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State may see higher min wage Democrats set sights above Obama’s goals By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer As pressure mounts at the national level for a federal minimum wage increase, several state policymakers and officials are heeding the call. Each candidate running in the crowded Democratic primary for the 2014 governor’s BY THE NUMBERS race, as well as G o v. M a r t i n O’Malley, has Federally mandated hourly voiced support for a state minimum wage minimum wage increase. And state lawmakPresident Obama’s ers have made proposed amount after a p u s h to i n Congressional increase c rea s e wa ge s beyond the federal threshold, though Proposed Maryland state their efforts have law’s final amount after n o t ye t b e e n three years of increases successful. While President Obama called on Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9, a proposed state law would have increased the original figure of $7.25 to $8.25 in the first year, $9 in the second and $10 in the third year, when it would then be tied to the Consumer Price Index, which tracks price fluctuation. That proposed bill, however, stalled in a Senate subcommittee this past legislative session. Opponents of a minimum wage raise fear higher labor costs will force businesses to either stop hiring, cut worker hours or lay off employees outright to make up for the increase in overhead, which is why it continues to be a contentious issue. Curt Grimm, business
the university golf course could be transformed under a possible proposal to change the green space into a corridor to Interstate 95. james levin/the diamondback
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Developer plan would eliminate green space panelists in Stamp Student Union, such as (counterclockwise) University of Washington’s Becky Pettit, Tulane University’s Oscar Barbarin and New York University’s Pedro Noguera, discuss the importance of schooling in helping prevent criminal justice problems for black Americans. james levin/the diamondback
preventing prison packed audience in the Atrium Room in Stamp Student Union. These problems begin at a very young age, said Oscar Barbarin, psychology professor at Tulane University. Young black boys who act out in school are often singled out by their teachers, are punished more harshly than other children and
A developer is considering whether to propose building an “academic village” that would replace the university golf course and alter traffic flows. The plan to develop a village that would include academic, athletic and recreational amenities could potentially ease traffic on Route 1 by linking the campus and Interstate 95. Though Brian Gibbons — the CEO of Greenberg Gibbons, the firm that presented university President Wallace Loh with a preliminary idea in July — said his firm is still deciding whether to move ahead with the proposal, several groups and activists have mobilized to oppose a potential development project.
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Panel discusses race disparities in criminal justice, schooling practices By Madeleine List @thedbk Staff writer In America’s criminal justice system, for many, “justice” can be a misnomer. One out of every 15 black men ages 18 and older is in prison. For white men of the same age, the figure is one in 106, according to the National Institute of Justice.
A panel of scholars last night discussed why this disparity exists and where the root of the problem lies at an event called Pre-K to Prison Pipeline: Changing the Odds for Boys of Color. “This is not a boy problem; this is an American problem,” said Becky Pettit, professor of sociology at the University of Washington, who spoke to a
By Yasmeen Abutaleb @yabutaleb7 Senior staff writer
McKeldin gains 3-D printing
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MakerBot Replicator 2 device could produce small items — if used
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Citing concerns on tension, reputation, fraternities wait longer than mandated
By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer There’s a brand new 3-D printer in McKeldin Library, and anyone can use it. But so far, no one has. Nestled in a corner behind the Terrapin Learning Commons Tech Desk on the library’s second floor, the microwave-sized, black-accented MakerBot Replicator 2 glows blue through a window. The $2,500 piece of equipment, paid for through funds from the student technology fee, of-
the makerbot replicator 2 in McKeldin Library offers 3-D printing at 20 cents per gram for various small items. While no students have used the device, staff are counting on them to find creative ideas. james levin/the diamondback ficially became accessible to the public on Friday, and learning commons staff said they are still waiting for the first person to request to print an object. “We wanted to give students across different disciplines access to a resource they may not have through their own department,” said Gary White, library public services associate dean.
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“A low-cost way to bring an idea of innovation forward.” The learning commons staff is on hand to acquaint students with the MakerBot, a machine that uses specialized software to design and print 3-D objects made of soft, moldable plastic. With printing
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Sigma Alpha Mu. Zeta Phi Beta. Tau Epsilon Phi. Sigma Beta Rho. Delta Tau Delta. Pi Delta Psi. Greek letters — foreign in origin — begin to sound familiar when college students arrive at their school of choice. But to students at this university, these names might still sound unfamiliar because these chapters no longer have on-campus presences. The chapters, along with others, were suspended by the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life and have not
returned to the university. The offenses that warrant action by the DFSL vary in nature and include hazing, violating university policies and affiliation with illegal drugs. Additionally, six of the nine suspended organizations listed on the DFSL website lost their national organization charters, while the other three had theirs suspended. Sometimes, a chapter can face punishment — including suspension — following a single incident, depending on its severity. Sometimes, a chapter gets another chance, but other times, the strikes add up, and a chapter is See DFSL, Page 2
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PRISON From PAGE 1 are more likely to be suspended or expelled, he said. Schools, then, lie at the core of these issues instead of acting as part of the solution, said Pedro Noguera, a New York University education professor. “Too often,schools,rather than being the place where we intervene, is a place where problems emerge and grow and result in other consequences that make them harder to address,” he said. The main consequence for many black students is dropping out of high school, which can lead to unemployment, substance abuse, crime and, inevitably, incarceration, Noguera said. Young people who get stuck in this cycle, he added, often can’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. “[They have] a sense of hopelessness about the future that is so deeply rooted in their
consciousness,” he said. “How do we get young people to see themselves as more than just victims of circumstance?” The cycle can seem endless, especially when it starts to affect future generations. About 11.5 percent of black children have a parent in prison, Pettit said, which puts added stress on these families, plunging them deeper into poverty and increasing the odds that children will drop out of school. The key, the experts said, is to change the way people think and talk about race in society. “Our fear of black boys and men is so visceral, it matches the fear we have about spiders and snakes,” said Howard Stevenson, a professor in the applied psychology and human development division at the University of Pennsylvania’s education graduate school. Senior family science major Natsnet Haileab asked the panel what main issues affect black women.
TAU EPSILON PHI, one of nine unrecognized Greek groups on the campus, lost its charter in 2010 amid allegations of hazing and illegal drug and alcohol use. file photo/the diamondback
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something that everyone knew about and gossiped about, but then I have this younger brother that comes after I’ve already graduated,” Supple said. “You can’t hold him accountable for what I did. Yes, it’s related, but it’s also entirely unrelated.” Among this university’s sororities and fraternities, the list of chapters that have been suspended and then returned include Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Sigma Kappa. Danny Schofield, who plans to join a fraternity in spring 2014, said a fraternity’s history would play little role in his decision to join a specific fraternity. “It’s about people’s personalities being similar to mine, if they have similar interests to me — not about the reputation they’ve had in the past,” said Schofield, a freshman aerospace engineering major, adding that misbehavior in the fraternity’s history doesn’t necessarily mean much about the current fraternity brothers. Fre s h m a n gove r n m e n t and politics major Amanda Lefkowitz is also considering joining a fraternity or sorority in the spring. She echoed the importance of the people in the chapter, rather than its online “ranking” or a past isolated incident similar to the Delta Gamma sorority letter leaked in April. She said she would be wary of a chapter that had been completely kicked out of the university, though. “I’m definitely going to avoid sororities with a past history of hazing,” Lefkowitz said. “And if something like that had happened and had gotten them kicked off campus or suspended, that would probably be a cause for concern for me.”
suspended from the university. The DFSL, which makes rulings under the Recognition Policy and the University of Maryland Chapter Expectations, operates under a philosophy that is not set in stone, said Matt Supple, DFSL director. “We believe in giving several chances — building strikes against the chapters, essentially,” Supple said, adding that the strikes are not definitive either. Suspended chapters are required to wait at least a year until they are permitted to reopen a colony at the university. Often, though, chapters choose to stay away for longer than mandated, Supple said, waiting for the air to clear and their reputation to be forgotten so they can start fresh. Delta Tau Delta, a fraternity suspended in 2008 for hazing, was permitted to return to campus in 2011, but it has not re-established its chapter. Zeta Beta Tau’s suspension extends through 2013. The fraternity was removed from the university in 2009 for hazing and drug offenses, among others. Pi Delta Psi’s suspension ends this year too. In the history of fraternities and sororities at the university, numerous chapters have closed and come back, not all due to suspensions. For example, Alpha Xi Delta, which returned to this university in the 2012-13 school year, became dormant for almost 20 years in the 1990s before reopening in 2012. In other cases, the fraternity is able to return and redefine itself, leaving its history in the past. “Let’s say I did something embarrassing in high school — dcostellodbk@gmail.com
MORE ONLINE A line of several hundred students wrapped around the entryway of Comcast Center on Monday morning, spilling down the arena’s front steps and into the parking lot —but they weren’t there for a basketball game. The athletic department announced last week it would offer a limited number of complimentary tickets for the Sept. 21 Terrapins football game against West Virginia in Baltimore, and students were waiting to snatch them up. As of 8 p.m. Monday, about 2,500 tickets — 85 of which were complimentary — were left, said Matt Monroe, assistant athletics director for ticket services. alex kirshner/for the diamondback
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PRE-K TO PRISON PIPELINE PANELISTS said young black male students who act out in school are more likely to face harsh punishment and be suspended or expelled, leading to a disparity between the number of black and white men in prison. Schools are often where problems emerge and grow, panelists said, instead of where issues are addressed. james levin/the diamondback All the men on the panel replied the biggest issues were frequently lack of self-esteem and America’s harsh standards of beauty for black women. Black women are also adversely affected by the criminal justice system, said Pettit,
the only woman on the panel, because they often must care for families alone due to the high rates of black men in prison. Even though the statistics are dismal and the problems are vast, approaching the issue with optimism could be a better ap-
proach for young black people trying to make it in a society in which they face so many disadvantages, Haileab said. “For the most part it was a successful event; they addressed a lot of issues that need to be addressed. We are all well
aware of the shortcomings of the black community,” Haileab said. “It would be a lot more beneficial for black people to have our successes studied rather than our failures.” mlistdbk@gmail.com
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University observatory opens for gamma ray research High tech Mexico physics facility one of largest of its kind in world By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer College Park isn’t the only place university scientists call home — a new observatory led by university researchers is up and running in Puebla, Mexico, where scientists are studying highenergy light rays as they hit the earth. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, the product of a collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico, began operation in August and can detect incoming highenergy gamma rays as they hit the atmosphere. It’s not complete yet, said Andrew Smith, the project manager and a university physicist, but already, the technology enables scientists to better understand where the rays originate, a very precise and difficult science. “We look at the whole overhead sky, all the time, day and night,” said Jordan Goodman, a physics professor and principal investigator for the funding of the project. “Any [gamma ray] that hits us, we
WAGES From PAGE 1 professor and Charles A. Taff Chair of Economics and Strategy, said he fears the most profound effect on employment will be that companies would have a greater incentive to replace workers with technology. But Grimm also added there is a need to address income inequality, and without a thriving middle class with disposable income, demand for goods and services will go down, as will consumption, one of the most important drivers of the U.S. economy. “$7.25 an hour — $15,000 a year — is not really a reasonable living wage, and income inequality continues to increase,” Grimm said. “We need to do something to try to address that.” While minimum wage increases could come to the detriment of college and high school students looking for a small source of income, a low minimum wage most directly affects individuals who rely solely on minimum wage jobs
golf From PAGE 1 Loh declined to discuss the potential proposal, other than to say, “If [Gibbons] wants to submit a formal proposal, I’d be very open to reviewing it.” If Gibbons, a university alumnus and parent of a current student, does submit a proposal for the development,which would cost more than $100 million,it will be made public to the university community for extensive review and comment, he said. “Route 1 is already a failing highway now, and it is projected to get much worse,” Gibbons said in a statement to The Diamondback. “This will make it ultimately impossible to attract or approve high-quality amenities near the campus.” But supporters of the golf course say an invaluable asset will be lost: the open green space inside the Beltway hosts 70 fundraising events and about 35,000 rounds of golf each year. The 150-acre course is not part of the athletic department’s budget, but rather that of the division of student affairs. Both the men’s and women’s golf teams play on the course, which was founded in 1959. The golf course is one of 14
can reconstruct which direction it came from.” The gamma rays this observatory focuses on are the highest energy form of light, or electromagnetic radiation, and have energy greater than 100,000 electron volts. Because these rays are so rare, a detector must be large enough to detect them correctly, Smith said, and there are few of these machines in the world. When the gamma rays enter the atmosphere, they break up to form “air showers,” millions of smaller, lower-energy particles. These particles can then be detected on at ground level with photomultiplier tubes inside large water tanks, causing them to show up as blue light — a phenomenon called Cherenkov radiation. From this information, scientists can determine the properties and direction of the gamma rays. “We can tell by the pattern whether it was a gamma ray or some other cosmic ray,” Goodman said. Because the particles emitted are so small, the team wanted to be at the highest elevation possible. Thus, a
secluded location near the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico — about 13,500 feet in altitude — seemed the perfect location for the HAWC observatory. The project cost approximately $14 million. “ I t’ l l b e t re m e n d o u s,” Smith said. “Things that we were startled to see in a year, we’ll be able to see in a day or two.” There are only about 100 people involved in the operation, Goodman said, which is “not an unbelievable amount of people” given the extremity of the project and large quantities of data being collected. Among the contributors were several students, like Nathan Borak, who started working with the team this summer as a lab assistant. “I actually realized that I wanted to work in that environment more,” the junior physics major said. Borak always enjoyed physics and problem-solving, he said, but when he started working for this project, he realized it entailed so much more beyond basic textbook problems. He observed a lot of planning, funding and organization work. Borak wrote software that monitored the photomultiplier tube data and ran an experiment to test water quality
to support themselves and their families — a demographic already hurting after a period of slow hiring caused by the recent recession. “Many people have had to resort to these minimum wage jobs and rely on them for a living wage,” Grimm said. This state may need to look more closely at new labor laws, Grimm said, given that the state minimum wage is set at the same rate as the federal level. “Our costs of living are a lot higher than most other places in the country,” Grimm said.“That’s another reason where there’s justification to raise the minimum wage above that federal standard, which many states have done.” This state could be following in the footsteps of 19 other states and Washington in raising the minimum wage above the federal level at a time when the issue is at the forefront of political discussion, thanks to Obama’s State of the Union address. However, state Sen. Roger Manno (DMontgomery), a longtime supporter of a state increase, said “forward-leaning states wanted to do this for a while.” “It makes good economic
sense,” Manno said. “It’s a necessary injection of money into our economy, which we need to do right now.” This issue is politically divisive, however. Senior economics major Kevin Garcia said he would support such a measure, but is cautious because he can’t be sure what the overall impact could be on jobs and hiring. “I think raising the minimum wage would help individuals attain a better well-being,” Garcia said. “It’s hard to say what’s the right thing to do because we don’t know. Economics is not a precise science.” The idea generates criticism from companies wary of the increase in labor costs, Manno said, but as the economy continues to recover, it may become more popular with the state legislature in the next legislative session, in 2014. “The recession has made making any changes more difficult but we’re by most metrics coming out of the recession,” Manno said. “We’re doing much better than we were five years ago and we’re beginning to stabilize.”
in the state that is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, meaning it excels in six environmental considerations: environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, chemical use reduction and safety, water conservation, water quality management and outreach and education. “You don’t see a lot of green space around College Park other than the golf course,” said Norman Starkey, chair of Friends of the University of Maryland Golf Course. “The detriment would be the loss of a valued green space, a tremendous asset.” The Maryland Golf Course Coalition, an offshoot of Friends, formed in July after Loh wrote a letter to Gibbons that indicated the university would consider the “unsolicited” proposal. The coalition, which Starkey also chairs, opposes any proposal that would reduce the acreage of the course. Starkey said the coalition has requested a meeting with Loh, who will not meet with community members until the firm submits a proposal that has received comment and input from the community. However, coalition members have met with several local and state leaders, including Gov. Martin
O’Malley last week and House Speaker Michael Busch (D-Anne Arundel) on Monday. The potential proposal comes in the midst of a larger development project along Route 1. Officials have plans to build a hotel and conference center and redevelop Knox Road with upscale housing and retail, and they are speaking with several landowners throughout College Park. “We want to attract new and improved developments on Route 1 and near the campus,” Loh wrote in a July 8 letter to Gibbons. “Such progress is essential to advance the university’s mission.” Without the golf course, opponents of the development argue, the university and local community would lose an increasingly rare space to host events as well as “scenic, rollinglife land and a wildlife sanctuary,” Starkey said. “Wholly apart from golfers, lots of people use it, and it’s a tricky business to say we’re going to do away with it,” said Jim Harris, a member of MGCC and former arts and humanities college dean. “It’s almost entirely green space. For an urban university, getting rid of that is a major issue.”
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The High-altitude water cherenkov observatory, a new university research facility located Puebla, Mexico, near the Sierra Negra volcano, will allow university and Mexican scientists to study high-energy gamma rays. photo courtesy of jordan goodman this summer. He was amazed at how one could study and observe such fundamental physics in a setting with such low-level hardware, as opposed to more high-tech and expensive equipment, he said. “It was interesting to see how science is actually done,” Borak said. The university was previously involved with a gamma ray observatory called Milagro, located in Los Alamos, N.M.,
which had a large pond as opposed to the 300 tanks with photomultiplier tubes expected at HAWC. These tanks can segment the light entering the area, making it easier for scientists to study the rays, said Brian Baughman, a university research associate with the project. When HAWC is fully completed, it will be about 15 times more sensitive than Milagro, he said. “We expect to observe things that have not been observed
before,” Baughman said. The team members have high hopes for the observatory and they plan to establish a new view of the high-energy sky and to understand the mysterious, Goodman said. “We’re looking to study high-energy gamma rays, and we’re looking to study the unusual,” he said. “Because you never know what you’ll find when you start looking.” eserpicodbk@gmail.com
mckeldin library’s new 3-D printer crafts a nut and bolt behind the Terrapin Learning Commons Tech Desk. Student technology fees paid for the $2,500 piece of equipment, which creates objects out of soft, moldable plastic and is available for student use. james levin/the diamondback
PRINTER From PAGE 1 by weight coming to 20 cents per gram, a small nut and bolt might cost 80 cents, while a Terrapin figurine the size of a hand would be about $20, according to learning commons coordinator Kevin Hammett. The staff is counting on students to come up with creative uses for the printer, Hammett said. “It’s one of those things where people might not have a definite need for it academically, but they will start thinking creatively and do something fun with it,” Hammett said. White also hopes the printer will be a sort of “interest generator” — a potential-filled curiosity that could attract more students to the library and its services. Ultimately, White said staff members plan to move the printer into a more public space, where students will be able to access it without staff mediation. But there are several impediments to that goal. First, said library IT
manager Uche Enwesi, the printing takes time. Users might need to wait anywhere between one and 10 hours, depending on the size and complexity of the item they’re printing. Staff members are developing a system that wouldn’t require students to sit next to the printer the whole time and would give priority to more urgent projects. The library’s current university-wide printing system, Pharos, doesn’t have the ability to charge by weight or accommodate other features specific to 3-D printing. Graduate assistants sent to research an integrated 3-D printing system came back empty-handed, he said. But because the university’s contract with Pharos is up for renegotiation, Enwesi said the university’s 12 years of experience with the company could prompt a solution during the renegotiation process. Enwesi’s other major concern is the printer’s fragility. Without panels to protect the printer’s contents, someone could easily ruin an item by accidentally nudging it mid-print. But Enwesi is optimistic the staff will find solutions in the coming months and allow
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students direct access to the printer by the spring semester. “My long-term vision is to have it out there without us interfering, telling [students] how to use it,” he said. That vision would move the library closer toward achieving its goal of expanding printing services. Further down the road, White envisions a 3-D printer in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library and perhaps more in other libraries on the campus. “Libraries are trying to become centralized places on campus for any kind of innovation and idea generation,” he said. Anshuman Sinha, a graduate student studying finance who wo rks in McKeldin, hadn’t used the printer but described several ideas he had for it. Anything from pranks — “things that look like the real thing and end up on YouTube” — to “pimped-up board game pieces … and that’s just the silly stuff,” Sinha said. “It’ll be the coolest thing to have your own little factory, to get something mechanical to work.” jloguedbk@gmail.com
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tudents from this university who grab part-time work to help pay tuition understand what $7.25 an hour can afford. So do underemployed graduates and state residents struggling to make ends meet — and it seems more and more that the answer is “not enough.” That mark — $7.25 an hour — is the national minimum-wage rate, and this state, unlike 19 others, does not offer a higher state-mandated wage that employers must pay. Minimum-wage laws have jumped onto this state’s lawmakers’ radar — and the representatives all have an idea on how to improve the bare minimum. Senate President Mike Miller was among the most recent and most influential in the trend of primarily Democrats who have come out in favor of increasing the state’s minimum wage. Miller, 2016 presidential hopeful Gov. Martin O’Malley and Rep. John Delaney — the newest member of the state’s congressional delegation — have all thrown their weight behind offering a new proposal to increase minimum wage in the state to above the nationally mandated floor. Their public reasoning, as the argument typically goes, is that this state’s minimum-wage earners don’t have the appropriate means to support themselves in today’s economy. But with elections nearing, backing an increase may amount to nothing more than empty campaign promises. And with the elections right around the corner in 2014 for the state’s representatives and gubernatorial hopefuls, such as Del. Heather Mizeur — who supported the last minimum-wage bill, which died in committee in the spring — and Attorney General Doug Gansler, who
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recently announced he favors the bill. The last proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage dictated that it would rise to $10 an hour by 2015 — which would be more than any other state’s current minimum-wage level and was considered a dramatic change. Such a change would be a good thing for the state’s lowest earners, some of whom are students, with rising food and gas prices and rents eating up personal budgets and high-earning jobs more difficult to come by.
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State lawmakers need to work harder to raise the minimum wage so students and other residents alike can make ends meet in this difficult economy. But voters, both on this campus and in the state, should recognize policymakers’ intentions. With extra cash in the pockets of the state’s lowest earners — and with keen recognition of the type of grassroots support President Obama and the tea party have seen from small donors in recent elections — it’s not surprising to see politicians catering to such a voting bloc. Unions, another campaign cash cow, were also quick to support a potential minimum-wage proposal. It seems a sad truth that this possible progress is another simple example of electoral games. That said, progress with questionable motives is better than no progress at all. And as it stands, the state requires employers to pay their employees
along the national minimum-wage floor. It is among 22 states in the country, from Democratic stalwart New York to Republican bastion Texas, that do not have a higher stateimposed minimum wage. And that’s a pretty grim reality. This state has the highest cost of living of any in the contiguous United States, according to a living-wage calculator developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The calculated average living wage for this state is north of $11.75 an hour. While California and Connecticut are just behind, they have minimum wages of $8.25 and $8, respectively. The $4.50 disparity between that living wage and minimum wage represents food that can’t be purchased, living amenities that can’t be afforded and — on this campus — tuitions and loans that can’t be paid. And it’s a margin that should shrink — so lawmakers should recognize the gravity of quickly raising the minimum wage in the state. The typical response that detractors offer against minimum-wage increases is that employers will lose money and will offer fewer jobs. But this state’s unemployment rate is at 6.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With that rate more than half a percentage point below the national average and approaching the generally accepted economically healthy level of between 3 and 5 percent, losing jobs may be a necessary sacrifice. And while politicians’ motives might not be entirely pure — something of which voters should be wary — it is of great importance that this state try to accommodate its lowest earners, students included. Minimum wage needs to rise.
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Bronies, demolishing male gender norms standing of what it means to exist. The diverse array of characters — honest, hard-working farmers, competitive but loyal tomboys, histrionic yet generous girly-girls, kind yet bashful animallovers, and, of course, the hyperactive ones who bring fun and laughter — has contributed something truly wonderful to each and every viewer. Morals that emphasize community over egotism, deontological or Kantian ethics, respect for cultural relativism, meditation on free will versus determinism, and, above all, friendship, have touched the hearts of Bronies everywhere. These individuals have been given the confidence to explore wonderful dimensions outside of the narrow framework of masculinity — all in the name of being better people. Deconstructing patriarchy is not an essentialist good in itself. Rather, replacing that system with tolerance and acceptance is something that seems to have much more value. If our society continues to label men who generate happiness through a means not traditionally ascribed to masculinity, then all we have accomplished is the creation of a liberated space for women to explore their identity, without having helped men at all. This dynamic is just as inexcusable as the patriarchy itself. Anecdotally, my very first anime (and still my favorite), Sailor Moon, was critical for my young and impressionable mind to see beyond the lines of gender and realize that all people have a right to pursue whatever course of existence best maximizes their own utility. Future generations of men will have both the blessing and duty to explore mediums that subvert any prior understanding of gender and break the shackles of gender oppression and patriarchy. But as those brave crusaders attempt this noble quest, it is up to society as whole to accept them with open arms and applaud their venture. When this happens, I have no doubt that the world will be 20 percent cooler. (P.S. Pinkie Pie is the best pony. This is fact.)
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Gender-normative values are relics of a bygone era — codified binary and repressive institutions in place to displace women and those outside the scope of “masculinity” under the hammer of patriarchy. It is prudent for the sake of society, equality and the future to deconstruct these structures and substitute them with a free-flowing space to interpret and express identity. And that is why My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the most important development in the demolition of gender-normative values in recent memory. What has been very troubling, however, is the cultural backlash against the show and its fervently devoted fan base, known as “bronies.” People who — due to their own ignorance — label these followers as weird or creepy are inadvertently fueling the patriarchy and indirectly solidifying the cultural apparatuses that have created our society’s discriminatory patterns. We as a society have done much over the past few decades to allow women to access different categories that have been traditionally masculine. This is, of course, a good within itself — I wouldn’t want to exist in a society where a woman wearing a flannel shirt or being skilled at mathematics would be considered abnormal. But what about the other side of the coin? The other issue with patriarchy that goes underaddressed is our culture’s incessant emphasis on masculinity and being as “manly” as possible. Recognize that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being masculine. I love being a man, but the range of my identity shouldn’t be defined by barriers of gender that were crafted without my consent. Bronies have found a way to take an artistic medium that was origi- Marc Priester is a junior economics and nally for girls and interpret it in a way government and politics major. He can that is idiosyncratic to their under- be reached at mpriesterdbk@gmail.com. GUEST COLUMN
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It’s all about the money, honey ANAND GUPTA Costs, revenues and profits. That’s what drives all of human activity in our part of the world. It’s a pretty bold thing to say, I know. But think about the last time you went on a date, the last time you bought a present for someone, the last time you got wasted at a bar, just for the fun of it. Everything you do, from travel to food, health to education, no matter how luxurious or mundane, involves — directly or indirectly — money flowing out of your wallet and into complex layers of businesses, professionals and the government. For simplicity’s sake, it’s all collectively referred to as “the economy.” Look at your evening and morning schedules, for instance. You sleep on an IKEA bed with a mattress, pillow and comforter; you wake up and brush your teeth and wash your face using your preferred toiletry brands. You fix yourself some coffee or cereal, using a coffee maker or a microwave purchased at Wal-Mart. You open your MacBook or surf your iPhone (Android for the win, by the way) to check email. You use a Targus
backpack and you walk to your class in Nike shoes, wearing clothes purchased at a few of the hundreds of retail outlets in that business. And then you go to class to become a critical thinker — a sophisticated way of saying you are training to become part of this system. Such simple processes consist of industries employing management consultants, tax consultants, investment bankers, marketing professionals, designers, drivers, mariners, salespeople, cashiers, accountants, educators, administrators, etc. (Phew!) For them to make their dollars, you need to spend your dollars. For you to make your dollars, they need to spend their dollars. Your costs are their revenues, and vice versa. See? What got me to think this way, for better or worse, about our society? The past summer and this semester, I’ve been working at an energy consulting company where I work with small businesses, primarily restaurants, to help them manage their energy use. What I observed, after working with about 40 such businesses, intrigued me. The simple energy needs of a restaurant — gas and electric — are served by a complex market of thousands of energy com-
panies, each vying for as many businesses and as wide a profit margin as possible. In Prince George’s County alone, at least 10 suppliers of natural gas and 20 suppliers of electricity compete for business. So, you may ask, what’s my point? Depends on how you look at it. Different people may interpret this message in different ways. For the entrepreneurs out there, my point is that the best way to create value (aka make money) is to create something people will buy. An idea that’s archaic or ahead of its time will not work because people will not pay for it. For those aspiring to be working professionals, my point is that the best way to make a living is to develop skills that will be useful for the entrepreneurs who create the things people buy. For those who seem to be disillusioned by the pointlessness of all this, my hippie friends, reconsider your life philosophies — to survive, you need to be a part of this system. It is how it is. Whoever said “No money, no honey” was a very wise person. Anand Gupta is a senior environmental science and policy major. He can be reached at aguptadbk@gmail.com.
tudents returned to the campus this semester to find a vastly expanded Code of Student Conduct. The policy now gives the university jurisdiction to impose academic sanctions on students no matter where their conduct offenses occur — on or off the campus. While many supporters of this expansion believe Terps are Terps wherever they go, the expansion of the Code of Student Conduct is unwarranted and may expose students to miscarriages of justice. It is perfectly fair for the university to place academic sanctions on any student who violates the law on the campus. But in the same way that a student cannot be given housing probation for misconduct outside of the residence halls, the threat of academic consequences should end at the border of the campus. The way the new policy is worded, students could be subject to academic hearings and penalties if they participate in any illegal activity anywhere in the world. If two students are involved in a fistfight in California and the university receives word of it, those students could not only face charges from the state of California but also be held responsible for violating the Code of Student Conduct. This gives the Office of Student Conduct power that more resembles George Orwell’s Big Brother than a public university’s entity for handling misconduct. Countries have borders, states have borders, counties have borders — even towns have borders. Countries, states and the rest have no choice but to allow the conduct of people beyond their borders to be governed by other entities. This university should be subject to the same standards practiced by sovereign bodies worldwide. The power grab claims “to promote responsible behavior at
all times.” This raises the question: Why isn’t the law a big enough promoter of responsible behavior? Illegal and irresponsible actions committed off the campus already hold consequences enforced by police. Students should not have to worry about the university’s watchful eye as they roam College Avenue or interact at the bar each weekend. The Diamondback painted a riveting image in its Sept. 6 opinion piece, “Code expansion for the best.” The staff editorial leads with these words: “Imagine you’re walking down Knox Road one Saturday night, and you get robbed by one of your physics classmates. You report it to the police, and the student merely receives community service as a penalty — and still sits next to you in physics.” It is safe to say most off-campus robberies are not committed by university students, so this story is equally ridiculous in its plausibility, its justification for a borderless Terp Nation and its call for further action against “your physics classmate” beyond that of the law. How is exposing a delinquent student to additional punishment beyond the law a more ideal course of action than choosing a different seat in physics class? How is a limitless Code of Student Conduct a more ideal action than allowing students to be held accountable for their actions within the existing justice system? How is the university constantly policing its students ideal in a community that values a stress-free off-campus life? This policy is not going to stop criminals from being criminals, and it isn’t going to stop Joe Smith from drunkenly punching the guy schmoozing his girlfriend in the Cornerstone Grill and Loft. Let responsible behavior be promoted off the campus by the same force that has promoted it for years: the law. Danny Mackey is a sophomore civil engineering major and is a member of Greek life. He can be reached at dmackey@terpmail.umd.edu.
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A eulogy for one of College Park’s premier mediocre, kind-of-dirty Chinese restaurants ing down to school starting again, and while I generally enjoy learning, and fall is my absolute favorite season, I was never quite ready to trade in the summer sun and carefree nights for 6 a.m. alarms and 10-page papers. However, my birthday was never more of an inconvenience to me than when the school year that was so rapidly approaching was my freshman year of college. All that summer, I dreaded my birthday because I knew it would only be my fourth or
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What ringleader will guide the deep-fried pageantry of the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show? Will it be an aging rocker in the vein of Bruce Springsteen? A mega-star who transcends time and space like Beyoncé? Nope — it’s that fedora dude teen girls (the NFL’s primary demographic) love, aka Bruno Mars. Mars will co-star with beer ads, CGI robots and occasionally sports on Feb. 2, 2013. near Route 1. We formed an orderly line from the register, out the door and down the sidewalk, and one by one we ordered our $5 boxes, Panda’s specialty late-night value meal. Panda quickly became my regular Thursday night place. On those nights, promptly at 11:30, a small group of us would form on those same steps where we first met up and would walk over together. We were there for more than just the food (which was much better than its price tag would suggest); it was about the entertainment of one another’s company — not to mention the entertainment provided by the drunk people who would stumble in after having too thirsty of a Thursday. The restaurant employees knew who we were. If I ordered delivery on a different day, the driver
would say, “See you Thursday,” as he drove off. And we knew who they were, too — we even sang to Phoenix, the woman who worked the cash register, when her birthday fell on a Thursday in 2012. As time went on, I evolved, and so did Panda. As my tastes changed, I switched from the value meal to the $3.25 soup and rice combo that I began to crave regularly (hence the frequent delivery orders). The restaurant closed for a few weeks and then reopened totally redesigned to include random food options, including Mexican food, pizza and cheesecake. Fewer of my friends attended each week as their schedules grew fuller and the charm of the restaurant wore off. My own attendance was subpar at times. When we returned from summer break this year,
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The Terps men’s soccer team squandered a two-goal lead with 12:52 remaining in Sunday’s loss to VCU. rebecca rainey/for the diamondback
ross From PAGE 8 the line opened up the holes great. It’s on us as running backs to hit the hole, get as many yards as we can for the offense. But again, the line’s been doing great.” Ross’ previous career-high of 141 yards came in last year’s season finale, a 45-38 loss at North Carolina. Ross played in only six games last year because of injuries, but he led the Terps with 390 yards rushing, good for 65 yards per game and 4.6 yards per carry. He’s now topped 100 yards in three of the past five games, dating back to last year, and he’s done it with a combination of size and speed. While he didn’t have a signature big gain Saturday like he did when he broke off a 71-yard run against the Tar Heels, Ross simply ran over Monarchs defenders. The Newark, Del., native was a force, running straight at the smaller Old Dominion defense. The Monarchs had issues tackling Ross, running back Albert Reid, wide receiver Stefon Diggs and even quarterback C.J. Brown on touchdown plays. Each time
adapt to that. We have to be smarter.” Cirovski is still waiting for defender Dakota Edwards — who started 23 games last season as a freshman and was named to the All-ACC Tournament Team — to overcome an injury that has sidelined him for the Terps’ first four games. The sophomore will certainly provide much-needed experience with his return. In the meantime, though, other lineup changes can be
made to help solidify a backline that has been shaky at best. Although Steffen won the preseason competition outright, the Terps have three older goalkeepers on their roster, including Keith Cardona, who started 20 games last season. The Terps also have tremendous depth and experience in the midfield. Helge Leikvang, standing 6-foot-1, and co-captain Dan Metzger could both provide stability in the back. The duo’s absence up front would be far from detrimental given the Terps’ offensive firepower, between
forwards Patrick Mullins, Pace and Schillo Tshuma, and midfielders Sunny Jane and Tsubasa Endoh. Regardless of what changes Cirovski makes, Sunday night proved that the host of freshmen in the defensive half, while talented, is not prepared to encounter quality opponents on a weekly basis without an experienced presence to prevent another lategame breakdown. “We’ve got to learn — it’s as simple as that,” Pace said. “We can’t let [Sunday night] just go.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com
“To tackle us, you’re going to have to wrap up. you can’t do all that arm tackling, stuff like that, because we’re going to run through those. ... So we just want to keep running hard.” BRANDON ROSS
Terps football running back the Terps crossed the goal line, there was a string of Old Dominion players in their wake. “ To ta c k l e u s, yo u ’re going to have to wrap up,” Ross said. “You can’t do all that arm tackling, stuff like that, because we’re going to run through those. So yeah, it’s definitely something we noticed, so we just want to keep running hard, getting what we can get.” The success continued when Reid replaced Ross, as the Washington native rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown on seven carries. The success running inside in turn helped playmakers on the outside. “It helps us out a lot on the outside with the passes and that kind of thing,” Diggs said. “Brandon Ross did a nice job. He’s going to keep toting the ball. Him and Albert Reid, we have a one-two punch with him, too, so we can bring something different to the table, too. Obviously, it helps on the
outside with passes and play action and that type of thing, so we just worked together and worked for each other.” The Terps’ running game in 2012 was a maligned unit — remember the minus-2 yard performance against Virginia? — but things seem different in 2013. The Terps have a legitimate No. 1 running back with Ross to complement Brown’s dual-threat presence and Diggs’ playmaking ability on the outside. If he keeps putting up the same numbers, Ross could soon be answering his own questions. “We knew we needed to run the ball better,” Edsall said. “We weren’t satisfied with how we ran the ball the first week, so we made a concerted effort to let our players know that we got to be able to run the football if we’re going to be successful in this offense.” dgallendbk@gmail.com
RUNNING BACK BRANDON ROSS has rushed for more than 100 yards in three of the Terps’ past five games.
hunter From PAGE 8 Missy Meharg said. “She had a breakthrough kind of evening.” Against the Dragons, however, Hunter didn’t have the same efficiency. She encountered little pressure during the game, but when Drexel broke into the striking circle, she couldn’t stop them from scoring. Hunter had no saves and allowed two goals in the game. Still, the performance didn’t affect her mental-
ity. When playing in a game in which she is not receiving as much pressure, Hunter maintains confidence in her abilities. “I’m not getting too disappointed if I do let in a goal,” she said. “I try to stay as positive and as even-tempered as I can throughout the game.” Hunter’s performance against Drexel isn’t likely to be replicated often, considering she gave up an average of just 1.64 goals per game last year. So far, she is on track to improve slightly on that mark, allowing 1.56 goals on average this year.
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Of course, the Terps would rather have Hunter stand in front of the goal while the rest of the team finds its way through the opposing defense. But if the team encounters heavy pressure like it did against the Monarchs on Friday, Hunter has proven the Terps can be confident with her behind them. “She’s one of the players that you can rely on,” Sprink said. “She’s got our back and we know she can do it.” ppierrelouisdbk@gmail.com
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GAME TIME, TV SET FOR WVU BATTLE Last year, the Terrapins football team traveled to Morgantown, W.Va., and fell to West Virginia, 31-21. On Sept. 21, the Mountaineers come east to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore for the annual meeting, which will be nationally televised on the ESPN family of networks and begin at 3:30 pm. For more, visit diamondbackonline.com.
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Young defense cracks late in loss to Rams Terps started three freshmen on backline By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer All season, Sasho Cirovski has openly discussed the youth on the Terrapins men’s soccer team’s backline. The Terps coach of more than two decades has repeatedly started three freshmen defenders and a freshman goalkeeper, but through the Terps’ first three games, the team’s core group of leaders in the midfield and up top has helped prevent disaster in the defensive half. Sunday night, though, it all unraveled. The Terps surrendered three goals in the final 13 minutes of regulation to Virginia Commonwealth as the Rams escaped Ludwig Field with a 3-2 victory. All three goals resulted from defensive lapses, in which the Terps allowed long and dangerous throughballs to slip past the backline. Goalkeeper Zack Steffen failed to make a play on all three scoring opportunities, appearing indecisive despite his aggressiveness on similar long passes throughout Friday night’s win over Duke and through the first 77 minutes Sunday. “Soccer is a game that requires a lot of connectivity and a lot of rhythm,” Cirovski said Friday. “We have more new players in the lineup this year than we’ve had in recent years, and it takes a little time.” The Terps don’t have much time,
though. The heart of the conference schedule is quickly approaching, as the squad will travel to North Carolina on Friday for a rematch of last season’s overtime thriller. Then, on Sept. 21, the Terps have another ACC road match at Clemson. Cirovski knows his team will get the best effort from opponents every time it takes the field. As the Terps are perennial national title contenders, he expects that. With that in mind, the Terps can’t afford to lose confidence and second-guess their identity or they will suffer the consequences on the field and in their ranking. But on Sunday, there was no leader on the Terps defense who could stand up and bring the group together when it faced adversity. After Steffen committed a penalty in the box in a one-on-one situation and Jose Manel polished off the penalty kick to cut the Terps’ lead to one, the defense collapsed. And there was no stopping it. Without a calming presence to rely on in the back, the group of freshmen could not combat the Rams’ unrelenting attack late in the game. “We could have played better. We could have scored on them. We could have changed momentum. We could have held the ball better. We could have changed the game,” forward Jake Pace said. “They just switched to a fast-paced kick-and-run, and it worked out for them. We have to See YOUTH, Page 7
RUNNING BACK BRANDON ROSS (45) credits film study for noticing weaknesses in Old Dominion’s defense before the Terps’ 47-10 win. christian jenkins/the diamondback
Assertive Ross rumbles through Monarchs defense in career day North-south running leads to 149 rushing yards, 1 touchdown By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer After he exited the Terrapins football team’s 47-10 blowout win over Old Dominion on Saturday in the third quarter, Brandon Ross sought out Randy Edsall. The running back wanted his coach to grade his performance one week after a slow start in the Terps’ season opener. And while Edsall gave a standard measured answer to Ross on the sidelines — he’d have to watch film before he would know for sure how Ross performed — he was still impressed by the redshirt sophomore’s career-high 149 yards on 18 carries. “After last week, we sat down and studied the tape, and we looked at it,” Edsall said. “We thought he was juking too much. We thought he was hesitant. He wasn’t
BREAKDOWN: KEY PLAYS
just hitting and going. And this week, we talked to him about that after the game last week. And he did it.” In the Terps’ opening win over Florida International, Ross rushed for a meager 21 yards on 10 carries. The Panthers defense frequently pushed him to the outside, and he didn’t make his cuts upfield soon enough to gain substantial yardage. Against Old Dominion, Ross looked like a different back. He made his cuts sooner, shook would-be tacklers with ease and picked up yardage in big chunks. During a seven-play, 77-yard touchdown drive in the first quarter, Ross picked up 49 yards on four carries, capping the drive with a five-yard touchdown run. “Really just me hitting the holes harder, really,” Ross said. “Not stutter stepping so much. I think both games, See ross, Page 7
QB C.J. Brown: 31-yard touchdown run
The Terrapins football team’s offense efficiently beat Old Dominion, 47-10, on Saturday. The Terps totaled 587 yards against the Monarchs, averaging 8.5 yards per play. Much of the success came on short passes or runs in which Terps playmakers were able to get into open field and make Old Dominion defenders miss tackles. Football columnist Aaron Kasinitz takes a look at a few of those plays:
WR Stefon Diggs: 41-yard touchdown catch-and-run
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SITUATION: Third quarter, 7:05 remaining: 3rd and 2, ball on ODU 31-yard line
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SITUATION: Second quarter, 5:30 remaining: 2nd and 6, ball on ODU 41-yard line SETTING THE SCENE: The Terps have found ways to take advantage of Diggs’ athleticism. Saturday might have been the Gaithersburg native’s finest college game yet, as he totaled a career-high 179 yards on six catches. This screen pass put the Terps up, 24-3. BREAKDOWN: Diggs was one of three receivers split out wide to the right of Brown. Brown threw a quick screen to Diggs, who caught the ball about two yards behind the line of scrimmage and turned upfield.
SETTING THE SCENE: Brown, who accounted for five touchdowns in a season-opening 43-10 victory over Florida International on Aug. 31, had another efficient outing against Old Dominion. He finished 14-of-22 through the air for 275 yards and two scores, and he rushed for 30 yards and another pair of scores. This 31-yard touchdown run put the Terps up 38-3. BREAKDOWN: Brown took the snap and sprinted to the right, while Diggs followed several yards behind and to the right of the quarterback. It was the traditional option play; Brown could either pitch to Diggs or keep it himself. An Old Dominion defender sprinted at Diggs, leaving Brown with an easy decision to turn upfield with the ball. He did just that and easily picked up the first down, with King and Stinebaugh each sealing blocks.
Wide receiver Nigel King blocked Monarchs linebacker Larry Alston III, allowing Diggs to reach the corner. But Old Dominion safety Fellonte Misher and defensive end Alex Johnson closed in on Diggs at about the 38-yard line. Diggs sprinted around Johnson before stiff-arming Misher to break loose.
Brown ran in the open field until about the 14-yard line, where Old Dominion safety Fellonte Misher cut him off. But Misher, who was sprinting from the middle of the field to the left sideline, didn’t wrap up on the hit, and Brown stayed on his feet after a full-speed collision. The signal caller didn’t even lose his balance and was able to finish off the touchdown run.
Diggs sprinted freely down the sideline until about the 15-yard line, where he began high-stepping to slow down Monarchs defenders. Diggs then sped toward the end zone and somersaulted across the goal line to beat one last defender.
QUOTABLE: “There was one or two that I kind of missed in the zone-read,” Brown said. “With the adjustments in the secondary, they were changing up their coverage a bit in the third quarter. But I think other than that, I did OK. It wasn’t perfect, but it didn’t kill us; we didn’t have any turnovers.”
FIELD HOCKEY
Hunter holds strong in goal during Terps’ perfect start Old Dominion gives goalkeeper toughest test, but senior makes 10 saves in first shutout of young season By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer For Natalie Hunter, Sunday’s 8-3 win against No. 17 Drexel unfolded similarly to most of her games this season. As the Terrapins field hockey team dominated stretches of the match in the attacking third of the field,
Hunter idled in front of her goal cage. But it was a very different type of game for the Terps goalkeeper Friday against Old Dominion. Of her 13 total saves this season, a career-high 10 came against the Monarchs during the Terps’ 3-0 win in Norfolk, Va. “Of course I get an adrenaline rush when the ball is down on my end,”
Hunter said. “I’m just so focused on the ball, at times, I forget everything going on around me.” The Seaville, N.J., native almost single-handedly fended off the Monarchs’ offense in the second period, making seven saves in the half, a mark that included three saves in less than a minute. “[Old Dominion] broke through once or twice, and she was there,” defender
Sarah Sprink said. “It was incredible.” Many of the goalkeepers the No. 2 Terps have faced so far this season have had standout performances. Temple’s Lizzy Millen made 17 saves during the Terps’ second game of the season, while Drexel netminder Jantien Gunter had 16 saves Sunday. The Terps’ relentless offense has much to do with these marks, as their
consistent pressure keeps opposing goalkeepers busy. But on Friday, the Monarchs were able to mount their own attack, giving Hunter her first true test of the season, and she was up for the task. “That’s what kind of happened to [Natalie] on Friday night,” coach See hunter, Page 7