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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 99TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 4FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
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WALK THIS WAYThe Walkmen return toWashington with a new grooveDIVERSIONS | PAGE 7
O’Malleyrallies forObama inUnion
ELECTION 2008
Maryland Democratsstorm the campustwice in one week
BY BEN PENNSenior staff writer
Three top Maryland officials rallied forDemocratic presidential nominee BarackObama at the Stamp Student Union yesterday,part of the Democratic Party’s ongoing effort toincrease voter turnout of a demographic thatcould determine Obama’s fate — the youth.
Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), Lt. Gov. AnthonyBrown (D) and newly inducted Congress-woman Donna Edwards (D-District 4) focusedon mobilizing college-age students for the Nov.4 election, and while the crowd did break into
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Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) voices support forDemocratic presidential nominee Barack Obamayesterday afternoon. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
Univ. says loan crisis missed studentsAs need for aid grows, rising fees still present a problem for some
BY KEVIN ROBILLARDSenior staff writer
Despite the departure of morethan 130 lenders from the studentloan market, the university isn’taware of any students who were
unable to get loans for the fallsemester.
Most of the university’s pre-ferred lenders are large institu-tions, such as Bank of Americaand Wachovia, who are more sta-ble and wealthy than their smaller
counterparts, said Sarah Bauder,the university’s director of finan-cial aid. Many students use theuniversity’s preferred lenders forfederally backed student loans,though some also pursue privateloans from outside companies.
“Our students have really beenheld harmless,” said Bauder.
Credit market troubles, origi-nally caused by last year’s sub-prime mortgage crisis and cuts in
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Seasons 12, a stir-fry station in the South Campus Dining Hall, offers a break from pizza, fries and other cafeteria staples. JAMES B. HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK
A NEW SHADE OF BLUE
After beating the Delaware Blue Hens 14-7 Saturday, the Terrapin football team heads toMiddle Tennessee to take on the Blue Raiders. Running back Da’Rel Scott led the wayagainst Delaware with 197 rushing yards. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
Confusion overtrash, recyclingcauses a stinkin Knox Boxes
BY BRADY HOLTSenior staff writer
Knox Box residents are “contaminating” theirrecycling by throwing trash into their recyclingbins, City of College Park officials said.
This year, the city switched its recycling serv-ice to “single stream,” in which residents put alltheir recyclable materials into one container.The program is designed to encourage recyclingby making it simpler for residents.
But after the city handed out new 65-gallonrecycling bins over the summer, students whomoved into Knox Boxes did not get the messageof what to do with them, officials said.
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BY ALYSSA ZELEZNIKStaff writer
College Perk, the small coffeehouse locateddown Route 1, is close to reopening after a June30 electrical fire.
This summer’s debacle, including the firefighters causing additional damage by punchingthrough a wall, is the newest in a string of Col-lege Perk’s bad luck. The coffeehouse was fore-closed upon a year ago, and owner Chris Gordonhas been fighting to maintain ownership of theproperty since.
Daria Land Group LLC, which claims to officially
College Perkaims to reopenin Oct. despiteforeclosure, fire
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City officials say studentsimproperly use recycle bins
A SEASON THAT
Vegetables and pasta sizzle on a hot grill at Seasons12, the recently opened stir-fry station, during lunchThursday. JAMES B. HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY SAM TAUTEStaff writer
Tired of the same old options at the dining hall?You aren’t alone. Luckily, Dining Services found alarge, hot, horseshoe-shaped solution.
In what will likely be the last major addition to theSouth Campus Dining Hall before it is renovated in2017, Dining Services has opened Seasons 12, a newdining station that serves create-your-own stir-fry.
Easily the largest of any food station in the SouthCampus Dining Hall, Seasons 12 consists of a horse-shoe-shaped buffet line in which students pick andchoose from a wide variety of ingredients, includingvegetables, noodles, pineapple, beef, shrimp, chickenand tofu, which are then passed along to a cook andgrilled in the center of the horseshoe.
With the new station, Dining Services representa-tives say they hope to increase student satisfaction
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After nearly a year of hang-ups, Seasons 12 makes its debut
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Suspect shoots at police in
BeltsvillePrince George’s County Police arelooking for a person who shot at anofficer in Beltsville Tuesday night.
Police said the officerapproached a person who waslooking into several vehicles in aapartment complex parking lot onthe 11300 block of Cherry Hill Road.The suspect fired shots at the offi-cer, and the officer returned fire.
No one was hit and no propertywas damaged by the gunfire,Prince George’s County Police offi-cials said.
The investigation is ongoing.There is no description for the sus-pect, but police are looking for anolder model Chevrolet Caprice inconnection with the incident.
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Frostburg State notifiesunderage drinkers’ parentsHAGERSTOWN - The threat of ascolding from mom and dad maybe among the most effectivedeterrents to underage drinkingamong college students.
Tough parental notification rulesat Frostburg State University havehelped slash alcohol violations atthe western Maryland school, saysPresident Jonathan C. Gibralter,who won national recognition forhis efforts this week.
The school’s policies include noti-fying parents of alcohol violationsand bringing students before a uni-versity judicial board even if theywere arrested off the campus. Frost-burg State officials credit those poli-cies with an 89 percent plunge insecond offenses after the rules wereimplemented in 1998-99.
Yesterday’s staff editorial,“Hardly worth the price,” incor-rectly identified the politicianswho called for a meeting betweencity bar owners. State Sen. JimRosapepe (D-Anne Arundel andPrince George’s) said he was notinvolved.
BRIEFS
several passionate chants of “Yes, wecan,” the 140 students in attendance bare-ly filled up three-quarters of the room.
“I think a whole lot more energy couldhave come out. I think with more publici-ty we can actually achieve that,” said Alt-mann Pannell, president of Omega PsiPhi, who addressed the crowd before thepoliticians took the stage.
O’Malley, Brown and Edwardstouched briefly on the economy, Iraq andhigher education, as well as the reasonsthey prefer Obama to Republican nomi-nee John McCain. But the afternoon’soverriding theme remained the forcefulurging of students to vote and spread thismessage to their peers.
“You are not allowed to get out of thisroom until you are registered to vote. Wewill make change in this country, and I’mdepending on you to do that,” said Ed-wards, who received the loudest ovationof all the speakers.
Brown elaborated on the push foryouth activism in an interview after hisspeech, calling on students to campaignin nearby swing states.
“We have a real opportunity to turnVirginia blue this cycle. As Marylandersand as students, take your time out and godown to Northern Virginia, and the sameis true for Pennsylvania,” Brown said.
One student at the rally, senior commu-nication and government and politicsmajor Braden Dauer, was already moti-vated to kick off his involvement in thecampaign before the politicians arrived.
“Anything for Obama I’m really in-spired to get involved with,” he said, mo-ments before the rally began. “I’m excit-ed because this is the first event on cam-pus for the national campaign. By show-ing up here and getting as many people tocome as possible, we can help organizethe campaign.”
Civic responsibility among studentstook precedence at the rally, but the politi-cians did devote a portion of their speech-es to outlining their stances on a few mat-ters of central concern to students.
While Brown, a veteran of the IraqWar, spoke at length about foreign policy,O’Malley outlined his higher education
priorities, contrasting the present collegetuition status with the tuition increasesunder former Republican Gov. MarkEhrlich’s administration.
“We are heading into the third year in arow of zero percent increase in tuition,”O’Malley said to rousing applause.
Brown elaborated on O’Malley’s high-er education promises in his post-rally in-terview, stating his administration strivesnot just to hold tuition rates flat, but to de-crease them.
“We need more federal assistance interms of scholarships,” Brown said,adding that Obama’s election would im-prove this possibility. “There are thingsthe state government can do and thingsthe federal government can do, andwe’ve got to do it in partnership.”
College Democrats Vice PresidentAmy Hartman was impressed with O’-Malley’s ability to unite the party consid-ering his previous support for Sen. Hillary
Clinton (D-N.Y.) in her presidential bid.“By having him here as a former
Hillary supporter, it shows that Hillarysupporters are throwing their support toBarack Obama in an effort to unite theDemocratic Party,” said Hartman, a for-mer Clinton supporter herself.
College Democrats President John Al-lenbach, who helped organize the eventafter the Maryland Democratic Partycontacted him, was pleased with theturnout considering the timing difficul-ties in publicizing this rally.
“It was tough because it was during themiddle of classes. In the first week ofclasses, not that many people are willingto skip,” Allenbach said.
Yet with Maryland Democratic politi-cians speaking on the campus in two ofthe semester’s first three days — Sen.Ben Cardin (D-Md.) addressed studentson Tuesday — Republican studentgroups are already trailing their counter-
parts in their efforts to endorse McCain.President of Republican Women at
Maryland Alicia Walker said her groupwill attempt to counter the College De-mocrats’ efforts by passing out fliers,communicating with students on Face-book and bringing speakers to the cam-pus, but admitted Republican studentswill face an obstacle in campaigning atthis university.
“It’s hard to reach out on this campusbecause being a Republican, you’re in theminority,”Walker said.
Edwards, in an interview after therally, maintained her participation at therally not only served to endorse Obama.
“I’ve been going around to collegecampuses. I don’t want to prescribe how[students] vote,” Edwards said. “I believewhen people vote at age 18 they vote forthe rest of their lives.”
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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) speaks to a pro-Obama "rally for change" in Stamp Student Union Thursday afternoon. ADAM
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own the College Perkproperty now that it wasforeclosed upon,attempted to have thebusiness evicted in May.And then Gordon spenttwo months gettingthrough a series ofinspections and repairs,even though he originallyexpected to reopen twoweeks after the electricalfire.
The foreclosure issuewas completely unrelatedto the fire and has notaffected the amount oftime the Perk has beenclosed, Gordon said.
Gordon said he stilldoesn’t know an exact re-opening date. Electricalwork was completed as ofAug. 30, and the buildingcan reopen as soon asPepco reconnects it to apower grid, Gordon said.He said he now hopes toreopen in mid-October.
Gordon is aware someof his customer loyaltymay be affected by theamount of time the Perkhas been closed. The Perk
wants to quickly draw itscustomers back in, soGordon said he will behosting big opening fes-tivities including a fanfair, multiple bands andspecial prices.
Some students on thecampus do not seem tooconcerned with the actualreopening date being inOctober; they are justhappy it is reopening.
“It’s a good place forlocal bands and a differ-ent college bar atmos-phere. I will definitelygo back when itreopens,” senior psy-chology major LaurenEdwards said.
Gordon said he madethe most of the long clo-sure period, repaintinginterior and exteriorwalls and cleaning furni-ture.
The College Perk offi-cial website continues tobe updated with each stepon the way to its reopen-ing. Gordon said he wouldalso advertise heavily assoon as he knew an exactopening date.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 | THE DIAMONDBACK 3
BY TIRZA AUSTINStaff writer
“On schedule and withinbudget” is the news aboutcampus projects from CarloColella, Facilities Manage-ment director of architecture,engineering and construction.
Despite the many projectsin heavily traveled parts of thecampus, Colella said pedes-trian traffic has been movingsmoothly and his departmenthas made it a priority to keepthe construction from hinder-ing the campus flow.
“We have to be thoughtfuland deliberate in planning,”Colella said. “We want tomake sure no one is inconve-nienced by the activity. We’renot here to build buildings;we’re here to teach and doresearch.”
With the new semester, stu-dents may recognize somenew construction sites, alongwith some familiar ones,including Byrd Stadium.Here’s a guide of transforma-tions scheduled in the upcom-ing year.
TTYYSSEERR TTOOWWEERRThe $50.8 million expansion
of Tyser Tower, which adds 64luxury boxes to bring Tyser’scapacity to 3,300 Terps fans,continues to move ahead.
On Saturday, the universityhosted its first football gamesince construction began.Colella said he was pleasedthere weren’t any problemswith the crowd movingaround the construction site.
The new wings on each sideof Tyser Tower have beenerected, but interior work,including lighting, plumbingand electrical systems, arestill in the works. The pressbox will be renovated oncethe football season ends, andthe project is still on scheduleto be completed before the
2009 season.
TTAAWWEESS HHAALLLL The outdoor fences of the
Tawes construction site send amessage of abandonment, butsome students have alreadyembraced the renovatedbuilding. The UMTV broad-cast studio in the Tawes base-ment is complete, and the tel-evision station has movedback in after being relocatedover the summer.
The pedestrian pathwaybetween Tawes and the Art-Sociology Building reopenedafter some construction mate-rial was removed.
The university is adding asatellite central utility build-ing as part of the Tawes proj-ect that will provide chilledwater for air conditioning tothe Benjamin Building, Art-Sociology building, Tawes andthe new Knight Hall.
Colella said the $36 millionproject should be finished byMay. The English departmentshould be able to move in next
summer, and English classesin the fall of 2009 will be inTawes Hall.
Once the English depart-ment moves into Tawes, theShoemaker Building’s inhabi-tants will move into Susque-hanna Hall — where the Eng-lish department set up shop 17years ago — until the Shoe-maker renovations are com-plete.
SSHHOOEEMMAAKKEERR HHAALLLLStudents looking for the
Counseling Center next sum-mer will have to trek over toSusquehanna Hall. Shoe-maker Hall’s $8 millionmakeover to the ground flooris expected to begin in sum-mer 2009 and last about ayear. Heating and air condi-tioning, as well as lighting, aresome of the things that aregoing to be updated. Adjust-ments to the first floor willhelp make ground-floor roomstaller, after complaints thatthe rooms were too cramped.
TTHHEE GGOOLLFF CCOOUURRSSEE Tees and greens began
undergoing reconstruction inJuly, closing the golf coursefor patrons. Cart paths, fair-ways, bunkers, tees andgreens are all being redone ina project Colella predictedwill cost $3.9 million or less.Planting will begin in October,and depending on weatherconditions, the course mayopen as soon as March.
KKNNIIGGHHTT HHAALLLLNext to the more noticeable
Tawes renovations, workersare laying the foundations forthe new $30 million journal-ism building.
The Knight Hall site hasbeen cleared, and footings andfoundations are underway.Some basement walls havebeen erected, and Colella saidthe building should be stand-ing by next spring. It shouldbe complete by November2009.
GGRREEEEKK BBUUIILLDDIINNGGSS Members of Delta Gamma
Sorority, Alpha Delta PiSorority and Alpha ChiOmega need only waitanother semester before theirchapter houses are complete.The planned completion datefor the $15 million projectremains January or February.All of the windows have beeninstalled, and most of theexterior work is finished.Interior work is all that needsto be completed.
Renovation plans to theDelta Phi Epsilon and SigmaDelta Tau chapter houses onKnox Road are beingdesigned. The $11.5 millionproject should begin as earlyas June 2009 and is scheduledto be completed by fall 2010.
TTHHEE SSTTAAMMPP SSTTUUDDEENNTT UUNNIIOONNThe Atrium and the Prince
George’s Room will get a littlegreener this year. Both roomswill receive a green roof toimprove the old, leaking sys-tems that were skipped overduring the student union’s lastrenovation project.
The environmentallyfriendly roof modulates theflow of water to better insu-late the room.
The $2.7 million repairs willbegin in the middle of thismonth and could last untilJanuary.
There will have to be acrane over the student unionfor a short period of time, pos-sibly sitting along CampusDrive.
‘On scheduleand withinbudget’Smooth sailing for Facilities’many construction projects
Loans available but increasingly costlysubsidies, have caused somelenders to stop offering studentloans altogether. MarkKantrowitz, publisher of Fi-nAid, told The Washington Postmore than 130 lenders had leftthe market.
Students at smaller institu-tions like community, career,technical and junior collegeswill have more of a problemgetting loans because manycompanies have stopped mak-ing loans to those students.
Still, some of the cuts in subsi-dies have led students to have topay more for their loans.
Bauder said students are nowbeing forced to pay a 3 percentfee formerly paid by lenders.More students are now payingtheir loans off over longer peri-ods of time, giving lenders lessshort-term revenue. Without therevenue, the lenders are passing
the fees along to students. The 3 percent fee “isn’t
chump change for students,”said Bauder, who has testified infront of Congress about finan-cial aid issues.
Loans have become a criticalway for students to pay for col-lege. According to a Gallup pollreleased last month, 47 percentof families borrow money forcollege. About two-thirds of2003-2004 graduates usedloans, according to a federalgovernment study, and thosewho did graduated with an av-erage of slightly less than$20,000 in debt.
But Jason Delisle, the re-search director of the educationpolicy program at the NewAmerica Foundation, saidlenders pulling out of the mar-ket isn’t inherently bad becausethe federal subsidy rate is setarbitrarily. Congress sets thesubsidies during the legislative
process and is unable to knowwhat the ideal rate is.
“We don’t know the right sub-sidy rate,” Delisle said. “Wedon’t know the right number oflenders.”
A solution to that problemshould be coming next year,Delisle said, when the subsidyrate is going to be set by auction,allowing the market to decidethe rate and number of lenders.
Delisle also said the ultimategoal of the program isn’t to haveas many lenders as possible, butto make sure every student whoneeds a loan gets one. By thatmeasure, it’s been a success.
“We don’t really know of anycases this fall where studentswho were eligible for loansweren’t able to get them,” hesaid.
Federal law has a large im-pact on the student loan indus-try, and several recent pieces oflegislation have had a mixed
impact, Bauder said.Although the cut in the federal
subsidy forced students to paythe fee, another bill signed byPresident Bush in May helpedstabilize the student loan marketby ensuring that Sallie Mae, thenation’s largest student lender,would be able to make loans.
The Higher Education Op-portunity Act of 2008, whichwas passed last month, hadsome stronger provisions. Itmade Pell Grants availableyear-round and allows somelow-income students to fill out ashorter, 2-page Free Applica-tion for Federal Student Aid.The act comes only a year afteranother bill that also made ex-pansions to federal student aid.
“The fact that higher ed andstudent aid are on Congress’front burner is a good thing,”Bauder said.
Implementing recyclingchanges ‘a disaster’
“They think it’s just anothertrash can,” said District 3 coun-cilwoman Stephanie Stullich,whose district contains some ofthe Knox Boxes.
If sanitation workers seenon-recyclable materials in arecycling bin, they will dumpthe entire bin into a trash truckrather than a recycling truck,city public works director BobStumpff said.
Furthermore, if more than 1percent of the material thatmakes it into a recycling truckis non-recyclable, the centerthat processes the city’s recy-cling will not only refuse to ac-cept the truckload, but willcharge the city a fee to dumpthe contaminated recycling ata landfill, Stumpff said.
Stumpff added the recyclingcenter has accepted all thecity’s recycling, but city sanita-tion workers have had to throwout the contents of many indi-vidual containers.
Knox Box residents “havemade a disaster” of the city’ssingle-stream recycling, saidcity manager Joe Nagro.
“I hope once school hasstarted and everyone’s gottenthrough the move-in phase,someone will take the time toread the side of the containerthat says ‘recycling only,’”
Nagro added.The confusion may have
come about when contractorsrepairing the Knox Box unitsover the summer began usingthe new recycling bins as trashcans, Stumpff said. Workersmay have thrown away a set ofinstructions that had been putinside each bin describingwhat can and cannot be recy-cled, he said.
“What I’m thinking is a lot ofthose residents never got thatinformation sheet,” he said.
The city began its single-stream recycling program inJanuary, but only passed outrecycling bins big enough tohold a week’s worth of all typesof recyclable materials in Au-gust.
The change does not affect on-campus students, who use theuniversity’s recycling service.
Stumpff said the city andJanet Firth, the owner of mostKnox Box units, are working toget the word out on how to usethe recycling bins before Mon-day, the next recycling day.
The bins can take plasticcups and containers, glass bot-tles, cans, flattened cardboardand paper. They do not, howev-er, take plastic bags and wrap-ping, paint cans, or generalwaste, Stumpff said.
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College Perk set toreopen despite list ofrecent hardshipsOPEN, from Page 1
ELMS usespikes,causesshutdown
BY CHRIS YUStaff writer
The website where profes-sors post course materials andassignments for students expe-rienced a four-hour outage yes-terday because of an unexpect-ed increase in usage at the startof the semester, a university of-ficial said in an e-mail.
As a result of the spike, theEnterprise Learning Manage-ment System, commonlyknown as ELMS, was sluggishand had to be shut down to cor-rect the problem, said EllenBorkowski, Director of Acade-mic Support at the Office of In-formation Technology.
Engineers from BlackboardInc., the education softwarecompany that powers ELMS,assured the university theyhave fixed the system.
The outage occurred be-tween 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., the besttime to fix the website withoutdisrupting users.
In an e-mail to the universitycommunity, the ELMS supportteam wrote that they are awarethe temporary shutdown mightpose problems to some studentsand staff.
“We understand that such along outage at the beginning ofthe semester is not ideal, but it iscritical to do this upgrade to pro-vide more reliable service to thecampus,” the e-mail said. “Weapologize for the inconveniencethis outage will cause.”
Over the summer, the ELMSteam had been collaboratingwith Blackboard Inc. to improvethe infrastructure of the websitefor the new school year,Borkowski said, adding that theuniversity will continue to workwith the company in the future.
Dining allows more dietary choice
The Seasons 12 head chef who goes by Eion cooks up a meal for students Thursday afternoon. JAMES
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by giving them more flexibilityin their dining selection.
“What we have found is thatstudents want more controlover the ingredients that theyput in their food,” Dining Ser-vices spokesman Bart Hipplesaid.
Despite the interest in Sea-sons 12, Dining Services wasforced to delay its opening byabout a year. The size of the newstation, particularly the tworoundtable-style grills in thecenter, had posed problems.
“So much heat is produced[from the grills], and it all mustbe released from the building inan environmentally friendlyway,” Hipple said. Approvalfrom Prince George’s Countywas pending on a larger “hood”over the grills to channel theconsiderable heat produced bythe grills out of the building, andDining Services had to spendmore time than expected find-ing a large enough hood.
In spite of the setbacks, thenew station may prove well
worth the trouble for studentswho are weary of the same tiredmenu options at the South Cam-pus Dining Hall.
“It’s much more of an experi-mental station,” Dining Ser-vices Director Colleen Wright-Riva said. “You can throw insomething that at first youmight not think you’d like.”
“I thought it was awesome,”said Sowmya Swamy, a sopho-more cell biology major, aftertrying the food from Seasons12 for the first time. “I got somuch of it and still managed toeat it all.”
The size and shape of the newstation does, however, make itdifficult to navigate for studentswho have never visited it be-fore. Besides having two dis-tinct lines that converge at thecenter of the horseshoe, gettingfood at Seasons 12 requires stu-dents to choose their own ingre-dients and fill out a ticket that isused to identify their bowl as itcomes off the grill. All this isdone with minimal instructionfrom the dining hall employees.
“I was too afraid; it looked in-timidating. I didn’t know where
to go or how it worked,” saidLaura Hereford, a sophomoremechanical engineering major.
To combat the confusion,Dining Services has tried towork out the kinks in Seasons12’s serving methods duringwhat Wright-Riva calls a “softopening.” For two weeks priorto the beginning of the semes-ter, the crew that worked at thenew station requested that therest of the Dining Servicesstaff eat at the new station.Even now, Dining Services hasnot aggressively advertisedthe new dining station, believ-ing it will be easier to makesmall adjustments to the serv-ing system when it is not beinginundated with students.
“At first we put all the proteinin one section, which wethought made sense to us, be-fore we discovered that the veg-etarians were not very pleasedto have the beef next to thetofu,” Hipple said, adding thatadvertising efforts will bevamped up once some earlyconfusions are smoothed over.
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LOANS, from Page 1
Tyser Tower. JAMES B. HALE/THE
DIAMONDBACK
Construction at Tawes. JAMES B.
HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK
The future site Knight Hall. JAMES
B. HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK
With the start of a newsemester comes theall-too-familiar bur-den of shelling out
hundreds of dollars on text-books. Each year, high pricesand expensive new editionsmake it that much harder tocover the cost of school. Formany students, this can meanholding off on picking up cer-tain books until later on in thesemester or even neglecting tobuy them altogether. A friendrecently told me he simplyrefuses to spend the $130needed for a Spanish book. Idon’t blame him, but this willno doubt show up in his GPA.
Legislators have recentlytried to control the skyrocket-ing cost of textbooks. TheHigher Education Act of 2008mandates publishing compa-nies provide more information
to professors regarding pricesand changes from previous edi-tions, and state Sen. Jim Ros-apepe (D-Anne Arundel andPrince George’s) has insistedmore will be done on the statelevel. Until then, textbookprices will stay in the way ofquality education.
But even with the recentpush to lower textbook prices, Ican’t help but feel many stu-dents fail to take advantage ofoptions that are already inplace. Amazon.com andBookHolders.com are two good
alternatives, as they frequentlyhave books at reduced pricesand used editions. Directtext-book.com is also a great way tocompare prices between differ-ent booksellers. Users are ableto search for a book, and theresults from different websites,including Half.com and Abe-Books.com, are then listed inprice order.
A newer option for alleviatingthe cost of textbooks involvesrenting them for a set period oftime, rather than buying them.Chegg.com allows students torent the books they need andthen return them at the end ofthe semester, at as much as 80percent off the list price.
However, the UniversityBook Center in Stamp StudentUnion remained as busy asever last week, even though itis often the most expensive
place on or near the campus tobuy books. Maybe the problemis many students don’t careabout textbook costs, or simplyspend their parents’ money.Buying books at Stamp is easy,and the bookstore carries all ofthe required textbooks for theuniversity.
But students should knowthere are options availablebesides paying full price fortextbooks or avoiding buyingthem altogether. Legislatorsare working to help alleviatethe cost, but in the meantime,seek out better ways to pay forbooks. A quality education is aterrible thing to keep on theshelf.
Andrew Hallowell is a juniorgovernment and politics major.He can be reached at [email protected].
Textbooks: Save your whining, save cash
Swarms of flyers, lettered T-shirts, late-night parties andfree food — during each falland spring rush season,
these things are thrust into thefaces of wide-eyed freshmen look-ing to join a fraternity or sororityon the campus.
Some of these students haveolder brothers or sisters who havepreached the greatness of GreekLife, while others have fallen inlove with the brotherhood depictedin Animal House or the sisterhoodin the Legally Blonde series. On theother hand, some are just in it forthe free burger.
But regardless of a rushee’s orig-inal intent, he or she might meetsomeone they can’t relate to, lead-ing them to make a generalizationor stereotype about the house anddecide they may not want to comeback. That’s how rush has workedfor ages — with some studentsdeciding they want to stay, whileothers realizing the house isn’t forthem — but this system isn’t flaw-less.
Those freshmen who blindlywander the cross-streets of CollegeAvenue during the wee hours of themorning in search of a free swigare some of the same who will endup signing a bid come week’s end— and many will do so mistakenly.The rushing lures of free food, loudmusic and alcohol are more thancapable of impairing judgment.
Rarely is one able to get a com-plete and undistorted view of a fra-ternity by solely attending the pick-up basketball games, backyardbarbecues and oft-short-lived par-ties of rush week. But there’s littlemore Greek organizations can do.They plan these events months inadvance and know what they want.The onus is on the rushee. In orderto get to know a house, one mustspeak with its members — and acasual “what’s up?” will not suffice.
Sorority rush is slightly differentin the fall, and far more different inthe spring. The girls get dressed tothe nines in their dorm rooms andhead out to the sorority houses.There they are greeted by brightlycolored balloons, hand-drawnsigns with countless exclamationpoints and a large amount of smil-ing sorority sisters (bubbly wouldnot even begin to describe theatmosphere). Some girls haveheard through the grapevine whichhouses are “the best,” while othersmay just be following in theirfriends’ footsteps.
Either way, behind each grinninggirl is a mind making thousands ofjudgments per second. Which girlsare prettiest? Who seems fake? Isher outfit better looking than mine?Would I fit in here? Yet the conver-sation rarely dips below surfacelevel, and everything seems toremain fine and dandy.
Although rushees should proba-bly visit every house before mak-ing their final decision on whichorganization they want to join, thiscan be a long and tedious process.Instead, girls should simply followthe same advice I offer to guys:Know what you want and seek itout. Do not be wooed by the super-ficial, no matter how pretty it is.
This is not a suggestion for achange in the rush process. Instead,it is simply an offering of guidanceto the freshmen and sophomoreswho will undoubtedly be over-whelmed this fall. Be wise, knowwho you are, and do not try to bewho you are not. Look objectively,and think before you leap.
Max Roosevelt is the recorder inthe Sigma Nu fraternity. He canbe reached [email protected].
Rush withcaution
You might say it was just another wasteful step down the slipperyslope of yuppie indulgence. But the university’s recent distri-bution of iPods and iPhones to a select group of scholarshiprecipients is part of a worthwhile program. At first glance, it
seems absurd that the university would invest thousands of dollars inApple’s trendiest gadgets rather than, say, a scholarship fund. To takesuch a shallow view, however, fails to consider the benefitsof the university’s hundreds of years of investment in tech-nology.
In 1887, federal legislation appropriated $15,000 a yearto Maryland for the purpose of establishing an agricul-tural experiment station. The grant actually exceeded theannual academic budget, and provided the flounderinginstitution a clear sense of mission. University presidentHenry E. Alvord seized the opportunity, establishing theschool as a service hub for Maryland farmers and evendispatching faculty to surrounding farm organizations tooffer free lectures on crops, breeding and fertilizers.
At heart, the university remains a research institution. Cutting-edgestudies are conducted across an enormous range of disciplines, rangingfrom bio-sciences and nanotechnology to linguistics and terrorism. Tomost effectively conduct research across the university, technology must
be considered not only as an ends, but also a means to facilitate research. It is within this spirit that the university has distributed the latest
Apple technology. The devices are a testing ground for new educationalapplications developed by the university. The programs being tested areprimarily tools of convenience, offering constant access to maps andacademic information. Although these initial programs do not seem like
ground-breaking contributions, they do further thecampus connectivity. The most important consider-ation is that the most momentous advances are oftenunexpected and unintended. In fact, the very touch-screen technology used by Apple was pioneered in alab at this university.
As a publicly funded institution, we must retainAlvord’s vision of serving communities by sharingour technological advances. History speaks clearly tothe social benefits of such service. On Nov. 29, 1912, afire raged through the campus, a disaster that
seemed to signal the death of the university. Fortunately, prosperingfarmers who had come to depend on the university’s services ralliedbehind faculty and students, enabling the university to rebound. Wemust continue to invest in technology, even if it means minting 130 newiPhone-wielding hipsters.
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After two weeks on thecampus, I couldn’t helpbut notice my new placewas isolated. University
Courtyards is an attractive, spa-cious apartment complex withoff-campus perks, but its neigh-bors are a church and a golfcourse. It often feels like a retire-ment center, and the outdoorstairs leading to the apartmentscertainly don’t help shake theFloridian vibe.
While the lucky ones in theSouth Campus Commons wake upsteps away from class, we’re onlypaying about $100 less per monthin rent. In fact, through year-longleases, we actually pay more thanthe students placed in St. Mary’sHall, just yards away from StampStudent Union in one direction andMcKeldin Library in the other.
The only way to escape is in acar (if you’re fortunate enough tohave one) or on the Purple LineShuttle-UM bus, if your planscoincide with its schedule. Onschool days, the buses in themorning run often, but on theweekends, we’re more or lesstrapped.
If nothing else, couldn’t theuniversity at least provide somefood nearby? South Campus hasthe Commons Shop and NorthCampus has the “Incon,” butnothing seems more inconven-ient than the absence of a con-venience store near Courtyards.Reminiscing about the dayswhen a bag of chips was neverfar away, the unusual hours ofthe “Incon” don’t seem as muchof a nuisance anymore.
It’s a pain to leave the complex
on foot (for fear of getting hit onRoute 193) and think of howmuch worse it would be if it wereall for an Arizona Iced Tea. It’sbad enough we don’t hear thetune of the alma mater ringingfrom the bells of the university’schapel, or the commentator’sdeep voice echoing from ChevyChase Bank Field at Byrd Sta-dium during every home footballgame, but to deny simple accessto snacks is undoubtedly unfair.Cheaper rent doesn’t compen-
sate exile.We’re so close to the campus
we can taste it, but just like thestudents enrolled in FreshmenConnection, we plea for inclu-sion. Many Courtyards residentssay they have it great becausethey’re able to tune out the hustleand bustle of the campus andfocus on their work. But for thoseof us who accepted Courtyards assecond to Commons, a hint of on-campus life on this side of Route193 would be nice. The additionof a convenience store and morefrequent stop-times for the Pur-ple Line could only serve as aprogressive beginning.
Fenan Solomon is a junior pre-pharmacy and journalismmajor. She can be reached [email protected].
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Born today, you are one ofthose grand individuals forwhom everything seemsintended as a dramatic
gesture of self-expression. You’renever one to be caught speech-less, and you always have at leastsix or seven ideas about just whatto do in any given situation — norare you one to allow yourself tobe overlooked when you can helpit. You have a great many nativetalents, but you are more interest-ed in the notoriety that successcan bring you than in the goodfeeling that success alone can fos-ter.
You are the kind that many oth-ers think they are looking for in alover or a spouse — and in mostcases, your opening lines andmoves are among the best, fol-lowed by careful and impressivecourtship. Rarely, however, areyou to be inspired to continuethese efforts throughout a life-time — but it is not impossible.
Also born on this date are:Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist; CarolLawrence, actress; Raquel Welch,actress; Louis XIV, King of France;Freddie Mercury, singer; Arthur C.Nielsen, TV pollster; Bob Newhart,actor and comic; Jesse James, out-law.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Youwant to run away from a devel-oping situation, but it’s impor-tant to turn and face it as direct-
ly as possible. Trust a friend’sadvice.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —You may actually be frightenedof impulses that are exertingunusual pressure on you. Youneedn’t do what you don’t wantto do.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— You can get an early start andleave yourself more time forpersonal affairs later on. Youneedn’t sacrifice everything forfinancial gain.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Give yourself all the opportuni-ties you can to do somethingthat others have only half-done.You have the chance to make aname for yourself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Though you want to involveyourself in someone else’s proj-ect, you know better than to in-trude when all signs tell you it’sbest to hang back.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Something you observe quite byaccident is likely to have youmaking a surprising decisioncome nightfall. You may be on anew road very soon.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —Give someone a little more lee-way and you’ll be thanked fordoing just the right thing at theright time. Then, concentrateon yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Itmay be difficult for you to keepyourself in shape throughoutthe day, but it’s very importantfor you to be ready for anythingthat comes along.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Thesooner you start on a new proj-ect, the sooner you’ll realizethat you know precisely whatyou’re doing. You need thatkind of confidence.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —You may find yourself waitingfor something that is actuallyquite vague and uncertain. Still,you know that patience will payoff.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Some-thing new is happening to youat this time, and you don’t wantto underestimate its power. Youcan impress others with yourtenacity.
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INTERVIEW | THE WALKMENbest bets
MARYLAND:STONERIDER ATSONARA throwback to thedays of tight jeansand sleazy metal,StoneRider gets itsmean buzz on inBaltimore. We thinkthe refrain from“Rush Hour, Baby”says it all — high times,fast women. What more doyou need to know? Friday night 5:30p.m. Tickets are $8, $10 at the door
WASHINGTON:DUB TRIO ATDC9 Dub is as dub does,but Dub Trio likes tobranch out and get its
reverb on. TheBrooklyn group goes
beyond the limitations itsname might suggest and has
made a reputation on its high-octane liveshows. Saturday night, 9 p.m. Tickets are$10, $12 at the door
VIRGINIA: DR.DOG AT IOTACLUB & CAFEOur big pick of theweek — Phillyrockers Dr. Dog knowhow to get it done inthe studio, but fromwhat we hear, it’s allabout the live show. If youwere planning on spending theweekend spinning your parents’Beatles albums, making it out toArlington might be a worthwhilealternative. It’s 21 and over only, so besure to bring ID. Friday night, 9 p.m. Tickets are $15
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Matt Barrick of The Walkmen talks about the band’s new sound
Jim Jamesof My Morning Jacket
BY ZACHARY HERRMANNSenior staff writer
Quietly, The Walkmen has beenrecording some of the most inspiredpop singles of the past six years. Fu-eled by new wave gothic organs andcreaky piano refrains, “We’ve BeenHad,” “Little House of Savages” and“Louisiana” — though musically di-verse — all share a certain darklament, courtesy of lead singerHamilton Leithauser’s strained wails.
The talent and intrigue has alwaysbeen there, but The Walkmen’s al-bums never seemed to match thepromise in the standout tracks.
Now, things are different. WhenThe Walkmen plays its Washingtonhomecoming show (all but one mem-ber attended St. Albans School) Satur-day at the 9:30 Club, the band will un-leash material from You & Me, quitepossibly the best album anyone willhear in 2008.
The LP’s preceding release — thecathartic “In The New Year” — con-tinues the tradition of first-rate Walk-men singles. But the focus is on thewhole this time, as You & Me swoons,croons and cries out from the shad-ows, exploring deteriorating relation-ships and the little shifts in life thatcan eat a person from the inside out.
Pounding out the heartbeat to eachemotional turn, drummer Matt Bar-rick has long been the group’s unsunghero. Barrick discussed The Walk-men’s latest album and new soundwith The Diamondback in an e-mailinterview.
The Diamondback: I was a littleshocked when I put on You & Me forthe first time. It was definitely TheWalkmen I was hearing, but the songs
sounded as if they were coming froma different, much more disciplinedgroup of musicians really coming intoits own. What has changed the mostfor the band in between A HundredMiles Off and You & Me?
Matt Barrick: We did actually take amuch more disciplined approach withYou & Me. We worked on it harder andfor a longer period of time and made aconscious decision early on to keeponly the best ideas, so there was tonsof stuff thrown away.
DBK: What was the recordingprocess for You & Me like for theband? The sound and lyrics feel like aproduct of isolation.
Barrick: It was a very long processand was done at a number of differentstudios, from New York to Mississippi.We were searching for a long time,trying to find a place where we feltcomfortable and, luckily, we ended up
by chance working with Chris Zane atGigantic Studios. Things really cametogether there. But the whole thingtook a really long time.
DBK: Was there ever a moment be-fore or during the recording processwhen the members of the band decid-ed You & Me should be a quieter, sim-pler affair than the band’s previous ef-forts?
Barrick: Though we didn’t know ex-actly how we wanted to sound, weknew we didn’t want to be as loud andaggressive as we had been in the past.We weren’t really listening to thatkind of music much anymore, anddidn’t really want to make it either.
DBK: Internet-centric releasesseem to be all the rage lately, but tomy knowledge, You & Me is the firstmajor pre-release to go 100 percent tocharity — what inspired the decisionto go to online retailer Amie Street
with the album? How did your label,Gigantic, react?
Barrick: We had wanted to do a ben-efit show for our friend’s son, Luca,who was diagnosed with leukemia.I’m not sure who came up with theidea to do the Amie Street concept,but we all thought it was a great idea,and Gigantic was very supportive ofthe whole thing. For those who want todo more to help and learn aboutLuca’s progress, you can visit the bloghere: www.loveforluca.com.
DBK: You & Me constitutes some-thing of an audible shift for the bandin the studio — aside from just thepresence of new songs in the set list,will that have any bearing on the liveshows?
Barrick: Since the record came out,our shows have gotten longer. Where-as they used to be short, loud affairs,now they are long and loud. Thoughwe focus mainly on the new songs, westill play lots of old ones. It’s been dif-ficult with the added instrumentationon the new record, but we have beentraveling with a horn section, whichhas been great.
DBK: If a random fan could walkout of one of your live shows sayingonly one thing of the band, what wouldyou want that to be?
Barrick: We recently played withBlack Mountain, and there was thisguy in the front row going bananas.After one of their songs, he shouted,“Heaviest groove!” and he reallymeant it. I think if someone said justabout anything with the same enthusi-asm as this guy, I’d be happy.
The Walkmen will play the 9:30Club Saturday, Sept. 6. Tickets are $15and doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The Walkmen will bring its new album You & Me to the 9:30 Club on Saturday.Expect a longer set than usual for the band. COURTESY OF TELL YOUR FRIENDS
Strangers playing in the night
BY DAN MORRISONStaff writer
After a two-loss weekendand hard week of practice,the Terrapin women’s soccerteam is anxious to get backon the field.
They’ll get that chancethis weekend. The Terps (1-2-0) take on American todayat 5 p.m., then Temple onSunday at 1 p.m. To stop thetwo-game losing streak,they’ll have to put together acomplete and consistentgame, both offensively anddefensively.
In both losses, though, theTerps dominated the statsheet, except for the one col-umn that matters the most:goals. A few mistakes in thebackfield led to scores for
the other team, dealing theTerps their final blows inthe one-goal losses.
Coach Brian Pensky wasdispleased with the resultsagainst Bucknell and Elon,but knows his team was onlya few minor changes awayfrom pulling out two wins inthose games.
“In general, we were prettygood over the weekend,” Pen-sky said. “But unfortunately,we can point to a fewmoments over the weekendwhere we had some lapses,and we paid for it.”
To eliminate those lapses,the team has been workingon staying focused the entiretime it is on the field. Thehope is the increased focuswill lead to more productionup front.
While the team prepares forAmerican, it refuses to lookpast the Eagles and ahead toits game with Temple. Penskyhas the team focusing on onegame at a time to ensureresults like last weekend’sdon’t happen again.
BY AARON KRAUTSenior staff writer
There will be no nationaltelevision audience tonightwhen the No. 9 Terrapinmen’s soccer team takes thefield against Hartford for itshome opener.
The Terps won’t be playing atraditional soccer power underthe bright lights of a state-of-the-art stadium like The HomeDepot Center in Carson, Calif.,either. Instead, they’ll be shar-ing locker-room space in atrailer inside the modest con-fines of Ludwig Field.
But the Terps say they will
be just as focused for tonight’sgame as they were for last Fri-day’s season opener againstNo. 14 UCLA.
“We don’t think less of ateam just because they don’thave such a big name ofmaybe UCLA or becausewe’re not playing on nationalTV,” said sophomore mid-fielder Rodney Wallace.“We’re playing at home; it’sthe first game. We’re excitedand we’re gonna get after it,and hopefully get a result.”
Hartford finished last sea-son with a 7-4-6 record andwas picked in a preseasoncoaches poll to finish sixth inthe 2008 America East Confer-ence. Davidson, who the Terpswill face Sunday, was seventhin the preseason SouthernConference rankings.
But Terp coach SashoCirovski said that shouldmake no difference when itcomes to mentally preparingfor the games.
“We’re going out with the
same respect we did lastweekend,” Cirovski said.“Our motto’s always been,‘Respect everyone and fearno one.’ I’ll be disappointed ifour players don’t show thelevel of respect for Hartfordand Davidson that theyshowed last weekend.”
While this weekend’s oppo-nents may not be of the samecaliber as last’s, the Terpsadmit they have their ownimprovements to make.
“Our goal is just to continueimproving from last week-
end,” Cirovski said. “We got alot out of the games. We hadreally good moments in bothgames, and yet we had a lot ofmoments we could rectify.”
Starting in goal tonight forthe Terps will be sophomoreWill Swaim, according toCirovski, who actuallycoached Hartford to twoNCAA tournament berthsbefore arriving at this univer-sity. This game will be the firsttime Cirovski has coachedagainst his former team.
The Hartford connectionmight make Cirovski extraexcited for tonight’s game, butfor his players, the first homegame of the year is enough tomake them eager — even if itisn’t a primetime matchup.
“The team is definitely get-ting there,” senior defenderRich Costanzo said. “We aregetting better, and I’m excitedfor the weekend. Hopefullywe can bring it all together.”
8 THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
Spotlight off in home openerMen’s soccerreturns toLudwig afterCalifornia trip
Terps vs. HartfordWhere: Ludwig Field
When: Tonight, 8 p.m.Radio: WMUCsports.com
Familiar foe facingNo. 2 field hockeyTerps have won 6 straight vs. Monarchs
BY MICHAEL KATZStaff writer
Last week, the Terrapinfield hockey team went to No.6 Penn State and exactedrevenge on the team thatknocked them out of the 2007NCAA tournament.
Today, they will try to keepNo. 8 Old Dominion fromdoing the same.
The No. 2 Terps will hostthe Lady Monarchs at 3 p.m.in their home opener. TheTerps (2-0) routed the LadyMonarchs 5-0 in the first-round matchup a year ago,adding fuel to the preexistingrivalry between the prolificprograms. The Terps arefamiliar with Old Dominion,having faced the Lady Mon-archs three times in 2007 andtwice in 2006.
Old Dominion enterstoday’s game with a record of0-2, having already fallen toNo. 18 Syracuse and PennState. The Terps have won thelast six meetings between theteams.
“They always bring it tous,” junior goalkeeper AliciaGrater said. “We have to stickto our game, possess the balland keep it simple. If we dothat, I think we’ll be OK.”
Coach Missy Mehargexpects the Terps will faceheavy ball movement from OldDominion. This will provide atest for a defense that has yetto allow a goal this season.
To prepare, the Terps havespent the last few practicesworking on one-on-one
defending in the circle.“The keys to victory are to
stay very balanced and stayvery good with your individ-ual defense, because theyreally like to pass the ball,”Meharg said. “They will passand overpass, and you reallyjust got to really stay focusedon that, getting the ball andthe counter-attack to goal.”
In their first two games, theTerps have struggled to getoff to strong starts. If they canmatch the intensity OldDominion is likely to bring,perhaps they can turn thattrend around.
“What we need to improveis coming out in that first halfwith the same intensity thatwe brought in the second,”Grater said. “The mistakesthat we talk about at halftimeneed to be corrected beforewe even get out there.”
The Terps take on No. 9Michigan on Sunday in AnnArbor, Mich., to round out theweekend.
Terps vs. Old DominionWhere: Field Hockey &
Lacrosse ComplexWhen: Today, 3 p.m.
Radio: WMUCsports.com
Terps ready to try againWomen’s soccer still searching for second win
Terps vs. AmericanWhere: Ludwig FieldWhen: Today, 5 p.m.
Radio: WMUCsports.com
SCHIMMEL
Best timepossible forQB switch
you go to or whatever schoolyou’re at, they’re going to behard on a guy, no matter what,”junior wide receiver DarriusHeyward-Bey said. “Peopledon’t know if it’s his fault, thecoaches’ fault, the team’s fault.A lot of people don’t know whathappens behind the scenes.”
But as Friedgen has beenquick to point out recently, Jor-dan Steffy the person is goingto be fine.
He graduated in May with adegree in kinesiology and is al-ready pursuing a master’s, andalso runs a successful charitythat raises money for epilepsyfoundations.
And who knows — since Steffydecided to postpone what wouldhave been season-ending surgeryuntil after the season, maybe hewill come back to the field atsome point this season for one lasthurrah. Maybe he’ll win thatgame for the Terps, just likeFriedgen said he would.
But for now, the focus for theTerps needs to be on winninggames.
The current alignment, withthe unchallenged Turner startingunder center and a little Josh Por-tis thrown in, gives the Terps thebest chance to do so.
“I’m not here to just do a de-cent job,” Turner said. “I’mhere to win games and have agood record.”
And with the distraction of aquarterback controversy nolonger leaving a giantthumbprint on the Terps’ col-lective forehead, Turnershould be able to do just that.
Volleyball hosting threeNCAA tournament teams
BY KATE YANCHULISStaff writer
Spurred by losing its firsttwo games, the Terrapin vol-leyball team is taking meas-ures to ensure that in its firsthome matches, its fans won’twitness a repeat perform-ance.
“We’re working on chang-ing the look of the program,”coach Tim Horsmon said.“We’re pretty intense everysingle day, training to begreat every day. We’re notthere yet, but we’ll getthere.”
The Terps (1-2) host theSpring Hill Suites at Arun-del Mills Invitational start-ing today, when they playMissouri at 7 p.m. On Satur-day, they face St. John’s at 10a.m. and then Kentucky at7:30 p.m. to close out thetournament.
All three opponents madelast year’s NCAA tourna-ment. This season, the Tigers
are 2-1, the Red Storm 2-2and the Wildcats 3-1 — allbetter records than theTerps’. But Horsmon, whocame from the Midwest as theformer Dayton head coach,said he is familiar with theseteams and players.
“[This tournament] couldbe revealing in a lot of ways.We’ve got some great teamscoming in,” he said. “I justhope we play as hard as wecan for every point.”
Terps vs. MissouriWhere: Comcast Pavilion
When: Tonight, 7 p.m.TV/Radio: None
TURNER, from Page 10
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BY JEFF NEWMANStaff writer
It wasn’t always this way.In the past, the Terrapin foot-
ball team could spend Septem-bers showing off in front of theirfans while tuning up for ACCplay. Now, and in recent years, theTerps usually make at least oneroad trip to a small-conferenceschool at the beginning of eachseason. This year, they’re headingto Middle Tennessee in Murfrees-boro, Tenn.
Because of expanded, 12-gameschedules, power-conferenceteams have found themselveshaving to travel more often tosmaller programs. Last year, theTerps flew to Florida Interna-tional in the Orange Bowl. Theytraveled to Temple in 2005 andNorthern Illinois and EasternMichigan in 2003.
Each of those road trips waspart of multiyear deals betweenthe Terps and the other pro-grams, requiring road trips foreach team. The Terps only lostone of these games, to NorthernIllinois, but coach Ralph Fried-gen warned there is significantdanger in paying a visit to asmaller program’s house.
“You’re going into an environ-ment that you’re not really usedto,” the eighth-year Terp coachsaid. “Yet, on the other hand, theteam that you are going to beplaying is going to be playing attheir very best, so it’s somethingthat we have to be prepared for,and I think if you’re going to havea good season, you have to wingames on the road.”
In the past, lesser-known teamswere happy to travel to biggerstadiums, which meant moreexposure and a boost in recruit-ing and fundraising.
But as teams try and fill theirschedule with an extra noncon-ference game or two, smallerschools are beginning to demandthat larger programs travel, also.A normal deal between a smallschool and a big school willrequire that the small school trav-els twice and the big school once.
“To get them to come to yourplace a couple games, you gottago to theirs,” Friedgen said. “Ithink unless you have a very largestadium and if they’re gettingsome tremendous guaranteesright now, I think you’re gonnahave to see that.”
Apparently, Jordan Steffy was-n’t playing with two goodthumbs last week.
With the news Wednesday that sen-ior quarterback Steffy’s fracturedthumb will keep him out of action forat least the next few weeks, the ChrisTurner era will begin again tomorrowwhen the Terrapin football teamplays at Middle Tennessee.
And as cruel as it might be to say this,ending the quarterback controversythis way might not be a terrible thing.
Steffy is spared the scrutiny andcriticism that follows every throw.
Coach Ralph Friedgen is sparedthe difficult, polarizing decision hewould otherwise have had to makeeach and every week.
And most importantly, the Terpsare spared a major distraction andcan focus on moving forward andwinning football games with juniorquarterback Turner at the helm.
“It’s definitely hard. It’s almost likeyou didn’t earn it. It’s almost like youdon’t deserve it,” Turner said. “I justhave to be prepared to win games.”
It’s a shame it had to happen thisway again for Steffy.
The signal-caller has been riddledwith injuries and bad luck his entirecareer, and he has often been treatedpoorly — and probably somewhat un-fairly — by those of us on the outside.
After the emergence of Turner lastseason and Friedgen’s surprise deci-sion to name Steffy the starter at theend of this year’s preseason camp,the situation had reached a pointwhere Steffy was destined to fail inthe eyes of the fans, no matter what hedid on the field.
“I think no matter what school you
Sports10 THE DIAMONDBACK | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
TERPGAMEDAYWHEN: Tomorrow, 7:00 p.m.WHERE: Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, Tenn.T.V./RADIO: Comcast, ESPN 360SPREAD: NADATA: After a 14-7 win against Delaware,the Terps have their Football Bowl Series(formerly DI-A) opener on the road.
THE MATCHUP
TERPTRACKER
TERPS MTPassing (ypg) 126 200Rushing (ypg) 271 84Total (ypg) 397 284Points per game 14 17Sacks 0 2Penalties 4 5
2008 TEAM STATS
Maryland Terrapins
Middle Tenn.Blue Raiders
1-0 (0-0 ACC) 0-1 (0-0 SBC)
SERIES RECORDSALL-TIME SERIES Terps lead 2-0LAST MEETING 2006
PREVIOUS MEETINGS2006-(H)- W, Terps 24, Middle Tenn. 102000-(H)- W, Terps 45, Middle Tenn. 27
KEY MATCHUPTERP RB DA’REL SCOTT
VS. BLUE RAIDER DTTREVOR JENKINS
When asked this week ifhe thought there was any-thing stopping Scott fromduplicating his 197-yard per-formance from the seasonopener, Terpcoach RalphFriedgen
did not hesitate innaming Jenkins.
The 287-poundsenior started all 12games last season for
the Blue Raiders record-ing, 33 tackles and a
sack. He had onetackle in the season-
opening loss against Troy.If Scott, who missed prac-
tice Monday with a leg infection,can get past Jenkins on a regular
basis, he might be able to breakthe long touchdown run that he
failed to come up with againstDelaware.
THE TERRAPIN TRAIL
MEET THE TEAM:Tony Logan
Interview by Jeff Newman
Tony Logan is a reservefreshman wide receiverwith the Terps, but re-cently, with JordanSteffy out with a thumbinjury, Logan has gottena chance to play quarter-back with the scout of-fense. Logan played quarterback for Piscat-away High School in New Jersey, but he washeavily recruited as a wide receiver partlydue to his size (5-10, 180 pounds) and main-ly because of his natural athleticism. Loganredshirted last season, but this year he hopesto play his way onto the field and showcasesome of his skills. We sat down with Logan forour first in a weekly series of informal chatswith some lesser-known Terps.
TTTT:: You played quarterback in high school.When were you first approached aboutmaking the switch to wide receiver?TTLL:: It was actually before I ever came here.I was always told that I was just a greatathlete. I always played multiple positions,so when they told me they wanted me toplay receiver I wasn’t surprised. I wasactually excited about it because that’sactually what I thought I was gonna end upplaying with my height.
TTTT:: Your profile on the team website saysyou like playing video games. If you could beone video game character, who would it be?TTLL:: Oh…I think it would probably be Marioin Super Smash Bros. Me and my receiverteammates, we play that game a lot. It’s realfun for us in our off time.
TTTT:: So if you’re Mario, who would be Luigi?TTLL:: Probably Isaiah [Williams].
The Terp defense handled Delaware last week, finishing the Blue Hens off with Terrell Skinner’s (left) interception in the fourth quarter. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Defense ready for a real testBlue Raiders employ tough spread offense formation
BY ERIC DETWEILERSenior staff writer
Terrell Skinner had trouble sleep-ing Friday night.
Hours before his first career startin the Terrapin football team’s sea-son opener against Delaware, thejunior free safety wasn’t nervous.
He was just anxious to get on thefield after working so hard for theopportunity.
When game time came, Skinner,one of three new starters in the Terpsecondary, left his mark with sixtackles and the interception thatsealed a 14-7 win.
But in reality, Delaware’s offense,led by first-year quarterback RobbySchoenhoft who replaced new Balti-more Raven Joe Flacco, was noth-ing to lose sleep over. After theTerps spent weeks preparing for apass-happy spread offense, Schoen-hoft threw the ball just 14 times inthe first three quarters as the BlueHens pounded the ball on theground.
As the Terps prepare for a trip toMiddle Tennessee State tomorrowto face another spread offense,Skinner and the secondary expectto face a tougher test.
“I still feel like I’ve got a monkeyon my back,” Skinner said. “I’m notdownplaying Delaware, but we’vegot a lot tougher opponents comingup. I can’t be satisfied with one pickagainst Delaware.”
The secondary performed well inthe season-opener, as the only majorblemish was a 31-yard fourth quar-ter completion that set up the BlueHens’ lone touchdown. Senior line-backer Dave Philistin missed aneasy sack on the play as Delaware’sAaron Love snuck behind the Terpdefense for a big gain.
Despite seeing a steady mix ofshort passes and runs throughoutthe game, the new unit came upwith a pair of interceptions.
“We weren’t tested too much,”said senior cornerback KevinBarnes, the secondary’s lonereturning starter. “I think [in] the
next few weeks we’ll see a lot morehow close we are as a unit, but Ithink we did pretty good for ourfirst game.”
Senior strong safety Jeff Allensaid Delaware proved what is ontape is not always what a teambrings on game day. But the second-ary is eager for more opportunitiesagainst a Blue Raider squad thatshowed a more conventional spreadattack in its 31-17 season-openingloss against Troy.
The Terp defense struggledagainst spread offenses last season,but in preparation for opening theseason against the Blue Hens andthe Blue Raiders, coach RalphFriedgen placed an emphasis ongetting the team ready for stoppingthe tactic.
Middle Tennessee has the offen-sive pieces to give the Terps trou-ble. Senior quarterback Joe Crad-dock leads the offense but occasion-ally yields to sophomore DwightDasher — who also plays widereceiver — to give the Blue Raiders
two capable passers.Friedgen called true freshman
Malcolm Beyah a “world classsprinter” reminiscent of Terpreceiver Darrius Heyward-Bey.He expects Middle Tennessee touse the speed to attack the out-sides of his defense and make upfor deficiencies on its young offen-sive line.
“If you have speed like they havein the backfield and two athleticquarterbacks, you can really runtwo plays and have a good offense,”Friedgen said.
That doesn’t bother Allen, whosaid his unit is getting better everyday.
“The [defensive back] corps isreal close,” Allen said. “There’s alot of competition there. We’realways out there trying to makeplays to help the team, and I thinkthat’s a solid group for us.”
Soon, opposing quarterbacksmight be the ones losing sleep.
THE BIG QUESTIONWhy would the Terps schedule a
road game at Middle Tenn.?A perfect storm
GREGSCHIMMEL
Chris Turner was named the Terps’starting quarterback Wednesday. ADAM
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TTrraavveelliinngg wwiitthh tthhee TTeerrppssAs beat reporter Eric Detweiler and
photographer Adam Fried fly out to MiddleTennessee this weekend, follow theirjourneys on TerrapinTrail.com, The
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