November 18, 2014

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Cole Field House overhaul proposed USM will vote on $155 million plan to turn historic building into indoor football practice facility

By Aaron Kasinitz and Joe Antoshak @AaronKazreports, @Mantoshak Senior staff writers This university has submitted a plan to repurpose Cole Field House, the home of the Terrapins basketball teams until 2002, into a $155 million indoor football practice facility.

are critically needed to recruit and support the student athletes, and to be competitive in the Big Ten Conference,” the proposal states.

If this proposal passes, the buildThe school will present the proposal, which also includes several other ing also will “house a campus-wide changes to the athletic facilities in the innovation and entrepreneurship heart of the campus, to the University program, an indoor football practice System of Maryland Finance Com- facility, a football training complex, mittee on Thursday, and if the plan is and a Center for Sports Medicine, approved, the Board of Regents will Health and Human Performance,” according to school documents. vote on it Dec. 12.

The proposed plan also would re“The indoor football practice facility and football training complex construct much of the campus.

The outdoor practice football fields would be moved next to Cole and uproot the tennis courts located there. Academic buildings would be constructed in place of the current practice fields, and Ludwig Field would be renovated and turned into a 10,000-seat stadium as well.

The football team would move the rest of its facilities to Cole, and the rest of the athletic teams See COLE,, Page 2

mike poterala will become the new vice president of legal affairs and general counsel in January, the university announced. photo courtesy of mike poterala

U appoints new legal affairs exec Mike Poterala will take over lead general counsel position in January

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer

geology doctoral candidate iadviga zhelezinskaia, a researcher at this university, helped author a study theorizing the existence of ancient bacteria that inhaled sulfate instead of oxygen.

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CULTURE shock

Officials announced the appointment of Mike Poterala as the new vice president of legal affairs and general counsel in an email sent to the campus community by university President Wallace Loh yesterday afternoon.

A nine-person search committee chose Poterala, the current deputy general counsel at North Carolina State University, to replace Jack “Terry” Roach, who held the position at this university for almost four decades. Poterala will take over this position in January.

“I really have a lot of passion for See poterala, Page 3

University researchers discover new methods of studying 2.5 billion-year-old microbes

By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Staff writer Dinosaurs are easy.

Scientists know the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Stegosaurus existed because they have their bones. But learning about ancient bacteria is not as straightforward — they’ve left almost

no trace, unless experts know where to look.

Researchers from this university and the University of Western Australia published a study in the Nov. 7 issue of Science, in which they found indications of 2.5 billion-year-old microbes in a collection of Brazilian rocks. The evidence: a 3 percent depletion of a particular isotope of sulfur in the rock.

“We got very negative delta (34) S, which gives

us the evidence sulfate-reducing bacteria was working,” said Iadviga Zhelezinskaia, the study’s lead author and a geology doctoral candidate at this university.

Unlike the oxygen many living things depend on, these particular microbes inhale sulfate, a compound of oxygen and sulfur.

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City aims to improve storm water control Summer of flooding fuels demand for change

SGA pledges funds to jump-start Campus Creek repairs $5,000 contribution 10 percent of SGA budget

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer In support of restoring Campus Creek, the SGA passed a resolution, 21-1, on Nov. 5 that not only encouraged the university to help with restoration costs, but also contributed $5,000 toward the effort.

Ori Gutin, a junior environmental science and policy major and the Student Government Association’s director of sustainability, said the financial contribution — which is 10

This university’s sga contributed $5,000 toward a Campus Creek restoration project, estimated to cost $495,000. The Facilities Council will decide in December if the project will commence. stephanie natoli/the diamondback percent of the SGA’s total legislative funds for the year — is a way the SGA can tangibly express student support

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“We wanted to show how important it was to students,” Gutin said.

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer

“Rather than just saying, ‘Administration, you guys need to fund this entirely,’ we wanted to show that we’re not only just morally supportive, but we’re fi nancially invested in this project.”

Office of Sustainability Director Scott Lupin said talk of creek restoration has been on and off for many years but gained renewed focus in the last year or so with collaboration between the university’s facilities planning department and the state’s natural resources department.

On May 30, the state’s DNR awarded the university a $1.5 million

College Park sits 69 feet above sea level, and with a monumental storm seemingly occurring every two years, county officials are setting goals to improve local stormwater management systems.

Late last month, College Park City Council members discussed the implications of poor stormwater management and further examined the failed infrastructure that allowed a nearly nine-hour Paint Branch Parkway closure during a flood in June.

“We are just going to have to rethink what we consider a storm event and what that means for us,”

See creek, Page 3

See waters, Page 3

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microbes From PAGE 1 Oxygen was in low supply until a few hundred million years later, when it greatly increased in the atmosphere during what is known as the Great Oxygenation Event. This study showed sulfate wasn’t common, either, but there was enough of it that these particular microbes could survive.

This reveals a lot about the distant past of the world, said Alan Kaufman, a co-author of the study.

“It confirms our suspicions that these bacteria were active in the truly ancient oceans,” said Kaufman, a university geology professor. “It adds to a body of knowledge that helps us chart out the history of oxygen in the atmosphere from a point when there was virtually none to the 21 percent we have today.”

Zhelezinskaia said she found

COLE From PAGE 1 would move from the Varsity Team House into the Gossett Football Team House. The project would take $25 million in state funds, $25 million in institutional funds and $105 million from private gi fts, i nstitutiona l fu nds and clinical revenues from the new facility.

The university previously explored a plan to build a similar facility on the existing football practice fields and Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium but scrapped that alternative because of its cost, the proposal states. That plan would have cost $187 million.

If the Board of Regents approves the Cole renovation plan, construction is projected to begin in late 2015

ferent findings on the abundance of sulfur in the oceans at that time. Yet, Farquhar said he was confident in Zhelezinskaia’s findings.

“It could be that this is incorrect, and it could be there is another explanation for what she found, but I don’t think so,” he said.

Zhelezinskaia, who came to this state from Russia on a Fulbright scholarship and has since stayed here to continue her studies, said this research helped contribute to how the early world evolved.

Iadviga zhelezinskaia works with a team of researchers to examine the concentration of sulfur isotopes in fossils. Through the study, “Oxygen helped make this researchers were able to theorize the existence of sulfur-reducing microbes in a collection of Brazilian rocks. james levin/the diamondback evolution of life,” she said, this by crushing carbonate topes of sulfur would be ex- microbes have an affinity for “so there are a lot of questions and black shale rocks into a pected to have similar mass, sulfur-32 rather than sulfur- about how oxygen appeared, fine powder, then using acid but t he concent rat ion of 34, meaning they take in more how it changed the ocean to release the carbon dioxide sulfur-34 was about 3 or 4 of the sulfur-32 isotope, and system, and can we apply the and dissolve the carbonate. percent lower than expected, less sulfur-34 is preserved in knowledge we’ve gotten to find other planets with the same After a few more reactions, said James Farquhar, a uni- the pyrite.

This study’s findings agreed atmosphere on earth.” she then studied the sulfur versity geology professor and These bacteria break down with the findings of another isotopes in the pyrite residue co-author of the study.

“A 2 percent depletion tells study published in the same organic material in sedimenta— commonly known as fool’s us something happened,” he issue of Science, but a third ry layers of the ocean, Kaufman gold — left over.

Normally, the various iso- said. These sulfur-reducing study published there had dif- said. They’re still around today

in the black mud that smells like rotten eggs, which can be found in the Chesapeake Bay and around the world.

Though the bacteria may seem unassuming, they play an important role in the carbon cycle, where they release carbon into the atmosphere and helped the earth from becoming too cold, Kaufman said.

“What we have is a piece of the puzzle in the very early years,” Farquhar said. “It puts in a block of knowledge of what the oceans looked like and what controlled their chemistry about 2.5 billion years ago.”

Geology department chairwoman Roberta Rudnick, who was not involved in the study, said this research provides a glimpse into the ancient world.

“We have an ecosystem based upon these bacteria that was fully functioning long,long ago,” she said. “2.5 billion years ago.” jzimmermanndbk@gmail.com

and won’t be fully finished until June 2018. If the construction begins on schedule, it will coincide with other major renovations in that area of the campus, including the Purple Line, which will run through Campus Drive, and the proposed Academic Village, which will result in three new dorms and a dining hall on what is now Lot 1.

Ter ps footba l l coach Randy Edsall has expressed his desire to have an indoor practice facility since the u n iversity a n nou nced i n November 2012 its plan to move to the Big Ten. Meanwhile, former men’s basketball coach Gary Williams has supported publicly the idea of keeping Cole Field House relevant and involved within the athletic department. akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

this university submitted plans to repurpose Cole Field House into an indoor football spring practice facility. The renovation would cost $155 million.

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longer exists, and helped pay for his tuition as “a messenger” running between offices on Capitol Hill during his four undergraduate years. It was his first experience in a law firm environment before he became a practicing attorney in 1988, Poterala said.

“I would have never gone to Georgetown if I hadn’t had that opportunity.” he said.

This work ethic can be seen in his accomplishments aside from his law experiences, Loh said. Poterala said he set up a program at N.C. State to provide free legal advice to student-athletes and their families about how to make the transition into professional sports. He also said he made his office more accessible by creating an electronic newsletter, which provides information to the university community about the most common issues people face.

“You don’t find this kind of entrepreneurial, go-getter typically in a lawyer because they are usually conservative,” Loh said. “I mean he’s my type of a guy, he’s a risk-taker, he thinks big, he’s accessible to students and faculty and staff, wants to help them. That’s why the chemistry clicked.”

He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown, where he met his wife, Heidi. Now, Poterala said he does legal work for higher education because he enjoys assisting the university community’s pursuit of great research, technology, teaching and activity in their respective fields.

Poterala also has two college-aged children: Johanna, 23, who is a medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, and Andrew, 20, who is an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. “[Poterala’s] got a very engaging personality that I think will go over very well on campus,” Dalglish said. “I think people will discover that he really wants to be involved and part of the fabric of the campus and that he is excited to help Maryland grow.”

“You could get back-to-back 100-year storms, which should change your data base at that point,” said Allen Davis, an env i ron menta l eng i neering professor. “The way we find these percentages is by looking at history. We’ve been keeping records of storms and flood and rainfall for, say, 200 years, and what we are doing is predicting the future based on the past.”

In June, the rain fell at rates of up to 1 to 2 inches an hour during the 90-minute rainstorm and stranded several motorists in high water on t he pa rk way. T wo of t he t h ree stor mwater pu mps serving the overpass failed, leaving the parkway flooded with waist-deep water, said Vernon Stin nett, ch ief of the county’s storm drainage maintenance division.

After the flooding, a maintenance worker attempted to fix the pumping station, but had to turn back because the facility’s lower level was

underwater. Service workers f i xed the two d a m aged pumps and moved the electrical box to the first floor of the station so rising waters would not damage it in the future, Stinnett said at last month’s meeting.

To lower the cha nce of f u t u re f l o o d i n g , P r i n c e George’s County stormwater management officials said they also want to divert the flash flood water away from the channel that runs along the College Park CSX railroad. If a flood wall is constructed, water would also flow into another channel to disperse the volume of water and minimize flooding.

A s for t he ch a nce t h at flood walls will be built on the campus, Carmichael said the topography allows for most water to flow naturally into Campus Creek without causing major flooding on the campus.

With added urbanization in the county, College Park

Mayor Andy Fellows, who is also the Chesapeake regional director for Clean Water Action, and other management officials are creating new policies to protect the community and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers analyzed Prince George’s County levees in 2007 and found two to be inefficient for the 100-year flood, Finchman said.

The engineers found the levees along the Anacostia River near Bladensburg and Hyattsville had trees growing on them, sometimes leaving the earthbased levees exposed when a tree’s roots were ripped from the ground, Finchman said.

In February, officials approved the levees, which are now aligned with FEMA regulation standards, according to the levee’s certification of acceptance. mhorndbk@gmail.com

helping all the faculty, staff and students at big universities accomplish things within their areas,” Poterala said. “That’s the thing that motivates me. … We get to work with those folks and help them do important things.”

Poterala’s extensive law experience qualifies him for the position, said journalism school Dean Lucy Dalglish, who led the search committee for this position. Poterala said he spent 10 years in private practice in Detroit and 13 years in various roles at Michigan State University. While at Michigan State, he spent three years running the technology transfer office.

Dalglish led the search committee through three months of recruiting applicants as well as interviewing the viable candidates. Loh said he chose Poterala because, unlike many lawyers who overprotect their clients to the point where nothing is accomplished, Poterala knows how to take risks when necessary.

Dale Anderson, a member of the committee, said all the candidates were highly qualified.

But for Anderson, Poterala’s interview “swayed him” to believe he was the best candidate for the best position.

“He’s had some very interesting experiences,” Dalglish said. “But mostly what people will appreciate is he works hard, and he comes from a very modest background, and he really, really values how education can change your life.”

During his interview, Poterala told the committee how, at first, he was unsure if he could attend Georgetown University because he didn’t have the financial means to afford it. But after speaking with the late former Georgetown business Dean Ron Smith at a recruitment function for the university, Poterala said Smith reached out to an alumnus at a law firm in Washington to help him get a job.

With Smith’s help, Poterala said he worked for Ragan & Mason, a small law firm that no esilvermandbk@gmail.com

tia River, and then further into the Chesapeake Bay.” G u t i n s a i d t h e S G A’s From PAGE 1 $5,000 contribution would grant to restore the creek, be given to facilities planwhich is part of the Chesa- ning to help cover the cost of peake Bay watershed, said hiring a contractor, which is Brenda Testa, the director not covered under the grant.

Testa said the estimated cost of facilities planning. “ T here h ave b e e n c ol- of hiring a contractor — who l a b o ra t i v e p a r t n e r s h i p s w i l l conduct a n a n a lysi s b e t w e e n t h e u n i v e r s i t y of t he creek a nd create a and some of the local agen- design plan — is estimated cies that dea l w ith water at $495,000.

Certain areas of the creek r e s o u r c e s ,” Te s t a s a i d .

“There’s certainly knowl- are worse off than others and e d ge o f t h e s i t u a t i o n o f will need to be attended to Campus Creek and its flow accordingly, Lupin said. “ I wo u ld s ay t h e m a i n ultimately into the Anacos-

focus [for restoration] are the two ponds on the golf course and the upper reaches between the ponds and approximately the Eppley Recreation Center,” Lupin said.

G ut i n a l so te s t i f ie d to the creek’s general subpar condition. He said impervious surfaces, such as roads, sidewa l ks a nd bu i ld i ngs, prevent proper soil absorption of rainwater, which then causes excessive streams of runoff into the creek that kill the surrounding vegetation and bring in pollutants.

“T here’s eroded ban ks, t h e s t re a m i s s e d i m e nt-

f i l le d , t he water q u a l it y isn’t great, and there’s not mu c h e c olog ic a l h a bit at there,” Gutin said. “And it all ends up feeding into the Chesapeake Bay. … It’s led to severe pollution issues that impact the species of life within the bay and ultimately impact the economy of Maryland.”

Faci l ities pla n n i ng has b e en successf u l t hu s fa r i n secu ri ng f u nds for the project. In addition to the S G A’s d o n a t i o n , a n a dditional $75,000 has been provided through both the Un i v e r s i t y S u s t a i n a b i l-

ity Council, which donated $50,000, and this university’s Friends of the G ol f Cou rse, wh ich donated $25,000.

Testa noted that the remaining $415,000, garnered from two campus resources, has been recommended for project usage. T he Facilities Council will decide at its Dec. 4 meeting whether to approve the creek restoration project and these supporting funds, Testa said.

Should the project and the funds be approved, Testa said facilities planning hopes to enlist a contrac-

paint branch parkway closed for nearly nine hours in June due to inadequate stormwater management systems. The university and Prince George’s County management officials are considering an overhaul of stormwater management techniques to prevent future floods. They have already improved two levees. file photo/the diamondback

waters From PAGE 1 said Michael Carmichael, this university’s stormwater management coordinator.

A “100-year storm” is one that yields more than four inches of rain during a 90minute to two-hour period, and area water management systems were not made to withstand that volume, said Gwen Clerkley, a representative from the Prince George’s Cou nty publ ic works a nd transportation department, at l ast mont h’s meet i ng.

County code mandates that storm drain systems must be designed to handle the 100year storm, and only some are built to handle more extreme precipitation, Clerkley said.

T he conventiona l 100year storm definition needs to change so that cities can prepare for rainstorm events that can only be prepared for to an extent, Carmichael said.

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Time to back off of Less restrictions on the Row online learning STAFF EDITORIAL

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f you live in a college town such as College Park, hearing raucous house parties in the surrounding neighborhoods shouldn’t be such a huge surprise. Though those involved in Greek life aren’t the only ones hosting house parties off the campus, the 24 fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council might be responsible for a large fraction of them, as they sometimes hold parties in their off-campus “satellite” houses.

Fraternity Row, which encompasses 14 fraternity chapter houses, is governed by a stringent social policy.

Registered parties on any of these properties require invitation lists, marking underage attendees’ hands and providing wristbands to guests who are of legal drinking age, a ban on beverages exceeding 15 percent alcohol and that the party end by 2 a.m. Additionally, breaking any of these policies results in an eight- to 12-week social moratorium, or no in-house or out-of-house social events. It’s no wonder why parties don’t happen there.

It’s understandable why Fraternity Row must deal with social restrictions. As these houses essentially represent the image of the Interfraternity Council and belong to the university,

it shouldn’t be as easy to host a loud party here as it is in a random house in Old Town.

But realistically speaking, the restrictions on parties in Fraternity Row houses are excessive. Breaking a small rule such as not ending parties explicitly by 2 a.m. shouldn’t result in, for instance, canceling dated events — parties that are akin to a requirement in the Greek life community.

OUR VIEW

The Interfraternity Council should ease social policies governing parties in chapter houses on the campus.

More importantly, these policies only perpetuate fraternities to host loud late-night parties in areas like Old Town and University Park, where older residents aren’t very kind to debauchery next door at 3 a.m. In 2013, there were 521 noise complaints in College Park. Though it’s presumptive to assume these largely stem from the Greek life community, fraternities and sororities do have a large social network in which weekly off-campus parties are never hard to come by.

With director of shared governance for the Student Government Association Ryan Belcher pushing for more registered parties in chapter houses as an effort to change social policies, it also wouldn’t hurt for the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association to eliminate or ease some of their policies. Extending the time to end parties or not requiring exclusive invitation lists, as well as reducing penalties for breaking any of these policies, seems realistic.

Overall, policies governing fraternities and sororities regarding alcohol use should remain binding.

It’s not as though loud parties don’t exist in dorms and apartments on the campus, either, but it’s reasonable for chapter houses to undergo some sort of restrictions because these parties fall under the umbrella of both the university and national organizations.

At the end of the day, changes in social policies at these houses will be up to the Interfraternity Council and university to decide.

While increasing registered parties at chapter houses may change public perception of social policies in Greek life, only the eventual reform of these policies will bring about reasonable change when it comes to partying on Fraternity Row.

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ted time noted in the assignment.

Needless to say, I was frustrated with my grade but more frustrated with the system. I wasn’t given ample opportunity to answer the questions thoroughly and correctly, partly because of the stress of technological issues and partly because I was not given the time or the opportunity to answer the questions.

When I brought the issue up to my professor, it warranted a casual, nonchalant, this-happens-everyday response of “I’ll just reset it for you.” My grade was saved and I was relieved, but his casual response left me walking away asking: “What’s wrong with this picture?”

I’ve had issues, as have classmates, in several of my classes.

Messages aren’t sent, settings aren’t saved, progress on quizzes drifts off into cyberspace and frustrated dialogue is exchanged between students and teachers who stand on opposite sides of the debate over whether “it was posted on ELMS.” It occurs to me that online learning is not the problem. I have a slight infatuation with my ability to create online flashcards and review them across an assortment of media and devices, and Google Drive has saved me from forgetfulness-induced emergencies again and again.

Maybe online learning isn’t the problem, but we are. Until we learn how to make the most of this platform in a way that does not pose a daily risk to our academic careers, it’s time to lay off. Have a physical copy of assignments available, don’t assume we saw your ELMS message right away, and get back to the basics so we can do it right.

s we move further into the digital age of — well, everything — it’s understandable that this university is making an effort to enter the digital sphere academically. But the simple fact is: It’s just not working.

Canvas, part of the Enterprise Learning Management System, is used in some way or another for nearly every class offered at this university.

Some professors only choose to send the occasional message and make the class syllabus accessible on the system, while others digitize a good majority of the curriculum, making use of online groups, messages, file uploads and Panopto recordings. The former, it seems, are the triumphant ones. They have not given up on pen-to-paper learning and have not fallen face-first into the pixelated arms of an unreliable learning medium.

In many ways, Canvas is my BFF when it comes to time management. I complete my online assignments on my own time, in whichever study space I choose, a n d t h ose l i t t l e to - d o l i s ts nagging me from the right-hand side of my browser have saved me from an overdue submission more than once.

That being said, we have a complicated relationship. Take, for example, my most recent online quiz. The system managed to present me with only the first 10 of 25 questions, to prohibit me Samantha Reilly is a freshman jourfrom reviewing previous answers nalism major. She can be reached at and to give me less than the allot- sreillydbk@gmail.com.

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On Israel’s actions in the West Bank We should hold Israel accountable for human rights violations

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wo weeks ago, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, gave a lecture at the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at this university. His fundamental point was that we shouldn’t hold Israel to normal standards of international law because Israel has unique security concerns. The take-home message was that when Israel kills Palestinians and maintains an illegal occupation, we shouldn’t complain too much.

Dermer pointed to Israel’s small size as evidence of this position. “Tactical threats” become “strategic threats,” because Israel’s small size means that military operations and rocket fire threaten its existence. Because of this, Israel is justified in bombing Gaza, which included the killing of 500 innocent children, because it “can’t afford to make any mistakes.”

Likewise, Israel is justified in maintaining the brutal occupation of the West Bank and its illegal settlements.

One wonders whether Israel’s actions are truly motivated by security concerns. However, it is clear that the policy Israel has pursued, with U.S. complicity, has less to do with security and more to do with the expansion of Israel and the acquisition of resources because this policy exacerbates legitimate Israeli security problems at the expense of its people.

Let’s apply Dermer’s logic to the Palestinian perspective. The Palestin-

ian territories are smaller than Israel.

Because Israel has repeatedly terrorized Palestinians, wouldn’t Palestinians be concerned? Would Palestinians feel safe surrounded by those who repeatedly have bulldozed their homes?

With this logic, the Palestinians should be asking for an expansion of a Palestinian state into Israeli territory, walls that break up the Israeli population and a military presence inside Israel.

However, Palestinians are not asking for more rights than they are entitled to. The current president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, who is pursuing a two-state settlement in response to the overwhelming international consensus, declared, “The government would be under my command and my policy. … I recognize Israel, and it would recognize Israel. I reject violence and terrorism.”

The ambassador stated that even if Palestinian leaders were to accept a two-state settlement, the Israeli government couldn’t trust this to percolate to the Palestinians. In other words, Israel will never accept an agreement because you can’t trust the terrorist snakes; you just have to occupy their land forever.

Israel is asking for lowered standards, but the world is not asking for much. All the world asks is for Israel to obey the law. The occupation is illegal — international law dictates “the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war.” The separation

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wall of the West Bank is illegal — the International Court of Justice ruled that “the construction of the wall, and its associated régime, are contrary to international law,” and the international community has repeatedly condemned the illegal settlements.

Moreover, U.S. aid to Israel is illegal under U.S. law. The “Leahy Law” prohibits the funding by the U.S. government to foreign entities that are consistent human rights violators, including Israel, as documented by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. It is deeply hypocritical for us as U.S. citizens to condemn human rights violations elsewhere and to continue to support them in the Palestinian-occupied territories.

I can’t be too frustrated with Dermer over these issues because his job is to sell his country’s interests to the U.S. population. I can be appalled at us. We listen to Dermer and our own politicians’ morally degenerate arguments, funding Israel’s defiance of international law. Let’s hold Israel and ourselves to the same standards to which we hold other countries and enforce the law to let the Israeli and Palestinian people live in peace.

William Matchin is a postdoct o ra l fe l l o w i n t h e l i n g u i s t i cs department. He can be reached at wmatchin@terpmail.umd.edu.

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a rather unnecessary platform to compare our lives to those of our peers, and this has made it actually more difficult to differentiate the haves from the have-nots in today’s society.

And indeed, our comparisons with each other over our material possessions and unrelated but linked social happiness has made it too easy for us to forget the things that we do have, and it has caused us to lose sight of the small things in life that are so easily forgettable. In this sense, our social media profiles and our rather homogeneous friendships essentially have allowed us to establish our own little bubbles from which we do not notice those who are less fortunate than us, or as the adage goes, “Out of sight, out of mind.”

And it is our current relationships with peers who hail from more or less the same economic backgrounds that have perpetrated among us these continual “First-World problems” to the point that we have forgotten or subconsciously have chosen to ignore the less fortunate because they are quite literally not within our social media world.

But in the end, the purpose of this column is not to make us all feel bad and guilty over our “First-World problems,” but rather to make us all feel a bit more gracious and content with our lives. So next time you’re feeling stressed out about your failed relationships or exams, try to find the silver lining: While it may seem difficult to find, it certainly exists, and even though things may seem bad now, it unfortunately could always be much, much worse.

ith Thanksgiving right around the corner, it truly is a time to be thankful for and cognizant of the privileges we, college students, are granted today. In fact, if you’re here reading this column, pat yourself on the back because the reality is that we select few are all quite fortunate to be here.

This past Saturday, I was humbly reminded of our luxurious lives when I went to volunteer for Food For All DC, an organization that provides meals to families in need in Washington.

In helping those impoverished families, I began to feel more and more guilty of and spoiled by the privileges and materials that I am afforded. I felt this way because in the end, everything I have feels as if it has been intrinsically unearned.

And while yes, fortune smiled on my family and while my parents worked hard to provide for us, I personally have yet to accomplish anything to deserve this sort of decadent lifestyle. I began to feel quite overindulged and rotten, particularly when I began to compare my own problems with the problems of the people whom I was serving in Washington.

In this information age dominated by smartphones, Sperry’s, North Face and other luxury consumer goods, it’s almost too easy to become engrossed with what we do not have. Our technologi- Max An is a sophomore physiology and cal innovations and social media neurobiology major. He can be reached profiles have provided us with at maxandbk@gmail.com.

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I WANNA HEAR YOU ECHO (ECHO) Is the new personal assistant device from Amazon a novelty, a genuinely helpful piece of tech or a sign of the coming robot apocalypse?

By Jonathan Raeder @jonraeder Staff writer Several decades from now, when our cars drive themselves, when our energy comes from renewable resources and when Marvel enters Phase 24 of its film franchise, we’ll look back on the release of Amazon Echo and laugh at what a primitive little robot companion it was. But in 2014, Echo seems like the potential start of something incredible and slightly terrifying.

Earlier this month, Amazon abruptly announced Amazon Echo, a cylindrical device that seems to hold a personal assistant in the vein of Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana. It provides the news and weather, plays music, sets alarms and answers the same random trivia that our smartphones do now — such as how many ounces are in a quart, who directed this film, what song is playing and what is the capital of Zanzibar — in addition to other functions.

But unlike, say, Siri, Echo is always on, listening to your banal conversations about The Walking Dead’s latest episode in hopes of hearing its name. It’s supposed to update constantly, so it’s fair to

assume that Amazon will be adding features to it for some time to come.

It’s even supposed to learn to adapt to your speech patterns and become more attuned to the voices it hears.

At this point, at least, Echo seems more like an expensive way to solve minor daily inconveniences rather than some sort of imagined robot companion. It can’t move, lift things, talk to us about its day or give us our lightsaber in the nick of time. But it’s an interesting early phase in a progression of personal assistance technology that seems likely to end up as artificial intelligence.

Echo’s habit of automatically updating is its most intriguing aspect. Could it eventually talk to you without being prompted? What if it links with all of your Internet profiles and just starts playing music you’ll probably enjoy? Do we want that?

Inventions such as Echo seem as though they’re making mildly inconvenient aspects of life slightly more convenient, and it’s tempting to see these things as symptomatic of a lazy, entitled culture. However, smartphones were often thought of this way, back when they were first being unveiled; even something as ubiquitous in our lives as color

TV was once thought of as an unnecessary addition. It’s hard to say for sure whether Echo is going to be worthwhile this early in its life. Both sides have valid points.

History might look back on these creations — and the inevitable derivations that will pop up over the next decade — as the early attempts at something seemingly essential to life in the future.

But for now, Echo is a weird little oddity that serves as a far cooler way to listen to music and Google search your questions. You can’t tell it to cook dinner, but you can theatrically say, “Alexa, play Awesome Party Mix Vol. 4,” and feel like the most futuristic party host the world has ever known.

Currently, Echo is $199 for regular purchasers and $99 for Amazon Prime members for a limited time, but there aren’t enough for everyone. Instead, you apply for it, and Amazon, through some vague methodology, determines whether you’re a good guinea pig for their newest product. So if having a hands-free Siri that looks like a Pringles can that you can talk to sounds appealing, check out Echo (before it checks out you).

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WHO HYPES THE HYPEMEN? Why the cinematic cold war between Marvel and DC is leaving one longtime superhero fan feeling burned out

By Zoë DiGiorgio @zozoembie Staff writer Anyone who knows me knows that I love superhero movies. I watch them, review them, critique them and defend them. On a personal level, I have accumulated more Avengers posters than any individual needs.

There is a timeline of major Batman movie releases hanging on the wall in my apartment. I’m pretty sure the guys at Big Planet Comics on Route 1 know me by now because I’m always in the store following a major movie release looking to brush up on the source material for the film.

But enough is enough. After years of eagerly anticipating the latest bigbudget superhero blockbuster, I have finally put my foot down: I am sick of hearing about superhero movies.

Don’t get me wrong: I nearly jumped out of my chair on Oct. 28

when I heard Marvel’s announcement about for Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Somewhere in the midst of hearing about the title of Captain America: Civil War, a female hero getting a solo feature in Captain Marvel and Chadwick Bosemen (Get on Up) starring as the titular hero in Black Panther, I thought my geeky heart would burst.

However, all these announcements came right on the heels of Warner Bros. releasing their own timeline for DC hero films through 2020. The schedule delighted many; fans who have been clamoring for a Wonder Woman or Justice League picture for a while now probably have the release dates marked on their calendars already.

Once the tide of hype from Marvel’s announcements wound down, though, DC was forced to fight to keep the spotlight on itself, and soon the casting announcements for 2016’s Suicide Squad began to leak.

AFTER YEARS OF EAGERLY ANTICIPATING THE LATEST BIG BUDGET SUPERHERO BLOCKBUSTER, I HAVE FINALLY PUT MY FOOT DOWN: I AM SICK OF HEARING ABOUT SUPERHERO MOVIES. It seemed as though a new casting rumor appeared on my Facebook feed each day. And while I like the Suicide Squad — a sect of Batman’s most destructive Rogues Gallery members, including Deadshot, Harley Quinn and, in this film, the Joker — this was too much for me.

DC and Marvel, known as the “Big Two” in comic circles, have always been in a standoff, each trying to outsell the other and claim their supremacy in the market. But now these companies are taking their blood feud

to the big screen like never before in what can only be described as a theatrical arms race, an entertainment cold war that shows no sign of stopping, especially since DC buckled and moved the release date of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice away from May 6, 2016, the same date as Captain America: Civil War. Through 2020, Marvel is promising 11 films, while DC is set to release 10, hoping to revive the franchise’s onscreen presence by bringing a plethora of new heroes. However, while Marvel is currently riding high on the momentum of the success of their past films, DC is banking on the success of Batman v Superman, which won’t be released until 2016. If that film flops, the rest of DC’s timeline might just unravel in a mass of hubris.

Despite the studio’s past success, fans have been equally skeptical of Marvel’s grand plan. Though Marvel achieved a wild-card success with

Guardians of the Galaxy, fans feel that they have put too many cards on the table too early, removing the surprise from future films and increasing the likelihood that the vast, interconnected universe the studio has created might collapse on itself.

I admit it: I’m biased toward Marvel.

However, as much as I appreciate that company’s movies and enjoyed Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman in his Dark Knight trilogy, this superhero showdown has to stop. This standoff to see which studio can out-hype the other is draining out the novelty and excitement that has made the movies so anticipated in the past.

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Terps receive unexpected contributions in victory Freshmen Wallander-Ianev, Meefout involved in both goals in Big Ten title win over Indiana at Ludwig

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer Before the Terrapins men’s soccer team kicked off its Big Ten tournament championship matchup against Indiana on Sunday, coach Sasho Cirovski said about 40 alumni wished him good luck.

One recent Terps alumnus, meanwhile, made sure to be at Ludwig Field for the afternoon tilt: former forward Patrick Mullins.

“I ran to him as soon as I saw him and gave him a big hug,” Cirovski said.

Mullins scored 36 percent of the Terps’ goals last year, so it was unclear how the team would generate scoring heading into its 2014 campaign. The offense struggled early on, but the team has recently benefited from a balanced offensive output. And Sunday, defender Christoffer Wallander-Ianev and forward

er-Ianev had attempted just four shots in his college career.

His fifth put the Terps ahead in the Big Ten championship.

“Championship moments bring out the unexpected,” Cirovski said.

Wallander-Ianev wasn’t the only unheralded player to contribute to the Terps’ win.

Meefout played just eight minutes against the Hoosiers, but his run toward goal in the 86th minute helped set up midfielder Mael Corboz’s game-winning right-footed free kick.

T h e p l ay b e ga n wh e n forward David Kabelik forced a turnover around midfield and began dribbling toward goal. With Meefout making a run downfield, Kabelik sent a lead pass into the box.

Meefout was then tripped up, giving the Terps the free kick.

“Any foul around the 18, for me or Tsubasa [Endoh], is a good chance to score,” Corboz said. “That foul was no differ-

Jeroen Meefout contributed to the Terps’ 2-1 win after not playing significant minutes during the regular season. “[Wallander-Ianev’s] one of the guys who stays after training and really works on his own and is constantly being ready for that moment.

That’s what we preach to all of our guys,” Cirovski said. “For everyone to see that come to fruition is just a real good testament to the process that we have in our program.”

Wallander-Ianev hadn’t been a part of Cirovski’s rotation during the team’s ninegame winning streak to end the regular season. In fact, he hadn’t seen action since September.

But the Gävle, Sweden, native played 13 minutes off the bench in the Terps’ semifinal win over Michigan State on Friday and then started in the final at right back in place of injured defender Jereme Raley.

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FORWARD JEROEN MEEFOUT lines up on of his two shots during the Terps’ 2-1 victory over Indiana on Sunday in the Big Ten championship game. The freshman drew a free kick in the 86th that midfielder Mael Corboz finished for the game-winning goal. christian jenkins/the diamondback ent. I didn’t think about the circumstances, really. I just focused on hitting the ball the way I wanted to.”

As the Terps and Hoosiers battled for the conference championship, Mullins watched from the sideline, clad in street clothes. Mullins

now plays for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. The Terps, meanwhile, have received goals from 12 players this year.

Corboz paces the team with 10 goals, perhaps none as important as the 86th-minute strike that sealed the Terps’ first

Big Ten title — a play made possible by an unexpected contributor.

“Everybody on this team believes in each other,” goalkeeper Zack Steffen said. “I was not worried.”

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ceiver Daniel Adams.

Cornerback Will Likely muffed a punt that the Spartans recovered at the Terps’ 38-yard line. And the defense not only prevented Michigan State from finding the end zone, but Geiger also missed a 47-yarder in the cold weather that kept Edsall’s squad within a field goal.

The key to the unit’s early success stemmed from stopping Cook, one of the most prolific passers in the nation, who entered the contest with a season completion percentage near 60. Against the Terps, though, the junior quarterback went 14 of 31 passing for 240 yards and tied his lowest passer rating on the season at 110.2.

The Terps also sacked Cook two times — a meaningful number considering the Spartans offensive line had surrendered six sacks all season in nine games before Saturday.

“Really getting him to third-and-long, I thought that was key,” said outside

l i n e ba c ke r M a t t Ro b i n son, who returned to action against the Spartans after missing the team’s previous two games. “Getting into third-and-long, being able to get after him a little bit, force him to move out the pocket and do something he wasn’t really comfortable [doing] — I thought we did a great job of that.”

Still, the Terps offense failed to take advantage of the defense’s stout play early in the contest. The Spartans had just 16 points with 2:14 remaining in the third quarter, but Brown then threw a pick-six that put the game out of reach.

And the sixth-year signal-caller acknowledged the missed opportunity.

“They were doing a great job when they were out there,” Brown said of the defense. “For the first three quarters, threeand-a-half quarters, they kept us in the game. [The] offense, myself really hurt us.”

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Un l i ke t h e i r s ea s o n opening blowout win over Wagner, the Terps never took a 20-point first-half lead and didn’t appear to outmatch their opponent.

At halftime, the Terps held a 38-26 advantage.

But Wells, after a 10-point first half, hit six of seven shots after halftime to help the Terps balloon the lead to 33 points midway through the second half and cruise the rest of the way.

“Boy, was he good in the second half,” Turgeon said.

“I just thought he made all the right decisions in the second half. He was terrific.”

Wells did get some help from some younger players on the night, as freshman g u a rd s D i o n Wi l ey a n d Melo Trimble each scored 10 points. Trimble, a point guard, also led the Terps with nine rebounds and

That trend — the offense and special teams making mistakes and the defense bailing the team out — continued for the rest of the first quarter.

After Spartans kicker Michael Geiger drilled his second field goal of the night to extend the lead to 6-0, Terps punter Nathan Renfro kicked a weak 29-yard punt that again set up Cook and the Michigan State offense with a short field, this time close to midfield.

The Terps defense allowed Cook to lead the offense into the red zone but didn’t surrender the touchdown that could have blown the game open. And Geiger jogged onto the field for his third field goal.

Perhaps the defense’s best escape act on Saturday came early in the second quarter after Brown brought the Terps within two points on a 20-yard touchdown strike to wide re-

GuaRD DEZ WELLS turns to drive to the basket during the Terps’ 93-57 win over Central Connecticut State. Wells led all scorers with 27 points. marquise mckine/the diamondback dished out four assists.

H e l p i n g p l a ye r s l i k e Trimble and Wiley continue to improve is Wells’ selfproclaimed tallest task. And it’s one he’ll aim to master as the Terps move toward Thursday’s matchup with Fordham and the more difficult schedule that follows.

“I have to be a better leader and elevate my team’s game,” Wells said. “It really doesn’t matter what I do. I have to elevate everybody else’s game. … That’s the challenge coach Turgeon and everybody else has put on my shoulders.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014

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FOOTBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL | TERPS 93, BLUE DEVILS 57

Wells keys second 30-point victory Senior guard scores game-high 27 as Terps claim another convincing win

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazReports Senior staff writer

INSIDE LINEBACKER COLE FARRAND wraps up a Michigan State runner during the Terps’ 37-15 loss under the lights at Byrd Stadium on Saturday. marquise mckine/the diamondback

DOING THEIR PART

In defeat, Terps defense puts on impressive performance against potent Michigan State offense

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer In the seven games before Saturday night’s 37-15 loss to No. 12 Michigan State, the Terrapins football team surrendered an average of 475 yards and 33 points per contest.

Coach Randy Edsall’s squad claimed victories in four of those matchups, but apart from a 20-19 win over Penn State on Nov. 1, the Terps defense consistently struggled to slow down opposing offenses, especially the high-powered units of West Virginia, No. 8 Ohio State and No. 20 Wisconsin, which compiled more than 1,700 yards and 144 points in their three respective victories over the Terps.

Those performances suggested a similar outcome for Saturday against the Spartans, who entered the first night game at Byrd Stadium since 2011 with perhaps the Big Ten’s best offense, ranking first in total yardage at 517.6 per game and second in scoring at 44.6 points per game. The Terps defense, though, didn’t let history determine its fate.

The unit stymied quarterback Connor Cook and the potent Michigan State offense for the better part of 60 minutes. The Spartans failed to score a first-quarter touchdown for the second time all season. They finished below their season average in points and yardage. And on a night when offensive miscues doomed the Terps, an unproven defense made a stand.

“We competed. I wasn’t happy with how the game ended, but again, I thought defensively, we played aggressively,” Edsall said. “Guys executed and basically did their job.”

The Terps defense set the tone early and forced the Spartans to punt on their opening possession. Quarterback C.J. Brown threw one of his three interceptions on the Terps’ ensuing drive, setting Michigan State up with a short field at the opposing 28-yard line. But Edsall’s defense held, as the Spartans settled for a 22-yard field goal after defensive end Keith Bowers made a stop on a third-and-3 rushing play from inside the 10-yard line.

See DEFENSE, Page 7

Moments after Central Connecticut State guard Matt Mobley buried a short jumper late in the first half, Mark Turgeon called a timeout and began clapping his hands.

For the first time this season, things were trending downward for the fourth-year coach and his Terrapins men’s basketball team.

The Terps had just missed back-to-back 3-pointers in last night’s game, and Mobley’s jump shot capped a 6-0 Blue Devils run. After jumping out to an early double-digit lead, the Terps’ advantage had been trimmed to 28-22 with 4:44 remaining in the half.

On the Terps’ first possession out of the timeout, guard Dez Wells took control of the ball near the top of the key and drove into the lane. A Central Connecticut State defender stepped in front of Wells, but the senior outmuscled him and flipped in a finger roll that ignited a 10-0 Terps spurt.

And with Wells setting the tone, Turgeon’s team never looked back in a 93-57 win before an announced 8,612 at Xfinity Center.

Wells, who was named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 earlier Monday, poured in a game-high 27 for the Terps (2-0) in the triumph over Central Connecticut State (0-2), a Northeast Conference team.

“He’s our guy,” forward Jon Graham said of Wells. “We always count on him; he always comes through for us. The whole team has tremendous confidence in him.”

Wells seemed to slip into the lane and make something happen each time the Blue Devils pieced together a solid string of play. By the night’s end, Wells had made 10 of 15

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“HE’S OUR GUY. WE ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM; HE ALWAYS COMES THROUGH FOR US. THE WHOLE TEAM HAS TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE IN HIM.” JON GRAHAM

Terrapins men’s basketball forward field-goal attempts and hit all three of his attempts from beyond the arc.

The guard hadn’t hit that many shots from three since February 2012, when he connected on four deep balls while he was still a freshman at Xavier.

“I can’t remember the last time I’ve taken three in a game,” Wells said. “Don’t expect me to come out and shoot a whole bunch of threes, either.”

Thanks to Wells’ play, the Terps have opened the season with two wins by more than 30 points. Last season, the Terps’ largest margin of victory was 27.

The Terps’ early lead — which was as substantial as 16 points with 9:46 left in the first half — came via a balanced offensive attack and a stout defensive effort. Eight Terps scored in the opening 11 minute of the game, while the Blue Devils offense relied heavily on Mobley, who also scored 30 points in a seasonopening loss to Fairfield.

Mobley turned in another high-scoring output Monday night, totaling 24 points, and his play kept the Blue Devils within striking distance for much of the night.

“Mobley’s a good player,” Turgeon said. “I’m probably a little disappointed we didn’t recognize him as well as I’d like to in the scouting report on some situations.”

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