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All-inclusive Good Sam. policy passes U. Senate

By Alex Kirshner Staff writer

the university senate overwhelmingly approved a Good Samaritan policy that includes both drugs and alcohol.

After initially being introduced six years ago, the body approved the measure, 81-2. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

After proposing a measure nearly six years ago that would protect dangerously drunk students or students on drugs from university sanctions if they call 911 for themselves or a friend, the University Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve an all-inclusive Good Samaritan policy.

The policy first passed the senate

in 2011, when it was amended to only include alcohol. But activists quickly mobilized to push for a policy that included all drugs, leading former undergraduate senator Brandon Levey to propose all-inclusive legislation more than a year ago. Now, after the senate’s 81-2 vote with one abstention, the measure will go to university President Wallace Loh for his signature.

“So many students and organizations put so much time into this the past five

or six years, and we’re so happy that it passed,” Levey said.

In 10 minutes of discussion — during which only students conversed — no one spoke out against the policy, which advocates said will save students’ lives.

“If a student’s life is in danger, I don’t think it should matter what kind of substance put their life in danger,” said Stacia Cosner, a 2009 graduate who was the See amnesty, Page 2

Student shooting spurs state gun control debate

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer State legislators have been debating gun control legislation for weeks, largely swept up in the gun violence fervor after the tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., where 20 school children died at the hands of a gunman in December.

But this week, the state and this university experienced a tragedy of their own that could further shake the debate over state gun laws.

Early Tuesday morning, Dayvon Maurice Green, a 23-year-old graduate student, opened fire on two of his roommates — both 22-year-old undergraduate students — killing one and wounding another before taking his own life.

“It brings it close to home,” said Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-Montgomery), who

introduced gun control legislation two years ago after a shooting in Tucson, Ariz., killed six and severely injured former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).

After Tuesday’s murder-suicide, proponents of stricter gun laws have more fodder to frame the state’s debate.

“Every time there’s an incident where an innocent person is killed by a gun, then it brings to people’s attention that this is something we ought to be talking about,” said state Attorney General Douglas Gansler. “When somebody is killed on a college campus — in particular, the flagship campus, the University of Maryland — it clearly comes to everybody’s attention.”

The debate surrounding gun violence has become a complicated one, as lawmakers argue over the legality of certain guns, the limits on magazine

THE TURGEONITES are a group of students who dress up in suits and ties to support men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon and his staff. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

FOLLOWING SUIT

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Turgeonites dress up in suits every home basketball game to support Terps’ coaching staff, team

U. Police may expand current jurisdiction

david mitchell, University Police chief, and the rest of his department hope to expand. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

By Fola Akinnibi Staff writer EDITOR’S NOTE: An individual in this story spoke on the condition that his name be withheld.

As University Police work toward expanding their reach off the campus, officials are beginning to brainstorm how they’ll secure funding to put more feet on the ground in the midst of a financial crunch.

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Police and the Office of Student Conduct have separately been in talks for months to increase each department’s jurisdiction in the university community. However, the urgency of those measures was reaffirmed Tuesday after a recent string of crime was followed by a murder-suicide that left two students dead and one injured. University Police hope to gain approval from Prince George’s County Police so they can patrol beyond Paint Branch Drive, spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said, but the department has a shortage of funds to pay for increased patrols.

“Really the issue is, can we get money for staffing and vehicle resources?” he said. “If we had staffing and equipment, I think we could handle more patrol in the city.”

At last week’s College Park City Council meeting, state Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-Prince George’s and Anne Arundel) suggested the city and university pursue grants from the state to pay for these added measures. But as an alternative, he said, business and property owners in designated areas of the city could pay an extra tax to cover the cost of new safety measures, See police, Page2

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By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer There are suits for scuba diving, suits for swimming and suits for going to the moon. There are lawsuits, jumpsuits and cat suits.

There are many different kinds of suits, but the story of the Turgeonites starts with a simple business suit.

Last winter, juniors Cory Frontin and Jamie Morris were watching the men’s basketball team play in Comcast Center, surrounded by empty seats.

“I found out that I was going to get a new suit for Christmas for job

interviews and stuff, and I was saying, ‘Man, I wish I could wear it more,’” Frontin, an aerospace engineering major, said.

At the same time, Morris was commenting on the lack of support students seemed to have for new coach Mark Turgeon, who took the position after beloved coach Gary Williams retired.

“No one was really paying attention to the fact that coach Turgeon was doing a really good job,” said Morris, an elementary education major.

“Somewhere in the course of the game, we put the two ideas together,” added Frontin. “We said, ‘You know who wears suits? The coaching staff.’”

Following the game, Morris and

Frontin sent their friends a mass email, asking them to participate in what they called a crazy experiment.

“Most of them were down for it — we only got rejected by like two people,” Morris said.

Junior Steve Ernst said that he liked suits and he liked basketball, so he decided to suit up with his friends.

“I really liked Coach’s style,” the fire protection engineering major said. “He seems like a really cool, down-to-earth guy, and it was just a fun idea. I’d gone to games in the past, but this was just another reason to go.”

“I thought it was a fun opportunity to See turgeon, Page 7

Survivor of murder-suicide recovering After surgery, student at home resting comfortably, county police say

By Erin Egan Senior staff writer University student Neal Oa, 22, is recovering with his family three days after one of his roommates, Dayvon Maurice Green, shot him in the leg before turning the gun on himself, friends and family said.

In what police describe as a murder-suicide, Green, a 23-year-old

graduate student, shot and killed another roommate, 22-year-old undergraduate student Stephen Alex Rane, before shooting Oa and then killing himself, police said.

Prince George’s County Police declined to release the identity of the surviving victim of Tuesday’s shooting, but spokeswoman Nicole Hubbard said the student was released from the hospital Wednesday and was “resting comfort-

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ably with his family” at home.

Oa is recovering at his family’s home in Frederick County, and his stepfather, Chris Merz, said although his son still has a bullet in his leg, he hopes to return to the city as soon as possible, according to WUSA9.

“As bad as we feel, we can’t imagine how the other families are feeling,

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From PAGE 1 first person at the university to propose an all-inclusive Good Samaritan policy.

After a 10-month review and drafting process by the Student Conduct Committee, the Senate Executive Committee approved the bill for a vote at its meeting two weeks ago.

Jason Speck, the committee’s chairman, said there are potential exceptions to the alldrugs expansion but that the change is a positive policy and not too lenient.

“It is clear that the policy in its current, alcohol-only form is not a ‘free pass’ for alcohol users,” Speck wrote in an email.

“Adding drug coverage to the policy does not change that.”

The drive for an all-inclusive Good Samaritan rule has roots that run deep in the university’s history, said Irina Alexander, a 2010 alumna and former undergraduate senator who also worked on the Good Samaritan policy.

In 1986, Len Bias, a former Terrapins basketball star, died of a cocaine overdose while celebrating his NBA Draft selection with friends in Washington Hall.

“That may not have happened had we had this policy in place,” Senate Chairwoman Martha Nell Smith said. “In fact, I think it wouldn’t have.”

The night Bias died in 1986, he had been using cocaine for several hours before friends called 911, according to police reports.

“All of his friends, all of his teammates hesitated to call for help while he was overdosing,” Alexander said. “It’s possible that he would have survived if people just weren’t afraid to help him.”

That’s why Cosner said she and others wanted the original policy proposal in 2007 to protect users of all drugs.

Senators, however, pushed back, worried about possible legal ramifications the university would face when dealing with illegal substances.

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THE UNIVERSITY SENATE voted yesterday to approve an all-inclusive Good Samaritan policy, which would protect students from university sanctions if they called 911 in the event of a drug or alcohol overdose. Led by former undergraduate senator Brandon Levey, students began mobilizing more than a year ago to expand the policy, which originally included only incidents involving alcohol. charlie deboyace/the diamondback Alexander ran into the same issue when she took up the cause.

“We had all the data; we had all the student support,” she said. “All the students were in, and by the time I got involved, I just felt like the administration was really hesitating and didn’t know what to do next.”

An overwhelming majority of the student body, she found, already supported the idea.

“The fact is, overdoses and drug abuse, they happen,” Levey said. “It’s a sad fact, but we really need to see it as a problem, and we need to make sure that students don’t die.”

Those who supported the expansion had arrived at a uniform consensus for why: life.

“all of his teammates hesitated to call for help while he was overdosing. It’s possible that he would have survived if people just weren’t afraid to help him.”

IRINA ALEXANDER

2010 alumna and former undergraduate senator “Effectiveness is impossible to measure before the fact,” Levey said. “But if even one life is saved, the policy will have merit.”

“The rationale behind having a Good Samaritan policy was removing that hesitation when there’s a life-threatening situation,” Cosner said. “We just think it’s a logical extension to protect people.”

Alexander, who served as president of this university’s chapter of Students for Sensible

Drug Policy, agreed.

“Even if this policy saves one life, it’s completely worth it,” she said. “It seems like a really logical, straightforward policy.”

Smith said the expansion offers a critical update to the university policy.

“I’m thrilled that this passed,” she said. “We’ve needed it, and it’s very important.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

sion would give the office jurisdiction for cases of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, among other violations, university President Wallace Loh said.

“There are certain things that students are not supposed to do, like drinking in excess in public.

You do that on campus, there are certain sanctions,” Loh said. “But you do those same things, like you are urinating in public, or disorderly conduct, you’re throwing beer bottles around. You do that outside the boundaries of the campus right now, the student judicial code does not apply.”

Tuesday’s shooting strengthened the need to give students another place to turn if they wish to report concerns without involving police, Student Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin said. By April, the University Senate’s Student Conduct Committee will present recommendations on Goodwin’s proposal to expand the office’s jurisdiction, a change that would apply only to areas considered a part of the university community.

“We’re not talking about students going to Mexico and violating the liquor laws,” Goodwin said.

If the measure passes, it will go into effect for the upcoming school year, she said.

University Police are also in favor of the action, as it would add another avenue for officers to take in responding to misdemeanors.

“From a police standpoint, adding that ability [to refer students] is a valuable resource,” Limansky said. “I think this is going to have a bigger impact on student behavior than [the fear of] getting a criminal citation or getting arrested.”

such as additional security cameras.

Because students are generally renters in the city, the tax would not directly impact them unless business and property owners increased their prices.

“It’s not a question of students paying extra; it’s a question of property owners paying extra,” Rosapepe said. “The students would be the beneficiaries of this action.”

However, one Route 1 business owner said his support for an extra tax would depend largely on how the department would use the money.

“We’ve had our fair share of run-ins with students,” said the owner, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “If we call University Police, they tell us ‘You’re out of our jurisdiction’ … but honestly, I’d rather call them than PGPD.” Additionally, University Police are already funded by the state, he said.

“I feel like we’ve already paid that bill,” he said.

Tyler Blake, a sophomore biochemistry major, said he didn’t think additional enforcement powers were necessary.

“I wouldn’t want to pay extra because I’ve never felt unsafe walking around,” Blake said.

The Office of Student Conduct is also seeking greater authority to sanction students off the campus, something it can only do now if a student is convicted of a criminal offense that would both violate the Code of Student Conduct and “pose a threat to the stability of the campus or campus community.”

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DEBATE From PAGE 1 rounds, the procedures for obtaining firearms and mental health and background checks for gun purchasers.

Gov. Martin O’Malley has proposed an omnibus bill that looks to address all of those issues. Among his proposals is banning semiautomatic weapons, changing the limit on rounds in a clip from 20 to 10 and requiring prospective gun owners to submit to digital fingerprinting and obtain a license.

O’Malley hasn’t issued a statement on whether his gun legislation could have helped prevent the recent off-campus event, said spokeswoman Takirra Winfield.

The 9 mm handgun Green used was legally purchased and would not have been subject to the bans being discussed in Annapolis.

Regardless, Gutierrez said this kind of tragedy warrants crucial discussions on the issue.

“I think it will be very important for us to look at this case and learn as much as we possibly can,” Gutierrez said. “Maybe the kind of legislation that we’re putting out is not going to address the kind of root causes for these events, but I think we need to pay very close attention to what happened.”

Much of the debate comes down

to mental health and how effective the state is in keeping firearms out of the hands of those predisposed to violent behaviors. Green suffered from a mental illness for at least a year and was prescribed medication, police said. Officers declined to specify the illness, but multiple news reports have said Green as schizophrenic.

The illness was a development in the case Del. John Cluster (R-Baltimore County) called a “sticking stone.”

Lawmakers should begin by Julie Parker (above), Prince George’s County Police spokeswoman, addresses the media at the scene of Tuesday’s murder-suicide. The shooting has changed the context of the gun control looking at mental health before debate in this state, several legislators and students said. photos by charlie deboyace/the diamondback going after more prohibitive “They’re both taking tragedies, lating on the streets, and banning measures, he said.

“You look at the Newtown and they’re both trying to get news them won’t make them go away, Cluster said. shooter; you look at the Aurora, media out of tragedies.”

An assault weapons ban ultiLawmakers should be looking [Colo.] shooter, both of them had mental health issues,” Cluster said. at the “big picture” rather than mately falls on legal gun owners, “That alone is probably the No. 1 chasing restrictive bans, Cluster Cluster added, and not the thing we need to look at before we said. A comprehensive bill would criminals.

“They’re never going to follow work to consolidate mental health start taking people’s guns away.”

Cluster was critical of the efforts databases to keep firearms out of these rules anyway, so you’re putting a whole set of rules in

by O’Malley and pro-gun control the wrong hands.

Further developments also re- place that are going to go after lawmakers, as well as the restrictive firearm measures enacted in New vealed Green had a semiautomatic … the men and women that are York by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He weapon in his possession, which legally owning these guns.”

But there needs to be a limit, said they are seizing the moment to The Washington Post reported was hastily pass legislation that doesn’t an Uzi. While he didn’t use it in the Gansler said.

“No citizen has the need for an go after the root causes of mass shooting, the deadliness of the gun shootings and instead boosts their worried Gutierrez,who has long ad- assault weapon any more than vocated legislation to clamp down they need to have a grenade or a political image. flamethrower or a nuclear bomb,” “I see the governor of New York on deadly weapons.

“How was he able to get an Gansler said. “There’s clearly a and the governor of Maryland, who line that could be drawn, and I have both been talked about as being Uzi?” Gutierrez asked.

However, the state still has a think it should be drawn on the presidential candidates in the next presidential election,” Cluster said. number of assault weapons circu- other side of assault weapons.”

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While it has yet to be seen if the off-campus shooting will become a talking point for the gun control lobby, Del. Charles Barkley (DMontgomery) said it is a part of a gun culture that could tip the scales in the debate toward a substantive bill.

“I think we can pass some sensible gun legislation that still allows people to have their guns,” Barkley said, “but yet maintains civility about everything.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Bursting the Hope for the city’s future ‘college bubble’ M STAFF EDITORIAL

ore than a dozen years have gone by, and the Leonardtown apartments still haven’t transformed into a hotel. Maintenance buildings along Paint Branch Parkway have not turned into apartments. High-end restaurants and retail shops remain nothing more than empty promises, laughably absent from the largely unchanged College Park landscape.

After years of discussions and changing developers, we thought the wait was finally over in the fall when Rob Specter, administrative affairs vice president, told The Diamondback, “we’ll see dirt moving yet this year” on the 22-acre East Campus project.

In the past two weeks, however, we’ve discovered another reality: We will not have the long-awaited development, or at least the large-scale project that ugly strip of Route 1 was meant to house. This campus and the broader city will still see a revitalization process, officials said, but city residents, students and university officials must now move forward together in embracing a post-East Campus vision for our community’s future.

Instead of the 38-acre, $700-million project that administrators previously promised would be completed by 2010, U3 Ventures will now apparently pick up the reigns and pursue a “parcel-by-parcel” plan meant to target five key areas: housing, transportation, sustainability, education and public safety.

University community members have yet to hear concrete plans as to when and how future projects will transform the campus community, and it would be perfectly reasonable for readers to lose faith in future development projects and scoff at any mention of the phrase “East

Campus.” After all, developers have failed miserably in seeing plans through — some because of the economic downturn (Foulger-Pratt/Argo Investment in 2009) and others for unclear reasons (Cordish Companies in 2013).

The Jan. 30 forum, in which Specter discussed the development overhaul, only broached surface-level issues and offered few guarantees for the current community. Students and community members need more forums and more information on why they shouldn’t lose faith in the process. They need a clear vision and transparency because after so many setbacks, optimism is fleeting.

OUR VIEW

We’re hopeful the new East Campus plans will help revitalize College Park.

And yet, this editorial board encourages you to look through the pessimistic fog ahead toward a more suitable future; it’s not as bleak as it seems.

While we supported the project, East Campus was never a sufficient solution to all of College Park’s structural woes. In fact, it ignored the greatest constraint on the city’s growth: downtown. It’s impossible to establish a thriving and vibrant campus center when Route 1 continues to resemble a run-down sprawl, full of vacant buildings and devoid of charm.

East Campus will still experience a makeover in some capacity, university President Wallace Loh told The Diamondback, but the main focus has shifted to “anchor projects” along Route

1 and Knox Road. Developers still retain plans for a conference center, hotel, high-end restaurants, possibly a grocery store and other projects, albeit through a more piecemeal approach — which seems more feasible since officials won’t be relying on a single developer and one massive project. Rather than depending on city officials’ universal approval on multimillion dollar projects, more strategic investments closer to the heart of the campus may prove beneficial.

“The key idea is university in the city, not university in a park,” Loh said — and we tend to agree with his assertion: The campus and the city need to be directly integrated. Until the immediate area surrounding campus is improved, College Park will continue to carry the stigma of being “livable.”

So let’s go ahead and embrace the challenges ahead. With an available $75,000 from a state grant aimed at enticing local business owners to open up new shops in vacant city storefronts, the Commercial Tenant Improvement Program will hopefully make up for the lack of a massive development initiative. The city will cover 70 percent of the improvement costs on renovations for new businesses opening in the city, up to $25,000 per location. We thank the state for providing business owners with this badly needed incentive, though it would be foolish to give the city much credit for creating a probusiness environment.

Still, College Park is lacking. University officials, developers, city officials, community leaders — 12 years have already been wasted on this East Campus mess. Let’s not waste another day before transforming the city.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

DANNY DVORAK

Routine is an integral part of life, providing a constant when everything else seems to be spinning out of control. At the very least, we can hold on to the comfortable and the safe — what we have established as our norm.

Your whole life has been, and probably will be, dictated by routine.

You wake up as a kid to catch the bus, wait until the last possible second before driving to high school, trudge across the campus to your college classes and will likely face a future driven by a 9-to-5 job.

When I first came to college, I appreciated this routine. I went to class, studied, ate, exercised (if I was feeling ambitious), slept and, of course, went out on weekends.

But that was it. There was very little variation — and therein lies the problem.

We, as students, often get stuck in this bubble. We are at ease and reluctant to leave our College Park world. Why leave the comfort of your room on the weekend when the Netflix Instant queue is filling up and your bed is so comfortable?

It seems as though there is little incentive, but that could not be further from the truth.

Breaking from the normal adds a certain zest to life that cannot be recreated by mundane routine.

Spontaneity allows for unique events, which create the lasting memories we cherish most. For me, many of the weekends during my first semester of college blend

together into a muddled ocean, yet I can distinctly recall going to the Newseum with the Honors College and grabbing a well-made, nondiner burger at a D.C. sports bar.

Attending this university and living in the Washington metro area, there are plenty of opportunities to take advantage of, but they often fall by the wayside as schoolwork, general laziness and hangovers take up all the time in the day. Without a car, it is somewhat more difficult to do, but we are lucky enough to have a network of public transportation that makes getting downtown relatively quick and painless.

Perhaps the best way to step outside of one’s comfort zone and embrace spontaneity is by joining a campus organization. One is able to find an activity that aligns with his or her interests and career goals while also expanding educational experience.

These groups oftentimes have events that take place outside of the campus borders. They also provide a group of people willing to explore a new avenue away from the campus, one that is notable and distinct. College will most likely be the last time there is such an accessible amount of organizations so conveniently located, so it is best to take advantage of it while it is still possible.

In the end, it does not matter what ultimately causes someone to break from their norm. All that matters is that people break their bubbles and walk away from it having an enjoyable, memorable time.

Danny Dvorak is a freshman government and politics and international business major. He can be reached at ddvorak@terpmail.umd.edu.

Embracing diversity IAN LACY

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Empowering India’s youth How a horrific crime has awakened a young generation ANAND GUPTA This column isn’t about the cynicism overflowing in the hearts of many Indians, including mine, when it comes to protecting our women and their freedoms. Instead, it is a personal reflection on how civil society in India may be showing signs of positive transformation.

The recent tragedy concerning the gruesome death of a gang rape victim has suddenly awakened India’s educated youth. Why did this case, among the numerous equally horrendous crimes in the past, stir such rage among India’s youth now? Many have looked to social media as an answer.

Like so many other Indians, I have grown up reading countless news stories regarding the poor treatment of women throughout the country.

Neighbors I grew up around in different cities in the North, West and South of the country all had an unspoken rule: Never allow your daughters outside home after sunset. In fact, whenever I’ve visited my home in Pune — a supposedly modern city of well-educated people — my close female friends aren’t usually encouraged to leave their homes past 8 or 9 p.m.

This is not to discount the freedom

women have in my country. Women have made a mark for themselves in all areas of life, including politics, cinema, banking, entrepreneurship, civil services, education and so on.

An aunt of mine, a mother of two in her 40s, was recently headhunted to manage a team of 1,000 professionals as the vice president of a European bank setting up shop in India. Things are changing for the better as more women receive primary and higher education. But their safety has always been a concern.

In 1991, India’s overall literacy rate was about 50 percent. By 2007, it was 75 percent and has only been increasing. Clearly, the younger generation is by and large more literate and educated than previous generations.

This has translated into Indians of my parents’ generation not opining openly, or even frequently, on many political events. My generation, on the other hand, does. And through social media, we have been given a platform to mobilize our opinions.

In December, mass discourse reached its peak after a young woman in her 20s was brutally gang-raped and beaten in a moving bus, only to be thrown naked onto the streets to her later death. It shocked everyone internally, as such incidents may have likely shocked people in the past. But this time, the frustration

was poured out and recorded onto the Internet in the form of tweets, status updates and blog posts. For the first time, people realized the frustration was not exclusive to any one individual but instead a commonly shared feeling.

I saw this rage engulf my news feed — rage that was not haphazard.

Strings of events were organized to protest against present conditions of poor police protection and inadequate law enforcement. In the first weeks of January, I saw a host of my friends argue in depth and in detail over the nuances of how laws could be improved. I also saw petitions open for signatures to local politicians. And for the first time in my life, many 18- to 24-year-olds like myself did not even celebrate or party on New Year’s Eve as a mark of protest — a campaign that was feasible only via the connectivity provided by the Internet.

In essence, three things came together: the Internet, Indian democratic principles and the youth’s improved education. While I condemn the crimes inflicted by the notorious elements within any society, the direction the Indian nation is headed into is certainly a positive one.

Anand Gupta is a junior environmental science and policy major. He can be reached at anandgupta92@gmail.com.

I grew up in a small town in western Montana; there was very little cultural diversity. Mostly everyone I knew, including myself, was Caucasian and identified themselves as Christians.

For most of my life, that seemed like the norm, and I had very little reason to assume otherwise because it was all I had ever known.

This all changed when I moved to this state and began attending this university. My first day on the campus left me exposed to a plethora of cultures, beliefs and people. This type of diversity, in such a concentrated area, was something I had never before experienced, and it frightened me at first.

But after the cultural overload wore off, I wanted the opportunity to learn more about other cultures.

My girlfriend, who is of Iranian descent, invited me to join her and some of her friends at a meeting of the Iranian Students’ Foundation.

At first, I was a little apprehensive about being stuck in a room with a large group of Iranians after watching Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset, an Iranian version of Jersey Shore, but I nonetheless accompanied my girlfriend to the meeting.

My first meeting with the ISF was nothing less than wonderful. Besides engaging in entertaining icebreakers, it also provided an interactive history lesson that provided a great deal of information about certain facets of Iranian history. The ISF additionally sponsors cultural events, where all are welcome to come to enjoy immersion into Iranian culture.

Before my experience with the ISF, I knew very little about Iran. In

fact, most of my knowledge of Iranian culture was garnered from 300 and through CNN, which consistently runs stories about the ongoing sanctions the United States meant to deter Iran’s alleged nuclear program. As you can imagine, these two sources of information provided me with a skewed idea of the country’s people.

Through joining the ISF, I have found that all the information I had obtained of evil empires and Iran as our adversary is not true.

While our two governments may be at odds, the people do not have to be. If the Iranian students are any indication of what the people of Iran are like, then no one should judge the people of Iran based on the actions of its government.

They should instead attempt to meet Iranians who have come to the U.S. and then make their judgments. I promise, you will not be disappointed.

Attending meetings with the ISF has done more than force me to go outside my comfort zone and expose myself to new things. Attending these meetings has helped me enhance my life. While it has bettered my life in the traditional ways of creating a sense of community and forming new friendships, it has also done something deeper than that.

Learning to accept other people despite my differences with them has also caused me to be more accepting of myself. I feel more comfortable with my beliefs and identity now that I have learned to accept the beliefs and identities of others. I highly recommend joining cultural groups that are not your own. Not only will you learn something you previously knew nothing about, but you may actually learn something new about yourself in the process.

Ian Lacy is a junior kinesiology major. He can be reached at ianlacy19@gmail.com.

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Supporting the theory that Nicolas Cage is a modern-day Christ figure sent to suffer for the sins of man by starring in every low-budget B-movie conceivable, the actor has signed on to a remake of Left Behind, in which all the good Christians get themselves raptured and everyone left on Earth starts killing one another. This will probably cause Cage to yell a lot and get all bug-eyed — his version of preaching the Sermon on the Mount.

REVIEW | A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD

FROM RUSSIA WITH MEDIOCRITY The Die Hard franchise begins to run out of gas with a fifth entry that provides moments of spectacular action but lacks the charm that made the original a classic

By Zachary Berman Senior staff writer Most people don’t expect very much when they watch a film from the Die Hard franchise, and for good reasons.

There are essentially four necessary elements that make up a Die Hard experience: sarcastic everyman action hero John McClane (Bruce Willis, Looper), a comedic foil sidekick, an ostentatious lead villain and generous helpings of explosive action.

A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment in the series, reaches for all four goals, but in the end only succeeds in completing one. Though all else fails to stimulate, the action in the film is often awe-inspiring. It’s clear from the beginning director John Moore (Max Payne) and his team put every ounce of their energy into making this one of the most visually entertaining films of 2013.

The extensive car chase that takes up the majority of the first act is chock-full of the kind of giddily exciting destruction one expects from the franchise. It attains a level of sublime chaos that the rest of the movie’s short 97 m i nutes ca n’t equ a l a nd there are still several fantastic set pieces scattered throughout, such as the helicopter battle that ends the film.

Sadly, little else works in the film, which comes nowhere near the quality of its predecessors — the most basic problem being the horrendous script.

A Good Day to Die Hard is neither as witty as the original

nor as intuitively engaging as the tightly plotted, citywide manhunts that captivated audiences in Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Live Free or Die Hard.

The plot centers around John’s search for his son, Jack McClane (Jai Courtney, Jack Reacher), who has become involved in CIA shenanigans in Russia. The two battle some forgtettable moneyhungry terrorists and tentatively rekindle their father-son relationship, roll credits.

Many will say the plot doesn’t really matter, and there is some truth to that, but even the notoriously ludicrous Die Hard 2 feels more alive in any single moment than A Good Day to Die Hard does in its entire runtime.

Willis tries his best to sell John’s horrible one-liners, but he is unable to overcome the tepid writing. This new John has lost all of his crude bravado, watereddown into a terribly unfunny pastiche of the cynical New York City police officer.

He makes the same jokes over and over again — just count how many times he complains that he is “on vacation” despite the fact that he never was — and simply doesn’t feel like the same character many fans have come to know and adore.

Jack McClane, meanwhile, is the worst sidekick in the entire series. The added baggage of h i s broken fat her-son rel ationship adds an unnecessarily serious and completely unjustified (and unexplored) subplot to the movie that leaves audiences feeling more emotionally cheated than invested.

It doesn’t help that Courtney’s

acting falls flat 100 percent of the time as well.

Elsewhere, the film cycles through its multitudes of villains far too quickly, never letting the audience settle on one primary antagonist. There is neither a Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman, Gambit) nor a Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant, I Am Number Four) in sight — just a bunch of unmemorable faces with unclear motives waiting in line to die.

All of this isn’t to say the series couldn’t have succeeded by taking these aspects of its usual formula in new directions. Die Hard is most famous for its original concept, which was to put John into an enclosed space for a tight game of cat and mouse with the bad guys, yet the series abandoned this format by the third entry and continues to be popular.

Indeed, change is welcome, but the issue with A Good Day to Die Hard is that it attempts every Die Hard trope and is unsuccessful on every front.

Still, the quality of the action can’t be overstated. A Good Day to Die Hard may be a stupid film, but that doesn’t stop it from being solid — though never exceptional — entertainment.

Perhaps it’s just the allure of seeing Willis take up the John McClane mantel one more time, or perhaps the action is astounding enough to carry the weight of every failure. But whatever the reason, A Good Day to Die Hard still comes as recommended viewing despite its flaws.

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turgeon From PAGE 1 go and yell once a week,” added junior music major Logan Seith.

They started out innocently enough, unaware that in a few short months their image would be gracing TVs across the country, and their actions would become the subject of sports talk show banter.

Their name, the Turgeonites, originated during an ESPN broadcast, when sportscaster and university alumnus Len Elmore noticed them sitting behind the Terps’ bench and coined the term.

“We don’t take ourselves seriously enough to give ourselves a name,” Morris said. “We see ourselves as a group of guys who go out and support the team.”

A couple of guys, a couple of suits, a couple of games; that was supposed to be it. They were going to make their statement, draw attention to the team and then retire.

“We didn’t think it was going to be this big thing. We thought it would be fun, that we would show our appreciation for the coach and the team, and then we’d stop,” Morris said. “But when we first suggested that we were going to stop doing it, people freaked out.”

So an hour or so before game time, either Frontin or Ernst arrives at Comcast to reserve the best seats — just behind the Terps’bench — for

oa From PAGE 1 Stephen’s parents,” Merz told the local network station. “It just kind of makes us sick to our stomachs when we think of that.

We get pretty choked up with the what-ifs. … It’s a miracle that he survived it.”

The phone number linked to Merz’s residence has been disconnected.

Oa suffered the injury as he was running to safety toward a neighbor’s house in the 8700 block of

the rest of the group.

When the other five or six Turgeonites trickle in and the game begins, they cheer and clap, mimicking the respectful mannerisms of theirfavoriteteammember,Turgeon.

“We have a philosophy. We try to be sportsmanlike, like when they shake the papers and say they suck, we clap because that’s what coach Turgeon does,” Morris said.“We try to be respectful of our opponents,as respectful as possible.”

The group’s renown is baffling, some Turgeonites said. The whole point was to bring attention to Turgeon, they said.

“We try to deflect attention away from us,” Morris said. “We’re in the backdrop.”

Being a Turgeonite is like living a double life. Inside Comcast, they’re almost celebrities.

People, including Turgeon’s wife, ask for pictures. They often get compliments on their look, and once, they said, a woman told them they were “brilliant.”

The athletic department even included them in a sportsmanship video and set up a photo for the group with Turgeon himself.

“The day after they took the photo and posted it on Facebook, it got like 2,500 likes, and so everything on Facebook that day was just raining us,” Frontin said.

But when the game is over and they hang their suits back up in their closets,the Turgeonites try to return

36th Avenue, WJLA reported.

Hiding in the bathroom, he called an ambulance and then his family.

“He saw the gun coming out of the kid’s pocket and just had a sense that something wasn’t right as he turned to run,” Merz said. “That’s when he got hit. He felt his leg, and something was there and just decided, ‘I gotta go. I gotta run.’”

Merz told WJLA that Oa and his other roommates in his offcampus home knew Green owned a gun. Green legally purchased the 9 mm semiautomatic handgun he used in the crime.

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The turgeonites, a group of students who dress up in suits and ties to mimic Terps men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon, pose with him after the team’s win over Boston College in January. The students were featured in an athletic department sportsmanship video because they also work to be as respectful during games as Turgeon. photo courtesy of zack bolno tobeingjustregularstudents.Sometimes, they said, that can be hard.

“It’s weird, I feel like another kid at the games and then I go home and on Facebook, there’s all these posts about the Turgeonites,” Ernst said.

And though getting recognized by complete strangers is rare,Morris said, there was the time someone recognized Ernst as “one of those Turgeon guys” at a parade.

The effect of the Turgeonites is vastly different from the original plan the group worried wouldn’t work out.

“Our main concern was, would people even know what we were doing? Would they think we were just those kids who came from class

or work?” Morris said.

The key to the look, Frontin and Morris decided, was Turgeon’s signature gray spot. The first time, they used white chalk taken from a classroom to color the front of their hair, which didn’t show up as well as the baby powder they now use.

They’ve also taken up copying the dance team’s dance moves, after Frontin and Ernst said they noticed a lull in the crowd during a timeout.

The fans loved it, giving the group a round of applause. The reaction from sportscasters, however, has been mixed, Morris said.

“One TV announcer said that Paula Abdul needed to teach us

some dance moves,” Morris said.

“We’ve seen videos on TV and stuff, and it looks pretty bad.”

At times, The Turgeonites said they grow tired of the attention — the constant Facebook posts, texts and the cameras. But Turgeon, the man they had hoped to impress the most, knows their intentions are pure.

“They seem to be a great group of young men that represent our University and basketball program in a first class manner,” Turgeon wrote in an email. “I just wish they didn’t put so much grey in their hair — it makes me feel old.”

It’s a unique idea,said sophomore journalism major Melissa Katz.

“You have the people who dress up in those body morph suits and those people who paint their faces, but they’re different and it shows Maryland pride at the same time,” she said.“I think they’re the coolest things ever.”

While the Turgeonites seem to have made a name for themselves, Frontin said he’s just happy people are paying more attention to the games again.

“Our aim is to bring attention and excitement to the team, and we’ve done that,” Frontin said. “And as long as we continue to do that by dressing up, we’ll do that.”

Green was a diagnosed schizophrenic, according to multiple news reports, but Oa and his roommates did not know, Merz told WJLA. In the wake of this crime, the University Health Center is trying to expedite funding increases to go toward h e l p i n g s t u d e n ts a d d re ss mental and emotional health at the university. Other groups on the campus — the student-run Help Center and the Counseling Center, which offers free counseling services to students, faculty and staff — are also working to accommodate more appointments

and encourage members of the university community to reach out to friends in need.

“I know they were a little uncomfortable. There were things,” Merz told WJLA. “He was a little different, but then you’re in a school of 38,000 kids. You’re going to meet kids that are different than you.”

Oa is a network support technician at BIS Global — a technology technical solutions company based in Rockville. CEO Philip Schmitz, a 2002 university alumnus, said Oa had worked there for four years, adding Oa at-

tended Montgomery College four years ago, then began working full-time for BIS and became a full-time student again at this university in 2012.

“We’re not a big company, so the thought of one of our own employees being involved in something like that was pretty shocking to me and the whole staff,” he said. “None of us could believe that happened.”

Schmitz and several other employees have reached out to Oa, he said.

“Neal is a great, great kid. He’s very reliable and very dedicated,”

Schmitz said. “I didn’t know him outside of work, other than maybe a few happy hours after he turned 21, but he is a great employee, and I can’t say anything bad about him.”

Merz told The Baltimore Sun that his stepson is distraught, but his condition is improving.

“He’s a strong, smart boy, so we’re confident he’ll come through that OK,” Merz said. “But it’s a scary moment to be literally running for your life. … And thank God he did.”

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bench, the Terps received a career performance from guard Sequoia Austin. The former walk-on played a career-high 26 minutes and tied her season high with eight points.

Austin even served as point guard at times, turning the ball over just once while notching two steals.

“She was a bundle of energy,” Frese said.

The Terps (20-4, 11-2 ACC) came out of halftime and went on a 17-4 run to set the tone for a half in which they would lead by as many as 32.

While the Terps shot 65.4 percent from the field in the second half, the Tigers (6-18, 2-11) lost their touch from the field and shot 23.3 percent.

Hawkins wasn’t the only player to rebound from a less-than-stellar Monday performance. Guard Chloe Pavlech, who had nine turnovers and one assist against Duke, rediscovered her rhythm running the offense.

The freshman tied her career high from nearly three months ago, dishing eight assists and deftly orchestrating the offense.

“I really thought she did a terrific job moving on,” Frese said. “It obviously says a lot about her to come

pulling away late for a 12-6 victory.

The team hopes to avoid stumbling against unranked foes this season. It impressed in its first opportunity, dominating Mount St. Mary’s in nearly every statistical category Tuesday night. The Terps won the faceoff battle, 25-7, controlled 4 of 62 ground balls and had 10 players notch at least two points.

Goalkeeper Niko Amato played well, too, albeit in limited chances. The All-ACC goalie stopped eight of 13 shots.

“Our offense did a great job keeping the ball, and especially our faceoff guys played great,” Amato said. “That took the pressure off of [the defense].”

Attackman Kevin Cooper played a big role in the offense’s ability to control the game.

After spending most of last season as a reserve midfielder, Cooper flourished at attack Tuesday. The senior notched a game-high six points on three goals and three assists, and he was at the forefront of the Terps’ largest single-game goal output in nearly 18 years.

“Kevin is a great player. He brings a different dimension down at attack,” said midfielder Jake Bernhardt, who scored a game-high four goals. “He is a physical player. He will body people

DEVILS From PAGE 9 Selection Sunday.

So the Terps understand what’s at stake when they welcome the Blue Devils to Comcast Center tomorrow for perhaps the last time in the storied rivalry’s history.

With a distinct lack of statement wins, the Terps need an upset over Duke to maintain any realistic shot at an NCAA tournament bid. A defeat would push the Terps toward the NIT, leaving an ACC tournament championship as likely their lone opportunity of experiencing March Madness.

“It’s definitely on our mind,” guard Nick Faust said of his team’s dwindling NCAA tournament chances. “We have to get this win streak going.”

The Terps enjoyed a six-day hiatus this week, a much-needed break after a relentless conference stretch that left them weary and fatigued. But before they could begin preparing for the ultimate must-win game, the Terps pored over film from the frustrating 80-69 loss to Virginia.

They watched the Cavaliers connect on54.2percentoftheirshot attempts. They watched ex-Terps commit Justin Anderson attack the basket at will, netting 14 of his career-high 17 points in the first half.

And the Terps watched their insideout offense disappear amid a flurry of Virginia double teams.

All in all, they saw a team that had strayed away from the little things — the well-timed ball screens, the crisp post-entry passes — that had marked wins over Wake Forest and Virginia Tech days earlier. The Terps will need to learn from Sunday’s shortcomings if they hope to

Guard Sequoia Austin scored eight points in a career-high 26 minutes last night. charlie deboyace/the diamondback out and give us a stat line like that.

She looked like she was having fun.”

The Terps also reasserted their dominance on the boards. After outrebounding Duke by just two, they outmuscled the Tigers on the glass, 48-32. Hawkins, center Alicia DeVaughn (11 rebounds) and center Malina Howard (10 rebounds) all reached double digits, while Thomas added eight.

With the victory over Clemson,

have a chance down the stretch tomorrow against one of the country’s hottest teams.

“We got to go,” guard Logan Aronhalt said Sunday. “We’ve got a lot of work to do this week preparing for Duke.”

It’s no understatement. The Blue Devils, who have won their past six meetings with the Terps by an average of more than 15 points, present a host of problems for a youthful group coming off its second home defeat of the season.

Duke boasts the ACC’s top scoring offense, while the Terps (17-7, 5-6 ACC) rank in the middle of the pack defensively.

Duke (22-2, 9-2) rarely turns the ball over, while the Terps have easily coughed up the ball more often than any other ACC squad.

Duke is the conference’s secondbest free-throw shooting team.

The Terps? They’ve shot 49.5 percent from the charity stripe over their past two games.

But that hardly means they’re hopeless. After all, the Terps hung close with the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Jan. 26 before collapsing in the second half and falling by 20. They have enough talent and depth to challenge college basketball’s fourth winningest program. It’ll just take a complete effort.

“I’m excited,”Aronhalt said.“I’m ready to go already. I’m old, but I can practice right now. Hopefully the rest of the guys are like that.”

If they’re not, the Terps’ NCAA tournament chances could effectively be over more than a month before the bracket is released.

“Hopefully we’re going to respond,” Turgeon said. “Whether it’s good enough to beat Duke, we’ll see. But we’ve got to respond.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

the Terps — and Hawkins — firmly put Monday’s loss behind them as they ready for a matchup at Virginia slated for Sunday evening.

“I knew that Hawkins didn’t have a good game offensively versus Duke,” Clemson coach Itoro Coleman said.

“I knew that she would probably be excited to play tonight. I didn’t think she would be 30 points excited.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

VITALE From PAGE 9 there’s also a chance — a better one, probably — the ACC punishes the Terps for leaving, filling their conference slate with brutal road trips and uninspiring home matchups.

So odds are the rivalry’s final game will take place in Cameron Indoor Stadium next season, not Comcast Center. Sure, coaches Mark Turgeon and Mike Krzyzewski could schedule nonconference games against each other sometime in the future. But the two don’t necessarily have a relationship off the court, so don’t hold your breath.

That means tomorrow could be the end of an era. The Terps have played the Blue Devils 174 times in the past 88 years, with 77 of those matchups taking place in College Park. And

in recent years, those home matchups have been treated less like regular season games and more like the Super Bowl.

It’s the biggest event of the season, and it’s probably one of the only reasons Comcast Center can draw a respectable student section for games against the likes of Delaware State and Stony Brook. Students don’t trek across the campus in the cold to watch the Terps take on lowly nonconference opponents — they do it so they can get a Duke ticket later in the year.

It doesn’t matter that the Terps have only beaten the Blue Devils once in their past 11 meetings. It doesn’t matter that their only win in the series since 2008 came three years ago when Greivis Vasquez banked in a game-sealing runner, students flooded the court and fans rioted on Route 1. The rivalry is just as intense as ever.

up, but he also has great vision.”

But it wasn’t just Cooper and Bernhardt adding to the scoreboard Tuesday night.

Fourteen Terps found the back of the net, tied for the second-highest total since 2005.

That balance may prove tough for a Hartford team that graduated starting goalkeeper Scott Bement last year.

“That’s something we focus on, sharing the ball,” Blye said. “It’s much harder for a defense to go against a balanced attack as opposed to concentrating their efforts on one person.”

Amato said he was impressed with his opponent while watching film, and he remembers Hartford attackman Kevin O’Shea firing three shots past him last season.

“They have a pretty solid midfield group coming back and [O’Shea] coming back running their attack unit,” Amato said.

“He put up some good numbers last year.”

This time around, the team travels to Hartford (0-0) at a precarious time in its schedule. The Terps’ (1-0) 17-goal season opener is fresh on their minds, and two crucial games arrive in coming weeks.

But none of that matters to Tillman.

Why would it? It’s not the next step in the process.

“What you can control is the process — the way you do your business everyday,” Tillman said. “If you look ahead of any single day, you’re just wasting time.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

That’s why students have already begun camping out in the Terrapin Trail parking garage that neighbors Comcast Center.

They’re not even lining up to get into the arena yet; they’re lining up so they can be first in line to line up to get into the arena early tomorrow morning. They hardly care tomorrow’s high temperature is forcasted to be 38 degrees, and there’s a 70 percent chance of snow. They’re going to stand outside all day, regardless.

“It’s kind of hard on this campus to not know who you’re playing,” Turgeon said Monday.

It must be hard on both campuses. The Cameron Crazies would likely never admit the Terps are a rival, but they don’t have to say it for us to know it.

When the two teams met in Cameron Indoor on Jan. 26, students serenaded the Terps with chants of “not our rival.”

If they care enough about this

university to chant about how it’s not their rival, that probably means they know it’s their rival.

“I hate to see Maryland leave [the ACC],” Krzyzewski said Monday. “I respect the heck out of Maryland, especially basketball. Terrific coaches like Lefty [Driesell] and Gary [Williams], great players, great games, amazing atmosphere.

I’m sorry that it’s not going to be there for our conference and for Duke and Maryland anymore.”

Terps fans agree.It might not be on the same level as Duke-North Carolina, but the Blue Devils and Terps are rivals nonetheless.

So when you watch tomorrow night’s festivities, try to remember everything. Even if the Terps lose by 20.

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Accelerating toward the end

Coach Mark Turgeon (top left) will welcome coach Mike Krzyzewski (bottom left) and No. 2 Duke to Comcast Center tomorrow in what could be the final time the two rivals play in College Park. Students have already begun camping out for the game. file photo/the diamondback

Matchup with No. 2 Duke could be Terps’ final opportunity to notch signature victory

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer It wasn’t too long ago the Terrapins men’s basketball team was one of the sport’s most heartwarming story lines.

The rookie-laden group was riding a 13-game win streak, receiving votes in the national polls and playing like an NCAA tournament lock.

After the Terps opened conference play with a Jan. 5 rout of Virginia Tech, many fans shared the same expectation: Coach Mark Turgeon was going to accomplish the previously unimagina-

ble. He was going to bring postseason success back to a win-starved program in just his second year at the helm.

But much has changed in the past five weeks. A 4-6 slide since that run ended has placed Turgeon’s squad in precarious territory. The Terps, who boast a sub-.500 ACC record after Sunday’s home loss to Virginia, have just seven regular-season games remaining. Only one of those contests is against a team — No. 2 Duke — that likely won’t have to sweat come See Devils, Page 8

THE MATCHUP

MARYLAND TERRAPINS

No. 2 Duke Blue Devils

17-7, 5-6 ACC

22-2, 9-2 ACC

WHEN Tomorrow, 6 p.m.

WHERE Comcast Center TV ESPN HISTORY The Terps are 37-40 all-time at home against the Blue Devils DATA With the Terps moving from the ACC to the Big Ten in 2014, tomorrow could be the storied rivalry’s final game in College Park.

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JOSH VITALE Remember where you are tomorrow night.

Whether you’re taking it in live at Comcast Center, watching from Cornerstone Grill and Loft or R.J. Bentley’s, sitting on your buddy’s couch or sneaking looks at your iPhone because you couldn’t get off work, take stock of what you’re seeing. After all, you might end up witnessing a bit of history.

Tomorrow night could be the final time Duke makes the 273-mile trip north to College Park. It might be the final time the Terrapins men’s basketball team hosts the hated Blue Devils on Gary Williams Court. And it might be the final time this historic rivalry graces a basketball court in this state.

Now, there’s a chance that it won’t be. This university isn’t leaving for the Big Ten until 2014, so it’s possible the Terps could host Duke in their one scheduled meeting next season. But See VITALE, Page 8

MEN’S LACROSSE

Terps can’t afford to look past Hartford

Hawkins too much for Tigers

Team faces Hawks on road tomorrow

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer

Junior’s 30 points key 75-45 victory

John Tillman constantly warns his Terrapins men’s lacrosse team not to take things for granted. The thirdyear coach preaches the importance of focusing on each step in a process, of not overlooking each day’s workload.

When the Terps travel to play Hartford tomorrow, though, that task could prove challenging.

The contest comes just four days after a resounding 23-6 season-opening win over Mount St. Mary’s and one week before a national championship rematch with No. 1 Loyola. A visit to No. 4 Duke looms the following week.

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer In the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s loss at No. 5 Duke on Monday night, Tianna Hawkins was relegated to an unfamiliar place this season: the bench.

Plagued by foul trouble early and ineffectiveness late, the senior forward scored a near season-low six points — all in the second half — as the Terps succumbed to the Blue Devils.

Yesterday night, though, Hawkins erased any memory of that performance with one of her best of the season. The ACC’s leading scorer totaled 30 points on 11-of-18 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the No. 7 Terps to a 75-45 victory over Clemson in a Play4Kay Pink Game for breast cancer awareness at Comcast Center.

“It was just another opportunity for this game to get better,” Hawkins said. “It was a point for my team with Alyssa [Thomas] getting into early foul trouble … to score.”

She started hot, scoring the Terps’ first eight points en route to a 17-point, 10-rebound first half. In the first half at Duke, Hawkins played about 10 minutes and didn’t score a point.

Hawkins did it without her main

Remember tomorrow: It could be the last time Terps host Blue Devils in Comcast Center

Hartford, meanwhile, is one of just five unranked teams remaining on the Terps’ schedule.

But Tillman’s squad insists it won’t look beyond the Hawks. The Terps insist they’ve been listening to their coach.

“We always talk about taking it one game at a time and we talk about focusing on ourselves,” attackman Owen Blye said.“We try and take the same focus into each day of practice and then each game.”

The Terps lost focus in last season’s tilt with an unheralded Hartford team, however. They let the Hawks take an early 2-0 lead and faced a brief second-half deficit before See HAWKS, Page 8

Forward Tianna Hawkins struggled in Monday’s loss to Duke, but she bounced back last night in the Terps’ 75-45 win over Clemson. The junior scored a game-high 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. charlie deboyace/the diamondback running mate yesterday night, too.

Thomas played only 11 minutes in the first half after picking up two early fouls. Without Thomas and guard Katie Rutan — also in foul trouble — on the court, Clemson stayed within striking distance, shooting 40.7 percent and trailing 33-25 entering halftime.

“Obviously, any time you take Alyssa

off the floor, your team’s going to miss her,” coach Brenda Frese said. “Having to pull her in and out in the first half made it difficult. We have to have her presence.

We have to have her on the floor doing the things she does for this team.”

With Thomas and Rutan on the See TIGERS, Page 9

Attackman Owen Blye said the Terps will focus on playing “one game at a time.” christian jenkins/the diamondback

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