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terrapin’s turf will open in the next week, the bar’s owners say. kelsey hughes/the diamondback
Terrapin’s Turf set to open soon
A government shutdown could further inflame the partisan divide in Congress and cause a deluge of temporary furloughs for federal By Jim Bach Tomorrow, funding for the gov- government jobs, but it’s unlikely @thedbk ernment will stop unless Congress to jeopardize university and research Senior staff writer passes legislation authorizing more grant funding, at least in the short spending. But with a divided Con- term. It would primarily affect federal Despite the looming Oct. 1 deadline, gress struggling to agree on a plan to workers, such as employees at nafederal lawmakers don’t appear to be continue that funding, experts said tional parks or contractors at the any closer to passing a resolution that a shutdown is looking more likely, Defense Department. When it comes to research grants or would avert a government shutdown. putting government employees at risk.
student loans, “the funds have already been allocated,” said Tony McCann, a public policy professor. “Not one single employee of the education department as part of his or her daily work actually teaches a student.” In a contingency plan released Friday, Education Department officials said the biggest impact will fall on its own staff, which will absorb See shutdown, Page 2
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Bar’s owners confident after multiple missed dates from code delays By Annika McGinnis @annikam93 Senior staff writer New live music bar Terrapin’s Turf has been a long time coming. For almost three-and-a-half years, an angular two-story building has sat vacant near Ratsie’s Pizza on Knox Road, tantalizing students’ memories with flashbacks of the glory days — when students would party all night to live bands at former bar Santa Fe Cafe. But in May 2010, after years of squabbling between the bar’s owners and code enforcement officials over installing a sprinkler system, the bar shut its doors for the last time. In the next week, Terrapin’s Turf will open in Santa Fe’s former location, after a year-and-a-half delay while owners worked to bring the building up to code. Owners Salomeh, Yasmine and Moh a m m ad A fsh a r received their final permit from the city on Thursday, giving them the green light to open their live music establishment. “I can’t believe it. Thursday, I was just like, ‘Is it really happening?’ It just seems like so long,” Salomeh Afshar said. “It’s been
251 express, a sustainable carryout option for all-you-care-to-eat, buffet dining hall 251 North (inset), will soon replace Cool Beans Cafe (above), a former weekend and dessert venue. rachel george/for the diamondback By Holly Cuozzo @emperorcuozzco Staff writer For many students, 251 North’s appeal lies in its all-you-care-toeat, buffet-style meals — but soon, students will be able to take the
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dining hall’s cuisine with them. Cool Beans Cafe in the dining hall will soon become “251 Express,” a waste-free carryout station where students can use their weekly 251 meal points to take an OZZI box of food from the dining hall to go, said Bart Hipple, Dining Services spokes-
man. OZZI boxes, which debuted in fall 2011, are reusable containers for dining hall food. Before it closed for renovations, Cool Beans served food Friday and Saturday nights, as well as ice cream during 251’s weekday hours. At 251 Express, students will need to have an OZZI coin or purchase a
box, and they’ll also have to bring a cup to use, although Dining Services may decide to offer reusable cups for purchase, Hipple said. The menu will be limited because of the small space, but it will stay open slightly See 251, Page 2
University senior running for District 1 council seat
Entrepreneurship programs extend eligibility to all majors
Mellman seeks tight-knit community bonds
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By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer District 1 College Park City Councilman Fazlul Kabir met a different kind of student while knocking on doors during his campaign two years ago. The student who answered the door was Benjamin Mellman, and now he’s running in the same City Council race as Kabir. Most students don’t live in the same house year to year or stay in College Park after graduating. But Mellman, who was 21 when Kabir knocked on his door, already owned the house he lives in and now rents it out to tenants to pay off the mortgage. He purchased it in 2009 with money from his grandparents before graduating
from Montgomery College in Rockville and enrolling in this university. The senior aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering major is a character in the community. He keeps bees behind his house and has been at the forefront of a local push to allow College Park residents to raise chickens in their backyards. Mellman is one of two university students running for a seat on the City Council. Matthew Popkin, a graduate student in public policy, is running for a District 3 seat. Although he’s running against incumbent residents, Mellman isn’t worried about the competition. “I’m not really doing an aggressive campaign,” he said. He has instead taken a relaxed approach to campaigning. It’s partly because of his heavy course load and
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benjamin mellman, senior aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering major and District 1 City Council candidate. tim drummond/the diamondback partly because that’s just who he is, Mellman said. He meets residents while walking his dog, Cayley, a gigantic German shepherd mix, through the neighborhood. He has also ordered some lawn signs, which he said should come in this week. While his campaign strategy may be more casual, Mellman isn’t new to the local political scene. After his first encounter with Kabir, the incumbent helped the student get a position See mellman, Page 2
Anyone can have a great business idea, and now students don’t have to be enrolled in the business school to get help making their ideas a success. This semester, the business school’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship expanded its Innovation Fridays program to reach students of all majors. The program, which used to be advertised only to business school students, gives student entrepreneurs free consultations with successful business owners to get advice for starting their own small businesses, promoting social causes or creating new technology. The program has expanded to different locations around the
campus, with wider advertising and the capacity to serve many more students in a variety of fields, said Elana Fine, Dingman Center managing director. Every Friday, students can pitch their ideas to an entrepreneur-inresidence and get feedback on how to improve that idea and turn it into something that can be marketed to consumers, said Alla Corey, program manager. “These are successful entrepreneurs who’ve started businesses, built them and sold them,” Corey said. “They’ve all been there, done that.” T h e p ro g ra m i s r u n b y t h e Dingman Center in partnership with the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership and the Center for Social Value Creation. See innovation, Page 3
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251 From PAGE 1 later than the main 251 hall, giving busy students a way to grab food from the diner and take it with them. “Some weeks, it is unfortunate when I have to forfeit my weekly 251 swipe because I just do not have the time to go and sit at 251,” said Brenda Shah, a sophomore physiology and neurobiology major. North Campus residents with a university dining plan have the option to eat at 251 North once a week. “Having it to go would really benefit the students.” Dining Services was struggling to staff Cool Beans, which also did not have the proper equipment needed to store and serve ice cream, but a soft serve machine will be installed for 251 Express once it is delivered, Hipple said.
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The exact date 251 Express will open is still up in the air, Hipple added, as is the price of a meal when students purchase it without using their 251 dining points. Although some students said they think of 251 North as the place to socialize with a large group of friends while enjoying a leisurely dinner, others said they are looking forward to the new option. “It will allow the students to do somet h i n g t hey’ve wanted to do for a long time: take the awesome 251 food with them,” said Ilya Lazzeri, 251 North employee. The addition of 251 Express is not the only change Dining Services had in store for the dining hall — a new menu for the “International” station also debuted recently. The station, which used to alternate each week between Latin American and Asian cuisine, added Indian food to the mix in 2012. Now, a
to “bridge that gap.” Win or lose in November, Mellman said, he wants to work to improve the city. He doesn’t have a fleshed-out platform so much as a list of priorities, such as sustainability and community. “If people want me to [work on City Council], I’d love to. I love this city,” Mellman said. “I believe it could be a lot more than it is right now, and I’d love to work to try and make a change.” Both his opponents in District 1 said they are happy Mellman chose to run. “It’s a good thing to have more candidates,” said Kabir. “It’s an opportunity for each of us to talk about our own issues that are important to us.” Patrick Wojahn, the other District 1 incumbent who has grown friendly with Mellman over the past two years, also said he’s happy the race is contested and that students bring a fresh take to the table. “It’s great that a student at such a young age is already as involved in the community as he is,” Wojahn said. “Whether there’s a student on the council or not, I think it’s important to have a student voice about the issues affecting the city.”
on the College Park Committee for a Better Environment, which Mellman now co-chairs. T h rough h is work w ith the com m ittee, Mel l m a n has been pushing to bring chicken-rearing to the community. His mother raises chickens at her Silver Spring home, and after seeing how it brought her neighbors closer, Mellman said he’d like to see a similar tight-knit community in College Park. “I think our city is a little too geared for students and not for residents,” he said. He would like to see more privately owned businesses and development that would keep residents and visiting families in the city instead of going to Washington for a night out. T hough he considers himself a resident, Mellman is still a student, and after he graduates in the spring, he hopes to stay in College Park to complete a doctorate. With a foot in both camps, he said it’s difficult to take sides in the clash between students and residents. But he hopes his unique perspective can help jloguedbk@gmail.com
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“IT WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO DO SOMETHING THEY’VE WANTED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME: TAKE THE AWESOME 251 FOOD WITH THEM.” ILYA LAZZERI
251 North employee week of New Orleans-inspired dishes has joined the rotation. Dining Services keeps an eye on which stations are most popular by tracking how much food is left over at the end of the night, Hipple said. The greatest number of students flock to the Asian and Latin American stations, followed by New Orleans and then Indian. “Taste of India is clearly holding its own, just less popular than the others,” he wrote in an email. Three Dining Services chefs — John Gray, senior executive
shutdown From PAGE 1 furloughs of more than 90 percent of its workers. The plan is temporary, though. If the shutdown lasts longer than a week, the education department would bring in previously furloughed employees to oversee operations related to federal grants and loans, but in the event of a prolonged shutdown, the details are hazy. “A protracted delay in Department obligations and payments beyond one week would severely curtail the cash flow to school districts, colleges and universities,” the report said. T he battle over the federal budget underscores the highly partisan nature of Congress, particularly when it comes to President Obama’s signature health care legislation, the Affordable Care Act. Republicans have rallied behind a plan that would keep the government funded while repealing a medical device tax and delaying the health care law a year, while Democrats have opposed efforts to undermine the 2010 law. The conservative-dominated House voted on Saturday to delay implementing the Affordable Care Act and repeal the device tax.
students lined up outside 251 North, the all-you-care-to-eat dining hall on North Campus. The cafeteria now boasts additional cuisine options such as Indian and Cajun food and it will soon house a take-out option with 251 Express in the main lobby. rachel george/for the diamondback chef, along with 251 North chefs Rob Fahey and George Gomez — choose the International station’s food selection, drawing from their experiences in different culinary specialties to create the combi-
“It’s up to the Senate to pass this bill without delay to stop a government shutdown,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a statement. But liberal Senate leaders have pledged not to support a plan that guts the health care law, and polls have shown a majority of the public opposes defunding the law in the face of a government shutdown. Senate Majority L eader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said in a statement that Republicans are voting to appease a “radical” wing of the party and trying to put forth a plan that has no chance of passing in the Democratic-controlled Senate. “The Senate will never pass nor will President Obama sign a bill that guts the Affordable Care Act and denies millions of Americans access to lifesaving health care,” Reid said. “Tea party Republicans have demanded the impossible and vowed to shut down the government unless they get it.” It would be very difficult for Republican leadership to pass any funding measure that doesn’t include a provision cutting into the Affordable Care Act, McCann said. Without Senate or presidential support, this makes the prospect of a government shutdown all the more likely, he said. “The speaker [Boehner] cannot generate 218 votes for anything that doesn’t severely restrict the Affordable Care
nation of offerings. But while offering a variety of choices is an admirable goal, said Austin Trupp, a junior government and politics major and business student, giving students what they want might be a
better bet. “I like the attempt at diversity, but if you have something that’s by far the most popular, you should stick with it,” he said. hcuozzodbk@gmail.com
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Source: Department of Education Sept. 27 Contingency Plan
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University public policy professor Act,” McCann said. “I don’t Senate will agree to and the see any way immediately that president will sign.” he can pass something shortterm or long-term that the jbachdbk@gmail.com
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TURF From PAGE 1 very emotionally draining, for sure, but today was a happy day for all of us. Finally, that’s it. There’s really nothing else that can happen now.” The process for obtaining permits and licenses took longer than expected when the owners learned they had to make several renovations. Previously, the property was listed as residential, and the former owners hadn’t made the renovations needed to bring it up to commercial code. During one inspection, the Afshars learned they would have to renovate the entire establishment and install a sprinkler system, which involved making internal structural changes and digging up the street. But the ordeal came to an end Thursday, and the owners said they
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tentatively plan to open the bar Friday, though Afshar said it will “for sure” be open by Sunday. This week, the Afshars are taking the last steps needed to set up their bar — training their staff and buying food and alcohol. The Afshars, who have a long history in the bar and restaurant industry, said they hope to bring a Washington vibe to College Park. They plan to provide live music through DJs or bands five or six days a week and feature student and local bands, Afshar said. Inside the two-floor establishment, a centrally located bar is surrounded by flat-screen TVs, a dining room and reserved areas outfitted with couches. The bar also has an outdoor patio. For about $200 to $300, which includes the $5 cover charge and food and drink costs, students will be able to reserve tables for a night for about
10 people, Afshar said. She envisions students coming to the bar to watch sports games during the day, take their parents out to dinner in the evening and party with their friends late at night. The bar will serve American cuisine with specials such as Sunday brunch, “Taco Tuesdays,” wing specials and a Saturday “ballpark buffet” including hot dogs, sliders, cole slaw and beans. Though the bar will be restricted to patrons 21 years and older most nights, the Afshars will open it up to those 18 and older at least one night a week, most likely Wednesdays or Sundays, Afshar said. On those days, she said, the bar will double its security team. “We’re the new kid on the block, so we have to watch our business,” she said. “We’ve been through a lot to open our doors, so I’m not going to let a couple hundred underage students come in and destroy things.” T he bar’s opening will make
downtown College Park a more “desirable destination,” said Michael Stiefvater, College Park economic development coordinator. “It’s nice to see a building that has been out of use for several years open its doors again,” Stiefvater wrote in an email. Terrapin’s Turf will also add to competition among the bars, he said, which “pushes each place to keep their product at a high level, whether that be food quality, prices or service.” A student who works at one of the city bars said his bar isn’t worried about losing business because of Terrapin’s Turf’s opening. “We’ll see how well they do because people are always going to go to Cornerstone [Grill and Loft] or [R.J.] Bentley’s; that’s what the move is,” said the student, who asked to remain anonymous to protect his job. But he added it was “exciting” to see a place opening that hosts live shows.
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Duo mixes classical music with contemporary hits Iain Forrest and Francis Kang like to blur lines. Over the summer, the two freshmen founded Eyeglasses, a string-based group that draws influences from both classical and contemporary music. The duo, which performed at Stamp Student Union’s Friday showcase, met while playing in the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and the Maryland All-State Orchestra in high school. The performance featured Kang on piano and Forrest on an electric cello. Though unfamiliar with the setting and new to performing onstage, Eyeglasses attracted a crowd of about 200 students with covers of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal,” Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” as well as other pop hits and classical and soundtrack music. “We’ve never done anything like this before,” Forrest said. Forrest, a biology major, and Kang, a cell biology and genetics major, are both state residents, and their group is based in Bethesda. They travel throughout Montgomery County, Washington and the greater metropolitan area to perform. Both musicians are classically trained, and each has
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more than eight years of experience with his instruments. Forrest, who began training in fifth grade, spends a portion of every summer abroad in Scotland, where he first learned the art of performance. Kang has played piano since he was 6 and cello since he was 8; he played with the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra in Carnegie Hall two years ago. For more, check out diamondbackonline.com.
CORRECTION Due to an editing error, the Thursday article “Communication lecture series offers networking” incorrectly identified a three-credit event-planning communication class as COMM 398G. The correct class is COMM 498G.
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From PAGE 1 Consultations are held on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 2113 in McKeldin Library, the Dingman Center Suite in Van Munching Hall and the Engineering Library Conference Room A. Each week, about 10 to 15 students come to each location seeking advice for their businesses, which are usually geared toward a college-aged demographic, Fine said. “So many students have great ideas; they just don’t know where to go with them,” Fine said. She added that students typically come up with ideas “relevant in their lives,” such as mobile applications for finding their way around the campus or a better method for advertising campus events. “One of the tenets of ent repreneu rsh ip i s t r y i n g to solve eve r yd ay problems,” said Harry Geller, an entrepreneur-in-residence. For instance, at the begin-
Though Afshar said they haven’t done much advertising, she anticipates the place filled with students from day one — a crowd that has been waiting just as impatiently as the owners have for the bar to open. “Everyone’s walking by, [saying] ‘Oh my God, are you opening, are you opening?’” Afshar said. “Their jaws are dropping and building my excitement, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t wait.’ I want people to come in here.” Despite the months of stress and frustration, the Afshars are “super excited” to finally open their doors, breathing new life into a building that has sat abandoned for years, giving students a place to make new memories. “At this point, we’re just happy to start,” Afshar said. “We’re done; we’re done.” amcginnisdbk@gmail.com
ning of each semester, many students typically come in with ideas of better ways to buy and sell textbooks, Geller said. And at the end of the year, when students are moving out of their dorms and apartments, ideas often center around selling old furniture or providing move-out services. When students come to him with their ideas, Geller tries to help them create a first draft of their product that can be marketed and tested by consumers. “Try to keep it simple,” he said. “Get a minimal, viable product out there; test it; see how it works.” Lamar Rogers and Mohsen Farshneshani, senior government and politics majors, came to Innovation Fridays l a st we ek to se ek adv ice for their new web service, PoliRoots.com, which helps campaigns run more efficiently by providing organizational tools and analytics to help track progress. The nonpartisan product is designed to help campaigns
target the small margin of undecided voters who can still be swayed one way or another in the days leading up to an election, Farshneshani said. During the students’ consultation, they got advice about how to market and sell their product. Their next steps will be to find programmers to help them further develop their website and then start reaching out to campaigns, Rogers said. Even though the state of the economy can seem dismal and the post-graduation job hunt daunting, there will always be a market for creative businesses, Fine said. With the program’s expansion this semester, more students will be able to access services to help them start these businesses, she said. “T here’s a lot of in frastructure, a lot of support systems for entrepreneurs,” she said. “If you have a good idea, it’s a great time to be an entrepreneur.” mlistdbk@gmail.com
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identify as, we are all students who pay a lot of money for the right to enroll in and attend classes. Instead of viewing higher education as a continuous process, students who consistently leave class early signify that time spent in class is merely an inconvenience. A few extra minutes of time spent doing anything else supersedes our first and most important job. Most people don’t cite “quality of professors” as their single deciding factor in choosing a college, but as students who consciously enrolled at this university, we have all at some point decided the faculty employed here are of (at least some) value. Yet our actions also dictate that we have decided instructors only deserve an allotted amount of our time, which has been predetermined individually and exists despite class time parameters. The best way to enjoy classes is to seek out academic opportunities you find interesting and become actively engaged. But sometimes that doesn’t happen. I’ve been at this university for three semesters and taken some general education courses that, despite my best efforts, just didn’t interest me. To expect every student to love every single minute of every lecture, paper and problem set is so ludicrous it’s not an ideal worth aiming for. I just don’t see the point of sitting through an entire boring lecture only to signal very publicly that you’ve had enough right before it would end on its own. If you do pack up early, consider the message you’re sending to professors and fellow classmates. Your actions speak more than you realize.
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I’m almost used to it by now. The clock hand creeps past the 45-minute mark. I brace myself. Then the clock strikes 4:47. A thunderous array erupts in Tydings 0130 as hundreds of squeaky desks are shoved back into place, all to a chorus of backpack zippers and rustling papers. Students make no attempt to be discreet as they pack up and leave in droves, seemingly unaware someone at the front of the room is still speaking. It’s as if a bizarre switch occurs in the last minutes of lecture. What was a silent lecture hall enveloping a single professor has become a freefor-all as students take off in every direction. Every time this happens in one of my classes, which is an almost daily occurrence, I ask myself the same questions. Where are all these people going? What could be so important that it’s worth such an abrupt and visible departure before class has ended? Countless articles, studies and “expert” testimonies have weighed in on the phenomenon of the Millennial Generation. I won’t bore you by regurgitating the same statistics about our smartphone dependency, but I do think it’s worth mentioning we are a generation living with a sense of heightened — but sometimes unnecessary — urgency. Student life is busy. I know I always have about 10 other things — some trivial, but some more serious — swimming around my head while I’m trying to do work. But before our titles Lauren Nurse is a sophomore government as athletes, resident assistants, peer and politics major. She can be reached at mentors or whatever we additionally lnursedbk@gmail.com. GUEST COLUMN
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y name is Colin Byrd. That’s Colin like Colin Powell, and that’s Byrd like Byrd Stadium. I love this school. I am a second-generation Terrapin. My dad is an alumnus of this fine institution, and he often jokes that its football stadium is his namesake. By the way — shoutout to the football team for its 4-0 start. Special shoutout to my man Stefon Diggs for making a serious bid for the Heisman. Ahem. I digress. This university is by no means perfect and neither is this state. There is room for improvement in both cases, and it is important that we take note of the impact state politics can have on the future. The state government can make greater investments in this university and adopt policies that better support the state’s progress in innumerable ways. So in order to form a more perfect university and state, it is especially important that we as students, faculty and staff pay close attention to the race for governor and exercise our political voice. On Tuesday, Del. Heather Mizeur of District 20 (representing Takoma Park and Silver Spring) became the first of the three major Democratic gubernatorial candidates to make her case to students here, and I especially applaud her for this and for her outreach. Still, the appearance was imperfect in a couple of ways. First, The Diamondback’s Darcy Costello wrote that about 20 students attended this meeting, which was held in the Special Events Room on the sixth floor of McKeldin Library. While I understand that Mizeur is in the early stages of her race and she hopes to recruit student volunteers for her campaign. She can recruit even more volunteers if she effectively makes her case to a much larger audience. There are more than 25,000 undergraduates alone on this campus, and more than 75 percent of them are residents of the state. There are more than 4,000 faculty members on the campus. And, in total, there are more than 13,000 employees on this campus. Eventually, Mizeur should appear before a much larger group of Terrapins at a much larger venue. Second, her policy-related questionand-answer session at the end of her appearance lasted slightly longer than five minutes, and then she left. This is insufficient time to truly and com-
prehensively listen to and respond to the concerns of students, and there was no time to take photos with her student supporters. Eventually she should come back and allow far more time for such activities to take place when she appears. My fellow Terrapins, please do not allow our political voices to be drowned out in this election. This is the state’s flagship university. These gubernatorial candidates not only hope to represent us as governor, but they also hope to represent many of this school’s alumni as well. Let us make sure they represent Terrapins. Here are a few ways to do so: Please make sure that, if you are eligible, you are registered to vote in the Democratic primaries in June. Please join me in calling on Mizeur to come back to this campus for a much larger town hall meeting. We love you, Heather, but we need to have a word with you. Please join me in calling on Attorney General Doug Gansler and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown to come to this campus for a town hall meeting of their own. We love you two, but we need to have a word with you. Please join me in calling on all three of these candidates to come back to this campus for a separate town hall debate. We love you guys, but we need to have a word with you before we vote for you. And, finally, please vote. Total voter turnout in the last Democratic gubernatorial primary in the state of Maryland was just shy of 26 percent, and the fact of the matter is that elected officials care far more about the voices of those who vote than about nonvoters. M i z e u r ’s T w i t te r h a n d l e i s @heathermizeur, Gansler’s Twitter handle is @DougGansler and Brown’s Twitter handle is @ltgovbrown. Let us cordially invite them all to try to win us over using #Govern4TerpsToo. Consider this. We are Terrapins, and, as such, we are innately endowed with a turtle’s philosophy: That is to say, we are “hard on the outside, soft on the inside, yet willing to stick [our] neck[s] out” for what we believe. Shoutout to brother Dick Gregory for that metaphor. Let’s go, Terrapins! Thanks for reading, and feel free to give me feedback. Peace! Colin Byrd is a senior sociology major. He can be reached at colinabyrd@gmail.com.
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sity and community building. Those two metrics especially could help combat the root causes of neighborhood destabilization in the city in the long run. Students at this university will inevitably spend weekends partying in some capacity, sometimes in an unruly way. Levying fines and mandating community service — one of the group’s recommendations, and an innovative one at that — are just patchwork, short-term solutions for a long-running issue.
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Among the College Park neighborhood work group’s recommendations, housing and community building are the most important. Until students feel they have a stake in this community, there will be little reason for them to consider consequences or respect the city. This lack of respect is apparent in the decrepit state and embarrassing eyesore of the Knox Box apartments. That’s why diversifying and improving housing in College Park should be paramount. The recent initiative taken by the multidisciplinary development firm U3 Ventures to improve the university’s 22-acre plot between Fraternity Row and Paint Branch Parkway, known as East Campus, has been encouraging. The city should follow suit by swiftly approving the plans from Toll Brothers, the developers seeking to replace the Knox Boxes with a South Campus Commonsstyle apartment complex. Additionally, the work group suggested increasing cooperative housing, in which each resident
has a share of their housing ’s overall quality. Asking apartments like the Toll Brothers’ to use such co-op strategies could encourage student-residents to treat their housing with the respect permanent residents want. This year marked the first in which students were turned away from Co-op Housing University of Maryland, a student group that aims to offer affordable community living options for students in six College Park houses. When students present a collective financial and political voice, individual rent prices dwindle — as low as $300 a month for some CHUM residents — and hopefully the student groups develop a higher regard for the surrounding city. That said, permanent residents’ responsibilities need to change just as much as students’ — and the work group’s recommendations help toward that end too. Beyond the buildings themselves, the city should focus on developing strong communities. The work group’s recommendations to facilitate neighborhood events such as block parties and meet-andgreets, alongside a grant program for funding, are smart. Putting a face to “those drunken college kids” or “that old couple that always calls the cops” could begin to eliminate those labels altogether, and it will help foster a friendlier relationship between the two factions. In its efforts to become a legitimate college town and commercial and residential destination, College Park needs two harmonious groups of residents that respect the improvement of the city and each other. The Neighborhood Stabilization Committee may not resolve every resident’s issues, but better housing diversity and eager community building are a good start.
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Democracy in American sports IAN LACY The right to vote and elect our leaders is a fundamental part of American democracy. We the people, who support and compose our country, are allowed to choose who makes the executive decisions, all in the name of our well-being. What if we were to apply this concept to sports? Fan bases — specifically season ticket holders — support professional franchises and are the foundation of a team’s existence, but here in the U.S., season ticket holders do not have the right to elect a new general manager for their teams. Spanish soccer teams, such as Real Madrid and Barcelona do offer their fans that right, and the results are staggering. Real Madrid and Barcelona allow season ticket holders to elect a new general manager every four years. These two teams respond to their fans’ choices in management by winning
and playing at the highest levels of club soccer. This idea of fan ownership is important because it highlights the reasons people are drawn to sports. People are drawn in for a sense of community, entertainment and a chance to bask in the reflected glory of a victorious team. American sports are not lacking in the entertainment part, but they seem to be lacking the sense of community and ability to give their fans the shared satisfaction of winning. Many American professional sport franchises are not beholden to their fans and instead listen directly to the majority shareholders and owners, who decide whom to hire as general managers. Therefore, there are no repercussions for the owners, but the season ticket holders — who adamantly attend games and invest time and money in the franchise — are stuck dealing with the hiring decisions of the solitary owner of the franchise. Imagine if you gave the power to elect a general manager to the season ticket holders of a struggling franchise, such as the Cleveland Browns,
who have not been successful in many years. Don’t you think it would attract more people to the franchise? Being a sports fan is more than just tailgating and watching the games. It’s about feeling like you are part of the team. Sports are about feeling that you have some stake in what that franchise does — and that their success is your success. This idea of “community” ownership of a sports franchise is a very foreign concept to most people in the U.S. But imagine if we could actually implement this type of idea into our sporting culture. I think it would make the sports in this country much more competitive and enjoyable to watch. Not to mention, fans would actually be invested in their teams and wouldn’t just aimlessly complain about how they are being run. Maybe one day, people can have the right to vote, not only for the leaders of our country but for the leaders of our sports franchises. Ian Lacy is a senior kinesiology major. He can be reached at ilacydbk@gmail.com.
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opening the door to opportunities Kevin Spacey promotes his foundation, which aims to help young actors further their careers, at ritzy Washington charity event By Robert Gifford @rcgiff Senior staff writer “I don’t know what I’m doing here,” I keep thinking. The half-dozen security guards spread across the back lawn of the Mandarin Oriental, a swanky hotel in L’Enfant Plaza overlooking the Potomac River, seem to be thinking the same thing as they eye me over. They’re trying to figure out how this 21-year-old in an ill-fitting suit and borrowed dress shoes fits in at a $10,000-a-table charity dinner hosted by Kevin Spacey. One of them asks me if I’m lost. I consider saying yes. I’m not lost, however. Out of place? Sure. Surrounded by women wearing pearl necklaces, drinking champagne with men in expensive suits — some of them famous, all of them well connected — I feel a bit like a kid being allowed to sit at the grown-ups’ table for the first time. But I have an invite. My name is on a list. So I make friends with the waiter who holds the smoked salmon hors d’oeuvres and try to look like I belong. The gala, held Saturday in Washington, was hosted by The Kevin Spacey Foundation, a charitable organization founded by the actor of the same name with the goal of helping aspiring actors master their craft and start careers. In keeping with the group’s youth-oriented aims, they wanted a student journalist to cover the event along with bigwigs from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Politico. I knew someone who knew someone who knew someone, which is how I end up waiting to speak to Kevin Spacey while he takes photos with Kevin McCarthy, a Republican congressman from California and the current House majority whip. Spacey’s publicist waves me over and tells me I’m up as soon as the actor’s done speaking with the reporter from Politico. I do my best to pretend I don’t mind following that kind of opening act and fumble with the voice recorder application on my phone. Spacey walks over and we shake hands. He is what Jerry Seinfeld would call a “close talker,” leaning in with the kind of unhurried confidence that comes with being the most famous person in a room full of famous people. He speaks passionately, eloquently and at length about his foundation’s programs. “It’s not about whether these kids want to go into the arts, because if someone wants to go into the arts, you’re not going to be able to stop them,” Spacey says. “It’s about the programs and the experiences and the teachers and the ideas behind theater and film that can teach a person about their own self-confidence, their ability to collaborate, about standing up in a room and being able to communicate. That’s just good for the world. That’s just good for society.” The foundation’s programs include sponsoring acting scholarships for six students a year at Regents University in London, providing grants for between 500 and 2,500 English pounds ($800 to $4,000) and — the initiative being launched at the gala — funding and organizing a Kevin Spacey Foundation theater company. “I see it all the time when I do workshops, where this little nickel drops and someone discovers something
about themselves they didn’t know they had,” Spacey a conversation while pretending not to notice they’re says. “I was one of those kids. When I was 13 years old, being photographed. Jack Lemmon ran a workshop I was at, and he came up to Kevin McCarthy leaves early; as if on cue, Steny Hoyer, me afterwards and told me I was terrific and I should be his Democratic counterpart, shows up a few minutes later. a professional actor.” Spacey cracks a joke about his inability to get the two in a Part of the evening’s proceedings are reserved for a room together being the cause of the gridlock on Capitol Lemmon tribute; he coined the phrase “sending the el- Hill before letting CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield take over evator back down” to the next generation of actors that the entertaining the crowd. foundation hopes to benefit. Chris Lemmon, the actor’s son, It’s about then — before dessert but after Spacey seris featured at the event, and Spacey busts out a pretty solid enaded the crowd with “Pure Imagination” from Willy Lemmon impression between renditions of crooner stan- Wonka & The Chocolate Factory — that I sneak out the back. dards he performs with a youth jazz orchestra over dinner. Even the most glamorous necktie starts to feel constrictBefore the gala moves indoors for dinner — held in a ing after a few hours. On the way out, I remind a couple of gigantic room bathed in red light that makes it look like people to take a look at my article when it’s published. It’s something out of a David Lynch movie — I’m introduced nice to have someone let you in the room — but you have to Steve Winter, the foundation’s program director. He to know what to do once you get in there. tells me about how the foundation started when Spacey was in a Sam Mendes-directed production of Richard III rgifforddbk@gmail.com at the Old Vic in London two years ago. During that time, the foundation started holding events called “Richard’s Rampage” in which Winter would workshop scenes from Richard III with young actors. Although the foundation is looking for corporate sponsorship, events such as this one are its only current source of income. The hotel’s general manager, a friendly guy I had the good fortune of being seated beside at dinner, tells me the hotel underwrites much of the cost in return for an endorsement deal. The dinner consists of a first course of lobster and avocado salad (yes, lobster is an appetizer here), an entree of steak so juicy it cuts like butter and something called haricot vert foll owe d by a dessert of creme brulee. (In comparison, the previous night I had macaroni pizza.) There are tablets scattered over all the tables that allow guests to sign up for a silent auction. The various prizes range in starting price from $500 (two tickets to a red carpet premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival) to $20,000 (a private performance by Aloe Blacc). Other items include a set visit to House of Cards, a game of tennis with Kevin Spacey, an original Picasso lithograph, a week in Aruba and a threemonth internship. (Yes, at least in this case, you have to pay to get an internship.) The wine flows freely, and the auction appears to be going well. Notable individuals dot the crowd, but — this being Washington, not Hollywood — many have names more famous than their faces. The quiet man sitting across from me who showed up alone turned out to be a congressman. Still, it’s the kevin spacey foundation hosted a charity dinner to raise funds for its new theater company, easy to tell the noteworthy from the not — only Spacey’s latest initiative to benefit young performers. Guests bid on auction items including a House the former have perfected the art of carrying on of Cards set visit. above photo and page 1 photo courtesy of logan mock-bunting/kevinspaceyfoundation.com
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weekend From PAGE 8 troubles on Sunday came in the first period as the team struggled to break through Massachusetts’ defensive pressure. The Minutewomen slowed down the Terps’ ball movement, forcing them to dribble and become more predictable in their attack. Though Massachusetts (7-4) successfully held back the Terps offense in the first period, they couldn’t create their own chances. At halftime, the Terps had a 3-1 edge in shots, as scoring opportunities for both teams were sparse. “It was an odd game,” Meharg said. “We’re always going to be a better team when we pass, and I thought [Massachusetts] did a very good job of funneling our players.” Dessoye’s goal in the closing moments of the first half set the tone for the next period. Both teams created more chances, but the Terps were more efficient. Rissing-
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er’s shot in the 46th minute slid through Carlino’s legs and into the goal cage to double the team’s lead, and Dessoye got her second goal of the game four minutes later to make it 3-0. Minutewomen forward Lindsay Bowman scored after controlling a blocked shot off a penalty corner in the 60th minute. From there, Massachusetts ramped up its attack in an attempt to close the deficit. The Terps faced a flurry of penalty corners in the final four minutes of the game, but they outlasted the Minutewomen’s pressure and sealed the result with a goal from Turner. Against Boston College (7-2, 1-1), the Terps were able to create opportunities, but they struggled to finish. The Eagles, however, scored off their first shot of the game, as forward Virgynia Muma’s goal in the eighth minute gave the Terps their first deficit of the season. Defender Sarah Sprink tied the game three minutes later off a penalty corner, but the
Eagles scored again early in the second period to re-establish their lead. “Coming back twice from being behind on Friday night was a great opportunity,” Meharg said. “I was very, very impressed with the team and their outcome on Friday night.” The Terps became more precise in front of the goal, scoring twice off three shots. Sprink scored her second goal of the game in the 52nd minute, and forward Alyssa Parker scored a minute later to complete the comeback win. As the Terps’ undefeated season continues, they are finding ways to win while facing compromising situations they hadn’t encountered earlier in the season. The competition doesn’t get easier, either, as the team faces No. 1 North Carolina on Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C. “We picked it up when we needed to,” Meharg said. “[I’m] just really pleased to have such good goal-scorers.” ppierrelouisdbk@gmail.com
panthers From PAGE 8 coach Sasho Cirovski said. “I think the relationships on the field are getting stronger. The understanding between players is getting stronger.” The Terps — who outshot the Panthers 23-2 and forced Lynd to make eight saves — had their best opportunity of the first half in the 13th minute. Ambrose made a speedy run from his left back position down the left sideline. He found forward Patrick Mullins wide open inside the 6-yard box, but the 2012 MAC He rmann T ro p h y w i n n e r p u t t h e close-range chance over the net. With just less than 29 minutes remaining, Mullins almost struck again. Endoh served up a curling corner kick that the senior headed toward
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with an unusually low nine shots, many were from within the box. Brock had four shots, From PAGE 8 including two open ones inside Me ga n G i b b o n s b e fo re the penalty box in the first half. The Terps’ performance beating Beanlands high in yesterday resembled their the middle of the goal. “The kids were doing a 1-0 win over then-No. 6 Wake great job,” Morgan said. “It Forest on Sept. 22, when the Terps were outshot 17-6 but was an unfortunate play.” The Terps (6-5, 2-3) had had just as many quality goalthree shots in the last 15 scoring opportunities. This minutes of the match and a time, however, they were free kick on Virginia’s side of unable to pull off the upset. The number of opportuthe field with eight seconds left. nities the Terps created was The closest they came to just one of many successes scoring was in the 57th minute, when forward Hayley Brock Morgan was pleased with picked up a loose ball in the after the loss. Another was penalty area. Her shot rattled the team’s senior leadership. Ten days after Morgan the crossbar, and the Terps were shut out for the third questioned his team’s leadertime in the past four matches. ship when the Terps lost 2-0 While the Terps finished to Virginia Tech at home, two
seniors — Brock and defender Megan Gibbons — delivered a rousing halftime speech. “We were obviously disappointed,” Gibbons said. “We had been playing really well. We had opportunities that we didn’t finish. We just told the team,‘Look, let’s keep our heads up and let’s keep fighting.’” All year long, the Terps have shown resilience. They have rebounded from disappointing losses with good performances at practice and in games, so Morgan believes this week will be no different. “The kids were really, really upset and disappointed,” Morgan said. “They are going to respond and continue to work hard.”
career high,” Fraik said. “It’s about getting better as a team. I hope that next weekend I can step up for the people that are out injured so I can make up for their loss.” The Terps battled back in the third frame, their first full set without Cushman. After several Terps alumni, including Remy McBain, the team’s director of operations, were honored at halftime, the Terps began the third set energized. The frame consisted of 12 ties and six lead changes. Without Cushman and Crutcher, though, the Terps couldn’t close and lost the set, 28-26. They were unable to regain momentum after dropping the frame. The team registered a .057 hitting percentage in the clinching fourth set, losing
goal. The shot beat Lynd, but a defender guarding the near post blocked the shot. Cirovski brought Pace in for Tshuma with 12 minutes to play in the first half, and the forward put two header chances high. Despite outshooting the Panthers 8-0 in the first 45 minutes, the Terps entered halftime in a scoreless tie. Mullins continued pursuing chances just seconds into the second half. After receiving the ball in the 18-yard box and making a move, the senior looked toward goal, but his shot was deflected wide. T h r e e m i n u t e s l a t e r, Mullins ripped a shot from 25 yards that beat Lynd but clanged off the left post. The opportunities kept coming, but the Terps simply couldn’t convert. “We didn’t really have a lack of confidence because we were still getting chances
and chances, which happens,” Pace said. “But you’re always kind of suspicious when you’re not scoring. You always say it’s going to come, but sometimes it doesn’t.” The Terps dominated Old Dominion on Tuesday night, but failed to emerge victorious because they couldn’t finish numerous scoring chances. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. Pace was not going to let that happen again. He took control when his team needed him. And he proved once again that sometimes the most important players on a soccer field come off the bench. “Jake is an extremely hard worker.” Cirovski said. “He’s a highly competitive young man. He loves this program, and he puts out 100 percent effort on every play. And he gets rewarded for it.”
25-16 when Fraik smacked an attack into the net. While Friday’s match was just as dramatic, it ended well for the Terps. Georgia Tech forced a fifth and final set after winning the fourth frame, 25-19. The Terps rallied from an 8-5 deficit in the fifth set to win the match. That victory gave Horsmon his 300th career win, and he said Friday that the Terps were still a good team without Crutcher. But with Cushman down, the Terps will be forced to dig deeper into their depth chart. M iddle blocker Adreené Elliott, who Horsmon believes is worthy of an All-American distinction, didn’t appear comfortable yet at outside hitter. “The only difference was the belief in myself to execute what I’ve been practicing for a few weeks now,” Elliott said. “I let my team down.” As a result, the Terps delivered two underwhelming
blocking performances. They blocked six attacks Friday, and though they had 11 blocks Sunday, six were recorded in the first set while Cushman was still healthy. There were a few positives from Sunday, however. Outside hitter Alex Brown pounded a career-high 11 kills off the bench. While Brown gave the Terps a boost, the team will likely suffer without Cushman. With Crutcher already sidelined, Cushman’s setback will force the Terps to make even more adjustments. “It is hard,” Horsmon said. “You get a group of kids that are playing together for all these weeks and months, and now all of a sudden the relationships of what they’re doing and how they play and move together — responsibilities — it’s different.”
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FOOTBALL
Terps ranked in AP poll for first time in Edsall’s tenure By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer After a blistering 4-0 start, the Terrapins football team is ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in coach Randy Edsall’s time in College Park. One week after receiving votes for the first time since September 2011, the Terps checked in at No. 25, earning 119 points in the poll. It’s the first time the Terps have been ranked since they were No. 23 after
the 2010 season in which they finished 9-4, and it’s the first time they have been ranked during the season since November 2008. They were ranked No. 22 entering their home finale that year but fell to Florida State, 37-3. The ranking sets the Terps up for a top-25 matchup with No. 8 Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla., on Saturday. The Terps haven’t played a game as a ranked team against a ranked opponent since Nov. 18, 2006, when the then-No. 21 Terps fell at then-No. 20 Boston College, 38-16.
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Florida State, led by phenom quarterback Jameis Winston, beat Boston College, 48-34, on Saturday. The Terps were on their bye week, and they benefited from losses by Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Those two teams dropped out of the poll and were replaced by the Terps and Arizona State. The Terps are the fourth ACC team in the polls behind No. 3 Clemson, No. 8 Seminoles and No. 14 Miami. Virginia Tech was the lone ACC team receiving votes but not ranked.
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FIELD HOCKEY | WEEKEND RECAP
Offense struggles, winning continues Terps earn two low-scoring victories By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer After 30 minutes of play against Massachusetts yesterday, the Terrapins field hockey team had only tallied one shot. Midfielder Maxine Fluharty’s attempt traveled over the goal cage, failing to challenge Minutewomen goalkeeper Sam Carlino. A f te r F l u h a r t y ’s s h o t , however, the Terps created more opportunities, and midfielder Anna Dessoye eventually gave them the lead 35 seconds before the end of the first half at Richard F. Garber Field. Similar to their 3-2 win at No. 9 Boston College on Friday — which was their first comeback victory of the season — the Terps
FORWARD JAKE PACE (20) is mobbed by his teammates after scoring one of his two goals in the Terps’ 2-0 win over Pittsburgh on Friday. tim drummond/the diamondback
PACE IS THE TRICK
The Terrapins men’s soccer team dominated Pittsburgh through 50 minutes of its match Friday at Ludwig Field. The score said otherwise, though. Despite countless scoring chances and a nearly flawless possession game, the Terps were locked in a scoreless tie, unable to put the ball in the back of the net. They were putting themselves in yet another dangerous situation — one successful counterattack and the Panthers could take a late 1-0 lead. Forward Jake Pace sensed how desperately his team needed a goal, and the captain delivered. In the 68th minute, defender Mikey Ambrose played a through-ball over the top to Pace — who replaced forward Schillo Tshuma minutes earlier — and he chipped it over Panthers goalkeeper Dan Lynd to give the Terps a 1-0 lead. The fifth-year senior scored again in the 79th minute to clinch the team’s first shutout since Oct. 19, 2012, and
the first of goalkeeper Zack Steffen’s career. “To get that first icebreaker, it was good,” Pace said. “As a team, it felt like a sense of relief.” Unlike Tuesday night against Old Dominion, the No. 8 Terps were aggressive offensively from the opening whistle. Midfielder Tsubasa Endoh created numerous opportunities in the game’s opening minutes, using his speed and unrelenting play to find gaps in the Panthers defense. The sophomore’s constant movement up front helped the Terps maintain possession in their offensive half, providing a safe outlet in the middle out on the wing. The improved possession play early was also a result of replacing right back Chris Odoi-Atsem with midfielder Jereme Raley in the starting lineup. Raley provided experience and fresh legs in place of Odoi-Atsem, a freshman who had played every minute for the Terps so far this season. “It was a result of 11 guys being on the same page,” See PANTHERS, Page 7
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WOMEN’S SOCCER | No. 1 CAVALIERS 1, No. 21 TERPS 0
Terps keep UVA close but still fall Team can’t capitalize on few chances
Redshirt senior forward scores two goals in Terps’ first shutout win in almost a year
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were in an unfamiliar situation against No. 7 Massachusetts. The team took a season-low eight shots, but the Terps beat the Minutewomen, 4-1, to cap an undefeated weekend on the road. “We’re really pleased with the results,” coach Missy Meharg said. “We talked with the women and realized when it comes time to playing really good teams. … Those are the scenarios where you need to dig deep and find a way to win.” Dessoye scored two goals for the Terps (10-0, 2-0 ACC) yesterday, with forward Emma Rissinger and defender Hayley Turner also scoring to lift the team to its 10th-straight win to open the season. Much of the Terps’ offensive
By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer Th e Te r ra p in s wo me n’s soccer team knows, especially after Thursday’s blowout loss to Notre Dame, that a goal right before halftime can open up the floodgates. But yesterday at Virginia, after another mistake led to a late first-half goal, the Terps buckled down and held one of the nation’s top offenses scoreless through the second half. And while the No. 21 Terps lost 1-0 to the No. 1 Cavaliers yesterday afternoon, the team kept pressing for the equalizing goal. “I’m really proud today of this group,” coach Jonathan
Morgan said. “I love the way they responded.” Virginia (11-0, 5-0 ACC) had 21 shots in their worst offensive output of the season. Only six shots were on goal, and many of those were straight at goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands, who finished with five saves. The sophomore was unable, however, to save Cavaliers forward Brittany Ratcliffe’s shot from 12 yards out with 17 seconds left in the first half. The play started with a turnover from midfielder Kristen Schmidbauer. Ratcliffe ended up with the ball and dribbled past Terps defenders Shade Pratt and See CAVALIERS, Page 7
VOLLEYBALL | WEEKEND RECAP
Cushman hurts ankle in split of weekend ACC matches Outside hitter honored before Friday’s win, now faces uncertain status after going down in Sunday’s loss By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer M a r y C u s h m a n ’s we e k e n d began in celebration and ended in disappointment. Before the Terrapins volleyball team’s thrilling 3-2 win over Georgia Tech on Friday, the outside hitter met at center court with coach Tim Horsmon, who draped his arm around her neck and offered her a commemo-
rative ball in recognition of recently recording her 1,000th kill. But Cushman’s weekend turned sour yesterday. In the second set against Clemson, the senior leaped in front of the net and fell awkwardly on the Tigers setter’s foot, twisting her left ankle. Horsmon again met her at center court, this time offering his shoulders as an armrest for Cushman as she limped off the court with a grimace. Without Cushman for the final two
sets, the Terps fell to Clemson, 3-1. Cushman, who missed practice this week and has been dealing with shoulder soreness all season, will see a doctor tomorrow to determine the severity of her injury. “She wanted to play,” Horsmon said. “She’s telling our trainer she wanted to play. She’s battling through so many different things. I don’t want her to miss any matches. Not only does she make us better, she’s earned that opportunity in her senior year.”
As Cushman joined fellow star outside hitter Ashleigh Crutcher — who will be out several more weeks with a rib injury — on the bench, the offensive onus fell to outside hitter Emily Fraik. Fraik, a sophomore, accounted for 35 percent of the team’s attacks. She paced the Terps (9-5, 1-1 ACC) with a careerhigh 18 kills, but she wasn’t able to carry the team to victory. “It’s great, but it’s not about the
“SHE’S BATTLING THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. I DON’T WANT HER TO MISS ANY MATCHES. NOT ONLY DOES SHE MAKE US BETTER, SHE’S EARNED THAT OPPORTUNITY IN HER SENIOR YEAR.”
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