sacrifice: giving upa meal at 251 North to donatemore food to those in need on thecampus, giving up a Saturday tovolunteer for Habitat for Humanityor giving up a pint of blood to savea few lives.

This state held its primary elec-tion earlier in the week. Undoubt-edly, as we draw closer to the gen-eral election, there will be a lotmore political discussion anddebate. While these have theirplace, and everyone should par-ticipate by voting, actions aremuch more important. Debatesdon’t fix anything, at least notquickly, but actions can haveimmediate results.

I like to take James Madison’squote, “If men were angels, no gov-ernment would be necessary,” as achallenge. Obviously, people aren’tperfect, but while our imperfec-tions necessitate some governmentintervention into our lives, weshould never stop trying toimprove ourselves. If we each striveto be a bit more angelic, govern-ment will become a bit less neces-sary. Mother Teresa once said, “Wecan do no great things, only smallthings with great love.” If our goalis to transform society or our coun-try with sweeping measures, wewill fail. Laws can’t change people.We each have the power to makeour own decisions, and if we eachdecide to do small loving actions wewill make a difference, even if itseems insignificant at first.

I think it’s time for everyone toback up their words with actions,like Jesus did on Good Friday. Toprotect the environment, buysmaller cars (or a bicycle). To pre-vent abortions, support singlemothers who choose life. Onlyafter we begin to transform our-selves can we hope to transformour government and society.Politicians will not fix the worldwith all of their words (neitherwill columnists), but throughsmall sacrifices and lovingactions, each of us can.

Matt Rice is a freshman materialsscience major. He can be reached atrice@umdbk.com.

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We typically ignore thehomeless person onthe bench. As we walkby, our hands clench

our belongings, we speed up ourpace and we attempt to avoid eyecontact because in that moment, weencounter someone else’s desolation.

According to the National LawCenter on Homelessness andPoverty, about 3 million people willexperience homelessness this year:That’s 1 percent of the population.Domestic abuse, lack of affordablehousing and health care, unemploy-ment and health problems are allcauses of homelessness. There isno general description for all peoplewho become homeless.

I was reminded of these issuesSunday when I hung out withhomeless people. Together withother university students, I went toWashington to hear people’s per-sonal experiences with homeless-ness. At the end of the day, Iwalked away reminded of the sim-ple fact we are all people itching to

be acknowledged by others.John, a white man in his mid 50s

with a scruffy white beard, wearingblue jeans and a sweatshirt, camefrom a stable two-parent home,never thinking he would everencounter homelessness. He didwell in high school and decided toget a job instead of attending col-lege. When a series of events ledhim into debt and he lost his job,John spiraled into homelessness.

“At the time it felt like I was invis-ible. People walking by me like Iwasn’t even there,” John told ourgroup of students.

Andre, a 46-year-old clean-shaven black man, has been in andout of homelessness for more thana decade. Substance addiction led

him to homelessness, but he isnow clean. Andre is currentlyworking toward a degree in busi-ness administration but since los-ing his job a few months ago, he isback on the streets.

I was taken by Andre’s charis-matic attitude. After he shared hisstory, I tapped him on the arm tocatch his attention. I shook hishand, smiled and said, “Hi, I’m Jen.”He responded in enthusiasticshock: “Wow,” he said. “Not onlyare you willing to touch me, but yousaid hello with a smile.” In thatinstant, he was not invisible.

Andre guided a few students toWashington Circle near the GeorgeWashington University campus. Iwas given a pair of new athleticsocks to distribute to a homelessperson I saw in the park but feltuneasy approaching a homelessman randomly.

Instead of making any assump-tions about the person, Andre toldme to ask, “Do you know if anyonecould use a pair of socks?” And that

was how I met Bob, a 63-year-oldblack man sitting with two suitcasesand extra bags next to him. Hedeclined my socks but accepted aninvitation to chat for a while. I real-ized that question about socks wasnot necessarily about the action ofgiving socks but rather was anexcuse to start a conversation.

I found an unlikely friend inAndre. I learned from him that oth-ers’ lack of compassion drives mosthomeless people to remain home-less. We avoid and we makeassumptions because we don’t knowhow to act.

Before Andre and I parted, Iasked him what advice he couldoffer me. He responded definitively,“People are not their circumstancesor their situations.” He didn’t elabo-rate, but somehow I knew exactlywhat he meant.

Jennifer Schwarz is a seniorenvironmental science and policymajor. She can be reached atschwarz@umdbk.com.

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Born today, you are a fiercelyindependent individual,eager to assert your individu-

ality in situations both personaland professional. For all this, youare never one to avoid social gath-erings, and you are able to be socharming, and use social graces tosuch effect, that you can work al-most any situation to your advan-tage. Fortunately, you are such anupstanding individual, with asense of pride combined with astrong moral sense,that you’re notthe type to use others for yourown gain; you want to advance inthe world on the strength of yourown personal merits.

Because of your natural inde-pendence, you will develop a headthat can think rationally in eventhe most irrational of circum-stances.For this reason you’re like-ly to be a natural leader, eventhough there may be times inwhich you do not desire to be onthe front lines.

Also born on this date are: ColinPowell, U.S. military leader andstatesman; Frank Gorshin, actor;Gregory Peck, actor; Bette Davis,actress;Spencer Tracy,actor;Book-er T.Washington, educator and au-thor.

To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.

FRIDAY,APRIL 6

ARIES (March 21-April 19) —Money matters take on a wholenew tone today, and as you be-come more serious others arelikely to be more frivolous — butwithout reason.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —Never let it be said that you arenot able to deal with the difficultissues head-on. Today, you must

do just that on at least two occa-sions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —Opening yourself up to thatwhich you had not consideredwill enable you to see things in amore productive light. Remainreceptive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) —Positioning yourself so that youhave the best possible vantagepoint will prove invaluable. Doyou have eyes in the back ofyour head?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Qual-ity and quantity — there’s noconfusing the two, and yet todaythey will surely go hand in hand.Is there such a thing as toomuch?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Risk management is the key toyour success today. You’ll haveto gamble occasionally, but youcan maximize your own odds,surely.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Satisfaction comes from know-ing you have done everything inyour power to further the causeto which you have lent your sup-port.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Telling another what he or sheneeds to hear is more difficultthan you think; you don’t simplywant to let the cat out of the bag!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Underneath your calm andcool facade today things arelikely to bubble furiously, assomeone may be pushing yourbuttons.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Visualize that which is mostimportant to you and you can besurrounded by it in abundanceby day’s end. The intangiblecounts for much.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —“What,” “where,” and “when”— those are the big issues today.The “who” and the “how” willvery likely take care of them-selves.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Xenophobia is not your style —you have no reason to fearstrangers at this time. You canlearn something about diversitytoday.

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They are two artists from different worlds.One works on the dance floor, bending aes-

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One day, the choreographer came acrossthe sculptor’s pieces and realized their goalswere the same. In an instant connection, anew team was born.

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Moss, who for 19 years has been exploringthemes of identity in his works, came acrossChun’s work in Seoul, South Korea and saidhe was inspired to create a performance outof viewing the sculptures.

The team conceived the project in 2007 butonly began working on it in 2009. Moss saidthe gap between years let him observe howChun’s works evolved over time.

Moss said the question he’s trying toanswer in the performance is synthesized inthe hypothetical of getting new clothes: Howwill a person’s relationship with the worldchange if he or she suddenly has a new pair ofshoes or a new shirt? The response to theaddition of new material makes up his piece’sexploration, he said.

“This work changed the way we lookedat our practice — both of us,” Moss said.“And those elements of the other — thesculptural elements, the performative ele-ments, the drama, the use of narrativesthat function within Nameless forest — allcame about as a response to the dialoguehe and I were having.”

At the beginning of the performance, 15audience members are invited onstage to par-ticipate. Moss said the audience members’purpose among the cast is to reflect the actionof walking through and experiencing thesculptures for the first time.

“Nameless forest reflects a journey thatthe audience takes with the performance,”Moss said. “That’s what Nameless forest isabout, and valuing the unknown, and allthe things that come with moving throughthe unknown.”

Nameless forest, a performance created bychoreographer Dean Moss and sculptorSungmyung Chun, runs tonight and tomorrowat 8 p.m. at CSPAC’s Kogod Theatre. Ticketsare $9 for students, $35 for adults. This per-formance contains full nudity.

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receiver Kevin Dorsey said jokingly.

ROBINSON RECOVERING

The Terps lost one of theirdefense’s key cogs just threegames into last season whensafety Matt Robinson went downfor the year with a shoulder injury.

While Robinson has not beencleared for full contact, as signi-fied by the yellow jersey hewears at practice, he’s foundhimself back on the field in a bigway during practice.

“We’re going to keep him outhere doing that because it helpsus because of all the communica-tion and calls he makes backthere for us,” Edsall said of therising junior. “It’s imperative thatwe have him out there, but heknows how to practice with theyellow jersey on.”

Robinson’s injury didn’t keephim out of the team’sintrasquad scrimmage Satur-day. Although he was able to doeverything but hit, his yellow

jersey did pose a problem.“The officials didn’t blow the

whistle when he tagged off, andthe offense got a touchdown,”Edsall said. “The defense wasmad at me, so I had to put upwith that.”

PERSONNEL ROUNDUP

As is typical of the shuffle ofspring practice, the Terps’ rosterand depth chart has undergoneseveral changes of late.

Cornerback Jeremiah John-son returned to the field yester-day in a limited capacity, whilelinebacker Alex Twine is slottedto return from injury to the fieldnext week, Edsall said. Line-backer Cole Farrand won’t beback for at least two weeks.

Nick Klemm, meanwhile, hasovertaken redshirt freshmanAndrew Zeller for the startingjob at left tackle, and Nate Clarkehas been moved from the offen-sive line to nose tackle. A.J.Hendy is relocating, as well, play-ing cornerback after one seasonat safety.

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SOFTBALL

Just in time, Terps find two winsBY JASON BENSCHER

Staff writer

A lack of clutch hitting had followedthe Terrapins softball team through astretch of six straight losses, througheight defeats in its past 10 games.

The Terps got exactly what theyneeded last night during a double-header sweep of George Mason.With another ACC road trip loomingthis weekend, a breakthroughcouldn’t have come at a better time.

“We remembered how to winagain,” pitcher Kaitlyn Schmeisersaid after her complete-game 6-3 vic-tory in the nightcap.

The Terps’ energy was apparentfrom the get-go, even as the offensestruggled to get off the ground. Fora midweek game against a middlingsquad, the crowd was a particularlyvocal one.

“They say that excitement is con-tagious, and it really is,” Schmeisersaid. “We were just rememberinghow to have fun.”

Look no further than Schmeiser,whose voice was raspy from a nightof yelling from the circle and thedugout. Making softball enjoyableonce more seemed a necessity for aTerps squad sitting at a crossroads.These were two winnable gamesbefore a ramped-up ACC schedule— and they knew it.

“We worked through a lot of thestresses and a lot of the worries,”coach Laura Watten said.

In last night’s opener, a 3-1Terps victory, the Patriots hungwith the hosts early. Each teamplated a run in the third inning andremained scoreless until the sixth.The Terps (20-14) left runners onin the first three frames, continu-ing a trend that has plagued themin recent weeks.

The Patriots (10-26) nearly brokethrough in the fifth, when first base-man Reagan Doiron rocketed aKendra Knight pitch to the center-field wall. A picture-perfect relayfrom shortstop Kathy McLaughlincut down what would have been thego-ahead run.

Knight, after a treacherous firstinning, settled down despite anotherouting high in walks. The seniorhurler kept the Patriots at bay whilethe teams traded zeroes.

“It’s good to see [Knight] wasable to work through some of thechallenges she had been having,”Watten said.

The Terps’ clutch hitting finallycame to life in the sixth, when Wat-ten found the right button aftersending Kelly Trimble in to pinch-hit. Her two-run home run, anopposite-field wall-scraper, gavethe Terps a late 3-1 lead they

wouldn’t relinquish.“We knew we just needed some-

thing to get us to break through,”Watten said.

The Terps led Game 2 until thefourth inning, when the Patriots ral-lied for three two-out runs offSchmeiser. Again, the Terps foundthemselves at a point when theymight have otherwise folded.

“We got used to losing,”Schmeiser said. “That’s not theplace you want to be.”

Instead of lying down, the Terps’response was a five-run explosion inthe bottom half, capped by a bases-loaded single that the Patriots mis-played into three runs. The outbursticed the game, as Schmeiser heldthe Patriots in check to seal the 6-3win and the sweep.

“[Losing] almost got to be thisregular thing,” Schmeiser said. “Wefinally decided we were sick of it.”

The Patriots are not at the level ofGeorgia Tech, the Terps’ weekendopponent. Still, two wins against any-one will help to rebuild the Terps’morale, which had taken some hits.As ACC play approaches, they’ll cer-tainly take what they can get.

“We’ve got to get back to feelingconfident again,” Watten said.“That’s what we needed tonight.”

benscher@umdbk.comPitcher Kendra Knight shut out George Mason after allowing one run in the firstinning of a 3-1 Terps victory yesterday afternoon. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

and for her to put it all togetherwas great to see, but it waseven more special to see herput it all together at EAGLChampionships,” coach BrettNelligan said. “That’s thedream right there.”

The Terps will head toFayetteville, Ark., for theteam’s NCAA Regional thisSaturday, and despite thelooming threat of the end ofher gymnastics career,Phillips is positive about theopportunity.

“I’ve had such a memo-rable career, and to seeeverything come togethernow in the postseason and inthe meets that matter is spe-cial,” she said. “I want to goout with a bang in this lastmeet, but you never knowwhat can happen.”

In their program’s his-tory, the Terps have nevermade it past the first stageof the 36-team champi-onship field, which is bro-ken into six regionals. Toadvance to the next round,the Terps will need to placesecond or better in aregional field that includesfour teams ranked in the top20 nationally.

With Phillips back andhealthy, it might be possible.Her recent performanceshave been essential to theTerps’ late-season success,and Nelligan has not over-looked the effect his cap-tain’s presence has had onhis young squad.

“She’s been a leader forthe team scoring,” Nelligansaid, “but also inspiring herteammates, pushing herteammates in practice andthen giving them the confi-dence during meets tobelieve that they can go outand break these recordsand do these things thatpeople have never donebefore.”

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PHILLIPSfrom page 8

we’re going about our business on all thelittle details,” coach Erik Bakich said. “Weknow that if we focus on those things, theresults will take care of themselves.”

Starter Sander Beck pitched sixshutout innings, allowing only two hitsand three walks while striking out five.After Tuesday night’s fielding woes —the Terps (19-12) committed three errorsand allowed five unearned runs — Beck(4-1) still played to his defense, keepingthe ball low in the zone to induce groundballs against the Bison offense.

“Our defense has been great all year,”Beck said. “Even the best defenses have atough game every once in a while.”

Bucknell (14-15) mounted a late rallyagainst the Terps in the eighth, scoringthree runs off reliever Jake Stinnett. Butone night after an end-of-game collapsedoomed the Terps to only their third non-conference loss of the season, thereweren’t going to be any late heroics inCollege Park. Stinnett shut the door onthe Bison in the ninth, and the Terps heldon comfortably.

Offensively, they received contribu-tions from up and down the startinglineup. In the upper third of the order,second baseman Kyle Convissar had twohits and scored twice from the leadoffspot, while right fielder Jordan Hagel hadtwo RBI behind him. Delp’s home runcame as the Terps’ clean-up hitter, andRodriguez delivered four hits from theNo. 7 spot in the lineup.

“One of our goals is to be relentless, onethrough nine in the lineup,” Bakich said.“When we’re playing well offensively, it’s abalanced attack and we are getting contri-butions up and down the lineup. … Whenwe’re firing on all cylinders, we’re going toput up a bunch of quality at-bats, and that’swhat we did tonight.”

In taking a 7-0 lead on the Bison afteronly four innings, the Terps displayed aresiliency that has often characterizedtheir season — just not against GeorgeMason. Afterward, Beck spoke matter-of-factly about the Terps’ stinker Tuesdaynight, a result that seemed sure not tolinger as the Terps head into their ACCweekend series.

“As soon as the game [Tuesday] wasover,” Beck said, “we flushed it — that’sour expression here — and today was anew day.”

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BISONfrom page 8

Pitcher Sander Beck said the Terps have “flushed” Tuesday’s 7-6 loss to George Mason. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

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BASEBALL

After loss,Terps findway backEarly surge fuelswin over Bucknell

BY DANIEL GALLENStaff writer

Striding to the plate with run-ners on second and third base andno outs in the third inning, TomoDelp found himself in a situationnot unlike those the Terrapinsbaseball team had failed to capital-ize on the night before.

Against George Mason on Tues-day, the Terps stranded 13 run-ners, including bases-loaded jamsin the second and ninth innings, inan agonizing 7-6 loss.

For any speck of momentumentering this weekend’s series withNo. 17 N.C. State, the Terps knew,that couldn’t happen again last night.

With one swing of the bat, Delpmade sure of it. Sending a high flyball to left-center field that Buck-nell’s outfielders could only watchas it cleared the fence at Bob “Tur-tle” Smith Stadium, Delp turned a3-0 Terps lead into a 6-0 advantage.His first home run of the year wasmore than the Terps needed in an8-3 victory.

“I was just looking for a pitch upin the zone,” Delp said. “That’s all Iwas looking for. It was a simpleswing — just get those RBI in.”

The Terps got that, and more.“I think we did a good job of kind

of refocusing our energy on justthe way we’re playing and how

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FOOTBALL | NOTEBOOK

Coach Randy Edsall and the Terps had their seventh spring practice session Tuesday. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

GYMNASTICS

Betterlate than

neverPhillips’ returnkey in regionals

BY DANIEL POPPERStaff writer

As one of two seniors on the Ter-rapins gymnastic team’s roster,Kyra Phillips faced a tall task thisseason: lead an extremely youngsquad featuring more freshmenthan upperclassmen.

In the most injury-ridden seasonof her four-year career, that’sproved difficult. A knee injury inJanuary sidelined Phillips for twoweeks and left her unable to com-pete on floor for an additional threeweeks. Without their two-time cap-tain and second-team All-EAGL per-former, the Terps struggled to findtheir footing.

“It was extremely hard and frus-trating, and it’s still something I’mdealing with,” Phillips said. “Espe-cially since my career is coming toan end, seeing the weeks go by wasone of the hardest things I’ve had toovercome.”

Since her full return to the Terps’ranks in late February, however,Phillips hasn’t merely overcomeher injury. She’s emerged from herhiatus as a dominant force. In thefive meets since straining her knee,Phillips has averaged 9.815 onvault, 9.705 on bars and 9.670 onfloor, including a tremendous per-formance at the EAGL Champi-onships in which she posted a 9.900on vault and a 9.900 on floor, lead-ing the Terps to a third-place finishin the conference.

“She’s battled injury and sickness,

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BY CONOR WALSHSenior staff writer

The Terrapins football teamentered spring practice with an inex-perienced defensive secondary and alack of depth that was only magnifiedby the departure of defensive backAvery Graham last week.

An unexpected bright spot in thedefensive backfield has emerged,however, in junior Isaac Goins, whoarrived in College Park in January as atransfer from California’s ContraCosta College.

Goins has already established him-

self in the Terps’ rotation at corner-back, coach Randy Edsall said yester-day, and has assumed some of theteam’s punt-returning duties duringspring practice.

“When it’s 50 degrees, I think hethinks it’s like 30 degrees, so youhave to tease him about that,” Edsallsaid Tuesday of the Oakland, Calif.,native. “But I think he’s made theadjustment really well. I’ve beenimpressed with his football knowl-edge, his instincts. He’s verysmooth, he’s got good hands. I thinkthe only thing he has to do is get bet-ter. … He’s got instincts that you

don’t teach.”“He’s a competitor,” quarterback

C.J. Brown said. “He’s working hardand he’s really bought into the team. Iknow a lot of guys get along with himreally well.”

While Goins has impressed duringthe team’s first seven spring practices,he hasn’t yet struck much fear in anyof his teammates on the offensive sideof the ball. At least, none that are will-ing to admit as much.

“Let’s just put on the record thatIsaac Goins can’t check me,” wide

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Terps continue to make movesTransfer Goins impressing early; Robinson continues recovery