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FIELDING questions Students, tour guides struggle to ease parents’ anxiety in wake of crime string and student shooting

By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer At some point in most people’s lives, it comes time to have a difficult conversation with their parents.

Some have to tell their parents they’re pregnant or have fallen into addiction. Others wrestle with the fear of just calling to say, “Mom, I’m OK.” And last week, many of the students left grieving and shaken in the aftermath of Tuesday’s student shooting struggled to

find the right words to say while their parents worked to overcome anxiety and helplessness.

Senior dance major Bethany Disque lives two streets over from the 36th Avenue house where graduate student Dayvon Maurice Green shot and killed one roommate and injured another, both undergraduate students, before killing himself. Disque said it was frightening to be so close to the scene, but even more

Through the end of the month, students can have their say on the implementation of this summer’s impending campuswide smoking ban through RHA-sponsored town hall meetings.

Residence Hall Association councils are hosting more than half a dozen meetings this month to garner student and public input on the policy, which the university is developing in response to last year’s University System of Maryland mandate that all campuses go smoke-free by this summer. On Thursday, the senate postponed its vote on the ban’s implementation and enforcement — at the time, the RHA planned to compile the concerns and suggestions into a student-backed proposal to present to the senate.

Measure would protect social media identities

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer Students worried about administrators looking through their accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other social

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Univ. Senate approves retroactive withdrawal Students don’t have to rely on unwritten rule

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Student privacy bill in legislature

“We will see what passes at the senate meeting and make that the foundation we build from with a student perspective,” RHA President Sasha Azar said. “The ban doesn’t go into effect until July 1, so we still have time to make an impact on how it will be implemented. It’s really important for residents to have a say. After all, they’re the ones who’ll be living with the ban day in and day out.”

After the system left the implementation and enforcement of the policy up to the discretion of each university, the senate’s Campus Affairs Committee took up the charge of molding the ban to this campus. The committee’s plan involves several phases of implementation, and the first year will emphasize raising awareness that a ban is in place, Azar said.

“If someone sees someone else smoking, they would ask them to put out their cigarette, and repeat offenders

media platforms may receive help from the state legislature this year in protecting their privacy online.

The bill would prevent universities from asking current or prospective students to give up their passwords for both their social media accounts and emails.

The measure, authored by Sen. Ronald Young (D-Frederick and Washington), unanimously passed the state Senate last year, but its fate in the House of Delegates is yet to be determined.

Young could not point to a specific example of universities breaching students’ rights to privacy, but he’s concerned that higher education lobbyists See privacy, Page 2

KEY WORDS Companies such as UDiligence monitor studentathlete social media use and allow universities to customize a keyword list that generates alerts for potentially innapropriate content posted to various social media. Topics include the following: — PROFANITY — RACIAL SLURS — SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS — WEAPONS — DRUGS — ALCOHOL

Students suffering from anxiety and other problems will no longer have to rely on an unwritten rule allowing them to retroactively withdraw from classes and could be able to nullify a semester’s worth of poor grades through a formalized university policy.

Although retroactive withdrawal was already permitted on certain occasions, a policy was not formally stated in the university’s undergraduate catalog, student handbook or withdrawal policy. The University Senate passed a bill Thursday granting students who suffer from psychological distress the formal right to retroactively withdraw from a semester of classes. The measure, which was approved by a

68 to 2 margin, now awaits university President Wallace Loh’s signature to become university policy.

Unaware that withdrawal was already allowed in some cases, 2012 graduate Samantha Roman proposed allowing retroactive withdrawals to the senate about a year ago, an idea inspired by an English course assignment. “[Retroactive withdrawals] are necessary, because if a student has an extenuating circumstance, that really impacts their grades negatively in a given semester,” Roman said.

As it turned out, an unwritten withdrawal policy already existed. Why it wasn’t explicitly listed in university handbooks before Thursday’s vote, however, isn’t clear.

“We already have it in place anyway, and now we’re formalizing a practice See senate, Page 3

Chincoteague first LEED Gold renovated building Oakland Hall, Knight Hall Gold-certified after construction

By Madeleine List Staff writer Although several buildings on the campus have received LEED certification by meeting environmentally friendly standards, Chincoteague Hall has become the first LEED Gold-certified renovation project at the university.

Chincoteague isn’t the only Gold building on the campus — Oakland

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Hall and Knight Hall both received this distinction after construction, Capital Projects Director Bill Olen said. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a 110-point rating system for evaluating the sustainability of buildings and homes. The rating range for LEED Gold certification is 39 to 51 points, and this project achieved 40 points, project manager Mary Ossi said.

“We strive to go beyond Silver on all of our projects,” Olen said. “But it depends on the type of project.”

Design for renovations of 56-yearSee leed, Page 2

chincoteague hall became the first LEED Gold-certified renovation project at the university. Renovations for the 56-year-old building began in April 2009 and were completed in November 2011, ultimately costing more than $7 million. Ninety-two percent of the building’s construction waste was diverted from landfills. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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privacy From PAGE 1 are against the bill.

“When a representative of the university system opposes the bill, it tells me something,” Young said.

“I think of all places, the university ought to be taking the lead on protecting individual rights, not trying to leave the door open a little bit to spy on students.”

A similar bill, related to employer-employee relationships, passed the General Assembly last year. However, higher education lobbyists have been strongly opposed to the bill, and it did not pass a House subcommittee in time to be brought to a full vote.

Young was first compelled to author the bill after hearing a state employer had asked for an

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employee’s password, he said.

“It really irritated me because it’s a direct violation of the Constitution,” he said. “It’s like asking to come in your home and listen to your phone calls and read your mail.”

Because several states, such as Delaware and California, have implemented similar privacy laws for students, lawmakers who previously opposed the bill may change their minds, said Bradley Shear, a sports and social media lawyer.

“Once people understand the issue, I think people will be more apt to support the bill,” Shear said. “The bill is very pro-schools and very pro-privacy.”

The bill also aims to stamp out direct university monitoring of social media use and online accounts, which would be favorable to universities, Shear said. If the

glass panels etched with quotes from inspirational figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt and John Lennon.

W hile many of the other renovations aren’t immediately visible, one of the most noticeable is the automatic motion sensor lighting system.

After a set amount of time, lights turn off automatically, and the first person to walk into a room or down a hallway will notice the lights suddenly flick on, Ours said.

“You get the sense that no energy is really being wasted in that building,” she said.

Officials have not collected enough data yet to determine exactly how much energy and resources have been saved so far, Olen said. The project should save an estimated 17.5 percent in energy costs, Ossi added.

Additional changes in the building include a new plumbing system designed to conser ve water a nd m i n i m ize waste, fitted windows and doors to ensure heating and cooling efficiency, and adhesives, sealants, paints and coatings that emit low levels of volatile organic compounds, chem icals that can have adverse long-term health and environmental effects.

Severa l room s now a l so contain carbon dioxide sensors to detect occupancy levels and determine whether outside ventilation is needed.

Officials are sending out online surveys to ensure building occupants’ comfort and will make temperature adjustments if necessary, Ossi said.

“It’s not just that they renovated the building and it’s all done,” Ours said. “They’re staying on top of it to make sure everything’s running as comfortably and efficiently as possible.”

Other buildings under construction, such as Prince Frederick Hall, are aiming for LEED Gold, but officials won’t know what rating they will receive until after they submit building information to the U.S. Green Building Council for evaluation.

old Chincoteague Hall began in April 2009 and the more than $7 million project was completed in November 2011.

The minimum requirement for major renovation of a state building like Chincoteague is a LEED Silver rating, according to the Maryland High Performance Building Act enacted in April 2008.

Part of what sets Gold-level certification apart from Silver happens during the actual construction process. During Chincoteague’s renovation, 92 percent of construction waste was diverted from landfills, Ossi said in a video posted on the behavioral and social sciences college’s website. In addition, about 10 percent of the materials used in floors, ceilings, carpets and other parts of the building is made from recycled content.

Chincoteague was a good candidate for major renovation because the journalism college, which it used to house, was moving to the newly constructed Knight Hall. It is now home to several departments within the behavioral and social sciences college, as well as the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and the Baha’i Chair for World Peace, said Laura Ours, director of communications and marketing for the behavioral and social sciences college.

T he building’s increased level of susta i nabi l ity fits with the mission of its new occupants, who are concerned with global harmony and world peace, Ours said.

“Being an environmental stewardess is part of that,” she said.

B ec au se t he bu i ld i n g i s located on McKeldin Mall, it was important to preserve the external facade, even though the interior has changed drastically, Ours added. New artwork is featured on every floor, along with newsumdbk@gmail.com

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university can monitor social media and assumes the responsibility to do so, any criminal offense by a student that can be traced back to that student’s personal emails or social media use could compel civil lawyers to go after the university, Shear said.

That could cost the university in legal penalties and fees.

Since last year’s bill was introduced, lawmakers have worked closely with higher education officials and University System of Maryland representatives to author a bill more likely to get around last year’s opposition, said Del. Shawn Tarrant (D-

Baltimore City), who is a primary sponsor of the bill.

One of the main concerns over last year’s bill was the penalties issued to universities in violation of the statute. Tarrant said he’s worked to eliminate those penalties in his bill’s language.

“There’s no need for penalties because these are state institutions that we give the money to,” Tarrant said. “I don’t penalize my kid by taking food out of his mouth. I feed him.”

But those penalties would have ensured the privacy measures are enforced, Young said.

“If there’s no penalty clause,

they can continue doing what they were doing and then say, ‘Oh, we’re sorry,’” Young said.

Shear would also like to see a law that addresses social media monitoring of athletes. Companies such as UDiligence and Varsity Monitor, which scope out student-athletes’ social media use for bad behavior, are selling “cyberstalking” software, he said.

The intent of this software, however, is to maintain an open dialogue between athletic departments and athletes over their digital identities, which face more scrutiny when they are in

the spotlight, said Kevin Long, UDiligence CEO. While the bills being discussed in Annapolis don’t explicitly cover this software, Tarrant said the bill prohibits university monitoring in a more general sense.

“When potentially problematic posts occur, it gives them an opportunity to talk to the athlete and say, ‘Hey, is this something that you really want to have out there under your name?’” Long said.

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concerns From PAGE 1 daunting was figuring out what to say when Disque called home.

“There was nothing else I could really do but make sure my house was secure and locked,” she said. “I told both of my parents a day after I found out the whole story.”

Disque said her parents were wary of her living offcampus from the beginning, knowing College Park was not the safest area. Disque’s father is a retired police officer, and she said his biggest concern about her living off the campus was his belief that something like this could happen.

“One thing my dad said was, ‘Oh great, now I just have another reason to be worried about you,’” Disque said. “My parents know that things like this happen, and they just try to not think about it happening to me.”

Sending a child to college anywhere involves a sense of risk for parents. Safety is one of the main concerns parents bring to information sessions and tours of the university, said Sapna Khemka, Maryland Images tour guide coordinator.

The tour guides received a memo on the situation and are keeping in close contact with admissions officials as to what to say when parents ask about the shooting, Khemka said.

“We ask what they want us to address and how to make sure that the parents who do come are at ease. Because these are pretty big deals, we make sure we handle it in the best way possible,” she said. “We try to address all the concerns before they come to us.”

Images followed a similar protocol after a 19-year-old student threatened a shooting rampage on the campus in March 2012, Khemka sid.

The tour guides have been asked to pepper in more facts

about campus security, and if parents ask about the shooting, tour guides will highlight the memorial services and silent march that took place Tuesday night, as well as mention how University Police have increased security and are working closely with Prince George’s County Police.

Tour guides have also worked this year to provide visitors with more information about mental health services on the campus.

The change, however, was not in response to Tuesday’s shooting, but because the new tour route established last spring includes a stop by Shoemaker Building, home to the university’s Counseling Center.

Mark Montgomery, whose daughter toured the campus Friday, said he hadn’t heard much about the shooting but was not too concerned his daughter would be in danger if she attended the university.

“I know somebody whose daughter went here and they raved about it, and it looks safe,” he said. “I went to school in New York City, so I’m familiar with rough neighborhoods.

This doesn’t look too bad.”

Melo dy Mead , a not her prospective parent, said the news of the shooting and College Park’s reputation are concerning.

“I think, for me, it’s more of a concern everywhere you go, so rather than it be something that happened here, my concern would be, ‘What is the university’s response to it?’” she said.

“But yes, the tour guide did a good job addressing that, and I would feel comfortable sending my daughter here.”

“You guys are doing something about it. You’re addressing it, and I think that’s really important,” said Natalia Goldstein, Mead’s daughter.

“After the tour, I feel safe.”

Heather Boyd, whose daughter attends the university, knew the risk involved with sending a child to school in the

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city. Her older daughter was a Terrapin as well, so she was familiar with the area’s reputation, she wrote in an email.

“Her sister had such a good overall experience at UMD that we didn’t hesitate having Chelsea go there,” Boyd wrote.

Boyd signed up for University Police’s crime alerts, so she was alerted to Tuesday morning’s shooting off the ca mpus as qu ick ly as her daughter, sophomore dance and psychology major Chelsea Brown, was. What alarmed her most, Boyd said, was the initial false report that police were looking for a tan Honda believed to be involved.

Once she saw the location of the incident, however, Boyd was able to relax, knowing it was far from her daughter’s dorm. When she called Chelsea, she placed a heavy emphasis on mental health.

“This recent tragedy is not at all related to whether College Park is safe or not,” Boyd wrote.

“Our society still struggles with how to help people who have mental illness, whether it be a temporary, situational kind of problem, or a lifelong problem for a person.”

Brown said her mother had been keeping tabs on campus safety since the area began experiencing an apparent spike in robberies about three weeks ago.

“She emailed campus security,” Brown said. “She had been uptight about it, but she knows I’ve never been in an unsafe situation.”

Many students are trying to put the incident behind them.

Disque said she’s focused on her graduation in May. “I know that the crime has been at a high lately, but I would hate to let it affect my experience here while I am at school,” she said. “Yes, there is a chance that something could happen to me, but the only thing I can really do is stay safe and be smart.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

SMOKING From PAGE 1 would be referred to the Health Center,” she said. “They want to use a rehabilitation approach rather than a punitive approach.”

At the first meeting,in St.Mary’s Hall, seven students brought up topics ranging from designating smoking areas to ensuring enforcement and fines are reasonable.

At Towson University, which became a smoke-free campus with no designated smoking areas inAugust2010,violatorsaresubject to a $75 fine and disciplinary action, and the university’s police department and Housing and Residence Life staff are authorized to issue smoking citations to students.

Students at the town hall also referenced the recent uptick in robberies off the campus to support their call for designated smoking areas in safe locations.

“The safety of residents is a top priority for RHA,” said Meenu Singh, RHA’s public relations and outreach officer. “We don’t want

senate From PAGE 1 that’s already there,” said Martha Nell Smith, the senate chairwoman. “It’s not a policy that should be abused … That’s not what it’s for. It’s for very special circumstances, and I think those should be accommodated.”

Some university officials were unaware of the informal policy, Roman found.

“I’m really happy that they are clarifying that in the student handbook,” she said. “When I was researching, even people walking in the registrar’s office weren’t aware that we had a policy.”

The Academic Procedures and Standards Committee reviewed Roman’s proposal and drafted legislation before it was brought to the full senate body for a vote. The

students to have to go out to Route 1 late at night just to smoke. Even with on-campus smoking areas, we want to make sure students don’t have to walk all over campus late at night to get to them.”

Students recommended several locations for designated smoking areas, from La Plata Beach to Dorchester and St. Mary’s halls, which house Global Communities and the Language House, respectively.

One student said she would not advocate enclosed designated spaces.

“I’d rather have open spaces or gazebos so there’s some cover from rain,” said junior French major Gillian McBride.

All of the students at the town hall said they favored designated smoking areas on the campus.

“People can’t just quit cold turkey or always go off-campus just to have a smoke. You have to give them at least a chance to abide by the rules,” said senior French major Marco Falvo. “If you don’t, it will turn into a cat-and-mouse game of people just breaking the rule and avoiding getting caught.”

The town hall also touched on

whether smoking would constitute a violation of the Code of Student Conduct, whether resident assistants could write students up for smoking and how high a fee would be fair.

Azar said she has heard students say high fees would be an effective incentive for people to abide by the ban while others consider them unreasonable, given that smoking is not illegal in this country. Some students have called for designated smoking areas while others say smoking areas would undermine the ban entirely, Azar said.

After RHA members collect all of the feedback from the town halls, a committee within the association will write a majority consensus to present to the senate before the ban becomes effective.

“The main purpose of the town halls is not to have people complain about the smoking ban,because that’s already been decided — it’s going to happen,” Singh said. “But they’re meant to help find a way to make this smoking ban work for our students.”

committee’s chair, faculty senator Chris Davis, said it was a simple, sensible clarification.

“It’s a very well-written proposal with a great deal of documentation,” he said.

Roman had also sought a path for some withdrawn students to re-enter the university without petitioning the Faculty Review Board — still a requirement for anyone who exits with a cumulative grade point average below 2.0. However, the APAS Committee did not include that provision.

Davis said skirting the Faculty Review Board in cases of anxiety or psychological distress could unfairly restrict the criteria for such exceptions, so his committee decided to keep the range of justification broader. “[The clarified policy] is very friendly. It’s very flexible. It’s not very prescriptive,” he told the senate.

Senators said implementation of a clear retroactive withdrawal policy

is a crucial step to ensure students who suffer from mental illness are treated fairly by the university.

“Everyone has different and unique circumstances that often are no fault of their own,” said Matthew Popkin, an undergraduate senator and speaker for the Student Government Association’s legislature. “[The bill] just allows for a little bit more clarity.”

Retroactive withdrawals are a fair way to help students whose psychological struggles impact their work, Roman said.

“I think that they should be able to have those grades withdrawn so that it doesn’t negatively affect their GPA in the future,” she said. “When they’re applying for jobs, for graduate school, it’s really important that students have the opportunity to put their best foot forward and not be held back.”

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Battling over minimum wage VIEW: We cannot afford to raise the minimum wage, nor would a spike help low-skill workers.

CAROLINE CARLSON During President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, he called for an increase in the minimum wage to $9 an hour, up from the current $7.25 national minimum. The proposal resulted in cheers and praise from many members of Congress. As much as increasing the minimum wage is a feel-good idea, it results in terrible economic implications — especially for young, unskilled workers.

The obvious consequence of increasing minimum wage is an increase in unemployment, particularly for individuals who have little work experience and fewer skills. As an example, let’s say I have a job generating about $7.50 an hour for my employer. With a new minimum wage law set at $9 an hour, my labor would not generate any profit for my employer; rather, my employer loses $1.50 for every hour I work.

As a result, I could get fired. In order to compensate for the lost labor, my employer could force other employees in his firm (whom he didn’t fire) to work more, invest in machines to replace my labor or move his firm abroad to find cheaper labor.

No t o n ly wo u l d i n c rea s i n g m i n i m u m wa ge h u r t l ow- s k i l l workers, it could hurt the economy as

a whole. Those who support increasing minimum wage usually frame their argument around the term “equality” rather than “efficiency.” After all, even if increasing minimum wage hurts some employees, wouldn’t the middle class benefit if minimum wage were increased? Not necessarily.

Many economists refer to increasing minimum wage as “erasing the bottom rungs of the career ladder.” For those individuals who have few skills and little work experience, it would be difficult to find work if their labor only generated, say, $7.50 an hour. Because of this, it becomes more difficult for individuals to improve their resume — they won’t gain the experience or skills necessary in low-skill jobs to demand higher wages in the future.

Thus, the economy as a whole is worse off because unemployed workers are unable to contribute their labor to the pool of economic productivity. This decreases everyone’s chance at economic prosperity, and the unemployed remain in poverty, while those making way more than minimum wage get to keep their jobs.

How’s that for equality?

Some argue minimum wage should be indexed to inflation. However, minimum wage laws just create further inflation. If a small business is forced to pay more per hour for a low-skill employee, then the cost will be passed on to the consumer — prices of goods and services the business provides will

go up. The buying power resulting from increased wages is depreciated by the increased cost of goods and services.

This argument is also why increasing the minimum wage might not make it easier for people to afford a higher standard of living.

Although proponents of higher minimum wage laws claim they want to fight poverty, this increase could spur more poverty, as low-skill individuals will have a tougher time becoming employed. A 2012 study by the Cato Institute concluded that previous minimum wage laws had little to no effect on poverty levels, meaning increasing minimum wage isn’t going to solve issues our country faces with poverty and resulting crime and violence. Additionally, in 2009, when the minimum wage increased by more than 10 percent, approximately 600,000 jobs in the teenage workforce disappeared, according to Breitbart.com.

Although minimum wage laws seek to help poorer members of society, it actually hurts them by increasing unemployment, increasing the prices of goods and services and hurting economic productivity by establishing a price floor that may be higher than market wages.

Caroline Carlson is a sophomore government and politics and information systems major. She can be reached at caroline.crlsn@gmail.com.

VIEW: Ensuring equitable wages for all workers is the just and appropriate policy decision.

MARC PRIESTER T h e d e b a te o ve r i n c re a s i n g minimum wage is ludicrous. Not only is a minimum wage increase overdue, but raising it to $9 is not high enough.

Opponents of a minimum wage increase argue increased wages lower firms’ profits and cause them to raise prices to offset the added costs. But in protecting workers, minimum wage serves the function of correcting free market ills.

Price floors ensure salaries cannot fall below an artificial limit, guaranteeing workers a livable wage. Without minimum wage, the equilibrium price for low-wage labor plummets, forcing laborers to endure a low salary and poor quality of life.

In a world of finite resources, efficiency and equity are going to clash.

Prices aren’t going to inflate to unbearable levels because of minimum wage like some conservatives assert.

Because marginal increases in wages help workers substantially more than they harm society, we ought to value equality over efficiency.

This equality guarantees families are able to make a decent living. Minimum wage has been stagnant, but inflation has not. Therefore, the purchasing power of families has decreased over

time, meaning current wage levels are no longer sufficient. Tying wages to inflation solves this problem.

It’s not clear whether minimum wages actually cause unemployment.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington state has an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent, about the national average, despite a $9.19 state minimum wage. This unravels conservative indictments of price floors.

Women are more likely than men to be paid minimum wage because of gender-based wage discrimination. Although we cannot eliminate this prejudicial treatment, we can at least mend these wounds by allowing low-wage working women access to a better life.

Higher wages also act as a longterm investment in society. Job satisfaction typically increases with pay, which causes productivity to climb.

Jumps in productivity leads to higher profits and encourage firms to produce more, ultimately driving down the price of goods.

Furthermore, those on a minimum wage salary are most likely to spend the majority of their disposable income. Minimum wage workers more willingly part with their wealth, which increases the flow of money and consumption in an economy. This was a major reason companies such as Wal-Mart supported minimum wage increases back in 2009.

In the end, our society is obligated to correct the inherent injustice of circumstance. Luck is a major factor in one’s livelihood. If you’re born into privilege, you are far more likely to be prosperous than those born impoverished. Many born poor are the ones subjected to working a minimum wage. Instead of punishing them for situations outside of their control, we ought to rectify fate’s cruelty. Our first step can be simply giving them the ability to finance a decent life.

Caroline points out teenagers lose their jobs because of minimum wage.

But when we weigh the need of parttime working teens with families already providing for them against adults working full time to support families, this effect is negligible, considering the significantly improved lives of the latter’s families.

This debate is essentially about who deserves more protection — companies that have accumulated record profits or families who can barely afford food and shelter. Citizens submit to the government and abide by its social contract; therefore it ought to be the role of government to ensure a comfortable life for its citizens. This issue isn’t about big versus small government — it’s about logical government.

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

My grandpa used to tell me stories about his career at NBC that spanned from the end of the golden age of radio through the advent and explosion of the TV era. A young and ambitious radio operator with transmissions experience in World War II, he was assigned as a cameraman to the still young television division — the “picture box,” as they called it.

Most people at the network thought TV would just serve as entertainment and would never be as important as radio. Within a short period of time, though, NBC realized TV’s potential as a mass communication tool and began broadcasting a range of material into American homes, sparking the formation of other TV networks.

Back then, profits were important, but broadcasting was respected more as a public service; networks, bound by moral obligation to uphold noble standards, competed “fairly” for viewers by providing high-quality material recognizing various viewpoints. As TV’s popularity grew, so did the number of channels. The Communications Act of 1934 — enacted to regulate communication nationwide — had strict rules regarding affiliate networks, creating an environment of smaller independent stations, that could be more easily monitored by the Federal Communications Commission. For decades, radio broadcasting and telecommunications were viewed in separate realms, and overlap was minimal, with a high percentage of local-based media sources representing diverse viewpoints.

As the 20th century moved forward and TV supplanted radio in importance, communications companies called for less restriction on ownership in order to expand their reach.

This push came to fruition with the bipartisan Telecommunications Act of 1996, which granted cross-ownership privileges to media corpora-

tions. Despite its intended goal of creating more freedom within the industry, the act has enabled a handful of large conglomerates to nearly monopolize the American media spectrum. Prior to 1996, more than 50 companies were involved in providing news, entertainment and other communications. Now, as a result of buyouts and mergers, just six corporations control nearly all U.S. media, and the variety of opinions disseminated has decreased while cases of inaccuracies and sensationalism have multiplied.

Monopolies involving the media can be more subversive to the public than with tangible goods, as the media help shape our beliefs and unconscious selves. The risk is high, given communication can be a propaganda tool. Instead of having to compete for an audience through impartial and top-notch programming, companies can now simply buy out their competitor and take its audience, removing the impetus for quality and diversity.

This recently happened in TV: Comcast, a company that started as a cable provider but has since used acquisitions and costly advertising to expand into many areas of mass media, bought out the remaining shares of NBC, giving Comcast total ownership of the network and all of its programs, channels and buildings, including the famous studios in Rockefeller Plaza. As a result of the merger, the media giant will control an estimated one out of every five hours of TV and essentially monopolize programming in 11 major U.S. cities.

My grandfather would be sad to see how much the communications industry has changed, though in his later years he recognized greed had become too powerful a force. America may have been founded on the ideals of democracy, but we’ve become more like a corporate-ruled plutocracy.

Hopefully, despite being motivated by profits, media providers will recognize their influence and use it to uphold standards of quality, variety and objectivity, rather than to foster and nurture biases.

L a u re n Me n d e l so h n i s a se n i o r psychology major. She can be reached at lmendel1@terpmail.umd.edu.

‘The Miracle on Ice’: Admirable patriotism NEAL FREYMAN This coming Sunday marks the 33rd anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” the fabled ice hockey game between the U.S. and the USSR during the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. It was a classic underdog story: A young American team composed mostly of college kids was not expected to win, let alone compete, against the veteran Soviet side.

But somehow the U.S. won.

Captain Mike Eruzione scored with 10 minutes left in the game to give the U.S. a 4-3 lead, and they held off a furious Soviet rally to secure a trip to the gold medal game. Two days later, the American team completed their improbable run with a comeback victory against Finland to win the gold medal.

On that day, Feb. 24, 1980, a nation celebrated. My parents even got married out of sheer spontaneous joy. (I’m kidding about the spontaneous part, but their wedding ceremony took place during the game against Finland, which I guess explains all the radios I’ve seen in pictures.)

Of course, this game was about a lot more than hockey or a gold medal.

Frankly, it was for global supremacy bragging rights. The Americans and Soviets had been going at each other for decades in a diplomatic tit-fortat that involved significantly more serious weapons than hockey sticks.

The win not only proved a team of scrappy college kids could defeat the industrial, machine-like Soviet athlete-soldier-robots, but it also signaled to many Americans the triumph of capitalism over communism, while validating their way of life.

As Americans living in the 21st

century, we struggle to fully comprehend the patriotic feelings that enveloped our nation in the days and weeks following that game. Our nation has experienced its greatest bursts of nationalism when faced with a clearly defined and formidable threat.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Americans took pride in their independence from Britain, and for parts of the 20th century, they demonized the Germans and Russians. To be American was to bear the torch of liberty, justice and individual rights (while, in many cases, not always honoring those ideals on our own shores) against the tyranny of monarchy, fascism and communism.

Today, threats to our national security are much less associated with individual countries, and therefore being an American and showing pride in this country is a different prospect than it used to be.

I don’t think al-Qaeda is competing in the Olympics anytime soon, much less playing ice hockey. Nor can we rally around eliminating an anonymous cyberterrorist. For many, the most patriotic moments in our lives were encapsulated by 9/11: the tragic aftermath of the attacks and a celebration when its main perpetrator was finally brought to justice in May 2011.

Those nationalistic feelings were muted compared to the patriotic fervor during World War II or the “Miracle on Ice.” But they were real nonetheless.

This week, remember the 1980 hockey team and their monumental victory.

Sports may seem trivial at times, but for a few unbelievable moments, they can transcend games and signify something larger.

So get your vuvuzelas ready and cheer on our athletes sporting the stars and stripes — the FIFA World Cup is only a year away.

Neal Freyman is a senior history major. He can be reached at nfreyman3@gmail.com.

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StubHub is just another example of capitalism, rather than a malicious way to make profit

StubHub allows sellers to drive ticket prices to exorbitant levels, cheating fans out of shows

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These days, concert tours are the lifeblood of almost every musical artist. Although record sales are quickly becoming a thing of the past, very little could ever replace the excitement of actually seeing a great band play live.

Luckily for artists, fans still love to go see their favorite groups play — as long as they can overcome the large hurdle of obtaining a ticket.

In the past, acquiring a ticket meant calling or actually traveling to the venue’s box office, which could be a huge hassle. Now everything is just a click away. From massive arena shows to small clubs, getting a ticket is almost as easy as downloading a book on a Kindle — until they sell out, of course.

But that’s the name of the game, right? You win some, you lose some.

Again, not anymore. Great resale websites, such as StubHub.com, offer unsuccessful fans a second chance at a ticket.

For instance, if not for StubHub, I wouldn’t have been able to secure my dad’s birthday present last year: two tickets to a sold-out Furthur concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

On the other hand, I found out the day before New Year’s Eve last year I wouldn’t be able to attend the midnight concert — Lotus — I had been so excited for. Fortunately, I was able to scalp the ticket in less than three hours on StubHub without having to leave my desk chair.

There are as many stories of success with StubHub as there are stories of failure, but in the end, it’s better to have the option available than not.

Objections to the site and sites like it are everywhere. The biggest complaint is often levied at the role of professional scalpers in marking up ticket costs on StubHub to make a so-called “dirty buck.”

Even on the surface level, this is nothing more than standard capitalism: Someone

online is holding a ticket at a certain price, and a buyer has to decide if the experience is worth the cost.

People upset by the pricing tend to point to the use of bots — proxy programs that can buy tickets automatically — and other tricky Internet tools as a way for scalpers to cheat and effectively rob people who want to go to the concert.

There’s no denying this kind of thing happens, but the reasons for price inflation on StubHub are more complicated than greed and have little to do with the perceived malice of sellers.

Infamously, when LCD Soundsystem announced its final show in 2011, there was a major problem on StubHub with the extreme overpricing of resale tickets. At first, pre-sale tickets being resold on StubHub were set to sell for between $100 and $200, but then prices suddenly inflated to an average of $500 when the tickets were released to the public.

While LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy’s tweets blamed bots and an apparently flawed StubHub system, many of those same tweets were posted before the tickets were officially on sale and may have artificially inflated the value of the tickets.

More importantly, it’s the industry standard for promoters of large shows — such as LCD’s closing ceremonies at Madison Square Garden — to sell marked-up tickets to brokers, aka professional scalpers, who then resell the tickets through sites such as StubHub. This way, the band can make more money, and the scalpers have to raise prices.

So while it’s very easy to blame phantom bots, mean scalpers and StubHub’s ethical principles as the reasons for an overpriced ticket, it’s a brash, unfair accusation.

Every system has its problems, from the pains of air travel to the redundancy of the Department of Motor Vehicles, but just like in those organizations, the benefits of StubHub and related sites outweigh the costs.

I write this view in honor of the concert-goer who refreshes the website exactly at noon to score coveted tickets to see her favorite band, only for tickets to sell out before the page has loaded. I write in honor of the fan who must choose between one unreasonably priced ticket from a secondary vendor or next month’s rent. I write because though I know scalping has been going on for years and won’t ever fully end, it is beyond frustrating that people other than the bands I love and the management and venues that help them come to play for me are able to take advantage of me and profit off my desperation.

To some extent, I know I cannot truly blame StubHub, the online ticket reselling platform that has helped buyers and sellers connect for countless shows. Long before the Internet, scalpers would wander around venues pre-show, offering fake tickets at jacked-up prices for sold-out shows.

However, StubHub seems to have worsened the problem. Because the process is so easy — sellers no longer have to go to the show to sell their tickets — more and more people have turned to reselling tickets as a way to make quick cash. On top of this, the design of the website and the fact that StubHub takes a cut from both buyers and sellers allow ticket prices to go up even higher.

Celebrities find it frustrating as well. Last year, well-loved comedian Louis C.K. unveiled a plan to combat ticket scalping. He sold tickets from his own personal website and warned consumers that any ticket sold for above the going

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Many times, I’ve seen my favorite bands come and go while I sit idly at home, unable to afford the high price tag offered on StubHub. True, it’s my own fault for not getting tickets before they sold out, but what am I to do when my only chance falls within a 30-second window and those who get through are the ones with the fastest fingers or the best computer hacking software? Maybe my chances would have been better if it weren’t for the hundreds who logged on solely to put their tickets back on the market for five times the price.

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HAWKINS From PAGE 8 early was key.”

For Hawkins or Thomas to have an off night while the other stars isn’t unusual for the Terps, though. In Thursday’s game against Clemson, Thomas was the one sidelined with foul trouble, and Hawkins took over the game to score 30 points and grab 12 rebounds.

Through the Terps’ 25 games this season, Hawkins has led the team in scoring 15 times, Thomas has had the team high 11 times and the duo has tied for the team lead twice. In every game except for one — Jan. 10 against Miami, when guard Chloe Pavlech scored 20 points — either Hawkins or Thomas has had at least a share of the team lead in points.

“This is what this team has done all season long,” Frese said. “Alyssa will have a night and then Tianna will have a night. They’re really unselfish. They play for each other.”

Hawkins’ void Sunday night was capably filled by the Terps’ bevy of post options. Center Alicia DeVaughn scored 14 points, her highest-scoring output in five games. Backup center Malina Howard scored 12 points — her fourth time in

double figures in the past six games — and secured eight rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench. Even guard Katie Rutan pitched in down low, setting a career high with seven boards.

That was enough for the Terps to make up for Hawkins’ off night against the Cavaliers.

But at other times this year, the team hasn’t been as lucky. In two of the Terps’ four losses — at St. Joseph’s on Nov. 17 and at Duke — Hawkins totaled a combined eight points on 4-of-16 shooting and 13 rebounds. For the season, she’s averaging 18.8 points and 9.6 rebounds.

With postseason play now just weeks away, Hawkins’ play will factor in more than ever. Sure, the Terps have other options like Thomas and Rutan to pick up the slack, but Hawkins is an inside presence on both ends of the game.

In the past week, Hawkins has already bounced back once with her starring role in the Clemson game. She’ll simply have to do it again the next time out.

“I really thought she did a terrific job moving on,” Frese said Thursday. “It obviously says a lot about her to come out and give us a stat line like that. She looked like she was having fun.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Guard Seth Allen said, “Our whole team is young, so all of us want it, but nobody has been through what Coach has.” charlie deboyace/the diamondback

EAGLES From PAGE 8 he does. Anything else and the season would likely end in the ACC tournament.

And in case the message didn’t resonate, Turgeon made some changes during practices the following week.

He stripped senior James Padgett and junior Pe’Shon Howard of their captaincies, declaring himself the team’s new captain. Turgeon had seen too many pouting faces and too many low grades the past couple of weeks. He wanted all

his players to start acting like leaders, not followers.

Turgeon then led the Terps through their most grueling workouts of the season. He pushed them until they were too sore to move and encouraged them to stay committed to the program whenever they started to slow down prematurely.

“Our practices were much better, more intense,” center Shaquille Cleare said. “Everybody was focused, and we were in better shape.”

To further cement his point, Turgeon pulled out his notes from the Terps’ fall training session with Navy SEALs. He

took his players through a basketball version of SEALs exercises and read aloud some of the key phrases their drill instructor had used during the two-day boot camp.

“I just felt like it was the thing to do,” Turgeon said. “I’m just hoping more guys grow up and try to be leaders instead of just sitting there and being a nothing-type deal.”

The motivational tactics seemed to work Saturday. The Terps played perhaps their most inspired game of Turgeon’s tenure, ousting hated Duke for the first time in seven tries. They shot 60 percent from the field, outrebounded the Blue Devils, 40-20, and netted 25 of 34 free throw attempts in the 83-81 victory.

Something had clicked. In the midst of shocking announcements, intense workouts and less-than-comfortable meetings, a youthful group had summoned enough togetherness to upend the nation’s secondranked team before a national television audience.

Seth Allen recognized as much. The freshman guard — who hit two game-clinching free throws with 2.8 seconds left Saturday — said something felt different against Duke. For once, he and his teammates weren’t failing to match their coach’s desire to win. They were outpacing it, he said, or at least equaling it.

“Our whole team is young,

ATTACK From PAGE 8 Hartford on Saturday, notching a 16-4 win.

The key to those offensive outbursts, coach John Tillman said, has been the experience of his attack group. Seniors Kevin Cooper, Owen Blye and Billy Gribbin each played in last year’s national title game, and, collectively, they’re doing more than enough to replace Cummings.

“Kevin and Owen are really playing great up top now. And you can add Billy into that group,” Tillman said Saturday.“They’re all playing like seniors. They’re comfortable and they’re confident.”

Cooper’s success has been the most surprising. Tillman moved the former midfielder to attack this season to fill the void left by Cummings, and the transition has been seamless.

The Crofton native has notched a hat trick in each of the first two games and leads the team with 11 total points. His 6-foot-4, 190-pound frame has been a hassle for opponents to deal with all season.

“Kevin creates a lot of problems for the other teams,” Blye said. “He’s a tall, big, strong kid, and I think him and I together create some matchup problems.”

The blowout win at Hartford served as a prime example. Blye said the Hawks were keying on Cooper after his three-goal, three-assist performance in the opener. So the former midfielder slid into a facilitating role and Blye took advantage, recording a career-high five goals.

Led by Blye (67 percent) and Cooper (60 percent), the Terps as a whole have found the back of the net on 40 percent of their shot attempts. Tillman said that efficiency comes from the unselfishness of his three starting attackmen.

“They’re not afraid to take their own shot, but they’re

so all of us want it, but nobody has been through what Coach has been through,” Allen said yesterday. “So just believing in him is really key. Everybody says they want it, but he’s just showing us how to want it.”

Turgeon has continued to help his players through that process this week. After Saturday’s win, he told the Terps to savor the moment until they fell asleep that night. But as soon as they woke up, it’d be time to focus on academics and Boston College.

They had Sunday off to rest and do homework, and they returned to Comcast Center yesterday for yet another grueling practice.

After all, Turgeon understands Saturday’s bliss will become meaningless if the Terps can’t do their jobs against the Eagles tonight.

Beating Duke helped the Terps regain relevance in the NCAA tournament discussion, but they still have plenty of work left before securing a spot in the 68-team field.

B o s to n C o l l e ge , wh i c h nearly upended the Blue Devils on Feb. 10, represents the first of four remaining road games.

That could prove a daunting stretch for a Terps team that boasted an 0-4 ACC road record before beating a reeling Virginia Tech team on Feb. 7.

But Turgeon isn’t fretting.

He’s seen his players’ demeanors change since the Virginia disappointment. This group, he reasons, could be another one of his NCAA tournament teams. The Terps just need to keep wanting it more than he does.

“It wasn’t just about Duke,” Turgeon said of last week’s adjustments. “We pushed them last week for the rest of the season. I told them that. So it was hopefully preparing us for Boston College as well.”

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more than willing to create a shot,” the third-year coach said. “All those guys are willing to give up maybe a good look for a great look for a teammate.”

As a result, the Terps are nicely accommodating for Cummings’ absence with 39 goals in just two games. A critical factor in that success has been midfielder Jake Bernhardt’s return to the field after redshirting last season with a shoulder injury.

Bernhardt adds to the offense himself, tallying five goals in two contests. But just as importantly, the redshirt senior’s versatility has allowed Cooper to move up to play on the attack and create a lethal grouping up front.

“Having Jake back has been great for us,” midfielder John Haus said. “He can play offense, defense, everything. So having him back has really added a dimension to our game.”

With Bernhardt and the Terps’ three attackmen all in their senior seasons, the offense seems to be in capable hands. That group’s selflessness has allowed 17 different players to find the back of the net through two games, a balance that has been key in an eye-opening start to the season.

Thus far, the team has adequately made up for Cummings’ departure. But with a national title game rematch against No. 1 Loyola looming next Saturday and a bout with No. 13 Duke coming up the following week, things aren’t getting any easier.

That’s why the veteran-laden offense isn’t getting caught up in its early season success. The Terps seem more concerned with ensuring that their scorching scoring pace doesn’t slow down.

“We’ve gotten off to a good start, but to be completely honest, it doesn’t mean a lot. We put our focus on the key games at the end of the year,” Blye said.

“So we have to make sure we stay focused and stay humble.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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games. The senior finished the night with four points on 2-of-5 shooting and four rebounds in 17 foul-plagued minutes before fouling out with 3:50 remaining. Just more than a week ago, Hawkins was neutralized at No. 5 Duke, scoring six points and grabbing seven rebounds in 27 minutes.

Unlike at Duke, however, the Terps were able to overcome Hawkins’ performance. Forward Alyssa Thomas scored a game-high 27 points on 12-of-18 shooting, grabbed 13 rebounds, dished four assists, blocked two shots and notched one steal as the No. 8 Terps pulled away from Virginia for a 73-44 win.

“It was huge,” coach Brenda Frese said. “We started a little slow; to be able to have that punch from Alyssa

Mark Turgeon has led some quality college basketball teams during his 15-year head coaching career. He took a rebuilding Wichita State program to the 2006 Sweet 16 and reached the NCAA tournament all four seasons he spent at Texas A&M. Each of those squads had the same defining characteristic, Turgeon said yesterday: They wanted to win more than their coach did. But not every team is full of winners, and Turgeon knows what happens when his players don’t match or exceed his passion for success.

“I’ve had teams where I’ve wanted it more, and they’ve never reached their potential,” said Turgeon, whose Terrapins men’s basketball team will try to follow up Saturday’s upset over No. 2 Duke with a win at Boston College tonight. “I’m quite tired of it, to be honest with you.”

So Turgeon said he felt angry — not frustrated, angry — when he watched the Terps fall flat in an 80-69 home loss to Virginia on Feb. 10. The youthful group lacked urgency in a game that would have a significant impact on its NCAA tournament chances. The Terps were late on loose balls and lost the rebounding battle to a team that didn’t feature a starter taller than 6-foot-8.

Turgeon ripped into his players after a defeat he called “rock bottom.” He reminded them they only have four years to achieve greatness, and he told them to start wanting wins more than

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Forward Tianna Hawkins disappeared in the Terps’ 73-44 win at Virginia on Sunday, totaling just four points and four rebounds in 17 foul-plagued minutes. She also struggled in a loss at Duke on Feb. 11. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Hawkins nowhere to be found in Terps win Junior posts second subpar game in past three

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Early in Sunday’s matchup with the Terrapins women’s basketball team, Virginia center Simone Egwu ran down the court at John Paul Jones Arena, aiming to slide into the post and give guard China Crosby an option for initiating the offense.

But as Egwu went to the post, she was met by Terps forward Tianna Hawkins, who stepped in front of Egwu with crossed arms and initiated contact. A referee was standing close by, and Hawkins was whistled for her first foul of the night just 38 seconds into the game. Right away, Hawkins was headed to the bench.

It was the beginning of Hawkins’ second subpar performance in three

Coach Mark Turgeon made some adjustments to the Terps’ practice regimen last week, putting them through their most intense workouts of the season leading up to Saturday’s game vs. Duke. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

MEN’S LACROSSE

Blye, Cooper, Gribbin lead charge on attack Seniors filling offensive void left by Cummings

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer

Attackmen Owen Blye (left) Kevin Cooper (center) and Billy Gribbin (right) are leading a Terps offense that has scored 39 goals through two games. file phot0s/the diamondback

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The Terrapins men’s lacrosse team knew it had a big void to fill coming into the season. The Terps had eight of 10 starters returning from a group that reached last year’s national championship, but it wasn’t going to be easy replacing Joe Cummings.

After all, the All-American attackman led the team with 31 goals and 50 points last season. His 55 shots on goal paced the Terps, and his 19 assists —

good for second on the squad — illustrated his playmaking abilities.

Two games into the season, though, the Terps don’t seem like they’re missing their former offensive catalyst. In fact, they’re flourishing without him.

The No. 2 Terps reached the program’s highest single-game goal total since 1995 in a 23-6 season-opening victory over Mount St. Mary’s a week ago. They continued the torrid pace at See attack, Page 7