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Our 102ND Year, No. 20THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERWednesday, September 28, 2011
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STILL KICKINGTerps remain undefeated
with win over Charlotte
SPORTS | PAGE 8
DANCE PARTYSophomore applies danceto all facets of life
DIVERSIONS | PAGE 6
BY ERIN EGANStaff writer
In a more proactive effort to niplocal crime in the bud, UniversityPolice is partnering with several otherdepartments to create a multiagencyservice team officials said has provedsuccessful in the county.
The City Multiagency ServiceTeam — dubbed CMAST, whichlaunched in the city this semester —will allow police to analyze data about
reported problems and target whichareas need help from agencies otherthan the law, officials said.
CMAST is a collaboration betweenUniversity Police and several agen-cies, including the Prince George’sCounty Police Department, the Col-lege Park Fire Department, the Cityof College Park, the County LiquorBoard, the State’s Attorney’s Officeand the university’s Office of Student
U. Police launch new collaborationMultiagency team includes county police,fire department, liquor board and city
University Police Chief David Mitchell introduced a new multiagency service team to the campus this semester. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY LAUREN KIRKWOODStaff writer
The College Park City Councilvoted last night to continue purchas-ing Shuttle-UM bus passes for cityresidents for a fourth straight year.
Although the city previously metwith Department of TransportationServices Director David Allen to dis-cuss increasing this year’s fee from$6,000 to $10,000, the Student Gov-ernment Association and DOTS set-tled on the lower price. While District3 Councilman Mark Cook said thecouncil should vote against paying forresidents to ride the university’sbuses because not many take advan-tage of this free transportation option,councilmembers voted 4-2 to continuethe program.
“I think we’d be throwing goodmoney by the wayside,” Cook said.
However, several city coun-cilmembers said the program bene-fits the community because it pro-vides more transportation options tocity residents.
“I do know from residents thatthey really need a reliable mode oftransportation,” District 1 Council-woman Christine Nagle said duringthe meeting. “I think we should giveit another chance.”
She added that if more residents takeadvantage of the program this year, itwould make the $6,000 fee worth it.
In 2009, the city issued about 340 of
Shuttle-UMto continuefor localresidents
see POLICE, page 3City Council votesto buy passes fromDOTS for fourth year
see RIDERSHIP, page 3
McKeldin’s second floor redesignedNew space promotes quieter study spaces, library officials say
BY NICK FOLEYStaff writer
Students venturing to the secondfloor of McKeldin Library will find thelayout rearranged to create a quieterstudy space than last year’s group set-ting that some students had dubbed“Club McKeldin.”
Only a year after library officialsunveiled a new look for the secondfloor of McKeldin — called the Ter-rapin Learning Commons — thespace underwent phase two of its $1.6million multiphase renovation overthe summer and reopened this semes-ter. After hearing requests from stu-dents for more study rooms, libraryofficials installed partitions to createmore private spaces and created agraduate-student-only area, accordingto libraries Dean Patricia Steele.
The remodeled floor now featuresnew computers and furniture, includ-
ing tables, plush couches, white-boards and partitions designed toallow students to create their ownstudy spaces. The last phase of thefloor’s makeover this semester will be
complete tomorrow or Friday whenofficials roll out more new furniture.
Funds for the renovations came
Officials recently revamped McKeldin Library’s second floor to emphasizemore private study spaces for students. GARY CHEN/THE DIAMONDBACK
11 candidates finalized forCity Council’s Nov. electionsOnly two of city’s districts to be contested
BY LAUREN KIRKWOODStaff writer
The candidates for this year’s Col-lege Park City Council election havebeen finalized, and only two of thecity’s four districts will be contestedin November.
In 2009, each of the city’s districtswere contested. This year, however,only 11 candidates are registered torun for the four districts, which holdtwo seats apiece. Three candidatesare running in both District 1 andDistrict 3, and although few studentsreside in District 1, District 3includes Fraternity Row, the KnoxBoxes and many of the South Cam-pus Commons apartments.
Only two council members, Dis-trict 2 Councilman Jack Perry andDistrict 3 Councilman Mark Cook,are not seeking re-election.
With six of eight council mem-bers running for re-election, only afew of the candidates have notserved on the city council previ-ously. Fazlul Kabir, who ran in the2009 election, is once again a Dis-trict 1 candidate. He will run againstincumbents Christine Nagle andPatrick Wojahn.
In District 2, which includes TheVarsity and the University View aswell as the South Hill and North Hillcommunities, 14-year incumbent
see LIBRARY, page 2 see ELECTION, page 2
Not lettinggo yet
BY NICK FOLEYStaff writer
Since engineering researchscientist Guarav Gopalan waskilled while wearing women’sclothing earlier this month, theLGBTQA community on and offthe campus has banded togetherto promote a more acceptingatmosphere in the area.
In a candlelight vigil lastnight in Memorial Chapel,about two dozen students,friends and colleagues gath-ered to remember the slainengineer, and many used theevent as a forum to expresstheir concerns that ignorance,homophobia and transphobiaAttendees light candles candles in remembrance of Guarav
Gopalan, the slain university researcher, last night in MemorialChapel. GARY CHEN/THE DIAMONDBACK
At vigil, LGBTQA community mourns
see VIGIL, page 3
from the library’s budget andvarious donations, Steele said.
Last year, maintenance crewsbegan the first phase of the transi-tion; they painted warmer colorson the walls, replaced aging car-pets, added electrical outlets andintroduced new furniture andmore computers, printers andscanners to the floor.
Steele said when officials ini-tially set out to redesign the sec-ond floor, they wanted to createan environment unlike the restof the library and enable stu-dents to work together withoutnoise constraints.
“The whole idea was just tocreate a floor where collabora-tive work could go on,” Steelesaid. “That was the biggest needwe have heard from students.”
After hearing requests fromstudents, Steele said libraryofficials decided to add morefurniture with this year’sfunds to change the layout andthe floor’s atmosphere.
“It’s a big floor, so if youjust launch a bunch of furni-ture down, there’s no coher-ence,” Steele said. “Part of
the effort is for students touse the furniture to makespaces of their own.”
Several students, such assenior English and secondaryeducation major BethBarkley, said the revampedspace helps her and her peersblock out noise and other dis-tractions.
“Last year’s was a lot moreopen space, so sound couldtravel a lot,” Barkley said. “Ithink it helps with not only thesound, but the focus — youkind of feel like you’re in yourown study area or zone.”
However, sophomore gov-ernment and politics majorKaren Contreras said sheliked last year’s layout better.
“They took away a lot ofspace. There was a lot oftables last year, and now it’sharder to find seats,” Contr-eras said. “If you reallyneeded it to be quieter, youshould go somewhere else.”
Some students agreed thenew changes have trans-formed the atmosphere onMcKeldin’s second floor.
“It’s definitely toned downfrom the ‘Club McKeldin’times,” Barkley said.
The remodeled floor also fea-
tures a new graduate studentsection with a main study area,private study spaces and a tablefor collaborative work, as well asa multi-purpose room intended
for group study and relaxation.Both rooms are accessible onlyto graduate students.
Kirsten Crase, Graduate Stu-dent Government chief of staff,
said graduate students havelauded the space’s airy feel.
“It’s a comfortable, pleasantsetting — definitely a pleasantworkplace,” Crase said. “It’s a
definite upgrade. There hasnot been a space just for gradstudents.”
2 THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
CLARIFICATIONAlthough a caption on the photo accompanying Monday’s story, “Ten years later,still healing,” was attributed to the Department of Public Safety, the original photowas taken by then-university freshman Adam Goodman.
LIBRARYfrom page 1
In the second phase of McKeldin Library’s $1.6 million renovation of the second floor, library officials added new computers, furniture and partitions with the goal of creating more intimate study spaces for students. GARY CHEN/THE DIAMONDBACK
Bob Catlin and Lakeland CivicAssociation President MonroeDennis are the only candi-dates.
At least one of the electedofficials will be new to thecouncil in District 3, as cur-rent CouncilwomanStephanie Stullich, teacherRobert McCeney and CollegePark Estates CivicAssociation President RobertDay vie for two seats.
In District 4, which coverswestern College Park, onlytwo residents are running.Current councilmembersMarcus Afzali and DeniseMitchell, who replaced twoincumbents in a four-wayrace in 2009, will be unchal-lenged in this November’selection.
Following election pat-terns of the past severaldecades, there is no contestfor the office of mayor —
incumbent Andy Fellows isthe sole candidate for theseat he occupies.
Several council memberssaid elections with morecandidates are preferable, asthey give voters moreoptions and garner moreinterest in city af fairs.
“I think that having morepeople [running] is alwaysbetter,” Wojahn said, addingthat District 1 is generallyone of the more contesteddistricts.
“We’re civically engaged,active members of the com-munity.”
Nagle agreed. “I think it’s good for voters
to have contested races,” shesaid. “More active engage-ment is for the most part agood thing.”
Although there is no stu-dent candidate running,Afzali — who ran as a gradu-ate student in 2009 — said hedoes not believe this willimpact student participationin the election.
Afzali noted that the high-est student voter turnoutoccurred in 2009 in District2, where the two candidateselected — Perry and Catlin— were the most seniormembers of the council.
“I think students shoulddefinitely pay attention,”Afzali said.
“Who’s elected definitelyhas an impact on their quali-ty of life.”
ELECTIONfrom page 1A SUSTAINABLE STEP FOR THE RHA
In its first meeting of the year, the Residence Hall Association approved theestablishment of a new standing sustainability committee with the legislativepower to launch more eco-friendly initatives. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
“Having morepeople [running]is always better.We’re civicallyengaged, activemembers of thecommunity.”
PATRICK WOJAHNDISTRICT 1 COUNCILMAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 | NEWS | THE DIAMONDBACK 3
SSDP moves to expand Good SamUniversity Senate Chair Linda Mabbs (right) and Senate Parliamentarian Marvin Breslowapplaud the passage of the Good Samaritan policy in March. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY MARIA ROMASStaff writer
Members of Students forSensible Drug Policy are gear-ing up for a familiar fight thissemester — pushing for aGood Samaritan policy thatapplies to those under theinfluence of drugs.
After a three-year push frommembers of the universitycommunity — including manyin SSDP — the University Sen-ate approved an official GoodSamaritan policy in March,which protects dangerouslyintoxicated students from uni-versity sanction if they call forhelp for themselves or a friend.While this is the first fullsemester it will be enforced,members of SSDP said theyare already mobilizing differ-ent on-campus groups toextend the policy to studentson drugs.
“There’s really no reason itshouldn’t be [added to the pol-icy],” said Brandon Levey, for-mer SSDP co-president and cur-rent undergraduate senator. “Ifa person is overdosing on someother drug, they shouldn’t bescared to call for help.”
Although several otherundergraduate students havechampioned an all-inclusiveGood Samaritan policy overthe last few years, nothingever came to fruition, with
many officials citing legal rea-sons as a major deterrent.Levey said he is working on asenate proposal to get the dis-cussion going again, but hemay face similar problems thistime around.
University Senate Chair EricKasischke said he is not surethe proposal is plausible from alegal standpoint because beingin possession of alcohol under-age is simply a misdemeanor,whereas possession of drugs issometimes a felony.
“Where possession of alco-hol underage is a civil violationof law, moving into unlawfuldrug violation is criminal,” saidUniversity Police spokesmanCapt. Marc Limansky. “It’skind of crossing over a line.”
However, Kasischke said heis still open to discussing thematter.
Kasischke said while peoplegenerally recognize drinkingas a problem on college cam-puses, they tend to diminishthe role drugs play.
“I think there’s a dichotomyin play here, because on theone hand we all want to protectthe students and prevent tragicthings from happening,” Kasis-chke said. “But society has amuch different attitude towarddrug use than they havetoward alcohol use. So, eventhough having alcohol under-age is illegal, people are more
willing to [get behind] alcohol-related incidents than drug-related incidents.”
Limansky said officers arenot bound by the policy —whether it pertains to alcoholor drugs — when decidingwhether or not to charge a stu-dent with possession.
“If we get to scene and feel aperson has to be charged orsent to the Office of StudentConduct, we do that,” he said.“Then, the Office of StudentConduct decides if it falls underthe Good Samaritan protocol. Itdoesn’t really affect our behav-ior; we decide whatever crimi-nal charges are appropriategiven the situation.”
But Levey said he still plansto push for the expansion, not-ing he’s reached out to StudentGovernment Association rep-resentatives for support. SGAPresident Kaiyi Xie said he hasbegun to set up meetingsabout expanding the policy andhopes to nail down somedetails soon.
“A lot of schools and stateshave a Good Samaritan policythis comprehensive,” Leveysaid. “We are really hopingthat we will be able to emulatethat here. It’s definitely in theinitial stages, but it’s some-thing we are planning ondoing this year.”
Group hopes policy will extend coverage to drugs
TERPSGET
AHEADWith their resumes in hand,many students attended the firstday of the annual three-daycareer and internship fair held inStamp Student Union.Participants are encouraged todress professionally and bringmultiple copies of their resumes.The fair will last until Thursdayand various employers will beavailable from noon to 5 p.m.both today and Thursday forstudents to start their searchesearly. PHOTOS BY MAYA MUNOZ/FOR
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Conduct.“The idea is that when you
look at a problem in a commu-nity or in an area, rather thanlabeling something as a policeproblem or a liquor boardproblem or an education prob-lem, you take all these entitiesand you form this team and as agroup you have input towardsolutions for a problem usingyour areas of expertise,” Uni-versity Police spokesmanCapt. Marc Limansky said.
Overlapping informationfrom several departments de-velops clusters that identifyareas that need the most atten-tion, he said.
“We can do a lot with just ourown data, but having everyoneon one sheet will paint a veryclear picture,” Limansky said.
University Police ChiefDavid Mitchell, who has beeninvolved in CMAST initiativesin other departments such ascounty police, brought the con-cept to the campus.
“I’ve used this before in polic-ing with great success,”Mitchell said. “So, I offered tobring the initiative in partner-ship to the city of College Park.”
Limansky said it can be es-pecially useful when workingwithin a student population.
“Let’s say we have a problemwith underage drinking,” hesaid. “It can certainly be seenas a police problem, but itcould involve, for example, ahousing problem. If we target aproblem from a police stand-point, people are just going tobe fined and move on, but ifyou go to the landlord, thenyou can completely change therent space. It’s a problem-solv-ing model.”
Mitchell said CMAST hasbeen used successfully in thecounty several times. Whenthere were several reports ofaggressive panhandling a fewyears ago, Mitchell said, the
police were called to shoothem away, but they consis-tently came back.
“By taking a problem-ori-ented approach with CMAST,we found that the homelessorganization in [the county]was dropping them off to goapply for jobs and [the pan-handlers] weren’t doing that,but arresting a homeless per-son just gives them a record,”he said. “It wasn’t somethingthat should be handled by thelaw. When we use other part-ners, we end up with solutionsthat work, which free up ourtime to do other things andimprove the quality of life inour neighborhood.”
Bob Ryan, College Park’s di-rector of public services, wrotein an email that city officialsare looking forward to work-ing with the other agencies in-
volved in CMAST.“We have worked with joint
agency groups in the past; and,believe that combined City,County, State and Universityresources, working together ina CMAST organizational struc-ture, have the potential for im-proving public safety city-wide,” Ryan wrote.
Prince George’s County Po-lice District 1 CommanderMaj. Hector Velez said Ryan’shopes for the city has so farbeen successful in the county.
“It’s been very effective, andI think it will be very good inCollege Park, too,” Velez said.“If all the entities are on thesame page, it’ll be great. Youcan’t go wrong with all of thoseentities. Chief Mitchell de-serves a lot of credit for this.”
POLICEfrom page 1
University Police is partnering with other departments to target issues other agencies can help solve. County PoliceDistrict 1 Commander Hector Velez (above) said the initiativehas worked well for the county. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
the 1,000 passes it purchased forresidents, and DOTS officials pre-viously reported that residentstook about 289 rides that year. Lastyear’s numbers were not in the citycouncil agenda packet last night.
“We need to get the word out,make sure the residents knowthat the university can meet theirneeds,” Nagle said.
The university’s “performancestandards” for keeping track ofridership numbers needs to beimproved, according to Cook.
While District 1 Councilman
Patrick Wojahn said the programwas valuable, he added that thecity should continue to exploreother public transportation op-tions, such as looking to PrinceGeorge’s County officials to in-crease bus service along Route 1.
“I like this program, and I thinkwe should keep it in place,” hesaid. “I don’t think cutting publictransportation as a whole is agood idea.”
District 3 CouncilwomanStephanie Stullich said she sup-ports continuing the programbecause it not only helps resi-dents who would like to rely onbus transport get around the citybut also those who drive along
Route 1, leading to less congest-ed roads.
“There is a lot of concern in thecommunity about transit, espe-cially on Route 1,” she said. “Thisis a program that we fought for.”
RIDERSHIPfrom page 1
still plague society. On theweekend of Sept. 10, in addi-tion to Gopalan’s slaying, onetransgender woman was mur-dered and another was shot.Police have identified oneman in connection with thenonfatal shooting.
Additionally, during themorning hours of Aug. 26, anallegedly drunk off-duty D.C.police officer reportedly shotat a car with two transgenderpassengers in NorthwestWashington, according to TheWashington Post.
“We are living in a climate ofugliness and pettiness —there’s a nastiness in the air,”said English professor emeri-tus Maynard Mack. “Hatefulthings lead to more hatefulthings, and eventually it leadsto something like this.”
Many at the event said theywere disillusioned with theMetropolitan Police Depart-ment, and Associate Directorof the Office of LGBT EquityNicholas Sakurai said that po-lice are responding too slowlyto these three crimes.
Sakurai said he felt a deepconnection to Gopalan’s case,
and said it has “made visible acommunity and a network thatwe need to develop.”
“Until we can teach cause-less hatred out of every humanbeing, we need to watch eachother’s back,” Mack said. “It’sour job — while pushing toknow what happened —it’sour job to do something.”
Although police are still in-vestigating Gopalan’s murderand it has not been declared ahate crime, Mack said he be-lieves the incident stemmedfrom feelings of hatred ofLGBTQA people that aredeeply rooted in society.
“These kinds of events arejust so tragic and so scary,”Sakurai added.
Some attendees — such assophomore computer sciencemajor Marshall Peters — saidthey hoped the vigil would in-spire campus communities tomake the issue of violence to-ward transgender peoplemore visible to police and tothe general public.
“The LGBT community it-self has come together,” Peterssaid. “We lost one of our own,and it’s a sobering reminder ofall the problems we still have tolive with.”
VIGILfrom page 1
English professor emeritus Maynard Mack speaks at the vigilfor the slain research scientist. GARY CHEN/THE DIAMONDBACK
“I like thisprogram, and Ithink we shouldkeep it in place.”
PATRICK WOJAHNDISTRICT 1 COUNCILMAN
On May 16, The New YorkTimes published an opin-ion piece “The Long Over-due Palestinian State,” by
Palestinian National Authority Presi-dent Mahmoud Abbas. In the piece,Abbas, through a tone of emotive sto-rytelling and historical review, soughtto advance an inspirational hope: aU.N. General Assembly vote — to beheld this month — that would interna-tionally recognize a Palestinian statebased on Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
When writing on the history ofIsrael’s founding, Abbas noted that thelast time a Palestinian state came intoquestion, the 1947 U.N. vote dividedthe British Mandate of Palestine intotwo states for two peoples. However,“Zionist forces expelled PalestinianArabs to ensure a decisive Jewishmajority in the future state of Israel,and Arab armies intervened.”
Thus, according to Abbas, theensuing war led to a Palestinianexpulsion from its homeland — theterritory occupied by Israel after the1967 Arab-Israeli War. Conclusively,
Abbas further underlined that a U.N.vote for statehood is the only viableoption, alluding to Israel’s failure inadvancing peace.
Quick history lesson: There wasnever an entity called “Palestine” inthese lands captured by Israel in the1967 war. And what’s more interestingand ironic is that there would havebeen one had the Arab leadership notrejected the 1947 U.N. vote andinvaded the fledgling Jewish state theday after it declared independence.
The 1948 war that ensued was, onIsrael’s part, a defensive one. And theresult? An Egyptian occupation of theGaza Strip and a Jordanian occupationof the West Bank. It should thereforebe made clear that Israel did not takethose territories from the Palestinians
in 1967. Rather, they conquered themin what was another war of defensefrom Jordanian and Egyptian occu-pants — countries that never evenworked to establish a Palestinian statein those areas at the time.
And Israel’s failure to advancepeace? What about the 1993 OsloAccords? Or the 2000 Camp DavidSummit, where 90 percent of the WestBank, all of Gaza and a capital in EastJerusalem were put on the table? Or in2005 when Gaza was returned toPalestinian leadership? All halfwaymeeting points that were only metwith violence.
The incontrovertible truth is that aU.N. vote to establish a Palestinianstate will not bring peace. A return tothe 1967 borders will not bring an endto hostility toward Israel because thecalls for Israel’s destruction go wellpast that year. It will not bring peacebecause it is based on unjust, flawedscrutiny and manipulated claims ofhistory. It will not bring peace becauseAbbas constantly states he does notrecognize Israel’s existence as a Jew-
ish state. And, on the most troublingnote, it will not bring peace because ofAbbas’ current alliance with Hamas,whose constant vow to destroy Israelhas become expected rhetoric.
I’m not a voice advocating against afuture state for the Palestinian people.I’m not a voice that wants to dismiss thegenuine call for peace, the call toensure two peoples living in harmonywhere the focus becomes less on poli-tics and more on sensible livelihood.Instead, I’m one of the many voices thathopes to wake people up to the realityof present conditions — leadershipthat’s not ready for a peaceful Palestin-ian state.
A precarious peace built on pillars ofprecarious facts — all on a foundationof radical, dangerous associations — isundeniably unstable in what it pro-motes, is bound to collapse and couldlead to further violence in an alreadyvolatile region.
Ariel Dosetareh is a freshman Jewishstudies major. He can be reached [email protected].
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S tudents have always pushed thelimit when questioning author-ity, and they usually get awaywith it. But sometimes, as with
the Irvine 11, they get knocked down. Israel’s ambassador to the United
States, Michael Oren, delivered aspeech at the University of California,Irvine in February 2010 that drewnational attention. About halfwaythrough his address, a student stoodbefore the 500 others seated in theroom, shouted a message at Oren andmade his way to the aisle, knowingthere would certainly be an officerthere waiting for him.
Oren continued his speech only tobe interrupted again. And again. Andagain. That evening, Oren would beinterrupted a total of 10 times by 11 dif-ferent students. The group came to beknown as the Irvine 11.
The protesters were all escorted outof the hall and arrested. UC Irvineadministrators later alleged the univer-sity’s Muslim Student Union plannedthe protest, prompting the university to
suspend the organization for theremainder of that semester and place iton probation through December 2012.Nearly a year later, the Orange Countydistrict attorney charged each of theprotesters with two misdemeanors —disturbing a meeting and conspiring todo so. On Friday, a jury found 10 of the11 students guilty on both charges andsentenced each to three years of proba-tion and 56 hours of community service.
College campuses have historicallybeen the epicenter of the Americansocial and political conscience. From thecivil rights movement to the VietnamWar to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/orFear, college campuses have hosted therobust debates and free flow of ideas thatare vital components of the Americanidentity. Regardless of whether youagree with their approach, the Irvine 11were simply expressing their viewsmuch like many protesters before them.
Personally, I would have taken analternate route. Indeed, when Orenspoke at this university in October2010, I sat quietly and listened to him
during his speech and then joinedother students in protest outside after-ward. The Irvine 11 chose a differentapproach, but it was still a peacefulprotest that shouldn’t have resulted incriminal convictions.
Protesters commonly flirt withunacceptable behavior, but authori-ties rarely pursue disciplinary action.When Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)yelled “You lie!” during PresidentBarack Obama’s health-care speechto Congress, he was only asked toapologize. When two individualsinterrupted Obama’s commence-ment address at Notre Dame, theywere simply escorted out. This selec-tive enforcement undermines ourjudicial system and is unfair to the
Irvine 11. UC Irvine’s sanctions onthe Muslim Student Union were asufficient consequence.
I deeply respect the courage of theIrvine 11 — they embody the passionand the voice that drive studentactivism. Martin Luther King Jr. told us“the greatness of America is the right toprotest for right.” The conviction ofthose 11 students is a conviction of theentire student voice. It is a conviction ofthe very freedom of dissent and intellec-tual liberty that defines our universities.
So we as students are now taskedwith reclaiming our impunity todemonstrate. This is not a matter ofwhich side you stand on or whichcause you champion. This is a matterof principle. As long as you are moti-vated by your beliefs, you should beallowed to stand and make your voiceheard — even if your methods are abit unorthodox.
Osama Eshera is a junior bioengineeringmajor. He can be reached [email protected].
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THE DIAMONDBACK LAUREN REDDINGEDITOR IN CHIEF
The U.N.-stable peace
Three weeks ago, this editorial board commended university officials fortheir prompt and effective communication with the community before,during and after Hurricane Irene. Apparently, we spoke too soon.
Based on officials’ communication with the university community followingthe explosion in the chemistry building Monday that left two students with first-and second-degree burns, it seems the UniversityPolice’s emergency alert notification system needs someserious tinkering.
Far too many students reported not receiving one ormore of the university’s alerts — either the emails or the textmessages delivered to those who opt to receive them.
It’s concerning if a handful of students are inadvertentlyleft hanging in an emergency situation — it’s a huge prob-lem if thousands of them find themselves out of the loop, asthey did earlier this week.
But what’s even worse than this inconsistent deliveryof messages — and more telling about the system’s ineffi-ciency — is how long it took for students to be notified inthe first place. The explosion occurred at 12:30 p.m.; thefirst email from University Police didn’t arrive in inboxesuntil 1:18 p.m.
This editorial board is left wondering how it could take 48 minutes to bang out a22-word message, especially when this was the exact kind of situation the systemwas supposedly implemented to address.
Equally puzzling is the near-identical email from University Police that arrived anhour later. Both messages informed recipients of the “chemical incident” andadvised them to “stay clear of the area,” but there was a slight difference in wordingabout personnel crews on the scene. That difference makes us wonder whether thesecond email was sent as an afterthought to make sure everyone received it orwhether it was written by a different official who hadn’t communicated with the firstsender. Both of those scenarios are hardly comforting in the midst of an emergency.
Many students and professors have contacted this editorial board or posted com-
ments on The Diamondback’s website saying they only received the last of threealerts sent via text message — the one that arrived at 4:19 p.m. stating the chemistrybuilding had been reopened. Some said they normally receive messages but didn’tthis time, and others said they have repeatedly signed up for the alerts but havenever actually gotten any.
Even for the unknown number of students who did, in fact, receive all theintended alerts, let’s just hope they weren’t on their way tothe chemistry building at the time. Because in the 48 min-utes it took for the university to get around to notifying thecommunity of a chemical explosion, hundreds — if notthousands — of students could have passed through thearea, unaware they might have been at risk.
The fact the incident turned out to be minor is irrelevant.When asked about the delay, University Police spokesmanCapt. Marc Limansky said the department’s communica-tions room was “really hectic,” so they had trouble gettingthat first text message out quickly.
During Irene, officials found it easy enough to monitorThe Weather Channel and send regular updates. The situa-tion Monday was considerably different, however, as eventsunfolded quickly and officials had to field lots of frantic
phone calls, according to Limansky.If communications officials were that overwhelmed by the chaos of this event, we
shudder to think how ineffective the system might be during a more severe emer-gency. What if the hurricane turned out to be more serious and caused flash floods?What if the campus were targeted by a terrorist attack? What if a gunman went on ashooting spree down McKeldin Mall?
Police clearly had difficulty adapting to Monday’s chaos, but they should have pri-oritized sending out the text message. In this technological age, people expectimmediate information; in a situation involving potential danger, police owe thatpeace of mind to the university community.
It boils down to emergency preparedness, and on Monday, the universityfailed the test.
Staff editorial
Our ViewThe university needs to fix
the glitches and inefficienciesin its emergency alert system,
as notifying students andothers in the communitymust be a top priority in
those situations.
Remember, remember the Irvine 11
When you think of Col-lege Park, do youthink of it as yourhome or just the place
you live for nine months of the year?Students should view College Park astheir home and should want to getinvolved with the community andhelp enact change where needed.
How about another question:Because students are transient innature, are we precluded from anyactivity or decision the city makes?
No. As students, whether living onthe campus or elsewhere within citylimits, we are all affected by rules andregulations. Have you ever beenaffected by a noise complaint?
Just because all students may notview College Park as their home, itshould not and does not make us lessbona fide members of the commu-nity. While we may look, feel and acta little different than some of theother residents, we are one and thesame, and maybe we could put inmore effort to make this more than“a livable community.”
Many students are unaware ofwhat the city can do for them, asthey believe it is the university thatneeds to enact change within thecommunity. But this is not alwaysthe case. The College Park CityCouncil works hard for students,even allowing a student representa-tive to be present at its meetings tovoice a student opinion.
The city, according to its missionstatement, is dedicated to enhancingthe quality of living for all who livehere. Such enhancements includedetermining rent control levels, noiseordinances and other regulations togenerally keep peace and maintainorder. Some ordinances may hinderour Saturday night plans, but keep inmind that the 10-year-old down thestreet may not want his weekly choreto be picking up the red Solo cupsfrom his yard on Sunday mornings.
Now, hear me out: I’m not callingfor an end to Saturday night shenani-gans, but what I am saying is try toremember we are all members of thesame community. Maybe we couldwork to make it a little more livablefor full-time residents.
Once again, the city will be hostingCollege Park Day, where officials willshowcase all that College Park andthe surrounding areas have to offer.This year, the event is being held dur-ing Family Weekend, on Oct. 22, asthe city hopes to draw students andtheir families to the event.
Why not stop by and spend a littletime with the greater College Parkcommunity? Who knows, maybeyou’ll get to enjoy some of Washing-ton’s famous food trucks.
Many students are registered tovote in their hometowns, but howabout registering to vote in CollegePark? When you vote, you are votingfor change, and changing CollegePark should be important, as well.
Many student residents of CollegePark are unaware city elections aretaking place in November. If studentswere to register and vote en masse,we could really make a statement inour community.
Next time you are walking to Cor-nerstone Grill and Loft or roamingaround the Graham Cracker, lookaround you and take a mental note ofthings you think need to be changed.Talk to friends who live in off-cam-pus residences to get their views onhow the city could work better withstudents. College Park thrives onstudents and students should thriveon the city, so be the voice and enactthe change.
Marcella Morris is the SGA citycouncil liaison and can be reached [email protected].
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SPOTLIGHT | MORGAN WALLACE
BY MARY CLARE FISCHER ✦ FOR THE DIAMONDBACKThis summer, sophomore Morgan Wallace was
dancing, as she has since she was three or fouryears old. She was in a hip-hop class at an intensiveNew Jersey program when a choreographer camein. He complimented her moves, jotted down hercontact information and left.
“We don’t have a lot of details about it yet becauseit wasn’t even a serious audition,” Wallace said. “Hejust really liked me and was like, ‘OK, I’m bookingher on the spot.’ And that’s what I want to do —dance for artists and choreograph for artists.”
Wallace has already taken major steps towardachieving her goal. She opened her own New Jerseydance studio — The Dance Vault — this summer,teaching hip-hop, jazz, ballet, contemporary andeven Zumba. While in school, she performs in Mary-land Dance Ensemble showcases as part of her full-tuition Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.
She’s also a member of this university’s danceteam and the Dynamic dance team, which per-formed alongside three other student groups andAmerica’s Best Dance Crew winner Poreotics at theHoff Theater tomorrow.
“It’s so cool that you can get someone that big tocome to this school, and it’s great networking beingable to meet them, getting to go dance with themand just watching them and taking in what they do,”Wallace said. “And I love dancing with people andrubbing off, taking and giving, that whole concept.”
The Dance Vault gives Wallace another chancefor group interaction from a different perspective— she’s the sole teacher. She hopes to run a fran-chise of dance studios someday.
Wallace’s father, who converted parts of theirNew Jersey home into the business, said the stu-dio was an easier endeavor than he expected.
“Morgan’s always been more than just a dancer,”Duane Wallace said. “We used to call her the PiedPiper. The other children flocked to her, and shetaught them dance and other things, but dance wasthe primary way she got their attention and kepttheir attention. She’s danced all her life; she’s beenteaching dance to different universities and highschools, but she’s always done it at someone else’slocation. Now that everyone’s out of the house, [thestudio] seemed like a natural transition.”
Wallace credits her ambition to her family, espe-cially her mother, who died from amyotrophic lat-eral sclerosis, more commonly known as LouGehrig’s Disease, almost a year ago.
“When she passed away, it definitely set thetone for my life in a whole different way,” Wallacesaid. “Everything got so much more real. Youdon’t have your mom to call when you’re upset, soyou become so much more independent, one, andthen you realize you don’t have a lot of time. Sothat’s when I went on the fast track.
“I also set a goal for myself,” she added. “Any-thing I told my mom that I was going to do, I’mgoing to do it. If I told my mom I was going to havemy studio, I’m going to have my studio. If I told mymom I’m going to be on tour with an artist, I’mgoing to be on tour with an artist. It gives me thatextra push.”
Those close to Wallace said her mother’s deathhas elevated her dancing to an even higher level.
“She’s always been a great dancer, but she’sjust more spirit-filled right now,” Duane Wal-lace said. “Every time I’ve seen her dance in thelast year, I think she’s as good as she can get,and then she just goes another level, and every-one’s saying the same thing.”
“Morgan is a very energetic dancer, so wheneverwe perform, she puts her all into it, 100 percent,”added sophomore dance and psychology majorCourtney Harris, who is Wallace’s teammate onboth the official dance team and the Dynamic danceteam. “She’s a born performer, and when shedances, everyone can’t stop watching her.”
The Wallace family has made it their mission toraise awareness for ALS: Morgan Wallace’sbrother, university senior Duane Wallace II,hosted an ALS dinner with a speaker on the cam-pus; Duane Wallace is hosting the Valerie WallaceBasketball Showcase back in New Jersey, with allproceeds going to the ALS Foundation; and Mor-gan herself plans to dedicate a dance in the nextMaryland Dance Ensemble showcase to hermother, with a box outside for donations.
“Now I feel like I have a cause,” Morgan Wallacesaid. “We always said that everyone has to gothrough a storm, like sometimes God gives yousomething you’re going to have to weather through,but I never felt like I had any big issue in my life.Everything was great, and then that happened, and Iwas like, ‘That’s what I need to do.’ That’s my storm.”
For more information about ALS or to donate tothe ALS Foundation, go to www.alsfoundation.org.
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Kenny Tate, a one-time starter at safety, will remain at linebacker, coach Randy Edsall announced this week. Titus Till is set totake the starting spot vacated by Matt Robinson, who underwent season-ending surgery. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
options,” guard AndrewGonnella said yesterday. “Butwe have a lot of great receivers.I don’t think we were hurtingtalent-wise.
“I think the biggest thing iswe have two seniors back sothat’s going to add some moreleadership to our offense, and Ithink it’s a positive message tothe team. It shows they wereable to get their off-the-fieldissues sorted out quickenough, and they had enoughdesire to do that to be back withthe team.”
FRESHMAN CONNECTION
Edsall’s said since hisarrival in College Park that hisgoal is to put the 11 best play-ers on the field.
And to this point, he’s shownit doesn’t matter how old theyare. The Terps’ two-deep thisweek includes 18 freshmen,four of whom — defensive endKeith Bowers, fullback TylerCierski, linebacker LorneGoree and safety Titus Till —will start against Towson.
Edsall said yesterday threemore true freshmen — widereceiver Tyrek Cheeseboro,linebacker Cole Farrand anddefensive back A.J. Hendy —will see time on special teamsthis weekend.
“If they’re our best guys inour opinion as coaches, thenwe’re going to play them,”
Edsall said, “and you’ve got tounderstand that there could besome growing pains with someof those freshmen.”
While some freshmen, suchas Bowers and Till, have beenpushed into more pivotal rolesby injury, Edsall has set a prece-dent that no job is guaranteed.
“If a guy has a chance to beatan older guy out, he’s going tolet them know and he’s going tomake that clear,” Gonnella saidof Edsall. “He’s just trying to getthe best 11 guys on the field.”
ODDS AND ENDS
With an overhauled coachingstaff and a worrying 1-2 start, it’seasy to think the Terps may bemired in a rebuilding year.
Edsall, however, afteracknowledging the program’stransitional state, scoffed atthe notion this season couldbe considered a wash.
“There’s no rebuildinghere. That’s not something inmy vocabulary,” Edsall said.“If that was the case, then I’dbe doing a disservice to theseyoung men that are here.You’ve never heard that wordcome out of my mouth, andyou never will.”
Edsall also said that despiteKenny Tate’s struggles so far,the former starting safety willremain a linebacker instead ofreplacing safety Matt Robinson,who suffered a season-endingshoulder injury. Till will start inRobinson’s place Saturday.
NOTEBOOKfrom page 8
FIELD HOCKEY
Terps avenge loss to Tigerswith dominant 6-2 victory
Terps (9-0-1) attack this season.Townsend, Mullins and Stertzeraccount for more than 80 percent ofthe Terps’ goals this season, and theytallied all six of the team’s shots ongoal last night.
“As a trio, we’ve put in a lot of goalsand I think our team expects that fromus,” Townsend said. “If that’s what ittakes for us to win, I’m okay with that.”
Although he didn’t bury the goal,Mullins was again pivotal in the 30thminute, when he blew by his defenderand launched a shot just outside the 6-yard box. After Charlotte (7-2-0) goal-keeper Klay Davis blocked theattempt, 49ers defender AnthonyPerez netted an own goal after misfir-ing on a clear.
Perhaps feeling left out of the excite-ment, Stertzer joined the party justminutes later when he controlled mid-fielder Jereme Raley’s corner kick andnetted his seventh goal of the season,giving the Terps a 3-0 lead late in thefirst half.
But the 49ers, who had allowed justsix goals entering the nonconferenceshowdown, weren’t quite ready to con-cede their second loss of the season.Moments after Stertzer’s goal, 49ersforward Donnie Smith darted up theleft end line and curled an 8-yardattempt past a diving Will Swaim.
“Charlotte’s a great team, and theyreally showed that tonight,” Cirovskisaid. “They never gave up, and theyplayed hard the entire game.”
Both teams struggled to score afterhalftime, and good-natured competi-tion devolved into a laundry list of
fouls. The 49ers (17 fouls) went downall but swinging, and several near-fights with the Terps broke out in thefinal 30 minutes.
Even with the sporadic skirmishes,Charlotte found enough open space tohand Swaim his fullest workload ofthe season. The fifth-year senior, whohad waited and watched as his teamdominated possession in recentgames, finished with a season-highfive saves last night.
Those saves proved critical insecuring the Terps’ best start in morethan a half-century. Cirovski’s squadis undefeated through its first 10games for the first time since 1969,and just as they could for the majorityof their games this season, the Terpshave their “big three” to thank forthat feat.
“They make everyone else’s job100 times easier,” Swaim said. “Know-ing that you have three guys that cango out and score on a nightly basis ishuge for us.”
Midfielder Kaoru Forbess and the No. 3 Terps face No. 2 Creighton, theirsecond straight ranked opponent, Friday night. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
Five players score in rematch of team’s sole loss from 2010BY JOSH VITALE
Staff writer
It was wet and humid at the FieldHockey & Lacrosse Complex, and yetlast night couldn’t have gone much bet-ter for the Terrapins field hockey team.
Hosting a Princeton team that wastheir only blemish on a near-perfect2010 season, the Terps avenged lastyear’s 4-2 loss to the Tigers in domi-nant fashion, scoring four unan-swered goals in the first half enroute to a 6-2 victory.
“We left Princeton last year withour tails between our legs,” coachMissy Meharg said. “Because it wasPrinceton off of last year, it gave it alittle more importance. … [It’s]always a big game for us.”
The No. 3 Terps (9-1) wasted littletime against the Tigers (3-5), using apenalty-corner goal by midfielderMegan Frazer less than four min-utes into the contest to take a leadthey would never relinquish. Theyscored three more goals in the firsthalf to take a 4-0 lead into the break.
“The first half was the type ofhockey we’d really like to put oursignature to,” Meharg said. “A lot ofmovement off-ball and a lot of two-touch passing, which I thought wasexceptional.”
Princeton notched the first score ofthe second half, but a beautiful back-handed goal by Terps forward JillWitmer quelled any momentum theTigers might have gained. Princetonadded an additional goal late in thehalf, but it was too little, too late as theTerps rolled to a four-goal margin.
The offensive performance wasone of the Terps’ most impressiveefforts all season. The teammatched its season-high, single-game mark with six goals andrecorded its best shooting percent-age statistics of the season, with sixscores coming on just 15 shots.
“We knew that they were the onlyteam to knock us off last year,” saidmidfielder Jemma Buckley, who
scored two goals in the game. “Toget over this win, because it waskind of a monkey on the back fromthe Princeton game last year, it wasgood to come away from a 6-2 win.”
While last year’s loss to Princetonhelped the Terps begin a torrid 15-game winning streak that culmi-nated with a national championship,the team’s win in last night’s rematchwith the Tigers cleared a mental hur-dle that could afford them similarlate-season success. But with ACC
rival Virginia visiting College Parkon Friday, the Terps have little timeto savor their victory.
“That would be just wonderful,”Meharg said of the team possiblygetting back to the national champi-onship. “But the reality is we have alot of great teams to play, I know wecan be a much better team and hope-fully we’ll be the best team we can beby the end of October.”
CHARLOTTEfrom page 8
Midfielder Tara Zollinger, background, and the Terps moved to 9-1 thisyear with a 6-2 win over Princeton last night. GARY CHEN/THE DIAMONDBACK
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“They makeeveryone else’s job100 times easier.Knowing that youhave three guys thatcan go out and scoreon a nightly basis ishuge for us.”
WILL SWAIMTERRAPINS MEN’S SOCCER GOALKEEPER
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Edsall sayspunishmentwas ‘right’Tyler, McCree set toreturn after incident
MEN’S SOCCER
‘Big three’ too much for 49ersBY CONNOR LETOURNEAU
Staff writer
The Terrapins men’s soc-cer team knows better thanto mess with a good thing.
The No. 3 Terps haveleaned heavily on theirvaunted three-headed attackagainst top-tier competition,and the results have been
glowing. With forwardsCasey Townsend and PatrickMullins and midfielder JohnStertzer powering theiroffense, the Terps enteredtheir latest battle havingoutscored top-25 competition10-1 this season.
It was no surprise, then,that the Terps again lookedtoward their dynamic trio to
capture a 3-1 win over No. 12Charlotte at Ludwig Fieldlast night, their ninth in 10games.
“They’ve been great,”coach Sasho Cirovski said.“They lead certainly byexample, and they play with alot of pride. I think peoplesaw them step it up anothernotch today.”
After the two top-15 squadstraded possession in theopening 20 minutes, Mullinsdarted past his marker andlaunched a shot just outsidethe penalty area. The attemptclanged off the goalpost, butTownsend burst throughCharlotte’s backline and net-ted a 15-yard rebound goal.
That the senior notched
his ACC-leading 10th score ofthe season last night wasn’t asurprise, especially consider-ing the team’s first month ofplay. Whether they’re shoot-ing or passing, at least onemember of what Cirovskicalls his “big three” seems tobe involved in almost every
BY CONOR WALSHSenior staff writer
After an off-campus altercationSept. 15 left wide receivers QuintinMcCree and Ronnie Tyler sus-pended indefinitely and Tyler with asecond-degree assault charge, it wasunclear when, or even whether, thetwo seniors would rejoin the Terrap-ins football team.
Coach Randy Edsall gave an answerSunday, announcing that McCree andTyler, who missed the past two games,would return for Saturday’s gameagainst Towson. Although police didnot arrest McCree following the inci-dent, Edsall intimated yesterday heheld the two equally responsible.
“I was privy to a lot more informa-tion than anybody in this room or any-body on the outside,” Edsall said at hisweekly press conference. “I had seenthe evidence, watched the evidence,so I had plenty of information, and thepunishment that was given out to bothof them was right for both young menbased on all the information I have.”
While questions about that night’sevents remain, McCree and Tyler’sreturn should bring much-neededdepth and experience to a Terps offensethat has struggled the past two weeks.
Both players practiced duringtheir suspension and will startagainst the Tigers.
“I think having Ronnie and Quintinback obviously gives us some more
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Forward Casey Townsend, left, scores the first of three Terps goals during their 3-1 win against No. 12 Charlotte last night. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
Townsend, Mullins and Stertzer pitch in to help No. 3 Terps beat No. 12 Charlotte, 3-1