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SPORTSTerps talk rivalry after beating West VirginiaPlayers, coaches said a win over the Mountaineers was special; penalties frustrate Edsall; team earns national recognition P. 8

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National Association of the Deaf, attorney file suit on behalf of two deaf Terps fans By Yasmeen Abutaleb@yabutaleb7Senior sta� writer

T he u n iversit y i s faci n g a lawsuit from the National Asso-ciation of the Deaf and an attorney

Univ faces sports event captioning lawsuit

D.C. shooting inspires gun control debate

for failing to provide announcement and commentary captions at univer-sity sporting events.

The lawsuit is on behalf of Sean M a rkel a nd Joseph I n nes, two sports patrons who are deaf and regularly attend Terrapins football

games at Byrd Stadium and men’s and women’s basketball games at Comcast Center. The plainti�s are suing the university in an attempt to make it provide captioning for public announcers’ comments on score-boards and Jumbotrons, including plays and penalties called, safety and emergency information and other an-nouncements, according to the NAD.

“The issue is that under law, the

university has an obligation to make its programs accessible, and the univer-sity has not made their sports activities equally accessible to the hearing and hard of hearing,” said Joseph Espo, the attorney who filed the lawsuit with the NAD. “The law requires it, the cost is minimal — there’s no reason why it shouldn’t have been years ago.”

By Darcy Costello@dctelloSta� writer

Del. Heather Mizeur didn’t have a con-ventional start to politics — she was never class president or treasurer of her Girl Scout troop. Instead, her first experience in the political realm came from fighting for fair wages on a picket line with her welder father in rural Illinois.

“We were living o� of strike pay — very little money — and fighting for what we believed in,” said Mizeur (D-Montgomery).

Heather Mizeur discusses pioneering gubernatorial campaign with students

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Students consider gun ownership law changes

By Madeleine List@madeleine_listSta� writer

A gunman opened fire last week 12 miles from the campus, killing 12 people and injuring several others — and marking the fifth mass shooting in the U.S. this year, according to Mother Jones.

While advocates for gun control have stepped up their lobbying e�orts, arguing stricter gun laws could have prevented recent tragedies — all five of which were carried out with legally obtained weapons — not all students think gun control is the solution to stopping acts of violence.

“It’s in our amendments that you’re allowed to have your gun and carry

it,” said Jasmine Harris, a junior government and p ol it ic s m ajor. “We should stay true to that.”

A n y o n e a t-tempting to buy a h a n d g u n o r assault weapon in this state is subject to a federal back-ground check and a seven-day waiting period while the Maryland State Police secretary ex-amines his or her records, according to the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action.

The Virginia Firearms Transaction Program, on the other hand, allows licensed firearms dealers to instantly cross-reference multiple databases to check someone’s criminal history and approve or disapprove their purchase without a waiting period, according to the Virginia State Police.

Kenneth Lan, founder and presi-dent of the university’s Rifle and Pistol Club, said he thinks all states’ gun

Fending o� the Monarchs

Terps men’s soccer struggled to score against Old Dominion for nearly 83 minutes before midfielder

David Kabelik scored. But that goal was the Terps’ only one of the night, and it was just enough to

escape the evening with a 1-1 tie against the Monarchs at Ludwig Field. STORY P. 8

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By Teddy Amenabar@teddyamenSenior sta� writer

The College Park City Council passed a resolution last night that will make the Neighborhood Stabili-zation and Quality of Life Workgroup a permanent committee: the Neigh-borhood Stabilization Committee.

The work group was created in 2012 to address growing concerns about tensions between students and permanent residents. The resolution, which passed 5-0 with three council members absent, upgrades the tem-porary work group to a permanent 15-member committee.

The Neighborhood Stabilization Committee will oversee and monitor city, university and student organi-zations as it works to implement the work group’s list of 63 suggestions as well as o�er new ways to improve public safety, resident relations and development in College Park.

The committee will not be a contin-uation of the previous work group but rather a tool to “monitor progress,” said District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn, a co-chair of the work group.

“It’s a good way to continue the work,” Wojahn said. “It’s sort of the next step.”

Of the 15 committee seats, two are

patrick wojahn, District 1 councilman, voted to make the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life Workgroup permanent. marquise mckine/for the diamondback

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Neighbor work group to become permanent

Del. heather mizeur, (D-Montgomery), speaks to students in McKeldin Library to promote her campaign to become this state’s �rst female and also the country’s �rst openly gay governor. james levin/the diamondback

“It really taught me to take a stand on what’s impor-tant and what you believe in. When people come to-gether, they can get big things done.”

This theme of cooperation and progress has been present throughout Mizeur’s political life — from her work in the Maryland General Assembly and the Takoma Park City Council to her ex-periences on Capitol Hill with John Kerry during his time as a Massachusetts senator. And at Mizeur’s first meeting with Terps for Mizeur — a student group formed to rally support for her campaign — she said

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she plans to bring that drive and persis-tence with her to work every day if elected governor this November. She’ll be running against Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Attor-ney General Doug Gansler, among others.

Mizeur met with about 20 students Tuesday night in McKeldin Library to garner student support in her cam-paign for governor. If elected, she would become not only the first female gover-nor in this state’s history but also the first openly gay governor elected in the country — two characteristics she said don’t even begin to define who she is.

At the meeting, Mizeur outlined what she saw as the biggest legislative suc-cesses she was a part of during her time

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mizeurFrom PAGE 1

as a member of the state’s House of Delegates — suc-cesses some students said helped shape their decisions to support her in the guber-natorial race.

Catherine Baker, a sopho-more environmental science and policy and French major, said she appreciates Mizeur’s strong environmental stand against fracking.

“I’m from Garrett County, Md., where fracking is a very heated issue,” Baker said. “Sometimes it can feel like I’m drowning, fi ghting against all the people who support it. It’s a good feeling knowing that Heather is out there keeping people informed.”

Mizeur has supported a statew ide moratoriu m on fracking and said the state should allow science to make the determination, adding she wou ld be proud to be the “only state that could be drilling that’s not drilling.”

In addition to her envi-ronmentalist stance, Mizeur also partnered with tea party leaders in the state to pass family planning legislation in an effort to lower abortion rates in the state, when na-tional political leaders were gridlocked over Planned Par-enthood funding.

“I sat down with the leader

of the state’s tea party and g a v e h i m t h i s p ro p o s a l : We’re going to lower abor-tion rates and save the state $20 million,” Mizeur said in her speech. “You know what, we can be on the op-posite sides of reproduc-tive choice but still agree to end unwanted pregnancies, empower women and break poverty cycles.”

Mizeur, a self-proclaimed “ p ol icy ge ek” h a rken i n g back to her days on Kerry’s domestic policy team, had a hand in several other leg-islative movements during her eight years in Annapolis. They range from the passage of the Kids First Act, which works to ensure children in the state have health insur-ance, to rallying to uphold state marriage equality leg-islation that went to referen-dum during the 2012 election.

Her passionate speech in support of gay marriage on the fl oor of the General Assembly in March 2011 went viral online and

earned her national headlines.Mizeur’s willingness to

collaborate with people across party lines persuaded Alyson Lynch to pursue an internship with the Montgomery County delegate this semester.

“She’s enacted incredible

change in the state,” said Ly nch, a sophomore gov-ernment and politics major. “She’s dedicated to causes and doesn’t back down, and that’s what we need in a governor.”

Although she’s not a Mary-land native, Mizeur fell in

love with the state, which she calls “the best place in the universe,” and stayed in the area after her time on Capitol Hill. After getting involved in local and state politics, she hopes to become leader of the state so she can “get

things done.”“Some people run for gov-

ernor because they want the job. Other people run because they want to do the job. I’ve always been a ‘doer.’”

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When prospective students visit the campus for the � rst time, many are likely struck by the classical architecture adorning its 1,250 acres.

Numerous fountains, statues and plazas comple-ment the architecture of campus buildings, ful� lling a grandiose yet traditional vision that dates back to the university’s establishment in 1856.

Some might say the green expanse of McKeldin Mall, anchored on one end by the seven-story McKeldin Library with its white-columned facade and � anked by rows of red brick buildings, captures the very essence of academia. Others, however, say features like these

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make for an ugly campus. In its Sept. 17 ranking of “The 50 Ugliest College

Campuses,” Complex.com, an online lifestyle magazine that targets young men, awarded the No. 17 spot to this university. A picture of McKeldin Library and the fountain on McKeldin Mall taken on a cloudy day accompany the ranking, along with a shot of the College Park Metro Station — which is not, of course, part of the campus.

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Espo said one of the clients has requested closed cap-tioning since 2007. Though there have been discussions with the university, the two parties “haven’t been able to reach an agreement or time line that is acceptable.”

Under current guidelines, the university provides closed captioning of game announce-ments through a website. Sports patrons can also request a tablet to use during games that provides captioning on a first come, first serve basis.

“The University of Maryland is committed to providing an out-standing fan experience for all, and we certainly do not discrim-inate against individuals with disabilities.” Brian Ullmann, the university’s assistant vice presi-dent of marketing and commu-nications, said in a statement.

“We offer accommodations that we believe are in compliance with the law, including providing closed captioning of all game an-nouncements through a special website accessible by any smart phone or tablet. We even offer the loan of tablets on game day for those who require one. We continue to work to ensure an enjoyable game atmosphere for every one of our fans.”

Espo and the NAD argue

the university is required to provide proper accommo-dations under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The ADA pro-hibits discrimination against those w ith d isabi l ities i n several areas, including public accommodations.

Title II of the ADA covers public entities, which in-cludes state u n iversities, and Section 504 of the Re-habilitation Act incorporates programs receiving federal funding, such as this univer-sity — among many others.

This university is far from the first to receive a lawsuit for insu�cient sporting event accommodations. In 2006, three deaf and partially deaf individuals sued the Wash-ington Redskins for failing to provide captioning for public announcements and music ly rics at Fed Ex Field, the team’s home stadium.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes

this state, ruled in 2011 that FedEx Field had to provide these accommodations.

“Since the Redskins case, the trend looks like colleg-es and universities, along with professional sports teams, may be required to provide accommodations,” said Bradley Shear, a sports lawyer and sports manage-ment professor at George Washington University. “They may need to enable hearing-impaired fans to enjoy or access the same type of content that non-hearing-impaired fans are able to do.

Though he is not an expert i n d isabi l ity law, Shea r expects the university and the NAD to reach a settle-ment in which the university will provide captioning at its sporting venues.

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Senior sta writers Daniel Gallen and Laura Blasey contributed to this report.

“THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT MADE THEIR SPORTS ACTIVITIES EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE HEARING AND HARD OF HEARING. ... THE LAW REQUIRES IT, THE COST IS MINIMAL — THERE’S NO REASON WHY IT SHOULDN’T

HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO.”JOSEPH ESPO

Attorney suing with NAD

GUNSFrom PAGE 1

pol icies shou ld resemble Virginia’s.

Longer waiting periods and expanded background checks won’t do any good if important information, like a history of mental health issues, is left o� someone’s record, Lan said.

“It’s a l ready i l lega l for someone with mental health issues to buy a gun,” he said. “But a lot of states are not tu rn i ng i n menta l hea lth records to those databases.”

Some students said the ease of buying a weapon at a gun show or from a private dealer is cause for concern.

“I’m absolutely for back-ground checks,” said Jake Tuthill, a junior government and politics major. “When I found out you could go to a gun show and just buy a gun, that was crazy to me.”

Gun owners should have to meet a set of requirements and should not be able to have guns in households with small children, Tuthill added.

“Owning a gun should be done the same way you own a car,” he said. “You should be required to take a class on how to properly use a weapon.”

For students like Aleesha Onta, a ju n ior econom ics major, the threat of gun vio-

lence hits close to home. Onta’s mother a nd brother were robbed by a gunman at their family liquor store one night in early February, she said.

The man came in, showed them his gun and demanded all of the money in the register, as well as Onta’s brother’s phone.

“I was really, really scared but also very grateful that nothing happened to them,” said Onta, who heard about the robbery the nex t day. “Guns were never a part of my life, so I didn’t really think about it before.”

The liquor store, which her parents have co-owned for seven years, had never been robbed until that night, she said. But she now wishes her mother would keep a gun in the store for her own protection.

“[Gun control] isn’t going to make as big a di�erence as

people think, because there’s a lways goi ng to be a way around it,” Onta said.

However, putting more re-sources into mental health ser-vices could be a way to reduce violence, she said.

“Programs need to be more available for people who have a problem,” she said. “If more people have access to these programs, maybe they can solve their problems without shooting people.”

Although an end to all mass shootings may be a long way off, Tuthill said, taking steps to reduce their frequency is important.

“I don’t know how much longer we can go — and how many more tragedies we will have — before something is done about it,” he said.

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a collection of guns and rifles on display in a local gun enthusiast’s kitchen. Gun control has been a hot issue in the media lately, and it’s been getting even more attention after the mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington. james levin/the diamondback

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for council members, four are for representatives from Student Government Association or Greek life and one is designat-ed for a representative from the university administration, ac-cording to the city resolution.

The committee will meet at least four times a year and hold an annual public hearing “to solicit broader community input,” as stated in the resolution. Com-mittee members will serve a two-year term to minimize turnover and stay productive.

Council members said they are interested in working with students to improve the city.

Before the council passed the resolution, District 4 Coun-cilwoman Denise Mitchell proposed an amendment to create an additional student representative position on the

committee to represent the Panhellenic Association, the university body that oversees sororities. The amendment was seconded by District 3 Councilman Robert Day and passed unanimously.

City Council Student Liaison Catherine McGrath said she is glad Mitchell amended the pro-posal to add one more student seat. More student represen-tation on the committee will mean better representation of the varying student groups living o� the campus, she said.

“I’d really just like to see the community and students work better together,” McGrath said.

It is also important to have a larger committee, Day said, because it would mean they could make decisions more e�ciently.

“To hear the students’ point of view on a consistent basis, that’s something that’s been missing from College Park for quite a while,” Day said. “We

need to represent our students along with our residents.”

Some of the strategies on the work group’s suggestion list will require student involve-ment, such as proposals for on-campus tailgating and stricter enforcement of the noise code.

Going forward, Wojahn said, student input will be very im-portant when considering issues such as student housing and neighborhood relations and in coming up with new initiatives.

“I’m sure that the students will be very engaged with this,” he said.

College Park Mayor Andrew Fellows said one of the smartest proposals passed by the work group was to continue the con-versation in a future committee.

“They’ll come up with more ideas,” Fellows said. “We’re go i n g to c o n t i n u e t h e s e collaborations.”

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A detachable magazine containing 30 bullets. State law prohibits the sale and manufacture of magazines with more than 20 rounds with certain exceptions. james levin/the diamondback

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President Obama called for military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an address to

the nation just two weeks ago. In that same speech, however, the president acknowledged that he has “a deeply held preference for peaceful solutions” and would fi rst seek out a diplomatic opportunity with Russia to end the confl ict without dropping a bomb.

Since that speech, which paired the threat of military action with an open-ness to diplomatic solutions, much has changed. On Sept. 14, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announced a deal calling for Syria to destroy its chemical weapons by 2014. On Friday, Syria met the fi rst deadline provided by the resolution: submitting a declara-tion of its chemical weapons arsenal. This marks an unprecedented step — the fi rst time that the Syrian govern-ment has acknowledged it possesses chemical weapons.

Sadly, these measures will not end the violence and chaos in Syria. But they mark an important achievement for the Obama administration. In his speeches, the president consistently reiterated that his primary goal was to stop Assad from using chemical weapons on his own people and to reinforce the national ban on chemical warfare. As a result of the American military threat and the opportunism of Russia, there is a chance that Assad will stop using these awful, illegal weapons on innocents and children.

With a deal carved out and Syria o� the front pages, Iran has taken its place in the American consciousness. For years, Iran has posed a constant threat to America under the rule of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a deranged leader who denies the Holo-caust, claims 9/11 was a conspiracy and

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once said America and the European Union had “entrusted themselves to the devil.” Ahmadinejad proudly an-nounced Iran as a nuclear power and frequently threatened U.S. ally Israel.

In August, Iran elected a new pres-ident, Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani does not speak with the radical, frenzied tone of Ahmadinejad, and he has ex-pressed a desire to reach a diplomatic solution with the United States, a move that should be lauded.

Yesterday at the United Nations, Obama spoke of a similar desire, saying he had instructed Kerry to try negotiating with Iran about its nuclear program. “The roadblocks may prove to be too great,” Obama said, “but I fi rmly believe the dip-lomatic path must be tested.”

In a speech at the United Nations yesterday, which took place more than six hours after Obama’s, Rouhani o� ered hope that the two nations “can arrive at a framework to manage our di� erences.”

Both leaders, however, o� ered cau-tious words, referencing the years of troubled history between the nations and the underlying tensions that could surface. Obama said that Iran’s “concil-iatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifi -able.” Rouhani said that the “short-sighted interests of warmongering

pressure groups” in America have sent mixed messages to Iran.

But where we’ve seen cautious words, sparse actions usually follow. Almost every college student’s entire life has taken place in a world in which American presidents do not meet with Iranian leaders. Consistent economic sanctions have kept Iran at arm’s length for years. There were excited rumors that President Obama would shake hands with Rouhani after the United Nations General Assembly session yesterday, but that didn’t happen because Iranian advisers were concerned about the political implications.

It’s a sad fact that Obama cannot even arrange a handshake with the leader of a critically important Middle Eastern country. Iran holds sway over the Strait of Hormuz, through which 35 percent of oil exports pass. And the country’s on-again, o� -again nuclear ambitions are nearly universally regarded as cause for international concern.

“We believe there are no violent solutions to world crises,” Rouhani said yesterday. Those words are a salve after years of aggression, and the United States should appreci-ate Rouhani’s apparent pragmatism. Such levelheaded discussion could lead to a thaw in the icy relationship between our countries.

Still, Obama’s assertion Tuesday that words “will have to be matched by actions” from Iran rings eerily similar to his comments on Syria. This editorial board supported di-plomacy in Syria and recognized the urgency of addressing chemical weapons use there. Our question now is: What will Obama do to make sure his own words on Iran are matched by actions?

Syria, Iran and diplomacy

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With a less radical president leading Iran, President Obama is right to attempt addressing the country’s nuclear program

through diplomacy � rst.

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We’re a spoiled bunch when it comes to pop culture.

If you missed Argo in theaters, it doesn’t matter. You can watch it on demand. If you don’t want to buy the new Kanye West album, it doesn’t matter. You can stream it for free on Spotify. If you missed all five seasons of The Wire, it doesn’t matter. Watch it online.

We are the on-demand genera-tion, consuming culture at our own pace, on our own time. This is no more apparent than in the television world, which has been revolution-ized by Netfl ix, HBO GO and Project Free TV (although I’m sure nobody would use such an illegal service). We might even need a new word to replace television, considering that two of this year’s most popular new “television” shows (House of Cards and Orange is the New Black) were not broadcasting over airwaves but streaming on Netfl ix.

Binge-watching has become the new normal. I’m still on season two of Game of Thrones. Every time I hear the words “red wedding” come up in casual conversation, I scream at the top of my lungs and put on my best Old School earmu� s.

If you’re not caught up with Breaking Bad, you’ve probably been going through the same ro u t i n e . Do n ’t s to p rea d i n g , though! This is a spoiler-free zone.

Besides, I don’t want to talk about Breaking Bad itself; you can read The Diamondback’s online edition on Friday for a series of retrospective pieces. Instead, I want to talk about the experience of watching it — what it feels like not to binge-watch something but to, well, watch something.

And how does it feel, you ask? It’s agonizing. Heart-stopping. Torturous. And it’s phenomenal.

My weeks have been reduced to countdowns. Mondays are pointless. Tuesdays? Irrelevant. Wednesdays? You get the point.

But Sundays? Sundays are every-thing. From 9 to 10:04-ish p.m. (10:15 for these fi nal two episodes), I don’t breathe; I don’t move. I simply take it all in, putting up with commercials, lame AMC-promoted hashtags and Low Winter Sun ads to experience the latest chapter of this epic series in real time.

The whole experience brings me back to the good ol’ days of high school, when I would spend my weeks counting down to Lost until

the one hour my whole family plopped down on the couch together and tuned to ABC. Watching the show became a ritual: Each week, we tried to fi gure out the mysteries, freaked out at the cli� -hangers and whined if the com-mercial for next week’s episode gave too much away. The whole week after, I would discuss the episode with friends in my school hallways, pore over the endless analysis online and wait until next Wednesday at 9 to do it all again.

Last semester, I caught up with Breaking Bad by binge-watching, like pretty much everyone else. I raced through the seven episodes of season one, solved the mystery of the pink teddy bear in season two, visited or-ange-tinted Mexico in season three and witnessed a memorable “Face O� ” in season four.

This experience was thrilling in its own right — the ability to click “next” and immediately resolve a mind-blowing cli� -hanger or instantly jump from one season to the next starts a truly addictive ritual. Before you know it, you’ve watched four straight epi-sodes, it’s 3 in the morning and you’re still down to watch one more.

Binge-watching was a blast. But it was also pretty lonely. Aside from texting my caught-up friends with belated reactions and an occasional “OMG,” I was mostly experiencing this show alone.

Thank goodness I caught up in time for these fi nal eight episodes. Since the end of August, Breaking Bad has been breathlessly racing to the fi nish line, and I’ve been with it every step of the way. And this time, I’m getting together with friends, treating each episode as if it’s the Super Bowl — with pregame pre-dictions, postgame analysis and deep, intense discussions about morality and what it means to be good or bad.

These are the types of discussions English professors dream about when they force students to read Heart of Darkness. Instead, college students are having them on their own, in their dorm rooms — about a television show.

That’s why Breaking Bad is so ex-traordinary. In the on-demand age, when you can watch, read or listen to whatever you want, whenever you want, Breaking Bad is doling out eight episodes of incredible, thought-pro-voking, heart-stopping television one week at a time. And we’re forced to wait.

Sadly, after Sunday night’s series fi nale, it will all be over. This wonder-ful thrill ride, this weekly emotional roller coaster, will shut down for good.

But that’s OK. I’ll just pick up where I left o� on Game of Thrones.

A d a m O f f i t z e r i s a s e n i o r journalism major. He can be reached at ao� [email protected].

Over the next few weeks, the fall television season will begin again. Some of our favorite shows, such as How I Met Your Mother and Grey’s Anatomy, will come back on the air to fi ll our need for more. It is also around this time that one of the classic college arguments rears its ugly head: “How do you not watch that?”

We get very protective of our fa-vorite shows, and it’s hard for us to accept that others may not have the same tastes. I’ve had a friend tell me that if someone doesn’t like Avatar: The Last Airbender then they’re not

worthy of friendship. And this goes beyond television. We get exasper-ated when a person doesn’t read our favorite book series, watch our fa-vorite movie, or subscribe to our favorite YouTube channel. It’s a very big deal.

But the thing is, it shouldn’t be. First, people have legitimate di� er-ences in taste. For example, I have a very strong preference for sitcoms, romantic comedies and other funny movies. I don’t watch those exclu-sively, but it will be a lot easier to persuade me to watch something if it falls into those genres — it’s just how I am. I have friends who are ob-sessed to the point of addiction with shows like Bu� y the Vampire Slayer or Hannibal, and it frustrates them to no end that I won’t watch either of

Stop culture-shaming; start culture-sharing

EZRA FISHMAN

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those shows. It’s simply a function of my not wanting to watch particularly gory or otherwise unhappy things — and that’s OK.

Second, people not having seen or read the thing we enjoy is not an affront; it’s a fact of life. Ac-cording to Randall Munroe from the Web comic xkcd, there are at least 10,000 people each day in the U.S. alone who will experience any given cultural phenomenon for the first time. That is to say, in any given day, an average of 10,000 people in this country will hear “Blurred Lines” or read Harry Potter for the first time. That’s a lot of people, and it’s inevitable we will know at least some of them — we may even be the reason they have that new experience.

Given all that, it’s hard to rea-sonably argue that everyone should already be watching, reading or oth-erwise consuming whatever particu-lar media we consume.

The thing is, as xkcd argues, we shouldn’t treat it as a simple in-evitability; we should look at it as an opportunity. If we’re consum-ing something, it is something that could have a positive e� ect on a per-son’s life. If someone hasn’t seen, read or heard of it yet, we have a rare opportunity to bring that positive effect into someone’s life. We can give them the joy of meeting The Boy Who Lived or seeing Aang defrost; we can teach them all about foam fi ngers and wrecking balls; we can even teach them the first (and second) rule of Fight Club. We have the ability to

bring those incredible things into a person’s life — how could we possibly not love that?

And so I do not begrudge people for their ability to avoid consum-ing my favorite cultural works. If I think they’ll enjoy it, I have a chance to show it to them; if I think they won’t, I can’t expect them to watch it anyway. Whether I’m respecting their boundaries or bringing them a new chance for joy, I’m being a good friend — and that’s worth just about anything. Even the frustration of knowing people who have never seen the original Star Wars trilogy or The Dark Knight.

Ezra Fishman is a senior accounting and finance major. He can be reached at [email protected].

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By Joe Antoshak@MantoshakSta� writer

When I stumbled across news of M.I.A.’s ongoing $1.5 million legal battle against the NFL a few days ago, I reacted exactly the same as I do to well-timed headlines in The Onion — fi rst with disbelief, then with a lot of laughter.

Because, like most who watched the 2012 Super Bowl, I had long forgotten

about that half-second the 38-year-old English-born artist raised her middle fi nger to the crowd.

While some have compared the situation to Madonna’s in-

famous 2004 nip slip, M.I.A.’s act of defiance was actually pretty

tame compared to everything else that happened on the field that night

(like when New York Giants players Jake Ballard and Travis Beckum tore their left and right ACLs, respectively).

Remember, this is the National Football League we’re talking about — an institution built on training some of the strongest, fastest and largest

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tion in which the players are depicted as heroes and villains, the conquerors and the conquered.

It’s not as if the NFL has shied away from this image of competitive violence either. Without the help of Ed and Steve Sabol’s NFL Films, the production company that created the warrior storyline several decades ago, the league would probably never have achieved its current level of popularity. Viewers love the barbarity, and if a man gets seriously injured or possibly even paralyzed, that’s OK. It’s all par for the course.

To clarify, this is not a denouncement of the NFL. As a lifelong fan of the Baltimore Ravens, I understand football’s intricacies and recog-nize (as well as accept) my own appetite for its cruelty. Occasionally, I forget the players are normal people, too. But apparently, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is dissatisfi ed with the image that brought his league into mainstream culture.

Symbolically speaking, flipping someone off is no more disrespectful than driving them forcefully to the ground, a task many football players make millions for doing every week. Perhaps the gesture suggests that you’d very much like to tackle the re-cipient, but the action itself rarely happens unless a wildly volatile Chris Brown type is involved (in which case all bets are off). M.I.A.’s bird flipping may have actually been the most “football” thing anyone

other than the players did at Lucas Oil Stadium that day.

Should the NFL make it known that it’s unhappy with M.I.A.? Sure. Should the league ask future performers to include a middle fi nger of their own during the act? Absolutely not, although it would be endlessly entertain-ing to see Bruno Mars follow suit in 2014. The problem with this lawsuit is that it’s hypocriti-cal. The NFL is not representative of all the good, wholesome values of American society, and it never will be.

And while the league does not have to condone behavior like this at its most- viewed event of the year, neither must it place a dollar sign on the cost of damages. Teaching young viewers to find the violence of the NFL entertaining is more detrimental than seeing an eccentric woman dressed in Cleopatra garb give the finger to the camera for a few moments.

The NFL, however, will never see its brand in this light. I’m connected enough to know this, and so is M.I.A. This lawsuit has alleg-edly been in the works for about a year and a half and is only now surfacing with her new album due to release in early November. Co-incidence? Not a chance.

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When I stumbled across news of M.I.A.’s ongoing $1.5 million legal battle against the NFL a few days ago, I reacted exactly the same as I do to well-timed headlines in fi rst with disbelief, then with a lot of laughter.

Because, like most who watched the 2012 Super Bowl, I had long forgotten

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of defiance was actually pretty tame compared to everything else

that happened on the field that night (like when New York Giants players Jake

Ballard and Travis Beckum tore their left and right ACLs, respectively).

Remember, this is the National Football League we’re talking about — an institution built on training some of the strongest, fastest and largest

human beings in existence to overpower their

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1. BlackIt appears that spring 2014 will not

focus on pastels, fl orals and garish hues. On the contrary, designers are going back to black. Though usually reserved for fall and winter, black was spotted in the collections of Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren and Erdem. The color’s versatility was showcased di£ erently by each designer: Jacobs used the color to channel a gothic Edwardian vibe, and Lauren paired black with tailored whites — a nod to ’60s mods that simultaneously looked sharp and timeless — while Erdem juxta-posed bold black stripes with intri-cate black embroidery, establishing a refi ned edge.

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an alternative to red, the lip color that typically dominates. The clothing brand collaborated with Revlon’s global artistic director, Gucci Westman, to create the formula for the shade. Other design-ers followed suit in this makeup trend, most notably Prabal Gurung. Personally, I recommend J. Crew’s FACE Stockholm collaboration lipstick in the color French Martini, currently on sale for $12.99 at jcrew.com; the quality and lasting power of the formula are unbeatable.

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and hosts small concerts, comedy shows and indoor soccer matches. But from 1955 to 2002, it was home to the men’s basketball team, and in 1971, the women began playing there as well.

T h e two tea m s c o m -bined to compile a record of 774-246 at Cole, and at the time of its closing, the building had hosted seven upsets of the nation’s No. 1 men’s basketball team — more than any other arena in the country.

Sixteen Terps men’s and women’s All-Americans played their college basket-ball in Cole Field House, in-cluding John Lucas, Len Bias and Juan Dixon.

“I think having some part of the basketball team in there is great,” senior education major Nick Sevilla said. “I think bringing it back to Cole Field House for just one night will help tie in the tradition of the history for everyone to get ready for this season.”

Maryland Madness typi-cally kicks off the Terps’ practice schedule, but new NCAA rules allow coaches

to start practice two weeks earlier than in the past. So the Terps will begin practic-ing this week, but Maryland Madness will still be the first chance for students and fans to see the teams in action.

“It’s a great chance for this generation to get a g l i m pse o f wh a t M a ry-land basketball was like and to honor our history,” s a i d w o m e n ’ s c o a c h Brenda Frese, who arrived i n Co l l e ge Pa rk fo r t h e 2002-03 season, the year the teams began playing in Comcast Center.

M a r y l a n d M a d n e s s might not be the only look students get at Cole Field House, though. In an ESPN podcast with Andy Katz and Seth Greenberg yesterday, Turgeon mentioned he hopes to play one regular-season game each year at Cole.

“It’s something that I’ve wanted to do since taking the job here,” Turgeon said. “I’ve wanted to get back into Cole. I know our fans are really en-thusiastic about it.”

Turgeon hopes to hold the game during winter break, when the team struggles to attract fans to Comcast Center with school out of session. Still, he understands there are

some logistical issues.“We’re going to have to

put some money, score-board, court, fix up the seating for us to do that,” the third-year coach said. “I think we’d fill it up and fans would be pumped up for it.”

Perhaps Turgeon will get his wish and the Terps will play a meaningful game in Cole sometime in the near future. But there are no plans in place for that just yet, so it seems students will have to take advantage of Mary-land Madness if they want to witness basketball in the Terps’ former home.

Warnquist will attend the event, and he’ll bring his friend Alex Hoffman, another junior communi-cation major, with him.

Hoffman, a Frederick native, said he attend-ed several games at Cole before the Terps moved into Comcast. And though he was too young then to remember much, he’s itching to go back.

“I remember it being a big deal when they moved out of Cole to Comcast, so it’s really cool,” Hoffman said. “I’m really excited for it, and I think most students are, too.”

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into an emotionally driven group.

“It actually was a big factor because they beat us what, seven [times] in a row or something like that?” inside linebacker L.A. Goree said. “That’s not what Maryland football is about. We went out there with a chip on our shoul-der, and we had to represent for our state and our school.”

OFFENSIVE PENALTIES

The Terps’ overall output from Saturday’s game — tying their largest margin of victory for the season and breaking a seven-game losing streak to their rival Mountaineers — was hard to argue with.

But Edsall, ever the detail-oriented coach, still found areas to pick at during Sun-day’s conference call.

The Terps were penalized a season-high seven times for 39 yards in the shutout victory. And for Edsall, that wasn’t good.

“I am very annoyed with the o�ense,” Edsall said. “We had three false starts by re-ceivers; we had a false start by the running back; we had the

holding penalty. Those to me are just concentration issues that we have to get cleaned up.”

The Terps’ season-high for penalty yards came in their Sept. 14 win at Connecticut when they were penalized four times for 54 yards.

The Terps had false-start penalties on each of their first two drives, both of which put them in even-tual third-and-long situ-a t i o n s. O n t h e o p e n i n g drive, wide receiver Deon Long false started on the outside, turning a second-and-7 into a second-and-11. On the second drive, right guard Michael Dunn false started, turning a second-and-10 into second-and-15. The Terps punted on both of those drives.

The Terps still managed to sco re o n t h re e d r ive s during which they com-mitted penalties, but with No. 8 Florida State looming Oct. 5, Edsall’s comments indicate he’s expecting his team to cut down on small mistakes that create long-yardage situations.

RECEIVING RECOGNITION

For the first time in more than two years, the Terps received votes in the weekly Associated Press poll. The Terps haven’t been ranked since after their Military Bowl win at the end of the 2010 season, but they picked up 24 votes, the third-high-est total of teams not ranked in the top 25 behind Arizona State and Georgia Tech.

T h e Te r ps a l so p i c ke d up votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll, recording 11 votes, the seventh-high-est total. ESPN.com took notice as well, and the Terps checked in at No. 25 in the website’s power rankings. They were the fourth ACC team in those rankings behind Clemson (No. 3), Florida S ta te ( No.8 ) a n d M i a m i (No. 14).

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leading the Terps to an 8-1 record before the weekend sweep.

The Terps struggled to manufacture that o�ensive ef-ficiency in Michigan. They re-corded a .161 hitting percentage, down from .304 in the second weekend of the Maryland Invi-tational on Sept. 13-14.

Elliott, who recorded 38 kills over the weekend, will move to outside hitter. The junior has been an impos-ing defensive presence in the middle for the Terps, blocking 33 attacks this season.

“I think she’s an All-Amer-ican middle,” Horsmon said. “But we’re challenging her in different positions now because of some of the injuries we’ve had. We’re excited to see

her respond to that.”Elliott, though, is ready for

the challenge. She started in all 32 matches last season while many of her teammates were relegated to the trainer’s table.

“It’s a di�erent position for me,” Elliott said. “It’s a slower attack. But I’ve been coming in and doing extra reps before and after practice so I can prepare as much as I can and be what my teammates need me to be.”

Outside hitter Emily Fraik will also get more playing time. Fraik, who spent time with the USA Junior A1 Team this summer, played in Crutcher’s place this weekend and had 25 kills.

“I think we have a bunch of attackers that are ready to step up,” Cushman said. “It’s just whether or not they use the reps they get this week and improve their execution. I think we have enough girls; we just need someone to step up and take the

opportunity to be on the court.”Cushman, who carried the

offensive load this weekend with 48 kills, has faced this situation numerous times during her career.

“We’re used to adversity,” Cushman said. “We’ve faced tons of it and we know how to respond. It’s just figuring out our game plan and executing this weekend.”

Crutcher may be gone for the foreseeable future and leave a significant void, but the Terps will have to deal with that as the season goes on.

“I’m not sure right away you jump out on the court and replace a kid like that,” Horsmon said. “They say it in the NFL all the time — it’s next man up. We’ve got to figure out ways to put people in positions to still do what we need to do win matches.”

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By Paul Pierre-Louis@PaulPierreLouisSta� writer

Anna Dessoye was panting as she dashed o� the field for a substitution in the 60th minute of the Terrapins field hockey team’s game against Michigan on Sunday.

Two yellow cards had forced the Terps to play with one fewer player for 10 minutes, and the midfielder served as the team’s first line of defense. Dessoye followed the ball as the Wolverines passed it across the halfway line, attempting to block the passing lanes Michi-gan had going forward.

W h e n t h e Te r p s we re finally able to field 11 players, coach Missy Meharg replaced Dessoye with midfielder Hayley Turner and praised Dessoye for her hustle throughout the 10-minute span.

Though the team’s speed has made its attack the most dan-gerous in the country, mistakes throughout the game forced the Terps to use their physical prowess for defensive purposes in their 2-0 win at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

“This was kind of a tough game on us,” Dessoye said. “So we’re going to just do what we can to get back to our own style and play the way we usually play.”

The No. 2 Terps received four bookings Sunday, tied for their most so far this season. The Wolverines displayed an

aggressive style of play, charg-ing ball carriers from behind and poking the ball away.

There were times when Michigan used their bodies to nudge the Terps out of posi-tion, which caught the coaching sta�’s attention when the of-ficials didn’t penalize the Wol-verines. The team’s response to the physical play, however, caught the referees’ attention.

After losing the ball during an attacking opportunity, mid-fielder Katie Gerzabek swung her stick back around to block the passing attempt. She reacted too late, however, and her stick banged o� her oppo-nent’s, resulting in the Terps’ first yellow card of the game.

“Sports games are sports games. They’re going to be physical and you can’t whine about it,” Meharg said. “To me,

it was a very physical game. I can tell by the cards on the stat sheet. … In that regard, you have to play better.”

Though it didn’t happen f r e q u e n t l y, t h e r e w e r e moments when the Terps broke into their typical, fluid attack. After a turn-over from the Wolverines in the 28th minute, forward Shelby Sydnor and mid-fielder Maxine Fluharty led a slick counter attack up the middle of the field, complet-ing multiple passes through the Michigan defense.

Sydnor passed to Fluharty as she approached the top of the circle, but Wolverines goal-keeper Haley Jones redirected Fluharty’s shot over the goal cage. Sixteen seconds later, Jones blocked another shot on goal by forward Mieke Hayn.

“They were very tough,” Sydnor said. “It was just r e a l l y e x c i t i n g f o r t h e counter attack. … Like that play I had with [Fluharty].”

It was one of the best chances the Terps had from the run of play, but they ultimately wouldn’t need the goals, as two successful penalty corners in the first half lifted them to their eighth straight win.

Though several mishaps prevented the team from using its strengths the way it wanted to, the Terps showed resilience to pull out another victory, which will keep them satisfied moving forward.

“It’s nice to still get a result that you need,” Meharg said. “So I’m very proud of the women.”

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MIDFIELDER ANNA DESSOYE was forced to take on a heavier load in the Terps’ game against Michigan on Sunday when they played with onefewer player because of yellow cards. They still defeated the Wolverines, 2-0, despite being shorthanded. christian jenkins/the diamondback

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Raley with Kabelik, Jane with midfielder Michael Sauers and midfielder Tsubasa Endoh with forward Jake Pace.

As a result, the Terps re-turned to form offensively in the final 10 minutes of the first half. Pace had an impact almost immediately, drilling a right-footed shot o� a cross from forward Schillo Tshuma with eight minutes remain-ing, but it went just wide.

Cirovski opened the final 45 minutes with his start-ers but was quick to return to the same lineup he had at the end of the first half. By the 60th minute, Pace, Sauers and Kabelik all had returned to the game in place of Terps starters.

“A lot of our marquee players had an o� day today,” Cirovski said. “And when that happens, we’re going to struggle.”

Kabelik found space in the box in front of goal with 19:20 remaining and ripped a shot headed to the bottom corner, but Old Dominion goalkeeper Sean Stowe, who had six saves in the game, made a full-extension reac-tion save to prevent the goal.

The Terps failed to capi-talize on most opportuni-ties for the night. Of their 23 shots, seven were on goal.

That inability to convert led to a Monarch goal with 16:47 remaining in the second half. A corner kick knocked o� the back an unsuspecting Alex Crognale’s head and into the net for an own goal.

Less than a minute later, the Terps almost surrendered the

dagger. Forward Ivan Militar sent a curling shot toward the top-right corner, but Ste�en just managed to get a hand on it and deflect it out of play.

Cirovski then returned Jane and Raley to end the game, opting for a more of-fensive lineup by removing defender Chris Odoi-Atsem. And it worked.

Jane found Pace in the middle of the 18-yard box. The redshirt senior left it for Kabelik, who ripped a shot that deflected o� Stowe and into the goal to tie the game.

“They passed one charac-ter test today,” Cirovski said. “To give away a soft own goal and then to find a way to come back and get a goal [was good]. We pushed for the winner, and we got some good chances. I think there’s some positives to take from there.”

Cirovski knew his team was tired. But the 21st-year coach said he expects to regain some of his depth this week by way of players returning from in-juries — namely midfielder Alex Shinsky.

Most importantly, Cirovs-ki has retained hope in his group despite the occasion-ally trying start.

“I believe in these kids,” Cirovski said. “They care. They’re trying to figure it out. And obviously we’re putting them through the wringer with tough game after tough game. It gets dif-ficult sometimes to maintain a high level, but nonetheless we’re going to keep pushing them, hardening them, toughening them — and it’s going to pay o�.”

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BASKETBALL | MARYLAND MADNESS

By Aaron Kasinitz@AaronKazreportsSenior sta� writer

While growing up in Rockville, Ben Warnquist often heard his father gush over the greatness of Cole Field House, the former home of the Terrapins men’s and women’s basketball teams. But the Terps moved into Comcast Center in 2002, so the junior com-munication major hasn’t been able to watch a game in the historic arena during his time as a Terps fan.

“My dad went to Maryland, and

I’ve been hearing that Cole Field House was the best place to be to watch a game for a long time,” Warn-quist said. “I’d be thrilled if they would be doing anything in there.”

This season, Warnquist will finally get the chance to measure his father’s words against his own experience, as the men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold the annual Maryland Madness event in Cole on Oct. 18.

The event will mark the first of-ficial university basketball event in the building since the men’s team beat Virginia, 112-92, in the final

regular-season game of their national championship run in 2002.

“Cole Field House represented many of the most iconic and memo-rable moments in Maryland basket-ball program history,” coach Mark Turgeon said in a press release. “Cole was host to multiple Hall of Fame coaches and countless All-Americans that helped make Maryland basket-ball what it is today.”

Cole Field House is now known as Cole Student Activities Building

A much-awaited returnMaryland Madness will be first basketball event held in

Cole Field House since 2002 championship season

See MADNESS, Page 7COLE FIELD HOUSE hasn’t played host to a university basketball event since 2002, but that will all changeOct. 18 when the Terps men’s and women’s basketball teams host Maryland Madness. �le photo/the diamondback

By Daniel Gallen@danieljtgallenSenior sta� writer

BALTIMORE — All last week, the Ter-rapins football team worked to con-vince the media that Saturday’s game against West Virginia was just like any other game. There was no talk of heated matchups from the past or personal grudges. Nothing about the Terps’ seven-game losing streak to the Mountaineers.

All in all, the Terps said they were treating Saturday’s matchup at M&T Bank Stadium like any other game, flashy uniforms or no flashy uniforms.

B u t a f t e r t h e Te r p s ’ 3 7 - 0 blowout win, each side slowly let its guard down about the signifi-cance of the game.

“It’s always good to beat West Virginia, especially after seven years of not beating them,” coach Randy Edsall said.

And while Edsall revealed a little joy in beating the Mountaineers, a team he lost to in his first two years in College Park, frustrations boiled over in the other locker room.

“We’ve beaten this team seven times in a row,” Mountaineers de-fensive tackle Shaq Rowell told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We came out ready to play and they whooped our [behind] — period, point blank. We didn’t even put a point on the board today. It’s a disgrace to West Virginia, 1.8 million people.”

Edsall hasn’t been one to show much emotion in his tenure with the Terps. The team, like its coach, conducts most of its business behind closed doors.

But every once in a while, the Terps allow a glimpse into their psyche. And when they do, it’s usually a glimpse

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MEN’S SOCCER | No. 8 TERRAPINS 1, MONARCHS 1 (2OT)

FORWARD JAKE PACE battles an Old Dominion defender during last night’s 1-1 draw at Ludwig Field. The senior played 74 minutes in the game, had one assist and took three shots. marquis mckine/for the diamondback

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NEARLY OVERTHROWNKabelik’s 83rd-minute goal helps No. 8 Terps escape Monarchs with 1-1 draw at Ludwig Field

By Daniel Popper@danielrpopperSta� writer

Sasho Cirovski purposefully put his young players through a grueling slate to start the 2013 season.

The Terrapins men’s soccer coach wanted them to be tough. He wanted them to be humble. He wanted them to be strong.

But last night against Old Dominion, the opening schedule Cirovski knew would improve his team in the long run — which featured three road contests against top-20 teams — worked against him.

In double overtime, the No. 8 Terps escaped the Monarchs with a 1-1 draw at Ludwig Field behind an equalizing goal from midfielder David Kabelik in the 83rd minute, but they looked physically exhausted from draining contests at North Carolina and Clemson.

They lacked energy to play with the kind of relentlessness that had guided them the past two weekends, Cirovski said.

“We looked like a tired team,” Cirovski said. “Perhaps that’s the price of the e�ort we had to put out for the game at Clemson. We certainly looked like a tired team, and we were not as sharp as we’ve been the last couple of games.”

But the Terps (2-2-3) still had scoring chances.

Midfielder Sunny Jane sent several dangerous corner kicks into the box in the game’s opening 30 minutes, but the midfield struggled to get back consistently, o�ering the Monarchs (3-2-1) several fast breaks.

In the 19th minute, the Monarchs broke through down the right side on the counter attack and crossed low to the middle. Goal-keeper Zack Ste�en, who made seven saves, was forced to make a diving stop on a floating shot.

The lack of defensive presence from the mid-field forced Cirovski to make changes to his first-half lineup, replacing midfielder Jereme

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VOLLEYBALL

Crutcher sidelined for six weeks All-ACC outside hitter su�ered rib injury in practice last weekBy Joshua Needelman@JoshNeedelmanSta� writer

The Terrapins volleyball team has been plagued with injuries over the past few seasons. Outside hitter Mary Cushman has been playing with a torn rotator cu� since last year. De-fensive specialist Kaitlyn King, setter Whitney Craigo and outside hitter Carlisle Abele have all su�ered con-cussions this season.

But when asked about outside hitter

Ashleigh Crutcher’s recent injury in Thursday’s practice, coach Tim Horsmon was dumbfounded. The sixth-year coach turned to middle blocker Adreené Elliott, but she wasn’t sure of the diagnosis either.

“It’s kind of a freaky injury,” Horsmon said. “She was serving the ball and just kind of turned and breathed wrong. … She turned and the ribs separated from the cartilage or the muscle around it.”

Crutcher could miss up to six weeks after Thursday’s setback. The

Terps struggled without her this past weekend at the Michigan Invitation-al, as they dropped matches to Ohio, Michigan and Marshall.

Horsmon’s voice dropped when describing the junior’s injury, and for good reason. The outside hitter was the key to the Terps’ offense, as her 119 kills led the team enter-ing the tournament. Crutcher and Cushman made for a dangerous at-tacking combination around the net,

Outside hitter ASHLEIGH Crutcher could miss up to six weeks with a rib injury. �le photo/the diamondback See CRUTCHER, Page 7