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Disability housing options improve on campus Officials say handicapped accessibility has become standard practice

By Annika McGinnis Staff writer Many students grumble about walking long distances across the campus in the cold, but for others at this university, it’s hard just to get up the stairs.

History professor Gay Gullickson had polio as a child and now travels in a wheelchair. Little things students often take for granted — such as walking to the second floor, using the restroom or trudging up a

hill to class — aren’t so easy for her.

“I can’t go, say, from here [Francis Scott Key Hall] to Tawes by myself — it’s just too steep a hill,” Gullickson said. “I have to ask somebody to give me a push.”

But Gullickson, the chairwoman of the President’s Commission on Disability Issues, said campus accessibility has improved significantly since she first came here in the 1980s. As a new sorority, Alpha Xi Delta, renovates its house this semester with handicapped-accessible amenities, university officials said handicapped accessibility in housing and academic buildings has become the norm rather than the exception.

In the early 2000s, the university had

a shortage of housing, but now there is a surplus, said Scott Young, Department of Resident Life assistant director. With a push from the Residence Hall Association, 52 handicapped-accessible rooms were added in Oakland Hall in fall 2011. Now, there are 222 accessible rooms, many of them in North Campus high-rises.

Handicapped-accessible rooms are available in apartments and suites, but many of the older South Campus dorms don’t include them, Scott said.

“It doesn’t mean every single building has to be accessible, but we can’t discriminate for a student with a disability,” See DISABILITY, Page 3

holzapfel hall is one of several buildings on the campus that is not up to par in handicapped accessibility.

Limited funds prevent the university from being able to improve every building. file photo/the diamondback

Students mobilize to help N. Koreans

turn the music up Junior helps launch Electric Squeeze, local electric dance music blog and promotion company

Despite human rights violations, still hope

By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

You can learn how to DJ, but you can’t learn the passion junior history major Julian Ragland has for his music and his machines.

Ragland, the creative force behind the local electric dance music blog and promotion company Electric Squeeze, has made more than $6,000 since the fall, enough to pay for new equipment and still pad his bank account. Ragland’s seven DJs play frequently at The Barking Dog and Looney’s, and their shows have attracted more than 500 people.

But Ragland said it hasn’t been easy. Just like the relationship he built with his machines when he taught himself to DJ, cultivating a business has come slowly.

Electric Squeeze started out as a Tumblr account Ragland made in 2011 for friends who began asking him for music recommendations and CDs. Back then, it was a small personal project. Electric Squeeze’s website began to rack up hits, he said, after he and another writer he hired scored an interview with Delta Heavy, an up-and-coming British dubstep act.

When the site finally reached 30,000 unique hits, from more than 110 countries, a few months later Ragland decided it was time to redesign the whole concept behind Electric Squeeze. He began working to create the multi-platform production, blogging and promotion company College Park has come to know as a regular supplier of local weeknight entertainment.

“They’re really fun. It’s great music, and I think it’s awesome he started it up by himself,” said junior sociology major Charli Brooks.

Ragland hasn’t let the attention get to his head, though. What drives him in honing his brand, from selecting DJs to hiring See electric, Page 2

North Korean citizens are born into a society in which free speech is nonexistent, starvation is endemic and an oppressive regime feeds propaganda to its citizens exalting its “glorious leader” — but Sarah Palmer thinks those very people are the key to reversing more than 60 years of brutal dictatorship.

As a rescue team coordinator for Liberty in North Korea, a grassroots organization aimed at shedding light on the human rights crisis in the country and helping refugees assimilate into freer societies, Palmer has observed that even under the harshest governance, there is hope.

She has seen North Koreans reunite with family members, tell their stories and even saw one boy study all hours of the night to prepare for the SATs, proving that growing up under a regime responsible for some of the most egregious modern-day human rights violations hasn’t deterred the people from aspiring for more.

“We believe that there is definitely seven djs are a part of Electric Squeeze, a local electric dance music blog and promotion company started by junior history major Julian Ragland. The company has made more than $6,000 since the fall and plays at Looney’s and The Barking Dog. photo courtesy of julian ragland

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Univ. reputation grows internationally Students to create apps to

By Sarah Sexton Staff writer When graduates begin applying for jobs in today’s competitive globalized marketplace, the name “University of Maryland, College Park” will likely be a big selling point.

The university recently made its first appearance in the Times Higher Education’s annual World Reputation Rankings, which lists the top 100 most powerful university brands in the world. The university has previously broached the top 100 overall, but the additional recognition by higher education experts is a boost to the institution.

“This is huge,” said Ross Lewin, associate vice president for international affairs. “It’s extremely important for the University of Maryland. When you graduate and can say you graduated from a school recognized as one of the top 100 in the world, the value of your degree just increased.”

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The World Reputation Rankings rely on the world’s largest invitation-only survey of academic opinion, which is collected from scholars who are statistically representative of both their country and discipline.

The 2013 rankings are based on responses collected last spring from 16,639 experienced, published scholars in 144 countries. Those scholars offered their views on excellence in research and teaching by naming no more than 15 institutions they believe to be the best at the discipline in which they specialize.

“The rest of the world doesn’t read the US News & World Report,” Lewin said. “Times Higher Education’s ranking is regarded as arguably the most respected assessment of worldwide standing. It is the standard.”

Lewin also highlighted the importance of reputation in attracting international students and expanding international exchange programs, which provides students with a more

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University hosting Code for Community challenge in April

By Madeleine List Staff writer People have found a way to bring nearly every activity online, from reserving laundry machines to getting a date. Now, several students are even coding their way to community service.

This semester, the university is hosting its first ever Code for Community challenge, inviting 14 teams of about four students each to create an app that will contribute to the greater good in some way. Contestants have been working since November and will submit their finished mobile or Web-based apps to

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The challenge will also help develop and strengthen ties between students and the community, Alexander Chen, the challenge’s organizer, wrote in an email. The committee is seeking apps that directly meet a community need and are easy to use, creative and original, wrote Chen, an urban studies and planning professor.

“This is a learning experience. Students will learn to communicate, collaborate and connect with ‘real world’ communities,” Chen wrote.

To help give groups guidance, sponsors from different fixtures of the community submitted ideas and requests for apps that would benefit them. John Henderson, research and evaluation manager for the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning

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ranking From PAGE 1 both valuable experiences in today’s global marketplace.

One international student from Singapore has decided to spend all four years of his undergraduate studies at this university.

“I liked the location of this university, how close it is to Washington, D.C. — and the quality of life here,” freshman Yu Tay said. “Rankings did draw me to this school, too. I did some research, particularly looking for good business programs, and found that this school has a good reputation.”

The World Reputation Rankings contribute to Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings, which evaluate world-class universities across all of their core missions — teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Although this is the first year the university has appeared in the top 100 for its reputation, it has been ranked in the top 100 every year since the list was first released in 2011.

This year, the university ranked 97th, a fall from 2012’s No. 94 ranking but still better than its No. 98 spot in 2011.

Lewin credits the efforts and caliber of this university’s faculty, students and senior administrators, particularly university President Wallace Loh, with earning the top 100 ranking for reputation.

“We have President Loh consistently speaking about internationalization and forging partnerships with institutions around the world,” Lewin said, “and we have many students studying abroad, going out into the world as ambassadors, adding to the positive perception of this university. That’s how you get on those lists when the surveys go out.”

In the reputation rankings, six global “superbrands” held onto their top spots — Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Cambridge; University of Oxford; University of California, Berkeley; and Stanford University

“We have many students studying abroad, going out into the world as ambassadors, adding to the positive perception of this university. that’s how you get on those lists when the surveys go out.”

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Vice President for International Affairs — as they have since the annual rankings began, despite some shifts in rank.

However, several international students said they had been drawn to the programs offered exclusively on this campus.

Many students and families in China consider an A m e r i c a n e d u c a t i o n to be “a dream,” said Xiaodi “Charlie” Ding, an exchange student from China. His university in China offered exchange programs with several universities, but the junior mechanical engineering major chose to spend one semester at this university because of its strong reputation for engineering.

“This is the second year my school has done this program with the University of Maryland,” Ding said. “I asked former students about their experience with the program, and they both highly recommended it.”

In the reputation rankings, the top 50 universities receive individually numbered rankings, while the rest of the top 100 are placed in ranges. This university ranked in the 91 to 100 range.

Despite the university’s prominent reputation, international students compose only 3 percent of the total undergraduate enrollment, Lewin said.

“But we hope to make that 8 percent in the near future,” he said. “And hopefully this new ranking will make that very easy.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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ELECTRIC From PAGE 1 bloggers, is his personal dogma when it comes to music and the electric dance music scene.

“This whole EDM boom is cool, butthefanbaseisannoying—Idon’t like going to raves,” Ragland said. “I like music that promotes dancing, not just fist pumping.It should be an experience, tell a story and not just be something you drink to.”

“You should appreciate it,” he added. “I don’t want to bring in heads who are going to do Ketamine in the bathroom.”

Ragland wants to enlighten his audience. DJing is a means of personal growth, he said.

“It’s a lot of fun to mix new sounds,” he said.“I want something that’s tight but not that people know.

It’s like, ‘Why are you coming out if you already know the songs?’”

After saving up for four months last summer, Ragland spent $2,000 to buy his first set of equipment and then began the task of tinkering in his room for hours, learning how to put sounds together.

“It’s hard in the beginning because you’re like, ‘Damn, why isn’t this sounding right?’” Ragland said. “But it pays off if you’re passionate about it.”

Ragland said DJs often wear their performance names like a badge of honor. But they can also be about a personal meaning as much as status.

Ragland’s own name, Teszero, comesfromhisfavoritecartoonshow asachild.Itwasafairlyobscureshow, but it had a ring to it,and he couldn’t ignore the sentimental value.

Sometimes people get it, other times they don’t, but it doesn’t matter, Ragland said, because the name is for him and his brand of music.

While Ragland is beginning to see the roots of a sustainable business, one he’s devoted to,his mother is still adamant that he graduates.

“She said, ‘I’m behind you, but I don’t want [you] to completely focus on this,’” Ragland said. “She asks about it. She may not under-

electric squeeze, a multi-platform production, blogging and promotion company run by students, hosts shows at The Barking Dog and Looney’s Pub on Route 1. The group employs seven DJs, but also brings in bigger names to perform at a low cost. photo courtesy of julian ragland stand, but she tries to.”

Still, he’s fascinated by his safety net, a history degree, and putting beats together has become a bonding point between him and another family member — Ragland and his grandfather often jam to tracks when he visits.

Ragland counts himself among the privileged. He’s had opportunities many young aspiring DJs and EDM fans haven’t — ones he credits as keys to success. For starters, he has an internship at U Street Music Hall, which boasts one of the top sound systems in the country. It’s a mecca for big name acts and led him to Major Lazer, a popular EDM project from Philadelphia.

“That gives me insane connections,” he said. “I understand there are a lot of kids trying to do the same thing.”

His work with U Street has also given him goals to aspire to and mentors to help.

“It’s really cool, and when I go to work and see the owners, and they’re so passionate about what they do, and they have a place to do it. I want to have that,” Ragland said.

“It would be amazing to open the club with a bangin’ sound system in New York or something.”

He met one of his collaborators, Eugene Skinner, through U Street before the pair took the College Park bar scene by storm. Ragland had the talent and Skinner had the connections to managers to put shows together.

Although the connections came easy, Ragland said the busi-

ness smarts didn’t. He’s lost some money through a few unwise decisions, but the experiences have only made him stronger.

“It’s not all smiles. It’s so stressful and you’re staying up at late hours,” he said. “It’s a lot of hard work, but when you see 500 people come out, it’s awesome.”

He’s also grateful that he’s learning it all in college, he said, a time when he doesn’t have a financial burden to carry, and he has the freedom to make mistakes as he manages his 15-person team. He’s been taking classes through the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship in the business school, which offers resources for projects run by students without business experience, and it’s helped him better figure out what he wants to do with Electric Squeeze.

“It’s cool that Julian is making the most of his experience,” said David Peeler,aseniorbioengineeringmajor who writes posts for the Electric Squeeze blog.“He’s someone who’s able to bring in professional talent that’s really great in getting people exposed to less mainstream stuff — there’s a lot better music than just what’s being played.”

Ragland recruited Peeler in August, and Peeler said he has nothing but respect for Ragland.

The other members of the Electric Squeeze team said the experience doesn’t compare to anything else — there’s no substitute for hanging out with like-minded people who share the same passion for music.

“I had a strong love for music, but I’d never gotten a chance to put it into practice and share it,” said Fuad Balashov, a junior computer science and mechanical engineering major. “The DJs have great backgrounds and interesting stories as well as great music. I feel really enriched in that the work I do is directly helping them.”

Balashov said he was impressed

by Ragland’s intimate knowledge of Washington-area talent and how he pushed the team’s collaborative business ideas.

“We realized we could take it to the next level,” he said. “He values my input and I value his, and it’s been a great working relationship.”

Ragland said he hopes to be able to breach the next tier of talent and bring in even bigger DJs to perform. They’ve had acts that came off of major tours, but he said he wants to save some of their profits to make bigger names a more regular occurrence.

But still, for Ragland, it’s all about his love of music. No matter how big the crowd gets or how many hundreds of people like the Electric Squeeze Facebook page or visit its blog, nothing will compare to the relationship between Ragland and his machines.

“It’s cool if you want to do it for other people, but if that’s all you want to do, you need to reevaluate,” he said. “It doesn’t matter to me.

If I’m just feeling the music, I can do it in my room.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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KOREA From PAGE 1 hope in North Korea, and that the North Korean people are actually the agents of small change that’s happening on a grassroots level in the country,” Palmer said.

Just this week, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its potential to advance its nuclear program. While the international community has always been concerned about the human rights issues, such concerns have been secondary to a fear of North Korea as a nuclear threat.

“The nuclear problem poses a direct potential threat to neighboring countries, and it also poses a threat to the broader nuclear nonproliferation regime, and so it scares people,” said public policy professor Mac Destler, adding that a human rights conflict in the country “doesn’t really threaten anybody except for North Koreans.”

And that’s where several chapters of LiNK across the globe, including one at this university, have looked to shift the focus. Amid talks of the high politics and nuclear ambitions in North Korea, a lot flies under the radar, said Matt Parsons, vice president of this university’s chapter of LiNK. “Nobody really pays attention to the people that are suffering at the hands of the government,” the senior government and politics major said.

“There are a number of issues from a humanitarian perspective that are very severe and that nobody really

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pays attention to.”

Prison camps, food shortages, a crackdown on defectors and the free flow of information from the outside world now define the human rights crisis in North Korea, a situation that has only looked more grim since the death of leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011 resulted in the transfer of power in Workers’ Party of Korea to his son Kim Jong Un. “The state of human rights in North Korea continues to be deplorable,” said Greg Scarlatoiu, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea executive director. “We have no indication that under the regime of Kim Jong Un, the human rights situation has improved. On the contrary, we have indication that the human rights situation has deteriorated.”

Mounting evidence compiled by the committee and Amnesty International suggest the regime is expanding its prison camps, which house whom the government considers society’s most hostile class. Any affiliation with religious beliefs, perceived wrongdoings or opposition to the regime has been common ground for the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 prisoners relegated to this life.

And offenders can expect their actions will lead to more than just their imprisonment.

“You’re afraid to speak against the regime, not necessarily because you will be sent to the gulag, but because your wife, children and three generations of your family will be sent to the gulag,” Scarlatoiu said.

Also rife with famine, limited food

distribution channels and nutritional deficiencies, the country counts starvation among its most pressing concerns.

This falls entirely on the governance, even though it is a U.N. member state and thus bound by certain human rights doctrines and international law.

“Each and every conceivable human right is being violated,” Scarlatoiu said.

“There’s no reason why a Northeast Asian country should be starving other than the actions of the regime.

The North Korean regime has continued to adamantly oppose openness and reform, and as a result of that and several other reasons … there are still food shortages.”

But in the face of all of this, the North Korean people are still told by a constant barrage of propaganda they live on “the greatest country on the planet,” and their neighbors to the south are “lackeys” to the “American imperialists.”

“The overwhelming majority of North Koreans, including presumably many high-level bureaucrats, have absolutely no idea of such a thing as human rights; they do not know what human rights are,” Scarlatoiu said. “At the same time, there are some things that as a human being you understand that are fundamentally wrong.”

But the famine in the ’90s and the perpetual food shortages may well prove to be the catalysts that help raise awareness among the people.

To address the collapse of the government’s former public distribution food system, black markets began to form to fill the vacuum, and it is not only food that has been making its

way across borders.

“More information is getting in and out of the country through these markets,” Palmer said. “People are crossing into China and crossing back into North Korea, bringing more information and money into the country than ever before.”

While drastic change or a toppling of the oppressive regime doesn’t seem to be in the near future, the continued freer flow of information could help spark grassroots efforts to inspire change.

“This market generation of North Koreans, they don’t really have strong loyalty to the North Korean government,” Palmer said. “More and more North Koreans are definitely aware of what’s going on.”

The international community can also continue to bring sanctions down on North Korea to encourage the regime to back off defense spending and its nuclear program and instead redirect resources to address the widespread starvation, Scarlatoiu said. This can all be done without regime change, which Scarlatoiu doesn’t necessarily support, although that is the ultimate hope for many experts.

“The one very important reason why the Kim regime is still in power is that life is still meaningful for the overwhelming majority of the people in North Korea,” Scarlatoiu said. “Everyone still has a family, a husband, a wife, children, relatives, everybody cares about something … everybody has hopes and dreams, limited, of course, within the confines of that regime.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

CODE From PAGE 1 Commission, suggested one of the groups make a “park finder” app to benefit county park users.

“We know that a high percentage of the population of Prince George’s County uses smartphone technology, perhaps more so than computers,” Henderson said. “Having this detailed information available on a smartphone will be a tremendous advantage for our park users.”

Elisa Escapa, a junior communication major, is on team P-Recs working on the park finder app. Her team is creating a Web-based app that will enrich the park department’s website and make it more compatible with mobile phones, she said. The app will allow users to search for community centers in the county and view the many facilities, activities and opportunities available to them.

Another team is developing a Web-based app geared toward helping high schoolers with their homework. Team Mobilize member Sean Bagnall, a freshman electrical engineering major, has designed a question-and-answer forum in which students can post questions about homework problems or general questions about class and view other students’ responses. The website will help students communicate more freely about assignments and learn in the process, Bagnall said.

“It’ll give students an opportunity to collaborate around their work and unite in their search for knowledge,” he said.

Though the participants are working for free and no cash prizes will be awarded, students will still benefit greatly from the experience, Chen said. Students will have access to free coding workshops throughout the semester to help improve their skills and build their resumes, he said.

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“I would consider it a success if the community [the app] is intended for actually uses it.”

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The hilly campus can pose a navigational challenge to many people with disabilities, though the majority of its facilities — as well as housing off the campus — have become more accessible in recent years. For example, the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house is undergoing several improvements this semester, including adding a handicapped suite on the first floor and a handicapped-accessible entrance. file photo/the diamondback

DISABILITY From PAGE 1 he said. “If someone was installed in College Park Scholars or an academic program, we couldn’t say ‘I’m sorry; you can’t live in Scholars because we don’t have accessible spaces.’”

To accommodate students with various conditions, rooms include features such as window air conditioners for students with asthma, door peepholes, wider doors, lower counters and roll-in showers with shower chairs or walkers, Young said. Some rooms have bed shakers and flashing lights in addition to traditional fire alarms, so visualor hearing-impaired students know to exit the building.

“We know every student’s needs aren’t the same,” he said. “A prospective student could say ‘I need a roll-in shower and a higher toilet — those are my two needs.’ It’s important for us to have these dialogues, so they’re treated as an individual and not just a number with a code with ‘this student has asthma.’”

The RHA hasn’t received any complaints about housing options, RHA president Sasha Azar said.

“If your needs are not being met, that’s really when we step in,” she said.

Off the campus, fraternity and sorority houses are also slowly improving their amenities. For example, Alpha Xi Delta plans to install a handicapped suite on the first floor and a handicapped-accessible entrance, basement and first-floor common rooms in its Knox Road house.

Though the sorority doesn’t have any members with disabilities, AXiD members anticipate injured students and older alumnae making use of the accessible areas, said the sorority’s president, Christina Barrett, a junior communication and government and politics major.

“If a girl breaks her leg at the beginning of the semester, she can sleep in the handicapped suite,” Barrett said. “We have a lot of alumni who were here in

the ’90s, and they’re slowly getting up there … so [it’s] just kind of to make it so if anyone does need that.”

AXiD modeled its renovations on other university fraternity and sorority houses, Barrett said.

But not every house has similar amenities. Bob Nichols, facilities and operations associate director in the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said before the passage of the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act, changes didn’t have to follow handicapped-accessible guidelines. Since 1990, however, 13 houses on Fraternity Row and the Graham Cracker have been renovated, including seven in the past five years, Nichols said.

Since ADA passed, eight houses still haven’t received renovations.

“There are no plans for major gutting of houses — ripping out everything, which would be required to add things like wheelchair ramps and lifts,” Nichols said.

Nichols said the university is often forced to prioritize when it comes to funding large-scale renovations.

“It’s not that I don’t ask,” he said.

“If budget time comes around, we ask.

But the university is often in the position of saying we need to do the urgent things before we can do the important things. … Sometimes a leaking roof in the physics building is more important than doing something we’d like to do but isn’t urgent.”

But over the years, Gullickson said, amenities on the campus have steadily improved.

“The main administration building had an elevator that was the size of a postage stamp,” she said. “It was like a dumbwaiter — it was just tiny. And finally, about four years ago, a really nice elevator was put in that building.”

Though some buildings aren’t completely accessible — Gullickson pointed to Holzapfel Hall, which she said doesn’t have an adequate elevator — this is often because the university has plans to tear down or completely renovate the building.

“The main administration building had an elevator that was the size of a postage stamp. ... And finally, about four years ago, a really nice elevator was put in that building.”

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In 2010, the Department of Facilities Planning outlined $15.9 million worth of projects to improve the campus’s accessibility, said Facilities Management program planner Leonard Azonobi.

Because of new devices such as motorized wheelchairs, more students with disabilities are moving around independently, and thus more modifications are needed, the plan stated. The plan mentioned that a student in a wheelchair got stuck in an architecture building elevator.

But the projects aren’t cheap: Modifying an entire restroom, including widening doors and stalls and lowering paper towel racks, costs $18,000, and building an elevator costs $500,000, the plan stated.

In 2010, the proposed projects included about $6.6 million for restrooms in 88 different buildings and about $7.6 million for elevators in 30 buildings. Other projects included installing curb cuts and ramps, widening doors, installing visual alarms and modifying water fountains.

Since 2009, projects in 30 buildings have been completed, as well as $15,000 in curb cuts. Thirteen projects in 12 buildings are ongoing, including in several older buildings on McKeldin Mall and the Potomac Building, which is installing a new elevator and building an entrance ramp.

Each year, the department requests state money for projects, prioritizing academic buildings first and then libraries, administration buildings and academic support facilities. On Feb. 27, the department requested about $1 million for improvements in the Biology-Psychology Building, Computer and Space Science Building and Hornbake Library.

But at a campus forum on disabilities issues in 2009, students complained

about how long it takes the university to complete renovations. The recently proposed changes aren’t slated to begin until fiscal year 2015.

Though many worry about the impact of state and federal funding cuts on higher education, Azonobi thinks because ADA funding makes up so little of what the state doles out, it most likely won’t be affected.

For Gullickson, along with physically changing the campus, it’s important to eliminate the stigma associated with disabilities. Gullickson asks students for help every day unloading and reloading her wheelchair into her car.

And at first, students are surprised at what she’s asking, she said.

“It’s not what they’re expecting anybody to ask,” Gullickson said. “I say, ‘Do you think you could pull my wheelchair out of the trunk?’ And there’ll just be this moment of hesitation and then, ‘Oh, sure!’ while the penny dropped and they realized what I was asking.”

But over the years, Gullickson said she’s noticed students learning how to put together a wheelchair, something she attributes to increased education about people with disabilities.

Since anyone can acquire a disability at any time, there needs to be much more awareness on the campus, Gullickson said.

“The odds are really, really good that at some point, everybody’s going to break an ankle, or get sick or something’s going to happen, and they’re going to enter this group of people with disabilities,” Gullickson said. “And then they won’t know what’s happened to them.”

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App Developer’s Club vice president, and his team are working on a mobile app that will increase awareness of volunteering in the area. Through the program, students would be able to search for volunteer opportunities in the county and find one that matches with their interests, Oludemi said.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of community representatives from non profits such as the Neighborhood Design Center and government agencies, including the Department of Parks and Recreation, Chen said. All apps will be immediately put to use no matter the outcome of the competition. Additionally, participating in the competition will give students chances to network with individuals in the field and provide potential for future profit-making opportunities.

No matter whether her team wins or loses the challenge, Escapa said she will feel accomplished if her work helps the community in some way.

“I would consider it a success if the community [the app] is intended for actually uses it,” she said. “That’s really an accomplishment.”

The challenge will strengthen the relationship between students at the university and members of the community, Chen said, by putting students’ knowledge and skills to good use helping the community in a modern way.

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MENTAL HEALTH SERIES

Securing students’ ability to get help The SGA president writes part one of a three-day series on the state of mental health services offered on the campus SAMANTHA ZWERLING

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tudents are suffering. Every day, students are on a list, waiting to get the mental health services they need. It’s not that this university has an extraordinarily high need compared to other schools; it’s that we are extraordinarily understaffed.

As you might imagine, fewer staff members means longer waiting lists.

The wait for an appointment at the Counseling Center can be about a

month long, and by that point, a student’s situation could have progressed significantly. Sure, if a student has an emergency situation, he or she can be seen within a day. However, we can’t have a policy of reacting to a situation once it has already reached that point.

We need to treat these issues from the moment they start. We need to focus on immediate care.

This university provides countless opportunities and a wide variety of resources for its students. And if we had more money, we could do even more.

But the fact remains: We have a limited budget, and we have to choose our priorities. More so than another leadership retreat or an event at the Hoff Theater, we need to invest in our students’ mental health. It could have a much larger impact than we might initially think.

Although this university’s six-year graduation rate is at about 82 percent, we are always striving to graduate more students and graduate them on time. It’s not surprising to learn that, according to a 2000 study, 70 percent of students who attend counseling report their mental health affects their academic performance. Students who need help may also see a drop in their grades. In fact, according to a 1999 study, socio-emotional problems were a better predictor student dropout rates than grades.

Think about that for a moment: Mental health was more closely tied to students dropping out than academic performance was.

The Student Government Association is working to make sure increased funding comes to mental health services — but we need you. If you or a friend has

sought out mental health services on the campus, please share your story here: http://ter.ps/23s.

Facts and statistics can only go so far.

Personal stories are what resonate with people, and they will help us advocate greater funding for the counseling and health centers. I know for a fact the university administration is interested in what students have to say. So please tell them!

As of Monday afternoon, 57 Terps have been brave enough to speak up about their experiences. We are collecting these stories to share with the administration, to show students are not getting the help they need. There are always going to be budget constraints, but at a certain point, we need to decide what we’re going to value. As students, we hope this university will value our

mental health and make mental health services a top priority — one that gets the funding it deserves.

This is a solvable problem. Students shouldn’t have to wait so long for a Counseling Center appointment.

Students shouldn’t have to wait for medication they desperately need.

All it takes is an investment. Join us and share your story. Help us tell the university we can’t wait any longer.

Help us make mental health a priority to ensure all students at this university — current and future — have access to the resources they need to succeed.

Samantha Zwerling is the Student Government Association president.

She is a junior environmental science and policy major and can be reached at sgapresident@umd.edu.

Staying put for a true spring break

Building your network

free Rita’s. I catch up on TV shows and movies. I take day trips around the College Park area. And when I’m done with all that, I sleep some more.

This is all part of what I call my “true break” philosophy. Spring break is the one week I get to myself; I don’t have any work due, I have no group projects to focus on, my internships haven’t started yet and I don’t have any exams for at least a week.

I have absolutely no requirements other than filling basic human needs.

Why would I change that? Why would I force myself to go out into the world and do things? Or deal with the hassles of traveling? Why bother with detailed plans when I could have as much fun without any plans at all?

Granted, this isn’t for everyone. For in-state students, the costs of going home are relatively low — no bus tickets or dealing with strange passengers. And for those seeking a tan, College Park is usually the wrong place. Some people even enjoy the hassle of detailed plans and agendas and the burden of making the most of their time.

For the rest of us, though, a week off in College Park is heaven. The campus is

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EZRA FISHMAN Spring break is a time to escape from school and do something exciting. We gather all of our friends, go somewhere (whether near or far) and explore the world. Some students choose to spend their breaks in warmer parts of the country, getting as far away from College Park as possible. Others go on short trips abroad, truly getting to see the globe. Many simply go home and spend time catching up with friends and family, choosing to escape the rigors of college life.

I don’t do any of these things.

Every year, when spring break comes, I do the exact same thing: absolutely nothing. When everyone else leaves campus, I stay here, relax and take the week off.

Granted, I don’t really do nothing.

I sleep. I eat. I breathe. I go for walks in the sun, the rain and sometimes the snow. I take naps. I read books without any mention of either accounting or financial markets. I get my (well-earned)

just the right amount of empty; almost everyone you know is accessible, but the giant crowds of people you don’t know disappear. There are enough loud drunk people around for you to find a party — but not enough that you have to deal with them when you’re trying to sleep. The stores are all open, and there are never any lines. If you’re like me, you can sing loudly and awkwardly on McKeldin Mall, and no one will be around to judge you.

Finally, spring break is a great time to build a repertoire of college stories.

You’re on the campus, usually with at least one friend, and because classes don’t get in the way, you get to have the craziest experiences you’ll ever have.

Though I know most of you will be long gone by this time next week, I hope to see some of you around. The few hours of the day you spend awake will be some of the best of your time here.

And if I don’t see you, make the most (and the least work) out of your spring break, wherever that will be.

Ezra Fishman is a junior accounting and finance major. He can be reached at ezra.fish@gmail.com.

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ANAND GUPTA Were you on Route 1 after the men’s basketball team defeated Duke? Did you have a good time?

I sure as hell enjoyed bonding with my fellow Terps — some of whom I didn’t even know — over random chants of “F--- Duke.” But I observed something else, something far more important that night.

Even in the crowded streets, the interaction between people beyond their cliques was minimal. Occasionally, you’d see a familiar face and say hello. If you were drunk, you might have gone as far as to embrace an acquaintance. Mostly, people remained strangers to those around them.

I observed the same thing yesterday at the North Campus Dining Hall while grabbing a quick bite during dinner. Beyond their preexisting group of friends, student interaction was sadly nonexistent. Granted, this part of the campus predominantly features freshmen who have lived in College Park only for about six months — definitely not enough time to get acquainted with the more than 5,000 people who call North Campus home. Yet the very fact that most people didn’t seem to know, or bother getting to know, who was standing in front of or behind them in the lines was discouraging.

The social scene at this university is awkward; I know many who are frustrated. Some tend to feel lost in the crowd. Others feel out of place.

Now, I admit one column isn’t going to change things and, therefore, I won’t indulge you in cliches

like “go out and make friends, join clubs, etc.” People are still going to feel frustrated, cliques will still remain the norm and the social scene will continue to be awkward.

This is a problem, and something needs to change. Folks in College Park need to expand their networks.

As much as your narrow circle of friends enriches your perspective, non-cliquey connections can be highly beneficial — giving you spiritual food for thought, helping build business relationships for the future and who knows what else.

So I want to invite the community to think about ways we can increase connectivity among students.

While college is about hanging out with your friends — your clique — it is also about expanding your social circle. It is about getting a taste of interaction with people from diverse backgrounds and settings; it is about hanging out with people you would have never met otherwise.

My friends and I have started a “soiree” club. We host weekly soirees and invite people to have interesting and thoughtful conversations on a wide range of topics such as spirituality, politics, economics and business. The biggest draw, however, is the potential connections we can make. It is a space where we all try to go beyond our cliques and get introduced to people hidden to us in the wider campus community.

If you think you’d be a good fit and would like to meet and hang out with other motivated individuals on this campus, I encourage you to send me an email. Together, we can create a better campus community.

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

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Fine dining and another attempt at bipartisanship

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resident Obama has decided to drop the Jedi mind meld plans, taking up food as his new way of courting congressional Republicans.

Just days after chiding Republicans for failing to agree on a compromise to avert sequestration, Obama decided Wednesday to take a more conciliatory approach by dining with 12 GOP senators at a high-class Washington hotel. On Thursday, Obama invited Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) — chairman and ranking member of the House Budget Committee, respectively — to the White House for lunch.

Often criticized for shunning the Washington social scene — for seeming aloof and locked up in the White House bubble — is Obama changing course?

After scoring a convincing victory in November, the president has since taken a noticeably more hard-line approach in his dealings with congressional Republicans. Many pundits observed the leftist tinge to both his inaugural and recent State of the Union addresses; it seemed as though Obama thought he had Republicans with their backs against the wall. Indeed, in January, Republicans relented in their efforts to maintain all Bush-era tax rates and allowed tax rates for individuals earning more than $400,000 a year to return to the Clinton-era level of 39.6 percent.

This time, however, congressional Republicans did not concede, and a lack of compromise forced painful sequestration cuts to take hold. After initially scolding Republicans, Obama has since

embraced the social circuit. Threatening Star Wars and Star Trek references have been replaced with bipartisan wining and dining at a fancy Washington hotel.

But will this new bipartisan, “let’s be friends” approach end the illogical sequestration cuts?

We have been down this road before.

It was not too long ago that Obama and Vice President Joe Biden played golf with House Speaker John Boehner (ROhio) and Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) in an attempt to strike a deal to raise the debt limit in 2011. A deal was eventually reached but was coupled with the first credit rating downgrade in U.S. history.

Similarly, in 2010, Obama hosted congressional Republicans for a White House summit on health care to try to build bipartisan support for the Afford-

able Care Act. Instead of a new spirit of togetherness, what followed was a pernicious, mudslinging debate that culminated in the passage of a health care law with no Republican support.

Maybe this time will be different.

Maybe Obama’s latest efforts to court the GOP will help Democratic and Republican leaders generate a new desire to work across the aisle. Maybe this is a signal of increased cooperation to come.

Only time will tell if Obama’s embrace of the Washington social scene will lead to legislative success. But at the very least, his latest across-the-aisle meals signal a change in approach. Big issues loom before us: sequestration, deficit reduction, gun control, immigration reform and, of course, a still-ailing economy. Obama has recognized he is

running out of time, and these issues will only be solved together.

History supports this new approach. Divided government does not have to mean ineffective government.

Former President Bill Clinton’s ability to balance the budget in the 1990s with a Republican-controlled House and Ronald Reagan’s ability to pass the Social Security Reform Act in 1983 with a Democrat-controlled House show a divided government can work.

Clinton and Newt Gingrich worked together, as did Reagan and T ip O’Neill. So, too, can Obama and congressional Republicans.

Ben Kramer is a sophomore government and politics and history major. He can be reached at bkramer1@terpmail.umd.edu.

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orn today, you may not always know what to do at the outset, but once you have received a nudge, clue, hint or timely piece of instruction, you are quick to be on your way. Once on your way, you can achieve a great deal on the merits of your own character and talents. Like so many other Pisces natives, you rarely, if ever, allow yourself to get stuck in situations that are not good for you. You have a way of wriggling out of a tight spot and sprinting to the next opportunity or episode -- and you’re not the kind to dwell on what has happened in the past. You much prefer to look forward, not backward!

You know how to assess all sides of a complicated issue and come up with a view that satisfies your need to be on top of things. You don’t like to feel as though others know something that you don’t; you want to keep up -- and, if possible, sprint to the head of the pack.

Also born on this date are: Darryl Strawberry, baseball player; James Taylor, singer and songwriter; Liza Minnelli, actress and singer; Al Jarreau, vocalist; Barbara Feldon, actress; Edward Albee, playwright; Jack Kerouac, writer; Gordon MacRae, actor.

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Your responsibilities are multiplying.

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What’s the best way to honor the legacy of slain rapper Biggie Smalls? If you answered, “a cartoon about his ghost’s zany, kid-friendly misadventures,” then you’re probably the creator of House of Wallace (Or insane. Or not sure what “zany” means). The show will co-star Smalls’ children and anyone else unclear on the definition of good taste.

INTERVIEW | FIREFLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

avoiding the sophomore slump

The Firefly Music Festival made its debut in Dover, Del., just last year, but it’s already amassed a loyal following. Now, we talk to festival director Greg Bostrom about this year’s changes

By Joe Antoshak For The Diamondback Ask a die-hard concertgoer about his or her favorite festival, and it’s likely you won’t hear about anything east of Tennessee’s Bonnaroo. That’s about to change.

Or at least that’s the hope of Red Frog Events, the Chicago-based company responsible for creating Firefly Music Festival in Delaware. Now in its second year, the festival is looking to expand on widely positive reviews of its first goround in 2012 with new attractions and a lineup that features more than 70 acts, adding about 20 more performances than last year’s event.

Now, three months before its sophomore showing from June 21 to 23, Firefly’s ticket sales have already exceeded the 30,000-person attendance of last year’s festival, and Red Frog is fully expecting a sellout crowd. People can still buy three-day passes from the website for $258 before fees.

These are impressive numbers for a second-year festival, but the event is less of an overnight success than one might think. In fact, when Red Frog first decided to launch a music festival back in 2010, even location was a big question.

“We knew we wanted to create a

one-of-a-kind music experience and searched many areas and venues on the East Coast,” festival director Greg Bostrom wrote in an email. “When we came to Dover and walked over to the space that is now The Woodlands, we knew we came to the right place.”

Of course, the personal belief that NASCAR town Dover, Del., would be “a new mecca for music on the East Coast,” as Bostrom wrote, is one thing. Convincing top-tier acts likewise is another.

“Year one is definitely a challenge for any music festival to sign on highlevel talent, as several groups have policies against playing first-year festivals,” Bostrom wrote. Despite the adversity, the festival managed to book The Killers, The Black Keys and Jack White as headliners in 2012.

After the success of the inaugural festival, Bostrom said, acts started reaching out to Red Frog, which contributed to the increased number of performers this year. Highlights of the upcoming festival’s roster include the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Setting the bar high can also be problematic. The larger predicted attendance will yield a need for more food stalls, bathrooms and general entertainment to keep the masses occu-

pied between performances. Festival security could have their hands full with the additional turnout.

Red Frog is working with Dover International Speedway to control increased traffic and continues to take pride in having enough facilities for guests at The Woodlands, Bostrom wrote.

In fact, Jake Krolick of JamBase.com commented on last year’s bathroom conditions by declaring there to be “enough port-o-johns for a Bonnaroosized crowd, even though Firefly was closer to 30,000 music fans.”

Unfortunately, because Firefly is now a bona fide contender in the world of American summer music festivals, it’s also no longer free of unrealistic expectations. That means it’s going to be under microscopic scrutiny from critics.

Since it is becoming more inevitable for some complaints to be made along the way, the challenge will involve refining the event rather than adopting a preventative strategy.

The Grove, the festival’s accommodations area, will include a multitude of new attractions to be announced in the coming months — a necessary improvement in the festival’s progression toward the top, Bostrom wrote.

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festival’s goal, as its website includes harnessed, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to the tagline “The East Coast’s Premier get familiar with the festival. While Music Experience.” But with newly it’s still too early to say for certain, established three-day festivals, such Firefly Music Festival might just be as The Governors Ball in New York, here to stay. applying some competitive heat in the region, Firefly has come under even diversionsdbk@gmail.com more pressure to have another nearly flawless showing this year.

When asked about a possible rivalry with The Governors Ball, Bostrom replied with an answer strikingly similar to the laid-back vibe the festival seems determined to exude.

“We welcome everyone in the industry,” he wrote. “Our goal is to provide the best experience we can.”

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PIRATES From PAGE 8 former Terp for getting the program on the national landscape. The Terps only had one NCAA Regional appearance in their history — in 1999 — until they made it to Regionals three years in a row during Knight’s sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

Her impact on the team is also apparent through the returning student-athletes who played with her last season.

“Kendra was definitely my big sister last year,” pitcher Kaitlyn Schmeiser said with a smile.

The sophomore said Knight served as a mentor for her last season. Schmeiser remembers the “quiet swagger” the All-ACC pitcher exhibited when she entered the circle, overwhelming batters with her powerful arsenal of pitches. Catcher Shannon Bustillos recalls catching Knight for 10 straight innings some games, praising her tenacity and heart as a competitor.

“She would still be out there throwing her heart out,” Bustillos said.

“That’s what she really brought to me … to never give up.”

However, Knight’s ace status during the latter part of her career was not handed to her. She had to work her way

COLEMAN From PAGE 8 bench, there was no one to turn to.

For the Tar Heels, though, it was a different story.

Guard Latifah Coleman scored 17 points — 15 in the final 6:04 — to key the Tar Heels’ comeback. It was a career high for the redshirt sophomore, who seemingly came out of nowhere to shoot 5-of-6 from the field and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line. She played only two minutes in North Carolina’s quarterfinal against Boston College, and she averaged 3.4 points per game during the season.

“I know everybody’s going to ask me where Latifah came from,” Tar Heels coach Sylvia Hatchell said after the game. “We shipped her in from Mars this morning.”

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up the rotation during her underclassman years and settle with relief appearances before reaching the top spot. Still, she looks back at her four years with the Terps fondly, applying the lessons she learned there to the players she now coaches at Hampton.

Though she is no longer in College Park, Knight is still in a comfortable place. She works close to her home in Virginia Beach, Va., and sits alongside Pirates coach Trena Peel, the former Terps assistant coach who recruited Knight when she was in high school.

The two maintained their relationship, though Peel left the team before Knight enrolled at Maryland in 2008.

Her first year as a coach has been as much of a learning experience for her as for the players she is coaching. Primarily serving as a pitching coach, Knight tries to relate to the players in order to get her message across.

“Sometimes I find myself wanting to do it for them,” Knight said. “But my four years are up, so I try to give them as much knowledge and insight on the game that I can.”

Considering the way she influenced many players while at the helm, Watten would not be surprised if the Terps have trouble finding success against the Pirates’ pitching staff tonight. Though she wished Knight had decided to become her

Hatchell didn’t even know if Coleman would be able to play Saturday. The Pageland, S.C., native had been dealing with a quadriceps injury and had received treatment following North Carolina’s win over Boston College, and she was also still dealing with complications in her comeback from a torn ACL she suffered in November 2011.

At first, it seemed like Coleman was headed for another nondescript outing.

She played seven minutes in the first half, notching one steal, one rebound and two turnovers while missing one shot as North Carolina’s usual contributors, like guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt and center Waltiea Rolle, led the way.

In the second half, though, Coleman shined. With about nine minutes left, she hit two free throws to pull North Carolina within three points. About three minutes later, she subbed into the game for Ruffin-Pratt, who was sick,

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assistant coach instead after graduation, she is proud her former star is embarking on the path she chose.

“That’s one of the reasons why I love doing this,” Watten said. “To see some of these kids that I can mentor, and they go into the same profession because they enjoyed their experience.”

Tonight’s doubleheader will be a nostalgic one for Knight and the Terps, but

those good feelings won’t last long after the game’s opening pitch. The Terps are vying for their first winning streak since the opening tournament in February, and if that means beating their former ace, so be it.

“Obviously, I love her,” Schmeiser said, “but I want to beat her.”

and tied the game at 52 with a 3-pointer.

Three of Coleman’s first four shots from the field after coming into the game would either tie the game or give the Tar Heels the lead.

“Coach just told me to be a leader,” Coleman said. “I hit the first 3, and I just got into a rhythm and didn’t stop from there.”

The Terps used nearly every player available to try to guard the streaking Coleman. Coming off the bench, Coleman was originally matched up with guard Sequoia Austin. Then Thomas — usually charged with guarding the opposing point guard — guarded Coleman. By the end of the game, Rutan, whom Frese called the Terps’ best defender, was one-on-one with Coleman. But it wasn’t enough.

“She caught fire on that first 3 and really gained confidence from there,” Frese said. “We tried to switch her up.

… She got really confident. That’s obviously the luxury you have when you have a bench like Carolina does, to figure out which player has the hot hand. Obviously, she did for them today.”

Five Terps played at least 36 minutes in Friday’s overtime contest, and they had less than 24 hours to turn around for North Carolina. The Tar Heels did play the late game Friday night and were pushed to the brink by Boston College, but they were able to get key minutes from their bench.

For a Terps team devoid of depth, it was a position they couldn’t afford to be in.

“It was a situation where their depth and their numbers were able to wear us out,” Frese said. “Obviously, the overtime game yesterday and playing a rotation of about six players, I think, caught up with us, but I’m proud of the fight.”

season, and they rank second in the ACC with five runners picked off this season.

“We weren’t able to run as much as we wanted because Virginia holds runners on very well,” Szefc said. “Our better runners found a way, but our slower guys were running into stupid outs. And that is going to happen now that we’re going to be facing good teams every weekend. We have to be smarter, see what opportunities are available and take what the game gives us.”

The Terps’ struggles on the base paths stemmed from the consistent strike-throwing from Virginia’s pitching staff, whose 34 walks allowed is the best mark in the conference.

The Terps only drew five walks in their three-game series this past weekend, a staggeringly small number for a team that averages 4.73 walks per game.

“Obviously we are a work in progress,” Szefc said. “But we played effectively on offense and we were executing and staying consistent. If we keep playing simple and do a good job with our approach, we’re going to give ourselves a chance to win.”

The Terps should be able to get back to their season averages against the Red Foxes (4-6) today, though. While the Cavaliers allow opponents to reach base at just a .288 clip, Marist is giving up a .361 on-base percentage, which should give the Terps (10-5) more opportunities to run.

It’s good news for the Terps, as they have no intentions of altering their game plan after one bad weekend of steals.

“Regardless who we are playing, we always keep the same aggressive mindset we’ve had all season on the base paths,” White said. “That’s just how we play.”

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SOFTBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

An old friend returns

BASEBALL

Terps hope to run more vs. Marist Virginia limited team’s effectiveness on bases

Former ace serving as Hampton assistant as Terps host Pirates

By Daniel Popper Staff writer

t h i n b e n c h t h a t wa s m i ss i n g forward Tierney Pfirman for the third straight game due to illness.

Despite stretching their lead to as much as 16 in the first half, shots they usually make — like Thomas’ runners in the lane and Hawkins’ layups — weren’t falling.

And during the North Carolina run in the second half, when the Terps needed fresh legs or a spark off the

It has become an all-too-familiar scene for the Terrapins baseball team this season.

Center fielder Charlie White takes a lead off first, the opposing pitcher strides toward home and, before anyone knows it, the redshirt sophomore is sliding headfirst into second base long before the catcher’s throw arrives.

It’s an integral part of the game plan. In coach John Szefc’s aggressive and up-tempo offense, the Terps are looking to run whenever and wherever possible. Their 47 steals, 56 attempts and 3.13 steals per game average all rank No. 1 in the ACC, and they’ll look to improve those numbers even more when they host Marist in a doubleheader this afternoon.

When the Terps dropped two of three games at Virginia this past weekend, the speed on the base paths they’ve displayed all year was missing.

The Terps mustered only three stolen bases — all of them from White, who now leads the ACC with 18 steals — thanks to a Cavaliers pitching staff known for its discipline with runners on base. They have only allowed six stolen bases on eight attempts this

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By Paul Pierre-Louis Staff writer During her senior year last season, Kendra Knight was synonymous with Terrapins softball. If the team was on the field, there was a strong chance the former pitching ace was in the circle.

Those days were routine for Knight, whose season totals in strikeouts, appearances and complete games last year ranked first, second and third all-time, respectively, for the Terps.

Tonight, one of the best pitchers in the team’s history will return to Robert E. Taylor Stadium, albeit in a slightly different role than she’s used to.

Instead of suiting up and taking the field with many of the teammates she played alongside a year ago, she will be coaching in the visiting dugout, wearing the colors of Hampton University as the Terps take on the Pirates in a doubleheader.

“It’s definitely going to be different,” said Knight, who is serving as a graduate assistant coach with Hampton this season.

“Especially with me just having left last season and knowing all of the girls.”

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Guard Katie Rutan (left) and the Terps had no answer for North Carolina guard Latifah Coleman, who scored 17 points in a 72-65 win. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Out of thin air

Tar Heels’ Coleman comes off bench to expose Terps’ lack of depth in breakout performance

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer

GREENSBORO, N.C. — When Tianna Hawkins, Alyssa Thomas and Katie Rutan sat onstage in a Greensboro Coliseum auditorium Friday night, the Terrapins women’s basketball players were adamant no ill effects of the team’s overtime victory over a desperate Wake Forest team would carry over into Saturday’s ACC tournament semifinal against North Carolina.

The Terps were in tip-top shape.

They were young, coach Brenda Frese said. They had waited all season for a chance to defend their ACC title.

And after the Terps built a 14-point halftime lead over North Carolina, it seemed like they would do it.

But the No. 3-seed Tar Heels exposed the No. 2-seed Terps’ lack of depth in a 72-65 comeback win. The Terps were playing two games in less than 24 hours, and they were doing it with an already