Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
The Diamondback, April 11, 2013
Citation preview
The University of Maryland’s Independent Student Newspaper
thursDAY, April 11, 2013 TOMORROW 70S / Rainy
Obama budget invests in edu. Proposes STEM funding, increased student aid, $1 billion to help keep tuition costs low
After successful Terps career, Greivis Vasquez shines as one of NBA’s best point guardsBy Daniel GallenSenior sta� writer
WASHINGTON — The Verizon Center lights weren’t dimmed, the public address announcer wasn’t rousing a late-arriving crowd and there were no NBA superstars in the building.
But there was a buzz in the arena as the Washington Wizards prepared to face the New Orleans Hornets on
March 15. And when Hornets guard Greivis Vasquez stepped onto the hardwood for pregame introduc-tions, he received the visiting team’s loudest ovation.
It was a return home for the former Terrapins men’s basketball star. A third-year pro, Vasquez had visited Verizon Center — a short Metro ride from this campus and a nearly 40-minute drive from his old prep
program, Montrose Christian — before as a rookie with the Memphis Grizzlies.
This time, though, was di� erent.Vasquez is no longer trying to win
an NBA starting job. Coaches don’t wonder where his 6-foot-6 frame fi ts on the court. After struggling to earn minutes during his fi rst couple of years in the pros, Vasquez has emerged as one
See vasquez, Page 2
Celebrity judges help pick Do Good winner
See good, Page 3
See budget, Page 3
ONLINE AT
diamondbackonline.com
ISSUE NO. 123
103rd Year of Publication
NEWS 2 OPINION 4 FEATURES 5 DIVERSIONS 6 CLASSIFIED 6 SPORTS 8INDEX Submit tips to The Diamondback at [email protected] For breaking news, alerts and more, follow us on Twitter @thedbk © 2013 THE DIAMONDBACK
seizing each
dayBy Jim BachSenior sta� writer
President Obama maintained his commitment to containing the cost of college, furthering federal aid programs and bolstering STEM enrollment in his budget plan un-veiled yesterday — all investments that closely align with many of this university’s initiatives.
It was the fi rst time in nearly 100 years that a president released his plan later than Congress. While some experts speculate that many proposals will not become law, Obama’s plan sets aside more than a billion dollars to contain tuition costs, ramp up college opportunities for low-income students, promote technology-based learning and reform the federal student lending program. Despite these measures, however, education is only a small part of a budget that proposes steep
cuts that could hamper college gradu-ates’ abilities to fi nd work.
The plan aims to boost the economy by reducing the defi cit — which includes proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare, programs Democrats have historically worked to preserve — and creating manufacturing jobs. However, this will do little to help college gradu-ates looking for work in their respective fields, said Rebecca Thiess, a federal budget policy analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, because extensive cuts reduce job opportunities.
“We should be focused on job creation and making sure that there are enough good-paying jobs in the country,” Thiess said. “Focusing completely on deficit reduction will not create jobs.”
At the start of this state’s legislative session, Gov. Martin O’Malley proposed increasing higher education funding — which was approved by the General
By Laura BlaseySenior sta� writer
Although they may be over the age of 18, fi ve groups of college stu-dents were placed under the care of a nanny last night.
Actress Fran Drescher, star and creator of ’90s sitcom The Nanny, was one of the celebrity guest judges at the public policy school’s second annual Do Good Challenge.
Along with nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis and Melanie Schnoll Begun, the man-aging director and head of philan-thropy management at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Manage-ment, Drescher listened to pitches
by fi ve philanthropic student groups.Argentine Terps, which raises funds
to pay for lawyers to work in the slums of Argentina, took home the grand prize of $5,000.
Graduate student Juan Bellocq and 2012 graduate school alumnus Fer-nando Saltiel developed the program to expand Microjusticia Argentina, the program Bellocq helped found in 2009. The lawyers help poor Argentineans
fran drescher, star of ’90s sitcom The Nanny, was a Do Good Challenge judge. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
City districts can use taxes for public safetyCity council members worry tax could be implemented without resident consent
By Teddy AmenabarSta� writer
Individual districts will be able to use special taxes to increase public safety funding after the College Park City Council voted unani-mously Tuesday night to approve the measure.
Such taxes would be used to pay for security cameras and other public safety measures within any
of the four districts. Though the entire council supported the ability to use the special tax to enhance portions of the city, some members worried the tax could be levied without consent from the majority of residents in a district.
“The goal is to improve public safety in the city of College Park,” Mayor Andy Fellows said. “We recognize some of the things we employ to do may be costly,
See tax, Page 2
YoLove closes due to competitionNearby competitors, high rent, lack of parking hurt yogurt shop’s businessBy Annika McGinnisSta� writer
YoLove Frozen Yogurt under The Varsity apartment complex closed in late March, becoming the fi rst business in that area to shutter because of a lack of customers.
YoLove, a self-serve frozen yogurt and toppings shop, opened last spring next to Royal Farms. But the business struggled with competing ice cream and frozen yogurt vendors, high rent and a lack of parking, said city economic development coordinator Michael Stiefvater.
Frozen yogurt is a “tough business,” Stiefvater said. In College Park alone, YoLove competed with Yogiberry next to Ratsie’s Pizza on Route 1, Cold Stone Creamery in the College Park Shop-ping Center, Rita’s Italian Ice near The Enclave apartments and Sweetgreen under the University View — many of which were more established and
o� ered similar products.“Landlords just said they didn’t do
as well as they were expecting,” Sti-efvater said. “It’s tough where they are. I know it’s a di� erent product a little bit, but they have Rita’s not too far away and a much easier parking situation.”
Unlike most of its competitors, YoLove had no parking lot or spaces other than the few metered spots in See yolove, Page 3
The Varsity’s parking garage. Several students said unless a friend lived at The Varsity, it was di� cult to get to the shop.
“As an on-campus resident, I would never fi nd myself going to the View area for frozen yogurt,” said Haley Gibert, a sophomore marketing major. “[From] Montgomery Hall, I’m not going to get o� the Orange [bus] to get on the Blue
yolove , a self-serve frozen yogurt shop, became the � rst business that sits under The Varsity apartment complex to close. The store struggled with Route 1 competitors such as Yogiberry, Cold Stone and Rita’s. � le photo/the diamondback
AT THE DROP OF A HATFour Terps notch hat tricks in women’s lacrosse’s scrappy 15-9 victory over No. 13 Princeton p. 8
SPORTS DIVERSIONSOPINION
B1G DELIBERATIONSThe Big Ten commission should gear much of its e� ort to bringing back some of the cut teams p. 4
INEVITABLE BACKLASHSEE discusses motives behind booking psychedelic rock group MGMT for this May’s Art Attack XXX p. 6
photo courtesy of layne murdoch jr/getty images (left), � le photo/the diamondback. photo illustration by holly cuozzo/the diamondback
2 THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | thursday, april 11, 2013
of the league’s top point guards.“There’s something about
coaches that are named Wil-liams that always give me an opportunity, so I’m just happy to be here,” Vasquez said hours before the Hornets fell to the Wizards, 96-87. “I just want to keep getting better. I want to prove to the entire league that I’m a starting point guard.”
Vasquez, who made three NCAA Tournament second-round appearances under former Terps coach Gary Williams, has blossomed in his second season with Hornets coach Monty Wil-liams. He ranks third in the NBA with 9.2 assists per game, trail-ing only All-Stars Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul.
“He’s been our best player,” Monty Williams said. “It’s not even close.”
After leading the Terps to a share of the ACC regular-sea-son title, Vasquez went to the Grizzlies with the 28th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. He spent his rookie campaign com-peting for minutes against Mike Conley, Tony Allen and O.J. Mayo in a crowded backcourt.
On the eve of the lockout-shortened 2011-2012 season, Memphis dealt Vasquez to New Orleans for forward Quincy Pondexter — a former Wash-ington product who averaged just 2.8 points per game the previous year.
But minutes didn’t come ea s i ly. Fo rce d to co m p e te against veteran guard Jarrett Jack, the Caracas, Venezuela, native started 26 of 66 games.
After the Hornets traded Jack to Golden State last July, Vasquez fi nally had a chance to prove his NBA worth.
He has started 76 of New Orleans’ 78 games this season and posted career highs in nearly every major statistical category. He boasts 25 double-doubles this year — the second-most of any guard behind Paul — and he even recorded a triple-double in a Feb. 8 win over Atlanta with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. Vasquez should be the favorite to win the Most Improved Player award, Williams said.
“When they made some moves on the roster, there was a good chance for me to start, and I was ready mentally and physically,” said Vasquez, who ranks third on the Hornets with 14.1 points per game this season. “Now, I’ve got to go and take advantage of this huge op-portunity. To be a starting point guard on any NBA team is just big time.”
Vasquez showed why the Hornets decided to make him the starter with a stat-stu� ng performance — 18 points on 9-of-18 shooting, nine assists and eight rebounds — at the Verizon Center in mid-March.
Within the game’s first six
minutes, he displayed his all-around skill set. He intercepted a Martell Webster pass before driving past Washington guard John Wall for an easy layup.
A few possessions later, Vasquez ran a pick-and-roll with center Anthony Davis. As defenders double-teamed Vasquez, he found the rookie for a one-handed slam dunk.
“He’s a very confi dent kid,” Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. “He plays with a lot of confidence. He’s aggressive. That never stops no matter what type of game he’s having. I think that’s why he’s had the year he’s had, the confi dence.”
The Hornets have struggled this year and are destined for yet another trip to the NBA lottery. They entered last night’s game at Sacramento with a 27-51 record, giving them the second-worst mark in the Western Conference and the sixth-worst in the NBA.
But New Orleans started the season as the second-youngest
vasquezFrom PAGE 1
team in the league. There are pieces in place such as Davis, who Vasquez said will be a “big-time player,” and guards Austin Rivers and Eric Gordon.
And as the Hornets grow as a team, Vasquez — who has in-creased his numbers in each of his NBA seasons — hopes to do the same as a player.
“He knows he has room to improve,” Williams said. “This is going to be a big summer for him because he’s getting to that point where he is who he is. Once you reach 27, 28, not much else changes, so this is a
big summer for him.”But right now, Vasquez isn’t
fretting over his age. He’s just enjoying the opportunity to prove he belongs in the NBA.
“I think the biggest differ-ence has been that I’m getting the shot,” Vasquez said. “I’m getting a chance to develop my game. That’s huge in the NBA. All you need is minutes. I think the way you learn in this game is just by playing. I’m just in a good situation that’s working out for me.”
GREIVIS VASQUEZ, New Orleans Hornets guard and former Terrapins men’s basketball player, ranks third in the NBA for assists per game. Vasquez made three NCAA Tournament second-round appearances under former Terps coach Gary Williams. photo courtesy of stephen dunn/getty images
may be costly things that the entire city isn’t that inter-ested in paying for.”
Both the city and the uni-versity have discussed the possibility of a special tax for the city districts, Fellows said. Some area o� cials rec-ommended a special tax for Old Town and the district containing The Varsity and University View. But Fellows said this would only happen if a majority of residents and students consented to the tax.
“In my mind, it’s sort of areas where they feel — whether it’s true or not — like they could use some extra se-curity,” he said.
Though Old Town resi-dents said they want increased public safety in their neigh-borhoods, District 3 Council-woman Stephanie Stullich said it doesn’t make sense to tax one district when the whole city benefi ts from a safer area.
“We need to think of the city as a whole,” Stullich said, adding sometimes council members can get stuck on only voting for legislation that “di-rectly benefi ts” their district.
Public safety is less of a concern in District 4, said Denise Mitchell, the district’s council-woman. Still, Mitchell said it is important to ensure districts that request additional public safety actually endorse the tax.
“I don’t need [the tax] as much right now as Stephanie may need it,” Mitchell said. “We have to use it the right way, and there has to be a lot of research and collaboration.”
A special tax would not be levied on a district without
majority support from resi-dents, Fellows said.
City o� cials agreed it would be important for the city to match the university’s recent investments in off-campus security. University senators are working to expand the ju-risdiction of University Police and extend the Code of Student Conduct — two pieces of legis-lation that senators said would improve public safety for stu-dents o� the campus.
“ I t cos ts m o n ey fo r t h e university to do extra things outside of the campus and it’s probably not fair — or it isn’t fair — to have the university take on the costs,” Fellows said.
For freshman engineering major Philip Litz, who lives in University View, a tax to in-crease public safety measures around the city wouldn’t be worth the cost.
“I think it’s stupid because I personally don’t feel unsafe,” Litz said. “I don’t think increasing taxes here would help at all. It would just cost more to go to college.”
But some other students living at the View, such as junior ki-nesiology major Alexa Christ, said a small tax would be fi ne if it meant more security o� beyond the campus’s borders.
“If it’s less than like $100, I don’t think it will make a di� er-ence,” Christ said, adding that students are already paying thou-sands of dollars to live at the View.
TaxFrom PAGE 1
“in my mind, [the tax is] sort of areas where they feel — whether it’s true or not — like they could use some extra security.”
ANDY FELLOWSCollege Park mayor
Follow @thedbk on Twitter
for alerts, breaking news,updates & more!
thursday, april 11, 2013 | NEWS | THE DIAMONDBACK 3
MyMaryland.net draws 600 new usersStudent-run digital town hall gaining traction By Sandra MüllerStaff writer
O n ly 1 0 we e ks a f te r i ts launch, America’s first around-the-clock online town hall, aimed at sparking civic engage-ment, encouraging transpar-ent government and connecting voters with politicians, has 600 registered users — more than 300 of whom are students at the university.
MyMaryland .net, which senior Ben Simon launched in January, is a nonprofit website offering a platform for open discussions between students, registered voters and elected officials. MyMaryland also has a town hall specifically for the university, giving students the opportunity to exchange ideas with campus officials and follow conversations on state issues.
“The idea sprang out of the question [of ] what democ-racy would look like if it really worked well,” said Simon, a gov-ernment and politics major. “We knew that there is a substan-tial amount of anger with the current political system, and at the heart of it was a tremendous amount of distance between regular people and government.”
Simon and his team, com-posed of three full-time staff members, created an account o n My M a ryl a n d fo r eve ry elected official from Maryland, at both the state and national levels. Citizens who want to participate in the conversation can register with their voter in-formation to get verified and directly linked to their repre-sentative’s account.
While anyone can view the conversations on the site, only registered users can post com-ments, links or videos in their rep-resentatives’ virtual town halls.
So far, Simon’s team has reached out to more than 50 officials, including Gov. Martin O’Malley, and while 10 have ac-tivated their town hall pages, Simon said the commitments
other officials have made are promising.
“Our goal is getting 50 state officials by the end of 2013,” he said. “But I think even getting 10 is a real accomplishment, because this is the first time in representative democracy that this has happened.”
Delegates Sheila Hixson, (D-Montgomery), Jon Cardin (D-Baltimore County) and Dana Stein (D-Baltimore County) were some of the first politi-cians to sign up for MyMary-land, Simon said.
“I am always looking for new ways to reach out to my con-stituents,” Hixson said. “And I think that MyMaryland is one of them.”
“It’s one website that focuses solely on politics in the state of Maryland but works like Face-book by having a social media aspect,” she added. “So it’s the best of both worlds.”
The Student Government As-sociation has been active on the website as well.
“MyMaryland is unique in that you can see how your fellow students are connected and in-volved in conversations,” said James Jalandoni, SGA govern-mental affairs director.
He added the platform will help educate students who wouldn’t normally follow state
legislation closely, and at the same time, it will give legisla-tors a better glimpse of what issues are important to their constituencies.
“It is a great idea that no one exploited before,” said Ale-jandro Morales, a sophomore bioengineering major who has been using MyMaryland since February. “The best thing about it is that more people can get involved, and it is an easy way for representatives to hear the people’s voices.”
Simon — a part-time student who last year was named a Top-10 social entrepreneur by ABC News and Univision — started working on MyMaryland during the summer of 2009. And although he was the only one involved with it from the first day, Simon said his co-founders and sponsors helped make the project a reality.
“We won a few pitch compe-titions and found enough seed funding to pay for the develop-ment of the site,” he said.
My M a ryl a n d h a s ra i se d about $75,000 so far, $55,000 of which went into develop-ment, salaries and advertising, Simon said.
To continue the service, t h o u g h , S i m o n ’s s t a r t u p company, MyAmerica Inc., has to find new ways of funding.
senior ben simon launched MyMaryland.net, an online town hall aimed at connecting local residents with their elected representatives, in January. Since the site’s debut, 600 users have signed up, including more than 300 students from this university. file photo/the diamondback
who face legal problems they may not have the financial ability or skills to address on their own.
In Bellocq and Saltiel’s native Argentina, asking for charitable donations is somewhat of a social faux pas. To fund the group, the pair turned to peers and re-sources in the United States, relying on social media and creating a website to spread awareness through a mar-ke t i n g ca m pa i g n ca l l e d “ M a k i n g t h e I n v i s i b l e Visible.”
“It was very exciting, very competitive,” Saltiel said. “There were a lot of good groups up there.”
“We were worried about the volunteer hours and the pressure, and I feel relieved that we were able to bring awareness,” Bellocq said. “We’re so excited.”
Participating students could design and develop their own project, contribute to an on-campus charitable cause or work with a non-profit group off the campus.
Students had between Feb. 4 and March 24 to raise money and awareness for their cause. They then sub-mitted proposals detailing their fundraising and vol-unteer efforts to challenge officials, who picked five out of more than 100 to present at the challenge finals.
Each group made a short presentation to an audience of students and supporters. Attendees texted in votes for their top group American Idol-style before Drescher, Lewis and Begun selected the winner, second and third places.
D u r i n g t h e c h a l l e n ge period, Argentine Terps garnered more than 500 Facebook likes for Microjus-ticia, 25 micro donors (who contribute small amounts of money once a month) and seven one-time donors for a total of $8,758.
Bellocq said he’s grate-ful to the university, to which he has a scholar-
ship, because he was able to use the skills he learned here to advance the program.
Other participating groups included the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority, which worked to raise awareness and money for the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and As-sociated Disorders; Operation CHAMPS, a group benefiting military families; R.I.S.E., which brings campus enter-tainment groups to local home-less shelters; and Spread the Hope, a student group raising m o n e y fo r t h e A r l i n g to n Academy of Hope in Uganda.
Operation CHAMPS took third place and a check for $1,000, while R.I.S.E. took second place, earning $1,500. Delta Phi Epsilon and Arlington Academy of Hope each received checks for $250.
Judges evaluated the pitches based on their leverage, impact and creativity.
Fo r D r e s c h e r, c r e a t i v -ity and finding a way to help those without resources was a sticking point. After surviving a battle with uterine cancer, the actress founded the Cancer Schmancer Movement, a non-profit organization that, like the students’ groups, seeks to fill a hole and stand out from other charitable organizations.
“No one I met seemed to be asking the question, ‘What is the cause for cancer and how can we eliminate that?’” Dre-scher said. “I saw there was a space in the medical commu-nity that needed to be filled.”
Now with $5,000 for his c a u s e , B e l l o c q i s l o o k i n g forward to graduating and sending that money back to Argentina.
“It really means a lot to me, now that I am leaving in May,” he said. “I’m really thankful to the whole university.”
goodFrom PAGE 1
[bus] just to go to YoLove.”Compared to Yogiberry,
which opened four-and-a-half years ago on Route 1, YoLove didn’t offer anything especially unique, said junior Domonique Reed.
“There was nothing about it that stood out,” said Reed, a public health major. “I remem-ber it not being as good, like the fruit wasn’t as good, the top-pings. I only went once, and I never went back.”
Though Reed lives at The Varsity, she said she’d still always choose to travel farther to Yogi-berry rather than go to YoLove.
“I wouldn’t even think of going to [YoLove],” Reed said. “Even if I wanted frozen yogurt, I wouldn’t think of going downstairs for it. I would go to [Yogiberry].”
For Yogiberry, business is going well, said Kairat Umurza-kov, a manager at the shop. Though business fell a little re-cently during the cold weather, Yogiberry was almost unaffected
by the competition over the 10 months since YoLove opened, Umurzakov said.
“Yeah, of course some cus-tomers went to YoLove,” he said. “But the regular customers who care about the taste or who love the options of the yogurt — they prefer to choose us because of the taste of the yogurt. … We have more flavors, and we change them all the time.”
Yogiberry offers 10 yogurt flavors — including its staples of chocolate, original berry, Oreo and taro — in addition to many seasonal flavors such as mango, pumpkin pie and watermelon.
Yogiberry’s lighting is “really cool,” said Gilbert. At YoLove, “the atmosphere wasn’t as wel-coming,” she said.
YoLove’s hours of operation also confused some students, such as junior biology major Sequoia Austin.
“The one time I did want to go and I was on my way, I turned the corner and it was closed — on like a random time, at like 5 [p.m.] on a Sunday,” Austin said.
Though YoLove shut its doors because of a lack of business, the
YoLoveFrom PAGE 1
Assembly this week — to improve several programs, including those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Obama request-ed $265 million to train and employ 100,000 more STEM teachers over the next decade.
Another $260 million will go toward the First in the World fund, which is aimed at en-couraging innovation in the classroom and using technol-ogy to implement new learning models. University President Wallace Loh has continually emphasized blended learning — the university is in the midst of building a tech-heavy teach-ing and learning center — and Obama’s investment would work to create a more efficient and cost-effective system that allows for more productivity and boosts class enrollment.
The budget also includes $10 billion in various grant and loan programs, includ-ing $150 million for the Federal
Work Study program.And much of the higher educa-
tion investment stems from a $1 billion investment in a new Race to the Top program, a White House initiative that provides grants to universities that rein in tuition rates and make college more af-fordable, among other measures.
But it’s still unclear whether Obama’s budget — which is two months late and came after the House and Senate each rolled out their own versions — is a politi-cal strategy or a good-faith effort to meet in the middle, said Philip Joyce, a public policy professor at this university.
“The typical role for the presi-dent’s budget has been to attempt to be the first bid, if you will, in the process and to try to kind of set the tone for then what follows in the congressional process,” Joyce said. “By moving toward the middle, [Obama has] positioned himself in a way that if the Republicans
budgetFrom PAGE 1
“We want to be financially self-sustaining as soon as pos-sible,” Simon said.
While the service is designed to be free for voters and elected state and federal officials, Simon plans to charge counties and colleges in the state for their use of the platform.
“We are currently in talks with Howard County, Mont-gomery County and Charles County,” he said. “If they want the same access to the site for local engagement, they can hire MyMaryland to host a 24/7 town hall for them, and we will charge a subscription fee for that.”
Although Simon initially planned to launch his project in all 50 states, he said perfecting it in Maryland is his top priority.
“Before you go big, you have to go small,” he said. “We need to make it work right here in Maryland.”
His next step is to bring the project to Washington and Virginia.
“A l o t o f i t d e p e n d s o n seeing continuing growth in the amount of voters and of-ficials using the platform,” he said. “But if we continue on that projection, it is likely we will soon expand past Maryland.”
other establishments under The Varsity are doing well, Stiefvater said. Austin Grill Express, a Tex-Mex restaurant, closed because of a corporate issue last April.
In the next few months, Yo-Love’s former landlord will search for a replacement for the shop, Stiefvater said. And later this summer, Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt will open on the ground floor of Domain at College Park, a retail and residential complex under construction near the traffic circle intersecting Campus Drive and Mowatt Lane.
For some students, however, Yogiberry will always be the place to go.
“You can’t just come in and think you’re going to be better than Yogiberry,” Gibert said.
decide that they don’t want to play, he can kind of point to them as being particularly recalcitrant.”
It may also be more of a politi-cal strategy, said finance professor Michael Faulkender, to position Democrats more favorably in the next midterm elections. While there should be an effort to reduce the deficit, Faulkender said the budget still does not recommend substantial solutions to the bud-get’s biggest money pits: Medicare and Social Security.
“This will be no different — a phony attempt to claim deficit re-duction and entitlement reform but just more smoke and mirrors,” Faulk-ender wrote in an email. “The en-titlement reforms are paltry relative to the significant imbalances in those programs, but Obama will use them to cynically claim that Republicans are obstructionists in anticipation of the 2014 midterm elections.”
“this will be no different — a phony attempt to claim deficit reduction and entitlement reform but just more smoke and mirrors.”
MICHAEL FAULKENDERUniversity finance professor
“there was nothing about it that stood out ... I remember it not being as good, like the fruit wasn’t as good.”
DOMONIQUE REEDJunior public health major
“we were worried about volunteer hours and the pressure, and i feel relieved that we were able to bring awareness.”
JUAN BELLOCQGraduate student and Do Good Challenge
winner
Hey Siri: Why can’t I fi nd a sustainable career?
MARIA ROMAS
For nearly a year, controversial ath-letic decisions and the ensuing backlash have overshadowed any-
thing that happened in actual games or contests. And for good reason — from losing seven varsity athletic teams to the Big Ten conference shift, the recent turmoil was undoubtedly jarring.
Months later, the outrage over leaving the ACC has seemed to settle into a calm pragmatism: Though some changes are undoubtedly permanent, the next two months o� er one last chance to rectify any lingering mistakes and solidify a long-term vision.
On Monday, university officials hosted the fi rst open forum on the Big Ten integration plan, a long-awaited opportunity for students, alumni, ath-letes and coaches to voice their input on how the university should handle the transition. Attendees heard from working groups that presented initial findings on their progress in analyz-ing four areas: university athletics; academics; communications, fund-raising and marketing; and business and fi nance.
This editorial board believes funding for the previously eliminated athletic programs should weigh heavily in all of these discussions. The same applies to university President Wallace Loh when he reviews the proposals in June.
This isn’t to say every team should immediately be restored, which is a highly naive, essentially impossible goal. Rather, o� cials should listen to appeals from supporters of the teams —
STAFF EDITORIAL
such as those for swimming and diving, who showed up to the forum — and o� er further opportunities for advocates to voice their opinions. For that to happen, we urge university community members to continue taking active roles in advo-cating what they believe the university should do while entering the Big Ten — particularly which teams the university should bring back.
If these forums are the fi rst and last opportunities for public discussion, the dismay over the decision to join the Big Ten will likely continue. Nearly a year will have passed since the July 2 team-cutting announcement by the time Loh hears the fi nal recommendations this June. In recalling that agonizing deci-sion, Loh has o� ered clear assurances he would do his best to rectify past mis-fortunes. Come June, those vows will be put to the test.
Thanks to the $100 million the uni-versity will reportedly receive by 2020 from its membership in the Big Ten, the next few months o� er a chance at redemption for the athletic department and the university at large. Witnessing
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s plans to allocate $300,000 to save the Towson baseball team likely only fed doubts among this university’s athletic supporters as to what’s stopping the department and the state from funding our programs.
Obviously, the university should only consider resurrecting these teams if it aligns with the athletic department’s fi -nancial constraints. Ensuring a balanced budget and retaining the long-term viability and vibrancy of our current athletic programs are the chief priori-ties, and taking on extra programs must not come at the risk of descending back into budget defi cits and an insurmount-able debt.
These forums will prove meaning-less if the university and athletics de-partment fail to provide a transparent, long-term budget plan for how the university will allocate the enormous infl ux in funding it will receive from joining the Big Ten. Though the Open Meetings Act violation by the Board of Regents mired the conference shift at the onset, allowing students, alumni and coaches further opportunities to o� er input could mitigate at least some of the residual bad blood from the secrecy behind the decision. If bringing back athletic programs is fi nancially feasible in the long term, Loh and university officials need to respond accordingly. We hope with more than nine fi gures of revenue at their disposal in the next seven years, they can fi nd a way to revive at least one cut team.
A second-chance forum
OUR VIEW
In deciding how best to integrate into the Big Ten, transparency will be key, along with reconsidering
previously cut teams.
JOEY LOCKWOOD/the diamondback
EDITORIAL CARTOON
According to a study from Twen-tysomething Inc., about 85 percent of college graduates return home after graduation.
Our parents deserve better than this scary statistic, because for all its various purposes, college is our parents’ sever-ance package and our time to leave the nest. It’s a trade-o� : For four years, they send us to an all-expenses-paid resort filled with age-appropriate, highly charged libidos, where we get to drink, snort and inhale whatever we want on their dime, so long as we tell them the cash is for textbooks. In return, we give them peace and quiet and a decent
night’s sleep for the fi rst time in 18 years.While 85 percent is a significant
fi gure, is it really surprising? Between Facebook, smartphones and a wa-tered-down education, what else did we expect? We have all been socially and academically spoiled to the point that these institutions, designed to prepare us for progress and maturity, have instead extended our collective childhoods and inhibited our growing minds. (Possibly related: The Dia-mondback, founded to inform us and challenge us intellectually, ran a March Madness–style bracket on its website to determine the best Disney Channel Original Movie.)
On the social side of the equation, Facebook is to blame. The social network rose to popularity as I entered high school, and all I’ve learned in my eight
This weekend, I fi nally started my fi rst tax return. After I fi nished, I think I realized why Albert Einstein said, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” I also was reminded of Benjamin Franklin’s thought-provoking claim that life’s only certainties are death and taxes.
Franklin was right — taxes will be in our lives until we die (and you can be taxed after death, too). And if my experience is any indicator, I will look forward to April a whole lot less than I used to.
When I sat down to do my taxes, I knew I was in a better position than many. First, both my parents gradu-ated from this university with degrees in accounting, so they could probably help me overcome any difficulties I encountered. Second, I am an account-ing major and familiar with the general format of a Form 1040 tax return.
Lastly, I did not earn much income at my part-time job and am a dependent of my parents, both of which simplify a tax return. I expected to get back my withheld federal income tax and be done in an hour or two.
I was horribly disappointed. The process took the better part of two days, required major assistance from my parents and was incredibly frustrat-ing. Because a stock in my name was sold for $16, I was required to look up the data for and fi ll out a Schedule D and a Form 8949. I also had to fi nd which of the stocks had to be reported separately. For these concerns, I resorted to asking my parents for help.
They, too, had some di� culty dis-cerning what to do. (They have spent more than a week on their own taxes and have found it very di� cult.) The state and local government forms were
no better — and they kept more money than the IRS did.
Supposedly, I will receive a full refund of my federal income tax. However, the process gave me some important insights.
First, if you make less than $57,000, you can fi le online for free through private companies in partnership with the IRS. Also, be sure to have all of your W-2s and other fi nancial paperwork, take breaks and double-check all of your data.
I noticed this process must place serious burdens on the most vulnerable of our society. Their returns are surely more complicated than mine, as they often have children and other deduc-tions. If they cannot a� ord a tax preparer, they may miss out on essential deduc-tions or even fail to pay the proper tax and end up in debt to the IRS.
After doing my taxes, I researched the tax system. I found the tax code consists of 75,000 pages and thousands of deduc-tions and loopholes. Seventy-fi ve thou-sand pages? Myriad 1040s and paper-work for all Americans? It is no wonder Dr. Dre said, “The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.”
Having such a complicated, corrupt system fosters mistrust of the govern-ment and the IRS; more importantly, it creates an ine� ective system that makes it di� cult for citizens to claim their own money. A simpler tax code would remove burdens from the shoulders of taxpay-ers and allow the federal government to collect the money it needs. Instead of having to deduct so many things, people should pay a lower tax rate.
One day, Americans will hopefully have a simple tax return and code. In the meantime, I hope everyone learns how to fi le their tax returns. It is an important skill, and for college students about to enter the workforce, it is a necessary one.
Matt Dragonette is a sophomore accounting major. He can be reached at [email protected].
Apparently, feminist groups have become so successful that young boys are now at a disadvantage in society — because girls are fi nally being encour-aged to thrive in school, attention is being taken away from the boys.
At least that’s what Christina Hoff Sommers thinks. This author of Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women, who is known for her critique of late 20th century feminism (yet calls herself a feminist), gave a lecture Monday night in Jimenez Hall, hosted by UMD Students for Liberty, Young Ameri-cans for Liberty and College Republicans.
Now, I attended the talk with members of UMD Feminists. And the hosting groups presented a welcom-ing attitude toward di� ering opinions, which was definitely refreshing. But what we heard was so incredibly jarring that we could barely contain our looks of shock and outrage.
The most distressing point of her lecture was when she claimed boys are innately more competitive than girls, that this stems from a need to “protect vulnerable people” (namely, women) and that rough-and-tumble play is critically important to boys’ development.
These assertions are a clear example of the blatant gender differentiations that still exist in today’s society — ideas like these are the main reasons a clear cultural divide still exists between men and women. If we cultivate these feelings in young boys, at what point do we tell
kids women don’t need protection if no one is violent toward them and that it’s OK for anyone to be competitive? At what point do we tell young boys that violence is not an acceptable outlet?
Sommers’ response was that boys who grow up with a father in the house are much less likely to be violent. It’s a ludicrous claim she used without any foundation or support to dodge a serious question about rough boys becoming violent men. And what we absolutely don’t need any more of is people who avoid questions up for legitimate debate.
During her presentation, Sommers instead presented statistics on women succeeding in writing and humanities to prove feminist groups are giving girls too many benefi ts and too much help in education. But she ignored the gender gap in STEM majors, in which men are exceedingly more prevalent, claiming women have been given enough op-portunities to become engineers or computer scientists but just don’t have the perseverance or drive to pursue left-brain fi elds — women innately prefer to nurture, rather than throw themselves into a prominent profession.
What she conveniently omitted is the concept that the past couple hundred years isn’t nearly enough time to break cultural norms women are raised to believe in. Our grandparents’ generation — and in some cases, even our parents’ generation — was raised to believe in the “traditional roles” of men and women, with men serving as the breadwinners and women serving as the housewives.
In her lecture, Sommers conveyed the belief that feminist groups like the American Association of Univer-
sity Women are trying to “make” girls succeed in STEM subjects, and in their constant e� orts to ensure equality for men and women, they prioritize girls and obstruct any attempt to give men a boost in education.
Boys simply don’t need a boost — and if they do, why aren’t they pushing for it themselves? Historically, men have op-pressed women, which is why feminist activism groups were conceived. So why, if these boys are now being oppressed, do they not seem to care? One of Sommers’ main points was that boys are simply becoming apathetic toward school, and more girls are excelling at higher levels. Shouldn’t you work on boys’ apathy, as opposed to trying to assert some imag-inary oppression in order to force the indi� erence out of them?
We can’t just assume that because there hasn’t yet been an infi ltration of women in all science and math markets that there is some biological differ-ence that makes women run away from these jobs.
But that’s exactly what Sommers, and many other attendees of her lecture, want to argue.
Much of what we do as a society is led by tradition. If there is any chance of overcoming the inequality cemented in our past, we must expel oppressive tradi-tions and do what we want by ignoring societal pressures. This way, people like Sommers will be stripped of the wavering foundations for preposterous claims of “biological di� erences” between women and men.
Maria Romas is a junior English major. She can be reached at [email protected].
How women are betraying feminism
April’s taxing toil
DREW FARRELL
4 THE DIAMONDBACK | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
Opinion EDITORIAL BOARDYASMEEN ABUTALEBEditor in Chief
Mike King Managing Editor
Tyler Weyant Managing Editor
maria romasOpinion Editor
nadav karasovOpinion Editor
CONTACT US 3150 South Campus Dining Hall | College Park, MD 20742 | [email protected] OR [email protected] PHONE (301) 314-8200
Promoting old gender stereotypes is both dangerous and lazy
MATT DRAGONETTE
years since is that girls I know post pic-tures of themselves in hopes of validating their attractiveness, I “like” pictures of these girls looking attractive and I don’t know how to talk to girls. I’d wager to say 85 percent of my contact with the better sex since the Facebook epidemic is via wall posts, text messages, Snapchats or something else, so long as there’s no physical, face-to-face time involved.
In terms of education, we are the fi rst generation of students to simultaneously know nothing and everything. We know nothing because we don’t need to when we have the Internet in our pockets. But we only know everything long enough to justify our Adderall prescriptions and fake an exam, which is not the defi nition of knowledge, but of short-term memory.
There used to be a time when, if you took an organic chemistry exam and
didn’t know an answer, you’d come to the realization you probably weren’t cut out for medicine. Now, when most of us don’t know which bubble to fi ll in, we simply fake it ’til we make it — we glance at our neighbor’s answers or ask Siri — until one day we’re all a team of medical interns fi nishing up some triple bypass surgery, and we accidentally sew up the poor soul with the scalpel still inside.
The worst part about this disgust-ing trend is those among the 85 percent are oblivious to the fact that returning home is unacceptable. Most of these coddled freeloaders ignore the most basic purpose of education — training those standing in society’s on-deck circle — and then act as if graduating college is some monumental achievement. Do they not realize if 85 percent of our mili-tary fi nished training and decided they
deserved a break to go put their feet up and play Call of Duty on their parents’ couches, we’d all be saluting a toddler-sized dictator from North Korea?
We live in an era with the most obvious sociological correlations of all time (e.g., how marriage rates are drop-ping and online dating is steadily climb-ing), and none of us can put two and two together. Facebook kills communication skills. Smartphones obliterate our atten-tion spans and memory retention. And almost nine out of 10 of us are essentially just pampered, mute 22-year-olds with high-school mentalities who treat their smartphones like vital organs. And in-credibly, we can’t nail down a career.
Drew Farrell is a senior English m a j o r . H e c a n b e r e a c h e d a t [email protected].
ACROSS 1 Tangle 4 Not cautious 8 Cider source 13 Round building 14 She, in Seville 15 Loaf around 16 Eight, to Livy 17 Mini-container 18 Brainy 19 Suffix for “press” 20 Tub treats (2 wds.) 22 Rhine nymph 24 El -- (ocean current) 25 Part of UCLA 26 Great Lakes st. 28 Dallas hrs. 31 Important nerve 34 Herr’s spouse 35 Complimentary 36 Cater for 37 Single-handed 38 “Dr. Zhivago” role 39 Beak 40 Rather and Aykroyd 41 Alloys, generally 42 Thunder Bay prov. 43 Dull clang 44 Sigma follower 45 Up above 47 Furtiveness 51 Final phase
55 Namath or Pesci 56 Parsons’ expletives 57 Far East nanny 58 Be sincere 59 -- Carlo 60 Chevalier musical 61 False fronts 62 Candle lovers 63 Natural impulse 64 Half qts.
DOWN 1 Smaller than mini 2 Let out, maybe 3 As well 4 Vaudeville shows 5 Excuse 6 Sawmill discard 7 Lecture room 8 Cairo speech 9 Praline nut 10 Ruler by virtue of wealth 11 Strip of wood 12 Alimony getters 13 Body’s partner 20 Cartel 21 Follow upon 23 Slur together 26 Amiss 27 Holm and Fleming 29 Vaccines 30 Duck or hue 31 Point -- -- return
32 Lowly laborer 33 Will 34 Eggy dessert 35 -- -de-lis 37 Pass a bill
41 -- 1 (speed of sound) 43 They run the show 44 Computer whiz
46 Decade fraction 47 Legendary coach Amos Alonzo -- 48 Cockpit button 49 Suit pieces 50 Itches
51 Mia -- of soccer 52 Melville work 53 Pasta-sauce brand 54 Omani title 58 Road guide
CROSSWORD HOROSCOPE STELLA WILDER
Born today, you are one of the most forward-think-ing, progressive and ambi-
tious individuals born under a sign known for being ambitious and acquisitive. You will not settle for less than what you want -- if you can help it -- and you will work long and hard to reach your goals, even if it means putting other important things aside or undergoing a great deal of hardship as a result. You don’t take “no” for an answer -- even when it is, indeed, the best answer! This can lead to a great many con-flicts with those who choose to stand between you and your goals, for whatever reason. You have a keen understand-ing of what makes you tick, and yet you do not always extend this knowledge to others; you can, in fact, be quite impatient and intolerant of those who behave exactly as you would in similar situations -- simply because you don’t stop to think about why they are behaving as they do. You can be too quick to make up your mind about things. Also born on this date are: Louise Lasser, actress; Eth-el Kennedy, wife of Robert Kennedy; Oleg Cassini, fashion designer; Joel Grey, actor. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corre-sponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. FRIDAY, APRIL 12 ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You don’t want to be entangled in something that is not of your
© 2013 United FeatUres syndicate
today’s crossword sponsored by: preVioUs day’s pUzzle solVed: today’s Horoscope sponsored by:
colleGe intUition ricHie bates roGer does colleGe Max siskind
Su | DO | ku© puzzles by pappocom
Fill in the grid so that every row, column, and 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9.
preVioUs day’s pUzzle solVed:
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY:Hard
making today. Do what you can to avoid anything that seems “dicey.” TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You are being slowed by something you cannot identify -- but take care that you don’t try to fight against what you do not understand. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You may be searching for some-thing that is out of reach at this time -- but that doesn’t mean you can’t locate it by day’s end. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You can get along with almost anyone today, but you can’t always be alone with just anyone! Choose your intimate companions with care. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- The advice you offer a friend or loved one may not be understood at first; take care you don’t make things worse by becoming defensive. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You are ready for almost anything at this time -- but what comes your way today may exceed even your wildest imaginings. Hold on tight! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Your willingness to help out a friend in need will be appreciated, and you may not have to turn your day
upside-down in order to come through. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- There is much potential in a certain situation that others do not seem to recognize -- but you know a good thing when you see one! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- You may be caught between what you know to be right, and what others are insisting is right for you. Mistakes can be made! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You’ll receive an offer from a friend today that makes you wonder if you’re on the right track. He or she makes other options sound good! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You’ll receive advice today from an unusual source -- and if you take it, you’re likely to be tied in an unusual way to him or her. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You’ll be thinking about money matters throughout much of the day. Preparations you made in the past should smooth the way for you today.
COPYRIGHT 2013UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.
Today’s sUdoKU PUZZLE sPonsorEd by:
tHUrsday, april 11, 2013 | tHe diaMondback 5
Features
Apartments as Low as $549/BR on a 3 Bedroom1, 2 and 3 Bedroom
Apartments AvailableAll utilities included. Free shuttle service to and from
UMD campus. Walk to Metro and Beltway Plaza.6200 Springhill DriveGreenbelt, MD 20770
301-474-1600 • www.Frankl inparkl iving.com
6 THE DIAMONDBACK | THuRSDAY, April 11, 2013
ONLINE All Classified & Classified Display Ads will run online at no additional charge.¿
ClassifiedRATES35¢ per word $3.50 minimumALL CAPITAL LETTERS 35¢ extra per wordBold Letters 70¢ extra per word
To place an ad: PHONE 301-314-8000 | EMAIL [email protected] | FAX 301-314-8358 | v m A All ads must be prepaid
CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS • Larger type • Sold in 1” increments • One column wide • $33.00/column inch • Run online at no additional costOFFICE HOURS 10AM – 4PM Monday – Friday • 3136 South Campus Dining HallDEADLINES The deadline for ads is 2PM • 2 business days in advance of publicationSPECIAL Run the same ad 4 consecutive days and get the 5th day FREE!
EmploymEntTwo Part-Time
Student PositionsAvailable
in Public Relations/Journalism/Communications
MUST BE UNIVERSITY OFMARYLAND STUDENT!
$8.50/Hour, 12-15+ Hours/Week,Summer 2013 Start/Summer
employment with the possibility ofcontinuing into the fall.
For details visit the employment sec-tion of the DivIT website at:http://www.it.umd.edu/
Employment/StudentPositions
Earn $12/Hr.,10 Hrs./Wk.
Computer savvy independent contractorwith an eye for good photos. Work at
NARA Still Picture Dept. Flexible sched-ule. Call Wilbur Pierce, 215-772-0310.Full time summer opportunity available.
Ellen Linson AquaticCenter Hiring
Summer LifeguardsStarting at $9.30/hour. Must be American
Red Cross certified. Apply online atPGPARKS.COM. Location: 5211 Paint
Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740.301-277-3717
Nutrition ScienceMajor Needed
to help expand national "Martial ArtsNutrition" program. Great opportunity
for organized, motivated individualwith expertise in social media. Send
resume to: [email protected].
$ Bartending $ – $250/day potential. No ex-perience necessary. Training available. 1-800-965-6520 x116.
Join UMBC ChoiceCommunity ServiceLearning FellowshipOne year AmeriCorps opportunity work-ing with youth. Includes living allowanceand education award. Immediate open-ings. Apply at www.choiceprograms.org.
EmploymEntRECEPTIONIST
NEEDED/RIVERDALEPart-time receptionist needed in busy
criminal defense/civil litigation firm. Mustbe highly dependable, organized and mo-tivated. Perfect opportunity for a college
student or recent graduate. Email re-sume to: [email protected].
For SalEBOOKS: Hysteria Molt echoes the greatwriters in Clumsy Hearts, a slightly mis-guided romance. They may never forgive herfor it. Some people cannot take a joke. Avail-able via Amazon.com.
For rEntWALK TO CAMPUS Apartment. 4502 Guil-ford Road (not a Knox Box). 3 bedrooms,fireplace, dishwasher and big walkup attic.$ 1 8 5 0 . 3 0 1 - 6 9 9 - 1 8 6 3 o r e m a i ld u n n r e n t a l s @ a o l . c o m .
Walk to campus. 3-4 bedroom townhouse.Available August. Starting at $2000; all utilit-ies included. 410-991-3077.
One block from campus – early signing bo-nus: $1000! Plus gas grill with lease signedin two weeks. Three residential houses inUniversity Hills. Available June 1. 5 bed-rooms, central ac, dishwasher, washer/dryer.RENT range from $3100 up. Great locationfor students in team sports (lacrosse,soccer). Dr. Kruger: 301-408-4801.
HOUSES FOR RENT. Close to campus.cphouse4rent.com
Apartment next to campus. Large 2 bed-room, 2 bath. Washer/dryer, ac, etc. 301-918-0203.
Nice large house 1/2 mile to campus. 4-5bedrooms, 3 baths. Available Fall. 301-918-0203.
$875/Week – 2 bedroom, sleeps 6 privateresort condo – Williamsburg late May – OBXBeach early June – Orlando early July – ownany $4900. [email protected].
BIKE TO CAMPUS. 5718 Vassar Drive. 5bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, 2 kitchens, ac, 2dishwashers, washer/dryer. 1.58 miles tocampus. Shuttle stop .12 from house. Bikepath end of street. Free parking spacesavailable on College Ave. $1895. 301-699-1863 or email [email protected].
SErvicESPREGNANT? Free confidential pregnancytesting & caring counseling help. www.op-tionline.org, 1-800-712-HELP. Continueeducation and career: 1-800-ANGEL-OK.
EDITING / WORDPROCESSING — Theses,dissertations, papers. Style manual special-i s ts . Ca l l 24 hours . 301-474-6000.www.CompuMediaUSA.com/academic
Diversions MULTIPLE ART FORMSSenior staff writers Warren Zhang and Dean Essner face off on the merits of At the Movies’s method of film criticism in honor of Roger Ebert’s death, and staff writer Kelsey Hughes shares opportunities to get involved in poetry during National Poetry Month. For more, visit diamondbackonline.com.
ON THESITE
working on crowd managementSEE’s choice of psychedelic rockers MGMT as Art Attack XXX headliner garnered a mostly positive reception, but directors still had to weather complaints and defend their decision
NEWS | REACTION TO SEE BOOKING MGMT AS ART ATTACK HEADLINER
By Matt SchnabelFor The Diamondback
Faced with the hefty task of bring-ing big-name musical talent to this u n iversity’s a n nu a l A r t Attack concert, SEE directors knew they couldn’t please everyone.
Satisfying more than 25,000 stu-dents has proved impossible in the past, and this year was no exception, as Student Entertainment Events ad-ministrators weathered complaints over the performers’ lack of relevancy and calls for fresher acts.
Last week, SEE revea led psy-chedelic rock group MGMT as Art Attack XXX’s headlining act, with The Ready Set slated to open the May 3 show. Following the announce-ment, SEE received the typical mixed reaction from students.
Many praised the concert’s return to rock after back-to-back years of hip-hop headliners.
“I’m glad to see more diversity,” said senior marketing and supply chain management major Ari Hock.
However, SEE concerts direc-tor Kiera Zitelman said alternat-ing yearly between rap and rock in the past was more of a fluke than a purposeful move.
“ W hen we a n nou nced it wa s B.o.B. last year, some people were a little confused because they were under the impression that there’s a rap-rock switch, which had kind of happened,” Zitelman said. “So I think people were expecting a rock choice, maybe. But we don’t stick to a binary, really. We just try and get someone that we think is a good name, who will bring a good show, who’s in demand.”
Yet others still viewed SEE’s selec-tions as out of touch.
“I think that MGMT is definitely out-of-date,” said freshman engi-
neering major Chris Swetz. “...I’d rather they went with some-thing more fashion-able than indie.”
Despite some nega-tive feedback, Zitel-man — who is respon-sible for booking Art Attack’s performers — said the organiza-tion has taken steps to involve the student body i n ma k i ng the final decision.
A f t e r c o n t a c t -ing about 40 artists and groups over the s u m m e r t o c h e c k their availabilities and booking fees, Zitel-man ultimately nar-rowed the list down to 10 acts. SEE then released a survey in November to gauge student interest in the potential headliners.
About 1,800 stu-dents f i l led out the survey, which featured R&B crooner Frank Ocean, rapper Macklemore and indie folk sextet Of Monsters and Men, among others.
Despite being pitted against more recent chart-toppers, MGMT ul-timately won out by a significant margin, Zitelman said. SEE’s policies prevented Zitelman from releasing the exact details of the survey.
Though it’s been more than five years since MGMT first garnered fame with its major-label debut Oracular Spectacular and nearly three since its latest release, 2010’s Congratulations, SEE directors felt MGMT was on the brink of another breakthrough. With a forthcom-ing album slated for release in June
and a new single likely on the way, MGMT presented the opportunity for an “up-and-coming approach,” Zitelman said.
“We do think that MGMT is kind of poised to get even bigger than t hey m ayb e were i n 2009, a nd they’re also headlining a bunch of festivals this summer,” Zitelman said. “So we thought it was a pretty timely choice, considering what’s about to happen for them.”
Despite some students’ opi n-ions on the final decision, the re-actions appeared largely positive. On Monday, the first day of sales, students purchased about 1,800 tickets, exceeding last year’s first-
day sales by about 500 tickets. SEE hopes for an increase in A rt At-tack’s overall attendance, which numbered about 7,000 in 2012.
Zitelman credits the early enthu-siasm to SEE’s creative headliner an-nouncement, which came in the form of a YouTube video. The video fea-tured SEE Vice President of Finance Patrick Doyle dancing to a compila-tion of tracks from past Art Attack performers and has reached about 15,000 people, she said.
If students aren’t content with Art Attack XXX, there are plenty of other SEE-sponsored concerts across a wide range of genres, Zitelman said. On Sunday, rappers Shwayze and OCD:
Moosh & Twist, singer-songwriter Sid Sriram and others will perform at SEE’s free Terpstock event.
“We have several different con-certs besides Art Attack where we try to sort of satisfy all the possible tastes on campus,” Zitelman said.
At Art Attack XXX, MGMT prom-ises a special effects-laden show that’s sure to please crowds, she added.
“MGMT, I’m really excited about. They’re bringing a lot of really cool stuff … all these really cool effects,” she said. “So that’s kind of taking a lot of work on our end, but I think it’s going to produce a really cool show.”
MGMT plans to release a new album in June as well as headline several summer festivals, which was a large factor in the band’s selection for Art Attack. photo courtesy of wikimedia commons
EVEN THE DIAMONDBACK | XXXDAY, SEPTEMBER XX, 20122 THE DIAMONDBACK | FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012thursday, APRIL 11, 2013 | SPORTS | THE DIAMONDBACK 7
goals per game. His numbers haven’t improved from last season — his 2.2 points per game average is the same mark he posted in 2012 — but the fi fth-year senior has accepted his role as a “quarterback” who runs the o� ense, putting his teammates in a position to tally goals and assists.
Last year, Blye led the squad with 20 assists, but this year, he’s notched just seven, while Cooper leads the Terps with 14. Blye often possesses the ball behind the net, waiting for the o� ense to get set. He’ll then dodge his man and draw defenders, creat-ing openings for his teammates.
If Blye can’t beat his man, he’ll give it up to Cooper. So when coach John Tillman needs an at-tackman to make an unselfish play, he knows he has options.
“We’re very comfortable with both of those guys initiating the offense,” Tillman said. “We’re really not biased toward having one or the other of them doing it.”
100th POINTS
Though Blye’s overall numbers haven’t risen this season, he’s now one goal or assist away from notching his 100th career point.
His teammate, midfi elder John Haus, sits two points away from reaching the milestone.
No current Terps are among the 38 players in program history who have scored 100 career points, but Haus and Blye are likely to change that soon. It could come in the same game or even on the same play, Haus said.
The pair could even accom-plish the feat against rival Johns Hopkins, a team Haus’ father coached from 1999 to 2000.
“It would defi nitely be cool,” Haus said. “Especially with the Hopkins game, it would be pretty cool if we could do that together.”
Both players said they’d rather win Saturday’s game against the No. 15 Blue Jays than notch their own 100th point. But it would still be quite an achievement.
Attackmen typically post the gaudiest offensive numbers, but Haus has scored all of his 98 as a midfi elder. Blye, mean-while, started his college career playing midfi eld and is on the brink of becoming the 39th Terp to reach the 100-point mark thanks to his tendency to facilitate rather than score.
And the duo does more than just pile up stats.
“They take just as much pride playing defense, riding hard, or getting what we call ‘the hockey assist,’” Tillman said. “That’s
why you are happy for them, because they have that attitude.”
OPPONENT’S APPROACH
Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala can’t wait for Sat-urday’s contest. His team gets to compete in one of the sport’s most intense rivalries and has a shot at knocking o� the nation’s top-ranked team.
Still, the 13th-year coach isn’t letting himself or his players turn their attention to Saturday just yet. They have work to do before game day.
“The focus now is on each day,” Pietramala said. “It has been what we need to do on this day to prepare to play against the No. 1 team in the country.”
Pietramala wants his players especially focused this week because they have a lot of scouting to cover. All six of the Terps’ starters at midfi eld or attack have tallied at least 17 points this season, making them a hassle to prepare for.
“It is a challenge when it is a team that can share the ball and you got guys who can shoot it,” Pietramala said. “You’ve got to be on point. Whatever direc-tion you chose to go as regards to how to defend [the Terps], you have to do it very well.”
mid� elder john haus is two points away from recording his 100th point, a mark that 38 Terps have reached. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
NOTEBOOKFrom PAGE 8
before exploding for an eight-run eighth against the Patri-ots (12-21).
Second baseman Kyle Convis-sar led the Terps, going 3-for-5 and driving in four runs to give him a team-high 32 RBIs on the season. Right fielder Anthony Papio — who is fi lling in for the injured Jordan Hagel — also batted 3-for-5 in his second consecutive three-RBI game.
“Any time we had a guy on third base, we got him in,” Con-vissar said. “We had a squeeze play that worked. We had two-out hits. We had one-out hits. We had doubles, and any time you can get more runs across the plate, the better it is.”
Center fi elder Charlie White pitched in, too, adding three
hits and two stolen bases. White now needs one more steal to tie the program’s single-season record Larry Long set with 33 stolen bases in 1998.
“I’m just trying to go out and help the team win games,” White said. “I’m lucky that I have a coach that has an aggres-sive style on the base paths, and it’s nice to have him out there giving me the green light and letting me steal bases like I do.”
The Terps have now won consecutive games for the fi rst time since defeating James Madison and Wake Forest on March 19 and March 22, respec-tively. A daunting stretch that
included matchups with Vir-ginia, Florida State and North Carolina — the top three teams in the ACC — is behind them.
When the Terps host Miami this weekend in pursuit of their first conference series win of the season, they’ll be riding a winning streak.
“Any time you go on the road and you pitch well and you play well, it is good stu� ,” Szefc said. “And that’s my point. If you’re building a good week, you’re going to feel better heading into the weekend, no matter who you’re playing.”
patriotsFrom PAGE 8
single in the fourth inning, but it wasn’t enough to make up for the team’s erratic defensive play.
The Terps had chances to score in the first inning, but a strikeout and line out from infielder Lindsey Schmeiser and catcher Shannon Bustil-los, respectively, nullified a pair of singles. Designated player Candice Beards fol-lowed with a walk to load the bases, but a ground out left the runners stranded.
Though the Patriots left seven runners on base, they tallied runs before getting
retired, scoring four during the fi fth and sixth to put the game beyond doubt.
“We just didn’t play well,” Watten said. “Our focus wasn’t there.”
The Terps refocused in the second game, however, and they received more produc-tion at the plate. Hawvermale and center fielder Sara Acosta both went 2-for-3, and Beards — who batted a combined 5-for-6 yesterday — had hits in all three of her at-bats and drove in two runs.
The team also chose not to come out with a designated player for the second half of the doubleheader, electing to have Carroll pitch and bat instead.
She handled the two roles well, Watten said, conceding three earned runs in 4.1 innings pitched, as well as earning two walks and scoring a run.
D e s p i te t h e w i n i n t h e second game, the loss in the first comes at a tough time. The Terps will face Georgia Tech this weekend, and Watten has never beaten the Yellow Jackets in her eight years in College Park.
“We just got to get back in our groove of hitting well,” Watten said. “That’s just going to take us … getting back to the team we were when we were scoring a lot of runs.”
masonFrom PAGE 8
attacker halle majorana scored two of the Terps’ � rst seven goals in last night’s 15-9 win over Princeton. alexis jenkins/the diamondback
“I’m lucky that I have a coach that has an aggressive style on the base paths, and it’s nice to have him out there giving me the green light and letting me steal bases like I do.”
CHARLIE WHITETerrapins baseball center � elder
Follow @DBKSports on TwitterFor updates and news on all your favorite Terps sports teams
my days … a lot of respect for that program.”
Attacker Alex Aust notched a game-high seven points on three goals and four assists. Attacker Halle Majorana, and midfielders Katie Schwarz-mann and Beth Glaros each added hat tricks.
Princeton’s second-half run came after coach Chris Sailer inserted McMunn into the circle. With McMunn’s nine draw controls leading the way, the Tigers went on to win the battle in the circle, 15-11.
“It went back and forth for a little bit,” Reese said. “Second half, one of our goals in the locker room, we wanted to fi ght a little harder in the circle in the draw, and we didn’t.”
The Terps (15-0) won the game’s fi rst four draw controls and used that stretch to sand-wich 4-0 and 3-0 runs around a lone Tigers (7-4) tally. With 13:32 left in the fi rst half, the Terps led, 7-1.
Majorana scored two of her
career-high-tying three goals during that early period.
“We were just all on the same page,” Majorana said. “I was able to fi nd the openings, but it was great passes coming from Brooke, Beth and Alex.”
The Tigers only found the back of the net one more time before the half, and went into the break trailing, 9-2.
Though the Terps lost the draw control battle in the fi rst half, 7-5, they took 12 more shots and converted all seven of their clears.
Aust extended the Terps’ lead to 10-2 with 24:39 left. But Princeton goalkeeper Car-oline Franke then rattled o� a series of stellar saves, helping spark the 4-0 run that quickly cut the Terps’ lead to four.
“I thought we had a letdown in the second half,” Reese said. “We lost the second half, 7-6. We gave up too many opportu-nities and we need to do better than that.”
A frustrated Reese called a timeout following Princeton’s outburst. Her words appeared to resonate — at least tem-porarily — as the Terps won
the ensuing draw control and sprinted down the field for a score.
Princeton struck right back, however, as McMunn netted her second goal to bring the defi cit back to four.
Two quick scores extended the Terps’ lead to six, effec-tively ending the Tigers’ hopes of a comeback.
Princeton couldn’t take ad-vantage when Schwarzmann earned a yellow card, either. The teams simply traded goals to end the contest, and the Terps stepped o� the fi eld with their 15th straight win to begin the season.
Still, the Terps said after the game they need to improve. They may be undefeated, but there is still work to do.
“We’re looking to get back to playing Maryland lacrosse in the way that we know how to play,” Glaros said. “Today we were a little bit compla-cent, couldn’t really get in the flow of the game. I think we are going to get even stronger going forward.”
tigersFrom PAGE 8
Page 8 THURsday, April 11, 2013
SportsSTATLINE
Terps baseball outfielder Anthony Papio’s performance in a 16-1 win at George Mason
3RBIs
5At-bats
3Hits
QUOTE OF THE DAY
John TillmanTerps men’s lacrosse coach
“I don’t even think about rankings right now. It sounds cliche, but you can throw that stuff out the window.”
2Runs
For Terps, Hats off
Attacker Alex Aust (No. 10) was one of four Terps to score three goals in a win over Princeton last night. She tallied a game-high seven points. alexis jenkins/the diamondback
Aust, Majorana, Schwarzmann and Glaros all notch hat tricks as team defeats Princeton, 15-9
By Joshua NeedelmanStaff writer
Cathy Reese will never underes-timate Princeton. In her first year as a player for the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team in 1995, she beat the Tigers, 13-5, in the national champion-ship game to halt Princeton’s attempt at a repeat.
So the sixth-year coach knew the Terps couldn’t take the Tigers lightly entering last night’s contest. Attacker Erin McMunn boasted a Tigers season-high 45 points and No. 13 Princeton was riding a four-game winning streak.
The Tigers threatened to make it five when they cut an eight-goal Terps lead in half with a 4-0 run early in the second half. But the No. 1 Terps’ four
hat tricks and scrappy defense down the stretch ultimately secured a 15-9 victory before more than 600 fans at Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
“I was proud of the way we came out,” Reese said. “We have a lot of respect for Princeton. I played Princeton back in the Final Four in
Shorthanded Terps split with PatriotsTeam loses Game 1, 8-3, wins Game 2,4-3, as Beards goes 5-for-6 in seriesBy Paul Pierre-LouisStaff writer
Last night’s doubleheader against George Mason was critical for the Terrapins soft-ball team’s role players.
To compensate for the Terps’ recent rash of injuries, the Terps needed to make sure they were prepared to step in and perform against the Patriots.
Coach Laura Watten and h e r p l a y e r s e m p h a s i z e d that point during Tuesday’s practice, and despite a pair of sluggish performances, the team hung on to split the doubleheader with an 8-3 loss and a 4-3 victory.
The Patriots (12-27) have a robust 27-player roster, and they made use of their numbers advantage, making substitu-tions in various positions to stay fresh throughout the series. On the other hand, the Terps (21-21) had to deal with a shorthanded roster that may be showing signs of wear at this stage of the season.
“That’s just the reality of playing in this part of the season,” Watten said. “Every-one is going to be tired and fa-
tigued, but I wouldn’t use that as an excuse.”
The Terps’ roster is just 19 players deep, and they have three players — infielder Mandy Gardner, outfielder Nikki Maier and pitcher Brenna Nation — out due to injury or sickness. Without a full contingent of players, the team had to rely more heavily on lesser-used contributors such as utility player Lexi Carroll, infielder Corey Schwartz and outfielder Bridget Hawvermale.
The trio finished the double-header 4-for-11 combined at the plate with one run, one RBI and three walks.
It wasn’t the bats that were at fault in the first game, though. Instead, the team’s defense played a crucial role in the team’s loss. A pair of errors from the Terps led to three unearned runs in the second inning, and Patriots outfielder Megan Blank drove in two of them with a triple.
“We just weren’t executing what we need to do on defense,” Watten said.
Schwartz notched an RBI
SOFTBALL
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
BASEBALL
Terps thrash George Mason, 16-1Team records season highs in runs and hits in rematch of earlier lossBy Daniel PopperStaff writer
About two weeks ago, the Ter-rapins baseball team played what coach John Szefc called its worst game of the season in a 3-2 home loss to George Mason.
Yesterday on the road, it got revenge.The Terps thrashed the Patriots,
16-1, in Fairfax, Va., tying season highs in runs and hits, while striking out only
twice. They also received the second-straight quality start from converted closer Jake Stinnett, who threw five scoreless innings and allowed only four hits and one walk.
“A lot of the first loss was because we weren’t able to execute,” Szefc said. “We left a ton of runners on base and we just didn’t do anything well offen-sively that day. Today was the polar op-posite of that. We did about everything that you would want to do.”
The bullpen picked up where Stinnett left off. Relievers Jake Drossner, Jared Price and Kevin Mooney combined to surrender just one earned run on three hits over the final four innings.
The Terps (18-15, 5-11 ACC) excelled even more at the plate, notching 17 hits. They scored two runs in each of the first, fourth, fifth and sixth innings
See PATRIOTS, Page 7
See MASON, Page 7
MEN’S LACROSSE | NOTEBOOK
‘Quarterback’ Blye helps boost attackBlye, Haus on cusp of 100 points; Johns Hopkins rivalry game looming SaturdayBy Aaron KasinitzStaff writer
Owen Blye figured he’d be shoul-dering a heavy offensive load before the Terrapins men’s lacrosse season began. The attackman was easily the team’s leading returning scorer after notching 40 points last season, and the departure of All-American attack-man Joe Cummings left Blye poised to take over as the offense’s focal point.
But that hasn’t happened. Thanks to the emergence of attackmen Kevin Cooper and Jay Carlson, who com-
bined to start just one game last season, it hasn’t had to, either.
Cooper leads the team with 17 goals and Carlson is second with 16, helping to fill Cummings’ void and letting Blye slide into a different role.
“I try to be a guy who gets everyone on the same page as a communicator and make sure we execute our game plan each week,” Blye said Tuesday. “I’ll put that on my shoulders.”
Blye’s presence has helped the Terps rank third nationally with 13.1
attackman owen blye has helped key a Terps offense averaging 13.1 goals per game, good for third nationally.Blye was the team’s top returning scorer, but other players have emerged. charlie deboyace/the diamondback
See NOTEBOOK, Page 7
Center fielder charlie white stole his 31st and 32nd bases in yesterday’s 16-1 win. file photo/the diamondback
See TIGERS, Page 7
