October 14, 2014

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Health insurance dominates second gov. debate Second gubernatorial debate spurs accusations; students watch results from campus classroom

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer This state’s gubernatorial candidates squared off in their second debate last night, and more than 40 students gathered for a watch party sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists in Knight Hall.

“We believe government and society can function best when the public is informed,” SPJ President Emily Schweich said. “It’s not cool or hip to be naive anymore. The more we know about government and politics, the more we can participate in society and make it a better place.”

The debate, much like the first one on Oct. 7, focused on taxes and the

economy but also touched on the state’s long-maligned health insurance exchange and environmental and social issues.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown was asked about his role in Maryland’s failed health exchange website, which cost the state $288 million, an issue Republican Larry Hogan was upset didn’t come up in the first debate.

Hogan called the failed exchange “the biggest boondoggle in state history” See debate, Page 2 emily schweich watches the gubernatorial debate at a watch party held yesterday. sung-min kim/the diamondback

Students: Not enough Rt. 1 camera notice given New cameras, hours phased in during Aug.

By Eleanor Mueller @eleanor_mueller Staff writer

But panelist Tara Houska, a member of the Couchiching tribe and founder of Not Your Mascot, said the name has a negative effect on the self-esteem of Native American children.

“You dress up as us,” she said. “That is so offensive. How do you not understand that?”

Houska and Schoenke went head to head

In the months after officials enacted cha nges to city speed cameras along Route 1, some students claimed they did not receive enough warning from the city to adhere to law and avoid being ticketed.

T he cha nges were phased i n beg i n n i ng Aug. 1, a nd the city started issuing citations Aug. 15.

The two-week grace period allowed people to read signs and electronic message boards advising drivers of both the changes and that photo enforcement would be in effect at all times, said Bob Ryan, city director of public services.

Some of these actions were taken in compliance with the Maryland Speed Monitoring Systems Reform Act of 2014, signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley in June. Others, such as the

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panelists speak at the Povich Center’s “Controversy Over a Name: Washington’s NFL Team” panel on yesterday on the ethics of using the name “Redskins” for the football team.

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what’s in a name?

Redskins name debate heats up in university panel discussion Sarah Dean @sarahdeanjourn Staff writer Only one person in the crowd of about 100 gathered in Knight Hall’s Eaton Theater yesterday night said that the Washington Redskins should not change their name.

He is former Redskins player Ray Schoenke,

one of six panelists who shared their opinions on the issue at the “Controversy Over a Name: Washington’s NFL Team” event presented by the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism.

“I do not look upon the name as a racial slur,” he said during the panel, adding that he was a history major in college. “I studied that word. I know what it meant. It was descriptive. … I’ve always been in support of the name.”

Jiu-jitsu club fights for university recognition Program offers U freshman

research opportunities

Officials say club needs consistent membership

FIRE program’s inaugural year draws wide student idea range

By Josh Magness @thedbk For The Diamondback Sophomore Chris Tran won first place in the blue belt juvenile 1 category of the 2011 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, but his involvement with the sport didn’t stop there.

Tran, who is enrolled in letters and sciences, is trying to get his 1-yearold jiu-jitsu club recognized on the campus.

“I wanted to spread the sport to UMD, and with a campus this large, I knew others would be interested,” Tran said.

Although he only had four consistent members when he started the

jiu-jitsu club members gather at practice for a photo. The club is seeking university recognition as a sports club, but some said unfair school regulations are holding them back. photo courtesy of chris tran club last fall, Tran said his prediction is coming true. He and Kevin Yeung, a junior criminology and criminal justice major and the club’s vice president, set up a table at this year’s First Look Fair, and the response from interested students was overwhelming, Tran said.

The pair gathered 289 signatures during the two-day fair and had a 50-student turnout at their club’s first meeting.

But with the large group of po-

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tential members, the two set their sights on a new goal: to be a recognized sport club.

They met with Tiffanie Morgan, the assistant director of sports clubs, to review the requirements it takes to become a recognized oncampus group. They had already fulfilled most of the criteria, including creating a constitution for the club and providing information See jiu-jitsu, Page 3

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer Incoming freshmen at this university can successfully conduct research by collaborating with their peers and faculty members, thanks to a program that started this year.

T he Fi rst-Yea r In novation & Research Experience program is a two-year invitation-only research program that allows freshmen to establish university connections and research opportunities to help find

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academic success and professional paths.

Patrick Killion, the director of First-Year Research Programs and FIRE’s founding director, said this program will give freshmen access to more information and that students should not have to wait until their junior or senior year to pursue broad research experiences.

“We have to advance opportunity for students from the first day they arrive on campus,” he said. “FIRE is about immersing students in authentic inquiry, getting them working on genuine research projects.”

FIRE is focused on innovation and research “streams,” with teams of up See program, Page 3

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STULLER: Language barriers and the “N-word”

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Redskins From PAGE 1 th roug hout the pa nel. At one poi nt, Hou sk a a sked the former offensive lineman whether he would call her a “redskin” to her face.

“Yes,” he responded. “It’s a descriptive word.”

Schoen ke sa id Native Americans should take advantage of being part of an i ndustry as econom ica lly powerf u l as t he N FL a nd try to get Redskins owner Dan Snyder to invest money i n to c o m b a t i n g s o m e o f the problems prevalent on Native American reservations, such as alcoholism, poverty and suicide.

Other panelists said they do not see Snyder helping the Native Americans economically as a feasible possibility because he has not shown any interest before.

If the name were changed, S c h o e n k e s a i d , it wo u l d not fix any of the problems facing the Native American population.

Houska and several Native American audience members disagreed.

Joe Horse Capture, who b e l o n g s to t h e A’a n i n i n

debate From PAGE 1 and said Brown was primarily at fault.

“Everyone involved with the exchange has responsibility, including me,” Brown sa id . He a l so prov ided a defense of the program, saying that it allows children to stay on their parents’ plans until they are 26 years old and gives women greater access to contraceptives.

“I was very glad they asked about that because it didn’t come up in the first debate,

tribe, said the poor economic conditions on reservations exist because businesses in the surrounding communities aren’t investing in them.

“The Redskins [name] is one symptom of what has happened to Native Americ a n s over t he pa st 30, 40 yea rs. W hat has happened is white America has been brainwashed to look at Native A merica ns as ‘un-people.’ They’ve ‘unpeopled’ t hem,” he sa id .

“That’s one of the reasons why nobody is investing into Native Americans because it doesn’t really matter.”

Horse Capture said changing the name, which h e c a l l e d d i s re s p e c t f u l , wou ld be one step i n t he process of Native Americans gaining respect from people of other races.

Panelist Dave Owens, a WUSA-TV sports commentator, said the name should be changed because there are enough people out there who want it to be.

O we n s sa id re s i s t a nc e to cha nge comes dow n to power.

“Powerful people — in this case, Dan Snyder, and other ow ners a nd the com m issioner — don’t want to see

it happen because if a small group can do that, holy s---, what else can they possibly do?” he said.

Washington Post columnist Mike Wise said Snyder’s cooperation could help solve the conflict more quickly.

“I just wish Dan Snyder

and others would put themselves in the shoes of Native Americans who say they are harmed by this,” he said. “If that happens, I think we can re a l ly h ave c h a n ge. T h e fact that he is unwilling to meet with the offended and just have a conversation …

bothers me to no end.”

Panelist and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan, who used to cover the team for The Washington Post, predicted the team’s name will change in the next five years.

“It’s a n i mporta nt cu l-

tu ra l ma rker. I see it i n a b i g ge r h i s to r i c a l v i e w,” she sa id. “It w i l l cha nge; there is no doubt about that.

T h is is the way h istor y ma rches, a nd then ou r society moves forward.”

and I thought that was a very big thing that happened in Maryland,” said junior environmental science and policy major Skyler Golt, a member of this university’s College Republicans club. “A lot of money was wasted in it, and we had to scrap it and go with another state’s model.”

College affordability issues were only briefly mentioned when Brown attacked Hogan for his part in former Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s tuition increases, something he has brought up throughout the campaign. Student Government Association President

Patrick Ron k sa id he was disappointed in the lack of debate about the future of college tuition.

“There was no plan longterm from either candidate, which really annoyed me,” Ronk said.

The debate began with a discussion of social issues, with the moderator asking Hogan if he shares the same values as state residents, who have supported recent progressive legislation on marriage equality, the Dream Act and firearm safety. Hogan said he will uphold the law and does not plan to roll back

any of the measures.

Brown questioned whether Hogan would “vigorously support and embrace” the laws, and he pointed to a Washington Post story in wh ich w itnesses cla i med Hogan secretly told gun rights activists that he would work to make it easier to obtain permits to carry a concealed weapon. Hogan refused to respond to the claims but said he would not roll back the 2013 gun-control legislation.

The candidates spent several minutes debating Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts, specifically involving stormwater man-

agement and what Hogan calls the “rain tax,” which imposes fees on surfaces that increase water runoff.

“It’s insulting to say it’s a rain tax; we’re not taxing the rain,” Brown said. “What we’re doing is funding a program mandated by the [Environmental Protection Agency] to reduce stormwater runoff carrying pollutants into the bay.

Luke Pinton, SGA government affairs director, said he doesn’t want to see such lengthy discussions on water runoff and wishes candidates would move on to other issues.

“I think it’s amazing that

stormwater management and issues you don’t think of are becoming something that’s so important to Maryland that it’s a main part of debate,” Pinton said. “I find that really scary and impressive in a bad way that that’s becoming an essential part of Maryland politics.”

With just 21 days left until the election, the candidates will participate in one more televised debate on Saturday.

Running mates Ken Ulman and Boyd Rutherford will participate in a radio debate on Thursday.

Tara houska, founder of the Not Your Mascot organization, explains why she thinks the Washington Redskins name should be changed during a panel discussion hosted by the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. Houska went head to head with former Redskins player Ray Schoenke, who advocated not changing the name. sung-min kim/the diamondback

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jiu-jitsu From PAGE 1 about a national governing body for the group, Tran said.

Morgan told them to ensure the club had “consistent popularity,” which means the ability to maintain a consistent amount of members for three to four years.

“It doesn’t make any sense that those who work hard to start a club don’t get to experience it after it’s created,” Yeu n g sa id . “T he M i xed Martial Arts Club made a push to become a recognized sports club. After the guy who was pushing for the group to be recognized graduated, the club fell through.”

Morgan told Tran the “bestcase scenario” would be that his club will be recognized by the spring semester and receive “provisional status.”

The group would receive no funding, it would have no guaranteed place on the c a mp u s to pra ct ic e, a nd even if it was granted an oncampus location to meet, the hours would be inconvenient, Tran said.

The approval process can be long, Morgan said, but it allows the university to make sure the club has dedicated and interested students so Campus Recreation Services can prepare club leaders.

“Under provisional status, you must attend all trainings in spring and learn all things about budget and facility requests,” Morgan said. “You also review the requirements for traveling and governmental bodies related to your group.

If you miss something during provisional, then we will hold you accountable and not make you a sport club.”

Tran also said the group has to maintain at least 15 active members to stay on track to gain recognition, even though it has no set place to practice. It can be hard to find people to agree to join the club without having a meeting place, Tran said.

Morgan said that while she can’t provide a space for unrecognized sport clubs, she thinks the process is fair and there are ways for student groups to find locations to hold practices.

“You can always access space for a minimal fee through our scheduling coordinator at the Campus Recreation Services,” she said. “We obviously want to be as inviting and equitable as we can, but all clubs have to follow through with the application first.”

But Tran says he has attended other sport club meetings and checked OrgSync, an online database used by the university to keep track of club membership, and few maintained the required number of registered members.

“W hen you’re new, you have to follow every rule,” Yeung said. “Once you’ve been around for a bit, though, you can pretty much do whatever you want. It just doesn’t make sense.”

representatives of the ERG committee meet in Marie Mount Hall to discuss the organization plans of different schools on the campus. There were not enough members at an Oct. 7 meeting to vote on recommendations. tom hausman/the diamondback

ERG Committee unable to vote on plans because of sub-par attendance last week Though normally tasked with reviewing plans of organization, one senate committee’s work stagnates at Oct. 7 meeting

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer The university Senate’s Election, Representation, & Governance Committee held a meeting Oct. 7 to discuss revisions to the education college’s plan of organization, though not enough members were present for the committee to vote on any recommendations.

The ERG Committee is typically responsible for reviewing portions of the pl a n s of orga n i zat ion, which are documents that outline how faculty, staff, students and administra-

tors work together on issues that affect the campus commu n ity, accord i ng to the senate website.

The university has its own pla n of orga n ization that states each college, school, department or academic unit must have its own plan that ref lects and embodies its principles of shared governance with the university and its policies, said Sarah Heidt, senate office coordinator.

In May 2013, the education college notified the senate t h at it h ad m ade adju stments to its plan of organization, and those revisions were reviewed in fall 2013.

The committee sent the revision back to the college in

December with notes and recommendations, making this revision cycle the second since the initial proposal.

Most of the changes were not major, however. Several yea rs ago, t he educat ion college created a new group of faculty, titled clinical professors, by combining a number of departments within the col lege. T h is was a more major change that needed to be addressed.

“In order to revise the document to refl ect our change in number of departments a nd new classification of professionals, we needed to revise our document to reflect those changes and make sure they’re compatible with the

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5,000 more tickets in the past month than we did in the same month last year,” he said.

From PAGE 1 H o w e v e r, R y a n s a i d a va riety of measures were decrease in speed limit from 30 to 25 mph, were a result of taken to comply with signage the initiative taken by the city requirements and make resiitself in reaction to the three dents and the student body pedestrian deaths that have aware of the changes to city occurred on this stretch of road code and their implications.

“We’re not hiding anyin the past year. thing.

We put billboards up, “Many changes were in retook out ads, posted it on sponse to the recent incidents that happened on Route 1 near the city webpage. So it’s no campus,” District 1 Council- big secret that if you speed man Fazlul Kabir said. “These on Route 1, you’re probably are an exception to the stan- going to get a ticket,” he said.

“We’re not trying to catch dard practice.”

Ryan said the lower speed people per se, just trying to l i m it a nd i ncrease i n the reduce speed.

But despite these precaunumber of speed cameras and their operating hours have tions, many university stucombined to result in a spike dents maintain they were unaware of the changes and in tickets issued.

“With that combination advertising, which they argue of things, we’ve issued about were done over the summer

while many were at home or otherwise away from campus.

Sophomore kinesiology major Sarah Houchens said she’s been issued tickets because she did not know of the speed-limit change.

“I got two tickets last month while driving on Route 1 — big ones, like $45 each,” Houchens said. “They should make bigger signs and send out some kind of a notification so I would’ve known it was changed.”

Senior finance major Zach Dancel says he was also oblivious to the new laws.

“I’ve received five tickets this year, all in one week, because I didn’t know,” Dancel said. “It was unfair to me and whoever else got tickets because we had no clue they were putting so many speed cameras up.”

Senior Aaron Anderson, a

Persian studies major, has also received tickets from speed cameras on Route 1.

“It took me forever to figure out where I was getting these tickets, to figure out what I was doing wrong,” Anderson said.

“They should send out warnings instead of sending you a fine.”

But despite t he lack of awareness, some students agreed with the changes.

“Students have reacted favorably to the speed cameras because they understand how important it is for their safety and the safety of others on Route 1,” said Cole Holocker, student liaison to the City Council. “There may be students who are frustrated to have received citations, but the overall reaction’s been to keep the eye on safety.” emuellerdbk@gmail.com

University Plan of Organization,” said Wayne Slater, chairman of the education college senate.

The committee’s responsibility is to make sure the role of clinical professors is clearly outlined and defined because the university’s appointment, promotion and tenu re pol icy states that clinical professors are not eligible for tenure.

“One of our major focuses is clarity,” said Jess Jacobson, ERG Committee chairman. “That means when a term like ‘faculty’ is used, we need to understand whether the plan means tenure-track faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, or both.”

Slater drew the distinction between tenure-track faculty and clinical professors within the education college, stating

there is a greater expectation for clinical professors to excel in teaching and service, whereas for tenu re-track faculty, there is a greater emphasis on research and publication.

T here is a host of other issues within the plan that the com m ittee is look i ng into at its upcoming meetings. Slater said most of the adjustments the committee recom mended prev iously d e a l t w i t h w o rd i n g a n d making sure it was consistent across both documents.

Heidt sa id that pla n of organization reviews typically take a long time, especially because the comm it te e re v i e w s mu lt ipl e plans from different colleges simultaneously.

program

“[The HHMI was] advocating early research experiences,” Thompson said. “That was right in line with what we were trying to get off the ground through [FIRE].”

FIR E is modeled after a program that began in 2005 at the University of Texas at Austin to raise retention rates among STEM students, Killion said. But FIRE at this university is open to all students, and K illion said he thinks the program will grow as faculty members come forward with proposals.

“We have different challenges that we are addressing in respect to bringing this model here,” Killion said.

“We’re bringing this opportunity for fi rst-year research immersion to both STEM and non-STEM students.”

The 180 students enrolled in this year’s FIRE program are taking UNIV150: Innovation & Research Foundations as a preliminary foundations course. This will help students learn how to conduct resea rch a nd a na lyze resea rch l iteratu re, K i l l ion said. After they complete the course, students can select which stream they wish to participate in for the next two semesters.

“T here is a very strong student demand to have powerful, transformative experiences in their fi rst year,” he said. “W hen you combine a strong student demand, a large number of first-year students not having these ty pes of ex periences a nd broad faculty interest, that is a lot of potential for growth.”

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to 40 students, a faculty member, a research educator and peer mentors. There are nine FIRE streams available, representing academic disciplines such as biological sciences, political science and communication. For this academic year, roughly 70 percent of FIRE members are enrolled in letters and sciences, Killion said.

Brooke L iu, facu lty leader for the Risk Communication & Resilience F I R E s t re a m , s a i d t h e program also helps students find which major best suits their skills.

“It’s a really novel idea,” she said. “[FIRE] definitely has extremely high potential to do exactly what it wants to do. It’s definitely a unique advantage to have at Maryland that not many other campuses are offering.”

As a research program, FIRE will require significant institutional support, wh ich so fa r h a s come t h roug h speci a l state f u n d i n g, K i l l io n s a i d .

Faculty members also can include the streams in their research funding proposals.

K a c i T h o m p s o n , d irector of undergraduate research and internship p ro g ra m s a t t h e c o mputer, mathematical and natural sciences college, authored an effort used funding from The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which supports biomedical research to create new FIRE streams. kmaakedbk@gmail.com

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or a while, it seemed as though traveling around the Washington metropolitan area was going to become a bit easier. With the construction of the Purple Line — a 16-mile light-rail train route running through Montgomery and Prince George’s counties — residents can travel from Bethesda to New Carrolton without having to ride two different lines on the Metro.

When originally announced, the project seemed to be something we could get behind on the grounds of convenience, economic growth and environmental benefits: Students and local residents could travel to and from the campus into areas of Montgomery County easily; developing suburbs such as Riverdale Park could be improved when area residents have easier access to them; and the potential decrease in vehicle emissions could offset the environmental cost of deforestation from the project.

But with large projects come large problems. Construction of the Purple Line currently suffers from scope creep — additional costs taken on from changes in route design and rising property acquisition prices — according to The Washington Post. When the project was announced in 2001, initial cost projections claimed the project would cost about $1.2 billion.

Now, the line’s current expected cost is $2.37 billion, a $220 million increase from its 2012 projection.

Throw in additional environmental and economic costs, and the future of the line looks more bleak than originally anticipated. Residents near the line’s construction fear how the project might hurt small businesses in the long run, given the line’s lengthy

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five-year construction plan. Environmental activists are also urging DNA testing to determine whether rare or endangered species may be at risk during development.

OUR VIEW

The Purple Line is a muchneeded project, but concerns need to be addressed before we lend our full support.

There’s no doubt we support the general idea of having a Purple Line: It has the potential to improve the lives of people both on the campus and in local communities; however, this doesn’t mean we suggest continuing the project without ensuring additional provisions are put in place.

Local governments and community organizations plan on developing the Purple Line Community Compact, an initiative to address community concerns such as rent increases and workforce development.

Though this compact is definitely a needed implementation, it still does not make up for the fact that the Maryland Transit Authority has not demonstrated high concern for the harmful effects the line could have on the community. According to Gerrit Knaap, National Center for Smart Growth director and urban studies and planning professor, negative social or economic effects the community experiences from the Purple Line unfortunately aren’t typically the responsibility of the MTA. But this doesn’t mean we should let the MTA put in minimal effort in

addressing the community’s concerns. To ensure the Purple Line is constructed with the community in mind, we’d recommend the MTA not only continue communication with local neighborhoods and organizations but also establish some sort of avenue of communication between the MTA and the campus community. Given that the line would run straight through this campus, students at this university would be a large sector of the line’s market, so our concerns over how exactly the construction will affect traffic and safety on the campus come 2015 should be addressed directly. Forums to openly discuss and question concerns or MTA representation on the campus are great starts.

Transparency should also be a top concern: A July report from the MTA, which analyzed Purple Line ridership data, was only available if individuals purchased proprietary software to read the report. Chevy Chase officials claimed that purchasing such a license would be unnecessary and time-consuming — residents have the right to know the potential success of a massive construction project, and we couldn’t agree more.

The Purple Line is an excellent idea in theory. We support the construction of the line and hope it eventually becomes an excellent project in practice. Relying on public transportation to get from one place to the next is a top priority for residents of this metropolitan area. With that said, we need to make sure the potential changes the line brings to local communities are addressed head-on and influential information isn’t only accessible through purchasing an exclusive license.

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Understanding language barriers KATIE STULLER

White students are calling other white students, and Latino students are calling other Latino students and Asian students are calling other Asian students, “Mah n----!”

I can do nothing more than shake my head.

These races are considered outgroup. They have never owned that word, nor will they ever own it.

However, because they are calling their own race with the intent of endearment, they assume that it carries no offensive connotation. They fail to realize that they are actually stealing a term from the black population.

Anyone who would have personally identified as a “n-----” a century ago has every right to use that word as they please. The black population owns it.

They have identified with it for centuries, and if they wish to use it toward themselves in a joking, friendly or even hostile manner, that is entirely their decision. It is part of their language, history and culture.

“But it’s a term of endearment,” other races will argue. Surely, some ingroup members do greet each other with a hug and this greeting. But connotation switches from group to group.

Similarly, no white female student would want to hear a crowd of women of other races announcing that they are “white-girl wasted.” Why? Because the term suddenly becomes offensive when it is seen as racial label instead of a harmless, self-scrutinizing joke.

So while singing a song with the N-word in it is not an offensive act in itself, these connotations have more power than students think. Being conscious of words that may insult others is certainly one step forward, but to claim a historically offensive and highly exclusive word as your own is two steps back.

This university likes to claim it has a diverse campus, and it certainly does. When we think about the word “diversity,” we envision breaking down barriers between different races, ethnicities and backgrounds to form one student body. And while this blending is a good thing, we fail to realize that some barriers need to stay intact to maintain a level of respect.

The wall that divides us is language. And by language, I do not mean the diversity of different languages being spoken on the campus but word choice.

We no longer choose our words wisely, because we are inclusive, accepting and understanding. We have become insensitive. Freedom of speech protects offensive statements. And while it is great that we have become more forgiving in a world that glamorizes sexual, violent and crude language, this bohemian view often does more harm than good to groups whose language is used incorrectly by others.

Ingroup and outgroup language refers to the way certain groups of people claim words as their own.

Today, the most common misuse of an ingroup word is “n-----.” We hear it in music every day, we watch it in film and we read it in literature.

Therefore, people who aren’t black assume this word is safe to use if it is used in a lighthearted manner.

When we say it, we are just quoting a rapper or stand-up comedian. We assume it is only offensive when targeting a black individual.

However, it has come to my Katie Stuller is a junior English attention that this word is being m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t used in the most appalling manner. kstullerdbk@gmail.com.

Laura Blasey, editor in chief, is a senior journalism major.

She has worked as a reporter, assistant news editor and news editor.

MATT SCHNABEL, managing editor, is a junior journalism major.

He has worked as a copy editor, deputy managing editor and diversions writer.

CAROLINE CARLSON, opinion editor, is a senior government and politics and information systems major. She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

MaGGIE CASSIDY, opinion editor, is a junior English major.

She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

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Politicians, earn our votes MATT DRAGONETTE Too often in today’s politics, our elected leaders feel entitled to their current positions or the next position they are pursuing. Incumbents, party officials, county commissioners and U.S. senators believe that an elected position is “theirs.” They take advantage of incumbency, a two-party system or gerrymandered jurisdictions to maintain their power and status. They presume that the people are ignorant, or that they do not care for politics. You can see it in their speeches, campaign tactics and general demeanors.

Political affiliation has no bearing on any of this. Examples of “good” politicians, who truly work hard for citizens, and “bad” ones, whose interests are motivated by selfishness, can certainly be found in every state and any ideology.

In this strongly Democratic state, we run the risk of political entitlement, in which a closed primary with a turnout below 30 percent becomes the only “competitive” election. Truly competitive general elections allow all voters to voice their concerns. Hand-inhand with this benefit is the fact that a competitive election encourages candidates to propose meaningful ideas and explain their positions on an assortment of issues. Voters can also see a candidate’s qualifications and then

make a rational voting decision.

Without this competitive process, we risk government not focusing on citizens’ priorities. In this atmosphere, government is less productive and useful than it otherwise could be. Politicians can easily treat elected office as “just another job,” instead of the serious responsibility that it is.

Even with all the progress state residents and our government have made in the past decade, we still need a responsible government. And with the general election less than four weeks away, voters need a conscientious candidate attentive to the needs of residents, particularly to our economic needs. Candidates should be running campaigns that explain their plans for office, their relevant career experiences and whatever other qualifications they have to be the governor.

Frustratingly, it is presumed frontrunner Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown’s campaign that has made this election anything but one focused on substance and experience. Brown should be campaigning to communicate his vision and qualifications, but he seems content with largely irrelevant attacks on his opponent, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich administration official and businessman Larry Hogan. Furthermore, Brown seems to take victory for granted in November, as he has been all but absent on the campaign trail.

This campaign strategy is a political move. The most recent Washington

Post poll has him leading Hogan by 9 percent among likely voters. His campaign clearly figures that victory is assured if it focuses on party turnout, not employing a typical advertising strategy and making any stupid mistakes.

Brown seems to spend more time at big-dollar fundraisers than interacting with the average citizen. He focuses on attacking Hogan for his supposed social stances instead of discussing his record and communicating his vision for what he could do for this state. His negativity has focused on Hogan personally.

On the other hand, Hogan has tirelessly campaigned. Though his campaign is not without some negativity and errors, he has been dedicated to earning votes, especially by appearing at community events.

Regardless of one’s politics, one has to admire Hogan’s work ethic and concern for each citizen.

This column is not the place for a policy discussion; that’s for you to figure out. Go to rallies, visit campaign sites and read the news to inform yourself. Before you go to the polls on Nov. 4, take a look at your options. Your votes count; make sure all your candidates have earned it.

Matt Dragonette is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

Make time for things you enjoy SAURADEEP SINHA

and body. With each rhythmic stroke, I feel the cool water sweep past my aching body. My legs may cramp, my shoulders may burn and my goggles may fill up, but the feeling of gliding through the water keeps me moving.

At the end of my workout, I feel accomplished. My restlessness has dissipated into the water, allowing me to achieve a greater level of concentration for my work at hand.

I know for a fact that swimming keeps me efficient and calm. As a result, I am more content despite the pressures from school. Overall, it keeps me in balance.

Like me, everyone has something they enjoy that helps to keep their life in check. Whether it is exercising, drawing, acting or singing, students should take time, even in their hectic schedules, to engage in these activities.

And this university makes it very easy to do so. With a variety of clubs and intramural activities, it’s easy for a student to find his or her path to de-stress. Even if you like to do something recreationally, there are so many resources on the campus that all it takes is a little effort.

In the long run, actively taking part in something you enjoy will help create a routine and develop effective time-management skills. It will cushion the pressures of school and hopefully improve your attitude and performance in school and life.

Many of us just finished this semester’s first wave of exams.

While this period may have been stressful and exhausting, we found a way to persevere.

And regardless of the end product, we should have a bit more confidence for the rest of the semester. We now have a better idea of what to expect from our professors, how to prepare for their exams and, most importantly, how we can try to keep ourselves calm and happy in a stressful college environment.

During these times, we often forget to take time for ourselves and do things that make us happy.

We simply become consumed in our efforts to meet our goals and assume we will have time later, and this is understandable. For freshmen trying to adjust and find a routine in college or for upperclassmen overwhelmed by 400-level courses, it is difficult to find this time.

However, a little effort can go a long way. Last week, I had three exams, plus a considerable amount of lab work from my internship. I was certainly stressed, but I made it a point to go swim for at least 30 minutes a couple of days during this period.

For me, swimming is my ca- Sauradeep Sinha is a sophomore thartic remedy. It provides me chemical engineering major. He can with a way to rejuvenate my mind be reached at ssinhadbk@gmail.com.

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orn today, you will be no stranger to hardship in your life, but this doesn’t mean that you will have a hard time of it personally, in your private affairs. Rather, you are likely to find yourself involved in endeavors that require you to do hard work, possibly for extended periods of time, and to face some serious dangers in the process.

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Cult rapper Hoodie Allen is poised for mainstream success with new album

By Leo Traub @LeoTraub Staff writer

Interstellar, a new film from director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises), follows a group of explorers on a trek into space. The highly anticipated film is being released on different days in a wide array of formats, both film and digital. photo courtesy of hdwallpapers.in

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer When Interstellar comes out next month, it will hit theaters in a staggering six different formats: IMAX 70 mm, 70 mm film, 35 mm film, IMAX, digital and 4K digital. Complicating things further, all of the nondigital versions of the film will open two days earlier.

The Interstellar marketing guys had to create a website to explain the difference between the varying formats. The goal, here, is to preserve film as a form of presentation, especially now that digital projectors far outnumber film projectors in theaters.

The intentions behind Interstellar’s byzantine rollout are undoubtedly noble, but not enough to make the whole endeavor any less misguided.

Offering folks more choices is usually a good thing, but this is one of those instances in which additional choices only muddy the waters.

For one thing, spotting the differences among the various formats is exceedingly difficult for the average moviegoer. There is a big difference between IMAX 70 mm and the other formats; IMAX 70 mm is much clearer and is typically projected onto a much bigger screen. But distinguishing between, say, 70 mm and 4K digital would be difficult, unless the images are played side by side.

Even for experienced cinephiles, the differences among the various formats can be blurred by the various impediments to good projection.

Film prints can get scratched or burned, and there are generally more ways for a theater to screw up presenting these film versions than their digital counterpoints.

Many theaters also are no longer staffed well enough to properly project and exhibit film. After most multiplexes switched over to digital, the number of projectionists hired in theaters greatly decreased.

In fact, one of the major attractions of using digital projectors is how automated the whole process is.

M ov i e m a rke t i n g h a s become increasingly obsessed with technical gimmicks to the detriment of content. Heavily marketing the IMAX 70 mm and 35 mm versions of Interstellar isn’t so far removed from hyping up the 3D version of a movie or even something like Smell-O-Vision.

Obviously, arguing film versus digital projection offers more room for discussion than debating the merits of Smell-O-Vision, but the way a movie gets projected only accounts for a tiny aspect of a film’s quality.

In an age when people watch movies on anything from TVs to smartphones, making a big deal out of 35 mm versus digital projection seems asinine. Interstellar will be Interstellar, whether you shell out $20 to see it or catch it on an iPhone. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

Rapper Hoodie Allen is ready for Top 40 radio. The 26-year-old Long Island native has been accruing a massive underground Internet following since his college years, but on his official debut album People Keep Talking, he sounds readier than ever to break into the mainstream.

Born Steven Markowitz, Allen has slowly built his fanbase from the ground up.

With each new mixtape or EP release, Allen has improved his rap’s production value and sharpened his lyrical focus, all while increasing his Twitter following and inching closer to the limelight.

The sounds necessary for pop radio are all there on People Keep Talking. Allen’s brand of music is generally weightless and bouncy, with catchier-than-hell hooks and lyrics that largely preoccupy themselves with women and relationships and some YOLO-inspired fun. He injects his beats with a heavy dose of pop, and his melodic raps never degrade to an out-andout monotone.

On singles “Show Me What You’re Made Of” and “Act My Age,” Allen revels in this radioinspired party culture. The former is a funky synth-driven romp of chest-puffing and womanizing, complete with a beat-box breakdown. The latter finds Allen embodying a modern-day Peter Pan, reject-

Hoodie allen has built a cult fanbase over a string of mixtapes. His debut full-length seems poised to launch the rapper into the mainstream. photo courtesy of onwardstate.com ing responsibility in favor of drinking and partying.

Allen’s sights are set on being the life of the party, evidenced in the echoing anthem “Won’t Mind.” He wants to create “something for the people,” he says: “Some junior prom s---, some Sadie Hawkins s---, some drunk-atyour-cousin’s-wedding s---.”

Allen’s preoccupation with achieving stardom becomes a constant undertone throughout the album’s 14 songs. Every song indulges in celebrity namedropping, with “Movie” referencing by name a list of nearly 20 films and actors, all layered around warbling synths and a guitar part that sounds like Californian beaches and Hollywood.

Not every song is quite so frothy, however. The mellow “Overtime” is Allen’s tribute

to his long hours spent on the computer making music to earn a living, sometimes at the expense of his love life. It’s not the rags-to-riches story painted in Drake’s “Started From The Bottom” — Allen actually left a cushy job at Google to pursue his dreams of making music — but it is the success story of a rapper who built himself up.

Allen’s upward acceleration is potent on People Keep Talking, the rapper’s strongest campaign for mainstream success to date. His jaunty pop-rap style was already fit for partying, but, with this latest album, he seems poised to break away from his underground status. It won’t be long before we hear his infectiously catchy hooks on the radio. ltraubdbk@gmail.com

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28 years after Bias’ death, local man sings his praises Bladensburg resident Ronald Daley promotes song on Terps icon after induction into school’s hall of fame

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Ronald Daley was driving in Prince George’s County in the summer of 1986 when he heard on the radio that one of his favorite athletes, Terrapins men’s basketball star Len Bias, had died of a cocaine overdose at 22, less than 48 hours after being drafted second overall by the NBA’s Boston Celtics.

As soon as Daley shook the initial shock from the news, one thought rushed to his mind.

“I’m going to write a song about this,” Daley said to himself.

Nearly 30 years later, Daley, now retired and living in Bladensburg, still has a CD of his

song, “Lenny Bias — Maryland’s Super Star.” He’s hoping Bias’ induction into this university’s athletic hall of fame earlier this month will spark interest from movie or record producers who might want to use his song in a profile of the former All-American.

Mostly, though, Daley said he wants people to hear his song so they can reminisce about Bias’ dazzling play on the court or provide a younger audience a glimpse into the impact the Terps star had.

“I just felt like he was part of my family, and that’s what made me do this,” said Daley, who often took his two teenage sons to watch Bias play under former coach Lefty Driesell at Cole Field House.

Bias was the ACC Player of

the Year in 1985 and 1986, and he ranks third in school history with 2,149 career points.

When he first wrote the song, Daley rearranged the lyrics multiple times as he tried to capture Bias’ dominance on the court with his words. His favorite line is in the second melody: “So many baskets he had sunk; but nothing was sweeter than his monster dunk.”

“I always liked his monster dunk,” Daley said. “That’s what my song was about — Len Bias’ favorite move.”

Daley, now in his seventies, said the song took him two days to write, and he found a local band that recorded the song. Daley’s aunt, Francis Howard, provided the vocals, and by the

time the 1986-87 basketball season started, Daley’s song was finished.

Daley later played his song for the Bias family and gave them the record containing the track. Daley also played the song at events around the city and received positive reception, but he hasn’t sold CDs or put the song online because he didn’t want the song to be used without his consent.

His hope is that a company will purchase the rights to use the track so he can donate profits to the Len and Jay Bias Foundation.

“I want to make sure I get the ball rolling with that,” Daley said. “I’m trying to do something positive for the family.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

Ronald Daley wrote a song about forward Len Bias in 1986. aaron kasinitz/for the diamondback

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MIDFIELDERS TSUBASA endoh (left) and Alex Shinsky (right) each have struggled with injuries this season but scored in Sunday’s win over Penn State. chester lam/the diamondback

midfield From PAGE 8 physically imposing players — the 5-foot-9, 150-pound Shinsky is listed as the tallest and heaviest of the trio — they all impacted the game with their feverish pursuit of the ball and craftiness while controlling it.

Midfielder Mael Corboz paced the team with two goals Sunday, but Shinsky took five shots and Endoh added three.

The midfielders constantly pressured a backline that had allowed three goals all year entering the game.

None of Eticha’s contri-

butions appeared in the box score, but he was instrumental in the Terps keeping possession for large chunks of the game. With Cirovski opting to not start any forwards, Eticha and midfielder Michael Sauers began the game up top.

Early in the first half, Eticha broke up a potential Penn State counterattack. With less than 32 minutes remaining in the period, the Nittany Lions gained possession of a wayward Terps cross. But when Penn State midfielder Brian James tried to control the ball, Eticha sprinted to James’ blind side and kicked the ball away to Endoh. Endoh took a couple

of touches and drilled a 30-foot shot right at the goalkeeper.

Eticha’s effort mirrored Endoh’s all game, and the two set a tone for the team.

“You see a guy like [Endoh] tuck in 20 yards into the middle of the field, then sprint out wide to the do the work defensively,” Corboz said.

“You have no other choice but to do the same thing. It’s just leading by example.”

Before the season began, Cirovski said the Terps would rely on Endoh to jolt an offense that lost many of its leading scorers from last year. And while the junior has played sparingly, the offense has been

mostly inefficient this year.

But three of the Terps’ five victories have come in games where Endoh has started. So while six games remain in a season that has been one of the most disappointing in recent memory, the Terps move forward knowing what their offense can look like when Endoh, Shinsky and Eticha are healthy.

“A lot of times this year, we’ve had so many new pieces in there at different spots that they’ve always been a step off or a pass behind,” Cirovski said. “Today, everything was very crisp.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

they’re just ready to c o m p e t e ,” 1 4 1 - p o u n d Shyheim Brown said. “In those Big Ten competitions, you’re going to see who really wants to win.”

On Dec. 7, the Terps will compete in the Nittany Lion Open at State College, Pennsylvania. And four days later, the Nittany Lions will travel to College Park to battle coach Kerry McCoy’s squad in a conference meet.

Despite the heightened competition, McCoy is confident the Terps can find success during the Big Ten season because they have scheduled difficult nonconference opponents in the recent past.

“Every year, we’ve been able to face at least [two to four] Big Ten teams,” McCoy said. “ We k n ow wh a t we ’re looking forward to, but the transition of being in the ACC to the Big Ten is just more of a mindset of understanding that we’re in a better conference.”

The Terps caught a glimpse of the Big Ten’s superiority last season at the Midlands Championships.

T h re e B i g Te n s q u a d s

“EVERY YEAR, WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO FACE AT LEAST [TWO TO FOUR] BIG TEN TEAMS. ... THE TRANSITION OF BEING IN THE ACC TO THE BIG TEN IS JUST MORE OF A MINDSET OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE’RE IN A BETTER CONFERENCE.” KERRY MCCOY

Terrapins wrestling coach

finished ahead of the sixthplace Terps in the event, and the next weekend, McCoy’s s u f fe re d a 2 8 -1 0 d e fea t against Michigan.

In their first season since leaving the ACC, the Terps will play nine Big Ten foes and will return to the Midlands Championships from Dec. 29 to 30.

It’s a challenge McCoy has been eager to take on ever since the conference switch was announced nearly two years ago.

“I told people when the announcement came out that it was like finding your Christmas present,” McCoy said.

“We had to wait that 18 months for it to happen, but I’m glad it’s finally here.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

“WHAT’S NICE ABOUT [PARKER] BEING ON THE SIDELINE WITH US TO OPEN THE GAME IS THAT WE CAN TALK TO HER. WE CAN LOOK AT MATCHUPS. WE CAN LOOK AT PLAYERS.” MISSY MEHARG

Terrapins field hockey coach

forward Alyssa Parker lost her starting job, but coach Missy Meharg likes the junior’s ability to diagnose matchups when she begins games on the bench. christian jenkins/the diamondback

PARKER From PAGE 8 finished sixth on the team with seven goals and 20 points, fourth among players who returned to the team this year.

B u t u p u n t i l t h i s pa s t weekend, her offensive production from a year ago was nonexistent. Parker finished on just one of her 24 shots before Friday’s game against Penn State. That changed after a 40-yard pass from midfielder Maxine Fluharty left her oneon-one with the keeper.

Parker took the ball wide and sent it into the back of the cage to end a 41-day scoreless drought.

Still, she was quick to defer the

credit for both Friday and Sunday’s goal to her teammates.

“Both goals I had were off of really good setups,” Parker said. “So props to my teammates.”

Meharg is excited to be able to bring a veteran scorer off the bench. It allows the coach to examine the opposing defense with Parker before she steps on the field.

“What’s nice about her being on the sideline with us to open the game is that we can talk to her,” Meharg said. “We can look at matchups. We can look at players.”

In addition, Parker enters the game at full stamina wh i l e t h e s ta r te rs h ave already been working to

wear down the opposing defense. Her high energy level enables her to have a step up on defenders.

Parker has noticed all the Terps reserves outwork opponents, especially in the final 35 minutes of contests.

“We got girls coming off the bench who’ve still got fresh legs,” Parker said. “We really use it to our advantage and just run the other team down.”

Parker also switched to more of a midfield position in recent games, which she said she has enjoyed. Her role has been in flux during the past few weeks, but she scored two goals this weekend playing her new position.

Regardless of her role moving forward, Parker’s likely to sport a grin similar to the one she flashed after Sunday’s rout whenever she has the chance to contribute.

“If I don’t get to start, but I get to play mid, then so be it,” Parker said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

Outside hitter Emily Fraik led the Terps with 10 kills in a loss to Wisconsin on Sunday, their ninth straight defeat. file photo/the diamondback

fraik From PAGE 8 Fraik has averaged 1.78 kills per set for the season, marking a significant drop-off from Crutcher’s production. And though she’s second on the team in digs with 143, Fraik’s .086 hitting percentage is half of the team’s average.

“She’s not as physical as Ashleigh and she knows that,” coach Steve Aird said. “But she goes hard.”

When the Terps took the

floor against the Badgers, Aird started Fraik, Whitney Craigo and middle blocker Kelsey Hrebenach as hitters.

And with Hrebenach and Craigo playing out of position, Fraik reigned as the focal point on offense.

She had 26 balls pushed her way over the course of the team’s loss in straight sets and connected on 10 of them to lead the Terps in kills. She also held herself to four attack errors to post a .231 hitting percentage.

“Emily did really, really

well tonight,” defensive s p e c i a l i s t Sa m H i g g i n bothem said.

The Badgers could focus on Fraik, considering she was the only experienced hitting option on the Terps’ roster Sunday, but the junior still produced one of her season’s best outings in a role she might take more often moving forward.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Parker finds success, enjoyment in new reserve role Former starter scores goal off bench in wins over Penn, No. 4 PSU

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

fORWARD ALYSSA PARKER (left) high-fives assistant Dina Rizzo during a 4-3 victory over Penn State on Friday. Parker scored against the Nittany Lions and had another goal two days later against Penn. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Alyssa Parker signed autographs after Sunday’s Terrapins field hockey win and then beamed as she trotted across the field. Before Friday, the junior forward had failed to score in 10 straight games and had lost her starting job to midfielder Lein Holsboer.

But Parker rediscovered her offensive rhythm in victories over Penn and No. 4 Penn State. She scored a crucial goal to help the Terps top the Nittany Lions, 4-3, on Friday and followed up her performance

WRESTLING

with another score Sunday in a 9-0 lambasting of the Quakers.

Despite her new role coming off the bench, Parker’s excitement seemed fitting after her most productive weekend of the No. 2 Terps’ season.

“Definitely a great job from her coming from the bench,” defender Sarah Sprink said. “Just kind of dominating and showing why she is supposed to play.”

Parker’s role started to diminish when the Terps played Michigan on Sept. 26. The Woodbine native played less than 13 minutes despite starting.

In an interview at practice the following week, Parker said she wasn’t injured and that her absence from the

field was a “coach’s decision.”

The following weekend she found herself watching the opening whistle from the sideline, and she managed only one shot during two games. But a week later, Parker has thrived off the bench.

“I’m just happy for her to get on the board because she works at her shooting so much and has fallen short,” coach Missy Meharg said.

“She has had a ton of shots but hasn’t put some in, so I’m sure she’s very happy. I know we are.”

A season ago, Parker played a key role on a team that finished 22-2. She

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MEN’S SOCCER

Big Ten presents tall task Terps prep to play in one of country’s top conferences

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer In last season’s NCAA wrestling championship, the Big Ten featured the top two programs in the country.

While Penn State won the title, Minnesota earned a close second. In fact, five of the top 10 squads were from the Big Ten. Meanwhile, in the ACC, Virginia Tech was the top team, taking eighth place.

So when the Terrapins wrestling team left the ACC for the Big Ten, it stepped into arguably the best wrestling conference in the country. Heading into the season, the Terps will attempt to compete with some of the nation’s most talented wrestlers.

“Those Big Ten guys are, in my opinion, a lot tougher, and they’re all goers, and the results speak for themselves because at the end of the year, those are the guys at the top of the podium,” 157-pound Lou Mascola said. “We’re just so excited to be a part of that.”

The Nittany Lions’ win last season marked their fourth consecutive national title and the eighth straight championship from a Big Ten team.

The last time a team from the Terps’ new conference failed to claim the title was in 2006, when Oklahoma State won.

Individually, wrestlers in the Big Ten were just as successful as the teams they played for a season ago.

Last year, six of the 10 players who earned individual titles represented the Big Ten. “Big Ten guys, they’re just bluecollar, they’re just in-your-face, See conference, Page 7

Midfielders Tsubasa Endoh (top left), Alex Shinsky (bottom left) and Mikias Eticha (right) started together for the first time this season Sunday. left top and bottom: alexander jonesi/the diamondback; right: james levin/the diamondback

MIGHTY MIDFIELDers Finally healthy, Endoh, Eticha, Shinsky star in victory over No. 3 Penn State

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer With less than nine minutes remaining against Penn State on Sunday, Alex Shinsky received a pass from fellow Terrapins men’s soccer midfielder Mikias Eticha near the center of the pitch.

Shinsky, who had scored his first goal of the season about 30 minutes earlier to give the Terps a commanding 3-0 lead, dribbled to the top of the box with three Penn State defenders marking him.

The senior captain cut back to his left foot, took one touch, faked a pass and kept dribbling

Outside Hitter Emily Fraik is one of the Terps’ few healthy options at her position. file photo/the diamondback

to his left. He eluded a Nittany Lions slide tackle before bringing the ball to the left side of the net and sending a cross to midfielder Tsubasa Endoh on the other side of the field. Endoh stopped the ball with his body and drilled a shot into the bottom-left corner of the net.

The goal, which capped the scoring in the Terps’ 4-0 thumping of No. 3 Penn State, was Endoh’s first of the year. Endoh, Shinsky and Eticha have all missed playing time due to injury, but the three speedy midfielders returned to the starting lineup on Sunday and provided the Terps with an energetic boost that propelled the team to victory.

“They’re all very technical and very quick players,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “They’ve played with each other for three and four years.

They know where they’re going to be.”

Sunday’s game marked the first time this year the three have played in the starting lineup together, as injuries have ravaged their campaigns.

Shinsky and Endoh haven’t started together since the Aug. 29 season-opening 1-0 loss at Louisville.

“It’s a pleasure to have them available,” Cirovski said.

While the midfielders aren’t the most See Midfield, Page 7

VOLLEYBALL

Fraik steps in as primary option After plethora of injuries, junior stands as most experienced hitter

By Jacob Walker @JacobW_DBK Staff writer When outside hitter Ashleigh Crutcher suffered an injury in the third set of the Terrapins volleyball team’s loss at Minnesota on Friday, her teammates didn’t fret.

The Terps had dealt with injuries before — outside hitters Adreené Elliott, Alex Brown and Jaelyn Jackson have all been lost for the season.

So when the Terps took on thenNo. 6 Wisconsin on Sunday, outside

hitter Emily Fraik filled in for Crutcher without hesitation. “[Fraik] did well today,” middle blocker Ashlyn MacGregor said after the team’s loss to Wisconsin, its ninth consecutive defeat. “She’s a smart player with where she places balls, gets hands on the block. … She did well, and I’m confident with her moving forward.”

The Terps suspect Crutcher suffered a high ankle sprain, which would keep her off the floor for a couple weeks, but they will not know for sure until she meets with a doctor.

Crutcher was scheduled to meet

with one yesterday, but the Terps were stranded in Chicago for the second time in two weeks by a canceled flight.

So for now, Fraik has assumed a starting role for the Terps.

At 3.42 kills per set, Crutcher ranks seventh in the Big Ten while posting a .189 hitting percentage. Her success has led to more opportunities, and she has posted a team-high 530 attempts, though she’s played seven fewer sets than Fraik, the secondleading option with 500 total attacks.

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