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Man allegedly broke into Cumberland Hall

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HOUSE HUNTERS Univ. commissions study on where employees live

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

The university has commissioned a study of where faculty and staff live in relation to the campus in an effort to assess the demand for more housing in College Park and help transform the city into a top college town.

The Office of Administrative Affairs hired local consulting firm Anderson Strickler to survey university employees on what char-

acteristics they view as most important in a living environment. By better understanding perceptions surrounding life in College Park and what factors influence employees to live nearby, the university will be better able to understand the demand for homes near the campus, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Rob Specter said.

The study, which has been ongoing for the past few months, will likely be completed in

Coalition hopes to overturn same-sex marriage legislation

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University Police arrested Oluwafemi T. Charles yesterday for his alleged involvement in a Feb. 26 burglary in Cumberland Hall.

Charles, 28, was charged with first-degree burglary, thirddegree burglary, fourth-degree burglary, theft between $1,000 and $10,000, theft less than $100, OLUWAFEMI CHARLES fourth-degree sex offense and BURGLARY SUSPECT second-degree assault, University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said.

Police responded to the seventh floor of Cumberland early Sunday morning after receiving reports that

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

As Gov. Martin O’Malley prepares to sign same-sex marriage legislation today, a coalition of lawmakers and religious organizations is preparing to mobilize a petition effort that would place the bill’s fate in the hands of state voters.

Although the legislation narrowly passed both chambers of the state’s General Assembly in the last two weeks after heated and emotional debate, many state lawmakers vowed to challenge the statute if passed — and held true to their word when they announced Friday they had launched a drive to overturn the legislation. The Maryland Marriage Alliance, which announced yesterday it was leading the petition drive, submitted a petition to the state’s Board of Elections, and, if approved, said it will begin campaigning with members of MDPetitions.com to garner the 55,736 signatures needed to place the bill on the November ballot.

Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington), who successfully spearheaded a petition drive last summer for legislation that would grant undocumented students in-state tuition if they meet a set of requirements, said the coalition hopes to collect 100,000 signatures — almost twice the number needed — to ensure the petition survives if supporters challenge it in court.

“This is extremely important legislation for Maryland,” Parrott said.

“It’s important for Marylanders to make that decision because it will change how society interacts in many different ways, especially what’s taught in schools, businesses and interactions in churches.”

Parrott said he is confident state residents will ultimately vote against same-sex marriage, since it has been voted down in 31 states that placed

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Former English lecturer found not guilty for spouse’s death

Findlay sentenced to five years in prison

BY ERIN EGAN Senior staff writer

Former English lecturer Joanna Findlay was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday in connection with the 2010 death of her husband.

Findlay was found not guilty of firstdegree murder, attempted first-degree murder and firstdegree assault, court documents show. According to media reports, jurors concluded that although she fired a gun at Gary Trogdon, she missed and he died of a self- JOANNA inflicted gunshot FINDLAY FORMER ENGLISH wound.

Judge Karen LECTURER Abrams sentenced Findlay to five years for use of a handgun in connection with a felony and issued a five-year suspended sentence for second-degree attempted murder.

Findlay — who has maintained her innocence — plans to appeal the verdict,

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Univ. officials report growth in number of graduate students University boasts 38 percent increase over the last decade, following national trend

BY LAURA BLASEY Staff writer

While some view a bachelor’s degree as the culmination of their education, a rising number of students consider it just the beginning.

“A lot of people see undergraduate education, especially in the sciences, as more of a foundation,” said sophomore neurobiology and physiology major Fisayo Adetunji, who said she will follow the nationwide

trend of seeking a higher degree after she graduates.

While the university boasted 7,822 graduate students in 2000, the number of graduate degree-seeking students swelled to 10,045 by 2011 — a 38 percent increase. Many contributing factors, such as high unemployment and the demand for highly skilled professionals, have also steadily risen over the last decade.

The growing reliance on graduate degrees stretches far beyond this

campus. Nationally, the number of students applying to graduate schools has climbed about 3 percent each year since 2010, according to a recent article in The Washington Post.

Additionally, international students’ presence in the university’s graduate program has grown 20 percent since 2000. The 2,693 international students enrolled make up nearly 27 percent of graduate-degree seeking students.

Joe Williams, the graduate pro-

gram’s data analysis and dissemination coordinator, said in some cases, the growing demand for graduate degrees has caused admissions offices to stretch their resources thin.

“We’re seeing a lot more applications and a number of new students, and departments have to allocate more time to review them,” Williams said.

Economics professor John Ham said he suspects one factor that may

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according to her attorney John Ray. At the time of Trogdon’s death, Findlay was teaching 88 students in ENGL398C: Writing Case Studies and Narratives and two sections of ENGL393: Technical Writing in the Professional Writing Program, according to Testudo.

She was promptly suspended after her arrest.

St. Mary’s County police responded to 911 calls Oct. 30, 2010, and found Findlay in the driveway of her Hollywood, Md., home and Trogdon shot dead inside. The verdict was issued last fall in advance of this week’s sentencing.

According to Ray, Abrams issued the minimum sentence in part because of court filings from Findlay’s co-workers and students attesting to her character.

“A lot of professors and a lot of people wrote letters of support that were considered by the judge,” Ray said. “Students wrote letters of support in her case, too.

That helped her case tremendously.”

Findlay, 41, served 65 days in jail before a family member paid her $100,000 bail. Ray said she could serve a year of her sentence before her her appeal is heard.

“She knew she was getting at least five years because that was the mandatory minimum,” Ray said. “She was happy that the judge gave her the least possible sentence that the judge could do by law, but she’s appealing the ver-

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late spring, Specter said.

Although he said he will not know how the university will proceed until the results are compiled, Specter said his office will likely hold an open forum to discuss the findings and its implications for the surrounding areas.

Many of the factors that influence employees’ decisions of where to live — including public safety, housing availability, transportation, sustainability and public education availability — are already being addressed by five task forces university President Wallace Loh commissioned over the summer.

“We need to increase attention to what I call the ecosystem of the university,” Loh said. “What the previous administration did was to dramatically increase the quality and the prominence and state of the University of Maryland. ... What I see now for the university to continue on that same trajector y is to enhance the environment it’s in — not so much a change of direction, but let’s address this other set of issues.”

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dict.”

To some of Findlay’s students, the news of her sentencing came as a shock.

“It’s sad to hear that because she had a great influence on my college career,” said Harris Brown, a university alumnus who took Findlay’s professional writing course in spring 2010. “I think it’s just a statement of how fast life can change. She was my teacher, and she did a lot of great things for me and the others in my class, but we don’t know how she was outside of the classroom. Something happened that changed the trajectory of her life.”

Although the original allegations against Findlay astonished him and his fellow classmates, Brown said Findlay also outwardly expressed her passion for guns during class time — a recollection many of her students have shared.

“It was definitely shocking to hear, but at the same time she used to talk about her interest in guns during class as a hobby that she was into,” Brown said. “It didn’t completely blow my mind when that came out. But she was a really great professor, and she did a lot of great things for me. She was definitely one of my favorite professors that I’ve ever had in College Park.”

English department chairperson Kevin Cartwright said yesterday that his department has no official comment on the case. Representatives from the Professional Writing Program could not be reached for comment. egan@umdbk.com

Smead, who commutes 70 miles to the campus from Hagerstown, the high cost of living in College Park — compared to other areas in Western Maryland — precludes him from residing near the campus.

“The commute is horrible, and the traffic gets a little worse ever y year,” he said.

“The big factor is really the cost of living. It’s just not feasible on the typical salary to live in University Park or any place very, very close.”

Although it is difficult to feel fully connected on a campus with more than 26,000 undergraduates, Smead said professors could feel more at home if they lived closer and were able to attend special events, such as those hosted at the Honors College. Smead teaches in the college but said he is rarely able to attend such events.

History professor Ken Holum, who lives in Hillandale and has just a 10-minute commute, agreed it is easier to stay involved on the campus because it is practically in his backyard.

“Quite a few faculty that live in College Park or University Park, they tend to be present for more departmental and university events and to be more accessible to students,” he said.

Although Holum noted

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many professors who live far away still make sure to be available to students, Specter agreed that the university improves when its employees can call the surrounding community home.

“I think a faculty and staff community that lives right around the university is more engaged in the life of the university, it’s more involved in and cares more about what happens at the university,” Specter said. “It’s more than simply looking at the university as a workplace; it’s a place to live.”

Specter said the universitycity partnership is also aiming to improve transportation and sustainability in surrounding areas. Additionally, officials are working to launch the College Park Academy — a university charter school for grades 7 through 12 — to help attract qualified employees who want to send their children to quality schools.

“Having faculty and staff of the university living in College Park is a great asset for the city,” College Park Mayor Andy Fellows said. “It really does build the relationship between the university and the city and this has been the case since the 19th century.” kirkwood@umdbk.com

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RHA proposes buying Facebook app to aid in rooming selection Onling program would match students based on similarities

BY FOLA AKINNIBI Staff writer

As many incoming freshmen anxiously await meeting the student they will soon share close quarters with, the Department of Resident Life has proposed buying a program that could make a better match.

In hopes of decreasing conflicts between random roommates, Assistant Resident Life Director Scott Young proposed the department purchase the roommate matching program RoomSync — a Facebook application that plays matchmaker by allowing students to search for compatible roommates and request their roommates on Facebook. The department would likely have to pay about $5,000 up-front for the program and then pay a yearly fee, but officials said the financial burden would not be placed on students.

“It’s a way for students to connect with each other,” Young said. “What we could do is create a tool for students to find people on their own.”

To streamline the roommate selection process, RoomSync — which is used by 21 colleges and universities — has students answer five questions about themselves and another set about their ideal roommate.

Additionally, students may provide information about a specific building they would like to live in, their majors and living and learning programs they may be a part of. The information is then used to match the student with a compatible roommate

and even suggests friends of the opposite sex. If the student is satisfied with their choice, the application sends the information to Resident Life.

In the current roommate selection process, students fill out a short survey — which consists of questions pertaining to sleeping habits, cleanliness and smoking habits — and then are randomly assigned roommates based on the responses. However, Resident Life officials said allowing students to essentially pick their own roommates would lead to fewer conflicts and thought employing a widely used website, such as Facebook, was the best way to ensure the program’s success.

Although Residence Hall Association President Corie Stretton said she is aware people have used their own methods to find compatible roommates, she said it would be most efficient for the department to provide a venue for all students to do so.

“People have been doing it unofficially, so [Resident Life] might as well streamline the process,” Stretton said.

Freshman letters and sciences major Michele Correnti said she took to the University of Maryland Class of 2015 Facebook page when seeking a roommate.

“It’s working out great,” Correnti said of her rooming situation.

Correnti said her and her roommate happened to share many interests by chance, but

The Department of Resident Life has proposed buying a Facebook application that would allow incoming freshmen to fill out a questionnaire and find compatible roomates and potential friends. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

said if she had an application such as RoomSync available, it “would have been a great idea” and she would have likely had an easier time finding a compatible roommate.

At the University of Florida, which uses RoomSync, 65 percent of hall staff reported decreased conflicts and 60 percent of incoming freshmen used the application in its second year.

ADMISSIONS from page 1 be driving up graduate school admissions is slow growth in the job market — and students’ desires to delay seeking jobs while building more competitive résumés.

“I believe that there is a fairly strong link between the current unemployment rate and who is going to college,” he said. “When unemployment goes up, more people go to college.”

Several students said graduate school is an attractive option because it allows them to add education while delaying the job search.

“The job industry is so much more competitive because the majority of people have a college education,” said freshman psychology major Kat Cook. “When you go to

ARREST from page 1 Fire officials evacuated Van Munching Hall yesterday afternoon after a small fire erupted on the first floor of the building. There was no reported damage. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

Van Munching evacuated after fire No injuries or building damage reported, officials say

BY ERIN EGAN Senior staff writer

A small fire on the first floor of Van Munching Hall caused students to evacuate the building yesterday afternoon, Prince George’s County Fire Department officials said.

Fire trucks responded to the business school at around 4:30 p.m., according to fire department spokesman Mark Brady; no one was injured during the incident and there was no damage to the building.

PETITION from page 1 the measure on the ballot.

Additionally, Parrott said the petition effort has drawn bipartisan support, as some lawmakers only voted in favor of the bill so voters could have the final say in whether the legislation is implemented.

“I’m supporting this bill because I think the community needs a vote,” Del. Tiffany Alston (D-Prince George’s) said before the House of Delegates voted on the measure two weeks ago. “I think it’s important that we get the petition drive done and we get this issue moving for ward to the people.”

While many lawmakers antic-

Brady said he was unsure how the fire started but firefighters were able to extinguish it in less than 20 minutes.

“There was really just some smoke that needed to be ventilated,” he said.

Brady said there was a small fire on the 100-level of the building, and his firefighters were able to put it out “fairly quickly.”

Several students were inside of the building at the time, such as Justine Hunsicker, a senior accounting and criminology and criminal justice

ipate the issue to go to voters, Sen. Ed Reilly (R-Anne Arundel) said he fears a court judge will overturn voters’ decision.

“My concern is that the governor cherry-picked judges with a preconceived attitude about this issue without examining the law or looking at the judicial facts,” he said.

Reilly said the state could likely follow in the footsteps of California, which saw same-sex marriage voted down when it went to the ballot box — only to be overturned in a Court of Appeals decision on the grounds that it violated the Equal Protection Clause. State Attorney General Douglas Gansler said courts could overturn the voter’s decision on the same grounds should they vote

major, who said she originally thought the alarm sounding was a practice exercise.

“I was sitting in [Rudy’s café] just doing my work, and I thought it was a drill,” Hunsicker said. “We had to wait outside for 20 minutes before being let back into the building.”

Sergio Torres, a sophomore finance major, said he thought the alarm was a mistake at first.

“I just thought somebody pulled it by accident,” he said. egan@umdbk.com

against the measure.

“The country was founded on the basis of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Right now we have a barrier for some people to that pursuit,” Gansler said. “There’s no question that we’re going to have same-sex marriage in Maryland and the United States.”

Del. Anne Kaiser (D-Montgomery) said although opponents have a right to challenge the legislation, an issue such as same-sex marriage should be in the hands of lawmakers rather than state voters.

“I think it’s a shame that any person would have their rights decided by voters,” Kaiser said. “I think that’s a dangerous precedent.”

However, she said she expects supporters to spear-

an 18-year-old female student awoke to find Charles in her dorm room touching her legs, Limansky said. Police believe that Charles, a Silver Spring native, intended to steal the victim’s laptop, among other belongings.

Although police said they have not found that Charles actually stole something that morning, Limansky said Charles will still be charged for his intent to take property.

After a description of the suspect was released Sunday afternoon in a university crime alert, Limansky said police received several calls between Sunday and Wednesday about people who fit the description.

Charles was identified by one of those callers, he said.

While original reports

While Young’s still actively searching for other programs, he said RoomSync seems like the best fit for the university.

Stretton said she hopes to see it in place for next year’s incom-

ing freshmen.

“It’s a unique way for students to find each other,” Stretton said.

“It’s a really great change.” akinnibi@umdbk.com

grad school, you’re making yourself a better candidate because you’re much more specialized in your field.”

When unemployment was at 4.5 percent in 2006, a third fewer students applied to graduate schools than when the national rate reached nearly 10 percent in 2009 — about 1,269,000 applicants compared to about 1,694,000.

Other students, like Adetunji, said bachelor’s degrees do not provide adequate training for careers in their fields of choice, such as engineering or science.

“My major is fairly specialized, so if I wanted to apply it to anything else, I would have to go to graduate school,” he said.

While Ham said some students attend graduate school to avoid immediately seeking jobs, he thought most are following market demand.

“In the last decade, we have been moving towards a more high-skilled economy, where people want more skills in the workplace,” he said.

However, students seeking their master’s and doctoral degrees tend to graduate at much lower rates than undergraduates, according to Graduate Student Government President Anna Bedford.

Only about 50 percent of this university’s doctoral students graduate, Bedford said, which she said is a sign the university and GSG must increase their outreach efforts.

“Although it isn’t far from the national rate, [it] can be a waste of resources, and we want to make sure they have what they need to finish, because it’s a sad number,” she said.

stated that there were two men involved in the burglar y, Limansky said only one was found in the room of the victim. Police have not identified the other man.

Charles could face additional charges since the investigation is still ongoing.

Charles has no previous offenses in the state, according to court documents.

“The investigation is continuing surrounding other issues of property and possibly a vehicle, so there are potential additional charges forthcoming,” Limansky said. “It seemed like [Charles] was using the university as a potential feeding ground of sorts.”

Limansky added that the department is pleased with the swift arrest.

“These kinds of cases for any other agency often go unsolved,” he said. “It’s a tribute to the individuals in our criminal investigation

division that they continued to pursue leads well after the incident. We have the luxur y to continue to investigate and to turn it around in four days, and that’s a good feat and a quick result.”

After Sunday’s incident, police notified all Cumberland residents and asked for assistance in identifying the suspects. Freshman letters and sciences major Sasha Hoherchak, who is also an eighth floor resident, said she was worried about her safety after the incident.

“I didn’t lock my door before because I trusted ever yone here and if I forgot or was lazy, I figured it would be fine,” Hoherchak said. “I don’t even think I locked my door last night. It was scar y when the cops were banging on my door this morning, asking if I had seen any suspicious people.”

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head a campaign effort that will ultimately secure a victory for proponents of the legislation should it go to the ballot.

“I do expect that Mar yland voters will favor this by a wide margin,” she said. “I think that we’ll be able to change enough minds.”

According to a poll by Hart Research Associates, a DCbased survey research firm, 51 percent of state voters support same-sex marriage. Fred Yang, a partner at the firm, said public opinion could change now that it will be signed into law.

“It’s moved from the theoretical and now it’s the law,” he said.

“That could change opinions by improving support.” bach@umdbk.com

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n the federal, state and University System of Maryland levels, officials base tuition at Utah State to 45 percent at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Chamhave made a concerted effort in recent years to grow the science, technol- paign. The average premium rate was 15 percent.

Applied to this university’s tuition rates, it’s easy to see why students would be opogy, engineering and math fields — collectively known as STEM. Leaders from each platform have been clear about one thing: The future of this posed to these steep premiums. For in-state students, 2 percent of the 2011 tuition rates country, state and university greatly depends on the success of the future scientists, en- would amount to an additional $168 per semester; 15 percent would yield $1,262; and 45 percent would mean an extra $3,787. For out-of-state students, those numbers gineers and mathematicians. climb to $497, $3,725 and $11,174, respectively. And those In September 2010, President Barack Obama announced numbers don’t take into account the 3 percent tuition increase his goal of recruiting 10,000 STEM teachers over the next all students will likely face next year. two years — a priority he reaffirmed during his State of the This editorial board supports prioritizing the STEM fields.

Union address in January. But a commitment to growing If state and federal officials Doing so makes sense for the entire economy, but administraSTEM began in this state even before Obama made such a are so keen on increasing tion’s rationale for charging STEM majors just doesn’t hold promise; in 2009, Gov. Martin O’Malley commissioned a any water. When justifying the premium, university President task force to determine how to make the state a global enrollment in STEM Wallace Loh said students who will earn larger salaries should STEM-powerhouse. The task force ultimately proposed inmajors, they should be able to afford the extra tuition. This argument shows how creasing college STEM graduates by 40 percent by 2015, the entire administration is from students’ struggles and O’Malley endorsed the recommendation. allocate additional funding removed to get a job, pay for graduate school or be successful in general Three years later, the system is starting to grapple with how in the current economy. It’s probably easy for Loh to make that such a logistical expansion will work. Increasing the number of to avoid tuition hikes. argument from his plush office in the Main Administration graduates means accepting more students, and thus providing more courses and hiring more STEM professors to support those classes. But the thing Building, but those of us just starting our careers aren’t as optimistic.

At the same time, it doesn’t make sense for all students to bear the burden of STEM about STEM courses is they’re particularly expensive — both in terms of hiring qualifunding by raising tuition even more for everyone. Therefore, the administration and fied faculty and supplying all the necessary lab and technological materials.

That money has to come from somewhere; enter Provost Ann Wylie, who has pro- the regents need to abandon the mindset that students should completely fund this enposed raising tuition for students majoring in STEM fields. The Board of Regents is deavor. The commitment to increasing STEM majors has been made by the federal considering the proposal, of which few details have been released. The idea might and state government; Obama and O’Malley should be the ones to pay, not students seem extreme, but it isn’t a new one: According to a recent survey by the Cornell just trying to get a degree. Instead of debating which students should fund these exHigher Education Research Institute, 39 percent of 174 surveyed institutions pansions, the regents should be devising strategies to better lobby state and federal charged students different tuitions based on their major or college. A similar study of lawmakers to secure this necessary funding. If they want STEM expansion as badly as 165 public research universities found tuition premiums ranged from 2 percent of they’ve made it seem, they should be willing to cough up the cash.

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Google: Not everything is a plus

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oogle might as well run for president. With just two of its more than 100 services and products, the goliath of a company controls our ability to locate information and communicate with others. It’s taken over YouTube, has satellite images of our homes and is looking to dominate social networking with Google+.

Today, a new privacy policy goes into effect allowing the company to combine the enormous amount of personal information it collects from users across all its platforms and use it pretty much any way it wants.

I have a few issues with these new lackof-privacy settings, primarily that yesterday was the deadline for users to take control of their information. If you haven’t already deleted your data history or opted out of the new policy, you’re out of luck.

Users will probably feel they should have the option to do so in the future, but Google doesn’t see it that way.

So far, executives haven’t been swayed by international backlash. They know their products are ubiquitous in the online world and essential to people’s lives, making it difficult for users to extract themselves. Google can rely on the fact most people will prefer to hand over the reins than disrupt so much of their estab-

ALISSA GULIN lished online activity.

To be fair, though, Google did tell users in advance. Little banners mentioning new privacy settings popped up on our screens months ago. We just didn’t pay any attention, because it was far too easy to “dismiss” the annoyance rather than “learn more” about how our private information would be used to make other people money. Google says this umbrella policy will provide a “beautifully simple and intuitive” experience by streamlining the privacy settings for all its various products and services.

While it’s appealing that I won’t have to adjust a million menus for every Googlerun site, deciphering how exactly my information is used is not at all intuitive.

The settings are more convenient, yes, but safer? More transparent? No. Google and other companies already sell users’ info to facilitate audience-targeted marketing — it’s partially how they rake in profits. But Google collects a

tremendous amount of those details: Where people live, what they search for, the stores they visit, who their friends are, the news they read, the routes they travel — the list goes on and on ad nauseum.

When advertisers are armed with this extensive, highly detailed information accrued from all the Google-operated services, their influence will skyrocket.

Google also says the new policy will yield more “relevant” search results for each user, which could be useful when I search for Chinese restaurants and Google filters out places in Beijing if it knows I’m in Maryland. But this claim is flawed — relevance is a subjective criterion. I want to decide what results are best for my purpose, yet Google is asking us to defer judgment to — whom? A highly sophisticated algorithm-crunching robot?

More likely, third parties with their own interests will help determine what is “relevant” for us. Whichever companies or organizations cough up the most dough for data about our purchasing habits or frequently discussed topics could end up having their website appear first on the list.

Today, Google becomes the blabbermouth. That’s unsettling because it’s also been one of our top confidantes, whether we think of it that way or not.

The company knows more about you than many of your friends, and it definitely has the best memory.

For marketers, all that data is pure gold. Google is the kid at the lunch table with Dunk-a-roos — the kind with sprinkles icing — and companies are the drooling classmates forking over entire meals to get their hands on ‘em.

So as Google willingly hands over our information, what does that make us in the cafeteria metaphor? We’re the sucker parents who don’t realize the true value of those little cookies. We consumers have tremendous potential to manipulate advertisers, but it’s the other way around because we don’t realize the value of our search histories, purchasing habits, email subscriptions — all the personal data we no longer own. Shouldn’t we wield that influence ourselves rather than let Google take it and run? It’s a complex issue, and in a 500-word column, I’ve likely oversimplified some pieces of the puzzle. I encourage you to research on your own, although I wonder how Google will choose to filter your results? I guess you could always Ask Jeeves.

Alissa Gulin is a senior journalism major and former opinion editor. She can be reached at gulin@umdbk.com.

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loathe New Year’s resolutions. So when I tell you I decided to give up TV and movies for 2012, bear with me. The purity of my resolution lasted roughly a week. As soon as the first Lord of the Rings movie popped up on my personalized screen during an 11-hour plane ride, it was all over. Even the strongest amongst us cannot resist the temptation of “the One Ring.”

Nonetheless, when I returned to school, I tried to stay true to my pact. I’m not into self-torture so I made an exception for live sporting events, but for everything else — reality TV, movies, sitcoms — I promised I would only partake in certain social situations, such as with a group of friends all watching the same show. Otherwise, I’d do something more productive.

As much as I love watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives or Swamp People, I realized I gain almost nothing of value from time spent watching such shows — besides an intense craving for Cajun cooking and jealousy over Guy Fieri’s diet.

You could try to argue sitcoms deserve my time, but I’ve given up on 30 Rock, Community, The Big Bang Theory, New Girl and all the other formulaic comedies everyone raves about. Proclaiming “I love Modern Family too!” works fine as a pickup line, I suppose, but the show itself is not life-changing.

But is it too drastic to expect TV shows or movies — along with everything else you do — to be life-changing?

Precious opportunities present themselves and disappear throughout your life. The people around you develop and mature regardless of your own action or complacency. Life passes you by no matter what, but I guarantee you’ll never tell your grandkids about the time you watched The Mentalist.

Excluding you cinephiles out there, the vast majority of people do not watch movies or TV as analytical critics of worthwhile productions, nor as part of a search for something meaningful. You’ll find a book, a person or a part of nature to be far more enlightening and inspiring than a

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KARASOV typical two-hour movie. The depth of reality is far greater than the illusion of special effects. Watching TV and movies helps shut your brain off, distracting you from the matters of everyday life; so for a halfhour, three hours, whatever it may be, you can simply enjoy yourself. How depressing is that?

I’ll admit keeping up with pop culture has its merits — it makes for easy conversation. Before the resolution, I would watch TV and movies all the time. I finished four seasons of Lost in two months (spoiler alert: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof took a giant poop on all the fans), watched everything Netflix could throw at me and finished Game of Thrones faster than the producers killed off characters.

Even after the resolution, I could not turn away from a marathon of Swamp People because, let’s face it, old habits die hard.

When reflecting on how to spend my time, I returned to Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000 hours” principle, which claims it takes 10,000 hours to perfect a craft, profession or subject matter. In particular, Gladwell claims The Beatles perfected their sound only after 10,000 hours of practice.

The average 18-to-24-year-old will spend roughly 5,000 hours watching TV alone over a four-year span. That’s halfway to Beatles-esque perfection — spent on what?

I’m not your mom; I do not care how you invest your time. Your life, your prerogative. Just remember, success does not just happen. Real action and real happiness happen in real life, not behind — or in front of — a screen.

Nadav Karasov is a sophomore economics major. He can be reached at karasov@umdbk.com.

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ow much do you know about eating disorders? Chances are, somebody you know suffers from one. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week runs from Feb. 26 to March 3, and I believe it’s important for everyone to educate themselves a bit more about eating disorders. About 24 million Americans suffer from disordered eating, and the majority are between the ages of 12 and 25.

Four out of every 10 Americans either have suffered from an eating disorder or are close to someone who has. The statistics are startling, yet the public remains heavily uneducated about these disorders. Personally speaking, my cousin, my mom and two of my close friends have suffered from them. I have seen first-hand how ugly they can be, and I hope you never have to.

But why should you care?

Based on how the media portrays it, the only people who have eating disorders are girls who want to be models. Many think anorexia and bulimia are only extreme forms of dieting and while they’re unhealthy, it’s a choice people make, right? Wrong. Eating disorders are mental illnesses, and about 50 percent of those afflicted also meet the criteria for depression. They’re not about being skinny. Most of the time, the disorders are about control, anxiety and perfection. Don’t believe me?

Search the popular blog site Tumblr for tags such as “pro-ana” (proanorexia) or “purging” and see what sort of posts come up: “I hate myself!!,” “I’m a fat ugly c---” and “I feel so numb … I’m not worth it.”

Overall, it’s a message of dissatisfaction, hatred and self-loathing.

People who invest all of their worth in their appearance may sound superficial. But there’s a difference between wanting to wear nice clothes and pushing your body to the brink of death to gain self-worth. Eating disorders kill more people than any other mental illness. For women ages 15 to 24, anorexia is 12 times more likely to kill them than anything else. There it is, in black and white — eating disorders kill people.

I believe anorexia would have killed my cousin if she had not sought treatment. Thankfully, she lives in Germany, where the government was able to pay for her months of treatment and counseling. Now she is on the path to recovery. But that’s not always the case. Only 33 percent of anorexics and 6 percent of bulimics in this country receive care. One of my friends has never received treatment, and another had to end treatment because her care was getting too costly. And it is most likely a disease that will continue to rise. Although it may not be surprising that an estimated 80 percent of females in the United States are unhappy with their appearance, I find it surprising that 80 percent of 10-year-olds fear being fat and 42 percent of girls from first to third grade want to be thinner. These are not young women who read Vogue religiously, dying to be models. These are young girls, and even boys, who think being fat is the worst thing one can be. It’s devastating.

The awareness week isn’t really about telling people to be bodypositive. It’s about getting the public to realize eating disorders are important and serious. It’s about educating others about warning signs and how they can help. It’s about telling those who are suffering that there is help, and hope and recovery is possible.

Eating disorders frequently go unrecognized by others, and often those affected deny they have a serious problem. But that can change, and being aware of eating disorders and their significance is the first step. The National Eating Disorders Association has a website with resources to educate yourself on how to seek help. You can call the University Help Center at (301) 314-4357 or NEDA at (1-800) 9312237. And if you or a friend is struggling with an eating disorder I urge you not to hesitate in educating yourself and seeking help. Eating disorders can be scar y, but don’t let them get ugly.

Mercedes Valero is a sophomore materials science and engineering major. She can be reached at mvalero16@gmail.com.

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Whatever Werks Upstart jam band The Werks lifts its profile while mashing musical styles

BY ZACHARY BERMAN Senior staff writer

Ever y year, dozens of bands come and go from the jam band circuit so quickly it’s as if they had never existed — and that makes Ohiobased jam band The Werks’ uncanny rise to prominence even more exciting.

Formed in 2007, The Werks have quickly become one of the most sought-after young improvisational groups in the jam scene, appearing at several large festivals in 2011, including All Good Music Festival and Camp Bisco. The band will appear at the 8x10 in Baltimore on Saturday.

Unsurprisingly, The Werks’ popularity stems mainly from its hybridized style of music, which incorporates everything from funk to trance-fusion into long, exploratory sets.

“I’m ver y pleased with the way the music is going,” said guitarist Chris Houser. “As of right now, we are constantly progressing, taking little pieces of music we are interested in and playing what we like to hear. My influences, personally, are Phish and the Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident and Umphrey’s McGee, but when I was younger I was more into [Jimi] Hendrix and Green Day. The rest of band was influenced by all kinds of music as well.”

In keeping with its influences, the band is tentatively scheduled to release its third studio album on April 20.

Houser noted that, this time around, the songwriting process was often just a spontaneous a mesh of ideas.

“It’s way different than playing live,” said Houser. “I was very uncomfortable going into the recording process — I’d much rather play on stage.

Still, if you use your time wisely in the studio and get used to the process, it’s easier to get exactly what you want.”

Estimable chops aside, The Werks have gained further notoriety for a decidedly aggressive grassroots ad campaign.

Beyond more common tactics such as post-concert handouts and online ads, a swarm of free neon-yellow stickers invaded numerous summer festivals in 2011, all carrying the band’s brilliantly simple “Werk It!” slogan.

While some festival-goers thought it was a bit over the top, the band found most people willing to slap the bright stickers on caps and shirts, often for days at a time. According to Houser, there was no doubt, after the fact, that the stickers had made an impact.

“It absolutely helped us a lot,” said Houser. “The phrase comes to mind: ‘Out of sight, out of mind.’ The more you see something the more you remember it. The term ‘Werk It!’ started with friends and fans, so we naturally decided to put it on the stickers and try to get people to wear them.”

Obviously, the group is doing something right, considering the band was able to host its own festival in 2011, the second annual Werk Out Music and Arts Festival.

There are already plans to bring the festival, which is located in Ohio amidst the band’s core fan base, back for a third round in September.

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to do with last year’s festival than the other members of the band and the festival managers, Houser is ver y cognizant of the work that goes into putting on a big festival and making an impression on the jam community.

“Last year was the second year, and it was twice as big,” said Houser. “It’s not just us, but a real big team that helps put the festival on. As far as being the band at the center of it all, very stressful and rewarding all at the same time.

But in the end it’s definitely worth all the work.”

The Werks will perform at the 8x10 on Saturday. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10. berman@umdbk.com

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For second time this season, Zeller is too much for Terps Tar Heels center finishes with 30 points after dominant night inside

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the second half,” Turgeon said.

“Our spacing was better, we were getting really good looks, and then the bottom just fell out. We started fouling them, they kept getting to the line, and we lose confidence pretty quickly.”

The Terps dealt with foul trouble throughout the second half as forward Ashton Pankey and centers Berend Weijs and Alex Len all picked up four fouls by the 11:08 mark of the second half.

Pankey fouled out with 10:23 left and Len exited with five fouls less than three minutes later.

The four had a load of trouble trying to contain Zeller. The senior center went 20-for-23 from the free-throw line, the most ever attempted in the Dean Dome and two more than the entire Terps team (21).

“I’ve never seen a big man shoot that many free throws in my life,” Padgett said. “He did a great job establishing position and drawing contact.”

Said Turgeon: “It’s hard to do things with my team this year. I’ll leave it at that. It’s hard. Then we start playing soft because guys aren’t trying to foul and then they wind up fouling.”

Zeller finished with 30 points and eight rebounds, while Henson added 19 points and nine rebounds.

Along with the Tar Heels’ frontcourt play, turnovers killed the Terps’ chances of an upset.

They had 11 by halftime, and their total of 17 was their highest in ACC play this season.

While guard Nick Faust led the team in scoring with a careerhigh 17 points, the absence of former starting point guard Pe’Shon Howard (knee) was apparent.

The Tar Heels, who finished with 18 assists, had 21 points off the Terps’ turnovers.

“We’re just not the same team without him and it’s pretty obvious,” Turgeon said of Howard. “I thought Nick was good, [but] he

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win an ACC title, but we won the national championship.”

The similarities don’t stop with the team’s postseason standing, however. Both the 2006 and 2012 Terps faced similar struggles against one of their highly ranked conference opponents.

In 2006, the Terps’ Achilles’ heel was Duke. They twice fell to the Blue Devils during the regular season, failing to get the best of their rival until the ACC Tournament semifinals. Then they beat them again in the national championship game.

The Terps split the season series with No. 5 Duke this season, so it’s clear the Blue Devils have not posed the same problem.

Instead, a different ACC foe has given them troubles so far in 2012.

This year, the No. 7 Hurricanes became the first team other than Duke since 2005 to defeat the Terps twice in the same season. They ended the team’s 16-0 start with a 75-63 victory in Coral Gables, Fla., on Jan. 12 before beating them again, 76-74, in Comcast Center exactly one month later.

Just as their predecessors did in 2006, the Terps could have another chance against their conference rival. If both teams

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Giameo’s addition built off the signings of Dodds and Karen Tang, two highly touted recruits who are now emerging as leaders in their sophomore seasons. And it likely helped entice Kathy Tang, the No. 2 prospect in the class of 2012.

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turned it over too much. He turned it over three straight times right after the technical. It went from [a] 12[-point deficit] to 23 quick and it was over.”

The Terps couldn’t take advantage of a North Carolina starting lineup featuring three walk-ons, and they quickly trailed 16-4 after missing 10 of their first 12 shots and committing four turnovers. Led by Zeller’s 15 points and five rebounds, North Carolina took a 36-25 lead into halftime. Henson added 10 points and four rebounds as the Tar Heels had their way in the pain.

The Terps came within 36-30 less than a minute into the second half, but any hopes faded as Zeller and Henson continued their dominance in the paint.

Guard Terrell Stoglin finished with 16 points on 18 shots, while Padgett had his second career double-double (13 points and 13 rebounds).

Mosley struggled all night, hitting just one of his nine shots as he played through an ankle injury suffered on a block in the first half. Turgeon said he’ll rest the guard and hope he returns in time for Sunday’s game against Virginia.

“A lot of people are upset, a lot of people are disappointed,” Padgett said. “We just have to move on, we have a home game on Sunday to satisfy our home game and our fans. This is the past. We all wanted this game and it was a great opportunity, but unfortunately we didn’t get it.”

The Terps will need to win against the Cavaliers and have Clemson lose twice to move up to the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament. If not, they can drop no lower than eighth. They have now dropped three of their past four games and seven of their past eight road contests.

“It’s been very difficult,” Faust said of the team’s struggles to end the year. “You just have to keep your head and keep pushing.” ceckard@umdbk.com

move past their quarterfinal opponents tomorrow, the two teams will meet again in Saturday’s semifinals — just as the Terps and Blue Devils did six years ago.

“You can draw on a lot of different things,” Frese said. “This tournament is going to be exciting. Whichever teams come through, they’re going to be great matchups.”

If the Terps do end up meeting Miami for the third time Saturday, it won’t take much for the team to get motivated.

“We owe them one,” guard Laurin Mincy said. “If we’re lucky enough to get the matchup, we’re going to be ready to play.”

Frese said before the season that this Terps unit is the most title-ready she’s coached since the 2006 team. Should the Terps have to face the Hurricanes for a third time, anything that happened in January or February won’t matter. Just like in 2006.

“The slate is wiped clean,” Frese said. “This is a new season.”

TERPS NOTE: The Terps received more conference honors on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Guard Brene Moseley was named to the All-ACC Freshman team on Tuesday, and sophomore center Alicia DeVaughn was named to the All-ACC Defensive Team yesterday. vitale@umdbk.com

Stephanie, who has done an amazing job for us, just shows the direction of our program in that we’re getting better and better each year and we’re getting better recruits,” Dodds said. “We’re really moving up as a program as a whole.”

Despite the pressures that accompany a top-ranked freshman, Giameo said she has not had any issues.

“I am the leadoff on a couple of events and it feels great to

After Tyler Zeller scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds in North Carolina’s Feb. 4 win over the Terrapins men’s basketball team, the Terps knew they’d have to contain the Tar Heels’ star forward in his final game at the Dean E. Smith Center last night.

Coach Mark Turgeon gave freshman center Alex Len his first start since a Jan. 21 loss at Temple, hoping to stymie the forward who entered the night averaging 15.7 points per game.

But in the end, Zeller proved too powerful for Len — and forwards James Padgett, Ashton Pankey and Berend Weijs — as he steamrolled the frontcourt for 30 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and two steals en route to an 8864 Tar Heels win.

“We couldn’t guard him all night,” Turgeon said. “He kept drawing fouls on us and controlled the game on the foul line.”

In North Carolina’s 83-74 win at Comcast Center last month, Zeller hurt the Terps from the free-throw line, making eight of his nine attempts. But he did even more damage from the charity stripe last night, making 20 of 23 attempts — numbers well above the 5.5 free-throw attempts he’d averaged entering the game.

It was a familiar story for a Terps unit outmatched in both size and skill. Along with Zeller, the Terps haven’t had answers for Duke’s Mason Plumlee — who recorded double-doubles in both Blue Devils wins this year, including 23 points and 12 rebounds Jan. 25 — and Virginia’s Mike Scott, who scored 25 points in the Cavaliers’ blowout win Feb. 18.

Any combination of forwards Turgeon put on the floor was overwhelmed, either by Zeller’s sheer power or his ability to draw fouls.

With 7:37 left last night, both

LIN from page 8 Tillman said, Lin was there.

“He was always in there,” Tillman said last week. “He was always shooting. He would come early in the morning, he would stay late at night.”

It’s that same work ethic that has helped turn the quiet, devoutly religious TawaineseAmerican into a media darling this season. After not being selected in the 2010 NBA Draft, Lin endured four stints in the Developmental League and two NBA cuts before taking the final spot on a depleted Knicks roster.

Less than five weeks after arriving in New York, Lin came off the bench to score 25 points in a win over former Terp Jordan Williams and the New Jersey Nets. The rest, as they say, is history.

Tillman has followed Lin’s rise closely, and said he’s “not surprised at all” with the gym rat’s success. He believes Lin’s story is a testament to the power of never giving up on a dream.

And just to make sure the lessons of that story weren’t lost on his players, Tillman prepared a five-minute video segment on Lin’s path to the NBA and presented it at a team meeting last week.

“I just kind of wanted to reinforce to them, you don’t just

lead off the team that way,” Giameo said. “I’ve adjusted really well coming here, the team is awesome and they’re always there to support you.”

Of course, Giameo has also benefited from the Terps’ supportive team atmosphere.

Unlike the team-oriented structure of college gymnastics, club gymnastics results are strictly individual.

“Having your team all around you, supporting you

North Carolina forward Tyler Zeller, left, finished with 30 points, eight rebounds, two steals and three blocks on his Senior Night last night. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Len and Pankey had fouled out. Pankey’s night was particularly abysmal, leaving the game midway through the second half with zero points and zero rebounds in just seven minutes of play.

“Zeller’s pretty crafty at getting in there and drawing fouls and doing the things he needs to do down there,” Turgeon said. “He can score in a variety of ways. Tonight, it was the foul line.”

And it wasn’t just Zeller that hurt the Terps. Forward John Henson came off the bench to score 19 points and grab nine rebounds, punctuating his night on an alleyoop from guard Kendall Marshall with 5:06 left. Providing a contrast to Zeller’s bulk and power, the sophomore’s length and athleti-

end up somewhere,” Tillman said. “Sometimes you have a journey and you have a road and there are challenges along the way. There’s some adversity, some pitfalls. But you can’t lose sight of what is really important to you. You’ve got to keep chasing that dream.”

The presentation was a welcome sight for a team trying to overcome its own set of obstacles. After losing in the national title game last May, the No. 5 Terps (2-0) had to listen as pundits questioned their chances of making another deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

After all, the critics reasoned, the Terps had lost 17 seniors. They would surely need to rebuild after losing more than 40 percent of their offense and five of their top six defensemen to graduation.

“It’s hard to ignore it when it’s out there,” goalkeeper Niko Amato said before the season started. “You know, I definitely have seen stuff saying that we might not be as talented this year, that we might not go as far in the tournament. We definitely use that as motivation.”

Much like Lin, the Terps have exceeded expectations to put together an impressive start to the season. In their first two games, the team tallied convincing wins over two potential NCAA Tournament teams in Hartford and Georgetown. It’s scored 28 goals, and,

and cheering you on, it’s really great,” Giameo said. “When I’m up there on the balance beam or on the floor or the vault, I hear everybody cheering for me and that really helps me get through.”

Giameo’s ability to perform at a high level in her first collegiate season has been a key factor in the Terps’ success this year. The Terps have posted four scores of more than 194 points this season, including

cism was yet another facet the Terps’ frontcourt couldn’t handle.

“They’re very long,” Padgett said. “They establish good position. They work real well together with boxing each other out and helping with offensive rebounds.”

But there was at least one bright spot for the Terps’ frontcourt, at least on the stat sheet. Despite being in foul trouble, Padgett managed to record a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The team’s defense also held Zeller to 5-for-12 shooting from the field, and kept the Tar Heels less than 40 percent for the game.

That didn’t change the bottom line for the Terps: They were in too big of a hole and missing too many critical

pieces for any real damage to be done. The fruitless defense of Zeller, Henson and fellow forward Harrison Barnes seemed to carry over on the other end, where Len, Pankey and Weijs combined for just eight points and seven rebounds. In the teams’ last meeting against North Carolina, Len went for 12 points and nine rebounds by himself.

In the end, Turgeon and the Terps had no answer for Zeller. After another defeat that included yet another dominant performance by an opposing big man, Turgeon could only look toward the future.

“Maybe [Len] can be that guy in the future for us,” Turgeon said. dgallen@umdbk.com

Coach John Tillman has used Jeremy Lin’s story as a motivational tool for the Terps. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

outside of the six scored its bench surrendered in the final five minutes against the Hoyas, allowed just 11.

But the Terps are far from content. Starting 2-0 is one thing. Achieving their dream of hoisting the program’s first national championship trophy since 1975 is another.

“You’ve got to keep chasing that dream,” Tillman said.

“And you’ve got to fight through those tough times, or you’re never going to get what you really want or what your dreams are.”

The Terps’ first major test of

three in the last four meets.

Her contributions are not lost on those around her.

“Every meet, she comes to compete,” Dodds said. “She’s ready to go, which is huge for a rookie because that’s something you gain with experience.

And she already has it as a freshman, which is incredible.”

There’s no denying that Giameo has impressed in her rookie campaign, but that’s not what really excites Nelligan. He

the year will likely arrive Saturday, when they host No. 8 Duke. But before he worries too much more about that today, Tillman has to take care of some business first: He has to check the box score of the Knicks’ 120-103 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers last night. He has to see if Lin is keeping his team’s dream alive.

“I’m really happy for him,” Tillman said. “He was a great guy. He didn’t say a whole lot, but I’m not shocked.” letourneau@umdbk.com

is more focused on the fact that she still has more than three seasons remaining in College Park. It’s just the beginning.

“For her to be this successful this early, it’s unheard of,” Nelligan said. “I’m excited to see the future because if this is where she’s starting, who knows what she can do over the next three years. There’s no limit.” popper@umdbk.com

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Sports

Women’s lax regroups The Terps women’s lacrosse team hopes to put a loss to Duke behind it as it readies for Virginia. Read more at umdbk.com.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

TAR HEELS 88, TERPS 64

For Terps, ’06 doesn’t seem all too far removed

Blue streak

Frese sees similarities in her title, current teams

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

Almost exactly six years ago, Brenda Frese embarked on a 320-mile trip that took her to Greensboro, N.C., and the ACC Tournament. A 26-3 Terrapins women’s basketball team ranked No. 4 in the nation and No. 3 in the conference came along for the ride.

Sounds familiar, right?

The 10th-year coach will make the same trip to the conference tournament this weekend, this time bringing with her a similarly talented 25-4 Terps team ranked No. 6 in the country and No. 3 in the conference.

The Terps went on to win the 2006 national championship, the only one in program history. And for the first time since that team’s core graduated, it looks as if the Terps have a real chance at capturing a second. “[This year] reminds me of 2006, when we had lost to Duke and North Carolina, who were battling it out,” Frese said. “We didn’t make it to the [ACC] championship game or

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MEN’S LACROSSE

Terps’ Tillman has own case of ‘Linsanity’ Ex-Harvard coach using Knick’s rise as example Center Alex Len watches as North Carolina forward John Henson finishes a slam dunk during the Tar Heels’ 88-64 win last night. The loss was the third in four games for coach Mark Turgeon, pictured below (second from left). PHOTOS BY CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU

Tar Heels put away Terps with dominant second half

The Terps never come closer than 18 points the rest of the game.

“I felt really good about the way we started

Since his sudden rise to stardom early last month, Jeremy Lin has captivated the nation.

The second-year Harvard point guard has emerged from obscurity to spark one of the NBA’s most storied franchises, the New York Knicks. He’s averaged 22.3 points and nine assists per game during a 10-3 run that has vaulted his team into the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

In the process, he’s become perhaps the biggest story in basketball this season, immersing American audiences in a total state of “Linsanity.”

The Terrapins men’s lacrosse office inside Comcast Center is no exception.

Coach John Tillman led the Crimson during Lin’s final three seasons on the Cambridge, Mass., campus. And although he never got to know the former Ivy League Most Valuable Player personally, he saw plenty of him.

Tillman’s office was located next to Lavietes Pavilion, the home of Harvard’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. He would often make the short trek over to the Pavilion to visit with his good friend, Tommy Amaker, Lin’s coach at Harvard.

Every time he stepped into that building,

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see LIN, page 7

BY CHRIS ECKARD Senior staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Moments before tipoff last night, North Carolina star forward John Henson broke down dancing to House of Pain’s “Jump Around” near the bench and student section inside the Dean Dome.

In the days before, students across the Chapel Hill campus had told North Carolina coach Roy Williams, “Good luck Saturday,” with no real regard or care for what team was up next.

This, it seemed, was just how little an overmatched Terrapins men’s basketball team mattered to a sixth-ranked, ACC-leading Tar Heels team set to face Duke in a few days’ time.

By game’s end, not much had changed, with the Terps offering nothing more than a small bump on North Carolina’s road to a winnertake-all rematch against the Blue Devils. Henson and senior center Tyler Zeller powered the Tar Heels to a dominating 88-64 win against the Terps (16-13, 6-9 ACC) on Senior Night.

It was sealed midway through the second half, when the Tar Heels (26-4, 13-2) ripped off 14

straight points in a 21-1 run that saw the Terps’ deficit run to a season-worst 31 points. During that stretch, the team committed turnovers on four straight possessions, and Turgeon picked up his third technical foul of the season.

Staff writer

GYMNASTICS

Skilled beyond her years Only a freshman, touted Giameo already leading Terps this year

BY DANIEL POPPER Staff writer

For most freshmen, adjusting to the newfound freedom of college life is a challenge in and of itself.

There are the sudden responsibilities of doing your own laundry, making your own class schedule, buying your own food.

Then there are the obstacles rookie student-athletes need to

overcome — namely, becoming acclimated to the rigors of collegiate competition.

Less than two months into her freshman campaign, Terrapins gymnast Stephanie Giameo seems to have it all figured out.

Giameo has made an immediate impact this season, quickly settling into the Terps’ leadoff position on beam, vault and floor.

She’s repaid coach Brett Nelligan

for his trust, averaging a score of 9.669 on beam, 9.622 on vault and 9.741 on floor.

As the Terps prepare for Saturday’s tri-meet against New Hampshire and Bridgeport, the team is thankful for everything Giameo’s already been able to provide.

“Being able to rely on her to hit and not only hit, but put up 9.8s has been huge for our team and for our team’s confidence, particularly on

beam,” sophomore Katy Dodds said yesterday. “When she’s able to hit a good routine first like that, it just keeps flowing off of her.”

When Giameo committed to the Terps last year, she was considered the No. 9 gymnastics prospect in the nation. Her signing was considered a major step forward for a program trying to compete with the

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Freshman Stephanie Giameo, left, and the Terps will compete in a tri-meet against New Hampshire and Bridgeport this weekend. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK