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VOL. 13,NO. 1 FALL2001 $3.50 THE UNIVERSITYOF MARYLAND MAGAZINE wat 1 DEPARTMENTS 2 FIRSTWORD From theeditor 3 PERSPECTIVE From the president 4 MAILBOX Yourvoice inprint 5 VIEWPOINT Anthropologist Michael Paolissoon Chesapeake Bay watermen. 6 NEW & OBSERVED Rebounding from Sept. 1 attacks; tornadocutspath ofdestruction through campus; celebrated Pisnerquints make Maryland debut; freshman classswells to4,400; new centers for civic engagement and black women's laborstudies; hiking theAppalachian Trail with TENTS; and more. 40 EXPLORATIONS Prehistoric sharks;geologist seekscluesabout Mars in remoteAustralia;geogra- pherstudieseffects offorest fireson climate;Japanese warcrimes uncovered; and more. 45 PORTFOLIO Watercolors appeal toyoung and old; Choo-ChooQuartet fillselementary schools with music; piano Ph.D. student wins international com- petition; performing arts centerdedicated; and more. 50 INBOUNDS Remembering thefootballTerps sweetestseasons; basketballstandout Francis returnsto workondegree;ComcastCenteron track;women’sbas- ketball breaks intotop-25 preseasonpolls;and more. DON WEBSTER'S ROUGH RIDE TO ACADEMIA 54 ASPIRATIONS The insidescoopon Maryland byEllen WalkerTernes fundraising; who’s that caller? Don Websterfound his life’s workafter nearly 56 CLASSNOTES Emmy Award-winning produc- — drowning in thechillyAtlantic- -topreserve the ershares success with local eatery; universitygraduate bountyoftheoceansforfuturegenerations. hits the road in OscarMayer Wienermobile. COVERPHOTOGRAPHBYJOHNT.CONSOLI 64 IMPRESSIONS Terpout ofwater PARK The University of Maryland Magazine ASKING A LOT OFTHE WATER byCarolCasey A longtimeChesapeake Bay lover shares her memories, affections, angers andfears for the nation’s largestand richestestuary. WATER RIGHTS, WATER CONFLICT: WHO SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? byDanielCusick Inan ageofdiminishing waterqualityand finitesupply, waterdisputes longassociated with thearid Westare beginning tocrop up in the rainy East. FOR MEMORIES, JUST ADD WATER byKristynPeck Youwalked by them ahundred timesasastudent; youdangled yourfeet in them on swelteringfall days; youvaguely recall a kiss stolen from asweetheartwith thesound offalling waterbehind you. Theyare the university's much-loved, but little-known,campus fountains. visit us online at www.umd.edu/cpmag FIRST-WORD Rn hen we decided last summer to dedicate the Fall issue ofCollegePark to the theme ofwater, the COLLEGE PARK Bilfl United States was still a nation ofrelative buoyancy, like agiant ship bobbing on a blue seaof prosperity. — PUBLISHER The students returned to campus in August, just like they always do bringing with them the C.D.Mote,Jr. vitality and hope that only college students can instill in a place this size. No one imagined then, President,UniversityojMaryland even in his or her worst nightmares, that September would bring with it the most horrific violence BrodieRemington VicePresident, UniversityRelations ever unleashed on American soil. DanitaD.Nias’81 But there we were, Sept. 11, glued to our television sets, probably just like you were, as the ExecutiveDirector.MarylandAlumniAssociation World Trade Center towers and southwest wall ofthe Pentagon EDITORIALSTAFF came tumbling down in heaps offire and ash. DanielCusick Editor As editor ofa magazine already well into production, I wondered quietly, "How can any story about water be meaningful in such UDniivaenrsnietyBuEdricthor times as these? Will war have consumed the nation when this issue CarolCasey arrives in the mailbox?” Nobody knew. TomVentsias Writers Then, in the somberand slightly coolerdays immediately after JodiPluznik the tragedy, I noticed something interesting. MichaelRichman As the universitygrieved, individually and collectively, for those SonyaSenkowsky EllenTernes ODK lost, the Fountain on McKeldin Mall became aplace where NeilTickner LeeTune people lingered, often by themselves, to study the tiny waves on the ContributingWriters water's surface, or to listen to the soft rush ofwatercascading from RachelCohen’02 KristynPeck 02 one rectangularpool to the next. PaulSchuler'02 It was there, on the north side of the fountain, one week and one MagazineInterns day after the attacks, that I met Danielle Lizotte, an 18-year-old DESIGNSTAFF freshman from Bowie, Md., whose uncle, William DonovanJr., a JoChrneaTt.ivCeoDnisroelctio'r86 U.S. Navy commander, was among those still missing in the rubble JenniferPaul'93 just 10 miles away at the Pentagon. He was laterconfirmed to be ArtDirector among those killed. MiraAzarm 01 RaissaMacasieb-Ludwig Danielle had missed the Sept. 12 campuswidemourningserviceon the mall to bewith herfamily. JasonQuick But when she returnedforclasses the fo—llowingday, she found the fountain lined with thousandsofcut ContrYibuutWinugD0e1signers flowersand othermakeshift memorials candles, small U.S. flags, handwritten thoughtsand prayers. RobertLewis'02 Danielle, in only her third weekon campus, knewvery few ofthe 8,000 mourners who had visited the MagazineInterns fountain theday before, but she understands now theprofound connection sheshares with them. COLLEGEPARKONLINE Asked what th—e ODK memorial meant to her, Daniellepaused first, then says, “I don’t know www.umd.edu/cpmag what the word is I guess I was honored. I felt pride, and comfort, I guess. It was very thoughtful." E-MAIL Danielle has visited the fountain almost every day since Sept. 11, as she says, “to read, ordo [email protected] homework or just relax.” Sometimes she is accompanied by her hometown friend, Clayton Probst, CollegeParkmagazineispublishedthree 18, a psychology major, who says he comes to fountain to clear his mind, to watch people and to timesayearbytheDivisionofUniversity Relationsfordues-payingmembersofthe absorb the sounds of moving water. UniversityofMarylandAlumniAssocia- And then, in a minorepiphany, it occurred to me that this water, this fountain, is among the tion,donors,facultyandstaff.Lettersto theeditorarewelcomed.Sendcorrespon- most valuable things the university can provide to Danielle, Clayton and thousands ofothers in dencetoDanielCusick,Editor,College these troubling and heavy-hearted days. A place to sit, to reflect, to clearone’s mind, to draw mem- Park.2101TurnerBuilding,College Park,MD20742-5411. ories ofloved ones lost, to ponder a brighter future. TheUniversityofMaryland,College As Lutheran minister Beth Platz, Maryland’s dean ofcampus chaplains, who in 36 years has Park,isanequalopportunityinstitution counseled students through Vietnam,—the GulfWarand now this act ofterrorism, says, “Water is ewmitphloryemspeenctt.toUnbiovtehrseidtuycapotliiocnieas,ndpro- always the thing when you’re parched either physically or emotionally. Water is the symbol of gramsandactivitiesareinconformance refHreoswhmeanpptraopnrdianteew, tlihfeen,,antodbtrhiantgaptphleiessubtjoecatlmoofs—wtateevre—ry irnelcilguidoinnganadsctuorlytuarbeoiunttthheiswovrelryd.O”DK wrieinggtuhrlaapcteeir,otnciosnleoonrnt,nfroeednlei-rgdaiilosnca,rnaidgmeis,ntaanttaeitoilnoanwraselgaoanrrdid-- Fountain and its companion pools around campus to you, the readers ofCollegePark. Good read- gin,politicalaffiliation,gender,sexual orientationordisability. ing, and wishes for peace in this coming holiday season. —DanielCusick, Editor 2 COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 PHOTOBYJOHNTCONSOLI a PERSPECTIVE Dear Alumni and Friends: The month of September tested our spirit also injured as the institute’s temporary as a nation and a university like at no quarters were totally demolished. Given time in recent history. First the terrorist the tornado’s 200-mph wind speed and its attacks wrenched our national persona, path through a heavily populated part of and then less than two weeks latera dev- campus, we are fortunate that the human astating tornado cut its path through the and property losses were not greaterstill. campus. But through these trials we as a Just as we had pulled together after the university family realized a deepening 11th, once again faculty, staffand stu- strength ofcharacter that has been quite dents rallied to assist students in finding moving to those close to the university. housing, identifying cars and helping to I would like to share with you an cleardebris. Stories ofsacrifice and account ofhow this university community extraordinary effort abound. Dining Ser- responded to these two September trials. vices staffworked 21 hours straight to The University ofMaryland is a very coordinate the delivery offood to police, diverse community, with students drawn fireand emergency personnel. A staff from every state and U.S. possession as member in Work Control, who lost her well as some 150 countries. More than brother in the terrorist attack on the Pen- 4,000 new treshmen were experiencing tagon, fielded calls late into the night to — their first days on campus a time meant direct needed assistance to devastated to savor new experiences, not to face areas. We learned, too, how much we can unprecedented stresses away from home depend on our neighbors as fire depart- with few, and often no, close friends. ment crews from across the state rushed to On September 12 more than 8,000 of help, local restaurants brought in food, us gathered on McKeldin Mall for aday of and legislators offered support. mourning and reflection. I witnessed an The tornado struck Monday evening of unparalleled sense ofcamaraderie and the week celebrating the opening ofour coming together in a moving ceremony magnificent Clarice Smith Performing where campus citizens laid 10,000 flowers Arts Center. Even though the tornado’s by the fountain in remembrance ofthose path brushed the center, nearly all activi- lost in the tragedy. Teams ofcounselors ties went on as scheduled. Never did the provided services both formal and infor- Friday night performance ofBeethoven’s mal, and they were there simply to listen. majestic “Ninth Symphony,” with its tri- I am quite proud to tell you that our stu- umphant chorale finish, resonate more dents from Arab nations and those ofthe joyfully to those ofus gathered in the ships with industry and federal labs. We Muslim faith found us to be a sanctuary Concert Hall. A community open house have begun to create the Maryland-China — concerned about their well being too. on Sunday drew in more than 5,000 research park next to the campus, the first That was ofcritical importance to us. testimony to the enduring powerofthe Chinese research park outside ofChina. While the September 11 attacks were arts and especially to the teams ofpeople And the successes ofourfootball team, led shared by the nation, the tornado targeted who put the campus back togetherso by alumnus Ralph Friedgen, lifted our the campus and a few communities quickly after the tornado struck. spirits through Septemberat a time when around us. It was the first tornado to hit Life will never be the same, but the it meant more to us than ever. — locally in 70 years and wreaked havoc ofa university, recharged by this remarkable It is agreat time to beaTerp a great magnitude not seen before at this univer- community spirit, has returned to its time to takepride in the university and sity. Literally in a matter ofseconds, two bustling, high-energy pace.We welcomed its many accomplishments and to warm to students, sisters, were killed. They were new faculty members, including three the sense ofcommunity surrounding her. daughters ofa staffmember in the Mary- Pulitzer Prize winners and a Nobel Laure- We stood toge—ther when we needed to land Fire and Rescue Institute who was ate in Physics, and launched new partner- and it shows. C. D. Mote,Jr., President PHOTOBYJOHNT.CONSOLI COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 3 MAILBOX REMEMBERING BLACK SAGA and active with the Veterans’ Club, having just completed I just read yourarticle about my service in the U.S. Air the Black Sagacompetition Force. The Veterans' Club had that is run by professor a mixer planned at Ritchie Charles Christian. Whileat Coliseum forvery early in the Maryland, I took apublic rela- semester, the first orsecond tions course in which our class weekend as I recall.John had the opportunity to work Belushi’s AnimalHousewas with Dr. Christian and devel- just released and we quickly op acampaign to promote his changed our normal mixer annual competition. Dr. into a toga party. The Univer- Christian always found time in sity ofMaryland was even his busy schedule to meet noted in Time magazine for with us and answerourques- holding this event, one ofthe tions. At the end ofthe semes- first large toga parties in the ter, he gave every student in country resulting from the the class a signed copy ofhis AnimalHousecraze! book, BlackSaga. His enthusi- SteveHayleek, PERH '83 asm and willingness to teach Dayton Md. , young children about African American history and hisgen- The y—ear ofthe photograph is erosity and interest in helping 1978 corresponding with students ofall ages succeed release ofthe movie Animal should notgo unnoticed. The House. Oh, the memories of success ofhis competition those togaand Friday night comes as no surprise. well-rounded guy, he most GUESSTHE YEAR dances at Ritchie Coliseum. Michelle Vitagliano.JOUR '98 certainly never hit the books. Those were thegood years. Boston, Mass. My husband and I met The yearwas 1978. 1 was six WaltSchmick, A&S ’72 and hung out with years old then, however the Fort Worth. Texas A SQUARE PEG Larry and his film AnimalHouseeventually IN A ROUND future wife for became one ofmy all-time Editor's note: Cindy Rosenstein of HOLE years in the favorites during high school Owings Mills. Md.. a 1979 lounge ofthe and shaped my vision ofcol- criminaljusticegraduate, recog- I laughed out Society for lege. Boy, was I wrong. There nizedoneofheroldcollegepals, loud to see Physics Stu- was not even one toga party whowillremain nameless, as one Larry Tansill’s dents along my entire six years there. 1 was ofthetoga-cladmenattendingthe well-loved face with many a little too late, I guess. 1978 campuswidetogaparty. in the photo on otherphysics ShaneCohen Thetogacrazeofthelate ’70s pages 60 and 61 in students. I honestly B.S. ’96 ENGR was inspiredbythemovie Ani- the Class Notes section didn’t think your maga- B.A. ’96 BSOS mal House, starringcomedian ofyour latest issue (with the zine would induce much nos- Metairie. La. John Belushi. Rosenstein's name caption “Well-rounded stu- talgia for a non-mainstream, wasdrawnfromapoolofallthe dent hits the books, 1989”). non-Greek former physics The Guess the Yearpicture in correctanswers, andshe will From the picture, I believe geek, but you did it. Thanks. the Summer 2001 edition ol receiveapolo-styleshirt with Terp that Larry was eating his Stephanie Warner CollegePark magazine was logocourtesy oftheMaryland lunch, nodoubt bought at the B.S. ’90. M.A. ’00 BSOS taken during the Fall 1978 Alumni Association. Food Co-op, and I can assure semester. I was newly enrolled you that although Larry is a at the University ol Maryland 4 COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 VIEWPOINT Giving Voice to the Watermen knowledge is perceived as unscientific or anecdotal because its validity cannot be assessed through scientific testing. While The Chesapeake Bay is a valued natural resource, enjoyed by all bay advocates, including watermen, We recognize the need forscientific, hypothe- millions throughout the Mid-Atlantic. express our appreci- sis-driven research, should we really dis- ation of the hay through widespread support of policies and miss empirical and experiential data from those who, with a keenness that escapes programs that protect and restore our for waterman communities? the outsider's eye, carefully study and marine resources. However, there is Twopossibilities come to mind. As a observe the ecological processes on the another bay resource that receives much first task, we might reflect upon what we bay? Is not their long-term success at — less ofourattention and support the really know about watermen, versus earning a livelihood on the watera reli- bay’s watermen. able measure ofthevalidity oftheir Forcenturies, the region’s harvesters ecological knowledge? ofoysters, crab and fish have supported Todate, too much ofthe bay’s close-knit coastal communities, exhib- resource management has been top ited ingenuity in developing new tech- down. However, discussions ofco-man- — nologies including the skipjack, a agement approaches with watermen as — sail-powered oysterdredge boat and equal participants are beginning to take provided us with oursummer steamed shape. Watermen are motivated topar- crabs. Today, however, oysterand crab ticipate in these efforts since thevery harvests are a mere fraction ofwhat polices implemented directly affect they once were, the result ofparasitic their lives and incomes. Furthermore, infections, habitat destruction and contrary topopular image, watermen decades ofheavy commercial and recre- considerthemselves stewards ofthe ational fishing. assumptions we may hold based on sec- bay’s natural resources. As one waterman At the same time, the numberof ond- or third-hand information mediated recently expressed, “Whowould be fool watermen “working the water" declines through ourown cultural biases. Many enough todestroy where they’re makin’ yearly, and it is an aging population. watermen believe they are perceived by their living?” With restrictions on commercial licenses urban dwellers as, in their own words, The Chesapeake Bay symbolizes not and high startup costs, many young men “ignorant rednecks.” While it’s true that only the beauty and bounty oi nature, but whose fathers and grandfathers were many watermen lack formal schooling also the homeofavibrant and changing watermen are “heading down the road" to beyond high school, most are family men cultural landscape. Watermen are central find work ashore. whovalue and define themselves by hard to that cultural landscape, and they pos- Many may view the demise ofthe work. They believe in community and sess ecological knowledge and motivation Chesapeake Bay watermen as an religion, demonstrate remarkable self- to be key participants in ourefforts to inevitability ofour modern and post- reliance, and possess mechanical and fix-it protect and manage the bay. Forwater- modern times. A pessimistic view is that skills that make any urban Home Depot men, their heritage is the right to "work the communities and landscapes sur- weekend warriorenvious. Watermen com- the water.” It is time wevalued that right rounding the bay must change as urban munities exhibit some ofthe core cultural and valued theirheritage bygiving them sprawl and coastal development engulf values that are widelyconsidered to be in greatervoice in protecting the bay. more and more ofthe bay's watershed. decline in contemporary urban societies. Still, it is not too late forenlightened Second, we need to integrate the exten- MichaelPao/isso isassistantprofessorinthe resource management that integrates both sive ecological knowledge accumulated by University ofMaryland’s Departmentof ecological and cultural priorities. As users watermen overgenerations into our poli- Anthropologyandistheprincipalinvestigator ofthe bay and supporters ofefforts to cies and programs toensure a healthy ofa NationalScience'Foundationstudy ofcul- manage the bay’s resources, what might Chesapeake Bay. Natural resource man- turalmodels ofpollutionandenvironmentheld we do in research and conservation to help agers, scientists and conservationists do by ChesapeakeBaystakeholdergroups, includ- promote a more comprehensive concern seek watermen’s input, but too often this ing watermen. PHOTOBYJOHNTCONSOLI COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 5 — Attacks Prompt Calls for Campus Unity One day after America’s worst terrorist attack, 8,000 people joined together on McKeldin Mall to remember those lost, grieve for a wounded nation and find strength through unity as a university community. Few days in the history ofthe University of University President C. D. MoteJr., in an e- Maryland have unfolded with such profound mail to the university community that after- senses offearand tragedy as that of Tuesday, noon, captured the mood ofthe campus as news Sept. 11, 2001. ofthe devastation mounted, “Never in the As thousands ofstudents filed into their courseofmy life have I had to endure a national morning classes and faculty and staffsettled crisis ofthis proportion," he said. “The loss of into theiroffices, the news of the terrorist innocent life and the national terror induced by attacks on New York’s World Trade Centerand ourdefenselessness have taken on asurreal qual- the Pentagon shocked, and then consumed, the ity that is far beyond my campus, turning an otherwise pristine fall experience.” morning into one of the most anguished days in Only later would university history. Mote learn that two grad- Classes dismissed in an eerie silence. Stu- uate students in the McKeldin Mall absorbedthe dents and staffmembers gathered nervously in Smith School ofBusiness, university'scollectivegriefon front of television sets and World Wide Web Navy officers Eric Allen thedayafterterrorshockedthe browsers. Sirens wailed through the morning Cranford and Michael nation andtheworld. airas emergency vehicles raced along Route 1 Scott Lamana, had died and onto the university in the Pentagon attack. grounds, securing the campus On Wednesday, shock began giving way to against potential threats. grief. Even with classes cancelled, more than It was a day where the only 8,000 students, faculty and staffgathered on lesson learned by students and McKeldin Mall fora 30-minute mourning serv- staffalike was that the world ice organized by the university’s chaplains. In a and the unchallenged sense of remarkable display of campus unity, prayers of — security that defined it was peace were offered in the traditions ofChris- no longer the same place. tianity, Hindu, Islam andJudaism as volunteers 6 COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 PHOTOSBYJOHNT.CONSOLI passed out 10,000 cut flowers to those in atten- Civic Engagement at Heart of New Center dance. As two-and-a-half minutes ofsilence SM — ne ofthe nation's largest funders of nonprofit work in the fields of enveloped thosegathered disrupted only by BSi civics, public health, the environment and religion has awarded $4.57 the sounds ofmilitary jets—patrolling the million to the University of Maryland to study patterns ofcivic engagement nation’s capital high above Lutheran chaplain and disengagement among young Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. Beth Platz invoked members ofthe community The grant, from the Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trusts, supports to take solace in the moment, adding, “In that the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, flowerand in this silence, you might allow your or CIRCLE. The center is directed by William A. Galston, a professor in the heart to speak in any university's School of Public Affairs, with the active involvement offaculty way you desire.” and researchers both at Maryland and from around the nation. As the service "On the one hand, young people are volunteering their services in record closed, a lone saxo- numbers," says Galston. "On the other hand, young people are disengaging phonist, Chris Vadala from the institutions through which binding public decisions are made." ofthe university’s — Indifference toward matters ofcivic importance voting, social and eco- School of Music, played — melodies by Duke nomic welfare, government spending is one ofthe biggest dilemmas facing younger Americans, Ellington as thousands according to scholars placed their roses, carnations, chrysanthemums ODK involved in the effort. and lilies on the rim ofMcKeldin Mall’s fountain. The memorial remained undisturbed In addition to better understanding such until Sept. 14, when many returned to the mall civic disengagement, to help bury the flowers in the East Garden, just researchers are look- across from Main Administration Building. ing for ways to Hundreds chose to express sentiments in increase the involve- writing on large white sheets draped over tables ODK ment ofyoung people near the fountain—“Peace be on Earth" ... “God Bless” ... "We will always remember” in the public affairs of their communities and “Teach us to forgive.” ... country. While many consoled themselves in the The center also company ofothers, some, like Corey Merdler, will fund research 20, a mechanical engineering major from Balti- about civic engage- more, walked quietly along the fountain to ment and disseminate reflect on the events and to prepare himselffor its findings to practi- uncertain days ahead. “The whole bruntofthis thing hasn’t hit me tioners, policy makers and interested scholars yet, but it seems really fitting todo this,” he said of the mourning service. “It changed what’s hap- in such disciplines as pened from just a news event intoa real human political science, soci- ology and education. experience. Everybody is hurting from this.” An advisory board of Fostering asense ofunity among Maryland’s leading scholars and largeand diversecampus community wasacrit- practitioners from ical part ofthe healing process forstudentsand staffmembers alike, officials say. And while the around the country will help shape CIRCLE'S ramifications ofthe attacks will be felt for research agenda and months and even years tocome, many within the university community began taking small guide its grant-making decisions, Galston comfort on that sunny, somberafternoon on — — says. KP McKeldin Mall. DC COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 7 — Whilecutting a swath ofdestructionthroughthe university's North Campus,thetornado ofSept.24 sparedthe newClarice Smith Performing Arts Center(left, in background). father, F. Patrick Marlatt, is assistant directorofthe Fire and Rescue Institute. He had just seen his daughters offfrom the institute, where they were visiting, when the tornado struck. Universitypresident C. D. MoteJr., in a state- ment to the university com- munity, expressed concern and sympathy, saying, “We aregripped by their loss andgrieffor their family theyareour family.” Patrick Marlatt and six otherstaffmembers were pinned under the implod- Home ed buildings housing the Tornado Hits Fire and Rescue Institute until rescuers could pull A them out. One staffmem- tornado packing winds of up to 200 miles per hour ber suffered serious slammed into the university’s north campus on Sept. 24, injuries. About 25 stu- killing two sisters who were university students and dents reported minor injuries, and hundreds of temporarily displacing thousands from north cars parked in the path ofthe storm were dam- campus residence halls and a university apart- aged, some flipped over. Total damage to prop- : ment complex. erty on campus was estimated at $15 million. The storm, which struck around 5:20 p.m. While most campus buildings were spared on an afternoon marked by dark skies, blowing by the storm, more than 700 university stu- rain and fierce lightning, also destroyed tempo- dents living in the University Courtyard apart- rary buildings housing the Maryland Fire and ments had to be relocated until repair work was Rescue Institute, a university-based training completed. Students who were evacuated from and certification program for firefighters from high-rise residence halls were able to return to across the state. their rooms within seven hours after the storm. The sisters, Colleen Marlatt, 23, and Erin A University ofMaryland Tornado Victims Marlatt, 20, were killed when theircarwas lift- Fund has been set up by the university to aid ed offthe ground by the tornadoand thrown those affected by the disaster. Contributions into a tree. Colleen Marlatt was expected to should be mailed to the University ofMaryland graduate in December with a degree in environ- College Park Foundation, cloTerry Miller, mental policy and communication. Erin Marlatt 2103 Pocomoke Building, College Park, Md., was a sophomore majoring in sociology. Their 20742. —DC 8 COLLEGEPARK FALL2001 CLOUDYSKYPHOTOBYTOMVENTSIAS.ALLOTHERPHOTOSBYJOHNT.CONSOLI

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