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MAKING THE GRADE Officials say AP scores indicative of future success, will continue accepting credit despite some schools’ decision to change policy

Some food court restaurants use nonsustainable products

By Fatimah Waseem Staff writer When Samantha Krahling first came to this university last fall, she thought she was ready to bypass the introductory calculus course and skip to the second level.

What she found, however, was her high school AP AB Calculus “i was new to class had not prepared her for the rigors of college math. She soon college. i had dropped her MATH 131: Calcuno expectations, lus II for Life Sciences course and i had to and rebounded to MATH 130: Calculus I for the Life Sciences, teach the learning the same derivatives material to and antiderivatives she had just myself. i just polished a few months before.

“I was new to college. I had no couldn’t get expectations, and I had to teach used to it. the material to myself,” the freshSAMANTHA KRAHLING man enrolled in letters and sciFreshman enrolled in letters ences said. “I just couldn’t get and sciences used to it.”

Experiences like Krahling’s have prompted some universities to no longer accept Advanced Placement credits in lieu of college courses, re-sparking a long See credits, Page 3

Hyattsville may pay university to use buses

By Bradleigh Chance Staff writer In a move aimed at community development, Hyattsville is considering paying the university to allow city resi-

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“High schoolers in the area can actually come out and use our library if they do not have one in their local community,” McCullough said. “City residents can also come out and enjoy Maryland Day as well as other events here on campus.”

However, Scott Jones, a freshman journalism major, said the department should consider whether there is risk in allowing non-students greater access to the campus.

“Even if there was no danger, this could create much more crowded conditions on the bus,” he added.

However, students have not

Even though university officials have worked to promote green initiatives on the campus, that goal may be difficult to accomplish in the Stamp Student Union food court, where affordability often outweighs sustainability in largescale restaurant chains.

Many vendors use containers made of polystyrene foam, which is lightweight and retains heat, but cannot be recycled. While Dining Services is encouraging some vendors to switch to environmentally friendly alternatives, other materials cost more, which would drive up food prices — a move many simply aren’t willing to make.

“They’re on board philosophically, but a lot of this costs money that they don’t want to pass on to the students,” said Joe Mullineaux, Dining Services senior associate director.

While Moby Dick uses bagasse, a compostable sugar cane-based material, Panda Express and Chick-filA both use polystyrene products. If Panda Express replaced its containers with more sustainable ones — which Dining Services suggested to the restaurant — prices would go up an average of 25 cents per product, Mullineaux said. And many students said that increase would be enough to deter them.

“I’m a college student on a budget,” said Daniela Salinas, a junior sociology major. “Considering they’re going green, it’s good, but it affects people’s pockets.”

Additionally, it’s difficult to change the behavior of businesses that have thousands of locations around the world, Mullineaux said. Although

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dents access to Shuttle-UM. Under the Hyattsville City Council proposal, the university would receive $5,000 to issue Shuttle-UM bus passes to residents. The Department of Transportation Services has agreements like this with several other surrounding areas, including College Park and Greenbelt, said Gloria Blackwell, community engagement director.

“We want to make this a true college town by promoting local businesses,” Blackwell said. “Hyattsville is growing and we want residents to consider us. We want them to come to the performing arts center, the football games, and just to walk around and enjoy the campus.”

This initiative will be one of many steps toward community development taken by the university, said Beverly Malone, transportation services assistant director.

“When [university] President [Wallace] Loh was becoming president, he was continually announcing his vision for the campus,” Malone said.

“He talked specifically of improving ‘town and gown’ relationships and DOTS was then given the charge to work with the local communities to determine what we could do.”

The measure should help bridge a gap between the campus and the community, said Ryan McCullough, a junior civil engineering major.

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Adele’s revamps menu to boost business Restaurant regularly updates menu; took a year of planning

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adele’s debuted a new menu this semester, which took more than a year of planning and patron input, Dining Services officials said. Crab pretzels and Kung Pao pasta are among the new options. file photo/the diamondback

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In hopes of drawing in more business, Adele’s is giving students and faculty a few more reasons to make the Stamp Student Union restaurant their upscale destination — including crab pretzels and Kung Pao pasta.

The third-floor restaurant makes standard practice of cycling out tired menu options every 18 months, so this spring ushered in a new menu formed over a year of planning and patron

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input, said Bart Hipple, Dining Services assistant director.

When creating the new menu, Dining Services officials left a poster board of the first draft, along with a red marker, in the waiting area for patrons to critique the new ideas. That’s how the crab pretzel ended up making the cut, and it’s proved to be a new favorite, said Joe Mullineaux, Dining Services senior associate director. Input also came from students who worked at Adele’s, who developed a way for students to customize their own burgers, he said. Now, patrons can combine pulled pork with crab cake, if their stomachs desire.

Dishes originally offered as specials also helped officials add permanent items, such as Alaskan snow crab legs.

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Previously, the chef based options on popular restaurant items, Mullineaux said. However, the spot has been faced with a changing campus environment over recent years, especially with the addition of 251 North and new restaurants along Route 1. To adapt, Adele’s eliminated high-priced steaks in favor of New York strip steak the semester before the university’s all-you-can-eat dining hall opened.

Though the restaurant has strayed from some pricier foods, students said they still consider it a good bet for a change of pace from the dining halls.

“I love going to Adele’s,” said Anna Johnson, a sophomore English major.

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are already positive signs, Mullineaux said.

Sales tend to start slow at From PAGE 1 the beginning of the semes“I always found something I liked. ter, but the restaurant saw 52 It was really nice that you could go percent more patrons the first and get a steak.” week of this semester than it Though it’s too early in the did fall 2012, he said. Despite semester to say if the changes additional competition in the will increase patronage, there area, the restaurant has also

The Big Bad Woof and other Hyattsville businesses have been accessible to students through DOTS, but soon residents may be able to ride the route alongside them. file photo/the diamondback

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expected to pay for between 10,000 and 15,000 riders, Malone said.

At t h e e n d o f t h e yea r, T h e B u s wa s re p o r t i n g a n annual ridership of more than 40,000 people.

Last fall, DOTS presented this information to student leadership, who decided there would no longer be a need to fund the pilot because the new Shuttle-UM Route 113 bus was already servicing the Hyattsville area.

However, several students said the loss of the pilot was unfortunate.

“The bus is a way to help spread financial interest across Route 1 and making kids pay is intuitively counterproductive,” said sophomore environmental science and technology major Hugh Davis. “As college students, we’re already strapped for cash. There’s no way I’d go out of my way to take the bus and pay $1.25 to go to another place and spend more money.”

complained of cramped buses or asked DOTS to provide enough that nobody has to stand, Malone said.

“If we’re not leaving people behind, we’re doing our job,” she said.

As DOTS expands its service in Hyattsville, it made another move this semester in the opposite direction — students, faculty and staff may no longer ride the Route 1 Ride bus for free.

Although the Route 1 Ride bus is not technically affiliated with the university, DOTS developed an agreement last year with Prince George’s County’s TheBus Route 17 to sponsor a fare-free service for university ID holders. Members of the university community could take the bus from IKEA to Mount Ranier free of charge.

When DOTS initially agreed to pay the fare for student and faculty ridership as reported

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bowls and offering customers a 10 percent discount when they bring their own to-go containers, said Kiera Zitelman, a manager at the co-op and a senior environmental science and policy major. Providing customers incentives to use their own containers would be a simple way for other businesses to reduce waste, she said.

“It would be a step in the right direction, and it’s something they could do today,” Zitelman said.

Ultimately, the decision comes down to what students want, Mullineaux said.

Student feedback is gathered by guest counts at the various re s t a u ra n t s a n d t h ro u g h surveys conducted by Stamp officials. Online feedback can be sent to umfood@umd.edu, he said.

Us i n g n o n - s u s ta i n a b l e products, however, typically isn’t enough to keep Stamp from extending restaurants’ contracts. McDonald’s, whose contract is set to expire in about two years, uses polystyrene foam among other non-sustainable materials, but its low prices are attractive to students, meaning Stamp will likely renew its contract.

As the food industry focuses more on sustainable practices, Mullineaux said, it will become easier for franchises in the food court to change their practices.

“We are trying to work with them,” Mullineaux said, “to find creative ways in their best interest to go with what’s most environmentally sound.”

Dining Services is working to encourage businesses to go green, it’s ultimately up to the corporations to decide how much effort they’re willing to make.

Stamp officials said they will consider sustainability when deciding whether to renew contracts with certain businesses, said Steve Gnadt, Stamp associate director, but there are many other factors to take into consideration. Most importantly, potential food vendors must be willing to operate in Stamp, where business slows significantly during summer and winter breaks, he said.

The switch to green containers won’t make enough of an impact to justify the price, said Kyla Ramdat, a junior geography major. Instead, students would flock to other businesses with similar products and lower prices.

But some students said they wouldn’t mind paying a little extra if it meant increased sustainability.

“It’s a small price to pay for a healthy earth,” said Tony McMannis, a junior math major.

While packaging composes a small percentage of the university’s carbon footprint, Mullineaux said, it’s still visible — and every small change will help the university become more sustainable.

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seen a slight growth in busi- “I didn’t have any complaints before, but hopefully ness each semester.

Reed Kaczmarek, who visited the change is for the better. I really didn’t see any Adele’s just before winter break, need for them to change it.” said he’d been happy with his meal REED KACZMAREK — ribs and a sampling of the crab Freshman electrical engineering major dip his girlfriend ordered.

“They both were good. A lot fully the change is for the better,” any need for them to change it.”

While Adele’s patrons will have better than The Diner. I didn’t have said the freshman electrical engiany complaints before, but hope- neering major. “I really didn’t see months to test out all the latest

offerings, officials are still keeping one eye on how they can continue to keep things fresh.

“As a matter of fact, we’ve already started the next menu,” Mullineaux said with a laugh.

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CREDITS From PAGE 1 and heated debate about whether standardized tests match the rigor of college courses and indicate future success. At this university, however, AP credits are here to stay, given that research shows scores of four or five on AP exams reveal college-level competence across most courses, department officials said.

At Dartmouth College, AP credits will hit the chopping block starting with the entering class of 2018. The college announced the move based on a condensed version of the AP Psychology exam incoming students took. Of the 100 students who scored a five on the exam, 90 percent failed Dart-

mouth’s test, according to a New York Times article. Instead, Dartmouth will use AP exams to place students in classes, rather than allowing coursework to replace college credit.

But at this university, students in upper-level classes who used their AP credits tend to be in the top third of GPAs. Students coming straight from introductory courses follow closely behind, while transfer students tend to place in the bottom third of GPAs, according to periodic assessments by several departments.

The university accepted about 3,300 students’ AP credits in fall 2012, a number in line with previous years, said Linda Yokoi, an assistant university registrar. The university encourages applicants to seek AP credit so that “academi-

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cally successful students may move forward in their programs at an appropriate pace,” according to the Office of the Registrar.

“What I tell parents and students is if I retake a course here, would I learn something additional and have a better grasp of the material? Unequivocally yes,” said Reid Compton, a biology professor and director of the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program.

“But we do not want you to waste your time and money retaking lower-level courses.”

Despite these results, students who credit out of introductory classes such as BSCI 105: Principles of Biology I and CHEM 131: Chemistry I — Fundamentals of General Chemistry must hit the ground running in more advanced, rigorous classes such

as CHEM 231: Organic Chemistry I and BSCI 207: Principles of Biology III — Organismal Biology, which often have little or no room for refreshing on background and reacquainting students with old material, biology professors said.

And even with research to back up AP credits, tools like the Math Placement Exam — a mandatory exam incoming students take to be placed in math classes — are used as buffers to ensure students are taking courses at the appropriate level.

“While a high score on the AP exams does give a student college credit, the placement exam is the best predictor of success if a student needs any other math courses,” said William Schildknecht, a mathematics department coordinator, adding students who have high AP scores also have high SAT mathematics section and Math Placement Exam scores.

Professors have not evaluated whether AP Biology and Chemistry credit adequately fulfills lab portions of equivalent college courses, which compose a larger chunk of college science courses than they do in high school science courses, said Todd Cooke, a cell biology and molecular genetics professor. Courses such as physics often grant credit based on specific scores on different sections of the AP exam.

Kevin Edinborough, a junior physiology and neurobiology major, raked in 35 AP credits and retook one class — physics, which he said was an “easy A” — to prepare for the MCAT . But unlike Krahling, he said his AP classes have matched the rigor of college coursework.

“In college, you see your professors three times a week for 50 minutes in one semester,” he said.

“But in high school, you have an hour and 45 minutes every day for

a year. The information has time to sink in.”

Students in humanities and social sciences courses have more time to catch up with old material, especially since many courses — even those with prerequisites – do not build up as heavily and quickly on each other as science-oriented courses do.

In the past 10 years, the Office of the Registrar has tightened its requirements to accept mostly AP scores of fours and fives, with some courses pending department approval, reflecting a continuing challenge to measure academic success and rigor.

“Students may not be succeeding because AP prepares well, but because these students are bright and capable,” Compton said. “Everything is really on a case-by-case basis.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Complicating a simple funding solution I

t hasn’t been easy for college students the last several years. We’ve become accustomed to constrained budgets and resources at this university and increasing tuition and fees. But if Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget — which proposes investments rather than cuts — is approved, next fiscal year could be a much-needed change for students and higher education officials alike.

For the first time in more than six years, O’Malley has proposed a 7.5 percent increase in state funds to the University System of Maryland from last fiscal year, with $34.8 million earmarked for enhancement funding. That money would help fund an expansion of STEM enrollment, the MPower the State initiative — the strategic alliance between this university and the University of Maryland,

Baltimore that was approved in the fall — and course redesign initiatives. The university has weathered years of budget reductions by mandating furloughs for several years and most departments are barely scraping by with limited funding.

That hasn’t stopped the state’s Department of Legislative Services from suggesting cuts that would inhibit enhancement funding — a move that would hamper the university’s efforts to continue improving and distinguish itself as a top institution.

Although the cuts wouldn’t present a major setback, they would certainly prevent the progress O’Malley and officials hope to see. The state’s public school system has been recognized as the top in the nation for four consecutive years — shouldn’t state officials be

striving for higher education to receive the same accolades?

The DLS argues the cuts are necessary because of discrepancies between the

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Cuts proposed by the Department of Legislative Services would needlessly endanger current programs. expected revenue from tuition and fees and other services. It cited that between 2010 and 2012, the system consistently underestimated the money it would bring in from these revenue sources, and in 2011, overshot the estimated figure by $96.4 million, according to the report.

The department is using this to argue the trend would continue into this fiscal year, and the spread between expected revenue from tuition and fees would cover the cost of the reductions.

If O’Malley has so clearly prioritized higher education funding, though, that should be a clear sign to legislators that preserving and improving funding should be a top priority. Over the last several years, the university has grappled with a mounting facilities backlog, faculty and staff members have failed to see significant pay raises — or raises at all — and students have seen their tuition bills climb. Maybe the system could sustain the DLS’ proposed $10 million worth of cuts to current services, the $8 million general fund appropriations cut and $950,000 less for the collab-

orative public health school, but it certainly won’t prosper. Just because higher education officials have crafted ways to manage with dwindling funds doesn’t mean universities can afford to continue down that path.

The benefits of increased state funding far outweigh the savings that would result from DLS’ proposals. With more than six years under his belt — and plenty of experience issuing cuts and tax raises — O’Malley appears confident that the state can afford this investment, emphasizing the importance of higher education funding. The state’s universities and colleges have been neglected far too often when it comes to funding. This editorial board hopes legislators reconcile this fact and step up to help higher education thrive, rather than barely survive.

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Divergent perspectives on masculinity Perilous manliness

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Gender roles inhibit self-fulfillment JOSHUA DOWLING Masculinity is not a trait of which to be ashamed or proud. It’s just one of myriad facets that make up an individual’s being. Or so it would seem.

Being masculine holds a lot of stock in today’s society as the most important thing a boy or man can be — not just something to aspire to be, but something necessary to be considered a “real man.”

In this sense, masculinity often serves to police the activities of men and women everywhere. Men with pronounced emotions are derided as girly; boys who read instead of playing football are mocked as weak. Inevitably, boys who do not match common standards of masculinity are mocked by being compared to women or gay men — implying the absolute worst thing a person could be is female or gay.

On the other side of the spectrum, girls who play with action figures or play sports are derisively called lesbians or

dykes. If you’re a man, there’s no such thing as too masculine, but if you’re not masculine enough, you’re not good enough. For women, on the other hand, any bit of masculinity is too masculine.

In this sense, masculinity in itself isn’t a bad thing, per se, but it is used as an indicator of how adequately an individual is performing within his or her own gender. People should not be subjected to rigid standards of how they should or shouldn’t act based on other people’s understandings of what it means to be a man — or a woman, for that matter — and there certainly shouldn’t be negative connotations associated with failing to meet those arbitrary, artificial standards. Masculinity itself isn’t a problem, but the people who use it as a barometer by which to judge an individual’s gender presentation and expression are.

Masculinity can also be troublesome when people or organizations seek to use masculine expectations to achieve a particular end. The Marines are an obvious example. Are you man enough to protect your country? Such attempts to use others’ desires to be masculine

are deeply problematic. They simultaneously play on individuals’ desires to be seen as more masculine, while shaming those individuals who do not feel masculine enough as though individuals who are not masculine men cannot protect their country. Perhaps the Pentagon’s decision to allow women to serve in combat roles will help shift this belief.

All in all, there is nothing wrong with being masculine, feminine or anything in between or outside those confines.

The problem arises when people seek to use masculinity as a way to police individuals or to pressure them into certain decisions. We should be able to embrace who we are and how we feel without fear of being mocked with sexist or homophobic remarks. Moreover, people who place masculinity on a pedestal should begin to understand that of the many diverse ways of being human, no particular way is more intrinsically valuable or laudable.

Joshua Dowling is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at dowlingj@terpmail.umd.edu.

Be a (wo)man and live confidently MARC PRIESTER “Black Dog”’s bed-rocking guitar riff and Led Zeppelin’s orgasmic vocals make this song secrete pure, unrestrained, masculine sexual energy — establishing itself as my favorite song.

I once listened to the song with a few feminist friends, who denounced the exaggerated masculine bravado it contains before further lambasting masculine sexuality in general until I rose to Zeppelin’s defense.

While it’s easy to be swept up in this musician’s swagger, many listeners misunderstand the creed of the song and the philosophy behind masculinity as a whole. The lines “all I ask for when

I pray, a steady rollin’ woman gonna come my way/Need a woman gonna hold my hand, won’t tell me no lies, make me a happy man” really epitomize why men are both endowed and conditioned to advocate a masculine identity — to find happiness in love and sex.

However, happiness is not guaranteed; it’s not a right or a privilege.

Winning affection requires bold action and spontaneity. Has the woman of anyone’s dreams ever simply fallen into one’s lap by fate? No. The pursuing party has to show genuine interest, whether through action or speech, to persuade a woman that he is worthy of romantic consideration. To achieve this, men have to be confident — if they cannot believe in themselves, how can anyone else?

Yes, there are caveats, for the boundary between confidence and arrogance is extremely fine. I’ve always differentiated the two by defining confidence as believing in the ability and beauty of yourself, yet continually proving your worth out of humility and resolve. Arrogance is unwarranted narcissism, in which a person refuses to respect the autonomy of others.

For these reasons, arrogance is responsible for much of the sexism and objectification we see today. Confidence is meeting a woman you desire, respectfully stating your interest and — if turned down — humbly disengaging, all the while never losing faith in your ability to attract a partner. Arrogance is pompously scoffing at rejection and degrading the other party in order to protect an ego. Masculinity should

John goes to the gym every day. He never cries or shows vulnerability.

He is not gay. He can drink any one of you under the table. He can take any one of you in a fight — including his best friend (who is, of course, a man, because men and women can’t just be friends), his wife, that girl giving him lip in the bar or that slut who said no to him. He has no problem taking what he wants, when he wants it. John is a “manly man,” the poster child for exactly what needs to be changed in society.

And the sad thing is, John can be found within so many different men.

Machismo, apathy, homophobia, anger, addiction, violence — these are the traits of “masculinity” that are perpetuating a world of gender discrimination, domestic violence and sexual harassment. The idea of masculinity prevents any true sense of equality in this world and maintains the very attributes that permit societal pardons for men who do bad things, such as beating, raping or generally humiliating women.

A boy growing up with the notion it is OK to embody all the traits of a manly man — or that it’s not OK to have feminine traits — may very well turn into a man who turns to drinking or violence to solve problems because that is what is acceptable, or a man who thinks it’s OK to treat women differently simply because they are women.

Renowned author and clinical psychologist Mary Pipher had it right when she said, “Young men need to be socialized in such a way that rape is as unthinkable to them as cannibalism.” The same thing goes for feelings about violence, hate, forced apathy and the plethora of other behaviors boys around the world are being taught are right because they are masculine. In this modern world, boys need to be conditioned to the conviction that men and women are

never tolerate that behavior.

Whether men are biologically more inclined to masculine attitudes or socially conditioned to be masculine is irrelevant. Masculinity has helped shape the world we live in, for better or for worse, and will continue to inspire earth-shattering reformation as time moves on.

Men’s sexual desires and pursuits of women are akin to their aspirations to change the world. We, as men, have this flaming ambition to win the most prestigious positions and manipulate the world from stations of power. We aspire with courage and determination to reach the zenith of success. Just as with love, we are hell-bent on triumph, and the lust for victory guarantees we will never settle for complacency in corporate America — or in love.

Many feminists believe women should adopt these same tenets of masculinity — that women can only attain positions of influence, such as

equal. Boys need to grow into men who respect women, not degrade them.

Now, masculinity is by no means a concrete concept. There are many different interpretations, many of which try to spin the quality’s deplorable nature into something necessary for a man to feel like a man. Of course, it’s acceptable for a man to be independent, strong in his convictions, assertive and self-confident; but the fact that these can be attributed solely to masculinity in any way is preposterous. Men and women have the right to embody these characteristics, as well as the right to be the complete opposite. Gender has nothing to do with it; you can’t hide the innately horrible factors of masculinity behind the veil that makes the concept sound justified.

Problems with masculinity have always existed, but it has taken until now for revolutionary women (and men) to garner enough support for the claim against preserving masculinity.

It’s these people who are going to ensure the culture of acceptance overcomes the deplorable traits attributed to the vague concept of masculinity.

But it has been slow going; in America, we live in a fairly progressive environment. And even so, we still have a vast distance to travel before we can begin to consider the idea of equality. But if you step outside the boundaries of this nation, the situation can be even worse.

Merely imagining how awful it must be for women in other countries, where they have no voice, no strength and no way out of their situation, strengthens myself and many others alike to change our culture — to be an example for others to follow. It’s the only way we can begin to actively create change.

I refuse to believe anyone can innately personify all the traits of masculinity. It’s a learned behavior, and if we want any chance of preventing rape and domestic violence, as well as establishing equality, we must work to end gender stereotypes.

Getting rid of the idea that men must be masculine is the first step to a better, more inclusive world.

Maria Romas is a junior English major. She can be reached at mromas3@gmail.com.

becoming CEOs, politicians and leaders of this country — by having that same relentless ambition traditionally attributed to masculinity. And the beauty of masculinity is men do not have monopoly over the characteristics identified to it; in reality, gender equality may only be possible when all people ratify its greatness.

No man should ever feel ashamed to be a man. Strength, audacity, honor, fortitude and dignity are attributes of masculinity and have built the very world we see before us. Sometimes it hasn’t been for the best, and that’s why we ought to use those same virtues to heal the wounds in the world. But we, as men, should never lose pride in our sexuality and how it compels us to interact with the world. It’s time to man up.

Marc Priester is a sophomore economics and government and politics major. He can be reached at marcpriester@gmail.com.

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orn today, you are an imaginative individual with a penchant for dreaming big dreams -- and those that you are able to bring to fruition are sure to pay off handsomely! You are not one to be flighty or unrealistic, and even when you are conjuring something entirely new and different, you base your ideas on solid reality that is confirmed and unshakable. You may at times bite off more than you can chew, but you are able to juggle a great many jobs, duties and responsibilities at the same time without too much fuss. You will often work hard to see another’s efforts pay off -- provided you can share in those profits.

You are not one to let difficulty dampen your enthusiasm; indeed, the more difficult something is, the more dedicated you become to the achievement of your goals. You understand that not everyone can live up to your high standards, and fortunately you do not expect them to -- in most cases.

Also born on this date are: Maud Adams, actress; Christina Ricci, actress; Arsenio Hall, comedian; Charles Darwin, naturalist; Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president.

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.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You’ll have good reason to look back at a moment from your past

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and recreate what you can without trying to relive it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- The experience you gain today is worth far more than any kind of tangible reward -- just as the journey is more essential than the destination.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You don’t want to be sorry for something you say today; keep your thoughts in your head unless you know they will be positive and productive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’ll be struggling to get back on track in some way today. Once you do get down to business, you’ll experience a kind of rejuvenation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -What is so compelling to you today is the feeling you get from knowing that you’re on the right track; you won’t want to stop.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Someone you hardly know will come to you with a request -- and a piece of advice that you know you cannot afford to ignore.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You may get into something rather heated with someone else who

maintains that you are in over your head. You know where you stand.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- A friend or loved one is in need of something that only you can give -- and give it you will, provided you are aware of the need! Listen up!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Information you receive today allows you to free yourself from certain outdated restrictions. You can fly higher than you have before.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Something very big is just around the corner, but you may want to slow down and focus on your own readiness before you face the music.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Whether you are dealing with fact or fiction will make a big difference in your performance today. You must determine which is which.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Avoid any kind of knee-jerk reaction today. The more rational you can be, the better -- especially when others are hot under the collar.

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Zombie culture is a quickly growing trend, showing up in television and movies frequently — but the concept of the undead goes all the way back to traditional Haitian folklore

By Matt Schnabel For The Diamondback T he hordes of undead may be growing in number, but you won’t find anyone gearing up for a potential zombie apocalypse. The only place these walking corpses plan on invading this year is the box office, and they’re not hungry for brains — just record numbers of viewers.

AMC’s critically acclaimed The Walking Dead returned Sunday with its midseason premiere after posting higher ratings than any other broadcast and cable entertainment show for the fall broadcast season. The zombie-themed drama regularly draws millions of viewers and looks to continue commanding Nielsen ratings throughout the rest of the season.

Jonathan Levine’s (50/50) Warm Bodies, a Twilight-meets-Shaun of the Dead romantic comedy, may have received reviews as tepid as its title.

But given the amount of media buzz it generated and its $20 million grossing opening weekend, it’s difficult to view the zom-com as a flop.

With a slew of zombie films, including the high-profile World War Z and The 4th Reich, both slated for

release in 2013, it’s clear the undead have staked their claim in pop culture.

Once relegated to a niche market of B-movies and comic books, zombies have successfully stumbled and devoured their way into the mainstream.

But zombies haven’t always been depicted as the mindless, ravenous monsters portrayed today.

The zombie’s legend traces its roots all the way back to traditional African and Haitian folklore, said Christopher Moreman, a philosophy professor at California State University, East Bay. “There are these African traditions that describe people having multiple souls. Shaman-type priests would be able to capture a person’s soul and then force the person to do their bidding,” Moreman said.

While African mythology focuses on imprisoning the soul, Haitian legend holds that controlling a person’s physical body provides the means to create a zombie, a discrepancy Moreman attributed to the flourishing Haitian slave trade.

The zombie allegedly first made its appearance in U.S. culture in the early 20th century with William Seabrook’s 1929 novel The Magic Island, which details the author’s exploits in Haiti.

In 1932, Victor Halperin’s The White Zombie, widely regarded as the first zombie film, introduced the Haitian concept to a much larger audience.

However, the flesh-eating undead we know today weren’t formally introduced into American culture until several decades later, with George Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead. Romero created a monster symbolizing the United States’ rampant commercialism — though his undead didn’t need to consume human flesh to survive, they did so anyway, paralleling Americans’ materialism.

Though the film’s script referred to the monsters only as “ghouls” and “living dead,” they provided the template for the modern zombie we encounter in horror films today.

The transition from mindless slaves to bloodthirsty killers owes much to historical relations between the U.S. and Haiti, Moreman said. Frightened by historical accounts of Haiti’s slave revolt, Americans may have adopted zombies as allegorical figures of revolution.

“If the zombie is a Haitian creature, and the zombie embodies the idea of the slave … you have the Haitian slaves casting off their oppressors,” Moreman said. “In America, that

would be scary, so then the zombie becomes an object of fear.”

And fearsome it was. Audiences flocked to see Romero’s film, which critics at the time labeled controversially terrifying. From that point on, zombies were here to stay, at least among lowbudget horror movies and comic books.

Yet in the 21st century, a profound shift occurred. In the 2000s alone, more zombie films were produced than in the previous century. As an increasing number of filmmakers and audiences began to understand zombies’

criticism of consumerism, Moreman said, their popularity skyrocketed.

“If the zombie is more popular now, I would think it’s because people, at some level, are recognizing the critique more and more,” Moreman said.

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DEVILS From PAGE 8 If I see a concern that I feel like one of our players is going to be injured — which given our numbers, that’s going to be a concern — I’m always going to fight for our kids to protect them.”

Guard Chloe Pavlech drained a 3-pointer with 10:51 remaining to give the Terps their first lead of the night, 44-42, culminating a furious comeback attempt. After falling behind by 10 with 4:40 left in the first half, the Terps launched a 15-5 run spanning halftime to thrust their way back into contention and tie the game at 33 two minutes into the second half.

Guard Katie Rutan — who had 11 first-half points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-6 from behind the arc — pushed the Terps (19-4, 10-2 ACC) early with her sharp shooting. Whenever the Blue Devils (22-1, 12-0) had a chance to open the game up, there was Rutan, taking a kick-out pass from forward Alyssa Thomas on a drive, spotting up and sinking the shot to keep the Terps within striking distance.

But after the Terps took the lead

PREVIEW From PAGE 8 how it feels to lose it.

“They weren’t in that game.

They hear about it, but they weren’t there to be in the locker room after and feel the disappointment,” Tillman said of his team’s 14 freshmen. “I think they have to rely on the leadership of the older guys to explain how to go that far and what it meant.”

But even with leadership, returning talent and Inside Lacrosse’s No. 6-ranked incoming freshman class, reaching another national championship game won’t be easy.

for the first — and only — time last night, the shots stopped falling. Rutan and Thomas each had a team-high 14 points, but the duo shot a combined 2-of-18 for nine points in the second half. Thomas shot 4-of-19 for the game, giving her a 24.7 percent clip in the Terps’ four losses this year. The mistakes impacted the ballhandling as well, as the Terps turned it over 24 times.

“Just an off-shooting night, not really making shots that I usually make,” said Thomas, who grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to notch her 14th double-double of the season.

“A lot of things would go inand-out, but it happens.”

Duke forward Haley Peters rendered forward T ianna Hawkins ineffective. The senior scored six points on 3-of-11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. She played only 10 minutes in the first half, and her first points didn’t come until there was 13:45 left in the game. It was just the second time this year she didn’t reach double figures.

While the Terps struggled, shooting 34.4 percent, the Duke trio of center Elizabeth Williams and guards Chelsea Gray

and Tricia Liston combined to shoot 18-of-40 from the field and score 61 points.

After Pavlech gave the Terps the lead, Gray scored seven straight points to give the Blue Devils a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. While she entered the night leading the ACC in assists, she made her own plays, scoring a career-high 28 points and shooting 13-of-14 from the free throw line.

When Frese was ejected with 3:51 remaining for arguing with the refs, Gray stepped to the free throw line and calmly sank four straight shots to turn a ninepoint lead into a 13-point edge that proved too much for the Terps, who had associate head coach Tina Langley at the helm for the remainder of the game.

Instead of a share of first place in the ACC, the Terps departed with their first loss in more than a month. But they remained positive.

“We expected it would be a very physical game, and I think we responded really well,” Thomas said. “We didn’t get down on ourselves. When they threw punches, we just kept going.”

Seven of the Terps’ 13 scheduled games are against opponents ranked in the top 20.

That only adds to the mounting pressure on a team dealing with heightened expectations after back-to-back seasons of NCAA tournament success.

Yet the Terps don’t seem to mind.

“As an athlete, you always want to have that pressure on you,” Cooper said. “I feel like I play a little bit better when the pressure’s on.”

And why wouldn’t the pressure be on this squad all season? Sure, the Terps will feel pressure to live up to the No. 2 ranking, win the ACC and finish with another im-

pressive record. But after ending each of the past two seasons in such devastating fashion, the Terps have higher aims.

“Obviously not being able to close it out the last few years is difficult,” Jesse Bernhardt said. “We’re thinking about competing for a national championship.”

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CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, the cutline in Monday’s article, “Terps get quad-match victory without injured Kathy Tang,” incorrectly described the photograph. The photographed gymnast was Kathy Tang.

STATLINE Terps women’s basketball guard Chloe Pavlech’s performance in a 71-56 loss at Duke last night

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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For Terps, no extra motivation needed After losing past two national title games, team ready to achieve championship goal

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer

Coach Brenda Frese was ejected for arguing with referees late in the second half of the Terps’ 71-56 loss to Duke in Durham, N.C., last night. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Bedeviled in cameron Frustrated Frese ejected as No. 7 Terps suffer 71-56 road loss at No. 5 Duke

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer

DURHAM, N.C. — Through turnovers, perceived missed calls and sometimes overly physical play inside, the frustration mounted for the Terrapins women’s basketball team last night at Duke.

The Terps fell behind big early and

battled their way back to take a lead.

Duke then rallied to reassert its control over the game, though it appeared the Terps were about to launch one final rally.

But with just less than four minutes left, the Terps’ frustration peaked when coach Brenda Frese was ejected after arguing with the referees.

Instead of walking off the court of Cameron Indoor Stadium with her

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black-clad team, Frese was escorted off by a yellow-shirted security member, overwhelmed with irritation and aggravation as the No. 5 Blue Devils bested her No. 7 Terps in an eventual 71-56 loss.

“I’m always going to fight for our players,” Frese said. “That’s obvious.

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John Tillman shouldn’t have to do much to motivate the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team this season. He won’t need to beg his players to stay focused in the film room or threaten them with reduced playing time.

And the third-year coach certainly won’t have to muster up heartwrenching speeches to inspire his squad on game day.

Recent memory will take care of that for him.

The Terps have reached the national championship game in each of the past two years. But both times they stumbled on the sport’s biggest stage, falling one win short of the program’s first national title since 1975.

“Losing the last two years in the national championship adds something extra in the back of your mind,” said senior midfielder Kevin Cooper, who is expected to start for the Terps when they host Mount St. Mary’s tonight in their season opener. “You always think about how it felt after those games, and it just motivates you to want to get back there.”

There’s reason to believe the No. 2 Terps have enough talent to make a third straight title-game appearance. Last year’s national runners-up return eight of 10 starters and boast seven preseason All-Americans.

The Terps also bring back all the key components of last season’s No. 9 scoring defense. All-ACC goalkeeper

Niko Amato and All-American long pole Jesse Bernhardt, who both played major minutes in each of the team’s national championship losses, headline the experienced unit.

The offense, though, isn’t quite as solidified. Graduates Joe Cummings and Drew Snider accounted for more than 28 percent of the team’s goals last season, leaving a significant void for the Terps to fill.

Still, they seem confident they’ll be able to make up for the departed goal-scorers. In addition to returning two starting attackmen — Owen Blye and Billy Gribbin — who tallied more than 20 goals apiece last year, they’ll rely on a talented midfield.

That midfield includes four returning contributors, and it gets an added boost with the return of Jake Bernhardt, Jesse’s brother, who redshirted last season after suffering a shoulder injury.

But the team’s talent isn’t the only reason Tillman is excited to finally hit the field at Byrd Stadium tonight.

With Blye and the Bernhardt brothers returning as captains, Tillman feels confident in his team’s leadership.

“It’s a luxury having three captains returning; it’s a very rare thing,” he said. “Their passion is great for the younger guys to see.”

The Terps’ leaders can do more than set an example. They can tell the younger players what it takes to reach a national championship. And See PREVIEW, Page 7