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Our 101ST Year, No. 152THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERThursday, July 7, 2011
Football player charged with assaultBY JONAS SHAFFER
AND LEAH VILLANUEVASenior staff writers
Justin Lewis, a mainstay on the Ter-rapin football team’s offensive line lastseason, was dismissed from the team andturned himself in to authorities Tuesdayafter allegedly assaulting an R.J. Bentley’smanager June 26.
Lewis, a junior who started 12 of 13
games in 2010, was charged with second-degree assault after turning himself in toUniversity Police on Tuesday morning,according to University Policespokesman Capt. Marc Limansky.
“It seems there were charges filed byan individual, so the [Prince George’sCounty] commissioner issued a warrantfor him,” Limansky said. “[Lewis] learnedof it, so he came into our station andturned himself in.”
Neither University Police nor PrinceGeorge’s County Police provided detailsabout the incident, but according to courtrecords, Lewis and complainant AlainParcain are scheduled to appear inHyattsville District Court on Aug. 8.
According to a statement of charges filedwith the District Court in Prince George’sCounty obtained by The Baltimore Sun,
Lewis turned himself in to University Police, dismissed from team after bar fight
JUSTIN LEWISFORMER TERP LINEMAN
Universityadmissionrates tightenMore apply, lowerpercentage admitted
BY YASMEEN ABUTALEBStaff writer
When freshman Steffie Sansburybegan filling out her application to thisuniversity last fall, she only intended for itto be a safety school.
But after receiving admittance to theHonors Humanities program, as well as ahandful of scholarships, the letters andsciences major found herself sending adeposit to the school she had initially writ-ten off as a backup.
Although there has been a nationwidetrend of lower acceptance rates at four-year institutions, this university has seenone of the most dramatic changes — 51.6percent of applicants were offered seatsin 2004 compared to just 41.9 percent in2010, according to USA Today and U.S.News and World Report, respectively.
The number of applicants hasincreased over the past several years, andadmissions officials said they have beenable to attract some of the nation’s top stu-dents through numerous Honors pro-grams. The average weighted GPA of
Univ. launchesgreen programwith local cities
BY JIM BACHFor The Diamondback
The university is teaming up with 85eco-friendly organizations across thestate to promote sustainability in localcommunities — especially CollegePark, which city officials said needs agreen makeover.
Sustainable Maryland Certified — agreen initiative intended to provideresources and incentives to municipali-ties committed to protecting the environ-ment — launched June 26 and, in additionto getting the program off the ground,university officials said they hope to uti-lize it and revitalize the city.
“There’s so many communities thatwanted our help, and we just couldn’t getto all of them,” said Joanne Throwe, direc-tor of the university’s EnvironmentalFinance Center. “So, we thought, ‘Whatprogram could we do that would reallytake all of our tools and our expertise andour knowledge and share it with morecommunities?’”
The initiative — which the centerspearheaded and replicated from a simi-lar program in New Jersey — will allowcommunities to earn points by adoptingcertain sustainability practices, includ-ing encouraging community actionthrough the creation of a “green team,”overseeing and improving communityenergy efficiency, regulating green-house gas emissions and promoting nat-ural resource conservation.
A registered municipality needs toearn 150 points before it can cash in onthe program’s incentives. Throwe saidshe hopes as the program progresses, itwill offer similar rewards to that of NewJersey’s, which include grants, prioritiza-tion for state funding and access to train-ing and webinars.
City officials said this could be the fuel
Incentives given foreco-friendly practices
Andrew Pedrick hopes to become a probowler. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
Time to spareUniversity Police dispatcher trains to become
professional bowler between shifts
BY MEGAN SCHNEIDERFor The Diamondback
University Police dispatcherAndrew Pedrick may direct offi-cers’ cruisers around the campusand the city for his job, but in hisspare time, he is practicing for anentirely different career — pro-fessional bowling.
Pedrick, 21, has frequentedbowling allies with friends andfamily since he was a child. Hehas even seen himself competingon television. But it was notenough, and after seven years of
competitive bowling, Pedrick sethis sights on a new goal: becom-ing a member of the ProfessionalBowlers Association.
He took the sport up as a childpurely out of a rivalry with hisbrother, Pedrick said.
“I’m a big competitor, especiallybetween me and [my brother],”Pedrick said, noting he thought, “Iwant to do this now just to say I’mbetter than you, and hey, we cando this together.”
But years later, Pedrick stillhas not stopped. To be consid-ered a pro, Pedrick needs an
average score of 200 over thecourse of a year. So far, he hasreceived multiple trophies fromyouth leagues, scored perfectgames and earned two plaquesfor scoring 11 strikes in a row.
But he said he still needsmore time at the lanes. Lastyear, he bowled in a PBA eventand came in 105th place out of120 participants.
“That’s when I found out I hada lot more to learn,” Pedrick said.“I was thinking, ‘Oh yeah, I’m
see LEWIS, page 9
see ADMISSIONS, page 6
see PARTNERSHIPS, page 2 see BOWLING, page 8
Baking up a business
Student launches delivery bakery
BY MARIAH COOPERFor The Diamondback
Students with a sweet tooth will find the answerto their cupcake cravings delivered to their dorm’sdoorsteps come fall.
College Park Cupcakes, a newly formed student-run bakery, will bring fresh treats straight to pre-ordering customers every Friday through Sunday.Employees said they plan to mix custom flavors —such as a spin-off of Harry Potter’s butterbeer,cookie dough and pink lemonade — with the moretraditional chocolate and vanilla ingredients.
“I don’t want to make cake someone can makethemselves,” said Melia Stuppy, the confec-tionary’s founder.
Stuppy, a sophomore marketing and supplychain management major, said the business con-cept was cooked up out of nostalgia — one of herfriends received a birthday cake in the mail thatStuppy said lacked the homemade feeling herfriend deserved.
“I wanted people to have the birthday experi-ence,” Stuppy said. “Whole cakes are also reallymessy. When you think of a cupcake you think of acute little snack you can eat while you walk.”
Compared to Georgetown Cupcakes’ hour-long
MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
see CUPCAKES, page 2
2 THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011
BY LEAH VILLANUEVASenior staf f writer
University Police respondedto more than 90 crimes andother incidents since June 16,including reports of a threat-ening note, an alleged assaultin the University Courtyardsand a robbery near PaintBranch Parkway. HAZARDOUS CONDI-
TION — On June 17, MartinHall was evacuated at about4:30 p.m. after an ammoniatank valve in one of the build-ing’s labs leaked. UniversityPolice Spokesman Capt. MarcLimansky said officers helped
with the evacuation, securingthe perimeter and controllingtraffic around the buildingwhile the fire departmentshut off the leak. No injuriesor damage were reported,Limansky said. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
— At about noon on June 21, auniversity staff member saidshe parked her vehicle in Lot2C in front of HagerstownHall and returned to find athreatening note under hervehicle’s windshield wiper,Limansky said. He said thenote criticized the staff mem-ber’s ability to park andwarned that the author would
“punch [the driver] in themouth” if he or she found outwho she was.
Limansky said police havenot received reports of anysimilar notes and the case isunder investigation.
“It’s just stupid,” Limanskysaid. “The person apparentlywas just in a rush to park nextto this other person’s vehicle,and it was too tight.” FIRE — Ritchie Coliseum
was evacuated at about 5:30p.m. on June 27 after an air con-ditioning motor inside thebuilding’s loading dock areaoverheated, causing a filter inthe unit to burn and fill the
loading dock and the rear corri-dor of the building with smoke.Apart from the air conditioningunit itself, there were noreported injuries or damage. ROBBERY — On Mon-
day at about 1 a.m., a taxidriver flagged down a Univer-sity Police officer near the Col-lege Park Metro station park-ing garage on Paint BranchParkway. The driver said hehad just been robbed by twomales and pointed the sus-pects out to the officer as theywere fleeing. The officer calledfor backup from other patrolsin the area, who chased thesuspects on foot and quickly
placed them in custody. Liman-sky said Metro Transit Policeofficers took over the arrests.Police recovered the stolenproperty, two cell phones,from the suspects. ASSAULT — At about
12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, afemale University Courtyardsresident called police toreport a male guest in herapartment who refused toleave. When officers arrived,they found the caller, the maleguest and another femaleCourtyards resident in theapartment and separatedthem to take their stories. Thecaller initially said the man
assaulted her by grabbing herleft arm and leaving a bruise,but Limansky said her storyand that of the other femaleresident did not appear tomatch up. He noted the callerbegan to “act defensive” whenquestioned further.
Limansky said when offi-cers tried to talk to the callerabout what she could do topress charges, she becameuncooperative and told theofficers to leave. Officersescorted the male resident outof the apartment and deniedhim access to the campus.
Univ. Police respond to more than 90 incidents since mid-JuneReports include robbery near Metro, smoke in Ritchie corridor, threatening notes and alleged assault off-campus
waits, Stuppy said her busi-ness — which will be locatedin the College Park VolunteerFire Department’s kitchenand will only accept orders aweek in advance — will be amore convenient option. Thefunds for starting up thelicensed limited liability cor-poration will come out ofStuppy’s own pocket, andshe’ll be running the com-pany with 16 other students.
“If you’re on the CollegePark campus, you can’t getgourmet, custom cupcakes ata grocery store,” Stuppy said.“You have to take two Metrolines and a bus to get them.”
Several students said theywould be willing to give thecupcakes — which will bepriced at $18 for a dozen,with an additional $2 deliv-ery fee and a $1 minimumdonation to the fire depart-ment — a try. Additionally,the kitchen will be nut-freeand offer vegan and gluten-free options.
“It sounds like an eccen-tric version of GeorgetownCupcake,” said senior specialeducation major TabithaEisig. “I would order when Iwanted an entertaining food
for a friend’s birthday or agirls’ night.”
Although all the concretedetails of the businesshaven’t been figured out yet,many said one thing is cer-tain: You don’t need to be afive-star baker to join thegroup. It’s open to all stu-dents, even those who havenever baked in a profes-sional setting.
“The people that we pickedall have one thing in common
besides being culinarilyinclined: They love to bake,”said Matt Quiat, the group’schief operations officer andjunior operations manage-ment major. “Doing what youlove is important, and I amglad our staff loves their jobs,and they get to be creativewith it. It is also very cool tohave fellow students makingeatable pieces of art.”
College Park Cupcakes will open this fall and deliver freshlybaked goods to customers. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
the city needs to increase itssustainability initiatives, whichmany said need improvement.
“I feel that this is an effortthat will be really good forMaryland,” said Mayor AndyFellows. “I think it will give anopportunity for municipalities,like College Park, to reallystructure our efforts and have areal strong way for getting rec-ognized for our efforts.”
The city has two main sus-tainability problems, accord-ing to Fellows, who is also amember of the initiative’sfounding board — relying onfossil fuel energy and poorwater management.
“There’s still a lot of waterthat we’re not retaining in Col-lege Park and on the campus,”he said.
In addition, amidst nearly 40trash cans, there’s only one pub-lic recycling bin in the city,according to Director of PublicWorks Robert Stumpff. How-ever, he said this will changecome fall.
“More containers have beenordered to be placed this fiscalyear,” Stumpff wrote in anemail. “In addition, I am work-ing with a vendor to place recy-cling and trash containers in
public spaces.”Because the university has
won multiple awards for its envi-ronmentally friendly efforts, thecity is in an advantageous posi-tion to springboard its plan for amore livable community, Fel-lows said.
The university has seen greatprogress in achieving sustain-ability since former universityPresident Dan Mote signed theAmerican College and Univer-sity Presidents’ Climate Com-mitment in 2007, said MarkStewart, manager of the univer-sity’s Office of Sustainabilitysaid. This encourages greatercollaboration between the cityand the university.
“We are working with the cityto see if we can become an EPAgreen power community,” Stew-art said. “That would be a realcommunity partnershipbetween not just the universityand the city government of Col-lege Park but also all the busi-nesses and residents.”
Just days before the launchof Sustainable Maryland Certi-fied, the American College andUniversity Presidents’ ClimateCommitment presented theuniversity with its SecondNature Climate LeadershipAward in honor of the steps theuniversity has taken to reduceits carbon footprint.
“The general goal that we’ve
already articulated is to usesome of the sustainability prac-tices that the university’salready committed to and thinkof ways to bring their practicesoff-campus,” Fellows said.
Throwe hopes to replicate thesuccess of New Jersey’s sustain-ability program, which has about370 of its 566 municipalities pur-suing the program and 70 certi-fied to date, according to formerMaplewood, N.J. mayor FredProfeta, who headed the launchof the program.
“We’re obviously having anaffect on greenhouse gas emis-sions,” said Profeta. “We incen-tivize towns that do programsfor high-efficiency cars; weincentivize programs for resi-dents to control their thermo-stats. All these things have enor-mous effects.”
CUPCAKESfrom page 1
PARTNERSHIPSfrom page 1
“We are workingwith the city tosee if we canbecome an EPAgreen powercommunity.”
MARK STEWARTOFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
BYYASMEENABUTALEBStaff writer
Now that opponents of the stateDREAM Act have collected morethan 75,000 signatures for a petitionto overturn the bill, the legislation’sfinal fate may be left in the hands ofvoters in the upcoming election.
Delegates turned in the signa-tures opposing the legislation,which would grant in-state tuitionto undocumented students whomeet certain qualifications to thestate Board of Elections. If theboard deems 8,500 of those signa-tures valid by July 20, the bill mayofficially be put on the 2012 stateelections ballot. According toMary Cramer Wagner, theboard’s director of voter registra-tion, election officials will begin toverify the signatures Thursday toensure they are legitimate.
After proponents of the billfought tooth-and-nail to ensure thestature was passed on the lastnight of the legislative session inApril, Republican delegates imme-diately mobilized to overturn SB167, commonly known as thestate’s DREAM Act — a referenceto the federal Development, Reliefand Education for Alien MinorsAct, which failed to pass in the U.S.Senate in December.
The petition has been the mostsuccessful in the state’s historyand has gathered a record num-ber of signatures, delegates said.
“I knew after the bill was passedthat it was going to petition and Iknew it was going to win over-whelmingly, and I knew by passingthis bill residents would be out-raged,” said Del. Patrick McDo-nough (R-Baltimore and Hart-
ford). “The reason we had themost successful petition in thestate and a record-breaking num-ber of signatures is because of theoutrage and passion of the people.”
House Minority Leader Del.Anthony O’Donnell (R-Calvertand St. Mary’s), Del. Neil Parrott(R-Washington), McDonoughand Del. Justin Ready (R-Carroll)led the effort to gather signatures.It offers undocumented studentsin-state tuition if they graduatefrom a state high school, complete60 community college credits andprove that they or their parentshave paid state taxes for at leastthree years.
Although the legislation comeswith a hefty price tag — it is esti-mated to cost $750,000 by 2014,and some analysts have said it willcost up to $3.5 million by 2016 —supporters have said undocu-mented students should not be pe-nalized for their parents’ actions.
Sen. Victor Ramirez (D-PrinceGeorge’s), who authored the bill,said opponents have painted thebill as a “free handout” and astature that takes away moneyfrom taxpayers, but noted he hasyet to see concrete numbers thatprove so.
“It’s not free tuition; it’s in-statetuition, so I don’t know where [op-ponents] get these numbersfrom,” he said. “I want them topoint to me where they’re gettingthese numbers from.”
But McDonough said these stu-dents’ illegal status should preventthem from receiving the same ad-vantages as state residents.
“The common person under-stands illegal is illegal, and it’s un-fair to provide a benefit paid for bythe taxpayers to someone whohas violated the law,” McDo-nough said. “The other side saysthe people who oppose this bill areracist and haters. … I’m disap-pointed that the other side is goingto engage in name-calling and per-sonal attacks. Why don’t they de-bate this on the facts?”
Advocates of the legislation, in-cluding Rev. Peter Schell, who isalso a member of the Maryland In-dustrial Areas Foundation, saidthe record-breaking number ofsignatures is a result of “misinfor-mation and miseducation.”
“When people really under-stand what is at stake — providinga fair chance for our young peopleto provide a better life for them-selves, to establish roots in Mary-land and to create a better future— then people will be persuadedthat this is a good thing,” he said.“Immigrant families are here tostay and we believe that the realissue is: Do we want to have a largewell-educated workforce or a poor-ly educated workforce?”
Ramirez and McDonough saidthey are confident residents willmake the right decision for thestate and are ready to campaign.
Ramirez also said he looks for-ward to open dialogues and de-bates and hopes voters will gatherall the facts necessary to make aninformed decision.
“We’re going to run a campaignjust like an educational campaignwithout lies and without misrepre-sentation,” Ramirez said.
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BY NICK FOLEYFor The Diamondback
In an effort to centralize gov-ernment departments, increaseoffice space and help beautifythe downtown area, the CollegePark City Hall will undergo a12,000-square-foot renovation inthe coming years.
At the May 24 College ParkCity Council work session, citycouncil members awarded anarchitectural design and engi-neering contract to Proffitt andAssoc. Architects to begin theproject by either the end of2013 or the beginning of 2014.Construction is scheduled tolast from 12 to 18 months.
City Director of PlanningTerry Schum said the much-needed renovations wouldmove the Code Enforcementsector of Public Works out of itscurrent location on CalvertRoad — which formerly housedCollege Park ElementarySchool — and into the newbuilding, creating a morestreamlined, effective city gov-ernment. The Calvert Roadbuilding will once again be usedfor schooling once City Hall ren-ovations are completed.
“We definitely need morespace here,” Schum said. “Wehave a whole departmentthat’s in another location.”
In 2004 and 2006, the stateawarded the city $175,000 ingrants to renovate City Hall.One of the grants, along witha $100,000 match require-ment from the city, was set toexpire June 1 if the projectwere not under contract. Thecity also received a $400,000grant from a 2006 bond bill torefurbish the building.
Those funds must be allo-cated by June 2013.
Schum said the additionwill, in part, improve councilchambers, renovate the build-ing’s entrance and waterproofthe basement to make addi-tional office space. All thesechanges, she said, will improveoverall city government opera-tions for employees.
“Their home is City Hall,”Schum said. “The councilchambers could beenhanced. The physicalappearance of City Hall willalso be improved.”
District 2 Councilman BobCatlin said City Hall is “full ofpeople” and cited the need fora space proportionate to thelarge number of guests.
“All the other buildings arefull,” Catlin said. “We needmore meeting space.”
He said more room is des-perately needed for both peo-ple and paperwork.
“Some of the people are
working in pretty tight quar-ters,” Catlin said. “There willbe more space for documentsand records.”
The construction will alsobenefit College Park residentsand students, thanks to a pro-posed downtown green space,though Schum said it’s tooearly in the design process todetermine exactly where itwill be located.
“There’ll be a town greenarea which could be used aspublic open space,” Schumsaid.
She said residents, not justgovernment officials, are in
mind throughout the designprocess.
“City Hall is really open toresidents of College Park,”Schum said. “Enhancing thephysical space downtown willbe good for the downtownarea as well.”
Schum said she is stillunsure of where city officialswill meet during the con-struction phase.
“None of those decisionshave been made yet,” she said.“We’re just getting started onthe design process.”
City Hall to receive upcoming renovationsCity Council vote allots funds to revamp building in coming years, centralize departments to create more office space and beautify city
DREAM petition nets75,000 signatures8,500 needed to put bill to public vote
City Hall renovations will increase office space and beautify thedowntown. Construction will start at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014. SARAH KATZ-HYMAN/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
“City Hall isreally open toresidents ofCollege Park.Enhancing thephysical spacedowntown willbe good for thedowntown areaas well.”
TERRY SCHUMCITY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
In a column published in TIMEon June 16, Fareed Zakaria non-confrontationally makes theassertion that “today’s conser-
vatism [has] lost touch with reality.”American conservatives, he remarks,have placed so much emphasis on low-ering taxes and reducing governmentthat they have lost their relevance asadvocates traditionally rooted in prag-matism and measured reforms aimedat government efficiency, rather thanpolitical ideals.
Respectably, Zakaria steers clear ofdiscussing conservative social policy,to avoid detracting from his illustra-tion of the fundamental change in eco-nomic policy — the subject of conser-vatism that has always been more cen-tral to its influence. Yet, economic pol-icy is not the only way in which Ameri-can conservatism has been altered,nor is it the only warped alignment inneed of reconstitution to regain rele-vance in the face of an increasingly
post-American world.In the instance of necessary social
transformation, however, whileZakaria suggests a return to the prac-tically focused economic conser-vatism of old, it is conservatism’s con-voluted moral values that must be dis-carded, in favor of a more neutral,modern and less imposing social plat-form. In other words, conservatismmust shed the stigmatic idealism thathas been attached to it by the unlikelyand regressive policies of religiousdogmatism and political pandering; itmust develop a lack of an ideology.
How is it, for example, that conser-vatism simultaneously espouses lim-
ited government while calling forextensive limitation of personal rights,including on gay marriage, drug useand abortion? It is unfortunate that,for many young Americans, theseregressive policies are more represen-tative of conservatism than fiscal pol-icy when what the country needs atpresent, as Zakaria also notes, arescrupulously calibrated conservativefiscal reforms.
As New York City Mayor MichaelBloomberg remarked at the 2007 con-ference of the U.K.’s ConservativeParty, “Being a fiscal conservative isnot about slashing programs that helpthe poor, or improve health care, orensure a social safety net. It’s aboutinsisting services are provided effi-ciently, get to only the people that needthem, and achieve the desired results.”
“The U.S. is among the lowest taxedof the big industrial economies,”explains Zakaria. It thus seems thatlowering taxes further is missing the
mark and is more likely a bid for votesthan economic growth. Yet, looking atmost of the Republican 2012 presiden-tial candidates, it seems ironic thatlowering taxes has become in a way anideal reflecting those social values thatso contradict the very concept of lim-ited government. Clearly, idealism,rooted in regressive social policies,has gotten the better of the GOP.
And so, for the survival of conser-vatism — which is much-needed inAmerica, both presently and in thefuture — it is necessary that the ideol-ogy overcome the regressive policiesfalsely parading under its banner andonce again become the realistic com-mentary on the direction of politicaland developmental incentives neces-sary to revive innovation and invigor-ate the American spirit.
Ian Rodenhouse is a junior economicsmajor. He can be reached [email protected].
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F inally, it seems as though ouruniversity is headed in theright direction. It may havetaken the leadership of a man
who was born and grew up abroad forus as a university community to finallyrealize that we must engage globally,but it is happening. Recently returnedfrom his trip to China with Gov. Mar-tin O’Malley, university PresidentWallace Loh wrote an op-ed in TheBaltimore Sun, “Building the globaluniversity,” on Monday. The pieceoutlines his goal to create an “interna-tionally networked knowledge cen-ter” and the ongoing efforts to makethat goal a reality.
Loh claims that now, “At the begin-ning of the 21st century, we can saythat every person sent out from a uni-versity should be a person of the worldas well as a person of his or her time.” Icould not agree more. A liberal artseducation should strive to create atruly global citizen. The ability to thinkand act globally, as well as locally, isgoing to be an essential skill for thefuture, and Loh recognizes the essen-tial role of higher education in cultivat-ing this knowledge.
The column goes on to highlight
international connections between thisinstitution and international universi-ties in Israel and throughout China.These associations are great, but alsolimited. The programs that Loh dis-cusses are either technology or busi-ness related in nature. While there iscertainly much to be gained on bothsides by high-tech enterprises, entre-preneurship and research and devel-opment efforts, they are only one partof what who we are as a university andwhat we do.
If the university is to be at the fore-front of this “global knowledge-basedeconomy,” then the scope of its interna-tional engagement must be drasticallyexpanded. To truly be global, the reachof our university must expand intoother areas and disciplines. In additionto science and technology research andentrepreneurship, the scope of ourglobal initiatives must include the socialsciences, the arts, the humanities, pub-lic policy, journalism and so many othersubjects. We cannot hope to become aglobal university unless the undertak-ing is expanded to include all of our dis-ciplines, students and faculty.
Loh’s claim that “The grand chal-lenges we face in the 21st century —
such as climate change, renewableenergy, epidemic diseases and terror-ism — are global challenges,” is strik-ingly true. We live in a world of globalchallenges, and those challenges arenot limited to the global economy ortechnological development.
There are already people at this uni-versity across disciplines working toincrease both the global understand-ing of students and facilitate theirengagement. Just this spring I tookUNIV 389G: Solving ConvergingGlobal Crises, a course in which stu-dents from a variety of different majorscame together to discuss cross-cuttingglobal issues and brainstorm possibleapproaches to addressing them.
And there are a huge number of waysthroughout the university for studentsto engage globally. Each year hundredsof students engage internationally bystudying abroad, through either univer-
sity programs or a huge variety of third-party programs. The university has pro-grams such as Beyond the Classroom,Global Communities, the LanguageHouse and College Park Scholars thatare working to engage students in dif-ferent aspects of this “global knowl-edge-based economy,” and there aredozens of student groups dedicated tointernational pursuits.
Even so, as a student I found thescope and variety of internationallyfocused course offerings somewhatlimited, particularly with regard to thedeveloping world. And while I applaudLoh for making international engage-ment a priority of our university, westill have a long way to go to make thata reality. If we are to truly embrace this“global knowledge-based economy” itwill have to happen across disciplinesas well as across borders. And as weas a university strive toward thatfuture, we as students must strive tobecome global citizens so that some-day we may meet the challenges of thefuture together.
Rob Riker graduated in May with degreesin government and politics and history.He can be reached at [email protected].
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Conservative contradictions: Ideological anomalies
What many students once considered a safety school has, over thepast several years, transformed into a world-renowned researchinstitution that attracts the best and brightest undergraduate stu-dents from across the country, according to university officials.
With data showing an increase in both the average high school GPA of admit-ted undergraduate students and the selectivity of the university admissionsprocess, University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan declared thatuniversity’s reputation as an academic powerhouse isimproving. “I think people ... recognize that the quality ofthe institution — the faculty, staff and experiences of stu-dents have when the come to College Park — have allbecome better understood by the general public,” Kirwansaid in an interview with The Diamondback.
And indeed, with the average weighted GPA of theClass of 2015 hovering around an astonishing 4.05 and anearly 10-point decline in the undergraduate acceptancerate since 2004, it is safe to say that the university’s daysas nothing more than a school of last resort are over.
Yet, even though the increasing standards and selectiv-ity of the university admissions process means a betterreputation for the university and an increased value of thedegrees it awards, the unintended consequences of thisinstitution’s steady rise to academic prominence may lead to disappointment formany aspiring in-state university applicants.
With the weighted high school GPA of a middle-of-the-pack freshman stu-dent clearing the 4.0 hurdle for the first time ever this year, it seems asthough admission to this university will require high school students to goabove and beyond the minimum requirements established by the Board ofRegents by taking and receiving high grades in multiple Advanced Place-ment and honors classes.
And in a state where 22.5 percent of 10th grade students in the state failed topass the 2010 High School Assessment in English — a standardized test that
measures whether a student has demonstrated appropriate competency inreading comprehension and written composition — this could mean that thenumber of in-state students may decline in future years because they are out-shined by more qualified out-of-state and international students.
To be sure, it is in almost everyone’s best interest that this university’s aca-demic reputation continue to soar — a phenomena directly linked to the qual-ity of the students it admits. However, as this state’s flagship institution of
higher education, university admissions officials shouldnot forget that their primary duty is to serve the citizensof this state — a task that often means educating thestate’s own children, even the one’s who may not per-form as well as their out-of-state peers.
Luckily, with in-state students making up 75 percent ofthis university’s student body, according to PrincetonReview, it is unlikely that this will happen in the next yearor two. However, because admissions decisions aremade without regard to an applicant’s residence, it is alltoo likely that this university, in its laudable quest forexcellence, could begin to admit more out-of-state stu-dents than it should as a land-grant institution.
In the past, when the university was considered amediocre institution, this was not as much of a dilemma.
But with its meteoric rise to excellence over the past decade, university officialsmust make a decision as to which track they will follow: That of the Universityof Virginia — where 54 percent of the admissions offers made this year were toout-of-state students — or that of the University of California, Berkeley, where,according to Princeton Review, in-state students account for 86 percent of thestudent population.
As for this editorial board, the decision is clear. For public universities,admissions decisions cannot be based solely on an applicant’s quality; theymust be made after considering the institution’s responsibility to the citizenswho fund it. And for the sake of this state, let’s hope admissions officials agree.
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Our ViewWith this university rising inrankings, admissions officials
must ensure they are balancing the desire to admitexceptional students with theinstitution’s responsibility to
educate state students.
The global university: Embracing a holistic approach
Ihave a vivid second-gradememory of peeking into thekindergarten class down thehall. They were reading
Rainbow Fish, a lovely and shinychildren’s book, and I rememberthinking, “Oh, for the simplicity ofbeing five.”
I realize now, other than that I wasclearly advanced in my ability toexperience wistfulness as a 7-year-old, I was also just beginning to real-ize that life often becomes more diffi-cult with the passing of each season.
Right now, as I sit at my fancymahogany desk and spend most ofmy time staring at the giant clock,dreaming that it said 6 p.m. instead of11:38 a.m., I am wishing for summerspast, when life was much simpler.
If you’re like me, you took ajob/internship/position of slaverybecause you knew it would lookgood on your next application for ajob/scholarship/release for inden-tured servitude. And if you’re alsolike me, you are having to remindyourself daily that you are workingto improve your career, somethingthat hanging around the pool toimprove your tan cannot do.
But as I take down messages,answer phones and vie for tasksthat I hope will get me noticed inthe office, images that have little todo with my job rush through mymind. Biking to the local pool sofast it seems like you’re flying,smearing on sunscreen until youfeel hot and greasy and yourmother feels like you’re safe fromdevilish ultraviolet rays and gettingbattered by ocean waves all seem atad bit more up my alley on beauti-ful summer days than working mylife away at an unpaid internship.
Indeed, riding the ever-glamorousMetro to work (thank you, OrangeLine, for having not only broken airconditioning, but also an HVAC sys-tem that blasts heat in the summer)and making lots of new homelessfriends in our nation’s capital has leftme wishing for the days where mybiggest concern was whether theday was hot enough that my crayonswould melt even if I hid them underthe picnic table when adult swim atmy local pool was over.
Yet, even as I daydream about allthe things I’d rather be doing thanslogging to work every day anddoing a whole host of tasks rangingfrom the vital to the inane, I realizeinternships and prestigious summerjobs do have their advantages. Afterall, you get to buy a whole newwardrobe when you realize your nor-mal summer uniform of cut-offs andflip-flops doesn’t exactly cut it in theworld of suits and high heels, and youcan learn the various intricacies ofoffice life, such as what you can andcannot waste your time doing onyour work computer. And you caneven meet lots of other internsdressed sharply and either as nerv-ous or insanely competitive as you.
So fear not, perpetual overachiev-ers: We will win this one yet. Ourinternships will lead to better jobs,with more money, and therefore bet-ter vacations with even betterimages than the memories I envi-sioned at my job while I should havebeen diligently studying my work.At least, that’s what I tell myself as Idrive past the exit to the beach andinstead take the one back to my job,repeating the word “résumé” overand over again in my head.
Laura Frost is a junior governmentand politics and journalism major.She can be reached [email protected].
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The coming week is likely to seemany people putting an interest-ing, unusual and at times even
controversial spin on things, from do-mestic endeavors to professional proj-ects — and the results, for most, arejust as likely to be mixed. The truth is,not everyone is ready to do things orexperience things in a way that is notin line with expectations or the statusquo; indeed, most are perfectly happyto have things transpire as they al-ways have. So what’s the advantage todoing things with a twist? There is notelling what personal rewards cancome from exploring new ways ofdoing things, and success itself is notto be measured in the usual ways.
That which is highlighted will surelyhave greater import than ever before— and yet some may overlook the ob-vious at this time. Those who do mayfind themselves at the back of thepack before they know it; keeping up ismore important this week than it hasbeen at any time in the recent past.
CANCER (June 21-July 7) — You’ll behappy with the way things go, butthere will always be a few littlethings you can do to make thingseven better. (July 8-July 22) —You’ll want to make a strong start,and this means not taking anythingfor granted.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) — You may feelas though you’re being watchedthroughout the week, but is thismerely a product of your own inse-curity? Take a closer look. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) — There are those who willsurely want to hold you back insome way, but you’re determined.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) — You’ll de-velop a taste for something new,and you may be compelled tochange your plans in order to satis-fy this new yearning. (Sept. 8-Sept.22) — It’s important that you speakthe language — literally or figura-tively. Get the lowdown.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) — Fortunemay smile on you, but you are likelyto be too busy to enjoy it — at leastjust now. Later, you’ll have room tocelebrate. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — Youcan do something better than any-one else — you simply have to de-
termine exactly what it is.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) — A littlefriendly deception early in theweek can have you enjoying unex-pected rewards later on, but you’llwant to share them, surely. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) — Things may not developas expected, so you must be ready tomake things up as you go along.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) — En-ergy must be used in an efficientand thoughtful manner, as you havenone to waste at this time. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) — You can turn the impos-sible into the possible, at least inone or two situations that grant youthe most freedom.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) — Keepthe lines of communication open,but don’t reveal every piece of in-formation until you know everyoneis onboard. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — Anyauthority you have must be appliedwith great care and sensitivity.Don’t overdo it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) — Youwill receive some help just whenyou need it, but how you use it isanyone’s guess. Makes sure thatyour intentions are clear. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — Complications arisewhen you are unable to expressyourself openly and honestly.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) — A chainof events that you cannot control is
likely to put you in danger — unlessyou are able to be somewhere elseat just the right time. (March 6-March 20) — A new and excitingopportunity comes your way. Youcan maximize your chances for suc-cess.
ARIES (March 21-April 4) — Youdon’t have to agree with everyonein order to be productive. Indeed,disagreements can be fruitful atthis time. (April 5-April 19) —Don’t let yourself become so in-volved in someone else’s affairsthat you neglect your own immedi-ate needs.
TAURUS (April 20-May 5) — You canbe far more creative than usual, butthe results may not be valuable toyou right away. Be patient as youawait your reward. (May 6-May 20)— What happens by chance may bemore important to you than any-thing you can do intentionally.
GEMINI (May 21-June 6) — Youwon’t know if your tactics are as ef-fective as they might be until yourefforts begin to yield results. Thenyou must engage in honest assess-ment. (June 7-June 20) — Youmustn’t let anyone get the better ofyou simply because you haven’tbeen paying attention.
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admitted students rose slightlyfrom 3.98 in 2009 to 4.05 in2011, The Gazette reported.
University System of Mary-land Chancellor Brit Kirwansaid the combination of loweracceptance rates and more appli-cants is beneficial to both thisuniversity and the entire systembecause it increases the promi-nence of the flagship institution.
“The combination of the Hon-ors [College] and the CollegePark Scholars programs and theother special programs forundergraduate students hasmade the institution much moreattractive,” he said. “I think peo-ple also recognize that the qual-ity of the institution — the fac-ulty, staff and experiences stu-dents have when they come toCollege Park — have allbecome better understood bythe general public, and it’s veryexciting to see how the univer-sity is viewed both within thestate and across the country.”
Last fall, the Honors Collegesaw the addition of two new liv-ing-learning programs and willlaunch its sixth, the Integrated
Life Sciences program, thissemester. Shannon Gundy,director of the office of under-graduate admissions, saidthese selective programs areattracting more of the nation’stop-caliber students.
“It’s taking more students tofill the programs, so the type ofstudents who choose to applyare changing those numbers,”Gundy said. “We have a deliber-ate effort to recruit and admitthe most talented students wecan. … Because of the applicantpool we have now, it’s easy forthem to find students to fillthose programs.”
For freshman computer sci-ence major Jeff Gruen, admit-tance into an Honors programas well as a $5,000 per yearscholarship played a key factorin his decision.
“I applied to the best schoolsfor my field — computer science— and I knew that Marylandwas such a good school and it’sjust getting better and better,” hesaid. “I realized Maryland wasbetter than any other schoolbecause I didn’t want to pay$50,000 to $60,000 a year whenMaryland’s name is getting somuch more impactful.”
And even in the face of a
budget crisis, Gundy said theuniversity has still been able tooffer scholarships to the stu-dents who qualify by creatingmore opportunities. The Ban-neker/Key Scholarship, themost prestigious merit scholar-ship offered, now has twoaward levels — a full ride and apartial scholarship.
“Creating a partial scholar-ship allows us to enroll agreater number that we would-n’t have been able to enrollbefore,” Gundy said.
Sansbury, who received apartial Banneker/Key Scholar-ship as well as two other schol-arships and admittance to theHonors College, said her deci-sion came down to this univer-sity and the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill.
“I applied to Maryland as asafety net,” she said. “But Ireceived scholarships I did notexpect, and when I seriouslylooked into it I realized what astrong option it was. My deci-sion was driven primarily byMaryland’s specific strengths,like the Arabic Flagship Pro-gram, and the fact that I’m notreally sure what I want to study,and thus would benefit from alarge university.”
Gundy said she does notknow whether admissions willcontinue to get more difficultbut that admissions officers’goals remain the same.
“We’re still interested inattracting very talented studentsto the university, but there are acouple of prongs we want to payattention to,” she said. “We wantthe most academically qualifiedtalented students from Mary-land to decide they want to stayin-state and enroll, and attract tal-ented students across the coun-try and around the world.”
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“I applied to thebest schools formy field — com-puter science —and I knew thatMaryland wassuch a goodschool.”
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Like any great musician, a recordproducer evolves after each album heworks on until finally it would seemthat anything is possible in the “auralspectrum” — it is this space betweenlisteners’ ears that artists such asBrian Eno manipulate as if it were aninstrument itself.
Outside of his production work withbig-league acts such as U2, PaulSimon and Coldplay, Eno has longwritten and performed his own music,whether alongside classic acts such asRoxy Music and the Talking Heads orby himself, creating records now oftenconsidered classics, including thebeautiful Another Green World andambient soundscape granddaddyAmbient 1: Music for Airports.
This week, Eno releases yet anotherLP amid a seemingly unending heap ofmusic. Drums Between the Bells is apart of his long-running series of rela-tively unrelated collaborative efforts.His last such outing was 2010’s SmallCraft on a Milk Sea, a criticallyacclaimed collaboration with com-posers and musicians Leo Abrahamsand Jon Hopkins.
The record was a brooding, some-times angry exploration into soundwith a heavy focus on the crossbetween the sort of rhythmic bleeps
and bloops one might expect to hearfrom an exploding calculator and thevery natural, earthy sounds ofacoustic guitars, pianos and thunder-ous non-traditional percussion. Thisstyle was paired with haunting, airyand formless ambient tracks.
With Drums Between the Bells,Eno’s chosen collaborator is poet RickHolland, which means this LP is full ofwords. However, it does not featureany singing.
The album’s main artistic departure— better yet, its gimmick — is a perva-sive barrage of spoken-word poetics,read by everyone from Eno and Hol-land to random people in Eno’s life,reportedly including his accountant, awoman from his gym and non-nativespeakers of English.
The voices go through phases,whether clear and untouched or com-pletely and utterly demolished bybizarre effects. It doesn’t matter,really, because no matter what Enodoes or doesn’t do to the voices, itcan’t change the fact that most of thetime this supposed “art” seemsutterly contrived.
Granted, a few times it works, likeon the creepy cyberspace rumble of“The Airman” or the old womandescribing things she sees on “Dream-birds,” even if her on-and-off attach-ment to the tempo of the piano issomewhat infuriating.
When she’s off of it, the song is adelicate afternoon in the eyes of awoman who has truly lived. When shefollows the beat of the piano notes thetrack might as well be from a Hookedon Phonics tape.
Only the latter can be said for“Fierce Aisles of Light,” on which agroup of voices go around and around,just saying phrases including “It’s atrain,” “docks” and “capital.” The songhas no beginning, no ending and, foranyone who doesn’t decide to call therecord genius because he or she does-n’t want to admit to not understandingit, the song has no point either.
There comes a moment in anartist’s career when he needs to admitto himself (and his audience) that he ismaking something purposeless for thesake of appearing artistic. The conceptthat forms the basis for this entireexercise is little more than a passingpeculiarity. The overall package isimpenetrably dense.
The tracks would have been con-siderably more interesting if Hol-land’s words could be logically fol-lowed, but instead listeners are leftwith awkward-sounding minimalistpoems that irritate more thanimpress for two full CDs (the twohave been collaborating since 2003.)Take a listen to “Dow” and try not tolaugh at the brain-dead and utterlyflat sounds, like a bargain-bin cross-pollination of Devo and Kraftwerkthat no one wants to listen to.
In essence, the words ruin thewhole album. Eno clearly still has aknack for pretty melody and meticu-lous textures, but even songs as goodas “Glitch” or “Multimedia” can’t with-stand the New Age-like meanderings
of Drums Between the Bells, especiallyas most of the voices utilized aren’teven that interesting — unlike Eno’ssounds, the throats he incorporatesdon’t have interesting qualities.
In classic Eno fashion, likely the bestmoment on the album is the most unas-suming. There is one fantastic momenton the first CD, a track called “Silence,”which at first appears to live up to itsnamesake as a minute-long track with noaudible noise. However, plug this baby
into a subwoofer and — well, you’ll see.With little ear-candy like that pep-
pered throughout the record, it’s prettyclear Eno’s sleeve, bag or what have youis still full of neat tricks, even if his onebig gimmick collapses like a house ofcards in a hurricane. As great as Eno hasbeen and surely will be on records tocome, Drums Between the Bells is betterleft to nap time at yoga class.
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Brian Eno’s music gets too talkative on his new spoken-word record DrumsBetween the Bells, featuring poet Rick Holland. COURTESY OF VIVOSCENE.COM
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To turn his spares intostrikes, he said he plans tohop from alley to alley. It islogical, he said, because allbowling alleys are not createdequal — each has unique oilpatterns that affect how theball rolls toward the pins.
“You can get a dif ferentshot every time,” saidPedrick. “It’s like tennis, withclay courts and then grass.”
For now, Pedrick stays in thearea juggling work and onlineclasses with practice time.
He works as a dispatcherfrom 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., along-side his father. He used towork from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.,which meant more time at thealleys.
“It was a lot easier because Icould bowl during [the] dayand early night and go to workwith no problem,” Pedrick said.
Yet, he is fully committed tothe sport during his time off. Hebowls with his parents, Brian andRobin, weekly at Friday Triplescompetitions at AMF CountryClub Lanes in Rosedale.
“I’m the only one in thefamily without trophies orplaques,” Brian Pedrickjoked, adding that his compet-itive son refuses to give himbowling pointers. “I know myplace in the bowling world. Iknow I’ll never get a 200.”
Longtime friend and recentalumna, Andria Bowman said
she can see Pedrick reachinghis professional aspirations.
“He has always lit up whentalking about it. He haspoured his heart and soul intoit,” Bowman said. “He couldteach other professionals athing or two while he’s at it.”
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Andrew Pedrick, a University Police dispatcher, aspires to be a full-time professionalbowler and practices during his time off from work. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
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TAKING NOTICE
Quarterback DannyO’Brien’s ACC Rookie of theYear season garnerednational attention, and the ris-ing redshirt sophomore wasnamed Tuesday to theMaxwell Award 66-playerwatch list for the top player inthe country.
O’Brien seized the startingjob early last season andnever relinquished it, throw-ing for 2,438 yards and 22touchdown passes whilecompleting 57 percent of hispasses.
Clemson running backAndre Ellington, NC Statequarterback Mike Glennon,Boston College running backMontel Harris, Florida Statequarterback E.J. Manuel andVirginia Tech running backDavid Wilson join O’Brien
out of the ACC on theMaxwell watch list. FormerAuburn quarterback CamNewton was the 2010Maxwell Award winner.
Senior linebacker KennyTate, meanwhile, was one of65 players named to the watchlist for the Bednarik Award,given to the top defensiveplayer in the nation. Tate wasa standout at safety for theTerps in 2010, recording 100tackles, including 8.5 for aloss, 3.5 sacks, three intercep-tions and four forced fumbles.Under Edsall, Tate is makingthe switch to linebacker fromsafety, where he spent thefirst three years of his colle-giate career.
Tate is one of 15 playersfrom the ACC on the Bed-narik watch list. Those 15players include Miami safetyRay Ray Armstrong, NorthCarolina defensive tackleQuinton Coples, VirginiaTech cornerback JayronHosley and Florida State cor-nerback Greg Reid.
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Guard Justin Lewis, bottom, started 12 of 13 games for theTerps as a sophomore last season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
Parcain, a manager at the CollegePark bar, was assaulted by Lewisat about 2:30 a.m. on June 26.
In the statement, Parcainwrote that Lewis told witnessesParcain was “looking at hisgirl.” Parcain also stated that“football teammates pointed outthat the defendant’s ‘girl’ wasnot even at the bar.”
Lewis, according to Parcain,approached him inside the bar,made his accusation and hithim in the face with his fist.
Two teeth were knocked looseand he suffered several lacera-tions inside his mouth, requir-ing a root canal to repair thetooth damage, Parcain said.
Attempts to contact Lewis, anative of Johnsonville, S.C.,were unsuccessful Wednesday.
“As with any organizationthere are policies which mustbe adhered to by all individualsand when they’re not, there areconsequences for an individ-ual’s actions,” coach RandyEdsall said in a statement.
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After a breakthrough freshman campaign last season,quarterback Danny O’Brien was named to the MaxwellAward watch list Tuesday. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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BY DANIEL GALLENStaff writer
In a summer awash in scan-dal for some of college foot-ball’s elite programs, the Ter-rapin football team againfound itself unable to avoidNCAA sanctions for pasttransgressions.
The athletics departmentself-reported violations forexceeding practice time dur-ing the 2010 season under for-mer coach Ralph Friedgen. Asa result of practicing for anextra one hour, 15 minutes perweek during the team’s 9-4campaign, the Terps will losetwo hours, 30 minutes of prac-tice time per week in 2011.
“We’re disappointed that thishappened,” coach Randy Edsallsaid in a release. “It’s importantto me that we always abide bythe rules and regulations setforth by the NCAA. We haveput a plan in place to deal withthis situation.”
After the violations wereuncovered, the athleticsdepartment submitted a letterto the NCAA, which acceptedthe recommended penalties.
The loss of practice timecomes after subpar academicperformance under Friedgenhad also cost the team threescholarships this season. Thesanctions could have substan-tial impacts for a team tryingto install new offensive and
defensive schemes under Edsall,who was hired in January.
Additionally, interns will belimited from observing andparticipating in on-field activi-ties during preseason practicein August. Graduate assis-tants will be barred from thefirst 16 practices of the yeardue to other secondary viola-tions. All players, coaches andfootball staff will also berequired to attend rules-edu-cation sessions.
“I’m glad we can now beginto put this behind us,” Edsallsaid. “We’re looking forwardto August 9 when we get on
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SportsA new look for football?
Mockups of what could be the Terrapinfootball team’s new uniforms have popped up onthe Internet. Read more at TerrapinTrail.com.
The NCAA levied penalties against the Terps for excessive practice times under ex-coach Ralph Friedgen. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Terps punishedfor violationsTeam loses practice time for breakingNCAA rules under Friedgen last year
see NOTEBOOK, page 9