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State cuts $12M from univ. budgetMote: Campus departments won’t feel impact because officials prepared for budget cuts
BY KEVIN ROBILLARDSenior staff writer
The university will likely have toreturn about $12 million to the statedue to a budget reduction, but isprepared to deal with the cuts, uni-versity President Dan Mote said.
Mote said the university is pre-pared for the relatively smallreduction, which will be made up ofabout $4 million in base funding forthe university’s day-to-day opera-tions and about $8 million in one-time funds for special projects.
“People are not going to feel
greatly impacted by this,” he said.“It definitely makes a difference.But it’s not going to be dramaticenough for it to be noticeable.”
Mote had asked all the univer-sity’s departments to withholdabout 1 percent of their state-sup-ported funds at the beginning of the
year in anticipation of a budgetreduction, he said. This means aportion of the money going back tothe state hasn’t been allocated toanything specific.
The mid-year budget reduction
Solar lightmay easecrime worriesElectrical Services add lightto test future use of solartechnology on the campus
BY BROOKE GILLILANDFor The Diamondback
Across the street from the LeonardtownCommunity Center stands a lone solar-powered light that attempts to make stu-dents feel more safe in a previously unlitarea.
Installed in late July, the solar light wasput in at the bus stop in response to con-cerns from University Police about peoplewaiting for the bus after dark, said RobRiesner, manager of electrical services.The light is also part of the university’sforay into more environmentally con-scious electrical options.
University Police spokesman Paul Dil-lon said he heard complaints from resi-dents about the area, but could not recallany incidents of violent crime in the loca-tion and could not say whether the lighthas reduced safety problems.
But students appreciate the addedsafety precautions, especially with itsproximity to Fraternity Row.
“With safety problems like the strong-arm robbery on Frat Row a few weeks ago,I feel safer having as many streetlights aspossible there,” said Matthew Spencer, asophomore biochemistry major. “Frat Rowgets pretty dark.”
Electrical Services installed the solarlight because there is no access to anelectrical circuit in the area, Riesner said.However, the department has been having
Volunteersdescend onvoters inVirginia
BY BEN PENNSenior staff writer
Some students, undeterred by the state’slack of battleground status this presiden-tial election, are taking action 40 minutesdown the road in the far more consequen-tial state of Virginia.
Members of the College Democratsknocked on the doors of undecided votersin the Springfield, Va.-area Saturday after-noon, part of the group’s efforts to cam-paign for Democratic nominee Sen.Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a traditionallyconservative state that is considered inplay for the Democrats this year.
“Maryland is never going Republican,”said Bill Franklin, a freshman computerscience major, as he prepared to depart forVirginia on Saturday. “Virginia is going tobe a big toss-up and what’s going to makea big difference is the ground game — vol-unteering, like I do.”
Franklin was one of 16 students who vol-unteered last weekend while six studentscampaigned the Saturday before, College
Two teams face-off in dodgeball during the Eppley After Dark event Friday night.JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Finding somegood, clean fun
BY DIANA ELBASHAStaff writer
Hundreds of university studentsgathered from 11 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m.Saturday looking for a good time with-out consuming alcohol.
This task, though seemingly impossi-ble on a college campus, was attemptedat Eppley Recreation Center as part ofthe third Eppley After Dark event,which attempts to provide studentswith a late-night, alcohol-free party.
The event, which was hosted by
Campus Recreation Services, the Cam-pus Alcohol Coalition and the Univer-sity Health Center, featured dozens ofstudents playing table tennis anddodgeball or taking their turn on theERC’s climbing wall.
With university President Dan Moteand University System of MarylandChancellor Brit Kirwan recently sign-ing the Amethyst Initiative, a petitionurging debate about possibly loweringthe drinking age, administrators are
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PAPER or PLASTIC?Study shows studentsless likely to overspend
when using cash
BY KELLIE WOODHOUSEStaff writer
In an era when people can just tap,swipe or flash their credit cards andinstantly spend hundreds of dollarswithout even signing a receipt, collegestudents are finding that living on abudget can be an especially hard task.
But business school faculty recentlyconducted a study and found it’s eas-ier to cut back on spending if you usecash instead of credit cards, a methodsome students say will probably helpcurb their spending enthusiasm.
Joydeep Srivastava, an associateprofessor at the business school, alongwith Priya Raghubir, a professor atNew York University’s business
Students say activism betterspent in nearby swing state
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and other alcohol-relatedproblems on the campus byproviding many alcohol-freeevents to lure students awayfrom house parties and thebars lining Route 1.
“My main goal for this eventwas to provide alternative late-night activities for studentswho are looking for somethingto do on a Friday night withfriends that doesn’t involvealcohol,” said Katie Marzocca,assistant director of sportsclubs at Campus RecreationServices. “We really tried tocome up with a diverse selec-tion of different activities.”
Admission was free with auniversity ID.
“I went because it reallysounded like fun,” said fresh-man theatre major GordyAnson, who attended theevent. “You get offered todrink a lot, so it was nice tohave a change.”
Sophomore economicsmajor Jing Lin, who isemployed at the ERC andhelped track attendance,noted that the party “[was] alot busier than expected.” Shesaid there were groups of stu-dents present before 11 p.m.,waiting for the event to begin.
Of course, the free food beingoffered didn’t harm attendance.By 11:30 p.m., large crowds hadformed around a long table withboxes of pizza.
“You definitely can’t losewith free food,” Anson said.
Warren Kelley, assistantvice president for studentaffairs, said the Eppley eventwould serve as a test of howinterested students are in alco-hol-free, late-night activities.
“Unfortunately, providingnon-alcoholic events at nightso as to offer an alternative todrinking is difficult, since itis costly to keep facilitiesopen and staffed at thesetimes,” said Kelley, whochairs the Campus AlcoholCoalition. “In the case of theEppley Recreation Center, weagreed to pilot several ofthese events during the yearto see if they proved attrac-tive to students.”
Students believed organiz-ers met their goal with theevent.
Freshman cell biology andgenetics major LaurenKreeger said she would stay“as long as [she] can,” whileshe and Anson both said ifthere were similar events laterin the year, they would “defi-nitely” attend.
“It’s a great way to socialize,stay in shape, have fun and, ofcourse, all without the need foralcohol,” Kelley said.
Marzocca said there areplans for a similar event tooccur in spring, but that nofinal date has been set.
problems making the light stayon, particularly at night andearly in the morning, he said.The department does not knowwhat is causing the problems,he added.
“If lights aren’t reliable, Idon’t care how green they are,”Riesner said. “The safety of theUniversity of Maryland com-munity comes first.”
The department is also usingthis light as a way of research-
ing solar technology, so it canevaluate maintenance costsand reliability of solar lights forpossible use in the future, hesaid.
Even if the lights are reliable,Riesner said installing thelights on a large scale may betoo costly. The solar light cost$3,500, while traditional street-lights cost $1,000, he said.
However, solar lights uselight-emitting diodes (LED)light bulbs, which are known tobe maintenance-free and have
a 15- to 20-year lifespan. Main-tenance is still required for thebatteries, he said. Solar lightsare considered better for theenvironment because they pro-duce less waste and use asmaller amount of energy,which causes them to lastlonger than traditional lights,Riesner said.
Wendy Whittemore, associ-ate director of EnvironmentalScience and Policy, said thesolar light is a creative way tobe more environmentally
conscious. The university “has done a
great job” being more environ-mentally aware, Whittemoresaid.
Students in the Leonardtowncommunity also appreciate theuniversity’s efforts to becomemore eco-friendly.
“I think it’s a great step in theright direction,” sophomoreeconomics Mary Pham said. “Itreally helps reduce energy con-sumption, which is great con-sidering the ongoing global
warming crisis.”Olivia Buzek, a sophomore
computer science major, alsovalues the university’s efforts,but said student participation inthe various university’s initia-tives, such as recycling, is criti-cal in truly making a difference.
“The university can initiateany policies they’d like,”Buzek said. “But if studentsdon’t participate, it doesn’treally matter.”
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SouthAfricanPresidentresignsafter losingintra-partystruggle
CCAAPPEE TTOOWWNN, SouthAfrica — South AfricanPresident Thabo Mbekisays he has formallyresigned, effective assoon as a new presidentis chosen.
Mbeki spoke in anationally televisedaddress Sunday. A dayearlier, his AfricanNational Congress hadcalled on him to resign.He is leaving before hissecond and last constitu-tionally allowed termexpires next year.
Mbeki lost the finalbattle Saturday in a longpower struggle withAfrican National Con-gress president JacobZuma.
Parliament will con-vene in the coming daysto select an interim pres-ident before elections,which are scheduled fornext year. Baleka Mbete,the speaker of theNational Assembly andchairwoman of the ANC,is expected to take over.
— Compiled from wirereports
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Maryland native killed atcollege in Massachusetts
WWOORRCCEESSTTEERR, Mass. —Worcester police are inves-tigating the stabbing deathof a 19-year-old Becker Col-lege student from Marylandfollowing a fight in an off-campus apartment.
The victim has been iden-tified by police and theschool as William L. Smith,a sports management majorfrom Scotland, Md.
Detective CaptainEdward McGinn said thevictim was stabbed once inthe chest early Sundaymorning after a fight involv-ing students and non-stu-dents that broke out duringa house party and spilledout into the street.
McGinn said a weaponwas recovered at the scene.No arrests were immedi-ately made, but police saidthey interviewed numerouswitnesses and were pursu-ing several leads.
State zoo euthanizeslion with cancer
BBAALLTTIIMMOORREE — Veterinari-ans at the Maryland Zoo inBaltimore euthanized a 16-year-old male lion that hadbeen diagnosed with lym-phoma.
Tsavo, who came to thezoo from an Oregon wildlifepark in 2000, had beendiagnosed with a form ofcancer in June. The lionhad been responding well tooral chemotherapy, but hiskeepers noticed his qualityof life had deterioratedrecently. His death leavesthe zoo with only one lion,Cuma, a 12-year-old female.The zoo says it plans tobring another male lion toBaltimore as a companionfor her.
Washington man shotand killed in UpperMarlboro
UUPPPPEERR MMAARRLLBBOORROO —Prince George's Countypolice say a southeast Wash-ington man has been killed ina late night shooting.
Police said officersresponded to the 2600block of Holly Driveabout atabout 11:30 p.m. Saturday,where they found 22-year-old Andrew Dakota John-son with gunshot woundsto his upper body. He waspronounced dead at thescene.
Another victim at thescene was taken to the hos-pital with gunshot woundsand was in critical condition.
Police continue to inves-tigate the incident.
— Compiled from wirereports
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Freshman aerospace engineering major Sahil Ambani (left) playsagainst sophomore electrical engineering major Charles Nguyenduring the ping-pong tournament at the Eppley After Dark eventFriday night. JACLYN BOROWSKI- THE DIAMONDBACK
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USM Chancellor concerned about 2010 deficitwas needed because of decliningstate revenue from income andsales taxes. The state is now antici-pating a deficit of close to $200million in this fiscal year and couldhave a $1 billion deficit in fiscalyear 2010.
The cut won’t be official untilthe state Board of Public Works,which consists of Gov. Martin O’-Malley (D), state ComptrollerPeter Franchot (D) and state Trea-surer Nancy Kopp (D), approvesit. The board next meets on Oct. 1.
University System of Maryland
Chancellor Brit Kirwan said thesize of the cut could change be-tween now and the meeting. How-ever, he said due to the “high pri-ority” the O’Malley administrationhas placed on higher education,the university system shouldn’t betoo harmed.
“I think the cut we anticipatedfor fiscal year 2009 is manage-able,” he said.
The university had already im-plemented a hiring freeze in antic-ipation of the budget reduction, anecessary move because labor ac-counts for 65 percent of the uni-versity’s expenses, Mote said.
The hiring freeze began lastweek. Mote can approve excep-tions to the freeze, but only if theposition is critical to the depart-ment making the hire.
Academic and administrativecosts are usually funded by thestate, and will be most impactedby the cuts. Mote said the universi-ty could save some money by de-ferring maintenance projects andwork on the university’s grounds.
However, many segments of theuniversity won’t be impacted bythe cuts because they aren’t sup-ported by state funding. Athleticsis funded primarily by ticket sales
and donations, while the Depart-ment of Resident Life, Dining Ser-vices, the Department of Trans-portation Services, the Stamp Stu-dent Union and most other organi-zations under the Division of Stu-dent Affairs are paid for using stu-dent fees. Endowed chairs andother parts of the university arepaid for using private donations.
This budget reduction is mini-mal compared to a series of reduc-tions the university went throughduring 2002-2003, when a series ofcuts resulted in the university sys-tem returning about $100 millionto the state. That reduction result-
ed in a months-long hiring freezeand forced the Board of Regents,which oversees the university, toraise tuition between the fall andspring semesters.
Kirwan said he had discussedthe possibility of further cuts withthe O’Malley administration, andthey were confident they “have ahandle on 2009.” He was moreworried about fiscal year 2010.Budget analysts have said thestate may face a $1 billion deficitthat year.
The university has been antici-pating a budget reduction sinceeven before the state Board of
Revenue Estimates said the statewas going to collect about $400million less from taxes then theyhad previously anticipated.
Numerous tax increases andbudget cuts during a special ses-sion of the state legislature last fallwere supposed to help combat thestate’s persistent fiscal problemsand eliminate $1.7 billion deficit.But economic turmoil has hurt thestate’s budget.
“I think everybody expectsmore tough budgetary timesahead,” Mote said.
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school, staged four small experi-ments created to test a buyer’smentality when using cash versususing a credit card.
In one experiment, college-ageparticipants were given either adollar or a gift certificate equiva-lent to one dollar. Those with thecertificate could exchange it forStarburst candy or for a dollar bill;those who already had the dollarbill could either keep it or buy theStarbursts.
According to the study, the stu-dents were more likely to opt forthe Starburst candy if they usedthe certificate, rather than cash.
“Paying by credit cards reducesthe pain of paying associated withpaying with cash as it is a lesstransparent form — you do notfeel that money is actually flowingout,” Srivastava wrote in an e-mail. “People may be more in-clined to purchase when using acredit card and also the amountthey are willing to pay is higher.”
The study reports that lesstransparent payment modes, likecredit cards, “dull the pain of pay-ing” and are more likely associat-ed with “free spending,” whilecash, which is more transparent, isassociated with “thriftiness.”
“When you physically see itleave your wallet, you’re a littlemore aware of your spending,”said graduate business student
Cherry Kwunyeun, who said sheis living on a scant budget. “If youuse a credit card and it’s likemoney comes from some invisibleaccount … you don’t have to signanymore, you don’t even have tothink; just tap it and you’re done.”
Junior landscape managementmajor Chris Pearson has personalexperience with overspendingwith plastic. Early in his collegecareer he said he wasn’t keepingtrack of his expenses and over-drafted his checking account withhis check card, a mistake thatturned out to be an expensive one.
“I’d go out and buy tons of trin-kets,” Pearson said, “and I didn’trealize when it was all gone be-cause it all adds up so fast.”
Graduate student Alon Gotes-man agreed that using plastic tobuy is more elusive, making it eas-ier for students to go overboard.
“As an undergrad, I knew a lot ofpeople that had thousands of dol-lars in credit-card debt becauseit’s harder to track expenses,”Gotesman said.
Gotesman, however, said heuses a credit card regularly andhas learned to be cognizant ofwhat he spends, making sure tosettle payments on time and avoidhigh interest rates. Gotesman saidit’s still possible to keep a budgeton a credit card, but noted, “ittakes more discipline.”
Business professor LemmaSenbet echoed those thoughts.
“It really depends on the per-son: For those who are very disci-plined ... I think that a credit card isa good way to go ... building upyour credit history,” Senbet said.“For those who are undisciplined,a credit card can become a veryexpensive loan.”
Senbet said credit cards do havemany benefits compared withhard currency — they can be usedto build credit history, to shop on-line and to settle tabs in foreigncountries. They also keep yourmoney secure, he said.
“If you lose cash, you lose it andthat’s it,” he said, “whereas with acredit card, you can always get itback” by canceling the card andreporting fraudulent charges.
Even Srivastava was surprisedby the study’s results.
“The results are somewhat sur-prising given that credit cardshave been around for some timeand people should have ‘learned’by now,” he said.
Whether college students havelearned or not, sometimes it’s justeasier to limit yourself if you cansee what you’re spending.
“Today, I could’ve used mycard,” said sophomore letters andsciences major Lotus Yam, whiletoting bags from a recent shoppingexpedition. “But I took money outof the ATM so I could see what Iwas spending.”
With plastic, students underthe illusion of spending less
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Looking for a battleground inelection, volunteers head south
Democrats Vice PresidentAmy Hartman said. Hart-man hopes the number ofvolunteers will double eachweek in the six Saturdaysremaining prior to the elec-tion.
Senior economics and gov-ernment and politics majorJason George knocked onaround 50 doors in severalhours, and found the peoplehe talked to mostly receptiveto his appeal for Obama.
“For a lot of people, it wasjust kind of giving theminformation and asking them
if they had made up theirminds yet. I wasn’t reallyhaving heated discussions,”George said. “They appreci-ated that somebody was will-ing to go out and take thetime to reach them.”
The student volunteers’ability to sway enough unde-cided voters for Virginia tocarry a Democratic presi-dential candidate for thefirst time since LyndonJohnson in 1964 is unclear,but one volunteer coordina-tor remains optimistic.
“There’s a general rule ofthumb: For every four votersyou talk to, you’re picking upone vote. That’s going to be abig difference maker rightthere,” said Justin Slaughter,the Washington outreachcoordinator with the Vir-ginia campaign, who dealswith volunteers from bothMaryland and Washington.
Republicans on the cam-pus are also acknowledgingthe importance Virginia willplay in this election and arestepping up their canvassingin the area. College Republi-cans President Chris Baner-jee said his group plans ontraveling to northern Vir-ginia in the next few weeksto staff a phone bank forRepublican candidate Sen.John McCain (R-Ariz.), and
will attend rallies and passout campaign literature.
One local McCain cam-paign official has noticed anumber of Maryland volun-teers devoting time in Vir-ginia.
“We have seen a largenumber of volunteers whoare in Maryland who want todesignate their weekends toefforts in Virginia at thegrassroots level, and thatgoes for students, workingmen and women, senior citi-zens and anybody whowants to be active and go towhere all the action is inVirginia,” said Gail Gitcho,McCain’s communicationsdirector for the mid-Atlanticregion. “We certainly dowelcome them.”
College Democrats andRepublicans are not the onlystudent groups spearheadingcampaigning trips in nearbystates. Hartman said she ishoping College Democratswill team up with Studentsfor Barack Obama, and thecampus activist group Com-munity Roots is planning oncoordinating meetings toeducate students on theelection process, accordingto Steve Jackson, the group’spresident.
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“For a lot of peo-ple, it was just ...giving them infor-mation and askingthem if they hadmade up theirminds yet. I wasn’treally havingheated discus-sions.”
—JASON GEORGESENIOR ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENTAND POLITICS MAJOR
As you may know, an interest-ing experiment is being con-ducted in the Washingtonpublic school system this
year. Chancellor Michelle Rhee hasbegun a pilot program in some middleschools aimed at improving student at-tendance, performance and behavior.Students earn points for showing upfor their classes, listening to theirteachers and performing well on tests.At the end of each month, the pointsare totaled, and students can earn realmoney — not tickets redeemable at thegift counter of Chuck E. Cheese, butreal money.
Mayor Adrian Fenty hired Rhee toimprove a school system that has longbeen regarded as one of the worst inthe nation. Rhee did not dream up thisprogram on her own — Harvard econ-omist Roland Fryer came up with theidea and will be overseeing the imple-mentation of the program. If success-ful, the program could be expanded toall middle schools next year and tohigh schools in the future.
I have to give Fenty, Rhee and Fryer
credit — they’re trying something rad-ical instead of idly talking about hypo-thetical solutions to a very real educa-tional crisis. Programs like these arelargely untested, and there isn’t reli-able data about whether such induce-ments might actually change studentbehavior. But a growing chorus of edu-cational policymakers suspect thepromise of cash money could indeedbe a way to reach unmotivated stu-dents.
If this program is successful and ex-pands to more schools in Washington,other municipalities will likely followRhee’s lead. It seems possible that thelogic of financial incentives for studentperformance could even spread to col-leges and universities in the future. Ina sense, it already exists, as your col-
lege GPA will have bearing upon youremployment possibilities upon gradua-tion, although that gratification is de-layed enough that some college stu-dents find little time to study. Also, thiskind of cash-for-grades exchange maymake more sense in secondaryschools, where attendance is mandato-ry, than college, where students chooseto enroll and thus should bear the con-sequences of poor performance alone.Still, I wonder how many of you arereading this article and thinking,“Man, if I knew an A on that test wasworth $100, I might study a little hard-er.” If you were charged lower tuitionfor getting good grades, would that mo-tivate you to put down that bong orcopy of Lucky and hit the books?
Personally, I am troubled by this pro-gram in Washington’s middle schools.I’m not so naïve as to think all studentsenjoy learning for learning’s sake, butencouraging the profit motive in 13year olds seems to be teaching them alesson in greed that I’m not sure be-longs in the curriculum. Indeed,Rhee’s plan seems to justify current
levels of misbehavior and under-achievement among students. Stu-dents, through their actions, have beensaying, “Why should I study? It’s notlike you’re paying me.” This programseems to admit that until now, studentsdid not have a compelling reason tocome to school on time and work hard.
Despite what some people maythink, the profit motive is not an innatepart of human nature. It is somethingthat is taught and learned. I under-stand chasing dollars is how the “realworld” works, and perhaps this pro-gram can be seen as helping preparestudents for that cold, cruel place. ButI’m not ready to concede that our edu-cational system is nothing more than atraining ground for participation in themarketplace. Learning to do the rightthing even if there is not a cash reward— you can’t put a price on a lesson likethat.
Jeremy Sullivan is a doctorate candi-date studying American history. Hecan be reached [email protected]
Education: Washington teaches a lesson in greed
Alittle less than a year since university President Dan Mote looked uponplans to send the Purple Line down Campus Drive, he vowed not give upon his fight against it. Now, it appears that’s exactly where the project isheaded.
Speaking to an urban studies planning class Thursday, Vice President for Ad-ministrative Affairs Doug Duncan said the university would be willing to back aCampus Drive route as long as the Maryland Transit Adminis-tration guarantees it would be safe for pedestrians and won’tdisrupt research. The MTA has already adjusted their designsto accommodate pedestrians, and has started electromagnet-ism, vibrations and noise tests to study the impact light railwould have on scientific studies.
What’s surprising is that while administrators seemed igno-rant when they proposed underground alignments and an im-practical route down Stadium Drive, the plans they’re ultimately consideringlook better than anything the students who fought so hard for a Campus Driveroute could have imagined. The “open plaza” design Duncan unveiled Thursdaywould allow pedestrians to cross the street at any place along the tracks, ratherthan at designated points. The design also does away with fences and, as its namesuggests, appears to lend to a more open atmosphere.
Ultimately, the plans worked, but we’re still disappointed with how administra-tors settled on them. The debate they led on the issue was confusing, and their at-titude was often stubborn. Administrators were slow to publicly discuss theirideas and slower to react to student criticisms. Last summer, administratorsdragged their feet to a letter from students asking basic questions about the uni-versity’s stance on the Purple Line. Last winter, when then-Graduate Student
Government President Laura Moore asked for a meeting withMote to discuss Purple Line plans, she was denied. At manytimes it seemed as if administrators were guided by somethingother than students’ best interests, considering it’s been clear fora while that a Campus Drive route would be the fastest, cheapestand most convenient of any of the MTA’s proposed alignments.
In this case, the attitude has had few negative impacts. Theproposed route is encouraging and any delays administrators’
squabbling may have caused have been rendered meaningless by funding cuts atthe state level that will delay construction. But that doesn’t change the fact thatthe debate on the Purple Line divided the campus last year. We hope all leaders atthe university — administrators and students — reflect on their debates and movetoward more constructive conversations in the future. Not every misguided de-bate is going to turn out this good.
A happy ending for a bad debateStaff Editorial
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debate, the latest PurpleLine plans look good
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From Elkton Hall to MontgomeryHall, from Fraternity Row toRoute 193, a crisis brews. It is notthe first crisis our generation has
faced, but it is perhaps the most difficult.Facebook profiles everywhere have seena dramatic change — A change our gen-eration still cannot seem to accept.
This crisis is not just a local one; it’s af-fecting students across the country, andfrom the looks of it, this crisis is not goingaway anytime soon.
You know what I have to say about allof it? Get over it. For the last week, all I’veheard people talking about is the layoutchange.
Come on, people; aren’t we supposedto be the generation of change? I mean,after all, we’re the people who have pro-pelled Sen. Barack Obama (D - Ill.) intothe national spotlight, and if I have heardcorrectly, that man is all about change.
Aren’t there better things to worryabout? Instead of worrying about the factthat you have to change tabs to see wherethat girl you’re Facebook-stalking lives,shouldn’t you be worried about, say, se-curing housing for next year? Shouldn’tyou be worried about being less sketchy?
Facebook didn’t change just to infuri-ate its more than 100 million active users,although many people seem to think that.It changed to adapt, to attract more ad-vertisers and generate more revenue.
According to USA Today, Facebook isworth a staggering $15 billion, yet barelyturns a profit. Like any other business, ifyou’re not making a profit, you changeand adapt. A Facebook spokespersonstated in a news release that the new de-sign “leverages Facebook’s powerful feedsystem to ... help users share and discovermore information.”
In non-PR speak: More information =
more effective targeted advertising =more money for Facebook.
Walmart didn’t introduce its “trendy”Metro 7 clothing line in 2006 to infuriateits core customers, most of whom could-n’t afford the clothes. It introduced theline to try to stimulate sales.
Just as the clothing line eventuallyfailed, the Facebook changes may even-tually fail. But you don’t know until youtry, right? Despite this failure, Walmart isstill in business, doing better than ever.Despite Facebook’s failed Beacon adver-
tising platform, social networking sitesstill remain even more popular than porn,at least with 18 to 24 year olds.
If you really don’t like the change,make an ironic Facebook group about it,in which you threaten to leave the site —but then who would be the group admin-istrator?
If you didn’t like a change your compa-ny made, you would quit your job. If youdon’t like Facebook’s changes, then quitthe site. It’s that simple.
But you won’t. Obama may be thechange you can believe in, but Facebookis the change you will eventually believein. Trust me. After all, what’s that up onyour computer screen right now?
Joel Cohen is a junior government andpolitics major. He can be reachedthrough his (recently changed) Facebookpage or at [email protected].
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JOELCOHEN
Hunter Pavela, the author of aDiamondback column titled“Politics: An education in VPpicks,” takes a very negative
and uneducated view on Gov. Sarah Palin(R-AK).
He starts off by attacking her for her“anti-intellectualism” during her inter-view with ABC’s Charlie Gibson. How-ever, during that interview, Palin onceagain proved herself as an effectivespeaker with a thorough knowledge ofcurrent affairs. When asked if she“agreed with the Bush Doctrine,” Palincorrectly answered, “In what respect,Charlie?” Anyone who bothered lookingup what the Bush Doctrine is would findmany different interpretations. Her an-swer is certainly an educated thought inthe realm of foreign policy, as she statedthat “what President Bush has attemptedto do is rid this world of Islamic extrem-ism.” The question had no correct an-swer and was asked simply to embarrassher, yet Palin still managed to answered itperfectly.
Also, let’s not forget about the Gibsondefinition of the Bush Doctrine. “TheBush doctrine, as I understand it, is thatwe have the right of anticipatory defense.We have the right to preemptively strikeany other country that we believe isgoing to attack us.” This is not a conceptof the last eight years; this has been theconcept of fighting for the last 2000 years.I guess the Bush Doctrine was in effectduring the Korean and Vietnam wars,because I am sure we used the concept ofthe preemptive strike against them. Thenotion of a preemptive strike goes back toway before Bush was president and willcontinue long after he leaves office. Gib-son, not Palin, was the one who appearedunintelligent for even uttering the silli-ness that a preemptive strike can be themain point of the Bush Doctrine.
The media have been the main groupto jump on the anti-Palin bandwagon,and this is hardly surprising. From thevery beginning, they have guaranteedObama’s victory over Sen. Hillary Clin-ton (D-NY)and are now doing their bestto point out every fault Palin might have.They have gone all out in their quest tofulfill their goal of letting America knoweverything about Palin, yet have donerelatively little in trying to inform usabout Obama’s faults. For anyone whoquestions this statement, do you knowwho William Ayers is? He is an Americanterrorist who bombed the Pentagon, andis a supporter and acquaintance ofObama.
Do you know that Obama arguedagainst protecting pre-term babies whohave survived abortions, which is an au-tomatic death sentence for any newborn?Funny how reporters seemed to haveneglected to bring that up.
And the question of experience washardly asked enough by the media aboutObama, but thankfully for us he did serveas a “community organizer,” so I am surehe is quite ready to take on the most pow-erful position on the planet.
Pavela also makes sure to note that itwas because Palin was in a beauty pag-eant that she is now in the vice presiden-tial spot. Of course, her being a mayorand governor cannot be enough creden-tials to run for this spot, despite bothWarren Harding and Harry Trumanhaving had the same credentials as Palinwhen they ran — after all, where are hercommunity-organizing skills? It cannotbe that she has more executive experi-ence than Obama; after all, Obama is agreat speaker and can talk his way intothe presidency. It cannot be becausePalin has more significant accomplish-ments than Obama has had while in of-fice that she deserves the vice presiden-tial post.
Palin is an extremely accomplishedwoman, has won over the entire Republi-can party, and if we give her the chance,she will astound us all.
Maxwell Jacobs is a sophomore eco-nomics and finance major. He can bereached at [email protected].
In defenseof Palin
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MAX JACOBS
Born today, you are full ofsurprises, and you use thisto your advantage in everyendeavor, whether you are
pursuing social interests or pro-fessional success. You are likely tobe the type who shows off a greatdeal of diverse talents when youare young, but that is no guaran-tee that you will develop any ofthose more prominent skills andturn it into a lucrative career; onthe contrary, your greatest suc-cesses are likely to come fromthose things that are most last-minute and spontaneous in na-ture.
You can be rather inflexible onthe outside, but inside you are atthe same time quite sensitive andgenerous with friend and foealike. You are fair in all your deal-ings, even when your back isagainst the wall. You’re not thetype to break the rules just to gainthe advantage.
Also born on this date are: JoanJett, rocker; Debby Boone, singer;Tai Babilonia, figure skater; ScottBaio, actor; Andrea Bocelli, singer;Paul Muni, actor; John Houseman,actor.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Thismay prove a quiet yet memo-rable day, as you mull over thepast and realize something thatwill prove quite important al-most immediately.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —You may have to begin a diffi-cult project that will require agreat deal of planning, fore-sight and physical strength.Prepare.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Now is no time to be vague orunspecific with those underyou. If you’re in control, youmust demonstrate it in no un-certain terms.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —You won’t want to break up theteam — but there is somethingimportant that you must do onyour own. There is room for pri-vate pursuits.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Some kind of retrospective willbe beneficial to you, even asyou look forward to new suc-cess with a new project. Re-member where you’ve been.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Contact with someone quite dif-ferent from yourself is likely toopen your mind a little more —and open a few doors for you aswell.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Anoriginal plan comes your waythat is likely to offer more thanjust opportunity. Profit andpleasure go hand in hand.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —This is a good day for you to
prove yourself, as the risks arelow and the opportunities many.Someone may have a secret totell you during the evening.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Asurprise is in store for you. Besure to keep your eyes and earsopen at all times. After dark,certain risks increase.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —This may prove a low-energyday, but there is still much youcan accomplish even withoutrunning at high speed. Giveyour brain a workout.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Youmay have to take over the deci-sion-making process at workfor a while. You may be able toimprove morale and get betterresults.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —You’re not going to want to re-veal something specific aboutyourself just yet, but theprocess of concealing it may getrather complicated.
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were involved in aLearjet crash inColumbia, S.C., Fridaynight. The crash killedthe plane’s four otherpassengers. Both
Barker and AM sufferedsecond- and third-degree
burns, but should make afull recovery, according to the
Augusta, Ga., doctor who treated them.
WHAT THE F---, PUCK?Wolfgang Puck has a Beverly Hills, Calif.,restaurant named Cut. UntilFriday, two celebrities’ mugsgraced the eatery’s walls:Jack Nicholson andGeorge Clooney. Theirnew neighbors? TheHills’ Spencer Prattand Heidi Montag.Puck must be runningout of friends. To top itoff, the portraits areemotionless and creepy,kind of like Pratt and Montag’srelationship.
DiversionsARTS IN THE AREA:
arts. music. living. movies. weekend.
Jacob Lawrence’s iconic Migration Series, a collectionof paintings documenting the mid-20th century
migration north by Southern blacks, is on display atThe Phillips Collection in Washington through Oct. 26.
The series’ complete 60 panels are on rare display,with the exhibit taking a look at how Lawrence’s
historic work resonates today.
PREVIEW | ASTRO-RAMA
College Park’s space odditySquonk Opera presents the world premiere of its outer-space epic,Astro-rama, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center this week
BY DORIS NHANStaff writer
Tip your hat to the galactic skies by joiningSquonk Opera for Astro-rama, a performance ofmusic, lights and a little bit of science, from Sept.24 to 26 at 8 p.m. at the Clarice Smith PerformingArts Center.
“We’re responding to the UFO incidents downin [College Park], and we’re gonna send a little,‘Hello, how are you,’ back to the universe,” saidSteve O’Hearn, the co-artistic director and co-founder of Squonk Opera. He added that the Sept.24 performance will be the world premiere.
Astro-rama featuring large projectors, musi-cians on 40-foot-tall scaffolding and a large satel-lite transmitter. CSPAC commissioned Astro-rama two years ago and Squonk Opera has beenworking on the original production ever since.
“What’s really interesting about commissioning— and I think this is why it’s more specific to ourmission — is, as artists, are creating new works itgives us the opportunities through that process toallow the students and our community to haveaccess to the process,” said Ruth Waalkes, thedirector of artistic initiatives for CSPAC.
According to Waalkes, CSPAC commissionedabout 30 works with different levels of involve-ment. In the case of Astro-rama, CSPAC providedproduction support, which allowed students tobecome involved with the planning of the show.
“That’s really the key for us, because it allows
people to see how it works,” she added. “It allowspeople to see how art gets created.”
Squonk Opera most recently performed Col-lege Park: The Opera at CSPAC during fall 2006.It first performed at the university in spring 2003,and the opera has had a close working relation-ship with the university since.
Because of Squonk Opera’s close relationshipwith the university, Waalkes said, it was easy forthe two to collaborate on this new project.
“We are always looking at interesting and newways to connect the community,” Waalkes said.“We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be kind of interestingif we could actually make a connection betweena performing arts project like this? But then weconnect that astrophysicists are our neighborsas well.’”
Both Squonk Opera and CSPAC worked to pro-duce the free event with hopes of including not onlystudents at the university, but also the entire com-munity of College Park. Squonk Opera also plans totour with the show, stopping in New York and Penn-sylvania after its performance at the university.
“One of our big goals of this show was to makeit really accessible by doing it outside and for free,so it’s more of a fireworks show with the normalbehaviors of a concert,” O’Hearn said.
CSPAC also debuted new marketing tools, tak-ing advantage of viral marketing to spread theword and mystique of Astro-rama.
According to Waalkes, CSPAC released anumber of mysterious commercials inviting thecommunity to the event as well as creatingBurkis Chumley, a fictitious character onMySpace dedicated to finding more informationabout Astro-rama.
O’Hearn revealed little information about whatstudents could expect, aside from the world’slargest “puppet robot.”
“It was a very fun idea to think about doing thisshow for the alien species in other galaxies,”O’Hearn said. “Although we’re kind of doing it forthem, it’s actually very much about being human,about being people who are living in polarized
times. … So for us, it’s nice talking about beinghuman on this planet, because it’s one of the onlythings that unifies us.”
Squonk Opera presents Astro-rama Wednesdaythrough Friday at 8 p.m. in the Theatre Courtyard,outdoors behind the Clarice Smith PerformingArts Center. Admission is free, but attendees areencouraged to bring a lawn chair.
A preliminary look at Astro-rama’s stage design. Thereal setup will make its debut under the starsTuesday. COURTESY OF SQUONK OPERA
“It was a very fun idea tothink about doing this showfor the alien species in othergalaxies.”
STEVE O’HEARNCO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER, SQUONK OPERA
8 THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
BY JOHN TALTYFor The Diamondback
It took three long days tofinish the Maryland Invita-tional, but the end result cer-tainly made the wait and timeworth it.
The Terrapin women’s ten-nis team won all three singlestitles, as well as winning theFlight A doubles final, in avery successful weekend.
The Terps dominated in thedifferent brackets, as MichalAmir won Flight A, Lisa Millerwon Flight B and JordanHansbrough won Flight C.
The brackets were brokendown by perceived quality ofplay based on last year’sresults, with Flight A havingthe most experienced playersin it. In addition, the top dou-
bles pairing of Amir andMiller was able to win theFlight A doubles final againstPittsburgh’s Kristy Borza andElizabeth Adams, 8-1.
“I’m very pleased by theresults of this weekend,”coach Martin Novak said. “Wehad two long days in whicheach player had four matchesover those two days, but weplayed beautifully and gaveno free points away. ... I’mvery pleased by everything.”
The Terps do not competeagain until Oct. 24 in theRegional Indoor Champi-onships, but after two days offthis week, the team will beworking hard on gettingstronger and getting betteragility, Novak said.
Women’s tennis scores big time
BY KATE YANCHULISStaff writer
Finally.After an early season
marked by errors and losses,the Terps (4-8) snapped afour-match losing streak withtheir first winning weekend ofthe season, losing to hometeam Towson on Fridaybefore beating bothLehigh and NorthDakota on Saturday.
“Our goal has beento continue toimprove and competeevery day,” TimHorsmon said. “Wehad strength when we didcompete this weekend — forexample, Saturday afternoon[against North Dakota].Though there were times westill did not compete, how wecompeted and how we focusedwas much better.”
North Dakota (14-2) was aquestion mark in the team’stough out-of-conferenceschedule with an impressiverecord but few challengingopponents. The FightingSioux swept a Towson teamthat had bedeviled the Terpsthe night before, and theTerps went to five sets in awin against the weak LehighMountain Hawks heading intothe final match of the week-end for the Terps.
The Terps came out strongagainst North Dakota in thefirst set, winning 25-22, but inthe second, they threatened toreturn to their old ways,allowing the Fighting Sioux toextend the match well past 25points and finally succumb-ing, because of back-to-backattack errors by setter HayleyHanson and middle blockerKatie Usher, 31-33.
In the third set, though, theTerps were able to win 25-23
on a 3-1 run, taking advantageof two errors by their oppo-nents rather than committingtheir own.
Finally, the Terps vindi-cated their earlier mistakes —from the match and the sea-son — by closing out thefourth set 25-20 and clinchingthe match.
“We might not have themost talented team,so in order for us towin, we need to dothe little things andfight hard for everypoint,” Horsmonsaid. “If we do that,we can compete with
anyone.”The team tied a school
record with 21 blocks in thematch. Freshman setterSharon Strizak and senior out-side hitter Maggie Schmelzleled the Terps with six blockseach. Schmelzle also movedinto third place in school his-tory in digs with 15 in thematch.
The blocks were crucial inensuring the Terps could dou-ble their season win total thisseason.
The timing of the momen-tum shift could not be better,as the Terps will face BostonCollege at home Tuesdaynight in their ACC opener.
“Especially the Saturdayafternoon match might takesome of the weight off ourshoulders going into the ACCschedule this week,”Horsmon said. “We showedwhat we can do if we set ourminds to it and really work atit. We just have to continue toimprove every day and do thelittle things that will get usthrough. If we can do this, I’llbe happy with the team thisseason.”
VOLLEYBALLTERPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3North Dakota . . . . . . . . 1
Terps take twoin Towson
BY MICHAEL KATZStaff writer
Missy Meharg said her Ter-rapin field hockey team had toboost its enthusiasm on the fieldfollowing a tight winagainst American onWednesday.
Saturday, the Terps(7-1) competed withthe type of vigor theircoach has begged for.The result: A dominant5-0 win against No. 12Boston College (5-1).
“Focus comes from passion,wanting to set a particular stan-dard for yourself,” Meharg said.“This was our most completegame yet.”
Slow starts have plagued theTerps this season, and they haveoften relied on their talent tocarry them.
Against the Eagles, the teamasserted itself early.
Forward Katie O’Donnell putthe Terps ahead off a crossfrom back Brianna Davies inthe 12th minute for the first ofher two goals. Five minuteslater, back Susie Rowe flicked apenalty stroke past diving Ea-gles goalkeeper JuliaBerkowitz for a 2-0 advantage.
“Today we played relaxed fromthe beginning,” O’Donnell said.
Berkowitz, the Williston
Northampton School graduate,was the only positive for the Ea-gles. Her eight saves in the firsthalf kept Boston College in thegame despite a tepid offensiveperformance.
The Terps’ defenseheld the listless Eagleswithout a shot untilthree minutes into thesecond half.
“Our defense would-n’t let [Boston College]receive passes clean-ly,” goalkeeper Alicia
Grater said. “It was really justdiligence in marking tightly. Wewere stepping up to stop the playbefore it could happen.”
Meharg has stressed that thereal season starts with the ACCschedule. The win gets the Terpsoff and running in league play,but the class of the conferencelooms on the schedule.
So far the Terps have fairedwell against the nation’s best,boasting a 5-1 record againstranked opponents. But it was theenergy Saturday that was mostimpressive and most important.
“We’re not worried aboutwho we’re playing, even if it’san ACC team,” O’Donnell said.“We just need to unite andcome out with energy and en-thusiasm each game.”
FIELD HOCKEYNo. 12 Boston College . . . 0TERPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
No. 2 Terps breezethrough No. 12 BCO’Donnell leads offensive surge infield hockey’s ACC-opener 5-0 win
BYDANMORRISONStaff writer
When Lydia Hastings scoredjust five minutes into Sunday’sgame, a huge monkey was liftedoff the Terrapinwomen’s soccer team’scollective back.
The monkey hadbeen there for most ofthe season, growingbigger with each pass-ing game in which theTerps’ offense strug-gled to score goals. Against MountSt. Mary’s on Sunday, their of-fense finally broke through in abig way.
Hastings’ goal was just the be-ginning of what turned out to be arecord-setting performance forthe Terps (4-3-1) at Ludwig Field.They scored early and oftenagainst the Mount, winning 10-0in a match that could have beeneven more lopsided if the Terpshadn’t let off the gas pedal offen-sively in the second half.
“In the first half, we got out a lotof pent-up frustration,” coachBrian Pensky said. “The firstseven games have been like a bro-ken record in terms of out-shoot-ing our opponents but not finding
ways to score. Today, wescored on our first shot.”
The contest was amismatch from thestart. The Terps cameout and dominated fromthe opening whistle, fir-ing 19 shots in a first halfthat featured nine goals
from seven different players. The10 goals for the Terps were arecord at Ludwig Field.
Hastings and midfielder NatalyArias each tallied two goals in thefirst half, and forward Kaila Scias-cia scored her team-leading fifthgoal on a strike from the top of thebox that got past a diving Miller.
One of the reasons the Terpswere able to put up the offensivenumbers they did was the playfrom forward Annesia Faulkner.The sophomore tied a Terp
record with three assists in thefirst half and provided numerousscoring opportunities with hercrosses and corner kicks.
After scoring a record ninegoals in the first 45 minutes, theTerps changed their game plan tofocus more on their possessionand ball control.
“In the second half, we saidwe’d string together a number ofpasses before we’d go to goal, andit helped us get our rhythm backand got us playing good soccer,”Sciascia said.
In the team’s final nonconfer-ence game, Pensky was able touse 24 players and let some play-ers who haven’t seen much timeon the field yet this season gettheir feet wet before ACC play be-gins later this week.
Despite the wide margin of vic-tory, the Terps are taking this winwith a grain of salt. They know theMount are nowhere near the levelof competition they’ll face startingthis week in the ACC, and that’swhere they have to prove they can
score goals.“We’ve got to play quality soc-
cer and connect with each other,”Sciascia said. “That’s what we’regoing to have to do against ACCteams. We know we can scoregoals and today we proved it.”
WOMEN’S SOCCERMt. Saint Mary’s . . . . . 0TERPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Forwards Lydia Hastings andKaila Sciascia celebrate Sunday.JACLYN BOROWSKI/THE DIAMONDBACK
Unlikely goal explosion powers Terps
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Sasho Cirovski passed Doyle Royal for most wins ever by a Terp men’s soccer coach. JAMESB. HALE/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY AARON KRAUTSenior staff writer
Friday night at LudwigField was nothing if not dra-matic.
Coach Sasho Cirovski’sprogram-record 218th win;more than 6,000 fans; a redcard-earning headbutt; andthe arrival of the alwayshated No. 25 Blue Devilsmade the No. 4 Terps’ 1-0win one to remember.
“The occasion wasjust perfect tonight.We haven’t been 2-0 inthe league for a longtime,” Cirovski said.“Our team defendingwas great. It was avery good team effort;we played well the entire 90minutes.”
After the pregame pyrotechnicdisplay, the Terps (5-1-0) cameout firing. In the fifth minute, de-fender Omar Gonzalez headed ina Matt Kassel corner kick for thelone goal of the game.
It was Kassel’s fourth assist ofthe season, and the second timehe found Gonzalez on a cornerkick — something Gonzalez saidhe knew he had to improve on.
“I’m actually very happythat I got that goal, becauseI’ve been working really hardon my attacking headers,”Gonzalez said. “In the pastfew years, I haven’t reallydone that well with them, andI’m happy that I’m finally
starting to get goals.”Despite an array of quality
chances following Gonzalez’sstrike, the Terps were unableto increase their lead. Then,in the 30th minute, the dramakicked up a notch.
Mike Grella, the Blue Dev-ils premier striker and theACC’s leading scorer, head-butted Terp defender A.J.Delagarza in the box whilewaiting for a Duke free kick.The assistant referee imme-
diately began signal-ing for a foul, andGrella was sent offwith a red card.
But surprisingly,the Terps didn’t takeadvantage of the extraman, and Duke was
able to prevent the Terps fromgetting consistent pressure.
“I think that, after the redcard, we sort of got into themindset of where we didn’tneed to press as muchbecause we were up a manand they had some very goodchances because of it,” goal-keeper Will Swaim said.“Definitely down the stretchin the second half they wereplaying for corners andthrow-ins and set pieces, so alot of it had to do with just thetenacity of Duke.”
Delagarza said Grellaheadbutted him in the noseafter a flying elbow from theDuke forward at a Terpdefender. Though Swaim did-
n’t see the foul, he said itmight have been a result ofDelagaza’s aggressive style.
“I swear that kid is built outof steel. I don’t know how hedoes it; he gets the hardestknocks I’ve ever seen,”Swaim said. “He’s a wee littleman, and he just gets oneverybody’s nerves.”
Grella’s ejection helped theTerps earn their second shut-out victory in two conferencegames. With a game againstNo. 1 Wake Forest set for thisFriday, the focus turns to theoffense, which hasn’t beenable to finish quality chancesthe last two weeks.
“We just couldn’t find theback of the net on a few occa-sions. We probably couldhave had two other goals,”Cirovski said. “The next cou-ple of weeks, I think we’regoing to see them hit theirstride.”
On Friday night, one goalwas enough for the win andenough to give Cirovski therecord-breaking win in frontof the fifth largest crowd inLudwig Field history.
“Our fans are just amaz-ing; our student support isreally humbling; and I’mvery proud of what we builthere,” Cirovski said. “We’veworked real hard to makethis a really special place, agreat stage.”
Cirovski’s wins record highlights victory vs. Duke
MEN’S SOCCERDuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0TERPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Cirovski’s legacy on display
Sasho Cirovski is toosmart to be so short-sighted.
So I’m not going to believethe Terrapin men’s soccercoach when he claims to notcare about milestones.
Friday night, at a packedLudwig Field stadiumagainst ACC rival Duke,
Cirovski won his 218thgame with the Terps, a pro-gram record. He broke arecord held by the pro-gram’s first-ever coach,Doyle Royal, who coachedthe Terps from 1946through 1973.
But Cirovski put on histypical coaching face whenanswering questions about
ADIJOSEPH
an accomplishment, evenwith a broad smile wipedacross his still-youthful face.
“It feels better to be 2-0[in ACC play] than to pickup that milestone,” saidCirovski, whose record withthe Terps stands at 218-100.“This is not a goal that I setwhen I came to Maryland.
“Tonight was a specialnight for a lot of reasons,that one being the last one.”
And it was a great nightfor soccer. Fall’s just settingin and the 6,083 fans — amostly red-clad crowdspeckled with a bit of blue— got to watch a well-played match including afirst-half red card to one ofthe nation’s premier for-wards, Duke’s Mike Grella.
But Friday was Cirovski’snight.
The coach’s accomplish-ment will not be overshad-owed by Grella’s headbutton A.J. Delagarza that drewthat red card, Omar Gonza-lez’s fourth-career goal as aTerp, nor by Matt Kassel’sperfectly-placed cornerkick.
When those four playersare too old to even play soc-cer, when Ludwig has beenrenamed in honor of its win-ningest coach, Friday nightwill be remembered as thenight when Sasho Cirovski’sname was etched into therecord books.
The Athletics Departmentis loaded with great coachesright now. Brenda Frese hastaken the women’s basket-ball team to the top of thenation’s elite. Missy Meharghas four NCAA champi-onships and continued suc-cess in field hockey. JarnellBonds has been crucial inprogressing the sport ofcompetitive cheer. DaveCottle and Cathy Reesehave maintained top-10stature for the men’s andwomen’s lacrosse teams,respectively. And despiterecent criticism, GaryWilliams is etched in as theface of Terrapin men’s bas-ketball.
Cirovski might be thefinest of them all.
The 2005 national champi-onship, the Terps’ first sinceRoyal was at the helm, wassimply affirmation ofCirovski’s success. He’s pro-duced top-caliber profes-sional players and a teamannually expected to finishamongst the best in thecountry.
The players, Cirovski’slike-minded troops,approached the night with asimilar, one-game-at-a-timementality. Delagarza andGonzalez said they didn’teven know about theapproaching milestone fortheir coach.
“I’ve grown up watchingall of Maryland soccer, soit’s definitely cool to seeSash get that milestone,”sophomore goalkeeper WillSwaim said. “I tried not tofocus as much on the record.... Ultimately, the game wasagainst Duke, and they’re atough team. So we have tofocus on that.”
Maybe that’s Cirvoski’slegacy. College coaches aremore than simply strate-gists.
The Terps are a reflectionof their coach in many ways.And that’s worth every oneof those 218 wins.
10 THE DIAMONDBACK | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
September 22ndMovie Night: Under the Same Moon6:00pm- 8:00pm, Basement of Anne Arundel Join the Latino Honors Caucus (LHC) as we kick off thesemester with this celebrated movie.Contact: Kristen Scott at [email protected]
September 24thLatino Student Union 1st General BodyMeeting5:30pm-7:30 pm, Tydings Hall 0101Join the Latino Student Union (LSU) in it its first GeneralBody Meeting of the fall semester. We will formally intro-duce the organization, its executive board, committees, andits goals. We will get to know new and returning membersas well as discuss some of the different issues and activi-ties the LSU is involves with in and around campus.Anyone is welcomed to come.Contact: Manny Ruiz at [email protected]
September 25thThe Stamp Gallery presents…CONECTA085:00pm-7:00pm, The Stamp Gallery, the Stamp End ofExhibition on Nov. 28th Public Opening Reception September 25, 5-7pm. An exhibition and artist collaborative project featuringemerging U.S and Mexican Artists. Reception will includeartist talk.Contact: Jackie Milad at [email protected] or (301)314-8492
September 29thLatino Greek Unity BBQ5:30pm-7:30pm, Washington QuadJoin La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity,Inc., Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc, Sigma LambdaUpsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc., and GammaPhi Sigma "Hermanos Unidos" Fraternity, Inc. to a cookout.Get to meet the different Latino Greek organizations oncampus while enjoying some free food.Contact: Paul Quintanilla at [email protected]
September 30thSHPE General Body Meeting5:00pm -6:00pm, Joeng H. Kim Engineering Bldg, Room1105Job interview disasters hosted by Accenture.Contact: Jessica Bermudez at [email protected]
October 1stLatino Style Dinner7:00pm- 9:00pm, Nyumburu Multipurpose Room, NyumburuCultural CenterJoin us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with tra-ditional Latin food. Contact any LTA sister for tickets!!Contact: [email protected]
October 2ndLuna Lounge7:00pm-9:00pm, Baltimore Room, The StampLambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. (LTA) will be host-ing a night with performances, such as dancing, free-styling, and battling. Come join us and feel free to show usyour talent by being a walk-on. Contact: [email protected]
October 6thCalle 54, a film by Fernando Trueba6:00pm, Basement of Anne Arundel HallThe Latino Honors Caucus presents Calle 54, a film thatdepicts the fascinating world of Latin Jazz.Contact: Kristen Scott at [email protected]
October 7thGaytino7:00pm- 9:00pm, Baltimore Room, The StampJoin the lovely sisters of LTA as they welcome Gaytino!Through theater and self expression Dan Guerrero, extendsawareness of human equality to the UMD campus by per-forming a delightful emcee of his personal journey.Contact: [email protected]
Merengue and Bachata Lessons8:30pm-10:30pm, Reckord Armory, Room 0117Come and join UMD Salsa for these Dominican originatingDances!Contact: [email protected]
October 10thMovie Night: The Motorcycle Diaries7:30pm- 9:00pm, Hoff Theater, The StampThe LSU along with Student Entertainment Events (SEE)host a movie about Che Guevara's life journey.Contact: Manny Ruiz at [email protected]
October 13thAbriendo Caminos/ Opening Pathways4:15pm-5:45pm, Margaret Brent Room 2112B, The StampThis program will be held by the Latino Graduate StudentAssociation (LGSA) and is designed to assist Marylandundergraduate students; from those who are curious aboutgraduate school to those who are ready to apply. UMDLatina/o Masters and Ph.D. students from various disci-plines will share their graduate school experiences andanswer your questions. All are welcome to attend.Contact: Rebecca Villarreal at [email protected]
The Politics of Art and the Art ofPolitics in LA6:00pm, Basement of Anne Arundel HallJoin the LHC for a discussion led by Dr. Laurie Meer onhow performance and art influence politics in LA.Contact: Kristen Scott at [email protected]
October 23rdHispanic Heritage Banquet7:00pm-9:00pm, Colony Ballroom, The StampServing as the conclusion to the month, the banquet willaward and recognize the organizations that put on the bestcultural, social, political and educational event. The nightwill be filled with music, food and awards.Please RSVP to Vanessa Morales at [email protected]
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when linebacker AdrianMoten blocked a punt on thefirst drive of the game, lead-ing to Egekeze’s first fieldgoal of the season.
Early in the second quarter,Green, a sophomore whopicked up 40 yards on 12 car-ries in the first significantgame action of his career,broke a 20-yard run off theright side for his secondtouchdown of the game and a17-0 Terp lead.
The Eagles, led by back-upquarterback Kyle McMahon,cut the lead to 10 at the halfwith a pair of second-quartertouchdowns but made toomany mistakes in Terp terri-tory to ever seriously threatena comeback.
But allowing EasternMichigan to move the ball soeffectively throughout thegame got the Terps’ attention.A week after allowing 423yards passing in a win againstCal, the Terps let up 282 yardsthrough the air and another171 yards on the ground.
Friedgen said the defenselooked lethargic, attributingthe breakdowns to injuriesand poor coverage by the line-backers. Defensive backs Ter-rell Skinner, Nolan Carroll andRichard Taylor all missed thegame, forcing several playersto play more than usual.
“It’s not acceptable any-more,” cornerback KevinBarnes said. “Now that we’regetting into conference play,we’re going to play a lot betteroffenses. This has to be thelast week that can happen and[the team] expect to win.”
On the other hand, theoffense looked ready for ACCplay. The Terps averaged 8.2yards per play, and whenoffensive coordinator JamesFranklin got the ball into hisplaymakers’ hands, plays nor-mally worked out.
Heyward-Bey had runs of35 and 46 yards. With the
Terps up 13 and searching fora knockout punch late in thegame, Portis handed to Hey-ward-Bey, who flipped toOquendo, who uncorked aperfect left-handed spiraldeep down field to IsaiahWilliams for a 43-yard touch-down. Portis ran through theEagle defense almost single-handedly on the next posses-sion to score the last Terptouchdown.
It amounted to points earlyand often for the Terp offense.
“My mindset is to scoreevery drive, every first play,”Heyward-Bey said. “Wemight as well defeat theiremotions early than wait untillater.”
Sorry, Terp defense.
TERP NOTE: Green splitseries with Davin Meggett,who became the first truefreshman to start at runningback for the Terps since LaM-ont Jordan in 1997. Meggett,slowed by a hamstring injuryduring the week, struggled tojust 23 yards on eight carries.Friedgen said Scott couldhave played but the rest willallow him to be closer to fullstrength against Clemsonnext week. ... Moten left thegame in the second half withan injured wrist. Doctorsbelieve the linebacker toreligaments in the wrist, Fried-gen said Sunday. Moten willbe re-evaluated today. ...Safety Dominique Herald leftthe game in the third quarterwith a knee injury Friedgensaid will probably end his sea-son. Herald did not play in thefirst three games of the seasonand had requested a redshirtthis season but was forcedinto action Saturday becauseof injuries in the secondary.He recovered Moten’s first-quarter blocked punt andreturned it 15 yards to theEastern Michigan 10-yardline before the injury.
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don’t exactly boast the fire-power of Cal or Clemson.
“We really, I don’t think,played as well as we’re capa-ble of playing,” Friedgen said.
What’s also disturbingabout the performance is thatit was the linebackers whowere the weak link this week.
Usually the strength of thedefense, the seven-deepgroup was often caught withits pants down against theEagles’ play-action passes,stuck between trying toattack the line of scrimmageand staying back to defendthe pass.
Whatever the Eagles weredoing, it seemed like theywere able to find a soft spotin the Terps’ defense andexploit it.
“The linebacker was bitingon play action real hard,” line-
backer Alex Wujciak said.“We were aggressive to theline of scrimmage and theywere able to dump the ballover us.”
The Terps made someadjustments and were mar-ginally better in the secondhalf, when they finally gottheir first three-and-out latein the third quarter.
But it shouldn’t have takenthat long.
Had it not been for intercep-tions by Jamari McColloughand Adrian Moten in the firsthalf, it could have been amuch different game.
The Terps know they needto get better. Now they justhave to do it.
They are going to have theirhands full next week againstClemson, whether the defenseplays up to its abilities or not.
Cullen Harper is an elitequarterback, and “Thunder
and Lightning” James Davisand C.J. Spiller make up thebest running back tandem inthe ACC.
If the Terps’ defense showsup in Death Valley next week-end playing like it did Satur-
day, things aren’t going to endwell.
“If we don’t raise our level,”Barnes said, “we could possi-bly get embarrassed.”
Clemson provides a bigger test
Linebacker Alex Wujciak and the Terp defense let up 453 yardsSaturday to Eastern Michigan. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Green scores twice; Portis leads Terps in rushing yardsMeggett — the young duo averaged just3.2 yards for the game. But Green dis-played the tough running style that madehim a star at Lackey High School inIndian Head, and most of his 40 rushingyards came after first contact.
The first touchdown came the hardway. Late in the first quarter, on fourth-and-goal from inside the one-yard line,Green took the handoff from quarter-back Chris Turner, cut right and foundone defender standing in his way.
“I was thinking I was going to run himover,” Green said. “But it’s fourth-and-goal, so if I don’t make it, everybody’sgoing to be looking at me like I’m crazy. SoI just figured I’d get in there how I could.”
Instead, Green decided to leap overthe Eagle linebacker for a touchdown.The play call showed Green, despite hisrelative inexperience, that his coacheshave confidence in both him and theplayers blocking for him.
“I think you block hard every play,”offensive lineman Phil Costa said. “But Ithink it does give you a little more incen-tive, to know this is a guy who reallyworked hard in his career, and is finallygetting a chance to show what he can doon the field. So we’re all happy for him.”
Green started the scoring for the
Terps, and Portis ended it.After sitting out one year after transfer-
ring from Florida and being suspended foranother for an academic honor code viola-tion, Portis saw the most significant time ofhis career as a Terp in the fourth quarter,when he used his legs to run out the clockagainst an overmatched Eagles defense.
He finished as the Terps’ leading rusherwith 98 yards on nine carries and scoredhis first career touchdown, an 8-yard runwith just over a minute to play that pushedthe Terps over the 50-point mark.
Portis had seen time in the first threegames of the season but never enough todisplay his full athleticism. For some, itwas about time.
“It’s good, especially for Josh,”receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey said.“He’s been through so much. I’m happyfor him. I’ve been waiting for it.”
After seeing both Green and Portisbreak out against Eastern Michigan,their teammates expect to see both buildon their successes heading into a toughACC schedule.
“It’s just awesome, because we all gothrough so much,” Turner said. “Gettingthat first [touchdown], sometimes it justgets you over the bump. Once you getone, they start to come after that.”
Reserve quarterback Josh Portis leddownfield on a fourth-quarter drive thatended in the first touchdown of his Terpcareer Saturday. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
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8.25.7
MD EMU
TEAM STATS
486453
MD
NET YARDS
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231171
MD EMU
255282
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TOTAL RUSH PASS
TIME OF POSSESSION
TERPS24:15
EMU35:45
TERPS EMU
FIRST DOWNS 20 25RUSHING 8 11PASSING 10 13PENALTY 2 1
NET RUSHING 231 171ATTEMPTS 34 39AVG. RUSH 6.8 4.4
PASSINGATTEMPTS 25 40COMPLETE 16 26AVG./COMP. 15.9 10.8
3RD DOWNS 8-13 2-124TH DOWNS 1-1 3-5SACKS-YDS 3-19 1-8INTS 3 2FUMBLES 0 0
TERPRECAPKEY TO THE GAMEThe Terp offense didn’t messaround when they got the ball, pick-ing up big plays and scoring quickly.If the running backs would havematched Da’Rel Scott’s successfrom the first three games, the num-ber would have been much higher.
STAR OF THE GAMEBefore this week, Green had justfive carries and no yards in hisTerp career. But with Scott outand Davin Meggett slowed due toinjuries, Green, who had aquadriceps injury in the presea-son, was the healthiest backfieldoption Saturday. He picked up 40yards and scored two touchdowns, allowing theother backs much-needed rest.
WHEN IT WAS OVERWith just more than six minutes left and a 13-pointlead, quarterback Josh Portis handed the ball toDarrius Heyward-Bey, who then flipped it to DannyOquendo. The receiver threw a perfect pass to Isa-iah Williams behind the Eagle defense for an easytouchdown and a 20-point advantage.
PLAY OF THE GAMEIn the second quarter drive, Eagle quarterbackKyle McMahon saw Terp linebacker Adrian Motencovering receiver DeAnthony White. McMahonthrew for White, but Moten leaped up and snaredthe pass for his second career interception.
WHAT THIS GAME MEANSThere haven’t been too many non-conference winsthat have been this easy for the Terps in recent years,and they needed such a performance after losing toMiddle Tennessee earlier this season. Scoring 51points is a great way to head into ACC play.
TERP LOWLIGHTIn the middle of the fourth quarter, cornerbackAnthony Wiseman, playing extra minutes aftersecondary injuries, committed a pass interfer-ence in the end zone on a third down-play. On thenext play, he was beaten for a touchdown.
TERP HIGHLIGHTTorrey Smith put the Terps in great field positionat the Eastern Michigan 32-yard line with a 57-yard kick off return with 4:57 remaining in thefirst half, and the Terps capitalized quickly. Oneplay later, Heyward-Bey was twisting for atouchdown catch in end zone’s right corner.
Running backMorgan Green
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Thanks in part to two long runs and a touchdown catch from receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the Terps put up 51 points Saturday. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
TAKING FLIGHT
Terps run over Eastern Michigan with offensive onslaughtBY ERIC DETWEILER
Senior staff writer
Terrapin football coach RalphFriedgen put his defense through atough practice regimen this weekin preparation for Eastern Michi-gan’s hurry-up spread attack.
After a pair of scout teamoffenses ran 49 plays in 20 min-utes Wednesday, Friedgen saidthe offensive scheme that hastroubled his team would not wearthe Terps down again.
But if his defense was tiredSaturday, it was for an entirelydifferent reason: The Terps’explosive offense.
The Terps scored on nine of 13possessions against the Eagles,with only one of the drives lastinglonger than seven plays.
“I never thought I would saythis, but I almost wish they weretaking more time to score the waywe were playing,” Friedgen said.
The defense wasn’t at its best inthe 51-24 win over Eastern Michi-gan, but it didn’t need to be. TheTerps (3-1) posted their mostpoints since scoring 55 in a winagainst Duke Sept. 25, 2004. Theycruised to victory in their finaltune-up before ACC play beginswith a trip to Clemson on Saturday.
The Terp offense flourisheddespite the absence of startingrunning back Da’Rel Scott, whosat out with an injured left shoul-der, by getting a boost on theground from quarterback JoshPortis and receiver Darrius Hey-ward-Bey, who combined to rushfor 179 yards and a touchdown on
just 11 carries.Running back Morgan Green
scored his first two career touch-downs, quarterback Chris Turneradded a pair through the air andwide receiver Danny Oquendonotched a fourth-quarter passingtouchdown on a trick play. Evenmuch-maligned kicker ObiEgekeze was an offensive star,making all three of his short fieldgoal attempts.
“There were a lot of drives wewere in the red zone, and we didn’ttake advantage,” Green said. “Ithink the score could’ve been 70 towhatever. We could’ve got 70.”
The Terp defense allowed 453yards of total offense and three80-yard touchdown drives toEastern Michigan (1-3) but hungtough with three interceptions
and a blocked punt.Throughout the week, the Terps
were forced to address theirrecent history of playing down toweaker opponents. The team thatwas surprised at Middle Ten-nessee three weeks agoresponded with a convincing winagainst their MAC opponent.
“I’m happy right now,” saidHeyward-Bey, who had a 32-yardtouchdown catch and has nowreached the end zone in all fourgames this season. “Going into theACC schedule, we’ve shown wecan score 51 points. We know ourstrengths and weaknesses. We goin knowing what we’ve got to do towin it.”
The Terps set the tone early
Defense laggedbehind in win
It’s tough to write aboutthe negative side of agame in which the Ter-rapin football team
earned its fans 12 free pizzatoppings and a gallon of freewasher fluid, but I’m going todo it anyway.
The Terps’ offense wastremendous in the 51-24 winover Eastern Michigan on Sat-urday. They racked up 486total yards and did so with aflair personified by receiverDanny Oquendo’s 43-yardtouchdown pass to IsaiahWilliams in the fourth quarterafter Oquendo took a reversehandoff from Darrius Hey-ward-Bey.
But, once again, the Terps’defense left a lot to be desired.
It made some big plays andforced three turnovers, but itallowed a much less talentedEagles team to sustain far too
many long drives and amassfar too many yards.
Heading into next week’sACC-opener against No. 23Clemson, a team that scored 54points Saturday against SouthCarolina State, the consistencyof the defense is still a majorconcern.
“After a while, it started get-ting embarrassing,” corner-back Kevin Barnes said. “Thatteam was moving the ball on usat will. That’s not our defense.We’re capable of so muchmore.”
Coach Ralph Friedgen saidthe Terps’ D looked lethargicSaturday, and it certainlyshowed.
The Terps allowed 453 yardsof total offense, nearly 200more than Toledo gave up tothe Eagles the week before.
Eastern Michigan had three80-yard touchdown drives,controlled time of possessionby more than 10 minutes andracked up 25 first downs in thelosing effort.
And while the Eagles havesome decent players, they
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Running back Morgan Green scored the first two touchdowns of his Terp careerSaturday to jumpstart the Terp offense. ADAM FRIED/THE DIAMONDBACK
Green, Portis finally break outBY JEFF NEWMAN
Staff writer
Morgan Green was the guy RalphFriedgen chose ahead of Steve Sla-ton.
Josh Portis was the big-nameFlorida transfer who was nevergoing to see the field.
But against Eastern MichiganSaturday, both scored their firstcareer touchdowns and displayedthe types of skills that had fansexcited upon their arrival in Col-lege Park. For the two malignedTerps, it was a day of redemption.
After spending much of last sea-
son injured and then losing thebackup job this year to true fresh-man Davin Meggett because of apreseason quadriceps injury,Green scored the Terps’ first twotouchdowns and set the tone for agame that would be dominated byoffense.
“It’ll do something for his confi-dence,” Friedgen said. “It can be asign of encouragement, of where hecan improve and get better. So I’mhoping to see that.”
He didn’t get many yards. TheEagles made it tough on Green and
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EMUPASSING CMP-ATT YDS TD-INTK. McMahon 25-37 278 2-2J. Williams 1-2 4 0-1T. Jones 0-1 0 0-0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG. TDT. Blevins 10 61 6.1 1D. Priest 9 54 6.0 0C. Welch 6 32 5.3 0K. McMahon 10 29 2.9 0J. Williams 1 1 1.0 0M. Sanders 1 -1 -1.0 0J. Bonner 1 -3 -3.0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS LNG TDJ. Stone 9 76 30 1J. Leduc 4 59 20 1J. Bonner 4 53 23 0D. Gage 4 44 13 0T. Blevins 2 8 4 0D. Priest 1 34 34 0S. Smith 1 4 4 0M. Sanders 1 4 4 0
DEF. STATS TKLS AST SACK INTD. Holtzclaw 9 2 0 1J. Wyatt 8 1 0 0D. Harrison 5 0 0 0R. Downard 5 1 0 1J. Jenkins 4 2 1 0A. Hatchett 3 1 0 0M. Mitchell 2 0 0 0T. McLaurin 3 1 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNGP. Treppa 2 70 35.0 37
KICK RETURNS NO YDS LNGD. Gage 2 37 24C. Welch 3 82 31J. Williams 1 10 10
KICKING PAT-ATT FG-ATT LNGJ. Carithers 3-3 1-1 23
TERPSPASSING CMP-ATT YDS TD-INTC. Turner 15-23 212 2-2D. Oquendo 1-1 43 1-0J. Portis 0-1 0 0-0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG. TDJ.Portis 9 98 10.9 1D. Heyward-Bey 2 81 40.5 0M. Green 12 40 3.3 2D. Meggett 8 23 2.9 0C. Turner 2 -8 -4.0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS LNG TDD. Oquendo 3 38 24 0D. Heyward-Bey 3 31 32 1I. Williams 2 64 43 1T. Smith 2 58 44 0C. Jackson 2 35 28 0D. Gronkowski 2 8 4 1
DEF. STATS TKLS AST SACK INTA. Wujciak 10 4 0 0D. Philistin 9 6 .5 0A. Wiseman 9 6 0 0J. Navarre 8 5 .5 0K. Barnes 6 2 0 0T. Covington 6 2 .5 0C. Bullock 4 2 0 0R. Costa 4 3 .5 0A. Moten 2 1 .5 1J. McCollough 1 1 0 2
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNGT. Baltz 1 44 44.0 44
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS LNGD. Oquendo 1 21 21D. Herald 1 15 15
KICK RETURNS NO YDS LNGT. Smith 4 126 57K. Tate 1 15 15
KICKING PAT-ATT FG-ATT LNGO. Egekeze 6-6 3-3 33
