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Study: Funding not reaching classrooms Despite tuition hikes, state research universities spent less per student

BY MARISSA LANG Staff writer

Despite increases in funding and tuition, universities across the country are spending less on student education than before, a recent study found.

The study, which covers the years 2002 to 2006, said the average tuition at public research universities in Maryland increased by $1,000 per student during that time, but spending per student on classroom instruction decreased by close to $1,000.

The report, “Trends in College Spend-

ing,” was published last month by the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability and found that despite increases in funding, universities across the nation have spent little, if any, more per student on education, instead putting the money toward administrative expenses.

“Our country needs to increase capacity and improve performance in higher education,” said Jane Wellman, executive director of the Delta Cost Project, in a statement. “We can’t allow the funding

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Police arrest two in game store robbery Suspects distracted shopkeepers while third person stole money from register

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Mandel resigns from Regents

Prince George’s County Police have arrested two people in connection to a robbery of the CD-Game Exchange in downtown College Park Thursday evening.

The two suspects were arrested over the weekend, and police are still looking for a third, police said.

Around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, two suspects entered the store on Lehigh Road.

One of the store employees recognized them as regular customers. Two people

were working at the store, and the suspects split up, each one distracting a store worker by asking for assistance.

A third person came in the store and went behind the front desk and started opening the register. One of the employees noticed the third man, ran up to the front of the store and grabbed him. The other two accomplices came to his aid and struggled with the employee until he let go. They fled the scene with an undisclosed sum of money.

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Former governor steps down after six years on USM board

BY ALLISON STICE Senior staff writer

Former Gov. Marvin Mandel (D) has resigned from the Board of Regents after a six-year term to focus on other matters, including his active Annapolis law practice, a University System of

Maryland spokeswoman said.

Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) is expected to appoint his replacement within the month, according to USM Chancellor Brit Kirwan.

The Board of Regents is a group of gubernatorial appointees responsible for overseeing the university system.

“His service has been phenomenal, a real treasure for the board and the system,” Kirwan said.

“He just felt there were a lot of issues before him and he couldn’t do justice both to his law practice and to the board, so it was with

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College Perk owner defends conduct Gordon clashes with council on reasons for coffeehouse’s closure

BY NICK RHODES Staff writer

College Perk owner Chris Gordon blames discrimination against students by the College Park City Council for the closing of the coffeehouse and claims he is a champion for students’ rights.

Closed since an electrical fire

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in early July, former employees, renters and patrons have blamed problems with the city council and the delayed reopening on Gordon. Gordon said he expects College Perk to reopen as soon as the insurance claims from the fire are finalized.

Gordon responded to allegations by admitting some blame

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but defended his attitude toward the city council and is unapologetic for his views. He claims much of his anger stems from what he sees as unfair treatment toward students by the city.

Many of Gordon’s problems with the city council stemmed

Virginia forward Lyndra Littles scored 30 points, playing a major role in the No. 19 Cavaliers’ win against the No. 8 Terps. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Republicans chose Steele over four other candidates, including former President George W. Bush’s hand-picked party chief, who bowed out, declaring, “Obviously, the winds of change are blowing.”

Steele takes the helm of a beleaguered Republican Party that is trying to recover after crushing defeats in November’s national elections which gave Democrats control of Congress and put President Barack Obama in the White House.

Steele, an attorney, is a conservative, but he was considered the most moderate of the five candidates running.

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Surgeon Mojtaba Gashti says he first met Osly St. Preux in 2005, when he removed a cyst under the boy’s right arm. When he returned in May to Haiti for his annual spring trip to the Caribbean country to help treat the poor, he found a tumor had grown at the site where the cyst had been.

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Sweating for your sweatshirt Honduran sweatshop workers testify as Feminism Without Borders continues campaign

BY MICHELLE CLEVELAND Staff writer

Two Honduran sweatshop workers said they faced abysmal wages, unpaid overtime and death threats at a factory where university apparel is made.

The workers, Norma Estela Mejia Castellanos and Moises Elisias Montoya Alvarado, were fired for unionizing the Jerzees de Honduras factory and came to the university as part of the United Students Against Sweatshops Russell Truth Tour. The event, held Sunday by Feminism Without Borders, is part of a continuing campaign by the campus group to expose the harsh conditions felt by workers who make university clothing.

After the university licenses its logo to major brand names, such as Russell Athletic, the company outsources the work to subcontractors, leaving many layers between the company and the factory workers, members of Feminism Without Borders explained. Because of this, workers’ wages become the only flexible cost of production and they receive little pay.

Mary Yanik, the group’s president, explained that price tags on university apparel do not reflect the true value of work that people put into the production of the clothes.

“If we’re talking about doubling their wages, we’re talking about adding 25 cents to the price of your item,” Yanik said, adding that the process is ultimately controlled by the university.

The factory workers made between $46 and $70 per week.

Through Feminism Without Borders’ vice president, Rosa Lozano, who was serving as an interpreter, they asked the 40 students in attendance to pressure the university administration to challenge corporations like Russell Athletic.

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“We’re asking you to help us end this battle,” Castellanos said.

Soon after Jerzees de Honduras workers started unionizing in October 2007, workers began getting fired for no reason, union president Alvarado said. The factory has since been closed down.

“What the corporation accomplished was to wipe its hands clean of its workers,” he added.

Now that the factory has closed, Montoya said there are 1,800 workers without jobs who have been blacklisted and are unable to find work at any other Honduran garment factory.

Sherrod Wright, a senior linguistics major who attended the event, said he had previously heard about sweatshops and the unreasonable conditions of their workers.

“I think that everyone should have rights, especially in the workplace,” Wright said.

Lozano said she hopes the university will become a part of the Designated Suppliers Program, an agreement that, in theory, would limit the university to factories with fair working conditions. The Workers Rights Consortium, a nationwide labor rights organization, designed the program, which

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But Joe Ebaugh, the university’s director of licensing, said there are still business plan questions that need to be answered.

“We’re not in a position to adopt the DSP,” Ebaugh told members of Feminism Without

Borders after the event ended.

Ebaugh said he has evaluated three reports commissioned by the Fair Labor Association about the closing of Jerzees de Honduras and that the next step is to ensure Russell Athletic complies with the suggestions of the FLA’s report. Ebaugh is

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Give Gary a break

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tate lawmakers were swift in criticizing Gov. Martin O’Malley’s (D) budget with some rather creative accounting. A modest tuition increase, like proposed tuition freeze for four-year colleges. The very afternoon the one Miller is proposing, would likely cost students an extra $1,000 next O’Malley unveiled his budget plans, Senate President Mike Miller, a year, which for most students will probably mean taking out an extra loan fellow Democrat, said the freeze “was good politics, but defies logic.” rather than forgoing a diploma.

O’Malley’s tuition freeze was good politics, but there’s a less obvious logic at Other prominent General Assembly leaders, including House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D), have sided with Miller. Perhaps the most impassioned hand. For an incoming freshman struggling to pay his or her way, an extra remark of O’Malley’s State of the State speech Thursday seemed to directly $4,000 in debt at the end four years could constrain students post-graduation options. And that scenario assumes the state will only challenge the senate president. hike the cost of college this year. If the university raises “Is affordable college about politics?” asked O’Malley, who tuition by $1,000 every year for the next four, it will cost made higher education a centerpiece of his last campaign. incoming students an extra $10,000 in total. This scenario “You’re darn right it’s about politics. It’s about the politics of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s is hardly far-fetched at a time when other states are jackinclusion. It’s about the politics of prosperity. ... It’s about the tuition freeze is about ing up tuition costs by as much as 14 percent. politics of my kids and yours.”

Tuition freezes are powerful in their cumulative Flanked by two university students as he uttered this ode to more than politics. effect. In three years, a string of tuition freezes has education, which rivaled some of the loftiest rhetoric uttered by any of our own recent Student Government Association presidents, helped this university go from the second most expensive public university O’Malley certainly delivered a political show. But don’t confuse style for a in the country to the 16th. Yet we remain pricey, and what progress we have lack of substance. Our governor may be angling for re-election, but that does- made is hardly secure.

Last Monday, we proposed Miller had set up a false choice between a n’t mean a fourth straight year of a tuition freeze won’t help keep education accessible. That doesn’t mean a tuition freeze isn’t a worthy application of tuition hike and lay-offs. But it’s important to remember that whatever the specific application, the logic of a tuition freeze extends beyond the immedistate dollars.

Still, lawmakers’ apprehension is understandable. O’Malley has placed 700 ate and direct effects. It’s a reassurance to state residents that the affordabilstate jobs on the chopping block and has propped up other portions of the ity of education is no longer viewed as a luxury.

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The recession: Coming to a classroom near you

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ast week, The New York Times reported that university endowments have dropped an average of close to 23 percent. There hasn’t been such a dramatic decrease in endowment value since the tough economic times of the 1970s.

Endowments are an important piece of a university’s overall budget.

In addition to sources of revenue like tuition and state funding, universities maintain investment portfolios.

Schools use the money they receive from donations to invest in initiatives like mutual funds, commodities and real estate.

The idea is for the principal investment to remain stable while the interest is used to help fund year-to-year activities. As nonprofit entities, universities usually invest cautiously, choosing steady (if modestly performing) assets to guard against market fluctuations. A dramatic decrease in endowment value is an unusual, and most unwelcome, development.

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SULLIVAN This makes financial planning difficult for university administrators.

There are high hopes that the new economic stimulus package will provide aid for education, but it is uncertain how much money will actually materialize. Schools are hesitant to raise tuition for fear of angering their students. But the budgets have to be balanced somehow.

When a business, corporation or nonprofit organization cannot balance its budget and is unable to borrow enough money to stay afloat, it ultimately has to shut its doors. The sobering reality is that colleges and universities can face the same fate.

In the summer of 2008, Antioch College, a private liberal arts college in Ohio founded in 1852, was forced to close. Antioch was a school with a long history and a large alumni network.

While it was a unique institution that faced particular funding difficulties, the fact remains that an established and reputable institution of higher learning went out of business.

The situation at this university is of course not as dire yet, but administrators are looking at the budget very seriously and are trying to cut costs in any way possible. These cost-cutting measures will have a real effect on the lives of every student on this campus.

For example, you may see increased class sizes, which saves departments money by allowing them to pay fewer instructors to teach the same number of students. Retiring tenure-track professors may be replaced by adjuncts.

Even if the tuition freeze is maintained, we may still see increases in student “activity” or “technology” fees. Perhaps on-campus services like

McKeldin Library or Eppley Recreation Center will trim their hours to save energy costs. There may be cuts in administrative staffing, which could result in fewer people to keep the bureaucratic engine running.

The point is that hard economic times may actually change the educational culture on this campus. You’ve probably heard about rising unemployment and home foreclosures; perhaps someone you know has lost his or her job or house. But even if you think the souring economy doesn’t affect you, in truth it is having a direct effect on your life on this campus.

We will try to do more with less, but that’s a promise that seems impossible to realize. For students and faculty alike, this recession unfortunately means a slightly less rich educational experience.

Jeremy Sullivan is a doctoral candidate studying American history.

He can be reached at sullivandbk@gmail.com.

Environmentalists: So green, I’m starting to get sick

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ith apologies to Kermit the Frog, it seems like it’s becoming much easier to be green. Color me a skeptic, but it’s just making me feel blue. And if you didn’t want color puns with your newspaper today, you should probably stop reading.

What I don’t get is where all of this fake “green living” comes from. I understand that environment = good and that pollution = bad, but what I don’t get is why people think being environmentally conscious translates to all sorts of other unrelated things.

Take my favorite: the dining halls.

We’re kicking off this year by eliminating plastic foam. Hooray! Wonderful!

Yay for us! The new carry-out containers are made of something called “Bagasse,” but to me it seems like a bag-a-something else. The containers are smaller than their evil plastic foam

predecessors, but the prices haven’t changed at all. It’s a good thing the prices at the dining halls were so reasonable to begin with, or this wouldn’t seem like extortion at all.

The green lifestyle is in the car commercials, too. There’s this one where a smug Howie Long pops out of nowhere to scold some truck driver because the guy “only” gets 19 miles per gallon.

Whatever car Howie’s being paid to say he drives gets a whopping 21. Two more miles per gallon is cause for celebration now?

That’s another thing: how smug these people are. Great, you’re singlehandedly saving the environment, and I’m a hideous monster who wants to destroy everything for future generations. I hate when people get in my face yelling, “You can’t dump that here!”

Look lady, it’s my baby and I’ll do what I want with it.

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GINDES The truth is, 95 percent of you people who claim to be environmentally conscious are just feigning intelligence.

I’m man enough to tell you that I don’t know crap about what the solutions are going to be. Clean coal? Is that real?

Does it exist? Don’t ask me. But I won’t ask you either because odds are you’re just as stupid as I am.

You know how I know this? Power Shift 2007. To my knowledge, it was a gathering of people to discuss energy solutions. That’s admirable, and I’m sure many people with great ideas and

great minds accomplished a lot. On the other hand, the campus was infested with hippies that day, and I got a contact high on my way to Tydings Hall. So you see why I have a hard time signing up with you guys. I hate hippies.

The fact is, as everyone gets more and more green, I see more and more red. It’s not the nature of what people are doing, because it’s a wonderful thing to try to improve the environment. Rather, it’s when some people bastardize a genuine initiative and turn it to the point where we’re congratulating ourselves for being “green” when really that just means we’re eating off of smaller trays.

Being green? To me, it’s really a gray area.

Rob Gindes is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at gindesdbk@gmail.com.

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JONATHAN GLICK In response to Jeremy Cohen’s guest column, “Get Gary Gone” (Jan. 29): First off, in order to have any credibility whatsoever, he should get his basic facts straight. The players on our team are not low-caliber recruits.

Greivis Vasquez, Eric Hayes, Cliff Tucker and Braxton Dupree were all four-star recruits, according to Rivals.com or Scout.com. We did not have the most highly touted recruiting class last year, but we still got guard Sean Mosley, a consensus top-75 player. And although Gary Williams may have let numerous top players leave for other schools, he has been able to land the last two Baltimore Players of the Year.

I, for one, am glad to have a coach who does not hire unqualified personal trainers in order to land top recruits. It may have been partially Williams’ fault that Gus Gilchrist left, but it was for good cause. Would you rather be in a situation like we were during the late 1980s?

As far as Williams’ coaching ability goes, he still knows what he is doing.

He won a national championship with a team whose star player was redshirted his freshman year, so to say he cannot coach is absolutely ludicrous.

He has not done a bad job this year with a team whose best big man is a 6foot-7 small forward. At this time last year, Williams figured he would be going into the season with Gilchrist, as well as a five-star recruit named Terrence Jennings. Next year, help is on the way as our recent signee, power forward Jordan Williams, scored 50 points in his game on Jan. 27.

I don’t think anyone can say that Williams’ recent dispute with the Athletics Department was not embarrassing. But can you blame Williams for getting defensive when everyone is attacking him? It was Kathy Worthington who was out of line, as she went out of her way to publicly attack Williams.

Lastly, if Williams has lost the desire to coach and does not want to put in the effort, I am all for him stepping down. However, he should step down when he wants. He JONATHAN came to this uniGLICK versity after Len JUNIOR GOVERNMENT Bias’ death, when AND POLITICS MAJOR our program was on probation and in shambles. In 20 years, he took us to 12 NCAA tournaments and did something even former coach Lefty Driesell could not do: win a national championship. He is seventh among active coaches in wins. I know everyone wants the Terps to compete for the national championship, but recently several powerhouses have failed to make the tournament, including Florida, Indiana, Syracuse, Illinois and Connecticut. It is not as if the Terps are alone, as not every school can sit back like Duke and North Carolina and wait for blue-chip recruits to come to their school.

Oh, and as for the belief that Williams Is not respected by players, why not listen to arguably the best player in Terrapin history?

“It’s a program that wasn’t doing as well, [and in] 2002 he won a national title,” Juan Dixon said. “Coach Williams has been getting a lot of heat lately ... People need to get off his back because he’s done a lot for that program.”

“But can you blame [coach Gary] Williams for getting defensive when everyone is attacking him?”

Jonathan Glick is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at jglick@umd.edu.

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orn today, you are a tenacious and capable individual, but there is a side of your character that you do not freely show to others, and that is the uncertain, insecure side that battles daily with your confident side and often threatens to undermine your achievements and destroy your happiness. This may seem overly dramatic, but the truth is that if you let this side rule the day, you are not likely to enjoy much in life; work constantly to bring the positive, confident side into the open, and give it the predominant position it deserves if you are to enjoy success and, ultimately, lifelong contentment.

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What is most important to you, as far as work and career are concerned, is that you choose work for which you are suited, for success is impossible if you are not doing that for which you were born and bred. Destiny is something that will play a part in your life.

Also born on this date are: Farrah Fawcett, actress; Ayn Rand, author; Christie Brinkley, model and actress; Shakira, singer; James Joyce, author; Tommy Smothers, entertainer; Jascha Heifetz, violinist.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — The more determined you are to do things entirely on your own, the more difficult it will be to accomplish something that is remembered.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may be hesitating to ask for help for the wrong reasons.

There is no reason to doubt your own abilities, but help is just that — help.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Seek reconciliation with someone who was once central in your life and who is now playing only a supporting role.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The more time you share with others, the more you are likely to come to a key realization that can benefit you and those around you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may find yourself looking over your shoulder — but are you really afraid that someone is catching up with you? Explore your own doubts.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Any enemies you may have at this time are easy to locate and identify. You needn’t try any clandestine methods to find those who work against you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Financial issues are, once again, in the forefront. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you can wait even longer to address them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Events may have you hoarding what is yours, but that may be exactly the wrong approach.

Sharing can win you more than friends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Someone you trust is ready and willing to show you the ropes — but be ready and willing to play a subordinate role.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Things change, and you know how to change with them — but some things you’ll want to hang on to, today, tomorrow and in days to come.

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Health Center increases e-services Students say they are unaware of variety of online offerings

BY RICH ABDILL Staff writer

Shortly before the beginning of the semester, the University Health Center completed an expansion of its online offerings, giving students the ability to communicate with their health care providers and refill prescriptions over the Internet.

The new offerings are a continuation of the Health Center’s attempts to expand their online presence. In

November, it gave students the ability to schedule some appointments online.

According to Dierdre Younger, assistant director for IT and operations at the Health Center, the expansion will also allow patients to refill prescriptions and request prescription renewals online. The only drawback, she said, is that not many students know about the system, named myUHC. “The majority of the stu-

dents are probably not aware of myUHC,” Younger wrote in an e-mail. “Ideally, we would like appointments for the majority of the visit types available online to be made via myUHC.” Younger said the marketing of the program has been limited to posters in the Health Center and word of mouth so far, but there are plans to increase awareness of the program through signs on the campus and mass emails.

“I’ve never heard of it,” sophomore criminal justice major Nick Horton said. “But it sounds like a step in the right direction. It’s a lot more convenient for these things to be available online.”

Like Horton, freshman history major Rick Trippe had never heard of myUHC. “It would be pretty useful if people knew about it,” he said. abdilldbk@gmail.com

STEELERS STEAL SUPERBOWL

The CD-Game Exchange was robbed over the weekend. Police are still looking for the third suspect, they said. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Third suspect remains at large ROBBERY, from Page 1

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Assistant Commander of District 1 Daniel Lipsey said police arrested a man and a woman in connection with the robbery. The two were apprehended in downtown College Park on Saturday, he said. Police are withholding their identities until they arrest the final suspect.

The last suspect is still at large, but police know his identity, Lipsey said. They have a warrant for his arrest and hope to have him in custody soon, he said.

CD-Game Exchange employee Eric Middleton said he was not present at the time of the

robbery, but the store’s staff met about the incident. Middleton said management was considering installing surveillance cameras among other options to bolster security.

Middleton said he was unsure how much money was taken, but added no other merchandise was missing.

University Police did not issue a crime alert for the incident. An alert was withheld by request of county police as they prepared to make arrests, but also because the victim was a business rather than a student, University Police spokesman Paul Dillon said. goondbk@gmail.com

Delta Project recommends four ways to increase spending efficiency SPENDING, from Page 1 crisis to justify rollbacks in access or quality.”

Between 2002 and 2006, the average tuition at public research universities nationally increased by nearly 27 percent — close to $1,400 — but the spending on each student only went up by 2.5 percent — less than $600, according to the study.

Before the in-state tuition freeze began in 2005, the university saw a series of tuition increases, the most dramatic of which was a 21 percent fall-to-fall increase during the 2002-2003 school year, officials said. Tuition has been frozen for the past four years.

“Those years, we had a drop in general funds [from the state], and we had to make it up by raising tuition,” John Blair, the university’s budget director, said.

Blair said he couldn’t pinpoint the amount the university spends per student on education because defining “education” was too difficult. But the study said Maryland public research universities perstudent spending decreased by $1,000.

This university is one of three public research universities in the state and has two general sources for funding: state support and tuition. Whatever resources are available to put toward student services must be made up by funding from one of the two pools, Blair said.

“These go into the same pot,” university President Dan Mote said. “With these various costs that universities have, tuition pays for a lot of expenses, not just classroom teaching. If tuition goes up, it’s equivalent to the state general fund going up.”

These other “various costs” are affected by inflation and, therefore, increase more from year to year, Blair explained.

At most public institutions, a growing portion of “education and related” spending goes toward administrative support and student services, the study said, while instruction — including faculty salaries — is falling as a percentage share of those expenses.

But university officials said this discrepancy can be chalked up to weakening state support.

“We can’t spend what we don’t

have,” Blair said, noting that between 2002 and 2006, this university saw a nearly $30 million decrease in state appropriations.

“Spending is primarily resource driven.”

But the report pointed out private institutions are simultaneously charging students more and putting more money into instruction. On the other hand, public institutions — in which 80 percent of Maryland students are enrolled — are lagging.

It is unclear whether increased spending on student instruction automatically translates into a higher-quality education, the study noted.

The study’s authors said universities should increase transparency of their spending behaviors and doing so would force universities to be more accountable and conscious of how resources are used.

According to the study, “policy discussions about funding in higher education focus primarily on revenues needed to balance budgets from year to year, rather than on how funds need to be invested to meet strategic priorities.”

The researchers of the Delta Project recommended four ways colleges can increase the efficiency of their spending: Look at spending patterns, and align spending more closely with strategic priorities; set definite goals for an institution’s standards of educational achievement; increase degree productivity by reducing the number of excess credits taken by students and the time it takes students to get a degree; and strengthen public accountability for spending.

Leaders of the project also plan to create an Internet-based function service that will allow users to look at the spending and revenue data of individual institutions in an effort to increase public awareness and university accountability.

“As an industry, higher education still has not made the transition from cost accounting to cost accountability,” Wellman said.

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Gordon often sparred with city council over fees Board accused former GORDON, from Page 1 from unpaid fees from the apartments above College Perk, which he also owns.

“Personally, I feel discrimination against students is wrong. I feel it is wrong to charge a rental occupancy fee that is an order of magnitude larger than what [Prince George’s County] charges,” Gordon wrote in an e-mail. “It’s wrong to set rental caps for the sole purpose of reducing the number of homes rented, and therefore reducing renters/students. ... The city’s anger toward me is that I stand up for those rights and refuse to pass those fees onto my tenants and customers.”

When Gordon aired similar views at a February city council meeting, Mayor Stephen Brayman said, “If you don’t like that law ... go to Annapolis and take it out of the state law. We are permitted by state law to charge this, and everyone pays it.” Brayman added, “You can’t just say, ‘Sorry, College Park — I don’t agree with that.’”

However, Gordon said he does not entirely blame the city council for College Perk’s clos-

ing, but also the insurance claim and the need for funds.

He said he tried to open with the intent of finishing the work at a later date but was denied by the Prince George’s County health department. Now, he must wait until the insurance money comes in so necessary repairs can be made.

Gordon also explained his relationship with the city council should be seen as nothing more than “good-natured debate” between an active citizen and the local government. He lauded the work of the mayor and the council and commended the sacrifices they make to help the city.

But Gordon maintains they are imprudent.

“Maybe if the city government devoted as much time and effort into helping local businesses as they do enforcing trivial, bush-league issues, College Park would finally blossom into the amazing town it deserves to be,” he wrote.

In spite of many negative comments by College Perk regulars, Gordon does not hold a grudge.

“I have no malice toward the patrons and former employees

that place the blame on me.

Surely, some of it falls squarely on my shoulders. This is my first coffeehouse ... and I’ve made some mistakes,” Gordon wrote. “If we always took the safe road, the Perk would be little more than just another Starbucks.”

College Perk patrons said they appreciate Gordon’s risktaking, and maintain he should not be held responsible for the delays.

“Chris Gordon could probably be blamed for some of the false hype surrounding the Perk’s reopening, but you can’t pin the closing on him,” 2006 alumnus Adam Bates wrote in an e-mail. “In the end, there were just too many things working against him to keep the place afloat.”

An outpouring of support is not uncommon with regard to College Perk. At past city council meetings, fans of the coffeehouse have shown up willing to air their grievances, armed with signs and their opinions.

“Not a day goes by I don’t receive at least a few phone calls, e-mails or text messages asking when we will open, extolling the virtues of the Perk and giving us

their best wishes,” Gordon wrote. “It is truly amazing and far more than I ever expected when we opened this place five years ago.”

Gordon has led what he describes as a “varied life” and has worked as a kayak guide, with international medical aid companies and was on his way to medical school before stumbling upon the house he would turn into College Perk, he said.

He said he’s been in “a number of helicopter, plane and motorcycle crashes” but says his most dangerous job so far has been owning and managing the Perk.

“Oddly, I never broke a bone until I opened the coffeehouse,” Gordon wrote.

Gordon said he plans to continue pushing the envelope to create a better space for students and residents alike. Lofty goals include a more extensive menu and wine list and a new accounting system, better marketing and more employee benefits. He also expressed interest in turning College Perk into a bed-and-breakfast-type establishment sometime in the future. rhodesdbk@gmail.com

governor of lobbying MANDEL, from Page 1 great reluctance that he stepped down.”

Mandel could not be reached for comment.

Mandel was appointed in July 2003 by then-Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) and was re-appointed by O’Malley last year. His tenure as a regent was scarred in 2006, when the board found him guilty of lobbying the state legislature, which regents aren’t allowed to do. Mandel had lobbied for insurance and beverage companies for three years, the board found. At the time, Mandel said he had not been informed of the board’s policy and believed his relationship with his clients would supercede the rule.

Mandel became the 56th governor of Maryland, as well as the state’s first and only Jewish governor, after former Gov. Spiro Agnew (R) resigned in 1969 to assume the vice presidency. Mandel was re-elected in 1970 and 1974.

In 1977, Mandel was found guilty on 17 counts of mail fraud and 2 counts of racketeering for accepting gifts from businessmen and investors involved with the Marlboro Race Track in exchange for his support.

“He has a real affection for the system and especially the University of Maryland.”

BRIT KIRWAN USM CHANCELLOR

The conviction was overturned in 1988 on procedural grounds.

Kirwan said Mandel’s connections from his long role in state government helped the university system.

His most recent accomplishment was as chairman of the safety and security workgroup, whose recommendations plugged weak spots in campus emergency response plans, Kirwan said.

“He has a real affection for the system and especially the University of Maryland, so it’s a real loss,” Kirwan said. “We understand he feels he needs to step off the board, but it’s been a joy to work with him.” sticedbk@gmail.com

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arts. music. living. movies. weekend. all the crap you care about BONG HITS FOR BEIJING Does marijuana count on the International Olympic Committee’s banned substances list? If so, it might be time to reevaluate Michael Phelps’ record 14 gold medals. While there’s no telling if Phelps’ extreme Olympic breakfasts were aided by the world’s best hunger inducer, he certainly had no problem smoking some reefer at a University of South Carolina house party in November.

Phelps took shots, chugged beers and ripped bongs like a champ, all with photographic evidence. Phelps said he regrets the photos, but they are real — not that his people didn’t try to prevent them from surfacing. Phelps’ handlers reportedly bribed The News of the World by offering Phelps’ duties as a columnist and the promise of advertising revenue from Phelps’ sponsors. Buzzkill.

NO LOVE FOR THE WRESTLER Already snubbed for Best Picture and Best Song at The Academy Awards, The Wrestler just can’t get any luck.

While star Mickey Rourke may be up for Best Actor, his relationship with co-star Evan Rachel Wood is starting to resemble that of their characters’ — sort of.

In the film, Wood plays Rourke’s neglected daughter, sick of trying to depend on her father.

Now, the real-life Wood is feeling downright disrespected by Rourke, with rumors of a kiss between the two. Rourke has done nothing to quell these rumors, but Wood is adamant she doesn’t feel anything toward him. Ouch.

ARTS IN THE AREA With Antony and the Johnsons, singer Antony Hegarty has an outlet for his subtle and lush take on chamber pop. Hegarty’s fragile, haunting vocals guide the band, which released its third album, The Crying Light, last month. Antony and the Johnsons will perform selections from the new album at Washington’s Sixth and I Historic Synagogue tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tickets are still available and cost $30.

PREVIEW | SAUDADE

When emotions collide Choreographer David Roussève talks about the world premiere of his new dance theater performance, Saudade

BY DORIS NHAN Staff writer

Let’s face it: Good or bad, emotions are complicated, and no matter how old we become, it never gets easier to understand them. Even so, emotions are the driving force of our lives, ever-changing and often complex.

In Saudade, David Roussève and his dance company, Reality, will explore the range of emotion in their extremes, from the positive to the negative.

Combining Fado music with dance and words, the performance will make its world premiere at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Feb. 5.

Roussève founded Reality in 1989 as a multiracial dance company and has performed in the United States, Europe and South America. In addition to choreographing, he often combines original writing with dance performances to create what he calls an “adventurous version of musical theater.”

“My work is all about interpreting emotions and definitely saying something with dance and something that’s relevant,” Roussève said. “My work is like a roller coaster ride of highs and lows and a lot of humor and a lot of grit.”

Roussève said he was profoundly influenced in his work after attending the funeral of a friend, inspired by the combination of grief felt over the loss with the joy and faith of knowing his friend was in a better place. “[It was] kind of a metaphor for life,” he said.

“Life is really glorious, but it has equal parts of grief. That bittersweetness was really resonant for me at that moment at the funeral and kind of came to represent something I had learned about life in general.”

Co-commissioned by CSPAC in 2005, Roussève began to develop Saudade, a collection of seven stories about blacks living in southern United States.

The characters range from a slave in the 1800s to a man in the 1950s to an AIDS victim in 2005.

What unites them, Roussève said, are the bittersweet emotions existing in each story.

“The piece overall is a moment for [viewers] to kind of introspect and examine life, contemporary life, as a series of bombarding extremes and to try to

David Roussève/Reality’s Saudade incorporates elements of Portuguese Fado music and the lives of southern blacks. COURTESY OF JORGE VISMORA

find hope and civility,” he said, adding that Saudade is a combination of humorous, yet saddening moments often found in life.

The term “saudade” is a Portuguese word with no direct English translation. It implies a mix of happiness and pain with the idea of nostalgic longing for someone and is often used to describe Fado music.

The music originates in Portugal and is known for its melancholy and mournful tone. Roussève said he was excited to use Fado as the foundation of Saudade because it is “quintessentially bittersweet” and lends itself easily to the tone of the performance.

Roussève added the performance had strong choreographic contributions from the cast, a collaboration of international dancers from countries such as Indonesia, Israel and Burkina Faso. Together, they blended influences from their cultures, combining world dance forms with modern and post-

modern dance, Roussève said.

In addition to the dance performances, Saudade will also feature projected video images and character monologues. “[Saudade is] exploring bittersweetness as a single moment when joy and grief and agony and ecstasy comes together,” he said. “ ... What was really great was, we were all using our different world perspectives to talk together about something that is universal in the human condition.”

David Roussève/Reality will perform Saudade at CSPAC in the Kay Theatre Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 for students and $35 for the general public. Roussève and choreographer Gesel Mason will also participate in a creative dialogue, entitled Fierce Angels, a discussion about women who have overcome hardships and tragedies, today at 7 p.m. dnhan@umd.edu

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THE UPS & THE DOWNS GARY WILLIAMS Williams had his team ready to play against the Hurricanes after a rough week on and off the court.

Sean Mosley was solid in his second start, and Jin Soo Kim was a crowdpleaser after regaining eligibility Friday.

3-POINT SHOOTING

GREIVIS VASQUEZ The Terp guard was just one assist shy of a triple-double despite a slow (4-of-15) shooting night.

CLOSING IT OUT The Terps were able to hold onto what was a 12-point lead, unlike in other disappointing finishes earlier this season.

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MIAMI (14-7, 3-5 ACC) PLAYER MIN FG FT Collins 21 2-5 1-2 Thomas 19 1-3 0-0 Hurdle 22 3-7 0-0 Asbury 33 2-9 2-2 McClinton 36 6-15 3-3 Graham 17 2-4 0-1 McGowan 11 1-2 0-0 Dews 29 4-10 2-2 Jones 8 3-4 1-2 Gamble 4 0-0 1-2 Team TOTALS 200 24-59 10-14

O-T 4-7 1-2 0-0 2-9 2-8 1-5 1-3 0-2 1-1 0-0

A 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 0 0

PF TP 0 5 5 3 4 8 2 7 1 18 1 4 1 2 3 13 1 7 0 1

15-41 11 18 68

PERCENTAGES–FG: 40.7 FT: 71.4 3FG: 32.3 3-POINT GOALS–1031 (McClinton 3-9, Dews 3-7, Hurdle 2-5, Asbury 1-6, Thomas 12, McGowan 0-1, Jones 0-1). TURNOVERS–16 (McClinton, Hurdle 3). BLOCKED SHOTS–3 (Graham 2). STEALS–3 (3 tied with 1).

TERRAPINS (14-7, 3-4 ACC) PLAYER MIN FG FT Milbourne 29 6-13 5-6 Neal 22 4-10 2-2 Mosley 29 3-4 2-2 Vasquez 35 4-15 2-4 Bowie 34 3-8 3-3 Hayes 22 3-8 0-0 Kim 8 2-2 0-0 Gregory 21 2-5 0-0 Team TOTALS 200 27-65 14-17

O-T 3-6 2-4 1-3 3-10 2-6 0-1 0-0 1-4

A 2 1 3 9 2 0 0 0

PF TP 2 17 4 11 2 8 2 11 0 9 1 8 2 5 3 4

14-38 17 16 73

–5PERCENTAGES–FG: 41.5 FT: 82.4, 3FG: 26.3 3-POINT GOALS– 19 (Hayes 2-4, Vasquez 1-7, Neal 1-5, Kim 1-1, Mosley 0-1, Bowie 0-1). TURNOVERS––7 (Milbourne 3). BLOCKED SHOTS––0 STEALS––8 (Bowie 3).

ATTENDANCE––17,950 (17,950).

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TERPS 73, MIAMI 68

Williams changes defense, lineup MIAMI, from Page 12

TERP FRESHMEN

Despite a bounceback game, the Terps’ outside shooting woes continued, combining to hit 5-19 from long range.

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he’s been going through a lot of tough things lately, and he comes to practice every day with the same attitude, that same fire and same positivity. We just listen to him and we came out here and fought for him tonight.”

Coming off four losses in five games, the Terps desperately needed a change. They switched outfits, donning gold uniforms instead of the home whites. And Williams altered the lineup too, inserting freshman Sean Mosley into guard Eric Hayes’ spot.

In his new role, Mosley continued his solid play of late, scoring eight while doing a little bit of everything else.

“Coach just wanted to do something different and see how it works,” Mosley said. “And it helped out a lot today because we got started quicker and kept the momentum the whole game.”

The Terps also brought a different look in terms of their defensive sets.

Early in the game, they employed a relentless press, which forced a steal, a 10-second violation and a trapped Miami timeout, all within the first three minutes. The Hurricanes had 11 turnovers by halftime.

At different points in the game, the Terps exercised man-to-man, zone and box-and-one defenses.

Though different throughout practice, each had the same goal.

“The biggest key was to find [Miami guard Jack McClinton], because he won the game down there,” Hayes said. “Try to keep him contained, contest his shots and not give him any open looks. He’s one of the best players in the league and he has crazy range on his jump shot.”

McClinton finished with 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting, but never seemed to control the game like he did during the closing minutes of the teams’ first meeting.

“I thought our mixing defenses had a lot do with our success tonight,” Williams said.

The defense also keyed the offense on various plays. In the second half, forward Dave Neal stole the ball from McClinton, then tossed it to guard Greivis Vasquez, who began the fast break. Vasquez precisely bounced a precise pass to a cutting Mosley, who culminated the series with a crowd-pleasing dunk.

The play put the Terps up 43-33 and got Vasquez rolling. After a Hurricane timeout, he drilled a jump

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Coming off the bench for just the second time in two years, Eric Hayes scored 8 points Saturday. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

shot, rebounded a Miami miss, then made a dazzling no-look pass to Neal on the other end. Vasquez finished the game one assist shy of a tripledouble.

Down by 12, the Hurricanes began to chip away at the Terps’ advantage. Within minutes, the difference was six and a “here we go again” feeling filled Comcast Center. But instead of easing up, the Terps continued to stay aggressive within their offense and were able to hold off another Hurricane comeback bid.

“I kept telling the players every timeout that we don’t have to be per-

20 Points off turnovers Maryland scored

fect,” Williams said. “Sometimes, when you get a lead there’s a tendency to think you have to do everything right, and you don’t. You just have to keep making good plays.”

The Terps kept making good plays, finally landing the dagger with 2:00 left. Guard Adrian Bowie drove past Hurricane defenders en route to a reverse lay-up and threepoint play that extended the lead to 11 and allowed the Terps to finally exhale.

The Terp faithful used end of game as a platform to express their views on the controversial coach.

They chanted, “We Love Gary! We

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Love Gary!” supporting Williams in what had to have been one of the most difficult weeks for him as a professional.

But according to Williams — who entered the floor before game-time with an embellished version of his famed fist pump — it was just another week, just another game.

“I told [the team] that I was going to coach like I always coach,” Williams said. “I’ve done this too long to let anything affect the way I coach. I made them promise that they would practice the same way.” mseligdbk@gmail.com

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Minutes played by Cliff Tucker and Braxton Dupree — former starters

Blocked shots by the Terps throughout the game

Second half points for the Terps. Miami scored 44 in the half

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Heavyweight Patrick Gilmore sealed the Terps’ win Friday by pinning Navy’s Tyler Moyer in the meet’s finale. VINCE SALAMONE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Terps prevail despite No. 8 Bell’s loss WRESTLING, from Page 12 allowed Moyer to also score an escape before the end of the third period, pushing the match into sudden death.

When neither wrestler scored in the first sudden death period, a pair of tiebreakers decided the match. Gilmore secured one point and held Moyer to none, gaining the lead and the victory.

“I don’t know that we expected the match to end that way, with it coming down to double-overtime,” coach Kerry McCoy said. “But, we knew it was going to be a tough match.”

The victory marks the Terps’ second in a row against their in-state rivals and propels them to .500 for the first time since November.

While Gilmore supplied the meetending victory, redshirt freshman Kyle John played arguably a bigger role. Fac-

ing Midshipman senior Joel Ahern in the 157-pound match, John jumped out to an early 3-1 lead, but let Ahern comeback and tie. Then, John got a late escape point and literally hung onto the lead when Ahern seemed to have a takedown in the bag.

“That was a great win for Kyle,” McCoy said. “He lost to Navy’s back-up at Penn State’s tournament this season, so to come back in such a short time and beat their starter shows how much he has improved.”

The decision provided much needed points for the Terps in a back-and-forth match.

Brendan Byrne started the meet with a 3-1 decision over Prescott Garner but that was followed by Navy’s Joe Baker beating Steven Bell in the 133-pound weight class. In the highest-profile match of the night, No. 10 Baker jumped

out to an early 5-1 lead in the second period, and kept No. 8 Bell from making a comeback. Baker won the match 7-4.

Along with Baker, Navy brought another wrestler back from injury to make the match more competitive. At 174 pounds, No. 20 Luke Rebertus wrestled for the first time since Jan. 10 and secured a victory over the Terps’ Bradley Nielson.

The Terps, though, got a major decision win from No. 13 Alex Krom at 141 and a win from Brian Letters at 165 to round out the Terp scoring.

“Navy had a couple ranked starters returning from injury tonight, so we beat a really good team,” McCoy said. “I told the guys it was going to come down to believing in themselves, and they did.

We wrestled really well.” eckarddbk@gmail.com

temporary moment of vindication.

Saturday’s game was one the Terps absolutely needed to win — for their coach and for themselves — and the team came through.

“I just told [the team] that I was going to coach like I always coach,” Williams said. “I’ve done this too long to let anything affect the way I coach. I made them promise that they would practice the same way. We were both going to do what we could do.”

There was a little more edginess in the air than usual at Comcast Center on Saturday night, and everyone in the building seemed to know what was at stake.

Fans cheered a little louder and chanted a little longer. The players ratcheted up their intensity and actually sustained it for an entire 40 minutes. Even the alwaysfeverish Williams appeared to have found an extra gear on the bench, and he yelled in encouragement more than usual rather than disgust.

Sure, it was just one win at home against an underachieving Hurricane team that has fallen well short of its preseason expectations, but with fans, reporters and so-called experts questioning Williams’ program and his merits as a coach — and even his own administration going behind his back in the press — the timing of this win was huge.

With several more nearly impossible tests ahead, starting Tuesday night against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Terps still have a long way to go before they are in the clear and in

all likelihood still won’t end up where Williams and everybody else would like them to be.

But with everything crumbling around them, they showed Saturday that if they are going down, it won’t be without a fight. The win showed they still have some competitive fire left.

“We just had so much energy, and we were just so hungry tonight for a win,” forward Landon Milbourne said. “We just did everything we could.”

In essence, the Terps played the way they should have been playing all along.

They came out with great defensive intensity and forced the Hurricanes to work for their points.

They moved the ball more efficiently on offense, spreading it around and getting a complete effort from more than just one or two players. Six players finished with eight or more points.

And the Terps fed off the energy of the crowd. Jin Soo Kim, Dino Gregory and Sean Mosley threw down emphatic dunks, the Terps celebrated big plays to sustain the momentum and one solid minute carried them to the next.

Instead of fading in the second half like they have way too many times this season, the Terps kept fighting the whole way, holding off any rally the Hurricanes tried to muster.

Williams looked relieved after the game, and good for him, because he deserved this one.

But I’m sure he knows he still has a lot of fighting left to do. schimmeldbk@gmail.com

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Terp forward Marissa Coleman hangs her head after the No. 8 Terps’ loss at No. 18 Virginia on Friday. Coleman scored 19 points. JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK

defense.

“I wish I could answer,” Frese said as to why the Cavaliers were able to change the tenor of the game so quickly. “I thought we were trying to do the same things.

UVA just played tougher.

They played with a lot more heart.”

Wright finished with 28 points after scoring five in the first half. Equally as troublesome for the Terps was Cavalier forward Lyndra Littles, who led all scorers with 30 points.

One play involving Littles with nine minutes remaining typified the play of both teams in the second half.

Leading by five points, Littles missed a jump shot in the left corner, but outran five Terp defenders to get the rebound on the opposite side of the paint.

Littles then hit a jump shot, drawing a foul from Coleman in the process.

“They started getting to loose balls [and] they outhustled us in transition points, which is what we did a really great job of in the

Lynetta Kizer contributed 13 points and five rebounds in the Terps’ loss at Virginia on Friday.

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first half,” Toliver said. “But we didn’t in the second. Once they got their confidence they just had that momentum.”

Despite missing Toliver, who finished with 17 points, the Terps were able to build as much as a 10-point lead before Cavalier center Aisha Mohammed made a buzzerbeating lay-up before halftime.

Strong performances by forward Dee Liles, who fin-

ished with a career-high 18 points, backup point guard Anjalé Barrett and Coleman, the Terps’ leading scorer with 19 points, allowed for some positive momentum even with Toliver on the bench.

But it fell apart in the second half. Toliver was 4-12 from the field and the Cavaliers outscored the Terps 160 in points off of turnovers on their way to posting 58 points in the half.

Now, the Terps must worry about No. 18 Florida State, who they play tonight in Tallahassee, Fla. Frese said it shouldn’t be hard to get her players refocused on the Seminoles, who are 6-0 in the ACC thanks to an overtime win against No. 3 Duke last week.

After Friday night’s letdown, the Terps should be more than ready to make a statement.

“We have winners in the locker room,” Frese said.

“They have a lot of pride. It shouldn’t be hard at all to motivate them after this game.” akrautdbk@gmail.com

Gymnastics wins at WVU to continue 5-meet win streak

BY JAKOB ENGELKE Staff writer

All last season, the Terrapin gymnastics team struggled with producing consistent results. Fast forward one year, and the Terps are in the middle of a five-meet winning streak.

“This year, I think, we are more consistent than last year,” junior Brandi George said. “I think a lot of it comes from the way we’ve been practicing.

We’ve been focusing on all the small details.”

The Terps came away with a victory Saturday night in Morgantown by posting a team score of 194.475, their second straight score more than 194, topping West Virginia (193.925), George Washington (191.775) and Rutgers (187.950). But Maryland almost gave the match away in the early competition on beam, with two falls that put them behind. “[After the falls], it looked like we had pretty much shot ourselves in the foot,” coach Bob Nelligan

said.

Yet the rough start did not startle the Terps, as they were able to finish the meet strongly. Gymnasts George, Abbey Adams, Michele Brenner, Candice King, Margaux Meeks, Kaitlin Joseph and Kyra Phillips all posted impressive scores in the meet.

George came away with the all-around victory, posting a score of 39.225, while Adams, Brenner and Phillips all attained career high scores. King, Meeks and Joseph also performed well and achieved season high scores.

Not only is this victory impressive because it gives the Terps a 6-1 record and extends their win streak to five, but it comes against No. 19 West Virginia, last season’s EAGL champion.

“We’ve beaten two top20 teams now in the past two weeks,” Nelligan said.

“One at home and one away, so people are going to know that we’re for real.” engelkedbk@gmail.com

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ACC Men’s Basketball Weekend Scoreboard

Sports Wrestling tops Navy thanks to heavyweight effort Friday Gilmore pulls out final match to clinch win

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No. 6 Wake Forest Georgia Tech

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Virginia Tech Boston College

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No. 5 North Carolina North Carolina State

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Miami Maryland

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The win after the storm Terps pull out big win in rematch against Miami

Staff writer

With the crowd behind him and on their feet during the final 15 seconds, Terrapin heavyweight wrestler Patrick Gilmore put his match to rest to a thunderous ovation against Navy Friday night as the Terps won 20-14.

Heading into the heavyweight battle, the Terps had just regained a 17-14 lead because of a major decision by Hudson Taylor. But to secure the win, Gilmore needed to win his decision against Navy wrestler Tyler Moyer.

“I knew my conditioning was better than his, and I knew that I could outlast him,” Gilmore said. “I was never really worried that I would lose.”

Gilmore started the match with a one-point escape in the second period, but then

BY MARK SELIG Senior staff writer

After a hectic six days, which featured a 41-point loss at Duke, a loss against Boston College after leading by 16 and a hostile dispute between coach Gary Williams and the Athletics Department, the Terrapin men’s basketball team’s troubles, at least temporarily, reached their angle of repose.

Against Miami Saturday night, the Terps strung together two successful halves, didn’t waste their leads and brought the focus in College Park back to basketball rather than the team’s beleaguered 20thyear coach.

The result was a muchneeded 73-68 victory at Comcast Center, lifting the Terps to 14-7 and 3-4 in the

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Women win to continue strong start

“[Winning this for coach Gary Williams] was definitely in my mind, and I know it was in the players’ minds.”

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conference. The win was only the second in eight tries against the Hurricanes since Miami joined the ACC in 2004. “[Winning this for Williams] was definitely in my mind, and I know it was in the players’ minds,” said forward Landon Milbourne, who paced the Terps with 17 points. “We feel for him. And

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Men’s team falls in WVU dual swimming meet

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In their final trip on the road, the Maryland women’s swimming and diving team members ensured they wouldn’t have to grumble about homesickness.

Instead, the Terrapins now can look to continue a big start in the comforts of home.

The Terps traveled to Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday afternoon and earned their 10th win of the season against the Mountaineers, squashing their border rivals, 134-103.

The men’s side fell 147-84.

The women relied on their most experienced swimmers as well as some relatively new faces who were given the chance to shine in the dualmeet format. Jen Vogel took the 100-yard butterfly with a 56.26 time, and Alexa Hamilton continued to excel in the breaststroke, winning the 100-yard breaststroke by more than a second over the next-closest competitor (1:05.39).

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Yelena Skalinskaya (second in the 50-yard freestyle), Annie Fittin, Ginny Glover (second in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke) and Jackie Davidson also won with ease, as did Alisa Kurbatova in 3-meter diving.

Laura Wright, a transfer from Rutgers who has been on the mend after undergoing surgery, teamed with Nina Rossi to take the 200 IM for her first time this season.

“She’s really starting to come around to where she should be,” coach Sean Schimmel said.

The men, meanwhile, kept things close thanks to Andy Dilz and Eric Cullen. Dilz took both the 50- and 100yard freestyle, while Cullen won the 100-yard breaststroke.

Like the women, the men’s 200-yard freestyle team of Mitch Challacombe, John Closs, Ryan Greene and Stuart Butts also held off the Mountaineers for an easy victory.

“We came off a very strong week of training, and there was a lot of adversity this weekend,” Schimmel said.

“The guys came to work and came together well.”

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Terp coach Gary Williams spent the week embroiled in a controversy after a public rift with the Athletics Department. Saturday, in a win against Miami, Williams could celebrate. ALLISON AKERS/THE DIAMONDBACK

FIRST SHOTS OF THE YEAR

ary Williams set the tone with his fist pump.

Putting some extra oomph into his traditional entrance, the embattled 20year coach threw a wild swing of defiance with his right hand as he stomped out of the tunnel before the Terrapin men’s basketball team’s 73-68 win over Miami Saturday night.

And whether the fierce punch was aimed at everybody who had been taking shots at him this past week or

to reassure those who are sticking behind him that he’s not backing down or to simply get the crowd and his players fired up, the dramatic arrival sent a strong message about the coach’s will.

Even if he refuses to speak on the matter, Williams’ actions alone declared: “This is still my program. You damn well better not forget that. I’m still in charge here, and if you don’t like it, you can come and get some of this.”

And so, from the fist pump before the game to the chants of “We Love Gary” in the final minute, the entire night provided Williams and the Terps with at least a

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Terps implode vs. UVA Women’s basketball falls to Cavs in Charlottesville half, fueled by Terp turnovers, rebounding difficulties and a general failure to hustle back defensively.

“We just let up,” forward Marissa CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The game was going as well as possible for Coleman said. “All the things we pride the Terrapin women’s basketball team ourselves on doing, Virginia did. And then we folded — getting to Friday night at No. 19 Virloose balls, defending and ginia. rebounding. And that was the The No. 8 Terps had a ninegame.” point lead with 15:35 left in WOMEN’S The Terps would get within the second half, thanks to well BASKETBALL four points on a Toliver lay-up executed offensive sets and in spite of point guard Kristi No. 8 Terps. . . . . . . . . 81 with 3:26 remaining, but ColeToliver’s two fouls, which No. 19 Virginia . . . . . 89 man’s response sums up how quickly Virginia (17-4, 4-2) landed her on the bench for took control of the game with most of the first half.

Suddenly, despite the positive their fast break-oriented style.

It also shows how damaging the Cavmomentum gained from carefully constructing a nine-point lead without aliers’ big run was to the Terps, espetheir floor leader, the Terps let the cially after having controlled Virginia game get away in their 89-81 loss to the guard Monica Wright, the conference’s leading scorer, in the first half with an Cavaliers at John Paul Jones Arena.

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BY AARON KRAUT Senior staff writer

Defender Brian Farrell and the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team played in their first organized scrimmages of the season against Delaware and Loyola (Md.) on Saturday. JAMES B. HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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