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Univ holds sex misconduct town hall Students voice concerns that new sexual assault, misconduct definitions are too narrow By Josh Magness @JoshMag Staff writer Students and community members TERRY OWEN, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee gathered at a pair of on-campus town chair, answers questions about the university’s sexual assault policies. tom hausman/the diamondback hall meetings this week to voice con-
cerns about this university’s interim sexual misconduct policy before a University Senate committee receives it for review. A crowd of about 25 gathered Monday in the Margaret Brent Room in Stamp Student Union, while a sim-
ilar-sized crowd assembled in the multipurpose room in the Nyumburu Cultural Center. The main issue discussed was the university’s decision to change the definition of sexual assault from what is recognized by the University System of Maryland. Under the university system’s definition, sexual assault is broken into two sections: “Sexual Assault
I” described as nonconsensua l sexual intercourse and “Sexual Assault II” labeled as nonconsensual sexual contact, including disrobing or touching an individual without consent. Under this university’s interim policy, sexual assault is defined as “any act of sexual penetration with See MISCONDUCT, Page 3
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Hollywood area to see city face-lift By Holly Cuozzo @emperorcuozzco Staff writer
100 plus turn out for modern Chinese ink art exhibit opening in Art-Sociology Building
The Hollywood Commercial District streetscape along Rhode Island Avenue, which city officials call outdated, is slated to undergo improvements after the final plan is finalized in March. “I would describe the current streetscape as underwhelming,” Michael Stiefvater, College Park economic development coordinator, wrote in an email. “Its current form does not contribute to the vibrancy of the commercial area. When completed, the project will give the district a visual identity and offer amenities to bike riders and pedestrians that encourage them to visit the businesses.” The city appropriated $205,000 in fiscal year 2010 to design, engineer and construct improvements to the streetscape. Home to 41 retail businesses, including places such as MOM’s Organic Market and REI, the Hollywood District is an area with a strong business core and a passionate group of residents, Stiefvater wrote. But the area lacks visual appeal and
By Erica Bonelli @thedbk For The Diamondback A f ter le a r n i n g br u sh pa i nting from her father, Jin Weihong wou ld spend the nex t 30 yea rs transforming the language of ink painting into a modern expression of emotion that crosses borders, cultures and traditions. The Art Gallery, in partner with the Confucius Institute of Maryland, unveiled yesterday night its new exhibition curated by Weihong, a world-renowned Chinese-ink artist. The exhibit displays contemporary Chinese ink art featuring eight of the leading explorers in ink painting in the Art-Sociology Building. The exhibition, “Reshuffling the University president wallace loh speaks to more than 100 at “Reshuffling the Past: Contemporary Chinese Ink Art” yesterday.
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Former football player creates glove-repairing, grip serum Alumni-built business draws on univ students
Students recount skin color bias experiences to open dialogue
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By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer Chelsea Benjamin said she has been called an “Oreo” because she “talks white.” Benjamin, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, was one of about 40 students who gathered Tuesday in the Stamp Student Union Grand Ballroom Lounge to discuss how people of different races experience discrimination based on the color of their skin at an event called “Fifty Shades of
loza asnake (right), Zema Meseretu (middle) and Nati Abebe, all sophomores, listen to other students’ stories of colorism in Stamp Student Union yesterday. claire harvey/for the diamondback Color: A Discussion on Colorism.” Colorism can be defined as “a practice of discrimination based on skin color — light, medium, dark — which results in the favorable or unfavorable treatment of individuals based on the lightness or darkness of their skin color,” said junior Justine Dawes, Ca-
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In 2010, Matt Furstenburg made the biggest catch of his career for the Terrapins football team: a 53-yard catch against Clemson. Days later, the then-sophomore tight end’s gloves were worn and lost their stick, forcing him to replace them continually. “I noticed I would go through gloves every few days,” said Furstenburg, who graduated in 2012 and is a former Baltimore Ravens tight end. “They’re pretty expensive. They’re about $20 to $60, average price range.”
That sparked an idea that led to a collaboration between Furstenburg, university professor Srinivasa Raghavan, entrepreneur Harry Geller, 2014 alumnus Kevin Diehn, 2014 alumnus Chanda Arya and senior chemical engineering major Zach Rom and the solution to Furstenburg’s equipment woes: Grip Boost gel. The gel, which can be applied to a receiver’s glove, increases the glove’s longevity by forming a thin film around it that makes it tacky and prevents wear and tear. The gel takes about 15 to 20 seconds to dry. “It’s an interesting alignment of football background from Matt — knowing the problems in football — and seeing what kind of chemical solutions from Maryland’s chemical engineering department can put together,” Arya said.
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left: gallery curator JIN WEIHONG speaks via a translator at the opening of Reshuffling the Past: Contemporary Chinese Ink Art in the Art-Sociology building yesterday. above: connor lee, a sophomore computer science and studio art major, examines an ink painting at the exhibit. james levin/the diamondback
“THESE ARTISTS ARE NOT STICKING TO THE CONVENTION; THEIR CONVENTION IS THEIR OWN ARTISTIC VOICE. THEY HAVE A
ART From PAGE 1 Past: Contemporary Chinese Ink Art,” features traditional Chinese ink methods with cutting-edge and even shocking subjects and themes. It contains the work of artists Huai Yi, Jin Weihong, Li Jin, Liu Qinghe, Qian Zhongping, Shen Qin, Wu Yi and Yi Liao. Addressing an audience of more than 200, Weihong said the artists truly want to be understood, which proves difficult in many countries where Chinese ink art is still something that is marginalized and misinterpreted. “I’d like to take this opportunity through international exhibition to promote an understanding of this kind of art,” she said in Mandarin. “This is a signal, a gesture, so that more people understand and know this kind of art.” Bridging cultural boundaries is possible through art, university President Wallace Loh said. “The way that one builds bridges of understanding between cultures is not just
language; it’s culture,” Loh said. “To bring a really outstanding exhibit of contemporary Chinese art to the University of Maryland as the first stop is a really big thing.” The Art Gallery gives students, staff and both the domestic and international public the chance to promote cultural diplomacy and community engagement, said Bonnie Thornton Dill, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Although Chinese ink and wash painting is typically classical and dates back more than 1,000 years, the new exhibition focuses on presenting emerging and mid-career artists who exhibit significant and challenging art. “ T he s e a r t i s t s a re not sticking to the convention; their convention is their own artistic voice. They have a different interpretation of tradition,” said Taras Matla, arts administration manager. Donna Wiseman, dean of the education college; Zhou Hui, director of education exchanges at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington; Curlee
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF TRADITION.” Taras Matla
Arts administration manager Holton, executive director of the Driskell Center; and Phoenix Liu, director of the Language House, also spoke at the gallery opening, addressing an audience that included College Park Mayor Andy Fellows and several international news outlets. The Art Gallery was founded i n 1955 a nd now d isplays between five and eight exhibitions each year. The gallery is funded by the Maryland State Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and this university, and staff members hope to continue providing cross-cultural experiences from around the world. “People say that young people are the future of bilateral relations, or even the world, so it’s very important for young people to get to know each other’s cultures,” Hui said. “That’s why I think events like this to be held at universities are very important, because young people get a chance to know more about
matt furstenburg, a former Terrapins football tight end who went on to play for the Baltimore Ravens, came up with the idea for a gel that increases the longevity of football gloves, which can be expensive. The gel is now being sold. photo courtesy of chanda arya
GLOVES From PAGE 1 When the gel is applied, Raghavan said, a person will not see any residue sticking on the footba ll or gloves. The Grip Boost team, Furstenburg said, believes the gel will satisfy all of conditions of the National Football League, college and high school rules. Furstenburg said the gel is geared toward high school a nd u n iversity footba l l players due to its affordability. Users would get about 60 applications out of the 2-ounce bottle. The product, now offered on Amazon and GripBoost. com for $10.99, is already starting to circulate in the local and professional football spheres. Furstenburg said local high school football teams, Under Armour, the Baltimore Ravens and th is u n iversity’s footba l l team have all used and tested the gel. “ We d i d s u r v e y s w i t h the University of Maryland football team and they were all very, very positive,” Arya said. Despite the gel’s success — the Grip Boost team reported
they sell a couple thousand units a month — the team said the process of creating and finalizing the product wa s not si mple a nd to ok about two years to complete. Fu rstenbu rg i n itia l ly pitched the idea in 2011 for a product that could enhance football gloves to Geller, an entrepreneur in residence at this university’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. “T here rea l ly is a need for somet h i n g to e x te nd the lives of football gloves,” Geller said. A fter their interaction, Geller helped connect Furstenb u rg to R a g h ava n , a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor, in July 2012. Raghavan said he was immediately interested in the idea of developing a product to combat glove deteriorat ion a nd rea l i zed h i s l ab had created a material from a previous project focused on clotting blood that could become key to the product’s development. “It occurred to me that [th is material] cou ld be a starting point for our search for a m ater i a l t h at cou ld adhere to gloves and make them more sticky,” Raghavan said.
Diehn and Arya, Raghavan’s students at the time, heard about the project from their professor and worked to create, develop and finalize the gel with support from undergraduate researchers. The team is now working to ex pa nd a nd g row, a nd with a $100,000 Maryland Innovation Initiative grant it received in October, the next challenge is to find a way to mass-produce the gel. “We’ve made this in the lab, on the lab scale, so we are trying consider what is the cheapest, best, efficient methods to make this on a much la rger sca le,” A r ya said. The next phase, Raghavan said, is taking the universitypatented product to the big leagues. He said he hopes to see the big corporate players, such as Under Armour and Ni ke, l ic e n s e or b uy t he product in the future. “It’s gone from an idea in need of a solution to a real solution being sold,“ Raghavan said. “This is an example that’s reached the marking … I don’t know of many other technologies that have gone so far so quickly.” gtooheydbk@gmail.com, tswaakdbk@gmail.com
other countries cultures.” The Art Gallery is the first stop for the traveling Chinese ink art exhibition, where it will be on display until March 6. It will travel next to the Roberson Museum and Science Center i n Bi ng ha mton, New York, and then to the Museum of Art & Design at Miami Dade College. T hough the exhibit promoted art, the understanding of culture underpinned every brush stroke, speakers said. “When you start understanding the culture, then you start beginning to understand how people think and how they approach things, and there are differences and it’s not a matter of simply overcoming the differences,” Loh said. “But just having an understanding is the first step toward bridging those differences.” newsumdbk@gmail.com
patrons and attract new businesses to fill vacant spaces,” Stiefvater wrote. “Additionally, we hope the public investment into the streetscape will spur renovations and redevelopment of the existing buildings. In many cases, public investment comes before private investment and we expect that to be the case here.” The city selected the Baltimore-based Floura Teeter Landscape Architects as the consultant for the project in October, and they began designing the concept in November. Architects since have analyzed the traffic and urban design of the district to come up with the mentioned design alternatives, according to a document negotiated between the city and the consultant. The group presented its findings and initial concept pl a n s for t he a lter n at ive design at a Jan. 28 community meeting. Thirty-two people attended the meeting, including representatives from Hollywood businesses Gailes’ Violin Shop, the Bamboo Eater and Carrollton Enterprises, which owns the shopping center, Stiefvater wrote. Wojahn said residents had questions about traffic issues as a result of the proposed renovations on the access streets, but the overall reaction was excitement about the idea. Feedback from the meeting last month will be used to refine the plan before its final design presentation to the mayor and council this March. When applicable, the city will pursue grants to fund the project implementation and appropriate funds into the capital improvement project, Stiefvater wrote. The presentation to the mayor and City Council in March will provide a preliminary cost estimate, which will determine which grants to seek.
its own cohesive identity, District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said. “It’s long overdue,” Wojahn said. “I think it’s time we do someth ing like th is in Hollywood.” The district was built in the 1960s as a retail hub secondary to Route 1. Because of a lack of significant private investment from property owners in past years, the district’s facade looks old and outdated, Wojahn said. The project will improve public right-of-way and make the area more accessible when the enhancements are made, Stiefvater wrote. One of the proposed improvements is to convert sections of the commercial access roads that currently run parallel to Rhode Island Avenue into spaces for pedestrians and bicycles, Stiefvater wrote. “I’m most excited that it’s following attention to biking or walking over driving,” said Jordan Arata, a junior environmental science and policy major. Arata has visited REI in the Hollywood district several times, riding his bike there on a nearby path, but he had to switch to the street when he got closer to the store, he said. Changes to the area could take place from Edgewood Road to Nantucket Road and potentially include seating and green space, Stiefvater wrote. He added that the project proposes enhancing bicycle facilities, widening sidewalks, improving gateway signage and constructing a “wellness circuit” around the Hollywood shopping center. “The goal of making these improvements is to make the area more attractive and safer for customers, which will help the existing businesses attract hcuozzodbk@gmail.com
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on social media and microaggressions on the campus. Junior criminology and criminal justice major Sara Gabriel said during her freshman year, people turned away her and her friends from a fraternity party because of their race. “We were goi ng i nto — trying to go into — one of the parties, and one of the g uys stopped us a nd was like, ‘No, you’re black; you SARA GABRIEL (left), a junior criminology and criminal justice major, discusses her can’t get in,’” Gabriel said. “I experience with colorism. Jason Nichols (right), a lecturer in the African-American was bummed, but at the same studies department, talks to students about colorism. claire harvey/for the diamondback time … I kind of expected it, because people had warned “IT’S DEFINITELY me about it before.” AN ISSUE THAT IS Villatoro-Sancho said she From PAGE 1 UNIVERSAL. ... IT was glad that various student ISN’T JUST ONE organizations got involved in it’s worldwide that people are the discussion. suffering from this problem SPECIFIC CULTURE “It’s definitely an issue that of colorism,” the community OR ONE SPECIFIC is universal,” she said. “It isn’t health major said. “So we SKIN TYPE THAT just one specific culture or one wanted to open up their eyes EXPERIENCES specific skin type that experiand open up their minds to ences [colorism].” what is going on in the world.” [COLORISM].” Tyrell Saint-Vil, a senior CSA hosted the event as DIANA VILLATORO-SANCHO e c onomics major and a part of Black History Month. Senior sociology major member of CSA, said he thinks The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and several other own social circles. And that’s colorism is a problem not only student organizations, in- what makes it so pervasive and on this campus, but on many college campuses. He said stuclud i ng t h is u n iversity’s sometimes so hurtful.” S e v e r a l s t u d e n t s s a i d dents of color have to unite and chapter of the NAACP, Filipino Cultural Association dating people of different avoid intraracial colorism in and Community Roots, also skin colors created tension order to address the issue. “It’s important that we among their families. co-sponsored the event. don’t come at each other for Sen ior sociolog y major Students like Benjamin had the same things that we don’t D i a n a Vi l l atoro-Sa ncho, the opportunity to discuss and share their personal experi- a Latina student, said her want others to come at us for. family was “so happy” when So I think the first step would ences with colorism. Jason Nichols, an African- she dated a white man. But her be to come together,” he said. Dawes said she hopes the American studies professor family members also told her who moderated the event, she would “ruin the race” if she event started a conversapointed out that many of the married and had children with tion that will help to combat issues of colorism. instances raised are examples a black man, she said. “T hese need to be d isSimilarly, Nichols said a of intraracial colorism — colcussed, because this problem friend once told him, “If I orism that occurs between brought you home, even with will continue to occur if it’s members of the same race. “It’s not even something all of your accolades and ev- not properly addressed, and it t h at you’re gett i ng f rom erything, my family would can’t be properly addressed if people aren’t educated on the the outside,” Nichols said. say that I settled.” Some students raised con- topic,” she said. “It’s something that you’re getting very much internally, cerns of racism and colorism, in your own families, in your including offensive comments lschapitldbk@gmail.com
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hannah shear, coordinator of the Maryland Beginning Farmer Success program, gives a presentation in Jull Hall for the agricultural school’s “Sustainability Tuesday” series, outlining the challenges and opportunities beginner farmers face. tom hausman/the diamondback
U opens ‘Sustainable Tuesdays’ for campus Classes offer speeches to promote environmental initiatives, green living By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer Students at th is u n iversity now have the opportunity to sit in on two semesterlong classes about sustainable living without having to add extra credits to their course loads. A ser ie s of s p e e che s about local food, studentdriven environmental initiatives and sustainable campus life began Feb. 3 as a semesterlong seminar for undergraduates and anyone who wants to learn about sustainability. The class takes place Tuesdays. The Office of Sustainability called the initiative “Sustainable Tuesdays” — a series that combines a preexisting class, ARCH 289I: Sustainability at College Park, with weekly guest speakers from the architecture, planning and preservation school. “ It’s a n e nor mou s lecture and a course that was developed to try to a cq u a i nt e a rly col lege students with the major issues being pushed at the time,” said Ralph Bennett, an architecture professor. Bennett has managed t h i s c l a s s for t he p a s t five years, but hopes the series will attract students outside of the formal class
profits in the region. There is no shortage of excellent people to come in.” Allison Lilly, the Dining Services sustainability coordinator, presented yesterday on how food is prepared and served to students sustainably. Last semester, Dining Services occasionally provided students with the option of eati ng food prepared from Terp Farm, a farm 15 minutes from the city where students create and manage holistic growing methods. In Jull Hall for last night’s “Susta i nable Ag ricu ltu re Tuesday” seminar, faculty extension assistant Hannah Shear examined the challenges of entering agribusiness with or without a background in farming. “The classes provide more engagement, so it is more tha n just ta k i ng a test i n the classroom,” said Bruce James, director of the sustainability minor. James will speak during the series on March 31 on how students can be sustainable without being enrolled in an environment-related major or sustainability minor. “We are looking to define t hese word s, to come up w it h t hese ideas,” Ja mes sa id. “It’s l i ke the words ‘freedom, rights, environmental quality.’ We know what it is when we see it, we want more of it, but we don’t know how to define it.”
roster to come and learn more about sustainability. Mered ith Epstei n, a n agriculture college professor, has paralleled her own class to meet at 6 p.m. every Tuesday in the same class format in which an audience can listen to a speaker that day. The Institute of Applied Ag ricu ltu re sponsors her separate series, “Sustainable Agriculture Tuesdays.” “We are focusing on timely subjects and things that are given a lot of attention in the media and on campus,” Epstein said. After the first hour of her class, the additional audience members who attend the series are asked to leave before her students begin engaging in discussion and conversation about the guest speaker’s thoughts, Epstein said. Most of the speakers are experts on topics Epstein chooses, including aquaculture and genetically modified organisms. She also lets her students choose two speakers to appear by the end of the semester. Her 10-student class chose speakers to address nontrad itiona l l ivestock, cooking and food preservation, she said. “We look to College Park mostly … and then we start looking into the community,” Epstein said. “The USDA is really close with lots of non- mhorndbk@gmail.com
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MADELEINE MOORe (left), a senior community health major, sits with Jill Santos, a senior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major, to ask questions about this university’s outlined sexual assault policies at a town hall meeting yesterday. tom hausman/the diamondback
MISCONDUCT From PAGE 1 another individual without consent.” T his university changed what the system refers to as “Sexual Assault II” to “nonconsensua l contact,” which is described as “unwanted touching of the intimate body parts of another person.” Senior Madeleine Moore said she believes the new wording could potentially downplay the experiences of sexual assault survivors. “In both definitions under University System of Maryland policy, the word ‘sexual assault’ is used,” the community health major said. “ B ut U M D ju s t re fe rs to some cases as sexual contact. Calling it that is trivializing because the severity of the language is not present.” Another concern, Moore said, is the absence of the word “rape” in the university’s proposed interim policy. “If a student gets raped on t h i s ca mpu s, it i s not called rape,” she said. “As a university, we should be held to a higher standard of sa fety a nd i nclusiveness,
but i n stead we a re goi ng completely backwards and narrowing our definitions.” Junior English major Pegah Maleki said the scope of the new pol icy is too na rrow because it fails to protect male students who have been sexually assaulted. “A s it i s, m a le v ict i m s don’t come forward as often as women because of societal taboos,” Maleki said. “In the new policy, sexual assault by definition is oral, vaginal and anal penetration, but the problem is men can be assaulted without penetration. I’m afraid male victims will be left out.” O t h e rs at t h e m e e t i n g feared the wording in the new policy could exclude LGBT survivors of sexual assault. “Right now, with the language in the policy, there are some situations where LGBT folks might not be supported,” said Jill Santos, a senior c r i m i n o l o g y a n d c r i m inal justice and psychology major. “The language is very women-centric, but sexual violence knows no bounds.” Terry Owen, chairman of the University Senate Equity, Diversity a nd I nclusion Committee, said the wording
changed after the university system asked this university to adjust its policy following the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013 and the implementation of the system’s new sexual misconduct policy in the same year. Owen said the EDI Committee will review the interim policy and then pass it to the Senate Executive Committee for further review. The policy will then reach the senate floor for a vote. If the senate passes the legislation, the policy will go to university President Wallace Loh for final approval. Despite the multiple stages of review and student feedback the new policy will receive, Moore remains afraid of the effects it will have on students at this university. “ I h a v e f re s h m a n a n d sophomore friends who will be on th is ca mpus a fter I leave,” Moore said. “They are men, they are women, they are transgender and they are genderqueer. Who is going to protect them? In my opinion, certainly not this policy.” jmagnessdbk@gmail.com
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Take the time to learn your love language. Share it with your family and friends and find out what theirs are. Start a conversation about it and you will be surprised by how much you can learn about people you already know so well. The real reason I think this is so great is that it leads us away from self-centeredness. Instead of assuming other people perceive love as we do, learning about love languages forces us to consciously consider the desires of others. Hearing someone else’s love language in their own words leaves no room for misinterpretation or the clouding of our own judgment. This allows us to give selflessly to those we care about in the way that means most to them. Loving your neighbor as yourself is more than just treating others as you want to be treated. It requires the effort to put someone else’s needs before your own and the acknowledgment that love is more than what one person can experience. Love languages provide us with the opportunity to show our dedication to a relationship. The time and consideration it takes to employ the languages of love reveal that you not only care about someone else enough to learn about that person, but you also actively try to make them feel more loved. Added bonus: If they buy into it, you just might find your dishwasher emptied the next time you go home.
love it when my roommates empty the dishwasher. It’s even better when they make dinner and leave leftovers for me. I always thought that they appreciated these same things as much as I did. It turns out that I was wrong in that assumption, and consequently, I got a lesson in Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Chapman’s work, he explains that there are five ways in which we express love: acts of service, kind words, quality time, gifts and touch. Everyone tends to have one or two main languages for their expression of love. These also tend to be the ways we best perceive love. For example, if your love language is quality time, it would mean far more to you to go on a long walk with your significant other than it would to receive a gift from that person. It is typical to consider these love languages in the context of a marriage or other romantic relationships, but to limit their scope would be unwise. Learning your primary language of love and those of the people around you can be of tremendous benefit to any relationship. They give you the power to demonstrate your love and appreciation for someone in the way they can best understand and interpret it. A teacher wouldn’t waste his time trying to teach an auditory learner by having her silently do word problems, so why would you share just a kind word with Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and someone you know would rather be science education major. She can be reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com. given a warm hug?
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olio was a devastating and debilitating disease. It was one of the most significant public health issues of the first half of the 20th century and is not to be taken lightly. And thanks to Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, the United States hasn’t seen a case of the disease in more than 30 years. The same can be said for smallpox, a disease that wiped out entire communities. It cost Benjamin Franklin his young son in 1736. Thanks to vaccines, the last reported case of the disease worldwide was in Somalia in 1977, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Vaccines are one of the most important developments in modern medicine and arguably the most powerful tool in fighting disease. As an organization that believes access to information is a cornerstone of a democratic society, the conversation surrounding the recent measles outbreak deeply concerns us. Science has established that vaccines are both safe and effective, so why is this discussion happening at all? No, the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine does not cause autism. No, you cannot depend on those around you to protect you from these diseases. No, vaccines do not provide 100 percent protection — that’s why everyone needs to get them. No, there is not a high risk of complications.
The debate is a tired one that’s gone on for centuries. Thomas Jefferson, an inoculation supporter, argued with his peers. But what’s different this time is that there’s a frightening consequence to years of misguided opposition against a vaccine: measles, which had been eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, has come back. OUR VIEW
Despite the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of vaccines, we are still facing misguided opposition. More alarming is that the percentage of the national population that is unvaccinated is very small; in 2012, Oregon had the highest percentage of kindergarteners with nonmedical vaccine exemptions at 6.4 percent. Yet it’s still enough to cause an outbreak, particularly in communities with high rates of vaccine exemption. What’s most frustrating is the hypocrisy in our national conversations about public health. Vaccine skeptics frame it as an issue of choice, contending that the risks are not worth it and measles isn’t as
scary as it’s made out to be. Where was this attitude at the height of the Ebola epidemic? Despite calls for a vaccine, Ebola is far less communicable, transferred only through contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids. With measles, however, surfaces and air space are contaminated for up to two hours after contactwith an infected person. The CDC estimate that 90 percent of unimmunized people exposed to a sick person will get the disease. And, the latest outbreak came from an unvaccinated American, who picked it up in the Philippines. It’s also worth noting that measles should be more relevant to us as college students, even with the university requirement of getting the MMR vaccine. Measles complications, including pneumonia, brain swelling and ear infections, are most common in children younger than 5 and adults older than 20. Getting sick is scary, we get it. And no one likes to be told what to do. But the simple fact is that the health of our communities depends on our immunization records, and getting vaccinated is one of the most important contributions you can make to your community and your immune system. The American debate over vaccine use is as old as this country, and that’s far too long.
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y now all of you know that our nation has seen an outbreak of measles in Florida as well as California. This is a potentially fatal disease for which a vaccine was developed in the mid-20th century, mind you. Beyond helping to fight this infection very well, vaccinations certainly do not cause autism. Unfortunately, no matter how many times the scientific community assures us that vaccines are safe and that they do their job well, the anti-vaccination establishment will step right in and undermine public health as much as possible. The end result of the antivaccination hysteria is the persistence and continued spread of an easily preventable disease that should have long since faded from human memory in the Western World, much like cholera. Let me be pretty clear about this: The concept of individual liberty does not give parents the right to refuse to have their children vaccinated. The reason why is pretty clear: My right not to be exposed to a dangerous disease outweighs your right to impose a nonsensical paranoia about medicine on the rest of us. People have a right to distrust whomever and be idiots when they want, but when their antics threat-
en others or their surroundings, there’s a problem. A policy must be put into place where nonimmunized children (ignoring those who are allergic to certain vaccines) are forbidden from attending schools, a nationwide policy that is are usually controlled by the states. Don’t want the vaccine? Go elsewhere and don’t be a burden on the rest of us. When it comes to the spread of anti-science nonsense, celebrities can unfortunately play a big role in how well the lies are received. For years now, the likes of Jenny McCarthy, Bill Maher and Jim Carrey have spread senseless doubts regarding the safety of vaccines. These certainly are not small-time people; their celebrity status makes them just a bit more persuasive. Maher in particular is well-known for supporting reason, science and skepticism in his show, but all of that stops once we reach talk about the big bad vaccine. Since Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796, it has saved countless people despite the opposition of fools. Smallpox, rubella, measles and polio all have been put under some control, but the one disease we have yet to be vaccinated against is stupidity. Gonzalo Molinolo is a junior history major. He can be reached at gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.
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uring the 1991 Gulf War, U.S. Army Sgt. Perry Mitchell of Winter Park, Florida, refused to fight unless nuclear weapons were used to lessen the possibility that he or his buddies might be killed or wounded in the war. In 1950, during the Korean War, 40 years earlier almost to the day and before Mitchell was even born, the chairman of the draft board in Wolf Point, Montana, B. Reid Taylor, and one board member, Carl “Bert” Floman, came to the same conclusion and said they did not want to send any more draftees to Korea until the government started using atomic weapons in that conflict,and to lessen the possibility that their draftees might be killed or wounded. Though they had only expressed a preference, and despite widespread local and national support, they were accused of mutiny by the governor of Montana and fired. Were these individuals, the two Montana draft board members and that lone soldier during the Gulf War — along with any others who shared his sentiments — simply being selfish, or did they have a case? I would argue that they had a case in that American citizenship doesn’t require you not to be a coward or not to be selfish, as long as that selfish-
ness does not consist of initiating violence against fellow humans. A great many Americans, if not most, probably value their own life more than they do others’, particularly if those others are strangers, even if they number in the millions, as long as they are not doing the killing of those strangers or millions themselves. It might not be particularly noble, but you shouldn’t lose your rights and/or reputation for feeling this way as the three individuals named above did. This applies to most draftees, and in the present day, those subject to military service beyond their original period of enlistment, that is, those subject to stop-loss. Let’s say that Mitchell or most individuals subject to stop-loss today or those drafted in NATO countries were to get their way and remain or become civilians or noncombatant soldiers in good standing, and various governments, including the U.S., were forced to use nuclear weapons in pursuit of their objectives because they lacked sufficient manpower to do otherwise. Would this then be the fault of Mitchell or those would-be draftees or those who would have been subject to stop-loss, or for that matter, those two draft board members, if
they stopped sending draftees into the military? Not at all. They would not be initiating violence against anybody. That is the decision of the government or governments alone, and that is where the responsibility for nuclear war should lie. Those governments are still free not to initiate any action with nuclea r weapons should they decide that the nation’s security did not require that they do so. So the onus that this lone soldier or those Montana draft board members were attempting to precipitate a nuclear war to save their own hide or that of their fellow soldiers or fellow Montanans should be lifted and placed squarely where it belongs, on the government’s shoulders as the only party capable of making decisions involving use of nuclear weapons. It should be replaced by the more likely possibility that both the soldier and the draft board members were trying to prevent or stop a war in each case, whether nuclear or otherwise. It is highly unlikely that either war was really necessary for the nation’s security or that the government would have continued to pursue either war if it could only do so with nuclear weapons. Jonathan Miller is a geography graduate student. He can be reached at jsmiller@umd.edu.
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FACEOFF | THE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD SEQUEL
to kill a masterpiece? Will Go Set a Watchman, the sequel to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, live up to its predecessor?
to kill a mockingbird is an American classic, but can a surprise sequel from Harper Lee match its stature in literature today? photo courtesy of flickr.com user pioneer library system
maybe: hold off on cynicism and embrace the unexpectedness of this development By Dustin Levy @DustinBLevy Staff writer An American classic. A Pulitzer Prize-winner. That book I had to read in high school. However you regard Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the novel’s courageous impression of early 20th-century racial turmoil in the Deep South resonates from the civil rights era to today, as evidenced by the novel’s status as a perennial bestseller. So when news broke that the fates of classic characters like Boo Radley and Atticus Finch are documented beyond the confines of Mockingbird, it should have been met with merriment. And it has, to a degree. Since the announcement, preorders for the sequel, entitled Go Set a Watchman, pushed the novel to No. 1 on Amazon.com. But with the news of Lee’s follow-up came controversy involving the author’s intentions in releasing the sequel after 55 years. Lee’s reputation as a recluse certainly makes the decision to release Go Set a Watchman curious, despite her lawyer’s defense against accusations of manipulation of the 88-year-old writer. “She is a very strong, independent and wise woman who should be enjoying the discovery of her long-lost novel,” Tonja B. Carter told The New York Times. “Instead,
she is having to defend her own credibility and decision making.” But what do we even know about Lee? She’s “alive and kicking and happy as hell with the reactions to Watchman,” according to a statement from the author. Let’s try not rush to cynicism here. Lee created the wholesome Finch family. She crafted Atticus’ gripping closing argument and the mystique of Boo Radley. If she imagined extended futures for these characters, those who love her storytelling should feel open to more. Then there’s the disappointment factor. If Go Set a Watchman is not up to snuff, will it forever tarnish the legacy of Lee’s first title? The simple answer: No, it won’t. In the worst-case scenario, Go Set a Watchman would become a meager footnote of a literary masterpiece. But the upside here is what launched Lee’s sequel to the top of the Amazon charts. To Kill a Mockingbird obviously touched so many, from those who grew up during the civil rights movement to the youths who are cracking open the book in a classroom right now. It’s all right to question the motivations of HarperCollins, Lee’s publisher, but there’s nothing wrong with feeling excited about the prospect of another adventure with
Scout Finch, either. To Kill a Mockingbird was not just a great American novel; it’s an influential one. Lee’s writing shaped young minds about racial intolerance and informed millions about a time and a place in American history through a child’s innocent voice. So until July 14, let’s show some patience. The circumstances of the discovery of Lee’s old manuscript may draw skepticism, but Lee herself has acknowledged the criticism, saying she felt “hurt and humiliated” by it. My suggestion is to embrace the suddenness of the announcement of Mockingbird’s follow-up. And when the time comes, read it before resorting to pessimism. Hasn’t Lee earned that good will? The Pulitzer Committee did award her, even if it was more than 50 years ago. To Kill A Mockingbird made a lasting impression on me and millions of other young readers. Its legacy will never change, so the prospect of a continuation of the story of the Finches makes Go Set a Watchman worthy of taking a chance on by reading Lee’s words once again — whether that be in print, on a tablet, a mobile device or however the novel is available come this summer. At the very least, do it for your ninth-grade English teacher. dlevydbk@gmail.com
no: the original is too rooted in american culture for any sequel to compete with it By Zoë DiGiorgio @zozoembie Staff writer In high school, a visiting author once said something to my English class that I’ve never forgotten: “There are some books you outgrow.” My classmates and I were pretty stunned by that sentiment. How can anyone say that The Great Gatsby isn’t always great or that the Harry Potter series would ever lose its magic? The author continued: “You can’t reread all the books you’re reading now and expect them to still work. Have you all read To Kill a Mockingbird? I tried rereading it in my thirties. It doesn’t hold up.” Though I was reluctant to believe books had an expiration date, after this example, I began to understand and even agree with this point. I knew that there were great novels I read when I was younger that would have retained their nostalgia appeal but lost their literary value. Books such as The Island of the Blue Dolphins and Holes were wonderful when I was younger, but I don’t think I’d be able to stomach them now that I’m an adult. With a sequel on the horizon for To Kill a Mockingbird, I’ve been reminded of the shelf life of books
and how unlikely it is that a sequel to a classic of that caliber would reach audiences today. While I know many readers are eager to read Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s sequel to her 1960 masterpiece, but I’m not so sure it will be able to carry the same esteem as its predecessor. Mockingbird is such an important American novel for several reasons; not only does it tenderly portray childhood experiences, but it also tackles race relations in the South during the middle of the 20th century in a powerful and memorable way. For many students across the country, reading this book in high school was the first they encountered that showed the troubling ways ra c i s m p reve n te d justice in the South. Lee’s sequel, planned for a July release, features heroine Scout Finch as an adult visiting her father Atticus. While in reality, Go Set a Watchman was written before To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s innocence and coming of age so completely define Lee’s work that it seems difficult to read about the adventures of postpubescent Scout. This age difference is especially jarring, given the 55 years that separate the publication of the novels. Unlike series that are published over the course of
a decade or so, the readers will not have the same experience of watching Scout grow with them. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from these characters. For many, reading about Scout’s life will be similar to perusing grandma’s memoirs. A d d i t i o n a l l y, i f t h e second novel was originally written in about 1960, then that time difference is going to feel even longer, especially in the terms of spirit of the nation. The United States of today is very different fro m the nation in the 1960s; while our country is experiencing similar race issues today as when Lee was writing, there are many changes in technology and the media that might make Go Set a Watchman fail to hold up to the scrutiny of time and a 2015 audience. To Kill a Mockingbird has woven itself so deeply into our literary culture that it seems impossible to me that any sequel would be able to carry the weight of all the expectations heaped upon it. The passage of so many years between the publication of the timeless original and its sequel might prove too much for American readers. I think we’ve outgrown Maycomb, Alabama, and it’s time to move on. zdigiorgiodbk@gmail.com
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the character dill is based on writer truman capote — harper lee’s childhood friend Lee has made few public appearances since the publication of her book lee’s first name, nelle, is her grandmother’s name spelled backward Lee was portrayed onscreen by Sandra bullock (in infamous) and catherine keener (in capote)
to kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961; the book is partially autobiographical. photo courtesy of flickr.com user bruna ferrara
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hoosiers From PAGE 8 Bloomington on the strength of its hot shooting, and the Terps’ poor defensive play has persisted. The Hoosiers made 15 of 22 (68.2 percent) threes on the night and shot 60 percent from the field. Turgeon, though, isn’t tinkering with his defensive scheme before tonight’s matchup. Instead, the Terps are holding firm with the mantra they’ve established during their recent slide. The team doesn’t need to change much, Turgeon has repeated in recent weeks, it just needs to execute better and start catching some breaks. “We know we have to guard the perimeter pretty solidly this game,” forward Jake Layman said. “But I think we want to just keep p l ay i n g t h e s a m e way, because we know we’ll get back to where we were.” Entering that first matchup with Indiana (17-7, 7-4 Big Ten), the Terps (19-5, 7-4) held the Big Ten’s best field-goal percentage defense. They’ve since plunged to seventh out of 14 teams in that category and have let opponents shoot better than 50 percent from the field three times during the past five games. That only happened once in the Terps’ first 19 contests. But forward Jon Graham held consistent with his teammates and coaches in shrugging off the recent struggles. The senior cited the quality of the Terps’ opponents as an explanation. “We all think we’re better than what we’ve shown,” Graham said. “With that being said, I don’t think there is a weak team in the Big
“WE WANT TO JUST KEEP PLAYING THE SAME WAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE’LL GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.” JAKE LAYMAN
Terrapins men’s basketball forward Ten. … Every team is good. Every team can compete with anybody in the country.” The Hoosiers’ biggest threat in the Jan. 22 beatdown was point guard Yogi Ferrell, who scored a gamehigh 24 points, shot 7 of 8 on 3-pointers and convincingly outplayed Terps star freshman floor general Melo Trimble. “He made a lot of tough shots,” Turgeon said. “He was pretty fired up to play against Melo. He thought he was the best point guard in the league. … He’s a tough matchup for us.” Ferrell’s performance against the Terps wasn’t purely bred from motivation. The junior averages 16 points and 4.8 assists per game, and Turgeon called him one of the Big Ten’s best players. So Ferrell likely won’t prove any easier for the Terps to defend tonight. Indiana’s conference-best s c o r i n g o f fe n s e h a s n ’t slowed down in the past few weeks, either. T h e Te r p s , t h o u g h , aren’t concerned with that. Instead, Turgeon insists the team’s main aim is to rectify its own issues by sticking to its approach. All the fourth-year coach wants his group to do is “to be us.” “We feel like we’re in good shape,” Turgeon said. “We got to play better. We know that. But hopefully that starts [tonight].” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com
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Layman needs to find assertiveness Junior forward acknowledges dip in production, takes steps to improve DANIEL POPPER
Men’s basketball columnist Two days ago, Jake Layman sat down with Mark Turgeon and watched game film. It wasn’t an irregular occurrence, but during this session, the Terrapins men’s basketball forward, with help from his coach, focused on finding spots on the floor from which he’s comfortable scoring within the team’s motion offense. Considering Layman’s offensive repertoire, this shouldn’t have been a difficult task. But entering tonight’s rematch against Indiana at Xfinity Center, the junior’s recent performances suggest otherwise. Throughout nonconference play, Layman never scored fewer than 12 points or shot less than 40 percent from the field in a game. He was aggressive going to the basket but took open jump shots when he had them. Playing predominantly power forward, Layman created nightmare mismatches in the post with his 7-foot wingspan and leaping ability. And when his shot wasn’t there, he was finding open men. For the first time in his Terps career, Layman appeared to be clicking consistently on both ends of the floor. But conference play has treated the Massachusetts native differently. Aside from one excellent performance against Michigan State nearly a month ago, Layman has struggled to find his early-season form. In 11 Big Ten bouts, Layman has scored fewer
forward JAKE LAYMAN looks for a teammate during a win over South Carolina Upstate on Dec. 13. Layman’s scoring has dipped since Big Ten play began. christian jenkins/the diamondback than 12 points six times and shot less than 40 percent four times. Sunday’s lambasting at Iowa was rock bottom for the forward. Layman scored just four points on 1 of 4 shooting, grabbed a seasonlow two rebounds and was benched for a large stretch of the second half. So why the sudden dropoff ? One possible explan a t i o n i s t h e re t u r n o f seniors Dez Wells and Evan Smotrycz, who both missed extended time during nonconference play and weren’t active together until the game before the Big Ten opener at the Spartans. With Wells and Smotrycz sidelined, Turgeon was able to experiment with Layman at power forward. And while Layman has continued to play that position during confer-
ence play, Smotrycz fills a very similar role: a long forward who can stretch the floor with his shooting ability. Case and point was Sunday’s loss, when Layman started at small forward and Smotrycz moved into the starting lineup for the first time this year. “To me, it shouldn’t matter,” Layman said of the position shift. “I need to do a better job of getting to my spots on the floor where I know I’m comfortable and I can score the ball.” Those spots, Layman said, are in the post, where he showcased jump hooks and devastating spin moves earlier in the season. “If I’m out on the perimeter, I’m not going to break somebody down and go by them every time,” Layman said. “When we play out of the
post,” he said, “we get whatever we want.” To get to those spots, Layman needs to rediscover the assertiveness that made him so dangerous in nonconference play. It’s the type of confident decision-making Layman admitted he’s lost in recent weeks, and it will lead to easy baskets and more freethrow attempts. In the past five games — three of them Terps’ losses — Layman has taken three shots total from the charity stripe. When he’s at his best, Layman is shooting eight or more free throws in a single contest. When the Terps got out to a 17-2 start, shocking fans and pundits, Layman was an integral part of the sudden success. Along with freshman guard Melo Trimble, Layman shouldered the load with two major contributors sidelined, emerging as a leader on Turgeon’s young squad. He rose to the occasion on the biggest stages and played arguably his best game of the year at Oklahoma State, posting a monster doubledouble — the first of his career — to will the Terps to an impressive road victory in a hostile environment. The talent is there. We’ve all seen it. It’s why he’s projected by some as a first-round draft pick. Now Layman just needs to get his head right and rediscover the confidence that made him an offensive force in the early stages of the season. Perhaps the film session did the trick. Either way, his team’s counting on him. dpopperdbk@gmail.com
SENIOR GRADUATION PORTRAITS The 2015 TERRAPIN YEARBOOK, in association with Life Touch Studios, will be taking graduation portraits the week of February 1620, 2015. Although it is TOO LATE for these pictures to be included in the 2015 TERRAPIN, many of you called to request this portrait session. There is absolutely NO cost or obligation on your part. Several poses will be taken, both with and without cap and gown, if you prefer. You will then have an opportunity to purchase portraits at a reasonable charge. You may make an appointment by calling 1-800-687-9327, 8 a.m.5 p.m., or schedule your appointment on the net! Visit our site at www.ouryear.com using Maryland’s school code: 87101.
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forward A’Lexus harrison contests Kahleah Copper’s shot during the Terps’ victory over Rutgers last night. alexander jonesi/the diamondback
knights From PAGE 8 Guard Lexie Brown scored a team-high 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting — including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc — but it was the balanced attack behind her that proved to be too much for Rutgers (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten). Center Malina Howard, guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Mincy all added at least 14 points. “When we are all playing together, getting everybody involved, making easy plays, then I think we are almost unstoppable,” Brown said. Rutgers held a 9-2 advantage on the boards at the first media timeout, and the Terps (22-2, 13-0) suffered a loss down low when leading rebounder Brionna Jones picked up her second foul less than three minutes into the game. Frese sacrificed 3 inches of height when she replaced the center with forward A’lexus Harrison.
The redshirt freshman, who entered the matchup averaging 7.1 minutes per game in conference play, dominated the offensive glass, though. “Her number is called, and [she] is ready to play,” Frese said. “Teammates and coaches couldn’t be any more happy for her in terms of the work she has put in.” Harrison played the final 18 minutes of the first half and pulled down six offensive boards during that stint. She finished with a game-high 12 rebounds. The improved effort on the glass helped the Terps lock down defensively. Rutgers scored two points between 12:10 and the five-minute mark, while the Terps hit shot after shot — including Mincy’s fortuitous three — during a 17-2 run. Mincy said she was confident launching her deep 3-pointer because she had drained a half-court shot during pregame warmups. “My luck was still going on through this game,” Mincy said.
Holding a 37-29 edge at the break, the Terps looked to work the ball down low to Howard in the second half. The junior, who is the only Terps starter not averaging double figures, scored her team’s first six points of the second half and finished with a seasonhigh 15 points. But Rutgers refused to go away. The Scarlet Knights trimmed the Terps’ lead to four points before Mincy electrified Xfinity again by pulling down an offensive rebound and finishing through contact for an and-1. With the Scarlet Knights hanging around with five minutes to go, Brown took over by drilling back-to-back 3-pointers with 3:44 remaining. The second long ball gave the Terps a 15-point lead that sealed another victory. “‘Big Shot’ Brown comes down and nails the threes that I thought really put the exclamation mark on the game,” Frese said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | No. 5 TERPS 80, No. 18 SCARLET KNIGHTS 69
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Terps look to end skid against IU No. 18 Hoosiers visit Xfinity for rematch of January’s blowout By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer The Terrapins men’s basketball team’s first game against Indiana unraveled in a blur, but the issues the Hoosiers exposed that Jan. 22 night still linger. Before the 89-70 wire-to-wire blowout loss at Indiana, the Terps had lost two games all season, been ranked No. 13 in the county and avoided signs of wearing down after a blistering start revived a stagnant program. Now, the No. 19 Terps have lost three of five games dating back to their tilt in Bloomington, Indiana. Terps’ opponents have shot better than 46 percent from the floor and 40 percent on 3-pointers in four of the games during that stretch. The offense has slipped, too, as the Terps have had more assists than turnovers just once during their five-game rut. With the Hoosiers visiting College Park tonight for a rematch, coach Mark Turgeon’s squad has a chance to halt its stumble against the team that started it. “It’s definitely not a revenge game, but it was a feel-good game for Indiana. They whipped us,” Turgeon said. “Hopefully that will lock our guys into keying in on their defensive assignments and doing what they’re supposed to.” Indiana ran away with the matchup in
guard shatori walker-kimbrough dribbles around Rutgers defenders during the No. 5 Terps’ victory over the No. 18 Scarlet Knights last night that pushed their conference record to 13-0. alik mcintosh/the diamondback
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SURGING TO SIXTEEN Balanced offense helps extend winning streak to 16 with win over Rutgers
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With a few seconds remaining on the shot clock in the first half last night against No. 18 Rutgers, Terrapins women’s basketball guard Laurin Mincy received a pass near half court. The redshirt senior took three dribbles before
heaving a shot from parallel to the “D” on the Maryland logo at center court of Xfinity Center. The ball rotated high through the air before ricocheting off the square on the backboard and falling through the net. Mincy’s 3-pointer extended the Terps’ run to 15-2 with 7:39 remaining in the first half. The No. 5 Terps never looked back on the way to a 80-69 win that pushes them to 13-0
in the Big Ten. The victory marks the Terps’ 16th straight and a season sweep of Rutgers, New Jersey native Mincy’s home state school. “It meant a lot to us as a team to be able to sweep Rutgers for her,” coach Brenda Frese said. “Just a pride factor and everything that Laurin has meant to this program.”
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