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Early syllabi policy approvedStudents can view syllabi online during class registration after Univ. Senate vote

NEWS 2 OPINION 4 FEATURES 5 DIVERSIONS 6 CLASSIFIED 6 SPORTS 8INDEX Submit tips to The Diamondback at news@umdbk.com For breaking news, alerts and more follow us on Twitter @thedbk © 2012 THE DIAMONDBACK

DIVERSIONS The Master is about more (or maybe less?) than just Scientology p. 6

OPINION Two columnists face off on the social etiquette behind fantasy football p. 4

By Lauren KirkwoodStaff writer

Students will be able to see course syllabi online while registering for classes, rather than at the start of the semester, after the University Senate voted to approve a new policy at its meeting yesterday.

The body voted 58 to 14 in favor of the recommendation, with two ab-stentions. Although some senators said the policy would place too much of a burden on professors, students said having syllabi available to them while signing up for classes will make for a more efficient and informed reg-istration process.

“I’ve used everything from Venus to OurUMD to Testudo to course de-scriptions on web pages to, in some cases, contacting faculty,” said un-dergraduate senator Matthew Popkin. “Having a syllabus, even if it’s subject to change, provides a better decision-making experience.”

Former Student Government Asso-ciation president Kaiyi Xie submitted a proposal to improve the class selection process last fall, and after consider-ation, the senate’s Educational Affairs Committee recommended syllabi from previous semesters, as well as prelimi-nary syllabi for future semesters, be posted online.

Although the resolution does not

identify where the documents will be available, senators said options include Testudo or a separate platform where all departments could post syllabi in a central location.

That would eliminate the problem of having to “scour the Internet” vis-iting web pages for different colleges

Univ. opts out of common marketBy Quinn KelleyStaff writer

The university recently announced it will no longer offer in-state tuition to students who cannot pursue their major in their home state, a program that cost the university more than $1 million a year, officials said.

Through the university’s member-ship in the Academic Common Market, students can pay in-state tuition at a public university in any of the other 15 states in the program if their state does not offer a desired major. However, after conducting a study to determine costs and benefits of staying in the market-place, university officials determined the program cost the university more money than it brought in.

The university submitted its with-drawal to the Maryland Higher Educa-tion Commission a few weeks ago, ac-cording to former interim Provost Ann Wylie. Students currently attending the university through the marketplace will not be affected and can continue to pay the same tuition for the duration of their time here.“We will honor every one of those students,” Wylie said. “This will only be for new people who would have wanted to come.”

The Academic Common Market is a consortium of 16 states through the Southern Regional Educational Board,

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faculty senator Frank Alt presents a policy that would require professors to make syllabi available online during class registration to help students better plan their academic schedules. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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Health fee could increaseOfficials say center requires resourcesBy Sarah TincherStaff writer

In order to meet the high demand for mental health services on the campus, the University Health Center hopes to allocate additional funds to its depart-ment through a proposal to raise next year’s student fee.

Inside the Health Center, with its lawn still marked by a Suicide Pre-vention Week poster from earlier this month, there are too few nurses to ad-equately address all students’ needs while devoting large amounts of time to the most serious cases, said Health Center Director Sacared Bodison. To free up the psychiatrists’ time to respond to the most pressing issues, Bodison proposed increasing students’ annual fee by $4.32 to hire another full-time nurse practitioner.

Bodison originally proposed a fee hike of $8.48, which was met with opposition from multiple university groups, including the Graduate Student

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WHEN FORCES COLLIDE

Former acrobatics and tumbling gymnasts join Spirit Squad on heels of athletic department cuts

former members of the acrobatics and tumbling team joined the Spirit Squad while former swimming and diving team members joined club water polo. After their respective teams were cut in July to help balance the athletic budget, team members wanted another competitive environment. Spirit Squad and club water polo members have helped their new teammates by offering tips and lessons. photos courtesy of alison iovino and adam neiss

By Savannah Doane-MalotteStaff writer

Upon hearing that the Terps ac-robatics and tumbling team was cut along with six other athletic programs to help fix the depart-ment’s financial woes, sophomore Brittany Burkhard was devastated — four years of training could be for nothing.

“It was such a huge shock to hear I couldn’t participate in it anymore,” she said.

Fortunately for Burkhard, who is enrolled in letters and sciences, and the other acrobatics team members, there was another

place for them on the campus to train and perform as a team. Spirit Squad coach Jamie Little offered the student-athletes a chance to try out, and after about 95 percent of the team took her up on the op-portunity, they are now cheering along with the original squad.

“It was such an amazing op-portunity to join the Spirit Squad,” junior family science major Alison Iovino said. “Jamie really opened up the team for us and let us con-tinue our athletic careers.”

Several new members agreed that after tryouts were over, there

After men’s and women’s swim teams cut, former members join club water polo, increase team’s competitive edge

By Savannah Doane-MalotteStaff writer

The Terrapins club water polo team now has a secret weapon that adds speed and strategy to their team: former varsity swimmers.

After university President Wallace Loh cut the men’s and women’s swim team, along with five other athletic programs, to balance the athletic de-partment’s budget, many swimmers searched for a place to continue their love for water sports in a competitive environment.

Although former varsity swimmers could have joined club swimming, junior finance major Anderson Sloan

said the differing skill levels between club and varsity deterred him.

“There’s a pretty fair gap between club swimming and varsity swim-ming,” he said. “I thought water polo would be more fun and I’d be able to still be competitive at it.”

Four other swim team members joined club water polo this year, even though most of them had almost no experience with the sport. But swim-mers didn’t have to try out for the club, and instead had an easy path to joining a new team. And they have the entire season to hone their skills, as they’ll learn the game as the season

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SPORTS Terps football will be facing familiar foe in Morgantown tomorrow p. 8

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w e r e s t i l l s o m e r o u g h moments to work through in the transition from competi-tion to cheering for the men’s football team. Many of the squad participants had previous cheerleading experience and were in shape from coming o� a 9-2 season. But there’s a learn-

ing curve in picking up cheers and performing them in sync with strangers.

“When I was on the acrobat-ics and tumbling team, I could just go home and relax after practice,” Iovino said, “but when I joined the squad, I found myself going home and practic-ing independently in front of the mirror for hours, trying to get everything right.”

The schedules of the two

teams also proved to be dif-ferent. While the Spirit Squad prepares weekly for Terps games, acrobatics and tum-bling members were more fa-miliar with working toward meets a few weeks or even a month apart.

A nd combining the two teams created a di� erent social dynamic than members were accustomed to.

Sophomore k i nesiolog y

major Brittany Bartko said she was initially worried about how the cheerleading team would interact with the new faces of her acrobatics crew.

“The acrobatics team last year was like a group of sisters,” she said. “I was pretty nervous about how well we’d get along with the squad.”

However, helping the new-comers learn routines contrib-uted to group bonding, she said.

This year, Little added, the Spirit Squad benefits from being armed with two dif-ferent skill sets, making their performances more engaging and the team stronger.

“The members from the tumbling team have perfected those acrobatic skills, which are a nice addition to the en-tertainment factor of our rou-tines,” she said.

Iovino said the groups’ varied backgrounds have also been the basis of close friendships.

“They’re always saying that we’re the closest Spirit Squad,” Iovino said. “We have learned to work together and how to get along to be a great team.”

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terps acrobatiCS and tumbling team members joined the Spirit Squad this semester after their team was cut along with six other athletic programs, trading in competitions for weekly Terps football games. Spirit Squad coach Jamie Little said the new members’ acrobatic skills are adding to the team’s energy, making for stronger and more varied routines. photo courtesy of alison iovino

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veteran members of the water polo team said the addition of � ve swimmers will add a new dynamic to the team and give it an edge in competition. photo courtesy of adam neiss

progresses.“ We t r y t o b e a v e r y

open group,” said Dwight Townsend-Gray, the club’s vice president. “We always want to give the opportunity to join the team to anyone who wants to play.”

More experienced water polo players pass along tips and lessons on fundamental skills and rules during their four practices each week to help the swimmers adapt. Cap-tains also plan scrimmages so swimmers can practice their skills in a competitive atmo-sphere without high stakes, Townsend-Gray said.

“There are a lot of people on the team that are willing to help us,” junior economics major Colin Stang, a former swimmer, said. “We have the swimming skills; we just need to learn the ball skills.”

Despite their rusty skills, veteran water polo teammates said swimmers give their team a new edge and dynamic and have amped up the team’s overall quickness and agility. Unlike in years past, the team doesn’t have to solely rely on players’ size and physicality, Townsend-Gray said.

And because one of the most important qualities in a water polo player is being able to swim quickly, club president Adam

Neiss said the swimmers also have a thing or two to teach.

“The swimmers, of course, bring speed to the team,” he wrote in an email. “Some-times, during our matches, it is our strategy to ‘swim’ the other team … to tire them out. The swimmers will be perfect for that.”

While some swimmers said they still prefer swimming over water polo, others said water polo has given them a new team to rely on.

“I really love water polo,” said Stang. “I like the game aspect of it; with swimming, I always knew what was hap-pening, but with water polo, there are a lot more unexpected elements that come into play.”

The team had its fi rst tour-nament last weekend, when it faced the U.S. Naval Academy team. It will have its next matches this weekend against Georgetown, the U.S. Naval Academy and James Madison.

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“i really love water polo. ... with swimming, i always knew what was happening, but with water polo, there are a lot more unexpectedelements that come into play.”

COLIN STANGJunior economics major

“when i joined the squad, i found myself going home and practicing independently in front of the mirror for hours, trying to get everything right.”

ALISON IOVINOJunior family science major

Eastwooding

Trouble with the Curve ends up being pretty good for a movie that opens with Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) eating from a half-full container of Spam.

The 82-year-old legend, fresh o� his stint sparring with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, plays Gus Lobel, a washed-up, cataract-a� licted baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves.

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which Maryland joined in 1948, according to Maryland Higher Education Commission Chief of Sta� Greg FitzGerald. The state joined the Academic Common Market in 1973.

One fl aw o� cials saw in the program is that students who come here through the market-place later change their major to something available in their home state, countering the ob-jective of the program, said uni-versity President Wallace Loh.

“Many of them switch majors after they’ve been admitted,” he said. “They’re sort of scamming the system.”

However, students using the system as intended said they have benefited greatly from the opportunity to study on this campus. For example, if a public university in Georgia o� ered a Jewish studies major, Noah Stein would not have had to look to this state to study.

“It’s a really big deal — paying

in-state tuition is huge,” said the junior Jewish studies and psy-chology major. “I don’t know if I necessarily would have gone here if not for that excellent deal ... I think it’s a big loss.”

It can still be di� cult to track students who come through the program, Wylie added, as well as to follow their academic path and major. In addition, while only about 100 to 150 students are attending the university through the program, those spots could go to students who live in the state, she said.

Virginia Tech recently an-nounced it too will soon leave the market, Wylie added.

“We have seen, over time, all of the fl agship universities withdraw,” she said. “We have no peers who are in it.”

Although the university is withdrawing, FitzGerald said, other state institutions are not.

“This is a valuable program for a lot of students, and a lot of universities like to take full advantage of it,” he said.

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Government. The revised in-crease would fund the salary for a nurse practitioner who could provide “basic medica-tion management issues and give the psychiatrists time to respond to more serious patients, complex management cases and mental health emergencies,” said Warren Kelley, student affairs assistant vice president.

Bodison, who was not avail-able for comment, submitted her proposal to the university’s student fee review committee on Sept. 15.

“Having access to mental health services in general is crucial for college campuses,” said Mental Health Director Marta Hopkinson, adding they do not mean to burden people with the increase. “An additional fee is a lot to ask of students, and we understand that.”

Several students said they supported the additional re-sources to help students cope, considering the prevalence of mental health issues in college-age adults. About 60 percent of college students report feelings of hopelessness at least once in a school year and about 44 percent report feeling so depressed that they have difficulty function-

ing, according to the spring 2000 National College Health Assessment.

“[The fee is] worth it if it helps a few people, or even only one person,” said senior biology major Alex Accinelli.

The Health Center’s mental health services offers short-term individual therapy, group therapy, medication evaluations, a suicide prevention program and services for mental health emergencies. However, bringing one more nurse practitioner on board may not be a big enough change to signifi cantly improve mental health services on the campus, said Andrea Marcin, the Student Government As-sociation’s health and wellness director. Marcin added she hoped additional funds could help bolster a di� erent resource: the Counseling Center.

“The original purpose was to provide someone who would o� er more medication manage-ment, but we need to see more in the Counseling Center,” she said. “It still won’t adequately meet the students’ needs.”

Jen Robinson, Active Minds at Maryland co-president, agreed the Health Center may still struggle to satisfy demand should the fee go into e� ect.

“It would help in terms of medical evaluations, but I think they should hire more thera-

pists,” she said. “One in four people have a mental illness, and it’s important that they get the help they need.”

However, granting more manpower to one mental health resource may help other centers on the campus, said Help Center Administrator Madison Higgins.

“If someone needs mental help, they should be able to get it,” Higgins said. “Any support that we can get from the univer-sity will help.”

While the university’s student fee is the lowest in the University System of Maryland at $1,653, sophomore government and politics major Julia Connell said she sees why some may hesitate to increase it further.

“I personally wouldn’t mind, but I understand why others wouldn’t want to pay more,” Connell said. “Maybe the school could move around other funds to pay for it instead of putting the burden on students.”

Regardless of the cost, Marcin said it was important the univer-sity address a shortage of mental health resources.

“I hate for such a vital service to fall on the shoulders of the students,” said Marcin. “But we’re facing a budget shortfall. If this can — in the short term — improve students’ mental health on campus, it’s a burden we’ll have to bear.”

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The Health Center may hire an additional nurse for its Mental Health team if the university approves of adding $4.32 to the annual student fee. The extra staff would help the center better serve the most serious mental health cases. � le photo/the diamondback

a n d d e p a r t m e n t s w h i l e searching for a particular syllabus, Popkin said.

Some faculty senators, however, argued requiring professors to provide syllabi for their upcoming courses would be too much work and said the details spelled out in the documents are often insignificant in a student’s decision-making process.

“I do not think one course having one midterm, com-pared to three, should be a big di� erence for students,” said faculty senator Doron Levy. “I’d rather have stu-dents focus on what they study now, rather than what they’re studying fi ve months from now.”

However, undergraduate senator Kevin Lacherra said that kind of information is critical for students trying to balance their workload, noting that deciding which courses he could manage and fit in to his schedule became more di� cult when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

No t a l l s t u d e n t s h a ve medical concerns, but many have jobs or family responsi-bilities, he said.

And while several sena-tors pointed out providing

completely accurate syllabi for future courses may not always be possible, some said provid-ing tentative information is better than nothing at all.

“It’s tentative, to provide a frame of reference; it’s not a binding document,” said faculty senator Frank Alt. “It’s intellectual property — you have the right to change that syllabus at any point in time.”

The policy will also aid stu-dents with vision or learning disabilities, who need earlier access to course materials, said graduate senator Carol Ido.

The senate did not identify a strict time line for instituting the policy.

There are still many tech-nological implications the university must address, such as how to maintain a central da-tabase, how di� erent colleges and departments would access the database and what it would cost the university, Division of Information Technology Vice President Brian Voss said.

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like we gave Duke the tie.”The Terps had a one-goal

lead with little more than three minutes remaining, but Blue Devils defender Kim DeCesare scored on an open net o� a ball that was fl icked in the air in the 87th minute.

“ We ju st sat back a nd hoped for it to happen for us,” Morgan said. “We needed to continue to play and continue to push.”

Morgan’s team had the advantage in the first half, scoring one goal and shut-ting out the No. 5 Blue Devils. It was a rare experience for a Duke squad that has out-scored opponents, 18-4, in fi rst halves this season. The Blue Devils had scored 32 goals entering last night’s match while the Terps had allowed only six.

The Blue Devils dominat-ed the second half, though, taking six shots in the pe-riod’s first 17 minutes. The Terps only took one shot in that same time period.

“It was really di� cult,” de-

fender Domenica Hodak said. “When we can’t hold the ball and we make mistakes up top, the ball gets jammed down our throat. We just tried to keep up the communication and stay organized, but we defi nitely could have won.”

Sitting back on their sec-ond-half lead got the Terps in trouble last night. But if they wa nt to defeat ACC competitor Wake Forest on Sunday, they’ll have to cap-italize on those beneficial opportunities.

“I think if we have a lead against Wake Forest, we need to not sit back,” Hodak said. “We need to continue to play and keep the ball. Keeping the ball is the best offense. We sat back with the lead [last night] and we shouldn’t have done that. They were able to get that last goal and that shouldn’t have happened.”

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“We just sat back and hoped for it to happen for us.”

JONATHAN MORGANTerps women’s soccer coach

SPORTS

“i’d rather have students focus on what they study now, rather than what they’re studying � ve months from now.”

FRANK ALTFaculty senator

In today’s edition of Noah Knows, our resident advice expert Noah answers one student’s question about stealing a sorority sister’s boyfriend and another’s about wanting to have kids sooner than his or her signi� cant other does. Email your own dating or relationship questions to Noah at noahknows@umdbk.com.

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any wrap, for that matter. It made the walk worth it and could make a bad day just a little bit better.

This year, however, the wraps are dif-ferent. Dining Services went through “retraining” over the summer and changed the entire wrap-making process, which includes leaving the ends open, rather than folded in, and

slicing vegetables and meats, rather than dicing them. The cheese slices are left whole. We know this isn’t the biggest issue plaguing the university, but this editorial board feels Dining Services’ decision to alter a campus staple was a bit misguided.

Head chef John Gray said the changes were put in place to improve the pre-sentation and increase the edibility of the wrap as well as increase the speed of the lines. While lines may be moving faster, we can’t say we agree with Gray’s other points.

Students understand that going to a campus diner isn’t a gourmet expe-rience. We don’t really care how the wrap looks, as long as it’s an adequate

STAFF EDITORIAL

That’s a wrap?

OUR VIEW

Dining Services needs to respond to what students

actually need, not what they expect students to want.

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Fantasy football: Does a player’s gender matter?HEAD TO HEAD

JAKE DeVIRGILIIS

VIEW Excluding women only perpetuates pretend masculinity. We have to move past outdated stereotypes and accept reality.

If I was asked to create a list of “guy stu� ,” the game of football could feasibly appear. It’s endowed with many of the qualities we consider manly, and in the storied history of the game, women are notably absent. The NFL has been a dude thing for a while. Its very mythos is one of masculinity.

So why not create this list of guy stu� ? I fi gured I could start with the most obvious, and wrote down: “1. Having a penis.” I then almost immediately realized the whole penis situation can become far more complex and, in actuality, the act of penis-having is not limited only to men. I scrapped the list — and the concept.

Neither should exist. We could say football is a sport for men and not women for biological reasons, and that such gender restrictions are fair because they’re for safety reasons. I’m OK with this. Maybe that means I’m another victim of interpolation, or that the patriarchal culture has invaded my brain. It could just mean I know how to pick my battles. I’m not smart enough to really know if either is true, nor perhaps feminist enough to understand — and certainly, I’m under-qualifi ed to be writing opinion columns. Thus, I can only come to you as a human being, which is a position we need.

E� orts of exclusion are e� orts to homogenize, limit and un-diversify — to keep existing power structures in place. But defining gender roles will get us nowhere; we’ve been doing it for a few hundred years and it’s starting to get stagnant. Gender roles we’ve created are both arbitrary and imagined, but our perception of them keeps them alive. Making claims like “fantasy football drafts are a place for men only” is absurd. If anything, it’s a place of pretend masculinity. Emphasize the fantasy here, folks.

It’s nothing like football. It’s people sitting around, talking statistics, using some imaginary currency. (In this way, it’s strangely like econom-ics, though I’d bet fantasy football champs are more knowledgeable on their subject than politi-cians are on economics.) Why exclude women?

It’s arrogant; it’s a means of reassurance that still today, there are these havens of manhood. It means though the voting booth, university classroom and corner office are no longer just for men, we can still escape the dangerous cult known as women or something.

Can the draft room be a place for candid, vulgar conversation, perhaps of a sexual nature? I imagine so, but this is no reason to exclude somebody. The idea that only men can be crass is a perpetuated stereotype that personally o� ends me as a man.

While the hard science of sex (lol?) may sepa-rate us on certain sports fi elds, there is no reason human beings need to continue to self-segregate based on invented notions of who should be liking what.

When you close your eyes and stop pretend-ing, fantasy football ceases to be a guy thing. So to the author of the adjacent column, and you dudes reading it and nodding your heads: give it up. Try the substitution game. Would you con-sider it appropriate to say: “Fantasy football is just for whites, because we can sometimes get a little rude”? Excluding groups of people for any reasons of identity is not only stereotyping, but reactionary in the worst way. It’s time to move on.

Jake DeVirgiliis is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at devirgiliis@umdbk.com.

One of the funniest movies I have seen in the past decade is Knocked Up, one of several successful fi lms spanning a fi ve-year period and starring the same goofy and lovable actors. In the movie, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann play Pete and Debbie, a dysfunctional married couple that fi ght and bicker with each other in almost every scene, often to the point of hilariously vulgar showdowns.

In one memorable scene, Pete lies to Debbie about going to a work-related event, and instead attends a fantasy baseball draft at a friend’s house. Debbie, who believes he is having an a� air, follows him there. When she fi nds out that he is participating in a fantasy draft, she becomes more upset. She claims his draft deception is worse than him cheating, as he prefers to hang with friends instead of spending quality time with her.

As I sat in my small apartment last weekend, participating in a fantasy football draft with a room of 10 guys, I couldn’t help but think of this scene when one of my friends joked: “No girls allowed.” When my girl friend (in the platonic sense) texted me and asked if she could stop by to say hello, I told her that I was with a large group of dudes and that she would have to enter at her own risk. As we all laughed and joked around, we ended up seriously considering how awkward it would be for a girl to walk in on our inappropriate, testosterone-fi lled hangout.

It may be cliche, but the saying holds true — boys will be boys. Every guy out there knows when there are no girls around, guys will act di� erently; we will say inappropriate things,

joke about inappropriate topics and say hilari-ously crude things we would never dare to in the presence of females. It is safe to say fantasy football drafts and leagues are ideal settings for this sort of behavior.

Fantasy football — and football in general — has always been a “guy thing,” and it is largely portrayed this way in pop culture. The most notable examples include FX show The League and the shameless comedy Knocked Up, which I mentioned before. The online interactive foot-ball competition is an excellent opportunity to bond with your best friends and let out all of the o� ensive things you choose not to say in other circumstances.

However sexist it may seem, I believe guys often know more about football than girls. Fantasy football draft parties are about ex-pletive-fi lled conversations concerning team favoritism and player analysis.

The unbridled vulgarity and contentiousness that plague male behavior make these gath-erings uncomfortable for females. Therefore, women who may feel uncomfortable in these contexts should not be o� ended when excluded from events and activities surrounding the ma-liciously macho sport.

Debbie shouldn’t be upset when Pete plays fantasy football with his friends, and neither should any woman. We steer them away in order to protect them from the unfamiliar and dangerous. As the other cliche goes: It’s not you, it’s me!

Alex McGuire is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at mcguire@umdbk.com.

ALEX McGUIRE

VIEW Guys often know more about football than girls. They shouldn’t be part of the vulgar, macho fantasy football environment.

A cycle in paralysis: Bribery in Washington

Before the criticism starts, let’s keep the record straight: I am a sup-porter of businesses large and small along with limited government in-volvement in the economy. Unre-stricted capitalism, however — such as when big corporations attempt to bypass regulations through lobbying — is where I find a problem. These lobbyists essentially legally bribe legislators in order to sell dubious products or services to hooked con-sumers. The comparison of lobbying to legal bribery comes from former super lobbyist Jack Abramo� himself.

Of course, not all businesses fall into the cycle of bribery in Washington and unrestricted capitalism on Wall Street, but the food and agriculture businesses serves as a prime example.

Studying abroad in Italy this se-mester, I have come to understand what ethical food regulation looks like. Fresh fruits and vegetables line the markets in Italy. In the U.S. these same aisles are replaced with arti-fi cial sweeteners (Fiber One break-fast cereal), high fructose corn syrup (Skippy peanut butter), monosodium glutamate (ranch dressing), food dyes (Kraft cheese), maltodextrin (Doritos Cool Ranch chips), BHA/BHT (Apple Jacks), and potassium phosphate (Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Garden Salad).

The toxic options are almost overwhelming.

It does make me wonder: Is our government really looking out for us? The Delaney Clause of the 1958 Food Additives Amendment states that any preservatives added to food linked to causing cancer in animals or humans cannot be sold. Granted, not all of the additives listed above are linked to cancer, but a few are linked to sei-zures, headaches, breathing problems and addiction.

Why is it every member of the Euro-pean Union has laws mandating the la-beling of genetically modifi ed food and the U.S. does not? Why have European countries and most of the developed world banned the import of American beef and milk, as well as many of the additives listed above?

Since some Americans like to think

You quickly learn the hierarchy of food at the diners freshman year. At North Campus, you knew if

you had 10 minutes for lunch, greasy pizza was the deal. For a healthier option, you could buy an overpriced salad. If you found yourself short of dining points when nearing a focus date, you stuck to the value meal. For those more adventurous, Korean bar-becue was an adequate option. But the real cream of the crop — if you had a half-hour to stand in line — was the bu� alo chicken wrap. The properly-wrapped tortilla was fi lled with just the right amount and combination of spicy and mild ingredients to make the long wait worthwhile.

But after freshman year, most moved on to other types of food, whether that meant South Campus Dining Hall meals or (gasp) food cooked in a kitchen. 251 North joined the mix last year, providing students with another (although limited) option. A fair few probably still stuck with the North Campus Diner, but university food prob-ably became a less vital part of most people’s diets. Yet every time someone traversed the hilly path to North Campus or decided to opt out of the South Campus Dining Hall pasta line, he or she could count on at least one consistently delicious meal: a bu� alo chicken wrap — or

amount of food, put in a container and wrapped in a way that’s easy to eat.

As far as the edibility of the wrap goes, we’re not sure what Gray meant there. It is defi nitely harder to eat a wrap with the new design — without the ingre-dients nicely diced, it’s more di� cult to take a bite without making a mess. Walking through either diner, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone eating a wrap without blue cheese and hot sauce falling all over his or her hands and the wrap’s contents spilling on to the plate. If that’s increased edibility, we’d like to know how Dining Services thinks we used to eat these wraps.

We do want to give Dining Services credit for trying to keep the lines short. In theory, it’s a good idea. However, people still stand and wait in line for their buffalo chicken, the Maryland club, turkey and cheese or whatever else it may be — even if it takes 30 minutes. Decreasing line waits at the expense of the wraps’ previous struc-ture is not something we’re looking for. Additionally, the wraps still carry the same price tag for what seems like substantially less food.

We hope Dining Services will heed students’ need for the old wrap style. For now, Dining Services runs the risk of losing current wrap-lovers and de-priving future students the joy of expe-riencing a true University of Maryland trademark bu� alo chicken wrap.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

CAMILLA YANUSHEVSKY

the U.S. is one of the healthiest coun-tries in the world — even though we are ranked 50 in life expectancy — let’s break this down.

Monsanto is an American agri-cultural biotechnology corporation and a leading producer of pest killers, additives and genetically modified seed. In recent years, support for the Millions Against Monsanto and Occupy Monsanto movements has risen. However, the lobbying power of this agricultural giant will most likely triumph over efforts to label genetically modifi ed goods in Cali-fornia and Vermont, given Monsanto has already threatened to sue the state of Vermont.

As a corporation, Monsanto has the right to design a product, sell it and profi t. It is the trademark of capital-ism. Although it would be nice for them to operate ethically, it’s up to the Food and Drug Administration to keep them accountable. However, the deputy commissioner for foods at the FDA is Michael Taylor, who also happens to be a former Monsanto executive. In implementing new food safety legislation, you might say he has a confl ict of interests.

On a secondary level, the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry are respon-sible for looking out for the general well-being and health of the country.

The bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish, the Consumer Right To Know Food Labeling Act of 2010, and the Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 all died in these committees. Yet recent polls conducted by MSNBC and Reuters found between 93 and 96 percent of Americans believe ge-netically engineered foods should be labeled as such.

Who are Congress’ real constitu-ents? To almost every committee member, Monsanto contributes somewhere between $1,000 and $10,000, Kraft contributes $1,000 to $4,000, PepsiCo contributes $1,000 to $4,000, and American Crystal Sugar contributes $5,000 to $15,000. Go fi gure.

Camilla Yanushevsky is a junior finance major. She can be reached at yanushevsky@umdbk.com.

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Writer/director Paul Thomas A nderson’s (T here Will Be Blood) new movie The Master is, if nothing else, atmo-spheric. From the first miraculously vivid shot to the last, The Master b u i ld s a nd s u s t a i n s a boozy, sinister and haunting mood. What else the film accomplish-es is anyone’s guess.

The film follows Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers) as he is seduced by the ideas of L. Ron Hubbard — sorry, Lan-caster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mon-eyball), a charismatic self-described writer, doctor, nuclear physicist, theoretical phi-losopher and leader of the religion dubbed Scient… — er, “The Cause.”

If that sounds like the setup for a scathing indictment of a certain cult, it isn’t. Anderson

seemingly has no inclination to say anything about that rather hor-

rific organization. The closest the film comes to making

a defi n itive statement about Scientology is to

point out that Dodd is clearly making up his religious dogma as he goes along.

Instead, the movie’s focus is on the Old Yeller

style relationship Dodd a n d Q u e l l s h a re . B o t h

t h e s c r i p t a n d p e r-formances

suggest this is a master-dog re-lationship, Dodd frequently re-f e r r i n g t o Q u e l l a s a

good or naughty boy and Quell acting like a lunatic canine for most of the runtime.

Taken on this level, the movie is largely a disappointment. The story meanders — most notably in the loose, almost episodic second half — which has little focus or nar-rative momentum. Indeed, almost any literal interpretation of The Master will fall flat. There’s simply not a whole lot happening.

And yet, while viewing The Master, there’s a palpable sense that something bigger is hap-pening. Through the arresting onslaught of gorgeous images, composer Jonny Greenwood’s (50/50) jarring score, Phoenix’s completely unhinged performance as Freddie Quell — An-derson is almost certainly saying something here. I just have no idea what it is.

Viewing the film once simply isn’t enough to understand it. It could be a case of The Em-peror’s New Clothes, but some moments are so obviously symbolic and metaphoric you know there is something deeper to the film. A climactic motorcycle chase through the desert

has got to mean something, doesn’t it?

The argument can be made that obfuscat-ing the film’s themes to this degree consti-tutes a failure, but Anderson’s film more or less shouts it’s got a message buried some-where. It lingers in your mind days after watching it, your brain constantly shifting and turning parts of the film around in an attempt at making sense of it all.

Perhaps all of this is a lark, and Ander-son is a master troll who just released a film to critical acclaim with no real center or purpose. Maybe The Master is just a cascade of lush 70mm cinematography and haunt-ing music with no actual rhyme or reason.

Put it this way: the first viewing of The Master is like setting up a chessboard. You don’t know for sure whether this game will be worth a damn, but your opponent is formidable and the pieces are carved out of rich, magnificent ebony.

It might not go down as a masterpiece, but, if nothing else, The Master will certainly be one of the most discussed films of the year.

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AN UNRIGHTEOUS CAUSEThe Master, the latest from Paul Thomas Anderson, offers sumptuous visuals and plenty of mind abuse, although it suffers from willfull obscurity

REVIEW | THE MASTER

By Warren ZhangSenior staff writer

Let’s get this out of the way first: Yes, End of Watch is a found-footage cop drama.

Before you immediately flip the page, End of Watch is from writer/director David Ayer. Okay, so his last film was the dreadful Street Kings, but remember he also wrote the rather awesome Training Day.

In End of Watch, we follow two cops, Mike Taylor (Jake Gyl-lenhaal, Source Code) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena, Tower Heist), as they slowly irritate and arrest members of a dangerous Mexican drug cartel.

The premise is cliche, but the implementation is not — the found-footage aesthetic lends itself surprisingly well to the genre. Mimicking the shaky-cam and security camera footage you’d expect from a TV show like Cops, End of Watch often delivers intense, visceral action.

One particular scene stands out as a magnificently orches-trated, nail-biting action sequence, as gangsters unload biblical

quantities of ammunition on our intrepid police officers. The explosive sound mix and the crappy lo-fi camera work elevate this set piece into something memorable, maybe even iconic.

Unfortunately and surprisingly, the script squanders much of the goodwill earned by the striking action scenes. Ayer seems to be in hack-writing mode (rather than sublime Training Day mode) as the script is a mess of half-assed conspiracy, shallow characterization and unfocused narrative.

Any movie with a big bad named Big Evil (Maurice Compte, Yelling to the Sky) that justifies this name by saying that “his evil is big” isn’t going to win any scriptwriting Oscars, but End of Watch’s script is terrible even by the low standards of generic cop dramas. The dialogue can be so stunningly inane and awful that it detracts from the completely serious and straight-faced tone set by the story and the aesthetic of the movie.

The script feels terribly disjointed and unconnected. Big Evil appears early on in a largely unrelated shootout and then dis-appears from the movie until the last 15 minutes or so. Instead ofoffering a coherent plot, End of Watch consists of an almost impressionistic stream of workdays for Taylor and Zavala, with little connecting tissue.

That approach might have worked had the actual story not been horribly and unrealistically written and the rote romantic subplots not included. Every single scene involving Taylor and girlfriend Janet

(Anna Kendrick, ParaNorman) is about as interesting as watching two chipmunks pass around an acorn. The subplot concerning Mike’s pregnant wife fares slightly better, if only because the two actors have more on-screen chemistry than two tipped cows.

And that naturalistic, found-footage approach — the thing that does so much for the action scenes? The script messes with that too by adding some ill-advised exposition. Instead of just running with the style, Ayer felt the need to justify the camera angles, leading to bizarre instances in which hardened Mexican drug runners wave around HD cameras while shooting at cops. It also leads to puzzling moments in which the current camera angle definitely isn’t justified, and one begins to wonder where the camera is instead of watching Taylor and Zavala mouth off.

Ultimately, the movie is redeemed by the pairing of Gyllenhaal and Pena. While their dynamic annoys early on, they develop good rapport on-screen, aided in no small part by the way Ayer utilizes cop car cameras and cuts together the dialogue.

Watching the two cops banter compensates for the lackluster writing to a surprising degree. For a movie with a perversely insubstantial plot, End of Watch breezes through its 109-minute runtime. Even if it can’t compete with the best in the genre, it’s at least a fitfully engaging mess.

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WATCHING THE WATCHERSREVIEW | END OF WATCH

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By Daniel GallenSenior sta� writer

Taylor Kemp has received plenty of accolades for his on-fi eld perfor-mance with the Terrapins men’s soccer team.

The senior defender was named to the M AC Herma n n T rophy Watch List before this season. Kemp was a second team All-ACC selection last year. He earned an A ll-ACC Freshman Team nod after his 2009 rookie campaign. Even before he joined the Terps, Kemp was ESPN RISE’s No. 2 high school recruit.

A nd now, he’s being recog-nized for his performance o� the field. Kemp was named a candi-date for the Senior CLASS Award on Tuesday with 29 other soccer players from around the nation. The award recognizes the senior athlete who the media, coaches and fans feel best demonstrates the “four Cs” — community, class-room, character and competition.

“I’m happy to see that some of the work I’ve been able to put in has

been noticed,” Kemp said. “It’s just an honor to be on the list.”

Kemp, a four-year starter for the No. 1 Terps, carries a 3.303 grade point average as a business man-agement major.

“He’s a lways had t he r ig ht work ethic and the right values all the way through,” coach Sasho Cirovski said.

This season, Cirovski has seen even more out of Kemp. Last year, Cirovski challenged the Highlands Ranch, Colo., native to take on a more signifi cant leadership posi-tion with the Terps. Kemp has been a stalwart on the Terps’ backline since arriving in College Park in 2009, but it took time for the in-trovert to fi nd his voice on a roster loaded with MLS-caliber talent.

“He’s sort of a quiet leader, but this past year, he’s sort of taken on a little more of an extroverted role and raised his level of infl uence on the team,” Cirovski said. “He had to become comfortable in expos-ing more of his internal feelings because that’s just not his nature, but he’s done a great job.”

Kemp’s coach at Mountain Vista High School, Theresa Echtermeyer, said the 22-year-old’s leadership development was simply a ques-tion of becoming comfortable in the Terps’ program.

“Initially, Taylor is a person who leads by example and then learns to speak up when it’s his time and place,” Echtermeyer said. “That’s one thing to learn as a leader. You don’t come in right away and start barking orders right away. You have to earn people’s respect fi rst.”

With two freshmen starting alongside him on the Terps’ back-line, Kemp has had every oppor-tunity to help mentor some of the younger defensive players. He has particularly helped defender Mikey Ambrose, who plays opposite Kemp on the right side, acclimate to the college game.

Kemp and Ambrose both came to College Park as highly touted re-cruits (College Soccer News ranked Ambrose the No. 2 prospect in the class of 2012). Now, the Texas native fi nally has someone to look up to.

“He puts pressu re on us to

perform well in the classroom as well as on the fi eld,” Ambrose said. “He’s a great role model to have and a great leader.”

“They’ll each fi nd their own way, but I hope I put out a model that they can try to follow,” Kemp said. “I’m always keeping that in mind when I make decisions on and o� the fi eld.”

Tonight, when the Terps (5-0-1, 2-0-0 ACC) take to Ludwig Field against Virginia Tech (3-2-1, 0-1-1 ACC), Kemp will be wearing his captain’s armband as he takes his position at left back. It’s been a while since Echtermeyer first coached Kemp in his youth days, but she knows he’s the same person he was when he left Mountain Vista four years ago.

“Soccer is soccer, but in youth sports, we’re trying to develop some good leaders and good people, quite frankly,” Echtermeyer said. “Taylor was always solid, solid in-tegrity, and I know he’s continued it in college.”

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Kemp impressing on fi eld and in classroomNo. 1 Terps will host conference foe Virginia Tech at Ludwig fi eld tonight

said. “I don’t anticipate the com-munication being a problem. What I do anticipate is that it’s hard to practice that speed.”

Randy Edsall knows all too well about that speed. The sec-ond-year coach has faced off against the trio in each of the past two seasons — a 16-13 win with UConn in 2010 and a 37-31 loss with the Terps last season. Though his Huskies defense stymied them in 2010 — they finished with less than 300 yards combined — the Terps let Smith pass for 388 yards and Austin and Bailey each topped 110 yards receiving last year.

But as much as they pro-gressed between their fi rst and second meeting with Edsall, they might be even better to-morrow. Austin and Bailey are averaging nearly 270 yards per game combined, and Smith has completed 88 percent of his passes for 734 yards, nine touchdowns and no intercep-tions through two games.

“[Smith’s] got a great arm and he knows where to go with the ball,” Edsall said Tuesday. “They’re averaging over 600 yards a game, 55 points a game. [They have] talented players,

so our defense is going to have their work cut out for them.”

The Terps’ defense has held its own so far, but attempt-i ng to slow of fen ses f rom William & Mary, Temple and Connecticut pales in compari-son to stopping an attack like West Virginia’s. The Tribe, Owls and Huskies have aver-aged 69 points per game this season combined, only two touchdowns better than the 55.5 points the Mountaineers have averaged by themselves.

And with an o� ense riddled with true freshmen ranked 119th out of 120 FBS programs in total o� ense, having the defense step up will be crucial for the Terps.

“We just got to hit them ea rly,” defen sive end A .J. Francis said. “If you hit the quarterback a bunch of times, sooner or later you start to get in his head. Then it doesn’t matter who you’re playing.”

The Terps’ defense likely can’t stop the Mountaineers. Stewart just hopes they do enough to slow them down.

“What we want to do is keep the ball in front of us, tackle the catch and eliminate the big play,” Stewart said. “If we can get o� on third down, I think we’ll have the opportunity to be close.”

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MOUNTAINEERSFrom PAGE 8

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Terps, Blue Devils tie in double OT

By Erin EganSenior sta� writer

The Terrapins women’s soccer team ended its undefeated conference run last night at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.

After 110 minutes of play, the Terps drew even in a 2-2 tie against ACC rival Duke.

The Terps jumped to an early lead with a goal from forward Hayley Brock. The reign-ing ACC Player of the Week scored her fifth goal of the season off a breakaway in the 10th minute.

But in the second half, despite a goal from leading scorer Becky Kaplan, the Terps let up two Blue Devils goals.

“I was really happy with the way we battled and competed today,” coach Jonathan Morgan said, “but I’m pretty bummed because I felt

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passi ng ya rds a l lowed per game, but those numbers are sure to take a hit once the Terps take on the likes of Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey — the Mountaineers’ potent wideout duo that’s averaging a combined 310.5 all-purpose yards per game.

And on the off chance the pa ssi n g ga me fa lters? No problem. Smith will use quick shovel passes to get Austin and co. involved in the run game.

“Where they get a lot of yards that people don’t realize is these little dump plays to Tavon or one of their other players on the team,” said Francis, who isn’t shy about his disdain for the border-state riva l. “It ends up being a rush, and that’s when you get in trouble. Because at that point, their playbook is wide open.”

It’s a daunting task for a Terps team that has been forced to rely heavily upon a crop of fresh-faced rookies this season. Freshmen have accounted for all 10 of the team’s turnovers, and the Terps rank second-to-last in the FBS in passing.

Add in the fact that freshman quarterback Perry Hills will have his first taste of Moun-taineer Nation, and tomorrow

fi gures to be a straight rout.Forget the possibility of a

Stefon Diggs showcase. Forget all of coach Randy Edsall’s optimism. There’s simply no way the Terps — at this stage of their development — can compete against West Virginia.

Of course, that’s nothing against the Terps. T hey’re doing the best they can with what they have available. They shrugged o� a rash of preseason injuries and notched season-opening wins over William & Mary and Temple. They even gave a decent UConn squad a tough fi ght last week.

But the Mountaineers are unlike any team the Terps have faced this season. They’re just deeper, more talented and more athletic.

And that’s why tomorrow’s reunion may be a bit bitter-sweet for the Francis clan. Sure, Grandpa Shaky will be in the stands — Jheri curl, walking cane and all — to see his great-grandson line up for the Terps.

But the postgame embraces likely won’t be to congratulate Shaky for making a difficult commute. They’ll be to console Francis, who will probably need some time to get over the shel-lacking he and his teammates are sure to endure.

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Brock, Kaplan score in draw with No. 5 Duke

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WHEN Saturday, noonWHERE Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, W. Va.TV FXLINE Mountaineers by 27.5DATA The Terps have lost six straight games against West Virginia dating back to 2004

THE MATCHUP

MARYLANDTERRAPINS

2-1

No. 8 WEST VIRGINIAMOUNTAINEERS

2-0

TERPS TRACKER2012 TEAM STATS

TERPS WVU

Passing (YPG) 148 386

Rushing (YPG) 110.3 226

Total 258.3 612

Points per game 21.3 55.5

Opponents’ PPG 19 23

OFFENSIVE SPARK

The Terrapins football team’s No. 119 ranked o� ense will likely have trouble keeping up with West Virginia’s vaunted “Air Raid” attack. One player who could help, though, is explosive fresh-man wide receiver Stefon Diggs.

Diggs has shown � ashes of his ability, piling up more than 440 all-purpose yards as a receiver, out of the back� eld and on special teams returns through the Terps’ � rst three games this season. If the Terps are going to match the Mountaineers’ offensive firepower, they’ll likely have to find a way to get the ball into Diggs’ hands more often. O� ensive coordinator Mike Locksley has shown

his ability to draw up plays designed to

get Diggs the ball in space through the team’s f irst

three games, most notably when Diggs

totaled 76 yards as a rusher and receiver against Temple

two weeks ago.He’s also drawn comparisons

to West Virginia’s own explosive re-ceiver, Tavon Austin. The two both play all

over the field and have similar playing styles, relying on speed and elusiveness to beat the defense. But despite those lofty comparisons, Diggs is only focused on what he can do tomorrow.

“I just plan on progressing every week in prac-tice for the games,” Diggs said Saturday. “We have a great receiving core, so I’m just trying to do my job.”

SERIES HISTORYALL-TIME SERIES WVU leads, 25-21-2LAST MEETING Sept. 17, 2011

Loss, Mountaineers 37, Terps 31

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INJURY REPORT

QB C.J. BROWN - Knee - Out for season

DL ANDRE MONROE - Knee - Out for season

WR KERRY BOYKINS - Hamstring - Out

DL KIETH BOWERS - Calf - Out

PK NICK FERRARA - Hip - Out

QB DUSTIN DAILEY - Ankle - Questionable

DB A.J. HENDY - Ankle - Probable

LB KENNY TATE - Knee - Probable

DL JOE VELLANO - Foot - Probable

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KEY MATCHUPTERPS

QB PERRYHILLS

MOUNTAINEERS“50”

DEFENSEPerry Hills will have to adjust to more than

raucous fans and loud noise when he faces No. 8 West Virginia tomorrow.

After primarily seeing four-down fronts through his � rst three college games, the freshman starter will take on the Mountaineers’ “50” defense — a scheme that involves � ve linemen and two linebackers.

Although the defensive set is relatively similar to the Terps’ 3-4, the new system could still present challenges for the rookie signal caller.

“It’s going to be a process,” o� ensive coordinator Mike Locksley said Wednesday. “He will have to deal with some form of pressure, because everyone wants to make the freshman quarterback uncomfortable.”

Hills is no stranger to pressure. He was sacked six times last week in a 24-21 loss to Connecticut and � nished the game 10-for-24 for just 109 yards and a touchdown. After the game, he vowed to show marked improvement in Morgantown, W. Va.

“We have tremendous con� dence in Perry,” coach Randy Edsall said. “He will get better, just like all of us.”

his ability to draw up plays designed to

three games, most notably when Diggs

totaled 76 yards as a rusher and receiver against Temple

two weeks ago.He’s also drawn comparisons

to West Virginia’s own explosive re-ceiver, Tavon Austin. The two both play all

Defensive Coordinator Brian Stewart (below), linebacker Demetrius Harts� eld (top left) and defensive end Joe Vellano (top right) are all familiar with West Virginia’s high-powered “Air Raid” o� ense. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

SEEN IT ALL BEFORE

Tomorrow should be a memorable day for A.J. Francis.

But it’s not necessarily because the Terrapins football defensive end will face a potent West Virginia squad that ranks second nationally in total o� ense. And it’s not just because a win over the No. 8 Mountaineers would represent the senior’s fi rst time adding a tombstone — which symbolizes a fallen top-10 opponent — to the graveyard outside the team’s practice fi elds.

No, tomorrow will be special for a far more sentimental reason. For the fi rst time in Francis’ life, his great-grandfather — who he affec-tionately calls “Grandpa Shaky” — will watch Francis play in person.

The 91-year-old man will make the more than four-hour trek from Gary, W. Va. — a coal-mining town of less than 1,000 people on the state’s southern tip — to see his kin play under the bright lights of major college football. He’ll watch 60,000 rabid West Virginia fans fi ll Milan Puskar Stadium. He’ll see 80-year-old women sporting blue and gold face paint, and he’ll probably hear the Mountaineer Mascot lead a rowdy student

section in more cheers than he can count.It will be a special moment for the Francis

family, an opportunity for generations to re-connect under the guise of one of their young-est members’ athletic achievements. Francis’ parents, Michael and Carrie, will surely appreci-ate the mini-reunion — especially considering the di� culty involved in prying Grandpa Shaky away from his TV on Saturdays.

But don’t expect the happy vibes to continue long past kicko� . Because the truth is, a familiar face in the crowd will likely do little to cheer Francis up once he faces the Mountaineers.

West Virginia, who hopes to extend its winning streak against the Terps to seven games, is stocked and loaded for an utter blowout tomor-row. It enters the contest as four-touchdown fa-vorites, and has the resume to back up the billing.

The Mountaineers are averaging more than 600 yards and 55 points through two games this season. Quarterback Geno Smith, the program’s all-time passing leader, directs an o� ense that possesses big-play potential on every down.

West Virginia spreads the fi eld, penalizing missed tackles with 50- or 60-yard break-aways. The Terps rank sixth nationally with 124.3

STATLINE

Terps women’s soccer mid� elder Becky Kaplan’s performance in a 2-2 tie vs. Duke last night

1Goal

3Shots

2Shots on goal

See LETOURNEAU, Page 7Defensive End A.J. Francis will have his 91-year-old great-grandfather in thestands when the Terps play West Virginia tomorrow. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Stewart, Edsall hope familiarity with West Virginia’s o� ense can help Terps slow vaunted ‘Air Raid’ attack

FOOTBALL

By Josh VitaleSenior sta� writer

Brian Stewart is very familiar with Dana Hol-gorsen’s “Air Raid” o� ense.

He saw it every day in practice when he was Hous-ton’s defensive coordinator in 2010. He learned what it looks like. He learned how to scheme against it. He learned what to expect on the fi eld.

So when Stewart’s Terrapins football defense takes the fi eld at Milan Puskar Stadium tomorrow to face Holgorsen’s No. 8 West Virginia squad, he’ll know exactly what’s in store for the Terps.

Now he’ll have to see if he can stop it.

“You eliminate the big plays,” the fi rst-year Terps defensive coordinator said Wednesday. “Keep the ball in front of you, tackle the catch, put pressure on [quarterback Geno Smith] and get o� on third down. You’ll have opportunities.”

It won’t be easy for the Terps to fi nd those chances against the explosive “Air Raid,” though. The Cougars’ o� ense was far and away the top unit in the nation in Holgorsen’s fi nal season with them in 2009, totaling 7,887 yards — 1,314 more yards than the No. 2 team.

Holgorsen left Houston following that campaign to take the same position with Oklahoma State, but the Cougars left his system in place. So while Stewart — who spent the 2009 season as a defensive special as-

sistant with the Philadelphia Eagles — and Holgorsen never coached alongside each other, their schemes saw plenty of action against each other on the practice fi eld.

But tomorrow will be Stewart’s fi rst real chance to take on Holgorsen’s frenzied, up-tempo attack when it counts, and this edition of the “Air Raid” will hardly be easy to slow down. Led by Smith and wide receivers Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, the Mountaineers are averaging 612 yards per game.

“The way the defense is set up with the no huddle and the wristbands that we use, it came from playing against that o� ense in practice,” Stewart

A bittersweet reunion with ‘Grandpa Shaky’A likely blowout could dampen Francis family a� air

See MOUNTAINEERS, Page 7

CONNOR LETOURNEAU