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BY KEN PITTSStaff writer
In response to a record number of qualifiedapplications for admissions next fall, universityadministrators are enlisting faculty to person-ally call undecided students to convince them toenroll.
The new effort underlines the rising caliber ofthe school’s applicant pool. Not only is the num-ber of applications on the rise, but those stu-dents vying for a place at the university arebringing in some of the highest academic scoresthe university has seen.
Though certain academic departments have
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Football player stabbed on KnoxTrenton
Hughes, afreshmandefensive
back,suffered anon-fatal
stab woundSaturday.
BY BEN WORSLEYStaff writer
A Terp football player was hospi-talized with non-life threateninginjuries after being stabbed in thechest during a fight that had spilledfrom a Knox Box party into thestreet early Sunday morning, policesaid.
The victim, freshman defensiveback Trenton Hughes, confirmedyesterday he was the victim of astabbing over the weekend butdeclined further comment. PrinceGeorge’s County Police saidHughes was treated at WashingtonHospital Center and released afterhe was found on Campus Driveshortly after the stabbing.
Maj. Kevin Davis, who com-mands District 1, said UniversityPolice contacted county police afterthey were contacted by a stabbingvictim on Campus Drive. Countypolice began an investigation afterthey were told the stabbing hap-pened after a fight on Knox Road.
Fraternitypunishedin hazing
Zeta Beta Tau to servea 10-month probation
BY KEVIN ROBILLARDStaff writer
Zeta Beta Tau will face a 10-month probationafter a university investigation found fraternitymembers guilty of hazing a new member lastsemester.
Mike Hayes, the university’s director of theOffice of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said theoffice didn’t intend to send a message with thepunishment, but acknowledged that it serves asa reminder that hazing is still a reality on thecampus.
“This is a good wake-up,” he said, adding, “It’sout there. It’s unspoken ... It’s not just the frater-nities.”
An OFSL memo released in October statedthat Zeta Beta Tau leaders injured a new
JAMES B. HALE–THE DIAMONDBACKA student makes a wax mold of her hand as part of SEE’s Mango Monday series at the Stamp Student Union yesterday.
BREAKING THE MOLD Senior class gift spursdissent over donations
Despite complaints about choice of gift,class leaders say average gift size is up
BY NANDINI JAMMIStaff writer
Some seniors have expressedconcern over whether this year’sdesignated class gift — a fur-nished lounge in the Stamp Stu-dent Union — is worthy of theirdonation this year.
Through a flurry of e-mails andletters to The Diamondback, thecontroversy around the gift,which will include a flat-screenTV, and sofas located across thesidewalk from the NyumburuCultural Center in the StudentUnion, has stirred among stu-dents. Some worry the gift doesn’thave significance within the cam-pus community and won’t be ableto withstand the test of time.Senior government and politics
major Jahantab Siddiqui, who isalso a former Diamondbackcolumnist said, “I would love forthe money to go to somethingmore substantive ... a scholarshipfund, something along thoselines.”
Senior criminology and govern-ment and politics major DinoraHernandez cast a vote in the deci-sion between the lounge, a “gar-den of remembrance” outside theMemorial Chapel and a formalentrance gate at the intersectionof Stadium Drive and UniversityBoulevard, but isn’t happy withthe winner.
“Even the clock at Stamp wouldbe more special than what we’regiving,” she said, “Every time I
Univ. turnsup pressure
on undecidedFaculty calling applicants
urging them to enroll
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It’s a rallying cry forthe green movement.But how well are we
really doing?
In this ultra climate-conscious era, the uni-versity has taken pains to hop on the “green”bandwagon.
University President Dan Mote signed theAmerican College and University PresidentsClimate Commitment, and last year the schoolcreated a new Office of Sustainability. Energy-saving devices continue to proliferate.
So why are we such a laggard when it comes torecycling? The results for the first two weeks ofthe national Recyclemania contest show the uni-versity is ranked 49th of 76 contestants in thegrand champion category.
Recycle.
ANNUAL BREAKDOWN OF SOLID WASTE GENERATED AT UMD
Please See RECYCLING, Page 3
BY JAD SLEIMANStaff writer
ber in an induction cere-mony earlier that month.
The leaders seatedinductees in a circle andforced them to chant thenames of Zeta Beta Tau’sfounders. If they misspoke,fraternity brothers pouredwater over their heads. Atone point in the night, thewater was mixed withShout gel and placed in anew member’s hair, injur-ing him.
OFSL yesterdayresponded with a 10-month probation, whichmeans Zeta Beta Tau willsee more severe sanctionsfor future violations andwill be excluded from uni-versity awards competi-tions, Greek Week andHomecoming. The frater-nity will also have to fundan anti-hazing flier andorganize an anti-hazingevent for the rest of theGreek community.
The fraternity’snational headquarterspreviously removed thechapter’s executive boardand placed them on pro-bation in December.
But the university willallow Zeta Beta Tau tostay in its Fraternity Rowresidence, although past,more severe hazing inci-dences have led the uni-versity to kick other fra-ternities off the campus.
“I’m not sure you cansay X gets Y,” Hayessaid. “It’s not an alge-braic equation.”
In 2004, the SigmaAlpha Epsilon fraternitylost its campus residence
following a hazing inci-dent. In 2006, Beta ThetaPi was kicked off thecampus after a pledgewas arrested for drivingunder the influence onhis way home from anevent. A previous chap-ter of Zeta Beta Tau hadits national charterrevoked in 1991 afterpledges were forced tosteal property during ascavenger hunt.
Although hazing is acrime in Maryland, theuniversity has not con-tacted law enforcementabout the violation.
“It didn’t rise to thatlevel,” said TammySaunders, who led theuniversity’s investiga-
tion for the Office of Stu-dent Conduct, whenasked why the universitydidn’t contact police. Shesaid the office deter-mines whether or not tocontact police on a “case-by-case basis.”
Hayes compared theincident to not contactingpolice after a student iscited for underage drink-ing and said the univer-sity could handle the sit-uation.
“There’s an under-standing,” Hayes said.“There’s a confidencelevel that it’s going to bedealt with.”
Hayes said the frater-nity’s headquarters repre-sented them and didn’tcontest the charges. Thenational organization wascooperative, which he saidwas “absolutely” helpfulto the local chapter.
“It’s contextual,”Hayes said. “It’s abouthow the university, thechapter and headquar-ters interact. If it hadbeen an adversarial rela-tionship, it might havebeen uglier.”
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One killed, one hurt in dispute near stadiumBALTIMORE (AP) – Police say one man was killed andanother person injured in a shooting incident earlytoday near M&T Bank Stadium.
The incident occurred about 2:40 a.m. in a parkinglot outside the Paradox Nightclub.
Police did not identify the man who died. The othervictim was taken to Bayview Medical Center for treat-ment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said that a group of people had left the night-club and gathered in a nearby parking lot. There was adispute, and “a crowd gathered and things escalat-ed,” said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman.He said police had no suspects in the shootings.
Garrett raid nets power cocaine, two arrestsGRANTSVILLE, Md. (AP) – Two Salisbury, Pa., resi-dents are facing drug charges following what authori-ties say is the largest seizure of cocaine powder in Gar-rett County history.
The Garrett County Narcotics Task Force says thearrests of 44-year-old Brian Brown and Nancy Reedfollowed a raid Sunday evening at an unidentifiedGrantsville motel. Complaints by citizens about suspi-cious activity prompted the raid.
Investigators seized a large bag of powder cocaine,with a street value estimated at $30,000, some crackcocaine, marijuana, a car and more than $4,000 incash.
– Compiled from wire reports
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ONLINE POLL
The recent news is worththinking about, but I don't fearfor my safety.
The campus is safe. I don'tworry when I'm on campus.
The recent violence oncampuses makes me feelunsafe.
I don't really feel safe when I'mon the campus.
I look over my shoulder in alecture hall sometimes.
60.6%
The N. Illinois Univ. shooting Thursday islikely to raise questions about campus
security. How secure do you feel?
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Police have ‘strong leads’in Knox stabbing
Davis said a verbal argument,that may have been over a girl es-calated into a fist fight duringwhich a knife was drawn. AfterHughes was stabbed, his attackerfled. No arrests have been made,Davis said, but he described inves-tigators as having “strong leads.”He encouraged “anybody that wasat that party that might’ve seensomething” to call police.
Athletics Departmentspokesman Doug Dull declined tocomment.
Although Hughes suffered non-threatening injuries during thefight Sunday, the incident bears astriking resemblance to a fatal stu-dent stabbing that occurred off-campus in November 2002.
In that incident, a studentnamed Brandon James Malstromsuffered a fatal stab wound thatsevered his aorta after a fightbroke out at a party on DickinsonAvenue. He died after beingrushed to Prince George’s Hospi-tal Center.
Police eventually charged twosuspects with crimes related to thestabbing, but because the stabbingoccurred during a fight, it wasnever clear who drew the weapon.The Maryland Court of Appeals
threw out charges in 2006 againstone of the men charged in connec-tion with Malstrom’s slaying, rul-ing that prosecutors had appliedthe wrong charge.
The murder had wide-rangingimplications for policing down-town, including the expansion of ashared jurisdiction agreement be-tween University Police and countypolice. Davis said, however, that hedoesn’t think police coverage wasan issue in Saturday’s stabbing.
“There’s a lot of human rageand human emotion involved in anincident like this,” Davis said.“There’s no shortage of police offi-cers. I don’t believe for one secondthat any additional police officerscould’ve stopped this.”
Davis noted that studentsshould be wary of fights at partiesbecause police have increasinglyseen fights become more bloodyand in some cases, fatal.
“There was a time and placewhen a fistfight was a fistfight andyou didn’t have to worry aboutsomeone bringing a knife or a bator a gun,” Davis said. “But in thisday and age, we can’t assume peo-ple won’t bring that to a fistfight.”
Editors Kevin Litten and JeffAmoros contributed to this [email protected]
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Well into a new era of green, recycling still a challenge
The school’s recycling rateamong select materials was lessthan half that of the No.-1 rankedColorado State University.
Some student activists wereunsatisfied with the preliminaryresults, but school officials saythey’re doing their best, especial-ly given how young the universi-ty’s conservation programs are.
In fact, the university has morethan doubled the percent of totalwaste that it recycles over the lastfour years from 17 percent in2004 to 41 percent last year. (Re-cyclemania uses a different met-ric.)
Organizers blame the universi-ty’s lack of experience with recy-cling relative to its peers for itslow ranking.
Cindy Felice, associate directorof Resident Life, noted the Uni-versity of North Carolina atChapel Hill’s many years of ex-perience as a major factor in theirhigh rankings. “The Office ofSustainability [here] is less than ayear old,” she said.
“It’s an issue of changing peo-ple’s minds,” said Phil Hamman,a student coordinator with Recy-clemania. “It’s not going to be likethe university makes one deci-sion and the students all changetheir behavior.”
Hamman recommends includ-ing sustainability issues in classcurriculums to “teach them thevalue” of being eco-conscious.
Maria Lonsbury, a universityproject coordinator specialist in-volved with Recyclemania, saidthe university’s standing againstits own record is what’s most im-portant.
“In terms of our own experi-ence, we’re doing an excellentjob,” said Lonsbury. “We’re mak-ing progress here at home.”
The university has “thou-sands” of recycle bins on campus,according to Sandy Dykes, an as-sistant director in Facilities Man-agement, though she couldn’t
quote a specific number.The school’s recycling budget
is $250,000, which pays for bins,trucks and labor. The university’sRecyclemania coordinators re-ceived a $2,000 grant from Pepsi,and officials expect to spend$8,000 over the course of the 10-week competition.
Still, the Recyclemania compe-tition, which involves 400 schoolsacross the country, provides aconcrete snapshot of the universi-ty’s progress that not everyonefound impressive.
The results left some wonder-ing if the university deserves thecredit it has received. It wasnamed the 15th-greenest Ameri-
can college last year by Grist, anenvironmental news organiza-tion.
“I wonder if we really merit thetitle,” said Joanna Calabrese, oneof the university’s student Recy-clemania coordinators. “It’s allabout image. If you walk around[the university] it doesn’t appearto be a green campus.”
A lack of conveniently placed,uniform recycle bins and inade-quate awareness are holdingback the university’s efforts, Cal-abrese said.
Calabrese will be leading agroup of university officials on a“recycle walk” around the cam-pus next week to reassess the uni-
versity’s recycling program. Recyclemania organizers
agree that raising the level of stu-dent involvement is the most im-portant step in upping the univer-sity’s rankings.
“There’s a huge faction of thestudent body that just does notcare, that don’t understand thevalue of sustainability,” Hammansaid.
“The ball is in the students’court,” Hamman added. “From astudent’s perspective, it’s veryfrustrating to see such a highlevel of apathy with a large part ofthe student body.”
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SGA leaders defend new StudentUnion lounge for senior class gift
walk through the mall, I gopast the bridge thing, and itjust seems to me a part of thecampus, and seems to with-stand time.”
Senior education majorKayode Lewis thinks the gift“could be better.” Lewisdoesn’t think that the StudentUnion needs a furnished area,claiming that the current sit-ting areas are just fine.
“I was a commuter fresh-man year,” he said. “Stampwas a place to do your home-work and if you wanted to talkto someone you could. Youdon’t need a TV and a couch.”
But some students are stilldefending the gift and its pur-pose. Student GovernmentAssociation PresidentAndrew Friedson said even ifit’s not a monumental addi-tion to the campus, the inten-tions of the gift are impor-tant.
“You have to think of the
idea behind the gift,” he said.“I think we’re getting caughtup in silly things, there are alot of great causes ... It’s com-pletely optional, nobody’sbeing forced to give money.”
And despite the objectionsby some students, seniors arepledging money at higherlevels than they did last year.According to Ryan Ples, thestudent supervisor at TheTell-A-Terp call center, theprimary fundraiser for theclass gift, the average pledgeamount is $53.70, up from the$30 range that seniors werecommitting to last year.
“This is something that ismore tangible; something thatis more realistic than knock-ing down all these trees andbuilding a park,” Ples said.“We’re giving them somethingthat they can actually see.” Headded that last year’s gift, theNorthgate Park, hasn’t beenconstructed yet.
In the past, senior classeshave raised an average of
$15,000, and according toSenior Council GraduateAdvisor Kristen Fox, theyhope to raise $15,000 to$25,000.
Senior Council Co-ChairKerry Rigley said that whileshe understands the contro-versy surrounding the gift,she thinks it does serve agood purpose.
“I believe what we’redonating is timeless. It’s notso much about the gift in par-ticular.... It’s more aboutestablishing a tradition withthe university, and a tie....Weare taking a space that’s notfunctional right now andtransforming it,” saying thatthere will be a “substantialart component,” café tables,something that will beaccommodating; definitelymore than just purchasing aTV and couches.”
Reporter Steven Overlycontributed to this [email protected]
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University plans to draws downenrollment as applications surge
traditionally included phone callsamong recruiting activities, an e-mail from university Provost Na-riman Farvardin to all facultymembers last week eliciting theirsupport marks a new effort to ex-pand the practice campus-wide.
“My goal is to attract the mosttalented people to this universityat all levels ... and this cannot hap-pen only by an effort coming outof the admissions office,” Far-vardin said in an interview. “It hasto become a university effort. Andthe faculty constitutes probablythe most important component ofthe university community.”
The expanded effort follows anannouncement Feb. 6 that theuniversity had received morethan 27,000 first-year applica-tions, a 10 percent increase overthe previous record, which wasset the year after the men’s bas-ketball team won the nationalchampionship.
This time last year, applicantshad an average GPA of 3.96 andan average SAT score of 1240-1380, said Shannon Gundy, asso-ciate director of undergraduateadmissions. This year, the meanGPA has increased to 4.0 and the
average SAT score is 1250-1390,she said.
The increase in applicationscomes just as the university plansto draw down enrollment by about1,000 over the next five years.
Reducing the number of stu-dents is intended both to improvethe quality of education through asmaller student-to-faculty ratioand to alleviate the overwhelmingdemand for on-campus housing,Farvardin said.
Ultimately, the new phone callcampaign combined with thedraw down in enrollment isaimed at making sure the creamof the crop among applicantsends up attending.
“The most talented people inthe world are going to have many,many opportunities, so our goal isnot to fill the open slots,” Far-vardin said. “Our goal is to fill theopen slots with the best out there,because we are trying to build aworld-class university.”
While outreach efforts are astaple nationally, it is unclear ifmany other institutions have goneto the same extent to retain topapplicants.
In past years, rosters of admit-ted students are distributed to theacademic departments for which
the applicants indicated an inter-est. Faculty then contact the stu-dents to address their concernsand describe the opportunitiesavailable on the campus.
The expanded effort will likelyfollow along similar lines, but on amuch larger scale. The missionbehind the effort is also slightlydifferent, as administrators arefocusing not on getting students toapply, but to get them to commitafter they’ve been accepted.
“It’s not a new initiative, but is aheightened initiative,” saidGundy.
Peter Sunderland, an assistantprofessor in the department offire protection engineering, hasbeen making calls to undeclaredengineering majors to raiseawareness about his program.Even though it would be mucheasier just to send one e-mail tocontact all the students, he said,phone calls add a more personaltouch that he thinks is helpful.
“The phone calls take longer,but the payoff is better,” Sunder-land said. “We realize that it’s im-portant to do a good job recruitingand put a good face forward topeople.”
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Whoever is elected presi-dent in November isgoing to be faced withthe difficult and enor-
mously consequential decision ofwhat to do about our military pres-ence in Iraq. I hope we stay.
A majority of Americans disap-prove of the situation there, and Iunderstand where they are comingfrom. Back in 2003 when the warbegan, I was skeptical of the idea oflaunching a preemptive attackagainst Saddam Hussein. Later on, Iwas frustrated that the White Housecontinually sugarcoated the difficul-ties we were facing in the invasion’sbotched aftermath.
Even today, the Bush administra-tion is misguided in its efforts todirectly link the fight in Iraq withthe one against al-Qaeda. The mostsignificant challenges we face inIraq are internal (e.g. sectarianstruggles) rather than external (for-eign jihadists, of whom there arerelatively few in the country).
Nonetheless, we have to stay inIraq. My view is based on what Ithink reflects the best chance for apeaceful Iraq in the future. Whathas already passed — the lack ofWMDs and a bungled occupation —is in the past. Our goal remains afree, secure and viable Iraq.
A premature U.S. departure fromIraq risks the possibility of a failedstate developing in the Middle East.It would be a dire threat to regionalstability and a major security riskfor the U.S. and its allies. Recall, forexample, that when the U.S. aban-doned Afghanistan at the end of theCold War, the ensuing vacuum wasfilled by the Taliban and Osama binLaden.
I am amazed that so many Ameri-cans would entertain the possibilityof quitting in Iraq just because thegoing has been difficult. This maybe in part because we were prom-ised the operation would be a “slamdunk” and that we would be“greeted as liberators” — but comeon! Common sense should have toldus that we couldn’t just waltz in andout within a few years havingremade a broken society. Thesethings take time.
After deposing of a vicious dicta-tor and trying to build a democraticsociety from the ground up in aninhospitable region, it would beunconscionable to just pack up andleave. This is not a game that we canjust stop playing. Hitting the exitstoo early likely means an Iraq dis-solved into chaos and war (far worsethan anything so far), possibly suck-ing in the entire region.
Although our endeavor is expen-sive and requires the sacrifice of agreat many courageous Americans(and Iraqis), the potential for a mod-ernized, democratic, pro-WesternMuslim state in the Middle Eastmeans that this is a necessary fight.
Unconditionally withdrawingfrom Iraq now would be a betrayalof the Iraqi people and a confirma-tion to our country’s enemies thatwe lack the stomach for a real fight.Staying and succeeding would pro-vide salvation to the Iraqis andstrike a blow against the region’sprevailing political fascism andilliberalness.
With several aspects on theground in Iraq improving in recentmonths, the focus should not be ontroop drawdowns, but on whetherwe have adequate resources to dothe job properly. (This also appliesto our current situation inAfghanistan, which is in danger ofbeing forgotten again.)
We are hoping for a pacification ofviolence, a rejection of extremism(such as the “Anbar Awakening,”where Sunni tribes rallied againstal-Qaeda fighters) and ultimately,political cohesion in Iraq. Thoughnot a certainty, these are achievablegoals based on where we standtoday. We need to give ourselvesenough time to make them a reality.
In Iraq we have a noble missionbefore us, based on sound moral val-ues regarding freedom. For thatpurpose, I am willing to be opti-mistic. Let’s give Iraq a real chance.
Jay Nargundkar is a senior financemajor. He can be reached at [email protected].
Iraq: Shouldwe stay?
This isn’t a column about thethousands of U.S. troops whohave come back from Iraqmaimed or in body bags.
This column isn’t about the estimated$2 trillion the war in Iraq will cost.This is about why we fight and why,every day we stay in Iraq, it becomesan inherently less stable country.
The rationale for U.S. involvementin Iraq has been rather fluid, to saythe least. Instead of answering thequestion of what our rationale is forfighting in Iraq, it may be useful toconsider what intention we project tothe world and to Iraq. One word: prof-it.
It’s hard to imagine any Iraqiwouldn’t feel colonized. According toa Feb. 12, 2008, Reuters report, un-employment and poverty remain ahuge problem in Iraq. Couple thatwith a report by The New York Timesthat estimates there are 126,000 U.S.private contractors in Iraq, and youcan instantly see the tension.
The number of American compa-nies profiting off the war in Iraq is as-tounding. Companies ranging fromDynCorp to Halliburton to Kellogg allhave multi-million dollar govern-ment-subsidized contracts to operatein Iraq. No company exemplifies theextent to which the reconstruction ofIraq has been dominated by U.S.commercial influence more thanBlackwater Worldwide. Blackwater,the private security company ownedby an evangelical Christian and long-time Republican donor, has thou-sands of private mercenaries in Iraqperforming various security details.Since the war began, it is estimatedBlackwater has received more than$800 million in government contracts,many of which were no-bid contracts.This means the government handedBlackwater the money without evenseeing if another company would dothe work on more favorable terms.
Recently, Blackwater came underfire for the deaths of eight Iraqis. Bythe State Department’s own admis-sion, “innocent life was lost.” In re-sponse to massive outcry from theIraqi people, the Iraqi governmentbanned Blackwater from Iraq. How-ever, the Iraqi government was laterpersuaded by the U.S. to allow Black-water to continue operating in Iraq.
This event serves as a microcosmof what is happening in Iraq. It is truethat violence is down. However, road-side bombings and sectarian violenceare daily occurrences in Iraq. More-over, every expert opinion, such asthe one rendered by the bipartisanBaker-Hamilton Report, has saidthere is no military solution in Iraq. Ifthere is one thing every expert seemsto agree upon, it’s that if there is a so-lution in Iraq, it will hinge on the abil-ity of the Iraqi government to rise tothe challenge ahead of it and work outpolitical and diplomatic deals. Howcan the Iraqi government forge sucha solution, and how can the people ofIraq have faith in the power and legit-imacy of their government when cor-porate interests trump its rulings?
By opening up the Pandora’s box ofallowing U.S. companies to rebuildIraq, we have made it impossible toact as a neutral party promotingpeace and stability. Instead, we areviewed, fairly or unfairly, as biasedoutsiders fighting to protect oursphere of influence. As such, ourpresence has become part of theproblem in Iraq.
Albert Einstein once said the defini-tion of insanity is doing the same thingover and over again, expecting differ-ent results. As such, we must changecourse and enlist Iraqis in rebuildingtheir torn country. By withdrawing ourtroops and enlisting Iraqis instead ofU.S. corporations in the rebuilding oftheir own country, we will be sending asignal to the world that we do not in-tend to occupy Iraq for profit. This willgive the Iraqi government the legiti-macy it needs to take the initial stepson the long road to rebuild its brokencountry. On the other hand, every daywe stay, every day our military and ourcorporations have more say over thefuture of Iraq than the Iraqi people, wesend Iraq further into political chaos.
Tim Hiller is a senior microbiologymajor and former vice president ofthe College Democrats. He can bereached at [email protected].
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This university has a history of students whodie because of untreated drug and alcoholoverdoses, and officials are now developinga history of doing nothing to prevent it.
The University Student Conduct Committee votedunanimously to keep the current Code of StudentConduct intact, precluding any changes that wouldgrant amnesty to students reporting drug and alco-hol overdoses.
The memorandum explaining the decision is bothembarrassing and scary. In it, com-mittee chair Boden Sandstromadmits the committee was “notqualified to recommend solutions”and said it awaited sufficient data tocraft a medical amnesty policy.Terry Roach, the university’s toplawyer, recommended the commit-tee wait to ensure the proposedchange is “supported by carefulresearch convincingly demonstrat-ing the need for change” before presenting it to theBoard of Regents.
What are they waiting for?In 2002, university student Daniel Reardon died of
alcohol poisoning after a fraternity party. Fraternitymembers watched him throughout the night but did-n’t seek medical help.
With each night that passes, countless studentsplay this precarious game of drunken Russianroulette.
Instead of realizing the urgency of implementingan amnesty policy and discussing the merits anddrawbacks of possible solutions, the memo listed thecommittee’s excuses for inaction.
One reason was the existence of extensive disci-plinary processes already in place from the Office ofStudent Conduct, Resident Life Department and
Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. This isexactly the problem: Students feel helpless whentheir friends have drug and alcohol overdosesbecause they fear the confusing web of conse-quences awaiting them if they seek help. The mes-sage to students must be clear: Their safety is theuniversity’s primary concern. When a friendbecomes unresponsive after a night of partying, stu-dents shouldn’t hesitate to contact help.
Another reason was the need to create supportprograms, such as distributing edu-cational refrigerator magnets —that’s right, refrigerator magnets —and creating an anonymous helphotline for students to call withquestions. Students don’t need mag-nets and hotlines to help them rec-ognize the symptoms of alcohol poi-soning — unconsciousness, laboredbreathing and clammy skin — theyjust need the unambiguous support
of the administration to seek help.The magnets, hotlines and delays are not only
missing the point — they’re dangerously and mis-guidedly attempting to address a very real problem.The question university policymakers need to ask is:Did we do all we could to prevent an alcohol-relatedtragedy? Overwhelming research points towardamnesty policies as an important piece of a compre-hensive approach.
But, of course, there are pros and cons to everypolicy. There are alternatives, options and differentviewpoints on every issue. It’s just too bad the Uni-versity Senate has displayed such shocking negli-gence in failing to define the pros and cons to thecampus. It’s clear the answer to whether we dideverything we could to prevent would be “no.”
“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”- Don Marquis
Dangerous delays
Staff Editorial
Our ViewThe University Senate isputting students at risk
by delaying therecommendation of a
medical amnesty policy.
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Congratulations are in order for Maryland’sfavorite blonde, Coach Brenda Frese! No, that wasn’tpure dedication to her team by way of carryingaround a basketball under her shirt for nine months.In fact, Frese gave birth to two healthy twin boys onSunday, and we wish nothing but the best for her andher family.
With that being said, it’s undeniable that thosebabies have basketball greatness flowing throughtheir blood, and we’re not the only ones who know it.
Recruit early and often
Gary Williams did a victory dance alone in hisoffice when he heard Frese gave birth to twin boys.With Frese’s record of 129-53 at Maryland, fourNCAA appearances and one national championship,those kids have champion blood in them, andWilliams knows it. Move over Greivis Vasquez, theThomas twins are coming through. There’s neverenough time to start preparing for greatness at Com-cast Center. How soon is too soon to expect a letter ofintent and a pat on the back from coach Williams?
What’s in a name?Markus William Thomas and Tyler Joseph Thomas.
We give credit to the good name selection. However,we have to wonder if sometime down the road, the
boys might pick up nicknames from their mom thatwould include “Langhorne” or “Toliver.” Sure, wedidn’t expect Frese to directly give her sons girls’names, but a little throwback to some clutch playersdoesn’t seem too far-fetched.
Babies ‘R’ Us or the Maryland team store?What kind of gifts would suffice at a baby shower
for these two champion offspring? With a nationalchampionship under their belts, we assume Frese hasdecorated their nursery with red and black wallpa-per, cartoon turtles on the wall, basketball mobiles,mini hoops and mini Langhorne jerseys. Anythingless than a national championship trophy might seemcheap, don’t you think?
Ironic indoctrinationIn the back of everyone’s mind, we’re all hoping 18
years down the line, those two kids will be sportingMaryland jerseys and bringing as much joy to theTerps as Frese herself has. But could the hype back-fire? Could the constant Maryland stigma cause thetwins to want to break the mold and wander downTobacco Road? Terps fans better not pile the pressureon, but rather, gentle encouragement might preventthe twins from becoming little Blue Devils down theroad.
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As re-leasing begins at Uni-versity Courtyards andSouth Campus Commonsthis week, the harsh reality
of the current housing situation, inwhich the university cannot pro-vide accommodations for all stu-dents who are interested, will set infor hundreds if not thousands ofstudents across the campus. As cur-rent juniors find their ability to be“pulled-in” into Courtyards andCommons denied and current soph-omores learn whether their lotterynumber enables them to participatein room selection, the clamor for asolution to this persistent housingshortage will undoubtedly rise.
But few solutions are available.Even though 70 beds can be addedin Courtyards as “deluxe two bed-room, two bath” apartments areconverted to house four students,this falls far short of the 1,000 soph-omores that Resident Life estimatesin its worst-case scenario will notreceive on-campus housing nextyear. However, the Residence HallAssociation and Student Govern-ment Association this year wereprimarily concerned with makingrecommendations over which stu-dents will get access to the limitedhousing currently available ratherthan brainstorming possible reme-dies. As someone who actively par-ticipated in those deliberations, it ispainfully obvious that giving theopportunity to stay on the campus toone group of students at theexpense of another is not an answer.
There is but one simple solutionto the housing shortage: createmore beds. These beds howevercannot be gained by packing stu-dents like sardines into forcedtriples, quads or lounges, but must
be obtained by constructing andrenovating buildings as quickly aspossible.
The first piece of the puzzle fellinto place last week as the Board ofRegents approved a proposal toconstruct an additional buildingnear South Campus Commons 5and 6. Slightly fewer than 400 stu-dents are expected to be housed inthis building by 2010. In addition tothis private-public partnership onthe campus, Otis Warren and SteveMcBride are planning on adding1,400 beds through two projects,the University View Overlook,directly in front of University View,and another just north at 8400 Bal-timore Ave., by 2012. These devel-opments, coupled with the under-graduate residence hall beingplanned for the Denton Communityby Foulger-Pratt Argo, the devel-oper of East Campus, and the possi-bility of supplementary beds beingadded when buildings on North Hillare renovated, show how the uni-versity is planning to meet theextraordinary housing demandover the next decade through acombination of private and publichousing.
But university planning for hous-ing is just step one. Students mustnow turn their frustration andanger into action. Students mustlobby to ensure the planned hous-ing and renovation projects areapproved by the Board of Regentsand other city, county and stateauthorities. This academic year,students successfully mobilized toturn out in record numbers for bothcity and primary elections and toguarantee the university has a ded-icated source of funding, and thegovernor’s budget froze tuition for
the third year. We must repeat thissuccess with regards to housingand make sure future students atthe university will not face thesame grim situation we find our-selves in.
We as students face our first bigtest this spring when the Board ofRegents will make a decision onwhether to approve a second pro-posal to add 700 beds on SouthCampus through a private-publicpartnership. If approved, this willmean more than 1,000 additionalbeds will be available on the cam-pus within three years. Universityadministrators will freely admitthat the only way this proposal willcome to fruition is if the 17 mem-bers of the Board of Regents hearfrom students and understand thisis a priority that cannot be ignoredor further delayed.
So over the next few weeks, I askyou all to take a quick 15 minutes outof your day and do your part to getmore housing on the campus as soonas possible. Ask your friends and fam-ily to get involved, because everymember of the university communityhas a vested role in this. Every voicewill make a difference. The Board ofRegents can be reached by phone at(301) 445-2701, by e-mail throughtheir Executive Assistant TinaMadarang at [email protected] by mail at the Office of the Board ofRegents, 3300 Metzerott Road, Adel-phi, MD 20783. The message is sim-ple: We want more housing and wewant it now.
Matthew Verghese chairs theRHA’s Resident Life AdvisoryTeam and the SGA’s ResidentialAffairs Committee. He can bereached at [email protected].
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“We can’t shortchange anybody; we have tobe sure that both groups are taken care of.”
- GSG President Laura Moore on gearing E. Campushousing to doctoral students.
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Home-court advantageSince Comcast Center opened six years ago and
the Athletics Department tried to recapture theconsiderable home-court advantage Maryland bas-ketball teams experienced at Cole Field House,there has been one major flaw in the system — theseating a few rows behind the visitors bench.
As two 2005 graduates, we looked down with dis-appointment from the rafters at the men’s basket-ball game against Florida State when we noticedthat student groups continue to fail to use the tick-ets they win at the start of each season.
This isn’t a new issue. In fact, no matter whatpolicy the Athletics Department tries to instate,many of those prime seats continue to remainempty. It is laughable that of the five rows guaran-teed for various student groups, only one was fullyoccupied. Two rows were less than half full, andthe other two were totally empty.
Doesn’t it seem odd that two of the first five stu-dent rows would not contain one student during aSaturday afternoon ACC game? Odd, definitely. Wemight even say embarrassing.
The system was born after a student hit themother of former Duke basketball player CarlosBoozer with an Aquafina water bottle after the 2001game, in which Maryland relinquished a 10-pointlead in the game’s final minute. This also cameright before the reputation of the Maryland studentbody received a black eye when thousands of stu-dents rioted and caused $500,000 in damages toCollege Park following the 2001 Final Four loss toDuke.
The following year, the Athletics Departmentrightly restricted which students could sit behindthe visitor’s bench during games along with a num-ber of other policies to restrict poor fan behaviorlike the “Act Like You Know” slogan. Even thoughwe still contend “Act Like You Know” was just silly,the Athletics Department was right to take action.And for all their efforts, student fan behavior hasimproved considerably. During our final two yearsat Maryland and the three years since, it’s obviousstudents have gotten the message, and while the“Hey, You Suck” cheer hasn’t died, as well itshouldn’t, students have been well behaved.
By maintaining this ticket policy, plenty of stu-dents who pay hundreds of dollars in activities feesto go to games don’t get tickets while plenty morewho show up hours before the game starts arestuck high on “the wall” when prime seats remain
empty. The empty seats are even more evidentwhen Maryland games are broadcast on TV.Friends who graduated from other schools con-stantly ask us why Maryland can’t fill its courtsidestudent section, and who can blame them when thecurrent ticket policy makes it look like studentsdon’t show up to games?
While we applaud the decision the AthleticsDepartment made when Comcast was designed togive students the best seats at the game, it’s timethey reopen that entire section to the general stu-dent population. Instead of bolstering the home-court advantage, the student seating behind the vis-iting team’s bench is hurting the national reputa-tion of the Maryland student fan base. The Athlet-ics Department needs to put its faith back in thestudent body and complete the job they started inmaking Comcast Center the ACC’s best basketballvenue.
STEVE WHITMANMICHAEL HOFFMAN
CLASS OF 2005
Garbage garbage garbageAfter the recent barrage of angry letters to The
Diamondback about the kinds of stories being writ-ten, I truly thought the paper had learned its lesson.Imagine my shock when I picked up a copy this pastFriday to see an article about unicycles (“Studentunicyclists reinventing the wheel,” Feb. 15).
This kind of reporting is complete garbage andhas no place in a university paper. It’s disgracefulto the university community that such offensivedribble is worthy of a front-page news story. Uni-cycles? Seriously? I’d much rather read about sextoys and nipple cream than this garbage.
The Diamondback is supposed to report on sto-ries that can apply to the community as a whole,but it’s garbage like this that makes students feeluncomfortable and offended. You have the freedomto write about whatever you like, but why do youinsist on pushing the envelope with every issue? Isincerely hope you’ve gotten these articles out ofyour system and are ready to do some serious jour-nalism. Leave these stories for the tabloids. Actyour age. Garbage.
JONATHAN JAFFESOPHOMORE
BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
The darling of the Democ-ratic Party hit the univer-sity last week like afreight train. The Phe-
nomenon. The Champion ofChange. The Barackstar. Every-one who walked into ComcastCenter walked out feelinginspired, energized, “fired up.”Barack Obama held the raptattention of thousands of people,eliciting thunderous applause ashe told us about the ills of theBush administration and thecures he proposed to heal them.He talked about change andassured us we could believe in it.
In an arena where we are usedto hearing the faint sound of aswish and the screeching of rub-ber soles on polished wood floor,we heard those now-famouswords: change, unity, hope. Andas we left the arena, Obama’swords became our words.
But what do these words meanin our mouths? To find out, wehave to know exactly what theymean in his. Let’s consider someof the “changes” Obama promisesin his foreign policy plans.
War funding: Integral toObama’s “Change” platform is hisstance on the Iraq war. Weapplaud him for opposing the warat its outset, and he deserves it.Yet when Obama entered the U.S.Senate and was given the chanceto begin a legislative battle to endthe war, he faltered. Since becom-ing a senator, he’s voted again andagain to fund the unpopular, ille-gal war that continues to cost bil-lions of dollars and thousands ofAmerican and Iraqi lives. Obamaknows if the war runs out ofmoney, the war must run out ofIraq. Democrats like DennisKucinich understand this andhave opposed further funding ofthe war. Why hasn’t Obama?
Troop withdrawal: Obama hasset 2010, or 16 months after heenters the White House, as thedate for complete withdrawal ofAmerican combat brigades fromIraq. Compared to Sen. HillaryClinton, he deserves applause forsetting a full withdrawal date atall. However, Obama also plans toleave soldiers in Iraq to defendthe American Embassy and toconduct “counterterrorism”action. The nebulous, open-endeddesignation of “counterterrorism”could leave American troopsthere indefinitely. Is this what theAmerican people want? Is thiswhat the Iraqi people want? Is thisactual withdrawal, or just anObama version of a Bush war?
Pakistan: This past summer,Obama advocated U.S. militaryaction against al-Qaeda groups inPakistan, which would occur withor without the endorsement of thePakistani government. We shouldpause at the mention of anotherunilateral attack on a sovereignnation. Will such an attack re-establish American credibilityand respect around the world? Isthis change? Or is this anotherpotential war that violates U.N.treaties against unilateral mili-tary action? Will Obama respectinternational law, or will he breakit like Bush did in Iraq?
Impeachment: Barack Obamawas the first black head of theHarvard Law Review, and taughtconstitutional law. He knows thecase for impeachment againstboth Dick Cheney and GeorgeBush is strong. However, Obamahas not supported the articles ofimpeachment introduced intoCongress nearly a year ago. Thisis change that could happen nowand doesn’t have to wait for 2009.Why hasn’t Obama supported it?
I don’t make these criticisms tosuggest Obama is a disingenuous,anti-war candidate. Nor am I sug-gesting Obama’s rival, HillaryClinton, is any better. What I amsuggesting is that Obama is likeany other politician: His rhetoricdoes not match up with his poli-cies. If we, as students, as votersand as citizens, want Obama to bethe agent of change he claims tobe, we cannot simply sign up tohis “movement” and believe hewill carry us into a brave newworld of peace and prosperity. Weneed to ask these questions andpressure him to answer.
Obama consistently asks hisaudiences if they’re ready forchange. It’s time to turn the ques-tion around.
Liam O’Loughlin is a seniorEnglish and philosophy major.He can be reached [email protected].
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Few will forget BarackObama’s visit to the cam-pus last Monday. Mostwill remember the line
that meandered across the cam-pus in the bitter cold, and evenmore will remember the inspira-tional words delivered from themouth of the politician hailed as“once in a generation.” But forme, sadly, one of those who didnot attend, I will remember Feb.11 as the day the Department ofTransportation Services exe-cuted its most brilliant and dia-bolical scheme against com-muters.
Around 8:40 a.m., I started mydaily commute from my home offRhode Island Avenue, a one miledrive to the edge of the campusaccording to Google Maps. Butafter waiting 45 minutes on Uni-versity Boulevard to get to mybeloved Lot 11, I found my spotactually had been relocated toLot 1 or my choice of the conve-niently located on-campus park-ing garages.
I actually took this as a bless-ing, because it became clear tome I would never actually reachLot 11, or even Lot 4, given theenormous traffic jam I was sit-ting in. So I drove back up Uni-versity Boulevard toward theDenton Hall and Clarice SmithPerforming Arts Center entranceto get to Lot 1, where certainlyDavid Allen, DOTS director,would be waiting for me with adonut, bagel, beverage, smile,parking space and apology forthe inconvenience. “No prob-lem!” I would tell him.
Except he wasn’t there, andneither was my breakfast. On topof that, Lot 1 was full, and I was-n’t let into Stadium DriveGarage. So I did what any of youwould do when you’re 35 minuteslate for a 50-minute class andevery parking spot is full: Iparked in the cavernous, nearlyunoccupied Lot Z. Surely otherswould join me, though at themoment, every rear-view mirrorin sight taunted me with a gigan-tic dangling Z.
I spent most of the next eighthours trying to figure out how toappeal the ticket that would awaitme at my return. How would Ikeep my cool while protestingsuch an unjust charge? Howwould I keep myself from askingDOTS employees to position theirbodies in a certain way so I couldshow them where I would like toplace their ticket? How would Iwrite an appeal letter that would-n’t be full of biting sarcasm?
But then, I saw the light. I hadbeen waiting for years for someconcrete proof of the pure evil thatlurks across the campus in whitepickup trucks. Tickets for 30-sec-ond parking violations are cruel,yet justified; however, passing outtickets when Barack Obama comesto the campus requires all tooblack a heart. But now, DOTS andtheir evil army would be exposed,and I would use my column spaceto out them! I gleefully walked upCampus Drive. I became CharlieBucket, and Allen was WillyWonka, leaving his Golden Ticketunder my windshield wiper! I ranup to my car to find, after morethan six hours of illegal parking tofind … no ticket?!?!
As I got into my car to driveaway, the true beauty of DOTS’scheme came to me in a momentreminiscent of The Usual Sus-pects. DOTS knew a ticket wouldbe all the proof I would need toexpose their evil nature to theworld. Somewhere in the base-ment of the Regents DriveGarage, somebody hatched a plotto not only ruin my day by wor-rying about an unjustified $75ticket but also to ruin my nextcolumn by turning me into anidiot who seemingly complainsabout not getting a ticket!
And so DOTS, I salute you andyour evil white pickup-truck army.I wait in trembling fear of our nextencounter.
Daniel Marcin is a senior eco-nomics and mathematics major.He can be reached [email protected].
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On his landmark 1993 albumReturn of the Boom Bap, KRS-One rapped, “Do you ever thinkabout when you outta here?” out ofdismay at how fast hip-hop em-cees can fall from the top of thecharts. Now, at 42, the self-pro-claimed “teacha” is a hip-hopelder statesman, struggling to stayrelative and preserve pure hip-hop culture in a rap world taintedby commercialism and more un-necessary beef than a Wendy’striple cheeseburger.
And on his latest record, Adven-tures In Emceein, KRS-One,which stands for “knowledgereigns supreme over nearlyeveryone,”raps as he al-ways did:without con-cern for salesor crossoverappeal. Thebeats may begeneric, hooksmay be weak,and the flowmay be simpli-fied, but hiswords arehard-hitting,and his voiceis bellowing.
The 20-year veteran from theSouth Bronx is a hip-hop activistwho argues for his art form as acultural movement through theTemple of Hiphop and promotespeace through his Stop the Vio-lence campaign. And though somemay think KRS would be bitter in
his middle age, his new songs aremarked by idealism and a hopethat our generation can “over-stand” and progress with “knowl-edge of self.”
Overall, Adventures in Emceeinis a fitting testament to KRS’ goalof “edutainment,” a combination ofeducation and entertainment.Whether he is name-dropping his-torical black figures on“Wachanoabout” or encouragingsmart financial decisions on“Money,” class is always in session.
KRS schools our generation onthe militant, rebellious hip-hopthat echoes messages of the BlackPanther Party, Malcolm X and theNation of Gods and Earths. Hesounds bold and hungry forchange as he weighs in on social
issues on“ T o d a y ’ sTopics,” andhe pays hom-age to U.S.troops fight-ing an unjustwar on “OurSoldiers.”
“What’s thecause, What’sthe point,What’s theagenda?” heangrily askson the lattert r a c k .
“WMDs? Iraqi freedom? I don’t re-member!/ Politics is one thing; liesare another/ People separated fromtheir wives and their mothers.”
KRS also manages to stayprovocative and relevant byswitching up his flow and criticiz-ing the dumbed-down hip-hop
lyrics that are prevalent today. “Everybody knows hip-hop was
better in the ’90s!” he declares on“Better & Better” while proudlysporting his O.G. badge.
But KRS doesn’t just criticize.He also urges listeners to take ad-vantage of the opportunities of-fered to them and build them-selves up on “We Dem Teachas.”(After all, KRS was once home-less, and now he’s a hip-hop schol-ar.) Over drums fit for militantchanting on “Gro (HipHop Na-tion),” KRS announces that hip-hop is an international unity andculture and promotes “peace,love, unity and having fun,” theoriginal goals of Afrika Bam-baataa, one of the genre’s found-ing fathers.
Despite these inspirational mes-sages, parts of Adventures in Em-ceein fall flat. Some tracks, such as“All Right” and “I Got You,” are bor-ing and repetitive. On “Over 30,”KRS sounds like an embarrassingdad, trying too hard to be cool. Linessuch as “If you’re over 40, wild out!”delivered over a Southern, snap-your-fingers-style beat may makeyoung listeners cringe.
Some punch lines are also a bitcorny. In the ’80s, KRS’ disses de-stroyed MC Shan’s career, butnow lines such as “I flow like afountain” and “What’s your ad-dress?/ 69 Brokeback Mountain,”wouldn’t win him any “FightKlub” battles.
The album also could use moreof KRS’ signature reggae flow tospice it up. On albums such as Re-turn of the Boom Bap, the half-Ja-maican emcee had more flavorthan many full-time dance-hall
artists such as Sean Paul. But onAdventures in Emceein, that sideof KRS is never fully displayed.
Years after the start of his ca-reer, KRS-One should have noth-ing left to prove. He made revolu-tionary music in the late ’80s andearly ’90s and was even called thegreatest emcee of all time by Nason “The Real Hip Hop.” Andthough Adventures in Emceein isno By All Means Necessary, it isstill a solid release full of materialfor Hip Hop 101. KRS just doesn’thave to try so hard next time.
BY ADAM FRIEDStaff writer
Calling folk superstar JohnDarnielle one of the hardest-workingand most unusual singer-songwritersof the last two decades is hardly abold statement. By the time better-known contemporaries Colin Meloyand The Decemberists got around toreleasing their first album of verboseyarns about eccentric characters, theMountain Goats frontman had a solidhead start, already putting out onealbum almost every year in thedecade prior.
After a brief three-albumadventure on the moreautobiographical side ofthings, Heretic Pride seesDarnielle’s return to theelaborate storytellingand simpler productionand guitar-vocals combofor which he is bestknown. While the grittylo-fi fuzz of The Moun-tain Goats of old is stillabsent — don’t expectanother “The Best EverDeath Metal Band in Den-ton” on this album —Darnielle’s penchant for
creative lyrics is as strong as ever.Accompanying the press release for
Heretic Pride is a three-page comicwith Darnielle’s explanations of eachsong. If the cryptic lyrics and wackycharacters in essentially every song onthe album weren’t enough, the comicsreally drive home the fact thatDarnielle is just great at writing andsinging about weird shit.
Honestly, how many other musi-cians can make a catchy, upbeat songbased on horror author H.P. Love-craft’s xenophobic paranoia while
living in New York? Oran ethereal ballad
about a couple
birthing a child in a California hotel?(See “Lovecraft in Brooklyn” and“San Bernardino” respectively.)
The album itself starts off strongwith “Sax Rohmer #1,” a panickedtune in classic Mountain Goats style.The frantic vocals, the carefully synco-pated guitar strums, the lyrics aboutsomething as obscure as a pulp-fictionnovelist’s work — they’re all there. AsDarnielle sings, “I am coming home toyou/ If it’s the last thing that I do,” it’seasy to feel the impending claustro-phobia with which he wrote the song(in his “cave-like office in Durham,” ashe explains inthe
album’s press release).Not content to write all of his songs in
the same cavernous office, and alwaysinfatuated with travel, Darnielle cameup with the songs that compriseHeretic Pride in Fairbanks, Alaska;Stockholm, Sweden; and several othercities along the way. The globe-trottingnature of his writing style is put to gooduse and comes through quite clearly inthe diverse collection of songs. Everyone of them fully engrosses listeners
and beckons them to follow Darnielleon his journeys.
On the latter half of the album,“Tianchi Lake” takes listeners on arelaxing and quiet break to what thename would imply is a serene lake. Butno, in spite of the paradisical soundsand hushed vocals, the song is actuallyabout a lake monster in China andDarnielle’s self-professed support ofall water-dwelling monsters “whetherthey exist or not.” And who can’t getbehind that?
Produced by Scott Solter and long-time Mountain Goats collaborator
and former mk Ultra frontmanJohn Vanderslice, Heretic Pridemight sound a little cleaner than
some older fans would like,but songs such as “In theCraters on the Moon” haveDarnielle at his most passion-ate. As a crescendo mounts
and he frantically belts out,“Can’t live like this anymore/Ugly things in the darkness/Worse things in store/ In thedeclining years of a long war”to the point where his voice
almost cracks, it’s easy to seehe’s only getting better.
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REVIEW | THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
An album to take Pride inEccentric frontman John Darnielle leads The Mountain Goats to a diverse and solid album
REVIEW | KRS-ONE
ALBUM: Adventures in Emceein | VERDICT:
KRS’ Adventures aren’t greatTTHHEE TTRRIIVVIIAA BBRREEAAKKDDOOWWNN::
KRS-ONE
PSEUDONYMS, MONIKERS:Over the years, KRS-One has been known as “Kris Parker,” “TheBlastmaster” and “The Teacha.”
CAREER:Began recording as half of the hip-hop duo Boogie Down Produc-tions. His partner was DJ Scott La Rock, who was murdered in 1987.
COMMENTS ON SEPT. 11, 2001: In 2004, KRS-One was quoted by The New Yorker as saying “wecheered when 9/11 happened,” a comment he later clarified throughan editorial on www.AllHipHop.com as taken out of context.
ALBUM: Heretic Pride | VERDICT:
The veteran rapper tries too hard on Adventures in Emceein
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They lead the conferenceand are sixth in the countrywith 6.96 blocked shots pergame. Gist and Bambale Osbyhave led the way; the two aresecond and third, respectively,in the ACC. Gist has 58 blocksand Osby has 57, and nation-ally, the two are ranked 29thand 34th, respectively.
Williams chose to look at ittwo ways: It’s good the guardshave help down low, but itcould also indicate some ques-tionable defense up top.
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MIKE FRANTEL-THE DIAMONDBACKJames Gist and the Terps will be looking for revenge Wednesday againstVirginia Tech after a crushing 67-66 loss in Blacksburg, Va., on Jan. 12.
Terps defenseblocking ACC foes
Langhorne, Harperbuilt an early lead
The Terps had been able tobuild a 14-point lead in thefirst half by getting the ballinside to forwards CrystalLanghorne and Laura Harper,as the Blue Devils’ defensesimply wasn’t as stifling in thegame’s early stages.
After the Blue Devilsturned up the heat defen-sively in the second half, hotshooting by Terp guard KristiToliver allowed the Terps tobuild their lead to 13. Thenthings began to get dicey.
The Blue Devils’ pressforced the Terps to workmuch harder to bring the ballup, get into their offensivesets and find a way to score.Duke came up with 10 stealsin the second half, andToliver committed a season-high 12 turnovers in thegame trying to run the point.
“They are extremely phys-ical, and I knew that comingin,” Toliver said. “I just triedto take care of the ball as bestas I could.”
The Blue Devils eventuallygot as close as five points,and Toliver and the Terpswere up against the ropes onseveral possessions as soonas they inbounded the ball.
“Right on the catch, theybrought two to her,” Parkadded. “They did a nice jobmoving their feet and body-ing her, and at times, we gotcaught kind of standing andwatching.”
The Terps made someclutch free throws toward theend, extending their lead to asmuch as 10 even as fatigue setin. The Blue Devils forcedfour turnovers in the final 1:15yet remained a basket or twoaway from really threateningto complete the comeback.
The Terps came awayrelieved, and the Blue Dev-ils ended up frustrated thatthey waited too long to bringthe pressure.
“I thought we had fantasticpoise at the end of the gamewhen we were trying to turn itback in our favor,” Duke coachJoanne McCallie said. “Butthe reality is, when you play atthis level against this kind ofopponent, you’re going to haveto have it for 40 minutes.”
TERP NOTE: There was stillno word on Monday about atimetable for head coachBrenda Frese’s return to theteam. Frese gave birth totwin boys on Sunday.
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Sports10 THE DIAMONDBACK | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008
Associated Press Men’s College Basketball Poll Top 10School Record Prev.1. Memphis (25-0) 12. Tennessee (23-2) 43. North Carolina (24-2) 54. Kansas (24-2) 35. Duke (22-2) 2
School Record Prev.6. UCLA (22-3) 67. Texas (21-4) 118. Butler (24-2) 99. Stanford (21-4) 710. Xavier (21-4) 12
ADAM FRIED-THE DIAMONDBACKLed by senior forwards Bambale Osby (pictured) and James Gist, the Terrapin men’s basketball team has one of thetop defenses in the ACC. The Terps lead the league and are sixth in the country in blocks per game.
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Tuckerrecovering from the fluBY ANDREW ZUCKERMAN
Senior staff writer
The flu making its wayaround the campus hasfound its way to the Terrapinmen’s basketball team.
Freshman swingman CliffTucker, the Terps’ most pro-ductive reserve, was hitwith the flu, and he missedSaturday’s game againstFlorida State. Right now, hisstatus for tomorrow night’sgame against Virginia Techis unknown. But yesterdaymorning, coach GaryWilliams said the team washoping to have Tucker backat practice later in the day.
“It’s one of those three- orfour-day things, and hope-fully he’s recovered fromthat,” Williams said.
In Tucker’s place, seniorswingman Jason McAlpinsaw some playing time, hisfirst game action since Jan.15 against Wake Forest.McAlpin played seven min-utes, and his biggest contri-bution was on defense,where he held his ownagainst Florida State’s expe-rienced guards.
“Jason got in there andplayed good defense for us,”Williams said. “He blocked acouple of jump shots; he wasreally good, and that’s whatyou need on your team.”
As far as how to handleTucker and the flu, seniorforward James Gist hadsome subtle medical adviceafter Saturday’s game.
“Right now,” Gist said,“[we have to] keep our dis-tance.”
Women’s basketballhandled late Duke push
Blue Devils pressured Terps, forcing 26turnovers, but comeback attempts fell short
BY GREG SCHIMMELSenior staff writer
Duke wasn’t going to let theTerrapin women’s basketballteam get its first win atCameron Indoor Stadiumsince 2000 without putting upa fight.
The No. 12 Blue Devils justwaited too long to start throw-ing punches.
The Blue Devils (19-7, 8-3ACC) picked up their defen-sive intensity late in theTerps’ 76-69 win Sunday, mak-ing it a challenge for the No. 4Terps (27-2, 11-1) to hang on
for the win.The Terps tied a season
high by committing 26turnovers, including 18 in thesecond half and six in thegame’s final five minutes.
“We knew they weren’tgoing to quit,” assistant coachDaron Park said. “We talked alot at halftime about makingsure we tried to maintain acushion and keep our lead oreven extend our lead, becausewe were going to be chal-lenged somewhere at somepoint during the second half.”
YUCHEN NIE-THE DIAMONDBACKGuard Kristi Toliver and the Terrapin women’s basketball team managed tohold off Duke’s comeback attempts Sunday despite Toliver’s 12 turnovers.
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