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Because of President Trump’s executive actions on immigration and climate change this week...

...junior Maryam ‘Aida’ Mohammadi was detained for five hours at Dulles Airport on Saturday. jay reed/the diamondback

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‘i thought i was safe’

...a Sudanese doctoral student is stuck in his home country.

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...Wallace Loh affirmed his opposition to the travel ban.

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After customs agents detained her at Dulles, Iranian student says, ‘Things have changed’

...Mayor Wojahn said the City Council should take action to protect DACA. Page 7 file photo/the diamondback

By Lindsey Collins | @LindsECollins | Staff writer

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t had been five hours since 25-yearold Maryam “Aida” Mohammadi had moved. The cold, metal seats in Washington Dulles International Airport combined with the weight of a sleeping Artiman Jalali, her 5-year-old cousin, were making her body numb.

Hours before, Mohammadi, a junior public health science major at the University of Maryland, was prepping for a 10-hour flight

...democratic Maryland lawmakers proposed five new pieces of legislation.

home from Turkey. She had been there with Artiman for about a month to visit relatives.

It was the first time she had traveled back to Turkey since moving to the U.S. with her family three years ago.

While abroad over winter break, Mohammadi, an Iranian citizen, heard of President Trump’s immigration ban, which bars citizens

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...and sophomore Sahar Shehata joined hudreds of students protesting on the steps of the Main Administration Building on Wednesday.

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...a professor started a new network in case federal scientists get fired.

...Sen. Chris Van Hollen signed onto DREAMer privacy legislation.

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More than 200 rally against ban

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Hala Alkhalouf was planning her mother’s trip to the United States when the news broke: President Trump had signed an executive order barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the country.

She realized that her mother, who is

Carrying signs Wednesday that read “Ban white supremacy” and “Down with racism” in English, Arabic and Farsi, University of M a ryl a n d s t u d e n ts p ro te s te d President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim

See reaction, p. 3

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7 found liable for Sexual Assault I, only 4 expelled Annual sexual misconduct report shows hike in reports, complaints, investigations by

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Changes in sexual misconduct

Jessica Campisi of Maryland expelled a investigation procedure led to in@jessiecampisi record number of stu- consistent punishments for students Senior staff writer dents for sexual assault found responsible for committing during the 2015-16 academic year, some students received suspensions for the same violation.

Sexual Assault I, which is considered any type of non-consensual penetration.

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Four students were expelled for Sexual Assault I in the 2015-16 academic year, though three students who were found responsible for the same offense received a more lax sanction, according to the second annual Student Sexual Misconduct Report.

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Univ police expand active shooter training program

University Police responded to reports of assau lt, bu rgla ry a nd malicious destruction of property, among other incidents this past week, according to police reports.

MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

Police responded to Denton Hall on Saturday at 4:40 a.m. for a burglary, Hoaas said. The residents of the room reported that at about 4:30 a.m., they woke up to find one of their neighbors in their room. The door was unlocked at the time of the incident.

The residents told the neighbor to leave, which he did, Hoaas said.

Nothing was stolen. This case is open and active.

Police responded to Mowatt Lane Garage on Saturday at 5:09 a.m., w h e n w i t n e s s e s tol d police they saw a man throwing a cell phone at a parked car multiple times, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

The Security Operations Center was able to locate the man, who was a r rested a nd cha rged with malicious destruction of property totaling less than $1,000, Hoaas said. The man, 21-yearold Ryan Bollinger from Montclair, New Jersey, was intoxicated. This case is closed.

On Jan. 25 at 2:40 p.m., police received a report for malicious destruct ion of prop er ty t h at took place the previous day between 4:30 p.m. and 9:41 p.m. in parking lot 2G, Hoaas said.

The victim, who has no affiliation with this

title ix From p. 1 writing assignment. Typically, suspended students must complete a rehabilitation measure and reapply before returning, said Keira Martone, the assistant director of the Department of Resident Life for Student Conduct.

Between May and October 2015, a Standing Review Committee — a group of five trained students, staff and faculty that changes for each case — helped determine responsibility and sanctions alongside the school officials, but this left room for inconsistencies, said Title IX Officer Catherine Carroll.

“It’s like having a different jury every time; you could have similar facts and inconsistencies in outcomes,” Carroll said.

“We decided to be more consistent and more fair — more of a due process lens — and the person deciding sanctions should be the one with the most knowledge and experience.”

Now, once Carroll and the Title IX office complete an investigation, the SRC determines whether a violation of sexual

BURGLARY

ASSAULT On Friday at 5:38 p.m., police met with a female student about an assault that took place at Stamp Student Union, Hoaas said. The woman reported that while walking toward the food court at 2:28 p.m. that day, a man pushed her as he walked by.

Pol ic e s u b m it te d a camera review for the incident, Hoaas said. This case is open and active.

“Quite candidly, [an active shooter] is the type of threat that keeps me up at night,” Mitchell said. “But I’m extremely confident that we’re as prepared as you can be for this type of threat.”

Before the semester began, police augmented their ability to respond to active threats by conducting live-simulation training in the new Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center, Ecker said.

The training, which took place Jan. 9, 12 and 13, involved the majority of the department’s 80 to 85 patrol officers,Ecker said.Officers used and shot paintball guns resembling the weapon they’d carry into an active shooter scenario, he said.

“We’ve used other weapons in the past, such as improvised explosive devices, just to give that visual and sound and even a little bit of a smell,” said Firearms Unit Commander Sgt. David Fields, who helped instruct the training.

“So God forbid something like that happens, it wouldn’t have been the first time the officer experiences it.”

University Police occasionally conduct these “refresher” trainings in other campus buildings — typically during times when buildings are being renovated or during academic breaks, Ecker said.

As an emergency manager, Ecker said it’s his responsibility to reach out to campus departments and work with them to create an

Run. Hide.

Fight.

Michael These three Brice-Saddler words were part @TheArtist_MBS of a tweet and a Senior staff writer text alert sent to Ohio State University students Nov. 28 during an attack on its campus that left 11 hospitalized and the assailant — an Ohio State student — dead.

Because the Ohio State attacker used a knife and vehicle instead of a gun to harm other students, the incident caused many college and university police departments, including University of Maryland Police, to rethink ways to better educate community members and to amp up their own active threat response procedures, University Police Chief David Mitchell said.

While University Police already offer presentations to campus groups centered around what to do during an active shooting incident, the number of requests for these presentations has jumped up “exponentially” since the Ohio State attack, said Capt. Kenneth Ecker, the department’s emergency manager. To meet this demand, police are preparing to offer new active shooter training twice per month to students or faculty who want training faster than their academic department is requesting it, Ecker said.

This project is in the works, but Ecker said he expects it to be completed within the next month or so, he added.

“All they have to do is request it,” he said, “and we’ll facilitate it in some form or fashion.”

The department is pushing for active shooting information to be included in the syllabi of all academic courses as well, and wants professors to go over safety protocol with their students as they are reviewing other parts of the syllabus on the first day of classes.

“The more knowledge [students] have, the better chance they have if they’re in one of these unfortunate incidents of coming out alive,” Ecker said.

While this university has not faced an active shooter situation, police arrested a 19-year-old student in 2012 who allegedly threatened on websites such as Reddit to go on a “shooting rampage.” The campus also descended into panic in October after two students reported to police that they saw a man on Route 1 holding an AR-15 rifle. It was discovered that he was actually an ROTC member holding a rubber training rifle.

Even before the Ohio State incident, police were aware of the potential vehicles had to be weapons, Mitchell said, highlighting the locations of various sidewalk barriers around the campus. On football game days and during other special events on the campus, motorized vehicles driving toward the stadium are required to go through checkpoints and prove they have lawful intent to be there, he added.

center, and then came back and said, ‘I didn’t understand why I did what I did until I went through this process, and I’m a different person,’” Goodwin said. “I spend a lot of time with respondents trying to understand where they’re coming from and how much I believe they can learn.”

A former student at this university filed a federal lawsuit Sept. 30 against Carroll and university President Wallace Loh, among other administrators, seeking $5 million and claiming he was wrongfully expelled after this university found him responsible for sexually assaulting a woman in on-campus housing.

There were a total of 66 sexual misconduct complaints issued during the 2015-16 academic year. The office fully investigated 26 complaints, including 16 Sexual Assault I cases. It also saw seven Sexual Assault II cases, defined as unwanted intimate touching; four relationship violence cases; and one sexual intimidation case.

Some cases involved multiple types of sexual misconduct.

Reports, complaints and investigations all experienced notable increases between the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years. Reports jumped 64 percent, complaints rose by 38 percent and investigations climbed by 44 percent.

“We want to see more complaints and reporting so more students get the resources they need,” Carroll said. “There’s a

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university, reported her car had been keyed. A camera review was submitted, and this case is active, Hoaas said.

All-Hazards Plan, or a guidebook to how that department would handle an emergency. Every department on the campus should have a comprehensive All-Hazards Plan, Ecker said, noting that most do.

“The [University] Health Center has a very robust AllHazards Plan, and one of the big reasons is because that’s where people are going to go in the event of an injury,” he said. “We’re pushing other departments to do the same thing.”

To help mitigate setbacks that might prevent an All-Hazards Plan from working properly, such as staff turnover within a given department, Ecker said he is asking university department heads to go over emergency protocol during monthly meetings.

“It’s one of those things where if you’re taught — [but] if you don’t refresh or utilize it at all — you’re gonna lose it,” he said.

Following the basic instructions of “Run. Hide. Fight.” is still a student’s best bet when faced with an active threat situation, Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. But University Police still intend to do what they can to ensure that students know police are prepared in the event of an attack.

“We’re always with the hope we never have to deal with something like this, but unfortunately, the threat’s always out there,” Mitchell said. mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

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misconduct policy occurred.

If a student is found responsible for a policy violation, the case is referred to the Office of Student Conduct or the Department of Resident Life’s Office of Rights and Responsibilities. Student Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin or Martone determine the final sanction.

Relevant case factors, as well as recommendations from staff members, the complainant or the respondent, play a hand in sanctioning, Goodwin said.

Sometimes, for example, a complainant might know the respondent and doesn’t want them to face severe punishment, and these wishes are taken into account.

For Sexual Assault I cases, sanctions usually involve temporary or permanent dismissal from this university, Goodwin said. But for harassment or Sexual Assault II cases, punishment could be a housing probation coupled with a writing assignment.

“I’ve had a case where someone was suspended, sought therapy and made a donation to a rape crisis

risk of suffering if students aren’t reporting. But once you drill down into what’s happening with each case, most people don’t want to go forward; they just want help and support.”

When investigating these cases, this university aims to reach completion and resolution within 60 business days.

Frequently, the process takes twice as long.

“These are complicated cases,” Carroll said. “We can’t compromise the quality of the investigations, so they’re going to take longer.”

To address this holdup, the office is planning to add additional resources and staff, including a deputy director, Goodwin said. This university also announced Oct. 18 its intention to create six new positions — four in the Title IX

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office and two in the CARE to Stop Violence office — to assist with investigations.

The Student Government Association voted in September in favor of a proposal to add a $34 annual student fee to fund the Title IX office, but it was later withdrawn.

Twenty-six complainants received academic accommodations last academic year as an interim measure to protect their safety and well-being. Twentyfour no-contact orders — where an individual is told not to have verbal, electronic, written or third-party communication with another person — were issued. The no-contact orders were mutual, meaning both the victims and perpetrators were told not to communicate with each other, Carroll said.

Five students received

housing accommodations, which could include changing where they live on the campus, she added.

Some students don’t want to open investigations into their assault or harassment cases, but even without undergoing this part of the process, victims can still get help from this university. “Sometimes people miss that,” Carroll said.

“We’re obligated to investigate and hold people accountable and make sure our campus is safe … but that shouldn’t eclipse the piece that we spend most of our time on, which is supporting students,” she said. “That’s really the picture, and that’s really the story, and that’s the importance of Title IX.” jcampisidbk@gmail.com

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mohammadi From p. 1 from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days. But as a green card holder traveling with a cousin holding U.S.-Iranian dual citizenship, she said thoughts of being stopped were far from her mind.

“They said nothing about green cards on the news,” Mohammadi said. “I thought I was safe.”

It was not until scrolling through the news a few hours into the flight that Mohammadi realized she was wrong.

With hours of flight time ahead of her and faced with the prospect of being turned away from her home, Mohammadi began to cry. Artiman asked about her tears.

“Don’t worry,” she replied.

“It’s nothing bad.”

After exiting the plane, customs officials wrote big X’s on Mohammadi and Artiman’s customs papers, indicating the need for extra security clearances. Airport security escorted the two to a crowded room, where they would sit for almost five hours.

“What would happen to me?”

reaction From p. 1 from Syria and now lives in Saudi Arabia, wouldn’t be visiting any time soon.

“My sister and I are here without family, and we can’t leave the country, we can’t see my family, my mom can’t come,” the senior civil engineering major said. “It’s like a prison.”

A l k h a l o u f, wh o h a s n ’t seen her parents since last August, said she initially couldn’t believe the order was taking effect.

“This is what we ran away from,” she said. “We came to America thinking that this is a country that respects people no matter where they come from, their religion. We were like, ‘There’s no way it’s happening.’”

Alkhalouf is not alone.

Following Trump’s executive order, the University o f M a ryl a n d co m m u n i ty was left grappling with farreaching implications for its students, faculty and research capabilities.

The order directly affects about 350 people on the campus — predominantly graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars, university President Wallace Loh wrote in a campus-wide statement Tuesday.

“To all of you, we pledge our full support,” Loh wrote. “This

rally From p. 1 countries and suspending the U.S. refugee program.

Students for Justice in Palestine organized Wednesday’s rally to support refugees, immigrants and their family members who might be affected by Trump’s recent travel ban. Miranda Mlilo, president of Students for Justice in Palestine, opened the march by telling participants and onlookers, “We want to send a message to Loh and the university administration.”

Students, professors and community members gathered in front of McKeldin Library and then walked to the Administration Building, chanting calls to actions like “No ban, no wall, racism has got to fall,” and “Let them in.” Speakers demanded action from university President Wallace Loh and asked participants to fight the executive order by calling their legislators and other government officials.

The march grew as the rally moved to the Administration Building, where speakers shared personal stories of being immigrants and having refugee families.

The crowd of at least 200 people at times spilled into the street.

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Mohammadi remembered asking herself. “I’m in the middle of my undergrad — I have one year left.

What do I do if they don’t let me into the country?”

Officials took her picture and recorded her fingerprints.

She answered police questions: “Why are you here?”; “Where are your parents?”; Where do you live?” Airport officials released Mohammadi around 11 p.m., leaving Artiman by himself. It was another hour before officials released him, too.

Three days later, Mohammadi’s detainment still burns in her mind.

“There were many Iranians in there,” Mohammadi recalled.

“The worst scenario was when [authorities] came and handcuffed one of them. I didn’t know what to do at that moment.Maybe there were other people they were going to handcuff after him. That gave us so much stress.”

With her future in this country seemingly in limbo, Mohammadi said the stress and uncertainty continue.

“Even in this country [immigrants] are not safe,” she said. “Two days before I would have had my ticket and gotten into the country. Now that I’m

sitting here, I really don’t know what will happen here next year or next month.”

Mohammadi is worried about negative and violent comments some Americans have made against immigrants, she said. An ABC 7 News video of her release Saturday night features onlookers saying the U.S. “shouldn’t let [immigrants] return to the country, because we are paying for them.”

“I don’t understand why they are saying this,” said Mohammadi, shaking her head. “We paid for ourselves, we live in an affluent city, a suburb of Washington, D.C. We don’t need anyone to pay for us. I don’t need anyone to help me. I’m here to study.”

However, Mohammadi sees a silver lining.

“When I came out to the arrival hall … I saw many people were there to support us. This was the best moment,” Mohammadi said, tears running down her face. “I wanted to say thanks to everyone that supported us. If they weren’t there, then maybe they wouldn’t let us into the country.”

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was among those gathered at the airport, released

a statement earlier that day expressing his “disappointment” regarding Trump’s executive order. While at the airport, the governor documented the protests on his Twitter account.

Following Mohammadi and Artiman’s detainment, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) also took to social media to criticize Trump’s ban.

With one year of schooling at this university left, Mohammadi said she fears the new executive order will endanger her education. “I was thinking about doing a study abroad, and I filled out the application, but now I can’t leave the country,” she said. “There is no guarantee that if [immigrants] leave the country we can come back in.”

Mohammadi is not the only university student affected by the order. Sudanese doctoral student Abubakr Suliman Eltayeb Mohamed Hamid is temporally barred from returning to the U.S. after taking a trip to Sudan over winter break.

Trump’s travel ban affects about 350 people in the ca m p u s co m m u n i ty, a n d there are three other students who are possibly in a similar predicament as

Hamid, university President Wallace Loh said in a statement to the campus community on Tuesday.

In wake of the order — which also prevents refugee admission for 120 days and Syrian refugees indefinitely — Loh said this university will not release information regarding students’ immigration status unless it’s required by law.

This university will also not turn students over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless there is a court order.

“To those affected by recent executive orders, we pledge full

support,” Loh tweeted Tuesday.

“This University is your University. You belong here. We stand with you.”

Despite this support, Mohammadi said she still sees a changed America and an unforeseeable future for immigrants in the U.S. “I always told my friends that I haven’t felt that I’m not American in this country,” she said. “The last three and a half years I have never felt like I was not from this country.

Things have changed.”

University is your University.

You belong here. We stand with you.”

Alkhalouf said the emails she has received from university officials have been reassuring.

She even set a screenshot of an email she got from the civil engineering department, which expressed support for those affected by the order, as her cover photo on Facebook.

At least one international student is unable to return to the United States. Abubakr Suliman Eltayeb Mohamed Hamid, an engineering doctoral student and live-in language teacher at the Language House, traveled to his home country of Sudan during winter break and is temporarily barred from returning to this university.

Another student, Maryam “Aida” Mohammadi, an Iranian green card holder, was detained for five hours Saturday before being released from Washington Dulles International Airport with her 5-year-old cousin, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Iran, after traveling abroad over winter break to visit her relatives.

At this university, two undergraduate students and 94 graduate students are from Iran, and at least one student is from Sudan, according to data from the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment.

This university’s Office of International Affairs is focused on gathering more information about the affected community and connecting them to resources, said Ross Lewin, associate vice president for international affairs.

The OIA is looking into bringing immigration lawyers to help students directly affected by the order and connecting them to counseling services on the campus, Lewin said. The staff is also planning to list resources on their website and providing up-to-date information about the executive order, he added.

Yvette Lerma Jones, the Latinx student involvement and advocacy coordinator at the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy, said a few students have come to her seeking advice and fearing the effects of future executive orders on other immigrant communities.

Fatemeh Keshavarz, the director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, said one of the worst implications of the executive order is that it could give international students a sense of being cut off from their base.

Keshavarz, an Iranian citizen who attended a London university, relied on her family back home in Iran to support her

during her college years. She said she fears the order may make it harder for international students to do the same. “[International students] don’t have family here,” said Katie Brown, Graduate Student Government public relations vice president. “When something like this happens and they don’t know what’s going on, UMD is the only institutional body that they’re familiar with.”

This makes it essential for this university’s administration to provide more clarity about how they plan to protect the affected students and where they can go for help, said Brown, a communication doctoral student.

It is still unclear how the ban will affect the university’s ability to recruit international doctoral candidates or faculty.

A visiting professor from abroad has also notified this university he will not be coming to teach as a form of protest of the ban, despite not being affected, Loh wrote in Tuesday’s letter.

Keshavarz said the order has put her department at risk of losing one Iranian doctoral candidate. Although Keshavarz was excited about recruiting the candidate, if the executive order stays, it’s “not possible for [us] to consider any students coming from any of these areas,” she said.

Students within the program

are already feeling the effects of the executive order on their research, Keshavarz added.

“A lot of students, when they come from a different cultural heritage background, their topic of study is somewhat related,” Keshavarz said. “I have students currently who do their research on the writings of Iranian women or travel there to look at archives and libraries [and] interview individual writers. That becomes totally impossible. At the academic level, it’s affecting us in very serious ways.”

Matthew Miller, a Roshan Institute Research Fellow, said he can no longer attend a conference in Iran where he was going to sit on a panel and present one of his papers.

Miller was going to buy his tickets this week, but the March conference, held by the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, was abruptly canceled after the Iranian government announced Saturday it would no longer issue visas to American citizens for 90 days, or as long as the U.S. ban remains in effect.

The executive order “seems like a particularly cruel political maneuver,” in that it has the unintended ramifications of “halting any international educational exchanges,” Miller said.

Peter Wien, an associate professor of modern Middle Eastern history, said the order

could prove damaging for the U.S. and its relationships abroad.

“The thinking behind the executive order is to reduce the threat of terrorism in the U.S. and to increase security,” he said. “One thing is sure — it has the opposite effect.”

Wien noted that the order is reminiscent of World War II-era immigration issues, and labeled this problem a “serious constitutional crisis.”

“The historical precedent that is very often mentioned these days is the precedent of the 1930s, where Jews who were persecuted in Germany were trying to get asylum, were trying to get access to a number of countries including the U.S. and who did not get in,” he said.

“It’s a very apt parallel.”

Nationwide, thousands have gathered at airports to protest Trump’s executive order, and thousands have co n t i n u e d to vo i ce t h e i r opposition. So despite the struggle her family faces as a result of the ban, Alkhalouf said she remains optimistic.

“When we saw the protests in front of the White House, what was happening in the airports, I felt so relieved, to be honest, and one thing that really I was thinking is that this is the country that I want my children to be part of,” she said.

chemistry major, joined the rally on crutches with a torn ACL. Attached to his backpack, a sign read “Doctor told me walking was a bad idea. I am walking here today because this matters.”

“It’s a bad idea to ban a group of people based on one fact,” Ryba said. “This has happened before and it’s had disastrous consequences.”

Niko Schultz, a senior Japanese and math major who attended the rally with the Japanese American Student Association, compared the travel ban to the Japanese internment camps of World War II. Protesters fought against the camps while they were in place, and for years afterward, demanded reparations to Japanese-Americans who were interned, she said.

“They said, ‘Never again,’” Schultz said. “Have we learned nothing? The same thing is happening today. We can’t wait another 50 years for the government to admit that what it is doing is wrong.”

At this university, about 350 people — mostly graduate students, post-doctoral re sea rc h e rs a n d v i s i t i n g scholars — are affected by Trump’s ban, Loh wrote in a message to the campus community Tuesday. A visiting

professor from abroad said he is no longer coming to teach at this university as part of a personal protest against the ban, although he is not affected.

A university student and green card holder was also d e ta i n e d a t Wa s h i n g to n Dulles International Airport on Saturday night, along with her 5-year-old cousin, after returning from a trip to see relatives in Turkey.

Hail Alhashem joined the rally, even though she does not attend this university. The

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PROTESTERS gather in front of the Main Administration Building on Wednesday afternoon during a rally against President Trump’s executive actions on immigration.

George Washington University junior heard about the event on Facebook and came with her sister.

Alhashem said both of her parents are immigrants — her mother from Palestine and her father from Georgia — and that she was especially troubled to see the country turning away refugees.

“It’s our duty to come out and oppose this,” Alhashem said.

In his campus-wide message, Loh pledged his support for the students and

their families affected by the travel ban. Loh advised students who might be affected by the ban to postpone any travel arrangements they may have, and wrote that the university is trying to intervene on the behalf of students who have been detained.

“As a public institution, the University of Maryland does not normally take stands on political issues,” Loh wrote. “ We have an obligation to speak out when government actions are fundamentally antithetical

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to the core values and missions of the institution, especially when they adversely impact many members of our community.”

Loh also pledged support for DACA and DREAMer students, promising that the university would not turn over information on students to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials or allow immigration officials to search for undocumented students without a court order. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Sexual assault must be uniformly disciplined During a time when this university is under complexities, and support victims who wish to seek heavy scrutiny for its handling of sexual assault counsel without imposing severe punishment on a cases, it has seen a notable increase in reports and perpetrator they might know. Regardless, the onus investigations in the last two academic years. Last for deciding a punishment should be on seasoned academic year, this university expelled a record professionals like Student Conduct Director Andrea four students for sexual assault, demonstrating Goodwin, to avoid the “inconsistencies” produced a move toward ensuring sexual assault cases are by a committee of students, staff and faculty, such as the one in place between May and October 2015. thoroughly investigated.

But the 2015-16 Student Sexual Misconduct Additional input from community members who Report also noted three students were sus- are not familiar with handling such sensitive cases pended for the same Sexual Assault I violations could lead to a laxer punishment, like a suspension — any form of non-consensual penetration — as — which typically means a rehabilitation measure those expelled, creating an inconsistency that or educational assignment before reapplying to the university — and takes a could demotivate victims to slap-on-the-wrist approach come forward. our view that undermines the severity The percentage of sexual of rape or sexual assault. assault victims who report In the Jan. 30 articl e , to authorities remains very Goodwin noted there have been low. A Rape, Abuse and Incest some cases when perpetrators National Networks report show a clear understanding of estimates only 20 percent of their wrongdoing after going victims ages 18 to 24 report through educational suspentheir assault to law enforcesion courses. But it’s difficult ment. The 80 percent who to gauge the efficacy of this apdon’t report note reasons such as belief it was not important enough or proach. In cases where returning students don’t belief authorities would not or could not help, learn, their resettlement on the campus could create a very hostile environment for the victim. among others.

Sexual assault can have negative lifelong In a Jan. 30 Diamondback article, Title IX Officer Catherine Carroll said the Title IX office effects on both the victim and the perpetrator. wants “to see more complaints and reporting so But the emotional trauma that comes with being more students get the resources they need.” And a victim of sexual assault has the power to last while this editorial board commends this senti- far longer than an adjustment period after exment and the fact that last year, Carroll’s office saw pulsion. Assault victims, now more than ever, a 64 percent increase in reports and a 44 percent need to feel secure in this university’s ability to increase in investigations, inconsistencies in very deliver justice and comfort. While extenuatsimilar cases don’t establish a very welcoming ing circumstances might prevail, inconsistent environment to victims who might already be punishment with no guarantee of rehabilitation discouraged while looking for help or due process. for this university’s most severe assault charge We also recognize each case comes with its own disservices those seeking justice.

This university lacks much-needed consistency when punishing sexual assault.

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Combatting lazy activism at the Women’s March Erin Hill @erin_mhill Columnist

It might be comforting to Americanwomen that the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21 had more attendees than the inauguration itself. It might seem like a sign that women are pulling together to oppose an administration that would prefer to have us come out of the busses into Washington crotch-first. It might seem like there could be no downside to such an outright expression of feminine liberation.

But this march should not make us feel satisfied.

The Women’s March came from a place of good intentions, but it represents the amount of work women still have to do to put up a unified front. The march itself has been a controversial topic since its conception. One of the issues that circulated the event was its lack of emphasis on inclusivity. Protesting for women without protesting for black or other minority women isn’t going to cut it anymore. Talk of systemic racism and institutionalized violence have permeated the airwaves for years leading up to the election. If white women stand up and march only once a candidate makes disparaging comments that affect all women, they’re leaving their minority sisters in the dust.

This has been dubbed “lazy activism” and it aligns with the Western fallacy that it is only appropriate to act on a cause that affects one directly. This is not a path to progress.

Later, the Women’s March administration did work to be more inclusive, recruiting more nonwhite activists in the roster of speakers and working to assure the public of an intersectional march. But there still seems to be a disparity of views on the protest.

Female Trump voters have come forward, voicing their discomfort with the strong link between abortion and women’s rights as

indicated by the event’s partnership with Planned Parenthood. These women argued that one can be a feminist without supporting access to abortion o u t s i d e t h e c a s e s o f ra p e o r terminal pregnancy.

These women are wrong. Feminism does not simply represent a d e s i re fo r e q u a l pay a m o n g genders. It is not even just the idea that “Women are as good as men!” Simplifying it to these terms would be naive. It’s standing up for the end to victim-blaming, toxic masculinity and violence against unarmed black women (and men). It is also supporting the right to independent reproductive choices and believing in the overarching concept of “good for her, not for me.”

Fe m i n i s m i s h e l p i n g o t h e r women gain the right to choose what happens to their bodies even if one would not make that same choice for oneself. Lobbying to prevent their ability to do so places an individual’s own preferences or religion over the rights of other women. That is simply not feminism.

The Women’s March on Washington is a step in the right dire c t i o n . A l a rge n u m b e r o f people across many demographics engaged in one of the biggest protests we’ve seen in years, an event thick with the fervor and determination of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But women s h o u l d n o t d i s m i s s fe m i n i s t activism if abortion makes them personally uncomfortable, nor should they be satisfied with a stand that defends only privileged, majority feminism. This march has proven to be an opportunity to begin unification against the possibility of a misogynistic administration, as long as we lay down the swords we hold to each other. erin.mckendry.hill@gmail.com

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Loh’s email was an insult to students Jack Lewis @coatrackjack Columnist

In November, 25 student groups at t h e University of Maryland came together as ProtectUMD to create a list of demands aimed at serving marginalized students. At a time when legitimate fear permeated our campus, students took swift, collaborative action to protect each other.

Their 64 demands for the school administration included mental health support for people of color, more funding for multicultural student organizations, queer diversity training, safe prayer areas and protection of undocumented students among other steps toward increased safety and understanding. The unity of these students and the comprehensive nature of their demands represented active citizenship that should have made their university administration proud.

Instead, two months later, university President Wallace Loh responded with an email that was both inadequate and dismissive.

The email starts, “We begin this new semester as a rift grows in our nation. An ‘us-vs.-them’ mind set prevails. We talk more about our differences than about our common ground.” Already Loh has mischaracterized the situation. The most pressing issue in our nation, and on our campus, is not that we talk too much about our differences; it is that

some people are under attack for theirs. ProtectUMD is not looking for “common ground,” they are looking for safety. In addition, Loh continually put the word “demand” in quotation marks, undermining the legitimacy of these concerns. This was insulting, and it is action like this that makes his request for “debate with respect” so hypocritical.

The review of the demands brought three responses. First, he says “Many ‘demands’ call for actions that have been undertaken already or are set to be undertaken.” He lists only one. Second, he states some demands will require approval by academic departments and the University Senate, a fact ProtectUMD was surely aware of already. He lists none. Third, he says “There are ‘demands’ that should not — and will not — be implemented because they are unlawful, or impractical, or unnecessary.” The three examples of this are what he views as restrictions on freedom of speech, dedicating prayer rooms in every building and declaring UMD a sanctuary campus.

These few points are the extent to which Loh acknowledges the demands at all. Out of 64, he chose to respond to a handful, and dismiss them.

In doing so he demonstrated a disturbing lack of concern for marginalized students.

The rest of the email uses vague rhetoric to say very little about what

his administration will do. The language seems to avoid specificity in favor of generalizations about “different perspectives.” Though he does invite ProtectUMD to a discussion, he writes, “We want to focus on achieving common goals and advancing shared values instead of going over ‘demands,’ one by one.” He fails to realize that it is not possible to achieve “common goals” while ignoring the demands of the American Indian, black, Latinx, LGBTQIA+, Muslim, pro-Palestine and undocumented student communities. Any values that exclude the needs of these groups are not shared at all, they are oppressive.

In a statement, ProtectUMD promised its “existence will surpass the time any current student spends at UMD as [ProtectUMD aims] to make this space inclusive for all communities. As long as marginalized groups exist on this campus, ProtectUMD will fight for their rights.”

Hopefully, this fight will force the administration to demonstrate true understanding so we see fewer statements like “[w]e know there are members of our University community who feel disenfranchised and marginalized.” These groups don’t “feel” disenfranchised, they are disenfranchised.

Maybe when Loh starts taking that seriously, we can discover actual unity. jacklewis.4548@gmail.com

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Dog wears glasses in photo, now book club president Reuven Bank @moneyindabank97 Opinion editor

Speaking to re p o r te rs outside of Petco, owner Rex Masterson seemed taken aback by his French bulldog’s meteoric rise through the ranks of the local literary scene. “This all started when I forced him to wear a pair of reading glasses for a cute Instagram photo,” he explained, adding, “The little fella must’ve really enjoyed the feeling, because from then on he just couldn’t stop sniffing around the local library.”

Independent sources confirmed the dog had first experimented with 101 Dalmatians, followed by a brief Lassie phase before moving on to The Call of the Wild.

A n exc l u s ive D i a m o n d b a c k re p o r t d i s c o ve re d t h e a d o r able literature lover then joined a c o m m u n i ty b o o k c l u b, a n d has been ascending ever since.

At first, several members were s u s p i c i o u s, a n d ke p t t h e b e spectacled canine’s activity on a short leash. However, the rest of the club soon grew fond of the pooch, noting he was always willing to retrieve refreshments, with some even venturing so far as to call him a “good boy.” One

anonymous reader heralded the bulldog ’s contributions to the club, gushing, “These meetings used to be bone-dry, but now that he’s in charge, the club has really shed its old image.”

“All of our neighbors think he’s barking up the wrong tree,” Masterson mused. “He used to enjoy ruff-housing with the neighborhood terriers, but these days he’s always fetching something new to read.

“We’re not really that concerned,” the owner continued.

“Although he has looked a bit mangy ever since he finished the tail-end of Old Yeller.”

Editor’s note: In the year since this story was first published, the bulldog has been hired as an English professor at a local university. While he has been lapping up attention as the college’s first fourlegged instructor, many students were outraged. When asked why the canine was still employed by his institution, the university president shrugged, replying, “There’s nothing we can do. It’s been seven dog years since we hired him, and now he’s got tenure.” opinionumdbk@gmail.com

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Van Hollen co-sponsors DREAMer privacy bill U. S. Se n .

Rosie Kean C h r i s V a n @rosie_kean H o l l e n and other S e n a t e Staff writer Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would protect young immigrants’ private information so the Trump administration couldn’t target them for deportation.

T h e P ro te c t D R E A Me r Confidentiality Act of 2017 wo u l d p ro te c t u n d o c u mented immigrants, known a s D R EA Me rs, wh o s u b mitted personal information such as addresses and phone numbers to the federal government when applying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA is an immigration policy that allows undocumented people who came to the U.S. as children to stay in the country to work and study.

Other supporters of the bill include Sens. Cory Booker (DN.J.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), by

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.).

The introduction of the bill comes after President Trump issued two executive orders Wednesday to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and to cut federal funding from sanctuary cities, which don’t enforce federal immigration laws.

Trump’s actions sparked a frenzy on social media, where people began protesting the funding cuts for sanctuary cities. Sen. Kevin de León, a Democrat from California, called the president’s actions “unconstitutional” in a tweet.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh add re sse d a l e t te r to t h e campus community Thursday morning responding to the demands of ProtectUMD, a coalition of 25 student organizations at this university.

In response to a demand requesting that this university become a sanctuary campus,

Loh said it was “unnecessary, since we already provide all the protections and support allowed under the law.”

De s p i te t h e l a c k o f a n official designation, this university already has policies in place to protect undocumented students. Last semester, after Trump won the election, the Residence Hall Association, Student Government Association, Graduate Student Government and University Senate passed legislation to support and defend these students.

DREAMers used the h a s h ta g # He re to S tay o n Twitter to protest and convey their uncertainty about their futures in the U.S. “At its core, America exists because people seeking f re e d o m wo rke d h a rd to build a better life. DREAMers today deserve that same chance,” Van Hollen said in a press release Wednesday. “They came out of the

shadows because of their desire to get an education and contribute to our country, and in turn our government promised to protect them. It would go against the nation’s founding ideals to break that promise.”

During an ABC News interview Wednesday, Trump said DREAMers shouldn’t be afraid.

“They shouldn’t be very worried,” Trump said. “I do have a big heart. We’re going to take care of everybody.

We’re going to have a very strong border. We’re going to have a very solid border.

Where you have great people that are here that have done a good job, they should be far less worried.”

Trump said he will announce in the next month whether DREAMers will be allowed to stay. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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State legislators propose five bills after Trump orders Legislation takes aim at Obamacare repeal effort, immigration policies by

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Lexie Schapitl Democratic @lexieschapitl leadership Senior staff writer introduced legislation Tuesday it said would “protect Maryland citizens” from President Trump and the federal government’s potentially harmful actions.

The package of five bills re s p o n d s to Re p u b l i c a n efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as well a s Tr u m p ’s i m m i g ra t i o n policies and the influence of banks on consumers in this state, according to a news release from the senate president’s office, the speaker of the House of Delegates and the attorney general.

One piece of legislation, the Maryland Defense Act of 2017, would authorize the state attorney general’s office to pursue legal action on behalf of state residents without permission from G ov. L a r ry Hoga n o r t h e General Assembly. Another, the Repeal of Affordable Care Act Resolution, urges the governor and this state’s congressional delegation to resist a repeal of the ACA. “ T h e p o l i c i e s t h a t a re coming from the leadership in the White House … are hazardous to the welfare of the citizens of Maryland,” s a i d C h r i s t i n e To b a r, a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office. “This is for their protection. All of these things will protect

Marylanders in the event t h a t fe d e ra l p o l i c i e s n o longer do so.”

After Trump signed an executive order Friday restricting citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from traveling to the U.S. for 90 days, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined 16 other state attorney generals in condemning the action.

Frosh called the executive order “unconstitutional, unAmerican, and unlawful” on Twitter Sunday.

He was among several politicians in this state who denounced Trump’s executive order and pressed Hogan to respond to the ban, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

Trump also issued an executive order Jan. 20 directing federal agencies to begin scaling back the Affordable Care Act, despite not having an immediate replacement plan. Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to work with Congress to repeal the ACA. Since the enactment of the ACA, about 260,000 Marylanders have received insurance through the law’s Medicaid expansion, while about 1 4 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e re c e i ve coverage through Maryland Health Connection, a state marketplace created as a result of the law, according to the state Dept. for Health and Mental Hygiene.

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Hogan spokesman Doug Mayer told The Sun, “The governor and our legislative agenda will remain focused on Maryland,” and that the General Assembly “should do the same.”

Another piece of legislation in the package would establish the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Task Force, a body to monitor federal changes in banking policy and consumer protections.

The lawmakers behind this proposal wrote in their news release that “it is only a matter of time” before Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress move to repeal these consumer protections. The Constit u t i o n a l Co nve n t i o n Withdrawal proposal would also rescind t h i s s t a te ’s s u p p o r t for previous calls for a constitutional convention. The Sun reported some conservatives have called for a convention to limit the power of t h e f e d e ra l g o ve r n ment, allow for school prayer and impose term limits on members of Congress.

Democratic legislators believe “with the current political climate now is not the time to rewrite the Constitution to endanger Americans,” according to the release. lschapitldbk@gmail.com

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Sudanese PhD student stuck in home nation At least one University of Maryland student is unable to return to the United States following President Trump’s executive order barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days.

Abubakr Suliman Eltayeb Mohamed Hamid, also called “Biko,” traveled to his home country of Sudan during winter break and is temporarily barred from returning to this university, wrote Fatemeh Keshavarz, the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies director, in an email. Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are the seven countries included in the ban.

Hamid is an engineering doctoral student and works as a live-in Arabic language teacher at the Language House, Keshavarz wrote.

University officials are looking into how this executive order might be affecting students and faculty at this university, according to a Sunday statement from by

Natalie Schwartz @nmschwartz23 Staff writer

university President Wallace Loh. “The potential for negatively impacting the educational and research missions of our campus is significant,” Loh wrote.

Trump’s travel ban, signed on Friday, also bans refugees for 120 days and bans Syrian refugees indefinitely. Protests broke out over the weekend across the country as people were detained in airports while trying to return to the United States.

In response, several universities such as the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University have warned students and faculty affected by the ban to avoid traveling outside of the United States while it is still unclear if they will be allowed to re-enter.

“I join my colleagues from across the U.S. in an emphatic message of support for [those affected] and their families,” Loh wrote. “It is in America’s national interest that we continue to welcome talented individuals of all nations to study, teach, and do research here and retain America’s global leadership in higher education.” nschwartzdbk@gmail.com

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By Lindsey Feingold | @lindseyf96 | Staff writer A University of Maryland alumnus, researcher and professor is in the process of creating a network that can be utilized by government scientists and science communicators to find jobs if they are fired during the Trump administration.

Computer scientist and university information studies and computer science professor Jen Golbeck, who is also the director of the Social Intelligence Lab at this university, came up with the idea to create a network of scientists — called the Freedom of Science Network — after reading a series of Badlands National Park tweets focused on climate change Tuesday.

“Under one of the tweets, someone had written,‘To the person who wrote this, when you get fired let me know and I’ll get you another job,’ which gave me the idea to create my own network,” Golbeck said. “I feel like given all the things the Trump administration is already doing — such as blocking government scientists from talking about science and to the public — that the science community needs to do something and this is a way we can take a little step to organize if potentially something bad is to come.”

Golbeck created a Google forum and tweeted it out to her followers on Tuesday. Her message was retweeted over 1,000 times in two days, and Golbeck said she has gotten so many direct messages on Twitter that she keeps hitting the limit per day on how many she can respond to. As of Sunday, about 350 people have signed up, including 10 professors and researchers from the University of Maryland.

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The day officials held University of Maryland student Maryam “A i d a ” M o h a m m a d i i n Washington Dulles International Airport because of President Trump’s travel ban, College Park resident Cynthia McCabe protested.

McCabe, a Calvert Hills resident, said she and some o f h e r co l l ea g u e s jo i n e d Saturday’s protests at the airport as part of a welcome home to refugees and travelers who were coming back to the country. On the day of the Women’s March on Washington, she’d also hosted a morning kickoff that 40 city residents attended.

These stands of solidarity, she said, are what College Park is all about.

“College Park has a long tradition of really standing together as a community,” McCabe said. “It’s not my place to issue directives for what the city should do, but I think it would be fantastic … that the city sends the message that it stands with its immigrant communities, that it’s not going to be divided, and frankly, that we’re not going to stand for the marginalization of people that are a part of our community.”

T r u m p ’s t r a v e l b a n , signed Jan. 27, bars citizens o f s eve n p re d o m i n a n t ly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days, and bans refugees for 120 days. The executive order bars Syrian refugees indefinitely. Another executive order from Jan. 25 federally defunds sanctuary cities, which protect undocumented immigrants from federal prosecution.

Of College Park’s residents, 11.7 percent are not U.S. citizens, according to Census Bureau data. About 55.8 percent of residents are white, 17.3 percent are black, 13.5 percent are Asian and 10.7 percent are Hispanic.

A few residents have written to city Mayor Patrick Wojahn about their support for College Park as a sanctuary city,

Alex Carolan and Laura Spitalniak @thedbk Staff writers

Wojahn said. Students at this university who are affected by the orders have also been reaching out to Wojahn for assistance, he said. “ W h e n yo u ba r p e o p l e from entire countries from c o m i n g i n to t h e U n i te d States who may have student visas, that is certainly going to impact some people at the university,” he said.

T h e i m m i g ra t i o n b a n affects about 350 university members, university President Wallace Loh wrote in a statement to the campus c o m m u n i ty o n Tu e s d ay.

Security officials detained Mohammadi, a junior public health science major and g re e n c a rd h o l d e r f ro m Iran, for five hours after her flight home from Turkey.

And engineering doctoral student Abubakr Suliman Eltayeb Mohamed Hamid, who works and lives in the Language House as an Arabic teacher, is unable to return to the U.S. after visiting his home country of Sudan this winter break.

On Feb. 14, Wojahn said the City Council will likely “take action in support of maintaining the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program,” based on a recommendation from the city’s Education Advisory Committee.

DACA protects undocum e n te d i m m i g ra n ts wh o came to the U.S. before the age of 16 — and who meet o t h er g u i d el i n es — fro m deportation, and gives them p e r m i s s i o n to wo rk a n d study for two-year intervals.

The program also allows eligible students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. In fall 2016 at this university, there were 113 undergraduate and graduate students receiving DACA and 20 covered under this state’s DREAM Act. “Given the large immigrant population in College Park … I would like to see the city council take that step to support the DACA program,” Wojahn said.

L o o k i n g to t h e f u t u re , Wojahn said the College Park City Council also plans on addressing other immigration

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policy. This city, along w i t h P r i n ce G e o rge ’s County, has already said they will continue to uphold sanctuary city policies despite Trump’s executive order.

For McCabe, these executive orders conflict with her perception of U.S. values.

“The reason that I am so involved in it is it’s just so antithetical to what the U.S. constitution means,” she said. “I am so bothered by it. Specifically speaking about the immigration one.”

Though city resident and university alumnus Ja m e s Nea l i s s a i d h e agrees with protests that back refugees and immigrants, he added that he views the immigration ban as a precaution for the country’s safety rather than a violation of rights.

“We need to be cautious,” Nealis said. “I understand the concern that government officials have about … who comes into our country.”

H o w e v e r, N e a l i s said he opposes green card holders not being allowed back into the country. “[They] have already been admitted, they’ve b e e n re s e a rc h e d a n d t h ey ’ve b e e n g ra n te d permission to come here to work or be a student … even if they haven’t been given full citizenship,” he said.

Overall, this city is a community that comes to ge t h e r “ o n wh a t i s right,” McCabe said.

“These issues that are really being thrown at us within the first week and a half of this administration are showing where there are points that we can unify on,” she said.

“That means standing up for our neighbors. It means standing up for the people that make our [community] the special place that it is.”

this rendering shows a completed version of The Hotel at the University of Maryland on Route 1. The area surrounding the project, which is slated for summer 2017 completion, has been rebranded as the Discovery District. photo courtesy of university communications

U rebranding 150 acres near Hotel as ‘Discovery District’ for business, research

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By Carly Kempler | @carlykempler | Senior staff writer

he University of Maryland is rebranding a 150-acre area surrounding The Hotel as the Discovery District for business and research as part of a push to revitalize the campus and College Park’s Route 1 corridor.

The Discovery District encompasses the university’s M Square research and innovation districts, according to a university news release. It also includes the Metroaccessible community along River Road.

The name change comes in response to the “excitement and the energy that come along with The Hotel,” as well as “the new surge of activity in the research park,” said Ken Ulman, the chief strategy officer for economic development for the university’s College Park Foundation.

“There’s a reason why we worked with the city and county to rename Paint Branch Parkway to Campus Drive,” Ulman said.

“We want to be very clear that the area around the Metro and the area around The Hotel is all a part of the university’s Discovery District.”

The university explored several options for renaming the area, but ultimately decided on Discovery District because “you can discover a new idea to start a business, you can discover great retail and restaurants and gathering places to cool pop-up parks and educational opportunities,” Ulman said.

New signage for the district is already up along Route 1, near the Metro and on Campus Drive, he added.“We wanted this to be a name that everybody can see themselves in, and we’re really excited about the new name,” Ulman said. “We wanted to really own the area.”

The name Discovery District also says a number of things about the entire city, said Eric Olson, the executive director of the College Park City-University Partnership.

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“It’s discover[ing] new ways of doing things in science and in industry,” Olson said. “But it’s also about [coming to] discover all the offerings here in College Park…

I think it speaks to a number of different attributes of College Park.”

The new name also shows businesses, particularly in science and technology, the attraction of relocating to this city, and is “consistent with everything we’re trying to do to try to grow businesses out of the research from the university,” Olson said.

One of the newest buildings located in the Discovery District will be a 75,000 square-foot office building in the M Square research park, developed with Corporate Office Properties Trust. The building, which is already under construction, will be focusing on the needs of technology and research organizations interested in locating in College Park, according to the news release.

The district is also adjacent to the Riverdale Park Station, according to the news release, which houses 120 town homes and a Whole Foods Market scheduled to open in April, Ulman said.

“The folks developing Riverdale Park, they’re really excited about the name Discovery District, and they intend to include that name in their work as well,” Ulman said. “They’re really excited to be a part of that.”

City Mayor Patrick Wojahn said the renaming will tie this city’s M Square research park and the innovation district to the campus.

“I think it emphasizes the desire to incubate and the opportunity for new ideas to come up and turn into new businesses,” Wojahn said. “I look forward to working with the university to make that happen.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

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After 3,600% hike, Council eyes parking cost cut The College Carly Kempler P a r k C i t y @carlykempler Council will Senior staff writer examine the price of parking permits during a work session on Feb. 7 after some city residents expressed displeasure with the increased cost.

Last July, the city council approved an action to raise the cost of residential permit parking in zones 11 and 11A — located behind Terrapin Row and adjacent from Graduate Gardens — from $10 every 6 months, or $20 annually, to a monthly fee of $60, according to the council agenda.

This change increases the cost of the permit by $700 annually, and was a result of the city’s anticipation that Terrapin Row residents would need extra parking spaces. The development’s garage, which charges $125 a month for covered parking, by

would not meet demand, according to the agenda.

The council will discuss the price adjustment again during the work session, city manager Scott Somers said. Although city staff does not have legislative authority, Somers said he decided to bring this matter to the council’s attention because, “It may not be appropriate or standard practice to develop a tiered market-driven fee structure for residential parking permits along public roads,” according to a Jan. 3 city agenda.

“The staff doesn’t have the authority to change [the council’s decision], and yet in this situation I had thought, ‘I’m not entirely sure that the mayor and council fully grasped the magnitude of this decision,’” Somers said.

The price adjustment follows a series of increases as the city changed the monthly

fe e s fo r t h e d ow n tow n parking garage — located behind Ledo’s — from $60 to $80 in January 2016, and again from $80 to $125 last July, Somers said. These increases were also in response to market forces, as well as comparable pricing to other garages such as Terrapin Row and Landmark, according to the city agenda.

“It’s kind of a different animal, [the city garage] was never intended to be additional residential parking,” Somers said. “The city has historically taken a market approach to public streets.

It may continue to do that, it may not, but I think that is a policy question that will be left up to the council.”

However, zone 11/11A is not only used by Terrapin Row residents. The lots are also open to residents of Graduate Gardens, the remaining Knox Boxes unaffiliated with

the University of Maryland and other properties on Knox Road, according to the city’s website. But more development, such as MilkBoy ArtHouse — opening as soon as this spring — and retail underneath The Hotel on Route 1 begs a question of how much parking fees and permits will increase in the city. “ We h a v e t o s t r i k e a balance with parking, [and] it’s a hard balance to strike,” Mayor Patrick Wojahn said.

“Making sure that people h ave t h e o p p o r t u n i ty to come to downtown College Park and to go to the busin e sse s we h ave . We a l so need to balance that with the interests of people of the community.”

Mark Mullauer, a resident of the remaining Knox Boxes who graduated from this university in May 2015 with a degree in economics, purchased his parking permit for $10 every

six months — which expired in December.

Mullauer sought to renew his permit at the original rate instead of paying the increased $60 a month, and wrote to city officials regarding his inquiry. During a city council meeting on Jan. 10, Mullauer spoke on behalf of himself and 17 other residents who were affected by the change in pricing.

“We didn’t ask for [Terrapin Row] to be built,” Mullauer said. “I, in fact, got kicked out of [my former residence] and had to find a new place to move into the day before school started my senior year.”

Seve ra l d ays a f te r t h e meeting, Somers notified Mullauer that he, along with the other 17 eligible residents, would be able to obtain a zone 11/11A permit valid from January through June 30 for $10.

This group of individuals is eligible for the $10 rate because they have existing lease agreements that were signed prior to Aug. 1, and because their previous zone 11/11A permits have since expired, Somers said.

“I’m not a policymaker,” Somers said. “But I do believe within my capacity as manager that I could work within the existing ordinances, which I believe I have done to grant those specific people the ability to apply for six month permits.”

As of Jan. 30, eight of the 18 eligible tenants have obtained their parking permits for zone 11/11A for the first six months of 2017, Somers said. The council could take action on this agenda item as soon as Feb. 14, Somers said, following its discussion on Feb. 7. ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

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The sound of a presidency The unpredictability of Donald Trump has spurred a new genre of podcasts dedicated solely to our president.

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feature | snapchat streaks

Working to keep the streak alive Snapchat streaks have emerged as a small, unique way for friends to stay in each other’s busy lives by

Not many

Hannah Yasharoff people would @DBKDiversions willingly hand over their For the DBK social media login information to an ex.

Unless, of course, one of them is going on vacation with no cell service, and they’re both determined to keep alive their 500-day Snapchat correspondence.

“We started [Snapchatting] when we became friends again after we broke up, so I guess this is as long as we’ve been friends after we stopped dating,” sophomore communications major Megan Tuncer said. “We really haven’t broken it since we started talking again.

It was one of those things where it’s creating a friendship again, even though I was in college and he was still back at home.”

The Snapchat “streak,” a number that shows up when two people have sent messages back and forth for a consecutive number of days, has emerged as a visual medium to gauge the quality of a relationship.

Sometimes, streaks even date back to the very beginning of a relationship.

Freshman physics major Ben Mendelson, for instance, met his now-girlfriend at a party in high school. The two exchanged Snapchat usernames and now have a streak spanning

more than 250 days.

“I was considering exchanging numbers, but I decided Snapchat was better,” Mendelson said. “That’s how our streak started. And then a few months later, we started dating. We keep that streak to remind us how long we’ve known each other.”

One morning, freshman government and politics major Caroline Larkin woke up to a text from her boyfriend, Patrick Geleta, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences.

“I have some very, very bad news for you,” Geleta wrote.

No one had died, or been injured. Geleta wasn’t texting his girlfriend to break up with her. He was informing Larkin that the couple’s 255 day streak had ended. As new college students, Larkin and Geleta had gotten distracted and, though their actual relationship was in good standing, had forgotten to keep up their Snapchat correspondence.

“It was upsetting because it was a tie to the first day we met, so that was kind of cool,” Larkin said. “We’ve moved past it since, but I was probably more upset than I should have been.

I’ve kind of outgrown it now because my longest one died.”

The thought of putting excessive effort into a little number on a social media

account sounds absurd to outsiders. Even those who are obsessed with continuing Snapchat streaks joke about how dramatic they act about something so trivial.

“Usually we’ll text the other person and be like, ‘Hey, I won’t be around. Will you log in?’”

Tuncer said, explaining why she and her ex-boyfriend have each other’s login information, before pausing and laughing.

“It sounds so ridiculous now that I’m saying it.”

The extent to which Snapchat fanatics will go in order to save a streak are largely indicative of a trend on social media as a whole: There’s a seemingly ceaseless pressure to prove the extent of a relationship to the rest of the world.

Before Snapchat introduced streaks in March 2016, users were able to view every friend’s “best friends” — the people you send Snapchats to most often.

It resulted in a competition, of sorts, to publicly display the quality of a friendship.

“You go through and you’re like, ‘Oh yeah, I talk to this person way more than you,’” Tuncer said.

Other social media platforms aren’t immune to this friendship arms race, either.

Instagram, an app often used as everyone’s personal highlight reel, is the home of cute

snapchat is a useful friendship tool for students like sophomore government and politics major Valerie Kologrivov. julia lerner/for the diamondback photos from a fun night out and throwbacks proving the longevity of a relationship. It’s debatable whether millennials have been scaling back on their Facebook usage as of late, but they still use the site to tag their friends in memes they relate to, almost as a public display of inside jokes.

Those who care about the prosperity of a Snapchat streak do so because they also care about the prosperity of the relationship, whether it be romantic or friendly. Continuing a streak with a friend is a way to say “hi;” a quick reminder in a busy society that people care about each

other even if they don’t talk every day.

“It’s fun to keep in touch with somebody,” Mendelson said. “Especially because I have friends that go to other schools now, so once a day you get to be in touch with them.” diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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preview | freedom fair

Migos’ gift to culture The group finally finds mainstream success on their latest EP release by

“Call me

Patrick Basler Q u a v o R a @pmbasler tatouille” Senior staff writer — Q u a v o

downtown boys will headline the event that aims to unify like-minded artists from around the area to raise money for the ACLU.

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Array of local artists unite for ACLU at Freedom Fair When David Sexton Donald Trump @DBKDiversions won the presidency in NoFor the DBK vember, many disappointed voters were unsure how to respond. For local musician and University of Maryland alumnus Asher Meerovich, the answer was simple: use art to unify people and support the causes he believes in.

A few days after the election, Meerovich and friends assembled Art Takes Action, a group composed of students, artists and musicians in the Washington area.

“We wanted to take what we were already doing — that is, booking shows, hosting shows, going to shows, working in the arts — and apply it to helping those around us in more concrete, immediate ways,” Meerovich said.

After one month of meeting and planning, the group unveiled the Freedom Fair, an allages multimedia event that will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union. It will take place at the Black Cat’s main stage in Washington on Friday night.

Featuring a diverse bill repby

resenting punk, electronica, hip-hop and spoken word, the Freedom Fair aims to showcase local and national talent while raising awareness for civil rights and several non-profits. Providence punks Downtown Boys, known for their radical politics and frenzied live shows, will headline the event. The group’s songs are electrifying punk anthems, blending blaring saxophone and guitar with singer Victoria Ruiz’s impassioned shouts.

Support comes from a trio of local acts: Discord indebted post-punks Two Inch Astronaut, shimmering art-rockers Loi Loi and acclaimed spoken-word artist Kosi round out the bill.

The event also features speakers and panels from several nonprofits and groups, including the ACLU of D.C., LGBTQ advocacy group The Trevor Project, and local hip-hop academy, Words, Beats & Life. Volunteers affiliated with Art Takes Action will set up informational booths on several civil rights issues, ranging from getting involved in local government to press freedom.

For Meerovich, assembling the lineup was a product of both luck and deliberation. Downtown

Boys were originally slated to play a D.I.Y. show the same weekend, but the band agreed to switch venues when approached about the fair. “[It] made the most sense to have them headline this event instead,” Meerovich said. “Their music and their background make them the perfect choice for this show. The timing couldn’t have been better … We believe that the contents of an artist’s work reflect their personal values and ideas, and we found these artists to be fitting and representative of different parts of the communities we hope to serve.”

Marcus Moody, another university alumnus and the director of marketing at Words, Beats & Life, believes getting involved with the Freedom Fair is the organization’s way of uniting Washingtonians.

“Our involvement is more so to keep ourselves in our community,” Moody said. “To show that we are a united organization in D.C. featuring all of these people … It’s a very diverse place. We are a hip hop organization that D.C. has welcomed, even though it’s more geared toward punk music and go-go music.

“We really just want to show people that we stand together when it comes to the arts and maintaining diversity in the nation’s capital,” he said.“And we stand together in teaching students and adults that arts and creation are powerful ways to unite people.”

For Art Takes Action, the Freedom Fair is just the first step. The group has high expectations, but their main goal is that Friday’s attendees will feel inspired to become more active in their communities — artistic, legislative or otherwise. As for Meerovich, he remains optimistic about what they can achieve.

“If there’s anything I’ve taken away from the events of the past months, it’s that we can accomplish the most by working together,” he said.

The Black Cat can be accessed from the Green Line of the Metro. Tickets cost $15 and are available online at www.blackcatdc.com and at the Black Cat box office. Doors open at 8 p.m. and set times are to be announced. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

Ratatouille If you ever doubt Migos’ intentions, just remember that they “do it for the culture.”

While the Atlanta rap trio has been making increasingly popular trap hits since 2011 — and has landed on mainstream rap radio a number of times since then — the powers that be in the music world decided now, for whatever reason, was Migos’ time to shine. “Bad and Boujee” was no less than the group’s third breakthrough song, but this time, it stuck.

Thank memes and white people, I suppose.

It would be easy to assume t h a t Culture , t h e a l b u m hosting that raindroppin’, droptoppin’ hit single, is likely a ploy for even more mainstream success. But if anything, the album proves that Migos haven’t changed — the general public is just finally ready for them now.

“For all you f---boys that ever doubted the Migos, you played yourself!” DJ Khaled shouts on the opening title track — and he’s not wrong.

If this album becomes Migos’ most successful — as it most likely will — it won’t be because the group made changes for their new audience. Culture might sound a little more polished than previous DatPiff mixtape releases, but the music is just as unwieldy, fun and hilariously raunchy as before. Offset, Takeoff and Quavo might

have the best chemistry in rap, and it shows — every song on the album is filled to the brim with brilliantly idiotic punchlines, remarkably punctual ad-libs and catchy triplet flows. You’ll probably have half the verses on the album memorized in a month without even realizing it.

“Tater tot, f--- n----s on my radar watch (watchin’) / Crocodile hunter, turn ‘em to some gator shots (urr),” Quavo raps on the Gucciassisted “Slippery,” and that’s just the tip of iceberg.

Sonically, the biggest development in Migos’ sound is the extensive use of smooth A u to -Tu n e c ro o n i n g o n tracks like “Big On Big,” “Kelly Price” and “Out Yo Way.” It’s always been part of the group’s sound, especially Quavo’s, but most songs here tend to prefer it to their traditional rapid-fire flows. In fact, over half of the tracks sound closer to Travis Scott than to Gucci Mane — and both are featured.

Fo r t h e m o s t p a r t , i t works — and while it’s far from the year’s most interesting record, Culture is the smartest album that Migos could have released. It’s fun, catchy and serves as a bridge between the world Migos inhabits and the bright lights of the mainstream.

“We came from nothin’ to somethin,’” Offset reminded everyone on “Bad and Boujee,” and Culture shows us what “something” looks like. pbaslerdbk@gmail.com

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SENIOR PORTRAITS The Terrapin Yearbook, in association with Life Touch Studios, will be taking graduation portraits beginning the week of September 19. All photos will be included in the 2017 TERRAPIN YEARBOOK and anyone having their portrait taken will receive a $25 discount off the price of the yearbook if you would like to buy one .

There The is absolutely NO cost or obligation. Several poses will be taken, both with and if you prefer, without cap and gown.

After the proofs are sent, you will have an opportunity to purchase portraits at a reasonable charge.

You may make an appointment by calling 1-800-687-9327, 8AM–5PM, or schedule your appointment on the net! Visit our site at www.ouryear.com using Maryland’s school code: 87101.

11AM–7PM FEBRUARY 6TH–10TH FEBRUARY 13TH–17TH PLACE:

3101 South Campus Dining Hall TERRAPIN YEARBOOK Office 1-800-687-9327 or ouryear.com • School code: 87101

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Forward Justin Jackson Jackson has been almost unstoppable in his past two games. The freshman is coming off two straight double-doubles in which he combined for 50 points and shot 9-for-12 from the 3-point line. Jackson’s ability to carry his momentum into Saturday will be key for the Terps. He also leads Maryland with 6.7 rebounds per game. Purdue’s three leading scorers stand 6-foot-8 or taller, meaning Jackson might need to score, defend in the post and rebound for the Terps to win

FAST STATS Maryland is shooting

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Guard Anthony Cowan

The Terps will need to get out and running against a bigger Purdue team, and Cowan is Maryland’s top facilitator. The freshman has struggled at times to finish around the rim in his past three games, but he’ll need to find openings in the paint against a bigger Purdue squad for the Terps offense to be efficient. Maryland’s key to getting open 3-pointers stems from its guards driving into the paint. Turgeon also lauds Cowan’s defense, and he’ll help keep the Boilermakers on the perimeter instead of feeding their talented big men.

from deep in Big Ten play, the secondbest mark in the conference.

Since guard Melo Trimble joined Maryland in 2014, the Terps have won

30

of 36 games decided by six points or less.

Forward Caleb Swanigan Swanigan is a favorite for Big Ten Player of the Year while averaging 18.8 points per game, which is the second most in the Big Ten, and 12.9 rebounds per game, which leads the conference. Maryland’s forwards have struggled to stay out of foul trouble against talented foes, and Swanigan will be the catalyst of Purdue’s offensive success. One of the Terps’ weakest areas is rebounding, and they’ll need to box out Swanigan to limit the Boilermakers’ second chance points. Just as guard Melo Trimble can take over a game for the Terps, Swanigan can do the same for Purdue.

Forward Vince Edwards While Swanigan carries Purdue’s offense, Edwards is another tall and dynamic player who defenses need to focus on. The junior averages 11.7 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game. Much like Jackson for the Terps, Edwards can do a little bit of everything from shooting, passing, rebounding and defending. Even if the Terps limit Swanigan’s scoring total, they’ll need to keep Edwards in check from having a big night scoring and on the boards.

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rebounding margin, the third-highest in the Big Ten. Maryland has struggled keeping conference opponents off the offensive glass.

LOOKING BACK 2-1 series record vs. Purdue February 27, 2016 L February 6, 2016 W January 10, 2015 W

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West Lafayette, Indiana 83-79 College Park, Maryland 72-61 College Park, Maryland 69-60

ON THE RECORD “It’s a team that’s totally bought in on what it takes to win to this point. The thing for a coach is that you never stop trying to get them to pass the ball, and you never stop trying to keep them from putting the team first. The team’s made that easier this year.”

Mark Turgeon head coach

KYLE MELNICK: 78-73 Purdue Maryland struggles against Purdue’s size for its second loss since December.

KYLE STACKPOLE: 75-68 Purdue Maryland’s frontcourt can’t contain Caleb Swanigan, who helps the Boilermakers end the Terps’ winning streak.

“Our nonconference games, a lot of them were close. They had to be grinded out wins. At this point in the year, even though the teams are better than they were, we’re used to being in close games. When teams make runs and the game is close at the end, we don’t freak out.

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recruiting From p. 12 Durkin said his coaching staff reached out to recruits from the South early on and stayed in touch with them throughout their recruitment process, not shying away when SEC coaches approached them.

“These guys we just signed had a lot of options,” Durkin said. “You don’t get ranked that high with guys who are limited in their options. There’s a bunch of guys who had opportunities to play at a lot of places in the country, and they made a decision to come here and be a part of something special we’re building. That’s the most impressive thing to me and the most exciting thing for me.”

Four-star quarterback Kasim Hill, who had offers from Michigan and Penn State, among others, played at St. John’s College High School in Washington and signed with the Terps in April. Durkin said he was a catalyst in convincing others to commit to the Terps.

It’s hard to find a consistent signal caller in college football, which has been apparent at Maryland the past few years.

The Terps have rotated between quarterbacks for the past five seasons, but Durkin said Hill’s leadership separates him.

“He’s a freak of nature,” Durkin said. “Anyone who follows football can turn on tape and know he’s a tremendous talent. That doesn’t scratch the surface on what Kasim is all about. He’s going to be a household name for all Terps fans.”

Durkin was also focused on bringing in size on the offensive and defensive lines, while improving Maryland’s wide receiver corps.

Guard Marcus Minor, a fourstar recruit from DeMatha Catholic High School, should bolster the Terps’ offensive line, while four-star defensive tackles Cam Spence and Breyon Gaddy should do the same on the defensive end. Meanwhile, fourstar athlete Markquese Bell, who was one of eight recruits to enroll

at Maryland this spring, “looks like a NFL safety.”

And after no Maryland player recorded more than 500 receiving yards last year, the Terps are adding four three-star wide receivers.

“I’ve made the statement to our staff several times, ‘Let’s recruit big guys that are big,’” Durkin said. “Let’s get the big body guys who have big frames and can grow and be huge. I also tell them let’s recruit fast guys.

Let’s get the guys who are really fast and separate themselves on tape from others.

“It’s not a complex formula.

We need to do that on the line of scrimmage to be who we want to be in this conference.”

Maryland’s running game was its strongest unit last season, with freshman Lorenzo Harrison rushing for 633 yards before he missed the final four games due to suspension, and Ty Johnson leading the team with 1,004 rushing yards. Both players will return this year, and the Terps will boost that group with four running back recruits, including two four-stars.

All-purpose back Anthony McFarland, who played at DeMatha, headlines the group as the No. 2 recruit in Maryland.

“That guy is electric,” Durkin said. “The sky is the limit for him. If you put the ball in his hands, he has a chance every time he has it to go the distance.”

Durkin had about a month to recruit his own players for the 2016 class after replacing former coach Randy Edsall. He said he brought in a smaller class last year so he could offer so many scholarships this season.

This group has raised Maryland’s recruiting expectations in Durkin’s first season. But for him, this is only the beginning.

“We expect to recruit at this level every year,” Durkin said.

“There’s not a reason not to.

We have a product that’s second to none. This is the level we need to recruit at to do what we want to do, which is to win championships.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

hemida From p. 12 he came to Maryland, and it has contributed to his improvement in his second year in College Pa rk . He m i d a sa i d McCoy understands the work needed to succeed at the highest level. “ H e ’s d e f i n i te l y someone that there is a lot to learn from,” He m i d a sa i d . “ I t’s really nice to be able to wrestle your coach, not many guys can do that.”

McCoy has imparted that knowledge on He m i d a , wh o t r i e s to apply his coach’s moves while figuring out what approach works best for him.

“We try to combine the two situations, the two positions,” McCoy

trimble From p. 12 have a player like Melo, you kind of just get out of the way and let him do what he does.”

T r i m b l e ’s p e r sonal scoring run started with about two minutes to play and Maryland leading, 70-69. With 12 seconds on the shot clock, he found open space at the top of the key, and guard Anthony Cowan passed to him. Without hesitating, Trimble hoisted the 3-point shot and watched it swish through the net, his first triple of the contest in six attempts.

T u rge o n s a i d h e saw increased confidence from his leader after the trey, and that moxie was apparent two possessions later

said. “It’s about knowing that things he’ll be able to be successful with are some of the things that I was able to do and be successful with, it’s just with bigger, stronger guys.”

Hemida hasn’t tried to copy his coach’s routine, even with McCoy’s success as a wrestler, but he occasionally adds exercises to his own regimen. When McCoy said he used to do push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups after practice, Hemida started doing the same.

He knows those workouts helped push McCoy to the pinnacle of the sport.

“It’s being my own person, but also using the stuff that got him to where he was,” Hemida said. “I’m going to use that as well so I can get to, hopefully, being a national champion like he was.” youssif hemida is the team’s lone heavyweight wrestler. marquise mckine/the diamondback swhooleydbk@gmail.com

as the Terps held a two-point lead.

After forward Ivan Bender grabbed the defensive rebound with about a minute to play, he found guard Kevin Huerter, who knew what to do next. He turned to Trimble and handed him the ball.

Huerter also knew he likely wasn’t getting it back.

“Melo is Melo,” Jackson said. “He’s going to have the ball in his hands regardless. I feel like we’ve already established he’s the closer.”

S u re e n o u g h , Tr i m b l e dribbled up the court and used two screens to penetrate before deciding to back the ball out to the right wing. Isolated with Ohio State forward Jae’Sean Tate, Trimble sprinted past the 6-foot-4, 230pound junior on his way to rim. With Tate on his hip, Trimble converted a difficult floater to give the Terps a two-possession advantage.

Ohio State missed a jumper and a layup on its ensuing trip,

forcing the Buckeyes to intentionally foul. Trimble again found the ball in his hands, this time at the charity stripe, and the 85.4-percent career free throw shooter knocked down a pair to cap his 13-point performance on 5 of 13 shooting.

“We knew he was going to turn around at some point,” Huerter said. “He may have been struggling early, but as we see time and time again he’s always there for us at the end of the game.”

Trimble’s valiant effort down the stretch may have helped some people forget he struggled for much of the game, an outing that included missing eight of his first 11 shots and committing five turnovers.

He lauded Ohio State for his defense but admitted his uncharacteristic shooting woes. There were “a lot” of long-range attempts Trimble thought he’d make. Only one resulted in three points.

“I always play with a lot of confidence,” Trimble said. “If

I miss the first one, I shoot the next one. It’s just me staying dialed into the game.”

For the first 25 minutes, much of Maryland’s scoring production came from Jackson, who totaled his second straight double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds. For about the next 10, the Terps scored just 12 points as Ohio State came within three.

At the 5:12 mark, with Maryland up, 66-63, Turgeon replaced Trimble with Cowan.

He disliked his veteran’s decision-making. On the Buckeyes next possession, Tate’s layup made it a one-point contest.

The lead grew to three by the time Turgeon huddled his team during the media timeout, but the sixth-year coach wasn’t satisfied with its style of play. So with two minutes and 58 seconds to play, he instructed Trimble to take control.

He needed Melo to be Melo. kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

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football Kasim Hill quarterback

cam spence defensive tackle

deon jones defensive back

6 feet 2 inches 220 pounds

6 feet 5 inches 315 pounds

6 feet 2 inches 190 pounds

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spotlight ready These three incoming Maryland football freshmen could contribute immediately

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aryland football coach DJ Durkin’s first full recruiting season ends with National Signing Day, when incoming freshmen ink National Letters of Intent to confirm their commitments.

T h e n , t h e Te r p s s h o u l d welcome their top-rated class in program history.

Durkin spoke throughout his rookie campaign about the program’s rebuilding efforts and his staff’s emphasis on revamping the roster. He’s highlighted newcomer contributions as a recruiting pitch because more than 15 f res h me n p l ayed what he called “significant” time last season.

H e re ’s a l o o k a t t h re e players in Maryland’s 2017 class who could also make an immediate impact in their first year in College Park.

Kasim Hill — four-star quarterback

charles From p. 14 The 6-foot-1 freshman is listed at guard but is capable in the interior and can defend all five positions, an ability that comes from practice and experience, Charles said.

“She is our motor on defense,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “I don’t think she realizes how much she actually means to us.”

Charles’ contributions don’t always show up in the box score. She has 25 steals, more than one per game but only sixth-most on the team, and 11 blocks this season. The team said it feels her absence when she leaves the court. “ T h a t ’s w h y I g e t s o frustrated when she fouls so m e o n e ,” Wa l ke r- K i m brough said. “I’m like Kaila, we need you on the floor. I’m not even just saying that,

By Callie Caplan | @CallieCaplan | Senior staff writer The pro-style quarterback had a standout year for St. John’s College High School as the Cadets reached the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship. Though he didn’t cap his high school career with a trophy, his experience on the Maryland Stadium field in his final outing fueled his drive to lead the Terps.

Durkin held a quarterback competition through the last fall camp, and Perry Hills won the job with little threat. In the coach’s second season, he’ll do the same, but the standings will be less definitive after Hills’ graduation.

Kasim Hill is the 10th-best pro-style quarterback in the country, and the No. 2 overall prospect in Washington, according to 247sports.com.

H is 6-foot-3, 215-pound frame positions him well to handle the physicality of the Big Ten. Still, he’ll have to contend with the Terps’ returners.

we actually do need you on the floor. I don’t need these ticky-tack foul calls.”

In Maryland’s 100-81 win over Iowa on Sunday, Charles picked up a pair of fouls in the second quarter that led Frese to pull her off the court. Charles finished with three fouls and 21 minutes.

The Glenn Dale native is second on the team with 47 fouls, and Frese said cutting them down is “a work in progress.”

Charles is also still developing her offensive game, where she averages 9.7 points and shoots 64 percent from the free throw line. Frese expects her to take more of a scoring role next season, when Walker-Kimbrough and center Brionna Jones — the team’s leading scorers — graduate.

Plus, in the team’s eyes, she’s already contributing on offense.

“I definitely think defense is

Top reserve quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome, flashing electric rushes and a mature a p p roa c h , saw ex te n d e d action in injury relief last season. Quarterback Max Bortenschlager also emerged late when the coaches tested the rookie’s development.

Quarterback Caleb Henderson, a rising redshirt junior who transferred from North Carolina last summer, is a former four-star recruit who should push for first-team time, too.

D u r k i n , h o we ve r, h a s shown he’s not afraid to turn to newcomers under center — Pigrome and Bortenschlager each started as freshmen.

That bodes well for H ill, who has been steadfast in his commitment since April and is one of the program’s most talented incoming signalcallers in recent seasons.

force joins his Cadets teammate Hill as one of the Terps’ most spirited recruiters.

Spence often tweeted about his excitement to join Durkin’s squad and his belief in the program’s rebuild. By the offseason’s end, Spence’s enthusiasm and skill should translate to immediate playing time.

Maryland’s rush defense struggled against the Big Ten’s powers, and Spence is one of the key pieces to build around in the coming seasons. He’s the No. 20 defensive tackle in the nation and the third-best player in Washington, according to 247sports.

The Terps graduate two players — defensive linemen Roman Braglio and Azubuike Ukandu — from last year’s unit and have yet to hire a replacement for former defensive line coach Mike London, Cam Spence — four-star who took the head job at Howard last month. Spence defensive tackle should fit in Ukandu’s spot The 6-foot-3, 315-pound at defensive tackle and wreak

guard kaila charles is already the Terps’ top defender as a freshman. sammi silber/the diamondback more important than offense, because [defense] leads to your offense,” Charles said. “I like to work on both of my games, but definitely the defensive aspect. If you can play both sides of the floor, you’re more helpful to the team.”

Frese called Charles’ combination of length, speed and power unique, and said it’s a large reason she’s so tough to beat on defense. What really separates her, Frese said, is her

competitiveness and mentality, in practice and in games.

That’s what stuck out to Frese at that practice months ago, and it’s what makes Charles such a feared defender.

“My determination is to try my best for them not to score and to contain them in that possession,” Charles said.

“I’m just glad I can make a huge impact right now.” jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

Freshman shows poise by

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them to hone their skills.

provides it, sometimes even

toward her upperclassmen

S i n c e t h e Te r p s ’ m e e t with just her presence. well.

Conner Hoyt losing its past f o u r m e e t s , against West Virginia on Jan. “If she knows the energy is In spite of her freshman @ConnerHoyt27 the Maryland 8, Farina has recorded a score down, she’ll just even make standing, Farina is willing to Staff writer gymnastics team boasts a freshman who most of the squad feels is a capable leader.

Alecia Farina has been at the top of the Maryland leaderboard for the Terps’ last three meets. She has competed on vault, bars and floor, and she’s practiced on all four events — a feat that d rew p ra i se f ro m se n i o r Emily Brauckmuller.

Farina has led vocally and by example. Her teammates ca l l h e r a p e r fe c t i o n i s t , which in turn, has inspired

of at least 9.800 in each of Maryland’s competitions.

“If I’m doing a skill and I don’t do it perfectly, I get very frustrated,” Farina said.

“I turn it into positive frustration, not getting frustrated and walking away.”

Farina’s teammates were impressed with her ability to gauge a situation and decide whether to step up or to defer to her upperclassmen teammates.

Senior Sarah Faller said when the Terps need reassurance before meets, Farina

eye contact with me,” Faller said, “and I’m like, ‘OK, we’re good. Let’s do this.’”

All year, Maryland has e m p h a s i ze d t h e s i g n i f i cance of energy. No matter the outcome of a meet, the Terps have tried to raise their drive. Farina said she isn’t afraid to get in the face of her teammates and encourage them when their spirit is lacking.

N o n e t h e l e s s , B ra u c k muller and coach Brett Nelligan believe Farina toes the line of leadership and respect

give her input when a teammate needs help with a particular skill. The Broadview Heights, Ohio, native said she sets the bar high for not only herself, but her teammates as well.

“I think she’s going to be a rock star the rest of her career in college,” Faller said.

“We’ve finally let ours e l ve s c o m e o u t o f o u r she lls,” Farina ad d e d , in a n u n i n te n t i o n a l o d e to Testudo. choytdbk@gmail.com

havoc up the middle as the Terps look to improve last year’s 6-7 record.

W h i l e h i s fo r m e r I M G Academy teammate and close friend Josh Kaindoh, a fivestar defensive end, decommitted from the Terps, Spence’s arrival is an important one for the line’s progress.

Deon Jones — four-star cornerback Maryland takes a hit in the defensive backfield as its top two cornerbacks — Will Likely and Alvin Hill — are gone. Likely’s torn ACL midway through the season exposed the Terps’ lack of depth in the slot and outside, while Hill had emerged as perhaps the Terps’ most reliable player at the position in his final season.

That’s why Jones’ arrival s h o u l d b e a n a u to m a t i c boost. The Potomac High School product is the country’s 22nd-best corner and the third-best overall player

in the state, according to 247sports. Plus, he enrolled at Maryland in January, allowing him to take spring classes and participate in the team’s offseason workouts.

When he committed last summer, Jones highlighted defensive backs coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim’s guidance and trust as one of the most compelling factors. AbdulRahim, a former coach a t Fr i e n d s h i p Co l l e g i a te Academy in Washington, has said he works to foster a brotherhood within the position’s meeting room.

Jones joins a secondary that had four freshmen earn playing time a season ago.

Jones, the highest-ranked recruit in the Terps’ class, s h o u l d a c h i eve t h a t fea t this season, as rising redshirt junior JC Jackson and sophomore T ino Ellis are the only returning players who saw extended time on the outside. ccaplandbk@gmail.com

Terps pass Blue Devils in latest AP top 25 poll Turgeon’s squad ranks No. 17 Before the @_PeterHailey season, Duke’s Staff writer men’s basketball team was preordained as a Final Four shoo-in, as their loaded roster — which was billed to have a perfect mix of talented freshmen and star veterans — was expected to carry them deep into March.

The projections for Maryland, meanwhile, were a lot more tame; its roster was not so loaded, and while there were hopes that the team’s freshmen would make a splash in their first year at college and support Melo Trimble, no one wa s p e n c i l i n g t h e group in for a long stay in the NCAA Tournament.

But as Michael Scott from The Office once said, “Well, well, well, how the turn tables…”

On Monday, a new AP Poll was released, and the Blue Devils checked in on that new poll at the 21st by

Peter Hailey

spot. Maryland, on the other hand, is now at No. 17. For those unfamiliar with how this thing works, 17 is a better ranking than 21.

Now, of course, the same people who worship Mike Krzyzewski and think tripping people is an acceptable form of defense will point out things like the fact that Duke’s KenPom rating (15) is superior to Maryland’s (40). They’ll also claim that the Blue Devil freshmen just need more time to gel, ignoring the fact that the Terrapin freshmen are gelling as well as David Beckham’s hair.

All of that is fine, but the bottom line is that Mark Turgeon is at the helm of a 20-2 unit that is playing better than just about anyone predicted, a unit that is now ahead of a school that was ordering extra pairs of scissors a few months ago in case they needed to cut any nets down in the postseason.

As it turns out, Grayson Allen’s opponents aren’t the only thing falling in Durham.

By the same token, the Town Hall liquor store isn’t the only thing trending upward in College Park. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Terps 85, Minnesota 78

Terps 100, Iowa 81

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football

Coach DJ Durkin, in his first year as the Terps football coach, signed a historic recruiting class he hopes can set the tone for this program moving forward. The unit includes seven four-star recruits across several position groups. matt regan/the diamondback

‘the movement’ Durkin lands program’s best recruiting class behind 17 signees from the DMV

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By Kyle Melnick | @kyle_melnick | Senior staff writer

aryland coach DJ Durkin couldn’t stop smiling when he reached the podium in the Gossett Football Team House’s Glazer Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon.

“How ya’ll doing?” Durkin asked reporters. “I’m doing great. It’s hard to wipe the smile off my face right now.”

At that same podium, Durkin displayed a mixture of frustration and joy throughout his first season as Maryland’s head coach.

But there was no reason to pout Wednesday.

Durkin was addressing the Terps’ best recruiting class ever, a feat Durkin envisioned when he took over as head coach in December and accomplished a little more than one year later. He couldn’t contain his enthusiasm, rambling for nearly six minutes about the group before fielding questions from reporters.

“I can’t tell you how excited we are and what a tremendous day this is for all of us,” Durkin said. “The future is really, really bright.”

Maryland’s class of 29 recruits ranks 16th

in the country on Rivals.com and 18th on 247Sports.com, the best marks ever for the Terps on both sites.

A few years ago, players began the “DMVto-UMD” movement, which calls upon recruits from Washington, Maryland and Virginia to come to College Park. The movement wasn’t very successful at first, as many recruits from the area still signed with traditionally strong programs, such as Penn State, Alabama and Ohio State.

In this case, Durkin took advantage of this area’s wide range of talent. He signed 17 re-

cruits, including seven four-star recruits, from the region.

“Our formula is we’re going to take care of our backyard,” Durkin said. “We’re going to win here in the DMV and build our team with that being our foundation. There’s no secret about it.”

The Terps also signed recruits from 10 states. They signed four from Georgia, which located at the center of the SEC, one of college football’s strongest conferences.

See recruiting, p. 10

men’s basketball

wrestling

Hemida wrestles McCoy at practice Without training partner, heavyweight scraps with Terps coach, former Olympian The Maryland wrestling tea m , wh i c h consists of as many as five grapplers in a weight class, has only one heavyweight: sophomore Youssif Hemida.

While wrestlers in the same weight class scrap in practice to improve their techniques, Hemida doesn’t have that luxury. Working out with teammates means going against someone smaller than him.

Instead, Hemida wrestles with coach Kerry McCoy, a two-time by

Sean Whooley @swhooley27 Staff writer

Olympian and NCAA heavyweight champion.

“He’s a big boy,” McCoy said. “It hurts when we wrestle.”

Hemida said McCoy is on the mat “pretty much every day,” and that those practice sessions have yielded promising results. The Mamaroneck, New York, native rebounded from a 2-7 dual-meet record last year by starting 8-5 in duals this season. He’s also 5-1 in the Big Ten, his only loss coming to Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder of Ohio State.

A f te r s ta r t i n g t h e sea so n

slowly — Hemida opened up with one win in his first five dual matches — he rattled off seven straight victories before his loss to Snyder. Both he and McCoy attributed the recent success to reflecting on past matches and making adjustments.

“He did a lot of learning last year,” McCoy said. “Now that’s coming into where he’s having success with the things we’ve been working on. He’s just got to continue growing his horizons.”

H e m i d a c i t e d M c C o y ’s own success as a large reason See hemida , p. 10

women’s basketball

Charles emerges as defensive stud entering Purdue game It didn’t take long for James Crabtree-Hannigan Maryland women’s bas@JamesCrabtreeH ketball coach Staff writer Brenda Frese to realize guard Kaila Charles was going to be a difference-maker.

During one of the team’s first p ra c t i c e s t h i s p re s ea s o n , t h e freshman wanted to defend guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, a twotime All-Big Ten selection who was named an All-American by multiple outlets as a junior last season.

“You don’t see a lot of freshmen walk in and want to take that matchup and show they can defend,” Frese said. by

It may have caught the 15th-year head coach off guard at the time, but now, more than halfway through the conference schedule, Charles has backed up her early confidence. Her defensive prowess has helped her become one of the most important players on the No. 3 Terps. Frese hopes Charles will continue to defend at a high level when Maryland (21-1, 9-0 Big Ten) visits Purdue (14-8, 5-3) on Thursday night.

“Why she’s in the starting lineup and is playing so many minutes is because she’s [defending] at a level nobody else can,” Frese said. “She’s by far the most versatile and probably the best defender we’ve had in my time come through Maryland.”

Charles embraces her role as de-

fensive stopper. She’s always put an emphasis on the defensive end and enjoys when coaches assign her to opponents’ most dangerous scorers.

“It’s the highest compliment from a coaching staff’s end,” Frese said. “We feel really confident that we can put her on the best player at any time.”

Against Purdue, Charles will match up against Boilermakers guard Ashley Morrissette, who’s averaging 17.5 points in conference games this year, but she’ll also roam to other players.

See charles, p. 11

guard melo trimble struggled until the waning moments of Tuesday’s game. reid poluhovich/the diamondback

Trimble delivers late vs. Buckeyes Junior guard scores Terps’ final seven points, leads team to another road win “Melo is Melo” is a household phrase among the Maryland men’s basketball team.

Coaches and players use it to describe star junior Melo Trimble, a soft-spoken, unflappable guard with the innate ability to make clutch plays in late-game situations. Over his two-plus-year career in College Park, the Terps are 30-6 in games decided by six points or less.

So eve n wh en Trimb le’s 3-point attempts clanged off the rim, his drives into the lane failed to draw the referee’s whistle and his time on the floor resulted in more turnovers than assists Tuesday night at Ohio State, by

Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer

those around the program trusted the Upper Marlboro native to deliver as the Buckeyes threatened to erase the Terps’ double-digit lead.

“Melo’s a great player,” forward Justin Jackson said. “So regardless if he wasn’t playing well in the first half, I knew at some point Melo was going to be Melo.”

Trimble’s transformation occurred in the waning moments of the Terps’ 77-71 road win. At the final media timeout, coach Mark Turgeon told him to take over. And from there, Trimble scored the team’s final seven points to put the game away.

“Melo was Melo,” Turgeon said.

“I wasn’t great tonight. I didn’t help our guys very much. But when you See Trimble , p. 10