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Experts: VAWA doesn’t go far enough Univ. professors say act should focus on empowerment, not upping enforcement

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer Although many students and higher education officials were relieved when Congress passed a measure last week that would ensure

universities continue to receive federal funding for sexual assault prevention programs, some said there is still more to be done for domestic abuse victims.

After weeks of political gridlock, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the Violence

Against Women Act, which helps victims of sexual assault. While many chastised national leaders for prolonging the bill’s passing, the real criticism should be placed on where the act falls short, said Melinda Chateauvert, African American Studies professor.

Ideal domestic violence legislation would focus on empowering victims, helping them get jobs and

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becoming self-sufficient, Chateauvert said. But the original legislation passed in 1994 and its changes through reauthorization over the years have put too much emphasis on putting people behind bars and ratcheting up enforcement for sex crimes, she added.

“There’s a group of feminists who believe that every problem can be solved by imprisonment or by

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FEBRUARY 2012 WINGS (ANY STYLE) 3,320 MOZZARELLA STICKS 3,861 SANDWICHES 8,261

WINGS (ANY STYLE) 4,113 MOZZARELLA STICKS 3,229 SANDWICHES 3,672 BBQ JERK/FISH NAAN 668 RAMEN 396 BURRITOS 294

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here to please Dining Services revamps dining halls’ Late Night menus in response to declining student interest in traditional items

By Teddy Amenabar Staff writer Hungry students bored with mozzarella sticks and chicken wings will have new options this semester as Dining Services unveils a new Late Night menu.

Dining Services officials are looking to add variety and more nutritional value to the Late Night

menus at the North and South Campus dining halls with burritos, naan sandwiches and ramen bowls. Students can still order the Late Night classics, but now have the option of eating more exotic fare.

“Students eat a lot during Late Night — it’s really a fourth meal period,” said Bart Hipple, Dining Services spokesman. “It’s not a light, little kind-of snack; there are people

who get significant nutrition at Late Night. So to have variety at that part of the day is important.”

Officials used student input from the Residence Hall Association’s Dining Services Advisory Board as well as past sales data to craft a new menu they hope will appeal to shifting student tastes.

After crunching the numbers, officials realized that interest in menu

Helping spread the magic Obama honors university physics professor with National Medal of Science, nation’s top science honor

By Madeleine List Staff writer Something changed for Sylvester “Jim” Gates Jr. the day his high school physics teacher rolled a marble down a yardstick, challenging his class to describe its movement with an equation.

“It was the first time I understood that mathematics wasn’t just something you could write on paper,” said Gates, who’s taught physics on the campus for about 26 years. “It was the only piece of real magic I had ever seen.”

Whether Gates is teaching students at the university, speaking on TV or starring in a science documentary, he works to create that same understanding and wonder for his audience. And on Feb. 1, his efforts brought him before President Obama at the White House, where he was awarded the nation’s top

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science honor, The National Medal of Science.

Gates has been recognized for numerous achievements, including being the first black American to hold an endowed chair in physics at a major research university. However, receiving the National Medal of Science is his proudest achieve-

ment yet, he said. As a theoretical physicist, the concepts have become much more complex than those he first tackled in high school, but the general relationship between math and everyday life is still significant.

“Like a novelist creates characters,

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Officials study Mall drainage issues Soil is not sufficient to handle heavy rain

By Fatimah Waseem Staff writer Rainy days often leave puddles of water on McKeldin Mall, blocking many of the pathways crisscrossing the nine-acre land stretch. To know part of the reason, you have to dig beneath the surface.

A century ago, the university filled the mall — then a deep valley with a small stream running through — with soil and channeled an underground pipe through the water to make a suitable drill field for university cadets. This filling-in, leveling, shoveling and unearthing work, See mall, Page 3

items tended to wane over time.

They’re hoping to remedy the problem by offering different meals each night of the week, said Senior Executive Chef John Gray.

For example, when the hot sandwich line opened for Late Night at the North Campus Dining Hall, sales started out high.

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Students confess secrets on new Twitter account @UMDConfessions boasts more than 4,400 followers

By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer

jim gates, a university physics professor, was honored at the White House last month with the National Medal of Science. He said physics was “the only real piece of magic I had ever seen.” file photo/the diamondback

passing tougher laws,” Chateauvert said. “That’s not what I think we should be doing.”

The act has passed through Congress relatively easily in past years, but was held up in debates this year.

The holdup stemmed from House Republicans wanting to pass a bill that did not include protections for

Students can learn many things at this university, but learning to keep secrets doesn’t seem to be on most of their lesson plans.

For the creator of @UMDConfessions, the latest Twitter account to grab students’ attention, it’s been a crash course in ethics.

The sophomore business major won’t reveal his name, as he said it goes against the spirit of the account. And, as his inbox rapidly fills up with confessions, he’s come to recognize that he holds a great deal of power — power with which he’s not sure he’s comfortable.

He had no idea the account

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would gain as much popularity as it has. Everything started while the elusive creator was on a study break and spontaneously decided to create it.

“It was completely random,” he said. “I did it just because.”

There wasn’t much response the first couple of days, he said. But suddenly, the account’s following took off and grew exponentially. @UMDConfessions has more than 4,400 followers, ranging from students at this university to students at other schools who wish they had come here.

“One day I checked my account and I saw like 1,000 followers,” he said. “I didn’t even know what to do with them, so I just kept up with it.”

The creator has received thousands of confessions, he said. Using an anonymous Web form, people can submit their secrets without revealing their identities. For those who are feeling bold, they can submit their secrets to an email address or directly

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There are close to 3,500 unopened responses in his inbox, the creator said, and they keep coming.

“I probably get 50 confessions every minute or two,” he said.

“They range from funny to grotesque, and I just pick the ones I think are more appropriate,” he said. “But the more followers I gain, I have to realize that I have to shape my tweets.

In the beginning, I would post half the stuff I got.”

Of the responses he gets, he posts maybe 10 percent, and that’s being generous. He can’t even get through all of the submissions, let alone post every single one.

Some are funny, some are sad and some are more disturbing than he would like to post.

Others involve high-profile students and athletes.

“I have no idea what happens in athletes’ lives, but they’ve given me a lot of names, mentions of student-athletes and

there’s stuff from athletes to other athletes,” he said. “If someone sends me a name, I omit it. I could get in a lot of trouble and it’s just unnecessary.”

Fo r s t u d e n t s w h o h a ve Twitter accounts and even those who don’t, scrolling through the anonymous confessions of their classmates is entertaining, many said.

There’s the student who nursed an injured squirrel back to health in his or her dorm room and the secret admirer who goes late to 251 North to watch his or her favorite employee work.

Katie Dryhurst, a junior business major, said she doesn’t have a Twitter account herself, but she has seen the posts.

“I think they’re funny,” she said. “I guess if I had a confession I wanted people to know about, it might be fun if I did [send it].”

Dryhurst, who is also a resident assistant in Denton Hall, said she and her fellow RAs are intrigued and alarmed at some of the posts, such as the one about students playing sex truth or dare in the basement without getting caught.

“they range from funny to grotesque, and i just pick the ones i think are more appropriate.” @UMDCONFESSIONS CREATOR Sophomore business major

The creator said he’s been impressed by the account’s following, as well as the crop of copycats that have sprung up.

He said he’s only responsible for the Twitter account, but finds the other Facebook pages and similar accounts flattering, though they might not be up to the same standards he holds for the confessions he posts.

“The Facebook account did have a lot of inappropriate and shocking sex-related stuff,” said sophomore accounting major Lizzy Eisenrauch. “Overall, I think it’s a cool idea because people get to write in their secrets and the things they think about.”

While some students have responded positively, others are crying foul. Freshman business major Michael Schwartz, along with several other Twitter users, isn’t so convinced the newsumdbk@gmail.com confessions are real.

dining From PAGE 1 “That was a big hit,” Gray said.

But after a successful start, sales began to plummet. Gray attributes the drop in revenue to bored students: After the novelty wore off, students just didn’t seem to want the sandwiches when they had newer Late Night specials to satisfy their cravings.

And that kind of sales pattern wasn’t unique to the hot sandwiches, Hipple said. Dining Services sees that many of the Late Night options make permanent menu fixtures, which is why the menu has changed over the years.

“Years ago, Late Night was

late night at the North and South Campus dining halls is more like a fourth meal for some students, and they now have more options with an expanded menu. file photos/the diamondback

“I don’t believe half the stuff people write,” Schwartz said. “If I were going to confess to something, I would probably confess to people I confide in.”

The creator said he has gotten a number of tweets, along with emails and submissions, accusing him of making the secrets up himself. Submitters have sent messages that include, “Post this so I know it’s real” and “I know this is fake.”

He assures everything he posts is 100 percent user-submitted. None of the secrets, real or fake, are from him. He even posted a picture of one such submission through the anonymous Web form he set up, hoping to show followers he was telling the truth.

Still, he said the accusations don’t bother him. The idea is that students can get their secrets off their chests, and that’s what’s important.

“I don’t really care that much,” he said. “Yes, the account’s important to me, but it’s not so important that I think I should try to defend myself.”

“More options make it better for students — it makes them want to go to Late night.”

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Freshman mechanical engineering major pretty much burgers and fries and wings and that’s about it,” Hipple said.

Now, the dining halls will offer Late Night-exclusive specials — like the grilled chocolate cake served last month — and include healthier items to try to draw in more students.

Gray said he isn’t so sure that the new changes will address all student concerns, but they’re a start. The biggest concern is adding healthier food, because

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there’s no simple way to give students attractive options that pack a nutritional punch.

“A lot of times, if it’s healthy, they won’t buy it,” Gray said.

“So you’ve got to take a combination of what they like, what they perceive as healthy and what is healthy.”

DSAB Chairwoman Devrie Stellar said the changes are welcome ones, as students on the board have long advocated for more Late Night options.

“Not everyone likes mozzarella sticks and b uffalo wings,” she said. “I haven’t heard any complaints about the new items; I’ve just heard good things.”

Students who tried the new meals said the changes are an upgrade from the old menu.

Freshman civil engineering major Chris Endryas said he got the naan sandwich on his most recent late-night trip to the dining hall and found the quality impressive.

“It’s pretty nice as far as options go,” Endryas said. “If they keep bringing out new things, I will definitely look into them.”

Others, like freshman mechanical engineering major Jake Kirkwood, said they look forward to getting late-night meals now that the dining halls boast a more robust menu.

“More options make it better for students — it makes them want to go to Late Night,” Kirkwood said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Stamp offices set to see $1 mil renovation Project that started this month builds on summer’s Student Involvement Suite update

By Dustin Levy Staff writer Officials at Stamp Student Union are hoping to squeeze more campus groups into the building’s offices through a $1 million renovation set to begin this month.

Stamp will absorb the America Reads*America Counts program and its volunteer staff of almost 450 this summer, presenting a challenge for a building already tight on space. Officials are working to reorganize and renovate Stamp’s office space so they can accommodate everyone in the most efficient and green way possible.

“We’ve got to find ways to accommodate a large group of people in space that just isn’t there,” said Stamp Director Marsha Guenzler-Stevens.

Every few years, Stamp seeks out the input of the faculty, staff and students who call its office space home. The last review, which took place two years ago,led officials to design a project that would revamp the current space and put departments that work together in closer proximity.The plan

also includes creating a new home for America Reads*America Counts, which school officials displaced from Holzapfel Hall in preparation for accomodating the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center.

“The spaces will be reconfigured to create office space. This is consistent with how departments are organized within the Stamp,” said Steve Gnadt, Stamp associate director. Most of the work will be taking place on the ground and first floors,he said.

Officials began some of the work in the summer, moving student groups on the ground floor and completing a controversial renovation of the Student Involvement Suite. The second phase, however, is set to begin this month and will continue through this coming summer to minimize disruption of the campus community.

“We’ve been in the process of redesigning some of our large office space to accommodate the movement, to accommodate the staff that works in those areas,” Guenzler-Stevens said. “Quite honestly, the biggest piece of construction is what’s going to happen over the summer months.”

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Among the offices moving are the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Leadership and Community Service Learning and the Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy offices.

“We’re happy to have offices, wherever they are,” said Bob Nichols, Fraternity and Sorority Life associate director.

Fraternity and Sorority Life will take over Student Entertainment Events’ old suite at the end of the semester. Nichols said he’s looking forward to the new offices, which Stamp officials designed with input from employees. The new suites will include green materials, such as LED lights instead of fluorescent bulbs, to maximize sustainability and efficiency.

The Graduate Student Life office will be getting a more visible home on the ground floor as well — a welcome change for a group that Guenzler-Stevens said doesn’t get much attention.

“They were always sort of tucked away on the first floor, and so now we really want to make sure that folks can more easily find [Graduate Student Government] and Graduate Student Life,” she said.

The project isn’t without its drawbacks, though.

Workers will have to carve out some space from the ground floor women’s bathroom to make room for the Graduate and Undergraduate Student Life suites, and the offices of Technology Services and Event and Guest Services have “growing staff demands,” Guenzler-Stevens said.

Additionally, officials said they’re trying

students aren’t likely to notice the $1 million renovation that began this month in Stamp Student Union, but it will bring updated and more environmentally friendly office space to several departments. file photo/the diamondback to come up with ways to minimize the construction’s impact on summer conferences, meetings and orientations hosted in Stamp.

Guenzler-Stevens added officials are still working out the kinks of the renovations to the Student Involvement Suite, which displaced a number of student groups. A work group on the controversial suite renovation is set to conclude this semester.

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which the university picked up again in the mid-to-late 1980s, resulted in the addition of soil that was insufficient to handle rain, explaining the water pools on many paths, said Ray Weil, an environmental science and technology professor.

“Water must flow from a watershed one way or another,” Weil said. “The fill soil was too compacted near the surface for good internal drainage, hence the lateral flows across the grass and sidewalks we see whenever we have several days of rainy weather.”

More recent additions to the mall also contribute to the sometimes marshy terrain. For example, there were some trickle-down effects from installing a 16-foot-by-250-foot fountain on McKeldin Mall honoring members of a chapter of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor society.

Ten feet below the fountain, a small watershed with loose soil collects drained water through a ditch filled with gravel.

This trickle-down history lesson — not merely explained by low points that naturally collect water — was presented in Weil’s Fundamentalism of Soil Science class, ENST200. Students said the repercussions of a soil fill-in reaffirmed their appreciation of how the smallest factors, even soil, can affect the area for decades to come. “[The connection] finally makes sense, why the mall turns into a lake when it rains,” said junior psychology major Matthew Cuozzo.

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gay, bisexual or transgender victims, and removed some provisions for Native American women on reservations. Democrats largely supported an expansion of protections to include these groups, but some Republicans wanted to avoid using language that would classify individuals by certain sexual identities.

“I don’t think I will ever understand why certain people were so against including all of those groups,” said Rebecca Krevat, cofounder of Jewish feminist group JFem. “I never really understood why it mattered what type of woman you were.”

President Obama will sign the legislation Thursday, according to a White House news release.

“Conservatives have long been resistant to the whole idea of expanding coverage for protective legislation,” said public policy professor Chris Foreman. “On the other hand, progressives have been anxious to enhance the progressive coalition by covering more people.”

In the background of the political drama, Chateauvert said the real debate over domestic violence is being lost in a dialogue in which the primary objective is criminalization, a part of a movement sometimes referred to as “carceral feminism.”

“It helps to expand efforts to criminalize rather than to create

GATES From PAGE 1 [physicists] create mathematical characters,” he said, adding that at a certain point, the mathematical characters come to life like characters in a book and start to tell their own story. “They tell us things we didn’t know before.”

Gates accepted the medal accompanied by his wife, Dianna Elizabeth Abney, a pediatrician, and twin children, Sylvester James Gates III and Delilah Elizabeth Abney Gates, who are both sophomores at this university.

Gates III said he felt humbled when he learned about his father’s award, and was honored to have a chance to meet the president at the ceremony.

“For him to get this recognition,it makes me so proud,” Gates III said.

Gates, who was also honored at the president’s residence last week, was recognized for his groundbreaking work in supersymmetry, a theory he introduced to the science world in his thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his undergraduate degree. Supersymmetry relates the two basic classes of particles in nature: bosons,which are the particles of forces such as gravity and electromagnetism, and fermions, the particles that make up physical objects, said Keith Burghardt, a physics graduate student who does research with Gates.

It’s a complex subject, but Gates enjoys helping students through the challenges.

“The thing I like most about teaching is the glow in someone’s eye when they

McKeldin Mall has undergone many renovations. The soil on the mall isn’t compact enough to absorb water after heavy rains, so its crisscrossing paths are often spotted by puddles. photo courtesy of ray weil to a large portion of the campus, as even the university’s official tour guide group, Maryland Images, said this historical note was not a part of its tours because the group was not aware of it, said Cuozzo, a group tour coordinator.

Flooding may not have been a pressing concern for early mall engineers, but they certainly had design in mind — many of the strip’s pathways were paved based on routes previously taken by members of the university community, according to Images. And the current sidewalks of the mall, which is the largest academic mall in the country, were put into place following major renovations in 1990.

The fountain, which aggravated irrigation issues, is also highly symbolic. Each fountain tier represents one of the leadership qualities found in ODK members, engraved with quotations from Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Martin Luther

King, Jr., the symbol of ODK and a listing of fraternity members from the university, according to University Archives.

The sundial, originally a gift from the class of 1965, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and friends of Uco Van Wijk, a professsor, was also renovated with donations from the class of 1990, according to University Archives.

Trekking across the mall after a storm isn’t always pleasant, said freshman Patience Williams, but only certain areas are troublesome.

“It’s annoying, but they clean it up in adequate time. It’s not that big of a hassle to walk around the puddle,” the finance and information systems major said, adding,“If it’s history, it’s fine.”

“That’s what rain boots are for,” added junior community health major Nandi McCammon.

have understood a new theory,” Gates said.

Burghardt first saw the professor in a NOVA special on PBS before meeting him in person.

“It’s hard to describe. It was like meeting a celebrity, but he’s not a celebrity,” Burghardt said. “He’s down to earth.”

Students said he excels at explaining complicated concepts.

“In physics, it’s very easy to get lost in the details and the mathematics and lose sight of what you’re talking about,” said sophomore mathematics and physics major Stephen Randall, one of his students.“Jim is very good at darting back and forth between the computations you have to know and the concepts you can’t miss.”

When he’s not teaching or appearing in documentaries, he spends his time researching theoretical physics and influencing public policy by serving on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

From an early age, Gates said he always knew he wanted to become a scientist.

As a child, he consumed a variety of science fiction movies and comic books, but his particular inspiration was Reed Richards, a fictional scientist and founding member of the Fantastic Four. By his second week of physics class in his junior year of high school, Gates decided he wanted to be a physicist.

Though his hopes and plans were materializing quickly, Gates wasn’t always sure his dream was within grasp. He attended an all-black high school in Orlando, Fla., before integration, and even though he graduated as valedictorian of his class, he didn’t think a prestigious college would

accept a black student. Discrimination nearly kept him from moving forward.

Buthisdad,Gates’“hero,”convincedhim to apply to MIT.And sure enough,he got in.

His two children are now pursuing their own careers in science, though he didn’t intentionally persuade them to choose majors in the field, he said.

But for Gates’ son, a cell biology and genetics major who’s grown up with a father who is a prominent scientist and a mother who is a doctor, science has always been a big part of life, he said.

“I’ve always been motivated to understand and achieve something in science,” Gates III said. His goal is to work with neurodegenerative disorders to find cures or lessen the effects of diseases like Alzheimer’s.

For Gates, research is definitely still in his future, but lately he has been increasingly interested in shaping policy around science and education, he said.

“Many people don’t seem to understand why we need to invest in science in order to have a bright economic future,” he said.

If society is going to progress, Gates said, continuing scientific research is going to be extremely important, especially if technologies like hovercrafts — the stuff of science fiction movies that inspire many to pursue the field — are to become a reality.

“If humanity is ever going to have those kinds of devices, someone has to figure out the equation to make them work. Now is the time to be doing that,” he said. “If we get it right, something magical is going to happen.”

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Nevertheless, officials are confident the renovations will create a more efficient work environment for those who already work at Stamp and for new staff members, as well as students visiting these departments.

“We hope we’re going to do some pretty exceptional work in reconceptualizing what work space is,” Guenzler-Stevens said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

“Nobody wants to address ways of dealing with violence that don’t involve locking people up for 20 years.”

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African American Studies professor justice,” Chateauvert said. “Nobody wants to address ways of dealing with violence that don’t involve locking people up for 20 years.”

Even though the legislation aims to protect victims, lawmakers are not fully addressing the problems with domestic abuse, Chateauvert said, because it is not a problem that can be fixed by simply funneling government money into enforcement.

“It’s one of those ideas that sounded really good in the first place,” Chateauvert said of the measure, but “it has increasingly become clear that it shows the problems of trying to do social justice work with federal government money.”

Also absent from the debate over the bill is a broader definition of domestic violence, which doesn’t only affect women, as the bill’s language seems to suggest, but also “husbands who are battered by wives” and “partners who are battered by their samesex spouses.”

“It is a very heteronormative pattern that also perpetuates the notion that women are always victimized,” Chateauvert said. “I don’t think it is just about women.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Upcoming events at the 9:30 Club include (counterclockwise from top left) Friday’s Hot in Herre 2000’s dance party, Gloriana on March 26 and Dropkick Murphys on March 10 and 11. photos courtesy of 930club.com

D.C. on a dime: 9:30 club For anyone else who — like me — wishes the university brought in more concerts, this week’s post will be music to your ears. The 9:30 Club, voted the best live music venue

by Esquire Magazine in 2007, has concerts every night of the week, many of which are perfect for a college budget.

From indie bands to big names and everything in between, the 9:30 Club hosts acts to suit any musical taste. Some of my favorites coming up include Friday’s Hot in Herre 2000’s Dance Party and a Gloriana concert on March 26, both for only $15.

Most concerts and events are all ages and acts that are 21 and over are clearly marked on the website, which is also the best place to score tickets. The majority of shows start around 7 p.m. with a few starting as late as 11:30 p.m.

For more of this post, check out The Diamondback’s blogs at diamondbackonline.com.

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Protecting our faculty

arring a snow-related postponement, the University Senate is expected to vote today on updating policies and procedures for non-tenure track faculty — an initiative long overdue. Based on the findings of a recent task force report, the recommendations currently under consideration are humbling to the point of embarrassment. Two years after former interim Provost Ann Wylie and the Senate Executive Committee sought to determine areas of concern regarding non-tenured faculty, a stark, albeit gloomy picture has emerged from this task force: The university is failing a critical component of its community.

Compared to how it treats tenured and tenured-track counterparts, this university has displayed a severe disregard for non-tenured faculty members — most notably in failing to provide them with salaries in line with their experience, skills and contributions. Nearly half of this university’s part-time instructors would earn less than $40,000 a year if they worked full time at their current hourly wages, and most of them enjoy little, if any, job security. This is despite the fact that they generate nearly $100 million a year in research funding, and as the reports put it, “play a ‘major role’ in the university’s service and outreach efforts.”

The report suggests appointments and promotions are done haphazardly, as even non-tenure track employees, who have served this university for multiple years, endure a salary structure based on repeated one-year or one-semester contracts. Such unpredictable work conditions limit

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their ability to plan for the future, both in terms of their research and the families they’re likely struggling to feed. (Not to mention the “substantial administrative costs” to the university.) To add to the uncertainty, performance evaluations are almost exclusively based on online course evaluation tools for instructional faculty, which, as most students can attest, hardly give a full picture of an instructor’s efficacy.

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The University Senate and university President Wallace Loh should ensure all faculty are treated fairly.

For those unconvinced by the urgency of this matter, consider the 3,000 non-tenured faculty members who overwhelmingly outnumber the 1,600 tenured or tenured-track faculty members at this university.

As the percentage of undergraduate courses taught by tenured or tenured-track faculty has steadily declined over the years, non-tenure track faculty members now teach nearly half of undergraduate courses.

For students, these aren’t strangers who are suffering from these poor conditions — they are your teachers.

If common decency wins out, the current proposals will pass easily in the senate. But besides passage there, the measures would require presidential approval before nontenured faculty could ever enjoy these essential provisions. Univer-

sity President Wallace Loh must not squander this opportunity.

The most contentious issue easily may be how non-tenured faculty members are titled — the report recommends referring to them as “professional faculty” or “professionaltrack faculty” — which leads this editorial board to strongly support the task force’s proposals.

Sadly, given this university’s treatment of non-tenured faculty, fairness in the matter is no guarantee.

Nevertheless, providing non-tenured faculty members multiyear contracts, greater representation in the University Senate, appropriate evaluation and promotion guidelines for appointments and the other prescriptions outlined in the task force report are essential for the greater morale and welfare of this university.

None of the eight peer institutions reviewed in the task force report, including the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley, have managed to address these issues of non-tenure track appointments, promotion and integration.

This university has the chance to innovate and inspire beyond promoting entrepreneurship or technologically integrated classrooms for students — it can pave the way for equitable and fair practices in higher education for faculty and students alike.

Further alienating such a large proportion of university faculty members is not the solution. The only reasonable move for the senate (and ultimately, Loh) is to step forward and live up to this university’s ideals of innovation and inclusion.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Being honest with your SO NOAH ROBINSON My wife and I have a great relationship. Our daughter just turned 2 years old, I’m going back to school and we both work full time. The problem is we’ve started fighting about sex. My wife thinks we don’t “do it” enough.

I’ve admitted we’ve slowed down a bit; we now do it about two-to-three times a week. I think that’s a pretty normal drop-off rate considering our increased stress. I’ve told her this, and she starts crying, saying I’m not attracted to her anymore, even though that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Every time I tell her that I’m either not up to it, am too tired or whatever the case may be, I get the third degree and “but you’re a guy!”

What’s going on? How can I fix this problem?

You’ve grown slightly incompatible as sexual partners. She’s taking your hesitancy as a sign that you aren’t attracted to her anymore, as she seems to believe men should want sex all the time. Her belief is the product of a stereotype constantly perpetuated by the media: Men are supposed to always crave sex and women are supposed to give it to them. Stereotypes like this are detrimental to our society, as they lead to inequality and conflict in relationships.

Your wife seems unwilling to accept that stress has decreased your sex drive, and you are frustrated that her sex drive is stronger than yours. This doesn’t sound like a healthy relationship.

The solution is to understand why your wife uses sex to validate your relationship. To her, less sex means a lack of attraction. Obviously this is not the case, and you need to figure out how she developed this belief.

Once you and your wife can express your frustrations, you can begin problem solving. But don’t forget: A healthy relationship in-

volves both partners trying to fulfill the other’s needs.

You need to be attentive to her sexual needs and figure out a way to meet them.

Even if you don’t want to have sex with her, you can help her release these sexual cravings in other ways.

Relationships go through periods of strain, especially during significant life events. Your environment has changed — you have a new child, jobs and less alone time — and your sexual relationship may worsen during this transitional period. Once you settle into a comfortable pattern, however, it will be easier to focus on improving your sex life.

I cheated on my girlfriend two months ago and haven’t told her about it. I’m not sure what to do, since I’ve lied to her for all this time. The secret is eating away at me — should I bury it or bite the bullet and tell her the truth?

You should tell her the truth.

However much you’ve deceived her, holding on to this secret may jeopardize the future of your relationship.

Be honest with her, and tell her why you were scared to admit the truth.

People make mistakes, and it’s OK to admit them. You’re feeling guilty for the lie you’ve upheld, and you’ll feel better once you get it off your chest. Your girlfriend will probably be furious, and it may take her a long time to trust you again.

Regaining her trust is easier than perpetuating this lie. Your unrevealed secret is a crack in the foundation of your relationship, and until you go back to repair it, you’ll be building upon that faulty foundation. This little secret could end up destroying the relationship if it ever comes up in the future. Save yourself the burden of carrying this secret and tell her the truth. In the end, it will be better for both of you.

Noah Robinson is a junior psychology major. He can be reached at noahumd@gmail.com. To submit a n a n o n y m o u s q u e s t i o n , go t o http://tinyurl.com /HumpDayDBK.

Safety past the gates MARIA ROMAS

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Unreasonable reactions to sexual assault LAUREN MENDELSOHN Sexual assault is one of the biggest “silent” issues facing Americans, particularly females. The numbers are staggering: There are more than 207,000 victims every year — one assault every two minutes. In two-thirds of rape cases, the attacker and victim know each other. Since the vast majority of victims are younger than 30 years old, there’s a compelling incentive for colleges to prevent such violence from occurring within their campus communities.

The university has done well in addressing this issue through programs such as the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program, which promotes sexual violence awareness by providing free information, confidential support and accessible resources to those in need of help. SARPP also sponsors the Clothesline Project, during which Hornbake Plaza is filled with T-shirts covered in messages and stories about sexual violence. Our university also has specified sexual assault and misconduct procedures to ensure victims’ safety and increase Terps’ mindfulness of these crimes and their consequences.

While this university has taken strides toward addressing this serious problem and creating a fear-free atmosphere, the same cannot be said

of other comparable schools — most notably, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unlike this university’s policies to protect victims and provide clear instructions for reporting incidences, North Carolina’s policies on “Prohibited Harassment” do not favor the victim, but instead reflect the school’s desire to keep its reputation untarnished by sexual assault cases.

Rather than placing student safety and individual dignity as top priorities, North Carolina sees academic freedom as more important, including freedom from what they see as unnecessary investigation into a student’s life that could affect academic performance. Yet this allows for an egregious outcome: Many accused student-attackers can get away with their crimes.

Landen Gambill, a sophomore at North Carolina, is in the midst of fighting against her school’s backward policies.

Last year, she reported being raped by her then-boyfriend — also a student at North Carolina — to her school, but she faced an Honor Court trial before she could file an official complaint. The Honor Court was composed of students, not law enforcement officials or violence experts.

According to reports, Gambill said the university turned the blame on her at the trial, asking why she didn’t break up with her boyfriend and citing her previous suicide attempt as reasons to reject the “emotionally unstable” student’s complaint. No charges were pressed against her alleged attacker,

who remained unnamed.

North Carolina wanted to drop the case, but Gambill, feeling violated by her peers and administrators, did not give up. She filed a complaint against the school to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights for mistreating victims of sexual abuse and failing to investigate complaints.

In return, she now faces possible expulsion for creating an “intimidating environment” for her alleged rapist, who still resides on the campus.

I’m infuriated by North Carolina’s actions. In what world does it make sense to blame the victim, especially for something with potentially serious psychological consequences? How is speaking out against one’s attacker a violation of school policies? Why does an administration care more about the well-being of the rapist than the wellbeing of the raped?

If this scenario happened here, I’m sure this university would act swiftly to identify the assailant and deliver justice while providing victim assistance. Officials would never dream of expelling a student for defending his or her dignity.

It’s unfortunate other institutions are not on par with this university in terms of civil rights, and it’s because of narrowminded bureaucracies like those found in Chapel Hill that more than half of sexual assaults remain unreported.

La u ren Men delso hn i s a sen i o r psychology major. She can be reached at lmendel1@terpmail.umd.edu.

It is almost impossible to feel safe on this campus at night. Consider the countless alerts we have received this semester, coupled with the obscenely high crime rates themselves; we are left to try to walk quickly through the darkness, hoping to reach our destination before running into trouble.

Yes, crime rates have fallen in the past few years, and University Police are constantly putting together efforts to spread safety initiatives. But as we’ve established with multiple articles, columns and staff editorials, prospective students are being deterred from attending this university because of College Park’s atrocious safety reputation.

So what can we do to solve this problem? There are a number of proposals and some empty promises that have been suggested in hopes of making the campus safer. But there’s one thing about the current safety protocols that simply must change: the ridiculous gates that close off the campus to any traffic past 10 p.m.

Now, initially, I was annoyed at these gates simply for the inconvenience they presented. Digging through my purse for my student ID when I get back to campus after work at 11 p.m. is not something I particularly enjoy, but I put up with it under the guise that it’s “for safety.” Yet as time has gone on, I’ve realized that rather than solving any safety problems, the gates seem to be preventing safety procedures from occurring in the most efficient way possible.

For instance, when someone is robbed or sexually assaulted on the campus — both of which have occurred in the past few years — shouldn’t the police have a direct route to the scene of the crime? If a student is injured or has alcohol poisoning, shouldn’t the ambulance be able to reach the student in the quickest way possible? Having very few entrances that emergency ve-

hicles can easily access late at night is downright dangerous. But nobody seems to consider this.

The gate system doesn’t seem to have aided the prevention of crime.

Just because someone can’t drive onto the campus doesn’t mean he or she can’t park off the campus and walk on to commit the crime, then escape because the police have to wind the way in order to help. And the “checking” system that exists at the main entrances literally consists of the police auxiliary asking where you’re going, and if you don’t have a student ID, you show them a real ID and simply write your name down on a piece of paper. (And let’s be honest, obtaining a fake ID isn’t exactly hard. It would probably be pretty easy to deceive the gate guards and not get caught driving onto the campus.)

That being said, wouldn’t it make sense to have police frequently patrolling through the campus, especially on weekend nights? Bad things are, of course, going on off the campus as well (and without gates, it would be a whole lot easier for police to travel back and forth), but a lot of students have only one way of getting home, and that’s walking or busing through the campus. Shouldn’t they at least be able to feel safe during that time? We’ve been focusing on controlling crime in College Park — we can’t forget about the crime in our backyard.

When Preinkert Drive was blocked over the summer, there was a police car sitting at the gate right next to Commons 7 to let people get to the parking garage. Simply knowing there was an officer within spitting distance of my front door made me feel much safer. We have to consider how to spread this feeling of safety to students across the campus during all times of the year, rather than merely focusing on initiatives that may or may not help improve the city’s reputation. If students feel safe and cared for, then we will know we are taking the right steps to improving the safety of the community as a whole.

Maria Romas is a junior English m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t mromas3@gmail.com.

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REVIEW | SHANGHAI TASTE

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A Rockville Shanghainese restaurant features a classic take on an obscure favorite dish

By Warren Zhang Senior staff writer I have eaten few d ishes t hat compare to the xiaolongbao. I don’t know if there is a cult surrounding the dish, but it would not surprise me.

For the uninitiated, this Shanghainese marvel is a steamed dumpling whose filling contains both meat and a rich, miraculously suspended broth.

It’s a dish that’s both seriously good and seriously hard to make, so restaurants that make good, or even decent, xiaolongbao are hard to come by, especially here.

Enter Shanghai Taste. The reason you’d come to this unassuming restaurant in Rockville is simple: It has the best xiaolongbao in the area. News of this hole-in-the-wall spreads almost entirely by word of mouth — ­ unless you are an avid reader of Chinese newspapers.

You certainly wouldn’t expect greatness from Shanghai Taste’s humble visage. Lodged in the middle

of a tiny strip mall, the restaurant’s muted signage is easily overshadowed by the gelato place next door. Parking is also a nightmare.

The more observant diner, however, might notice the line coming out of the door, at least on weekends. Shanghai Taste follows the most fundamental axiom of Chinese dining: The more Chinese patrons, the more authentic the cuisine.

Supposi ng you do ma nage to weather the line and obtain a seat, don’t expect sterling service. Make no mistake, Shanghai Taste does not exist to impress you — you exist to be impressed by Shanghai Taste.

Waiters speak manageable, if somewhat stilted, English, but most of the time, they’ll be too busy delivering food or taking someone else’s order to help you. Not speaking or reading Chinese does seriously inhibit your ability to order the restaurant’s specialties, so consider dragging a fluent friend with you.

Once the food arrives, however,

you’ll understand the fuss. The xiaolongbao at Shanghai Taste is exquisite. The wrapper, though a bit too thick, will not leak and drain its precious, savory broth like lesser xiaolongbao. The broth, commingled with the standard black vinegar and ginger dip, is as unctuous and rich as foie gras.

Although the pork filling is wellseasoned and cooked, it remains less impressive. How can anything top a violation of physics? I would have liked a crab roe version, but that may be too much for some.

Thankfully, the prices for xiaolongbao and other dishes are reasonable.

You can fill up on baozi or sample their other Shanghainese cuisine.

The smoked fish hits all the right notes: sweet, crunchy and flavorful.

Beef noodle soup has a respectable ratio of solids to broth, but the chunks of beef within could be more tender.

Small pan-fried pastries are all good, though nothing special — they seem more like textures and fleeting hints

LASTING IMPACT | DAVID BOWIE

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By Matt Beinart For The Diamondback To capture the enigmatic spirit of David Bowie is a near-impossible task. From the androgynous alien days of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to the cocaine-fueled, “blueeyed soul” of the Thin White Duke persona, Bowie has made a career out of avoiding the sort of pigeonholing and monotony that swallowed up many of his contemporaries late in their careers.

What makes discovering David Bowie’s discography such a profound journey is experiencing the sheer number of genres and styles firsthand. Starting from his doe-eyed, astral folk days, Bowie seemed to leap from sound to sound on a whim. Rather than simply embracing any one popular trend of the time, he im-

mersed himself in all aspects of performance, from presentation to instrumentation.

From his earliest forays into glam rock, Bowie seemed to embrace the sort of auteurattitude that immediately set him apart from his peers. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, in the hands of most early ’70s artists, would have come off as a cheap publicity stunt and a half-baked rock opera. For Bowie, however, the sincerity he put into committing to character resulted in a work of pure brilliance, combining elements of space rock and folk pop.

While all the characters and makeup were less prevalent as Bowie entered his Young Americans “plastic soul” phase, the ingenuity was certainly still evident. His underrated musicianship in conjunction with his lyrical prowess allowed a consistent stream

rockville’s shanghai taste offers a rich cuisine, the star of which is the best xiaolongbao you don’t have to travel all the way to New York to find. photos courtesy of warren zhang (above) and thelineofbestfit.com (below) of flavor than anything substantial.

It’s true this joint’s xiaolongbao isn’t the best ever. Joe’s Shanghai in New York and Din Tai Fung in Los Angeles are still the standard-bearers this side of the Pacific. As I wrote before, the wrapper’s chunkiness holds it

of album releases that culminated in his excellent “Berlin Trilogy.”

Released from 1977 to 1979, Bowie’s L o w, “ H e r o e s ” a n d L o d g e r albums were revolutionary in combining elements of krautrock, ambient music and art rock into what became the most cerebral works in his discog raphy. Fa stforward 35 years, and the living l e ge n d s e e m s to be return ing to this same thoughtprovoking, heady approach that characterized his best material.

Set to release his first full album of new material in nearly 10 years and his 26th overall, Bowie seems to have picked up where he left off. A quick survey of most comeback attempts in recent memory would turn up sour, with acts such as The Rolling Stones

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getting by merely as a novelty act with their latest record. However, Bowie’s upcoming release, The Next Day, promises to reverse this trend, as it has received rave reviews so far and sees the art-pop legend embracing the same aesthetic used during his famed “Berlin Trilogy.”

Bowie set his precedents from the get-go: Don’t stick to one approach and always be w illing to a d ap t i n o rd e r to perfect your art.

Releasing an album of lackluster songs that felt like leftovers would have never been allowed. Rather, his choice to allot the time to craft a sonically rich record has left Bowie fans with what may be the last chance to appreciate the one and only Thin White Duke. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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2EVEN WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2013 | SPORTS | THE DIAMONDBACK

HEELS From PAGE 8 the break, the early hole proved too great and they ultimately fell by 10.

But much has changed in the past seven weeks. The Terps, who arrived in Chapel Hill, N.C., still feeling the effects of a 13-game nonconference winning streak, have battled chronic inconsistency throughout ACC play.

They haven’t pieced together more than two consecutive conference wins, and a couple recent glaring defeats have nearly extinguished the Terps’ NCAA Tournament hopes.

North Carolina, meanwhile, has emerged as one of college basketball’s hottest teams.

After stumbling to a disappointing 10-5 start, a couple key roster adjustments have helped the Tar Heels string together an 11-3 record since mid-January.

And none of Roy Williams’ tweaks have proven more valuable than the one he made before a Feb. 13 loss at

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then-No. 2 Duke. The veteran coach inserted guard P.J. Hairston into the starting lineup, making North Carolina more capable of running in transition and scoring in bunches.

The move helped spark a five-game winning streak — the Tar Heels’ longest such run this season — and ignited a talented offense. With star forward James Michael McAdoo shouldering much of the scoring load, North Carolina is averaging 75.6 points per game since transitioning to the four-guard lineup.

“It’s totally different, especially on the offensive end,” Turgeon said. “They’re tougher to guard, tougher to match up against.”

The Terps (20-9, 8-8 ACC) will likely need to build off Saturday’s stalwart defensive effort at Wake Forest if they hope to keep pace with the new-look Tar Heels (21-8, 11-5). Turgeon’s squad held the Demon Deacons — a streaky bunch known for hitting jumpers — to just 32.7 percent shooting en route to a much-

FACEOFFS From PAGE 8 of 17 against Holmes — and propelled UMBC to an 8-7 win over the Terps in Baltimore. Raffa, who was expecting to redshirt at the time, watched the Terps lose their fourth game in six tries against the Retrievers from the sidelines.

This year, however, coach John Tillman thinks things will be different.

“Charlie has really come a long way since that game last year,” Tillman said. “Curtis is on his way to being healthier than a year ago. We like both of those guys.”

Raffa is certainly getting more work.

This year he has taken 66 faceoffs through four games after taking 114 in 13 games a year ago, and his season average is nearly 4 percent higher than the .553 mark he posted last season.

The sophomore has established himself as the top option at the faceoff X, but he isn’t the only option. Holmes — who suffered a subpar 2012 campaign while

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Forward James Padgett (left) and guard Logan Aronhalt (right) will be honored during Senior Night when the Terps host North Carolina at Comcast Center. file photos/the diamondback needed 67-57 win.

“They’re just really dangerous offensively and shooting the basketball beyond the arc,” guard Logan Aronhalt said of North Carolina. “Our defense has been getting better, but we’re going to have to take it up a notch tonight to stop their offensive game.”

Still, the Terps could represent North Carolina’s most daunting test since it debuted its small lineup three weeks ago. Center Alex Len should be able to enforce his will down low against a Tar Heels front line that boasts only one starter taller than 6-foot-7, and the Terps’ depth — they play four big men significant minutes —

dealing with a bulging disc in his back — has bounced back this season and is nearing the form that made him one of the nation’s top faceoff specialists two seasons ago.

If Raffa and Holmes fail to produce, the Terps can turn to freshman Andrew Walsh, who ranked sixth in the nation in faceoff percentage as a high school senior last season. Midfielders Jake Bernhardt and Bobby Gribbin have even found success in limited chances facing off.

“There are some options. We always go with the hot hand,” Tillman said. “That’s something we have prepared for considering all the success [UMBC] had last year with [Poe].”

The depth not only gives the Terps options for each game, but it helps the team avoid injury.

In 2011, the Terps relied on Holmes to take more than 94 percent of the team’s faceoffs.

His body didn’t respond well, developing the bulging disc he had removed last summer.

But with Holmes and Raffa splitting opportunities, they are staying healthy.

And that’s going to be important for the

could wear North Carolina out over 40 minutes.

Of course, that’s all assuming tonight’s Senior Night game happens. If Turgeon had it his way, the Terps would play North Carolina in front of a full Comcast Center crowd while snow blanketed College Park — just like they did during “Snowpocalypse” on Feb. 7, 2010.

And as for Turgeon’s kids?

T h ey wo u l d f i n a l ly s to p nagging him about his unfulfilled promise.

“I’m so tired of talking about the weather,” Turgeon said.

“All I hear is we’re supposed to get snow.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

Terps (4-0) if they hope to fend off the Retrievers (1-3) tonight.

The Terps have the nation’s No. 1 scoring offense (16.75 goals per game) and are tied for the fifth best scoring defense (6.75 goals allowed per game), presenting a tough challenge for UMBC. A challenge that becomes nearly impossible if the Terps’ faceoff specialists can keep the ball away from the Retrievers.

“The less possessions they can get, the less shots they can take on goal,” Holmes said. “And when you have a goalie like Niko [Amato], he’s going to make a majority of the saves. So it really limits what they can do.”

It won’t be easy for the Terps to outduel Poe, who boasts a .539 faceoff percentage. But Raffa and Holmes think they’re up to the task.

They have, after all, been preparing by battling some stiff competition.

“It makes the game easier,” Holmes said.

“You have good competition all week in practice, and then you get to the games and sometimes it’s not even close.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

RETRIEVERS From PAGE 8 goal of the game, the Terps (6-0) picked up the intensity.

They sandwiched 3-0 and 4-0 runs between a lone UMBC tally to take a 7-2 advantage midway through the first half. Midfielder Brooke Griffin, who tallied her second hat trick of the year yesterday, notched the final two scores of the run.

“We came out strong because we knew UMBC was a good team,” Griffin said. “We worked together as a team.”

Retrievers midfielder Kristen Bilney found the back of the net

PIRATES From PAGE 8 r u n s a ga i n s t t h e P i ra te s.

W h e t h e r i t wa s t h ro u g h squeeze bunts or stealing base s, the team aimed to advance baserunners. But for that strategy to work, coach Laura Watten said, the Terps needed hits — something they failed to get yesterday.

“I had to wait for them to hit the ball,” Watten said. “It’s up to them. … We’re sick and tired.

They’re better than this.”

The Terps bunted often early in the game, and the approach worked at times. By the bottom of the second, Seton Hall’s infielders were creep-

even after dropping two straight games, Frese didn’t want her team to look back. She wanted it to look ahead to the matchup with the Demon Deacons and this weekend’s ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C. She didn’t want her team caught up with tough losses to Duke and Florida State.

“I think that’s a pulse, just understanding what was needed at the moment,” Frese said. “It was important for us, I thought, to mentally get our minds right, get ourselves rest, to be prepared.”

The Terps responded with one of their most balanced performances of the season.

In the Senior Day blowout, all eight Terps who dressed for the game scored, and five reached double figures. They shot 53.2 percent from the field and forced 20 Demon Deacons turnovers.

The back-to-back games were the first the Terps had lost since January 2012, but they made sure they wouldn’t back into the postseason on a three-game skid.

“It started yesterday in practice,” Frese said Sunday.

“We came out in practice with a really good mindset and that carried over to today.”

STARTERS SET A f te r fo r wa rd T i e r n e y Pfirman returned from a dislocated kneecap and illness, Frese had a choice to make. Should she keep the lineup as is? Or shake things up?

She made her choice Sunday.

After the win over Wake Forest, Frese said she would stick with what’s working.

When guard Laurin Mincy went down with a torn ACL in late November, the Terps used the same starting lineup of center Alicia DeVaughn, forwards Tianna Hawkins, Alyssa Thomas and Pfirman and guard Chloe Pavlech from the Dec. 3 matchup at thenNo. 2 Connecticut through the Jan. 17 win over N.C. State.

After Pfirman got hurt, Frese re-entered guard Katie Rutan into the starting lineup Jan. 20 at Georgia Tech, and the lineup has stayed the same since. But with the shake-ups the starting lineup has already gone through this year, the Terps will stay their course in Greensboro and beyond.

“I really like where we’re at in terms of our rotations,” Frese said. “We’ve got really comfortable in the second half of conference play. I definitely think we’ll be moving forward with it.”

HONORS PILING UP With the conference tournament slated for this weekend, the various All-ACC teams are being unveiled this week, and the Terps — the No. 2 seed in the tournament — have unsurprisingly earned numerous honors.

Hawkins and Thomas were named to the All-ACC First Team on Monday, while Pavlech and center Malina Howard were named to All-ACC freshman teams yesterday. Hawkins and Thomas spent the majority of the season as the ACC’s Nos. 1 and 2 scorers and rebounders, while Pavlech and Howard have appeared in every game, contributing down the stretch in ACC play.

The ACC All-Defensive Team and Defensive Player of the Year will be announced today, while Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be announced tomorrow. Frese and Thomas (who was the 2012 Player of the Year) are considered by some to be frontrunners for those honors.

The ACC Women’s Basketball Digest, a North Carolina-based publication covering the conference, honored Frese with Coach of the Year and Thomas with Player of the Year. Basketball analyst Debbie Antonelli also said both Frese and Thomas’ performances are worthy of the honors.

“I know they were picked to finish second, but with all the injuries, I think Brenda has done a coach-of-the-year job in the ACC,” Antonelli said.

“She’s got my vote.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

with time expiring in the first half to cut the Terps’ lead to 9-5. Bilney then fired another shot past Howard less than five minutes into the second to cut UMBC’s deficit to three.

Nursing their slimmest lead since they took a 5-2 advantage with 21:29 left in the first half, the Terps went to work. Spearheaded by three Aust assists, they rattled off a 5-0 run that would ultimately prove insurmountable for the Retrievers.

“She’s setting people up,” Reese said of Aust. “She’s putting people in the right places. … We expect her to continue to lead the way on offense.”

After another UMBC goal

shrunk the Terps’ lead to 14-7, Reese’s squad notched another 3-0 run to effectively seal the game. Reese then pulled most of her starters, and a 3-0 Retrievers run in garbage time didn’t stop the Terps from securing their sixth consecutive win to start the season.

The victory marks the end of a grueling five-day stretch in which the Terps played three games. For now, they can rest until they host No. 9 Penn State on Saturday.

“Our girls love this time of year when we get to actually play a lot,” Reese said. “We’re looking forward to what’s next.”

ing closer to home plate and shouting “Bunt!” as pitches were released.

Two innings later, the Terps approached the plate with more lethal intentions, showing bunt then swinging at pitches with power. The goal, Maier said, was to hit the ball hard enough to reach the space the shallow infield left unoccupied. Ultimately, the team was unable to do that.

“We have to be ready to attack the ball,” Maier said.

The Pirates (6-7) didn’t have such trouble getting hits. A leadoff double in the top of the fifth was enough to prompt Watten to swap Terps (4-11) reliever Brenna Nation for starting pitcher Kaitlyn

Schmeiser. Nation surrendered three runs that inning and gave up a three-run home run in the top of the seventh.

It took the Terps much longer to follow suit. Maier and infielder Mandy Gardner hit back-toback singles in the bottom of the seventh before a double play cut the Terps’ late-game run short.

Watten said the team will need fewer lackadaisical performances at the plate if it hopes to find success during its home tournament — the M i k e n M a r y l a n d I n v i ta tional — this weekend.

“We need to get hungry,” she said. “Hopefully, this weekend, it will be there.”

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STATLINE Terps women’s lacrosse attacker Alex Aust’s performance in a 17-10 win over UMBC

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Aust totals 11 points as Terps roll UMBC Attacker’s efforts lead team in 17-10 win

By Joshua Needelman Staff writer While UMBC goalkeeper Kendall Mason stalled with the ball, coach Cathy Reese saw an opportunity — so she sent Alex Aust charging at the goalie. Aust threw her stick at the goalie, forced a turnover and found the back of the net on a free shot.

It was that kind of night at Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, as the No. 1 Terrapins women’s lacrosse team simply overpowered the Retrievers en route to a 17-10 victory last night.

Seven different Terps recorded goals in the contest. Attacker Alex Aust paced the team with four scores, and three other Terps netted hat tricks.

They outshot UMBC, 26-22, and won the draw-control battle, 21-8.

“We were able to control the draw pretty well,” Reese said. “That was huge because that turns into possessions. We had our opportunities.”

The Terps rode a historic performance from Aust. She set a program record with seven assists, and her 11 points fell just one shy of tying another Terps all-time record.

Aust had no trouble leading the Terps’ offense to a big night despite the presence of Mason, who entered the contest with a gaudy 8.75 goalsagainst average.

“It doesn’t matter who we are playing against. We just want to be able to find our openings,” Reese said.

“We want to move the ball well and take smart shots.”

After UMBC (3-2) scored the first See RETRIEVERS, Page 7

Coach Mark Turgeon promised his kids it would snow, so he’s hoping for blizzard conditions when the Terps and Tar Heels meet in Comcast Center. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Waiting for snow

Despite formidable forecast, Terps prepare to host North Carolina tonight on Senior Night

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer

Attacker Alex Aust dominated in the Terps’ 17-10 win over UMBC last night, totaling 11 points on four goals and seven assists before spending the final minutes of the blowout on the team’s bench. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

When Mark Turgeon decided to take the Terrapins men’s basketball coaching job in May 2011, he had a tough time selling the idea of another move to his children.

The three grade-schoolers — Will, Ella and Leo — had grown fond of College Station, Texas. They had friends there. They enjoyed rooting for their dad’s team, Texas A&M. And

after only four years in the Lone Star State, they weren’t ready to start over.

So Turgeon tempted the kids with promises of snow. A trek east, he reasoned, would ensure plenty of it.

But since the Turgeons have arrived in College Park, there has been little more than a light dusting.

“Do you know how hard it is to look my kids in the eye? They think I’m full of it,” said Turgeon, whose Terps may have to brave a projected 8 inches of snow before hosting North Carolina tonight.

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“I hope it does snow. I hope it does snow so their dad looks better for them.”

Turgeon likely hopes he isn’t the only Terp who looks better tonight. After all, his players slogged through arguably their worst first half of the season when they faced the Tar Heels on the road Jan. 19. They had two assists with 15 turnovers in those opening 20 minutes, and entered halftime down, 42-20.

Though the Terps battled back after See HEELS, Page 7

SOFTBALL

Terps lose first home game, 6-2

Terpsdon’t watch film of last loss

Team musters just 4 hits against Seton Hall

Starting lineup set; honors keep coming Midfielder Charlie Raffa has won more than 59 percent of his faceoffs through four games this season. The Terps host UMBC tonight. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Midfielders Raffa, Holmes not intimidated at faceoff X Duo will match up against Poe when Terps host UMBC tonight

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer Forward Tierney Pfirman will continue to come off the Terps’ bench despite being healthy. file photo/the diamondback

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer Following a last-second loss to Florida State on Thursday, Brenda Frese wanted her Terrapins women’s basketball team to move on immediately.

The 11th-year coach didn’t want her players to dwell on what could have been in the 72-71 loss — the missed free throws, the late mental errors, the turnover plagued-stretch that allowed the Seminoles to pull away. She wanted the focus to turn to Sunday’s contest against Wake Forest.

“We didn’t watch film [of Thursday’s game],” Frese said after Sunday’s 88-61 win. “We moved quickly to be able to get ourselves mentally prepared for what’s ahead.”

The No. 10 Terps left Tallahassee, Fla., right after the loss and arrived in College Park early Friday morning. But See NOTEBOOK, Page 7

Neither Curtis Holmes nor Charlie Raffa seems fazed when staring down a prolific opponent at the faceoff X. The pair has led the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team to an ACC-best .620 faceoff percentage through four games this season. Holmes, a preseason All-American in 2012, has won 15 of 24 faceoffs this year while

returning to full form after back surgery over the summer. Raffa, meanwhile, has taken over as the team’s top option during Holmes’ recovery, notching a potent .591 faceoff percentage.

So why would any opponent intimidate the Terps’ duo on game day? The two midfielders can’t face much fiercer competition than they do at practice.

“With me and Curt, [the faceoff

competition] is even most of practice,” said Raffa, who is likely to face off against midfielder Phil Poe when the No. 1 Terps host UMBC tonight.

“Curt is one of the best competitors I have. It definitely helps both of us get ready for games.”

The Terps’ faceoff specialists, though, have a challenge tonight. Last season, Poe won 15 of 19 faceoffs — 13 See FACEOFFS, Page 7

Midfielder Curtis Holmes is 15-of-24 on faceoffs this season, and he’ll be one of two Terps facing off against UMBC’s Phil Poe at the X tonight. file photo/the diamondback

Coach Laura Watten’s Terps struggled with their bats yesterday against the Pirates. file photo/the diamondback

By Paul Pierre-Louis Staff writer With the Terrapins softball team facing a six-run deficit in the bottom half of the seventh inning, outfielder Nikki Maier smacked a line drive to shallow right field for a single. It was the Terps’ first hit that broke the infield.

The Terps tacked on two runs that inning, but the late rally wasn’t close to enough in the eventual 6-2 loss to Seton Hall yesterday afternoon.

The Terps demonstrated little power throughout the home opener, with all five of their hits coming off bunts or singles.

The team has gotten off to a slow start at the plate this season, sporting a .214 batting average entering yesterday’s matchup. So the Terps tried to do whatever they could to manufacture See PIRATES, Page 7