February 12, 2015

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Intern harassment bill weighed for state

Applications continue to decline for TFA corps

SGA representatives show support in hearing

quently not provided the same protections in this state.

“By enacting this legislation, Maryland’s rising generation of leaders and young professionals will be provided

By Jon Banister with a process to end verbal and sexual @J_Banister harassment as well as racial, gender Senior staff writer and age discrimination while internANNAPOLIS — SGA members testified at a ing,” Luke Pinton, Student GovernHouse of Delegates committee hearing ment Association director of governyesterday in favor of a bill to grant mental affairs, testified at the House interns protection from workplace Health and Government Operations discrimination and sexual harassment. Committee hearing.

This bill would allow interns the same Under the Civil Rights Act, eminternal remedies to discrimination and ployees are protected against disharassment offered to employees. If no crimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, internal remedies exist, they could file marital status, sexual orientation, a complaint with the Maryland Comgender identity or disability. But mission on Civil Rights. It would apply interns are temporary and often to both public and private employers unpaid employees, so they are fre- who have 15 or more employees.

Univ is still a top supplier for teaching program SGA representatives testify in favor of a bill to grant interns protection from workplace discrimination and harassment at a House of Delegates committee meeting yesterday. jon banister/for the diamondback A similar bill was debated last year but failed to make it out of committee, largely due to opposition from the state Chamber of Commerce and the business community, as businesses feared they would have to pay out damages as a result of the bill.

This year’s bill, however, includes an amendment specifying that the protections offered to interns would not provide for lawsuits or mone-

tary damages. Instead, employers guilty of discrimination or harassment would be given cease and desist orders, which would send an important message, bill sponsor Del. Kathleen Dumais (DMontgomery) said.

“It allows employers to understand that this is serious, that any See INTERNS, Page 3

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Construction start planned for housing development The Boulevard project still waiting on permits

By Holly Cuozzo @emperorcuozzco Staff writer After about a decade of planning, a mixed-use project will soon break ground on a 4.22-acre site at 9091 Baltimore Ave. The Metropolitan Development Group plans to begin construction in September on The Boulevard at 9091, a project that would bring residences and retail to the intersection of Route 1 and Cherokee Street by 2017. The developer is currently waiting on building and grading permits from Prince George’s County.

“There’s been a desire to see this project come to fruition for roughly a decade, so it will be great to see this property put back into a useful state,” Michael Stiefvater, College Park’s economic development coordinator, wrote in an email. “A major goal of the City and University is to increase homeownership in the community, so those units will be a positive step.”

The space has been vacant since 2004, when Mandalay Restaurant & Cafe, a Burmese restaurant, moved to Silver Spring. After the closure, JPI Development Services initially began developing a similar mixed-use property, but the slowing economy stalled the plan.

The Metropolitan Development Group later took over the project and sent a site plan to the College Park City Council in December 2013 after having the property for a few years, project manager Christian Cerria said.

The Prince George’s County Planning Board approved the plan in May 2014, said Miriam Bader, the city’s See BOULEVARD, Page 3

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By Talia Richman @TaliRichman Senior staff writer When Sofia Vega-Ormeno was in high school, her physics teacher would call her mother to discuss her schoolwork in Spanish, her mother’s native language.

Vega-Ormeno, who comes from a low-income neighborhood in Germantown, credits teachers like Mr. Gutierrez for getting her into college. Now, she said, she hopes to be the same kind of mentor for someone else as part of the Teach for America 2015 corps.

“We serve disadvantaged communities where a lot of the students are African-American or Latino and do come from low-income backgrounds,” the senior family science and marketing major said. “The fact that I can go in and give them someone to look up to as a role model who has been where they are, I think that’s what really inspired me to join Teach for America.”

But the number of people with a mindset like Vega-Ormeno’s is shrinking.

Applications for the program, which sends college graduates to teach in disadvantaged public schools for two years, are down by about 10 percent from where they were during this time last year.

This is the second consecutive year numbers have fallen, after about 15 years of growth. Nearly 36,000 people have applied this year, with the sixth and final application deadline coming March 6, according to Matt Kramer, a co-CEO for Teach for America.

I n 2013 , m o re t h a n 5 7,0 0 0 people applied for the program, though that number fell to roughly 50,000 in 2014. It’s projected that this year’s applications will reach about 45,000.

Dana Cronyn, a Teach for America spokeswoman, attributed this drop to the rebounding economy.

“The economy getting better is absolutely great, but people who are See TEACH, Page 2

Researchers develop STEM alternate-reality game Futuristic game aims to help teens build skills

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer A recently created video game takes place after a meteor shower, when adults on Earth lose consciousness and teen scientists must work to find a way to reverse the apocalyptic event.

T hat’s the prem ise beh i nd DUST, the alternate-reality game designed and developed by information studies college researchers Kari Kraus and June Ahn. The team behind the project released the game Jan. 26.

“The dust disperses and all the adults have collapsed. That’s how the game opened,” Kraus said. “And that’s the mystery that players must now solve: What happened, are they asleep, are they in a coma, how can they be revived?”

JUNE AHN (LEFT) AND KARI KRAUS pose for a portrait yesterday in Hornbake Library. The team designed DUST, an alternate-reality game that teaches STEM skills and is aimed at teens. stephanie natoli/the diamondback DUST is a game designed to help teens ages 13 through 17 develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills, Kraus said. Players interact with virtual characters, search for clues, post in conversations about game theories and questions and use the scientific inquiry process to solve a mystery.

The game is a virtual seven-week

experience, but players can join the virtual reality whenever they want.

Developed with the help of a $445,231 National Science Foundation grant, the game already has about 1,155 players.

The game experience aims to gather data about the players and See DUST, Page 2

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DUST From PAGE 1

students at this university work at Terp Farm in Upper Marlboro. The farm, in its second year,, has produced more than 6,800 pounds of produce since May. photo courtesy of edwin remsberg

Farm aims to be self-sustaining in second year

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer As Terp Farm enters its first full year of operation, the project continues to show promise, officials said.

Since May, workers and students have produced more than 6,800 pounds of produce at the Upper Marlboro farm. Now in their second year, lead agriculture technician Guy Kilpatric said they are reaching toward their end goal of becoming self-sustaining.

“We va lue ou r product and want to keep producing more, so by the end of the third year, we’ll be ready to function as a business operation,” Kilpatric said.

A $12 4,400 g ra nt from this university’s sustainability fund, awarded in February 2014, provided the two-acre, university-owned farm with startup funding for its first three years.

Kilpatric and other farm workers led 74 students to plant and harvest 15 different vegetables, ranging from carrots and turnips to beets and jalapeno

peppers, according to the 2014 Terp Farm Annual Report.

More than half the food, which included 1,116 pounds of tomatoes, 428 pounds of cucumbers and 573 pounds of l e a f y g re e n s, w e nt to ca mpus d i n i ng ha l ls, according to the report, while the rest went to the university’s catering company and area food banks, including one on the campus.

Karyn Owens, a junior plant sciences major who worked on the farm, said she enjoyed seeing the food production process from start to finish.

“It was cool to me that we got to watch the seedlings while we were tending and caring for them,” Owens said, “then send them straight to campus where the staff was really excited to have these products.”

The first year was spent building a strong foundation for the farm, Kilpatric said. Volunteers worked with the soil, set up irrigation systems and plotted which crops to grow and where.

“During the first orientation, we’re by this beautiful pond near this huge field

where we hadn’t even started planting,” said Owens, who completed her plant sciences capstone requirement at Terp Farm. “There was so much potential, and it was amazing to see it all transformed.”

But not everything went perfectly in the first round, K i lpat r ic sa id. T he fa r m planned to grow sweet potatoes, but few of the plants survived due to poor irrigation. Since then, the team has improved its growing schedule and irrigation methods.

As the weather begins to warm and the second harvest season approaches, Kilpatric said he wants to ensure this year’s process is smoother and larger.

This year, Terp Farm participants will develop an in-house food distribution operation, which will wash and package produce right on the farm so it can be sent directly to dining halls, Kilpatric said. Currently, the food goes to a commissary first, but they hope to convert an old chicken feed mill on the farm into a production facility

by March or April.

That facility will be needed if

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promote STEM learning in an informal, interactive setting, said Ahn, a professor in the education college.

“When you typically think about education research, we think about how we need to make changes to schools and classrooms, but [the NSF] is funding us to do something more out there and innovative,” Ahn said. “We are looking at how we can promote learning through stories and apps and social media and expanding our notion of learning from just inside the classroom to everywhere.”

Ahn and Kraus partnered with several people and organizations on this project, such as undergraduate students, Brigham Young University researcher Derek Hansen and doctoral candidates in the information studies college, including Tony Pellicone and Beth Bonsignore. The team helped design the game, develop the storyline and provide ideas for game features.

Pellicone said he has been helping craft the narrative for the game and is working as a gamerunner, guiding players through a number of scientific practices while helping them formulate theories or find solutions.

The 11 main characters in the game already have developed backstories and roles, Ahn said, but the game offers people the opportunity to play and add to the storyline.

DUST gives players who might not consider themselves proficient in STEM fields — especially groups often underrepresented in STEM fields, such as women and minorities — the chance to embrace scientific learning in a fun environment. meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

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From PAGE 1 graduating today have more options for jobs than they’ve had in previous years,” Cronyn said. “We’ve seen that when people have more choices, oftentimes they are discouraged from entering the classroom.”

Vega-Ormeno, who serves a s a Te a c h f o r A m e r i c a campus recruiter, said she’s witnessed her peers expressing this sentiment.

“In our college careers, it has kind of been pounded in our heads that we need to make a lot of money, and to a lot of students, being a teacher isn’t their route to make a lot of money,” she said.

This university, however, remains a top supplier for the corps and is consistently ranked among the top 20 large schools that contribute graduates to the program. This university sent 42 students to the corps in 2013 and 37 in 2014.

Based on the most recent application deadline, this university was among the top 10 in the nation in terms of applications submitted, Cronyn said.

“Over the last 25 years, more than 300 Terps have graduated and are either in the corps or alums,” she said.

“Looking at this year, the University of Maryland is in a really strong position.”

Based on its current application numbers, Teach for America “could fall short of our partners’ overall needs by more than 25 percent,” as reported in a Washington Post blog.

But the selective program, which admitted 14 percent of its applicants last year, has no plans to lower its standards to boost its numbers, Cronyn said.

“One of the suggestions we’ve heard is, ‘Oh, just let more applicants in to meet the need,’” she said. “But we know it’s important to keep the same high bar for admission year by year because we want folks who are going to be successful in the classroom and great teachers for the kids.”

they want to reach their goal of at least doubling current productions, which Kilpatric said he hopes will include more on ions, zucch i n i, squash and salad greens.

Educationa l outreach is still a main goal for the farm, he said, and Terp Farm will continue to draw volunteers from university students, most of whom came through plant and life sciences classes.

For Zachary Beichler, a plant sciences and landscape architecture student who graduated last semester, working at Terp Farm helped close the gap between the consumer and producer.

“There is a lot that goes i nto th is process,” sa id Beichler, who participated in Terp Farm as part of the class PLCS433: Fruit and Vegetable Technology. “For students to work and learn how a tomato is grown firsthand, we all can get a deeper appreciation for how we get our food and become more health conscious.”

“By involving players directly in the narrative, and helpi ng t hem to act ively s olv e t h e p ro b l e m s t h a t we’ve posed for them, we’re hoping to help them develop identities as people who do science and to spur continued engagement with these topics,” Pellicone said.

Though STEM skills are not the creators’ specialty, either, Kraus said her interest in the project was spurred by the opportunity to see whether this type of game could be transformed from entertainment to education platforms.

“Part of the grant research is to figure out how we can extend the longevity of what can be learned from the game beyond the seven-week playing period,” Kraus said. “We are looking at ways to adapt the game for another medium, maybe a board game or a video game, to preserve what can be learned from it.”

Ahn said the most challenging part of developing the game was figuring out how to keep a teen audience engaged. He said it requires more continuous monitoring and interaction than he expected.

“Most [alternate reality games] in the past have been designed for adult populations, and what we’re finding with the teen population is you have to think more carefully about guiding their experience,” Ahn said.

For the next game project — the grant being for two — the team might consider an intergenerational format, which could allow older players to help model the process and guide young players through the game, Kraus said.

“It has been the most fun and challenging and exhausting thing I’ve ever worked on,” Kraus said. “It’s great.”

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.

SOFIa VEGA-ORMENO, a senior family science and marketing major, is the president and co-founder of Marylanders for Teach For America. rachel george/the diamondback Teach for A mer ic a h a s of ten faced cr it ici sm for sending recent college graduates to work with just five weeks of training, as well as for contributing to the “high turnover rate of teachers” because of the prog ra m’s two-year commitment, said Donna Wiseman, the education college dean.

“They often place them in very difficult situations that may take the best teaching skills, really highly trained teachers to be successful,” Wiseman said. “It isn’t fair sometimes to put people in that situation because they go in with all good intentions, but if they don’t have the right preparation, it’s not good for their students and it’s really not good for them.”

In response to common c on d e m n at ion s, C rony n wrote in an email that “72% of Teach For America corps members stay in education after completing their two year commitment [and] 89% of Teach For America alumni

“OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, MORE THAN 300 TERPS HAVE GRADUATED AND ARE EITHER IN THE CORPS OR ALUMS.” Dana Cronyn

Teach for America spokeswoman report that their work directly impacts schools or low-income communities.”

Additionally, Teach for America has begun recruiting juniors so it can have an entire year to prepare them, which is how Vega-Ormeno originally got involved.

“We want to be very transparent about where we’re struggling so our community partners and schools are aware and can make good plans,” Cronyn said. “This year isn’t over and, particularly at Maryland, there’s such a history of people committing to this work so I don’t see that changing this year.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

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Student lobbying brings success US government to donate $1 billion to global health org for immunization after university RESULTS chapter campaign

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer

LEFT TO RIGHT: Jonathan Levi, Charmaine Wilson-Jones, Aiden Galloway and Luke Pinton pose after a Maryland House of Delegates Committee meeting yesterday. jon banister/for the diamondback

INTERNS From PAGE 1 kind of sexual harassment is not acceptable,” Dumais s a i d . “ M a k i n g s u re t h at people who serve as interns know that just because they are there and they are learning, there a re th ings that they do not have to tolerate.”

At this university, 3,503 students received cou rse credit for internships during the 2013-14 academic year, SGA Vice President for Academic A ffairs Charmaine Wi lson-Jones testi fied at the hearing.

“These internships provide an invaluable opportu n ity for students to prepa re t hem selves for the workforce and sample f u t u r e c a r e e r o p t i o n s ,” Wilson-Jones said. “Internships also allow students to apply knowledge learned in the classroom.”

SGA Speaker of the L e g i s l a t u r e A i d e n G a lloway shared an anecdote

of a time she felt harassed during an internship. While at an event, Galloway said, she caught a man taking a picture of her without her con sent. T he m a n d id n’t work in her office, so it was technically not workplace ha rassment, but Ga l loway said her employer was supportive and helped her address the problem.

“While I was fortunate to have a very supportive staff in this situation, I still ask, ‘What if?’ What if they did not want to help?” Galloway said at the hearing. “This bill would guarantee I would have access to resources to help me with my situation, to try to figure things out.”

If passed, the bill would go i nto effect Oct. 1. T he bill was also proposed in the Senate by Sen. Nancy King (D-Montgomer y). P i nton said he plans to testify when the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee considers the bill on March 3. jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

T he U.S. government will pledge $1 billion over the next four years to Gavi, a global health partnership dedicated to immunization, after students at this university helped lobby for the funding.

T h i s u n iversity’s c h a p t e r o f R E S U LT S , along with branches nationwide, campaigned on behalf of the international organization dedicated to prov id i ng equa l access to vaccines for children across the globe.

This pledge is the largest commitment to Gavi from the United States, according to the group. In 2011, this country pledged $450 million over three years. “ T h rou g h ou r work, we were able to get many senators and representatives to sign on,” said sen ior Nya na Quash ie, a geographical sciences major a nd president of this university’s RESULTS branch. “RESULTS UMD’s role in this was small, but by working together with other chapters to ra ise awa reness about Gav i, we were able to make a big difference.”

More than 25 students from this university par-

ticipated by sending letters to their congressional representatives as well as speaking with state representatives and senators in support of Gavi, Quashie said.

Senior Evelyn Xu said she wasn’t sure the country would agree to pledge $1 billion.

“I was actually very worried about not reaching the goal,” said Xu, a family science major and the university’s RESULTS branch’s former vice president. “As a new group on campus, it was hard to get recognition and to gather members to help in our efforts.”

RESULTS’ goal is to fund i m mu n i zat ion s for 300 million children in developing countries by 2020, with vaccines distributed to children based on where they’re needed most, Quashie said.

Gavi distributes 11 vaccines to various countries, she said, including vaccines that protect children from men i n g it i s, me a sles a nd diphtheria. Most of the countries that benefit from Gavi are located in Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia, Quashie said.

“I am really proud of all t he ha rd work t hat t hese students have put i n a nd the leadership skills they demonstrate,” said Leslie Dow, the RESULTS branch’s adv iser. “With more students involved, I am con-

LEFT TO RIGHT: University RESULTS chapter Treasurer Matt Buchbinder, President Nyana Quashie, former Vice President Evelyn Xu and adviser Leslie Dow pose. file photo/the diamondback

“THROUGH OUR WORK, WE WERE ABLE TO GET MANY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO SIGN ON. ... RESULTS UMD’S ROLE IN THIS WAS SMALL, BUT BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH OTHER CHAPTERS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GAVI, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.” NYANA QUASHIE

President of university RESULTS chapter fident we would be able to achieve even more in 2015.”

Despite reach i ng the funding goal, Quashie said, RESULTS is looking to expand its reach on the campus.

“We are going to continue with our advocacy work and bu i ld up ou r presence on campus,” she said. “Public health is still a big issue for many poor around the world, especially children. We’ll continue to meet with our members of Congress to let

them know how they can be of assistance.”

Quashie said neglecting to invest money in global children’s health now would end up costing the government more in the future, “We’re not going to stop here,” Quashie said. “We’ll continue to do work to make sure that health care systems are strengthened in developing countries.” rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

Police prep, patrol during U basketball games as crowds grow

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer

THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP plans to start a new project, The Boulevard, a 4,133-square-foot space of retail, 238 apartments and 45 townhomes at Route 1 and Cherokee Street. Construction is slated to begin in September. rendering courtesy of michael stiefvater

BOULEVARD From PAGE 1 senior planner.

Provided the plans continue to receive support from the city and county, the development group intends to begin construction in September, Cerria said.

The project will include 4,133 square feet of retail space, 45 townhomes and 238 apartments, including studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, Bader said.

The development also will incorporate amenities such as a central courtyard with an outdoor pool and grilling area.

Despite the “spring break” look that Bader said she observed when she saw the development plans, the housing is aimed at permanent residents and university faculty and staff.

“It will attract a different kind of caliber of people and revitalize the area,” said Cerria, who graduated from this university in 2012. “It will be interesting.”

The targeted audience of these homes and retail venues

“IT WILL ATTRACT A DIFFERENT KIND OF CALIBER OF PEOPLE AND REVITALIZE THE AREA. ... IT WILL BE INTERESTING.” CHRISTIAN CERRIA Project manager

gained support.

Johnson and others who reject the plan are mainly concerned about the parking and traffic situation that will come about as a result of this development, Johnson said.

Johnson described Cherokee Street as one on which people typically park on both sides and run stop signs — less-than-ideal conditions for families and children who want to walk and bike outside as they please.

The development has been amended to cater to these concerns, Brennan said.

To remedy the traffic situation, a light will be required at the intersection of Cherokee Street and Route 1 after the completion of the Boulevard project and the nearby Monument project, Cerria said.

Additionally, apartment residents will be required to pay for and use a parking spot in the garage that will be on the property.

“Our main concern [now] is how enforceable that’s going to be,” Johnson said.

are millennials and young professionals, Stiefvater wrote.

“It’s in line with our sector plan and it’s also in line with our goal to provide a diversity of housing for new residents to have the opportunity to move to our city,” College Pa rk D i st r ict 2 Cou nci lman P.J. Brennan said. “In the end, I think we’re going to have a nice project that blends well with the existing community.”

T he plans passed easily t h rou g h city a nd cou nty boa rds, w rote Stiefvater, likely because the plans have been in the works since 2004.

But K iersten Johnson, a city resident who lives on Cherokee Street, said she has opposed the plan since it was in the hands of the p re v io u s d e ve lop e r, a n d over the past decade, has hcuozzodbk@gmail.com CORRECTION

CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, Tuesday’s story “Disney measles outbreak stirs U vaccination conversation” incorrectly stated that Sandra Quinn said more than 90 percent of the population is vaccinated against the flu, measles and other viruses. Quinn said that when more than 90 percent of the population is vaccinated, it creates a “herd immunity.”

As the No. 19 men’s and No. 5 Terrapi ns women’s basketball teams move closer to the NCA A tournament, University Police expect to draw larger crowds and will devote extra time and resources to maintain them.

University Police Capt. Laura Dyer said police prepare weeks in advance of sporting events and often collaborate with the athletic department, the city of College Park, Prince George’s County Police and Campus Recreation Services to ensure gamedays run smoothly.

“There’s a lot of planning and coordination that goes into effect well before the gameday operations,” Dyer said. “A lot of that will happen in advance when we look at a season and what’s coming ahead and who those opponents will be.”

Located at the top of Xfinity Center is a security control room, where police representatives monitor the entire arena and its surrounding area during basketball games with camera footage as they respond to any emergency calls reported.

University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said police usually receive calls related to disorderly conduct or the separation of a child from a parent at games.

Police are also responsible for controlling traffic through the city, managing seating areas and making themselves available to attendees who need assistance during games.

Prior to basketball games with high attendance, like last night’s game, officers redirect traffic and encourage drivers to take alternative routes to avoid Route 1 when driving to the game. At some point during the second half, police prepare to guide

ABOVE: Police dispatchers Penny Walker (left) and Victoria Mammano (right) relay information during last night’s basketball game to officers setting up traffic patterns.

RIGHT: State Police Trooper Eric White sets up flares to block the traffic after last night’s game. tom hausman/the diamondback

“POLICE ARE ALWAYS READY TO INTERVENE IF THERE IS DESTRUCTION OR VIOLENCE, BUT I THINK EVERYONE’S PREFERENCE IS TO HAVE A PEACEFUL CELEBRATION RATHER THAN A RIOT.” ROBERT RYAN

College Park public services director

the last 10 years,” Ryan said.

“Police are always ready to intervene if there is destruction or violence, but I think everyone’s preference is to have a peaceful celebration rather than a riot.”

Before that game, police asked the fire department to empty and water down garbage cans, worked with the Student Government Association to prepare a large bonfire on Chapel Lawn and asked loca l ba rs to ser ve drinks in plastic cups. This was all in an effort to reduce the risk of a riot and keep people safe in what could have been a chaotic situation.

“The university provided a lternative activ ity a f ter the game and I think that’s important. If you don’t give p e ople somet h i n g to do, they’ll find something to do,” Ryan said. “As long as there is no violence or destruction, then all agencies are pretty much willing to close down for a short period of time.

Hoaas said police have also adopted a policy of choosing to not equip the officers with riot gear in situations with mass crowds, in an effort to send a positive and welcoming message to fans.

“We were talking to students and some were saying when you show up in the gear, it sends a different message that we don’t want to send,” she said. “It’s not different than any other day for us.

People see us in our uniform of the day; they expect it.”

exiting traffic, which is much more difficult in games that are more competitive toward the end.

Dyer said traffic control preparation is different for a game that starts at 9 p.m. versu s one t h at sta r ts at 7 p.m., because for 7 p.m. start times, there is usually a higher concentration of people trying to access the campus at one time.

“W henever there is a concern, we bring it to the university and county police departments to see if there’s any way they can help out,” said Robert Ryan, College Park director of public services. “That’s probably the greatest impact of the community off campus — the volume of traffic.”

Rya n of ten meets w it h police to discuss safety procedures and policies on behalf of the citizens of College Park.

Ryan said he was especially appreciative of how police handled Maryland’s upset win over Duke in February 2013. “[The Duke game] was the most successful we’ve seen in kmaakedbk@gmail.com

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Lauding solidarity Reevaluating sexual misconduct against hate speech

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nti-Semitism is integral to Muslim culture. But while anti-Semitism has indeed been shunned by the civilized world, things are quite different in the Muslim/Arab world because antiSemitism is an integral part of their religion and culture.”

These are the first sentences of an advertisement published in a 2011 edition of The Diamondback. This racist advertisement, sponsored by an organization called Facts and Logic About the Middle East, sparked a controversy that led to the formation of the End Hate Speech at UMD coalition, which organized a petition drive and widespread support for a 2011 Student Government Association resolution condemning the ads as hate speech.

In 2013, Students for Justice in Palestine reignited the effort to challenge The Diamondback after finding it had continued to publish FLAME advertisements, including ads that denied the existence of millions of Palestinian refugees (who are displaced by Israel’s settler-colonial expansion and constitute one of the largest and longeststanding refugee populations in the world) and used phrases such as “Arab aggression,” “Muslim terror” and “the unrelenting hatred of the Arabs against the Jews” to generalize the beliefs of Arabs and Muslims. The ads discuss Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians as though they are all one and the same — not as categorically distinct identities.

This is why the SGA again rightfully voted last week for a resolution condemning the ads, showing support for hundreds of petition signatories and 24 student organizations that are calling on The Diamondback to discontinue the publication of FLAME ads.

In the aftermath of the SGA’s vote, The Diamondback’s general manager, Michael Fribush, has argued that he is “giving [FLAME] freedom of the press.”

To the thousands of students on our campus who have been targeted by the bigoted ads, he said, “Someone’s presenting facts to you, and you make up

your own mind whether you agree with them or not.”

However, freedom of press does not mean freedom from accountability and criticism. When The Diamondback gives space to racist advertisements in exchange for cash, it becomes complicit in perpetuating bigotry at the expense of its victims.

Therefore, Fribush’s response to our community’s concerns about these ads reveals both a deep misunderstanding of freedom and an irresponsible arrogance that undermines the values of our university.

The SGA, as the elected representatives of the student body, requested that The Diamondback end its business relationship with FLAME. The SGA is not censoring the press (it does not have the power to do so), but it is holding The Diamondback accountable for its disregard for human dignity. The resolution symbolizes a democratic process that supports the anti-racist values of students who are petitioning The Diamondback, as well as the values of inclusivity and respect promoted by the university.

Furthermore, an advertisement is a space sold to the highest bidder irrespective of content. Although Fribush would have us believe he thinks about his civic duty when he inks a deal with FLAME, the truth is that he thinks about his bank account.

The Diamondback has no obligation to continue its business relationship with FLAME, especially if it holds the view that bigotry is not profitable — as any ethical manager should.

On behalf of Students for Justice in Palestine, and as a concerned student who believes that with freedom comes responsibility, I congratulate the SGA for its principled resolution in support of our campus community.

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ver since this university unveiled in October its revamped sexual misconduct policy, there’s been a clear disconnect between administrators and students.

While university President Wallace Loh, Office of Student Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin and Title IX Director Catherine Carroll praised the specificity and transparency of the new policy, some of its language elicited a barrage of criticism from student activists.

Some denounced the university’s decision to abandon the University System of Maryland’s misconduct categories — “Sexual Assault I” and “Sexual Assault II” — in favor of “sexual assault” and “sexual contact.” Others fretted about the university’s ability to discipline those accused of sexual misconduct based on “a preponderance of evidence,” citing the policy as a violation of due process.

By and large, administrators haven’t discounted those concerns. Though top university officials like Loh, Goodwin and Carroll have endorsed the interim policy, it remains under review by the University Senate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Should the policy pass the EDI Committee and Senate Executive Committee, approval will rest with a senate floor vote before the legislation is sent to Loh to sign.

Officials also have solicited student concerns in the form of two town hall meetings held this week, during which Terry Owen, EDI Committee chairman, addressed qualms raised by a crowd of about 25.

There, activists echoed the misgivings of the past four months. The shift from “Sexual Assault II” to “sexual contact,” the absence of the word “rape”

and the limited definition of “sexual assault” particularly worried several of them, who believe the interim policy trivializes the experiences of victims of sexual misconduct and might discourage men and victims who identify as LGBT from reporting such incidents.

OUR VIEW

We are more concerned with ensuring assaults are addressed, not the wording of the sexual misconduct policy.

This university’s new policy uses nearly identical language to the university system’s existing guidelines.

“Sexual Assault I” and “sexual assault” are consistent with each other and combine elements of this state’s legal definitions of rape and sexual offense.

“Sexual Assault II” and “sexual contact” are also consistent; in fact, this university’s definition goes beyond the system’s, including perpetrators’ body parts in addition to victims’ when describing prohibited actions.

Between “sexual assault” and “sexual contact” — two types of sexual misconduct that even Carroll, perhaps students’ staunchest administrative advocate, has acknowledged as categorically different — the policy covers virtually every manner of potential sexual misconduct. As for failing to support men or LGBT victims, the policy includes nonpenetrative acts of sexual misconduct in its definition of sexual contact.

This university has crafted a policy

that surpasses state benchmarks and attempts to impartially administer justice for both alleged victims and the accused. Thus far, administrators have met the standards of accountability this editorial board has always striven to uphold.

While activists and advocates can and should continue to foster discussion of the interim policy, the criticisms they’ve leveled at the policy so far mostly come down to language, and do so in a fashion that hardly merits a condemnation of the overall policy.

The terms “sexual assault” and “sexual contact” will only appear on perpetrators’ student records, which aren’t publicly accessible. As long as the university has a comprehensive sexual misconduct policy that punishes perpetrators of sexual misconduct appropriately, the language it uses to identify the incidents is of secondary concern.

If constructive criticism can lead to a stronger, better-worded policy, then this editorial board endorses it wholeheartedly, but it appears that some of these concerns are misguided. The harshest critiques should be reserved for failures to administer justice and lapses in reporting sexual misconduct.

This editorial board does not seek, nor has it ever sought to discourage activism surrounding sexual misconduct awareness, prevention and reporting. At The Diamondback, we understand why activists so ardently pursue justice for victims of sexual misconduct. We have been sexually assaulted. We have cried as friends and fellow students recounted their own experiences. This editorial board will always stand with you. But today, we ask you to stand with us.

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Shane James is a sophomore history and secondary education major and a Students for Justice in Palestine representative. He can be reached at shane.t.james@gmail.com.

Don’t rush to ban e-cigarettes EMMA ATLAS

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eaders who were students at this university in 2013 and haven’t since given up on The Diamondback, or who only recently relapsed into reading it, might recall the “Spaces for Jerks Harming Themselves and Others.”

Thusly described in a column written by alumna and former columnist Tiffany Burba, the then-newly introduced smoking zones were implemented to cram all the secondhand smoke on campus into avoidable hotspots.

Fast forward to today, when I propose truncating the name to: “Spaces for Jerks Harming Themselves,” because with the growing popularity of e-cigarettes, fears about secondhand smoke could become hot air. Conclusions drawn by Drexel University’s School of Public Health find that despite the persistence of adverse health effects on e-cigarette users, exposure poses “no apparent concern” of health risks for bystanders.

Yet, legislation proposed in the Maryland General Assembly would throw this technological step forward back on its heels. A bill re-introduced by Del. Aruna Miller (D-Montgomery) would include e-cigarettes on the list of smoking devices regulated by the Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits the use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes and other tobacco-burning products in public indoor spaces, including places of employment, bars, restaurants and concert halls, among other places.

Granted, this bill will not affect your use of “Spaces for Jerks,” but it does continue to push Burba’s same story: that smoking in public is equally a matter of indecency as it is one of health. As more studies like the one from Drexel come out, legislation restricting e-cigarette

use becomes less like the prohibition of smoking in public and more like the prohibition of drinking in public. But worse than that, it ignores that smoking and vaping can be done responsibly and denies that overuse of tobacco does not cause disorderly behavior in the user.

Consider a potential result of this: the Clean Indoor Air Act explicitly allows smoking in private spaces, but prohibits smoking in bars, restaurants and places of employment, for the sake of public health. E-cigarettes are prohibited, though they have no significant impact on public health. Therefore, the Clean Indoor Air Act would be banning e-cigarette use, only harmful to the user, on the same properties in which drinking is allowed.

I’m willing to admit people have the right to be unconvinced by the initial trickle of study results, on any topic. E-cigarettes have not been popular for long enough to provide a bounty of study findings.

But the Drexel study looks at the worst-case scenario, the situation in which e-cigarettes are found to be packed full of toxins and the subject is exposed to secondhand aerosol for an extreme length of time. Even then, the damage is negligible.

I’m patient enough to wait while legislation like this is suggested every year until we reach a tipping point of data. After all, if I’m allowed to argue on the basis of not enough data, then proponents of the bill are, too.

Stagnation while we wait for data is, after all, what I’m asking for. Adjusting to the acceptability of vaping indoors will be hard, but I don’t think making it illegal is a necessary step in that process.

Emma Atlas is a senior government and politics major. She can be reached at eatlasdbk@gmail.com.

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n 1935, Donald Gaines Murray, an Amherst College alumnus, applied for admission to the University of Maryland School of Law. He later received a letter that stated, “The University of Maryland does not admit Negro students and your application is accordingly rejected.”

With the help of Thurgood Marshall, Murray filed suit, challenging the “separate but equal” doctrine that then justified segregation policies.

Because laws varied so much among states and Murray would be best served by an institution in his own state, the circuit court ruled in Murray’s favor.

After appeal, the decision was affirmed unanimously by the state Court of Appeals. While Murray did eventually receive his law degree, this was only one instance in a shameful history for this state.

For nearly a century, Maryland Agricultural College — and later, this university — was closed to black students.

Celebrated university president, gubernatorial candidate, athletic director and football and baseball coach Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd was a staunch supporter of segregation throughout his career. He pushed for increased funding for this state’s black colleges to satisfy them without welcoming black students to College Park.

A famous incident during his time as president came in 1937, when this university refused to compete in a football game against Syracuse University unless it benched star player Wilmeth Sidat-Singh because of to the color of his skin. Responsibility for the decision to bench Sidat-Singh was claimed by then-athletic director and current namesake of this university’s recreation center, Geary Eppley. The campus only began to slowly integrate in the 1950s.

Some remnants of segregationist ideas are surprisingly visible on the campus to this day. In the 1970s, the issue of where the College Park Metro Station would be placed relative to campus was up for debate.

Despite projections indicating the stop would attract few riders due to its inconvenient location, the station was placed on the eastern side of the city. Researchers have found that then-university President Wilson Homer “Bull” Elkins opposed providing easier access to the campus for black residents of Washington and pressured for a more remote location.

Although official policies of segregation were gone by then, racist mentalities had not gone away.

In order to help put that chapter of our history behind us, the university should consider doing more to celebrate the legacy of symbolic individuals who struggled for equality. The tradition of naming dorms after county seats is a great way to honor this state, so there should be a parallel tradition of naming

future university facilities after important people in our civil rights and diversity history. For example, Pyon Su, the first Korean to attend this university, has a room in Stamp Student Union named in his honor, as does Marshall. Elizabeth Hook, the first woman to graduate from this university, should be similarly honored, as should Hiram Whittle, the first black undergraduate.

While the university did the right thing in 2013 when it honored SidatSingh at the Syracuse football game, a sour taste remains with the names of Byrd Stadium and Eppley Recreation Center.

While both namesakes’ contributions to growing and improving the university cannot be denied, their efforts at the time were intended to benefit only white stakeholders. Their mixed legacies should be used as examples in a dialogue re-evaluating the names of the stadium and gym.

Similar to AlcoholEdu and the sexual misconduct training, an overview of our university’s history, both good and bad, should be introduced to students when they matriculate.

After recent events that remind us that racial discrimination is still alive, confronting the unfortunate truths of this university’s past will remind us how far we’ve come and how far we still need to go.

Daniel Galitsky is a junior economics and finance major. He can be reached at dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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FEATURE | CAMPUS WEDDINGS

Going to the chapel of love Beautiful and historic, the Memorial Chapel is a popular place for Terrapin couples to tie the knot

By Dustin Levy @DustinBLevy Staff writer The couple shared Terrapins blood, and their love story unfolded across the campus: in Stamp Student Union, where they first met as graduate assistants; on the roads of the campus, where he charioted her on a horse and carriage before proposing; and in the Memorial Chapel, where she walked down the aisle on a hot July day.

Josh and Jenn Hiscock remember the day fondly because it encapsulated their time together and the campus they love. They hold Terps football season tickets and are always looking for reasons to visit.

“The University of Maryland is special to us because it is where we met,” Josh said. “It is where our whole relationship started. There are so many great things happening at the university; we absolutely wanted to make UMD part of our special day.”

The chapel made this possible.

Every year, the chapel sees between 60 and 70 weddings, said Denise McHugh, the chapel’s coordinator.

“I think many people have connections to UMD,” said McHugh.

“They’re alumni, or one of either the bride or groom is an alum, and so there is that really great connection to the university.”

Jenn, a special education teacher at Montgomery Blair High School, received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the university.

Josh, the senior director of alumni benefits and services at George Washington University, received his master’s degree at this university and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in college student

TESTUDO CRASHES A WEDDING PROPOSAL between Josh Hiscock and his then-girlfriend, Jenn. The couple met on the campus and were married at the Memorial Chapel, which hosts between 60 and 70 weddings each year, according to coordinator Denise McHugh. photo courtesy of josh and jenn hiscock personnel administration. The Hiscocks reside in College Park.

T h a t ’s w h y t h e J u l y 2 0 1 4 wedding ceremony felt so magical for the couple. The university Alma Mater played on the chapel bells.

The two held their rehearsal dinner at Adele’s in Stamp and their reception at Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. DOTS buses even shuttled the guests from venue to venue.

“We really pride ourselves at the chapel of having a really personalized service,” McHugh said.

McHugh and her team of student event managers are responsible for making sure that everything in the chapel runs smoothly for the bride and groom. Melva Coles, senior event manager and a junior sociology major, calls herself “Denise’s right hand.”

“I just help her with booking reservations and calling clients and giving clients tours of the

chapel and sort of establishing that one-on-one relationship with our clients when it’s time for them to have their event here,” Coles said.

As a venue, the chapel offers two spaces: the main chapel for a large ceremony or the garden chapel for more intimate wedding services.

The tradition of booking a ceremony years in advance is atypical at this university’s chapel.

Couples with a specific date in mind might have to wait a year to exchange vows, but more often than not, McHugh said, the chapel sees couples booking weddings six months in advance.

Because the chapel is a nondenominational venue, there is a lot of diversity among the betrothed, McHugh said.

“We also have individuals who are having a pretty big wedding with a lot of guests, and their home church or religious place of

worship would not accommodate them in terms of numbers,” said McHugh. “Then we also have individuals who do not seem to have a home church, and they need a place to have their event.”

Affordability is another advantage of getting hitched at the chapel, which offers a number of packages to lessen the expenses of a costly event. Affiliates of the university, including students, alumni, faculty, staff and veterans, pay $950 for main chapel weddings and $550 for the garden chapel, while nonaffiliate weddings cost $1,350 in the main chapel and $950 in the garden chapel. This doesn’t even factor in the Memorial Chapel’s discounts, such as special rates for January, February, December and 8 p.m. ceremonies.

For the Hiscocks, though, the decision was about holding the event in a location they knew they

and their guests would enjoy.

“We were also attracted by the convenience of being able to hold all of our events in the same area,” Josh said. “To hold all of your wedding events within a one-mile radius saves time, reduces stress and allows you and your guests to enjoy the festivities more.”

He also mentioned the hardworking and accommodating staff at the campus venues and the tradition of the beautiful spots on the campus as motivations for his and Jenn’s campus union.

McHugh said her experiences as the chapel’s coordinator have showed her why the university is a popular wedding spot. “ I k n ow j u s t wo rk i n g w i t h brides, people come in, they just love the look of the space,” she said. “So often with brides and maybe with grooms as well, there’s a certain vision that you have for your wedding, and maybe something you thought a lot about, even as a younger person. And so you come into one of your spaces and you think, ‘Oh my gosh, this is where it’ll be. This is where I want to get married.’”

For Josh and Jenn, the university was too intertwined with their romance to pass up the opportunity for a campus wedding. They met at a graduate student staff orientation session at Stamp. He surprised her with a fairytale proposal after a wedding expo event at the alumni center. And they exchanged vows in the chapel, just outside of the garden where Josh asked for Jenn’s hand.

“Our day was totally Maryland and it was totally perfect,” Josh said. dlevydbk@gmail.com

MOVIE REVIEW | THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO

MORE THAN JUST TSO-So New documentary turns up the heat by digging into the origins of an international comfort food we take for granted

By Anna Muckerman @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback The only reason General Tso’s chicken isn’t the most popular dish in the country is because there’s pizza.

Chinese food symbolizes lazy Saturday nights and our love of fast, cheap and delicious cuisine.

There are about 50,000 Chinese restaurants in this country, and you’d be hard-pressed to find one that doesn’t serve some form of breaded chicken in a spicy-sweet, garlicky sauce. But who was General Tso, and why can’t we stop eating his chicken?

Ian Cheney’s new documentary aims to answer all the questions you’ve never bothered to ask before phoning in your order.

The Search for General Tso is a marvelous journey through the history of Chinese food in America with a particular focus on people who made it stick. The documentary is just as much about culture as it is about food, giving us a glimpse into the prejudices and plagiarism that shaped some of our most beloved dishes.

Faced with racism and poverty, many Chinese immigrants resorted to opening laundry services

and Chinese restaurants after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. As they moved across the country, they brought flavors from home with them. Today, many immigrants find that by adapting traditional dishes for the American palate, they can create profitable restaurants almost anywhere.

General Tso’s chicken didn’t appear in the U.S. until the 1970s. A Chinese chef in New York, T.T. Wang, brought back the dish from a trip to Taiwan.It became a hit when The New York Times gave his restaurant a four-star review.

But the idea was stolen. The documentary introduces us to the real inventor, Chef Peng, who is alive and well, albeit disappointed with the Americanized version of his creation. He says the bed of broccoli is incorrect.

The Search for General Tso has certainly done its homework. It catches up with everyone who’s had some influence on the spread of the chicken.

We even meet a descendant of General Tso’s, who — not surprisingly — is dismayed that his ancestor’s accomplishments have been cooked down to a goopy chicken dish bearing his name.

It helps that the documentary is structurally clever, too — not until the last 10 minutes do you realize you’ve been watching, say, the founder of

P.F. Chang’s. And the Jewish guy who describes eating Chinese food on Christmas? Halfway through, he turns out to be a news anchor who filmed the dish’s real inventor when he came to New York.

The Search for General Tso gets off to a slow start. There’s no narration, so the first half-hour meanders through interviews and tantalizing shots of delicious buffets. It’s all worth it in the end, when after a couple twists, a story emerges that’s as intriguing as it is unassuming.

The film does leave one lingering question: How do you pronounce the name? A Chinese restaurateur says “so,” the inventor says “chow” and a few Americans say “toe.”

Regardless of pronunciation, this ChineseAmerican classic has found its way into our hearts — and stomachs — for good. The documentary recognizes this, delivering a history lesson delightfully disguised among close-ups of your favorite carryout item. It was released in select theaters last month and now you can rent it on Amazon. It’s only a little over an hour long, and it’s well worth some time on the couch.

And maybe some takeout? diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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harrison From PAGE 8 “It’s amazing how athletic she is,” Brown said. “Sometimes I’m just looking; I’m like, ‘Wow, I wish I could jump that high.’”

Harrison’s performance in practices leading up to Tuesday’s top-20 bout, paired with her previous outing against Rutgers, led coach Brenda Frese to turn to her when center Brionna Jones picked up her second foul less

than three minutes into the contest.

“We were really down on the glass and getting to the boards, and [Harrison] was a really difficult matchup for them,” Frese said. “[It was] so m e t h i n g t h ey were n ’t expecting.“ Fre se co u l d ’ve t u r n e d to junior forward Tierney Pfirman, who has 2 inches on Harrison, but she had a feeling the redshirt freshman was the right switch.

Almost immediately, Harrison showed why.

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The 6-footer pulled down three offensive rebounds and picked up an assist, steal and block in her first five minutes on the floor. Frese decided to keep her on the court for the remainder of the half. By the end of the game, Harrison had logged a career-high 27 minutes, the same amount of playing time she had in the previous four games combined.

“There are times where you feel like your body is going to hit the wall,” Harrison said. “At the times when I felt I was tired, it was no longer about me. It was

more so about my team, so I had to push through it.”

Harrison finished the night with seven points — tying the second-highest total in her career — and added three assists. But it was her aggression and grit on the offensive glass that highlighted her night.

“I may not be the biggest.

I may not be the strongest,” Harrison said. “But I am definitely going to bring my energy every day.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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guard melo trimble rises for a reverse layup during the Terps’ victory over Indiana. Trimble had 18 points. christian jenkins/the diamondback

hoosiers From PAGE 8 basket late for the Terps and added 14 points of his own to win a game in which neither team held a double-digit lead.

The Terps are now 6-0 at home in Big Ten play and have yet to lose a game decided by six points or fewer.

“It’s just a great win,” coach Mark Turgeon said. “The kids are resilient, much more than their coach. And they stepped up and got another great close win for us tonight.”

The Terps (20-5, 8-4 Big Ten) didn’t just need resolve for last night’s game. No, Turgeon’s postgame mention of resilience was as much in reference to a recent five-game slump as it was to the win over the Hoosiers (17-8, 7-5) in particular.

Last night’s escape masks the Terps’ three-week string of sloppiness — a span during which they went 2-3 — and serves as redemption from a Jan. 22 loss at Indiana that started the slide.

“It was just us getting back to how we were playing out the beginning of the season,” Trimble said. “Starting off strong and not sluggish and just play a well-rounded game.”

The Terps offense, unlike in recent games, moved the ball well early on and received

production from a variety of contributors. Defensively, forward Damonte Dodd blocked three shots in the first half to ignite an energetic performance, and the teams went back and forth through the first half.

Ferrell made his fair share of dazzling plays as part of a 13-point first half, but Trimble was often there to match him with his own dose of theatrics. The freshman hit an acrobatic reverse layup, converted a sharp step-up jumper and buried a deep three all in the opening 20 minutes. “ L a s t ga m e , I d i d n ’t really match the way he was scoring,” Trimble said.

“Today, I just did my thing.”

Trimble had help early on, too. Wells had nine first-half points, and forward Evan Smotrycz connected on two 3-pointers in the first half to help the Terps take a one-point halftime lead against a team that humbled them 20 days earlier.

But just as the Terps held steady through each of Indiana’s blows, the Hoosiers stayed on their feet each time the home team made a run.

The seesawing continued deep into the second half. When the Terps went on a 6-0 run to take a 57-51 lead with 5:09 to play in the game, Indiana tied it with two 3-pointers, the second

of which Ferrell banked home. “ I j u s t w i s h I wo u l d have been that good,” said Turgeon, a point guard at Kansas in the 1980s.

After the Hoosiers went ahead a few minutes later on forward Troy Williams’ putback, Wells drove to the lane for a bucket before Layman scored in the post to take a 63-61 lead with about a minute to play.

Still, as the Terps pulled ahead by four with less than 20 seconds remaining, Ferrell had something left. He sprinted to the three-point line and drilled a contested three to cut the Terps’ lead to one.

Then Ferrell shook free for a 3-pointer with 6.6 seconds left on the next possession and launched a potential gamewinner. But it clanked off the back of the rim, and when he chased down the rebound, he missed another decent look at the rim as time expired.

It took up until the last s e c o n d , b u t t h e Te r p s survived. “ Wi t h t h e n u m b e r o f close games we’ve had this year, we’re ready for those moments down the stretch,” Layman said. “It showed tonight how much poise we have and how much confidence we have.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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defensive anchor and a wellliked teammate.

Tillman seems confident in the Terps’ ability to replace Amato, with goalkeepers Kyle Bernlohr and Dan Morris impressing in practice.

“A lot of people gravitated towards [Amato]. But that’s not something that you need to be a great goalie,” said defender Casey Ikeda, a senior captain. “[Bernlohr and Morris] are completely different than Niko. But both have the respect of the team, and both, when they step in the cage, are just as competitive as Niko was.”

Ikeda, who shares captain duties with faceoff specialist Charlie Raffa, will need to make up for Murray’s departure.

Murray, a first-team preseason All-American, was ruled out for the 2015 season for an undisclosed reason, leaving Ikeda and defender Matt Dunn as the lone returnees to the Terps’ close defense unit.

Murray isn’t the only de-

POPPER From PAGE 8 The anguish bordered on comical. It was that bad.

But just one year removed from that season to forget, the Terps have already quashed any demons stemming from those late-game disasters. The turnaround was evident last night at Xfinity Center, when the Terps made all the necessary plays against Indiana to escape with a 68-66 win and sweet, sweet redemption for a blowout loss at the Hoosiers 20 days ago.

Turgeon’s squad is now 6-0 this season in games decided by six points or fewer. But perhaps more important than the record itself is the manner in which the Terps have closed out those games: by relying on a myriad of different options down the stretches of games.

In a five-point win over Arizona State in November, it was guard Melo Trimble dropping a career-high 31 points.

Four days later, the freshman stepped up again, posting 24 points to lead the Terps to

Forward A’lexus Harrison hoists a shot from the wing Tuesday night during the Terps’ 80-69 victory over Rutgers, their 16th consecutive win. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

pendable defender the Terps need to replace, with long pole Michael Ehrhardt and defensive midfielder Brian Cooper also departed. The Terps prevented opponents from scoring in double digits in 13 of 17 games last year, often buoying a young and stagnant offense.

“We don’t live and die by one guy being able to cover one guy,” Ikeda said.

The defense has holes to fill, but so does the offense.

Without Chanenchuk, who scored or assisted on 31 percent of the Terps’ goals, the unit will carve a new identity.

Attackman Matt Rambo’s status is still unknown after he was suspended indefinitely in October following two charges of assault.

Rambo, the Terps’ leading returning scorer, didn’t participate in two preseason scrimmages despite practicing with the team.

If Rambo doesn’t begin the season on the field, much of the offensive burden will likely fall to attackman Jay Carlson and midfielder Joe L o C a s c i o. T i l l m a n a l s o

mentioned attackmen Dylan Maltz, Dave Goodwin and Ian Robertson as players who could receive playing time in Rambo’s absence.

Beardmore captured the only two NCAA Championships in program history, but he knows what it felt like to lose, too. Beardmore’s teams fell in the title game four times, including 1974, in between their finals triumphs.

“It takes the wind out of your sails,” Beardmore said.

“And you’ve got to go back and start all over again. You just never give up.”

Beardmore’s health has declined in recent years, and he said he’s been in and out of the hospital lately. But the old coach is “fired up” for the upcoming season; Beardmore believes in Tillman and the Terps’ talent.

He doesn’t want to just see the Terps playing deep into May, though. That won’t cut it.

“I’m getting tired of saying, ‘This is the year,’” Beardmore said. “I want it to be the year.”

an emotional win over Monmouth in their first contest after Wells broke his wrist.

When Wells returned, he showcased his own lategame heroics with a gametying 3-pointer at the end of regulation in an eventual d o u b l e - ove r t i m e w i n a t Michigan State in the conference opener. The senior was at it again less than a month later against Northwestern, corralling an offensive rebound with two seconds left before finishing a putback layup to seal an improbable comeback victory.

Just more than a week later against Penn State on Feb. 4, forward Jon Graham came through with a career-high 16 points to help the Terps edge out a six-point win over the Nittany Lions.

Last night, though, epitomized the versatility of Turgeon’s squad in crunch-time situations more than any of those aforementioned five wins.

Fre s h m a n g u a rd Ja re d Nickens sunk an enormous three off a Trimble assist with less than six minutes

remaining. Junior forward Jake Layman hit a go-ahead layup out of the post with just more than a minute left before draining two crucial free throws inside 20 seconds.

Wells added a game-tying bucket with 1 minute, 38 seconds left, and Trimble connected on both shots of a 1-and-1 with 29 seconds remaining.

It was poise in the truest sense of the word.

“Trusting each other was big tonight,” Layman said.

Trust.

It’s a bond often forged amid adversity.

Wells, Layman, Graham and forward Damonte Dodd — these guys endured last season. They suffered all the tormenting losses. They dealt with underachieving.

Now, they’re part of a group of players that trusts one another without any limitation.

And last night, they banded together and earned a victory in a game they couldn’t afford to lose.

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Harrison sparks victory over RU Redshirt freshman pulls down career-high 12 rebounds off bench

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Senior staff writer

Forward A’lexus Harrison pumps her first during the Terps’ 80-69 win Tuesday night over Rutgers.

Harrison played a career-high 27 minutes off the bench during the contest. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

While Terrapins women’s basketball guard Lexie Brown searched for an open shot at the top of the key Tuesday night, forward A’Lexus Harrison snuck behind the Rutgers defense under the basket. When Brown’s step-back jumper clanged off the rim, Harrison soared into the air to grab the offensive board between two Rutgers defenders.

Rather than force a shot back up with the Scarlet Knights swarm-

ing her, Harrison worked the ball outside to allow the No. 5 Terps a chance to reset their offense. Less than 30 seconds later, Brown buried a 3-pointer with 3:44 remaining that proved to be the knockout punch in an 80-69 win.

Just like on that key play, Harrison wreaked havoc on the offensive glass all night. The rebound before Brown’s make was the last of her career-high 12 boards, eight of which came at the offensive end.

“I know that me grabbing a rebound is what my teammates need,” Harrison said. “In order for Lexie to

knock down a big shot, I got to get the rebound.”

The Terps were in desperate need of her production on the glass, too.

In the two minutes, 27 seconds she was on the bench to start the first half, No. 18 Rutgers outrebounded the Terps 5-1.

While the Baltimore native pulled down seven more rebounds than she had in any other conference game, her dominance on the glass didn’t come as a surprise to Brown, who said she sees it “every day in practice.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | No. 19 TERPS 68, HOOSIERS 66

COOL DOWN THE STRETCH

forward jake layman points to a teammate during the No. 19 Terps’ win over Indiana last night at Xfinity Center. The Terps improved to 6-0 at home in Big Ten play with the win and have yet to lose a game decided by fewer than seven points. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

Despite Ferrell’s 23, Terps’ resilience leads to bounce-back win

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer As Yogi Ferrell tumbled to the ground in the corner of the Xfinity Center court during the first half last night, the ball sailed toward the hoop. Even after Terrapins men’s basketball guard Richaud Pack had knocked Indiana’s star point guard to the ground, the shot did what so many of Ferrell’s shots against the Terps seem to do: It slipped through the net.

But last night, with an announced 15,304 squeezed into Xfinity, the Terps accomplished something they couldn’t in a blowout loss at

Assembly Hall last month. They absorbed each dagger Ferrell threw with his hot shooting — including that four-point play after Pack’s foul — and responded time and again while the junior drilled prayer after prayer.

Eventually, the grit paid off. The No. 19 Terps gutted out a thrilling, much-needed 68-66 win behind guards Dez Wells and Melo Trimble, who scored 18 points apiece. And though Ferrell scored a game-high 23 points, he missed two shots on the game’s final possession that sealed the result.

Forward Jake Layman scored the go-ahead See hoosiers, Page 7

Turgeon’s squad proves late-game competency against Indiana DANIEL POPPER

Men’s basketball columnist Eight times last season, the Terrapins men’s basketball team lost a game decided by six points or fewer.

The campaign was grueling. You could sense coach Mark Turgeon’s frustration mounting with each narrow loss. And the impact of the demoralizing year was put on full display when five rotational players transferred away in the offseason.

The missed opportunities and heartbreak

started in the opener against Connecticut, when guard Dez Wells missed a potential game-winning shot in the closing seconds, and it continued until the final contest of the season when the Terps surrendered an emphatic buzzer-beating dunk in the ACC tournament against Florida State.

No moment was more crushing than when Charles Mitchell’s jump hook against then-No. 8 Duke appeared to touch every part of the rim before falling to the floor, sending the Terps home with a loss in their final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium as a member of the ACC. See popper, Page 7

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Tillman, Terps gear up for shot at ending title drought With new-look roster, storied program begins quest for first NCAA crown since 1975 this weekend at Navy

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer It’s been 40 years since the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team has won a national championship, but former coach Bud Beardmore still remembers the 1975 title game fondly.

“We beat Navy, and we did it on Johns Hopkins’ field,” Beardmore said with a chuckle in a phone interview last week. “It was a double whammy.”

The Terps fell in the NCAA final the following season and have been trying to claim the program’s third NCAA Championship ever since.

Coach John Tillman has led the Terps to the sport’s final weekend in three of the past four years but hasn’t been able to break through despite talentladen rosters.

With a storied past and a steady influx of the nation’s top recruits, championship expectations stick with the Terps. The road to the 2015 NCAA championship in Philadelphia won’t be easy, considering that the Terps, who open the season Saturday at Navy, are without several standouts from last season’s squad, including attackman Mike Chanenchuk, goalkeeper Niko Amato and defender Goran Murray.

The Terps, though, don’t fret over the impatient expectations of a championship-starved fan base.

“I do know what [a national championship] would mean to a lot of people,” Tillman said. “So in certain ways, it certainly drives as you as a coach, to try to do something that would make a lot of people happy.

That’s a motivating thing. But in

terms of our kids, I want them to enjoy this moment.”

The Terps rank eighth in the nation with two NCAA Championships but have made the third-most appearances (11) in the title game. In their two most recent trips to the national championship, in 2011 and 2012, the Terps fell to Virginia and Loyola, respectively. Last season, the Terps had an opportunity to qualify for their third championship game in four years, but never led in an 11-6 loss to Notre Dame.

“We’ve been knocking on the door,” Tillman said.

Amato, a four-year starter, played a large role in the Terps’ recent postseason runs. As the team evolved over the past four years, Amato was a reliable The Terps run out of the tunnel to take the field at Byrd Stadium before a game last year. The team kicks See Preview, Page 7 off its drive for a national championship at noon Saturday against Navy in Annapolis. file photo/the diamondback