THE DIAMONDBACK THE DIAMONDBACK STRONG FINISH Terps hold Wolfpack to 21 points in second half of 67-58 win SPORTS | PAGE 8 GOODFELLAS Diversions talks with Martin Scorsese and Co. about Shutter Island DIVERSIONS | PAGE 6 TOMORROW’S WEATHER: Sunny/40s www.diamondbackonline.com INDEX NEWS . . . . . . . . . .2 OPINION . . . . . . . .4 FEATURES . . . . . .5 CLASSIFIED . . . . .6 DIVERSIONS . . . . .6 SPORTS . . . . . . . . .8 Our 100 TH Year, No. 87 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER Thursday, February 18, 2010 Full details of new general education proposal will be revealed in coming weeks BY LAUREN REDDING Staff writer The university will offer double the number of “I”-series courses next semester, as officials move for- ward with finalizing an overhaul of the general education program. Of the 57 “I”-series courses that will be offered this fall, 35 are brand new, said Ira Berlin, a history pro- fessor and chair of the committee charged with replacing the univer- sity’s CORE curriculum. Twenty- four original classes were offered this semester. The “I”-series courses — so named because they aim to empha- size issues, imagination, intellect, investigation, inspiration, innova- tion and implementation — focus on tackling “big” issues facing today’s students. Officials hope the courses engage students more than traditional CORE offerings, which they say students often find stale and pointless. The classes are the cornerstone of the new general education plan, the full details of which will be unveiled in the coming weeks. Revamping general education was a major goal of the university’s strategic plan, which is supposed to guide the university through the next decade. Early feedback from the first set of courses was encouraging enough for the university to approve a second batch. Close to 100 new courses were submitted for review, but only 35 were chosen, Berlin said. “We have one semester under our belt, and I’m optimistic this pro- gram will grow over time,” Berlin said. “I haven’t heard anybody say, ‘This is a bad idea,’ yet, so I think we’re on the right track.” Berlin is also aware the “I”-series is just one part of a much larger plan. “This tells us we had one good idea,” he said. “It doesn’t tell us much more than that. One good History professor Ira Berlin discusses the new general education plan with SGA members at a meeting last night. STEVEN OVERLY/THE DIAMONDBACK BY MELISSA QUIJADA Staff writer Graduate students’ fight for unionization rights in the state was given a boost last month when a state labor official wrote a letter to several state government leaders expressing concern with the initial report. Jay Hutchins, an official with the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regu- lation was a member of the workgroup that issued a November report that stated allow- ing graduate students and adjunct faculty members at state public universities to unionize would be too expensive and could harm the relationships between graduate students and their mentors. In his letter to legislative and executive state officials, Hutchins wrote that he was unsure if the workgroup’s final recommen- dations reflected opinions expressed by all members of the committee. Hutchins wrote that university system institution represen- tatives were a majority of the workgroup and appeared “unreceptive” to the idea of unionization for graduate assistants and adjunct faculty, despite pro-union views held by other members. The 18-person committee was made up of graduate stu- dents, adjunct faculty members, labor rep- resentatives, university officials and sys- tem administrators. RHA: Dept. budgets keep fee hikes low DOTS, ResLife, Dining fees to jump 1 to 3 percent BY LEYLA KORKUT Staff writer Budget proposals met overwhelming approval at the RHA meeting Tuesday night due to departments’ efforts to keep student fees low. The Residence Hall Association voted in favor of three budget proposals by the departments of Resident Life and Residential Facilities, Dining Services and Transporta- tion Services. Though certain concerns about budget cuts were renewed, they were ultimately overruled in light of each depart- ment’s attempts to keep student costs in mind. The three departments proposed stu- dent fee increases ranging from 1 to 3 per- cent, jumps that are typical from year to year. “They’re only doing it so they don’t increase student fees, which I’m fully in sup- port of,” RHA student groups liaison Ellie Farr said. Other senators less in favor of the propos- als eventually conceded that budget cuts were inevitable due to state-mandated increases in tuition and a volatile economy. “There’s nothing we can really do about the budgets,” junior history and secondary education major and South Campus Com- mons senator Laura Murphy said. “The departments have done what they can to minimize costs.” City hopes new faces for businesses can improve Rt. 1’s image Planners aim to replace plastic, neon signs; “We want to keep it classy,” official says BY AMANDA PINO Staff writer College Park wants a facelift. The planning department for the city is offering business owners up to $2,500 in matching funds to ditch low- quality plastic and neon signage for classier store fronts, hoping new exte- rior signs could make the city a more desirable place to walk, shop and dine. However, with just a $10,000 budget for the incentive, the money is first-come, first-serve. Though money for signs may be a baby step toward a more beautiful College Park, officials hope a little will go a long way in giving local com- merce a boost. Economic Development Coordina- tor Christopher Warren said the initia- tive had several benefits for both busi- nesses and the city. “We acknowledged the fact that some of the businesses are hurting, so some of us thought this would help them financially and help them attract customers,” Warren said. “Some peo- ple wanted to encourage entrepre- neurs, new businesses, for opening up a store here. And for others, [the money] was a carrot to get businesses to upgrade their signs.” see COURSES, page 3 see UNIONIZATION, page 3 see BUDGETS, page 3 see SIGNS, page 2 College Park officials hope replacing signs like this one with nicer varieties can beautify the city’s commercial areas. MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK “I”-series offerings to expand next semester State labor official backs grad. students SNOWED BY BEN PRESENT Staff writer Damages to buildings and landscaping on the campus from last week’s snow- storms will have noticeable effects deep into the semester and maybe even through the summer, officials said, compounding a dilemma that already has the university far exceeding its budget. The most immediate issues facing Facili- ties Management staff are snow falling from roofs, gutters falling off buildings and between 100 and 150 damaged or fallen trees, Landscape Operations Manager Karen Petroff said. As the snow melts, Operations and Main- tenance Director Jack Baker said, his staff will discover even more damage to roads and sidewalks from the heavy snow and salt use. Melting snow in the coming days could form “ice dams” on roofs, making leaks inevitable in many buildings. “We anticipate — and we really won’t know until some of it melts — how much damage we have,” Baker said. For now, Baker said, Facilities Manage- ment’s initial concern is the ongoing effort to keep the campus safe. In places with known problems, facilities workers have been removing snow from roofs, Baker said. Workers are already repairing a leak in LeFrak Hall’s roof. Facilities Management staff members are Snow damage to trees, buildings could further strain clean-up budget see DAMAGES, page 3 Letter to state officials says university system ignored pro-union views OVER
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STRONG FINISHTerps hold Wolfpack to 21 pointsin second half of 67-58 winSPORTS | PAGE 8
GOODFELLASDiversions talks withMartin Scorsese and
Our 100TH Year, No. 87THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERThursday, February 18, 2010
Full details of new general education proposal will be revealed in coming weeksBY LAUREN REDDING
Staff writer
The university will offer doublethe number of “I”-series coursesnext semester, as officials move for-ward with finalizing an overhaul ofthe general education program.
Of the 57 “I”-series courses thatwill be offered this fall, 35 are brandnew, said Ira Berlin, a history pro-fessor and chair of the committeecharged with replacing the univer-sity’s CORE curriculum. Twenty-four original classes were offeredthis semester.
The “I”-series courses — sonamed because they aim to empha-size issues, imagination, intellect,investigation, inspiration, innova-tion and implementation — focuson tackling “big” issues facing
today’s students. Officials hope thecourses engage students more thantraditional CORE offerings, whichthey say students often find staleand pointless.
The classes are the cornerstone ofthe new general education plan, thefull details of which will be unveiledin the coming weeks. Revampinggeneral education was a major goal ofthe university’s strategic plan, whichis supposed to guide the universitythrough the next decade.
Early feedback from the first set ofcourses was encouraging enough forthe university to approve a secondbatch. Close to 100 new courses weresubmitted for review, but only 35were chosen, Berlin said.
“We have one semester underour belt, and I’m optimistic this pro-gram will grow over time,” Berlin
said. “I haven’t heard anybody say,‘This is a bad idea,’ yet, so I thinkwe’re on the right track.”
Berlin is also aware the “I”-series isjust one part of a much larger plan.
“This tells us we had one goodidea,” he said. “It doesn’t tell usmuch more than that. One good
History professor Ira Berlin discusses the new general education planwith SGA members at a meeting last night. STEVEN OVERLY/THE DIAMONDBACK
BY MELISSA QUIJADAStaff writer
Graduate students’ fight for unionizationrights in the state was given a boost lastmonth when a state labor official wrote aletter to several state government leadersexpressing concern with the initial report.
Jay Hutchins, an official with the stateDepartment of Labor, Licensing and Regu-lation was a member of the workgroup thatissued a November report that stated allow-ing graduate students and adjunct facultymembers at state public universities tounionize would be too expensive and couldharm the relationships between graduatestudents and their mentors.
In his letter to legislative and executivestate officials, Hutchins wrote that he wasunsure if the workgroup’s final recommen-dations reflected opinions expressed by allmembers of the committee. Hutchins wrotethat university system institution represen-tatives were a majority of the workgroupand appeared “unreceptive” to the idea ofunionization for graduate assistants andadjunct faculty, despite pro-union viewsheld by other members. The 18-personcommittee was made up of graduate stu-dents, adjunct faculty members, labor rep-resentatives, university officials and sys-tem administrators.
RHA: Dept.budgets keepfee hikes lowDOTS, ResLife, Diningfees to jump 1 to 3 percent
BY LEYLA KORKUTStaff writer
Budget proposals met overwhelmingapproval at the RHA meeting Tuesdaynight due to departments’ efforts to keepstudent fees low.
The Residence Hall Association voted infavor of three budget proposals by thedepartments of Resident Life and ResidentialFacilities, Dining Services and Transporta-tion Services. Though certain concernsabout budget cuts were renewed, they wereultimately overruled in light of each depart-ment’s attempts to keep student costs inmind. The three departments proposed stu-dent fee increases ranging from 1 to 3 per-cent, jumps that are typical from year to year.
“They’re only doing it so they don’tincrease student fees, which I’m fully in sup-port of,” RHA student groups liaison EllieFarr said.
Other senators less in favor of the propos-als eventually conceded that budget cutswere inevitable due to state-mandatedincreases in tuition and a volatile economy.
“There’s nothing we can really do aboutthe budgets,” junior history and secondaryeducation major and South Campus Com-mons senator Laura Murphy said. “Thedepartments have done what they can tominimize costs.”
City hopes new faces for businesses can improve Rt. 1’s imagePlanners aim to replace plastic, neon signs; “We want to keep it classy,” official says
BY AMANDA PINOStaff writer
College Park wants a facelift.The planning department for the
city is offering business owners up to$2,500 in matching funds to ditch low-quality plastic and neon signage forclassier store fronts, hoping new exte-rior signs could make the city a moredesirable place to walk, shop anddine. However, with just a $10,000budget for the incentive, the money isfirst-come, first-serve.
Though money for signs may be ababy step toward a more beautifulCollege Park, officials hope a little willgo a long way in giving local com-
merce a boost. Economic Development Coordina-
tor Christopher Warren said the initia-tive had several benefits for both busi-nesses and the city.
“We acknowledged the fact thatsome of the businesses are hurting,so some of us thought this would helpthem financially and help them attractcustomers,” Warren said. “Some peo-ple wanted to encourage entrepre-neurs, new businesses, for opening upa store here. And for others, [themoney] was a carrot to get businessesto upgrade their signs.”
see COURSES, page 3
see UNIONIZATION, page 3
see BUDGETS, page 3see SIGNS, page 2College Park officials hope replacing signs like this one withnicer varieties can beautify the city’s commercial areas.MATTHEW CREGER/THE DIAMONDBACK
“I”-series offerings to expand next semester State laborofficialbacks grad.students
SNOWED
BY BEN PRESENTStaff writer
Damages to buildings and landscapingon the campus from last week’s snow-storms will have noticeable effects deepinto the semester and maybe even throughthe summer, officials said, compounding adilemma that already has the university farexceeding its budget.
The most immediate issues facing Facili-ties Management staff are snow falling from
roofs, gutters falling off buildings andbetween 100 and 150 damaged or fallentrees, Landscape Operations ManagerKaren Petroff said.
As the snow melts, Operations and Main-tenance Director Jack Baker said, his staffwill discover even more damage to roadsand sidewalks from the heavy snow and saltuse. Melting snow in the coming days couldform “ice dams” on roofs, making leaksinevitable in many buildings.
“We anticipate — and we really won’t
know until some of it melts — how muchdamage we have,” Baker said.
For now, Baker said, Facilities Manage-ment’s initial concern is the ongoing effortto keep the campus safe. In places withknown problems, facilities workers havebeen removing snow from roofs, Baker said.Workers are already repairing a leak inLeFrak Hall’s roof.
Facilities Management staff members are
Snow damage to trees, buildings could further strain clean-up budget
see DAMAGES, page 3
Letter to state officialssays university system ignored pro-union views
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Uni-versity ofCalifor-nia, SanDiego,officialspubliclyspoke out against a fraternityand students who threw a“ghetto-themed” party sup-posedly in “honor” of BlackHistory Month. In what wasknown as the “Compton Cook-out,” guests were urged towear gold chains, gold teethand rapper-style clothing.
The women? They wereurged to dress as “ghettochicks.”
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TALES OF IGNORANCE
BY NELLY DESMARATTESStaff writer
Icy parking lots, sidewalks andstairs have created a hazardousenvironment for students at-tempting to navigate the campusin the wake of record-shatteringsnowfall, but some university offi-cials said the population most atrisk for ice-induced injuries maybe facilities workers.
Even after Facilities Manage-ment employees worked all dayand night in 12-hour shifts to clearpaths in the snow last week, Di-rector of Building and LandscapeServices Harry Teabout said sev-eral areas of the campus remaincovered with snow that mightturn to ice.
“We expect it to continue tobe icy, especially in the earlymorning as the snow thaws andrefreezes,” Teabout said. “Weare still salting and are continu-ing to work on making the cam-pus safe.”
Many students have reportedthat trudging through piles ofsnow is made more difficult bythe patches of hard-to-see ice thatcoats streets, sidewalks andstairs. But University Health Cen-ter officials said they’ve seenmore injuries from facilities work-ers than from students sinceschool reopened Monday.
Facilities workers chargedwith the arduous task of clearingtons of ice and snow have beencoming into the health centerwith back problems andsprained muscles.
“We haven’t seen much of anincrease in the number of stu-dents coming in with scrapesand bruises; however, we haveseen some injuries in some ofthe folks in facilities,” AssistantDirector of Health PromotionKelly Kesler said.
But just because studentshaven’t been stumbling into thehealth center doesn’t meanthey’re not falling, students said.
“I really wished that theywould salt the grounds on theparking lots more,” said seniorcriminology and criminal jus-tice major Kevin Akinyemi. “Ialmost slipped walking frommy car this morning.”
Teabout, who said the icy patch-es are hard to manage because offluctuating temperatures, said stu-dents can call Facilities Manage-ment’s weather communicationcenter with complaints aboutareas that have not been clearedor have frozen over again.
In some cases, off-campusroads and sidewalks, which areleft up to the county to clear, areeven worse, some students said.
Sophomore psychology majorSteven Parker broke his arm afterfalling on a patch of ice outsideCVS in College Park ShoppingCenter. Parker fell as he was at-tempting to take an injured friendto the hospital Friday. Althoughhe sustained his injury outside ofthe university, Parker said, at thetime, paths on the campus werenot much better.
“I know we got a lot of snow,and so I waited until Friday to goout, thinking it would have beenmore cleared, but some of thepathways we were on were justunder inches of ice,” said Parker,who blames hard-to-see black icefor his and his friend’s injuries.
Because the snow made it diffi-cult for university health workersto reach the campus, the healthcenter was closed Monday,Wednesday and Thursday of lastweek and only open for limitedhours Tuesday and Friday.
Parker said student slippagewas a big problem, but there wereno on-campus health workers topatch them up.
“I definitely think they shouldhave kept it open like they keptThe Diner open,” he said. “It’skind of an essential service forstudents on campus.”
Health center and FacilitiesManagement workers said stu-dents should continue to bemindful of black ice as they movearound the campus, althoughstaff workers will also continue tosalt the sidewalks and tend to themelting snow.
“Be as careful as possible,”Teabout said. “Walk on sidewalkswhen you can. I’m really con-cerned when people are walkingin the streets, but I understandthat some [sidewalks] might nothave been cleared.”
Most students, however,thought potholes and unevensidewalks posed a bigger aes-thetic problem than unattrac-tive signage and were skepticala few new signs could have abig impact on business orbeautification efforts.
“I get where they’re comingfrom, and it could be a goodidea,” junior mechanical engi-neering major Ben Brookesaid. “I expect it would be moreabout the quality of the servicea business offers, rather thanthe sign outside, that would at-tract more business.”
Although Warren said ahandful of business ownershave looked into the programsince its October inception,only two — Jungle Grille inCampus Village Center andBagel Place in downtown Col-lege Park — are in the processof finalizing their applications.
“One of the reasons why isthat it’s a new program andpeople aren’t familiar with it,so we have to do more out-
reach,” Warren said. “Andwith the state of the economy,maybe people don’t havemoney for marketing or ad-vertisement. But given that,I’m happy with our progress.”
And though she thinks theprogram is a good gesture bythe city, she said approving theplan for the new sign has beenan arduous process weeks inthe making.
Restrictions outlined in theprogram’s guidelines makesome sign types ineligible,such as signs that are tempo-rary, flashing or blinking, ormade of brightly-colored plas-tic or vinyl.
“If you look at any sort ofdesign guidelines for a down-town, they sort of have a listof criteria about what are thebest practices for signage,”Warren said. “We want tokeep it classy.”
Warren used cities such asAlexandria, Va., and Frederickas an example of towns thathave a historical and quaintlook that makes them more at-tractive destinations than theirmass-marketed counterparts.
“R.J. Bentley’s has a nice
sign, sort of three-dimension-al. [It] looks or is wood cut,” hesaid. “Compare that to a 7-Eleven sign or a Burger Kingsign — just one piece of cheapplastic on a pole — and you cansee the difference.”
Warren said the incentivewas only one piece of a biggerplan to revitalize the city.
“I don’t really know if thesigns are what makes it lookthat way,” junior biology majorAnisha Parikh said. “It wouldhelp to replace some of them,
but I can’t really put my fingeron what makes Route 1 so ugly.”
Junior mathematics majorPeter Durham was more opti-mistic.
“Route 1 looks a lot betterthan the parts of [Route] 193 orEast-West Highway aroundhere,” he said. “And I think it’s agood idea about the signs. A lotof college towns look moreunique... I think this would helpCollege Park be more like that.”
The city is looking to beautify Route 1 by providing money tolocal businesses to improve their signs. MATTHEW CREGER/THE
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Studentsand staffnavigate icyconditionsFacilities staffand workers seethe most injuries
Hutchins’ letter of con-tention is the second toassert that the Novemberreport overlooked opinionssupporting unionizationrights for graduate assis-tants.
In December, two gradu-ate students alleged thereport had an inherent anti-labor bias, unfairly repre-sented the workgroup mem-bers and was written almostentirely by Joe Vivona, theuniversity system’s vicechancellor for administra-tion and finance.
Vivona has said all mem-bers of the committee weregiven a chance to vet thereport before it was issued.
But in his letter, Hutchinsexpressed outright supportfor allowing graduate stu-dents and adjunct faculty tounionize.
“It is my opinion that thediscussions of this work-group and the testimonyheard from graduate assis-tants, adjunct faculty andinstitution leaders evidencea need for a greater degreeof protection for these
employees,” he wrote.Nearly two-thirds of the
state’s graduate assistantswork at this university andhave long pushed for theirown union here as a meansto lobby for increased payand better treatment. Fourof the university’s five peerinstitutions have graduate-assistant unions.
Adjuncts, who make upabout 22 percent of the fac-ulty at this university andteach about 11 percent of thecourses are also not union-ized.
Hutchins sent his letter toSenate Budget and TaxationCommittee ChairmanUlysses Currie (D–PrinceGeorge’s) and House Appro-priations Committee Chair-man Norman Conway(D–Wicomico and Worces-ter). Copies of the letterwere also sent to Gov. Mar-tin O’Malley and Secretaryof State John McDonough.
The letter sent by the twograduate students in Decem-ber was also sent to Currieand Conway.
Anna Bedford, one of thetwo graduate-assistant rep-resentatives to serve on thecommittee, said both lettersshould show state officials
there is a real need for astate investigation into theconditions of “contingentworkers” — adjunct facultyand graduate assistants.
Although the reportclaims standards of mini-mum stipends and maxi-mum hours, Bedfordclaimed some universitydepartments routinelyignore set standards, andmany graduate assistantshave largely forgone the for-mal grievance procedures.
“We do need a system thatprotects graduate assistantswhen they are facing exces-sive hours, less than mini-
mum stipends or otherabuses,” she said.
Vivona said following theworkgroup report, the uni-versity system created twoteams charged with oversee-ing the implementation ofpolicy changes suggested inthe report, including allow-ing graduate students andadjunct faculty to take on astronger role in shared gov-ernance.
The oversight committee,which is made up of bothteams and of which Bedfordis a member has already metonce and plans to meetmonthly.
But for many, this compro-mise is not enough.
“I do know there’s prob-lems with the university andgraduate assistants that canonly be resolved with union-ization,” said ToddReynolds, an organizer ofMaryland Teachers andResearchers, an on-campusorganization formed to leadthe push for graduate assis-tants’ and adjunct faculty’sright to unionize.
“We want graduate assis-tants to have a democraticvoice,” he said.
idea doesn’t make the nextgood idea a lead-pipe cinch.This does, however, mean wegot to first base. And you can’tget to second base until you getto first base. I’m excited there’sbeen a good response to whatwill be the centerpiece of theGeneral Education Plan.”
In an effort to gain feedbackabout the overhaul, Berlin metyesterday morning with thedeans of the engineering,behavioral and social sciencesand arts and humanities col-leges. The three deans werelargely supportive of the pro-posal but had some concernsabout the program’s cost andimplementation.
“Granted that these [con-cerns] can be addressed — andthat's a major question — this isvery promising,” Arts and
Humanities Dean James Harriswrote in an e-mail. “My majoradvice to Ira and the committeeis to provide clear contextualiza-tion for how this will occur, interms of the process of modifi-cation and approval, as well asof implementation.”
Berlin will meet with theremaining deans next week.
“Deans are extremely impor-tant people on the campus, andwe’ll be taking their sugges-tions seriously,” he said. “Itcan’t become a reality withoutthe support of the deans.”
Berlin also presented thebasic facets of the plan to theStudent Government Associa-tion at a meeting last night.
“Ultimately, this is going tobe students’ education,” hesaid. “Of all the constituents wedeal with, the most importantare the students. We want thestudents to appreciate this planand help make it better.”
SGA representatives asked
some questions but seemedsupportive overall.
According to Berlin, the firstset of courses has proved popu-lar — most had relatively highenrollment rates. And he hopesthe new courses, which dealwith subjects ranging from themedieval crusades in a modernperspective to a history of theAmerican dream to the signifi-cance of the element carbon,could be even more attractiveto students.
The professors who areteaching this semester’s “I”-series courses are workingtogether in seminars to pro-vide insight on how toimprove the classes.
“They’re sharing their lessonsand what they’ve learned so far,comparing notes and pedagogi-cal techniques,” Berlin said.“One thing we learned: Neverschedule a course at 8 a.m.”
The full details of the planwill make their debut in the
next few weeks, after which itwill need the approval of theUniversity Senate and theBoard of Regents.
“We’re very excited to hearabout the plan,” said SenateChair Elise Miller-Hooks, a civilengineering professor. “It’s amatter of whether or not we willendorse it [to university Presi-dent Dan Mote].”
Berlin said while complet-ing the overhaul is time-con-suming, the plan is too impor-tant to rush.
“Almost everyone on thecampus, in one way or another,is affected by general educa-tion,” Berlin said. “There arestill miles to go. That’s whygeneral education happensevery 30 years. People get tiredcompleting a new plan. But thisis the time for it. We’ve got a lotof good ideas, and I’m hopeful itwill get even better.”
Concerns still lingeredamong senators, however,over Resident Life’s potentialelimination of dorm landlinesand DOTS’ plans to decreaseon-campus parking. Bothefforts, senators said, wouldcut department revenue.
Though Resident Life is stillsurveying on-campus stu-dents about their landlineusage, the potential elimina-tion of the phone lines couldsave the department $71,870for the 2011 fiscal year.
Despite the issue beingraised during the meeting, thedebate was dropped becauseResident Life has not yetdecided on a course of action.
“[The department] need[s]to continue doing the surveybefore they do anything aboutthat,” Commons senator YoniLevy said. “So, for now, wedon’t see that as an issue.”
Levy questioned DOTS’aspirations to reduce on-cam-pus parking in an effort to cutback on carbon emissions.Though the measure is envi-ronmentally friendly, senatorspointed out it is not economi-cally savvy.
“I’m not sure the sustain-ability plan to remove carsfrom campus was fullythought out,” said Levy, a sen-ior Arabic studies major.
“Even without the currentfinancial crisis, removing on-campus parking would meanlost revenue that DOTS wouldneed to recuperate somehowanyways.”
Commons senator DebbieKobrin agreed the depart-ment’s sustainability and cost-efficiency goals may be incon-sistent but defended DOTS’sustainability motives.
“Does DOTS have a con-crete solution? I don’t thinkso,” Kobrin said. “I think thegood news is that it’s still opento discussion.”
The Committee for theReview of Student Fees, ofwhich RHA President JosefMensah is a member, willmeet Feb. 22 to review thepotential student feeincreases in the budget pro-posal.
also in the process of assessingdamage to plants on the campus.
“Once the snow melts, we aregoing to find that more trees aredamaged,” Petroff said. “Theweight of the snow simply over-whelms the structure of manyplants.”
While Petroff said FacilitiesManagement can’t be sure yet,she said many trees will likely beremoved from the campus.
“You can prune out the dam-age [on some of the trees], butwhat you will have in many casesis a tree that can no longer per-form its function,” Petroff said.
Petroff said a lot of flowers aregoing to need to be replaced andthe M at the main entrance to thecampus will need to be replanted.
“We have low expectations forthe survival of the pansies thatwere planted in the M,” she said.
Although Baker said FacilitiesManagement is expecting treerepair and removal costs to be
between $40,000 and $50,000,Petroff said she expects costs tobe even higher.
Fixing potholes created by saltand curbs damaged in the plow-ing process will be the next stepafter large-scale snow removalefforts, Baker said.
Baker said Facilities Manage-ment will present the universitywith the costs of the cleanup.
Funds budgeted for other proj-ects, such as planned renova-tions, will have to be used tomake up the difference.
“It’s one of those things that wedon’t anticipate and that we don’tbudget for,” he said of the storms.“That’s why budgeting is such adifficult thing to do.”
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This two part FREE event will take placeThursday, February 25th and Friday, February26th from 5pm to 7pm in the Stamp Atrium.It includes a panel discussion led by dancers,writers, and other members of the Hip-Hopcommunity; and an interactive dance work-shop. The discussion will focus on Hip-Hop,where it started, where it is now, and howart influences Hip-Hop and vice versa. Thedance workshop is where students can learnHip-Hop and African dance moves fromesteemed dance choreographers!
Maryland Media, Inc., publishing board for theDiamondback, Eclipse, Terrapin, and Mitzpeh,
has openings on its board of directors for two full-time students.
The Board of Directors sets general policy, approvesbudgets and selects the Editors-in-Chief for the studentpublications. The term of office is one year and begins
in May, 2010. The Board meets about once a monthduring the school year.
For an application, stop by room 3136 South CampusDining Hall and ask for Maggie Levy.
Applications are due by Friday, February 26th at noon.
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DAMAGESfrom page 1
The RHA approved budgets for DOTS, Resident Life and DiningServices at Tuesday’s meeting. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK
BUDGETSfrom page 1
COURSESfrom page 1
UNIONIZATIONfrom page 1
Like many buildings on the campus, Somerset Hall has weightyicicles hanging from its gutters. STEVEN OVERLY/THE DIAMONDBACK
“Does DOTShave a concretesolution? I don’tthink so. I thinkthe good news isthat it’s still opento discussion.”
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“I do knowthere’s problemswith theuniversity andgraduateassistants thatcan only beresolved withunionization.”
TODD REYNOLDSPRO-UNIONIZATION ORGANIZER
A s President Barack Obamaand congressional Democ-rats continue to struggle tomaintain a fragile economic
recovery and address a significantunemployment problem, their right-wing opponents have stumbled upon awinning way to obscure the nation’sproblems: create a crisis over the budgetdeficit. Ross Perot would be proud.
That is not to say the fiscal path for-ward for the country is sustainable. TheUnited States faces a fundamental dis-connect between expenditures and theservices the public demands from thegovernment, and the revenues the pub-lic finds palatable giving government tofinance those expenditures. The gov-ernment also faces multi-trillion-dollarunfunded liabilities from entitlementprograms, such as Social Security, andthe current policy to extend formerPresident George W. Bush’s tax cuts forthe middle class will only exacerbateWashington’s grim fiscal situation.
But by making the deficit into a crisis,the not-so-loyal opposition has success-
fully diverted the country’s attentionaway from the real policy problems thatneed to be addressed. Rather than tak-ing aggressive steps to combat unem-ployment and continuing to make muchneeded investments in education andenergy, politicians seem to only offerpronouncements on how the deficit willsoon endanger the American way of life.The country remains at a precariousprecipice while these newly minteddeficit hawks go on the warpath.
A real debate on the nation’s fiscalhealth, however, is not what these deficit-whiners want. Taxes cannot be raised —only cut. Social programs cannot bereformed — only privatized. Spendingmust be reined in without listing whichprograms can be cut. Their intentions
are insincere, duplicitous and malicious.At the state level, the deficit problem
is even more severe. This state, alongwith 47 others, started the year with abudget deficit and had a multi-billion-dollar projected shortfall. The fiscal out-look for the state will only continue toworsen as unemployment continues,incomes stagnate and stimulus assis-tance runs out.
Gov. Martin O’Malley has respondedstrongly. His administration has mademore than $5.5 billion in cuts and elimi-nated 3,500 positions while protectingcore priorities, such as both K-12 andhigher education and the environment.The response from state Republicanshas been hypocritical and shameful.
Former Gov. Robert Ehrlich — aprospective gubernatorial candidate thisyear — has no problem pretending to befiscally responsible by joining a TeaParty rally to protest government spend-ing or railing against O’Malley’s prudentchoices on his weekend radio show,even though during his tenure Ehrlichmassively increased state spending and
saddled the government with more thana billion dollars in debt. Republicans inthe General Assembly have criticizedO’Malley’s spending cuts but haverefused to propose ideas on how theywould do it better. Indeed, Republicanopposition is so hollow and uninspiredthat they might not attend a specialmeeting arranged in Annapolis nextweek to discuss ways to cut the budget.
It is time for us to get serious aboutthe fiscal future of every level of govern-ment. If we are to act responsibly, we asa people must close the sincerity deficit.Any way forward depends on electedleaders talking honestly about fiscalconditions rather than using fiscal pol-icy and the budget as a vehicle to scoreeasy political victories. Change hasoften been predicated by crisis, and itremains to be seen if we can success-fully change our politics in time for us toavoid the coming storm.
Matt Verghese is a graduate student inpublic policy. He can be reached [email protected].
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I had originally intended thisweek to give props to theefforts of the campus mainte-nance crew, as the recent blan-
ket of snowy terror surely could nothave made their lives very easy. Well,they deserve some credit for theirefforts, but let’s face it: They do getpaid to operate badass pieces of heavymachinery, and how often doesMother Nature dump all of her prob-lems on us at once?
I also considered showing some loveto commuter students because whilewe spent our last week binge drinkingand playing in the snow, they had theduty of sitting at home and playingScrabble with their moms, only to findout when school finally started again,they had no place to park. Well thatsucks, but it’s only poetic justice for allthe time they spend complaining about
how everything is harder for them.Sorry you don’t live here, but stopkilling our buzz — it’s not our fault.
Naturally, I was sweating a bitbecause I needed the $1.15 I make forwriting these articles, but then, like agift from the gods of idiocracy, South-west Airlines dropped theUnderdog(s) of all underdogs right inmy lap. If you haven’t heard yet, earlierthis week Southwest Airlines kickedactor/director Kevin Smith (Clerks II)off one of its flights — for being too fat.
Ah, my friends, when I heard that areputable airline was incompetentenough to eject Silent Bob from theirflight because he couldn’t “fit comfort-ably in one seat,” needless to say it wasmusic to my ears. As a staunch oppo-nent of big businesses and a former(and surely soon to be again) fatty, theopportunity to drop a deuce on the
doorstep of a major corporation hadme licking my chops.
Smith had apparently purchased twotickets as is policy at Southwest, butwhen he flew standby instead he couldonly find one seat. First of all, I under-stand it isn’t exactly the most comfort-able thing in the world to have yourshoulder used as a support system forsomeone else’s arm flab, but Smith isno Ralph Friedgen circa 2008, if youknow what I mean. Plus, if you ask me,if a larger gentleman or a buxom lady-woman feels uncomfortable in oneseat, then they can go ahead and buytwo seats — hell, buy four — but itshould be their responsibility, not the
airline’s. America is fat, deal with it. Ifyou’re uncomfortable for a few hours ofyour life I promise you’ll live. And if theplane goes down you won’t have toscramble for a flotation device.
Aside from the fact that the policyis overboard, it literally baffles mehow you can be so dense as to pickthe one fat guy on the plane to 86 whojust happens to be a brilliant andfamous comedian. I know Smith maynot have Clooney-esque notoriety,but come on, Southwest, do somegoddamn research before you chuckhim and try to offer a $100 voucher asreimbursement. Maybe I’m biasedbecause I was a fat kid who wasraised on Jay and Silent Bob, but I’min Kevin’s corner, at least until thenext time I’m wedged against an air-plane window.
Mike DiMarco is a senior Englishmajor. He can be reached [email protected].
Southwest Airlines: Face the fatness
W hen prospective college students tour campuses across the country,one question is posed to almost every tour guide: How safe do youfeel on the campus? It doesn’t matter if the campus is urban or rural,Northern or Southern. Students — and their parents — want to
make sure they’ll be safe during their college careers. For years, this university’s tour guides probably didn’t want to give an honest
answer. Muggers struck on a regular basis, riots would rockthe city after every major basketball win, and “the Cuddler”made many female students double-check their locks at night.
That’s changed — somewhat.Statistics from last year show crime in Prince George’s
County is at the lowest in more than three decades. In everyarea except burglaries, crime dropped 25 percent or moresince 2005. Prince George’s County Police and UniversityPolice should be applauded for these accomplishments.Although this decrease in crime falls in with a national trend, local police, the City ofCollege Park and the university have taken concrete steps to keep crime down andstudents safe.
Despite these improvements, crime is still a stigma in College Park and for goodreason. Burglaries remain a serious issue, despite increased police patrols. Duringwinter break — when the city essentially becomes a ghost town — more than 30houses were broken into.
Much of the praise directed at university President Dan Mote since the Mondayannouncement that he will step down this summer has centered on the improve-
ments made to the university’s prestige under his leadership. While this is certainlytrue, we cannot forget the reputation of the surrounding area directly affects that ofthe university. If administrators want to continue this upward trend in excellence,they mustn’t lose sight of the broader impact College Park has. A city that studentsfeel safe walking in at night and living in during their time at the university not onlybenefits current students but attracts better ones, too.
And if the drop in crime continues, better everything — pro-fessors, staff and businesses — will feel safer moving to CollegePark. Finer, unique retail will come with East Campus and onthe lower levels of student high-rises. With more people min-gling farther down the road, it will be safe for students to leavethe immediate vicinity of the intersection of Knox Road andRoute 1 each night, and the city could become even safer. Let’shope this dip in crime is the beginning of a positive feedbackloop, resulting in a truly safe area surrounding the university.
As administrators gear up for a major change come next fall, crime should not beplaced on the backburner because current rates have declined. Instead, adminis-trators and the next university president should reach out to the community, lobbythe city council and ensure that this downward trend in criminal activity is not just ablip in the record books.
The city and the university are in this together. The thousands of students andfaculty the university draws to the area also bring businesses and revenue. A cityand county that is safe and prosperous is one that people will want to live in, busi-nesses will want to open in and students will want to learn in.
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Our ViewUniversity and city
officials should make surethe recent crime
decrease continues.
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The guy I’m datingmade a really big dealabout Valentine’s Daythis week, which I
really wasn’t expecting. We haven’tbeen dating for that long, and it kindof freaked me out. I’m also just notreally into stuff like that, and itmakes me feel like he doesn’t evenknow me. Do you think I should saysomething and tell him I think he’smoving too fast, or should I not makea big deal out of it?
It’s funny how Valen-tine’s Day never reallyworks out, isn’t it?Either your boyfriend
forgets to get you flowers and onlygets you dark chocolate, or he getsyou flowers, but they’re carnations.Or he gets you roses, but he gets youan Almond Joy, or he takes you out toeat at Taco Bell. To be honest, I veryrarely hear of girls complainingabout getting too much attention.That doesn’t make it any less legiti-mate, though. If you’re not into thatkind of stuff, you don’t have to be.That doesn’t mean your man frienddoesn’t know you though. You said ityourself: You haven’t been dating forvery long.
I understand the whole issue peo-ple have with Valentine’s Day, Ireally do. Big mega-evil card compa-nies trying to exploit and enforcegender stereotypes while at thesame time giving single peopleanother reason to want to eat them-selves to death. I get that. When yougo to The Diner for dinner Feb. 14,it’s like having the word “lonely” tat-tooed on your forehead, and you’reeating in a cage full of single peopleshoving in their last few fries beforethey go home and watch reruns ofThe Bachelor. That is society’s fault ifanything ever was. I also understandhow stupid things like flowers andcandy are. Flowers are expensive,they don’t do anything, and after afew days, they start to look likesomeone peed on them. I wouldrather a guy just write me a check.
What is appealing about all theseniceties and cutenesses, though, is itmeans someone cares about you. Tobe sure, no guy is spending stupidamounts of money on stupid thingstrying to make himself feel loved orhappy. Perhaps it’s best not to say any-thing about how you don’t approve ofhis Valentine’s Day efforts. Instead,slow things down in other ways thatwon’t reveal to him how picky andalternative you are. If Hallmark hastaught us anything, it’s that no onewants those things in a girl.
You have as much control over thepace of the relationship as he doesthough. You can ask him on dates orcome up with ideas for things to dotogether. If he tries to suggest spend-ing the day naked in bed withmimosas and sushi, suggest some-thing different and perhaps less inti-mate. You could go ice-skating,which encourages hand-holding butis far too public and cold to encour-age nakedness. However youchoose to handle it, don’t make himfeel bad or insecure about trying todo nice things for you. It’s com-pletely understandable that at thistime it was too much for you, butunless you want to scare him away,just let it go.
Esti Frischling is a senior Englishmajor. She can be reached [email protected].
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Advice:Vices ofV-day
Born today, you seem to un-derstand the fleeting, evenrisky nature of your life and
the world around you, but younever let it get you down. Despitethe proof that you see every day,day after day, that nothing lastsforever and that no one can al-ways get what he or she wants,you are able to maintain a posi-tive outlook and a friendly, posi-tive, upbeat demeanor — evenwhen things are not going yourway. You don’t have to win toenjoy playing the game; takingpart is often your single greatestreward. You are in it for the expe-rience, and you are sure to gathermore than your share of experi-ence when all is said and done.
You truly do honor those whohave gone before — the elderly,those who have walked in yourshoes, those who can claim tohave been there and done that.Ultimately, you cherish them fortheir trailblazing ways, and it isquite likely that your own parentsare your heroes.
Also born on this date are HelenGurley Brown, editor; Cybill Shep-herd, actress; Yoko Ono, artist;Molly Ringwald, actress; Matt Dil-lon, actor; John Travolta, actor;Milos Forman, filmmaker.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para-graph. Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —It’ll be more important to youtoday than it has been in the re-cent past for you to process andassimilate what comes in an ef-ficient manner.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —You may be finally coming outof a slow period marked by a
lack of confidence or vision.What happens next gets yourblood pumping.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —It’s a good time to re-establishties with those who were so im-portant to you in the past. Onefriend in particular is readynow.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —Trust yourself to do and say theright things when called uponto do so. You know what’s goingon, and you have a keen under-standing, too.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —Use your head, and don’t letsomeone pull you into an unde-sirable situation merely byplaying on your emotions.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Majorgains are in the offing, butyou’re going to want to beginthis next phase of things in aslow, deliberate fashion. Mini-mize risks.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Themore you reflect on the past,the more you can anticipate thefuture in accurate detail. Oth-ers look to you for assistance inthis line.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Youtend to be hard on yourselfwhen you feel you are at fault,but a negative situation has lit-tle to do with you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Afew of your friends will be play-ing more significant roles inyour affairs than expected. Areyou the only one who is reallysurprised?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Tend to routine affairs be-fore giving yourself over to asituation that others have pro-vided and that demands you cutloose a bit.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —You’ll benefit from greateranalysis — even when a situa-tion seems to be simple andclear-cut. There’s always amystery to solve.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Don’t be so keen on being onestep ahead at all times that youcan’t enjoy taking the journeywith a friend or partner.
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[Editor’s note: The Diamondbackreported this press conference from NewYork City at the full expense of Para-mount Pictures.]
NEW YORK — The face of Ameri-can cinema is getting older.
As director Martin Scorsese fieldedquestions from a handful of reportersat a Manhattan hotel, one could clearlyspot several thick wrinkles lining hisforehead, just above his bushy blackeyebrows and oversized glasses. Theshoulder-length black mane hedonned four decades ago while chang-ing the scope of Hollywood with hisviolent tales of urban guilt, includingMean Streets, Taxi Driver and RagingBull, gave way to much shorter, thin-ner strands of gray and white hair.
When he starts talking film, how-ever, Scorsese is like a kid planted onSanta’s lap — he goes on forever, butno one would dare cut off such gen-uine excitement. At 67, he still keepspace with the energy of his moreyouthful peers. The man loves makingmovies. Always has, always will.
So it came as no surprise when aquestion about his influences hadScorsese roiling with enthusiasmmoments into the discussion of his lat-est picture, the tense and psychologi-cally trying Shutter Island.
“The more you see the past, themore you can draw upon that and themore you can make the present and thefuture,” Scorsese said. “All this drawson a very long memory of films that I’veseen, books that I’ve read, and musicthat I’ve listened to over the years.”
The label “old school” quickly comesto mind when listening to the passion-ate Scorsese delve into his encyclope-
dic knowledge of film. Centered on aninvestigation of the fictional AshecliffeHospital for the Criminally Insane,Shutter Island is Scorsese’s first dra-matic feature since 2006’s twisty crimecaper The Departed.
It’s not coincidental the founder ofthe World Cinema Foundation pre-pared his actors for production on thesuspenseful Cold War period piece byscreening them a series of classicthrillers from the mid-1900s.
“The trappings of [Shutter Island]automatically bring certain genres tomind,” Scorsese said with a grin, hisdistinctively brisk Queens accent infull force. “The issue was ultimately tohave them work for our story and ourcharacters, and at the same time referto other material, other films, othergenres in the past.”
Flanking Scorsese at the press confer-ence were two of his Shutter Island castmembers: Leonardo DiCaprio and SirBen Kingsley. Although Scorsese washis usual dapper self, sporting a navyblazer and tie, DiCaprio looked morerelaxed, wearing an untucked sweater.
When he spoke, though, DiCapriodidn’t seem entirely at ease. Mostlyavoiding eye contact with thereporters in front of him, he sheep-ishly looked down at his table whilediscussing his fourth collaborationwith Scorsese.
DiCaprio’s somewhat introverteddemeanor seemed appropriate whenconsidering the journey of self-discov-ery his Shutter Island character, TeddyDaniels, embarks on. The deeply dam-aged U.S. marshal’s arc throughoutthe movie places him among TravisBickle, Jake La Motta, Henry Hill andHoward Hughes as tortured Scorseseprotagonists.
“We started to unravel who this man
was,” DiCaprio recalled. “It got darkerand darker and more emotionallyintense than we ever expected. At theend of the day, it is what Martin Scors-ese does best and that is portrayingsomething about human nature.”
It was almost exactly three yearsago, on Feb. 25, 2007, that Scorsesefinally won an Oscar following sevendefeats. One member of the produc-tion who has had an Academy Awardfor some time now is Kingsley, whowon in 1983 thanks to his tour-de-forceleading role in Gandhi. After appear-ing in more than 50 films, Kingsley —who plays psychiatrist Dr. John Caw-ley in Shutter Island — is still amazedby the power of sheer creativity.
“A vital ingredient to this character-driven piece, because of the miracle offilmmaking, is that actually you makesomething out of nothing,” Kingsleysaid. “There’s nothing there at all. Andthen our collective imaginations cre-ate something that fills cinemas,which is extraordinary.”
Before Scorsese, DiCaprio or Kings-ley could bring Shutter Island to life,someone had to adapt a script fromDennis Lehane’s 2003 best-sellingnovel. Several screenwriters tried andfailed before Pathfinder scribe LaetaKalogridis wrote an acceptable draft.Upon reading it, Lehane only had onecomment for Kalogridis: be less faithful.
“The biggest single challenge wasto not get lost in how much good mate-rial there is in the book and find a wayto preserve that sense of discoveryand horror,” Kalogridis said.
Producer Mike Medavoy also rec-ognized the problem, noting that shortstories are easier to convert to filmsthan full-length books because “itreally takes a lot of work to get novelsto fill the format and get everything
set in two hours.” Lehane, who penned three episodes
of The Wire and also wrote the sourcematerial for Clint Eastwood’s MysticRiver and Ben Affleck’s Gone BabyGone, told Kalogridis much of his nar-rative wouldn’t translate to the silverscreen without changes. From his per-spective, she needed to first and fore-most concentrate on capturing theessence of the characters’ mentalities.
“I’m a very internal novelist, andeven though I have a certain level ofexternal plot in my books, they arevery much always about the charac-ters’ minds,” Lehane explained. “Whatgreat screenwriters do is they exter-nalize what’s the internal in the book,and that’s what she did.”
Scorsese said he joined the projectwhen the script’s can’t-put-it-downnature forced him into a sleepless nightof reading. From a directing perspec-tive, the movie presented him withunique visual challenges that bothtested and excited him, including howto best use the widescreen format.
“If the characters are in a labyrinthor a trap, it’s interesting to fill theframe more with those elements of atrap. We had room in the frame to playwith it,” Scorsese said. “Yet, at thesame time, you’re on an island whereit’s open sky and open ocean. Sowhere is the claustrophobia?”
With scenes involving elaborate hal-lucinations, heavy flashbacks to WorldWar II and fervent exchanges amid apounding hurricane, the ShutterIsland shooting schedule was plentytaxing on its cast as well.
“There were a few weeks there thatwere, I have to say, some of the mosthardcore filming experiences I’ve everhad,” DiCaprio said. “It was like reliv-ing trauma in a way. It was pretty
intense. And I don’t say that stuff veryoften because it always seems superfi-cial when you’re talking about it in ref-erence to movie-making.”
Though the film marks a step out-side Scorsese’s perceived comfortzone in some regards, the veterandirector’s colleagues recognized hisability as an actor’s director tran-scends genres.
“Just watching Marty work withactors generally is an amazing thing tobehold,” producer Brad Fischer said.“It’s seeing the way the scene evolvesand the way the performances move indifferent directions to different levels.”
Added Kingsley: “I think it’s life andart. When you have a great workingenvironment provided by Marty, oneof the blessings of working under hislove and guidance is that whatever youoffer the camera, he will see every sin-gle scrap. He doesn’t miss anything.The slightest movement of your eye-brow, and elbow, and inflection of acertain word — everything is noticed,everything is gathered.”
As Kingsley spoke, Scorsese’s eyesbegan watering. Quickly, he coveredhis face with a raised right hand. Fol-lowing decades of seemingly universalpraise, the quirky little filmmaker fromNew York still gets choked up whenhearing a collaborator’s admiration.
“Marty directs like a lover,” Kings-ley said, firmly clasping his handstogether. “Everything is held togetherby affection — affection for his craft,affection for his actors, affection forhis crew, affection for the material,and affection for the great journey ofcinema in our lives.”
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Martin Scorsese’s ShutterIsland is the first marquee filmof 2010. In 10 months, when allis said and done, it could verywell be the best.
Although its enigmaticnature may be overwhelmingto some, the latest entry intoScorsese’s filmography is adisturbing psychologicalthriller that artfully dissectsthe human mind and how itcopes with trauma.
Laden with cryptic symbol-ism and motifs, the moviedares its audience to keep upamid the surrealism. If draw-ing the line between reality
and fantasy becomes a tryingtask, putting all the pieces ofthe narrative puzzle togetheris nearly impossible.
One can enjoy Shutter Islandon first impression wellenough, but to understand itcompletely, a second viewingis mandatory.
Based on a novel by DennisLehane (whose books havealready been translated intosuperb dramas Mystic Riverand Gone Baby Gone), ShutterIsland is set in 1954 at theheight of Cold War paranoia.The U.S. government tabs apair of marshals — veteranTeddy Daniels (LeonardoDiCaprio, Revolutionary Road)and his new partner, Chuck
Aule (Mark Ruffalo, Where theWild Things Are) — to investi-gate a mysterious matter at thewater-locked Ashecliffe Hospi-tal for the Criminally Insane.
The grounds are eerily calmas Scorsese’s forebodingmusical selection heightensthe suspense. The pressingmatter at hand is the disap-pearance of a particularly dan-gerous patient named RachelSolando (played equally per-fectly in different contexts byEmily Mortimer, The PinkPanther 2, and Patricia Clark-son, Whatever Works).
Daniels, however, has hisown agenda. When the appre-hensive behavior of Ashe-cliffe’s head psychiatrist, Dr.
John Cawley (Ben Kingsley, 50Dead Men Walking), draws hissuspicion, he vows to exposethe hospital’s darkest secrets.
Amid the conflict, he istroubled by intense visions ofhis time in World War II andthe death of his wife(Michelle Williams, Mam-moth). Daniels downplays hishallucinations as mereheadaches, which is like say-ing the guy whose face meltsoff in Raiders of the Lost Arkjust had mild skin irritation.
Ruffalo, delivering a layeredperformance that can only betruly appreciated at film’s end,guides Daniels and oftenserves as the voice of the audi-ence. Though the overarchingtwist is a tad predictable, itsdetails provide the necessaryshock value. When it’s over,
one can appreciate the subtleclues screenwriter Laeta Kalo-gridis (Pathfinder) used tohint at the ultimate conclusionall along.
On many levels, ShutterIsland is visually the most ambi-tious picture Scorsese has evermade. The 67-year-old respon-sible for so many gritty master-pieces (Taxi Driver, RagingBull, Goodfellas, The Departed,the list goes on) dressesDaniels’ delusions in beauti-fully haunting imagery.
The first major effectssequence involves Danielsspeaking with his wife as herbody slowly burns to ash — ametaphor for her real-life fierydemise. It is a gut-wrenchingscene, enhanced by the heart-breaking visuals and score butanchored by powerful perform-ances from DiCaprio andWilliams. When the duoreunites for a pivotal flashbackin the final act, anotherpoignant exchange brings thestory full circle.
Scorsese has cited mid-20thcentury film noir and B-moviesas inspiration for ShutterIsland, and a more contempo-rary eye can catch traces ofChristopher Nolan’s tragicallydeceptive Memento and Char-lie Kaufman’s existentiallythought-provoking Synec-doche, New York, scatteredthroughout the film.
Considering its Februaryopening, Shutter Islandemphatically defies the conven-tion that Oscar-worthy faredoesn’t hit theaters beforeOctober. After all, Paramount
Pictures originally set ShutterIsland’s release in the month ofHalloween chillers andthrillers. Regrettably, the stu-dio bigwigs decided the filmwould be more profitable withan early 2010 debut, sacrificingan awards season push forfinancial leverage.
Which raises the question:Does Shutter Island have a shotat Oscar gold? It might, and thefilm should definitely pick up anomination in the expandedBest Picture field. DiCaprio,meanwhile, is long overdue fora statue and admirably tacklingthis immensely complex rolecould push him over the top.
Kingsley and Williamsshould be contenders in thesupporting categories, alongwith Jackie Earle Haley (Watch-men), a one-scene wonder as abruised and beaten schizo-phrenic. If nothing else, theydeserve recognition for stand-ing out among a prestigiouscast that also includes TedLevine (Buffalo Bill fromSilence of the Lambs, the lastFebruary release to win BestPicture) and Max von Sydow(Solomon Kane).
Of course, there is also thepossibility of Scorsese takinghome top directing honors fortwo straight features afterdecades of snubbery. Allthings considered, it’s hard tosee the justice in Scorsesebeing tied with Phil Collinsand Three 6 Mafia on the run-ning Academy Award tallywith one. Fair enough?
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RALEIGH, N.C. – GaryWilliams stood behind thewooden podium in theRBC Center’s media inter-view room last night andstarted his post-gamepress conference with asometimes-hackneyed linewinning coaches ofteninvoke, especially afterparticularly tough ACCgames.
“I’m proud of the team,”the 21st-year Terrapinmen’s basketball coachbegan.
Williams could’ve beentalking about his team’sgrinding comeback winagainst N.C. State or sur-viving a stretch of threegames in five days with apair of wins to stay tied forsecond in the ACC.
More likely, it was both.The Terps overcame a
double-digit second halfdeficit to rally past N.C.State 67-58.
Guard Greivis Vasquezled the rally with 17 of hisgame-high 26 points in thesecond half to help theTerps to their seventhstraight win against theWolfpack. Forward JordanWilliams added 19 pointsand 11 rebounds for hissecond straight double-double as the weary Terpsshrugged off a sluggishstart to cap their rigorousfew days with a road win.
“We had a tough week,but there’s no excuses forus, and we got the win,”Vasquez said.
The comeback didn’thappen quickly, but after aforgettable first half, theTerps wore down the Wolf-pack with pressuredefense, inside scoringfrom Jordan Williams andtimely shots by Vasquez.
The Wolfpack led by 12points in the first two min-utes of the second half, butthe Terps gradually cutthe deficit using theirpressing defense to forceN.C. State into quickshots.
Gary Williams acknowl-edged he yelled at hisplayers through most ofone early second-half
timeout.Vasquez’s 3-pointer
gave the Terps (18-7, 8-3ACC) a 53-51 lead with8:21 remaining — theirfirst advantage since thegame’s opening 10 min-utes. That was part of adecisive 13-0 run that did-n’t end until JordanWilliams’ free throw with5:03 left made it 58-51.
N.C. State forwardTracy Smith had just onesecond-half field goal, andthe Wolfpack (14-13, 2-10)scored just seven points inthe game’s final 9:53.
“We just wanted to pressthem at all times and makethem get tired,” said guardAdrian Bowie, who hit apair of second-half 3-point-ers to aid the comeback.“Once they got tired, theycouldn’t make shots. Theydidn’t look inside as much.It helped us.”
The only other time theTerps had completed acomeback when trailing atthe half was in a Feb. 4 winat Florida State. In thatgame, they rallied for thelead early in the secondhalf.
Against the Wolfpack,which lost by 24 in CollegePark on Jan. 23, the Terpsneeded to find a rhythmfirst.
Gary Williams saidthere was “nothing” goodabout a first half in whichthey shot just 33 percent,including 1-for-5 from 3-point range. Two daysafter not turning the ballover in a blowout winagainst Virginia, Vasquez
had four turnovers in thefirst 20 minutes alone asthe Terps went into thehalf down by 10 points.
“I think we had to playourselves out of it,” GaryWilliams said. “I think youcan start a game tired andgradually get the momen-tum going.”
“The second half wecompletely changed our
attitude,” Vasquez added.Following a blowout
loss at Duke on Saturdayand a blowout win againstthe Cavaliers on Monday,last night’s surge sent theTerps back to CollegePark with mostly positivememories of their snow-induced string of quickturnarounds.
“They’re resilient,”
Gary Williams said aboutwhat the stretch taughthim about his team. “[Theschedule] takes some-thing out of you. I think alot of it is mental. You haveto be willing to accept thatthings aren’t always goingto be the way you’d likeschedule-wise.”
About an hour beforethe Terrapin men’sbasketball team’s 67-58 win over N.C. State
last night, Terp guard GreivisVasquez stood at the top of thekey putting up shots.
An N.C. State student stoodin the first row of seats andheckled Vasquez as heknocked down a practice 3-pointer.
“Greivis, you suck!” the fanyelled loudly.
Vasquez calmly turnedtoward the fan, looked right athim and said, “What?”
Surprised and embarrassedby the attention, the studentsheepishly — and much morequietly — said “Uhh, you suck.”
It was the first of many timesVasquez would make certainmembers of a vulgar andobnoxious crowd look stupid.
The Terps overcame a slug-gish start, the fatigue of playingthree games in five days and aWolfpack team hungry for a vic-tory to pull out one of their gut-siest wins of the season.
They trailed by as many as 12points early in the second halfand needed a 22-7 run over thefinal 9:53 to earn their eighthACC win of the season.
And once again it was thesenior Vasquez who led theway, willing his team to win nomatter what it took.
Vasquez, who finished with agame-high 26 points, has takenhis game to a higher level thanever before in recent weeks,and his leadership has been
incredible.You may occasionally be
turned off by his out-sized per-sonality, but you cannot arguethe impact he has on thisteam.
“Vasquez, in the secondhalf, I don’t think in his mindhe was going to let us lose,”coach Gary Williams said.“When you have a player likethat, that helps everybodyelse.”
And he did it in front ofthousands of people who evi-dently hate him.
The shamefully rude crowdat the RBC Center yelled it all atVasquez last night.
They chanted “U.S.A.” whenthe Venezuelan shot freethrows.
One fan started an unoriginaland even more offensive“deport Vasquez” chant asVasquez stood and waited for aWolfpack free throw attempt.
They screamed epithets inSpanish, yelled taunts about hismother and held up signs thatcompared his appearance tothat of a wild animal.
And yet Vasquez thrived.It wasn’t his best game of the
season or even his best game ofthis week, but it was his tough-est game.
His four turnovers are morethan he would have liked, andhe did force a few bad shots,but Vasquez always seemed tohave a big basket in him whenthe Terps needed one.
His deep 3-pointer at the endof the shot clock sparked theTerps’ offense early in the sec-ond half, and another trey fromthe corner gave the Terps theirfirst lead after half-time with8:21 left in the game, puttingthe Wolfpack on its heels.
And, most importantly, hewanted to win more than any-
body else on the court.“I think my teammates car-
ried me today,” Vasquez said.“You’ve got to point that out.”
And that’s the other thingabout Vasquez, especially thisseason.
Despite his shimmying, hisjawing and his hairstyles, hereally is a great team player.
He always has been, but it isbecoming more apparent asthis season progresses and hecontinues to make everyonearound him better.
He’s a great passer, he’s acoach on the floor, and heknows the best way to motivateeach of his teammates.
Vasquez showed incrediblematurity last night, in the way
he led his team and in the wayhe dealt with all the hostilityboth during and after the game.
Vasquez wouldn’t bite atreporters’ questions aimed atgetting him to comment nega-tively about the crowd.
“It’s a great building, greatfans, and it was a great game,”Vasquez said.
With only a handful of gamesleft in his senior season,Vasquez spoke recently aboutmaking the most of his remain-ing time in a Terp uniform.
With performances like lastnight’s, Vasquez showed onceagain that he does a whole lotmore than just talk.
Go to Terrapintrail.com for an examination of GreivisVasquez’s chances at the ACC’s Player of the Year award.
Guard Greivis Vasquez defends N.C. State guard Farnold Degand in the Terps’ 67-58 win last night. Vasquez finished with 26 points to help lead the Terps to a sec-ond-half comeback. PHOTO COURTESY OF PEGGY BOONE/NCSU STUDENT MEDIA
Men’s basketball overcomes poorfirst half to beat N.C. State, 67-58
&&THE UPS
THE DOWNS
Not only did Terps for-ward Jordan Williamsscore 19 points, thefreshman did a lot of hisdamage in the flow ofthe halfcourt offense.
INSIDE PRESENCE
The two starting guardsprovided little supportfor Greivis Vasquez,combining for four totalpoints on 1-for-11 shoot-ing from the field.
HAYES AND MOSLEY
Vasquez continues tomake a strong push forACC Player of the Year.He poured in a game-high 26 points and keptthe Terps afloat early.
