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Black pop lags state grad rate Black HS graduation rate dwarfs univ enrollment; gap among worst in nation Black student enrollment at the University of Maryland and many other flagship institutions is not reflective of their state’s population, analysts found in a report released Jan. 29. In 2015, black students made up 36 percent of Maryland high school graduates, according to the study conducted by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In the same year, however, black students made up just 12 percent of this university’s freshman class — a difference of 24 percentage points. The study examined the percentage of black and Latino students in each state’s public high school graduating class in spring 2015. That data was compared to the percentage of black and Latino students at each state’s flagship that fall. Six states — led by Mississippi, South Carolina and Georgia — had a larger disparity than Maryland between the percentage of black high school graduates and percentage of black freshmen enrolled at their flagship, according to the report. by

Michael Brice-Saddler @TheArtist_MBS Senior staff writer

‘This is about all humanity’

See rate , p. 3

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD: Our state’s flagship institution isn’t doing enough to improve diversity, and university President Wallace Loh doesn’t seem to recognize the problem, p. 4

Survey: Grads feel little U support, financial woes Graduate students at the University of Maryland say they feel financially unsupported, according to recently released results of a 2017

quality of life survey. More than 2,000 graduate students responded to the 90-question anonymous survey, which spanned topics including level of involvement on the campus and interactions with other graduate students. The survey did not directly ask students about their financial situations — respondents independently raised concerns in response to openended questions — but financial hardship was the most common theme among student answers to a question about displeasure with the university. The survey — the first to be conducted on the graduate student population since 2010 — also asked students to provide feedback on aspects of their university experience, including the ways in which they do not feel supported and why they would not recommend this university’s graduate program. The 109-page report released by the Graduate School sorted responses by theme and presented excerpts from students’ comments. Graduate Student Government Public Relations Vice President Katie Brown said the excerpts displayed in the report are reflective of the issues facing the graduate student body. “When you read these comments, people are really struggling,” she said. “It’s pretty rough and sad and speaks to the issues [the Fearless Student Employees Coalition] and [the Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee] have been raising.” Both the Fearless Student Employees Coalition and Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee exist to advocate for the concerns of student workers at this university. Although the GAAC exclusively represents graduate assistants, the FSC serves all student workers on the campus, having worked See GRADUATEs, p. 2

to deafening applause and a standing ovation, Bobby Seale raised his hands, stepped back and chuckled. ¶ “Reminds me of the sixties,” he said.

Seale, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, a political activist and a cultural icon, spoke at the University of Maryland on Thursday night about organized resistance and strength in the face of discrimination and oppression. ABOVE: BOBBY SEALE, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, “I don’t believe in riots,” he said. “I believe in orspoke at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center on Thursday. BELOW: ganizing. I believe in putting my machine together.” seale spoke at the Student Union on Feb. 11, 1974, his return The event, part of an arts and humanities college engagement after appearing on the campus two years prior. lecture series titled “Courageous Conversations: ARHU Resists Hate and Bias,” was held in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. At least 800 people showed up. Seale, along with fellow activist Huey Newton, formed the Black Panther Party — a revolutionary and often controversial organization dedicated to racial justice — in 1966. At the heart of Seale’s speech was an impassioned call for political representation. “When I started, there were only 52 black folks duly elected to political office all over the United States of America,” he said. “There were over 500,000 political seats one could be elected to at that time.” “People were coming out and saying ‘black power.’ Now, I’m trying file photo by steve hempling/the diamondback, re-photographed by tom hausman/ the diamondback to tell those guys, ‘You ain’t gonna have that power until you get some of those political seats,’” he added. “That was the reason I started the Black Panther Party.” Kelsie Challenger, a freshman behavioral and

Graduate students ‘struggling’ Angela Roberts @24_angier Staff writer

As he arrived at the podium

By Jillian Atelsek @jillian_atelsek Staff writer

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See seale, p. 7

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Loh calls Michigan St scandal ‘horrific’ MSU pres resigns as ex-doc Nassar sentenced and at least 265 women and girls come forward University of M a r y l a n d P re s i Leah Brennan dent Wallace Loh on @allhaeleah Tuesday weighed in Senior staff writer on the sexual abuse scandal at Michigan State University that led to the resignation of its president, Lou Anna Simon, who is accused of failing to adequately address prior complaints alleging Nassar was sexually assaulting women at the university. Simon stepped down Jan. 24, hours by

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after USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing women and girls. While Loh declined to comment on Simon’s resignation, because he doesn’t usually “comment on these kinds of personnel issues affecting some other universities,” he called it an “absolutely horrific” situation. “It’s very, very tragic,” Loh said. “I mean the number of women who came forward is

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just, I mean over 150, and the stories that they told — it was just heartbreaking.” At least 265 women and girls have come forward, claiming Nassar sexually abused them. More than 150 of his victims, who he abused while claiming to provide medical treatment, gave statements at his seven-day sentencing hearing. This university is among 11 Big Ten universities as of Dec. 26 facing federal investigations for its handling of sexual violence cases. The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights opened a third case into this university Dec. 6. As of Sunday, all the cases are still active. Caerwyn Hartten, a freshman geology major, said the Nassar allegations created some skepticism of this university’s policies, adding that she would have liked to see a greater response from Loh. See msu, p. 7

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CRIME BLOTTER By Jessie Campisi | @jessiecampisi | Senior staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to reports of vandalism, disorderly conduct and telephone/email misuse over the past week, according to police reports.

VANDALISM

responded to the 7500 block of Route 1 for an incident of telephone/email misuse that occurred at 1 a.m. that day, according to police reports. This case is closed by exception.

OTHER INCIDENT

On the morning of Jan. 29, University Police responded to three vandalism incidents. Police first responded to Lot A at 7:17 a.m. for an incident that took place in the afternoon of Jan. 26, according to police reports. T his case has been suspended. At 10:19 a.m., police responded to the 4200 block of Lehigh Road for a report of a vandalism incident that took place on Jan. 28 at 10 p.m. Police also responded to the 4300 block of Knox Road at 11:31 a.m. on Jan. 29 for a vandalism incident that occurred on Jan. 25 at 1 p.m., according to police reports. B ot h of t hese c a ses remain active.

University Police res p o n d e d to t h e 7 3 0 0 block of Slacks Road on Wednesday at 4:23 p.m. for a report of an “other incident” that took place at 2 p.m., according to police reports. This case is closed by exception.

CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE VIOLATION

University Police responded to the 4100 block of Valley Drive on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. for a report of a controlled dangerous substance violation, according to police reports. Police responded to the 4300 block of Knox Road for a report of another controlled dangerDISORDERLY CONDUCT ous substance violation on Wednesday at 10:17 p.m. Both of these cases are University Police responded to 251 North on closed by exception. Thursday at 12:07 p.m. for a report of a disorderly THEFT conduct incident that took place at 11:55 a.m., accordPol ice responded to ing to police reports. Eppley Recreation Center This case is closed by on Tuesday at 7:57 p.m. and exception. to the 7700 block of Alumni Drive on Thursday at 1:02 p.m. for theft incidents, acTELEPHONE/EMAIL cording to police reports. MISUSE Both cases are active. On Wednesday at 5:28 p.m., University Police jcampisidbk@gmail.com

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“We do all the grunt work and are the reason that many From p. 1 of the departments are able to with the GSG, the Student function, and yet we see very Government Association, little respect or financial comthe Student Labor Action pensation,” the comment read. Communication doctoral Project and United Academstudent Janna Söder recognizics of Maryland. es that it is her wife’s income Graduate students decried as a nurse that makes it posthe “ridiculously low” stipend offered to them for their work sible for their family to mainon the campus and reported tain their current standard of feeling unappreciated by this living. On her salary alone, “or university. One comment even if we had my salary twice, described graduate student we’d not be living here,” she said, adding that “with two workers as “slave laborers.”

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EURYDICE Kogod Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m. See Friday details.

w i l l f i n a n ce two napping pods at McKeldin Library, university libraries spokesman Eric Bartheld said. Student Facilities Fund Subcommittee chair Noah Eckman, a sophomore chemical engineering major, said the committee in charge of reviewing petitions and spreading funds formed last semester.

budget, which students contribute to by paying a $9 auxiliary fee every semester as part of tuition. Warren Kelley, a representative for the Facilities Advisory Committee that works with the Student Facilities Fund Subcommittee, said this initiative creates a unique opportunity for students. “I don’t know that I would ever have thought of napping pods,”

kids, I probably would not finish graduate school.” Söder’s status as an international student makes her position even more precarious, because under her visa, she is not able to hold an offcampus job. “For international students, what they give you is what you have,” she said. The Graduate Hills and Graduate Gardens are the only designated graduate housing unit partnered with this university, according to the Department of Resident Life’s website. The unit’s website places the starting monthly rental rate at $1,247 — to pay for an apartment year-round would cost roughly $15,000. This university’s minimum stipend for a nine-and-a-half month graduate assistantship is $16,144, according to the Graduate School’s website. While the report begins with an executive summary

that lists key trends in the data — featuring findings including factors that play into a graduate student’s decision to enroll at this university and how few students reported experiencing discrimination by other graduate students — missing from this summary is a discussion of graduate students’ financial issues. Graduate School Assistant Dean Jeffrey Franke said this is because financial insecurity emerged in the comments, and the executive summary was only concerned with what was directly asked in the survey. He also noted that “we all know” graduate students’ financial struggles — they are already common knowledge. “That was an issue that was there, but I wanted to raise other issues,” he said. “I don’t want everyone to focus on just the finances.” But Brown disagreed, saying “the executive summary is

supposed to highlight the main points, and I don’t think it spoke to some of the dark comments you saw.” Franke said he will consider editing the executive summary so that it includes students’ financial insecurity in its key findings. Of the total responses to the survey, only about 1,700 provided usable data, as some respondents did not provide their demographic information. In addition, the number of students who responded to each question varied — some 200-300 students provided feedback to the three openended questions included in the report. While Franke acknowledged the results are not statistically significant, he said the survey was conducted “to give us a sense of what the student body is thinking, where they see the issues, what is on their minds.”

By the end

The committee spent almost

Savannah Williams of this semes- $22,000 on the pods, Eckman @savannahumd ter, the Student said, a fraction of the nearly $3 Staff writer Facilities Fund million Student Facilities Fund

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Kelley said. “It’s an example of what this fund was meant to do — to kind of tap into the democratic creativity of these students.” Bartheld has been overseeing a student proposal to install two MetroNaps EnergyPods in the coming semester. He said the library has repeatedly heard proposals to make resting there easier, but this was the most thought-out and feasible. “Students work hard and study hard, and need to re-energize, and it’s not uncommon to see them with their heads on the table or napping on a couch,” Bartheld said. “One year, I know students even smuggled a sleeping bag into one of the group study rooms. Anything goes during finals.” Commuters also see value

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in having a place to rest between classes. Sophomore criminology and criminal justice major Alizah Husain, a commuter, said she relied on the bus schedule, and her only napping options during the day were in her friends’ dorms rooms. With two units and a 20minute time limit, the pods won’t solve the problem of sleepy students in the library — and Eckman said the cost of additional pods would likely fall on the library. “It would be important for us to know that students are respectful, not only of the equipment, but of the process — and not staying in them too long,” Bartheld said.

Brown is tired of studies, she said. She is ready for the administration to take action. “We’re at a point where we’ve been telling [the Graduate School] these issues exist,” she said. “Now I just hope that they’ll make some concrete policy changes and provide resources that will address some of these issues.” Franke said he has already used the survey results in conversations regarding the need for affordable housing with city developers. He has also reached out to senior d e a n s a n d s ta f f a t e a c h college, he said. “There is fatigue on the campus,” he said. “We do a lot of surveys, we ask a lot of people their opinion and nothing ever happens. … I want everybody to know that I’m taking this seriously, that I’m using this.”

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difference, in percentage points, between a state’s high school graduates who are african-american and its flagship’s african-american enrollment

From p. 1 “You can have diversity, you can have what we have, which is an individualized and holistic evaluation, because between the number of people and the person admitted, there’s something called an admissions process,” university President Wallace Loh said. “So, if the implication is that, well, the right number is somewhere near 36 percent — if I were to say that publicly, I would be sued. “And you know, there’s a whole series of Supreme Court cases on this issue. You can take race into account as one factor of many factors. But the moment you have a rate that you enforce, a target — not even a quota — bam, unconstitutional,” Loh said. Recruiting students of color and those from underserved backgrounds is one of this university’s “biggest priorities in the admissions office,” Director of Undergraduate Admissions Shannon Gundy wrote in an email. Gundy cited recruitment efforts, such as campus and communitybased admission programs, high school visits and participation in college fairs. In a statement, University of Maryland spokeswoman Katie

Source: U.S. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and Education Department Data Express, via The Hechinger Report. Graphic by Evan Berkowitz/The Diamondback. U.S. map via Wikimedia Commons.

MINNESOTA

-7 percentage points

WISCONSIN

-7 percentage points

MICHIGAN

RUTGERS (N.J.)

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NEBRASKA

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IOWA

PENN STATE

INDIANA

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-7 percentage points

ILLINOIS

-10 percentage points

-11 percentage points

OHIO STATE

MARYLAND

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-24 percentage points

Note: Big Ten institutions not shown are Purdue, Northwestern and Michigan State, which are not state flagship institutions.

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0 percentage points

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Lawson said the cultivation of a diverse campus was a guiding principle for this university. “We are extremely proud to be one of the top ten most diverse flagship universities in the country,” Lawson wrote.

-16 percentage points

-24 percentage points

Trey Huff, vice president of this university’s NAACP chapter, said the disparity between black high school graduates and black students enrolled at this university could be attributed to a lack of financial aid options for black families who are above the

-32 percentage points -40

poverty line, but can’t afford the entire cost of their child’s graduation. Huff also cited the murder of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, the black Bowie State University student killed on this campus in May, as a reason some black high school

students might be opting to attend different universities. While students of color represented 46 percent of freshman undergraduate students at this university in 2017 according to university data, 10.8 percent identified as black — the lowest percentage since at least fall 2010. Many black freshmen Huff spoke to during orientation activities last summer expressed concerns about Collins’ death, and whether or not the campus was safe for black students, he said. “It gives more black students a reason to go to HBCUs and not predominantly white institutions,” said Huff, who is a senior biochemistry major. “It’s confirming the fears they have.” Kayla Stokes, a black junior American studies major and transfer student, said black student representation on this campus could be a lot better. She said she would’ve looked at this university more closely if it had a stronger black population. “I feel like a lot of times people of color aren’t given opportunities to succeed,” Stokes said. “Or the school may not know how to go about helping them.” mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

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SGA nixes rule that would have slowed promotions After proposSavannah Williams ing an amend@SavannahUMD ment requiring newly elected Staff writer SGA legislators to serve in their elected positions for five months before they could be appointed to director positions, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee threw out the measure Tuesday night. Ajay Mahesh, the bill’s sponsor, said this decision boiled down to concerns over enforcement, adding that even with the mandatory five-month period, there by

would have been nothing to stop legislators who aspired to be an executive branch member from taking on associated duties under the table, effectively circumventing the measure. “They can do all the work of a director and just not be one on paper,” he said. Noah Eckman, the Student Government Association’s engineering representative and a committee member, opposed the amendment, arguing its unenforceable wording was problematic.

“It wouldn’t be a barrier to any president who wanted to get around it, and would only be a problem in some cases,” Eckman said. “I could just tell them, ‘Oh yeah, you’re going to get appointed come September.Start working on it now.’ That rule wouldn’t have fixed anything, in my opinion.” The lack of such an amendment has caused a shortage of legislature in the past, because the SGA president is permitted to appoint his or her own cabinet. SGA members can’t serve on both the legislative and executive

branches at the same time, said the group’s president, AJ Pruitt, but when the president chooses their cabinet from the ranks of SGA legislators, it can create a staffing deficit. Currently, SGA legislators chosen for the cabinet can move directly from being elected by their constituencies to serving in the executive branch without ever representing the community that elected them. “In years past, people have had to fill a whole third to half of a legislature, because they pulled so many people off to serve in the executive [branch] and then have to appoint people to serve in the legislative position,” said Pruitt, a senior economics and government and politics major.

Just because the legislation didn’t pass this time, doesn’t mean it’s out of the running forever. Pruitt said if the SGA was inclined, it could bring the amendment back when they reviewed the bylaws in the final meeting of this semester. Pruitt said implementing the amendment would have gotten more students involved in the SGA by forcing the executive branch to draw cabinet members from other pools of students. While the amendment didn’t come to a vote, the SGA voted to approve the rest of the motion Wednesday night, creating new Elections Commission positions to bolster student outreach and participation after seeing low turnout in last year’s elections.

The “VOTE Act” creates five new election commissioners and a post-election open forum that will allow other student groups to communicate with the newly voted-in members. There will be one head commissioner and four deputy commissioners, who will lead publicity, campaigning, candidacy and election education, respectively. Mahesh said it was important to get more students to run for SGA positions and vote in elections. Less than 10 percent of the student body voted in the SGA election last spring. “When students don’t vote in SGA [elections], we have uncompetitive elections,” Mahesh said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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New report highlights diversity failures Over the past several years, the University and it has failed. A campus where a visiting black student was System of Maryland has become increasingly diverse. In the fall 1997 semester, 23,179 of the murdered, where reports of nooses and swastikas system’s enrolled students — about 22 percent have become semi-regular occurrences, where — identified as black. By fall 2017, that figure had several buildings are named for slave owners and nearly doubled to 44,849, with black students segregationists, where students and staff of color making up more than 25 percent of the student must endure a constant barrage of micro- and population. In a state where about 29 percent of macroaggressions, is a campus where many residents are black, this is an encouraging sign. black students would —and do— feel they do But the system’s flagship university has not belong. For those who would like to pretend this isn’t not matched that progress. During that same 20-year span, the number of black students at a problem, excuses abound. Loh noted that the University of Maryland increased from 4,143 this university’s black enrollment is one of the to 4,605, but the proportion of black students highest in the Big Ten, ignoring the fact that the at this university actually went down, from 13 conference’s other schools are all in states with percent to 11 percent. As other state institu- a black population of 14 percent or lower. He argued that many black students tions have taken steps forward, our view may not want to pursue higher this university has fallen behind. education (as though this is due A recent study from The to personal preference and not, Hechinger Report highlighted say, soaring tuition rates and a this university’s low black enbroken education system) and rollment, with 12 percent of may want to go to school out of freshmen in fall 2015 identistate (as though black students fying as black, compared with from out-of-state would not 36 percent of Maryland’s high want to come here). school graduates that year. UniThis attitude completely versity President Wallace Loh’s shifts the blame for low black defensive attempts to explain away the disparity were the latest example of enrollment onto external forces or even black this university’s blasé attitude toward its stag- students themselves. Rather than evaluating what it may be doing wrong, this university connating diversity. This problem is not isolated to this university tinues to assume it’s doing everything right. In — the Hechinger Report showed that flagship failing to take ownership of its low black enrolluniversities across the nation have low black ment, the university is minimizing a widespread enrollment. But a university that bills itself educational injustice. In laying out his argument that a quota as one of the best research institutions in the country should not be satisfied with blending for black students would be illegal, Loh said into the pack. Maryland’s rapid increase in black that “there’s something called an admissions high school graduation rates means there is no process,” and that this university’s “individushortage of qualified black students. And this alized and holistic evaluation” ensures it will university’s abundance of top-line programs accept only deserving students. Put aside the fact that test scores and other and opportunities, its continued investment in improving and expanding its campus, its loca- ostensibly objective measures used in college tion next to the nation’s capital, should entice admissions are deeply flawed. The idea that this university — which did not integrate until those students to come here. Black students are, of course, free to attend it faced legal challenges, and had few black stuwhatever school they choose. This state is home dents until the 1970s — could be unfair toward to four prestigious historically black colleges black applicants, even unintentionally, does and universities, which may be the preference not even come up for discussion. With more of some black students. But it is this university’s black students graduating from high school and role as the state’s flagship institution to create enrolling in college in Maryland, this university a welcoming environment for black students, will run out of excuses.

Wallace Loh is minimizing a widespread educational injustice.

We need moderate Republicans Moshe Klein @moshe_klein Columnist

In recent weeks, t wo o f m y c o l leagues at The Diamondback have written columns bemoaning moderate Republicans and characterizing their agenda as not genuinely moderate. Jack Lewis wrote an article charging Gov. Larry Hogan with not actually being moderate, but in reality, he just condemned all forms of moderate Republicanism. His penultimate sentence was, “The idea of the moderate Republican has always been a lie that invites us to be complicit with injustice in the name of bipartisanship.” A day later, Max Foley-Keene recommended that Maryland be pushed even further to the left to expose the radicalism of the moderates. It is this exact kind of gross oversimplification and hardline one-sided politics that disenfranchises the plurality of this country. It led to the election of our current president and makes liberal millennials seem like closed-minded snowflakes who can’t handle disagreement. Foley-Keene and Lewis are as wrong as they are radical. Dismissing the perspectives of moderate Republicans is ridiculous, closed-minded and would lead the nation into a group-think mentality. Moderate Republicans have a lot to offer the United States, and understanding their perspectives can prove enlightening. With just a few examples, it is easy to showcase how moderate Republicans can be considered within some realm of acceptability and that their policies often have real rationale behind them. Lewis cites Governor Hogan’s opposition to the teacher’s union as an expression of right wing radicalism. However, teachers’ unions have again and again been shown to work for the benefit of teachers and not students, and improvements to the education system have been constantly hampered by union demands. Lewis also accuses Hogan of favoring private schools, when

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In the past few weeks, the announcement of the cities that qualified for Amazon’s second headquarters has incurred a lot of national buzz. This list included the usual suspects, such as New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as well as emerging tech epicenters, such as Pittsburgh and Toronto. An unexpected candidate on the list, though, is Montgomery County, Maryland. Gov. Larry Hogan said he would offer $3 billion in tax breaks and grants to certain companies, in addition to $2 billion for transportation improvements, in the hopes of luring Amazon to Montgomery County. About three weeks prior to this announcement, Baltimore City Public Schools made national news due to the pervasive lack of heat in schools across the city. More than 80 schools had heating problems over the course of a week, forcing students to wear their coats inside classrooms that hovered at about 40 degrees. The CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools Sonja Santelises called the heating crisis “a day of reckoning” for the city and its students. As images of young children bundled up in colorful coats and gloves continue to flood the internet, one can’t help but notice the difference between what makes the news in Baltimore and what makes the news in wealthy Maryland counties. Montgomery County gets new investments to attract big business while Baltimore schools are starved for cash. Like many cities across the country, Baltimore City suffered dramatically from the divestment in the city as a result of “white

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research shows that school choice programs force public schools to improve and frequently benefit underserved students. At the same time, he criticized Hogan’s move to extend summer break, which has widespread support across the political spectrum and is one of the post popular decisions of his gubernatorial career. Furthermore, in other areas, Hogan has been surprisingly progressive. Hogan supported the Paris climate agreement, signed on to the Climate Alliance and has pledged to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. Hogan also closed a poor Baltimore jail, a progressive stance on incarceration endorsed by the ACLU. Meanwhile, under Hogan, the M a r yl a n d e c o n o m y h a s b e e n soaring and most people are better off now than they were before his election. Hogan has lowered taxes and focused on controversial ways to better the state. This type of governing models the benefits of moderate Republicans who focus on fiscal responsibility and economic outcomes. I am still unsure whether I will vote to re-elect Hogan, but the claim that as a moderate Republican he has nothing to offer is simply absurd. It is irresponsible for columnists to espouse such closed-minded views of others’ opinions, as they cherry-pick evidence to avoid any nuance. Hogan may not be their ideal candidate, but he certainly falls under the umbrella of reasonable politicians. I would encourage these columnists to be more cautious with their rhetoric, as they are in danger of alienating the large portion of the country that disagrees with them.

flight” — the fleeing of mostly white families to the surrounding suburbs due to fear of integration with black neighbors. Since white flight began around the 1960s, the city’s population fell by about one-third, from 906,000 to 651,000. As this was happening, the proportion of black residents in the city grew. In 1950, black citizens made up 24 percent of the population in Baltimore; by 2000, they made up 65 percent. The city is still feeling the ramifications of white flight. Modern Baltimore is a majority-black city that is plagued by an aging, severely out-of-date school infrastructure, and a state government that has no intention of fixing it. School systems in the state’s more affluent counties, such as Montgomery County, are better funded. Thus they are available to finance these crucial repairs, and in turn, are eligible to be reimbursed by the state government. Baltimore City doesn’t have this financial advantage, and as a result is unable to accurately plan and execute the needed repairs — and is forced to scrap them, or not receive compensation. In the words of Alison Perkins-Cohen, Chief of Staff for Baltimore City Public Schools, “We get hit twice for being poor.” The quality disparities between city and county schools are deeply rooted in the racism that defined white flight — a racism that heavily informs the ways young people receive their education. Despite the consistent efforts of teachers, students and organizations throughout Baltimore City, Maryland has underfunded its schools by billions, according to consultants hired by the Maryland State Department of Education. Hogan has done nothing but

exacerbate this disparity, and the roots of racism that punctuate it. Recently, he cut several streams of funding from the state budget, resulting in millions of state funding cuts to Baltimore City. Furthermore, he did not sign the education budget program proposed by the General Assembly, which was created to meet the federal government’s requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act — a decision that jeopardized the state’s receiving any federal funding at all. While he did propose adding $11 million to the Baltimore City school budget in January, there is still a long way to go in righting the wrongs inflicted over time to the city’s education system. The lengths to which Hogan will go to not only accommodate, but attract a corporation like Amazon when he will not guarantee the safety and well-being of Baltimore City students is appalling. The systemic refusal to equally fund Baltimore City Schools elucidates the currents of discrimination that are at the root of so much Baltimore City education policy. The students of Baltimore City deserve classrooms in which they can not only learn, but excel. They are just as deserving of extracurricular activities and art classes, of excelled STEM and music programs, of the space and the support to explore their interests while not worrying about a basic lack of heat or air conditioning. I implore Governor Hogan and state lawmakers to re-examine who is made to feel welcome in the state of Maryland and who is not, who gets your attention and funding and who does not. Your roots are showing. riback.sarah@gmail.com

Budget cuts to the Metro target poor students Liyanga de Silva @OpinionDBK Columist

The Trump administration plans to cut $150 million in Metrorail funding from its upcoming budget. While this is bad news for almost anyone living in the D.C. metro area, it’s in line with the administration’s apparent lack of interest in improving public transportation in America. In a budget proposal last year, the White House cut spending for the U.S. Transportation Department, as well as for public transit construction projects that had already been promised grants. This attitude of not giving a shit about public transportation and those who depend on it signals a systematic disenfranchisement of lower income individuals. Maybe Trump is doing it maliciously, or maybe he’s actually as ignorant as he seems, but these budget cuts are ultimately targeting people of lower socioeconomic status who rely on public transport to go to work or school. Here at the University of Maryland, about 60 percent of students live off the campus. Given the campus’ proximity to a Metro station, it would make sense for many students to commute using the Metro system. Additionally, the Metro opens up many possibilities for internships and jobs that would otherwise not be accessible for students at this university. More importantly, commuting from home saves many students the high cost of campus living, making higher education possible for many low-income individuals and families. The Metro is also in dire need of increased funding because it has been on a downhill slope for a very long time. Over the past few years, Metro riders have faced delays, closures and

a variety of emergency situations. And Metro’s safety systems are simply not up to par. There have been a variety of incidents involving faulty electrical cabling and smoke being released into tunnels, as well as communication system failures while trains are in the tunnels. In March 2016, an electrical fire caused a systemwide shutdown that lasted about 30 hours, leaving Metro riders to find their own way to their destinations. Metro does have to use existing funds responsibly, but the bottom line is that it doesn’t have nearly enough financial support to make all the improvements it needs . It is a disgrace that so many students and other working individuals must rely on such an unreliable method of public transport. How can we expect anyone with a low income to achieve economic mobility when the government is making it even harder to make a living or get a degree? We all know education is the key to socioeconomic mobility, and underfunded public transportation is yet another obstacle low-income students have to overcome. C u t t i n g f u n d i n g fo r p u b l i c transportation may seem like a low-profile administration priority, especially amid the chaos of childish tweets and discriminatory policies. But we have to look at the big picture. Every action this administration takes affects someone, often someone who is already disenfranchised, and budget cuts to Metro and other public transport is no exception. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

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At-large seats also among priorities for this council session At its annual retreat Jan. 27, the College Park City Council decided that this year it will prioritize considerations to amend the document to extend council members’ term length from two years to four years and establish four at-large seats. Having elections every two years creates a lot of turnover and a lack of continuity between council terms, Mayor Patrick Wojahn said, adding that this uncertainty makes it difficult to pursue long-term projects. District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan added that extending the term length would mean less time would have to be spent educating new council members and would keep the council’s direction more consistent. “It’s about having an efficient and effective government that serves the population,” Brennan said. Adding four at-large seats to the council would make sure there are more officials who represent the entire city rather than just one district, Brennan said. “Since one of our goals is to be ‘One College Park,’ we want members of our council to think across district lines and to think about the city as a whole,” Brennan said, “not just what they want for their particular district.” During the five-hour retreat in council chambers, the body also selected the top three items that had previously been scheduled for future council meetings or worksessions, Brennan said. Changing the structure of the government was identified as a top concern for the council this year, he said. Mihir Khetarpal, the University of Maryland Student Government Association’s governmental affairs director, said holding elections less frequently would result in less engagement with the city’s student population. A student who graduates in four years would only experience one election in College Park, the senior economics and government and politics major said. More pressing issues, such as implementing no-excuse absentee voting, should be focused on instead of changing the council terms and makeup, Khetarpal said. “I don’t necessarily see the problem that they’re trying to solve by changing it from two to four years,” he said. District 4 Councilwoman Dustyn Kujawa first proposed extending term length and adding at-large seats in August 2017. A six-member ad-hoc subcommittee — made up of Wojahn, Kujawa, former District 1 Councilwoman Christine Nagle, former District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook and SGA City Affairs Student Liaison Chris Keosian — was formed to further look into the issue, District 1 Councilman Fazlul Kabir said, but nothing came out of it. But now, reaching a conclusion is time-sensitive, Brennan said, because the city is considering redistricting due to changing population growth, which stems from new housing developments. In 1991, the number of districts in College Park was reduced from eight to four. At the retreat, the council also agreed to focus on the expansion of the trolley trail in north College Park. Other lower-priority items included improvements to Duvall Field and conducting parking studies.

Two businesses slated to open on Route 1 last year are searching for new locations after building permits never came through. Last March, city officials and property owner Tony Akaras announced two tenants — Halal Guys, a fast-casual halal food chain based out of a food cart in New York City, and Junction Vintage, a vintage boutique and clothing store owned by Shannan Fales — would take over the 7207 Baltimore Ave. space between ZIPS Dry Cleaners and 7-11. Halal Guys was set to open in August, while Junction Village’s U Street location closed in April 2017 in anticipation for a June 2017 opening in College Park. Halal Guys signed a lease with Akaras, but the chain backed out after building permits never arrived from the county, which is required to distribute one for an owner to start construction. At a March 27 news conference last year where Akaras, Fales and other city officials met to announce the new businesses, Rabi Ullah, Halal Guys’ franchisee for the state of Maryland, anticipated the building permits to arrive within a few weeks. “But that week or two never came,” Ullah said. “I’ve already told the landlord that we won’t be sitting around and waiting for him anymore — and that we’re looking for another space.” After Halal Guys withdrew from the project, Akaras said he’s “still trying to determine what’s going to happen [at that location].” “One was sort of predicated on the other, because [Halal Guys] were going to take the two floors upstairs and Junction downstairs, but now because of different delays … we’re not sure whether that’s going to happen,” Akaras said. Fales had a spoken agreement to open Junction Vintage in College Park with Akaras — who also owned Plato’s Diner, which closed in 2016 — as well as the proposed adjacent “D3 Coffee and Ale House,” which has not been officially named, at the site of a former auto parts store. Fales said the delay “had to do with permits, and I waited and waited … it still has not become available.” “I still have an entire store in storage,” Fales said. Fales put her plans to open the new business on hold, as she had twins in November. Akaras hasn’t contacted Fales in months, though Fales said she would still consider the College Park location if it opens up. “I did start looking at other locations in Hyattsville, in College Park, so there is still that possibility,” Fales said. Despite issues with Halal Guys and Junction Village, College Park CityUniversity Partnership executive director Eric Olson said he’s confident Akaras will redo a separate space — 7131 Baltimore Ave., formerly College Park Auto Parts — and follow through on plans to build the proposed D3 Coffee and Ale House. Construction will likely begin in four to five weeks, he added. “I know Mr. Akaras is going to get that building re-done, and I know he’s getting the auto-parts store up and running as a coffee and ale house,” Olson said. The Prince George’s County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ullah still hopes to open a College Park location for Halal Guys, but there’s nothing available for the size they need, he said. “We’re just waiting until something comes up,” Ullah said. by

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THE FORMER CLARION INN on Route 1 shut down in early January. It will soon be a Lidl grocery store. hugh garbrick/for the diamondback

With Lidl 2 years off, the College Park food desert will soon see its oasis By Hugh Garbrick | @thedbk | For The Diamondback College Park’s status as a food desert will soon be revised as the city prepares for demolition of the Clarion Inn located on Route 1. The Clarion Inn, located at 8601 Baltimore Ave., officially closed during the first week of January, said District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan, in order to make way for Lidl, a German-based discount grocery store. The business is estimated to open within the next one to two years, Mayor Patrick Wojahn said. Residents such as Rose Greene Colby are referring to the grocery store as a “cross of Aldi and Trader Joe’s.” Greene Colby, who also serves as president of the Berwyn District Civic Association, said she’s looking forward to the accessibility of the location. “People are looking forward to the walkability,” Greene Colby said. “When you can walk to a store, you go more often. When you have a walkable destination, you might go two or three times a week.” The city is still awaiting another permit, said Ryan Chelton, the city’s economic development coordinator, but demolition is expected to begin “very soon.” Chelton was unable to provide a specific date for construction to begin. Lidl will fill College Park’s need for more fresh food options, as many nearby grocery stores sit at least a mile from the city’s downtown area, which can make shopping for students more difficult. “[It’s] probably going to fulfill a lot of students’ needs and it will be practical e n o u g h i n te r m s o f d i s ta n ce ,” sa i d sophomore Casey Kindall, a criminology

MORE ONLINE: Krazi Burrito, coming soon to CP, will be a late-night spot for Mexican fare, dbknews.com. and criminal justice and psychology major. Although Lidl would fill a gap for some students and residents in the nearby area, Wojahn said there is room for improvement. “I would still love to see a grocery store closer to campus, but I think that it would be nice to have one accessible to students,” Wojahn said. “I think having one that’s closer to the residential neighborhoods is important too.” Accessibility and walkability are two goals the city council is working on improving within the city, Wojahn said, adding that Lidl and the recent Whole Foods development, located in the Riverdale Park Station, are “following that trend.” The city is also planning to install a bikeshare station near the grocery store to increase “pedestrian-friendliness,” Chelton said. “I think it’s certainly going to benefit us quite a bit,” he said. Despite the relative convenience of the location, Greene Colby said some residents are worried about increased vehicle traffic in the area. However, Brennan assured appropriate traffic and impact studies were conducted to ensure the chosen site was appropriate. Residents are anxious for the store’s opening, Greene Colby said, adding “the sooner, the better.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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A coffee and wine bar is coming soon after more than a year’s delay By Isabel Cleary | @thedbk | For The Diamondback After years of planning, the proposed site for College Park’s new coffeehouse and wine bar is moving forward, with construction expected to begin in March. The proposed establishment, located at 7131 Baltimore Ave. — formerly the location of College

Park Auto Parts — was slated to open in summer 2016. However, due to permit delays, construction was pushed back, said Tony Akaras, the property’s owner. Read the full story online at dbknews.com

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: BOBBY SEALE, front left in cap, watches as history professor Christopher Bonner introduced the Black Panther Party co-founder Thursday evening. SEALE spoke at Ritchie Coliseum before a crowd of 700 on Feb. 3, 1972. A courtroom sketch depicted Seale in a Connecticut court during the New Haven Black Panther Trials of 1970, which ended in the charges against him being dropped. 15,000 party members protested there.

From p. 1 community health major who attended the event, contrasted the event with Rep. John Lewis’ (D-Ga.) speech at this university in October, saying that she was inspired by Seale’s comparatively blunt manner of speaking. “You just can’t keep talking about stuff on social media. You have to actually go and listen,” she said. “He started when he was a teenager, and look at us. We can [create] change, just as they could [create] change.” Thursday was not the first time Seale has visited campus. In 1972, he spoke at Ritchie Coliseum to a crowd of 700, according to this university’s archives. He returned in 1974 to speak at the student union. Both talks drew on the contemporary issues of racial injustice and systematic inequalities, central tenets of the Black Panthers’ campaign, according to university archives. In September 1969, Seale and seven other activists began trial after being arrested in connection with riots that had broken out more than a year previously, at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Seale, along with the other members of what is known as the “Chicago Eight,” had been protesting racial injustice, wealth inequality and the Vietnam War, among other issues, he said. When Seale protested and spoke up during the beginning of the proceedings, the judge ordered him bound, gagged and chained, sparking national outrage and protests, including at this university. Photographs from the aftermath of the protests on this campus show students marching with posters demanding Seale’s liberation and “Free Bobby” spray-painted on the doors of Francis Scott Key Hall.

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very important controversial issues, and to understand where the divisiveness is arising in our society today,” arts and humanities college Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill said. She added that the term “resist” in the title of the series indicates active engagement in pushing back against hateful sentiments. Christopher Bonner, a history professor who specializes in Africhard moglen/the diamondback rican-American history and black protest in the United States, emphasized the importance of speakers like Seale in educating and informing young people about the struggles of the past. “It’s important for students to be able to see that there are problems that we’re facing and identifying now that are not new,” he said. “It’s important to see that people have been protesting for a long time, and sometimes, that protest is not successful.” Junior women’s studies major Mekdes Sisay said she admired Seale’s message and added that while she felt it was timely, it also seemed “overdue.” robert templeton/via wikimedia commons file photo by bob hobby/the diamondback, re-photographed by tom hausman/the diamondback “These conversations should have been happening earlier,” she “They attacked me, they put me in jail … but that ain’t stopping me.” said. “Maybe if it had been happening earlier, a lot of things could - BLACK PANTHER PARTY CO-FOUNDER BOBBY SEALE have been prevented.” Though Seale is now 81 years Members of the arts and humanities col- old, he said his resolve to fight hate and In addition to speaking about the past, Seale encouraged members of the audience lege’s faculty said Seale’s speech — and oppression has not wavered. He’s currently the lecture series as a whole — presented a raising funds to produce a movie about his to pursue public office in the future. “Today, we sit here with a racist idiot as valuable opportunity for students to learn life in the hope of inspiring others, he said. “They attacked me, they put me in jail,” a president … today, it’s more about evolv- about and engage with societal debates. “Our purpose, really, as a college, is he said, “but that ain’t stopping me.” ing more and more really progressive-type candidates,” he said. “This is the kind of to help our students understand the history and cultural context around these thing we need.” jatelsekdbk@gmail.com

a political perspective … why he wouldn’t want to comment on that resignation.” Junior Spanish major Erica Chukwu said this university should be taking greater charge of the issue of sexual assault as a university that prides itself on taking care of its students. “If then there’s sexual assault cases and we’re not taking care of it, that’s a really bad look on us,” Chukwu said. “Not only just for a bad look on appearance, but just also accountability, because if we’re not taking accountability, who is?” Josie Vallejo, a sophomore biology and science education major, said she’s experienced sexual assault, and it’s “really

hard to hear” about the investigations into how this university handles sexual violence. “When I tried talking to people about my experience, I got a lot of backlash from the people who knew me to say like, ‘Don’t talk about it,’” she said. “They’re kind of like, ‘It’d be too embarrassing, too attention grabbing.’ I know it’s hard to talk about, and … I feel like there’s a lot more that haven’t been reported.” The events at Michigan State have drawn parallels to the 2011 reports of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, another Big Ten university. Sandusky, Penn State football’s former defensive coordinator,

sexually abused boys, and three former university officials — including the school’s former president — were sentenced to jail for failing to turn him over to the authorities. When asked how this university strives to prevent situations like that at Michigan State from occurring on this campus, Loh pointed to campus policies and mandatory sexual assault prevention trainings, as well as addressing issues at the university level. He described a “responsible university employee” policy in which every university staff member is obligated to report sexual misconduct to a designated authority. “I don’t know what happened

at Michigan State, but if we have something similar and somebody reports it, no matter who, then it goes up the chain of command and we have processes for dealing with it,” he said. “Quite honestly, it’s as simple as that.” Unless identified as a confidential source, all Michigan State employees must “promptly report incidents of sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual misconduct, stalking, and relationship violence” they find out about in their professional capacity, that involve a member of the university community, or that occurred at a university-sponsored event or on school property, according

to the school’s website. Connor Petrelle, a sophomore computer science major at this university, questioned the reliability of such a policy. “If you’re a janitor who saw that … which one’s more irreplaceable? A janitor, or someone higher up in the football program that’s making the university millions upon millions of dollars?” Petrelle said. “From a perspective, it’s nice to say ‘Oh, just tell somebody,’ but if you’re that janitor, would you really do it?”

saying the amendment had passed. The council later realFrom p. 6 ized that changes to the city Amending the city charter charter require six affirmato address issues raised by a tive votes — a rule introduced previous non-U.S. citizens last April in another charter voting decision will be done amendment — meaning the amendment was not adopted. separately, Wojahn said. Wojahn and the council are Last September, the mayor considering amending the and council voted 4-3 in favor of a charter amendment that charter to repeal the supermawould allow non-U.S. citizens jority requirement and clarify to vote in municipal elections, other aspects of the charter to

avoid future confusion. Identifying council priorities for the year was done large ly withou t re sid e nt input, Kabir said, adding that he isn’t aware of any residents asking their representatives to extend term lengths or introduce at-large seats. “I haven’t seen any huge — or any, actually — outcry or demand from residents,” Kabir said. “This definitely

did not come from residents.” Re s i d e n ts s h o u l d h ave the opportunity to tell the co u n c i l wh a t t h ey t h i n k should be a priority for the group to work on, Kabir said, adding that city staff and budget funds are allocated to projects throughout the year based on its priority ranking, which the council decided at the retreat. When the exploration of

the charter amendments comes before the council, there will be opportunity for residents to add their input, Wojahn said. “There was a desire from

the council to explore these — that’s why we set it as a priority for the next year,” Wojahn said.

From p. 1 “It does make you question, like if a school does have similar policies to you and they still let something this big go under the radar, it does make you question [the system] a little bit, definitely,” Hartten said. “Saying it was ‘horrific’ and all that — I think that was good, but I think he could’ve done a better job of explaining his position on it.” Avinaash Sandhu, a junior microbiology major, said “as a woman who goes to this university, it would be really nice to know what your president thinks about it,” but added that she “also understand[s] that from

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t’s hard to pinpoint what exactly makes something a classic. Longevity and cultural impact are definitely factors. Reception? Uniqueness? Quality? Maybe, but quality is subjective, so it’s kind of hard to tell. What is known, however, is that Jordan Peele’s Get Out has checked off many of those boxes. “The sunken place” has become part of everyday vernacular. The “get out” command has taken on a new connotation within the realms of “wokeness.” College courses have been built solely around the film. And now, what Peele proclaims a social thriller/documentary has four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. While the Academy has notoriously overlooked great talent throughout its history, it’s good to know that it recognizes just

‘Get Out’ has four Oscar nominations. That’s a pretty big deal. By Ayana Archie | @ayconic | Staff writer how trailblazing Get Out is. Peele, nominated for Best Director, made his name as a mainstay on Comedy Central. Key and Peele, a sketch comedy, often highlighted the irony of everyday situations. Yet with his first film, the 38-year-old beautifully showcases his versatility. With Get Out — which Peele also wrote — he doubles down on irony in the hyperbolic examination of the simultaneous abhorrence and fascination some white people have of black people (which is most likely the reason he referred to it as a documentary).

The film dabbles in comedy, mostly executed by comedian Lil Rel Howery. However, there are stronger, more noticeable incorporations of both horror and thrill. There are evident, unapologetic criticisms of the racist society we live in. There are eerily convincing performances by the cast. All these aspects combine to make one of the most complex and chilling displays in modern cinema. The movie had a $4.5 million budget and raked in more than $250 million at the box office, which is telling. It speaks to just how well the film’s themes and execution

connect to its many different audiences. It confronts viewers’ consciousness, forcing them to dwell on how races interact and perceive each other. It may even be educational for those who have yet to confront issues of race in this country (perhaps another reason for its label as a documentary). Get Out has all that one would want in a movie. Its four Oscar nominations, at the very least, add to its distinction. So while longevity has yet to be determined — since the film has been out for less than a year — the social thriller tackles so much in so little time, it’s hard to fathom it’d be lost in history. aarchiedbk@gmail.com

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appreciation | nicole kidman in vanity fair’s ‘secret talent theatre’

icole Kidman is sitting in a lavish gold parlor, an ornate oriental rug beneath her feet, her legs crossed. Chopsticks rest precariously on a side table to her left. They will not be helping her eat Chinese food. “I’m Nicole Kidman and I am going to eat a four course meal of bugs,” she says, in a tone so calm and candid she could have just as easily remarked, “I’m Nicole Kidman and I am going to do my laundry.” Kidman’s feast contains four kinds of micro-livestock, which are not, as I assumed, pocketsized pigs and cows, but rather, hornworms, mealworms, crickets and grasshoppers. This is part of Vanity Fair’s series, “Secret Talent Theatre” in which celebrities show off surprising hidden skills (if you’re looking to jump into this video rabbit hole, I would also recommend Oprah describing her trick for cleaning up dog poop and Helen Mirren cracking a whip.) Is the ability to stomach bugs necessarily a “talent”? Up for debate. However, Nicole Kidman is one of the most talented actresses in the world. She has won an Academy Award, four Golden Globes, two Emmys and a BAFTA. If she says it’s a talent, then it’s a talent, goddammit. “Just a little side note,” she says, after eating a squirming blue worm. “Two billion people in the world eat bugs, and I’m one of them.”

Nicole Kidman is a badass who eats bugs. By Maeve Dunigan | @maevedunigan | Senior staff writer

Nicole Kidman is not going to tolerate your narrow Western ideas about what is and isn’t food. Nicole Kidman is going to eat these bugs, and you are going to watch. Not only is she going to eat them, she is going to look amazing the entire time. Most people, on their best day, in a perfect pose, would have trouble looking magazine-ready. But when Nicole K idman is recorded picking up a wriggling mealworm with

chopsticks and popping it in her mouth as if it were candy, there isn’t a single still that wouldn’t fit on the cover of Vogue. A true fan wouldn’t be surprised by Kidman’s tenacity. Her ability to devour a slimy creature with a sly smile is nothing compared to her past feats. This is a woman who won an Australian Film Institute best actress award before age 25. This is a woman who serves as a U.N. women goodwill ambassador

and who was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia, the country’s highest honor. This is a woman who has raised four children, throughout two marriages, the first of which began when she was only 23, marrying Tom Cruise, a man who later became the most famous member of the Church of Scientology. This is a woman who, when faced with diminishing opportunities for herself and her friends, helped create Big Little Lies, a

bottom: kidman: vanity fair/via youtube. frame: stephen/via flickr. top: kaluuya: get out poster. paper: tero vesalainen/via pixabay.

show that won eight Emmys. In a 2007 interview with Vanity Fair, Krista Smith calls Kidman “the most culturally solvent actress [she has] ever met.” This isn’t even the first time she’s eaten a bug on camera. When she worked on her first professional acting job in Bush Christmas at 14 years old, there were bugs involved. “I was 14, it was shooting out in the bush in Queensland, and I got to eat witchetty grubs,” she said in a 2017 interview with W Magazine. “Do you know what witchetty grubs are? They are worms that live in the earth, and they’re a milky white color, and I eat them in the film.” It’s hard to pick out the best part of this quote. It’s either when she says she “got” to do it, as if it were a helicopter ride or a trip to Paris, or the part where she thinks there’s a chance the journalist interviewing her would be able to define “witchetty grub.” Later in the Vanity Fair video, a f te r s h e h a s ea te n a s m a l l handful of fried grasshoppers, Nicole Kidman stares back into the camera. “Thank you for spending so much time with me and watching me eat bugs, ’til next time,” she says. Everyone on set claps. After only a few minutes of consuming insects, Nicole Kidman has earned applause.

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‘reinstalling the confidence’ Adam Hughes tries to stabilize Terps volleyball amid turbulent offseason By Andy Kostka | @afkostka | Staff writer

aryland volleyball coach Adam Hughes’ office is still sparse. The walls are mostly bare, and his desk surface doesn’t yet contain an avalanche of stat sheets and coaching documents. But while Hughes — who was hired Jan. 23 to take over the program following Steve Aird’s departure to Indiana — hasn’t had the chance to fully acclimate to his first-ever collegiate head coaching role, he’s familiar with College Park. He served as a Terps assistant for the past four years, earning respect from players as Aird’s right-hand man while the team evolved into an NCAA tournament bubble team. So, Hughes doesn’t feel the need to convince anyone of his ability to lead Maryland, even after the transfers of four players, a decommitment from a 2019 top-50 recruit and the loss of Aird, the architect of Maryland’s rebuild. He decided not to flaunt the NCAA championship trophies he won as a director of volleyball operations with Penn State before joining the Terps’ staff in 2014, placing them discreetly on a shelf in his office between mouthwash and a coffee maker. “It’s more important that the players know that I’m being truthful and being honest and not trying to be somebody that I’m not,” Hughes said. “Knowing that we’ve had the relationships we’ve had for the last four years really helps because I don’t have to come in here and prove something. They know who I am.” When Aird vacated Maryland’s head coaching job for the same position at Indiana in late December, it caught players, recruits and fans by surprise.

hong From p. 11 and family’s time despite tackling a heavy load both at school and with his speedskating career. “ I k n o w e v e n i f h e ’s stressed about skating himself, he’ll still go out on the ice and put everything out there, because it’s what he loves to do at the end of the day,” she said. Thomas Hong, who took a year off school after completing his first year at this

adam hughes became Maryland volleyball’s head coach after Steve Aird left for Indiana. He’s tasked with maintaining the program’s positive momentum after it nearly made the NCAA tournament last season but lost multiple lineup staples to graduation and transfer this offseason. Hughes served as an assistant the past four seasons. photo courtesy of maryland athletics But Hughes had a contingency plan. After serving as associate head coach under Aird last season and following him from Penn State in 2014 — where they learned under the guidance of Hall of Fame Nittany Lions coach Russ Rose — Hughes called the remainder of Aird’s staff and confirmed they, like him, wanted to remain at Maryland. Hughes then reached out to players, emphasizing that while he might have a different persona than Aird, the staff’s continuity would make the transition easier. He received a positive reception. “Cheers to 4 more years at the school of my dreams!!” middle blocker Katie Myers tweeted in response to Hughes’ hire. “Ecstatic for all the loyal turtles who waited through this process. This man is going to do B1G things, because he’s the smartest guy I’ve ever met,” tweeted former middle blocker Hailey Murray, who was a senior last year. Hughes took additional steps

to make the transition down the hall to a new office and to a new chair on the sideline at Xfinity Pavilion less daunting. He called baseball coach Rob Vaughn for advice, knowing Vaughn had recently gone through a similar experience. Vaughn was the Terps’ associate head coach last year, gaining a promotion over the summer when former head coach John Szefc left for Virginia Tech. What Vaughn revealed over the phone and through texts helped Hughes establish his own style as he attempts to stabilize a program coming off its best season in recent memory that lost several key players to graduations and transfers. “[Vaughn] said he would be my agent,” Hughes said. “He kind of helped me through this whole process. … It was nice to have somebody who was in a similar position as I was, who had gone through something very similar, talk to me about how they went through the

university to train, said he didn’t want to focus too much on the social aspect of college so he could focus on his career and studies. He said there’s limited f u n d i n g f ro m t h e U. S. O ly m p i c Co m m i t te e i n speedskating, and he knows his skating career will come to a n e n d o n e d ay, so h e dedicates himself to school as well. “My family and I made the decision for me to at least get my foot in the door into college, and I want to say, it

gives me an advantage,” he said. “It differentiates myself between so many other athletes that are doing the same thing.” Hong said he feels like he hasn’t reached perfection, and the drive to improve is why he truly loves to skate. “I just find it really interesting to pursue perfection in such a simple thing,” Hong said. “I just like the details of our sport. There’s simplicity within the complexity.”

process, how they communicated with the current roster, how they reached out to some of the recruits they were after.” Hughes charged assistant coach Kristin Carpenter and director of operations Kyle Thompson, along with himself, to keep in touch with sets of players and recruits to feel comfortable and prevent them from departing. Still, former top-30 recruits Gia Milana and Samantha Drechsel announced their intentions to transfer, and class of 2019 recruit Mac Podraza announced she flipped her commitment from Maryland

to Ohio State. As a result, Hughes, the fifth head coach in team history, said his squad “will definitely be in the mix” for transfers. He confirmed speculation that middle blocker Jada Gardner could be used as an outside hitter given her experience as an attacker during her club career. With No. 32ranked recruit Rainelle Jones set to join a healthy Katie Myers in the middle, Gardner’s versatility will be an asset for the coach. “I think it’s just reinstalling the confidence, that the mission hasn’t changed,” Hughes said.

“No matter what transition you go through I think in college athletics, there’s going to be people that move on for various reasons. … I’m more concerned about the people who stayed and making sure that we take care of them.” Maryland was ahead of schedule in the coaching staff’s mind during last year’s 18-14 campaign. The disappointment after watching ESPN’s selection show for the NCAA tournament in the back room of the Old Maryland Grill at The Hotel, where the Terps were the first team left out of the competition, quickly turned to motivation for next year. Hughes doesn’t want to commit himself to reaching last year’s mark. With transfers and graduations, the Terps are at risk of a setback before their rebuild can advance further. But he acknowledged those doubts, which have seemingly engulfed the team over the past month, can be used as fuel. “The group’s got a chip on their shoulder, for sure,” Hughes said. “Everyone knows what it felt like to be that close [to the NCAA tournament]. I think last year proved we can do those kinds of things. We can get to the tournament eventually. We’re not putting a timetable, but … that’s always been a marker of where we want to be.” akostkadbk@gmail.com

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Terps’ win over Wisconsin lacks same magic dan bernstein @danbernsteinumd basketball COLUMNIST Since the Maryland men’s basketball team joined the Big Ten in 2014, it’s maintained a fierce back-and-forth rivalry with Wisconsin fueled by each program’s on-court success. The Badgers made a national title game and two Sweet 16 appearances, while the Terps reached the NCAA tournament three straight years, including a Sweet 16 visit in the 2015-16 campaign. In 2015, Maryland upset then-No. 5 Wisconsin at Xfinity Center, prompting fans to storm the court. In 2016, then-Terps guard Melo Trimble hit a game-winning 3-pointer in Madison. The Badgers took the next two meetings, however, evening the tally. While neither team entered

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Maryland sweating a disastrous result on its home court, but Cowan’s free throws and a block from guard Dion Wiley pushed the Terps to the final buzzer. “It felt like we had to win it a couple of times,” Huerter said. All season, Turgeon has bemoaned the intense difficulty of his team’s conference schedule. What he was really commenting on, however, was the opening portion of the season, which Maryland completed without picking up a single notable win. Of the team’s remaining six games, just two are against teams that entered Sunday above .500 in the middling Big Ten. So, for the next three weeks, Maryland has to hope wins over uninspiring opponents such as Wisconsin are enough to propel it back into the NCAA tournament picture. And, given the Terps’ propensity for subpar performances against lowly opponents — barely scraping past Bucknell, trailing Division-III MARYLAND PLAYERS help center Sean Obi stand back up after his and-one basket in the Terps’ matchup against Wisconsin on Sunday at Xfinity Center. marquise mckine/the diamondback Catholic midway through the first half, scoring 18 first-half momentum. Instead, the Wisconsin has been atropoints against UMBC — it seems this season ranked, both were narrow victory over the cious this season, entering likely Sunday’s win wasn’t the expected to finish in the topFrom p. 12 final time they’ll be pushed to half of the Big Ten and qualify play 10-14 and on pace for sorry Badgers amounted to for the NCAA tournament. its worst record in decades. little more than a shrug of 3-pointer from Cowan put the the brink by a mediocre foe. That made this year’s bout M a ryl a n d h a s o n ly b e e n the shoulders and an acTerps up 60-55 with 3:36 to play. “All we can do is just keep on something to look forward slightly better, losing five of its knowledgement that MaryNeither that nor Maryland’s fighting,” Cowan said. “We just to after conference schedules previous six games to sabotage land’s nose-diving postfour-point lead with 27 seconds can’t stop right now. It’s no time season aspirations remain its own tournament hopes. were announced in August. left — provided by back-to-back for us to put our heads down. Beating Wisconsin 68-63 barely intact. B u t w h e n t h e c o n te s t buckets from Huerter (19 points) We’ve just gotta keep going.” arrived on Sunday, it hardly would normally give the Terps — was enough to put the Badgers a jolt of pride and positive dbernsteindbk@gmail.com mattered. away. Davison’s 3-pointer kept jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

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Despite training while going to school, Hong is still competFrom p. 12 itive at the international level. Hong said he doesn’t like When he isn’t in his classes, to discuss skating with others he’s training, he said. Off the and would rather try to find ice, he watches videos of his common ground through his practices every day to improve interests outside the sport. He his skating. “I use video as a tool to not studies finance in the busionly engage how I’m doing, ness school and likes to bingewatch Parks and Recreation but also how my teammates and The Office with his girl- and my competitors are doing friend and listen to Kendrick to understand their tendencies,” Hong said. “In a sense, by Lamar.

watching a lot of film, I study the sport and try to apply it to myself.” Jeff Simon, Hong’s former coach at the Potomac Speedskating Club, called Hong’s talent unique because unlike other speedskaters in other countries, Hong does not receive subsidized housing and cannot train as extensively due his student schedule. Simon said his work ethic will allow him to go far beyond his

athletic pursuits. “Thomas has done most of this, basically without help,” Simon said. “And it would be pretty interesting to see what he could do with the opportunities that are presented to the majority of other professional athletes.” His sister, Stephanie Hong, said she was the first in their family to pick up skating, but she stopped in seventh grade because she hated it. It was her

brother who had the passion for it. In addition to his skating career, Thomas Hong chose to study at University of Maryland after high school. He is studying over all four academic terms this year and hopes to graduate in 2020, she said. But many speedskaters at his level choose to move out to Salt Lake City, Utah, to train full-time and take online courses should they choose to pursue higher education.

“That was not an option for our family,” Stephanie Hong said. “That’s why our family came [from South Korea to] here, not just for the United States, but also to have a strong education. And Thomas also has a passion for education.” Junior finance major Jenna Hong said her boyfriend has always been able to maintain a level of respect for his friends’ See hong, p. 9

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he day after he received 40 stitches on his chin, Thomas Hong strapped on his skates and stepped out on the ice. The then-17-year-old went to Seoul, South Korea, to train and visit his father during the summer of 2015, and recalled colliding with a teammate on the Kwangwoon University rink, feeling lucky his limbs weren’t damaged in the fall. But accidents like this are part of the risk that comes with speedskating, he said. At 20 years old, Hong — who has been skating for roughly 15 years — is the youngest man competing on the U.S. short track speedskating team in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He will compete in the 500m individual event — and its semifinals and finals should he qualify — as well as the 5000m relay, his sister said. At his first Olympic trials in

2014, Hong was the youngest competitor and finished 11th. “He’s probably one of the most laid back people I’ve ever met in my life,” his girlfriend, Jenna Hong, said. “He really doesn’t get stressed that much, he’s not even too too stressed right now, which just is crazy.” His friends and family, though, said if you didn’t ask, you wouldn’t even know what the South Korean-born Laurel resident has accomplished. “I don’t really talk about it too much. My friends and the people I grew up with know that I’ve been skating,” Thomas Hong said. “They know about my accomplishments because they care about my well-being and care about how I do in this sport, but I don’t really try to push my agenda on other people.”

Headed for Pyeongchang with Team USA, finance major Thomas Hong balances school and Olympic speedskating By Lillian Andemicael @LAndemicael News staff writer THOMAS HONG, a finance major at this university, will compete on Team USA for speedskating at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, beginning Feb. 9. photo courtesy of john kim

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men’s basketball

women’s basketball

Terps top Wisconsin despite shaky second

Charles double-double powers Nebraska win

By James Crabtree-Hannigan | @JamesCrabtreeH | Senior staff writer

By Sean Whooley | @SWhooley27 | Staff writer

Anthony Cowan’s free throws secured the 33 35 68 narrow victory and helped him to a game(16-9, 5-7 big ten) high 23 points. WISCONSIN 23 40 63 (10-15, 3-9 big ten) The Terps (16-9, 5-7 Big Ten) closed the first half on a 17-2 run, turning a five-point Maryland men’s basketball entered deficit with about eight minutes left into Sunday’s game against Wisconsin with a a 10-point lead at intermission. But Maryland lost its form again in the 12-2 home record and 1-6 on the road, a disparity guard Kevin Huerter credited to second half, not scoring for a three-minute Xfinity Center’s energizing atmosphere. span and allowing the Big Ten’s 12th-best But unlike last weekend, when the Terps offensive rebounding team to secure seven rushed out to a double-digit lead over of its own misses in the first 10 minutes. then-No. 6 Michigan State to send their After a 6-0 run brought Wisconsin fans into a frenzy, coach Mark Turgeon’s (10-15, 3-9) within striking distance, the squad was sluggish from the outset against Badgers tied the game, 42-42, with 11:20 remaining. the Badgers. “We were really bad, to be quite honest Fortunately for Maryland, the 10thplace Badgers did not possess the firepower with you, to start the second half,” Turgeon to capitalize on that dreary home display. said. “Shot selection, defense, concentraSo, despite scoring just 11 points in the tion, everything. And I was mad at them, first 10 minutes and allowing Wisconsin so I didn’t call timeout.” Eventually, Turgeon said, his team’s to hang around into the final stretches, the defense improved and rescued the Terps Terps held on for a 68-63 win. “We figured it out at the end,” Turgeon from their tailspin. Still, neither team led by more than two points for the next said. “It wasn’t pretty the whole time.” After Wisconsin guard Brad Davison six minutes. Finally, a 7-0 run sparked a drained a 3-pointer to cut Maryland’s lead to 64-63 with 10 seconds left, guard See badgers, p. 11

Maryland

11 Maryland (20-3, 9-1 big ten)

NEBRASKA (17-7, 8-3 big ten)

Kaila Charles has been the Maryland women’s basketball team’s go-to player all year, lifting the Terps whenever the squad has needed someone to take over a game. The trend continued Sunday at Nebraska, as No. 11 Maryland overcame a lack of offensive fluidity with Charles’ 25-point, 16-rebound performance to outlast the Cornhuskers, 64-57. The Terps have now won five straight games. Neither team managed to find a rhythm in the low-scoring affair. The Terps (20-3, 9-1 Big Ten) entered the contest averaging 85.3 points per game, but struggled to break down the Nebraska (17-7, 8-3 Big Ten) defense. Both of Maryland’s primary frontcourt players, forwards Stephanie Jones and Brianna Fraser, picked up early fouls and failed to contribute a field goal in the first half. Maryland’s shooters weren’t locked in either, going 2-for-7 from deep before

the break and 4-for-12 overall. B u t C h a rl e s m a d e u p fo r t h ose struggles. She scored 14 of Maryland’s 27 firsthalf points and grabbed seven rebounds in the opening 20 minutes. No other player contributed more than six points in that span. With less a minute left in the first half and the shot clock in its dying seconds, guard Kristen Confroy whipped a crosscourt pass to guard Channise Lewis, whose 3-pointer provided a five-point cushion at the break. Charles scored first to open the second half, igniting a 7-0 Maryland run that helped the Terps pull away. While the Terps missed 12 of their final 13 field goals, the Cornhuskers failed to close the gap. Maryland drained eight of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter while holding Nebraska under 40 percent shooting in the frame. That was enough to clinch the program’s 14th straight 20-win season under coach Brenda Frese. swhooleydbk@gmail.com