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Our 101ST Year, No. 106THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERTuesday, March 8, 2011

BY KELLY FARRELLStaff writer

Even after two administratorsaddressed graduate students’worries about the UniversityHealth Center’s switch tothird-party billing, severalstudents said the talk did lit-tle to allay their concerns.

Vice President for Stu-dent Affairs Linda Clementand health center DirectorDr. Sacared Bodisonaddressed the Graduate Stu-dent Government during itsweekly meeting on March 4about the health center’snew plan, which will enable studentsto directly charge their health insur-ance companies for on-campus serv-ices. The plan — which is set to debutin the fall — has been met with con-

tention by graduate students whosaid last month they were not givenenough specifics to make health-careplans by next semester.

And while Clement andBodison discussed how thebilling switch will affect stu-dents and opened the floor tocomments and concerns,some graduate student lead-ers said it wasn’t enough.

GSG President Anna Bed-ford said she wished the twoadministrators had moreinformation to give, notingthere are still many unan-swered questions adminis-trators ignored before push-

ing the new system into place —including not knowing how manygraduate students are uninsured, how

Officials presentdetails of HealthCenter billing planGraduate student leaders say uninsuredstudents remain at risk as care costs rise

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Commons add bedbug clause to leaseChange made following about a dozen outbreaks in student rooms

BY ANNA ISAACSStaff writer

With the help of a new lease adden-dum, South Campus Commons offi-cials are hoping students see fewerinstances of a certain unwantedroommate — bedbugs.

Students leasing Commons apart-ments next year are now required tosign a full-page “Bedbug LeaseAddendum,” after officials saw sev-

eral confirmed infestations over thelast year. The new lease component— which officials said will ensure stu-dents understand the process toreport and exterminate an outbreakof bedbugs — dictates that tenants’belongings must be bedbug-free bythe time the lease expires, that theycannot bring furniture into their unitsfrom off the street, that they mustnotify management if they think theyhave been exposed to bedbugs and

that they must prepare for and com-ply with treatment procedures if aninfestation is confirmed.

“We had several cases this pastyear of some units that had con-firmed cases of bedbugs, so wewanted to be responsible as a man-agement team and really have actualprocedures that we follow, as well aswhat we need the residents to follow

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BY ANNA ISAACSStaff writer

For the university’s latest donationdrive, it’s a battle for the buck.

TerpsChoice pits five studentcauses against each other in a three-month period in which students,alumni and members of the univer-sity community can cast a vote for thecause of their choice with a $10 mini-mum donation. The group with themost votes on April 30 will receivethe entire sum of all the donations,regardless of which cause eachdonor voted for.

Marketing Director Brian Ullmann,who conceived the initiative, saidabout 2,000 people have voted in thefive weeks since the contest began,though not all of them have donated

money; only the votes with donationsattached will be counted. But despitethe inherent competition, Ullmannsaid the ultimate goal is to raiseawareness for the causes that wereselected. If the campaign proves suc-cessful, Ullmann said it’s somethinghe’ll be looking to repeat next year,with a new round of candidates.

“It’ll be interesting to see who, at theend of the day, gets the most votes —kind of like an experiment,” he said.“It’s a new initiative for us, and wehope we’ll be able to raise awarenessof these five outstanding causes.”

Ullmann said he was inspired by asimilar campaign run last year by thecredit card company AmericanExpress when brainstorming creative

Officials say ultimate goal is raising awareness

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Competing causes hope to windonations from community

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Studying on the goLibrary encourages students to walk and work on treadmill

BY NAHAL MOTTAGHIANFor The Diamondback

University library officials have come up with whatsome say is an innovative solution for those who justcan’t seem to keep their eyes open while studying: atreadmill in the library.

The treadmill, which has been dubbed “the Walk-station,” was installed in the middle of McKeldinLibrary’s second-floor Terrapin Learning Commonslate last month and will be removed March 21, afternearly a month in operation. During that time, offi-

cials hope to collect enough student feedback todetermine whether the program should be contin-ued or even expanded.

Libraries Dean Patricia Steele said office furniture

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Progress for the paperless

BY MOLLY MARCOTStaff writer

ANNAPOLIS – More than 400 stu-dents — including 15 from this uni-versity — gathered in Annapolis yes-terday to lobby legislators and rallysupport for a state bill that would pro-vide undocumented immigrants apath to higher education at in-statetuition prices.

The event, known as ImmigrantAction Day, mobilized students andcommunity activists in support of thetuition bill currently under review in

the state Senate and House of Dele-gates. Undocumented studentsattending institutions of higher edu-cation today pay out-of-state or inter-national tuition rates — even if they

have lived in this state for most oftheir lives. But if the legislation,known as SB167 in the Senate and

Students lobbystate lawmakers onin-state tuition forthe undocumented

Top: Seniors Jacob Crider (left), Rossana Espinoza (center) and GersonElias (right) display signs asking legislators to support a state bill that wouldallow undocumented students to receive in-state tuition. Bottom: Hundredslobbied in Annapolis yesterday. PHOTOS BY JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

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HB470 in the House, ispassed, students who gradu-ated from a state high schooland completed 60 community-college credits would be eligi-ble for in-state tuition rates.

CASA de Maryland, a localimmigrant advocacy organiza-tion, organized shuttle busesto the student-lobbying eventfrom high schools, churchesand businesses across thestate. And for some studentsat this university, the day wasan important opportunity tospeak directly with state legis-lators about an issue many onthe campus feel passionatelyabout.

Senior accounting majorGerson Elias, who helpedorganize this university’s stu-dent involvement at the event,said every student should beable to earn a degree at anaffordable price — regardlessof documentation.

“Hopefully, we can get thelegislators thinking that

maybe even though studentsare undocumented, theydeserve to have access tohigher education,” he said.“The only thing that’s holdinga lot of them back is that thecost is overbearing.”

During the event, studentswere able to speak directly tostate legislators, many ofwhom cheered on the advo-cacy efforts. Sen. VictorRamirez (D - Prince George’s)told the students it was impor-tant they voice their supportfor the bill as it’s consideredby the General Assembly.

“I hope that you’ll make it ahabit to come here and tospeak out and stand up for theissues you believe in,” he said.

Sen. Paul Pinsky (D - PrinceGeorge’s) told students theiractivism could sway represen-tatives who are opposed to thebill.

“Speak out, raise yourvoices loud!” he said. “Thepeople united can never bedefeated.”

Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D -Prince George’s) wasn’t at thetown hall-style meeting, but

several students visited him inhis office before the eventended.

Rosapepe spoke with thestudents about the Senate’sdecision to add the commu-nity-college clause, whichmandates undocumentedstudents must earn 60 cred-its before being eligible forin-state tuition. Because thebill was met with so muchcontention, Rosapepe saidthe clause was added toensure undocumented stu-dents receiving the in-statetuition rates could demon-strate their commitment tohigher education.

And at this university, a billsupporting the state legisla-tion will soon makes its way tothe Student GovernmentAssociation. Senior historymajor Jacob Crider recentlywrote an SGA bill in favor ofthe state bill that will come to acommittee vote in the next fewweeks. He said he hoped yes-terday’s event will spark moreon-campus interest.

“I hope to gain a growingmovement within the student

body because of this event,”he said.

Many students said thehigh turnout at yesterday’srally was encouraging.

“Just to see how many sup-porters [were] there made mefeel like we can make a differ-ence,” said Janice Castro, ajunior psychology major.

But some said they felt theevent would have made agreater impact if they had spo-ken with on-the-fence oropposed delegates about thebill.

“I would have liked to havespoken to some legislatorswho were opposed to the bill,but either way I was glad thatwe were able to thank thosewho were supportive to ourcause,” Elias said.

After the lobbying ended,the crowds of supporters ral-lied outside, where studentsshared personal testimoniesof struggle and legislatorsoffered their support.

“Si se puede,” they chantedin Spanish — yes we can.

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in order to eradicate the issueproperly,” said Shayla Benson,South Campus Commons’associate director.

Benson said the issue ofbedbugs — small parasiticinsects notoriously named forleaving itchy bumps on thesleeping humans on whomthey feast — has only arisenthe past year or so, notingthere have been fewer than adozen isolated outbreaksoccurring. She did not disclosewhich Commons buildings thebedbugs were found in.

“We had to respond regard-less of whether it was one or itwas 50,” she said. “Bedbugsare an issue where you can’tjust easily get rid of them bygoing to your local store andbuying a can of Raid — it does-n’t work that way.”

Benson said the causes ofthe outbreaks are alsounknown. Although bedbugsare often brought into homeson the backs of mice and rats,she said officials were surerodents were not responsiblefor the infestations.

“It can be attributed to anumber of things, whethersomeone stayed at someone’shouse and maybe they hadthem, or someone that’sreturning from a study-abroadprogram and maybe residedsomewhere where they mighthave been,” she said. “It’s veryhard to say where someonemay have brought one or morewith them.”

In the event of an outbreak, ifCommons management is noti-fied, Benson said its own mainte-nance staff conducts an inspec-tion first. Once the presence ofbedbugs is confirmed, Com-mons hires an outside extermi-nator to remove the pests.

Commons pays for the treat-ment, as long as residents fol-low the directions outlined innext year’s lease — whichinclude bagging up items,making sure furniture isplaced in a way that treatmentcan be applied, removing itemsfrom the walls so extermina-tors can get to hard-to-reachareas and washing the unitsafterward. Benson said in eachcase that has been reported,there have been no recur-rences of infestation.

As for the leaseholders,many seemed to be simplyintrigued.

“As far as I read, they pay forthe bedbug treatment unlessyou don’t adhere to their thing,and that’s nice,” said sopho-more early childhood educationmajor Michelle McQuaid, whowill be moving into Commonsnext semester. “They’re nicemattresses — so I mean, peoplehave bedbugs, it just happens.”

McQuaid said the adden-dum did not deter her fromsigning her lease, but ratherwas reassuring.

“It said if we get them,they’ll get rid of them, so — I’lltake it,” she said.

Junior marketing majorRachel Epstein, who has livedin Commons for a year, echoedMcQuaid’s sentiment.

“I feel like there are issueseverywhere with bedbugs —I’ve heard horror stories,” saidEpstein, who said she hasn’tseen any outbreaks in her timeas a resident. “I feel like it’sjust the culture of living in abig apartment building.”

While Benson said somelessors have expressed theirnatural repulsion upon signingthe addendum, she noted mostare just appreciative of thehonesty.

“I’ll get a few ‘ews,’ or ‘oh!’ or,you know, ‘that’s gross,’” shesaid. “I think if anything, mostresidents are grateful that we’retelling them about it. ... Ourmain thing is to educate our res-idents — that’s why we have thislease. And we want to let themknow so they can be responsibleleaseholders not just here buteven outside of here.”

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Students from universities across the state gathered in Annapolis for the Immigrant Action Day rally in support of a state bill that wouldallow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition after completing 60 community-college credits. JEREMY KIM/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

“I feel like thereare issueseverywhere withbedbugs — I’veheard horrorstories. I feel likeit’s just the cultureof living in a bigapartmentbuilding.”

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company Steelcase is allowing thelibraries to test the product beforemaking a decision to buy. She notedthat if this is something studentswanted more of, it would be aninvestment the library would bewilling to make.

The money would not be takenfrom the technology fee that stu-dents are required to pay.

“The whole idea is to help you getto the resources the way it’s easiestand most effective for you, andsometimes we’ll have to try out atechnology and then see how itdoes,” Steele said. “If it’s popular,we probably have to get more ofwhatever it is.”

While some may prefer studyingon exercise machines that cancrank up the speed at the Eppley

Recreation Center, the Walkstationhas some features that officials sayenhance studious students’ experi-ences, including an adjustable desk-top attached to the machine so thatstudents can work on their laptopswhile moving. The treadmill, whichlimits how fast a user can go, alsocalculates calories burned and dis-tance walked.

“When you study, it’s just good towalk around or stretch or not besometimes so passive, and [theWalkstation] just gives you anopportunity to keep moving andkeep working,” libraries spokesmanEric Bartheld said. “You just walkcomfortably; you can do things thatyou would normally do seated.”

While some students have beenreluctant to try the library’s lateststudy alternative due to its publiclocation, some have attempted thewalk-and-study method. Most saidthey were not quite sold on it yet.

Sophomore government and poli-tics major Eddie Dejesus used themachine for the first time earlierlast week. He said he found theexperience to be a little uncomfort-able.

“It gets your brain jogging,” Deje-sus said. “I think it would be cool ifit was in a dif ferent room becauseit’s kind of embarrassing walkingon a treadmill in the middle of thelibrary.”

Other students also noted thetreadmill’s location is far from ideal.

“Everyone is staring at you. Ithink it looks kind of goofy,” saidMichael Fusi, a junior environmen-tal science and policy major. “I don’tthink I would ever use it.”

Not all students are using themachine the way it is intended,Steele said, noting the product wasdesigned in response to findingsthat show the benefits of engagingin sustained physical activity

instead of short, intense workouts.“I think they’re just using them as

treadmills,” she said. To help get students moving in

the right direction, there areposters around the Walkstation thatdisplay “healthy working and walk-ing” facts.

One reads: “Medical costs forobesity are 77% higher than forhealthy weight individuals,” andanother says, “Many of history’sgreat thinkers used walking to helpthem access their inspirations ...Thomas Jefferson, Henry DavidThoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emer-son, to name a few.”

There is also a board postednearby where students can leavefeedback. The comments rangefrom “Really? This freaks me out,”to “Brilliant, skinny and smart @ 1place!”

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many use the health center and whatservices for which they use the healthcenter.

“Personally, I’m very happy thatthey came to the assembly and thatthey’re sharing what they know, but Ithink it’s a shame that they don’t knowany more,” said Bedford. “I would haveliked if the administration had donemore research on how it would affectgraduate students.”

Under third-party billing, the healthcenter will directly bill any insurancecompany that accepts the students’coverage — but officials are quick tosay that may not be all companies.According to Bodison, large providerssuch as Medicaid and Kaiser Perma-nente will not accept the university’sthird-party system and students willhave to seek services elsewhere or paythe full price.

For students who don’t have insur-ance, the cost of visiting the health cen-ter will rise substantially — the currentvisit fee will increase from $15 to $70 bythe fall.

Bodison stressed, however, thatreduced prices will be available to stu-dents without insurance who candemonstrate financial need.

“We also will have special prices forstudents with no insurance,” Bodisonsaid. “We will try and price [services]better for them.”

Bodison and Clement said thebilling switch is necessary to preservefunding for academics. For instance, intimes of economic hardship, they said,the health center was prepared to alterits billing process and save money.

“They wanted to divert more fundsto the academic side,” Bodison said.“They decided the health center couldbe funded in a different manner.”

According to Clement, the univer-sity is counting on the system changeto generate a $500,000 surplus in itsfirst year. However, she gave the esti-mate cautiously and said it wasn’t acertainty.

Despite these expected savings,many graduate students said theywere worried the new system wouldleave students without insurancebehind — the university’s health-carecoverage, which is offered to studentswho don’t have private coverage for$1,282 a year, could be cut altogetheror made more expensive under thenew plan because third-party billinggenerates additional costs for thehealth center.

A survey for graduate studentsdesigned to help officials better under-stand their health-care needs is cur-rently in the works, but Bedford saidshe felt the survey should have comebefore final decisions on changeswere made.

“I was encouraged to hear theremight be a fund to help uninsured gradstudents; that was the first I’d heard ofthat,” Bedford said. “But it seems like alot of details need to be worked out.”

GSG Vice President of FinancialAffairs Stefanie Sherrill said she appre-ciated the concern both administratorsdemonstrated.

“For those concerns they weren’table to immediately address, theyseemed to take a good deal of concernfor answering them in the near future,”she said. “I believe they will use thesurvey they discussed as a way to get amore clear account of how graduatestudents will be affected from thesechanges.”

And though officials are working tosolidify specifics of the change, Bodi-son said it probably wouldn’t havebeen necessary if the recession hadn’toccurred.

“I think the economy has driventhis change,” she said. “If the econ-omy were not in its current state wewould have probably not had achange,” Bodison said.

As for the future of the health center,Clement is hoping for the best.

“We’re hoping that more moneywon’t be taken out of the health centerin the future,” Clement said.

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ways to encourage donating.“One of the big objections that people

have to giving is they don’t think theirgift can make a real impact,” Ullmannsaid. “So we thought, there’s got to be away to let people know that small giftscan make a big difference too.”

Prospective donors can vote for one ofthe following causes: the Entrepreneur-ship and Innovation Program, a joint liv-ing-learning program of the Honors Col-lege and the Maryland Technology En-terprise Institute that promotes businessinnovation among underclassmen; KeepMe Maryland, a two-year-old programthat awards emergency grants to stu-dents unable to pay their tuition; the uni-versity’s marching band, which wants topurchase new uniforms; the university’steam in the Solar Decathlon, an annualU.S. Department of Energy competitionto design and build a solar-poweredhouse; and the Veterans Initiative, whichprovides services and support to studentveterans readjusting to academic andcivilian life.

“We wanted to be very student-cen-tered — that was important because oneof the core, target audiences [for donat-ing] is sort of younger alums,” Ullmannsaid. “Younger alums may not have 10grand to give, but maybe they have somemoney to give.”

Though some have questioned thefairness of awarding all the funds to onegroup, senior electrical engineeringmajor David Daily, the engineeringproject manager for the Solar De-cathlon team, said because of the dona-tion prerequisite for voting, the systemensures one cause can’t get a lot ofvotes without contributing a hefty por-tion of the final amount.

“I think it’s more representative —people who are actually donating get topick, and it’s not just whoever has thelargest numbers will win,” he said. “Youget to vote for what you want and whatyou believe in, and different people havedifferent priorities.”

Sophomore anthropology major

Rachel Engster, a squad leader for theMighty Sound of Maryland, said whileher team of hundreds is certainly the“voting machine,” the donation require-ment justifies pitting getting new uni-forms — which she said would costabout $250,000 — against the financialaid program Keep Me Maryland.

“This isn’t somebody’s educationhere,” she admitted. “The thing that setsthe marching band apart is we really are aservice organization — we are servingthe university. When people think ofthose uniforms, they think of Maryland.”

Jay Smith, director of the Entrepre-neurship and Innovation Program,agreed.

“It’s more than just a popularity con-test ... if you’re giving, you should havesome say,” he said. “I think all of the pro-grams are deserving ... all of them wouldput [the money] to good use.”

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THE WISE WORDS OF A “WINNER”?

Commencement speakers at college graduationsare supposed to impart wisdom on young adultsabout to start their lives in the scary real world.

That’s why some students think Charlie Sheenwould be perfect for this year’s ceremony.

Andrew Artuso, a senior finance major and a Stu-dent Government Association letters and scienceslegislator, created the Facebook event “We WantCharlie Sheen!” in an attempt to get the former Twoand a Half Men actor, who was fired from the showyesterday, behind a podium in Comcast Center thisspring.

REACHING THE BOILING POINT

Many university research experiments aretucked away in labs on the campus, but me-chanical engineering professor Jungho Kim’swork is floating 62 miles above Earth.

Kim has spent the last 15 years at the universi-ty researching how water boils in the absence ofgravity.

He hopes to finally get some answers whenhis experiment runs on the International SpaceStation over the next couple of months.

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Chances are if you havespent just a semester atthis university, you havegotten some type of Face-

book invitation or seen some adver-tisement about an a cappella show.The truth of the matter is that a cap-pella music is a rare art, and in thepast few decades, it has burst ontothe college scene. But even with thediverse a cappella groups at thisuniversity, it is still misunderstoodby many.

Since joining an a cappella group,I have been able to experience whatthis art really has to offer. At thisuniversity alone, there are themixed-gender groups, Faux Paz,PandemoniUM, Kol Sasson,Anokha, Rak Shalom, DaCadence;the all-male group, The Generics;and the all-female group, The Tre-blemakers. That’s eight groups, noteven counting the ones I probablyforgot, singing anything from cul-tural songs to today’s latest hits. Butwhy is this important?

For one, many of these groupsperform at charity events, such asRelay For Life, which benefits theAmerican Cancer Society. One ofthe reasons why groups practice sohard is for the opportunity to sing infront of peers because we like toshowcase what we love to do: makemusic. A cappella is sort of a serviceto entertain and give people some-thing they can’t experience in anyother music genre.

This brings me to my next point:A cappella is something that can’t bemimicked or duplicated. If youhaven’t figured it out by now, mostof the music you listen to on theradio is Auto-Tuned and enhancedin every way possible. If this is newsto you, you probably have been liv-ing under a rock and still believeSanta Claus is real. These enhance-ments allow artists such as KatyPerry and Ke$ha to actually soundgood, which is quite dif ferent fromhow they sound live.

A cappella is raw, exposing the

human voice without the mask ofany musical instrument. Each per-son in the group must form a cohe-sive ensemble and perfect the differ-ent parts to perform a song withoutthe use of instruments. Is it chal-lenging to take a top-20 song andchange it around to fit just voices?Yes. But is it worth it? You’re damnright it is.

A cappella is much more than justthe usual songs that are often over-done, such as “Don’t Stop Believin’”and “Hide and Seek.” There is awhole world to explore in a cappellamusic if you just give it a chance andsee what the different groups at thisuniversity do best.

My main point here is that you

should come out to an a cappellashow to experience how incrediblethis art can be when done right. Acappella is huge at this university,and there is no reason to miss expe-riencing it. In fact, the university isso well known for a cappella that theBeelzebubs from Tufts Universitywill be joining my group, Faux Paz,and several other groups to put on aconcert Friday at 8 p.m. The Beelze-bubs are nationally recognized forfinishing in second on NBC’s TheSing Of f, as well as arranging andsinging some songs for Fox’s smashhit Glee.

Even if you can’t make this upcom-ing show, I encourage you to go seeany of the groups here becauseregardless of what they sing or whothey are, they bring something spe-cial to this university, and it deservesto be seen by everyone.

Josh Birch is a junior communicationand history major. He can be reached [email protected].

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Navigating our gorgeouscampus requires the con-sideration of many fac-tors. After you’ve gotten

your routine down to such a sciencethat you can roll out of bed at the lat-est possible minute, still have timeto grab breakfast and slide into your11 a.m. class at 10:59 a.m., there’sstill one thing you need to consider:other people.

Walking across the campus canbe like walking through a really nar-row, crowded hallway. But we’re out-side. It’s common to bump shoul-ders with people in our rush to getfrom point A to point B. After almostfour years of navigating these dan-gerous walkways, I’ve compiledsome field notes on what I like tocall “The Ways of the Walks.” Hereare some people, places and thingsto watch out for.

1. People on their cell phones.Texting while walking is almost asdangerous as texting while driving,

except that there’s no car. Peoplewalking and talking on their phonesare risky too because they’re tooengrossed with how much so-and-sodrank at Cornerstone Grill and Loftlast night to realize they’re about towalk into you. The deadliest combois the texter who is simultaneouslylistening to his or her iPod. Theirsenses are overloaded, leaving littlesensory assistance for walkingacross the campus.

2. People on anything withwheels. This includes but is not lim-ited to bikes, scooters (electric andmanual), skateboards, rollerbladesand wheely shoes. These folks fly byus lowly pedestrians on their way to

a class that starts in 30 seconds,confident they’ll make it on timebecause they have wheels. But don’tworry, pedestrians, they add a fewseconds to their commute timewhen they have to schlep their bikesup the stairs.

3. Speaking of stairs, watch out forthose random patches of two orthree wide and shallow steps sprin-kled around the campus. You know,the ones that make you look like youcan’t handle stairs, but really they’rejust awkwardly spaced. Architects,you couldn’t just make it a slope?

4. The group of people who walktogether in a straight line across thesidewalk at an incredibly slow pace,so you have no way of passing them.All they need is a “wide load” bannerto tape across their backs and a fewflashing yellow lights.

5. The random waist-high con-crete bollards all over the campus. Iknow, they’re to prevent peoplefrom driving on the sidewalks, but

they can also take the wind out ofsomeone who happens to look awayfor even one second. Besides, Facili-ties Maintenance vehicles get ontoall the sidewalks, so the poles mustnot be very effective.

6. The aforementioned Facilitiesvehicles. They will stealthily drivebehind you all the way down McK-eldin Mall instead of giving a littlehonk of the horn to pass through. Idon’t know which scenario is moreunnerving.

Our campus is pretty diverse, butwhen it comes to walking styles, wemanage to fall into certain stereo-types. One last group to watch outfor: those damn squirrels. I don’ttrust their beady little eyes for a sec-ond, and I know in my heart they’djump us for a dining hall french fryin a heartbeat.

Ellen Linzer is a senior English major.She can be reached [email protected].

Sidewalk etiquette: A user’s guide

What a difference a year makes.Last year, the long-standing battle between university adminis-

trators and state officials over the Purple Line — a proposed light-rail line that would connect Prince George’s and Montgomery

counties by way of this campus — was raging ever onward with no end in sight.At issue was how the transit line would pass through the campus. Universityadministrators such as former university President Dan Mote remained stead-fast in their opposition to a Campus Drive alignment, the plan proposed and sup-ported by the Maryland Transit Authority that would run the light-rail linethrough the center of the campus past Stamp StudentUnion in what is perhaps the most direct route. Instead,Mote and others advocated for an alternate alignment thatwould have trains run down Preinkert and Chapel drives,diverting the traffic and vibrations away from the campus’sphysical center and its hub of research activity.

And with Mote’s retirement Aug. 31 last year, it seemedas though the years of heated debate between the twoentrenched parties might finally come to end.

Just 11 days into his administration, university PresidentWallace Loh adopted a conciliatory stance, stating in hisfirst State of the Campus address that “the time has cometo make a decision or move forward in the process.” Since extending a much-needed olive branch to state officials in his first major speech as university presi-dent, Loh’s position of not having a position has not shifted much at all over thelast four months. Indeed, in an interview with The Diamondback on Friday, Lohstated that “the position of the university is that we must have a Purple Line ... thereal issue is Purple Line or no Purple Line at all.”

Loh’s reticence toward taking a public stance has, it seems, also filtered downto other members of the university administration. With the transfer of formerVice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie — an administrator who hasworked diligently on the Purple Line issue for years — to the academic post ofprovost, Loh has, intentionally or unintentionally, neutralized her voice. Since

assuming on March 1 her new position — one that’s duties are far removed frominfrastructure and development matters — Wylie has rightly refused to commenton the Purple Line. Moreover, Wylie’s interim replacement, Frank Brewer, hasthus far been silent on the issue of what alignment he prefers.

The failure of new university administrators to take a position on what align-ment they prefer is unacceptable. While adopting a more conciliatory approachto negotiations with MTA was a wise move on Loh’s part at first, refusing to take aposition ultimately does this campus and the university more harm than good.

After all, the Purple Line, no matter what route is ultimately chosen, will indeli-bly transform this university, shaping not only the campusitself but also matters as wide-ranging as student life,strategic planning and safety. Each of the proposed align-ments has its drawbacks. If a light-rail system were totravel up Campus Drive, the trains’ vibrations may nega-tively affect research being conducted in the surroundingbuildings and could physically divide the campus in two.On the other hand, the Preinkert Drive alignment hasbeen deemed unsafe for pedestrians by the MTA. And thepossibility of a tunnel for either of the routes is more thanthe state or the university can afford.

But the job of university administrators, particularlythat of the university president, is to not only to determine which option would bebest for the university as a whole but also, and most importantly, to advocate andlobby for that route. If they fail to do so — as Loh’s administration thus far has —then it is perhaps likely the decision made will not be the one most beneficial forthis university. After all, it is hard for those in Annapolis to take into account theviews of the university if they don’t know what those views are.

For more than four months, Loh has had time to weigh his options. He has hadtime to discuss the issue with stakeholders throughout the university and to for-mulate his own opinions. But each day Loh remains silent he delays advocatingfor this university’s best interests. Pragmatism is an admirable virtue, but thetime for leadership is now.

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Our ViewUniversity President Wallace

Loh must take a stand on a Purple Line alignment

to effectively advocate for a solution that is in the university’s best interest.

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In her Friday article on theabsurdity of cuts to educa-tion, “Budget cuts: Solidify-ing the wealth gap,” Grace

Goode made a few good pointsabout the proposed budget cutsboth in states such as Wisconsinand at the national level. Unfortu-nately, some of these points missthe mark.

First, in Wisconsin, Gov. ScottWalker (R) has proposed cuttingbenefits for public-sector unions.It’s an idea upon which he centeredhis gubernatorial campaign, so itshould hardly come as a surprise toanybody. The fact is, public unionsare a small minority in Wisconsinand the country. Many people inthis country agree with the movestaken by Walker in Wisconsin,along with other states such as NewJersey, Ohio, Michigan, Indianaand, soon, New York. Walker saidhe had three options when it cameto fixing Wisconsin’s budget deficit:He could raise taxes, lay off publicemployees or do what he is pursu-ing now. He was very firm aboutnot raising taxes in a recession, andhe would not lay off people if he did-n’t have to. Walker is doing what hehas to do. Unfortunately, whenthings need to be cut, the publicsector — the group that underper-forms yet gets all of the benefits —needs to be near the top.

On the national stage, the U.S.House of Representatives is tryingto cut the Pell Grant program.While it is good for poor students tobe able to go to college, this shouldbe privatized anyway, as the federalgovernment has no constitutionalright to get involved in education.That way, it doesn’t cost the govern-ment a dime, and students can stillgo to school.

And, if we can’t cut education orunion benefits, what are we goingto cut to balance the budget?“Waste, fraud and abuse,” as we areconstantly fed, doesn’t actuallymean anything. Odds are, Goode isnot a fan of cutting entitlementsdespite their part in the country’s$1.5 trillion deficit. People neverwant to cut defense. What can wecut? There is always somebodywho will be angry about cutting anyprogram. We are way beyond thepoint of caring about people’s feel-ings, though, and we need to dowhat needs to be done.

The bigger implication that isdrawn from Goode’s article is thatcuts to the education system will(as liberals love to say) make therich richer and the poor poorer.However, this argument is com-pletely ridiculous. The Internal Rev-enue Service has released incometax data from 1996-2005 that showsthat the bottom 20 percent of thepopulation saw their incomes riseby 91 percent over that nine-yearspan. The select few that she talksabout who make a lot of money —the top 1 percent — saw theirincomes fall by an average of 26percent. So when people make theclaim that the rich keep gettingricher and the poor keep gettingpoorer, it’s not true. People are con-stantly changing tax brackets andconstantly being added to andremoved from the workforce. It’simportant to look at individuals andhow they change over time, notsimply how percentages of peopleper tax bracket change over time.

I’m not advocating for elimina-tion of financial aid for those whocan’t afford college, which is why Isuggested privatizing the PellGrant program, along with all stu-dent loans. The fact is, when reck-less spending results in budgets,cuts need to be made. Unfortu-nately, this is what has to be done.

Kevin Hannigan is a seniorcommunication major. He can bereached at [email protected].

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Alas, originality goes to the dogs.This week, the focus of the ongoingdiscussion about the death of creativi-ty in popular music is poor Lupe Fias-co and the release of his third album,if it can even be called his.

Few can deny his stature as one ofthe best hip-hop artists of the pastdecade, but with the release of Lasers,it seems clear that not even Fiascocan escape the long, undulating tenta-cles of major-label ineptitude.

His debut, Lupe Fiasco’s Food &Liquor, is an all-time hip-hop clas-sic. Along with his second record,Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool, and hismany mixtapes, Fiasco has donenothing if not prove that he is anartist worth following.

Thanks to Atlantic Records, how-ever, following Fiasco has been prettytough for the past three years. Wag-ing a constant war with his label, itseemed for quite a while that therewouldn’t be a third album.

Fiasco, understanding that therewould be a standstill until the labelgot what it wanted, simply gave in,leading to Lasers, an album theartist has said time and again thathe hates and had almost nothing todo with creating.

Fiasco does rap on the record, butonly as a pawn trapped under thethumb of the Atlantic label. It be-comes clear right from the firsttrack, “Letting Go,” featuring long-time collaborator Sarah Green, that

little on the record came from Fias-co’s own imagination.

What fans will end up with is a de-cidedly uncomfortable concoction— three-quarters electro-pop blas-phemy and one-fourth angry, highlypolitical lyrics.

With this in mind, the problemwith Lasers is that nothing soundslike the Fiasco his fans have cometo enjoy.

For starters, the most blatant issuecomes in the form of the beats. Theentire record sounds like the bastardcousin of the Black Eyed Peas’abysmal The Beginning, a batch offorced feel-good pop that neverchanges tone or invites anythingmore than passing interest.

“Out of My Head,” featuring TreySongz, is essentially an unused Ushertrack, which wouldn’t be a bad thing iflisteners were coming to Lasers look-ing for Usher — unsurprisingly, theyaren’t. The last minute and a half ofthis track is just the chorus on repeat;Fiasco is completely left out of a songthat bears his name as the artist.

Laughable club anthem “I Don’tWanna Care Right Now,” featuringMDMA, spits in the face of every-thing Fiasco’s fans protested for toget this album released — it’s a mean-dering, soulless attempt at a catchypop tune that manages to feign thesound of alcohol-drenched fun with-out actually being fun at all.

Then, of course, there is first single“The Show Goes On,” which sells Fi-asco out more than any other song onthe album. According to an interview

with Fiasco at Complex.com, therecord label gave him the beat and or-dered him to rap over it if he everwanted his album released.

“The Show Goes On” is an unbe-lievably annoying example of how themash-up revolution has made paral-lel-sampling of musical peers a ubiqui-tous anomaly for hip-hop artists.

Producer Kane Beatz sampleseverything from the rhythm to thechorus of the extremely popular“Float On” by Modest Mouse, simul-taneously showing a level of lazinessunacceptable in any musician whoconsiders him or herself an artistand making Fiasco sound like acomplete sellout.

Lasers, however, has its moments,though more those of the “oh, thatwas clever” variety and in relation tolyrics. But it does show fans that theyhaven’t lost Fiasco; instead, Fiascohas lost creative control of his album.

None of the songs really showcasehis flow chops, but they do revealsome funny, meaningful quips, suchas “If you turn on TV/ All you’ll see’sa bunch of what-the-f---s/ Dude isdating so-and-so/ Blabbering ’boutsuch-and-such/ And that ain’t JerseyShore, homie that’s the news/ Andthese the same people supposedlytelling us the truth.”

This is from “Words I Never Said,”featuring Skylar Grey, one of thethree or four tracks on the albumwhere the obviously irritated Fiasco

pulls it togetherlong enough tomake the label’sstyle work forhim, even if itdoes make Fias-co overall seem al-most too angry,spitting lines like“Pills with million sideeffects/ Take ’em whenthe pain’s felt/ Wash itdown with diet soda/ Killin’off your brain cells.”

“All Black Everything”harkens back to the powerful Fias-co most audiences know, withbeat, lyrics and concept coming to-gether as one calm, collected whole.Parked near the end of such an over-produced heap of mostly garbagetracks, it’s too little, too late.

The real winner remains to beseen. With the release of thisrecord, Fiasco is free of the stigma ofLasers and is already moving aheadwith yet another full album, exceptthis time it seems he will be at thehelm once again.

Even though fans will have to dealwith the disappointment of album No.3, there is the hope that the nextalbum down the pipeline will be Fias-co’s real comeback and show AtlanticRecords that everything it’s done toFiasco was a waste of time.

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seen a steady late-season offen-sive push with the emergence ofguard Terrell Stoglin, thedefense has deteriorated. Sincefalling to Duke, 80-62, on Feb. 2,the Terps have allowed 70 ormore points to each of theiropponents but Longwood andFlorida State.

Allowing standout play fromunheralded opponents hasn’thelped their cause.

In a 91-83 loss at VirginiaTech, Hokie forward TerrellBell connected on all five of his3-pointers to finish with 16points. On Feb. 27, North Car-olina guard Leslie McDonald’spoints total (15) eclipsed hisaverage minutes of playing timeas he helped the Tar Heelscruise to a 87-76 win.

Miami freshman guard RionBrown spearheaded a 14-pointwin last week by posting acareer-high 19 points off thebench, including a 6-for-7 per-formance from behind the arc.

Then Saturday, the Terpscouldn’t keep up with Virginiaguard Sammy Zeglinski. Thejunior, who had shot just 2-for-12from 3-point range the previoustwo games, sank nearly every-thing he took. Zeglinski finishedwith 25 points and, just likeBrown, 6-for-7 from deep.

“We focused on him, but wedidn’t know he was going to relyon him as much as they did — Imean, he was averaging eight[points] throughout the sea-son,” guard Pe’Shon Howardsaid Saturday. “He just had agreat game.”

The Terps’ full-court press,one of Williams’ coaching sta-ples, also took a beating Satur-day. Entering their gameagainst the Cavaliers, the Terpshad averaged 15.6 forcedturnovers per game. But Vir-ginia, which had prepared forthe pressure by practicingagainst eight players in the daysbefore the matchup, ably pro-tected the ball with crisp pass-ing and slipped from the Terps’containment multiple times.After forcing 15 turnovers intheir earlier win, the Terps hadjust six in defeat Saturday.

“It is alarming,” Williamssaid. “You press most of thegame, and you’d like to thinkyou can force some turnovers.The pressure bothered themdown at Virginia, so we wentinto the game thinking we canbother them. But they did agood job with the ball.”

Starting with the game at Vir-ginia Tech on Feb. 15, Williamshas increasingly relied on a 3-2zone as a change of pace andmeans of disrupting opposingoffenses. The switch helped attimes throughout a second-halfTerp comeback against the Hok-ies but has had varied resultssince. Brown, McDonald andZeglinski all found wide-openshooting lanes behind the arcthroughout each of their gamesagainst the Terps last week.

“What we’d like to do is playbetter defense,” Williams said.“Going in, we’ve either gottentired or whatever. We’ll try toamp up the defense.”

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the past.”Reed was a pivotal piece of

yesterday’s four-goal victory.The senior scored three goals,all of which came during a 6-0Terp run that put Bellarmineout of striking distance headinginto the third quarter.

Reed’s third goal, which gavethe Terps a 9-2 lead at halftime,came as time expired in the sec-ond frame of action. After a Terpshot bounced off of Ward’sstick, Reed scooped up theensuing ground ball and instinc-tively put the rebound in theback of Bellarmine’s net withjust one second remaining inthe half.

After starting the seasonwith just two goals in threegames, Reed had his mosteffective outing of the seasonagainst the Knights, totalingfour points and picking upseven ground balls.

“I had a slow start to the sea-son. It’s been really frustrat-ing,” Reed said. “My shot just

started to fall a little more. I’mstill not making all the shots Iwant to make, but hopefullythose will come. This will reallyhelp my confidence.”

Reed’s counterparts on attack— Catalino and Ryan Young —continued their strong seasonswith multi-point outings yester-day, recording three and fourpoints, respectively.

The Terps’ starting defensealso held strong, limiting Bel-larmine to just three goalsbefore subbing out for theteam’s backups. Brett Schmidtwas especially impressive, grab-bing seven ground balls andforcing four turnovers.

Farrell again was key forthe Terps in transition, help-ing the team go 21-for-21 onclearing attempts and continu-ing to be a spark both on theoffensive and defensive sidesof the ball. The senior totaledtwo points, five ground ballsand caused a turnover.

“Transition just really sparkseverything. It’s a big part ofevery game,” Farrell said. “Itgets the game going and getseverybody fired up and in a

good mood. I love to do that. It’sa game-changer type of thing.”

A Young goal with 13:48remaining in the third quarterput the Terps up 10-3 and sentthe team’s starters to the bench,giving reserves nearly two fullquarters to gain meaningful in-game experience and grabsome personal firsts.

Attackman Sean McGuireand midfielder Bob Kercherscored their first career goals,while attackman Brendan Say-lor dished out his first careerassist and third-string goal-keeper M.J. Leonard saw hisfirst action of the season.

“Our goal of the game was toget everyone in because wecouldn’t bring everyone downto Duke,” Reed said. “We didthat and got the win.”

Even after Bellarmine, aLouisville, Ky., school just sevenyears into its history as a Divi-sion I lacrosse program, man-aged a 5-1 run to end the gamein the fourth quarter, theKnights never seriously threat-ened the Terps’ lead.

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Attackman Grant Catalino opened the No. 8 Terps’ scoring just 13 seconds into theireventual four-goal win against Bellarmine yesterday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Terrapin men’s basketball players Jordan Williamsand Terrell Stoglin received ACC honors yesterday.For more on their accolades, visit TerrapinTrail.com.

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Team moves past Duke defeat with 12-8 win against Bellarmine

Midfielder Jake Bernhardt, center, finished with two goals in the Terps’12-8 win against Bellarmine yesterday. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Guard Cliff Tucker, center, and the Terps have allowed 70 or more points in eight of theirpast 10 games. Virginia scored 74 in a decisive win Saturday. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK

BY JAKOB ENGELKESenior staff writer

It didn’t take long for the Terrapinmen’s lacrosse team to move on fromSaturday’s loss to Duke.

Just 13 seconds into yesterday after-noon’s contest against Bellarmine,long pole Brian Farrell ran the ballupfield in transition and found attack-man Grant Catalino in his most com-fortable position: wide open on theright wing.

After snagging the feed, Catalino

ripped a shot past Bellarmine goal-keeper Dillon Ward, giving the Terpsan advantage with almost all of regula-tion left to play.

The onslaught didn’t stop there, andthe Terps’ offense, once again pacedby its senior attacking trio, continuedto pour it on in a 12-8 victory over theKnights (2-3). The afternoon tilt gavethe No. 8 Terps (3-1) a bounce-backvictory just two days after sufferingtheir first loss of the season inDurham, N.C.

“It helps us move on,” coach John

Tillman said. “We talked about itafter the game down in Durham. Thebest thing that could happen was toplay. We got an opportunity to moveforward and a chance to playanother team.”

“Today came at a perfect time,”attackman Travis Reed added. “Every-one was so down, and we reallyneeded a win to get us on the righttrack. We’re not going to forget theDuke game, but now we can put it in

Defense puts ondisappearing act

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see BELLARMINE, page 7

BY CHRIS ECKARDSenior staff writer

Just more than a month ago,the Terrapin men’s basketballteam hounded Virginia withwhat was, at least on paper, oneof the nation’s best defenses.

With full-court pressure,half-court traps and abundantathleticism, the Terps over-whelmed the Cavaliers fromthe opening tip in a 66-42 vic-tory in Charlottesville, Va. Vir-ginia shot 33.3 percent from

the field and scored just 21points in each half on a nightthat proved to be historic: Noteam had ever held Virginia tofewer points in John PaulJones Arena.

But in the midst of one of theirworst losing streaks in five years,the Terps showed just how farthey’ve fallen from that defensivesupremacy in a double-digit lossto Virginia at home Saturday.The Cavaliers’ 74 points werethe most they had scored in theirpast 14 games, and only mid-

major Howard has given upmore points to the Cavalierssince the start of December.

“Our defense hasn’t been asgood as we’d like it to be,” coachGary Williams said yesterdayduring his weekly teleconfer-ence. “A lot of things go intobeing a good defensive team.Hopefully, we can look at somethings and get ready to playThursday [against NC State.]”

While the Terps’ offense has

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