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Adobe software now free to download for students

By Madeleine List Staff writer Students will no longer have to trek to McKeldin Library late at night to finish a Photoshop assignment, after the university and Adobe struck a deal that brings the Creative Suite 6 and other programs free of charge to the university community.

In addition to Microsoft Office — which students could start download-

ing for free in September — students, faculty and staff can also download Adobe-licensed products, Matlab and other programs through TERPware, the university’s new software distribution site. The software is funded collaboratively by the Division of Information Technology, various university colleges and schools, and the campus student technology fee, Phyllis Dickerson Johnson, DIT communications and marketing director, wrote in an email.

TERPware experienced more than 6,300 downloads within the first week of its launch, Johnson wrote.

And though TERPware itself costs about $40,000 per year, all downloads are completely free, she said.

“It’s a really good idea, considering that so many classes require you to type things up and make PowerPoints and things like that,” said Aleesha Onta, a sophomore economics major who downloaded the Office suite. “By

TERPWARE PROGRAMS Students can now download major computer programs after TERPware added Creative Suite 6 to its list of free computer applications. These include:

• ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 6 • MATLAB • MICROSOFT OFFICE providing [programs] for everyone, it gives everyone an equal opportunity to succeed in their classes.”

The accessibility of the Adobe Creative Suite software has already proven beneficial for journalism See terpware, Page 3

Gas tax not new to state Transportation fund has always required additional revenue

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

University astronomers anxiously awaiting ‘comet of the century’ with onlookers across the globe

By Madeleine List Staff writer It’s become an international star — or comet, if you will.

Astronomers around the world — including those at this university — are keeping a close watch on the night sky in the coming months to track the movements of Comet ISON, dubbed the “comet of the century.”

The comet will be visible from November to December and should pass

closest to the sun on Thanksgiving Day, said Matthew Knight, a postdoctoral research scientist at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. The best time to view it from this state will be in late December right after sunset and just before sunrise, he said.

Astronomers said they expect ISON — named after the Russian observatory where it was first discovered in September 2012 by two amateur stargazers — to fly closer to the sun than most comets, within 2.7 solar radii or

about 1.8 million kilometers from the sun’s center. This proximity will heat up the comet, making it abnormally bright, Knight said.

“We think this comet will be as bright as the full moon, which will be amazing,” said Dennis Bodewits, assistant research scientist in the university’s astronomy department.

The comet could make for more than just a beautiful display — it could be See comet, Page 3

While unpopular, the gas tax is nothing new — in fact, even during a booming economy in the ’90s, former Gov. Parris N. Glendening felt it necessary to raise the tax.

Transportation and its related infrastructure have continually been a money pit for the state. Two decades ago, it was an even more difficult sell than it is now — a hard pill to swallow for voters who were bombarded with news of how great the state and national economies were doing.

“The headline says, ‘Maryland has a $1 billion surplus’ … and then you read the next day, and it says, ‘Deficit at the federal level continues to decline,’” Glendening said. “So you’re reading those headlines and then you see the headline that says, ‘Gas tax to go up.’”

At least now, Glendening said, a slow economy and continual state budget challenges help residents better understand the increase, even if many are unhappy about it. Barring any federal legislation that increases the gas tax, the new state tax would incrementally increase the gas sales tax and annually adjust the state’s current 23.5-centsper-gallon tax with the inflation rate.

“It’s never popular, and it does take a certain amount of political courage,” Glendening said.

In the ’90s, the added revenue went toward reconstruction of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, highways and mass transit systems, among other projects.

But this year, the need for more revenue may resonate more with students, who could otherwise see plans for the bigticket, 16-mile Purple Line light-rail project, which would connect Bethesda to New Carrollton, scrapped.

If the state economy remained on its current trajectory until 2017 — meaning without the gas tax — the Transportation

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Maryland Media Inc. names new editors

Evolving toward more conscious clothes shopping

Parent company selects co-managing editor as Diamondback’s editor in chief-elect

By Beena Raghavendran Staff writer Last night, The Diamondback’s parent company, Maryland Media Inc., named co-managing editor Mike King the newspaper’s editor in chief for the 2013-14 academic year.

King, a junior journalism major, will take over the paper later this month.

He began work at The Diamondback the second week of his freshman year after hearing about open copy editing positions at the paper in his first fresh-

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man journalism class. Since then, he has climbed the editorial ranks, serving as assistant managing editor the first semester of his sophomore year and managing editor for the past year.

As editor in chief, King said he hopes to continue driving the paper’s online presence and further its commitment to strong journalism, building on momentum from changes the staff undertook in 2012. Among these were a redesign of its print product and website and the launch of a mobile app.

Along with expanding student blogs

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Sophomore finds inspiration in social activism to start online Evlove store Mike KING, Diamondback co-managing editor, was named editor in chief-elect. charlie deboyace/the diamondback and Twitter content, King said he plans to explore the paper’s reach on social media through Instagram and Twitter’s video app, Vine.

King said he has found a passion

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By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer With clothes, shoes and about $400, Ayana Cotton thinks she can change the world.

Through her socially conscious startup company Evlove, which launched March 9, the sophomore business major is encouraging others to evolve through online

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clothing swaps. Cotton found her inspiration for Evlove’s model from her time in the Occupy Wall Street movement and New York’s fashion scene.

Before transferring to this university, Cotton spent a year studying fashion merchandising at the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising College in New York, blogging about her experiences

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evlove, a student-run clothing company, enables female students to sell and buy used clothes using a point system instead of money. Customers receive points based on the value of their submitted clothing that they can use to purchase clothes from other sellers. photos courtesy of ayana cotton

clothing From PAGE 1 with fashion and activism. She knew,however,that her blog wasn’t getting much attention and wasn’t making the impact she’d hoped for.

When Cotton came to this university, she decided to redesign the concept around her personal blog, marrying fashion and social responsibility in a company she hopes will “revolutionize the way girls shop.” It’s the slogan printed on her business cards, her website, Facebook pages and fliers — it’s the goal she has for Evlove.

“It’s evolve spelled backwards,” Cotton said. “It’s a sustainable brand, a socially conscious brand — we have to evolve from our past mistakes.”

Clothes, shoes and accessories have a shelf life. Fashionphile Cotton was tired of facing the same dilemma over and over again: A dress was too small or too trendy, but a new one was expensive, and she didn’t have the money to replace it.

If she donated something, she couldn’t be sure it actually made its way to a new user. Selling clothes online can be a hassle, and consignment stores don’t always give you your money’s worth, she said.

“I just think it wasn’t fair to be left with the donation or eBay or consignment route,” she said. “I

gas From PAGE 1 Trust Fund, a state account dedicated to transportation and infrastructure projects, would not be able to fund any projects outside of maintaining infrastructure, according to estimates by the state’s Department of Legislative Services. That would come at the same time that both the Purple Line and Red Line projects, planned for Baltimore, would require an estimated $820 million investment to ensure both projects finish on time.

Additionally, the state could lose federal funding if there is any concern its transportation funding is at risk.

The federal government has maintained that before it will “put up its matching share,” Virginia and this state must show a commitment to supporting building and operating new transit, Glendening said.

“The reality is, if this additional funding is not there, the feds will not approve their share of the Purple Line, and the Purple Line will not be constructed,” he said.

The Purple Line would help connect students and faculty to several job centers, including the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring. Such potential would be erased if the project falters, Glendening said.

“Personally I would rank that as the No. 1 project on any completion list,” he said. “You cannot be a world-class university if you don’t have a connection to the major research centers that we have in this area.”

It is still unclear, however, what officials would use the expected $4.4 billion to fund, and whether the full amount will materialize at all.

“You just don’t know how much revenue this is going to produce,” said Harry Shapiro, a tax lawyer and partner at Saul Ewing LLP. “But it will substantially increase the amount available for transportation projects.”

“it wasn’t fair to be left with the donation or ebay or consignment route ... i donated, like, a $200 dress, but donation maybe isn’t as socially responsible as we think it might be.”

AYANA COTTON

Sophomore business major donated, like, a $200 dress, but donation maybe isn’t as socially responsible as we think it might be.”

Evlove is a low-cost, environmentally friendly way for college women to get new clothes and get the most out of the ones they already own, Cotton said.

At ShopEvlove.com, customers can order Evlove bags to stuff full of their unwanted clothing; those bags are free for now but will eventually cost $15.

Cotton will evaluate the clothes sent in and assign them a point value within a week, and donors can use the points they’ve earned to shop her site’s collection of items.

Those who don’t have much to send in can purchase 100 points for $20, but the idea, Cotton said, is to give and benefit from doing good.

To get the site started, Cotton went to thrift stores to purchase high-quality items from designers such as Marc Jacobs and Emanuel Ungaro, whose clothing can sell for hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars. Shoppers can purchase those items on the site for

“i don’t think it’s good for the college park campus ... all of the advantages of the purple line could have been provided to the campus with a high-level bus rapid transit.”

ROBERT FLANAGAN

Former secretary of transportation The main transportation problems in the state can be found on the Interstate 270 corridor, the Washington and Baltimore beltways and the still under-construction Interstate 95 express toll lanes, said former state Secretary of Transportation Robert Flanagan, who served under former Gov. Robert Ehrlich. To expand transportation interests in the state, there should be a focus on systems that connect roadways and transportation networks, he said, not on big ticket projects that strain the transportation budget.

“You need a governor who’s a champion of a project like that, and I think the current administration has been short-sighted,” Flanagan said. “[Gov. Martin] O’Malley has spent the last several years touting the Red Line and the Purple Line.”

Flanagan added O’Malley might not be taking the most cost-effective route.

“I don’t think it’s good for the College Park campus,” he said. “All the advantages of the Purple Line could have been provided to the campus with a high-level bus rapid transit.”

But with $120 million already invested into the design of the project, putting the rest of the pieces together becomes all the more important to get a proper return on investment. Given the state’s financial straits, the money to fund the Purple Line would have been absent without new expected revenue.

“The numbers before this tax increase showed the state would not be able to meet its obligation,” Glendening said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

less than 100 points, although donations don’t have to be near that caliber of retail.

Alexa Sokol, a sophomore business major, isn’t sure the moneyless point system is appealing.

“I probably would use it, but I think the points might limit me,” she said. “If there wasn’t anything on the site I wanted, I would only get points, and I think it might mislead me.”

Beth Dacquisto, a senior Russian major, said she thought it sounded interesting.

“It’s definitely a good idea if you have a lot of clothes in your closet,” she said. “I would use it.”

Cotton will send clothes that don’t make the cut back to the donor on their dime or donate them to a women’s shelter.

“It’s something no one’s doing now, and I think girls will appreciate it,” Cotton said. “It’s definitely for the stylish, trendsetter, badass girl. It’s not the girl who walks into the store and just copies the mannequin. She makes trends her own.”

Orders are now on hold while Cotton works to gather dona-

tions. However, shoppers will be able to buy clothes, shoes and accessories starting May 3.

Cotton said she hopes to expand Evlove to Georgetown University, American University and Howard University this summer.

First, though, she needs to create a presence on this campus, and that’s been a struggle.

“It’s kind of hard to explain the concept,” she said. “I transferred from a school in [New York] and there was no campus, no grass, no frats and sororities … when I came here, there was no clear fashion community.”

So far, about $400 of Cotton’s money has gone into Evlove. It’s still small, with Cotton and her boyfriend, the company’s photographer, as the only employees.

Between classes and her job at Urban Outfitters, Cotton has been aggressive about building a social media presence and seeking out opportunities to promote her business. She created the website herself and participated in this year’s Cupid’s Cup, a startup competition hosted by the business school.

She also plans to partner with an arts group on the campus, Terpmode, which will be sponsoring her April 22 clothing submission event. Evlove will be at Terpmode’s spring showcase April 19.

Terpmode founder Deanna Wright, a senior English lan-

guage and literature major, said Evlove’s approach intrigued her.

“We liked the mission, and we wanted to show that our group was there to help … If you kind of

like something but don’t want to throw it away,” she said, “at least it can go to somebody.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Bill may encourage development near P.G. Metro stops General Assembly votes to reduce fee

By Sandra Müller Staff writer Housing developers may soon have added incentive to build apartments close to county Metro stations.

On the last day of the legislative session, state lawmakers passed a bill to encourage economic growth in the area: Housing developers would pay a reduced fee, or none at all if they choose, to build apartments within a certain distance of a Metro stop. If Gov. Martin O’Malley signs off on the school facility surcharge bill, the new regulation will go into effect in October.

Every station in county lines is sparsely developed, barring Prince George’s Plaza, said District 3 Councilman Eric Olson, but officials hope that will change soon, aided by reducing a school facilities surcharge that ranges from

$8,762 to $15,020, depending on the location of the housing unit.

The county established the fee in 2003 to help fund construction and renovations of school facilities, but the new law would cut that surcharge in half for developers of multifamily housing and eliminate it completely for studio and efficiency apartment developers.

“We did huge investments in our Metro system, but we are not getting the full use out of it,” said Olson, who introduced the proposal. “I am very happy that the General Assembly passed the bill. … It is good for the county and attracting transit-oriented development, which will have a real economic impact.”

The reduced surcharge will cost the county $14 million in lost revenue by 2018, Olson said, but officials expect a net gain of $13 million because of increased development and taxes.

Josh Ratner, College Park City Council student liaison, added, “This is something where you need to lose money to invest in

the future.”

However, to ensure the bill has an immediate impact, it will expire in 2018.

“We want to give the opportunity to develop right now,” Olson said.

The effects of reducing the school facilities surcharge may be slow to reach the campus, though the university endorsed the bill with a letter of support, said Rob Specter, administrative affairs and finance vice president.

“It has an indirect impact by making it easier to develop multifamily housing in the city,” he said. “[College Park] can become a more attractive place for new faculty and staff who want to live in affordable neighborhoods when they The county’s metro stops are underdeveloped compared to other regions’, with the exception of Prince George’s Plaza. To encourage more housing developers come to work for the to build up near transit, the General Assembly voted to reduce and eliminate a surcharge for housing developments near Metro stations. file photo/the diamondback university.”

Ratner added that students But by imposing the new public transportation helps see the bill drive up property often cite concerns that Metro regulation, officials hope to go reduce the number of cars on tax revenue. stations in the county are beyond enhancing the safety and the road, but residents and visi“We are now getting zero from unsafe. More development appearance of the areas around tors to this county must still use Metro station development,” Olson could address the problem Metro stops. their cars to get from the Metro said. “We need to focus on smart over time.

They also want to keep up station to most commercial areas growth in challenged regions.”

“More people generally means with neighboring jurisdictions, or housing. less crime,” Ratner said.

County officials also hope to newsumdbk@gmail.com Olson said. Development around

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he loves The Diamondback very selflessly, which is needed in every editor in chief,” she said. “I think he’s going to continue building on what we started this year.”

King’s application was particularly strong, said Stephen Lamphier, president of Maryland Media Inc., because of his three years of work at the paper and his hopes to maintain a strong focus on the Web. “He’s so enthusiastic in moving ahead,” Lamphier said.

MMI also named junior journalism major Samantha Piccirillo as editor in chief of The Mitzpeh. Eclipse editor in chief Alana Yzola, a junior journalism major, will continue in that position at the publication.

for editing through his work, which he can’t wait to continue next year.

“It’s the culmination of everything I’ve done here,” he said. “I’ve dealt with many of the aspects of the editor in chief position in my time here, but I’ll have to do all of them now, every day.”

Current editor in chief Yasmeen Abutaleb will take on a new position at The Diamondback, of enterprise reporter. The junior journalism and microbiology major said she is excited to see how King pursues goals of increasing readership and investigative pieces.

“Mike is incredibly smart, and newsumdbk@gmail.com

Comet ISON has been following a path since March that leads it through the constellations Gemini, Cancer and Leo. The comet will be visible from November to December. University researchers are among those tracking the comet, which is expected to light up as bright as the moon as it passes close to the sun. photo courtesy of nasa’s goddard space flight center/axel mellinger

comet From PAGE 1 a rare opportunity for scientists to learn more about the composition of comets and their role in outer space.

Assuming the comet survives its path near the sun, Knight said, the extreme heat would cause ice and other heavy metals to evaporate off its surface.

If this happens, astronomers could potentially detect the various elements using solar telescopes and other instruments, Bodewits said.

“We want to compare the composition of this comet to the composition of the sun and other planets,” Knight said.

Since ISON’s discovery, astronomers from this university and the Lowell Observatory have been working together as they track the comet’s path using NASA’s Swift satellite.

They will observe it with the Hubble Space Telescope on May 2, Bodewits said.

If it stays on track, the comet would rank among the brightest in history, he said.

But comets are unpredictable and don’t always behave the way astronomers expect, Knight said, which is why some stargazers are waiting to plan viewing sessions until closer to ISON’s approach.

“There’s no way to really know how they’re going to turn out,” said Elizabeth Warner, observatory coordinator at this university. “It may fall about, completely shatter and not be visible at all.”

Steffi Yen, president of AstroTerps, said she plans to watch the comet wherever she is when it passes Earth.

“Looking at the night sky is something really beautiful,” said Yen, a senior astronomy and physics major. “It’s crazy that there are things going on so far away from us that we don’t know too much about. There’s a lot to learn. [Astronomy] is very different from other sciences.”

A few weeks ago, Yen waited on the top of Regents Parking Garage with a pair of binoculars in hand, hoping to catch a glimpse of the comet Pan-STARRS. It was one of the coolest space phenomena she’s ever seen, Yen said.

The last significant comet was

Ikeya-Seki, discovered by two Japanese amateur astronomers in 1965, Knight said. Because it traveled so close to the sun, scientists were able to detect heavy metals leaping off a comet for the first time, he said.

ISON does not pose any threat to Earth, even though its path is nearby, Bodewits said. Asteroids that travel toward the Earth from behind the sun — such as the one that hit Russia in February — are dangerous because scientists can’t see them coming, he added.

“We can’t observe toward the

sun,” he said. “It’s like looking into a car’s headlights.”

As ISON approaches the sun in the coming months, astronomers plan to keep their eyes on the comet and its path.

“We’re trying to raise awareness of the comet to make sure that observatories all over the world are aware of it,” Knight said. “It’s such a unique opportunity to study comets … We call it a dynamically new comet. We don’t get a chance to study many of those.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

MORE ONLINE Target’s fat shaming: Don’t call women manatees As college women, it’s already hard enough to be comfortable in our own skin. There’s always someone taller, shorter, curvier, smaller or prettier.

Behind every woman’s scorn is a retail store that made her that way. Wait for it…

Target, or as us middle-classers like to call it, Targé, made headlines last week for its “unintended oversight” of a discrepancy between smaller and larger dress sizes in its online store. Smaller sizes of a specific maxi dress were colored “dark heather gray.” Its larger sizes were dubbed a “manatee gray.”

photo courtesy of target.com

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terpware From PAGE 1 students and faculty, said journalism instructor Jon Sham, as several of the college’s classes involve photo and video editing.

The launch of TERPware came as several journalism faculty members began transitioning from teaching Final Cut Express, a video and audio editing program, to Adobe Premiere, Sham said.

Though the switch might be frustrating for students who have already learned how to use Final Cut Express, it is important to keep up with the latest technology, Sham said. Since the layouts of the two systems are basically the same, students should have no trouble switching programs, he said.

For Jenn Rothschild, a junior in the graphic design program, the software release wasn’t so exciting.

Rothschild already had to buy programs such as Photoshop because they were required for her classes.

And though she received a student discount on her purchase,the products were still expensive, she said.

“I would have considered it a lot more if I was a freshman and hadn’t gotten the software yet,” Rothschild

said.“People are saying how excited they were to get the software, but none of them were design students.

All of the people I know who are in the design [program] already are frustrated, saying, ‘Where was this when I needed it?’”

Frustration continued for some other students, who have reported some download and installation issues. But the number of issues reported to DIT is a small fraction of the total number of downloads, Johnson wrote.

In the fall, the university hopes to release the Creative Cloud, which would make Adobe software accessible wirelessly through the campus network, Johnson added.

Because TERPware provides free access on personal laptops to programs that normally cost thousands of dollars, the university’s agreements with Microsoft and Adobe benefit everyone, Sham said. The Adobe CS6 Master Collection, one of the downloads available on the site, normally retails at about $2,599.

“I think it’s an amazing idea,” he said. “Everyone at the journalism school and everyone on campus will benefit from it.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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The power of budgetary transparency I

t seemed like a miracle — this year’s General Assembly passed a budget ahead of schedule. It’s a stark contrast to 2012, when this university panicked about its future at the end of the state legislative session.

In that session, lawmakers squabbled over menial issues and left the state with a “doomsday” budget that would have wrought double-digit tuition hikes. This editorial board constantly demanded progress for more than a month and students worried about their futures.

But this sunny week, with an early budget, we don’t have to worry about a thing. To make matters better, the University System of Maryland will see a 7.5 percent increase in funding from last year. At this university, some of the funding will go toward initiatives such as pay raises; science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses; and blended learning.

Make no mistake: The budget is a powerful validation of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s commitment to higher

education. But at a university with major developments in the pipeline already, it is critical that administrators stay on top of state officials to continue prioritizing our needs, then explicitly spell out how and where this funding will be distributed.

In a glowing email to the university community this week, university President Wallace Loh outlined some overall plans for the funding. It was refreshing to receive an email with actual information for new foundational ideas — and it was a good start for a more open relationship between administrators and the community on future projects.

But in the coming months, students, faculty and staff deserve full transparency about exactly where the money is going, instead of simply broad ideas.

As the confusion about the funding for the president’s new residence showed us, it’s imperative we keep the lines of communication open. We don’t want to have a disconnect — that doesn’t help either party.

And as a direct extension of the state, this university system should be held to the highest standards of accountability.

A few fields stand out as needing extensive explanation: pay raises, growth in STEM majors and blended learning.

OUR VIEW

It’s great this university has been remembered by this year’s General Assembly, but now officials must use the money clearly and wisely.

This editorial board believes these are all great areas for investment, and many members of the university community will undoubtedly benefit from fresh dollars. But the areas are vague, and the university community should know ahead of time how much is being funneled into which specific projects.

As there hasn’t been nearly enough

specificity, this editorial board still has a few questions for university officials.

Faculty and staff will see a 2.5 percent merit increase — the first in four years — next April, and another 3 percent costof-living increase in January. Loh wrote: “Compensation is related to educational quality and institutional reputation.” But who determines institutional reputation, an inherently subjective metric, and will faculty and staff have any input? What about addressing workers’ rights issues on this campus? In the past couple of years, many such issues have been raised — and they have yet to be resolved.

Loh wrote funds will go toward enrolling 350 new STEM majors, a noble task. That umbrella term is enormous, though. Is the funding going toward new professors, new technology, ramped-up admissions efforts or something else entirely? Current and prospective students surely want to know if their major will drastically change in the near future.

And expanding blended learning,

which combines online technology and in-person interaction, is likely a step toward higher education’s future. But how will this expansion come about?

Will students and faculty have a say in which courses are added or eliminated in this transition? Will blended learning professors earn different salaries than conventional professors?

This editorial board strongly supports both the state’s generous funding to the university system and Loh’s general ideas for implementing it. With such a massive investment from the state, this university stands to greatly improve quality of life and education for much of its community. It’s the opposite of a doomsday.

We don’t expect administrators to have every dollar accounted for right now. But it’s important for the university community to know the specifics in the coming months. Helping the public understand each decision made with this money will make this funding process even more satisfying and effective.

HEAD TO HEAD

Professional writing: Worthless drivel or useful resource?

JOSHUA DOWLING The university’s junior English class is an affront to humanity. It is an insult to anyone who attended high school and to anyone who ever successfully filled out a college application — which, in theory, is anybody attending this university. Moreover, it is an insult to anyone who has ever read a book or a newspaper, an insult to anyone who can spell the smallest of words or form the most basic of sentences.

For English, history and journalism majors, whose chosen fields are research- and writingintensive, junior English is more than insulting — it is doubly redundant.

If you’ve ever stepped foot in a junior English classroom, you know just how painful and useless the experience is. A lecturer, whose soul died the moment he or she realized he or she was teaching junior English, is forced to drone on and on about just how important the comma is in everyday life to a room full of people.

Two-thirds of the class actually needs the information but is too bored to care; the other third, already having learned the material several times since elementary school, has zoned out. Junior English is an excessively painful experience, and nobody should be forced to participate in it.

Except, not really. We all know this isn’t necessarily the case. Some people, somehow, have managed to successfully evade what little education it takes to help people learn how to write basic sentences. Some people in some majors do not have to write anything other than numbers most of the time, and that is fine. There probably should be some kind of class to teach them how to do so.

Perhaps we could call it “English 101.”

Should that not suffice, they could perhaps

take another class two years later. Call me crazy, but that seems as though it would work.

There might even be some merit to the notion of teaching students how to write cover letters and resumes, but that should probably be taught to freshmen, so they can apply to internships earlier in their college careers — and more successfully.

But the idea that a combination of high verbal SAT scores, as well as getting a 4 or 5 on an AP English Language exam, exempts one from having to take freshman English and not junior English is absurd, especially while those not gifted with basic English language skills were able to take a class earlier in their college career and be exempted from the junior English requirement by virtue of earning an “A.” This is a ridiculous notion, that kids who were not able to test out of ENGL 101 could test out of junior English by virtue of getting an “A” in a simple class while students who tested out of ENGL 101 because of their superior English skills are then forced to take junior English. It’s mind-boggling that high-achieving freshmen should be punished by being forced to take a class that is not a requirement for lowerachieving students.

The idea that there is no way for all students to test out of this requirement, or to prove competency via another research or writing course, is absurd and appalling.

I know I said once that the lack of Coca-Cola products on this campus was my biggest beef with this university, but that was hyperbole — it was folly. In some manner of post-traumatic memory lapse, I forgot about the deep pain inflicted on my psyche by junior English.

Worried about your English competency? Read a book — it might help.

Joshua Dowling is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at dowlingj@terpmail.umd.edu.

EZRA FISHMAN I walked into my first day of ENGL 394: Business Writing full of doubts. After years upon years of largely meaningless English education, I had no expectation of learning anything new, useful or interesting. I expected to hear about grammar rules I already knew, practice writing styles — which I expected to be antiquated and all but useless in the real world — or sit through long discussions about the importance of outlining, drafting, revising and proofreading. To put it simply, I thought it would be a complete waste of time.

I was terribly wrong. In that one semester, I learned more useful writing skills than I have since I first learned to write in kindergarten.

As many upperclassmen will tell you, my experience with a professional writing class was an exception to the rule. Though some professors, like mine, build a comprehensive workshop focused solely on helping students become better at writing for their preferred fields, others simply spend a semester assigning waste-oftime papers and group projects and lecturing about fifth-grade grammar.

And although a shocking number of college students actually need the lessons in elementary grammar and basic writing, the classes that only offer this level of instruction are indeed a waste of time. The other courses — the ones that offer real, useful writing instruction — are noteworthy, ones every college student should be required to take.

So what makes a professional writing class so important?

It serves as an excellent career development class. Though I had to take a specific career development class as part of my business requirements, the week we spent in ENGL 394 working with students from multiple majors to develop our resumes, cover letters and interview skills with a professional writer were significantly

MATT RICE “You’re killing me! Please use the sidewalk.” Those were the words students read each day last semester when a small patch of grass between the Ellicott and Denton communities became a battleground. Students insisted on taking the most direct and efficient route to their dorms — through the grass — but the university resisted them with all its might — a plastic fence and a paper sign.

It began when daring students ventured across the hypotenuse of the two sidewalks and blazed a new trail. The university then rose to the grass’s defense, erecting barriers and replanting the weary grass. For a while, it looked like the university had won, but when the fence disappeared, students quickly gained the upper hand, triumphantly traversing and trampling the new grass. It was dead within a week.

Spring break came, and all wondered how and when the university would regroup for its counterattack.

The counterattack did not come; instead, students found a white flag — a newly paved sidewalk. The university

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

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Trampled grass, rules had caved, and even took the very path of students’ defiance as the guide for its new policy. It could not stop people from walking between the two sidewalks, so it decided to at least relegate students to one approved path.

We often hear arguments for matters of public policy, ranging from recreational drugs to abortion restrictions, that make a similar claim: If the government cannot enforce its laws, it ought to eliminate them. The classic case is the Prohibition era, when the government’s ban on all alcohol could not be enforced and moonshiners everywhere defied it.

In the end, the law had to be changed because it was doing more harm than good, giving business to organized crime and busying police who could have been dealing with more important matters.

Certainly, there are times when the government should change laws that are widely disobeyed; the civil rights movement clearly shows this. But the discriminatory Jim Crow laws were not ended merely because civil disobedience made them impractical; they were eliminated because this disobedience highlighted how unjust they were and, as Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “an unjust law is no law at all.” It is people’s duty to disobey unjust laws, but this does not

more useful than the canned curriculum most career classes offer.

Professional writing also offers a chance to practice real-world writing forms and skills. In business writing, our major assignment was a business proposal. In technical writing, it’s a technical document. Every course is carefully geared toward a specific field and calibrated accordingly. Though some people with very unique career goals might be left out, in general, most students should be able to find a course that suits their specific needs.

Once in these courses, competent teachers are able to give their students a detailed education on the real-world writing skills they will need.

Finally, professional writing offers students a place where they are graded solely on their writing, rather than the inclusion of specific content.

Though most professors in other classes will give some level of style and grammar feedback when grading papers, they will usually focus more on the material specific to their class and the paper assigned. This means students can go through four years of college, in which they advance all of their other technical skills, without a single chance to improve their writing. Even those students who were writing at a high level in high school would get rusty after four years of limited feedback.

Beyond all this, though, taking a professional writing class is important because professional writing is important. Most employers, when asked, list writing ability as one of the most attractive skills in a candidate. In just about any field students work in after college, they will have to write a multitude of documents, memos, pitches and other pieces of writing. Without a proper education and a good amount of practice, we’ll lose the skills needed to write these documents in a clear and competent manner.

And even worse, we’ll be stuck reading (and rewriting) the work of other people who can’t write, either.

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mean that all disobeyed laws are unjust.

There are plenty of laws people will always disobey to some extent. Murders are prevalent in Washington and Baltimore, but I’m sure most of us would not want to reinstate Burr-Hamiltonstyle duels. Likewise, shoplifting is common, but no one would expect a store to respond by offering certain merchandise for free.

Although murder rates and shoplifting cases might decrease if duels and “free-stuff” aisles were implemented,

more people would die and more stuff would be taken without profit for the store. Furthermore, some murders and shoplifting would inevitably continue because some people would want to go beyond legal limitations.

Widespread disobedience is not a sufficient condition to get rid of a law.

Just laws exist in order to protect the right of citizens and to further the common good of a society; if people disobey laws that do in fact serve these purposes, the solution is not to reduce

the laws but to increase enforcement.

Arguing that a law shouldn’t exist because people will disobey it is simply a distraction from the really important question: Is the law just? Sometimes the policy is unjust and the sidewalk should be built, but that is because of the Pythagorean Theorem, not the trampled grass.

Matt Rice is a sophomore engineering and materials science major. He can be reached at matthew.rice.d@w.

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The catch is that you may choose a line of work in which longevity is quite rare -- but still you are likely to accomplish more, over the long haul, than many others.

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In a welcome reminder that only Chris Brown can get away with assault, Reebok has pulled its sponsorship of Rick Ross after he pretty explicity endorsed date rape on the Rocko song “U.N.E.N.O.” Ross, who is well known for shouting his own name and getting arrested — and also occasionally rapping — has yet to apologize, but he has tweeted that he doesn’t condone rape, which is probably the most we can hope for.

REVIEW | 42

ALMOST A HOME RUN

42 is as average as an 85-mph fastball right down the center of the plate, but the Jackie Robinson story is powerful enough to be worth the price of admission

By Joe Antoshak Staff writer Before Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or any other great black ballplayers helped elevate the game of baseball to where it stands today, there was Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ valorous No. 42.

He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 and was met with widespread abuse, not only from the game’s racist fans, but also from many involved in the league at the time, in-

cluding coaches, umpires and even his own teammates. Nonetheless, Robinson courageously prevailed and had a very successful career before being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

42, the latest film from writerdirector Brian Helgeland (Robin Hood), tells the story of the beginning of Robinson’s career. While it may not reinvent the genre of feel-good sports movies, the legend of Robinson is enough to warrant a watch.

The movie’s bright spots include strong performances from Chadwick Boseman (The Kill Hole) as Robinson, and Harrison Ford, (Cowboys & Aliens) who acts as Dodgers’ executive Branch Rickey. Additionally, the plot stays true to itself and character development exists even if it isn’t especially dynamic or memorable.

42 picks up after the 1946 season with the cigar-wielding Rickey determined to improve his squad.

Intent on winning, he decides to break the unwritten law that Major League Baseball was a white man’s game. After tossing around a number of Negro League prospects, Rickey lands on Robinson.

Then, 42 takes a dramatic turn for the boring as it moves through the 1947 season.

After Robinson agrees to be signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in an overwrought

scene in Rickey’s office, the plot begins to feel like a template taken from Billy Crystal’s 2001 HBO movie, 61*, which chronicled Roger Maris’ breaking of the single-season home run record.

The plot progression is strikingly similar. Not only do both flicks paint their respective main character as a misunderstood outcast who has to slowly earn his spot on a new team, but both use the players’ wives as the essential supporting structure for the men through their tribulations in comparable ways. At times, it even feels as if Helgeland simply changed the names in Crystal’s script.

This is not to say, though, that the movie has nothing to offer. Lesserknown facets of Robinson’s story — such as that he was not expected to play on the Dodgers at the start of the 1947 season or that he played first base for all of that year — will appeal to the casual sports fan.

Furthermore, Leo Durocher’s (Christopher Meloni, Awful Nice) presence as the first manager of the Dodgers’ 1947 season is spot-on. He is essential for comic relief in the early goings and, in a dramatic scene in which he commands his team to end their blatant racism toward Robinson, shines through as one of the most effective characters in 42. If anything, he is underutilized.

The highlight of the movie comes during a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies in which Phillies manager Ben Chapman

(Alan Tudyk, Wreck-It Ralph) incessantly heckles Robinson.

He spits abundant racial slurs at Robinson as he steps up to bat.

Chapman eventually gets under Robinson’s skin, and after failing to land a hit in a second at-bat, he escapes to the dugout tunnel where he smashes his bat against the cinder block wall.

As splinters of wood fly around the tunnel, Robinson howls, and for a brief moment the audience understands the man’s anguish. Once the bat is obliterated, Rickey, who has left his seat in the stands, approaches Robinson in the tunnel. The two talk and connect with each other, and Rickey embraces the sobbing Robinson.

With the number 42 brazenly facing

the camera before the stairs that lead to the field, it all feels achingly human.

In a moment of cinematic clarity, the weight of the story is felt at once.

Although 42 doesn’t offer much innovation on repetitive construction of heroic sports movies, it does the Jackie Robinson story justice and casts light on overlooked or forgotten aspects of his tale. The fi lm is now the most accessible way for a young generation to begin to understand the danger of ignorant prejudice.

Even if baseball is not as relevant today as it was in the mid-20th century, the story remains powerful. And it deserves not only to be told, but to be seen. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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JAYS From PAGE 8 favorites over their archrivals.

They beat them twice last season by a combined nine goals, and Johns Hopkins (6-4) heads into the matchup on a two-game losing skid.

With a victory, coach John Tillman’s group could even put John Hopkins’ streak of 41 straight NCAA tournament appearances in jeopardy.

“The opportunity for Maryland to knock them out of the playoffs is not only huge for this week, but for later on,” said ESPN lacrosse analyst Quint Kessenich, who played for the Blue Jays from 1987 to 1990.

“They could take a viable championship team out of the mix.”

Neither coach wanted to comment on Johns Hopkins’ playoff chances or any discrepancy between the Terps and the Blue Jays. It’s a rivalry game, Tillman said, so records and rankings won’t necessarily play a part in determining a winner.

Johns Hopkins coach Dave

JACKETS From PAGE 8 McLaughlin had more hits than the Yellow Jackets team combined, but walks and errors led to a 5-0 Terps loss. Georgia Tech’s ability to win in different ways, Perkins said, is how they have kept the streak alive.

Her team may not have the same luck this season, as subpar pitching throughout the year has been at the forefront of its inconsistent performances.

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The Terps have struggled during games this year in which they fail to control possessions.

The Blue Jays —who boast a team faceoff percentage of .644 and have gathered 61 more ground balls than their opponents this year — are capable of exposing that issue.

“Maryland, they’re used to a possession advantage based on faceoffs and turnovers, but Hopkins has a star faceoff man [Mike Poppleton],” Kessenich said. “So that could make a difference.”

When they do get the ball, the Terps will also have to find a way around All-American defender Tucker Durkin.

“He is outstanding,” Tillman said. “If you just line up and all you do is dodge Tucker Durkin all day, I really don’t think you’re going to be successful.”

Durkin’s presence, combined with Poppleton’s success at the faceoff X, could make it tough for the Terps to score. That could keep the game close and give a seemingly desperate Blue Jays team some confidence.

Plus, Johns Hopkins probably

Pietramala agreed with his counterpart, but conceded the Terps are playing as well as anyone in the nation — particularly on defense.

“Aside from having a goalie [N iko Amato] that is very good and I think is playing very well, [the Terps have] a defense that is playing really well collectively,” Pietramala said. “They complement each other very well.”

That stingy team defense could be a problem for a Blue Jays squad that has had issues with turnovers, Kessenich said.

Still, there’s reason to believe the Terps could struggle tomorrow. They‘ve been ranked No. 1 eight times entering matchups with Johns Hopkins, and they’ve won only half of those contests. The Blue Jays won’t be intimidated coming into Byrd Stadium either, after winning their past four games in College Park, including a rain-soaked 12-11 overtime decision nearly two years ago.

And this season, Johns Hopkins seems to match up decently with its rivals.

second to last in the conference in ERA, and their opponents hit .308 against their pitching staff. The Terps haven’t been much better in the circle, ranking one place above their opponents in each category.

With the pitching struggles, the pressure is on the hitters to take control of the matchups.

“When teams are struggling pitchingwise, then you have to focus on the offense,” Perkins said. “You have to find ways to create run production, and I think that’s what it’s going to come down to.”

That has been something

the Yellow Jackets have concentrated on throughout the season, and Watten said Perkins instilled an offensive mindset in Georgia Tech during her time as coach.

Though history may claim the Terps don’t have a chance to beat the Yellow Jackets, Watten isn’t stressed entering this weekend.

“We’re really just focused on us this weekend,” Watten said. “We need to make sure we go out and do what we need to do.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Attackman Owen Blye and the Terps defeated Johns Hopkins, 9-6, at Homewood Field in Baltimore last season. file photo/the diamondback remembers the Terps’ 9-6 win last season in front of a sold-out Homewood Field crowd. And it likely hasn’t forgotten the Terps’ 11-5 victory in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals.

“We had success against them last year, and I’m sure that’s been eating at them all year,” senior attackman Owen Blye said.

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GREEN From PAGE 8 season high. She has 14 on the year.

Her goals against the Tigers came at pivotal times for the Terps. After trailing 10-2 early in the second half, Princeton played more aggressive defense in the second half, mixing up its defensive sets and marking Aust. The Tigers’ offense rewarded the renewed defensive effort with four straight goals to cut the Terps’ lead in half.

But Glaros struck right back, notching two timely tallies in less than two minutes. “[Wednesday] she was super explosive,” coach Cathy Reese said. “Really quick first step.

She’s a great shooter; we’ve just got to get her some looks in there. She was able to finish.”

With the departures of attackers Karri Ellen Johnson and Kristy Black, the Terps needed the emergence of an alternate scoring option to play next to Aust.

HURRICANEs From PAGE 8 through the end of the regular season — the emergence of Robinson and Stinnett will be key if the Terps want to capture an ACC tournament berth.

“There’s a lot of innings to go around now,” Szefc said. “It’s good for our arms because guys are going to get a lot of work.”

Stinnett, a junior, has adjusted to his new role as a fulltime starting pitcher. Robinson’s drastic improvements have come with the growing pains of his first year in college baseball. In his seven starts prior to Tuesday, the freshman made it through five innings only twice and struggled with his control, averaging just less

MENTALITY From PAGE 8 recent skid. Her players complained about not being able to handle the physical pressure of matches, so Panova has emphasized conditioning this week.

Change is nothing new for Panova. She altered her coaching style Sunday, too.

The first-year coach only mentored the players who responded to her instructions during a 6-1 loss to Florida State. However, she thinks the squad learned its lesson, and she doesn’t plan to employ that tactic again this season.

Van Berlo, the No. 1 singles player and only Terp to win a singles match in the past four contests, has had to be patient with her teammates. With the only other nonfreshman,

tunity to get back at us.”

Regardless, the Terps will walk onto Capital One Field tomorrow as favorites against the team that dominates the series. Yet both coaches claim they won’t let the rankings alter their approach. They said anything can happen in this tradition-rich rivalry.

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Tillman learned something from R.V. Truitt.

“They are the best team in the country right now, and we have a lot of respect for their team and the way they’re playing,” Pietramala said of the Terps.

“But that being said … a rivalry game is just very different.”

Majorana, who was ranked as the No. 14 incoming freshman

by Inside Lacrosse, has provided just that for the Terps. In her first 12 college games, Majorana notched 15 goals.

But in the next two contests, against Penn and North Carolina, Majorana failed to find the back of the net.

She had been struggling shooting high-to-high, she said. So in practice last week, the freshman went to work on her fake.

“I knew I had to move the goalie,” Majorana said. “It’s all about breaking habits. So I knew I had to fake and shoot and stick it in the back of the net.”

T h e re s u l ts we re c l ea r Wednesday. The Manhasset, N.Y., native’s hat trick tied a career high.

When the Terps (15-0) host Dartmouth (8-3) on Sunday, chances are Aust will stuff the stat sheet and be among the team leaders in points. After all, she was named to the Tewaaraton watch list for a reason.

But she won’t be the only Terp looking to make an impact. The squad possesses one of the most balanced offenses in the nation, as eight Terps have tallied at least 14 goals this season.

They will need all of the offensive production they can get. The last time the Terps met the Big Green, on May 1, 2011, Dartmouth snapped the squad’s 28-game winning streak with a 9-8 win in Hanover, N.H. The stakes aren’t as high now — the Terps are riding a 15-game winning streak — but Dartmouth will once again look to play spoiler.

And if Glaros and Majorana turn in performances like they did Wednesday, the Terps likely won’t have to worry about scoring goals.

“That’s one of the great things about our offense,” Reese said. “We’re going to try to find an opening. We’ve got seven people on the field who can score.”

than a walk per inning.

Pitching coach Jim Belanger has worked extensively on Robinson’s mechanics and motion so he can efficiently work inside and outside on hitters.

“When I first got to Maryland, I had a really high leg kick, kind of like Dontrelle Willis,” Robinson said. “After we went to LSU, I looked at video of myself, and I was moving east-to-west instead of north-to-south. I was falling over, and I couldn’t get to the right side of the plate. With this new motion, I’m able to throw to both sides of the plate, and I’ve gained velocity, too.”

While Robinson has proven he has the potential to shut down opponents with his

junior Welma Luus, out for the season with a torn labrum, Van Berlo hopes to lead her young teammates while still producing on the court.

“It’s all new for them,” Van Berlo said, referring to her freshmen teammates. “So they make mistakes. You have to learn from it.”

Van Berlo’s teammates — including Luus, who will receive a medical redshirt — have multiple seasons of collegiate tennis ahead of them to put this season’s experience to good use. But this season is Van Berlo’s last chance to make the NCAA tournament or finish a season with a winning record in singles.

“For Vroni, it’s her last four [regular-season] matches,” Panova said. “She can either give up and not play them, or she can do better every

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low-90s fastball and sharp curveball, he has struggled against ACC opponents.

In his two starts against conference foes — Virginia on March 10 and N.C. State on March 31 — Robinson surrendered a combined four earned runs on five hits and six walks in only 3.2 innings.

But Robinson has appeared to put those issues behind him, and Szefc has a renewed option for his Sunday starter.

And that may help the Terps notch their first conference series win of the season. “ I f yo u ’re a ba se ba l l player,” Szefc said, “this is the time of year you really enjoy it because there’s a lot of games being played.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

single day.”

It would be tough for the Te r ps to ta l ly t h re e ACC wins at this point. Freshman Sarah Gealer admits the Terps haven’t openly talked about changing their goals, but she believes everyone has done so internally. Now Gealer simply hopes to secure a singles win in ACC play.

Panova isn’t too worried about expectations or goals, though. Rather than dwell on the past, she wants to focus on her team’s effort.

“I’m not going to give up,” Panova said. “Every single time we step on the court I don’t want to think about our season until this point. I want to see what we can do better this time. You don’t give up until your last point.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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A THorn in their side

BASEBALL

Sunday’s starter key vs. Miami

Szefc has options on mound for series finale

By Daniel Popper Staff writer Entering a slate of midweek games, the Terrapins baseball team had lost five consecutive conference series, and coach John Szefc still couldn’t find a consistent third starter at the back end of his weekend rotation.

He had alternated between lefthander Alex Robinson, right-hander Kevin Mooney and converted closer Jake Stinnett to the role. But the group combined for only 9.2 innings pitched over its past four Sunday starts, surrendering 14 earned runs on 14 hits.

The Terps fell in all four of those games.

The first-year coach needed somebody — anybody — to step up entering this weekend’s three-game set against Miami at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium.

His call was answered in two games this past week.

Robinson allowed four runs (three earned) in six innings of work as the Terps defeated Virginia Commonwealth, 6-5, in extra innings Tuesday.

Stinnett followed suit on Wednesday, hurling five scoreless innings of four-hit ball in a 16-1 victory over George Mason.

Szefc has yet to determine whether Stinnett or Robinson will start in Game 3 against the Hurricanes, but he said there’s a “good chance” it will be one of the two. The decision will depend on pitch count and how their arms respond come this weekend.

And with the pace of the season now picking up — the Terps will play two midweek games every week except one See hurricanes, Page 7

The Terps and Blue Jays have played each other 52 times since 1973. Johns Hopkins is 61-40-1 in the all-time series, but the top-ranked Terps will enter tomorrow’s game at Byrd Stadium as the favorites. file photos/the diamondback

Fiercest rivalry in lacrosse resumes tomorrow when No. 1 Terps host No. 15 Johns Hopkins

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer It was 1926, and coach R.V. Truitt had his Terrapins men’s lacrosse team cruising.

The squad was outscoring opponents, 55-13, when it took a 7-0 record into the season finale against Johns Hopkins. But then the run ended. The Blue Jays plastered the Terps at Homewood Field, 10-3, leaving Truitt’s team one win shy of an undefeated record.

Johns Hopkins has been causing problems for the Terps ever since.

The Blue Jays have gone 61-40-1 since both schools have had official programs, and in arguably the sport’s most heated rivalry, they are the only team with a winning overall record against the Terps. What’s more, Johns Hopkins has won eight national championships since the Terps claimed their last in 1975.

Tomorrow’s game, though, will feature an

TENNIS

unusual dynamic. The rivals have played 52 times since the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association rankings began in 1973, but one team has never been more than 12 spots ahead of the other in the national poll. That’ll change tomorrow afternoon when the No. 1 Terps host the No. 15 Blue Jays at Byrd Stadium.

The Terps (8-1) finally seem to be prohibitive See JAYS, Page 7

Recent skid modifies mentality

By Paul Pierre-Louis Staff writer

Glaros’ contributions have increased week to week since returning from a torn ACL that forced her to miss the latter half of last season.

“It was hard watching from the sideline last year,” Glaros said. “I’m just happy to be back on the field with my team and playing again.”

After slowly easing her way into the team’s offense, Glaros’ three goals against Princeton marked a

Terrapins softball coach Laura Watten isn’t fretting over past records.

Instead, she is more concerned about getting the team back to the winning form it enjoyed during late March. Watten and the Terps face an inescapable truth as they travel to Atlanta for a three-game set against Georgia Tech.

The eighth-year coach has never beaten the Yellow Jackets in 20 attempts with the Terps.

“They’ve always been really, really strong,” Watten said. “They’ve just always been one of the top teams in our conference.”

Yellow Jackets coach Sharon Perkins’ perfect record against the Terps signifies her successful ACC tenure, which includes three ACC championships and one regular-season title in six seasons.

Despite facing top hitters such as former Terps Amber Jackson in 2007 and Kathy McLaughlin and Vangie Galindo last season, the Yellow Jackets (18-22) have held the Terps (21-21) to three runs or fewer in all but two games during the stretch.

That kind of statistic is rare in a consistently competitive conference like the ACC. “We’ve been really fortunate to be on the successful end of each game ever since I’ve been here,” Perkins said. “I don’t know that you can say that about a lot of other teams.”

When the teams met last season,

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Terps’ struggles build during conference play

By Phillip Suitts Staff writer

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Terps 0-20 against GT since 2006 Team looking to end drought this weekend

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

The Terrapins tennis team may have to adjust its expectations. Before the season began, the players set a goal to win three ACC matches. Seventeen matches later, the Terps still haven’t notched a single conference win.

“It’s a harder season than I hoped for my senior year, with a lot of ups and downs,” senior Vroni Van Berlo said.

The Terps haven’t won on the road and have only four conference matches remaining before the ACC tournament begins April 25. They’ll have a chance to turn things around — and snap a six-match losing streak — with contests at Wake Forest today and at N.C. State on Sunday.

“For me, I’m the kind of person I don’t give up just because we’re not winning,” coach Daria Panova said.

“We’re just looking ahead.”

Panova decided to change the team’s approach in practice this week in an effort to halt the Terps’ (5-12, 0-7)

SOFTBALL

attacker halle majorana tied a career-high with three goals Wednesday against Princeton. She was held scoreless in her previous two games. file photo/the diamondback

Majorana, Glaros add scoring punch Duo looks to continue recent success against No. 14 Dartmouth

By Joshua Needelman Staff writer Through its undefeated campaign this year, the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team has had no trouble finding the back of the net. Much of that success can be attributed to the efforts of attacker Alex Aust, who is second in the nation with 89 points.

But Aust isn’t the only Terp who has had a stellar season. Attacker Halle Majorana and midfielder Beth Glaros

have quietly put together solid offensive campaigns for the No. 1 Terps, adding to the team’s attack and finding openings in opposing defenses.

In Wednesday’s 15-9 win over Princeton, the two secondary options joined Aust in the starring role, as each of them added a hat trick.

The Terps will look for that production from Majorana and Glaros to continue when they face No. 14 Dartmouth on Sunday at Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.