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TOMORROW’S WEATHER: Sunny/70s www.diamondbackonline.com INDEX NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 CLASSIFIED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 DIVERSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . .6 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 THE DIAMONDBACK THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 99 TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 128 THE DIAMONDBACK ON TO PHILLY Terps making short trip up north for game against Penn SPORTS | PAGE 8 GETTIN' DOWN IN D.C. Area native Thao Nguyen and her band bring its indie-folk rock back home DIVERSIONS | PAGE 6 FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009 Pell grant expansion could help thousands IMPACT OF PELL EXPANSION If Congress approves Obama’s budget proposals, a popular federal loan program will be eliminated in order to pay for Pell grant expansions, a move experts say will benefit students: 260,000 more students nationally would be eligible for Pell grants. 3,300 more students in the state would be eligible for Pell grants. $5,550 will become the maximum Pell grant award available. Three candidates seek RHA presidency Better SGA relationship, student outreach highlight hopefuls’ platforms BY DANA CETRONE Staff writer For the first time in two years, there is a contested race for RHA president. While the three candidates have similar elements in their plat- forms — all hope to improve the Residence Hall Association’s rela- tionship with the Student Govern- ment Association and increase student outreach — the competi- tion still gives RHA members a choice after Alex Beuchler and Sumner Handy, the past two pres- idents, ultimately ran unopposed. RHA Vice President Josef Men- sah, who has also been an RHA senator and committee chairman, is running against Debbie Kobrin, a North Hill senator who had a failed run for SGA senior vice president on the CONNECT Party ticket, and Kevin Ford, a South Hill senator who leads the RHA committee that advises Residen- tial Facilities. Ford, for one, said the RHA needed to do a better job of work- ing with the SGA and improve communication so the two groups’ efforts don’t overlap. He said the SGA often gets credit for RHA initiatives and “[wastes] time on things that are in our jurisdic- tion.” “The RHA is the strongest, most influential voice for resident students,” said Ford, a sophomore English major. “But our efforts have been stymied as a result of Please See RHA, Page 3 About 3,300 students in the state stand to benefit from program BY MARISSA LANG Senior staff writer A simple change in federal financial aid funding could save thousands of college stu- dents thousands of dollars, a new report says, but the change has generated significant oppo- sition from student lenders. Under President Barack Obama’s budget proposals, a popular type of federally subsi- dized student loan would be eliminated in order to pay for an expansion in Pell grants, which are given directly to students from the govern- ment. The report, released by the Campaign for America’s Future, said an additional 260,000 students nationally — including 3,300 in this state — would receive Pell grants if Congress Please See PELL, Page 2 GSG elections inspire little involvement from students Current president seeking re-election; six executive position go uncontested BY DARREN BOTELHO Staff writer This campaign season has been relatively uneventful for GSG assembly member Aaron Tobiason — no posters, no speeches, no debates and no opposition. Tobiason, like six others running unopposed for executive seats in the Graduate Student Government, does not have to worry about campaign posters, fliers, buttons or T-shirts. All he has to do is wait for the election to draw to a close today. Unlike other student governing bodies, such as the Student Government Association and the University Senate, a lack of student involve- ment in GSG elections is not unusual, as they typically have notoriously low participation rates despite a $1,100-per-semester stipend that accompanies executive positions. Please See GSG, Page 2 Parking lot signs may be changed for easier use BY NELLY DESMARATTES Staff writer During the final weeks of its current administra- tion, the SGA has drafted a proposal to color-code parking signs in terms of time and restrictions in an effort to increase sign clarity and decrease the num- ber of parking tickets issued. The proposal calls for all parking signs to be coded with colored borders designating parking restrictions and time rules — such as red-bordered signs for park- ing lots that are unrestricted after 4 p.m. — and includes a request for a map and legend to be added to SGA proposes color-coded signs based on permit, time restrictions BY JEFF NASH Staff writer Imagine video-chatting with your friend or crush while, unbeknownst to you, a nosy cyber-stalker or computer- savvy, overprotective parent is eaves- dropping on your conversation. New award-winning technology cre- ated by a university-professor-led engi- neering team could ensure your conver- sations, and other sensitive information, remain safe. Engineering professor John Baras and two electronic engineers from the Army Research Laboratory, Paul Yu and Brian Sadler, have developed a method where secret keys (or passwords) needed to Please See KEY, Page 3 BY RICH ABDILL Staff writer F or most, sustainability is a buzzword people like to use when talking about environmental matters. For juniors Joanna and Laura Calabrese, it’s a mission. If you’ve seen anything around the campus advocating clean energy, sustainability or conser- vation, chances are the Calabrese sisters had something to do with it. The two are driving forces behind green efforts in the Stu- dent Government Association and Clean Energy for UMD, an environmental political advocacy group. Many see them, with little opposition, as College Park’s Please See CALABRESE, Page 3 From an early age, the Calabrese twins have made green living a priority Fraternal twins Laura, left, and Joanna Calabrese have been environmental activists on the campus since arriving three years ago. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK FAMILY ROOTS Please See SIGNS, Page 3 Secure Internet communication may be made easier by invention Key-exchange system won one of the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization awards INVENTION INFORMATION Possible uses for the key-exchange system, which a university professor helped develop, and that won one of the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization’s Invention of the Year awards last week: Secure video-chat communication Increased secrecy of battlefield communication Bank or business transactions Secure communication using smaller, less powerful computers ON TO PHILLY Terps making short trip up north for game against Penn SPORTS | PAGE 8
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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009
Pell grantexpansioncould helpthousands
IMPACT OF PELL EXPANSIONIf Congress approves Obama’s budget proposals,a popular federal loan program will be eliminatedin order to pay for Pell grant expansions, a moveexperts say will benefit students:
260,000 more students nationally would beeligible for Pell grants.
3,300 more students in the state would beeligible for Pell grants.
$5,550 will become the maximum Pell grantaward available.
Three candidates seek RHA presidencyBetter SGA relationship, student outreach highlight hopefuls’ platforms
BY DANA CETRONEStaff writer
For the first time in two years,there is a contested race for RHApresident.
While the three candidates havesimilar elements in their plat-forms — all hope to improve theResidence Hall Association’s rela-tionship with the Student Govern-
ment Association and increasestudent outreach — the competi-tion still gives RHA members achoice after Alex Beuchler andSumner Handy, the past two pres-idents, ultimately ran unopposed.
RHA Vice President Josef Men-sah, who has also been an RHAsenator and committee chairman,is running against Debbie Kobrin,a North Hill senator who had a
failed run for SGA senior vicepresident on the CONNECT Partyticket, and Kevin Ford, a SouthHill senator who leads the RHAcommittee that advises Residen-tial Facilities.
Ford, for one, said the RHAneeded to do a better job of work-ing with the SGA and improvecommunication so the two groups’efforts don’t overlap. He said the
SGA often gets credit for RHAinitiatives and “[wastes] time onthings that are in our jurisdic-tion.”
“The RHA is the strongest,most influential voice for residentstudents,” said Ford, a sophomoreEnglish major. “But our effortshave been stymied as a result of
Please See RHA, Page 3
About 3,300 studentsin the state stand tobenefit from program
BY MARISSA LANGSenior staff writer
A simple change in federal financial aidfunding could save thousands of college stu-dents thousands of dollars, a new report says,but the change has generated significant oppo-sition from student lenders.
Under President Barack Obama’s budgetproposals, a popular type of federally subsi-dized student loan would be eliminated in orderto pay for an expansion in Pell grants, whichare given directly to students from the govern-ment. The report, released by the Campaign forAmerica’s Future, said an additional 260,000students nationally — including 3,300 in thisstate — would receive Pell grants if Congress
Please See PELL, Page 2
GSG electionsinspire littleinvolvementfrom studentsCurrent president seekingre-election; six executiveposition go uncontested
BY DARREN BOTELHOStaff writer
This campaign season has been relativelyuneventful for GSG assembly member AaronTobiason — no posters, no speeches, no debatesand no opposition.
Tobiason, like six others running unopposedfor executive seats in the Graduate StudentGovernment, does not have to worry aboutcampaign posters, fliers, buttons or T-shirts.All he has to do is wait for the election to drawto a close today.
Unlike other student governing bodies, suchas the Student Government Association and theUniversity Senate, a lack of student involve-ment in GSG elections is not unusual, as theytypically have notoriously low participationrates despite a $1,100-per-semester stipendthat accompanies executive positions.
Please See GSG, Page 2
Parking lot signsmay be changedfor easier use
BY NELLY DESMARATTESStaff writer
During the final weeks of its current administra-tion, the SGA has drafted a proposal to color-codeparking signs in terms of time and restrictions in aneffort to increase sign clarity and decrease the num-ber of parking tickets issued.
The proposal calls for all parking signs to be codedwith colored borders designating parking restrictionsand time rules — such as red-bordered signs for park-ing lots that are unrestricted after 4 p.m. — andincludes a request for a map and legend to be added to
SGA proposes color-coded signsbased on permit, time restrictions
BY JEFF NASHStaff writer
Imagine video-chatting with yourfriend or crush while, unbeknownst toyou, a nosy cyber-stalker or computer-savvy, overprotective parent is eaves-dropping on your conversation.
New award-winning technology cre-ated by a university-professor-led engi-neering team could ensure your conver-sations, and other sensitive information,remain safe.
Engineering professor John Baras andtwo electronic engineers from the ArmyResearch Laboratory, Paul Yu and BrianSadler, have developed a method wheresecret keys (or passwords) needed to
Please See KEY, Page 3
BY RICH ABDILLStaff writer
For most, sustainability isa buzzword people like touse when talking aboutenvironmental matters.
For juniors Joanna and LauraCalabrese, it’s a mission.
If you’ve seen anything aroundthe campus advocating cleanenergy, sustainability or conser-vation, chances are the Calabresesisters had something to do withit. The two are driving forcesbehind green efforts in the Stu-dent Government Associationand Clean Energy for UMD, anenvironmental political advocacygroup. Many see them, with littleopposition, as College Park’s
Please See CALABRESE, Page 3
From an early age,the Calabrese twins
have made greenliving a priority
Fraternal twins Laura, left, and Joanna Calabrese have been environmental activists onthe campus since arriving three years ago. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Please See SIGNS, Page 3
Secure Internet communicationmay be made easier by inventionKey-exchange system won one of the university’sOffice of Technology Commercialization awards
INVENTION INFORMATIONPossible uses for the key-exchangesystem, which a university professorhelped develop, and that won one ofthe university’s Office of TechnologyCommercialization’s Invention of theYear awards last week:
Secure video-chatcommunication
Increased secrecy of battlefieldcommunication
Bank or business transactionsSecure communication using
smaller, less powerful computers
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Roberto Munster, director of opera-tions for the GSG, said he tries to en-courage students to vote and run forexecutive and representative positions,often to little avail.
“Executives meet every week, andofficers must also represent GSG inother committees and meetings [thatare not GSG-related] on campus; it’s abig time commitment,” Munster said.“Many graduate students feel theycannot make the time commitment.”
This year’s GSG president, Anupa-ma Kothari, is running for re-electionand is one of the six candidates run-ning unopposed.
The only position being contestedthis year is vice president for studentaffairs. Both Siddharth Choksi andLenisa Joseph — who serve on thebody’s general assembly — are com-peting for the job.
Both Joseph and Choksi have beencampaigning on their own behalf overthe last few weeks.
Choksi, the GSG representative forinformation management, chose to getthe word out by speaking to classmatesand reaching out to the Students Coun-cil of India, a student group that recog-nizes about 70 percent of Indian gradu-ate students as members.
“The [Students Council of India] hasmany members, both Indian and non-Indian, and the group is closely associ-ated with other graduate groups,”Choksi said. “So sharing my ideas withthem was useful in reaching a largegroup of students.”
Since announcing her candidacy,Joseph, the assembly representativefor special education, created fliersand Facebook groups and sent e-mailmessages to get the word out.
“I ran for the position because Igenuinely care about getting [gradu-ate] students’ voices heard on cam-pus,” Joseph said. “This is not justabout me winning; it’s about studentsstepping up and making sure they’readequately represented.”
Often, the level of interest of gradu-ate students directly impacts which de-partments are represented in the GSG.
“If that one student [enrolled in Jew-ish studies] didn’t want to get involvedwith the GSG assembly, then that de-partment wouldn’t have any represen-tation in the assembly,” Munster said.
The number of participants runningfor representative positions in thiselection is more than usual, Tobiasonadded, but he would like to see more inthe future.
“I think the GSG election committeedid a great job getting people to run fordifferent positions, and we’ll find outhow good the voter turnout was whenthe results come in on Monday,” Tobia-son said. “The good thing about not run-ning against anyone, though, is that Iam already prepared to assume my roleas vice president for academic affairs.”
adopts the proposals.The grants could help
students here and at col-leges across the country,who are requesting finan-cial aid at a rapid pace.The university is expect-ing students to request $3million next year, sixtimes as much as the$500,000 it was able togrant this year. About4,200 students at this uni-versity already receivePell grants. While the uni-versity has had a tuitionfreeze for the past fouryears, as of 2006, the aver-age student still graduatedwith $13,243 in debt.
Obama’s plan calls foreliminating the FederalFamily Education Loan Pro-gram — in which the federalgovernment subsidizes stu-dent loans given out bybanks — by using the $5 bil-lion saved per year toexpand the Pell Grant pro-gram to more students,upping the maximum avail-able award to $5,550 andredirecting the loans
through the Department ofEducation’s direct loan pro-gram, a switch that is pro-jected to save $47 billionduring the next five years.
But media reports indi-cate banks are looking todefend the program,through which three-quar-ters of federal studentfinancial aid is givenbecause its has proven tobe highly profitable, notingthat the current programprovides jobs and impor-tant services to students.
However, supporters ofObama’s proposal said theold system — which wascreated in the 1960s, whenbanks wouldn’t grant stu-
dent loans without federalsubsidies — is badly out-dated.
“The federal governmentdoesn’t need to keep backing[the Federal Family Educa-tion Loan Program],” saidEric Lotke, director ofresearch at the Institute forAmerica’s Future and a co-author of the report. “Nowa-days, banks are falling allover each other to give stu-dents a credit card. ... Thequestion becomes, why arewe still subsidizing theseloans? Let’s stop and reinvestthat money in students.”
The proposed expansionof Pell grants would be afirst during an economicdownturn because Con-gress traditionally believedfinancial aid didn’t provideimmediate economic help.But experts say govern-ment officials havechanged their opinions onthis and are now seeinvesting money in stu-dents as a direct help to theeconomy in both the longand short runs.
“This money will notonly help students, it will
help the economy,” Lotkesaid. “[A] Pell grant ismoney that immediatelygoes into the economy: it’sspending money. If a stu-dent gets the money rightnow, they’re going to spendit on housing, on food, ontuition that pays profes-sors’ salaries. If a privi-leged person got a thou-sand dollars, they’re goingto put it in the bank.”
Lotke said reinvestingthis money into financialaid programs shows thateducation is a top priorityfor the Obama administra-tion, which has alsopledged to set the countryon track to have theworld’s highest rate of col-lege graduates by 2020.
“Uncle Sam could say,‘I’m going to end the FFELprogram — yay! We canbuy another Raptor Jet,’”Lotke said. “There are lotsof other things the govern-ment could be doing withthe money, but instead, themoney is being set asidefor education.”
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State becomes first to coverhomeless in hate crime law
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland ison track to become the firststate to protect the homeless inhate crime statutes.
The state legislature thisweek approved adding extrapenalties for violent crimesagainst victims singled out be-cause of gender, disability orhomelessness.
The statute already coversvictims attacked because ofrace, religion, national origin orsexual orientation.
In previous years, State Sen.Alex Mooney (R-Frederick andWashington) has struggled toconvince the House of Dele-gates to add homeless people tothe list. Some said they thoughtthe bill was a cynical attempt towater down hate crime laws.
This year, Democrat Dele-gate Ben Kramer recommend-ed age, gender and disability beincluded, and the two cham-bers agreed to all proposed ad-ditions except age.
Jury begins deliberations inwitness slaying trial
BALTIMORE – Jurors havebegun deliberations in the caseof Patrick Byers, a Baltimoredrug dealer accused of orches-trating the death of a witnessagainst him.
Jurors listened to rebuttal ar-guments from federal prosecu-tors yesterday morning. ThenU.S. District Judge RichardBennett spent about two hoursinstructing the panel about howto evaluate evidence and the in-tricacies of the crimes of whichByers and co-defendant FrankGoodman are accused. Thejury started deliberations about1:20 p.m. yesterday.
Byers is charged with using acontraband cell phone from thecity jail to order the murder ofCarl Lackl. The 38-year-old sin-gle father was gunned down ina drive-by shooting outside hishome, a week before Byers wasset to go to trial in another slay-ing. Lackl had planned to testifyagainst him.
Naval Academy sees jumpin applicants
ANNAPOLIS – U.S. NavalAcademy officials say they’vereceived a 50 percent increasein applications this year.
The Military Academy atWest Point and the Air ForceAcademy in Colorado Springshave each seen a 10 percent in-crease in applicants.
Officials attribute the surge toa two-year-old outreach pro-gram to minorities and highschool students in parts of thecountry that have been under-represented. SpokeswomanJudy Campbell says that out-reach has also meant a more di-verse freshman class.
—Compiled from wire reports
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Only oneGSG exec.positioncontestedGSG, from Page 1
18 YEARS OF WORKING TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT
Members of the university community walk among T-shirts lining Hornbake Plaza as part of the semiannual ClotheslineProject. The event is currently in its 18th year on the campus and is held in October as a part of Domestic AbuseAwareness Month and in April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The T-shirts, strung on clotheslines around theplaza, act both as a form of encouragement and as an outlet for the victims. The event is put together by the SexualAssault Response and Prevention Program Advocate Office. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
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‘We need to think beyondrecycling and light bulbs’
leading environmental advocates.But trying to save the world is
no easy feat. They’re hard peopleto track down, especially togeth-er. The fraternal twins live on op-posite sides of the campus buthappen to cross paths every sooften in the Stamp StudentUnion’s Student InvolvementSuite, where they both spendmost of their time.
Joanna’s busy and looks it.She walks quickly and standsclosely when she talks. She getsthings done.
Laura is just as busy and just asefficient, but she’s more deliber-ate, more organized. She walks ata more relaxed pace and spendsmore time conversing.
Laura, the organizational di-rector of Clean Energy for UMD,has a much quieter public per-sona — she made her reputationbehind the scenes as a meticu-lous organizer and attentive ad-ministrator, a foil to Joanna’smore public, hands-on approach.
“I don’t enjoy being in the spot-light,” Laura said.
Does Joanna? Laura checks to make sure
Joanna is distracted by a friendwho stopped to chat. She choosesher words carefully.
“She’s not motivated by thespotlight,” Laura said. “She’s justmore comfortable there.”
During her tenure as seniorvice president of the SGA, Joan-na started a “green group round-table” to help facilitate open com-munication between campus en-vironmental groups. She is alsohelping to organize a “greenfund,” designed to help distributeprivate donations to environmen-tal groups on the campus.
“Joanna is better at gettingthings rolling,” said their father,Richard Calabrese, who is achemical engineering professorat the university. “But Laura isbetter at getting it done.”
They caught green fever early.As six-year-old Girl Scouts in Lau-rel Troop 553, Laura and Joannacleaned streams, planted treesand stenciled warnings on stormdrains. In middle school, theytraveled with a group to Big Ugly,
W.Va. — a community, true to itsname, that was deeply impactedby destructive coal mining meth-ods — to help convert an aban-doned elementary school into acommunity center by collectinghundreds of books and computersto set up a library there.
“We had this sheltered subur-ban upbringing, and then wewere driving down this road andthere were all these broken, tiltedtrailers, and it was just a desolateplace,” Joanna said. “It was justmind-blowing for us.”
After an adolescence of jointprojects, however, Laura, now asociology major, was eager to re-move herself from “the wholetwin thing” in college. She joinedCommunity Roots and the Col-lege Democrats in an effort toseparate herself from Joanna.But by fall 2007, Laura was backworking with Clean Energy forUMD because, “in the end, thegreen movement was the thing[she] really wanted to support.”
Meanwhile, Joanna, an envi-ronmental science and policymajor, decided to get political. In2007, she ran unopposed for SGAagriculture legislator. After serv-ing a year in the organization,Joanna ran for SGA senior vicepresident against her formerroommate, Wanika Fisher, andwon — allowing her to furtherher environmental agenda.
But their environmental workisn’t confined to campus borders.Earlier this year, Laura helped
organize 153 students to attendPower Shift 2009, an internation-al conference on global warmingand climate change in Washing-ton. The conference concludedwith what organizers claim wasthe largest lobbying day in U.S.history. She calls this her proud-est accomplishment, not only be-cause of the message sent but be-cause events like this inspire peo-ple, she said.
“People like Joanna and Iare created at Power Shift,”Laura said. “I’ve seen it hap-pen, where someone hears aspeaker and just decides ‘Allright. There’s no choice. Thisis what we have to do.’”
But the two acknowledge thatnot everyone is enthusiasticenough to go stumping for Moth-er Nature. They maintain that ed-ucation is a vital component ofthe green movement.
“As much as I love the activismside of sustainability, it’s also im-portant to understand the impactof what you’re doing,” Laurasaid. “It’s easy to say, ‘globalwarming is bad, go green,’ andsay, ‘yeah, I’m green,’ but thenyou have a lot of people that don’treally understand what thatmeans and don’t know if they’reactually being sustainable.”
“There’s a difference betweenbeing noticed and being under-stoods,” Joanna added, nodding.
“We’ve got people’s attention,”Laura said. “I think we’ve beenvery successful, at least on this
campus, at getting noticed. Nowthat we’ve got people’s attention,though, what are we going to dowith it? We need to think beyondrecycling and light bulbs.”
The pair’s plans for the futureare still hazy. Laura plans to con-tinue working with Clean Energyfor UMD, and Joanna wants to useher SGA experience to become an“independent leader.” She hasvoiced interest in serving as theenvironmental affairs liaison tothe SGA or working on the Cam-pus Sustainability Council to helpoversee implementation of theuniversity’s Climate Action Plan.
The pair is also very emotion-ally invested in their work —they’re protective of it and say, astheir final year at the universityapproaches, they’re activelylooking for someone to acceptthe torch.
“I have days,” Laura said,“when I sort of feel that the greenmovement really started whenwe got here and is going to endwhen we leave.”
But Davey Rogner, the SGAenvironmental affairs liaison andco-founder of Clean Energy forUMD, is confident the movementwill continue.
“They’re two great people, butit’s important to point out thatthey’re not the only people in-volved,” Rogner said. “This is themost pressing issue of our time.There are intelligent peopleeverywhere. There’s no doubtabout it: This will continue.”
Junior twins Laura and Joanna Calabrese are on a mission to lower emissions and continue tospearhead the campus’s environmental movement. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Colored parkingsigns to be univ.colors, officials saythe back of on-campus signs.
“I had realized that color-coordinating parking signs[to] correspond with therules on the signs would bea great way to clear up con-fusion more immediatelyfor students as they aredriving into parking lots,”said Student GovernmentAssociation Greek Legisla-tor Gabi Band, who broughtup the idea and drafted theproposal.
Along with SGA PresidentJonathan Sachs and SGASenior Vice PresidentJoanna Calabrese, Band pre-sented the proposal to theDepartment of Transporta-tion Services and theDepartment of FacilitiesManagement for approval.
The proposal is beingreviewed by the Architec-tural Design StandardsBoard, a department withinFacilities Management thatdeals mostly with aestheticimprovement within the uni-versity and ensures thatchanges coordinate with theuniversity’s color schemeand architectural style.
In order to appease theboard, Band and Sachsdecided to have the colorsbanding the parking signs bethe university colors ofblack, red and yellow.
According to Director ofFacilities Planning BrendaTesta, the only issue with
the proposed color-coordi-nating of the signs is timing.
As a response to the uni-versity being designated asan arboretum and botanicgarden earlier this year,Facilities Management is inthe process of creating alandscape master plan inwhich way-finding signs,such as parking signs, willall be under review, Testasaid.
She added that all plans tochange parking signs aregoing to be part of the land-scape master plan, andbecause that is not off theground yet, the change inparking signs is going tohave to wait.
Freshman business majorHope Mookim knows thecurrent parking lot signspresent a problem for stu-dents and visitors. Severalmembers of her family havehad difficulties reading thesigns, and some have gottenseveral parking ticketsbecause of it.
“I think the proposal is agood idea,” Mookim said. “Itis so hard to sit there for 20minutes trying to figure outa sign and wondering if it isafter 4 [p.m.], and I thinkthat the color-coding wouldbe so much more efficientand you wouldn’t have sixcars sitting in front of theparking lot trying to figureit out.’’
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our poor rapport with The Dia-mondback and SGA.”
Kobrin also said the RHAshould be doing more to help on-campus students than the SGA.
“The SGA shouldn’t proposethings and then RHA just gets onthe bandwagon. RHA should be theones developing resolutions andpolicies,” Kobrin’s platform reads.
All three candidates cited theSGA working to upgrade wash-ers and dryers in the dorms afterthe RHA had already convincedResident Life to do so.
Mensah also wanted to makethe RHA’s contributions morerecognized among studentgroups and improve outreach tostudents generally.
“Basically, other groups need toknow what we’re doing. I think it’sa relationship we’ve taken forgranted in past years, and this yearwe’ve tried really hard to talk, butwe need to solidify our ideas andcreate change,” he said.
Mensah, who described him-self as a “team player,” encour-aged RHA senators to take own-ership of their ideas and work tomake sure they go beyond thecommittee level.
Ford also expressed interest inmaking the campus more bike-friendly and ending data fees forunused telephone and data net-work jacks in the dorms.
Kobrin wants to create anRHA committee focusing specifi-cally on safety, to work with Uni-versity Police and the universityPolice Auxilary to increase on-campus safety and to incorporateThe Courtyards, the only univer-sity-provided housing whose res-idents are not represented in theorganization, into the RHA.
Travis Durepo, a junior whorepresents South Campus Com-mons, is the only candidate forvice president.
RHA members will vote on thepresidency on April 21.
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communicate sensitive infor-mation can be updated moreefficiently and securely.
According to Yu, the tech-nology was developed over ayear and a half with collabo-ration between the universityand the Army. The keyexchange method was theinformation science categorywinner at the Invention ofthe Year Awards hosted bythe university’s Office ofTechnology Commercializa-tion last week.
The method, which has apatent application pending,allows for more frequent keyupdates, which increase theprotection of sensitive infor-mation. It could be used tohelp secure video-chat com-munications, to ensureattackers cannot tune into aNetflix video stream for free
or to guarantee the secrecyof battlefield communication.
“In the Army, we’re alwaysvery concerned with securebattlefield communication,”Yu said. “Communicationfrequency bands are con-stantly being switched toprevent adversaries from lis-tening or intercepting data.Our method would enable usto quickly and secretlyswitch frequencies.”
Secret keys are used insecure communications ortransactions between parties,such as banks, businesses orthe government, when pri-vate information needs to becommunicated.
Problems arise when keysneed to be updated and newkey sequences must be gen-erated in order to minimizethe risk of information’s con-fidentiality being compro-mised. Currently, when one
or more of the parties thatshare encrypted informationchoose to change a key, someof the parties are forced touse an expensive and time-consuming amount of com-puting resources.
Another current solutionfor secret key exchangeswould be for the two partiesto use a trusted third partyto pass along the informa-tion, but no third-partycommunication is risk-free,and third parties are some-times unavailable.
Baras, Yu and Sadlers’technology solves theseproblems by having bothparties agree to rules before-hand that limit the possiblekey updates.
By greatly narrowing thepossible keys updates bothparties can choose from, farless computing is requiredto generate a new key, and
there is a very low probabil-ity of a third-party breach inconfidentiality. With secret,currently impenetrablerules dictating what thenext keys could be, comput-ers can handle more securekey sequences.
Yu said finding a way tominimize the computingresources needed for keyexchanges has becomeimportant as computer sys-tems continue to get smaller.
“Smaller and smallercomputer modules continueto emerge: We saw comput-ers, laptops, iPhones anddevices that are basicallysensors with batteries,” Yusaid. “Smaller devices havemore energy constraints,and the old methods needtoo much computing forthese smaller systems.”
Patent pending for new invention thatmay speed up secure communication
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On June 24, 1992, the SupremeCourt issued a decision in Leev. Weisman, a case regardinga school principal who had in-
vited a rabbi to deliver a prayer at the1989 graduation ceremony of NathanBishop Middle School. The court’s 5-4decision ruled that prayer had no placein public school graduation ceremonies,and that such actions constituted indirectcoercion of students.
But 17 years later, we are faced with asimilar predicament on this campus.University President Dan Mote’s deci-sion to overrule the University Senate byreinstating a prayer at the campuswidecommencement ceremony is part of arecurring trend that flies in the face ofthe principles that founded this countryand the diversity preached by universityofficials.
While certainly no law has been bro-ken, nor does Lee v. Weisman pertain toprayer at a public university, Mote andhis supporters shouldn’t be so willing toignore the lessons that can be learned
from that case. Justice AnthonyKennedy wrote that it was unrealistic forthose who wished not to partake in theprayer to simply not attend. “In our soci-ety and in our culture, high school gradu-ation is one of life’s most significant occa-sions,” he wrote. College graduation isjust as significant, and no one should feelforced to forfeit the reward for their hardwork because of the pandering to the be-liefs of many.
There may be a Christian majority, butthat doesn’t mean the Muslim minorityor the atheist minority or others shouldbe discounted. Despite this fact, thatseems to be exactly what is taking placetoday.
In the U.S. Senate, each session hasbeen opened with a prayer for the past207 years. It’s a tradition, but is it an ap-propriate tradition? What many fail to re-alize is values change, and thus tradi-tions change. The invocation before eachsession of Congress may have been ap-propriate when Protestant, white, land-owning men controlled the government.However, that time has passed. We nolonger live in a land of religious certi-tude.
The recently released American Reli-gious Identification Study found that thenumber of Americans with no religiousaffiliation has risen from eight to 15 per-cent since 1990. Such dramatic numbersdemonstrate that religion is not a guidingforce for a growing number of Ameri-cans. This trend is reflected in the Uni-versity Senate’s vote, in which not onestudent senator voted in favor of keepingthe commencement prayer.
And those who say this is somehowone of the few traditions we have left arespewing pure nonsense. There was a
time when it was a tradition to hazepledges in fraternities — that doesn’tmake it right. The broader tradition isthat of graduation, a moment where stu-dents who have worked hard to earntheir degrees should feel proud, notshunned.
University officials have discussed re-ceiving e-mails from across the state andeven from state senators that contain“shocking language” regarding the Uni-versity Senate’s decision, ultimately rais-ing a larger question: Whose campus isthis? Does it belong to grandstandingstate senators like Sen. Andy Harris (R-Baltimore and Harford), who carp aboutthe showing of pornography? Or to alum-ni who won’t even be at the commence-ment ceremony? To parents who wish tosee their values reflected in their chil-dren?
Or does this campus belong to us?
Justin Snow is a sophomore historymajor. He can be reached [email protected].
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Vertigo Books did everything right. When the 17-year-old bookstoremoved here from Dupont Circle in 2000, it offered character to CollegePark and immediately sought to connect with its university setting. Thestore hosted lectures in conjunction with academic departments and
held them in the afternoons to specifically target students’ schedules. Its off-beatselection fostered a college-friendly environment and offered students a place tothink and exchange ideas — even if they didn’t always take advantage of it. Poorsales have pushed the business to bankruptcy. Next week, it will shutter its doors.
Vertigo Books is exactly the kind of business we’d like to see in the university’sEast Campus development project. But if the intellectually minded, college-townbookstore concept couldn’t work 50 feet from the campus, we’reworried about its prospects a mile up the road. Still, there’s rea-son for optimism. Administrators are explicitly designing EastCampus to attract a more refined clientele: graduate students,professors and the urbanite visitors who now only come here forKronos Quartet concerts at the Clarice Smith Performing ArtsCenter. And with plans for the Birchmere, fine dining and amovie theater, East Campus has the potential to bring to CollegePark the critical mass needed to support a business that doesn’t sell beer or sand-wiches. In fact, developers are looking for a bookstore.
The problem is Foulger-Pratt Argo, East Campus’ developer, is only consider-ing Borders and Barnes & Noble. And these aren’t the only chain stores FP-Argois targeting. When the developer listed Yankee Candle Company, Starbucks andUrban Outfitters as potential retailers in a fall 2007 presentation to the university,the East Campus development plan looked more like a mall map than an outlinefor a college town. Of the more than 50 potential businesses they discussed, theonly one from College Park was R.J. Bentleys. We don’t even need to get into a
yuppie, liberal diatribe about responsible business and local investment; EastCampus’ success hinges on its ability to attract yuppie liberals. Its success hingeson atmosphere, and Vertigo Books is a prime example of how a local business canadd to a community’s character.
Unfortunately, the shaky state of the economy makes it even less likely FP-Argo will gamble on independent businesses. When money is tight, developerstend to stick to the stability of chain stores that can also afford to pay higher rent.But East Campus’ plans are far from settled. In the fall of 2007, FP-Argo was farfrom contracting with retailers, and they still are. When the developers camebefore officials two years ago, their plans were only rough sketches. They still
haven’t finalized their blueprints with the university, city andcounty.
FP-Argo principals Richard Perlmutter and Bryant Foulgerrepeatedly expressed interest in local and independent busi-nesses when they visited the university last year, and we hopewe can take them at their word. We hope FP-Argo developersget in touch with Vertigo and other College Park businesses.College Perk would be a perfect fit for East Campus if it could
straighten out its finances. Perlmutter and Foulger could also get in touch with themanagement of Planet Z, a successful coffee shop and restaurant that closedwhen its owners moved to a bigger location.
If the ideal economic conditions to build an authentic college town don’t existright now, we can excuse developers for pushing back the projects’ deadline. Butthe university can’t afford to compromise its vision. Every part of the universitycommunity gripes about downtown College Park, and if we settle for an outdoormall this time, we’ll just be building another town center that lacks a college feel.
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That’s it. Like they say, no moreMr. Nice Guy.
That’s where we’re at rightnow. You can’t be a nice person
anymore, or everyone else is going tothink you’re a psychopath. It’s equalparts people not trusting each other andpeople doing horrible things to eachother. Mix that together, and you get thisbucket of suck.
I feel like there used to be a time whenyou could walk around being nice topeople and they’d be nice back. Nowa-days, they just consider you a creeper.Remember on the first day of freshmanyear, when university President DanMote told us to all walk around with ourheads up and say hello to each other?Can you imagine if anyone actually did
that? How much of a creepy son of a gunwould that person be? Why can’t I stopasking questions? I’m just angry and sad.
I feel bad walking down the street andseeing some tiny girl carrying a bunch ofheavy bags because I feel like if I offer tohelp, I’m going to get pepper sprayed. Iwas on a run in the middle of the night afew months ago and I saw a girl who wasobviously drunk and stumbling around.I walked toward her to see if I could helpher get to where she was going, and nat-urally, she booked it out of there. Do Iblame her? Not at all. Not when a guyraped a girl a few weeks ago after offer-ing her a ride. People freaking suck.
But it’s lame when you’re just a nor-mal person who is looking out for thebest interests of the public at large. It
shouldn’t have bugged me, but it reallydid — I really hope that girl wound upOK that night, even though I’ve nevermet her and probably never will.
That’s just the nature of the beastright now. You can’t simply be a nice guy.People can’t just start trusting eachother because half of you out there arefreakshows and you like taking advan-tage of one another. It just sucks that be-
cause of you weirdos, this is the way ithas to be.
You can’t even do things that have nopossible way of being mistaken. Takeholding doors as an example. I’ve heldthe door for people and gotten the nasti-est looks in the world — like they’re madat me for keeping a door open. What’s upwith that? I mean, I know you couldprobably fend for yourself and get thedoor open on your own, but I just felt likebeing nice. Sorry.
That’s where we’re at. Niceness is athing of the past. Kindness is dead. Soscrew all of you.
Rob Gindes is a junior journalismmajor. He can be reached at [email protected].
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On Monday, Michael Pakaluk pre-sented the lecture “Does AbortionCause Mental Illness?” in the Art-Sociology Building. Terps for Choicecame to the lecture — sort of. On andaround the door of the room wherethe presentation was held, memberstaped papers, including citations fromthe 2008 American PsychologicalAssociation Task Force on MentalHealth and Abortion. This is thereport that claimed there is no linkbetween abortion and mental illness.It is also the report, incidentally, thatwas being analyzed at the lecture.Once the Terps for Choice membersfinished their Scotch-taping, they left.
Whether or not they should havestayed is a subject for a different arti-cle. What I want to posit here is that Irespect Terps for Choice membersmore than many people out there. Thereason: At least they care enough toact.
If the unborn aren’t valuablehuman beings, then abortion shouldbe treated like getting a tooth pulled.If that is the case, abortion should beaccessible on demand and withoutapology. Abortion should be fundeddomestically and abroad. Doctorsshould not discriminate against abor-tion as a medical procedure. Womenshould not risk their lives seekingunsafe, illegal abortions. Anti-abortionactivists would be despicable fanaticsattempting to deprive women of theirrights, and endangering lives in theprocess. Being lukewarm in such ascenario is absolutely unacceptable.
If the unborn are valuable humanbeings, however, there is even less ofan excuse to be lukewarm. Why? Sim-ply put, abortion would be the legalkilling of 3,500 people per day in theUnited States. Better yet, consider theabortion facility that is five minutesfrom this campus. Would you sit still ifyou knew that even one person, today,was about to be killed unjustly, a five-minute drive from your place?
That is not all, though, because thechildren would only be the secondvictims. The first victims would be thedaily 3,500 women who “choose” tohave their offspring killed. Wouldsuch killing be what they truly want,or would they feel they have nochoice but to kill? On the campus, forexample, some may feel forced tochoose between killing their child andabandoning their education andcareer. If abortion is chosen at all, itmay be chosen under duress. Thatsounds like oppression of women tome.
And so, I ask: Is it not reasonable toquestion the integrity of those, myselfincluded, who profess to be pro-lifebut who have failed time and again totreat abortion like the oppressiveatrocity they believe it to be? Profess-ing to be pro-life while doing littleabout it is living a lie. Perhaps theTerps for Choice members say thisabout tepid pro-choicers. For all of us,integrity is material for constant self-examination.
Whether the unborn are valuable ornot, there is no excuse to be lukewarmabout abortion — absolutely none.Perhaps one might say, “I didn’tknow,” as a certain prison guard at thenotorious Buchenwald Nazi concen-tration camp said. At the end of theday, though, that’s just not goodenough. Don’t know? Well, find out.Either way, lives depend on it.
It bears repeating — active mem-bers of Terps for Choice are morerespectable, in a very real way, thanmany of my friends who call them-selves pro-life but refuse to lift a fin-ger about it. At least they have got thecourage to act on their beliefs.
Marc McCarthy is a senior Romancelanguages and international businessmajor. He can be reached [email protected].
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MARC MCCARTHY
Born today, you are alwaysinterested in broadeningyour horizons, and as a re-sult you are likely to travel
extensively throughout your life-time, exposing yourself to differ-ent places, different people, dif-ferent ways and different cul-tures. You aren’t the kind to adoptevery new custom as your own,but neither are you the kind tojudge; rather, you observe and ap-preciate, applying the lessons youlearn to your own life. You are cu-rious, you are studious, and youthrive on learning as much as youcan from every situation thatcomes your way.
You appreciate those who arehonest and straightforward, butyou are able to navigate the diffi-culties that dishonest people pro-duce.You prefer it when things areblack and white, but you are ableto discern all different shades ofgray.
Also born on this date are OliviaHussey, actress; William Holden,actor; J.P. Morgan, financier; HarryReasoner, journalist; NikitaKhrushchev, Soviet leader.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
SATURDAY,APRIL 18
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Itwill be important for you to talkto the right people to get theright information before youstart a new project.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —Though you may be glad thatyou’re not required to do thesame old thing, you may bemissing some of the things thatroutine provides you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —You’ve made it quite far downan unfamiliar road, but now thetime has come for you to make adecision: Keep going, or headhome again?
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —Others will look to you for guid-ance, and you can let your ac-tions speak louder than anywords. Teach by example atthis time.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Youmay have to work harder thanusual to stay on top of things —especially where a shiftingschedule is concerned.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Someone in charge may not becommunicating well, and youand some others may have topick up the slack. You knowwhat info is most important.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Youmay be flirting with a new ca-reer opportunity at this time.Be sure that you have some-thing concrete to look forward.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Now is no time to make deci-
sions based on rumor or innu-endo. Be sure that you knowwhat’s really going on beforemaking up your mind.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— You and a friend may discov-er that you’re after differentthings at this time. That’s noreason to think that the friend-ship is over.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —You’ll want to improve yourstanding among those whoshare your outlook and ambi-tions. You can be at the very topvery soon.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Don’t try to second-guess any-one. Your best bet is to listen towhat others have to say to youdirectly, and react accordingly.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Don’t let your hard-earnedmoney slip through your fin-gers. You must pay attention towhere every penny is going.
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EARTH DAY ON THE NATIONAL MALLLast year’s Green Apple MusicFestival — rebranded this year asEarth Day on the National Mall —was a gigantic disaster.Nonstop downpourskept the crowd to-tals for the con-cert on the Mallin Washingtonsmall, beforepromoters even-tually shut theshow down, ef-fectively canningperformances by TheRoots, Toots and the May-tals and Gov’t Mule. This year, or-ganizers scaled things down a bitand waited until Tuesday to an-nounce that The Flaming Lips,moe. and Los Lobos would head-line this year’s free festivities. Ex-pect short sets and lots of talkabout the environment. Here’shoping the weather holds out. The Sunday concert begins atnoon and runs until 6 p.m. withChevy Chase hosting.
CHELSEA HANDLERIt was a long time coming forChelsea Handler, but in 2007, shefinally found a show that worked:Chelsea Lately, a late-night talkshow on E! The show varies drasti-
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INTERVIEW | THAO NGUYEN
Stings as strong as she sings Thao Nguyen discusses The Get Down Stay Down and its new album
BY REESE HIGGINSStaff writer
All it took was a simple e-mail to get ThaoNguyen on the stage.
A fan of Portland-based singer-songwriterLaura Veirs, Nguyen sent an e-mail throughVeirs’ website to ask if she could open for her.Slim Moon, the founder of independent recordlabel Kill Rock Stars — and Veirs’ manager atthe time — wrote back, and the rest is history.
But that wasn’t the then-junior at the Collegeof William and Mary’s (she graduated in 2006)first foray into music.
“I think I was lonely and bored when I was12,” Nguyen said. “That’show that started.”
The Falls Church, Va.,native will return toWashington with herband, The GetDown Stay Down,tonight at theBlack Cat.
Originallyclaimed by areacritics as anartist in theWashingtonmusic scene,Nguyenmoved to SanFranciscothree years
ago. She and her band are going on tour afterspending time in the studio recording the fol-low-up to 2008’s critically adored LP, We BraveBee Stings and All. Nguyen said the new workwill be a bit more intense than the raw pop ofBee Stings.
“I play primarily electric guitar on thisrecord,” Nguyen said. “This album, I think, hasa lot more rock-ish-ness. ... In comparison toour last record, there’s a lot more emotion andintensity. And I think it’s a more honest depic-tion of me as a songwriter and the band as mu-sicians and performers.”
Bee Stings was recorded when the band hadonly been playing together for two months. Thenew album — set for an Oct. 13 release —showcases the group’s newfound identity.
“I think this album has a lot more band in-volvement,” Nguyen said. “The songs are a
lot more high-energy. I think we’ve triedto incorporate more of our live show into
the recording.”Nguyen describes both Bee Stings
and the new record as autobiographi-cal, but it seems as though the con-tent of the latest album might besignificantly more obvious.
“And I would say this [album]is even more personal and time-sensitive,” Nguyen said. “A lot ofit is about one relationship in par-
ticular — the end of it. It’s moreemotionally concentrated, a
lot more straightforward
lyrics ... it’s pretty raw. There’s a lot of sad-ness and anger in it.”
Though a larger touring effort will take placein the fall to coincide with the album’s release,Nguyen assures the audience tonight will beexposed to some new material.
“We’ll play three or four [new] songs,”Nguyen said. “It’s tough to navigate what yoursetlist will be. I’m sure people want to hear newsongs, but if you play too many of them, youalienate people. There are certain songs weknow we like to play. The only concern is mak-ing sure the momentum flows well.”
And in the hands of a crew this eager to tour,the show will surely flow.
“I’m excited,” Nguyen said. “We’ve been offthe road for a couple months now. Tour is avery love/hate thing, but when you’re off for toolong, you get a strong hankering for it.”
Tonight’s homecoming show, the seconddate on the tour, is sure to be a good one,Nguyen added.
“It’s nice,” Nguyen said of her return toWashington. “It’s really helpful to see a lot offamiliar faces when you spend most of yourtime with strangers. There’s definitely a bit ofhometown camaraderie. And people have al-ways been very warm and receptive. It’s al-ways a pleasure to come back.”
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down plays atthe Black Cat tonight. Doors open at 9 p.m.Tickets cost $13.
COURTESY OF KILL ROCK STARS
BY MICHAEL LEMAIREStaff writer
With just 12 ACC games leftto achieve the goal of makingthe ACC Tournament, thepressure is mounting for theTerrapin baseball team tomake a run.
But you wouldn’t know it fromwatching the team go about itsdaily routine this week.
The Terps (16-20, 4-14 ACC) sitfive games behind Duke (26-13,9-9) for the eighth and final spotin the ACC Tournament headinginto this weekend’s showdownwith the Blue Devils at ShipleyField. But, with their window ofopportunity closing fast, theTerps looked relaxed during yes-terday’s short practice, and coachTerry Rupp was confident histeam is going to come out sharp.
“I really think the guys arefocused and ready to go,” Ruppsaid. “We had a crisp practicetoday, which is always a goodsign. They looked well rested,which is what we want, and Iam looking forward to a bigweekend from them.”
Both teams have a lot on theline, as the Terps hope to getback into the ACC Tournamentrace and the Blue Devils mustincrease their probability ofearning an NCAA regional at-large bid.
After promising earlier in theweek that he wasn’t going to over-work the team, Rupp got what hewished for when Wednesday’sscheduled game against UMBCgot rained out. Most of the playersspent the day off either weightlift-ing or resting.
Rupp hopes the extra restwill help his strugglingoffense. The Terps are last inthe ACC in team batting aver-age at .271 and are also last inthe conference in runs scored,with just 204 runs in 36 games.
“Sometimes, it’s helpful toplay that game to stay in theflow, but especially this time ofyear, it’s good for us to stepback and take a break,” Ruppsaid. “What we are hoping isthat they have recharged theirbatteries. We are hoping thatwill help us see more of whatwe saw on Tuesday night.”
A victory in the series
opener could be key for theTerps to build momentum. Butfor that to happen, the teamwill need more from its ace,Scott Swinson, than it hasreceived so far.
Swinson was the team’s bestpitcher and workhorse in theACC last season, with 85.1innings pitched and key victo-ries over then-No. 3 NorthCarolina and Wake Forest.But, this year, he has not beenthe same pitcher, and heenters today’s game at 2-5with a 6.00 ERA.
He almost put it together lastweekend against Virginia Techwhen he allowed four runs in thefirst two innings before comingback to shut out the Hokies for hisfinal 4.2 innings. Pitching coachJim Farr thinks Swinson is on thebrink of success.
“I think he's starting to put thepieces together,” Farr said.“Based on his last two starts, he’shad as good a bullpen session thisweek as he’s had all spring. Ithink there's a good chance you'llsee the Scott Swinson of 2008 outthere on Friday. He's ready to go.”
goalie system, Cottle is nostranger to juggling person-nel decisions.
He sees the merits of eachplayer.
“Travis and Ryan have greatchemistry together, I will saythat,” Cottle said. “The point [inPietramala’s statement] wasthat in some games Will’s a bet-ter option, in some gamesTravis is a better option. I be-lieve that’s true.”
With Yeatman out, Reedhas been the only option.With at least one assist ineach game where he hasstarted, he has helped makeup for Yeatman’s absence.
Reed’s insertion into the line-up has coincided with improve-ment from the Terps at the of-fensive end. In the first halfagainst Hopkins, the Terpslooked crisper than they had insome time.
While other playersaround Reed have alsostepped up, it’s hard toignore Reed’s presence.Midfielder Jeff Reynoldssaid the Terps have prac-ticed enough with Reed andYeatman to feel comfortablewith both.
“Travis has done a goodjob,” Reynolds said. “Weplayed with him all of last
year. [Missing Yeatman] isnothing we can’t overcome.... I think we run well withthe guys that are in thereright now. They do their jobsand I think we’ve seen that inthe past couple games, thatwe’ve been clicking.”
As both coaches mentioned,chemistry has been a big partof that success.
In the words of Pietramala,Young and Reed “are a bearback there.”
“It’s just kinda bringing backmemories from last year whenwe had the three attackman,”Catalino said. “But whether it’sTravis or Yeatman, I think it’sboth good for us.”
Happy to be on the field,Reed has performed admirablywhen asked to play midfield. Attimes, he even likes it, as he’smore likely to pick up an ex-ploitable short-stick defender.
But Reed admitted the transi-tion wasn’t easy from a mentalstandpoint. The switch back to at-tack, for however long he mightremain there, has been helpful.
“For me, it’s just getting in arhythm. That’s big for me,”Reed said. “Get a couple shots,and start getting in a rhythmand seeing how my stickthrows and stuff like that.That’s definitely easier to do[when starting] than comingoff the bench.”
It hasn’t been easy for hiscoach, either.
After the win against Bing-hamton, Cottle mulled over thepersonnel decision he knowshe’ll have to answer once Yeat-man returns.
“We’re fortunate we have akid, Travis Reed, whose been astarter, knows how to play,”Cottle said. “So we won’t forceYeatman back until he’s ready.”
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Team using game against Hokies as prep for ACCs
2001, the last year the Terpswent undefeated, they wonthe national championship.
But after losing in the ACCTournament as a No. 1 seedthe last two years, the Terpsare more focused on chang-ing their postseason luck.
The Terps will use the roadgame as preparation. The tour-nament is being held Saturdayin Blacksburg, and they willplay either Virginia Tech or Vir-ginia in the semifinals, so theycan scout the location as well asthe opponent.
But the players don’t wantto get ahead of themselves.As important as the tourna-
ment is to the Terps, theyfirst want to have a strongwin against the Hokies intheir final tuneup.
“This game gives us achance to improve on thethings we’ve been weak onthis season, tighten up ondefense, get smoother onoffense,” Reese said. “Wewant to combine it all into acomplete 60 minutes oflacrosse and play our bestgame yet.”
Duke and North Carolina,both 3-1 in the conference,play tonight for the No. 2 seedin the tournament. If theTerps lose tomorrow, theywill have the same ACCrecord as the winner of
tonight’s game. But with winsagainst both the Blue Devilsand the Tar Heels this sea-son, the Terps hold thetiebreaker.
But the Terps want to winthe conference without thetiebreaker and keep theirmomentum going into nextweekend.
“We want to finish out ourACC regular season strong,”midfielder Caitlyn McFaddensaid. “We’ll build on every-thing we’ve learned andaccomplished so far this yearand get a push for the confer-ence tournament.”
The Terps are a perfect 5-0 all-time against VirginiaTech with an average of
18.2 goals a game in theseries. In last year’s match-up, the Terps crushed theHokies 20-3.
This weekend, the Terpattack will go for a repeat ofthat high-scoring perform-ance behind its three newlynamed Tewaaraton Trophynominees: McFadden andattackers Sarah Mollison andKarri Ellen Johnson.
“Virginia Tech is our lastgame before the tourna-ment,” Johnson said. “We’rereally excited just becausewe want to be ACC champsand we’re going to do any-thing to get that.
HOKIES, from Page 8
Attackman Will Yeatman, shown in practice earlier this season, isinjured, nursing a sprained ankle. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
Cottle will have decision to makePENN, from Page 8
Rupp hopesrest will helpspark lineup
Outfielder A.J. Casario and theTerps hope to improve after lastweek’s sweep to Virginia Tech.MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
Terps vs. DukeWhere: Shipley Field
When: Tonight, 7 p.m.Radio: WMUCsports.com
BY KATE YANCHULISStaff writer
Elsewhere in the competi-tive Atlantic Coast Confer-ence, tension is building withthe approach of the final con-ference games this weekend,which will determine ACCTournament seeding andpostseason fates.
But for the Terrapinwomen’s lacrosse team, thepressure is off.
With last weekend’s winagainst North Carolina, theNo. 2 Terps (15-0, 4-0 ACC)secured the ACC regular-sea-son championship and a byeinto the semifinal roundbefore even touching the fieldin their final conferencematch Saturday at VirginiaTech (7-8, 1-3).
Well, almost. Technically,the conference does notreveal the official tournamentseedings until after thisweekend’s game, much tocoach Cathy Reese’s chagrin.
“They say they don’tannounce the seedings untilnext week, so we’ll see,”Reese said, sarcastically.“Who knows? We’ll just lookto focus on ourselves and
tighten up the things that wedo so when we step on thefield against whoever it is inthe first round of the ACCs;we’re ready to play.”
With a win against VirginiaTech, the Terps will be onegame away from an unde-feated regular season. Amatch against Princeton issandwiched between the ACCand NCAA tournaments. In
BY MICHAEL KATZStaff writer
As the Terrapin men’slacrosse team’s leader inassists, it’s fair to say GrantCatalino is underrated as apasser. But his latest dish wasmore of a gift than anything,and for that he can thank fel-low attackman Travis Reed.
In transition against Bing-hamton on Tuesday, Catalinofired an off-target pass to the5-foot-9 sniper, who picked itout of the air. Settled andalone in front of the net, Reedtoyed a bit with the goaliebefore finishing the play witha goal.
“He makes a catch in ourgame against Binghamtonthat probably nobody else onour team could make on that4-on-3,” coach Dave Cottlesaid. “He’s a smart player. Hehelps us play smarter whenhe’s out there.”
Lately, Reed has been onthe field more and more. Hewill likely start Saturday,when the Terps (7-5) travel toPenn (3-7) while attackmanWill Yeatman continues torecover from an ankle sprain.
A starter as a freshman,Reed had seen his playingtime decrease this season as aresult of offseason surgery.And the transfer of Yeatman,who came highly regardedfrom Notre Dame, led to acrowded attack corps.
But each week Cottle hassteadily increased Reed’s role,both at attack and midfield.
After the Terps 10-9 lossagainst Johns Hopkins April11, Blue Jays coach DavePietramala questionedwhether the sweet-shootingsophomore was being used tohis full potential.
“One of the things we’venoticed is that they have bet-ter chemistry with Reed in thegame,” Pietramala said. “Hebrings a lot to the table to
them in the big-little pickinggame.
“I’m not the coach, andlook, they’re a talented teamand Yeatman is one of theirtop scorers,” he continued.“But I think they bring to thetable a different entity withReed in the game.”
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SportsDefender Brian Farrell to redshirt
Check out TerrapinTrail.com for updates on the mmeenn’’ss llaaccrroosssseeteam, a summary of yesterday’s spring ffoooottbbaallll practice and moreon the wwoommeenn’’ss bbaasskkeettbbaallll team’s transfer situation.
SSooffttbbaallll hosts Boston College this weekend while both mmeenn’’ssand wwoommeenn’’ss tteennnniiss saw their seasons end at the ACCTournament in Cary, N.C.
Reed settling in back on the attackSophomore attackman is performing well in place ofinjured Will Yeatman as team heads north to Penn
Travis Reed has increased his production since Will Yeatman got injured before last Saturday’s loss toJohns Hopkins. Reed recorded a goal and an assist in that game. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
Terps vs. PennWhere: Philadelphia
When: Saturday, 4:30 p.m.TV/Radio: None
Caitlyn McFadden helps leadan explosive offense. VINCE
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Still workto do forwomen’slacrosseTerps still trying toimprove despiteunbeaten record
Please See HOKIES, Page 7 Please See PENN, Page 7
Terps vs. Virginia TechWhere: Blacksburg, Va.When: Saturday, 1 p.m.
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