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BY SARAH MEEHANStaff writer

Student groups may be forced to collaboratemore next year after most saw slashed budgetsand drastic decreases in SGA funding.

Overall, student organizations received lessthan a quarter of the finances they requested inprimary funding for next year, according to Stu-dent Government Association Vice President ofFinance Rob Mutschler.

About 300 groups, including the 42 sportsorganizations that will be handled for the firsttime by Campus Recreation Servies, requested atotal of more than $3 million, but the SGA onlyhad about $730,000 to dole out. That means theSGA had about $200,000 less than it did last year

Former Athletics Director Debbie Yow has had anuneasy relationship with Terrapin men’s basketballcoach Gary Williams. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY SARAH MEEHANStaff writer

Change is the only constant in Kaiyi Xie’s life,and he likes it that way.

Xie has never stayed in one place for too long,and he doesn’t intend to after graduation, either.As a Student Government Association cabinetmember, he found many areas ripe for reformwithin the organization: communication, atti-tudes and procedures.

So after two years in the SGA, it’s only fittingthat the junior bioengineering and mathematicsmajor is running for SGA president on the ActionParty ticket. He’s ready for a change.

First as a freshman eager to get involved and

then as the SGA’s director of student groups, Xiesaid he saw too much tension between studentsand the organization that serves them. Now,armed with the perspectives of both sides, hehopes to improve the relationship even further.

“The dedication he shows to help studentgroups is really amazing,” SGA Chief of StaffMichelle McGrain said. “He’s really good at seeingthe different sides of things — he sees things fromthe student side and really understands why stu-dents are unhappy with the organization.”

When helping form the Action Party, Xie saidhe looked for a mix of SGA veterans and new-comers that would bring both experience and

see XIE, page 3Junior Kaiyi Xie is running for SGA president as a member of the Action Party. Xie said he hopesto improve the relationship between students and the organization. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

Kaiyi Xie fronts the Action Party in SGA elections

Championing change

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SGA cuts studentgroups’ budgetsOrganizations received lessthan one quarter requested

BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer

Nearly 300 miles of separation apparently was-n’t enough to stop the latest public spat betweenTerrapin men’s basketball coach Gary Williamsand former Athletics Director Debbie Yow.

At an introductory news conference for newNC State men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfriedyesterday, Yow, now the Wolfpack’s athleticsdirector, made several pointed remarks abouther former colleague, accusing Williams of try-ing to “sabotage” the school’s hiring efforts.

“I don’t have a reputation across all men’s

see YOW, page 7

Former AD cries ‘sabotage’ in NCState searchYow pins blame on Williams,who denies involvement

BY BEN PRESENTSenior staff writer

For sophomore psychology major Alli-son Cohen, the key to dealing with the anx-iety of college life comes in a small pack-age — a 6-month old puppy named Gus,who turned out to be exactly what the doc-tor ordered.

When Cohen, who has owned dogs herentire life, transitioned from a small Mont-gomery County private school to this uni-versity, she began having anxiety andpanic attacks from the stress of a largecampus away from home.

“I went to [my doctor] and I just said‘Look, I love dogs. I consider myself aresponsible person, I do have anxiety —would you be able to write me a prescrip-tion to have a dog live with me in college?’”

Her psychiatrist, Dr. Jared Putnam,agreed that having an emotional supportdog — considered just as important in clin-ical counseling as seeing eye dogs are forthe blind — could help Cohen’s condition.

Cohen soon bought Gus, a mix betweena Yorkshire Terrier and a Maltese, who

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State recommends $4M in USM cutsBY RACHEL ROUBEIN

Senior staff writer

The university system will likely face a $4 mil-lion budget cut and a 3 percent tuition increaseafter a committee of state legislators from bothchambers passed a version of Gov. Martin O’Mal-ley’s budget.

The legislation still requires approval fromlawmakers and the governor.

Last night’s vote, which approved a $34 billionoperating budget, stands to end three consecu-tive years of furloughs, instate the 3 percent tu-ition hike O’Malley had recommended and man-date that the possibility of merging College Parkwith the University of Maryland, Baltimore, beexplored.

The approval of a $4 million cut from the Univer-sity System of Maryland’s budget was a far cryfrom the $8.1 million the House of Delegates had

recommended and the $2 million advocated by thestate Senate, but state and university officials saidthe number is a compromise they can live with.

“Like every other state, it’s a very difficult budg-et session,” university lobbyist Ross Stern said.

To balance the state’s budget, which was esti-mated to face a multimillion-dollar budget short-fall, a committee comprised of members of the

Proposal includes 3 percent tuition hike, eliminates furloughs after three years

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Dog provides emotionalsupport for sophomore

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doesn’t look like your typicalservice dog. But Cohen saidhis impact on her life wasimmediate — she rarely getspanic attacks anymore and, asa result, has greatly decreasedher dependence on anxietymedication.

“I’ve had dogs my entire life,”Cohen said. “I’ve always justthought about how it’s unfairhow college kids can’t have a petif they’re capable of raising andowning a dog in college.”

Psychiatric support dogs areoften used to help patients —especially veterans who haverecently returned from war —deal with post-traumatic stressdisorder. Studies have been con-ducted by the National Institutesof Health and the U.S. Depart-ment of Defense to show thepositive effects such animalshave on patients with stress dis-orders. Patients who use emo-tional support animals are alsoprotected under the Americanswith Disabilities Act, a federallaw that allows dogs like Gus toaccompany their owners in pub-lic buildings typically not acces-sible by pets.

In order to get clearance forGus to live in her Hartwick Tow-ers apartment, Cohen broughther doctor’s note to buildingmanagers, who then presentedthe request to the building’sboard. The building ownerswere legally obligated to sayyes, but Cohen still had to sign alease with little wiggle room:One late-night bark or accidenton the carpet and Gus would bemoving home.

But that never happened.“Everybody that ended up

being involved in the processjust loved dogs,” she said.“They were all really awesomeabout it.”

Cohen said she has had tomake some sacrifices for Gus —missing nights out with hersorority, three monthly trips tothe vet, additional expenses for

food and supplies and the obvi-ous dirty work — but added thatGus is worth every second andevery penny.

“I’m taking care of this livething with a heartbeat and emo-tion,” she said. “It’s just a reallycool thing. It has really preparedme for the real world.”

“He definitely is a bigreminder of home,” she addedof Gus. “He stays where I stay.He’s going where I’m going.”

Junior government and poli-tics major Meagan Serino, wholives down the hall from Cohenand puppy-sits for her friend,said she is often surprised byCohen’s steadfast commitmentto Gus.

“I think, ‘Wow, that’s a lot ofwork for someone in college tohave to take care of a dog,’” shesaid. “She has to worry aboutwhether or not she can stay outall night and has to come back.It’s definitely rare.”

But Serino said she has seen

a definite change in her friend’scoping abilities since Gus cameinto her life.

“She’s definitely able to han-dle her stress more,” she said.“He’s soothing to her and he’s acomfort. I think it’s really hardto do but she’s really committedto it and she loves that dog. He’shelped her so much, so it makesit worth it to her.”

While Cohen doesn’t bringGus to class for now — there’sstill some paperwork to file withthe university — she is still ableto take him to the movies, intorestaurants and onto planes.And after six months of nearlyround-the-clock bonding,Cohen said she is just as muchof a help to Gus as he is to her.

“He actually has somewhat ofa separation anxiety,” she said.“When I leave, he’ll start to cry.”

Senior staff writer Lauren Red-ding contributed to this [email protected]

Sophomore psychology major Allison Cohen spends hours a daywith her emotional support dog, Gus. She said her pet has madeher life much less stressful. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Gus, a 6-month-old Yorkshire Terrier-Maltese mix, is more than a cute face. He’s an integral partof sophomore Allison Cohen’s emotional support system. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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House and senate negotiatedto reach a final product tosend back to lawmakers.

Stern added that it’s toosoon to tell how the cuts willbe apportioned throughoutthe system.

“It’s too soon to say wherecuts will come from,” hesaid. “We’re gratified that, inthe end, they chose to com-promise and take a smallercut then the larger proposed,so we’re very happy aboutthat. We were fighting tomake sure we didn’t get thatfull $8 million cut.”

If approved by the GeneralAssembly and O’Malley, therecommended 3 percenttuition increase will be votedon by the Board of Regents— the 17-member body ofgubernatorial appointeesthat oversees the universitysystem.

Although the board canvote to increase tuition fur-ther, it cannot vote to drop itbelow 3 percent.

“Given the very dif ficultbudget climate, it shows thecommitment to keepinghigher education affordablein Maryland,” Stern said ofthe in-state tuition hike,which is equal to last year’s.“I think most everyone wasanxious to try and keep thetuition increase at 3 percentand not have it go higher.”

The state committee alsovoted to withhold $1 millionfrom the system’s 2012 allo-cation until a study on theproposed merger of this uni-versity with UMB has beencompleted. State Senate Pres-ident Mike Miller (D-Calvertand Prince George’s) pro-posed the merger and askedthat the study be finalized byDec. 15.

The wording of the study’spurpose was also changedyesterday. Originally, theproposal asked that the uni-

versity system analyze howto properly join the two insti-tutions; now, the wordingcalls for the study to weighthe pros and cons of a possi-ble merger.

“This is the GeneralAssembly’s way of makingsure the study’s donepromptly and correctly,”Stern said.

State Sen. Jim Rosapepe(Prince George’s and AnnArundel), who representsCollege Park, noted the com-mittee’s decision to recom-mend ending the three con-secutive years of furloughdays for state employees wasalso a major victory for thisuniversity’s employees.

The 3 percent increase is“good for students, endingthe furloughs is good for fac-ulty and staff,” he said,adding that a proposedreduction in pension plansfor state employees was a

step in the wrong direction.“The bigger disappoint-

ment in the budget to me isthat they disagree to reducethe pension plan for stateemployees, so that’s going tocost faculty and staff somemoney; so, that’s unfortu-nate,” Rosapepe said. “It’snot something that I sup-ported, but it’s somethingthat they agreed.”

Stern said that it’s toosoon to tell how exactly thedeflated pension plans wouldaffect the university’s facultyand staff recruitment, as thepension plan new employeeswould receive will be lessthan those of previous years.

The House also approveda $3 billion capital budgetlast night. The senate nowmust sign off on that legisla-tion, which would fund majorinvestments.

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CAPITAL BUDGET BY THE NUMBERSLast night, the House of Delegates voted to approvea budget crafted by a state committee made up ofHouse and state Senate lawmakers. If approved bythe senate, this budget proposal would go into effectin fiscal year 2012.

The proposed $3 billion capital budget, which fundsmajor investments, would include:

$150,000 for a replica of the Choptank RiverLighthouse

$22 million to purchase new Medevac helicopters$40 million for the Department of Public Safety

and Correctional Services and State Police$60 million for about 20 projects at state

community colleges$198 million for higher education projects$250 million for school construction$267 million for environmental and agricultural

projects$180 million for nutrient removal technologies$925 million in new borrowing for infrastructure,

which is about $215 million less in borrowing thanthe fiscal year 2011 Capital Budget

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to distribute to studentorganizations.

“I think that’s going toseverely hinder the qualityof programs,” said SGADirector of Student GroupsKaiyi Xie, who is running forSGA president. “I think nextyear is going to be reallyimportant for the studentgroups to work together andput on events together, andthat means that the SGAneeds to provide the infra-structure for them to do so.”

The 42 student sportsclubs have not receivedtheir budgets yet, Mutschlersaid, because their budgetsare now handled separatelyby Campus Recreation Ser-vices. Once those clubs arefunded, the SGA will havegiven out an additional$319,000.

The finance committeeused a slightly different sys-tem for cutting funds thanlast year, Mutschler said. Inprevious years, the groupsthat requested the mostmoney received the highestcuts. But because of theSGA’s overall decreasedfunding, every group wassubmitted the same percent-age cut this year, regardlessof how much they requested.

Student groups are able toappeal the SGA’s fundingcuts, and Mutschler said heexpects many will, given thelarge number of groupsaffected by the cuts.

“After seeing the num-

bers, I expect a lot of studentgroups to be disappointedwith their allocations,”Mutschler said.

Xie said student groupsthat try to appeal the body’sfund allocation will likely berejected.

“In order for an appeal tobe successful, they have toprove that the rule that wasused was unfair or why it wasincorrectly applied,” Xie said.

Pride Alliance PresidentSpencer Brennen said hisgroup requested $35,000 —which he said he did not expectto receive all of — but was onlyallocated $6,299, an amount hesaid is enough to fund onlyPride Month. The group wasgiven $9,000 last year for theevent alone, he said.

Brennen said he hopesother groups will co-sponsorhis organization’s events,though he doesn’t expectthem to because every groupsustained huge losses.

“Most groups are notgoing to be able or willing tofund other groups’ activitiesbecause no one has any

money,” Brennen said. “Ithink it’s just going torequire a lot of studentgroups to work really, reallyhard in collaboration.”

Crystal Varkalis, vicepresident of Students for aSensible Drug Policy, saidher club also only received afraction of the funding itrequested. She said it’s notlikely any co-sponsorshipwill allow SSDP to host high-caliber events.

“I think we got enough tocover our three most expen-sive speakers’ honorariumsthat we try to have eachsemester and that’s aboutit,” Varkalis said.

She said the funding cutusually wouldn’t sting sobadly because SSDP co-sponsors events withNORML Terps. But bothgroups’ budgets wereslashed this year, Varkalissaid, leaving them wonder-ing how to fund next semes-

ter’s events.Xie, who is running for SGA

president on the Action Partyticket, said this is exactly whathe’s worried about.

“What I don’t want to see isstudent groups to try andcharge for their eventsbecause that makes it lessaccessible, and I know it’sgoing to be very tempting,”Xie said.

Prior to starting the financeprocess in March, the SGA setaside $60,000 in the GroupHelp Fund for appeals. WhileMutschler said he hopes mostof that fund will last throughthe appeals process so nextyear’s body will be able toassist fledgling groups, Xiesaid some groups, such asMaryPIRG and WMUCRadio, will likely eat up a goodchunk of that funding inappeals because their initialrequests were so large.

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SGA FUNDING FACTSThe Student Government Association releasedstudent groups’ funding allocations Friday, andmany saw their budgets dramatically cut.

Here is a look at the SGA’s allocation process:

$3 million: The total amount requested by studentgroups

$730,000: The amount the SGA had to give tostudent groups

$319,000: The amount set to be doled out toathletic clubs

287: The number of student groups to requestfunding

Three graduateschool programsincrease in nationalrankings reportSome programs still lagging; students said rankings aren’t vital

BY KELLY FARRELLStaff writer

The university’s graduateprograms in business, educa-tion and engineering saw ajump in the annual U.S. News &World Report ratings last week,but students and officials saidstrong rankings tend to be a rel-atively minor factor for stu-dents selecting a school.

The business school hadfive disciplines ranked in thetop 25 nationally, and allimproved on their positions inthe 2010 ratings; the educa-tion and engineering schoolseach had nine. Overall, thethree colleges —all of whichwere new to the report —ranked No. 45 for business,No. 23 for education and No.22 for engineering.

“The progress made …reflects the ongoing investmentof resources in those programsby the campus and by the indi-vidual colleges,” said CynthiaHale, the assistant dean of theuniversity’s graduate school.“We believe the improved rank-ings are a by-product of our col-lective commitment to excel-lence in graduate education.”

All of the education college’sprograms were ranked —many either maintained theirranking from last year or roseon the list.

“We are very pleased withthese rankings,” Associate Edu-cation Dean MargaretMcLaughlin said, noting thespecial education programmade its way into the top 10 forthe first time this year.

Even with such high rank-ings, some programs still didnot make the cut. In the engi-neering school, seven of its 16programs were not included inthe report. But Dean DarryllPines said it is difficult toequate rankings to the actualsuccess of each school’s indi-vidual programs.

“The rankings do not alwaysreflect where resources aredistributed in college,” Pinessaid. “They reflect one meas-ure of what peers think aboutindividual.”

Pines said there are moreconcrete ways to judge a pro-gram’s merits.

“I believe that the best meas-ure of our excellence is whatour students do with theirknowledge and skills gained

during their time in CollegePark,” Pines said. “While thereis always room for improve-ment, the college is proud ofeach of its units.”

Officials in the businessschool could not be reachedfor comment.

While administrators areproud of the rankings, theyare quick to point out thegraduate school has other keystrong points.

“While the ranking maycatch their eye, the applicantsto our graduate programs arefar more interested in the fac-ulty, research opportunities,resources, campus amenitiesand our proximity to Washing-ton D.C.,” Hale said.

Engineering graduate stu-dent Barrett Dillow agreed withHale and said rankings aremore of a launching pad than afinal deal-maker.

“While in graduate school,once you begin your research,the prominence of a school inconferences, journals andother publications is whatreally drives recognition up,”Dillow said.

The rankings do make a big-ger difference for internationalstudents than those coming fromnearby, some students said.

“I think a lot of internationalstudents tend to put a littlemore stock in it because theydon’t have access to facultymembers who travel aroundthe U.S. and can weigh in,” saidImraan Faruque, an aerospaceengineering doctoral student.“Most of my decision was influ-enced by professors who knewthe academic communities bet-ter than I did.”

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University tests Blackboard replacementsELMS contract set to expire in 2013; five pilot programs launched

BYLEAHVILLANUEVASenior staff writer

As the university’s contractwith Blackboard is set to expirein 2013, classes are test-run-ning five different online learn-ing systems in search of a re-placement to power the nextgeneration of ELMS.

In the fall, Joseph JaJa, interimvice president and chief informa-tion officer of the Office of Infor-mation Technology, charged afaculty and student committeewith evaluating the possiblelearning systems to replace theBlackboard Academic Suite.Five different learning manage-ment systems were selected andare being piloted by 24 instruc-tors and about 1,200 students forthe remainder of the semester.

Chris Higgins, OIT’s interimdirector of academic support,said the faculty will be meeting infocus groups next week to dis-cuss the high and low points ofeach system. Student feedbackwill also be gathered throughsurveys, one mid-term and oneat the end of the semester. A finalreport will be submitted to theELMS Evaluation Committee in

May. The committee will makeits recommendation to the Uni-versity Senate’s InformationTechnology Council on June 15.

Higgins said Blackboard’snewest version — Blackboard9.1 — is being considered as oneof the options. The other sys-tems are Desire2Learn, Moo-dle, Sakai and Canvas.

Economics professor RobertSchwab is piloting the Canvassystem with his ECON 414:Game Theory course and saidhis students have respondedpositively to the system’s multi-media features.

For instance, Canvas cancontact students through Twit-ter, Facebook or their cellphones when grades or an-nouncements are posted. Thesystem can also be synchedwith Google Calendar.

But Schwab said he does notthink this system -— which is thenewest of the five options — isquite ready to be launched. Hesaid class emails have failed tosend several times through thesystem and it is often difficult tofind help information on the site.

“I think sometime down theroad it could be a strong competi-

tor for Blackboard,” Schwabsaid. “Right now, it just has a lot ofrough edges to it.”

Psychology professorCharles Stangor had nothing butpraise for the Moodle system,which he is piloting with hisPSYC 221: Social Psychologyclass. He described it as beingmore flexible and easy to use.

“I don’t want to go back toBlackboard in the fall!” Stangorwrote in an email, citing the slow-ness of the online gradebookand the number of mouse clicksrequired to perform tasks as is-sues with the existing system.

But some faculty who triedother systems said they pre-ferred Blackboard in spite of itsimperfections, with several not-ing it may be because it is a sys-tem they are more familiar with.

Higgins said based on facultyfeedback so far, ease of use andaccess are the most important el-ements instructors are lookingfor in the next system.

“The number of clicks reallymatters to faculty,” Higgins said.

Several faculty echoed thissentiment.

“I don’t care too much if it cantrack me on Twitter and Face-

book,” Schwab said. “I just wantit to be really simple and reallystraightforward. I just want tobe able to do things quickly. Ithink that is by far the most im-portant thing.”

Several students said in spiteof some minor issues, Black-board serviced them fine. Theproblems came, they said,when the instructors fail to putELMS to good use or don’teven use it at all.

“It’s like we use only some ofwhat it seems really capable of,”said freshman letters and sci-ences major Ben Parzow. “I haveno classes that use the discus-sion boards, and some of thetabs have cool-looking stuff like‘interactive elements,’ and wenever use any of it.”

Some students said the sys-tem can only improve if their in-structors actually make use of it.

“We don’t always want toemail our teachers when wewant to know our grades,” fresh-man government and politicsEmily Morris said. “So if all theteachers used it, it would be bet-ter for everyone.”

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“We believe theimprovedrankings are abyproduct of ourcollectivecommitment toexcellence ingraduateeducation.”

CYNTHIA HALEGRADUATE SCHOOL ASSISTANT DEAN

SGA candidates pledge to reform bodyXie, Simon seek to increase legislature’s transparency

BY LAUREN KIRKWOODStaff writer

SGA presidential hopefulsBen Simon and Kaiyi Xie bothvowed to make the organizationmore accountable and transpar-ent — promises made everyyear but ones both candidatessaid they have concrete plans tosee through.

The candidates said narrow-ing the student-representativegap and raising awareness ofwhat exactly the Student Govern-ment Association does will go along way toward increasing theorganization’s effectiveness.Both platforms include specificideas to accomplish that, includ-ing publishing SGA votingrecords online, which Simon saidwould make it easier for studentsto hold their representatives re-sponsible for their decisions.

And although he acknowl-edged that candidates oftenpromise greater transparency,Simon said his Love Party willmake itself accountable by creat-ing and regularly updating an on-line calendar that tracks its initia-tives, an idea he hopes will foster atighter connection between SGAleaders and their constituents.

“I think more important thanthe online stuff is the other halfof this, the face-to-face stuff,”The Love Movement’s presidentsaid. “One of the things I’mgoing to be doing is holdingopen meetings on Friday after-noons with students to listen tothem, collaborate on ideas and

connect with them over tea.”Xie, who now serves as the

SGA director of student groupsand is leading the Action Party,said he too is interested in en-couraging students to connectwith their legislators so they canfeel involved with the SGA evenafter the election.

“After the election cycle, peo-ple never see another person inSGA,” he said. “I’m an engineer-ing student; I’ve never seen theengineering legislators go intothe school and ask for people’sopinions.”

Simon emphasized that SGAmembers should advertise theirmeeting times, personal goalsand any recent resolutions thebody passed so others can stayinformed about what they actual-ly spend their time doing.

Some students said this wouldbe a step in the right direction inincreasing SGA recognition.

“If [SGA representatives] arenot well-known, they’re notgoing to be very effective in get-ting people’s opinions and get-ting people to advocate forthem,” freshman letters and sci-ences major Kate De Vita said.

To accommodate those in-volved with other student groupsand clubs, Xie said the ActionParty would ensure the SGAworks more closely with groupleaders to address their concernsand coordinate their efforts.

“A lot of them work on verysimilar issues that students careabout, like the Good Samaritanpolicy, so getting more student

groups to work with legislatorsand getting legislators to reachout to student groups is onething we can do,” Xie said.

“We should be a resourceand not an obstacle for [studentgroups] to achieve their goals,”added sophomore governmentand politics major MatthewPopkin, who is running for sen-ior vice president with the Ac-tion Party.

Simon said he wants to dispelthe exclusive, members-onlyvibe that he speculated discour-ages students from attendingthe weekly SGA meetings. Oneway of accomplishing that, hesaid, is to switch the meetings’location to a more accessiblespot, though he didn’t offer spe-cific alternatives. Meetings arecurrently held in Stamp StudentUnion’s Banneker Room.

“I think a lot of what the peo-ple in our party have been frus-trated with is the organizationalculture within SGA,” saidSimon, who heads a ticket thatincludes just one candidate whohas previously been in the SGA.“Students go to SGA meetingsand have a ‘I never want to goback’ experience.”

But Xie said because the Ac-tion Party is comprised of anequal number of SGA veteransand newcomers, its mix of enthu-siasm and experience will allowthem to make quick progress ontheir goals and become a morewelcoming system.

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fresh perspectives to the or-ganization. He said shakingthings up is crucial to thegroup’s effectiveness, but itwould require a workingknowledge of the status quo.

“It’s hard to change some-thing that you haven’t seenin action internally before,”Xie said.

Xie’s confidence in the valueof change is deeply rooted inhis personal experiences; hislife has never followed a pre-dictable path. His parentsmoved the family across theglobe as they finished theirmaster’s degrees. At each newschool he attended, Xie foundcomfort in getting involvingwith student organizations — itwas his way of settling into newplaces, he said.

Xie joined the debate team atWalter Johnson High School inBethesda, an interest thatstayed with him into his fresh-man year. As a member of theMaryland Parliamentary De-bate Society, Xie saw his team-mates struggle to communi-cate with the SGA, especiallywhen requesting funding.

His first experience with stu-dent government was attend-ing his group’s appeal for moremoney, and he said he left themeeting with a sour taste forthe organization. But Xie sawpotential, so he ran for directorof student groups and has heldthat position for the past twoyears. Working closely withthese groups has given him in-sight into their interactionswith the SGA, he said.

Xie said he hopes to contin-ue transforming the SGA’s rela-tionship with student groups,adding that he wants to seegroups be more active in theSGA’s policy-making.

“He has the unique SGA ex-perience in the sense that he’sbeen able to interact with a lotmore students than the aver-age SGA member does,” Mc-Grain said.

He envisions a future SGAthat is more open to the aver-age student, he said.

Xie said that he chose hisrunning mates based on theunique viewpoints they eachbring to the ticket, not onwhether they agree with everyelement of the Action Partyplatform, and that he encour-ages healthy debate.

“I told people who ran withme that I want them to feelcomfortable enough to call meout,” Xie said. “I like it whenpeople call me out because itreally helps me, and I’m nevergoing to get angry at anyone.”

Gary Felton, an agricultural

engineering professor andXie’s adviser in the Gemstoneprogram, said Xie’s clear-headedness and effectivecommunication skills wouldbe assets if he were electedpresident.

“A lot of discussions haveanger involved, and he seems tobe able to avoid it and also kindof tone it down when the angergets too high,” Felton said.

For his Gemstone project,Xie has worked to engineer aplant that could produce a biofu-el more efficient than ethanol,he said. Xie also participated inEngineers Without Borders.

Although he is majoring inmath and science, Xie said heplans to take the LSAT exam inhopes that a diverse back-ground will open intriguingdoors down the line.

“It’s all a learning experi-ence,” Xie said. “If you don’tlike it, you have the flexibility tochange it, and I think that’swhat I’m looking for.”

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SGA Director of Student Groups Kaiyi Xie hopes to leadthe body next year. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

“I think it’s justgoing to requirea lot of studentgroups to workreally, reallyhard incollaboration.”

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Aplan to merge this univer-sity with the University ofMaryland, Baltimore,could have a positive

impact. Throughout the country,there is an increasing trend towardgreater collaboration across aca-demic disciplines. As the flagshipcampus of this state, this universitywould be wise to stay ahead of thecurve rather than risk falling behindother premier research institutions.

In March, university PresidentWallace Loh wrote in a letter to stu-dents that “To win great opportuni-ties in the fast-changing world of21st century higher education, wemust work even more closely tobridge the boundaries of academicand professional disciplines.”

Loh is keen to consider the evolv-ing academic landscape. In the faceof both an increasingly competitiveenvironment and a shrinking finan-cial safety net, this university shouldconsider all of its options, including amerger with the Baltimore campus.

This university has come a longway from its humble origins as theMaryland Agricultural College. Hav-ing surmounted a number of obsta-cles, including bankruptcy and adevastating fire, this institutionemerged from the ashes with arenewed focus on establishing itselfas a preeminent academic institu-tion. However, this university onlyrecently solidified itself among thetop ranks of public research univer-sities in this country. This is not todiscount those gains, it is simply tosay that it would be dangerous toresort to complacency in light ofsuch recent progress.

This university remains deficientin several areas of graduate study,most notably medicine and law.Luckily, this university’s not-so-dis-tant relative in Baltimore providesgraduate studies in both of these dis-ciplines. In addition to a nationallyranked law school, UMB boasts oneof the nation’s oldest medicalschools. Students often complain

about a lack of pre-law and pre-medi-cine tracks of study at this university.Combining these schools will domuch to dispel the academic asym-metries. By fostering collaborationbetween its graduate and undergrad-uate programs, students in CollegePark and Baltimore stand to benefitfrom a unified agenda.

Some have balked at the idea ofthis institution becoming any larger.Yet a bigger university does not nec-essarily imply a clumsier one. Paststudies have confirmed large scaleinstitutions of higher educationexperience economies of both scaleand scope. The joint use ofresources such as professors andadministrators can lead to greater

cost efficiencies. Already there is asignificant cross-integration ofresearch between the two; lawyerswork with political scientists as doc-tors do with biologists. These arepositive relationships that producecredible results, which can only beenhanced by a formal alliance.

What it really boils down to ismoney (again). Two years after theGreat Recession, a creeping malaiseremains. This is by far the mostchallenging economic landscapepublic universities have faced insome time. As the men and womenof Annapolis have just agreed toslash $4 million in funding to theUniversity System of Maryland, thisinstitution’s finances will be testedin the days ahead. By increasing oursize, we might make use of thisleverage at the bargaining table andthus ensure a sustainable future.

Steven Spinello is a junior economicsmajor. He can be reached [email protected].

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Here are some of the ludicrousdemands we have to meet:

We have to turn our columns in“on time.” We have to make them“relevant” to the student body.Everything has to be spelled “cor-rectly.” We have to write at a “fifth-grade level” to make sure peopledon’t “overreact” or “misunder-stand.” And then, on top of it all, wehave to endure vaguely literateanonymous comments without thehelp of K2 to numb our brainsbecause the U.S. Drug EnforcementAgency totally banned it.

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abuse of Facilities Managementworkers and add an addendum inthe middle so that lazy readers don’tthink we are trying to underminethe workers’ cause.

With all of these complaints, you’dthink I was a Facilities Managementemployee.

In an anonymous letter written tothen-Vice President for Administra-tive Affairs Ann Wylie, a Facilitiesemployee cites regular mistreat-ment, condescension and disrespect.The writer claims, “A lack of simplerespect ... makes it very difficult forus to perform our jobs properly.Everyone knows that poor employeemoral leads to poor workmanship. Ifthat continues, our work product will

suffer.” That’s quite a stretch, Aristo-tle. That’s like saying, “All chickenslay eggs. I like eggs, therefore, eggsare tasty.” It just doesn’t add up.

In a March 31 article, staff writerLeah Villanueva reported some“[Facilities Management] staf fmembers said the managers’actions sometimes bordered on dis-criminatory, noting [Director Kris-ten] Kostecky took no action uponwitnessing managers make raciallyinsensitive comments in front ofother staf f members.” It’s just likeThe Diamondback to play the racecard. I’m so sick of crusader jour-nalists reporting about racialinequality. It’s such a faux pas, andit makes me feel guilty. Even if theydid make racially insensitive com-ments, who cares?

The so-called “article” also allegesthat employees were afraid to speakup about these minor inconven-iences because they were afraidthey’d lose their jobs. But how arethe jefes and patroncitos supposed to

know workers are disgruntled ifthey don’t say anything?

Don’t they know their labor is justa commodity? That they’re part of alarge aggregate of bodies, withvalue when used or exchanged.That they’re employed to handlecostly maintenance projects andclean up after privileged college stu-dents who insist on throwing upeverywhere except a toilet? As longas the jefe makes profits higher thanthe cost of labor, it doesn’t matterhow many of you he or she fires aweek before Christmas.

If they don’t like it, quit (or union-ize). It’s too much of a stretch tohope that people will treat you withdignity and respect. It’s not likethese people have kids or anything.

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Michael Casiano is a juniorAmerican studies and English major.He can be reached [email protected].

Employee grievances: Confessions of a columnist

D rinking is nothing new to college life. Year after year, many studentsattempt to juggle a life that devotes adequate time to both cracking thebooks and cracking open beers. And not all students can gracefullypull it off.

In a study presented at the annual American College Personnel Association’sconvention in Baltimore late last month, Todd Wyatt, a doctoral student at GeorgeMason University and director of research for Outside the Classroom, surveyedabout 13,900 freshmen at 167 schools who were taking the AlcoholEdu survey,which questions students on their knowledge of the effects of alcohol and is alsorequired for all incoming freshmen at this university.

Wyatt noted that more than any other factor besidesstudying, the amount of time students spend drinking corre-lates with their GPA. Even with the rise of social media suchas Facebook which, perhaps more than anything, studentsblame as the leading cause of procrastination, such sites donot appear to have much impact on students’ grades.

Drinking is an undisputed part of college life. The prob-lem is the amount college students drink remainsunchanged, but the amount of time students spend studyingcontinues to decrease. According to a report by the Ameri-can Enterprise Institute, college students in the 1960s stud-ied about 24 hours a week. That’s one full day each andevery week devoted to studying. In 2005 that number stood at 11 hours. And today,just six years later, students study on average just 7.25 hours a week. For classeswhere professors expect most students to spend at minimum four hours studyingoutside the classroom every week, today’s numbers are staggering.

Like it or not, alcohol is playing a key role. With students’ lifestyles morphing,free time is decreasing and the impact that weekends of drunken debauchery haveare increasing. Moreover, he found the negative effects of alcohol consumptionwere far higher in students not involved in extracurricular activities than those whovolunteer or are members of student organizations. It seems students who havedeveloped a better sense of time management are better able to mitigate the nega-tive consequences of heavy drinking, even if they have even less free time.

Although the implementation of awareness programs like AlcoholEdu educate

students about the negative effects of drinking, this awareness has done little tochange the extent to which students party. Mandatory awareness programs canonly do so much when the surrounding culture of college life glamorizes drinkingand encourages students to indulge.

And while combating binge drinking has its merits, Wyatt proposes a differentoption worthy of exploration: As reported by the website Inside Higher Ed, one ofthe main reasons Wyatt believes students are studying less is because they simplydon’t know how to study. Effective tutoring that helps students focus on the mate-rial at hand is needed. This may not necessarily take the form of an individual one-

on-one meeting with a fellow student, but through pro-grams and classes that strive to teach students the studyingskills they need to succeed.

The idea that students must simply “go study” is a vagueone. For many students, what it means to study is elusiveand nonspecific. Although freshman orientation classeslike UNIV 100 work to incorporate such skills, they typi-cally do a mediocre job that focuses on generalities ratherthan the specifics of college life. Indeed, because of thepacked curriculum or the assumption that study skills werelearned in high school, many instructors leave students tofigure it out on their own.

A standardized method that reaches every incoming stu-dent and exercises taught strategies would be more effective and could yield tangi-ble results. Other schools have instituted in-house tutors at Greek houses. And insome dorms, a “floating” resident assistant, who is assigned to no particular floorbut instead visits every student multiple times a week to check in on their studies,acts as an informal tutor for those reluctant to reach out for help.

At this university, drinking is no doubt part of the culture. Whether it be attailgates or the bars in downtown College Park, the consumption of alcoholhas solidified itself in the daily lives of students. However, as Wyatt’s studyshows us, a reevaluation of the average student’s study skills is in order. Bytruly understanding why so many students fail to study efficiently, the univer-sity could implement policies that curb such trends and help students, and inturn this university, reach their full potential.

Staff editorial

Our ViewWith studies showing that

many students do not employproper studying techniques,

university officials should consider instituting programsto teach them how to manage

their time.

Making a better university: The benefits of merging

The Love Party formedwhen leaders of cultural,service and social actiongroups came together

around the idea that the StudentGovernment Association, as aninstitution the student bodyelects, should be one the studentbody loves. The SGA should beactive and visible, on the frontlines building winning coalitionsto advance issues that broadlybenefit the student body. It shouldalso be transparent, personableand engaging, in constant searchof new ways to partner with stu-dents and student groups,empowering us to shape the poli-cies that affect our daily lives.

Members of our ticket havealready been making great thingshappen at the university. Westarted the Food Recovery Net-work, which salvages unavoidablefood waste from the South Cam-pus Dining Hall, and this yeardonated more than 4,000 meals toa local homeless shelter. Wefounded the Love Movement,which holds community-buildingservice events such as Spread theLove, which brought 350 Terps toMcKeldin Mall to make 6,200peanut butter and jelly sand-wiches for the local homeless. Werallied students into SGA meet-ings in support of the DREAM Actand other resolutions. We mobi-lized students to urge professorsto assign cheaper textbooks. Wehelped found the Rooftop Garden.And we lobbied Dining Servicesfor fresher, local and ethically-sourced food in both dining halls.

We did this with an SGA thathas, at times, passively given usthe thumbs up but has fallen shyof fully leveraging the power andresources it has to help us helpthe community. But instead ofcomplaining, we decided to runfor seats and turn the SGA into aproactive organization that takesstrong stances and propels the ini-tiatives of students.

One priority of the Love Partyis to establish a Textbooks TaskForce of representatives from theSGA, student groups and Deans’Student Advisory Councils tolobby deans and faculty, urgingthem to be conscious of howmuch they are asking students tospend on books and suggestingviable options for more afford-able texts.

We will give the student voice amegaphone, mobilizing studentsand increasing our presence inAnnapolis and at city councilmeetings. And since SGA resolu-tions don’t mean anything withoutfollow-through by the executivebranch, we will have a more con-sistent and thorough lobbyingeffort for every resolution passedin the SGA legislature.

We also plan on expanding theaforementioned Food RecoveryNetwork from recovering anddonating our unavoidable foodwaste at one diner to having pick-ups at all diners and eateries onthe campus by enlisting a diversearray of student groups and fra-ternities to each adopt a day at adiner. We have received permis-sion to expand and hope to makethis a flagship effort, unitingdiverse groups in the name ofsustainability and service. Ourgoal is for the university todonate at least 20,000 meals toshelters next year.

We will also make a StudentGroup of the Week Award andcreate a Community Improve-ment Fund where students canapply for mini-grants to improvetheir dorms and the universitycommunity as a whole.

And, if elected, by May 8 wewill post a timeline on the SGAwebsite for each of our initiativeswith benchmarks so you can holdus accountable.

This university needs morethan the status quo. The LoveParty has the experience, theideas and the passion to reversethe cynicism and to be an SGA thestudent body loves. Help us makethis university even better. Readour full platform atwww.LoveUMD.com. “Like” us onFacebook. Volunteer with ourcampaign. And vote.

Ben Simon is the presidentialcandidate for the Love Party and isa junior government and politicsmajor. He can be reached [email protected].

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Despite the fact that you comeacross as rather aloof, you arequite a people person and youthrive on social situations of allkinds. You maintain a positiveoutlook whenever others fallprey to disappointment or nega-tivity of any kind; you truly be-lieve that a smile can work won-ders.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Timing is everything; a littleearly or a little late will make abig difference — and getting itjust right is key.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —After a few minor corrections,you’ll be able to anticipate theadjustments that the powers-that-be will be asking you for.

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A s temperatures rise, so dohemlines, especially forevening attire. After legsand shoulders were con-

cealed underneath piles of sweatersand pants for the long wintermonths, who can blame a studentfor wanting to embrace the warmspring temperatures?

Female students have been takingcues from high fashion designers’spring 2011 collections, which reveal alittle bit of skin in creative manners.This season’s evening trends receivethe stamp of approval from the girlsand guys of College Park.

Members of both genders agreethat dresses and shirts with cut-outsare one of the flirtiest and most desir-able evening looks. It’s one of themore daring fashion looks and, ifdone correctly, the result can bemodern and glamorous like the mod-els on the 3.1 Phillip Lim runway.Simplicity of cut is the key. By choos-ing smaller geometric cut-outs insolid colors, one may create a pol-ished yet seductive look.

“You think it’s just a regular dressbut then, bam, there’s an [opening],”said Amanda Chavenson, a seniorenvironmental science major. “Thecut-out, it’s not on the front, like theside thing. That’s kind of sleazy, but if

it’s in the back it’s revealing withoutbeing inappropriate.”

Open-back dresses such as Ameri-can Apparel’s Interlock Cut-Out BackMini Dress sell for $42. The vibrantcolors, such as eggplant and cran-berry, dress up the sporty jersey mate-rial without stealing the attention fromthe open back and contribute to aneven more dramatic exit.

Layering is a powerful tool forblouses with shoulder or sleeve cut-outs. When two shirts with similar cut-outs are placed on top of each other, anew cut-out is created where thepieces don’t overlap, leaving a hint ofskin exposed to the evening air.

Sheer material can provide a simi-lar flirty but conservative image,which is especially evident in CynthiaRowley’s collection — many of heritems are done in sheer, stiff silk. Thecombination of the material and thecrisp shapes gives the collection asportswear vibe while maintaining afeminine and light attitude. Forinstance, one look features a loosecropped see-through T-shirt withstrategically placed stripes made ofsolid material.

“It’s not too flashy. You look at theperson as opposed to how flashy thepattern is,” said Colin Handzo, a soph-omore history major.

Urban Outfitters carries a similarshirt by Sparkle & Fade. The Color-block Crop Tee ($49) is cobalt blueand sheer with slim horizontalstripes. The solid dark blue color andloose cut balance the revealingnature of the material.

On the runway, designers chose to

pair the risqué nature of see-throughitems with long calf-length skirts.While this may be suitable for dayattire, most students would find it tooout of place in a college night environ-ment. However, jeans, capri pants orhigh-waisted A-line skirts can also givethe scandalous nature of the pieces amore ladylike vibe.

Lace is another way to incorporatesheer material in a more romanticstyle. Dolce & Gabbana, the brandfamous for its leopard-print andcorset-based collections, took a differ-ent turn and made lace its focus forspring. When worn in the evening,the innocence of the material contra-dicts the danger of the night, creatingan intriguing ensemble. The RuffleLace Slip by Free People ($78) offersa similar look.

“I think it’s so frothy and feminine,”said Caroline Lacey, a senior art his-tory major who interned with the fash-ion department at Glamour magazinein summer 2009. “It automaticallygives something a vintage feel but it’salso fresh at the same time.”

The guys of College Park agree.“I like lace because it’s not exactly see

through, but it hints to what’s under-neath,” said Steven Sosnick, a sopho-more computer engineering major.

While there may be many new waysto dress this season, beware of spring-ing into warmer-weather fashion tooquickly. As the models teetering intheir heels down the spring 2011 run-ways exhibit, balance in fashion isalways essential.

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basketball as being difficult towork with. I have a reputationof not getting along with GaryWilliams, who tried to sabo-tage the search. Come on, weall know that,” Yow said. “It’sGary Williams doing his thing,so whatever.”

Several candidates report-edly declined offers to replaceformer coach Sidney Lowethroughout what became NCState’s protracted coachingsearch, including VirginiaCommonwealth coach Shaka

Smart, who on Mondayagreed to a new eight-yearcontract extension worth $1.2million annually.

Less than an hour after Yow’sclaims of wrongdoing, Williamsdenied any involvement in thecoaching search.

“I haven’t talked to anyone —coach or athletic director —connected to the NC Statesearch,” Williams said in astatement. “I don’t have anyinterest in the NC State search,since I’m coaching at Marylandand working hard to run ourprogram. Anyone who says I’vehad contact with a prospectivecoach or athletic director

regarding this search isn’tbeing truthful.”

In an appearance on Com-cast SportsNet’s SportsNite lastnight, Williams specificallydenied having made any con-tact with Smart or Gottfried.

Yow’s comments yesterdayrepresented the most direct pub-lic attack from either side inwhat has been a long and shakyrelationship. During her 16-yeartenure at this university, Yow’srelationship with Williams was,at best, detached, with occa-sional conflicts reportedly lead-ing to sharp divisions betweenthe two.

The relationship had taken a

turn for the worse publicly inrecent years. In 2009, the twooffered conflicting reports ontwo former recruits, TyreeEvans and Gus Gilchrist, whohad at one point committed tothe Terps’ program but ulti-mately wound up elsewhere.

As rumors about Yow’s han-dling of the recruits’ admissionswirled, Kathleen Worthington, asenior athletics official under Yow,commented publicly on theirdepartures from the program.Williams quickly lashed back,saying Worthington “has neverwon a national championship.”

Their coexistence in CollegePark became so strained that at

one point, Yow reportedlyattempted to rally financial sup-port from donors to buy outWilliams’ contract.

Last June, Yow departed thisuniversity to accept the sameposition at NC State. Soon afterannouncing her imminent relo-cation to Raleigh, N.C., Yow triedto dispel any notion that she wasleaving the Terps on bad termswith Williams.

“Two weeks ago, I nomi-nated Gary for the NaismithBasketball Hall of Fame,” Yowsaid last June. “And about 10days ago, I asked ... the com-mittee on naming opportuni-ties, to consider, I submitted a

formal request to add his nameto the Comcast [Center] floor.So I don’t know. Is that some-thing that you do if you’re hav-ing a spat? I don’t know. It justdoesn’t seem to fit.”

Before yesterday, Williams— who was unavailable tocomment for this article —had last commented on Yow asshe left for the rival Wolfpacklast summer.

“I have nothing to say specifi-cally other than I’ll let other peo-ple judge the 15 or 16 years Deb-bie Yow was at the University ofMaryland,” Williams said.

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sport in only her freshmanyear of high school, has awealth of collegiate experi-ence to her name. She hasbeen the Terps’ top optionin goal since the sixth gameof her freshman campaign,and the strides she’s sincemade are often evident. In arout of Towson last week,she stopped three difficultshots in the first five min-utes of action.

“I’m an upperclassmannow,” Dipper said after aseven-save performance in a16-4 win against Penn on Fri-

day. “So definitely, the confi-dence has gotten better eachyear, and I feel a lot more con-fident this year.”

It’s certainly shown. Dip-per’s save percentage (.496)puts her in a tie for 10th-bestin the country and is a signifi-cant improvement from hermark last year (.445). Farmore importantly, it hashelped the Terps limit theiropposition to 6.25 goals pergame, the second-lowest out-put in Division I.

The unit in front of Dipperhas undoubtedly made herjob a little easier. Coach CathyReese has trotted out thesame four starters — defend-ers Brittany Poist, Katie Gal-

lagher, Sara Cooper andIliana Sanza — for all 12games this year, and shecalled the team’s win againstthe Quakers its “overall bestdefensive game” this season.

And Dipper, now firmlyentrenched as the Terps’ start-ing goalkeeper, is again at theforefront of that success.

“She has a presence on thefield,” Reese said. “She com-municates well with her team-mates, so for us as coaches,we are super confident in herand confident in the role thatshe plays on our team andknow that she’s going to be anintegral part of our success.”

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the year, she claimed match pointsin a win over Syracuse and anupset of a ranked Brown team.

“Jordaan’s accomplishmentshave been enormous,” coachHoward Joffe said. “They are evenmore special when understood interms of the distance she has hadto come away from home, being afreshman and adjusting to college.”

Her dreams of being in thisposition at this stage in her careerstarted early. She began playingtennis at age 5 and soon foundinspiration in the U.S. Openmatches she watched with herfather. She modeled her style of

play after Venus Williams, anotherLos Angeles County-bred womanwho found success on the courts.

As Sanford got older and movedto a higher level, she entered localtournaments and began playingcompetitively. As a blue-chipprospect, a number of colleges tar-geted her for the next level, includ-ing national powers Notre Dame,Pepperdine and UCLA.

But it was this university thatemerged as a contender after theurging of Sanford’s father.

“I wasn’t returning his calls for awhile,” Sanford said of Joffe’srecruitment. “But my dad told meto give him a call, and I went hereon a recruiting visit. He was reallynice, and I fell in love with it here.”

Similarly, Joffe and the Terps

have fallen in love with her play.Sanford has become a consistentforce in the team’s top-three sin-gles spots and a fixture on thenation’s No. 39 doubles tandem. Inthe Terps’ last match at Clemson,Sanford and Sanchez-Quintanardowned the No. 1 doubles duo inthe country, the largest such upsetin program history.

Asked about Sanford’s youthand her potential for even greateraccomplishments, Joffe statedwhat’s become obvious to all.

“Her contributions to resurrect-ing our program are huge,” Joffesaid, “and yet I am confident wehaven’t even scratched the sur-face of what is to come with her.”

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in check.Beck had spent most of the

season as the team’s topstarter, but his struggles ledBakich to move him to the mid-dle of the week to build up hisconfidence. After allowing the

early run, Beck settled down,holding West Virginia score-less for four straight inningsbefore a three-run double inthe sixth cut the Terps’ lead totwo runs.

Beck ultimately earned thewin, going 5.2 innings andallowing four runs on five hitsand striking out five.

“I thought Sander was very

good,” Bakich said. “[He] had acouple of hiccups in the firstinning and a run scored on awild pitch, but I thought he set-tled in very nicely. ... Outside ofthe last batter he faced, hepretty much shut them downfor almost six innings.”

Even when Beck faltered,the Terps were there to backhim, responding to the Moun-

taineers’ three-run sixth inningwith three runs in return.Aaron Etchison’s impressivereturn from a broken hand atthe start of the season contin-ued in the seventh with an RBIsingle that scored Rodriguez.Holland came home on afielder’s choice, and left fielderKyle Convissar scored on abases-loaded walk.

The Terps added an insur-ance run in the eighth, andtheir offensive outburst contin-ued a trend that started lastweekend against Florida State.The win marked the third gamein a row in which they had dou-ble-digit hits, the longest streakof the season.

“Just a lot of inexperiencedguys getting experience. That’s

all it is,” Bakich said. “No secretformula or recipe or any tricks ordrills or anything. We’ve justbeen working very hard, andmaking sure we’re getting addi-tional [batting practice] and lotsof swings in when we can. I thinkthe big thing is guys are just get-ting comfortable at the plate.”

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be a smooth one. The one-time widereceiver often found himself around theline of scrimmage last season as theTerps’ starting free safety.

“I really wasn’t playing a traditionalsafety. I did play linebacker some downs,”Tate said last week. “I don’t see it as achange at all.”

Hartsfield, on the other hand, may havea longer road ahead of him. While hegained plenty of experience around theline of scrimmage in his first two seasons,he’ll have to adjust to an entirely new lookon the field in the middle while also learn-ing an entirely new defense.

Still, Edsall’s confident the redshirtjunior’s switch will end well, too, and thatall he needs to get comfortable in his newspot is a matter of time.

“It’s just a matter of repetitions forDemetrius,” Edsall said. “He understandswhat’s going on in there, but again, it’sjust seeing everything and just reacting toit. He’ll be fine in my opinion.”

RECEIVER REVAMP

Quarterback Danny O’Brien’s ACCRookie of the Year campaign last seasonwas due in large part to the efforts of histwo favorite targets — wide receivers Tor-rey Smith and Adrian Cannon.

With the departure of both Smith(NFL Draft) and Cannon (graduation),the task for O’Brien and the Terps’coaching staff now becomes one of find-ing new targets downfield.

And although the team’s top threereturning wide receivers combined forjust two starts and 44 receptions last sea-son, Edsall took comfort in an influx ofyoung talent stabilizing a depleted butpromising receiving corps.

“The young guys have shown some goodthings,” Edsall said. “It’s just repetitions thatthey need to get. I do like the natural abilitythat I’ve seen out of those young men.”

O’Brien demonstrated similar faith inthe team’s young wideouts, a group thatincludes freshman Devin Burns, AdrianCoxson and Nigel King, adding thatthey’ll only improve after working withthe team’s more experienced receivers.

“[They] have a great situation, just hav-ing old guys ahead of them, being able tolearn from them,” O’Brien said last week.“They all have a lot of talent and they’reextremely hard-working.”

O’BRIEN PRESSING?

O’Brien’s compusure under center lastyear was one of his stronger attributes,but the pressure for success may havegotten to him as spring practice beganMarch 29.

“I thought the first day ... he really triedto press too hard,” Edsall said. “I told him,‘Hey, just go out there and have fun.’ Andhe did. He went out and had a better dayon Thursday.”

Handling the added pressures follow-ing his impressive freshman year, though,is not the only problem facing O’Brien.

With a new coach in Edsall and a newoffensive coordinator in Gary Crowton,he’s also faced with the responsibility oflearning a brand-new offense.

“It’s been a process. It’s probablytougher than learning your first offense,”O’Brien said. “A lot of it’s pretty similar.It’s just getting the terminology.”

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She had been diagnosed with pan-creatic cancer.

After hearing the news, Youngcontemplated going back to NewYork. But he soon decided against it.Instead, he’d stick it out in CollegePark, more than 240 miles awayfrom his hometown.

“After that [call], it’s just been onmy mind throughout my four yearshere,” Young said. “But the way thatthis team has responded, it’s beenlike a second family here. I knew thatif I came back, I’d have the supportof 50 guys.”

“It’s not just about lacrosse,” saidfirst-year coach John Tillman, whosaid he stays in touch with Mariaregularly through email. “Lacrosseis something that you’re certainlypassionate about, but it’s about learn-ing about life.”

A ‘SECOND FAMILY’

Attackman Grant Catalino metYoung before the duo ever pairedup for the Terps in Byrd Stadium.Catalino, a Webster, N.Y., native,got to know Young in high schoolduring a state all-star game forseniors. Upon meeting, the twofuture Terps clicked, both on andoff the field.

“I’ve been pretty close with Ryanfor a while now,” Catalino said. “Ifound out [about Maria] prettyshortly after she was diagnosed. Justthe nature of our team, we’reextremely close. We always say thatwe’re brothers or that we’re a family.In that way, we are his second family.The team is his family away fromhome. It helps because he’s not tooclose to home. So we’re all he hasdown here.”

Maria, who was unavailable tocomment, was able to make it toYoung’s game against Duke earlierthis season in what amounted to afamily reunion. Ryan’s twin brother,Kevin, plays for the Blue Devils.

The news hasn’t been all good asMaria continues her battle againstthe cancer. Still, with each round ofnews he hears from home, Youngknows Catalino and his other team-mates will be there for him, no mat-ter what.

“They’re the first to console meand tell me that they’re here for me,”Young said. “It’s comforting.”

Tillman said it’s easy to see whythe Terps have been so quick to helptheir teammate.

This fall, Tillman hosted a bar-beque that welcomed the Terps’newcomers to the team. To no one’ssurprise, Young decided to stop by,helping out and getting to know thefreshmen on a more personal level.

It was only fitting that the family

support system that has helpedYoung through his personal crisis issomething that he helped foster andbuild himself.

“He got up in front of everybodyand said in front of all the parentsand everyone involved, ‘You guysjust got 40 new brothers,’” Tillmanrecalled. “He’s just so likeable andenergetic and just an upbeat guy thatit’s an easy thing to do. He’s one ofthe guys that when the freshmen gethere, he goes out of his way to takecare of those guys.”

THE COLOR PURPLE

Before this season, Tillman,equipment manager Tim Ahner andteam spokesman Patrick Fischerapproached Young to suggest get-ting the word out about his mother’sbattle to help raise awareness for theLustgarten Foundation, a nonprofitorganization that attempts to furthermedical research related to the diag-nosis, treatment, cure and preven-tion of pancreatic cancer.

In support of Maria and the foun-dation, the Terps decided to wearpurple ribbons on their helmets thisseason. Tillman even wears a blackUnder Armour hat with a purpleinsignia on game days.

“I thought it was a great idea,”Young said. “I told my mom about it,and she was very happy about it. Shewas proud to have me and the rest of

the team wearing it.”“We want to do as much as we

can to do our part,” Tillman added.“Hopefully, it helps as much aspossible.”

Catalino said he has already wit-nessed the effect of donning the rib-bons. In a sport that prides itself onits macho mindset and toughness,curiosity about the strand of purpleribbon has only been natural.

“It’s a great cause,” Catalino said.“People always ask us what the pur-ple ribbon is for, and you tell themabout the cause and about Ryan’smom. So it definitely helps spreadthe word.”

The team’s efforts, players said,have helped put the game they playin perspective. The Terps realize theimpact of one small ribbon can bemuch more far-reaching than anygoals scored or games won.

That’s something Young isreminded of every time he seesthe word “MOM” taped across hishelmet.

“That’s the great thing aboutbeing part of a team like this,” Till-man said. “There is so much morewe can do besides just winlacrosse games.”NOTE: For more information aboutthe Lustgarten Foundation or tomake a donation, go to www.lust-garten.org.

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Attackman Ryan Young has been a four-year starter for the Terps and leads the team in points (27) this season. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Under Edsall, Tate moving inAll-ACC free safety transitioning to ‘star’ position this spring

BY CONOR WALSHStaff writer

The Terrapin football team hasplenty of experience left over fromlast season on the defensive side ofthe ball, where it returns seven of11 starters.

What remains to be seen,though, is how that experience willtranslate to the field this fall, espe-cially as two of the team’s topdefensive players — Kenny Tateand Demetrius Hartsfield — transi-

tion to different spots on the field.Early in the Terps’ spring foot-

ball schedule, it seems that all isgoing according to plan.

Tate, an All-ACC safety a year ago,has been slotted as the Terps’ “star”position, a linebacker-safety hybrid.Hartsfield, meanwhile, has movedfrom his starting outside-linebackerspot to middle linebacker to fill thevoid left by the graduation of All-ACC linebacker Alex Wujciak.

Coach Randy Edsall said the twomoves, along with David Mackall’s

switch from linebacker to defen-sive end, give the Terps their bestpossible combination defensively.

“I really like the move of DavidMackall and Kenny Tate,” Edsallsaid in a teleconference Monday. “Ithink they’re right in the exactspots for their abilities, plus forwhat we want to do schematicallyon defense and to get our best 11people on the field.”

Tate’s transition is expected to

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Stinnett’shome runsbig in winFreshman slugs twoas Terps beat WVU

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDERStaff writer

Entering yesterday’s game againstWest Virginia, the Terrapin baseballteam was tied for a whopping 229th inthe nation in home runs, having hitonly six round-trippers all season.

But two solo shots from third base-man Jake Stinnett paced the Terps’suddenly surging offense yesterday,powering the Terps to a 10-6 victory atWest Virginia.

“It was a good win. We played well,we hit well,” coach Erik Bakich said.“It’s a good way to come back andrespond after a disappointing week-end. I’m happy [with] the way the teamresponded.”

After the Terps helped spot theMountaineers (17-14) an early 1-0lead with a wild pitch that scored arunner from third, the Terpsanswered in the next frame with fourruns of their own.

Stinnett continued his torrid stretchat the plate with a solo home run to leadoff the second inning. A sacrifice flyfrom shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez and atwo-RBI double from second basemanRyan Holland soon made it 4-1.

“[Stinnett] is feeling good rightnow,” Bakich said, “and he’s swinginga hot bat. It’s a big advantage for us tohave a guy like that down in the orderthan can add some pop and drive insome runs.”

The Terps (14-15) added to theirlead with an RBI single up the middlefrom designated hitter Austin Kil-bourne in the fourth, and Stinnett’ssecond home run of the game gave theTerps a 6-1 lead an inning later.

“He threw me a fastball. I didn’ttry to do too much with it and hap-pened to hit a home run,” Stinnettsaid. “The second one was also withtwo strikes, and I was just shortenedup and he threw me a hanging slider,I think, in. Just got it in the air, andthe ball cleared over the fence. Was-n’t trying to do too much, just hap-pened to go over.”

The Terps, meanwhile, also saw theSander Beck they had expected all yearon the mound hold the Mountaineers

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With Mom in mindAs his mother battles pancreatic cancer, Terps’ Young plays on

WWOOMMEENN’’SS LLAACCRROOSSSSEE

BY MATT CASTELLOStaff writer

At this time last year, there was a bitof controversy swirling around the posi-tion perhaps most critical to the Ter-rapin women’s lacrosse team’s success.

After starting goalkeeper BrittanyDipper allowed seven goals in the first17:50 against then-No. 7 Towson lastyear, backup Mary Jordan stepped infront of the cage for the Terps as theteam climbed back to win, 12-10. A 12-6 victory against then-No. 6 Penn acouple of days later with Jordan ingoal for the entire 60 minutes seemedeven more foreboding for Dipper’splaying prospects.

But for the season’s remainder, Dip-per was again the team’s rock, standingtall between the pipes for some of theteam’s most pressure-packed moments,including a seven-save performanceagainst Northwestern as the programcaptured its first national championshipsince 2001.

Her current role needs no clarifica-tion. The Clarksboro, N.J., native nowstands unequivocally as the startingkeeper for the nation’s top-ranked team.

“Dipper’s been stepping up big-time,”attacker Karri Ellen Johnson said lastweek, “and it’s been huge for us.”

The junior, who began playing the

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Goalkeeper Brittany Dipper has been criticalin helping the Terps remain undefeatedthis year. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

After up-and-down ’10, Dipper holds Terps steady With help of veteran backline, junior helpingteam allow second-lowest goal output in DI

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Air Jordaan

BY NICHOLAS MUNSONStaff writer

The resurgence of the Ter-rapin women’s tennis team thisyear has been one built on youthand new faces. Of the five playerson the 10-person roster that arein their first year as Terps, fouralready have claimed the team’stop singles spots.

And while junior transferCristina Sanchez-Quintanar,who strung together 14 con-secutive singles victories tobegin the season before losingFriday, may be the only rankedplayer among them, her dou-

bles partner, Jordaan Sanford,has been just as important tothe Terps’ success.

A freshman from DiamondBar, Calif., Sanford has quicklybecome a spark plug for theyoung Terps, winning in the No.1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles slotsthis season. Although she hasdropped three of her past foursingles matches, Sanford had astreak of seven straight singlesvictories earlier this season.And along with Sanchez-Quinta-nar, she boasts a 16-1 doublesrecord on the season. Earlier in

Sanford emerges from shadowof partner Sanchez-Quintanar

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BY JAKOB ENGELKESenior staff writer

Every time Ryan Young suitsup to play lacrosse, he’sreminded of one of the mostimportant people in his life.

Wrapped around the bottompart of the Terrapin men’slacrosse attackman’s helmet is apiece of tape. On it are three let-ters scrawled in black ink:“MOM.”

Before every practice andevery game, Young sees thepiece of tape, a somber reminderthat sometimes there are moreimportant things in life than thesport of lacrosse.

Young’s mother, Maria, wasdiagnosed with pancreatic cancerduring his freshman season.Since that day, the Manhasset,N.Y., native has thought abouther every time he steps on thelacrosse field.

“I wear this little thing on myhelmet,” Young said before anafternoon practice earlier thisseason, standing in the VarsityTeam House while his team-mates walked out behind him tothe practice field.

After pointing to the piece oftape, Young paused, stealing aglance at the his white helmetbefore looking back up.

“I think about her every timebefore I go out there,” Youngsaid. “It motivates me and helpsme play my hardest.”

THE BAD NEWS

Young still remembers the dayhe first heard the news. After apreseason scrimmage againstPrinceton in 2008, before he hadever even played in a meaningfulgame for the Terps, Young wentback to his dorm room on SouthCampus to relax and catch up onsome homework.

That’s when he received a call.Nothing seemed out of the

ordinary at first. He knew hismother was undergoing sur-gery that day and had beenanticipating a call updating herprogress. But he didn’t expectthe news that he eventually got:

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