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DIT warns of phishing scam in univ accounts Officials encourage students, staff to ignore emails asking for info

By Joe Antoshak @Mantoshak Senior staff writer T he Div ision of I n formation Technology warned the university community last night of compromised umd.edu accounts sending false emails that encourage university ID holders to enter confidential information into a provided link.

These emails, which employ a strategy know n as “phishing,” have claimed to be from DIT and suggest that recipients follow a link to enter their usernames and passwords to continue their email services. However, DIT clarified in last night’s alert, which was sent just before 7 p.m., that it would never provide a link to a login screen by way of email.

“You shou ld never enter a ny username and password combination after clicking any link in any email,” DIT advised. “Always navigate to the required website by typing the URL into your Web browser.”

Companies such as Apple and Dropbox have made recent headlines for being used in phishing emails. The Daily Nebraskan reported last week that the University of Nebraska community had been similarly targeted.

In May, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget reported in its annual update on federal information security that 71.9 percent of all incidents reported were attributed to phishing.

DIT asks that anyone in the university community who entered i n form ation i nto the prov ided links change his or her university password immediately and contact the help desk at 301-4051500 or itsc@umd.edu.

For more i n for m at ion about changing a university directory password, visit DIT’s service center Web page. jantoshakdbk@gmail.com

Members of the SGA listen to the finance vice president and discuss student group appeals during an October meeting. james levin/the diamondback

Vedran Lekic, geology professor, was awarded a Packard Fellowship to support his seismic modeling research.

SGA votes to support honor code changes

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Professor wins Packard Fellowship for seismic research

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer Nearly 2 million data lines fill the screen of Vedran Lekic’s computer every day, each representing seismic waves that are detected from the more than 1,700 seismic stations around the U.S. From this data, Lekic is creating a map that will not only cover all 48 contiguous states, Alaska and Puerto Rico, but also dive deep into the Earth’s crust and core.

In recognition of his efforts to integrate computer

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science and geological studies, Lekic joined the ranks of 17 other early-career U.S. scientists and engineers who were awarded a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering last week.

Lekic is now one of five alumni faculty members who have received the award while at this university, and he will be given access to unrestricted funds of $875,000 over a five-year period to support his extensive research on Earth’s inner structure.

“If you look at the field of those who get it and try to figure out from their research summaries and letters See packard, Page 2

Univ achieves gold bike-friendly honor DOTS efforts pay off in national awards; lack of racks continue

Gold-level Bicycle Friendly University last week, making it one of only 10 universities across the country to earn that ranking or better.

The BFU program is a way for universities to become certified as

By Lexie Schapitl bike-friendly, and different level @LexieSchapitl rankings signify what each campus Staff writer has achieved, said Anna McLaughlin, The League of American Bi- Department of Transportation Sercyclists named this university a vices assistant director. After earning

a silver designation in 2013, the university was recently promoted to a Gold-level campus, a major achievement for the BikeUMD program, McLaughlin said. “[We are] really trying to make it more accessible and enjoyable for people to bike on-campus,” McLaughlin said.

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Campus accessibility still lags for students with disabilities Disability awareness tour identifies problems

By Amanda Gaines @thedbk For The Diamondback When Mollie Greenberg heads into the Art-Sociology building, she’s afraid to use the building’s main entrance.

The sociology graduate student, who navigates the campus on a scooter, said she worries about accidentally “taking a header” down

the entrance’s stairs. The top of the ramp meets in a tight corner with the first step of the building’s entrance, so when Greenberg presses the accessibility button to open the door, the swinging door sometimes comes close to pushing her scooter to the edge of the stairs.

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The SGA voted 24-1 on Wednesday in favor of a resolution supporting the University Senate’s proposal to amend the Code of Academic Integrity.

While no major changes to the code are expected, it is a step in the right direction for improving the policy’s functionality and furthering the due process rights of students, said Charmaine Wilson-Jones, Student Government Association academic affairs vice president.

“This is something students are in favor of and is probably one of the issues on-campus that has the potential to impact every single student,” Wilson-Jones said. “We all sign the honor pledge every time we take an exam, and whether you’re guilty or not, anyone can have a claim of academic dishonesty brought against them.”

Possible amendments to the code include the addition of a “disciplinary conference,” which would allow an accused student the option of having a one-on-one meeting with a member of the Office of Student Conduct; measures to speed up the process, such as a shortened time window for appeals; and an expansion of the code’s definition of cheating.

A lt hou g h t he SGA does not have any legislative clout in the decision-making process, WilsonJones said she is hopeful that the body’s resolution will help increase the proposal’s merit.

“By saying that not only is the Office of Student Conduct on board with this, but almost the entire SGA, we can give the proposal more teeth,” WilsonJones said. “It says this is something that’s good for students, and this is something the representatives of the student body support.”

The senate will likely vote on the proposal this semester, said Andrea Goodwin, student conduct office director. She added that if it passes, the

Graduate sociology student Mollie Greenberg (left) and senior family science major Christopher Gaines (center left) led an accessibility tour of campus as part of Disability Awareness Month. rachel george/the diamondback

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able to give geologists a better understanding of plate tectonics, but it also helps explain the movement of continental plates and their evolution, Lekic said.

Other than his seismology research contributions, Lekic is also a forerunner in the new geological field of neutrino geoscience. “ We a re b o t h i n te rested in the energy that moves the tectonic plates and creates the magnetic shield around the planet,” geology professor William McDonough said.

Neutrinos are a type of electrically neutral subatomic particle that are created during radioactive decay or some kinds of nuclear reactions. The particle, which was only discovered geologically in 2005 and physically detected for the first time last year, moves through every kind of object, McDonough said.

“It sounds magical; it’s like a particle that exists but you can’t really see,” Lekic said of neutrinos.

Lekic and McDonough are attempting to harness that energy to create another way to build a model of the Earth.

Now that a large fund has been granted to his work, he hopes to spend more time plotting the seismic information in graphs and model s so t h at he m ay b e t te r u n d e rs t a n d t h e Earth, Lekic said.

“The great thing about this fellowship is its flexibility to go chase a really good idea to wherever it leads,” said Orr, a Stanford University professor. “It is an incredibly valuable fund and gives the researchers an opportunity to take off with a good idea instead of waiting a year or more for federal money.”

which are the strongest candidate, it’s a difficult task,” said Franklin Orr, chairman of the Packard Fellowship panel. “We always run out of fellowships before we run out of wonderful people to give them to.”

Lekic’s research is based o n g ro u n d v i b rat io n recordings, which he and his students use to detect the scattering of seismic waves across the North American tectonic plate. In conjunction with the National Science Fou ndation’s Ea rthScope Facility network, the data is collected from the 49 states and Puerto Rico and covers about 3 .8 m i l l ion squ a re miles, Lekic said.

“EarthScope is kind of like our Apollo mission, but not as costly,” Lekic said.

L ek ic has a l ready used the seismic information to investigate why and how the crust moves over the Earth’s mantle. As of now, the deepest any machine has been able to dig was about 12 kilometers i nto t he E a r t h’s cr u st, a minuscule fracture of the roughly 6,730 kilometers it takes to get to the Earth’s core.

Using the seismic information helps geologists see the shapes and sizes of the Earth’s layers.

“What we do is comparable to how an ultrasound let’s us see through our bodies,” Lekic said. “But this lets us see through the Earth.”

Lekic has received several other early-career awards besides the Packard Fellowship.

As a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkley, Lekic formulated higher-resolution images of the Earth’s mantle structure, stemming from his creation of a global seismic velocity model. Not only is the model mhorndbk@gmail.com

The student honor pledge sits in the Office of Student Conduct. SGA passed a resolution supporting the University Senate proposal to amend the Code of Academic Integrity. Possible amendments include a “disciplinary conference,” allowing a student the option of having a one-on-one meeting with a student conduct official. tom hausman/the diamondback

SGA From PAGE 1 code revisions — the fi rst in about 20 years — would be implemented in the spring.

In the meantime, WilsonJones said the SGA plans to lobby various deans, as well as the senate itself, to gain support for the proposa l.

T wo SGA members, Rya n Belcher and Joseph Baier, currently serve on the senate and will vote on it when the time comes.

“In the senate meeting, we’ll be defending the proposal and talking through any sort of amendments,” said SGA President Patrick Ronk,

who plans to speak before the senate on the matter. “If any amendments come up on the senate floor that we think will hurt the proposal negatively or hurt students, we’ll speak out against them.”

In addition to advocating the senate proposal, the SGA is also looking forward to the enactment of one of its recent ideas: immediately assigning students accused of academic dishonesty a specifi c representative from the Student Legal Aid Offi ce rather than leaving students to seek one out themselves.

“T here are a lot of students who don’t even know [a student legal aid representat ive] i s a n opt ion,”

Wilson-Jones said. “I think t h at’s re a l ly i m p o r t a nt, because a lot of times with this process, it can be difficult to navigate.”

The SGA initially brought the idea to Goodwin, who said students can expect to see that change implemented in the near future.

“There has to be an agreement between [the Offi ce of Student Conduct] and the Student Defenders Office,” G oodw i n sa id. “We’re i n c onve rsat ion a b o ut t h at right now, and I think we’re in agreement that we could make that happen starting this semester.”

“WE ALL SIGN THE HONOR PLEDGE EVERY TIME WE TAKE AN EXAM, AND WHETHER YOU’RE GUILTY OR NOT, ANYONE CAN HAVE A CLAIM OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY BROUGHT AGAINST THEM.”

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Senator Kenneth Holum speaks at a meeting in late September. The Senate Executive Committee charged the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee with reviewing university President Wallace Loh’s interim sexual assault policy last week. file photo/the diamondback

Senate committee to review Loh’s recent interim sex assault policy Committee will ensure policy is in line with USM standard

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer At its meeting last Friday, the Senate Execut ive Com m it te e c h a rge d the Equ ity, Diversity a nd Inclusion Committee with reviewing the university’s i n t e r i m s e x u a l m i s c o nd u c t p ol i c y a n d s t u d e nt procedures.

The interim policy university President Wallace L oh i ssued ea rl ier t h i s month, wh ich is still in effect, will now go through the senate, and the committee will make recommended changes before it goes to the full senate for a vote.

The University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved a systemw ide p ol i c y u p d a te o n s e x u a l misconduct in June of this year. Michele Eastman, the president’s representative on the SEC, said the system required that each campus at least align its policy with the system policy. “ We d o n ’ t c o n t r a d i c t anything in [the system’s] pol icy. We ca n’t con f l ict w it h wh at t hey say,” she s a i d . “ [ H o w e v e r] , e a c h c a mp u s i s a l lowe d som e leeway in developing [its] own policy under the USM policy.”

T he com m it te e w i l l b e respon sible for m a k i ng sure that the interim policy falls in line with the system policy and providing recommendations to improve the policy.

Because the interim policy includes student procedures for sexual misconduct investigations and hearings, the SEC a lso cha rged the Student Conduct Committee with reviewing an element of the charge.

Although the policy covers all members of the u n i v e r s i t y c o m m u n i t y, the faculty and staff procedures will take longer to address. “[Faculty and staff procedures] are far more complicated because you have c ol l e c t i v e b a rg a i n i n g … [and] grievance procedures that are already in place,” Eastman said.

Because the current i nteri m pol icy does not i n c lu d e p ro c e d u re s t h at outline how faculty and staff members case’s of sex ual misconduct are adjudicated, there is a worry that future cases could be buried. “[Human resources does] n o t w a n t to h a v e a c a s e where we need to terminate somebody and it get thrown out,” said Carolyn Trimble, d e p u t y c h i e f h u m a n re-

sources officer. “If we’re going to take an action … it has to be done within so many days.”

T rimble also noted that a h ig her bu rden of proof mu st be atta i ned before decid i ng to ta ke action against staff members under the new f ra m e work , wh i c h i s a complication that could make the revision process longer.

“T he system office is concerned about how these staff cases a re h a n d l e ,” s h e s a i d . “ We h ave to b e able to prove t he ca se before we discipline or remove someone.”

Eastman said the faculty and staff procedures are still under development and will likely not come before the end of the calendar year. But t he com m ittee decided to proceed w ith what is ava i lable a nd beg i n the process. “ I f t h e re i s a w a y to move it forward relatively qu ickly — even if it’s not complete — to start the process, that would be very valuable,” faculty SEC member A nd rew Harris said. kmaakeddbk@gmail.com

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By Kirstyn Flood @thedbk For The Diamondback Everyone has a log to bring to the pile to keep all of us warm,” conceptual artist Robert Blackburn often said to his contemporaries.

Blackburn, who died in 2003, had a passion to create — not only as an act of self-expression but also as a way to unite and expose the work of his fellow artists. To revitalize his legacy in the art canon, this university’s David C. Driskell Center organized “Passages,” an exhibition of Blackburn’s work, and this

weekend held a symposium on his role in the modernist movement in printmaking.

The exhibit, available for viewing in the center’s gallery until Dec. 19, is the largest showing of Blackburn’s work.

It also is the first of its kind to have a chronological structure, featuring drawings from the artist’s adolescence to limitededition prints from his adulthood career.

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“THERE’S A LACK OF AWARENESS OF DAY-TO-DAY ISSUES OF SOMEONE THAT TRAVELS DIFFERENTLY THAN THE AVERAGE STUDENT. NOT JUST OF STUDENTS, BUT THE CAMPUS IN GENERAL NEEDS TO LOOK A LITTLE CAREFULLY AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. DAN NEWSOME

PDCI commissioner/ DSS ATlab coordinator needs to look a little carefully at the infrastructure.”

T he l a s t t i me t he u n iversity observed Disability Awareness Month was 2007, Greenberg said. This month’s events have included adaptive yoga, community forums and a discussion focused on studying abroad with a disability.

“The point of accessibility is putting everyone on an even playing field in regard to getting to places,” Greenberg said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

Berk Ozdilek, electrical engineering student, parks his bike at the bike racks outside South Campus Dining Hall. rachel george/the diamondback

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The passion to create, unite

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nearby construction, wheelchair-accessible pathways that end in stairs and more.

From PAGE 1 “I would like to see more of people not having to take safe,” Greenberg said, while touring the campus yester- the long way to places like the library, which is supposed to be day afternoon.

G r e e n b e r g a n d j u n i o r accessible to all students,” said Christopher Gaines, both Gaines, a family science major.

While applying to colleges, members of the President’s Commission on Disability Gaines made accessibility a Issues, led an accessibility top priority when he looked tou r as pa rt of Disabi l ity at university campuses. This university, he thought, seemed Awareness Month.

The commission investi- to be a good fit for his needs.

“Maryland is pretty good gates and studies disability issues as part of the univer- with putting around accessisity’s commitment to the full bility resources,” Gaines said. participation of all members “I toured Clemson, which was of its community in the edu- very hilly with no accessibilicational, cultural and social ty. I couldn’t imagine walking around that campus without life of the campus.

The PCDI looks to “recom- my family or assistance.”

But more could be done to mend steps that will help the university create a respect- improve the campus on an ful, inclusive and universally accessibility level, Gaines accessible environment for and Greenberg said — somepeople with disabilities,” ac- thing the average student might not notice. cording to its website.

“I think there’s a lack of The Oct. 27th tour began at Stamp Student Union, with awa reness of day-to-day stops at the Art-Sociology issues of someone that travels building, McKeldin Library, differently than the average Mitchell Building and the student,” said Dan Newsome, PCDI commissioner and Disphysics building.

At each stop, the tour guides ability Support Service Adappointed out the issues they tive Technology Lab coordiface while they navigate the nator. “Not just of students, campus: narrow passageways, but the campus in general

Universities apply for bikefriendly certifications and are evaluated by the league and independent reviewers based on several criteria, including infrastructure and bike culture, McLaughlin said.

The league summarizes its criteria with five essential elements, “the five E’s,” for becoming bicycle friendly: engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation and planning.

In the past year, BikeUMD increased bike parking on the campus, installed seven bike repair stations where students can perform small repairs on their bikes themselves and worked with Campus Recreation Services to ramp up the bike rental fleet available on a per-semester basis, McLaughlin said.

The department is currently working on several initiatives to begin the process of achieving platinum status. Only two universities, Stanford University and University of California, Davis, currently hold a platinum ranking, the highest designation.

These plans include installing electronic bicycle counters to obtain more accurate data of the number of bikers on the campus and providing learnto-ride and confident cycling classes to make people more comfortable biking around the campus, McLaughlin said.

Junior economics major Kiese Hansen lives off the campus and has a car but said

she tries to bike whenever possible to get exercise and avoid the hassle of parking.

“It’s really cool to hear that our school is a Gold-level biker-friendly school,” Hansen said. “It’s pretty easy to navigate our campus, and people are fairly used to bikers as well, so I feel really comfortable biking around, and I don’t feel like I’m in anyone’s way.”

Senior Hayley Holdridge also just started biking on the campus and said that after a brief adjustment period, she is happy to have a quicker way to cross the campus.

“It took me a couple of times using the bike to get used to it because I’d been walking on-campus for the past three years,” the French and history major said. “But I’ve found the roads to be easily navigable, and you can go pretty much anywhere with a bike, so it’s been really nice.”

Hold r id ge a nd H a n sen both suggested that distinctly marked bike lanes might improve students’ experience.

They also said the department should install more bike parking around the campus.

“T here’s never enoug h room,” Holdridge said as she locked her bike to a window of McKeldin Library. “It gets pretty bad sometimes, so that’s definitely something that we need.”

While first-year graduate student Sebastian Dern agrees there is a shortage of available bike parking, he said he has had an overall positive experience biking on the campus.

“It’s the quickest way to get around, and it’s very good

“WE WANT TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE COMING AND INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF BIKES FOR SUSTAINABILITY REASONS AND EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, BUT [ALSO] JUST MAKE IT FUN AND ENJOYABLE AND KIND OF BUILD THAT COMMUNITY.” ANNA MCLAUGHLIN

DOTS assistant director for biking here,” Dern said.

“There could be some more bike stands, but in general it’s very safe.”

McLaughlin said she hopes the program continues to grow, not only to promote sustainability and fitness, but also to foster a bike-friendly campus culture.

“We want to decrease the number of cars that are coming and increase the number of bikes for sustainability reasons and emissions reductions,” she said. “But [also] just make it fun and enjoyable and kind of build that community of bikers on-campus.” lschapitldbk@gmail.com

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sk any student at this university what his or her most annoying experience on the campus is, and many of the answers might involve receiving parking tickets from the Department of Transportation Services.

As far as transportation experiences go, there’s nothing quite so depressing as walking back to your car and finding a ticket on your windshield — perhaps only a short 15 minutes after your parking meter expired. For minor offenses, such as parking at an expired meter, you have to fork over $25 to DOTS, but the steepest violation, using a permit that doesn’t belong to you, will require you to shell out a massive $500 to the department.

Of course, a department that’s responsible for distributing parking tickets won’t really poll well among the student body, even considering the department’s extensive bus schedules, recent sustainability efforts and social media outreach.

Though we are appreciative that revenue from tickets is used to help reduce student fees for parking and shuttle services, we still want clear communication from the department as to where students can and cannot park as well as an open, fair process when it comes to the tickets we have to pay.

For more than a year, appealing a parking ticket only involved communication with DOTS, in which an appeal would be limited to the discretion of one department employee.

But yesterday, action taken by the

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Campus Transportation Advisory Committee rekindled dialogue on how this process can change.

On Wednesday, the committee voted 7-4 in favor of reinstating an additional appeals process. If DOTS rejects an initial appeal, the ticketed driver can appeal to the Office of Student Conduct.

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The vice president of student affairs should approve thirdparty oversight for the parking ticket appeals process.

Howeve r, b e fo re we ge t to o excited, this change can’t happen until it receives approval from Linda Clement, vice president of student affairs at this university.

This editorial board urges Clement to review the committee’s decision and give approval for the program to start in fall 2015. We believe this revision will promote objectivity throughout the appeals process by allowing a third party to review ticket appeals. With this change, students, faculty and staff who park on the campus might also place more trust in the appeals process knowing that an appeal lies under more than one department’s umbrella.

Back in summer 2013, DOTS decided to cancel the second appeals process because it added about $10,000 to its budget. If this were still true, we would be hesitant to support

a change that could put a dent in a department’s budget or have the potential to increase student fees. But Deborah Hemingway, president of the Graduate Student Government, said that costs could be reduced to $2,000 a year.

The second appeals process also became unpopular among members of the Campus Transportation Advisory Committee when it was abused by the student conduct office, as the office did not always enforce the rule of requiring new evidence to appeal a ticket for the second time.

Although blame should rightfully be placed on the office for mishandling the process, it doesn’t justifying not having the right to a second appeal. The need for additional oversight when a single department is responsible for both the distribution of parking tickets and appeals, in this case, outweighs mistakes of the past.

Provided that Clement does approve the decision, then there should be some sort of proviso requiring additional information in all appeals cases.

It’s estimated that, in the past, about one-third of parking violations cited by DOTS were either voided or reduced by the student conduct office while the second appeals process was in effect.

That’s a large amount of alleged parking violators who benefited from oversight. If the appeals change is approved, then hopefully unjust parking tickets will be a problem of the past.

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ernment could use tracking data to identify past or potential criminal behavior without a warrant. These and more nefarious government power abuses threaten our very Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights just to collect more taxes.

If these privacy concerns seem abstract to you, what if we taxed citizens for sidewalk and park use with a tracker embedded in people’s shoes? That is the same logic we are hearing in favor of track-and-tax.

We are a country of limited government, a government that gets its power explicitly from the people.

Collection of revenue is not reason enough for us to sacrifice personal freedoms that men and women fight and die to this day to protect. Our personal habits and behaviors do not need to be tracked and recorded by anyone but ourselves; that is the essence of freedom.

The VMT has a disproportionate impact on low-income workers who cannot afford to live near their jobs.

Furthermore, if only drivers and businesses are paying for the road system, should public transit be funded solely by user fees? After all, as VMT proponents argue, it would only be fair.

Track-and-tax does not solve the problem of fiscal irresponsibility. In this state, gubernatorial administrations have raided the highway trust fund to pay for other government projects. While the federal fund is more secure, Congress routinely fails to spend within its means and quite frankly, treats taxpayer dollars as kids treat Monopoly money.

And though taxing citizens by use is logical, that is not how government pays for most of its other programs and services. It would be far simpler for the government to carefully budget its revenue among various needs and wants. I might be simplifying the process, but clearly a use tax is not a necessity. Politicians being able to carefully budget and plan is a necessity regardless of the tax.

Don’t give up our rights just to add another tax to our burdensome tax code. Demand accountability and responsibility from government, and pursue meaningful tax reform to manage our nation’s fiscal resources efficiently and effectively.

Over the past few years, some policy groups and states have advocated for the creation of a Vehicle Miles Traveled tax.

Implementing a VMT would involve tracking drivers’ mileage and charging them based on the number of miles they drive. These advocates deem this tax necessary to supplement gas taxes, many of which do not adjust for inflation. With many states and the federal government facing serious revenue troubles, some politicians see this as a way to bolster coffers and assign the cost of maintaining the roads to their users.

It sounds reasonable, right?

The tax targets users of the road system, who pay the government more money for more use (while also paying money for the gas to drive the miles). And it is certainly true that the federal gas tax is failing — the Highway Trust Fund has been receiving the same 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline since 1997 — and state taxes are similarly struggling to meet construction needs. But before you jump on the VMT bandwagon, let me explain why it goes a bridge too far.

The VMT tax threatens citizens’ hard-won privacy rights while opening the floodgates for creative, “well-intentioned” tax hikes designed to hide the fiscally irresponsible characteristic of government.

Introducing a VMT would deliver too much power to the government at the political and economic expense of its own citizens.

A government-inserted tracking device in citizens’ personal vehicles sounds like something you might find in 1984’s Airstrip One. This “track-and-tax” plan invades personal privacy like no tax before it. Though bureaucrats won’t be conducting weekly reviews of your driving habits, someone abusing the system sure could — and the government has proved vulnerable to data breaches. The temptation of this data Matt Dragonette is a junior government will also be far too great for law and politics major. He can be reached enforcement to ignore; the gov- at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

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don’t think a three-way war in Syria in which each side is fighting against the other two is going to work. Has it ever worked before in history without two of the sides forming an alliance against the third?

Overthrowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, if he were the only enemy over there, might still be a good idea, even with American boots on the ground, if we could find enough willing volunteers within the U.S. to do the job.

And by willing volunteers, I don’t simply mean those who enlisted in the military in the first place, but those willing to volunteer for this particular mission and stay with it. That way, the military doesn’t have to resort to stop-loss in order to complete the operation. Or if the U.S. had maintained its monopoly on nuclear weapons, which it lost in 1949, maybe it could force Assad to step down or force him to reform through bluffs alone.

But barring these two possibilities, I think the U.S. should have absolutely nothing to do with the attempt to overthrow Assad, including giving material support to his enemies or moral support by the pronouncements it makes. It doesn’t have the power to back up its rhetoric, and it shouldn’t if enforcement would involve using force against its

own citizenry by means of a draft or stop-loss service extensions.

Certainly, it shouldn’t be making pompous pronouncements that Assad has to resign, pronouncements it has no authority through any group or agency to back up.

The U.S., at the very least, should remain absolutely neutral in the situation, neither helping nor hindering Assad.

The result might be freeing up Assad enough that he could concentrate most or all of his forces on defeating the Islamic State. If he wins, the results might not still be ideal, as Assad would remain in power. But we are limited in what we can do in reforming the world without violating the rights of our own citizenry.

Or maybe we should go even further and actually support Assad.

The only problem is we would be deserting some groups that have come to rely upon us. Maybe providing them with safe passage could become the basis for our support in striking a deal with Assad.

We have done this before when circumstances warranted it. We did it in World War II when we made Josef Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union, an ally, knowing full well about the atrocities he had committed against his own people. And we

did it numerous times during the Cold War, supporting all sorts of right-wing dictatorships as long as they were anti-Soviet.

And we are doing it today in our support of Saudi Arabia and, more often than not, China.

The only problem with such expediency is that the United States begins to forget that alliances are only temporary, and it starts thinking it has some sort of permanent or semipermanent obligation to support these despots after the crisises have passed.

This is what happened at the end of World War II, when American Gen. George Patton wanted to immediately turn on the Russians in 1945 but was thwarted in this venture by most of the rest of the U.S. government.

Supporting other governments and groups, even democratic ones, with arms is fraught with dangers of unintended consequences. Look at what already has happened in Iraq and Syria. So neutrality, rather than active support of Assad, is probably the best option and probably more than sufficient to accomplish the job.

Jonathan Mi ller is a graduate student studying geography. He can be reached at jsmiller@umd.edu.

College is a whole different world GONZALO MOLINOLO

distinguish college from high school.

For starters, college is unpredictable: As I picked my schedule for each semester, with a near-infinite number of combinations of classes, the certainty of the seven-class daily schedule vanished. For better or for worse, I now had full responsibility for any and all flaws in my schedules and classes.

The second great difference between the two institutions is freedom, sheer freedom. When we were being educated at the K-12 level, we had a legal obligation to attend. It was for a good reason, of course, but it was still compulsory, meaning the whole experience was not a choice you could make.

College, on the other hand, is both a choice and a font of freedom. If you cannot stand a class, you don’t need to wait until the semester is over; it’s you who says when it’s done. While I admit I’m nostalgic for my high school days, wishing I had taken more advantage of the opportunities I was given, I still enjoy the present and look forward to the future of my higher education career.

I started my college career in 2010 after four years at Walter Johnson High School. I spent winter 2009-10 writing fancy essays and finishing lengthy applications — not exactly a walk in the park, but feasible nonetheless. Lo and behold, I got into Montgomery College and spent three years there (I did an extra year before applying to this university) and got my associate degree in 2012. So long to K-12 education; this was the real world.

After four years of being a part of higher education, I have realized that, in some ways, college is hardly different from high school: important grades, parties, great teachers, bad teachers, good times and bad times characterize both. Both almost always have an infinite number of ways of really finding yourself through clubs and other extracurricular activities. And yet ever since I G o n z a l o M o l i n o l o i s a j u n i o r became a college student, I’ve history major. He can be reached at noticed the key differences that gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

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By Maeve Dunigan @DBKDiversions For the Diamondback A large corporation made a decision this year that I’m sure is impacting the public in a huge way. No, Apple did not release an indestructible iPhone. No, Toyota did not decide to manufacture only pink cars. But McDonald’s did decide it would only be selling the McRib sandwich at select locations this year.

I know. This is big news. If you need to lie down for a minute and process this information before continuing this story, I totally understand.

The McRib is among a small family of McDonald’s food items that only appears at a select time of year.

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McDonald’s decided this year that instead of forcing each store to sell the McRib sandwich, it would allow the store owners to decide whether the McRib would be popular in the area.

After hearing this, die-hard McRib fans created mcriblocator.com, an interactive map that allows users to locate the nearest McRib. Prepare yourselves, people, because I have some bad news.

After looking over the McRib locator map, I found that as of right now, only two McDonald’s in this state are selling the McRib. Yes, you read that correctly. After examining the map, I briefly considered transferring to a college in Southern California or Florida, because

both of these places have high concentrations of McDonald’s restaurants that sell the McRib. In fact, I might never go anywhere ever again without first looking at the McRib locator map because, obviously, you can only judge the quality of a locale based on how many McDonald’s restaurants are selling McRibs in that area.

After seeing the McRib locator map, I did what any concerned citizen would do: I called the nearest McDonald’s.

Well, actually, I called two McDonald’s restaurants for good measure.

The people who answered the phone seemed incredibly put off by my questioning. The consensus after calling both the McDonald’s in Stamp Student Union and the McDonald’s on Route 1 was that, as far as the employees on the line knew, they wouldn’t be selling the

McRib, they definitely aren’t selling it right now and they would really like the college student on the other end of the line to stop pestering them about it because they have work to do.

So I stopped pestering the poor McDonald’s employees and began pestering my fellow students. I wanted to know if anyone else had McRib-sized holes in their hearts (or actual holes in their hearts caused by eating too many McRibs — it could happen).

“I’ve never eaten a McRib, but I would consider trying it,” said Olivia Herdje, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences. “It would never be my first choice, though.”

When asked how she felt about the McRib situation, sophomore English and music major Briana Downs laughed and replied, “I’m a vegan.”

She continued, saying that even if she wasn’t a vegan, she was sure that the McRib wouldn’t be her favorite menu item.

“I’ve never had one, and I don’t think I’m missing out much,” said Hannah Winne, a sophomore music major and another McRib nonbeliever.

As I talked to more students, I realized that McDonald’s might have made the right decision. The consensus seemed to be that people in this university community simply don’t love the McRib. The fate of the McRib is a bit unclear right now. Will McDonald’s continue to only sell it at select locations? Will the McRib eventually die out completely?

Will more state restaurants begin to sell it? I guess only time will tell. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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WRESTLING

Three wrestlers battle for starting job at 141 pounds Sophomore Brown, freshman Bannister, fifth-year senior Goodwin remain in contention with opener 5 days away

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer A season ago, Terrapins 141-pound wrestler Shyheim Brown started and thrived in his weight class.

But this year, the starting role remains up for grabs. Brown’s competitors include Alfred Bannister — a highly touted freshman who holds this state’s record for the most high school wins — and Frank Goodwin, who moved down after wrestling at 149 pounds last season.

And even after the Red & Black Wrestle-Offs this past weekend, coach Kerry McCoy still doesn’t know who will compete at the 141-pound class when the Terps host their first quad meet Sunday.

“We have to figure out what’s going to be best for the team and what’s going to be best for the individual,” McCoy said. “But they’re all pretty close. One-point matches all around.”

During Sunday’s WrestleOffs at Xfinity Pavilion, Brown did not compete. McCoy said the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,

native was “a little bangedup” and needed to rest.

Instead, Bannister and Goodwin took to the mat for the 141-pound bout, with the former representing the Red team and the latter a member of the Black squad. Bannister earned an impressive 3-2 victory over his more experienced counterpart and helped the Red team claim a 25-9 win.

McCoy praised Bannister at the team’s media day Oct. 7, labeling the La Plata native one of the Terps’ biggest recruits for this season. According to D1 College Wrestling, Bannister was a top-40 recruit overall and a topfive recruit in his weight class.

“He’s got a bright future ahead of him,” McCoy said.

“I’m really excited that he’s here, and we’re going to expect big things out of him.”

Meanwhile, Goodwin experienced decreased success in the 149-pound weight class last season after qualifying for the NCAA tournament at 141 pounds two years ago. Though he started much of the season, Goodwin finished 12-9.

So during the summer, Goodwin maintained his

weight in a range to keep wrestling at 141 pounds as an option. Eventually, Goodwin informed coaches he was moving down a weight class for his final season as a Terp.

“I didn’t cut that much weight last year — I just wanted to test it out — and it didn’t really work out that well,” Goodwin said. “I decided for my last year that I wanted to do it big and go down to [141] and be as competitive as I could.”

McCoy credited Bannister’s victory Sunday to his aggressiveness and added Goodwin was “a little bit hesitant.”

When the two wrestlers faced off last week in the challenge matches, McCoy said Goodwin defeated Bannister soundly.

Still, both Goodwin and Bannister will have to outwrestle Brown — a starter and NCAA qualifier at 141 pounds a year ago — to earn the starting nod. Brown started last season 11-0, which included a victory over then-No. 4 Mike Nevinger of Cornell.

But Brown recognizes his past success doesn’t guarantee a starting spot.

“If you know you’re working

141-pound SHYHEIM BROWn claims a close victory during the Terps’ 23-14 win over N.C. State last season. The sophomore went 20-9 in 2013-14 before earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where he lost in the opening round. file photo/the diamondback with the best guys, that’s also a confidence boost, and you’re definitely going to need that,” Brown said.

If Bannister fails to emerge as the starter at this weight class, McCoy mentioned he could take a redshirt year. In that case,

HAWKS From PAGE 8 with slow starts, he said the trend stretches to the entire sport.

The Terps will hope the offense gets a quick start against Hartwick, which has allowed just two goals in its past three games. Goalkeeper Tom Buckner averages 1.34 goals allowed per game, good for third in the Sun Belt Conference, and he’s posted three shutouts.

PENALTIES From PAGE 8 CENTER DAMONTE DODD boxes out an Oregon State player during the Terps’ 90-83 loss to the Beavers last season. file photo/the diamondback

DODD From PAGE 8 his teammates present their own challenges.

Jon Graham and Michal Cekovsky, the Terps’ two other scholarship interior players available this season, are less bulky but quicker than last year’s contributors.

Dodd also has to defend Robert Carter Jr. in practice. Carter, a Georgia Tech transfer who will sit out this season due to NCAA regulations, made the ACC All-Freshman team in 2013 and was considered one of the conference’s most versatile big men.

“With them, they can step out and shoot it,” Dodd said of his teammates. “So you just got to slide your feet and play defense and be fundamentally sound.”

While Carter will be out of action, Graham and Cekovsky will be able to help Dodd out by replacing him on the court or even playing with him. After forward Evan Smotrycz had foot surgery last week that will keep him out about six

BOARDS From PAGE 8 “Probably my biggest question mark of this team — and painful to say — [is] where our rebounding is going to come,” Frese said. “It keeps me awake at night at the moment. That’s why we are going to have to be different. I think we’re going to have generate a lot more with our team speed. We’re going to have to generate more defensively.”

During Frese’s tenure, the Terps have relied heavily on gaining an edge on opponents by outrebounding them. Since Frese came to College Park in 2003, the Terps have possessed a positive rebounding margin every season.

Lately, it has been arguably the most dominant aspect of the Terps’ game. During Thomas and DeVaughn’s four years at this university, the Terps averaged at least 10 more rebounds per game than their opponents.

Still, center Brionna Jones, whom Frese mentioned as the primary candidate to shoulder the rebounding load, believes the Terps can continue their dominance on the glass.

weeks, Turgeon said he could play two post players on the floor together.

Cekovsky, a freshman, provides more athleticism and shooting ability, while Graham, a senior, hopes to make his mark with his effort.

“My role hasn’t really changed a whole lot,” Graham said. “Defensively, I have to be on top of my game. That’s my primary role for this team.”

Turgeon expects Cekovsky and Graham to play significant time this season, but he’s been most impressed with Dodd’s play through the offseason and preseason practice.

That’s why the fourth-year coach was so confident last Tuesday when he told reporters Dodd figured to patrol the paint entering a crucial season for his program.

“Damonte Dodd is going to have a huge impact on [defense],” Turgeon said. “He’s probably our most improved player defensively, he’s one of our smartest players and he seems to always be in the right spot for us.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

“It’s going to be hard to replace Alyssa and Alicia, what they brought rebounding-wise to the table,” Jones said. “But I think with the post players that we have this year, and even the guards, we will be able to make up for it, and we will be in the position that we were last year and continue our rebounding legacy.”

Jones was the lone bright spot on the offensive end in the Terps’ 87-61 defeat to Notre Dame in the Final Four last season.

The 6-foot-3 sophomore went 7-of-10 from the floor to lead the Terps with 16 points, but she wasn’t able to provide a difference on the boards.

Notre Dame grabbed 50 rebounds that game and the Terps had just 21 boards, which marked the lowest total in Final Four history.

As the Terps prepare for a Nov. 14 season opener against Mount St. Mary’s, Jones’ average of 4.5 rebounds per game — which is less than half of Thomas’ 10.9 — is the most of any returning player. Guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough isn’t concerned, though. She thinks the Terps will use a team effort to find success on the glass.

“That’s mostly our identity,” Walker-Kim-

The second false start penalty came on the next possession at the beginning of the second quarter.

The Terps were driving close to midfield and had a first-and-10 from their own 46-yard line. That’s when left tackle Michael Dunn jumped the snap, pushing the unit back 5 crucial yards.

None of the next three plays went for positive yardage, and Nathan Renfro then jogged onto the field for one of his nine punts in the contest.

Members of the Terps offense committed three more false starts over the remainder of the contest — two by tight end Derrick Hayward and one by Ross.

Hayward’s second penalty came with the Terps already trailing 45-0, but it was

Bannister would be allowed to wrestle in open competition and would have four years of eligibility for team competition.

But at the moment, he’s engrossed in a three-man competition for one spot, which McCoy views more as

a luxury than a burden.

“It’s a good problem to have,” McCoy said. “ We’ve got some good guys there at 141, and the cream will rise to the top.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

Still, the Terps enter the game with confidence. The victory over Santa Clara marked the Terps’ eighth win of the season, meaning the Terps freshmen were finally allowed to shave their beards, a nod to a team tradition.

“We’ve been talking the entire day [Saturday] and even [Friday]. [Saturday] is going to be the day we lose the beards.” Campbell said.

“All the guys were joking with me. The beards are finally gone.”

After the Santa Clara

game, Campbell joked about his contempt for the beard.

His teammates signed autographs for a horde of enthusiastic fans. Unlike the first half of the year, the atmosphere at Ludwig Field was cheery and positive.

A n d t h e Te r p s h a ve learned that the remedy for frustration is winning.

“When you’re winning games, it feels like nothing can go wrong,” defender Jereme Raley said.

equally as crushing despite the mounting deficit.

The unit faced a thirdand-2 from its own 33.

Hayward jumped.

Th e th ird-and-sho rt turned into a third-and-long.

B row n c o m p l e te d to running back Wes Brown for 6 yards, coming up 1 yard shy of the first down.

Renfro jogged onto the field one more time.

And so went the Terps’ dreadful afternoon in Madison.

“It was tough,” Brown said. “For some reason, we couldn’t get it settled down.

It’s hard to get it going when you’re backed up like that.”

After the game, center S a l C o n a b oy wo u l d n ’t admit to the noises Brown mentioned. But he did say the Badgers front seven entered the contest with a game plan, one to throw the Terps offensive linemen and tight ends out of sync and

force the costly penalties.

Mental errors aside, though, the Badgers linebackers and defensive linemen beat the Terps’ front early and often.

The group sacked Brown twice and added seven tackles for loss for a combined negative-27 yards.

“We weren’t able to block them,” Edsall said of the linebackers. “They made plays, and they were very disruptive.”

Still, the 25 yards the Terps left on the field because of false starts weighed heavily on a disappointed Conaboy as he sat in the media room underneath Camp Randall on Saturday searching for an explanation after the team’s woeful performance.

“Against a good defense, you can’t get set back like that,” Conaboy said. “And it happened to us.”

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brough said. “Maryland basketball is defend, rebound and run. If we can all collectively do it, then we can get the job done.”

Even if they’ve been a staple of the program, the Terps don’t expect rebounds to come easily in their new conference.

“When we get to the Big Ten we are not going to just be able to jump over people,” guard Laurin Mincy said. “We are going to have to hit them with a body because they are obviously very physical.”

That starts with the post players like Jones and 6-foot-4 center Malina Howard — the tallest player on the team — but it also means the guards will need to chip in. Guard Lexie Brown expects to help secure rebounds but still be able to lead the Terps on fast breaks.

But as the season approaches, the Terps don’t have dominant rebounders to look to for confidence.

“That’s the shock that we are dealing with right now,” Brown said. “We just have to buckle down and get that dog in us because rebounding really comes down to who wants it more.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014

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FOOTBALL

False start penalties prove detrimental at Wisconsin Referees flag Terps offense five times for jumping offside in 52-7 loss to Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

MADISON, WISC. — C.J. Brown blamed it on the opposing defensive linemen making distracting noises.

It also could have been the result of the more than 80,000 announced fans in attendance — the largest crowd the Terrapins football team has played in front of during coach Randy Edsall’s four-year tenure.

Regardless of the cause, the Terps offense struggled to refrain from jumping offside Saturday against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium. The unit committed five false start penalties, bogging down an already anemic offense that accumulated just 102 yards in the first 55 minutes of action during a 52-7 slaughtering at the hands of the Badgers.

“They’re a great defense; you’ve got to tip your hat to that. But the

“WE KEPT SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT.” C.J. BROWN

Terrapins football quarterback way we played on the offensive side of the ball and the penalties we had,” Brown said, “we kept shooting ourselves in the foot.”

It wasn’t merely that the penalties occurred Saturday; it was the timing of the infractions that proved the downfall for the Terps offense.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Left guard Silvano Altamirano committed the first false start of the game for the unit on the third possession of the game, turning a firstand-10 into a first-and-15.

The Terps overcame the setback to gain a first down behind Brown’s 8-yard scamper and an 8-yard reception from wide receiver Deon Long, one of the Terps’ three successful third-down conversions in 15 opportunities.

However, the drive stalled when

Brown and running back Brandon Ross botched an exchange on a zone-read, and the Badgers recovered the fumble deep in Terps territory.

It was also the only time in the game the unit moved past a false start to later gain a first down aside from a pass interference call in the second quarter.

“We just kept jumping,” Brown said. “And you can’t have that.”

See penalties, Page 7

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Dodd readies to play more significant role Turgeon pegs sophomore as likely starter

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

center malina howard is the Terps’ tallest player at 6 feet, 4 inches and hopes to help the team continue its rebounding success. file photo/the diamondback

hitting the boards Frese says rebounding presents ‘biggest question mark’ entering season

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer As Terrapins women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese addressed reporters Oct. 21 at the team’s media day, she seemed eager to embark on the program’s inaugural season in the Big Ten. In her 13th year as head coach, Frese expressed her satisfaction with the experience her younger players gained during a run to the Final Four last season. Frese highlighted her team’s athleticism,

and she even seemed confident a balanced team effort could disguise the scoring void left by forward Alyssa Thomas, the program’s all-time leading scorer.

But there was one aspect of the game for which Frese couldn’t display that same excitement. With the departures of Thomas and center Alicia DeVaughn — who rank No. 1 and No. 9 in total rebounding in program history, respectively — Frese doesn’t have an established force on the boards.

See boards, Page 7

Damonte Dodd is aware of the new expectations placed on him as the start of the Terrapins men’s basketball season sits less than three weeks away. He understands the pressure that comes with them, too.

At media day Oct. 21, coach Mark Turgeon tabbed the sophomore as the most viable option to start at center after two interior players, Shaquille Cleare and Charles Mitchell, transferred in the offseason.

The label of projected starter marks a change for Dodd, who averaged 7.5 minutes, 0.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game last season.

He made one start, and Turgeon decided not to play him in 10 contests. And in the Terps’ marquee win of the 2013-14 campaign, an overtime triumph over then-No. 5 Virginia, Dodd never took off his warmups.

None of the facts pointing to his inexperience bother the Centreville native, though. Rather, Dodd welcomes his recent uptick in responsibilities, and he believes he can help improve a defense that ranked 109th in the country last year in points allowed per game.

“I can be the anchor, the shotblocker, the defensive and offensive rebounder that we need,” Dodd said at media day. “I just want to make the team better on the court.”

Cleare and Mitchell don’t have Dodd’s length or athleticism and failed to provide a rim-protecting presence on the floor last season.

Still, Turgeon often avoided plugging Dodd into games as a freshman.

The Terps ended up ranking 88th in the country in blocked shots, and Dez Wells and Jake Layman, a guard and a small forward, respectively, tied for the team lead in blocks.

Turgeon, however, thinks that’ll be different this year, thanks to Dodd’s maturation.

“His timing is better,” Turgeon

CENTER damonte dodd talks with a reporter during media day last week. christian jenkins/the diamondback

“I CAN BE THE ANCHOR, THE SHOT-BLOCKER, THE DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE REBOUNDER THAT WE NEED.” DAMONTE DODD

Terrapins men’s basketball center said. “He was about a half a step short on everything last year — blocking a shot, being in help side, all that stuff — and he didn’t get as much playing time. But I think he’s ready to make that next step.”

Dodd, who stands 6 feet, 11 inches, credits his offseason improvement to a combination of factors. He mentioned that the few chances he got to play in significant games, particularly his performance late in a loss at Duke, helped him comprehend the pace of play in the major conferences.

Plus, Dodd’s had the chance to battle a variety of different players in practice, which has prepared him for game action. Last season, Dodd constantly faced big-bodied Cleare and Mitchell, but this season See dodd, Page 7

MEN’S SOCCER | HARTWICK PREVIEW

Win streak shifts Terps’ attitude Team hosts Hawks tonight at Ludwig Field with renewed energy

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer During the beginning of the season, as the Terrapins men’s soccer team won just one of its first six matches and slipped out of the national rankings, forward George Campbell said the squad’s postpractice stretching sessions were tense. Teammates would yell at each other and throw equipment.

But the Terps’ recent win streak has shifted the team’s attitude, as the cool-down periods are marked by laughter and camaraderie. The Terps will hope for the good vibes to continue when they host Hartwick tonight at Ludwig Field.

“The big wins — Indiana, Penn

State — they just skyrocketed us,” Campbell said. “Everybody’s feeling confident,from the top guys to the bottom guys.”

Tonight’s tilt sits between the Terps’ daunting early-season schedule and the challenging postseason slate that could follow.

The Terps (8-5-2) have captured victories in all three of the previous contests against Hartwick. And Hartwick’s leading scorers — midfielder Mike Rood and forward Dean Fowler — have combined to score six goals, which equals the number of scores Terps midfielder Mael Corboz has tallied this season.

And while a victory probably wouldn’t impact the Terps’ RPI (No. 23) much, a loss to the Hawks (3-8-4) could hurt their chances

of earning a good seed in the national tournament. Even further, the match will be another opportunity for the Terps starting lineup to boost its chemistry.

Though the team boasts a fivegame winning streak, Cirovski pointed out the Terps’ need for improvement after a 3-1 win over Santa Clara on Saturday.

“In terms of our quality and the menace in the attack, it was lacking [in the first half],” Cirovski said after the victory. “But in the second half it was a lot better.”

The Terps have scored 12 times in the past five games, but only five goals came in the first half. While Cirovski acknowledged his team has struggled The Terps celebrate a goal during their 3-1 win over Santa Clara on Saturday night that stetched their winning See hawks, Page 7 streak to five games. The team hosts Hartwick tonight in a nonconference matchup. alexander jonesi/the diamondback