October 29, 2013

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Tuition up, but pace of rise slowing Experts cautious amid smallest uptick in years

By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer

district 3 incumbents Robert Day and Stephanie Stullich at Monday night’s forum. james levin/the diamondback

A recent report signals that increasing college costs might be slowing down, but experts said to tread with caution, as there is still much work to be done in addressing college affordability.

Average in-state tuition and fees increased 2.9 percent at public fouryear schools in the 2013 school year, down from a 4.5 percent increase in the 2012 school year and significantly lower than the 8.5 percent increase in 2011. This year’s numbers reflect the smallest percentage increase in more than 30 years, according to last week’s “Trends in College Pricing” from the College Board.

In this state, tuition and fees for four-year public universities increased 8 percent over a five-year period, a low rate compared to several other states, such as California with a 57 percent increase. The slow rise is in part due to the state legislature’s efforts to keep higher education funding flowing during the recession, when other states were forced to slash budgets.

“Funding from the state was critical in making possible a zero increase in undergraduate, in-state education for any freshman who matriculated in fall 2005 and graduated in four years,” University System of Maryland spokesman Mike Lurie wrote in an email. “Since 2010, that same support has helped USM maintain annual tuition increases of 3 percent for those same students, keeping the USM ahead of national trends in tuition growth.”

But Rory O’Sullivan, policy and research director at Young Invincibles, a national nonprofit representing the interests of 18- to 34-year-olds, warned there are still strides to be made, and one small percentage increase amid years of larger increases does not necessarily signify a change in trends.

“It doesn’t show signs of tuition coming down; it shows signs of tuition slowing its growth rate,” O’Sullivan said. “We’ve been seeing 5, 6, 7 percent increases year on year.”

O’Sullivan said he wants to see a bigger sample size before he’s sold on

Hopefuls chat city in forum City Council candidates on platform, workgroup

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the chamber of secrets Guns, Marvin Gaye, bald eagles and more in a day at the CIA

By Laura Blasey and Jenny Hottle @lblasey, @JennyHottle Senior staff writers — LANGLEY, Va. — ith a gloved hand, the guard hugged an assault rifle to his body. He waved his free hand and started yelling commands before the driver could roll down his window.

This was the wrong entrance. This was the wrong place to make a U-turn. And the guard was not happy that a trio of students in a silver Volkswagen Rabbit had mistakenly shown up at his gate during Friday morning’s rush hour.

We were lost, and it would be another hour before we finally arrived at the gate leading to the Central Intelligence Agency’s visitor center. But after another 20 minutes of driving in circles around an expansive parking lot and two failed attempts to gain entry into the building, we were in.

Few get the chance to visit the CIA’s campus, and it was a challenge to do so. The privilege is typically reserved for employees, contractors and their close friends and family on special occasions.

But we were part of the first group of college journalists invited to visit the agency in some years.

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We were to tour the facility, have lunch and then travel to Washington for a discussion with former CIA and National Security Agency director Gen. Michael Hayden.

Dennis Helms, an intellectual property lawyer, organized the trip. Helms works in New Jersey, but he has a special connection to the CIA: His father is notorious CIA director Richard Helms. Though famed for his skill at coordinating spy missions, the former director hid Cold War secrets from Congress, earning himself two misdemeanor convictions.

The elder Helms, who died in 2002, left office in 1973 with a broken relationship between the CIA and Congress. But he also left a legacy that Dennis Helms is seeking to carry on. Helms hopes to re-establish the CIA facility tours his father once offered to journalists.

Helms, who offered tidbits of information and encouraged questions throughout the tour, later emailed us and told us to “please avoid any discussion of getting in and out of the facility.”

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‘Neighborhoods’ would unite students next fall

By Dustin Levy @dustinblevy Staff writer Students enrolled in the College Park Scholars Program might find themselves living in a new kind of neighborhood next fall as program officials prepare for the launch of the Justice and Legal Thought Program.

T he “neighborhoods,” which will bring together programs with similar concentrations, are part of an overall plan to increase collaboration between the soon-to-be 12 Scholars programs and align the program with several university initiatives, said James Glass, International Studies

program director.

“For the most part, our programs don’t do enough together,” said Reid Compton, Life Sciences program director. “Having everybody together will help to facilitate more cross-program interaction. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t be happening now.”

Scholars students will still live in Cambridge Community on North Campus. According to the plan, officials will organize the programs into three neighborhoods: creativity, discovery and transformation.

The community’s high-rise and lowrise dorms could house up to four Scholars programs each, said Greig Stewart, Scholars executive director.

“With us launching a new program, with all of these initiatives going on, we were trying to think how might Scholars conceptualize itself in a way that aligns with the initiatives of the university,” Stewart said.

The creativity neighborhood — grouping together Arts; Business, Society and Economy; Environment, Technology and Economy; and Science, Technology and Society — is

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Whether the city played an effective role in implementing the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life Work Group’s recommendations was a question at the forefront of Tuesday night’s forum for District 3 council and mayoral candidates.

The two incumbent councilmembers, Robert Day and Stephanie Stullich, along with university graduate student and councilman candidate Matthew Popkin and two mayoral candidates, met for a forum sponsored by the Calvert Hills Citizens Association at the Old Parish House on Knox Road.

The forum first covered candidate platforms before students and residents in the audience asked questions that encompassed issues under the purview of the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life Work Group, which was established last year — and upgraded to a permanent 15-member committee in September — to tackle city issues such as student-resident relations and rent stabilization.

In initial questions, Stullich touched on new initiatives that came out of the Neighborhood Stabilization Committee, such as tailgating on the campus for Greek life and the expansion of the university Code of Student Conduct off the campus, all of which, she said, can be seen as significant improvements to quality of life across the city.

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Scholars may live in cluster of programs

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cambridge community, home to the College Park Scholars Program, will consolidate its subprograms into neighborhoods next fall. sung-min kim/the diamondback a response to the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship initiative, Stewart said. A tighter-knit community, he said, could lead to collaboration on field trips, courses, internships and service-learning programs.

The discovery neighborhood, based on the university’s push for See SCHOLARS, Page 3

The latest campus crime report showed zero “forcible rapes” were directly reported to University Police since 2012, but it’s not necessarily an improvement, experts said: It’s likely an anomaly in the data, and there is still progress to be made toward changing the culture.

“I’ve been here for over 25 years, and there are years where we have zero [rapes] reported [to us] and then the next year you might have six,” said Capt. Brian Lintz, patrol commander for University Police. “And no matter what that number is, we know it’s way under-reported. It all

really depends on the victims.”

The University Health Center’s sexual violence support program CARE to Stop Violence noticed an increase in reports of overall sexual assault crimes during the first six weeks of the semester.

Lintz said the recent crime report is only representative of what has been reported directly to University Police. These Uniform Crime Reports only include the cases the police actually carried out and investigated, said Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas, University Police spokeswoman. The police’s Clery Actmandated reports, though, include rapes that were reported to other campus resources, such as CARE, the counseling center or any university authority. The UCR reported zero rapes, but the Clery stated 10 rapes occurred on or near the campus in 2012.

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Stamp gallery sparks conversation about queer identity

By Darcy Costello @dctello Staff writer “Queer Objectivity” is not an average art exhibit. It doesn’t want to be.

T he ex h ibit depicts “queer” images in an academic context and features a variety of art mediums from 16 artists — the largest number of artists ever showcased in The Art Gallery in Stamp Student Union.

The exhibition opened Oct. 21, and artists, observers and the exhibit’s curator attended an opening reception Thursday.

“We’re using the words in their academic context because etymologically, ‘queer’ is not specifically about sex or sexuality,” said Kris Grey, the exhibit’s curator. “It indicates something that is different than dominant and constantly changing.”

On one wall, a series of three photographs depicts a nude woman in motion, part of a year’s worth of work during which the artist, Katherine Hubbard, photographed herself hundreds of times on the same set.

Hubbard was exploring the idea of leaning and something not being straight, Grey said — something queer, and always in motion.

Other pieces display needles used for hormone therapy laced together, a re-interpreted pentagram on the floor of the gallery and an embroi-

CIA From PAGE 1 phones and other electronic devices at the gate — standard practice even for employees — and received well-worn, red visitors passes.

At first glance, the inside of the headquarters building isn’t like the movies. It looks more like an upscale office building, with sleek, white stone walls from floor to ceiling. A large granite seal depicting a bald eagle and compass decorates the floor.

On the left wall, a single star accompanied by a U.S. flag and statue of former Office of Strategic Services head Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan honors those who died while serving the CIA precursor office in World War II. On the right, another cluster of stars pays tribute to fallen agents.

Toni Hiley, curator of the inhouse museum, led us through several hallways on the ground floor that displayed artifacts dating back to the days of the OSS and leading up to the present-day CIA. As we walked through the displays, Hiley pointed out her favorite objects. She said she hopes to one day display the helicopter that carried the first operatives to Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks.

“I’ll take it one piece at a time if I have to,” Hiley said.

In a display case, a small

dered piece of pink stitching on white cotton, a visual protest to censorship.

Grey said these pieces work together to create a conversation, focusing on individual and collective identity.

T he wa l l tex t descr ibes t he exhibit, which closes Dec. 6, as attempting to “[revise] bodies and objects away from old vestiges of overt dualism towards less obvious elaborations in the subject-object distinction,” including dualities of race, class, sex, gender and sexuality.

Grey’s own work focuses on gender identity, and Grey draws on personal identity and experiences in the work.

Grey is genderqueer, so although Grey was assigned female at birth, Grey identifies with neither gender.

“My work is often interested in permeability between binaries; in my case, gender. When there are only two, one is always dominant, so it’s looking at rethinking the way gender is split in power and dominance,” Grey said.

Jackie Milad, the collections program coordinator for the gallery, was interested in using the themes and issues present in Grey’s art as a way to facilitate discussions and brought Grey to the university after following Grey’s work for years.

“A university gallery is all about creating a dialogue, bringing a

clock and timing instrument from the helicopter cockpit is set to 8:46, the time when the first World Trade Center tower collapsed on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

The museum is akin to a smaller version of Washington’s International Spy Museum, CIA spokesman Ned Price said. The spy museum, he said, is a good option for those without access to the headquarters. But the CIA installation is full of artifacts and knickknacks no other museum can offer.

There’s Osama bin Laden’s personal AK-47, with its polished wood detailing and Chinese markings, along with a model of the Abbottabad compound. Nearby is a portion of the wall from the exact replica of the compound SEAL Team Six used to prepare for the 2011 raid.

In the clandestine collection, display cases hold buttonhole cameras, pen cap microphones, invisible ink and a “human transportation” trunk. Mannequins with weapons and surveillance gear discreetly hidden underneath civilian clothes line the walls.

Mixed in with the equipment that seemed to come straight out of a Hollywood spy movie was a display of pop culture posters and photos, including a Spy Kids promo featuring Antonio Banderas and 12-yearold Alexa Vega.

As we wandered through the halls, so did agency employees, who wore everything from jeans and button-down sh i rts to fu l l su its. Some

Visitors walk through Stamp Student Union’s “Queer Objectivity” exhibit, which aims to facilitate conversation about queer identity. conversation to the table,” Milad said. “And this art, this kind of work, relates to social issues on a broader scale. It’s really a chance to think or relate to topics through visual culture.”

Grey said curating a university gallery was appealing because it uses a learning environment as a platform for teaching, thereby extending the artworks’ reach. Grey sought to bring unique, new content to the university from “sincere” artists whose work has developed over the years.

Charles Zhuang, a senior computer science and philosophy major, stopped by the opening night showcase after receiving an invitation from

a friend and found the art to be interesting and provocative.

“Some people might think it’s taboo to address these kinds of issues — topics like sex or sexuality or identity,” Zhuang said. “But really, that’s when the problems start, when people don’t talk about it. The art here is a good way of opening a dialogue.”

Nick Freas, a junior computer science major who works at the gallery and helped with the exhibit, said he also appreciated the boundary-push ing nature of “Queer Objectivity.”

“The art is pretty provocative, which is a good thing. It’s a college

expect to find at any other company headquarters: a Sodexo-catered menu, Burger King, Starbucks, Subway and more. But here, more signs warn agents about the possible The agency’s gift shop sells presence of “undeclared visithe kind of souvenirs and trin- tors” (aka reporters like us). We kets found at any museum gift purchased pho from a woman shop: T-shirts, holiday orna- with a higher level of security ments, candy bars and more. clearance than we likely will Also available are CIA-branded ever obtain. hot chocolate mix and crystal vases etched with the agency’s We turned in our visitors’ logo. We perused the shelves of souvenirs to a soundtrack of Katy Perry’s “Roar” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” Next to CIA-labeled pens are small signs directed at employees. “Don’t forget! If you are undercover, you cannot charge!

It will blow your cover!” reads one note in front of a cash register. Another sign outside the gift shop reminds workers that they are in an unclassified area and therefore should not leave classified information in that space.

It’s serious business, but the reminders are friendly enough: Several signs include apparent clip art of cartoon spies in trench coats hiding behind newspapers.

Heading to the dining area, we saw doors leading to offices accessible only by using a card reader. Wave guides — narrow hallways with lights behind wh ite pa nels desig ned to disrupt the flow of electronic signals passing through the area, Price said — apparently lead to more vault-like rooms.

The food is about what we’d would pause for a minute or two to look at photos and read quotes, but most carried on with the work day.

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campus, so there are lots of different people. It’s good to challenge them and their ideas,” Freas said.

“Overall, it’s a good thing to address these issues.”

Grey hopes the exhibit inspires conversations and that the platform of the university gallery works to reach out to students and others.

“I hope that it will be used as a teaching tool, that people will be able to have discussions across disciplines,” Grey said. “Even though it might not be immediately evident, visual art can be a tool for social change. We want to change the world — it’s no small task here.” dcostellodbk@gmail.com

passes after lunch before getting in our car, turning our phones back on and heading to the Chertoff Group in Washington for a conversation on national security with Hayden.

Getting off the campus, as it turns out, was much easier than getting in. Price shuttled us back to our car in a faraway lot, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel of his Audi Quattro to the beat of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” Back in the Rabbit, we navigated to

the entrance.

As we drove past the entrance’s guard tower, we completed the CIA’s final challenge: weaving between two gates that served to slow down our exit. The road opened up, civilian cars filed in around ours and we passed the last marker between the CI A a nd the outside world, a sign reading: “Please remove badges.” lblaseydbk@gmail.com jhottledbk@gmail.com

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RAPE From PAGE 1 Lintz said both analyses should be looked at together to gain a more accurate understanding of the number of rapes taking place.

“When the UCR says zero, it’s like no rapes are getting reported to the police in the city of College Park, and that just can’t be,” he said. “We know that can’t be statistically.”

Fatima Burns, coordinator of CARE, said she is pleased that more victims are seeking support and guidance through CARE, but she is not surprised that the police reports don’t represent the true number of sexual assault crimes that take place on or near the campus.

“Some people are just afraid to come forward,” she said.

“They’re afraid of the police or maybe they don’t want something to happen to their perpetrator and then maybe they just don’t know their options.”

The system can be “very intimidating,” Lintz said, but university police want to investigate these crimes and hold perpetrators accountable. He said one deterrent for victims is that they often blame themselves and don’t feel they can report their assault because they feel responsible.

Victi ms a lso m ight not realize they can receive a Jane/ John Doe exam at the Sexual A ssau lt Center at P r i nce George’s Hospital without pol ice i nvolvement. T he center will hold on to the patient’s information for a year, Lintz said, and if they decide to pursue a case in the following months, the hospital will then forward that information to the police. It’s an important resource, Lintz said, as victims often change their minds after time has passed and then assume it’s too late to report the crime.

CARE peer mentor Drew Doherty, a senior anthropology major, said another reason rape victims often don’t want

CANDIDATES From PAGE 1 involvement in the collaboration between students and the university to create tailgating on campus, according to Popkin.

“I’m frustrated that the city council has not been active enough” in enforcing other proposals by the work group, Popkin said.

Last semester, initial discussions at a subcommittee meeting for the work group fostered the beginnings of the initiative to organize tailgating on the campus as a way to solve noise issues on game days in Old Town and other residential areas.

The council hasn’t acted on any of the 63 recommendations from the NSC that connect to city affairs, Popkin said.

Members of the council should have acted on any propositions possible to create a “culture of change” at the beginning of the school year, Popkin said. Instead, council members waited unnec-

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“THERE ARE YEARS WHERE WE HAVE ZERO [RAPES] REPORTED [TO US] AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR YOU MIGHT HAVE SIX ... NO MATTER WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, WE KNOW IT’S WAY UNDER-REPORTED.” CAPT. BRIAN LINTZ

University Police patrol commander to immediately report their experience to the police is that it might disrupt their healing process. He added that the new sexual assault education requirement for incoming freshmen may help prepare students for potentially dangerous situations they might experience while in college.

“There also needs to be a shift in culture,” Burns said.

“I’m sure students have seen some high-risk sort of situations brewing and then didn’t do anything.”

City councilman Monroe Dennis said “the police’s hands are tied” when victims are too afraid or ashamed to report these crimes. Statistics show the majority of rape victims know their attacker and this might also make it harder for victims to go straight to police.

“If the police have a good relationship with their advocates and do some kind of combined programming or combined marketing … to try to provide a united front, then maybe people will feel inclined to talk to the advocate knowing they have a connection with the police,” Burns said.

Lintz frequently communicates with Burns at CARE, and University Police also worked with the health center to institute annual sexual assault training for police officers.

Police will continue to work with campus advocates, but ultimately, University Police “can’t investigate something they’re not told about.” ntomlindbk@gmail.com

essarily, he said, though it may have been because of the elections on Nov. 5.

A few weeks ago, the council voted to make the work group a permanent city committee in order to ensure an oversight of the proposals made; Day and Stullich said this is evidence of a commitment to ensuring the work group solves community issues.

“We don’t want to drop the ball,” Day said.

Stullich said a majority of the ideas should be acted on, but to do so will take “greater collaboration” with fraternity and sorority groups.

The council doesn’t reach out enough to constituents, Day said, and in order to solve these continued issues with student resident tensions, there must be direct lines of communication between all parties.

“We have to have a full understand of views as we move forward,” he said.

Day, Stullich and Fellows all responded to comments and

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the idea that college costs are close to coming down. The smaller percentage increase is “welcome, but we have a long way to go.”

Sandy Baum, co-author of the College Board report, echoed similar sentiments.

“This year’s slowing of the price spiral does not mean that college is suddenly more affordable, that concerns about student debt will be set aside, or that low- and moderate-income students will no longer face financial hurdles as they pursue their educational ambitions,” she said to The Washington Post. “But it is good news, and we hope it will allow more focus on helping students

2.9 percent average increase in tuition and fees for the 2013 school year

4.5 percent average increase in tuition and fees for the 2012 school year

8.5 percent average increase in tuition and fees for the 2011 school year

to access the available financial aid and to enroll and succeed in college.”

This state has stacked up favorably thanks to its legislature’s continued investment in higher education.

Gov. Martin O’Malley has g iven generously to state public schools and the legis-

McKeldin Library to undergo study space, book reorganization New tech resources added to building

By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer Throughout the past several years, students have seen McKeldin Library undergo a transformation. Shared study space gradually spread across the building’s second floor, digital resources grew and library staff is in the process of moving less-frequently-used books and journals out of the library to create space for students to use new technology.

These changes are part of a larger vision, said Gary White, libraries public service associate dean. Because many of the library’s traditional resources, such as books and journals, have become digital, the building no longer needs to provide an exclusively “monastery-like, contemplative environment” housing old books and silent students.

Instead, White said, the administration is looking to North Carolina State University and its brand-new, more than $100 million Hunt Library as a model for changes to this university’s libraries over the coming years. “[McKeld i n] Libra ry is almost a completely different animal that it was in my freshman year,” said Kevin LaCherra, a senior government and politics and history major, who joined the library’s student advisory group during his sophomore year. Since then, he’s had a hand in transforming McKeldin into a more modern resource for students.

“McKeldin was not a place I wanted to go to study,” LaCherra said. But with the addition of communal study space and added resources, the group hopes to “give the students a

home during the day.”

T he Terrapi n L ea rn i ng Com mons on McKeld i n’s second f loor was the first major step toward that vision.

It includes communal study space where White said students will hopefully find it easier to work on group projects or study together. With the common space and technological resources, the goal is to create “maker spaces,” where students can collaborate and experiment with the help of new technology, such as the 3-D printer installed this semester.

Ma risa Flores, a sen ior gover n ment a nd pol it ics and history major, uses the c o m m o n s p a c e to s t u d y between classes.

“I like that I can see it’s busy, but it’s quiet enough that I can put on my headphones and tune everything out. … I like to see a little bit of movement,” she said. “[But] I do wish there was another floor with open areas like this.”

Flores, like many students, uses the library’s printers and copiers. But for research, she said she is more likely to use the school’s digital databases than to pull books off the shelves.

To k e e p u p w i t h t h a t trend, White said, this university plans to make more te c h n olo g i c a l re s o u rc e s available to students and continue moving some lessfrequently-used print materials off-site to create more space for students.

“We’re transitioning from a print resources-centered library to a learning resources-centered library,” White said. “The library has a solitary reputation, and we want

Mckeldin library now boasts high-tech printing equipment, including a 3-D printer (top).

Officials hope to turn the library into a learning resource. kelsey hughes/the diamondback to retain that while encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary stuff between all kinds of students.”

Funding for these changes, White said, will come from both the university budget and outside sources, such as grants and private donations.

The library administration just launched a major push to bring in more private donations, which historically represent a small portion of the library budget and are usually gifted for specific collections, such as Jewish history materials or poultry science.

The next major step, he said, will be major remodeling of McKeldin’s first floor scheduled for the next one to three years. The plan is for it to re-

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District 3 city council candidates take questions from the audience at Monday’s candidates forum. The two mayoral candidates also spoke. james levin/the diamondback questions on the speed of eco- spective like that,” Zwernomic development in College ling said.

Park, citing the progress made Zwerling said the council in the past decade. has made some progress re“Those of us who have been cently, but economic develdoing this work for the past opment has been “put on the 10, 15 years know how long it back burner.” takes,” Stullich said.

Collaboration between Throughout the forum, a few the university and city will questions highlighted the fact be essential to economic that Popkin is a fresh face in development along Route 1, city politics, only having been according to Fellows, who a College Park resident for the said he is running for reelecpast five years, compared to his tion because there are still so opponents’ longer tenures. SGA many developing projects President Sam Zwerling said throughout the city. questions regarding experience “We’ve just begun,” he can be frustrating to hear. said.

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lature’s similar funding goals led to a 7.5 percent increase in state funding to higher education over the last year, though state budgets will continue to be a challenge regardless of who is in office, experts said.

“Moving forward, there w i l l be a com m it ment to making sure that Maryland colleges and universities are affordable for our students,” said state Higher Education Secretary Danette Howard.

Un iversity a nd u n iversity system officials have lauded O’Malley’s continued support for higher education. W h ile O’Ma lley’s second term will expire in Jan. 2015, Howard said she doesn’t foresee O’Malley’s successor abandoning his commitment to higher ed-

ucation or slash i ng the funding stream.

“T he groundwork has been laid, and I think that eve r yone now re a l i z e s that there are significant benefits to making sure that our campuses are affordable,” Howard said. “I believe that the next governor will see that there’s real merit and great benefit to our state as a whole.”

Lu rie w rote i n the email that it is too early to determ ine where instate tuition will go this year, but the university system “is committed to working proactively with state leadership to keep this trend of slow tuition growth in place.” jbachdbk@gmail.com

semble the Terrapin Learning Commons, but because funding will likely continue to be an obstacle, progress may be incremental.

Emett Brynt, a senior criminology and criminal justice major, said he prefers to study on the qu ieter upper floors where there are fewer distractions. As long as there is still that option, he said, the changes sound beneficial.

“I don’t really see people using any of the books. I never really use them,” he said. “A lot of this space is unused, and I think they could turn it into something else.” jloguedbk@gmail.com

there’s a lot of communication inside the program but not a lot of communication outside the program besides the people who you live with,” Baradwaj said.

Sophomore business major Ben Miller and freshman computer science major Jazmine Sm it h sa id t hey t hou g ht m e r g i n g g ro u p s o f s t udents with similar interests could enhance the learning environment.

Still, Compton said the rearrangement could frustrate students. Several students in Life Sciences, he said, were unsatisfied with the program’s move to Centreville Hall.

“We’re going to be moving from a dorm that our kids really like into a dorm that they’re not really as keen about, so I’m a little concerned about that,” Compton said.

A s a re s p o n s e to t h i s, Scholars directors will offer students the option to move with their program or stay in their current building during the transition year, Stewart said. Faculty and staff said they’re enthusiastic for the program adjustment.

“Interactions I’ve had with other directors, other faculty in these programs have been very enriching,” Glass said.

“From my understanding, the faculty, the directors of the programs, are very much on board with this.”

Glass said this change will only aid in the educational development and legacy of College Park Scholars. “[It’s] a form of restructuring, rethinking what education is all about, trying to open up programs to more influences from other programs of which they have affinities and interests,” he said. “College Park Scholars historically has been a real mover for innovation in ways one thinks about education.”

more undergraduate research opportunities, brings together students from Global Public Health; Life Sciences; Science and Global Change; and Science, Discovery and the Universe.

“In addition to having sort of a general thematically, scientifically based approach to our programs, many of our students are taking the same classes,” Compton said. This housing organization could make it easier for students to form study groups and work in guided study sessions, he said.

The upcoming Justice and Legal Thought program will be grouped with the remaining programs — International Studies; Media, Self and Society; and Public Leadership — to form the transformation neighborhood.

“Those programs come together around the roles that those programs play in developing people who will be change agents in their communities,” Stewart said.

As Scholars officials work with the Department of Resident Life on the reorganization process, program directors have been discussing the neighborhood concept with students living in the community. They held an open fo r u m l a s t w e e k , w h e re Stewart said the concept received mixed feedback.

“There were some students in there who seemed to think that it made a lot of sense,” Stewart said. “Others were concerned that this would take away from the identity of the program.”

B ut A r ju n B a ra dwaj, a sophomore computer science major, said the neighborhoods could help students from different programs get to know one another.

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Where is the real CIA? “Where is the real CIA?” I asked the two Diamondback news editors as we drove around wooded streets in northern Virginia on Friday morning.

We were there as the pilot group of a renewed CIA tour and government official interview program for college journalists. We weren’t really supposed to take notes in the CIA, but rather the tour was supposed to be a little favor (and flavor) for us before we went back to Washington to interview former NSA and CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on the subject of government surveillance.

We drove into the wrong entrance at first. I don’t like mornings, or being yelled at, or assault rifles, so when a guard with an assault rifle approached the car that morning screaming at us to “roll the window all the way down” before directing us to the proper turnaround lane, I was so frazzled I considered driving home.

I don’t blame them. It’s the Central Intelligence Agency. Of course they don’t want idiot drivers messing up the flow of traffic.

Was that the real CIA? After more mix-ups, we got to the Original Headquarters Building, with its beautiful white stone interior and 16-foot CIA seal on the lobby floor.

As we joined up late with a tour group composed of our college journalist peers and CIA staff members — including CIA Museum curator Toni Hiley — the day started to feel very Smithsonian.

Our tour was more real than the virtual one offered on cia.gov, sure, even though it was mostly restricted to the CIA Museum, three hallways that look and act like most museums in many ways. An important distinction is displayed on many walls: “The information presented in this exhibit is in the public domain and does not represent any official CIA opinion, release, or acknowledgment.”

But in an agency dominated by questions of truth and illusion, it’s hard to

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know what to trust. A lighter could be a camera. A shaving brush could conceal film. A playing card could be a map of the European Theater. The artifacts confirm the myths: Anything could be anything.

In our meeting with General Hayden later, he frequently talked about “the laws of physics” as a way to conceptualize what is and is not possible in the intelligence community, in his overall effort to downplay the evil empire image of the CIA that has cropped up in the media since Edward Snowden’s public revelations of extensive surveillance activities. But intelligence is necessarily more obscure than the laws of physics.

Don’t we all wish it was circumscribed by the facts of the universe?

“We are designed to enable action in the face of ambiguity,” Hayden said in his closing remarks.

Ambiguity reigns in everything related to the CIA. At lunch in the cafeteria when I asked one of our handlers,CIA spokesman Ned Price, how many employees work on-campus, he chewed, swallowed and said, “Well, that’s classified.”

Everywhere the history of the CIA is mediated by images, re-creations and blurred faces. Few artifacts are outside the museum’s glass, and the ones that are have plaques that read, “Please Do Not Touch.”

There’s plenty that’s real. Next to a model (created with foam, paint and other hobbyists’ materials) of the Abbottabad compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by a small team of Americans, including CIA members, is a real brick from a pile of building materials near the main house. On the wall next to that is an AK-47 found next to bin Laden’s body.

Reality clashes with presentation and idealization throughout the CIA’s headquarters. A mannequin dons a full CIA operative’s post-9/11 Afghanistan uniform, accurately re-created with actual clothes except for the belt, which belongs to Hiley’s husband. An Aquafina vending machine glows behind a real 1950s short range ballistic missile engine.

Some parts of the museum seem to be transplanted from the for-profit International Spy Museum 10 miles or

so to the east. The CIA’s gift shop has Christmas decorations, “Official Hot Sauce,” CIA-branded shot glasses and chocolate-covered sunflower “Seeds of Intelligence” next to real, non-purchasable, CIA-printed signs about ways for shoppers to avoid blowing their cover.

In the museum, under a blacklight, a piece of paper presumably from Ronald Breslow’s 1996 textbook Chemistry Today and Tomorrow has writing on it in invisible ink: DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU SAW HERE TODAY GOOD LUCK! The questions of whether that writing was there from a field operative or from someone in the museum team, of whether the belt on the mannequin is actually coated in dust from the mountains of Kandahar, don’t matter in the end.

Where is the real CIA? In the construction crews populating the OHB? In the Starbucks? In the bathrooms? In the portraits of former directors? In the Office of Medical Services? In the long, labyrinthine hallways with drugstoreesque rounded mirrors?

The real CIA is nowhere because the real CIA is everywhere. The campus exists to perpetuate the agency’s greatest illusion: that the entire world is not the CIA campus, when, of course, it is.

The CIA gift shop has a set of oversize coins, one of which has an American flag and “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” on one side. The other side has a covered wagon, a space shuttle, Mount Rushmore, a lighthouse, a bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Hollywood sign, the Space Needle, a hot air balloon and much more surrounding the letters “A M E R I C A.” Just as the real CIA cannot be found on the CIA campus, this vision of America cannot be found in the physical territory of the country. But still, that’s the America the CIA is supposed to be protecting: the ideals, the images, the patriotism a mint can fit on a coin. After all, somebody has to. Right?

Mike King is the editor in chief of The Diamondback. He can be reached at michaelrkingjr@gmail.com.

Learning to respect assault victims

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ast Tuesday, I was getting off of the Metrobus outside of Stamp Student Union when I decided, on a whim, to walk down to Hornbake Plaza to view the Clothesline Project.

This event is held every semester by the student group CARE to Stop Violence, which seeks to raise awareness and fight relationship abuse, sexual assault and stalking by educating students and providing free, anonymous counseling to victims of these crimes. The Clothesline Project is an initiative that allows anybody to anonymously make a T-shirt about their personal experiences with sexual assault. This can include victims, friends of victims or anybody concerned about the problem of sexual assault on the campus.

While walking up to the display, however, I saw another, very different, group of T-shirts.

At first, I thought they were related to the project in some way.

But upon closer inspection, they proved to be members of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity selling shirts for their annual “Splash Bash” event. Now before I continue, let me just say that I have a great deal of respect for that fraternity. I know several of the members personally and am happy to have them as my friends.

With that said, I was still a bit puzzled as to why they were stationed so close to the project.

Indeed, these men were standing directly next to a sign warning any victims of sexual assault that many of the shirts contain detailed information about perpetrators, such as specific sports teams and fraternities, that may act as “triggers” for unpleasant memories of their own assaults.

Despite this, the Alpha Epsilon Pi members were proudly displaying their letters and advertising their event loudly, with a stereo playing

music next to them. When talking to one of the Clothesline Project coordinators, I was further shocked to find that these men had originally been set up inside Hornbake Plaza in the middle of the triggering shirt-adorned area, playing music and hawking their own shirts to passersby.

As a member of a fraternity that has a shirt hung up at the project this year, I would never even dream of wearing my letters anywhere near Hornbake that day. Considering that so many sexual assaults are carried out by fraternity members, I find it very insensitive to victims to be boldly advertising a Greek event directly next to an event meant to help those victims deal with the terrible acts committed against them.

In no way do I believe this was done intentionally, but rather I think that it stems from a larger ignorance in Greek life and on the campus in general about how widespread and devastating sexual assault really is.

Rape is something that is incredibly taboo in our society today, and people are too often afraid to discuss it openly and honestly. This leads to an atmosphere in which women (and men) feel ashamed or afraid to come forward after an attack. A woman who was raped at a fraternity party (even if it was a completely different chapter), may be intimidated by a group of fraternity members standing outside of an event where she has a shirt hung about her own assault.

Though this university has made great strides recently in sexual assault prevention (such as the recent University Senate mandate requiring education for incoming freshmen), much more needs to be done. To the members of Alpha Epsilon Pi, I would advise a little more awareness for your surroundings in the future. And for all those attending Splash Bash: Have fun, be safe and get consent.

John Quinn is a sophomore international business major. He can be reached at jaykyew1@gmail.com.

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‘Decreasing’ means erasing debt ceiling CAROLINE CARLSON For political wonks, October seemed like one of the most interesting times to be in Washington. While dealing with a government shutdown that highlighted the inability of Republicans and Democrats to move past the Affordable Care Act, Congress was also grappling with another issue: raising the debt ceiling.

What is the debt ceiling? For anyone who gets their news primarily from mainstream networks, it’s highly likely that the only thing you know about the debt ceiling is it’s this whole catastrophic measurement used to prevent Congress from over-borrowing for fear of defaulting on our loans.

In actuality, Congress created the debt ceiling in 1917 to keep its accumulating debt in check as well as prevent itself from overspending. Before this month, the U.S. Treasury could only continue to sell bonds while our debt total was less than $16.7 trillion.

But what exactly is the point of the debt ceiling? The general rhetoric we hear in support of the debt ceiling claims that it acts as a credit card limit — Americans have to deal with a limit on borrowing, so why shouldn’t the federal government?

Although Congress compromised on increasing the debt ceiling, perhaps we should be discussing whether we should even have a debt ceiling in the first place.

Regardless of political position on how our country should spend and borrow, the debt ceiling is more like an insignificant political tool than something we should take completely seriously.

According to the University of Chicago, of 38 economists asked in a survey, all but one agreed that “a separate debt ceiling that has to be increased periodically creates unneeded uncertainty and can potentially lead to worse fiscal outcomes.”

First of all, establishing an arbitrary debt limit causes negative reputational effects. Eliminating this limit would clearly get rid of the gridlock both parties have experienced twice in the past two years while also erasing the chance that our credit rating could decrease.

The bigger issue clearly rests in the economic effects of hitting a debt ceiling. Although it’s not certain this would result in a bond default, hitting a debt ceiling would definitely cause investors and bondholders to perceive the situation as dangerous, thereby causing tense effects on financial markets.

Solving the debt ceiling debacle involves erasing the debt ceiling entirely and ultimately having Congress authorize borrowing authority to offset any new spending. Rather than setting some illogical line symbolic of economic Armageddon, we can actually erase this unnecessary limit while ensuring our spending is matched with borrowing, tax increases or spending cuts.

So why does this all matter to us? If we maintain a debt ceiling that causes financial markets to become nervous when we’re about to breach this limit, chances are spending on university services will decrease, and students who graduate during this period will be less likely to find a career, much less a career with a sufficient income.

As students who represent a generation that will be leading the country in the future, we deserve better. We deserve more than using political tools rather than common-sense solutions to define how much our government can borrow. If we keep relying on worthless threats to scare people into a quick compromise, then are we really solving the problem, or just running away from it?

CarolineCarlsonisajuniorgovernmentand politics and information systems major.She canbereachedatccarlsondbk@gmail.com.

cally one person per bedroom and in many cases two people per apartment.

This gives residents more personal space and freedom to come and go as he or she pleases. With your own room, you don’t have to worry about waking up your roommate by coming home late or leaving early.

Food winner: tie.

This category can go either way.

Dorms are usually located near a dining hall or cafeteria where students can get meals most hours of the day. These eateries offer a wide range of choices and can feature special meals depending on the time of year. In comparison, Offcampus apartments, such as the University View or The Varsity, have restaurants in the buildings themselves.

This means someone living there can get a meal without having to dodge rain or cold weather. However, restaurants typically found in off-campus apartments are expensive and can offer little in the way of variety.

Cost winner: nobody.

No matter where you choose to live while in college, it’s going to be expensive. Yes, the dorms can be initially cheaper, but hidden costs and inconveniences can add up. Between laundry, utilities, food and possible parking costs, there is no determined way to prove which option is more cost effective.

The decision to live off-campus is one I am glad I made, but it may not be for everyone. Such an important choice needs to be made thoughtfully and carefully. But in the end, if you don’t like your decision, you can always try something new next year.

When I first transferred to this university, I had to choose between on-campus housing and living in an off-campus apartment. While both had their pros and cons, I eventually decided the off-campus option was right for me. Looking back on this decision I have few regrets, but I do feel there are advantages and disadvantages to both housing options.

Location winner: on-campus.

One of the biggest downsides to living off the campus is the location. Even if you are lucky enough to live in a building close to the campus, you are forced to walk significantly farther to get to class than you would if you lived in a dorm. Some of the local apartment complexes are served by the university’s shuttle buses that transport students from their building to class, but this is only helpful at times when the bus is running. Daily schedules differ and can be unreliable because of heavy traffic or special events. Many oncampus dorms have the advantage of a central location that is close to classes and other buildings.

L iv i n g s i t u a t i o n w i n n e r : off-campus.

A major advantage of the offcampus apartment is the living situation itself. Simply put, off-campus apartments allow much more freedom and space. When living in a dorm, you may be forced to share a room with one or two other people. Dave Stroh is a senior English major. He Off-campus apartments are typi- can be reached at dstrohdbk@gmail.com.

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CHRIS BROWN IS STILL AN ASSHOLE (AND NICK CANNON IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT)

ALL THE CRAP YOU CARE ABOUT

Musician and amateur pugilist Chris Brown was arrested in Washington over the weekend after punching a dude who had the gall to photobomb Chris Brown. On the Richter scale of Chris Brown atrocities, this only merits a 3.2 — noticeable, but it won’t ruin any lives — but it’s notable for the fact that the prosecuting attorney is named Nick Cannon. Whether or not the star of Drumline passed the bar remains unconfirmed.

LASTING IMPACT | LOU REED

THE KING IS DEAD One of rock ‘n’ roll’s last true titans has passed away

By Joe Antoshak @Mantoshak Staff writer Brian Eno supposedly once quipped that every single person who bought one of 30,000 copies of The Velvet Underground & Nico in its first five years started a band after listening. Released in 1967, the album was The Velvet Underground’s stunning debut.

With the artistic recommendation of Andy Warhol, the bizarre musical experimentation of John Cale and, most importantly, the devastatingly candid songwriting of frontman Lou Reed — who died Sunday — the record was a commercial flop that wound up an immutable classic. Even now, its influence continues to reverberate throughout the music industry.

This speaks to the genius of the late, great Reed. Though The Velvet Underground never amounted to much in the way of sales, his poeticism and delivery earned it a crucial spot in the hearts of other influential artists who

are too numerous to name.

As a singer, Reed’s vocals were bewitching, like a stark-black wall, with depth conveyed through simplicity. He was Jim Morrison without the pompous jazz, Bob Dylan without the extended metaphor. He never cared about critics and he probably didn’t care much for listeners either. His only concern was the art.

Because of this, Reed never had a problem innovating. His main technical contribution to music was the “ostrich guitar,” a term used to describe a guitar with all of its strings tuned to D, which inadvertently led to a tendency toward elementary song construction and would later usher in the punk movement. More than anything, though, it was his attitude that left the deepest impression.

Reed was among the first rock musicians to write about dark, complex issues. Possibly a bisexual man himself, he plunged into sexuality, as well as addiction and alienation, in his often controversial and never

predictable lyrics. His refusal to clean up songs for the timidity of the music industry in the late ’60s and ’70s prevented him from reaching total stardom yet preserved his legend.

Playful denouncements of convention like those in his well-known “Walk On the Wild Side” were among his best moments as a songwriter.

“But she never lost her head/ even when she was giving head,” he sings on that track without so much as a snicker. Another example of his distinctive approach to songwriting comes in “I’m Waiting for the Man,”a roughly 4-minute narration about heading uptown to score some heroin.

The most obvious indication of Lou Reed’s importance came in the reaction after his death from known public figures not immediately associated with him. Samuel L. Jackson tweeted, “R.I.P. Lou Reed. Just met at the GQ Awards. The music of my generation. Still Relevant!” Meanwhile, Judd Apatow posted, “I met Lou Reed and told him he gave me tinnitus at a concert in 1989 that

lou reed, a legend both for his stint with The Velvet Underground and for his prolific solo career, survived heroin addiction only to be felled by a bad liver. He may be gone, but his legacy lives on. photo courtesy of last.fm never went away and it was worth it. Dirty Blvd. Love to Lou.” Reed’s death had much of the Internet buzzing Sunday, with even complete strangers confessing their grief over his passing. This was a man whose music found an unexplainable way to connect people to one another and to himself. In the midst of all the iconic musicians to surface in the 1960s, Reed was a once-in-a-generation talent who will surely be missed — the type who

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like an alien’s approximation of what rock is supposed to sound like. The angry guitars and banging drums are there, but something essential is missing. It’s the equivalent of throwing eggs and flour in a bowl and calling it cake. You need to apply some heat, dude.

So, no, Arcade Fire is not rockin’. But, priation if you like, it’s still gonna get your surprisingly, it is bumpin’. It’s an album of shimmying beats halfway between ’80s foot tapping.

There’s a kitchen-sink quality to Arcade disco and something from the Black Orpheus soundtrack. (Scenes from the Fire’s approach, (“Let’s throw 1959 film accompanied the the Pixies and the Bee Gees lyric video the band pretoge t h e r a n d se e i f i t miered shortly before works!”) but it pays off the album’s release.) If remarkably well, with Bad-era Quincy Jones a few exceptions. The wa s m a d e g ra n d band still can’t do marshal of a Haitian s t ra i g h t-u p rock s t re e t pa ra d e , i t ‘n’ roll. Win Butler might sound someand company are thing like this. to o C a n a d i a n to Although the band’s rock — it’s impossound could hardly be sible to imagine them called minimalist, it has blasting The Ramones trimmed away much of its without apologizing to the indie excess — gone are the acneighbors afterwards. photo courtesy of cordions and sweeping orchestral in“Normal Person,” Reflektor’s token grahamleephotography.com strumentations of Funeral. (There is, headbanger — besides featuring lyrics a teenage Kurt Cobain would have however, a chorus of cooing French girls on thrown away for being a tad too obvious — is “Joan of Arc.”) Rara banger “Here Comes the

LONG LIVE THE KING

By Robert Gifford @rcgiff Senior staff writer Arcade Fire is danceable now. While past albums weren’t particularly well-suited to scoring anything more energetic than a Sunday afternoon sob session or the intro to an NPR story about world hunger, Reflektor could easily serve as the soundtrack to a pretty solid dance party. With influences as diverse as Michael Jackson and Fela Kuti, it’s an unexpectedly — and successfully — groovy album from a band usually more concerned with melodies than beats.

Produced by ex-LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy — whose music has already facilitated more than a few danceoffs — the album draws on disco, Afrobeat, electronica and good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll to create a unique yet universal sound that aims to sound like the sum of humanity’s dance music. Call it cultural appro-

lives on indefinitely through those who were touched by his music.

Has he died in a physical sense?

Yes. Has he died in a figurative one?

Not at all. His musical contributions in life will carry on for decades beyond his death, and that’s something to celebrate in itself.

So, thanks for the 71 years of perfect days, Lou. We’re glad we could spend them with you. jantoshakdbk@gmail.com

Night Time” needs little more than a bass and what sounds like a vuvuzela to create a groove that could make even the back of a minivan feel like Mardi Gras.

Even the album’s gloomiest tracks, the sadgirl/sadboy one-two punch of “Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)” and “It’s Never Over (Hey Orpheus),” are kind of funky. And that’s what makes Reflektor Arcade Fire’s best album: It retains the band’s knack for soaring, symphonic emotion while finally tethering it to something firm and tangible.

Listen to “Wake Up,” “No Cars Go,” “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” and Reflektor’s title track and you can hear the band honing its sound to a razor edge.

It is, in many ways, a bleak album, filled with apocalyptic lyrics about death and doomed lovers, but the album is defined by its sense of resilience as much as its sense of doom.

It’s an album by and for people who know the end is coming but are determined to make the most of the last few moments they have.

There’s a refusal to submit to death, a feeling that there will be joy as long as there is air to breathe, that, in the album’s best moments, borders on — dare I say it? — transcendence.

We’re all gonna die. Who wants to dance? rgifforddbk@gmail.com

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Eticha, have either returned to for our team. Because we playing style relies heavily on form after suffering injuries or have so much depth, people his speed, and if he plays fewer entering the locker room. nearly identical. Wake Forest this game, so I feel confident That’s exactly what we needed.” coming in off the bench have minutes, he can maintain agraising their levels of play.

“It was a little nerve-rack(13-4-3, 6-3-1 ACC) and the in our group for Friday night.”

Now the Terps will face the From PAGE 8 Midfielders David Kabelik, just as much importance as gressiveness on long runs down ing to know that I was going Cavaliers, who handed them That’s why the Terps spent From PAGE 8 Michael Sauers, Widner Saint the people starting the game.” the right sideline — a difficult From PAGE 8 Terps (12-5-2, 6-3-1) each 56 minutes per game. in against [an ACC team] their second loss of the year finished the regular season time this week practicing Cirovski said Jane might thing for opponents to combat.

“He’s been putting a lot of Cyr and Daniel Johnson, among With a one-goal victory, they because I haven’t been put up Sept. 28. In that contest, the Hodak and forward Danielle with 19 points, and they rank penalty kicks. The winner of return to the starting lineup others, have become viable But most importantly, pressure on himself to be in will now face No. 2-seed Virginia against those teams before,” Terps held a 2-1 lead with 17 Hubka — played in that game, Nos. 4 and 5 in the confer- tomorrow’s game will face game,” Cirovski said. “Some- options for Cirovski during for the Terps’ regular season when he does get tired, Jane in tomorrow’s semifinal round. the redshirt sophomore said. minutes left. It disappeared, and although Jonathan Morgan ence, respectively, in goals either No. 1-seed Florida State times when you don’t start, it stretches of games, allowing home finale against N.C. will no longer feel pressure Frazer broke the early dead- “But after I made those saves, though, when two Olympians, will show his players the tape, a l lowed th is season. T he or No. 5-seed Virginia in the takes a lot of pressure off, and the coach to demand far less State on Friday night, but that to remain on the field, as his lock with a backhanded goal I felt really good about it. My Michelle Vittese and Paige Selit’s not something he wants his Terps defeated the Demon fi nals Sunday, and, based on I think he looks a little more from Jane than he did during depends on both the health of fellow midfielders will be Deacons, 2-1, in their only the Terps’ history with Wake from the top of the circle in the confidence definitely built up.” enski, scored two consecutive seniors dwelling on. others and this week’s practice. there to replace him. the Terps’ opening month. rejuvenated right now.”

The squad tried to remain goals off breakaways.

Forest, they might need a ninth minute. The Terps (15-4, “The majority of these kids meeting of the year.

Regardless of whether he “When they realize they’re “I consider Sunny a starter Cirovski has been able to It’s that likeness that could shootout to get there.

But with an ACC tourna3-2 ACC) dominated posses- composed after Gagliardi scored. didn’t play in that match, so bring Jane off the bench because not starting, they come off starts, the past two games have whether he comes off the “I think we have a great opsion throughout the half, not Duke was now putting together ment win already secured, those revenge feelings don’t create the need for just what a host of Terps midfielders, the bench and add a great shown that Jane can perhaps bench or not,” Cirovski said. allowing No. 6-seed Duke longer possessions, and the the Terps aren’t planning to really carry over,” the first- Bean la nds a nd her tea m- portunity to win the title, and including Jane’s replacement energy to the game,” Metzger have an even bigger impact (7-11, 0-5) to register a shot Terps’ offensive sets were break- leave Chapel Hill early. They year coach said. “But this is a mates were practicing earlier there are six or seven girls I feel in the starting lineup Mikias said. “I think that’s a big part coming off the bench. His dpopperdbk@gmail.com ing down. But right when things intend to stay until Sunday, confident in for taking penalty until the 30th minute. tournament, and if it goes to this week.

“We are the higher seed and shots,” Morgan said. “There But Cabrera, the second- looked bleak, defender Harriet when they just might have a PKs, you want to be prepared string goalkeeper behind Tibble fed the ball straight into shot to avenge their loss to the for it. We haven’t put a lot of we were able to beat Wake are four teams in the semifinal, Natalie Hunter, was hit with the circle, where Witmer depos- Tar Heels in the title game. time into them in the past, and Forest before, but this is the and we’ve beaten two, so I feel “I’m excited. I’m ready for an onslaught of attempts in the ited the go-ahead score.

I think we put a little more of ACC,” Morgan said. “These great about our chances, but made an appearance. Jones on their depth to accommo- ing the ACC tournament on “T here wa s no t i me to revenge,” Frazer said. “We last five minutes of the half. The an emphasis on PKs this week games really can go either we have to take it one game at scored her first career goal, date for her loss.

Nov. 8. As the team heads Blue Devils shot five times in that think – just collect it and shoot all know what happened last because the level of each team way. You’re always at risk, a time and we need to get past “She’s being missed on into a single-elimination and forward Brooke Adler, butReceiver I do likeLevern the way our team PAGE 8 it,” Meharg said. “I was telling time. We’re ready for a battle.”

Wake fi rst.” span, three of them onFrom target, and is so similar and going into a Wide Jacobs (right) celebrates with Forest teammates Nigel King and Amba who appeared in her fourth the field even though we postseason, its full roster, after hisI 71-yard touchdown catch-and-run Saturday. james levin/the diamondback is playing. like our motivaCabrera stood firm to maintain them to dig deeper, work hard, PK shootout is pretty likely.” Etta-Tawo game of the season Sunday, have great players step- from the starters to the was really positive.” a precarious one-goal advantage play more disciplined and finish. sportsdbk@gmail.com On paper, the teams are tion and our excitement for sportsdbk@gmail.com ping up,” Sprink said. “We substitutes, is playing at a The Terps tested their had two assists. team in the country, you got to With midfielder Katie Ger- just hope that the knee is high level. Maintaining that be able to make those plays.” depth slightly against the Cavaliers. Meharg played zabek missing the George- — for her but also for us — form may be key during this Still, Edsall has been posiFrom PAGE 8 tive about the impact he thinks six substitutes in Friday’s town game after suffering a not going to hold her back pivotal point in the year. addition to the absences of Long his remaining corps of receiv“We’ve been here before,” game, an increase from the knee injury against Virginia, from finishing the season Mike Locklsey praised the Terps’ “T hey a re doi ng a l l the and Diggs, freshman DeAndre ers can have. Most of them Meharg said. “We just need to four-substitute rotation the substitutes’ roles could with us.” improvement in the screen game things that we are asking them After the Terps play Duke stay present and I think that’s Lane was out with a concus- have worked together on the the team often uses against be heightened in future and, without the benefit of a Edsall said after losing From PAGE 8 could miss on Saturday,From PAGE 8 have From PAGE 8 to do,” they will sion. As a result, Amba Ettagames. Gerzabek always the goal.” tough opponents. second team, so the chemisdownfield passing game, could to the Eagles.

Tawo made his first career start, try is there in practice. It’s just Against the Hoyas, every two to three weeks, Sprink one more day than the commake a concerted effort to get This week has been no different. thought we were in control of the match and played well.”

Brown tomorrow. entered the fourth quarter of a petition to rest before startDaniel Adams — a transfer from a question of whether it can said, so the Terps will count ppierrelouisdbk@gmail.com player available for the Terps That momentum would come to a halt in the Brown has established himself the ball in the hands of playmakSept. 1 season opener against The Terps have rallied around their New Mexico — made his Terps translate to the playing field. second half. Wake Forest’s three-goal effort started as the team’s only real feature ing wide receiver Stefon Diggs. lowly William & Mary down, latest answer under center, freshdebut and backup quarterback Despite the injuries and un“It’s always great when you when Tomaselli beat a diving goalkeeper Keith back over the past two weeks.

6-0, they didn’t simply crumble man Shawn Petty, since they sat Ricardo Young even played a certainty, the Terps are still exCardona, and forward Luca Gimenez gathered a He rushed for a career-high 121 can count on having a guy back under the pressure of a poten- slack-jawed during a team meeting few snaps as a wide receiver. pecting results from the offense. long cross from defender Chris Duvall three minutes yards in a 20-18 loss to N.C. there that has the ability to make tially embarrassing home loss. and learned they were suddenly There were mixed results, as goals from penalty kicks, accustomed to offensive either school and had control of Quarterback C.J. Brown is exafter Woodberry’s red card. Reserve defender Danny State two weeks ago and he was something out of nothing,” They strung together a touch- without a scholarship quarterback.

Rowe finished 19-of-45 for 282 pected to return from injury after and, with one game left in their own fate. Instead, they’ll corners.

The four sidelined signal callers Wenzel iced the game for the Demon Deacons (11-3the only running back to record Locksley said. down drive, and escaped with the yards and three touchdowns the bye week, and the Terps are “I think we need to be better the regular season, have only have to rely on other teams Even if the Terps do throw, it have helped reintroduce Petty to a 4, 4-1-3) in the 77thFrom minute, beating Cardona on a a carry in the Terps’ 20-17 loss to narrow victory.

PAGE 8 attacking the ball,” defender attempted one penalty kick. Thursday night in order to make but also threw two intercep- still poised to attain bowl eligiwon’t be a lot. With the Pettypenalty kick after Cyrus committed a foul in the box.

Boston College last week.

Heck, even in losses the Terps side of the ball that, up until two tions. One week after setting bility, needing only one win in In the end, goals in three the conference tournament. think when the flow of the game Megan Gibbons said. “I think The four goals were the most the Terps had given “He’s a beast. I love blocking led offense taking on Georgia have shown they’re a far cry from weeks ago, he thought he was career highs in catches and their final four games to reach it.

M o rga n u n d e rs ta n d s is, going it’s a little easier for you when it’s in someone’s specific Terps home losses have come up all season. In their first 16 games, they had allowed for him,” center Evan Mulrooney Tech’s triple-option attack, the disenchanted group that stag- done with completely. Defenyards at Wake Forest, EttaBut instead of Diggs and to get a little more time to read area they’ll get it, but we have from corner kicks. Even more corners are a weakness that two goals four times. The Demon Deacons also said. “It’s just really great to see tomorrow’s contest is bound to gered through a 2-10 nightmare sive players have kept tabs on the Tawo caught his first career Long leading the way on the and adjust and get behind balls, a problem moving and being frustrating for the ninth place opposing teams are looking offense, making sure practices are outshot the Terps, 13-11, marking the first time the a young guy step up to the plate stick close to the ground. last season. touchdown, and wide receiver edge, it could be Jacobs, King team in the ACC — two of those to exploit. So with their postwhere in a corner, it’s just so hard and attacking it.”

It’s someth ing the Terps Terps had been outshot this season. like he has.”

There was that Sept. 22 matchup running smoothly. And, falling in Nigel King had a career-high and Etta-Tawo.

Despite the forwards’ losses, the 2-1 loss to Duke and season fate effectively out of fast, and it happens so quickly.”

But while it was an uncharacteristic performance Edsall wouldn’t go into any haven’t been accustomed to this at unforgiving West Virginia when line with Diggs’ Sunday soliloquy, five catches for 76 yards and the 1-0 loss to the Eagles on heights, the Terps’ offense their hands, he will focus on With more opposing players “Everybody realized it’s for the Terps, Cirovski tried to keep perspective. specifics on the game plan, but season. But with four quarterthe Terps arrived four-touchdown the Terps have expressed support caught a touchdown pass with their chance to play with us Sunday — came against teams hasn’t had much success on what’s in his power to correct. moving forward for a corner “Our goal was never to go undefeated during the it looks as though the Terps — backs out for the season because underdogs, and tested the then- and unity via Twitter. nine seconds left.

“I’m certain, probably, at losing a lot of guys,” Jacobs kick, the Terps midfielders and set pieces either. Since the they’re battling with for the “Everything that we want is regular season,” Cirovski said. “We accomplished like the Yellow Jackets — will of injury and a converted lineNo. 8 Mountaineers until the latter “I thought they were incon- said. “And the team mentalforwards have to drop back and first game of the season, the eighth and final spot in the this point that that’s a big still in front of us,” wide receiver our first goal and now we’re focused on our second feature the run game heavily. backer starting under center, the stages of the second half. sistent,” coach Randy Edsall ity is the next man has to step mark opposing players. Three Terps have had 82 corners and ACC tournament. The Eagles thing on scouting reports: to goal, which is the ACC tournament.”

Petty averaged fewer than 20 unexpected has become comThere was also last week, when Nigel King said Wednesday. “We said. “I thought they made up, and the next man has to of the Terps’ starting mid- scored three times. In that are just one point ahead of the cross the ball and put numbers throws a game in high school monplace in College Park. the Rowe-led Terps managed to can’t worry about the past.”

TERPS NOTE: Defender Taylor Kemp subbed into some really nice plays, then make the big play, and that’s Terps and the Blue Devils are time, the opponents’ six goals in the box against us, and we fielders are 5 feet, 3 inches or “It will be a little bit different,” Diggs is right. No matter what and likely won’t top that number climb out of a 13-0 third-quarter the game after Woodberry’s ejection. It was the I thought there were some all we have to go off. That’s have to deal with it,” Morgan shorter. Although the attack- have come on 72 corners. The three points ahead.

Edsall said. “It will give everyone tomorrow. deficit. Freshman miscues ultimate- happens on the field tomorrow, fi rst time he had played since being sidelined Oct. plays that were there to be everybody’s focus right now.”

With a different result on a said. “We have to find a way.” ers boast height with 5-foot- Terps’ two goals off free kicks And when he does take to the something to talk about.” ly resulted in a 20-17 heartbreaker, this team has bought in.

5 with a sports hernia. made that we didn’t make, and 9 Hayley Brock and 5-foot-8 came in the first three games. corner kick, the Terps could air, the passes should be short but the statement had already been when you’re playing the No. 9 dgallendbk@gmail.com They have conceded three have had a win, or a tie, against psuittsdbk@gmail.com Ashley Spivey, they are more sportsdbk@gmail.com ones. Offensive coordinator sportsdbk@gmail.com made: This team is unfazed. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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MEN’S SOCCER

Rested Jane boosting off. attack Midfielder’s play more effective in limited minutes

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against Florida International. His 48-yard catch at Connecticut set up a go-ahead field goal in the final seconds of the first half. And at Wake Forest, he scored the Terps’ only touchdown on a 56-yard play in the third quarter.

“Levern is a great player, great athlete and he’s also my roommate, so me and him have a real good connection,” quarterback Caleb Rowe said Saturday. “He’s been working hard, even when he wasn’t playing. You could see it in Levern that he wanted to play. He had a good opportunity tonight, and he took advantage of it.”

Jacobs is just one of many Terps with the chance to make an impact because of the plethora of injuries hitting the team’s wide receivers. In

Sunny Jane has been a constant in the Terrapins men’s soccer team’s starting lineup during the past three seasons.

The senior midfielder started for most of the 2011 season, 22 of 24 games in 2012 and had 11 of 14 games before the No. 12 Terps faced off against Drexel last Tuesday.

But this season, Jane started to suffer from the Terps’ grueling schedule, which included a difficult nonconference slate before ACC play began.

Coach Sasho Cirovski realized Jane was losing energy late in games and that this played a major role in his inability to find the back of the net. So the 21st-year coach made a change, bringing Jane off the bench for the past two games, both at home against the Dragons and on the road at Syracuse.

In limited minutes, though, Jane has been far more effective. The senior scored his first goal of the season in the 77th minute of the Terps’ 1-0 victory over Drexel and assisted on midfielder Dan Metzger’s game-winning goal against the Orange on Saturday.

And Jane’s improved production came while he logged just 43 and 47 minutes of playing time in the two games, respectively, far below his season average of just more than

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WIDE RECEIVER LEVERn JACOBS set career highs with his eight catches and 158 yards in the Terps’ 40-27 loss to Clemson. He also caught his second career touchdown in the first quarter. james levin/the diamondback

Jacobs turns in top performance against Clemson, but rest of offense struggles at times

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer A Terrapins football wide receiver slipped over the middle Saturday afternoon against Clemson, caught a bullet pass from his quarterback and raced past everyone for a 71-yard touchdown and a 7-3 Terps lead.

Before the season started, it would be logical to assume Stefon Diggs or Deon Long, two of the Terps’ most hyped offensive options, made the play. But after both wide receivers suffered season-ending injuries, it was backup Levern Jacobs whose catch-and-run gave the Terps an early lead in an eventual 40-27 loss to Clemson.

It was just the beginning of a big day for

Jacobs, who started in place of Diggs. The sophomore finished the day with eight catches for 158 yards — both career highs — and his second career touchdown. While the Terps can’t replace Diggs’ explosive ability, Jacobs showed that the team still has a big-play threat on the edge.

“Of course, I mean, all season I feel like I’ve worked to be the starter, and it’s unfortunate what happened, but I’m getting my chance now, and I just got to keep proving my point,” Jacobs said. “I think me having this big game just shows people that I’m able to play. And now I just have to keep doing this week in and week out.”

Jacobs, who caught seven passes for 50 yards in 2012, flashed his big-play ability in spot duty during the first seven games of this season. He had a 32-yard reception in the season opener

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Opponents using size to score Terps have trouble containing taller players on corner kicks

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer

DEFENDER AMANDA GERLITZ and the rest of the Terps defense have been stout this season, but opponents have managed to exploit a height advantage on corner kicks at times, including Sunday. rebecca rainey/the diamondback

Unlike in years past, the Terrapins women’s soccer team doesn’t have a big body that can match up with other schools’ tallest players.

Its tallest players stand 5-foot-9, while many other conference foes have taller players who can create problems for the Terps defense.

Boston College defender Zoe Lombard, who scored the gamewinner Sunday off a corner kick, is taller than any Terps player at 5-foot10. Her goal highlighted a defensive

deficiency that has become apparent during ACC play.

“We struggled defending corners all season,” coach Jonathan Morgan said after the Terps’ 2-1 loss to Duke on Oct. 13. “Kids are competing. They are getting after it. They’re trying.

But some of them haven’t been blessed with height.”

The Terps have allowed six goals from corner kicks, including three in the last six games, while scoring just three goals from corners all season.

Two came in a 9-0 win over The Citadel in the season opener.

Despite the Terps’ ineffectiveness on corners, the team doesn’t typi-

cally have issues winning headers or defending crosses. During games, the Terps have usually conceded goals from defensive mistakes, individual runs from opposing attackers or a combination of both.

Long passes rarely sail Terps defenders, who calmly head the ball away. But corners present a different challenge, and the Terps are unable to attack the ball with their usual aggressiveness.

“In a corner, you’re in a still position and you have players that are running on to it,” Morgan said. “I just See CORNERS, Page 7

FIELD HOCKEY

Young players get taste of action Blowout victory gives Meharg opportunity to see depth on field

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer It didn’t take long for the Terrapins field hockey team to put the game out of reach against Georgetown on Sunday, as the Terps surged to a 4-0 lead in the first 15 minutes.

After midfielder Hayley Turner scored the team’s fourth goal, coach Missy Meharg made four substitutions, bringing on midfielder Delaney Leathers, defender Steffi Schneid, and forwards Mieke Hayn and Welma Luus.

The four are an established part of the Terps’ rotation, but a few minutes later, Meharg brought on forward Shari Jones and midfielder Courtney Deena, who were making

only their eighth and seventh appearance of the season, respectively.

The eventual 9-0 final allowed the Terps to expand their rotation Sunday, giving bench players extended playing time ahead of the team’s postseason schedule.

“We were looking at having some players that usually start, usually play a lot, just on the sideline,” defender Sarah Sprink said. “Because those other players are going to definitely step on the field when it’s time to step up.”

With only a trip to Durham, N.C., to face Duke remaining on the Terps’ regular season schedule, the team can begin to consider its postseason outlook. The Terps clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament after

beating No. 5 Virginia on Friday, 4-1, meaning they will have a first-round bye in the competition.

Fast starts were key in both of the Terps’ wins this weekend, and their efficiency with penalty corners against Georgetown marked a vast improvement. With the Terps playing at a high level and the ACC tournament’s top seed locked up, it was the ideal time for bench players to adapt to the team’s in-game tactics.

“Everyone gets the experience and gets the exposure of our game plan on the field,” defender Ali McEvoy said Sunday. “Being able to make sure everyone is on the same page and to play the way we did today and Friday See depth, Page 7

MIDFIELDER COURTNEY DEENA made her seventh appearance of the season in the Terps’ 9-0 victory over Georgetown on Sunday. She was one of many reserves to see action in the win. alik mcintosh/the diamondback